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On Wednesday, Henrietta supervisor Jack Moore presented a resolution against the casino at a town board meeting. You might remember that earlier this month the Seneca Gaming Corporation bought 32 acres of land near Route 390 and Jefferson Road as a potential site. After voting Wednesday, the board unanimously opposed the plan and right now it seems the majority of the town's residents feel the same way.
Henrietta resident Jeff Magee said at the meeting, "We should have a say about our own community, and I'm a little concerned by the fact that the state and federal governments can come in and force something on the people that the majority are against."
Supervisor Moore says, "The Senecas are just like any business that would come before the town board. They have that right to come and present whatever they want to build in this town. And we as a town board have to listen to that. We don't have to approve it or like it but we have to have an open process in which they can come and present."
Seneca Gaming Corporation issued the following statement in response to Wednesday's casino resolution vote by the Henrietta Town Board:
"A new Seneca casino could bring $200 million in private capital investment to the community, potentially creating more than 1,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs with excellent benefits. Beyond investment and jobs, such a project could also provide significant partnership opportunities for local vendors, educational and civic institutions, and provide needed revenue for local governments, just as we have done elsewhere. All of that contributes to the economic expansion of Monroe County.
"The first step in developing a project is to engage the community in order to ensure the plan that is developed fits within and complements the surrounding area. This process would have allowed us to articulate our vision and to discuss the project's benefits with the Henrietta community. Rather than allow that process to move forward, the town board has instead prematurely decided to take its position. Our belief in our vision and in the benefits it will deliver to Monroe County has not changed."
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Vehicle RestrictionsThe Golden Gate Bridge roadway consists of a total of six roadway lanes. The number of roadway lanes dedicated to a given direction of traffic flow can be modified several times throughout the day to accommodate shifting traffic patterns. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has policing authority on the Bridge. There are two WIDE LANES available at the Toll Plaza: toll lanes #1 and #2 are located on the right-hand side (west) of the Toll Plaza when traveling south. The WIDE LANES are 11 feet, 10 inches wide. All other toll lanes are 9 feet, 2 inches wide. The height limit through the Toll Plaza is 14 feet, 6 inches. All vehicles crossing the Bridge must be in compliance with California Vehicle Code. The speed limit on the Bridge is 45 miles per hour (MPH) and the speed limit traveling south through the toll plaza is 25 MPH. The speed limit traveling north through the toll plaza is 35 MPH, with an advisory speed of 25 MPH. June 2010 through December 2013: SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING VEHICLE RESTRICTION IN EFFECT: From June 2010 through December 2013, the weight of vehicles and loads crossing the Golden Gate Bridge will be restricted to legal limits; there will be no extra weight legal limit vehicles permitted. This restriction is being imposed as a result of the ongoing seismic retrofit work. For more information on LEGAL LIMITS: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/trucksize/weight.htm. Trucks, Trailers, Buses, Recreational Vehicles are allowed on the Golden Gate Bridge as long as:
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The MSM Quagmire – If It Ain't Happening, They'll Make It Up.
Gateway Pundit has done yeoman's work digging out the details of this story and if there's any justice, it'll get a lot of play throughout the blogosphere.
Here's the upshot of the story. The MSM has reported six flat-out wrong stories from Iraq in the past six weeks. Every one of the stories was damaging to the United States and helpful to the Islamists. Every one of the stories was "bad news" in Iraq – the kind of stories that get splashed on the TV for a day or so then disappear after the damage to public opinion has already been done.
A friend of mine asked me recently why, if there were so many good things happening in Iraq, public opinion was still down so far. Well, it's stories like these that have driven that. You have to really dig around to find any real good news out of Iraq. Indeed, as Gateway Pundit notes, one fake story crowded out a "good news" story where Coalition forces had handed a whole city over to Iraqi security forces with confidence not only from us and the Iraqis but also the people who lived there. It was one of those "good news" stories that go a long way toward proving that indeed there is great political progress being made in Iraq, that it was building from the bottom up as it should be, and that the confidence of the people in their own brand-new security forces are growing every day. In short, it was exactly the kind of story that the MSM absolutely could not report eagerly because it torpedoes the ongoing manufactured narrative we've heard consistently for the past year or more.
So…yeah. More fake news from the "professional" MSM. Nice, job, guys.
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This paper contributes to the ongoing discussion of sustainability behaviors by introducing the construct of perceived organizational support toward the environment (POS-E). We propose and empirically test an integrated model whereby we test the association of POS-E with employees' organizational citizenship behaviors toward the environment (OCB-E) as well as to job attitudes. Results indicated that POS-E was positively related to OCB-E, job satisfaction, organizational identification, and psychological empowerment, and negatively related to turnover intentions. We also found that psychological empowerment partially mediated the relationship between POS-E and the dependent variables. We discuss the theoretical implications as well as practical implications for managers seeking to encourage sustainability in their organizations.
