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A rotary jar is described that is part of a drill string and includes a mandrel and an anvil that move longitudinally in opposite directions to deliver a sharp upward or downward blow that is transmitted to a fish, which may be a separate tool or a portion of the drill string that is stuck in the well bore in an effort to free the fish or the stuck portion of the drill pipe. The mandrel carries rollers that move through longitudinally extending grooves when the jars are tripped. In the jars of this invention, the grooves follow a serpentine path to cause the mandrel to transmit a torsional force on the fish to try to rotate the fish as well as providing an upward or downward blow.
1. In a rotary jar for connecting in a pipe string to produce a sharp upward or downward force on the pipe string when the pipe string becomes stuck in a well bore said jar comprising, an inner tubular mandrel member and an outer tubular anvil member for connecting in a pipe string for limited longitudinal movement relative to each other, impact shoulders on the members limit the relative longitudinal movement of the members, a plurality of laterally spaced rollers attached to the outer surface of the mandrel, longitudinally extending grooves on the inner surface of the anvil, each groove intersecting a U-shaped laterally extending notch formed with curved outwardly flaring walls on the inner surface of the mandrel, and resilient means urging the tubular members to rotate relative to each other in the direction to move the rollers into the U-shaped notches and to allow the roller means to move out of the U-shaped notches when a longitudinal force is imposed on the jar sufficient for the flared walls of the U-shaped notches to provide a lateral component of force on the rollers that will overcome the force of the resilient means and move the rollers out of the U-shaped notches into the longitudinally extending grooves allowing the mandrel to move longitudinally relative to the anvil until the impact shoulders engage and produce a sharp increase in the force exerted by the string when the string is stuck in the hole, the improvement comprising longitudinally extending serpentine grooves that convert a portion of the relative longitudinal motion of the mandrel and the anvil into angular motion tending to rotate the anvil back and forth relative to the mandrel.
2. The jar of claim 1 in which said serpentine groove is sinusoidal.
3. The jar of claim 1 in which said resilient means are a plurality of longitudinally spaced torque springs connecting the inner and outer tubular members.
4. The jar of claim 1 further including, a torque dissipating sub for connecting to the upper end of the mandrel to prevent the left hand torque imposed on the mandrel from being transmitted to tool joints above the jars said torque dissipating subcomprising inner and outer tubular members, means for connecting the inner tubular member of the assembly to the mandrel of the jar, means for connecting the outer tubular member to the pipe string, an annular cavity between the inner and outer members, and clutch plates positioned in the cavity to prevent relative right hand rotation between the inner and outer tubular members to thereby transmit right hand torque to the jars and the pipe string below the jars sub and the mandrel and allowing left hand rotation of the inner tubular member relative to the outer tubular member to prevent left hand torque from being transmitted to the tool joint above the sub.
5. The jar of claim 1 further comprising a torque dissipating sub for attaching in the pipe string above the jar and to the mandrel of the jar, said assembly having inner and outer tubular members rotationally movable relative to each other, means for connecting the inner tubular member of the assembly to the mandrel of the jar, means for connecting the anvil to the pipe string, a coil spring encircling the inner member having one end connected to the inner surface of the outer tubular member and the other end connected to the outer surface of the inner tubular member of the assembly to prevent relative right hand rotation between the pipe string and the jars while allowing limited left hand rotation of the pipe string.
This invention relates to well jars generally and in particular to rotary jars that allow the force required to trip the jars to be changed by changing the torque in the jars.
Well jars are part of the drill string. Their purpose is to strike a sharp blow upwardly or downwardly on the drill string as the drill string exerts an upward or downward force on the portion of the string below the jars that is stuck in the hole. Obviously, if the pipe string is stuck above the jars, they cannot help free the pipe.
One of the most common causes of "Stuck Pipe" is differential pressure sticking. This condition occurs when the hydrostatic head pressure of the mud column exceeds the pressure in a formation that has been penetrated by the well bore. This differential pressure can hold the pipe string against the formation on one side of the well bore with a force great enough to prevent longitudinal and rotational movement of the pipe relative to the formation. Another common cause of stuck pipe are "key seats". These are formed when the inclination of the well bore increases over a relatively short distance, which can result in the drill string being pulled into engagement with the high side of the well bore.
A drill string includes a "bottom hole assembly", which consists of the bit and whatever number of drill collars and joints of heavyweight drill pipe that are considered necessary to put weight on the bit. Rotary jars are normally run at the top of the bottom hole assembly since the large diameter drill collars and drill pipe are most likely to stick. When the drilling assembly becomes stuck, the driller uses the jars to apply sharp upward and downward forces to the assembly to help free it. Jars are normally set to trip when an upward force is exerted on the jars that is about 20,000 to 30,000 pounds more than the weight of the drill pipe above the jars or a downward force of about 20,000 to 30,000 pounds is exerted on the jars using the weight of the drill pipe.
In recent years, the practice of running 18 to 27 thirty foot drill collars has changed to a combination of a few collars and several joints of heavyweight drill pipe. This practice is especially prevalent in highly deviated well bores where drill pipe sticking is most likely to occur. Under the former practice, drilling jars were run just above the top drill collar and always in the neutral tension/compression position to protect the jars from excessive compressive or tensile stress. With the advent of heavyweight drill pipe, it is still necessary to run the jars in the neutral position, therefore, jar placement is normally above the last joint of heavyweight pipe.
Common practice is to run 900 to 1,500 feet of heavyweight pipe above one stand (three 30') drill collars. Under these conditions, using three 8" drill collars, 1,500 feet of five inch heavyweight pipe and 20,000 pounds of over pull the heavyweight pipe will stretch 3" at the jars and 10,000 feet of 5" drill pipe will stretch 55 inches at the rig floor. As the jars trip (release all weight beneath the jars) the mandrel is pulled upwardly at a high velocity because of the potential energy stored in the stretched drill pipe. The heavyweight pipe also has stored potential energy due to the three inches of stretch and accelerates downward rapidly. The jar mandrel accelerating upwardly strikes the jar anvil, which will be accelerating downwardly, causing a sharp upward blow to be delivered to the stuck portion of the pipe--the fish. However, since the mandrel and the anvil impact while they are accelerating in opposite directions, the force that will be transmitted to the fish will be the difference between the upward force of the mandrel and the downward force of the anvil.
The jars of this invention operate on the principle described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,208,541, U.S. Pat. No. 3,233,690, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,665,998, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Basically, the jars described in the patents and the jar of this invention include two telescoping members, an inner member (the mandrel) and an outer member (the anvil). In the jars described in the '541 and '690 patents, the mandrel is provided with a plurality of notches that have curved outwardly flaring sidewalls and longitudinally extending grooves. A plurality of rollers are mounted on the inside of the anvil for moving into and out of the notches and the grooves. When the rollers are in the notches, the two telescoping members cannot move longitudinally relative to each other. When the rollers are in the grooves, the two members can move longitudinally relative to each other. Their movement longitudinally is limited by impact shoulders and it is through the shoulders that the potential energy stored in the drill pipe is transmitted to the stuck drill string during the operation of the jar.
In the '998 patent, the grooves are on the inside wall of the anvil and the rollers are mounted on the mandrel. This is the arrangement shown and described in this specification.
