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Ali Khamenei
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Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (born 15 July 1939) has been the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1989.
- [There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], "namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state."
- December 31, 1999 speech on Qods Day, as quoted in "Iranian leader urges destruction of Israel", The Spokesman-Review (January 1, 2000)
- Today the world has far more potential than in the past to understand the message of the Holy Prophet (s.w.a). The more human knowledge increases, the more likely it becomes that the message of Islam will gain ground. The more powerful people in different parts of the world use brutal tools in order to suppress human feelings and to bring them under their yoke, the more the ground will be prepared for identifying the light of Islam and the more thirsty human beings will become for Islam. Today we see the signs of this thirst for the message of Islam, which is the message of monotheism, the message of spirituality, the message of justice, the message of human dignity. Human beings are enthusiastic about the message of Islam.
- "Supreme Leader's Speech in a Meeting with Officials and Ambassadors of Islamic Countries", Khamenei.ir (October 25, 2000)
- Iran's stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon (Israel). We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region… No one will allow a bunch of thugs, lechers and outcasts from London, America and Moscow to rule over the Palestinians.
- "Iran leader urges destruction of 'cancerous' Israel", CNN (December 15, 2000)
- Furthermore, all the Western politicians, intellectuals and journalists are obliged to pay homage and bow to the monument that commemorates those allegedly killed in the Nazi concentration camps. In other words, all should acknowledge the veracity of something that has not been proven! This is also one of the propaganda means being applied by the Zionists to portray themselves as the victims of persecution!
- "Leader's Statements in a Meeting with Participants in IWMC", Khamenei.ir (January 31, 2002)
- It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region.
- January 15, 2001 remarks at a meeting with organizers of the International Conference for Support of the Intifada, as quoted in "The Iranian Leadership's Continuing Declarations of Intent to Destroy Israel", Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (2012)
- There are documents showing close collaboration of the Zionists with the Nazi Germany, and exaggerated numbers relating to the Jewish holocaust were fabricated to solicit sympathy of the world public opinion, lay the ground for the occupation of Palestine and to justify the atrocities of the Zionists. There is even evidence on hand that a large number of non-Jewish hooligans and thugs of Eastern Europe were forced to migrate to Palestine as Jews. The purpose was to install in the heart of the Islamic world an anti-Islamic state under the guise of supporting the victims of racism and to create a rift between the East and the West of the Islamic world after 1400 years of unity between those two parts.
- IRNA (April 24, 2001)
- The purchase of any item which helps strengthen Zionism is not permissible.
- The U.S. officials are now revealing their true nature. In his recent speech, the U.S. president spoke like a person who is thirsty for the blood of human beings! He threatened and leveled baseless accusations against other governments and nations. Considering the existing realities on the ground, most of the nations in the world have now come to the conclusion that the U.S. is really the Great Satan. This belief is also substantiated by concrete evidence.
- "Leader's Statements in a Meeting with Participants in IWMC", Khamenei.ir (January 31, 2002)
- Our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) managed to restore our dignity and eliminate the long-standing hegemony of autocracy and colonialism by returning to Islam, by adhering to Islam. He managed to give our people a sense of identity and made them feel that they can stand on their own feet, that they can say "yes" or "no" in the case of essential matters. Our people had been deprived of such things for centuries. It was Islam that gave these things to our people. In any country in any part of the world where the waves of Islamic Awakening are strengthened or started and the people and youth of that country feel that they are moving closer to Islam, there will be this renewed sense of identity and dignity.
- The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap.
- The Iraqi people will hate any government established in Iraq that will be recognized as appointed by the Americans, just as the Americans are hated. The Americans' coming to Iraq was a mistake. Their staying was a mistake. Their behavior with the population was a mistake... They must know that certainly, the Islamic world and chiefly the Shiite world will not stay silent in face of this.
- Western countries allow no freedom of expression, which they claim to advocate, with regard to the myth of the massacre of Jews known as the holocaust, and nobody in the West enjoys the freedom of expression to deny it or raise doubts about it. But affronting the sanctities of about 1.5 billion Muslims is permissible in the West.
- Our people say "Death to America," and this is like saying "I seek God's refuge from the accursed Satan," which is recited before any chapter of the Koran, even before "In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful." Why is this? So the believer will never forget, even for a moment, the presence of Satan. So he will never forget, even for a moment, that Satan is ready to attack him and to destroy his spiritual shield and is faith... The saying "Death to America" is for this purpose.
- Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used only by our people. Today, you see throughout the world people setting fire to the effigy of the American president and chanting the slogan "Death to America." This is because of the American regime's exaggerated demands, its arrogance, its vanity, and its desire to control, and because it is a pawn in the hands of the Zionists."
- Should the Iranian nation beg for the right of exploitation of nuclear energy from the bullying world powers until they accept that the nation has a nuclear right?... No. This is not the way of a free and independent nation... Rights cannot be achieved by entreating. If you supplicate, withdraw and show flexibility, arrogant powers will make their threat more serious.
- Iran leader: Won't beg for nuke power June 2007.
- Today, you are hated throughout the world. If you don't know this, you should. The peoples burn your flag. The Islamic peoples all over the world chant: "Death to America!"
- The European races are barbaric. They wear freshly pressed suits and ties, and they smell of eau de cologne, but deep down, they still have the same barbaric nature known from history. They kill with ease. They murder people without any problem. Therefore, beating women in their homes is of no consequence to the [Europeans] and Americans, whereas in an Islamic environment, it is unimaginable.
- Israel Is A Hideous Entity In the Middle East Which Will Undoubtedly Be Annihilated.
- From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will help. We have no fear expressing this… The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor that must be removed, and God willing it will be.
- The great powers have dominated the destiny of the Islamic countries for years and… installed the Zionist cancerous tumor in the heart of the Islamic world… Many of the problems facing the Muslim world are due to the existence of the Zionist regime.
- Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?
- Don't allow the colonialists to introduce their terrorists as representatives of Islam (January 21, 2015) [1]
- To the Youth in Europe and North America,
The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them. I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.
I don't address your politicians and statesmen either in this writing because I believe that they have consciously separated the route of politics from the path of righteousness and truth.
I would like to talk to you about Islam, particularly the image that is presented to you as Islam. Many attempts have been made over the past two decades, almost since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, to place this great religion in the seat of a horrifying enemy. The provocation of a feeling of horror and hatred and its utilization has unfortunately a long record in the political history of the West.
Here, I don't want to deal with the different phobias with which the Western nations have thus far been indoctrinated. A cursory review of recent critical studies of history would bring home to you the fact that the Western governments' insincere and hypocritical treatment of other nations and cultures has been censured in new historiographies.
The histories of the United States and Europe are ashamed of slavery, embarrassed by the colonial period and chagrined at the oppression of people of color and non-Christians. Your researchers and historians are deeply ashamed of the bloodsheds wrought in the name of religion between the Catholics and Protestants or in the name of nationality and ethnicity during the First and Second World Wars. This approach is admirable.
By mentioning a fraction of this long list, I don't want to reproach history; rather I would like you to ask your intellectuals as to why the public conscience in the West awakens and comes to its senses after a delay of several decades or centuries. Why should the revision of collective conscience apply to the distant past and not to the current problems? Why is it that attempts are made to prevent public awareness regarding an important issue such as the treatment of Islamic culture and thought?
You know well that humiliation and spreading hatred and illusionary fear of the "other" have been the common base of all those oppressive profiteers. Now, I would like you to ask yourself why the old policy of spreading "phobia" and hatred has targeted Islam and Muslims with an unprecedented intensity. Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent? What concepts and values in Islam disturb the programs of the super powers and what interests are safeguarded in the shadow of distorting the image of Islam? Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam.
My second request is that in reaction to the flood of prejudgments and disinformation campaigns, try to gain a direct and firsthand knowledge of this religion. The right logic requires that you understand the nature and essence of what they are frightening you about and want you to keep away from.
- Message of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei To the Youth in Europe and North America, Khamenei.ir (January 21, 2015)
- It goes without saying that the slogan does not mean death to the American nation; this slogan means death to the US's policies, death to arrogance.
- Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Explains 'Death to America' Slogan (November 3, 2015)
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- Hizbullah chose to be loyal to the regime in Iran, to the rule of the Jurisprudent, Hizbullah made a religious choice – and it is free to make such a choice... It chose to consider Ali Khamenei in Iran as their source of emulation. They turn to him to ask what is permitted and what is forbidden.
- . Lebanese Shiite Scholar Muhammad Ali Al-Husseini Slams Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria, and Declares Support for Saudi Efforts in the Middle East. MEMRI (August 18, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
- ... one of God's great graces, alongside the Islamic Republic, is the presence of the leader – this great leader who enjoys the grace of God. I say this out of experience, not as a gesture of politeness. They should be aware of the value of this great leader, and know how to make the most of this grace, and thank God for this. They should preserve this. With God's help, they should benefit the most from this great personality.
- We find ourselves in front of a great and exceptional personality who is criticized - even in Iran. Our responsibility is to introduce this great Imam to the nation, This is the very important and sensitive mission of this conference.
- Hassan Nasrallah, . Hizbullah Sec.-Gen. Hassan Nasrallah: We Received Guidance from Khamenei during the War. MEMRI (August 11, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-28. [2]
- Despite efforts to disguise his hatred of Israel in Islamic terms... Khamenei is more influenced by Western-style anti-Semitism than by classical Islam's checkered relations with Jews. His argument about territories becoming "irrevocably Islamic" does not wash, if only because of its inconsistency. He has nothing to say about vast chunks of former Islamic territory, including some that belonged to Iran for millennia, now under Russian rule. Nor is he ready to embark on Jihad to drive the Chinese out of Xinjiang, a Muslim khanate until the late 1940s. Israel, which in terms of territory accounts for one per cent of Saudi Arabia, is a very small fry. Khamenei's shedding of tears for "the sufferings of Palestinian Muslims" are also unconvincing. To start with, not all Palestinians are Muslims. And, if it were only Muslim sufferers who deserved sympathy, why doesn't the "Supreme Guide" beat his chest about the Burmese Rohingya and the Chechens massacred and enchained by Vladimir Putin, not to mention Muslims daily killed by fellow-Muslims across the globe?
- Amir Taheri, The Ayatollah's Plan for Israel and Palestine, Gatestone Institute (July 31, 2015)
- Khamenei is certainly better educated than the late Khomeini. At least he can speak and write correct Persian and Arabic, something the late Ayatollah never managed. From available evidence Khamenei also has a better knowledge of Islam and its history than Khomeini did. Nevertheless, Khamenei has never been accepted as a theologian or Islamic scholar, but as a political leader, bestowing on him a degree of dangerous ambiguity. That ambiguity enables him to hit much higher than his weight by using his political position as long as the going is good. However, the slightest sign that his political power may be on the wane or seriously challenged could expose him as a prophet without armor. And that, in the context of Iran's violent politics, created of the same substance as angels or not, is a dicey situation to be in, to say the least.
- Amir Taheri, The Supreme Guide and the Substance of the Angels, Ashraq Al-Awsat (31 Aug, 2015).
- Want a trip into bizarroland? Take a look at the Twitter feed for Iran's 'Supreme Guide' Ayatollah Khamenei. No, his Twitter feed hasn't been hacked by Al Sharpton. Nor is this a spoof site. It's the real online megaphone for the Iranian dictator. This pasty old man doesn't give a flying fork about black people, especially those who live in the United States. When he and his underlings chant 'Death to America', they don't mean death to white America. They're talking about the whole country, from our black president at the top to undocumented immigrants on the bottom and everyone in between.
- Michael Totten, "The Iranian Leader's Bizarre Twitter Feed" (1 May 2015), Dispatches, World Affairs Journal.