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- Title
- Empowering Employee Sustainability: Perceived Organizational Support Toward the Environment
- Journal
Journal of Business Ethics
- 10.1007/s10551-014-2093-z
- Print ISSN
- 0167-4544
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0697
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Corporate social responsibility
- Environment
- Extra-role behaviors
- Organizational citizenship behavior
- Perceived organizational support
- Psychological empowerment
- Sustainability
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Eric Lamm (1)
- Jennifer Tosti-Kharas (1)
- Cynthia E. King (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. College of Business, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA


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Erotic spanking is the act of spanking another person for the sexual arousal or gratification of either or both parties. Activities range from a spontaneous smack on bare buttocks during a sexual activity, to occasional sexual roleplay, such as ageplay, to domestic discipline and may involve the use of a hand or the use of a variety of spanking implements, such as a spanking paddle or cane.[1] Erotic spankings are commonly combined with other forms of sexual foreplay. The most common type of erotic spanking is administered on the bare buttocks,[2] but can also be combined with bondage, in order to heighten sexual arousal and feelings of helplessness.
Many cultures describe pain as an aphrodisiac. For example, the Kama Sutra, in particular, goes into specific detail on how to properly strike a partner during sex.[3]
In some cultures, the spanking of women by the male head of the family or by the husband – sometimes called domestic discipline – has been, and sometimes continues to be, a common and approved custom. In those cultures and in those times, it was the belief that the husband, as head of the family, had a right and even the duty to discipline his wife and children when he saw fit, and manuals were available to instruct the husband how to discipline his household. In most western countries, this practice has come to be regarded as unlawful and socially unacceptable wife-beating, domestic violence or abuse. Routine corporal punishment of women by their husbands, however, does still exist in some parts of the developing world,[4][5][6] and still occurs in isolated cases in western countries. However, today, spanking of an adult tends to be confined to erotic spanking or to BDSM contexts.
One of the earliest depictions of erotic flagellation is found in the Etruscan Tomb of the Whipping from the fifth century BC, named after its depictions of eroticized flagellation.
Representations of erotic spanking and flagellation make up a large portion of Victorian pornography, for instance 1000 Nudes by Koetzle.[7]) Hundreds of thousands of engravings, photographs, and literary depictions of spanking and flagellation ("birching") fantasies circulated during the Victorian era, including erotic novellas like The Whippingham Papers, The Birchen Bouquet, Exhibition of Female Flagellants[8][9] or the pornographic comic opera Lady Bumtickler's Revels.[10] Since their deaths, many well-known people have been discovered to have enjoyed spankings for erotic purposes or emotional gratification, including the noted British Army officer T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"),[11][12] influential English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan,[13][14] TV broadcaster Frank Bough,[13] and English writer John Mortimer.[13]
Other examples include the poet Algernon Swinburne, as implied repeatedly in his poetry, and the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as detailed in his autobiography Confessions:[15]
... Miss Lambercier... exerted a mother's authority, even to inflicting on us... the punishment of infants... Who would believe this childish discipline, received at eight years old, from the hands of a woman of thirty, should influence my propensities, my desires, my passions, for the rest of my life... To fall at the feet of an imperious mistress, obey her mandates, or implore pardon, were for me the most exquisite enjoyments, and the more my blood was inflamed by the efforts of a lively imagination the more I acquired the appearance of a whining lover."[16]
A spanking may be carried out with the use of a bare or gloved hand, or with any of a variety of implements, including a paddle, strap, hairbrush, feather duster[17] or belt.[2] Other popular implements are canes, riding crops, whips, switches, birches, sneakers, rolled-up newspapers, rulers or martinet.
A spank skirt or spanking skirt has an additional opening in back designed to expose the buttocks. While the name spank skirt suggests that the wearer could be spanked "bare bottom" without removing or repositioning the skirt, this item may be worn for reasons other than spanking, for instance, exposure).[citation needed] Considered fetish wear, spank skirts are typically tight-fitting and made of fetishistic materials (such as leather, PVC or latex). Regardless of the gender of the wearer, spank skirts are usually considered female attire. The male gender role equivalent might be motorcycle chaps.
Other garments associated with spanking as well as humiliation are ruffled or rhumba panties, women's panties with rows of ruffles on the rear panel or outside.[citation needed]
A spanking bench or spanking horse is a piece of furniture used to position a spankee on, with or without restraints. They come in many sizes and styles, the most popular of which is similar to a sawhorse with a padded top and rings for restraints.[18] The 19th-century British dominatrix Mrs. Theresa Berkley became famous for her invention of the Berkley Horse, a similar form of BDSM apparatus.[19]
Howard Stern's paddle machine, the "Robospanker", has been used on his show to spank numerous guests, including Jessica Jaymes, Jennifer Krum, Haydn Porter,[20] Tabitha Stevens, Victoria Zdrok, and Valentina Vaughn.[21]
Spanking can be administered in a number of spanking positions. The choice of position takes into account the spankee's comfort in the position for long periods of time, the spanker's ability to swing at the spankee at a comfortable, natural angle, complete access to the spankee's buttocks, the spanker's control of the spankee's position and ability to readjust as necessary, safety, and the amount of strength the top is able to generate from such a position. Positions can also be chosen specifically for added effects such as increased humiliation, elevation and suspension.
