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Swisscom will examine in detail the consultation document published today by the Federal Council, and especially the accompanying measures it contains and those that will be the subject of further debate. To set a benchmark for evaluating the proposals, Swisscom's Board of Directors has identified the following seven factors as core criteria for the company: long-term returns for shareholders (total shareholder return over 10 years); customer satisfaction; competitiveness; innovativeness; corporate flexibility; the ability to make acquisitions and form alliances, and attractiveness as an employer.
Swisscom has already given its response to two accompanying measures. If the government's stake is reduced, Swisscom believes it essential that the shares and rights in the stake are in line with Swiss company law - i.e. that in the interests of equal treatment of all shareholders, the government is not granted any special rights.
Swisscom is also firmly against any separation of its networks and services by, for example, the creation of a special network operating company. This is because the industry trend is moving in the opposite direction, with ever-increasing convergence between mobile and fixed networks and the related services and terminal devices, while customers are increasingly seeking one-stop solutions. Swisscom considers it would be virtually impossible to implement a demerger and that it would have highly detrimental consequences for Swisscom's competitiveness compared with its rivals and destroy value for shareholders.

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AP: "U.S. slams Honduran radioman's anti-Semitic remarks"
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The U.S. Ambassador in Honduras has condemned anti-Semitic remarks by a local radio news director who has been an outspoken opponent of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Ambassador Hugo Llorens sent a letter to Radio Globo owner Alejandro Villatoro expressing "astonishment and incomprehension" over the Sept. 25 remarks by station director David Romero.
Commenting on the rumors alleging Israeli involvement in the crisis, Romero referred to the "famous Holocaust" and added that "I believe it should have been fair and valid to let Hitler finish his historic vision."
"Hitler's concentration camps and Holocaust constitute one of the most shameful acts of human history. How can it be that your station employs as its news director a man who does not understand this?" Llorens said in the letter sent Monday. "Mr. Romero's commentary makes a mockery of any pretense he may have of solidarity with people who struggle against injustice."
Romero later apologized for the remarks, saying that they were "stupid" statements made in the heat of the moment and that don't reflect his real views. He said his grandfather was a Jewish immigrant from Czechoslovakia who came to Honduras to escape persecution in Europe.
Radio Globo was shut down and its equipment confiscated by security forces last week after interim President Roberto Micheletti issued an emergency decree banning large-scale demonstrations and limiting civil liberties. Although Micheletti has lifted the decree, he said the Radio Globo and a television station that was also closed would have to go the courts to "recover their right to be on the air."
"I cannot help but note the irony that you and Romero came to visit me last week to seek support after your station was closed by the de facto authorities," Llorens said in his letter. "Radio Globo deserves to be on the air. The right of free speech must not be abridged, but with it goes the responsibility to speak truthfully and soberly."
Villatoro said Tuesday he had received the letter but had no plans to take action against Romero.
"I give no importance to this," Villatoro told AP. "I am not going to take any action or any measure against Romero because there is no law that punishes these situations."
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In a tragic incident, a two-year-old girl child died in a suicide attempt by her parents, who were saved by a diver.
Upset over family problems, the couple along with their daughter tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Bhakra mainline canal on Tuesday. However, a diver saved the couple but Archana (2) died.
According to the police, there was a rift going on in the family which led to the suicide attempt. The suicide attempt was made by the Divya, the mother of the girl. She threw her daughter into the canal and later she also jumped into it.
In the meantime, her husband Harish, resident of Sahstra street, backside of the AC market, also reached there and jumped into the canal. The divers, who were present on the spot jumped into the canal to save their lives. But the girl couldn't be saved. She was found dead when the body was recovered. The parents have been arrested.
According to the diver, Omprakash, who had saved many lives earlier also, reached the spot and jumped into the canal to save them. "I tried very hard but could not save the girl's life. The mother of the girl pushed me very hard to keep me away and due to that my balance was shaken and the girl slipped away from my hold. I had held all of them in the water, including her husband, but the two were trying to break free from my hold", he said.
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Have you ever found yourself in the situation of trying to close a sale with a client and just when you thought you had the work in the bag, the client starts negotiating? Unfortunately, this is a fact of life: people negotiate.
I was recently on the other end of the transaction as a buyer of services when I pulled this maneuver, and I was shocked at how well the contractor held his line. My wife and I were contracting with a landscape designer to put in a new garden. As you can imagine, the bottom line number was a pretty big number, at least by our standards. So we dutifully listened to the details about the bid and the different ways in which he was going to transform our garden, but at the end of the day, $40/hr for manual labor and $60 for design time adds up very quickly. I told the contractor that we were excited to get started and loved the vision he had for the space and even went so far as to ask what his schedule looked like before starting to negotiate the price. He thought he had the business in the bag, and judging by his face when I asked the question, he wasn't expecting a price negotiation.
Here is where the lesson starts on how to successfully defend your pricing when clients question it. It sounds like a typical negotiation, but the lessons are in the responses from the contractor:
My first tact was the open-ended standard question: "What can we do about the price… it's a little large?", I said. He clearly anticipated the question and immediately replied with "We could do less plantings." Ah, he hit me with the old: lets reduce price by reducing scope tact. I wasn't buying that one.
I shot back with "Well, how about this rate? $40 for digging dirt seems like a lot…" Again, calmly, he came back with: "I strive to make sure my pricing is aggressive and if you want to bring in someone else to do the digging, that's fine with me, but the overall job may take longer." He stumped me again! Of course I don't want to manage another contractor just to do the digging, and truth be told, that "digging" rate also included all the soil prep, material haul-away and obviously, the plant installation. He wasn't buying my "$40 for a lot of digging" way of thinking.
Finally, I asked him if he would consider a cash discount — I pay cash and you charge me less money. Luckily, he bought into that one and I came out with a 9% discount.
So what were the lessons? First, be prepared for this question and all of it's variations. Second, remain calm and answer the challenges rationally using you prepared statements. Third, be flexible and "have something to give". This contractor gave me options for reducing the price (such as bringing in my own "digger" and/or paying cash) and that's one thing that helped him win the job. One of the only times you should be prepared to lower your prices is if you know you are coming in high relative to other bids and you need the work.
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Skip to comments.Thomas Sowell: A Lesson on Capital-Gains Taxes (Something even Warren Buffet must learn)
Posted on 10/03/2012 5:08:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the many false talking points of the Obama administration is that a rich man like Warren Buffett should not be paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. But anyone whose earnings come from capital gains usually pays a lower tax rate.
