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The man who drove his dead girlfriend across the country for 26 hours will not be facing any charges. After all, the man's dead girlfriend was wearing her seatbelt while riding in the passenger seat during the 1,900-mile road trip across the country from Arizona to Michigan, reported WLWT5 on June 6.
As bizarre as 62-year-old Ray Tomlinson's cross-country trip with his dead girlfriend, 31-year-old Christine Gilbert, sounds, by having had the corpse wear her seatbelt, he did not break any laws. It is not illegal to transport a dead body across the country. "There is no crime," said Tomlinson. And police officers agree. According to Warren police Deputy Commissioner Louis Galasso, the strange cross country trip "involved some 'bizarre' judgment and behavior, but wasn't criminal."
Ray Tomlinson is from Detroit in Michigan and was on a road trip from Arizona to Michigan when his girlfriend Christine died. Christine had been in a mental health facility in the Phoenix area, and when she left there with Tomlinson on Sunday, she was alive.
On Monday, as the couple was driving through the southwest U.S., Tomlinson discovered that his girlfriend's body was cold. While a toxicology test is still being performed, police suspect that Christine might have taken too much oxycodone. "I went like this, you know, nudged her, at this point in time she was stiff," said Tomlinson. "There wasn't jerking or moans or groans, or cries for help, she just fell asleep."
When Tomlinson discovered that his girlfriend had passed away while being on the road, he checked on what to do about a corpse on his cell phone. Of course, the answer was to take the dead body to a hospital or a morgue, but for Tomlinson the question was to which hospital or morgue.
Even though Tomlinson was in disbelief about his girlfriend's death, he was determined to do the right thing – which was to get his mom home. "He said he had his 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound mother in the van and wanted to get her home."
And so he did. For the next 1,900 miles and the next 26 hours, the man drove with his girlfriend and his mom back to Michigan. When someone from the mental health facility called to check on his girlfriend, Tomlinson told them that she was dead and that he was taking her to a hospital or a morgue.
When looking up on what to do with a corpse, he had learned that he had 48 hours to get a dead body to a morgue, so he just drove. "I can just take her to the Macomb County Morgue, that was my plan," he said. "I just drove and drove, and I knew I'd be in some kind of trouble," said Tomlinson.
Before he could get his girlfriend to the Macomb County Morgue, though, police had already been notified by Christine's mental health care facility, and when he arrived at his son's home in Warren in Michigan on Tuesday, he was met by police, reports ClickOn Detroit. When police checked the car, they found "the corpse in the front passenger seat wearing a seatbelt and sunglasses."
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Key FDA Food Program on Starvation Diet
Nutrition, Labeling, Anti-Fraud Efforts Underfunded, Says Report
October 29, 2003
Ever wonder why Smuckers can claim that a spread with 30 percent strawberries is 100% Fruit? Mystified by oddball claims on functional foods? Curious why dangerous food allergens are often buried within hard-to-read ingredient lists? A new report says part of the problem is that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)s Washington staff to crack down on such problems has been slashed almost in half.
The FDA even lacks adequate resources to guarantee the quality of infant formula or to protect the public from fraudulent food claims on web sites, according to the report from the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Beefing up the agencys Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements (ONPLDS) could save thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars by reducing health-care costs and improving productivity.
While FDA has devoted more money to dietary-supplement issues, its resources for key nutritional health, food labeling, and fraud programs have been cut by more than half over the last decade, said CSPI senior attorney Ilene Ringel Heller, the author of the report. Congress has given the agency more to do but less money to do it with.
Congress has found money for food industry priorities such as speeding the approval of new food additives, CSPI legal affairs director Bruce Silverglade wrote in letters to leading members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. It is now time to find money to ensure that the FDAs nutritional health and consumer protection missions are adequately funded. Increasing FDAs budget by only two percent and devoting that sum for work in these areas would reap economic rewards many times that amount.
The CSPI report estimates how much money is needed to adequately fund key programs such as:
- Stopping misleading ingredient claims on food labels;
- Labeling the caffeine content of processed foods;
- Finishing rules on health-related claims concerning trans fatty acids;
- Making sure that information on the Nutrition Facts label is accurate;
- Stopping fraudulent claims for so-called functional foods and medical foods;
- Ensuring the quality of infant formulas and the safety of new ingredients;
- Scrutinizing health-related claims on food-company Internet sites;
- Urging industry to provide information on food labels on how to safely serve foods that pose choking hazards to young children;
- Establishing rules for Use by dates on food labels to help ensure food safety;
- Defining and policing the use of such terms on food labels as Natural and GMO Free.
The numbers of FDA staff in Washington responsible for those areas has declined from 100 to about 45 full-time positions over the last nine years, Silverglade said. But this part of the FDA has had to take on major new responsibilities such as regulating functional foods containing herbal medicines, setting standards for the labeling of genetically engineered ingredients, and monitoring health claims on the Internet. FDAs office responsible for these areas needs more money for field and headquarters staff, consumer research and education programs, and outside technical contractors.
CSPI says ONPLDS should receive an increase of $30 million phased in over the next three fiscal years to add 300 employees to its headquarters and field staff.
Consumers have a right to expect a safe and honestly labeled food supply, said Silverglade. Starving the FDA of resources in this area is penny-wise and pound foolish.

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We all have witnessed the erosion of morals and principles in our society. With more young people succumbing to temptations at a younger age, some believe the next generation is at stake. Tara White is one of those God-appointed leaders who aims to pull young women back from the brink of sexual immorality to the wholeness and purity God has designed for their lives. It's that passion that led this Spencer, North Carolina resident to pen her first book, Don't Curse Your Wedding Bed Before You Say I Do. A candid look at her life and the mistakes she made along the way, the book documents a single woman's journey and is a clarion call for all singles to live holy lives of celibacy.
Hailing from the small town of Salisbury, NC, and born to Andrew I. D. and Diane Harris, Tara grew up in a loving Christian home. She went to church frequently and committed her life to the Lord at a young age. But that didn't stop her from suffering with issues that many young girls struggle with like low self-esteem and the need to please others, even at her own expense. She says that she ended up "looking for love in the all the wrong places and faces" and made some bad decisions. But ultimately she found herself seeking "the one true love" when she became pregnant. "Although I said the sinner's prayer when I was young," says Tara, "it wasn't until later in life, when I was alone and pregnant, that I really realized that I needed God in my life. I knew I needed to 'walk the walk' and live out my life as a Christian woman."