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Friday night, when Mike got home from work, we stopped at BJ's to get a membership. We were using a free 3-month trial and that expired. So we finally caved and got a membership there. I really enjoy going there. I get really good deals on my allergy medication and vitamins. Plus, they have good deals on plenty of other things and I like that you can use multiple coupons. I'm happy to have a membership for a year. We will get good use out of it. I didn't have anything exciting for dinner and didn't bother to take pictures of it. All I know is that I felt absolutely terrible and went to sleep around 9 or 9:30pm. Party pooper.
On Saturday morning, I woke up and decided that I wanted coffee really badly. Well that was a massive mistake. I felt really sick the rest of the day from it. You don't realize how much you miss drinking coffee until it doesn't agree with you anymore. Don't get me wrong I enjoy drinking tea but I am much more a coffee drinker. Know of any coffees that are gentle on the stomach and caffiene-free? I managed to pull myself together in time to get blood work taken. Luckily, the woman didn't hurt me too bad. So I'm glad about that.
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Spring Fling set in Ashley
The Annual Spring Fling will be held Thurs., May 2, from 5-8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Ashley.
It is a free event open to anyone with an interest in horticulture. There will be lots of door prizes as well as educational booths/area vendors advertising their services. There will be free Extension publications and lots of other information on gardening, flowers, trees and food and nutrition, as well as information/ discussion about the community garden to be started in Ashley.
There will also be lots of time for discussion and questions and answers.
The following is a list of speakers and their topics. Tom Kalb, Extension Horticulture Specialist, will be speaking on Starting a Backyard Orchard. Kathy Wiederholt, NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center, will be talking about fruit research. Tom Rude will talk about keeping trees happy and healthy through correct applications of fertilizer, pruning and tree placement. Terry Gropper will discuss purchasing trees from the Soil Conservation District and the McIntosh County Extension Service, NRCS and SCD staff will talk about theAshley community garden project.
A free, light supper will be served, although freewill offerings will be accepted.
The event is sponsored by the McIntosh County Extension Office, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Soil Conservation District. If you need more information, please call the Extension Office at (701) 288-3465.
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1. Ke$ha makes me want to vomit. I heard "Die Young" yesterday for the first time in a while, and it reaffirmed how much I hate that song. It just makes me angry whenever I hear it. If Ke$ha can be a famous musician, so can I.
2. Putting something in quotations and adding a "…" to the end makes it seem far more dramatic than it needs to. For example: I ate the last cookie. Verses "I ate the last cookie…" The second option seems much for mysterious. Who is the "I" that ate this cookie? Why was this cookie eaten? So.Much.Mystery.
3. Starting a phrase with "and" or "because" adds an infinite number of Internet feels. For example: "I will always love you." Verses "And I will always love you." (For extra feels, add a "…" to the end. Oh so dramatic.
4. I would really hate to be a stick of deodorant. This is a strange thought to have, but honestly, what a horrible existence that would be. Sure you would smell nice, but your face would constantly be shoved under someone's smelly underarms. Ick.
5. I can't get over the fact we can't see our own faces. You can see the rest of your body, your arms, legs, torso, etc., but the fact we can't see our face, one of the most identifiable things about humans, boggles my mind. Yes, you can see your face in the mirror, but it really isn't your face. It is just a reflection. What if your reflection as you see it is different from how people see you? What if it is similar to how hearing your voice as you speak is different than hearing it on a recording, even though everyone else insists you always sound the same?
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Pro Discount?
OK, so after getting harangued for an hour by a pushy supposed pro-garden designer I need to rant and see what other nurseries do for "Professional Discounts."
We are a small specialty nursery that focuses of cacti, succulents and xeric plants. We grow about 95% of our own stock and buy in what we don't have room to grow. We offer a "Professional Courtesy Discount" to landscapers and garden designers, as well as wholesale on some of the plants we grow.
After feeling that we were getting taken advantage by a few people with computer printed business cards... we decided that we would ask for professional credentials and then issue a discount card that they could show to our cashiers to receive their discount. Our minimum requirement was either a C-27 or for garden designers a business license.
I don't think that is too much to ask for, but I just had a "Landscape Designer" harass me that "she had been in business for twenty years and that I had to give her a discount... because she would spend a lot of money with me..." but she does not have a business license or any other credentials other than a business card. The only credential she offered was for me to Google her name and see an article in a local shoppers paper about her.