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STOCKTON - A man was arrested after pointing a gun at law enforcement officers during a foot pursuit Thursday evening in east Stockton, authorities said.
Community Response Team officers and members of the multiagency San Joaquin County gang task force responded to the 100 block of North Sinclair Avenue about 6:30 p.m. Thursday to assist the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office with a report of shots fired, police said.
When they arrived, they attempted to stop a vehicle that may have been involved, officers said. Danzig Brown, 19, a passenger who was armed with a handgun, exited the vehicle and fled on foot, police said.
During the pursuit, Brown knelt down and pointed the gun at officers, police said. He then fled again before being apprehended several blocks away, authorities said. Officers located the gun in a nearby yard, police said.
Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a firearm on a peace officer, various gun possession crimes and resisting a peace officer, authorities said. His bail was set at $1.4 million, according to jail records.
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball team will kick off a three-game Southland Conference road series on Friday night, taking on the Nicholls Colonels in a 6:30 p.m. game at Ray E. Didier Field in Thibodaux, La. The teams will play at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and close out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The team faced the Corpus Christi Hooks on Wednesday in the first ever meeting between the two teams. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi lost a 7-3 final in the exhibition game, while their previously schedule contest against Texas on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather conditions.
The Islanders (16-12, 3-3 Southland) will have a road Southland Conference series for the second time in three weeks, with the team starting league play at Sam Houston State before returning home for a series against Oral Roberts last weekend. Nicholls (15-15, 1-5 Southland) will be home for the second time in three weeks when they host the Islanders.
Trevor Foss will get the ball on Friday night, with Trevor Belicek starting on Saturday and the Sunday starter TBA.
Eric Weiss and his .340 batting average lead the Islanders offense, with the senior also driving in 22 runs for second place on the team. Jonathan Gonzales leads with 27 RBI, and is second in average at .333 on the season. Zach Taylor has a .307 batting average to round out the trio of Islanders above .300 on the year.
For the Colonels, Matt Richard and Keith Cormier are tied for the team lead with a .333 batting average, while Tyler Duplantis has a .313 average and Philip Lyons has a .310 average to round out the batters above .300 on the year. Cody Dufrene leads the team with 23 RBI while Cormier is right behind at 22.
The starting rotation for Nicholls is schedule to be Mike Suk on Friday, Kory Delange on Saturday and Taylor Byrd on Sunday.
Live stats and audio will be available through www.GoIslanders.com, while streaming video can be found by visiting www.GeauxColonels.com.
For all the latest on Islanders Basball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball) and follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball).


