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Double voting in Hoke NC? TX Voter ID again? Elections automation, a lemon?May 27 2010
NC looks into possible double voting in Hoke Co..good thing Bullitt Co KY has paper ballots since 4 memory cards went missing...Some candidates for Avon, Indiana Town Council will be doing a forensic review of election. They are asking to review poll books, voting machine reports, paper ballots and ballot applications for absentee and early voting..CEIMN Dir. MARK HALVORSON has some straight talk about Minnesota Elections..Hefty sum to rig India's EVM's?...Philippines Elections automation, a lemon?
All this and more in today's voting news below...
AL: Some Jefferson County voters will have to vote twice
CA: Prop. 15 would test government funding of California state elections
CA: California Puts Vote Overhaul on the Ballot (Proposition 14)
On June 8, voters will decide the fate of a ballot measure that would replace traditional primaries in state and Congressional elections with, effectively, two rounds of voting.
CA: Ballot flub costs overtime hours (vendor to foot bill)
San Francisco. City workers are logging overtime hours in the run-up to the June 8 election to correct a ballot problem where hundreds of absentee voters got the wrong one in the mail.
CA: Vote for whimsy (get ready for June 8 statewide primary election )
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_4a3a3f... Some spoof political signs have popped up among the crop of real ones at the corner of Jefferson Street and Imola Avenue, supporting free pizza for all Napans and a zombie for political office.
http://www.sthelenastar.com/articles/2010/05/27/opinion /
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When informed, Tuteur communicated to me that St. Helenans who vote by mail must pay the (unclear) postage themselves. In other areas of Napa, where mail balloting is mandatory and unavoidable, Tuteurs office pays the postage.
CO: Status of Aspens IRV Method--Up for Potential Repeal in November Election after November 09 Advisory Vote to Discontinue IRV.
FL: Supervisor introduces new voting machines
http://www.historiccity.com/2010/staugustine/news/flori... ...St. Johns County to attend an Open House on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 to preview St. Johns Countys new DS200 voting equipment
IL: Campus voting bill clears Senate committee; closer to final passage(full sen nxt)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/news/2010-05-27/campus... .html the most controversial deals with its requirement that 12 separate counties, including Champaign, Coles and McLean counties in East Central Illinois, establish separate early voting and grace period registration sites on campuses for the Nov. 2 general election only.
IN: Court to review Avon council cote *
After close council races, court will look at possible polling place errors
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100527/LOCAL0502 /
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The filing came after his clients heard from voters who live within the town that the Town Council election wasn't on their ballots..
Yackey's petition filed in Hendricks Circuit Court requests that election records, including poll books, voting machine reports, paper ballots and ballot applications for absentee and early voting, be opened for review and inspection.
KY: Election night in Bullitt County goes off without a glitch - almost
the clerk's office noticed that four out of 100 memory cards with voting data on them were missing, he said. The employees soon found three out of the four cards in clerks' bags and voting machines.
During this time, though, they realized the memory card was from another precinct that reported to Bullitt Central. They found that machine, which was in the clerk's office, and the memory card was still sealed within the machine.
MN: EDITORIAL: STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT MINNESOTAS ELECTIONS, BY CEIMN DIRECTOR MARK HALVORSON http://www.ceimn.org/Photo_ID_elections_voting_
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Minnesota has safeguards in place that protect against voter fraud, yet do not discourage voter participation though the creation of unnecessary barriers for legitimate voters.
NC: State looking into possible voter fraud in Hoke County*
..voting machines showed two people voted twice during the May primary elections.
Shook said one of the people voted once during early voting and again on election day. Another voter appeared to have voted in two different precincts on election day.
Judy Pittman, an investigator with the State Board of Elections, said multiple voting is reported often, but it usually turns out to be a mistake rather than true fraud.
NJ: LA PARKER: One Willie vote could launch political career
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NV: In Nevada, squawks over chicken costumes at polls
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CARSON CITY, Nev. A ban on chicken costumes outside polling sites in Nevada, where they have become akin to politicking against a GOP Senate candidate, doesn't infringe on free speech, the state's top election official said Wednesday.
NY: Judge considers forcing Gov. Paterson to fill congressional seat sooner
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05 /
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Syracuse, NY - A federal judge in Rochester is now considering whether to compel Gov. David Paterson to order an early special election to fill the seat of former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa.
LA: Voter registration available online
Secretary of State Jay Dardenne is urging adults not registered to vote to register online at www.GeauxVote.com or at their parish registrar of voters office.
MD: Prison-based gerrymandering- Maryland Bill Podcast Episode #2
http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/05/27/pod... /
one significant contribution to the problem was that sitting in the middle of this majority-minority district was one of the states large prisons
So we had really a majority-minority district in name only.
NC: Pamlico begins clearing voter list of dead, relocated residents
NY: End of an era
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-... Nassau County Board of Elections workers on Thursday loading up old lever-action voting machines that are being put in storage to make room for new electronic voting machines
SC: South Carolina Senate Wages War Against Independent Candidates
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/05/27/south-carolina-... /
SD: Settlement In SD Voting Rights Lawsuit
They said they were illegally removed from the voter registration list after being convicted of a felony and given probation but no prison time.
TX: TribBlog: The Return of Voter ID
http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/may/26/trib... /
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, with state Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland on the Texas House floor.
Remember that long, heated voter identification debate last session? State Rep. Debbie Riddle is working on a sequel.
The Houston Republican announced today that she will, once again, file "ballot security legislation that would require Texas voters to show a photo ID or two forms of non-photo ID at a polling place" next session.
UT: Cost-cutting move reduces Davis County polling sites from 69 to 26
WV: Feds Issue Subpoenas in Lincoln County
The Lincoln Journal is reporting that several Lincoln County election officials have received federal subpoenas.
Those subpoenas go back to a federal investigation into alleged voter fraud in the county during the Primary Election.
Internet voting watch
Benefits, risks of e-mail ballots weighed
CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to say that the Federal Voting Assistance Program system will allow overseas voters from participating states to request and mark their ballot online, but voters then must print the ballot out, sign it and mail it back. The original version of this story contained erroneously said one proposal would allow voters to cast their vote online without sending the ballot as an e-mail attachment.
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Today we officially launched this campaign. Please spread the word. We cannot afford another election that denies millions of citizens their right to vote. Please take a few moments to sign the petition so Congress knows that you want these election protection measures passed this year. We need your help and your support.
Microsoft Teams With Democracy Live to Assist Military Voters Secure Easier Access to Ballot
http://militarymattersfayette.blogspot.com/2010/05/micr... ...Finney went on to say that LiveBallot is not Internet voting, but simply delivering voter information, including a voter's specific ballot. Voters still must print and mail their ballot back in,
DISCLOSE Act handicapping
http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2010/05/27/disclose-act... /
The Hill takes a look at where votes may line up for the DISCLOSE Act.
India: EVM FIXERS DEMAND HEFTY SUMS (Part 1)
...is tampering of electronic voting machines merely a theoretical proposition (as Prof Indiresan, ECIs expert committee chairman would have you believe) or is there any ground level evidence of tampering?
Philippines: Elections automation, a lemon?
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=11676 Since election day, we have been swamped with an avalanche of complaints and reports of anomalies and electronic fraud -- some backed up by hard evidence, others sounding like red herrings
Philippines: Whistlerblower 'Koala Boy' casts doubt on Philippines election results
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His 68-year-old eyes gleam as the memory bubbles to the surface. His smile widens as it crashes upward, dripping with joy and irreverence after decades of submergence.
