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While immigration is one of America's most fiercely controversial issues, little is understood about the growing Latino presence in the U.S. This excellent new documentary reveals the direct correlation between centuries of U.S. armed intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean and today's immigration crisis. Adapted from the popular new book written by award-winning journalist Juan González of radio and television's Democracy Now!, the film by Wendy Thompson-Marquez and Eduardo López – in conjunction with director Peter Getzels and editor Catherine Shields – vigorously details the social conditions and U.S. government actions (overt and covert) that led inexorably to millions of Latino families fleeing their homelands, triggering an unprecedented migration that is transforming America's cultural and economic landsape.
In addition to rare archival material, this film features interviews with Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Junot Diaz, Mexican historian Lorenzo Meyer, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, poet Martin Espada, journalists Maria Hinojosa and Gerald Rivera, historian and broadcast journalist Juan González, and film producer Wendy Thompson-Marquez.
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WendyThompson-Marquez is the President and CEO of the Onyx Media Group and EVS Communications, Inc. In 2004 she was honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice with the Media and Community Service Award. Currently she is a board member of Latino Public Broadcasting, the Washington Performing Arts Society, and the Community Foundation in D.C.
Miguel Guerrero, Web Producer at KPFA, is also the Executive Producer and Host for Rock en Rebelión, a weekly Latin Alternative music and Public Affairs radio show, airing on KPFA every Sunday at 5 PM.
Miguel Gavilan Molina, a longtime activist, is the Executive Producer of KPFA Radio's La Onda Bajita, and Associate Producer of Flashpoints.
Davey D, Popular Hip Hop journalist and media activist, is the Executive Producer of KPFA's Hard Knock Radio.
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The Inland Revenue Departmenthas offered to cut penalties for businesses that admit they haven't been taxing accommodation allowances given to their employees.
It is dangling a carrot of no shortfall penalties and no use of money interest to businesses that 'fess up.
The IRD commissioner released a statement this month saying the IRD wants to fix the issue of whether tax is to be paid on the provision of accommodation, the payment of accommodation allowances, or payments made by employers for accommodation expenses for employees.
The IRD has taken a stance that these are taxable and are income to the employee and the employer must account for PAYE. This will change employee gross incomes and have consequences for Working for Families entitlements. This may also mean backdated ACC employer levy increases which are based on employee earnings.
The crackdown on employee allowances began on November 15, with a paper discussing feedback sought on options for taxing allowances for meals, accommodation, communication and clothing payments.
In the December 6 release, the IRD says businesses that 'fess up to providing accommodation (a house) or an accommodation allowance would only have to account for PAYE for the two-year period prior to the commissioner's statement release date. The IRD has also commented: "Given the previous uncertainty and inconsistency, taxpayers making voluntary disclosures will not be subject to use of money interest or shortfall penalties."
However, voluntary disclosures for accommodation payments made on behalf of the employee (ie paying employees rent direct) will have to account for PAYE for the four-year period prior to December 6.
The IRD has also said those taxpayers who have written advice given to them by the IRD saying their situation is a non-taxable one will not be pursued, but should now contact them to discuss their future tax position.
Clearly everyone will be confused now. If I have a letter advising the tax treatment of a set of circumstances, surely then you would think that would apply to exact circumstances of other tax payers. Apparently not, you need the golden ticket. I see this being challenged.
Overnight and short-term accommodation by an employee in a location other than home will generally be not taxable.

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Quick Study: How To Avoid Awkward Situations With Your Boss
They're tucked away in corners behind clients and stacks of papers, writing down your every move or staring at the clock when you come in late. But bosses are human too, which means that every so often, you'll run into an embarrassing situation with them -- say, while using the washroom or when out with friends at a bar. This kind of behaviour isn't exactly laid out in the employee handbook, so how are you meant to handle it when such an encounter occurs?
Pat Stonehouse, founder and business etiquette expert of Advancing With Style in Toronto, says your boss and supervisor should always be treated and seen as a different type of employee.
"These are the people who decide if we get promoted, get a raise, go or stay. You also want to be respected by them, but ultimately they do have influence of where we go in the company," she says.
Here are 10 sometimes tricky and awkward situations with your boss and how to overcome them. Story continues below:
When you gotta go, you gotta go -- so don't let your awkward boss stop you. "We shouldn't feel uncomfortable, it's your body's function. If you're that uncomfortable, try flushing the toilet to mask the sounds," says etiquette expert Pat Stonehouse. For the embarrassed and awkward fellas who don't want encounters at the urinal, she recommends avoiding the bathroom at "busy hours" or using another facility away from your boss's office.
Remember when you were a kid and someone farted and everyone had to touch their nose to prove it wasn't them? This is probably not the most practical way to do it in your 30s, but most of us still feel a little bit shy about letting gas go. "It happens. Just say excuse me and let it go. If you're having a gassy day, remember it's normal and you're not being rude," Stonehouse says.
The next time you decide to gossip about your boss, just imagine someone saying negative things about you. "Keep your mouth shut. Praise publicly and criticize privately. You don't have to agree with everything your boss says but vent it somewhere else," Stonehouse says.
For those of you who believe in love at first sight, falling for an employee or boss can happen in the workplace. "It's a bad idea to date your boss but you have to decide if you want to take the risk and if it's worth it ," Stonehouse says. She says if you're attracted to your boss, consider transferring to another location or letting your boss know you would be interested another time.
When it comes to getting hammered, Stonehouse has one rule to keep in mind: Keep it at a two-drink maximum. "More careers have been ruined by drinking than any other way. When we have too much to drink we become relaxed and we say and do things we wouldn't normally think of doing and saying," she says. "What people don't get is that they're not being judged from 9 to 5 but anytime you have a client present."
Sometimes things are better left unsaid, especially if your boss overhears you talking about getting stoned and robbing your neighbour. "This is too much information at work. We all get to know people really well at work, but there are certain things we can keep in our personal lives," Stonehouse says.
By 2012, most of us know that tweeting or uploading anything you were embarrassed about back them will probably come back to haunt you. "Anything you post is not private. Be careful you don't say anything about your boss or who you work for -- you don't need to make venting public," she says.
Silence is golden in some situations, but if you're stuck in the elevator with your boss with nothing to talk about, there are ways to avoid it. "It's better to say less than too much. Comment on things that won't get you in trouble and be happy with what you're doing at your company," she says.
There's nothing more frustrating than having your boss forget your name or confuse you with another co-worker. "When people have a large staff it's difficult to remember names. If it really bothers you, you have to somehow make them remember your name in a positive away," Stonehouse says. For example, if you're at a work function, introduce yourself to your boss again.
There's a fine line between someone who is overly friendly to someone who is just plain creepy. "How silly can we be in the days of sexual harassment -- a boss shouldn't be touching his or her employees," Stonehouse says. If it does bother you, Stonehouse suggests addressing it politely and letting your boss know you are not comfortable. If it continues, you have the right to contact human resources.
Business etiquette has come a long way, Stonehouse notes, and with the influence of social media in the workplace, employers and employees are starting to get too personal.
"We don't have to love them or like them, but when you go into an office, we should exhibit professional behaviour. Gossip is harmful and people who gossip all the time are not respectful for people's privacy," she says.
The Twitterverse is filled with descriptions of embarrassing employee-boss encounters (search "that awkward moment when" and you'll see what we mean):


