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The processing plant will be built on 16 acres in the ThyssenKrupp Industrial Park in Calvert, Brasfield & Gorrie said in a prepared statement. The plant will have a significant economic impact, said Brasfield & Gorrie vice president and division manager Steven Manown.
"The steel industry has a vital impact on the economy and our community," Manown said. "We are honored to be a part of a project that will provide significant opportunities for the local community."
Officials with the Roswell, Ga.-based Kloeckner this summer said the 100,000-square-foot plant would created 32 jobs in Mobile County over three years, and 75 jobs over 10 years. Pay and benefits for workers will total about $60,000 a year, Kloeckner CFO Kirk Johnson told the Mobile Press-Register.
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BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 -Labor Minister Phadermchai Sasomsab has reiterated that the new 300 baht minimum wage will be enforced on April 1st onwards while there will be an organization to assess the impact from the wage rise.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
So, Yeah… (Updated)
We've got the vote on cap and trade coming up, volatility in Iran, and a big fight brewing over the President's health care plan.
Which is precisely why we'll spend the next few days talking about yet another politician who can't keep his dick in his pants.
The jerk disgraced himself, embarrassed his family, made fools of his staff, and put the GOP in a horrible position for these upcoming battles. Which isn't to say that I thought his apology was anything less than sincere (I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on that), but that making the right decision in the first place would have been much nicer than a decent apology.
For anyone confused on the subject, refer to "Rules for the Elect, #1."
Update: Originally, I was going to suggest that Sanford needs to resign his position and only left it out because I wanted this to remain kind of lightweight. But I do think that resigning is the right thing for him to do--and if he won't, then removing him from office would be justified. Here's why (and, yes, I'm letting someone else's words do the talking since I think they got it precisely right):
Having the affair is bad enough, although not necessarily a reason to resign. Failing so dramatically to do your job as the chief executive of your state, however, is reason enough to say that he is not fit for the position. The term "bad judgement" doesn't really begin to describe the ridiculous series of choices that lead him to go AWOL.
If he would spare his family even more embarrassment (and the people of his state the trouble of recalling him), then he should step down. Having shown such tremendous selfishness already, though, I don't expect that he'll see the honor in that path.
Updated Again: The funniest thing written about the Sanford affair.
In Shawn we trust.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Does the President Still Smoke?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Your Obvious Show of Respect Displeases Me.
Sir and ma'am is the form of address I would use in the same situation (depending, of course, on the sex of the Senator). It's a sign of respect and politeness, not a sign of disregard. Her response is either born of ignorance, bitchiness, or arrogance--she doesn't know better, she wants to bully him, or she really thinks she is American royalty. None of which is particularly endearing.
Because I was raised something close to right, I also say sir and ma'am in regular daily conversation because respect isn't owed only to our political class.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
A Very Small Comfort
These words from Eric von Brunn, as recorded on Foxnews, may be scant solace to the family of Stephen Johns, the security guard who lost his life in the shooting at the Holocaust Museum, but I hope that when they are read they do offer some small comfort to them.
And let us all offer thanks that the son did not follow in the father's evil beliefs.
Some Days…
Some days are, indeed, better than others.
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Monday, June 08, 2009
Crazy Right Wing Bastages (Updated)
This comes from the usually politics-free pages of AutoBlog:
Reading through the comments is educational. I hadn't realized that the only reason that someone might be opposed to "saving" GM was because that person would like to see the country and Obama fail regardless of the cost to the nation. Philosophical and pragmatic worries about government involvement in private industry are entirely beside the point. Patriotic folks who care about jobs and the economic health of the company are well advised to tow the party line--even if it isn't their party and even if it defies their principles and beliefs about what our government's role should be when faced with failing companies (even ones as big as General Motors).
As I've said before, I'm not much for boycotts. But I won't buy a car from a company that is being run like British Leyland back in the seventies. I also believe that our government at least twice overstepped proper bounds in dealing with the collapsing General Motors and Chrysler--first when the bailout plan under the Bush administration and second with the Obama administration's handling of both GM and Chrysler in their bankruptcies. We could take specific points of contention, but that would be sidling past the point: I'm not skeptical about these deals because of Obama or any latent hatred of working class folks, it's because I think the plans and our government's involvement is bad for the companies, bad for the nation, and will ultimately be bad for the products.
Which apparently makes me a member of the "far right wing."
Read the rest. And, remember: "dissent is the highest form of patriotism" is so 2007.
Update: Lotsa fringe right-wingers out there:
That's a hell of a lot of fringe, indeed. I saw a picture of my mom in her 60's leather hippy gear and it didn't have that much fringe.
It was close, though.
Friday, June 05, 2009
So, Yeah, Anyway…
I just needed to get that out of my system.
Speaking of Our President (And His Little Stimulus Package)
Thank God they are ready to start quickly spending the money that they don't have. I think they're calling it the Recovery Act Implementation Plan. Go figure.
Phew. I was worried.
I mean, this slow descent into the Economic Pit of Doom was just killing me. Like tearing off those old school, bonded with Krazy Glue type Band-Aids, I say let's get the pain over with as quick as possible so that We, the People can get on with fixing the damage this is going to cause.
And Speaking of…
...Well, no, that just seems unkind.
Anyway, speaking of something of which we weren't speaking of, so to speak, I though that President Obama said he would stop rewarding companies who ship jobs overseas. Apparently I misunderstood, though. What he actually said was that he was going to encourage companies to ship jobs overseas.
For some reason.
Speaking of Pain (Specifically in Reference to the Penis)
This guy is a moron.
But thank God for entertaining idiots. Without them, the links my friends forward to me might be in really bad taste.
My Penis Fears the Dangers of Daggering…
..But remains opposed to blatant government censorship on principle.
Or, if it didn't sound so (potentially) painful, it would sound like an awful lot of fun.
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20 Holiday Heels for under $100The Girls With Glasses
Some people collect stamps or snow globes or buttons, I collect shoes. Confession: I have two and a half closets full. I have been collecting them for years and have a hard time parting with them. I still have pairs from 10 years ago. Whether they're cheap, hand-me-downs, vintage, from sets, investments or gifts, I love them all. I still have a Sam Edelman pair from American Idol that I wear on the regular. And If you are like me, then you've been known to plan a whole look, around your shoes. For example, senior prom. Yes, I bought the shoes first and then found a dress to match.
Since I was old enough to walk I've been head over heels (pun intended) in love with shoes, particularly high heels. Story goes that my grandpa took me to Payless when I was two, of course I wanted nothing to do with the juvenile baby shoes my size, so I wandered to the women's sizes and tried on every pump in my reach. My sweet Grandpa Woods let me do this for a while, but when it was time to go, I threw a serious baby fit. As I got a little older I begged my mom for those pink plastic princess shoes because they were the closest thing to a high heel my size. I fantasized about the day that I could finally fit my foot into a size 5 shoe so I could wear all of the fancy heels of my dreams. Indeed, I loved shoes then and I love shoes now. So much that my first email address was "iwuvshoes." Why the "wuv"? Well, iloveshoes and iluvshoes was taken, and at the time my baby brother pronounced all his Ls as Ws, hence "iwuvshoes." I told this story to the president of DSW when he came to the Idol set. He remembered that story and called me a year later to be in one of their commercials. All true stories.
