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Black Agenda Radio, February 23, 2015
U.S. and Europeans Seek Control of Nigeria
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Freedom Rider: ISIS – A US-Saudi Chicken Come Home to Roost
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
President Obama brought along his highest profile minions to honor the dead King of Saudi Arabia, America's partner in creating the international jihadist network. U.S. corporate media enthusiastically joined in singing the praises of absolute feudal rule and oil-financed terror. "The media get their marching orders straight from the White House."
VP Joe Biden Accidentally Tells A Little of the Awful Truth
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Vice President Joe Biden was forced to apologize to Arab emirs and kings for blaming them for arming and funding the Islamic State. He neglected to mention his own boss's complicity. "Biden spoke from a state of deep denial, a visceral refusal to accept that the United States is no longer capable of controlling the chaos it has inflicted on the Middle East."
Strangling the Axis of Resistance: Corporate Media Bashes Venezuela's Maduro to get to Syria
by Danny Haiphong
The U.S. corporate press has stepped up its attacks on Venezuela, which is due to take a seat on the UN Security Council, next year. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro opposes the U.S. proxy war against Syria, insisting that only an alliance that respects Syria and Iraq "can truly defeat...all of the terrorist forces that have emerged like a Frankenstein, a monster nursed by the West itself."
US Headed For "China Syndrome" Meltdown in Syria
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
America's crimes, and its failures, are uniformly described as "mistakes" – so as not to tarnish the national mythology with the truth. However, contrary to President Obama's assertions, the U.S. "mistake" in Syria was not to "underestimate" ISIS, but the CIA's failure to control its own jihadists. The result is "a China-Syndrome of holy war that has left Washington's regime-change-by-proxy scheme in ashes."
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The Big Switch: Obama Preparing to Bomb His Way to Regime Change in Syria
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
The U.S. bombing campaign over Syria has two objectives: (1) "ISIS must be punished, to reduce its appeal to the jihadist rank and file, who make up the bulk of effective fighters arrayed against the Syrian state; and (2), jihadists that remain loyal to their paymasters must be rewarded with victories on the battlefield, through U.S. air power. Obama will switch quickly to direct air aggression against the Syrian State.
My Enemy's Enemy Is Not My Friend
by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III
The United States military doesn't scare ISIS, which welcomes a showdown. Even Muslim foes of ISIS know that U.S. policy in the Middle East is "about carving up continents like pieces of meat, installing compliant dictators, and violently removing them when they no longer serve a purpose."
Who's Your Daddy, ISIS?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Poor little ISIS, the orphan with so many fathers. President Obama is trying to assemble a coalition of parents to kill the wayward child, but some of the other baby-daddies are busy fighting among themselves over who is going to bring up the next generation of jihadists. Where did it all go so very, very wrong?
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"Shame on the Congressional Black Caucus" Rally
The Israeli bombing of Gaza "was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back," said Asantawaa Nkrumuah Ture, an organizer of a "Shame on the CBC" rally set for September 24 in front of the Washington Convention Center, where the Black Caucus opens its annual legislative conference and gala. "It's well past time for us to hold them accountable." The protesters want to "start a conversation, nationally," said Nkrumah Ture, "not only regarding the Black Caucus' support of apartheid Israel, about also their position on Internet neutrality, their ties with corporate America," and the CBC's overwhelming vote, in June, to continue militarization of local police forces.
Motive: Black. Penalty: Death
When Duane Buck faced sentencing on a murder conviction in a Houston courtroom, the judge allowed "expert" testimony that Blacks were inherently more dangerous than whites. On August 29, a federal judge called the testimony "repugnant and dangerous," but upheld the death sentence, anyway. "It is absolutely shocking, it is stunning, it is appalling and it sets a terrifying precedent," said Christina Swarns, litigation director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which is handling Buck's appeal. "This is asking a jury to rely on race to impose a death sentence."
New York City Needs Justice, Not More Police Training
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton defended his "Broken Windows" policing policies before the New York City Council, claiming there's nothing wrong with the NYPD that $30 million in training and 1,000 more cops can't cure. Josmar Trujillo, of New Yorkers Against Bratton, disagrees. "The police department is one of the most trained in the world," said Trujillo. "Training isn't the issue. The systemic culture of brutality, which is reinforced by institutional racism, is really the conversation we need to be having."
Obama Targets Syria, Not ISIS
President Obama's bombing offensive in Iraq and Syria "brings humanity closer to world war than we have been, maybe, in 80 years," said scholar and activist Dr. Anthony Monteiro. Although purportedly aimed at ISIS, Washington is actually targeting the Syrian government, Iran and, ultimately, Russia. Obama's arming of so-called "moderate" Syrian rebels is a farce, said Monteiro. "There is no 'moderate' opposition to the Assad government. It is all extreme, gangster, thuggish militants who are funded by some of the very nations that are part of the 'coalition of the willing.'" Dr. Monterio is fighting his termination from the African American Studies department at Temple University, in Philadelphia.
U.S. Proxy Wars Empower Jihadists and Nazis
"The United States is essentially contracting out its wars" in Libya, Syria and Ukraine, said Eric Draitser, an independent political analyst and publisher of StopImperialism.com. "The proxy wars that the United States has begun all over the world are part and parcel of a larger imperial agenda" dating from U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Central America. The Islamic State "is a by-product of U.S. foreign policy, just as the Nazis in Ukraine are a by-product of U.S. foreign policy," said Draitser.
September Surge in EEOC Case Dismissals
Every year about this time, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dismisses tens of thousands of discrimination cases, citing "lack of evidence" and a perennial backlog. "There is no backlog," said Ricardo Jones, a former chief investigator for the EEOC in New York. "There's been 15 years of not paying overtime" to deal with legitimate complaints, while the money "has basically gone to managers."
Black President Doesn't Respect Black Culture or History
Dr. Donald Smith, a founder of the National Alliance of Black School Educators, will be honored at a conference on Education for Liberation in the African American Tradition, in New York, October 10. Dr. Smith said Black history and culture is disappearing from classrooms around the country. "The major challenge begins in the White House, with a president who does not believe in Black culture as being essential to the education, not only of children of African descent, but of all American children," said Smith.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:00am ET on PRN. Length: One hour.
Click here to download the show, about 52 minutes.
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Obama and His Head-Chopping Friends
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
Choose your head-chopper. Obama favors the Saudis, the world's leading beheaders, and rails against ISIS, the wayward spawn of decades of U.S.-Saudi collaboration. The U.S. would prefer that ISIS confine itself to chopping off Syrian heads, but "ISIS has even bigger plans for regime change in the Arab world."
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The Empire Reaps the Jihadist Whirlwind
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
For more than three decades, the U.S. has deployed Islamic fundamentalist surrogates to fight its imperial wars in Muslim lands. Now, the world's most successful jihadists have turned on their former masters – and will soon go after the Gulf oil states. "The Caliphate has taken the ideology to its logical and ghastly conclusion, and dares to challenge the legitimacy of its former funders, staunch allies of the 'Crusader'."