To allow the build up of energy in the drill pipe, the rollers are held in the notches by a spring. When the longitudinal force on the jars has a horizontal force component due to the flared sidewalls of the notches that is large enough to rotate the two members relative to each other and force the rollers out of the notches, the jar trips and the two members move relative to each other with great velocity until the impact shoulders on the members meet. The impact of the shoulders meeting produces a sharp blow on the drill string. The amount of energy transmitted to the drill string depends upon the potential energy stored in the drill string as the jar is tripped. The amount of longitudinal force required to trip the jar depends upon the spring force resisting the lateral movement of the rollers and the angle that the sides of the notches make with the horizontal, which determine the horizontal component produced by a given longitudinal force. The upward or downward force required to trip the jars can be adjusted by applying torque to the drill string. Torque in one direction will assist the spring and require a greater force to trip the jars. Torque in the opposite direction will decrease the force required.
It is the object of this invention to improve upon a rotary jar of the type described above by providing serpentine (sine wave) shaped grooves in the mandrel through which the rollers travel when the jar is tripped to transmit torque to the fish (the stuck section of the drill string) urging the fish to rotate clockwise and then counterclockwise to assist in breaking the seal between the fish and the well bore in the case of differential pressure sticking.
It is yet another feature of this invention to convert the potential energy in the drill string at the time the jars are tripped into a torsional force that reverses direction urging the fish to rotate back and forth.
As the rollers move upwardly along the sine wave grooves, they will also move laterally first counterclockwise and then clockwise and a huge angular acceleration will be imparted to both the upper and lower drill strings. As this is real motion involving a large mass, large angular momentum is imparted to these members. Contrary to a conventional jar where the kinetic energy of the mandrel is dissipated in a fraction of a second, the angular momentum will occur over a significant period of time and will traverse both upper and lower sections of the drill string at a high speed. The rotational motion will be damped as the wave progresses away from the jars, but the magnitude of the degree of rotation and the time in which it occurs is a function of the frequency and amplitude of the sine wave grooves. These are controllable variables machined into the design. There is a large surplus of available potential energy in the stretched drill string which is mostly wasted in conventional jars due to the nullifying effect of the downward acceleration of the drill string beneath the jars, and the fact that conventional jars only impart linear motion. By converting a large portion of the available potential energy stored in the stretched drill string to torque thereby rotating the lower and upper sections the jars ability to break the seal between the fish and the wall cake, thereby equalizing the pressure around the fish and freeing the pipe, is greatly increased. This is especially important when trying to free drill pipe in high angle holes.
The rotational motion produced by the serpentine grooves is transmitted to the drill string above the jars as well and this torque initially is in the direction to break the threaded connections between the drill pipe.
Therefore, it is another object and feature of this invention to provide a torque dissipating sub assembly for connecting in the drill string above the mandrel to prevent rotational motion from being transmitted tot he tool joints above the jars in the drill string. The sub assembly can reduce or eliminate the rotational motion by using mechanical means to convert the kinetic energy to either thermal energy through friction or to potential energy through a resistive spring force. The continued application of torque to the fish as the jar is tripped over and over should increase the chances of freeing the fish.
These and other objects, advantages, and features of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from reading this specification including the attached drawings and appended claims.
FIG. 1 is a vertical, sectional view through the preferred embodiment of the well jar of this invention.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3--3 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a vertical, sectional view on an enlarged scale of the portion of the jar in FIG. 1 where the cam plates and rollers are located.
FIG. 5 is a view taken along line 5--5 of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view through one of the roller assemblies attached to the inner member of the jar.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of the grooves through which the rollers travel when the jar is tripped.
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a torque dissipating sub assembly which can be used to prevent the transmission of torque to the still string above the jar.
FIGS. 8A and 8B, respectively, are end views of a clutch disc and a clutch plate used in the torque dissipating sub of FIG. 8.
FIG. 9 is a sectional view of an alternative torque dissipating sub assembly which can be used to prevent the transmission of torque to the drill string above the jar.
The jar includes outer member 10 (the anvil) and inner member 11 (the mandrel) that are movable longitudinally relative to each other a limited distance. In FIG. 1, these tubular members are shown in one piece whereas they are actually made up of a number of tubular sections connected together by threads for ease of machining assembly and repair or replacement of worn or broken parts of the jar. Mandrel 11 is provided with appropriate threads (not shown) for connecting the mandrel to the drill string extending between the jar and the surface. Anvil 10 has threads 12 on its lower end for connecting the anvil to the fishing tool or the portion of the drill string extending below the jar. This is the usual arrangement. The roles of the two members could be reversed, if desired.
The distance the members can move longitudinally relative to each other is limited by annular shoulders on the members. When the jar is in use, the anvil will be connected to the stuck pipe and will move only as far as the pipe between the jar and the fish is stretched. Therefore, it is the mandrel that moves relative to the anvil during a jarring operation. As the mandrel moves downwardly, its travel is limited by the engagement of downwardly facing shoulder 14 on the mandrel and upwardly facing shoulder 16 on the anvil. Upward movement is limited by downwardly facing shoulder 18 on the anvil and upwardly facing shoulder 20 on the mandrel. In operation, as explained above, these shoulders come together with great force due to the energy stored in the drill pipe before the jar is tripped.
In this embodiment, the jar can jar both up and down. Holding means are provided to hold the mandrel and anvil from relative movement while energy is being stored in the drill string. In the embodiment shown, the holding means includes three cam plates 22, 24, and 26 that are laterally spaced around the inner surface of the anvil. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, they are arcuate in cross-section to fit the curvature of the inner surface. The cam plates are held in position by a plurality of cap screws 28 that extend through openings provided in the wall of the anvil to engage tapped holes in the cam plates. To position the cam plates to receive the cap screws, locator pins 30, are positioned in openings in the sidewall of the anvil 10 to engage a non-tapped locating hole at the upper end of each cam plate. These pins align the tapped holes in the plates with the openings in the sidewall of the anvil to insure that the cam plates are properly positioned relative to each other on the inside wall of the anvil. These locator pins are shown in FIG. 2.
Each cam plate has a plurality of U-shaped notches, as best seen in FIG. 4 where the mandrel is broken away to show cam plate 22 in elevation. In this embodiment, two longitudinally spaced sets of three notches each are used. The upper set is made up of notches 32. The lower set is made up of notches 38. The notches open outwardly in a lateral direction with diverging curved sidewalls.
A plurality of rollers are located on the outer surface of the mandrel to engage the notches and hold the mandrel from longitudinal movement relative to the anvil. When the rollers are out of engagement with the notches and positioned in the longitudinal extending spaces between the cam plates, as shown in FIG. 5, where upper rollers 44 and lower rollers 49, (only one of which is shown in FIG. 7) are positioned in between cam plates 22, 24, and 26, the mandrel can move longitudinally relative to the anvil. The rollers are attached to the outer surface of the mandrel in two spaced groups of three. They are spaced vertically as shown in FIG. 4 so the rollers in one group engage upper notches 32 and the other group of rollers engage lower notches 38.
The two groups of rollers are spaced longitudinally and the spaces between the cam plates through which they travel are designed for the rollers of each group to be longitudinally in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the jar as they move through the spaces between the plates.
A typical roller assembly is shown in FIG. 6. It includes shaft 50 and cap screw 52 that attaches the roller assembly to mandrel 11. Shaft 50 has cylindrical surface 54 upon which roller 56 is mounted for rotation relative to shaft 50. To assemble the roller on the shaft, cylindrical surface 54 extends outwardly to the end of the shaft. The roller is moved into position over the cylindrical surface and then the end of the shaft is upset to form retaining ring 58 to hold the roller on the shaft while allowing the roller to freely rotate relative to the shaft.
