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Make Your Own Witch Decoration
This wicked witch is sure to add that spooky finishing touch to your Halloween party. Hang her from the ceiling or in a window to keep her out of reach of children.
- Take two brown pipe cleaners and twist them together at one end. Snip pipe cleaners in two, fold them in half and then twist all the pieces together to create the end of the broom.
- Use pipe cleaners to create the witch's body. She'll look like a stick man with long arms and no head! Use the full length of two pipe cleaners to create the arms, two pipe cleaners for the body and two for the legs, twisting these all together to secure.
- Place your pipe cleaner body on the broom and secure the top of her legs to the broom with a twisted pipe cleaner. Arrange the pipe cleaners until you are happy with the overall shape, bending the legs at the knee and ankle, and trim if required. Leave the hands free at this point.
- Cover the legs in purple wool, wrapping this around so no pipe cleaner is visible. Do this again with black wool to create striped tights.
- Create the shoes by folding the small pieces of felt in half. Cut two parellel curves and a square heel shape. Glue these around her feet to hide the ends of the pipe cleaners. Add sequins for buckles.
- Take one piece of black felt, snip a hole in the middle and thread the top of the witch's body through it to create a skirt. Secure this by winding black wool around her waist.
- Create a top with a piece of purple felt. Fold the piece in half along the top edge and cut a T-shirt shape, with long tapered sleeves. Use a darning needle to sew the bottom of the sleeves and the sides of the body. Cut a hole for the neckline. Thread and bend the pipe cleaners through the top. You can now secure her hands to the broom.
- Cover a polystyrene ball with green felt. By cutting a square larger than the ball, cutting slits inwards from each corner and then smoothing these inwards across the ball (securing with double sided tape) you will create an overlap that can be used for a nose. Trim the felt to neaten it and create the face you want. Make sure to leave a gap at the bottom of her head.
- Push the polystyrene ball onto the ends of the pipe cleaners which you have used to create her body. Trim these down beforehand if you need to. Add googly eyes.
- Cut a square of black felt and gather the top with a stitch that runs across the top edge. Tie on the cape with the ends of the wool.
- Cut short lengths of wool and tie these together. Stick them to the top of her head to create hair.
- Use black foam to create her hat. Cut a round brim by using a glass and a large spool of thread as templates. Trim the inner circle if you need to, ensuring this fits over her head. Cut a felt cone, secure with double sided tape and glue this to the brim. Accessorise with a felt band and a sequin trim.
- Hang up your witch as an eye-catching Halloween decoration.
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That was just a normal night, when this is all started. I had been upstairs and came down to get a drink. My husband was with his laptop typing something. I leant over and noticed he was chatting. Kissing him on the forehead, I asked who he was talking to. "Some buddy" was reply. I went back up stairs and got back to what I was doing. After a while, I got back down stairs and found my hubby still typing away. Being very curious, I looked over his shoulder to see a picture of my ass on the screen. I asked my husband what was going on. He replied:
"Oh really? But he wouldn't have known about it if you hadn't showed me off!" I said! Yeas, we did a lot of pictures of me getting nude for the camera while sex, but I couldn't think of my hubby to share them with someone else. Then I asked hubby to request a picture of the stranger's cock. A couple of minutes later it showed up and I was impressed! I felt myself get a bit flushed and decided to show not much interest and went to the living room. After some time hubby came in the room and looked at me.
"George is outside, come out and meet him". Looking up I asked who the hell George was.
"The buddy I was chatting to" he responded.
A bit pissed, I got up the sofa followed hubby outside.
We all shook hands and the boys joked and talked. I was feeling kind of shy; I don't know why, for he had already seen pictures of my body naked. As we talked, my mind wondered off, this guy did have a great well shaped and very beautiful cock. I thought to myself, that was not a big deal, and may be a nice threesome funny night would be a great thing to do. When this thought hit me, the only clothes I had on was a light shirt and a denim skirt. I looked down to find my rock hard nipples poking against my shirt. Looking up to George, I caught him looking at my chest. I felt self-conscious and looked away quickly. I should have been paying more attention to the conversation, I heard hubby say:
"You, guys, have fun, see you later!"
With that I was left alone with George in front of our house. Our conversation turned very flirty. George made it clear that my husband had offered me to him. My heart thumped with excitement when I heard that! I wondered what it was going to happen. I decided I would seek advice form my hubby before I did anything. I found him in the house; it didn't take much to get his approval. He said that he was going to enjoy me having fun with this well hung handsome guy. I took my cell and headed back out side. George was leaning against his car greeted me with a warm smile. I asked him what the hell was on his mind. He said:
"Your hubby said that I could get you off tonight" I swallowed hard and replied:
"I guess we should work something out!"
It wasn't long before we pulled over a local motel. George parked and left me to pay for the room. I called hubby and told him where we were and waited for George's return. Soon we were heading for room. I kicked off my shoes, and then sat on the bed. George used the bathroom, and then stepped out wearing only boxer shorts. His body was nice and I thought to myself, that I couldn't allow myself to stop now. He sat on the bed behind me, and shivers ran down my spine. I felt my long hair pulled away and his lips found my neck. His breath was hot in my ear and a moan escaped my lips. George unbuttoned my shirt and his fingers found my nipples, gently rubbing circles around them. I could feel his hard cock rub my back while his hands traveled down my body. I turned my head and we kissed. I broke our embrace to undo my skirt off. I watched as his boxers formed a big bulge down there. I lowered my head and took him into my mouth. His cock pulsed when my lips slid up and down on him. Very soon, my nose was against the smooth skin at the base of his dick. He must have been told that I don't like pubic hair, because he was freshly shaved. He had a salty taste when pre cum leaked into my mouth. His cock was big enough but not so huge, because I could take it in my mouth entirely. It was pulsing in my mouth, and I was playing with my tongue over its length. I sucked him really hard and good, with my saliva running down.
