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India Seeks Stronger Laws to Protect Women
Panel Formed After Delhi Attack Proposes Criminal Penalties for Some Forms of Harassment, and a New 'Bill of Rights'
NEW DELHI—A committee headed by former chief justice of India J.S. Verma set up after a student was gang-raped on a bus called on the government to take several steps to improve Indian women's safety, including new legislation to crack down on various forms of sexual harassment and measures to ensure swift justice for victims.
The three-member panel was set up by the Home Ministry on Dec. 23, one week after the deadly gang rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, an attack that triggered a national outcry and a chorus of calls to strengthen Indian laws dealing with violence against women.
The committee, which also included Leila Seth, former chief justice of Himachal Pradesh state, and Gopal Subramaniam, a former solicitor general, submitted its report to the government Wednesday.
The panel recommended defining sexual assault in law as "intentional touching of another person when such act of touching is of sexual nature and is without the recipient's consent."
It proposed creating several new types of criminal offenses, including using threatening words or gestures toward another person, as well as stalking and voyeurism. Assaulting a woman with the intent to disrobe her would invite a punishment of three to seven years imprisonment.
The committee also proposed strict punishments for police officers who don't register cases of rape or sexual assault following complaints.
Mr. Verma, presenting the findings at a news conference, said the committee's job was to address the "failure of government to provide a safe and dignified environment for the women of India, who are constantly exposed to sexual violence."
It isn't clear which of the panel's proposals the Congress party-led government will act on and how quickly it will move. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in an interview the government will examine the committee's report. "There isn't any time frame yet on taking action on the recommendations," he said.
Mr. Verma said some of the committee's proposals could be addressed in legislation to amend the country's criminal code. That bill is pending before Parliament.
Several lawyers and activists said they were impressed with the breadth of the Verma committee's report but skeptical of whether the government will implement the proposals. Albeena Shakil, a women's activist, called the recommendations "historic" but added, "If the government puts this in cold storage, then it's going to be a problem."
The rape of the student aboard a moving bus in New Delhi on Dec. 16 spurred widespread calls to increase punishments for rape convicts and take other measures to make women safer. The victim suffered severe injuries in the attack, including intestinal damage, and died on Dec. 29 in a Singapore hospital where she was receiving emergency care.
Five men have been charged with kidnapping, rape and murder, among other offenses, for allegedly carrying out the attack. They could face the death penalty if convicted. Initial trial proceedings have begun at Saket district court complex in south Delhi. Defense lawyers say all the five accused will plead not guilty.
The Supreme Court has said it will hear a petition from one of the alleged perpetrators to have the trial moved out of New Delhi on grounds that the defendants can't get a fair trial here amid local outrage over the incident.
A sixth alleged assailant, who police say is a minor, is expected to be tried separately in a juvenile court.
Many of the thousands of protesters who poured into the streets of New Delhi following the gang rape clamored for stricter punishments including the death penalty and chemical castration. The panel didn't make any such recommendations. Under the current law, rapists can face charges ranging from seven years to life imprisonment. The accused in the Dec. 16 case can only get the death penalty because of the murder charge.
Over the course of its monthlong tenure, the committee received some 80,000 suggestions from outside experts, including women's activists, criminal lawyers and overseas professors from Oxford University and Harvard University, Mr. Verma said.
The panel also suggested removing the "marital rape exception"—in Indian law, husbands can't be accused of raping their wives. And it proposed 10-year prison sentences for military or police supervisors who fail to control subordinates that commit rape.
Mr. Verma quoted Mahatma Gandhi and Aristotle in the course of making an impassioned case for India to do more to address entrenched gender bias. Beyond punishing perpetrators of sexual crimes, Mr. Verma said, India must change misogynistic mindsets through "systemic changes in education and societal behavior."
He said top police officials must be held accountable for not enforcing existing laws. And he said simple good governance, like putting up more streetlights, would help reduce crimes against women. "Don't have dark spaces and you won't have dark deeds," he said.
The bill pending before Parliament to amend the criminal code already has several provisions dealing with crimes against women. It would define sexual assault to cover a broad range of offenses not covered under existing rape statutes, and would specifically outlaw "acid attacks" in which men throw acid on women who have spurned their advances.
The pending bill also would mandate that in rape cases "evidence of the character of the victim or of his or her previous sexual experience" should not be relevant on the question of whether the victim consented to a sexual encounter.
—Aditi Malhotra contributed to this article.
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Oh kill me.....
Well done guys! Thank you!
rjdohnert wrote:Oh BTW, you can tell Bill Hill that I am the Release Candidate for Homo Sapiens version 2.0
DevilsRejection wrote:all i have to say is that this is the best idea microsoft has come up with in a long time.
connecting the devs with the users in a friendly collaborative environment.
Thank You Microsoft
Scoble: can we has an RSS feed with the new videos as enclosures, a videocast i guess, so I can get all of them downloaded as they come?
I hope Channel 9 never stops interviewing Bill Hill.
oh, and Balmer is freaky
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And of course we use enclosures. We're all ready for the video iPod as soon as Steve Jobs does one!
Even though I don't visit Channel 9 as much as I should do, normally because I'm studying or blogging or even beta testing something, I do agree that this is one cool video, and has just made me promise my self that I will visit Channel 9 more often!
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Angela Lauren Brannen of Summerville S.C. and Matthew Daniel Craven of North Charleston were married Sept. 15 2013 at Planters Walk in Goose Creek S.C.
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The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daniel Brannen of Summerville. She is the granddaughter of Jo Bray of Summerville and the late Ernest J. Bray III; and DeLoris Keith, the late Marshall Keith and the late William D. Brannen.
She was given in marriage by her father.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Craven North Charleston, S.C. He is the grandson of Eleanor Markey and the late Daniel Edward Markey; and Bonnie Craven and the late Michael Clark Craven.
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quote: As I just noted above, there only needs to be 1 person in the world who can defeat the DRM - and then *poof* it's all over. The software is in a torrent, and everybody can have at it.
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Up in Reno for my dad's memorial celebration at the university's new Stadium Club, so morning was pancakes for breakfast, prepping for the event, printingBel-Cam Jos 23 Hours Ago
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EAST LIVERPOOL - Anyone who has watched the Syracuse men's basketball team play know there are multiple ways to attack the 2-3 zone.
On Tuesday night, the Potters used a combination of the 3-point shot as well as drives to the basket to open up the Beavers' zone. In the end, Derek Thompson recorded a double-double and the East Liverpool boys' basketball team knocked Beaver Local from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 62-51 victory at Potter Fieldhouse.
With the win over their county rivals, the Potters are now 1-5 on the season. The win snaps East Liverpool's six-game losing streak dating back to last year's Ohio Division II Eastern District Co-Final loss to St. Clairsville.
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East Liverpool's Hayden Cunningham looks for an opening on Tuesday against Beaver Local at Potter Fieldhouse. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Joe Savage)
"We jumped out by 10, and we decide to pull it out," East Liverpool coach Nate Conley said. "We used sort of a stall offense to make their defense come out and play us.
"They like to play their zone defense, and when they pulled it out Jake had to make a choice. They could either sit back in the zone being comfortable with us being up by 10 points, or they could come out and play us.
"They did what I thought they would do. They came out of the zone to play us. We made their defense play in a way they are not accustomed to playing. Overall, we did a pretty good job of scoring against their zone."
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East Liverpool 62, Beaver Local 51
BL (51): Chase Hilliard 3 4-5 10, Jared Lyder 7 5-8 19, Brandon Fetty 1 0-2 2, Ethan Campbell 1 0-0 3, Troy Hudson 3 2-2 10, Zack Mick 2 0-0 5, Chandler Cornell 0 0-0 0, Josh Underwood 1 0-0 2, Matt Chamberlain 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 11-17 51.
EL (62): D.J. Austin 3 2-2 8, Hayden Cunningham 7 0-2 18, Kade Reynolds 3 2-2 11, Austin Emmerling 1 0-0 2, Derek Thompson 8 2-2 18, Owen Crawford 0 1-2 1, Matt Hilditch 0 0-0 0, John Rickerd 0 0-0 0, Ryian Burson 0 0-0 0, Aaron Long 1 3-5 5. Totals: 23 10-15 62.
