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Hernia Repair
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Reasons for Procedure
Possible Complications
- Damage to neighboring organs or structures (such as, intestine or bladder)
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Scarring
- Pneumonia and other risks of general anesthesia
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Prior to Procedure
- Physical exam
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)—a test that records the heart's activity by measuring electrical currents through the heart muscle
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- Blood thinners, such as clopidogrel (Plavix) or warfarin (Coumadin)
- Follow a special diet.
- Take antibiotic medicine.
- Shower the night before, using antibacterial soap.
- Arrange for someone to drive you home and to help you at home.
- The night before, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
- Wear comfortable clothing.
- Local anesthesia—the area will be numbed
- General anesthesia —used most often, you will be asleep
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Immediately After Procedure
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- During the first few days, slowly return to your normal routine.
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- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Strengthen your abdominal muscles.
- Treat chronic constipation , allergies , or chronic cough .
- Eat a high-fiber diet .
Call Your Doctor
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
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- Excessive tenderness or swelling
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
Hernia Information http://www.hernia.org
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov
The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology http://www.cag-acg.org
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
The causes and surgical treatment of abdominal hernia. American Medical Association website. Available at: http://www.medem.com/medlb/article%5Fdetaillb.cfm?article%5FID=ZZZESG4TWAC&sub%5Fcat=195. Accessed November 10, 2005.
Hernia. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3600/3619.asp. Updated June 2008. Accessed June 9, 2008.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A title has been chosen.... THE LONG WAY HOME by Karen McQuestion
The entire time I was writing the book, I called it "The Road Trip." That was the name of the Word doc., that's what I called it when I discussed it with family members. As far as I was concerned, that was the title.
In December, I let my editor at Amazon know I had finished another novel. He read it and said he loved it. We did our usual back and forth with the contract, and then discussed various other publishing details. In one of our phone conversations he said, "So how attached are you to the title?"
Me: You don't like my title?
Smart Editor: It's not that I don't like it. It's just that it's a little generic.
Generic? Like store-brand green beans? No. I wasn't seeing it. I loved the title. Not only was it easy to remember, but it also said what it was, much like The Help, or any of Nicholas Sparks' books (The Notebook, The Guardian, The Wedding, The Choice etc.).
It turns out that no one at Amazon Publishing was all that crazy about The Road Trip as a title. One of the women in the office, upon hearing it, assumed it would be a comedy like the movie, The Hangover, which it definitely is not. The book is humorous in parts, but it's not crazy madcap fun. I didn't want to use a title that was misleading.
Smart Editor: I have an idea for a title. It's a line from the book. What do you think of 'The Possibility of Flying'?
Me: Hmmm...
I wasn't crazy about his suggestion. I thought it sounded too literary for my type of novel. Plus, I didn't remember it being a line from the book (turns out, it is).
Finally, some brilliant marketing person devised a plan. If I was on board, they'd have me come up with four possible titles, then post them on the Kindle Facebook page and let people vote on their favorite. Let the readers decide! I thought it was a great idea. I came up with four suggestions, including mine and Smart Editor's. At the beginning of the month they posted the promotion on the FB page. It looked like this:
What would you name Karen McQuestion's upcoming novel? Take a look at the book summary below and then tell us which title you like best... or come up with one of your own. However you vote, we can't wait to hear from you!
Cast your vote by posting your favorite title in the comments:
1. The Road Trip
2. The Possibility of Flying
3. The Long Way Home
4. Arriving at Destination
5. [Other: ______________ ]
Marnie is just thirty-five when her boyfriend, Brian, drops dead of a sudden heart attack in the house they've shared for nearly a decade. Though stunned by his death, Marnie feels the greatest grief for Troy, Brian's son whom she has raised and loved as her own since he was just four years old. After Brian's death, Troy is reclaimed by his train-wreck of a birth mother, who whisks him far away from Marnie.
Desperate for solace, Marnie ventures to a grief group at the local rec center. There, she finds unexpected allies, three strangers who join her on an impulsive road trip from Wisconsin to Las Vegas to reconnect with Troy.
Along for the ride are fifty-something Rita, prim and ladylike on the outside, seething with rage on the inside over the murder of her daughter; Laverne, Marnie's introverted landlady who is crippled by grief for her late husband; and Jazzy, a beautiful young psychic driven to the grief group by an unseen voice.
Together the women embark on what will become the adventure of their lives, a journey toward reconciliation and healing.
777 votes later, the people had spoken with The Long Way Home being the clear leader. None of the other three titles came close, which was an eye-opener for me. A lot of people came up with their own ideas, incorporating words like heart, grief, and journey. One commenter suggested Recalculating, which made me laugh. Many of the suggestions were outstanding, making me think title selection should be open to the public more often.
Thanks to everyone who voted. It was fun to read all the comments and I'm feeling a lot better about the new title knowing so many people liked it.
Because Amazon is quick and efficient, the page for the book has already been created, although there's no cover displayed just yet. If you're interested, you can see it here: The Long Way Home
I was amused to see that someone had clicked the "Like" button on both the paperback and Kindle page of the novel . Since very few people have read it yet, I think I have an idea of who that could be.
Thanks, Mom!
When I get the final cover image, I'll post it here. Hopefully it won't be too generic or look too literary.
23 comments:
- Tim McGregor said...
Now that is a cool insight to the reality of putting out a book. Finding the right title is a killer and a glimpse behind the curtain is always entertaining/educational.
Isn't there a Beatles tune called the "Long Way Home"? Extra points for that.
Kudos. - February 15, 2012 at 10:29 PM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Hi Tim! I'm not sure if there's a Beatles tune by that name, but I do know there's a song by Supertramp called "Take the Long Way Home." Either way, it has a familiar sound to it.
- February 16, 2012 at 7:57 AM
- PV Lundqvist said...
Titles are hard.
Should they be unique? Or familiar (sounding)? Descriptive, or a hook?
Genre expectations too. I can see how the Road Trip could strike someone as a comedy and throw off expectations.
I like Long Way Home. Focuses the reader on the plot and a feeling (who can't feel about the word 'home?') - February 16, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
PV--I agree that the word 'home' has positive connotations for most people. As Dorothy says, "There's no place like home..."
- February 16, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- Karen Wojcik Berner said...
I like it. PV is spot on about focusing the readers on the plot and feeling of the novel.
Exciting! Can't wait to read it. - February 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Thanks, Karen--so kind of you to say. I'm hoping the book is well received. You never know.
- February 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Rex Kusler said...
That's a good title. I definitely like that one best. The song Tim is thinking of is "The Long and Winding Road " which is a ballad written by Paul McCartney. One of my favorites.
- February 18, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Jon Olson said...
Well, I'll live. I liked The Road Trip, although I can see the problem of making it sound like a car full of beer-soaked post-adolescent guys looking for trouble. The new one makes me think of The Long Goodbye, but Smart Editors know best, one assumes.