Oh and did I mention that my first real job was selling shoes at Nordstrom? Yep, it was. For a short time, the women's shoe department cured me of my insatiable appetite for more shoes. It was a hard job. But after a year in shoes, I ended up in Customer Service and when payday came around I was back down in the shoe department! With the holidays at our feet (another pun intended), we are all getting dressed up for parties and festivities! Whether you've already found the dress, or you are looking for some inspiration for how to dress up, you are gonna need a pair of gorgeous shoes. As much as we all would love to slip our foot into a pair of Jimmy Choo's, it's likely not in our holiday budget with gifts, food, and trims on the list. So I found 20 pretty pairs for under $100! From silver and gold, from traditional and classic, to shiny and sparkly, or something a little more out of the box (sorry, I had too), I've got a pair for you!
Ah! Lastly, how could I forget my favorite Girls with Glasses video to date is about shoes… the cutest shoes in the world actually. I hope that you watch!
Scene Marvela 1 of 21
For the modern gal, these high heels offer high style for a low price. I am really digging the gold snake print with the black detailing. This shoe will work long after the holiday is over. I think that I need these.
Purchase at Shoedazzle for $43.95
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Put a little sparkle in that heel with these amazing red peep toe wedges. These will be sure to keep you on your toes and looking your best!
RSVP Abbot 3 of 21
I am calling these the "Cinderella" shoe. These are gorgeous and glamourous in the classiest way. Such a classic elegant shape, and I love the color. Also available in gold, red, and multi. They really are perfect.
Aldo Loveless 4 of 21
We are not messing around with these tall sparkly numbers. They are high, but they do promise a platform which might give you a little something in comfort. And let's be honest, you aren't wearing these for comfort. However, if you are looking to grow about five inches taller in time for your holiday party then, here you go. This T-strap pair is super modern, young, sparkly and sexy. You probably need these. I probably do too.
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On the other end of the spectrum, maybe you're a tall lady with a not-so-tall partner and you still want to wear a heel on your holiday. This little demure kitten heel will work for you. Or you just hate wearing heels but you HAVE to, then these won't kill you.
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A strappy black heel is in order. For all of your LBD needs. We all could use a heel like this in our shoe arsenal. I could, and hey, not a bad price!?
Seychelles Thyme 7 of 21
Looking for height and comfort? The wedge is your go-to. This pewter pair offers a bit of sparkle with a comfy satin wedge heel and strap.
Enzo Angiolini Atina pump 8 of 21
How about this shiny gold patten leather pair? I think these are a sassy classic, you really can't go wrong.
Glint Radiance 9 of 21
In the event that you are attending a black tie holiday party, you really need to bling it up and get fancy. How about this pretty pair from Glint? A little cubic zirconias on the feet never hurt nobody.
Seychelles Ready for Anything 10 of 21
If you are worried about standing around awkwardly at the party? Perhaps you need these shoes, as they're to be sure to be a conversation starter. Perhaps the cute guy you got to talking with at the Christmas party will take you out on a Valentines date, in which case, these shoes would also fit the occasion. Perhaps the cute guy is your husband, I hope so! If red isn't your preference they come in two other color combos. Cutest right?
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I wasn't sure if these were kinda horrendous or fantastic. Whatever, I love them. Again you got the bling, and you got the green. Keepin' it festive friends, keepin' it festive.
Isola Bevin 12 of 21
I like these, totally a unique take on patten leather T straps with bows. Just add a net cage and a zip up the back and you are one stylish lady in these heels for hotties. I really adore them.
Ivanka Trump Carni 13 of 21
What can I say, Ivanka is making some lovely shoes. I love this nude pair of Mary Janes with the gold pointy toe accent. I think they are ladylike and classy.
Enzo Angiolini Linzzi 14 of 21
Any Holiday Heel roundup would be incomplete without a red patten leather pair of peep toe heels. Also this heel is a manageable height, and of course there is a bow, it's Christmas!
Steve Madden Ravish 15 of 21
Here's a shade of green that is inspired by the noblest of fir trees. Such a sophisticated hue in suede, all wrapped up in a cheery bow.
(PS. They're on sale.)
Louise et Cie Kristen 16 of 21
I'm absolutely crazy about this two tone red combo in a velvety suede a simple silhouette that makes a bold statement. Also should I mention that the hidden platform gives you extra height? This is a trend we're seeing this season. I'd walk out the door in these in a second.
Gianni Bini Charlene 17 of 21
These gold sequin pumps remind me a lot of these, but they're well over $200 less. (Also very similar to the Kate Spade pair Summer is wearing in the lead photo.) A classic staple, the slightly rounded toe is youthful so that you can wear this with your LBD AND a pair of jeans.
Antonio Melani Brilynn 18 of 21
If you are looking for a strappy sandal that won't kill your feet while you're standing all nght, then this is the shoe for you. The heel isn't too high and they have such a modernized retro vibe.
Jessica Simpson Eva 19 of 21
Nude is the new black. Want to know a quick tip for longer legs? Go with a nude heel for a more monochromatic look from the leg to the foot. This neutral, versatile shade will take you through the Holidays to the seasons beyond.
Antonio Melani Candace 20 of 21
Want to add a little edge to your party dress? Grab a pair of these studded velvet pumps and you're ready to rock.
J.Renee Rosina 21 of 21
A close knock-off of "the cutest shoes in the world." The pair I am wearing in the picture above are Kate Spade from 3 seasons ago, but these little glitter bow sling backs could definitely be their doppelganger.


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Hunter Tylo's baby girl lost an eye to cancer, but faith sustained the family
Sitting in church in February, Hunter Tylo gave thanks that her worst trial was behind her. Two months earlier, after a stressful court case, the star of The Bold and the Beautiful had won a $4.9 million settlement for wrongful termination from Aaron Spelling's production company, which had fired her from Melrose Place in 1996 when she became pregnant with her third child. But as she held her month-old fourth child, Katya, Tylo saw something strange. "The light was coming in in such a way that I noticed a red reflection in her eye," she recalls.
Thinking Katya might need minor laser surgery, Tylo, 36, and her actor-husband, Michael, 50, took her to a specialist, who delivered devastating news: Their daughter had a rare eye cancer, retinoblastoma. "It took the wind right out of me," says Tylo. Doctors removed Katya's right eye and began chemotherapy, but more trouble followed. In June, Katya developed a blood infection, and in late September tumors were detected in her other eye. Overwhelmed by grief, the Tylos went home and prayed. A week later they brought Katya in for more chemotherapy, only to find—to their and their doctors' amazement—that the tumors had inexplicably disappeared. "When you pray for something as hard as we did, and then you get it, you realize that power has been there for you all the time," says Michael. It's a view shared by surgeon-turned-author Bernie Siegel (Love, Medicine & Miracles). "I've cared for individuals who left their problems to God," he says, "and seen so-called incurable illnesses disappear."
Now the prognosis for Katya, who wears a prosthetic eye, is excellent. And Tylo has become an advocate for children's cancer research. "A passion I never knew existed in my heart has been ignited," she says. "Now I really have something I want to fight for."
An ocean apart, Matthew Eappen's parents and au pair Louise Woodward continue to battle in court
Deborah and Sunil Eappen marked what would have been their son Matthew's second birthday, May 24, by releasing balloons to heaven. A day later they welcomed a new baby, Kevin. The couple have moved with him and their firstborn, Brendan, 4, to a different Boston suburb and are "trying to focus on their new son," says Sunil's mother, Achamma. But the memory of Matthew, who died of head injuries in February 1997, "is very much alive," she adds. "They are trying to cope with that." The couple have set up a foundation to educate people about shaken-baby syndrome and provide support to families of child abuse victims. And in June they filed a wrongful death suit against Louise Woodward—the British au pair who was convicted of murdering Matthew, then was sentenced to time served (279 days) when a judge reduced the conviction to manslaughter. Citing a lack of funds, Woodward did not immediately contest the suit. She later decided to fight an injunction requiring her to notify the court of monetary offers for her story, but her lawyer insists that doesn't mean she plans to market her tale. In November the court ruled, based on a default judgment, that Woodward must pay damages, to be determined in January, for causing Matthew's death.