3-Pointers: Beaver Local: 4 (Hudson 2, Mick, Campbell); East Liverpool: 6 (Cunningham 3, Reynolds 3)
The loss drops the Beavers to 4-1.
"It came down to toughness," Beaver Local coach Jake Walgate said. "They wanted the ball. We got a lot of deflections and we caused a lot of turnovers. We are used to doing that, but there were times where we would deflect the ball and we wouldn't get it. There would be 50/50 balls, and they were able to get on the floor and get the ball. In those situations, they ended up getting two points."
Thompson played a key role for the Potters on the inside, while Hayden Cunningham and Kade Reynolds did plenty of damage from the outside. Thompson netted a team-high 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead the way for East Liverpool.
"He could do that every night," Conley said about Thompson's performance. "He has to have that mindset. He has the ability to be a dominant force. He needs to do that every night."
Cunningham contributed 17 points and Reynolds delivered 11. Cunningham and Reynolds each drained three 3-pointers.
Also for the Potters, D.J. Austin tallied eight points, Aaron Long collected five points and Austin Emmerling ended up with two points. Finally, Owen Crawford recorded one point.
The Potters controlled the boards against the Beavers. East Liverpool outrebounded Beaver Local, 32-16.
"We had a great day of practice yesterday," Conley said. "We were able to break down some film, and we noticed we were giving up a lot of second and third chances. We knew we had to limit them to one shot.
"We had a great day of practice, and we got back to on fundamentals and boxing out. We wanted to limit them to one shot, and we were able to do that."
Three players scored in double digits for the Beavers. Jared Lyder recorded a game-high 19 points to lead the way, while Chase Hilliard and senior-sharpshooter Troy Hudson each delivered 10 points.
Also for Beaver, Zack Mick contributed five points, Ethan Campbell collected three points and Brandon Fetty and Josh Underwood each finished with two points.
Lyder and Hudson each pulled down four rebounds.
At times, both teams had difficulty taking care of the basketball. The Potters committed 22 turnovers, while the Beavers committed 20. East Liverpool had 13 turnovers in the first half while, while Beaver Local had 12.
Both teams came out strong to start the game. The first quarter was played at a fast pace. A basket by Mick put the Beavers up 9-5 with 5:40 left in the stanza resulting in Conley calling a timeout.
Led by Reynolds, the Potters responded. Reynolds drained three 3-pointers in the quarter, and a 7-0 spurt helped catapult the Potters to a 20-16 lead after one quarter of play.
"Kade Reynolds and Aaron Long carried us in the first half when we were dealing with foul trouble," Conley said.
East Liverpool extended its lead in the second quarter. A 3-pointer by Cunningham put the Potters out in front 31-21. The hosts led 31-23 at halftime.
"It came down to the little things," Walgate said. "We had a couple of opportunities we let slip away. We would make some nice plays defensively, and then we couldn't convert on offense. Then, there were situations where we would score on offense and then our defense couldn't get stops.
"We just couldn't get into a rhythm. All season our defense lead to our offense. That didn't happen tonight."
Beaver Local cut its deficit to 33-29 on a 3-pointer by Hudson in the third quarter, but the Potters were once again able to counter and build up their advantage.
A 7-0 surge put East Liverpool up 40-29, and another 7-0 surge made the score 47-31 late in the stanza. The Potters led 47-33 after three quarters of play.
"Coach Walgate has done a fantastic job with them," Conley said. "They are going to be a tough out. They have some good players. They have good senior leaders. They work well together on the floor. I was cared more for this game than for any other game this season.
The Potters led by as many as 17 points on two occasions in the fourth quarter before recorded the 11-point victory.
"It's tough to lose to a rival, but I hate to lose," Walgate said. "I hate to lose any game."
East Liverpool has now won 10-straight games against Beaver Local.
"We knew they were a good team," Walgate said. "We had seen them play. They have played a brutal schedule. We knew they were a good team."
East Liverpool won the JV game. 58-46. Briar Meek contributed a game-high 14 points for the Potters, and Joey Bickerton and Zack Adkins each netted 12 points. Conner Hall tallied 11 points for the Beavers, and Hayden Grafton netted 10 points.
Beaver Local plays Friday at Howland, while East Liverpool travels across the river to take on local-rival Oak Glen.
"We told the kids in the locker room that we need to forget about this game and move on," Walgate said. "At the beginning of the season we are going to practice every day like lost our last game. We haven't had to deal with that yet, but we are going to see how we show up tomorrow, Thursday and Friday for our game. We are going to have to be ready to go."
The Potters have had some difficulty playing at Oak Glen in the past.
"We needed to get that win," Conley said. "The kids were able to enjoy it, but we still have work to do. There are things we need to improve on."
East Liverpool's game Saturday night against Big Red down at the Crimson Center has been moved up to a 4 p.m. JV start.


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The 5 Wittiest Comebacks in the History of Trash Talk
You ever think of the perfect response to a put-down after the moment has already passed? It's the worst. Especially because you spend the next few days rolling around the kitchen floor, your body fully slathered in the peanut butter of shame, denigrating yourself over and over while loudly proclaiming, "That's what I should have said!" Actually, that's never happened to me. Well, not the part with the peanut butter at least, but I imagine it's quite common.
PROTIP: Have your dog lick it off you to heighten the self-loathing.
Throughout history, however, there have been the quick-thinking great ones who were presented with the perfect setup and, rather than botching it, proved their point or defended themselves with a punchline of just a few hilariously well-chosen words. It's the kind of quick-thinking wit you just don't see with today's celebrities.
#5. George Bernard Shaw Responds to a Heckler
George Bernard Shaw was a celebrated Irish playwright who lived from 1856 to 1950. His name is also super fun to say. Go ahead. Just feels good in the mouth, like a softer Jolly Rancher with some more substantial and savory overtones.
The only name in the English language more pleasing to say is Plemblebrook Pillowkins.
Anyway, in 1894, Shaw was enjoying a successful opening night for his play Arms and the Man. Indeed, he joined the actors onstage, basking in the glory of an overwhelmingly positive reception. Nevertheless, one lone dissenter began to boo loudly from the audience.
Undaunted, Shaw replied:
"I quite agree with you, my friend, but what can we two do against a whole houseful of the opposite opinion?"
Just beautiful. A classy way to say no one agrees with you. Funny, subtle, and totally foreign to the filmmakers of today. For example ...
How Quentin Tarantino Would Do It Today
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"[Bleep] you. This is [bleep]. [Bleep] you and your [bleeping] bush league [bleeeeeeep]. It's like I'm sittin' here, y'know, giving you, like, Shakespeare, and you're all, like, Season 5 of Lost in Space. Wait, y'know what? Not even [bleeping] Shakespeare, man. Like the [bleeping] pilot to Kojak, but you don't deserve Telly Savalas, man. You're like William Conrad in Cannon. At best! At [bleeping] best, man. Booing my [bleep] like some Statler and Waldorf mother[bleepers]? [Bleep] you. [Bleeeeeeeeep] youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
"Yes, those are our names. Quentin gets it."
#4. Babe Ruth Justifies His Salary to a Reporter
Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. He was an impressive pitcher for the Boston Red Sox before reaching even greater glory as a New York Yankee and one of the most prolific home-run hitters of all time.
"Yes, I was on the Red Sox first. And a pitcher. Also, I never took steroids."
In 1931, while the country slipped deeper into the Depression, Yankees management asked Ruth to reduce his then-towering $80,000 salary to $75,000. Ruth refused, and at a press conference, a reporter pointed out that Ruth was making $5,000 more than President Hoover. Ruth replied:
"Maybe so, but I had a better year than he did."
Well played, Mr. Ruth. You took that sharp speeding question and smacked it over the wall in center field.
