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Terrence Clarke faces criminal homicide charges
A Hazleton man is behind bars, facing criminal homicide charges after a shooting early Sunday outside a bar.
Police say 26-year old-Terrance Clarke started shooting outside Shakers Bar at 711 West Broad St. around 2 a.m.
One man was shot and killed. He was identified as 45-year-old Garey S. Cox of the 100 block of East Eighth Street, Hazleton.
The Lehigh County coroner's office said Cox was pronounced dead at 8:20 a.m. Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Twp., Lehigh Co.
Cox died of a gunshot wound to the body, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Another man was also hit- he's in the hospital.
Police say two state troopers who were on patrol witnessed the shooting they say they chased after Clarke and eventually caught up to him.
An autopsy is set for Monday.
The Lehigh County coroner's office and the Hazleton Police Department are investigating.
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A German home-school family will be allowed to stay in the United States permanently, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court had refused to hear Uwe and Hannelore Romeike's bid for asylum after they fled Germany over their choice to home school their children.
Today, the DHS announced the family has been granted indefinite deferred action status. That means that the Romeikes can stay in the United States permanently unless they commit a crime or violate the terms of their status.
"This is hugely great news," Attorney Michael Donnelly, with the Home School Legal Defense Association, said.
In 2008, the Romeike family fled Germany because the state threatened to take their children away if they did not enroll in public school.
In 2013, the Justice Department argued in the Romeike case that home schooling is not a fundamental human right. The department filed suit to have them sent back to Germany.
Mike Donnelly, with HSLDA, spoke with CBN News about the Romeike's case, on CBN News Today before the DHS's anouncement, March 4.
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How's that broccoli tasting, my Republican friends? Awfully bitter, I'll bet.
That's a reference, of course, to Justice Antonin Scalia's absurd analogy during oral arguments about Obamacare that the individual mandate to buy health insurance was no more constitutional than mandating that people eat broccoli. It was a dumb line of reasoning.
Let's recap: A health care plan that was designed by a conservative think tank as a free-market solution based on personal responsibility, first implemented on a statewide level by a conservative governor to cover the majority of its citizens, was upheld as constitutional in a conservative-dominated Supreme Court by the conservative chief justice himself ... so naturally, conservatives are shocked and apoplectic at this development. This wasn't what was supposed to happen.
Every conservative talking head was convinced that this was going to be another 5-4 partisan conservative decision like Bush vs. Gore or Citizen United. According to Senator Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, this was destined to be President Barack Obama's "Waterloo."
But we shouldn't be too surprised that conservative prognosticators have once again proven to be dreadfully wrong in predicting the future. They have a long, storied history of such reverse Nostradamus moments.
Remember Ronald Reagan's warning back in 1961 that Medicare would lead to a socialist dictatorship in America? How about Newt Gingrich and his cohorts decrying that President Bill Clinton's tax increases would lead to economic doom in the 1990s?
Perhaps you recall Dick Cheney and the Neocons' assurances that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, that the Iraq War would be quick and cost less than $100 billion?
Or President George W. Bush's guarantees that multiple tax cuts for the rich would lead to a tsunami of new jobs? Or conservatives insisting that getting rid of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" would weaken the morale and readiness of the U.S. military?
Please keep all of that in mind when you consider the GOP's current "Chicken Little" arguments that providing health care to the majority of Americans is a communist scheme that will destroy freedom, bankrupt America and lead to mass euthanasia from government death panels.
Only Republicans would have the gall to paint a good faith health care plan that their own party originally devised as a sinister plot akin to "Soylent Green."
The irony is that the one who's arguing the loudest against Obamacare is the very man responsible for rolling out the plan in the first place, the guy who actually proved it was a viable system and was still extolling its virtues as a potential model for the whole country just a few short years ago.
Yes, I'm talking about none other than that paragon of virtue and consistency, former Massachusetts governor and aspirational role model Mitt Romney.
Now, let's be brutally frank: Nobody's really in love with Mitt — except I assume Mrs. Romney — but he's the only choice you've got if you don't want to re-elect Obama, so Republicans are trying hard to convince themselves that he's really not all that bad.
So what if he embodies the very same weaknesses that disqualified John Kerry for the office, a country club politician who defines "the elite" and is comically out of touch with the plight of average Americans?
The biggest differences are that John Kerry actually volunteered to serve his country and risked his life in Vietnam, and when it comes to the art of flip-flopping, Romney is Mozart while Kerry is Salieri.
In fact, Romney's single biggest flip-flop is on his very own health care plan. The guy who's running for the job of facing down the world's worst dictators is so lacking in backbone that he's had to run away from his signature accomplishment as governor because he's too timid to stand by his decision, lest his far right constituents be reminded why they hated him in the first place.
The fact that Obama fully defends his choice to back this politically controversial law while Romney pretends it never happened speaks volumes about each man's convictions.
So just be to clear, if you're a Republican you're backing a guy who says he's now determined to kill the very health care plan he basically pioneered, and you're convinced that he'll follow through on this even though his waffling on every subject has literally become a punchline for both sides of the aisle.
Here's the sobering truth, folks: If you're considering voting for Mitt Romney knowing everything you now know about the guy, you must share his dubious brand of integrity.
Charlie Vignola is a former College Republican turned liberal Democrat. He lives in Fair Oaks Ranch, works in the motion picture industry.


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As the standoff between the Abercrombie administration and the Hawaii State Teachers Association continues (imperiling the $75 million Race to the Top grant), more bad news about schools was released this week.
At least this time it wasn't specifically about Hawaii's schools - it was about education in the United States in general.
The Council on Foreign Relations released a report Tuesday that said poor performance by U.S. students may constitute a national security risk. A story in The Wall Street Journal says the council believes our schools fail to prepare students for the workforce and have stopped teaching basic civics courses to prepare them for citizenship.
The report says those failures put the nation's "future economic prosperity, global position, and physical safety at risk." It warns "the education crisis is a national security crisis."
It notes a recent study that reported more than half of 17- to 24-year-olds aren't eligible to join the military because they don't have the math, science and English skills to perform well on qualification tests.
The report also notes shortages of qualified workers in life-science and aerospace industries. It further says U.S. intelligence agencies and the State Department are "facing critical language shortfalls in areas of strategic interest."
The council suggests the expansion of core standards from our current concentration on math and literacy to include science, technology and foreign languages.
An accompanying chart comparing select countries shows United States 15-year-olds trail their peers in Canada, Japan, South Korea and Finland in all three disciplines measured - reading, math and science.
The Council on Foreign Relations is a New York-based nonpartisan think tank. Their report is further proof of the need to adopt the type of reforms Race to the Top encourages.
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Tanzania May Ask BG, Statoil to Unify LNG Project Development
Tanzania, holder of the second-largest natural-gas resources in East Africa after Mozambique, may ask Statoil ASA and BG Group Plc to join forces to develop a liquefied natural-gas export project.
State-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp. plans to hold talks with explorers and may get them to co-operate rather than build several LNG plants. That would save costs, said Kelvin Komba, principal petroleum geologist at TPDC.
"This will be cost effective, and it works for us, because it is government that will pay for the plants through foregone revenue in companies recovering costs," he said in an interview this week.
Statoil, which is teaming up with Exxon Mobil Corp., in June said the Lavani discovery increased estimated resources to about 9 trillion cubic feet of gas, enough "for a commercial development." BG and Ophir Energy Plc are drilling the Papa-1 well, which is targeting 3.1 trillion cubic feet and could help justify a two-train LNG plant, said Ophir's Chief Executive Officer Nick Cooper.
"The real scope for opportunity for a common project would be with" BG, John Knight, an executive vice president on global strategy at Statoil, said in June. "Between ourselves and BG we've got a lot of experience in building both the onshore and offshore and the marketing of LNG."
Kim Blomley, a spokesman for BG, declined to comment on the possibility of joint LNG development with other operators.
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"We are probably at a tipping point for two-train LNG, but it's too early technically to say," Cooper said in June. The partners need to complete the Mzia-1 well tests and Papa-1 drilling to access the resource potential, he said.
Shell, a member of joint ventures supplying 30 percent of global LNG, is exploring for oil and gas off Tanzania with Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
"East Africa is an interesting province," Shell CEO Peter Voser said July 26. "It's a big resource, needs obviously skills."
Tanzania is getting assistance from the World Bank on its gas industry master plan development. The European Union is also advising Tanzania on developing gas policy, which will outline infrastructure investments, resource revenue management, environmental protection and some other issues, Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi, the EU's ambassador to Tanzania, said in June.
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. had also proposed Tanzania help with the gas industry development.