In order to relieve cap screw 52 of as much of the stress imposed on shaft 50 by roller 56, the inner end of shaft 50 is cup-shaped to provide annular section 60 that extends into annular recess 62 in the sidewall of inner member 11. By designing annular section 60 of the shaft so that there is little clearance between the walls of the annular section and the walls of the recess, a portion of the reaction forces required to resist the load imposed on the shaft by the roller are transmitted directly to the mandrel through annular section 60.
To hold the rollers in engagement with the notches, two torsion springs 64 and 66 are positioned at the lower end of the jar. The upper end of each spring is connected to the mandrel through pins 68 and 70. These pins engage keyways 72 and 74 that extend along the outer surface of the mandrel so that the spring can exert a torque on the mandrel but still allow relative movement of the mandrel relative to the springs. The lower end of each spring is connected to the anvil through pins 76 and 78.
Torque is imposed on the mandrel by rotating the mandrel relative to the anvil a desired distance and then inserting the pins. The torque constantly urges the mandrel to rotate in a direction to move the rollers into the notches. The amount of torque imposed on the mandrel determines at what upward or downward force the jar will trip. Also entering into the determination of when the jar will trip is the angle of the top and bottom sides of the notches. They do not have to be the same. The notches could be arranged to trip at a lesser force on a down jar then on an up jar, if desired.
As explained above, it is a feature of this invention that the longitudinally extending spaces between cam plates 22, 24, and 26 are sinusoidal as shown in FIG. 7 where the sinusoidal space between plates 22 and 24 is shown. This causes the rollers to impose torque on the fish, first in one direction and then the other direction as the rollers travel along the spaces between the cam plates. If this torque causes the fish to rotate, it should help in freeing the fish.
It is important that the torque imposed on the drill string below the jar rotate the string in a direction to make up the tool joints in the string. This results, however, it the torque on the drill string above the jar tending to unscrew the tool joints. Thereby, torque dissipating assembly 80 is placed in the string immediately above the drilling jar.
Torque dissipation assembly 80 of FIG. 8 includes inner tubular member 82 that is connected to the jar mandrel and outer sleeve 84 that is connected to the drill string above the jars by tool joint 87. The inside diameter of a portion of tubular member 82 is reduced to forum annular cavity 83 between member 82 and sleeve 84. A plurality of clutch disks 86 and clutch plates 88 are positioned alternately in annular cavity 83. The clutch plates and the clutch disks are compressed around member 82 to prevent relative rotation of the member and the sleeve. The clutch disks and plates are compressed with sufficient force to hold member 82 and outer sleeve 84 in fixed arrangement without slippage during normal drilling operations. However, when the drilling jar is tripped, the torque generated by the jar exceeds the compression force of the clutch disks and plates and the inner member rotates relative to the outer sleeve. This slippage allows the torsional energy of the jar to be converted to thermal energy as friction occurs between the clutch and the inner tubular member 82. Further, spring loaded pin 88 provides a positive means of providing rotation of the drill string should the clutch disks and plates become so worn that they are no longer able hold member and sleeve 84 in fixed arrangement.
FIG. 9 shows alternative torque dissipation assembly 90 which includes resilient means, preferably torsional spring 96, for absorbing the upward torsional energy generated by the jar. Assembly 90 comprises inner and outer tubular members 92 and 94. The lower end of torsional spring 96 is connected to inner tubular member 92 by pin 97 while the upper end is connected to outer tubular member 94 by pin 98. During normal drilling operations right hand torque causes the inside diameter of spring 96 to decrease and grip tubular member 92 with sufficient force to transmit torque to this drill string below. When torque is transmitted upward from the jar, spring 96 moves out of frictional engagement with tubular member 92 allowing rotation relative to tubular member 94, absorbing the rotational energy and converting it to potential energy. This potential energy is then converted back to rotational motion as the spring imposes an oppositely directed torque on the mandrel of the drilling jar. Should spring 96 break or become separated from either the inner or outer tubular member, assembly 90 is provided with spring loaded pin 99 which limits the free relative rotation of the tubular members to 350°.
The above described torque dissipating assemblies are particularly useful for use with jars that generate torque in a single direction unlike the jar described above. The jar described above imposes torque alternately between a clockwise direction and counterclockwise direction due to the sinusoidal nature of the longitudinally extending spaces between the cam plates of the jar. It is anticipated that these complementary forces will tend to eliminate any tendency to back off the threaded connections in the string.
From the foregoing it will be seen that this invention is one well adapted to attain all of the ends and objects hereinabove set forth, together with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the apparatus and structure.
It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations. This is contemplated by and is within the scope of the claims.
Because many possible embodiments may be made of the invention without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
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Wanted – a bonus sonnet for day nineteen NaPoWriMo
Wanted – A Sonnet
Wanted: one man who, let me make this clear,
has no motorcycles, no muscle cars
no photos of his ride-on lawn mowers
or with tall lean blondes trimmed out of the frame.
Are you an artist? Do you know the blank page?
Can you understand trying to balance
the housework and day to day with passion?
The short nights when the work flows endlessly?
Do you long to show someone your latest?
Someone who can trust your process; listen.
Can the two of us get the dishes done?
Can we watch night come on, or the dawn?
Share your love and art and process with me
I'll take your hand in mine and love you too.
Maureen over at NaPoWriMo suggested this prompt today:
Write a poem in the form of a personal ad!
Or, if you like, try any kind of want ad. Personal ads, though, do have a kind of poetry to them.
I had to try this because I tried signing up for a dating service once and it was the most I'd laughed in years. Photo after photo of gleaming motorcycles, muscle cars and yes, ride-on lawnmowers. Sometimes more than one mower. Sometimes a motorcycle or two and a mower or two. I can't make this stuff up. I thought it was the most wonderfully ridiculous thing I'd ever seen.
And, they all love quiet walks and fires in the fireplaces, movies, boating, a glass of wine. Meet for coffee and chat. Go for a ride. See the world.
I laughed and laughed those nights. No hard feelings guys but thanks for all your photos – they really brightened up some dark times.

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Teachers, administrators, staff members and volunteers are working to clean up Boonville High School after it was damaged by a storm Friday evening.
Boonville High School Principal Mike Whitten and about 150 students were inside the school when it happened.
Whitten says 25 to 30 percent of the 70 classrooms were affected by the storm. There was also damage to the softball and football fields.


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By Terri Moon CronkAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2011 Clifford L. Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, yesterday recognized 15 employers whose support for their deployed National Guard and reserve employees was "restricted only by their imaginations."
The winners, ranging from a church to a credit union, were presented the prestigious Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award during a ceremony here last night.
Based on employee-submitted nominations, the Freedom Award is the top award the Defense Department can present an employer. This year's winners are among 145 employers who have received the honor since the first Freedom Awards were presented in 1996.
The 16th Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award presentation ceremony highlighted National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week.
The 2011 recipients all went the extra step to make sure their deployed employees and families were taken care of at work and at home, Stanley said.
"The employers did things like take the kids to their baseball games. Somebody took care of an emergency at an employee's home. One company set up a network so people were supported at work and at home while [their spouses were deployed]," Stanley said. "They sent money, toys and gifts to their employees while they were deployed."
David L. McGinnis, acting assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, noted that employer and family support is more important today than at any other period in America's history.
"Traditionally, the total force was the active component, reserves and the National Guard, but over the last 10 years, we've added two more [components] -- the families and the employers," he said.
"We couldn't do this without the employers," McGinnis said. "They're critical to the more than 800,000 reservists and guardsmen we've deployed, and they will continue to be."
