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Omg, i LOVED rich girls. That other girl with a resting bitch face whose ass was so wide she wore a denim skirt with NORTHWESTERN written across the back. Lol.
It was such a good reality show. So much fun. Did you know her parents loved her more than other people's parents and that's why their parents flew them on a private plane to London after 9/11?
Jamie, I think was her name, who went to Barnard but kept telling people she went to an Ivy League school. Whew. Such a good show.
Rita Ora's ads for some fashion house are all over Fall Vogue.
OH, that's just sad.
Awwww thanks y'all!
This coupling will not end well. She's trying her hardest to sink lower than Bieber but somehow this crackhead just can't break into that stratosphere of douchiness. However, I now pronounce Ricky Hil and Whora the new version of these two…
Somewhere, Calvin is laughing his ass off at this unacceptable behavior….
And last thoughts with this blind:
Ora flew out of LA only a few days ago to UK…alone:NY fashion week happening/LA (the 2 locations of 1oak)…I think chiltern firehouse a bit too new and polished to have someone banned…(like c.Brown was from 1oak LA/.and Lohan was from 1oakNYC
@greengrl…I hope she comes down here,,,but she'll never leave NYC/CT..lol
Who knew….great company to work for though:)
Andy a close 2nd to Betsy for obvy reasons..what a rockstar!!…he managed (blah blah) fiction plane , who I liked very much(stings sons band…)where they at?
@Lady H : those pics definitely confirm that yes Rich Hilfiger does indeed smoke crack
They both look fucking out of it
@ Lady H: kudos for the link to DM, you are always on point.
@ Tricia: who knew we had a Hilfiger connection, small world 🙂 & there's no denying that Betsy is everyone's favorite Hilfiger
@LadyH, omg,thanks for finding that-kool.:)
Jessi-many famous peeps have like 2 mouthfuls of teeth. Dont know what the deal is with that.
@Greenfield I worked for them as well…about 7/8 years ago…
Betsy is lovely..
They are branching out into hotel biz…just bought the Raleigh in South beach
Also: explains her outfit…
I could definitely see this being Rich Hilfiger. I've known the Hilfigers for many years because of work & first met Rich when he was a bratty 12 year old. Seeing his transformation through the years is depressing.
Or a mint??
@ Yoj, great apology!
"I'm sorry, sir, but smoking crack is prohibited on the premises. Health and Safety laws, I'm afraid. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. Would sir care for some compensatory coke?"
That is an awesome deduction!
@Tina because the wording say at the moment…yes..chateau is a constant ya know? Timeless
Really?, but those teeth!!
just follow the trails of where Lohan has been banned at will be guaranteed not to show up and that's the new hot spot —hey at least she is ahead of the trends!
I thought Chiltern Firehouse is #1 now in this weird popularity contest
Oh has 1 Oak surpassed the popularity of Chateau Marmont now?
Banned from Chateau Marmont?
Very good looking!
@Tricia—I know and stupid as hell–I use to watch a reality show she was on called Rich Girls lol—a good looking family though!
I think Ally still dating Steve Hash
Or she was anyway
Ali a misfit tough as well Derek..u weren't off with that
Only if there s shootings and crack pipe fires on premises
—that what meant —but I read she not he—need more coffee
Yep Hilfiger and Rita Ora.
Wow, i had no idea ANY celebrity haunt had standards!!!
Richard Hilfiger/Rita ora
who is Ali Hillfiger dating?


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Gypsy And The Tassel, 18″x24″, oil on canvas. Sold.
Poor Gypsy, I think she will forever be tormented by the lantern tassel. The other day it occurred to me that animals might be optimists. Every morning Finnegan waits by John's side and watches him eat his breakfast. Every morning he anticipates John's toast flying out of his hand and directly into his mouth. This of course never happens, but Finnegan still sits patiently waiting for the day that this event will take place. Maybe it's because he's not very smart, but I think it's because he's optimistic.

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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:27 PM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
Platinum Coin: White House Doesn't Completely Rule It Out
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- The White House routinely rules out the idea of President Barack Obama invoking the Constitution to raise the debt ceiling in the event that Congress fails to do so. But minting a $1 trillion coin to avoid a debt default? Maybe.
White House press secretary Jay Carney didn't explicitly rule out that option during his Wednesday briefing. The idea, which has gained traction in recent days despite its absurdity, is that the government could mint a $1 trillion platinum coin and the Treasury Department could use it to cover the nation's debt obligations. The debt ceiling would no longer be an issue.
Carney was asked about the prospect of President Barack Obama using the accounting gimmick if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by its mid-February deadline. While Carney certainly didn't endorse it, he didn't dismiss it with the same clarity that the White House does every time the 14th Amendment option comes up as a possible nuclear option.
"The option here is for Congress to pay its bills," Carney said repeatedly when asked about the prospect of Obama considering the $1 trillion coin approach. "There is no Plan B. There is no backup plan." Pressed again later for a "yes" or "no" answer, Carney still wouldn't give one.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/platinum-coin-white-house_n_2442073.html
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Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:33 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (52,941 posts)
1. One Coin to rule them all,
with the power to dominate the other currencies and enslave their owners to Obama's will!
Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:57 PM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
5. One Coin to rule them all, One Coin to find them,
One Coin to pay the debt, and leave it far behind them.
Response to bemildred (Reply #5)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:09 PM
Hekate (44,112 posts)
29. LOL both of you!
Well played.
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:35 PM
TexasTowelie (43,018 posts)
2. I'd mint at least four of those coins.
We need to make certain that the debt ceiling doesn't become an issue again during the remainder of President Obama's term of office.
Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:38 PM
former9thward (18,508 posts)
3. Why not mint 25 of them?
Pay off all debts and eliminate all federal taxes and fees. Party hard for the rest of our lives.
Response to former9thward (Reply #3)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:05 PM
CreekDog (45,676 posts)
28. yes, government spending is "partying" to you
how transparent.
Response to CreekDog (Reply #28)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 04:59 PM
former9thward (18,508 posts)
30. Far from it.
If one can be minted then why not 25? Then people will be freed from taxes and the government will be able to spend whatever it wants to spend without restriction. What is wrong with that?
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:56 PM
samsingh (14,658 posts)
4. mint 12
with one to rule them all
Response to samsingh (Reply #4)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 05:03 PM
wickerwoman (5,662 posts)
31. Seven for the EU, wisest and fairest of all beings.
Four for the Swiss in their mountain halls.
And nine for the Chinese who crave power above all things.
Response to wickerwoman (Reply #31)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 06:38 PM
samsingh (14,658 posts)
32. what do the indians get?
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:02 PM
Ash_F (5,861 posts)
6. What would the inflationary effects be?
If they were to actually do this, how would that affect the average American?
Response to Ash_F (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:05 PM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
7. It's equivalent to paying down the debt $1T.
I fail to see how that causes more inflation than the status quo.
Response to bemildred (Reply #7)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:09 PM
Ash_F (5,861 posts)
8. Was the plan to pay down the debt before with newly printed money?
If so, then yeah I don't see the difference either. But I don't know if that is the case.
Response to Ash_F (Reply #8)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:14 PM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
10. Newly printed money is pretty much all we have, most of it's not even paper. nt
Response to Ash_F (Reply #8)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:20 PM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
13. PS: As far as I can tell, there is no plan, the idea is to stay deep in debt.
So as to hamstring the government and enforce implementation of policies you can't win with at the ballot box.
Response to Ash_F (Reply #8)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:33 PM
dixiegrrrrl (50,731 posts)
19. Paper "money" is an IOU..look at a dollar bill.
It says Federal Reserve Note, legal tender for all debts public and private.But there is nothing of value to back it up other then the
"good faith and credit" of the government.
Which of course is rapidly losing our faith and its credit.
Coins, on the hand, have long been considered valuable as "real money" because they were backed by the value of metal they were made of.
Indeed, some coins like all copper pennies are now worth MORE than face value.
Silver dimes are very collectible, again for the value of the metal, tho they can only buy 10 cents worth of something at the store.
So, the thinking about the platinum coin would be sorta along those lines...except who would buy a trillion dollar bill or coin, and who could they 'sell" it to?
Response to Ash_F (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:11 PM
Orangepeel (13,162 posts)
9. The answer you'll get to the question depends on who is answering the question
From Krugman (emphasis added):
The first level is that in practice minting the coin would be nothing but an accounting fiction, enabling the government to continue doing exactly what it would have done if the debt limit were raised.
Remember that the coin is supposed to be deposited at the Fed, which is effectively just a semi-autonomous government agency. As the federal government proper drew on its new Fed account, the Fed would probably respond by selling off some of its $3 trillion balance sheet. In effect, the consolidated federal government, including the Fed, would be financing its operations by selling debt instruments, just as always.
But what if the Fed decided not to shrink its outside balance sheet? Even so, under current conditions it would make no difference because were in a liquidity trap, with market interest rates on short-term federal debt near zero. Under these conditions, issuing short-term debt and just printing money (actually, crediting banks with additional reserves that they can convert into paper cash if they choose) are completely equivalent in their effect, so even huge increases in the monetary base (reserves plus cash) arent inflationary at all.
And if youre tempted to deny this diagnosis, I have to ask, what would it take to convince you? The other side of this debate has been predicting runaway inflation for more than four years, as the monetary base has tripled. The same people predicted soaring interest rates from government borrowing. Meanwhile, the liquidity-trap people like me predicted what would actually happen: low inflation and low rates. This has to be the most decisive real-world test of opposing theories ever.
Response to Orangepeel (Reply #9)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:19 PM
otherone (973 posts)
12. kick for the link
sheds some light on my post below
Response to Orangepeel (Reply #9)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:25 PM
Ash_F (5,861 posts)
14. Thanks for the read.
I did not know the factoid that inflation has been low despite the monetary base tripling in the last four years. I'll have to do more reading on why that is.
Response to Ash_F (Reply #14)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:21 PM
Orangepeel (13,162 posts)
22. Krugman on the liquidity trap
I don't completely understand it, but I don't think that Nobel prize was for nothing.
Response to Ash_F (Reply #14)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:15 PM
dixiegrrrrl (50,731 posts)
24. "why that is" is because the gov't stopped measuring high inflation items.
If your food bill and your heating/cooling bill and your medical expenses are the same or lower than they were 10 years ago,
then there is no inflation.
But Gov't does not measure any of the those things in the "Consumer Price Index"
If your income is 10x higher than it was 10 years ago, there is no inflation.
but if it is lower, than you have less money to buy the same items you used to buy.
Which is inflation.
Response to Orangepeel (Reply #9)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:56 PM
high density (13,397 posts)
15. That's the thing, all this hyperfocus on the debt/deficit
when we can borrow money at a cost near zero. It's just insane. I think everybody agrees the debt is a problem, it's just not a problem we need to have brought up every two months through some crisis manufactured by the Republicans. I can only imagine the outrage if Democrats were doing something like this back when Bush was starting to run up this bill by lighting up massive unfunded wars and massive unfunded tax cuts.