Marrying the father, Tito White, of her beautiful baby girl, Tianca, Tara went through some life-altering experiences and initially the marriage was a rocky one. "When we got married, I didn't know how to be a wife and he didn't know how to be a husband," recounts Tara. There would be ups and downs and arguments and tears, a story she recalls through the pages of Don't Curse Your Wedding Bed Before You Say I Do. The miraculous healing and amazing reconciliation serves as inspiration to anyone who has been in a troubled relationship.
Healing broken people and broken relationships is a God-given ministry to Tara and after completing a paid internship for the Department Of Social Services, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Livingstone College in Salisbury. She has worked in the human services/social work field for 16 years.
In 1999 Tara, along with her husband and her sister, Aleashia Harris-Brandon, stepped out on faith to start a Residential Treatment Facility for children. Quality Care Developmental Services, Inc. which has served children from several different counties since their initial opening and continues to serve these counties. From the very beginning, helping children and families heal has been a ministry for her, the credit which she gives to God.
Her passion for others caught the attention of her local area and she was awarded the Humanitarian Award in 2007 from the W.G. Bill Hefner V.A. Medical Center for her work in the community with families and children. She was also awarded The MLK Community Leader For Change Award in 2011 Hosted by Pastor Bryan J. Pierce at Bethel Baptist Church.
A gifted motivational speaker with a passion to inspire young girls to make good decisions, and to identify and release their God-given potential, Tara has a voice to motivate and uplift and will use it to help change today's generation. GOD has graced Tara to be a confident, competent, and capable Bible Teacher who teaches a centralized message of wholeness and completeness in GOD, and how we can become empowered in and through Christ Jesus.


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When you first enter the stage area at the Liminis Theatre (where Convergence-Continuum is currently producing "Lobster Alice") it is a bit intimidating. There are twenty-seven seats on risers in two rows that run the length of the long wall. This puts you very close to the action at all times. You almost feel as if you should have a drafting table in front of you in order to give furtive glances over the top of the angled drawing board at the goings on in this recreation of the 30's Walt Disney Illustrators' office. As the play begins the action takes place literally right in front of your nose…and there is a lot of action.
Alice Horowitz (Sarah Maria Hess) arrives first on the scene. She is the assistant to John Finch (Tim Coles) who is one of the head illustrators for Walt Disney Studios. The year is 1936. Alice is full of life and wants to experience "everything". John, on the other hand, is secretly in love with Alice but is too reserved to do anything about it. Thus, their workaday life consists of her ship sending signals while he fishes off the back of his boat not realizing that the prize catch is sitting right in front of him. John's current project is the animated feature film, "Alice In Wonderland" and it is not going well. Mr. Disney feels the work thus far is too "vanilla". Another characteristic of the two is that they live and breathe animation to the point that they act and talk much like cartoon characters. Everything they say or do is done broader and wider than necessary.
Enter Salvador Dali (Grey Cross) who has been granted complete control over a project to create a short animated film based on the 30's popular song, "Destino" or "You Tempt Me" (this is a true story). He has six weeks in order to produce the work. In the course of the first five weeks, Dali has other plans then to work on his project. He makes it his mission to infuse life and excitement into these two star-crossed lovers. The play is an invention of what might have happened.
This production has a lot going for it. To begin with, Sarah Maria Hess as Alice brings a tremendous amount of energy and fun to the part. Tim Coles as the straight laced John Finch is the perfect foil for her and Dali. Also included in the cast is the hard working Beau Reinker who plays Thorton, the Caterpillar, a very large rabbit and an aged janitor. Grey Cross as Dali is the real McCoy (mustache and all) as he puts the "flam" in flamboyant. In real life, Dali was a man of high integrity who tried never to lie to people and who lived his life in all extremes. Grey captures the essence to a T.
The set consists (from left to right for those of you playing at home) a small chalk board and cork board, Alice's desk with 1930's typewriter, rotary phone and coffee cut that says "Drink Me!". Behind her is a door to a break area, there is a small coffee table with a rug under it (this is later replaced by the "rabbit hole couch"), the main outside entrance to the office with a picture window to the right of it, John's drafting table with a small drawer table next to it and a coat rack at the far end. sprinkled over the wall behind them are various drawings in color and black and white showing various stages of completion.
The lighting by Lisa Wiley gives more depth to a small space and though minimalistic at first, the set design by Clyde Simon (who also did the sound design) is soon filled with Dali-ish props of unusualality that turns this mundane office into a living Dali painting. There is also discriminate use of video which adds to the storyline as well as a couch that serves as "the rabbit hole" where Alice eventually falls through to Wonderland. Add to this the numerous costume changes by all the cast and your attention will not waver from this fascinating play. For those familiar with the artist and his work, there are all kinds of "Touches de Dali" sprinkled throughout as well as references to Alice in Wonderland. In short it is a surrealistic stew that has been put on the boil for our pleasure to enjoy.
Prude Alert: There is some mild language but nothing to write the decency board about. There is some sexual reference but it is offhanded at best. I would rate this one PG-24.
Shooting From The Lip (My Last Words): Tired of winter? Can't wait until you can put the three layers of clothing away? Convergence-Contiuum's "Lobster Alice" is just the ticket to brush the late winter blues aways. Let Salvador Dali take you to a different and happier place (think bizarre) where you can forget about living in Cleveland for one evening. Afterwards, find a nice bar in the Tremont or Ohio City area to discuss the play over a bottle of good wine and as Dali would suggest, "…put a little seduction into your life."
"Lobster Alice" will play through Saturday, April 5, 2014 and runs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood.
Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors and $10 for students.
Reservations and information are available at convergence-continuum.org or 216-687-0074.
"Lobster Alice" is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, and by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.


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Kim Kardashian may not be bashed alongside Kanye West for the crazy things he says and does, but she does know what it is like to be slammed in the media. Recently, he went on a rant, talking about how people were judging them because of the colors of their skin. However, it sounds like Kanye may have misunderstood the public dislike for him. In addition, Kim seems to be jumping on his bandwagon. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Feb. 18, Kim Kardashian is now revealing that she stands by everything her man is saying on stage.
TMZ caught up with Kim recently, who was out shopping with her best friend, Jonathan Cheban. She revealed that his rant was "very insightful," and added, "I agree with everything he says," before taking off. There have been nothing in the press about Kim and Kanye being slammed for being in an interracial relationship.
