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two seasons of the RPS FS cup last year.
Wow, I forgot that happened. Would you look at all those names... His roster was so big! I've got player envy.
gotem challenged ColOfNature in games 635580 and 635581
gotem challenged bonuswavepilot in games 635581 and 635583
something really weird happened in my game with SirDavies.. I took my turn in the first match.. then opened teh second match and saw some movement already filled in for my units. and those movements matched the ones he had taken in the other game, has something like that ever happen to anyone else?
I can't remember it ever happening. Were you able to make your moves, or do you need SirDavies to re-challenge you?
Gah missed the signups this time. Can you mail me when the next one starts please Col?
@CherryPhosphate: will do.
@SirDavies: did you by any chance have to get the map for your second match against Gotem from the encounters folder, after priming the first turn in the original? That's the first thing that springs to mind that night explainwhat Gotem experienced.
Yeah it was aweseome, but it took sooo loooooong to play out! I suspect Inverselaw burnt out after 2 seasons. At least this tournament has the advantage of being 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off (in theory!) although a few moe regular players would be great.
To that end, I'm going to put a new tab on the spreadsheet for anyone who wants to be automatically signed up for a each season. Put yourself on the list, PM me your email address and I'll add you to the roster and contact you directly for as long as your name remains there.
Sorry guys I made a bit of a mistake...
Turns out my name on FS is actually the same as my forum name name - Hammers. Is it obvious that I haven't logged into FS for quite a while? I just assumed it was my other username as that's what I normally use when Hammers is taken. Looks like I was lucky on FS!
If you could update the tables that would be great. And sorry if anyone has tried to start a game with me and has been unable to find me. Hopefully I've not caused too many problems...
Anyway with that in mind, here are the games I've just started:
Hammers has challenged Velijah in games 635641 and 635643
Hammers has challenged Lazer in games 653647 and 635648 (Please IGNORE game 635645 as that was a mistake)
Also, are you saying that I could have moved my "little green men" around before my initial move. I thought that was only done at the edges on stuff like charge.
I'd like to echo the comment about dark extermination (deathmatch). Mixing it up a bit with charge and disputed would have been preferable to me. Didn't realise we were ticking boxes for one mode only for the entire thing.
Feel free to challenge me btw. I usually just pick a mode and challenge. Never bothered with all this "vis at time zero" stuff etc - cba with all that.
You can, using the match creator, move the units around before the start but that would be against the rules of this tournament - I've never explicitly forbidden it because we'd have no way of knowing if you were subtle, and because I figure everyone's honest enough not to be told anyway! Just hit Generate until you find something you like. If you don't mind taking whatever the Random Number Gods bestow upon you, just create a match without going advanced, then grab the map from the encounters folder for the second leg. We play with the default settings, and I only keep putting in all the extra instructions for the sake of completeness.
I guess I don't explain the voting very well, particularly for people who haven't taken part before so don't know what to expect. Another change I might make, if no-one objects, is to make sure that we don't play the same game mode two tournaments in a row - so if we play Dark Extermination one month then no Extermination, Dark or Light, the following month.
Scozzers challenged Velijah: 635725 & 635726
Velijah plz ignore 635723 (unless you just want to play it as a friendly - the only error being I didn't save it to create a mirror).
Oh, I assumed we just challenge ppl listed in our division yea? I went with that anyway.
You should issue challenges for each time you're listed as Player 1 (i.e. in column B) in this list.
As long as Velijah's happy you may as well go ahead with the matches you've started.
You can put me on the permanent list if you'd like.
Yep - challenge SergBeaver and Hammers. But don't bother scrapping the others: as long as Velijah doesn't mind, you may as well play them now they've started.
So I've added the permanent sign-up form to the spreadsheet. If anyone wants to be included for future seasons put your details in, vote for your preferred mode(s) and PM me your email address (if you haven't already). I'll send out an email before the start of each season to everyone whose name is on the list to make sure you still want to take part. If I don't have your email address I'll PM you on the forum. If I don't hear from anyone by the time the season starts I'll remove them from the running for that season. You can remove your name or alter your votes at any time
No harm done. I didn't know the map file also held plan data, but that probably explains it. Worth bearing in mind in future: if you forget to save the map, don't play your first turn until after you've made a copy of it otherwise you risk giving your opponent a look at your plans before he submits his, which could be quite a big advantage on a small extermination map!


