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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Sultry Fall FOTN
This is a look I wore about two weeks ago. It's actually an entry I did for Anne of Yummy Bitez's fall contest but I forgot to enter, lol. I wanted to go for a fall look that's pretty dramatic. I used this look for a fashion show that I did two weekends ago. It's pretty much a dark eye and dark lip--a popular trend for the fall. I'm obsessed with the Cult of Cherry lipcolors! I took the pictures with my crappy digital camera in the bathroom so the quality is a little off. It took about 10 shots of blurriness and overexposure to capture the 3 below!
The pics are kinda dark but you can click the pic to enlarge it to gigantic size, lol, if you want to see it better. Ignore my regular lashes poking through, I was too lazy to curl them.
Here's What I Used (All MAC unless otherwise specified):
-Temptu concealer wheel
-select moisture concealer in NW35
-mineralized satinfinish foundation in NC42
-definitive sculpting powder
-msf light flush
-true romantic beauty powder blush
-rimmel professional brow pencil in dark brown
-cork e/s (brows)
-bare study paint pot
-shore leave e/s (highlight)
-contrast e/s (lid)
-MUFE no. 92 e/s (crease)
-smolder kohl
-Model Co lashes
-mahogany lip pencil
-bing matteen
-jampacked lipglass
random vacant stare...
15 comments:
- jeSmakeup said...
lol ur so funny! u forgot to enter.... but its a nice sultry fall look :) im def. feeling that purple and u look GREAT!! as always... xoxo
- October 2, 2008 at 9:56 AM
- Jaimie @ Just Kiss 'N Makeup said...
So pretty! im loving all these fall colors. Aw you didn't do your 'p 2, a-town down' picture. its become your staple, girlie =).Wasn't it chilly this morning? I was so excited I got to wear my trenchcoat and scargf!
- October 2, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- audgepodge said...
Oh, too bad you forgot to enter - I love this look! You totally would have won :)
- October 2, 2008 at 10:05 AM
- rmcandlelight said...
Very beautiful.
- October 2, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Le Midget said...
This would have surely won. I love it!
- October 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Monique said...
You look bomb! Very very sexy look. I already have Contrast (So mad I JUST noticed that, need to reorganize). I need to order that MUFE purple ASAP. HOTNESS!
- October 2, 2008 at 12:16 PM
- Kimberly Ryborz said...
Fabulous as always -- I love your youtube videos!!
- October 2, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- Nic Nic said...
very sultry n beautiful!
- October 2, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- Christiana Divine @ Memoirs of A Shopping Addict said...
i love this look on you! freakn' hot! the eyeshadow color is rawr... awesome work as usual sis. :)
- October 2, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- yummy411 said...
you are too funny.. random blank stare hahaha... this look is all about the lips and i want fall sultry lips like that.. why didn't i get jampacked while i could?!?!
- October 2, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- Rocketqueen said...
WOW! You rock the CoC lippies! Goorgeous!!
- October 3, 2008 at 12:55 AM
- mayaari said...
another awesome purple eye - love the dark lip as well :) this would be a great look for going out at night or something
- October 3, 2008 at 1:41 AM
- Bonnie said...
Definately lovin' the sultry look on you!
- October 5, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- MISS M.A.C. said...
very nice choice of color ren! I SAW YOUR VIDEO ON CONCEALING DARK CIRCLES. Im new to blogspot so if you wouldnt mind showing me a few things that would be nice, perhaps we could share ideas lol...im at www.MACittude.blogspot.com. I also just started a brand new group on google, the link is on my page already, so if you would like to join just click on the link and you should be good to go after that. I hope to hear from ya soon!
- October 6, 2008 at 1:12 AM
- LadyJane said...
Nice lips!
- October 7, 2008 at 2:02 PM


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The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Opening Remarks
Mr. Klaus Töpfer
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United Nations Environment Programme
Madam Chairperson, Mr. Minister, Madam Assistant Director-General of the FAO, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen.
1. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee of the Rotterdam Convention. You have a great deal to accomplish this week in Bonn, and I am sure you will find the working conditions here in Germany's former parliamentary chamber most suitable to your needs. I would like to begin my remarks by expressing my appreciation to the Government of Germany for hosting us in this elegant conference center that I remember so well from my days as a German minister.
2. My thanks also go to the governments of Canada, Germany, Italy, Madagascar, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States for their financial support to this Convention since your last INC.
3. The Rotterdam Convention is a vital part of the international toolkit for protecting human health and the natural environment from the harmful effects of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. We need to keep it operating efficiently and at full strength at all times. In this way we can ensure that the Convention continues to function as the first line of defense against chemicals hazards.
4. Your commitment to achieving this is reflected in this week's heavy work load. Your agenda focuses on ensuring that the interim prior informed consent procedure continues to work smoothly. You will also be preparing for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties. As you work on these crucial matters, I believe it is vitally important that you bear in mind three key challenges facing the Convention - challenges you may wish to consider as "themes" for your work this week.
5. The first challenge is promoting ratification so that the Rotterdam Convention enters into force at the earliest opportunity. The second challenge is ensuring that all countries have the technical and financial capacity to implement the Convention's very demanding procedures. This support is essential for raising awareness, promoting compliance, encouraging ratification and building a broad-based membership for the Convention. The third challenge is finding ways of measuring the Convention's effectiveness over time in order to track its progress and demonstrate to people around the world that Rotterdam is making a difference to their lives.
6. Meeting the challenge of ratification is absolutely essential. Four years have passed since your Convention was adopted in Rotterdam, and you still do not have the 50 ratifications needed for entry into force. As of last week, the Convention had been ratified by 33 States, compared with 16 at the time of your previous INC one year ago. This is good news, and means that, after a slow start, your membership has more than doubled in just one year. I note that two workshops on this Convention were organized earlier this year, one in Jamaica for English-speaking countries in the Latin American region, and the other in Senegal for Francophone countries in the African region. These workshops, I believe, played a role in encouraging countries in the target regions to move ahead with ratification, and I am pleased to note that workshops are already scheduled in Iran, for West Asian countries, and in Ukraine, for Central and Eastern European countries, later this year.