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Original post made by kbenson, Bordeaux Estates, on Sep 20, 2013
Found it odd that quite a few customers stick with chevron, when price @ the other station is 10 cents per gallon less. (last week it was 20 cents per gallon less and still 1-2 customers at shell/76, compared to 5 or greater at chevron.
Is it due to the safeway gas discount perk? or do people think chevron gas is better and or they have extra money to spend.
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a resident of Del Prado
on Sep 20, 2013 at 9:30 pm
Probably several reasons: Many people don't trust independent stations, especially when they are as shoddy looking as the former Shell. Chevron, as well as Shell and 76, are "Top Tier" fuels which meet higher standards for the detergent additives that are used in the fuel. The Safeway discounts no doubt draw in customers, especially those that are annoyed by the premium Safeway now charges for using a credit card.
a resident of West of Foothill
on Sep 23, 2013 at 10:07 am
I've always stuck to the high quality gasoline and will pay a little more to get it since over the life of the car, it just make perfect sense and the car will run noticeably better with quality gas in it. However, the discounts I get - and good gas - from using my safeway card is undeniably the reason I go to their pumps (and can get Starbucks in the process). I've been enjoying 40 cents off the last two times I filled my vehicle by using my safeway points. So, that being said, I will continue to save where I am right now. Safeway is a local company - headquartered right here in Pleasanton - they hire locally as well. Win, Win!! P.S. I don't work for Safeway either.
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 23, 2013 at 3:11 pm
If gas stations want to stay in business, explore ways to compete with Safeway...i rest my case!
Perhaps alliances with various business...figure it out or you will not be in business very long.
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A feeling of annoyance felt when listening to a song that you've listened to before. It occurs when you know a sound will begin to get louder from silence, so you kind of imagine the sound being played in your head even though it hasn't begun in the song yet. Eventually you realize the sound hasn't actually begun gaining volume, and when it does begin you convince yourself that it doesn't.
I had clairannoyance to that Daft Punk song. I thought the vocals were starting to gain volume but it turns out it was 2 minutes later in the song.
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Hello all,
I have come across a deal about an hour and a half away from me, where someone moved in to a property, and the lean-to shed had about 100 used deep hives bodies with frames and comb, all complete and in good condition. So, basically, he talked to me and said I could have them for free. I went through them and found no sign of foulbrood in what remaining comb there was, as mice have completely decimated most of the comb. So I'm thinking I will go and get all these supers, and I will pitch the comb and old Duragilt foundation, sterilize all frames and hive bodies, and then either keep them for expansion of my operation or sell them. There is a huge stack of telescoping covers and bottom boards that he said I may have also. What are your thoughts? How would you sterilize the boxes and frames? Thanks in advance.


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Happy 2011 to all my friends and family!
It is my hope that you are all blessed greatly in the coming year. In 2010, I saw an increase in my Tiny Blessing Packages, which is pretty cool! Lots of new babies blessing the world! I got to take part in several weddings, ones on my own and some helping out Sam and Betsy as shooting as their second shooter. I also got to fly over to New Jersey in September to see my bestie, Jen, and her fiance to shoot second at Melissa and John's wedding on the beach. While there I got to take Jen's and Chris's engagement session (although I didn't know it would be that when we did it). 😛
I'm not planning on changing anything that I'm doing for 2011. I feel that things are good as they are. I would like to see an increase in Seniors in 2011, but I trust God to bring the clients to me. I don't stress if I don't have very many of a certain type of clients. As from the beginning, this business is in God's hands. He's really much better as this than me. 🙂
During the down time during the Holidays, I asked (more liked begged), my girls to show off some of their new clothes that they got for Christmas. From this, I made a collage that I bought from MCP Actions. These are print sizes so you make it, get it printed, then frame it! http://www.mcpactions.com/
Thanks to all my wonderful and amazing clients/friends for making 2010 such a wonderful and enjoyable year. Here is to increase in 2011!!!


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Veterans Upward Bound Program Project Directors
November 2012
Dear Veterans Upward Bound Project Director:
It is time to prepare your annual performance report (APR) for program year 2011–12. The online data collection Web site for the Upward Bound programs will be available to you on November 14, 2012, via the Veterans Upward Bound "Performance" page, found at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triovub/performance.html. While VUB grantees are to submit their APRs by December 12, 2012, any projects adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy may submit their reports as late as December 31, 2012.
This is the last year that grantees will use the APR data structure that reflects the objectives of the 2007 competition; the APR for the next reporting period (2012–13) will be revised to reflect the HEOA, the new regulations, and the objectives of the 2012 competition. You will have opportunities to comment on the draft APR in 2013.
Please note that, while the Department will use your 2011–12 APR for monitoring purposes and to develop aggregated performance data for the VUB program, we will not calculate or use prior experience points based on this year's data, since PE points for the 2012 competition were based on your 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 APR data.
This year's APR contains no changes in fields. Should you need to contact the Help Desk regarding a data validation, please note the identifying number which you will find at the very beginning of every message; this will help us to resolve your problem. Please remember that any pop-up that begins with the word "Message" is an important reminder, but it will not require you to make any changes in your data. Pop-ups that begin with the words "Validation error," on the other hand, do require you to revise at least one data entry.
Keeping prior participants on your file: As you know, the Department released regulations for the TRIO programs in response to the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA). The new regulations do not apply directly to the 2011–12 APR or to the way objectives and PE points are calculated under the 2007–12 grant cycle, but they will of course apply to the 2012–17 grant cycle. Because the HEOA's outcome (PE) criteria include a new objective for postsecondary completion, VUB grantees must include on their APRs indefinitely all prior participants, beginning with those with a scheduled completion year of 2007–08. Page 2 of the General Instructions provides additional information on this requirement.
Help Desk: If you encounter technical problems accessing the Web site or using the Web application, please contact the Help Desk by either telephone at (703) 846-8248 or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note that the Help Desk will try to contact projects within 24 hours of receiving the telephone call or e-mail. The Help Desk will be available to respond to your questions on days that are not federal holidays from November 14–December 31, 2012. During the holidays and peak times, it may take longer for you to receive a response; thus, I encourage you to prepare and submit your performance report as soon as you have collected complete data.
Please remember that, after you submit the completed APR electronically, you must also fax to (703) 832-1360 a signed copy of Section I of the report form that certifies that the information submitted electronically is readily verifiable and that the information reported is accurate and complete. If for any reason you need to revise your performance report data after it has been submitted, please do not fax in the corrections. You should contact the Help Desk for information on revising your report and resubmitting it electronically. If you have questions regarding the performance report requirements, please contact your program specialist directly. To ascertain your program specialist's name, telephone number, and e-mail address, please visit http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/staffdirectory-cupt.html.
Thank you for the time and effort you dedicate to performance reporting each year and your commitment to providing complete and accurate data. Please retain the source documents in a readily accessible form so that they can be verified during an on-site visit.
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Congratulations to both you and your daughter. Great jobs! :thumbup:
That's awesome!!! I love both the poster AND especially the quilt.
You both did a awesome job.
I would love to make that quilt, do you sell the pattern?
It appears that artistic ability runs strong in your family. Love both of your projects. I especially love the little birds on the quilt.....
I just love it and your daughter did great job
Wow!! Beautiful wallhanging, and two very talented ladies!
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We're creating cow islands
Our milk production is moving west, north and away from populations. But the trend west is slowing, and more areas are losing milk than gaining.
by Mark Stephenson
The author is director of Dairy Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Periodically it's interesting to look a little deeper at big trends in the dairy industry: milk per cow, per capita fluid consumption, Greek yogurt and so forth. We haven't looked closely at geographic changes in milk production for a while, and that's our charge for today.
Most of us could cite some of the bigger trends in milk production like the West has been growing while the Southeast has contracted. Most of us would even know that individual states within those regions, like California and Idaho, have been growing at a steady pace. But sometimes even state geographies are too large and mask a lot of the interesting detail in production trends.
Not perfect information
A few states report county-level milk production, but most do not. Many federal or state marketing orders also list producer receipts at the level of counties. Recently, the Agricultural Census was mailed out to producers, but even this detailed questionnaire doesn't ask about milk production. It does, however, report the number of dairy cows in most counties and is another means of estimating county milk production where those records don't otherwise exist.
I have recorded or estimated county milk production for the 48 contiguous states in 2001 and 2011. This lets us look at a much more granular detail regarding milk production trends over the last decade. Using mapping software, the county data is displayed in the map with shades of green showing growth and shades of red showing decline. A buff color indicates no strong change in milk production.
The mapping software interpolates between data points to "fill in the gaps." In most places this is a reasonable thing to do, but in a few regions like the northeast corner of Nevada, there really aren't many cows even though the corner is green (this is because the mapping software is grabbing surges in milk production in Oregon, Idaho and Utah around that area of Nevada).
A tale of two destinies
With the additional detail, some finer observations are possible. California is a good case in point. While the state has had dramatic growth in total milk production, the bulk of that growth has occurred in the Central Valley. Ironically, the largest reductions in milk production in the country have occurred in California's southern region.
Chart: Green= Largest increase = 2,596,898 kg/km2
Rust= Largest decline = 295,363 kg/km2
Milk has moved away from cities between 2001 and 2011. Red areas indicate less milk in 2011 than 2001, green areas mean more and a buff color designates a neutral milk region.
Almost every region where you see a dark red area indicating a sharp decline in production has a large and growing population center nearby. For example, Seattle, El Paso, New Orleans, Baltimore-Washington and Minneapolis. It is also worth noting that the vast majority of the country has a pink hue, indicating a more general loss of milk production.
The milk production growth that has occurred over the recent decade has been in a dozen relatively concentrated areas. In the Great Lakes region, Western New York has certainly grown. Michigan has a couple of distinct regions in the Thumb and central portion of the state. Wisconsin shows more milk in the bottom two-thirds of the state with the heaviest gains in the eastern portion.
Ohio and Indiana both have growth pockets in the northwest corners of each state. And Minnesota and South Dakota have a shared growth region along the I-29 highway corridor. More toward the west, eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle have had significant growth as well as a couple of concentrations north of there in Kansas and Colorado. Arizona has a growth area as does Oregon and Washington state in the high desert regions. And, of course, Idaho really stands out.
This change in the milk density map also has a series of arrows in the center of the country. The points labeled 1960 through 2010 are the centroids - or the geographically weighted average - of milk production over the last five decades.
Clearly, the general movement of milk has been to the west and somewhat to the north over this time period. If you look at the last decade in finer increments of individual years, you would see that the westward movement has not stopped, but it is slowing down. And, in a year like 2009 (and probably 2012) when the contraction in U.S. milk production was almost entirely in the western states, the centroid actually retreated temporarily to the east.
Where are the cows?
The green and red map shows changes in milk density, but it doesn't show you where the cows actually are. It is entirely possible that some locations haven't changed much, but there is still a significant dairy industry there. The second map is a dot-density map where each dot represents the approximate location of 1,500 cows in 2011. For the most part, areas showing either strong growth or decline are areas that still have many cows.
Each dot on this map represents 1,500 cows. Generally speaking, the country's growth pockets are taking cows from somewhere else; not many areas are the same as they were in cow numbers 10 or 20 years ago.
The U.S. continues to produce milk in all states - even Alaska and Hawaii. But the trends seem to show that dairy is concentrating into ever more dense pockets of production. The Southeastern quadrant of the country is about 40 billion pounds of milk net deficit annually and growing more so every year. Some of this is attributable to population pressures, but much can be blamed on genetic and management advances in milk yields that are hard to be realized in hot and humid climates. And, when milk supplies dwindle below a critical threshold, the loss of dairy infrastructure just makes milk production even more expensive.
Growth pockets seem to occur with two different flavors: One where dairy is already dense in traditional regions (think of Wisconsin and New York) and existing farms expand at a slower and steady pace; and more explosive growth where farms are co-locating with dairy plants (we've seen this in Oregon, California, Texas and more recently Colorado).
Our dairy industry continues to evolve as we explore the economic benefits of expanding milk production in some regions of the country while contracting in others. The next decade will likely show us some new trends.
This article appears on page 191 of March 25, 2013 issue of Hoard's Dairyman.