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It's not unusual at the holidays for old friends to drop by for a visit. So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, The Wife and I went to see a very old friend, Honest Abe Lincoln.
OK, it was just a movie "Lincoln," directed by Steven Spielberg with a script by Tony Kushner, and I know it wasn't really Abe up there, rather Daniel Day-Lewis, who's an actor and not even an American actor.
Still, for a couple of hours during Thanksgiving week, we had the pleasure of Abraham Lincoln's company and you should, too.
Every American should pay a visit to "Lincoln" during the holidays; it'll give you one more reason to be thankful.
The man who made Thanksgiving a national holiday is a national blessing unto himself. A poet and philosopher-king, Lincoln was a deeply compassionate man who took on the suffering of others as his own, yet, had the stone cold heartlessness to accept the horrific slaughter of the American Civil War as the price that had to be paid to expunge a great moral sin, chattel slavery, from the soul of America.
Lincoln famously said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." He was determined that house would rest upon a foundation of freedom not slavery.
Based upon Doris Kearn Goodwin's brilliant, "Team of Rivals," the plot covers Lincoln's fight to pass the 13th Amendment forever banning slavery in America.
With a genius performance by Day-Lewis as the president and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, and star turns by Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones, who plays the firebrand abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, "Lincoln" does more than teach an important chapter of history, it invites 21st century Americans to visit with the most remarkable man of the 19th century and one of history's rare angels.
It was a special blessing to our nation that somehow, against every obstacle, an obscure, often defeated candidate from central Illinois somehow landed in the highest office in the land at the exact moment we needed an other-worldly leader.
The Civil War remains the greatest threat to America's survival in our 236-year history. Secessionists nearly did in the 1860s what the Great Depression and Dust Bowl couldn't do in the 1930s, nor the Nazis in the '40s, the Communists in the '50s or Jihadists today - break the Union.
It sickens me that so many Americans, bitter because their side lost the recent presidential election, would actually sign their name to online petitions calling for their states to secede from the Union.
That thumping sound you hear is Abraham Lincoln spinning in his grave. Along with the nearly 700,000 others who gave their lives in the war that should have forever ended any thought of separation.
My guy lost on Election Day. I'm not happy about it. Show me a happy loser and I'll show you a loser. But words have meaning, and secession is treason, period.
You cannot love the United States of America and advocate the disuniting of America. Secession isn't divorce, it's murder.
Don't take my word for it. Go visit an old friend. Abe Lincoln is right down the street at a theater near you.
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Islamic dreams about Elephant Sex Human find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Elephant Sex Human dictionary!
Elephant Sex Human dream interpretations
Human being Dream Explanation
— If he takes money from him in the dream, it represents something he will lose and forgo in despair, or perhaps that a fight will take place between them. Each
being in a dream represents himself, his kind, look alike, someone by the same name, his town, or his craft. If the person whom he recognizes in the dream holds an elevated rank, it means that he will lose it, and if he holds a lower rank, it means that he will be promoted. (Also see Man; Mankind)
Human being Dream Explanation
— To see one of the children of Adam (Alayhi-Salam) one does not recognize in the dream perhaps may represents oneself. If he does good, then it represents one's own deeds, and if does evil, the seer may pursue the same. If one recognizes such a being in the dream, it means that he will receive something from him. If one likes what he receives from him in the dream, it means that he will attain his personal goals. If he receives a shirt in the dream, it means an appointment to a high ranking position. If he receives a rope in the dream, it means an agreement, a commitment or a covenant.
Human voice Dream Explanation
— (Human sound. See Voice)
Human Brain Dream Explanation
— It symbolises a persons wealth and assets. Eating the brain in the dream suggest that he is living off his own lawful earnings. Eating someone else's brain or an animal's brain suggest that he is living off someone else's earning.
Human Flesh Dream Explanation
— If cooked or roasted it symbolises wealth. If uncooked it means backbiting –if eaten. For Allah Taala says; Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, you will abhor it.
Human body Dream Explanation
— (See Body)
Human brain Dream Explanation
— (See Body; Brain)
Human call Dream Explanation
— (See Shout; Voice)
Human cry Dream Explanation
— (See Shout; Voice)
Human flesh Dream Explanation
— (See Flesh)
Human rights Dream Explanation
— (See Destruction)
Hair of the
Body Dream Explanation
— It symbolises a man's assets. If he has merchandise or crops, it will increase or decrease according to the amount of hair he had seen. If he sees the hair shining he will become a destitute if he is wealthy. Or he will become wealthy if he is a destitute; if he is perturbed, he will become pleased; if he is ill, he will be cured; if he is in debt, it will be paid.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— • Seeing a slaughtered
in a country: The ruler of that country or one of its celebrities will die.
• An
posing a menace to the dreamer or trying to get hold of him: Coming sickness.
• Falling under the elephant's feet or being foiled by it: Will die, unless the
did not step on the dreamer or crush him, in which case he would just face hardships, then escape unharmed.
• Talking to an elephant: Welfare from the king.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— A man told Ibn Siren he dreamed that he was riding an
, to which the great seer replied, "The
is not an animal that Muslims usually ride. I'm afraid you are no longer a Muslim." The
is also seen as something great and famous but useless, because people can neither eat its meat nor milk it. More, the
is said to be the animal of the Prince of the Inferno. Especially for women and for pious people, those who seek the Hereafter, the sight of an
never augurs well. It is not the same for worldly individuals.
• Eating
meat or taking any of its limbs, skin, or bones: Money from the ruler.
• Milking an elephant: Will outwit a foreign king and get his money through lawful means.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— If one falls under the feet of an
in a dream, it means his death. Speaking to an
in a dream means receiving a precious gift from someone in authority. Running away in fear of an
in a dream means being persecuted by someone in authority. Riding an
during a war in a dream means defeat and subsequent destruction. Eating elephant's meat in a dream means money. As for worldly people, seeing an
in a dream means benefits, but as for pious and religious people, it denotes adversities. Riding an
in a dream also may denote lies or oppression. An
entering a land other than its natural habitat signifies an official visit of a king or a president to another country, or it could mean invading it.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— An
in a dream also represents righteous people, scholars and noble ones. An
in a dream also denotes hardships, toiling, then relief from adversities. Seeing an
in a dream and failing to ride on it means lack of integrity or loss of business. Seeing a dead
in a dream means that the ruler or a great person from that land will die, or that a noble person will be killed. Seeing an
in a land other than its native land in a dream means adversities. If one faces a threatening
in a dream, it means an illness.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— • An
chasing the dreamer: Harm from the king.
• An
beating the dreamer with its trunk or taking anything from that animal's trunk: Will strike it rich.
• Two elephants fighting: Two kings are in the same position.
dung or droppings: The king's money.
• An
getting out of a city whose ruler is ill: (1) The ruler will die; otherwise, he will be deposed or leave for good. (2) If it is a port city a ship will set sail. (3) Some epidemic or plague will disappear.
• A woman dreaming of riding an elephant: She will die.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— An
symbolises a foreigner who is despotic, powerful and vehement. He has no compassion_striking fear into the hearts of people. Mounting an
: If a person sees himself as mounting or owning an
or encircling it or utilizing it for any purpose other than ploughing, it is a glad tiding that he will either be endowed with power and superiority or he will be appointed to an important office by the government of a foreign country.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— • Riding an
with a saddle and driving it at will: (1) Will marry the daughter of a foreign giant. (2) Business will prosper.
• A bachelor riding an elephant: (1) Will get married, possibly to a foreign woman. (2) Will board a ship or the like.
• Seeing an
anywhere other than in India: Hardships and terror.
• Herding elephants: Will befriend foreign rulers.
Elephant Dream Explanation
— • Seeing an
and failing to ride it: Prestige and fortune will decline. Conversely, riding it, especially by night, means that the dreamer, if eligible, will triumph over a huge but niggardly king (or chief). If the dreamer is not eligible, the same dream would indicate that the dreamer will enter a war but be defeated or get killed in it, in view of the following verses in the Holy Quran: "Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant? Did He not bring their stratagem to naught." ("Al-Fil" [The Elephant], verses 01–02.)
• Riding an
by day: Will divorce one's wife and sustain harm in the process.
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This year's Independence Day fireworks in Calabash were preceded by activities for children, including faith painting and a dunk tank, to make the annual event even more family-friendly. These additions not only helped kids blow off a little steam on a humid evening, but also encouraged them to participate in playtime.
As Navassa prepares to celebrate its 36th annual Homecoming this weekend, residents continue to cope with the environmental aftermath of a former creosote plant in their community since it closed just a year before the event was established.
Creosote, which is made by distilling coal tar at extremely high heat, is used to preserve wood and commonly used on utility poles. It was produced on a 250-acre site by the Brunswick River and Sturgeon Creek for more than 40 years before the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. shuttered it in 1980.
As we prepare to celebrate our nation's independence, we expect to see red, white and blue, starred and striped decorations throughout our community.
The sight of the U.S. flag inspires passionate feelings about the freedoms we enjoy and emotions tend to run high where its proper display is concerned.
The U.S. Flag Code is the ultimate reference for presenting our nation's colors with reverence.
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It is almost unheard of these days to remain with the same employer for more than a decade, let alone an entire career. Rodney Gause could have made headlines for that alone when he announced his retirement from Shallotte earlier this year after 35 years. But Gause spent each of those years with the police department, the last 29 as chief, making his tenure with the town remarkable.
To hear Gause tell it, he was destined to work in law enforcement. It is all he said he ever wanted to do for a living, and to serve his hometown in that capacity made it extra special.
Summer safety tips often revolve around seasonal risks like rip currents, hurricanes, flooding, sharks and fireworks, and other activities like holiday travel and outdoor grilling. But lightning is often overlooked, despite its common occurrence and the devastating consequences it has.
As our streets become more crowded with vehicles during the summer tourist season, which is well under way, it seems parking problems throughout Brunswick County are either coming to light or being exacerbated.
In the northern part of the county, Leland continues to grapple with parking three years after plans began in earnest to address it.
Five local teams have given Brunswick County plenty of reasons to cheer this spring.
First, there are the North Brunswick High School boys and girls track and field teams, who each repeated as North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2A Region champions May 13.
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Regional Reviews: Los Angeles
The Gulf of Westchester
Also see Kevin's review of Proof
When you see Deborah Zoe Laufer's The Gulf of Westchester, you'll first be in awe of its visual/audio kaleidescope. Richard Crowell's set design is eye catching: a huge sports bar of a living room decked out with two wide screen television sets, a bigger screen resembling a window, a comfortable couch, two art deco chairs, and pine cone furniture sets filled with sports trophies, soda, and beer.
The flavor in your ear during pre-show and intermission is Barry Manilow's greatest hits provided by Sound Designer Matt Kelly. Kelly cranks out masterpieces such as "Mandy," "Even Now" and the "American Bandstand" theme. Crowell, a Marlins season ticket holder, must have had a field day when the concept was sent to him, while Kelly prides himself as a musical eclectic.
Look beyond those two startling aspects, and Laufer's Westchester is filled with timely events. This marks the Juilliard graduate's second world premiere at Florida Stage in a year and a half. The first, The Last Schwartz, focused on a family in need of some deep therapy. The Gulf of Westchester focuses on a circle of friends who are quite beyond therapy. The play is ripe with issues that make people think, but the story gets lost without its resonance.
The time is April 2003 in suburban New York. The U.S. is at war, trying to find out if Iraq is holding arms to cripple the world and Anthrax is running rampant. Vicki (Kim Ostrenko) has Saturday night gatherings in which her childhood friends come over to either play games or watch them. Assisting is Vicki's sidekick Phoebe (Blair Sams), and Vicki's husband Roger (Stephen G. Anthony) pumps up the volume on the wide screens between ESPN and CNN (the former for the scores on the games, the latter for the Homeland Security warnings).
Vicki and Roger are overly patriotic; they seal their windows with duct tape and foil, sanitize their mail with equipment from the postal service, and throw out food not American made (i.e. French fries). Vicki even takes Phoebe to task for not having her flag up in her driveway. Phoebe fibs, saying that her flag was blown into the mud by the wind.
Also coming to the soiree is Roger's yes-man Dennis (Ian Hersey) and his new girlfriend Joan (Andrea Cirie). Dennis is Sancho to Roger's Don Quixote, as they were teammates on the same wrestling squad in high school. Dennis is now an accountant while Roger is an advertising executive, but Roger got the upper hand with the nuclear family setting. He proves this in a wrestling match for old times. Joan, being new to the group, is against young people being sent off to battle for a lost cause. Her son is over there now. Roger accuses her of being un-American while Dennis sits idly by in cowardice. Phoebe is jealous of Joan because of Dennis' involvement outside the group when she is single and available.
The culmination of this night is the arrival of the group's childhood hero, Sam (Tom Wahl). Sam and Roger both went off to serve in the Gulf War of 1992. Roger completed his tour of duty, while Sam went missing for 11 years. He calls Roger asking for a favor. When Sam finally enters, the group is faced with a harsh reality that no one is ready to confront.
Laufer makes a good statement by focusing this play around a group of friends who go through their everyday routine without struggle. The Gulf of Westchester also comes at a time when we are still faced with overseas conflicts, finishing some business over a 13 year span. Laufer has an interesting concept, but the execution is badly done.
Her characters are not fully developed. Vicki and Roger play WASPs on the surface, but there is no depth as to why they are this way. Joan has issues with her son fighting, but they are never hashed out, while Dennis puts in a few one liners with no zing.
There is a scene between Phoebe and Sam in which she confronts him about being gone so long without contact (they were childhood sweethearts). Although the plot circles around knowing who our true friends are, the predictable conclusion will also have audiences scratching their heads.
The players make the best out of the material given to them. Stephen Anthony is a master showman as Roger. Being boisterous as a typical sports nut, Anthony struts around like a red rooster giving Roger a "master of his domain" feel. Helping along is costume designer Suzette Pare providing Anthony with different sports jerseys which give Roger panache.
Kim Ostrenko (channeling Shelley Long in Cheers) provides Vicki with a happy attitude on Zoloft. Even when challenged or questioned by Phoebe, Ostrenko stands tall in her belief that everything is fine with the world when it really isn't. Andrea Cirie and Ian Hersey are just supportive fodder as Joan and Dennis. Cirie gives Joan spunk to stand up to Roger's Neanderthal values, while Hersey provides some good comic relief. Other than that, their characters aren't memorable.
The players who make the most out of this material are Tom Wahl and Blair Sams. Wahl gives a convincing turn as Sam, a man beyond spent as a war veteran who needs assistance for his family and himself. Wahl puts on a paleface front as we sympathize with his situation. Sams' portrayal proves Phoebe is the only one who makes changes in her life. Sams makes sure that we see Phoebe turn from naïve to confident in two hours.
Producing Director Louis Tyrell depends on his resident design staff to bring the goods. Suzanne Jones' lighting complements Crowell's game den with a bigger screen reflection while Kelly's sound choice of Manilow gives off that tranquil afternoon delight. Most noteworthy, besides Crowell's massive set, are the video segments provided by Robert Goodrich. Although distracting at times during dialogue, Goodrich's design smacks us in the head telling audiences to open their eyes to the world around them.
Louis Tyrell founded Florida Stage for the purpose of showcasing new work. He has continued to spearhead the campaign for almost 20 years now. Tyrell and Laufer have a good idea on their hands with The Gulf of Westchester. This play couldn't have come at a better or worse time, depending on how we look at it. But all things considered, Laufer is going to have to nurture this play before it's given another life. As Diane Chambers might say, "Rewrites, anyone?"
The Gulf of Westchester will conclude the season on June 13th at Florida Stage, 262 S. Ocean Boulevard in Manalapan. For tickets, please call the box office at (561) 585-3433 or outside of Palm Beach County, (800) 514-3837. You can also buy tickets online at www.floridastage.org.
FLORIDA STAGE - The Gulf of Westchester
Cast: Kim Ostrenko, Blair Sams,
Production Stage Manager: James Danford
Scenic Design: Richard Crowell
Directed by Louis Tyrell
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Check Out Your New Wonder Woman
DC Comics unveiled the first picture of GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman from the upcoming "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice". Her costume is NOT red, white and blue . . . which you can probably hear people complaining about if you turn on Fox News right now.
They also showed a teaser for the movie, where Batman and Superman are getting ready to BRAWL. The way it's been described, they're staring each other down as Superman hovers over Batman, framed by the light of the Bat Signal.
Gal, BEN AFFLECK and HENRY CAVILL also appeared in front of the crowd, but they didn't speak. They just waved and walked off. (Here's a quick Vine. You can listen to a more detailed description in the teaser here.)


