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Should There Be a Law Against Bullying at Work? [POLL]
Without question, bullying is a continuing problem in our schools. The state of New Jersey, and SoJO 104.9 are taking a stand with the 'Week of Respect' program. However, are we assuming that bullying doesn't exist in our work environments?
There is technically not a law for adult bullying at work. Physical and sexual harassment is against the law, but there is no law for intimidation, threatening comments, being laughed at, or work interference.
Let's not forget how costly bulling can be for employees and employers. According to forbes, "About 45% of individuals targeted by bullies at work suffer stress-related health problems, that could include cardiovascular problems, an impaired immune system, debilitating anxiety and even post-traumatic stress disorder."
While we take steps for further legislation for our teachers to report bullying and further teach our students to respect each other, we often forget about adults in the work environment.
Granted, "another New Jersey law" may not do any good. At the end of the day, it's up to office management to oversee their staff members. It's up to management to treat their employees with respect. Often, adults seem to just accept the abuse, and fail to report it.
So, does it make a difference if there is a law? Or, in the stance against bullying, do we include adults and take proper action as a state?
By the way,I just totally threw a spit ball at Heather DeLuca.

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Taylor Swift Wants To Be Close To Her Kennedy Boyfriend, So She Buys A Mansion Near His
- Taylor Swift has bought a house — excuse me, a mansion — that is awfully close to the one owned by new boyfriend Conor Kennedy's family in Cape Cod. Fuck Facebook, this is how the rich keep tabs, y'all. [Newser]
- A police officer and two civilians were shot at Texas A&M University today. The suspect has been apprehended. [College Candy]
- They just got engaged, but "experts" are already predicting the likelihood that a Jennifer Aniston/Justin Theroux marriage will last. I give it a 50 percent shot, just like all marriages. [Your Tango]
- You know you're curious about jelqing and other "male enhancement" techniques… [Ask Men]
- Oh hey, five secrets from "Teen Mom" Farrah's memoir that explain everrrrrything. [The Stir]
- The secret world of … mermaids? Do tell. [TruTV]
- I am not digging Michelle Williams' weird Amish hipster outfit, but I am loving these photos of her and Jason Segel hanging out with daughter Matilda. [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
- Miss last night's Olympic closing ceremony? Here are some great photos showing what went down. [The Mary Sue]
- Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan ask his running mate this weekend. But what is there to know about Ryan's wife Janna? [Tres Sugar]
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All that grinding with topless ladies, twerking with Miley Cyrus and sleazy smiling has earnt US singer Robin Thicke a shiny new accolade – that of 'sexist of the year'.
The "Blurred Lines" chart-topper received the title from the End Violence Against Women Coalition after the lyrics to his worldwide number one were deemed 'rapey' by some critics.
Thicke tried his best to defend lines such as "I know you want it" and "I'll give you something big enough to tear your a** in two", but few could dispute that his choice of language came dangerously close to promoting non-consensual sex.
But I'm a "happily married" man, pleaded Thicke to deaf ears, after telling men's magazine GQ that it was a "pleasure to degrade a woman" in his video as he had "never gotten to do that before".
More than 60 member groups of the coalition voted in the 'sexist of the year' poll, which saw Prime Minister David Cameron come second – the same slot he landed in last year.
The organisers are sending Thicke a download voucher for Aretha Franklin's "R.E.S.P.E.C.T" as a prize in a not-so-subtle attempt to transform his slippery reputation.
Thicke's controversial video and sexist lyrics led to last summer's "Blurred Lines" being banned in more than 20 universities up and down the UK, with students' unions acting in an effort to "end rape culture and lad banter on campus".
The End Violence Against Women Coalition's Sarah Green extended her "heartfelt congratulations" to a "worthy winner".
While attacking the pop star's "concerted sexist efforts", Green acknowledged that Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video had in fact served to fuel a campaign against the objectification of women to "promote mediocre pop".
"Sexism might be de rigeur for some music industry 'creatives' but the times they are a changin'," she told ITV.
Sexist of the year 2013 runners-up
Sexist of the year 2013 runners-up
1/5 David Cameron
The prime minister was runner-up to Robin Thicke for 2013's sexist of the year. Earlier this year, female MP Therese Coffey argued that the leading politician should have anti-sexist training to help boost the pitiful number of women in his cabinet - four. Past sexist controversies have included Cameron telling shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Angela Eagle to 'calm down dear' during a Commons exchange.
2/5 Godfrey Bloom
The ex-UKIP MEP resigned after making a controversial 'joke' describing a women in politics conference meeting as being 'full of sluts'. Bloom is no stranger to outrage, having previously condemned aid to 'bongo bongo land'. There should be a mention of UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who defended Bloom and insisted lines of racism and sexism had not been crossed. Bloom claimed he had used the 'slut' slur as the word was originally intended, to refer to untidy women. Urm...
3/5 Tom Newton-Dunn
Stella Creasy (pictured) was attacked by The Sun's political editor Tom Newton-Dunn after she spoke in Parliament in favour of the No More Page 3 campaign to ban the bare breasts from The Sun. Newton-Dunn sent a tweet reading: 'Boldly, Stella Creasy has just asked the PM to justify Page 3 while wearing a bright blue PVC skirt in the Commons chamber', as if such a skirt-wearing crime made her argument void...
4/5 Robert Colover
Barrister Robert Colover was a contender for this year's sexist title after comments he made during the sentencing of paedophile Neil Wilson at Snaresbrook Crown Court (pictured) in August. He described the 13-year-old victim as sexually 'predatory', claiming she had 'forced' herself onto 41-year-old Wilson. He later agreed to resign from the Crown Prosecution Service.
5/5 George Galloway
Last year's sexist of the year, George Galloway MP was crowned winner of the dubious accolade after saying that having sex with a woman while she was asleep was 'really bad sexual etiquette but whatever else it is, it is not rape' in relation to the Julian Assange case. He won a copy of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman as a prize.
Nominations were sent in by coalition supporters and members of the public by email and on Twitter using the hashtag #sexist2013.
Last year's sexist award was won by George Galloway MP for his comments in relation to the Julian Assange case in a YouTube video. "It might be really bad sexual etiquette but whatever else it is, it is not rape," he said, receiving a copy of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman as a prize.
Unsurprisingly, the coalition has yet to receive a thank you note from any award recipient.
But despite his notoriety as the king of misogyny, Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was named this week as iTunes' best-selling single of 2013, with Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and Avicii's "Wake Me Up" in second and third places respectively.
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Though locked in a feud over Israel's plans to expropriate Arab-owned land in eastern Jerusalem, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are moving forward with their talks on the next phase of Palestinian self-rule.
Meeting this week in Cairo, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization agreed that Palestinians would control security during elections in the territories.
Israel Television, quoting a member of the Palestinian team, said the two sides have already agreed on eligibility for candidacy and international supervision of the elections.
But the two sides remain divided on whether polling booths would be set up in eastern Jerusalem, and whether eastern Jerusalem residents could run for election.
The head of the Palestinian negotiating team, Saeb Erekat, said he was pessimistic that the two sides could conclude an agreement by the agreed target date of July 1.
