text:
12 December 2013
One Of Those Extraordinary Days
31 comments:
- Tanya said...
It was a really mystical day! I kept waiting for the fog to lift and it never did. Strange!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Denise said...
Gorgeous Laura!! I like the moss and the red berries. Don't you love it when it works out that you can capture these amazing images on camera? Such a beautiful place you're living; thanks for sharing with us! BTW, the sun is setting between 5:00 and 5:30 here in North Carolina, so not a lot later than where you are.
Hugs to you,
Denise at Forest Manor
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- unrosetoinviacerreto said...
I too have noticed the extraordinary yesterday's date, 11/12/13.
Beautiful your day started with fog, then the frost
that surrounds those beautiful red leaves, and finally with a
warm sunset.
Thank you for having shared with us.
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Jeanie said...
Your fog photos are fabulous and I'm more than a little envious at the lack of snow! It's very cold here in Michigan and getting colder. White Christmas for sure.
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Ola said...
what a misterious atmosphere!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Barbara said...
What gorgeous pictures and it looks like it was a fabulous day!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Gina Howie said...
Absolutely beautiful photographs. They are so gorgeous. It certainly was an extraordinary day. You did a fabulous job capturing it.
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Anna-Marie Field said...
What magnificent photographs!!! You were obviously and the right place at the right time!!! That is what makes photography so exciting!!! Very nice indeed!!! Have a great day!!!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Wendy said...
Absolutely Lovely, thank you for taking a day to photograph and share!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Sissym Mascarenhas said...
everything is so beautful!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- ANovelThought said...
Stunning, beautiful images~ you're a fabulous photographer, writer, and snatcher of magical moments. Many thanks, Laura!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Patricia said...
Oh My ! Breathtaking scenery and photos ! How fortunate you are to witness such beauty in nature.....
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Gardener on Sherlock Street said...
Really like the frost edged red leaves!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Amy at love made my home said...
The fog was soooo thick yesterday wasn't it. It was quite amazing. You have taken some wonderful photos though, I love the spiders web, I wish that I could capture some photos like that, or when they are covered in raindrops. So very pretty. Thank you for sharing. xx
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- ann said...
It was Robert Brownin who "Oh to be in England when April is there. He was living in Italy at the time. I would say "oh to be in England on a foggy morn to take suc wonderful photos as your. Love the review mirror tree. Somehow I missed the Pooh post . How cool to go there!
- Thursday, 12 December, 2013
- Janey and Co. said...
These are amazing! I can't even pick a favorite!
You have the most positive attitude and it come through on your blog....H ave. Wonderful weekend.
- Friday, 13 December, 2013
- Iota said...
I was on a train all the way from Scotland to the south coast of England, and the further south we came, the thicker the fog. Through Surrey and Sussex it was amazing. So beautiful. The lights of Gatwick airport runway loomed out of the fog like some sci-fi location.
- Friday, 13 December, 2013
- Kelleyn Rothaermel said...
Beautiful! Happy Holidays!
- Friday, 13 December, 2013
- Noelle the dreamer said...
Beautiful Laura, so enjoyed to see it all through your lenses!
All the best to you and yours for a happy Holiday Season!
- Friday, 13 December, 2013
- Katherine said...
Beautiful photos :-)
- Friday, 13 December, 2013
- Magali@TheLittleWhiteHouse said...
Lovely pictures! It was bright and sunny on the seaside that day, but when I drove to school, which is half an hour from the sea, it was also all foggy... I didn't have my camera, though!
- Saturday, 14 December, 2013
- Pom Pom said...
Gorgeous, Laura! I love that country road.
- Saturday, 14 December, 2013
- Bluebell Woods said...
I love your pictures and will enjoy reading more on your blog. I am following you
- Saturday, 14 December, 2013
- Bonnie said...
Thank you for sharing your delightful day with us. Your photos are beautiful.
Merry Christmas to you.
- Tuesday, 17 December, 2013
- Pura Vida said...
- Tuesday, 17 December, 2013
- Jesse's Girl said...
Finding your blog has settled my soul! My family of 5 is moving to the Milton Keynes area in June of 2014. We are a southern family...Georgia...so this will be an adjustment. But one we are all giddy about! Your musings have calmed me...thank you! We can do this!
- Wednesday, 18 December, 2013
- Happy Homemaker UK said...
So exciting that you are moving here! Feel free to email me with questions. It can feel overwhelming but worth it once you get settled. Good luck!
- Thursday, 19 December, 2013
- sara tardiff said...
Seriously stunning photos! It is all very British-looking (:
the worldling blog
- Saturday, 21 December, 2013
- Jesse's Girl said...
Oh gracious! It could prove dangerous for your sanity...this email invite:) The schools are really giving me a migraine right now. Our kids are older. The oldest will be 17 and under American standards, a senior in high school. Then we will have a 15 year old sophomore and a 6th grader! (i may or may not have already popped open a few bottles of wine:)
- Monday, 23 December, 2013
- Earthworms and Marmalade said...
Wow!! Amazing pictures. So beautiful!
- Friday, 03 January, 2014
- Tina in CT said...
Your photos capture the beauty of the simple things in nature.
Do you have a photographic background?
I love your blog.
- Wednesday, 26 February, 2014


text:
BBC Films to give UK producers 30% of its actual equity recoupment
BBC Films announced today that it will create a corridor for UK producers to access 30% of the actual equity recoupment that BBC Films receives on a project.The move comes as part of some key changes to the deal terms offered to UK film producers, and has been warmly welcomed by producers body PACT. The idea is to move the film producer further up the profit chain, therefore hopefully helping producers build more sustainable businesses.The 30% will apply wherever ...
Continue reading – simply subscribe below
It takes just two minutes and you'll immediately gain full access to ScreenDaily.com, PLUS Screen International magazine delivered to your door.
Screen International Subscribers:
If you are a Screen International subscriber please sign in with your email address and click submit:
Not a Screen International subscriber?
Sign up today for immediate and complete access to ScreenDaily.com and Screen International magazine for as little as £19.95 a month!
Find out more about all the benefits of a subscription to Screen International.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
State Controller David McCoy has begun the expansion of CJLEADS (Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services) to criminal justice professionals in Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford, Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon, Swain and Jackson counties. At a recent event, area legislators as well as criminal justice professionals (law enforcement officers, district attorneys, judges, magistrates and clerks) in the respective counties.
CJLEADS integrates data found within the state's various criminal justice applications and provides up-to-date criminal information in a centralized location via a secure connection for use by state and local government criminal justice professionals. CJLEADS has two primary objectives: to provide a comprehensive view of an offender through a single application, allowing for positive identification of an offender through a photographic image; and to provide an "offender watch" capability to alert criminal justice professionals when an offender has a change in status.
At the kick-off meetings, OSC provided a demonstration of CJLEADS and coordinated training schedules with the local criminal justice organizations. Criminal justice professionals can begin to use CJLEADS after completing the training classes.
The Office of State Controller deployed the CJLEADS program to Wake County as a pilot in July, 2010. OSC began the statewide Phase I deployment in December 2010 to the Upper and Lower Piedmont. (These Phase I counties included: Durham, Orange, Person, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Hoke, Moore, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland, Rockingham, Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan, Randolph, Alamance, Lee, Scotland, Anson and Union.)
The May 17 and 18 kickoff meetings begin the Phase II rollout to the lower western and lower eastern regions of the state. Phase III will begin December, 2011 to the upper western and upper eastern part of the state. The deployment will provide all federal, state and local criminal justice organizations with operational presence in the State of North Carolina the opportunity to complete on-boarding activities and begin training personnel for access to CJLEADS. To minimize deployment costs, OSC is working closely with state and local organizations to leverage available training facilities, implement Train the Trainer programs, minimize travel through the use of web-based training classes and up-to-date electronic documentation.
Several agencies that are part of the Wake County and Phase I rollout have shared results of having access to CJLEADS, for example:
Officer J.L. McMillan of the Holly Springs Police Department said that on Sunday May 1, 2011, he had a report for a larceny of two firearms. The victim's daughter was able to give the officer five possible suspects. For two of the suspects, she was only able to provide him with a first name, that they were brothers, and a possible location of Raleigh. She showed the officer a photograph from a Facebook profile picture for one suspect; however, the Facebook profile only provided the spelling of the suspect's first name and no other identifying information.
Although he felt like he was "looking for a needle in a haystack," the officer entered the first name of one of the suspects, location Raleigh, male and age range + or - 5 yrs and 18 years old in CJLEADS. The officer began going through the photographs and looking at the pictures to see if anyone looked similar to the Facebook profile. The officer found one suspect who looked very similar to the Facebook profile picture. The officer then ran the first name of the other suspect and found that there was a person by that name who was about one year younger than the other suspect and that they lived at the same address. The officer printed out their arrest photos and had one of his detectives take them to the victim's daughter, who identified them as the two suspects that were at her house the night the firearms were stolen. "I wanted to pass this information on because without CJLEADS, these suspects might never have been identified," said Officer McMillan. "I used every other means available to me, but could not find any information on the suspects. CJLEADS was the tool that broke this case open and helped me find the needle in the haystack."
This, as well as other testimonials and additional information about CJLEADS, can be found on our website www.cjleads.nc.gov.


