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"Provides a specialty focus on the machines of war which were designed and developed with the battle environment at hand." California Bookwatch (November 2008)
"I truly liked the illustrations by Jim Laurier. Throughout the book, there were side by side comparisons of the vehicles, their turrets, even their gun sights. This backed up the liberal use of photographs showing both vehicles in many different views. This is an easy book to read, and would be welcomed by any reader with an interest in either of these fighting vehicles." Thomas Houlihan, World War II Database (September 2009)
"For Duel #13 we have the first repeat antagonists. Both the Panther and the Sherman have been covered before, but not against each other ... [Everything] is superbly covered by author Steven Zaloga and thanks to excellent art work and period photos, his points are well illustrated ... Another superb addition to what has become a very popular series..." Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com (October 2008)


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NCPA Media: Health Care
Mar 22, 2015
After 18 years, bipartisan bill may finally address Medicare flaw and stop absurdity of 'doc fix'
The Waco Tribune-Herald: The National Center for Policy Analysis' five reasons to embrace the repeal of Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula were highlighted in a Waco Tribune-Herald op-ed.
Mar 20, 2015
Iowa/Nebraska CO-OP Insolvency Costs Taxpayers $225 Million
Heartland: Iowa's insurance CO-OP set premiums too low in order to gain market share and put taxpayer money at risk, admonished NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Heartland article.
Mar 19, 2015
Soaring Drug Prices Leave Patients Seeking Relief
Houston Chronicle: Specialty drugs are the next gold rush in pharmacy, and health plans are concerned, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in a Houston Chronicle article.
Mar 17, 2015
ObamaCare Premiums Jumped 23% This Year -- After Subsidies
Investor's Business Daily: Thanks to the way ObamaCare calculates insurance tax credits, the average subsidy went down while premiums went up by 5 percent, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an Investor's Business Daily article.
Mar 16, 2015
Health Wonk Review: Spring Forward Edition
Health Works Collective: The supreme Court's upcoming ruling in King v. Burwell could be an opportunity for congressional Republicans to make significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in the latest Health Wonk Review hosted at Health Works Collective.
Mar 11, 2015
Mental Health Providers Look For Federal Incentives To Go Digital, Too
Kaiser Health News: The federal government should take a lesson from the $30 billion spent on enticing medical providers to enroll in electronic records before attempting the same thing with the mental health community, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Kaiser Health News article.
Mar 05, 2015
Supreme Court Split on Obamacare Subsidies
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Congress must prepare for the possibility that the Supreme Court will strike down subsidies, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article.
Mar 04, 2015
King vs. Burwell: So What?
Life Health Pro: The verdict in King v. Burwell could force Congress to make some big decisions regarding the face of the Affordable Care Act, according to NCPA experts cited in a LifeHealth Pro article.

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Britain Leads in Campaign Finance Reform the New Laws Will Clean Up How Political Parties' Activities Are Financed and Run
Alexander MacLeod, Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
Britain's Labour government is poised to pass draconian campaign finance reform laws that will make United States rules appear wimpish by comparison.
Political analysts say the new rules will restore public confidence in political campaigns and clean up how political parties' activities are financed. Moreover, they will make Britain a leading example among European democracies by making the political process more transparent.
But the laws also are likely to create serious problems for the opposition Conservative Party, which in the past has relied heavily on large donations, usually secret, from wealthy individuals.
The new laws will ban all political gifts by foreign donors.
Political parties will break the law if they spend more than 20 million ($32 million) in the year leading up to a general election.
And Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair will require publishing the names of people giving more than 5,000 to any party.
Each party will be required to appoint a supervising officer mandated to track all gifts above 50. Mr. Blair also wants companies to get shareholders' approval for political donations.
WITH a 180-seat majority in the Commons, the government is certain to get its measures through.
Introducing a draft bill Tuesday, Home Secretary Jack Straw said he wanted party funding to be more transparent.
"Public confidence in the political system has been undermined by the absence of clear, fair, and open statutory controls on how political parties are funded," Mr. Straw said. "By providing honesty and openness to our political system, we hope to restore public trust and promote greater confidence in our democracy."
The new laws seem likely to elevate Britain as a European leader on political-party reform.
In Germany, political parties get taxpayers' money to help pay for their activities, with the aim of cutting the financial links between big business and politics. In France and Italy, much cash reaches political parties from large donors who fail to identify themselves.