7. While I celebrate the gathering momentum towards entry into force, I must also remind Governments that have not been taking steps towards ratification that they risk not being a Party at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties - a conference that will take a number of important decisions. I therefore urge these Governments to move quickly so that the Conference of the Parties can hold its first session on the basis of widespread and representative participation. For those Governments that have questions or that need support in overcoming barriers to early ratification, your Secretariat remains a resource that you can call upon.
8. A final word on this issue: You will have noted that the Plan of Implementation adopted a few weeks ago by the World Summit on Sustainable Development devoted a good bit of attention to hazardous chemicals. A key message from Johannesburg was that the Rotterdam Convention should enter into force by 2003. Let us then work together to speed up the ratification process so that we can offer the world the benefits of a legally binding PIC procedure in the very near future.
9. The second key challenge facing the Convention is capacity building. The mandatory PIC procedure will only function smoothly if all Parties are able to comply with its requirements. When the Convention enters into force, Article 16 on technical assistance will become operational and actively promote the flow of support to developing countries. But there is no need for a "cold start" to your work on technical assistance. I recall that already at your Conference of Plenipotentiaries in September 1998, the African Group spoke very eloquently of their need for greater capacity building and technical assistance. Concern about capacity is no doubt slowing ratification in some countries. As you discuss this vital issue during the week, you may consider how to move forward with a "technical assistance strategy" that could strengthen assistance during the interim period and then get the Conference of Parties off to a fast start. This strategy might be used to promote ratification, access to additional technical support, and the launching of training workshops in those regions that have not yet benefited from such events.
10. The third broad challenge ahead of you is how to measure and review the Convention's effectiveness. What kinds of performance indicators would do the job best? For example, I would suggest that better monitoring of poisoning incidents around the world would offer very compelling feedback on your work - and provide the kind of information that would be of interest to the general public as well. Certainly, the world's citizens will deem the Rotterdam Convention a success if it leads to fewer incidents of pesticide poisoning, to fewer chemicals accidents, and to a reduction in abandoned stockpiles.
11. Another important, if more technical, performance indicator would surely be the rate of compliance with the PIC reporting procedures. Unfortunately, your compliance numbers are currently not very good, and this problem of late- and non-reporting needs to be urgently addressed. Other data that Parties and the Secretariat could generate as performance indicators include import responses, the number of export notifications sent, and trade volumes. All these data could help track the growing impact of the binding PIC system.
12. Ladies and Gentlemen, I urge you to keep these broad themes in mind as you tackle your Programme of Work this week. Your agenda ranges broadly. In addition to the essential procedural and implementation matters that you will address, I take special note that the Interim Chemical Review Committee has recommended the first new candidate for addition to the PIC list. The listing of the highly toxic pesticide monocrotophos would expand the PIC list to 32. This review process is fundamental and a sure sign that your Convention is functioning as you intended it to. I congratulate all of the expert members of the Review Committee being confirmed here in Bonn, and I applaud their vital contribution to the Convention.
13. Finally, let me conclude with a word about how the Rotterdam Convention fits into the broader picture of environmental protection. Your Convention is a crucial complement to the Basel and Stockholm Conventions. The three conventions work closely together to promote the sound management of chemicals and pesticides throughout their life cycles. Further contributions come from the programmes and activities of the Food and Agricultural Organization, whose partnership with UNEP is, I believe, a major strength for this Convention. The programmes of UNITAR, the OECD and other members of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals, or "IOMC", also contribute. Implemented cooperatively, these conventions and programmes can provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to chemical hazards.
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CARLSBAD — Junior left-hander Caleb Prentiss got plenty of support from his teammates Friday night. He didn't need much.
Prentiss tossed a six-inning perfect game as Carlsbad beat Clovis High 10-0 in the first game of a District 4-5A baseball doubleheader. The Cavemen also won the nightcap 14-1, clinching the district title.
Clovis (8-16, 1-5 district) managed seven hits in Game 2, but didn't score until Jordan Holguin's single plated Brody Edwards in the top of the fifth. That game was called after 4 1/2 innings because of the 10-run rule.
Wildcats coach Shane Leatherwood said a fly ball was misplayed into a double in a two-run first in the opener, and helped get the Cavemen (21-4, 6-2) off to a fast start.
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The Columbus Dispatch - November 09, 2012 06:48 AM
Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green may have given the New York Giants some bulletin board material this week. In an interview New York's WFAN, Green told Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton "I feel like they've got a lot of holes in their defense."
Not that Giants coach Tom Coughlin wouldn't agree with him. Coughlin called his defense "soft" following New York's 24-20 loss to Pittsburgh.
"It was soft. It was soft, no question," Coughlin said. "It was soft early. … We got mushed a little bit up front. Their big bodies knocked us back."
Green did add praise for the Giants' defensive line, led by Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul.
"Their front four, they get so much pressure on the quarterback," he said. "A lot of people don't have that much time to get the big plays on them."
This might be a good time for the Bengals to watch what they say. They have lost four in a row.
Having Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for the post-season is putting the Big Ten's streak of having had at least six bowl teams every season since 1998 in jeopardy. With three weeks left in the regular season, four of the leagues teams have already clinched bowl eligibility with six wins – Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan and Northwestern. Michigan State and Minnesota each need one more and they play each other on Nov. 24, so one of them will definitely get there.
The Gophers also play last place Illinois this week, and Nebraska on Nov. 17. The Spartans have a bye this week and play Northwestern on Nov. 17.
Iowa needs two more wins and has game against Michigan and Nebraska. Purdue has to beat Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. Indiana needs two more wins and has games against Wisconsin, Penn State and Purdue.
Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe obviously believes he will make a full recovery from the knee surgery he had after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last Nov. 27 against Dayton.
A few days after had four points, three rebounds and two steals in first game in nearly a year, an 81-56 exhibition win over Minnesota State Mankato, the 6-foot-8 former All-Big Ten star tweeted that he would pay back his scholarship if the Gophers didn't make the NCAA tournament this year.