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KEY LARGO -- Monroe County agreed in 2013 to develop its next waterfront park on its largest island.
On Nov. 20, the Monroe County Commission agreed to purchase the 8-acre Rowell's Marina and hired an attorney to close the deal. Before the final vote, the county conducted an environmental assessment and found the bayfront property at mile marker 104 to have no significant issues.
Upper Keys groups and event promoters have long coveted the mostly open property with U.S. 1 frontage.
When Monroe County residents agreed to extend a 1-cent sales tax through a ballot measure in November 2012, it opened the floodgates to millions of dollars for infrastructure projects. It also finally gave the county commission the means to purchase Rowell's Marina, which it had previously considered buying after the Rowell family patriarch died and his children put the property on the market in 2005.
The property's $5 million price tag does not include any improvements made after closing, which should occur in late January. The purchase required a supermajority vote of the commission since the asking price was $250,000 more than the average of two county-purchased appraisals.
The commission voted 4-1 to purchase Rowell's, with Lower Keys Commissioner Danny Kolhage dissenting. He has long said the money should go toward roads, bridges and other capital improvement projects. Many groups including the Monroe County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce supported the purchase. Plans on what to do with the property remain a bit vague. Overall, residents attending public meetings have said they do not favor boat ramps and want the property's open space preserved. A preliminary county plan, however, shows boat docks, a potential beach, a food vendor and picnic areas.
Key Largo gained national attention this past spring when it hosted its first-ever Humphrey Bogart Film Festival. The event is to become an annual feature with another festival set for May. The event was dampened a bit by thunderstorms but organizers still estimated about 3,000 people attended. Among the events were multiple movie showings, panel discussions, a ball and a brunch.
According to historial accounts, it was the release of the 1948 Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film, "Key Largo," that prompted residents north of Tavernier to ask the U.S. Postal Service to change the town's mailing address from Rock Harbor to Key Largo.
Stephen Bogart, son of the iconic movie star who died of cancer in 1957, attended the inaugural festival, though Bacall, his mother could not attend due to illness. Along with Stephen Bogart, movie critic and author Leonard Maltin attended and spoke at the festival.
In sewer-related business, the Key Largo Wastewater Board earlier this year asked the Florida Legislature to increase its compensation by replacing a defunct cost-of-living index with a new one. The board then voted to award itself back pay since it had not been receiving annual increases.
The matter first surfaced in January, when the wastewater board voted to ask the state to increase its per-meeting compensation from $300 to $382. The board can be paid for up to three meetings per month.
The change came at the advice of board attorney Ray Giglio. Since the district was created in 2002, the board had not received any cost-of-living increase in compensation, he said.
The rationale behind the $82 increase was spelled out in a memo prepared by Chief Information Officer Paul Christian, who tied it to Consumer Price Index increases from 2002 to 2012. The only year the CPI decreased was in 2008.
With a potential monthly payment of $1,146, the sewer board members can now earn more than Village Council members, who are paid $1,000 a month to oversee not only their own sewer system but all other municipal services, and less than Marathon City Council members, who make $1,500 a month.
Later in the year, the Key Largo Wastewater Board awarded itself $51,000 in back pay, once again on the advice of Giglio. The back pay matter, which was initially set for a vote, was taken off a September meeting agenda.
Since Giglio concluded there was a legal obligation to pay the money, no vote was required, he said. In fact, Giglio told the board that not accepting the back pay from the district's ratepayers would be akin to accepting a bride from them.
According to numbers provided by disitrict General Manager Margaret Blank, board member Norm Higgins was owed $11,416.50; board member Andy Tobin, $10,536.73; chairman Robby Majeska, $10,525.29; board member David Asdourian, $2,034.02; and board member Steve Gibbs, $1,646.59.
Also paid were former board members Susan Hammaker, who was owed $8,780.19, and Charlie Brooks, who died in March and was owed $9,769.92. Neither Blank nor Giglio have said how Brooks' estate would be compensated.
Brooks, who died of a heart attack at age 81, led an unsuccessful campaign in 1999 to incorporate Key Largo. From 2002 to 2006, he served on the wastewater board and again from 2008 to 2012, when he lost re-election.
On the firefighting side of things, residents are finding a new department responding to fire and rescue calls.
The Key Largo Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department, led by Fire Chief Sergio Garci and President Frank Conklin, lost its contract in March in the wake of an ongoing dispute with the Key Largo Fire-EMS District over department management and oversight. The district taxes Key Largo property owners and contracts with the fire department and Key Largo Ambulance Corps for services.
The Ambulance Corps agreed to take on firefighting duties at the district's request and set up nonprofit Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department, consisting largely of firefighters who worked or volunteered for the previous department.
The former department owns the land on which Station 24 sits, but the district owns the building. The district has offered the department $1 for the land. The district is mulling legal action to seize its land and department funds. Meanwhile, the old department ran up about $47,000 in legal costs during its failed effort to save its contract.