Response to high density (Reply #15)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:24 PM
tclambert (8,973 posts)
18. Questioning George W. Bush was unpatriotic, no matter how dumb-fucking stupid his actions were.
"Let's go to war with Iraq" which had nothing at all to do with the 9/11 attacks "because they might have noocular weapons" despite every expert saying they could tell from thousands of miles away that Iraq didn't. "You dare to question the President? What are you, French?"
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 06:16 PM
otherone (973 posts)
11. can someone explain how minting one coin would INCREASE inflation?
I don't see it..
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:15 PM
tclambert (8,973 posts)
16. I love the idea of the platinum coin! It makes the whole debt limit crisis look ridiculous.
Which is what it deserves. Some have suggested putting a Republican's face on it, like Ronald Reagan, or John Boehner as a sort of slap in said face. Personally, I'd like the motto on it changed from "In God We Trust" to "Republicans are so stupid (see other side)" printed on both sides.
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:19 PM
dipsydoodle (42,239 posts)
17. If anyone here really believes it would happen
then dream on.
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:53 PM
eltopomaravilloso (9 posts)
20. I just have to say that if they mint that coin and use it as currency
then they had better be sure to keep an eye on it.
There is about $150 billion in gold at Fort Knox, whereas this coin would be worth more than 6 times that.
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:11 PM
hunter (26,591 posts)
21. I think it should be an invisible coin, like the Emperor's Clothes.
It's not a big deal. All money is invisible. We work for it because we think it's real.
Gold and platinum are not money either, they are pretty metals that represent money, for reason's I've been unable to fathom.
We're not going to be using money if we ever make it past our present savage and ignorant state to create a Star Trek Next Generation kind of technocracy. I'm pretty sure our "money" religion is about to blown away by the overwhelming environmental catastrophe our worship of money has brought about.
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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:08 PM
radhika (952 posts)
23. Nicholas Cage must be appointed Guardian of the Platinum Coin....
The safety of the-world-as-we-know-it hangs in the balance.
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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 11:24 PM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
25. Agreed! nt
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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:17 PM
samsingh (14,658 posts)
33. okay
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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 12:48 AM
defacto7 (7,938 posts)
26. In a way, it is almost like
filing bankruptcy on a trillion in debts; a US chapter 7 on part, but no equity to trade off. That much platinum doesn't exist on the whole planet so it's just dropping paper debt. In the long run I still see a hole in the world economy equal to 1 trillion bucks though.
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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 02:54 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (52,941 posts)
27. If it is actually to be worth $1 trillion, and not just an accounting fiction,
wouldn't it have to be pretty large, like the size of a manhole cover? Much bigger, as it turns out: http://qz.com/41604/how-big-would-a-1-trillion-platinum-coin-be/


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When a three-metre crocodile latched on to the arm of an 11-year-old girl swimming behind his boat, skipper Ray Turner leapt into action.
The former crocodile hunter dived from the boat, landed on the back of the reptile and gouged one of its eyes until it freed the girl. Hannah Thompson was swimming with other children at Margaret Bay near the top of Cape York Peninsula yesterday when the crocodile attacked.
Mr Turner heard screams and a shout of "crocodile" and in no time was hurtling through the air towards the water.
"I was pitching myself off the boat and I could see the black shadow in the water. He came out when I was already launched and I landed right on him," he said today.
"I landed fair on its back and I got a finger in its left eye, I missed the right eye, but he got a fright and he let go," said the 57-year-old, who hunted crocs in Papua New Guinea more than 30 years ago.
He estimated the croc to be around 3.3 metres long.
"They will always let go when you go for an eye because it's their vulnerable point and their livelihood."
When Hannah was safely aboard with deep puncture wounds in her lower arm, Mr Turner took the excursion party back to Haggerstone Island, where he runs the guesthouse with his wife Anna.
An airlift was arranged to the Thursday Island Hospital where Hannah was today reported to be in a stable condition.
A young boy on the boat received light scratch marks from the croc during the confusion.
Mr Turner said it was highly unusual for a crocodile to come into such shallow water in daylight with so many people about.
"It was lucky it wasn't a smaller child further out from the boat."
He said Hannah was incredibly brave and appeared to have held her own with the croc while it had her arm.
"She made a joke about losing her watch, she said the alarm was set for five o'clock if you want to go after that crocodile," Mr Turner said.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service crocodile management unit leader Mark Read said wildlife officers would travel to the bay tomorrow to try to find and shoot the crocodile.
The animal continued to circle the boat after the incident.
Mr Read said the next most recent attack in Queensland was in September 2001 when a young girl was bitten on the arm by a small crocodile.
The last fatal crocodile attack in Queensland occurred in 1993, he said.
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Why wasn't this gun looked at for the government contract instead of colt? Seems to make at a lot of sense for that first shoot.
Did I mentionable want one in tan!
beats me but did i tell you how well it shoots?
Congrats on the new pistol.
I recently picked up an FNP-45 Competition. I'm a long time 1911 shooter and quite impressed with the FNP. Very easy to shoot and seems very accurate. Still deciding whether I like it or not but I can certainly see why they are so highly regarded.
I sold my 1911 to buy this its a better weapon 15 rounds plus its more durable
My 1911s won't be goin' anywhere. Got a little Kimber that's been with me for a dozen years now and is a sweet concealed carry solution.
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I'm a 1911 guy no doubt but I have no clue how FN pistols have not taken off more than they have. They are simply great pistols. I've yet to see one that wouldn't eat anything that was fed to it and they are scary accurate.:)
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Congrats on the gun! I have the fnp .45 and really like it! But I still love my 1911's way more. Dont get me wrong the FN is a great gun, but the 1911 has 100 years of reliable, third reich and commie stoppin' history behind it! And the new tupperware cannot say that! LOL :)
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With the economy in a slump and everyone having a tough time making ends meet these days, Eminence Mayor Drane Stephens is questioning the amount his city is assessed to help pay for the county's 911 dispatch service.
