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One Fell Swoop's spring / summer 2012 runway show was unveiled on one of the many catwalks of Perth Fashion Week (SFPFW) and Fashionising.com was there to capture each look.
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Heya Peeps! I'm Chani!
People are often unreasonable, illogical and selfcentered.Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish motives.Be kind anyway.If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.Succeed anyway.If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.Be honest and sincere anyway.What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.Build anyway.The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.Do good anyway.Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.Give them your best anyway.In the final analysis, it is between you and god;it never was between you and them anyway.Mother Teresa.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.Dalai Lama
Well, yes. Here I am, sleep deprived and very very anxious about stuff. I want to crawl deep in a hole and not come out until it's all over.
My current mood could be described mainly like this: one third optimistic, happy and cheerful. One third nervous, scared and worried, all mixed with anxiety about the future. And one third sadness about leaving my hometown.
It's mainly that whole moving out-thing. I'm going apeshit horsepoo crazy over this. Saturday is the big day. Gaaaah.
It makes me sad driving and walking around town. I lived in this city since early childhood, alas at the same place for 9 years, and it's a giant leap of faith forward for me to leave this behind and make room for something new. I sure won't forget all of those precious memories and experiences and I'm positive about my future at the new place, but it still makes me feel kinnda sad. Still, I feel like the wee little child I was when I walk by my old Kindergarten.
There's also the convenient moving stress I'm dealing with. My future room will be a lot smaller than what I have been living in before, so I'll have to leave a lot of my stuff behind. (Even though I recently came to the conclusion that I don't even own that much stuff... It's just that I do own a lot of furniture xD)
Also, there's my usual depression about people - will they be ok with me, will I be ok with them, am I a freak to them, am I able to make it on my own and so on. I hate myself for that. *sigh* Time for some resolving art I guess...
All my cartoons are sorta based on stuff that happens in my life, but there's a lot of gloomy -"my brain won't shut the fuck up"-stuff going on as well. So, A very personal piece, but I needed to get this out of my system.
And just for the record: it's 05:29am and I still haven't slept a second tonight :( Well, it's an early shower, a gallon of coffee and breakfast for me and then it's back to packing...
May the fourth be with you,
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I just got a tumblr! :D I'll be uploading sketches and WIP's there, whilst this lil' Blog will mainly go for my cartoons. Please care for a visit, I really like it there :) Klick HERE
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Aaaaand finally for some art, this is meeee! I made it for my creative resumé. You can find the WIP on my tumblr!
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ran into this guy **** and he had aries alignment poseiden armor and hades blade, he claimed just a glitch and he reported it. even bragged bout someone putting it on youtube. also had multible weapon item and other abilities.... i searched and found the youtubu clip for proof **** now ppl watch this and tell me that there are no hacked characters. if it is a glitch that he can turn off and on he should not use it
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he is a friend of mine. however, he does indeed admit to using such questionable tactics. among them are
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Day Two: Ambuj Goyal on info transformation and a smarter planet
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developerWorks: We're at Information on Demand Global Conference 2009. I'm Scott Laningham. I have the privilege of speaking with Ambuj Goyal, who is general manager, IBM Business Analytics and Process Optimization. Welcome.
Goyal: Thank you.
developerWorks: Thank you for your time.
Goyal: Oh, my pleasure.
developerWorks: We were talking about the theme of this conference being information-led transformation. I mean, it's a neat term, but what does it mean?
Goyal: Yes, this is about the level of maturity organizations have taken around information. So you think about information or data, in the past people have typically used data, content to run their business processes.
And people continuously ask how can we unlock the business value of information? That's why we kind of created a vision of information on demand, so we can get the right information at the right place. And tried to create a systematic way of unlocking the business value of information and we create something called an IOD stack which was, how do we get arms around information? How do we create trusted information before we analyze it, because otherwise, garbage in, garbage out. So, how do we deal with the complete supply chain of information systematically?
And we invested huge amounts of money in this area, about $12 billion invested over the last five years, $8 billion in acquisitions, and [the] remaining in organic investments. But clients still said, yes, you solved the software stack problem, but how do we get line of business and IT to work together, because line of business says if I had the right information at the right time I could make better decisions or optimize my transactions and IT guy said, look, if the line of business guys would just listen to me, we can give the right information at the right place.
So we said, there is a fundamental issue. So since we had worked with so many clients over the last four years — about 15,000 new clients and 2,200 new Business Partners — we said, how [are] people are systematically using information as a strategic asset so they can reuse it and accelerate value and capture that in a proven approach we call Information Agenda:
- You create a strategy, a roadmap, working with both line of business and IT people to create an information governance and competency environment before we think about the IOD stack.
And that Information Agenda started to deal with LOB and IT working together to deal with process improvement.
Now, some clients, as we talked about in this conference — New York Fire Department or Bharti in India — are completely changing their models leveraging information. So Bharti, who doesn't own any infrastructure, is a telecom company, all they own is the information about their client and they're growing very rapidly from 50 million customers to 100 million customers to 200 million customers without owning any infrastructure. All they're doing is they changed their complete model from just using information to optimize a process to do complete information-led transformation.
The Fire Department in New York City is saying, look, we are heroes when we fight a fire. Right? We are in the job of putting fires out. What if we change their model to prevent fires? Right? Then they will need to get building information, where the risks are, and the complete model is changing in New York City Fire Department not only to put out the fires but how to prevent fires.
So it's a maturity of an organization. Are we just unlocking the business value of information using information on demand stack? Are we treating information as a strategic asset so line of business and IT working together to solve the particular business problem and optimize a process or completely changing the way people do work because you're doing complete information-led transformation.
So it's a maturity curve that we deal with with clients. And you come to this conference not only to understand individual products and data, content, information integration, master data management, performance management, analytics, but you also understand how industry by industry, we can improve performance of a specific business problem whether it's client related, operational efficiency related, compliance and risk related, or revenue and growth related — to understand it by industry by industry by industry how to improve the business efficiencies in an organization. So that's what information-led transformation is all about.
developerWorks: What has brought us to this point of maturity? Is it the intersection of the technology being available with the demand because of just the enormous amount of data?
Goyal: I think there are a few things that have brought us to this point. I think an analogy would actually work well out here.
You imagine 20, 25 years ago when ERP came into being. At that time, a lot of people were writing applications. There were programmers who would write in C or COBOL to an application, let's say a ledger application. And ERP companies came into being and said, it's not about just writing an application — it's about treating an enterprise resource like capital well. So if you use the ERP solutions, not only you can do a ledger application, but we have captured the best practices of capital management in that particular ledger, in accounts receivable, in accounts payable applications.