ESGR is a Defense Department agency established in 1972 to develop and promote employer support for Guard and reserve service. It advocates relevant initiatives, recognizes outstanding support, increases awareness of applicable laws and helps resolve conflict between employers and service members.
Employers who support their employees through multiple deployments exhibit the bond Americans have with their military, Stanley said.
"This is a nation we're all proud of, a nation we all love. From those in uniform to those not in uniform -- we are bonded," he said.
After reading the nominations of the 15 winning employers, Stanley said one thought stood out in his mind.
"What came through loud and clear to me, as it probably did to you, is what we call love, when you care that much about people," he said of the winners.
This year's Freedom Award recipients are:
-- 3M Co., St. Paul, Minn.;
-- Ameren Corp., St. Louis, Mo.;
-- Burt County Sheriff's Office, Tekamah, Neb.;
-- CSX Transportation, Jacksonville, Fla.;
-- Electrical Contractors Inc., Omaha, Neb.;
-- Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich.;
-- Hanson Professional Services Inc., Springfield, Ill.;
-- Integrity Applications Inc., Chantilly, Va.;
-- Orange County Sheriff's Department, Santa Ana, Calif.;
-- Qwest Communications, now CenturyLink Inc., Monroe, La.;
-- St. John's Lutheran Church, Yankton, S.D.;
-- State Employees' Credit Union, Raleigh, N.C.;
-- The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa;
-- Town of Gilbert, Gilbert, Ariz.; and
-- Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco.
Related Sites:Special Report: Employer Support Freedom Awards Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award
Article is closed to new comments.
The opinions expressed in the following comments do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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This is the biggest, most popular sports bar in town, with huge TV screens showing up to six games at once. After the game, both floors play extremely loud music for dancing. Karaoke is on Tuesday and beer pong is on Sunday, which you may or may not want to avoid. If sports aren't your thing, the bar food is amazingly good. The action starts at 5 pm and goes to 2:30 am.
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MAC Naked Honey & Summer Trend Bags Online!
MAC's Naked Honey Collection, as well as their Summer Trend Bags are now available online for purchase. They are also available online at Nordstrom.com. Both will be available in-store on Thursday, June 11th.
What are you getting from Naked Honey? Anyone picking up any of the bags?
Or are you saving up for a later collection (e.g. Colour Craft, which seems astronomically large)?
Not sure what to buy? We were able to give you two sneak peeks, so hopefully they might help make your decisions a bit easier (or harder!).
Check out: Buzz Lipglass, Golden Nectar High-Light, and Honey Salve, Honey Light High-Light, Creme de Miel, Pollinator, and official promotional photos/information. We'll have full swatches and photos posted on Thursday.
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We pair discerning brands with curated social influencers to spread authentic brand stories through user-generated Made Media, including branded content, Pinspiration, focus groups and Twitter parties.
If your blog has become your business, we should talk. Pollinate represents social influencers who've built a following on integrity and trust, and seek to sustain themselves and their efforts.


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Teri Scott of North Augusta was initiated by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of South Carolina Upstate during spring semester 2014.
Phi Kappa Phi invites juniors in the top 7.5 percent of their class and seniors in the top 10 percent of their class to be inducted.
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Paci, Raffaele - Saba, Andrea (1997) The empirics of regional economic growth in italy. 1951-1993. Working Paper. CRENoS.
Official URL: http://www.crenos.it/working/pdf/97-1.pdf
In this paper, on the basis of an original data base, we have gathered detailed information on the Italian regional growth over the post-war period using several statistical techniques. We have described the evolution of the disparities using, as a measure of regional economic growth, either per capita income and labour productivity, the latter variable also at the sectoral level. The evidence indicates that labour productivity convergence across the Italian regions was limited to the period 1960-75. This process has been mainly driven by a fall in the industrial dispersion and by a reduction in the share of agriculture. In the past 18 years the convergence process has completely stopped, indeed we have detected a slight increase in the dispersion, arising essentially from the industrial sector and from the southern non-Adriatic regions. Also per capita income inequality has decreased over the period 1960-75, but mainly among the north-centre regions and it has started to increase again from the mid-1970s. Now the degree of regional wealth inequality in Italy is still the highest within the EU. Per capita income tends to spread according to a two-peaks distribution with all the southern regions but one included in the low polarisation point.
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Busy old pub with plenty of character, a fine range of drinks, well liked bar food and friendly staff; bedrooms
Good Pub Guide Recommended
There's always a good mix of regulars and visitors at this 17th-c inn - all are welcomed by the licensees and their friendly staff. The beamed lounge bar of two character rooms contains handsomely carved antique settles, windsor and wheelback chairs, all sorts of wooden tables, guns and hunting prints in a snug area by one of the big inglenook fireplaces, and fresh flowers. They keep a fantastic range of drinks including a beer named for the pub from Branscombe Vale and two changing guests such as Bays Up and Under and Cotleigh Harrier on handpump, 32 wines by the glass from a list of 200, 262 whiskies and a farm cider. The restaurant is more formal. There are picnic-sets in the pretty garden with views of the surrounding wooded hill pastures. The medieval stained glass in the local church is some of the best in the west country.
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Wi-Fi version of the new iPad cleared for sale in China
Though Apple hasn't announced when the new iPad will be coming to China, the Wi-Fi model has recently passed through the China Quality Certification Center. This bodes well for a launch in the next couple of weeks or months, but there are a few hurdles.
China has proven to be highly active app users, but it seems like Samsung is still leading the way in the area of smartphones. One significant roadblock to the new iPad in particular has been a claim to the trademark by a Chinese lighting and display manufacturer called Proview. Even though passing through the certification process bodes well for a new iPad launch in one of the world's biggest markets for electronics, the trademark squabble is ongoing, and may hold up the release for awhile still. Eager Chinese consumers will also have to wait for a 3G model to pass through certification.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had recently visited China to talk with government officials, and I would be surprised if a big part of those discussions weren't about getting the new iPad onto store shelves.
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This past week I started my Inventors and Inventions unit...My kids are loving every part of it. I also haven't seen them write so nicely with details. I got this idea from Cara Carol of The First Grade Parade. I am using what she has for free on her site but I am also adding to it. Here is a little bit of what I have created. There will be more to come.
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text: 25 big ideas for 2012: Cloud gaming Cloud 01 January 12 by Dan Smith Flickr / cc-licensed jopemoro This article was taken from the January 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.Credible alternatives to music piracy may have come too late for record labels -- British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) figures reveal that in 2010, 76 per cent of tracks downloaded in the UK were obtained illegally. However, the video-game industry, which is worth around £30bn globally, is hoping to avoid a similar fate by heading to the cloud.OTOY, OnLive, Happy Cloud and Gaikai are cloud-based services offering consumers a way to access games without downloading software or buying it in shops. Instead they stream games to desktop computers, tablet devices and TV sets (with additional hardware), much like LOVEFiLM's online service. And because the games don't exist as files on a disk, they're harder to crack and distribute illegally over filesharing sites."Eliminating piracy is a win for developers," says Jules Urbach, founder and CEO of OTOY. "But developing a game once and having many devices run the same version of that game is a huge win for both gamers and developers."OnLive, which launched in the UK in September, offers full play passes for new titles such as Deus Ex: Human Revolution for £34.99. Expected next year, OTOY is yet to announce its pricing, but they'll likely mirror US numbers -- up to 25 cents (16p) per hour of streamed gaming. Lag is an obvious concern, but Urbach claims it shouldn't be an issue with OTOY. "We developed our own codec from scratch, specifically to handle cloud rendering at thousands of frames per second," he says. "The resulting lag is not really perceptible."Still eagerly awaiting your box-fresh PS4 or next-generation Xbox?Explore more: Big Ideas For 2012 Comments Ok, so entertainment will now be streamed like water gas and electricity, taxis and parking meters. But hang on, take a look at the future of streaming games through the lens of these industries today... a monopoly of producers and corporations jacking up prices into an unaffordable range and gamers being charged an outrageous tab for loosing take of time in their games. Doesn't this go against the grain for the idea of "endless entertainment"? kactus Jan 2nd 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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Did it start with Tunisia earlier this year, or was it Iran that inspired the trend in 2009 or perhaps even Lebanon as far back as 2005? Was Egypt an isolated albeit epic event or is it one that truly connects the dots in a region riddled with all forms of injustice? How come 'people power' has suddenly re-awakened across the Middle East and North Africa region?