Al Claggett can just see his best friend, John Benedetto, spinning a throng of second-graders on one of those manual merry-go-rounds — the kind long since banished by a lawsuit-happy world — on the Sanders Elementary playground.
He can even hear the kids' helium-voiced exhortations: Go, Coach, go!!!
"They loved him," Claggett says. "He was magic."
The memories and tears have arrived in torrents the last few days, since Benedetto, Land O'Lakes High's iconic former football coach, died in his sleep in Sunday's wee hours at age 66.
Claggett, the closest thing to a brother Benedetto had, was at Benedetto's Carrollwood Village home even before the medical examiner departed Monday morning.
Stands to reason. For nearly a half-century, since the two University of Tampa football alumni began residing under the same Davis Islands roof in 1969, Claggett and Benedetto had virtually been at each other's side.
They arrived at Sanders Elementary together in 1971, gravitated to Land O'Lakes High together in '75, and exited together in 2009, when the school district wouldn't extend their teaching contracts in the state's Deferred Retirement Option Program for a 38th and final year.
"I'm not sure if friends is a strong enough word," Claggett said.
On Monday, they and college buddies Pete Kuharchek and Richie Fuddy were set for their semi-weekly round of golf. Instead, Claggett found himself presiding over a plate of pancakes at a Land O'Lakes breakfast place Thursday, trying to find catharsis in memories.
And oh, the gems he excavated.
He can still see Benedetto, in the throes of bachelorhood, whizzing around north Tampa in the blue Karmann Ghia convertible purchased from extra money made substitute teaching. He can still taste the collards that flourished in Benedetto's resplendent backyard garden.
And he can still see the face of little Ricky Brayton, appointed by his Sanders Elementary classmates to peer out the window and identify the substitute teacher who would be overseeing their class. This was the era when teachers and students went to school for 45 days, then took 15 off.
Benedetto still substituted during the 15 off. Couldn't stay away.
"Ricky saw it was Coach Benedetto, and he goes into the classroom and he yells, 'It's Benedetto!!!'" Claggett recalled. "And they all went, 'Yeahhhhh!!!'"
The kids loved John," added Claggett, Benedetto's defensive coordinator all those years. "You know what, John respected the kids. And he always understood that if he treated them the way he wanted to be treated, they were going to give it back to him."
In a sense, maybe Claggett and Benedetto got out in the nick of time. While innovative strategically until the end, Benedetto's philosophy seemed to be running counter to the prevailing currents of prep football.
Seven-on-seven? Benedetto would have no part of it, Claggett said. Year-round program? Only in the sense that Benedetto kept the weight room doors open for whomever wanted to enter. His mantra worked for 32 autumns and 196 wins: Keep it fun, and remember, it's high school.
Deal sternly with the big infractions, but don't harp on the foibles. Occasionally, it made peers bristle. But the kids? Well, just see how many flock to his funeral, Claggett said.
"The thing that made John so successful, I really believe this, is he never sweated the small stuff," Claggett said.
"Kids would get in a little trouble, they'd skip a class, leave for lunch, and people would go to him like, 'What's the matter, he's your football player.' And he'd go, 'Well, he's your English student.'"
These are the recollections guiding Claggett through the tough stretches. On Thursday afternoon, he had to go shopping for dress slacks for a funeral. Later, he was planning to transplant a small magnolia tree to his front yard. John's tree.
Normalcy will return only in increments. Oh sure, he and Kuharchek and Fuddy will continue their regular rounds of golf, and the ROMEO club (Retired Old Men Eating Out) still will convene at a Tampa brunchery the second Tuesday of each month.
But the slices off the teebox will be fewer. So too, will the laughs. For a time, the somberness may be as thick as the syrup. Time is needed for adjustment.
After all, the carousel came to a screech, too sudden for everyone.
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I am grateful to M. Higonnet for his e-mail pointing out that there is now a fine official website dedicated to the work of a favourite artist of mine, Jean-Pierre Velly. The site hosts a good selection of images of Velly's graphic work, a biography, and some other texts by and about the artist.
I've written about Velly before, but I don't think that the site was in full operation at that time. And, while I'm on the subject, I thought I might present a few more scanned images of Velly's oil paintings and watercolours…
The images are from an exhibition catalogue simply entitled Jean-Pierre Velly, published in 1993 by Fratelli Palombi, Rome. Click on the images to see them enlarged.Posted by misteraitch at April 28, 2004 04:25 PM | TrackBack
Fascinating - thanks for introducing him!
A wee suggestion: the images you present on your wonderful site, might benefit a few readers like me, if titles, technique and dimensions were given, just like in an exhibition :)
I notice that Velly does not show dimensions on his website, so it is hard to get a sense of the scale of the works.Posted by: Marja-Leena on April 28, 2004 05:08 PM
Marja-Leena: I usually put in titles, etc., such that (in most current browsers, anyway) the information should pop up when you hover the mouse pointer over the image. If that doesnt work, the text should show up if you right click on the image and then choose Properties. I must admit, art being long & life short, that I usually don't bother to record the dimensions of the works that I featurePosted by: misteraitch on April 28, 2004 05:23 PM
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BAGHDAD - A spate of attacks targeting Shi'ite pilgrims has left at least 57 people dead and 135 injured in central and southern Iraq, security officials say.
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posted by Matt .
Supporters of multiculturalism argue that it helps us come to terms with our diverse present and strengthens the academic achievement of African-American children. Some call for Afrocentrism, the dominance of African cultural patterns in people's lives. Opponents of multiculturalism argue that it encourages divisiveness rather than unity. We need one culture, one language etc. Which view do you think makes more sense? Why?
Can someone help where to start with this.
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. First of all, let me give you some sites on multiculturism. You should make up your own mind, but I will tell you my opinion at the en d.
1. (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism
2. (interesting about greetings): (Broken Link Removed)
3. http://media.www.campustimes.org/media/storage/paper371/news/2003/09/25/Opinions/Multiculturism.Far.From.multi-476100.shtml
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5. http://mason.gmu.edu/~drwillia/winthrop.html
6. http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/10671236.html
We live in a global society and studying multiculturism is a must. Not only when we visit other countries but to know how to treat people from other countries that come here. I taught 3 foreign languages, because that is a marvelous mental exercise for both of those same reasons. My grandparents came here from another country and yes, it was difficult for them at first to learn English and to adapt. Usually it is the 3rd generation that will really be a citizen of that new country of the grandparents. Also, having lived in other countries, with other languages and customs, it was expected that I learn those things. So, I agree with the Japanese gentleman who made English the official language of the United States. This does not mean that we should forbid others to use their native language, but we can expect them to negociate in English. Most of my students spoke 3 languages, one at home, one in other classes and one in mine. This made them adaptable in at least 2 different countries, working on a third.
Now, what is YOUR opinion? I used to tell my students that multiculturalism did not mean that one culture was better or worse than another, just different. Wouldn't it be boring if everyone were alike?
Thank you that really helps.
We've always had a multicultural society. In colonial times, we had immigrants from several European countries all with their own languages and cultures. Benjamin Franklin published the country's first German-language newspaper in 1732. Slaves from Africa also brought their own cultures and languages that added to our pre-Civil War multiculturalism. Later, immigrants from eastern Europe and Asia added to our "melting pot."
Today, multiculturalism is even more important as the Internet, international business, and fast jet planes brings the entire world closer together. Look at where our electronics and clothing are made. Look at our favorite foods -- Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Thai, Soul, Middle-Eastern, etc. It's a poorly educated high school graduate who hasn't at least studied a foreign language. And why not celebrate Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day, and Kwanzaa, as well as the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Halloween? Can we ever have too many holidays?
Opponents of multiculturalism fear the intrusion of "foreigners" and bristle when they hear foreign languages spoken in their neighborhoods. They resent having government documents and signs printed in other languages.
Obviously I favor multiculturalism.
What do you think?
Thank you that's really great.
You're welcome. Good luck on your essay!