He was especially pessimistic about an Israeli withdrawal from West Bank towns, which is being negotiated in separate discussions.
The second phase of self-rule was supposed to include a redeployment of Israeli troops on the eve of elections.
"I did not see any intention to reach an agreement," Erekat said.
The head of the Israeli team, Foreign Ministry legal adviser Yoel Zinger, did not comment.
The talks came as Palestinian protesters demonstrated in Gaza against Israel's decision to expropriate land in eastern Jerusalem.
The plan to expropriate nearly 140 acres, some of it Arab-owned, for housing and a police station, was approved by the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday.
The move prompted an international outcry, including a debate in the U.N. Security Council on the issue.
About 300 protesters from pro- and anti-peace factions participated, including PLO leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, the Marxist Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Fundamentalist Islamic Jihad group.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling for the removal of Jewish settlement from Gaza and condemning the expropriations.
Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, another group of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators discussed transferring additional areas of government in the West Bank to the Palestinians, even before the elections.
Israel agreed to transfer control over labor affairs, one of five areas up for discussion Tuesday. The other four were trade and industry, insurance, postage and energy.
The Palestinian official in charge of civil affairs, Jamil Tarifi, called on Israel to hand over responsibility for all areas of administration.
"We would like to assume responsibility for all of the spheres," he told reporters.
The PLO took over control of health, education, welfare, taxation and tourism earlier this year.
The additional five areas to be transferred to the PLO, known as "early empowerment," was due to have taken place sooner.
But Israel delayed the transfer due to a number of concerns, primarily terror.
The head of the Israeli team, Civil Administration head Brig. Gen. Oren Shahor, said he hoped to reach an accord within weeks.
"Our aim is that by July 1, perhaps earlier, we will finish transferring these authorities," he told reporters.
The two sides agreed to resume talks next week in Cairo.


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Amitava Sur
Carefully Being Held - Poem by Amitava Sur
Carefully being held:
I'm a beverage, supposed to be hot
They always keep me in a cold slot.
I am a fluid – liqueur by name -
They drink me to enjoy or to kill their pain.
I'm in varied forms like sexy girls –
Lustful sweet and excitingly hot,
I'm known as whisky brandy gin or rum –
Or else in the name as Tequila shot.
They pour me in glasses under their greedy eyes
And make me tangy with soda and ice.
I move in the parties with warmth and pride
Or cozily in a corner under candle light.
I enjoy them staring at me with greed and thirst
I feel like a sweet sixteen, flirting with youth and lust.
I swing in many hands very carefully being held
With clinking of glasses and tinkling ice- the party is at best.
The moment I'm sipped in, I'm no more idle then
I rush through the arterial lines, finally to reach the brain,
I'm to give you a feel like a Cupid, Eros or a Hercules even
I'm to take you to the seventh sky with fairies - in Eden.
On tipsy toes you all will dance and sing
I'm to arouse you to a greater height.
I'm to make you smarter than truly what you are
I'm to give a feeling that you are a king or a Zar.
After the show ends in the dead of night
I'm to make you all lie down straight.
All the heaven, fairies or even the lovely dames -
Are then totally out of sight and quite away.
The drink which was supposed to be tipsy and hot –
Is left in the blood alone as an odd spot.
The party's darling of yesterday night -
Left vagrantly in a corner aside,
Waiting in the body with a total neglect –
For a spurge to be pissed out.
===================================Amitava (1.10.2013)
Comments about Carefully Being Held by Amitava Sur
Roseann Shawiak (3/24/2014 12:55:00 AM)
You have shed an illuminating light on the drinking of alcohol, and it's many vices as it takes away people's
inhibitions. Personally, I never could see the sense of drinking alcohol, because as your last line states:
Waiting in the body with a total neglect, for a spurge to be pissed out. It is not worth the few moments of
forgetfulness of pain, sorrow, emotions, it makes us less of what we are within. Again, another fantastic
poem of reality, saying the truth of what it is. Truly Love your poetry, Amitava. It causes desire to spring
in my mind and I want to read more. Am addicted to the flow of your poetical words. RoseAnn (Report) Reply
Hazel Durham (1/14/2014 9:57:00 AM)
The fantasy that is alcohol as it makes us into what we think we should be, as it plays with our emotions, but in the cold light of day we are left without any notions! !
Superb write very original and sassy! ! (Report) Reply
Patricia Grantham (10/3/2013 8:06:00 AM)
This is the first time that I have ever read a poem of
this magnitude. Who would ever believe that a glass of
alcoholic beverage would evolved into a great write.
Only you my friend Amitava would conceive this. The liquid
when it is in the glass looks pretty and seductive. When it
is sipped and enters into the belly it bites likes a serpent.
The last line is to the pretty direct. Very good. (Report) Reply
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FRANKS-L ArchivesArchiver > FRANKS > 2000-12 > 0976593468
From: "Dick D Fox" <>
Subject: Lemuel Franks
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:57:48 -0600
Larry Lawrence wrote me with new information on Lemuel Franks born ca 1785
in Georgia. The new information is the fact that Lemuel and his wife were
living in Parker County, Texas at the time of the 1860 census. The
following is an excerpt from my document titled the Caney Fork Franks with
the new information added.
Dick D. Fox, 1512 Parkview Drive, Lockhart, Texas 78644
This is speculation, but I believe this is the Lemuel Franks who
appears on the 1840 Searcy County, AR and 1850 Izard County,
AR censuses.
White Co, TN, 21 Oct 1818, Henry Franks to Lemuel Franks,
20 acres $40, land surveyed 17 Dec 1818. signed Henry Franks
(seal), witnesses: William Lawrence and Ezekiel Elledge.
White Co, TN County Court Minutes (1817-1819), Jul 1818,
Lemuel Franks, road overseer, Joseph Franks house to Caney
1820 Census: Not Found. Lemuel would have been 35 and his
wife would have been 30. Based on an 1830 Marion census,
they would have at least two daughters age 5-10 and one son
5-10 and one son 0-5. None of the Franks who made the 1820
White census have this family composition.
White County, TN, 7 Nov 1821, James Franks to Samuel Gann
10? acres, $76, signed James Franks (seal), witnesses John W.
Gann and Lemuel x Franks.
Warren County, TN Deed Book (1826-1828), 17 Jan 1824,
John Gann Senr of Warren to Lemuel Franks, 20 acres, $200,
land on south side of Caney Fork near where Lemuel Franks
lives, signed John x Gann Senr, witnesses Thomas Gann and
William Upchurch, ack ?3 Jan 1826, reg 28 Aug 1826.
1830 Census of Marion County page 165 Lemuel Franks 40-50
(45) and his wife is 30-40 (1211001-200201).
1840 Census of Searcy County, AR. Lemuel is 50-60 (55) and
his wife is 30-40 (00110001-002001). The age of his wife does
not match the 1830 Marion Census and it does not match the
1850 Izard Census. At least 3 of the sons from 1830 would have
left home.
1850 Census of Izard County, AR. Lemuel is 65 and from GA.
Nancy is 60 and from VA. There are no children in the
household. Lemuels age is consistent for the 3 censuses.