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The 67th District and the name Byrum have been married for quite some time now. From 2002-2006, Dianne Byrum held the district's seat in Michigan's state House of Representatives. Her daughter Barb Byrum took over for the last four years.
Despite a tough election cycle and a national trend against incumbents, Byrum is confident she can hold onto her seat.
"I'm cautiously optimistic," said Rep. Byrum. "I've been reaching out to voters, knocking on doors and voters have been very positive."
That may be, but Byrum says she isn't deaf to the frustration some of her constituents have expressed about how the state legislature is handling things.
"They are demanding some changes in Lansing," said Rep. Byrum. "I've led the change, voting to eliminate lifetime healthcare for legislators and voting to take a 10 percent pay cut."
Byrum's Republican opponent Jeff Oesterle says he plans to bring change to Lansing too, especially when it concerns education.
"We need to change both the way [education] is funded and the way it's delivered," said Oesterle. "We haven't had a change in the funding for quite a number of years now."
Oesterle brings a wealth of experience. He has previously served as President of the Ingham Co. Farm Bureau and as Vevay Township Supervisor. But one of the prime sources of experience he says he draws on is work with his family farm.
"I understand what small businesses require," said Oesterle. "We have to make the business climate in Lansing more conducive to jobs."
Byrum has a small business background too. She owns Byrum True Value Hardware in Charlotte.
"As a small business owner I know that 90 percent of jobs here in Michigan are created by small businesses," said Byrum. "We need to roll out the red carpet for small businesses not tighten up the red tape."
Political consultant Bill Rustem of Public Sector Consultants says this is not a slam dunk for the two-term Democratic incumbent.
"She does have a little bit to be concerned about," said Rustem. "This is one of those races that is frankly going to be close."
It's not just close, it's also potentially very important.
"It's one of the handful of races that will determine who controls the House," said Rustem. "It's one of those 50-50 districts that could really go either way."


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SAN JOSE -- Two nurses working at the Santa Clara County Jail have been arrested on suspicion of pilfering narcotics from drug caches intended for inmates' medical care, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office confirmed Tuesday.
Elmer Alegado, 50, of Lathrop, and Rodolfo Idian, 54, of San Jose, were arrested last week following an investigation launched at the end of October that probed the suspected theft of medication from the jail's prescription stockpiles, said Sgt. Jose Cardoza. The information given to investigators suggested that jail nurses might be involved.
Alegado was booked into County Jail and has since posted bail. Idian was processed by the Sheriff's Office and released on his own recognizance.
Cardoza declined to go into great detail, citing an ongoing investigation, but said that when they were arrested Alegado and Idian were in possession of controlled substances outside the scope of their work duties.
"They had no reason to possess it on their person," Cardoza said.
According to jail sources, Alegado was a part-time employee of the county's custody health division, which assigns nurses to the main jail facility in downtown San Jose. It was not immediately clear whether the nurses were acting individually or in concert. It is believed that other nurses have been investigated but no additional arrests have been made.
When the theft investigation came to light, the nursing staff at the jail was subjected to searches of their personal belongings and storage lockers.
Typically, medication at the jail is stored in locked dispensers and any medication that goes unused is supposed to be returned. But because of the harried pace of nursing shifts, unused medication sometimes might not be returned until later in the day. Some of the drugs suspected to have been stolen may have been secreted away in cases where an inmate refused medication after it had already been recorded as dispensed.
News of the suspected theft sent shock waves through the tight-knit band of medical staff charged with the challenging task of working in an environment where security and personal safety are always a concern.
Cardoza said a thorough investigation into the matter was particularly important to ensure transparency of the jail's internal workings that are mostly hidden from public view.
"We want to make sure we're complete and thorough," he said. "You have to be transparent and look into it regardless of who may be implicated."
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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Use the hole punch to create one hole on each side of the drum for the string to pass through.
Pass the string through the hole on one side and bring it out the other. Tie a knot close to each of the holes to keep the string from sliding out.
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Have your child paint the dowel red. Let dry.
With a craft knife, cut an "X" at the base of the drum. Push the dowel in through the X. This will be stiff, and may be a little tricky. (The tight opening is what prevents the stick from shifting inside the drum while kids are playing with it.)
Print the Kai-lan Drum Templates and cut them out. Use craft glue or mod-podge to apply them to the front, back, and side of the drum.
With the foam paintbrush, have your child apply mod-podge to the entire drum. This step will seal the lid and base of the gift box in place. Allow about 20 minutes to dry.
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Allen Workers to Get Part Ownership in Florida's Oldest Investment Firm
Investment firm will reward long-term employees, chief says.
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LAKELAND | Florida's oldest investment firm is turning its employees into owners.
Officials with Lakeland-based Allen & Co. have announced the formation of a stock plan that transferred partial ownership of the 81-year-old company to employees.
The plan is similar to a 401(k) or profit sharing program, distributing corporate shares based on Allen & Co.'s profitability on an annual basis.
"Transitioning to an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) model gives us the opportunity to reward many of our long-term employees for their commitment and hard work over the years," said Keith Albritton, president and CEO of Allen & Co.
Laura Hawley, Allen & Co's senior vice president, said the stock plan "continues to position the firm competitively for the future to serve our clients as an independent firm."
Officials said the plan was formally introduced to employees in January. According to the company's web site, nearly half of associates are shareholders.
Allen & Co. has more than 60 employees and three offices in Lakeland, Winter Haven and Melbourne. The wealth management and financial services company manages more than $2 billion in client assets.
Founded in 1932, it is the oldest investment firm headquartered in Florida, according to the company's website.
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Memorial Day weekend is almost here and that means thousands of people will soon be at the Lake of the Ozarks, but is everyone aware of the dangers?
In the summer of 2012 three people, including two children, were shocked near their docks and drowned.
ABC 17 News talked to officials in a special report Monday night and said they think the lake is a safer place this year than last year. However, the fact is no laws have changed to enforce safety codes on docks.
Currently, 90 percent of the docks at the lake have never been inspected. The reason is because regulations allow older docks to get a pass. There are some county zoning laws that don't don't require it or don't even exist. On top of all of that, there are just too many docks to inspect.
ABC 17 News dug into the current regulations and found there are few plans to address these obvious dangers.
Now family of victims said something needs to be done so tragedy never strikes again.
However, ABC 17 News found keeping people safe may not have a simple solution.
"One's too many, but unfortunately we had the ones we had last year and our goal is to not have another one," said Camden County Presiding Commissioner Kris Franken. This year, everyone at the lake shares the same goal of keeping people safe.
"We need to make sure when people come to the lake for this season that they inspect their docks and make sure everything is up to snuff," said Jeff Green with Ameren Missouri.
However, with nothing to force grandfathered dock owners to do that, the chance of tragedy still exists.
"The problem is nobody thought about it. Nobody thought about it. And until we had this incident with the tragic deaths this year, I didn't," said Rep. Rocky Miller of Osage Beach.
Now that everyone is aware of the danger, should more stringent regulations be adopted to make sure everyone stays safe?
"It starts with personal responsibility, but then we have to go on to the greater good which then brings in those political subdivisions," said Miller.
Ameren Missouri is the sole entity overseeing the entire lake, but it's just a business. The lake itself crosses into four counties: Benton, Miller, Morgan and Camden. All have different building codes and different planning and zoning laws. Each has cities that can have various laws as well.
"Before we take that initial step to code the entire lake or the state somehow, I would rather see them try to solve it on a local level," said Miller.
"Certainly the individual municipalities, the counties as well as the fire districts could adopt something as well," said Green.
The issue could be taken to a vote on the county level. However, what would people be voting on? One option is an entity to consistently enforce dock codes.
"There are 25,000 docks on this lake, it would be hard for one entity to say they are going to inspect every dock," said Chris Bachman, deputy chief and fire marshall with Mid-County Fire.
"It's a very tall order. It's a lot of work, it takes a lot of manpower, lot of inspectors. People don't like fees," said Franken.
There are other options. Firefighters said dock owners should get at least one annual inspection. However, is it practical to force the owners to comply?
"It would definitely be more helpful for us if there was a statewide code for that it," said Ed Nichols, Fire Marshal at Osage Beach Fire.
"How do you get the permission to get there, do you allow for trespass? There's a lot of problems that need to be solved on something as giant as that," said Miller.
ABC 17 News asked Franken if there could even be a regulation where all docks on the lake must be inspected, he said "We could not mandate that unless the authority was given to us by the people through a vote."
While it is up to the public, the firefighters who see the risks firsthand are already taking action.
"We are trying to expand it, as you said, to all docks on the lake. And how we get there? We don't know that because of so many docks," said Nichols.