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"China, 1899. A hedonistic young man must assume the role of heir to a banking empire he cares little about. Following the tragic kidnapping of his brother's wife, "Third Master" reluctantly submits to pressure from his overbearing father.
Powerful bank-owner Lord Kang is determined to prepare Third Master for financial leadership by molding his son into his own image. The ruthless businessman tries to convince his son to choose a proven unscrupulous bank manager over a more honest one. But the idealistic Third Master has always questioned his father's autocratic rule and ethics.
The tense relationship is further complicated by Third Master's undying love for his beautiful young stepmother, his first and only love stolen from him by his own father.
Embarking on a metaphysical journey, Third Master must decide whether to follow his father's path or find his own. Greed, deception and jealousy surface under the pressures of war and the impending change from silver to paper bills …" [EMPIRE OF SILVER webpage]
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- A flurry of M&A activity hit Wall Street on Monday, making it the second week running of big announcements that may signal a recovery in dealmaking. Compared to last week's energy boom, today's deals span different sectors and industries, making the common element a depressed market that's a great opportunity for buyers to pick up companies for cheap prices.
Cigna ( CI) has agreed to acquire HealthSpring ( HS) for $55 a share in cash, or $3.8 billion. The purchase price is a 37% premium to HealthSpring's closing price Friday of $40.16 - it's stock rose over 33% to $53.70 a share in early trading. Cigna's stock rose nearly 1% in early trading to $46.15 a share. The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2012 and isn't subject to a financing condition, Cigna said Monday. "HealthSpring is a great fit with Cigna's growth plans to expand into the Seniors and Medicare segment through a premier business and trusted brand name," said David M. Cordani, President and Chief Executive Officer. In its statement of the merger, Cigna said the HealthSpring acquisition will add to near and long term growth. In 2010, HealthSpring earned $3.1 billion in revenue and had net income of nearly $200 million - its most profitable year since going public in 2006. In its most recent quarter ended in June, HealthSpring earned $83.9 million, its best quarter ever. HealthSpring will be merged to larger Cigna with $5.5 billion in 2010 revenue and $400 million in profits. The company also has cash and short term investments of $1.77 billion according to financial statements as of June 30th. The Franklin, Tennessee based- healthcare provider founded in 2000 was ranked the 71st fastest growing company in Fortune Magazine's most recent poll of three-year revenue, earnings per share and total return. It's also the largest provider of Medicare Advantage selling to over one million customers. It has also received approval from the government to add an additional 243 thousand subscribers in Alabama, Tennessee and West Virginia. According to Bloomberg data, the company's grown at 21% in the past two years. In a statement announcing the merger, Cigna said it intends to raise approximately 20% of the purchase price by selling new stock, with the remaining 80% funded by debt issuance and cash. For the debt component, Cigna said it received bridge financing from Morgan Stanley ( MS) contingent on the market liquidity needed to fund the acquisition. Cigna also said it expects to maintain current credit ratings after the deal closes. It's the largest merger among healthcare providers in the last 12 months after Tenet Healthcare ( THC) rejected Community Health Systems' ( CYH)$3.3 billion merger in May according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The merger is also the 6th largest deal in the healthcare sector in the last 12 months according to Bloomberg data. Johnson & Johnson's ( JNJ) $21.3 billion takeover of Synthes is the largest closed deal in that time period. In the pharmacy's space, Medco Health Solutions's ( JNJ) $29 billion merger with Express Scripts ( ESRX) has faced increasing regulatory scrutiny. Oracle ( ORCL) has agreed to buy RightNow Technologies ( RNOW) for $43 a share, valuing the cloud technology company with a customer service specialty at $1.5 billion when counting its debt. RightNow's board has unanimously approved the deal, which needs shareholder and regulatory approvals. It expects the merger to close at the end of the year or early 2012. The announcement didn't state whether the transaction is cash or stock. At $43 a share, the purchase represents the highest price paid for RightNow, which went public in 2006. The Bozeman, Montana based company founded in 1997 closed Friday trading at $35.96 a share and has gained 51.9% year to date. It gained over 19%, reaching $42.83 a share in early trading. The deal is a boost to its Oracle Public Cloud business, and bolsters its presence in call center and social networking spaces. It's also Oracle's largest acquisition since its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems that closed in 2010. As of its most recent quarter, Oracle's sitting on over $31.6 billion in cash and short term investments. Oracle Public Cloud, announced in Oracle Openworld in October a push to bolster its presence in the space by integrating cloud businesses to its Oracle Fusion applications, middleware and databases."The Oracle Public Cloud is a little different," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at Openworld, in San Francisco - stressing that the public cloud can be combined and is interoperable with other existing clouds in business datacenters. "Oracle is moving aggressively to offer customers a full range of Cloud Solutions including sales force automation, human resources, talent management, social networking, databases and Java as part of the Oracle Public Cloud," said Thomas Kurian, an executive vice president at Oracle. RightNow's largest shareholder is founder and CEO Greg Gianforte, who owns over 6.7 million shares -- roughly 20% of all shares with a worth now in excess of $250 million according to filings with the Securities and Exchanges Commission. Its third largest shareholder is venture capital firm Greylock Partners. RightNow reported annual revenue of $185 million and net income of $28.4 million in 2010.