State transportation engineers will present preliminary plans for improvements to Kentucky 146 in a meeting with stakeholders at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Henry County Courthouse in New Castle.
Stakeholders include property owners and businesses that will be affected by the project, as well as elected officials, emergency personnel and school district officials. A meeting for the general public on the project will be scheduled later in the fall, officials said.
This past week has been a busy one for Henry County 4-H'ers at the Kentucky State Fair. Before the fair officially opened the Kentucky 4-H Dog Show was held on Aug. 13 and 14.
On Saturday, Kellyn Smith and her dog Lincoln participated in the costume category. They were dressed as a young Mary Todd Lincoln and of course Lincoln the dog (a poodle) was portraying President Lincoln. They were both excited to receive a 2nd place award.
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Eminence High School quarterback Bradley Foree had just left the game, and his return was questionable.
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They're "volleyballed out," according to head coach Stephanie Barrows, but the Eminence volleyball team is on a roll.
In the First Spike Invitational Tournament, held at the Ohio Valley Volleyball Center on Saturday, the Lady Warriors won the bronze division, giving them some much needed confidence heading into this week.
The team played five games, spread among pool and tournament play. "The first little bit of it was pool play for fun," Barrows said, while the second part was all business.
It was a week of highs and lows for the Henry County Girls Soccer team.
In their season opener against Spencer County — after Gallatin County failed to have enough players to even field a team last week — the Ladycats fell 0-6 in a bitter game.
Despite running and passing for more than 450 yards of total offense, the Henry County Wildcats opened their season with a 21-52 loss to North Oldham.
"The kids played hard, but we got down a little bit early," head coach Jason Spencer said. "It was a first game, we made some mistakes — things that are fixable, though. We lost the game, but it was not for lack of effort."
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In Grenada, where 37 people died and roughly two-thirds of the 100,000 inhabitants have been left homeless, shops and banks have begun to reopen, while people are attempting to repair their battered homes.
Cuba was spared the full force of the hurricane, which struck sparsely populated areas in the west.
The Cayman Islands were not so lucky, suffering widespread damage, but local radio stations have praised the "tremendous" community spirit of the people as clean-up efforts continue.
The British territory's spokesman in London has described reports of looting and disorder as "exaggerated".
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Red Cross workers from around the world are leading the local relief efforts - but they warn that restoring the region's shattered infrastructure will take time.
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The show "basically reneged" on promises to him, Armstrong told me.
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The P1135 is a low current malfunction on the AFR heater circuit of bank 1 sensor 1. Ideally you need to test the voltage at the computer Pin HAF1 it should read 12 volts. With in a minute or two the voltage should drop to 0 to 2 volts when the computer turns the ground circuit on to energize the circuit and heat up the sensor. If the voltage is not 12 volts then you need to check the voltage at the sensor. If the computer never drops the voltage then the driver is bad in the computer. 90% of the time the AFR sensor is bad but in some rare cases I have seen them take out the computer also. Click the link below for some more info. The P1133 is low response of the same sensor and the P0125 means the sensor is not responding in time in correlation to coolant temp. B1S1 sensor is in the manifold back by the firewall no the radiator. If the sensor starts to stick put brake fluid on the threads then let it set and then work it back and forth and it will come out. Do not buy cheap after market sensors this is an AFR sensor not an O2 sensor. They are different. Go to www.metrotoyotapartsnow.com for online wholesale prices.
Is there only one AFR sensor? Will I be able to find tha part by that name?
There are two AFR sensors B1 which is usually referred to as the right sensor. Then there is B2 which is right at the radiator in the manifold and may be considered the left sensor. If you go to that website and enter in AFR sensor it will bring them up. They may even be the same sensor part number on this vehicle. The other option is if you shoot them an e-mail with your vehicle identification number they can give you an exact part number and price.


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By Amanda Kim Stairrett
Killeen Daily Herald
As of late January, 13,200 U.S. soldiers were in Stop Loss. Defense Department officials announced last week a plan to end the involuntary extension of soldiers beyond their enlistment or retirement dates.
It's a change that Gen. Peter Chiarelli, former 1st Cavalry Division commander and current vice chief of staff, has worked on for the last six months, he said while addressing the local Association of the U.S. Army chapter earlier this month.
Ending Stop Loss will begin with Reserve and National Guard soldiers, Chiarelli said. They will mobilize units not under Stop Loss beginning in August and September of this year, according to information from the Defense Department.
The active-duty Army will deploy units no longer on Stop Loss beginning January 2010.
The goal is to cut the number of Stop-Lossed soldiers by 50 percent by June 2010 and eliminate the regular use of Stop Loss across the Army by March 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during a March 18 press conference at the Pentagon.
That doesn't mean the Army won't have soldiers under Stop Loss in theater then, Chiarelli said, but everyone on Stop Loss should be home by March 2011.
"Stop Loss disrupts the plans of those who have served their intended obligation," Bill Carr, deputy under secretary of defense for military personnel policy, said in information from the Defense Department. "As such, it is employed only when necessary to ensure minimal staffing in deploying units, when needed to ensure safe and effective unit performance. It is more easily rationalized in the early stages of conflict when events are most dynamic; but tempo changes in this war have frustrated our efforts to end it altogether."
The Defense Department is set to pay those Stop Lossed during fiscal year 2009 $500 a month until the policy is completely eliminated. That affects soldiers Stop Lossed on or after Oct. 1, 2008. Those soldiers will get that pay until they separate from the Army or retire, and includes time in recovery after returning from a deployment, according to information from the Defense Department.