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My Bloody Valentine just announced a set of 3 shows to happen in Japan on February 2013. That automatically makes the elegible to play Coachella.
I hate to be the Negative Nancy here, but both Depeche Mode and My Bloody Valentine sort of strike me as "one time Coachella artists". Then again, The Cure fit that description as well, so who knows.
I'm going to take a different route than most of the suggestions here....
Jets to Brazil
Drive Like Jehu
Sunny Day Real Estate
Engine Down
Q and Not U
Archers of Loaf
Blur has to play next year. They haven't played in America since they reunited in 2009, and what better place to play then at the polo field.
Oingo Boingo would be great, but I don't see it happening.
Did they ever brake up?
They have reunited for other projects but it would be so great to see them again.
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Nine Inch Nails - Its time
Husker Du or Sugar
The Shamen
The Misfits(Hey if they were gonna get Black Sabbath might as well)
White Stripes
Dinosaur Jr(They've been back but they need to make our ears bleed on the polo fields)
Mr Bungle or Tomahawk
A Perfect Circle instead of Tool more appropriate for Coachella, Tool brings more douchebags
808 State
David Bowie
Outkast and the complete Dungeon Family
Concrete Blonde
They Might Be Giants
elastica, lush, grandaddy, pretty girls make graves
Everything But the Girl please
7/29 - Anderson Paak - House of Blues - LV
8/5 - 8/7 - OSL - Golden Gate Park - SF
My list:
Texas Is The Reason!
American Football
Postal Service
Stone Roses
The Knife
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Kinks
Rick Astley
Eurythmics won't reunite, ain't gonna happen. The Smiths won't happen. Neither will Oingo Boingo. I also don't see WHAM! as a possibility. And ABBA? well if they turned down a billion dollar offer to reunite, what makes you think they'll do Coachella.
Rocket From The Crypt
Its been said many times already... But... The Postal Service! 10 years since Give Up, only seems fitting.
Coachella '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14(W1&W2), '15, '16
Outside Lands '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15
Primavera Sound Barcelona '14, '16
Postal Service? Might as well ask for Owl City.
Goldroom 11/10
Coachella 2017
congrats rag and bone, you have a fan
If we can't get Fugazi.. at least Rites of Spring or Moss Icon please. #post-hardcore 2k12


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NEWBURG — "The Veep," directed by Carrolyn Bolin, manager of Lyric Live Theater in Newburg, will be the final play of the 2013 season at the theater.
The play was originally written in the late 1980s by playwright Jay D. Turley and is now a popular series show on HBO.
"The Veep" will be shown Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, and Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10, at the theater, located at 117 First St., Newburg. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free, but donations are accepted with the funds to be used for needed repairs to the theater building.
While "The Veep" will be the last play of the summer, there are other upcoming events at the theater, including David Mays in a tribute to Charlie Pride scheduled for Friday, Aug. 16.
Mays currently plays at The Waltzing Waters in Branson and has been performing since he was 4 years old.
There will be door prizes and all attendees will receive a free CD at the end of his show.
Lyric Live Theater also is looking for volunteer talent for a benefit variety show to be held Aug. 23, 24 and 30. People of all ages interested in music, vocal or instrumental, dance, magic or comedy are invited to audition for this family-oriented show.
Auditions for this show will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 and 8. Rehearsals will be at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13, 15, 20 and 22.
Admission to the benefit variety show is free, but donations are accepted with the funds to be used for needed repairs to the theater building.
The last show of the 2013 season will be a matinee with Bob Milne, a world-renowned pianist, set for 3 p.m. Sept. 1. Milne was scheduled to perform in June, but his show had to be canceled then. He has since rescheduled.
Admission for this show is $12.
Visit the theater's website at www.lyriclivetheater.com or call Bolin at 364-9663.
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Total government debt is projected to be 79.8% of GDP in 2012that is, 800 billion. Much more troublingly, the debt last year was only 680 billionbut that was still 21% higher than in 2010. So at this rateassuming the status quo remains unchanged, and without factoring in the contraction of GDPin 2013 the projected Spanish government debt could well rise to 90% of GDP.
(Throughout this Supplement, when discussing government debt, I am referring both to Madrids and to the autonomous regions consolidated debt situation.)
Private debt is an additional 75% of GDPand lets not even start talking about the delinquency rateswhile the banks have a capital shortfall estimated at a mere 78 billion.
On top of all thisas if all this werent bad enoughis the issue of the outstanding Spanish debt
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65th Annual Meeting of the OAS
February 24, 2007 at Western Oregon University
|WOU faculty acknowledged
Dr. Tamina Toray
will receive the 'Outstanding Teacher (Higher Education) award at this years OAS meeting.
The 65th annual meeting of the Oaregon Academy of Science represents a great opportunity for people to try out new presentations in a scientific yet friendly environment, or simply to listen to presentations about cutting-edge research and educational activities.
Have you registered yet for the Oregon Academy of Science's annual meeting, or encouraged your students and/or colleagues to register? If not, I urge you to do so now.
Overview of the meeting schedule:
7:00-8:30 AM Registration – Werner Center Upstairs
8:30-10:30 AM Section Presentations (some sections may start at 8:00 AM)
10:30-11:15 AM Posters and Refreshments
11:15-12:15 PM Section Presentations
12:15-1:00 PM Lunch in the Summit Room
1:00-1:40 PM Awards and Business Meeting
1:40-2:50 PM Keynote Address – Werner Center Columbia Room
3:00-4:30 PM Section Presentations
This years keynote adress is
Severe Hypoxia in Oregon's Coastal Ocean: Mechanisms and Impacts
By Dr. Jack Barth - Oregon State University, COAS
Western Oregon University is located conveniently close to I-5, and is easily reached in less than 1 1/2 hours when driving from Portland.
Given the early starting time for most sessions on Saturday morning, those traveling from greater distances may wish to make hotel arrangements. A partial listing of hotels is provided in this Newsletter, including several within easy walking distance of the meeting venue, lower-rate options, and downtown hotels for those desiring the full Wine Country experience.
Pre-registration speeds up the registration process, saves you money, and helps us greatly with lunch planning. If you have not yet registered, please do so immediately. A registration form is included in the newsletter or as a single document. Send the completed form with your payment to Liz Atkinson (address at the bottom of the registration form).
Late registration fees commence on February 6.
The late registration fee is only $2, so if you miss the date, please do still plan to join us at the annual meeting.
Lunch is included in your meeting registration fee, but can only be guaranteed if you pre-register for the meeting.
All presenters must be members of the Oregon Academy of Science.
News from the Junior Academy of Science
The Oregon Junior Academy of Science will be held at Western Oregon University on Friday, February 23, 2007. High school students doing research in the sciences, mathematics and psychology are invited to participate. Group research projects are accepted. Outstanding OJAS presenters are eligible to present again to compete for scholarships at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium on Saturday, February 24, 2007, also at Western Oregon University. Contact Dr.Adele Schepige at email@example.com for more information.
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With its composition of planes, this lamp by Alan Wanzenberg for Remains Lighting evokes a card house or construction paper studies, but here in thick ceramic slabs. It has an attractive weight and permanence; solid yet playful at the same time. Finished with hand-applied glaze, sharp metal details and a fine handkerchief linen shade.
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I just saw that Augusta National has allowed two women to become members of their golf club. This is the first such action since the beginning of the club nearly 80 years ago. I was shocked by the news of this and was wondering what others thought of it???
I thought that it was especially neat that a club had stood by their policies for so long. Makes me wonder if the were getting grief for it or if they wanted to finally make changes there. I will send a message to Pete May and find out.
I never have had a problem with women on the ball or disc golf course. However, I will never allow them in my club house!!!