text:
After several meltdowns, Bo Pelini has tried to lighten his image by poking fun at himself. / Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sports
Stereotypes are tough to shake, especially when a person keeps providing ammunition.
That was Bo Pelinis burden entering the Big Ten as Nebraskas coach in 2011.
Maybe the insiders at Oklahoma and LSU had seen something else in his defensive coordinator stints, but the view across his new conference was that he was unhinged.
Certainly a fabulous defensive coach, Pelinis wild sideline reactions continued to paint that picture. Maybe winning would have helped, but even an appearance in the 2012 Big Ten title game didnt do enough as Wisconsin blew out the Cornhuskers, bringing the passionate, loyal fan base to demand more.
The nastiness reached a boiling point last fall, when a 2-year-old tape leaked, featuring his profane rant about Nebraska fans. The comments were made in what he thought was a private conversation, but he admitted to saying them and apologized. Later in 2013, he snapped at a halftime reporters question and swung his hat in a sideline fit, nearly hitting an official.
■ Related: Big Ten West breakout players, bold predictions, top games
By nearly every appearance, he was on the constant verge of a meltdown, certainly unbecoming of a place that swears by placid legend Tom Osborne.
Even when Nebraska embraced a child with cancer, Jack Hoffman, with Pelini deciding to let him score a touchdown in the spring game, the credit went to the program, not the coach.
There was even a parody Twitter account created in December 2010, FauxPelini, of him in a Dr. Evil pose, cradling a cat.
For a coach who has lost four games in each of his six Nebraska seasons, he became a vision of an angry robot. Yes, in Lincoln, Neb., the coach lost those games and the players won the others.
In April, his contract was extended by one year, to 2016, with a moderate raise, certainly angering the fans who called for a staff change.
Yet in a moment, Pelini gave them his version of change.
During the BCS national championship game, the real Pelini tweeted to the parody account: ok enough is enough... I want my cat back. Youve had her long enough!
A ray of light broke through the clouds.
A March 21 tweet: Can I get fined if I comment about basketball officiating?
At the Nebraska spring game, he took the field holding a live cat.
He took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and among those he passed it on to: Larry the Cable Guy and FauxPelini.
I dont think Ive changed, he told CBSSports.coms Gregg Doyel in the spring. I know I havent changed. I get that a lot, but its from people who really dont know me. People back home (in Youngstown, Ohio)? They know me, and they know Im the same guy Ive always been.
There are only moderate expectations for this years Huskers, with Wisconsin and Iowa drawing most of the West Division attention.
After three years of heavy pressure, fighting Michigan and Michigan State in the Legends Division, theres less external intensity this season.
Maybe that works with an uncertain future (no one sees a one-year extension as an endorsement).
Now, Pelini gets a chance to change on-field view as well.
Contact Mark Snyder: firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @mark__snyder.


text:
Kathy and Scott Gussert were fast asleep at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night when their daughter, Lexi, woke them up and said she had something she needed to tell them.
My dad was really nervous at first, she said. He thought something bad happened.
Instead, the No. 1 high school girls basketball player in the state had some good news to deliver: She had decided to attend Michigan State.
And in choosing MSU, Gussert, from Crystal Falls Forest Park in the Upper Peninsula, turned down the elite in womens college basketball Connecticut and Tennessee in addition to finalists Purdue, Marquette and Illinois.
She is the second player from the class of 2014 to commit to MSU head coach Suzy Merchant. In the spring Merchant received a commitment from the No. 2 ranked player in Illinois 6-foot Jasmine Lumpkin, who averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds as a junior for Joliet Catholic.
The state of Michigan has had several players play for Tennessee, which had pursued Gussert throughout her junior season. But the state has never had anyone sign with Olympic and UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who watched Gussert play in a recent AAU tournament in Chicago and asked her to visit the school this summer.
Geno was like: If you come here and you like it, its a go, Gussert said.
Instead it will be a go MSU.
I visited there 2½ years ago, I went to a football game, and I instantly fell in love with it, Gussert said. The coaches are just great, I love them and the girls, they seem awesome. It did come down to me wanting to represent my state and my hearts been there the whole time, which made it easy in the end.
In Gussert the Spartans are getting a player capable of playing several positions on the perimeter and in the post. She hit 47% of her 93 three-point baskets last season.
She also averaged 32.5 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and four blocked shots and was selected to the Free Press All-State Dream Team after earning first-time Class D all-state honors as a freshman and sophomore.
She said she wanted to announce her decision before she heads out on the road next week for more week of AAU play.
I have one more tournament coming up in Toledo, Gussert said. The past few nights Ive been thinking about it and I finally got that feeling in my stomach that thats where I want to be and I dont want those coaches to have to come and watch me in Toledo when I already know where I want to be.
Gussert said the decision to go to MSU was a popular one with her parents, once they woke up.
They knew right away I loved State from the beginning, she said. My mom thought representing the state was the best idea. They talk to Suzy a lot, too, and they absolutely love her.
In addition to the best player in the state, Merchant is getting a student with a 3.9 grade-point average.
Im No. 1 in my class, Gussert said, but its only out of 40 kids so I cant be too proud.


text:
3 Unique Ways to Get Started With Business Podcasting
Do you want to bring podcasting into your marketing mix?
Are you stuck because of concerns about time commitment, lack of knowledge or production challenges?
There are many ways to approach business podcasting without interupting your schedule, budget and skills.
In this article you'll discover how three businesses started a podcast and what they uniquely did differently.
Use their examples for inspiration to set up your podcast to fit your particular needs, time and budget, and reap the benefits of creating a personal connection with your audience through audio.
Create a Podcast From Anywhere With Limited Equipment
Natalie Sisson, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, provides a great example of how to podcast from anywhere with limited equipment.
How to Start a Business Podcast
Do you want to create your own business podcast?
Do you have the passion and drive to make it happen, but you're just not sure where to start?
Keep reading for 4 tips to set you down the path of podcasting success.
Why Podcasting?
Podcasting is a unique tool that allows you to deliver relevant, on-demand and targeted content to a massive, worldwide audience.
What's special about podcasting beyond its reach is that, unlike any other social platform, it allows you to connect with your audience on a personal, one-on-one level during a time when they are looking for hands-free, audio-only content.


text:
For its 28th release, Da ! Heard It Records presents Skinfaxe's first album: Failure System. An opus of eight tracks of electronic sounds, Failure System offers us a well-led orchestration of synthetic derailments. Like a good tour guide, Skinfaxe takes us to the hidden corners of her diverse ambiences and sonorities, experimented on in Reason. The result is an album with an increasing intensity in which every sound is whittled from its raw form, ready to receive pageantry and arrangements to bring out a piece with a colorful personality. Distributed under CreativeCommons license BY-NC-ND, the album is downloadable at the following link: http://www.daheardit-records.net/en/discography/dhr-28
Da ! Heard it Records is a netlabel since 2006. The aim of this eclectic record company is to promote new artists and new types if music. D!HR is an outward-looking label, accessible to professional and amateur musicians alike, and to all types of listener, thanks to its policy of open and free culture and to the types of music it publishes. Its albums are distributed under a Creative Commons licence, encouraging sharing and reuse of the music. Now you can discover the musical universe of Da ! Heard It Records on site By subscribing to the rss feed or newsletter you will be kept informed of upcoming releases.
Astroboiler, Ben Et Béné, Buskerdroid, Bimbo Tower, Computer Truck, Constructions Incongrues Danielle Josset, Denni Montono, Entter, Eat Rabbit, Fita, Gabriel, Jacques Cochise, Julien Bodechon, [guÿôm], Goto80 Maryn, Mini Roc, Momo Seb, Valkiri, Mobyone, Ilbm, Pastis Hosting, Ptite Gonze, Puyo Puyo, Pocketmaster, Satanik Mike, Sputnik Booster, Sidabitball, Sidabitball, Shoboshobo, Stereotype, Rod Droid, Thibault Huertas, Tom Woxom, Vicnet, Xerak
This website is developed by Constructions Incongrues and is hosted by Pastis Hosting. Source code is released under a AGPLv3 license.


text:
Book your room at Quality Inn
Get an overview of this hotelMotel in Waterbury with free breakfast and fitness center
Situated in Waterbury, this motel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Seven Angels Theater, Brass Mill Center, and TIMEXpo Museum. Palace Theatre and Apothecary Building are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Property Features
A fitness center, laundry facilities, and tour/ticket assistance are available at this motel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include RV/bus/truck parking.
Room Amenities
All 50 rooms offer free WiFi, coffee makers, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Hair dryers, phones, and ironing boards are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Waterbury motel also offers a fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Tours/ticket assistance
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Access via exterior corridors
- Cable TV service
- Coffee/tea maker
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Phone
- Wheelchair accessible
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
Hotel Policies
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.