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For anyone who watches TV shows about mystery or criminality, we usually realize that it only takes one mistake to take down a would-be criminal. In the hacker world it can work exactly the same way, however that mistake is often something entirely mundane such as bragging in a chat room, or not obfuscating the origin of an attack—this time it happened to be an image taunting authorities that included a photograph of his girlfriend's breasts.
The hacker, Higinio O. Ochoa III was charged last week by the FBI for several hacks that involved breaking into US law enforcement agencies and leaking phone numbers and home addresses of police officers. The 30-year-old Linux administrator from Galveston, Texas is thought to be part of a hacker group affiliated with Anonymous called CabinCr3w.
The woman in the photo is thought to be his girlfriend who lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Through some basic cybersleuthing, access to Facebook public photos (which lead to private photos via a warrant), the FBI was able to follow a Twitter account attached to the hacker—later determined to be Ochoa—that led them to further photos of his girlfriend.
Gizmodo has written up an excellent takedown of the entire process and how the FBI homed in on their prey using the cleavage on display,
Here is what happened: back in February, Ochoa allegedly posted a tweet using the handle @Anonw0rmer. In that tweet, he directed followers to a site in which he posted pilfered information from various law enforcement agency websites. At the bottom of that site there was the image of this woman, now identified as his girlfriend, with a sign that read "PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w <3 u BiTch's !"
The picture—taken with an iPhone—had GPS information which showed that the photo was taken at the woman's home in Wantirna South. The GPS information was embedded in the photo's EXIF data (EXIF is a set of standard tags that includes information such as location, camera type, and other image information in every photo you take with your smartphone).
Breast jokes aside—Ochoa fell into the hands of the FBI by making the oldest mistake in the book: bragging about his exploits where people could hear him.
People are quick to forget that smartphones "know" a lot more about the subject of the photograph than they tell them. The presence of metadata is extremely useful for categorizing and properly slotting photographs taken from a phone; but it also means that a person's privacy can be accidentally breached by these devices via the EXIF data and a simple GPS coordinate.
Under normal circumstances, a photograph including a GPS coordinate is not a problem; but for someone bragging about illegal acts it's a neon sign pointed right at the person who took the photograph. If nothing else had happened, the coordinates would have led Australian authorities to Ochoa's girlfriend's door to ask questions (or surveil her to find out who she talks to.)
It is believed that Ochoa was involved in the leak of documents from AZDPS that were sent to LulzSec during their 50 day rampage. LulzSec themselves didn't do that hack, but some unknown hackers had retrieved the documents involved and LulzSec used their sheer popularity to distribute them under the document title "China La Migra."


text: I just purchased a used 2005 Tahoe Z71 with Bose, Onstar, XM sat, and a rear entertainment system. I did not want to settle for the vehicles at my local Chevy dealership at the time so they found this previous lease vehicle at another dealership and bought it in for me. The spec on the vehicle included a navigation system but the former dealership pulled out the nav system and installed a regular stock stereo before they shipped. Long story short my dealer gave me a "Due Bill" for the nav system. I callled my dealer the other day about the nav system and they are having trouble locating the stock nav system and offered to install a "nice" aftermarket GPS/Nav system. I said it would be okay but after thinking about the Bose, Onstar, XM, steering wheel controls, and rear entertainment system I started to worry about all the potential interface problems with an aftermarket solution. I know they make a lot of adapters but has anyone successfully isntalled an aftermarket GPS and left all of the remaining systems in place? I have not brought the car back for install so I wanted to have my facts straight before I let them install. Thanks, RB


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Usher and his ex-wife Tameka Foster have had some very public ups and downs, but a scary situation seems to have brought the best out of them. Tameka's son from a previous relationship has been in a very serious jet-ski accident on Lake Lanier and he is currently at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (thank you PITNBr Laura) in critical condition. Usher has reportedly been very supportive of Tameka, and chartered a jet so that she could be by her son's side. More details inside.
E! Online has the info:
…11-year-old Kyle Glover was reportedly sitting in an inner tube, which was being pulled by a boat on the lake, along with an unidentified 15-year-old girl, when they were struck in the head by a Jet ski being driven by a 38-year-old man, according to Department of Natural Resources Sergeant Mike Burgamy.
The two victims were air-lifted to Children's Healthcare at Egelston Hospital in Atlanta.
Although Usher and Tameka are currently battling it out with their divorce and custody battles, the R&B singer reportedly chartered a jet for Tameka to fly to her injured son's side.
While more details have yet to surface, Usher's pals including music mogul Russell Simmons and singer Fantasia have offered the singer and his family support through Twitter.
Russell tweeted: "Praying that Usher and Tameka's son is OK…"
While Fantasia offered: "Everyone PLEASE pray for Usher and Tameka's son! This is the time they really need your prayers!"Burgamy reportedly told Atlanta NBC TV station 11 Alive that it is too early to tell if any charges will be filed, but that alcohol was not a factor in the accident.
Read more here.
I'm glad to hear that Usher has gotten involved, even if only to fly Tameka out. Honestly, the way they've kind of been going at it in the courtroom (due to the custody battle over their two sons) made you wonder if the two would ever be able to be cordial again. Some of you may have heard about Usher getting really emotional recently when Tameka's lawyers brought up his party-boy lifestyle (past and present) as a probable hindrance to his ability to parent.
But in this scenario, I think it's right for them to put those things to the side. It can be hard to marginalize your beef with an ex- but that's usually what's best for the children. Shouts-out to Kyle and his friend!
UPDATE: A source has just confirmed that Kyle Glover, age 11, has been diagnosed as brain dead. It's impossible to imagine what Tameka Foster and her family are going through right now, but I sincerely wish them all of the best. Please send positive thoughts and energy their way.0


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Yo, I mambokinged the bitch last night - my Bacardi and coke almost fell off her fat ass when I was plowin it from behind. I mean, the ice cubes kept fallin out and she was gettin all mad, so I put my dick in her ass and made her cry.
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text: I have one hive with one deep super and two medium. My question is this: How do I put the supers back together after an inspection without killing bees and in turn making the hive mad and alarmed? I always smoke the super which does very little, the bees crawl back onto the sides. I also use my bee brush, same thing, they crawl back on the sides. I slide the super slowly back on just like my books tell me to do. I still manage to decapitate several bees, and alarm pheremone is in the air. Last time this happened I had one mad mess of bees. What am I doing wrong? What should I be doing differently? Can anyone help? This is making me dread hive inspection, which is not good! Help!!


