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Michelle WeberModel Female Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
My Website: MyspaceMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/michelle3388
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About Me
●I am the mother of a gorgeous 2 1/2 year old little boy who is my first priority. Any scheduling will be based around my full time job and when I can get a babysitter. However, I will do my best to work my schedule around your availability.
●I'm easy to work with and I love just about any style of photography: e.x.- commercial, glamour/fashion, editorial, artisitic/edgy, car modeling, fitness, swimwear, lingerie, implied nudes, etc. I absolutely will not do any full nudes. If during a shoot any private area is exposed those pictures must be kept confidential.
●I will bring an escort to be present during shoots. It's a safety measure; even if I am comfortable with you or have previously worked with you. If this is something you are not okay with, then there is no need to contact me.
●I will not schedule any additional shoots until I receive the finalized/retouched pictures from our previous shoot.
●I expect a master CD from the shoot- I can bring the CD with if you'd like. I will not publish any pictures that will make either of us look bad, I simply want to see all my proofs.
●I'm currently not scheduling any TF shoots. I will only schedule TF for experienced photographers who produce quality work if the concept you are offering is something I find particularly interesting and is something I would like to add to my portfolio. I only require that travel expenses be paid.
●I will not do TF for lingerie or implied shoots.
●My rates are listed and if you wish to schedule a shoot please include the details of the shoot: date, time, approximate length of shoot, wardrobe(whether it's supplied or if I need to bring my own, if so then describe what I should bring), make up(if a MUA is going to do the make up or if I need to arrive with it done), etc.
Lingerie/Implied- $75/hr
Casual/Fashion- $50/hr
TF- Travel expenses
*** Please note: If lingerie/implied and casual/fashion concepts are combined during a shoot, any partial hours will fall under the lingerie/implied rates--within reason. I'm not looking to rip you off or be ripped off myself.
●●●Regarding any shoots: I will not give out my number until a shoot has been confirmed. We can discuss all the details over MM up to the day of the shoot. The sole purpose of exchanging numbers is if something comes up and the shoot needs to be cancelled, if either of us is running late, if I'm having trouble finding the location, etc. I can remember the details much easier when I read them as opposed to hearing it on the phone(especially with a 2 year old in the backround). Plus, I can always open the message up and review anything I need to before the shoot.
●FYI: If you want to work with me then please PRIVATE MESSAGE me and say so. I respond to my inbox, not my tags. I generally do not look at my profile so I don't notice when I have tags.
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Kevin Federline tells on Britney Spears
Kevin Federline reportedly called child protective services on Britney Spears claiming she didn't have the required safety barriers around her pool, and apparently that's why Britney has been living in a Four Seasons Hotel with her manny and two sons. Although this seems less like he cares about the kids and more like he wants to make Britney Spears look like an even worse mother. Which actually isn't very hard. You don't need to call child protective services, just wave a bag of Cheetos in front of her face. She'll trample both her kids trying to get to them, while oinking, "Gimme gimme gimme!"

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I'm very impressed with htdig. Years ago I wrote a crude
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we used for years. It's clear that htdig represents 2
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I have only one complaint about this version. And this is,
that while htdig and htmerge honour the -c command line
option, htsearch seems to *ignore* it. This makes it
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conf file, all would be well. But in fact, this appears
to work (as you htdig and htmerge), yet when htsearch
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This bug forces us to keep a separate set of executables
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to /local/host/disk/path/...
Apart from this annoying problem, htdig is a marvelous
utility! I thank you very much for your effort in developing
and documenting it.
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Hello, I have a question about my period. It was supposed to be last wednesday but I missed it. On friday I checked two pregnancy tests and they were both negative. I have had sex one time since my last period and I am on the birth control pill. My boyfriend and I are going through an extremely rough patch so I have been incredibly stressed and a bit depressed. Also, I was treated for a UTI and had to go to the hospital because of major stomach/kidney pain that it caused. Is it likely that I am pregnant or is it more likely late or missed due to the above things? Thank you.
The views expressed by me are for educational purposes only and do not establish a doctor patient relationship.
Hi there,
I am Mysticdoc, experienced Internal Medicine Specialist.
I am here to help you with your concerns.
It is very unlikely you are pregnant.
You are taking birth control pills regularly.
Although little early, negative pregnancy tests are also reassuring.
Correct every night. I haven't missed any
Stress, recent infection can cause the delay.
If I retest with two more tests tonight and they are both negative again should I be pretty well reassured?
So far, it is not concerning.
you should check next week for more accuracy.
morning sample of the urine is better
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[1]Comcast's (CMCSA[2]) Focus Features and Universal Pictures, announced on Monday[3], who would fill the lead roles in the movie adaptation of E.L. James' 50 Shades of Grey.
The role of Christian Grey will be filled by Charlie Hunnam, who recently appeared in the robot-kaiju film, Pacific Rim. Hunnam currently stars as Jackson Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. Dakota Johnson, who appeared in The Social Network and 21 Jump Street will take the role of Anastasia Steele. The movie is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and is expected to hit theaters in August of next year, reports The Associated Press.
Rumors that Hunnam and Dakota would play the lead roles[4] in the Fifty Shades of Grey film started earlier this month. At the time, Universal Studios responded to those rumors by saying that it wasn't planning any casting offers for the film.
Kelly Marcel, the screenwriter for the movie, says that she isn't pulling any punches[5] and that "there's going to be a lot of sex in this film."
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a monthly devotional journal
Issue No. 106
September 1999
My son, if you will receive my sayings,
And treasure my commandments within you,
Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Then you will discern the fear of the Lord,
And discover the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge
and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.
For wisdom will enter your heart,
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you.
Proverbs 2:1-11 nasb
It was election night, 1904. Theodore Roosevelt was poised to win the White House by an unprecedented landslide. In that moment, at the height of his political power and popularity, he committed one of history's greatest political blunders.
Roosevelt had come into office upon the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley. Subsequently he had enjoyed more than three years of a popular term, was robustly healthy and, at forty-six, still in the prime of life. In those years, there was no legal limit to the number of terms a President could serve. The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which would have limited Roosevelt to only one elected term, after he had assumed such a large portion of McKinley's term, would not be ratified until 1951. So, though the tradition had been that a President not run for more than two terms, Roosevelt was free to run for two more full terms--or more.
Yet, that night, with his flabbergasted wife and supporters standing off to the side, the President declared to a roomful of reporters that
he would consider the three-and-a-half years between September 1901 and March 1905 as equivalent to a full first term, in the sense that George Washington had understood such things. "The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form," he continued. "Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for, or accept another, nomination."
With that one sentence he signed his political demise, turning himself into a lame duck President before even beginning his first elected term.
Later, writing to a friend, Roosevelt said he would "cut off his right hand if he could just take back those words". For you see, he had said them, said them publicly, and he would stand by those ill-fated words. Though he may have had moments in which he regretted the utterance, there was never any thought given to reneging on the promise; it simply wasn't an option.