text:
Reputed head of the Pagans Motorcycle Club appeals civil judgment
The reputed head of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in Western Pennsylvania and his wife will fight a $5,388 civil damage award.
Dennis "Rooster" Katona, 46, of Hempfield, who is awaiting trial for allegedly manufacturing and delivering cocaine, and his wife, Sherri, recently were found jointly liable by West Newton District Judge Charles Christner for damage to a telephone pole and equipment owned by Verizon in Sewickley Township.
According to court documents, Ronald S. Thomas of Glassport was driving a vehicle owned by the Katonas on Clay Pike Road on Oct. 8, 2011, when it struck the utility pole.
Thomas could not be reached for comment on Monday. The relationship between the Katonas and Thomas could not be determined.
Thomas, 25, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was admitted to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition Program for first-time offenders. He was given a 60-day license suspension and was ordered to attend alcohol highway safety school, according to court records.
Online records show he has not made a payment on his fines and costs in over one year and is $350 in arrears.
Meanwhile, Verizon filed a civil complaint to recover its alleged property damage against Thomas and the Katonas. Court documents state the Katonas' vehicle was not insured at the time of the wreck.
Christner ruled in Verizon's favor on March 5.
In paperwork seeking to appeal Christner's decision without paying filing fees, Katona, who is free on $500,000 bond, and his wife, Sherri, indicated that she is the family's sole breadwinner.
Judge Debra Pezze has repeatedly denied Dennis Katona's requests for work release while he remains at home on electronic monitoring.
Court documents indicate that Sherri Katona works as a "muffin packer."
Judge Gary Caruso signed an order on Monday approving the Katonas' request to proceed as paupers in their civil case and waiving payment for filing fees on the appeal.
Meanwhile, Dennis Katona's criminal attorney, Paul Boas, has sought to review grand jury testimony to determine if an internal police investigation may have uncovered evidence of tampering in the criminal case.
According to court documents, Boas maintains that witnesses may have provided testimony that could be used to exonerate Dennis Katona.
Dennis Katona was charged in June 2011 when police searched his Ember Lane home and found more than 84 grams of cocaine and nearly 100 grams of methamphetamine with a combined street value of $20,000.
The search also turned up nearly $4,000, a digital scale and a document that indicated who owed Katona money, police reported.
Boas suggests in motions the grand jury is investigating the actions of a state trooper who was part of the team that organized a raid on Dennis Katona's home.
The grand jury investigation and the Katona case may be linked, according to Boas.
Earlier this year, state police Cpl. Robert W. Stauffer, 52, of Adamsburg was suspended without pay as part of an ongoing investigation, an agency spokeswoman confirmed.
Arguments on motions are scheduled to resume later this month before Pezze. The case is tentatively set for trial in May.
Paul Peirce is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-850-2860 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Show commenting policy
TribLive commenting policy
You are solely responsible for your comments and by using TribLive.com you agree to our Terms of Service.
We moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. By screening submissions, we provide a space where readers can share intelligent and informed commentary that enhances the quality of our news and information.
While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can. Because of the volume of reader comments, we cannot review individual moderation decisions with readers.
We value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their point quickly and politely. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments either by the same reader or different readers.
We follow the same standards for taste as the daily newspaper. A few things we won't tolerate: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, impersonations, incoherence, proselytizing and SHOUTING. Don't include URLs to Web sites.
We do not edit comments. They are either approved or deleted. We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation.
We welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies and we will moderate accordingly.
We appreciate it when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions. But these suggestions should be sent via e-mail. To avoid distracting other readers, we won't publish comments that suggest a correction. Instead, corrections will be made in a blog post or in an article.
Most-Read Westmoreland
- Excela, Pitt-Greensburg team on legacy videos for those in twilight of lives
- Witnesses recount Franklin Regional stabbing
- Greensburg still fighting waterlogged Lynch Field, may add drainage
- Dining at Applebee's helps Jacobs Creek Area Faith in Action
- Keystone Bakery closes Greensburg store
- Mt. Pleasant Guard unit may be deployed again
- H&M to open in Westmoreland Mall
- Puppies' eyes glued shut, South Huntingdon animal shelter says
- Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, Youngwood discuss sewage system sale
- Harrold Middle School students hit new high with food drive
- Bill to name interchange for fallen Youngwood firefighter advances


text:
WE GOT YOUR SIGNED COPIES OF the art of richard thompson right here, next to these copies of the complete cul de sac!
Richard Thompson, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, has graciously offered to sign copies of this beautiful book when you place your order through One More Page. Because cartoonists, like banjo players, are lovable but unpredictable, we can't guarantee a delivery time. We thank you in advance for your support, and your patience. You can click here or call us at 703-300-9746 to be among the select and stand up for America by purchasing a signed copy of The Art of Richard Thompson!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Forms of Speech
While we wait to find out the availablility of the Cul de Sac book, here's something from the Richard's Poor Almanac book (which is, of course, easily available, the publisher's demise notwithstanding). This presents vital and timely information, as I'm sure you'll all agreee.
Posted by richardcthompson at 4:19 AM
Labels: stool-softener
1 comment:
- here today, gone tomorrow said...
So very appropriate for the times we're in right now...
- September 7, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
11 arrested in De DoornsComment on this story
Cape Town - Eleven people were arrested after police "took action" against protesting farmworkers in De Doorns on Monday, Western Cape police said.
"The situation at De Doorns is still tense," spokesman Colonel Andre Traut said.
He said violence broke out in the area when a group of around 80 people carrying sticks and pangas intimidated farmworkers and prevented them from going to work.
"We took action," said Traut.
He wouldn't say what measures were used, but SABC radio news reported rubber bullets were fired. Ten people were arrested for public violence, and another one for intimidation.
ANC Western Cape legislature spokesman Koos Grobler said he had been told by an ANC councillor in the area that police were breaking up groups of five people walking together and that there were police helicopters, and privately hired helicopters, in the air.
Last week, protesters in De Doorns blocked the N1 highway in the area and set vineyards alight. They wanted their salaries increased to R150 a day. The current minimum wage for their type of work is R69.99 a day.
Earlier, The Star reported that Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson was expected to hold an urgent meeting in Pretoria to discuss their strike.
Agri Wes-Cape has called on farmworkers to return to work as the table grape season was in full swing. Talks between the minister, Cosatu and farmer representatives took place over the weekend.
Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said workers rejected an offer of R80 a day, and called on them to stay away from work on Monday. He said farmworkers in Mpumalanga had started striking. Workers said they had heard Cosatu was representing them, but most were unrepresented.
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant is attending a conference abroad. - Sapa
Comment Guidelines
- Please read our comment guidelines.
- Login and register, if you haven' t already.
- Write your comment in the block below and click (Post As)
- Has a comment offended you? Hover your mouse over the comment and wait until a small triangle appears on the right-hand side. Click triangle () and select "Flag as inappropriate". Our moderators will take action if need be.
- Verified email addresses: All users on Independent Media news sites are now required to have a verified email address before being allowed to comment on articles. You are only required to verify your email address once to have full access to commenting on articles. For more information please read our comment guidelines


text:
Total fiction: 38
Adult books: 42
YA books: 17
Atonement - Ian McEwan
One of the most absorbing, poignant and beautifully observed novels I think I have ever read. It tells the story of two lovers, Robbie and Cecilia, and of Cecilia's little sister Briony, whose moment of childish self-importance will tear them apart. I savoured every last page, revelling in the epic sweep and tiny human moments, and have been heartily recommending it to all and sundry ever since!
Sleek, matte black dustjacket; exquisitely understated lettering interspersed with the phases of the moon; gold shiny sprayed page ends. A simple, beautiful object indeed.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, from Perfume - Patrick Süskind
He is pure, twisted and driven evil, yet also strangely enticing and childlike. With his incredible nose for scent, Grenouille is truly fascinating.
There's something about beautiful, intense, sweeping novels that entice the reader to become deeply invested in the characters, so much so that when anything goes wrong it breaks your heart...
~ Reflections on 2011 ~
I feel like I've had quite a good year of reading, despite my relatively low total number of finished books. I seem to have balanced quite well between male and female authors, read a good chunk of non-fiction, and finished a good few substantial reads to offset the easier stuff. I started the year really well, with a series of 24-hour read-a-thons driving my reading forward and getting me good and motivated. Sadly I then hit a complete reading slump during the summer, which slowed things right down again. It was probably a fairly hefty contributing factor to my not completing my Books to be Read Challenge too, which I'm disappointed about. That said, the books I DID finish for that challenge turned out to be some of my favourites!
I think one of the highlights of the year for me - though one of the hardest to pull off - was my three-week Page to Screen event over the summer (links to all the reviews, articles and editorial pieces are listed in this summary post). It was a great celebration of books and their screen adaptations, and my guest bloggers pulled out all the stops with some brilliant contributions. I was absolutely exhausted by the end but it was worth it!
Outside of the blog, 2011 was a pretty important year. My sister has gone into her final year at university so there are big changes ahead as she moves towards graduation and her future. I've moved back into the family home for a while to stay warm and toasty over the winter, which has been a little strange but quite nice. Lots of reading time curled up in my room with the cat, and fair amount of 'Oh, you're having something yummy for dinner? Why no, I didn't have any plans - don't mind if I do!' And perhaps most importantly - particularly for the blog - is that we've signed a new lease to keep our bookshop premises for another three years. My inner Bernard Black will run free a while longer!
Hmmm. Well, first up, let's say something about challenges. After my failure to complete either of the ones I signed up to in 2011, I have nevertheless opted in again for 2012. I'll be taking part in Hanna's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Book Challenge and Adam's TBR Pile Challenge (I'll try to do better this year!), as well as my own Mixing It Up Challenge. If you haven't already seen it, you can click on the link for more info and to sign up, and my challenge post with my ideas and categories is here. On top of those, I'll be working some of the books into my 12 in 12, Books off the Shelf and 75 Book challenges over on LibraryThing.
That might sound a bit much, especially given this year's failures, but they all serve a purpose! Hopefully they'll persuade me to read some of the classics I didn't get to this year (a pitiful one classic novella in 2011), clear some books off my groaning TBR shelves, and look around at all the different and wonderful subjects and genres I've got waiting for me - the non-fiction, the award winners, the literary fiction - instead of always veering towards the easiest and quickest titles. I'd also like to stay well on top of my review reading this year, so a little structure wouldn't hurt. I'm going to use a diary to start noting publication dates so I can prioritise better.
I'd really like 2012 to be a more motivated year. A little less internet, a little more book time. Picking up a book behind the counter at work instead of wasting hours flitting from article to article on the laptop. Getting little admin jobs done for the shop, for the blog and at home instead of letting them build into a day-long epic task. Clearing out more junk, taking books I've finished with to the shop, and generally getting things organised in time for our move. You get the idea. I'm ready to get started today!