The notorious au pair, who went home to England the day after the Eappens filed their suit, is living in London, where she may feel somewhat less conspicuous than in her small hometown of Elton. In September she enrolled as an undergraduate law student at South Bank University, but her life is far from normal. In October police in Cheshire, aided by the FBI, began investigating allegations that her mother, Sue, had forged an invoice to collect about $15,000 from her daughter's defense fund. And for Louise, a perverse celebrity persists. At last August's Edinburgh International Television Festival, Woodward, looking slimmer and blonder, appeared with her criminal defense attorney, Barry Scheck, to speak about cameras in the courtroom. She expressed dismay that strangers have stopped her on the street, asking her to sign baseball caps. "People have a problem distinguishing between celebrity and notoriety. I mean, I'm not famous for anything good," Woodward pointed out. "It is ridiculous."
David Cash still faces public outrage for not saving a young life
To most, the correct response would have been obvious. When, in 1997, David Cash peered over a stall in the women's bathroom of a Primm, Nev., casino and found his friend Jeremy Strohmeyer assaulting 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson, Cash should have stopped Strohmeyer or, at the very least, alerted authorities. But Cash, now 20, did neither. He left the scene and listened passively when Strohmeyer later confessed he had killed the little girl. And while Strohmeyer, 20, was arrested, pleaded guilty and, in October, was sentenced to life in prison, Cash, who broke no law, went unpunished.
But after piquing the public's ire with his lack of remorse ("I didn't want to be the one that took away my best friend's last days" of freedom, he told a radio show in July), Cash felt the heat. He began his sophomore year in the nuclear engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley, only to meet with furious protests from Iverson's mother, Yolanda Manuel, who wanted Cash to be prosecuted, and fellow students, who wanted him expelled. Both efforts failed. (Nevada police had no legal basis on which to charge him, and, under university policy, Cash had broken no rules.)
Today, after trying unsuccessfully to placate his peers with a 60 Minutes interview ("I don't feel there's much I could have done differently," he told Ed Bradley in September), Cash lives the tenuous existence of the campus pariah. "It's very difficult for him. He has to worry about whether someone will spit at him or take a punch at him," says Cash's attorney Mark Werksman. But Werksman also thinks the worst is over for his client. "The public anger will subside," he says. "And David will be a nuclear engineer someday, probably far, far away from California."
A new career, beau and look help Sonny's widow rebuild her life
Almost a year after Sonny Bono died in a Jan. 5 skiing accident, his widow still finds herself replaying the events of that day. "I kick myself about why didn't I find him, could I have saved him," says Mary Bono, tears welling in her eyes. But Bono, 37, never broods for too long: "One thing Sonny taught me was not to dwell on a loss."
She has taken the advice to heart. Just 13 days after Sonny's funeral, Bono launched a successful campaign for his House seat and later was assigned a place on the powerful Judiciary Committee. "I think most women don't know what they are made of until they are truly tested," says Bono, who holds an art history degree from the University of Southern California and previously managed Sonny's Palm Springs, Calif., restaurant.
Other changes followed. She cut her hair short and returned it to its natural brown. "I didn't have time to be blonde anymore," she told USA Today. And in October, Bono, now a single mom to son Chesare, 10, and daughter Chianna, 7, raised eyebrows by dating drummer Brian Prout, 43, of the country band Diamond Rio. "If I wait 12 months, will Sonny come back?" asks Bono. "It has nothing to do with less love for my husband." Neither, she says, did her recent claims to TV Guide that their marriage had been "very difficult" and that Sonny's use of prescription painkillers may have played a role in his accident. "Mary's a very honest person," says her friend Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C). "You don't ask her something unless you want an honest answer."
Bono says she treasures Sonny's memory. Sonny,s she stresses, "would have been the first to say, 'Don't miss a beat. Pick yourself up and go on.' "
Virginia Davis, who may or may not have murdered her pal, is out and about
For more than two decades, best friends Virginia Davis, 89, and John Wimbrow, 51, shared her Franklin, Va., home, as well as a love of fishing, rock music and the Washington Redskins. But in March the small town (pop. 8,300) was stunned by the charge that Davis, a frail, 107-pound, widowed great-grandmother, had bludgeoned to death the sporadically employed Wimbrow, a man nearly twice her size. The shock was compounded when, four days into her July trial, Davis—while maintaining her innocence—copped a plea to voluntary manslaughter in return for a sentence of 90 days house arrest. "If a vote had been taken this morning," a juror said then, "she would have been free."
In any case, she is now. On Oct. 12, after her electronic ankle bracelet was removed, Davis sped off in her familiar red Camaro and the next day dined out with her two daughters. "She's like a bird out of a cage," notes restaurant owner Fred Rabil, who says a "big roar" went up at Davis's arrival. "I think some fellow even picked up her tab." Wimbrow's family is "glad she pleaded guilty," says his sister Sandra Finney, and no one seems to be asking who, if not Davis, killed John Wimbrow. Under Virginia law the case is closed.
Hiram Van Blarigan keeps up his fight to bring his grandson home
"I love my parents very much, and I am not angry at them or upset with them for sending me here," wrote David Van Blarigan to PEOPLE in August. The 17-year-old was responding to our story about the November 1997 night when he was awakened by his father and two strangers in his Oakland bedroom and shipped off, against his will, to an American-owned behavior-modification school in Jamaica. Had David adjusted to the prisonlike environment of Teen Help's Tranquility Bay camp? Or had he been brainwashed into thinking this was acceptable retribution for talking back to his parents, Jim, an architect, and Sue, a homemaker?
David's grandfather, Hiram Van Blarigan, fears the latter. When he last spoke to David (now in a Teen Help school in Ensenada, Mexico) by phone, "he said everything was going great, that it was fun. I suspect [his parents] were with him." (Jim and Sue, who recently sent their other son Timmy, 14, to a Teen Help seminar in Seattle to dissuade him from following David's path, refused to be interviewed, although Sue said David is "happy" and "doing extremely well.")
Hiram isn't alone in his concerns. Teen Help has recently come under scrutiny by both the U.S. State Department and federal courts for its unorthodox methods. In Columbus, Ohio, Franklin County Children Services filed a civil action against the parents of a 17-year-old boy, charging that they put him at risk of abuse and neglect by sending him to Tranquility Bay. (A trial is set for January.) And another Teen Help program, the Morava Academy in the Czech Republic, was closed in November after allegations of abuse. Karr Farnsworth, president of Teen Help's parent organization, won't elaborate on the suit and dismisses the Morava complaints as the "result of disgruntled ex-employees and media hype."
But additional accounts of mistreatment come from Donna Burke, a Houston mother whose sons, ages 15 and 17, were sent to Tranquility Bay by their father, her ex-husband. On an August visit to Jamaica (where she says she saw one boy lying on his stomach, hands ducttaped behind him as a staff member reprimanded him), she recognized David Van Blarigan. "Did you write that letter [to PEOPLE]?" she asked him. David, she says, replied, "What do you think?" Her report offers some comfort to Hiram Van Blarigan. "I have faith David is just playing the game," he says. And while estranged from his son and daughter-in-law, he clings to Jim's promise that David will be home next year.