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Parents & Families
The Office of the Dean of Students, in collaboration with University departments and offices, seeks to partner with parents and families to provide timely, helpful information to aid in the academic, social and holistic success of Ohio University students. To accomplish this mission the Office of the Dean of Students seeks to effectively communicate with parents and families, help parents and families understand and navigate the Ohio University landscape, provide advocacy for parents and families, and provide on-campus activites for family weekends.
Arrival Guide
Welcome to Ohio University -- we are looking forward to your arrival to campus! The beginning of a new academic term is an exciting time for the entire campus community. We appreciate the many contributions that you will make to our university through your academic and co-curricular pursuits.
You may find our Ohio University's A to Z Guide helpful as the go-to document for all items related to move-in. This quick guide provides phone numbers and office information pertinent to OHIO during our Go Green Week. It is laid out in alphabetical order for your convenience, and we hope that the A to Z Guide will help make move-in a smooth event for you and your families.
We have also designed this Arrival Guide website to help you successfully navigate your transition to Athens and Ohio University. Answers to the most commonly asked questions can be found on these pages. Should you have questions that are not answered here, please feel free to contact our office at 740-593-1800.
Safe travels and let me be the first to welcome you to your new home.
Jenny Hall-Jones, Ph.D.
Dean of Students
Before you arrive...
Review the Path to Promise website at www.ohio.edu/path.
Consult with your new roommate to avoid duplication, particularly of large/heavy items.
Order a loft and/or a carpet from the Residents' Action Council (see mailer that was sent to your home) or visit http://www.ohio.edu/housing/halls/amenities.cfm
Successfully complete " AlcoholEDU for College," the online alcohol education course.
Review the online Student Handbook and, particularly, read " Student Code of Conduct " and " Academic Misconduct " at the Office of Community Standards website.
Review the " Student Housing Handbook " so that you are aware of and understand the expectations of living on campus.
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Maui County, Hawaii
Crime News
Cruel Bandit Pays the Death Penalty for a Hideous Crime
Nervy to the Very Last - He Goes to His Doom Without a Tremor
Assists in Arranging the Harness - Other Murderers Soon to Stand on the Same Trap
Honolulu, Dec. 15, via San Francisco, Dec. 22 - Last Monday morning Noa, the native Molokai outlaw, paid the death penalty for the murder of a Chinese store keeper. The execution took place within the walls of the Oahn prison. Noa died without a perceptible tremor. Half supported by two guards on his journey to the gallows, he stepped with unfaltering step upon the death trap and, straightening up, he stood motionless while his legs were bound with a strap. He showed no fear when the noose was adjusted about his neck but rather assisted the guards by holding his head high. When the clergyman who followed the condemned man up to the scaffold commenced to pray Noa reverently bowed his head. The minister, with eyes closed and hands upraised, had not finished when one of the guards slipped the black cap over the murderer's head. Warden Low, standing in the court yard below, took out his watch. It was the signal. With a rattle and bang the trap fell and an instant after Noa's body hung dangling in mid-air. The crime for which Noa was executed was one of the most brutal and cold blooded murders in the criminal annals of the islands. Noa was the leader of a band of robbers and cut throats who made their homes in the Molokai mountains. For years they had terrorized the neighborhood. Noa would go to the greatest extreme to avenge a real or fancied wrong, cutting out the tongues of his neighbors' cattle, laying death traps for his fellow men in the woods and practicing other like cruelties. On the evening of April 7th, in company with two confederates, he broke into the store of Aauo, an aged Chinese, and terrifying the man out of bed beat out his brains with a stone. Heo Sheo, the store keeper's wife was choked into insensibility and left for dead. The thieves then ransacked the place, carrying off all the valuables and hiding them in the mountains. Noa was betrayed by a relative and captured, but afterwards escaped and the officers had a hard time to recapture him. He was tried here by Judge Carter and sentenced on August 18th last.
(Idaho Statesman, December 23, 1897, page 1 - Contributed by Peggy Thompson]
Swift justice has been visited upon the heads of the Maui murderers. Within the week Sagata and Yoshida have been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. The Lahaina court has broken all records on murder cases, having disposed of three in a week's time. Sagata was charged with the murder of his wife and child and was caught red handed. Yoshida stabbed a Japanese woman to death with a knife and the evidence of his crime was just about as conclusive as that against his fellow countryman. Sagata will be hanged on the last Friday in March, 1898.
[Idaho Statesman, December 23, 1897, page 1 - Contributed by Peggy Thompson]
On December 29th an attempted murder and suicide took place at Koheo, Kula. A Korean man stabbed a Japanese woman in the neck seven or eight times and thinking that he had killed her fled but realizing that he could not escape from the island returned to the vicinity the same night and attempted suicide by cutting his throat in the corn storehouse of a Chinese who later found the wounded man covered with bags and slowly bleeding to death.
The Chinese the next morning summoned Deputy Sheriff Edgar Morton.Dr. W. F. McConkey attended the Korean who will survive to be punished for his evil deed.The woman is in a critical condition but may recover.It is surmised that the cause of the assault was a quarrel about money.
The man and woman had been living together for some months, and it is thought that the latter had become weary of supporting the former who was a worthless fellow. It is stated that the Korean was a gambler and was formerly employed by the government in Kula as a sort of spy or detective in the Korean counterfeiting case.
[Source: Maui News Saturday January 8, 1910; transcribed by Barb Z.]
John Patterson, plantation storekeeper and assistant postmaster of Hamakuapoko, Maui, was this morning held for the grand jury by U. S. Commissioner A. F. Judd on a charge of forgery, bond being placed at $1,500.Patterson is alleged to have benefited by a Federal witness fee check for $28 cashed by the wrong man, as exclusively reported in yesterday's Star.
[Source: Hawaiian Star Wednesday August 3, 1910; transcribed by Barb Z.]
The recent trip to Maui of United States Marshal Eugene R. Hendry, not to mention a trip made about the same time by United States District Attorney R. W. Breckons, has resulted in the arrest of a Russian and his daughter and a Japanese at Lahalna, whence the three will be brought to Honolulu to answer charges having to do with white slave traffic.
According to the testimony of a Korean, Kin Young Sik, now In this city as a witness in the case of alleged forgery against Patterson, the Hamakuapoko assistant postmaster, a Russian Immigrant laborer offered to sell his sixteen year old daughter, a comely, girl, to the Korean Above named for the sum of $500. The Korean, it is said, contemplated the proposed transaction, but first took the girl on trial. He postponed the expected payment of money until, as he explained to the father, he could purchase a trousseau for his prospective bride, said trousseau to consist of a number of long dresses, in as much as the girl, at the time she was offered for sale, was wearing knee skirts, with her hair in twin pigtails. However, the dear between the Russian and the Korean did not come to pass and, It is alleged, the father transferred his pretty but unfortunate daughter to a Japanese, Sakal by name, and it Is charged that the Japanese has been peddling her.
The Japanese, when confronted by the Federal officers, produced a marriage license, apparently hoping that this license would help with the law, but in which hope he is now sadly disappointed. When Breckons takes a vacation it does not follow the prosecution takes a recess.
[Source: Hawaiian Star Wednesday August 3, 1910; transcribed by Barb Z.]


