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SNAP Cuts Increase Demand on Local Pantries
Recent financial cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are causing an exponential increase in the number of citizens forced to frequent food pantries across the nation. In Lorain County, where 14.2 percent of the population is food insecure, only 6.8 percent of the population is eligible for the financial benefits provided by the remaining SNAP programs.
On Nov. 1, the expiration of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act resulted in a 5.5 percent drop in maximum food stamp benefits. Ohio saw $193 million in SNAP cuts, which affected almost 1.85 million people or 16 percent of Ohio's population. As of 2011, the average cost of a meal in Ohio was $2.41, while the eradication of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has resulted in reducing the average nationwide SNAP benefits to less than $1.40 per meal.
Kris Hebble, a member of the vestry at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Food Pantry in downtown Elyria, described some of the issues with the cuts.
"Because of the cuts, they're not sure how they're going to pay for food and gas. So they're finding it difficult to choose between the two and the way the pantry's set up [is that] it's emergency use so we're happy to give as much as we can but unfortunately it's just not enough sometimes," said Hebble.
The SNAP cuts are a result of the newly reformed Farm Bill, a piece of legislation that will reduce federal spending by $23 billion over the next 10 years. In redrafting the bill, legislators removed several regulations and additives, including a ruling known as the "heat and eat" loophole.
SNAP recipients' income and other expenses, including utilities, are taken into consideration when awarding SNAP benefits. These increase if the recipient also receives utility assistance from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. In states such as Massachusetts, as little as $1 in fuel assistance benefits per year will allow recipients to apply for an increase in their SNAP benefits. The removal of the "heat and eat" loophole — the practice of awarding token LIHEAP assistance to increase SNAP benefits — has been scrutinized as an unfair ruling in light of the underfunding of the Food Stamp Program by critics of the Farm Bill.
Since 2009, the average number of people served in food pantries across Lorain County has been steadily increasing.
"We've had an increase as well in the number of what I would say are predominately middle class client, and most of them are rather shy to talk," said Hebble, "but they've said they can't understand what's going on because they've worked all their lives, they have decent jobs, it's just at this point they're finding it so difficult to put food on the table and get everything else that's required out of life."
Juliana Chase-Morefield, the executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank, an organization that provides food to over 50,000 people across four counties in northern Ohio, commented on the impact of the increase.
"What we saw from November and December of 2012 to November and December of 2013 was about a 10 percent increase in the number of people who need help at food pantries. That's a pretty significant increase from one holiday season to another," said Chase-Morefield.
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Food Pantry is one of the many kitchens in the area that receive a large portion of their food from Second Harvest Food Bank. According to Hebble, St. Andrew's served 716 people in December of 2013, a figure that is up almost 33 percent from 481 people in December of 2012. This past January they served 924 people, a 15 percent increase over 2013.
"All food pantries have really seen a significant increase in the demand for food pantry services as a result of the food stamp cuts," said Anne Spelic, the executive director at Lorain County Office on Aging.
Some Ohio residents have had additional SNAP benefits cut as a result of Governor John Kasich's directive, which requires able-bodied adults without dependents to work at least 20 hours a week in order to qualify for assistance. The directive, which took effect this January, pertains to 77 of Ohio's 88 counties and is projected to apply to approximately 3,600 of Lorain County's residents. Chase-Morefield estimates that about one third of those residents were unable to find jobs before the directive took effect.
"We've done the best we can to increase the amount of food we have available," said Spelic. "We've had to do some additional food drives to try to increase the capacity of our pantry to try to serve those in need."
Other states currently experiencing similar SNAP-related food insecurities are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin and Washington D.C.


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We're all about sick to death of hearing about the car industry's woes, but it looks like there may finally be a light at the end of the tunnel with many luxury carmakers reporting strong sales in December.
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BMW rose 11.5 percent against December 2008, while Infiniti was up 10.1 percent, Mercedes-Benz was up 11.2 percent and Lexus was up 13.5 percent. Audi was the biggest gainer over December 2008 at 17.1 percent. Not all ships rose with the tide, however: Acura came out 8.1 percent behind year-ago December sales, though the TL and TSX sold well, the latter rising 17.9 percent above last year's tally.
The rest of the year was still a disaster. Unlike mainstream carmakers Subaru and Hyundai, none of the major luxury marques managed to post a full-year sales increase. Across the board, year-on-year losses around 20 percent are common, with Acura again trailing the resurgence with a loss of 26.8 percent.
Lexus didn't fare much better at a decrease of 17 percent for the year, despite the addition of the HS hybrid. BMW fell 21.1 percent despite a 22.3 percent rise in X5 sales and a 30.1 percent climb for the X6.
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Mercedes-Benz suffered the least of the losers at 15.3 percent decrease in sales versus 2008, even though its volume-leading C-Class saw sales plummet by 27.7 percent. The E-Class did carry some weight by raising its figures by 11.7 percent, thanks to the introduction of the 9th-generation model.
Audi is the ray of sunshine piercing the darkness here, falling just 5.7 percent for the full year and raising market share from 7.1 percent to 7.8 percent. December marked Audi's sixth-best month and third-best December ever in the U.S. The stunning A5 and S5 were particularly strong, with the S4 and R8 5.2 FSI pushing image at the top of the market.