On his Twitter account, Mbakwe (@TMbakwe32) wrote: "I love my teammates. They have always been there for me. If we don't make the tourney ill pay back this years scholarship."
Then he added: "That's how much I believe in this years team," and "Some ppl say I'm cocky but that's not the case I just know how hard my teammate have worked and I believe in them and our coach #easychoice."
There were lots of empty seats in the Michigan State student section for the Spartans' game against Nebraska last week, which lit a fire under MSU basketball coach Tom Izzo off this week.
"I don't want to hear about it being too cold," Izzo said. "If it is, we've got a bunch of wimpy students, you know? I love our students. I think students have got to hold students accountable. We ain't putting this on [athletic director Mark] Hollis, and definitely not [Mark] Dantonio. We've got to self-evaluate."
Izzo didn't buy that the theory that the students stayed away because of the Spartans' disappointing 5-5 record.
"I can't figure it out, but hopefully, in both sports we'll try to get to the bottom of it because there's got to be some reason," Izzo said. "It disappoints me for Mark because I think he's earned the right, and I do think it is a right. You can tell me about the ticket prices. You can tell me all that. Baloney, because the tickets are sold. It's not about the ticket prices. It's about passion and enthusiasm."


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will conduct Digital Town Hall of the Americas, a live web-based discussion, from the Dominican Republic on Friday, April 17, 2009, in anticipation of the Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held April 17-19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The event will provide an opportunity for Secretary Clinton to launch a conversation with citizens from across the Western Hemisphere to discuss the Summit's themes of securing our citizens' future by promoting human prosperity, energy security and environmental sustainability, as well as the situation in Haiti, where she will visit and attend meetings on Thursday, April 16.
Digital Town Hall of the Americas will be streamed live on the Department of State's Social Media Hub for the Fifth Summit of Americas (http://townhall.howcast.com/), powered by Howcast. Content will also be featured on Ustream, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Orkut, and Hi-5. Secretary Clinton will answer questions submitted through these sites prior to the event as well as from the local Dominican audience in attendance. Please refer to the above web site for further detail on the Digital Town Hall of the Americas as it becomes available, including confirmed time and venue.
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Adding background and perspective to the discussion that will take place between the region's 34 democratically-elected leaders, the site will feature videos on the following topics: "What is the Summit of the Americas?" "How do I benefit from the Summit of the Americas?" "How are we connected in the Americas?" And, "How can I participate in meeting the Summit of the Americas goals?" The Hub will continue as an information resource after the Summit, providing community forums on topics of interest for the hemisphere and serving as a repository for all documents related to U.S. Summit participation.
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This is the question I submitted: Could the Summit design a Students Without Borders project -- intra-Americas teams of college students who together search each others countries for Best Practices? (Best Education Practices; Best Energy Practices; Best Volunteer Practices, etc.)
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Will this adminisration be bold enough take significant steps to normaliz relations with Cuba without fear of the domestic political repercussions from certain domestic lobby groups?
Julie in Illinois writes:
This is a great idea, as long as you listen to people, which I don't yet see happening. In Chicago, we have town hall meetings with the Cook County Board who listen to the people and then, against their overwhelming desires, does whatever it wants. I attended one, it was a farce, and I told them so. They didn't disagree that they were giving the "little people" the impression they had input.
A facade of democracy.
In the president's townhall meeting, over 7,000 people wanted to know why marijuana couldn't be legalized. Though that was the number one question, voted on by the most people, who were all in favor of it, it was the one question that got a flippant answer instead of a thoughtful response.
I support Obama, but I remember the 911 commission finding that the government engaged in group think. The government is still engaged in group think as evidenced by the War on Drugs response to the Mexican drug cartels.
As for Hugo Chavez, he doesn't have to support our policies, he's not a colony of the United States. He has done what's best for HIS people, as he should.
Unlike Nigeria, who, since they have become a "democracy", has also become the 4th largest oil exporter in the world, yet the PEOPLE's lives have not only not benefited from this wealth, it has deteriorated. Their life expectancy dropped (45 years old), their access to clean water has dropped, the death rate of children under 5 has increased, yet we commend them for their progress.
It's time the United States stopped subverting the idea of democracy, which at this point means, electing a government that will let our companies exploit their resources to the detriment of the people of the country.
Chavez stopped that, he should be commended not condemned.
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I will like to Invite Secretary Clinton to come to Panama to share with me a technological innovation for education in low income persons for Panama.
Best of Progress at the summit!
Jorge L. in Panama writes:
I will like to Invite Secretary Clinton to come to Panama to share with me a technological innovation for education in low income persons for Panama.
By the time this arrives the live broadcast should be over but this invitation stands, the team should already know who I am.
The broadcast was choppy and was cut off here in Panama
Best of progress at the summit!
Josefina in New York writes:
Please note that what is happening in Mexico -- corruption, drug and crime is also happening in Dominican Republic -- at a lower scale. This must be stopped before the fear, derived from the extortion and gun fire crimes, blocks justice and interrupts the development of a democratic government.
I know that you love my country and I hope that you understand that behind the blue sky and balmy wind and its warmest hospitality the drug lords and gangs, if not stopped, are going to stop our progress.
Good luck in all your assignments; I value you and know that "yes you can" -- as our president says.
Ilia in Puerto Rico writes:
The politics of Haitian inexperienced leaders have been complex that they had consistently failed to resolve. Is there is to be prosperity and progress they must govern effectively without corruption nor rigged elections. Their leaders should be honest and capable to deliver their promises.
Secretary Clinton is there credibility that Haitian government will be honest?
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Small gains for New Ulm under proposed LGA revision
MINNESOTA – New Ulm is among several cities poised to benefit under a new Minnesota House bill revising the complex, confusing formulas of Local Government Aid.
The bill proposes reworking the LGA calculation formula into small, medium and large city categories, as opposed to just big or small cities under current law, and to have only one through three factors to calculate a city's need, compared to numerous factors under current law. It proposes to address the criticism from cities with high reliance on LGA for their budgets. Those cities say current law does not keep up with inflation, is too complex and has been underfunded for years.