We are exactly at the same space in [the] information war. Yes, lots of projects go on in a data warehouse, BI, metadata management, information integration, and so on and so forth. What we are doing by creating an information on demand stack software and a process called Information Agenda so that you systematically leverage information to do continuous process improvement, we are making the next generation of business efficiencies by leveraging information.
So there's two elements. Think about the analogy of what happened in the application-led world, the ERP company did, creating an application agenda or ERP agenda; we are doing the same thing in information and saying it's about treating information as an asset, managing it, and transforming businesses by leveraging information.
developerWorks: I'm curious, did you know looking back even a decade, this is where I would be at this point in telling this story? Or is it evolving so rapidly in a way that you wouldn't have seen this at this point in time?
Goyal: I think this problem has remained for the last 25 years. In fact, 25 years ago you could ask if I had the right information at the right place, could I make better decisions? The point was that we created so many tools for the clients that we focused on the tools, not on the business outcome.
And the time has come, because the compute-capacity exists, the capabilities exist. And one company, IBM, decided to invest in this particular space so it doesn't become just a software capability problem but it's a business process problem as well.
So it required a huge investment to solve a simple question — can I get the right information at the right place, at the right time — required an acceleration of value over the last five years, as I mentioned, $12 billion spent and 4,000 consultants that are trying to solve this particular complex problem and making it easier for our clients.
developerWorks: It gives new meaning to that word organic in all this, thinking from the business out instead of putting layers and tools upon it, right?
Goyal: Yes, that's true, it's outside in. But also this was the vision when we launched it first in 2005, Information on Demand. It was a gleam in our eyes that said this is the thing if you could actually solve, then it will create next generation of efficiency for every industry whether it's a process industry, telco, retail, whatever it is — all 17 industry we have created industry by industry case studies for how to deal with it.
So, it was a gleam in our eyes at that time that this is what we are going to do. And in the beginning of 2006, we said we are going to invest an incremental $1 billion in this particular space because anything less than that wouldn't solve this amazing problem and anything more than that, we wouldn't get the money.
But we played in the market. What we did is we played in the market and as we worked with the clients through the Center of Excellence that we had jointly established between Software Group and our consulting services, we found amazing client stories that we could solve ... client business problems that we could solve.
As we did that, we started to build out the stack and the process methodologies industry by industry. And when we saw the value [of] what we are trying to create out here, it created an amazing vision in IBM company and said yes, we should invest more in this particular space. And now you know we have a full-fledged service line around Business Analytics and Optimization, around information-led transformation, and a $12 billion spent on the IOD stack software.
So, yes it started with a thought process, but it was the demand of the clients that forced us to be in this particular space. And in this particular domain, we are the leaders. Analysts are telling us we are light years ahead of competition. You see, competition was focused on consolidating the application market, focusing on instance consolidation and so on and so forth. They're still focused on the market that is a pretty big market but not growing.
We are focused now on a market that is where two to three times more money is going because people are now leveraging information to create the next generation of efficiencies. So it is both by luck and by strategic thinking that IBM got into this particular space and accelerated the investment ahead of the market because we played the market well.
developerWorks: Is there anything else that we should touch upon?
Goyal: You know, one of the things that you think about is A Smarter Planet. What is [A] Smarter Planet? Look, many times we talk about [A] Smarter Planet, smarter cities, smarter waterways, smarter traffic, smarter healthcare. How do we make something smart?
This is about getting information at the right place to be able to make decisions or improve processes. So when we say we can reduce carbon footprint in city of Stockholm by measuring traffic and managing traffic flow, we get a lot of information, make smart decisions about it, not only improve the traffic flow but we reduce the carbon footprint. This is all about information-led transformation of the traffic problem that we have in Stockholm or in other cities that we are working on.
Or you think about electric grids; where we can take advantage of instrumentations and reduce the cost of generation of electricity or transmission of electricity. Right? Or healthcare. By connecting the healthcare information at the point of care, you can
- "A," not only improve the client ... improve the health providing or providing of health services but
- improve the quality of life.
This is all about information coming to the right place at the right time to be able to do better things. So if you think about 10 years ago there was a major movement which was called The World is Flat, everything is connected, information is flowing everywhere, the world is flat. Now you're saying, look, this information is coming in, what do we do with it? Right?
That's the investment that we have done. How do we make smarter decisions regardless of the business problem that you are facing? Information is flowing, how do we get arms around it? The velocity of decisioning is changing. The types of information that is coming in is changing. The volume of data is changing. The streaming information is changing. The sources of information is changing.
When we leverage that and harness that and deliver value, that's what [A] Smarter Planet can deliver for...that's the [A] Smarter Planet campaign that we have. And we are doing it for every industry. It's about information-led transformation. It's about analytics and business optimization.
developerWorks: We've been speaking with Ambuj Goyal, General Manager, IBM Business Analytics and Process Optimization. It's been a pleasure.
Goyal: Thank you. It's a pleasure talking to you.


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He stood so straight as he waited in line to pay for his milk that I wondered if his spine had somehow welded itself into a rod, because everything else about him said he was ancient. His skin was so papery with age it almost rustled, and his voice was heavy with the tones of a drunken crow.
"Can I just pay for this now?" he said, and rather loud too.
"Oh, Len!" said his wife.
I was ahead of them, in the "12 items and less line" at the supermarket. The lad at the register had already put through my bag of apples, was reaching for the bananas when Len made his request - and immediately dropped his head, retreating from involvement. There were eight other items to go.
"Look, I don't mind, but . . ." I said. And immediately Len tried edging me out of his way. "But he'd have to clear the register, first," I said, raising my voice a little, because he was old. His ears looked especially old.
"For goodness sake, I've got the right money!" said Len.
And so began one of those aggravating conversations- hostage situations! - that old folk keep in play long after it has become pointless. And peppered of course with an occasional "Oh, Len" from his wife. It had probably been her mantra for the past 50 or 60 years. Meanwhile, register boy had bagged my goods, and it was Len's turn.
"Do you want a carry bag, sir?" said the lad.
"Yes, of course I want a bag!" said Len. "Why wouldn't I?"
I decided to butt in. "Because they're trying to urge people to use less bags for the sake of the environment - and at the behest of the shareholders."
Len was ignoring me until I said the word "behest". It probably took him back to Queen Victoria's jubilee or some such better time.
We walked out to the car park together, Len railing about the world having bigger problems than plastic bags, his wife very quiet and a couple of steps behind us. I figured they were cutting through the car park, and making their way home on foot. Then I heard the familiar light rattle of keys and automatically burbled, "Geez, do you still drive?"
Now, I didn't mean it to sound so . . . scornful. And there was nothing to do but put on a sincere face of humility as Len let me have it with both barrels.