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The governor on Monday signed into law a bill inspired by a Saugus High School senior who fought to wear his military uniform to graduation, allowing high school students across the state who have met all the requirements to graduate in their uniforms.
"This bill represents a bipartisan recognition of the sacrifice that many of our young men and women are making," Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita said in a statement. "It's a small but important way to show our appreciation of their service to our country."
Shari Laccabue, mother of then-high school senior Nicholas Laccabue, welcomed the news.
"I am beyond excited and thrilled," she said.
While she was initially nervous about whether the governor would sign the bill, Shari Laccabue said she is now grateful to Smyth and his efforts.
"When Mrs. Laccabue came to me in February, I was honored to carry legislation to address the problem that Nicholas and other students were facing," Smyth said.
AB 1463 was inspired by Nicholas Laccabue, now a Saugus High School graduate and a U.S. Marine, who finished boot camp at Camp Pendleton in March 2009.
His request to wear his uniform, instead of the traditional cap and gown, to the June graduation ceremony was initially denied by Saugus High School Principal Bill Bolde, but later granted after the William S. Hart Union High School District changed its policy.
Soon after, Laccabue wore his dress uniform to the Saugus High School graduation ceremony surrounded by his peers decked in caps and gowns.
Bolde said he was always in favor of Laccabue wearing his uniform to graduation.
"It was one of those things where I was caught between two different sides of the fence post," he said.
He was pleased to hear about the new law.
"I'm glad we were able to take it down the right pathway," he said.
Hart district board President Steve Sturgeon called the new law reasonable and appropriate.
"Anytime an individual has an opportunity to display their commitment to the country's forces, it's something to be proud of," he said.
Shari Laccabue's next step is to e-mail parents and friends to let them know about the new law and the impact it has on students who want to serve in the military.
"I just think it shows support to them," she said. "I just think it's a right message."
But Shari Laccabue and Bolde said they hope the law doesn't stop at California.
"I'm so excited it got passed," she said. "Hopefully now the rest of the country will look to us and follow suit."


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Political administration enjoys immunity from accountability in FATA
Islamabad Jan, 30: Freedom of expression especially among women is absent and political administration and authorities enjoy immunity from all sorts of accountability in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), says FRC research report.
Fata Research Centre launched its latest research study titled 'Extremism and Radicalization: State of Governance in FATA' along with 'Annual Security Report' and biannual research journal 'Tigah' here at a local hotel.
FRC research report finds that indicators of 'voice and accountability' portray bleak situation on the ground. Freedom of expression especially among women is absent and political administration/ authorities enjoy immunity from all sorts of accountability.
The report reads that 94% of the respondents were not satisfied with the current administrative setup in FATA and 65% agreed that public sector officials are involved in corrupt practices while 28% held Political Agent as the most powerful authority in decision making.
The report further reads that vivid majority, 62%, of the respondents do not feel themselves safe in the current prevailing situation in FATA. Above 3/4 of respondents, i.e. 77%, of the total opines that they are not satisfied with the provision of basic facilities and the quality of public service delivery.
An annual report on the security situation in FATA also presented some alarming facts and figures. According to details unearthed in FRC Annual security Report 2012, a total of 570 incidents were recorded in the past one year in which 2544 people were killed and a grand total of 1508 were injured.
Speaking on the occasion Malik Azmat Khan, Minister of State for Inter-Provincial Coordination highlighted the need for further governance reforms. He said that government took various steps to bring peace and prosperity.
"We brought meaningful reforms in Frontier Crimes Regulation 1901, extended Political Parties Order 2002 to FATA, set up a FATA Tribunal with appellate jurisdiction and gave a proper structure and terms of reference to FATA Levies", Malik Azmat said.
BBC editor Mr Haroon Rashid observed that the president of Pakistan had not visited FATA even a single time during last 5 years. Where other speakers named Political Agent as 'king' he ironically referred to the president as "the king of the king makers" possessing unlimited and unbridled powers to exercise for FATA inconsistent with the norms of democracy.
Security analyst Brig (Rtd) Said Nazir, gave a presentation on the security situation of FATA and grieved at the plight of the civilians who became sandwiched among military and militants.
The political and strategic analysts Jan Muhammad Assakzai and Hassan Khan also spoke at the occasion.
Frontier Crimes Regulation, a law to govern FATA, is an obsolete and incomplete one which has provided space for the penetration of militants in tribal society. The improper adjustment of tribal customs and traditions in the FCR is one of the reasons of the emergence of militants and powerlessness of the locals in FATA, the research report reveals.
"The governance system in FATA has widely been criticized at various forums on the basis of its structural inefficiency, incompetency and inhumanity which are now existent in both formal and informal practices", the research finds.
Earlier in his remarks Dr Ashraf Ali, President, FATA Research Center said that bad governance and rampant corruption in the state institutions that widened the gap between the state and society ultimately created a room for the militants to groom with confidence.
Dr Ali noted that now fighting this menace would mean an overhauling of the whole governing system. He suggested that only the use of force would not work, rather it should be taken up through a well defined, well designed and well thought out agenda on all fronts including political, economic, cultural and ideological.
Dr Ali suggested that reforms in governance structure would bring peace and prosperity in the tribal region. "Legislation to improve governance structure in FATA is inevitable" Dr Ashraf said.
Fata Research Centre also published a research journal 'Tigah' containing research papers on social, political and economic issues of FATA.
People from different walks of life including politicians, civil society activists, academicians, researchers and students participated in the seminar while debating the issues of governance, security and peace in FATA.


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Police say Wednesday morning a 14-year-old girl reported that a man approached her on a bicycle as she was walking to her bus stop on the 800 block of Dwight Avenue. The suspect was wearing a ski mask and his pants were down, exposing his genitals, according to a news release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
The suspect made "sexually suggestive gestures and comments," according to the news release. The victim then screamed, and the suspect rode off on his bike after removing the ski mask, police say.
During the investigation, police identified the suspect as a 40-year-old Kalamazoo man, who is registered as a sex offender. After searching for the suspect throughout the day, police found him and arrested him without incident.
Police ask anyone with further information on this incident to call KDPS at 269-337-8994.


