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Staff Sgt. John Duffen, 78th Security Forces Squadron, makes his way through a building May 20, 2014, during an active-shooter exercise at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)
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Two 78th Security Forces Squadron defenders, followed by an evaluator, make their way through a building May 20, 2014, during an active-shooter exercise at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)
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Several Airmen, portraying casualties during a training exercise at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., react to the carnage May 20, 2014. The active-shooter training exercise is conducted annually as required by the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)
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Mark Campbell, Department of the Air Force policeman, assesses casualties following a simulated mass shooting at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The active-shooter training event is conducted annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)
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Staff Sgt. Maria Patrick assists Staff Sgt. James Harris, who portrays a shooting victim, during a May 20, 2014, active shooter training scenario at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The entire installation was on lockdown for roughly 15 minutes during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray Crayton)
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Col. Henry Cyr, 461st Air Control Wing commander, at the podium - flanked by Col. Chris Hill, Installation commander, left, Lt. Col. Brian Schmanski, Army Joint STARS Detachment commander, and Col. Kevin Clotfelter, 116th Air Control Wing commander, right - answers questions during a mock press conference at the Museum of Aviation May 20, 2014. The active-shooter exercise at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., provided realistic training to effectively prepare personnel for crisis situations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Roland Leach)
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Exercise, Exercise, Exercise: Robins tests its mettle during Oscar-worthy scenario
Posted 5/22/2014 Updated 5/22/2014
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-- A lone gunman went on a mass shooting spree Tuesday at Robins, leaving several people dead before taking his own life.
Well, not really.
But, many of those on hand for the simulated active shooter scenario may have had to remind themselves that is was an exercise.
The basewide scenario was played out in realistic, gritty detail, all in an effort to prepare emergency personnel and all Robins employees for a potential crisis.
The command post announced the lockdown via the "giant voice" system as the entire installation closed for roughly 15 minutes with the exception of emergency outbound traffic at one of the gates.
The annual exercise - an Air Force requirement - took place at Bldgs. 2072 and 2053, with Tech. Sgt. Andre Sanchez-Romero, a 78th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, acting as a gunman intent on a murderous rampage, ultimately leaving 20 volunteer "victims" dead or wounded.
With no shortcuts taken in blood and moulage, the entire event - which took eight weeks to plan - was worthy of Oscar nominations.
Only training weapons were used in the exercise.
"Safety was paramount. The bottom line is we didn't want anybody getting hurt," said Dave Berry, 78th Inspector General's chief of inspections planning. "We had to notify everyone in those buildings beforehand because we certainly didn't want to surprise or scare anybody."
The staged crisis began with 911 calls to the Base Defense Operations Center and ended with simulated medical treatment and analyses of the crime scene and shooter's vehicle by the Office of Special Investi-gations personnel.
The 78th Force Support Squadron handled proper notification to victims' families, and the coroner was on hand to assess the fatalities.
On Wednesday, mental health evaluations were even carried out for first responders and witnesses acting as sufferers of post-traumatic stress following the incident.
The active shooter scenario is a collaborative effort that includes inspection team exercise members from emergency response functions, FSS, OSI, IGO and the base chaplain.
"We try to make it as real as possible, so we can get added value for the people who work here," said Tony Purtee, 78th IG inspection exercise manager. "We want to touch everybody and make sure they know these procedures for lockdown situations."
I would like to send a huge thank you and praise to all who volunteered help plan this event and all the additional agiences that it takes to provide a real life example of what could happen. Safety is so important here at Robins an each day we go home to our familes and the warfighter back to thiers is in my thoughts a Great Day at Robins
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text: "The Digital Death Day attendees were not all entrepreneurs working out their promising business plans. (And some of those business models make good sense. LegacyLocker, DataInherit, AssetLock, and Deathswitch are all new companies offering sensible and useful services, on the order of providing Web locations for safe password storage, or promising to notify interested parties at the time of your death.) There were funeral directors present – digital technology is playing more and more of a role in bereavement, with Facebook walls functioning as memorials and slide shows and other media-borne mementos important. The city of Hong Kong, thedigitalbeyond recently reported, has turned to online memorials to help deal with a shortage of burial plots." — Robert Roper in "Life After Death, In Digital Form" at Obit Magazine


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The Skinny on Dieting--UPDATED
Adapted from Dr. Fuhrman's book Eat to Live.
You may already know that the conventional "solution" to being overweight--low-calorie dieting--doesn't work. But you may not know why. It is for this simple yet much overlooked reason: for the vast majority of people, being overweight is not caused by how much they eat but what they eat. The idea that people get heavy because they consume a high volume of food is a myth. Eating large amounts of the right food is your key to success and is what makes this plan workable for the rest of your life. What makes many people overweight is not that they eat so much more but that they get a higher percentage of their calories from refined fat and refined carbohydrates, or mostly low-nutrient foods. Plus, this low-nutrient diet establishes a favorable cellular environment for disease (like cancer, heart disease, and dementia) to flourish.
As long as you are eating so many low-nutrient foods, it is impossible to lose weight healthfully. In fact, this vicious combination of sedentary lifestyle and eating typical "American" food should make normal people overweight. It is perfectly normal to become a "food-addict," eating more calories when the body requires, when your intake of micronutrients is so low. This low nutrient intake leads to cellular toxicity creating an internal environment when cravings, and ill-feeling ensue if the body is not continually overfed. It is similar to the way a heroin or nicotine addict, who needs their regular fix, or withdrawal will begin and they will feel too uncomfortable. The standard (low phytonutient) diet leads to discomfort (headaches, weakness, abdominal spasm and fluttering, mental confusion and more) the minute your stomach empties for a few hours.
Eat To Live is the only dietary style that recognizes "toxic hunger" as the cause of obesity and that the nutrient-per-calorie density of foods must be considered when trying to fuel the body for health. Because eating more high-nutrient foods and recipes end toxic hunger, they put an end to dieting forever.


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California State University, Chico will hold its 120th Undergraduate Commencement during two ceremonies—the first on Saturday, May 22, and the second on Sunday, May 23, celebrating the class of 2010. The ceremonies will take place in University Stadium.
Approximately fifteen hundred students will receive a bachelor's degree on Saturday, followed by thirteen hundred on Sunday. Both ceremonies will begin at nine in the morning and will be held rain or shine. They are expected to last two hours each, and tickets are not required for admission.
Saturday's commencement exercises will consist of graduates from the colleges of Agriculture; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Business; and Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management. Sunday's ceremonies will include graduates from the colleges of Communication and Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and International and Interdisciplinary Studies.
California State University, Chico President Paul Zingg will speak at both ceremonies. Talia Michelle Israel, a graduating senior from the College of Business, will speak on Saturday, while Preston James Countryman, a graduating senior from the College of Natural Sciences, will speak on Sunday.
An honorary doctorate will be awarded to David C. Favor on Saturday, May 22, for his work with nonprofit corporations specializing in the residential care and treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed children in California. Favor will receive the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, conferred by the California State University Board of Trustees and CSU, Chico.
There will also be a ceremony for master's graduates. CSU, Chico's fifteenth annual Commencement for Master's Graduates will be held in Laxson Auditorium on Friday, May 21, at seven in the evening.


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JWC TO KATE STERLING; 12 August 1851; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18510812-JWC-KS-01; CL 26: 126-128
The Priory / Great Malvern Tuesday [12? August 1851]
Dearest of Kates!