text:
CocktailPromBridesmaidEveningHomecomingMother of the BridePetticoatReduced PriceBANDAGE DRESSCONVERTIBLE DRESSBack in Stock2015 THANKSGIVING SALEBest Seller
All businesses are
welcome to apply for wholesale status, however, only those
businesses that provide a valid Sales Tax Exemption Number/Resale
Certificate Number can be approved. Once approved you will be able
to see our complete product line with wholesale pricing. In
addition, pleased be advised that orders at the wholesale level are
subject to our minimum purchase requirement per order.
Copyright 2012 polyusa.com All rights reserved.


text:
Born: February 21, 1944
Died: November 21, 2012
Dorwin Howard Reimers, 68 of Dalton, NE died surrounded by his family at home Wednesday morning, November 21, 2012.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday November 26, 2012 at United Church of the Plains, Trinity site in Dalton with the Rev. Dixie Voss Anders and Leon "Bud" Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the Dalton Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to United Church of the Plains, Dalton Volunteer Fire Department, Leyton Public School Foundation, or the Night of Hope.
Friends may call from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Sunday at the Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney with the family present from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Dorwin, the son of Howard J.N. and Lois E. Birdwell Reimers, was born February 21, 1944 in Dalton, Nebraska at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. He grew up in the Dalton area, attended Dalton Public Schools graduating in 1963. He graduated from Norfork Junior College and served in the Nebraska National Guard. He was honorably discharged to help his Mom with the family farm after his Dad passed away. He was united in marriage to Barbara Fangmeier on September 1, 1968. His love and lifelong occupation was farming. Dorwin enjoyed camping, fishing, and being around kids of all ages. Because of his love for children he was a 4H leader, Boy Scout leader, Youth Group leader, bus driver, and enjoyed his family, friends, and community.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara, and 3 children: Bryan and his wife Theresa, Amy and her husband Kevin Henke, and Eric and his wife Kelly all of Dalton, NE; seven grandchildren: Justin and his wife Krystian Reimers, Jeremy and Joshua Reimers, Destinee and Zackry Henke, and Mason and Natalie Reimers all of Dalton, NE; one great-grandchild: Jonathon Reimers of Dalton, NE. Siblings include: Larry and wife Kay Shelley of Sidney, NE, Adalia and husband Gary McGuire of Dalton, NE, Katholene and husband Charles Fangmeier of Hebron, NE, Annabell and husband Russ Rushman, Jane and husband Todd Freeburg all of Dalton, NE. Brother-in-Law Steve and wife Sheryl Fangmeier, sister-in-laws Brenda and husband John Striggow all of Hebron, NE, Jane and husband Tom Tipton of Chester, NE.
He was preceded in death by their son Travis, his Dad and Mom, step father John Heizer, and his parents-in-law, Bruno and Betty Fangmeier of Hebron, NE.
Holechek Funeral Home and Cremations in Sidney is serving the Reimers family.


text:
An assistant Harris County attorney was arrested Friday for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to court records.
Susan Marie Sciacca showed a firearm and threatened to harm a man, allege charging documents. The threat came after a road-rage incident, according to media reports.
She is out of jail on a $30,000 bond.
Sciacca works in the Family Protective Services Divisions on cases involving abused or neglected children.


text:
Thousands of people filled the National Mall in Washington, D.C., today for President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremonies. Below you'll find videos from the festivities; click on one to bring it up in the big video player at the top.
• RELATED: President: 'We are made for this moment and we will seize it'
• RELATED Stephen Henderson: Obama's inauguration speech ties founding principles to progressive vision


text:
Start A Rising with Walnut Avenue Women's Center
One Billion Rising Santa Cruz (Start a Rising)
Join us and one billion people around the world on Valentine's Day as we rise and dance in the name of freedom and equality for women and girls. In conjunction with the One Billion Rising global events our Santa Cruz event will be a free, family-friendly, participatory experience for all women and girls and those who love them, to stand up against violence that affects 1 in 3 women and girls around the world. Our goal is to educate, network, inspire, and activate going forward.
This free event will be held at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz on February 14th, 2013 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm and will be preceded at 5:00 by a candlelight walk along Pacific Avenue from the Memorial Plaza to the Museum.
All proceeds will be donated to local participating organizations dedicated to the prevention of violence against women, on an individual, communal, and systematic level: Survivors Healing Center, Walnut Avenue Women's Center, Women's Crisis Support Center/Defensa de Mujeres and Rising International.
Activities include a candlelight walk downtown, music by local groups and dancing.
The music and dancing provides an opportunity to celebrate the incredible resilience of the spirit, and is inspired by women turning terrible circumstances into monumental strength and mobilizing for change.
The organizers are volunteers who care about the health and well-being of all girls and women and of the planet. Participants are encouraged to wear their respective ethnic costumes and dance their cultural dances to represent their heritage, and to symbolize women in solidarity around the world rising to end violence.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Kate Roberts at firstname.lastname@example.com.
|Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
|Kate Roberts
|The Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA)
705 Front St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Link to event page: http://onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/startarising/wjc


text:
Audubon, John James (1785-1851), a United States naturalist and artist, famous for his paintings of American birds. Audubon studied his subjects in their natural surroundings and also shot some and wired them into lifelike positions. His paintings are noted for striking composition and a strong feeling of action. Some naturalists, however, have complained that Audubon sometimes sacrificed naturalness of position in order to heighten dramatic effectiveness.
Audubon was born in the West Indies and educated in France, where he became interested in painting birds. When he was 18 he came to the United States. He was a partner in several unprofitable business ventures, mostly in Kentucky, and in 1819 was jailed briefly for debt. His business career ended, he began serious work on his collection of bird paintings, while his wife, Lucy Bakewell Audubon, supported the family.
Unable to find an American publisher for his work, Audubon traveled to Great Britain in 1826. There his impressive appearance and picturesque frontier dress made him a social success and persuaded a publisher to bring out a book of his paintings. (It was then impossible to reproduce paintings; the book contains hand-colored engravings by Robert Howell, Jr., based on Audubon's watercolors.) This work, Birds of America (1827-38), brought Audubon fame and prosperity. The drawings for his last major work, Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1842-45), were done with the aid of his sons.


text:
LONDON, May 30, 2013 (AFP) - British Formula One team Williams announced on Thursday that Mercedes-Benz will replace Renault as their engine suppliers from next season onwards.
The switch coincides with the arrival of new engine regulations in the sport in 2014, with 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged power units replacing the current 2.4-litre V8 engines.
Williams only began working with engines made by French manufacturer Renault last season.
"This new agreement provides Mercedes-Benz with the long-term stability of supplying our works team and at least two partners from the 2015 season onwards, following the conclusion of our relationship with McLaren at the end of next season," said Mercedes' engine managing director, Andy Cowell.
Williams will continue to manufacture its own transmission, while Mercedes will provide the ERS (Energy Recovery Unit). This device aids generating the power level that currently delivers the 2.4cc V6, once it changes to 1.6cc V6 Turbo next year. The new engine, much more energy efficient will not be abe to produce the same horsepower output on its own.
The Energy Recovery Unit will be able to deploy ten times more energy than the current KERS. The new ERS will recover energy from both the exhaust turbine and the rear axle, as well as deploying energy back to both.
Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal, said "Securing the right engine supply partnership is a key milestone in the implementation of our strategy for long term success. We are also pleased to conclude this agreement early in the season and we very much look forward to working with Mercedes AMG HPP in developing our 2014 race car."
The other Mercedes-powered F1 team is Force India.
Mercedes recently lost an engine tie-up with McLaren, who announced that they would rekindle their partnership with Honda from 2015.


text:
Manage Subscriptions
Log Out
Log In
By Lexi Nisita, Contributing Writer
Protesters on Wednesday took to the streets of Chicago for a second day in response to the release of graphic dashcam video that shows the final moments of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald's life.
Demonstrators chanted and marched through The Loop, a major...
No email address was supplied by
To complete your registration on this site, please supply an address.
Please confirm or modify the email address to which you will have subscription offers sent.
For a more personalized experience, please supply the following optional information.