Jon Olson
The Petoskey Stone
The Ride Home - February 20, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Rex--good recall coming up with the Beatles song title! I like that one too.
Jon, maybe my next book can be about a car full of beer-soaked post-adolescent guys looking for trouble and I can use THE ROAD TRIP as a title for that one. Unless you want to, and then it's all yours. - February 20, 2012 at 3:19 PM
- Jon Olson said...
Let's make it a race. Having been beer-soaked at least once, and having reached post-post-adolescence, as an experienced road-tripper, and as a certified, FDA-inspected guy, I may I have a headstart.
On an unrelated note, you really have to hand it to Supertramp -- a decades long career on, what, three musical ideas?
Now I've said too much.
The Ride Home - February 21, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Leta Worthington said...
Very helpful. I'm a newbie and just got my first book up on Kindle last night (soon to be in print on Amazon). ...and am struggling with a title for my book in progress. Hmmmm, I will have to find out if the Kindle poll on Facebook is available to anyone.
- February 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Hi Leta! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I enjoyed reading hearing from you.
- February 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM
- Bill B said...
Soundin' good, Karen! I think the voting set-up was the right way to go - a good idea from the brilliant marketing person. And I've gotta say, I probably would've voted for The Long Way Home. So ... before long you'll be receiving a box full o' newly printed books?
- February 23, 2012 at 3:06 AM
- Bill B said...
Sorry, I have to leave another comment. The one I just left was #13, and I suffer from triskaidekaphobia (compounded from being a math major). *Please ignore this* Thank You
- February 23, 2012 at 3:10 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Triskaidekaphobia--hey, I learned a new word! Thanks, Bill. Now that I think of it, I realized I have triskaidekaphobia as well. It might not be an actual phobia with me, maybe more of an avoidance? I also am very uncomfortable with the number 666 for obvious reasons. Even now, I didn't like typing it.
If the rest of my day doesn't go well, I'll know what to blame. - February 24, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Christina said...
Christina - email@example.com - Hi Karen - don't forget to send me a copy to review! I'm so eager to see it! To me, The Long Way Home connotes wanting to get back home (not as much focus on the trip itself, as The Road Trip seems to say. And not everyone would respond to it as a possible comedy - I didn't!). Also, besides the McCartney song The Long And Winding Road, there IS a Supertramp song called Take The Long Way Home (I can hear it in my head), a bit lighter-sounding than the McCartney one. Glad to find out you'll be publishing again soon!
- February 26, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Hi Christina, it's good to hear from you! You're already on my list of people to email when I get my advanced copies. If the offer still stands, I'll gladly send a book your way!
- February 26, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Pale Rambler said...
Excellent title. And, yes, much less generic. I was thinking of going the John Wayne route of naming things (such as in Big Jake when he called his dog "Dog"), but I'm not sure people would buy a book titled "Book."
Mark - February 29, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Mark, I'll buy your book no matter what it's called! Keep us posted.
- March 1, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- Christina said...
Christina - firstname.lastname@example.com - Hi Karen - it's an ALWAYS standing offer! I love your work!
- March 4, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- Brenda ND said...
THE LONG WAY HOME gets my vote too. :)
http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-celebration-of-weather-snow-facts.html - March 8, 2012 at 8:04 AM
- Karen McQuestion said...
Well, Christina, now you've started something! Thank you~
Brenda, I agree. I think THE LONG WAY HOME is the perfect title. - March 8, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- Karen McQuestion said...
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Bryan – to answer your questions – 12,000 is correct (we measure this by the number of certificates we distribute throughout the training centres), and the point made in respect of 'staying with the sport' was referring to those engaged in structured 'learn to sail courses', as opposed to the multitude that go to training centres for a multi activity 'experience'.
In respect of the numbers competing at the class championships, I haven't gone through the class websites to do an analysis, and I haven't done an analysis of the figures returned by classes in advance of the All Ireland championships, but I am happy to accept your research at face value – however does this allow for the mixed fleets - mirrors and topaz for example who are 'junior' classes that have adults competing, also the likes of mermaids, squibs, shannons, GP 14's, and cruisers that have youngsters sailing in them alongside adults?
The non-racing activities are increasingly popular, and used by many clubs as a means of encouraging family activity; swallows and amazons type stuff – day trips, bar-b-que on the beach, silly games, fancy dress etc – often with a semi competitive element – but with the emphasis on fun and social interaction amongst club members, more than regional and national competition.
I agree with you – I would dearly love to find a way to encourage more dinghy racing however I don't believe we should be forcing everyone to race through our training programmes. The decision to introduce the adventure element into the sailing scheme came as a result of feedback from clubs and training centres, who told us they were losing people because of the focus on racing in the old scheme.
Leaving dinghy racing aside - I would also say that we are under huge pressure from the cruising sailors within the organisation to grow and develop this area of the sport also. The challenge we have as a national governing body is that our activities and area of responsibility are so much more diverse than other sports, and the ISA has an obligation (driven by a strategy agreed by the members) with the limited resources we have, to promote all. This is a really welcome debate - please keep your thoughts coming, we need to hear your views in order to make an informed and balanced decision if change of direction is required.


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Shahrukh Khan is all set to make special appearance in Nagesh Kukunoor's Marathi film, titled, 'Dhanak'. Nagesh who is known to make socially relevant movies scripted his new project which is based on eye donation. After 'Laxmi', Kukunoor chose the concept of eye donation as his new project.
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Guess who wanted to 'Get real' recently! Film maker Nagesh Kukunoor has spent an insane Rs. 40 lakh to reconstruct a brothel to get the feel of a real one. His upcoming project, Lakshmi is based on true events. The theme of the film is a thirteen year old sex trafficking survivor and the atrociti
Bollywood hink John Abraham shoots a steamy scene with Sonal Sehgal for Nagesh Kukunoor's 'Aashayein'. The scene is the demand of the script and both shoot it very passionately. A source says, "John and Sonal's love-making scenes come at a crucial point in the film and
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- Aug 14:
- State officials authorize audit of Ross Valley Sanitary District
- Jun 28:
- George Russell: WC Fields comes to Ross Valley Sanitary District
- Jun 8:
- Editorial: Ross Valley rate hike will fix pipes
- May 29:
- Sewer rates will rise 6 percent per year over next five years in Ross Valley
- May 21:
- Protest hearing clears way for Ross Valley sewer rate hike; but board not unified in support
- May 13:
- Report: Insufficient evidence Ross Valley sewer director desired sexual relationship with manager
- Ross Valley sewer board race raises eternal question: who pays the piper?