How are capital gains different from ordinary income?
Ordinary income is usually guaranteed. If you work a certain amount of time, you are legally entitled to the pay that you were offered when you took the job. Capital gains involve risk. They are not guaranteed. You can invest your money and lose it all. Moreover, the year when you receive capital gains may not be the same as the years when they were earned.
Suppose I spend ten years writing a book, making not one cent from it in all that time. Then, in the tenth year, when the book is finished, I may sell it to a publisher who pays me $100,000 in advance royalties.
Am I the same as someone who has a salary of $100,000 that year? Or am I earning $10,000 a year for ten years work?
It so happens that the government will tax me the same as someone who earns $100,000 that year, because my decade of work on the book cannot be documented. But the point here is that it is really a capital gain, and it illustrates the difference between a capital gain and ordinary income.
Then there is the risk factor. There is no guarantee to me that a publisher will actually accept the book that I have worked on for ten years and there is no guarantee to the publisher that the public will buy enough copies of the book to repay whatever I might be paid when the contract is signed.
Even the $10,000 a year which is less than anyone would earn in an entry-level job is not guaranteed. If my years of work produced an unpublished manuscript, I would not even have been among the first thousand writers who met this fate.
Very similar principles apply to businesses. We pay attention to businesses after they have succeeded. But most new businesses do not succeed. Even those businesses that eventually turn out to be enormously successful may go through years of losing money before they have their first year of earning a profit.
Amazon spent years losing money before turning a profit for the first time in 2001. McDonalds teetered on the edge of bankruptcy more than once in its early years. The people who ran McDonalds resorted to desperate expedients just to keep their noses above the water while hoping for better days.
At one time, you could have bought half interest in McDonalds for $25,000 and there were no takers. Anyone who would have risked $25,000 at that time would be a billionaire today. But there was no guarantee at the time that they wouldnt just be throwing 25 grand down a rat hole.
Where a capital gain can be documented when a builder spends ten years creating a housing development, for example then whatever that builder earns in the tenth year is a capital gain, not ordinary income. There is no guarantee in advance that the builder will ever recover his expenses, much less make a profit.
There are whole industries where no one can expect to make a profit the first year publishing a newspaper for example. Virtually every major American airline has lost money in some years, and some of the biggest and most famous airlines have ended up going bankrupt.
If a country wants investors to invest, it cannot tax their resulting capital gains at the same rate as the incomes of people whose incomes were guaranteed in advance when they took the job.
It is not just a question of fairness to investors. Ultimately, it is investors who guarantee other peoples incomes in a market economy, even though the investors own incomes are by no means guaranteed. Reducing investors incentives to take risks is reducing the jobs their investments are likely to create.
Business income is different from employees income in another way. The profit that a business makes is first taxed as profit and the remainder is then taxed again as the incomes of people who receive dividends.
The biggest losers from politicians who jack up tax rates are likely to be people who are looking for jobs that will not be there, because investments will not be there to create the jobs.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
"Ultimately, it is investors who guarantee other peoples incomes in a market economy, even though the investors own incomes are by no means guaranteed. Reducing investors incentives to take risks is reducing the jobs their investments are likely to create."
Great, great article. Every word.
Then work his way through the arguments on behalf of different exclusions from income for each type of transaction ~ finally, he can ask why when I make no profit at all I am still taxed, and GE isn't.
The problem here is that Sowell's logic is flawed as viewed by the left because they want it all. Paychecks for everybody should come from the government with the paystubs showing no taxes. The govt cut is silently removed. To each according to what the govt gives him/her.
Very good explanation on the risk in capital gains. But how about an independent contractor or consultant? He makes an income that is taxed same rate as a wage earner or man on a salary but his earnings can be highly variable. They are hardly guaranteed.
Plus these days the workforce is more and more independent contractors and consultants rather than being a direct employee of company X
What Sowell is forgetting is probabally the most important thing to state. Money put into ventures that will be taxed as "Capital Gains" is money that has already been taxed when it was earned.
One of the first things you learn as an economics student is that all growth in an economy takes place form savings. Even in an economy like ours there is no REAL growth unless there is savings that is invested in a new venture. That venture can be plant expansion or a new business but the money has to come from somewhere.
Our government thinks it can change the laws of economics by printing fiat money, then using that money just as it would savings, or taxes, to put into a venture. It doesn't work, it seems to for a while but the new money in the economy shrinks the value of everyone elses money.
Inflation is simply an unlegislated tax on the people. Since the government gets to spend the fake fiat money first, before it inflates the money supply it gets full value for it. After the money gets into the economy it decreases the value of everyone elses money and then we actually have less than before the fake money was created just like if the government would have taken it from us in the form of tax. Actually, the taxation would be much better because it wouldn't effect the value of our capital, like our homes and cars and most importantly our savings.
When governments inflate the money supply by printing fake money they steal not only from our pockets and future earnings but from our past years of work via our savings.
What this administration has done by the reckless spending of trillions of dollars is to wipe out the value of our savings. Gold hasn't gotten more valuable because there is less of it, in fact there is more being produced everyday, it should be going down in value. The value of gold has been relatively stable, it is the value of the dollar that has gone down.
If any politician could properly explain this so that people could understand it easily the masses would rise up against the fiat printers. It is the most regressive form of taxation there could be. It steals from the poor the most because the poor are not earning interest on their money, the poor do not have investments that grow, they have their homes, their cars and their retirement savings, and those savings are very modest. The value of all of them are being destroyed.
What the Democrats have done to us with their printing presses is simply evil.
Not to mention that the money invested was taxed as income or cap gain before it was invested in the first place.
That is because libs lack what I call "assembly neurons". They want to launch the space shuttle but they don't have that "assembly building" where all the inglorious work is done, where the bolts are tightened, the systems checked, the tiles inspected. They go directly from the pile of parts to "launch" without regard to the tedium of having to think out the preliminaries.
That's why you hear them saying "let's do launch" all the time. Ba da bump.
".....But how about an independent contractor or consultant? He makes an income that is taxed same rate as a wage earner or man on a salary but his earnings can be highly variable. They are hardly guaranteed."