"While these changes do carry some risk, I believe it is important that we do everything possible to see that soldiers are not unnecessarily forced to stay in the Army beyond their end-of-term-of-service date," Gates said. "Being able to operate without Stop Loss is another step in the ongoing transformation of the Army into an expeditionary force."
Stop Loss has been implemented sparingly and for limited periods of time throughout the Army's history, said Lt. Col. George Wright, an Army spokesman. Before Sept. 11, 2001, the Army last implemented Stop Loss in 1990 during Operation Desert Storm.
"Our nation is at war, and above all else the Army must sustain a force prepared to defeat all enemies, foreign and domestic, and carry out all its missions, including warfighting, stability operations and disaster relief," Wright said.
Soldiers' contracts read they could be Stop Lossed: "? The President may suspend any provision of law relating to my promotion, retirement or separation from the Armed Forces if he or his designee determines I am essential to the national security of the United States. Such an action may result in an extension, without my consent, of the length of service specified in this agreement. Such an extension is often called a 'Stop-Loss' extension."
The Army strives to not extend soldiers with fewer than six months before their end-of-enlistment or retirement dates, Wright said.
Officials are able to phase out Stop Loss because of the progress in Iraq, the Army's growth and a new unit rotation model being instituted, according to information from Wright.
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|You should have stayed at the party Maxine.
|~ Richard to Maxine Peacock before murdering her.
Richard "Charles" Hillman was a villainous character in the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Brian Capron from June 2001 to March 2003.
Introduced as the (alleged) cousin of Alma Halliwell, Richard developed a close relationship with Gail Platt. He appeared to be a successful financial adviser and good family man, however secretly had debt problems and a shady past. Although living the apparent perfect family life with Gail, Richard went to extreme measures to get out of his money issues, which led to three deaths (the latter being murders) and even attempted to murder Gail's mother Audrey.
Once his deceit was revealed, Richard attempted to drive his family into the canal, however he was the only one who perished. Despite his demise, Richard's memory cast a shadow over the Platt family for many years to come.
Although not the first killer or villain to appear in the show, Richard Hillman was the first regular character to be a murderer.
Richard was a financial adviser who arrived for the funeral of his cousin Alma, and began a relationship with Gail and later moved in with her. Richard ran a business specializing in buy-back mortgages, he buys the house and the occupant stays there until they die, and he gets it.
He began to turn shady after going into business with a man Duggie Ferguson doing property developing. After a disagreement at one of the flats, Duggie falls down a flight of stairs and dies, but Richard doesn't get help, and instead robs him and leaves the body to be found the next morning.
Richard the Killer
When planning to marry Gail, his ex-wife Patricia turns up wanting Richard to buy back her share of Kellott towers, his business. After a disagreement at the building site, Richard kills her with a shovel, and buries her body under concrete. Him and Gail get married.
When Richard was short of cash, he planned on murdering elderly neighbour Emily, as she had sold her house to him, and he wanted it. When she was babysitting for a family who where attending a party in the local pub, Richard broke in and hit Emily with a crowbar, with the intent of it looking like a robbery. But the mother of the child she was babsitting, Maxine, returned home to check up on him, and he killed her. This caused him guilt, as she wasn't planned. And to add insult to injury, one of his other clients died, and got hold of her house, so there was no need for trying to kill Emily (who survived) and murdering Maxine.
The truth unraveled when Gail got suspicious. Richard fled the street, and returned two weeks later and bound and gagged his family when intending to gas them in the garage. However they where disruped by the neighbours, so he drove the car in the canal. The family where saved, but Richard had drowned to death with his body later identified by Gail.
Beyond the Grave
Despite his death, Richard's presence would be felt in the street, especially around the Platt family, for many years to come. The trauma he caused to Gail's youngest son David would ensure the lad would go down a psychotic route and become villainous and blaming Gail for letting Richard into their lives.
In 2006, cards began being sent to the Platt family, apparently from the deceased Richard. The first card was to his stepdaughter Sarah for her birthday. Cards began coming through the post for the first few months. Cab driver Les Battersby then claimed he had given Richard a ride in his taxi, however this was just down to Les getting in on the gossip. Gail began suspecting David of being the card sender, so told him it was Richard's birthday coming up. On the day of Richard's "birthday" she received a card from Richard seeing he will see her soon, which of course confirmed her suspicions, and she revealed to a shocked David that Richard's birthday was in December.
In March 2008, on the 5th Anniversary of Richard's death, David pushed Gail down the stairs in a moment of rage when he discovered Gail went behind his back in getting his girlfriend to having an abortion.
In November 2010 in a Coronation Street DVD Spin-off Knight's Tale, Richard's cousin Dickie appeared (played by Brian Capron as well) and this caused Norris Cole to become unnerved due to their striking resemblance. Dickie also referred to his family's love for the water, a joking reference to Richard driving into the canal.
- Prior to playing Richard Hillman, Brian Capron played a social worker called Don Worthington between 1981 to 1986.
- Originally it was intended for Richard Hillman to go to prison, but Brian Capron wasn't in favour for that option so it was decided to kill off the character instead.
- The newspapers published claims in 2005 that Richard Hillman would make a reappearance in 2006, and that the body Gail identified wasn't his. However this was false rumour, and although there was a storyline that involved the Platt family being harassed by cards signed from "Richard", this was her son David Platt.
- The popularity of the Richard Hillman storylines has led to similar plots involving male characters turning into killers, for example John Stape and Karl Munro and Doctor Paul Browning from Hollyoaks.
- Brian Capron briefly reprised the character as part of a Halloween Tour at the Coronation Street set in October 2014.