Given the shifts taking place almost on a daily basis across the whole Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since last month, it was especially interesting to read the ACN interview reproduced by Ekklesia with HE Cardinal Antonius Naguib from the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt -- also a member of the Middle East Council of Churches.
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I used to make this exact cake years ago. I do have a tip though... after you prep the crust... bake it for 10 minutes. Don't overcook it however as it will turn hard as cement, but the baked crust makes the dessert.
Good for a kids party but I wouldn't recommend it as an adult dessert. A little messy and not at all attractive when served.
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Great! Just like the one Mom used to make, except without the raw eggs. I substituted Neufchatel for the cream cheese and added 1 tsp vanilla to the cheese/butter/sugar mix.
This is a very good recipe. I work for a hotel, the hotel has an evening social(serving food ) to the guest. I made this for them and they really enjoyed it. I will make this again... For the hotel and at home. Thanks for the great recipe.
Delish! Easy to make, I used a prepared graham cracker pie shells and made 2. I didn't have glaze but really didn't miss it. Also canned real whipped cream and Hershey's chocolate sauce. This will be a summer favorite, everyone loved it.
I have used this same recipe with one alteration. It is easier and less fattening. Rather than making a graham crust, just place a lyer of graham crackers in the bottom of the pan and make a day ahead and refridgerate. This dessert is also a great make ahead and freeze for unexpected social events. Love it!
This is a very good recipe. I didn't use the strawberry glaze, but used chocolate syrup and nuts on top like a sundae. It was a big hit with my family.
Thanks so much for sharing! I have been looking for an eggless version of this recipe! Changes: I used the canned whipped topping (instead of CoolWhip)to add to each piece just before serving AND I drizzled warm ganache (using the all recipes Pro Ganache recipe). I toasted pecans to throw on there, too. What a hit! This recipe will be made again and again!
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Joseph E. Aoun, a leader in higher education policy and an internationally renowned scholar in linguistics, is the seventh President of Northeastern University.
A respected voice on the value of global and experiential education, President Aoun has enhanced Northeastern's signature co-op program with opportunities around the world and additional flexibility. Students have worked, studied, and conducted research in 114 countries, on all seven continents.
President Aoun has strategically aligned the University's research enterprise with three global imperatives—health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern is home to seven federally recognized research centers and institutes, including the Center for Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats, the Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing, the Center for Translational Cancer Nanomedicine, the Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, and the Institute for Information Assurance. Northeastern's faculty focus on interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and on transforming research into commercial solutions that address the world's most pressing problems.
Northeastern's excellence in education, research, and urban and global engagement is attracting highly-talented applicants from throughout the U.S. and around the world. This year, it received more than 47,000 applications for freshman admission— the highest in the University's history. During Aoun's presidency, Northeastern has also established a network of graduate campuses and has amassed one of the largest libraries of online and hybrid professional masters programs of any university in the U.S.
President Aoun came to Northeastern from the University of Southern California's College of Letters, Arts & Sciences where he was the inaugural holder of the Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics and philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and advanced degrees from the University of Paris (France) VIII and Saint Joseph University (Beirut, Lebanon).
President Aoun has published seven books and written more than 40 articles. In 2006 he was named a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques (Knight of the Order of the Academic Palms) by the French government. In 2011, he received the prestigious Robert A. Muh Award from MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the immediate past Chair of the American Council on Education (ACE). In 2013, Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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by Anthony Cherniawski, The Practical Investor, LLC | June 4, 2010Print
Total nonfarm payroll employment grew by 431,000 in May, reflecting the hiring of 411,000 temporary employees to work on Census 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Private-sector employment changed little (+41,000). Manufacturing, temporary help services, and mining added jobs, while construction employment declined. The unemployment rate edged down to 9.7 percent.
The numbers given by the Bureau of Labor Statistics don't even pass the basic math test. To top it all off, inside these figures is the CES Birth/Death Model, which added 215,000 fictitious jobs in May. Could the real employment situation have a loss of 216,000 jobs last month? In addition, the May figures showed the labor force shrank 322,000 due to discouraged people leaving the work force.
A debt crisis in Hungary.
Credit-default swaps on sovereign bonds surged to a record on speculation Europe's debt crisis is worsening after Hungary said it's in a "very grave situation" because a previous government lied about the economy.
Hungary's bonds fell after a spokesman for Prime Minister Viktor Orban said talk of a default is "not an exaggeration" because a previous administration "manipulated" figures. The country was bailed out with a 20 billion-euro ($24 billion) aid package from the European Union and International Monetary Fund in 2008.
Market failure…is the trap door swinging open?
--Whatever positives that prompted the market to rally this week suddenly evaporated on the bad news from Eastern Europe. The unfortunate part is that many of the major European banks own sovereign debt issued by these countries. You may wish to visit our YouTube Channel to get the latest technical information on our expectations for this decline.
Treasury bonds stage a recovery at trendline support.
- Treasury bonds staged a strong recovery today as the bad news from Europe caused yet another flight from stocks. Money flows in distinct behavioral patterns as investors look for a friendly place for their money. Market supports often appears in formations that can be illustrated by trendlines. Although corrections may be deep, the trendline suggests that the larger move is still up.
Gold prices struggle as equity losses mount.
-- Gold prices are struggling as precious metal shares are liquidated alongside equity shares. It is not yet certain that the rally in gold is over, but the momentum to the upside is waning. The pattern for gold appears to be a Broadening Wedge, which is considered by many to be a topping pattern. Fears of deflation may cut the rally short.
Nikkei stages a small comeback.
-- Japanese stocks fell after switching direction more than 15 times prior to Naoto Kan's election as prime minister on concern over the direction of his policies. Cement makers and building companies declined. The Nikkei 225 fell 0.1 percent to 9,901.19 at the 3 p.m. close in Tokyo. The broader Topix index was little changed at 890.16, with about as many stocks declining as advancing. Both measures rose this week for the first time in three weeks.
China stocks may be ready for a reversal.
-- The Shanghai Index managed to stay above prior lows as it attempts to build a base after a steep one-month decline. The largest of China's stock exchanges, managed to close near breakeven going into the weekend. China has implemented austerity measures and raised bank reserves to fight against the bubble of debt that its markets have created. It may be possible that they have correctly curbed excessive risk taking in their markets.
The U.S. money supply plunges at 1930s pace.
-- The M3 money supply in the United States is contracting at an accelerating rate that now matches the average decline seen from 1929 to 1933, despite near zero interest rates and the biggest fiscal blitz in history.
The stock of money fell from $14.2 trillion to $13.9 trillion in the three months to April, amounting to an annual rate of contraction of 9.6pc. The assets of institutional money market funds fell at a 37pc rate, the sharpest drop ever. Dollars are scarcer, thus more valuable.