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A region that is a flat plain that lies between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River.
Three Disadvantages / Environmental Challenges
1. Unpredictable flooding / dry summer months.
2. No natural barriers for protection - small villages lying in open plain were defenseless
3. Limited natural resources (stone, wood, metal)
Three solutions
1. Irrigation ditches
2. Built city walls with bricks
3. Traded with people around them for the products they lacked.
Euphrates River
River located southwest of the Tigris River and flows southeast to the Persian Gulf.
Sahara Desert
Desert that lies west of the Nile River and covers parts of modern Egypt, Libya, and Sudan.
Nubian Desert
Desert that lies mostly south of Egypt located between the Nile River and the Red Sea.
Sinai Peninsula
Triangular area, bordered by water on three sides, connecting the continents of Africa and Asia.
Lebanon Mountains
Mountain range that runs parallel to the Mediterranean Sea from Lebanon into Syria.
Saudi Arabia
Area of land bordered on the northeast by the Persian Gulf, on the southeast by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by the Red Sea.


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Local Officers
This page provides information on training courses for Local Officers
Organising in the Local Association
This course is essential for all members active within their Local Association. The course is particularly effective where existing local secretaries, assistant secretaries and other members of the Local Association team attend the same course together.
The course considers the servicing and organising models of trade unionism, highlighting the differences in approach and examining how we use the organising model within the NASUWT.
Using the active learning approach, course participants examine how to: develop their local association; build a strong and active union in the workplace; recruit new members and activists; organise in teams; tackle the barriers to trade union organisation and how to organise and campaign around workplace issues.
Organising In The Local Association Courses
'Administering NASUWT Finances Locally'
Bespoke training is available to support members taking on local officer roles which include administering the finances of the Union locally. The training is delivered by staff colleagues from the Finance Team and the National Treasurer, depending on availability, and can be delivered to individuals or small groups to ensure that all participants are able to receive relevant information to their role. This training covers the financial procedures adopted by the National Executive in July 2014 and takes participants through the practicalities of completing paperwork, submitting claims to the National Union and year end reconciliation.
The training day will start at a time to facilitate participants being able to travel to Hillscourt, the Unions headquarters, lunch will be provided and travel costs reimbursed. Attendance should not normally require overnight accommodation however the National Treasurer will look at any requests on a case by case basis.
To arrange this training please contact the Finance Team on firstname.lastname@example.com or call 0121 453 6150
NB: There is a variety of information on the NASUWT website that will assist local officers even before they have attended this training here.
Equality Officers
The Equality Officer is an important position within the branch structure of the NASUWT. The person occupying this position is an essential part of the local organising team and helps bring an overview of equality issues central to the NASUWT's bargaining agenda.
This course will equip Equality Officers with the skills to identify the range of problems that members of underrepresented groups face. The course will highlight the legislative background to equality issues whilst also having a focus on organising in workplaces around equality issues
Equality Officers Briefings
These briefings are single day events focusing on issues of particular concern to Equality Officers, highlighting recent legislative changes and issues identified by local activists. The briefings aim to inform the work of the Equality Officer and are essential events for all Equality Officers to attend. The events at Hillscourt Education Centre often include external speakers, experts on issues within the field of equalities.
Benevolence Casework: For Benevolence Visitors
The course is designed to equip members handling benevolence casework for the first time or who are very new to the job with the relevant knowledge and skills. Local Association members handling benevolence casework and Benevolence Federation workers are eligible to apply.
This course for Local Association caseworkers provides an update on the law relating to redundancy and enables the spreading of good casework practice. Other issues covered during the day are redundancy avoidance, redundancy procedures and redundancy hearings. This is a good opportunity for those handling redundancy situations to share experiences.
Local Association Officers and caseworkers are eligible to apply.
Casework Briefing
This is an opportunity for Accredited Casework Representatives to update their skills and knowledge. These essential briefings allow caseworkers to share experiences, learn about the latest trends in casework as well as attend legal briefings with the Union's solicitors, Thompsons.
Held regionally, these briefings are an essential part of an experienced NASUWT representative's training and Accredited Casework Representatives are required to attend one of these events annually in order to keep their skills, knowledge and accreditation up to date.
ICT Courses for Local Association Officers
All of these courses are held on a residential basis at Hillscourt Education Centre.
Attendance at the courses is restricted to those holding elected positions at Local Association, Federation or national level.
There is no course fee and travelling expenses are paid. Please note that special conditions are attached to some courses.
Excel (Stage 1)
Excel is the spreadsheet application within Microsoft Office. The course covers spreadsheet design, formatting, basic formulae and functions, printing, graphs, data sorting and absolute addressing. Spreadsheets are a useful tool for Local Association Treasurers but their usefulness extends far beyond simple book-keeping.
Excel (Stage 2)
Excel (Stage 2) builds on what has been learnt in the Stage 1 course, moving onto the more advanced features. It covers the use of functions, particularly the 'if' function, conditional formatting, named ranges, vertical lookup tables and spreadsheet design techniques. The database facility within Excel is covered in detail including pivot tables. Applicants must have attended the Excel Stage 1 course.
Powerpoint (Stage 1)
PowerPoint is a presentation application. It covers outline view, slide view, slide sorter view, notes view and slide show. It also covers masters, designs and animation effects. Once you have learned to use PowerPoint you will be able to put together full-colour animated electronic presentations, use pictures to enhance your displays or prepare professional quality OHP slides.
This is a two-day residential course.
Day 1 Developing Skills in Word
Knowledge of how to use Word (2010) the word processing application within the Microsoft Office Suite, is essential for all NASUWT Local Association Officers. The course covers character and paragraph formatting including indents, spacing, bullets and numbering. Page layout, header and footers. Also access toolbar, tabs, group commands, ribbons and templates. Some time will be devoted to thorough file maintenance, covering the creation of folders and moving files from one folder to another and folder organisation.
Day 2 Using Word as a Publishing Tool
You will apply knowledge of Word functions to produce marketing materials and publications. Insert graphics and images, columns and tables. You will cover design of newsletters, posters, leaflets, postcards and all aspects of layout. Prepare to print and copy, save as a PDF for email distribution, upload as a webpage etc.
Using the Internet and Social Networking for Organising
The internet is a valuable tool for Local Associations to involve members and raise awareness of activities. This is a two-day residential course which will look at how social media sites can be used to benefit trade union organising. The course will cover how to use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as using the NASUWT website and social media forums.
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Volunteers to hold yard sale
CHARLES TOWN - American Public University's Relay for Life Team, "Volunteer Warriors" will hold an ultimate yard sale from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 18, at the parking lot of 330 N George St. Spaces are $15 for a 10x10 space (one table provided). Bring gently used items, crafts, etc. Independent consultants welcome.
For more information, call 304-724-2677 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Statewide gun turn-in day
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Police Department is partnering with Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler in the inaugural statewide gun turn-in day to provide residents an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted firearms. A Hagerstown police officer will be on hand in the lobby of Police Headquarters at 50 N. Burhans Blvd., between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. today to accept handguns, rifles and shotguns for safe disposal. No personal identification is required and no advance appointment is necessary.
Any type of firearm will be accepted and it need not be in working order.
Firearms must be unloaded and handled safely. Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
When transporting a firearm for turn-in, place the firearm in the locked trunk of your vehicle. Do not bring any firearm into the lobby of police headquarters. Simply notify the officer on duty that you have a firearm for turn-in and he will escort you to your vehicle and take possession of the firearm in the parking lot.
Lemasters to run for U.S. Senate
SISTERSVILLE - Rick Lemasters, of Tyler County, has announced he intends to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), according to a press release. Lemasters plans to challenge Shelley Moore Capito for the Republican nomination, the press release said. For more information on Lemasters, visit www.lemasters4senate.com.
Party to honor Armed Forces
CHARLES TOWN - May is the month when we honor our Armed Forces members who have made the ultimate sacrifice while defending our freedoms on Memorial Day. Additionally, it is the month when the "Poppy" is distributed to remind us of the sacrifices of all our service personnel, especially those who are disabled. However, May 18, "Armed Forces Day," we take time to honor all our Armed Forces, past and present. What better way to honor them then by hosting an outdoor party?
All current and past members of the Armed Forces and their families from our area are invited to join us from 1 to 4 p.m. at Bloomery Plantation Distillery, 16357 Charles Town Road (Rt. 9), for a celebration honoring their service. Jackson-Perks Post 71 American Legion family, in conjunction with Bloomery Plantation Distillery, are proud to be hosting this event again this year to say thank you to all who have served and those who are continuing to serve from our community.
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Whitney Houston's Death Will Be Ruled an Accident
Whitney Houston's tragic death on February 11, 2012 is expected to be officially ruled an accident, a source confirms exclusively to E! News.
The six-time Grammy winner was found dead at the age of 48 in the bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel the night before the Grammy's.
Sources have told E! News that Houston had prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, and a handful of pill bottles were reportedly found in her room at the Beverly Hilton.
The source says, "she had no marks on her body whatsoever to indicate a struggle, and she was the furthest thing from trying to kill herself."
Toxicology reports are still pending to confirm the cause of death.
Houston was laid to rest at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey on February 18.
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Access to paid leave, 2011
September 04, 2012
On average, 59 percent of wage and salary workers had access to paid leave at their main jobs in 2011.
The proportion of white workers with access to paid leave (59 percent) was about the same as the average for all workers; Black or African American and Asian workers were about as likely to have access to paid leave (61 percent and 62 percent, respectively). Hispanic workers were less likely than non-Hispanic workers to have access to paid leave.
Workers age 45 to 54 were more likely to have access to paid leave than workers in other age categories. Men and women were about equally likely to have access to paid leave at their main jobs in 2011: 60 percent of men, and 57 percent of women, had access to paid leave.
Among wage and salary workers age 25 and over, 72 percent of workers with a bachelor's degree or higher had access to paid leave, compared with 35 percent of workers with less than a high school diploma.
These data are from the American Time Use Survey. To learn more, see "Access To and Use of Leave — 2011" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-12-1648. These data are from a supplementary set of questions asked as part of the 2011 American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collected directly from wage and salary workers. The data thus represent only workers' knowledge on these topics; workers sometimes do not know whether they can use leave until they have a need to do so.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Access to paid leave, 2011 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120904.htm (visited September 26, 2016).
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As a long-time member and volunteer of the Hunterdon YMCA, I sometimes forget that not everyone has the same familiarity with the Y as I have. Occasionally I am surprised by a comment such as "I didn't know the Y was a non-profit" or "I had no idea that the Y provides financial assistance," or the most common, "I just didn't know that about the Y".
Now, as chair of the Teams Section of the 2012 Strong Kids Campaign, it's important that I communicate facts about our Y and the impact it has on our community.
The YMCA offers programs that focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, such as sports, health and wellness, swim lessons, youth sports, childcare and summer camps. While all of the programs and services provided by the Y are important, it is our financial assistance program that makes us different. The Y's basic premise of being welcoming and nurturing to all ensures that no one is denied opportunity at the Y because of financial need. We are meeting the needs of deserving kids and families with the help of funds raised in our Strong Kids Campaign.
The goal of our 2012 Strong Kids Campaign is to raise $255,000 and be able to serve even more kids and families in need. We are in the volunteer recruitment phase of the campaign with a goal of having 60 volunteers support this fundraising effort. From personal experience, if you are looking for an activity to feel good about, there is nothing more rewarding than volunteering for the Y and assisting us to help others. To learn more about our Y and the campaign, go to www.hcymca.org or call us at 908-236-7879 ext. 15.
When you support the Strong Kids Campaign, either as a volunteer or a donor, you are providing direct help for your neighbors. These funds may actually save lives by providing swim lessons and lifeguard training, by reducing health risks for individuals who need regular exercise, or by keeping children in a safe and caring environment, either after school or during the summer.
I'm proud to be a member of this community and to lead this year's campaign for the Y. I hope you will join me in this campaign that will open doors of health, friendship and human potential for those who are most in need.
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New Jersey FBI Agent Thomas A. Cottone Jr. remembers feeling uneasy that day a year ago when he was made an honorary Marine during a Washington ceremony.
He looked at the mass of medals and insignia on the uniform of a fellow honoree, Navy Capt. Roger Edwards, and wondered how Edwards had achieved so much.
"I checked him out, and most of it was fake," Cottone said. "He was in the service but never earned all the valor awards he was wearing."


