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text: Here's the differences between Brembo, Galfer and some other unknown brand. Notice the spring clip for the brake pin on the Brembo and Galfer. The other unknown pad doesn't have the spring clip. When searching replacing pads make sure it has the clip. I think this may help prevent brake squeal. Also notice the Brembo has three groves and the Galfer has one grove in the pad material. Again it's my belief this helps the pad preform better by allowing gasses to escape during hard braking. The unknown brand doesn't have this either.


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I've thought about this topic for a while now, and have decided to post to this blog to get some feedback. I often think about communities and why most people decide to live where they do. I have mentioned in my previous posts that we initially moved here because the housing was affordable at the time. Housing, according to Money Sense magazine, means that the lower the pricing of houses, the better. Makes logical sense to me!
Other factors that make a community great are the following:
- Crime rate – the lower violent crimes the better, of course! Meaning, you ideally want a lower ratio of so called bad crimes.
- Income Taxes – the lower the taxes, the better!
- Population growth – 7.9% is the ideal population growth rate. Bradford actually grew by much more, over 13% from 2006 to 2011.
- New cars on the road – The percentage of cars on the road means more economic affluence.
- Walking and biking – Higher percentages of those walking and biking is better for the community, and reduces pollution.
- Culture – Higher rates of people working in culture is better.
- Income – Higher incomes is better for the community of course! For spending to occur, you need people with high discretionary incomes. Bradford average income is about three thousand above the provincial average, although not that much higher.
- Health – More doctors per capita is better. The higher the ratio of doctors to people, the better.
What factors are important to you?


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UNTIL now, Australians have had little chance to get to know Tyler Perry, famed in the US as writer, director and star of a series of films pitched at African-American women (his signature character is a ''pistol-packing grandma'' named Madea).
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Perry branches out in this peculiar thriller, where he takes on the role of crime psychiatrist Dr Alex Cross, a character created by novelist James Patterson and previously played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.
Directed by veteran hack Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious), Alex Cross is only slightly more absurd than the average police procedural, but it's an inch that makes all the difference. All the cliches are here, but they've been jumbled up in often nonsensical ways.
Perry starts the film as an almost neutered family man - a chunky, smiling teddy bear - before he's revealed as a great detective who uses his Sherlock Holmes abilities to flirt with his wife (Carmen Ejogo).
His latest case involves a cat-and-mouse game with an artistically inclined sex killer (Matthew Fox), nicknamed ''Picasso'' for the cubist drawings he leaves in his wake.
Cross' skills are made to seem almost supernatural, as he describes Picasso's background in the solemn tones of a TV psychic receiving messages from the beyond. Halfway through, his intellectual calm is shattered as things get personal - and from then on he's Dirty Harry, willing to do whatever it takes to nail his foe.


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OK - this is contentious perhaps and hardly a new subject in many ways - many folks quite possibly disarm (well - divest of gun and rig off body when at home). OK - you live in the middle of nowhere - but is that somehow sacrosanct?
I am thinking however of the oft mentioned statement - ''ah but - I have guns stashed everywhere and one is at least a mere few seconds away"!
I contend that, the safest place for your carry piece is on your person - all the more so if you are way younger than me and have kids around. Second to that is - a ''few seconds'' might be critical. Count to five slowly and imagine what could happen in that relatively short time!
Another factor is ...... avoiding that possibility of reach down to where Rosco usually lives, only to find .. whoops .... he ain't there!! Suddenly it's a real bad day!
I am as some know a devotee of all day carry regardless - and tho I work from home and am stuck in my office most of the day - I am never without my friend. I guess I am always trying to promote dedicated carry - it is my way ... tho for sure no need to inflict that on everyone else, I know. JMHO - no more.
Point is - how do we know, any of us .... when something will go down? Tomorrow? Next week? Next month or year? Hopefully never.
Who knows, I sure don't. But I plan to be not having to rush and fumble for a ''house gun'' if Murphy arranges for an unexpected visit from some bad guy! I want the best chance fate can deliver and that means Mr SIG is there - from getting up to going to bed!
All of course - just this old man's 2c :wink:


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When the only type of pass route your offensive coordinator calls are 9 routes that are doubled covered, and when you have an O line that can't protect you for the 10 or 15 seconds it would take to have one of your receivers finally get open, you are not likely to have success in the NFL.
Joe's problem is CAM - NOTHING more. Get rid of Cam and get someone with half a brain to replace him and Joe will get the Ravens to the Superbowl.


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A Guardian Angel or a Angel is a symbol of peace and love. In Paranormal Witness, the Guardian Angel of the boy's mom protected him from the elements around him. She even appeared on the highway as a opposite image of the victim's mother.