Am I expecting too much that if you are a legitimate garden designer that you at least get a business license and pay your taxes just like every other small business owner? She was so pushy and annoying that I don't feel I have to offer a discount, but I am curious what other independent nurseries require if they offer a professional discount.
Most nurseries in my area (massachusetts) require a copy of your vendor's license which, by any other name, is the certificate your state department of revenue gives for any business that resales merchandise in order for them to coolect sales tax on the marked up amount. Any legitimate wholesale buyer would have such a license or certificate.
If Suzy Veteran Designer is a legitimate buyer and reseller, she should not be insulted whatsoever.
It is your decision whether you offer discounts at all.It is up to your descretion who you offer those discounts to. If you can move most of your stock at retail and have a difficult time restocking during the season, I don't know why you would offer any discount. If it helps you move plants that you can replace, then it makes sense as long as it is profitable. But, you have no obligation other than the success of your business.
Our state requires a service vendors license for landscaping and garden design. It also requires anyone installing woody or perennial stock to have a stock dealer certificate. It isn't required by law for me to ask for a dealer certificate, but I do. If they're legit, they have one and I'm not the only one who does this. If they can't cough one up, then they do not buy nursery stock from me. Or if they do, they not only do not get a discount, they need to cough up their vendor's license, or number and sign the exemption forms or they also get taxed.
I have had customers who flash a vendor's license at me and then expect to buy wholesale exempt. Just having a vendor's license doesn't make it a legitimate wholesale sale. If they are legit, and want your product, then I've never had one who balked at coughing up the credentials. The only ones who have given me grief are the ones whom I found out later were operating under the counter, so to speak. You don't want their business.
This is an edgy subject, which has been tested in court in a number of different industries. Courts have steadfastly refused to recognize what they call "classes of business."
Basically, it boils down to this; If a buyer meets your minimum requirements, he is entitled to your wholesale price schedule, whether he is a retailer, wholesaler or plain Jane consumer. In other words, if your minimum order is 8 trays of plants, and the price is $X, it doesn't matter what the buyer is going to do with the plants, he should pay $X.
Sales tax exemption is equally clear. The purchaser must be a reseller, and be registered with the state to collect sales tax in order to earn exemption. In New York, it requires a Certificate of Authority from the Department of Tax & Finance. It further requires quarterly filing and payment of taxes collected.
I am not sure what requirements might apply in other areas, but in WA state tax-exempt sales (which include most professional businesses purchasing plants at a discount and reselling them to clients) is monitored closely by the state department of revenue and appropriate documentation to support these sales is required by law. That includes a form which must be filled out by the business with the licensed name and contact information, the type of business, how the materials purchased are intended to be reused (ie. resale) and most importantly, the business's UBI number (Unified Business Identifier). This immediately eliminates any unlicensed "businesses". And there is an expiration date on these forms as well - they are only valid for a limited period of time and must be refiled once that period has expired. These are subject to audit and without these forms as proof, your business may be subject to the uncollected sales tax on these sales as well as stiff penalties.
A "courtesy professional discount" is just that - a courtesy. You are under no obligation to extend any type of discount. This is a quite different situation from selling wholesale, which may or may not apply in your specific situation. How you monitor who is to receive this discount is up to you and any documentation you may require to support this professional courtesy is also under you discretion, however I would certainly check with your local taxing authority for whatever documentation they require to support tax-exempt sales. At my retail nursery, the discount is minimal - we are in the primary business of serving the gardening public, not the landscaping industry - and it comes with the understanding that it is entirely self-service. No nursery sales staff is expected to suggest or even locate specific plants - they are there to help the public. If you are in the business professionally, you should be able to accomplish this very simple task on your own.
Many wholesale nurseries in my area require both the above information as well as proof of a retail nursery license. This is to eliminate the fly-by-night landscape operations that simply want to buy cheap but do not buy in quantity or otherwise take up the wholesaler's time for little return. My business license as a designer has such an endorsement so that I am entitled to buy wholesale directly. Not all wholesalers require this added feature, however.
I don't think you are wrong, here. That is your policy...your business, you decide the rules!
A bit off tangent...being a nursery owner, I get ticked at the wholesalers who sell to the general public or "co-op" orders. I don't necessarily blame the people ordering, but the seller. But, I've also heard people tell how they just made up a business name and were allowed to buy.
Thank you everyone for all the feedback.
I won't sell wholesale without a valid resale certificate on file, California has strict rules about collecting sales tax and it is enough headache every quarter as it is, I have no intention of getting on their audit list. Most of our Pro buyers have no problem when we ask for credentials, though we have had to deal with some that seem to think a discount is their right, even if they have nothing to show that they are professionals. But before the other day I never had someone demand that they qualified and bought wholesale "everywhere" and didn't even have a business license, let alone a resale certificate.