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Hobbies include sports and anything to do with them. Very active, always looking for buddies to play hard. Love a night home over a board game or video game, pizza, good music and great conversation.
I like to read (fantasy, horror and techno thillers) and am exploring my creative side again with painting. With the rest of my spare time I play video games, enjoy movies & concerts.
I'm looking for friends and whatever comes after that, comes.
I like sitting and talking, but like to get more and more active the older I get. Love intelligent converstaion most of the time, love sitting in a dark room alone sometimes, love watching B-movies and talking about pop culture quite a bit, too.
PS I AM NOT AS VANILLA AS I look. I love to talk to new people, shoot me an IM on Yahoo to redd4it32 or even on AOL at boblee77
If you are open, intelligent, giving, easy going and fun loving. I'd love to hear from you! Friends who are poly, into reading and movies--and possibly lovers of the same type, eventually! :)
Into everything from walking on the beach (squishy sand between my toes), flag football on a rainy day (messy isn't a bad thing), strolling through a museum (love the smell of art), window shopping for the perfect doo dads and accessories (Yes, I am a guy who loves to shop!) and sharing a brew and chicken wings on Monday Night (What happened to the XFL?)
I'm open to just about whatever sort of relationship that I can find -- from just talking online to finding somebody else to hang with/date. I want to find some compatible people with whom I can also express my joys and hardships regarding life with. Is that fair? Perhaps not...still, looking to try.
I'm looking for fun people, interested in friendship, exploring life, playing and pleasure - who cares about labels. Seeking friendships that can grow into loving relationships - across the world or around the corner.
So I Figured I would go ahead and add an edit into here.
While yes I am a married male, I am also Polyamourus, which for those of you that don't know means that we believe that you can love and have a relationship with more then just one person. It is only societies beliefs that state for you to love someone else you need to stop loving the one you are with.
Granted that does not mean that I just sleep around.....wait I am a guy, maybe that is what it means. lol. Oh and in case it wasn't obvious yeah I like women of all shapes and flavors, you were made to have curves for a reason.... to draw our attention.
What I am ideally looking for is thus: I am looking for a partner in crime, someone who loves roller coasters, wild and crazy things and has an ecceltic (sp?? edit anyone) taste in music.
I am a fan of ICP and their Family, i.e Twisted, Blaze, Dark Lotus, and plan on hitting The Gathering one of these days, and will be needing someone to spend a mud fueled crazy week getting down with the music, and well me as well. So if you know of any good Jugglette's out that, "hit me up".
This part is just the random thoughts and ramblings of a mad man with nothing better to do then fill this space with idle internal/external chit chat.
Look I know I am a little out there and have a varied and socially unexceptable style about me but damn it, it;s who I am Like it, Leave it, or whatever, but do not Judge.
And Yes I am trying to get this section up to 1000 words, this is going to be harder then I thought. lol. I am always looking for friends, FWB, and just about anything in between. All I ask is that you give me a shot. Hell you never know just what I am really Like until you try.
Plus being an ex Video Game Store Manager, I have a certain Affinity to Hanging out and Playing Video Games till the wee hours of the morning. I mean really who doesn't love drunken Rock Band, Guiter Hero parties.
Honestly my life is an open book. all you need to do is open it and start reading. You can ask me anything and I will answer. No questions are out of bounds, as I like to say the worst that could happen is I will say no, or tell you I would rather not answer. There are a ton of worse things that could be said, but it is all about the inflection of how they are said, the basic meaning and premise are still the same. Or do you not agree with my self sustaining statement. These last few paragraphs are really just filler and mindless ramblings.
These last few paragraphs have been brought to you by the letter 7. and Kreemit the Frog here.
Wanna Freebase...No Pac Man Drugs are bad... Pussies.
(do you know where those 2 quotes are from.
Only 3 Words Left.
Yes over a 1000.
We now return you to your previously scheduled programming.
If you are still here after all that, you deserve a medal, or at least my gratitude. You so need to contact me, and either tell me off, or well, lets see what happens.
I am honest, evil, and poly
Update: I am just waiting now for the Little League to update me as to when I can begin formal practices for the team, I am coaching... yeah I know all the cliches of "those who can't do, teach". But I enjoy showing a new generation of kids how to play the game correctly, just like I was shown. As well as working, and trying to keep from going stir crazy at times.
Or that I am short and a little round.
I love to read... basicly whatever is around.
Plus yes I do read Playboy and Maxim for the articles
I am a fan of ICP and their Family, i.e Twisted, Blaze, Dark Lotus, and plan on hitting The Gathering one of these days, and will be needing someone to spend a mud fueled crazy week getting down with the music, and well me as well. So if you know of any good Jugglette's out that, "hit me up".
ok here goes a random sampling from my iTouch:
Adele, AFI, ThEe Airborne toxic Event, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andriod Lust, Asa, Astroslut, Augustana, Band of Horses, Band of Skulls, Beatsie Boys, Ben Harper, Bif Naked, The Bird and the Bee,Bob Dylan, Boy Hits Car,Brett Dennen, Cage the Elephant, CSS, The Cure, Dido, Dierks Bentley, The Donnas, Enya, Erasure, Clapton, Eric Hutchinson, Everclear, Finger Eleven, The Fratellis, Frou, Frou, Gabriella Cilmi, Garbage, Godsmack, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hellogoodbye, Ice Cube, Ingrid Michaelson, Jessica Riddle, Jack of Jill, The Juan MacLean, Kate Nash, Katy Perry, Kay Hanley, Kimya Dawson, Kittie, Lady Sovereign, Len, Letters To Cleo, Lily Allen, Lords of Acid, Los Campesinos, Marilyn Manson, Matisyahu, Matt Hathanson, MC Yogi, Ministry, Mirah, Modest Mouse, Moldy Peaches, Neko Casee, Nickelback, Narcotic Syntax, Oasis, OPM, Pepper, Peter Bjorn and John, Belle and Sebastian, Pink, Plaetakis, Play Dead, The Postal Service, Rasputina, Rebecca Nurse, She Eats Planets, Spek, The Ting Tings Tomer Yosef, Turisas, Voltaire, Amanda Palmer, Dressdon Dolls, V Shaped Mind, Clutch, The Weepies, ZO2, The Zutons
Other Music I like includes Bloodhound Gang, Stephen Lynch, BNL, Classic Rap, ie Mos Def, Twalib Kwali, Black Starr, Run DMC, and the like. It is hard to really express what I like. I enjoy Blue October, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear , Vampire Weekend, Antony and the Imperials, MSI, Cannibal Corpse, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Him, SwitchBlade Sympony, into Music that they would play at Club Hell in Providence, dark industrial noize, Souixe and the Banshees, Depeche Mode.