Two daughters shun their mother to stand by the dad who kidnapped them 19 years ago
It was supposed to be a weekend trip to Cape Cod, but when Stephen Fagan picked up daughters Lisa and Rachael at the North Adams, Mass., home of his ex-wife Barbara Kurth on Oct. 25, 1979, he had other plans. The sometime attorney drove to Palm Beach, Fla., told the girls, then 2 and 5, that their mother was dead and began raising them under a new name, Martin. He remarried twice and presented himself variously as a chemist or an ex-CIA agent.
Then in April the past caught up with him. Authorities arrested Fagan, 57, on kidnapping charges and informed the girls, Lisa, now 21, and Rachael, 24, that their mother was alive. While Fagan pleaded not guilty (a trial is set for 1999) and defended his actions by claiming Kurth was an alcoholic, both Lisa, a law student at Boston University, and Rachael, who works for a Great Neck, N. Y., real estate trust, voiced support for him and refused any reunion with Kurth. "These kids are great, decent, bright, perceptive and have shown enormous discipline and character in their life," Fagan said in an August interview with the Palm Beach Daily News. "If I was this horrible being, how would the girls turn out like they did?"
Although letters she has written to her daughters have gone unanswered, Kurth, 49, a cell biologist at the University of Virginia, hopes the girls will yet come around. "We are amazed," says her brother Peter Kurth. "Curiosity, not to mention decency, would require at least meeting her." Adds Kurth's mother, Constance: "We are all in a state of waiting."
Injured in an abortion clinic bombing, Emily Lyons mends body and soul
Emily Lyons had just arrived at her Birmingham abortion-clinic job early Jan. 29, when she became in desperate need of medical care herself. A pipe bomb exploded at the New Woman All Women clinic, killing a security guard. Lyons, 42, escaped death—but not unharmed: Her left eye was destroyed, and her right eye and both legs were badly damaged. "Life is hard enough," says her husband, Jeff, a computer executive, "without getting blown up."
And for Lyons, a registered nurse, life became much harder indeed. Over the course of 12 operations, "there have been setbacks," she admits. Although she is no longer confined to a wheelchair, limited sight forces her to rely on a talking Minnie Mouse watch to tell time. The once accomplished pianist also lacks full use of her right hand and has endured an excruciating ruptured eardrum. "I don't take anything for pain anymore," says the mother of two teenage daughters from a previous marriage. "It's not going to help." Nor, she learned, will self-pity. After throwing what she calls a tantrum in a restaurant this fall, Lyons sought therapy to deal with her anger. And she plans to continue the public speaking she began in July when she testified before Congress against a bill that would make it harder to punish violent protesters. "If you become enraged, you don't have a life anymore," she says. "I'm not going to be anyone's poor victim. I've got too much going for me. And whoever did this has already taken a fair chunk of my life away."
Still in her tree house, environmental activist Julia Hill has Pacific Lumber stumped
In no way is Julia Hill up in the air about it: She won't come down to earth near Stafford, Calif., until her home—a 200-foot redwood tree—is allowed to stand another 1,000 years. Hill, 24, a member of the environmental group Earth First!, moved into the tree in December 1997, shortly before Luna, as the tree is called, was to be felled by Pacific Lumber, owner of a 7,500-acre forest tract that is one of the world's last unprotected redwood growth areas. "My word was that I was going to stay until I had done everything I could," says Hill, who lives on a 6-by-8 wooden platform 180 feet up. "I still feel like I'm meant to be here."
But living the high life hasn't been easy for this preacher's daughter from Jonesboro, Ark. "The wind is the intense part," says Hill, partly because the flapping of the tarps that keep her dry during frequent rains can be thunderous. Still, existing on rainwater and veggies, and wrapped in many layers of clothing to beat the cold, "I survived before," she says of last winter. "I'll survive again." Eco-actor Woody Harrelson wasn't sure he would during an overnight visit in April. "I was absolutely terrified of the winds," he says. "Julia's evolved into an incredibly powerful figure."
Which is why Pacific Lumber wants Humboldt County Sheriff Dennis Lewis to bring its public relations nightmare down. "She's trespassing," Lewis admits. "But I'm not going to have any of my employees going up there. What she's doing is very dangerous. Redwood trees fall down."
For now, at least, the chances of Luna's being cut down have lessened. On Nov. 10, Pacific had its logging license revoked by state authorities, who cited numerous violations of the Forest Practices Act. Nevertheless, Hill, who fills her time conducting media interviews by cell phone and writing letters to supporters, is hunkering down for at least one more winter before she hits land again. When Z. she does, "I'm going to appreciate Simple things like walking," she says. "When I feel one foot going in front of the other, touching the ground, I'm going to feel it."
The Meteorite Seven sell their hot rock for some cool cash
It wasn't just pennies from heaven, but a rock-solid start on college educations. On March 22, seven Monahans, Texas, boys—Aivaro Lyles, 12, his brother Patrick, 9, Jose Felan, 12, Eron Hernandez, 10, Javier Juarez, 9, Flavio Armendariz, 10, and Flavio's brother Neri, 13—had their driveway basketball game interrupted by a loud thud in the sandlot next door. When they went to investigate, they found a nearly three-pound meteorite, still warm from passage through Earth's atmosphere. "It was pretty exciting," says Patrick.
And their adventure was only beginning. While the boys quickly agreed to joint ownership of the rock, some city leaders were less accommodating, claiming the meteorite belonged to the town. Then in June, after mounting public pressure, the city council voted 4-0 to return it to the Meteorite Seven, as the boys now called themselves. "They learned a worthwhile lesson," says Orlando Lyles, Aivaro and Patrick's machinist dad. "That if you're right, you can fight city hall and win."
News of the controversy also sparked interest in the rock, which the group put up for auction in July. Big Spring, Texas, businessman Mike Craddock, 62, a longtime geological collector, came up with the winning bid, $23,000, and on July 27 met the boys in the lobby of the First State Bank in Monahans. "I handed one of the boys a cashier's check for the money, and there was a bit of a disappointed look on his face," recalls Craddock. "Then I explained they could take it to the cashier's window and exchange it for $23,000 worth of $100 bills and their faces all lit up. One of them told me the most he'd ever held in his hand before that moment was $4."
Although much of the money went into college funds, some of the boys did splurge on bikes and video games, and all seemed thrilled with the outcome. "If they'd wound up with $10 apiece, they would have been happy," says Orlando Lyles. "That's the beauty of being a kid."
For Krystle Newquist, hard drinks and softball still don't mix
The crusade began with a roll of duct tape. Refusing to promote the name of a local bar, the Carousel, on her Little League softball uniform, Krystle Newquist, 14, taped over the letters in May and was kicked off the team—and into a media firestorm. "I'm the only kid in my school who ever had to miss class because she had a press conference," wryly notes Krystle, who appeared on CNN, Nickelodeon and in hundreds of newspapers, as well as in PEOPLE.
The storm hasn't lessened. In September the Lemont (Ill.) High School freshman, whose grandfather died of alcohol-related liver disease, helped launch a call for state legislation prohibiting taverns and liquor stores from sponsoring Little League teams. "We're not trying to limit businesses from advertising," says her lawyer, Kathleen Zellner. "We just don't want them using a minor to do it."
The Carousel, meanwhile, has already taken itself out of the game, withdrawing sponsorship of its two teams and donating the $500 it paid for them each year to a local food pantry. "It's a shame," says manager Tim O'Brien. "We've been sponsoring Little League for 25 years." Local auto-body shop owner Lloyd Hoster Jr. agrees. In September he started a campaign of his own, handing out green ribbons for citizens to tie on their car antennas in support of the Carousel. "She spoiled it for all the other kids," he says.