Economist Argues Home Prices Still Have Far To Fall.
Dour predictions about the housing market aren't the norm anymore, as many economists have grown optimistic that home prices will begin rebounding strongly next year. But International Monetary Fund economist Prakash Loungani has found plenty of reasons to remain glum. Loungani, at a National Economists Club luncheon in Washington Thursday, presented his analysis of housing busts since 1970. His prediction: Home prices will fall much farther and for much longer.
EIA information not in agreement with the market price of gasoline.
The Energy Information Agency weekly report observes, "Dropping for the third week in a row for a cumulative decline of nearly $0.18, the U.S. average price for regular gasoline fell six cents last week to $2.73 per gallon. The price was $0.20 higher than last year at this time. Prices fell in all regions of the country, with the largest drops taking place on the East Coast and in the Midwest where the averages fell about seven cents to $2.72 per gallon and $2.63 per gallon, respectively."
Natural Gas prices seeing downward pressure.
--. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports, "Since last Wednesday, May 26, natural gas spot prices increased at market locations across the lower 48 States, climbing up to 4 percent on the week. Warm temperatures across most of the lower 48 States contributed to price gains heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend. However, temperatures moderated mid-week, contributing to price declines in trading on Wednesday, June 2, that offset some of the earlier gains during the week."
The "Flash Crash" will happen again.
The highly discussed and quickly forgotten Flash Crash was an omen of what lies ahead for the financial markets
. It was a uniquely distinctive occurrence relative to anything we've ever experienced. Likewise, what we're about to witness will be startling and never before observed by this generation of investors. After only 30 days the Flash Crash signal has become unambiguous and historians will wonder why the public didn't react sooner to its clarion call.
Price wars at Wal-Mart and other miscellaneous items.
Wal-Mart is counting on $1 ketchup bottles and sub-$4 cases of Coke to re-ignite sales in America.
The sharp cuts at U.S. stores, which came ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, have already pushed rivals such as Target into price wars. And the markdowns are expected to keep coming throughout the summer. Happy Shopping!
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A rare half-male and half-female butterfly has emerged at the Natural History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition.
Sensational Butterflies entrance
The butterfly is a pure bilateral gynandromorph. One half of the butterfly is female, with paler colouring and flecks of blue, red and tortoiseshell. The other half is male, with darker colouring.
Moths and butterflies have a short life span, but visitors who are quick may be lucky enough to see it in the butterfly house on the Museum's front lawn.
Gynandromorphy happens very rarely across a range of species, from spiders to crabs. Gyn is Greek for female and andro is Greek for male.
Insects can become gynandromorphs if the sex chromosomes do not properly separate during division of a fertilised egg.
Bilateral gynandromorphy results if this error occurs during the first cell division, resulting in an insect that has male cells on one side and female cells on the other.
If such errors occur later in development, the gynandromorphy is mosaic and the separation into the two sexes isn't so clearly defined.
The butterfly body shows the darker male colouring on the left and lighter female colouring on the right.
Gynandromorphy can also occur when an egg with two sex chromosomes, instead of the normal one, gets fertilised by two sperm.
'Pure bilateral gynandromorphs are incredibly rare, and I have only ever come across 3 in my whole career of 30 years,' says Luke Brown, butterfly house manager.
'Many permanent butterfly exhibitions will go through their entire existence without ever seeing one of these rarities.'
Blanca Huertas, curator of butterflies at Museum, says, 'The gynandromorph butterfly is a fascinating scientific phenomenon, and is the product of complex evolutionary processes. It is fantastic to have discovered one hatching on Museum grounds, particularly as they are so rare.'
This butterfly is a great mormon, Papilio memnon, from Asia. 'The female can appear in various forms for example with or without a club tail,' says Luke.
Of the 9 million butterflies and moths (4.5 million of which are butterflies) looked after at the Museum, only 200 are gynandromorphs.
The male great mormon butterfly, Papilio memnon.
When this butterfly dies, it will be added to the Museum's world class Lepidoptera collection, which is studied by scientists all over the world.
Worldwide, there are 18,000 to 20,000 species of butterfly. However, there are many more still undiscovered or not scientifically named yet and sadly many are threatened of extinction.
Butterfly senses are the theme for this year's Sensational Butterflies exhibition, open until 11 September. As well as hundreds of live tropical butterflies, the 5 sensory zones explore fascinating facts such as how butterflies sense sound without ears.


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Two fabulous actresses, two separate events in locations across the globe from each other. And yet, we found a lesson that is very important, if you're willing to learn, grasshopper. It's the art of wearing red, which can be a tricky little minx because you can go from red hot to fizzled spark in one step.
Take Nicole Kidman, for example. She's looking so pleased to be at the 2011 BMI Country Awards held yesterday in Nashville. From the look on her face, you can tell she thinks she's nailed this Stella McCartney dress. Nicole thought that throwing in some white detailing on what would've been a passable crimson dress was the way to go. WRONG. This dress is like an optical illusion. We literally got cross-eyed staring at it and it also brought back longgone memories of geometry lessons with our old teacher Mr.Sapru (who used to terrify us.) Nicole, please. Do red. Plain red. None of this jazzy Christmas wrapping paper stuff.
On the right, we have Angeline Jolie, at the premiere of Moneyball in Japan. We feel like the woman at the back who got photobombed — jaws dropped and in awe. Angie knows how to pull out the stops when she feels like it. And taking this red, strappy L'Wren Scott dress and her tomato lips into consideration, she felt like it. Angie haterz can kvetch all they want, but we all know that this woman could stop an asteroid in its tracks if she wanted to (and if the good folk of NASA had thought of it.)
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Thank you for being here this morning at the Pentagon. Secretary [of the Navy, Richard] Danzig and the other Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries that participated in our [Recruiting] Forum. We have our senior military leaders that are here from each of the services. We have Samantha [Lipson]'s daughter who is making her debut at the Pentagon. [Laughter.] We're glad that both of you are here and that the other spouses are here as well.
Today we're gathered to honor the men and women who have excelled at what has been one of our greatest military challenges. In 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, General George McClellan sent word that he needed fresh recruits before he could engage the enemy. A weary President Lincoln, then the nation's recruiter-in-chief, responded this way, "When you ask for 50,000 men to be promptly sent to you, surely you labor under some gross mistake of fact."
The men and women we honor today face the toughest of tasks every day, providing our nation with soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen to protect America's interests and ideals around the world. Indeed, the mission of America's armed forces from Kosovo to Korea, and the peace, security and prosperity of our nation, would literally be impossible without the very hard work of America's outstanding corps of recruiters.
At the same time that we call for more recruits, we also are enlisting only the best that this nation has to offer. Because our military is increasingly reliant on the most sophisticated technologies, because we ask our men and women in uniform to be warriors, diplomats and engineers, we can only succeed if we are able to attract the highest quality of recruits our country can offer.
I just spent the last hour, along with Secretary Danzig and Under Secretary [of the Air Force, Carol] DiBattiste, Assistant Secretary of the Army P.T. Henry, Assistant Secretary of Defense [for Force Management Policy] Al Maldon and [Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel & Readiness] Charlie Cragin, listening to our recruiters and getting their observations on what is one of the most challenging missions in the armed forces today.
We all know that getting the best becomes harder with every drop in unemployment and every rise in wages in our red-hot economy. But despite the enormity of the challenge of recruiting nearly 30,000 young people every month, America's recruiters, our honorees, have demonstrated time and again that they're up to this job. That is why we are supporting our recruiters with increased enlistment bonuses and educational benefits and by a major rise in recruiting advertising over the last year.
Each of the services has worked recruiting advertising to make sure that it's purposeful and relevant. But I particularly want to acknowledge the work of Secretary Danzig and [Assistant] Secretary P.T. Henry in this area.
These twelve individuals, the recruiters that we honor, are the best of the best. We also honor them as a gesture of thanks to all recruiters who labor each day to keep America's armed forces robust and ready. They stand for the more than 20,000 Active, Guard, and Reserve recruiters who deliver the message of military service opportunities to the American people every day. Representing each service, these men and women were chosen because they have excelled beyond their peers in a very tough and challenging business.
Please join me in honoring those who make possible everything that we do. Thank you. [Applause.]


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If I had a gun and was a store owner and someone tried to kill me with a vehicle that was trying to rob me, I would shoot first depending on where my store was? I wouldn't be worried about the consequences. Of course I would be aiming for their tires. S___ he missed the tires? Off kilter cop that day? If there is a next time I bet he won't miss the tires again. I don't think a seasoned cop would miss the tires. Maybe he didn't approach very carefully or shouldn't have approached without backup? He sounds to trusting to me. I don't think that he protected himself enough.
Only thing is people who thieve regularly use fake plates with painted over digits. They better get pics of these guys if they can from those cameras.
Stupid and high were they to try to run a detective over with those cameras they would be caught no matter what. Stupid thieves as they all are.
I met Big Bill once. He said to me is there anything we can do for you today, not to get you to leave? How can I sell you a car today? Give me the money today for the car I said. I just wasn't ready I was looking. Ha ha ha I like the extras his employees get though. Free vacations if your in the top five best sellers. People that are older that have been selling cars for a longtime say he pays the best. Oh, by the way he's HUGE TOO!
And what couple in God's name would want a priest who has never been married, (unless he is one of those normal priests who has a secret marriage/wife and didn't want to leave his career, poor guy, poor wife, poor kids) to counsel them in their marriage? The RCC is one of the most backward religions there is since people have read the bible and started growing a brain. Catholics get out of your pews and raise a ruckus. You priests go find a wife and get married in secret if you have to or leave the RCC and start a new life. It beats going to that brothel in Utica. My girlfriends son use to take a car load of the priests to Utica for a bra full.
uh, the little guys are taking the fall for the big guys. Just what I thought would happen and will continue to happen. If you get online and read. The bISHOPs, cARDINALS, and the dang pOOPE are all still running the Catholic church and have all signed papers moving childmolesters from parish to parish. How come no one has moved THEM out? That's right the people that run the RCC have all signed documents moving childmolesters around and are still there running the RCC. Catholics get out of your pews and raise a ruckus. I don't want no bread from a priests hand nor will I drink wine or grape juice from that chalice. What's wrong with people? Grow a brain. Speakup. What is there to be afraid of? They are not God.
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Benedict will be convicted of creating and maintaining conditions that affected the safety and health of others/minors. I don't think that he is going to get out of it. I think that he will get out of the alcohol charge to minors though, unless the kids were stealing his booze. If they were stealing his booze than he's liable. Come on a party that big with kids you need many chaperons. You need chaperons that aren't afraid to get inbetween the tweens. Maybe the parents were just to trusting and actually naive. Just nice people who wanted to throw a big bash and never thought that anyone would sneak around their back. That dang facebook. I feel sorry for them a little. Sounded like a great party.
Hold Vladimir Brown until he talks. If you don't hold him until he talks you have accomplished nothing. The police need to start at square one which is curfew and holding these guys involved in shootings. Do your job! Will there be another shooting that involves Vladimir and his friends? Will a boy or girl 18 or younger innocent be shot and killed again having to do with this shooting? Curfew! The handwriting is on the wall. There will be no curfew until a child is shot that has parents that are well known. Sad but true that there may be no man with enough balls to do something right now. Chief are you the man or not. Make change Chief and get the lead out, because it can be stopped. You start the curfew and let all the men do the job with you.
Put my former comments to the Chief on this story please!
It's not strange tony you are.
We need a curfew now. We need many men which we have. We just need one Chief to start it. Curfew for 18 and under. Keep the children home or at a friends house off the street.
They say that one out of every ten men and one out of every 100 women are working class and or survivor psychopaths, but believe that the numbers are higher in recent years. Do you think the numbers are getting higher? Yes, they are here to stay and growing. Run for your life!
One candy bar at a time. Working class psychopaths don't go to jail, especially female working class psychopaths only the men go to jail. Our society doesn't put female working class psychopaths in jail. Let's dope her up with some more drugs and make group therapy mandatory. We can dispose of this case in one court date and keep her out of trouble maybe. The hotel has an insurance policy that covers employee theft. Maybe we have stopped her now? These female $50,000 rip offs are turning up everywhere. It's an epidemic. In the last two years, four women in my Eastside neighborhood alone approximately $50,000 each. We can't have them in jail it would simply just cost taxpayers too much money. If it were $1200 she would have an acquittal and mandatory moniterings. Sad part is they actually believe that they are not guilty and that the people who had them arrested should be harassed. Run for your life!
Sounds like I missed a great party. Grass, trees, flowers, good food, good music and I'm sure some interesting people. Somebody is in trouble for this? I hope you all had a great time. In a while you all can laugh about this happening. It's 2012 though, so next time just have a party with no security breaches.
I'll bet the food was great and the music too. Wish I was there to enjoy it. I would have been willing to chaperon a group of teenagers and keep the uninvited out. I'm sure more adults should have been there and less teenagers. I feel sorry for the knucklebrain parents. They just wanted to throw a nice party for their son. That ____ facebook is a problem. Anyway that party might have given me some good writing material. It's a shame they could have hired me for security and I would have bounced the trespassers out. The needed bouncers for a teenage party that big. Enter through the frontdoor invitation only.
Sounds like a simple assault to me. Some uninvited bad boys should up, and the Dad didn't realize or know that there were bad boys or girls on his property. Come on I would know that the potential for some thugs showing up would be great. The other graduates probably were not glad that they showed up and were too afraid to say anything. You know how embarassed teenagers get when their parents take action and want someone out of the house. It probably happen so fast that no one could even stop it from happening. You know how fast fights breakout with teenagers. I think mom and dad didn't know their guests were uninvited. Keep um out parents. Anyway sounds like the party shouldn't have been that big because the behavior of teenagers can be so unpredictable. Teenagers are not mature enough to act like adults yet. What about the adults that never growup? Too many teenagers in one yard for me. Probably cost the dad a bundle, but this is no big crime. Sounds like a safety issue and a security breach at his house. You can't let anyone into your house these days that you don't know Dad.
Women and men kill newborns and abort babies which is one and the same. People kill babies because they are scared and embarassed and don't believe that they can or are fit to care for an infant or raise another child. What are the reasons why people feel that they can't raise a child? Only the people that are close to Nicole know why she chose to murder her baby. How many men and parents go to jail for an abortion that they have inflicted, threatened and persuaded on a young woman and young father? Many, many people get away with what Nicole did not get away with. Many people that are no different than Nicole are reading this post. If there is a God who will get away with it? No not one! Or do we not understand forgiveness that is possibly granted by a super humanbeing and ourselves we don't forgive? Think and use the brain that you have PEOPLE. There is always a way out of the destruction of one's self and another soul. Find the way out of destruction all souls.
It's not that bad at Shop City. Don't start talking about Shop City that way or else they'll close down like Wegmans on Pond Street. What would we do in this area without Shop City? I noticed though, why isn't there a little more security on that strip? As for leaving a bike unattended anywhere in this city, Momma told you not to do it.
The other stores get his picture that week.


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Full detailed profile on Dr. Ewen Keenan Played by Nathin Butler on General Hospital Daytime Soap Opera.
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Dr. Ewen Keenan
Actor: Nathin Butler
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Nathin Butler (December 13, 2011 - September 5, 2012)
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* First met Elizabeth who thought he was a patient at Shadybrook.
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Steve works on Ewen at the hospital. He is not sure he deserves to be saved. But he is not going to bear that cross again and will use all his skills to save Ewen's life for his sister. Ewen tells him surgery is a waste of time. He begs Steve to let him die after what he has done. Steve asks if there is anyone he can call and Ewen asks for Patrick Drake.
Patrick visits Ewen on his deathbed. Ewen tells him he is sorry but there is something he doesn't know about Robin. He flatlines before he gets it out.
Jason busts into the church and demands the cure but Ewen doesn't have it. He wants to talk to Jerry and is taking Liz with him. Liz tries to break free but Jason orders her to stop. Jason knows the connection Ewen has to the Jacks family and Ewen confesses to killing John in cold blood. He'll kill Jason too if he has to and shoots him in the leg. Ewen loves Liz and wants to be the one to fix things. He refuses to let Jason be the hero. Liz breaks away and Jason shoots Ewen in the stomach. He tells Ewen he deserves to die for what he did. Jason cuts Liz's hands free and she checks on Ewen – he needs to get to the hospital or he will die.
At the hospital Kate has some good news for Sonny – Joe Jr. checked out of Metro Court. Sonny may have had something to do with that but he didn't hurt Joe. She wonders what stopped him. He gets a text to meet Todd at the Quartermaine's to get the cure and leaves. Later, Steve tells Kate that Olivia has not had another acid flashback like when she thought Ewen was the devil, although that has turned out to be true. Kate knows Ewen is a good man and will not hurt Liz. Just then Liz and Jason come in with Ewen. Kate begs Steve to help Ewen while Liz takes Jason into a room to work on him. Jason and Liz share a close moment while she works on his wound.
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One of my favorite shows on television is "The People's Court". Judge Marilyn Milian is awesome as she explains to the defendant and plaintiff the very basics of law. She does a great job of listening to both sides of the case, discerning the integrity of each person, and making wise, sound judgments. I wish […] [Read More]


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Lenovo's Wearables Vision Includes a Dual-Screen Smartwatch
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In the post-PC era, the Chinese technology company sets its sights on smartwatches, flashy smartphones and the IoT-enabled smart home at Lenovo Tech World.
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IBM-Lenovo x86 Server Deal Gets U.S. Government OK
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The sale of IBM's x86 server business to Lenovo takes a major step closer to completion.
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Can Lenovo Become the Next Apple?
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Ashton Kutcher is playing a role at Lenovo that is similar to Jobs' role at Apple.
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Lenovo ThinkStation E32 Is a 'Workhorse' on a Budget
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The Lenovo ThinkStation E32 will start at $729 and ship with a trial version of AutoCAD LT installed.
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Lenovo Profit Soars: Up 90% Year-Over-Year
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The Chinese PC maker seems to be the only company in the industry that continues to grow.
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Apple, HP, Dell, Others Sued Over Security Patents
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Maz Encryption Technologies has filed patent infringement lawsuits against seven technology firms.
Tags: Apple, Fujitsu, Dell, HP, Lenovo, patent lawsuit, RIM, Toshiba
How Smartphones Conquered the Tech World
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Tags: iPhone, smartphone, Samsung, Lenovo, Mobile World Congress (MWC)
Apple Is World's Largest PC Maker--If You Count iPads as PCs
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Tags: Microsoft, iPad, Apple, tablet, HP, Samsung, Lenovo, Canalys, PC market-share battle, Windows RT
HP Slams Dell's Decision to Go Private
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A statement from the company suggests now would be a good time for Dell customers to switch to HP.
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Lenovo Reports Record-Breaking Profits
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 30, 2013
Industry-wide, PC sales are declining, but the Chinese manufacturer had an exceptional quarter, taking market share away from its competitors.
Tags: smartphones, China, earnings, PC sales, Lenovo, profits, quarterly financials
Lenovo Is Considering Buying RIM
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 25, 2013
Any proposed deal would need approval from the Canadian government.
Tags: smartphone, Lenovo, RIM, merger and acquistion activity, BlackBerry 10
PC Sales Slump During Holiday Quarter
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HP remains the top PC vendor.
Tags: smartphones, Dell, HP, laptops, PC sales, Lenovo, IDC, Acer, desktops, asus, tablets
The Biggest Enterprise IT Announcements at CES
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Smart IT managers will be paying attention to the heftier tablets, graphics servers, table PCs and in-car DVRs on display at CES.
Tags: Microsoft, server, graphics, IT, tablet, Lenovo, nVidia, CES, Panasonic, Surface, Consumer Electronics Show, enteprise, table PCs
What's New at the CES Show?
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 07, 2013
Bigger, flatter screens and smarter devices will be on display.
Tags: tablet, Lenovo, CES, display, screen, devices
The World's Largest PC Maker Is HP—Or Maybe Lenovo
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Gartner and IDC offer conflicting assessments of the PC market.
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Lenovo Says RT Tablets up to $300 Cheaper Than Win 8
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Windows 8 tablets will be for corporations; Windows RT tablets will be priced for consumers.
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Lenovo's Profit Up 30%, Mobile Business Unit Continues to Grow
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The Chinese company could soon pass HP and become the world's largest PC maker.
Tags: mobile, PC, China, smartphone, tablet, HP, Lenovo, revenue, profits
Microsoft Confirms Windows RT Partners
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Dell, Lenovo, Asus and Samsung will offer Windows RT tablets.
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Lenovo Brings Windows 8 Tablet Competition to the Surface
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Windows PC Sales Hit a Low as Tablet Sales Soar in Q2, Canalys Says
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Tablet shipments increased 75 percent for the quarter.
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Lenovo, EMC Join Forces in Server Market
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The partnership could help both companies gain ground against rivals like HP, IBM and Dell.
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Some Ultra Disappointments for Computer Makers
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Lenovo: The Surprising Advantage of Doing Your Own Manufacturing
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Lenovo Cracks $800 Price Barrier With New IdeaPad Ultrabooks
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The new ultra-thin, ultra-light laptops start at $749.
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Lenovo Reports $29.6B in Worldwide Sales Last Fiscal Year, 35 Percent PC Shipment Growth
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The Chinese PC maker reported much better results than the rest of the industry.
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World PC Market Grew 2.3%
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Although market research firms predicted PC sales would decline in the first quarter of 2012, they actually increased slightly.
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Dell, Lenovo Readying 'Day One' Windows 8 Business Tablets
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2011 Was the Second-Worst Year for U.S. PC Sales in History, Except at Apple
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 12, 2012
U.S. PC shipments dropped 5 percent compared to 2010.
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Gartner Server Numbers Tell an Interesting Story
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Lenovo's Net Profit Nearly Doubles
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The company is now the third largest PC maker.
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PC Sales Up 2.4 Percent in Q2 - Give or Take
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Two leading analyst firms appear to agree, particularly when it comes to global PC sales.
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Lenovo ThinkStation Helps Build Superfast Car
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Could David Roman Enable Lenovo to Rival Apple?
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Lenovo IdeaPad Y450: Cheap and Appealing
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