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Jim Crawley/Raindrake.com is scamming all over craigslist here in Florida. Basically he has several cell phones so he can pretend he is a large corporation build websites. I contracted him to do a website. I took precautions with a signed contract and a copy of his drivers license and e-mail and text correspondence. He basically played me for 6 weeks. He had already received payment which was a trade of a sony viao laptop in the amount of $1139.00. In the entire time he never gave me a proper link to view his work. I had already contracted another programmer to do this site for me because I knew this guy was a scam. I put pressure on Jim Crawley that he had to show me some and he did. He sent me a link to a site with my business name on it but it was a stolen site and nothing even close to what I was trying to get built.
The programmer that did my site and I did a little sting operation with this joker to get some references from him. [continued below]....
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text: Google+ Vice President of Product Bradley Horowitz has received a promotion and will now step up to take the place of David Besbris. This change comes less than a year after Vic Gundotra left the company and the social network that he had led since its inception. This makes Horowitz the third person to head up Google+.Read More

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On Monday, the BBC was told by Niko Kranjčar's lawyer that the Croatian will undergo a medical with Rangers FC as he seeks to return to European first-division soccer.
That evening, Cosmos COO Erik Stover confirmed to Cosmos Country Podcast that the international midfielder will most likely not return for the fall.
"It's unlikely that we'll have Niko back for the fall season and, to be candid, I think it always was unlikely," said the COO. "It was a good opportunity for Niko to come to us and for us to have him on the team. If you recall, back before the spring started, we didn't think we'd be able to sign him because of the international roster spot issue we were facing. But, unfortunately, Roversio got hurt and that allowed Niko to come in."
Already having seven internationals on the roster, Kranjčar joined the boys in green for training in preseason, joining them officially after injury sidelined Roversio. Roversio was moved off the roster while he recuperated and the World Cup vet took his spot. While the club was expecting a green card to eventually free up an international spot to accommodate both players, it turned out the decision would be made well before.
"He's had a lot of interest from many clubs, financial interests that we, quite frankly, can't compete with. I think there was possibly a path for keeping him on the club, but at this point, financially we're just in a different ball park," said Stover.
Asked about potential transfer moves during the break, with injuries having affected the club so heavily, Stover was positive about the club's depth with players returning from injury.
"We're getting pretty much back to full health. There's still a couple of guys who've got a little bit of time left. We gotta focus on trying to get [Gabriel] Farfán extended. I know Gio [Savarese] would like to do that. I don't know where that sits at the moment, but he's due to come back from his injury very soon," he added. "We had the depth going into the season and I think we still are deep at every position."
It also appears that the elusive green card asked about all spring may finally be on the verge of appearing.
"And we've been chasing this green card and it looks like that's about to be done soon and that might free up some spots for us to make another move."
Stover also had information on midseason friendlies, something TICC had heard might be an option in lieu of an international preseason trip this year.
"Again, scheduling problems for us make it impossible to do anything at Hofstra. And then it becomes a question of is it sound business to do it anywhere else and, unfortunately, we've never been able to work it out. We are working on a potential tour for after the season but, at the moment, nothing in the New York Metropolitan area."
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I remember that fan fiction story you wrote about Harry Potter
"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled as Draco's wand flicked out of his hand. "How dare you say those things about my parents!" Then, for good measure Harry slugged him one across the face.
Draco's hand goes to his face, "You made my nose bleed! You'll pay for that!" Draco scrambles to get his wand and then he points it at Harry "Tarantallegra!"
Harry's legs begin dancing of their own accord and then Harry grasps his wand and screams "Stupefy!" Knocking Draco unconscious, then Harry casts the disillusionment charm, making Draco invisible.
Harry begins to walk away but is interrupted as Snape walks around the corner.
"Was it just me, or where there the sounds of dueling going on in this hallway? Particularly about a slandered ego, Mr. Potter?"
Harry's eyes become wide and he clenches his fist around his wand. Then, he pulls it up "Stu-"
"Expelliarmus!" Snape says as Harry's wand is flicked aside. "Silencio." He says, rendering Harry silent. "Renneverate," he says as Draco regains consciousness and then he flicks his wand as Draco becomes visible. "Mr. Malfoy, you will go to my office, I will deal with you later. I must bring Mr. Potter to Ms. McGonigal."
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Ghaziabad (UP), June 26 : After the Central Bureau of Investigation strongly opposed the bail plea of Dr. Rajesh Talwar, an accused in the killing his daughter Aarushi in a Ghaziabad sessions court, the court reserved its order on the plea temporarily.
The CBI said that Talwar's contradictory statements make him a prime accused in the Noida twin murder case.
Aarushi's father's involvement in the double murder is suspected on reasonable grounds.
Meanwhile, Talwar said that he is willing to surrender his passport to the CBI if necessary.
The CBI also said that Krishna is not the only prime accused. They strongly believe that Nupur Talwar, the Durrani's and the Durrani's helper were involved in the case.
According to the CBI, Talwar had informed the Uttar Pradesh Police about Hemraj's body lying at his residence, but later on refused to recognise Hemraj's body.
Talwar was arrested on May 23 a week after fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found dead with her throat slit in the Talwar house. The body of Hemraj was found on the terrace a day later.


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I was anxious to see her. If she had information that could get me out of this prison I would of course welcome it with open arms, despite what she had done. To be honest, I didn't think she was that bad. It's a crazy though but maybe its just because I've been in this prison for so long.
When I first saw her I noticed that she did not have a particularly happy look on her face. I sat down and she looked me in the eye. Before I could say anything she gave me the bad news. There was nothing legal she could do about my current situation. However, there was a solution. "I'm going to help you escape." she said. "It's not going to be easy, but I have connections to people that will help you once you get outside. As far as the escape itself, you'll need to start a prison riot."


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Elyse: Pushing the LimitsMature
Life had officially been shot to hell. I spent a long time in the bathroom of the hotel, staring at my reflection in the mirror and chain smoking. I was down to about seven cigarette. and then I was screwed. At least I looked good, I told myself.
Back in the room, Ian was attempting to act like he had a plan. Alex and I could both tell this entire disaster was only going to get worse. I took up a post at the window with what was left of the burning cigarette in my hand, remaining silent as I stared out the window into the darkness beyond.
It wasnt long before Alex was out cold, or before I could feel the stinging gaze upon me. I knew that Ian was behind me, watching. There was something about him that struck me as extraordinary. I knew that somehow he would pull through for us. I hated to admit that I was counting on him.
"We're fucked," he muttered, moving to sit down upon the bed. Putting out my cigarette on the window sill, I arose and went to plop down beside him. I thought that maybe his breathing might have faltered. Or maybe it was mine that did.
"Well....I have one thing we could do." Reaching down into my bra, ignoring the look he was blatantly giving me, I pulled out a tiny plastic bag.
"What is that?" he asked suspiciously. I assumed he was being sarcastic. That, or he was a complete moron. It didnt take me long to roll up a joint, and within no time I was sucking greedily at it, holding the smoke in until it had zeroed out.
"Here." I passed it over to him, gauging his reaction as he took a hesitant hit. I wasnt sure if he liked it or not. I didnt particularly care. He was smoking it nonetheless. Soon we were both feeling pretty high, and I was looking up at the ceiling, enjoying the mellowness coursing through me.
The inevietable happened, and Ian started to freak. "We're going to get busted," he said slowly. "The FBI is tracking us as terrorists. The last thing we need is a drug bust too." He was going on and on, ruining my perfect high, and even though he looked so damn adorable, I just couldnt stand to hear his paranoia. So I did the first thing I thought of, which was to lean forward and kiss him.
I pulled away too quickly, feeling a sudden wave of clarity. Ian was staring at me like he didnt know what to do, and then of all things he was pulling me on top of him and kissing me again. I tangled my hands into his hair as his own explored my body. all the contours and places better left unsaid. I pushed his shirt up until he paused to yank it over his head, giving me a look that asked me to do the same.
"Elyse," Ian whispered against the bare skin of my neck. "Fuck, Elyse, I want you..."
I broke away in attempt to reply, but I never got the chance, because suddenly there was a figure standing over us.


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Chapter ElevenMature
I was hungry again.
A warm tingling sensation had started off in the base of my throat and was now flaring agonisingly up to my jaw until it felt like my whole body was on fire. I wasn't in the mood to hunt though and continued to sit on the damp grass, staring into the dark night.
It was Monday morning tomorrow, was Conner going to turn up to school? I didn't know why I cared so much but deep down I knew something was going on. The way his mother stared at me with those chillingly empty eyes, a dead stare. It reminded me of a zombie.
'What are you doing out here?' Chester came and sat down beside me.
'Thinking.' I sighed, deliberating whether or not I should tell him what had happened the previous night. I wondered how he'd take it. He'd probably want to go straight to Conner's house and kill his mother, somehow convinced that she was involved, just because he liked the blood lust.
'What's on your mind?' Chester knew something was up. He was perceptive that way, he could instantly tell if something was wrong and then he'd do all that was in his power to unravel the truth.
I pursed my lips and turned to face him. Just as I opened my mouth to tell him, something crashed from inside the house. Our heads jerked to the back door at the same time and Chester stood up slowly.
'Eli?' I called out cautiously. Chester threw me a glare, motioning for me to stay quiet. He took tentative footsteps, up the concrete path, across the patio and stood outside the door. The light from the kitchen was turned off, but I could clearly see a dark shadowy figure lurking about inside. Chester could see it too. His eyes had become wide, focussed. They looked black in the night and contrasting with his pale skin and bared teeth, he actually frightened me a little. I couldn't imagine how he looked to a human.
He extended one hand to the handle and was preparing to push it open. He turned around and mouthed Get ready, before throwing the door open.
Whoever had been in the kitchen disappeared in a shot, leaving a trail of disarray behind.
Chester, however, was faster.
Seconds later, I found him pinning someone up by the collar against the wall, his face inches away from the strangers, eyes blazing furiously, growls ripping out from his chest.
The stranger tried to struggle, but Chester was much too strong but them and after a couple of futile attempts, they gave up and left their arms dangling by their sides. My hand fumbled along the wall and flicked the light switch on. Although I had immaculate vision, thus allowing me to see in the dark, I was praying my eyes were betraying me.
However, as the light flooded the room, I saw that it was not a stranger that had intruded our house. It was in fact Conner.
Conner did not look healthy. His face had drained completely of colour and was no longer a healthy olive tone, it was a sickening chalky white complexion. His hair was messy and stuck in clumps and tufts, falling flatly against his forehead. However, his eyes gave away what was truly wrong and as my hand flew to my mouth, I gasped sharply.
They were the most vivid, intense shade of red I had ever seen.
'What are you doing here?' Chester snarled, completely oblivious.
'Chester!' I whispered, still in shock. 'Don't you see what's happened?'
'Let go of him,' I pulled on Chester's arm and dragged him beside me. 'Look at him.'
It took Chester only seconds to realise what I was seeing.
'Oh my god.' I had never in my whole life heard Chester as shocked as he was right now. His voice was a mere murmur and his expression mirrored mine.
'Rose,' Conner called my name again and his voice came out harsh and scratchy, like sandpaper. 'You've got to help me. I have no idea what's happening to me. I feel like...I'm on fire... My jaw hurts so much!' He collapsed to the floor and hid his face in his hands. His shoulders began trembling and he let out choking gasps, as if he were crying. But he couldn't cry. Neither of us could.
I didn't do anything, I just stood rooted to the spot watching him break down. There was nothing I could do.
'What should we do with him?' Chester started making his way over to Conner, but I grabbed his arm, shaking my head.
'He's unstable,' I whispered. 'He might snap at any point and we don't know how strong he is.'
'You're right. Shit. We can't just stand here. Where the hell is Eli?'
'He's still away. Just, remain calm okay?' I heaved a sigh and squaring my shoulders, I turned to face Conner.
'Conner?' My voice was soft but firm and his head rose slowly in response. 'What you're feeling is perfectly normal, okay? I promise we're gonna fix it soon, but we just need to wait for Eli to return, is that okay?' I wasn't used to being patient and my words came out awkward and confused.
Nevertheless, he began nodding ever so slightly.
His mouth formed the word Yes and I smiled in satisfaction.
'Now all we have to do, is wait.' I sat down where I was was, tucking my knees up under my chin and leant against the wall. Chester joined me after a few seconds and that's how we stayed. Me and Chester on one side of the room, silent and observing, Conner on the other, quietly breaking down.


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Over the Weekend: Nintendo, Star Trek, Joel McHale, sBACH and More
By Jonathan McNamara
The Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour
I want to be the kind of Nintendo fan that happily shrieks at the chance to play mini games. I wish that I didn't mind waiting three months between releases for another game worth playing. I'd like to embrace casual gaming as a new video game direction, but after visiting the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour I know that I can not.
Read: a review of the empty promise that is the Nintendo Experience Mobile Tour.
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sBACH Geeks Out at Modified Arts on Nov. 15 Check out this video of sBACH's "Track 2."
sBACH – pronounced almost like the name of the Star Trek character – isn't a chiptune band per se, though they certainly draw inspiration from the palette of sounds used to score the 8-bit Nintendo cartridges of the Golden Era of gaming.
Joel McHale at Celebrity Theater
Joel McHale is the ridiculous, scathing, and audacious joker among the equally ridiculous and licentious celebrity royalty that populate our most beloved and idiotic TV programs. And it's obvious to everyone who saw McHale on Friday night at the Celebrity Theatre that McHale is not only good at sharpshooting hapless celebrities, we love to watch him do it.
Star Trek: The Exhibition at Arizona Science Center
Whenever I mention "Star Trek: The Exhibition" to those true fans, their eyes get big and shiny and they start talking faster and making plans to visit as soon and as often as possible.
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Pretty much every day now we get some kind of press from the folks over at the GODZILLA camp and today it's a new teaser poster that looks a lot like an earlier one with the big guy heading left instead of right this time. Take a look! Yeah, a little different but not much still, pretty damn good looking.Read More »
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4 Toho Godzilla Double Features on Bluray! Count me in!
Beginning with the introduction of the original Godzilla film in 1954, and continuing through today, the King of the Monsters has entertained generations of movie fans through his big-screen adventures. In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the iconic franchise, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will debut four classic Toho Godzilla Double Features for the first time on Blu-ray with Digital …Read More »
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Trailer: Godzilla (2014) Official Main An ancient colossal creature is accidentally awakened by mankind, and seemingly leaves noting but destruction in its wake, as its presence becomes known to the world.Read More »
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300: Rise of the Empire (2014) is hacking and slashing its gory way through the competition at the box office this weekend. The film is spectacular in its graphics, style and star Eva Green. While the grue-crew is not in 100 percent agreement, the conversation gets into the crazed violent, abundance of bloodshed and one specific line of dialog – which …Read More »
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Patrick: Evil Awakens (2014) is a modern retelling of the 1979 Aussie hit, Patrick. In the remake, Sharni Vinson steps into the lead role as the nurse taking care of the titular character who lies in a coma at a private psychiatric hospital. If you have seen the original, you know that Patrick holds a deadly, terrifying secret. The grue-crew get …Read More »
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Knights of Badassdom (2014) from director Joe Lynch is a film with a troubled past, surviving struggles and hardships on its journey to VOD and DVD release. Despite its languishing release date, the film remains in the minds of fan anticipating its release. The HNR grue-crew tackle Knights to see if the film was worth the wait, to see if it …Read More »
GODZILLA Wants A Snickers
Let the marketing blitzkrieg begin!! You ever think you would see the day when GODZILLA would be the star of a candy bar commercial? Well, if you did then your prophecy has been fulfilled. Behold the latest SNICKERS commercial: [youtube]http://youtu.be/BkNeGDNhYZo[/youtube]Read More »
The GODZILLA Trailer Is Here!! The GODZILLA Trailer Is Here!!!
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Hear GODZILLA Roar!!!!!!
Shaping up to be a big day for GODZILLA news. Earlier I showed you that awesome EMPIRE cover that gave us our first really good look at the big guy and now I have for you, his voice. All GODZILLA fans know, the roar is one of the most important things about a Godzilla film. Give a listen and see …Read More »
EMPIRE Gives Us A Great Look At GODZILLA
The April edition of EMPIRE Magazine features a monster cover, it's GODZILLA and this pic gives us our best look yet of what this incarnation of the beast is going to look like. Give a look see: Wouldn't mind having that hanging on my wall. Keep tuned as the GODZILLA stuff should be hitting us pretty regular from here on …Read More »
New GODZILLA Poster Towers Above All Others
Not much to say about this one other than the fact that it will be hanging on my wall very soon. Check out this great new one sheet for GODZILLA.Read More »
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Godzilla, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Green Inferno are only a few of The Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2104 as the grue crew take a first of the year look at the films set to hit the theaters throughout the year. What film are you looking most forward too? Is it on the HNR …Read More »
Trailer: Godzilla (2014)
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The Banshee Chapter is the review of the week in which Ted (Silence of the Lambs) Levine plays a Hunter S. Thompson inspired writer who leads the film's protagonist on a hallucinogenic journey into horror. Blair Erickson directs this conspiracy theory fueled, found-footage inspired scare fest with enough scares, jumps and screams to test the strongest of hearts.Read More »
GODZILLA Teaser Stomps Back Online
Be quick if you want to see this. The San Diego Comic Con teaser trailer has popped up on line again but it seems as if Warner Brothers has a team of full time web surfers who spend their days ever searching for this elusive minute and a half of giant lizard coolness. This one is super high quality as …Read More »
Film Review: Godzilla (1954)
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The "cat's paw" doctrine, a concept first coined by Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner in 1990 and adopted by the Supreme Court in 2011, applies when an employee is subjected to an adverse employment action by a decision maker who does not have any discriminatory animus but who bases his or her decision upon information from another who has such an improper motive. In Vasquez v. Empress Ambulance Service, Inc., the Second Circuit recently held that the "cat's paw" theory may be used to support recovery for Title VII retaliation, in addition to discrimination, claims and then extended the doctrine to permit liability if the individual with the discriminatory or retaliatory motive is a low-level employee, not just a supervisor.
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New York State and New York City Pass Landmark Employment Legislation: Will 2016 Be "The Year of the Worker"?
After agreeing last week on a 2016-17 Executive Budget that includes several key labor and employment provisions, New York State Independent Democratic Caucus Leader Jeffrey Klein declared that "[t]his truly is the Year of the Worker." The ground breaking bills include an increase of the New York State minimum wage over the next few years to $15 per hour and paid family leave for employees for up to 12 weeks when caring for an infant, family member with a serious health condition or to relieve family pressures when someone is called to active military service. The New York City Council was also busy on the employment front last week, passing several changes to the New York City Human Rights Law that impact New York City employers. These recent State and City legislative developments are summarized below.
Protection for LGBT Workers on the Rise: EEOC Files First Title VII Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Earlier this month, the EEOC filed its first lawsuits against employers alleging sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII, arguing that Title VII's protections extend to sexual orientation as a form of gender bias. In the lawsuit against Scott Medical Health Center filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the EEOC alleges that a gay male employee was subjected to harassment, including anti-gay epithets, because of his sexual orientation. In the suit against Pallet Companies d/b/a/ IFCO Systems filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, the EEOC alleges that a supervisor harassed a lesbian employee because of her sexual orientation, including making numerous comments about her sexual orientation and appearance. The EEOC alleges that the employers violated Title VII, which extends protection to workers who are discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. In both cases, the EEOC takes the position that sexual orientation discrimination necessarily entails treating employees less favorably because of their sex, thus triggering Title VII's protections.
DOL and EEOC to Make 2016 A Challenging Year for Employers
Members of the Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law recently met. The meeting includes employer and employee advocates, as well as government officials. The meeting often highlights not only the present status of regulations, policy and pending litigation but also provides a window into coming trends that may be important for employers. We highlight a few takeaways.
Latest California Equal Pay Legislation Targets Race and Ethnicity
As California employers adjust to recent amendments to the state's Equal Pay Act, additional changes are looming. As we reported here, last year, California adopted the Fair Pay Act, which provides new pay equity provisions related to employees of the opposite sex. Those amendments took effect on January 1, 2016. Now, California lawmakers are setting their sights on pay disparities based on race and ethnicity. On February 16, 2016, California Senator Isadore Hall III (D-South Bay) introduced Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016 ("SB 1063"), which seeks to expand pay equity requirements beyond sex to include race and ethnicity.
Cross-Border Trends: UK to Follow US Attack on the Gender Pay Gap
Following months of waiting the UK Government has finally published its draft regulations on the new "gender pay gap reporting" requirements in the UK. On publication of the draft regulations, the UK Government has asked one final consultation question: "What, if any, modifications should be made to these draft regulations?" – And so it would appear that the draft regulations are nearing but possibly not quite in final form, pending any pertinent responses received.
New Year, New Laws: A Summary of Hot Button Employment Laws to Hit the Books in 2016
From coast to coast, as the calendar turned to 2016, a host of new employment laws became effective. States and local government are imposing broad obligations on employers well above what federal law requires. This patchwork of legal requirements will continue to bedevil employers. As you begin implementing your resolutions for 2016, here's our take on the major changes that went into effect across the nation last week:
The Commission Speaks: Guidance for Employers Regarding the New York City Fair Chance Act
On June 29, 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Fair Chance Act (the "Act"), which prohibits employers from inquiring into the criminal backgrounds of certain job applicants in the initial stages of the employment application process. You can read more about the Act here. The New York City Commission on Human Rights (the "Commission"), the agency charged with enforcement of the Act, recently issued "Legal Enforcement Guidance" (the "Guidance") regarding the Act. As summarized below, the Guidance provides clarity regarding various aspects of the Act, including definitions of key terms, per se violations and exemptions from the Act.
New York State Expands Equal Pay Law and Other Workplace Protections for Women
On October 21, 2015, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a group of eight bills, referred to as the Women's Equality Agenda, which expand protections for women in the workplace and elsewhere in New York State. The changes that will affect New York employers include an expansion of the existing State equal pay law, the addition of familial status as a protected category and the express requirement that employers reasonably accommodate pregnancy-related conditions.
New York City "Bans the Box"—Inquiries Into Applicants' Criminal Histories Now Significantly Restricted
On June 10, 2015, the New York City Council passed the Fair Chance Act (the "Act"), which prohibits employers from inquiring into the criminal backgrounds of applicants in the initial stages of the employment application process. With the passage of the Act, which is expected to be signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City joins a large group of other states and municipalities in passing so-called "ban the box" legislation, which refers to laws that prohibit or restrict employers from asking about or relying upon criminal convictions and arrests or requiring employees to disclose their criminal history through a check box on an employment application. The ban the box legislation stems from the use of criminal history as an employment screening tool and from concerns that criminal history is often not a reliable indicator of job performance, and moreover, may adversely affect minority groups.


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This is the story of how I screwed up the world. This is also a story of how I saved it.
We're all created. And by created, I mean that we're all scientific experiments funded by the government for the government. You see, at some specific point in my country's history, the government decided that they didn't like the way people were turning out, so took it in their hands to ban live births, thus banning sexual relationships, and creating an entirely new scientific field dedicated to the creation of human beings.
The government had an idealistic idea of what kind of person they desired. Somebody like them, of course, who had the same values, the same interests, the same mind. They also wanted a person who looked up to their government, their country, their controllers. The first few decades were messy, with mistakes running rampant. There was a rash of executions, culminating until the population dwindled and only a few people remained. Finally, however, a miracle! One insignificant scientist discovered a connection between some insignificant cell and one very significant egg, and bam! The government had their perfect human. With this new discovery, the government was able to successfully breed, or rather, create, the perfect society, with mindless freaks inhabiting said society. It worked for a few years, and then the perfect humans began adapting. Slowly, in minute quantities, the perfect humans began misbehaving. Eventually, the country was at the brink of rebellion, for these perfect humans had succeeded in breaking the barrier that science created, and all began to realize that the country they lived in was a backwards country.
And so, the government came up with a solution. They had noticed that the change of thought began later in life, when the perfect humans achieved the age of twenty-two. The answer was easy. Kill the perfect humans at twenty-two, prevent a rebellion. And so that's what the government did. These humans, programmed by the government, didn't realize that their life was being cut short. They only knew what the government told them, and so they believed that dying at twenty-two was normal, if not honorable. And all was calm, for over a hundred years. And then another problem.
Science isn't perfect, and is bound to fail at times. It did. While the majority-98% to be exact-was what the government dubbed an 'Intellectual', or rather, a perfect human, 2% of the entire population was what the government called, 'Creative'. These handful of people, an extreme minority compared to the entire population, were the failed science experiments, the ones who had misbehaved from the very beginning, who never accepted their government fully. Or as I like to say, they were the ones who had a mind of their own. The government couldn't just kill them off, because they were a constant, reoccurring thing. So the government, in all their mercy, allowed these Creatives to wander free, with only a yellow tag marking their danger. It was extremely hard to commit crimes in my country, and even harder to have privacy, so the government didn't worry about the Creatives too much, though they always kept an eye out. The 'Intellectuals' tended to stay away from Creatives, not allowing the Creatives to influence anybody, and there was no threat for rebellion. Until one Creative, a Creative like no other, took action against the government.
That's me. Great intro, huh? Yeah, the history of Cathadon isn't something one likes to dwell on for too long. It's too depressing. Anywho, welcome to my story. I'm sorry that you have to read about it, but let's get started before you change your mind.
My name is AJ. Actually, my name is 12049580. We don't have names in Cathadon, only numbers. But I gave myself a name. Because I can. Because I'm a Creative. Because I can speak for myself. Because the government doesn't control me.


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Those two closing errors meant that the world number one, bidding for a 13th major and third in a row, was facing the prospect of having to do something he has not to do for his previous 12 victories. Come from behind on the final day.
With three holes to play Stuart Appleby, trying to become the first Australian to wear a green jacket, led at one under par by two from England's Justin Rose, who still had five remaining.
Woods was in with a 72 for three over, but it threatened to be so much better. His challenge for a fifth win in the event in 11 years was ignited by birdies at the third, eighth and 13th.
The 31-year-old then had his first three-putt of the week at the 15th - for a par after making the green in two - but missed the fairway down the 17th and failed to get up and down from a plugged lie in the greenside bunker.
A perfect drive down the last was then wasted with an approach that came up badly short and after chipping 18 feet past the flag he could not salvage his par.
Asked if he had allowed the round to get away from him again Woods said: "Yeah. And then some. Quite frankly I didn't look at the leaderboards. I was just plodding along. It was one of the hardest rounds we've ever had here.
"You know if you make 18 pars you are going to move up the leaderboard. That's not usually the case."
Rose, level par overnight, bogeyed the first two holes to bring back memories of his 81 when leading at halfway on his last visit three years ago.
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"Alex likes close combat," Mickey reasons, laying out some of our options, "so it makes no sense to try bringing him down with what he's best at. I vote guns." We're sat around a small table in the canteen, the food in front of us completely untouched. I'm wearing shades, not because of the sun beating down on us today, but because I'm trying to hide my puffy eyes.
Yes, I spent most of the night, clinging to my husband, crying my eyes out on the sofa.
No, I am not comfortable with admitting this.
"D'ya know where his knife collection is?" Aidan asks. I shake my head.
"Probably at his place. He never brought more than he needed with him, and he never kept any at work," I mumble.
"We should get hold of that before we try anything. He might be a vampire, but you can bet your bottom dollar he'll stick with the familiar," Aidan says, not noticing, or at least not paying attention to the badly hidden depression in my tone.
"I'll get on that one," Connor offers. The other two nod and he stands up, taking his packaged canteen sandwich with him. Eating over the work computers is usually frowned upon, but somehow that guy can get away with just about anything. My bet is he's got some close family connection to the boss or something like that, but he never tells anyone what makes him so immune.
"You gonna go over to his place with Connor, Joey?" Mickey asks, opening his own sandwich. I watch as the limp bread flops apart in his over-sized hands, scattering the filling over his tray. He curses, before looking back up at me for my answer.
I don't want to go over to Alex's apartment. It would be too weird.
"No... I think I'd rather just deal with the paper work for this one, thanks," I mutter, talking to my tray more than to him or Aidan.
I feel a warm hand on my shoulder and I look sideways. Aidan withdraws his hand immediately, despite the fact he can't really see my eyes through my shade. I sit back in my chair and reach up to retie my hair, even though I've retied it about twenty times since we sat down.
"That's cool," Mickey shrugs, "less of the shit work for us," he smiles and I want to punch him. How could he be so cold? He knew Alex! He knew what a good friend Alex was!
"Uhh, Mickey, why don't you go sort out what you wanna use, hmm?" Aidan suggests hastily, seeing me bristle.
"Oh, c'mon Joey," Mickey laughs slightly, ignoring Aidan altogether, "you know Alex is already dead. It's just a body," he leans across the table slightly, trying to hold eye contact through my shades, "and it's a body that will kill people. Wouldn't you rather put an end to an animated corpse than let it kill other people, or worse, turn them into-" he doesn't get to finish his sentence.
"MICHAEL PORTER!" I shout, standing and slapping him hard across the face. Hard enough for him to raise a hand to his cheek and try to rub away the sting. I see Aidan's eyes widen as he tilts back in his chair, getting out of my way. "I don't give a flying fuck if it's just a body!" I'm still yelling. I'm perfectly aware that half the people in the canteen are staring at me. I don't give a shit about them, either. "How dare you be so fucking insensitive? I have just lost my friend and you don't even care!"
He opens his mouth to protest but I turn and start walking away.
"I told you to go sort stuff out. Now look what you did!" I hear Aidan berating him as I storm off.
I wasn't even aware that I was crying until I got into the toilets. Now I'm looking in the mirror, trying to pull myself together, I can see shining tracks down my face. I growl at my reflection, ripping my shades off to wash my face.
"C'mon, Joey," I mutter to myself, "you're stronger than this."


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Yesterday, I turned up to the National Day of Action education protests in Sydney wearing a T-shirt that is 17 years old. The T-shirt is a direct souvenir of my experience at an event in 1997 that I would describe as formative; like yesterday's, it was an education rally. Like yesterday's, it took place in the grounds at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Seventeen years ago, the Howard Coalition government had been in government for only one year, yet had already embarked on its policy project to render the Australian higher education system as the only one with declining investment in the OECD. More than 12.5% of funding was cut from the university budget, resulting in universities shedding entire departments, and even closing smaller campuses.
The aim of the cut, made amidst the rhetoric of a cited spending crisis the Liberals insisted (stop me if this sounds familiar) was "a budget black hole", was not, of course, really to redress economic spending, as Howard's own profligate record of electoral pork-barrelling proved. It was a mechanism to actively push cash-strapped university vice-chancellors towards adopting the entirely ideological deregulated fee models that were also offered by Coalition legislation.
We students had gathered at UTS because then vice-chancellor Tony Blake was mooting plans to introduce upfront fee paying places for wealthy students to buy their way in to university. In the student movement, we called this the "thick but rich" policy, and saw it as the thin end of a wedge to exploit students and financially disenfranchise educational participation that had actually begun when Labor reneged on its commitment to free education in the 1980s, and introduced the HECS fee system in 1989.
In 1997, the rally we attended at UTS charged the University chancellery, announced to the staff that a political occupation was in progress, and while the staff left the premises we set up a camp in the offices which lasted several days. At 2am on the night of Good Friday, police busted the occupation, and I was there as a terrifying raid took place. While we occupiers slept, cops smashed windows with crowbars and unleashed police dogs on students, two of whom were wounded so badly ambulances were called.
Yet the fight was worth it. Followed by a picket of students offering dog-food to police, the campaign registered in the popular consciousness. University councillors reconsidered "thick but rich" and up-front fees did not pass at UTS.
I retell this story not merely to remind current students that non-violent direct action works, but also to illustrate that the policy moves that appear most shocking in this current Coalition government's budget have actually been established as a matter of policy, by Liberal and Labor, for some time. Those confounded by the enormity of present cuts and the illogic of a Medicare "co-payment" that charges a flat fee irrespective of means need to look only to the HECS system originally introduced by Labor to see that the unfair principle of "user-pays" taxation has been a cancer growing in one limb of the body politic that Abbott's current government is now prepared to unleash across the whole host.
The principle of HECS (now called ... "HELP") is the same as that of the co-payment. Irrespective of the means they bring as they enter university, students are charged fee standards that are supposedly calculated on what they may earn when they leave depending on their degree programme.
Last week, the vice chancellor of UWS repeated the truth long acknowledged in the sector: that there are questions to be asked about the present system actively discouraging the participation of poorer students, for whom fees are not only proportionately greater, but for whom debt is a greater financial risk. Exactly the same argument about participation and aversion has been made about Abbott's sick tax. It would be unwise to take Joe Hockey at his word that the sick tax equates to the expenditure of a beer or two; bear in mind that HECS/HELP began in 1987 with a flat $250 fee, yet a student graduating this year for a law degree will do so with accumulated debt of tens of thousands of dollars.
What that first fee introduction signified was the introduction of US-style, user-pays neoliberalism into Australian public policy. In the 1980s, Labor had courted support from the "big end of town" and were loathe to come after corporate Australia to pay for a much needed expansion of the higher education system; because despite the rhetoric of "individual benefit" foistered onto the higher education debate to justify charging students, our society is not one that can actually run without engineers, teachers, scientists, lawyers, accountants, economists, IT people, healthworkers, adminsitrators, managers, researchers or communicators.
Students, then as now, are a soft target of punitive public policies because a romanticised image of student life provokes a particular kind of lifestyle envy.
Neoliberalism's adherents within the Labor party in 1989 were able to convince the unions within its ranks to support the policy moves towards userpays in the education by convincing blue-collar union leaders that higher education was a domain of social elites and taxation spent on education was "middle-class welfare". But as the Australian economy has evolved into a technocracy demanding skilled workers, many blue collar workers are now, of course, either parenting children with HECS/HELP debts or seeing user-pays mechanisms forced on apprenticeships and vocational training.
With user-pays beliefs entrenched, they're also facing down the encroachment of the ideology from everything the Coalition governs - from roads to visits to the doctor.
As this budget is only the first of two more that will be delivered by Abbott's Coalition in government, it is crucial that the anti-government campaigns springing from the trade union movement and the broader community redress the mistake of 1989 and not abandon students to the user-pays nuttery of Christopher Pyne. The beast unleashed on students is the one that will return to bite us all.
My 17-year-old T-shirt, by the way, depicts a human leg in a dog's mouth, the UTS logo and the phrase "where students and police dogs can come together". The fit wasn't flattering, even in 1997, but as a trophy of a resistance to the ideological madness of user-pays and a victory over its manifestation, it's one of the most precious things I own.


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The riots that broke out in London and other cities last month will leave the taxpayer with a bill of £140m from the cost of extra policing and compensating businesses, police chiefs disclosed yesterday.
The acting head of Scotland Yard also admitted that the force had been caught completely unawares by the extent of the violence and admitted he wished he had deployed more officers on the capital's streets earlier.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, and senior police officers recalled the scale of the unrest in evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which is investigating the worst riots to hit England for three decades.
They started in Tottenham, north London, following the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, and spread within days to 22 boroughs as well as the West Midlands and North-west. The MPs were told the extra policing costs were estimated at £74m for London and £50m for the rest of the country.
Businesses targeted by the looters in London have applied for compensation totalling £9.3m under the Riot Damages Act. The figure could double when shops in other parts of the country are included. Tim Godwin, the acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner, acknowledged he wished he had had more officers on duty when gangs of looters hit several shopping centres virtually unchallenged. He admitted that his force simply ran out of officers, saying: "Sometimes you suddenly realise how thin the blue line is."
Mr Godwin hinted at moves to increase the 2,500 officers in London trained to deal with serious public disturbances. He said: "I think the issue of 'where are all the cops?' is an issue we're going to be confronting in the next 12 months, in terms of maximising our footprint and getting those numbers out there."
Mr Godwin accepted his force could also have done more to track messages between rioters on social-networking sites. He also said it had failed to stay in contact with Mr Duggan's family after his death.
Mr Johnson suggested that, in an effort to ease the pressure on the force, officers currently on long-term sick leave could be drafted into back-office jobs to enable warranted officers to be on the front line. He and Mr Godwin supported an earlier warning from the Justice Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, that the unrest demonstrated that the country's penal system was "broken". He revealed that almost three-quarters of the adults charged with rioting had previous convictions.
*The Mayor announced that the replacement for Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned in July, will be named on Monday after a final round of interviews. The candidates include: Mr Godwin; Sir Hugh Orde, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers; Stephen House, the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police; Bernard Hogan-Howe, former Chief Constable of Merseyside.
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A teenage judo star was detained for eight months yesterday after taking part in looting during last month's riots, court officials said.
Anthony Lloyd, 17, was found by police with his pockets "bulging" with stolen cigarettes and jewellery during disturbances in Manchester, the city's youth court heard.
Lloyd of Hanover Street South, Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, had pleaded guilty to burglary of a non-dwelling property and handling stolen goods. He was sentenced to eight months' detention and training for each count, to serve concurrently, a spokesman for the court said.
At an earlier hearing, District Judge Jonathan Taaffe heard Lloyd was stopped by police at 9.30pm at the height of the disorder which struck the city on 9 August.
Kathryn Eccles, for the prosecution, said officers noticed his pockets "bulging" and ordered a search, which recovered £66 worth of cigarettes and a quantity of jewellery.
Lloyd, whose social worker father and mother, a nurse, supported him in court, admitted he had taken the cigarettes from a newsagent.
Miss Eccles added he found the jewellery on the ground where it was left after being looted by somebody else.
Estelle Parkhouse, defending, said Lloyd was part of the British Judo team and was returning from training that Tuesday night when he heard about the disorder.
The solicitor added that the defendant had overcome some emotional difficulties and dyslexia but was studying for a sports science diploma at Manchester College.
"Here we have a man who is from a good family and has never been before the courts before," Miss Parkhouse said.
"He had finished training that night and ventured into the city centre out of curiosity.
"He took the jewellery that he had seen on the street, he knew it had been stolen and it was his intention to give it to his girlfriend."
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Yep that's me at indie table number 4. Sold quite a fair number of my comics. Thank you to all who supported the local comic scene! To each and everyone of you, thank you! T'was great, t'was fun!
next time bibili ako ng manga moh ...yung kikitain ko sa mga chibis hhihihihi^^...nakita ko nga yung table mo dude...^^
dude, you are the man.
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On Oct. 3 the Inter-University Athletic Union of Kanto [KGRR] announced the entry list for the Oct. 19 Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai qualifier road race in Tokyo's Showa Kinen Park. Forty-four universities led by 2013 Hakone Ekiden 11th-placer Yamanashi Gakuin University will compete for places at the Hakone Ekiden's 90th running on Jan. 2-3, 2014. In honor of Hakone's 90th anniversary its field size has been increased from the traditional twenty to twenty-three teams, meaning that the top thirteen schools at the Yosenkai will have the honor of competing in Japan's most prestigious sporting event alongside the ten schools that earned seeded places by finishing in the top ten at Hakone this year.
Each athlete at the Yosenkai runs 20 km, with his team's score determined by the cumulative time of its top ten finishers. Up to this year the scores for the 7th-place and below teams have included points earned at May's Kanto Regional University Track and Field Championships, but beginning this year this additional point system has been eliminated. Also eliminated is the Kanto Region University Select Team made up of top-finishing individuals from schools that do not make the Hakone cut as teams. Its elimination means that the number of schools able to qualify for Hakone increases from nine to ten, with three additional places added to commemorate Hakone's 90th edition.
Translator's note: The Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai is one of Japan's greatest races. Any readers in the Tokyo area should join the thousands of fans who go out to Showa Kinen Park on the 19th to soak in the atmosphere of a race packed with university bands, cheerleader squads and booster clubs.
The elimination of the Kanto Regionals point system is a plus for smaller schools and fairness. In the past, large, wealthy, well-established universities that can afford to develop sprint and field event squads along with a distance team have earned points based on the overall performance of their entire track and field team at the Kanto Regionals meet. Virtually every year this has resulted in big old boy network universities with weak distance squads making Hakone via this crutch over smaller schools whose distance teams actually ran faster at the Yosenkai qualifier. No more.
On the other hand, the elimination of the Kanto Region University Select Team is a major blow for smaller schools. People like 2013 World Championships marathoner Yuki Kawauchi, his 2011 World Championships marathon teammate Yoshinori Oda and the currently ascendant Aritaka Kajiwara all chose to attend academically-strong universities over a running-focused center of power but still got to run in the Hakone Ekiden thanks to the Select Team. Its elimination means that new programs and outsider schools will no longer be able to attract any talented high schoolers, and that anyone who develops under their program will not get to fulfill the dreams of every Japanese boy who begins running and race in Hakone. Kawauchi has written articulately and passionately about this subject on his blog. The KGRR's move positions its priorities solidly on developing an high average level among its distance runners at the expense of individual development, an accurate reflection of the dilemma currently facing Japanese distance running as a whole.


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Shelby County commissioners have awarded a $2.3 million contract for construction of the new grandstand.
The previous 133-year-old grandstand was one of few similar wooden structures left in the state when it burned down in a May 2012 fire that was ruled arson. No arrests have ever been made.
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