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2015 marks three decades as a Thoroughbred owner for Dr. Glen Warren.
2015 marks three decades as a Thoroughbred owner for Dr. Glen Warren.
Daddy's Kid could be the class play as he takes on eight opponents in the $200,00 John B. Connally Turf Cup (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park the night of Jan. 24. Also on the bill is the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic.
Brittlyn Stable's Sunbean proved worthy of the fans who backed him down to 3-10 favoritism by drawing off late to an easy 2 3/4-length victory March 1 in the $60,000 Star Guitar Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Brittlyn Stable's Sunbean returned to Louisiana-bred company in winning style, nosing out String King in the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
Star Guitar, a 22-time stakes winner and a perfect 3-for-3 in 2012, was named Louisiana's horse of the year for the fourth year in a row June 8 at the LTBA's annual meeting at Fair Grounds.
For the third consecutive year, Brittlyn Stable homebred Star Guitar has been honored as Louisiana Horse of the Year.
Prominent jockey Rosie Napravnik injured both ankles when thrown from her mount, Benwill, behind the gate prior to the sixth race at Fair Grounds.
Odds-on Star Guitar cleared off in the stretch for his third consecutive Louisiana Champions Day Classic title at Fair Grounds Racecourse and Slots Dec. 10.
Louisiana stallion Shermanesque gets his first winner at Evangeline Downs.
The annual Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana yearling sale sponsored by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association will be held Sept. 29-30 at the Ike Hamilton Equine Exposition Center located in West Monroe, La.
Odds-on favorite Crimson Stag made every pole a winning one, turning back longshot Zarb's Music Man to win the $75,000 Crescent City Derby for 3-year-old Louisiana-breds Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course.
Arcus, ridden Shane Laviolette, surprised favored Walk This Way with a gate-to-wire victory in Saturday's $75,000 Crescent City Derby for 3-year-old Lousiana breds at Fair Grounds.
Trainer Larry Robideaux, who believed Witt Ante should have been undefeated going into Saturday's $75,000 Crescent City Derby at Fair Grounds, showed his confidence was not misplaced thanks to his colt's 2 3/4-length win in the 1 1/16-mile test for Louisiana-bred 3-year-olds.
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|Dale White, Sr.
|Ron Faucheux
|Jose R. Mendez
|E Valentino
|Eric Gary
|Event Center
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|Gerard Perron
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The world's seven biggest currency traders have fired, suspended or put employees on leave as officials probe alleged foreign-exchange benchmark manipulation.
HSBC Holdings suspended two London-based foreign-exchange traders, according to a statement on Friday. Citigroup put two spot traders who specialised in G10 currencies on leave.
That brings the number of traders fired, suspended or put on leave to at least 17 since Bloomberg News reported in June that employees at some firms said they shared information about their positions with counterparts at other banks to try to manipulate the WM/Reuters rates, a key benchmark in the $US5.3 trillion-a-day currency market.
The HSBC traders were the first to be suspended by the London-based lender as regulators in Washington, London and Switzerland investigated the market. The top seven banks account for about 70 per cent of all currency trading.
Deutsche Bank has the biggest market share at 15.2 per cent, followed by Citigroup with 14.9 per cent, Barclays 10.2 per cent, UBS 10.1 per cent, HSBC 6.9 per cent, JPMorgan Chase & Co. 6.1 per cent, and Royal Bank of Scotland Group 5.6 per cent.
At the centre of investigations are instant-message groups with names such as ''The Cartel'', ''The Bandits Club'', ''One Team, One Dream'' and ''The Mafia''. Their members exchanged information on client orders and agreed how to trade at the fix through the messaging platforms. Traders on the chats say they were merely matching buyers and sellers ahead of the fix to minimise losses by avoiding trades at a time when prices fluctuate the most.


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These two ladies were apparently from the same family – they were born on the same day, they got married on the same day and gave birth on the same day, too. This painting was created to celebrate the babies being born.
Look closely at the ladies and their babies. They look identical at first, but they're not, are they? Who do you think these ladies might be? How might they be feeling?


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The TAITRONICS Components & Equipment show officially kicked off at the exhibition halls of the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) from October 11-15. The number of exhibitors is closed to 1,300 companies and the number of visitors are expected to top 50,000 people.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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A pizza can host any combination of toppings, from pepperoni and sausage to pineapple and a big, floppy steak. Personalize your pie with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
$29 for a pizza or pasta dinner for two (up to a $59 total value)
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Dark woods dominate the decor at My Other Bar, a stark contrast to the bar top, which is covered in license plates from across the country. That spirit of travel pervades the menu: an eclectic hodgepodge of small plates, wood-fired pizzas, and gourmet burgers. A number of dishes pass through My Other Bar's wood oven, which bakes portobello mushrooms stuffed with goat cheese and pies such as the pomodorini e diavola with salami, roasted tomato, and red chili.
Pizzas can also be customized with ingredients such as roasted chicken, goat cheese, and baby and tween arugula. The same goes for customizable half-pound burgers, whose toppings include fried eggs and artichokes. Red and white wines, top-shelf spirits, and seasonal draft beers complement feasts, which energize patrons for rounds of billiards on My Other Bar's twin pool tables or games in its modest arcade.


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A MOTHER and son who had not seen each other for 52 years were reunited at a county hotel.
Stephen Haywood lives in Cornwall with his partner Jan and spends most of his time with his two daughters and grandson.
But he has always longed to meet his birth mother Sheila Apperley and for years avoided celebrating major milestones in his or his children's lives until he met her.