text:
Order by 5:00PM EDT Mon, Nov 30 for delivery Tue, Dec 1.
No overnight deliveries Sundays or Mondays.
Friends of the SEA!!!!!! Just called my customer's home and they are just overjoyed....they are celebrating their son's birthday tonight and they just can't believe the package and contents......Thanks so much!!!! .......
at to know about service, SERVICE, S E R V I C E !!!! Glen Book Watsontown Trucking Company
Glen Book
About Us | Guarantee | Track Order | Shipping | Contact Us | Copyright | Privacy | HTTPS Everywhere


text:
Spitting in Singapore may get you thrown in jail, but in nature there are far more lethal results. When a caterpillar drools on a corn leaf, the offended vegetable releases chemical vapors that attract parasitic wasps, which lay eggs in the caterpillar. The larval wasps eventually consume the unsuspecting insect. Now scientists have discovered that the caterpillar is its own worst enemy: A chemical in its spit triggers the corn's call for help. The finding, reported in today's issue of Science,* could lead to better ways to arm crops against pests.
Over the last several years, a group led by biochemist James Tumlinson of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service center in Gainesville, Florida, has been peeling away the complex defense mechanisms of crop plants to devise ecologically benign methods for insect pest control. For its latest work, Tumlinson's team knew that corn plants release a potent wasp attractant--a blend of terpenoids and indole--when under attack from the beet armyworm caterpillar. But they didn't know the chemical trigger. Mere mechanical damage to corn leaves doesn't elicit vapors; the plants produced the organic compounds only in response to the spit. Eventually, the scientists found the irritant, which they dubbed volicitin.
It's unclear why the caterpillars continue to produce a chemical that leads to their own demise. "That's a big mystery," says Tumlinson. "It must have some important role." It could help in digestion, he speculates, or be a key precursor for other metabolically important chemicals, such as prostaglandins. "At this stage many scenarios appear possible," writes Edward Farmer of the Institut de Biologie et Physiologie Vegetales in Lausanne, Switzerland, in an accompanying commentary.
Deciphering the elaborate defense strategy could someday better arm plants against insect pests. Spraying volicitin on all crops isn't the answer, says Tumlinson, because "causing all plants to produce more volatiles would just confuse the wasps." But making the pests easier for the wasps to find, for example, could be very beneficial. "We're not looking at this as a silver bullet," says Tumlinson, "but as one component of an ecologically based pest-management system."
During herbivory, wounding activates the systemic expression of defense genes through the octadecanoid signal pathway. In parallel, inset saliva containing chemical elicitors, such as volicitin, triggers the plant to release a bouquet of volatile compounds that attract parasitic or predatory insects to the herbivore. Volatile release stimulated by volicitin may also depend on the octadecanoid pathway, raising the possibility of cross talk between this molecule and the wound-induced expression of defense genes.
* For more details, Science Online subscribers can link to the full text of the Report [2].


text:
Romero's Staunton Hill Exclusive PhotosMeh
We have the first photos for Cameron Romero's Staunton Hill courtesy of a who lives in the area. Romero scripted the film along with David Rountree. The film stars Kathy Lamkin, Kiko Ellsworth, David Rountree and Cooper Huckabee. Staunton Hill takes place in the hills of Virginia during the 60s when an unlucky group of hikers runs into the evil Staunton family. All of which is being shot in the Pittsburgh, PA area right now.


text:
Daylight saving time begins Sunday. A new survey reveals that the average person needs 3.5 days to adjust to daylight saving time. Other findings:
- 82% of people feel tired, groggy and irritable while adjusting to the time change
- 50% of people need eight or more hours of sleep per night to feel well rested
- 20% of people are sleeping on a mattress that is nine years or older
The Monday after we spring ahead for Daylight Saving Time is the worst Monday of the year for accidents. Observing Daylight Saving Time year-round would prevent 195 motor vehicle deaths and 171 pedestrian fatalities. Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands don't observe daylight saving time.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor Martin Young says, "The Monday and Tuesday after moving the clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10 percent increase in the risk of having a heart attack. The opposite is true when falling back in October. This risk decreases by about 10 percent. Exactly why this happens is not known but there are several theories. Sleep deprivation, the body's circadian clock and immune responses all can come into play when considering reasons that changing the time by an hour can be detrimental to someone's health."
Wake up 30 minutes earlier on Saturday and Sunday than you need to in preparation for the early start on Monday Eat a decent-sized breakfast Go outside in the sunlight in the early morning Exercise in the mornings over the weekend (as long as you do not have pre-existing heart disease) Doing all of this will help reset both the central, or master, clock in the brain that reacts to changes in light/dark cycles, and the peripheral clocks -- the ones everywhere else including the one in the heart -- that react to food intake and physical activity. This will enable your body to naturally synch with the change in the environment, which may lessen your chance of adverse health issues on Monday."
Photo Credit: Angela N via Flickr


text:
The Crossroads of the Aether
The purpose of our society is to bring together a league of forward thinking individuals for the common purpose of perpetuating moments in time to feed our collective interest in the realm of selective anachronistic anachronism. So there.
Location: Kensington, Maryland, United Republic of American States
Members: 250
Latest Activity: Nov 4
Started by Athene Radcliffe, Ph.D. Sep 24. 0 Replies 2 Likes
Started by Jenesse Wannall. Last reply by Jenesse Wannall Jan 23, 2014. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I know that in the past there has been a Boxing Day stroll on the National Mall. Does anyone know if this will be happening again this year? I have been unable to attend in the past, but I am hoping to be able to this year.
My Wife and I attended The MDRF Victorian Christmas Show last evening. What a wonderful performance and enjoyable show! Bravo Prof. Fulbright T. Moone.
The Day of Wrong is actually on Sunday (it's always on the final day).
I will be attending, but I will be wearing my Renaissance garb.
Is anyone attending The Day of Wrong tomorrow at Maryland Renn Fair?
so, i went to look at Savage Mill. there is a huge flat open area that is the conjoined "outfield" of three or four baseball fields. it would be plenty of flat open area. The pavillion is a good two to three hundred yards away.
C.E. McDermott
Lady Athene,
Savage park was my first thought. It offers privacy of sorts and a pavillion. The other side of the coin would to hold it in a VERY public space such as Centennial Park. The fees associated are less then $300 for the largest pavillion (which I do not forsee needing), I plan to go
What a lovely idea! I have a set although one mallet may be distressed..
We are pretty busy, so I will have to see about actual time. (My son already tends to be double booked on Saturdays.) Sundays would probably work better in general for us.
I'm not sure if there are any good greens - other than the courses where we would be driven off by irate golfers. Centennial Park has some nice open green spaces, although I can't vouch for the quality of the grass. A lot of the County parks are booked with athletic events on the weekend, so Cedar Lane and Schooley Mill probably wouldn't be too relaxing.
Savage Park might be easier for people coming from the south or east, but I do not have a good mental image of their facilities.
Question to the group:
Would there be any interest in a weekend afternoon gathering? Say a picnic with croquette? Somewhere in the Howard County area?
Feedback please.
I will be there, but will be dressed according to an earlier century's piratical theme.
I will keep my eye on the horizon for your airships. Do not fear if you are accosted by a blond woman in a tricorn. I will not be armed.
We plan to attend sometime in the next few weeks. We had planned to wait to wear such fine clothes til the appointed day (assuming they will do the same as last year). A great many of our Co - workers came out in their finest provided by my Lovely Wife and I: this year we have even more interest!
© 2015 Created by Hephzibah Marsh. Powered by


text:
The new year is upon us. Out with 2009 and in with 2010.
I am happy to be back at work so I can get some rest. With all of the things that go on around the holidays, I think it becomes more stressful than regular work.
The new year means going back to work and checking on the things you left undone or needed to complete from before the holidays. My cubemate came back to a little less than 400 unread emails. It took her a couple of days just to sort through the deluge of information and questions.
I struggle to remember what I need to do from yesterday. You can ask my wife. She has to write me a detailed list for the grocery store because if not, it would be string cheese and oreos for dinner.
Imagine me trying to remember where I had left off from 2-3 weeks ago. If you are currently looking to change careers or gain a new career, do not assume that people remember your status from December.
Now is the time to call, send emails, send up the flares. Personal contact being the best. It's easy to glance at an email and forget. It takes effort to talk. Start trying to touch base with everyone.
"Everyone" you ask.
"Everyone" I say.
I'll give you an example. I talk to people all day about positions and resumes. I was referred a candidate with great marketable skills. I didn't have anything for him at the time, but I asked him to call me every week or two to check in and I would call him if anything popped up.
Long story short, he didn't call and I forgot. Several positions came and went that were potential positions of interest. Then, I was invited to a networking event two months later and guess who I ran into, my candidate. I told him to call me the next day. He doesn't call, which baffles me, but I receive a job for the exact skills he has and in the industry he just left. I called him and we ended up setting up an interview. None of that would have happened if we would not have talked the day before.
Timing is everything.
Now is the time to reach out. I know a lot of people do not want to bother their friends and acquaintances about their job search. I have never heard a friend say " I am tired of trying to help my friend get a job." If they did, they weren't a true friend. People understand the economic times.
Companies are hiring. The most recent jobless numbers are down. While we do not know all the factors, there are people getting hired and starting new positions right now.
While job boards are good, the highest percentage of positions are filled through networking.
Matt Cheek is an Account Manager with MATRIX Resources with 5+ years of overall experience. He specializes with small to medium size businesses in the areas of Staffing and Recruiting, Outsourced Web Development, and Business Intelligence. You can read Matt's blog at themattcheek.wordpress.com.


text:
Josephine Sutton, 3, and brother Sammy Sutton, 4, cool off with a misting fan at the Crescent Hill Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration on Sunday. The hot weather cut into the turnout at the annual event.
- Filed Under
Sunday's 103-degree high temperature broke a 21-year-old record for the first day of July as Louisville-area residents suffered through the fourth consecutive day of triple-digit heat.
The scorching weather kept some visitors away from the Crescent Hill Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration, which saw only about 4,000 attend.
The free two-day event, held annually outside the Peterson Dumensil House, typically sees between 10,000 and 15,000 people show up to listen to live music, eat, browse art booths and watch fireworks. ...