++++ New Information follows:
1860 Census of Parker County, Texas.
L Franks 74 W M farmer GA
M Fanks 72 W F domestic VA [I assume that M is a misread of N for Nancy.
Dick Fox]
From: Larry Lawrence <>
You will find Lemuel in Parker County in 1860 Sheet 463B, Dwelling 640,
Family 645. The URL for online viewing is
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txparker/census/1860parker48_76.txt . Lemuel
entered land on Walnut Creek in 1850's.
I am descended from William Lawrence of the 1818 Deed (witness) in White
Co., TN, of 1850 Izard County, AR (Rocky Bayou) along with James Lawrence
(relation unknown) whose wife was Cynthia Franks (Goodspeed History of Izard
County), daughter of Lemuel and Nancy Franks. James Lawrence was in Marion
Co., AL in 1830 near Lemuel. William is also missing in 1820, but James is
a widower in Lincoln Co., TN. If I find more specifics, I'll let you know.
There are other Franks in Izard County. James is 40 and from
TN. He fits in Lemuels 1830 household (age 20). Jacob is 26
from TN. He would have been 6 in 1830 and fits in Lemuels
household. He would have been 16 in 1840 and also fits in
Lemuels household.
Berry Franks age 60 SC and his family are also on the 1850
Izard Census and I have not found him elsewhere. He has a
younger wife (35) and several young children (9 months to 21
years). His childrens ages indicate that he was in AL by at least
1829 and arrived in AR between 1848 and 1849.
Jeremiah Franks, also born in GA, and who was about Lemuels
age and who named one of his sons Lemuel moved to Fulton
County, AR in the 1850s. His land in Fulton was near Izard
and actually became part of Izard in the 1860s.
Lemuel Franks first appears on the White, TN tax lists of
1811-1822 but not later years.
White County Court Minutes (1817-1819) - LEMUEL
FRANKS, road overseer, Jul 1818, JOSEPH FRANKS house to
Caney Fork, page 194 (Note: This could be either Lemuel.)
White County Court Minutes (1817-1819) - Deed for 20 acres,
HENRY FRANKS to LEMUEL FRANKS acknowledged 21Oct
1818, page 257. (Note: This could be either Lemuel.)
Notes from V. Ashley:
LEMUEL, JOHN and JEREMIAH FRANKS stated they were born in Georgia in 1850.
JACOB, JOSEPH and PETER FRANKS were in Wilkes and Franklin County, Georgia
before 1786 when JACOB appraised the estate of ELISHA THURMOND with BURRELL
POPE, BARNEY POPE and THOMAS WOOTEN.
BURRELL POPE had married PRISCILLA WOOTEN. He was born 1752 in Virginia and
died in Wilkes County, Georgia in a part that is now Oglethorpe County.Their
daughter ANN POPE born 1780 married NOAH HILL born 1771, the son of ABRAHAM
HILL born 1732 in Chowan County, North Carolina. Abraham moved to Wake
County, North Carolina in 1785. JACOB FRANKS received a 640 acres land
grant in 1782 in the same county. JACOB, JOSEPH and PETER FRANKS paid taxes
in Wilkes County, Georgia between 1792 and 1794.
LEMUEL, "LUM" FRANKS was a poll tax payer in 1812. He and his family lived
in Izard County, Arkansas in 1850. LEMUEL was born 1785 in Georgia. NANCY,
his wife, was born 1797 in Virginia. She was most likely his second wife,
as JAMES FRANKS lived nearby and he said he was born 1810 in Tennessee.
JAMES lived in Alabama in 1842 and was in Arkansas by 1845.
LEMUEL and SAMUEL GANN witnessed for the land JAMES FRANKS sold in White
County in 1822 to JOHN W. GAWN (sic). A second son of LEMUEL, JACOB FRANKS
born 1824 in Tennessee with his wife, MARGARET born 1825 in Kentucky lived
in the area. Both JAMES II and JACOB had sons named THOMAS.
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The growth of India's economy owed much to the country's position along the famous Silk Road, which was exactly what it sounds like—a canal for transporting rocks. Taste what trade made with this Groupon.
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In order to understand the biochemistry of methamphetamine, we first need to understand the intricate network of neurons called the central nervous system (CNS) that controls everything in your body. The CNS consists of the neurons residing in the brain and the spinal cord, while everything outside of these two areas make up the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Everything outside of the brain and spinal cord means that the PNS consists of mostly nerves that extend from the brain and spinal cord into many other areas of the body. For example, there is a spinal nerve extending from your spinal cord to your toes (and back to the spinal cord) that allows you to wiggle your toes.
The PNS can be further divided into two systems: the somatic nervous system (SNS) and the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The SNS is in charge of the bodyÆs voluntary movements, such a wiggling your toes whenever you want to. On the other hand, the ANS controls involuntary or automatic movements such as your heart rate. The ANS also consists of two other systems called the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. These two systems work together to regulate the bodyÆs response to any situation. The sympathetic system controls the ōfight or flightö response and thus activates the involuntary activities that are involved in the bodyÆs response to a stressful situation. The parasympathetic system maintains a ōrestö response that keeps the body running smoothly under everyday situations. It also calms the body down after a ōfight or flightö response. As you can see, all of these systems work to keep the body operating smoothly. As you learn more about methamphetamine, you will see how it alters the functioning of each of these systems.
In general, the biochemistry section provides you with basic information about the structure and function of neurons, neurotransmission, as well as detailed information about the neurotransmitters that are involved in methamphetamine use. If you want to a basic review, feel free to peruse through all the following pages. If you already have a good grasp on neurotransmission, you may just want to check out the pages on dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
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S&P has raised its target several times this year, recently boosting it to $188 from $172. Earnings are estimated at $5.36 this year and $6.54 in 2014.
Technically, the stock is in a powerful bull channel with support roughly at its 50-day moving average at $155. CELG can be volatile, but an increase in buying in the last two weeks is telling us that a breakout through the upper resistance line is likely.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 16/8/2013 (1437 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
He was known as the "cool guy," the guy who could do hundreds of pushups, the guy who would let you play games on his computer.
But really, Iain Kenneth George Smy was a sexual predator who lured boys to fulfil his "twisted" desires.
"The Crown says that he used trickery and bribery... to lure young boys to do his bidding," Crown attorney Nancy Fazenda said in Brandon provincial court on Thursday as 51-year-old Smy was sentenced for numerous sexual assaults against three boys between January 1984 and November 1988.
The assaults involved Smy touching and performing sex acts on the boys and getting them to perform sex acts on him.
At the time, he was a member of the Armed Forces based at CFB Shilo, a boy scout leader at the base and a volunteer instructor with the Brandon air cadet squadron.
His victims were members of those groups and some of the assaults were committed during overnight camping trips.
As a cadet leader, Smy would be the only adult supervisor for overnight weekend events with six to 10 cadets in his care.
Smy was eventually removed from his role with the air cadets for taking them on unauthorized camp-outs.
"Mr. Smy has brought shame to these titles by his actions in using his position as a leader... to access vulnerable individuals to satiate his own twisted desires," Fazenda said as she described Smy's crimes.