We offer the Pro discount mostly because the other local nurseries do and it is expected in our market. I do approach it with Gardengal48's perspective, that the Pros should be self-reliant and not take the level of customer service that retail customers take, however since we are a speciality nursery and carry non-standard plants, we do assist with getting them up to speed with what the special cultural needs like drainage and sun requirements of our plants. It takes too long to grow a specimen cacti or tree aloe to let them go without letting everyone know how to take care of them. I don't want my Aloe dichotoma that I raised from seed and years later are finally looking like space alien trees to be planted in heavy clay and rot out the first winter rain...
Thaks again,
I work at a garden center, not a nursery. For all our customers, we have a 'garden rewards' program, $9.95/yr (not a calendar year, from March 31st to March 31st), you get a 10% discount on plants, furniture, fountains, etc. & 5% on soil, mulch & stone. For pros, if you fill out an application, submit your business card & license, we waive the $9.95 fee, when your purchases go past the $2500 mark (I think), the discount amount is increased. This weeds out the onetime buyers or those who are only tangentially in the landscape business.
Some pros come in, select & load their own material, place orders for large quantities, while others need almost as much 'hand-holding' as regular customers-I can't believe some of these guys are actually landscapers, because sometimes, they're clueless!
Our prices are higher than the big box stores, but our service level is also several notches above-all of our customers get treated equally well, whether they're buying a 6 pack or getting their whole garden installed...this is how I can just smile when the customer says, 'well, I can get it cheaper down the road...'
I own a retail garden center in northern California. Why offer any discount? If the quality of your offering are good enough they will buy anyway. It's hard enough to get the type of mark-up necessary to run a business why cut into the profits with discounts.
Maybe others have had a different experience but I avoid the landscaper business and stick with my retail customers. When things are slow its always a temptation to encourage any business including giving discounts to landscape professionals. More trouble than its worth.
Hap, I used to work for a local nursery chain (about 20 locations in a couple states around the Washington, DC area). They only require a business card to get a 20% contractor's discount, but the contractor must submit the card with a form and get pre-approved by corporate office and put on a list. I'm about to go through that from the other end for my new business to get my discount.
This chain is "self-serve" and has good prices and decent quality, but not high-end, independent specialty by any means.
My personal opinion is that anyone who is offended by providing credentials is NOT someone you wish to bend the rules for. They are probably operating illegally or immorally and are likely to be a PITA in other ways to you later on. If you have specialty stuff, and they need it badly enough, they'll either scrounge up real credentials or pay retail like everyone else. Stick to your guns!
It depends on how hard it is to find the plants that you are selling. It sounded like Hap has a small specialty nursery which would generally have plants that are not always available elsewhere. If thats the case then you need to get a premium for your plants and I wouldn't offer a discount. I would however offer anyone a discount over a certain amount, retail customers included. Every region is different but here in northern California starting at 1000 dollars we can talk about a 10% discount. There are plenty of re-wholesale and box stores around here to keep the landscapers happy.
When they come in our store its because they can't find what they are looking for elsewhere. So they will pay a premium and they know it.
Here is a link that might be useful: The Blogging Nurseryman
I'm a garden designer in Texas, and I have a DBA, sales tax & use number and a nursery/floral certificate from the Dept. of Agriculture. I buy wholesale from a wholesale nursery where you have to have the credentials to even shop there in the first place, and I have several other nurseries that offer "landscapers' discounts" anywhere from 10-20%. They do require copies of my nursery/floral certificate and my sales tax & use number.
That woman is crazy and self-absorbed to think she can just say she's a designer and expect a discount. Good for her that she can get the work without the credentials and apparently paying taxes, but if she expects any kind of discount she's gonna have to cough up the papers. That's what it means to play with the Big Kids. Hold firm, don't cave, and feel free to open your Can of Whoop A**, as we say in Texas!


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The change of the terrain from heavily built-up places like Mogadishu to the open lands around Afgoye, however, may hinder the militants' attempts as they will be more easily detected from a distance and vulnerable to attack by tanks and long range artillery.
Al-Shabaab is therefore likely to intensify ambushes on the Mogadishu-Afgoye road. Many supplies, including food, reach Mogadishu via Afgoye so interruptions in trade could result from al-Shabaab ambushes. It was also along this road that Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was ambushed on May 29 as he travelled back to Mogadishu from visiting newly captured areas. Somali soldiers who carry out routine patrols on this road have frequently suffered ambushes by al-Shabaab. And as a result of fighting along the 30km stretch between Mogadishu and Afgoye, many people have now abandoned the area.
The fall of these areas to AMISOM has led to renewed hopes that the insurgents can be defeated. In a bid to bolster efforts, the US government recently announced several rewards of millions of dollars for information leading to the capture of seven specific al-Shabaab leaders. Meanwhile, AMISOM's Ugandan forces have vowed to follow al-Shabaab wherever they go.