Krystle's family has received hate mail, negative letters about her have appeared in the local paper, and classmates sometimes taunt her with calls of "Let's go have a beer." But she takes comfort and encouragement in the support she has received from substance abuse groups and, in particular, a letter from former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who wrote, "On behalf of my husband and I, we would like to commend you for your commitment and courage in the fight against drugs and alcohol." Concludes Krystle: "I've gotten a lot of nice letters, and I've learned some people are mean. I've found out people twist your words. But you have to stick by what you believe in."
While Peter Partaker keeps cancer at bay, the man who pitched in to help copes with his own loss
By April, cancer had ravaged the lives of Peter Partaker and his family. Four months earlier, Peter, 11, was diagnosed with stage IV alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer, and medical bills had grown so mountainous that the family had to put their Chicago-area home up for sale. Then, in stepped Jim Place. After reading a newspaper story about the family, the commodities broker donated $5,500 of his own money and $16,500 rounded up from colleagues to cover the Partakers' mortgage payments. "I'm proud to help," says Place, 41. "Peter can teach a lot of people the meaning of courage."
Place lately has had to summon plenty of his own. In May his son Jimmy, 3, the youngest of five children, drowned in a swimming accident. "We are a tight, bonded family," he says, "but we miss our boy." Still, Place takes comfort in Peter, who, after months of radiation and chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants, is back at school, riding his bike and taking piano lessons. Although the Partakers, in spite of Place's efforts, must sell their home to pay for Peter's ongoing treatments, the sacrifice is worth it. "Peter's alive and I'm thankful for that," says his father, Dave, a building inspector. "If he can get through the next five years, we can adjust to everything else."
Donating a kidney, Randy Learner saved his daughter's life and maybe his own
Shopping for her first bike last April, 6-year-old Meagan Learner was adamant that she find one with streamers on the handlebars. "She gets what she wants, doesn't she?" the amused salesman asked Meagan's dad, Randy. Meagan answered for him. "Yes," she said. "And I have his kidney, too."
Diagnosed in 1994 with a degenerative kidney disease, the North East, Pa., kindergartner received the organ in a three-hour transplant operation last December. But for Randy, 33, the real ordeal came earlier. Before it would be safe for him to donate, the 5'7" millworker—tipping the scales at 300—had to lose 100 pounds. "Cutting into that fat would have been much too dangerous," says Dr. Andrew Novick, director of the transplant program at the Cleveland Clinic. (Mom Genie, a homemaker, couldn't donate because of a family history of kidney disease.)
Motivated by Meagan's weakening health, Randy worked out, skipped soft drinks and fried foods and lost the weight within one year.
The sacrifice paid off. Since the surgery, Meagan once again chases sisters Courtney, 12, and Randi, 9, and even joined a community cheerleading squad. Randy is healthier, too, keeping his weight between 196 and 204 pounds, thanks to a low-fat diet. "I got to like skim milk and diet root beer," he says with a shrug. "And I got used to eating salads and fruit. They taste good to me. And it was worth it. Look at Meagan."
Pamela Anderson Lee revamps her life and launches a new career
Movie deals in Hollywood sometimes take years to percolate, but personal lives can change abruptly. Last February, just days after Pamela Anderson Lee, 31, had her husband of three years, rocker Tommy Lee, arrested for spousal abuse, the ex-Baywatch babe filed for divorce and never looked back. She moved to a new L.A. home and focused her energies on her two sons with Lee, Brandon, 2, and 1-year-old Dylan Jagger. "Her kids are the most important thing in her life," says friend and business partner Jennifer Tutor. "They just light up when they're together."
About the time Lee, 36, was released from jail in September, after serving four months of a six-month sentence, Anderson plunged back into TV, executive producing and starring (as a celebrity bodyguard) in the hot new syndicated series V.I.P. She has also gone into the fashion biz, designing a patented thong bikini bottom. ("It makes your bum look really rounded," says Tutor.) Reconciling with Lee doesn't seem to fit the new picture. Though spotted through the fall with surfer Kelly Slater, the actress told The Calgary Sun, "I'm dating, but not one particular person. In my mind, I'm dating thousands of people."
Two fry-cooks who won a short-lived victory for the McWorker lose their jobs and vow to fight on
Bryan Drapp and Jamal Nickens never planned on careers in the deep-fried arts. They were working at a Macedonia, Ohio, McDonald's only to put themselves through business school at the University of Akron. But in April, after Drapp says he saw a manager yell at a 66-year-old coworker for not storing a box of trash bags, the pair found a new calling: labor organizers.
Carrying signs with slogans like "Did Somebody Say Unqualified Management?" Drapp, 19, and Nickens, 20, launched the first U.S. strike in McDonald's 43-year history. And thanks to the support of 15 coworkers, as well as teamsters who refused to cross the picket line, they seemed to have won. Five days into the strike, franchise owner Jed Greene agreed to raise their pay, grant a one-week paid vacation after a year and send managers to "people skills" training.
But life wasn't golden under the arches for long. "They were good to us while it was in the news," says Drapp. Then the managers "started ridiculing us." On June 11, he and Nickens responded by showing up for work with "Go Union" painted on their faces. A supervisor tried to photograph the display and Drapp, says Greene, "threatened to hit [him] over the head." Two days later, Drapp and Nickens were fired.
The National Labor Relations Board is reviewing the firing, and if the men prove they were axed because of union activities, McDonald's will have to pay back wages and reinstate their jobs. But Teamsters Local 416 president Dominic Tocco admits the face-painting episode weakened their position. "There was a right way to go about fixing it," he says. "That made things harder." And a spokesperson for McDonald's, while conceding the men initially "raised some issues that were valid," dismisses their account of the firing as "fabricated." Still, Nickens and Drapp have both left school to pursue the battle. Says Nickens: "We're not giving up."
Injured saving his owner's life, the hero parrot takes wing with a pet project: promoting fire safety
There were no smoke detectors in the 1840 farmhouse in Malvern, Pa., which horse breeder Lynn Norley was renting. Luckily, when it went up in flames during the early-morning hours of Feb. 16, there was her parrot Rupert. Caged two rooms away from Norley's bedroom, the 12-year-old African gray put up such a squawk at the blaze (caused by a faulty electrical box) that Norley awakened in time to get herself and her two dogs out a second-story window to safety. When she went for Rupert, however, she found him unconscious. Thinking him dead, she bundled him in her bathrobe and laid him in a shower stall.
Her beloved bird rose from the ashes. Found the next day under fallen debris, Rupert was alive but suffering from smoke inhalation and aspergillosis, an often-fatal fungal infection. Thanks to antibiotics and a restful summer at the Bryn Mawr home Norley now shares with her mother, Rupert has made a remarkable recovery. "He is doing absolutely incredibly," says Norley, 53, the divorced mother of a grown son. "His vocabulary is amazing, and he's very, very healthy."
He is also a she. Veterinarian Michael Weiss, who donated his services at the All Creatures animal hospital in Washington Township, N.J., determined the truth during exploratory surgery to diagnose the infection (parrots have no external sex organs), and the local newspaper staged a contest to rename the bird (winning entry: Saint La Rupe). But, says Norley, "Rupert still doesn't seem like a girl to me."
He does, though, seem every bit the star. In May, Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum for children named him a 20th Century Hero, and in November he made his debut on the fire-safety lecture circuit (his best trick: imitating a smoke-detector siren). With funding from Omnipoint, a wireless communications company with a parrot spokesbird, Norley plans to visit more schools. And she and her sister Dale have even cowritten a children's book (Super Rupert Saves the Day) to share with audiences. The only problem, she says, is "the kids want to touch Rupert. I feel badly, but I have to tell them that he bites."