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Democracy Player uses free software and open protocols to let you subscribe to channels of video that come in over RSS (so you don't have to keep checking to see if anything new is up) and using BitTorrent (so you can download video without bankrupting the people who host it). It plays any video format (using VLC, an open player that ignores DRM and patents and plays back every format it can get its paws on).
The upshot is something that's almost too good to be true: an Internet video player that you don't need to be a geek to use -- or to publish for. Anyone can make a Democracy channel and you don't need to have a big server to push it out. Thanks to BitTorrent, your hosting costs don't go up whether you've got one subscriber or 10 million.
The 0.9 release can tune in over 600 free channels being published by creative people all over the world. 0.9 adds support for Flash video, and comes (partially) translated into 30+ languages. It also supports drag-and-drop for individual video files, making it the only video player you need on your desktop.
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The Federal Government will be encouraging refugees on temporary visas to move to the country to increase their chances of gaining the right to stay in Australia permanently, as part of its dramatic softening on border protection policies.
The Immigration Minister, Senator Amanda Vanstone, confirmed yesterday that the 9500 holders of the widely criticised temporary protection visas (TPV), introduced in 1999 to crack down on boat people, would be given a new avenue to apply for permanent residency.
Visa categories could be based on family ties, employment contacts, desirable skills or qualifications.
The move, which follows months of lobbying for change from within Coalition ranks, was criticised by Labor. Its immigration spokesman, Stephen Smith, accused the Government of stealthily adopting Labor's policies, and of doing "anything to get itself elected".
Labor announced in January that it would give all TPV holders the chance to stay permanently if they either needed continuing refugee protection, or satisfied a "public interest test".
The Government has come under increasing pressure from regional Liberal and National MPs such as John Forrest, Sharman Stone and Patrick Secker, in whose electorates many of the temporary refugees are employed in industries with labor shortages, such as fruit picking and abattoirs, to change its TPV policy.
Recognising the concerns of these backbenchers, the Government has decided to lower the criteria TPV holders working in regional areas have to satisfy.
It will also introduce a new 18 month return-pending visa, giving TPV holders who fail to get permanent visas 18 months instead of the current 28 days to leave the country. During this time they will be able to move to the country and shore up their chances of succeeding under the new softer regional guidelines.
Senator Vanstone denied she had adopted a Labor Party policy, adding that she had been working on the changes since late last year. She cited two reasons for the backflip. The first was that boat arrivals, so frequent between 1999 and 2001, had stopped.
The second was that TPV holders had "blended" into the community.
"Some of them have got jobs in very much needed areas where some employers say they can't get Australians to work, and we believe it's sensible to give those people an opportunity to apply for mainstream visas," she said.
The moves were welcomed by church groups and refugee advocates.
The Uniting Church said the Government had "finally demonstrated some compassion and common decency" to TPV holders. A Just Australia said the changes were a "substantial victory", while the Refugee Council of Australia said the Government was "now acknowledging the remarkable contribution made by refugees, particularly in rural and regional areas".
Some were more sceptical. The Democrats leader, Senator Andrew Bartlett, said there was no new humane policy, "but rather a pre-election attempt to avoid the refugee issue".


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The D80 was the top dog in the mid-level SLR yard for over a year, but it's got a little too long in the tooth to fend off the cheeky young pups.
And so in steps the Nikon D90, packing a couple more megapixels for a total of 12MP – the number Nikon seems to have settled on as the optimum, right up to the pro D3. The sensor is of the CMOS type rather than the D80's CCD.
It also has the obligatory Live View mode, for using the LCD as a viewfinder, like you do on a digital compact.
Movie maker
The headliner, though, is the addition of a movie mode – and not just the minimal VGA resolution, but 720p hi-def, no less.
As far as the basics are concerned, this is business as usual for Nikon. The build quality is reassuringly solid, the handling superb and the control layout is excellent. An improvement over the D80 is the positioning of the OK button in the middle of the D-pad, where it should be.
The LCD is an excellent 3-incher, bright and sharp with a screen protector fitted.
Picture perfect
Image quality again follows the recent Nikon trend of being detailed, having saturated colours and having minimal noise right up through the ISO range. If you're likely to take low-light shots without flash, this is the camera for you. Conversely, the flash is overly harsh.
The addition of Live View will please anyone who's into macro work or anything that requires extensive tripod use. The 3in screen is sharp enough to help out with focusing.
A little unstable
The movie mode will be seen by many as a non-core gimmick, and we have to admit that we would have preferred to see the addition of an image stabiliser. But there's no denying that it has a decent stab.
The D90 won't trouble a dedicated HD camcorder, particularly in the sound and control departments, but it's no disgrace, and there's a built-in mini HDMI socket for hooking up directly to a TV.
If you consider the video capture as just a bonus, there's very little to dislike about the D90. Seems there's a new top dog in the yard.


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Video recording of Richard Howard at the 1983 UND Writers ConferenceTranscription of "Poetry and 100 Years" (James Merrill and Richard Howard) at the 1983 UND Writers Conference.
Richard Howard was born in 1929 in Cleveland and studied at Columbia University and the Sorbonne. After working for some years as a lexicographer, he began making translations from the French and has now published over 200 works, including volumes by De Gaulle, Cioran, Stendhal, Barthes, Deleuze, Foucault, Gracq, Gide, Robbe-Grillet, Butor, and Claude Simon; in 1983 he received the American Book Award for his translation of Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal. In 1970 he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his third book of poems, Untitled Subjects, and has since published ten more volumes of verse. He has received an American Academy of Arts & Letters Award for his poetry; a Guggenheim Fellowship; the PEN Translation Prize; the French-American Translation Prize (twice); and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle (2003), as well as a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2002 he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor, having served as Poet Laureate of New York State (1986), Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (1973-1993) and President of P.E.N.-American Center (1978-9). His comprehensive critical study Alone with America: Studies in the Art of Poetry in the United States since 1950, originally published in 1969, was reissued in an expanded edition in 1980. For 11 years he served as the poetry editor of The Paris Review and is currently poetry editor of the Western Humanities Review and Professor of Practice in the School of the Arts (Writing Division) at Columbia University. In late 2004, Farrar, Straus & Giroux published Inner Voices: Poems 1963-2003 and Paper Trail: Criticism (Poetry, Prose, Art. 1963-2003.
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When an error occurs in the system or in one of the programs are showing us a message stating that the application for approval to send the error report, which was created to help Microsoft to improve products.
Of course, the user can send the report does not take this much of his time, but some might wish to disable this feature entirely.
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Excerpts from Bill Cosby's May 17, 2004, speech at the NAACP gala commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
On poor people:
"The lower economic and lower middle economic people are not holding their end in this deal. In the neighborhood that most of us grew up in, parenting is not going on. ... I'm talking about people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? And where were you when he was 18, and how come you don't know he had a pistol?"
On illiteracy:
"Brown v. Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem. We've got to take the neighborhood back. We've got to go in there. Just forget telling your child to go to the Peace Corps. It's right around the corner. It can't speak English. It doesn't want to speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk. "Why you ain't where you is go, ra." ... Everybody knows how important it is to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't land a plane with 'Why you ain't ...' You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."
On who's to blame:
"We cannot blame white people. White people don't live over there. ... It's not what they're doing to us. It's what we are not doing. Fifty percent dropout. Look, we're raising our own ingrown immigrants. These people are fighting hard to be ignorant. ... They're angry and they have pistols and they shoot and they do stupid things."
On black women:
"Five and six different children — same woman, eight, 10 different husbands or whatever. Pretty soon you're going to have to have DNA cards so you can tell who you're making love to."
On teen sex:
"What is it with young girls getting after some girl who wants to still remain a virgin? Who are these sick black people and where did they come from? And why haven't they been parented to shut up? ...This is a sickness, ladies and gentlemen, and we are not paying attention to these children. These are children. They don't know anything. They don't have anything."
On Brown's impact:
"Basketball players — multimillionaires — can't write a paragraph. Football players — multimillionaires — can't read. Yes, multimillionaires. Well, Brown v. Board of Education, where are we today? It's there. They paved the way. What did we do with it? The white man, he's laughing — got to be laughing. Fifty percent dropout rate, rest of them in prison."
On taking responsibility:
"The church is only open on Sunday. And you can't keep asking Jesus to do things for you. You can't keep asking that God will find a way. God is tired of you. God was there when they won all those (court) cases. ... That's where God was, because these people were doing something. ... When you go to church, look at the stained-glass things of Jesus. Look at them. Is Jesus smiling? Not in one picture. ... So tell your friends. Let's try to do something. Let's try to make Jesus smile. Let's start parenting."