True, they are not guaranteed, but, an IC does have the opportunity to take as biz expenses the array of items businesses can deduct. IMO, Sowell was saying not so much that a wage-earner's salary is guaranteed, but that in effect, each hour of labor as traded for each hourly piece of his wages *are* guaranteed...and to a large extent, they are.
"Plus these days the workforce is more and more independent contractors and consultants rather than being a direct employee of company X"
More and more, yes, but I suspect that salaried workers or wagearners (as defined by how those individuals file their taxes) outnumber ICs by well over 20:1...maybe 50:1.
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The teacher development takes the form of workshops that may either be cluster or school based.
The cluster based workshops are presented within project schools from the same and/or nearby geographical area. A school based workshop is one workshop (with teachers from that school only) held at a school usually after in-school support or at times negotiated with the concerned participants and the school management team.
In either of the above workshops, the focus may be:
Teachers attend a workshop on a concept identified by Ukuqonda staff (critical concepts) or teacher(s) or negotiated between both parties. For example, the experience of Ukuqonda staff in other projects enable him/her to identify the concepts that are often neglected such as fractions in the primary school or rate of change in secondary school and establish with the teachers level the concept can be presented, this may for example be done by interviewing teacher about their teaching.
A workshop in which teachers analyse learners' work to identify possible weaknesses or misinterpretations of a concept. It envisaged that that by engaging teachers in this kind of discussions, they will improve their ability to identify this misinterpretations and weaknesses during lesson presentations and find ways of addressing them. This may also lead into changes in their teaching methodologies.
Workshops that ensure shared understanding of curriculum documents such Foundations for Learning Lesson plans or national curriculum statements (subjects and learning area) are conducted. It is hoped that this will help teachers to teach appropriate topics as expected by the DoE curriculum documents.
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We also use external "subject experts" from out to augment our programme delivery.
2010 is the first year of an enthusiastic focus on literacy. This intervention follows on from the classroom-based support, in mathematics, that has been offered over the 2008 and 2009 period which the schools continue to enjoy in 2010.
In 2009 ten primary schools in the Rustenburg area were invited to actively participate in a literacy program, which will run for three to four years. Instead of all teachers participating from 2010, it was decided to focus on two grades per year, starting with the grade 1 & 2's in 2010. A 2nd year will be utilised for consolidating with each grades' teachers. The hope is that the methodology that is being introduced to the teachers, will start to filter through to the other grades in a naturally spontaneous way. It will be interesting to see whether any Grade 3 teachers begin, spontaneously, to experiment during 2010, with what is introduced to the Grades 1 & 2.
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The continuation of our literacy work will be led by a committee of teachers. It is important for our work to have the support of the North West Education Department. We intend giving regular updates, on our progress, to the NW Education Department officials and we will also listen to the Departmental advice. We know that when we work together, the children will benefit.


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The scientists were not astounded by the discoveries. A vast assemblage of research demonstrates that weight control plans high in garbage sustenance, meat, and refined sugars increment the danger of Alzheimer's, while customary eating regimens rich in genuine, entire nourishments - generally vegetables - diminish the hazard.
Amaze: eating regimen and practice keep you solid
The dietary hazard components for Alzeheimer's malady are indistinguishable to those for coronary illness, as are way of life dangers, for example, smoking and absence of work out. Actually, Alzheimer's hazard tracks coronary illness chance so intently that a few specialists call them "twin pathologies."
So as individuals around the globe progressively swing to garbage sustenance rather than conventional eating methodologies, their rates of dementia skyrocket.
"We have a radical new gathering of individuals who are malnourished in light of the fact that they eat nourishments that are bad for them, that have no wholesome advantage," said environmentalist David Tillman of the University of Minnesota, who was not included in the study. "Prepared sustenances have low nutritious esteem. Eats less carbs low in products of the soil have a solid negative wellbeing sway."
Japan is an exemplary case of this pattern, think about creator William B. Concede noted. The conventional Japanese eating regimen is substantial in grains and fish, which are both connected to lower dementia hazard. Since the 1980s, Japanese individuals have progressively received a Western eating regimen rich in red meat, prepared nourishments, sugar and immersed fat. The Alzheimer's rate in Japan has correspondingly bounced from only 1 percent in 1985 to 7 percent in 2008.
"Icy water sea fish of the sort likely devoured in Japan are great wellsprings of omega-3 unsaturated fats and vitamin D, both of which lessen the danger of Alzheimer's illness," Grant said. "As Japan experienced the nourishment move . . . perpetual infections, for example, malignancies and Alzheimer's ailment expanded drastically."
Be that as it may, in nations, for example, Egypt and India, where customary eating regimens still rule, Alzheimer's rates stay low even among the elderly.
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So what would it be advisable for you to eat to fight off dementia? A similar thing you ought to eat for good wellbeing by and large: an eating regimen low in handled sustenances, rich in crisp natural products, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, and angle, and with low to direct utilization of dairy, poultry and red meat. As it were, something fundamentally the same as the Mediterranean eating regimen, which investigate has appeared to decrease Alzheimer's hazard furthermore moderate ailment movement.
For those looking for more organized suggestions, one alternative is the MIND count calories, created by analysts from Chicago's the Rush University Medical Center. One study found that individuals who took after the eating regimen approximately cut their Alzheimer's hazard by 35 percent, while the individuals who tailed it entirely lessened their hazard by 50 percent.
The eating regimen suggests at least 6 servings of green, verdant vegetables every week, alongside five servings of nuts. Fish ought to be eaten once per week and poultry twice. Olive oil ought to be the essential cooking oil, and the eating routine ought to likewise contain a lot of vegetables, berries and entire grains. A glass of red wine ought to be tipsy five times each week. Red meat ought to be kept to three or less servings week by week, and quick or fricasseed nourishment to one. Desserts ought to be eaten under 5 times each week, and cheddar not exactly once.