According to Brigadier Lokech, AU forces now intend to advance from Afgoye to Merca, 90 km southwest of Mogadishu, to where al-Shabaab fighters have retreated. Lokech admitted, however, that this will be a big challenge without the right equipment such as helicopters.
"If you look at the distance from Mogadishu to Merca it is 90 km. Now, if you get casualties, what happens? Are you going to drive the injured soldiers 90 km to save lives? You can't. But if you had helicopters, within 30 minutes, you will already be in Mogadishu," he said. The only medical facilities for the peacekeepers are in Mogadishu.
Lokech has therefore appealed to the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM, which gives logistical support to the mission, to deploy greater airpower to the forces. The helicopters would also be used to attack the fleeing al-Shabaab fighters and allow AU forces to advance faster to targeted areas.
In the bid to defeat al-Shabaab, troops from various African nations have been given specific tasks in the overarching mission: Uganda commands the mission and is in charge of operations and engineering; Kenya is responsible for intelligence and logistics; and Burundi is in charge of planning and communication. Djibouti, which recently joined, is also doing the smaller-scale task of helping with training while Sierra Leone (yet to deploy) will be involved in civil-military cooperation.
It is hoped that coordinated AU efforts will be sufficient to pacify al-Shabaab and create enough security by July, when Somalis are scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new government.
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Mini Quinoa and Rice Stuffed Mushrooms
by Amie Valpone in Uncategorized, September 10, 2012
These tender mushrooms and their protein-packed quinoa stuffing aren't just for grown ups, kids will love them too — those with adventurous palates anyway. They're the perfect on-the-go snack for when you're stuck on the soccer field watching games or running errands. And the best part? They'll last up to 4 days in your fridge in a sealed container so make a batch early in the week and keep them on-hand for busy times when you need a snack. Either way your family is sure to enjoy these bite-sized nibbles.
Mini Quinoa Rice Stuffed Mushrooms
(Vegan and Gluten-Free)
24 button mushrooms
1/4 cup Vidalia onion, minced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup cooked wild rice
1/2 cup cooked quinoa
2 carrots, peeled and grated
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoon hummus
3 chives, finely chopped
2 teaspoon Barlean's ground flax seeds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking dish with nonstick baking spray.
Clean mushrooms and discard stems. Set mushroom caps aside.
In a small skillet over medium heat, cook onion in oil until translucent, approximately 5 minutes.
Add cooked rice, quinoa, carrots, sesame seeds, sea salt and pepper; cook until warm, approximately 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat; mix in hummus.
Using a teaspoon, transfer rice mixture in each mushroom cap. Slightly over-stuff mushroom caps with rice mixture.
Place stuffed mushrooms in a single layer on prepared baking dish. Bake, uncovered for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven; garnish with fresh chives and ground flax seeds.
Serve warm as an after school snack or pack in a sealable container for a school lunch.
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May 31, 2010, 11:42 PM | |||
Hey guys,
Excellent Day today, thanks to everyone that came out to fly! I mixed a video of the FPV Cam that fishRfly and I flew with today. I have more video from the ground with some of gent96's and Nickbm3's flights, but dont have time to mix them tonight, will post as soon as I can. fishRfly, I can put your videos on a disc if you want so you can cut them up however you want, these are shortened clips of some of the "highlights" to keep the length down. gent96, I believe that it is one of your planes that you can see in this video while my T-28 was shooting video, but I cant quite tell if its your Corsair, T-28, or Nick's P-51. I think I saw gear on it though so its probably yours.
Here is the link for the Keychain cam from the seller I used, the video looks better on my computer than it does on the youtube version, I will have to play around with the video settings to get it to upload to youtube better. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Spy-Car-Key-...item2a05e63a04 |
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I think there is enough room, but you would have to navigate several light poles and and young trees, not too difficult. I think you could get a good idea what the aproach/runway looks like at the end of the videos with my Trojan in it (using the runway for landing). |
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The L.A. Times Poll: It's what it doesn't say that is so telling…
L.A. Times Poll Shows Voters Favor Kerry
LOS ANGELES - Democratic candidate John Kerry leads President Bush 51 percent to 44 percent among American voters in a two-way race for president, according to a Los Angeles Times poll published Thursday. source
When one reads the above article, they think they're getting a sense of what the outcome of November's election might be. Those on the Right may get frustrated and those on the Left jump for joy…. but does the article and underlying poll really tell us what we think it does?
Not a chance.
TWISTED: LA Times Poll Had Sample With 38% Democrats, 25% Republicans
Sen. John Kerry "has taken big lead," according "to an L.A. Times poll."But the Times poll that showed Kerry "beating Bush by 7 points" has created a controversy over whether the poll's sample accurately reflects the population as whole.