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Rope Sales Rise Thanks to 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
There's no denying that E. L. James' erotic novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey' — which features a storyline involving bondage and sadomasochism — is a bonafide phenomenon. And now, even hardware stores are getting in the craze as sales of rope are on the rise.
According to Bob Wipplinger, owner of Pendell Hardware in Pennsylvania, more customers than usual have been asking for cotton rope. Of course, it took Wipplinger's wife (who's probably a fan of the book) to explain what it's for.
"Usually they ask for bungie cords, clothesline, that kind of thing," said Wipplinger. "But … the guy that was in here made very sure it had to be cotton, it's got be cotton, like he had to please somebody."
In fact, Wipplinger is happy to oblige 'Fifty Shades of Grey' readers with all their hardware needs, and even keeps a checklist of other items used for pleasure in the book.
But in terms of rope for bondage, Wipplinger gives his customers a very simple piece of advice. "Probably get the softer stuff," he said. Wise words. Wise, kinda creepy words.


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Made famous by Kanye West this skull hoodie is something scary... I mean something trendy. At least when you rock this hoodie you can be part of hip hop history.
Deep lyrics that are meaningful and true. Malik Yusef is one of Chicago's best hip hop/ rap artists.Tags: hip hop, Rap, Chicago, kanye west, chi town, malik yusef, the great chicago fire, a cold day in hellAdded 7 Years Ago from Amazon.com
Cute tank with the signature bear that Kanye has on all of his albums.Tags: hip hop, Rap, graduation, kanye west, grey tank top, tank tps, cute tanks tops, cut womens shirtsAdded 7 Years Ago from Bravadousa
Kanye west is not a furry. His samples are so good. He has a true talent.
This is Kanye's very good followup to College dropout. This is before he went all 808's and heartbreak. This is an awesome cd with catchy hooks.Tags: music, CD, hip hop, Rap, graduation, kanye west, the college dropout, late registration, 2008 grammy awards winnersAdded 7 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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Graduation is the 3rd installment in the Kanye West series of ground breaking albums. Just when you think that Kanye cannot produce another great album this one comes out and hits it out of the park.Tags: hip hop, Rap, graduation, kanye westAdded 7 Years Ago from Amazon.com
Yeah, I'm not ashamed to admit it. I did love and still love that one Estelle song. Not to mention, it's one of my favorite Jukebox picks ever. This song knows how to unite a bar.Tags: music, CD, Pop, soul, albums, hip hop, sounds, british invasion, British PopAdded 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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Nooka produced 15 of these glow-in-the-dark Zub watches for Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" tour featuring Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, and N.E.R.D. West pretty much scored all of them himself so it's doubtful you'll ever get your hands ... Nooka produced 15 of these glow-in-the-dark Zub watches for Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" tour featuring Lupe Fiasco, Rihanna, and N.E.R.D. West pretty much scored all of them himself so it's doubtful you'll ever get your hands on one unless he decides to unload a few on ebay.Tags: fashion, watches, accessories, jewelry, hip hop, glow-in-the-dark, kanye west, nooka, glow in the dark zubAdded 9 Years Ago from Hypebeast
"Homecoming" is nominated for hip hop video of the year.Added 9 Years Ago from Amazon.com
Estelle is an amazing artist out of the UK. She's fresh and different and I love her sound. "American Boy" should definitely get more attention than her first single.Tags: music, r&b, hip hop, Britain, single, kanye west, Estelle, Maven MusicAdded 9 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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Ok so Kanye would never wear a $149 fake bling watch, but he would rock the real thing. You can have to look for less with the small chance of getting beat up for free. What a deal.Tags: bling, hip hop, ghettotech, kanye westAdded 10 Years Ago from Iced Out Gear
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Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon Geek It Out At Camp Again on 'Late Night'
Timberlake Tuesdays continued this week with a trip to the '90s, this time with some good 'ol Hootie & the Blowfish.
On Tuesday's sketch, Justin Timberlake and BFF Jimmy Fallon got into summer camp gear – fros and braces included – and into character as younger versions of themselves at Camp Winnipesaukee.
The pair first debuted their summer camp characters on Late Night back in March during Timberweek.
Timberlake Tuesdays kicked off last week with the "Evolution of End Zone Dancing." The "Take Back the Night" singer will visit the show every Tuesday this month in anticipation of his next album, The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2.
JT and JF: What will they think of next?
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NASCAR Tech Unveils New Curriculum USL Expanding To Fresno For '18 Season Overwatch League Adopts Contract Standards Ohio State, Caesars Settle "Shoe" Dispute Gold Cup Final To Cause Traffic Issues Pac-12 Tries To Shorten Football Games Pistons Adding Flagstar Bank As Jersey Sponsor SMI Sees Positive Q2 Trend Lines At Its Tracks Sources: ESPN Targeting Charissa Thompson Latest CTE Study Expands Scope Of Brain Damage
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Chips & Putts: IMG Wants Three New Sponsors For Tiger In '11
Published January 10, 2011
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An Asia-Based Company To Sponsor Woods
GOLF WORLD's Ron Sirak reports IMG "wants to add three deals" this year to Tiger Woods' portfolio of sponsors. The "first goal is to sell the spot on his golf bag currently occupied" by the logo for Nike's Tiger Woods line. Sources indicated that talks also are "hot with an Asia-based company." The "trickiest part of these talks" reportedly is "not so much the money involved as the time Woods must commit to fulfill corporate obligations." Sirak notes the "next company to sign an endorsement deal with Tiger Woods is going to get a ton of attention since they will be saying with their checkbook they believe the worst of his PR mess is behind him" (GOLF WORLD MONDAY, 1/10 issue).
IS FREE BANKING INCLUDED? RBC has announced new relationships with golfers Jim Furyk, Matt Kuchar and Ernie Els, who will become brand ambassadors for the Toronto-based bank. RBC becomes the official banking and financial services partner for the golfers, each of whom now will sport RBC-branded golf bags and be featured in RBC marketing and advertising. They join Anthony Kim, Luke Donald, Fred Couples, Stephen Ames, Mike Weir and Morgan Pressel as RBC's golf ambassadors (RBC). In Vancouver, Brad Ziemer noted the signings "virtually guarantee that Kuchar, Furyk and Els, the top 3 finishers on the 2010 PGA Tour money list, will be at" the RBC Canadian Open this July. Since becoming the event's title sponsor, RBC "has used golf as a major marketing tool to help build its brand" (VANCOUVER SUN, 1/7).
BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR: The HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER noted Hyundai had been "eyeing golf sponsorship for a long time before beginning negotiations" with the Tournament of Champions in September and "signing a three-year contract in October" to title sponsor the season-opening PGA Tour event, which concluded yesterday. Hyundai Exec VP/Sales Dave Zuchowski said, "We were thrilled to get the opportunity. Then we said, 'Oh my God, what have we done and how do we get ready for January?' and here we are and it's worked out great." Zuchowski called golf "something we want to get big in" (Honolulu STAR-ADVERTISER, 1/9).
CHANGING HIS CAP: Golfer Zach Johnson will wear a cap this season featuring the logo of Transamerica Corp., a subsidiary of Aegon, one of Johnson's sponsors. Johnson's cap had featured an Aegon logo (Transamerica).