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Mansfield Legacy assistant coach Brian Tickell is the Decatur Eagles' new baseball coach.
The Decatur school board approved a contract for Tickell and two other coaches Monday night.
Tickell takes over for Chris Carter, who is headed to Chico to be an assistant.
Decatur Athletic Director Mike Fuller said he worked with Tickell previously at Colleyville Heritage.
"I liked the way he coaches baseball and football," Fuller said. "He's a great teacher.
"He has an extensive background in baseball and was one of the first people I thought of when the job came open."
Legacy will play Prosper this week in the Class 4A Region II semifinal.
Ron Taylor was added to coach the secondary in football and Wes Campbell to work with the linebackers. Taylor was coaching at Haltom. Campbell was with Fuller previously at Heritage.
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Government Notices
Lebanon Beer Board will meet at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Town Meeting Hall, City of Lebanon Administrative Building at Castle Heights, to consider the application of El Molino, Inc. d/b/a El Molino Mexican Restaurant at 809 South Cumberland Street, Lebanon, for on the premises consumption, and Tomcat LLC d/b/a West Main Shell at 1324 West Main Street, Lebanon, for off the premises consumption.
Wilson County Commission's Education Committee will meet at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, Wilson County Courthouse, Lebanon.
Minutes Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, at the courthouse.
Steering Committee will meet at 6:45 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, at the courthouse.
Budget Committee will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, at the courthouse.
Wilson County Convenience Centers and Landfill will be closed on Monday, Feb. 21, for President's Day.
Wilson County Animal Control will be closed on Monday, Feb. 21, for President's Day.
Wilson County Industrial Development Bond Board will meet at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Joint Economic & Community Development Board office at 115 N. Castle Heights Ave., Suite 102, Lebanon.
Wilson County Board of Education will hold a work session at noon, Monday, March 7, at the Central Office, 351 Stumpy Lane, Lebanon, to discuss a memorandum of understanding with Dell and AT&T and the 2012-2013 school calendar. The board will meet in regular session at 2:30 p.m., Monday, March 7, at the Central Office. All items to be considered for the meeting agenda must be faxed to 758-3775 to Rose Ratagick no later than noon, Wednesday, Feb. 23.
Community Calendar
Faces of Hope Children's Therapy Center in Gallatin is accepting gently used items for its third annual yard sale. Items may be dropped off at the center at 185 W. Franklin Street behind Dairy Queen on Main Street. Call for times to drop off items at 206-1176.
Wilson County Adult Learning Center offers classes for anyone interested in achieving his or GED diploma. Classes are held in Lebanon and in Mt. Juliet. For information, call the Adult Learning Center at 443-8731.
Lebanon Toastmasters meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Spain House on the Lebanon First United Methodist Church campus at 415 West Main Street, Lebanon. Visitors are welcome. Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to improving communication and leadership skills. For information, call 444-0126.
Lebanon Meals on Wheels program is looking for volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in the area. Meal routes range from about 10-15 people. Volunteers arrive at 9:30 a.m. and are done by 10:30. If you are interested, contact Jessica at 449-3488 between the hours of 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday.
Telephone Pioneer Cookbooks Volume I and III are now on sale. All proceeds benefit the Pioneer Museum. To purchase one or for information, call 444-3096 or 444-0940.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Wilson County is in need of volunteers who would like to reach out to those in need in Wilson County. Volunteers must be age 55 or older. If you are interested in participating or partnering with the program, call 443-7606 or 742-1113, ext. 10.
Agape has contracted with Maple Hill church of Christ to provide counseling services in Lebanon. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Diana Crawford will be available at the church building on Mondays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. She sees children and adults. For information, call 547-4244.
AL-ANON and ALATEEN family groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. They believe alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid in recovery. There is a local AL-ANON and ALATEEN meeting in Lebanon every week. For information, call Harriett at 444-2852 or Linda at 444-8437.
HomeSafe Women's Support Group meets Thursday evenings. For information and to sign up, call 444-6130. If you need help with an order of protection for domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking, contact HomeSafe at 444-8955.
Darkness to Light "Stewards of Children," a free workshop on preventing child sexual abuse, will be from 6 until 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, at Castle Heights Upper Elementary Library. It will be facilitated by Debra M. Daugherty, executive director of the 15th Judicial District Child Advocacy Center. The workshop is hosted by the Lebanon Special School District. There will be refreshments, child care and materials. RSVP to Beth Petty at 453-2693 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Indoor Yard Sale, benefiting Joseph's Storehouse, will be from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 19, at First Baptist Church, Lebanon. The sale will be inside the building beside the church, behind the Wilson County Election Commission office. (The sale will be cancelled in case of inclement weather.)
Breast Cancer Friends support group meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Maple Hill church of Christ on the corner of West Main Street and Maple Hill Road in Lebanon. Those who have had breast cancer in the past or who are dealing with it now are welcome to attend. The next meeting will be Monday, Feb. 21. Diana Crawford of AGAPE Counseling & Psychological Services, and Barb Hall, Crawford's sister and breast cancer survivor, will be the guest speakers. For information, call 444-6106 or 504-1147.
Caregivers Support Group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month from 3:30 until 4:30 p.m. at the UMC/McFarland Specialty Campus, 500 Park Ave., Lebanon, in the first floor conference room. The support group is open to anyone experiencing the stress of caregiving. For information, contact either Kathryn Roberts at 443-6800 or Beth Goodner at 449-0500, ext. 6832.
The Alzheimer's Association, along with Belmont Village and Rolling Hills Hospital, will present part one of a four-part caregiver's series on "How to Deal with the Changes of Alzheimer's Disease – A Caregiver's View: What's Really Happening?" from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 24, at Belmont Village Assisted Living of Green Hills, 4206 Stammer Place, Nashville. Caregivers, families and friends from Wilson County who are managing the disease of Alzheimer's are welcome to attend. The event is free, and a meal for attendees will be provided. Advance registration is required. To register, call Tiffany Mann at the Alzheimer's Association at 292-4938. A local Alzheimer's support group meets the second Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at Elmcroft of Lebanon, 801 West Main Street. For information, call 453-5494.
PHOEBE Ministries, a ministry of widows reaching widows, will meet at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, in the Owens Building of Immanuel Baptist Church. Officer Fred Dye of the Lebanon Police Department will speak on personal safety, and McFarland Rehab Center will present their services. All widows are welcome to attend, and admission is free. The service project this month is providing craft supplies for McFarland Rehab patients. Bring craft supplies such as foam pieces, lacing string for making jewelry, 12mm beads or larger, crossword and wordfind books, craft sticks, glue, markers, etc.
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 7463 Hickory Ridge Road, Mt. Juliet, invites all teenagers in grades 6-12 to the church grounds at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26, for an Airsoft Day. Bring your own equipment or a gun can be rented for $25 with advance notice. For information, or to rent equipment, call Jeff at 612-8515.
A free Childcare Provider Workshop will be offered by the University of Tennessee Extension from 9 until 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26. Participants will receive 2 hours of training credit. The workshop is the first of a two-part workshop. The topic is "ADHD in Children Part I." For information, or to register, contact Marietta Sanford at 444-9584 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Participants must pre-register to attend. Class size is limited.
Fourth Annual Chili Cook-Off and Democratic Social will be at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 5, in the East-West Building, James E. Ward Agricultural Center, Lebanon. Everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite chili (in a Crock Pot) and compete for one of three trophies. Cost is $10 at the door and includes chili, hot dog, drink and dessert. There is no additional fee to enter the contest. For information, call 444-3838.
Lebanon High School Class of 1971 is planning a 40-year reunion to be held June 11. Call one of the following people with your contact information: Teresa Halbert at 444-5995, Phil Bragg at 444-4941, Jo Smith at 444-8811 or Brownie Hall at 444-5173.
Lebanon High School Class of 1991 is planning a 20-year reunion for July 2. Organizers are looking for classmates. Email contact information to Dawn Carr Willis at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com, or call 308-0034. For information, go to www.eventbrite.com or Facebook.
To submit items for the calendar, you can mail them to The Wilson Post, 216 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tenn. 37087, or e-mail them to email@example.com. Items for the calendar will not be taken over the phone. The Wilson Post reserves the right to reject items deemed not appropriate for the calendar.