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Team members are Kya Steiner, Hailey Lange, Anika Elgin, Haley Massari, Jada Harvey, Kaylen Abrahamsen, Hailie Schafman, Anika Roush, Ashley McGuire and Izzy Fritz.
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The academic profile of the University of Bergen has two major focuses. One is marine research - the city of Bergen is considered to be one of the largest marine science centres in Northern Europe. The other is global development research, and the university has earned a distinguished reputation both in Norway and abroad for its excellent, result-driven collaboration on research and education with universities in developing countries.
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If you have your own lap top, you can use the wireless Internet at Club Fantoft, the Bergen Light Rail (Bybanen), or at one of the many cafés in the city centre which offers free wireless Internet. If you use Eduroam at your home university, you can also access wireless internet on campus
Bergen is an important cultural centre in its region and in Norway, maybe best known for hosting the annual Bergen International Festival (Festspillene i Bergen). The city is home to the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, which was founded in 1765 and is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. The orchestra performs regularly at the 1,500 seat[120] Grieg Hall. The city is also home of the Bergen Woodwind Quintet, which is made up primarily of principal winds of the Bergen Philharmonic. Bergen was a European Capital of Culture in 2000.Other main cultural events include Borealis,Nattjazz, Lost Weekend Festivalen and Bergenfest (formerly Ole Blues).
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Jones is delusional. I wanted Shogun to win this fight. I hope he completely and utterly annihilates this idiot in the first round now
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He's implying his striking is equal to Overeem's. It's not. Not even close
He said he had better BJJ. He doesn't. Overeem won the ADCC European Qualifiers. What has Jones done? He subbed Jake Obriend and Bader. LOLZ
He said he's stronger. Even Overeem at 205 is stronger than Jones.
He said he's taller. He's not
All he has is wrestling and reach and being Overeem is light years beyond him in striking, it doesn't mean jack *****.
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If he had punked out, the crowd and fans would've pussified him.
He's got a big task ahead of him. That of dethroning the LHW king.
He's going to need all the confidence he can muster.
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If he goes to the UFC it will be a waste, they fight once or twice per year MAX over there, Overeem had 8 fights in 1 year that's why he's always in shape and ripped unlike Brock who is 300 pounds of fat and cuts to 265 once/twice per year.
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All he seems to be saying is that he's better now than Overeem was then.
Considering that a lot of posters here often say that Overeem's losses were mostly down to cutting so much weight that he wasn't that effective at 205, I don't think there's anything wrong with Jones' comments.
I do think he's wrong about having better BJJ than Overeem though, whether he means the 205 version or the heavyweight version. IIRC, I think Overeem has more submission wins than Jones has fights.
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Coyotes forward Daymond Langkow doesn't want to talk about the injury that limited him to four games last season.
"That happened a year ago," he said. "A long time ago."
But it's an injury that had Langkow's career at a crossroads. He could have closed the book on a solid career or battled back from a debilitating setback to keep connected to the game.
Langkow chose the latter, and the Coyotes have been reaping the benefits.
"There's a lot of things that he does in the game that are very subtle, kind of nondescript, but they're solid, veteran things that he does," coach Dave Tippett said.
The noticeable contributions - two goals and five assists entering Wednesday night's meeting with the Colorado Avalanche in Denver - have been appreciated, as well. Whether or not he's pegged as the No. 1 center in a system that doesn't rely on a pecking order, Langkow undoubtedly has taken on the responsibility of providing that offensive punch up the middle.
"Each game I feel better," he said.
That's quite remarkable considering Langkow's career was in jeopardy after he took a slap shot in the neck during a game against the Minnesota Wild in March 2010. As he sat out in the summer and through most of last season, many wondered whether he would return to hockey. But he persevered and, after his neck healed, worked his way back into hockey shape and played four games at the end of last season.
There doesn't seem to be any lingering rust as he begins his second stint with the Coyotes.
"That's a testament to who he is," captain Shane Doan said. "When people ask me, 'Is he going to be OK? He didn't play last year," full on, I expected him to have a longer time period to get into it. But I had no worries about whether or not he'd be able to do it. I never expected him to be as good as he's been for us right off the hop. He's been great for us."
As a veteran of the game, Langkow also adds a leadership element to the Coyotes. He's not necessarily a constant voice in the locker room or in the media, but the youngsters notice his approach to the game.
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Sprint Nextel: Way Off the Hook
The telecom company formed last year has neglected its loyal customer base, and it's behind the pack on music downloads and handsets
Wall Street gave Sprint Nextel (S) a walloping on Aug. 3 after the company reported disappointing financials for the second quarter. Sprint said revenue was $10 billion, below the average analyst estimate of $10.5 billion. Sprint's revenue last year, before it merged with Nextel last August, was $5.7 billion. Earnings were $370 million, while a year ago Sprint earned $600 million, again before the Nextel deal.
The Reston (Va.) telco's numbers were so disappointing that investors sent shares spiraling nearly 12%, to $17.75. "We do have much work to do to improve the recent performance of the wireless business," Sprint Chief Executive Gary Forsee told analysts in a conference call.
Sprint had major problems both adding and holding onto wireless customers. It added 708,000 subscribers in the quarter, woefully short of estimates by analysts and nowhere near the customer gains by Sprint's two closest rivals. Verizon Wireless, which is co-owned by Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), netted 1.8 million subscribers during the quarter. Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of AT&T (T) and BellSouth (BLS), added 1.5 million.
Even worse, the vast majority of the customers that Sprint added are prepaid customers, who tend to be much less loyal than customers on monthly plans. Of the 708,000 net additions for the quarter, 498,000 were prepaid customers and only 210,000 agreed to monthly plans.
What's wrong? For one thing, analysts say, Sprint is having more trouble merging its network with Nextel's than it suggests. Forsee pointed to success at integrating the two companies' back office systems—their billing and customer service systems, for example. But the technology integration has been slow and difficult. "There are some serious issues," says Marty Hyman, an independent consultant and industry veteran who worked at Sprint years ago.
Nextel was famous for its walkie-talkie network. But its technology is completely different from Sprint's. Industry consultants close to Sprint say it's not clear that Sprint has created walkie-talkie technology that's good enough to successfully migrate Nextel customers to the Sprint network.
Sprint also has been working with handset manufacturers to create a dual-mode phone that works with both the Nextel and Sprint technologies. But an elegant solution has been lacking, according to Hyman. "Without that in place," he says, "they had to pull back on marketing."
The result is that Sprint has had a hard time holding onto what had been an extremely loyal customer base. Before the merger with Sprint, Nextel subscribers were the most loyal in the industry. Nextel had the lowest churn rate (i.e., the percentage of customers that leave for another carrier) in the business. "Sprint took that subscriber base and kind of forgot about them," says Paul Catalano, a wireless expert and partner at RelevantC Business Group. "Now we're seeing much lower growth of the [Nextel] subscriber base."
Sprint execs decided that they should focus on prepaid customers. The bulk of those subscribe to Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile, a service targeting young wireless users. But this group is far less loyal than Nextel subscribers. They don't have a long-term contract to keep them on board, and they tend to jump to the next cool thing.
So it was no surprise that Sprint's churn rate was flat with the first quarter at 2.1%. And notably, prepaid churn for its Boost brand rose to 6%, from 5.4%. "Our problem has been churn that hasn't improved, while our competitors' churn has improved," Forsee said on a conference call. Verizon Wireless' churn for the most recent quarter hit an all-time low of 1.1% (see BusinessWeek.com, 4/7/06, "Verizon Wireless Doesn't Have to Brag").
The key to retaining the young and old is cool services and phones, but Sprint appears to have been preoccupied with other initiatives. Executives have been focusing on network integration, the spin-off of its local network called Embarq, and the planning of its next-generation broadband strategy, which is expected to be announced in the next couple of weeks. So it's lagged in the marketing of perhaps the hottest new application on the market: music.
Compare Sprint to Verizon in music, for example. To its credit, Sprint does have a service for downloading music over the air (see BusinessWeek.com, 10/27/05 "Sprint Races Into Mobile Music"). But it hasn't been marketed much. Verizon, meanwhile, has been fiercely pushing its music service. Its Vcast service, which includes ringtones and video content as well as full-track songs, reported 55 million downloads in the second quarter. "They've clearly been well behind the curve in terms of moving to hot applications," Hyman says.
Hot phones, too. Sprint is the only major wireless carrier in the U.S. that doesn't have the popular Motorola RAZR in its lineup. Verizon and Cingular have had phenomenal success with the model (see BusinessWeek.com, 7/20/06, "Does Motorola Have Nokia's Number?"). Furthermore, Verizon just released a new iPod-like music phone from LG, called the Chocolate. "Sprint is selling you some LG brick for music," says Hyman.
Sprint's Forsee knows he's got to get his company moving. To that end Sprint is going to launch a new ad campaign to improve its marketing message and start selling phones from the RAZR family—the SLVR and the Q—in the fourth quarter. Sprint customers—and its investors—can't wait.