Producers at ITV programme Long Lost Family granted his wish when they tracked down Mrs Apperley and discovered that she gave up Mr Haywood for adoption when she lived in Glewstone.
Therefore, they arranged for the couple to be reunited at Glewstone Court.
"The whole crew were amazing, I couldn't have asked for any more," said Mrs Apperley, who now lives in Putley Green, near Ledbury.
"I have kept in touch with Stephen by phone and my daughter Sarah speaks to him by email a lot.
"He is due to come up here in September, so we'll catch up a lot more then."
Mr Haywood grew up in Australia with his adoptive parents Constance and Anthony.
The family returned to England when he was 16, but he struggled to fit in and started to think about his birth mother.
"I often wondered whether my mother was still alive," said Mr Haywood.
"I missed someone I never knew – that was the bit that hurts."
Mr Haywood's adoption file led to the discovery of Mrs Apperley and she came from a large family that did not have the means to care for her son when she fell pregnant.
The paperwork also revealed that it was Mrs Apperley that gave him the name Stephen.
"I was somebody and she had given me that name," said Mr Haywood.
"I know we must have formed a bond with each other."
Mr Haywood recently underwent a difficult operation and he believes his need to find his birth mother helped him pull through.
Mrs Apperley said she was overwhelmed when she discovered he had been searching for her.
"It was a bit of a shock because I never thought I would see him again," she said.
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This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
The poor outcome of advanced ovarian cancer under conventional therapy stimulated the exploration of new strategies to improve therapeutic efficacy. In our preclinical
Ovarian cancer is still the most lethal gynecological malignancy. In the United States, about 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer and 15,500 deaths were estimated in 2012 [
The EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) has been suggested as a promising target since up to 70% of ovarian cancers are EGFR-positive and EGFR-overexpression is developed during cancer progression and correlated to poor prognosis [
Beside inhibition of signaling pathways, anti-EGFR-targeted therapies might also exert immune modulating effects. In addition to their direct antitumoural activity monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) like Cetuximab are able to mediate antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). NK cells, monocytes and granulocytes lyse mAb-coated tumour cells after binding via Fcγ-receptors (FcγRs). This hypothesis is supported for example by the finding that clinical response to mAbs is correlated to certain polymorphisms of FcγRs [
In ovarian cancer clinical efficacy of anti-EGFR agents is limited by primary resistance or immune escape mechanisms. Thus, immunogenic substances like bacterial components might function as immune-enhancers. For example, apathogenic viable BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) mycobacteria were shown to be effective in local therapy of superficial bladder cancer [
The aim of this study was first to investigate the combined inhibition of EGFR by Cetuximab and the tyrosine kinase inhibitors Erlotinib, Gefitinib and Vandetanib in an ascites-derived primary cell culture and in a variety of ovarian cancer cell lines with different EGFR-expression. Secondly, we wanted to determine the potential modulation of NK cell-mediated cytolysis against ovarian cancer cells in the presence of pharmacologic EGFR-inhibition. Thirdly, we investigated the stimulatory potential of the immunogenic protein PstS-1 on NK-cytotoxicity in combination with monocytes and anti-EGFR agents.
Five ovarian cancer cell lines IGROV-1, SKOV-3, A2780, OVCAR-3, JA-I and one primary ascites culture (ASC) were characterized regarding the expression of EGFR by flow cytometry as shown in
Our data confirm the previously described effects of Cetuximab on cell proliferation and cell cycle in susceptible cancer cells [
Next we investigated the response of ASC and the ovarian cancer cell lines described above to various anti-EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI's). We used Erlotinib and Gefitinib in the concentrations 1 μM, 100 nM, 10 nM and 1 nM and Vandetanib in a dose range of 1 μM down to 10 nM. Cell growth inhibition and effects on cell cycle phases were determined by MTT-assay and flow cytometry, respectively. IGROV-1 showed a strongly dose-dependent decrease of cell proliferation in the presence of all three TKI's (
The different mode of action of monoclonal antibodies and TKIs might suggest that the combined use of both substances might increase antitumoural activity. Therefore, we investigated whether the combined use of Erlotinib, Gefitinib and Vandetanib with Cetuximab might overcome resistance to the single agents. We assessed the cell viability and changes in cell cycle in IGROV-1, SKOV-3, A2780 and ASC. TKIs were concentrated as described above. Cetuximab was added in a concentration of 1 μg/mL. Cell viability and cell cycle analysis were performed after 72 h incubation time. As depicted in
This dual anti-EGFR-targeted therapy has not been described in ovarian cancer so far. However, there are in vitro studies regarding the growth control of hepatocellular cancer cells in which Cetuximab and Erlotinib exerted synergistic antitumoural effects [
Even if monoclonal antibodies fail to exert direct antitumoural activity due to functional resistance of the target, they may contribute to tumour cell lysis by mediating antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Unexpectedly, TKIs also may elicit immune-modulating function as it has been described for Dasatinib and Nilotinib [
As shown in
Based on our previous studies, which showed that PstS-1 and monocytes potentially enhance NK functions (manuscript submitted), we investigated whether cytolytic NK activity could be further augmented by additional monocytes and PstS-1 particularly in the presence of anti-EGFR-substances. To this end, NK cells were stimulated with monocytes +/− PstS-1 for 24 h. Cetuximab was added in a concentration of 1 μg/mL, while TKI was concentrated to 100 nM. NK-degranulation was determined by the expression of CD107a after coincubation with the cell lines IGROV-1, SKOV-3, A2780 and the primary culture ASC.