The bill proposes
Rep. Ben Lien (DFL-Moorhead) introduced the bill Monday, along with numerous co-authors that including Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) and Rep. Clark Johnson (DFL-N. Mankato).
The biggest change is the added factor of calculating for unmet needs. Cities with higher needs that do not have unmet needs covered by LGA will have a formula calculate a small portion of that need to be added to their LGA allocation. This is intended to factor in cities with weak tax bases that need to improve their budgets while simultaneously keeping funds from accidently being filtered to larger cities that do not need more monies.
Another important factor is that total appropriations for LGA being reorganized to adjust based on inflation, similar to how LGA total funding operated from 1994 to 2003.
Calculations for population decline factors will now be based on peak populations since 1970. The modification is supposed to address the additional need some cities have from building infrastructure during their peak, but not necessarily dropping the infrastructure during population decline.
Fixing LGA
The bill's goal is to make LGA more responsive and customized, while making the payments consistent so cities can plan future budgets.
It was drawn up through collaboration of metro cities and several Greater Minnesota organizations in response to Gov. Mark Dayton's initial plan to overhaul LGA while increasing LGA funding by $80 million in his budget proposal. His proposal, based on suggestions of a 15-mayor panel from mostly larger Minnesota cities, had planned to increase LGA funding for all cities in 2014. It was met with criticism from rural cities because it eventually dropped the LGA allocation back down to current or lower levels by 2018.
Dayton responded by allowing the Greater Minnesota organizations to draw up their own proposal to make a fair LGA distribution formula.
The new formula is intended to allow general increases in the total amount of LGA funding allocated result directly in all cities getting increased funding. Current laws have a variety of calculation factors that occasionally result in random cities getting no increase when overall funding is increased.
New Ulm poised to gain
The City of New Ulm is poised to receive a modest LGA increase that will be followed by slow, small increases over the subsequent year.
City Manager Brian Gramentz said the City still approves of the proposal, even if it was hoping for more funding to offset years of cuts.
"The key is it makes our funding stable," said Gramentz, "Staying flat is always better than going down."
New Ulm received $4.1 million in LGA for 2013. Current law has that figure set to decline to $3.9 million by 2018 or later. Dayton's proposal would have bumped New Ulm up to $4.5 million in 2014, but eventually dropped it down to the even lower $3.9 million in 2018 or later.
The new LGA bill would increase New Ulm funding by about $100,000 to $4.2 million in 2014 and continue with very small increases in the subsequent years.
Gramentz said the increases would be small enough they would effectively be unnoticeable in the years they occur, but would eventually add up to a net gain over several years. He said New Ulm would also be better poised for a better share of any LGA increase in the future, since the new formula factors in houses built before 1940 and houses built between 1970 and 1940. He said New Ulm has more than double the state average for houses in these categories, allowing it a potentially higher distribution of funding increase in the future.
The bill is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday in the House Property Tax Division committee.
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Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul. To all of our family and friends who came together to organize the benefit and celebration of Pete Schnell's life. You are astounding in pulling together with your teamwork. A hug thank you to the numerous businesses that donated items. Thank you to Jerry Ose, auctioneer, Lon Hensley for the music and sound system, to Windsor Manor for graciously donating towards the meal and advertisement and to Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for matching funds.
To our loving family and friends and Faith Methodist church family, your donations and many hand-crafted items were appreciated.
Where would be be in life without faith, family and friends. To all of you, I am truly overwhelmed and grateful.
I know without a doubt that Pete is so very honored for all the love, support and friendship you have given to my family and I. For this we are truly humbled and bless to have each and every one of you in our lives.
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About the Author: Arturo A. Valenzuela serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
The expression "building bridges" is a poetic way of describing the work of diplomats: creating durable connections with other cultures and governments to ensure good communication, facilitate exchange, and span gaps. And then there is the diplomatic work involved in literally building a physical bridge.
On January 11, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, and other officials inaugurated the first new U.S.-Mexico border crossing in 10 years. The Anzalduas International Bridge connects Reynosa, Tamaulipas, with McAllen and Mission, Texas, in the fast-growing Rio Grande Valley.
The creation and operation of an international border crossing involves many agencies in both countries, from customs to environmental protection to highway engineering. The Department of State plays a key role in ensuring effective binational coordination. We can all envision what might happen if, through failure to communicate well, we did not actually meet in the middle.
Beyond its basic role as a link between governments, the Department of State works to expand and modernize border crossings because of their importance to the U.S. economy. Mexico is one of the world's biggest buyers of U.S. goods and services, and the total U.S.-Mexico trade amounts to more than $1 billion each day. The benefits of U.S.-Mexico trade spread widely across both countries. In fact, 22 U.S. states have Mexico as their first- or second-largest export partner. Most of those exports cross the border in cars, trucks, and trains, so new bridges mean greater capacity, more sales, and greater efficiency.
As Ambassador Kirk said at the inauguration ceremony, "[T]his bridge represents the most fundamental kind of trade: people-to-people transactions. I'm talking about Mexican and American families crossing the river to shop, to visit, to provide a service, or to get a meal -- to literally get a taste of the other side. These are the daily transactions that tie us together."
Anzalduas Bridge and its customs inspection facility incorporate the latest in design and technology to promote safety and efficiency. A modern facility like this enhances trade and security simultaneously. Anzalduas is the first crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border to achieve LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for comprehensive use of sustainable design and technology. Recycled, reused, and locally available materials were used during construction.
The U.S. and Mexican governments are working together to modernize and expand border crossings up and down the 2,000 mile border. A new border crossing will open in San Luis, Arizona, before summer, and another bridge in Hidalgo County, Texas, is on schedule to open later in 2010. The two countries are beginning work on a massive renovation of the San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, which is known as the busiest land border crossing in the world. The United States is also dedicating $200 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus package to expand the Nogales-Mariposa crossing in Arizona.
All these efforts aim to ensure that U.S. border crossings are as welcoming and efficient as they are secure.
Stay tuned @WHAAsstSecty.
Patrick M. in Maryland writes:
Hello, Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela
I hope this bridge helps with the traffic problems,and waiting inline to cross on some of the other bridge crossings.