In short, it was people like me who'd come up with the idea of rigorously testing older drivers for roadworthiness; and what a sham, given that it's the younger people in their faster cars who are the problem. "So why don't they test everybody? Once a year!"
He looked proud at this moment, and more so when he said he'd written "letters to the government" - after trying fruitlessly to have his say on talkback radio.
"Every time I got through to the producers, they said they'd already taken enough calls on the matter!"
I don't know if he got lost at this moment, or just out of breath. But he certainly looked perplexed when I asked his wife if she still drove the family car (an early Hyundai)- and what did she think of the plan to put pensioner motorists over the pits?
By now I'd taken out my notebook and pen and Len was astonished that his wife was being interviewed by a newspaper. The look on his face suggested he found it indecent. Indeed, he cut in to say his wife had never driven a car, and "so she wouldn't know".
He was about to start something new, when she turned to me - as a mother might turn from the antics of an ever-demanding child - and said, "I don't think testing is a bad idea. You don't have the same ability to concentrate when you get older, and your reflexes are a lot slower . . ."
Nancy (she'd introduced herself) was talking in a quiet voice and Len was leaning in to listen - and he hated having to do it. For one thing, it meant he had to put a curve in that ramrod spine. For another, his wife held my attention no matter how he tried to interrupt.
And he certainly took it personally when she glanced at him with an evil cheer and said, "I'd also be worried about the number of people going deaf and not doing anything about it . . . I think they need to get tough with hearing tests."
It was at this point that Len stopped talking, opened the driver's door, climbed in behind the wheel - and closed the door with unnecessary vigour. He then turned on the wireless. Turned it off again. Wound down the window. And stiffly said they had to be going.
I asked if Len could drive me up the street, by way of demonstrating his 83-year-old skills at the wheel. I held up the notebook and pen. He told me to sit up front - which pleased Nancy no end.
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The Houston Rockets are holding nothing back in their attempt to sign superstar free agent Dwight Howard. Although the Los Angeles Lakers have been extremely aggressive in pursuit of Howard, the Rockets are the clear favorite at this point in time with the team pulling out all the stops to land the leag'es best center.
One move that may intrigue Howard to sign with the Rockets long-term is Houston potentially going after veteran Manu Ginobili in free agency according to Sam Amico of Fox Sports Ohio:
League sources speculate guard Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs) could be an option for the Rockets later in free agency.
The San Antonio Spurs are coming off another brilliant season of exceeding expectations while reaching the NBA Finals. Even though the Miami Heat
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Although the Spurs may decide to keep the core intact for at least one more season, Ginobili might be the most expendable of the three in San Antonio. Ginobili is currently an unrestricted free agent and may draw interest around the league with the Rockets prepared to make a run at the three-time NBA champion.
During the Finals, Ginobili clearly wasn't the same player and may have cost the storied franchise a fifth NBA title with some questionable plays in Game 6 and Game 7. Despite that being the case, the Argentine guard still has considerable value and may be a perfect fit in Houston along with James Harden and Howard.
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Reef, Oakley, Surfer Girl Clearance Sale on December 2012
I always watch out for the annual Reef, Oakley, Surfer Girl sale to get me my stock of Reef flipflops. For the second half of the year, it's usually during September but we didn't hear about it this time around.
So I went to G-Force at SM Mall of Asia and asked when they will be having their annual clearance sale at Jasra Bldg. They told me that it's going to be on December 6-7, then 13-15.
I asked why the sale happened too late and the staff told me there weren't enough stocks to put on sale a few months ago so they had to put it on hold. Now they have plenty so it's going to be done twice in a span of week. Still, I was told to come early before 10AM so I can be among the first to gain entry to the sale.
Here's the location map of Jasra building by the way.
Note: The poster above is not the actual poster of the sale. Will replace it once they release their official poster.


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WASHINGTON >> The foundation tasked with selecting a location for President Barack Obama's presidential library is adding Obama's half-sister and one of his top former political advisers to its board of directors.
The additions of the president's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, who lives in Hawaii, and former adviser David Plouffe, a Washington D.C. resident, to the Barack Obama Foundation board as it is evaluating site proposals. The board hopes to announce a decision in early 2015.
Most often named library candidates are Honolulu, where Obama was born and raised, and Chicago where he worked and established his political base.
Other board members are Obama Chicago friend Martin Nesbitt, Chicago area businessman Kevin Poorman, and former Obama fundraising chief Julianna Smoot, who is shifting her role to direct the foundation's fundraising.


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Is it safe to build alongside a river? Perhaps, but you had better know that river's flood history. The Willamette River's flood history was unknown to the Oregon settlers of the mid-19th century, and in December, 1861, they paid a high price.
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River access was essential during early Oregon settlement. A river was the only way to move produce or goods (roads were awful, when they existed at all), so the obvious place to put a commercial center was right by a river—on the "floodplain," we would say today.
The town of Champoeg was just such a commercial center. The main shipping point for French Prairie (the farmland that stretches out to the south), Champoeg was developed during the 1840s and '50s—mostly by people who had not been in Oregon for very long, and who didn't know the Willamette River's history. At its height, the town had perhaps 200 people, with stores, blacksmiths, livery stables, churches, saloons, a hotel, a school, and other services. All the buildings were wood, either sawed boards or logs. Even the foundations were wood.
There had been warning signs. Hardly a year passed when water had not crept into the lowest parts of the town area. An 1843 flood—before Champoeg could really be called a town—covered the whole area, destroying fences and crops stored in barns. Men had to paddle a canoe through the second story window of McKay's mill to rescue the miller. Water filled the town in 1853, when it was more developed. Nonetheless, new immigrants were happy to buy lots and build.
Toward the end of November, 1861, a huge weather system stretched from California to Washington, bringing 18 straight days of rain to the Willamette Valley. When the water crested on December 6, it was as much as 30 feet deep on the Champoeg bottomland. And when the water was gone, the dismayed residents found that the town was gone too, having simply floated away.
No one in Champoeg was killed, but other people in the valley—particularly those who lived on islands in the river—were not so lucky. Also, perhaps a third of Oregon's cattle were destroyed, and the resulting economic hardship lasted for years. After the flood, an entire acre in the Champoeg town area was selling for less than $50, where just one lot had previously cost $500. (There were eight lots in a city block.)
Yet some towns gained. Corvallis, for example, was high enough to avoid most flooding, while Orleans, its rival across the river, was washed from the map. Butteville, a few miles downstream from here, replaced Champoeg as the French Prairie commercial hub. Even Champoeg's school bell ended up in Butteville, and is still there today.
After several years, new immigrants, ignorant of the floods, started building at Champoeg again. But another flood in 1890, nearly as bad as in 1861, brought a permanent end to the town.