"Not counting independents, the Times' results were calculated on a sample made up of 38 percent Democrats and 25 percent Republicans — a huge and unheard-of margin." source
So, instead of a resounding Kerry victory and shameful Bush defeat, as the L.A. Times wants America to believe is going to happen - the real story is the fact that despite PACKING THEIR POLL WITH 13 PERCENT MORE DEMOCRATS, the L.A. Times poll has Kerry leading by ONLY SEVEN POINTS.
That, my friends, appears to be a bigger story than the bogus article touting a bogus poll. I think Bush supporters can take comfort in the fact that when media outlets stack their polls to achieve the results they want to publish, they still can't seem to get Democrats to support Kerry in wholesale. I'm sorry, but 13 percent more Democrats in the poll ought to give the Democrat candidate more than just a seven point lead…..
Once again, the liberal media elitists don't think you dumb, average Americans will do any research and will instead rely on what they spoonfeed you…. unfortunately, there are some out there with bibs ready and waiting.


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MSNBC "News" Anchor Contessa Brewer demostrates why most people have good reason to no longer trust the media.
How can anyone trust what Contessa Brewers reports as an anchor after listening to her own words? Obviously Contessa wants to remain living in Politically Correct fantasy land when it comes to how real a threat radical Islam truly is. I've notice that every time a Muslim not job acts out, liberals are right there to make excuses for them. Contessa showed her naive ignorance when she claimed "I mean the thing is is that and I get frustrated and there was part of me that was hoping this was not going to be anybody with ties to any kind of Islamic country because there are a lot of people who want to use this terrorist intent to justify writing off people who believe in a certain way or come from certain countries or whose skin color is a certain way. I mean they use it as justification for really outdated bigotry".
Of course it never dawned on Ms. Brewers mind for a second to reflect on bigotry that Muslim Extremists show towards Americans and Westerns in general. Contessa would never challenge the "outdated bigotry" of Muslim nut cases who are still hell bent on destroying this country by any means possible. The acts committed by Muslims over the past 1000 years are not isolated incidents. I wouldn't expect an idiotic dim bulb such as Contessa Brewer to understand that. I bring up this clip of Ann Coulter when she spoke at John Hopkins University for a reason. Some people clearly understand the danger that is in our country and others believe the "real threat" are from little old ladies who attend Tea Parties. Start the video at the 1:55 mark and by pass the liberal kookiness.
Tell me between the two, who has better grip on reality? My money is clearly on Ann Coulter. I found it interesting that Contessa wanted to try and make the case for the attempted terrorist act by Faisal Shahzad an issue about race. Well to my knowledge, I can't recall one single terrorist attempt by the Hindu American population or the global Hindu population in general. Even though Hindu is a religion and not a skin color, Hinduism is a religion that is mostly practiced by Indian people who tend to be "dark skinned", nice try Contessa,


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Friday, November 9, 2012
Napa Valley Can't-Get-To-See-A-Film Festival.
The Cameo Cinema is a very small cinema, just some 140 seats, and I assumed this would be a popular film. Pass holders queued to one side, the folks for rush tickets, Vinogirl included, to the other. I was about 6 people back, so it was looking promising. My friend came from the pass holder queue to say a quick hello before being admitted into the cinema. Not even 5 minutes later, he reappeared and informed me and my queue-mates that today was not going to be our lucky day. Apparently, three rows of the tiny cinema had been reserved for some big wig and there simply weren't enough seats for everybody else. Day Pass holders with their $50, red laminated passes - now a badge of shame, like some modern day Scarlet Letter - who initially had been admitted were now being unceremoniously ushered back out on to Main Street, persona non grata-like. These types of goings-on are a perfect example of why I don't normally attempt to do stuff like this. The Festival organisers can have all the private showings they desire, but I personally don't think they should treat pass holders this way. These type of events are definitely not intended for the average person, like me, who is only interested in seeing one film. I won't bother again.
Like the Master Sommelier exam, an exam with one of the lowest pass rates in the world, SOMM is turning out to be one of the most difficult films for wine industry folks to get to see.
8 comments:
- NHwineman said...
V-girl, never impressed with the unchivalrousness nature of VIPs! Here, in you, is obviously a "greater" than those interlopers;-)
Just my humble opinion. - November 10, 2012 at 2:44 PM
- Thud said...
Are there any zombies in it?
- November 10, 2012 at 2:53 PM
- Vinogirl said...
NHW: All in all, I had a nice afternoon, St. Helena is a pretty town. It was probably better to be out in the fresh air anyway :)
Thud: You are confused, dear brother. They haven't made the film ZOMM yet: the exam to become a master zombie is way too hard to document on celluloid. - November 10, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- Thud said...
Braaaaiiinnnnssss!...what is a discerning zombie to drink?
- November 11, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- Thomas said...
The zombies were in the two rows of VIP seats.
You must be a Pollyanna. I would be excoriating the elitist bullshit for what it is. But then, my whole life could be defined as one big rail against those who would be VIP! - November 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Vinogirl said...
Thud: A hearty glass of Hungarian 'Bull's Blood' perhaps?