text:
Editorial: Bosetti, Jones and Sullivan are right council mix
Redding City Councilors Patrick Jones and Rick Bosetti, who are seeking re-election this fall in the face of a full-spectrum political assault from the unions that represent city workers, have not always dealt with the city's financial bind with all the flexibility and finesse they could have. They've probably talked too much in public about the need to trim the city's unaffordable benefits — and not enough in private with the employee groups that they need to persuade to go along. They've got a stubborn streak that's led them to focus on one or two pieces of the city's compensation puzzle to the exclusion of other opportunities.
But they are also, fundamentally, right. They're right that the city can't afford its current payroll structure with its shriveled tax base. They're right that benefits — whose costs have swollen grotesquely — must be part of the solution. They're right that city workers, even if contracts negotiated in better times made sense in those circumstances, will need to make do with a little less.
And it is for the sin of being right — and for having the honesty to speak the truth and the backbone to take on the difficult work of realigning an unsustainable system — that the city's unions are trying to punish them and replace the councilors with a slate of friendlier faces.
Well, public-employee unions will do what they think is in their best interest. But we hope the rest of Redding's voters look to their own interest — and re-elect the stubborn cheapskates who are doing their best to keep the city financially viable.
It's a common refrain from the unions and the candidates they're backing that the issue isn't money, but "respect," as if the incumbents committed some faux pas. But we see no sign that they don't admire the hard work of city employees. They've simply made no bones about the mathematical fact that the city cannot continue its old ways of doing business. Pointing out the city's astronomical pension costs isn't anti-employee; it's just stating a difficult truth.
Getting beyond the union feud, Bosetti and Jones have also served with integrity and independence since both were elected in 2006. Jones is a genuine champion of open and accountable government and even as mayor retains an outsider's perspective on City Hall. Bosetti has stuck to the goals he ran on four years ago of steering city spending back to the basics — a goal circumstances have forced far more than anyone could have expected — and reforming pensions. Voters can know just what they're getting.
For the remaining seat, being vacated by Mary Stegall after a decade on the City Council, voters have their pick of a number of strong candidates. Standing out from the pack in terms of experience, intelligence and forward-thinking views, though, is Francie Sullivan.
A former Shasta County supervisor who served two terms in the 1980s and '90s, Sullivan has been through the painful work of cutting budgets before and would bring that perspective from earlier tours in the trenches to City Hall.
While she's a friend of labor and part of the union slate, she's in no way blind to the need for cuts at the city, even conceding that Bosetti and Jones' oft-repeated aim of having employees pay their share of their pension costs is a sound goal.
And looking beyond the current recession — which will end, someday — she's an advocate of livable communities, an avid backer of the trails and parks that add so much to Redding's quality of life, a dedicated library booster. She'd bring a balance to the council, which should ideally represent the many voices within the city.
Whoever wins the election, it won't end the arguments at City Hall or the hard times provoking them. Jones, Bosetti and Sullivan, however, would bring the best blend of backbone and experience to see the city through to better times.
Subscribe to the Redding Record Searchlight
Need Help? Call us at 1-877-710-6185.
Monday-Friday: 6am-6pm / Saturday & Sunday: 7am-10am


text:
EDU272 - Educational Psychology
Focus on the study and application of psychological principles, theories, and methodologies related to teaching and learning. Emphasis on developmental, learning, and motivational theories. Current trends also covered.
Prerequisites: PSY101 or approval of instructor.
EDU278 - Educational Assessment and Evaluation
Examination of assessing student performance. Assessment criteria and development of various types of assessment covered. Instructor developed assessments emphasized. Standardized, norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests also included. Arizona State Board of Education Professional Teaching Standards emphasized.
Prerequisites: EDU272.
CTE200 - Career and Technical Education: Principles, Philosophy and Student Organizations
Examination of the role of career and technical educational (CTE) pathways as they relate to workforce development. Overview of career and technical student organizations (CTSO), occupational clusters, development and role of career and technical education, philosophy, history and impact of federal funding revenue streams, and career and technical delivery system.
Prerequisites: None.
CTE210 - Career and Technical Education: Teaching Methods and Curriculum Development
Overview and practical application of teaching methodology and curriculum development for secondary education career and technical education teachers. Teaching strategies and learning styles covered. Curriculum design/mapping, lesson objectives, time management skills, teaching resources, and Arizona Department of Education Career and Technical Curriculum Framework Standards also included.
Prerequisites: None.
CTE220 - Career and Technical Education: Classroom Management and Lab Safety
Classroom management techniques. Classroom discipline models, student behavior and misbehavior, group dynamics, student self-motivation, and learning styles covered. Essentials of lab safety issues, including regulatory agencies and policies. State Board of Education Professional Teaching Standards emphasized.
Prerequisites: None.
CTE 230 – Career and Technical Education: Instructional Technology
Exploration of the use of instructional technology in career and technical education. Including history of technology in education, teacher and student technology standards, landmark studies related to using technology in education, and utilization of technology in the classroom. Local, state, and national standards, including career and technical standards for education covered, as well as identification of professional development opportunities.
Prerequisites: None.
CTE 240 Career and Technical Education: Designing, Implementing and Managing Student Organizations
Overview of Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO). Examination of historical perspectives, recruitment, and retention of student members and implications of state and federal CTSO standards. Emphasis on funding organizations and fiscal responsibility, with focus on developing and conducting student activities.
Prerequisites: None.
CTE 250 – Career and Technical Education: Principles and Practices of Cooperative Education Programs
Examines high school cooperative education programs. Emphasis on state and federal youth employment laws, work-based learning principles, work-place standards, and criteria related to career and technical education cooperative programs.
Prerequisites: None.
For additional information regarding Summer Career and Technical Education courses, contact Rio Salado College at 480-384-9811 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
It All Revolves Around The Beer!Welcome to Center of the Universe Brewing Company, or COTU for short. We officially began our brewing operations here in Ashland, Virginia November 16th 2012.
The Center of the Universe Brewing Company began back in 2009 when Chris Ray and his brother Phil began brewing beer in their houses. The hobby turned into an obsession, and the obsession has led them to open up a craft brewery in Ashland, Virginia. Located in the heart of Central Virginia, it is affectionately known as "The Center of the Universe". COTU will be brewing an assortment of ales using only whole ingredients, while sticking to the traditional all-natural method of brewing beer.
The meaning of "Center of the Universe" is important to the founders of COTU. With so much emphasis today on globalization and the lack of corporate stewardship, COTU wanted to be a company that truly embraces the local community. "Center of the Universe," to COTU, is taking pride in where you live and respecting the people with whom you interact. We believe it is our responsibility to understand and appreciate how our actions affect the community that supports us.
At Center of the Universe Brewing Company it all revolves around the beer and the people who enjoy it.
Chris left Tampa, FL in 2000 to attend the College of William and Mary and pursue a degree in economics while playing for the Tribe's baseball team. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 2003, which began his nearly 7 seasons in the MLB. During his playing days, Chris would spend most of the offseason homebrewing. During his stint with the Mariners in 2011, Chris got his first taste of the craft brewing industry as he, along with brother Phil, worked side by side with Fremont Brewing Co. developing what would become an annual and nationwide charitable brew, Homefront IPA. The passion that grew with this project made Chris a devoted believer in the craft brewing industry.
Boston native Mike Killelea is the founder and former Chairman of the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild. Growing up in Massachusetts, Mike was inspired by the New England craft brewing scene and began home-brewing in his small apartment. After moving to Virginia in 2004, Killelea went on to attend the American Brewers Guild's Craft Brewers Apprenticeship program. Upon completion of the program, Mike joined Legend Brewing Company in January of 2007, and worked his way from an intern to a full-time brewer. Now, as the leader of the COTU brew team, Mike strives to make the highest quality beer through the use of premium ingredients and advanced brewing techniques.


text:
- May 24:
- New EPISD monitor Fred Liner experienced in aiding districts in crisis
- May 18:
- Elected EPISD trustees take office
- Texas education commissioner appoints EPISD monitor
- Oct 23:
- EPISD Board of Managers term will end in spring of 2015, education commissioner says
- Oct 14:
- Coronado High's Morales named master principal, given oversight of Bowie High
- Jul 19:
- Former EPISD chief Garcia pays $22,000 in restitution
- Apr 28:
- Prison officials: ex-EPISD superintendent's sentence will not be reinstated
- Apr 19:
- TEA seeks to punish 11 in EPISD cheating scheme
- Apr 4:
- EPISD whistleblower Pat Scott recognized in Washington
- Mar 12:
- TEA official who oversaw botched EPISD investigations resigns
Victims of a scheme to fraudulently inflate standardized test scores at the El Paso Independent School District have until Sept. 21 to inform a federal court of the harm they suffered.
Students or employees of the school district between 2006 and 2011 who suffered damages from a plan devised by former Superintendent Lorenzo García can fill out a "declaration of victim losses" through the U.S. Probation Office.
Those who were directly harmed include students classified as "limited English proficient" or special education students whom the district targeted to prevent from taking the 10th-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills exams, according to a letter dated Aug. 17 from the probation office to district students, parents and employees.
District faculty and staff members were indirectly harmed by the scheme, according to the letter.
Former state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, who in 2010 alleged the district was removing students improperly, and members of Kids First! Reform EPISD!, a general-purpose political action committee, are urging victims of García's crimes to detail their losses to the U.S. Probation Office.
Shapleigh argued that García's restitution should include the cost of educating each student who was denied an education and the bonuses he earned by fraudulent means.
Under the plea agreement, García faces a prison sentence of just less than four years and is ordered to pay $180,000 in restitution to the school district for his role in the cheating scheme and for steering a $450,000 contract to his mistress.
The restitution money should go toward creating a fund at the district to help students who were improperly pushed out as a result of the scheme, Shapleigh said.
"We're asking that the return of the money be made to the students for their education, that the students have a fund at EPISD, to go find them, to restore them and get them a high-school degree," Shapleigh said. "They are the real victims."
District officials have not identified all the students whose education was impeded because of the scheme, district spokeswoman Renee de Santos wrote in an email.
"The district is continuing its efforts, on its own and as part of its cooperation with federal investigators to identify students who may have been affected by the criminal conduct described in the information filed against Dr. Lorenzo García," de Santos wrote.
Douglas McNabb, adjunct professor of international criminal law at South Texas College of Law in Houston, said that because there are so many direct and indirect victims, it would have been difficult to assign a restitution amount.
García's attorneys worked with the U.S. Attorney's Office to determine the restitution amount, said Jim Darnell, one of the former superintendent's attorneys.
Darnell disagreed that the restitution should reflect the district's per student expenditures for students who were pushed out of school and said Shapleigh is not a criminal lawyer.
Daryl Fields, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said he couldn't comment on how the restitution amount was reached.
The judge has the authority not to accept the plea agreement and can factor the victims' statements to determine García's punishment, said Douglas McNabb, adjunct professor of international criminal law at South Texas College of Law. McNabb has been a federal criminal defense lawyer for 30 years.
For each charge García pleaded guilty to, the punishment range is a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones in June said he would review the sentencing guidelines to determine whether the punishment should be more or less than the recommended sentence.
García is free on bond and is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.
"The court could say based upon the stated harm from the victims, 'I'm going to give the defendant the high end of the guideline range,'" McNabb said. "By allowing the victim to set out a dollar amount in the statement would help perhaps the probation officer in terms of apportioning the amount of the plea-agreed-upon restitution, assuming that the defendant can pay it. Most of them can't."
Hayley Kappes may be reached at email@example.com; 546-6168. Follow her on Twitter @hayleykappes.