Obama's Hot War
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
The deeper the U.S. slips into economic decline, the higher it ratchets up the pace and stakes of armed conflict. Washington appears to have crossed some kind of Rubicon, to embark "on a mad, scorched earth policy to terrorize the planet into submission through relentless escalation into a global state of war."
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Black America More Pro-War Than Ever
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
During President Obama's run-up to war with Syria, "African Americans were, for the first time in polling history, the most bellicose major ethnicity in the United States." How could such a political role-reversal come to pass? "The progressive, peace-seeking African American worldview is out of sync with the deep imperative to support the First Black President."
What "Sanctions" Will Happen If Syrian "Rebels" Are Shown To Have Used Poison Gas?
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Outside the reality-distorting bubble of US corporate media, almost nobody believes the Syrian regime are the only ones who have sarin gas in that unhappy country, but the rebels are not included in its inspections protocols or threatened sanctions. And while the Syrian regime gets six months to dispose of all chemical weapons, why does the US need ten years to get rid of its own stockpile?
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The Honey Obadger: He Don't Give a Shit
by Randy Shields
"Honey obadger has a silver tongue, really big ears for hearing everything said everywhere in the world, lives (politically) almost exclusively on killing Muslims and blends in well with whatever people want to believe they're seeing."
Who Are the Minions of War in the Black Caucus?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
For the first time in five years, "the Black Caucus was treated like royalty, rather than a nuisance, as is usual, at the White House." The reason: Obama needs their votes to continue his rush to war against Syria. "If past voting behavior is a guide, the majority of the Caucus is likely to put Obama's political interests ahead of their constituents' wishes and the welfare of humankind."
Freedom Rider: American Hell for Syria
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
With the imminent attack on Syria, Barack Obama prepares to add to his personal legacy of illegal wars based entirely on lies. The corporate media will eagerly sell the newest U.S. aggression, starting with the absurd premise that Syria would launch a chemical attack "when it is winning the war fomented by the United States, NATO, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other gulf monarchies."
Obama's Mideast Policy Burns
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The U.S. believes it can manipulate jihadi fighters in a holy war against the West's enemies in the Muslim world. However, "Israel's murderous assault on Gaza threatens to unravel the Salafist-Qatari-Saudi-NATO axis, for one simple and irreducible reason: there is no place for the racist settler state in this post-Arab Spring equation."
A Year Later, the War in Libya is Far from Over
by Horace Campbell
The death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya revealed the extent of CIA involvement in Libya. The "agency was not merely conducting covert surveillance on the Islamists based in eastern Libya, but providing them with direct aid and coordinating their operations with the current war in Syria." Chickens and other varmints are coming home to roost. "The US had fed the al-Qa'ida scorpion and now it had bitten America."
Human Rights and Humanitarian Imperialism in Syria: A View From an African American Defender of Human Rights
By Ajamu Baraka
iiWho is killing whom in Syria and why? And to whom should we be listening ---- to our corporate media, State Department, and the same corps of "human rights activists" who applauded the Western invasion of Libya, and the dispatch of US special forces to Africa?
The Imperialists and the Jihadis: The Evil Alliance Against Syria
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
Americans are now programmed to lust for Syrian blood, just as they lusted for Libyan blood, Iraqi blood, Afghan blood – whatever the demonized blood-of-the-day. It is easy for such voracious consumers of gore to project bloodlust on others, even when, as with the Syrian regime, there is no motive for the crime. "It makes absolutely no sense for the Syrian regime to allow the slitting of children's throats while United Nations observers are stationed throughout the country." The modus operandi and motive for the crime point to al Qaida and other jihadis – and their various U.S., European and rich Arab backers.
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Bragging About Killing Osama bin Laden: Old Blowbacks and New
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
President Obama, like the joker in the White House before him, owes Osama bin Laden for making him appear sufficiently lethal-minded. But it was U.S. the alliance with Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan that, ultimately, made "Osama bin Laden became, arguably, the most recognizable face on the planet." Then came the "blowback," when the "Americans found they could not control the Islamic forces they had unleashed." The U.S. once again aligns itself with jihadis against Syria – and another blowback is coming.
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Obama's Proliferating Wars: Empire on Full Throttle Offensive
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
President Obama is leading a general imperial offensive around the globe, and "were it not for the Russian and Chinese vetoes at the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. and its allies would by now have declared the city of Homs or some other parts of Syria as areas to be 'protected' by U.S.-led air forces." History will record Obama as "a man of war – many wars.
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Lesson of the Arab Counter-Revolution: Syria Must Allow No Benghazis
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
The Arab Spring was not allowed to get very far before the Arab Counter-Revolution pounced, first on Libya, now on Syria, to reconfigure the region by military means and, thus, make it safe for the various members of the imperial club. The Americans and their European and Arab allies are seeking Syrian territory to place under their "humanitarian" shield – a "liberated" city like Libya's Benghazi for them to "defend."
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The day the music died? Who cares! Check out these sweet figures.
Note that although Heiretsu is a Wii game, it's not the same as Gekidou, the unpopular Haruhi dancing game for Wii...Heiretsu is more of a visual novel, from the look of things. That said, Sega and Kadokawa are planning on a new campaign where people who buy both Wii games can enter a drawing to get tickets for a special live event. The DS game will be added in at some point, too. I wonder if that will help Gekidou's sales?

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The Daily Gambling Fix 4/15/10 – Leah Francis
Here are some of the best sports plays for all you gamblers out there.The Game: Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals
The Reason: Washington finished the year as the highest scoring team in the league by a wide margin. They will be able to score against the Habs and expect the Canadiens to score a couple against their former teammate Jose Theodore.
The Daily Gambling Fix 10/16/09 – Leah Francis
Total Pro Sports – Here are some of the best sports plays for all you gamblers out there. The Game: Philadelphia Phillies @ LA Dodgers The Pick: Philadelphia Phillies The Reason: Even though the Phillies won last night were playing the Phillies tonight. I don't see any way that Padilla pitching for the Dodgers is […]


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Colon cleansing is considered to be a healthy, at home choice in homeopathic therapy. With the acceptance of colon cleansing and the increase in cases of colon cancer, more and more cleansing supplements are making their way to the consumer. IdealCleanse is one of those supplements. The product is sold through Amazon Marketplace but is linked back to The Natural Health Shoppe. The official website for that company does not list IdealCleanse for sale which is a bit confusing.
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IdealCleanse is listed online as a diet. There is no official ingredient list to be found and no official website for the product. The only online retailer we could find that sells IdealCleanse is Amazon and they list very little information on the product and no testimonials.