In Britain, the 20 million limit on spending at general elections means that Conservatives and Labour will have to cut back heavily on what they spent in the 1997 poll. Then the Conservatives spent 28 million and Labour 26 million.
Since 1992, according to figures published by the parties, the Conservatives have received 106 million in donations, compared with 39 million for Labour.
Political analyst Peter Riddell says both parties seem certain to rake in - and therefore spend - less in the future: "They will have to rely much more on the free peak air time on TV and radio political parties are given under existing British electoral laws. …


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Yesterday's hot tip from Annie P claiming Paris Hilton and future hubby Doug Reinhardt would stop by Aura last night was totally on the money.
Folks who went out to see her were "treated" to a lot of liplocking between the couple, as proved by these D Magazine photos.
Any of you get out to see the Hilton heir and live to speak about it? We have comments...
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Duration: 2 weeks
Category: Unreached People Groups, Diasporas, World Faiths
Have sent small groups on multiple trips into the Bhutanese-Nepali community of Buffalo, NY. Visited many families, recruited local cross-cultural workers to become involved, and have conducted contextualized, Christocentric Satsangs in high-caste Hindu homes.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline, Congress has passed and sent to President Obama a four-year extension of three critical terrorism-fighting powers, including powers to conduct roving wiretaps and examine business records in pursuit of terrorists.
A House vote on the bill followed in rapid succession Senate action. Both votes were by wide margin and came after the rejection of efforts to change the legislation by both conservatives and liberals who contended that government use of the terrorism-hunting powers infringed on personal liberties.
The roving wiretap and business record provisions were part of the USA Patriot Act passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The third, allowing surveillance of non-American "lone wolf" suspects, was included in a 2004 intelligence law. All three were set to expire at midnight Thursday.


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Taking Depression on; Mental Health: Emotional Wellness Has Become a Big Topic on Campus. Suicides and Litigation Have Forced the Issue. What Students and Parents Must Know
Byline: DANIEL MCGINN and RON DEPASQUALE
On the long list of worries Mom and Dad have when a child goes to college--grades, homesickness, partying--there's a new issue: the apparent rise in mental illness on campus. More than 1,100 college students commit suicide each year, according to estimates by mental-health groups. And even when students aren't in acute distress, they're suffering in surprisingly large numbers. In a 2003 survey by the American College Health Association, more than 40 percent of students reported feeling "so depressed, it was difficult to function" at least once during the year; 30 percent said they were suffering from an anxiety disorder or depression.
While there's debate over why the numbers seem to be rising, there's also concern that colleges aren't dealing with the problem. In January the Crimson, Harvard's student newspaper, published a widely discussed five-part series concluding that "an overwhelming majority" of Harvard undergraduates experience mental-health problems. The series further stated that the university's shortcomings in helping students were causing "a pervasive mental-health crisis."
Given that assessment, it's inevitable that mental-health issues are starting to filter into admissions conversations at various colleges. One counselor at an East Coast private high school says that during the 2003-04 admissions cycle, officials from two colleges confided they were focused on admitting a class that was "rock solid" emotionally--both to help prevent suicides and to reduce the toll on overbooked school therapists. MIT admissions Dean Marilee Jones says she's looking to enroll "emotionally resilient" students. "If we think someone will crumble the first time they do poorly on a test, we're not going to admit them," she says. "So many kids are coming in, feeling the need to be perfect, and so many kids are medicated now. If you need a lot of pharmaceutical support to get through the day, you're not a good match for a place like MIT."
Since the admissions process requires students to appear flawless, many families avoid disclosing a child's history of emotional problems, especially before they get an acceptance letter. However, parents are starting to ask tough questions about just which kind of mental-health services they can expect from schools. Those inquiries can become loudest at colleges that suffer high-profile suicides.
At NYU, after four students fell to their death from buildings during the last school year, the university took several steps to help students. Among them is a 24-hour "wellness" hot line; when talking on the phone doesn't seem to help, the hot line--with the student's acquiescence--will dispatch a counselor or the campus police to the student's residence. Families of incoming NYU students are also receiving letters asking for information on special needs, including whether a student is taking medication or seeing a therapist. The university's therapists now make weekly trips to residence halls for one-on-one appointments. By going to dorms, administrators hope, counselors will increase their visibility and make sessions more convenient.