You are there, and I am here, and other people are yonder! So far all is right, but in vain, do I, for my share, try to hop off my shadow; riding on donkeys, sitting under trees, and all that sort of rural thing!— London follows me even into this Donkey-Paradise, in the shape of daily flights of little notes containing announcements of this and the other great goose being at this and the other Hotel, and desiring to know when I will receive them—at Chelsea!—"their time being valuable, having so many things to see, they cannot go on chance &c &c." And so my valuable time here must be eaten up in answering them that I am far away thank God! and don't they wish they may get me!— I have been writing such notes this morning till my head is all in a swim; but I wont let a post go without thanking you for your letter, which I was beginning to get impatient for;—the Capt1 having written to me that he had had a letter from you, and "so of course I had had one." I did not see the "of course" clearly; but that might be my blindness. Good gracious! think of that man leaving his drunk Capt behind, and navigating the immortal Lily2 himself!! I have a notion to present him with a book Carlyle is now reading while he takes his baths—Masterman Ready3—it might be so useful to him if he were thrown on a desert Island.
You will or ought to be glad to hear that Mr Carlyle "takes quite sweetly to his baths" as a goody goody Lady here expresses it—"Oh Mrs Carlyle! it was such delightful news to be told by Mr Scott's (her husbands) bath man, that Mr Carlyle had said his only regret was not being kept longer in the pack!—you can't think how pleased Mr Scott and all of us were!"— Ach! die zärtliche herzen [Oh! their tender-loving hearts]! Nobody shows much delight at my "taking sweetly" to the donkeys—in fact I pass for a woman in good health, merely here to keep her husband company—so my hopes that perhaps Dr Gully might steep or plash myself into a more effectual state are quite fallen to the ground; after all man does not live by cold water alone—and it is not Dr Gully I fancy that can do me the favour of informing me what is Life? the question which has spoilt my digestion these good many years—
You shall soon have the whole book now I hope. The sheets of the first part are already in the Captain's hands and the rest will be transmitted to him by my Brotherinlaw, as they come from the press—
We stay here till the end of the month and then go into Cheshire I presume—but no further I at least—Mr C will be in Annandale—if the whole programme be not overturned by the Ashburtons going to Paris sooner than they thought—Mr C being to meet them there—
I am glad you like my clever good little Geraldine— She took to you at first sight— I find it is the William Marshalls not the James ones you are neighbours of4—if you recollected what I said of Mrs Marshall being a moony ethereal sort of woman you would not know what to make of it on seeing Mrs William whose fantasticality is of a rather substantial sort—
God bless you my Kate love to Julia5— Your affectionate
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Michael Stover of the MTS Management Group has announced that Nashville country music artist Doug Briney will perform at the Jimmie Van Zant "Hope For Freedom" Benefit Concert. This event will be held on September 19-20, 2014 at the Noccalula Falls Campground Stage, 1600 Noccalula Rd. in Gadsden, Alabama.
Doug Briney will perform at 3:10 p.m. on Saturday, September 20th. The concert will benefit the South-Atlantic Liver Transplant Fund with advance tickets available for $14 per day; these can be purchased here.
The management company explains that country singer/songwriter, Jimmie Van Zant was diagnosed with liver cancer, and is in need of a life-saving liver transplant. He is the cousin of legendary Van Zant brothers, Ronnie and Johnnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Donnie Van Zant (.38 Special.)
A meet and greet with Jimmie Van Zant and some of the Van Zant family is planned, with a silent auction to be held on Sunday, September 21st, as part of the weekend-long event. The concert will be broadcast live on VRadio Nashville, and it will also be filmed for VRN TV. (For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/139145899589103/.)
More about Nashville country artist Doug Briney:
On Memorial Day, Doug Briney had announced that he would be donating 100% of his profits from the sale of his single, "Unknown Soldier" to Operation Troop Aid, ending on Labor Day. Doug has now announced, he will be extending his campaign, through Veterans Day, November 11, 2014. You can hear "Unknown Soldier" and also download it on iTunes, Amazon, and all digital retail outlets.
"We are so honored to have Doug Briney performing at the Jimmie Van Zant 'Hope For Freedom' Benefit Concert," said Doug's manager, Michael Stover of MTS Management Group. Stover went on to say:
"Doug is simply one of the most charitable artists I've personally worked with. He's even performing at another Cancer Benefit in Madison, TN, on August 30th, too! It makes me extremely proud to have him on our roster. I also hope that the fans will continue to download Doug's single through November, and really help us make an impact for the veterans."
Doug Briney is a three-time 2014 International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA) Award Nominee. He is also a 2013 Independent Country Music Association Award Winner, a Nashville Universe Award Nominee, an Artists Music Guild Heritage Award Nominee, and an Artists In Music Awards Nominee. His current album, Super Country Cowboy (Tate Music Group) earned Top 10 status on the roots music airplay charts, while reaching the iTunes Inspirational sales charts. Doug Briney has performed at CMA Fest, The Iditarod, The Alaska State Fair, The Cave Springs Georgia Arts Festival, and across the midwest. For more information, visit http://www.dougbriney.com.


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Online Quizzes: Annoying or Fun?
So lately I have noticed that a ton of quizzes have been showing up in my news feed on Facebook? Sometimes I think, "do people really have time to take all these quizzes?" Other times, I see one and think that could be fun. So what do you think about all these quizzes floating around social media.


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Did anyone check out this movie yet, I want to go before we take off Sunday morning for Memphis, have heard nothing but great things...
Django Unchained is phenomenal! Probably the best movie I've seen all year. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't like blood and killing because that is practically the entire movie. Otherwise I highly recommend it.
"The greatest risk in life is not taking one"
I love Tarentino movies, very pumped to see it.
Spike Lee hit the "do not like" button.
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Spike Lee hit the "do not like" button.
Yeah.. Without even seeing it.
Hilton Coliseum was specifically built to hold in sound with a solid concrete structure, steel doors, and a crowd that sits just a few feet from the court. With a fan base that frequently ranks among the nations largest crowds, players from opposing teams, as well as Iowa State, have said that the floor has shaken due to the loudness of the crowd
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Did anyone check out this movie yet, I want to go before we take off Sunday morning for Memphis, have heard nothing but great things...
It's awesome
Originally Posted by Rural
Spike Lee hit the "do not like" button.
It doesn't really surprise me though. The movie can be extremely offensive for people of African American descent. It takes place right before the Civil War when slavery and racism was at its peak.
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The days leading up the the GTG Invitational were filled with sightseeing and practice.
On day 2, I had my first experience practicing with the Thai National Team. The gents who arrived before me had already practiced with the team twice and I was thrilled to have my crack at it. The facilities are pretty cool. It's a giant outdoor turf field, but it has a roof over it and nets around the sides. So while you get the outside feel, you are fairly well covered.
I was truly impressed with how far along the talent for the Thai squad has come. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting much but was blown away with what I saw. Here's a little video of practice that night. Note: Jeff Brunelle is wearing an Indiana Pinney.
Connor Wilson and Glenn Morley explaining the defensive drill
At this point in the trip, I was VERY jet lagged and not used to the humidity at all. When you breathe, it feels like you're breathing in a thick, hot soup. Hard to believe any oxygen got into anyones lungs. Everyone was drenched after practice, and ready to eat and drink gallons of water. We ended up eating across the street at a cool little place.
The complex had these strange decorations in the trees that intrigued me. I took a still picture of them but decided a video would be best to capture what they were. Check it out:
Not really sure what they're supposed to be. Raindrops? Perhaps they just look cool and aren't really anything? My theory is it's casting a shadow…from…the other limb.
The next day we headed to the grand palace. Before getting in, some scam "security guards" told us the Palace didn't open until 12 and that we should take these Tuk Tuks to other places. We knew what we were getting into, but thought it would be fun to venture out on some Tuk Tuks and see Thailand up close and personal. We saw an enormous buddha! among other sites.
Tuk Tuks are filled with all types of stickers. Thailand, for some reason, loves Liverpool, and when I saw a Liverpool sticker on a tuk tuk, I tuk a picture of it (misspelling = intentional). When I reviewed this picture later, I became aware of the sticker to the left of the LFC one. Still not quite positive what it is for. It kind of scares me.
Stunning, the adventure was. After the sights, we all wanted to go back to the grand palace. So we asked the Tuk Tuk drivers to take us back. They had other plans. If they bring tourists to these suit shops, they get their gas paid for. They wanted to bring us to 5 suit shops! Dave Ogle was having none of that and negotiated it down to 1 stop.
I was very much tempted to buy a suit here.
Thailand, so witty.
We eventually made it back to the Grand Palace and all was well. The magnificent detail on the buildings in the Palace are breathtaking. Some choice photos:
The mini village was so awesome
Mr. Miyagi grooms the trees
Such a cool place.
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Part 3: The GTG Invitational Game coming tomorrow.
Woke up today and was still happy Lebron lost. Not sure where he was going with those comments. No, wait I know. He was rubbing his money in everyone's face…with no ring.
We are happy our new assistant coach, Pete Nelson, decided to bring his talents to South Indiana.


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Newspaper licensing scheme: clarity
The NLA is owned by the 8 national newspaper publishing houses and generates B2B revenues for 1,300 national and regional publishers through licensing use of their content by press cuttings agencies (PCAs) and their client companies – mostly PR companies/PR functions. They took a case to The Court of Appeal which judged that there's a need to have two licences for monitoring News 'clippings' – both online and off – one for paid for by online monitoring service providers and one for their customers (who get notifications of the fact that articles are there, and can buy/receive copies).
Managing Director David Pugh said in a statement: "The Court of Appeal has today unequivocally confirmed the ruling of the High Court that online newspapers are copyright protected. It has given a clear declaration that most (if not all) businesses subscribing to a media monitoring service that contains content from online newspapers require a licence. We welcome this ruling and the clarity it provides for publishers, media monitoring agencies and their clients. This positive interpretation of UK copyright law provides legal clarity and certainty for all players in the market. Publishers can be sure of fair royalties for the use of their content, suppliers of paid-for online monitoring services will benefit from a level playing field and clients of such services know that their licence provides a simple way to guarantee compliance with the law."
Personally, it doesn't affect me on the face of it – I check regularly online and know where my clients' coverage is due to appear and go track down (and pay for) copies, but Simon Clark of Berwin Leighton Paisner (which represents the NLA and the publishers) commented that as copyright can subsist in a newspaper headline alone, most of the extracts from the articles sent by cuttings agency Meltwater electronically to their clients will infringe copyright unless their clients have a licence from the NLA or the publishers. Who knows how Meltwater will cope? They did a good job of standing up to be counted. [Added: my information came from the NLA – other reports contradict this view]
Maybe the NLA can claim it's a good thoing – I have ambivalent feelings as people quoted in papers surely have a right to see what's been said? But there's a wider issue at stake. If this is the case, is Google going to be forced to make all of its customers (ie all of us) buy licenses to receive Google alerts next? This pebble in the pond could have wide reaching implications.
(The next stage in copyright clarity – for better or for worse – is the Copyright Tribunal review of the commercial aspects of newspaper website licensing. )
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BRUNSWICK — City Council is still trying to find a city manager after its top three candidates from its second search withdrew their applications, Councilman at-large Pat McNamara said.
"We are in the process of reviewing some more resumes," he said Monday.
Council narrowed the field of more than 55 candidates to three in August and moved forward with negotiations with its top candidate, McNamara said.
After several weeks, he said the candidate accepted a job on the West Coast.
"I thought we were going to secure him," McNamara said. "The other two felt strongly enough that we were so far down the line with the first candidate that they withdrew their applications."
He said Council received a few more applications after the search officially closed, and are reviewing those and may receive more applications from the search firm the city hired to help with the process.
The city began its search shortly after former city manager Bob Zienkowski announced in March he would leave for a position as township manager in Radnor, Pa. There were 53 applicants for the job and Council members interviewed 10 candidates in April and narrowed the list down to four. Three of those four dropped out of the running before Council could bring them in for final interviews.
The city decided to reopen the search and in May hired California search firm Neher and Associates. The city used the same firm seven years ago during the search that resulted in the hiring of Zienkowski.
Police Chief Carl DeForest has been serving as interim city manager since May.
McNamara said the ethics complaints filed against former Ward 4 Councilman Anthony Capretta may have factored into the failed search because Council was not able to focus its efforts solely on securing a city manager.
Council voted 5-1 Sept. 27 to remove Capretta from office on an ethics violation.
"Before, we were dividing our attention," McNamara said.
He said he hopes to have a city manager secured as soon as possible, but he and other Council members still want to be careful and diligent in their search to find the right person for the job.
Ward 2 Councilman Vince Carl said he also hopes to find a city manager soon, but he is not concerned overall.
"The city's in good hands right now. (DeForest's) doing a great job running the city," Carl said.
He said the biggest challenge in not having a city manager is making long-term plans.
"(DeForest) can't do anything that's long term because we'd rather have someone who's going to be here permanently to do things long-term," Carl said. "It's definitely a diversion. It's difficult to move forward without a city manager."
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Would you put aside your own discomfort and anxiety to save a helpless animal? Animal rescuers sacrifice much on a daily basis to save lives, but rarely is there such an extreme scenario as a snow jam shutting down an entire city.
Atlanta native Lori Huster found a badly injured stray Goldendoodle left for dead on the side of the freeway on Sunday, January 26. Huster bundled him up gently, seeing that he was in pain, and took him to The Village Vets in Decatur, GA, where it was discovered he had no microchip to identify a possible owner. She named him Mutt Muffin, and as it turned out, Mutt Muffin had a broken back and five broken bones. It seemed someone had hit him and left him to die on the side of the road.
Wanting to save his life, but needing the care of specialists for him to heal properly, Huster reached out to Angels Among Us Pet Rescue. The hardworking rescue and its wonderful Facebook fans raised the 10,000 dollars needed for Mutt Muffin's surgery within a day.
On Tuesday, January 28, Huster and her friend set out to transfer Mutt Muffin to Georgia Veterinary Specialists in Sandy Springs, GA, so they could begin surgery to repair Mutt Muffin's broken body. They certainly didn't anticipate what would happen next.
"We picked him up at about 1:00 p.m.," Huster told 11 Alive News Atlanta. "The snow just had started to fall. Neither of us thought that it was going to be a major ordeal. And the next thing we know we were sitting on I-285 in gridlock traffic, in the left lane.... We were in the car that day for eight to nine hours, the pain meds had worn off…"
The two friends ran out of gas, but a Good Samaritan lent them a gas can. They trekked to the nearest gas station, but were told by local police that the road that led to Georgia Veterinary Specialists was completely iced over. Despite the disconcerting news, Huster and her friend returned to their car and continued to push toward the hospital – risking their lives for Mutt Muffin.
"We were able to get within a half a mile of GVS," Lori said, "called the clinic, and the most amazing man, [a Client Services Representative] named Jory Stewart, walked a half a mile in the snow, up the steep hill, and he met us, and he got Mutt Muffin and carried him back, and we walked back with him to the clinic."
Because of the efforts of all involved, Mutt Muffin was able to undergo surgery and is expected to make a full recovery after a few months of rehab, for which Angels Among Us is raising the money.
Lori Huster, his angel who never gave up, will foster him through Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, and may very well adopt him. Angels Among Us has tried locating an owner with no success. Rescue volunteer Jennifer Naujokas stated to 11 Alive News Atlanta, "We've spent this week, we've put up flyers, we've put him on missing pet websites, he was on Facebook.... We have done everything that we can to try to find the owner." She continued with wise words, "Spay and neuter your pets, microchip your pets, put a collar on your pet, love your pet, take care of your pet, know where they are at all times."
What could have been a tragedy will now have a happy ending. Despite all the odds, including a broken back and several broken bones, and a winter storm that froze the entire city of Atlanta, Mutt Muffin was rescued.
"Saving the life of one animal may not change the world, but the world will surely change for that one animal." –Author unknown


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On the contrary, inter-service competition has been the source of much of our strength. The Navy's determination to get into the nuclear weapons game gave us solid-fueled rockets and the submarine-launched ballistic missile. Our four—or is it five ?— air forces ensure that we have theater air dominance, the best helicopters, the longest logistical reach, and the constant urge to improve performance. Navy aircraft and tactics saved the day over North Vietnam, and Air Force technology allowed us to penetrate defenses in the Balkans and Iraq.
The services, of course, are happy to collude if given the chance. The string of vacuous Quadrennial Defense Reviews stands as testimony to that. Secretary Gates ought not to let the services continue to log-roll on important matters. If he wants to cut back on shipbuilding or buy fewer fighter aircraft, he ought to get the Army to believe there is some direct advantage—like a share of the savings—to telling us why there may be better ways to spend scarce defense dollars.
The Secretary then has an important and motivated ally, as the affected interests try to block action. Similarly, if the nation really wants a more effective counterinsurgency strategy, the Army and the Marines ought not to be writing joint manuals. The spur to be the leader is the spur to innovate and to excel. Competition works in business, sports, and higher education. Why not in the serious work of providing national defense ?
Don't Be a Micromanager
No doubt Secretary Gates will be pressed at some point to cut the defense budget. The war in Iraq may be ending, and the current period of economic stress may require that more attention be paid to domestic needs. Rather than micro-manage the services' priorities, the SecDef ought to let the internal coalitions that govern the services follow their visions of how warfare is evolving and where their own opportunities lie.
Cuts involve bureaucratic pain. The services will resist and resent less if they get to choose how the pain is distributed internally. A cap is much more acceptable than a dictate that cruisers are to be less preferred than destroyers or this fighter is the Air Force's future, not that one. Unless Secretary Gates wants to be dealing with sets of very unhappy generals and admirals, he ought to let them design their own future Army or Navy within a DOD-determined budget.
There is no contradiction between valuing inter-service rivalry and letting the services set their own priorities. Basically, the best advice is to leave the services alone most of the time. The exceptions should be when unsolved or poorly solved security problems arise. Then the SecDef should intervene largely to have the services compete to provide solutions. Unlike the definition former SecDef Robert McNamara preferred for the job, the Secretary should be a judge, not a manager. The services should compete for missions, but the mission assignments should not be permanent. The service with the best idea gets a hearing and perhaps the mission.
Even in the hardest of times there are ways for the services to get a bigger budget that Presidents will not always challenge. As the sage political scientist James Q. Wilson reminded us, "Pork is kosher in American politics." Legislators blessed with good committee assignments and strong district interests can find ways to add extra aircraft for the Guard or another amphibious ship for the Marines in a tight budget environment. All these lawmakers will be there for DOD when they are needed, so their budget initiatives should be accepted as their political due.
Complaining about such self-serving gifts is not only unwise politically, but also strategically. The future is indeed uncertain. As has often been the case, that additional brigade living uncomfortably in the snow in Alaska or that squadron of aircraft based on the wrong coast may find unexpected use. And none of the numbers that become so worshipped in DOD—313 ships or 183 F-22s—is scientifically calculated. A few more of one platform or another may come in handy. Certainly they will not cause us to lose the next war, and they may even help us win it.
Attach Strings to Support for Allies
The SecDef, new or old, would be wise to stop berating our allies for failing to burden share. They know where their own interests lie. The United States provides them with free security. It is no wonder that they free-ride. With the U.S. Navy patrolling the global sea lanes, the U.S. Air Force ready to provide global strike, and the U.S. Army and Marine Corps braced to put boots on the ground wherever serous trouble lies, it is not surprising our allies find it difficult to pry themselves out of the cafes and into uniforms. SecDefs look foolish when they stand before NATO and other allied audiences pleading for their nations' politicians to be dumb enough to give up the subsidy that we so willingly provide and tax their people instead. It must be only good manners that prevent these assemblages from bursting out in laughter.
There are ways to get more help. If the United States were to stop offering regional security to our rich allies, those allies might build larger, more deployable militaries. If we offered our valued security support with more strings attached, fewer Americans would be needed to stand watch in unpleasant places. Japan has the second biggest economy in the world and Germany the third biggest. Both are apparently still on parole for their World War II behavior. When does their time expire ? Europe has more people and a bigger GDP than the United States. Why does it need any American protection ? South Korea has twice the population of the North and is many, many times richer. Why are any American forces based there ? And how much help has South Korea given us in Iraq and Afghanistan ? A secretary who mixes these numbers into speeches might attract more attention. Better yet, just press for troop withdrawals and see how much assistance might be forthcoming from those and other allies who just cannot seem to find the money for their own or our common defense.
Secretary Gates has been an advocate for improving the expeditionary capabilities of other federal agencies to restore the balance in our international effort, noting that there are more Sailors in a single carrier strike group than the State Department has Foreign Service Officers. But promoting a bigger State Department or a more deployable Commerce Department will do less to restore the balance in our civilian and military efforts than would curtailing the growth of DOD's own regional commands. With the regional commands we have created powerful viceroys who dominate U.S. representation around much of the globe. Rein in the viceroys and the civilian agencies may begin to find their voice. Leave the viceroys out there shaping the environment—as their work is often described—and nothing much will change.
No More Management Fads
Finally, it is important that Secretary Gates call a moratorium on changing management systems. DOD does not need more of this kind of change, but less. Military commanders and SecDefs have relatively short tenures. Each commander and each Secretary apparently feels compelled to leave his or her mark in the form of a reorganization or management scheme. It is TQM or Lean Six Sigma or privatization or base consolidation, and on and on. One new scheme is announced before the other is fully fielded. Civilian servants, contractors, and service personnel are constantly in organizational turmoil, attending training sessions, learning new buzzwords and acronyms, and being assessed on their adherence to newly mandated procedures and standards.
The war might be just the needed excuse for Secretary Gates to call a long halt to this wasteful obsession with management fads and reorganizations. Most of the change imposed produces little of observable value. DOD under any imaginable scheme will surely remain a huge, complex, hard-to-fathom, nearly impossible-to-run organization.
The acquisition process will never be fixed. Why not just admit it ? How can it be fixed when DOD is always seeking the most exotic systems capable of performing under the most demanding conditions ? The change obsession diverts attention from necessary military operations and support tasks because it absorbs so much of the organization's time. The SecDef should not allow the understandable penchant of bosses at all levels within DOD to hide anxieties about their ability to do their jobs behind a fa c ade of the latest business craze. What DOD needs is a management-fad timeout.
Secretary Gates does not need any on-the-job training to be the SecDef in the new administration. He already knows what it means to lead the world's biggest and most confusing organization. By being an old hand he may also be able to prevent the hyper-activity and the relabeling of everything that marks new administrations and makes everything more confusing.
A war-stressed organization that nearly doubled in budget during the George W. Bush administration likely will benefit greatly from not having to undergo yet another set of acquisition reforms, yet another renaming of its strategic concepts and objectives, yet another big reorganization, and more and more OSD mandates.
Successful secretaries sometimes are remembered with the great honor of having a warship named after them. As Secretary Gates knows, DOD is an organization filled with many dedicated, talented, and patriotic civil servants and service members who want to do their jobs for the nation. If he is less distracting of their efforts than many who have held this post, they may someday be petitioning to get a ship named for him.


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Movie this week: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo!8 months ago 0
This week, Diwali sets in at the box office with a Salman Khan film rather than a Shah Rukh Khan one... Film: Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Director… Read Article ▶
Randeep Hooda attends Raja Ravi Varma painting exhibition to promote Rang Rasiya!2 years ago 1
The Ungli actor is all set to have another big release this year... Randeep Hooda was recently spotted at an art exhibition, held in honour of the… Read Article ▶
Director Shankar calls it a wrap for Vikram's I !2 years ago 4
The two year long filming of director Shankar's magnum opus finally concludes After leaving everyone awestruck with its splendid teaser, there were… Read Article ▶
Vikram's I avoids clash with Vijay's Kaththi!2 years ago 0
Rumour has it that director Shankar has postponed the release of his magnum opus, which was supposed to hit the screens this Diwali Festivals have… Read Article ▶
Kaththi teaser: Illayathalapathy Vijay and AR Murugadoss keep up the mystery element!2 years ago 0
After the waves created by I teaser, get ready for Kaththi teaser to intrigue you even more Tamil movie buffs are heading to a delightful Diwali… Read Article ▶
Troubles for AR Murugadoss's Kaththi?2 years ago 1
Anirudh Ravichander's Selfie Pulla crooned by Vijay was apparently leaked on the internet over the weekend A R Murugadoss's Kaththi with actor Vijay… Read Article ▶
Vijay's Kaththi clashes with Vikram's Ai and Vishal's Poojai this Diwali!2 years ago 0
Kollywood is abuzz with three big films are gearing up for Diwali release` Festival releases have always been Kollywood's sure shot formula for… Read Article ▶
Ajith's 3 conditions to work with Gautham Menon!2 years ago 0
Thala Ajith seems to have put forward three conditions to the director Gautham Menon before agreeing to work with the ace filmmaker. Find out what… Read Article ▶
Box office report: Jab Tak Hai Jaan likely to lose the race to Son Of Sardaar!4 years ago 114
Though the Shahrukh Khan-Katrina Kaif-Anushka Sharma starrer has earned Rs 122 crores worldwide in six days (till Sunday), trade pundits feel that… Read Article ▶
'Son Of Sardaar' theatrical trailer to be out with Batman film 'The Dark Knight Rises'4 years ago 0
Son Of Sardaar starring Ajay Devgn and Sonakshi Sinha looks high on Punjabi colour, culture and humour. The first theatrical trailer of this complete… Read Article ▶
Shahrukh to clash with Vijay and Surya this Diwali5 years ago 1
This Diwali in the south, it's Shahrukh Khan's RA.One versus Vijay's Velayudham based on Assassin's Creed, and Surya's 7Aum Arivu Once upon a time… Read Article ▶
Shahrukh and the Chopras: We are family!5 years ago 3
Yash Raj Films has signed SRK to star with Anuskha Sharma again, and there's also Katrina Kaif! Even though he may have pangas with Salman, Aamir… Read Article ▶


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The LG announced that the G Flex curved phone will reach Singapore on December 8 and Hong Kong on December 13. The phone can take with the self healing back and it being able to flatten out. Curve design is cool, but its an enormous phone! Is the bending feature innovative and a better option over a non-bending phone, even though it's not significantly useful yet? YES. and that's all that matters.
LG G Flex key features:
6-inch 720p display
2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
2GB of RAM
32GB of internal memory
MicroSD card support
13-megapixel camera
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Tonight viewers will get to see the big season two finale of "Major Crimes" on TNT. This series has picked up a very big fan base and everyone wants to know if spoilers and if it will be back again. On Jan. 13, TV Line shared a few small spoilers for tonight's new episode.
Raydor & Co. are not going to be able to agree with Stroh's attorney. They are going to be arguing it out tonight on the season two finale. A killer is targeting Rusty and they are going to try to track this person down before it is too late.
Back in August, news was revealed that this series has already been renewed for season three on TNT. That means that the series wasn't canceled and will be back again. At this time, there is not a return date for the series, but just be happy with the news it is going to return.
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"Most companies do not know that the old "selling" game is now obsolete," says Chief Revenue Strategist Michael Combest of The Third Door.
"Our company is the only firm on the planet applying the methods and techniques that were created by Dr. Edwards Deming's to traditional "sales" challenges," adds Combest.
According to Combest, The Third Door takes a holistic view of organizations to align the mechanics that create and sustain real competitive advantage for companies from five to 50 million dollars.
"We unlock or create profitable revenue growth using Deming's philosophies coupled with a very progressive approach to marketing and audience attraction. It is not easy, but it works every time," says Combest.
Combest shared this week his thoughts about leadership, challenges facing leaders, and networking in the Kansas City metro:
- Question: What is your favorite leadership book and why is it your favorite?
Combest: The Law by Frédéric Bastiat - Without an exposure to the concept of liberty and the affect bad laws have on good people, a prospective leader should not even try to put together an organization, regardless of size. It is important to understand and be inoculated from becoming, supporting or creating rent-seekers in an organization. New wealth creation (these days, "innovation") has to be the driving force of every business – a relentless pursuit of a greater good that is fueled by the creation of profits.
- Question: What is the best way to network with other leaders in business within the Kansas City metro?
Combest: The best way to network in Kansas City is over an adult beverage, amongst colleagues and friends who harbor a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the business community. Progress is made through challenges. Every "professionals" peer or breakfast group I have ever sat in on was culturally dead and was more like a game preserve for empty suits than a thinking person's organization. That isn't a comment on the people; it is a comment on the meaninglessness of the organizations.
- Question: What leadership skill did you learn as a teenager and that you still use today?
Combest: What I have learned is that leadership requires being available and open. The more open and available the leader is, the better the organizational health. Recently, I blogged about what I feel is the most important characteristic of a leader - generosity.
- Question: You have concern about "unfocused leadership" in business today. What is that "unfocused leadership" and why is it concerning?
Combest: My experience is that most business leaders are interested in not losing too much, controlling HR fires, listening to internal factions fight over turf, or act as though they have arrived and waste precious time enjoying the emoluments of office.
Leadership is not focused on the future needs of the customer. Leadership is overly concerned with quarterly earnings and not focused on the development of the internal or external customers. This is not about volume; it is about bringing, propelling and encouraging positive change.
Today, leadership typically enlists the internal customer to do a job that is mostly uninspired, robbing them of their ability to experience pride in their work. Leadership is not focused on the very hard work of being a student of change, and feels accomplishment in mastering control, top-down directives and general order. This shortsighted view robs society of products and services and limits progress.
- Question: I want to be a leader who is remembered for...
Combest: All I care about is that, by my actions, people are more free. Does this sound like dreamy hyperbole? It isn't. My views on capitalism and profit are probably not as well developed as John Mackey's, but it would be difficult to distinguish many differences. Capitalism is the greatest system for the generation and protection of freedom that humans have ever come up with.
If I can help people understand how to deserve and earn a profit, then that is the best thing I can ever do for them. Through The Third Door, my goal is to find efficiencies that free the creative energy of my clients, to do amazing things for their clients; to awaken leadership to think beyond their believed company potential.
Am I idealistic? Yes, I am. That's why you want me working for you.
- Question: If a leader can have only three leadership skills, which three should they be and why?
Combest: Leaders should be chronically rebellious. Leaders need to be a tireless and generous servant, and a friend to the creatives and oddballs.
Why? Because irrelevancy happens fast these days and the good ideas come from the darndest places.
- Question: Why do some leaders in business fail to grow their business?
Combest: Leaders always fail for the same reason; they do not have a vision, product or service worth buying into or purchasing. You can't force staff or customers to love you. If what a business has to offer is not great, then there is no reason to expect great returns. It is leadership's responsibility to discover what is great and to exemplify what is great. Most leaders think they hire people to do these things.
- Question: Do you believe it is more difficult to be a leader who is younger or older in age?
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from Thomas K. Arnold in the Seaside Courier, following Rocky jumping back into the race for his own Assembly seat…
"I doubt the party will endorse against a sitting incumbent, even though he assured me 20 times he was all in with the U.S. Senate race … I'm just disappointed that Rocky misled me, that he told he was all the way in and then he bailed out." –Jerry Kern
At least one of the two Republican contenders for the 76th District state Assembly seat has dropped out, now that incumbent Rocky Chavez, also a Republican, has abandoned his U.S. Senate run and announced he will, instead, run for a third term.
As an Assemblyman, would Harrison differ with Hunter on Export-Import Bank?
I honestly like Mike Harrison and enjoy each opportunity we have to talk, but I need to know if his values are any different than those of his boss, Congressman Duncan Hunter. Mike has been a loyal staffer and in each of our discussions has always been faithful and supportive of him.
On Monday the Congressman voted "Yea" on H. Res 450, a resolution to consider the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Congressman Hunter was one of only two California Republicans to support more crony capitalism, a continuation of the Export-Import Bank and the transfer of more dollars from the tables of San Diego families to American corporations.
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(San Diego, Calif.) – San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer today announced his endorsement of North County businessman Phil Graham for State Assembly.
"The San Diego region needs legislators in Sacramento who understand how important the innovation community is to the future of our state," said Faulconer. "As an executive at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Institute, Phil has been actively involved in efforts to support medical research and the companies driving innovation in America. He will be a forceful voice for this critical regional economic engine, which will create new jobs and improve lives."
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by Gary Felien, former Oceanside City Council Member
As you may have heard, my good friend and former Council colleague Jerry Kern is running for the 76th Assembly District.
We served together for four years and built a strong record of fiscally conservative policies.
We ended deficit spending and passed four balanced budgets in a row with no tax increases, raised the city reserves from zero to six million, restored the city's credit rating, froze pensionable base salaries, implemented real pension reform, and capped medical expenses. That is a record that favorably compares to any city in California.
Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern announced his candidacy for the 76th Assembly District last week. The UT-San Diego reported that Kern will probably earn the endorsement of the incumbent Assemblyman, Rocky Chavez. Chavez is vacating the seat to challenge California Attorney General Kamala Harris for the open US Senate seat in 2016. Kern signaled that he will work to solve the "hot" problems reported in the media:
Kern, who has been on the Oceanside council since 2004, said he is seeking the position because he wants to help advance regional issues such as education, water, and jobs.
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by Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern
I am honored to have been asked to run as a candidate in 76th Assembly District, which includes the communities of Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista and Encinitas. As a 40-year resident of North County and third term council member in the district's largest city, I am thoroughly familiar with all of the communities within the 76th district.
I offer voters a knowledgeable, consensus building candidate with the ability to work with others to achieve goals that are beneficial to the whole region. I look forward to representing North County's interests in Sacramento.
I am pleased to announce that AB 614 and AB 258 both passed out of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee today! Please read below for the Press Release.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rocky Chávez (R-Oceanside) announced today that his Assembly Bills 614 and 258 cleared their first legislative hurdles. Dealing with various veteran issues, both pieces of legislation passed out of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee.
If you have listened to KCBQ 1170 or many other San Diego radio stations in the last few weeks, you've no doubt heard the voice of Texas Governor Rick Perry. This month, Governor Perry launched a campaign to recruit jobs from California to Texas. While he did not visit San Diego in person, his commercials have been running on local radio stations. The commercial begins with the line "Building a business is tough, but I hear building a business in California is next to impossible." Governor Perry goes on to tout the "low taxes, sensible regulations and fair legal system" California businesses would enjoy if they relocated to Texas.
Former two-term California Governor Pete Wilson has endorsed Rocky Chavez in North County's 76th Assembly District.
Governor Wilson, who served as Mayor of San Diego and as a U.S. Senator during President Ronald Reagan's tenure, remains deeply connected with the region. Wilson built up a $16 billion budget surplus by the time he left office in 1999.
Early voting starts this week, and a cadre of eager voters have already done their civic duty for the year.
Rocky Chavez continues to steamroll into October with momentum in the 76th Assembly District, earning an impressive list of endorsements along the way — be they newspapers, or local elected officials. U-T San Diego, North County Times, and the Lincoln Club of San Diego County.
As Joe Biden might say, this is a big "F@#%&in deal"!
The California Farm Bureau has endorsed Rocky Chavez.
Sept. 25, 2012
A candidate with a history of service and a commitment to economic development, Rocky Chavez, has earned the endorsement of the state's largest farming organization in his bid for the state Assembly. Chavez, R-Oceanside, seeks election in the 76th Assembly District, representing northern San Diego County.
"San Diego County is a unique and important agricultural region, and Rocky Chavez has the background and experience to represent the area well in the Assembly," California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger said.
"There may be a time…"
That's the answer Sherry Hodges provided on KOCT last week during a roundtable discussion between the run-off candidates in the 76th Assembly District.
Video Link: Journalist Roundtable 76th District Candidates
The question and Hodges's response begins at the 43:00 mark in the video link above.
Hodges's opponent, Rocky Chavez, plainly says "no new taxes" when asked the same question. Hodges is endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
Former Oceanside City Councilman and 76th State Assembly candidate Rocky Chavez penned a commentary for our friends over at Fox & Hounds Daily blog about the real fiscal concern over improper allocation of taxpayer dollars at the state level.
Given the recent controversy over missing special funds, Chavez asks the legitimate question, "what is the real number we need to run California?"
To read Rocky's commentary at Fox & Hounds, click here.
For more information about Rocky Chavez for State Assembly, check out their campaign's website.
Press release through the transom this morning, Republican State Senator Mark Wyland has endorsed fellow Republican Rocky Chavez in the open 76th Assembly District race.
Wyland, who represents all of the communities within the re-drawn 76th Assembly District, was elected to the State Senate in 2006 and re-elected in 2010.
Senator Wyland is the latest in a growing list of North County Republican elected officials who have endorsed Rocky Chavez.
The informal, non-scientific poll results from Albondigas North County shows a close campaign in the 76th State Assembly District, but Republican Rocky Chavez is leading fellow Republican Sherry Hodges in San Diego County's only R vs. R run-off for a state legislative seat.
The former Oceanside City Councilman and Acting Secretary for the California Department of Veteran Affairs is leading Hodges 50% – 45%, with another 5% choosing "other."
We've uploaded the full poll results, here: Albondigas North County June 2012
By Ryan Trabuco
I must first preface this post by saying I have come to know Farrah Douglas through my volunteer efforts within the local Republican Party over the last few years. I respect Farrah. She's an accomplished woman, and I believe she's done an admirable job on the Carlsbad City Council.
However, when a legitimate issue is raised about a candidate's vote, an action, or in this instance — voter registration — some would argue it's fair game. It is for me. For as many times as I've been called a RINO (yeah, it hurts), I can proudly say: I've been a registered Republican since October 21, 2003 — the day I turned 18.
One might think you would read about the ongoing criminal investigation of the Sweetwater Union High School District, but this is about politics in the normally quiet coastal community of Carlsbad.
Recently, Rostra ran a series of posts questioning the personal finances of Carlsbad City Councilwoman Farrah Douglas, which became an issue in her campaign seeking election to the California State Assembly for the newly drawn 76th District. Those posts, considered controversial by some, resulted in responses from the Douglas campaign including one from a bankruptcy attorney which represented her when her private residence entered the foreclosure process.
In addition to reporting on Douglas's personal finances, the information posted to Rostra also included what appeared to be financial irregularities and possible conflicts of interest regarding the candidate's campaign finances and service on the Carlsbad City Council. The Fair Political Practices Commission eventually acknowledged receiving a compliant and subsequently determined that they would not be investigating the claims of alleged financial wrongdoing.
Endorsement Time at the GOP Corral: Mayoral and Assembly Candidates Continue Political Shootout
Bi-polor disorder on the part of committee members? Did members overlook the background of an Assembly candidate?
(If you enjoy reading, this will be a nice lengthy post filled with information that will — quite literally — blow your mind.)
The DeMaio Endorsement
With the political campaign season in high gear and the Republican Party of San Diego County endorsing candidates for public office, many political observers were shocked when San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio recently received a nod of support during the first round of voting by the party's faithful. DeMaio was endorsed by over two-thirds of the Central Committee to become the next mayor of the City of San Diego. DeMaio received the endorsement over fellow Republicans District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher.
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by Naomi Bar-Lev
Recently, the San Diego Union Tribune posed four questions to the 76th assembly district Republican candidates (view them here).
One of the questions that was asked, Should Proposition 8 be overturned to again allow gays and lesbians in California to marry? My answer: I am for civil unions. The rights of adults to choose with whom they want to live happily ever after is very important to me.
After prior posts on the Dem matchup between Toni Atkins and Brittany Catton, a possible Republican candidate finally communicates with SD Rostra. (Previous and assumed-again candidate Ralph Denney has not responded to requests from us on his candidacy.)
From the fledgling Naomi Bar-Lev campaign…
Miss Naomi Bar-Lev is a homegrown San Diegan. She is also a graduate of U.C.L.A. with a degree in Economics (1993) and has attended the M.B.A. program locally at San Diego State University. She has had her own company since 1996. Through her company she has been involved in restoration of a number of properties in the district. As a small business owner graduated from one of the finest schools in economics, she is keenly aware of the problems facing small business owners.
Everything looks different today in the Open Seat 76th Assembly
A new face, Brittany Catton, filed papers in the past 24 hours setting a classic choice for Democratic primary election voters…………………….
Here's the field apparently shaping up:
— Brittany Catton, age 28, the director of development and public relations at San Diego Armed Services YMCA. She is a first-time San Diego candidate, and University of San Diego graduate.
— Toni Atkins, age 47, term-limited off the SD City Council in 2008. From 1993 – 2000 she was an aide to Councilwoman Christine Kehoe. Atkins seeks to continue her government career in 2010 as the Democrat Establishment pick.


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My baby fell asleep unexpectedly last night about an hour before bedtime. She was wearing a prefold and Thirsties Duo cover - no doublers, no inserts, just a bikini twisted prefold. Normally she sleeps in a pocket with a mf insert, hemp insert, and fleece liner, and we still have the (very) occassional leak. So I was stealing myself for a motn diaper, sheet, and outfit change - we cosleep, so even if she sleeps through a leak, I don't. But she slept 7:00 pm to 8:30 am and woke up with no leaks! The prefold was soaked, but it was contained. Is this normal with prefolds overnight, or did I just get ridiculously lucky? I'm tempted to try it again tonight, just to see...
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Wow, my LOs must just pee alot! We use a thirsties duo diaper stuffed with the duo insert and two prefolds!
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I wouldn't trust my LO at night with just a prefold- she can hardly make it through a nap! However, we use the Flip organic cotton inserts which are kinda like a super absorbent squishy awesome prefold. We also have a few hemp inserts to double up when the inevitable happens and she pees through a flip cotton insert. I do find prefolds more reliable than pockets with microfiber day or night though.
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I've never had leaks with prefolds but it would be soaked. I'm curious...did you use a stay-dry liner with your prefold? If no, how did your LO's bum look in the morning? When my LO slept in prefolds, I always had to have a stay-dry liner or else she'd get a rash. Just wondering if it's just my LO who has sensitive skin.


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A Photographic summary of One Month spent in KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa on a volunteer project with African Impact.
In November/December 2010 I decided to take time out from work and concentrate on living a life, rather than just existing a life. This book represents a fair portrayl of what I saw during my Month away. I thoroughlly enjoyed every Minute of my time spent there, and I hope you get as much pleasure looking at my First ever publication! Happy viewing.
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The Penguins of Madagascar is a Nickelodeon cartoon series based off of characters from the hit movies, Madagascar. The show officially began to air as a series March 28, 2009. On February 10, 2010, Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Home Entertainment released a straight to DVD compilation of several episodes including the new episode "Revenge of Dr. Blowhole" featuring Neil Patrick Harris.
The show follows the four spy-like penguins known as Skipper (the leader), Kowalski (intelligence), Rico (weapons/demolition), and Private (the trainee). Although the original movies (Madagascar 1 and 2) were both highly hilarious, watching a series of the Penguins, King Julian, and various other zoo critters gets highly annoying after a short period of time.
The plots heavily relies sarcastic slapstick humor. This is not uncommon considering most children's cartoons as of late use this as a method of comedy rather than full on plotlines and so on. The show follows the silly penguin spies doing various missions in their Central Park Zoo home whether it be to protect the zoo or themselves. On occasion, they'll even stop and help random zoo visitors out (for example in Season 1, Episode 31 when they helped a little girl retrieve her toy doll). The actions of the penguins are funny, don't get me wrong, but it gets old very quickly. It is a very fast paced and perhaps overly stimulating show for younger children (similar to Spongebob if you read my previous article).
Ironically, this show is one of the higher ranking shows on Nickelodeon, presumably riding on the fame of the Madagascar movies as well as the penguin craze that has been circulating the past 3 years or so. Although it has a high ranking as far as the stats go, the show itself probably won't last a long time.
As far as the animation is concerned, it is about as much as you would expect from a computer animated cartoon series. Because episodes have to get out quickly, animators are unable to put the full time and effort into computer-animated series as they would a computer animated movie. Therefore, the textures are flatter and the characters not as smooth as the actual movies. However, it is not as bad as some other computer-animated cartoons out there.
The reason that this show is harder to watch (for older audiences anyway) is most likely due to the fact that it's overexposure of goofiness. It can happen. The Madagascar movies had plots that invoked more emotion, for example, when in the second movie Alex the Lion and Marty the Zebra had some emotional battles having to do with their friendship. This series doesn't feature as much emotion and therefore is over stimulating as far as fast paced overly excitable cartoons can be.
In conclusion, kids seem to love this show. Probably due to the funny talking animals or the fact that the high paced, high-energy comedy is never-ending. Adults might find it another show that causes you to get a headache after a while. This writer suggests that if your kids insist upon watching it, have them do it in the other room.


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Published: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 9:05 p.m.
Jonathan Cooper spent two months in the Arizona desert last winter preparing himself to become an NFL player. Now that he's realized that goal and become one, he's heading back to Phoenix.
Top 10 picks
Here are the top 10 picks in the NFL Draft on Thursday night:
1. Kansas City: Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michgan
2. Jacksonville: Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M
3. Miami: Dion Jordan, DE, Oregon
4. Philadelphia: Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma
5. Detroit: Ezekier Ansah, DE, BYU
6. Cleveland: Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSU
7. Arizona: Jonathan Cooper, G, UNC
8. St. Louis: Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia
9. N.Y. Jets: Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama
10. Tennessee: Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
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The Hoggard High School graduate and former North Carolina star was taken by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 7 overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday.
He became only the sixth athlete from Wilmington taken in the first round of a major sports draft, joining New Hanover High School quarterbacks Sonny Jurgensen and Roman Gabriel, New Hanover baseball star Trot Nixon and former Laney basketball stars Tamera Young and Michael Jordan.
"It's all kind of sinking in now," Cooper said by phone two hours after his selection, as he rode back to his hotel in a limousine. "I would have been happy wherever I would have been taken, but I'm excited about going to Arizona.
"The days are going to be a little hotter than they were when I was out there training in January and February, but I've grown accustomed to it somewhat. I think it's going to be a good place for it."
Cooper's whirlwind draft experience will continue today when he boards a plane and flies to Phoenix to meet team officials and the media.
"I'm on the move, literally," he said. "I can't wait to get signed and get going with camp."
Dressed in a dark suit with a Carolina blue tie and handkerchief, Cooper shared a long, emotional embrace with his father and a kiss for his mother before walking onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall to greet NFL commissioner Roger Goodell with a bear hug that lifted the league executive off the floor.
He then changed colors, putting a red Cardinals hat over his braided hair and posing for pictures with his new team's jersey.
A consensus first-team All-America and Outland Trophy finalist, Cooper will be counted on to step in right away and provide protection for new quarterback Carson Palmer and solidify an offensive line that allowed an NFL-worst 58 sacks last season.
He is the first offensive guard to be taken among the top 10 picks in an NFL Draft since the New Orleans Saints took Colorado's Chris Naeole at No. 10 in 1997.
Despite recent precedent against taking interior linemen so early, Arizona general manager Steve Keim said he never had doubts about taking Cooper at No. 7.
"If you think he's a Pro Bowl guard. How high is too high?" asked Keim, himself a top-flight offensive guard who twice earned All-ACC honors at – ironically enough – Cooper's college rival N.C. State. "I think you just take the player and don't look back. If you're convinced that that player is a Pro Bowl talent or is an elite type of player, you just take him."
Cooper's selection completed a steady rise up the draft board that saw him pass Alabama's Chance Warmack as the No. 1 guard.
The 6-foot-2, 311-pound Wilmington native solidified that status in February with an impressive performance at the NFL's Scouting Combine. Cooper showed off his freakish combination of strength and quickness by bench pressing 35 reps of 250 pounds and displaying the nimble footwork of a dancer, which his mother Velma once was.
It officially realized a dream he has held since telling his father, Michael Cooper, that he wanted to play professional football as a chubby 5-year-old.
"Velma and I count this as an honor, because it's a testament to diligence and hard work that Jonathan has continually put forth," Michael Cooper said this week. "He came out of high school as a three-star athlete. None of the bigger programs wanted him. They said he was too small.
"He got under good coaching at UNC and kept with it. He would practice extra and watch game film at night when other kids were doing different things. We're just so grateful and thankful to God for this wonderful opportunity. We still can't wrap our minds around it, it's so fantastic."
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Beneath This Man: Book #2 of the This Man Trilogyby Jodi Ellen Malpas
Book #2 of the 'This Man' Trilogy. Due to sexual content and heavy subject matter, this book is recommended for ages 18+ "Beneath This Man brings more passion, intensity and intrigue. Lives are changed and secrets are revealed. Jodi Ellen Malpas does it again. A gripping must read sequel which we just could not put down. - TotallyBookedBlog" She knew she was heading towards disaster. Every instinct told her to run, but Jesse Ward was a hard man to escape. It has been five days' since Ava O'Shea left Jesse drunk and raging at Lusso - left behind a man who drowned her in his intensity and blindsided her with his touch. Getting over this man was never going to be easy. And now he's back in her life. She has questions that she needs answering, but her determination to get these answers will give the pleasure-seeking playboy the power to destroy her again. She needs to keep her eyes wide open and caution at the forefront of her mind - an ambitious intention when Jesse Ward is within touching distance. And he plans to be. He's dark, he's broken - Ava knows this, but the only way to find out how dark and how broken is to get beneath the steely exterior of this man.
One Night Book 2by Jodi Ellen Malpas
The passion that burned between Livy and M in One Night: Promised may end up destroying them both in this new novel of overwhelming desire and shocking discoveries . . . He's amazingly wealthy, sinfully gorgeous, and can bring her to heights of pleasure she's never before known. For Livy, there's no turning back. She's determined to be the light in M's dark world. Yet this new life comes with a steep price . . . M knows that the power he possesses hasn't come without sacrifices-but he won't let Livy be one of them. Though he wants nothing more than to have her in every way, his first duty is to protect her at all costs . . . from his sins, his enemies, and especially himself. But as their insatiable affair intensifies, the two attract the attention of an obsessive-and dangerous-third party. Discovering new revelations about M that rock her to the core, Livy will have to decide whether he's ruined beyond repair. And he must face his fear that in order to save her, he may have to lose her after all . . . Look for the stunning conclusion in ONE NIGHT: UNVEILED.
One Night: Promisedby Jodi Ellen Malpas
The new breathtaking novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the This Man trilogy ONE NIGHT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH . . . Livy notices him the moment he walks into the coffee shop. He's heart-stoppingly stunning, with a blue-eyed gaze so piercing she's almost too distracted to take his order. When he walks out the door, she thinks she'll never see him again. Then she finds the note he left on his napkin . . . signed M. All he wants is one night to worship her. No feelings, no commitment, nothing but pleasure. Every defense mechanism Livy has adopted during her solitary life is at risk of being obliterated by this confounding man. He's obnoxious but well-mannered. He's a gentleman but aloof. He's passionate but emotionless. Yet the fascination is so powerful, Livy can't deny him . . . or herself. M awakens something in Livy, something deep and addictive that she never knew existed-and that she fears only he can satisfy. But she senses that behind the fast cars, fancy suits, and posh apartment, he's aching inside. To have him, body and soul, she'll have to brave his dark secrets. Delving into his world and breaking down his defenses become her obsession-an obsession that could shatter her heart beyond repair . .
This Manby Jodi Ellen Malpas
Book 1 of This Man Trilogy, the #1 New York Times Bestselling Series!Young interior designer Ava O'Shea has no idea what awaits her at the Manor. A run-of-the-mill consultation with a stodgy country gent seems likely, but what Ava finds instead is Jesse Ward--a devastatingly handsome, utterly confident, pleasure-seeking playboy who knows no boundaries. Ava doesn't want to be attracted to this man, and yet she can't control the overwhelming desire that he stirs in her. She knows that her heart will never survive him and her instinct is telling her to run, but Jesse is not willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her.
This Man: Book #1 of the This Man Trilogyby Jodi Ellen Malpas
Book #1 of the 'This Man Trilogy' Due to sexual content, this book is recommended to persons aged 18+ Young interior designer Ava O'Shea has an appointment for a first consultation at The Manor with the owner, Mr Jesse Ward. She is expecting nothing more than an overweight, cravat wearing, well-to-do countryman, and on arrival, nothing would suggest otherwise. How wrong could she be? This Man is devastatingly handsome, charming and confident. He is also a conceited, hedonistic playboy, who knows no boundaries. Ava desperately does not want to be attracted to him, but she can't control the overwhelming affect he has on her. Every instinct is telling her to run, so she does, but Jesse Ward is not so willing to let her go. He wants her and is determined to have her. She knows she is heading for heartbreak, but how can she run when he won't let her?
This Man Confessed: Book #3 of the This Man Trilogyby Jodi Ellen Malpas
THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE THIS MAN TRILOGY! The Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse's lives. She has accepted that she'll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn't want to. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she thinks that she's finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man she thinks he is. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond ecstasy . . . but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It's time for this man to confess.
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The Nevada Wolf Pack athletic department announced Friday that Cheston Blackshear has been hired to coach the Wolf Pack's tight ends.
Blackshear, a former Florida Gator offensive lineman, comes to Nevada from Georgetown. He also coached three seasons in the Mountain West at New Mexico.
"His time working at New Mexico gives him insight into our league and he brings with him an outstanding reputation as a recruiter," Wolf Pack head coach Brian Polian said. "His experience as a decorated player in the SEC for the University of Florida will also serve as a valuable asset in terms of relating to our players."
Blackshear played at Florida from 1996-99, starting 28 games and playing in four bowls. Blackshear grew up in Jacksonville, Fla., where he was all-state and a SuperPrep All-American at Ed White High.
His coaching experience includes coaching running backs at Sandalwood High in Jacksonville as well as a graduate assistant at Florida (2002-04) and Illinois (2005). He coached tight ends and offensive line at Columbia (2006-08) before moving on to New Mexico in 2009.
Blackshear fills the spot left by James Spady, who was named last week as the head coach at Alabama A&M.


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