Pulling me away he moved us into a 69 with me on my back. His tongue licked my clit back and forth; soon I felt an orgasm building. With my hand I guided his cock to my mouth. I grasped his hips pulling him into me. His moaning vibrated my clit; I pulled my knees up giving him total access to my pussy! George's tongue was making me insane, it was moving down to my butt hole and I really loved my ass licked. His tongue found its way back to my clit and I came hard, forcing me to moan around the cock in my mouth. I begged George to fuck me, he flipped on to his back and I got on top of him. I took his dick and aimed it at my pussy. It stretched me open as I lowered myself on him! My heavy breathing and moaning really got George aroused! I urged him on that I love being talked dirty!
"Call me your slut! Please treat me like your fucking slut", I grabbed my tits and began pulling my nipples. Georges hand reached for my clit and sent a shock through my body.
"Ride my cock bitch make me fucking cum", I suspected hubby had given George that advice during the chat session.
Leaning forward, putting myself on the bed I just impaled myself down on his cock. Georges lips found my right nipple, I pleaded for him to bite it. His teeth bit it and the sensation gave me my seconded orgasm in the night. George pushed me off him and got behind me. His cock thrust back it to me hard and deep. I was now screaming, because his speed was increasing with every second he fucked me. George used me, and I loved it. I began begging to be fucked harder. George steady grunting was driving me crazy. George smacked my ass. I put a finger in my mouth, getting it nice and wet. I reached back and found my own tight asshole.
I pushed a finger in and I could feel Georges cock moving in my pussy, separated only by the thin skin. He loved the show of me being so dirty and so pervert, like a dirty whore I am! I pushed the finger deeper in to my ass. With my finger I could feel the thrusting of George's cock. After my third orgasm exploded, I screamed out and came hard. George slammed into me. I moved my hips meeting him.
"I'm gonna cum", he moaned! He pulled out and I put my face towards his pulsing erection! In a second, a hot steamy heavy clot of cum fall all over my face! His white cum was landing over my face, spurt after spurt! Out of breathe and dizzy I thanked him. He was great!

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With the expected increase in teenage drivers during the spring and summer months, the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol is yet again offering its Smart Start driving class.
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With the expected increase in teenage drivers during the spring and summer months, the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol is yet again offering its Smart Start driving class.
Smart Start, designed for teen drivers and their parents, is a free, three-hour course aimed at reducing the number of collisions and injuries involving fledgling drivers.
"It's unfortunate, but the leading cause of death for 15- to 25-year-olds is car accidents," said CHP officer Dan Stark. "In Smart Start, we talk about DUIs, we talk about distracted driving."
Stark said the class pulls no punches because, when it comes to driver safety, the CHP can't afford to.
"We're honest with them," he said. "We show them real-life pictures and videos of actual accidents."
Issues covered in the Smart Start class include collision avoidance techniques, collision causing elements and driver responsibility.
Previous classes have also featured testimonials from parents whose children were killed in car accidents.
To date, Smart Start has proved an invaluable tool, said Stark. In fact, some graduates opt to retake the class.
"We've had some teenagers who wanted to go through the course more than once," said Stark. "This time, they bring their friends with them."
The impact of the class is not lost on the parents, either.
"Some parents say the class has changed their driving habits," said Stark.
The class also offers students an opportunity to meet local CHP officers in a non-stressful atmosphere.
"They can talk to us without being on the side of the road or at the site of an accident," said Stark. "It gives them a chance to see us not just as police officers. We were teenagers once."
The first Smart Start class is set to be held April 7, but there are currently no openings available. The next class is scheduled for May 5.
Classes are expected to be held once a month, but Stark said that number could increase, depending on the interest of the community.
For more information on the Smart Start class, call the Placerville area CHP office at 530-622-1110.
E-mail Jim Ratajczak at [email protected] or call 530-344-5069.


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Alumni Newsletter No. 17 September 2010
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ISS alumna has passed away
We were very sorry to hear from her fellow classmates that two weeks ago ISS alumna Lucy Gakii Kirimi (MA Agricultural and Rural Development 2000/2001) has passed away. Lucy, from Kenya, was buried at her father's home in Meru.
ISS was also informed that last year alumnus Kaviraj Rajnethre Mudhoo (also known as Raj Mudhoo), Secretary of Home Affairs in Mauritius, died suddenly at the age of 60. He was given a State Funeral. Mudhoo, who studied MDS Public Policy and Administration in 1983, spent his whole career in the public service, starting at the bottom of the ladder in the early 1970s and climbing to the higher echelons of the service where he became permanent secretary, Senior Chief Executive Officer and Secretary for Home Affairs. He contributed significantly to the restructuring the civil service in Mauritius.
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ISS in Indonesia
ISS will participate in education fairs in Yokyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta. Mrs. Wieke Blaauw, deputy Academic Registrar of ISS, will be visiting Indonesia. On Saturday 9 October 2010 an alumni event for ISS alumni as well as Erasmus University alumni will be organised in Jakarta. Further details are on our website now.