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - February 14, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas 2A □ Herald-Zeitung p Friday, February 14, 1997 County to put inmates to work Love By DENISE DZIUK Staff Writer Comal County will kick oft a pilot program in the next few weeks that will take inmates from the county jail and put them to work. Sheriff Bob Holder said Thursday that Comal County will implement a 30-day pilot program to test the feasibility and effectiveness of using jail inmates for work in the county. "There are a lot of things they could do," said Holder. "We just want to use the manpower that is actually over there. Quite frankly, there's a lot of talent out there." During the trial period, the inmates, dressed in standard orange jumpsuits, will be primanly used for the rural recycling program to help sort and bale material at the road department. "It's just a matter of getting it coordinated," said County Commissioner Moe Schwab. "It's strictly a 30-day trial program. ...I think ifs a step in the right direction." Holder said a survey was sent to the inmates to sec how many would be interested in volunteering for this type of program, and 15 have already volunteered. He said those used in the program will be low-risk individuals, such as inmates serving time for drunken driving and hot checks. He said he is not sure if the inmates will have on restraints when they are working outside of the jail, but they will be available in case any incidents occur. He said other counties have certified individuals as jailers to oversee the work crews, but these individuals are not allowed to be armed. He said the Comal County program will use an armed deputy for every six inmates. "I don't want to send workers out of our facility with people that are not allowed to be armed," said Holder, "r ve decided against (using certified jailers)." Holder said the use of deputies could require additional personnel, and part of the pilot program will include determining if additional deputies are needed and what funds ait available. "If this thing proves feasible, we could expand it to cm her areas, such as the road department," said Holder. County Judge Carter Casteel said the program allows inmates to get out of the jail for the day, and at the same time, accomplish work in the county. "They don't have to sit there and watch television all day," said Casteel. "They can get up and work, and quite frankly, that's what a lot of them would want to do." Sherry Clarkson, executive assistant for commissioner court, who helps with the rural recycling program, said three or four inmates will be used a day for the program, and they will "go straight to the road department and straight back " Airline, pilots continue deadlock WASHINGTON (AP) American Airlines and its pilots union continued non-stop contract talks in an attempt to end the countdown toward tonight's holiday weekend strike deadline But with no resolution in sight, the airline already was canceling about a dozen domestic flights today. Airline and pilots representatives and federal mediators began to talk-around-the-clock Thursday night with just hours lefl in their scheduled negotiations. Both sides said they were willing to find middle ground, as President Clinton urged them to, without shutting down the airline, which handles about 20 percent of the nation's air trafllc. "We have a long way to go and a short time to do it in," the airline's president, Donald Carty, toothbrush and shaving kit in hand, said as he arrived at a hotel negotiating site. By late Thursday, the Allied Pilots Association'* board of directors had not voted to authorize union president Jim Sovich to call a strike. But Sovich said he expected a vote totlay. From Page 1 each other. He even saved and laminated valentines Helen sent him in 1942 and 1944 "Pm kind of a rat-packer," said Jack. "I save a lot of stuff." Helen forgot about the valentine until last week, when the couple attended a celebration at Sts. Peter and Paul Church for couples who have been married more than 50 years. "It was just a lovely thought. I didn't even know where they were," said Helen. "I couldn't get over it. It was so unexpected." Jack is not the only one in the family that keeps treasured mementos. "I still have my wedding gown," said Helen. "It's in my hope chest." Helen said through the year's, she and her husband have had their arguments, but they always worked things out. "He'll never go to bed without kissing me good night," said Helen. "He kisses me every morning, too." Jack said he thinks the secret to a long and happy marriage, for any couple, is to really know the each other and always talk. "People assume too much today," said Jack. "We sit down and thrash everything out." Helen said the secret is to "be happy and stay happy" with each other. The Thompsons said they are proud to have weathered 55 years of marriage, and are looking forward to the future. "We renewed our vows many, many times," said John. "We hope we'll be together many more years." As for celebrating this year, Helen said "we haven't talked about (Valentine's Day) yet." For their anniversary, the couple said they will probably go out to dinner, like they do every year. Wary Obituaries Lee Norris Miller Jr. Lee Norris Miller Jr., bom Nov. 2, 1947, entered into everlasting life and peace Feb. ll, 1997. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Mary Miller, New Braunfels, Texas; son Donnie Miller of New Braunfels; daughter and son-in-law Marci and Roger Davis Jr. of Lewisville, Texas; brother Gary Miller and wife Daca of Seguin, Texas; brother Billy Miller and wife Betty of LaVemia, Texas; sister-in-law Karen Sollock and husband Jeff of Dunlay, Texas; nieces Heather Miller, Shanda Miller, Lisa Miller and Dana Sollock; nephews Bill Miller and Avery Sollock; extended family John and Annie Henry of Lakehills, Texas, Michael and Donna Henry of Lakehills, Texas; Alisha Holt of New Braunfels, Benny, Susan and Jessie Barber of New Braunfels, Roger and Amalia Davis of San Antonio, and many caring friends. A memorial service will be held at I p.m. Saturday Feb. 15, 1997, at Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home in New Braunfels, Texas. Light after darkness, Gain after loss, Strength after weakness, Crown after cross, Sweet after bitter, Song after fears, Home after wandering. Praise after tears. Sheaves after sowing, Sun after rain. Light after mystery, Peace after pain, Joy after sorrow, Calm after blast, Rest after weariness, Sweet rest at last. . Till we meet again, Your Loving Family. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Heart Association or a charity of your choice. Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home Adolfo G. Paredez Jr. Adolfo G. Paredez Jr., age 61, of New Braunfels, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 1997, at the Colonial Manor Care Center. He was bom March 5, 1935, in Comal County to Adolfo Paredez Sr. and Paulina Guerrero Paredez. He married Raquel De Los Santos on Feb. 14, 1987. Before his illness he was employed as a groundskeeper with Northcliff Country Club. Survivors are wife Raquel Paredez; son and daughter-in-law Adolfo G. Paredez III and his wife Gabriela of Cibolo, Step-son, Adolfo Hernandez and his wife Judy of New Braunfels, step-daughter Elma D. Hernandez and her fiance Alex of New Braunfels; brothers and sisters-in-law Vicente and Dolores Paredez, Lupe and Elisa Paredez, Inocencio and Paula Paredez, Frank and Stella Paredez; sisters and brothers-in-law, Lucia and Humberto De Los Santos, Rosa and Chris Vela, Gloria Paredez and Sofia Perez; one grandchild and two step-grandchildren. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Friday at the Zoeller Funeral Home Chapel with a graveside service to be held at 11:30 a m. at the Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Francisco Munoz officiating. Pallbearers are Joe Espinoza, Ricky Rosales, Alex Aleman, Juan De Los Santos, Julian Hernandez and Alex Martinez. A prayer service was held Thursday 7cdk jLSFUNi 'ar FUN BRM HOME evening at the Zoeller Chapel. Lucy H. Dodson Lucy H. Dodson of New Braunfels died Thursday, Feb. 13 at McKenna Memorial Hospital at the age of 92. She is survived by her husband Lee T. Dodson of New Braunfels; a daughter-in-law; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at St. Joseph's Anglican Church with crypt side service at I p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Joseph's Anglican Church Landmark panel tables tax relief plan By ABE LEVY Staff Writer The city's Historic Landmark Commission tabled a proposal to provide tax relief to property owners who make improvements on buildings with historical designations at its regular meeting Thursday. Commission members said they wanted more information from City Planning Director Harry Bennett on the proposal including examples of how a person would take advantage of the plan. Bennett said at the next regular meeting set for March 13, he will provide members with scenarios of the proposal, one in which an owner makes small improvements to a property and one in which high-dollar improvements are made. If the commission approves the plan, it will be presented to the city council for consideration in early April for three readings. lf the council approves the measure in three readings, people would be able to benefit from the plan as early as mid-May or any time after the ordinance takes effect. The plan would allow owners to subtract the value of the improvements from next year's lA&rffo &a/ee,tkea/*'€ij^A From Page 1 vulnerable when they become incapacitated. "lf people plan on the future possibilities then they can prevent t loved one* from being exposed to > these ramifications," Morgan said. "I ' would pick who will take care of mc if something happens to mc. Take care of prob lems before they occur." Guardianships, which allows a person to take care of the finances and property of another person or relative, can be expensive. Morgan said guardianships can cost as much as $3,000. Morgan said families should consider drawing up wills which cost $200 to $400. Lt. Dennis Kocpp, investigator of the Comal County Sheriff's Department, said family members need to keep a watchful eye on the people who will be caring for a parent, relative or grandparent. "The children and the grandchildren need to get personally involved with the people," Kocpp said. "They need to make sure and understand what this person is doing and what kind of work they are supposed to be doing. "lf the person is supposed to be paying or collecting the bills (for the incapacitated person) they could run into problems if they (children) don't keep an eye on what the person is doing. The bottom line is be careful if you have someone handling your. personal affairs. Make sure you know who the person is and that you know a lot about them." 7 Pattee, ^ sponsored by J y KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council #4183 111 Lands Street TONITE!!! FEB. 14 7-llPffl Lock in Dance Admission $5.00 Grades 5-8 only Cross Country DJ. Po the one who always takes lime And makes sure lo/ everyone is fine To the i>ne who always cares And makes sure everything is fair To the one who goes the extra mile And (kies a with a smile' To the one who''n alway* fun And always warm, like the sun To the one who has given us two great girls And are as beautiful as brand-new pearls To the one who puts up with me I know how wonderful life can lie So. if I don t seem to listen sometimes I want you to know you re still on my mind To the one who has taught me to touch J really know why I love you so much Won t you lie Our Valentine? % My Valentine Ah*#; qt QK,JKK -Treat your favorite Valentine to a •Dinner for two at Molly Joe's. 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text: African Civilizations, 1500 BC700 AD African cultures adapt to harsh environments, spread through major migrations, and establish powerful kingdoms. Diverse Societies in Africa African peoples develop diverse societies as they adapt to varied environments Africa Today Population: 900 million (14% of world's total) Percent of population under age 25: 71% Most populated nation: Nigeria Number of spoken languages: 2,000 Number of Muslims: 358 million Number of Christians: 410 million Percent of population dependent on agriculture for a living: 66% Average income: 50% live on less than $1 a day Average life expectancy: 46 in Sub-Saharan Africa; 67 in North Africa Most common cause of death: Aids Literacy rates (15 years and older): 60% A Land of Geographic Contrasts Geography of Africa 1. 2nd Largest continent 2. 1/5th of Earth's land surface 3. 4,600 miles from east to west and 5,000 miles from north to south 4. 1/3rd of Africa is desert 5. Few harbors or ports or inlets 6. Mostly a plateau Geography cont Tallest mountain: Kilimanjaro Largest lake: Victoria Mountains to the northwest: Atlas Rivers: Congo, Niger, Nile, Zambezi Borders: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea Waterfalls and Rapids Because Africa is mostly a plateau, there are many waterfalls on the escarpments. What is the effect on Africans? Navigation is impossible to and from the coast; isolated groups inland Deserts Sahara to the north; size of United States Sahel Definition: The African region along the southern border of the Sahara (in the Savanna) The area is quickly becoming part of the desert (desertification) What problems might the expansion of the Sahara cause? Push people off the land, crowd people into smaller livable areas, limit food production Climate Deserts cont Kalahari to the south What is the effect of the deserts on Africans? Too hostile for people to live Hampered movement Rainforests Found near central part of continent; Covers about 5% of Africa Mahogany and Teak trees Mediterranean coastal areas Located along NW coastal area of Africa and the southern tip of the continent Effect on Africans: Mild climate/fertile land/supported large population Tsetse fly Found in rain forest Effect on Africans: Caused sleeping sickness Prevented use of draft animals in farming near rainforests; prevented invaders from colonizing fly infected areas Other Diseases Malaria caused by the mosquito Ebola: Found only in Africa; Kills people within a week of contracting the virus; no cure; internal and external bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea; can be spread through touching blood or secretions of an infected person First emerged in 1976 and 17 outbreaks since then "Because of its lethality, the virus has been considered a potential bio-weapon threat." In 2005 Ebola virus traced to fruit bats Savannas Grassy plains; Most of the people of Africa today live in the savanna areas Effect on Africans: Supported abundant farming and herders; led to permanent settlements; healthier lives and increased birthrates Savannas cont. Welcoming Lands Northern coast and southern tip of Africa have Mediterranean climates Savannas, or grasslands, cover almost half of Africa Early Humans Adapt to Their Environments Nomadic Lifestyle Earliest people are nomadic hunter-gatherers; then domesticated animals Herders drive animals to find water, graze pastures Agriculture develops by 6000 BC People settle down in permanent settlements; more food from farming; people live longer; increased birthrate; specialization of workers; governments develop As the Sahara dried up, farmers move to West Africa or Nile Valley Early Societies in Africa Three similarities: 1. Societies organized by family groups Extended families Clans-families with common ancestors 2. Local Religions Animism-belief in spirits 3. Keeping a History History, literature, culture passed on by storytellers, called griots (Few African societies have written languages West and South Africa San of the Kalahari Desert: Hunter-gatherers Use resources of natural environment People of Djenne-Djeno Oldest known city south of the Sahara 250 BC-1400 AD (abandoned) 50,000 people on tributary of Niger River Fishermen, grew rice, herded cattle Reed huts at first; then mud bricks Prosperous through trade on Niger and camel routes What are some possible reasons that Djenne-Djeno was abandoned? Drought Famine War Nok 500 BC-200 AD West Africa earliest known culture Made iron tools and weapons (First in West Africa to smelt iron) Present day Nigeria More than 150 Nok figurines have been excavated Clay heads; many are 4' tall; human figures are abstract; hairstyles still common in Nigeria Nok Cont.