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Thousands of pro-government and opposition protesters are holding rival rallies in Cairo for and against a controversial constitutional referendum proposed by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Leftists, liberals and other opposition groups called for Tuesday's marches to the presidential palace to protest against the hastily arranged referendum planned for Saturday.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reporting from the anti-Morsi rally, said that thousands of protesters have joined the rally after at least six opposition marches taking place nearby joined the crowd.
Some of the protesters have managed to breach the concrete barriers intended to keep them away from the presidential palace.
"Most of them just walk right by the concrete barriers...and they're right by the walls of the palace," said Tadros.
"The situation is still pretty calm - it's actually quite a festive atmosphere," said Tadros, adding that films showing why people should vote "no" on the constitutional referendum will be projected on the palace walls.
"The Republican Guard haven't reacted. The relationship between the protesters and the Republican Guard up until this point has been quite amicable," said Tadros.
The centre-right Islamists who dominated the body that drew up the constitution have urged their followers to turn out "in millions" in a show of support for the president and for a referendum they feel sure of winning.
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid, reporting from the pro-Morsi rally in the Nasr City neighbourhood, said speaker after speaker has been taking the stage, calling for the constitution to go through.
"This rally is probably much bigger than what the organiser expected," said Abdel-Hamid, who was at one of three pro-Morsi rallies taking place in Egypt..
"Here, people do support President Morsi. Here, people do say that they are behind the constitution," said Abdel-Hamid.
"For them, the constitution brings stability to the country and economic recovery. And a lot of people here will tell you that their lives have been at a standstill since the revolution back in 2011."
Critics of the draft constitution say it disregards the rights of women and ignores personal freedoms.
The opposition, stubbornly calling for the referendum to be delayed, was still trying to decide late on Monday whether to boycott the vote or rally Egyptians to vote "no" to the draft.
Egypt's political crisis began on November 22 when Morsi issued a decree expanding his powers, granting himself immunity from judicial oversight or challenge. The decree, which he later withdrew, sparked mass demonstrations.
Seven people were killed and hundreds wounded last week in clashes between the supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and opponents besieging the graffiti-daubed presidential palace.
A vital $4.8bn International Monetary Fund loan to Egypt has delayed until next month, Egypt's Finance Minister Mumtaz al-Said said on Tuesday, intensifying the political crisis gripping the country.
Military empowered
The elite Republican Guard has yet to use force to keep protesters away from the palace, now ringed with tanks, barbed wire and concrete barricades, but a decree issued by Morsi late on Sunday gives the armed forces the power to arrest civilians during the referendum and until the announcement of the results.
The head of the Egyptian military called for a "national dialogue" to be held on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the constitutional crisis, a military source said.
Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is calling for all sections of the people to convene a national dialogue at the
Olympic Village tomorrow," the military source told Reuters.
The Egyptian president insists on holding the referendum on schedule, despite concerns over who will monitor the vote. Several groups of judges have said they will not oversee the referendum, as is customary for judges in Egypt.
Judges of the nation's administrative courts announced on Monday they were conditionally lifting their boycott of the vote, but they said their supervision of the process was conditional on bringing an end to the siege of the Supreme Constitutional Court by Morsi's supporters.
In exchange for their supervision, they also demanded assurances that authorities would crack down on vote canvassing outside polling stations and offer life insurance policies to the judges.
'Political polarisation'
Leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahy, one of the most prominent members of the National Salvation Front opposition coalition, said Morsi was driving a wedge between Egyptians and destroying prospects for consensus.
"The road Mohamed Morsi is taking now does not create the possibility for national consensus," Sabahy said.
If the constitution was passed, he said: "Egypt will continue in this really charged state. It is certain that this constitution is driving us to more political polarisation."
The National Salvation Front also includes Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei and former Arab League chief Amr Moussa.
Morsi's decision on Saturday to retract a decree awarding himself wide powers failed to placate opponents who accused him of plunging Egypt deeper into crisis by refusing to postpone the vote on the constitution scheduled for December 15.
"We are against this process from start to finish," Hussein Abdel Ghani, spokesperson of the National Salvation Front, said.


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The only bang in Thursday morning's 65th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations is the usual nod for the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory," eliciting a whimper of "again?" from me.
Ho Hum. While the home-viewing business is changing at a speed-of-light rate, you can't expect the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to reflect on what's really going on. It took the organization years to acknowledge cable. ("Sex and the City" won the first big award in 2000.)
While some may be hailing "House of Cards'" well-deserved nine nominations and the paid streaming service Netflix for 14 overall as the beginning of a new era, I wouldn't be so quick to expect major alterations in the Emmy landscape for a while. The Netflix nominations are a result of a change in 2008 by the Academy in its eligibility rules, adding the Internet as a platform. That was mostly to accommodate the short-format category, which hardly shows up anywhere else. Last year at this time, when "House of Cards" was in production, there were probably few in the Academy who thought it would create this kind of a beachhead.
Most of the rest of Thursday's nominations were fairly predictable, unadventurous and even boring. There is a certain inertia that sets in when Academy voters make their picks. First of all, there are way too many categories, anyway. Really, who cares about the best guest on a comedy? The only thing of interest there is that maybe Justin Timberlake, who is nominated for his "Saturday Night Live" gig, might show up this year to help the Emmy Awards show's lagging ratings.
Last year's telecast on ABC drew 13.2 million viewers, a slight increase from the previous year, but saw a drop in the key ages 18-49 demographic. To put that in perspective, "Game of Thrones," according to reports, gets an average of 13.4 million viewers, factoring in originals, repeat broadcasts, DVR, HBO Go and On Demand, where people have to subscribe to the pay cable channel. This year's ceremony is set for Sept. 22 on CBS.
Now back to "The Big Bang Theory," which is about to enter its seventh season and has won Emmys twice as top comedy. At best, it's a serviceable sitcom with a laugh"'track -- an apartment-based live comedy harking back to the 1950s when "I Love Lucy" and "The Honeymooners" were the top shows. Its gimmick is to have nerds gabbing. Like most network sitcoms, it cranks out more than 20 episodes every year, and that ultimately waters down the product.
The Brits recognized this years ago and have limited series. Ricky Gervais only made 12 episodes of the original "Office" over two seasons. Cable shows stick closer to that form. Last year, another network comedy, "Modern Family," beat "Big Bang" for the Emmy, but I'd rather see more subversive shows in the comedy category like Showtime's "House of Lies" or "Shameless." At least, Don Cheadle got a nod for "HOL."
While I have my problems with "Girls" (that's another subject), I prefer having it nominated more than anything from the networks, who complained they couldn't get away with as much because they had advertisers. So? This is supposed to be about quality. Next year's Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" has a shot at joining the comedy nominees, but will that mean ousting another network show? Hopefully.
There were no network shows among the dramas: five cable series and "House of Cards." But at least the "excellence" that the academy is touting in its nominees is there. There are perhaps as many as 10 other shows that could have made the list, and I wouldn't have minded seeing FX's "Justified" and "The Americans" along with AMC's "The Walking Dead" among them.
It's interesting that cable, along with the networks, grumbled about Netflix's campaign to get nominations, feeling that they were losing a spot. And now they are likely to face more competition. Already Directv is producing its own series, and Amazon, Hulu, YouTube and even Cond? Nast have announced they are developing original programming.
Earlier this week, Apple chief executive, Timothy D. Cook announced a "grand vision" for television. While details were sketchy, it was believed to be along the lines of an a la carte service, allowing more choices in viewing and possibly the elimination of commercials.
But whatever happens with people watching on phones, iPads and laptops or streaming to their TVs with Apple TV boxes (they are in some 13 million homes), what the Emmy nominations represent are the end of an era. I know a lot of you will think this is premature. The networks and cable companies still wield a lot of clout, and the Emmy Awards ceremony -- like this year -- has traditionally been a kickoff point of the new fall season.
But how much longer will viewers even care about a fall season? The Emmy Awards today are pretty much just another variety show, and not a particularly popular one. History tells us that people in any industry don't see change coming their way. (I know this firsthand being in the newspaper business.) While it's lovely to see great TV work honored -- and there are plenty of critics and pundits to argue over who is the most deserving -- the industry itself is becoming more and more fractured. Do we eventually start having nominations for best performance on an eight-inch screen to reflect that?


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Hi I'm Kelly and I'm new to the forum. This is my second BMW and I doubt it'll be my last. I've had it a few weeks and things are looking very good, I'm sure I have many questions and lots to learn.
Oh yes, I'd better mention the car in question is a 1994 318i SE.


