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In 2016, The Jacksons continued to perform scattered dates in casinos in the United States, special events such as Art on Ice in Switzerland and festivals in Canada, USA, Japan and South Africa. The legends continued to bring peace, unity and happiness with their shows and performed an historic show in Johannesburg where they performed live for the first time! Due to scheduling conflicts, Jermaine was not part of all the shows.
In February 2016, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon spend 2,5 weeks in Switzerland to rehearse for and perform at Art on Ice with the world's best figure skaters (Olympic winners, World and European Champions) and dancers in the cities of Zürich, Lausanne and Davos.
In 2015, Tito and his brothers celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Jackson 5 performing scattered dates in the Unites States (and one in Malaysia) including Legends of Motown shows with The Commodores, followed by a Fall Tour in the United States and playing BBC Proms in the Park and Bestival Festival in the United Kingdom.
Tito and his brothers Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon continue to perform all over the world to bring love, peace and happiness to their fans and the public.
In February and March of 2014, The Jacksons did a six week Las Vegas residency (20 February - 6 April) at Planet Hollywood taking the audience on an interactive, unforgettable journey through their lives and musical career and offering offers soulful pop-funk and impeccable live performances that have made them one of the most beloved musical acts of all time! In July, The Jacksons performed another Rocktellz & Coacktails 5 night engagement (2 July - 6 July) on the US east coast at Caesars Atlantic City.
Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon are on the road in 2013 and perform shows in Europe, Australia, Africa, Canada and North America as part of their Unity Tour. Fans across the globe see their dream become a reality to experience the magic of these legends live on stage. Ahead of their shows, the brothers meet with fans, making more dreams come true, and they do press interviews. The Jacksons keep the legacy alive and pay tribute to their brother Michael, singing the hits of The Jacksons 5, The Jacksons and Michael.
In November of 2012, Jermaine, Jackie, Tito and Marlon performed at Night of The Proms in Belgium and The Netherlands. They played 12 shows at the classic meets pop event performing a 30-minute set of hits with the Il Novecento orchestra.
After nearly three decades, brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon reunited in 2012 to start the The Jacksons Unity Tour in the United States and Canada and then performing in Asia.
Jackie, Tito and Marlon, as well as other family members, participate in Michael Jackson Tribute shows in Cardiff and in Tokyo where they reunite to perform as The Jacksons for the first time since 2001.
The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special was a 2001 New York City revue show by Michael Jackson when he reunited with his brothers Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, Tito and Marlon to perform a greatest hits medley. Tickets sold out in five hours.
In March of 1983, one of the performing highlights of The Jacksons career is the unforgettable reunion performance of the six brothers on one of histories most watched television specials, Motown 25. Following the success of the reunion, all six brothers recorded a sixth album for Epic, released as Victory in 1984. Their biggest-selling album to date included the top ten single, "State of Shock". In July of 1984, the Jacksons launched their Victory Tour. The group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2 million and the tour sold what was then a record number of ticket sales.
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Hailed as one of the greatest live shows of the 1970s and 1980s by Rolling Stone, the Triumph Tour grossed $5.5 million and became one of The Jacksons' most successful tour. The brothers performed in 36 US cities, including Memphis, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California, where the band concluded their tour with four sold-out shows.
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The Destiny Tour accompanied The Jacksons' 1978 Destiny album. The brothers toured 80 US cities in the United States and played several dates in France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Kenya and the UK. Several of the concerts from the tour had to be cancelled because Michael Jackson became sick with the flu.
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Samsung has announced that the 64GB version of the Galaxy S3 will only be available in select regions when it is released.
"The 64GB model of the Galaxy S3 will be available during the second half of this year. The market availability and timing may vary and will be determined at the time of release," said Samsung in a recent statement.
This is sad news for customers anticipating the model with the highest memory capacity since its availability will be up in the air.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 Developer Edition is now available on the company's website.
According to the site, this model is only available in Pebble Blue and retails at $599 without a contract.
The device's main feature is its unlockable bootloader. The Verizon version currently ships with a locked bootloader, making it more appealing to those who own the Galaxy S3 on Big Red.
Samsung also announced that the 32GB developer version will be available soon.