Our data indicate that natural NK-resistance of different ovarian cancer cells, which also show co-resistance to anti-EGFR targeted therapy, can be effectively overcome by the addition of the anti-EGFR-antibody Cetuximab. Addition of Cetuximab results in ADCC, which can be further effectively enhanced by accessory monocytes and the immunogenic molecule PstS-1. The additional presence of the anti-EGFR-TKI Erlotinib, Gefitinib and Vandetanib did not impair these amplifying mechanisms, which is in contrast to previous studies with related substances in other tumour entities [
The human ovarian cancer cell lines A2780 and JA-I were obtained from
To assess tumour cell viability under anti-EGFR-targeted therapy an MTT colorimetric assay was performed [
All experiments were conducted with fresh purified blood cells from healthy donors and were immediately used after isolation. For isolation of mononuclear cells (MNCs) a density gradient centrifugation (Biocoll Separating Solution, Biochrom AG, Berlin, Germany) was performed at 25 °C, 300
Purified NK cells were cultured with or without monocytes (0.5 × 106 cells/well, cell-cell-ratio 1:1), and stimulated with 10 μg/mL of PstS-1 (obtained from M. Singh, PhD, Lionex GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany) in a 24 well plate (Greiner Bio-One, Frickenhausen, Germany) for 24 h. CD107a degranulation assay was performed with or without Erlotinib and Cetuximab after addition of ovarian cancer target cells.
All cell lines including the primary ascitic cell culture were characterized regarding the expression of EGFR, MICA and MHC class I. For flow cytometry the following antibodies were used: anti-EGFR-PE (clone EGFR.1) and isotype mIgG2b-PE both from BD Bioscience, Heidelberg, Germany; anti-MICA (clone AMO1) from Immatics, Tübingen, Germany, unconjugated isotype mIgG1 (Dako, Hamburg, Germany) and secondary antibody goat-anti-mouse IgG1-PE (Dianova, Hamburg, Germany); anti-MHC class I-PE (clone W6/32) and isotype mIgG2a-PE both from Dako. For CD107a degranulation assay anti-CD107a-FITC (clone H4A3) and isotype mIgG1-FITC both from BD Bioscience were used. Cells were analyzed on a FACS Canto II using Diva software 6.0 (Becton Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany).
The expression of CD107a was used to evaluate natural NK cell cytotoxicity and ADCC of unstimulated and stimulated NK cells [
Procedure and analysis were performed according to the protocol of Riccardi
Results are expressed as means and standard errors of several independent experiments. For statistical evaluation unpaired
In conclusion, this study shows that primary and long-term cultured ovarian cancer cells are largely resistant to anti-EGFR-targeted therapies, which correlates with the limited efficacy of clinical studies evaluating anti-EGFR-substances in ovarian cancer [
This work was supported by the IFORES-program (Interne Forschungsförderung) of the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen. We thank Michael Mallmann, (
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expression of ovarian cancer cells and their susceptibility to Cetuximab. (
Susceptibility of ovarian cancer cells to anti-EGFR-tyrosine-kinase-inhibitors (TKI). Ovarian cancer cells were incubated with Erlotinib, Gefitinib and Vandetanib in the indicated concentrations for 72 h at 37 °C. Cell viability was determined by the MTT-assay. Means and standard errors of three to four independent experiments are shown for IGROV-1 (
Susceptibility of ovarian cancer cells to combined treatment with Cetuximab and TKI. Ovarian cancer cells were treated with Erlotinib and Gefitinib (both 1 nM, 10 nM, 100 nM, 1 μM) and Vandetanib (10 nM, 100 nM, 500 nM and 1 μM). Where indicated in the legend Cetuximab was added in a concentration of 1 μg/mL. After incubation time of 72 h cell viability was determined by the MTT-assay. Means and standard error of three to four independent experiments are shown for IGROV-1 and SKOV-3 in (
NK activity in the presence of monocytes, PstS-1, TKI and Cetuximab and correlation to MHC class I-expression. NK cells and monocytes of healthy donors were isolated by density gradient centrifugation and purified by MACS. NK cells were co-cultured with monocytes (5 × 105 cells/well in 1:1 cell-ratio) and stimulated with PstS-1 (10 μg/mL). After 24 h Cetuximab (1 μg/mL) and TKI (100 nM) were added. NK cytotoxicity was assessed by CD107a degranulation assay after FITC-coupled staining with anti-CD107a and isotype control and gating on NK cells. Means and standard errors of three to six independent experiments are shown. Statistical analysis was performed by unpaired t-test, statistical significance (


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- Associate Professor of Theater and Africana Studies
- Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1995
- Master of Fine Arts, University of Washington, 2005
Justin Emeka is a director, actor, writer, and Capoeirista who is recognized for his ability to integrate unique cultural traditions within classical and contemporary theater. He is jointly appointed in the departments of Africana Studies and Theater and teaches courses in acting and directing, as well as started one of the first Capoeira Angola college programs in the country that integrates physical and musical training in Capoeira with academic research.
On Oberlin's main stage he directed Wedding Band; Macbeth, Follow Me to Nellie's, The Compromise, and Death of a Salesman featuring Avery Brooks. At Classical Theater of Harlem in New York he directed A Midsummer Nights Dream and Romeo n Juliet; at Karamu House in Cleveland he directed Julius X and Detroit '67; at Intiman Theater in Seattle he directed Stickfly; at Oberlin Summer Theater Festival (OSTF) he directed A Raisin in the Sun and starred in Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Working with the Mayor's Office of Seattle and the Seattle Theater Group he created a theatrical commemoration of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Sankofa Theater, involving original poetry, dance, and drama that included over 100 performers.
Mr. Emeka is a member of SDC and Actors Equity. He is also the author of a chapter entitled "Seeing Shakespeare through Brown Eyes" in the book Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches.