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www.Pigeonship.com a Cleverly Hidden, Legitimate Consumer Convenience Provided by Jared Davis Overton (Provo, Utah)
Local Utah Native Jared Davis Overton may have just created one of the most brilliant and clever concepts of this day and age- PigeonShip – person to person courier service. Watch the concept revealed live on KSL's Studio 5 here : http://youtu.be/-YwpJEFGjb8
Grant and Amanda with the KSL Morning Show seem to rave as well about this unique courier delivery concept: http://youtu.be/cMIcM8HYxu8
PigeonShip is the ability to instantly connect people needing a courier service with a driver (Pigeon) already headed in that very same direction. Don't let the word courier confuse you to think this is anything like UPS, USPS, DHL, or FedEx. PigeonShip requires no parcels, packaging, measuring, weighing, or standing in line; all the things we dislike when it comes to delivering or sending an item. This clever commercial seems to get the point across: http://youtu.be/eECU4RNhJSE
If it fits on a car, it ships!
The concept is very simple; you buy something off classifieds and don't want to drive to pick it up. Simply PigeonShip your item or parcel by jumping on www.PigeonShip.com. Within 60 seconds your item or parcel notification will be broadcast out to all available couriers (Pigeons) headed in the same direction.
It's not uncommon to get your item or parcel delivered same-day or next-day, and even Sunday.
Is there anything like this? No, not really. There exist some services attempting to capture the same concept with neighbor to neighbor courier services, but none with the technology and simplicity of PigeonShip. Just look how simple the phone app works: http://youtu.be/WyNC3YNhjGg
Who are Pigeons?
People just like you. Most are commuters looking to make extra income. Many are stay at home moms and dads making extra income after dropping the kids off at school.
Pigeons love the courier delivery service PigeonShip because it puts unexpected income in their pockets on a daily basis. Furthermore, it pays for trips and vacations since many Pigeons will deliver items and parcels along their trip route.
Who are Senders?
Senders are anyone needing something picked up, needing something delivered, or anyone who has forgotten something and doesn't have the time to pick it up. Senders are everyone!
Everyone should have this App downloaded on his or her phone. In the near future you'll need this courier and delivery service PigeonShip, and having the free app makes it that much easier.
PigeonShip was found by Jared Overton in 2011. It has been under beta testing for quite some time and is now ready for the general public.
Here are a few things you can't really send and delivery using the typical services of today:
Things you can't (or shouldn't) send in the mail:
· Food and perishables
o Grandma's cookies
o Care packages to college students?
o Birthday treats to child at school
· Awkward shaped items:
o Golf clubs
o Love sacks
o Plants
o Skis/snowboard
o Musical instruments
· Things that are greater than 70 lbs.
· Maximum size is length + distance around the largest point = 130 inches
FedEx won't ship:
· Money
· Collectible coins
· Postage stamps
· Live animals
· Or dead animals
· Used tires
· Perishable food
· Articles of extraordinary value (items valued in excess of $50/pound/package)
· Artwork
· Antiques
· Collector's items (cards, memorabilia, etc.)
· Jewelry
· Precious metals


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The Peak of Competitive Super Bowls
This is the golden age of Super Bowls, or at least I wrote that in today's print Journal, pointing out that the last eight NFL championship games all have been competitive after a long stretch with more duds than classics. But it's unclear why the games have gotten so much better.
This might be the result of today's more sophisticated scouting, stats and coaching. Given two weeks to prepare for the big game, and a team good enough to get there, perhaps today's coaches can design schemes and counterschemes to respond to any tendencies of their opponents, keeping the game from getting out of hand.
One point in favor of this line of thinking: All NFL playoff games have gotten closer in recent years. In the eight years ending with the 2003 playoffs, 43 of the 80 playoff games played before the Super Bowl were decided by two touchdowns or more. Just 28 of 80 games in the last eight years have had such a big final margin. In the earlier period, 26 games finished with a single-digit margin, compared to 39 more recently. And the average margin of victory has declined from 14 points to 11.5 points. Again, these are all playoff games preceding the Super Bowl, suggesting that whatever is making the championship game a good one is also affecting earlier playoff rounds — to the benefit of fans and TV partners, because games stay watchable and interesting longer.
There are other possible explanations besides superior game-planning. In the earlier eight-year period, the NFL's salary cap was comparatively new. Perhaps its tendency to even out teams' strength has increased, as teams have gotten smarter about signing, trading and drafting within the cap's confines. (Of course, a game between two equally matched teams isn't guaranteed to be competitive, as Nate Silver and Neil Paine noted before the game. But it helps.)
There are reasons to think that the tendency toward competitive championships is due to some factors specific to the NFL. If game-planning has gotten more sophisticated, leaving less room for blowouts, we might see that show up in other sports' final rounds. But the picture there is mixed. In college football, the two top-ranked teams get over a month to prepare for the BCS championship game, and the escalation of game-planning and coaching salaries may have been even steeper in college than in the NFL. Yet of the five BCS title games to be decided by a touchdown or less in the 13 seasons since its inception, just one — this year's Auburn victory over Oregon — has come in the last five years. And three of the six most lopsided games have come in the last five years.
Others sports peaked, in terms of competitive final games or series, at earlier times. Between 1950 and 1958, five of nine best-of-seven NBA finals series went to seven games, and two more went to six games. The nadir of competitiveness was much more recent: There were two sweeps and no seven-game series between 1995 and 2002.
Major League Baseball is in the midst of a historic drought in World Series length. The last eight have included three sweeps, three five-game series and no Game Sevens. That contrasts with MLB's peak, which overlapped with the NBA's: Six of eight World Series between 1955 and 1962 went to seven games, all involving the Yankees, who split their six Game Sevens. Neither of the other two World Series were sweeps.
Recent championship games in Division I men's college basketball have been pretty good, with six of the last eight decided by a single-digit margin. But the eight-year stretch from 1982 to 1989 would be tough to beat: an average margin of 2.9 points, with no double-digit wins and six of the games decided by three points or fewer.
The NHL's peak is most recent, making it the only major pro league other than the NFL to reward its fans in recent years with lots of competitive championships. Five of eight Stanley Cup finals through 2009 went to seven games, and none were sweeps. That period includes the lockout, meaning the league's new financial structure can't fully explain the flood of Game Sevens, though the low point did precede the lockout: The losing team didn't win a single game in the finals from 1995 to 1998, as all four ended in sweeps. (Four of eight finals between 1976 and 1983 also were sweeps, and none went to a Game Seven.)
The NFL's run has been higher-profile, as the Super Bowl is regularly the most-watched TV program each year and has seen ratings climb during its recent era of competitive games even as overall network viewership has fallen. This year's game set a new Super Bowl viewership record. And remarkably, despite the Steelers' fierce comeback, it was far from the best of recent games. NFL stats analyst Brian Burke breaks down each game by Comeback Factor — the extent to which the winner was close to defeat during the game — and Excitement Index, a measure of how back-and-forth the game was. By Comeback Factor, the Packers' win Sunday was the least-exciting Super Bowl in the recent eight-year run of competitiveness, since Green Bay never trailed (a typical feat for this year's champs). By Excitement Index, the latest Super Bowl ranks fifth of eight. No wonder Burke wrote last summer, "The last decade or so has truly been the era of the exciting Super Bowl."
STATS LLC provided the numbers for championship games and series in the NBA, MLB, NHL and college basketball.

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Date Posted: 29/11/2012
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I too love Space Oddity. Don't understand how people can dislike it.I don't hate any of the albums. There are surely those I don't listen to as much as others, but I can't even say that I dislike them.I am an sickly uncritical person.
Yes, you're right. How about anti-bubblegum? or pop for intellectuals? Death makes angels of us all... (J.M.)
I hate "Tin Machine" - I find it completely unentertaining at any level. It's not even like "Never Let Me Down" where you can kind of KNOW it's naff but enjoy it because of that feel, it's just shite. I never bothered with the second one because I disliked the first so much. I'm coming to hate "Young Americans" - I love some songs on it but towards the end (with the bonus tracks) it seems to collapse into terrible outtakes and dried up ideas. I never managed to get into "hours..." either but I wouldn't say that I hated it, just that I don't particularly like it.If you think we're gonna make it...http://groups.msn.com/keithism DD74 is my idol
You might find you would enjoy TM2 better, although it has some really bad Hunt Sales moments on it, it also has much more Bowie than the first, Goodbye mr ed, shopping for girls and Amlapura are a million miles away from Heavens in here and Pretty thing.I like both albums though. Nevertheless I would never dismiss something before I had heard it. It would be like judging The man who sold the world on the strength of God know's I'm good from the previous album. Give it a go sometime.I agree with the above statement.
I must admit I did quite like the songs you just mentioned on the "Sound and Vision" box set...is it worth BUYING the album pablo?If you think we're gonna make it...http://groups.msn.com/keithism DD74 is my idol
If you can find the album (which is easier said than done), you should buy it. It is miles better than TM1. Of course, it's no Station To Station either.I won't go into the albu mthat I really, really hate because... that has been discussed before. Too many times.KArt | Project Michelangelo | LiveJournal
I did actually find it on Ebay but declined to buy it on the basis that I'd already bought the 30th Anniversary Ziggy that week and couldn't afford to splash out again. If it goes recommended I'll look into it.If you think we're gonna make it...http://groups.msn.com/keithism DD74 is my idol
I dont hate it, but I find Black Tie White Noise embarrasingly poor.
tin machine great songs great vocal performances over guitary and drummy[if they are real words]
I actually quite like Black Tie. If you're not comparing it to Diamond Dogs or Ziggy then it is reasonable. It's not a work of art but i enjoy it.If you think we're gonna make it...http://groups.msn.com/keithism DD74 is my idol


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Most modern, distributed applications require some form of coordination service to ensure tasks or jobs run only where they're supposed to. For example, it may be necessary to run a cleanup task on dedicated servers. Writing your own master election or coordination service can be difficult. This is where Apache ZooKeeper comes in. ZooKeeper provides "centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services."
Unfortunately, ZooKeeper isn't the easiest collection of services to just drop into your application. The learning curve can be fairly steep. This is where another Apache project comes in: Camel. Camel provides a ZooKeeper component and some supporting classes to take advantage of ZooKeeper's more powerful features. The feature I'm most interested in is master election.
Camel's ZooKeeper component supports master election using a standard route policy. The ZooKeeperRoutePolicy monitors a common znode on the ZooKeeper ensemble. For example:
ZooKeeperRoutePolicy routePolicy = new ZooKeeperRoutePolicy("zookeeper://10.211.55.4:2181/status/reportgen", 1);
This route policy allows one client to bind to the "/status/reportgen" znode. If I wanted three clients to be able to bind to the znode, I would simply change the number in the route policy to 3. Once the route policy is defined, it is plugged into the route:
from("quartz://cluster/heartbeat?cron=0/30+*+*+*+*+?") .routePolicy(routePolicy) .to("mock:generate-reports");
The above Camel route executes every 30 seconds. The "mock:generate-reports" is only executed on the client able to bind to the relevant znode.
Before I discovered Camel's ZooKeeper component, I tried several options for distributed master election, including ActiveMQ's exclusive consumer and rolling my own master election process. From my experience, ZooKeeper offers the easiest out of the box solution for a distributed environment.
In the future, I'll explore some of the additional challenges I faced implementing Camel's ZooKeeper component. If you're using ZooKeeper, let me know in the comments.


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At least 13 people were killed and several others wounded in a shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., Monday, CNN reports. One suspect is dead, but as of Monday afternoon, police said there may be two others on the loose.
None of the suspects had been identified as of mid-afternoon Monday.
Fall TV Preview: Must-watch new shows
"We are confronting yet another mass shooting," President Barack Obama said, according to CNN. "And today it happened on a military installation in our nation's capital."
A gunman or gunmen opened fire at the headquarters for Naval Sea Systems command shortly after 8 a.m., targeting military personnel and civilians, according to CNN. The surrounding area was put on lockdown for several hours after the initial shots were reported, and air traffic was briefly suspended at nearby Reagan National Airport in Virginia.
About 3,000 people work at the headquarters, CNN reports.
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Arsenal Message Board
A Yahoo! User Jul 20, 2009 04:50 Flag
Aren't you a little bundle of joy? are you truly honestly an Arsenal fan? Because you surely do act and sound like a manc posing as an Arsenal fan......and attempting to wind up the faithful. I don't believe you're the truth. Piss off....fake. Go spread your gloom elsewhere. We've no interest in "the sky is falling" negative idiots like you.
Onward to glory you Gooners.
Gooner Til I Die, Islington.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
David Dein David Dein Jul 23, 2009 05:09 Flag
And what the fck has it got to do with you ,you wally.You should be more worried about United.!
Eric Cantona Eric Cantona Jul 23, 2009 01:05 Flag
He's been telling it as it is, but some Arsenal fans don't want to hear it.
Eric Cantona Eric Cantona Jul 23, 2009 01:05 Flag
He's been telling it as it is, but some Arsenal fans don't want to hear it.
scorchio14 scorchio14 Jul 23, 2009 00:54 Flag
Fuck me Swerve, haven't been on here for a while but what have you been saying to deserve all this attention?!!!
Ignore pile building up...
..twat overload twat overload....
...must remember he is "special"....
A Yahoo! User Jul 22, 2009 23:25 Flag
nothing so much wrong with the counter Wenger arguements in themselves , just no balanced views and nice to know the true allignment of the source so a proper context may be applied
What a mug... looks like he's having another of his periodic breakdowns!
A Yahoo! User Jul 22, 2009 22:33 Flag
'Now can we just STOP FRIEKING TALKING ABOUT SWERVE AND START TALIKNG FOOTBALL. I hope nobody posts on this thread again... '
Here comes the Belgian PLASTIC gooner EL RISKER.
El risker, could you just run through what's been said so far (in ENGLISH), for latecomers who missed the your first post PLASTIC?
Onward to glory you Gooners.
Gooner Til I Die, Islington.
This is definitely Slayer, and definitely ignored now.
Thanks for so obviously showing your hand dickhead.
you're obviously extremely jealous of swerve because he is respected, unlike plastic, prawn sandwich eaters like you. You make piers morgan a die hard fan. I live abroad and i have probably been to more gunners games than you will ever see on your TV and swerve has probably most definatly been to more than me. stop pretending you live in islington ( did you use wikipedia for that one?) and enjoy united purging the four colours ( srry thats colors) of shit out of your shit arse malaysian team...and eat a cheese burger while you're at it.
Now shut THE FUCK UP AND STOP FUCKIN SPAMMING.
You've just taken a frying so i suggest you cool down in your girlfriends (tell me if i'm pushing reality) bed-----it should be very cold.
Now can we just STOP FRIEKING TALKING ABOUT SWERVE AND START TALIKNG FOOTBALL. I hope nobody posts on this thread again...
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DU Meets with Rep. Kennedy on Wetlands Loan Act
MAPLE GROVE, Minn., August 9, 2005 – Ryan Heiniger, director of conservation programs for Ducks Unlimited in Minnesota and Iowa, met today with U.S. Rep. Mark Kennedy, Minn., and other conservation organizations to discuss the introduction of a new Wetlands Loan Act aimed at conserving critical waterfowl habitat.
Last week, Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty joined Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco in urging the federal government to double the money it spends each year on habitat under the Federal Duck Stamp Program.
"We applaud Congressman Kennedy and Gov. Pawlenty for recognizing the need to increase the rate of protecting critical waterfowl habitat and for their leadership by championing this issue with their colleagues throughout the country," said Heiniger. "Waterfowl are a continental resource and our approach to reversing their decline in Minnesota and elsewhere in the flyway must also apply the same big-picture approach."
If enacted, this legislation has the potential to accelerate the conservation of wetlands and grasslands, particularly in the Dakotas and Minnesota where habitat loss is an ongoing issue.
The first Wetland Loan Act was authorized in 1961. It borrowed against projected revenue from the sale of federal duck stamps purchased by hunters and other conservationists. The act was extended twice, and in 1986, the loan advances were forgiven by Congress. This new legislation is being considered because of the accelerating loss of habitat, particularly in the duck breeding areas of North America.
"We are at a critical juncture in conserving duck breeding habitat," said Dr. Jim Ringelman, Ducks Unlimited director of conservation programs for the Dakotas and Montana. "In the Dakotas alone, we have a backlog of 582 landowners who have volunteered to sell wetland and grassland easements which would protect more than 280,000 acres of critical habitat. This is a unique, but narrow, window of opportunity to secure these habitats for all time for a one-time payment of $100 per acre, but it will take tens of millions of dollars to get it done before it is too late. We don't have time to waste."
The details of the proposal, including the amount of the request and geographic priorities, were discussed at the meeting. "We understand the complexity of this issue and look forward to working with members of Congress and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to discuss the details of how the funds will be allocated and how the loan will be repaid," said Scott Sutherland, director of DU's Governmental Affairs office in Washington, D.C.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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Making the Case for U.S. Oil Exports: Lower Gas Prices, Higher Growth?
Lifting the nation's decades-old ban on oil exports would lower gasoline prices, create new jobs and increase government revenues by $1.3 trillion over a 15-year period, according to a report released Thursday by global consulting and analysis firm IHS.
"It is quite striking because the kneejerk reaction is that oil exports mean higher prices at the pump, but when you do the economic analysis, you see it's actually going to mean lower gasoline prices," said Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS, in an interview Wednesday.
That kneejerk reaction about gasoline prices is a big reason why Congress is unlikely to move soon to change laws that prohibit most exports of crude oil, which date back to the 1970's oil crisis.
The report predicts gasoline prices would drop by an annual average of eight cents per gallon between 2016 and 2030. It estimates $1.3 trillion of additional government revenue from several sources, including royalties from more oil and gas drilling that could occur if the ban were lifted.
It concludes oil production would increase above the current 8 million barrels a day, peaking at an additional 1.3 million barrels per day by 2030. Lifting the ban would also create hundreds of thousands of new jobs during the 15-year period, the report said.
The question of lifting the U.S. ban on crude-oil exports has come up recently in Washington and around the world in light of the boom in onshore U.S. oil production over the last several years.
Obama administration officials recently indicated they are considering taking executive action to relax policies banning oil exports because of a growing mismatch between growth in U.S. oil production and the nation's refining capacity, which is equipped to handle a different, heavier kind of oil from the Middle East and other regions in the world.
IHS, whose clients include 165 businesses and governments around the world, is a prominent consulting firm whose work has been cited by the Obama administration in the past. President Barack Obama referred to an IHS report on natural gas and the economy in his 2012 State of the Union address.
See also:
Exporting American Oil: A Primer – Corporate Intelligence
How to Export American Oil Without a Presidential Decree – Corporate Intelligence


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THE ECONOMIST: Breaking Up The Euro Area: How To Resign From The Club. "The idea that the euro itself might also be reversible and that one or more countries might revert to national currencies is no longer unthinkable.â€
It hasn't been "unthinkable" for quite some time now.
Strategic Game Theory — Glossary
The Prisoner's Dilemma is probably the most famous game of strategy; each play has a dominant strategy (to Defect), but the equilibrium is worse for all players than when each users her dominated strategy (to Cooperate). The most well known solution to the dilemma is repetition of play. In a finite game of known length, the present value of cooperation is eventually zero and backwards induction yields an equilibrium with no cooperative behaviour (end-game behaviour). With infinite play (or an unknown end date), cooperation can be achieved using an appropriate contingent strategy such as tit-for-tat (TFT) or the grim trigger strategy; in either case, cooperation is possible if the present value of cooperation exceeds the present value of defecting. More generally, the prospect of "no tomorrow" or of short-term relationships leads to increased competition among players.
Experimental evidence suggests that players often cooperate longer than theory might predict.
That bolded note explains why my private prediction of the collapse of the Euro by early fall did not bear fruit. However, the logic of the situation will not permit "cooperation" to prevail much longer. The Game is already in play, and has been since last May:
Across the Rubicon: When Germany Left the Euro | MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory | gifts for men
My dear Nicholas, you can hardly complain. After all, you threatened me with the same thing back in May. You see, when you did that, you made explicit what has been the case for some time now. You have placed us in the Prisoner's Dilemma. You are familiar with that?
Of course. We French know philosophy. The first prisoner who cooperates, gets the deal. In order to avoid having one prisoner betray the others, they must all have confidence that none will cooperate.
And among the Euroland nations with the ability to have a strong currency, the situation is the same. If any one suspects that another is about to leave, the only thing to do is leave first. When you threatened to leave, we realized that was the position in which we had been put. So we had to make our preparations.
Sarkozy spoke in a calm, level voice.
But I was not serious. It was a bargaining position.
Perhaps. But the Prisoner's Dilemma requires certainly, not probability.
Exactly. And France made the threat to leave the Euro in May:
France threatens to leave Euro | HULIQ
In a weekly meeting of European ministers, President Sarkozy threatened the other Euro members to leave the Euro if there was no unified support for a Greek rescue package. The threat, with fists slamming on the table, was clearly directed at Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany who has been very resistant to approve such a large bail out package.
The reaction of Sarkozy, as confirmed by Prime Minister Zapatero, is more than just an idle threat. It puts Germany in a very precarious position with only two possible options.
Either Germany keeps the Franco-German economic engine running or France will fly solo.
One of the prerequisites of a viable "threat" in terms of game theory is that it must be believable. Sarkozy's threat is that. And once it was made, it could not be recalled.
However, the threat places Germany in an "intolerable position" only so long as Germany herself chooses to remain in the Euro. And in this game, advantage will accrue to the major player who departs first. It is becoming more and more obvious, as the stresses on the Euro and the Union itself continue to grow, that Germany, who created the Union and the Euro in the first place, will be the nation to destroy both.
The only question at this point is when they will pull the trigger.
My guess is that it will be shortly after the failure of Portugal and Belgium. Certainly they won't wait for Spain to collapse.
As for the question, What Would a Euro Collapse Mean for the United States? I think the overall answer is, "Good things in general."


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Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:50 pm
Post subject: daft question
sorry to bother you all with this silly question but
for the past week i have had really tender boobs and rather bloated, plus my period is 2days late (i know this dosent always mean your preganant) and im always going to the loo. i havent done a pregnancy test yet as i feel it could just be my body trying to wind me up (as i would love to have a baby)
could any body tell me if this may be symptoms of pregnancy?
i would be grateful for some advice
thanks x
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:54 pm
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I know before I did a test, my boobies were very tender especially my nips. And my tummy was very bloated but also had some cramping like period pains.
Only you yourself know if you might be pregnant (had sex without protection recently), and if your periods are usually bang on time then maybe you should do a test.
If your periods are sometimes irregular, maybe hold of a while. I waited till I was a week late before I tested, but I kinda knew in my heart that I was.
Jo xx
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:14 pm
Post subject: t
thank you
i think i may be aswell but as i said i am hoping to have a baby whether it may be right now or in the future you know but i dont want to get my hopes up so ill wait a few more days and see what happens, periods are usually on time but theres always that odd occasion!! lol
thanks again guys and good luck with your wee bambinos waiting to arrive:)
hope you's are all keeping well
natalie x
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:41 am
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Hi hunni !!
I tested for pregnancy with more frequent loo trips and tender boobs and an increased appetite - it certainly sounds positive from the symptoms you have.
Why not test if your periods late - i hope you get the result you want,
Very best of luck x
MrsSpringer - Hoping To Raise Awareness Of CHD's.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:22 am
Post subject:
thanks for all the help guys
much appreciated (i think thats how you spell it? haha!!)
i think all do a test on wednesday (thats when i get paid Booo!!) coz ye olde period still hasnt arrived and my boobs are soo soooore
why are they so sore? lol
did everybudy still have an appetite but turned there nose up at the smell of stuff? i made lovely pasta n as soon as i tried it i just couldnt bear to eat it!!
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:33 pm
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xScottishGirliex wrote:
one other thing
(you can tell ive never had a baby before or had feelings of being pregnant! do apologise!)
did anybudy have problems going to do a #2
LOL - there is always someone who lowers the tone hahaha
But i know exactly how you feel - and how the docs think suppositries help i dunno hahaha Dunno whos worse me or u lol x
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Sebring firefighters I read in the paper April 17 how our firefighters here in Sebring have once again stepped up and performed an outstanding job by extinguishing a fire in downtown Sebring. Somewhere in the small hours of the morning, when others were asleep, our city firefighters, notified by a sanitation worker, responded and saved at least one business and possibly many more by going above and beyond the call of duty in extinguishing a very difficult fire. This is the type of dedicated and experienced firefighters this city should be proud of. Whether it is responding to emergency medical calls, car accidents or pulling people out of burning buildings, firefighters are on the scene. So are our police officers. Just look at the horrific scenes at the Boston marathon. Even off-duty firefighters put aside their own well-being to help others. Heck, one firefighter from Tampa went to help others even when he did not know the whereabouts of his own wife. He found out later she was okay. And then I remember, wasn't it just last week that our city manager was trying to make life tough on those same firefighters by taking away their benefits and reducing their retirement? Bottom line is, if we can't take care of our firefighters and police and sanitation workers, not only will they not be here when we need them, but we sure don't need a city manager with nothing to manage.Charlie Lowrance Sebring Religious teachings It is my experience that with age comes more reflection on spiritual growth. I often wonder why it took me 64 years to really want to investigate spiritual truth. Prior to that time, I was content to go to church and listen to someone else�s views on the matter. It is what it is. Christian parents raise Christian children; Muslim parents raise Muslim children; Jewish parents raise Jewish children, etc. Your belief system depends mostly on the country in which you were born and the culture in which you were raised. When we are children, there isn�t much we can do about it. But as we age and mature, there is. On my coffee table there is a book entitled �World Scripture,� a comparative anthology of sacred texts. It is very comforting to me to read it and see the many similarities in all the different religions around the world. In my studies, I have also learned that religion is progressive and relative to the age in which it was given to us. How does God, an unknowable essence, shed the light of His word to mankind? Through His teachers. He sent many teachers to bring spiritual light to the world and each has foretold of another who would follow in a future age with more of God�s light. Moses told of another prophet like him (Deuteronomy 18:15) and Jesus told of the coming of the Spirit of Truth (John 16:13.) Mohammad called attention to a future revelation of truth (Su�ra 77:50.) In our rapidly shrinking world, as we grow closer to all the peoples on earth, we need greater understanding of one another. What better way is there to learn about each other than by studying the beliefs and customs of those unlike ourselves? We may all discover that not only have we been misled by historians and political leaders, but also misinformed by our religious leaders. Mary Gustavson Avon Park Firefighter concessions Sebring firefighters saved nearby buildings in a recent fire and, as I write, several firefighters who responded to the Texas fertilizer plant fire are unaccounted for. Following tragedies, we can�t do enough for first responders and their pay and benefits go up as thank yous for what they did and appreciation that they are there when needed. While the pay won�t break a community, lucrative pensions for people who retire young will. I think everyone knows that, including the unions. As negotiations between the union and Sebring stand now, pensions for new and perhaps recently hired Sebring firefighters will be gone and the financial obligation diminished. The remaining issues are essentially union-busting initiatives that seem mean spirited. States that have attacked public unions usually exclude first responders for political reasons. Perhaps Sebring should follow their lead and be satisfied with the pension concessions. John Dyce Lorida


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Back in the early days of the new millennium, the Boston Celtics were the most 3-point happy team in the league. Under then-coach Jim O'Brien, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, Rodney Rogers and friends had the green light to shoot from wherever they wanted, and they took full advantage. The "live by the three, die by the three" mentality carried them to the Eastern Conference Finals, but no further.
Under Doc Rivers, especially the past three championship-caliber seasons, the 3-pointer has been more of a calculated risk. With Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Eddie House on the floor, there have been few instances of dying by the three — until recently. According to a recent Boston Globe piece, the Celtics (entering Sunday's matinee in New York) have shot 42 percent (73-for-174) from beyond the arc in their nine wins. However, they've shot just 16 percent (10-for-64) in their four losses.
A big reason why the 3-pointer has been such a glaring problem the past few games is Rasheed Wallace, who has apparently decided to take every 3-pointer that comes his way. Nobody thought a 35-year-old Sheed was going to reinvent himself in green as a banger under the boards, but his recent rash of ineffectiveness from downtown finally prompted Rivers to say something.
"I got on him, and I rarely do, about the threes," Rivers told reporters. "Because even though he was wide open, it's really tough. I mean, he was wide open and he took two, but we had just taken two quick ones. But he's got an incredibly high basketball IQ. He's been phenomenal in the locker room. So, I'm just happy to have him."
Zach Lowe of CelticsHub.com did the math, and points out Wallace is averaging 10 3-pointers per 36 minutes. Only Dee Brown has played 500 minutes or more in a season and put up that many on a per-minute basis. Wallace is shooting 28.2 percent from 3-point land, taking 78 shots behind the line.
"I ain't worried about it, honestly," Wallace said after going 0-for-8 in a loss to Orlando. "I probably rushed about two or three of them. Other than that, it's good looks, they're just not going for me. I'm not worried about my offense now. It's still early in the season. I know I won't be shooting like this for the duration of the season."
But apparently as Wallace's 3-point shooting goes, so does that of the Celtics. They were 2-for-19 against the Magic, and they suffered a similar fate the week before in a loss to Atlanta, when Wallace went 1-for-5 and the Celtics as a whole were 1-for-15.
Every shooter goes through cold stretches, as Allen so famously did in the playoffs two years ago. Wallace will certainly shoot his way out of it — after all, he's shot 34 percent from beyond the arc for his career.
And the Celtics as a whole aren't exactly dependent on the 3-point shot, despite the statistics pointed out by the Globe's Gary Washburn. The Celtics actually rank 13th in the NBA with 18.3 bombs launched per game, nearly 10 below league leading New York (27.6). They're also 12th in the league in 3-point percentage, shooting 34.9 percent. It's just that when big shots are needed and are missed, as they were in the fourth quarter against Orlando on Friday night, the 3-pointer looks like more of a problem.
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When Knight Rider hit the TV airwaves in 1982, the idea of interacting with a computer in your car was far out science fiction. Now, almost three decades later, car companies and electronics manufacturers are rolling out devices that will soon make it commonplace.
Internet-connected cars were a big theme at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. It seems like a natural direction for technology as the average urban American spends the equivalent of 8.3 days a year commuting, according to the Rockefeller Foundation. With iPhones and other smartphones, as well as iPods, iPads and tablet PCs, people are used to having their technology with them.
"People used to ask how many horsepower a car had, now today the question they ask is, 'Does it connect to my iPod?'" said Sven Beiker, the executive director for the Center of Automotive Research at Stanford University.
In 2010, 4.5 million vehicles were sold with what are called telematics, information systems joined with telecommunications. IHS iSuppli, a market research firm focused on electronics, expects that number to increase fivefold to 22.7 million vehicles in 2015. The developing generation of Internet-connected cars might not banter with you the way KITT and David Hasselhoff did, but they are loaded with features to inform, entertain and, in some cases, protect.
The OnStar system has been a part of various General Motors vehicles for years. Now, owners of other makes can have OnStar thanks to an after-market rear mirror. Push one button and an operator provides you with driving directions. Another button initiates a 911 call. The product, which is coupled with an ongoing subscription, also includes such features as anti-theft and hands-free calls. There is a connectivity application that works via Bluetooth with your smartphone. It will allow you to speak a text message for OnStar to send. It also can convert incoming text messages to voice. You can also update your Facebook status hands-free.
Ford uses voice-recognition technology with its SYNC systems. They allow for text messages to be "read" to you, depending on your smartphone carrier. SYNC, varying by model, also includes such features as hands-free calling, connection to popular digital music players, navigation and social media updating.
A June 25 San Jose Mercury News article described how a 2011 Mini Cooper featured a blue display within the speedometer. A small joystick allowed the driver to make online choices that included Google, Facebook, Twitter and personalized news feeds.
Toyota has announced plans to work with Salesforce.com and Microsoft to establish Toyota Friend, a private social network. It is said to allow electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid users to interact with their cars like they would with friends on Facebook or Twitter. For example, the car would send a message saying "I need a charge."
Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley company specializing in electric vehicles, plans to sell a sedan next year that has a 17-inch touchscreen for navigation and entertainment.
Pandora hopes to change how we listen to the radio in our cars with their Pandora-embedded car stereos. When a song comes on, you rate it by pushing a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" button. The system then uses your picks to customize music to suit your tastes.
While some car makers are including their Internet-connected technology only in higher priced models, Ford is putting it in even more economical vehicles. Part of this is due to young people's desire for this technology.
"These people are going to be the most demanding and adept we've ever seen in terms of using these kinds of advices," Mike Van Nieuwkuyk, executive director of global vehicle research for J.D. Power and Associates, told the Mercury News. "They are used to being connected in every other portion of their lives. They grew up with the Internet and all these different apps, and that's normal for them to want to bring this into the vehicle.
Of course, there is the question of how much all of this technology could distract drivers – especially new ones. The Mercury News reported that BMW's systems, which are in Mini Coopers, only allow drivers to send tweets or status updates before the car is in motion. The Android and iPhone apps for Ford's SYNC system reportedly prevent drivers from making changes if the car is moving faster than five miles per hour.
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- Hercules City Attorney Patrick Tang responds to criticism from Legal Ad Hoc Committee member Phil Simmons
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- Email from Hercules Councilwoman Myrna de Vera complaining to Mayor Dan Romero
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HERCULES -- A festering feud between two City Council members flared up again earlier this summer, culminating in accusations by the council's lone woman that the mayor and city manager bullied her while the rest of the council and the city attorney stood by, emails provided to this newspaper by Hercules City Hall show.
"I have been reporting about your and (City Manager) Steve Duran's bullying tactics on me to (City Attorney) Patrick Tang for several months, and I have been ignored," Councilwoman Myrna de Vera said in a June 29 email to Mayor Dan Romero, copied to the council and to Duran and Tang.
"Patrick did not take any action," the email continues. "Meeting after meeting, the council members, the city attorney just stay silent, condoning your abuse to me in public, the disrespectful way Steve Duran addresses me. Then you turn around and imply that I deserved it, just like domestic abusers accuse their wives -- it's your fault, you made me hit you!"
De Vera's accusations were part of an email titled "Your Ethical Violations" that began with a complaint that the Citizens Legal Issue Ad Hoc Committee, which de Vera has championed, had been "shamed, humiliated, and at risk for their reputation and careers" when it agreed under pressure to "cure and correct" alleged violations of open meeting rules by rescheduling a meeting and amending the agenda to include specific mention of a public comment segment.
The entire email and other correspondence related to the ad hoc committee, including one in which member Phil Simmons accuses Tang of "throwing the committee under the bus," and another containing Tang's response, can be viewed at thewestcountytimes.com. The emails were obtained through a public records request.
An earlier flare-up occurred late last year, after the council on Dec. 13 chose Romero to succeed de Vera as mayor. Two days later, de Vera filed a formal complaint with Tang alleging that Romero had violated open meetings rules known as the Brown Act by privately lobbying other council members to elevate him to mayor. Tang found the charge to be unsupported by the evidence.
De Vera told this newspaper last month that Romero harbored bad feelings toward her ever since the campaign for a June 2011 special council election, in which Romero was elected to a seat vacated by a former councilman's resignation. After signing Romero's nomination papers, de Vera held a meet-and-greet event for one of Romero's opponents, Sherry McCoy. De Vera told this newspaper at the time of the meet-and-greet that it was her husband's idea and that she did not know McCoy was running when she signed Romero's papers.
McCoy is running again Nov. 6, for one of three seats currently held by Romero, Gerard Boulanger and William Wilkins. Simmons also is running, as are two more challengers, Hector Rubio and Bill Kelly. All three incumbents are seeking re-election.
The Legal Ad Hoc Committee lapsed at the end of June amid rancor and recrimination. Earlier that month, several residents had complained that the committee was not complying with state open meetings rules known as the Brown Act. Simmons argued that as an ad hoc committee, it was not subject to the Brown Act, a view that clashed with Tang's legal opinion.
Critics countered that the committee, initially tasked with helping the council choose a new city attorney, was ad hoc in name only after existing for more than a year and taking on a multiplicity of tasks, including drafting proposed rules related to conflict of interest, nepotism and cronyism, and ethics. Their objections included that minutes were incomplete and sometimes unavailable, and that meeting agendas did not provide for a public comment period.
On June 28, the committee accepted Tang's recommendation to "cure and correct" on a 2-1 vote, with Toni Leance dissenting and Simmons abstaining.
Tang did not immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment. Romero said Friday he would not comment on de Vera's statements other than, "She's doing a good enough job of embarrassing herself."
Duran, in an email Friday, said, "I am almost certain there is an unwritten rule somewhere that city managers do not ever say anything negative about any of their beloved City Council members ... at least not to the press. Thus I must refrain from commenting on this specific matter and just say that, overall, this City Council is doing one heck of a good job under very difficult circumstances."
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SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency that lured them to the U.S. where they worked under conditions of near-peonage.
Dr. Lorretta Johnson, AFT executive vice president, presented the President's International Democracy Award to Ingrid Jomento-Cruz, founder of the Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana, in a July 9 ceremony. "It took great courage for the Filipino teachers to come forward," Johnson said. "Just think about the qualities these teachers have: personal courage, the willingness to speak up and the belief in collective action."
Johnson pointed out that her home local, the Baltimore Teachers Union, has welcomed many Filipino teachers into its ranks and elected Filipina Aileen Mercado to the BTU Executive Board.
When the Filipino teachers contacted the AFT, the union responded quickly, Jomento-Cruz told the convention. "A few years ago, we were voiceless, vulnerable, and scared. Today we are organizing and we will never be silent again about our human rights and labor rights."
A video projected on giant screens told the harrowing story of the Filipino teachers. They paid the Los Angeles recruiting company $15,000 each as a placement fee for teaching positions promising $40,000 in annual salaries.
But when they arrived in Los Angeles they were told they had to pay thousands of dollars more and would be placed in Louisiana, contrary to earlier promises. The video shows the prison-like building they were housed in when they arrived in Louisiana, surrounded by a chain link fence with razor-wire coiled along the top.
The teachers were held incommunicado but Jomento-Cruz managed to contact the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, which launched an investigation and helped the teachers organize.
An AFT lawsuit resulted in the Louisiana Workforce Commission ordering the company to refund the $1.8 million in hidden fees to the teachers.
The Filipino Educators Federation also filed a complaint with the U.S. Labor Department protesting inflated fees, commissions and rents their recruiter attempted to collect from them in return for U.S. work visas.
Jomento-Cruz said the AFT solidarity was in the Filipino spirit of "bayanihan," in which neighbors help a relocating family by carrying the family's house on their shoulders to their new location. "We can clearly see the heroes in the community collectively work and sacrifice for each other," she said. "In essence, bayanihan is ... one with the spirit of unionism."
Others were honored at the convention for acts of solidarity. A resolution praised the outpouring of humanitarian aid for the people of Haiti after the January earthquake, including members of the AFT-affiliated Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals who flew to Haiti to provide emergency health care after the disaster. The resolution calls on the U.S. government to help Haiti establish a system of public "free, universal education" which it has never had.
The convention approved a resolution calling for a speedy end to the war in Afghanistan, opposing "further escalation" and urging a "specific timetable for the rapid, orderly withdrawal of all armed forces and military contractors from Afghanistan."
The resolution calls for "the reallocation of the funds that would otherwise be directed to the war in Afghanistan for job creation, education, health care and other urgently needed social programs for working people in this country."
Another resolution calls for an end to repression of teachers and trade unionists in Honduras and ending the U.S. recognition of the "illegitimate government" in Honduras.
Progressive teachers submitted a resolution lauding Cuban educators "who have worked diligently over the past half-century in eradicating illiteracy in their country" and supporting "their continued work in this area."
The same resolution condemned the half-century U.S. embargo for causing the Cuban people hardship. The resolution urged the government to increase the "remittances" Cuban-Americans are allowed to send their relatives in Cuba, "end individual and group travel restrictions to Cuba, and "begin fruitful discussions with Cuba" on increased exchanges between the two nations.
However, the resolution was "precluded" in favor of a resolution hostile to the Cuban government and expressing support for a dissident Cuban group called the Colegio de Pedagogos Independientes.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE numbers, of course. So, tell me what you think of this: A direct mail/telemarketing campaign costing $5,000 to contact 1,500 customers that generates sales of 25 new motorcycles within 60 days, producing an average margin of $4,500 per sale.
If you're counting, a $5,000 investment generated a gross profit of about $115,000.
Pat Patton is owner of Rocket Harley-Davidson based in Madison, AL., near Huntsville and the huge Redstone Arsenal military base. Patton sells about 1,000 new and used units per year out of his 36,000 sq. ft facility.
Patton and a partner purchased the store in May 2003 — it had been in operation for several decades — and immediately began upgrading it, based on the experience he had picked up while running Harley stores in Florida for more than 18 years.
His basic rule of operation is to make it easy for customers to do business with Rocket. "If there's anything unique about our store," he says, "it's that we want to make things easy for our customers."