The company issued the first security update for the AT&T Galaxy S3 at the end of last week that fixed a few small issues including the device prematurely asking for an unlock pin. It also "dumbs down" Google's unified search function, which makes contacts, apps and mail search unavailable there.
The search feature had to be altered due to patents that Apple currently holds for Siri. Samsung more than likely wants to avoid getting into another legal battle with its number one competitor.
AT&T will also release Galaxy S3 in Garnet Red on July 15 in its online store. It will also be available at the carrier's retail locations on July 29.
This version will feature the same specifications as the regular AT&T model that includes a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, 8-megapixel camera, S Voice, and NFC (near-field-communications), 4G LTE connectivity, and a dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip.

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On 18 February, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee will report on submissions from the public regarding the Exposure Draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012. Among other adjustments to existing anti-discrimination legislation, the Bill proposes to broaden the definition of discrimination to include conduct that 'offends' or 'insults' a person on the basis of various 'protected attributes' (clause 19-2). Many of the 'protected attributes' are things that everybody has — such as an age, a race, a sex, a nationality and a social origin — and therefore all Australians could soon be protected by law from many of the offensive and insulting experiences of daily life.
Section 51 of the Bill — the bit on racial vilification — has not really changed from existing law, which not only forbids 'racist' conduct that causes an individual to feel offended, insulted or humiliated, but also forbids conduct in the public domain that might offend some people of a given racial group. Theoretically, the prohibition of 'racial vilification' offers protection to everybody, since everybody supposedly has some sort of 'race'.
In practice, however, the prohibition of offence and insult is mainly for the protection of special people like me. Section 51 puts me under the protection of a higher authority, with the power to decide what sort of nasty remarks in the public domain would probably offend, insult or humiliate me as an 'Aboriginal' or a 'person of colour'. Clause 19-2 means that those around me must avoid acts or omissions that might offend or insult me as a woman, a brownish person, a person of Aboriginal descent, or my various other 'attributes' that apparently render me more vulnerable and emotionally sensitive than regular folk.
This law would oblige those around me to anticipate my feelings and limit their behaviour accordingly; it is based on an assumption that I am so enfeebled by my attributes that I would be unable to handle my own feelings in the face of obnoxious conduct. So psychologically fragile are Aboriginal people, ethnic people, brown people, female people, queer people and all manner of other 'protected' people that the state must ensure that our delicate sensibilities are shielded from the nastiness of the world. As an autonomous adult, I cannot think of a single human being whom I would ever trust to decide on my behalf what I could and could not bear to hear about myself — and I deeply resent anyone who presumes to do so. This proposed law strips me of my dignity in a way that another's malicious remark could never do; it reduces me to the status of a child.
Where is the outrage from feminist academics and media professionals, whose job it is to critically analyse a proposal such as this, casting a sceptical eye over the state's chivalrous intent to prevent our dainty ears from hearing dirty words and oafish commentary? Perhaps today's professional feminists are too busy Slutwalking, blogging about Fifty Shades of Grey and hating on Tony Abbott.
Are Aboriginal people really so eager for the state to determine and deal with 'offensive' and 'insulting' rhetoric on their behalf? When did Aboriginal people decide the judiciary could be trusted to understand and represent their collective feelings? Is there even such a thing as 'collective feelings' of Aboriginal people (or people of any other 'racial group', for that matter)?
In a 2004-05 survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people[1], 84 per cent of respondents said they had not experienced racial discrimination in the previous 12 months. Those that had experienced discrimination were asked how they had felt about it: 67 per cent said they had felt angry, 31 per cent had felt sorry for the person who had treated them badly, and 28 per cent felt sad, ashamed or worried by the experience. (Respondents could nominate more than one feeling.) When asked what they had done in response to the discrimination, 38 per cent had talked to their friends or family about it, 33 per cent avoided the person or situation, 30 per cent tried to do something to rectify the situation and 28 per cent opted to 'just forget about it'.