- Mar 7:
- Former sewer district manager pleads innocent to felony charges, offers to settle civil suit against him
- Feb 10:
- Editorial: Public boards have important responsibility
- Feb 7:
- Judge orders former Marin sewer district manager to stand trial for misuse of housing loan
- Feb 6:
- Defense in Marin corruption inquiry says former Ross Valley sewer chief broke no laws
- Feb 5:
- DA expert in Marin corruption case details money transfers by former sewer boss Richards
- Feb 3:
- Marin DA presents evidence in corruption case against former sewer boss
- Jan 29:
- Jailed Ross Valley Sanitary District manager spiked salary, audit reports
- Nov 16:
- Former Marin sanitation official pumping out subpoenas in his corruption case
- Nov 12:
- Dick Spotswood: Ross Valley sewer board's legal tab trumps neighbors'
- Oct 30:
- Dick Spotswood: Ross Valley sewer district's six-figure legal bills
- Oct 5:
- EPA fines Ross Valley Sanitary District $16,000 for improper disposal of toxic material
- Sep 6:
- DA to brief sanitary board on former manager's embezzlement case
- Sep 5:
- Former Ross Valley sanitary manager wants district to pay for his defense
- Aug 4:
- Editorial: Ross Valley needs to focus on fixing sewers
- Aug 2:
- Former Ross Valley Sanitary District general manager pleads innocent to charges of misusing public funds
- Jul 30:
- Accused Ross Valley sanitary chief delays plea
- Jul 27:
- Accused Ross Valley Sanitary District former general manager returned to Marin, booked into county jail
- Jul 26:
- Election of new Ross Valley Sanitary District board president causes rift
- Jul 18:
- Ross Valley Sanitary District board approves $19.2 million revenue bond
- Jul 16:
- Ross Valley Sanitary District board expected to vote on proposal for $19.2 million bond measure
- Former Marin sanitary district manager arrested in the Philippines, will be returned to Marin for prosecution
- Jun 24:
- Ross Valley Sanitary District declines to take action against legal counsel
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- Editorial: Richards lawsuit key to Ross Valley moving forward
- May 30:
- Ross Valley Sanitary District sues former general manager for fraud
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- Judge orders Ross Valley Sanitary District to bid out projects of more than $15,000
- Apr 12:
- George Russell: Ross Valley sewer troubles
- Apr 9:
- Dick Spotswood: Ross Valley's troubles have financial, political ramifications
- Former Ross Valley Sanitary District manager charged with nine felony counts; whereabouts unknown
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- State regulators keep the pressure on Ross Valley Sanitary District to boost spending on pipe repair
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- Dick Spotswood: Ross Valley Sanitary District may not get loan money back
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THE Ross Valley Sanitary District has just filed a lawsuit to collect almost $350,000 from its former general manager Brett Richards.
It's likely an exercise in futility. Richards is a fugitive, with a seven-count felony indictment and a $7 million bail on his head. He has no known assets.
The district may recoup $149,000 of the unsecured "housing" loan to Richards from an insurance policy.
Unless it quickly acts to file a legal malpractice suit against the agency's former lawyer Sanford Skaggs, it can kiss the remaining $200,000 of ratepayer money goodbye.
Skaggs spotted that Richards' loan papers had no provision for any security. Nor was there any requirement that in collection actions the loser pay attorney fees.
Skaggs wrote a memo to that effect to district directors, but he sent it to Richards not to his actual client, the district's directors.
Arguably, that's legal malpractice.
That's like notifying the fox that he's about the enter the henhouse. Needless to say, Richards never forwarded Skaggs' memo to the board.
The sewage district's current attorney, Jolie Houston, disclosed the statute of limitations on Skaggs' oversight will run out at the end of June. The board will decide within weeks whether to proceed against Skaggs and his professional liability insurance carrier.
My hunch is that it will do nothing.
For a big-firm attorney like Houston, collecting $200,000 might cost more than could potentially be recovered.
Instead, the board should consider hiring a local attorney to collect the cash for a one-third contingency fee.
There likely are dozens of Marin lawyers who'd be delighted to take the case on a contingency. The district has literally nothing to lose unless, of course, there were some potentially embarrassing facts that litigation could bring to light.
FILING FOR ELECTION for city and town council seats in Novato, San Rafael, Tiburon, Fairfax, San Anselmo, Mill Valley, Corte Madera and Larkspur opens on Monday, July 15 and closes Aug. 9. A slew of school board, sanitary and fire district posts will also be on the November ballot.
If candidates are considering running, now is the time to start organizing their friends and neighbors.
Waiting until the last minute to decide about mounting a campaign is rarely a winning idea.
The Novato rumor mill indicates there are no candidates for City Council, except the incumbents Pat Eklund and Denise Athas. Both are expected to run.
It may be that next year's battle royale for the Novato-centered seat on Marin's Board of Supervisors between incumbent Judy Arnold and challenger Toni Shroyer is overshadowing this November's council race.
IN 2012's "top two" primary election, 49.81 percent of Marin registered voters participated. That's far less than the 90 percent of registered Marinites who cast ballots in presidential elections though more than the 40 percent that show up in odd-year municipal and school elections.
In an effort to find ways to encourage voter participation, Marin's Registrar of Voters Elaine Ginnold surveyed why 50 percent of registered voters didn't vote.
The top five excuses: 54 percent replied, "voting was inconvenient to my schedule;" 42 percent were "not interested" in the election; 37.1 percent just forgot; 37 percent didn't know enough about what's on the ballot; and 18 percent said, "my vote doesn't matter."
Some respondents gave multiple reasons
It's odd that the largest number complained about inconvenience. California, with permanent month-long mail voting, has the most liberal and easy to participate electoral systems in the nation.
TOM MONTGOMERY, vice chair of the Marin County GOP, says that "Marin's version of someone 'coming out' is when they divulge that they are a Republican."
Columnist Dick Spotswood of Mill Valley now shares his views on local politics twice weekly in the IJ. His email address is email@example.com.


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It wouldn't be the holidays without a bag of pecans from Altrusa of Gaston County.
The civic group uses proceeds from its annual sale to help a variety of charitable causes in the community. You can score some pecans at the following locations:
- The Habitat for Humanity Restore, 1840 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia
- Akers Pharmacy, 1595 E. Garrison Blvd, Gastonia.
- Park Sterling Bank, South New Hope Road, Gastonia
They are also available at LS Hair Design, Mattie Mae's, S&L Creations and Bou Cleaners.
Cost is $10 per bag for plain halves or $12 for milk chocolate covered, dark chocolate covered or honey roasted pecans.
One of the beneficiaries of the annual fundraiser is the "Shoes for Kids" program in the Gaston County Schools.
Nonprofits that have received help from Altrusa include the Gaston College Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Loray Girls Home, the Shelter of Gaston County and the Mediation Center.
Altrusa has taken on the following service projects this year, making donations to: Gaston County Schools (supplies), House of Mercy, S.O.C.K.S (Serving Our Community with Kindness) and Crisis Assistance Ministry.
For more information or to place an order, contact Altrusa President Connie Elzey , 704-864-3222 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Other Altrusa officers for 2012-2013 are Cherri Johnsonton, vice president and Lisa Sido , secretary.
The mission of Altrusa members is to use their energies and expertise in projects dedicated to the community betterment.
Kings Mountain has announced changes to its trash pickup schedule next week because of the Thanksgiving holiday - the city government will be closed Nov. 22-23.
Because of that trash usually picked up on Monday and Tuesday will be picked up on Monday; Wednesday's garbage will be picked up on Tuesday and Thursday's garbage will be picked up on Wednesday.
There will also be changes to recycling collection: Route 1 & 2 will be picked up on Monday; route 3 & 4 will be picked up on Tuesday and route 5 will be picked up on Wednesday.
The Southern Arts Society holds its annual open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at The Depot, 301 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain to celebrate the kick off of its Art for Christmas Holiday gift shop and the sale of its 2013 calendar "Images of the Past."
"Art for Christmas" will be on display through Dec. 29, featuring fine art, jewelry, photography, pottery, woodwork fiber art and sculpture ..
Gallery and gift shop hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The Depot will also be open on Sundays, from 1 to 4 p.m. through Dec. 23.
For more information, call 704-739-5585 or visit www.southernartssociety.org.
Mark Nov. 29 on your calendar. That's when Gaston County Parks and Recreation will hold a meeting for individuals and organizations interested in selecting tournament dates for Gaston County fields in 2013.
The meeting starts at 3:30 p.m. at the Citizens Resource Center, 1303 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas.
All time slots for tournaments will be assigned during the meeting – especially for the county park in Dallas and George Poston Park in Lowell.
Representatives attending the meeting for the first time must be present to receive any tournament dates in 2013. Directors having successful tournaments in 2012 will be awarded coinciding dates for 2013.
For more information, call Hal White, 704-922-2163.


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Co-sponsors of the bill are Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham, S.C., John McCain, Ariz., Marco Rubio, Fla., and Jeff Flake, Ariz.; and Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez, N.J., Richard Durbin, Ill. and Michael Bennet, Colo.
Nancy Foster, president of the U.S. Apple Association — another founding entity of the coalition — said the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers is "broken beyond repair."
She said the 20 billion apples grown in the U.S. annually have to be picked one at a time by hand, creating a seasonal need for about 70,000 harvest workers.
"This bill sets up a workable program," Foster said during the press conference.
Tom Nassif, president of Western Growers, another founding entity of the coalition, said the agricultural components of the immigration reform bill took months of negotiations.
He is confident the legislation will make it to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law, despite widespread reports that many conservatives in Congress plan to stall it indefinitely.
"This coalition will play a significant role in immigration reform being passed this year," Nassif said.
Nassif also said that he did not think members of the fresh produce industry would be troubled by the bill's mandatory use of what some are describing as an expanded version of the current E-Verify program.
The existing E-Verify program will be repealed if the bill becomes law.
"E-Verify has always been supported by our membership," Nassif said.
Stenzel from United Fresh had similar thoughts.
He said that opposition to E-Verify in the produce industry in the past has been related to the mechanics of the program, not its principals.
Nassif and Stenzel also voiced strong support for the wage requirements of the bill, as did the apple association's Foster and Florida's Stuart.
The bill defines hourly wages based on job classifications such as graders/sorters, agricultural equipment operators and farm workers.
For example, the wages for the lowest paid of those three classifications — farm workers would be set at $9.17 an hour for 2014, rising to $9.40 and $9.64 for 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Note on correction: Chuck Conner, president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, was incorrectly identified in the photo caption. He is seated third from the left.


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In 1892, the Madison school was erected at the site of the previous Lester Park School on Madison between 24th and 25th Streets. At a cost of just over $32,000 to build, the school was often referred to as "the most beautiful and commodious building in the city." The school originally had eight rooms with six more added in 1907. Classes included students from kindergarten to eighth grade.
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A great all-around hydration pack for day hiking, mountain biking and trail running, the Viper 10 is loaded with storage options and comes with a 3L reservoir so you can stay outside longer. Shorter torso length is specially sized for a woman's body. Stretchy front pocket is perfect for stashing gear or clothes and the side compression straps make sure nothing falls out. Main compartment holds tools and other essentials, slash pocket protects your sunglasses and harness pocket provides easy access to nutrition or electronics.100oz HydraForm Reservoir:
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Shopping in Newcastle
The city centre's shops are plentiful, no more so than at Eldon Square, where department stores rub shoulders with restaurants. Along the River Tyne lies the newly developed Quayside with the Sunday Quayside Market. Shoppers rummage for crafts and jewellery here, and go to The Biscuit Factory to be tempted by yet more artworks and meet local artists. Shops are open daily, with late opening on Thursdays.
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Sun 9am-4pm
Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3AF
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About two weeks ago my players brought up a few interesting questions that I'd like to ask the forum.
It's well known that the Imperial Guard employs men and women both in single gender and mixed gender units both on the front lines and probably on various support tasks. At least in my interpretation of the setting the Soldier of the IG are not constantly fighting, there's downtime, there's patrol duty and even some R&R every now and then. I'm imagining that a lot of soldier seek various enjoyments in their time away from the front be it alcohol, gambling, illegal drugs or sex.
So we were wondering what would happen if a female soldier got pregnant during her tour of duty? Would they get moved to a different unit that operates away from the front? What about the baby itself once she gives birth (assuming she surives that time and doesn't suffer from any complications due to stress or the combat itself)? Is it "property" of the Imperial Guard? Would she get maternity leave? (I'm guessing she wouldn't considering the setting).
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Set of six antique silver plated brass textured bangle bracelets with square black lava stone detail
Material: Antique silver plated brass and lava
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A Peace Treaty is much more than a high-end jewelry and scarves brand — it's also an inspiring example of how people from different cultures can work together to find common ground. A Peace Treaty founders Farah Malik (a Muslim from Pakistan) and Dana Arbib (a Jewish woman from Libya) use their luxury label not only to create fair-wage jobs for skilled artisans in eight different countries, but also to preserve ancient traditions at risk of becoming extinct. Lava-accented bangle bracelets, gold-plated brass rings with agate and lapis details, and earrings like the Dani — a rattlesnake-shaped coil that wraps around the ear — are just some of the distinctive designs you'll find in A Peace Treaty's socially conscious jewelry box.


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The time of calling all of our friends and neighbors, asking if they'd like to purchase a box of $4 cookies has come and gone. Order forms were due last week.
This year, I wasn't on top of my game as in years past. I have two very eager Girl Scouts. One was selling with her father, the other with me. When I checked my email to find the order forms were due, and my daughter had sold four boxes, only after one of my Facebook postings. I was a little nervous.