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Joseph Garrett (born December 13, 1990), known as Stampy (or Stampylongnose), is a popular British Minecraft YouTuber that makes Minecraft Let's Plays meant for an audience of kids. His original channel was Stampylongnose, but in 2012 he switched to Stampylonghead (still, though, preferring himself being known as Stampy Cat . Stampylonghead was created on July 29, 2011 as a side-channel for his vlogs and console gameplay channel. The first time, and for a while the only series of videos he uploaded to his channel were Minecraft videos set in Stampy's Lovely World, an old series that he has continued to carry on and has built hundreds of attractions to the land like houses, shops and even minigames and rides in his 'Stampy's Funland'. He has also recently appeared in various Children's TV shows, such as Diddy TV and APPsolute genius both from CBBC and has even been on the news about certain places he goes such as Minecon.
Stampy's birthday has been mentioned in a video before and iBallisticSquid also mentioned in a video of his Crazy Craft episodes that he was celebrating his birthday; This is, as you can tell, the main reasons people have known recently but was known previously as, off course, he was a star in abc news ages before and had a QnA: This also happened at Minecon in 2013. His Facebook and Twitter are above but as of yet, he doesn't have Instagram, his fans say they hope he will get it in the near future.
IBallisticSquid (commonly referred to as Squid) is one of Stampy's old best friends and makes videos with him like; Quest, Challenges, Crazy Craft, Pixelmon, Race to the Moon, Adventure Maps, ect. He and Stampy also own a joint channel MagicAnimalClub where they currently do podcasts but used to do vlogs and BTS clips and Stampy has recently made a new channel called 'Let's Cress' which hasn't been active very recently but appeared after a Quest episode where it was said by Stampy very mistakenly "Let's Cress" instead of "Let's Quest" but this is not commonly said upon audiences of the series. This lead up to them joking on about how it sounded like a random cooking channel and Stampy said after the video he was going to make it a thing; Squid didn't believe him but it was announced on his twitter that a new channel was in development. On this channel he uploaded a series of videos about, you guessed it, cress!
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Sqaishey Quack (Sqaishey) is another one of Stampy's best friends. In real life, Sqaishey is Stampy's girlfriend. Stampy collaborates with Sqaishey in many video's like; the den series (sky den, cave den and more recently, ocean den), Super Happy Fun Time, Super Mario Maker, etc.
Other than Minecraft, he has had a different variety of console games such as; Doki-Doki Universe, Disney Infinity, Broken Age, Rain, Papa & Yo, The Unfinished Swan, The Walking Dead, Deus Ex, Shadow of the Colossus, Spelunky, Disney Infinity, Broken Age: Act 2, Slender, ICO, The Sims 4 and Journey. However, most of these videos are no longer uploaded weekly, Stamps only uploads Minecraft, Terraria,Super Mario Maker, King's Quest and Skylanders: Trap Team videos now.
Stampylonghead is one of the fastest growing YouTube channels in any type of genre, In 2014 his channel reached 3 million subscribers, with an additional 1.8 million in 2015, and right now he has over 8 million subscribers. As of 2012, "Stampy" was on the top 10 of the most trending YouTube channels. Also when Stampy's YouTube got taken down the #savestampy was in the top ten most commonly used hashtags list on twitter!
His most famous series are his Let's Play videos of the Minecraft Xbox 360, specifically his series "Lovely World". He has had lots of Minecraft helpers like; L for Leeeeee, iBallisticSquid, Daisy, Rosie, Chloe, Sqaishey, Amy Lee, Netty, Finball, Longbow and Longshot. His most recent helpers are Polly Reindeer, William Beaver and Fizzy Elephant.
He also plays hunger games with lots of different people who appear in his videos. These appearances are done regularly and happen often in new videos each week. Stampy releases a new video each day.
Stampy's Lovely World, in Minecraft Xbox, is what he usually plays in Minecraft Xbox with (for the majority of time), L for Leeeeee x. Although recently L for Leeeeee x has stopped appearing in his videos after being exposed as a pedophile. Stampy creates a variety of games, attractions, and buildings, all in his 'Lovely World'. Stampy also has a place called the love garden and at the beginning of every video he adds someone to it, either for doing something unique or making him laugh and smile.
Stampy has appeared on the first episode of Gamers Guide To Pretty Much Everything.
This is where Stampy started his YouTube career back in 2006. At first, it was filled up of content of himself with friends doing stuff they desire. It was turned into a gaming channel where he played adult-oriented games with commentary (cannot be seen since he hid all of them in 2016). He left the channel in 2012 and transitioned to his current channel, Stampylonghead. He used it again in 2016 to release his vlogs and his Let's Talk series. It currently has over 500,000 subscirbers.
This is his main channel since his transition in 2012. It was first created in 2011 as a side-channel to his first channel, Stampylongnose. He plays family-friendly games such as Minecraft, Super Mario Maker, Terraria, and more. It currently has over 8 Million subscribers.
Let's Cress
This is a channel where he releases videos related to "cress" (plants). It was created in 2016 and has currently over 30,000 subscribers.
"Stampy is not gay" videos
On October 16, 2013, a YouTube user by the name of 'Reece Dillon' uploaded a video where he talked about Stampy in a negative way. The title of the video was "Stampy is gay". This caused the Stampy's fans to get really angry and they started videos entitled "Stampy is not gay". In these videos, they criticised Dillon for talking about Stampy in a negative way. Every person that uploaded these videos were children. Eventually, it got to the point where Reece's channel was taken down.
- On his channel, Stampylongnose, he had a popular series called "Is It Worth It?" as well as Halo videos.
- He stopped uploading subscriber specials after 1 million, but he made another one for 5 million subscribers, which was just uploaded on 6 February 2015. He also recently uploaded a 7 million Subscriber Special, uploaded on 4 February 2016. He also uploaded an 8 million Subscriber Special called a "Build My Life", similar to Draw My Life, on 31 October 2016.
- On 2 December 2013 Stampy received an email from google stating that his YouTube channel had been terminated on the grounds that he had broken multiple community guidelines and that he couldn't appeal to the decision. He posted the details of his predicament on Facebook and twitter where he began receiving support for what had happened. Notch tweeted "I don't have any assets at google, so I can't help #savestampy". As the day went on #savestampy reached the top-trending on twitter, Iballisticsquid released a video to the community as a "Call to arms" which included a link to a petition on Change.org setup by AmyLee33. By the end of the day Stampy's channel was reinstated and he was let off with a "Through warning". #savestampy was 3rd in the top trending list and AmyLee33's petition reached 6000 signatures. At the end of the day Stampy released a short video titled "Channel Update - Stampy Saved" explaining what had happened and what had been done.
- He was featured the a YouTube Aniversary video in the thumbnail and part of the 'Gaming' section users alongside with CaptainSparklez and a few others.
- He voiced his own character in Minecraft: Story Mode, along with other YouTubers such as CaptainSparklez, Stacyplays, LDShadowLady and DanTDM.
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Stampy was ranked 5th on Watch Mojo's Top YouTube Channels of 2014.
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Stampy was ranked 6th on Watch Mojo's Top British YouTubers.
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Stampy was ranked 4th on Watch Mojo's Top YouTube Minecraft Channels.
List Of Subscriber Milestones
Stampy Hit 250 Subscribers On September 23, 2012.
Stampy Hit 500 Subscribers On October 23, 2012.
Stampy Hit 750 Subscribers On November 20, 2012.
Stampy Hit 1,000 Subscribers On December 19, 2012.
Stampy Hit 2,500 Subscribers On February 15, 2013.
Stampy Hit 5,000 Subscribers On March 30, 2013.
Stampy Hit 7,500 Subscribers On April 14, 2013.
Stampy Hit 10,000 Subscribers On April 26, 2013.
Stampy Hit 25,000 Subscribers On May 27, 2013.
Stampy Hit 50,000 Subscribers On June 18, 2013.
Stampy Hit 75,000 Subscribers On July 3, 2013.
Stampy Hit 100,000 Subscribers On July 16, 2013.
Stampy Hit 200,000 Subscribers On August 19, 2013.
Stampy Hit 300,000 Subscribers On September 21, 2013.
Stampy Hit 400,000 Subscribers On October 23, 2013.
Stampy Hit 500,000 Subscribers On November 11, 2013.
Stampy Hit 600,000 Subscribers On November 27, 2013.
Stampy Hit 700,000 Subscribers On December 10, 2013.
Stampy Hit 800,000 Subscribers On December 21, 2013.
Stampy Hit 900,000 Subscribers On December 30, 2013.
Stampy Hit 1 Million Subscribers On January 6, 2014.
Stampy Hit 2 Million Subscribers On March 9, 2014.
Stampy Hit 3 Million Subscribers On June 28, 2014.
Stampy Hit 4 Million Subscribers On October 17, 2014.
Stampy Hit 5 Million Subscribers On February 4, 2015.
Stampy Hit 6 Million Subscribers On June 26, 2015.
Stampy hit 7 million subscribers On February 4, 2016.
Stampy hit 8 million subscribers On October 30, 2016.
List Of Video View Milestones
Stampy Hit 100,000 Video Views On October 20, 2012.
Stampy Hit 250,000 Video Views On November 27, 2012.
Stampy Hit 500,000 Video Views On January 13, 2013.
Stampy Hit 750,000 Video Views On February 16, 2013.
Stampy Hit 1 Million Video Views On March 10, 2013.
Stampy Hit 5 Million Video Views On May 20, 2013.
Stampy Hit 10 Million Video Views On June 10, 2013.
Stampy Hit 25 Million Video Views On July 14, 2013.
Stampy Hit 50 Million Video Views On August 14, 2013.
Stampy Hit 75 Million Video Views On September 7, 2013.
Stampy Hit 100 Million Video Views On October 8, 2013.
Stampy Hit 200 Million Video Views On November 27, 2013.
Stampy Hit 300 Million Video Views On December 27, 2013.
Stampy Hit 400 Million Video Views On January 17, 2014.
Stampy Hit 500 Million Video Views On February 7, 2014.
Stampy Hit 600 Million Video Views On February 23, 2014.
Stampy Hit 700 Million Video Views On March 12, 2014.
Stampy Hit 800 Million Video Views On March 30, 2014.
Stampy Hit 900 Million Video Views On April 17, 2014.
Stampy Hit 1 Billion Video Views On May 4, 2014.
Stampy Hit 2 Billion Video Views On October 12, 2014.
Stampy Hit 3 Billion Video Views On March 4, 2015.
Stampy Hit 4 Billion Video Views On August 26, 2015.
Stampy Hit 5 Billion Video Views On April 28, 2016.