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What smoker would you all recommend. I will have 2 hives and never plan on having more than 3-5? See many different prices some different sizes and styles. Also same question for hive tool. Thanks for your opinions in advance .
What smoker would you all recommend. I will have 2 hives and never plan on having more than 3-5? See many different prices some different sizes and styles. Also same question for hive tool. Thanks for your opinions in advance .
I would get a small dadant one. If you know that hot surfaces burn fingers, you can get by without the wire guard that just makes me careless and gets my fingers burned. Mine is old old and still works great.
I agree with Vance, get the small 7" from Dadant, but I would recommend having a shield.
Larger smokers are easier to light and keep lit. Since that is the primary issue people have with smokers, I would get a large one... then put make a liner for it...
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I would purchase the larger style from Dadant's or Kelley's 4" x 10" You will soon grow into it and they are easier to keep lit as the firebox is larger. No need to modify it or add an insert if you burn the proper fuel.
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
I don't have any problem keeping the 4X7 lit. The liner is a good Idea though. YOu just have to establish coals to hold the heat before filling with fuel and puff every couple minutes. Long needle pine straw or old burlap spud or wool sacks are my favorite fuels.
The bellows from brushy Mtn are much easier to pump than the one I have from dadant. I would Rather have the small smoker from brushy than the large one I bought last year from dadant. Basically its all a matter of personal preference
I've got a large Dadant smoker. I don't always fill it to the top, but if I do it will stay lit long enough for me to do almost any task.
I have two standard length hive tools, one of each design. I prefer the J shape for lifting frames, the chisel-shape is better for scraping off wild comb and propolis. I also have an extra long one, which can be handy for cutting brace comb built between the lower edges of frames during the winter.
I've got smokers from both Mann Lake and Dadant. 4x7 and 4x10 from Dadant, and 4x10 from Mann Lake. The bellows is easier to pump on the Mann Lake, but leaks. I never had a problem keeping my 4x7 Dadant lit and it burned plenty long enough to work a yard with 24 hives.
For a smoker, I'd recommend one with a shield/guard. For hive tools, get more than one. I always carry at least two, a standard one, and a Maxant (also known as an Australian).
I have one from brushy mountain with the guard. fingers are not the only things that burn. It works great. I have never had an issue getting it started. keeping it going I have had issues with one or twice but that was due to me getting busy with the bees and not stoking it often enough. otherwise if you get it going good it can set and smolder for a long time and still start puffing smoke when needed. I got the large one and a good packed load of fuel will last a couple of hours.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
We use exclusively Dadant 4x7's with shield. I dont think the Mann Lake smoker even compares. Remember the shield is about a lot more than protecting yourself from getting burned! it also protects the bottom of the smoker from burning into the surface it is sitting on and gives you a handy built in hanger that works well to hang from a box while working a hive.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Jim, I am surprised. I thought all commercial guys used the big smokers. I am curious as to why you prefer the smaller one?
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney


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MIAMI - Some presentations that I heard at this year's National Hurricane Conference indicate that a significant percentage of people still don't know if they live in a hurricane evacuation zone. This is critical information and one of the first steps for anyone developing a hurricane plan. No one should wait until an actual hurricane threat to find out if they could be asked to evacuate or not.
The greatest potential for large loss of life in a hurricane is from the storm surge. Large areas of the coastline can be inundated when water is pushed from the ocean onto the shore by the strong winds in a hurricane. Storm surge is the primary reason that people are asked to evacuate prior to a hurricane event. Fortunately, storm surge computer models can identify the areas at most risk. County emergency managers have taken the storm surge model results and developed evacuation zones for their respective counties.
Evacuation zone maps for Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties can be found in our Local 10 Hurricane Survival Guide on pages 6 through 8.
Emergency managers and other local officials will determine which zones will be evacuated based on the hurricane's potential storm surge (which in turn is based on the hurricane's track, intensity, size and associated uncertainties). Broward County's two evacuation zones are pretty straightforward and defined as either east of the Intracoastal Waterway or east of U.S. 1 (Federal Highway). Miami-Dade County's three evacuation zones are more complicated to describe in writing but are easier to understand by looking at a map. And Monroe County's evacuation plan consists of a "phased evacuation" with five different zones. It is important to note that Monroe County shelters will NOT be opened in a major hurricane (Category 3, 4 or 5).
Miami-Dade County has an excellent Storm Surge Simulator tool on its website at http://www.miamidade.gov/OEM/storm-surge-simulator.asp to help us understand our vulnerability to storm surge. A Miami-Dade County resident can type in their address, select a category of hurricane (1 through 5), and visualize what storm surge could mean to their home. I suspect that this will be an eye-opener for many people. The simulator maps will hopefully not only educate people to their vulnerability to storm surge but also motivate them to take that first step in developing a hurricane plan by knowing whether they will possibly need to evacuate or shelter in place.
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(Sept. 8, 2008)--UTSA will offer two encore presentations of "Un Retrato de Diego," a documentary on legendary Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, with the free screenings at 2 and 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the Buena Vista Theater on the Downtown Campus. The film showings are open to the public.
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The 80-minute documentary features footage of Rivera from the late 1940s shot by photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo and cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, who sought to document Rivera's creative process as he developed his artworks.
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More than 300 students, faculty members and guests attended the Sept. 5 showing at the UTSA 1604 Campus including Consul General Armando Ortiz Rocha of the Mexican Consulate and filmmakers Diego Lopez Rivera and Gabriel Figueroa Flores.
During the question-and-answer session with the filmmakers, UTSA President Ricardo Romo praised them for bringing more layers of understanding to the work of Diego Rivera, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa and photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo, whose works are featured prominently in the film.
"This is a really remarkable find," said Romo, of the vintage 1949 footage Lopez Rivera and Figueroa Flores used in the film. "I've seen these paintings and I have so much more appreciation for what (Rivera) was doing by seeing this portrayal. All of the sudden, it began to make sense to me, as to what he accomplished."
"It's amazing how they found this film and how they're sharing this with Mexico and San Antonio," said UTSA art specialist Arturo Almeida. "It's a privilege that we got to see this -- it was so personal to them. It takes a lot of work to do something like this and for them to share this with us is incredible."
Read more about the Diego Rivera documentary on UTSA Today.
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text: In short, I was visiting my usual places on the 'net this weekend when an error message popped up, "Beware, a Trojan virus has infected your computer. Warning, your computer has been compromised," etc. I called my ISP which also provides my anti-virus protection, for which I pay, and apparently tech is not open on the weekends. I called HP, I'm still under warranty, and over a three-hour period decided to let them guide me through setting my computer back to factory settings (my important documents are backed up). What is my ISP responsible for? I always update my anti-virus protection, and I certainly pay for it every month, but what if my computer were destroyed? At most, I don't want to continue with *their* anti-virus software, but I'm under warranty. Any suggestions on what I should say when I call them?


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A type of poison pill or just prudent protection?
That is the question some are asking about a side agreement in the deal for a rival to buy the parent of the New York Stock Exchange.
When IntercontinentalExchange Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal for NYSE Euronext, observers speculated other suitors could follow due to the exchange...


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The start of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL - Girls) and US Soccer Development Academy (Boys) seasons are coming up. This week, rushsoccer.com will run a series of Season Preview articles for the Rush clubs participating in these Elite leagues. Today, Virginia Rush ECNL.
As a member since the inaugural season of the ECNL, the Virginia Rush Girls season kicks off September 9, 2012 at the Hampton Roads Soccer Council against the Richmond Strikers. An opponent familiar with the Rush, based upon previous seasons and one of the only similarities for 2012/2013.
The ECNL sports a new look to its divisional alignments, league structure, playoff qualifications and opportunities for greater training to game development. This year will see the Rush move to the Mid Atlantic Division marking the beginning of new opponents Free State, Bethesda, Carmel, Ohio Premier, Internationals, FC Virginia, Richmond Strikers, McLean and Ohio Elite. The Rush leaves the South East division with the addition of new clubs in that area.
2011/2012 Season Recap:
While our 2011/2012 won loss records for the teams were not impressive, there certainly were some great individual performances and overall improvement in every teams play. Caroline Casey, US U18 National Team player, secured All-Event team honors at Sanford, FL in December of 2012. Caroline will be pursuing her college playing career at William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Nikki Bottoms, U16 NIKE, was named to the All-Event team for the Frisco, TX, February 2012 contests. Both young ladies are goalkeepers.
A number of our players also were identified and have made college commitments prior to their final year:
Rush Players To Watch: (pictured above)
Payton Ormsby- Campbell University
Meredith Reisinger- US Air Force Academy
Ashley Whited- Radford University
Riley Mahoney- Marshall University
Hannah Velloney - Cedarville University
Brianna Nagle - University of South Alabama
Ashley Weidner - Longwood
Thoughts on the upcoming season:
"We are looking forward to our new opposition and schedule" remarked Jay Hoffman, Virginia Rush's DOC Academy Coaching and Head Coach of the U18 NIKE ECNL Girls team. "This new alignment allows us to not only play in the ECNL but also honor our commitment to the VCCL, our local league which is of great benefit to all of our player's development. Given this fact, this has allowed us to schedule our girls 18 ECNL games, 7 VCCL games plus the ECNL showcases/playoffs (6-12 games), 31 to 37 games over the next ten months at a very high level of competition. As we look to develop players this is a very positive step to enhancing their training to game ratio and individual development".
"Improvement was recognized as the (2011/2012) season progressed and our players became more aware of the demands of this level of competition. This level of play and the consistency of our opponents was not something our teams were accustomed to. I thought we would be able to adapt much earlier in the schedule. However, while it took longer, when we finally did, even though we were still unable to get the desire results at times, the learning curve for our girls was tremendous. We competed more consistently, were able to impose our game on the opposition and gave our teams confidence. These points are what I am looking forward to as we build for the 2012/2013 ECNL Season," said Jay Hoffman.
2012 game Schedule
08.27.12 - Colorado Rush ECNL
08.28.12 - Virginia Rush ECNL
08.29.12 - Texas Rush ENCL