My 8-year-old daughter took the news in stride. With only a few hours to sell before turning in our forms, she grabbed the phone and started smiling and dialing. Her troop's goal was 40 boxes minimum per girl, and my daughter surpassed this goal in one hour. When she turned to me and said she really wanted to sell over 100 boxes, I knew there was more to Girl Scout cookies than what's in the box.
In a recent newsletter sent from Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chavez, she explains how "selling cookies teaches goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics, which are aspects essential to leadership, to success and to life."
Providing these tools to my daughters is the greatest gift of all. The desire for selling came early for my daughter, who ran to the door five years ago when two Girl Scouts came to sell us some tasty cookies. She turned to me after we placed our order and said, "I can't wait to be a Girl Scout so I can sell cookies." And as our deadline for this year's cookie sales loomed, I watched and listened to my little CEO sell and negotiate on the phone.
Fortunately, my daughter's troop leaders had the Brownies practice making calls, manage the money and, most importantly, how to sell and be courteous at the same time. The cookie "training" was a great success. This year my daughter's troop sold over 1,400 boxes, 200 more than last year (These girls are really improving!).
The Girl Scouts organization makes it easy, as well – the interactive website has tips, a cookie club for encouraging online ordering and tools for girls to learn more about where the money goes and how it helps all Girl Scouts. I loved my daughter's strategy for telling her customers what her personal favorites are, and explain some of the fun things she does with her troop. She also encouraged people to donate cookies to our troops.
February 8 is National Girl Scout Cookie Day, celebrating the world's largest girl-led business enterprise in the world. The Girl Scouts set aside one day for the entire country to talk about the five learning skills girls acquire thrrough the Girl Scout cookie program. And I knew my daughter was on to something when she also encouraged me to buy additional boxes so she could "sell them in person" to the friends and family she didn't have time to call. So if you're looking for a box of Thin Mints, or my daughter's personal favorite, Savannah Smiles – you know who where to go.


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Upgraded Advanced Photon Source lights the way to innovation The opportunity for better drugs, a cleaner environment, higher- performance electronics, and an economically competitive nation lies in finding new and better ways to do things. It lies in the innovations that science enables. And scientists in nearly every field say that to expedite innovation, they need to view matter in more detail and in more conditions and time scales than today's synchrotron X-ray technology allows. |
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Poster: Quality Policy Argonne's Quality Policy details the facility's commitment to supporting excellence in our scientific mission through the pursuit of continuous improvement in our products and services. Since 2009, Argonne has maintained accreditation by an independent, third-party registrar to the internationally recognized Quality Management System standard, ISO 9001:2008. |
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Poster: Environmental Policy Argonne's Environmental Policy details the facility's commitment to supporting our scientific mission by ensuring that all activities are conducted in an environmentally safe and sound manner. Since 2009, Argonne has maintained accreditation by an independent third party registrar to the internationally recognized Environmental Management System standard, ISO 14001:2004. |
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Brochure: Solutions for a Sustainable World This brochure gives information about Argonne's ongoing efforts to make its campus more sustainable. |
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Brochure: Technology Development & Commercialization Describes how Technology Development and Commercialization works at Argonne, including 12+ innovative technologies for commercialization that were developed at Argonne. |
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Energy to Renew Our World Argonne is working toward technological innovations that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create clean energy solutions — fueling new economies and creating the jobs of the future. |
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The Des Moines Police Department is located at 25 E. First Street. The non-emergency general information phone number is 515-283-4824.
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Public records may be requested by filling out an Application for Public Records. This form along with the fee may be submitted in person to the Records Section located on the 1st floor of the Des Moines Police Department, 25 East 1st Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, seven days a week, or by mail to the attention of the Records Section at the address above. If you have questions, please call the Records Section at (515) 283-4896.
Many items can be processed the same day the request is received. However, audio recordings and photos may take three to five days to process.
The Des Moines Police Department set a goal to provide citizens and insurance companies with the ability to obtain accurate and affordable traffic accident/crash reports as quickly as possible. To accomplish this we have now made traffic accident/crash reports available anytime through the Internet. Docview LLC has been chosen by the Des Moines Police Department to service on-line requests for accident reports.
www.docview.us.com charges a nominal convenience fee for this service which is added to the cost of the report. Citizens that do not wish to pay the convenience fee can still come to the police station and pay only the cost of the report.
Residents that choose to purchase copies of accident reports through Docview simply go to www.docview.us.com and click on the Private Citizen Purchase Crash Report tab at the top of the page. Select the State of Iowa and then the Des Moines Police Department. Complete the requested information and hit submit. If you are unable to find a report that you believe should be in our records, fill out any additional information pertaining to the report. The staff at Docview LLC will contact you as soon as possible to assist you in locating the report.
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Re: [CT] Fwd: US/GERMANY/PNA/UK - German police disclose details about suspected terrorist arrest
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* One 24-year-old German of Libyan descent and one 28-year-old from the
Gaza Strip were detained on suspicion of obtaining chemicals that
could be used to make a bomb / suspected of "planning a violent
criminal act" and "suspicion of preparing a serious seditious act of
* The two were subject of a surveillance investigation called "Operation
* Police searched their apartments and the Ar-Rahman mosque at the
Islamic Cultural Center for Religious Enlightenment, in Wedding where
the two frequented
* The men are said to have regularly spent time in the club, and
sometimes stayed there over night
* The center was searched because police believed the suspects
might have stored some chemical material there as it had a lot of
space, he added
* Police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said many papers had been found
but no explosives
* Their apartments were in the districts of NeukAP:lln and
Kreuzberg (unknown who's was who's)
* In their apartments police found "suspicious fluids;" the two men
had collected large quantities of coolant and acid used in
agriculture / police said the suspects intended to mix the
substances to make a bomb
* The men had not yet started building a bomb
* The investigation began when chemical companies in Berlin
and the state of Baden-WA 1/4rttemberg alerted police to the
suspicious orders
* They could make an explosive device of considerable explosive
effect," said a police spokesman
* Police left the Islamic center with several computers
* There are as yet no indications they had ties to al-Qaida or
other terrorist groups
* Police have not linked their alleged plan arrival of Pope
Benedict XVI later this month or with 9/11
* German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said last weekend that
a**about 1,000 people who can be called potential Islamic
terroristsa** lived in Germany
* According to the Federal Criminal Police Agency, this is the 10th
terror attempt in Germany since the 9/11 attacks on the US in 2001
* Ehrhart Koerting, interior minister for the Berlin city government,
said the investigation had been going on for some time: "A decision
was made to act now because there were enough elements, or something
was about to happen," he told reporters
German police hold two men for suspected bomb plot
Thu Sep 8, 2011 10:36am GMT
By Sabine Siebold
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested two men of Middle Eastern
origin suspected of buying material for a bomb attack, a police spokesman
in Berlin said on Thursday.