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As DreamWorks foundered, the animation division had to be split from live-action into a separate company.
Pixar, in contrast, is considered a Utopian end for anyone in animation.
From a double rainbow (all the way) to wacky Taiwanese animation, watch the 25 buzziest viral videos of 2010.
Spoiler alert: there are eventually songs and animation in the Mary Poppins film.
It is no accident that the animation in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
It was notably during the presidency of Felix Faure that Rambouillet again took on its animation of former times.
At last his look met hers, and the animation of it softened at once, grew gentle.
She talked with animation for about a quarter of an hour, then kissed the nervous sufferer, and went away.
He looked at her attentively, his handsome face aglow with animation.
But let thought be considered as some peculiar substance, which permeates, and is the cause of, the animation of living beings.
1590s, "action of imparting life," from Latin animationem (nominative animatio) "an animating," noun of action from past participle stem of animare (see animate (v.)). Meaning "vitality" is from 1610s. Cinematographic sense is from 1912.
animation an·i·ma·tion (ān'ə-mā'shən)
The state of being alive.
Liveliness; high spirits.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -TheStreet Ratings' stock model upgraded Woori Finance Holdings ( WF) to 'Hold' from 'Sell'. Net income at this $10.9 billion market cap, Korean Bank grew 9.1% to a profit of $477 million in the third quarter compared to the same quarter last year.
TheStreet Ratings released rating changes on 15 U.S. common stocks for January 7, 2011. In total, 10 stocks were upgraded and five stocks were downgraded by our stock model. In the third quarter, Woori Finance Holdings reported $4.2 billion in revenue, an increase of 4.4% over the year earlier quarter. Learn more about Woori Finance Holdings: Company Profile, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Stock Ratios, Analyst Ratings. $1.3 billion market cap, natural gas distributor, Northwest Natural Gas Co ( NWN) was downgraded to 'Hold' from 'Buy'. In third quarter results, Northwest Natural Gas reported a larger loss of $7.4 million compared to a loss of $6.7 million in the same quarter last year on an 18.7% decline in revenue to $95.1 million. Learn more about Northwest Natural Gas Co: Company Profile, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Stock Ratios, Analyst Ratings. -- Reported by Kevin Baker in Jupiter, FL. For additional Investment Research check out our Ratings Research Center.


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Our Aims
The Chinese Water Deer Foundation has been established to:
- advance the education of the scientific community and the public in general on the subject of Chinese Water Deer.
- to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of that subject and to publish the useful results.
- promote for the benefit of the public the worldwide preservation of Chinese Water Deer.
- promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment which supports Chinese Water Deer.
Alongside these aims, The Chinese Water Deer Foundation will act as a forum for informed debate on the future of the species and we encourage your input. If you have published papers or conducted research that you think would be of interest to others, we would be happy for you to submit it for consideration and possible publication.


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Air Canada unveiled its new operations centre in Brampton, Ont., on Tuesday, a state of the art facility that Canada's largest airline says should "significantly improve" its operational capabilities while also increasing efficiency.
About 400 employees will staff the 75,000-square-foot operations centre when it opens in January, 2014.
The $60-million facility will serve as central control for the airline's day-to-day operations, from which staff will oversee almost 600 Air Canada flights each day.
Staff will be responsible for dispatching flights, scheduling crews, handling flight changes and cancellations and planning for disruptions such as storms, among other things.
With corporate headquarters in Montreal, Air Canada is the country's largest domestic and international airline, flying to more than 175 destinations on five continents.
President and chief executive officer Calin Rovinescu said during the unveiling that the airline – which counts 53 U.S. centres among its scheduled destinations – may be able to pick up a few extra slots at airports south of the border if American Airlines and US Airways are forced to divest some slots in order to secure a merger.
"There will be some bits and pieces available for carriers like us, for sure. Certainly there will be some advantages if there are conditions imposed on the merger."
Otherwise, the proposed merger, which has been challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice as well as attorneys-general in five states, will have no impact on Air Canada's operations, Mr. Rovinescu said.
However, Mr. Rovinescu said he would be "astounded" if the U.S. Justice Department were to "completely kibosh the merger."
"My personal belief … is that there will be some form of consolidation, probably with conditions. Clearly the industry is headed in that direction."Report Typo/Error


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This paper encourages and supports local discussions to explore the findings of 'Rest assured?' These discussions will help local authorities and their community planning partners to work with carers, service users and providers to identify what improvements in respite care may be needed in their area, and the actions that will deliver these.
The discussion document has been produced by Shared Care Scotland in response to 'Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks'. This was published by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS), in partnership Shared Care Scotland, the Coalition of Carers in Scotland and MECOPP.
The Rest assured? report suggests several Key Improvement Areas:
- Improving the availability of information and advice about short breaks
- Efforts to extend the reach of short breaks to other carers that traditionally don't access breaks
- Helping carers and care recipients to understand and use Self-Directed Support as a means of accessing breaks in a more flexible, personalised way
- Helping carers to get support from family, friends and neighbours
- Collecting better information about people's experiences of short breaks and about levels of unmet need
- Involving carers in decisions about the local development of short breaks
- More systematic approaches to short breaks planning based on evidence of what works well
The discussion paper takes each improvement area in turn and poses questions to explore their relevance in relation to local needs and circumstances.
In the Resources Section to the right you can download the Discussion Paper, the original research as well as other materials that we think may be helpful to local authorities, providers and other interested partners who are looking for ways to improve their short break provision.


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Striking truckers choked off traffic almost entirely to Port Metro Vancouver on Monday after rejecting a back-to-work plan over the weekend, raising fears of price spikes if groceries and other goods sit on docks and waiting ships indefinitely.
The truckers are demanding better pay and an end to long, unpaid waits at terminals. More than 300 unionized truck drivers manned picket lines Monday across the Lower Mainland with the goal of "crippling" container traffic.
The drivers joined some of the 1,000 independent truckers who have been protesting outside Canada's busiest Pacific hub since Feb. 26. On Saturday, both parties overwhelmingly rejected a plan that would see them return to work in exchange for a two-month review of the situation at the port by labour negotiator Vince Ready.
"The situation is dire and real for our members," said Gavin McGarrigle, the B.C. area director of the union now known as Unifor. Along with protest lines outside the port terminals, truckers set up pickets outside nearly a dozen local trucking companies. "You'll see shortages of goods on the shelves, and failing that, prices will increase to reflect the delays. It'll give Canada's busiest port a black eye."
With over 180 different trucking companies operating out of the port, each making separate agreements with hundreds of suppliers and the private operators of each terminal, the situation is complex. Drivers compare the port to the Wild West, complaining of bribes and illegal undercutting by competition.
According to the union, truckers at the port make $15.59 an hour, substantially less than the B.C. average for a trucker of $23 an hour.
While operators are required to follow rates established after a six-week strike in 2005, drivers say some trucking companies sometimes offer to do the work for as little as $50 a container. The port has promised to look into violators, but union leaders hold little hope after eight years of what they described as failures to enforce the rules.
"This is a failed market. We're going to be out here as long as it takes, we need to end this undercutting once and for all," Mr. McGarrigle said.
As much as $885-million in cargo passes through the port weekly, half of which is carried by trucks. Port Metro Vancouver will be in court Tuesday to request an injunction to forbid independent truckers from protesting on port lands.
"We agree that truckers must be paid a fair rate, but we are not the employer and cannot interfere directly with employment and contract agreements between truckers and trucking companies," port spokesman John Parker-Jervis wrote in a statement.
According to Louise Yako, president of the B.C. Trucking Association, some shippers could look south to the ports along the American Pacific Coast during the strike. She is most worried for the smaller B.C. carriers that are "captive" to the Vancouver port and will lose business. She said the loud truckers out on the picket lines are a minority.
"A small core has been intimidating drivers who would much prefer to be working. Given that environment, there are a large number of drivers and operators who have chosen not to go to work because they are fearful," Ms. Yako said.
Manny Dosange couldn't conceal his anger at the characterization of his group as a minority. As spokesman for the independent truckers, the United Truckers Association, Mr. Dosange strained to be heard over loud sloganeering.
"This is our status quo. We'll keep our guys on the line," he said. "I don't know who they think they are fooling to say that it's a minority out here, that's just wrong."
The truckers association is establishing a whistleblower phone line to allay the fears of drivers worried they will lose their jobs if they speak out. With negotiations stalled, Mr. Dosange warned that everything from French fries to running shoes will go uncollected until he's presented with a fair deal.
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The Operations Division of Texas Tech University is in charge of four service sectors: Environmental Health and Safety, Grounds Maintenance, Physical Plant and Traffic and Parking.
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Department is responsible for planning, implementing, and administering the University's health and safety program. Primary functions include identifying and reducing health and safety hazards through compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
The mission of Grounds Maintenance is to provide an aesthetically safe and functional campus for all students, faculty, staff, and the community.
The Physical Plant is a responsible for the planning, construction, renovation, maintenance, and repair of university buildings and facilities; and the provision of utilities, vehicle rental, refuse collection, custodial and other services.
Traffic and Parking Services issues parking campus permits, monitors incoming and outgoing campus traffic, and the issuance of traffic violation tickets.
The collection contains various committee meeting minute files from 1982-2000 for the Operations Division at Texas Tech University. Some of the dates written on the original office folders did not match the dates on the materials within. Thus the dates have been corrected.
The collection is organized in alphabetical order.
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
Collection accession #(s):
Gift, 2001
Open for research
Lynn Whitfield, November 2001
Operations Division Records, 1982-2000, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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Phillies signed LHP John Lannan to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
According to Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Twins and Braves are not expected to complete their Jaime Garcia trade on Thursday night but the deal is "very close to final."
According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, the Yankees remain open to acquiring a first baseman.
Freddie Freeman is in the Braves' lineup Thursday against the Dodgers.
ESPN's Buster Olney is hearing from "rival evaluators" that the Astros may be the "most motivated" to trade for Zach Britton.
Todd Frazier (hand) is in the Yankees' lineup Thursday against the Mariners.
Mitch Haniger (finger) is back in the Mariners' lineup Thursday against the Yankees.
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, the Athletics "have named their price" for Sonny Gray in trade talks with the Yankees.
Dodgers designated RHP Sergio Romo for assignment.
Eduardo Nunez (hamstring) is back in the Giants' lineup Thursday against the Padres.
Padres activated OF Hunter Renfroe from the 10-day disabled list.
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, the Rays have been "looking at" A.J. Ramos.