One victim described Smy as charismatic, while another called him a "skilled manipulator."
He could play the drums, do hundreds of pushups, had access to numerous TV channels and had a computer and computer games at a time when they were relatively rare.
He would bribe his young victims with junk food, alcohol, cigarettes and military provisions.
He'd make them feel special by letting them drive his car, by buying them expensive gifts and taking them for meals.
He'd show them military equipment and isolate them by taking them to the rifle range.
But all that attention was intended to lure the victims into a position where they could be abused, Fazenda said.
One boy, an air cadet, was sexually assaulted once every two to three weeks for two years, starting when he was 15.
According to court documents, Smy left the military and Brandon area in late 1988, shortly after the assaults.
Brandon police began an investigation in April 2007 after the wife of one of the victims contacted them.
Smy was initially arrested on the sex-assault charges in October 2009 in Sarnia, Ont., where he lived.
He was granted bail in November 2009 during a court appearance in Brandon, but fled the country in 2010 and missed his court date that year.
He was arrested in Malaga, Spain, in 2012 and returned to Canada in June 2012 to face his charges.
In May of this year, he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault.
During Thursday's sentencing, defence lawyer Bob Harrison said Smy fled the country because he feared that, as a sex offender, he'd be attacked in prison.
During sentencing, Harrison read a letter prepared by Smy. In it, Smy apologizes to the victims and the organizations he betrayed.
"I hope that people will attach blame where it should be... which is with me, not with those organizations," Harrison read on Smy's behalf.
Fazenda and Harrison jointly recommended a sentence of five years in prison for the three sexual-assault counts.
Judge John Combs imposed that sentence and added another year for the bail breach charges, which brought Smy's total prison term to six years.
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Person posing as a computer scientist at a Nigerian bank claims that he can help procure the release of a large sum of money owed to the recipient that has been deliberately held up by other bank officials (
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(Received, May 2009)
Subject: THE TRUTH REGARDING YOUR FUND!!!
I am Mr Adekunle Elvis. a computer scientist working with central bank of Nigeria.I just started work with C.B.N. and I came across your file which was marked X and your payment released papers painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees but the fund was not released to you and the office you are dealing with are not willing to make transfer available to you.
The most annoying thing is that they won't tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the funds to you,instead they allow you spend money unnecessarily,I decided to contact you because I can make transfer of your funds available to you immediately under 10minutes,that is if you are ready and willing to follow all instructions stated by me without hesitation.
I needed to do this because you need to know the statues of your Funds and cause for the delay,Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria, you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing needed to release this fund is the Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate which will be tendered to any of your nominated bank and the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE(IRS)for clearance of the transfered amount in your account.
Once the Anti drug /terrorist clearance certificate is obtained funds will immediately reflect in your bank within 10 Minutes,the certificate is all that is needed to complete this transaction.
Note that the actual funds is valued at $15.5 MILLION USD and the president made a compensation fund release for all unpaid beneficiary valued at $10 million usd.
Listed below are the mafia's and banks behind the non release of your funds that i managed to sneak out for your kind persual.
[Names Removed]
This email message claims to be from a computer scientist named Adekunle Elvis who works at a bank in Nigeria. "Adekunle" claims that he has found and examined the recipient's file at the bank and discovered that a large sum of money that was supposed to be released to the recipient has been deliberately held back by unscrupulous bank staff even though "virtually" all the necessary fees have already been paid. "Adekunle" explains that he can arrange for the immediate release of the money if the recipient can finalize the transaction by submitting an "anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate". The message concludes with a lengthy list that supposedly names dishonest staff members who are responsible for delaying the previous release of the funds.
However, the claims in the message are part of a scam designed to extract money from victims in the form of advance fees. This specific type of scam email actually targets recipients who have already been victims of previous advance fee scams. The following example scenario reveals how advance fee scammers use this tactic:
Some time before he received the above email, the recipient was sent an email that claimed that he was the beneficiary of a large inheritance. He was urged to contact a specified agent in order to arrange the release of the supposed inheritance.
After contacting the "agent" he was informed that certain fees had to be paid before the inheritance could be released.
After paying several of the requested fees, the victim found that he had still not received his funds and the "agent" no longer replied to his messages.
After repeated attempts to make contact, the victim finally realizes that he has probably been scammed.
Then, however, he receives the above email which seemingly explains the delay and lays the blame on dishonest bank staff. He discovers that the "agent" listed in the original message is included on the "computer scientist's" list of fraudsters.
Thus, greatly relieved that he will now finally receive his inheritance, the victim contacts "Adekunle" and then happily pays the "final" requested fee for the "anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate".
Sadly, the hapless recipient has become a victim all over again. Of course, the inheritance does not and never did exist and the "anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate" is just a ploy used to trick victims into sending their money to criminals.
By using such tactics, advance fee scammers can capitalize on the groundwork previously done by other scammers. The scam emails contain quite comprehensive lists of names used in other advance fee scams. These names tend to be used over and over again in many different scam messages. Thus, it is quite likely that a person previously victimized in an advance fee scam will recognize the name of his or her "agent" on the list and subsequently fall for the web of lies spun by the new scammer.
Scammers may send out thousands or even millions of identical scam messages like the one above. Even if only a small fraction of recipients have previously fallen for a scam and only a small fraction of those victims are once again tricked into sending their money, the scammers will make enough money to ensure that their scheme was well and truly profitable.
There are many different variations of this type of scam, all designed to extract even more money from previous scam victims. Another recent version that is very similar to the example included above uses the name "Ken Rutherford" in place of "Adekunle Elvis".
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It's on at last! My wife, Melanie, has been trying for 2 years to arrange for someone to look after our 2 boys who are both under 4, while we climb it. Getting a baby sitter to start at 5 am is no sure thing. Finally my father who is visiting from interstate, assumed the role of nappy changer.
The three of us, including a long time friend from Melbourne, have agreed that tomorrow, the 4th of January 1999, will be the day that we scale the spectacular Mt Warning. Mt Warning, Wollumbin*, the cloud catcher, is the basalt plug of the world's largest and oldest extinct volcano.
We have been sitting around for days on end, hoping for a break in the weather. We've become so impatient that we are almost prepared to climb the mountain in the rain.
Hopping into bed the night before a climb is quite exciting... knowing that finally the weather is looking good, and if all is fine in the morning, Mt Warning will feel my footsteps and the rainforest and its teeming wildlife will see me for the 8th time!
Australia's best views
One of Australia's earliest and most famous explorers, Captain James Cook, named this magnificent land mark Mt Warning in respect of the dangerous shoals he encountered off shore.
Mt Warning is, in my opinion, one of Australia's best climbs and walks. If fine weather prevails, it rewards its lucky climbers with unquestionably Australia's best views.
Photo right: © David Palmer. Mt Warning looking east
In the distance to the north you can make out the skyline of the urban, electric Gold Coast, and to the south, Australia's most easterly point, Byron Bay.
To the east is the great South Pacific Ocean and to the west, the green mantle of the rainforest. The viewing platform provides 360 degree views and takes in some truly spectacular land marks.