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First 'cookbook fellowship' student
Vinita Thomas of India has been awarded a fellowship to study RLGC starting in September 2010. The money for the fellowship has come from the proceeds of the two ISS cookbooks which were produced for the 2002 and 2007 Anniversary celebrations. Copies of the second cookbook are still available.
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In 2008, ISS started publishing MA Research Papers online.
The success of this means we would like to publish the Research Papers written before 2008 as well.To do that we need your explicit approval. If you are happy for us to publish your Research Paper online through the ISS website, please let us know through this link. In return ISS will be happy to send you the PDF file of your Research Paper.
New ISS education programme online!
The new prospectus is now available online now. You can read all about our MA, Doctoral (PhD) and Diploma programmes starting in 2011.
ISS at a glance 2009 is now available.
It gives a concise overview of the main activities in 2009 and serves as a general brochure for ISS. Download your copy of ISS at a Glance 2009
ISS staff
We are happy to welcome several new staff members - Professor Leo de Haan, the new Rector of ISS, Wim Geppaart as head of financial administration (ORM) and Paul Huber has joined ORPAS as Project Research Officer. ISS also has a new executive secretary - Linda Johnson who replaced Inge van Verschuer.
A number of staff has left in recent months too: ORPAS project officer Frances Morris, Faroel Ibrahim from the Finance Office, Maureen Koster from the PhD office and Senior Lecturer in Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies, Kristin Komives.
Award for Martin Blok
ISS Welfare Officer, Martin Blok won the Dutchversity Award which is presented to people who make a positive contribution to diversity. In Martin's case it was presented for his work at ISS with the Worldschool and other projects involving ISS students, but also for his work outside ISS such as the sports and music projects he organizes for children from different backgrounds in his home city of Rotterdam.
Alumni meetings
Over 35 ISS alumni attended that the alumni gathering in Lusaka, Zambia, on Monday 2 August 2010. The great evening was hosted by ISS' Ria Brouwers. Three staff members of the Netherlands embassy, including the Ambassador mr. Harry Molenaar, attended as well. Picture and information are on http://www.facebook.com/issalumni#!/photo.php?pid=6040227&id=582877974&ref=fbx_album
Dutch students and alumni get-together in Shanghai
The Netherlands Alumni Network China (NANC) is organising a get-together on 18 September at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in the VIP crown of the Dutch pavilion. Although the online registration is closed, you can still attend the event if you are at the Expo on that day.NANC is part of Nuffic Neso China and the Nuffic Holland Alumni network. This event is co-organized with the Netherlands embassy and the Consulate General Shanghai.
New publications
PhD student publication
'Participation for What: Social Change or Social Control?" (ISS, 2010) is entirely produced by past and present ISS PhD students. Articles were selected from the contributions for the Development Dialogue, which was held at ISS in 2008 (with the generous support of Oxfam-Novib). The book will soon be available for downloading under a Creative Commons license on the website of the Civil Society Building Knowledge Programme: www.hivos.net
An overview of the books that were recently published by ISS staff and (former) students is available on our website
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EADI Research - featuring research findings by EADI members
The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) has a completely redesigned and improved research website aimed at giving researchers easy access to working papers, policy briefs and publications by EADI members. It also features results from research projects led by EADI and members. Several dossiers and a monthly research monitor provide the visitor with recent research findings on selected development issues. Publications are provided in English, French, Spanish and German.http://www.eadi.org/research
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Following Fed Pres Evans opinion that the backup in treasury yields is due to "better economic data," Fed Pres Bullard believes it's a "little of both" the economic outlook and inflation prospects and Fed Pres Fisher believes that supply (fed by government deficits) is the main factor. It's no coincidence that one week before the next FOMC meeting, we get to hear from some Fed members as they lay the groundwork for what will be discussed and what the current thought process is. The bond market has put the Fed on the defensive to answer their concerns particularly on debt monetization and Fisher has reiterated that it is not what the Fed is doing. That answer is more semantics as it's exactly what they are doing but the Fed would rather couch it in helping the private markets rather than appearing to be feeding more government spending.
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For just about as long as they've been a (not real) band, Gorillaz have toyed with the idea of launching a full-blown, hologram-enhanced tour . After all, it seemed like the most logical way of bringing the group to life.
The only problem? Well, as you can imagine, lugging all that 3-D equipment around gets to be a tad bit expensive. Oh, and then there's the fact that, no matter how hard they try, Gorillaz masterminds Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett just can't seem to get the hologram thing to work the way they want it to.
So, while, yes, Gorillaz will be touring the U.S. later this year, if we'll have them ("We're coming back, going to play all around America, if they want us, of course," Albarn smiled), they won't be bringing the holograms with them. It seems they've officially closed that chapter of the band's history … and they've got Madonna, with whom they "performed" at the 48th annual Grammy Awards in 2006, to thank for that.
"You can't, at this point, do holograms. … This is what happened at the Grammys. We opened the Grammys — on television it looked great — but we had an invisible film pulled across our stage, and you project onto that, and put smoke behind it — it's a Victorian technology, actually," Albarn told MTV News. "So Madonna manages to come and sort of gate-crash our idea, as people like Madonna do, because that's why they're so deep. … She gate-crashed our idea, so we couldn't play with any bass or any sound, because it would vibrate [the film] so it was really quiet.