Sweden's Crown Princess beats anorexia and finds romance
When Princess Victoria appeared at a Stockholm gala late last year, the gasps were audible. The 5'6" heir to the Swedish throne looked downright skeletal in her sleeveless, deep-blue gown. A week later the Palace announced that the princess was suffering from an eating disorder. Then in January the oldest daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia abandoned plans to study political science at Sweden's Uppsala University and enrolled at Yale, presumably, in part, because of the university's world-renowned eating-disorders center.
Although the clinic won't confirm that Victoria has been a patient, by July, when she went home to celebrate her 21st birthday, she once again looked fit and apple-cheeked. "I feel good," she told a Swedish newspaper. "I have some problems and I am overcoming them." She's also enjoying her newfound freedom. Other Yalies say Victoria, who is registered as a "special student," is rarely seen on campus. Where she has been spotted is New York City, where she rekindled a romance with wealthy former schoolmate Daniel Collert, 24, an aspiring actor. "She is besotted with him," says a source close to the royal family. Some back home are less enamored of the relationship. The two frequent the city's nightclubs, and in October, Victoria was photographed kissing Collert on the cheek at a party while he held a cocktail and cigarette lighter—behavior the Swedish press deems unseemly for a future queen. But Victoria herself seems unbothered by the fuss. In a Swedish magazine interview in October she said simply, "I am happy and feel very good here in New York."
Leveled by a killer storm, a town sees hope and hard times ahead
After a tornado with winds of up to 260 mph tore through Spencer, S.Dak. (pop. 320), on May 30, killing six people and toppling nearly every structure in town, some residents looked out on the empty lots that used to hold homes, the rows of stumps that used to be towering oaks and maples and saw a future, there for the rebuilding. "In a few years, with growing trees, more houses, the bank and the gas station, Spencer will be a good little place to live," says plant supervisor Chris Vinz, 26. Others saw only a past that will never be recaptured. "It was a wonderful town," says Amanda Stevens, 85. "But I'm too old to start over."
Many who have tried have found recovery more difficult than they imagined. Despite $1.3 million in private donations and federal pledges of low-interest loans, some Spencer residents say their fates are tied up in red tape. Antique-bathtub restorer Dave Twedt, 43, and his wife, Mary, 44, a clothing-factory supervisor, lost their prized Victorian to the storm but were turned down for a loan to buy a new home because they had taken leaves from their jobs to put their lives in order. (The couple is instead converting a commercial building they had previously purchased.) "It's not fair," says Dave. "Vice President Gore said everyone would be treated right. The governor said no one would be worse off than before." Adds Mary: "I've always been independent. I won't beg."
In the wake of a brutal murder, Jasper, Texas, struggles toward unity
For a society that couldn't afford to avert its eyes, the June 7 killing in Jasper, Texas, of James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man allegedly beaten and dragged to death by three white men in a pickup truck, was an odious reminder of how far America has to go in the fight for racial tolerance. Since then, Jasper, a town of 8,000, has had to wrestle with its conscience in the glare of a national spotlight. The scrutiny won't soon fade: In November prosecutors announced that the men accused of the murder, Lawrence Russell Brewer, 31, John William King, 24, and Shawn Allen Berry, 23, will face the death penalty in separate trials starting next year. Berry and King have traded accusations, and King even released a statement claiming Berry had drug ties to Byrd and that "it's been prematurely concluded that this was some sort of hate crime...."
The victim's family dismisses King's story and takes solace from the work the tragedy thrust upon them. Four of his six sisters regularly speak on behalf of the James Byrd Jr. Family Foundation for Racial Healing. Like Byrd's parents, sister Betty Boatner, 44, remains in Jasper, and brother Thurman, 43, has moved back to be near his folks. "This town is coming together," says Boatner. "I know we will heal." The killing made residents "think about themselves," says sister Mary Verette, 48, who often visits from Houston. "A lot of blacks and whites are treating each other with a little more respect and dignity."
The community seems resolved to eradicate the mistrust that has simmered behind a facade of harmony. The mayor named a task force to explore ways to improve race relations; officials are planning a park in Byrd's memory; and the NAACP is making a contribution for a community center bearing his name. When the Ku Klux Klan rallied in the town square in October, only a handful of residents looked on. And though tensions still persist, "people are a little more conscious of diversity, a little more tolerant," says school superintendent Doug Koebernick. "Someone who would have said something hurtful a year ago now thinks before he speaks."
Jefferson portrayer Bill Barker contends with new evidence of the President's affair with a slave
Resplendent in a frilly shirt and buckled shoes, character actor Bill Barker, 45, has had a grand old time portraying Thomas Jefferson at Colonial Williamsburg since 1993. Mostly, visitors to the restored 18th-century Virginia town want to pose for pictures with the 6'3" red-haired lookalike and ask him powdered-wig questions: Does he consider himself English or American? "An American-born Englishman," Barker-Jefferson would answer. After the Lewinsky affair came to light, he was also grilled about the morals of public figures: Barker-Jefferson told visitors that immorality or dishonesty in elected officials should not be tolerated.
Not so fast, Mr. Barker, er, Jefferson. This year a team of scientists compared DNA samples taken from Jefferson's descendants and found evidence strongly suggesting that Jefferson fathered at least one child with his slave Sally Hemings, with whom he was long rumored to have had an affair. While historians scrambled to reassess their views, Barker had a show to put on. Luckily, says Barker's boss, vice president-chief education officer of Williamsburg, Steve Elliott, "We're used to seeing history as a developing story." Barker, who had been skeptical of the Hemings story, gets frequent inquiries about the relationship. "They aren't straightforward questions," he says. "They're wink-wink, nudge-nudge." His new answer is positively post-Lewinsky. "That is not a conversation to be brought up in polite society," Barker-Jefferson tells Williamsburg visitors, noting that Jefferson never spoke of the liaison in public. "Are there not more pressing issues that must be addressed?" Musing on his alter ego, Barker says, "Mr. Jefferson was a passionate man. That's one of the things that attracts us to him. If this was going on with Sally Hemings, there must have been a tenderness there." And it's no sore spot for Barker, who has portrayed Jefferson in everything from local productions of 1776 to supermarket openings for some 15 years. He relishes his role more than ever, he says, but doesn't forget it's only showbiz. "I look up all the time," he says, rolling his eyes heavenward, "and say, 'I beg your pardon.' "
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PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive became an instant YouTube sensation on Friday following his duet with comedian Sarah Silverman, as she revealed to her boyfriend, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel: "I'm f---ing Matt Damon."
The line was an instant classic. But for many Kimmel fans, the video was just the latest salvo in the long-running "feud" between Damon and Kimmel. It all started during the third season of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, when the host made a tradition of closing out episodes with, "Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time," even though the actor was never scheduled to come on the show.
The joke continued in September 2006 when Damon finally appeared as a guest. (See the clip.) After a segment which explained the gag – and a lengthy introduction by Kimmel – Damon sat down, only to have the host cut him off and end the show. As planned, the actor unleashed a flurry of curse words on Kimmel and proceeded to storm off the set. His performance was so believable, many fans thought he was truly upset.
The gag continued into 2007, employing Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo – once while interviewing Damon on the red carpet at the Oceans 13 premiere, and again when the show premiered the "unofficial" trailer for Damon's film, The Bourne Ultimatum.
'His Turn to Get Jimmy'Producers at Kimmel approached Damon this past October to appear on the show for the host's 40th birthday celebration but he opted to keep the joke running.