The unfortunates who have never made the heart pumping hike to the top think I'm crazy for having climbed this awe inspiring piece of history so many times. What they don't know is that this mystical mountain has strong connections with the inner psyche and incredible powers that seem unexplainable.
Cloud Catcher
Take the name 'Cloud Catcher'. One might think that Wollumbin got its name due to it's sheer height alone. On just about any given day in our lush tropical and sunny region, even if there are no other clouds in the sky, you will find a smattering of clouds hovering directly above the massive core of Mt Warning.
When my batteries really need a recharge, there is no greater source of power to be tapped into than making the arduous trek to the summit.
I've never felt more alive than when I'm sitting perched on the very peak of the mountain, over 1000 metres above sea level and I feel the warmth of the sun on my face, before any one at any other place in Australia.
Due to it's height and position on the east coast, Mt Warning catches the first rays of Australia's morning sun.
It's Monday the 4th January 1999, 5.30 am. I awake to the sun streaming in through my bedroom window. My feet hit the floorboards with a feeling of excitement. Today is definitely going to be the day! I quietly wander outside and take a better look at the weather. My 80 foot verandah which over looks the Tweed River at Tumbulgum in the far north of NSW gives me the opportunity to see all of the morning sky.
We were hoping to be up early enough to catch first light at the top of the mountain, but to do this would mean a climb in the dark starting at 3 am. To the inexperienced bushwalker I would strongly recommend not attempting this on your first climb. In any case, only attempt to climb the mountain in the dark if you have adequate flashlights and spare batteries as well as a couple of buddies.
Andy and Melanie are soon up and we sip fresh coffee on the verandah and down a substantial breakfast. Then we finalise the preparation of our gear and supplies. To go unprepared is like swimming against the tide. It can be done but not by non swimmers.
If you have any medical illnesses such as heart problems, back problems or are just plain unfit I would suggest you consult your doctor before setting out. This climb, after all is over 1000 meters (3,280 feet) and very steep!
What to take?
Water, water and water. I would not consider taking any less than 2 litres unless you have good rationing skills (willpower) and you enjoy being hot and thirsty. After heavy rains you can come across fresh mountain water but don't count on it. Carry a day pack on your back for water, camera and film and maybe lightweight binoculars.
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A hat, sun screen lotion, and some fresh fruit or something else light to eat are essential. Depending on your experience with bush walking and your capacity to carry weight over a long distance I would travel as lightly as possible.
Wear strong, comfortable, lightweight shoes such as bushwalking shoes, cross trainers (not tennis shoes) or walking boots. Blunnies (Blundstones), Australia's legendary work boots are fine. Loose clothing is a must and depending on the weather a light raincoat.
Please remember there are no bins on the way up or at the top so what you take in with you MUST come back.
It amazes me each time I climb, the number of people who attempt to climb the mountain un prepared. They start out in dress shoes, thongs, or flimsy sandals and wearing heavy clothing like jeans. If you cannot start the climb by lunchtime give the hike a miss.
Due to the density of the rainforest it gets very dark very early. Our local rescue teams do not delight in saving ignorant unprepared mountain climbers who set off at 3 pm with no flashlights, no water and inadequate experience in the bush.
The walk is 8.8 kilometers (5.5 miles) and you have to allow 4 to 5 hours for the round trip. Being halfway down, surrounded by dense rainforest with no food, no water and no light is not much fun, especially if it starts raining as well.
Scenic Drive
The short scenic drive from Tumbulgum follows the Tweed River with Mt Warning in full view most of the way. Today, I assure my fellow climbers, is going to be a special day and will be a lifetime memory. We see clouds elsewhere in the sky, but Mt Warning is glowing with the full sun beaming down on this magnificent land mass.
The turn-off from the main road takes us across 2 small bridges. Here we see the flotsam of recent flooding 8 feet up the banks of the Tweed River. When it rains in the Tweed it really rains! Mt Warning Road winds it's way up through World Heritage listed rainforest to the carpark. The air is much cooler when we hop from the car and the scent of moist rainforest hangs in the air like perfume.
Mandatory photos are taken standing in front of the 8.8km sign. A full roll of 36 exposures is highly recommended, preferably 200 ISO or higher. We all go through our own stretching routines to help prepare us for a full on attack of our leg muscles.
Stairway to Torture
Staring up the stairway to torture, Mel and Andy are immediately appraised of what lies ahead. After climbing the first 100 steps, or so, the expletives are beginning to surface.
I am also in pain, but choose to smile and keep on climbing... knowing full well that the real pain is only just beginning. Another couple of hundred steps later and we're all in full sweat with our hearts and lungs working over time.
Photo right: Melanie climbing rhe chain ladder near the top
The first stage of the summit trail is the ultimate litmus test. Beat the stairs and you'll most likely conquer the mountain. The last 2 racks of stairs appear endless; your feet feel like they're going explode and your leg muscles are rapidly turning to jelly. If your muscles could talk, they would be screaming abuse at you.
Climbing a 30 storey building
After more than 1000 steps, or the equivalent of climbing a 30 storey building, with no hand rails to help, we stop for a much needed rest. We agree that we know we're well and truly alive. The conversation, centred on self pity, is punctuated by the gulping of breaths and moaning and groaning.
Less than halfway up Mel and Andy are buggered and need to stop for a rest. There is no point racing up this part as you will get there eventually if you take it easy. By the time we near the top, our legs are at melting point. We stop to check our heart rates and confirm what we are feeling: 130 beats per minute.
At the Top
Soon after starting again, four people on their way down pass us and offer encouragement, saying that the top is only minutes away.
Photo right: At the top, L-R, Melanie, Stuart and Andy
Soon I hear a scream from Mel and realise that she is at the top! She is very pleased with herself, and I'm proud of her efforts and persistence. There are already three people at the top, all sitting around soaking up the power and energy of this fine mountain.
They applaud our arrival! We are surrounded by clouds. The place is totally socked in, but the achievement nonetheless feels great.
The serenity, the silence, in being surrounded by clouds so high above sea level, makes it a special experience.
Several more climbers stagger up over the top and are greeted with applause, as we were. There is a feeling of unity that each person shares with others that have conquered this almighty land mass.
The sun attempts to break through the clouds several times but has no luck. We rest for about 30 minutes and eat our juicy apples before filling up with water and farewelling the group and heading back down.
The Walk Back
The climb and walk back down is much easier but still requires plenty of concentration. While climbing backwards down the rocks and chain Melanie stops to offer encouragement to a pair of ladies climbing up.
A short chat reveals that it's mother and daughter and that the daughter had climbed the mountain 20 years earlier as a 4 year old. We are impressed by that fact that mum is now in her sixties and is about to reach the top.
We laugh and chat on the walk down and are pleased to be doing the mountain much easier. We pass at least 20 more people making their way up and offer our encouragement.
Soon we are down the first of the steps and enjoying an easy walk down to the carpark. Plonking our weary legs and bums on the seats in the car is a feeling of total luxury. The feeling of self satisfaction is like a warm bath. Bliss!