"So we open the Grammys, but no one could hear us, in this huge, great arena, and we were crestfallen at that moment. And I'm trying to get Bono to move, because his huge, great Stetson is obscuring my view," he continued. "And then, our song stops, and she appears on the other side of the stage, with her inflated-ABBA riff, at full volume, and the place goes insane. And at [that] point, I just thought, 'You know what? Sometimes, just keep it simple.' "
Which means that fans can expect more performances like their guest-heavy Sunday night set at Coachella , with appearances by the likes of Brit rappers Kano and Bashy, De La Soul and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. There's no word on just when their U.S. tour will kick off. E-mails to the band's label, Capitol, were not returned by press time, but with all that hologram business now behind them, Gorillaz can focus on putting on a booming, in-your-face set. Which is all fans really want, anyway.
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When U.S. diplomats filed into North Korea's grim embassy in Beijing last month they found an unlikely surprise: Starbucks.
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There were more surprises to come.
Five days later, the United States and North Korea simultaneously unveiled a unique and potentially far-reaching agreement, dubbed the "Leap Day" deal because it was announced on February 29 - that chronological oddity that occurs only every fourth year.
North Korea promised a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests, and to open itself to new international inspections....
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Polybius (204?–;122? B.C.), a Greek historian. Of the 40 books making up his history of Rome, only 5 complete books and fragments of others survive. The history extends from the Punic Wars to the destruction of Corinth, or from about 266 B.C. to 146 B.C. It is filled with moralizing and attempts a justification of Roman conquests. Nevertheless, it is valuable for its on-the-scene descriptions.
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As the security situation in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province continues to deteriorate, the Taliban are threatening to take control of Peshawar, the provincial capital. As the Taliban grow bolder, they have begun to target foreigners of all stripes. Even one of their own.
Today, two reporters, one from Newsweek, were shot in western Peshawar after they dodged a kidnapping attempt. Yesterday, the Taliban successfully kidnapped an Iranian consular official, in the same region. Two days prior, a U.S. aid worker and his driver were killed in another kidnapping attempt.
But the most curious kidnapping that occurred in Pakistan's northwest has gone largely unreported. The Taliban kidnapped a Canadian journalist named Beverly Giesbrecht. CTV described Giesbrecht as "a Web magazine publisher in British Columbia who adopted the name Khadija Abdul Qahaar after converting to Islam after 9/11."
What magazine does Giesbrecht/Qahaar write for? None other than Jihad Unspun, a pro-al Qaeda, pro-Taliban, pro-jihadi rag that describes terrorists as "Mujahideen" and Western forces as "Occupiers." Jihad Unspun routinely posts translations of terrorist leaders.
Here's how Giesbrecht/Qahaar "reflects" on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks (read the whole thing, it is much worse than this):
Giesbrecht/Qahaar recently joined the Taliban in the Mohmand so she could "eat breath and sleep with the Taliban in order to show the true face of those America's calls 'terrorists.'" She describes bombings in the region as follows:
Of course, the Taliban never kill civilians.
So how does CTV describe Jihad Unspun to its readers? CTV clearly never went to the website. Instead they relied on a "friend" of Giesbrecht/Qahaar, who called it "an alternative source of news on the Islamic world."
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ANTON WULFF HOUSE. The Anton Wulff House, located at 107 King William Street in the King William Historic District a half mile from downtown San Antonio, is an Italianate house with a square tower, paired arch windows, and a circular bas-relief in the gable featuring a sculptured bust of Wulff's daughter Carolina, done by his son Henry. Wulff built this house around 1869 or 1870. The land was originally part of the grant made to Pedro Huizar in 1793 from the large area farmed by Indians who lived at San Antonio de Valero Mission. Until the San Antonio River was diverted about 1926, it bordered the Wulff property, where a boathouse and bathhouse were situated. Part of the property on the Washington Street side was sold before Wulff died in 1894. His family lived in the house until 1902, when Mrs. Wulff sold it to Arthur and Elise Guenther for $7,000. In 1950 Elise Guenther's heirs sold the house to F. G. and Kathryn Antonio for $20,000. Mrs. Antonio made it into apartments. In 1964 a thin layer of pink stucco was applied to the house, and it was remodeled for use by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. It proved unsuitable for their needs, however. It was exempted from historic zoning when the King William Historic District was established in May 1968.
In 1974 the San Antonio Conservation Society undertook a campaign, headed by Walter Nold Mathis, to raise a fund of $100,000 to match a grant from the Sheerin Foundation to purchase the Wulff property. The cost of restoration ($250,000) was mostly paid for by a grant from the United States Economic Development Agency. In the fall of 1975 the Wulff house became the headquarters of the San Antonio Conservation Society, and that year the house was included in the King William Historic District. A Texas historic landmark medallion was placed on the house in 1976.
Chris Carson and William B. McDonald, eds., A Guide to San Antonio Architecture (San Antonio Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1986). Carlos E. Castañeda, Our Catholic Heritage in Texas (7 vols., Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1936–58; rpt., New York: Arno, 1976). Frederick Charles Chabot, With the Makers of San Antonio (Yanaguana Society Publications 4, San Antonio, 1937). Glen E. Lich, The German Texans (San Antonio: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures, 1981). San Antonio Express, October 3, 1965. San Antonio Light, March 23, 1986.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Mary V. Burkholder, "ANTON WULFF HOUSE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/cca04), accessed November 29, 2015. Uploaded on June 9, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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It is tempting, oh so tempting, to unleash the snark as the script unfolds: Real Housewives of Tampa. Or is it Real Generals of Kabul? But recent events are too sad for snark. With so much at stake, schadenfreude has taken a vacation. Here is what we know:
Retired Gen. David Petraeus abruptly quit his job as CIA chief when it be came clear that his long-running affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, would become public.