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Women's S&D Downs Eastern Illinois
CHARLESTON, Ill. – The women's swimming and diving team cruised to a 150-108 victory over the Eastern Illinois Panthers. The Cardinals captured first place in nine events while several athletes were able to get experience in different races.
The 400 medley relay team of senior Katelyn Pratt (Greenville, Ohio/Greenville), junior Bridgette Ruehl (Lowell, Ind./Lowell), junior Haley Richter (Roanoke, Ind./Columbia City), and sophomore Carlena Magley (Waterloo, Ind./DeKalb) kicked off the meet earning a victory with a time of 3:55.31. This was the first time all season the Cardinals have competed in this event.
Junior Cheyanne Jackson (Atlanta, Ind./Hamilton Heights) swam a season-best time of 10:45.12 in the 1000 free to earn first place points for Ball State. Also capturing first place in lifetime-best time was junior Sumaiyah Ahmad (Lowell, Ind./Lowell) who swam a 2:26.26 in the 200 breast.
Richter tallied two first place individual wins in the 200 free and 200 back with times of 1:56.02 and 2:07.24 respectively. Senior Cori Vormohr (Portland, Ind./Jay County) came in first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:07.36 -- that time set a pool record at Eastern Illinois. Classmate Jillian Bischoff (Atlanta, Ind./Hamilton Heights) came in first in the 50 free (24.65). Sophomore Kayla Hussey (Goshen, Ind./Goshen) touched first in the 500 free with a time of 5:12.32. Junior Emily Wisolek (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge) claimed first place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.83.
Senior Mackenzie Imbro (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) swam a season-best time in the 100 breast at 1:08.39 while junior Jackie Iglesias (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora)earned a season-best in the 200 back with a time of 2:09.30.
The women's swimming and diving team is next in action next Friday and Saturday as it hosts the Doug Coers Invitational at the Lewellen Aquatics Center. You can keep up with the team on Twitter by following @BSUswimdive. Check ballstatesports.com for more news and updates on women's swimming and diving.