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A Comparison of Car Sharing Organizational Models: An Analysis of Feasible Efficiency Increase through a Centralized Model
Car sharing seems to have the necessary characteristics to compete in the fulfilment of the gap between mobility offer and demand at international level considering that an offer exclusively based on collective transport systems is not appropriate to satisfy some of the modern transport needs. Nevertheless it is only after the system reaches an economic equilibrium that it will be possible to include car sharing between the new travelling modes provided to the community without aggravating the already exhausted public finances devoted to mobility. In this sense, this work focuses on the organizational model and particularly on its possible efficiency derived from a transition from the current model made of autonomous Local Units to a centralized model. Therefore the main goal of this work is that of evaluating if the centralization of some service costs and a different organizational structure could create cost reduction with the scope of improving the economic equilibrium conditions. This work shows, through a summary of the main international organizational models and an analysis of the Italian case, how the car sharing system can be managed without public contribution (or with contributions devoted only to the start-up phase) and determine an entrepreneurial reality in the case of the development of a centralized organization and avoiding the presence of a plurality of small local operators. It is therefore desirable that the new car sharing operative realities and the already existing ones with a decentralized nature evolve from a fragmented and local organizational phase towards a more mature phase where there a only a few operators or a unique operator in the market. After a review of the main European models of car sharing organization, the attention is placed on the Italian organizational model and particularly on the possible efficiency increase derived from the transition from the current model organized in different Organizational Local Units (one for each city where the service is active) towards a centralized model. The main goal of the study is then to evaluate in which degree the centralization of some service and structure costs and a centralized organizational structure could provide significant cost containments with the scope of improving the economic equilibrium conditions and to allow a development of an alternative mobility system to that of the private vehicles.
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- Prettenthaler, Franz E. & Steininger, Karl W., 1999. "From ownership to service use lifestyle: the potential of car sharing," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 443-453, March.
- Santos, Georgina & Behrendt, Hannah & Teytelboym, Alexander, 2010. "Part II: Policy instruments for sustainable road transport," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 46-91.
- Shaheen, Susan & Sperling, Daniel & Wagner, Conrad, 1998. "Carsharing in Europe and North American: Past, Present, and Future," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt4gx4m05b, University of California Transportation Center.
- Huwer, Ulrike, 2004. "Public transport and csar-sharing--benefits and effects of combined services," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 11(1), pages 77-87, January.
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- Enoch, Marcus P. & Taylor, Jo, 2006. "A worldwide review of support mechanisms for car clubs," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 13(5), pages 434-443, September.
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just wanted to give a heads up to those who has limited access to Pacers Games...
The Games on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday will be streamed LIVE!
check the link for more details....
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The Games on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday will be streamed LIVE!
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I think the free NBA League Pass promo also runs through Sunday. I know the Det. game isn't on FSI but you should be able to see it on League Pass Sun. night.
The Detroit game is also on ESPN.
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I'm international....I don't have access to those channels.
I'm mad excited for the Detroit game.
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ended up working for me too... the first quarter it was in and out... but finally started working
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yea you have to let it load so that it doesnt have to buffer....my suggestion would be to start the channel about 10 minutes before the game....kind of like driving an old car....
The channel was changed during half time tonight (not that bad). BUT, a frigging PIP popped up during the LAST FEW MINUTES!!! ARGH!!
no i did, i was chugging thru ESPNNews for about 5 min then it chugged thru half the first quarter, the signal never got above one bar til midway thru i refreshed and it worked perfectly. i downloaded it thursday and i've been watching games on it, that was the first time i had any problems (go figure on the games i was really wanting to see lol)This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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The Secrets of the Zodiac books are historical romance novels featuring sexy storylines, unusual heroines, and international intrigue, all during the unpredictable age of the Napoleonic Wars.
"Ms. Cole is a masterful storyteller who brings her characters to life on the pages of her story as well as intrigue and mystery!" - My Book Addiction and More
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The Swordcross Knights are a series of full-length historical romance novels set in the vivid and beguiling world of medieval Britannia during the period known as "The Anarchy".


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Dynamic Duo Becomes First Ever Capital One Academic All-District Honorees
FULL CoSIDA CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL DISTRICT RELEASE
SAINT LEO, Fla. (May 29, 2014) – The Saint Leo department of athletics continues to build upon its most successful year in program history, this time with men's cross country and track teams earning yet another program first. Sophomores Valentin Lenz and Carl Dunne have been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Thursday, May 29.
This marks the first Academic All-District selections for the cross country and track programs.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® or Academic All-District® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his or her current institution, and be nominated by his or her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
Lenz had a breakout fall season, earning All-Conference and All-Region honors, while also being named the USTFCCCA South Region Runner of the year. The Dusseldorf, Germany native helped the Lions to their first ever NCAA National Championship appearance, marking the first time a men's program from Saint Leo attended a national championship meet as a team. The Accounting and Economics major is a two-time member of the President's Club, and earned Academic All-Region and Sunshine State Conference Commissioner's Honor Role honors.
Dunne made just as much of an impact, earning All-Conference and All-Region honors while winning the individual title at the 2013 Sunshine State Conference Championship meet. Dunne's efforts helped the Lions to Nationals, where his hard work helped the Lions earn a 26th place team finish overall. In the classroom, the Accounting and Economics major was named the 2013-14 Saint Leo Student-Athlete of the Year, and has been a four time member of the President's Club while earning Commissioner's Honor Role, Dean's List, and Academic All-Region honors.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's cross country and track teams, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.


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S.C. Chief Justice Jean Toal has followed the lead of both chambers of the S.C. General Assembly in rebuking Gov. Nikki Haley's recent sellout of our state's economic and environmental interests.
Toal and her fellow Justices on the S.C. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week related to Haley's infamous "Savannah River Sellout" – a flagrant betrayal of our state's competitive position in order to accomodate Georgia's planned expansion of the Port of Savannah.
After initially opposing Georgia's expansion plans, Haley's appointees to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) flip-flopped last November and approved environmental permitting for the project – a decision that took place just days after Haley attended a fundraiser at an Atlanta law firm with extensive ties to the Georgia Ports Authority. Haley is still claiming that there were "no ties" to Georgia port interests at this fundraiser, although that claim has been thoroughly rebuffed.
In selling out our state's interests on the Savannah River, Haley's appointees failed to consult the state agency that has exclusive jurisdiction over issues related to the river.
Not surprisingly that entity – the Savannah River Maritime Commission – filed suit, and appears to have the support of the court in this ongoing dispute.
"You disobeyed the law when you did not involve the Savannah Maritime Commission in a settlement of this matter," Toal scolded SCDHEC attorneys this week. "I think everybody agrees with that."
Certainly the S.C. General Assembly agreed … as both the S.C. House and the State Senate voted unanimously to override Haley's decision (lawmakers were later forced to include $180 million for Charleston Harbor dredging in the FY 2012-13 state budget in an effort to keep up with Georgia).
While Haley's "sellout" hurts Charleston's competitive position, it represents a final nail in the coffin of the Port of Jasper – a proposed public-private terminal on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River. Under the Haley-Georgia plan, the Jasper port site – the last undeveloped port location on the Eastern Seaboard – will be used as a dumping ground for Georgia's toxic sludge.
Obviously such a decision is damaging under any circumstances … but given our state's recent decline in port competitiveness, it's downright disastrous.
As we've noted on literally dozens of occasions, South Carolina continues to operate its port system under a 1950s-style "total state control" model – one that forbids private investment in public infrastructure. Meanwhile our competitors – like California and Virginia – have dramatically expanded their port infrastructure (and created thousands of new jobs) by leveraging private investment.
Our state's leaders – including House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate President Glenn McConnell – were specifically warned in July 2006 that South Carolina's restrictions against free market investment were "counterproductive" and would "discourage investment" in our facilities.
They failed to heed those warnings … and now that our state is desperate to catch up, our own governor has cut us off at the knees.