This shows that when we bother to ask, we find that Aboriginal people are as diverse as everybody else in their interpretations of, and responses to, their experiences of the world around them — there is no collective 'Aboriginal feeling'. Ask the same questions of any other 'protected' group and you would see an equally diverse range of responses. Legislation that limits the exposure of the weird and the different to the realities of the world around us limits our ability to engage and respond in our own weird and different ways. Once upon a time, on a 380 bus travelling down Sydney's Oxford Street, sat a man in a tight white T-shirt with the words in elegant font across one well-defined pectoral muscle: 'That's Mister Faggot to you.' There are many more dignified ways to deal with offense and insult than sucking our thumbs while the state wags its finger at rude people on our behalf.
The people who support this proposal probably mean well. The proposal is appealing, in that it is an opportunity to do something to protect the vulnerable from bigotry and bullying, without actually having to confront such unpleasantness directly. Prohibition of rude, insensitive and boorish behaviour allows the well-meaning to do something in safety and comfort, by formally reporting any such 'incidents' for the proper authorities to deal with. In the absence of a law forbidding offensive speech, it falls to the well-meaning individual to speak up and express a counter-opinion, or to stay silent, appear complicit, and feel less than good about themselves. In the interests of making the world a nicer place with minimal personal risk and effort, the well-meaning among us are happy to forfeit their freedom of speech and to outsource their agency as individuals to an institutionalised moral authority. This is modern day morality-lite: all the feel-good, with zero courage.
Of the 357 submissions to the inquiry, around 20 were anonymous submissions protesting on the grounds that such a law would limit freedom of speech. While I applaud anyone who gets off their backside to participate in this important debate, I wonder about the effectiveness of such complaints when they are expressed from the safety of anonymity. If we do not give our names in defence of our freedom of speech, we aren't really exercising the freedoms we have; if anything, our fear of exposure is proof that repression works.
In 2013, rather than continue to complain anonymously about being repressed by 'political correctness', let's simply act as if these stupid laws do not exist. It's a new year: go forth and offend. Need some practice? Take your best shot at offending me, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kerryn Pholi is a former Aboriginal bureaucrat and social worker, currently based in Canberra.
[1] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009. Measuring the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Cat No. IHW 24. Canberra: AIHW
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I took this picture on the Svoboda Square.Great castles and figures were made from ice.This is one of them.
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sagar (2410) 2008-01-02 8:19
Hi Karina,
A post after quite a long time....
Very good and clear vision. It looks specially attractive because structures made of ice are not at all a common sight here in India.
Very attractive sculpture, well done.
Wishes for a wonderful year ahead...
PixelTerror (0) 2008-01-02 9:05
Hi Karina,
He he Ukraine is a better place than France to celebrate Ded Moroz, but snow is coming they said... Nice ephemere artwork giving good highlights to your photo, maybe you could also try a side approach rather than this flat view and include people watching to animate it, just an idea...
Z Novym Hodam !
hatti52 (12786) 2008-01-02 12:37
Hi Karina,
where were you?
wellcome again with this nice shot
may be if there were some kids it would be better
siolaw (38294) 2008-01-02 23:30
Hi Karina,
I like the color and reansparent texture of this ice sclpture... and a well done one too of Santa on his sledge! Sharpness and exposure are fine.
Happy new year to you too!
alainh (33209) 2008-01-05 3:16
hello Karina
as photography, somes instants and nothing. just the time of fe year of pleasure ! a beutiful capture you made.
all the best for you, your family, your friends for this new year
bracasha75 (24591) 2008-01-05 4:16
Hello Karina
Winter is one excellent artist (with help) this time
gilou530 (34) 2008-01-07 12:01
hello karine
a beautiful place decorated well with this statue with ice, cheer to the artist which did it and the photographer who immortalised it well done
and my best wishes 2008
zmey (7335) 2008-01-09 7:42
hey, karina!
a lovely new year's greeting: a very elaborate statue indeed. thanks for sharing. i suspect, the scene would be even more festive if shot in the night takign advantate of light reflections off the ice, but a good presentation in the present form as well.
Happy 2008 to you too, Karina!
noborders (1010) 2008-01-16 12:46
Brrrr ! Karina, it must be cold there ! First time I can see a close photo of those ice sculptures, certainly it is a sort of art form and not easy to realise !
TFS, very interesting ! I like your framing too, with the uniform building in the background...