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man! we're really cutting through the charn.!!(driving or walking through some smelly area)
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someone who is thick and rather juicy. charn like chulent.
C.O. is a charn mother fucker!
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A best friend, a Maren, a spectacular person, friend, confidant and sister without being blood related. If you have a charn you are the luckiest person in the world
I've got me a real charn charn friend.
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A person whom seems to get along with everyone; An amazing person in general.
Wow, she is a real charn.
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Recieving sexual acts after a long night of drinking brarn. See BRARN.
John recived the charn from broad across the hall after a long night of drinking brarn.
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nitro2k01 @ En Festival i 8 Bitar, May 17, Västerås (Sweden)
We're proud to announce that nitro2k01 was booked in the last second for En Festival i 8 Bitar (A Festival in 8-bit) in Västerås, Sweden. It's a two day festival for 8-bit music taking place this weekend, and nitro2k01 will be playing at May 17, 7 PM.
Yellow Then Blue – Book Of The Sick – OUT NOW
We're very proud to present the first release on OXO-Unlimited from artist Yellow Then Blue.
This release is also the first in which we're using a new payment scheme. You as a consumer pays directly to the artist, recieves a download link and the payment goes straight to the artist. This way all we do is represent the artist and help promote the release, something that is entirely in the spirit of what we're trying to acheive at OXO-Unlimited. Whenever possible, this will be the method we'll be using in the future. This is also the first release which is also sold in the FLAC format. What are you waiting for?


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A puny, weak, frail person; someone who can easily be defeated. This kind of peron should not pick fights with a larger, stronger person.
Little guy: You're an asshole! Let's take this outside!
Big guy: Don't fuck with me or I'll break you in half, you fucking pipsqueak!
Big guy: Don't fuck with me or I'll break you in half, you fucking pipsqueak!
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You little pip squeak why do u have to be so annoying?!
de Danville EMT 5 avril 2007
A small person. A child or animal that is cute.
The pipsqueak is crying again.
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-I/Z and S/K will both flame out
-After Yanovskaya and Mozgov compete at Jr. Worlds next year, the ISU institutes a rule where a team must turn senior if the female half is taller than the other two men on the podium.
-Sotnikova has uneven results for the whole quad but wins in 2018 due to her desire to piss people off.
-Mozer does not have a pair that makes the 2018 team
ninja skating?
Thanks for the replay!
He's very talented for his young age , I like his Moonlight sonata SP a lot!
I see... but this kid's coach must be very talented too!!
crazy prediction?
in 2018 team korea will win gold in every discipline except for pairs


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A 25-year-old Bakersfield man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol in the crash that claimed the life of a Las Vegas woman early Sunday morning, court documents show.
James Samuel Buterbaugh was charged within two hours of the crash on Interstate 5 near Templin Highway that killed 24-year-old Meagan Carrier of Las Vegas.
Carrier, a passenger in the SUV driven by Buterbaugh, died at the scene as a result of the collision, according to a report prepared by the CHP officer investigating the crash.
Shortly after 4 a.m., a 2007 Honda Pilot traveling north on the interstate slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer stopped on the right shoulder just south of Templin Highway, said CHP Officer Michael Gubelli.
The driver of the Pilot was later identified as Buterbaugh.
Buterbaugh, who was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital on Sunday, is now in custody in Los Angeles with bail set at $100,000.
He is scheduled to appear in San Fernando Superior Court this morning.
The driver of the big rig, identified only as a 54-year-old man from Carson City, Nevada, was asleep in his rig when the SUV slammed into the back of his truck, he said.
He suffered no significant injury, according to the CHP.
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Fighting Cancer With Knowledge and Community: Oracle WebCenter at CPAC
By Brian Dirking on Jun 30, 2011
There was a great article on CIO Magazine sometime back about how Cancer Treatment Centers of America are improving patient care with technology.
And it is comforting to know you are getting state of the art care for you or your loved one when battling cancer. When patients and families take matters into their own hands, they often don't know where to turn to for information. The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer provides a one-stop shop that brings together the best information available in an easy to use website.
Beyond finding information, CPAC provides an online community that can help extend knowledge, share experiences, and let people know they are not alone.
You can hear more about this implementation from Mike Matthews of Deloitte in our upcoming online event, Transform Your Business by Connecting People, Processes, and Content. Mike is a partner at Deloitte and had first-hand experience in the CPAC implementation of Oracle WebCenter, which provides website publishing, search, and social community tools.


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Since when is getting off topic uncommon around here? lol
Yeah just realized this. Reading the Zach Parise thread is something. I thought by the end of it...it was the "Ryan Suter and Zach Parise have signed with the Penguins" thread
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- APS-C 366.6mm2
- 20.1 megapixels
- Succeeded by the Sony A68
- Compare A58 vs A68
- Compare SONY A68 vs CANON T6
Cameras with more dynamic range allow you to take photos with dramatic differences in highlight and shadow areas while retaining detail in both.
Think of a brilliant sunset on a rocky beach: Bright sunset in the background, with dark rocks in the foreground. High dynamic range means more of the extremes will be faithfully reproduced.
Dynamic range test data courtesy of DxO Mark.A58 test data on DxO Mark T5 test data on DxO Mark
Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.
Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable
Improved 20.1-megapixel resolution; Impressive image quality, especially for its price; Fast and decisive autofocus (in most conditions); Very good battery life; Good video quality (Full HD 1080p, though it doesn't support 60p frame rate).
Plastic lens mount; Slower burst mode speeds and shallower buffer than A57; LCD no longer fully articulating; Mediocre kit lens; Electronic instead of an optical viewfinder may be a turnoff for some.
Very good image quality with great color accuracy; Lightweight and compact design; Great value for the money; Canon EF-S mount provides access to a vast array of lens options; Feature Guide and Creative Auto helps new users.
Slow burst mode; Shallow buffer; Without AF assist from flash low-light AF can struggle; Dynamic range and high ISO performance not as good as some competing models; No continuous AF in movie mode; Mono sound; No external mic jack.