For their part, TMZ insists that there's no racist undertones to their negative press on Kanye. "Not to brag ... but we criticized Kanye long before he hooked up with Kim, like in 2008 after he attacked a photog at LAX, and after his Taylor Swift fiasco a year later."
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Meet a very important little male black and tan miniature Pinscher mix. To New York City Animal Care and Control, Nestor doesn't carry much importance, but this little boy has captured the heart of a volunteer who figured him out no sooner than he figured her out. The poor little guy was picked up as a stray on August 15 and put up for adoption on August 18. No one ever came to the Manhattan shelter to find him.
"This little dude captured my heart when I saw him circling in his kennel, clearly stressed. Although a bit fearful, he wagged his tail at me and I knew we'd be friends. In Greek mythology Nestor is a king who is noted for his bravery and to whom others come for advise. Our little Nestor is doing his best to be brave, and once loose in a pen with me takes courage in hand and climbs into my lap."
Unfortunately Nestor didn't pass his behavior test with the assessors at the shelter, and has been labeled "New Hope" only. Stressed and terrified, Nestor wouldn't tolerate handling and turned around to bite, although he acted fine to the other dog during his evaluation.
But let's return to the volunteer's calm assessment of Nestor and as the two became better acquainted this happened:
"He's likely house trained 'going' as soon as we were outside, and he does a little dance on his hind legs for treats. Once he discovered the comfort of my lap, he curled in pressing his head against my chest. His eyes are a bit cloudy with age, and his coat gleams with apparent good care; his leash manners are good and he seems to like other dogs."
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Winderman: The Charlie Bell scouting report
Spoke to an Eastern Conference scout a few minutes ago for another story and while I was at it, turned the conversation to Charlie Bell, the Bucks free-agent point guard who has received an offer sheet from the Heat.
The scout flat out gushed about the signing, saying it was, by far, the biggest and best move by the Heat this offseason, going as far as to say that by landing Bell, alone, it would make the Heat's offseason successful.
Foremost, the scout said Bell not only sets up well as the primary backup at shooting guard to Dwyane Wade, but that he could also envision Bell closing games alongside Wade because of his defensive tenacity — sort of a Damon Jones who can play both ends of the court. The scout said there is no way first-round pick Daequan Cook would emerge, in the short term, anywhere close to Bell's current level.
The scout, though, warned not to overstate Bell at point guard, rating him as little more than a fallback option. He said a Bell/Smush Parker combo in the absence of Jason Williams would not be enough to guide a contender. But he also said Bell is a far superior player to Parker on both ends of the court, going as far as to question why the Heat was so quick to sign Parker or why it even tapped into its mid-level exception for the former Laker.
"I don't know if they had an eye on Bell the whole time," the scout said. "But Randy (Pfund, the Heat's general manager) did a good job with this one. Maybe it's because he keeps in touch with (Mark) Bartelstein (Bell's agent) so much. This is a nice move by them — if they get him."


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Thousands of people marched through Sydney CBD protesting the government's budget. Photo: James Alcock
Central Sydney has filled with a sea of protesters for the "Bust the Budget" march.
Organisers estimated up to 15,000 people joined the rally, which started at Town Hall and proceeded along George Street and up Market Street.
Police figures put the number of marchers at 6000.
Thousands of people marched through Sydney CBD protesting the government's budget. Photo: Stephanie Wood
The protest was peaceful and police said there had been no reported incidents.
Allan Jones, who attended the march with his wife, Veronica Carey, and intellectually disabled son, Ross, said he was concerned about a range of issues. "I'm ashamed to be an Australian at times," Mr Jones said.
Mr Jones singled out the treatment of asylum seekers, disability care and cuts to education and the abandonment of the Gonski scheme.
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Thousands of people gather in capital cities for the Bust the Budget rally. Photo: Eddie Jim
"It was a wonderful scheme. We are really disappointed about that."
Mr Jones, 79, who received an OAM in 2005 for services to people with disabilities through his work with the Pittwater-based Sailability NSW, said he also hated the secrecy surrounding the government's refugee policy.
Cody Stucker and his wife, Marisa Whitington, attended the rally with their children Freddie, 6, and Jonathan, 2.
Organisations estimate 15,000 people showed up to march. Police suggest the number was closer to 6000. Photo: James Alcock
"I'm worried about education cuts in the budget for these two," said Ms Whitington.
Mark Lennon from Unions NSW said the latest federal budget was unfair.
"Not only is it unfair, it is deliberately unfair, because this is not just about the budget, this is about a change of the agenda for this nation.
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"This is about a change in the philosophical direction of the country."


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Know all about Aamir Khan's first TV show Satyamev Jayate. Browse more for music video, promos, episode highlights, trivia and gossip
Aamir Khan is as excited and nervous about his TV show, Satyamev Jayate, as his fans. The actor says it is his biggest project till date, even bigger than any of his films! "This TV show is the closest to my heart," said Aamir while unveiling the music video of the show. "People did not know that I had been working on it for the past two years," he added, saying that he had put his heart and soul into it.
Aamir also said that he is a very emotional person and cries very easily, and that shooting for Saytamev Jayate had him in tears quite a few times. He, however, denied that he wanted to create a revolution through the show. His aim, he said, was to unite people through it. "Main chahta hoon ke log isse jude," he explained. As a run up to the show's premiere on May 6, we present you all that you need to know about the show….
- Satyamev Jayate will air on May 6 at 11am on Star Plus and DD1 simultaneously Read more
- It is Aamir Khan's first TV show as a host
- Satyamev Jayate is a chat show
- The show's first episode will tackle the issue of female infanticide
- It is directed by filmmaker Satyajeet Bhatkal
- Aamir Khan has been working on the show for the past two years
- The first promos of Satyamev Jayate were shot in Aamir's house in Bandra, Mumbai. His wife, director Kiran Rao wasn't amused Watch promos
- Aamir and Kiran's baby son Azad Rao Khan appears in one of the promos, but that clip will not be used, says Aamir
- Aamir Khan's pet cat also features in one of the promos
- Imran Khan will make an appearance on the show as a special guest
- Satyamev Jayate as a title cannot have a copyright by anyone, according to the government, as it is part of the national emblem. But Aamir was okay with the fact
- Aamir travelled the length and breadth of the country for the show
- He wants it to be as popular as the Ramayan and Mahabharat shows, and so chose the broadcast time of Sunday morning 11am Read more
- Satyamev Jayate will have 13 episodes
- Each episode will run for an hour and a half
- The music of Satyamev Jayate has been composed by Delhi Belly music director, Ram Sampath
- Ram has also sung the title song, along with Keerthi Sagathia
- Aamir wanted the title song to be like a romantic number, "a love song for the country", as he said Read more and watch video
- Each episode will have a different song
- Jai ho singer Sukhwinder Singh has also been roped in for a number Read more
- Ad man and lyricist Prasoon Joshi has penned the songs along with Swanand Kirkire and a few others
- The title song music video has been shot by ad filmmaker Ram Madhvani
- The agency handling the promotions is O&M (Ogilvy & Mather)
- Star Plus is spending Rs 6.25 crore on the promos of Satyamev Jayate Read more
- There was a Fire on the sets of Satyamev Jayate, so Aamir postponed the release of his film Talaash in order to reshoot his show Read more
- Aamir normally takes an off in his birthday on March 14. But this year, he was working on Satyamev Jayate
- Satyamev Jayate's studio portions have been shot at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai
- When the first episode was aired, about 1,00,000 people dialled in to speak to Aamir Khan to show support for the issue of female foeticide that he was discussing.