SunFiber, which is a new source of fiber according to the product description, works with the body to naturally cleanse the colon and return the digestive system back to normal function. This may be true, to an extent, but weight loss will not be the result. Colon cleansing may relieve occasional constipation or make the user feel better for a while, but a healthy diet is needed to maintain healthy bowel function. IdealCleanse, if the only ingredient is fiber, is an overpriced version of any other name brand or store brand fiber on the market.
Fiber supplements like IdealCleanse also require an increased amount of water intake to work as a natural laxative. Most fiber used in supplements is of the bulk forming kind. This means water is needed or the bulk that is formed will not move out of the body. Incidentally, bulk forming laxatives can cause constipation is enough water is not consumed.
IdealCleanse sells online for $39.99 per box. There is no mention of what is included with the supplement or how to take the supplement.
- Fiber is good for overall body health.
- IdealCleanse does not list ingredients.
- No official website could be found with dosage instructions or information on how the supplement is taken.
- IdealCleanse costs more than other natural fiber supplements.
- The consumer has no idea what they are paying for – powder, capsule, tea?
- Weight loss will not result from taking fiber in most cases.
IdealCleanse is not a weight loss or colon cleansing supplement we would trust. The first rule in supplement trust is revealing the ingredients in a supplement and IdealCleanse does not do that. Moreover, the consumer has no idea what comes in the box they are paying $39.99 for. With only one brief paragraph explaining the supplement, no official website and no testimonials, it would be hard for anyone to trust this supplement.


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Marilyn Swartz
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I have just started constructing a family tree for my son and am currently researching the following family names. I'll be happy to share any information I have as I get it organized. Swartz - located in southwestern Michigan. James married Madeline Slocum February 14, 1940-42, died 1987 in Niles or Buchanan, MI. Slocum - located in Michigan, Missouri. Just getting started... I know very little about this branch of the family. Williams - located in Arkansas, in and around Little Rock, Pine Bluff. James Deckerville Williams married to Josie Trula Veazey, one daughter, Martha Geneva, born 1926. James lived in and aroung Little Rock, plus Texas, California and Alaska, died mid 1980's in Sheridan, Grant County, AR. Parents of James lived in North Little Rock 1950's through 1963-64. Veazey - located in Grant County, Arkansas 1840's through 1990's. Josie Trula Veazey born 9/15/1906, mother was Consadia Victoria, died approx. 1953. Ancestors in Grant County in mid 1800's donated land for Grant County Courthouse. Tuck - located in Arkansas (Little Rock, Red Bluff?)William Bryan had 12 brothers and sisters. His parents died when he was an infant and he was raised by siblings who renamed him William Bryan - his birth name is not known at this time. Some siblings include: James (Jim), Jack, Paul, Edith, Ella and Lula who shared a home in Little Rock during 1950's through 1970's. |
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Pitino Will Sign 400 Commemorative Bottles
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino will sign 400 commemorative bottles of a premium brand featuring his image on Sunday, July 14 at 4 p.m. at a ticketed event at Molly Malone's Irish Pub and Restaurant, located at 3900 Shelbyville Road in Louisville.
Pitino will sign the special commemorative bottles of Maker's Mark®, a handmade bourbon produced in Loretto, Ky., which depict Pitino's image, his upcoming induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and UofL's 2013 men's basketball national championship.
Tickets may be picked up in advance at no charge with the purchase of food or drink during this week at the Molly Malone's location at 3900 Shelbyville Road, beginning after 5 p.m. on Monday, July 8. Each of the 400 tickets will allow the bearer to have one bottle signed on Sunday and only the 2013 commemorative bottles will be signed. Pitino is receiving no fee for the signing and there is no charge for the ticket.
Proceeds from the sales of the bottles, which were sold in retail stores on June 7, will go toward the UofL Academic Center of Excellence, an $8 million, state-of-the-art facility that will be built on the Cardinals' campus. Pitino signed 700 bottles at a June 13 event.
The commemorative bottles will not be signed at the UofL basketball offices. Please do not attempt to bring a bottle to campus to be signed. Maker's Mark® is a registered trademark of Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc.
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12 Days of Holiday Gifts: Infused Vodka
by Dana Angelo White in 12 Days of Holiday Gifts, Healthy Holidays, December 5, 2011
Trying to keep alcohol consumption modest this holiday season? Make the most of your celebratory sips with these sweet, tangy, spicy and even herbaceous homemade vodka infusions.
Smart Sipping
Spiking vodka with seasonal flavors makes a festive and creative gift. A 1.5 fluid ounce "shot" of vodka contains about 100 calories and most infusions add no additional calories. Those made with sugar will add 15 calories per teaspoon.
To infuse, combine vodka and desired flavorings in a sealed container and allow to steep in a cool, dry place for at least 1 week. The longer it sits, the more flavorful it will be. When mixture reaches desired potency, strain and it's ready to serve.
Turn up the volume with these flavor-bursting combinations. Each of the measurements below is enough to infuse a 750-milliliter bottle of vodka (that's just over 3 cups).
• Add the zest of 2 tangerines and 1 lime
• Serve on the rocks or mixed with tonic or club soda
Chili Pepper
• Add 3 to 4 hot chilies (or more to taste), using a sharp knife make a slit down the middle of each pepper
• Perfect for a spicy Blood Mary at a post-holiday brunch
• Check out Michael Chiarello's recipe
• Add a splash of cranberry juice and orange liqueur for a batch of festive cosmos
Lavender -Vanilla
• Add 2 sprigs of fresh lavender and 1 large vanilla bean, split
• Shake with ice, lemonade and splash of lemon-lime soda for a taste of summer
Red & Green
• Take this Food Network Kitchen's recipe for Orange Vodka and swap in red or green candies
• Serve on the rocks or in a martini
To package flavored vodka as a gift, re-purpose a wine bottle. Wash an empty bottle well to remove labels. Top with a cork or wine stopper. For an extra special twist, paint the front of the bottle with chalkboard paint and write a message.
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Recently I was working with a SWAT team that had just added two new guys that had not yet been to a SWAT school. We were just getting them accustomed to clearing rooms and then eventually entire houses with a pistol in their hand. Sounds pretty simple doesn't it?
The problem is that these officers like many other police and citizens who CCW have spent a lot of time on the range drawing, shooting, and moving, with two hands on the gun. This can be problematic when learning to do things such as opening doors, holding gear, using hand signals, keeping their balance, and moving people out of their way with the other hand. Due to what is called sympathetic reflex, when one hand contracts the other hand will do the same. This can result in negligent discharges. Another issue is that when both hands are glued to the gun it can force the shooter to extend his gun forward even when there is a non specified threat in front of him such as what appears to be an unarmed intruder that does no respond to verbal commands. I have found that many people's response to being "gun faced" at arms distance is to reach for the muzzle of the pistol. The more projected the gun forward the more likely this is to happen.
This occurred several times while training the new officers. From within a room or when confronted head on, I was able to take advantage of the officers having both hands on the gun and was able to sweep their pistol out of play. Of course I was immediatly dealt with by the officer behind them. A citizen clearing his home or business will not have this luxury.
Once they were taught that it was a handgun and not a handsgun and that while clearing with a gun it is a good idea to leave the reaction hand empty or to hold a light if needed, I was unable to take their guns.
It is a very natural thing to come task and tool fixated, you are amped up with a gun in your hand, upon encountering a threat that does not require rounds you squeeze the gun harder with both hands. If someone grabs the gun your reaction is to hold on as tight as possible to keep the gun, there is a good chance that they may also have both of their hands on the gun. Now you are both task/tool fixated. It becomes a wrestling match. Doing the same scenario but with only one hand on the gun you are not only able to step back drawing the pistol into your center and away from the threat but you can also use your other hand to push, pull, or swing at your attacker.
Being able to shoot a pistol and work with one in your hand are two very different skill sets.


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Authorities investigate gun battle in Santee near SR-67 at Woodside Avenue
Investigation shuts down Woodside Ave offramp
LAKESIDE - Deputies are investigating a gun battle Friday involving a security guard and several men in Santee, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Department.
The incident occurred at 3:45 a.m. near state Route 67 at Woodside Avenue.
The security guard told deputies he was in his vehicle when he saw red and blue lights in his rearview mirror.
Thinking it was a law enforcement, the security guard pulled over, according to deputies.
But instead, three men in a red Suburban started shooting at him.
Deputies said that multiple rounds were fired and that the security guard fired back.
The guard, who works for the Bravo Three Security company, was not shot, but appeared to have hurt him himself while getting out of his vehicle. It is unclear if anyone in the Suburban was hit.
The Woodside Avenue onramp to north SR-67 was shut down as of 5:32 a.m. due to the investigation.
10News Traffic Reporter Melissa Mecija suggested the Woodside onramp near Riverford or Bradley Avenue in El Cajon as alternate routes.


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As the Civil War drew to a close, newly emancipated black women workers made their way to Atlanta--the economic hub of the newly emerging urban and industrial south--in order to build an independent and free life on the rubble of their enslaved past. In an original and dramatic work of scholarship, Tera Hunter traces their lives in the postbellum era and reveals the centrality of their labors to the African-American struggle for freedom and justice. Household laborers and washerwomen were constrained by their employers' domestic worlds but constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance, and community organization. Hunter follows African-American working women from their newfound optimism and hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former masters. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods and networks and their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls and clubs. We learn of their militance and the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed and medically victimized. Finally, we understand the despair and defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws and segregation and how they spurred large numbers of black laboring women to migrate north. Hunter weaves a rich and diverse tapestry of the culture and experience of black women workers in the post-Civil War south. Through anecdote and data, analysis and interpretation, she manages to penetrate African-American life and labor and to reveal the centrality of women at the inception--and at the heart--of the new south.
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""Answering Bells Is Played Out"": Slavery and the Civil War | |
Reconstruction and the Meanings of Freedom Working-Class | |
Neighborhoods and Everyday Life ""Washing Amazons"" and Organized Protests | |
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Survival and Social Welfare in the Age of Jim Crow ""Wholesome"" and ""Hurtful"" | |
Amusements ""Dancing and Carousing the Night Away"" | |
Tuberculosis as the ""Negro Servants Disease"" | |
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It was put off because of the snow last week. But now - the Festival of Lights here in Baton Rouge is just one day away.
It's known as the Capital City's oldest tradition. Things get underway Friday at 4:00pm. There will be free ice skating, a snow village, with real snow, and Mayor-President Kip Holden will also light North Boulevard up with half a million lights.
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Does Elon Musk Think We're All Complete Fools?
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Maybe Jim Cramer is right and Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings isn't that bad after all.
Long considered the master of smoke and mirrors by NFLX bears, Hastings has fantastic competition as Tesla Motors (TSLA - Get Report) CEO Elon Musk appears to have entered the dog and pony show.
I'll stop just short of calling Tesla's new the best of the both worlds' lease/finance option for its Model S a scam. It's not. Upside exists. For instance, you have greater flexibility at the end of your term. In this regard, Tesla's program does blend the best aspects of leasing and buying a vehicle.
This is marketing, and bad marketing at that. Musk should give less undivided attention to his own thoughts. They're running away with themselves.
I'm not even anti-EV. Or anti-Tesla. In fact, the Model S is a thing of beauty. I have written quite a few bullish articles on Tesla the company and TSLA the stock. It's a premium brand that targets high-end affluent markets. In fact, since I wrote this bull case for TSLA last May, the stock is up 25% -- and that takes into account today's 7% haircut!Anyway, Tesla doesn't need to provide an affordable, mass appeal product. In fact, it's probably better off doing just the opposite. Musk's ploy here puzzles me. Unless Model S sales are slumping -- and I don't think they are -- why bother with this? Does the billionaire Musk simply want to portray a kinder, gentler self and an egalitarian Tesla? Is he merely teeing up a more modest image ahead of plans to enter a broader market against Nissan's (NSANY) Leaf, General Motor's (GM - Get Report) Chevy Volt, other lower-priced EVs and other cars marketed, at least in part, on the basis of superior fuel economy? If he is, he's (A) being disingenuous and (B) addressing a problem that doesn't exist. Play around with Tesla's True Cost of Ownership calculator. You need to be typecast worse than Jennifer Aniston to play the role of a person who would benefit much, if at all, financially by bleasing a Model S. Tesla's assumptions are unrealistic for most of the population. Ultimately, they only matter to its core pool of prospective buyers who don't have to ask what the car costs and likely have already reserved or are driving one. It's not that these cats don't like saving a few bucks (that's often why somebody is relatively well-off in the first place), but, if you're Musk, why ask? What's the point? There's got to be an ulterior motive.
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Fun Salads
Salads are fun and easy to make. I like to toss whatever I have in the fridge together, throw on a dressing and see what happens. Whenever we decide to have a spur of the moment BBQ with our friends I am designated salad maker as I apparently make good salads. Enjoy my creations of fruit, nuts, cheeses, veggies, lentils and beans. Cheers!
Parsley and Tomato Salad (Gluten, Dairy and Soy Free)
2 small tomatoes, chopped 1 cup parsley or 1 bunch chopped 2 Tbsp Shallots, finely chopped 4 Tbsp Lemon Juice 2 Tbsp Olive Oil 1 Clove Garlic, minced Salt and pepper to taste Combine all the ingredients and salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4 and takes about 10 minutes to make. Nutritional Values per Serving: 51 Calories, 3.7g Fat, 4.8g Carbs, 1.1g Fiber, 1.1 Protein Weight Watchers Points: 1 Left Over BBQ Chicken Salad with Blueberries (Gluten Dairy and Soy Free)
2 cups Spring Mix Salad 4 oz Chicken Breast 1/4 cup Blueberries 1 oz Goat Cheese 1 tbsp Tarragon Dijon Dressing Shred leftover chicken breast and mix in all ingredients. Toss with "Organicville" Tarragon Dijon Dressing. Makes 1 serving and takes about 5 minutes to throw together. Nutritional Values per Serving: 273 Calories, 10g Fat, 10g Carbs, 3.75g Fiber, 33.31g Protein Weight Watchers Points: 6 Tarragon Lentil Salad (Gluten, Dairy and Soy Free)
1 Can Lentils, drained and rinsed 1 Clove of Garlic, minced 1 Tsp Salt 2 Tomatoes, chopped ½ Tbsp Dried Basil 3 Tbsp Tarragon Red Wine Vinegar 2 Tbsp Olive Oil 1 Sweet Red Pepper, chopped ¼ Cup Parsley, chopped 1 Celery Stalk, chopped 1 tbsp Shallots, chopped Drain and rinse canned lentils under cold water. Chop tomatoes, red peppers, garlic, celery, shallots and parsley. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Chill in the fridge for about 20 minutes before serving. Serves 4 and takes about 10 minutes to make. Nutritional Information per ¼ of Recipe: 186 Calories, 7.9g Fat, 22.4g Carbs, 5g Fiber, 8.3 Protein Weight Watchers Points: 4 Quick Tamari Bean Salad (Gluten Free)
19 oz canned Black Beans 19 oz canned Red Kidney Beans 2 tbsp Extra Light Olive Oil 2 tbsp Lemon Juice, Fresh Squeezed 1 tbsp Tamari Soy Sauce (wheat-free if possible) 1 tbsp Chives, Freeze-dried 2 tbsp Dill Weed, Fresh, chopped Drain and rinse beans with cold water. (You can use any two kinds of beans you like I just like Black and Kidney) Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes before serving. Salt and Pepper to Taste and Add in a dash of hot sauce to your taste. Serves 6 and takes about 5 minutes to make Nutritional Information for 1/6 of recipe: 249 Calories, 6.2g Fat, 37g Carbs, 9.5g Fiber, 14g Protein Weight Watchers Points: 5 |
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(KMOV) News 4 is tracking a crime trend in west St. Louis County. More than a dozen cars were broken into in one apartment complex and the thieves are still on the loose. Just two weeks ago News 4 reported on how burglars are also breaking into homes nearby.
At least 13 cars were broken into Monday night in the Willowbend Apartment Complex right off the highway in Town and Country.
Police say a stolen pickup truck was found nearby with items inside that were reported stolen from many of the cars.
Turns out the stolen truck is registered to someone in the City of Saint Louis leading police to believe these criminals are coming from elsewhere.
A Town and Country resident tells News 4, "It's a higher price than other areas so to think about the type of community and the type of people who choose to live here; one might understand you'd find things in homes or cars."
Town and Country seems to be a target for crime right now. Just recently we told you about the burglars breaking into homes at the end of cul-de-sacs.
Police say it's because of these recent crimes they're putting extra officers in certain neighborhoods.
Lt. Bob Arthur with Town and Country Police said, "I can't over-emphasize…if it doesn't feel or look right you need to call us."
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alreet every one i have joined this forum to hopefully get a few answers. i have recently purchased a galaxy 19 tdi 110 bhp on a x 2000 mrk 1 shape.on removal of the engine undershield i noticed the aircon hose is snapped, can anyone give me any advice on how to fit another aircon hose coz i aint done one before.also any advice on where to get one apart from the fraud dealer.i dont want to go to a scrapyard coz i wouldnt know how to take it off.another problem the car has is when you turn the ignition to start the car it takes longer than usual for the glow plug light to go out,i have replaced the plugs but that problem still persists,any suggestions anyone? cheers.
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Stock Futures Boosted by Strong Jobs Data
TheStreet) -- Stock futures were marching higher Friday as investors cheered a better-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 50 points, or 50.64 points above fair value, at 13,548. Futures for the S&P 500 were rising 6.70 points, or 7.15 points above fair value, at 1462. Futures for the Nasdaq were rising 13.50 points, or 12.85 points above fair value, at 2835.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 114,000 jobs were added to the U.S. work force in September, better than the 113,000 jobs forecast by economists.
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised to 142,000 from 96,000 and the change for July was revised to 181,000 from 141,000.
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.8% in September; economists were predicting that the rate had edged up to 8.2% from 8.1%. Average hourly earnings rose by 7 cents and private sector jobs grew by 104,000. At 3 p.m., the Federal Reserve is expected to say that consumer credit increased by $6.5 billion in August after falling by $3.3 billion in July. The FTSE 100 in London was up 0.44% and the DAX in Germany was rising 0.57% on Friday. The Nikkei Average in Japan closed up 0.44% and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong finished up 0.50%. November crude oil futures were down 72 cents at $90.99 a barrel. December gold futures falling $5.40 to $1,791.10 an ounce. The benchmark 10-year Treasury was down 1/32, raising the yield to 1.681%. The greenback was up 0.02%, according to the dollar index. U.S. stocks finished with solid gains Thursday following encouraging data on labor market conditions and dovish commentary from the European Central Bank. The release of the minutes of the Sept. 12-13 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee contained few surprises, showing that the central bank's policy makers were mostly swayed by the slow pace of job creation in their decision to launch QE3. In corporate news, Sprint Nextel (S) is considering making a rival bid for MetroPCS Communications (PCS), which agreed on Wednesday to merge with T-Mobile USA, according to a report. MetroPCS shares were up 0.16% in premarket trading Friday. Sprint shares were rising 0.39%. Zynga (ZNGA), the social gaming company, forecast a loss for the third quarter and lowered its full-year outlook. Shares were plunging more than 20% in premarket trading. JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) Barry Zubrow, the bank's regulatory affairs chief, is expected to give up his job, The Wall Street Journal reported. The change is the latest reshuffling at the bank following the multibillion-dollar derivatives trade that went bad back in May. It's possible that Zubrow will remain with the company in an advisory role, said people close to JPMorgan. Morgan Stanley (MS) is in talks to sell a piece of its commodities-trading unit to a sovereign wealth fund from Qatar, a move that could help it avoid being hit by new proprietary trading rules, the Journal and other media outlets reported. Constellation Brands (STZ - Get Report), the N.Y.-based alcohol seller, posted fiscal second-quarter earnings of 71 cents a share on revenue of $699 million; analysts expected earnings of 54 cents a share on revenue of $710.1 million. The company now expects fiscal 2013 earnings of between $2 a share and $2.10 a share, better than the $1.98 a share expected by analysts. Shares were up 0.52% in premarket trading. Credit Suisse (CS) is being investigated by U.S. federal and state authorities over mortgage-backed securities that the Swiss bank put together and sold, as authorities look into how financial firms bundled mortgage loans into securities during the U.S. housing boom, according to Reuters, which cited unidentified sources. U.S. biotech firm Biogen Idec ( BIIB) was downgraded to perform from outperform at Oppenheimer. Shares were down 0.88%. Cache ( CACH), the specialty retailer for women, predicted a wider third-quarter loss and weaker sales. Shares were plummeting more than 15% in premarket trading. Datalink ( DTLK) shares were dropping nearly 16% after the data-center infrastructure and services provider slashed its third-quarter outlook pointing to wary customers who are uncertain about the economic recovery.
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Carrie Ortiz's Luminous Box Jellyfish costume was a gorgeous glow-in-the-dark jellyfish made from items she found lying around the house.
We were super impressed with the entries in our 2011 Green Halloween Contest, including some really imaginative ones like Rob Miller's awesome costume that replicates the famous pose of Han Solo when he is frozen in carbonite and Beth Gallagher's Umbrell-ie-fish costume made out of a clear umbrella, bubble wrap, ribbon, and battery powered lights.
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Translate this page Ex-con convicted of suffocating girlfriendThursday, May 1st, 2014 Issue 18, Volume 18.
A Riverside jury deliberated about a day before finding 51-year-old Drake Von Walker guilty in the 2011 death of 32-year-old Maisha Shante Walters. Walker, who has a 1992 manslaughter conviction for killing his first wife, faces 50 years to life in prison when he's sentenced by Riverside County Superior Court Bernard Schwartz on June 6. According to the prosecution, Walker killed Walters on the afternoon of June 23, 2011. They lived together for five years, each of them nursing methamphetamine addictions and regularly engaging in heated arguments, during which Walker beat the victim, according to a trial brief filed by Deputy District Attorney Michael Kersse. He said Walters' drug dependency was so serious she could not hold down a job and relied on the defendant for "housing, money, transportation -- all the necessities of life." Walker told detectives that on the day of her death, the victim returned to their Magnolia Avenue apartment "tore up and high," coming down from a days-long meth binge, Kersse said. Neighbors recalled hearing the couple yelling at Advertisement On the afternoon of June 24, the defendant walked to a nearby police station and reported her death, describing the victim as an "occasional girlfriend ... and a prostitute," according to court papers. When investigators visited the apartment, they found Walters' nude body, partially covered on a bed, exhibiting signs of a physical assault, with blood stains on the floor and a pillow tossed behind the bedroom door. An autopsy revealed evidence she had been smothered, though the finding was not conclusive. Walters also had a high level of meth in her bloodstream, according to court documents. After his arrest, the defendant was recorded on a jailhouse telephone telling friends and relatives he must be deranged for repeating the same type of crime inside of 14 years and was hoping that -- as with the death of his wife -- he could "take a deal" to plead the crime down to manslaughter, according to the prosecution. 2 comments
Guilty! Guess that hope of pleading down didn't come true huh? Bye bye! .... in prison bruh!
There's a man that sits high and looks low he saw what happened to the young lady and he put a stop to a want to be serial killer prison is where he needs to be for the rest of his natural life, thank you Jesus !
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I started with Time Machine talking to my Linux box with netatalk. This worked fine until one day Time Machine told me it needed to back up everything all over again.Then it started to tell me this almost weekly. Apparently when this happens, the existing backup is corrupt and all that precious data is at worst irretrievable or at best tedious to retrieve. These are not attributes I want associated with my backup solution.
Then I did an rsync over ssh to my Linux box. This is fine exception that it lacks all the special permissions, resource forks, acls, etc, etc that are hidden in a Mac filesystem.
Then I tried SuperDuper! backing up to a directory served up via netatalk mounted via afp:// on OS X. This worked, but was mind numbingly slow. Also, it would mean I'd have to pay for a tool if I wanted to do incremental backups. This gets expensive as I also back up a few friends OS X laptops on my Linux file server.
I tried SuperDuper! backing up over Samba, but hdiutil create apparently doesn't work over Samba. Workarounds all needed the purchased version of SuperDuper!.
There's *another* work around for SuperDuper! where I can use MacFUSE and sshfs, but the MacFUSE author has abandoned the project and recommends people not to use it.
The Solution
Ultimately, the goal is to make a sparsebundle HFS+ disk image, put it on a Samba mounted share and rsync my data over to it. You'd be surprised how many niggly bits there are for this.
Install Rsync
First, I grabbed the 3.1.x version of rsync from Homebrew - install Homebrew as per the directions there, then run:
brew install https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes/master/rsync.rb
If you've been digging through voodoo magic, then you'll be happy to hear this version of rsync has the all the rsync patches you'll read about (like --protect-decmpfs).
Nobody needs another out of date blog entry explaining how to setup Samba. Follow some other guide, make sure Samba starts automatically and use smbpasswd to create an account.
I recommend using the name of the machine being backed up as the account name. I'm calling that machinename for the rest of this post.
Make sure you can mount this share on OS X via smb:// ( Finder > Go > Connect to Server... ). Make sure you can 1) create a file, 2) edit and save the file, 3) delete the file. I'm going to assume you've mounted this share at /Volumes/Machinename
Backup Into
Now lets make something for us to backup into. Figure out how big the disk is on the source machine (we'll assume 100g) then run:
hdiutil create /tmp/backup.sparsebundle -size 100g -type SPARSEBUNDLE -nospotlight -volname 'Machinename-Backup' -verbose -fs 'Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+'
Yes, you're creating it in /tmp, this is to work around hdiutil create not liking Samba.
Next you'll want to copy this sparse bundle onto your Samba share:
cp -rvp /tmp/backup.sparsebundle /Volumes/machinename
This will copy a bunch of files and should be successful without any warnings. Now lets mount this sparse bundle:
hdiutil attach /Volumes/machinename/backup.sparsebundle -mount required -verbose
You should now have /Volumes/Machinename-Backup mounted on your system. Fun story, OS X recognizes that this disk image is hosted off the machine, so it mounts this disk image with "noowners" (see mount man page). That's going to be a problem for our backup, so we need to tell OS X it's okay to use userids normally:
sudo diskutil enableOwnership /Volumes/Machinename-Backup
Preparing Rsync
There are a handful of files which recommend to be excluded:
/Previous Systems.localized
Store this in a file somewhere. I stored mine as exclude-from.txt in /Volumes/Machinename
Okay, now we're ready to run rsync. I think the correct arguments to rsync are: -aNHAXx --nfs-compression --protect-decmpfs --itemize-changes --super --fileflags --force-change --crtimes
So, we run:
rsync all-those-args-above --exclude-from=/Volumes/Machinename/exclude-from.txt / /Volumes/Machinename-Backup/
When The Backup Is Done
This will take a little while. When it's done, you can then bless your backup so it could be booted:
sudo bless -folder /Volumes/Machinename-Backup/System/Library/CoreServices
Then you can umount your backup:
hdiutil detach /Volumes/Machinename-Backup
Periodically, and after your first run, you should compact down your sparsebundle disk image:
hdiutil compact /Volumes/Machinename/backup.sparsebundle -batteryallowed
You can now log into your Linux server and tar up the backup (apparently XZ > bzip2 for compression size).
tar Jcvf machnename-backup.tar.xz backup.sparsebundle
Depending on the size of that tarball, you could upload it to Google Drive, Drop Box, etc. Before you do, you'll probably want to encrypt it. I used OpenSSL:
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in machinename-backup.tar.xz -out machinename-backup.tar.xz.aes-256-cbc
Many of these steps will take *hours* if you have a lot of data, so you may consider just backing up parts of your system more frequently and doing your whole system once every-so-often.
Why This Is Nice
One thing I really love about this setup is that each piece of the puzzle does one thing and does it well. If Samba is too slow, I could go back to netatalk. The sparsebundle disk image hosts HFS+ properly with all its OS X-specific voodoo and rsync's job is to copy files. If there's a better file copier, I could drop that in.
I left a lot out. I know. I'm kind of expecting you to have a rough idea of how to get around OS X and Linux, figure out how to put most of the above in a shell script, decide when to do backups, how to store those tarballs, etc. Hopefully though this will help someone that just needs some of the key ingredients to make it work.


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CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.
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CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
Large-scale, long-term, multidisciplinary science to address Australia's major national challenges and opportunities.
CSIRO manages national facilities and collections that are opened to researchers around Australia and overseas.
Tiwi Land Ranger, Leon Puruntatameri, lighting experimental fires on Melville Island as part of the Tiwi Carbon Study.
Tiwi Islanders and CSIRO are working together to examine the biophysical and economic potential of fire management for Greenhouse gas abatement on the Tiwi Islands, as a basis for possible livelihood opportunities for Tiwi people.
The Tiwi Islands, which are located 80 kilometres north of Darwin in the Northern Territory, are home to 2000 Aboriginal Australians. The Tiwi Carbon Study is a partnership between the Tiwi Land Council, Tiwi Land Rangers, the Tiwi College, and CSIRO.
The study, based on Melville Island, also aims to maintain the special biodiversity values of the Tiwi Islands and foster active involvement of the Tiwi people in scientific research.
To view the Transcript, please go to the Tiwi Carbon Study: fire management for greenhouse gas abatement on the Tiwi Islands [external link] on YouTube.
Tropical savannas contain about 30 per cent of Australia's terrestrial carbon stocks, and are the continent's most fire prone biome, with up to half or more of many landscapes being burnt each year.
These fires make a significant contribution to the nation's Greenhouse gas emissions, and there is growing national and international interest in reducing the extent and severity of these fires in a Greenhouse gas abatement context.
Such fire management could provide financial benefits under the emerging carbon economy, and represent important livelihood opportunities for remote Aboriginal communities.
The ability of early season burning to reduce fire size and severity has already been demonstrated through the Western Arnhem Land Fire Abatement project, involving Aboriginal rangers.
"Tiwi people have always understood and cared for country – but now we need to use new knowledge because the world around us is changing."
Willie Rioli, Tiwi Land Ranger mentor and supervisor
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State Sentencing Summit Agenda
Today's Challenges; Tomorrow's Opportunities: A summit to highlight best practices in use and to develop recommendations and strategies
October 30, 2007 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
State Armory - Augusta, Maine
- Welcome and Overview of the Summit
- Sentencing Practices in Maine – an analysis of recent
sentencing trends
Mark Rubin, University of Southern Maine - The Challenges and Opportunities
Mel Zarr, University of Maine Law School
Representatives from the primary participants in the sentencing process will present major challenges (problems) and opportunities (solutions) around our current sentencing practices. The objective is to put before the audience a wide range of views about what works and what doesn't.- Judiciary
- Prosecutors
- Defense
- Corrections – State and County
- Lunch and Roundtable Discussion
Assigned tables during lunch for informal discussion among participants - Legislative Response
Mel Zarr, University of Maine Law School
A panel of legislators and a panel of summit participants will have an opportunity to ask questions of each other, challenge assumptions, and offer suggested improvements. - Questions from the Audience
- Common Themes and Future Direction
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
My Blog Will be Moving Soon!
Good morning friends and wonderful readers! I have some exciting news about this here blog - I'm moving on up to a new platform for my hosting.
But before you ask why or freak out (Oh, what? That's just me freaking out? Gotcha...), keep reading to find out how you'll be able to pick up a fun freebie once the move is complete.
I love me some blogger, been here for what feels like a billion years so for my personal, Green Leaf Reviewer or Writesy Press blogs I don't plan to move away. Because I know it so well at this point that navigating around, adding, subtracting or making other modifications is quick and easy.
However, as a business person, freelancer and writer I know there's a better way to get my content out there to all of you in a richer, fuller way. And it has everything to do with the platform.
So as you can probably guess, this blog is going to be moving over to Wordpress!
Why am I sharing this info? Well, for starters, I'm going to take a break from blogging until the move is complete. There's a couple reasons for that.
First, I need to take some time to learn enough about WP that I can start posting right away once the migration is complete. I've got a little experience with using WP but there are quite a few things I need to figure out right away.
Second, it only seems fair to the company I'm hiring to make the move that I don't keep adding on a bunch of content to be migrated.
So in the spirit of excitement for making this change, I'm working on putting an informational piece together for all of you self-publishing Authors out there. And I'm going to offer it for free download...but only for a limited time. Details to follow so stay tuned!
I appreciate everyone's patience as I make this move and can't wait to unveil the brand new blog in just a couple weeks!
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content writing,
getting organized,
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As a fiction author it makes sense that I blog. Why?
- To help other writers.
- To think out loud about my books.
- For therapy.
Seriously, that last one isn't a stretch.
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- Kianwi said...
Thanks for coming by my blog! I really appreciated your encouragement and viewpoint.
I had a blog on Blogger and am now on Wordpress. I like Wordpress so much better. I used to struggle with some elements of posting on Blogger, but have not had any issues on Wordpress. Although, I must say, the learning curve is a bit of a bear. You were right to take time off from blogging to get that down. - June 4, 2014 at 12:41 PM
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- Plant Disease - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
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There are more than 80,000 plant diseases known worldwide. In fact, all plants are vulnerable to attack by disease. Crop plants are frequent victims, and crop diseases can result in enormous agricultural and economic losses.


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Herpetology tours of Thailand, herpetology holidays of Venezuela. 'Pinocchio' Frog and 'Gargoyle' Gecko Discovered. Pinocchio-nosed frogs, gargoyle-faced geckos and the world's smallest wallaby are among the newly identified species discovered during an expedition to Indonesia's remote Foja Mountains and announced today.
Scientists endured torrential rainstorms and life-threatening unpredictable flash floods as they tracked species from the low foothills at Kwerba village to the top of the mountains at 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) in Indonesian New Guinea in 2008. "It is not an exaggeration to say that the Foja Mountains are well-defended against any access," said expedition participant Bruce Beehler, a senior research scientist at Conservation International, in a past dispatch from the field. Wacky bunch of animals The newfound species they detailed include several new mammals, a reptile, an amphibian, at least 12 insects and a new bird.
Here Be Dragons. Some random thoughts, gently stewed, served on a bed of love. Snakes of Australia – field guide for iPhone For the last couple of months, I've been putting the finishing touches on the first of what will hopefully be a series of electronic field guides.
This one is the most comprehensive electronic field guide to the snakes of Australia, co-authored with Stephen Zozaya. It's available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. There will be an Android version eventually. Buy it now on the Apple App Store, or find out more about it on the Snakes of Australia website. Philly Herping. NeMys: EUROHERP start page.
Subsequent to a severely damaging crash, the EUROHERP database, and NeMys in general, have not been functioning like they should. A lot has been lost and the central NeMys admin is in lack of time and resources to fix things. Remember that NeMys and EUROHERP are pro deo work. At present, we are unable to predict a possible date of recovery, if any, although our intentions to recover are still vigorous. The EUROHERP admin apologises for the inconvenience and for not posting this notification sooner. Aquatic Snakes of Southeast Asia. FLMNH - Online Guide to Fla. Snakes. Our Online Guide to Florida Snakes is the most up-to-date and comprehensive online source for information about Florida snakes.
We have designed it to answer many common questions. This Guide was written in non-technical terms for the average citizen who would like to know more about Florida snakes. What species are found in Florida? Where do they live in Florida? How can I identify them — safely? Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Father Sanchez's Web Site of West Indian Natural History. David Williams' Australian Herpetology ONLINE - Entry Portal.


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Exclusive First Listen: The Strokes
By: Marc Spitz
Julian Casablancas rolls up to Manhattan's Soundtrack studios on an ancient green ten-speed, looking much like he did the last time he played Spin new music, in the summer of 2003. But Casablancas and the Strokes have changed. After feeling rushed making Room on Fire in an expensive studio, they built their own to write and record their as-yet-untitled third album. Industry vet David Kahne (the Bangles, Sublime, Sugar Ray) took over the project as his vision for the album began to dominate that of longtime Strokes producer Gordon Raphael. Andy Wallace, who gave Nevermind its pop gloss, has been brought in to mix. Clearly, there is a lot at stake, especially since Room racked up just over half of their landmark debut Is This It's two million worldwide sales.
"I kinda feel like we're starting again," Albert Hammond Jr. says after he arrives on foot. "We crushed Room on Fire into one month, this is much more spread out. We let it breathe. It feels like the next level." Here's a complete track-by-track breakdown of the album.
"EVENING SUN" Chill-out Strokes, with soothing, atmospheric guitars. Not exactly cocktail punk, but mellow in a relative sense and literal in a lyrical sense. Sunsets are, occasionally, really pretty.
"JUICEBOX" Opening with a mock-metal bass riff, this first single candidate's flanged solo and Stooges-worthy lyrics ("Standing in the light field / Waiting for some action") could make it a radio monster. "I remember people saying this track is ugly," Casablancas says. "I think it's got a great personality."
"UNTITLED 1" A reggae stomper with big guitars and what could be the lyrics of the year: "I hate them all / I hate myself / I hate myself for hating them / So I drink some more / I love them all / I drink even more / I hate them even more than I did before."
"YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE" A poppy homage to the Cars' Ben Orr, with power chords and a clean vocal mix (no slurred singing). "Dave Kahne liked it when I sang out of my range," Casablancas says. "A chair would squeal and he'd say, 'Hit that note.'"
"RAZOR BLADE" Guaranteed to remind anyone over 30 (or anyone who frequents gay piano bars) of Barry Manilow's "Mandy." "We wanna sound like stuff from the future you've never heard before that references stuff from the past," Casablancas explains.
"VISION OF DIVISION" One of the album's more overtly '80s tracks, with a synthy riff that recalls Room on Fire's "12:51"; a dubby bridge in which Casablancas complains, "All that I do is wait for you"; and a guitar freak-out that sounds like the Charlie Daniels Band.
"ASK ME ANYTHING" Over a spooky mellotron riff (actually a computer), Casablancas sings a series of non sequiturs, like "Don't be a coconut."
"HEART IN A CAGE" More hard rock, with nifty marching drums. Casablancas' urban ennui is a good fit with the darker, slithering metal vibe. But even though this track (along with "Juicebox") may set off alarmists, "We're not Velvet Revolver," Hammond assures.
"KILLING LIES" The ballad. Gothy, quasitribal drumming that recalls Yeah Yeah Yeahs at their dreamiest. An appreciative nod to the great, brooding modern rock of the '80s.
"EYES OF THE WORLD" The metallic and the new wave collide here, with weird echo effects and big guitar crescendos. And the fake ending totally faked us out.
"UNTITLED 2" Possibly the most "classic Strokes" track. Dirty, New York City pop, looser drumming, and evidence of the band's heavy (though seldom explored) debt to Blondie.
"FEAR OF SLEEP" Distorted vocals return for this oddity in which Casablancas repeats the title, Lou Reed style, as if warding off ghosts of long nights past. "I don't sleep anymore," Casablancas says of his inspiration. "The worst is when you've been up all night and the morning news comes on."
"UNTITLED 3" Swirling burlesque, reminiscent of the Doors' "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" or everything Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ever recorded.
"UNTITLED 4" Another jaunty, percussive, new-wave raver that could get play from radio and -- provided the video isn't a nod to Modern Girls, Electric Dreams, or Vision Quest (à la the Tron-obsessed clip for "12:51") -- MTV.
True Strokes fans in the U.S. might want to update their passports: The first chance to hear the new material will be this October in South America. The Strokes have announced three tour dates as part of the South American Tim Festival. The band will play on October 21 in Rio de Janeiro, October 23 in Sao Paolo, and on October 25 in Porto Alegre.


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What's really the best way to do a random battle arena? I've seen a demo, but I really didn't like their solution. (Mapping a few arenas and then checking if they're occupied or not when a battle starts) Is this really how most major RPGs on BYOND do it? Anyways, each arena would be the same size. If anyones wondering, I'm messing around with a Mega Man Battle Network game. (I'm not impressed by the ones currently on BYOND)
If I had to pick a way to dynamically generate them right now, I'd probably create a blank 50x50 z layer on the map, and then I'd just create and delete them dynamically as need be. (if it's a 6x3 arena, 50x50 would approximately give 80-90 stations)
Anyways, I'm just looking for input, any ideas would be appreciated.