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The word opera means "work" in Italian (it is the plural of Latin opus meaning "work" or "labour") suggesting that it combines the arts of solo and choral singing, declamation, acting and dancing in a staged spectacle. Dafne by Jacopo Peri was the earliest composition considered opera, as understood today. It was written around 1597, largely under the inspiration of an elite circle of literate Florentine humanists who gathered as the "Camerata de' Bardi". Significantly, Dafne was an attempt to revive the classical Greek drama, part of the wider revival of antiquity characteristic of the Renaissance. The members of the Camerata considered that the "chorus" parts of Greek dramas were originally sung, and possibly even the entire text of all roles; opera was thus conceived as a way of "restoring" this situation. Dafne is unfortunately lost. A later work by Peri, Euridice, dating from 1600, is the first opera score to have survived to the present day. The honour of being the first opera still to be regularly performed, however, goes to Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, composed for the court of Mantua in 1607. The Mantua court of the Gonzagas, employers of Monteverdi, played a significant role in the origin of opera employing not only court singers of the concerto delle donne (till 1598), but also one of the first actual "opera singers"; Madama Europa.
Are you interested in the history of rap music? Rap music reaches back into the archives of slave spirituals, gospel music, rhythm and blues, jazz, Jamaican toasts and the many variations of these music genres that were sung on the streets of New York City. Rap music evolved from a tradition of storytelling through song that expresses the flavor of Latino and African American street culture.
Rap music was recognized as such in the late 1970s, when New York DJs began to take liberties with the dance music available, using the tools at their disposal to play with the music. The role of the DJ shifted with this trend, as DJs began to interject more than just song and artist names, but actually began to contribute to the music being played by saying things they thought needed to be heard, using instruments and their own voices to add to the music. As the DJs gained popularity, people started coming out to dance clubs not just to dance or hear specific music, but to hear the DJs themselves. Certain DJs recognized this opportunity and began to make up poetry that they then set to music, adding their two cents to the songs being played. This was the seed from which rap music was grown.
In the 1980s, rap music became the most popular vehicle for African American and Latino poetry set to music, spoken instead of sung, accompanied by beat boxing, break dancing and interpretative dance. Characterized by rhyming lyrics, alliteration and emphatic delivery coordinated with definitive beat patterns, rap music was easy to distinguish from other music genres. The appeal of rap music crossed over cultural and socio-economic divides; musical artists took on the challenge of poetic rap music.
In the early 1990s, rap music evolved into music with a strong, definitive message when gangsta rap took over the rap music stage. This sub-genre glorified issues, such as street violence, drug use, the sale of drugs, prejudice, sex and anger. Most rap musicians took on a negative, tough guy reputation, claiming in their songs to rule the streets as they inspired their listeners to revel in the rough experiences of urban life. This attitude, which was often anti-authoritarian or anti-majority, created a great deal of controversy. It resonated with a segment of the population and was embraced and celebrated, but was rejected by other parts of society.
At the turn of the century, rap began to cross cultural lines, as the messages delivered softened and became more mainstream. While some rap singers still deliver messages full of anger, many more rap singers tell humorous or mild street stories in their music, focusing more on sex and thrills than on hate messages. Rappers of all ethnic backgrounds can now be found, and even the religious community has capitalized on rap music, using it as a vehicle to deliver their messages to the urban music lovers.


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The world's tallest growing trees, called Coastal Redwoods, can be found along the northern california coast and these 2000 year old giants can reach heights of over 300 feet. Most of the Redwoods are now protected within the perimeters of the Redwood National Park, but south of here there are 3 trees that late in the 1800's had huge holes cut in their trunks so that cars can drive right through them. We spent a day in the national park, stopping to walk some of the trails and to see how big these trees are up close.


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hey, i was looking at your forum just now, and i noticed you wanted to start a new team for uncharted 3. I mean i like the way you think and all. but i am with nicole on this one.
uncharted 3 is very old, time to start thinking of the future, and supremeninja, bro how many teams are you on anyways?
but yeah anyways hey if you want, you can grab some people and make up a team and then we can probably scrim sometime soon.
I am also making a team for uncharted, but its for uncharted 4. i have more than enough experiance to know that right now, uncharted 3 is in the past. So hey if you want message me on psn "mikegloria" or you can just private message me on here.
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alright, i mean i am cool with it for right now if you are on other teams, only cause right now we are taking it slow, but when push comes to shove, i need you around with us ok?
but i have your report ready supreme, i just need to send it you on psn now. so when i get online i will send it to you.
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They're actually a surprisingly good horror punk band
They're actually a surprisingly good horror punk band
Kanye West. Tryin to go through most of his discography.
fuck fuck shit fuck
Klingande - Jubel
The sax sounds absolutely amazing
Descendents - Good Good Things
Misfits. Can you think of a better Halloween-themed band?
Sum 41 - Pieces
Hail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold
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Social Distortion - Cold Feelings
Eminem - Déjà Vu


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He needs to get to a competition that's considered an international BEFORE 4CC then!
If Caluza dont get the score, i think they can still send Maverick Eguia, he has the minimum score from the JGP.
Chris could have competed at Golden Spin or Istanbul Cup in order to get the minimum score.
Hopefully he'll manage to compete at one of the January events (I think Helena Cup has Senior Men?).


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Public summoned to trial for Lamplighter Theatre's dinner show
One injurious judge.
Two loquacious lawyers.
Ten wacky witnesses.
"Sandbag, Stage Left, or One Dead Dolly" is a zany parody of courtroom movies and TV shows. The play is loaded with one-liners, sight gags and silliness, and when the trial comes to an end, the audience members who have been selected as the jury determine the fate of Arnold Meddle.
Performances of this Lamplighter Community Theatre dinner show will be April 11, 12 and 14 at Town's Edge Restaurant, Bar and Event Center, Staples. On Thursday and Friday the dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. with the trial at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday dinner will be at noon with the trial at 1 p.m.
Tickets are available by calling 218-894-3050. This show is suitable for an adult audience.
The members of the Mill City Players are besides themselves over the mysterious death of their leading lady, Amelia Meddle, who during a performance, was cruelly squashed by a flying sandbag. All fingers point to her husband, undertaker Arnold Meddle, who was seen wandering around backstage just before the sailing sandbag hit pay dirt.
It's mud-slinging galore between defense lawyer Philip Static and prosecutor Emily Cling. Meanwhile, one by one the members of the Mill City Players take the stand to implicate Arnold Meddle knowing about his jealous nature and Amelia's flirtations with Mill City lead actor Byron Shelley. This, claims the prosecution, provides Arnold with his motive.
Arnold contends he is innocent, but who could crush such a lovely woman under a pile of dirt and burlap? Mill City stage manager Gretel Van Cistern? Sexy actress Dora Glockamora? Arnold's mousy assistant embalmer Edwena "Chuck" Bury? Or medical examiner Sophia Sally Soo?
It's the case of the century, (or at least this past week), under the steady gavel of Judge Roy L. Been, who presides over a jury of audience members, called for duty when the judge dismisses the original jury for not inviting him to their party.