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Festival Review: Aeon 2010
Devon's beautiful festival, Aeon, enjoyed its fifth year over the Bank Holiday weekend…
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Sports Day, illustrated by Faye West
After a hurried fish 'n' chip supper by the Quay near where I work on Friday evening, I enjoyed my hours' journey to Shobrook Park, in mid Devon, with the promising late afternoon glow of a sunny Bank Holiday weekend.
Arriving through the old stone gates and through an avenue of trees, I saw the orange flags of Aeon, luscious greenery and silver lakes. Bit like Camelot.
On greeting my already established friends, I was shown their fruits of labour: wooden spoons which they carved from small logs in the Campcraft workshop. After thee hours of chipping away under the trees they had rather crude Goldilocks spoons, decorated in little smatters of their own blood and proudly sporting large blisters on their thumbs. The main subject then turned on to our beloved Lost Horizon tent, and where was it? My friends had looked out for it all day but sadly it wasn't to make an appearance. This was a brilliant cushion… read more


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Have you ever wanted to play a prank with your friends and loved ones by using a fake caller ID and trying to fool them? Android provides you this opportunity. You can hide, show, and change your caller ID as needed to fool people. The person you are calling will be unable to see your true caller ID, and you can pretend to be someone else.
Using the Caller ID Changer App
1Launch Caller ID Changer. Locate the app icon of a blue circle with a phone in the middle on your home screen or app drawer. Tap to launch Caller ID Changer.
- You can download the app from Google Play for free if you don't have it yet.
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April 29, 2010
Aside from the Baby Einstein ABC book, I don't have any art books for babies. But I do love the ones I've seen and am looking to get a few of these for Lucia.
Baby Einstein: The ABC's of Art
We did check this one out from the library and enjoyed it.
Art for Baby
Touch the Art: Brush Mona Lisa's Hair
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Pop superstar Michael Jackson could be about to convert to Islam, his brother Jermaine Jackson said in an interview with a British Muslim newspaper.
Long that he's been absent form the industry, Michael Jackson is still the darling across the pond. The pop superstar creates media headlines when he reportedly is converting to Islam.
Brother Jermaine Jackson revealed in an interview with a British Muslim newspaper that Jacko is likely to convert to Islam as he has shown a strong interest in the faith and has been reading about it. "I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam," Jermaine told monthly newspaper The Muslim News.
"When I came back from Mecca, I got him a lot of books and he asked me lots of things about my religion and I told him that it's peaceful and beautiful," Jermaine told the publication, adding further "He read everything and he was proud of me that I found something that would give me inner strength and peace. I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam."
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Kim Kardashian Won't Let Rihanna Near Kanye West's Dressing Room
You know how Rihanna asks if her paramour is hiding from her in 'Where Have You Been'? If he actually wanted to get away from her, a good place to take cover would be Kanye West's dressing room — because rumor has it that Kim Kardashian won't let RiRi near it!
Mary J. Blige Responds to Charity Lawsuits
For someone who wants no more drama, Mary J. Blige is sure embroiled in quite a bit of it. The 'Real Love' singer is now responding to lawsuits against her charity.
Kim Kardashian Parties With Beyonce in Atlantic City
Though Kanye West denied calling Kim Kardashian "his Beyonce," it doesn't mean the famous ladies aren't friendly. The kurvaceous reality starlet bonded with Queen Bey in Atlantic City this weekend. That's a whole lot of bootyliciousness for one room!
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Wiz Khalifa Wins Best New Artist at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards
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Donna Summer Song Sales Surge Following Death
When Donna Summer passed away at 63 on Thursday (May 17), the world was reminded — in the most tragic way — of the Disco Queen's legacy. As a result, her album and song sales shot up the charts. In Summer's case, her posthumous sales are even more impressive than some other artists', because her songs are only available in certain formats.
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Hey, Team Breezy! Though you'll have to wait a bit longer than initially planned to hear Chris Brown's 'Fortune,' you can still get a sneak peek at what the art will look like. The 'Turn Up the Music' singer released the album cover for the deluxe edition, and it's more than appropriate for the title.
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It's not what it sounds like.
Rita Ora tagged along on a date with Kanye West and his boo Kim Kardashian, but she wasn't a third wheel. She was with her main squeeze, Kardashian's brother, Rob. Cute!


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If you are performing a Readers Theatre or Responsive Reading this Christmas, we have a tip for you...be conversational. When you read your script, don't worry about being dramatic, but open up to the audience. Acknowledge their presence. Know your part well enough so you can delievery it comfortably as if you were talking to someone sitting out in the audience. Don't worry about forgetting your lines, you will have your script right in front of you to read from if necessary. It's perfectly okay to look down and read from your script, just try not to have your eyes glued to it. Read your part as yourself just as if you were having a conversation with your best friend and you will have a successful reading.
We know not everyone has the time or resources to pull off a drama for their Christmas service. Trying to pull together actors, memorizing lines and staging just might not fit for your church. Still, drama is always a great way to connect with people. This is why we enjoy Readers Theatre and Responsive Readings so much! Compared to a regular drama script, they don't require as much preparation or rely on ones acting skills. Below are a few Christmas Readers Theatre scripts available on SkitGuys.com. Try one this Christmas! You might become a fan of Readers Theatre just as much as we are!
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A responsive scripture reading about the birth of Jesus, the circumstances of the world that He was born into and how His story continues to affect our story.Characters: 3
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Mental Leap 4 – The World of Events
The realization that our experience is split up into familiar events is something that we as adults take for granted. For example, if we see someone drop a rubber ball, we know that it will bounce back up and will probably continue to bounce several times. If someone jumps up into the air, we know that she is bound to come down. We recognize the initial movements of a golf swing and a tennis serve, and we know what follows. But to your baby, everything is new, and nothing is predictable.
After the last leap forward, your baby was able to perceive smooth transitions in sound, movement, light, taste, smell, and texture. But all of these transitions had to be simple. As soon as they became more complicated, he was no longer able to follow them.
With mental leap 4, at around 19 weeks (or between 18 and 20 weeks), his ability to understand the world around him becomes far more developed and a little more like our own. He will begin to experiment with events.
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Your baby really needs your guidance during this (and other) leap(s)!
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Back on February 8 and 16th, I blogged about Henry's Turkey Service, a company that was housing mentally challenged men in a substandard building, and paying them just $65 per month to work in a slaughterhouse.
Iowa has since fined the company $900,000, and this week the other shoe dropped: the Department of Labor is suing the company to pay the men wages dating back to 2006. Weird, though: the company has been operating for at least two decades, so I don't understand why the Feds are only going back three years. (Thanks, Erica.) Link.