NYU may be on the right track with its door-to-door approach, but many colleges face obstacles to providing good on-campus care. While nearly every school has a counseling office, almost half lack a full-fledged staff psychiatrist, according to Robert Gallagher, a University of Pittsburgh professor who conducts an annual survey of college counseling offices. That means it may be difficult for a student to receive prescription drugs to treat depression or anxiety, and that many students may be referred off campus for treatment, which may not be ideal. "Not only are the [on-campus] services more accessible, but the people providing the services are more familiar with college pressures," says Gallagher. And while some schools offer unlimited therapy for students, others restrict them to eight or 10 appointments a year. …


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Purchase: Bought two of them from Gotreeless.com each for about 1200.
Likes: On the contrary to previous reviews, I find both of these saddles to produce exceptional results from several of my Arabian horses. One gelding was having a great deal of trouble bending and carrying me in various dressage saddles, when I switched to a Torsion saddle, his movement improved drastically. I highly recommend this saddle when the rider is having difficulty fitting a saddle to his/her horse. His back was able to lift and round, I use this saddle for long trail riding, too, with great results.
Dislikes: The billets are super wide and I have difficulty using roller buckles on girths other than Torsion made girths. They will fit, but are extremely tight. I actually, cut off the the Torsion billets and replaced them with thinner leather strips!
Quality: Otherwise, the Torsion is excellently manufactured and has stood up to much use.
Summary: I not only would recommend the Torsion dressage saddle, but when my barn burned down and I had to replace my tack, the only thing I was concerned about was replacing my Torsion saddles.
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Dave's Son Nathan Negotiates His First Ever Pawn Shop Deal
There's your baby's first steps, first words and first tooth. Potty training, learning to read, and learning to ride a bicycle. All huge milestones as parents gauge the growth of their children. But my son Nathan and I enjoyed an all too often overlooked milestone: his first solo trip into the pawn shop.


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ACI - Bond and Development of Straight Reinforcing Bars in Tension
A report on tensile load of straight reinforcing bars!
The performance of reinforced concrete structures depends on adequate bond strength between concrete and reinforcing steel. This report describes bond and development of straight reinforcing bars under tensile load. Bond behavior and the factors affecting bond are discussed, including concrete cover and bar spacing, bar size, transverse reinforcement, bar geometry, concrete properties, steel stress and yield strength, bar surface condition, bar casting position, development and splice length, distance between spliced bars, and concrete consolidation. Descriptive equations and design provisions for development and splice strength are presented and compared using a large database of test results. The contents of the database are summarized, and a protocol for bond tests is presented.
Test data and reliability analyses demonstrate that, for compressive strengths up to at least 16,000 psi (110 MPa), the contribution of concrete strength to bond is best represented by the compressive strength to the 1/4 power, while the contribution of concrete to the added bond strength provided by transverse reinforcement is best represented by compressive strength to a power between 3/4 and 1.0. The lower value is used in proposed design equations. These values are in contrast with the square root of compressive strength, which normally is used in both descriptive and design expressions. Provisions for bond in ACI 318-02 are shown to be unconservative in some instances; specifically, the 0.8 bar size factor for smaller bars should not be used and a f-factor for bond is needed to provide a consistent level of reliability against bond failure. Descriptive equations and design procedures developed by Committee 408 that provide improved levels of reliability, safety, and economy are presented. The ACI Committee 408 design procedures do not require the use of the 1.3 factor for Class B splices that is required by ACI 318. 49 pp.
Bond and Development of Straight Reinforcing Bars in Tension - Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Bond behavior
- Bond forces-background
- Test specimens
- Details of bond response
- Notation
- Factors affecting bond
- Structural characteristics
- Bar properties
- Concrete properties
- Summary
- Descriptive equations
- Orangun, Jirsa, and Breen
- Darwin et al.
- Zuo and Darwin
- Esfahani and Rangan
- ACI Committee 408
- Comparisons
- Design provisions
- Recommendations by ACI Committee 408
- CEB-FIP Model Code
- Structural reliability and comparison of design expressions
- Database
- Bar stresses
- Database
- Test protocol
- Reported properties of reinforcement
- Concrete properties
- Specimen properties
- Details of test
- Analysis method
- Relative rib area
- References
- Referenced standards and reports
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Gentile da Fabriano's patrons were princes, the church, and various city governments as well as the customary merchant clients. His art has a cosmopolitan flavor, in which brilliant color, textural richness, and ornamental pattern are combined.