Good luck on your climb!
Stuart O'Neill
January 1999
Mt Warning Rescue Tales;
- Injured bushwalker rescued from Mt Warning (July 2017)
- Bushwalkers rescued during storm from Wollumbin / Mt Warning (January 2017)
- US backpackers' dream trip ends in tragedy after deadly lightning strike (2017)
- Fury over 'unfit' hiker rescue at Mt Warning during the Easter break (2016)
- Fall rescue on Mount Warning (2016)
- Two rescued from Mount Warning in one day (2015)
- Joan thanks her Mt Warning rescuers (2014)
- Two rescues at Mt Warning in a day (2011)


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For every exceptional talent, there is a dedicated teacher who stands in the shadows.
That's the case for Utah musicians Kyle Johnsen, Vincent Fu and Christian Sears, all students of Karlyen Tan.
The trio recently earned the presidential 90-point gold cup, the highest award given by the National Federation of Music Clubs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to music education since 1898.
Tan who also happens to be Fu's mother has been told that she is the first Utahn to have three students receive the award in the same year.
The Utah Federation of Music Clubs holds annual piano festivals in solo and concerto events. Students perform two memorized pieces, which are given ratings by three judges. The highest score, a superior, is worth 5 points.
To receive a gold cup, a student must receive 15 points or three superior ratings over the course of three years. Once students reach ninth grade, they can combine the points earned from concerto and solo festivals, making it possible to achieve the 90-point gold cup.
Tan has plenty of gold cup experience, as her students have participated in the competition for 23 years.
Sears, 18, who was raised in Salt Lake City, spoke with The Tribune on behalf of all three student musicians. He will enter the University of Utah on an academic scholarship that pays four years of tuition and housing.
When did you begin your musical training?
I started learning the piano at home when I was 5. And I started making comparably accelerated progress when I began lessons with Karlyen at age 7.
What instruments do you play?
I have played clarinet for two years and tenor saxophone for six years and continue to play piano, which I have played for 13 years.
Before receiving the cup, what other accomplishments had you attained?
We all take hard classes in school and pursue other time-consuming extracurriculars. Our teacher, Karlyen Tan, has guided us toward many achievements. The three of us successfully auditioned for and played in the annual Honors Recital in Temple Square's Assembly Hall more than once. Kyle and I, again, with much help from Karlyen, successfully auditioned for and played in our schools' Concerto Night performances, in which the school's best musicians play as concerto soloists accompanied by the respective high school's orchestra. We have all enjoyed musical success with guidance from Karlyen.
Besides your teacher, whom do you credit for your success?
My mother was very supportive and actually sat side-by-side with me every time I practiced when I was very young. She is a large component of my success. Pops went out to make money to pay for the lessons. Thanks, Pops. Finally, piano is actually a lot like learning in school or working out. There are two basic components: the instructor and the student. A teacher can explain how to do the math problem, a personal trainer can show you what exercises to do, but without your own hard work this is useless. I have practiced many hours to achieve what I have on piano, but the hard work would have done much less without direction from my teacher. Karlyen is truly an exceptional teacher. We are told she is only human and that she does in fact get tired and from time to time loses some of her drive. But I have never seen it. Her sheer effort and commitment redefine what devotion, dedication and particularly enthusiasm mean to her students. She will do everything she can giving extra lessons, finding clever solutions to a problem, accompanying at auditions and so on to ensure her student's success.
Do you foresee a life as a professional musician?
Although I do not plan to pursue music as a career, I will continue playing piano for the rest of my life. Though 13 years of piano lessons are done, I still enjoy playing Chopin and Rachmaninoff several times a week and will continue to do so.
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Congress failed this week to end the ethanol subsidy, largely because the subsidy is in form a tax credit. Grover Norquist therefore deems its elimination a "tax increase" and a violation of the Americans for Tax Reform's "no tax increase" pledge.
In real life, it's spending run through a tax return. The credit is refundable, as explained in IRS Publication 510 (page 24):
To the extent the alcohol fuel mixture credit, biodiesel mixture credit, renewable diesel mixture credit, alternative fuel credit, and alternative fuel mixture credit exceed taxable fuel liability, a payment is allowed and may be taken as a credit on Schedule C (Form 729), as a refund on Schedule 3 (Form 8849), or as an income tax credit...
So producers who have no taxes otherwise can file a form and get government money back, just like in a welfare office. Because the IRS functions as the welfare office, Mr. Norquist says that cutting the subsidy is a tax increase.
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I'm a 33 year old Scottish woman, trying to get my journal groove back. I'm a mum of three boys from teen to newborn, and work in healthcare but (thankfully) I'm on maternity leave just now. I mainly write about daily life, the struggles and highlights of attempting to adult and parent and be healthy as a highly strung, stressed over-thinker who doesn't like herself most of the time.
Wow, I sound fun. Should I mention that there will be wine, gin and chocolate?
I was obsessed with my Livejournal back in the day - I started it back in 2003 and even though I've only dipped in and out of it in recent years, writing is still very much how I make sense of my life and my mind. That's why I'm trying to reignite that obsession I once had...though it's difficult with increasing grown up responsibilities and shrinking time of my own to put
I swear and I like to write no-holds-barred. I'm very liberal and support choice - be that choice of who you love, choice over your reproductive options, or just the freedom to chose what you're going to watch on telly tonight. I'm doing my Masters in weight management so I try to live healthily through fitness (like dancing and weight training, albeit on a very beginner level) and healthy eating, but more often than not find myself alone amongst the crumbs at the bottom of a packet of biscuits. I'm book obsessed (mainly literary fiction and never fantasy, chick-lit, or much sci-fi), love a good tv series (Mr Robot, Stranger Things, The Handmaid's Tale, OITNB, Top of the Lake and Homeland have been recent highlights), and sometimes I even get out to see friends. Some or none of this may come out in my writing.
Along with a lack of time, I guess part of why I've lost touch with my journal has been my shrinking friends list. It's hard to make time to update when it feels increasingly like you're just shouting into a void. So I'd love it if anyone out there who is in a similar place in life or who is into similar things would like to take a punt on my journal. I wont promise a very active journal but I am going to try, and I'm also going to try and be a good friend in return.
It's a good job I've been with my husband for ten years, because I'd suck at filling out a dating profile. Feel free to swipe left (or is it right...? I'm not on Tinder).


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(Boulder County Colo.) Some waste after a rain-induced flood is expected--like damaged building material and ruined belongings from inside homes and businesses--but a surprising amount of waste created in our recent flooding were natural materials that flowed in from the surrounding environment. Mud, silt, and sand sifted into structures and filled every crevice in the landscape while rocks and driftwood piled up in yards and on the streets. It was a surreal scene to find the scoured and battered trunks of pine trees that tumbled down from the mountains onto the city streets miles below.
During the City of Boulder's curbside pickup in the weeks after the flood, seven times more sediment (by weight) was removed than building materials and other trash.