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Many semi-pro and professional photographers are strategizing their SLR buying purchases – or putting them off altogether – as they wait for the price of full-frame SLRs to fall. But are the prices of full frame SLRs going to fall? Some of Canon's recent offerings cast some doubt on this assumption.
Though Moore's law has been driving the digital camera market so far, Canon appears to be re-shaping the breakdown of the market into something a little different from what we've seen so far. For the full argument, check out my article at CreativePro.
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He told the media that he had given his credit card details to child pornography operators as part of the research for his forthcoming memoirs.
He believed he had been sexually abused as a child and claimed he was an anti-child-pornography crusader who had visited the child pornography website as part of his "research". And he maintained he had told police about his research.
"I was worried this might happen and I think this could be the most damaging thing to my career," he said at the weekend.
"I am not a paedophile. I think paedophilia is appalling," the guitarist, who is married with three children, said in a statement.
Townshend has been arrested as a result of Operation Ore, the largest inquiry ever undertaken into child pornography in Britain.
More than 1300 people have already been arrested. They include 50 policemen, a judge, teachers, doctors and care workers.
Two British Labour MPs are also reportedly under investigation.
Townshend's friends, including model Jerry Hall, who is a neighbour - have rushed to his defence. "He is the least likely profile of a child abuser it is possible to construct and that is because he isn't one," Ms Hall said.
The guitarist's brother, Paul Townshend, said Townshend's personal assistant had phoned the police last October to tell them "he had accessed this website as part of research for his book".
Another close friend, Chris Hutchins, said: "If you knew this man, you would know that he was telling the truth. Honesty is the key to his program of recovery from the illnesses that almost killed him."
Other friends have expressed their deep concern for the guitarist, saying they feared he could sink into potentially life-threatening depression.
Townshend, who remains estranged from his wife of more than 30 years, is a notorious rock and roll hell-raiser whose signature act involved smashing his guitars on stage. He and the band's former drummer, the late Keith Moon, were also famous for destroying hotel rooms.
He is a recovering alcoholic and drug user who nearly died from a heroin overdose after Keith Moon's drug-related death in the early 1980s.
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7 slavery cases in 10 years and the governor's office shows no sign of taking action. Urge Governor Crist to use the full power of his office to end modern-day slavery in Florida fields.
In December, the Department of Justice wrapped up yet another farm labor slavery case in Florida -- the seventh such case in ten years.
Take Action Now! Tell Governor Crist to take a stand against modern-day slavery.
This most recent case involved well over 1,000 workers. Yet, when a reporter called Governor Crist's office about it, the governor declined to comment and instead passed the call off to the spokesperson for Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Terrence McElroy, who -- not once, but twice -- implied that one slavery case per year is somehow no cause for alarm.
By signing below, you'll join farmworkers and consumers from across Florida and the U.S. in telling Governor Crist that now is the time to end slavery in Florida's fields.
The letter calls on Governor Crist to publicly condemn modern-day slavery and to demand that the Florida Tomato Growers' Exchange stop trying to nullify agreements between the Coalition of Imokalee Workers and leading fast-food and supermarket purchasers of Florida tomatoes. These hard-fought agreements improve farmworker wages and address the working conditions that provide the fertile soil in which slavery takes root.
Add your voice to this call and send a message to the governor today! Thank you for taking action!


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The Kelley Blue Book was founded in 1926 by California car dealer Les Kelley to help fellow car dealers assess the value of used cars. New cars were added to the book in 1966. The prices listed in the "trade" edition of the book — published for the auto industry only — indicate the value of vehicles that have been reconditioned to manufacturer specifications, safety checked, and warranted by the dealer.
The Wholesale listing refers to the base price for a reconditioned vehicle. The Retail value refers to the estimated dealer asking price for that vehicle, and is often used as a starting point for negotiations with a buyer. Many consumers mistakenly believe that the Wholesale value is the price they can expect to receive when they trade in a vehicle.
However, when you trade in a car, the dealer still has to absorb the cost of readying the vehicle for sale, advertising, sales commission, etc. Therefore, you're unlikely to receive wholesale value. Rather, trade-in values are based on Actual Cash Value (ACV), the price that the car could be expected to bring at auction. ACV is market-driven and varies depending on the demand for that particular make and model at a given time.
In 1993, Kelley began publishing a consumer version of the Blue Book. The consumer version lists Trade-in value — what you can expect to be offered by a dealer when trading in a used vehicle; and Retail value — the asking price you can expect from a dealer. Wescom finances up to 100% of Retail value plus tax, license, and MBI. To find out the Kelley Blue Book value of a vehicle, click here or call 1-888-4WESCOM (1-888-493-7266).


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So as a Brit that has the enjoyable right to free health care at the point of delivery, where health care is seen as a fundamental part of being a free, inclusive and fair society the out pouring of faux outrage today has been mildly amusing to say the least.
Universal health care is next! It rocks.
So to today we have had:
Roberts was blackmailed by Obama and Axlerod – Secret service over heard talking about this one
It's all the mainstream conservatives fault…..if they had just listened to the right wing loons this would never have happened! - can anyone say Beck!!!
It is all Gonzales fault of course - he is not white you know!!!!
Apparently SCOTUS ruling is like 9/11….WTF?
Just cause SCOTUS says it constitutional does not mean it is….. 3 branches anyone?
It is also of course the biggest tax increase in the world – hyperbole much?
Oh and the wonderful Obama Lies, Freedom Dies
Freedom is knowing that if you get diagnosed with a serious disease they have to treat you. They have to fund it and they cannot destroy your credit rating and steal your house through ill fate and ill health. That is Universal health care. You are not there yet. But well on the road. Well done you…..this is just the beginning. Of course we do have this oil in the ointment of health care and human rights:
Romney does not give a shit about your healthcare *sigh* - most rich bastards don't.


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Philanthropist and former Arizona Regent Esther N. Capin died Sunday, surrounded by her family. She was 78.
She died after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, said her son Jim Capin.
"She nurtured and guided each one of her children, and their children, towards individual successes," said her daughter Bonnie Dunnum.
Jim Capin said of his mother: "She instilled in us and others to pursue our education and to reach our highest potential.
"She personified the qualities of integrity, creativity, caring and community involvement."
Esther Capin served on the Arizona Board of Regents from 1978 to 1992, and was twice named its president, said her son.
She also served on the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners from 1976 to 1978, and was a founding member of the University of Arizona Health Center, serving on the center's board for 24 years, Jim Capin said.
He said his mother was born Esther Nathan in Chicago on Dec. 23, 1934, but was raised in Los Angeles.
She married businessman Richard L. Capin on Oct. 2, 1955. He came from a pioneer family that built a Nogales mercantile business into a chain of stores across the Southwest, said her son.
Richard L. Capin, who worked in the family business for about 40 years, became president of Capin Mercantile Corp., Jim Capin said.
As a philanthropist, among the causes Esther Capin supported were education, the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, the University of Arizona and the Jewish Federation for Southern Arizona, Jim Capin said.
He said his mother was supportive of the fine arts and bringing programs to Nogales Unified School District, and Stories that Soar to the Flowing Wells Unified School District.
She also helped found the Nogales Public Library, and was a founding member of the Santa Cruz County Family Guidance Center.
Esther Capin graduated with a bachelor's in psychology from the UA in 1977, and a master's in counseling and guidance in 1979, also from the UA.
She is survived by five children and 10 grandchildren.
Services are Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Temple Emanu-El at 225 N. Country Club Road.
Contact reporter Carmen Duarte at 573-4104 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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When i looked at this picture I was like what the frick! But it is funny but not at the same time, even thought it is a hit on Twilight, a bad one.
But i think some of you's will like the humor out of it. I am not happy with it, just thought to share it with yous. Plus I embedded a link in the picture, to where i got it. So click on the picture and you will be surprised on where I found it.


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Rick Low wrote:
> tell mpd to get the DNS addresses. All I know about mpd I learned in the
> last hour, but I hacked your /etc/inc/interfaces.inc to include the
> following two lines in wan_pppoe_configure() where you generate mpd.conf:
> set ipcp enable req-pri-dns
> set ipcp enable req-sec-dns
> Now when the link comes up, the log shows something better:
Right, that was part of the problem (but not all) - thanks! I have to
admit that I really didn't consider this a serious issue (my ADSL
provider does not assign any DNS servers via PPPoE, even when requested
explicitly with those options), so I didn't try much at all.
> Unfortunately it still doesn't work and I wasn't able to figure out why.
That's an easy one: you'll have to decrement all the $x variables in
ppp-linkup by one because the MPD manual seems to be wrong about the
parameters passed to the up-script - here's what it says:
script interface inet local-ip remote-ip authname [ dns1 server-ip ] [
dns2 server-ip ]
According to your log entry, the authname parameter is missing, so
that's probably why it didn't work. Could you check if this is indeed
the case and tell me so I can fix it for the next version?