How LeBron James Would Do It Today
"Well, yes, I make hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the president in base salary alone, not counting endorsements, and I'll be happy to tell you why ... in my prime time one-hour special next week."
"I know that's not funny, and I'll be happy to explain why ... in my prime time one-hour special next week."
#3. Groucho Marx Generates a Metaphor During a Game Show
Groucho Marx was a vaudevillian, a movie star, a screenwriter, an author, and the host of the 1950s game show You Bet Your Life. And you thought he was just a model for novelty glasses. Peasant.
You might also know his brother Harpo "Snake in a Can of Peanut Brittle" Marx.
Part of the success of You Bet Your Life was Groucho's ability to quip. He was funny in real time all the time. Even at the end of his life, in this interview with Bill Cosby, you can see his mind still cranking out a few zingers. Groucho deserves his own list of quips, but one of his best came on his game show when talking to a contestant who had 10 children. Groucho asked why so many, to which the contestant replied, "Well, Groucho, I love my wife."
Groucho turned to the audience and replied:
"I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while."
How Alex Trebek Would Do It Today
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"Welcome back to Jeopardy! I'm your host, Alex Trebek, and we're talking to Jim Peterson of Kingston, New York. Now, Jim, I understand you have 10 children. Why so many?"
"Well, Alex, I love my wife."
"Yes, I'm sure you do. Good luck to you and your clan! I said 'clan,' not 'clam,' which is from the proto-Germanic 'klam.' No, I said 'clan,' referring to your large, large family. OK, let's play Jeopardy!"


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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Three nationally known wieners met in a Mount Pleasant parking lot, April 7, for a friendly face off.
The 27-foot Oscar Mayer Wienermobile made one of its nationwide tour stops at the Bi-Lo grocery store near Town Center. The fiberglass hot dog is used by Kraft Foods to promote its Oscar Mayer brand.
A 4-foot-long mini-wiener and a custom pedal car called the "Kielbasavan" surrounded the Wienermobile. The two smaller vehicles were featured last year in a 30-second television commercial promoting the popular novel, "Book of Nathan" by Ocean View Press.
In the book, a modified Wienermobile creates havoc for one of America's largest corporations – a scene which prompted the television ad.
Mount Pleasant's Matthew Tucker, 8, and his 5-year-old sister, Norah, starred in the cute commercial teasing the "Book of Nathan," which is available on YouTube. To see the ad, visit www.bookofnathan.net.
The commercial diverted attention from Kraft's mustard and ketchup-colored, 11-foot high touring hot dog. Until the friendly confrontation in Mount Pleasant, it was unclear if the promotional fracas had reached a boiling point.
The Wienermobile visited the area on the heels of the 36th annual Cooper River Bridge Run, which was held April 6.
During the April 4-7 trip to East Cooper, the Wienermobile stopped at local Bi-Lo supermarket stores, the Kids Bridge Run and the official Bridge Run. Fans were treated to family activities and free wiener whistles.
"I had a frank discussion with Norah and Matthew," Lisa Rosenblum, a recent University of Wisconsin graduate who Kraft selected to drive one of its six Wienermobiles, joked in a provided news release.
"After I gave them a couple of wiener whistles, we agreed it made more sense to relish our similarities than worry about whose bun was bigger."
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Over 100 of the 700 GPCR proteins encoded in the genome have known or presumed therapeutic potential but have escaped targeting due mostly to their inaccessible location on the intracellular face of cell membranes, according to Dr. Kuliopulos. While diverse in their primary amino acid sequences and functions, all GPCRs share a highly conserved spatial configuration.
GPCR proteins consist of three different subunits (heterotrimers) consisting of a seven-transmembrane helical core domain held together by three intracellular loops, three extracellular loops, and N- and C-terminal domains that span the entire cell membrane.
Key to changing the receptor from inactive to active are ligand-induced conformational changes of transmembrane helices 3 (TM3) and 6 (TM6). These helical movements in turn change the conformation of the intracellular loops of the receptor to promote activation of associated heterotrimers.
"Most people are looking for molecules, particularly small molecules that will engage the binding site for GPCR that is on the outside of the cell. We focus on a site on the opposite side of the receptor, inside the cell membrane," Anchor's president and CEO, Frederick Jones, M.D., explained to GEN.
"We create peptide libraries based on the exposed areas of the intracellular GPCR loops to find peptides that act as mimics and compete with the loops that they are modeled on. These peptides can change the normal interactions among the loops. For example, preventing the shape change may make it more difficult for the ligand to signal, thereby downregulating signaling, while facilitating the shape change upregulates receptor activity."
Dr. Kuliopulos' team has shown that pepducins activate or inhibit a class of GPCRs, protease-activated receptors (PARs), that play key roles in thrombosis, inflammation, and vascular biology.
Additionally, Dr. Jones told GEN that Anchor is close to identifying a development candidate that acts as an agonist for the CXCR4 receptor, a receptor on bone marrow stem cells that, when activated, promotes their sequestration within the bone marrow through its interaction with the SDF1-α ligand.
Drugs that block the CXCR4 receptor allow hematopoietic stem cells to exit the bone marrow and move into the bloodstream, where they can be harvested for eventual reinfusion as part of an autologous stem cell transplantation procedure.
"We can use our agonists to set up high local concentrations of this ligand, for example, to concentrate stem cells at a site of injury in the body and have shown that we can mobilize stem cells from the bone marrow to come to the injured site, taking advantage of the body's stem cells without the need to harvest the cells."
In particular, he says, Anchor is interested in post-infarction left ventricular injury, bone injuries such as osteoporotic fractures or avascular necrosis, or bone allograft incorporation. The company hopes to file its first IND in 2012.
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is a principal at BioInsight Consulting.
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SULLIVAN'S ISLAND — About a dozen law enforcement agents converged on a house here tonight to conduct a search warrant in a murder-for-hire case.
The intended target in the case is going through a divorce with her husband. The Brownell Avenue home that agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are searching is believed to be where the target's husband, Chris Latham, has lived.
Agents said tonight that Latham was not the subject of the search. Repeated attempts to reach Latham or his attorney by phone have been unsuccessful.
Two Kentucky men and a local woman were arrested after federal investigators said they were part of a plot to kill Nancy Latham, an agent for Beachside Real Estate as well as treasurer of the S.C. Education Lottery Commission.
Latham has said she had been advised by the U.S. Attorney's Office not to talk about the case. A spokesman for the office did not provide more information.
The alleged plot was exposed Friday when Charleston police pulled over Aaron Russell Wilkinson, 39, of Louisville, Ky., in a traffic stop. Police found a revolver and a box of ammunition in the car and arrested Wilkinson for driving with a suspended driver's license, according to court documents.
The affidavit outlined what happened:
Wilkinson told police he was in Charleston because he was involved in a plot to kill a local woman for money. He said he didn't intend to kill the woman but was trying to appease the man who recruited him to help him kill her. Police called in ATF to investigate.
Wilkinson said a former cell mate, Samuel Arthur Yenawine, 38, of Louisville, approached him March 31 and asked him to drive with him to Nashville to pick up about 2 kilograms of cocaine. They took off in a Volkswagen Passat that Yenawine's girlfriend rented. While they were driving, Yenawine announced that they were going to South Carolina instead to kill a witness in a racketeering case, a story that later turned out to be untrue.
They arrived April 1 at the North Charleston Econolodge on Saul White Boulevard and met up with Yenawine's ex-wife, Wendy Annette Moore.
Court documents reveal Moore had been accused of having an affair with Chris Latham.
Wilkinson said he waited in the car while Moore gave Yenawine $5,000 and a bottle of Loritab and Valium, supposedly to make the death look like an accident.
Wilkinson said he would get $5,000 for his role in the plot and Yenawine would get $20,000 to $30,000. The affidavit did not say where the money was coming from.
Yenawine gave Wilkinson $4,000 to deposit in his wife's bank account in Kentucky, with the understanding that Yenawine's girlfriend would go with Wilkinson's wife to a bank and withdraw it.
Wilkinson made the deposit at the Walmart at Tanger Outlets.