In some ways, the losses from the 1861 flood reach down to today. Although Champoeg was a significant town, today we know surprisingly little about it. This is because most of the "ephemera" we would use to learn about Champoeg—the letters, photos, documents, and so forth—were destroyed along with the town. Just recently we were delighted to be given an 1859 invitation to the "Stout Ball" at the Champoeg Hotel, found in the bottom of an old trunk. It is one of the few such pieces of memorabilia that still exist.
Willamette River floods are not just a 19thcentury phenomenon. Major floods occur about every 30 years. The most recent was in February, 1996, when much of the park turned into a lake, and wooden picnic tables followed in the path of the long-gone town. Many Oregonians remember the previous flood in 1964.
Why does this happen? Most flooding in the U.S. occurs simply because of heavy rains. In the East, floods are more likely to come in spring or summer. But Willamette River flooding is a winter phenomenon that follows a two-step process. First, a long stretch of cold, wet weather dumps many feet of snow on the Cascade Mountains, especially at the low elevations. Then we get a "Pineapple Express." This is the name given to a blast of warm, wet weather that comes from the general direction of Hawaii. The warm rain and wind melt vast quantities of the Cascade snowpack in just a few days—especially the low-elevation snow. The result is more water than the river banks can handle, sometimes arriving in just a few hours.
Today, government officials can see problems developing and can give warning. In 1861, and again in 1890, this was not the case. Some people only learned of the flooding when their beds started to float.
A series of dams built in the 1950s and '60s eliminated the smaller floods that used to come every few years. But while they can reduce the impact of the large floods, the dams can't stop the floods entirely. Once a reservoir is full, the excess water must be sent on down the river—even if it causes flooding in Salem, Portland, or Champoeg.


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This is a discussion on Carrying Where it is not "authorized", but not illegal... within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by Tala Well, the corporate policy is no guns, but the owner is cool with it. I'm not afraid of getting fired unless ...
As far as getting another job, once again if you agree to do something for a paycheck then you do it. One of those conditions is that you are unarmed. By taking the paycheck you are violating the company. You are correct it is probably an insurance thing, but nevertheless it is still their rules. You can always start your own business and not get insurance and allow firearms carry. No insurance liability has not stopped anybody, but it does not give you the right to do otherwise. Start your own business and explain to your insurance carrier how you wish to carry and allow employees to carry. See how much it costs. Also don't forget to think about if the company loses any business because someone felt uncomfortable with an employee or fellow customer carrying a firearm after being asked not to by a sign or policy? Is that fair to the company and the shareholders?
You tell people that they are not allowed and if they bring an item in, the police do come and arrest them. You have informed them that they are not welcome into or on your property with bubblegum. The sign was the warning that they will be trespassed and arrested. Pretty simple, isn't it?
What does illegal aliens have to do with this argument? It is irrelevant here.
It's a semanticist argument. We are basically saying the same thing, but in different ways
Where the argument fails is that in "his state", he has a legal right to carry in someones home and cannot be denied.
Nothing is further from the truth.
"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have" -- Ronald Reagan
If you can't charge someone with a crime for doing the limbo dance on your property, then it really does not matter if you decree that it is a 'banned' activity. The 'ban' is a figment of your imagination, unless it has some real legal effect. You might as well ban tax collectors. That ought to save a few bucks.
I realize this is counter-intuitive to someone who believes in common sense property rights, but you've got to remember that membership in society comes at the cost of following society's rules. When there is a rule that you don't like, you have an opportunity to change it or move to a place with different rules. As I have mentioned, I greatly enjoy the fact that I have a right to carry onto private property. This is my kinda state.
It has nothing to do with semantics and everything to do with black and white facts.
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound???
Carry CONCEALED....carry wisely, and (IMO) if you are not breaking the law, you are not doing anything wrong.
Ponderous minutiae to the 10th degree.
"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have" -- Ronald Reagan
if there is a speed limit on the road you are driving on you are able to ignore it and more than likely nothing will happen but one day you might be caught and have a summons issued. you certainly are free to break the rules or laws, but then don't whine when you have to suffer the consequences.
I know this critical thinking is not your strong suit, but it is the same as carrying your weapon where it isn't welcomed. I agree with you about how wrong it is for businesses and property owners to ban guns and I like you sometimes ignore such bans but I also realize that those people have their rights and it is not my right to violate their rights.
In Florida, if an establishment ha signage as to "no weapons" "No firearms" "No guns allowed", even though the wording may be off, it carries the right of the property owner/manager/ lesee, etc; to exclude carrying. If you are on their property, and asked to leave, refusal to do so is called armed trespassing. It does not matter if you have a permit ot not.
ANY misnomeanor becomes a felony when a firearm is involved.
There was a case a few years back, where an off duty cop went into a building and took some compute paper. Unbeknown to him, an alarnm system was installed that day, and he got caught. His sentence was 1 month for the petty theft, and 3 years for being armed during the "crime".
So, would I carry in defiance to company policy? No. Would I have a gun in my locked car in a locked safe? You betcha.
My line of work usually involves gov't contractors. Getting caught on premisis with a gun is a double whammie: Both state and federal laws broken. That said, the last place I worked was agov't contractor in a relitively bad neighborhood. I was in charge of the security and fire alarm systems. I told my boss and the company prez that if I had to respond to an off-hours alarm from home, I will be armed. They said "that once you get i the parking lot, leave it in the car, bacause the place with be crawling with cops, and be sure to have your company badge with you. DO not "clear" the building, let the cops do their thing" .
I liked a video about Israeli soldier hitchhiking in uniform with an automatic weapon slung around his shoulder. The first car picked him up. Apparently, over there, having a gun is a way of life.
And apparently you MIS-READ my post. The franchise policy may be anti-gun, but the private PROPERTY OWNER is VERY pro-carry/pro-gun. If he asks me to leave, I will.
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them. -- John Wayne as John B. Books in "The Shootist"
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Levy County Road Detour May Be Permanent
An iron gate now blocks hundreds of Levy County residents from their regular route into town. The road was opened by the owners in the 1950's to allow school bus access, but the traffic grew and the owner wanted his private property back.
People living in the Ocala Highlands West Neighborhood packed the county commission meeting May 17th to try and keep this road open. The property belongs to Mike Joyner, a former Levy County Sheriff's Deputy.
When the county granted his request to shut down this road, he barricaded it from both sides, leaving a three mile detour for residents in the Ocala Highlands West Neighborhood.
Georgia Hall is a resident in the neighborhood. She says; "obviously we weren't heard, because they didn't do anything to help us they did in fact close the road down."