Keep watching this space for updates.
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Everyone once in a while, you come across something that makes you stop and think for a moment. Late last week we were reading one of our favorite blogs and got a good chuckle out of one of the entries about a funny sign in Fremont. The Boing Boing post reminded us that we've never… Read More
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AVA disputes continue in Napa Valley, Alpha Omega gets some love
It's a hot, sweltering Friday afternoon and all we feel like doing is popping open a nice bottle of cool, crisp sauvignon blanc--if anyone has any suggestions, we're all ears! In the meantime, here are a couple news items that caught our eye today. No AVA designation for east Napa, at least not yet Last… Read More
Cork Bits: ideas for your Napa Valley weekend
It's that time again--Thursday afternoon and the countdown until the weekend begins is underway. As always, here are a couple local events that might be worth checking out. Saturday, June 21st The 11th Annual Calistoga "Art in the Park" benefit will take place from 11am - 5pm at Pioneer Park on Cedar St. The outdoor… Read More
JoLe opens in Calistoga, Yountville's Brix becomes 25° Brix
In recent days there have been quite a number of new developments in Napa Valley's restaurant scene. Here's a quick recap for anyone scoring at home. JoLe opens in downtown Calistoga Several weeks back while cruising through downtown Calistoga we noticed a new sign. Within the Mount View Hotel, a new restaurant, JoLe, was nearly… Read More
Video: how to find water in a vineyard–the old fashioned way
Duane Hoff (of Fantesca Estate and Winery up on Spring Mountain) and the crew at Adopt-a-Grape are out with their latest video installment. This one has the team searching for a water source on the property with the special help of a long time Napa Valley resident. [techtags: Napa, Napa Valley, wine, winery, napa video… Read More


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Bottom: Installing "reduced" sidewalks—pavement with cutouts to allow room for tree roots—have significantly reduced broken pavement and made Hyde Park a more walkable neighborhood.
Top: In Los Angeles's Hyde Park neighborhood, buckled, cracked sidewalks such as this were a common eyesore. Photos: George Gonzalez
Tree roots can turn a city sidewalk into an impassable mess of broken-up concrete.
Here are a few sidewalk design features to consider for preventing future problems:
A good forester monitors and evaluates the health of his city's trees. Gonzalez uses a five-point grading scale to gauge whether a tree is the picture of health, needs "medical" attention, or should be taken down:
A: exceptionally healthy, structurally stable, and attractive.
B: healthy, stable, and has a useful lifespan of five years or more.
C: in decline, creating extensive structural damage, and/or is the wrong species or size for its site.
D: declining, structurally unsound, and there's a good chance it'll die.
F: the tree is dead.
To preserve a tree, Gonzalez's team seeks to avoid cutting roots, compacting the surrounding soil, or changing drainage or grade within the root zone. Pruning, the most common maintenance, can be called for if the tree's crown is too high, low, or thick. The practice also can be used, after pavement is removed, to prevent future sidewalk damage. The risk: If not done properly, the branches could die, the tree could become unstable, root regrowth may increase, and the susceptibility to various conditions (drought or insect attack, for example) increases. Gonzalez recommends evaluating root-pruned trees periodically in the months after treatment to gauge their continuing health.
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CORINTH – Funeral services for Staff Sgt. William S. "Seth" Ricketts are scheduled for noon Monday at the Crossroads Arena.
Family members told television station WTVA that a visitation will be held 5-9 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home in Corinth.
Ricketts died Saturday in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
He will be buried at Corinth National Cemetery.
Donations to a memorial fund for his children may be made to the Seth Ricketts Memorial Fund, CB&S Bank, 200 S. Harper Road, Corinth.


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- Now add the water along with hing and salt .
- When the water starts boiling add the ground rice and stir it well to avoid lumps.
- Once the ground rice cooked completely add the grated coconutand mix it well.
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FMLA Required Correspondence and Forms
Note: Effective January 1, 2011, all FMLA paperwork as well as decisions regarding an employee's eligibility for FMLA leave will be administered by the HR/FMLA Consultant assigned to your department. In most cases, the HR/FMLA Consultant will provide the employee with the necessary forms.
- FMLA – HR Notice of FMLA
- Notice of Eligibility and Rights & Responsibility Form
- Family Medical Leave Certification of Health Care Provider Forms
- FMLA Designation Notice
If you have questions about any of the FMLA forms, the FMLA policy or procedures, please contact the HR/FMLA Consultant assigned to your department.
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Hello Kitty is NOT a cat? Really?! In recent days, people from around the world have expressed shock as they found out Hello Kitty is not a cat from articles or TV news reports quoting "Hello Kitty is not a cat, plus more reveals before her L.A. tour" by Los Angeles Times reporter Carolina A. Miranda. My in-depth and exclusive Skype video interview with Miranda talks about what lead her to write the article and different aspects of the Hello Kitty brand. Have a watch of the interview as it was a ton of fun to conduct and should be a lot of fun to watch.
To be honest, this reporter is one of the people who was shocked to find out Hello Kitty is not a cat from reading Miranda's article. And then changed my mind again after reading "Don't Be Silly, Hello Kitty Is a Cat" by Brian Ashcraft, who did a phone interview with representative from Sanrio, the Japanese company that owns the Hello Kitty character. Here is what Ashcraft wrote,
"When Kotaku called Sanrio's Tokyo headquarters today and asked whether or not Hello Kitty was indeed a cat, a spokesperson explained, "Hello Kitty was done in the motif of a cat. It's going too far to say that Hello Kitty is not a cat. Hello Kitty is a personification of a cat.""