New roads and bridges are always welcome. :)
...C..Ya..Arturo , Thanks for Posting...
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Its all about chasing shadows.
By that I mean latching on to this or that latest, most innovative idea that some self styled money making guru has put out in the hope it'll go viral and make them a lot of money off the backs of all the headless chickens who will follow them blindly down a blind alley. It's a shame but a truism nonetheless that people will follow where someone they see as an expert leads. Even if they lead them to certain disaster, which is what most of the gurus tend to do to their flocks.
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I was in this chatroom last night and i was talking about it. I rediscovered Tori Amos a few days ago..and..Id really like to share this story, if i may.
I started listening to Tori when i was getting over a very bad breakup from a romantic relationship that couldve been but never was. To really understand how i got to Tori and admired her, let me start by saying i'm a hardcore Beatlesfan (band & solo). I think if it werent for the events that took place in 1990 & 1991, i probely wouldve never appreciated Tori, as i do now. While I was going to the collage to get my diploma, I met a woman who's name was Anne and was 1 year and a half older than me. we started to hit it off. However i couldnt drive because of my eyes, so i could't really take her out on a date. But we would see each other at the collage and talk on the phone. This was the 1ST (and only)time ANY woman took an interest in me. I called her sometimes but she even called me alot and that NEVER happened before or since. At that time i was her only friend because she couldn't really go out much with no car available. Her mom picked her up one day and her mom took one look at me and told her NOT ever go out with me. She explained that it was her mom's "intuition", At the same time she wasnt getting on too well with her mom. the only way we could see each other was she would pick me up at the collage. She was a HUGE femimnist. She didnt believe that a woman should take care of the home barefoot & pregnant while the man went out and worked. And I thought "Hey, this could work well for me, with my "problem" or whatever it is, she could earn enough money and I would still have my Social Security. For the 1ST time I felt like i had it made. This girl really liked me and i didnt need no help from NOONE. When the Lubys tragedy happened, she said her & her mom almost went to Lubys that day in fact they were at the door when they changed thier minds and went somewhere else. (A guy drove his truck though the glass doors and shot & killed 23 people including himself.) When it happened she felt very afraid she said she wouldve been in the line at the time he came in. When she came to the collage and we went to the park she acted like she wanted to be more than friends. (Later she just said at the time she just felt "vulnerable" ) HOWEVER.....
When her mom found out, she didnt get mad, she got even. Anne's parents took her out to a social gathering of some sort and they introduced her to a man. Her and her mom was now gettin along. and her and the man started dating, then after a while she finelly said that our relationship was wrong, though fun, but wanted to end it, and said that she was only "humouring" me, ("give the baby his bottle" was the term she used) even though still shaken about the Lubys thing. I was VERY hurt and panicked, because in the back of my mind, I knew if the relationship did end, I would end up where im at now. living at home with my mom unable to get a job and be independant.. I went totally belistic and strange. when we met up the next time i wouldnt let her go, I sorta wanted to arouse the feeling we had on that day at the park. (just for the record, we NEVER had sex , im still a virgin to this day, in fact as i remember now when i kissed her she sorta resisted.) She sorta allowed it because from what she said later, she knew that this would be the only romantic experience Ill ever have. But she finelly said "no". She also hinted that she was seeing me out of rebelion against her mom. I'd rather have had she hate my guts than to have her as a casual aqaintence, knowing full well if hadn't been for her mother's prejudices, I would've had her (I don't think I would've still had her now, looking back on it) So i did everything i could to make her hate me like ringing her phone then hanging up and other stuff i wont get into. For the next 2 years I would mumble and say to God "Its not fair!!, ITS NOT RIGHT!!!, This wasnt supposed 2 happen!"
But one night, i was crying, channelsurfing, and i ran into a world premier video of Tori Amos: "Silent All These Years". For some reason, still unknown to me to this day, i felt a strange calm, like someone was watching me, understanding me, but at the same time, giving me loving but firm talking to. I'm a Christian, and i believe at that moment God was using Tori. I bought the "Little Earthquakes" CD and it just seemed all came together for me. Whenever i started getting mopy about Anne, i just flip on the disc, and it would go away. But a while later it began to have the oppisette effect. like i was growing emotional immune to it. Then later on i pawned it. now i wish i hadnt.
Now i live in Cozumel, Mexico with my mom. My entire family who dont even get along with eachother has drilled in my head, if i ever tried to make it on my own, i would be dead in a month. I may be 39 physicly, but i only have the life experiance of a 13 year old. That little "fling" or what ever you wanna call it, was the only romantic experiance i ever had. Women looked me and see a child.
I forgot what Tori's music did for me until today, When i listened and downloaded 4 of her songs off "Little Earthquakes": "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "Happy Phantom" and the title track. (ans yes, its all legal & paid for) and i cried when i heard "Silent All These Years" again. I got that same soothing feeling from it, when first heard it back in 1992.
Anyrate, try not to judge me too harsh.


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Skip to comments.Inspectors find dirt on books at Southern Calif. carwashes
Posted on 03/21/2008 1:52:42 PM PDT by World_Events
A team of state inspectors strode into the Blue Wave Car Wash in West Los Angeles, past latte-sipping customers in electric massage chairs and into the gritty carwash tunnel.
"¿Cuánto gana usted?" the inspectors asked worker after worker, about 20 of them, most Latino immigrants. How much do you make? Each carwashero responded that he earned minimum wage or more -- just as the owner of the Blue Wave, one of the region's busiest carwashes, had told the inspectors.
Looking over payroll records, however, the regulators became suspicious. Employees who said they were full time were listed as working just 10 or 15 hours a week.
Inspector Martha Mendoza ushered Juan Cruz Santiago, a small man with salt-and-pepper hair, away from the others. During gentle questioning under a ficus tree, he admitted that most days, he and his 66-year-old father worked for tips only. So did nearly half the other employees, he said. It had been that way for at least six years.
"It's bad," the 41-year-old Oaxacan immigrant whispered to Mendoza, his eyes darting nervously toward his boss' office. "Other carwashes are the same, no?"