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A New Reason Given For Gun Control
Taxpayer funded NPR has found a new reason why states such as Vermont should enact gun control: Drugs. From NPR:
Vermont's loose gun laws and a high demand for drugs make a lucrative market for drug dealers who accept guns in return for the drugs they sell.
Because no law enforcement agency keeps track of guns specifically traded for drugs, no one knows exactly how many guns are involved in trades like this nationwide. But the Vermont field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), whose caseload mostly involves interstate or international gun trafficking, has seen it happen over and over.
Well, nobody is actually keeping track of these transactions, but it must be a lot. NPR laments:
The state is largely Democratic but has a strong tradition of shooting sports, so the politics of gun control are complicated. An assault weapons ban proposed after the Newtown killings, for example, was withdrawn after an outpouring of grass-roots and legislative opposition.
But they don't provide an example of "assault weapons" being traded for drugs. Instead, the only instance they cite is of a woman who traded two handguns for $400 dollars of heroin. And those handguns must either have been stolen, or really crappy, to go for only $400. So, they weren't purchased by that woman legally. So, Vermont's gun laws have nothing to do with any of it.
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on 12 Feb 2014 at 6:06 am # comatus
When heroin showed up in Vermont, it came from New York. Did Vermont demand that New Yorkers immediately give up, say, the right to assemble or speak, in return?
Nah, they should do as NYC does: show them as many laws as they want to see, and don't bother enforcing any of them.
You can blame this pretty clearly on PSH, which tellingly stands for both some dead actor and "pants-shitting hysteria," our national pastime. NPR, America's high-school newspaper.
on 12 Feb 2014 at 8:31 am # Lazarus Long
"NPR, America's high-school newspaper. "
Thank you for that.
on 12 Feb 2014 at 10:45 am # harp1034
Say office, I just wanted to let you know that I just traded a .38 Special for a key of weed.
on 12 Feb 2014 at 4:09 pm # Matthew Carberry
Vermont's gun laws are what they are in large part to their Supreme Court reading their state Constitution's plain language over a hundred years ago. There's a lot more stopping gun control there than just "tradition of shooting sports."
on 12 Feb 2014 at 8:55 pm # comatus
You're right Carberry, but then it's a truncated description. It's a tradition of "sports" shooting at officers of the Crown, and the odd New Yorkman, that made Vermont what she is and ever shall be.
on 13 Feb 2014 at 2:54 pm # Matthew Carberry
I stand clarified. =)
on 14 Feb 2014 at 4:47 am # Kirk Parker
"and ever shall be. "
Dont' get cocky, kid!
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When Christiane Asschenfeldt joined Creative Commons, in April 2003, Creative Commons offered one set of copyright licenses: in American English, based in good part on U.S. law. Two years later, CC offers fifteen different localized licenses, in thirtheen languages, from countries on four continents. (A couple dozen other localized licenses are in some state of draft.) Once a two-employee operation in the basement of Stanford Law School, CC is now an international network of law schools, thinktanks, nonprofits, and — most important — dedicated and expert volunteers. We have Christiane, and the many iCommons volunteers she personally brought together, to thank for this night-and-day difference. That Christiane until recently worked solo from Berlin, and is now raising a beautiful little girl, makes this accomplishment even more amazing.
Christiane met Larry and me at iLaw in Cambridge in the summer of 2002. We got along famously from the get-go, but little did I know that even then Larry was laying his plans for CC International. (He probably kept his vision for iCommons from me to prevent me, my hands already plenty full, from having a heart attack.) Looking back on it, I should have recognized then what I would come to appreciate when Christiane joined CC: Expert in the EU Directive on intellectual property, friendly and funny, and up-to-speed on the latest in film, scientific research, and pop culture, she was an obvious asset to the organization.
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One of the greatest moments of sports movie history is when boxing neophyte Rocky Balboa, in Rocky II, after taking an unbelievable beating from Apollo Creed, gets off the mat with a supreme act of will to defeat the current world champion by a knockout and is given the microphone. He humbly thanks his opponent, his trainer, his wife, and his team before he proclaims, "Yo, Adrian, I did it!" This affirms that his herculean efforts to win were not his alone but the result of committed training and the hard work of his team. Who can forget his runs through the neighborhoods to the top to the plaza steps in Philly? It gives me chills just to think about it. Rocky embodied the concept of Be Better, Do Better.
When Rocky's story began, he was a third-rate local boxer with bad habits – smoking, drinking – and limited career opportunities. He made a living being "muscle" for the local loan sharks who mostly collected gambling debts. He saw himself as "just another bum." However, fortune in the guise of a mousey girl, Adrian, and trainer, Mick, who saw his inner strength and love of life, came to Rocky, and he embraced the opportunity. He imagined a better future and prepared for it with determination and expert guidance. He won a fight to become the heavyweight champion of the world by "becoming" a better person.
School is about challenging you to Be Better, to dig down and use your inner resources and the support of your mentors to Do Better, as Rocky did. This is a formula for success; if you work hard to become a strong, moral, more determined person and are open to your teachers' instruction and mentorship, good results will follow.
To summarize my thoughts about our new theme, please enjoy the fifth, sixth, and last stanza of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's greatest poem, "A Psalm of Life:"
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,— act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Let us, then, be up and doing,
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ALBANY -- Funeral services for the late Ms. Julia M. Johnson, formerly of GA who departed this life Sunday, June 30, 2013 in North Hills, California will be conducted Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. from the Second Shiloh Baptist Church, 205 4th Street SE, Bronwood, GA with Rev. Artie Gardner, officiating. Interment will follow in the Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, GA. The family of Ms. Julia Johnson will receive relatives and friends at 1404 Lily Pond Road, Albany, GA with Meadows Funeral Home incharge of the arrangements.
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Aspiring public school teachers in Delaware will face new academic challenges if legislation proposed Thursday is successful.
The bill is meant to improve the quality of educators in the state's school system. It would set higher standards for being admitted to teacher-education programs within Delaware and introduce tests that graduates must pass to prove they are ready to teach.
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|Canadian 2003 International Consensus Algorithm For the Diagnosis, Therapy, and Management of Hereditary Angioedema.
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|C1 inhibitor deficiency (hereditary angioedema [HAE]) is a rare disorder for which there is a lack of consensus concerning diagnosis, therapy, and management, particularly in Canada. European initiatives have driven the approach to managing HAE with 3 C1-INH Deficiency Workshops held every 2 years in Hungary starting in 1999, with the third Workshop having recently been held in May 2003. The European Contact Board has established a European HAE Registry that will hopefully advance our knowledge of this disorder. The Canadian Hereditary Angioedema Society/Société d'Angioédème Héréditaire du Canada organized a Canadian International Consensus Conference held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 24 to 26, 2003, to foster consensus between major European and North American HAE treatment centers. Papers were presented by investigators from Europe and North America, and this consensus algorithm approach was discussed. There is a paucity of double-blind placebo-controlled trials in the treatment of HAE, making levels of evidence to support the algorithm less than optimal. Enclosed is the consensus algorithm approach recommended for the diagnosis, therapy, and management of HAE and agreed to by the authors of this article. This document is only a consensus algorithm approach and requires validation. As such, participants agreed to make this a living 2003 algorithm (ie, a work in progress) and agreed to review its content at future international HAE meetings. The consensus, however, has strength in that it was arrived at by the meeting of patient-care providers along with patient group representatives and individual patients reviewing information available to date and reaching agreement on how to approach the diagnosis, therapy, and management of HAE circa 2003. Hopefully evidence to support approaches to the management of HAE will approach the level of meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in the near future.
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After the Timberwolves' most heartbreaking loss this season, coach Kurt Rambis found reasons to smile. Rambis said his team displayed its best effort at both ends of the floor in Wednesday night's 113-109 overtime loss to San Antonio at Target Center.
The consoling words, however, had little effect on Wolves players, who were agonizing over another late-game collapse — this time after leading the team with the NBA's best record by 21 points early in the third quarter, by 11 at the start of the fourth and by six with 2:05 left in the final period.
"This one hurts the worst," Wolves forward Anthony Tolliver said, comparing late-game setbacks at Oklahoma City on Monday night and at Charlotte on Nov. 15. "When you have a game spoon-fed like this one, there's no reason to let it get away. We were playing so well, and we let them chip away at us."
San Antonio extended its winning streak to 12 games and improved to a league-best 13-1 after the Wolves (4-12) failed to convert on key possessions. Reminiscent of the collapses against Oklahoma City and Charlotte, the Wolves had a late lead in the fourth quarter but couldn't hang on.
The Spurs' comeback countered impressive performances from Kevin Love, who had game-highs of 32 points and 22 rebounds, and Darko Milicic, who is becoming one of the NBA's top comeback stories. Milicic, averaging 22 points and 10 rebounds in the Wolves' previous two games, followed up with 22 points, eight rebounds, five blocked shots and four assists.
Milicic might have done more if he hadn't fouled out 10 seconds into overtime. One of the highlights for Rambis was seeing the Spurs forced to throw double-teams at Milicic when veteran all-star center Tim Duncan was unable to defend Milicic by himself.
Rambis was content to accept the loss as another round of growing pains for the youngest team in the NBA.
"As we grow as a young team and we evolve, these are the painful lessons that we have to learn," Rambis said. "A lot of mistakes were made in crucial situations against a veteran playoff team. They make the plays, and we make the mistakes. I thought our guys did a terrific job. If we keep playing like that, we'll be fine as a ballclub."
One area the Wolves will have to improve is offensive execution in close games. After reserve Spurs forward Gary Neal hit three free throws to tie the score 106-106 with 16.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter — he was fouled by Wolves rookie Wesley Johnson on a three-point shot attempt — the Wolves had plenty of time to work for a winning shot.
Point guard Luke Ridnour spent most of the 16.2 seconds dribbling before getting his layup attempt blocked by Antonio McDyess with six-tenths of a second left. Ridnour was in a similar situation with 7.6 seconds left in the overtime and the Wolves trailing 111-109.
A play Rambis called during the timeout to feature a "two-man game" with Ridnour and Love never materialized, and Love ended up taking an off-balance shot near the three-point circle.
"We just didn't get organized the way we wanted to ... to get the shots we wanted to get," Rambis said.
Michael Beasley has been a late-game option for the Wolves, but he was on the bench for the final 4:50 of the fourth quarter after missing badly on back-to-back jumpers and then throwing an errant pass out of bounds. Beasley, the Wolves' leading scorer (21.9), ended up with 11 points on 5-for-12 shooting. Rambis did not design a play for Beasley in the final seconds of overtime.
The Wolves also didn't have Milicic in the overtime, but the 7-foot center and his teammates were in agreement that the game never should have made it to the extra session.
"We can't be scared to win," Milicic said. "We were up 20. We should have kept playing. We get into the fourth quarter and we start thinking too much instead of just playing ball."