As for creating the video, "I don't even think he thought twice about it," his rep tells PEOPLE. "He just said, 'I'll do it.'"
Damon shot the video with Silverman at the end of October in Miami. "He had so much fun," his rep adds. "It was his turn to get Jimmy."


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Colombia denies registry of the 'Escobar' trademark to family members
Colombia's government has refused registration as a trademark of the full name "Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria" the country most notorious narcotics criminal. According to local news in Bogotá the application was filed by Maria Isabel Santos Cabalerro, Juana Manuela Marroquín Santos and Juan Sebastian Marroquín Santos, Escobar's widow and children respectively who changed their names after settling in Argentina in the late 1990.
The three had requested the international recognition of the trademark for the purposes of education, training and recreation.
The Commission of Industry and Commerce refused to register a trademark which bears the name of 'the most notorious drug lord in Colombia's history', adding it would be immoral and subvert public order'. It said the name Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria is associated with a dark period of violence in Colombia that claimed thousands of lives as he fought extradition to the United States.
The applicants alleged that the trademark "sought to convey messages that invite reflection of humanity, hoping to generate a moral awareness".
In 2012, Sebastian Marroquín, the son of Escobar, sparked controversy by launching a line of t-shirts and other clothing emblazoned with the identity document of his father, his credit cards and a certificate of criminal record, among other documents.
The T-shirts were part of the "Poder-Poder" collection and commercialized via internet with his trademark "Escobar-Henao" and the main markets were the US, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecador, Spain and Austria.
In an interview in August 2012 in Buenos Aires, the son of Escobar said that his intention was to invite young people to "not repeat" the story of his father.
According to official estimates, Escobar's Medellin cartel perpetrated 4,000 murders throughout the eighties and nineties. The drug lord died in a shootout at the hands of law enforcement officers in December 1993, a year and a half after his escape from a prison he had built for him and his cronies, (with government consent) La Catedral.
It included a covered football pitch and Escobar, a fanatic of soccer, would invite some of the best players of South America to exhibition matches for which they were generously rewarded.


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The latest addition to Buffalo's already rich choral scene is a group of auditioned singers united under the leadership of former Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus director Doreen Rao. They are known as the Buffalo Master Chorale, and Friday, they will be joining forces with the Holy Trinity Lutheran Chancel Choir and the Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus to show the city what they can do.
The concert is called "Land of Hope and Glory: An Evening of Music from the English Choral Tradition." Included will be "Rejoice in the Lamb" by Benjamin Britten, "O Clap Your Hands" by Orlando Gibbons and Edward Elgar's "Coronation Ode" and "Psalm 29: Give Unto the Lord."
The music takes place at 8 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main St., Buffalo. On the organ will be the church's virtuosic organist, James Bigham. Leading the choirs will be John Fleischman Jr., the Buffalo Master Chorale's associate director.
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Every time I read one of the child left behind reports I'm shocked. How this can possibly happen with today's safeguards in place? The most bewildering would be when there is a monitor on the bus. I am not aware of any bus that doesn't have, at a minimum, a child check button located in the rear of the bus. Most busses are equipped with some sort of electronic monitoring, in our case we use the Zonar system. In order to load a student(s) you need to activate the ambers and reds, this arms the system. We have 3 separate checks, 1st when the key is turned off there is a audible alarm, to deactivate you will need to walk to the back of the bus (if there is a monitor, what is he /she doing). 2nd the Zonar system has a child check mode, 3 different sensors must be triggered, again one needs to walk back through the bus. 3rd The post trip check includes a 3 point sensor check again! When I'm back there I'll hang the bus empty sign in the rear window. After all that, we radio base announcing child check complete for bus XXXXX. The last thing we do is "clock out" on Zonar. The question still remains "how can you leave/miss a student"? Before leaving the school grounds we do our mechanical check to assure no passengers remaining, I have found "little ones" asleep! That is why there is a child check requirement.


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Do you agree with this on hatton?
this was from esb's left hook lounge.
Reynaldo I. (Orlando, FL): If you were Ricky Hatton's advisor, what would you advise him to do next?
Vivek W. (ESB): Styles make fights, and don't think for a second that everyone will do to Hatton what Pacquiao did to him. I think Hatton has great potential but it's no secret that many fighters train for months, yet when the bell rings and those hot Vegas lights get to glaring, they forget everything they ever learned and opportunity flies out the window that fast. With Hatton, I think that's his main issue. There was a lot of finger pointing in the Hatton/Mayweather camp, but in reality, Hatton has no one to blame but himself for the loss. Seconds before the fight started you could see Bernard Hopkins giving Hatton specific instructions, quietly telling him and visibly saying "move your head, move your head". Seconds after that, Shane Mosley could be seen in the ring telling him the same thing. Mayweather Sr. could be heard telling him after the first round, "move ya damn head, you should've been doing that from day one"! With some of the best minds in the game surrounding him trying to enforce the same fundamental thing, it still never sank in until the same head Hatton apparently couldn't move was drilled, placing him back first on the deck. Despite never shooting a weapon prior, as a former U.S. Marine I learned that as complex as the M-16 rifle was, a slight windage adjustment could make the difference between me hitting dirt and making my target squirt! Similarly for Hatton, boxing is a complex game, but a few minor tweaks would give him all the tools he'll ever need to win. If he's prepared to make those adjustments and enforce them, go for it! If he can't, it's time to follow Roger Mayweather's advice and hand over his gloves, pour the gasoline, and light 'em up....because there's no reason to continue in the sport! It's that simple.
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I agree with most of it. Not everyone is going to be able to do to Hatton what Pacquiao did. That's what makes Pacquiao the great fighter that he is. Not everyone is going to be able to do what Mayweather did because Floyd is the best.
But Ricky Hatton gets hit flush by a lot of other fighters too. It's because he doesn't move his head. I think that if he could just learn to do a few little subtle things defensively then he'd be able to fight on and win some good fights. But right now it's hard to say if that'll ever happen.
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I heard Mayweather snr was actually hitting Hatton in training because "He left his head there" according to an interview Snr gave way before the fight.
People were telling him to move his head for a reason, Hatton doesnt have a defence so he was suppose to feint or move his head because of the way Manny throw his punches, He didnt have respect for manny's power or size and he pay dearly for it.
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Yea, I think Hatton's main problem is this so called "red mist" that descends when he steps in the ring. It completely clouds his brain and stops him from applying any kind of technique and makes him just go for the kill. Personally, I think Roach got under Hatton's skin before the fight with all the 3rd round KO stuff and the fact that Ricky was seen as such a huge underdog got to him as well. The whole occasion got to him and that "red mist" descended and as a result, everything he trained for got thrown out the window.
I don't know...maybe if he chooses to fight on he should get some sort of psychological treatment for this LOL..
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Infern0, you still abandoned Hatton or has your head cleared a bit after May 2nd?
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Ill support him if he fights but I have no great hopes for him.
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i heard that hatton sparred with cuban prospect lara for pac and was repeatidly being hurt ... just more of a fyi, lara's a great fighter and much bigger than hatton so if its true it dont mean much ...
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He not change hisi fighting style ever, he is too stubborn for that. If he wants to fight on which i believe we will hear what he has to say about that in next week or so, he will need to change the way he fights, he needs to adopt a more defensive approach, until that day there is no point in Ricky fighting on, I hope that he does adjust and then can get back to boxing but until he changes which he won't then there is no chance!