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June 22--MPO, MA2, MA4
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2 Rounds of 24 holes.
Field will be limited to 4'somes. 96 total each day.
$500 minimum added cash to the Open Division
Standard IOS CTP's each day.
The Sterling Men's Club will provide lunch both days. Donations Please!!!
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Doodle 4 Google (GOOG), the nationwide art contest that gives kids a shot at landing their artwork on the Google homepage, kicks off Monday.
The prize is a $30,000 college scholarship for the winner and $50,000 for his or her school. Parents love that part. But aspiring young artists will probably be as impressed by the instant-gratification angle: By appearing on the Google homepage, the big winner's artwork could be seen by more people in a day than visit Washington's National Gallery of Art in a year. (About 4.5 million visited the museum in 2011; there are about 100 billion searches on Google per month, according to a spokeswoman.)
"Based on the journey I took to become a doodler," said Doodle artist Mike Dutton, Doodle 4 Google allows "kids to skip all of the hard parts and get their artwork up on Google's homepage right away!"
"Doodles" are how Google refers to the occasional art featured on its homepage that uses the company logo as part of the package. It all started in 1998 with a stick figure by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They were going to be out of town at the Burning Man festival and changing the homepage logo was their little way of letting it be known.
Since then, the doodles have become complex and high-tech. (One favorite: the Les Paul doodle.) These days, a team of doodlers works on the art.
Doodler Dutton told the Los Angeles Times by email that judging the contest each year is rewarding but also can be humbling.
"We are ... constantly amazed at how someone in the fourth grade will submit a concept that closely resembles an idea we've had for another doodle that hasn't been seen yet," he said. "And, true, while it may threaten job security 20 years from now, it reminds us that we have work in an environment where we get to celebrate ideas and innovation with childlike enthusiasm."
Submissions for Doodle 4 Google will be accepted through March 22, by mail or download. Now in its sixth year, the contest's popularity continues to grow. Last year, Google saw its greatest number of submissions -- 114,000 works of art from kids across the U.S., compared with 16,000 in its first year.
This year, a Google team and selected celebrity judges -- including Katie Couric, puppeteer Brian Henson and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman -- will narrow down the field to a winner from each state. The finalists are presented to the public for a vote from May 1 to 10, which leads to the national winner. In 2012, there were 2.85 million online votes, according to the search engine giant.
The U.S. winner will be announced May 22; his or her art will appear on the Google homepage on May 23; and the 50 state winners will have their art displayed from May 23 to July 17 at New York's American Museum of Natural History. Google has the details.


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STOCKTON – A teenager was the victim of a drive-by armed robbery around 3:35 this morning near Eighth Street and Turnpike Road, police reported.
The juvenile was walking in the area when an early-model, four-door Honda Accord with two armed men pulled up next to him. Both robbers brandished firearms and demanded the teen's property. He handed over a hat and a pair of shoes and watched as the Honda fled the scene north on Interstate 5, according to a report.
The armed robbers were described as a black man between 19 and 20, 5 feet 11 inches and 160 pounds wearing a black ski mask, black jacket with white sleeves and black pants; and a Latino man between 18 and 20, 5 feet 11 and 160 pounds wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.
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Trey Anastasio Band,
Thursday, 06/06/2002
UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Set 1: Push On 'Til the Day, Cayman Review, Burlap Sack and Pumps, Flock of Words, Money, Love and Change
Set 2: Last Tube, Every Story Ends in Stone, Ray Dawn Balloon, Mr. Completely
Encore: Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Wilson[2] > Chalk Dust Torture[1], Alive Again
[1] Trey solo acoustic.
[2] TAB debut; Trey solo acoustic.
Notes: "Wilson" was a Trey Anastasio debut and, along with "Chalk Dust," was performed by Trey solo, acoustic. "Alive Again" contained a "Stash" tease. The performances of "Every Story Ends in Stone" appears on Trey's live CD, Plasma, as do sections of "Money, Love and Change" and "Mr. Completely" that appear under the title "Inner Tube."
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Dave Grippo, Russell Remington, Peter Apfelbaum, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Ray Paczkowski, Cyro Baptista, Andy Moroz


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quote: I'm not talking about just prebuilt. The options for AMD systems are not even there. It's pretty obvious.
quote: What LEDs and marginably tighter timing RAM are you talking about? that's only for gaming desktops/laptops. I already said AMD have no high performance cpu/apu parts except their discrete CPU.
quote: First you say APU and then mention bulldozer desktop power consumption.


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Per our Soccer network last night, who also commented on us missing out on Mickey to Borussia Dortmund (though some ambitous writers suggest we still have a glimmer of hope), we, LFC have given Suarez a deadline to sort out his future by July 22nd, which is when he's due to return to the club.
I don't think it's anything we'll read on the site, possibly not anywhere, and not everything is guaranteed in stone, but I think Dave would agree, that our soccer news channel really only speak about things that seem inevitably done, or where they just seem to have an inside track, and then they move on. There wasn't much else, but it suggests that like I put in another post, we're going to aquiesce to Suarez and a sale, and on the 22nd, it will be all on his shoulders.
From reading in Spanish news, it seems Madrid may give up on Cavani because of the 63M Euro release clause, plus sign on fee, bonus and salary, which would cost close to 80M Euros, where they would now see Suarez at 40M or less if a swap was involved for let's say Jose Callejon, who I'd snap up in a second..
Suarez the player on the pitch, with all his dribbling, nutmegs, chips, creativity, and childish enthusiasm, cannot be replaced, but his 23 league goals, absolutely, 110% can be. Sturridge hit 11 in 15, but he's not my #1 choice, so if on the 22nd of July, Suarez hands hin his request and refuses to return to the club, he will have made his bed official, and we will hopefully have someone lined up immediately. Loic Remy for 8M from QPR is a great option, Callejon has blistering speed and needed more game time at Fail Madrid, and there's David Villa (short term) Damiao, Gameiro etc etc. In an ideal world, we'd still get that #10 we desire now in the form of Christian Eriksen, AND another #9. We could even hope to be as ambitious as to consider Cristian Tello, Alexis of Barca with that money OR Christian Benteke, who for me tix every box..
Alot depends on Edinson Cavani's decision