OK, Hello Kitty is a "personification of a cat" seems a lot more sensible than "Hello Kitty is not a cat, she is a girl"! Unfortunately, this reporter's mind was forced to change once more after reading Miranda's update "What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos". In particular, this line made the final change [emphasis added in bold],
"Before my story, anyone who had done some careful Googling could have turned up the fact that Kitty was not a cat, as a PDF document of Sanrio's art usage guidelines will tell you. As it states: "Hello Kitty is not a cat, she is a girl. Please do not make/use animal references.""
Miranda said when she Googled "Hello Kitty not a cat" to fact check, the PDF document [see link below] was the first result returned by Google. But if you try to access the PDF link, "http://www.sanriodiva.com/data/sites/5/guidedocument/approvalguideline.pdf", you will get a "404 - File or directory not found." I will leave it to the readers to decide if higher powers at Sanrio decided the document should be removed from its Online Approval System. Anyway, thanks to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, you can download the 2013 archived PDF document "Hello Kitty - Brand Image & Approval Guideline (Europe)" and read page 2, in black and white, that Sanrio's #1 Basic Rule for Hello Kitty logo & pose is:
"1. Hello Kitty is not a cat, she is a girl. Please do not make/use animal references."
OK, a Brand Image & Approval Guideline is as close to a legal document as one can get in how a company want you to uses it brand and character. Case closed.
As Miranda mentioned in the video interview and you can verify in Sanrio Hello Kitty's official fans site, Hello Kitty is British and she has a twin sister call Mimmy White, and even a pet cat call Charmmy Kitty. And the often wondered and sometimes asked question "Why doesn't Hello Kitty have a mouth?" has this official fans site answer,
"Though Sanrio still hasn't made an official announcement about it, Yuko Yamaguchi, the current official designer of Hello Kitty entertained this question when Time Magazine interviewed her:
"It's so that people who look at her can project their own feelings onto her face, because she has an expressionless face. Kitty looks happy when people are happy. She looks sad when they are sad. For this psychological reason, we thought she shouldn't be tied to any emotion - and that's why she doesn't have a mouth."
Click here to read the full interview with Yuko Yamaguchi, the current official designer of Hello Kitty entertained this question when Time Magazine interviewed her."
The Business of Hello Kitty
All the worldwide buzz and discussions have to be good for the 40 years old Hello Kitty brand which has reportedly earned its maker Sanrio more than "$7 billion a year, an absurd number that seems all the more absurd when considering Sanrio does very little advertising"! As this reporter has written many times, the best advertising cannot be bought because they are reported as news or editorials, just like Hello Kitty has been appearing in "not a cat" news in the last few days.
KISS frontman Gene Simmons once told this reporter in a Fox LA Google+ video Hangout that there are KISS branded Hello Kitty merchandises! And in doing research for this article, this reporter had spent hours last night (willingly as it was FUN) looking at Taiwan airline Eva Air's Hello Kitty theme travel offerings. Amongst the many Eva Air Hello Kitty photos shared on Flickr, these are especially lovely: check in area, many different planes, Kitty themed meals, bus, and even toiletries!
In an insightful interview (part 1 and part 2) with the third (and current) Hello Kitty character designer Yuko Yamaguchi, she was asked to give some background up until she became Hello Kitty's designer. Here is her answer [with emphasis added in bold],
"Certainly. At the end of the '70s, Hello Kitty wasn't selling much, and Sanrio's biggest sellers were the Little Twin Stars (Kiki and Lala). I was actually a fan of Kiki and Lala. At the time, I had just joined Sanrio and I belonged to a group that developed so-called "non-character" designs such as logos and heart patterns that were aimed more at adults. I was not engaged in character design.
It was then that the second Hello Kitty designer quit, and it seemed as though Hello Kitty might also go. A lot of Hello Kitty products were being discontinued then, and the company president Tsuji was apparently concerned, saying, "If we leave her like this, Hello Kitty will be lost." Part of that is because the concept behind Hello Kitty was that she was the "symbol of friendship."
It was a time when the characters who debuted in the mid-'70s stopped selling and kept getting discontinued. Even before I entered the company, merchandise for characters that had been selling well like Bunny & Matty, Patty & Jimmy and Tiny Poem stopped selling. It's true that I thought that it was finally Hello Kitty's time as well. With that situation and with a lot of people in the company saying, "But she's the symbol of friendship," and "We can't just let this go," we ended up holding an election for the third Hello Kitty designer."
Not bad for a character that wasn't selling much at the end of 70s to now making $7 billion a year. Despite all the heated discussions/outrage and the latest "news" of "Young girl refuses to accept Hello Kitty is not a cat – and she's got a point" where the attached 17,000+ views YouTube video, Sanrio can celebrate Hello Kitty's 40th Anniversary by secretly/openly laughing all the way to the bank!


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Posts Tagged Alternative Medicine
The Most Misused Gout Drug, Colchicine
Posted by Victor Konshin in Gout Treatments on May 19, 2009
Gout is a disease that medical science obsessed over for, well, since medical science came into being. Only in the last fifty years has gout become a "forgotten" disease. Through this long and amazing history, gout has had a more or less faithful companion: the autumn crocus flower. It's from the bulb of this flower that colchicine comes.
Some reports say that colchicine has been in use for over 6000 years while other reports say its a much newer drug that has only been in use for 2000 years. Regardless, it is still considered to be a first line drug by many doctors. Unfortunately, those doctors are grossly out-of-date. Not only in using colchicine first, but also in how they use it…
Uric Acid Levels and Gout
Posted by Victor Konshin in Diet, General, Gout Treatments on May 8, 2009
If you have gout, it is important to get your uric acid levels tested regularly. This is important for a couple of reasons. First, if you are taking medication, or even natural remedies to lower uric acid levels, you want to make sure that they are actually working. You also want to make sure that you are maintaining a healthy uric acid level – too much uric acid and gout can occur (bad) – too little uric acid and neurological issues can occur (rare, but worse).
Second, uric acid levels can fluctuate wildly, from day to day, even hour to hour. A blood test gives you a snapshot of what your uric acid level is at that moment. You could be having a good day and your uric acid level is low. This might make you feel as though you do not need to take so much medication and scale back. Unfortunately, this will likely result in a gout attack.
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Kidney Stones, a Gout Early Warning?
Posted by Victor Konshin in General, New Research on April 22, 2009
The "German Professional Association of Internists" released a statement on Monday saying that kidney stones may be an early warning sign for gout. The statement claimed that as many as 40% developed kidney stones as a first indication of gout.
This makes sense. It had been known for a long time that high levels of uric acid in the body can cause increased levels of uric acid excreted by the kidneys. This excess uric acid can form uric acid kidney stones. Not only that, but uric acid crystals can serve as a catalyst for the formation of kidney stones based on other substances such as calcium.
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Alternative Medicine for Gout
Posted by Victor Konshin in Alternative Medicine on April 15, 2009
Gout is the only disease in all of medicine that has been correctly identified as a unique disease throughout all of recorded medical history. For over four thousand years doctors and healers have recognized pain and swelling of the big toe as most likely being gout. People often ask me what the "scientific name" for gout is. It's just 'gout' – there has never been any need to rename it. Things like heart attacks where given more specific names like, myocardial infarction, when our understanding increased, but there has never been any need to rename gout.
In the past, gout was a disease that doctors and healers obsessed over. The disease tended to affected mostly kings and noblemen because they had the means to live a lifestyle that made gout more prevalent - peasants rarely developed gout, even if they where genetically predisposed to gout because their sparse diet and over all fitness (from really hard work) cancelled out this predisposition.
This meant that anyone that came up with an effective treatment, or better yet, a cure for gout would be on the fast track to riches as the wealthy would be willing to pay handsomely for a solution to their gout pain. This resulted in a myriad of claims about gout treatments and cures, many of which not only still exist today but are widely believed as being helpful for gout. Of course, some of these ancient doctors actually did stumble on substances that have proven to be helpful for gout, but most just do not work.
In this article I will look at some of these treatments and look at which have scientific backing, which do not and which are potentially dangerous.
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Vitamin C and Gout
Posted by Victor Konshin in Alternative Medicine, Diet on March 30, 2009
Vitamin C has been in the news lately as a natural means of managing gout. It has been known for a long time that vitamin C intake helps the kidneys eliminate uric acid from the body and I wrote about it in my book, but this new study focused on seeing if this actually translated into a reduction in the frequency of gout attacks. The results are pretty compelling.
This study, which followed 46,994 men over the course of twenty years showed that taking over 1500mg of vitamin C per day resulted in a 45% reduction in the risk of gout attacks. Of course, taking this much vitamin C per day can be problematic for a couple of reasons:
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Jun 14, 2012 9:05 AM
When we grocery shop we tend to suffer from eyes-bigger-than-stomach-syndrome or some delusion that we'll cook dinner every night of the week instead of picking up a pizza or stopping by our favorite Mexican joint. Farmers' markets are particularly dangerous. We usually come home with bags of veggies that turn into science experiments in the back of the icebox. This La Vie Sophia Market Bag ($24) is sure to keep our purchasing under control. Since it's not too big, but not tiny either, we're sure we'll be able to fit all of the things we really eat (Swiss chard, heirloom tomatoes, a baguette) into it, but not so much of the stuff we won't (giant bundle of collard greens, you know who you are).
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Leaked Wal-Mart emails Friday warned of a February "total disaster". But the emails hurt Wal-Mart's stock during Friday's trading as well. The emails were written by Jerry Murray and Cameron Geiger.
The leaked Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) emails called February a "total disaster" in retail sales. The first email was purportedly written by Jerry Murray, Wal-Mart's vice president of finance and logistics and was dated February 12, 2013. It reads "In case you haven't seen a sales report these days, February MTD (month-to-date) sales are a total disaster. The worst start to a month I have seen in my seven years with the company." Murray claims that a payroll-tax increase allegedly hurt consumer spending.
Wal-Mart Friday tried to react to the bad public relations as its stock fell Friday 2.2% to $69.30. Wal-Mart spokesman said, "As with any organization, we often see internal communications that are not entirely accurate, that lack the proper context and represent individual opinions."
Another leaked email from February 1 was obtained by Bloomberg. Cameron Geiger, senior vice president of Wal-Mart U.S. Replenishment, wrote "Have you ever had one of those weeks where your best- prepared plans weren't good enough to accomplish everything you set out to do? Well, we just had one of those weeks here at Wal-Mart U.S. Where are all the customers? And where's their money?"


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Regularly researching keyword opportunities and expanding your term list is critical to the success of a paid search program, but knowing when to delete keywords with low potential is also an important consideration in managing PPC accounts at scale.
Why Delete Keywords at All?
In addition to the engines having finite account size limits, keyword lists, especially in large, mature accounts, can grow to an unwieldy size as new keywords are added throughout the years. This can make it more difficult to quickly enact time-sensitive changes such as promotional copy additions and intraday bid adjustments. Thousands of additional keywords translate into hundreds of additional adgroups and internet and search engine API bandwidth limitations restrict how quickly requests can be transmitted and processed. This issue is compounded if keywords need to be duplicated in various parts of the account for testing or geotargeting purposes.
Also, while you may not see much in direct costs associated with allowing keywords that aren't generating many clicks to continue running in the account, these no click/low click-through rate keywords may be lowering your Account Quality Score and indirectly raising the costs per click of other keywords in the account.
Perhaps worse than not pruning low impression/traffic keywords at all, paid search account managers may arbitrarily decide to delete keywords that have not had an impression or click within a time-period of X, where X is a nice round number like 30 days, 6 months, or a year. We hope our analysis below will help account managers make a more data-informed decision, minimizing the negative impact this task could have on long-term sales.
Before We Begin…
- We assume keywords without impressions, clicks, and/or orders have been appropriately optimized (ex. for low/no impression keywords).
- The data analyzed in this post categorized a single keyword with separate matchtypes and campaign settings (ex. location, language, networks, device, etc.) as separate, individual data points.
- RKG, while balancing financial risk and rapid learning, tends to set fairly aggressive initial bids, so the windows between a keyword's early impressions and clicks may be biased a bit shorter compared to more recent data, but the early data is still a reasonable proxy for future performance patterns. We are using the earliest data here in order to incorporate sales and cost figures generated over the full lifetime of the keywords.
Deleting Keywords Without an Impression in X Days
For this part of the analysis, we aggregated the lifetime sales and costs of non-brand keywords from a bucket of well-established accounts (average age of 4 years) by the time between each keyword's first and second impression.