text:
Posted 9:26 PM 11/10/2012 : Business Update: Election Results, Delta Departure, Fiscal Cliff Talks
In this Business Update, KOMU 8's Katie Brennan takes a look at what Senator McCaskill and Governor Nixon's election day victories mean for Missouri's economy.
The election sent markets on a roller coaster ride last week. The major indexes were up going into the election, but took a dive


text:
I had a hard time calling these little guys 'butterflies', so I thought 'flutterbies' was much more appropriate....
I have been wanting to try individual blades of grass for a while - I was surprised at how little time they took. I'll do them...
CakeCentral.com is the world's largest cake community for cake decorating professionals and enthusiasts.
(if this is a private computer)
Register now for
Yes please, register now!


text: My bike when I got it had nylon straps thread through both buckle slots, so the strap laid down nice and flat, which is the way I see most bikes done. I could not adjust the straps very easily, and not when on the bike. I then saw where you were supposed to only thread the strap through the top buckle slot, so you could easily grab and pull the strap to tighten it. I got some Soma leather straps and I tried just putting it through the top of the buckle slot, and it and it works great. It looks kind of funny with the strap just sticking straight out, but, again, it seems to work. Anyone else do it this way?


text:
Kickstart The Art: Here We Go (A Collection of Short Comics) By Jesse Young
Welcome to another edition of Kickstart The Art, the semi-regular feature where we talk about some Kickstarter projects that are well worth your time and attention. Today's entry is for a writer we've covered a lot here on CBTthe past year. Short story writer extraordinaire Jesse Young is collecting some of his work into a collected edition for your reading pleasure. Young is rounding up seven of his short stories with art from an incredible group of people into a 62-page, full color softcover paperback. The project launched a few days ago and is already at the halfway point for funding.
The seven shorts included in the collection are Here We Go, Forbidden Love, The Daring Adventures of Android Jones Parts 1 and 2, Ex Occultus- The Sword of Peleus, He's Heating Up, and The Devil You Know. The book itself is actually finished, so the pledges will go to printing costs. There is no risk to the project, which is always great to know going in. Young explains why he launched the Kickstarter:
I've been working hard to create the best short stories possible and now with Kickstarter and backers like you, I can actually get them printed. The reality is, being an independent creator, I simply don't have the money to front the printing of these books. Kickstarter has proven to be a great way for people to pre-order books they like and for me to gauge interest in the project. The best part is I don't receive any money unless the project goal is hit. So you don't have to worry about spending money on a project that might not actually happen.
So the book is done, it just needs to be printed. The stories themselves are all great and span a variety of genres, from sci-fi, action/adventures, western, crime noir, sports, and more. In fact, I've reviewed a good chunk of them and raved over the vast majority. You can see the reviews for Here We Go, Ex Occultus, The Daring Adventures Of Android Jones #2, Forbidden Love, and The Devil You Know by clicking the respective titles. You can check out Jesse's site by clicking right here. And of course you can read all about the Kickstarter on the official page right here. Young is a writer I've said you'll be hearing more and more about, so this project is a perfect sampler platter of his and his artistic collaborator's talents. I've gotten to take a look at the book, and it's packaged and presented very well. I highly encourage you to check out the Kickstarter and see if it's a good fit for you. What do you think about Young's presentation? Have you been checking out the shorts on his site?
All ComicBookTherapy contributors must agree and abide by our Site User Agreement. ComicBookTherapy.com is protected from liability under "OCILLA" (Online Copyright Infringement Liablity Limitation Act) and will actively enforce said provisions. If you represent an individual or company and feel as though this article has infringed on any of our terms or any existing copyrights, please contact us for a speedy removal.


text:
Clickonline.com "Time was the 'Escort Mission' was the gravest offence a developer could inflict upon its prospective players. Some of us have a hard enough time keeping our own health bars filled, let alone that of some helpless bint!"
(BioShock: Infinite, Culture, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Prince Of Persia, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Of Us)


text:
Spent over a decade at Ogilvy & BBH. Freelanced at lots of amazing shops like Mother & BBDO. Write for Esquire. Co-founder/CD of art collective Audio Tour Hack. Recently published my first novel, called I HATE YOU, KELLY DONAHUE. It'd be awesome if you bought it!
Sign-up below for full access to the most talented collection of creatives in the Universe. Check out our home page to learn why our invite-only community is changing the way companies source talent.


text:
Nikolaus W. Schimmel Limited Edition
Nikolaus Schimmel, the current chairman of the Schimmel Piano Company in Germany, was the third generation president of this family owned business and oversaw the achievement of becoming the number one selling German piano in the world. As a master builder, Nikolaus is considered one of the finest case designers of all time and has created scores of exquisite pianos. In addition to being a world renowned master piano builder, Nikolaus was also born with an innate business sense and an eye towards innovation. Combining old world traditional piano building techniques while implementing and developing proprietary computer techonology for improved efficiency and accuracy in building has resulted in the creation of instruments for those with the most discerning taste. Robert Lowrey Piano Experts is proud to welcome the K213 Nikolaus W. Schimmel Limited Edition grand to our collection. A truly remarkable 7 foot instrument offering incredible touch, tone and musicality in a gorgeous cabinet. When you think of Schimmel, think of the prestige and quality of German engineering associated with Audi, BMW, Porsche and Mercedes Benz automobiles. As the top selling retailer of Schimmel products in North America, we have the largest selection of Schimmel products on display throughout our Performance Room, European Gallery and Salon showrooms.


text:
We would love to hear from you.
Get in touch
You could call, email, Tweet us, or send us a message on Facebook.
Or just come on by and say Hi!
We're located in sunny and sometimes too smoggy SoCal. There's plenty of good food around, and we'd love an excuse to go grab some with you! Oh, and we love homemade brownies…
150 E. Meda Ave Suite 210
Glendora, CA 91741
Or you could use our handy dandy message system:


text:
Hello, all. I know I haven't touched this account in a long time, and haven't told anyone about the newest account for my characters.
And I apologize to anyone who wished to follow me to the new accounts.
The new account is:
On there I draw my characters that I use for roleplay, anyone who wishes to follow me is more than welcome. Thank you, and have a nice day.


text:
Press Room
23 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah II met on Tuesday with at the Royal Court with the delegation of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, who is currently visiting Jordan within the exchanged visits program between the Council and the Jordanian Young Leaderships.
22 Sept. 2003
Upon an invitation by His Majesty King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah will start on Oct. 7 a three- day visit to Sweden.
20 Sept. 2003
Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah returned home after a five-day official visit to the USA, which was culminated in holding a Jordanian-American Summit in Camp David last Thursday between His Majesty King Abdullah II and US president George Bush.
18 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah met on Wednesday with the US vice president Dick Cheney at the White House in preparation for the summit meeting which will be held today between His Majesty and US president George Bush.
17 Sept. 2003
During a meeting with committee members of the U.S. Senate and House of Deputies on Wednesday, His Majesty King Abdullah discussed economic and political relations between Jordan and the U.S. and Jordan's vision to resolve regional issues particularly in Iraq and Palestine.
16 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday met U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
16 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday discussed with U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice the latest developments in Palestinian and Iraqi scenes.
His Majesty King Abdullah II met on Monday with member of the US Congress Tom Davis as well as president and members of the North Virginia Technology Council and discussed with them increasing prospects of investment in Jordan and establishing Jordanian and US companies in both countries.
15 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah II has stressed the necessity for the Palestinian Authority to re-assume its role on the ground and similarly the U.S. Administration should succumb to what it is being said that the United States would not interfere in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, although it is the core of all issues in the region, unless the Palestinians and Israelis are serious in resuming the peace process.
15 Sept. 2003
His Majesty King Abdullah II affirmed the necessity to pursue efforts to push the Middle East peace process forward because any other alternative can only lead to further killing and destruction.