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In the second-half, James McDermott added Colts' third goal and Dan Dalton-Golding fired a fourth into the roof of the net.
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Taylor Swift is handed with three more prizes, Female Vocalist of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
All the winners for this year's Country Music Association Awards have been unveiled. On November 11, LeAnn Rimes announced host Brad Paisley as Male Vocalist of the Year. He pushed aside Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, George Strait and Keith Urban.
Before another winner was called to the stage, Martina McBride and George took the mic. They performed "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" as a tribute to Barbara Mandrell who was inducted to Hall of Fame this year.
Taylor Swift added another trophy to her collection as she snatched Female Vocalist of the Year award which was presented by Lee Ann Womack and Kris Kristofferson. "I want to thank every single person tonight for not running up on stage during my speech," Taylor said, poking at Kanye West for what he did on the stage of 2009 MTV VMAs.
Paired with Faith Hill, Tim McGraw came out, announcing who would bring home Entertainer of the Year title and the lucky one was Taylor. Calling up her band members to the stage of Sommet Center to share the glory, she said that everything she has ever wanted has happened to her.
The rest of the winners were announced off air. Music Video of the Year went to Taylor Swift's "Love Story", Musician of the Year was given to Mac McAnally and Musical Event of the Year was handed to Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.
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- Album of the Year: "Fearless" - Taylor Swift
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OK, there are a couple of scenarios where time definitely slows down to an unbearable Dali clock-melting pace: when you're running on a treadmill, attending Mass at any time other than Christmas Eve, watching an episode of "Family Matters", or when you're onstage at a comedy club and the crowd is looking at you silently wishing they could use their eyes to give you diphtheria. Or mesothelioma. Or something else that attorneys who advertise during daytime talk shows say you can sue for. If it were up to last night's audience, I would have spent the last 18 hours wrapped in a smallpox blanket. Wearing an asbestos sweater. And watching Steve Urkel.
Last night was Round 2 of the Blue Collar Comedy Contest and yeah, I'm not blue collar enough. Apparently, they don't want the blue collar to be attached to a polo shirt with a little crocodile stitched on it. Let me back up and say that despite my Nell-like Appalachian upbringing, my mother ingrained a sense of, uh, entitlement into her children. Our house was pretty much the intersection of Vanity Fair and the Dixie Classic Fair. Anyway, somehow I made it to the second round of this contest, which is sort of a dubious achievement considering that Round 1 featured a guy who spent most of his stage time hiding behind a stool, popping up occasionally like he was in the middle circle of the Whack-a-Mole game.
Let me interject that the local WB station was promoting this contest which explains both 1) why there were only 8 people in the crowd and 2) why said people smelled of Skoal and some type of jerky—and not from eating it…my guess is that they were capable of making their own. Actually, that's a lie… there were some other attendees who were all part of the speed-dating crowd that comes there every Wednesday. Trust me, I've been on several unintentional speed dates, all of which ended with them racing off, Prefontaine like, when they heard my answer to the question "So, you screw on the first date?" Apparently, they were hoping that I didn't.
Still, I was watching the crowd as they walked in and realized it would be easier to find Paris Hilton's hymen than to make them laugh. Yes, that phrase alone will guarantee an additional 400 site views. Hooray!
Anyway, they set the lineup for the show and I was first on the list, which for me was the comedy equivalent of watching that creepy video in The Ring--you just know you're doomed. Seriously, the guys in the audience were expecting Blue Collar Comedy, not "Nancy Drew and the Mysterious Jokes about Babies"--and really didn't want to see a woman onstage unless she's dancing to a Whitesnake song.
So I begged and pleaded to be moved down the lineup card but it wasn't happening. I was up first. Consequently, if you would like to recreate the sense of general awkwardness that occurred for 6 minutes while I was onstage, I suggest that you wait until an intimate moment with your partner and then start singing "Oh Mein Papa". Or Suzanne Vega's "Luka". Yes, that's about right…mid-pelvic thrust start shouting lyrics about child abuse. Congratulations and welcome to my life!
Do I think I would've made it to the next round if I'd been further down the list? Actually, yeah. Do I think I'd win? No, not really. There are some really talented comics left. I just think that it would've been a lot less painful. And I may have even scored some free jerky.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
When Country Wasn't Cool
OK, there are a couple of scenarios where time definitely slows down to an unbearable Dali clock-melting pace: when you're running on a treadmill, attending Mass at any time other than Christmas Eve, watching an episode of "Family Matters", or when you're onstage at a comedy club and the crowd is looking at you silently wishing they could use their eyes to give you diphtheria. Or mesothelioma. Or something else that attorneys who advertise during daytime talk shows say you can sue for. If it were up to last night's audience, I would have spent the last 18 hours wrapped in a smallpox blanket. Wearing an asbestos sweater. And watching Steve Urkel.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Mail Bashing
What is it with me and the mail-related postings? Today I went to the post office to buy some stamps. I could really care less which mini-portrait graces the corner of my envelope, so I grabbed a dozen of the Ronald Reagan ones. I take them to the counter and Jim, my Postal Buddy, says, "Oh, the Reagans, an excellent choice." Look, Jimbo, it's not like trying to match the right wine with the right meat...I didn't know that you should pair a dead president with letters to your relatives or slap an abstract painter on your pharmacy bill, but I'm pleased to know I passed the test.
Anyway, he asked if I was a collector. Um...apparently going right for the Gipper stamps has catapulted me far above the amateur stamp purchase. Only a novice would have gotten the flags or the "Love" ones. Hell, I'm guessing they'd still try to lick 'em. Retards. I was like, "Nope, just needed some stamps." I'm not kidding, Jim's entire demeanor changed and he looked as though I'd just taken a shit in a Priority envelope. He acted like my decision to mail my gas bill was somehow demeaning to Ronnie's memory, like I was the only person who was going to let his little face get cancelled. Yeah, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Ronald Reagan whose corpse got paraded around the country like "Weekend at Bernie's: White House Edition"? I believe he was passed around more times than Tara Reid at Senor Frog's but somehow I'm tarnishing his legacy? Holy shit, imagine the chaos that would ensue if Bonzo the chimp had gotten his own stamp? I'm sure it would go well with a nice cabernet.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
A Sticker Born Every Minute
I've had it with the return-address labels. It started with the American Lung Association (A-Lung, if you're into that Stuart Scott nicknaming thing) who used to send me 500 tiny labels all adorned with pictures of cardinals (the birds, not the Catholics…although, oddly enough when I was a little kid and would have to attend mass every Sunday, they would encourage us to pray for the Cardinals, at which point I would go home and dump out my Topps cards and earnestly bless St. Louis' baseball team. For some reason, I always spent extra time on Bruce Sutter. I was a dipshit.) Besides, what do cardinals have to do with healthy lungs? Cigarettes do a lot of weird shit, but I have yet to see a smoker cough up a bird.
Confidential to RJ Reynolds- Could you please make this happen?
Regardless, it's totally out of control and now every organization that could possibly want a donation now sends tons of tiny labels, all with clip art pictures that I do not want my creditors to associate with me. Although maybe if the Visa people see the horribly drawn bald eagles (they sort of look like Snuffleupagus) provided to me by the VFW, they'll be stirred by such a sense of patriotism (or pity) that they'll waive my late fees. (On a related note, you know your credit card bill is out of hand when you really need your finance charges to be broken down into monthly payments.) Either that or they'll see the shitty little fire truck drawn by a Special Olympian (not a gold medal winner in the Art category, obviously) and know that my debt should be erased since I obviously can't afford a ball point pen to write my own address and must rely on those tasteful little gems.
Anyway, I guess I kind of understand their rationale. They want you to make a donation, so they're making it easy for you by saving you 3 seconds and potential carpal tunnel syndrome by eliminating the need for you to write your personal information. If they really want to help me out, how bout they send me 500 stickers that look like twenty dollar bills? And maybe the kid that draws the trucks and the eagles could be exempt from that project. I think that these organizations should help themselves: maybe instead of mailing hundreds of thousands of address labels, they should just use that money to, um, support their causes. Who still sends letters anymore, anyway? You're truly on the cutting edge, VFW. Maybe next month, you could send me some Betamax tapes or a steam locomotive, or some serfs for my feudal plantation. Actually, the check is in the mail, if you promise to hack up a cardinal.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Take Care of Yourself and Each Other
OK, it's Friday night and I'm at home, drinking a glass of milk, wearing my free Sports Illustrated long-sleeved t-shirt (in their default size, 4XL, because apparently no one smaller than Mount Saint Helens gives a shit about sporting events) and watching the Red Sox game. My sexiness knows no bounds. The worst part is that if the game had been rain delayed, I was going to watch part of my 12 DVD set of last year's ALCS and World Series...after explaining to my handsome boyfriend that no, ALCS is not what killed Lou Gehrig. I wish I were kidding. Seriously though, the day that box set came in was the greatest day of all time. Those discs are like porn to me--Spectravision can keep "Searching for Bobby Fister".
Is there any greater tribute to a motion picture than when an adult film bastardizes its title? And why do I know that an actor named Dick van Dyke was in both "Titty Titty Bang Bang" and "Cherry Poppins"? Take that, imdb.com.
Moving on... Jerry Springer sometimes disappoints me. Why can't he put together an entire show that stays on topic? I mean, he'll have 4 couples that dress as cocker spaniels and spank each other with loaves of bread and then randomly the final guest will be a transvestite and its lover. C'mon Jerry, if you can find 6 people who have sex with trees, surely you can fill the whole hour without having to tag on a love triangle involving three Klansmen. (Suggested adult film title: "KKGay") I really think he's at the point of his career where he can't be shocked by anything. In fact, I'm not sure he has human emotions. He's like Data from Star Trek or Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit", without having to hang out with Steve Guttenberg.
Does anyone else think of that Guttenberg anytime the Guttenberg bible is referenced? Because sometimes I catch myself thinking, "Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, AND a printing press? Damn, that guy is GOOD." And why does everyone in the world remember that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin? Does anyone have a clue what the cotton gin is? And was Cotton Weary the worst name for a movie villain ever? Discuss...
OK, Rick Sutcliffe was just talking about A's 3rd base coach Ron Washington who apparently lost his home during Hurricane Katrina. Tragic, yes, but then Mr. Sutcliffe said that Washington was building a new home, a 5 bedroom one, in which he and his wife would live and he would also invite--and I quote--"all of his parents to live with him". If you need four bedrooms to house your parents, then I believe there's a Jerry Springer episode waiting for you, too...right after that woman who screwed a pine tree.
OH! Speaking of dead wood, congrats to Kevin Federline for producing yet another child.
In honor of Britney's baby, I like to think that somewhere in a television studio in Chicago there's a pre-operative transsexual dancing to herself, singing "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet A Woman." Because that would be off the charts with the awesomeness...
Monday, September 12, 2005
Everyone Report to the Dance Floor
1) Don't worry kids…no, I have not been carried off by inhabitants of the Carolina Raptor center, but thanks for asking. On a side note, how much do I wish that the Raptor center housed the actual dinosaurs and not a couple of heavily sedated hawks who flap their wings twice and look bored as hell in exchange for some raw chicken. I was running a couple of days ago and saw a hawk holding some sort of hamster or something in its large talons (to be read as Napoleon Dynamite). It was sitting in the middle of the sidewalk and, although I am hardly Sam's Club Val-U-Sized I'm still bigger than a bird—but this thing didn't move. It stared me down with its little eyes, like I was going to go all Richard Gere and swipe its gerbil. No kidding, it freaked me the hell out. If I were an Indian (you know, the kind you can't have a mascot named after), I probably would name my first child Squatting Hawk. Or Richard Gere.
2) In all seriousness, much love goes out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. And Michael Wiltz or Rob Savoy, if you happen to ever read this page, please email me at the address above. I know I haven't talked to either of you in a while, but I've tried lately without luck. Here's hoping I just have old phone numbers and that you (and your families) are both safe somewhere. I hope every relocated evacuee has the opportunity to make new, prosperous lives for themselves…and secretly a part of me hopes that a practicing Voodoo Queen ends up in rural Idaho, where she terrorizes people at the local Albertson's by asking where she can find some marmot claws or feral cat tongues, all the while sticking pins in a small, stuffed likeness of the store manager.
3) A friend of mine just bought a bicycle, probably because he had to sell his youngest son to the Nike factory in order to fill the tank on his Kia. HIS DAMN KIA! Anyway, before he bought the bike, the local bike shop made him take a class on proper bicycle hand signals, for turning, stopping, and pointing out to other motorists where his pelvis is after he's run down by a FedEx truck. Anyway, what good is it for the bikers to know the signals if none of the *drivers* do? Some dude on a Schwinn can stick his left hand out all he wants—I don't know whether to high five him or give him change for a $10. Either way, I hope I can get a new pair of running shoes out of it.
4) Again with the running—because I'm basically Forrest Gump. On long runs, I try to go through neighborhoods with a lot of reconstruction because, yeah, I need the Porta-Potty. Now I wasn't very good at Spanish in high school ("The cow has a beard" is not a super-helpful phrase) but I can recognize the word for "mother" and the word for "whore", and I've found that both of them are scrawled pretty frequently on the Porta-Walls. There's also frequent reference to a woman named Maria, as well as some diagrams that—if anatomically correct—make her look like she's packing a trash compactor between her legs. I'm also willing to bet that in several instances, the words "mother", "Maria", and "whore" may reference the same woman.
Another bathroom story…driving home from Charlie Goodnight's last week after a show best described as a big ball of suck, I stopped at an Exxon station to pee. When I have to go, I don't even pretend to be a customer. Some people will linger in there, acting like they're debating the merits of Slim Jims vs. Combos or wondering why a large box of condoms is known as "Family Size" before they eventually sneak off to the restrooms. Not this kid. Anyway, there was a line at the ladies' and my bladder was about to break a levee of its own so I ducked into the men's room. Um, nasty. I'm pretty sure Typhoid Mary's kitchen was higher on the hygiene scale than this I-40 gem. Anyway, some misguided patriot had taken it upon himself to edit the condom dispenser by scratching out the word "French" and christening them the "Freedom Tickler". Granted, the glory of his act was somewhat negated by the fact that he spelled it "Freedum", but whatever. Ten bucks says it was Toby Keith.