In the Madonna and Child Enthroned, painted in Florence, Mary sits on a bench covered by floral material that falls onto an elaborately tiled floor. The elegantly attired figures are surrounded by four angels, barely visible, which have been incised into the gold-leaf background. In contrast to earlier devotional images in which the Madonna and Child appear as a celestial vision, the holy figures here appear very corporeal. As if to emphasize Mary's role as Divine Mother, the Christ Child gestures with his right hand toward the Latin word Mater inscribed on the collar of her mantle. The string in his other hand tethers a butterfly, a traditional symbol of Christ's resurrection from the tomb.
Gentile's art is typical of the International Style, a manner of painting which became popular at courts throughout Europe in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. Characterized by a refined decorative elegance, a concern for continuous rhythms, and the lavish use of gold and bright colors, this aristocratic manner fused the stylized art of the Middle Ages with the emerging naturalistic interests of the Renaissance.
upper center on the Virgin's collar: MATER (Mother) [DEI]; across bottom on the hem of her dress: AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOM[INVS] TECV[M] BEN[EDICTA] (Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed), from Luke 1:28
Marks and Labels
Alexander Barker [d. 1873], London, who possibly acquired it in Florence;[1] (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 6 June 1874, no. 45); (Grüner). E.J. Sartoris, London(?), and Paris, by 1876;[2] (Nathan Wildenstein and René Gimpel, Paris and New York), by 1913;[3] purchased 1918 by Henry Goldman [1856-1937], New York;[4] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York);[5] sold March 1937 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[6] gift 1939 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1876
- Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1876, no. 195, as The Virgin and Child.
- 1910
- Loan to display with permanent collection, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, at least 1910-1911.
- 1920
- Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1920, unnumbered catalogue.
- 1941
- Duveen Brothers. Duveen Pictures in Public Collections of America. New York, 1941: no. 26, repro.
- 1941
- Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 74, no. 366.
- 1942
- Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 247, repro. 110.
- 1944
- Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 26, color repro.
- 1944
- Frankfurter, Alfred M. The Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1944: 74, repro. no. 49
- 1945
- Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 23, repro.
- 1951
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Athol, Idaho (map) | (208) 683-2425
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Oct 2015 - $31.00
Nice State Park with several loops near a lake, fairly level paved pull through site with water and electric, but no sewer, but there are two different dump stations.
Bathrooms and showers were very clean and modern.
There are a number of hiking trails and an old Navy Brig turned into a small museum.
The park was a Naval training base during WWII.
I thought it was a little pricey for what you got, but we would stay here again if passing through. - bukhrn
Sep 2015 - $32.00
This is a beautiful park with many miles of hiking rails that we enjoyed immensely. We were in the Gilmore loop but all of the loops were well laid out and each had their own attraction. The restroom building in our loop was amazing, certainly not what I expected for a state park. This place is peaceful and we will definitely return. - Tech5709
Aug 2015 - $28.00
Beautiful park! We were in Gilmore campground, one of 4 individual campgrounds in this large, historic park; this campground's 2 loops are wooded with wide, paved sites (pull-thru and back-in) and electric-water hookups. Waldron campground, the largest, has more open sites and more companion sites, which are grouped close together. Whitetail and Snowberry are deeply wooded with tight, winding roads and smaller campsites, well suited for tents, popups, truck campers and small trailers. Bathhouses varied; those in Gilmore were quite new, with individual, unisex shower rooms. Multiple camp hosts kept them quite clean. Lots of history - the Navy had a big training base here in WWII - nature and beautiful scenery here, as the park is on the shore of Lake Pend d'Oreille. Unfortunately, the smoke from many wildfires limited our enjoyment of the latter. We enjoyed seeing a large flock of wild turkeys, deer, squirrels, and various birds in this park. Quiet, as most of the campgrounds are away from any main roads; a state route does run through the middle of the park but has little nighttime traffic. Would love to come back again; we wish it weren't quite so far away from home. - PokyRVer
25700 North Pope Road Athol, Idaho 83801 (map) | 208-683-0891
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Aug 2015 - $40.00
A brand new park just east of Athol, Idaho. Good location, easy access, friendly staff, good elbow room. Will probably be a 9 or 10 in a few years as they work out the kinks.
Currently paved entrance and interior roads with gravel sites. Decent WiFi, long pull throughs for larger rigs and shortish backins for class B and class C rigs. Decent amount of space between rigs.