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The first thing I have to say is this: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your kindness towards me yesterday. I read every comment, every tweet, every Facebook comment, every email. I can't tell you how it feels other than this: I feel like we're all in this together somehow. Thank you for celebrating, for rejoicing with those that rejoice. You are good people.
Now, I'm honoured to tell you that I'll be contributing monthly at Prodigal Magazine. Prodigal is a lovely collective of writers that believe storytelling can change the world.
This is my first essay for them: it's for all of us that seek to comfort others – or even our own selves – in grief and sadness.
The baby had already been nursed, and rocked, settled with kisses into her crib. My husband needed to water our patch of earth at the community garden, and so he took our eldest daughter with him, just a quick errand before bedtime, be back in 2o minutes. It was just me and Joseph, nearly-four-year-old boy-of-my-heart, with his generous mouth, and clumsy puppy boy-energy, kooky and wild and wonderful. We had a busy weekend outside in the sunshine, we were all tired, not at our best, but it was past bedtime, and he wasn't feeling well.
So he stood at the front window, and he watched his dad and his big sister pull away in the mini-van, headed for his beloved garden, and it suddenly all became too much to bear. They were leaving him, and he wanted to go with them, more than anything in the world, he was tired, he was unwell, and oh, enough is enough. He began to cry and cry and cry.
I had tried my best to distract him.
I put his sturdy boy body into a warm bubble bath, even found a few cars to go in there with him, told jokes, forced a few laughs from my own exhaustion, teased, tickled. He cried and cried, sitting in the bathtub, his sobs echoing off the tile, tears falling, he would not be quieted or shushed or bossed in his grief. He would not be distracted. Then I heard the baby wake up, alarmed by the cacophony of grief, and I lost my patience. I stomped, I shushed. I hissed about sleeping babies, and how he was too big, too old, for this nonsense. For heaven's sake, it's a small garden, they'll be back in a moment, gracious, child, where is your self-control? Listen to me, listen to me, obey, obey, stop it, stop it stop it. This is ridiculous.
Amazingly, this did nothing to calm the situation.
I bathed him, grim-faced, a sergeant major of mothering, dried him with his own striped towel, and still he wept his frustration, his exhaustion, his loneliness, his left-out-ness.
And I remembered something
—something about my own self in the moments of my grief and exhaustion and weariness for real-grown-up-life stuff, and wondered: maybe small boys need this gift, too?
Read the rest of this essay at Prodigal Magazine. I'll meet you over there…


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Taylor Pullon, left, and Tyler Hollett recieved seventh place with a silver rating at the National Agriscience Fair at the National Future Farmers of America Convention in Louisville, Ky. on Oct. 30. / Photo submitted by Gina Neff
LANCASTER — Two former Lancaster High School students were recognized on the national level for their work on an FFA project that took two years to perfect.
Taylor Pullon, 19, and Tyler Hollett, 18, received seventh place with a silver rating at the National Agriscience Fair at the National FFA Convention on Oct. 30 in Louisville, Ky. The pair was recently notified of their win.
Im really proud of what we accomplished, Pullon said. It was a lot of hard work.
Pullon and Hollett raised four rabbits for about 70 days, two on an all-natural diet and two on a pellet diet. From there, they butchered the rabbits and compiled a report analyzing the differences in meat quality and size.
They spent pretty much all of last year working on the report, said Gina Neff, Lancaster High Schools agricultural eduction instructor.
What turned out to be an award-winning project, they said, also was an interesting one to follow.
The fact that the pellet (rabbit) grew and matured faster than the natural fed was pretty surprising, Hollett said.
In terms of taste, the results were mixed. Pullon and Hollett baked the rabbit meat and had 20 volunteers try each one to measure flavor, texture and palpability. The natural-fed rabbits came in first and third places, with the pellet-fed rabbits in second and fourth places.
It actually ended up being very close, Neff said. There wasnt a huge difference in what we saw.
Before entering the national competition, the pair won the state Agriscience Fair title in May. However, this wasnt the first time the project was presented at the fair. Hollett and Pullon revised their project from 2012, in which they followed a similar concept but with two rabbits instead of four. That project received a bronze-level award, but the pair wasnt satisfied, so they broadened the project.
With competition coming from all across the country, they said the competition was more difficult.
When we got to nationals, you could tell it was definitely more intense than state, Pullon said. It was the top 15 in the nation, so it was a lot more intense.
Neff said this is the first time this award was earned by an FFA chapter in Fairfield County, and its a first in her short career.
I am so pleased that they put their time and effort into this, Neff said. It was a pleasant surprise, and Im very proud of them.
Hollett is working at Traders Cafe, 416 N. Columbus St., and Pullon is attending Wilmington College, with a dual major in agricultural business and agricultural education.
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California bank seeks to buy Cascade Bank
May 10, 2011
By Staff
California-based Opus Bank announced plans last month to acquire Cascade Bank parent company Cascade Financial for $21.75 million in cash.
Cascade shareholders plan to meet in Everett next month to vote on the buyout. If shareholders and regulators agree to the deal, the transaction should be complete late in the second quarter.
Cascade Bank operates branches in Issaquah along Front Street North and Northwest Maple Street.
"This strategic transaction is an extension of our vision to create a strong super-regional bank in the Western region," Opus founder, CEO and President Stephen Gordon said in a release.
Combined, the company could include 27 full-service offices, including 22 in the Puget Sound region and five in Southern California. Opus is based in Irvine.
"Opus Bank's vision of building a high-quality, relationship-based community bank is consistent with Cascade's own vision and rich legacy," Cascade CEO and President Carol Nelson said.