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The professor was asked to speak to a local congregation on Mother's Day. Herewith is an abridged version of his remarks.
When I was an undergraduate student, I had to work in the summers to keep myself afloat.
My parents paid my tuition but I had to earn my pocket money and so I got a job in a large restaurant corporation. My job title was "porcelain maintenance engineer." I will let you translate "porcelain maintenance engineer" into English: I was a dishwasher, and for six to eight hours a night I ran plates, cups and silverware through the Hobart washer for minimum wage.
Now in the restaurant, some days were better and some were worse than others. Monday was a good night in the porcelain maintenance industry because very few people dine out on Mondays. Sunday and Tuesday were OK, Friday was bad and Saturday was worse.
But the worst day of all, the lowest pit of the afterlife, was, of course, Mother's Day. Everybody on the planet takes the old bird out for a meal on Mother's Day. Even if they make Mom work like a slave every other day of the year, on Mother's Day, they all take the poor old woman to the restaurant where I had to work like a slave.
The Scriptures give us a very clear teaching, an absolute order, which we do well to remember on Mother's Day. To Moses on the Mountain of Sinai, God Almighty gave humanity a very clear order, "Honor your Father and your Mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you." (Exodus 20:12)
And St. Paul reminds us that this Mosaic commandment still applies to all people and that it is a command, which has a promise attached, that we will prosper if we obey this command. (Ephesians 6:2)
So today we do well to honor our mothers, as well as our aunties, grandmothers and the holy women in our lives. Let me say a special welcome to those of you in church today who are here with your mothers and a particular welcome to you rascals who have not been here since last Mother's Day. Be sure to honor your mother by coming back to your community's worship next week as well.
I want to think for a brief moment on how we honor our mothers. This is a very practical commandment which God gave us. We honor our mothers and the noble women in our lives when we do five things.
No. 1: We honor them when we are young by respecting our mothers and by frequently thanking them for all that they do for us. Let me say to all of the young people here today that the most beautiful words, which your mother is truly pining to hear, are the simple little words "thank you - I appreciate all you do for me."
If you have not said those words to her recently, make sure you say them soon: "Thank you for all you have done for me."
No. 2: When we become adults, when we make that difficult shift from childhood to adulthood, we honor our mothers by accepting the fact that they are human beings. Children sometimes see their mothers as powerful supernatural being who are in charge of everything.
When we enter the college years and our early 20s, we have to meet our mothers again, and love them in a new way, when we learn that they are flawed human beings, no different than us. Sometimes we have to learn to forgive our mother and our father, and if we do not, we will die as angry burned-out souls.
Are you angry at one of your parents? Did you not call Mom on Mothers's Day last Sunday? Pick up the phone and give her a call. Do it right now. Yes, I mean YOU.
No. 3: When age draws upon our mothers, and they grow weak and need assistance, we must continue to honor our mothers by seeing that they have all that they need in life - comfort, medical care, enough pocket money, transportation and all of the other necessities and dignities they need.
Dealing with older people can be a challenge for the young and middle-aged, and to be honest with you, one of my parents was a particular trial in the last years. But that command which God gave us, "Honor your Father and your Mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you," does not have a time limit on it.
God did not say "Honor the your Mom only when you are a kid and then ditch the old bat when she gets annoying." God's commands are meant to last for our, and her, entire life.
No. 4: We honor our mothers when our mothers are gone from this earth, as both of my parents are. We must still pray for them, about them, that Christ will bless their names in eternity. This is why, in the Catholic tradition in the United States, we offer a novena of Masses for our departed mothers and the holy women in our lives every year at this time.
In the evangelical tradition Christians do not pray for the dead but they do thank God for the contributions the dead have made in their time on this earth. In death, we honor our mothers in prayer.
In the Jewish tradition, one blesses the name of God on behalf of the dead. Mother's Day is a good day, and it reminds us to honor our mothers. But there is something else we must say.
No. 5: We honor our own mothers when we hold in special prayer and in love another group of mothers and fathers, those for whom this is a difficult day. We honor our own mothers when we love and show kindness to those for whom Mother's Day is a painful day, for those beautiful women who have ever lost a child.
And to those mothers and father today who have lost a child, please know that the church has a very special message on Mother's Day, a message which the secular world and many other religions cannot give.
It is always difficult to know what to say to anyone who has lost a child, but no loss is more terrible than a child. But Christians have the words, and we say this: You will see your child again.
We say, "I am a Christian and I believe that you will see your children again, beautiful and intact, clothed in light; you will recognize them and they will know you and love you."
This is our message of love to anyone who has lost children: You will be with them and hold them again in the kingdom of God.
There was a time in the history of the church when people worried about what happens to unbaptized or stillborn children, and so some theologians speculated that perhaps they end up in limbo. But this is not what we believe. The great Protestant reformers rejected the concept of limbo entirely at the Reformation.
The Second Vatican Council, under the authority of His Holiness Pope Paul VI, decreed that all children who die are saved in Christ. And so many of us can say, yes, you will see your child again.
We have a further aspect of this teaching which is important, particularly in my own faith tradition in which we Catholics believe so strongly in the right to life from the moment of conception to natural death.
There are times when a woman might miscarry an unborn child. Doctors tell us that miscarriage is very common, and many women have probably had them and never known it. Sometimes women have a miscarriage and they can easily come to terms with it, but other times they feel the loss very deeply.
Well-intended people might tell them, "Well, do not worry; you will have another one." But while this might be statistically true, this is cold comfort to a woman in grief. To the woman who has endured a miscarriage, we can say the same thing: You are a real and true mother, your pain is real, and we love you, but know also, you will see your child again. Even now, your precious child is safe with Jesus and certainly waits in prayer for you before the throne of Christ.
In the Gospel, Jesus promised us that for those who obey God's commands, there is a blessing. Jesus says, "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him."
We keep God's word when we honor our mothers all the days of our life. We receive God's blessing when we honor our mothers in five ways; in youth we honor our mothers when we thank them for what they have done, in young adult hood we honor them by accepting them as human beings and continuing to love them in spite of their flaws. We honor our mothers when we care for them in old age, and we honor them when we pray for them in death.
And we honor our own mothers when we comfort those blessed mothers in sorrow. If you do these things, God promises that you will be blessed in this life and in the life to come.
Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is a professor of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. Write to him at Professing Faith, P.O. Box 8102, Redlands, CA 92375-1302, or e-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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After 20 years, Rose returns for degree
by Sandy Bond
"Never, ever criticize an individual's interpretation of the fine arts-to draw, to dance or to sing," Rose "Pat" Forget' said, "particularly not of an impressionable child. The arts are so subjective-who are you to designate yourself art critic?
That fleeting, lofty moment as a self-described art critic could hold that young person's dreams hostage or destroy that joy for them forever. Rose should know. It nearly happened to her.
After a hiatus from the art world of nearly two decades, Rose will receive her bachelor's degree in fine arts magma cum laude in May from Northern State University at Aberdeen.
As a junior in high school, she said, her art teacher decided to try reverse psychology to motivate her to try harder.
"He or she, you know I don't even remember their name," she said, "but the hateful remarks, 'you'll never be an artist,' remained!"
Her senior art exhibition, "Sensuality-One Woman's Perspective," is scheduled from April 23 through May 4, on the first floor of Krikac Hall, west of the Johnson Fine Arts Center at Northern State.
"This is a very non-provocative exhibition," she said. "'Sensuality,' is my interpretation of how difficult life can be for women but also how beautiful women are-it's how a woman uses all of her senses, including intuition."
"I'm proud to say that my thirty-inch by thirty-inch acrylic multi-colored, "Tassels," was one of two purchased by NSU President James Smith," she said.
Two art presentations are chosen by the president and will be displayed in the Missouri River Room of the Student Union Center.
Acrylics, and even weaving, are incorporated into her senior art exhibition. One concept piece, one of her favorites, she has unofficially named, "Grandma Rose's Kitty Cat Song." It's a rocking chair draped with Baby Rose's baby blanket.
"My grandmother rocked over 20 babies, children and then grandchildren, in a rocking chair similar to this one," she said. "And while she rocked, she sang this strange little song about a kitty cat. To me, it epitomizes what we feel as infants-you can feel the love."
After graduation from a high school in upper Michigan, Patricia Rose married Claude Forget' and they raised four children, Rochelle, Desiree, Nicole and Degere. While Claude became a long-haul trucker, Pat became the primary care provider while holding down several part-time jobs.
With her youngest child leaving the home, Pat began succumbing to empty-nest syndrome. She had been so busy raising the children, she quite forgot about herself, she said. Feeling unfulfilled, she decided to return to school and resume her love affair with the arts. And because she was reminded of the phrase, "starving artist," she also found it possible to do the seemingly impossible; completing the course requirements for certified pharmacy technician. Last summer she did her internship at Mobridge Regional Hospital and Family Pharmacy.
Along the journey that was her life for the last six years, she and Claude were estranged, divorced and have reconnected. They will remarry later this year.
"I have changed so much," she said. "I never would have had the courage to participate in fundraising efforts for Safe Harbor by doing "Hair" as part of the "Vagina Monologues."
She is part of a 35-member ensemble that will present segments written by Eve Ensler. Each monologue is read by a varying number of women; the "monologues" change to reflect challenges that women face throughout the world.
Rose will be returning to Java, but has already launched her own website which will feature her original artwork and jewelry.
Her journey may be a lesson learned for many of us. Maybe your grandmother was right. The next person you may meet may never dance for the Bolshoi Ballet, be another Van Gogh, or perform at Carnegie Hall. However, "if you can't say something nice, maybe you should say nothing at all…"
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Jul. 10, 2014 - The Toro Company today celebrated its 100th anniversary as more than 2,000 employees, retirees, channel and business partners, and other valued guests gathered at the company's headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota. Joining Michael J. Hoffman, Toro's chairman and chief executive officer, as he remarked on the company's rich history and the individuals and innovations that helped shape the company's success was Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who presented the official proclamation declaring "Toro Day" in the State of Minnesota, and Bloomington Mayor Gene Winstead.
Left to right: Mayor Gene Winstead (Bloomington); Jeff Appelquist, author of Toro's recently released centennial book, Legacy of Excellence; Governor Mark Dayton (Minnesota); and Michael J. Hoffman, Toro's chairman and CEO (Photo: The Toro Company)
"As we celebrate our first 100 years, it was truly gratifying to be surrounded by many of those who played such a significant role in the company's success," said Hoffman. "We are honored to have such talented employees around the world and individuals who have served the company throughout our history, along with great channel and business partners, who work every day to serve our customers and help advance our efforts in the industry. And, I especially want to thank Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and Bloomington Mayor Gene Winstead for joining our centennial celebration and honoring the people of Toro."
"Part of the mentality of Toro is reaching out to its customers and to the communities, and developing high-quality products while strengthening your market through innovation," said Governor Dayton. "I don't think that the founder could have imagined 100 years ago that Toro would grow to be a Fortune 1000 company, or that more importantly, you'd be a leading corporate citizen in Minnesota. Your contributions to this state have been enormous."
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It was what he said when we were gazing out over the Old City and East and West Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade.
She is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California—Berkeley.
Haas and McLelland "believed that Eric Williams blamed them for his removal from office," wrote Woodall.
She is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
He teaches at the Haas School of Business and Boalt Law School at the University of California Berkeley.
Haas, under the eyes of policemen specially detailed to watch him, killed himself or was killed.
And a man like Haas don't talk that way if he don't mean it.
"Excellent," observed Captain Haas, as he looked them over carefully.
Will you go to Maskey's with me, instead of joining the others at Haas's?
From the highlands below the Monastery, Captain Haas and his men were able to study the situation in the city.