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|This route was fun. P.W. and I climbed this weekend and had a great time. Route finding is not bad, and the only difficulty was a little water on the crux. To avoid the water, I just climbed the runout face to the right for about 20 feet and got back to the crack. 1 long pitch (just under 200') and 2 shorter pitches is all it took us. About 1 hour 20 minutes from base to summit.
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The August Monthly Magazine is now available and contains all the fun, wit, and wisdom to help you have another great summer month! Try some refreshing recipes, have dinner with the President, learn the art of smoking fish, and so much more. For now, here are some quick facts to hold you over!
Five Fascinating Facts from the August Edition of
The Old Farmer's Almanac Digital Monthly Magazine
1. August's Full Sturgeon Moon (occurs on Sunday, August 10, at 2:09 p.m. EDT) gets its name from the Ottawa Indians who sought this large fish in the Great Lakes and in Lake Champlain.
2. August's birthstone, the peridot, symbolizes strength. It was once believed that the vibrant green peridot crystals found in volcanic ashes were the tears of the volcano goddess, Pele. When set in gold, this gem was said to protect the wearer from nightmares.
3. Yogurt is the quintessential summer cooking ingredient. Many of the foods we crave on hot days are inspired by Mediterranean dishes, and yogurt is used in a lot of the region's cuisines. This month's issue of the Monthly Magazine contains plenty of refreshing yogurt recipes to satisfy your appetite.
4. On August 27, 1789, William Maclay, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania had dinner with President George Washington and several other office members. His account can be found in this month's issue. He recalls the event as "a great dinner, and the best of the kind I ever was at."
5. If you smoke your own fish, surely you'll want to catch your own fish. The best fishing days are when the Moon is between new and full. This month, these days are August 1 through 10 and August 25 through 31.
You can purchase the August Monthly Magazine here!


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BUCKSPORT, Maine — Seaboard Federal Credit Union announced that Brad Hughes has joined the credit union as vice president of lending. Hughes, based in Bucksport, will oversee all aspects of consumer, mortgage and business lending for the organization.
Mr. Hughes has more than 25 years experience in financial services and has worked at credit unions ranging in asset size from $110 million to $1.8 billion. He comes to Seaboard FCU from Midcoast FCU in Bath, Maine.
Hughes, an Indiana native, has a bachelor's degree in business with a concentration in finance from Indiana University. He is a graduate of the Credit Union Executive Society's School of Business Lending.


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Do you wake up tired after a night of sleep? Do you drink coffee or tea in the morning to get going? If you said yes, then know it is not part of your biology or destiny to wake up stiff, tired and unhappy. By making a few simple changes to your habits of breathing, moving, and even thinking, you can energize your every morning.
Thinking is Your Starting Point
Experiment with waking up without an alarm by creating a strong mental focus for yourself known as a sankalpah, or intention.
Here's how it works: before going to sleep at night, visualize how you are going to begin the next morning. Imagine yourself waking up feeling ready and alert. More often than not, a few minutes of pre-sleep concentration does the trick and you will find yourself waking up either before or right with your alarm.
Creating this sankalpah is a powerful and effective way of practicing with purpose. Often a sankalpah addresses an area of your life you want to deepen in order to transform unconscious habits into conscious and beneficial actions. In order to wake up ready to go, you may choose a sankalpah that puts you right where you want to be each morning. For example:
- I wake up feeling supple and energized.
- I create a great day with my first conscious breath.
Plant your personal sankalpahs like a seed in your mind before going to sleep, upon waking up, and during your breath and movement sequences. With a resolved mindset, we turn to the art of breathing.
How you breathe makes a profound difference in how you feel. Changes in how you hold your breath, lengthen an inhale, shorten an exhale, burp or even hiccup will result in changes to your mood, energy, attitude and physical tension.
Breath can equalize, calm, or stimulate the body depending on how it is used. When inhalations and exhalations are the same length and effort, the body's systems and emotions are equalized. Making your exhales longer than your inhales calms the body and reduces tension. And making your inhales more active stimulates the body and mind.
Now that we know this, we can use this last kind of breathing to get us up and going in the morning. Experiment with longer, bigger, fuller inhalations. Do three rounds right now and see what happens.
Do you feel more awake? Now imagine how those same breaths would set you up for success in the morning when you most need it. Breathing also has less calories than coffee, is free, and non-addictive! Here's a great breathing technique for to help relax AND re-energize:
Now that you are more awake and alert, let's move on to moving.
Movement Prepares You for the Day
Moving immediately requires your brain and muscle tissue to synchronize, your blood circulation to increase to provide energy, and electricity to be produced by active neurons as your nervous system communicates messages from your brain to your muscles. Movement, then, literally and figuratively picks you up.
Since our goal is to prepare and wake body and mind for a full and awesome day - I suggest you focus on the three biggest-bang-for-the-buck micro regions that Yoga Tune Up® specifically addresses: shoulders, hips and feet. Why these three regions?
Feet: 25% of your body's bones are located in the feet and ankles, the home of all our balance and connection to the earth. What we do with our feet makes a difference in our day through each and every step.
Hips & Shoulders: Major nerves and circulation pathways run through from your head and torso through your shoulders and hips to your hands and feet. Opening the physical pathways and literally circulating the tissue and bones brings in more nourishment and wakes up your nervous system.
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Taylor Momsen Hits the Road, Cuts Some Tracks
Move over, Leighton Meester; you're not the only Gossip Girl honey to pursue musical ambitions.
OK! Magazine reports that Taylor Momsen is kicking things into high gear with her band, the Pretty Reckless. The 15-year-old, who plays Jenny Humphrey on the scandalicious show, is hitting the road with Australian duo the Veronicas starting next month, then releasing her debut album.
On the as-yet-untitled album, which will be released in the fall on Interscope, Momsen is collaborating with some seasoned talent from the music biz, including writers Toby Gad (whose previous collaborators include Fergie and Beyonce) James Michael (who's penned tracks for Alanis Morissette and Motley Crue) and Kato Khandwala (Paramore, Morningwood).
Sounds like an instant classic!
In case you want to check out Momsen on the road, here are her tour dates with the Veronicas:
May 9 Nashville, TN Rocketown
May 10 Louisville, KY Headliners
May 12 Columbus, OH Skullys
May 13 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
May 15 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
May 17 Boston, MA Comcast Center
June 4 Providence, RI Lupo's
June 6 Wilkes Barre, PA Backstage
June 9 Norfolk, VA Norva
June 10 Greensville, NC Handlebar
June 12 New Orleans, LA HOB
June 13 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity
June 14 Memphis, TN Hi Tone Cafe
June 16 OK City, OK Diamond Ballroom
June 17 Dallas, TX HOB
June 18 Houston, TX Meridian
June 20 Kansas City, MO Capitol Fed Park
June 21 San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Park
June 23 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theater
June 24 San Francisco, CA Six Flags
June 26 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
June 27 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
June 28 Seattle, WA Neumos
June 30 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
Have your say in the comments section: Whose album are you more interested in checking out, Taylor's or Leighton's?
To help you make your decision, here's a video of Momsen busting out a tune on stage with the Pretty Reckless:


