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Port Colborne's Fabricated Metals Cluster
The availability of a skilled workforce, affordable serviced land, and multi-modal transportation links has long made Port Colborne home to a fabricated metals cluster. Port Colborne's strength in the field has contributed to Port Colborne adding manufacturing jobs in recent years, in reverse of the North American trend.
With large-scale, capital intensive manufacturing facilities, custom production drop forges, and machine and welding shops, Port Colborne offers many advantages to producers looking to contract fabricated metals work.
A locally owned and operated rail-way, docks and stevedoring facilities, and transportation/logistics companies are all based in Port Colborne. This gives a comparative advantage to all producers, capable of sending products to markets across North America and the world.
The fabricated metals cluster in Port Colborne has extensive experience in:
-Custom quality forgings;
-Fabrication, machining and assembly for power generation, oil and gas, mining, transportation, and milling industries;
-Custom fabrication and welding from plate steel, stainless steel, carbon steel pipe and tubing, structural steel, and other materials; and
-Rebuilding, repair, and assembly of large diesel engines, gearboxes, air compressors, and related equipment.
The fabricated metals cluster in Port Colborne is represented and supported by the Niagara Industrial Association. The annual Niagara Industrial Buyers Sellers Tradeshow presents an opportunity to meet representatives of Port Colborne's fabricated metals cluster.
Fabricated Metals Cluster Companies
The following list of companies involved in Port Colborne's fabricated metals cluster is sourced from the 2009-2010 Niagara Canada Business Directory, sections "332-Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing" and "333-Machinery Manufacturing".
Allied Marine & Industrial
Barber Hymac Hydro Inc.
Algoma Ship Repair
I M T Partnership (PC Forge)
ITT Ontario Pro Services
J T L Machine Limited
J. Oskam Steel Fabricators Ltd.
Magnum Crane Sales Inc.
North American Tool & Die
P R W Fabrication Ltd.
R.J. Gillespie Enterprises Ltd.
Thurston Machine Co. Ltd.
For contact information on these companies, view the Service to Business Database at http://www.portcolborne.ca/page/service_to_business_database
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296 Fielden Avenue
Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 4T6
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from one italian girl to another---amazing crust! better than mine and mine gets rave reviews! The topping was good, but i think next time I'm gonna throw on some carmalized onions...oh yeah! Grazia Nadia! molto delicioso!
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OpenOffice.org Off-the-Wall: ToCs, Indexes and Bibliographies in OOo Writer
If you have trouble wrapping your mind around the way that Writer lumps ToCs, indexes and bibliographies together, think of them as variations on cross-references. Like a cross-reference, an index or table entry requires a source and a reference to the source. This sounds like a blazingly obvious statement, yet it is one that other word processors have missed altogether. By uniting several separate actions under the same conceptual framework, Writer simplifies all of them. The result is an easy-to-use and highly customizable set of tools.
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Reopen the file........... all changes gone
i craated a ToC with a level upto 3
The ToC get updated
Now i saved the document
But when re opened the same
again the ToC is been evaluavted upto level 9
Why this?
multiple indexes?
If i add one index, and the an index for images only, i get everything messed up. as soon as i edit the second index, the first one gets shitted all over.
i tried creating one of "user specific" type instead of "table of content", but then, i'd need at least three user specific categories, since i have images, tables and graphics. and OO only fives me one.
deleting entries
I find your explanations very helpful.
I do however have a question: Is there a way of deleting all the entries in the text body itself in one go?
Plaese help.
For a better write up on OOo Writer
To read a book written by a writer for writers, check out
http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/ a resources page by Jean Hollis Weber, of Australia. Her book on OOo Writer gives you a great how-to on using the advanced features of OOo described in this article.
Just wanted to clarify "bette
Just wanted to clarify "better".
First, I'm very glad to see an article about these features in something besides MS Office Word, b/c while there are a lot of features in MS Word, they are pretty darn kludgy.
Jean's book is just that, a book, a bit more complete and structured than the article. My use of "Better" just means more in depth, a good jumping off place if this article has piqued your interest. Thanks for helping spread the word about OOo.
cheers. no offense meant.
I love these OpenOffice articles to death, and hope they keep coming, but this one needed some serious proofreading something fierce.
pretty unhelpful
As someone with experience beyond the beginner's level using computers and word processors, I would never guess I could find an article on using a word processor so confusing. Is this an example of the notion that *any* documentation is better than none, regardless of how unhelpful it may be? Too bad the apparently useful features of this program cannot be better disambiguated than this. I really, really need to learn better how to use OOo Writer and its advanced features, but articles like this make me just throw up my hands in exasperation. It's almost as if I read nothing at all.
pretty unhelpful: How, specifically?
I found the article quite readable but possibly because I was very familiar with the (very) similar features in Word (97 for example).
You would do a lot of us a service if you could go into more detail about what was difficult to understand, and, if possible, why.
Aside: Some articles I find difficult to understand because a lot of time is spent on the details without enough time on the overall pieces and how they fit together. I thought this author did an adequate overview in the first section of the article.
Besides: If you have specific things you don't understand, maybe someone can help you.
Just for the heck of it, here's how I'd summarize a few of the high spots of the article:
* OOWriter can create TOCs, indexes, tables of figures, etc.
* The approach is to go through the document and tag what you want to be included in those tables, then do some processing to create the tables. (Except that headings can automatically be included in the TOC (did it say or am I guessing:) by virtue of an attribute in the styles for various level headings.
* There are no built-in styles for the resulting tables--you have to do some amount of formatting of the tables, especially if you want a result different than the default.
Then there are some detailed instructions of how to do at least some of those steps in the document.
What more could you want?
Try the other way
If you complain about the explaination that someone FOR FREE gives you, and you're not forced to read it, then I suggest you to try the other way: learn it by yourself and write a bettere article... :)
Then you'll acquire the right to complain, but NOT before... :)
Terrible response
That is the most ludicrous, bullshit reasoning I think I've ever heard. If something is crap, then it's crap. Free has nothing to do with it. If your logic is that if you think the article is shit then you should write a better one defeats both the language of criticism and the fact if you don't know how to do something just how are you going to write it? What your saying is that because something is free negates criticism is the key reason free software will never be taken seriously.
I thought it was me, but afte
I thought it was me, but after I read you response, I felt much better.
The author just learned this OOo powerful feature and wanted to let everybody know about it. What he forgot is that they might want to understand it and learn how to use it. He could have structured the article a little better to make it a littler more clear.
Is that like having it be a little clearer?
This is not a How-To
This article describes what the ToC, etc., features can do, but it mostly doesn't tell you how to do it. So if you were looking for a how-to, you will be disappointed in this article.
There is a chapter on ToC's, Indexes, and Bibliographies in the OOoAuthors Writer Guide:
It provides a much more step-by-step description of using these features.
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|Thu, 06-13-2013 - 4:35pm
Well I am back in the land of the unemployed (again)...........oh boy.........I explained that I accepted a six month contract and it turns out that they had used a mat leave position in marketing to get extra admin support so I was actually an admin.......
I did go to HR fairly early on, as they had given me an accountability statement to sign with marketing related tasks and that didn't sit well with me. They gave me a new accountability statement......
Soo.......quite a stressful working environment (not the work itself, although there wasn't much of it)........just rampant gossip among the admins. There was so much innuendo going on that a week or so ago I went to HR (again), just to discuss my options regarding the contract (e.g. would I be eligible to apply for other positions in the company, etc. - turns out that because it was only 6 months, the answer was no).
Anyhow, I won't go into details but I definitely pissed someone off by doing this (the person who hired me......who really shouldn't have......she was an executive admin)........and yesterday I got the old "we're ending this contract early" speech and was walked out........
Hmm!! Onwards and upwards......I'm sure things will work out but it's hard to get over that feeling of getting "walked out" (although I was technically laid off).
I think I am going to try and set my mind this time on hitting the gym pretty hard.......that is after today (sitting on the couch watching daytime tv, feeling sorry for myself day)....lol
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I'm a full time student. I've been house/pet sitting on the side. Luckily, my sister lives in an afluent area and has had lots of good contacts for me. If it weren't for her, I don't think I'd have been able to keep my head above water. Clinicals start in a month thank goodness. Hopefully, I will be working as a full-time MA by August ;)
Yep, I did admin work for 15 years. Couldn't do it anymore. 'Hope you're able to find something in your field that you are passionate about this time around!
|Fri, 06-14-2013 - 12:31pm
Hey Music,
Thanks for your response. That sucks about you getting fired that one time - you seem like a very dilligent person so I can't see how they could justify that. Definitely sounds like they wanted someone who could work longer hours - it must be hard when it's because of a child, etc......you weren't leaving to go sit on a patio or anything.......
Well I guess in this scenario I felt like there were a lot of surprises.......when I had orientation (company wide, for all the new hires) there were all kinds of great benefits available, however, the caveat was that you had to be on at least a one year contract or be permanent. I went into the role (obviously) hoping for a full time role, but it wasn't until I investigated that I learned that 'corporate policy' dictated that people in contracts less than one year could not apply internally for other roles. I am complaining here, but I feel that had that been explained to me upfront I might have gone into it with different expectations (or not gone into at all).
Very corporate and I don't think they liked being usurped by someone in the lower ranks asking around about things.....and the reason I inquired was because it was clear, almost from the beginning, that the person to whom I was assigned did not need a full time executive admin.
Just have to get over it I guess.......I am off shortly to meet with my employment counsellor to discuss how to position myself moving forward......but I do agree......job hunting is a pain in the neck......thinking I am almost a 'professional job seeker' at this point......lol......
|Fri, 06-14-2013 - 11:48am
I don't see why being hired as a temp should prevent you from applying for a permanent position with the company but since it doesn't sound like a great working environment (like your actual job duties were different than what you had been told)it doesn't sound like a great place anyway. I was actually fired once and it came as a huge shock--it's not like I did anything wrong or made any big mistakes. I don't know why they didn't like me but I really feel it was discrimination. I worked at this small law firm and they made a big deal about being family friendly, which is what I was looking for since my DD was 2 at the time--well I had to leave on time every night to pick her up from daycare and I think they held that against me. But the person they hired to replace me only lasted 2 months and then they fired her--then they hired a man. But I think the karma bus ran them over later cause it was a partnership of 2 guys and they broke up a few years later.
But hang in there--looking for a job is such a pain in the neck. I hope you find something you like better soon.
|Fri, 06-14-2013 - 9:49am
Hey Cfk,
Thanks for your response.......you've always had good insight regarding my various job situations......... :)
Good for you having never been fired.......I was technically laid off, but it sure felt like a firing.......boo........
What is it that you do now? I know you'd mentioned having to cover reception as well.......
|Thu, 06-13-2013 - 9:48pm
I was asked to resign from a job once, and it had been quite long term. I think it's because the economy had tanked and I had been there so long, I was making too much money to be in the type of position I was in . . . I was beyond burned out so it was welcomed but my ego kicked in and I resigned instead of making them fire me(I had never been fired). Had they fired me, they would have had to pay unemployment. Lesson learned. Anyway, it hurt even though I was ready to leave. This situation is different, but either way, it stinks being out of a regular paycheck. You seem to have a good attitude about it so, best of luck finding the perfect fit!


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The Indian share markets had a lack luster session yesterday when Sensex managed to close 81 points up at 15769 levels and nifty closed at 4680 levels gaining 22 points from its previous close. The main thing is that it managed to trade above the crucial 4650 on nifty and it is still maintained. Just it needs to maintain this level to move further ahead.
Today is the expiry for the August series in the F&O segment. So we can expect some volatility in the markets today. The global cues are looking weak as of now. US markets closed flat yesterday after a 6 day run up.Currently the Asian markets are trading down with Nekkei-255 losing 1.59% and Hang Seng is down by 0.9% as of now.
So we can expect the Indian markets to open down today. Selective buying can be done on some counters when they come down to get decent returns in the coming days. Every opportunity to buy at lower levels should not be missed to make good returns as the markets are now in a resistance zone. Crucial levels to watch on nifty are 4650, 4720. If these levels are crossed then we can expect the Indian markets to zoom ahead.
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The Best Sports Drinks
Sometimes regular old water just doesnt cut it. We spoke to the experts at ChickRx about all things sports drinks what to look for, what to avoid, and when to drink them!
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Navigating the nutrition labels of sports drinks can get a little tricky, but were here to help! First, look for two main things: The primary electrolytes to look for which help with major functions like muscle contraction, maintaining fluid balance, and keeping your heart beating are sodium (600 to700 mg per liter) and potassium (800 mg to two grams per liter). And for energy replenishment, youll need a combo of carbohydrates like glucose, sucrose, and fructose.
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Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia also known as Prince Nicholas Romanov (Russian: Николай Романович Романов) (born 26 September 1922) is a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov and President of the Romanov Family Association. Although he is undoubtedly a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles and official membership in the former Imperial House are disputed by those who maintain that his parents' marriage violated the Laws of Imperial Russia. Prince Nicholas was born in Cap d'Antibes near Antibes, France, the eldest son of Prince Roman Petrovich and his wife Princess Praskovia Dmitrievna (née Countess Sheremeteva). Prince Nicholas has a younger brother Prince Dimitri Romanovich. Their father Prince Roman Petrovich was the only son of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich and Grand Duchess Militsa Nikolaievna (née Princess of Montenegro). His grandfather was the younger son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna (née Duchess of Oldenburg). His great grandfather Nicholas Nikolaevich was a younger son of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna (née Princess Charlotte of Prussia) founded the  ( Wikipedia article )
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2. Left tackle Ryan Clady -- VP of Football Operations John Elway has made it clear Clady isn't going anywhere. He'll be slapped with the franchise tag, and the Broncos will explore something more long term when Clady proves he's fully recovered from offseason shoulder surgery.
Free Agent Forecast: Broncos via the franchise tag.
24. Cornerback Derek Cox -- Despite his client's laundry list of durability woes, Cox's agent expects a "vigorous" market for the 26-year-old corner. Per the agent, Cox permitted a 69.0 passer rating last season, better than more heralded CBs Talib (98.7), Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (87.7), and Sean Smith (85.1). Cox and his agent may be slightly disappointed, but they'll get a solid deal. Broncos DC Jack Del Rio knows Cox well from their Jacksonville days.
Free Agent Forecast: Broncos on a four-year, $28 million contract.
47. Defensive tackle Terrance Knighton -- Knighton never met expectations in Jacksonville, but he's a 340-pound 26-year-old long on run-clogging potential. A one-year, prove-it deal with the 2014 market in mind might serve Knighton best in the big picture. Denver needs an anchor for its defense, and coordinator Jack Del Rio was Knighton's head coach for three years with the Jags.
Free Agent Forecast: Broncos on a one-year, $4.75 million contract
But, but, but according to a poster here on this site, DEN cant possibly afford those guys!!!!!! And its complete and total hogwash that anyone in their right mind would consider for a moment that DEN could ever hope to sign a single player in FA next year because they are broke and theres definately no way in hell that DEN should re-sign Ryan Clady cause he sucks and hes too expensive so were all screwed!!!
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Technology Licensing Company, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
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ORDER OF DISMISSAL, ***Civil Case Terminated. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 1/16/14. (nahS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/16/2014)
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CO., INC., 8 Plaintiff, No. C 12-6124 PJH 9 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL APPLE INC., 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 Defendant. _______________________________/ 13 14 The parties hereto, by their counsel, having advised the court that they have agreed 15 to a settlement of this cause, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is dismissed 16 without prejudice; provided, however that if any party hereto shall certify to this court, 17 within sixty (60) days, with proof of service on the opposing party thereof, that the agreed 18 consideration for said settlement has not been delivered over, the foregoing order shall 19 stand vacated and this action shall forthwith be restored to the calendar to be set for trial. 20 If no certification is filed, after passage of sixty (60) days, the dismissal shall be with 21 prejudice. The parties may substitute a dismissal with prejudice at any time during this 22 sixty-day period. 23 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 16, 2014 ______________________________ PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON United States District Judge


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Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Time: 09:30 a.m.
Place: Wisconsin Department of Administration
St. Croix Room (first floor)
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Madison, Wisconsin
Council Members: Please bring your calendars to schedule future meetings.
Council Web Site: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uibola/uiac/
- Opening remarks – Hal Bergan
- UI Treasurer's Financial Statements (yellow)
- Unemployment Reserve Fund
- Minutes of Meetings September 1, 2009 (blue)
- Advisory Council Committee Recommendations Regarding Definition of "Employee"
- Improve seven-of-ten test for "employee"
- Repeal DWD 105 (Truckers)
- Repeal DWD 107 (Loggers)
- Advisory Council Recommendations Regarding Definition of "Employment"
- Exclude from "employment" personal care services for family
- Review mystery shoppers
- Review writers and news reporters
- Department proposals for changes to the unemployment insurance law, Wis. Stat. Chapter 108, presented at previous meetings
- Department proposal D09-21 – Authorize Spending of Special Administrative Transfers
- Department proposal D09 - 22 – Amend Approved Training and Extended Training
- UI Bill: LRB Draft 3069/5
- Department proposal to revise DWD 128, Able to Work and Available for Work
- Department proposal to revise DWD 129, Benefit Claiming Procedures
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- The Council may take up action items at a time other than that listed.
- The Council may discuss other items, including those on any attached lists.
- The labor members and/or the management members of the Council may go into closed session at any time during the meeting to deliberate any matter for potential action and/or items posted in this agenda, pursuant to sec. 19.85(1)(ee), Stats.
Some or all of the Council members may attend the meeting by telephone. This location is handicap accessible. If you have other special needs (such as an interpreter or written materials in large print), please contact Robin Gallagher, Phone: (608) 267-1405, Unemployment Insurance Division, Bureau of Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 8942, Madison, WI 53708. Hearing and speech impaired callers may reach us at the above phone number through WI TRS (or TDD/Voice Relay 1-800-947-3529.)


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From Our Archives: Tour Girls Actress Jemima Kirke's Childhood Home
Long before HBO's Girls became a cultural touchstone, actress Jemima Kirke, who plays Jessa, appeared in ELLE DECOR with her family. Here, our 1997 piece focuses on her mother, interior designer Lorraine Kirke
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Lola Kirke with Friends in Study
The experience with the apartment has given her enough confidence to start thinking about decorating the homes of others...she has a natural eye, a firm understanding of the bottom line, and a formidable knack for getting things done and wringing work out of people. And while she is unconcerned that she hasn't been to design school, she is also the first to admit to a flaw that might be an asset for a Hollywood agent but downright fatal for a decorator. "I don't have any charm," Kirke says resignedly. "I just haven't got it, and that's what you need, don't you? I'm brutally honest. I am getting more tolerant with age, though, so that's good."


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Will there ever be another ''X-Files''?
With viewers' attention spans decreasing at an alarming rate, and ''reality'' taking over the small screen, will we ever see the likes of ''The X-Files,'' ''Twin Peaks,'' and ''Northern Exposure'' again? -- Brian Rose
Good, knotty question. First, I do think reality shows like ''Survivor'' and ''The Amazing Race'' sometimes challenge attention spans as well as any dramas do. But I know what you mean about such programming crowding out quirkier scripted fare. Indeed, I'd bet that if David Lynch wanted to do ''Twin Peaks'' today, he'd shop it to HBO before ABC. But the industry wisdom right now for hour-long shows -- that they should be self-contained hours -- would actually favor ''The X-Files''' best episodes, which I always thought were the stand-alone, non-''mythology'' ones. And hey, Joss Whedon may have gotten a raw deal with the quickly killed ''Firefly,'' but ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' had a good, long run until just last year. So don't despair. J.J. Abrams' ''Alias'' is as much an auteur showcase for exciting drama as ''The X-Files'' was, and dig ''The Practice'' these days? James Spader alone is providing as much eccentricity as ''Northern Exposure'' did in its entire run.
My question is about big-name stars in crappy shows. Seeing how Bette Midler, Geena Davis, etc., failed miserably, why do the networks build shows around them?
You're right: The industry always thinks plugging a movie star into a series will guarantee a big tune-in, and it often does -- the first week. But television works best when it creates its own stars, not when it imports them from the big screen or the theater. Heck, even James Stewart couldn't make a go of it as a sitcom star on ''The Jimmy Stewart Show'' (1971-72). Sometimes a star whose feature-film career is fading can jump-start a new life on TV (Cybill Shepherd and Candice Bergen come to mind immediately). But Lord knows that nice Brooke Shields wasn't really cut out for wacky sitcom antics on ''Suddenly Susan,'' even if the series did last four years. Frequently the star's chosen format is an ill fit (Geena Davis as a Manhattan exec-turned-suburban mom? It could have been called ''No Sex and No City''...). That said, the move occasionally works. James Caan fits in nicely with his buff costars as the casino boss on ''Las Vegas,'' and I doubt we'll ever be able to ship Whoopi Goldberg back to film full-time; between sitcoms, game shows, and commercials, she seems here to stay. Sigh...
Why do so many sitcoms insult the audience with a laugh track? Some of my favorite shows (''Arrested Development,'' ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'') don't use it. Do TV execs think we're dumb?
Short answer? Yes, they do. But fight the power! Tell the nets you don't need their stinkin' laugh-prodding devices! Tell them canned laughter curbs your enthusiasm!
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The UW-Eau Claire Blugold Marching Band, directed by associate professor of music Dr. Randal Dickerson, received a special invitation to perform for Pope Benedict XVI and an estimated crowd of 100,000 people during the pope's 2008 New Year's Day blessing in St. Peter's Square in Rome.
A total of 120 members of the Blugold Marching Band participated in the New Year's Day performance, which was part of the band's tour of Italy and Greece from Dec. 28-Jan. 6. Other student performances during the tour included the Rome New Year's Day parade and stage shows at the Duomo in Florence, on the Via della Conciliazione in Rome, and at Syntagma (Constitution) Square in Athens.
The band was well received, Dickerson said.
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No wonder he shipped the Churchill bust back to England
Obama Cites Neville Chamberlain
President Obama's inauguration speech was mercifully short, a mere nineteen minutes. Never in history has a man been so enchanted with the sound of his own voice. In case you missed it, Obama took the occasion to lay out, one more time, his domestic agenda. Global warming, gun control, gay rights, you know, the issues all presidents put on the front burner.
Curiously absent was any serious mention of foreign policy other than to tell us, yet again, that al qaeda is no longer a problem, thanks to him, a notion that requires a serious bending of reality since it was made against a backdrop of the horrors of Algeria in which seven Americans were slaughtered in an al qaeda attack and the yet unresolved Benghazi slaughters.
He left out the part about how al qaeda's profile is rapidly rising in Africa following the Algeria attack.
Liberal domestic policy is all that matters to Obama. He simply ignores the ugly truth about Muslim jihadists. He went so far as to quote Neville Chamberlain about "peace in our time". He boasted about ending ten years of war, as if we should be thrilled about that. It's typical of Obama that he only cares about ending the wars and not one whit about winning them.
No wonder he shipped the Churchill bust back to England.
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How do I submit my art in this contest?
Click here and follow the directions. Remember to photograph your artwork in high enough resolution for quality detail to show, and then digitally submit it.
What is the Lone Start Artist Award?
The winner of our grand prize, the Lone Star Artist Award, will have his/her art hung in the Texas State Capitol for one week. In addition, the winner will receive 2 nights' hotel accommodations in Austin and a VIP tour of the capitol, courtesy of State Representative Giovanni Capriglione.
Are there any specific requirements for winning the Lone Star Artist Award?
Yes. Due to space and travel constraints, no 3D art will be considered for this particular prize.
Can I submit art if I don't qualify to win the Lone Star Artist Award?
Absolutely! You may also win awards and recognition wherever your talent lies, whether it be 3D art, pottery, pen & ink, oil, or watercolor. Artwork of any size or medium is acceptable for submission in the Student Art in the Square exhibit.
Can I sell my art at this festival?
Yes, but know that it is totally your responsibility as the artist to price art, and you must contact the potential buyer in a timely manner to complete the sale following the festival. No other event volunteers will coordinate a sale on your behalf.
Can I submit more than one art piece?
Yes, up to three pieces may be entered by one artist.
Who can submit art to this juried student art festival in Southlake?
Any public, private or homeschooled student in grades 9-12 (or homeschool equivalent) who lives in North Texas.
Is volunteering during the festival weekend mandatory?
Volunteers are necessary to hold this acclaimed juried art festival. Many two-hour shifts are available to suit your schedule, and online signup will be available on this Web site beginning in March. All Art in the Square hours meet community service requirements. All artists, parents and teachers are encouraged to volunteer.
Can I submit or display art if I've already submitted it to Art in the Square during another year?
No, but we do accept art submitted into other contests outside of this event.
Is there an entry fee for Student Art in the Square?
When is the submission deadline for Student Art in the Square?
Entry deadline is April 4, 2014.
When will I know if my artwork has been accepted?
During the week of April 4, 2014, we will publish a list of accepted youth artists and artwork titles on our Web site. We will announce the availability of this list on our Facebook page as well.
If my artwork is accepted, when do I bring it to the festival?
Please bring any accepted artwork to the Gazebo at Southlake Town Square on Thursday, April 24, 2014 between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
How will I know if I've been selected as an award winner?
We will publish our list of finalists on the Web site during the week of April 4, 2014. We will also personally contact all finalists by phone or email. All finalists will receive an award at the presentation on Sunday, and award ribbons will be attached to artwork by 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
When are the awards and must I be present to win?
The awards presentation will be on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Gazebo stage in Southlake Town Square. All artists need to be present to claim their artwork following the presentation.
Who can I contact if I have questions or need help?
Please contact the Student Art chair, Amanda Calongne, if you have any additional questions. She can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: Eric Holder uses Trayvon Martin to Attack the 2nd Amendment – Attorney General Eric Holder used his powers as attorney general to fan the flames of racial tension before and in the wake of the George Zimmerman trial. His purpose is twofold: to distract from his own scandalous Department of Justice, and to erode the Second Amendment. To Holder, "Justice for Trayvon" is simply a smokescreen to limit gun rights.
Lloyd Marcus: Say you got that feelin' we need racial healin' – Sincere well-intentioned Americans are asking, "What must we do to heal the racial divide following the Zimmerman trial?" What my naïve fellow Americans do not comprehend is that the Democratic party and the mainstream media are heavily invested in keeping racial tension alive. During Obama's presidency, race exploitation has been on steroids, used by Obama minions to silence opposition to his lawless implementation of his socialist agenda. Therefore, Democrats and the MSM will continue stirring the pot of racial division until it is no longer profitable.
Linda Chavez: Inciting Racial Paranoia – In speaking to the NAACP last week in the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder performed a serious disservice to his audience and to his office. By suggesting that the Department of Justice might pursue civil rights charges against Zimmerman for Martin's death, Holder encouraged the belief that racism motivated the shooting.
Ali Akbar: Tough Truths Are Tough – For some, the final tough truth is that jury made the correct decision. A nation of laws can govern a nation of many colors, nothing else can. Zimmerman acted with allowable reaction to a series of unlikely events put in motion by both Zimmerman and Martin. Now consider these truths. These truths mean little to race relations. It's a truth that does not benefit newspaper sales, blog pageviews, or the cable news cycle. It is the truth though…
A.J. Delgado: Outrage Against Marc Anthony Shows Racism Against Latinos Is Alive and Well – Latino superstar Marc Anthony, the Grammy-award-winning and multi-platinum artist, sang a stunning rendition of "God Bless America" at the 2013 MLB All Star Game in New York City's Citi Field. But what should have been a moment of national unity and patriotism, instead turned into a moment highlighting a persistent ugliness in American culture: prejudice against Latinos.
Javier Manjarres: The Hispanic Color Wheel, From White to Brown – Is it fair for society to start splitting racial hairs? If so, describing individuals by skin half-tones is completely acceptable, after all, the media has made it acceptable to refer to George Zimmerman as a "white Hispanic." Here are some prominent, and not so prominent public figures, who are all Hispanic, but look a little different than one another.
Ron Miller: Looking for the Exit – What we need to do as citizens is to take responsibility for fixing things right where we live, and looking to government as a last resort, and only after we've concluded we cannot solve the problems ourselves. Too many times, we look to government to do for us what we are empowered to do ourselves, and we pour an inordinate amount of time, talent, toil and treasure into a process which is ultimately about power, not principles or problem-solving.
Artur Davis: Obama's Inadequacies on Race – The blunt truth of Obama's presidency is that America during his tenure still struggles under the burden of racial assumptions, is poisoned by the most toxic civil discourse since the sixties, and is still a wildly different kind of enterprise for the average black boy or black girl than their white counterparts. One of the bluntest failings of this presidency is how little it has done to break the back of any single one of those stubborn truths.
Crystal Wright: Zimmerman, the Media and Black Leaders Pimping of Blacks - It demeans the intelligence of blacks for David Gregory to continue to invite race hustlers like Al Sharpton on his show to act as the spokesman for "black America," telling blacks what to think then conveying it to whites. Gregory doesn't have white people on his show to discuss what white America is feeling and thinking because whites are treated as individuals, not a monolithic group.
Larry Walker: Trayvon's Fatal Mistake – Do these three things and you will not fail: Resist evil with good, lay hands on no man suddenly, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Trayvon's fatal mistake came the moment he decided to physically assault Zimmerman. It wasn't so much the act itself, but rather the decision to commit the act that matters.
Kevin Fobbs: Did Race Baiters like Al Sharpton nearly get George Zimmerman Convicted? – There is a class of people in this nation that are the problem profiteering pimps of race baiting who gain nothing from eliminating the source of barriers that block progress for black people. That is why they have nurtured the frenzy of hate against George Zimmerman. They worked for well over a century, even before 1911 to manufacture a hysteria that could bolster their own economic standing in terms of their bank account, with no account for validity, accuracy or the truth. Their practices have been hewn from the tree of hate, because it is in hate that they rise and it is in falseness that they thrive. Black progress is their adversary and nemesis.
Michelle Malkin: Slavery in America, Saudi-Style – Yes, there's a war on women in America. But it's not the phony "war" that tampon-hurling feminists are always shrieking about — as they did last week in Texas to protest tougher regulations on dangerous late-term abortion clinics. No, I'm talking about a real war on women waged by Saudi royals and elites who've imported human trafficking and abuse of domestic workers onto U.S. soil.
Herman Cain: Washington can learn from Detroit's Fate . . . If It's Willing – No one can send in an emergency manager to run the federal government, but neither can anyone shield us forever from the consequences of what our elected officials are doing there. Detroit shows us: You cannot keep up this game forever. Nations have collapsed under the weight of their own economic delusion. Leaders in every city should study what happened in Detroit and make sure they are not on the way to the same fate, and that especially includes the city on the banks of the Potomac River – where the delusion and denial are eerily similar, but on a shockingly larger scale.
Ken Blackwell: Why Pay Clintons Top Dollar for No Answers on Jerusalem? – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is commanding big speaking fees. She regularly gets $200,000 for unburdening her mind on important topics of the day. Bill Clinton has topped all former presidents, however, in speaking for dollars. He can command as much as $500,000 for a 45-minute address. That ain't chopped liver. As interesting as it would be to hear these very knowledgeable folks, however, one thing they do not tell us is why they thought it was a good idea to divide Jerusalem and give a portion of it to Yasser Arafat's PLO faction.
Star Parker: Blocking Walmart From Washington, D.C. Would Hurt Poor – Why, when capitalism has created wealth and eradicated poverty, do left-wing politicians hate it so much? After all, it's supposed to be the left that cares about the poor. The latest chapter in this ongoing saga of economic perversity is playing out in Washington, D.C., as the district attempts to prevent Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from opening outlets there.
Anthony Bradley: What Nietzsche and Croly Tell Us About Progressives – When a politician or religious person says that he or she is a "progressive" or attaches "progressive" as an adjective to their ideological and ecclesiastical commitments, you can predict what will follow: an aggressive series of programs designed to conform society to the most recent trending moral and social fad even though history has proven to us again and again much of what actually works.
Ellis Washington: Utopia, Eugenics and Today's Progressives – Since 1900 the question of eugenics has been inextricably connected with leftists alarm at population explosion. Their solution: global birth control, genocide and democide. It was not just that the wrong people were breeding, eugenicists protested, but that the planet was becoming choked with humanity.
Deroy Murdock: Fracking is Clean and Green – The only thing deeper than a natural gas well is the ignorance of the anti-fracking crowd. Fracking — formally called hydraulic fracturing — involves briefly pumping water, sand, and chemicals into shale formations far below Earth's surface and the aquifers that irrigate crops and quench human thirst. What's not to like? This fuel is all-American, and the profits stay here — not in the hands of people who want to kill us.


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About a year ago, I made a very silly, and costly, mistake.
I forgot my backpack in a cab.
My partner James and I were on our way home from the airport. It was late, we were both tired, and I didn't even realize what I had done until I went to check my email and didn't have my laptop.
"Hmmm", I said, to no one in particular. "My backpack isn't here. I think I might have left it in the cab."
James, who is characteristically calm and collected, proceeded to completely lose his cool. "Oh no! Oh NO!! This is awful. This is so bad! What can we do? Your passport was in there! Your laptop!! Can we call the cab company? This is terrible!"
"Yes," I mused. "I probably should have checked for it before getting out of the cab. Perhaps there is a lost and found."
After about an hour of searching, we had exhausted all avenues of trying to retrieve the bag. It slowly dawned on me that I was never getting my stuff back.
"I can't believe this", I groaned, slumped into the couch with my head in my hands. "It's gone. My laptop. My passport. I think my lab keys were in there! This is awful."
My partner, who was more or less over the crisis at this point, tried his best to be responsive to my sudden state of dejection and misery. But he couldn't help but ask, "Uh, Sam - didn't we know this an hour ago?"