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|Dan's harvesting operation started its inaugural season in 1992 with a John Deere 8820, a 1975 Kenworth cabover tandem and a 1975 Ford Louisville tandem. Dan began his harvesting career from scratch with sweat, hard work and faith in his ability to do quality work. Having a background in farming and harvesting of his own crops gave him the knowledge and experience to pursue this new business venture.
|As each year went by, Dan updated the equipment to meet the needs of the customer as well as to stay current with technology and the many changes that took place in the John Deere combine industry. In 1997 Dan went from one 9600 to two 9600's and added the tractor and grain cart in the fall season. In the fall of 1997 Stephanie also joined Dan on the harvest run by leaving a full-time office job to take over the day-to-day business operations and setting up a computer to provide needed financial information as well as important items such as customer settlements, field yield reports, and many other aspects of business operations. She also provides good meals or an extra hand in the field which helps keep the harvest season running smoothly.
|In 1999 our harvest operation took a different direction and we started working with Carl and Karen Figgins. This change was beneficial to both businesses and formed a long-lasting friendship. At the end of 2005 Carl & Karen decided it was time to stay at home after many years on the harvest trail. Before the 2006 harvest season began, we combined forces with Franke Harvesting Company from Covington, Oklahoma, so that we would be able to continue providing quality work and the ability to split up to cover as many of our customers as possible when the crop is ripe and the push to get it harvested is at hand. We work with the Franke crew primarily in Texas and Oklahoma if possible. In 2007, we purchased a third combine and are currently still harvesting with three combines. During the late fall and winter season we have our farm ground to get worked and ready for the next year. Dan also keeps busy with hauling grain and feed ingredients with one of our semi's and grain trailers. We have several semi and grain trailers that we will run is the winter also if we have a successful candidate for that position. Click here to view our photo gallery.
|We are also proud members of the U. S. Custom Harvesters Inc.
Skinner Harvesting operates three John Deere 9770 STS Combines with John Deere 635 Draper headers. We also have various other heads for the combines such as 914 Pickup attachments, 612c Corn head, and 8 row Row Crop heads. To support the combines out on harvest, we also run a John Deere 8430 Tractor and Kinze 1050 Grain Cart with scales. To haul the grain to the elevator's or farmer's bins, we have two Kenworth T-800 semi-tractors, three Peterbilt 379 semi tractors, 1 Peterbilt 377 tandem truck. We have 40' to 42' grain trailers for the semi's a pup trailer for the tandem.
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|Out on the road we take two house trailers to stay in. Dan and Stephanie stay in one of the trailers which is the base for the harvest season. Stephanie provides any items that the crew would want for breakfast as well as providing lunches (either hot or cold depending on the schedule) and always hot supper meals whether in the field or at the trailer site. All company business is conducted at the base trailer.
|The crew trailer provides sleeping room for up to eight crewmen, 2 bathrooms with showers, living area with satellite television, refrigerator, microwave and a full-size washer and dryer for laundry needs. Yes, the trailers are air-conditioned. When the crew is working long hours every day out in the field, laundry will be kept up by Stephanie. We also provide basic necessities for our crew such as towels, sheets, blankets, pillows, toilet paper, laundry soap, paper towels, etc.
|Our Harvest Route / Crops We Harvest
|We will leave our home site of Emporia, Kansas around the 18th of May, of course depending on the ripeness of the crop at our first stop in northwest Texas. We always try to arrive at our first stop several days in advance so that everybody can get adjusted to the difference in temperature as well as learn the area for field and elevator locations. From Texas we will stop in Oklahoma on occasion if time permits before we have to be at our next scheduled stop in southwest Kansas. After leaving Texas and arriving in southwest Kansas the crew is always amazed by the huge difference in landscape, field size and ease of moving equipment from field to field. From Kansas we will move to Colorado and harvest in Colorado for approximately two weeks. This is a good chance for the crew to catch their first glimpse of mountains if they have never seen them before. The next scheduled stop is in central Montana. It will take approximately two days to travel between our stop in Colorado and Montana. We will harvest in three different locations while in Montana ending up in the northwest corner on the east side of the Northern Rockies. Our stay in Montana will be approximately two months depending on Mother Nature and crop conditions. After finishing in Montana, small grain harvesting (i.e. wheat, barley, canola, flax and others) will be completed for us.
|Now the time of year is approximately the second week of September and we are traveling back to southwest Kansas to begin our Fall harvest season of corn and sorghum (milo). There are several other crops that can be harvested in the fall such as soybeans and sunflowers, but we mainly harvest corn and milo. The Fall harvest season will last approximately into late November, possibly early December, depending on the weather conditions.
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|When traveling the harvest run we experience many different types of people and situations that will require the use of the criteria above. When we are not in the field due to rain or the crop not being ready, we complete any maintenance work that needs to be done. After all maintenance and service work is caught up, we try to relax and take in some local recreation or maybe see a national park site in the area. Please contact us by phone or e-mail or fill out the application, print and send it to us. Thank you for visiting our web site.


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Cameron Newton played in only one game this past season with the Gators.
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Former Florida Gators backup quarterback Cam Newton's legal issues over possession of a stolen computer should be cleared up in the next few weeks.
But Newton's attorney, Huntley Johnson, told FLORIDA TODAY the Georgia native won't remain a Gator and is transferring to Blinn College, a junior college in Texas.
By playing at a junior college for a year, he will be able to work on his game for a season then move back into the major-college ranks without a year of inactivity. He was a sophomore on this year's UF team but only played in one game due to ankle and neck problems. ...