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Mumbai: Mumbai terror attack conspirator David Headley, who had surveyed most of the 26/11 targets, had also conducted a recce of Bal Thackeray's heavily-guarded residence `Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in 2008, and found that Shiv Sena chief was a "sitting duck".
In his soon-to-be-released book, `Headley and I', about filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul's unusual friendship with Headley during the latter's stay in Mumbai, author-journalist Hussain Zaidi has revealed how the LeT operative scanned Thackeray's residence with the help of Shiv Sena activist Vilas, a gym instructor.
Pakistani-American Headley frequently visited a gym in south Mumbai where Rahul Bhatt and Vilas worked out, and befriended them.
Headley, according to Zaidi, found loopholes in the late Sena chief's security at Matoshree.
The book -- to be released within a week, Zaidi told PTI -- also reproduces Headley's statements recorded by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Chicago.
According to Zaidi, the book tells how Headley once even visited Matoshree and photographed it for 15 minutes, posing as `a fan'.
Post-Matoshree visit, Headley told Rahul that Thackeray was "a sitting duck".
"A small bunch of desperadoes can break that security cover and reach Thackeray. I have no idea why the police are so proud of the protection he has been given," Headley is quoted as having said.
During reconnaissance of several targets in the metropolis, the Pakistan-origin US national, who had learnt to play golf in Lahore, made a visit to Willingdon Club here too, and termed a possible strike on the posh club as "icing on the cake".