The following graph shows the relationship between that time difference and a keyword's lifetime contribution as a percentage of total account sales and costs.On average we found an account would lose about 1.0% of long-term sales and save 1.1% of long-term costs if keywords that did not have a second impression within 17 days of its first were deleted.
To be clear though, unless there are compelling reasons, we do not recommend deleting zero or low impression keywords before they have run for 365 days. A full year helps to account for seasonality, even for the most specific keywords. It is not difficult to imagine a keyword such as "[Small Town] Valentine's Day chocolates" launched on exact match in March not receiving any impressions until the following January or February.
For the very conservative account manager, 99.99% of total account sales and costs will typically be generated by keywords with less than two years between impressions. If you have terms that fit that bill, you should be pretty safe to free up that account space.
Deleting Keywords Without a Click in X Days
Using a similar approach to identify keywords with no clicks or low click-thru-rates worth deleting, we aggregated the lifetime sales and costs of non-brand keywords from the same accounts by the time between their first impression and first click. The following graph shows the relationship between that time difference and a keyword's lifetime contribution as a percentage of total account sales and costs.
This data shows that one would lose about 1.0% of long-term sales and save 1.1% of long-term costs if keywords that did not have a click within 150 days (5 months) of their first impression were deleted.
However, the data also shows that it took keywords with about 2.5 years between first impression and first click to generate 99.99% of total account sales and costs, which was longer than the age of a few of the accounts in our group.
Looking at the accounts individually, we found some had 99.99% of their sales/costs generated by keywords with less than 6 months between first click and first impression while it took other accounts' keywords almost three years between first click and first impression to reach that 99.99% mark.
Age of the Account Impact
We quickly realized that the predominant factor for this variability was the age of the account. While the data for a head-heavy client in the early days looked very different than an account that benefited more from the tail, we saw a convergence of 99% of total account sales being generated by keywords that have had a click since their first impression at about 11% of the age of the account.
We see a similar trend as our previous graph, but on a more representative scale.
For the very conservative account manager, 99.99% of long-term account sales and costs will typically be generated by keywords with less than 70% of the account age between first impression and first click.
Remember that the information in this table is just a guideline based on the analysis of a subset of our client base. There is no substitute for a competent account manager that can identify the individual keywords that are increasing account management overhead, decreasing account QS, and otherwise adding only minimal value to the program.
Special thanks to Mark Ballard for his contributions to this post.


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I am a bit spoiled these days on the road.� Golf is a big part of our touring.� Darius and I play most every show day.� So, we usually have an early tee time and get back to the venue around 1 or 2PM. ( believe it or not- playing golf is a big part of my warm up process. It loosens up my hands and wrists really well.� If I don't play golf, I warm up a little longer). Before sound check is when I get caught up on emails and phone calls. I don't work out enough but when I do it's in the afternoon. Sound check starts somewhere between 3:30 and 5.� For us sound check is fairly brief, usually 3-4 songs just so the FOH gets what it needs. Then it's dinner time and getting ready for the show. I do about 20 minutes of warming up and it's show time.� Wheels up to the next town around 1 AM.
2.����������� What are some of the things you love about your job?
Man, I am playing drums for a living. All of it is great. I've been touring nationally for @ 17 years and I still try to keep that kids attitude about it. Of course, it's not all perfect all the time, but I try to never take any of it for granted. A career in music is promised to no one. I've said for years, the 90 min on stage are free, I get paid for the other 22 1/2 hours. Seriously, just playing for great audiences is something you can't beat. If that ever gets old, I'll stay home.
3.����������� What are some of the drawbacks?
As a father and husband, the distance from family is the one true downside. That's the reason I moved to Nashville actually. Nashville artists typically tour Thursday thru Sunday and come home for the week( of course there are exceptions like west coast, Canada and abroad). So, I get a couple days a week at home. A busy year is 150 or so shows. Say 180 days total travel time. That leaves a ton of days for me to be home hanging with the family. It's not ideal but we make the best of it.
4.����������� What made you want to play drums, and how did you get started?
I can't honestly say when I got the bug. I just remember always listening to music. Before I started middle school, I went in to meet the band director and she tried me out on a few instruments. She felt the drums was most natural for me. So I got my snare drum kit and my xylophone and off I went. It wasn't long before I begged for a 'real' drum set. My budget was small but we were able to get a very neglected and slightly abused Ludwig kit with an assortment of hardware. The best feature was a pretty new Speed King pedal. Up to that point I was really only doing rudiments on the snare so I just started playing along with records on the full kit and was hooked.
5.����������� Whom did you study with and how did that affect you?
I have been so fortunate to study with so many great drummers and I have to say each one of them affected me in some way. My first teacher was Dan Fyffe. We focused mostly on the rudiments and very traditional studies. He definitely got me started on the right path. The next most influential teacher was Kevin Kaiser from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He kinda blew my mind. He opened me up to afro-cuban styles and a much more free style of jazz studies. Kevin might have had the largest impact on me to date. I was 15 and before him all of my studies were about preparing for competitions. All of his lessons were about stretching out, pushing yourself and making it feel great. He taught music, not just drums. When I studied with him I started to think seriously about doing this for a career. All of the teachers at Berklee College of Music were amazing. They each have their own approach and philosophy. I tried to study with as many as I could for one semester to open my approach. By far, the most influential 'teacher' for me was Kenny Aronoff. My teacher Kevin had gone to school with him. He put me in touch with Kenny. I only took a handful of physical lessons with him but one lesson with Kenny would keep me busy for months or years. We talked mostly and played little. He spoke of how to be the drummer in a band and how to play for the song. He shared his philosophies on feel. His lessons and mostly his example put me on the path to be the style of player I am.
6.����������� What was your most difficult -or challenging- gig, and how did you handle that?�
The hardest thing I experience is when you get called to do a gig last minute. More than once have I had to take the stage in front of 14k or so people and I've only had the songs for 1 or 2 days. No rehearsals, just get in there and go. I won't lie. It's not that fun but it is a great mental challenge more than a physical one. As for handling it, you just gotta go for it. No sleep, listening over and over and taking notes. I have my own short hand on drum charts but in these cases, I made them even shorter. Tempo, feel, intro, any obvious signature fills and ending. They worked out pretty well but the stress level is a little high.
7.����������� How did you get your current gig?
I had done some touring for a few artists that had the same manager as Darius. When it came time to put together a band for his solo career they thought of me and gave me the call. A personal relationship with his managers was definitely huge for me. That relationship also played big roll in getting the band leader/musical director job shortly after we got started as well.