Has a good basketball court and nice swimming pool.
Easy access to resort and sites themselves. Some trees but cut high enough to not interfere with most sites.
Very nice looking facility which will get even better with age.
We'd return again. - Tucsonbenz
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This campground is basically here to use Silverwood(theme park). It is a weekend warrior get away to utilize the theme park. The amenities here is basically the theme park we did have full hookups 30 amp, water, sewer. The rules that they give you to abide by or basically nonexistent for the people that camp inside the park. I seen fire rings with wood being burned that's a no-no. I seen up to four vehicles parked in a space with at least 15 to 20 people that's a no-no. I'm not sure what the campground host responsibility is, but from what I could tell they were nonexistent. Look if your young family you want to go to the theme park you will love this place kids running everywhere you can throw rocks, football baseball whatever you want and not have to worry about hitting or not hitting something, now if you're used to rules and people abiding by rules and some type of orderly conduct and parking don't come here, you will be disappointed. We were here for a two day event at the theme park so we made the best of it but I will probably not come back. - monaco cruiser
Sep 2015 - $39.00
The only reason to stay here is to do silver wood and for that it works great! Road noise, check. No WIFI, check. As close as you can get to silverwood without staying in the park, check. Friendly staff and a discount to the park. It is what is and if your not too picky it serves the purpose well. - Fishmon
Jun 2015 - $35.00
Our site was not level. The grass at our site and surrounding sites was overgrown and under the picnic table it appeared to never had been mowed. We had full hook ups and they did work. There are many portable bathrooms around. The campground was a big field they made into as many sites as possible, no trees or shade. We would not stay here again. - Thatcher Family


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I'm helping out a single parent mom with some handy work around her house. In Minnesota we have some houses that have partial basements. The full size windows are just above ground level, so on the inside of the basement, the first four feet are cement block then the upper half of the walls, above ground, are wood stud construction. The problem is there is moisture behind lower portion of the walls. The base boards are rotten, the drywall is moldy & crumbling. The small fir studs behind the s/rock are rotted on the bottoms and some are rotted further up. After ripping the s/rock off the lower four feet, (the part covering the block), I could see the lower 2-3 feet of the bock wall is uniformly wet looking. They used celotex between the studs, directly against the block wall, and a poly vapor barrier directly under the drywall. Maybe the celotex wicked the moisture? I'm thinking of painting the inside block wall with one of those water proofing paints, then replacing the lower half of the wall as it was. Only I can't be sure why so moisture was there in the first place. The house is fairly new, built in 1996. The block wall physically looks good. Before starting the repair of the inside wall, I removed some Spreading Yew plants that were on the outside against the wet wall. I also dug down about 8 inches and layed some thick black poly sloping away from the foundation, and filled it back in with dirt to the normal height with a slope away from the house. There are operational drain gutters on that side of the house also. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Mold should be eliminated emidiatly, before it gets to your families health. Get it cleaned and eliminated Immediatly. But take lots of pictures, document everything, and get to your laywer first, the builder did something wrong, in a house this new.
I hope you can solve this sooner rather than later.
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The work force of colonial America, Buhle observes, consisted of Melville's "mariners, renegades, and castaways" drawn from every race and corner of the globe--including women, of course, as well as men. In the years following the Civil War, the labor movement had strong roots in both the anti-slavery and the women's rights movements. The National Anti-Slavery Standard renamed itself the National Standard and advocated the rights of workers, women, freed slaves, Chinese immigrants, and Indians. Wendell Phillips, a leading anti-slavery agitator, ran for governor of Massachusetts on the Labor-Reform ticket. In 1871, feminists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton addressed the convention of the American Labor Reform League and were thereupon voted vice presidents. The next year, charismatic socialist Victoria Woodhall and the great abolitionist orator Frederick Douglass ran for the nation's highest offices on the same ticket. Yet from early on there was another side to the American labor movement. The International Typographical Union refused to apprentice women--whereupon Susan B. Anthony trained women privately and encouraged them to take nonunion jobs. By 1870, the Workingmen's Advocate declared of the Chinese, "`Bond' or `free' they are a curse to our country." Woodhall and her supporters were expelled from the American section of the International--with Karl Marx's personal written consent. The Gompers Era In the 1880s, the broad tradition of inclusive labor reform found expression in the Knights of Labor, which by 1886 had more than one million members. The Knights officially welcomed all workers except lawyers and liquor dealers; while to their shame they participated in the anti-Chinese bigotry of the West, they welcomed black workers in a way almost unique in the era and aligned with Mexican-American movements in the Southwest. 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[11 Jun 2009|
Hi all. Tis been a while!