The two, identified as a 24-year-old German-Lebanese man and a 28-year-old
from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, are suspected of buying chemicals to make
an explosive device, police said.
The police operation comes two weeks before Pope Benedict is due to visit
Germany and days before commemorations to mark the 10th anniversary of the
September 11 attacks on U.S. targets.
"We are investigating the suspected preparation of a serious act of
violence," said the police spokesman, adding that the investigations had
been going on for several months. "We are looking for chemical substances
suitable for making explosives."
Police, who arrested the pair in Berlin, had searched two apartments and
an Islamic cultural centre in the German capital, the spokesman said. He
did not say when the arrests were made.
Security sources said the men had acquired cooling elements and acid to
make a bomb.
State prosecutors, who are usually involved in major terrorism cases, said
they were not pursuing the matter.
Germany has been spared a big terrorist attack but police have thwarted
several suspected plots in the last few years.
Fears of an attack grew after Hamburg was found to be a base for some of
the September 11 suicide plotters. Security officials have repeatedly
warned that militant cells may exist.
Ehrhart Koerting, interior minister for the Berlin city government, said
the investigation had been going on for some time. "A decision was made to
act now because there were enough elements, or something was about to
happen," he told reporters.
(Additional reporting by Erik Kirschbaum; Writing by Madeline Chambers;
Editing by Alistair Lyon)
Police arrest 2 over possible bomb plot in Germany
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 8, 2011 9:40 a.m. EDT
Berlin (CNN) -- German police arrested two men in Berlin on suspicion of
plotting a bomb attack, police said Thursday.
A 24-year-old German of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old man from Gaza
had tried to obtain chemicals that can be used to make a bomb, Berlin
Police press officer Martin Otter told CNN.
Police do not believe the suspects had a specific target, he said, and
they are not thought to have any links to international terrorist
Otter said the police operation in Berlin was over as of Thursday
Officers earlier searched an Islamic cultural institution and two other
addresses in Berlin in connection with the arrests.
Law enforcement had been monitoring the men for months, police spokesman
Thomas Neuendorf told CNN. He said the pair came under suspicion after
they sought to acquire a large amount of cooling agent.
The arrests were made in the Kreuzberg and Neukoelln districts of Berlin,
Neuendorf told reporters outside the Islamic center.
The center was searched because police believed the suspects might have
stored some chemical material there as it had a lot of space, he added.
Neuendorf said many papers had been found but no explosives. The public
prosecutor's office for Berlin is investigating the case, he added.
Berlin resident Annette Suessmuth, 25, told CNN she was concerned for the
safety of her two young children after the arrests.
"I am shocked. Normally I go here very often for shopping. I don't feel
safe any more," she said.
The federal chairman of the German police union, Bernhard Witthaut, said
the arrest of two suspects after months of shadowing was a "huge success"
for Berlin's police.
He urged all Germans to remain vigilant, saying: "It is better to call the
police one time too often than to stay passive."
With the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States
only three days away, many security services around the world are on a
heightened state of alert.
Police arrest two men for Berlin bomb plot
Terrorism | 08.09.2011
Two men have been arrested in Berlin in connection with plotting to carry
out a bomb attack. Police have said the two suspects had ordered chemicals
which could have allowed them to make an explosive device.
Police in Berlin are holding a 24-year-old German man with a Lebanese
background and a 28-year-old man from the Gaza Strip on "suspicion of
planning a serious act of violence."
According to police, the two men were planning a bomb attack and had
ordered chemicals which could have been used to make an explosive device.
As part of the investigation, which police said has been underway for some
time, a mosque, an Islamic cultural center and the apartments of the two
suspects were searched.
The mosque and cultural center were searched because the two men had spent
significant time there, sometimes spending the night in the mosque.
However, police were clear to state that the mosque and cultural center
were not a part of the ongoing investigation.
'No specific targets'
Police spokesman Martin Otte said the probe began when the firms where the
chemicals were ordered reported the suspicious purchases to police. The
men had not yet started building a bomb.
Otte declined to comment on a possible link to the September 11
anniversary, or the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Germany.
"For the moment, our investigation hasn't produced any evidence that an
attack was planned to take place at either of the two events," said Otte.
According to the Federal Criminal Police Agency, this is the 10th terror
attempt in Germany since the 9/11 attacks on the US in 2001.
Wolfgang Bosbach, domestic security expert in Chancellor Angela Merkel's
Christian Democrat party, said the new attempt is no reason to be overly
"We know that Germany is a target for terrorists, and that terror suspects
from this country have been travelling to the Afghan-Pakistan border
region for training. So this is worrying, but no reason to panic," he
Author: Matt Zuvela, Catherine Bolsover (dpa, dapd, AFP)
Editor: Martin Kuebler
Police found chemicals in TerrorverdACURchtigem
Thursday 8 September 2011 16:56 - By Michael Behrendt
The Berlin police may have prevented a terrorist attack. They arrested two
suspects in the apartment and found safe by one of the two chemicals.
The Berlin police may have prevented a terrorist attack. The Morning Post
Online learned from security sources. The prosecution therefore determined
against two men of Arab origin because of "suspicion of preparing a
serious seditious act of violence." The two suspects were arrested.
Riot police raided on Thursday morning, the Ar-Rahman mosque in Berlin's
Wedding district, where the two accused - should have been kept regularly
and stayed - a 24-year-old German of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old
from the Gaza Strip with unclear. Even officials of the security services
were in use.
At the Cultural Center there is a large building complex, with several
adjoining rooms. The driveway was blocked off. It is located in a cul de
sac in an industrial area. The investigations were directed specifically
but not against the mosque, the Islamic Association or its chairman,
according to police. "They do not stand in the crosshairs of
Parallel to the search of the object in the road Tromsoe also apartments
in NeukAP:lln and Kreuzberg in the Urban Street were searched. Around 10
officers were overwhelmed with a special clock commands the 28-year-olds
in the city and arrested about 11 clock was then the second arrest.
Earlier, the police as part of Operation "showers" observed the two
suspects around the clock, then on Thursday morning before the access
occurred. The 24-year-old information to the newspaper after studying
design at the Berlin Humboldt University Medical School.
A total of approximately 230 officers were deployed. The attorney general
has not been drawn to the procedure itself. Directed at the investigation
of the Berlin prosecutor's office. In the home of the German-Lebanese at
the Heinrich-Schlusnus-road sections of the chemicals were seized. It was
only discovered the acid, the cooling elements are still missing.
The two men have for information from Morgenpost Online in large scale
cooling elements and one acquired in agriculture used acid - the acid and
enclosing the substances in the cooling elements, the two suspects wanted
to blend, then, to build a bomb. "That they could make an explosive device
of considerable explosive effect," said a police spokesman.
According to information from the morning post online under investigation
against the two men for more than two months. Got under way it was, by
information of the companies in which the substances had been ordered.