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The 'Insidious' and 'Paranormal Activity' producer will be involved in the making of the supernatural film along with Kevin McCormick.
A scary tale set in Vatican is in the works. Variety reports Lionsgate is developing supernatural thriller "White Smoke" with Jason Blum ("Insidious", "Paranormal Activity", "The Purge") on board as a producer alongside Kevin McCormick ("Gangster Squad", "The Lucky One").
Lionsgate acquires a pitch from Jeff Richard and Mark Bianculli. The pair write a horror story about a series of bizarre and haunting occurrences that grip the Vatican. It will center on a renowned neuroscientist who is summoned by the inner circle of cardinals to find a logical explanation.
White smoke, in real life, is used in the Vatican to signal that a new Pope has been chosen. In March this year, a puff of white smoke emerged from the sacred chimney of the Sistine Chapel to announce to the world that conclave had chosen Pope Francis as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics succeeding Pope Benedict XVI.
Blum is fresh off his successful producing gig in "Insidious Chapter 2". Made on a mere budget of $5 million, the film opened to an impressive $41 million in early September. It marked the third-biggest debut for a pure horror film and the second-highest opening for a September release.


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Detox & Fasting Rooms at The Sanctuary
"...when it is time to leave I feel more alive than I thought possible."
The Times UK
The Wellness & Detox Centre has created specially designed rooms* for Detox and Colonics. We now have 6 rooms all different to suit your needs (including Sanctuary Gardens): Thai-Style with fans, Villa Air-Con room, Deluxe Air-Con room and the Deluxe Faster's Dormitory. If not in use for Detox these rooms can be rented by resort guests (non fasters). *Note: all of our detox rooms are subsidised for fasters.
Wireless internet access is available in all Wellness & Detox Centre rooms. All our private Detox rooms (not dorm beds sorry) receive free 500 Mb Wifi bandwidth daily.
Thai-Style Room
Thai-Style Room
This is a spacious Thai-style bungalow built up high on stilts for privacy, designed with the faster in mind. It has French doors on to a lovely balcony with a relaxing hammock waiting to welcome you. 24-Hour electricity. Now with new ensuite bathroom and hot shower with private bathroom for colonics.
These rooms are dedicated for fasters: Nightly rate of 1,850 THB per night.
Villa Air-Con Room
Our ever popular Villa-style rooms. These rooms has private amenities. It is split level with comfy lounge, DVD & Air Con, 24-hour electricity and hot shower. It shares a central courtyard, ideal for quiet relaxation.
These rooms are dedicated for fasters: Nightly rate of 2,200 THB per night
Deluxe Air-Con Room
The best room at our Detox Centre is our Deluxe Air-Con fasting room. Spacious room with nice terrace, bathroom with hot shower (for colonics also), and TV for DVD, plus 24-hour electricity.
These rooms are dedicated for fasters: Nightly rate of 2,900 B per night
Ladies Only Deluxe Faster's Dormitory
This dorm has 4 beds available and offers comfortable, stylish bedding and privacy with our tasteful, secure storage partitions in air-con comfort with hot water showers. This room is designed with the needs of the faster in mind and offers a mid-range price addition for our fasters. These beds are reserved for ladies only.
These beds cost 800 THB each per night.
Sanctuary Garden Rooms
Special rates on Sanctuary Garden Suites for our valued Detox customers
Garden Room Suite
This room is very spacious with a king size bed set in the main air-conditioned room. Sliding doors open onto the large garden view balcony. Tastefully furnished and comfortable. This room is suitable for fasters. Satellite TV. Room Rate is 4,200 THB per night.
Garden Room Deluxe Suite
This room has an air-conditioned main bedroom. In addition, it has a big lounge room, tastefully furnished. Furnishings include a large sofa and dining table and chairs, with sliding doors that open on to the big balcony. there is a hot water shower in the spacious bathroom. This room is suitable for fasters. This room is comfortable for 4 people sharing. Satellite TV. see details
Room rate is 4,750 THB per night.
At the Sanctuary we recommend that you stay at least 2 days before and after your cleanse to maximise the benefits of your efforts.
Of all Thailand resorts, The Sanctuary Resort & Spa is designed to embrace nature whilst providing secure and comfortable unique architectural designs.
The Sanctuary Resort & Spa has a range of bookable houses, plus non-bookable bungalows and dormitory rooms, plus there are over 100 other bungalows on the bay belonging to other resorts.
While we do work hard to keep our prices down, we won't engage in a race to the bottom. Saving a few Baht at the expense of quality and experience just isn't worth it. You may only have one chance to do this in your life, and we're committed to creating the most holistic rejuvenating body cleanse available.
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Mini Tomato, Onion & Chicken Kabobs
Recipe by AxMan
All chopped and marinaded in a sweet glaze marinade for a delicious summery flavor.
Top Review by Nimz1466
These were very tasty. I used grape tomatoes so didn't quarter them and cut this down for the two of us, using all the marinade. They seemed to burn easily on the grill, but not sure why. I think it would be nice to add a cook time for first beginning chefs. We cooked our on low for 20 minutes and they turned out nice and juicy. Thanks. Made for PAC Spring 08.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 6 quartered cherry tomatoes
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 3 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 onion
Directions See How It's Made
- Slice onion so that pieces are about 2 inch crescents.
- Chop chicken into small roughly 1 inch pieces.
- Quarter the tomatoes.
- Combine preserves, garlic, mustard & oil.
- Add Chicken and tomatoes to marinade and marinade overnight.
- Drain marinade, skewer chicken, onion and tomatoes and cook over a grill until chicken is no longer pink in the middle.
- Serve.


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The federal government was warned by several business figures yesterday that it was losing the battle over its proposed carbon tax by failing to make a clear and convincing argument for a carbon price.
At a post-budget business panel discussion in Sydney, Prime Minister
Mr Stokes was the most outspoken, saying he believed the carbon tax was more a means of moving wealth around than dealing with global warming.
"Personally, I think it's a great way for redistributing wealth for the country," he said.
"But for actually curbing carbon use – it's not going to change power generation [or the use of] coal, which we'll be using in this country for at least 25 years."
Mr Stokes said he believed offering incentives for reducing emissions rather than imposing a tax was the better way of dealing with the issue.
He said that imposing a tax would just see business moving offshore and Australia "exporting its emissions to China".
Mrs Kelly and Mr Lowy both criticised the explanation of the tax, with Mr Lowy saying there was "a great lack of understanding" in the community about it.
Mrs Kelly urged Ms Gillard to do more to explain "the vision and the story" behind the tax.
Arguing that there should be a rapid shift from the carbon tax to an emissions trading scheme, she said: "The vision and the story resonated actually much more strongly two or three years ago. "And somehow, post-Copenhagen, some of what are we trying to do here – create a more sustainable future for our children and our grandchildren in this wonderful land of ours – some of that vision and story has to be retold."
Mrs Kelly called for adequate "transitional support" for business and for close consultation with the business community on the issue.
Ms Gillard said the carbon tax was "a pretty vexed area" and that the case for it had to be explained "against a relentless campaign to say no".
But she said that, despite this, there was bipartisan support for the goal of reducing Australia's carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. The Prime Minister said that the argument was about when the process of achieving that goal would start and about how.
That argument, she said, was over whether this should be achieved by a market mechanism or by regulation and the government's view was that the market was the best way to deal with the issue.
Climate Change Minister
He said it was wrong for Mr Stokes to suggest that a carbon tax would simply see emissions exported.
And the purpose of a carbon price was to create incentives to invest in new technology and clean energy sources such as renewable energy.
"That is what starts to drive your emissions reductions," he said.
The Australian Financial Review


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Checklist: Grounds for Terminating Parental Rights
The phrase "termination of parental rights" can be the most frightening words a parent can hear. Fears of losing a child to "the system" can push a parent to work on his or her situation for the child. However, to some, termination brings relief, as the parent knows that he or she can't provide for the child but may have been unable to reach out for help. Some parents voluntarily terminate their parental interest as they feel it's best for the child.
The parental rights termination procedure is perhaps one of the strongest legal mechanisms available to protect children in need. In many cases, a termination proceeding is a necessary precursor to the adoption of the child. In some states and cases, it's possible to reinstate parental rights after termination or consenting to adoption.
The exact grounds for parental rights termination vary from state to state. The following list summarizes the major grounds for terminating a parent's rights to his or her child:
- Severe or chronic physical abuse of the child
- Any sexual abuse of the child
- Severe psychological abuse or torture of the child
- Extreme emotional damage to the child inflicted by the parent
- Child neglect by failing to provide shelter, food, or other needed care as is required by parental obligations
- Abuse or neglect of other children in the same household
- Abandonment of the child or extreme parental disinterest
- Long-term mental illness of the parent
- Long-term alcohol or drug induced incapacity of the parent
- Failure to support the child
- Failure to maintain contact with the child
- Failure to provide education
- Felony conviction of the parent for a violent crime against the child or another family member
- Felony conviction of the parent when the term of imprisonment is long enough to negatively impact the child and the only other source of care for the child is foster care
- The child has been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months, and the parent is still not ready for reunification.
- Failure of reasonable efforts to rehabilitate the parent and reunite the family
- Failure of the parent to comply with a court ordered plan
- The child would be at risk if returned to the parent's home.
- Risk of substantial harm to the child
- Inducing the child to commit a crime or crimes
- Unreasonable withholding of consent to adoption by the non-custodial parent
- The child's need for continuity and care
- The identity or location of the father is unknown after a reasonable attempt to determine or find him
- The child was conceived as a result of rape or incest
- The putative or presumptive father is not the child's biological father
- A newborn child is addicted to alcohol or drugs
- Giving birth to three or more drug affected infants
- Other egregious conduct or heinous or abhorrent behavior by the parent either to the child or others in a way that affects the child
- The child has developed a strong and healthy relationship with his or her foster or other substitute family
- The preference of the child
- Voluntary relinquishment of rights by the parent
Afraid You Might Lose Your Parental Rights? Get a Free Case Review
Whether it is drugs, alcohol, or physical abuse, if the state is threatening to terminate your parental rights, you should seek legal counsel. While this process can seem terrifying, you don't have to go through it by yourself. A qualified family law attorney can guide you through the laws and what rights you may have. Get a free case review today.


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Recalling his first experience behind the wheel, the 'Entourage' star confesses that it almost ended up in a disaster if he didn't find the brake pedal just in time.
"Entourage" star Jeremy Piven will never forget his first experience behind the wheel - he almost crashed the car into a couple's living room at Christmas. The actor, 45, confesses his older brother Shira would take him out for a drive when he was a young teenager to help Piven obtain his license.
But his first stint as a driver was a near disaster - because he had no idea where the brake pedal was. Piven tells WENN, "I remember actually driving with Shira when I was very young and learning how to drive and I was not old enough to drive."
"It was icy in Chicago and I slid between two trees and I'm driving and there was this living room encased in glass and there was this couple in front of their Christmas tree and I'm just barreling towards them 'cause I didn't know how to drive. I finally found where the brake was before I slid and crashed through their window into their living room! That was my first driving experience."


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Build your dream home in the quiet and undisturbed country atmosphere of Crimson Ridge. Far from ordinary, Crimson Ridge is a rural planned community nestled between the colorful wheat and canola fields of the Camas Prairie and the wilderness of the Nez Perce National Forest. This setting not only offers beautiful panoramic views of North Central Idaho, but it also frequently witnesses awe-inspiring sunsets.
Golf enthusiasts will love that the subdivision borders the Grangeville Golf and Country Club. In fact, Crimson Ridge property owners receive a complimentary membership to the club and have their first year of dues paid. Residents can even access the golf course from the approximately 3/4 mile paved path which trails between the golf course green and the subdivision. This path is suitable for walking, bicycling or driving your golf cart. Other subdivision amenities include the over 10 acres of association maintained common area, paved and lighted streets, underground utilities and access to the year-round stream the meanders through the southern common area.
Lot 6B is the most affordable building lot in Crimson Ridge. At approximately 5 acres, it provides plenty of room to stretch out and relax. Bring your horses! This lot has already been pre-approved for up to two horses.
The scenic grounds of Crimson Ridge are conveniently located just 1.5 miles south of Grangeville, Idaho. Grangeville is a quiet agricultural town that embodies small town America and acts as a gateway to a multitude of outdoor recreational opportunities. It is the county seat of Idaho County which encompasses several public wilderness areas and five of Idaho's most pristine rivers. So besides the exclusive perks offered to Crimson Ridge occupants, there are outdoor adventures at your disposal year round. These include fishing, hunting, camping, atving, snowmobiling, skiing and river rafting.
Directions to 183 Ridgeview Drive:
From Grangeville, Idaho drive south on US Highway 95 approximately 1.6 miles. Turn left (East) on Ridgeview Drive. Building lot 6B will be on the left.
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