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Work From Home 1: Ask Yourself Why
A while back I started writing a multi-part series about online business, but in retrospect I missed a whole lot of preparation steps. Rather than starting with the individual – you – I started with the business. So I've decided to create a new series and this time we're going to begin from the beginning.
Ask Yourself Why
The very first thing you need to do before you start an online business is to ask yourself why. Why do you want to create a business from home?
Here are a few reasons I can think of:
- I have a passion but there is no way to turn it into a career in the offline world.
- I'm not happy with my current job and there is no opportunity for change or advancement.
- My partner works and I'm at home all day. I'd like to get busy doing something I enjoy.
- I'm semi-retired or retired but I really need something new to keep my brain engaged.
- I hate my job.
- I'm currently unemployed but I have some really good skills and ideas.
- I/We could really use some extra income each month.
- I/We would like to be financially independent.
I'm sure you can think of many other reasons (feel free to tell us about them by commenting on this post), but the list above probably covers quite a lot of prospective work at home entrepreneurs.
All of the above have one thing in common – they're all excellent reasons to start an online business from home. Before we dig deeper into your motivation – because that's what we're talking about here… what motivated you to want to work from home – let's look at some reasons NOT to start a business from home:
- I heard that it's pretty easy to get rich online.
- I saw this site about making lots of money in your pajamas.
- I saw this site where this guy shows how he makes $100,000 each month without doing much work.
- I got a few emails that said I could be making $10,000 by next month.
The above all belong in the 'get rich quick' department. Certainly there are people out there making money on those schemes but they do it mainly by telling other people that they can make money and then selling them one or more products. The money isn't in the content of the product but rather in the sale of the product. This leads to a whole lot of people thinking and saying that they 'got scammed by some internet marketing guru' and then they generally give up on the whole idea of having an online business, and go back to what they were doing before. The bottom line is that you totally can create a thriving online business that will make way more than you could make working for someone else – but it will require that you spend some time and effort on it.
That's about all I'm going to say about the negative side of online marketing. Just be aware of it and don't be fooled by outlandish claims of wealth. If it seems too good to be true then go with your instincts on that.
Now – back to that question. The reason I started with the 'why' is because it is critical to your success. Once you have that basic reason, then the next step is to expand on it. Let's take the one that says 'I/We could really use some extra income'.
Hmm..let's see. The bills would all be paid on time. We would be able to put the kids through college. We could start taking our annual vacations again – a trip to Europe would be awesome! The local hospital was so helpful when I was ill last year – I'd love to be able to give them a sizeable donation.
It's easy to see how a simple statement like 'it would be nice to have some extra income' can turn into a whole lot of reasons to do everything you can to create that extra income. It doesn't just apply to income either. Perhaps you gained some weight after the birth of your last child and now you lack the self confidence you used to have. You have a wardrobe full of clothes that don't fit so well any more. You could just sit there and think about how it would be nice to lose a few pounds… or you could start thinking about how much better you would feel, how much better your health would be and how you could wear all those clothes again – and then actually do something about it.
Therein lies the stumbling block that prevents around 90% of people from becoming the person they really want to be and having the lifestyle they deserve – the 'doing' part.
That's what I'll be talking about in part 2 when we look at what is required in order to get beyond thinking about what you would like to have or change and actually start taking actions that are continually guiding you toward your goals.
It may seem like it doesn't have a lot to do with building a business but believe me, it has EVERYTHING to do with building a SUCCESSFUL business.


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John Clayton Adams - Sheep In A Landscape
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John Clayton Adams - Sheep in a landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 17 x 34 cm * The description of the above lot by the auctioneer in the language of the auction is the governing description. Any translation using Google translate is a guide only - its accuracy cannot be guaranteed and it is used at your own risk.
John Clayton Adams - ''ewhurst Hill, Surrey''
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ADAMS, John Clayton (British, 1840-1906): ''Ewhurst Hill, Surrey'', Oil/Canvas, 24'' x 36'', signed lower right, dated 1901, old label affixed verso, encased in a pierce carved and gilded frame 31'' x 42 1/2''. Adams exhibited at the Royal Academy among others his and he painted mostly views in Surrey and the nearby counties. Adams lived at Ewhurst Hill near Guildford, the setting for this painting, from 1873 until his death in 1906. Frame does have several spots of damage, painting has been relined, several minor scattered spots of inpaint, needs cleaning, some craquelure evident in the lower portions of the left and right corner. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogs may not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or free from normal wear and imperfections related to age and use. Bidders are strongly encouraged to satisfy any questions as to condition by personal inspection, or by either telephone or e-mail condition report requests prior to placing a bid on any lots in which they have interest. A bid placed by you or your assigns guarantees to Burchard Galleries that you are satisfied with the item's condition prior to placing your bid and that you are bidding on that item in "As Is" condition. We thank you and good luck to all bidders!
John Clayton Adams - The Fringe Of The River
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Lot 35 John Clayton Adams English, 1840-1906 The Fringe of the River, Ewhurst Hill, Guildford , 1894 Signed J. Clayton Adams and dated 1894 (lr); inscribed No. 3/The Fringe of the River/J. Clayton Adams/Ewhurst Hill/Guildford on an old label affixed to the stretcher Oil on canvas 42 1/4 x 60 3/8 inches Provenance: Alan Y. Roberts, Inc., Pound Ridge, NY C Estimate $5,000-8,000 Frame rubbing. Surface grime. Some scattered craquelure and areas of paint separation. There is some inpaint in the sky from a stretcher mark in the center left. There is no further restoration visible under Uv light. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
John Clayton Adams - Through The Heather
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Description John Clayton Adams (1840-1906) Through the heather Oil on canvas Indistinctly signed lower right 97 x 151.5cm (38 x 59 1/2 in) condition report Relined, some areas of craquelure, paint shrinkage and bitumen. Some retouchings visible, would benefit from a clean and minor retouching.
John Clayton Adams - Gathering Hay
Auction: Freeman -Feb 15, 2012 - PhiladelphiaLot number: 96
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Lot 96 JOHN CLAYTON ADAMS (american 1840-1906) GATHERING HAY Signed bottom right, oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. Estimate $1,500-2,500 Relined Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman's Conditions of Sale.