Many are. A Times investigation has found that hand carwashes, automotive beauty shops patronized by tens of thousands of Southern California motorists every day, often brazenly violate basic labor and immigration laws, with little risk of penalty.
Half or more of carwash owners flout the minimum-wage law, estimated David Dorame, the longtime lead investigator for low-wage industries at California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
Despite many undocumented workers' reluctance to complain to authorities, employees at a fifth of Southern California's carwashes in the last five years have formally accused owners of illegally underpaying them, The Times found.
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Gee, I wonder how they pay for their food, housing, healthcare and education for their kids? /s
Why, these poor, poor, people! How cruel! I can't bear it, so I'm going to offer the solution to their misery. Arrest them and deport them. Then fine the employers so heavily that it becomes worth their while to hire legal immigrants and U.S. citizens.
Slavery is alive and well, I see. Only difference between now and "then" is that "then", the slaveowners paid their servants' living expenses themselves; today's slavemasters dump the expense onto their neighbors.
Illegal immigration does exploit the illegal immigrants.
So the crime cuts both ways..it also exploits american workers who get lower wages and pay the taxes to support the illegals. It is a loss for everyone..except the employers.
Thats a problem?
Tell you what I worked as a limousine driver and also worked as a valet at a casino. I cant tell you how many times a customer from a wedding, bachelor party, bachelorette party, prom gig, or other, gave me a $150 tip or more.
Thats way more than I made hourly (even at minimum wage) working for the company.
On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips werent uncommon (though it didnt happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.
That beats the S out of minimum wage.
Time to get the government out of private employment issues. That includes establishing a minimum wage. If they want to control egress and ingress WRT other nationalities, do it. Otherwise step back or cry in your beer when businesses flee to countries that dont try to hamstring employers and have them do the federal governments work on their behalf for free particularly when theyre paying top-dollar for the privilege.
Thats how thats going to work. Just watch.
"Carwashero" is taking Spanglish just a wee bit too far.
There were few English speaking people around. I doubt they were paid better then.
Until enforcement of immigration and employment laws becomes a credible deterrent to cheating, employers will continue to depend on illegal labor.
Tough working for tips. Maybe they should find work at home.
oooo... you might not ever get rich
but tell you it's better digging a ditch
there aint no telling who you might meet
a moviestar or maybe even a pennyache
working at the carwash
working at the carwash yeeh
come on and sing it with me
sing it with the feeling now
carwash yeah
come some of the work gets kind of hard
this aint no place to be if you planned on being a star
let me tell you it's always cool
and the boss dont mind somethimes if you act a fool
At the carwash wooh
talking about the carwash yeah
come on y'all and sing it for me
car wash woh
car wash yeah
work and work
well those cars never seem to stop coming
work, and work
keep those waggons and machines coming
work and work my fingers to the bone
work and work
keep up, i can't wait till it's time to go home
hey, get your car washed today
be in our band, you don't have to pay
come on and give us a play.
get it washed right away
At the carwash
talking about the carwash yeah
come on y'all and sing it for me
car wash woh
car wash yeah
those cars never seem to stop coming
keeps those rags and machines coming
let me tell you it's always cool,
and the boss don't mind sometimes if you, act the fool
On three occasions at the casino some guy flipped me a $500 chip. $100 chips werent uncommon (though it didnt happen every day) and $50 or $20 chips were pretty routine.Yea those car wash guys are knocking 'em dead with all those $500-$100-$150-$50 tips thrown at them...Isn't that what everyone tips at the Car wash?...Just like everyone at the casinos.
just doing the jobs Americans won't do....for slave wages...
Your Las Vegas life story is irrelevant.
If you read the article you'll find they are supposed to be paid minimum wage under California law. This law was circumvented
Only question left— is the employer American or a legal Hispanic immigrant-——>>>>>
"Many of the business owners are legal immigrants from Asia and the Middle East. Kevin Kish, an attorney with Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a nonprofit agency that provides low-wage workers free legal help, said the new owners often brought from their homelands a cavalier attitude toward the law and a tendency to treat workers almost"
Just as soon as the government(ie taxpayer) gets out of the 'subsidizing' health care & educational benefits for illegal aliens.
"...accused owners of illegally underpaying them.."
Is this worse than ILLEGALLY EMPLOYING THEM?
Is this worse than their BEING HERE ILLEGALLY in the first place?
Just which illegal activity are we supposed to be outraged by?
Business owners like these carwashes are the ones who pretend to care about these illegal aliens. They will exploit anyone they can.
Build the @&*! fence!
they make it sound like the Gulag.
Caring for a car wash is:
Repairs.....unless they are too technical and we need outside help
Sweeping and garbage
Topping off soaps and waxes etc
Revenue sorting
Vending top off
Resets on machines
and dealing with happy or unhappy customers
It's not truly hard physical work except rarely and for brief duration but it can be tedious and customers can be such fun.
Sometimes it's unpleasantly hot or cold.
This sounds like a full service wash so those Mexicans are wiping down the car when it comes out of the wash and vacuuming and whatnot.
Beats digging ditches by a mile as far as hard work goes.
Wardaddy hires strictly legal folks for his car washes. Not that the illegals don't constantly inquire...they always run away when I demonstrate the technologies we're using that replaces a legion of towel-wielding aliens.
They must be assuming we here in the South are into the slave labor thing like Southern California. They thought wrong and I encourage them to keep moving whenever possible. They aren't victims...not when I saw six little Hispanic kids climbing all over a large mower in Wally World yelling that they're just like daddy. Six kids and he couldn't have been a day over thirty. "Don't worry, the government here will help!" All those anchors were dressed with finer clothing than the local tots.
Wardaddy saw a similar situation at the school his kids attends and proactively got the kids from lesser means properly outfitted. He did this because kids shouldn't be subjugated to the prejudices that dominate the thinking of their elders (styles, fashions, tastes, etc.) when they need to be focused on learning.
If our government applies the rule of law to citizens while allowing those who shouldn't be here to skid sideways we no longer have a workable civilization.