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Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:35 a.m.
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SARASOTA COUNTY - They ranged in age from 21 to 64. Several arrived with sex toys, including handcuffs. One brought more than 50 condoms.
CLICK HERE to see jail mugs of 30 people arrested in Sarasota County's online sex offender sting.
All told, there were 30 of them — men who were arrested last week — including on Valentine's Day — in an undercover operation to catch online predators soliciting sex from children.
"Hi I'm a 14 year old white female looking for sumthing fun to do tonight on V – Day!" read an online post by an undercover agent. A 33-year-old man who responded asked about having sex, then showed up at the house where he thought she lived for some "fun."
He was arrested, along with the other men who the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said posted items online seeking sex from minors or responded to what they thought were minors, even traveling to engage with them.
The latest sting further highlights the pervasive problem of adults trying to pay for sex with children online, and raises local concerns as state and federal law enforcement agencies run similar sweeps across the country.
While undercover stings and TV shows like "To Catch a Predator" have raised awareness about adults soliciting sex from children online, the operations in Florida continue to net multiple arrests, stoking concerns among advocates that sex trafficking of children in this region is a greater problem than previously thought.
Law enforcement officials and child advocates say the mass arrests made from such stings point to a disturbing trend: The demand for sex with children persists here.
This most recent sweep raises the arrest total from Sarasota and Manatee stings to nearly 100 people charged in less than a year.
A similar Sarasota County sting last year led to 32 arrests and another in Manatee County led to 43.
"These people know exactly what they are doing," Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight said Wednesday at a press conference in which the sting was announced.
Knight said that going after people prowling the Internet helps keep real children from being abused, and that parents need to be aware of how they can protect their children.
Several of the men arrested last week reportedly asked agents posing as young boys and girls if they were police officers and mentioned not wanting to get caught. Before he was arrested, Sarasota's Jonathan Simonell, 26, is said to have texted a supposed 15-year-old girl from whom he was soliciting sex.
"I want this bad but I don't want to walk in and chris hansen is their like how to catch a predater (sic)," he texted.
Accused of posting or responding to online ads and knowingly asking for sex from a minor, each of the men is charged with soliciting sex online from a child or child's guardian, and then traveling with the intent to have sex with a child.
If convicted, each will be added to a sex offender registry and be sentenced to a minimum of three and a half years in prison on the soliciting and traveling charges. The cases are considered individually in court; depending on other factors, like prior records, a sentence could be as long as 20 years in prison.
Derek Byrd, a defense attorney and president of the Sarasota County Bar, said the sting may raise claims of entrapment in some of the cases.
"Depending on what the law enforcement officer says, it can be entrapment," Byrd said. "Law enforcement has to talk the person into a crime that the person would not ordinarily commit."
Arguments are more likely to rest on the issue of intent, Byrd said — whether the person intentionally solicited and intended to have sex with a minor. One man arrested in Sarasota's last sting was acquitted in November, telling the jury he did not believe a parent would allow an adult they met online to have sex with their child. He told the court he planned to report the parent to authorities if the parent was serious.
Although there are a number of sex offenders and predators registered in the area, none of the 30 arrested last week were among those on the registry.
Of the 32 previous Sarasota cases, at least a dozen have been resolved in court, with one acquittal, while the others are still pending.
One person got an additional charge, involving drug paraphernalia, by reportedly bringing along a crack pipe. Another was additionally charged with transmitting harmful materials to minors, after he purportedly attempted to send a 14-year-old girl an explicit photo of himself.
One of the men, Jason Cohen, 37, of Sarasota, reportedly posted on a website that he was looking for younger girls. Using a blocked phone number, police say, he arranged to meet with a 14-year-old girl he thought was living with new foster parents and needed money. He reportedly arrived with condoms and $75, intending to pay an underage girl for sex.
He was met instead by law enforcement agents.
Many of the men described what they wanted in graphic detail and bargained over sex acts, while bragging about their physical attributes and asking for pictures of the minors.
While Craigslist and other websites have built a reputation for attracting sexual prowlers, investigators are trying to keep up with changing technology by throwing their net out through multiple websites, social media networks and mobile apps. Many of the suspects arrested made the initial connection through one online location, before switching to another phone, chat or messaging service.
Video from the recent arrests shows several of the men wailing as agents surrounded and handcuffed them.
"I just want to go home, I didn't do anything wrong, I don't even know why I'm here," Paul Andrews, 37, said as agents surrounded him. Known in Ybor City for walking around with his large snakes, he told agents his dog and "circus animals" were in his car to show the girl.
"My circus animals, my two snakes are in my car," Andrews told police.
But the Sheriff's Office maintains he was there because he had solicited sex on the Internet, talking on the phone twice with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl before agreeing to have "regular sex" with her.
Staff writer J. David McSwane contributed to this story.
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Argentina, 2012, 75 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Coming of Age, Drama, Family Issues, Medical/Health, Religious, Social Issues
Program: Focus on Nation Cinema: ArgentinaLanguage: Spanish, German English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Maximiliano Schonfeld
Producer: Fernando Brom, Bárbara Francisco, Maximiliano SchonfeldEditor: Anita RemónScreenwriter: Maximiliano Schonfeld, Rafael CardelliCinematographer: Soledad RodriguezPrincipal Cast: Margarita Greifenstein, Brenda Krütli, Lucas Schell
A Volga German family on a farm in northern Argentina is beset by a mysterious plague. We follow the mother and her two teenagers as they move dreamlike through the last day they will spend among their friends. Although there's no indication of evildoing, one friend tells the woman that there is talk in the village of divine punishment. Writer/director Maximiliano Schonfeld's drama provides no answers.
Joyful opening scenes of teenagers frolicking in sunny fields shift abruptly to the grim interior of a chicken house quiet with death. A mother (Margarita Greifenstein), her daughter (Brenda Krütli), and son (Lucas Schell) mournfully walk along rows of roosts where dead and dying chickens lie at grotesque angles. The birds' weak croaks contrast with the lively chicken chatter underlying the opening scene. The three (all played by nonprofessional actors) collect what few eggs they find, their expressions sad and stoically accepting. They are selling their farm at a loss and moving away the next day, with a tenuous promise of work in a German-speaking town in Brazil.
Cinematagrapher Soledad Rodriguez captures the routine of daily life in the rural community. There is little color in his shots—the sparsely populated countryside, its long, dusty roads, its tiny church, the grave of the family's father, a tractor towing away a dead cow—that show this day of farewell to be much like any other day here. A potent soundtrack complements the deft visuals.
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Al, how did you manage to start a new thread? FFS I've tried - reaffirming my ID several times - without success... This board has become like refs wanting the foucus on them instead of the football!
Can we use this thread to discuss Leeds v Peterborough? Somehow, I don't think Yahoo will allow us free speech outside of its algorithms.
Still here mate, you can't get to this forum through old book marks, but I'm sure everyone has sussed that one! M.O.T
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Think Leeds fans going quiet in past week, cheer up just 9 games after tomorows match should be another 3 points against posh, and Hudders, then lets see if we have the bottle to finish the job for 6th!