The pair then met Moore outside a house on Sullivan's Island, where she handed Yenawine a manila envelope. The envelope turned out to contain photos of Latham and her house and vehicles, and her schedules. Wilkinson said he then learned that Latham was the target.
Yenawine called his girlfriend because he was concerned that she would withdraw the $4,000 and spend it on drugs, Wilkinson told agents. They decided that night to drive back to Kentucky.
Wilkinson said he was afraid of Yenawine and offered to drive back to Charleston and carry out the hit himself. He and his wife left Kentucky on April 2 and arrived in Charleston on April 3, driving the same VW Passat as before. The couple rented a room at the Days Inn on West Montague Avenue in North Charleston and tried to come up with a plan. Wilkinson said he had no intention of killing anybody, but was afraid of Yenawine.
It all came to an end when he was arrested Friday for driving under suspension.
Wilkinson and Moore were booked into the Charleston County jail, and Yenawine was booked into the Oldham County Jail in Kentucky.
All three were to be charged with conspiracy and travel in interstate commerce with the intent to commit murder and aiding and abetting.
Wilkinson and Yenawine also were to be charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
Nancy Latham is well-known in the community.
She is a wildlife artist and a member of Trident United Way's Palmetto Society, fundraising chairwoman of Wando Theatre Boosters, and a supporter of the Spoleto Festival USA and Trident Technical College Foundation, according to her biography on the lottery commission's website.
Divorce papers filed in Charleston County family court indicate House Speaker Bobby Harrell was accused of using his influence in the Latham marriage dispute.
Both Bobby and Cathy Harrell have been named in those court papers.
"Cathy Harrell has said extremely derogatory statements about the defendant (Chris Latham) and has stated such things to third parties," according to court documents filed by Chris Latham's attorney. "Cathy Harrell further testified that Bobby Harrell 'gave an earful' to clients of the defendant."
Harrell appointed Nancy Latham as treasurer to the South Carolina State Lottery Commission. And Bobby and Cathy Harrell are the Latham children's godparents.
Cathy Harrell has been identified as a potential witness in the divorce proceedings.
An affidavit filed by Chris Latham alleges the Harrells intended to use their political influence in every way possible to ruin Latham's career and influence the outcome of the divorce.
In a text message between Cathy Harrell and Nancy Latham, Cathy states, "If there is anything we and especially Bobby can do make a list and he will be done!"
On March 29, Family Court Judge Dana Morris issued an order stating that she did not find "that there has been any improper attempt to influence the judiciary by either Mr. Harrell or Mrs. Harrell."
Bobby Harrell released a statement at 5:30 p.m. that said, in part, his wife, Cathy, offered to do anything the couple could to help Nancy Latham. He was also critical of how the newspaper has handled the story.
"She has been traumatized and her life very possibly was in danger," Harrell said in the statement. "The newspaper left out the most important part of the email from my wife to Nancy offering to help. My wife wrote, 'We took an oath before God to step up and take care of (the children) in all ways.' We were fulfilling a promise to Nancy and God, and I do not apologize for that."
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i really like videogame songs..such as when yuna sung lenne's song and also the song that she sing at the beginnign of the game...if anyone know the title please add ur comment
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The song that Yuna sang with Lenne was 1000 Words and the song that she sang in the beginning was Real Emotion. I'm fairly certain those are the ones you're looking for. ~I'm bored when I let myself get bored, depressed when I let myself get depressed, angry when I let myself get angry, and all of those when I'm selfish.
i found those already but i can't find the real emotion in the english version do u kow a site?
http://browse.files.filefront.com/Final+Fantasy+X+2/;1222881;/browsefiles.html You'll have to extract it from the zip after downloading... "Thou art I. I am thou. Thou shalt be blessed when creating Personas of the Headphones arcana....."
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After recently telling Vogue magazine that she was "still madly in love" with Mayer, Perry was spotted out with the "Paper Doll" singer at New York's Greenwich Hotel on Saturday night and, later, at Monday's Friars Foundation Annual Applause Awards Gala honoring Don Rickles at the Waldorf-Astoria.
At the event, Mayer performed a tune made famous by Frank Sinatra, which captivated Perry.
"When John performed, Katy was enamored by his performance," a source tells PEOPLE. "He sang 'One for My Baby (and One More for the Road).' When they were sitting down, she had her arm around John at one point. They shared kisses."
But the signs of affection didn't end there – Perry and Mayer "were seen smooching and rubbing one another's backs. They were affectionate towards one another – very lovey-dovey," says another onlooker.
At the end of the evening, Perry – wearing a peach-colored Sally LaPointe dress and Etro necklace – and Mayer were photographed exiting the Waldorf Astoria together.
Natalie Cole and Diana Krall also performed at the event, while other guests included Robert De Niro, Joan Rivers, Louis CK, Lewis Black and John Stamos.
The day i've been waiting for for a long time. honoring the king DON RICKLES tonight in NYC. @DonRickles pic.twitter.com/MPKvXqMtXY— John Stamos (@JohnStamos) June 24, 2013
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quote: If, a hundred years ago, humans would not have extinguished every little fire that started by natural causes, we would not be in this situation to begin with - and we keep it up to this very day and the result is what we see now.
quote: Blaming "treehuggers" now is of course the easy way and what people like you often do, but do you know for sure that it is not the forest service that blocks controlled burns because they cant guarantee to control them anymore?
quote: Now, after these fires, we shall see how they proceed once vegetation is coming back. Will they do the right thing and not jump every little forest fire in the future or will they make the same mistakes as usual - so you can blame environmentalists?


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ROCKFORD — The northbound lane of Huffman Boulevard between Vernon and Yonge streets is closed for at least a week for sanitary sewer repair.
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HUGHESVILLE - The eighth annual Bear's Picnic Music Festival will be held Aug. 1 through 5 at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds.
Festival promoter Ed Ehrsam bills A Bear's Picnic as "a family-oriented music festival featuring a variety of local and national bands, arts, crafts, camping, children's activities, and much more."
"[It] will be certain to whet the palate and soothe the soul," said Ehrsam.
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The eighth annual "A Bear's Picnic" music festival will be held from Aug. 1 through Aug. 5 at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds. For more information about the festival, visit www.abearspicnic.com.
Partners Ben Ehrsam, Ed Ehrsam (Ben's father), and Sean O'Leary started A Bear's Picnic in 2006 after years of "attending, working and promoting festivals across the country," Ed Ehrsam explained. The three men learned from the promoters they worked with, gleaning "what worked, and what did not," Ehrsam said, adding "we had a desire to produce a family event that included meaningful music, a relaxing atmosphere, and a safe environment for everyone."
The first Bear's Picnic music festival was held at Friendship Park in Milton, and returned in 2007. After only two years, it became obvious that the event was outgrowing its venue, so it was moved to Lincoln Park in Laurelton (west of Lewisburg) where it remained for a total of five years.
This year marks the first time the festival will be held at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds. Ehrsam said the administrative staff behind the fairgrounds "has been very accommodating" and that he and his fellow promoters "look forward to a productive relationship for [themselves] and the community in the years to come."
In addition to his fellow promoters, Ehrsam credits the success of the festival in part to "all of our families, a lot of good friends, good staff and good volunteers."
A music festival wouldn't last eight years, however, without good music. "The event showcases a variety of music genres to enjoy including jam, blues, rock, country, folk, funk, bluegrass, jazz, and reggae," said Ehrsam.
This year's lineup includes acts like Willie Jack & the Northern Light, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Cabinet, The Kind Buds, and Lumpy Gravy, all of whom have played each of the seven previous Bear's Picnic music festivals. Artists like singer-songwriter David Gans, MiZ, Stackabones, Mystery Fyre, Dark Star Orchestra, Viral Sound, Citizens Band Radio, Still Hand String Band and Backwoods Experiment will make a return appearance, and the following artists will be new to "A Bear's Picnic" stage this year: The Wailers, John K. Band, George Porter Jr. & Running Pardners, Mark Karans Buds, The Fall Risk, Goosepimp Orchestra, Mark Diomede and the Juggling Suns Project, The Bullbuckers, Rumpke Mountain Boys, and Sam Cutler. "Even more acts will be announced soon," said Ehrsam.