If you know my facebook then you may know, but if not there's no way you could've!
Last two weeks I spent a quick trip around Europe!
Visited 4 places: Barcelona -> Rome -> Athens -> Berlin.
Just got back a few days ago and tryign to recover from all that traveling and walking...
But I did finally finish uploading my pics from the vacation...
If you want to take a look click this link:
It's separated by days (the number before the link)
Or just go to my facebook profile and look at it there. That works too.
Anywhoo that's aboot it.
How you guys doin'
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Things About Me: Part 5 of a 25 Part Series
[26 Feb 2009|
[5] One of my cool achievements in life is to have lost only 3 points total in my Trigonometry class in high school. I had one of the best teachers ever, Mr. Booze! A very lively teacher who gave nicknames to eeeeveryone. After each test you'd also get a sheet that showed your score in the class, as well as your ranking in the class. As a result, I got the nickname of "#1", since well... I was always ranked there.
There was one instance on a test where I didn't get the top score, and that got my nickname bumped down to "Has Been". Though that didn't last too long until I got my #1 nickname back... Fun class, great teacher, awesome memories.
Maybe this also helped why I liked math so much too...
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If you want the answer to the riddle, poke me on AIM. I'm still bugging my friends (nostalgic!) about this and dont want the answer floatin' around.
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Things About Me: Part 4 of a 25 Part Series
[24 Feb 2009|
[4] I looove puzzles / brain teasers. There's nothing like tackling a tricky puzzle, trying to find the small holes and taking in those hints to try and solve something. I suppose that's why I did pretty well in math. Who knows.
But yeah, A bunch of my friends might remember back when, when I was *crazy* about puzzles. I put up a bunch of puzzles on the internets and asked (read: forced) many of 'em to try and figure them out.
Crosswords, Sudoku, Kakuro, whatever they're called. Fun stuff.
Oh hey. Here's one right here. Go ahead and try to solve it. Comments will be screened so you can put your answer down without peer bias :o...
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Things About Me: Part 3 of a 25 Part Series
[21 Feb 2009|
[3] I am absolutely obsessed with TV. If you see me at home, you have an 80% chance of seeing me in the living room watching TV (alongside with my laptop propped open). The other 20% chance is me watching streaming video of Japanese TV.
As a result, I have to attribute my knowledge of Japanese have absolutely been hightened by TV. The thing about Japanese Variety TV (Not the silly dramas. Don't need any of that stuff. Variety shows are where the fun is at) is that a lot of what is said is also written on the screen. It absolutely helps to see how things are written in tandem with what is being said to help learn things right? Definitely. That, along with the fact that I love quiz shows too, have helped learn a whole buncha things I couldn't've known otherwise. As for Korean, everything came from TV.
Good stuff TV. DOn't ever let me down.
If only US TV would get into the Japanese groove of things... *shakes fist*
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Things about Me: Part 2 of a 25 part Series
[18 Feb 2009|
[2] I was REALLY good at Japanese... like, so good that I talked absolutely fluently. How? When I was real little, my (Japanese) grandma took care of me as both of my parents worked (at the same company!) And because my Japanese-only-speaking Grandma took care of me a lot... well yeah, only makes sense!
Unfortunately she moved back to Japan, and all of that Japaneseness disappeared. Alas. It would've been nice to have that at my arsenal, but I just have to relearn it all over again. Oh well. I'm taking it again in college! While I did deal with Japanese school on Saturdays *all* through my elementary-middle-highschool career, it didn't really do much to help. I did get to meet a bunch of great friends there. Dealing with the grind for 11 years...
What DID really do much (... doesn't sound right using it positively...) was... well... I suppose that's for another point...
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Things About Me: Part 1 of a 25 Part Series
[16 Feb 2009|
Well. If you've hung around Facebook lately, you'd see the barrage of "25 things" going on. How fun. And if you haven't, well, here it is... except that I don't have the patience to actually get into a groove and keep it going. So... well, why not just separate it into once a day (not necessarily consecutively...) and eventually get to 25. Sounds good. So... lets go!
[1] I'm half-Japanese, half-Korean. I've had people point me out as Japanese before, but I can't recally someone pointing me out as Korean. Also, I get just slightly annoyed if someone knows my last name is "Nakamura" and ask, "oh, which side is Japanese?"
Think a little bit thar eh? Though I suppose maybe if you don't know Nakamura is a Japanese name... (Or I could be just biased against the fact that it obviously is no matter how you hear it. Maybe.)
I do embrace my Japanese side much more though. TV-wise, class-wise, surroundingness-wise, food-wise... yum.
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[01 Jan 2009|
Hey all. Been a long time since I've done something with this guy.
I don't expect anyone to really pay attention to this though.
I suppose if it still pops up in your friends entries as you're perusing them...
But in case you're in the outside world, all my old entries have been locked up. If you want to see 'em (and I have no idea why you'd want to) just poke me on AIM and I'll MAYBE let you in.
Maybe I'll brush off the rust and get this ol' thing running again.
Really, if you want to know more about me, poke me on AIM or MSN. I'm almost always on if I'm free. Nothing's changed about that. Nosiree.
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These news stories come from all departments and sections of eWashtenaw.
Suspect Michael Glenn Sentenced 14-21 Years in Prison for Multiple Assault Charges
On 11/27/12, in response to the report of a female needing help and bleeding heavily, Deputies were dispatched to the 2300 block of McKinley Street in Ypsilanti Township. A lengthy investigation provided the following information.
Washtenaw County Bonding Information Update
Washtenaw County Bond Resolution Update Message from Commissioner Yousef Rabhi, Chair of the Board & Verna McDaniel, Washtenaw County Administrator:
2012 Community Report
Welcome to the second edition of the Sheriff's Office Community Report. An educated community is our best partner and we provide this document in the spirit of partnership and collaboration.
Washtenaw Area Council for Children Offer Free Cyber Safety Summer Camp for Tweens & Teens
Free Week of Cyber Safety fun and learning for tweens and teens entering grades 6-9.
WCSO Dep. Visel & New Police Service Dog Karn Make First Successful Suspect Track
Police Service Dog Karn assumed active duty at the Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 and made his first successful suspect track two (2) days later.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Corporal Paul Mobbs Retires
Honoring 25 years of exemplary service, Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton wishes to announce the retirement of Corporal Paul Mobbs today, May 31st, 2013.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Corporal Lori Butler Retires
Honoring 25 years of exemplary service, Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton wishes to announce the retirement of Corporal Lori Butler today, May 31st, 2013.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Corporal Loretta Brown Retires
Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton wishes to announce the retirement of Corporal Loretta Brown, effective May 29th, 2013.
Some WCSO Public Service Areas will be Closed Monday in Observance of Memorial Day
In observance of Memorial Day, May 27th, 2013, the Records, Civil, and Inmate Visitation Operations will be closed. The Service Desk will have reduced hours of 11AM-1PM. Normal business hours will resume at 8:00 A.M. Monday, June 3rd, 2013. For any non-emergency police services, call (734) 994-2911.
Sheriff Clayton: Celebrating our History, Celebrating our Staff
Every year the Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies throughout our county, state and nation commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15th. Each year in Washtenaw County members of law enforcement, county officials, and community members come together at the Washtenaw 100 Memorial Park on Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti to honor the law enforcement officers in Washtenaw County who have died in the line of duty. This ceremony is always a solemn and deeply moving occasion.
Suspect Michael Curtis sentenced in 2nd Degree Murder and 1st Degree Child Abuse Case.
During the early morning hours of October 21st, 2012, Deputies Joshua Arts, Nicholas Krings and John Cratsenburg responded to the report of a child possibly choking in the 1000 block of Fall River in Ypsilanti Township. The first Deputy to arrive, Deputy Arts, found no signs of life in fourteen (14) month old Chase Miller and immediately initiated cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Sheriff & Prosecutor's Offices achieve conviction on Unlawful Imprisonment, Assault and Criminal Sexual Conduct Case.
On 03/21/12, Deputies Heather Morrison and Chad Teets responded to an Ypsilanti Township address to investigate the alleged false imprisonment and assault of a female. Upon their arrival it was determined that the female had been held at the residence against her will for over thirty (30) hours by her then boyfriend Dajuan Roberts. During the time she was held, she sustained multiple injuries, including knife wounds and a "branding" injury where Roberts had burned his initials into a portion of her body with a hot coat hanger during one of several assaults. She reported that she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by Roberts during the course of her imprisonment.
WCSO Hall of Honor Dedication Ceremony
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. As a part of marking Police Week in Washtenaw County, Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office will be holding a Dedication Ceremony for the newly created "Hall of Honor" to remember and honor Sheriff's Office personnel who have paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our community.
Young Women Making Washtenaw County Better (YWMWB) Grand Prize Winners
Fifth Third Bank and the Detroit Red Wings just concluded another year of the S. H.O.T.S. program (Students Helping Others Through Service). This initiative encourages Southeast Michigan High School students to volunteer their time in an effort to make a positive impact on the local community.
Sheriff's & Prosecutor's Office Achieve Conviction in 2009 Sexual Assault, Assault and Great Bodily Harm Case
On May 2nd, 2013, a jury rendered a guilty verdict for Anthony Chandler in a 2009 Ypsilanti Township Sexual Assault, Intent to Commit Great Bodily Harm, Felonious Assault case.
Dangers of Social Media – Creps Facebook Sentencing
Paul Joseph Creps was sentenced yesterday to 10-15 years in prison for the sexual assault of two (2) underage girls in Ypsilanti Township.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Lieutenant Troy Bevier Retires
Honoring 25 years of exemplary service, Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton hosted a retirement luncheon celebrating the career of Lieutenant Troy D. Bevier, on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013.
WCSO Arrests Suspects Involved in Armed Robbery
On 4/3/13 at approximately 2:20am, deputies responded to the 7-11 store located at 2200 E Ellsworth Rd Ypsilanti Twp regarding an armed robbery that had just occurred.
WCSO Community Engagement Golf Outing
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office invites you and your friends to a day of golf and fun at the Community Engagement Golf Outing!


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I don't men to be nosy, but did Laney ever regret walking out on the dark elves challenge?
congrats on the D.D. Miranda!!! your concept designs from Face Off were pretty good
Wow! I can't believe I found this page!!! I've watched every season of Face Off from the beginning! I knew I recognized the Peter Peter Pumpkineater makeup from the show, and lo and behold I was right!!! All of your makeups were beautiful and I'm a big fan!
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Some developed world countries are now net cash importers as professionals working abroad send money home
When the financial crisis arrived on the shores of Dubai and the workforce constructing the seemingly endless line of exotic hotels and private golf courses was told to down tools, it was a bigger blow to the villages of Pakistan and Bangladesh than the tiny emirate's treasury coffers. Almost all of Dubai's 2 million population comprises foreign nationals who send home 40% of everything they earn, according to the World Bank.
Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and the Chinese are among the most numerous nationalities in Dubai. There are also several thousand Britons.
Buried in the data on global remittances is a surprising fact: some developed countries are now net importers of cash, as professional people working abroad send increasing amounts of cash home. According to the World Bank, France benefited from a huge remittance inflow of $18.9bn in 2011, more than the $14.8bn that left the country.[view whole blog post ]
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Farrell is not concerned with those bald statistics from the 23-13 RBS 6 Nations victory, arguing that some missed tackles should be seen as a natural consequence of the high-pressure defensive system England use to rattle the opposition.
"Everyone goes off the missed tackle statistics. I look at it differently," Farrell said.
Courtney Lawes was identified as a case in point. Lawes was criticised for the number of tackles he missed against France, including one in the build-up to Wesley Fofana's try.
Farrell acknowledged the miss on Fofana was a mistake but Lawes' main job was to instil fear and doubt in the minds of the French. The intent was almost more important than the execution.
And when Italy arrive at Twickenham on Sunday, Farrell vowed that Grand Slam-chasing England will be ready to send them into some very dark places.
Farrell said: "I wouldn't want us to be a passive defensive side that back off and doesn't put pressure on the opposition. If you do that, there will be misses here and there. There is a difference between a glaring one-on-one missed tackle when you are isolated (like Lawes' on Fofana) and the team going, 'Let's go and get them'.
"If somebody like Courtney gets off the line and puts the fear of whatever into somebody's mind, the next time that guy is taking the ball up he is not thinking pretty thoughts.
"He is thinking, 'S***, where is Courtney Lawes?'.
"We are a side that likes to force errors on the opposition and make sure they realise it will be a physical, hard game. It is definitely part of our mantra. That is why we are hard to play against. We want to have a reputation that we are a force to be reckoned with as far as defence is concerned."
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