8.����������� Are there certain shows that stick out in your mind above others?
Different shows for different reasons. There are always the occasional shows where stuff goes wrong. Usually a technical issue. Those always stick out in your mind. Then there are some venues that stick in your head as well. Like 'Red Rocks' in Colorado or 'The Gorge' in Washington state. They are such amazing venues you can't forget those.
9.����������� What was the strangest thing that has happened (or that you have seen,) during a tour?�
I've seen many strange things over the years but they are not really appropriate to print here...
10.��������� What do you do to maintain your versatility as a drummer?
Listen, listen, listen. I try to listen to music as much as possible and as much of a variety as I can get. I listen to what my kids are listening to and am always asking all of my buddies what they are into.
11.��������� What�s your current set-up, and what are you digging about it?
My set up changes based on the artist I am working for and what the gig needs. With Darius I am using a 12" rack and 16" floor but have added a 14" floor on the left side. That is one of my favorite configurations. It opens up for some great fill options. 16"x22" kick and a Black Beauty(seriously the best snare drum around). This year I went back to all flange hoops. I've been playing on die-cast hoops for years and they're great, but I just missed the feel of the flanged ones. It made the drums warmer sounding to me as well.
12.��������� How important to you are the drums you play and how do you feel it affects your playing?
I don't have one particular sound that I go for. I try to acheive the sound that fits my artist the best. I will work with the FOH engineer to come up with what we think is the best sound. I'll change head type, drum size, whatever works. So, what I look for in drums is versatility. If I want to tune things loosely and get a real bottom end tone or if I want to bring em up and get a livelier tone with some ring, I need to know I can. The most important thing for me is that no matter how I tune them I want them to sound 'warm' to me. The new Keystones I am playing right now are doing everything I need. To me, they feel like drums should feel. It's hard for me to describe what that means. But they make me want to play more.
13.��������� What drew you to Ludwig?
Ludwig is what I started on. When I think of what a drum should be, I think of Ludwig.
14.��������� Can you describe how you tweak your drums to get your personal sound?
Like I said before. I strive to find different sounds for different situations. I don't want to get locked in to any one tonal approach. I hope that my feel is the constant from gig to gig.
15.��������� Are there any upcoming projects that you are particularly excited about?
Darius has a new single and record coming out this year so that's always exciting. I love doing all the promotional TV stuff that comes with an album launch.
16.��������� Who are you major drumming influences?
There are so many amazing players it's tough to narrow it down. If I had to, Phil Collins is definitely one of my favorites of all time. His feel is unbelievable. I've listened to a ton of Manu Katche. Jeff Porcaro has been a huge influence on my playing. And, of course, Kenny Aronoff.
17.��������� What are your four favorite albums (drumming or otherwise)?
This is a hard question. Flaming Red by Patty Griffin is in there. Secret World Live by Peter Gabriel has to be one. Anything Zeppelin..is that cheating? I can't narrow it down to one of theirs. And I should put Black Crowes album Amorica.
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Israeli Police release CCTV footage showing the moment a heroic Border Police officer risked his life to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
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First Publish: 8/3/2014, 2:08 PM
Israeli Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment a Border Police officer thwarted a major terrorist attack by hurling himself into a car packed with explosives to apprehend a fleeing terrorist.
The occurred last week, after a vehicle drew the suspicion of police at a checkpoint in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem. After being flagged down and initially stopping, the nervous-looking driver attempted to escape, driving off with Border Police Commander Yeshurun Zoran still half inside the car.
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Today sees the 20th anniversary since the Conservatives last won a majority in a General Election. This is a stark reminder that even the most successful and longest standing political party in human history cannot rest on its laurels. Commentators will wax lyrical that our Party must revolutionise the way that it engages with voters. What of the vastly neglected activist network?
What are the factors that influence a voter's decision? Family and friends. Media representation. The bandwagon effect.
In each of these areas our local representatives have a huge role in shaping the decision-making process and influencing the hand that fills in the ballot paper.
Canvassers – our national representation on the front line. This is the sniper approach to political advocacy. One house at a time, one voter at a time. An arduous and thankless task that takes an inordinate amount of time, but what is it for? Influencing a vote or simply gathering inaccurate data for MERLIN?
What if the resident doesn't like the canvasser? What if the canvasser couldn't help with their query? What if they were on the way out and said "Oh yes, I'm a Conservative" just to shut them up and move them along?
It begs the question: what support does Conservative Central Headquarters offer to our troops?
If you aren't a local Councilor then chances are you aren't as familiar with the nuances of residents' association issues as they are. How do you cope with the detailed and specific questions? You blag it. Take down their details, pass it on and try not to look like you know absolutely nothing about their questions.
Another resident doesn't care about local issues. They're worried about the future of the NHS, education reform and policing levels. They care about defense and drugs. They care about extradition treaties and tax avoidance. Voting behaviour based entirely on their exposure to media hype and imbalanced scrutiny. How does a local canvasser combat that? With the expectation that you are the representative for the Government, canvassers must be able to riposte with voters and defend any Coalition policy at a moments notice.
What support does CCHQ offer to canvassers on national issues?
None. We have our wits and we hope that's enough.
A strong and unilateral decision must be taken from the upper echelons of our Party to streamline reporting lines across all Constituency Associations. Training must be strongly encouraged to promote best practice on the doorstep and encourage intra-constituency reports on local issues. Weekly summaries of Government policy and media topics complete with clarifying arguments must be sent to all activists to help support their canvassing efforts.
Real people and media hype influence voters. We need to start arming our activists with the weapons they need fight on the front line.
Our canvassers represent the Party on the doorstep. If they appear unprepared or flustered then we lose. If they pass the buck or agree that the Government is weak then we lose.
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Fire Crews Rescue Girl after FallNatrona County Firefighters, along with Mills and Casper Fire Departments rescued a 19-year-old woman who fell into a well this morning.
Around 7:30 a.m., Ciara Foldenauer, who was staying on a friends ranch near Zero Road, took a step out of the guest house where she was staying. When she did, the ground beneath her collapsed, and she fell 20 feet into a well.
The homeowner heard her screaming for help and found her about 20 minutes after the fall. Local fire agencies took just about an hour to rescue Foldenauer.
Despite the long fall, she walked away with just a gash to her leg.
The family has been living on the property for about 7 years and say they did not know there was a well beneath, what they thought, was a cement sidewalk. They plan to fill it with cement and have the rest of the property inspected.