Best regards,
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9168 Fletcher Parkway, La Mesa; (619) 466-6026; open daily.
THE FOOD: Extensive menu of Mexican standards, dished up in old-school style and large portions.
THE SCENE: Ignore this strip mall's potholed parking lot and occasional bedraggled businesses. El Coyote is bright, squeaky clean and priced right for families.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Sides, $1 to $6.50; breakfast, $6.95 to $7.95; lunch, $4.95 to $10.95; dinner, $7.45 to $10.95; kids' meals, $3.75.
DON'T MISS: Fresh and filling chicken tortilla soup, $3.75 for a bowl, $7.45 as a meal. Coyote Special breakfast and lunch, $4.95, includes main course, chips, shredded lettuce and a soda.
LA MESA – At El Coyote, you expect Don Diego to saunter in and break into "Cielito Lindo" and "Guantanamera." This is the Mexican diner that time forgot.
How else to explain the serapes under the glass tabletops? The Early Avenida Revolucion decor, heavy on piñatas, paper flowers, toy burros? The piped-in Mexican ballads, hombres in full cry, backed by weeping strings and lusty trumpets?
El Coyote is a throwback – to a place called El Coyote. In the 1980s, Adolfo Mendoza worked at a restaurant with that name. The place folded, and Mendoza moved on, most recently spending 13 years running Maria's in downtown San Diego.
But Mendoza remembered. Last year, he left Maria's and considered opening his own restaurant. "I was looking for a place," he said, "and I found this place."
Refound it, actually. Although the modest dining room/kitchen/restroom complex had been an Italian trattoria and a Cajun cafe, this is the original El Coyote's site. Mendoza restored the name, spiffed up the interior and reopened on Jan. 19.
That interior, by the by, is spotless. You could eat off the immaculate indoor/outdoor carpet, although the waitresses, who are nonstop blurs of scrubbing, sweeping and serving activity, insist you take a table or booth.
The food is not exactly what you'd call healthy Mex, nouveau Mex or farm-to-table organic Mex. No free-range duck tacos or pomegranate margaritas in sight, but, like a telenovela, the menu of time-tested combination plates goes on and on. El Coyote offers more than 60 meals, from nopalitos with scrambled eggs and ham ($6.95) to chicken-or beef-topped sopes ($7.95).
Our waitress recommended the best-selling Especialidad No. 25, two enchiladas – I chose one apiece of beef and chicken ($8.95). The mild, sour-creamy white sauce was soothing rather than exciting, but the tortillas were fresh and the fillings lean.
My friend chose No. 17, the softball-sized chicken tamale ($7.75). In too many Mexican restaurants, this dish is a mound of masa over a smidgeon of chicken. Here, though, this is a meaty and satisfying lunch.
Both meals came with large servings of good, if unexceptional, rice and beans.
In fact, most food here echoes the decor – it's exuberant and colorful, but not terribly original. But pop standards, no matter how familiar, can be stirring; there's a reason Frank Sinatra had five or six "farewell" tours. On another visit, I ordered a burrito ranchero with chips and soda ($4.95). The dish was no more than average, but the bargain price allowed me to splurge on an appetizer: a superb bowl-sized "cup" of tortilla soup ($3.75).
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A school bus driver who dropped two elementary school sisters off at the wrong stop is challenging her 10-day unpaid suspension.
A school bus driver who dropped two elementary school sisters off at the wrong stop is challenging her 10-day unpaid suspension.
Mary White, an 11-year veteran, wrote a letter requesting a hearing before the School Board.
White said the children were dropped off pursuant to parental request. Her union representative said the punishment is unfair.
Superintendent of Schools George Tomyn wrote in an official suspension letter that White was driving a bus on the afternoon of Sept. 5 and dropped the sisters — a kindergartner and a first-grader — "at a bus stop which was not their authorized stop."
White released the students to "an adult male who bore no relationship to the students," Tomyn wrote.
White had a bus pass for each student that identified the correct stop. But she "failed to check either pass," Tomyn wrote.
"As part of the investigation, (White) admitted her error in failing to check the bus passes and in dropping the students off at incorrect location with an unauthorized adult male," Tomyn wrote.