In a letter to his friend, Owen Wister, Roosevelt later wrote:
It is a peculiar gratification to me to have owed my election.to Abraham Lincoln's 'plain people'; to the folk who work hard on farm, in shop, or on the railroads, or who own little stores, little businesses which they manage themselves. I would literally, not figuratively, rather cut off my right hand than forfeit by any improper act of mine the trust and regard of these people. I may have to do something of which they will disapprove, because I deem it absolutely right and necessary; but most assuredly I shall endeavor not to merit their disapproval by any act inconsistent with the ideal they have formed of me. (This and the preceding quote are from T.R.: The Last Romantic (BasicBooks, 1997), by H.W. Brands.)
This kind of integrity has become almost obsolete. It has become nauseatingly commonplace for people to do quite the opposite of what they have promised. From the hardware store clerk to the mail-order catalog company, from the utility service representative to the plumber who reams out your pipes--we live in a world where a person's word is only as good as the lawyer one finds to sue them for breach of contract.
Sadly missing now is the kind of integrity demonstrated by Joseph when he was tempted by the sensual enticements of his master's wife...
So [Potiphar] left in Joseph's care everything he had; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing fr om me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her. Genesis 39:6-10
...or the forthright commitment to his civic responsibilities shown by Daniel to King Darius.
Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Daniel 6:3-4
Even in the simple, more mundane commitments people make every day--"I'll call you tomorrow.", "I'll pick you up at 6:00."--we are a society in which integrity has become something to snicker at--as one would chuckle at the naivetÇ of an unsophisticate. To be only fifteen minutes late is now to be on time; to have something more pressing prevent your arrival all together is not to be rude, but now fashionable.
Jesus taught us to follow through on what we say. He said not to depend on trite, meaningless oaths, but for us to just mean and do what we say.
"And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." Matthew 5:36-37
But for many today, this is asking too much. Commitment and courtesy to others has now been replaced by a commitment to self, courtesy shown only to one's own desires. The standard for all of society has now become that of the high school girl who, at the last minute, breaks her date with the pimple-faced dweeb, because the captain of the football team has just asked her out.
Character and integrity, like all good things, come down from above. They are not built into us from the clay of our substance, but are instilled in us by fathers and mothers, teachers and pastors, and, most of all, by a patient, attentive, righteous God.
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. Prov 11:3
There are few institutions more cutthroat and merciless than the American political scene. Advantage is not only exploited when something unseemly is discovered in the life of an opponent, but unseemliness will also be twisted and manufactured out of whole cloth. It's not enough to use a dirty tidbit to reveal a weakness in one's opponent; his record may be distorted beyond all recognition to create the unfavorable impression.
The rules of the game are vicious: When the opponent is down, he may be kicked and pummeled unmercifully. Reputations, even lives are destroyed to advance one's career--all the while touting one's own good name and pristine character. Underlings are fanned out to dredge up anything and everything that might sully the reputation of the opposition, and when something is found, it is "leaked" to the cooperative press--or a ranking lieutenant holds a sad-faced press conference to announce how "disappointed we all are" to have to release this damning evidence.
King Saul, the first king of Israel, hated David son of Jesse with a vengeance. The prophet Samuel had anointed David as a replacement for the corrupt Saul. And though he would periodically remember his affection for the young man who was his son's best friend, King Saul was more powerfully motivated by his jealousy of David, and sought every opportunity to do away with him.
After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, "David is in the Desert of En Gedi." So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 1 Samuel 24:1-2
Saul's pursuit of David was rooted in his jealousy of him; his jealousy of David was rooted in the favor God expressed for the young man--against the powerful disfavor He expressed for Saul. His reign had been distinguished by gross sin, arrogance and presumption, and outright rebellion against the Lord who had set him on the throne. Not only had the prophet Samuel informed him that he was a marked man, but that his replacement was someone particularly close to the Lord's heart. He told the king, "But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD'S command." (1 Samuel 13:14)
The truth of Samuel's pronouncement was borne out in the behavior of David. Instead of striking back, to rid himself of his persistent nemesis, David repeatedly showed honor and respect for the one God had initially anointed. No matter that Saul was now being rejected by God; He was the king, the Lord's anointed, and David would continue to show the appropriate respect.
He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. The men said, "This is the day the LORD spoke of when he said to you, 'I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'" Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe. 24:3-4
It didn't seem like much. Saul didn't even notice that David had crept up silently and cut away a small portion of his robe. He finished his business and went on his way.
But David--because he was a man after God's own heart--knew that what he had done was wrong. He was immediately convicted of his offense.
Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD'S anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the LORD." With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. 1 Samuel 24:1-7
During Saul's long pursuit of David, the younger man had more than one opportunity to kill the king. But he steadfastly refused to take the advantage. No one would have blamed him, had he followed through on the counsel from his men. From a human perspective David had every right to defend himself from the very real threat of death from the king. But because he walked by God's perspective, instead of man's, David refused to go that route.
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. Prov 12:22
Today image is everything. It would seem that no one really cares to know the truth about anyone else--so long as that person looks and sounds good. Character and integrity have become so thin in the human condition that even our national leaders are now elected based not on who they are, or what they have accomplished, but on how they comport themselves before the camera. Do they say all the things we wish to hear? Do they have quick answers that tickle our personal agendas? Well, then by all means, let's vote for them!
No matter how the world conducts itself, God's standards remain the same. The world may now give greater weight to image and sound bites, but God still examines the heart. That's what He said to the prophet Samuel when He sent him to select Israel's second king from the sons of Jesse.
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7
And God was looking at the heart--not the outward appearance--when He passed judgement on two members of the early church: Ananias and Sapphira.
Extravagant generosity was heavy in the air during those first heady days of the Christian church. Luke tells us that "All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts." (Acts 2:44-46) More than just trinkets and inconsequentials, the believers were selling even their homes and real estate: "There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need." (4:34-35)
But there were some in the church who reckoned that the appearance of sacrifice would suffice, that all they need do was say that they were giving to the church the entire proceeds from the sale of their property.
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet. Acts 5:1-2
Their deception bore a heavy consequence. The leader of the church, Peter, knew immediately that they were lying to him and the rest of the church. More than that, they were lying to God and the Holy Spirit. It was God who judged them--and judgement was swift.
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." Acts 5:3-4
When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. Acts 5:5-6
Because she was in cahoots with her husband, part of the conspiracy from the beginning, Sapphira met with the same fate.
About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price." Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her and. 5:7-10
God's swift judgement seems harsh to us, but that opinion says more about our descending standards, than the standards of an unchanging God.
We say we live in the "New Testament era," an epoch under God's grace--and we do. But who's to say that God's righteous hand no longer carries out justice in this world? Who can say with authority that when someone suddenly drops dead, or experiences a sudden run of 'bad luck,' that he or she has not been visited upon by the judgement of a holy God?
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand--
The shadow of a mighty Rock
Within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.
Upon that cross of Jesus
Mine eye at times can see
The very dying form of One
Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart with tears
Two wonders I confess--
The wonders of redeeming love
And my unworthiness.
I take, O cross, thy shadow
For my abiding-place;
I ask no other sunshine than
The sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by,
To know no gain nor loss,
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all the cross.
Elizabeth C. Clephane
A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. Prov 28:20
People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their works would shine forth brightly. Do not imagine that you can ground your salvation upon actions; it must rest on what you are. The ground upon which good character rests is the very same ground from which man's work derives its value, namely, a mind wholly turned to God. Verily, if you were so minded, you might tread on a stone and it would be a more pious work than if you, simply for your own profit, were to receive the Body of the Lord and were wanting in spiritual detachment. Meister Eckhart
Our society has become so inured to a life constructed of Styrofoam and tinsel, that when the real thing comes along we're not sure how to react. People have become so accustomed to the paper and balsam wood fronts erected by so many, thinking that construction to be the real thing, that when someone of true substance happens along, they're left feeling ill-at-ease, awkward, wishing only to return quickly to their more comfortable Land of Illusions.
When members of the press--that inbred fraternity so accustomed to hype and spin and well-rehearsed sound bites--are presented with someone of real depth and substance, such as a Mother Teresa or Billy Graham, they trip all over themselves struggling to report the story in their typical fashion. But they're left the fool, since plastic is a poor companion to rich mahogany.
The early persecution of the young church of the First Century, by such figures as Saul of Tarsus, caused the rapid dissemination of the gospel. As the followers of Christ escaped the intense persecution around Jerusalem, they carried the Good News with them to many who had not yet seen or heard the truth about Jesus.
Leaving Jerusalem, Philip traveled to Samaria, and there began proclaiming Christ, working miracles, and baptizing the new believers. Among them was a magician named Simon who had developed a considerable following in the area.
But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God." And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. Acts 8:9-11 nkjv
Through his sorcery and grand showmanship, people regarded him (at his considerable coaxing) as a messiah in his own right--even referring to Simon as the "Great Power of God." But, according to Luke, even this man believed the word about Jesus Christ as preached by Philip, was baptized, and became a camp follower of the disciple.
They followed [Simon] because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw. Acts 8:11-13
But there are different shades of 'believing.' The magician was less enamored of Jesus Christ, than of the miracles and crowd-pleasing wonders being performed in His name. Simon may have believed some of what Philip was teaching, but for the most part he was more impressed by the disciple's success in drawing crowds, and thought that if he hung around long enough, he'd discover a way to cash in on the whole enterprise.
That opportunity presented itself when Peter and John arrived in Samaria to complete the conversion process. Though we may not understand--or agree upon--the details, somehow the Samaritan's conversion to Christ had been accomplished without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The two apostles came from Jerusalem to confirm what had been done so far, and to pray that the new believers would now receive the Holy Spirit.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:14-17
Peter and John began laying hands on the people, and they received the Holy Spirit. And Simon the magician didn't miss a beat. Here at last was his chance to cash in on the spread of this new faith. He had already shown that he could talk the talk, and work slights of hand to pass himself off as someone from God--even God himself--to the gullible in the area. But he knew that on his own he couldn't pull off this business of bestowing the Holy Spirit on new converts. Simon figured people would pay good money for that, and, being a good businessman, he was willing to spend money to make money.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." (8:18-19)
There's no mistaking Peter's temper in his response to Simon. He, better than anyone else, knew that faith in Jesus Christ was to be total. One could not believe just a little bit, or pick and choose only the best parts. One could not defend Christ one day and betray Him the next, and still consider himself a true believer. And one could not call himself a follower of Christ while selling off the good parts to an ignorant people. It was Jesus who paid the ransom.
Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin." (8:20-23)
In confirmation of the shallow depth of his faith--if any faith at all--Simon's reply was, essentially, "Repent and pray to the Lord? *You* do it." If he couldn't turn a profit on this newfangled 'Christian' stuff, then he wasn't interested.
It does not matter how much or how little you know about Jesus Christ. It does not matter how you have come to that knowledge. If your faith is not a living power, leading to love and self-surrender, it is really nought. One thing only unites to God--a faith which cleanses the heart, a faith which lays hold on Christ with will and conscience, a faith which, resting on penitent acknowledgement of sin, trusts wholly to His great mercy. Alexander Maclaren
God is looking for people who are the real thing. The world may be perfectly willing to settle for the glitter and nonsense of a plastic faith, but the Lord God is not so simple-minded. He prefers to work with people of substance, people of good character. Not those who are perfect, by any definition, but those who are willing to live with the consequences of their promises--those who are fully committed to serving Him with integrity.
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Thanks to a generous grant from Rotary International, FAVL will be developing more local-oriented books that inspire people to read more and create more. Our local partner Rotary Club in Burkina Faso is the Ouagadougou Savane club.
One of our first projects is to soon publish a photo book using text and photos from Koura Bemave, a retired soldier in the village
of Bereba (and our own
FAVL representative Koura Donkoui's father!).
Bemave, now 81, was in the French Army in the 1950s and kept a wonderful
small collection of photos from his years of service. He has agreed to share these with the community
of readers in the villages, and we will soon be printing copies for each of the
libraries. For now we thought we would
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David Barton, an evangelical activist and writer often cited as a "historian" by conservative political figures like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, stirred up such a firestorm of controversy with his latest book "The Jefferson Lies" that his publisher now claims to have "lost confidence" in the text, opting Thursday evening to pull it from stores.
The announcement by Christian mega-publisher Thomas Nelson comes after readers of The History News Network at George Mason University elected Barton's latest work as "the least credible history book in print." It was also challenged by an assemblage of "10 conservative Christian professors" in the recently released book, "Getting Jefferson Right," which accuses Barton of grossly misrepresenting the nation's third president.
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There are millions of different names people can choose to name their boats, which is why it is surprising when so many people choose the same one. Take a look at these 10 overly used boat names and why people choose them.
1. Serenity: 558 Vessels
Serenity is probably the most popular boat name of all time. It has been in the top ten list for the past decade, or at least some form of it, such as Serenity Now. Serenity means to be in a calm and relaxed state the perfect atmosphere for a yacht or luxury boathouse.
2. Liberty: 488 Vessels
In 2002, Liberty was number one on the top 10 list. Lady Liberty and Liberty Call are also common varieties of the name. Liberty is a great name for a recreational boats that want to cruise fast and be free to go any direction in the water.
3. Osprey: 334 vessels
Osprey is the name of a bird that hangs out over the water, which is why it is commonly used as a boat name. It is a great choice for a fishing boat because the Osprey is one of the best bird fishers.
4. Odyssey: 324 Vessels
The Odyssey is a Greek, epic poem by Homer about Odysseus and his adventures over the water. Thats why it is such a popular boat name. People always like to use history when coming up with names.
5. Obsession: 321 Vessels
Lots of people are obsessed with their boats, making Obsession, the perfect name choice. Some variations of the name include Liquid Obsession and H2O Obsession. If you can't get enough of the water, "Obsession" is a good boat name for your vessel.
6. Black Pearl: 149 Vessels
This boat name became popular after the release of the movie, The Pirates of the Caribbean, since The Black Pearl was the name of Jack Sparrows pirate ship. Of course, it can be the name of any boat, not just a pirate ship.
7. Aquaholic: 136 Vessels
Aquaholic, was the most popular boat name in 2010. It is great for people who cant get enough of the water. Whether you own a yacht with Empire bimini covers or a simple fishing boat, Aquaholic is a great name.
8. Sea Horse: 132 Vessels
The sea horse is one of the most magical aquatic animals, so its not surprising that so many people name their boat after this creature. Plus, according to the United States Coast Guard, there are 12,066 vessels with some variation of Sea in its name.
9. Moonlight: 109 Vessels
Moonlight adds a bit of romance to a boat, making it a great name for a private yacht or romantic boathouse.
This list is just 10 of the most overly used boat christening names. Would you ever name your boat with one of these clichés?


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Finance and insurance companies have overtaken the legal sector to become the most active in terms of lease enquiries in the Sydney city office sector.
New research from CBRE on enquiry rates suggests the financial services and insurance sectors have helped drive a pick-up in the amount of office space required in Sydney's flagging office market, where the vacancy rate is hovering around 10 per cent.
The number of CBD leasing enquiries in the second and third quarters of the year was down marginally on 2012 – but the space required, 171,890 square metres, was up 15 per cent.
"While the majority of enquiries this time last year was from the legal sector, by far the strongest level of enquiry in Q2 and Q3 was from finance and insurance tenants," CBRE director Tim Molchanoff says.
"Our data highlights a combined requirement for about 103,385 square metres of space, up from just 17,250 square metres in the same period in 2012."
Enquiries from legal tenants, a backbone of Sydney office leasing in recent years, have dropped significantly from about 40,000 square metres to 10,000 square metres, according to CBRE's data.
Mr Molchanoff says recent activity involving financial services groups included State Street taking a 1425 square-metre floor of sub-lease space off the market at 420 George Street and Bank of Queensland committing to levels eight and nine of 126 Philip Street, totalling 2900 square metres.
Heartbeat back in the finance and insurance sectors
Westpac had meanwhile taken two additional floors within 151 Clarence Street.
Mr Molchanoff expects the activity to continue into 2014, as many financial and insurance groups are in the market for space at the moment. This includes Bank of America Merrill Lynch (8000 square metres), QBE Insurance (8000 square metres), Rabobank (12,000 square metres), Flexigroup (3000 square metres), Mizuho Corporate Bank (2800 square metres), Willis Australia (2700 square metres) and Pacific Equity Partners (1200 square metres).
Insurer IAG has taken up a large chunk of the enquiry rate when it came to the market in October, for 30,000 square metres. UBS is also understood to be mulling options, even though it is not officially in the market.
The listed Flexigroup, located on the city's North Shore, is understood to be looking at moving to a more central location.
"Over the past six months it's been pleasing to see a heartbeat again in the finance and insurance sectors, with a range of groups not only assessing their options but also seeking additional space; we haven't seen this for quite some time," Mr Molchanoff says.
Other large companies in the market include lawyers King & Wood Mallesons, education firm Navitas, engineers Arup and professional services group Marsh Mercer.
The Australian Financial Review


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The host Hudson girls lacrosse team earned a commanding 14-5 victory over Gates Mills Hawken April 17 at Scott Malson Field.
Maria Russell had five goals and one assist and Jackie Kisthardt had five goals.
Kasey Thom had two goals and one assist and Maddie Valko and Annie Lori each added one goal and one assist. Kiley Merrill finished with three assists.
Ally Prosser won 12 of 16 draws for the Lady Explorers (4-4).
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NFL fines three players for illegal hits
The NFL fined three players a total of $175,000 for illegal hits but did not suspend any of them Tuesday.
The league fined Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison $75,000 and fined Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson and New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather $50,000 each, the NFL announced.
"Future offenses will result in an escalation of fines up to and including suspension," Ray Anderson, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, wrote in letters to the players, according to the league's announcement.
The league called the hits "flagrant violations of player safety rules" and said that Harrison was a repeat offender because of a previous fine this season for a roughing the passer penalty.
Anderson said Monday that the league planned to begin considering suspensions of players for illegal and dangerous hits to an opponent's head, even for a first offense. That announcement came a day after an alarming series of hits during Sunday's games that left players with head injuries.
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If this rule has been ignored for years, and now they start enforcing it, how can they fine these players after the fact?
I can see fining players who hit helmet-to-helmet after the announcement, but these three players had no intent to do anything wrong.
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Emergency training important
Redlands recently resurrected the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training led by Fay Glass, the city's newly hired Emergency Operations Manager.
While many people assume that someone will take care of them in the event of an unexpected catastrophic disaster, many do not realize that many cities do not have sufficient human and material resources to accomplish efficient, effective and expedient search and rescue; disaster containment and mitigation; and life and property assessment, treatment and transport.
Ms. Glass, along with two key volunteer CERT trainers and multiple other key speakers (fire, Southern California Edison, gas, local Ham operations) prepared several weeks ahead coordinating sponsors, speakers and city officials to teach a class of 19 energized and enthusiastic adults (and one teen!) to be CERT-trained.
They all gave up an entire sun-filled beautiful weekend (20 hours; Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday) to learn emergency preparedness at their homes and immediate communities with hands-on training and realistic simulation drill.
While some of the 19 may not proceed with further training, they all have developed a sense of respect and understanding for the need of being prepared.
They may be your neighbor who may be able to help you when a disaster hits… or may not be your neighbor.
You may be alone.
Although the cost is free and you will be equipped with limited supplies, a designated helmet, vest and backpack ("Go-Bag"), it requires on-going training and awareness of the needs in your immediate community.
This provides an excellent opportunity for all of us to get to know our neighbors… in advance of disasters.
— Sam Wong
Editor's note: The next available CERT Basic Training Course will take place Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and 2. Register at http://www.cityofredlands.org/certregistration


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Eliminating Sophomoric Sports Leads
(Kenn Finkel — firstname.lastname@example.com)
Why write leads, anyway?
The lead to a story has one purpose, to get the reader to go further. Anything that causes the reader to blink, to re-read, to digest, to ponder the meaning or significance of your words, defeats the whole idea of the lead.
That being the case, let's look at some things that are not the purpose of the lead.
n To prove to your supervisor that you were there.
n To one-up the reporters at the competing newspapers.
n To impress editors on the sports copy desk.
n To make something simple into something complicated.
n To see how many facts or numbers you can cram into one sentence.
n To show how often you go to the movies.
n To demonstrate your knowledge of pop culture.
n To imitate people who read from a prompter on a television show.
Keep it simple.
There are few hard and fast rules for writing leads, but there are guidelines. As the whole idea is to get the reader to go further, you should examine any lead that tends to get complex. Declarative sentences that go easy on the numbers are a good start.
Every sentence shouldn't follow the same format, of course, but most leads do better when they follow the subject-verb-object style. And there's no rule that says the entire lead has to be one sentence.
Instead of:
With a lot of help from a defense that just wouldn't quit, an inspired Valley West team found itself staring at a season-destroying loss before rallying to beat Bradford, 17-16, at Parkland Stadium last night on a Frank Foster 25-yard field goal with three seconds left in the game that followed a critical Ed Parker interception of a Steve Willingham pass.
Try this:
Valley West
The second example gets in the same facts as the first, and the facts are mostly in the same order. The differences are the simplicity of the subject-verb-object format and the fact that the lead is two sentences instead of one.
Few readers would work their way through the first example. Leads like that one might satisfy a reporter attempting to get as many ideas as possible into the first sentence, but for what purpose? Who gains from that? The whole idea is to entice the reader to go further, not to absorb as much as possible before pausing at a period. The second example gets in the facts with a less-breathless style, at least making it easier on the reader.
It's the duty of the copy editor — to the reader as well as to the reporter — to fix the first example so that it resembles the second.
Some bad lead techniques.
These are among the kinds of leads that editors should attempt to eliminate from our sports sections:
n They are inundated with numbers.
n They attempt to cram too many unrelated facts into a sentence.
n They drop extraneous facts between commas, instead of into later paragraphs.
n They leave you breathless with hyperbole.
n They make preposterous presumptions, assuming that you'll know they're a joke.
n They set records with their sheer numbers of clichés.
n They cloak athletes in super-human clothing.
n They liken athletes to mythical animals.
n They load up on cute nicknames that bore the readers.
n They use buzzwords (nicknames that modify names instead of replacing them).
n They can't decide which angle is better — so they use both.
n They play the games — not on paper, but on a field or a court or ice or in a pool.
n They follow a quotation with a sentence that says the same thing.
n They are loaded with jargon — such as T*A*N synonymania.
n They tell you that something is no exception to something that you already know.
n They tell you that someone is not your typical something.
n They tell you what happened on a certain date years ago, when it's not relevant.
n They toss in opinion loosely disguised as news reporting.
n They back into facts by saying that something was supposed to happen — and did.
n They ask general questions instead of telling you the answers.
n They ask you what several dissimilar people have in common.
n They begin with a pronoun, asking you to guess which noun it replaces.
n They set the scene by having someone lean back in a chair before talking.
n They set the scene with some ridiculous parallel that isn't connected to the story.
n They set the scene stating an error as fact.
n They make cliché David Letterman lists (number 10 through number 1).
n They liken individuals to Rodney Dangerfield (. . . get no respect).
n They make obscure references to film titles or lines.
n They superfluously remind us what day it is (Valentine's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving).
n They rely on odious comparisons for shock value (death, destruction, illness, injury).
n They trivialize war (bombs, infantry, artillery, battlefields, minefields, casualties).
From Kenn Finkel, M&K Consulting Services. Anyone wanting to use this material in a public forum should contact Finkel at email@example.com .


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text: Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC) today announced an agreement with ThermopeutiX, Inc. to commercialize the TAPAS catheter, a therapeutic infusion system. The product has recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and is awaiting the issuance of a CE certificate. It will be launched in a limited number of US and European hospitals in the first quarter of 2012. The TAPAS catheter is intended for targeted infusion of therapeutic and diagnostic agents in the peripheral vasculature. The TAPAS catheter is an innovative system featuring two compliant occlusion balloons enabling targeted local delivery of any physician-specified agent. A unique feature of the device is the ability to adjust the treatment zone up to 300mm, allowing for the treatment of long vessels with only one device and, in certain cases, multiple lesions with one device. The medication can be aspirated out of the catheter after treatment, providing localized intravascular treatment without systemic run-off. The TAPAS catheter can be used in conjunction with Spectranetics' laser atherectomy or other interventional devices. Clinical studies are currently underway to investigate whether debulking with laser or other atherectomy devices prior to drug delivery improves patient outcomes. "I am very excited to begin working with the new TAPAS catheter," said Dr. Lawrence Garcia, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston. "Endovascular treatment is becoming an increasingly targeted therapy approach for our patients. We currently do not have a device that can provide local drug delivery while minimizing systemic effects and be adaptable to a wide variety of patients and anatomies. Although we are years away from the availability of other targeted therapeutic and diagnostic delivery systems in the United States, the TAPAS catheter provides an opportunity for local drug delivery for our patient needs now." The first procedures were performed by Dr. Eric Dippel at Trinity Medical Center in Bettendorf, Iowa. "The TAPAS catheter provides a flexible platform for a variety of applications," said Dr. Dippel. "I was able to use the product to deliver different drugs tailored to the patients' clinical situations."


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Rampant England seal series in style as India collapse
LONDON, (Reuters) – England ripped out India for 94 to win the fifth test by a crushing innings and 244 runs at The Oval yesterday and complete a remarkable transformation by taking the series 3-1.
India capitulated inside 30 overs in another feeble batting display, Chris Jordan taking four wickets for the hosts after Joe Root's unbeaten 149 had put England in complete control of the match.
It was a sweet moment for England captain Alastair Cook whose job was under serious threat after suffering a humiliating loss in the second match against India at Lord's, the team's 10th successive test without a win.
"It was an amazing turnaround after Lord's, the players and the new coaching staff have made a lot of difference," a beaming Cook told reporters.
"India crumbled at the end but that was from the relentless pressure."
Led by Root, England plundered 101 runs in rapid time on the third morning and they picked up the wickets of openers Murali Vijay and Gautam Gambhir to leave India tottering on nine for two at lunch.
Vijay was trapped lbw by James Anderson for two and Gambhir, looking for a non-existent single, was run out by a direct hit from Chris Woakes after being sent back by Cheteshwar Pujara.
The procession continued after an interval extended by a rain delay.
Pujara edged a catch to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler to give Anderson his 380th test wicket, three behind the English record held by Ian Botham.
Ajinkya Rahane was brilliantly caught one-handed by a diving Gary Ballance at third slip off Stuart Broad and MS Dhoni, so often India's saviour in this series, was caught by Sam Robson at short leg off Woakes to leave India in disarray at 46 for five.
Virat Kohli's miserable run continued when, on 20, he edged Jordan to Cook at first slip and Ravichandran Ashwin was caught by Ian Bell at second slip off Jordan after Ballance had pushed the ball up.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar edged Jordan straight to Bell and Varun Aaron failed to beat Moeen Ali's throw from the boundary and was run out trying to make a needless second run.
Jordan had the final say to complete figures of four for 18 when a vicious short ball forced Ishant Sharma to loop a simple catch to Moeen, leaving Stuart Binny 25 not out and the top-scorer in the innings.
"The last three tests, we were not up to the mark. We never competed," Dhoni said.
"Today's batting was a reflection of a loss of confidence. It's disappointing. The youngsters will have learned, not many will have played here. It's important for them. Right from the start, our batsmen haven't performed."
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GONZALES — Investigators have recovered five handguns outfitted with magazines of 30 to 50 rounds used in the April 24 shootout in Darrow that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old man, authorities said.
A handgun typically might have 12 rounds, Ascension Parish Chief Sheriff's Deputy Tony Bacala said Wednesday. "These are magazines with a huge capacity."
Witnesses to the encounter between two groups of men that ended in gunfire had described to detectives seeing guns with huge magazines jutting out some 10 to 12 inches from the bottom of the handguns, Bacala said.
He said detectives still expect to recover some type of assault weapon, like a semi-automatic AK-47. Shell casings from such a weapon were found at the scene.
Seven men have been booked on counts of second-degree murder in the incident, which happened during daylight in a quiet rural area.
Bacala said the investigation remains ongoing. Detectives are continuing to "get information in bits and pieces" and adding to what they already have, he said.
"Until the information is complete, we don't know what we're going to find," he said after the last of the seven suspects had been incarcerated Wednesday.
Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley has described the incident as an orchestrated, retaliatory shootout during which nearly 50 shots were fired across the street from Hopeful Baptist Church, where Bible study was underway.
The incident began when a group of men approached a smaller group of about four to five men standing in a driveway off Brown Extension Street. An argument broke out, followed by shots.
Isaac "Ike" Prestley, 39035 Saturn Drive, Darrow, who was part of the smaller group, died at a hospital after being shot in the hip.
Four men were arrested and booked on second-degree murder and other counts in the immediate aftermath of the incident, all being held at Ascension Parish Jail in lieu of bail set at $1 million or more: father and son Demitoris "Big Tachi" Alexander, 48, 146 E. 26th St., Gonzales, and Tachi Williams, 28, 1222 E. Grace St., Gonzales; Clarence Ruth, 19, 5274 Galaxy Blvd., Darrow, and Cprien Nicholas, 29, 729 Worthey St., Gonzales.
The Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that it was looking for three other men and by Wednesday all were in custody.
One of them, Anthony Clark, 23, 205 E. Roosevelt St., Gonzales, surrendered at the Ascension Parish Jail outside of Donaldsonville late Tuesday night.
Also on Tuesday night, Delano "Deeky" Joseph Alexander, 28, 150 E. 26th St., Reserve, surrendered at the Sheriff's Office in Gonzales, with his lawyer present.
On Wednesday morning, detectives arrested the third wanted suspect, Bruce James, 25, 1222 Hempshire Drive, Gonzales, at a residence in Gonzales.
The three men are being held at the Ascension Parish Jail. Bond had not yet been set by Wednesday afternoon.


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Kuraki Mai to collaborate with 'Detective Conan' for the 21st time
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Linked Horizon to sing 'Shingeki no Kyojin' season 2 opening theme
Linked Horizon will be singing the opening theme for anime 'Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2' premiering on April 1. Back in 2013, Linked Horizon provided "Guren no Yumiya" and "Jiyuu no Tsubasa" as the opening songs for the anime's first season. More details on the opening track will be revealed via the anime's official website.Are you looking forward to the second season of 'Shingeki no Kyojin'? Source & Image: natalie
BREAKERZ to sing new 'Detective Conan' opening theme
BREAKERZ new song "Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite" has been picked up as the new opening theme for anime 'Meitantei Conan' ('Detective Conan') starting January 7. "Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite" will be released as BREAKERZ new single on January 18. It will be available for purchase in Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, and Regular Edition. Among the three types, Limited Edition A will include with six live tracks
YUKI to provide opening theme for '3-gatsu no Lion'
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HKT48's new song 'Hug tte Iijan' picked up for anime theme
HKT48's new song "Hug tte Iijan" has been picked up as the theme song for anime 'Kamiwaza Wanda.'"Hug tte Iijan" is an uptempo tune with a positive message saying, "If you make mistakes in life, you can try again." The members who will be singing this song are Aramaki Misaki, Inoue Yuriya, Imamura Maria, Oda Ayaka, Kodama Haruka, Komada Hiroka, Sashihara Rino, Shimono Yuki, Takeda Tomoka, Tanaka Yuka, Jitoe Nene, Tsukiashi Amane, Tomiyoshi A
Hey! Say! JUMP's new song is the opening theme for anime 'Time Bokan 24'
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SPYAIR's new song picked up as opening theme for new 'Gundam' anime series
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Mrs PRENTICE (Ryan) (18:08): There is nothing more fundamental to democracy than elections, and there is nothing more important to proper, honest and fair elections than the integrity of the electoral rolls, the very rock upon which our electoral system stands. Today's bill includes provisions that represent a further attack on the integrity and accuracy of the electoral roll. It is for that reason that I rise to speak today on the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2012.
This bill seeks to implement seven recommendations contained in the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters report following the 2010 federal election: The 2010 federal election: report on the conduct of the election and related matters. The bill was first introduced on 29 November 2012 and was referred by the selection committee to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for further scrutiny, through which the committee released its report on 27 February 2012, with the coalition providing a dissenting report to note its opposition to some components of the bill. Specifically, the coalition opposes recommendations 3, 10 and 11. Recommendation 3 includes further changes as to how information is added to the electoral roll by allowing the Australian Taxation Office to share information with the Australian Electoral Commission.
I have previously spoken in this House about my commitment to the integrity of the electoral roll, a system whereby each individual elector acts on their own initiative to comply with the responsibilities that come with being a resident of Australia. In March last year the government passed in the House the Electoral and Referendum (Maintaining Address) Bill and the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Protecting Elector Participation) Bill, which allowed automatic enrolment based on an elector changing their address with the Department of Human Services, state and territory motor registries or Australia Post. This has created the potential that at no stage is the actual elector involved in changing their electoral address. Instead, if they change their address with the previously mentioned bodies the AEC will post a letter to their proposed new address to confirm the change. If they do not respond, the AEC will go about changing their address anyway. This is a serious concern because we know that only 20 per cent of electors respond to letters from the Electoral Commission. Even more alarming is that last year's changes mean that now someone can be added to the electoral roll without their prior knowledge and without their consent. There is no signature required, and not even a required acknowledgment that the elector understands the rights and responsibilities that come with being on the electoral roll. They might simply get a learner's permit from a convenient motor registry and then, without their knowledge and without their consent, a public servant sitting in Canberra comes across their information and puts them on the electoral roll or changes their enrolment details.
One particular argument often used in the defence of making voting compulsory in Australia is that voting should be considered to be not merely a civil right but also one's civic duty. The argument maintains that it is the responsibility of every single person capable of casting a vote at an election to educate themselves about the issues and to vote accordingly. Indeed, it is technically compulsory in this nation for someone to not just attend a voting booth but to specifically mark their preference on their ballot paper, thereby making a deliberate informal vote illegal—although of course there are ways around that obligation. If we were to accept that argument we must also accept that attempts to reduce or remove the responsibility of Australians to engage with the electoral process must not occur. Yet this is exactly what automatic enrolment does. It takes the responsibility away from the elector and places it in the hands of a public servant.
Automatic enrolment and the further dilution of the integrity of the electoral roll will be a huge problem, potentially, for thousands of students who reside at the 11 colleges at the University of Queensland. Just last Friday my office dropped off forms so that more than 2,000 students in St Lucia can ask to check their enrolment status. Many of those students may reside at the college while their electoral address may be thousands of kilometres away. With automatic enrolment their address may be changed, as I have said, without their consent and without their knowledge, so they may show up on election day having no idea that their electoral address has changed, which could impair their ability to cast a formal vote at their correct address in the correct electorate.
This bill adds further ambiguity to the electoral roll because it includes legislative changes to the Taxation Administration Act, which governs the protection of personal data collected by the ATO. This means that the ATO will be allowed to provide personal information and data to the AEC for the purposes of automatic enrolment. The coalition has warned this government previously about what damage could occur if the AEC uses information from the ATO to update the electoral roll, because there are very serious questions about the accuracy of the data it keeps.
We know that there was a very extensive and thorough review in the Australian National Audit Office report on the management of tax files numbers considered by a House Standing Committee on Economics, Financial and Public Administration in 1999. From that report the House discovered that there were 3.2 million more tax file numbers than people in Australia when compared with the most recent census. There are 185,000 potential duplicate tax records for individuals and, very alarmingly, 62 per cent of deceased clients were not recorded as deceased in a sample match. There is no reason to suggest that in 2013 the records of the ATO are any more accurate.
The government majority report maintains that the AEC should be able to use a so-called 'trusted' data source and that the AEC by itself can declare whether or not it thinks a data source is trustworthy. However, when there are so many gaps and mistakes, which I have just mentioned, we must question the very integrity of that data and whether the ATO can be considered to be a trusted data source. As the coalition's dissenting report noted:
The inclusion of such data, if erroneous, would be extremely damaging to public faith in our electoral process.
In simple terms, where there are such examples of inconsistency in Commonwealth data, there cannot be sufficient faith in this data being used to automatically add people to the electoral roll.
Furthermore, there are very important privacy concerns that this change introduces. Previously, the ATO has always claimed that it maintains the highest level of confidentiality when it comes to a taxpayer's personal information. With today's proposed changes, the ATO will be able to pass on confidential information to the AEC without the individual taxpayer's knowledge or consent. This is a dangerous path that the Labor government is following. Bit by bit, the Labor Party is increasing government scope in our lives—and not only in the electoral process. With so many other regulations and policies, it proposes to increase taxes on families to regulate what we can or cannot say and to regulate what we can and cannot see in the media. With these changes to the Electoral Act, the Labor government is sending the message that your personal, private information is not your property because, once it ends up in the hands of a government bureaucrat, they can do whatever they want with your information.
Therefore, the coalition remains opposed to automatic enrolment and the provision within this bill which provides for the Australian Taxation Office to release a taxpayer's personal data for the purpose of automatic enrolment. What the AEC should be concentrating on is continually checking the accuracy of the roll and advertising to ensure that people are aware of their obligations to properly enrol initially and to then advise the AEC of a change of address, should it occur.
This bill also enacts recommendation 10, reducing the responsibilities of an elector should they complete a pre-poll ordinary vote. Currently, if someone wishes to complete a pre-poll vote, they must complete and sign a certificate declaring their identity. This bill removes that requirement. It is not an onerous task for an elector to provide a simple signature so that the AEC can ensure that fraudulent and multiple voting does not occur in elections. Given the inherent difficulty for the AEC to successfully prosecute a case where they believe someone has engaged in fraudulent or multiple voting, which has been previously noted by the committee, we must not introduce changes which make that activity easier or more likely to occur. We do not want the onerous requirement of someone, for example, having to prove their identity with a drivers licence—I am not suggesting that—but it is not onerous for someone to sign a form so that the AEC can protect against voter fraud. Therefore, I oppose removing the requirement for electors to sign a certificate when they cast a pre-poll vote.
The coalition further opposes the provision in this bill which adopts recommendation 11 of the electoral matters committee report to provide that pre-poll voting cannot commence earlier than four days after the date fixed for the declaration of nominations for an election. This would allow for pre-poll voting to occur on the Monday 19 days prior to the general election date, a change from the current practice of opening pre-poll voting on the Monday 12 days prior to the election date. There are significant concerns about this change being implemented as it would take the focus away from the polling day itself. Ultimately, while pre-poll voting is an important way through which those with health issues or those who travel can be engaged with democracy and vote at an election, we must also accept that the appropriate day for the overwhelming majority of votes to be cast is the declared general election day.
Finally, the coalition does support those parts of this bill which relate to four recommendations of the original Electoral Matters Committee report—firstly, recommendation 9: to amend the act where appropriate 'to specifically provide that a ballot box containing votes cast by electors may not be opened before the close of polling other than in accordance with the relevant provisions of the act'; secondly, recommendation 15: to amend the act to provide 'that the deadline for the receipt of postal vote applications be 6 pm on the Wednesday, three days before polling day'; thirdly, recommendation 29: to amend the act to provide 'that, where an augmented Electoral Commission has formed an opinion that its proposed redistribution is significantly different to the Redistribution Committee proposal, a further fixed period be provided during which the actions required by subsection 72(13) of the act are to be undertaken'; and, fourthly, recommendation 30: to provide that 'the number of days specified in subsection 72(2) of the act also be increased by the same number of days provided for in the further fixed period' in the case that an individual or an organisation makes a further objection. The coalition supports these necessary changes.
I would like to again thank members of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters for their commitment to the electoral and referendum acts, and particularly thank the member for Mackellar for her decades-long commitment to the integrity of the electoral roll.
At the end of the day, it is inconceivable that the government cannot be alert to the real issues raised by these amendments. Our concerns are born of a genuine belief that something so fundamental as the integrity of our electoral system must be protected by legislation which reflects that importance—legislation that secures that integrity by spelling out in the clearest terms how it is to be protected, and legislation that acknowledges that a flawed protection of our electoral rolls must inevitably lead to the wrong candidates being elected. It is as stark as that. Any attempt to reduce the integrity of our electoral roll—a cornerstone of our democracy—must be opposed, and that is why I oppose this bill in its current form.


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Ok so here a list of new 2013 sets!:
The old republic battle pack
minifigs: 2 republic troopers and 2 sith troopers
clone troopers vs droidekas
minifigures: new droidekas (2) and 2 clones
A wing
minifigures:han solo,ackbar and a a wing pilot
minifigures: yoda,clone and a commando droid\assain droid
z 95 headhunter
minifgures:pong krell clone pilot and clone
jedi star fighter and kamino
Acclamator assult ship and couruscant
minifigures:clone pilot
Tie bomer and asteroid
minifigures: tie pilot
last but not least rancor pit.
im not sure if this is true because i found it on some site.
new phase ll troopers!
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Isaac Bustos, Classical Guitarist, In Concert
Presented by Young Performing Artist Program at 1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
December 1, 2012
Dr. Isaac Bustos, classical guitarist, will be in concert on Dec. 1, at 7 PM at the Universalist Unitarian Church on 4700 Grover in Austin. Admission is by donation.
Dr. Bustos, originally from Nicaragua, received his Masters and Doctorate from the University of Texas and is currently head of guitar studies at Texas A&M and artistic Director of the A&M International Guitar Symposium and Competition. He is a top prize winner of 12 international competitions. He has recently returned from concert tours in Mexico, Croatia and Slovenia.
Critics are unanimous in praise for Isaac Bustos' playing:
"Bustos' dazzling interpretation of Scarlatti was a delight, performed with passionate intensity and exquisite attention to both the beauty of individual lines and the clarity of contrapuntal design." – San Francisco Classical Voice
"Soulful and virtually flawless" - The Portland Oregonian.
This concert is a benefit in behalf of the "The Young Performing Artist Program" which is a local non-profit project that trains, mentors and provides performance opportunities for aspiring pre-college performers. Begun in 2011, the young guitarists involved in the program have performed for audiences from Austin to St. Louis. The Young Performing Artist critically acclaimed chamber group, "Austin Bella Corda", will also perform at this benefit concert. Artistic Director of the Young Performing Artist Program, Kevin Taylor, says, "Isaac is a rising star on the international musical scene. He is one hot-shot guitarist and a true artist of the instrument! We are extremely proud to bring him to Austin. His generous performance demonstrates his devotion to education and the development of our future artists."
1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
4700 Grover Avenue
Austin, TX 78757
Admission Info:
Suggested donations: $15 adult/$5 students
General Day and Time Info:
Phone: 512-799-0361
There is available free parking.
Accessibility Information: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.
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emalsky wrote:Been working in NYC at michelin starred restaurants for about 5 years. some pointsNYC is by FAR the strictest dept. in the country. I am an honest person and I can say I have only come across 1 dept. official that was friendly.Restaurants stall the guys before they even come CLOSE to the kitchen. Im guessing Per Se is very good at this. This gives the kitchen time to dump out spoon bains (can't have) ditch side towels (can't have) throw out all food not cooled properly ( or throw it in an oven) etc.I know people who work at Per Se and i can't imagine how they would be docked that many points… the place is just that clean, professional and the cooks are that good.It makes me think that something happened with their HAACP.. maybe they could find proper documentation for the 6,000,000 things they cook sous vide on a daily basis. OR the kitchen is so big, and has so many low boys and refrigerators, that they found one that was running high or did not have a thermometer in it.That being said, i don't care if they serve shit on a plate, you won't get a night when that dining room isn't full.
Umberto wrote:I think it's safe to say that food safety is highly static in the restaurant industry. When things get hectic nobody follows the regulations 100 percent. I am lucky our health inspector is nice...She says...put some soap in there, fix the sink, I'll be back and were done.I think it's government gone too far to place letter grades on eating establishments. It should either be a pass fail.
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Women's Golf Inks Three for 2014
Nov. 20, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women's golf program has inked three golfers to its 2014 class, head coach Golda Johansson Borst announced Wednesday. Isabelle Johansson (Sala, Sweden), Haley Kluth (Noblesville, Ind.) and Grace Rose (Nicholasville, Ky.) all signed National Letters of Intent during the early signing period.
"I am very excited about this signing class," Borst said. "I believe all three players will come in and have an immediate impact on our team as we strive to compete for championships. They all come from different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common and that is their passion for Kentucky, especially Kentucky women's golf. This group brings a competitive edge to our program and this will help them transition well into playing in the demanding Southeastern Conference. We are looking forward to having them join our UK family next fall and seeing how they grow both on and off the course over the next four years."
Isabelle Johansson
Johansson will make the long trip from her hometown of Sala, Sweden, in 2014 to join the Wildcats. She currently attends Celsiusskolan and has already recorded several top finishes during her final year in high school. She finished second at both the Skandia Tour Elit omg.5 (75-73-73) and Titleist FootJoy Junior Open (78-79). Johansson also finished first at the Huvudstaden Junior Open with winning scores of 71 and 75 and third place at the Annika Invitational Europe, where she posted scores of 73-68-71. In 2010, she won the Skandia Tour Regional. Johansson is rated as the fifth-best golfer from Sweden in the 2014 recruiting class.
Johansson on why she chose UK: "I chose UK because it´s a great school with many resources and endless possibilities. When you are a UK student-athlete it's up to you how good you will become."
Coach Borst on Johansson: "Isabelle is a great addition to our program. She is a tremendous athlete and comes from a highly competitive family. Isabelle is very driven and focused on her goals and these are qualities that I believe will help her become a strong competitor within our conference. We are also looking forward to having another international player on our team as it provides an opportunity for our group to learn more about other cultures and playing styles. I know Isabelle will have a strong impact on our team and we are excited about what she will bring to our program next fall."
Haley Kluth
Kluth, a native of Noblesville, Ind., is a four-time all-conference and all-county honoree at Noblesville High School. She was a two-time sectional champion in 2011 and 2012 with rounds of 69 and 71, respectively. Kluth was the 2012 Hoosier Crossroads Conference champion with a round of 75 and the 2013 runner-up with a score of 75. Her leadership and performance led her to be named captain of the team in both her junior and senior campaigns. At the 2013 Indiana Women's Amateur Championship she finished runner-up with rounds of 70-73-75. Kluth was a qualifier for the 2013 U.S. Girls Junior Amateur Championship, while also recording the top high school finish at the 2013 Indiana PGA Women's Open with rounds of 75 and 79. In 2012 at the Plantations Junior Golf Tournaments, Kluth was a medalist at the Legends Tournament and runner-up at the Cooks Creed Tournament. Off the golf course, Kluth is involved with National Junior Honor Society, while also volunteering with Circle City Relief.
Kluth on why she chose UK: "I chose UK because the atmosphere of the entire school is just incredible. When I walked on campus, I felt a sense of security. The athletic facilities are amazing, and Coach Borst played a huge part in my decision. Her success as a coach and her positive attitude influenced me to want to be a part of the UK Women's Golf family."
Coach Borst on Kluth: "We are very excited about Haley joining our team in the fall. She will be a great addition as she brings a tremendous passion for the game along with a strong work ethic. Haley is a tough competitor and an excellent student, which exemplifies the kind of player that we look for here at UK. She is very driven on and off the course and we are really looking forward to start working with her next fall."
Grace Rose
Rose is from nearby Nicholasville, Ky., where she attends West Jessamine High School. Grace comes to Kentucky with a long list of accolades from her high school career. She was the 2013 region runner-up and Kentucky High School Athletics Association champion, while also earning KSHAA Player of the Year honors. She registered a 68 at the state championship and posted a scoring average of 73. Rose was the Mussleman Dunne Champion and Junior Champion Marion Miley runner-up. She also participated in the 2012 First Tee Pebble Beach.
Rose on why she chose UK: "I chose UK because I wanted to play SEC golf so that I could play against some of the best players. I have grown up in the Lexington area so the University of Kentucky is home to me. The coaches played a big role in my decision and I really liked their personalities and I felt like I fit in well."
Coach Borst on Rose: "Grace is a great player who has really come into her own during this past year. This culminated in her winning the state championship, which was a tremendous accomplishment. She is one of the best players in the state of Kentucky and I know she will bring an incredible work ethic and competitiveness to our team. We are happy she decided to stay within the state and we can't wait to have her on campus next fall."
For more information on the University of Kentucky women's golf team please visit UKathletics.com and follow on Twitter @UKWomensGolf.


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