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The hula hoop. It shared a place in many childhood toy boxes alongside the pogo stick and the frisbee. But now many adults are dusting off the long lost favorite and giving it another spi....
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{What I'm Learning in My Twenties}
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I loved reading your lessons on the topic, Liz! Especially the piece about traveling - so very true! xReplyDelete
Just came across your blog and absolutely love it! Your pictures are beautiful! Have fun on your travels!ReplyDelete
Loved your post! And all your gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing xoxoReplyDelete
I lllloooooovvvveeee your post!!! you are so smart and lovely! thanks for the inspiration <3ReplyDelete
I just read your guest post on fairytalesaretrue. I love your blog. Your pictures are stunning. Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to check it out. :)ReplyDelete
Checking out the post now! You look GORGEOUS in that pic.ReplyDelete
Oh Casapueblo in my mother's home country Uruguay! I've been there a few times :) Such a beautiful photo Liz. xxReplyDelete
Loved reading your lessons learned / advice! You are wise woman :)ReplyDelete
PS - this pic is gorg!!!
Loved reading your lessons--great ones!ReplyDelete
I found my way over from Fairy Tales are True. Loved your lessons! I'm only a week shy of 23, barely into my twenties at all, but thus far your lessons all ring true for me :) Married the love of my life, moved across the country to follow our dreams and we're having the best time exploring our new state each and every day.ReplyDelete
Glad to have found your lovely blog! :)
i loved reading your post! GREAT advice that i really want to remember :)ReplyDelete
what a wonderful list!ReplyDelete
I need to keep a lot of those in mind. :)
I want to thank you so much for sharing the lessons you've learned in your twenties, Liz. I'm twenty-two right now and feel like i've reached that point in my life where i'm not entirely sure where i'm supposed to go. And the lessons you shared just gave me hope that while I'm uncertain about things right now, I still have lessons to learn and I'm going to look back and realize that I've come a long way since this point. So really, thank you for giving me that hope :)ReplyDelete
this photo is gorgeous...now I want to go to Uruguay!ReplyDelete
LOVE this photo of you!ReplyDelete
Your post was very insightful! And I love that picture of you in Uruguay. Now if only I could get my husband to take such nice pictures... =)ReplyDelete
great lessons for all us twenty-somethings!ReplyDelete
I followed your link and very glad to know that you are learning more and more in your 20's....the picture you added is really good...now my perception regarding Uruguay has changed a lot and I am now planning to be there as my holiday destination...ReplyDelete
I am happy that I found your post while searching for informative posts. It is really informative and quality of the content is extraordinary.ReplyDelete
Welcome in 20 years age arena, may you have lots of experiences that will be full of happiness and affection....The photo is really very artistic and I never know before that Uruguay is such a heavenly place!ReplyDelete


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Health care, and the quality of it, has become a hot-button issue across the country. Congress is debating the right way to overhaul the system right now. The topic has drawn heat from people on all sides of the debate.
A form of that debate took place this week in Meridian. A group is trying to promote quality health care.
When we have to seek medical attention, most us want to know we are in good hands.
"Our members span healthcare, acute care, managed care," said Cathy Munn, national president. "They are nurses, health information management professionals, really any venue that deals with patient safety."
But quality healthcare goes beyond patient satisfaction and safety. Professional say it's also a matter of the bottom line. Simply put, quality healthcare is profitable and at a time when lawmakers are trying to make our national system work better, this idea may be more important than ever.
The National Association for Quality Healthcare doesn't have an official opinion on the current healthcare debate, but the association's president is watching the discussions closely.
"I will tell you that all of the legislation being introduced has some component of healthcare quality in it," said Munn. "And we are very concerned at that because we want to ensure that measures that are introduced as part of healthcare reform can truly be measured and the date can be gathered and given out in a manner that can be given back to the public. That gives an indication of the efficiency of the healthcare in the public arena."
Munn is optimistic that quality reporting will improve as facilities across the country adopt more advanced methods of reporting.
"We have data being gathered in any number of ways," said Munn. "It is our hope that as we move into the electronic age. We hope that data collection is made simpler because it does take away from the clinical practice.
And as these professionals return home, many with new certifications, the hope is that they will take this new information back to the hospitals or clinics where they work.
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I seasonally fall out of the DG loop and then in the spring get the fever and end up looking for videos to do some catching up. Looking at potentially hitting up Blue Ribbon Pines this year so I got a video to preview the course. Also been wanting to watch Sprague beat Schultz in 06 MSDGC and found all four MSDGC's for $25 on their site - pretty good deal to replace unreturned loaners. Still need to watch all of '07, but seems like '04 is the most entertaining of those.
Blue Ribbon Pines Clash DVD is pretty good. Best shot doubles, The Champs (Climo and Schultz) vs. The Kids (Nikko and Cale). Has a pretty sweet deuce early on by Cale, using his Iron Lion Buzz that he throws on a majority of the holes. DVD also has a short walkthrough of Bryant Lake. Ordered it based on reveiws here http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/vi ... =3&t=20688


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New Fairholme-Backed Group Rallies to Defend Fannie, Freddie
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven't been allowed to lobby in Washington since the government took over the two mortgage giants in 2008. And thanks to some of the companies' deep-pocketed new friends, the companies may not need to anytime soon.
Fairholme Capital Management LLC, which has invested massive sums in Fannie and Freddie, has funded a new advocacy group that is running ads defending the mortgage-finance companies amid a bipartisan effort to replace the firms with a new public-private mortgage setup.
The group, which calls itself United for American Homeownership, is the latest in a string of advocacy groups lobbying on behalf of Fannie and Freddie's shareholders. Earlier this month, a group calling itself the Coalition for Mortgage Security began a pro-Fannie advocacy effort, and a group that says its representing the interest of conservative seniors, the 60 Plus association, has bought at least $1.6 million in television and radio ads targeting lawmakers that are supporting the bipartisan Senate bill, arguing that the legislation would harm investors in Fannie and Freddie.
The groups are registered as tax-exempt organizations that, under federal rules, don't have to disclose donors and can spend large sums on political advocacy as long as they promote social welfare. While the other groups have declined to say who is bankrolling their advocacy, a spokesman for the United for American Homeownership outfit said Fairholme had provided the initial funding for the group.
United for American Homeownership counts among its directors former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, who began working last year as a lobbyist for the Carmen Group, a lobbying firm in Washington.
A statement attributed to Mr. Kerrey said, "Eliminating trusted institutions like Fannie and Freddie is a dangerous idea, and one that United for American Homeownership is prepared to fight all the way."
A Senate committee is set to take up this week legislation that would replace Fannie and Freddie with a new system of federal mortgage reinsurance. The bill could be a money loser for Fairholme, the Miami-based mutual-fund company, and other shareholders, including many hedge funds that have made big bets on the mortgage firms' survival. Hedge funds and other distressed equity players stand to earn big profits if Fannie and Freddie are restored as private companies.
Consumer groups say they've been approached in recent weeks to sign on to the campaign. The latest ad campaign "does not look to me like a genuine expression of concern," said Ethan Handelman, vice president of the National Housing Conference, a consumer group that was approached by the advocacy group earlier this month.
The advocacy effort is the latest in a series of efforts by Fairholme, run by renown investor Bruce Berkowitz, to preserve its investment in the preferred and common shares of Fannie and Freddie. Last month, Fairholme blasted the companies' boards for failing to protect the rights of shareholders. Last year, it was rebuffed by the White House when it floated a proposal to use its existing investment to recapitalize Fannie and Freddie and operate them as state-regulated bond guarantors. It has also sued the Treasury to challenge the government's bailout terms, which prevent the companies from recapitalizing, and a judge has granted discovery to Fairholme in one of those lawsuits.
The Obama administration began requiring Fannie and Freddie to send all of their profits to the Treasury as dividend payments last year. Investors say the changes amounted to illegal self-dealing between the Treasury and the firms' federal regulator. The Treasury is fighting more than a dozen lawsuits.
Fannie and Freddie were taken over by the government in 2008 as the financial crisis was building, and the companies ultimately required $188 billion in Treasury infusions. Buoyed by a nearly explicit federal guarantee of their debt, the companies became very profitable as housing markets stabilized over the past two years, and they have now sent $203 billion in dividends to the U.S. Treasury.
"When Fannie and Freddie needed help, America was there for them," a narrator says in the advertisement from United for American Homeownership, which celebrates the firms' recent profits that have made taxpayers whole. "Together, we've created one of the greatest comebacks in our nation's history."
Other large investors that have invested in the companies' common and preferred shares include Pershing Square Capital Management LP, Claren Road Asset Management LLC and Perry Capital LLC. Perry Capital, Paulson & Co., and Marathon Asset Management are among firms that have hired lobbyists in Washington to represent them on housing-finance issues, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms.