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Calcutta, June 10: The Life Insurance Corporation of India may find it difficult to improve its first year premium collection on account of a reduced product portfolio and issues related to the sale of new products.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) had ordered the discontinuation of the sale of life insurance products, which do not comply with its revised guidelines, from January 1. As a result, all insurance companies had to rework their product portfolio.
The LIC is left with around 12 compliant insurance products, down from 54 last year.
The insurer's first year premium collection has also declined to Rs 14,769.53 crore in March from Rs 15,450.18 crore a year ago.
LIC managing director S.B. Mainak today said the new products were yet to get acceptance in the market. "Field agents are finding it difficult to sell new products," Mainak said at a seminar of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today. He added that the addition of service tax on premium was one of the key reasons for lower sales.
He, however, expects the IRDA to give speedy approval to its new products that may push up premium collection during the second half of this fiscal. "We need to take a relook at our marketing strategy for selling new products. It takes time to develop products. We are expecting approval for some products shortly."
He said the sale of group insurance policy had gained traction in 2013-14 and was expected to grow in this financial year as well. "Public is willing to take insurance coverage as a group. State government also plays a key role in identifying and selling such type of products," Mainak said.
According to IRDA data, the growth in total group insurance policies in 2013-14 was around 51 per cent over the previous year.


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SAS Consultants Limited is an established Architectural & Interior Design practice, specializing in the design and construction on a turn-key basis. From our Lagos office, we operate throughout Nigeria. Our in-house resources include well trained and experienced architects, Interior designers, Civil engineers, Electrical and Mechanical engineers. Our installation crew consists of joinery men, architectural metal works fabricators, electricians, plumbers, ceilings and partitions installers, highly experienced civil constructors and projects management team. This enables us to service up N 800 million of turnover per annum and with the additional contribution from our international operations, increases the Nigeria turnover to N 950 million. In the commercial and residential sector, we have undertaken a wide range of quality contracts, with contract values ranging from N 3 million to N 280 million.
At SAS Consultants Ltd, we recognize and aim to satisfy each client\'s individual requirements. Our experience and resources enable us to coordinate fast track programming and exacting cost controls, these are combined with high tech specification, quality finishes and craft skills, essential to achieve a successful project.
We will like to propose some initial ideas on how we could work together to create a conducive and architecturally pleasing office environment for our organization. We believe that solutions are not only based on specifications and prices, but on clear understanding of your functional and design needs, and aesthetics aspirations. We should also like to tell you something about our company our culture and ourselves. A decision about the surrounding in which you and your staffs spend probably the majority of your working hours deserves more than simply a description of architectural features and spatial interplay. It merits deep consideration of what kind of organization you are, the way you work and the vision of your development. These factors shape our response to your environments and your staffs and colleagues can best be provided with surroundings that will enable them contribute to the maximum.
In short, it merits a partnership with a company – ourselves –with the understanding of how office environments can be both a vehicle for growth, efficiency and cost- saving, as well as a source of satisfaction, increased self esteem and pleasure for those that work in them. This site is not in itself, the full answer to your needs. It is an invitation to let us work with you to try to describe and solve those needs. It is, we hope, the start of a process that could permit us to work with you to contribute to your success.
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10 hilarious maternity Halloween costumes
If you thought that pregnancy and Halloween didn't mix, think again, my knocked-up friend.
The abundance of lollies, the cute dressed-up kids (who'll make you even more excited for when your own bundle arrives) and the ability to celebrate without leaving your house are all excellent reasons to embrace the spooky holiday.
First and foremost among the reasons to love Halloween as a pregnant lady, however, are the costume options.
Not wanting to let their bumps get in the way of a good costume, these enterprising women have created some of the cleverest, funniest and most creative maternity Halloween costumes out there.
Enjoy, and Happy Halloween!
Pregnant skeleton
Clever and so cute and effective!
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On Monday, December 5th, after months of pressure from various Indigenous communities throughout Paraguay, Lida Acuña resigned from her post as President of Paraguay's Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena (INDI) — the Paraguayan government's main organization for handling Indigenous affairs. On December 9th, it was officially announced that Óscar Ayala will succeed Acuña at that position. Ayala is a major human rights attorney who helped represent at least four different Indigenous communities in front of the Organization of American States (OAS) and who helped win major land settlements for the communities in those cases.
When Acuña's decision to resign was announced, she cited "health reasons" for stepping down. At least some Indigenous leaders, however, have stated that Indigenous communities have been pressuring Acuña to step down due to her failure to effectively handle various land conflicts.
In response to Acuña's resignation, news came out that Oscar Ayala had been contacted about the position. And on Friday, December 9th, he was officially appointed to the position. Ayala is an attorney who has spent the last fifteen years with the organization, Tierra Viva, including the last five years as Executive Coordinator of the organization. Tierra Viva is an Indigenous rights organization — focused on the Indigenous peoples living in the Chaco — that has brought multiple petitions on behalf of Indigenous communities to the OAS, and has won land rights for at least three Indigenous communities in Paraguay. Ayala played a role in each of those cases and now, with his new title, will have the difficult task of implementing those decisions and providing land and resources to the Indigenous communities involved.
A copy of the official declaration of Ayala's appointment can be found here.


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A kids edition of Seth Casteel's extraordinary Underwater Dogs, featuring brand new photographs and some old favourites.
Dive right into this kids edition of Seth Casteel's amazing Underwater Dogs. With colorful photographs of the cutest canines chasing after their favourite toys and hilarious, joyful rhymes, this is a special treat for kids and adults alike. PLEASE NOTE: The Poster is on the reverse side of the dust jacket.
About the Author
Seth Casteel is an award-winning pet photographer with a passion for working with animals. His series of underwater dog photographs have brought him worldwide attention, entertaining and bewildering millions of animal lovers. He is based in Los Angeles and Chicago and is the proud 'dad' to two dogs, Nala the mini-labradoodle and Fritz, the Norwich Terrier.
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