For example, Rocket will take anything in trade — cars, boats, anything. "We want to make it easy for a customer to go from one thing to another," he says. "We're considered innovators here, but this was routine for us in Florida."
Patton works with Jose Juarez of Victory Solutions, a 4-year-old Florida company that specializes in follow-up phone calls for dealers. Juarez's team calls prospects the day after they visit a dealership, and they also do customer satisfaction surveys. Victory has about 50 dealer clients nationwide, who average annual sales of about 1,000 units.
Patton believes one key to success in today's slow market is to increase sales to existing customers and to prospects who walk in the door. "In 2008," says Patton, "we're all going to look for innovative ways to sell more motorcycles. We have to do more with existing traffic; there's plenty we are missing before we worry about bringing in more traffic."
Last June, Juarez, Patton and Rocket's Florida advertising agency, PARR MOTO, put together a direct mail/telemarketing program aimed at customers who had purchased a new motorcycle within the last three years. The goal was to get them to trade up to a new machine.
The program involved a letter from the sales manager to the customers, saying that Rocket was looking for trades and that the dealership would offer the customer a good deal on his used bike. Juarez then followed up by phone, actually reaching 662 customers.
The campaign generated more than 100 hot leads, 25 of which were converted in two months.
"The thing that did it," says Patton, "was the phone call. They got the letter and then Jose called and reminded them they got the letter. There was direct reinforcement."
The campaign wasn't without glitches, however. "We had too many hot leads at one time," says Patton. "I only had nine salespeople at that time, and the leads were more than they could handle. I didn't do a proper job of setting it up.
Next time, he says he'll stagger the mailings over several days. "I have to think that we missed sales because we had so many hot leads," says Patton.
The trade-in campaign wasn't a one-time deal. Patton pays Victory Solutions a monthly fee (less than $2,000) to study customer satisfaction and to follow up on prospects identified in the store's daily traffic logs. Data is entered each day by a person dedicated to the project and sent immediately to Victory Solutions. This provides a consistent approach. Follow up calls are made the next day, and a report is provided to Patton each morning. "It's like my morning paper," he says.
Patton likes the Victory Solutions program for several reasons: It forces his sales staff to keep a good traffic log; it immediately identifies prospect objections, which can be addressed, and it identifies weaknesses in the dealership operations that often can't be spotted by employees.
"The calling people know motorcycles and they know sales," says Patton. "They make sure the prospect was asked to buy and if he didn't buy, why not. It's worth their weight in gold for us to get this information."
Other companies offer services similar to those provided by Victory Solutions. But the point here is this: If you could convert more prospects to customers through a follow up program like this, why wouldn't you consider it?
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Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell, a Democrat, is a former U.S. Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Arizona, having served 2007 to 2011.[1]
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- 5 Former contact
- 6 Articles and resources
Record and controversies
Iraq War
Environmental record
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Born and raised in Tempe, Mitchell earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Arizona State University in 1962. He later earned a master's degree in public administration from ASU in 1980. In 1964, he began teaching American Government and Free Enterprise at Tempe High School, which he had attended and graduated from not long before. He held this position until he retired in 1992. [1][2]
In 1970, Mitchell entered the world of electoral politics when he was elected to the Tempe city council. In 1980, he was elected mayor - a job he held until his retirement in 1994. The position was part-time in nature, however, so he was able to continue teaching. In 1998, Mitchell sought and won a seat in the Arizona Senate, representing Tempe and parts of southern Scottsdale. Terms limits ensure that 2004 would be Mitchell's last campaign for Arizona Senate. One year later, with the 2006 midterm elections approaching, Mitchell ran unopposed for chair of the Arizona Democratic Party after chairman Jim Pederson stepped down to run for the United States Senate. He was elected on August 20, 2005. Mitchell himself stepped down from the position in April of 2006 when he announced his bid for U.S. Congress. [3][4]
He and his wife Marianne have two grown children. [5]
2006 election
Mitchell successfully challenged Republican Rep. J.D. Hayworth in the 2006 congressional elections.
2008 elections
|This information was gathered by volunteer researchers as part of the Superdelegate Transparency Project on the superdelegates for the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. For more info see the Arizona superdelegate tracker or visit the STP homepage.
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In 2010, Mitchell lost his House seat to Republican David Schweikert.[1]
Committees and affiliations
- House Committee on Science and Technology
- Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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- Harry Mitchell for Congress, official campaign site.
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International Sound Check Day
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
December 12, 2012
How did you mark 12-12-12?
For those of us in the voice-over business, 12-12-12 reads like a sound check. In the spirit of leveraging the coolness that is 12-12-12, I thought it would be interesting to see how voice actors around the world celebrated the occasion, one that will ne'er repeat itself.
See what your friends, including Tami Romani (pictured at left) have been up to in today's VOX Daily.
Check One Two
December 12, 2012 is a one-of-a-kind date. Not only is it pretty awesome, we'll never see another date like it. In fact, it is the last repetitive date you will ever see! The numbers also remind us VO folk of sound checks. Does "check 1-2 1-2 1-2" ring any bells for you?
Here's a glimpse into a number of studios that marked the occasion in a special way by participating in this once in a lifetime post.
Jim Feldman
"Just so happens today is my birthday...and I'm marking it voicing a spot for a hospital, a wine store, and later on it'll be voicing a bunch of on hold messages." - Jim Feldman
Tom Moog
Tom Moog sent in a photograph from his studio as well to join the party.
Some members of the team at Voices.com came together in our studio to join in the festivities.
Left to right: Sheldon Matthews, Ashley Davidson and Andrew Amos.
Left to right: Jeremy Eichler, Scott Lumley and Jennifer Smith.
Tami Romani
"I have already had such a great day. I attended a breakfast meetup in downtown LA and had a lovely breakfast with a 54th floor view, heard an inspiring speaker and made some great new connections! I'm back home now, out of the business suit and into my cozy sweater and jeans - ready to check Voices.com for the latest auditions coming in!" - Tami Romani
Markham Anderson
Never a dull moment in Markham Anderson's studio!
David Kaplan and Skye
This dog knows how to direct! David Kaplan and his dog Skye grace the blog on this historic day, 12-12-12.
'Twas The Night Before Christmas
A special thanks to Dave Fennoy for sharing this 12-12-12 picture featuring a great group of voices at Mattel Children's Hospital who read "Twas The Night Before Christmas" to the precious kids staying there during the holidays. See anyone you know?
How Did You Spend 12-12-12?
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A ninth person has been arrested in a brawl outside a Tucson bar, and detectives have identified a 10th suspect.
Brittany Rene Walker Trostle, 27, was booked into the Pima County jail Thursday. She is facing three counts of aggravated assault in connection with Feb. 17 fight at the Outlaw Saloon, 1302 W. Roger Road, Deputy Tom Peine, Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesman, said in a news release.
Also Friday, detectives identified a final suspect from the group they say was captured on video beating a woman, her 21-year-old son and a friend as they left the bar at about 2:40 a.m.
Detectives are seeking an arrest warrant for Phoenix-area resident Fredrick A. Nelson, 33, who goes by the nickname "Lurch," Peine said.