I'll vote McCain but I'll fight his masters just like I fought the Bush family. Third World is not our responsibility and shouldn't be supported by the working families of America. Kick the illegals out and eat ice cream while perusing all the media sob stories about it. We didn't buy the "we'd collapse without them" BS and we're not shedding a tear for the law catching up to them. I DO regret that our enforcement sucked so bad for so long that everyone South of our border regards America as a soft touch.
So - we do not post bilingual signage so long as those requiring it throw trash on the ground while two feet from a provided trash can. I see this consistently and it tells me that the illegal aliens, as a group, regard our country a thing to be used and abused while not giving their neighbors any consideration whatsoever. I retaliate with civility and educational snippets while prepared for anything.
Sounds like Wardaddy car washes are not the kind that need a Mexican village worth of towel jockeys to dry off the cars. Car wash operations vary and in Southern California I guess they are illegal alien labor intensive
You missed my point that in So Cal the owners who employ the illegals are surprise surprise surprise......legal immigrants. And since they have no qualms hiring illegals you better believe they are cheating on taxes in this cash business.
Once more proving my point that so so often the employer of illegals is a legal immigrant. That's how many get richer than the native born
Thanks for the kind words hoss.
Obviously people are more likely to be tossing around money like there is no tomorrow at a wedding or at a casino than at a car wash.
Car wash operations vary and in Southern California I guess they are illegal alien labor intensive.
Most of them are hand wash.
S. Californians don't like spinning brushes touching their cars.
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There are many advantages of allowing mountain bike access on private land. The trail design can be more "creative" and trail networks on private land are generally not subjected to the same level of scrutiny as trails on public land.
One of the biggest obstacles to gaining access to private land are the land owner's concerns of exposure to liability. There are a number of tools that we can use to engage private land holders to allow mountain bike access.
The following page at IMBA has a great discussion on the issues of liability for land owners.
The relevant section for private land owners concerns "Recreational Use Statutes". There are a few important points to note:
"Recreational Use Statute" is a term given to legislation generally intended to promote public recreational use of privately owned land. The statute does this by granting landowners broad immunity from liability for personal injuries or property damage suffered by land users pursuing recreational activities on the owner's land."
Justification for the RUS policy:
"The underlying policy of a Recreational Use Statute is that the publics need for recreational land has outpaced the ability of local, state, and federal governments to provide such areas and that owners of large acreages of land should be encouraged to help meet this need."
How it works:
"Under prior common law (law made by precedent), the landowner had different duties of care depending on whether a person was on the land as an invitee, licensee, or a trespasser. The greatest duty of care was owed to an invitee and no duty was owed to an unknown, adult trespasser. Under an R.U.S., recreational users are treated in the same manner as trespassers and thus the landowner owes them no duty of care. The protection of the statute is lost, however, if the landowner charges for the use of the land or if the landowner is guilty of malicious conduct."
Generally, a land owner is not liable for recreational use on the land if they do not charge for access and there is no malicious conduct on the part of the land owner to create a dangerous situation.
How this may manifest itself as challenging trails on private land:
"If a landowner has no knowledge of a dangerous condition, he or she is under no duty to investigate the land for dangerous conditions."
The full text of the California Recreational Use Statute is here. A summary brochure can be found here.


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AlexZorach wrote:Also, one more tip, if you're planning on adding anything, I'd actually seek out lower-priced, lower-grade teas...these often tend to be edgier / sharper and retain their flavor better when adding milk or cream.
Chip wrote:Just a bit off topic. I like to save the last 2 steeps of Japanese tea for making iced tea. I hot brew with boiling water. I add a touch of honey to the brew which serves 2 purposes, it acts as a natural preservative and also satisfies my craving for sweet ... even though I only add a teaspoon or so per .5 liter.
It is light and refreshing ...
needaTEAcher wrote:I can say that the best rule is listen to yourself.


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Stocks Advance as Fed Taper Talk Ebbs
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock markets pushed higher Tuesday as investors anticipated that theFederal Reserve won't announce steps to aggressively curb the bond-buying program that has helped drive equities for more than a year.
The S&P 500 tacked on 0.78% to 1,651.80 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.91% to 15,318.23. The Nasdaq popped 0.87% to 3,482.18.
The Fed began a two-day policy meeting today amid signs that inflation hasn't spiked as a result of the bank's stimulus measures, and data showing that the country's housing market remains months if not years away from a full recovery.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday that the consumer price index rose by a less than expected 0.1% in May after falling 0.4% in April. Economists on average were expecting the CPI to rise 0.2%. Excluding food and energy, the core CPI increased 0.2%, as expected, after rising 0.1% the prior month.
The Census Bureau meanwhile reported that housing starts rose 6.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 914,000 in May, which was less than the 950,000 pace expected by economists. Building permits last month fell 3.1% to a lower than expected seasonally adjusted annual rate of 974,000. Economists were predicting a pace of 975,000 for building permits.
Written by Andrea Tse and Joe Deaux in New York
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Thomas C. Alessi
Thomas C. Alessi, 46, of Ledgewood, N.J., passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at home.
He was born Nov. 21, 1966 in Dunkirk, NY. He had lived in Ledgewood for the past 7 years and was previously of Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
Tom was a graduate of Elon University and received his MBA from Seton Hall University. He was employed with Automatic Data Processing (A.D.P.) for over 10 years as a Sales Executive and was a very talented professional.
He had a love for sports and was a great athlete. He enjoyed golfing, biking, and the Yankees. He played baseball for Elon University and Davis and Elkins College. Tom had strong faith and was a member of the NJ Church of Christ. Most of all, he cherished his wife and children.
Tom is survived by his wife of 14 years, Carolyn Alessi; his two children, Isabella and Sofie; his father, Joseph Alessi; his mother, Martha Rizzo; his brothers, Timothy and wife Cheryl and Todd and wife Jennifer; and his 5 nieces and 4 nephews.
A Celebration of Tom's Life will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, July 5 at the William J. Leber Funeral Home, 15 Furnace Road (corner of Rt. 206), Chester, NJ (908) 879-3090. A 10 a.m. funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 6 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Chester, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation may be made to HOPE worldwide, 1285 Drummers Lane, Suite 105, Wayne, PA 19087, Attn: Donation Processing.