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If you didnt kno pac would destroy hatton you should probably leave the site too. Until ricky stop stumbling forward with both arms extended and patting his gloves together he will keep getting ktfo by world class boxers. He surely wont correct those problems so he will always have a spot on Friday night fights as a tester for up and comers. He would be a hell of a Boxing S.A.T thats about it.
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Hatton is always gonna fight like Hatton no matter what trainer they bring in to try to improve his game..
I think with seen the best of him but theres some marketable fights out there for him still.The likes of Bradley or Witter
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What Pocket Holster for a North American Guardian ???/
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Kahr carrier
January 16, 2003, 10:17 PM
What pocket holster do you prefer for a North American Guardian ?? And why??:)
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Kentucky Rifle
January 17, 2003, 08:19 AM
RJ makes front pocket holsters for Guardians and many other brands, but I prefer the "back pocket model". The reason I like this model is it has an "anti-print" panel that makes it look like just a wallet in your back pocket.
However, the anti-print panel is functional too. When you draw your Guardian, it "spreads" allowing a smooth fast draw. And the biggest plus of all is that the holster ALWAYS stays in your pocket when you pull your gun. So many other pocket holsters come out of your pocket when you draw. (Sometimes, still attached to your gun!) I've got a Hedley back pocket model for my Seecamp too.
Don't forget to order his "pocket spare mag pouch" that he offers with the purchase of a holster. It's inexpensive, plus the pocket lint can't get into your spare mag.
And I know him. He takes the holsters he makes "personally". It has to be perfect, or it doesn't leave his shop.
January 17, 2003, 09:02 AM
Holdster (http://www.angelfire.com/realm/mattgeissal/Holdster.html)
Here's a link to Holdster. Just another option to consider.
January 17, 2003, 10:00 AM
Go over to the armed citizen holster page (http://thearmedcitizen.com/gunpages/holsters.htm), they have a few good references. I personally have one of the Guru convertible pocket holsters (albeit for a Beretta .21A) and have been quite pleased with it.
January 18, 2003, 04:45 PM
Just got R.J. Hedley's back pocket holster in the mail. I was surprised about the quality of it. It is first class, it makes my Alessi look plain. I carry it in my back or front pocket and it draws nice, it stays in the pocket! You can't go wrong with his work. Greg
Kentucky Rifle
January 18, 2003, 06:06 PM
January 18, 2003, 08:15 PM
Sort of going OT, but I just got my first pocket pistol - Kel-Tec P32 - and I've been wondering about the back pocket holsters... Do you sit on the gun? I'm by no means a big guy, but seems to me that the weight of a normal human being resting on the P32 with its aluminum frame and plastic grip/body would not be good. If so, doesn't this limit the usefulness of a pocket holster, if ya can't sit down with it?
Kentucky Rifle
January 20, 2003, 10:26 AM
I was sitting in a coffee shop last weekend when I thought of your posted questions. I had my Guardian in my back pocket. (It's usually the Seecamp, but the Guardian gets out sometimes too.) I realize the P-32 is a little longer, but I also realized that I wasn't exactly sitting on my Guardian. It was kinda behind my "cheek", not under it. I think it may work out the same with a P-32.
You might send RJ an e-mail and just ask him your question. I know he carries a P-32 often. (After all, it's Florida!!) I don't remember if he told me he carries in a back pocket model or not. But, I'd bet he does sometimes. After all, he's GOT all the holsters!
Another thing about RJ. I have great confidence is his products because of one little incident I just now remembered. I had ordered a new holster for something. I received an e-mail from RJ telling me that he had received a shipment of "inferior leather". He refused to make my holster out of "inferior leather". It took about an extra week to get my holster. I wasn't very concerned about the extra week, however RJ WAS! I received an e-mail from him almost every single day containing an apology for the extra wait. That's called "customer service". A whole lot of holster makers would have just made my holster out of the inferior leather. A whole lot of holster makers wouldn't have sent me an e-mail almost every day. Not RJ. He takes the holsters he puts out PERSONALLY. They HAVE to be perfect~~or they don't go out. I know, believe me, I KNOW!
Kahr carrier
January 21, 2003, 08:40 AM
Just looked at Hedleys website Im impressed it looks like he does quality work.:)
January 22, 2003, 01:41 PM
Those look like nice holsters, but I just finished ordering a Don Hume 001 front pocket holster for my Guardian. It ended up costing me about $43.00 with shipping included. I've got several custom holsters for my other pistols, so I'm anxious to see how this one stacks up, it does look good in the photos though, so I'm not too concerned. Don Hume's orders take about a month to complete, but you might also check NAA's website, they have several pocket holsters for sale, they may even have them ready to ship and most of them cost about $50. If I hadn't already placed the order for the Don Hume holster I probably would have ordered their sharkskin holster which is pretty sharp looking.
January 22, 2003, 02:59 PM
You can't beat Hedley. I love the holster he made for my P32.
January 23, 2003, 10:36 AM
Notice that you do not sit ON your wallet, it shifts around to the side. The back pocket holster does the same. And as far as the possible damage to the KT p32, I have a KT, SN 10x, that's three numbers, and it has been sat on for a LONG time.
And if you do manage to damage the little pea shooter, "KT" will fix it!!
Kentucky Rifle
January 23, 2003, 05:30 PM
Plus, his wife told me he has a big butt!:p
January 23, 2003, 05:46 PM
I have a new in the package Jerry Ahearn I want to sell $30 plus shipping.
January 23, 2003, 05:46 PM
I'll get you for that !! : )
January 23, 2003, 08:24 PM
I own 22 holsters made by Ron Graham.
I carry my G380 daily on his rear pocket holster. Its been going on two ears now and no noticable wear.
Ron makes world class gun leather at uncle mike prices. Check him out.
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January 24, 2003, 09:49 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Hic, Hic, Hic...
I WONDERED if you would come back and catch me.:p
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January 31, 2003, 11:06 PM
I have used Ron Graham's Back Pocket Holster for about 8 months. Very well-made and nicely executed. Does everything I expected of it.
However, in the never-ending quest for the perfect holster, I have aquired a Holdster (mentioned above). This thing is NEAT!! It fits my Guardian .380 perfectly. The maker is very fast both in responding to e-mails and delivering his product.
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Despite a pre-sentencing services recommendation that Kilpatrick's bond remain in place, which would have allowed him to remain free until sentencing, federal Judge Nancy Edmunds revoked the bond and sent Kilpatrick to jail.
She's rejected multiple requests for release and Kilpatrick has now appealed his conviction and bond revocation to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The latest brief filed by Kilpatrick attorney Harold Z. Gurewitz cites a lack of ice and proper exercise equipment as reasons the court should overturn Edmunds' ruling.
Kilpatrick injured his knee while entering a U.S. Marshal van on the day of his conviction and claimed he wasn't being treated in prison.
"I thank you for ordering basically the facility to take me to the doctor and get an MRI," Kilpatrick said to Edmunds during a May 23 court appearance. "I have two torn quadriceps, a torn tendon. They're going to drill inside of my knee cap. I'm terrified, by the way... I'm terrified of rehabilitating in that detention center."
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LISBON - Judy Kay McGown, 69 of Glasgow Rd., Lisbon went home to be with the Lord on June 29, 2012 at her home in the presence of her loving family following a brief illness.
Judy was born to the late Nolan Arlist Stringer and Mabel Cline Stringer on November 10, 1942 in Parkersburg, WV.
A homemaker and Methodist by faith, Judy graduated from Parkersburg High School.
Judy was an expert gardener and she loved to read and collect beautiful things. Judy's competitive spirit could be seen when playing games with her family which she loved and adored.
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