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Glin Castle Lodge, Glin, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Description: "Glin Castle is a romantic castellated mansion enjoying a glorious setting within some 380 acres of mature parkland and benefiting from being superbly positioned overlooking the Shannon estuary, on the periphery of attractive Glin village and less than 1 hour's drive of Limerick city centre and Shannon International airport.
One of Ireland's most historic properties Glin Castle has been in the FitzGerald family, hereditary Knights of Glin, for over 700 years. The romantic and fairytale title of the Knight of Glin dates back to the early 13th Century. The title is an anomaly, akin to Irish chieftainships, and illustrates the Gaelicization of a powerful Norman family. In spite of the usual series of massacres, attainders, and confiscations, the Knights of the Glen, or Valley, have somehow managed to retain their lands at Glin for over seven centuries.
The castle has superb interiors with decorative plasterwork and notable collections of Irish furniture and paintings. The front hall with a screen of Corinthian columns and a neo-Classical ceiling leads to the great 'flying staircase' and a gracefully decorated Venetian window looking out on the gardens. All the other reception rooms lead off this enfilade and the drawing room, with its bowed front window, has charmingly naïve plaster decoration. In the library a broken pedimented mahogany bookcase artfully conceals a door leading back to the staircase hall.
Gloriously positioned within some 23 acres of mature pleasure grounds made up of well thought out formal gardens and delightfully informal gardens, that seamlessly link to the wider parkland estate and woodland walks. A dairy farm is centrally positioned within the remainder of the estate and is worked as a commercial enterprise. Three sets of gingerbread lodges, on modelled on the family crest of twin turrets, 'defend' the demesne entrances."
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Perhaps because I had read the story beforehand and knew what was going to happen, I found myself looking at my watch more than a few times throughout BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Ang Lee's direction of the drama and the landscape are definitely Oscar-worthy. The acting is equally terrific by everyone involved, especially a heartbreaking Michelle Williams and a powerhouse performance from Heath Ledger (even if his SLING BLADE-like accent was indecipherable at times). But overall I just didn't feel that captivating, emotional kick that would've made it great, instead of a good yet slow movie.
It indeed felt like a 25 page narrative expanded to 2+ hours, at least in the pacing. Things that are alluded to in one line of the story get stretched out to fill up time, and as a result supporting characters and subplots keep getting added that get a scene or two of screentime but have little effect. We see Jack stand up to his father in law…but we don't ever see how that affects his life afterwards. Anna Farris shows up for a hot minute that doesn't serve much purpose. Ennis's relationship with Cassie is nice, yet the issues with his wife are neither resolved nor mentioned. And I did enjoy the scene with his daughter at the end, but again, this is the second time we've seen her as a real character, so the emotional effect is diminished. The result of this is that the main story, the relationship between Ennis and Jack, gets the shaft (no pun intended). You do feel the bond between the two, thanks to the acting, but it's not as deep as it could be. Towards the end they mention that it's been 20 years since they met, but it doesn't feel like that at all—maybe because we've only seen their characters together a few times in the last hour. (Or it could be that they look like they aged three years—simply giving Donnie Darko a rockin' pornstache does not make him look 40.)
I focused a lot on its faults, but BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is a decent drama with some good performances backing it up. If the subject matter doesn't appeal to you, the man-love only occurs in a few scenes. And the guys do it with (naked) women also.
*A Groundbreaking Success (17:14): Talk about tooting your own horn. There's some mention of the social implications of the film, but mostly it's "Oh look how important we are! Look how much money we made!" The movie's been out for a year and they're already making extras like this and putting the word "timeless" on the cover. Hold your horses, people.
And I don't want to be too immature (this is JoBlo.com after all…), but one of the producers says "The script absolutely got inside of me." Hehehe.
*Music from the Mountain (11:19): A look at the use of music in the movie, from Gustavo Santaolalla's simple yet memorable guitar score to Willie Nelson's closing credits song. I still think the importance and effect of music in film is too often overlooked, so it's nice to see it get attention like this.
*Impressions From the Film (2:34): A slideshow of random images from the movie. My impression…pointless.
From Script to Screen: Interviews with the writers Larry McMurtry and Dianna Ossana (10:54): I lost count of how many times words like "incredible," "perfect," and "beautiful" are repeated in this featurette. Seriously, it's pretty much 10 minutes of cast and crew touching themselves while talking about the screenplay.
Sharing the Story: The Making of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (20:46): A Making Of special that aired on LOGO (the LGBT channel). It's pretty much your standard PR "documentary," never delving too deep in to the material and instead opting for very surface level interviews (and self-praise) with the cast and crew.
Directing From the Heart (7:26): Everyone on the project speaks very highly of Ang Lee in this extra and you gotta give the man credit for not only his talent as a director, but for consistently tackling diverse and challenging films. Even if he says things like, "I like the taste of that sound…BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN."
On Being a Cowboy (5:45): A piece on the preparations and stunt work necessary for the actors to accurately portray cowboys (and cowgirl), which comes across very authentic and natural in the film. Ledger and Hathaway already had experience in riding horses, but Gyllenhaal needed to be "roughed up."
No trailers or previews, but the set does come with eight collectible Postcards featuring shots from the movie. Send one to each of your homophobic friends!
Extra Tidbit: The 1998 episode of South Park entitled "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" featured the fortuitous line, "Independent films are those black and white hippie movies. They're always about gay cowboys eating pudding." I'm pretty sure I saw a Snack Pack in Heath Ledger's tackle box.


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Yeah, there are a number of places that offer aftermarket replacement cats for the M54. I've seen them listed under a number of different brand names (DEC, Davico, Benchmark, etc) but they all look exactly the same (and seem to use the same pictures) as those on the TMS web site.
For me, with shipping to TX, I paid $30 more for the MagnaFlow than I would have for the units from TMS although you can find the same cats elsewhere for a little cheaper (and with free shipping). Don't know whether there is any performance difference between the MagnaFlow and "the others" or even compared to stock but I do feel better buying a MagnaFlow product than a brand I've never heard of. Without flow testing (ie, what I'm about to say is worthless) I will say that the MagnaFlow design at least looks to have a better 3-1 collector design than "the others".
That said, if you're just looking for the cheapest replacement cats you can find one of "the others" would definitely be the most cost effective route (especially if you shop around).
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I was reading a thread the other day, on here or THR (I think it was here) about a gentleman whose wife's carry piece fell into view, and the officer turned it into a felony stop. Now, I don't dispute the officer's need to control the situation, but as some noted in that thread, it's a matter of discretion.
In some states, open carry is legal (and from what I recall from that thread, it was in that state too) and in some it isn't. I can understand an elevated reaction from an LEO in a non-OC state. I can also understand an elevated reaction when the individuals are acting suspiscious, etc. In the thread I read, it didn't seem (from the OP's POV, and I know there's always another) that they were acting very suspiscious. So, here's my question to you:
Where does the display of a weapon cross the line? Here in Maine I'm well within my right to have a handgun on my hip, on the car seat, whatever (though it can only be loaded if I have a CCW). In fact, unless I have a CCW, if it's in the passenger compartment it MUST be in plain sight. Now, if I were pulled over by the same cop in the other thread, it seems I would have been secured. So, where do you draw the line? What distinguishes a person just exercising their RKBA vs. someone who's displaying a weapon that may require a felony stop?


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Here at StartupQ8 HQ, we always try to put together events that are educational, insightful and fun for our entrepreneurial community. This month's event is one we're particularly excited about, more so than usual.
Ask any early-stage entrepreneur you know what accelerator they would join if they can join any accelerator in the world, and the overwhelming majority will give one of two answers: Y Combinator or TechStars. While the former has a very impressive portfolio, it is TechStars that has stronger mentorship, smaller classes and more ecosystem emphasis.
We're thrilled to announce that TechStars Managing Partner Mark Solon will speak at this month's event. Mark isn't your typical Silicon Valley VC. He has helped build successful businesses and develop communities in smaller towns such as Boise and Boulder. He is visiting Kuwait with Kevin Tapply, and is going to share his insight on startup fundraising.
Speaking of successful businesses, our entrepreneurial chat this month will feature a founder who was not content to just develop a top ten downloaded app for Kuwait, so he went and built one with 3 million users (and growing) from all over the Arab world. We're pleased to welcome Abdur-Rahman El-Sayed, co-founder and CEO of Waveline Media, as our entrepreur interview. He has been instrumental in building three great products: Yabila, Nabd, and Elektron Games. If any entrepreneur has real insight into how to scale an app in the Arab World, it is him.
Since this is a milestone event, we are co-hosting it with other tech related communities in Kuwait: Google Developers Group, who have kindly allowed us to encroach on their usual meetup time, and KW Tech Meetup, who will showcase some up-and-coming Kuwati startups during the event. The event is on Wednesday November 19th, starting at 7:00 pm in Global Tower.
7:00 – 7:05 Welcome
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7:55 – 8:50 Abdur-Rahman El-Sayed interview
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As always, register on our Meetup.com page and we'll remind you to attend. We expect a strong attendance so get there early. See you all there!


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Need Internet access, a paging service, or home-security monitoring? Call your long-distance company.
With telecommunications reform giving local phone companies the go-ahead to offer long-distance, AT&T, MCI, and Sprint are scrambling to protect their 90% share of the $75 billion market. The strategy: lock in as many customers as possible, as tightly as possible, before war erupts.
MCI Communications Corp. is leading the charge with its Apr. 29 launch of MCI One, a product that allows customers to create their own bundles of telecom services. They'll get a single bill for any combination of long-distance calling, Internet access, cellular calls, and a host of other services. The key to MCI One isn't the price so much as the package: MCI figures the more services it sells to each customer, the less likely he or she will be to switch to a competitor. "The whole long-distance industry is going away from price competition to service competition," says UBS Securities Inc. analyst Linda B. Meltzer. "They all want to increase the number of direct links to the customer."
The strategy isn't unique to long-distance carriers. MFS Communications Co., which provides high-speed phone lines to businesses, said on Apr. 30 that it will buy Internet access company UUnet Technologies Inc. for $2 billion in stock so that it can package online services with voice, data, and video transmission for 50,000 business customers.
SATELLITE TV. The long-distance giants, though, are targeting the larger consumer market. AT&T is offering a free year of Internet access to its 86 million long-distance customers--and 500,000 signed up during the first six weeks. TV hookups are next. Starting on May 6, AT&T customers can get a discount on Hughes Electronics Corp.'s DirecTV satellite-broadcasting service.
Not to be left behind, Sprint Corp. is marketing long-distance to Tele-Communications Inc.'s cable-TV customers in 250 markets. Sprint will also throw in wireless calling as it rolls out its new digital service. And all three long-distance giants plan to offer local calling.
The carriers figure customers will flock to their one-stop shops primarily because it's easier--customers need only deal with one company and pay one monthly bill. Sprint has proven the appeal of simplicity with its year-old Sprint Sense program, which offers consumers a flat rate of 10 cents per long-distance minute. Thanks to the easy-to-understand plan, Sprint's long-distance revenues in the first quarter rose 14.2%, the best showing of the Big Three.
That doesn't mean the carriers won't still compete on price. AT&T saw long-distance volume grow only 7.7% in the first quarter. It went on the offensive in March, mailing out $50 and $75 checks to entice customers back, and company officials say AT&T ended the quarter with a net gain in subscribers.
The difference from past price wars, however, is that AT&T did not cut the basic rate. "You don't have a general overall price reduction going on," says Joseph P. Nacchio, head of AT&T's consumer and small-business division. "I think you'll see a lot of the long-distance carriers throwing more money at customer acquisition because they want to be positioned before the next phase."
The next phase is the entry of the Bells into long distance. The local monopolies also plan to bundle services--but not for a while. Federal law requires them to establish separate long-distance subsidiaries for three years, and they aren't allowed to buy cable systems in their region. The long-distance carriers hope that by the time those restrictions are lifted, customers will be too hooked to switch.


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Glen Davis just got pulled out of game and said someting to Doc, who yelled at Baby, "Sit your xx down."
Doc Rivers just told team security to take Glen Davis to locker room. Rivers clearly not happy with Davis.
Assistant coach Alvin Gentry had went to talk to Davis, but apparently Rivers didn't care. Davis back in locker rooom
"Nothing went on with me," Rivers said after the game. "I thought Baby was just too emotional, and for me, if you're too emotional I always send you back to the locker room and keep you back there until the next game. I love Baby. I just didn't think emotionally he was ready to play tonight, so we told him to go to the locker room."
"No, we're not going to get into the whole Baby thing; this has not been building," Rivers said. "He was emotional tonight, and we told him to go sit down. I just thought he was a distraction, and when guys are a distraction, I don't think they should be on the bench. If you're a distraction for anybody on the bench that should be paying attention to the game, then go sit in the back so our guys can watch the game."
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Community School District 27 supposedly has a rule that homework assignments should not exceed 10 minutes per grade. That is, 10 minutes for kindergarten, 20 for first grade, 30 for second, etc. Many parents have called The Wave complaining about the load their young children carry each night, but now that might be changing. The City Council is looking at a bill that would turn the "10-minute rule" into law. City Councilman Peter Vallone, who authored the bill, also wants to mandate one night each week when no homework should be assigned. We think that most parents, even those who want their children to exceed educationally, will agree with Vallone.
Long-time Rockaway resident Theresa Mohr, who now works at Aviator Sports, but was once the banquet manager at the Beach Club on Beach 116 Street, is battling invasive cancer. Her friends are holding a fundraiser to help her pay her medical bills. The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Beach 90 Street on Saturday, February 23, from 2 to 6 p.m.
With the race for President now moving into its final phase, many politicians are looking towards the 2009 election, when city and state offices will be up for grabs. One of the more interesting races could be for one of the most unneeded positions - Queens Borough President. Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, who represents much of Rockaway, has always coveted that job. We have been told that she had been promised the Democratic nod for the slot, but now, with term limits in other city jobs, the position seems to be attracting lots of attention. Peter Vallone, Jr., says that he's already raised lots of money to run for the position. Fellow Councilmembers Leroy Comrie and Helen Sears have also indicated interest in the job. Queens Republicans have yet to pick a candidate, but whoever runs will probably turn into another of those sacrificial lambs that regularly run against Democrats in this borough.
As we have said in the past, Councilman Joe Addabbo is getting ready to run for the State Senate seat held now by Republican Serph Maltese. With the Democrats needing only two seats to take control of the Senate (turning Malcolm Smith into the second most-powerful politician in the state), Addabbo's election is important statewide, but it would take him out of Rockaway. The question that looms large is who would take Addabbo's place representing Rockaway in the City Council. Insiders say that the Democrats have already picked the party favorite, and he is Frank Gulluscio, a district leader and a district manager for a mainland community board. There is probably no lack of Rockaway candidates as well. We can think of a few perennial pols who might want to become candidates, including district leader Lew Simon and Geraldine M. Chapey (the younger). Without party backing, however, our locals have little chance.
For the first time, a number of black Far Rockaway leaders have come out publicly against gun violence and black-on-black crime, and it is about time. At a recent Day of Healing at the Redfern Houses, a public housing complex on the Nassau County border, officials from the NAACP did not waffle and speak about economic conditions, the disrespect shown to young black men by cops or the consequences of slavery. Instead, they came straight out and said that the violence that recently saw a stabbing and the shooting death of a teenage boy had to stop. At least that's a start. Now, it's time to take some action to actually take back the community from the gang-bangers and thugs that now hold sway.
Just a day after a state appeals court turned down a request by the three cops accused of shooting and killing Rockaway resident Shawn Bell to move their trial to an upstate venue, lawyers for the cops moved for a trial by judge rather than a trail by jury. The cops say they can't get a fair trial from a Queens jury and they will now take their chances with Judge Arthur Cooperman, who has always been considered one of the best and most unbiased judges in the Supreme Court in Queens. The trial is set for next month.
To those younger than 50, the names George Habash and Leila Khaled probably mean little For those older than 50, however, the names will take them back to 1970, when Habash, an avowed Arab terrorist and Khaled, who wore a bullet ring to prove that she was married to her Palestinian terrorist cause, took the world by storm by simultaneously hijacking three western airliners and parking them on the desert in Jordan. All of the passengers were released after some time and the planes were blown up. The story riveted the world for weeks and provided a voice to the Palestinian cause. Habash died last week at the age of 82. Khaled announced his death to the world.
It's still early, but mark your calendars for June 28 and 29, the date of this year's annual Relay For Life. This year, the event has been moved from Beach Channel High School to the Mall at Riis Park. As in the past, there will be the lighting of the luminaries and a survivor's lap to begin the overnight event. The American Cancer Society is looking for teams to take part in the event. Those interested in participating can contact events.cancer.org/RFLforttildenNY.
The city will soon begin to convert its senior centers from places where residents can eat lunch and interact with others their age to spa-like wellness centers with an array of services and social activities designed to promote health and well-being. The new services will include everything from nutrition and yoga classes to field trips to museums and Broadway shows.


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I love it that you have Leonardo di Caprio in your labels! (And the post was quite funny too - if a little distressing... I feel Bopper's pain. And yours.)ReplyDeleteReplies
I've promised the kids they can have a dog when I have earned £7 million and have already bought everything off the long shopping list, including some nice teeth for an immediate family member. I just don't trust myself not to continue the cycle of abuse. Poor Bopper (although we do have 3 very healthy goldfish now in a nice tank).Delete
This is hysterical. I deal with pain by finding the funny and Bopper's last rites were very very funny!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for that, George. I see it more as a cautionary tale against pet ownership and buckling to children's whims. I just know if we ever did get a dog or a cat, muggins would end up cleaning up the poo, doing walks, brushing the teeth, removing the furballs with tweezers or whatever it is people do to cats and having to placate in-season females with babybuds, which I've heard about from friends. Eeuw.Delete
I am so, so glad you never had a cat.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for your comment, Wendy. I always wanted a cat but my Mother had already endured a lifetime of my Grandmother rearing snarling, hissing little scratchy beasts as mousers. There was no way I was going to be allowed a mog. Plus, my Grandmother used to let the cat on the kitchen worksurfaces and it could regularly be spied shitting in the sink and licking the butter. As a PR exercise for cuddliness, my Grandmother's cats' behaviour was a bit like suggesting Robert Mugabe would make a good nursery nurse.Delete


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There is a coupon, or supposed to be, inside of any new Springfield 1911 - U can buy mags a bit cheaper, and some other stuff. I bought a TRP 1.5 years ago - there was not one in the case. I called Springfield, and they sent me one.
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> I would be grateful for any comments on this or any
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I'm so sorry!! But I have found that Wordpress is very user friendly and they have a GREAT network, so I've moved my Poodle Blog over there with my Family blog. I promise this will be the LAST move!!
I'm so sorry!! But I have found that Wordpress is very user friendly and they have a GREAT network, so I've moved my Poodle Blog over there with my Family blog. I promise this will be the LAST move!!
I love watching my dogs play together. With their HUGE size difference it's fun to see how Gentry adapts his play to fit Angus.
Gentry LOVES to play "Stick". That is when he madly grabs a stick, then dashes around the yard, trying to get Angus interested. Usually Angus is too busy being Angus, or looking for a b-a-l-l (we have to spell that word around here...) to pay much attention the "Stick".
BUT last night ANGUS initiated the "Stick" game! He found a stick, just his size, and madly dashed around the yard. Gentry was so surprised he just stood there for a split second, then raced across the yard and found his stick. They were so happy racing around bounding and leaping around with sticks in their mouth. They looked so goofy!
I looked goofy too because I was so happy for Gentry that Angus was playing "Stick" that I ran around the yard, dashing here and there yelling, "Stick! Get your stick!"
Yep. It was quite an exciting night here at Ladybug Family.
I got this on my Dogster account and thought I would share it with you! This chart shows your dogs actual age and then how old they would be in human years.
Yep, it's a beautiful lime green and looks so nice on him, doesn't it!? He is so proud too. He just pranced along with me on our walk today. AND he carried my phone and the poop bags! (I am really excited that he can carry the poop bags for me. When they are full, they are just NOT attractive dangling from my finger until I can find a garbage can. I'm gong to put a plastic grocery store bag in there to tuck the poopy bags in... just in case...)
Onto the pictures!
I like the pose in this one... the houses, not so much...
This one is Rocks my Socks off!!!
And one more... a close up of course!
isn't he so photogenic!? Angus really is too. They make photo shoots so much fun :)
Today Gentry got a new backpack! I'm so excited about this and will be sure to post pictures this week of him wearing it. He looks very handsome in it and seems quite proud to wear it. I bought his at a local store (local... as in Bozeman) called Bridger Feeds. I wanted to get it locally so I could try it on him and have him walk around in it. Just to be sure that I was getting one that was comfortable for him and he would be happy wearing it. He quite happily went up to people to "show" them his backpack and pranced all over the store.
This is what it looks like....
And this is what Gentry looks like when he is teasing Angus because HE gets to wear a backpack and Angus doesn't...
Lately Gentry has been unpredictable when I tell him "with me" (which is my version of come). Sometimes he comes all wiggly and happy. And sometimes he looks at me, then turns and runs away. This is VERY frustrating to me. I HATE it when a dog runs from me. It's just as annoying as when you go to catch your horse and it gives you a wild chase before you can get it cornered and caught. I had one horse like this in my lifetime. It was enough. From that time on I worked VERY hard to be sure that my horses came when I called or whistled. Why doesn't my dog want to come when I call or whistle?
If our dogs are our mirrors, then this is telling me that I am unpredictable. I am the problem. I know this and honestly it is so exhausting to be constantly trying to change myself, better myself and keep up with the relationships in my life. Sigh... Obviously there is something going on that I am unaware of those times that I tell him "with me" and he looks at me, then runs. I NEVER hit my dogs. I may raise my voice sometimes, but I never strike them. The treats aren't working any more for Gentry. He doesn't seem to be food driven all the time. Just sometimes. It hurts my feelings when he runs from me. I do know that and I can't let my feelings interfer with my training of him.
I am struggling with some emotional problems at this time and I think that is really affecting my relationship with Gentry. I know I am unsure of how I am going to react in any given situation. I don't feel that I am in danger of losing my temper, but I am afraid that I will cry or break down somehow. That would be my upredictablity. We did have a "training" time the other day where Gentry was on the leash all day, in the house, outside. I can't let him off leash outside anymore. It's too dangerous. If he decides to play his chase game (I NEVER chase after him by the way) he could run out into the road or get in a tangle with another dog. So he must be on leash all the time. I think our time together on leash has been positive and I THOUGHT we were getting somewhere. But this morning I called him over to the other side of Little L's bed to help me wake him up (which we do EVERY morning) and he immediately turned and ran away. When I told him to sit, he stopped running and sat, but when I walked up to him to help him over to Little L (who is his 2nd favorite person) he got up and ran again. Grrrrrrrrr....
And when I was at the gym this morning, I parked where I could see him and be BARKED the ENTIRE time I was at the gym... 45 minutes!! Sigh. Obviously he is struggling. He is in the car now, parked out in front of the house. I'm waiting until he is quiet and calm then I'll go get him. Maybe we have to work on this at home for awhile...
I WISH someone from the dog training places in Bozeman would get back to me about training lessons. But they won't. I email and email and call and call, and no one gets back to me. Apparently they are swamped.
It snowed yesterday. A Lot. So I took the dogs outside to get some pictures. Here's what I got!
"What did you say?"
"Did you say cookie?"
"I think she said cookie."
"Yep, I heard Cookie alright!"
I thought he was a Poodle, not a Saint Bernard!
Both of my dogs are boys.
They both sometimes lift their leg and sometimes squat.
They pee in tandum. I MUST get a picture of this.
Sometimes one dog is on one side of the bush and the other dog is on the other side of the bush and they lift their leg at the same time and they pee at the same time. The thing is... Gentry is BIG and Angus is small. So, I do worry that Gentry will pee on Angus. So far so good... he hasn't peed on him, but that is just because his aim is really bad. I mean REALLY bad. He doesn't even hit the bush.
I know this is my second post about my dog's bodily functions and I'm sorry about that. It's just so on my mind because I'm always RIGHT THERE when they are going to the bathroom. I mean I follow them around so I can pick up after them. I am VERY familar with their bodily functions.
And now you are too.
<span style="font-size: medium;">We had a great weekend! Hubby was home for a visit and we went to Bozeman on Saturday, JUST FOR FUN!
Included in that fun was a trip to the Puppy Tub. It's a self serve grooming service. They also will groom your dog for you, but I wanted to give Gentry a really good bath and dry with an actual DOG dryer, myself. He was VERY good. He climbed right up into the tub (with a little encouragement from me...) and stood like a Gentlemen for the bath and drying. He was all soft and fluffy afterwards, and smelled so clean!
I wish I had taken some pictures, but I didn't take my camera with me. He was so cute all wet, standing in the bath.
Today I have to clean his ears and do a little ear hair plucking.
Just a fun bath picture...
Our Shorkie, Angus. He's easy. I just put him in the sink!


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I got my period in mid January, about 5 weeks after my abortion. It was a normal period.
I still haven't sorted out the insurance mess, which is partially because I'm lazy and partially because it is so confusing and bureaucratic. Planned Parenthood sent me an invoice a few weeks ago, even though according to my insurance company they owe me money and not vice-versa. Still working on that one! Advice welcome!!
All is generally going well for me, and I really appreciate the support of my friends, my boss, and my partner through all of this.
It sometimes makes me sad that some people I care about would consider my decision immoral or think that women like me should not be allowed to make our own choices about our bodies. But I have no regrets. It upsets me to realize that some women are surrounded by only people who would judge them for making such a decision and don't have anyone to talk to about it. Considering that this is a procedure that nearly one in three women have, it should be easy to find someone to talk to. But stigma creates a silencing barrier.
One group that is trying to fight this stigma is women on waves, an awesome non-profit that you should check out. Here is a place where you can read about many women's abortion experiences. Some of them are even brave enough to share their face. I'm not that brave- sorry folks.
Please know that I will continue to check my email address associated with this blog even if I do not keep posting regularly. Please feel free to contact me with questions or to vent about your experience. firstname.lastname@example.com
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Hey! Thanks for checking out my blog. I had my abortion in Dec 2008, so you can find most of the posts about the nitty gritty by clicking on "2008" in the blog archives, and checking out things from there.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Post Abortion update
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I freaking LOVE your blog. I found it when I started blogging my own second trimester elective abortion. I hope more women will take advantage of this way to get our voices heard.
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Yes they are prickly and can look rather flea-bitten by March, but still, everyone should have a rose somewhere in the garden. There's nothing like their ball-gown flowers, especially when they are fresh and full of the joys of spring. Unlike other blowsy show-offs like rhododendrons and peonies, they go on and on if you deadhead, and you can steal some credit for the show if you chop them back now. Yes, they are prickly, but what other shrub can be so satisfyingly butchered and bounce back with utter forgiveness?
For the rose lover, July is your busiest month. Growth can begin surprisingly early so I always aim to have mine pruned this month and sprayed with copper and oil soon afterward to kill over-wintering pests.
This is also the time when I receive newcomers through the post. Bare-root roses are cheaper than pot-grown stock and you get beefier plants for your money. Despite looking like witch's broom-ends, these unpromising, twiggy stubs cope brilliantly with the indignity of being dragged about the garden in sub-zero temperatures and pushed into wet clay with an unmerciful boot.
All they ask is that you keep the roots damp between arrival in the post and planting and that you throw as much compost or manure into the hole as you can. Soil prep really will save heartache down the track. Roses like a rich, well-manured ground on the heavy side so it retains plenty of summer moisture, so if you are on a cluggy clay they will not flinch. They will thrive even better if you work a few barrows of compost into the soil.
The thing roses will not forgive you for is if they find out you have entertained other roses beforehand in the same bed. Call it "replant disease", "rose sickness" or jealousy; nobody quite knows why roses hate secondhand soil, but they tend to hold a grudge and sulk for years afterward. If you need to plug the gaps in an old established rose garden by replacing like for like, remove a good barrel load of the old soil first and swap it for some from another part of the garden.
Organic matter dug into the new planting hole seems to help, and a sprinkle with mycorrhizal fungi granules can be the modern panacea to all your woes.
Often sold as "root booster", these granules contain the spores of microscopic fungi. The fungi we get on our skin tends to be somewhat unwelcome but an amazing 95 per cent of plants including roses welcome such intimate bonding with a mould and have evolved a special relationship with microscopic soil fungi. The fungi nestle up along their roots and facilitate the absorption of nutrients and water - mainly by increasing their surface area. In return, the plants hand down simple sugars made in their leaves and everyone is happy. It's the perfect symbiotic partnership and one that will no doubt outlast the present coalition government the poor Brits have heralded in. Just don't spoil it by feeding your roses with artificial fertilisers and double digging your beds, because soil fungi it seems, are veritable hippies: they like to be left undisturbed in the soil - occasionally showered with gentle tonics of seaweed or sheep pellets, but nothing ever in powdered form with hazard warning symbols and the words chelate or sulphate written on the packet.
So if you've ordered your broom-ends and your friendly hippy fungi and natural blood and bone tonic, dug a massive hole and swapped so much soil that the neighbours are getting suspicious you are excavating a pa site in the backyard; it's now time to think about the depth of your rose.
Most cultivars these days are actually a double-decker sandwich of two roses glued together. On top sits Dr Jekyll - with his pleasant flowery face and mild manners - but grafted beneath lies the rootstock, a strong wild species rose that will pump energy into its refined alter ego upstairs.
The union of the two can easily be seen as a swollen scar just below where the branches meet the roots, and it's important to plant your rose deeply so that this graft is just buried below the surface.
If you skimp on the hole not only will your rose rock about in a wind, but Mr Hide in the basement is likely to get a sniff of sunshine and send out a wild and thorny sucker - this will not only sap energy from the rose you paid all that money for, but will rip you to shreds when you bowl up nervously with your pruning shears next winter.
Could do this week
* Prune your roses. Always cut just above a healthy bud - preferably facing outwards.
* First remove any dead, diseased or rubbing twigs.
* Aim to remove one or two of the oldest growths completely to encourage constant rejuvenation. Strong uptight bushes such as hybrid teas can be pruned harder than twiggy old-fashioned roses. David Austin "English roses" lie somewhere in between.
* Remove two thirds of the growth on strong growers and about the top quarter to a third on weaker ones.
* Meticulously clean the ground of leaves and debris under roses and mulch to reduce re-infection of fungal diseases like blackspot and rust.


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Trip Start Jul 29, 2007
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The first half of the journey was great and the freeway was awesome. However, there was quite a big downpour in the last part of our journey and 14 degrees. We thought for a second that we'll have a crap day but the afternoon turned out to be awesome!
The accommodation we got is better than we ever expected. It was booked through a friend and we didn't know what to expect (it's privately owned house, renovated for summer renting). The rooms have big beds and we have the whole top floor (2 rooms - one for us and one for Roxy's parents). Every room has its own designated bathroom and there is a kitchen available if required. To top it all off - we have a view of the Adriatic Sea and the Island Krk (see photos)
All this for €15 (~$23) per person per day!!!
After unpacking our stuff we went for a walk alongside the beach. The views were great.
In the late afternoon we went to Crikvenica city center where we checked out the markets and the esplanade.
The other thing we found out was that Internet here is free!!! Yes, finally some civilization! To make things even easier, they have free wireless networks. So you can expect regular updates now of our whereabouts. From what I saw today, I feel that we will be uploading quite a few photos over the next week.
The area where we are staying is very nice - better than I thought it would be. There are many tourists. I have seen cars from Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Romania, Austria, Sweden, Italy, etc.
We are now staying on our balcony, enjoying the warm evening and having a great view.
So until next time bye ...


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Conservatives Boycott Ritz Crackers Over Al Sharpton Sponsorship
By Cavan Sieczkowski
A conservative group is calling for the boycott of Ritz Crackers because its parent company sponsors Reverend Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, and because Sharpton used the term "cracker" in a speech 20 years ago.
Ben Shapiro of TruthRevolt, a right-wing group launched with the aim to "unmask leftists in the media for who they are, destroy their credibility with the American public, and devastate their funding bases," called for the boycott of Ritz in a lengthy statement on the group's website. In the piece, Shapiro criticized Sharpton for his stances on the death of Trayvon Martin and the Tawana Brawley rape case hoax. He also cited a 1994 speech given at Kean College in which Sharpton used the term "cracker."
"Sharpton doesn't dislike all 'crackers,'" Shapiro wrote, noting that Mondelez International runs ads on Sharpton's "PoliticsNation" for its Ritz Crackers. The company told TruthRevolt it chooses to advertise on programs that "serve a wide range of local communities," are "tasteful" and "believable" and are mindful of "generally accepted social or community standards."
Alas, TruthRevolt found fault. The group has asked boycotters to reach out to Mondelez "[i]f you disagree with Ritz Crackers that Sharpton's program is 'tasteful,' 'believable,' and generally acceptable in terms of social or community standards — if you do not think that Sharpton's brand of divisive racism ought to be sponsored by Ritz Crackers."
The issue is not only with his use of the term "cracker," however.
"Those who express outrage over Ritz sponsoring Sharpton's MSNBC program are doing so because of Sharpton's long and continuing history of racial divisiveness and propagandizing," Shapiro told The Huffington Post in an email Monday. "Our post cites several significant examples of such behavior going back decades and forward until today. The fact that he used the word 'cracker' at Kean College is just another mark on his long resume of race-baiting, and is indicative of a racialist mindset that undermines the essence of American unity.
As for why TruthRevolt is drudging up comments from 20 years ago to use as part of a protest Sharpton today, Shapiro told HuffPost: "We made this decision because Al Sharpton is the most obvious symptom of one particularly terrible mainstream media disease: granting despicable figures the patina of legitimacy. Sharpton's history is clear and should trouble any fairminded person."


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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
UTSA, S.A. groups receive $5.5 million in education grants
(Sept. 27, 2004)--The University of Texas at San Antonio and two San Antonio organizations will share more than $5.5 million in No Child Left Behind grants for efforts to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers for high-need schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced recently.
UTSA was awarded $1,653,895; the Education Service Center, Region 20 received $1,693,002; and Intercultural Development Research Associates was awarded $2,239,365.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"President Bush and I believe that all children, regardless of the location of their school, deserve to learn from highly qualified teachers," Paige said. "These grants support efforts to provide alternative teacher certification, thus encouraging talented individuals to say 'yes' to a rewarding teaching career."
"I am pleased we were able to help secure these funds for UTSA and San Antonio," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. "These grants will help support continuing efforts to reach out to students in high-need areas of South Texas."
The Transition to Teaching program supports efforts to recruit talented mid-career professionals and recent college graduates to teach in high-need schools through new, alternative certification routes. This year, the program will award 32 grants worth $18.3 million in 13 states and Washington, D.C.
Data shows there is a critical need for teachers in areas such as math, science, foreign languages, English as a Second Language, reading and special education. This is especially true in rural and urban districts.
In addition to developing alternate routes to the classroom, this year's grantees also will work to streamline hiring timelines and procedures. A recent study found that many talented individuals were discouraged from teaching in high-need areas because their applications weren't responded to in a timely manner by the school district.
The No Child Left Behind Act is the bipartisan landmark education reform law designed to change the culture of America's schools by closing the achievement gap among groups of students, offering more flexibility to states, giving parents more options and teaching students based on what works. Under the law's strong accountability provisions, states must describe how they will close the achievement gap and make sure all students achieve academically.
For more information about the No Child Left Behind Act, contact Susan Aspey at 202-401-1576.


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Tiverton woman fined for animal mistreatment
TIVERTON — A Second District Court judge has fined a 32-year old Tiverton woman on multiple charges of mistreating animals and has given her until Jan. 1 to pay a $750 fine.
The decision, handed down Oct. 22, goes back to complaints in late August from several neighbors about "potentially abandoned" animals at a residence at 69 Cliff Street. Responding to their concerns, Tiverton Animal Control Officer Paul Bell attempted to contact the resident, Natasha Danielle Paradise, to no avail.
In his report, Officer Bell said he went to the Cliff Street home, walked around it, and saw animals and "disarray" inside. He left a notice on the front door asking to be contacted, and then called Ms. Paradise. She did not respond.
Two days later he received a call from the Ms. Paradise's landlord who said she was concerned. Officer Bell returned to the house, and entered with her permission.
Inside he found numerous animals — one dog, one cat, four kittens, four fish, one skink, one tortoise, and one dead tree frog. All appeared to be neglected, with no food, no water. Most were flea-infested.
So horrific were conditions that Officer Bell said in his report he immediately called Animal Cruelty Officer Joe Warzycha of The Rhode Island Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA), who arrived within 30 minutes.
The two officers together inspected the house. "The flea infestation inside the residence was the worst I have ever seen," said Officer Warzycha later. "It took less than 30 seconds inside before I was covered from head to toe."
Officer Bell in his report said, "we photographed and documented all animals and evidence of neglect and mistreatment. We also found the home to be severely infested with fleas. Upon entering the home, we noted hundreds of fleas on our boots and clothing. I myself had received numerous flea bites on my lower leg."
The two officials removed all animals. The cat, kittens, skink, and tortoise went to the SPCA facilities. The dog went to the Tiverton pound at the Sakonnet Veterinary Clinic. The four fish, in the two aquariums, were later taken to the SPCA.
"I was mortified by the condition of the house," said Officer Bell, "and was very frustrated Ms. Paradise took no steps to get in touch with us. We called four times and she never called back."
Police charged Ms. Paradise with 42 counts of abandonment, mistreatment, unnecessary cruelty, and malicious injury to animals, along with other violations.
Ms. Paradise, who has since moved elsewhere, pled no contest in the courtroom of Associate Judge Colleen M. Hastings to five misdemeanor counts of abandonment and unnecessary cruelty. The Oct. 22 hearing took about 10 minutes, said Officer Bell.
The plea, said Officer Bell, "acknowledges there's sufficient evidence to be found guilty of those charges, but does not amount to a plea of guilty." After two years, he said, those charges will be dismissed.
As for the animals, "the dog, reptiles and fish are all in good/fair condition," said Officer Warzycha, "other than the fish tanks being filthy."
It's a slightly different matter for the kittens, he said, referring to a report from Dr. Patricia Burke, a veterinarian with the RISPCA.
Dr. Burke, he said, reported that "the kittens are old enough to have their eyes open, but most lids are pasted shut with discharge. When prying the lids open, whitish pus exuded. Luckily, once the yes were cleaned, they still have normal corneas, but had this gone on another day or so, they would have gotten ulcerated corneas (very painful) and eventually may have lost eyes."


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While the world waits with bated breath for whatever tablet Samsung or ASUS comes out with next, Archos is busy gobbling up the budget tablet market. Woot's here to help with a deal on the Archos 101 G9 Turbo
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