For online condolences or information visit www.williamjleberfh.com.


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This cardinal rule was meant to be broken
Trail running, like all sports, has cardinal rules. For example: Thou shalt never don new apparel or use new gear on Race Day. ...
Illustration by Jeremy Collins
Trail running, like all sports, has cardinal rules. For example: Thou shalt never don new apparel or use new gear on Race Day. If it's a sin to violate these off-road commandments, then I will someday land in hell—or a Texas road race in July, which I imagine is the equivalent. I first broke the rule several years ago, and I've done it many times since.
It was at the 2001 Western States 100 that I decided a splash of yellow would perfectly complement my ensemble. Yellow is bright. It screams summer. And, as I learned when I wore brand-new, super-high-split-cut-yellow shorts, it also attracts bees. Considering all the stings I suffered that year, plus the poison oak rashes, 100 dusty, sweltering miles was surprisingly tolerable. I somehow ran a buckle-worthy time while being mistaken for a pollen-packed flower.
For those who wear the same putrid white top (with faded blood stains over the nipples), salt-encrusted cap and socks with threadbare Achilles, you're missing out. A fresh Race Day outfit can put cayenne pepper in your step or improve your chances of landing on the pages of Trail Runner (insider tip: photo editors love bright colors that explode off a page).


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On Sunday, April 1, Burma held parliamentary by-elections. Many Burmese people took part in the campaign and election process for the first time. In this video, taken during a press availability at the Friends of the Syrian People meeting in Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton comments on the elections and congratulates the Burmese people who participated. This video, courtesy of the U.S. East Asia and Pacific Media Hub, also includes still images from Burma's election day. You can find additional photographs and resources on U.S. Embassy Rangoon's Facebook page.
Mari in California writes:
Why do you insult them by calling them by their colonial name, instead of Myanmar?
Palgye in South Korea writes:
The pressure on Hong Kong of China, the economic situation is causing difficulty?
Palgye in South Korea writes:
As a neutral zone in Burma, political, and economic growth is hoped that (the critical resources of oil, but oil changes everything in Burma is putting a hard thought.) Aung San Suu Kyi wins the election, but still a few parties, and China while excluding the impact of democracy, When I try to settle quickly,
I If a dispute arises between the countries in Asia, I think is highly likely to occur in the sea about 3 to 5 years,
However, such a possibility raises in Burma,
Now, in cooperation with China to revive the economy time to think. China, Indochina and give a helping hand, thought I'd be a better situation to occur.
I'm sorry, but perhaps in cooperation with Burma's current ruling government and the need to think. Through negotiation rather than war, the country transformed into neutral while the food supply, the next step should lead to believe that the economic system.
Q-I that occurs in Hong Kong than in Burma are more interested in has a lot of things. I like the idea of China's economic situation in Hong Kong to that affect? Is a political judgment?
Perhaps, to think that the political and economic judgments.
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Foundations of Smart Power?
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Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ To the people of Burma;
Change is inevitable, peaceful change is desirable, and democracy R us, sayeth the people.
"Regine replacement therapy" comes in many forms.
For some, it comes via bloody upheaval after a lifetime of dictatorship, other times a dictator acceeds to a people's will and embraces democratic change.
We in the US engage in "regime replacement therapy" every 4 years, 8 if the incumbant is lucky...we do so peacefully and by the vote, as has become and is becomming of our democratic traditions.
My best wishes to you the people of Burma, that these changes may serve you well forevermore.
And as for the friendly folk who brought the "Flying Tigers" to your shores long ago, I have no doubt my government will support you in living "in larger freedom".
W.W. writes:
and another mandela ... and another obama .... and another mother teresa ... and another another another... always the same soup warmed up
never another christ
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
I have a solution for Burma. When the State Department is ready, I will give it!
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Hello my name is David C.
I just surfed this forum and already love it.
Nice to be here, see you soon on others forum topic ;)


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Wrestlers get to work under new coach
Schumann sees good turnout for summer camp
The new era of Pueblo West High School wrestling appears to be off to a good start.
The Cyclones wrapped up a four-day camp in their home gym Thursday, with about 25 wrestlers ranging from middle-schoolers through veterans of the high school varsity program all joining bran new head coach Ryan Schumann.
"It went great. We had an amazing turnout," said Schumann, who has an extensive wrestling background but is a head coach at the high school level for the first time.
Schumann grew up in Las Vegas, wrestled and coached at Southern Oregon University, and most recently was an assistant coach at Cherokee Trail High School.
So far, he's enjoying what he has found in Pueblo.
"Everybody in Pueblo seems to love wrestling," Schumann said. "I'm really impressed by how tough the kids in Pueblo are."
That makes it easier to build a program and easier for a new coach to get a good turnout at his first camp.
Building a successful high school program means not only having tough wrestlers aged 13-18 but also a good feeder program channeling talented youngsters into the high school program.
Schumann said he's already gotten help from former Pueblo West head coach David Falls, who now coaches middle school wrestling in Pueblo west, as well as others in the local youth wrestling scene.
And as for the older guys who will be on the mat for the Cyclones when the high school season opens in December, Schumann has been pleased with what he's found.
"These are tough kids, and they have good knowledge of wrestling," Schumann said.
One of the best among them is junior Travis Myers, who last year entered the state tournament as a No. 10 seed at 132 pounds but wrestled his way to a fourth-place finish at Denver's Pepsi Center.
Thursday after the camp ended, Myers gave his new coach positive reviews.
"He's dedicated to the sport," Myers said.
As for himself and his teammates?
"I'm wrestling pretty good for summer. We've had a pretty good summer. We've gotten in a lot of tournaments," Myers said.
In addition to the camp, Schumann has taken his new wrestlers to several tournaments and gotten a feel for what he has at his disposal heading into the high school season.
"There will be a lot of trials and tribulations. I believe every kid has an opportunity to succeed next year," Schumann said.
The first official day of practice for the high school season is in November, with matches beginning in December and the state tournament in February.
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