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Flat Tax Proposals Are Perpetual Fount of False Promises: Viewby
Texas Governor Rick Perry is scheduled to unveil a flat tax today, which will bring the number of Republican presidential candidates backing some form of the idea to three and a half.
A 9 percent flat tax is one of the nines in Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan. Newt Gingrich supports an optional flat tax, meaning that taxpayers can opt for a flat tax or file their taxes under the current system, which is what Perry has in mind, as well. The half supporter is Mitt Romney, who, characteristically, says he wants a "flatter" tax but has avoided being pinned down.
People want their taxes simpler, fairer and lower. A flat tax promises all three and would deliver on none.
Let's start with "lower." Taxes cannot be lower for everyone and still raise the same amount of money. For each dollar your taxes are lower, someone else's must be a dollar higher. Yes, cutting taxes may cause people to work harder and thus increase government revenue. This hope masquerading as a theory has dominated conservative economic thinking for three decades, despite all evidence to the contrary. If you want to give everyone a tax cut -- under the current system, under a flat tax or under any other arrangement -- all you have to do is lower the tax rate. This has nothing to do with flatness.
Would a flat tax be "fairer" than the current system? Perry plans to call for a rate of 20 percent, which is lower than today's top rate of 35 percent and higher than today's lowest rate (which is zero). If your income currently puts you in a bracket higher than 20 percent, a 20 percent flat tax constitutes a tax cut. If you're in a bracket lower than 20 percent, a flat tax will constitute an increase, unless it comes with lots of deductions, in which case it's no longer flat. If lowering taxes on high incomes and raising taxes on low incomes would be an improvement, then a flat tax is fairer than the current code. Otherwise, it isn't.
Finally, would a flat tax make paying taxes "simpler"? Under Gingrich's and Perry's "optional" arrangement, people will have to figure their taxes twice in order to decide which system to pay them under. That's not simpler.
Even if the flat tax was the only option, this wouldn't make the tax code much simpler. Multiple brackets add one line and one simple calculation to the chore of computing your taxes. What causes the tremendous complexity of the tax code is defining taxable income. Some complexity is unavoidable in a complex economy. Some of it represents the hard work of lobbyists for special interests. None of it has anything to do with tax rates or how many brackets there are.
We're not opposed to reform that cuts loopholes, ends subsidies and lowers tax rates. But any reform must make the tax code more progressive, not less.
To contact the senior editor responsible for Bloomberg View's editorials: David Shipley at email@example.com .


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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
As US a person - your husband are required to report all income worldwide on his (or your joint) tax return.
The value of apartment is generally considered part of his compensation and should be included into taxable income.
His tax liability would be different if he was an employee or a self-employed contractor.
As an US citizen living abroad - you may claim a foreign earned income exclusion.
The person may qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion - he/she should: -- Work and reside outside the United States for at least 330 days during the year, or -- Meet either the Bona Fide or Physical Presence tests.If the person qualifies, he/she may exclude up to $91,400 (2009 in foreign wages -- plus housing allowances (limited to 30% of the earned income exclusion).
To receive that exclusion - the taxpayer should file either form 2555 or 2555EZ.
Here are forms you likely need:
Please be aware that - the exclusion above will not affect self-employment taxes - only income taxes. Only earned income is excludable. For instance dividends, investment income, etc - are not excludable.
If the same income is taxable in Australia and in US - on your US tax return - you may claim a credit for taxes paid abroad - that is besides tax treaty - so you will avoid double taxation.
To determine the amount of credit - you should use the form 1116 and attach it to your tax return. - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1116.pdf
Here are instructions - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1116.pdf
As your husband was outside the US for six months - he would not qualify for a foreign earned income exclusion.
However - he does qualify to deduct travel expenses - including per diem - http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem_action.asp?MenuHide=1&CountryCode=1154
Let me know if you need any help.


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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: SHIELD OF THE REPUBLIC Walter Lippmann Little, Brown ($1.50).
The statesman who means to maintain peace (and yet not play power politics) "must with cold calculation organize and regulate the politics of power." This is no quotation from Goebbels but from Walter Lippmann.* In U.S. Foreign Policy, Mr. Lippmann devotes 177 pages to a lucid discussion of what has been right and what is now wrong in the U.S. notions of its place in the world.
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Your story was amazing it fit jks story.
I have always wanted a story (a good one) about the maudorders and u gave it to me thankyou
Awww!!! A fabulous end to an amazing story!!!!
Author's Response: Thanks for the great reviews. =)
Nice chapter!! Very sad the story is just about over :-(
Wow that was an incredible story. It was hard to read knowing of the inevidably tragic ending. You painted a beautiful picture of love and courage.
Good take on da marauders! I was nearly on the verge of tears, wen anne died. But ya took it da jk way, wid all of them uniting in heaven. I loved dat, n ya got quite a lot of things right! N da character of Anne was soooo good, i think it was da best thing bout da story.
That was so sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!
i live sirius!
im still cryin and im listin to a funny song to what happins next or is this the end
god im cryin like a baby! wow that was....it hurt and hit the spot
In tears! A Fabulous story!! Almost up there with JKR!!!
wow this fic is amazing
wow that chapter was powerful the story in itself was wonderful but that chapter was aprticularly amazing.
Oh my god I loved this story sooooo much thank you for writing it, the only regret I have is that I think you couldn't enjoy ure story as much as we do because you had to think it all up
Author's Response: I enjoyed it thoroughly! Maybe even more than you did, because I know everything else that happened and you don't! haha. thanks so much for all the wonderful reviews.
I shed tears
F*** yea there better be a kick ass battle in the next chapter :/ OR WILL IT BE DUMBLEDORE to the rescue ^^? I'll see right now!
LMFAO I love the gay excuse but I sort of wish you would have let him have the girl :/
That was beautifull
that was soo good, but why did you have to kill Anne, all the bad things happen to Sirius. It was still awesome and amazing.
So Sad!
I alomsot Cryed!
Keep it up.....Hehe...*sob*