Tomasso: It would be a waste of energy to complain further about a situation I couldn't control. There was always the possibility that I wouldn't get in - and I didn't. So I'm never going to bother with the Napa Valley Film Festival ever again - I can control that! - November 11, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Thomas said...
You sound so grown up...can I have some of that? - November 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Vinogirl said...
Tomasso: Sure, I'll pop some in the mail tomorrow :)
- November 11, 2012 at 3:19 PM


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YG Talks Musical Influences, Forging Report Cards & Meeting DJ Mustard
Check out YG's new interview for Mass Appeal's "Off Tha Wall"
YG's name is definitely buzzing out in the West Coast, and perhaps just as much out in the East, as fans anticipate his debut album My Krazy Life, for which the (mugshot) artwork was revealed yesterday.
The rapper recently did an "Off Tha Wall" interview with Mass Appeal, where he talks about his early musical influences (Snoop Dogg, Daz, Kurupt, Nate Dogg all receive mentions), hiding tattoos from his parents, forging report cards at 10 years old, memorable family moments, how he initially met DJ Mustard and plenty more.
My Krazy Life finally arrives on March 18th. Who's excited?
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Hey ladies — there's a reason doctors suggest you don't fly in your third trimester. It's so your baby isn't born mid-flight and the plane has to make an emergency landing.
Not to take away from the joy of a baby being born, wherever it may be. The Delta flight attendant who recently helped deliver a baby on a flight en route from Atlanta to Africa doesn't seem to mind one iota, in fact, that she was called on to be a part of one new mom's (and new baby's) big day. It's a boy, by the way.
ABC affiliate KABC reports the flight attendant, Susan Carnes, and the flight used a pair of scissors sterilized in a cup of vodka, a flashlight and gloves to help the woman give birth. There was also a doctor on board.
"I just held him up, and I said, 'It's a boy.' And everybody clapped, and there was laughter, and it was really fun and exciting. And she was so happy and weepy," flight attendant Susan Carnes told KABC. The plane made an emergency landing in Senegal after the birth.
This is far from the first baby to be born mid-flight. In 2011, a baby was born on Philippine Airlines on a flight from Manila to San Francisco. That baby, too, was a boy.
Also in 2011, a woman gave birth to a baby boy on an Alitalia flight from Milan to Paris.


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A leader of Germany's Jewish community has called for the urgent release of a report into the handling of a $57 million fraud at the group that oversees restitution payments to Holocaust survivors.
Stephan Kramer demanded that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany release its ombudsman's report on the fraud prior to the group's annual board meeting, at which the group's chairman, Julius Berman — who was a key player in addressing the fraud — will be up for re-election.
Kramer also urged the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany to move the organization's handling of the fraud to the top of the agenda for its forthcoming annual meeting in New York.
"We must not create the impression that we are sweeping things under the carpet," Kramer wrote in an email to the Claims Conference. "This would be a critical error with severe repercussions."
Kramer, secretary general of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said it was "inappropriate" that the issue is scheduled as the penultimate agenda item for what promises to be one of the most contentious annual meetings in Claims Conference's recent history.
"The severity of the issue and the massive demands from leading persons and organizations in the Jewish world make it, to my mind, necessary to put the report much higher on the agenda," Kramer wrote in his email to Ari Bucheister, the Claims Conference's chief of staff. "The Claims Conference must make it clear to all that it assigns this topic top priority." News of Kramer's demands was first disclosed by the Jerusalem Post. The Claims Conference had did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the issue from the Forward.
The Claims Conference leadership has been under fire since the Forward reported in May that an anonymous letter, sent to the organization in 2001, warned of a potential fraud by a handful of Claims Conference employees. A decade later, all of those implicated in the letter were convicted of or pled guilty to their part in the fraud, which ran for about 15 years and involved about a dozen insiders and dozens more outside conspirators.
The money was defrauded from two funds financed by German taxpayers, a reality to which Kramer may be especially sensitive.
Several Claims Conference officials who were in charge at the time have since left the organization. But others, such as Greg Schneider, the group's executive vice president, and Berman were involved in investigations into the letter, albeit in less senior positions.
Berman, who was then the Claims Conference's general counsel and a member of its audit and executive committees, oversaw a paralegal's investigation into the letter's early fraud allegations that confirmed many of its details. But no follow-up appears to have been taken on the paralegal's recommendation that the matter be probed further, either then or when Berman became chairman of the conference the following year.
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This Week in Photography: $1M Topless Photo Lawsuit, New WWII Images, and GTA Photojournalism
- Saturday January 25, 2014
We've got a skeleton crew here this week, so we're choosing quality over quantity for our favorite photo stories. We've got a lady disrobing on the Empire State Building, Grand Theft Auto getting an in-game photojournalist and amazing new photos released from WWII. Just the right photo breakfast to start your day off right.