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The FBI's Intelligence Capability
ntelligence has always been a core competency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), organic to its investigative mission; however, it has not been an enterprise-wide activity. The importance of intelligence in today's threat environment cannot be overstated. The FBI has an obligation to establish processes that produce and distribute intelligence to its law enforcement partners in a timely manner so they are better able to protect their communities and our nation.
The collection, analysis, and timely dissemination of the right information to the right people as part of an enterprise-wide business process is so critically important that Director Robert S. Mueller III elevated intelligence to program status on par with its investigative programs, established an Office of Intelligence, and created the position of executive assistant director of intelligence (EAD-I) that reports directly to him. On April 4, 2003, Maureen A. Baginski, a 24-year intelligence professional from the National Security Agency was selected as the FBI's first EAD-I. Under her leadership, the FBI has just completed a 10-week program to develop Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for each of the nine core intelligence functions such as intelligence requirements and collection management, enhancement of the analytical cadre, and dissemination of raw and finished intelligence.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police has long provided leadership and expertise in the intelligence and information-sharing arena that the FBI can immediately benefit from. EAD-I Baginski asked the Global Intelligence Working Group to serve in an advisory capacity to the FBI in the design and implementation of the FBI's Intelligence Program, and the Global Intelligence Working Group has agreed to help.
Chiefs of police can expect to see changes in FBI operations as intelligence becomes an enterprise-wide activity. These changes will include the production of an FBI National Report for Chiefs of Police, direct access to nationwide threat information and Web-based access to FBI intelligence products and intelligence collection requirements. The FBI will focus its efforts on the content rather than the delivery mechanism. In fact, the FBI will leverage the existing systems already in operation such as RISS.net to ensure its intelligence is disseminated to the widest extent possible in a timely manner.
Perhaps the most notable change is the FBI's recognition that the globalization of terrorism and crime requires the FBI to view local and state law enforcement agencies not only as close partners, but also as important consumers of FBI intelligence whose needs must be met. ♦
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In light of the recent escalation in violence around the Gaza Strip, and the wounding of civilians in southern Israel and in Gaza by mortar and artillery fire, B'Tselem repeats its demand that all parties to the conflict take all feasible measures to protect civilians from harm.
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text: ''Dwarves'' is a series of fantasy novels by German author Markus Heitz. He strives to give us a new take on dwarf tropes, while at the same time managing to play them completely straight.Tungdil is a blacksmith, working in the village surrounding the home of the magus Lot-Ionan. He is a foundling and knows nothing of the dwarves, apart from what he has gleaned from Lot-Ionan's books, and is dying to meet "real" dwarves. After a student's [[WackyFratboyHijinx prank on Tungdil goes wrong]], Lot-Ionan sends Tungdil on a [[TheQuest journey]] to return some things to an old apprentice, while insinuating that he doesn't mind if it takes a while.Meanwhile, The fifthling kingdom, northernmost of the dwarven kingdoms, the guardians of the pass to the [[GrimUpNorth Perished Land]] are overrun, by forces of darkness from without and treachery from within. The Perished Land moves south once again.In the fourthling kingdom, things are not going well either. Gandogar, aided by his advisor Bislipur, seeks to take the throne of the fourthling kingdom from the aging king, and declare war on [[ElvesVsDwarves their old enemy, the elves.]]In the second book ''The War of the Dwarves'' Girdlegard faces a new threat. Avatars of the evil god Tion have amassed their armies and prepare themselves for an invasion while the thirdlings have nefarious plans of their own. By the time of the third book (around 5 years later) Tungdil has become an alcholic, drinking his sorrows away. Evil still exists, however, and it strikes back in full force as if to make Girdlegard pay for the 5 years of peace it got. Terrible death machines bring doom to the dwarves' tunnels, magical monstrosities threaten the fate of the land and it all but looks like the thirdlings are about to play their final and deadliest gambit.The events of the fourth book take place around 250 years later and focus on [[spoiler: the return of Tungdil from out of the Black Abyss. Doubts arise on his true identity though, as to some dwarves he seems to have ComeBackWrong. Will they be able to save Girdlegard once more?]]The first novel is being adapted into a video game. Go [[http://www.dwarves-game.com/ here]] to find out more.There is also a SequelSeries by the same author named ''[[VillainEpisode Path of the Alfar]]''.----!! Contains examples of:* TheAlcoholic: Bavragor. He is more of the BoisterousBruiser type, though. [[spoiler: Except he isn't. He's drowning his sorrows after losing his sister to Boïndil's axes.]] ** Also [[spoiler: Tungdil]] in the third book. [[spoiler: Due to falling of a bridge with his toddler son and not being able to save him.]]* AxCrazy: Boïndil. One of his sons seems to have inherited it as well.* [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Axe Of Plot Advancement]]: Keenfire.* BackToBackBadasses: Boïndil and Böendal. All the time, as it's how they were trained to fight.* BashBrothers: Boïndil and Böendal are twins.* TheBerserker: Boïndil [[spoiler: He killed his wife, Bavragor's sister, during battle-rage, mistaking her for an orc]]* BigBad: Nôd'onn. [[spoiler: Who was Nudin, making him TheMole too.]]** Later books feature their own [[BigBad Big Bads]], but it can be argued that the demon that controlled Nudin is the BigBad of the series as a whole.* BlackEyesOfEvil: The AlwaysChaoticEvil alfs, when exposed to sunlight, otherwise they look exactly like elves.* TheChosenOne: Subverted by Tungdil. He is put forward as a candidate for the fourthling throne, not because he has any chance of convincing the council to vote for him, and in fact no-one can even prove he is a fourthling. He is being used by the fourthling king to gain time to talk Gandogar out of a war with the elves, since both candidates have to be present at the election. [[spoiler: Later played straight, when he turns out to be the one destined to wield Keenfire.]]* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Rather surprisingly, Bavragor.]]* ElvesVersusDwarves: Rather one-sided. The dwarves hate the elves for supposedly annhialating the fifthling kingdom years before the main storyline. There are even many who want to go to war with the elves, despite overwhelming evidence that the elves played no part in the genocide. The FantasticRacism at hand is made even stupider with the realization that the elves are rapidly going extinct due to their AlwaysChaoticEvil cousins, the alfs, and that the elves are on the same side of the war against the Perished Land as the dwarves.** In the third volume, owing to manipulation and misunderstanding, a Dwarf hothead arises who declares himself High King and launches a genocidal war against the Elves. By the time it is over only ''thirty-seven'' Elves are left alive. * EverybodyDies: By the end of the second book, only a handful of the characters who began at the start or were introduced through it are still standing. Jarring, as most of them were introduced and built up as major protagonists. * EvilChancellor: [[spoiler: Bislipur. Who is also TheMole]].* FinalSolution: the stated goal of the Avatars, and the ''eoil'' who drives them, in the second volume. She (the eoil) succeeds in slaughtering every single Dark Elf and Orc in Girdlegard - even those who are only half-alfar/orc. The new and disputed high king of the Dwarfs doesn't help much, when he launches his genocide against the Elves in volume three. * GloryDays: Bavragor. He created some of the finest stonework in the world, before his love of drink took over.* GoodIsNotNice: See above.* GrimUpNorth: Played straight with the Perished Land, however, the orcs also have a nation in the southeast.* InsistentTerminology: It's ''dwarf'', not groundling.* KillEmAll: the eoil's solution to the problem of evil - mass genocide, no exceptions.* LargeHam: Rodario again.* LightIsNotGood: In book 2.* MasterOfDisguise: Rodario, the actor sure is one. [[spoiler: Fooling orcs by disguising as Nod'Onn on more than one occasion.]] * {{Mithril}}: In a wide variety of flavours. Every God in the setting created a metal with no earthly counterpart. These metals are all rare and precious, and used almost solely for ornamentation. * MoralMyopia: the Avatars and the eoil.* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Except the thirdlings, whose founder vowed to destroy all other clans because he felt shunned by their god.* OurOrcsAreDifferent: No, they're not. Tolkienian through and through.* PlanetOfHats: Each dwarven kingdom has one of the traditionally dwarven arts as it's hat: Stoneworking, metalworking, gem-cutting etc.* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Tungdil, having been raised by scholar mages, finds himself occasionally doing this though he tries hard to tailor his language level appropriate for the circumstances. Rodario, on the other hand, deliberalty turns this trope [[UpToEleven up several notches]], because he's an actor and playwright and likes to sound smarter than everyone around him.----