"Dirty" Dirt
Surprisingly, the earthen mix of mud, silt, and sand picked up throughout the city was not usable as fill. The unknown chemical and sewage content of the combined sediment made it hazardous enough that it all had to be landfilled. However, sediment deposited on bike paths, parks, and other public lands away from houses will be used as fill according to the City of Boulder. The city itself has an estimated 20,000 tons of this sediment to deal with, independent of the tonnage in Boulder County's other municipalities and unincorporated areas.
Ruined Crops
Another type of unexpected waste created by the flooding was the loss of crops that came into contact with flood waters. The possible contamination from pathogens, chemicals, and even heavy metals from terrain upstream was enough to make most producers destroy their yields during what would usually be a profitable harvest time.
Farms that decided to sell affected crops had to follow stringent procedures that involved soaking their produce in a chlorine bleach solution.
Vegetation Debris
Discarded crops, trees and weeds washed out by flooding, and other related vegetative waste represent another category of debris that must be dealt with after a flood. Here in Boulder County, much of it may be fodder for local commercial composting yards, but matter contaminated with chemicals or heavy metals should be excluded because its toxins will survive the natural decomposition process and be present in the finished compost used in yards and vegetable gardens around the region.
Due to its proximity to the mountains and its greater population density, the City of Boulder took a conservative stance and landfilled the vegetative waste it collected along with the flooded building materials, trash, and sediment. However, organic materials being picked up by the county in mountain communities and unincorporated areas will be commercially composted. In addition, Boulder County residents can take in organic flood-related matter to the yard waste collection center for commercial processing. The fees for this drop-off service will be waived for the foreseeable future as residents gradually clean up their property.
New Waterways
Creeks and rivers brought down so much mud and rock during the storm that they reshaped the landscape in many parts of the county. Some creeks and drainages ended up hundreds of feet away from their original beds in places after the storm and had to be routed back with heavy equipment during the weeks after the flood. These new waterways blocked access to homes, schools, and other buildings that were suddenly on the wrong side of a creek.
After evaluating and shoring up all the bridges over waterways, the county's next step will be to scan creeks and rivers with LIDAR to find areas that they have to dredge to get back to normal for the flow of water and for the sake of wildlife. Fish will then be restocked in some areas where the native population was wiped out during the devastation of the flooding.
Sediment Damage
Besides choking out wildlife and its habitat, flood sediment also causes a lot of specific property damage you may not think of until you've seen it firsthand. The infiltration of sand and silt into a building can cause a lot more damage than water alone. And since it contains suspended organic matter and unknown levels of bacteria, any sediment washed in should be removed--you can't count on it to dry into harmless dirt and sand.
Water can be drained and dried out of walls, basements, and crawlspaces, but pervasive sediment will fill up every available nook and cranny while clogging drains and ruining electrical devices and gas appliances. For example, the tubular gas burner in a domestic water heater may be salvageable if it just filled up with water briefly, but if the orifices are clogged with silt, it's probably toast. The same goes for electric motors and other furnace components.
The Value of Sand Bags
During a flood--especially in flowing flood event as compared to flooding from rain and rising groundwater--half of the protection provided by placing sand bags around a building is reducing the infiltration of destructive sediment. Water may crest a protective wall made of sand bags (or staked-down straw or hay bales), but much of the heavy sediment won't go over the top with the water. So it you have a chance to make even a short barrier wall around property you are trying to protect, doing so may reduce the damage you suffer significantly.
Keep checking back for more coverage. Links to guidelines and standards for clean up and restoration work are next followed by information on modified building standards during a declared state of disaster. Also coming is the account of one man's flooded workshop and what we learned about salvaging power tools and equipment.
This is the seventh in a series of reports intended to help inform both the victims of natural disasters as well as the contractors they look to in these times of crisis.


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Facebook Now Has A Phone, Plus Must Have Grocery Shopping Apps – Tech Talk [VIDEO]
Just when you thought there weren't enough cellphone choices out there comes a brand new contestant – the Facebook Phone
It's really called the HTC First, and it IS a first, for sure. According to the L.A. Times, although Facebook didn't make the phone, it will be pre-installed with it on there.
Instead of getting a home screen, you get a thing called a "Cover Feed", so the first thing you will see are your status updates and other people's pictures. According to the article
Facebook Home also comes with "Chat Heads," a feature that lets users chat with friends while using another app
it runs on Android, so this could possibly give that good old "iThing" a run for it's money. Here's a video explanation from the Zuckmeister.
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The Snip Snap Shopping App Courtesy of Andrea the Discount Diva
Andrea, our very own penny pinchin' person on the Sean and Richie Show had a listener recommend this app called Snip Snap, so I thought I would investigate. It says it's the very first app that allows you to scan, save and redeem printed coupons right on your phone.
It doesn't seem to work with grocery store coupons YET, but they're working on that. But the idea of scanning coupons and having them on your phone is just awesome, huh? Here's how it works.
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It has been a very long time since the project to replace the Hubble Space Telescope with a new and higher tech device began. Like many other projects that NASA has been working on and projects at other government sponsored facilities, things are under the knife as Washington seeks to cut every ounce of fat from the budget for next year.
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made a plea to the committee to keep the JWST alive at the last minute. Bolden said, "I have tried to explain what I think is the importance of James Webb, in terms of opening new horizons far greater than we got from Hubble. I would only say that for about the same cost as Hubble in real-year dollars, we'll bring James Webb into operation."
An amendment to the budget that would have sent another $200 million to the project was voted down. So far the JWST has gobbled up $3 billion and all of that money will be lost if the project is cancelled. The program is estimated to cost $6.8 billion when complete so the cancellation would save over $3 billion.
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Salt Shaker Spotlight: Cameron Doolittle, President and CEO of Jill's HouseEarlier this week we featured the wonderful work of Jill's House, a resort-style overnight respite center in Vienna, Virginia for children with intellectual disabilities and their siblings. Since its launch in October 2010, this 42,000-square-foot center has served nearly 200 families and has provided more than 40,000 hours of respite care, offering unique recreational opportunities for special needs kids while givin … [Read more...]
A Special Gift of Time
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27 Million Reasons to Raise Your Voice for Freedom
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Eliminating Awkward
It was the close of a "compassion themed" Christian small group and the facilitator attempted to lay out action steps for an already overbooked assortment of executive level couples. The groups take-away, highlighting Jesus extravagant sensitivity to human need was obvious enough, but the Biblical prescription in practical terms seemed threatening, even potentially dangerous. You could feel the tension in the closing responses from various members honestly relating how acts of compassion seem ove … [Read more...]
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OLAF FUB SEZ: According to comedian Herb Shriner, born on this date in 1918, "Conversation is three women standing on the corner talking. Gossip is when one of them leaves."
TIME TO SHOP – Find the unusual gift at the Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday sponsored by the Senior Ministry at True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry St. Vendors will have hats, scarves, jewelry, cosmetics, handcrafts, prayer cards and baked goods.
Meanwhile, the Parkside Community Association will be holding its seventh annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway.
Featured will be items by 23 local artisans, including jewelry, pottery, candles, photography and lotions. Admission is $2, which includes a coupon good for $1 off any single item over $10. For info, call 838-1240.