"In addition to the great music, the festival atmosphere brings with it a wide array of food, art, live painting and craft vendors," said Ehrsam. New to 2013's festival will be a morning yoga workshop, multiple instrumental workshops and "The Grateful Gallery Tour," "a rock 'n' roll art gallery featuring art from the early '60s to present day, which will display a lot of rare originals and prints from artists such as Jerri Garcia, Micky Hart, Billy Kreutzman, Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, John Warner, Richard Biffle and Mike Dubois," Ehrsam said.
For younger attendees, there's the "Bear Cub Den," a children's activity area led by Mike Turk, a certified teacher in Vermont for ten years, and Kathleen Ehrsam, who has been a pastor for thirteen years. "In store is arts, crafts, an art contest, scavenger hunt, storytelling, face painting, a drum circle, daily music lessons, a children's parade, and an onstage performance on Sunday," said Ed Ehrsam.
Something else that Ehrsam said has been popular during past Bear's Picnic festivals is the circulation of various artists for "impromptu performances, jamming with [attendees], and signing [autographs] at merch booths."
2013's festival will also host Strangers Helping Strangers, a food drive to benefit a local food bank. Festival-goers can get involved by simply bringing canned or non-perishable items, toiletries, personal hygiene or baby products to the merch booths. Anyone who brings 15 canned or non-perishable items will receive an event poster free, while supplies last.
Tickets may be bought online at www.abearspicnic.com, or at Old School Pizza in Williamsport, Jasmine-Aire Boutique in Sunbury, or at AshWorx in Lock Haven. Camping is on a first come, first serve basis. Anyone under 18 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The eighth annual A Bear's Picnic music festival will be held from Aug. 1 through Aug. 5 at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds. For more information about the festival, including directions to the fairgrounds and ticket pricing, go to www.abearspicnic.com.


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What do you want to be when you grow up?
This common question inundates us throughout our childhood. When we are presented with this question our minds become a flurry of dreams and aspirations. Although we may never become the astronaut, the superhero, or the guy that cooks the french fries at McDonalds, the idea of those careers excite us.
As we grow older, we begin to see that those childhood dreams quickly fade away and are replaced by more attainable goals that will pay us well, give our life purpose, and hopefully provide us with health insurance. As we journey through life we oftentimes embark on side roads that allow us to explore our creativity and deep seeded passions. The Stylish Steed has been one of those side roads.
After watching my great friend, Rebekah A. Faulk at Some Kinda Good, seek to satisfy her lust for life through her writing, I was inspired to pursue avenues that I once thought were silly for me to even think about. Creating this blog was never something I thought I would do. Over the past seven months, I have ventured out of my restricted mind and allowed myself to share my thoughts and ideas in regards to fashion, entertaining, and DIY decor. Although I may never host The Chew like Clinton Kelly, or provide articles for a major media publication, I have found happiness in creating my little corner of the internet.
With a desire to explore more of my "unknown dreams," I am thrilled to announce the opening of my online store. In a pursuit to clothe the world in stylish and timeless fashion, I am launching THE STYLISH STEED online boutique.
Focusing on women's clothing and accessories, The Stylish Steed will offer quality products that will blend classic southern style with a modern feel and rustic details. The selections reflect this American Prep aesthetic with clean lines, exciting colors and prints, and causal pieces that are timeless.
I not only hope that you will find items of interest in my store, but that you would also be inspired to pursue dreams that you never thought would be possible for you. I have often been told that if your dreams don't make you nervous, they aren't big enough…so dream big. I am so excited that you have joined me on my journey. I absolutely love all the comments and encouragements that I have received from you all. So put on your comfortable shoes and walk a little further with me down this side road of dreams. You never know what paths you may find on that journey.
You will notice that a new header has been added to the top of the page labeled "STORE." By clicking that link, you will be directed to The Stylish Steed on-line boutique. You can also visit the site at www.shopthestylishsteed.com.
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The act of eating out anothers butthole in a pig like manner, while Thundercats is playing in the backround, and every time the character Snarf comes into the scene, you say "Snaaaaarf" and resume eating out.
Oh your so good at snarfing.
di Rick Fightmaster 26 novembre 2010
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When a person farts underwater in the bathtub or pool and then bites at the incoming bubbles as they float to the surface.
If you're going to be snarfing in the pool then at least share!
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(See Barfing/Sneezing) Snahr.feeng
The act of sneezing and barfing simultaneously.
The act of sneezing and barfing simultaneously.
di Rebotchi 27 marzo 2011
The act of reaching inside ones pants and fondling the genitals prior to shaking hands with someone you dislike. Also known as "Second Hand Penis".
Hot and humid days are best for snarfing.
di BjornFree 07 dicembre 2011
Sniffing someones seat or bike after they have sat on it.
Cody was caught "snarfing" the teachers char.
di OmegaZim 26 ottobre 2010
the act of participating in sexual intercourse while wearing thundercats uniforms
"I heard she was a huge thundercats fun, but she's just not into snarfing."
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constantly talking non sense that nobody cares about
While Alfredo and Dom are trying to enjoy a night Andy starts snarfing to ruin all the fun
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Making a Difference with Community Partners
Over the years, SCE FCU and the Foundation have developed strong partnerships with a variety of community agencies. These organizations provide much-needed services to the underserved families in the areas surrounding the Credit Union's branches. If you're interested in youth and family services, or for opportunities to volunteer, please contact one of these wonderful organizations.
Boyle Heights Technology Youth Center (East Los Angeles, CA) – One of the two offices of the Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement in Boyle Heights, this facility is a community resource center for the participants in the program, their families, and the community. The facility is equipped with an alternative high school, state of the art recording studio, television equipment donated by Time Warner, computer lab and much more.
Foothill Unity Center (Monrovia, CA) – This agency helps local residents in crisis attain self-sufficiency by partnering with the community, providing vital support services with love and dignity. Their programs include family food services, health services, and referrals for shelter, transportation, and other crisis-related programs.
Girls Today Women Tomorrow (East Los Angeles, CA) – This Leadership Mentoring Program provides an environment where girls are mentored to create their own opportunities toward life success, while contributing to their community as young leaders. Through GTWT, young ladies redefine what it is to be an effective leader of self, through commitment and support that can be applied in all areas of life.
KARE Youth League (San Gabriel Valley, CA) – A unique program, KARE offers full-service, year-round sports activities, with teams organized by age and ability so that every child can compete. Children attend meetings and practices after school, with games on Saturdays. Equipment, rules and field sizes are adjusted to give each group a positive experience. Participants learn teamwork, loyalty and sportsmanship – both on and off the field.
Our Saviour Center (El Monte, CA) – The Center provides critically needed programs to low-income families in the East San Gabriel Valley. Their programs include a Food Pantry, Wellness Clinic, and the Kids Campus Youth Center.
With our four new branches in Southern Nevada, we're researching local charitable organizations to partner with. Please check back soon!


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They Set Out to 'Pick Up a Female Passenger And to Have Sex,' Police Document Says; Bus Helper With a Singsong Voice
NEW DELHI—Vinay Sharma, a gym assistant who prided himself on his six-pack abs, arrived home late the evening of Dec. 16, his mother said. As he ate dinner, she asked him where he had been.
"Around," he told his mother, Champa Devi.
Then he went to bed in the family's tiny slum home. Two days later, a policeman knocked at the door.
Mr. Sharma now faces murder charges in the events of Dec. 16—the night a young physiotherapy student was so brutally raped aboard a bus here, in India's capital, that she ultimately died of her injuries. The death has inspired soul-searching across India to understand the violence of the act.
Mr. Sharma, police say, was one of a group of six on a bus that set out "to pick up a female passenger and to have sex and make merry," according to a police document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The document sheds new light on the details of the evening's alleged events.
Five men have been charged with rape, murder, kidnapping and other offenses. The sixth is a juvenile runaway, someone who was popular as a helper on buses because he was skillful at attracting fares in a "singsong way," a police report says. He is expected to face proceedings in juvenile court.
A lawyer for Mr. Sharma, along with lawyers for two others, denied that their clients were on the bus that night and said they were innocent of all charges.
To reconstruct the lives of the men and the events of the evening of Dec. 16, the Journal interviewed family members, friends and lawyers for the accused. Like the dead young woman—who had roots in a dirt-poor village, but was poised to make the leap into a well-paying medical career—several of the men were from families that moved to the big city to improve their lot as India's economy flourished. Their lives, however, followed a different arc.
None had managed to seize opportunity. Mr. Sharma earned about $54 a month, his mother said, in a gym that had been one of the venues for 2010's Commonwealth Games. The evening of the alleged attack, she said, he had borrowed 20 cents to top up the minutes on his mobile phone.
Akshay Kumar, another of the accused, is the youngest of three sons of a small-time farmer in Bihar—one of India's most impoverished states—according to relatives. He left school after the seventh grade and in 2010 married Punita Devi; they have a young son, Ms. Devi said in a telephone interview from their village.
Mr. Kumar, 24 years old, moved to Delhi last summer, his wife said. At a bus-repair shop, he befriended a driver named Ram Singh, according to Mr. Kumar's brother, and began working on Mr. Singh's bus so he could learn to drive.
His lawyer denied Mr. Kumar was on the bus at the time of the attack and said he was innocent.
Mr. Singh, 33 years old, is one of the accused, along with his brother, 22-year-old Mukesh. Both are drivers. Before that, they worked as day laborers, building roads and houses, said a relative and neighbor, Asha, who uses only one name.
A lawyer for Mukesh Singh said his client wasn't on the bus and is innocent. He said his client had been tortured. The police declined to comment.
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V.K. Anand, the lawyer representing Ram Singh, said that, in an interview with his client this week, Ram Singh acknowledged he had been drinking that night and that a rape occurred on the bus. Mr. Anand said his client hasn't decided what plea he will enter.
About 50 yards from where Ram and Mukesh Singh live is the house of Mr. Sharma, the gym assistant. His parents grew up in villages in Uttar Pradesh, where their families farmed wheat and chickpeas. They moved to Delhi about 20 years ago.
Mr. Sharma's father first worked as a balloon seller on a bicycle. Recently, he worked in construction at Delhi's airport, making about $90 a month.
"I thought that coming here would be an opportunity to educate my children so that they can do well in life," said Ms. Devi, Mr. Sharma's mother.
Unlike many children in the neighborhood, Mr. Sharma, who police say is 20, completed his schooling. He speaks decent English and had a habit of asking people how they got ahead so he could follow in their footsteps, his mother said. "I wanted him to be able to support us when we grew old."
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On Dec. 16, a group of men allegedly beat a young woman and her friend and raped the young woman as they rode around south Delhi in a bus.
A keen bodybuilder, Mr. Sharma took protein supplements and watched his diet, avoiding rice because of the calories. He spent free time watching cartoons and playing marbles with his 13-year-old brother, his mother said, or helping him with his homework.
On the evening of Dec. 16, Mr. Sharma was watching TV when his friend from down the lane, fruit-seller Pawan Gupta, stopped by to go for a walk, his mother said. As the two men walked, they were hailed from the bus that Ram Singh drove, according to Ms. Devi. Her younger son witnessed it as he played marbles, she said.
The men boarded along with several children, according to Ms. Devi's account. The children later disembarked, she said. Messrs. Sharma and Gupta stayed on, according to police.
Also on the bus, police say, were Ram and Mukesh Singh, Mr. Kumar, and the runaway boy with the singsong voice. The Singh brothers had been drinking before they took the bus out, police say.
Around 9:15 p.m., the bus picked up two passengers, the 23-year-old young woman and her friend, as they made their way home after watching a movie at a mall, police say. The men beat the male friend, according to police, and raped the woman. Both victims were assaulted with a metal rod before they were dumped, naked, on the side of a highway, where they were picked up and taken to a hospital, according to police.
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The police document cites a medical report that the young woman was slapped in the face, kicked in the abdomen, and bitten on the lips, cheek, breast and elsewhere in an assault that lasted 30 minutes. A police spokesman declined to comment. The woman required surgery to her intestines. She was flown for treatment to Singapore, where she died Dec. 29.
The police document also cites a confession that it says was made by Ram Singh. In it, he said, he and the others washed the bus after the attack, removing flesh from the seats, according to the document. They burned the victims' clothes, the document said.
Mr. Anand, the lawyer representing Ram Singh, said he didn't dispute that his client made a statement to police but said it wasn't, under Indian law, admissible as evidence in court. A lawyer for the fifth accused, Pawan Gupta, couldn't be reached.
On Dec. 17, police say, they found Ram Singh on the bus and took him into custody. The green-and-black T-shirt and the plastic sandals he was wearing were bloodstained, according to the police document. Mr. Anand, Ram Singh's lawyer, said the allegations in the document "are not sufficient evidence to convict Ram Singh."
Over the next few days, the police in Delhi detained Mukesh Singh, Mr. Gupta, and the juvenile. Mr. Kumar was apprehended by police in his village in Bihar. Police have recovered the young woman's Nokia mobile phone and her friend's shoes, the police document said.
And two days after the attack, Mr. Sharma, the gym assistant, was awakened from a nap by a knock at the door, his mother said. "Namaste, are you Vinay Sharma?" said the policeman, using a Hindi greeting. "Please come outside with me."
—Saptarishi Dutta, Rajesh Roy, Preetika Rana and Tripti Lahiri contributed to this article.
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"Schwim," Rock (who plays Marty the zebra) yelled when arriving at the same time as his Melman the giraffe costar. But it was Stiller who unknowingly doubled up on "Schwim" as his Alex the lion character photo-bombed the two as they made their way down the Croisette.
When the cast, which also included Jessica Chastain and Martin Short, walked out onto the terrace to be photographed, they were witness to throngs of screaming fans standing along wearing multi-colored clown wigs in anticipation of their arrival. Fitting since the animals join the circus in the film!
The cast waved and joked with each other, and Pinkett, in particular, lingered so photographers could grab an extra shot of her.
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Miller/Cox reunion
MARTINSBURG - The annual Miller/Cox reunion will be held at 1 p.m. today at the Norwalk (Creek) Pavilion, at War Memorial Park. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish, dessert and/or drinks. Tableware and meats will be furnished.
For more information, call 304-267-3098.
Davis and Kendrick reunion
MARTINSBURG - The Davis and Kendrick family reunion will be held at 11 a.m. today at War Memorial Park, at the State Farm Pioneer Pavilion. Event will feature games and door prizes.
Armel-Trenary Reunion
CLEARBROOK, Va. - Armel- Trenary reunion will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Clearbrook Park (Lions Shelter). Participants are asked to bring a covered dish. Hot dogs will be grilled. Bingo will be played after lunch. Come and enjoy a day in the park.
For more information, call Margaret Brumback at 540-868-2442 or John Trenary 304-229-5211.
Class of 1967 to meet
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg High School Class of 1967 will hold its 45th class reunion June 30 at the Clarion Hotel, in Shepherdstown. Social hour will be held at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing at 7 p.m. This is an open reunion, so feel free to invite friends.
For more information, call 304-754-8845.
MARTINSBURG - The Chambers/Wasson family reunion will be held at 1:30 p.m. June 30 at War Memorial Park, at the Fulk Pavilion. Participants are asked to bring a covered dish to share.
For more information, call Inez at 304-264-6138.
Cole's Reunion at Camp Frame
HEDGESVILLE - The descendants of William "Bill" and Katie Crawford Cole will hold their annual reunion on July 1 at Camp Frame 4-H Camp, west of Hedgesville. The facilities will open at 11 a.m. with lunch being served at 1 p.m. All family members and friends are invited to bring their covered dishes to share in a day of fellowship and fun. Drinks and paper products will be provided. Please remember to bring an item for the fundraiser.
Lee/Mason and Phoenix reunion
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The Lee/Mason/Phoenix family reunion will be held at 11:30 a.m. July 7 at Bohrer Park Summit Hall, 506 S. Frederick Ave.
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Congress-BSP alliance on the cards for Uttar Pradesh
By Subhash Mishra
Published: 08th Sep 2013 08:16:43 AM
In public, they are bitter enemies. But in the clandestine rendevouz of political dialogue, they are more than just pals. For the past few weeks, leaders of the Congress party led by Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party are holding several direct and indirect confabulations to strike an electoral pact for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. According to sources, Rahul Gandhi's point person for Uttar Pradesh Madhusudan Mistry and Mayawati's Brahmin face Satish Mishra have met frequently to discuss the sealing of the political marriage of convenience. Sources say that there is a consensus in both parties on the Congress and the BSP fighting the Lok Sabha elections together to defeat the Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party who are intent on polarising UP along "communal" and caste lines.
According to the formula being worked out between Mistry and Mishra, the BSP will support Congress in all 22 seats the latter currently holds and BSP would contest the remaining 58 seats. Their calculation is that the alliance would get a combined total of around 40 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress is more eager for the tie up, since internal polls show that the party would get only between three to five seats in UP. The Congress expects a mass transfer of Dalit votes to go in its favour, if it contests in BSP's company. The BSP's expectation from the tie up is a large share of the Muslim votes, which would be cast to defeat BJP candidates wherever they are contesting against the BSP.
If the alliance happens, it would be the second time in 20 years the Congress and the BSP would be going to the hustings together. In 1996, when PV Narasimha Rao was Prime Minister, both parties had a pre-poll alliance in the UP Assembly polls. BSP founding president Kanshi Ram had forged the deal and the Congress fought 300 seats and the BSP just 125 out of 425 (at that time Uttarakhand was not created out of Uttar Pradesh) .The BSP could get just 67 seats, the Congress stood at 33.
The indication that Maya could consider an alliance with the Congress had surfaced in April at a rally in Chandigarh. She had declared that BSP would continue to support the Congress to "keep communal forces at bay" and that the party should always be ready for elections. Mayawati helped Congress through many hiccups in Parliament: the Food Security ordinance and Food Security Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill, Telengana and FDI in retail. On FSB, she had stated, "We believe that bringing the bill into Parliament is the correct decision. We will support the bill, but will also make some suggestions in Parliament so that the poor people can benefit to the fullest." The BSP had accused the UPA of hustling the land acquisition bill through in Parliament with an eye on upcoming elections; however, Mayawati said in the Rajya Sabha that she supported the bill because it seeks to provide more compensation to farmers whose land is taken over for infrastructure development.
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Used as a deragatory term for a black person. Similar to porch monkey, nigger, or coon.
Some moon cricket must have stole it!
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Derived from early slave times when black people would come out at night and sing slave songs under the moonlight like crickets.
Hey! Billy Bob and Joline, grab the shotguns the damn moon crickets are escaping from the plantation
by nispe July 03, 2005
A member of the afrocentric persuasion.
I was lost in the dark, luckily the teeth of that moon cricket showed me the way.
by Carl Panzram Jr. May 27, 2004
Derived from the word Moon and Cricket. An African American Male who only perfers to come out and socalize during the evening hours.
Shit, I am not going down that street, there are fucking Moon Crickets everywhere.
by TickleTits May 05, 2004
racial slur for an african american male.
Those damn moon crickets play they're music all through the night!
by John Spurlock March 28, 2005
Black people that come out at night to raise hell and make alot of noise, like crickets after you turn off the lights to go to sleep thats when they come out.
Damn the fuckin moon crickets.They woke me up with all their fucking loud ass noise.
by beerad March 25, 2006
Derogotory term for "colored people". Basically the same as saying Nigger
Dude...look at those mooncrickets in that back alley playing dice.
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"The Emmys weren't a big thing back then – more like a little local awards show," writes White, 88. Compared to current ceremony – the 62nd annual Emmys will air live on NBC Sunday at 8 p.m. ET – in the early days, "There were no photographers and no red carpet. You just got out of your car and walked into the dinner. It wasn't even an event where people mingled and partied. You came for the awards and left."
Nominated as best comedic actress for her early domestic sitcom, Life with Elizabeth – a sort of I Love Lucy wannabe – White was certain she'd lose to perceived frontrunner Zsa Zsa Gabor, who even took out her compact to freshen up to give her speech. Only White won.
"I almost fainted right there," White recalls. "And, believe me, Zsa Zsa was just as shocked … but Zsa Zsa was wonderful about it and offered me congratulations."
No Speeches Back ThenAt the ceremony, which was held at the now long-gone Coconut Grove nightclub, "There were no speeches then, so I just accepted my award and left," says White.
Since then, "I've won six Emmys and you never get used to it. I got nominated again this year for outstanding guest star for Saturday Night Live," she says. Better yet, last Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, White, 88, won for her SNL turn.
When she was nominated, she also received the congratulations from one of the celebrated alumni of that show (and a nominee in the same category), Tina Fey – who, White says, "sent me this big bouquet of roses and tulips and a card."
Its message: "Dear Betty, Congratulations on your nomination. Please try to mention my name in your acceptance speech."
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This holiday season, some small businesses are putting Groupon on their 'naughty' list.
Even with the last few months of the year being the burro that carries most of their profits, smaller operations around the nation are shying away from Groupon and other daily deal sites. They think the added marketing and traffic is not worth the extreme price slashing.
Repeat customers, the real tasty fish businesses try to hook with Groupons, are an endangered species.
Groupon has been around for several years now, as well as a whole batch of copycats like LivingSocial and Google Offers. Many businesses have tried out these daily deal sites for multiple years running. And many have been disappointed.
Jennifer Untermeyer owns TravelKiddy, an online toy store. Last year, she ran five daily deals during the holiday season.
"We can tell how many people we've had repeat, and it's eight or nine out of 3,000 deals," she told Oliver St. John of USA Today. "We ended up in an overall loss, even factoring in the marketing benefits."
She's skipping that strategy this year.
Anthony Bruce, a retail analyzer, explained to St. John the daily deal danger for small businesses:
"If there are future purchases that occur because of a Groupon, that's great…If it's an incremental visit I wouldn't have gotten anyway, it's bad. If it's a visit I would have gotten anyway but did it with a Groupon, that's terrible."
The era of daily deals may soon end. The last half of 2011 saw the shuttering of nearly 800 daily deal sites. Hundreds more followed in 2012. Groupon's IPO last November was $20. Even though they are higher than their all-time low, shares are currently hovering around $4.50.
It is slowly becoming evident that it is difficult to turn the short burst of energy from a daily deal into long-term success. Businesses almost always run a deal through Groupon at a heavy loss in exchange for potential repeat customers. Many businesses are finding those repeat customers a minuscule percentage of daily deal buyers.
In this economy, small businesses are placing less risky bets. For more and more shop owners, past experience has demonstrated to them that daily deals aren't just risky, they're an all-out loser.
This article is part of the Drive Your Business Forward series. Check out allvoices.com/smallbusiness for more tips and advice on how to succeed as a small business. This series is supported by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.


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Open source news this week: January 27-31, 2014
Data centers go green with open hardware, the UK examines open options, and more
Open source news for your reading pleasure.
January 27-31 2014
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we look at open access to clinical trial data, whether the US is keeping its open data commitments, and more.
The UK investigates open office software
The United Kingdom is taking the first steps toward saying goodbye to Microsoft Office and hello to a more open alternative, after it was announced that over £200 million of taxpayers' money had been spent just on licensing since 2010. Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude gave a speech this week in which he emphasized open formats, and moving away from relying on a single software company to meet all of Britain's office software needs. "Technical standards for document formats may not sound like the first shot in a revolution," Maude said. But as he made clear in his elaboration, settling on open standards is the first step toward allowing greater flexibility in software providers.
Open hardware for better energy efficiency
Open server hardware has been receiving quite a lot of buzz this week as the Open Compute Summit wrapped up on Wednesday. Growing out of a Facebook effort to create an industry group to support more open, energy efficient hardware, the Open Compute Project gained the support of some major players this week. Some are hoping that open standards will increase competition between hardware vendors, who may instead compete for customer buy-in by promising better support or higher reliability. The commitment to open hardware comes with a license that resembles the GPL, which would require any alterations on the design to be contributed back to the project when the hardware is sold.
"YODA" part of open science win
Johnson & Johnson announced plans this week to share clinical trial data from its drug division with investigators and physicians who request it as part of their research. The new program is being hailed by some as a win for open science, since this type of data is typically shrouded in secrecy. Requests for anonymized clinical trial data will go through the Yale School of Medicine's Open Data Access (YODA) Project. YODA—which is a phenomenal acronym, by the way—will independently review the requests and make final decisions on whether to release the data. For more on the announcement, read the press release or check out this Forbes article, which has additional details on the program.
Is door closing on U.S. Open Data Policy?
The Washington Post is reporting that efforts are underway to water down open data legislation that would standardize and publish a slew of U.S. government reports and data. Proposed revisions to the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act or DATA Act would "remove requirements for standardized formats, eliminate a mandate to make all data available from the same source and significantly delay implementation," according to the Post. For more details on the proposed changes, check out Andrea Peterson's report in the Post.
OpenStack revamps its user feedback system
OpenStack, the free and open source Infrastructure as a Service project has been gaining ground in the cloud computing industry in recent months. With so much interest in the project, the OpenStack Foundation has been seeking new ways to encourage user participation from non-coders, in the form of a new user committee aimed at getting user feedback to developers faster than ever before. Also in the pipeline for OpenStack are efforts to develop a set of standards to encourage interoperability between different OpenStack versions.
Hat tip to Opensource.com writer Ginny Skalski and moderator Robin Muilwijk for sharing some of these news articles with me this week.
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Thanks for sharing Jason. I think there is a growing trend world over, especially, in the government sector to adopt open source software. The benefits in terms of cost effective and high quality solutions go a long way in devising a more strategic policy. In that direction some of the recent efforts and changes made by cities in Germany and private sector in India are worth noting as well.
The best things about open source is that it is a dynamically changing phenomenon (due to commitment of millions of people around the world) and the fact that all failures and successes of open source are open. It's evolution is much faster than the closed software methodology. The community learns, grows and gives back, and that is one of the foremost attraction to adopt the open source services and products.
What is so bizarre about developments in the Open Compute hardware project is that dozens of seasoned technology professions, including myself cannot understand any logic or benefit to the organization allowing Microsoft membership.
In almost every "Open Standards" and/or "Open Source" technology initiative in the past 7 - 8 years that accepted Microsoft involvement, the company has either sabotaged the effort and/or went on to start an alternative and competing project, as was done with ODF at the Document Foundation, when Microsoft created the supposedly "open format" OOXML format standard, based strictly on their proprietary and patented technology, and which had little or no following.
This action, which many in the Document Foundation and other Open Standards groups considered sinister and deceitful has caused great confusion and ambivalence in the technology world about the whole Open Standards process, much to Microsoft's benefit. One can only hope that any 'negative' and 'destructive ' influence they may have on the popular and expanding Open Compute hardware initiative will be minimal or non-existent.
It is inevitable that all the publicity of the UK government's great displeasure with the (exorbitant) costs of Microsoft Office license fees, some 200 million plus Pounds just since 2010 resulting in their considerations of a move to "Open Standards/Open Source " LibreOffice or OpenOffice suites, will cause a chain reaction in Redmond, Washington State, USA.
Microsoft will quickly dispatch senior executives to the British Isles with all sorts of offering and alternative licensing plans in hand, in a very strong attempt to persuade these Brits to reconsider.
According to officials in the Munich, Germany municipality, Microsoft were very persistent and even became belligerent in later stages of the city's apparent unwavered stance to abandon Microsoft technologies, with the company even engaging HP of Germany in a last ditch effort to create a report (proven not credible) that actually challenged the Munich government about the veracity of their own City careful findings that supported many technical, business and cost benefits in adopting "Open source" alternative technology.
The UK government can surely expect at least as much of an intense and forceful challenge to the possibly of losing such a profitable customer. Lets see if the British retain any of their reputation for fortitude and dogged determination to "Keep Calm and Carry on" in changing to Open source for the better.
Thanks W Anderson, for this insightful feedback. In the Netherlands, were I live, a town recently moved to open source as well and it would be interesting to see how this evolves.
Thanks for the insightful feedback Robin and W Anderson. In India too, the state of Kerala announced its official support of open source software in 2001 in its state I.T policy. That was the year when Richard Stallman inaugurated Free Software Foundation of India. Since then the government has been very active in launching open source projects state wide. One of the projects was IT@ School Project which used Linux based systems:
Thanks for sharing great article Jason. Going green is growing trend in technology world wide. Open Office is mostly used in small and large organization because of its cost effecting factor to manage data entry. It would be a great news for us that data centers going green with open hardware.


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Twelve seasons without the playoffs, with losing records the last seven, might have discouraged many a Bills fan. Not Kenny Johnson of Rochester.
Today will be the 300th straight Bills game, home and away, Pinto Kenny will have attended. As far as anyone knows, that's a Bills and NFL record. If not, it's still a remarkable achievement.
"My goal [in 1994 when the streak started] was 16 games in a row. I just exceeded expectations," the 55-year-old software engineer said Saturday. Johnson, who drives a 1980 Ford Pinto to the games, was already on the scene in Orchard Park, near Ralph Wilson Stadium.
One of the precautions Pinto Kenny takes to keep his streak going is that he is at the stadium at least three hours before kickoff and always carries enough cash to purchase two game tickets at scalpers' prices if arrangements should fall through: "I always make sure I'm pretty close to the stadium the night before."
Johnson insists that reaching 300 was not his intention. "It sort of crept up on me," he said in another bit of understatement. Crept up the way 16 games led to 20, the way 20 led to 30 and so on up past 100, 200 and now 300.
If a Bills game is more than 12 hours away, Johnson will fly. "I'm not stuck on driving," he said, but he has turned in some amazing feats behind the wheel, driving sessions that are not recommended by the National Safety Council.
For example, Johnson claims that he drove straight through from Rochester to San Francisco in 42 hours two weeks ago for the Bills' game against the 49ers. Then, joined by some other Bills followers, he made the trek to Phoenix and telecommuted to work. After last Sunday's win over the Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz., he dropped his wife off at the Phoenix airport, and headed to Albuquerque, N.M., for a 5-hour nap before driving 28 hours back to Rochester.
Obviously, Pinto Kenny is a devoted Bills fan. And a rare Bills road win is fun and makes it all worthwhile. Usually he hooks up with Bills Backers and tailgates with them on the road.
"We have huge tailgate parties and a lot of times we overrun a hotel," he said. "When the Bills lose, everyone kind of just goes back to their room; the weekend is over. When they win, the party keeps going on. It's a fantastic environment. Too bad it doesn't happen more."
Johnson does not drive the Pinto, which has logged 186,000 miles, to every game from Rochester. He parks the Pinto in Orchard Park at the start of the season and brings it home when the season ends. Each game he drives his 1998 Buick Regal to a location not far from the stadium, then shuttles the Pinto to the Hammer Lot on Abbott Road, across from One Bills Drive. At 6 a.m. on game day, he starts preparing for a good old Buffalo tailgate party.
"I always say a Bills fan has to be in a constant state of denial," Johnson said. "At the start of the season, I always find something encouraging, a new player or something. Halfway through, you kind of get crushed dealing with it."
Pinto Kenny says he has set no goals for his streak beyond this season, but insists if it ends, it will not be on a whim or impulse.
"I won't wake up cranky some morning and decide not to go to a game," he said. "I will always give myself a year's notice on whether I intend to make it to all 16 games again."
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