Operators in Berlin and Baden-Wuerttemberg had occurred, the suspect
requested amounts. She had grown suspicious and independently reported to
the State Criminal Police Office.
What the two men had planned the bombing is being investigated. The Berlin
public prosecutor Ralph Knispel said, yet nobody knew anything about a
specific planned attack or a concrete goal. The Berlin Protection of the
Constitution did not comment. A police spokesman said there was no
evidence that a relationship with the 10th Anniversary of the attacks on
New York and Washington was there. "We have no indication here that on 11
September should go up a bomb. "There is nothing known of a connection to
an event like the Pope's visit to Germany.
In one of the biggest terrorist trials in Germany 2010, four men were
convicted. The so-called Sauerland Group had in the name of the Islamic
Jihad Union (IJU) planned attacks in Germany. That the attacks could be
prevented, was considered a great success of the German authorities. Three
of the four men, twelve barrels of chemicals purchased in the apartment
and started to make it explosive. On 4 September 2007, where they arrested
a fourth defendant was later arrested in Turkey.
Also, the assassin of Norway had acquired chemicals for his attack on a
large scale. The explosion in the government district of Oslo, 500-pound
bomb to the right-wing Islam haters Anders Breivik Behring had made of
synthetic fertilizers.
For the preparation of his terrorist act , he had even managed a farm to
buy the fertilizer needed by him without attention to. As many as six tons
of the chemical he had stored for the manufacture of explosives.
Since the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the Bundeswehr mission in
Afghanistan is also targeted by Islamist terrorists in Germany. Almost all
attacks could be prevented or failed. The exception was the assassination
of U.S. soldiers in Frankfurt / Main.
Breivik had the materials according to his lawyer, mostly bought abroad
and traveled to some 20 countries. Back in March was Norwegian
intelligence Breivik PST on the sale because of a chemical hear. Breivik
had paid a Polish distributor of the substances the equivalent of 15 euros
and had appeared on the corresponding shopping lists. But this was not
sufficient for active surveillance was, it was part of the PST.
After the terrorist attack in July, Norway had significantly impeded the
acquisition of chemicals. Fertilizer is released since then only to
registered buyers in particular.
Especially at first unobtrusive individual offenders make the German
security authorities concerned - young men and Arid Uka. This shot in
early March at Frankfurt airport two U.S. soldiers and thus committed the
first successful Islamist attack on German soil . It had the investigators
not in sight. The Attorney General is confident that the fact alone Uka
was planned and instigated by jihadist propaganda on the Internet.
Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) praised the arrest as "successful
result of the Berlin police." It showed "how important is the vigilance of
security agencies," said Wowereit in Berlin. He hoped that it possibly now
in the field of suspects identifying successes give. Even the
parliamentary party and state chairman of the CDU in Berlin, Frank Henkel,
expressed his relief at the access. The arrest shows that the Islamist
threat is real, he said. Islamist extremism and terrorism were still among
the "largest security challenges of our time. "The Green-interior expert
Wolfgang Wieland asked to strictly regulate the sale of chemicals. It is
superior, to create an extensive network of controls, he said.
The terrorist threat in Germany is also high in the opinion of the police
union (GdP) as before. "Those who believe that ten years after the
horrific attacks in the U.S. and after the death of Osama bin Laden have
normalized the situation is, again a lesson was taught," said national
chairman Bernhard Witt skin. He said: "The police will continue to
maintain a high personal and high-pressure technique used to search for
potential terrorists."
The SPD interior expert Dieter WiefelspA 1/4tz praised the "wonderful
successful result." He also warned, however, before it took advantage of
the arrests for political demands. "It should now be about to enlighten
the background carefully," said WiefelspA 1/4tz. He was responding to
demands of the CDU . inner politician Wolfgang Bosbach He had spoken out
on Thursday again immediately after the arrest of two terrorist suspects
for the re-introduction of data retention "Especially in this case, in the
recent case, it's felt quite important. With whom did the alleged
terrorists in Contact stood With whom they communicate? "Bosbach said in
an interview with the broadcaster N24.
With mim / dpa / DAPD
Police thwart terror plot
Published: 8 Sep 11 11:22 CET
Updated: 8 Sep 11 16:29 CET
Police on Thursday arrested two men in Berlin for acquiring chemicals amid
suspicions they were planning a terrorist bomb attack.
A 24-year-old German of Lebanese origin and a 28-year-old Palestinian were
detained and an Islamic cultural club in the northern part of the city had
been searched, the authorities said.
A police spokesman confirmed a Berliner Morgenpost report that the two men
were stockpiling chemicals that could be used to make an explosive device.
Apart from the club in the northern district Wedding, the mena**s flats in
the districts of NeukAP:lln and Kreuzberg are also being searched.
According to the newspaper, the two men had collected large quantities of
coolant and acid used in agriculture. Police said the suspects intended to
mix the substances to make a bomb.
The men are said to have regularly spent time in the club, and sometimes
stayed there over night. Police have apparently been keeping them under
surveillance for two months. There are as yet no indications they had ties
to al-Qaida or other terrorist groups.
The investigation began when chemical companies in Berlin and the state of
Baden-WA 1/4rttemberg alerted police to the suspicious orders, the
newspaper said.
"They could have created a highly explosive device with it," a police
spokesman said.
Agricultural chemicals were also used by right-wing extremist Anders
Behring Breivik for his 500-kg bomb attack on the Norwegian government in
Oslo in July, which killed eight people.
It is not clear what the men were planning to do with the bomb. The
spokesman said there was no immediate connection with the tenth
anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States
this Sunday or the Popea**s visit to Berlin later in the month.
"We have no indication that a bomb was meant to explode here on September
11," the spokesman said.
Der Tagesspiegel newspaper said on its website that authorities had had
men under round-the-clock surveillance.
"We barely had mobile operations commando forces available for other
duties because they were all committed to the terror cell," an unnamed
investigator told the paper.
The GdP police union said the arrests underlined the risk factor posed by
Islamists in Germany.
"Those who think that the situation has returned to normal 10 years after
the terrible attacks in the United States and the death of Osama bin Laden
once stand corrected," GdP chairman Bernhard Witthaut said.
Germany has around 5,000 troops in Afghanistan under NATO command.
Authorities say the Islamist scene is large and dangerous, with about
1,000 members across the country.
A 21-year-old Kosovar went on trial last week for killing two US airmen
who were heading to Afghanistan from the western city of Frankfurt in
March, in what has been called the first jihadist attack on German soil.
In 2007 police thwarted a major plot to attack US soldiers and civilians
in Germany and Islamic militants in 2006 placed suitcases with homemade
bombs on two regional trains at Cologne's main station. They failed to
detonate, averting an almost certain bloodbath.