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Other observations of Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
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4 October 2012 - 8:54am BruceH
Referred to in Dijkstra/Lewington as Blue Hawker with Southern Hawker as an alternative.
What is the officially accepted source for nomenclature?
There is only an officially accepted source for nomenclature for scientific names.
Call them whatever you want when using the vernacular (but always give the scientific name at least once to avoid ambiguity).
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What David said! ;0)
Scientific names are the officially accepted standard, and the rules applying to scientific nomenclature try to ensure that each scientific name only applies to a single species (although this falls down slightly when species are 'split').
Most species have a wide variety of English language names that can be applied to them, especially if they are widespread species, although one or two names do generally end up being used most frequently.
Of course, you then also need to consider all the different names used in other languages!
For dragonflies, the names used by the British Dragonfly Society are now well established for use in the UK, but many of these names do not transfer well for use in Europe - which is why Dijkstra/Lewington coined 'new' names, and/or used English names already in use in other parts of the world in their book (the first to give English language names to all of Europes' dragonfly species).
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Thanks Roy for casting some light on this confusing subject. I guess the best thing is to use BDS names for UK odos and Dijkstra for European ones.
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Posted September 30, 2013
Lets not kid ourselves and try to make out Vick's game against the Broncos as some kind of good thing. He was frankly terrible at best. Some may wish to praise him for running to get out of jams, but in reality he was in jams, because he held onto the ball too long. He's already has been sacked half as many times as he was last season. His completion percentage has rapidly declined over the past few games, and it's clear when you watch him go up against other quality NFL quarterbacks he doesn't measure up to them. Quality play at the QB position will stabilize an offense. Right now Vick doesn't trust what he sees. He doesn't recognize what the defenses are showing him, and he is lacking confidence in his ability to throw the ball. He's patting and hesitation instead of dumping off to hot routes. He's having issues with touch often putting too much zip on passes that need accuracy. He's not improving and at this point doesn't seem like the best option for the offense we all thought he would be. Now he may not be as much of a liability as some other positions on this team ( the entire special teams, most of the defense, Riley Cooper, and Brent Celek to name a few), but the honest truth is he isn't making them better right now either. It's funny that many are already wondering if Kelly's offense has become predictable. Ironically many of us were asking this same question about Reid's offense last season. So what are the common denominators? Vick, Jackson, and Celek. This time the coach is calling on his leader to step up and turn this team around. He's putting it on Vick's shoulders to be a leader. This will be difficult for him to do as he is struggling as well. It's time for Mike to step up and either play like a pro or fade away into obscurity. This is his last chance. There isn't another team out there who would be willing to give him this opportunity. Time is running out on him and his career.
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You knew from the moment you entered the theater and saw David Lafont's beautifully detailed set -- stacks of papers, a hanging toilet seat, a shopping cart, a bucket set under a leak in the ceiling -- that someone had put a lot of thought into this production, someone with an understanding of subtlety, a passion for detail and an acute sense of place. That someone was director Terry Dodd, who also assembled a first-rate cast. The owner of the disheveled flat -- sad, slow, befuddled Aston -- was played to perfection by Warren Sherrill, who gave the character a subdued and penetrating sweetness. There were also Jarrad Holbrook as Aston's vicious brother, Mick, periodically interrupting his own romantic monologues with jarring spurts of violence, and Jim Hunt as the whiny, manipulative tramp Davies, invited by Aston into the flat. In a play that's all about mystery, futility and power, these three actors gave performances riveting in their focus and intensity. Of course, it always helps to have a brilliant script like Harold Pinter's to work with.
Rockbar could inspire a confirmed teetotaler to do a swan dive off the wagon within ten minutes of walking through the door. Conjuring the bygone decadence left behind by Perry's -- as the joint was known during the last days of disco -- Rockbar is the ideal place to relive your wasted youth. The decor in this late-'70s time-capsule remains pristinely intact, with exposed rock walls, patterned carpet, foil wallpaper and vintage lighting fixtures. There's also a notable kitsch factor about the place -- the trashy menu, the lowbrow drink selection (Mad Dog and brands of beer you swore you'd never drink again), the neon band-logo signage and the retro tuneage -- that has prompted some detractors to grumble that the brashness is a little too calculated. These people are completely missing the point. For those about to Rock, we salute you.
Recently witnessed at the Horseshoe Lounge: Avery Rains, aka Mr. Pacman, dressed in a full-bodied lion suit, head and paws included, stripping down to a very skimpy and curiously bulged pink thong. True fucking story. Unfortunately, this was a one-off birthday-party gig and not a weekly event, but it does prove how superbly awesome the Horseshoe is for allowing such hilarious debauchery. Outfitted with comfy stools, two booths, a couple of couches, a pool table and a dartboard, the bar is lounge-tastic and tailored for intimate gatherings with good friends. And if you get lucky, maybe Rains will be there and you can entice him into strutting his stuff just for you.
At first blush, the Lure is a swank place. Almost too swank. Hang out there for a while, though, and you start to realize that it's pretty relaxed. Like that really hot blonde in high school that you yearned to talk to but couldn't muster up the courage, there's more to the joint than meets the eye. Remember when you finally got the stones to talk to her and found out that she was into Hunter S. Thompson and dug Tom Waits? Yeah, the Lure is surprisingly cool like that. Instead of being greeted by some huge meathead at the door, the first thing you see is a gang of smiling ladies behind the bar. It's like a grown-up version of the famed City Spirit, which used to inhabit this spot nearly a decade ago.
Arvada's answer to a Colfax dive bar, 12 Volt Tavern has all the grit and attitude of the city -- without the Colfax freaks. Plopped down in the middle of Olde Town Arvada, the Tavern may seem out of place among its better-groomed neighbors, but its well-worn character is completely authentic. Although the place has only been known as by its current name for the past four years, the bar itself has been at the same location for nearly sixty years. The joint is a choice spot for punks and blue-collar barflies to congregate over drinks and games of pool. During the week, the Volt's killer jukebox spits out cuts by Sabbath, Zep, the Clash, the Sex Pistols and Hank Williams. And on the weekends, the bar gets hotwired by a steady parade of local punk and rockabilly acts.
Aztec Sol is best known for its exhaustive collection of more than 200 tequilas, carefully curated by owner Jose Lara. The funky neighborhood spot is a favorite among locals who live and drink on the edge of Highland: Both caballeros and condo-dwellers are drawn by Aztec Sol's cheap eats and potent, imaginative cocktails. In addition to cantaritas and vampiros (two sobriety-slashing tequila creations), the Sol now offers wireless Internet. Sure, the place can be dark and the music loud, but the connection is strong and, like the chips and salsa, free of charge. So log on -- vamonos!


text: If you enjoy looking at some great contemporary architecture while you eat, this is a place you must definitely visit. Bolivar overlooks the new Antwerp courthouse, which was designed by Richard Rogers (Millennium Dome, Centre Pompidou) and has become of the main landmarks of the city. The trendy south district where this restaurant is located is sometimes called 'Little Paris' because of its grand streets and elegant, neoclassical houses and fittingly the interior of Bolivar resembles a Parisian bistro. Its main source of income is of course the courthouse and all of the lawyers, civil servants and officials that go with it - and who all need a spot of lunch. They are specialised in seafood and Belgian/French cuisine.


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Southwark Vacation Packages
During the Tudor and Stuart eras, Southwark was a notorious hub of sordid entertainment and a refuge for criminals. Today it's a popular tourist destination thanks to its many interesting attractions.
Look inside beautiful Southwark Cathedral, one of London's oldest Gothic churches. The cathedral was built in the 13th century, with numerous additions through the 19th century. Inside, notice several memorials to William Shakespeare, who is believed to have worshipped here. Look for the tomb of Shakespeare's brother, Edmund, as well as a stained-glass window depicting characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and The Tempest.
Visit Borough Market, the region's most iconic food market, held on the same site since the 13th century. During the week, the market has about a dozen vendors. Numbers swell to more than 100 stalls from Thursday to Saturday. Find vendors selling fantastic cheeses, homemade bread, organically farmed meats, fresh coffees and local produce and food products.
Check out Tate Modern, Britain's largest modern art gallery. The collection is housed in an imaginatively restored mid-20th-century power station, with exhibits spread across seven floors. The gallery's impressive permanent collection is arranged thematically into categories including "Still Life" and "Landscape." Look for works by Picasso, Matisse, Anish Kapoor, Monet and Pollock in the Material Gestures galleries.
Discover the compelling Clink Museum on the site of a 12th-century London jail. See medieval torture instruments and learn about the horrifying conditions once endured by prisoners in these cells.
Tour Shakespeare's Globe, a detailed replica of the original 16th-century theater. Explore the attached museum, which examines Elizabethan theater and includes an interesting collection of historic Bankside entertainment material. From April to October in the Globe, watch performances ranging from Shakespearean productions to modern plays.
Southwark is located on the south bank of the River Thames. Walk here from Central London and the city's West End. You can also reach the borough by Tube or bus.
Accommodation in Southwark
Booking a beautiful accommodation is important for a truly successful vacation. You can discover the best Southwark hotel options on Expedia's comprehensive hotels guide.
Often recommended examples of slightly more high-end hotels in Southwark are the Bridge Apartments, Various Addresses, and the Union Níké Apartments, Various Addresses. Alternatively, The citizenM London Bankside, at 20 Lavington Street, and the Novotel London Blackfriars, at 46 Blackfriars Road, are some properties worth considering if you're traveling on the cheap.


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A collaborative work about a cast and crew who work on a new crime show based in a Utopian society. A look in to their lives, and how their lives are put on display by the media and the shows audience. WARNING: Very mature content including a sexual attack.
"Ms. Anderson? Ms. Anderson?"
Kate, my P.A, ran over to me almost as soon as I'd stepped out of the car.
"Please tell me there isn't already a catastrophe on the first day?" I slammed the door shut and locked my car, before smoothing down my shirt and taking the coffee she offered. I began to stride towards the set as she hurried to keep up.
"N-Not quite. But Alex, the director-"
"-Yes I know the name of the director, Kate."
"Well she's late. She called and said that her husband had just got back this morning, unexpectedly. She said she won't be too much longer, but he wanted breakfast and-"
"-And apparently men are completely incapable of making themselves toast? I wasn't aware that feminism had taken such a large step back."
"Yes Ms. Anderson."
"Kate." I paused in the middle of my march, and the young woman almost walked straight past me. She paused, and blinked at me through her glasses. "I'm aware that there are plenty of people that think it's best to just agree with me, to make life easier. But I would appreciate if you used the very intelligent brain I know you have to voice your own opinion."
"O-Okay Ms. Anderson."
I sighed. She was going to take a lot of work. But considering that she'd barely been able to speak to me when she first started, it was an improvement. I turned and began walking again.
"Anything else Kate?"
"Well Miss Greene is complaining that she had to get up for an early start when the director isn't here yet."
"Miss Greene had to get up early because she needs hair, make-up and costume, whereas Ms. Kensington or Finnick or whatever her last name is just needs to turn up on time and be brilliant. Why on earth was she hired if she can't do that?"
"I thought you hired her, Ms. Anderson?"
"I haven't met the woman. I'd seen her work and when they suggested her I agreed. She's very capable, and I hadn't heard a single bad thing about her."
"Well maybe this is a one time thing. And Alex Kensington is her professional name. Her married name is Finnick."
"I can see why she kept her professional name." I mused, as we finally stepped on to the first set of the day; the 'scene of the crime' for the opening shot. I could already hear raised voices, and the unmistakable tone of Miss Aaliyah Greene in a huff. "Ah, the dulcet tones of our female star. I suppose I shall have to deal with her, since our director is M.I.A?" Kate's lack of reply was all I needed to confirm that no one else had tried to tame the argument. "Well then. It's a good job you had my coffee ready."