text: BC chief seeks to bring in FBI to investigate department Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013 | BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - After several public embarrassments and tough questions by a city commissioner, Battle Creek Police Chief Jackie Hampton says he wants to bring in an outside agency to investigate his department."These are professional men and women, they do a fine job for our citizens and we're not perfect by any means but to call us corrupt, I have a serious issue with that, so I did contact the FBI," says Hampton.Hampton says he asked the FBI three weeks ago to do a full review of the department and says he has nothing to hide. But he has been feeling the pressure from city commissioner Jeff Domenico in particular who, as the I-Team uncovered last month, sent this email to the Attorney General's office asking it to investigate the department.It contains an anonymous letter said to be from an officer which says in part, I watched officers "commit acts of excessive force, evidence destruction and internal cover-ups in crime reporting."The Attorney General declined to investigate, Domenico says he has reached out to MSP to step in. "I want them to take a look to the conclusion of this. My dad has a saying, put up or shut up, I think that needs to occur in this case because it has been going on for quite a while," says Hampton.But it's not just Commissioner Domenico. The department has been criticized for its handling of last summer's case of an off duty officer who was caught drinking and driving after he crashed a car with another officer drunk inside. And this week Newschannel Three broke the news that veteran officer Laurie Gillespie was fired after surveillance cameras in a police locker room caught her stealing. "So it was important to get to the bottom of this and not let it linger on, that's why I contacted the FBI to see if they can look into issues," says Hampton.Domenico has said he has received evidence of corruption in the department and would like to see the city appoint its own third party investigator to examine the department.The FBI would not say whether it is currently investigating Battle Creek Police or plans to.


text:
Following a disciplinary hearing with the NHL, Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli has been informed by the league that forward Milan Lucic will not be suspended for his role in an incident in Boston's game against the Atlanta Thrashers on Dec. 23, according to the Bruins.
Chiarelli released the following statement Sunday afternoon regarding the NHL's decision:
"The NHL has informed us that Milan will not be suspended as a result of the match penalty assessed to him during our game against the Thrashers last Thursday. He will be fined $2,500 for the punch thrown in the scrum and $1,000 for making an obscene gesture directed at the Thrashers bench. He will join the team on the flight to Florida and be available for Monday's game against the Panthers."


text:
Lisa Voyles / Buy at Photos.ChickasawJournal.com
Houlka Homecoming Maids 2013:
Houlka 2013 Homecoming Maids are shown, from bottom, Cara Martin, Jesse Moore, Tatayana Hughes, Saydee Moss, Tykeela Cunningham, Beth Huffman, Chianne Edington, Jamesha Lyons, Cassie Homan, Savannah Day, Sadias Ross, Paige Graves and Naveah Moore.
Homecoming will be held Friday, Nov. 22 prior to the Houlka/Myrtle basketball game in the newly renovated Houlka Gym.
For more on the 2013 maids, see Pages 6A and 7A in the Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 Chickasaw Journal.


text:
A sad day in American politics:
"In a move drawing fire from voter ID law supporters, the largest global election monitoring organization is sending an unprecedented number of observers to U.S. polling stations, paying particular attention to any signs of voter intimidation.
The website of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe says that more than 100 parliamentarians from Europe and Central Asia will travel to the United States to monitor the Nov. 6 elections.
The site says it is 'the largest Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe parliamentary delegation to ever observe a North American election.' "
Of course the OSCE is only coming to town because Republicans and Democrats are faced off in a razor thin election and one side tried to set up last-minute rule changes that could've potentially disenfranchised 5 million voters of particular demographics — i.e., the lower classes, blacks, Latinos and young people. Now groups like the ACLU and the NAACP have asked the OSCE to watch for any signs of voter intimidation at the polls.
"In the face of these sophisticated and pervasive efforts involving voter suppression, voter intimidation and charges of voter fraud, we decided that it was important that an international monitoring organization observe and report back," said Scott Westbrook Simpson, press secretary for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, one of the groups that joined the ACLU and the NAACP in inviting the foreign monitors.
Republicans across the country are up in arms over the news that foreign officials will be monitoring the polls on Election Day, but it's a smart move by the American groups who have real concerns about voter intimidation. If Romney were to win on Election Night and a group like the ACLU were to report massive voter intimidation at the polls, who would believe them? — well, I guess most Americans would believe them, except the Republican Party.
Irony of all ironies, the OSCE has monitored U.S. elections since 2002, when President Bush invited the group.
Nonetheless, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican, has threatened the OSCE with "criminal prosecution" should any of its member be caught within 100 feet of a polling place. Another Republican, Congressman Connie Mack of Florida, said that OSCE operations "should be reserved for third-world countries, banana republics and fledgling democracies." Well, Congressman, America may not be a fledgling democracy, but when one party threatens the fundamental rights of citizenship, we might as well be a teetering democracy.
What did True the Vote supporters expect? When one party tries to implement new voting laws in battleground states and conducts purges of the voter rolls just weeks ahead of a contentious election, it's bound to turn a few heads abroad. If members of Venezuela's United Socialist Party or Iran's Abadgaran behaved the same way before an important election, Americans on both sides of the political divide would call foul. (Actually, the United Socialist Party would never try to disenfranchise the poorer people of Venezuela. It's only the Republican Party that wants to disenfranchise poor people.)
In the end, it's just as Simpson put it: "The truth is if we want to stand by our role as a beacon of democracy, this shouldn't be a problem. People shouldn't be afraid of having monitors that are federal and international to see how our democracy works."


text:
Karabus likely to be freed soonComment on this story
Cape Town - An Abu Dhabi prosecutor has given up his more than five-month search for the missing original records that are required by the judge to prosecute Cape Town professor Cyril Karabus – a development which could see Karabus finally being set free.
Karabus's lawyer, Michael Bagraim, said yesterday that the prosecutor had indicated that he planned to ask the court to drop the three-year-sentence imposed on Karabus.
Karabus, 77, of Kenilworth, was tried and convicted in absentia in the United Arab Emirates in 2002, and sentenced to three years for falsifying documents and six months for manslaughter.
This was after he worked as a locum at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre in Abu Dhabi in 2000.
Prosecutors argued that he failed to give a blood transfusion to a three-year-old Yemeni cancer patient during an operation. She later died of myeloid leukaemia.
His sentence also included paying about R230 000 "blood money" to the victim's family.
A specialist paediatric oncologist, Karabus has been detained since August 18.
Bagraim said that if the court dropped the main charge of falsifying documents, the second charge of manslaughter for supposedly not giving a blood transfusion to the patient was also likely to be dropped.
"The prosecutor has informed our attorneys in Abu Dhabi that they have now given up on the search and that without the originals they can't press ahead with the forgery charge," he said.
Bagraim believes they have "overcome 90 percent of the hurdle" towards bringing Karabus home, as the first charge carried a heavy sentence.
Cape Argus
Comment Guidelines
- Please read our comment guidelines.
- Login and register, if you haven' t already.
- Write your comment in the block below and click (Post As)
- Has a comment offended you? Hover your mouse over the comment and wait until a small triangle appears on the right-hand side. Click triangle () and select "Flag as inappropriate". Our moderators will take action if need be.
- Verified email addresses: All users on Independent Media news sites are now required to have a verified email address before being allowed to comment on articles. You are only required to verify your email address once to have full access to commenting on articles. For more information please read our comment guidelines


text:
Is this possible? Oklahoma police say it is. Local KFSM5 reports:
The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office ruled out homicide in the death of a Muldrow man, but has not ruled out spontaneous human combustion following the state medical examiner's findings a day later. "It's very unusual and it's bizarre and I can't explain it," said Sheriff Ron Lockhart.
Preliminary autopsy results were released on the 65-year-old man the sheriff believes may have died from spontaneous human combustion. Lockhart said the victim may have burned for 10 hours.
Lockhart said the victim was an alcoholic and an avid smoker. "We weren't saying the guy just busted into flames, there's gotta have an ignition source and what we're looking at is an ignition source such as lighting a cigarette and catches himself on fire, sucks the flames down his throat, and falls down," Lockhart said.


text:
increase flight safety for humans, bats and birds
Some 21,000 bird strikes are recorded every year worldwide, which cost the civil aviation industry around US$1.2 billion per year. Bird strikes have been responsible for the loss of 88 aircraft and have claimed hundreds of lives.
The desire to make increasing use of renewable energy, and at the same time reduce our environmental footprint, requires a balancing act between commerce and ecology. For example, building wind farms provides 'green' energy, but may also have a significant impact on avian fauna.
ROBIN develops radar systems that are specifically designed to track small objects like birds and bats. ROBIN systems are used by military and civil airports to prevent collisions between birds and planes. Ecologists and Energy companies use ROBIN radar systems to assess and mitigate the environmental impact of wind farms on birds....
(C) 2015 Robin Radar Systems BV | Site designed by Nexusthemes


text:
Similar Services Nearby:
Purrfectpetsitting by Tracy
Average rating from 15 reviews.
Pet Matters RN
Tags: pet sitting, equine
4082 Commercial WaySpring Hill, FL 34611
(352) 544-5577
1270 miles away
Driving Directions
Photosadd photo
Reader's Reviews (0)
Want to review a service, but not finding it? Just add it and review it!
Recent Reviews For Services Near 34611
February 15, 2009 | By Kathy
I have used there services each time for my late cat, went there when he was just a tiny kitten and didn't know what to feed or do for him. They patiently explained to this non cat person what to do. … more ›
February 12, 2009 | By Lucille Vaughn F.
When Cookie injured his leg chasing a squirrel I was devastated. He was only 4 1/2 years old and I thought he's going to be lame for the rest of his life. They treated him and he did well for 6 months… more ›
February 9, 2009 | By Sandy L.