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OAKLAND -- Starting exactly one year earlier, on Aug. 19, 2012, Jarrod Parker began a streak that would see him go 6-1 down the stretch, helping the A's win the American League West.
On Aug. 19, 2013, Parker threw the first complete game of his career and got the win when Brandon Moss delivered a walk-off solo homer in the bottom of the ninth for a 2-1 victory over Seattle.
"To win like that is awesome," Parker said, "and to claw through that game and win it is great."
The difference between this year and last -- he threw eight shutout innings against the Indians on the same date a year ago -- is that Parker has not waited until the stretch drive to produce. His win Monday is his seventh in succession, and he is unbeaten in his last 15 starts.
With Bartolo Colon on the disabled list, Parker has become the de facto ace of the Oakland rotation. Parker talks about just wanting to do his job once every five days, but he has gone almost three months without taking a loss, and in all that time he's allowed more than three runs in a start just once.
At 24, he is perhaps a little younger than most pitchers who are the leading lights in their respective rotations. But with his increasingly uncanny ability to put his changeup wherever he wants it and to get his two-seam fastball to veer through more ZIP codes than a FedEx truck, the right-hander is grinding up hitters' bats at a ferocious rate.
Catcher Stephen Vogt said Parker threw perhaps more changeups than at any time since Vogt has been around.
"This was the best changeup I've ever seen him have," Vogt said. "And his two-seamer is running (through the strike zone) so much that it sort of acts like a changeup."
The A's, still in the midst of troubled offensive production, need step-up performances like the one Parker turned in more nights than manager Bob Melvin would care to count. At the same time, this night was special.
The bullpen covered 41/3 innings Sunday, 31/3 innings Saturday and four innings Friday against Cleveland. That meant Melvin had precious few fresh arms with which to challenge the Mariners out of the bullpen. And Melvin had a special appreciation for the economy of pitches Parker displayed.
Melvin didn't want to use any of his big three -- Grant Balfour, Ryan Cook and Sean Doolittle -- if he could avoid it, but in the ninth inning with the game tied and a runner on, Doolittle was warming up nonetheless.
Parker struck out Justin Smoak with his 100th pitch to end the ninth. Doolittle sat down.
And Moss stood up. Batting with one out against hard-throwing Carter Capps, the first baseman rode a bullet out to dead center field to win it, his A's teammates racing to home plate to greet him after his second walk-off homer this season and the seventh walk-off win for Oakland in 2013.
"Their guy was throwing 96 (mph), and Mossy is a strong guy," right fielder Josh Reddick said.
The result was Moss' 19th homer on a night when the ball wasn't going out of the park for anyone.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
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For the second year in a row, 2006 was a year of slowing growth in world energy use, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2007, which was released on June 12th. World energy use grew by 2.4%, down from 3.2% in 2005, but still above the 10-year average, according to the report. Petroleum consumption actually fell among developed countries, due in part to prices peaking at $78 per barrel in August, while the global demand for oil grew only 0.7%. As has been the trend in recent years, slow increases in energy demand in developed countries was offset by rapid growth in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in China. China's energy consumption rose by more than 8%, and as a result, China now consumes 15% of the world's energy. See the BP press release and the online report.


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Another tale of life in the CCC camps
Published: Friday, October 11, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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This is a follow-up on my column last month about the Civilian Conservation Corps and how well it functioned in comparison to the huge mess Congress is making in failing to set up programs to help citizens who need assistance from the federal government.
The program started in 1933, and I was in my first CCC camp when my father was given the command of the camp in Edgefield, S.C., that first year. This was an all-black camp, having only black CCC men over 18 years of age. This was the only camp I ever saw that had tents being used. This may have been done because it was one of the very first camps.
The first summer was not very interesting because everyone spent all his time setting up the camp and finding out how a CCC camp was supposed to operate. The next two camps were about like the Edgefield camp except that they were all young white men. The second camp was near Ocoee, Tenn., and the third one was near Rainbow Springs here in North Carolina.
All the highways in those days were unpaved and only had dirt for a base. This made for some exciting races between law enforcement and bootleggers on these narrow and very curvy roads. This was probably the start of the NASCAR racing tradition.
It was easy to tell the bootleggers' cars when they were empty because they all had large springs over their rear tires and the cars were raised very high in the rear. They were level when loaded with booze. I saw one sheriff's truck that had hugh dual rear wheels that were supposed to provide better traction on the winding roads. I don't know if it worked, but the truck sure looked cool.
My favorite CCC camp was on Suches Creek, Ga., just down the road from the post office in a general store in Margaret, Ga. The men in this camp were all veterans of World War I and were much older than in all the other camps. Most of them had kids my age back home, and since I was the only kid in the camp, I got a lot of attention, which I ate up.
This was the only camp that my father allowed to have a party off the camp limits every Sunday. There was a strict rule in all the other camps about no alcohol at any time. The veterans camp was different.
Every Sunday around 3 p.m., the veterans would start drifting toward the forest at the southern edge of the camp lights. I drifted along with some of my veteran buddies and found that the veterans were meeting with a local bootlegger and his mule at a clearing in the woods. The mule was loaded with sacks of pint mason jars filled with moonshine. I think the cost was 25 to 50 cents a jar.
I was about 16 years old, and I had been in a drum and bugle corps since I was 8, so I was pretty good at bugle calls. When the booze began to kick, the veterans always wanted me to play calls for them. They all sang the words for the calls when I played. I learned that their calls had some pretty obscene words to go with the music. They had me start with first call, then reveille, assembly and so on through the day's calls.
The last call was always taps, and that's when the songs and the booz caused the tears to flow. That put an end to the music. I always got invited back, so it was worth it.
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