Arrested earlier in connection to the brawl were Michael Thomas Russ, 31; Cody Berkbigler, 24; Samuel Ramsey, 29; Robert Russell, 42; Marty Russell, 41; Alan Nierenberg, 38; Amanda Pandola, 30; and Reid Pandola, 30, Peine said.


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Both players were optimistic about returning to the lineup on Wednesday, but Ruff offered a more cautious outlook.
"We had a good look at practice today. We want to make sure that, physically, both of them are up to the task," said Ruff. "We've got two or three good, hard practices with Tim now and Drew, today was probably his first real tough test. I thought he wasn't quite up to my expectations on the physical side but he might have been just protecting a little."
Ruff added that he is hopeful that both players can "answer the call" on Wednesday.
Stafford has missed 15 of the last 16 games with an upper body injury. Initially, he missed 11 games with the injury and returned to the lineup on Dec. 3. He helped lead the Sabres to a 5-0 win over Columbus in that game with a goal and an assist, but re-aggravated the injury and has missed the last four games. Connolly, meanwhile, has been out for the past eight games with a groin injury.
Stafford talked about the frustration of coming back for one game and then getting injured again.
"It's pretty much the worst, especially when you're working hard to get back and then you get caught in a bad spot again," he said. "It felt like 'Groundhog Day.' It's just one of those things where you've just got to get back to work as far as getting it better and taking your time with it and letting it settle down and feel good."
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"It goes back to Cooke going after Pominville. Pominville's one of our top-end guys here and they weren't shy to get in his face, so why should we be shy to get in Crosby's face?" Weber said. "He's a competitor and he's playing on the ice, he's got the same pads on as we do, and he's one of the best players in the game so I think that's more of an emphasis why guys need to be in his face. The game got a little chippy after that point and before that point. That's the type of hockey we need to play going forward to make sure we get ourselves into a playoff spot."
Following Wednesday's home game against Boston, seven of the team's next 10 games will be played on the road. Buffalo's schedule has been fairly balanced through the first 30 games, with 16 games played at home and 14 on the road thus far.


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Another former Texas DA opposes death penalty
Of all the media coverage of the Columbia University law school post-mortem of the Carlos DeLuna murder case and execution, one piece jumped out of my computer screen on me this week.
It was from the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. The surprise was a quote from a former DA there, Grant Jones, who told the CCCT that he no longer supported the death penalty.
Excerpt from the story in the Caller-Times:
"One of the benefits of our judicial system is the appeal system to correct our mistakes," Jones said. "The problem with the death penalty is once it's carried out and there is a mistake you can't go back and correct it."
This is significant. This is news. I know of only one other former Texas DA who has changed his position on the death penalty and come to oppose it in recent years. That one is Sam Millsap of Bexar County, who was in office for a death penalty case that's come in for its own scathing review, that of Ruben Cantu.
Cantu's case doesn't disturb me like the DeLuna case does. Read the Columbia workup that came out this week. It's understandable why former DA Jones won't stand by the jury's verdict. He said this:
"Only one person knows if Carlos DeLuna was guilty, and that is God," he said.


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High Tide: From Mubarak's Wife Detained To FBI Claims On Indonesia
A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources.
An FBI anti-corruption official said large U.S. companies are paying bribes in Indonesia. He didn't name any of the companies, but said "they are companies that are listed in the U.S. stock market." (Jakarta Globe)
Lindsey Manufacturing and inadequate penalties under the FCPA. (Task Force blog)
Much more on the bribery and corruption claims against Ecuador President Rafael Correa, who allegedly took money from the FARC rebels to get to power. Correa has said he has not even accepted 20 cents from FARC. (Guardian)
What should a seller do about the FCPA in a merger-and-acquisition context? (TFoxLaw)
FCPA Blog on Avon's $250 million internal investigation.
The U.K. Bribery Act may bode well for consumers after all. (Gulfnews)
The English football association appointed a special counsel to investigate Lord Triesman's bribery claims. FIFA formally requested documents in its internal investigation. (SKY Sports, AP)
A Las Vegas judge cut the bail in half for two water officials being charged in a $1.3 billion bribery case. (Las Vegas Sun)
A judge scolded the former Bank of Indonesia governor who testified in a bribery trial concerning her appointment to that position for being forgetful. (Jakarta Post)
The man at the center of the Australian university bribery scandal over English exams has pleaded guilty. (AAP)
NOMADs and the Bribery Act: They have to treat it like the law applies on their own business. (Thebriberyact.com)
There will be more insurance claims made by directors and officers because of the Bribery Act, one expert said. (Complinet sub req)
U.S. officials praised the passage of an anti-foreign bribery law in China, but they await its enforcement. (Main Justice sub req)
Five U.S. postal service employees were indicted on corruption charges for allegedly steering contracts to repair vehicles to an unnamed contractor who sent them cars, prostitutes and sports tickets. (AP)
Money Laundering:
The wife of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak was taken into custody amid an investigation into illicitly acquired wealth. She and her husband were questioned for three hours Friday, and authorities extended Hosni's detention for another 15 days. More here, here and here. (AFP, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, BBC)
An Ohio heroin ring laundered its money through luxury cars and real estate, prosecutors said. (The Plain Dealer)
India's Enforcement Directorate questioned the former organizing committee director of the Commonwealth Games on allegations of money laundering. He didn't appear to be contacted for comment. (Hindustan Times)
Libyan rebel leaders were invited to the White House. More here. (The Hill, Al Jazeera)
The finance minister who robbed a bank to fund a revolution. (NPR)
The U.K. offered the rebels more assistance beyond the office in London. (Wall Street Journal)
Italy's foreign minister said he expects the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at the end of the month. (AP)
France dismissed a terrorism investigation against Iranian dissident group MeK just as it seeks a rebirth of legitimacy in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal)
Australia will tighten sanctions against Syria, said its foreign minister. (AFP)
Switzerland said it will return assets in its banks tied to Mubarak to Egypt if they are proven illegally obtained. (BNO News)
Transparency advocates are criticizing a new website that is supposed to detail federal contractors' past performance. (Federal Times)
Terrorism Finance:
The next step in the battle against al Qaeda is getting its financiers. (Foreign Policy)
There is no SEC whistleblower office, nor is its head, Sean McKessy, willing to talk. (Forbes)
General Anti-Corruption:
Russia has failed to take on corruption or human rights abuses despite the claims made by its president, Amnesty International said. (AFP)
It's easier to accept the culture of corruption in Russia than to fight it, wrote the head of the country's non-governmental National Anti-Corruption Committee. (Russia Beyond the Headlines)
To index or not to index? (World Bank blog)
Canada deported a suspect in the murder of an anti-corruption official in Burundi. (Reuters)
Continuous monitoring of controls is not the same thing as inspecting the integrity of transactions. (Marks on Governance)
Murder as censorship: Journalists covering corruption are getting killed in Africa. More here. (The Media online, FCPA Blog)
Corruption is eating at India's democracy. (East Asia Forum)