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but obamma says 'IT is just a piece of paper!"
funny how the liberals/neo-socialist go on about how the constitution is "just a piece of paper--till someone tosses a QURAN into the fire--then all of a sudden the Quran is a holy book and you violating some kind of international BS!"
but the bible like the US constitution is 'just a piece of paper"--yeaa right--


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text: Four dairy producers from latest Round Table share more on cropping practices. We have some bonus coverage from our February 25 Round Table, "Forage and tillage practices that work for them." The dairy producers discuss more on controlling weeds and insects. The four participants hail from Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. (To read the complete Round Table, check out your February 25 issue, pages 118 to 120 or click here). Foresight Farms (Iowa): At one time, we had some challenges with weeds in our corn ground. However, since then we have gone to using half-rate of acetochlor and nitrazine with the 40 to 80 pounds of N preplant. That is followed by Roundup application at the V-5 stage. The program has taken care of that problem. Also, we did see a nice bump in yield when we added a fungicide (half rate) with the final pass of Roundup. We have not been very aggressive with herbicide use on our hay ground because of our cutting schedule. We do have more weed pressure than it appears and believe Roundup Ready alfalfa will work great for this application. We did try some Roundup Ready alfalfa five or six years ago before it was pulled off the market. We are diligent about spraying for leaf hoppers after each cutting, and for the first time last year, we tried some fungicide on the hay ground. Graywood Farms (Pennsylvania): For corn, a kill-down herbicide is applied before planting. After planting, we apply a preemergence herbicide. When the corn is 12 to 24 inches tall, a postemergence spray is applied to get any late-season weeds. Alfalfa fields are swept in early spring for weavils and again in early second-cutting growth for potato leaf hoppers. Depending on how many insects are recovered during the sweep determines whether the crop gets an insecticide or not. Van Slyke's Dairy (New York): We maintain an annual pest management system for weeds and insects. In alfalfa, we spray Pursuit on the new seedings after establishment and before first cutting. We watch for aphids and leaf hoppers and spray as needed, but usually a light coating of liquid manure after cutting knocks down any population of harmful insects. In corn, we incorporate Lumax and Atrazine for season-long weed control. With the rapid shading of the narrow rows, we have had above-average success controlling weeds. However, in the last two years, we have had a few fields with a major breakthrough of late-season giant foxtail. It is a weed that has shown up after scouting ends in mid-June, and by harvest time it is as tall as the corn. Fortunately, it has been isolated to a few acres and edges of fields, but we will be making changes to our 2012 herbicide program to allow for longer residual weed control on annual grasses. We begrudgingly grow traited corn varieties, and are quick to remind our seed salesman that we don't appreciate not having the freedom of choice. For 2012, we are planning to plant half of our corn acres with one particular conventional hybrid, with the remaining half split between five other traited varieties. In our opinion, our industry is already seeing the negative results from overuse of traited corn such as Bt resistance and glyphosate resistance. Woldt Farms (Wisconsin): New seedings are sprayed for weeds and usually need to be sprayed for leafhoppers. These fields are scouted weekly to see if insects get above threshold. Traited corn is used to protect against corn borer and rootworm. A single- or two-pass herbicide program is used to control weeds, depending on the farm and amount of weed pressure.


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Advanced Python Part One: List Comprehensions
Peer Reviewed by Josh Vega, shadowisadog, ivan.spasov
advanced python python python2 python3 list comprehensions lists programming
Python List Comprehensions
List comprehensions are Python's solution to the large loops required to do tasks which should be easy. They transform the simple task of getting all the even numbers between zero and one-thousand from:
my_list = [] for index in range(1000): if index % 2 == 0: my_list.append(index)
my_list = [x for x in range(1000) if x % 2 == 0]
The use for list comprehensions
List comprehensions are essentially:
list_name = [expression values filter]
Values - A for loop of values to check against the filter
Filter - All values go through this. It is an if statement, and the expression is appended to the end of the list when it is true.
Expression - Data to append onto the list if Filter is true
It's important to note here that the expression could be anything. We could get the squares of all even numbers between zero and one-thousand just as easily:
my_list = [x**2 for x in range(1000) if x % 2 == 0]
Interesting Points
List comprehensions work on strings, and the for loop can loop through any list. The expression can be as complex as you want. The expression is what gets appended, and it can even be another list. Look at this piece of code:
my_list = [[x*y for y in range(1,11) if y % 2 == 0] for x in range(1,11) if x % 2 == 0]
This generates a list of lists (which is stored in my_list) where every even number between one and ten is multiplied by every other even number between one and ten.
To practice list comprehensions you can try out Code Academy's interactive course. You can also learn more by looking at the Python Docs List Comprehensions are a very useful tool which can replace many loops if you look out for it.
Cheers :)!
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August 19 2013 - Added in Python Docs Link.


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[quote user="mjg407"]does anybody feel like we are down a lot more than 7 points?[/quote]

I think everyone-including myself-does. Maybe it's because we're never able to retake a lead.

I'm trying to be more positive then some of our "fans". That call on Coefield was BS.

I've stayed positive up until about here... right now I've opened my eyes and see that we suck and blow at the same time. Is that even possible?


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June 2, 1973
San Francisco, CA US
Kezar Stadium
Rock and Roll, Celebration Day, (Bring It On Home intro) Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco), Stairway to Heaven, Moby Dick, Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love (incl. Let That Boy Boogie), Communication Breakdown, The Ocean.
KRON-TV & CBS News film news reports from the show.
News Report: 50,000 See Led Zeppelin in Bay City
The British rock group Led Zeppelin drew 50,000 rock fans who paid $320,000 at Kezar Stadium last weekend. Although the 2 ½ hour show Saturday was 6,000 short of capacity, listeners blanketed the football field and stands. Hundreds of others heard the music for free from rooftops in the surrounding neighborhood.
A month ago, Led Zeppelin grossed $309,000 to shatter the Beatles' mark in 1965. Organizers said the group netted better than $1,000 per minute during the show here. It was the second large rock concert in a week at Kezar. The only casualties reported were some bad drug trips, a broken leg and a security guard accidentally wounded with his own revolver.
More than 250 cars were towed away from illegal parking areas around the stadium, police reported.
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What a beautiful day at Kezer
I remember it being a bright sunny day.... I know because my friend passed out and had a huge sunburn on his face...The place was sold out of course...Plant danced like a butterfly and sang like a bird.....Page was the best I have ever seen...They were into the Houses of the Holy Tour..Zeppelin played a great number of tunes and I was very impressed..I remember Black dog as a favorite..and them closing with of course Stairway to Heaven... they played other favorites too... Dazed and confused,, Rock N Roll, Hole Lotta love.. .. I thought the band was tight that day and really went wild...I do not remember who opened up for them, but It was a guy on guitar by himself... Everyone bood him... But I thought he was ok... He tried hard... Do you remember his name???


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So, because he works in an industry with a much higher pay scale then most professions he has to be happy with whatever bone the owners / management throw him. That's crazy. I'll never sign a million dollar contract. I've bust my *** to get in a position to make an average salary for an average American, yet I have no problem with a millionaire being unhappy with his/her pay.
If you're making $1 billion dollars and there are people that do exactly what you do, but have inferior performance and are making $2 Billion dollars then you are going to feel like complaining. Its the way humans are. More than anything we want fairness.
I want Cruz to get on the mic and complain everyday. Its his prerogative. Seriously, it doesn't bother me in the least bit. Knowing how much owners rake in off of my efforts, I would never leave one red cent on the table to play for any team- home team or not.


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Dusk Till Dawn at SXSW

Playboy.com heads to SXSW and meets the cast of the movie They Die by Dawn.