And three of the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackers including their
ringleader Mohammed Atta, who flew the first plane into the World Trade
Center, lived in the northern port city of Hamburg before moving to the
United States.
DAPD/DPA/AFP/The Local/bk/mry
Two Men Arrested in German Bomb Plot
By NICHOLAS KULISH
Published: September 8, 2011
BERLIN a** Two men were arrested here Thursday on suspicion of planning a
terrorist attack, after the police tracked their purchases of bomb-making
materials, a Berlin police spokesman said.
The men, a 24-year-old German of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old from
Gaza, had obtained chemicals that could be used to build explosives,
according to the spokesman, Martin Otter, who did not provide any
specifics about the chemicals. He said the effort to obtain them was what
brought the men to the attention of the police.
The impending tenth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has
heightened concerns about terrorism in recent days. German officials are
also preparing for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI later in the month.
But the police did not link the arrests to those events. a**We have no
evidence at this point that it has anything to do with the popea**s visit
or Sept. 11,a** Mr. Otter said. Neither did investigators say they had
reason to believe at this point that the suspects were connected to Al
Qaeda or any terror organization.
The police searched the apartments of the two men on Thursday, and found
suspicious fluids a**that now have to be tested,a** said Ralph Knispel, a
senior prosecutor. The police also searched an Islamic cultural center
where the suspects passed a great deal of time and even occasionally spent
the night.
On Thursday afternoon, police officers in black berets stood watch outside
the center, Islamic Cultural Center for Religious Enlightenment, in
Wedding, a working-class neighborhood. Officers in green police vests
carried several Dell computers out of the center and into a waiting van.
Mr. Otter said that there was no suspicion that the director or other
members of the center were involved in any plot.
A statement released by the police said they were searching for
bomb-making materials, directions for their construction and order forms
for the chemicals. A newspaper, Berliner Morgenpost, reported that the
chemicals were a coolant and an acid used in agriculture. The police said
that the suppliers of the chemicals alerted the police to the unusual
quantities that the men purchased.
a**As the tips from the suppliers indicate, the level of alertness has
increased,a** said Wolfgang Bosbach, chairman of the German parliamenta**s
committee on internal affairs. Citing a government estimate that 1,000
Islamic militants live in Germany, Mr. Bosbach said there was a**no reason
to panic, but certainly for precautions and attentiveness.a**
Germany has not suffered the kind of large-scale terrorist attacks that
have struck the United States, Britain, Spain and some other Western
countries in recent years, but neither has it entirely escaped the reach
of terrorism. Mohammed Atta and other Sept. 11 plotters lived in Hamburg
for a time, and in March, a Muslim immigrant from Kosovo who said he was
inspired by extremist ideology killed two American airmen at the Frankfurt
In April, the police arrested two suspects in DA 1/4sseldorf and another
in Bochum after a long-running investigation found that the men, who are
suspected of having ties to Al Qaeda, were planning a bomb attack in the
DA 1/4sseldorf area. In those arrests, the authorities said the suspects
had been acquiring chemicals like hydrogen peroxide and acetone that can
be used in bomb production. The suspects downloaded bomb-making recipes
from the Internet and tried to extract chemicals for a detonator from a
charcoal lighter, the authorities said.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: September 8, 2011
An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that one of the
arrested men, the 24-year-old German, was of Libyan descent.
German Police Detain Two Over Suspected Terror Plot
Thursday, 8 September 2011
German police say they have detained two men in Berlin on suspicion of
obtaining chemicals that could be used to make a bomb.
They were identified as a 24-year-old German of Lebanese descent and a
28-year-old from the Gaza Strip.
Police early on September 8 searched their apartments and also an Islamic
cultural center in the German capital where the two men spent time.
A spokesman said the two men, who were not named, were suspected of
planning a "violent criminal act."
Police were searching for chemical substances that can be used to make a
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Radio Free Europe
World | Thursday 8.09.2011 | 16:43
Berlin police arrest two men in suspected bomb plot
Source: Beta
BERLIN -- Police in Berlin have arrested two men of Middle Eastern descent
on "suspicion of planning a serious act of violence."
A police officer carries a ram outside the Islamic Cultural Center
A police officer carries a ram outside the Islamic Cultural Center
According to media, the arrested men did not have any connections with the
international terrorist networks or extremist organizations, but they
caught authoritiesa** attention after buying large amounts of chemicals
which could have been used to make an explosive device.
According to the German authorities, the arrested 24-year-old German man
of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old man from the Gaza Strip had not
started making the explosives yet so there was no immediate threat.
The police searched the two mena**s apartments in Berlin and a mosque and
an Islamic cultural center.
Police spokesperson Thomas Neuendorf declined to comment on a possible
link to the September 11 anniversary, or the upcoming visit of Pope
Benedict XVI to Germany.
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said last weekend regarding
the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York and
Washington that a**about 1,000 people who can be called potential Islamic
terroristsa** lived in Germany.
He explained that 128 of them were considered a threat and that there was
a reasonable doubt that they could commit criminal acts, including
terrorist attacks.
The authorities have determined that 20 of them were in some terrorist
training camps.
According to Friedrich, many of them are under the State Security Service
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2 arrests and raid on Muslim cultural center.
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German police disclose details about suspected terrorist arrest
Text of report in English by independent German Spiegel Online website
on 8 September
[Reoprt by "kla": "Suspicious Chemicals: Two Terror Suspects Arrested in
Berlin "]
Police in Berlin arrested two terror suspects on Thursday [8 September],
raiding their apartments and a Muslim cultural centre. The two men
allegedly amassed chemicals that could be used to make bombs.
Just ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks in the United States, security forces in Berlin may have
prevented another possible attack. On Thursday morning, police in the
German capital arrested two men suspected of gathering chemicals that
could be used to build a bomb.
A 24-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent and a 28-year-old from
the Gaza Strip were apprehended following an investigation by police and
state prosecutors that has been underway for some time, a police
spokesman said.
They are believed to have amassed chemical substances that could have
been used in the preparation of a bomb, he said. Authorities declined to
reveal further details about the potential explosive.
Ice Packs On Order
The announcement came as investigators were simultaneously conducting a
search at a Muslim cultural centre in the city's Wedding district, along
with the suspects' apartments in the Neukolln and Kreuzberg districts.
The companies from which the men bought chemicals set the investigation
in motion when they alerted officials about suspicious quantities in
their orders, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper reported. Cooling
elements and acids used in the agriculture industry were among the
chemicals, the paper reported.
Over the course of several months, the main suspect allegedly ordered
large quantities of gel ice packs, daily Der Tagesspiegel reported.
Combined with a certain acid, the gel inside can be highly explosive,
the paper said.
Police ruled out any connection to the upcoming 10th anniversary of the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks or the visit by Pope Benedict XVI to
Germany scheduled for later in the month.
Source: Spiegel Online website, Hamburg, in English 8 Sep 11
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