Administrative road superintendent, Bruce Greenlee, says he's found three alternative routes to ease the inconvenience of residents having to take a public road to get into town, but those routes are also private property.
Until those property owners agree to having the traffic through their backyard, residents will continue to be re-routed.
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I suppose that I should start off by saying that the only pure leaf tea i don't like is black.
I love all japanese greens(especially sencha and kukicha), but I also enjoy china whites & yellows very much. have yet to try chinese green.
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Bourne Archive: Aveland Tax:
http://boar.org.uk/ariwxo3AvTaxHarmthorpe.htm Latest edit 5 Mar 2011.
Interactive version ©2011 R.J.PENHEY
The Bourne Archive
The Land Tax was
introduced in 1798 in response to a need to raise money for financing the wars against
Revolutionary France and against Spain.
1798 was for example, the year of the Battle of the Nile
and of rising tension
in Ireland. As well as the events noted more prominently by History, the
long slog of the blockades of
Social instability
had already appeared in resistance to technological innovation (Luddism)
but when the wars ended, in 1815, the social
instability in
Thus, the propertied
class retained its anxieties, expressed in for example, the new
Town Hall (the Quarter
Sessions Court), in Bourne, built in 1820-1 (Birkbeck p.
77) and bearing a
list of subscribers towards defraying its cost. During the period before
economic recovery the court houses in Lincoln (Assize: 1822 (Olney
p.116)), Sleaford
(1829-30 (Trollope p.171)) and Folkingham, together with
Folkingham House of Correction (1808 (Trollope
p.511)), were built. The
Spalding House of Correction was enlarged in the 1820s (Olney p.111). The new Sessions House in
It is called a land tax, which it predominantly was, but it taxed also, pensions and income from offices. The term, pension seems to have been a very general one, for income which did not come under the headings of wages, rents or profits. It could therefore be regarded, with more or less justice, as unearned income.
There exists a group
of tax returns for sixteen of the townships of the Wapentake of Aveland,
covering the tax year 25th March 1817 to 25th March 1818.
Each return relates to a township rather than to a parish. Thus Bourne,
Cawthorpe, Dyke, Hanthorpe and Morton appear separately. The returns are mainly
manuscript, though those for
The assessors were in
each case but
1817 tax assessments are available for people in the following places in Aveland:
Aslackby 0830
Morton 0924
Bourn (Bourne) 0920
Newton 0436
Cawthorpe 0922
Pickworth 0433
Dowsby 1129
Pointon 1131
Dunsby 1026
Scotwilloughby (Scott Willoughby) 0537
Dyke 1022
Rippingale 0927
Hackonby (Haconby) 1025
Swaton 1337
Harmthorpe (Hanthorpe) 0924
Walcott (Walcot) 0635
These are sixteen of the 35 Aveland places mentioned in Domesday Book (Morris: Maps & Map Keys).
The four digit numbers in the table are national grid references. They all begin with TF.
See also the Aveland extracts from the 1818 Lincolnshire Poll Book report.


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North Carolina started work Sunday on preparation for the final month of the football season, a time that it wants to lead to four victories, a winning record and bowl eligibility. The work began two days after Coach Butch Davis gave the players a firm message after returning home early Friday from a 20-17 win at Virginia Tech. His instructions were to enjoy the victory, but not for very long, and to start getting ready for Duke on Saturday at home.
Serious: No time to savor win, Heels say
The Winston-Salem Journal
The last time Duke played football at North Carolina, two seasons ago, the Tar Heels underestimated the Blue Devils.
Given the bowl implications, and the position of each team in the ACC's Coastal Division, that shouldn't be an issue for Saturday's game at Kenan Stadium, the 96th meeting between these rivals.
This is the first time in the series that the outcome of the game means so much to the bowl hopes for each side.
UNC, Duke will meet with more at stake
The News and Observer
Four days after a stunning victory over Virginia Tech, North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates said Monday he could sense a different mood around the Tar Heels.
The junior signal caller said the team is brimming with confidence, unlike a week ago when UNC blew an 18-point lead in a disappointing loss to Florida State.
Davis: Tar Heels need to build on upset over Hokies
The Durham Herald-Sun
Deunta Williams has seen North Carolina turn in performances complete with tough defense and solid offense in wins against East Carolina and Virginia Tech. The safety has also seen days when the Tar Heels' offense did nothing or the defense couldn't protect a big second-half lead.
So which is the real UNC?
Tar Heels trying to sort out who they are
The Associated Press
The more important issue, for now, is that Cutcliffe has put football back into the annual game against North Carolina. For once in what seems like forever the outcome of the game this week in Chapel Hill will be more about records than coaching security.
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Anheuser-Busch debutes Smart Barley technology
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Anheuser-Busch debuted the smart barley program today in Idaho Falls to generate higher yields.
Anheuser-Busch has a global initiative to save water with barley growers.
Happy hour started early Friday afternoon at the Anheuser-Bush facility.
The Clydesdale made a special appearance and the beer they famously advertise was plenty on tap.
The focus of today's event was not the beer, but the barley.
Inside the plant the steeping and malting process takes place. In 2013 this facility produced 295,000 metric tons of barley.
As Idaho's second crop, those who farm barley were here this afternoon.
"I've been a farmer all my life," said farmer Justin Place.
Standing in front of the smart barley technology, place says farming has come a long way since he's started.
"Between GPS on tractors and AgriMet, it's changing, and it's changing fast," said Price.
Place has one of these smart barley systems near his farm.
The station allows him to compare his farming practices with his neighbors locally and internationally.
"His new neighbor today is the farmer in China, the malt barley grower in Brazil, the malt barley grower in France," said Alan Slater, director of North American Barley Association.
The smart barley system measures, humidity, moisture, wind speed, among others.
Powered by a solar panel and a 12 volt battery it collects data like soil health and water use.
"So this way you can see if we're under watering of over watering," said Place.
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Ranbir Kapoor is terrified of water. But while shooting in the south of France, for his upcoming film, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, director Ayan Mukerji needed him to jump from a height into the ocean. However, according to an insider from the production unit, "Ayan was able to convince him to do the scene only after he himself did the stunt." Incidentally, Ranbir does not know how to swim. The director and the actor, working together for the second time (they did Wake Up Sid in 2009), are known to be close friends. And that is why Ranbir was able to coax Ayan into agreeing for this odd request.
The routine was repeated again while shooting at a fort in Rajasthan. Ranbir was made to fall from a height of 250 feet. Again, while shooting at a five-star hotel in Udaipur, Ayan got Ranbir to jump off the terrace, but only after Ayan did it. Ayan, on his part, was happy to oblige every time. He says, "I think the desire to torture one another is mutual between Ranbir and me. I get a weird kick from having Ranbir do stuff he really doesn't want to. Like jumping into the ocean or standing on some crazy height. The only way he gets back at me is by insisting I do all of this before he does it. That's how it goes."