Part 1: Dusk
I arrive in Austin on a Friday afternoon, and there's a guy at the airport to pick me up—he holds up a sign with only my last name on it, "BULL." That guy's my ride.
I find out a few things right off the bat: my driver, Jack, just bought himself his first Gibson (it was about time, he says); he used to play in a Mexican rock band (but he doesn't speak Spanish); and he spent the night partying with LL Cool J. He watched LL's show from the stage wings, he tells me, and he'd never liked hip-hop before, but now he gets it more. He says the women dancing on LL Cool J's stage were fine. He says he's not that young anymore, and he's tired, but it was worth it.
Jack's decked out in a black suit and a pair of well-worn cowboy boots, and there's something of the reformed badass about his demeanor. It's endearing. He says, "I used to dream about being a rock star and now I drive them around—it's really come full circle." And I guess it has, in a country song kind of way.
As we head out of the airport he points to a baggage carousel and says, "Look, it's the drummer for Aerosmith."
I settle into the backseat of the car and look over the brown landscape. It's all spaghetti highways, pale blue sky, the odd ragged cactus. "I'll get the air-conditioning going in a second," Jack says. I just flew in from a snowstorm. I don't mind the heat.
It's my first time at Austin's famed SXSW festival. I'm there to check out the premiere of Jeymes Samuel's western, "They Die by Dawn" (coincidentally the same title as Samuel's latest album with his band, The Bullitts). But Samuel isn't here yet, so I head out with a few other ragtags to see the mayhem going down in Austin.
Downtown, a couple of frat guys hanging around some garbage cans—a buff one and a fat one—give us directions to 5th and 6th Streets, which are closed off for pedestrians. We are met by bar after bar after bar pounding sound at us. Each building is a music venue with its own show going on, and the erupting noise is cacophonous, intense. In juxtaposition, the throng feels warm and peaceful, even if it's 15 people thick; it's like we're a bunch of cattle herded by Temple Grandin, all walking in the same direction nice and easy. The streets are full of sexy hipsters, and they left their irony at school—everyone looks all-out glad to be there. Food trucks serve up the requisite (and delicious) tacos and Fantas. My friend Cynthia, who is married to a Texan, texts me that I should try some fish tacos, so I buy one from a beautiful, buxom Mexican woman. A girl butts ahead of me and announces, drunk, "These are the best tacos! Of my whole life!" I second that emotion, on the inside. I eat my taco, watching the crowd. A man's standing in a food truck all on his own, belting out his tunes. People pool around him and cheer when he finishes his set, picking up free CDs from a shelf. He's good. All the street musicians are: the funk singers, the singer-songwriters, the mayonnaise jar percussionists.
I tool around an open-air thrift store looking for something to bring back as a souvenir. Girls sit in a row, selling crystals on hemp necklaces. Are these retro stylish necklaces, I wonder, or are they perpetually stylish to 19-year-old girls? I almost buy one out of nostalgia. They're cute, the girls in their silver bling, smooshed between taco stands, down the dirt hill from some racks of secondhand plaid shirts.
Here's a surprising fact: you can see the stars at night in downtown Austin, as clearly as you would if you were in the country. That's why they call Texas Big Sky Country, I guess. I make out the three stars that stud Orion's Belt.
Me and my small posse—a slip of a TV anchor and her video producer—try to get to the Fader party, but it closed at eight P.M. Eight on a Friday! Balls. We moan a little because we wanted free merch, but we steel ourselves to the inevitable: it's time to call it a night. We make our way back through the streets, figuring we'll grab a cab back to our hotel in the 'burbs.
SXSW bulges the city's population to about four times its usual size. Logistically, what this means is that every single taxi is filled up with drunk tourists. There are zero cabs. A possible solution, if your Air B&B or your couch-surf or whatever is in the city limits, is to hire yourself a rickshaw driver—and those cyclists have some damn fine muscular legs. But they don't bike out to the sticks. Fair enough.
The three of us wander all over town trying to track a cab. We squat fancy hotels. We call our hotel. I call my husband to see if he can Google us a limo number, maybe. We find ourselves at a commuter train station, quite by chance, and someone tells us we could maybe take the last train and get off and it could possibly take us to our hotel. A train shows up at exactly that moment.
The train only costs a buck. It's crammed full of drunks and lovers and girls holding hands, drinking beer out of glasses they've swiped from bars, and bearded guys asleep with fedoras over their faces and a rowdy dude in a red Millennium Falcon T-shirt.
I hold on to a seat and crowd the girls with their stolen glasses. I'm half tucked into a rack of fixed-gear bikes hung up by the door. Couples cuddle under the tangle of their hanging bikes.
They call our supposed station, and, miraculously, after trekking through some if-you-build-it-they-will-come fields, we find our hotel. We sleep.
Part 2: Dawn
The sun is bright. It's hot. I don't know how hot. Summer hot. Like 85 degrees, or 90, or something when you feel a fever coming. It's amazing. I want to live here forever and never be cold again.
I borrow a cigarette from another media junket guy from L.A. We loll around, boiling, watching the SXSW crowds lump by in their low-key indie duds, cute as a page full of kitten gifs. I'm not being sarcastic. I want to pick them all up and smell their bellies, even if, like cats, they'd just squirm haughtily out of my arms.
Bulleit, in a moment of branding genius (get it? Bulleit and bullets and The Bullitts—three times a bullet!), is hosting the "They Die by Dawn" event, and they're liberally slinging bourbon cocktails into plastic cups. I confess to having a little of whatever's on tap.
People start pouring into the Viceland party scene.
We're all here to catch the premiere of the 50-minute movie, "They Die by Dawn," the story of four outlaws languishing in Langston, Oklahoma who, when they realize how much they're worth dead, set a date to win the collective bounty on their heads. Bang-bang:
Last man standing takes all.
The first to take a couple of bullets to the chest? Blue-eyed Jesse Williams. It hurts to watch someone so pretty die.
Jeymes Samuel, multimedia (meta-media?) sensation—songwriter, scriptwriter, musician, producer, filmmaker, visionary, Jay-Z buddy and generally riveting raconteur—wrote and directed "They Die by Dawn." The Londoner tells me he "bent time and space" to put the characters together in this film. "They Die by Dawn" is based on historic African-American outlaws who didn't actually know one another, whose stories never overlapped. "This is like The Avengers," Samuel says.
Sure, it's like The Avengers, if The Avengers was a badass double-fisted showdown in a dusky pioneer shantytown with an all-star African-American cast.
The history of African-American outlaws is little known. It isn't something you see in the movies; it's not even something you learn about at school. It took an outsider to make this happen: Samuel's movie is a moment in cinematic history, and everyone in the audience is aware of the milestone. The cast, including megawatts Rosario Dawson, Jesse Williams, Michael Kenneth Williams, Isaiah Washington, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Denzel Whitaker, Clifton Powell, Nate Parker and Erykah Badu (the saloon dame), were all wooed by Samuel personally to take on the project. His enthusiasm is infectious.
"There's like 64 years of Old West, post-slavery, so how come you don't see no man of color [in westerns]?" says Samuel. "That's what interested me," he adds, "to go and research these historical characters, the historical talent. It's never been touched before in cinema. You do your research and you go back and you see all these beautiful characters and they're all swagged outlaws."
"They Die by Dawn" is historic, but it's also just an out-and-out fun project. It's cheeky, it's kitchy on purpose. It's Wild West at its best—the flick's saturated with cigar-chomping gamblers, buxom femmes fatales and boozers doing time, all seen through grainy yellow Oakie lens. After Rosario Dawson's man gets gunned down, a tear slides down her cheek, then dries in the desert sun.
The sound at the Viceland joint is a little tinny, but there's possibly never been more game an audience. They hoot and holler the way audiences did back in the days when my grandma played piano accompaniment for silent movies.
After the Q&A, the pictures, the interviews, Erykah Badu—sporting a jaunty felt bowler hat—gears up to DJ the after-party. Meanwhile, Isaiah Washington's leaning back against a wall plastered with movie posters. He's been walking around all night with an unlit cigar (he smokes charismatically in the movie). I ask Washington if his cigar's just an accessory or if he's planning on lighting it at all. He says he's going to smoke it. Later, outside, when there's a good 20 feet of wilderness around him. "Why not now?" I ask. He tells me because the cigar's got a very powerful smell. It'll make a big cloud of smoke, he explains. I tell him cigar smoke smells good, probably people wouldn't mind. He says, "Do you want to smell my cigar?" I say sure, and take a whiff.
It smells like caramel.


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