A CHILD IS BORN – His collection of international Nativity sets has grown to 355 from 52 countries, and the Rev. Roy Herberger again is putting them on display for the Christmas season in the church where he is pastor, SS. Columba-Brigid, Hickory and Eagle streets, a block south of Clinton Street.
Beginning this weekend, the display, which includes a special Children's Section, will be on view from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 5. Groups are welcome during the week if they call Father Roy first at 852-2076.
HELPING HANDS – Canisius College students who have been part of the college's service immersion program in Poland are holding a fundraiser to benefit the orphanage in Zmiaca, Poland, that they have been visiting for six years.
It takes place from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in Church of the Assumption, 435 Amherst St., and features a live band, food, a bake sale and raffles. Donation is $5. Proceeds will help support the orphanage's adoption center.
SEASONAL SOUNDS – The Sanborn Fire Company Band will perform a traditional Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Sanborn Fire Hall, 5811 Buffalo St. (Route 429). Admission is free. Refreshments will be provided, and Santa will pay a visit. Nonperishable food items will be accepted on behalf of the Rotary Club.
TIME FOR A BREAK – Tired of turkey? Choose from a fish fry or a prime rib dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. today in Father Justin Council 5670, Knights of Columbus, 2735 Union Road at William Street, Cheektowaga. After dinner, there's karaoke by Mike from 7 to 10 p.m. For info, call 683-3635.
TALENT HUNT – A day-long recording session with Buffalo Music Hall of Fame musicians in Goo Goo Doll Robby Takac's GCR Recording Studio is the top prize in a songwriter contest for Western New York high school and college students sponsored by the Hall of Fame in conjunction with the Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation.
The contest is open to songwriters, not full bands, up to 21 years old. Entries should consist of a recording of a single person playing guitar and singing. A Hall of Fame panel will judge entries on originality, not performance or recording quality. Deadline is Dec. 16. For rules and entry forms, visit buffalomusic.org/contest.html.
"We have never done this before," says Anthony Casuccio, vice president of the Hall of Fame and a Grammy Award nominee, who will be mastering the winning song. "One very lucky aspiring musician will walk away with a finished, professional master of their song."
ENTER LAUGHING – There's no rest this weekend for Todd Benzin, Peter Cumbo, Don Gervasi and John Kreuzer, collectively known as the Eclectic Improv Company. They're staging their new show, "The Fantastic Comedy Machine," at 8 p.m. today and Saturday in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave. As usual, no two performances will be alike. Musical guests will be the Albrights. Tickets are $20.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Emma Janice Rooth, Joyce L. Wilson, Giavanna Sacco, Pat Howells, Shelly Mueller, Kathy Longton, Lauren Gwizdowski, Cindy Ann Sitterle, Dennis Slisz, Jason Baginski, Marcia Ciapa, Kathy Longton, Vincent Occhino Sr., Patricia Pajak, Debby Panek, Gabriel Gonzalez and Mateo Gonzalez.
SATURDAY – Jeanette Mugle, Bob Andersen, Newell Nussbaumer, John Jubulis, Candy Porter, Doreen Halt, Molly Halt, Greg Morrisette, Amber Cornwall Lockhart, Michael Ogren, Arthur Hejna, Sylvia Campanelli, Cheryl Hanley and Anthony Wilczak.
AND SUNDAY – Karen Kelley Heck, Phil Fairbanks, Blair Woods, Rebekah Sipos, Seymour H. Knox IV, Peggy Martin, Justin Powell, Sister May Judith Goehring, Pat Oppenheimer, Donna Saviola, Louise Biela and Cole McKenna.
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Max asked me one day whether I had any recipes for microwaved meat. It was a surprising question. In general, meat is awful in the microwave, no matter how you cook it. Our recipe in MC for microwaved jerky works around a common problem of microwave cookingits tendency to dry out meatby turning it into a useful technique.
But when I started thinking about the question, I remembered that my mom was always telling me about this six-minute microwaved tilapia recipe, which mimics a traditional Chinese steamed fish dish. When I finally tried it, I remember thinking: wow, its just as good as in a restaurant. Its tender, moistnot dry or chewy at all. So I pulled the recipe together for Max, and it turned out to be wonderful for what he wanted. As soon as I got my mom a copy of Modernist Cuisine, I flipped right to that page and showed her the recipe, where it says "Adapted from Mrs. Zhu." She just beamed.
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Members of Fort Benning and surrounding communities gathered Jan. 15 to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a commemorative ceremony at Derby Auditorium.
In line with this years theme, Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off! the audience of Soldiers, Family members, military and civilian leaders and others were encouraged to remember the many sacrifices that King endured for the rights of all Americans.
The event began with the national anthem, performed by Maj. Daniel Landrum of 1st Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment. Landrum also performed Lift Every Voice and Sing, a song he recalled was taught to many public school students during his childhood in Atlanta.
Fifth-graders from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School presented an upbeat recitation of Kings famous I Have a Dream Speech that received a standing ovation from the audience.
Maj. Gen. H. R. McMaster, commanding general of Fort Benning and the Maneuver Center of Excellence, said the annual event serves as a celebration to Kings service and a call to action to renew commitment to equality in the military.
Our military has been a leader in the long struggle for right for all Americans, but we can never be satisfied with where we are, he said. Its a commitment to ensure equal treatment of all of our Soldiers and civilians regardless of race, color, creed or background.
The guest speaker for event was Lt. Col. Dawson Plummer, commander of the 1st Battalion, 81st Armored Regiment. Plummer is a graduate of Tuskegee University, a historically black college and university in Tuskegee, Ala., where he earned his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and a commission into the Army as an Armor officer. Plummer spoke about Kings upbringing, education and the conditions of a separate but equal society that inspired him to become a civil rights leader during the 1960s.
Today we all see the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. become a reality and his work along with the work of thousands of white and black civil rights activists have forever changed the face of this country in a positive manner so that a young graduate of Tuskegee University can be commissioned in the United States Army, be promoted to captain by his loving wife, promoted to major, and subsequently achieve the rank of lieutenant colonel and command a battalion, while at the same time see his Family not even have to experience or see the effects of that severe level discrimination that existed before the civil rights laws were passed, he said. I am thankful for the work of Dr. King, I am thankful for Dr. Kings dream, and I am thankful for those leaders in our country who continue to support that dream so we can indeed live equally in the greatest country in the world.
Each year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January in celebration of his birthday. King would have turned 84 Jan. 15.
President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.


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Generous Donation of 700 fans 30/07/2008 The Salvation Army has 700 Fans!
Lincoln - As the temperature soars, living without air conditioning or a fan may be extremely uncomfortable-- even dangerous.
Thanks to a donation of 500 fans from Tom Artz and Sons Construction of Lincoln, plus another 200 hundred fans from Mike Anderson of Anderson Ford and Tim Pieper of Sid Dillon Auto Sales, the Salvation Army will distribute 20 inch - three speed box fans to anyone in need. One fan per family, please. Picture ID and verifiable address are required.
Fans may be picked up from 9-4:00 Monday through Friday at The Salvation Army, 2625 Potter St. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call The Salvation Army at 474-6263.