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David Landsberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill Industries of South Florida. David joined Goodwill in May of 2014 and had served on the Goodwill Board of Directors for over 18 years before assuming his current position.
David is the past President and Publisher of Miami Herald Media Company (MHMC), where he oversaw the news and business operations of the company. An experienced newspaper industry executive who has worked for MHMC and its parent company for the past 29 years, he started his career with MHMC as a staff accountant. After 10 years in a variety of financial management in 1996 he became the Chief Financial Officer, where he also founded and ran the company's internet operations. He served as Vice President of Advertising for six years and was later promoted to General Manager of MHMC, a position he held until October 2006 when he assumed the role of President and Publisher.
Mr. Landsberg, who is a native of Miami, graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Finance and has an MBA from the University of Miami. He is a board member of United Way of Miami-Dade County, The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and Orange Bowl Committee. He is a member of the Community Advisory Board for the University of Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
David and his wife Anoly have three daughters, and live in the City of South Miami.
Dennis Pastrana, Retired: President & CEO
Dennis Pastrana is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill Industries of South Florida.
Dennis's career with Goodwill Industries spans 35 years, and he is today recognized as "Dean" among 182 Goodwill Industries' Executives in America.
Dennis's career began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the largest Goodwill in America, where he served for nine years and rose to the position of Assistant Executive Director.
For seven years, he served at the National Headquarters of Goodwill Industries in Washington, DC. He was Vice President of Membership Direct Services and responsible for providing consultation and technical assistance to all Goodwills' in North America and the Goodwill Executive Training Program.
Dennis came to Miami in 1979 to head a small, bankrupt, defeated and demoralized Goodwill Industries operating a few thrift stores. He has led the local Goodwill to a full recovery and subsequently to become one of the largest, entrepreneurial and diversified Goodwill Industries.
Dennis has a master degree in business administration from Marquette University. He is the recipient of numerous recognitions among them:
The Kenneth K. King, Outstanding Management Award
Goodwill Industries International - Top Leadership Award
Goodwill Industries International - Distinguished Career Award
Leonard L. Abess Human Relations Award - Presented by the Florida Regional Board Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith
United Way of Miami-Dade - Outstanding Human Service Professional Award
Lawton Chile's Heart Award - Florida Association of Non-Profit Organization
Goodwill Industries International - Gerald L. Clore International Award
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The '80-to-'96 twin traction beam (TTB) Ford half-ton truck is now three generations outdated, but it still remains extremely popular in the off-road scene. In fact, Ford still uses the 2WD version of this suspension on its vans and Super Dutys to this very day.
The TTB was an excellent cross of independent and solid-axle suspension technologies combined to make one hard-to-beat system (in the dirt). The TTB is simple to modify for lots of travel, but it does have one downfall: its handling characteristics are not stellar because of the camber change the beams undergo as the suspension oscillates (and the more travel the TTB has, the more the camber changes).
Nevertheless, enthusiasts have found the camber change a small price to pay for a heavy-duty, high-travel, off-road worthy suspension.
Rough Country's standard 4- and 6-inch kits take advantage of all the attributes of the TTB suspension and improves it even further by adding some extra travel, and by doing it for less than $500! That's right-an entire suspension that you can purchase with less than a full paycheck.


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December 9, 2013
Today, the New York Times posted a five-part series "Invisible Child" documenting one child and her family's experience of homelessness in New York City. The story of the young girl, Dasani, is powerful and, unfortunately, representative of the experiences of thousands of other children who become homeless each year. I highly recommend that you read the story for yourself. Then I urge you to act.
For too long, our nation's response to family homelessness has primarily been one of emergency shelters and temporary housing. In many ways, homeless service programs became waiting rooms. A place for families to stay while they worked to increase their income, save their money, and find housing on their own or a place to wait until a permanent housing unit became available in public housing or through a permanent housing subsidy.
But as the article makes very clear, shelters are not a good place for children and the pathway out of shelter and into housing of their own can be a daunting one – particularly when the wait for permanent rent subsidies can be counted in years.
Increasingly, communities are working to minimize time families spend in homeless shelter programs by investing more time and resources in helping families get back into housing of their own. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is encouraging this shift.
In the recent Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) HUD encourages communities to invest more of their federal and local resources in rapid re-housing. Rapid re-housing is an intervention that provides families help with housing search assistance, temporary rental assistance, and follow-up case management to ensure the family achieves stable housing.
Evidence from local communities that have implemented rapid re-housing shows that most families can quickly and successfully exit homelessness with temporary assistance from a rapid re-housing provider.
Of course, some families need more. Helping families who can exit homelessness with temporary rental assistance allows permanent housing options – such as permanent rent subsidies, and permanent supportive housing (which combines a permanent rent subsidy with ongoing supportive services) – to be targeted to families with the most intensive and complex needs.
Today, communities that are working to rapidly re-housing families with children like Dasani are planning on how they will get by in the upcoming year with less money than they had last year. This is a result of sequestration, which reduced spending across the board on social programs serving low-income families. Cuts to these critical programs cannot be allowed to happen again.
The Alliance and its partners will be working very hard over the next few weeks to urge Congress to provide homeless service providers the resources they need to help families like Dasani's. Congressional leaders are in the process of finalizing how much money each federal program will receive for fiscal year (FY) 2014.
We need your Member of Congress to know that you support increases to the federal programs that can help Dasani, and thousands of children like her, to escape homelessness. Call your Members this week to encourage them to provide $2.26 billion for HUD's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants. You can find more information about how to do that here.


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Very nice table topper.
Beautiful, You are so talented!
Carol - Here's one of the other ones from the same pattern. I just cut out one of the stars for the center instead of the circle. I'm loving this ruler...
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Really pretty. Can't wait to see the others.
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I am examining the effect of stigmatizing attitudes of specific health behaviors, using a demographic health survey (DHS). DHS respondents were required to indicate (by a YES, NO, DONT KNOW) whether:
(1) whether they would buy a vegetable from a vendor who has HIV, (2) whether they would keep their family member's HIV infection a secret
(3) whether they would be willing to care for a relative who is infected with HIV
(4) wheether a female teacher infected with HIV should be allowed to continue teaching in school
I want to calculate a summary score that reflects community attitude (the attitudes of all members of the community on these variables --- that is the score must EXCLUDE those of the respondent, and INCLUDE those of all others. In some literature, this is referred to as non-self mean.
Since in the DHS, clusters (V022) are the lowest level from which a sample of households is drawn (i.e. these are typically the primary sampling unit), I want a score based on the responses of all people in the same strata (PSU) as the respondent, but excluding the respondent's responses. For example, to compute this score for an individual A who resides in PSU B, we sum the stigma scores (over all the 4 variables) of all individuals in PSU B, with the exceptoin of respondent A.
I would be very grateful if you could give me some pointers about how to create this summary score (over all the 4 variables).
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Shahrukh Khan to give Gautam Gambhir's wedding a miss?
The buzz is also that Juhi Chawla and husband Jai Mehta, who along with Shahrukh Khan jointly co-own the IPL team have been invited to bless Gautam Ghambir and his to-be-wife Natasha Jain, who hails from Delhi. Gautam Ghambir, it must be remembered, is part of the Kolkata IPL team. Actor Akshay Kumar is also expected to grace the occasion.
Shahrukh Khan is evidently happy about his key player Gautam Ghambir"s decision to marry. Speaking to a leading newspaper, Shahrukh Khan wished Gautam and Natasha good luck though he did not mention if he could make it to Gambhir"s wedding. Speaking about the cricketer, SRK said, "He's not just a wonderful player but a great human being too."
As per sources, even though Ra.One would have been released by then, Shahrukh Khan has many other commitments because of which it is uncertain if he could attend the wedding.


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Woman overturns vehicle avoiding reckless driver on M-46
CATO TOWNSHIP – A woman was sent to the hospital Friday after rolling her vehicle while trying to avoid an oncoming reckless driver.
Montcalm County sheriff deputies responded to the rollover crash on M-46 near Youngman Road.
Witnesses stated an unidentified vehicle traveling westbound was passing cars in a reckless manner.
In attempting to avoid the oncoming driver, Tammy Louise Hall lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road and her 1999 Chevy Cavalier overturned.
Hall was pinned in her vehicle and had to be extricated with the assistance of the Lakeview Fire Department and Montcalm County Emergency Medical Services.
Hall was transported to Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital in Lakeview with minor injuries.
Deputies were unable to locate the reckless driver.
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Every time when your Windows system encounters a major system crash, it throws a BSOD, the famous Blue Screen of Death, and collects data from the memory into a memory dump file saved into local hard drive in case a further investigation of why the crash occurs is needed. The memory dump file contains some important information that are helpful to those advanced debuggers and system administrators who want to know more about the crash in order to develop a cure to the course.
But the problem is the size of these memory dump files are often quite big, several hundreds of MBs, and most of the time they are useless to the end users who don't care or don't know how to use them. If you don't set them right, it could eat up your space quite a bit for nothing. In some worst cases where a crash keeps happening, it could fill up all your hard drive space fairly quickly.
Where to check memory dump settings?
The memory dump settings are located in Startup and Recovery window. Here is the path how you can locate it.
Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced System Settings (on the left panel) -> Settings in Startup and Recovery section.
Types of memory dumps
In Windows 7, it's by default set to Kernel memory dump that saves an image of the core memory at the point the major malfunction occurred. You can change to Small memory dump that records the smallest set of useful information that may help identify why your computer has stopped unexpectedly. You can change them by selecting it from the dropdown menu under Write debugging information. You can also choose Complete memory dump that saves all the contents of system memory. For some reason, the Complete memory dump option doesn't show up in my Windows 7 machine but do listed in both my Windows 8 and Windows XP computers.
Windows 8 added a new options, Automatic memory dump, by default in Windows 8, introduced to support the new "System Managed" page file configuration.
3 options to save your hard drive spaces
First, if you absolutely don't care, you can set to None from the same dropdown menu to tell the system not to save any memory dump file. Even though it's not highly recommended, it's up to you if hard drive space has more value.
Second, use Small memory dump. Because it only saves a subset of the full information, it's helpful if you have the limited space in boot drive. By default, Windows preserves the previous small dump files up to 50 files before overwriting them. And you can't change the setting to automatically overwrite.
Lastly, if you prefer having a full image of memory dump file, you can choose Kernel memory dump, or Complete memory dump but unless it's absolutely necessary, you can uncheck the option "overwrite any existing file" so only one full image of dump file is generated every time when a crash happens.
Even if you don't want to overwrite any pervious saved memory dump files, you can reduce the number of files preserved to save you some space. By default, it's set up to 50 files Windows will preserve for you. And you can change it from the following registry key.
Go to HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlCrashControl, and change the value to the key MinidumpsCount to a smaller number.
Move dump file location
If none of the above options helped you, you can change the location of the memory dump file to another drive that has more space to handle these dump files, assuming you have a second drive in your system.
Simply type in the folder path where you want to use into the Dump File box in the Startup and Recovery window.
Final a few words
It's absolutely fine if you leave everything as it is. It's not going to come hurt you if you don't make any change. These are just a few tips that might be useful if space is a constant issue in your day-to-day computing. Besides, you have nothing to worry, if your computer runs so smoothly that it never crashes.


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Watch: Weiner Cops to Lewd Twitter Photos, Breitbart Crashes Stage
In one of the more head-scratching resolutions to a political sex scandal in recent memory, Anthony Weiner today admitted that he did in fact send lewd photos of himself to women he'd met on the internet.
In an emotional and bizzare press conference at the midtown Sheraton this afternoon, Anthony Weiner admitted that he had contact through social media with several women from around the country. He reiterated several times that he had never met any of these women in person, but that his actions constitute "a personal failing" that will no doubt cast his political future into question.
The gathered media was expecting a significant announcement but got more than it bargained for when Andrew Breitbart of BigGovernment.com appeared in the ballroom and took the stage, hijacking the podium ten minutes before Representative Weiner was scheduled to speak. Breitbart claimed to be in possession of at least one more lewd picture of the Congressman, which he is "witholding to protect [his] family." But, he added he would release the photo if he continued to be "attacked" by Weiner.
In reaction, most major news outlets cut away from the press conference while Fox News continued to stream the event.
Breitbart, whose website BigGovernment.com played the central role in publishing and publicizing Weiner's photos, commandeered the podium and demanded an apology from the congressman. The libertarian-conservative new media mogul claimed he broke the scandal for the benefit of Weiner's family—who he said had a right to know they were being hurt—then claimed he had been unfairly bashed by Weiner for doing so.
Bizarre, we told you. This was Breitbart's "Kanye moment."
This became a moot point ten minutes later when Weiner took the stage and admitted to the behavior, even offering an apology of sorts to Breitbart, who remained to the side of the press conference but did not ask any questions.
When Weiner finally did speak, it was through tears. He not only admitted that the risque photos were indeed of him, but that he fabricated the story about his Twitter getting hacked. He had meant to send the photo to a woman via direct message as a "joke." When it appeared on his public feed, he "panicked" and quickly deleted it, though not soon enough.
"I was embarrassed and I didn't want this to lead to other embarrassing things," Weiner said. "It was a dumb thing to do to tell lies about it because it just led to more lies."
Weiner also admitted that he had pursued such online correspondences with six women over the past three years, both before and during his marriage. He said he had never once met any of them in person or engaged in any physical affair.
"This is a deep weakness I have demonstrated and for this I apologize," Weiner said. The congressman will not step down, however. "To be clear, I am deeply regretting what I have done and I am not resigning.
"The last thing on this day when I've done this harm to my wife and my family. is thinking of this or next year's election. The first thing I need to do is make sure this never happens again," he said.
When asked about his political future, Weiner said that he is not resigning, but that he would leave it "to my constituents" to decide his fate.


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Today was a photo shoot day for the girls, and Grandma (Linda) had it all planned out. Nana and Tata (Linda's parents) were there to help, and join in on the fun, with the girls. They got an early start, as they left the house at about 09:00 and went over to The Picture People. They had a 10:00 appointment, and it was good that they had the appointment because the place really got busy by the time they had left, just a little after noon. I wasn't there, as I was with Jason at the Naval base, where he had some appointments to deal with. Linda told me that the taking of the photographs was a bit of a challenge at times; the girls did start to get restless, and she worried that the pictures were going to look poor, BUT, in fact when we went to go pick up the pictures later she was pleasantly surprised. All the shots came out looking great and they were all better than what was anticipated. It was actually kind of funny how Linda went into the mall, to go talk with The Picture People and then how happy she looked when she came out. I was wondering if they had just given them to her for free or something (I was hoping) and she told me that the pictures all came out better than expected.
While the picture taking was going on Jason and I (and Larry) were taking care of things over at the Naval base. Before going, this morning, Jason took a shower and as such I was able to take a good look at his wounds. I was very pleased to see that the left side was looking better and there was some progress on the right side as well. The appointments went well, and before we were done I spoke with the folks that take care of his OT and ended up getting a bunch of appointments for Jason, for the rest of the month. That's the way it usually works, I am able to get the appointments set up and then another type appointment comes along and he has even more appointments to keep track of.
We won't be getting much of an update on the methods that are being reviewed for future treatments for Jason, until much later this month. First there will be a meeting of the different doctors and then they'll let us know what their suggestions are going to be. As soon as I know more I will let you all know. In the mean time, we are here in San Diego, enjoying the visits from family, and spending quality time with the girls.
Thank you, for all your prayers and all the continued support.
This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
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Mr. Bobby White
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Lenoir, North Carolina 28645
Dear County Manager White:
I am writing at the suggestion of the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy to reinforce concerns the Board raised with you about Caldwell County's nascent Canadian drug importation program for county employees and dependents that facilitates the purchase of unapproved, illegal drugs from foreign pharmacies. We strongly believe that the endorsement of this practice by a public official undermines one of our nation's key consumer protection statutes and places your constituents at unnecessary risk of harm from unregulated pharmaceuticals.
As you may know, sixty-five years ago Congress enacted the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a strong drug regulatory system requiring that drugs be carefully tested before marketing, produced under exacting standards overseen by the Food and Drug Administration, and dispensed by state-licensed pharmacies and pharmacists. That regulatory system has enabled our citizens to have the safest, most advanced drug supply in the world, and every day in this country millions of patients are successfully treated by safe and effective medications. Drugs made or distributed in other countries, including Canada, are not subject to our strict regulatory standards, and we have no way to assure that drugs imported from such places are safe and effective. FDA has, therefore, been vigilant in protecting unknowing patients from those who would lure our citizens to buy unproven, unregulated drugs from foreign countries.
Under current Federal law, if a county government establishes a drug importation program, the drugs that county employees and dependents will purchase from the Canadian pharmacies to which they are referred will clearly be illegal in virtually all instances. However, our concerns are far greater than that. For example,
- A number of Canadian pharmacies that promote and sell drugs to Americans have been found substantially lacking in contemporary standards for safe pharmacy practices. I have attached our recent letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, summarizing in some detail the inadequacies of those pharmacies found by his own pharmacy board officials when they visited Canadian internet pharmacies.
- In response to the deficiencies described in the Minnesota pharmacy board inspections, the Canadian pharmacies acknowledged those problems and committed to correcting them. In this country, "we'll do better next time" has not been an acceptable means of regulating our drug supply. Indeed, any of the almost three dozen deficiencies found by the Minnesota officials could have resulted in a fine, license suspension, or license revocation for a U.S. pharmacy.
- The drugs that your employees would purchase from these pharmacies have not been manufactured, shipped or held within the oversight of the FDA, and Canadian drug regulators have said repeatedly that they will not assure that drugs exported from Canada meet American safety requirements. So you will be sending your employees to buy drugs whose assurance of safety comes only from the commercial operators that profit from those sales.
I must also take note of possible tort liability concerns that a public entity could be subject to if a citizen purchases an unapproved, illegal drug on that entity's advice, and suffers an injury as a result. Most Canadian internet pharmacies have bold disclaimers intended to deflect responsibility for injury to their American customers. If you do, indeed, provide incentives for your employees to purchase foreign drugs, I urge you to at least include a warning that the drugs are not necessarily approved by American medical authorities and may thus be unsafe for use.
There are many other ways that the County could pursue for providing affordable, but safe, medications to its citizens. We and others in the Federal government are ready to work with you to implement these approaches for the people of Caldwell County. These approaches include: promoting access to FDA-approved generic drugs, which are proven safe and effective, account for the majority of prescriptions filled in the U.S., and generally cost less than the generic drugs sold in Canada; disease management programs to help educate patients and practitioners about low cost ways to meet medical needs; and implementation of the new Medicare Drug Discount Program, which will become effective in June and will enable seniors who lack medical coverage to obtain medicines at reduced prices. Please contact me if you would like to discuss these further, and we will be pleased to arrange a meeting.
As I noted earlier, Canadian drug regulators have said repeatedly that they will not assure that drugs exported from Canada meet American safety requirements. In contrast, the United States Food and Drug Administration does accept responsibility under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the safety and efficacy of drugs it approves and regulates. We confidently recommend those drugs to patients and physicians as products that have been proven to be safe and effective medical therapies. And we do not recommend that citizens purchase unregulated and unapproved drugs from foreign businesses.
As a native North Carolinian myself, I fully understand the long tradition of caring public officials such as those in Caldwell County finding creative and effective ways to serve their constituents. But please understand that we here at the FDA sincerely believe the use of unregulated foreign drugs poses a real and distinct risk to American citizens. We would be happy to discuss those concerns further with you at your convenience.