I took a gulp of the hot liquid and marched over to the group that were crowding around the woman.
"Miss Greene, I can hear you from outside the building. What on earth is worth putting on such a performance, off camera?"
A swish of brown hair and wide, purple eyes later, and she was staring at me.
"I don't quite understand why we're all supposed to show up on time and she just gets to appear whenever she likes!"
"If by 'she' you are referring to your director, then the answer would be that Ms. Kensington does not have free reign over when she turns up to work. She happens to be late, this once, but it will not go without a strict warning."
"All I'm saying is that I could have had a lie in if I had known-"
"Miss Greene," I interrupted. She froze, clearly unused to people standing up to her. "I am going to give you some words of advice. Do you see this cup in my hand?" I raised the cardboard cup of coffee slightly. "This is almost full of hot coffee. There are very few people who may talk to me before I have finished my cup of coffee in a morning. There are even less that can raise their voice to the level which you just did. You, Miss Greene, do not make that cut."
Aaliyah Greene pouted, and made the mistake of opening her mouth.
"But I-"
"Miss Greene, if I hear one more complaint out of your mouth before this cup has been finished, I will talk to the writers about writing some very early morning scenes for your character. Ones without dialogue. As for Ms. Kensington, I will deal with her, once she makes an appearance."
I turned swiftly on my heel, and strode over to where the assistant director looked like he was about to have a heart attack.
"Oh, Ms. Anderson I'm sorry, she's coming I promise..."
"Yes, I'm well aware." I sat myself down in the chair marked director, and took another sip from my coffee. Not so steaming now, but that's what happens when you get a diva on set. Damn the publicity team. 'She's well known', 'She'll be great for ratings'... not great for my mental health, I added silently, sipping my coffee.
"Well I know I'm late, but the ice queen didn't have to hire a replacement." The strong Australian accent came from my left, and I practically saw Kate, who had just appeared in front of me, swallow a whole sentence in a fantastically large gulp.
"The ice queen?"I turned to my left and appraised the woman. Bright, cornflower blue eyes and copper-coloured hair, wearing jeans, a tank top and a blazer. I raised and eyebrow and smiled, feigning ignorance.
"I heard that was her nickname. You know, Helena Anderson?"
"Uhm..." Kate started to talk.
"But she can't be that bad right? Have you met her?"
"I've had the pleasure," I smirked.
"So, what have I got myself in for then? Apart from working with Aaliyah Greene that is." She gave me a conspiratorial grin.
"Well I'd say as long as you're on time and your work is as excellent as usual, you two should have nothing to argue about."
"So I'd imagine I haven't made a great first impression then?" For the first time, her cheeky grin dropped a little, and she had the decency to look a little guilty.
"Oh so you finally decided to turn up then!" Ah, and here's Miss Greene again, and followed by Jack Lynch, the famous, heart-throb movie star, and what seems to be a band of followers. "I hope you're giving her a good tongue lashing Mrs Anderson."
I remember the days, when I was younger, that my friends and I would have snorted about the phrase 'tongue-lashing'. When I had time to see friends.
Alex Kensington had realised her mistake, and cast a guilty look at me.
"Miss Greene," I started, standing up, "I would very much like it if you would observe that my coffee, while considerably colder thanks to our earlier conversation, is still not finished. Any conversation about tardiness I am having with Ms. Kensington is none of your business, and it would do you a great deal of good if you were to remember that you are under her direction. And finally, I am very happily, unmarried, so please refrain from calling me 'Mrs.'" I turned to Ms. Kensington, and raised an eyebrow. "I trust your husband can do without you for the rest of his meals today, Director? I would very much appreciate it if you could begin shooting as soon as possible, without wasting any more time."
With that, I made my way out of the group, not giving any of them a chance to reply. Kate hurried after me.
"Would you like another coffee Ms. Anderson?"
"Black and scalding." I muttered.
Ten minutes later, new coffee in hand, I was sitting behind the monitors, watching the first scene unfold.


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Chapter 2 - Snow fixes global warming didn't you know?
Chapter 2 of republican zombies
Brody's real name is Alicia but she looked , acted and dresed so much like Brody Dalle from the distillers that she really lived up to the nickname and kept it. We had been friends for a long time and she supported me with everything I did.
No one really got to sleep until 5 in the morning so the next day we woke up just in time to catch the afternoon news. At his time we were all gathered around the TV and I began to question Brody about her actions. "Why were you out first of all and on top of that why in a freaking snowstorm would you wonder to my house drunk" She snuggled up in the blanket I had covered her up in when she passed out on my couch. "Um...I was drunk?" I blinked. Sometimes her reasoning would amaze me."ok...but...why were you drunk?" She smiled and lit a cigarette ."Because it was snowing and there wasn't anything else to do" Once again all I could do was blink. As I sat there in amazement trying to figure out how to respond to her Jackson got my attention."Hey guys it snowed everywhere except for Cali." I looked at the TV and sure enough the weather man was showing our country covered in snow minus Cali. What the weather man said next made me completely forget about Brody's bad judgment."Because of the massive snow storm scientists are now saying global warming has either been reverse or that we over reacted and it never existed at all. In fact a climate change happens every 100 years." We all looked at each other dumbfounded."That's ridiculous you cant reverse global warming and why didnt the only libral state not get hit with the storm!" Jackson exclaimed. I wasnt as smart as he was in the area of science but even I was questioning what was happening. I didnt want to get worried and paranoid however so I shrugged it off."I wouldn't worry about it to much Jackson its just a storm and everyone came out of it ok " Brody patted Jackson on the back "Yeah dont worry about it to much nerd boy" Jackson just glared at her evilly .
The rest of the day dragged on I fixed dinner for everyone. Brody decided to stay with us until the roads were clear. As I sat down at the table and ate I was being quiet and Brody had noticed. "Whats wrong Kayden you normally get excited about eating things why are you so quiet" Her lesbian jokes were the worst but still managed to make me smile."Nothing I'm just still tired from being up all night." She shrugged and went back to eating."Oh...okay". The truth was as hard as I tried to forget about the news I couldn't in fact I felt slightly in danger. The more I thought about it the more I wanted to move to California. Do that night I decided to myself Before Brody decided to go home I would suggest to her and Jackson that we leave Indiana and start on our way to Cali. I was pretty sure They were going to think I was crazy unless they were just as bothered by it as I was.