In her hand-written letter, dated Oct. 8, White wrote asked that her 10-day suspension be revoked.
"This is like a $1,000 fine (in lost wages) for a mistake," said Jane Roach, business agent for the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, which represents bus drivers.
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Ivanhoe Energy Inc. widened its third-quarter loss as costs to develop its oil properties grew and it took in less revenue than a year ago.
The Calgary-based heavy oil development company, which reports in U.S. dollars, said Wednesday its third quarter loss was $7.2-million (U.S.), or 2 cents per share, compared to $2.8-million, or a penny per share, a year ago.
Oil revenue fell to $4.2-million from $7.9-million in the third quarter of last year due to lower production volumes from its Chinese oil field.
It used $5.4-million in cash flows for operations compared to $1.2-million a year ago. General and administrative expenses also rose to $6.1-million from $4.4-million.
Capital investments increased to $20.4-million from $5.8-million as the company spent more for development activities in China.
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The Washington Wizards have signed veteran forward Al Harrington.
The Wizards are Harrington's seventh NBA team as he enters his 16th season. He's averaged 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 947 career games.
Harrington played in only 10 games with the Orlando Magic last season because of a right knee injury.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said Wednesday that Harrington will give the team additional depth on the frontcourt.


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Eleven young leaders emerge
By Crystal A. Proxmire
Originally printed 5/24/2012 (Issue 2021 - Between The Lines News)
Eleven young people of color are the first wave of graduates of the new KICK LEAD program, which stands for Learn, Educate, Advocate and Drive. They were recognized in a graduation ceremony on Saturday.
Brandon Gleaton, Ronald Morris, LaShonda Windham, Kiana Miller, Victor Harrell, Marlin Colyer, Hank Martin, Alfredo Smith, Bre' Campbell, John Trimble and Rhiannon Chester met every Saturday morning for six weeks to get an in-depth lesson in leadership from some of the area's top LGBT advocates.
Educators for the LEAD project included Johnny Jenkins, Jr., program director of Affirmations, Emily Dievendorf, policy director of Equality Michigan, Dr. Louis Graham, fellow at the University of Michigan, Tiffany Buchanan, president of KICK and Philasean Benjamin, program coordinator of KICK.
"The students walked into the program as strangers and came out comrades," said KICK Executive Director Curtis Lipscomb. "They spent time together after each class in dialogue on how to work further together."
Marlin Colyer was among the graduates. The 29-year-old Chicago native moved to Detroit last year in hopes of going to school for psychology and developing a career in poetry and other writing. "The LEAD program overall was a magnificent experience. Stand out lessons would include community building and conflict management. These lessons stood out most to me because it helped me to understand some of the things that I should expect when joining the ranks of activism."
Colyer points to his mother and to Lipscomb as leaders to look up to. "My mom has always encouraged me to be the best that I can be in all of my endeavors. I have no idea where I would be without her love. Curtis Lipscomb is someone that I look up to majorly. He is such a mover and shaker in our community, and defines the very meaning of leadership."
In the time that Bre' Campbell has been connecting with the KICK community, she has blossomed into a natural leader. She recently joined the KICK Board of Directors and serves as the Trans Ambassador for the group. She is also an HIV Prevention specialist at The Horizons Project. The KICK LEAD program has given her the opportunity to learn even more and connect with other young leaders. "The thing that stands out to me was the relationship building that happened between myself and the other participants. We are not just another group, we are family," Campbell said. "My fellow LEAD members are leaders also. To be dedicated and come to class every week was a hard task, but we were there every week ready to learn. I can't wait to see the growth in our group both individually and collectively."
LaShonda Windham said she enrolled in the KICK LEAD program because she wants to become part of the LGBT African American movement. "I want to make the community more visible," she said. "I was able to spend six weeks with the new leaders of the movement and I am most grateful to KICK for giving me this opportunity. All I can say is that everyone should watch out because we are Leaders who are Educated, and are going to Advocate for our community because we have a powerful Drive."
There will be another six weeks course of LEAD in the fall, where another 11 young people will be trained. Graduates are eligible to become members of KICK's newly-developed Young Adult Board of Advisors, and their voice will be integral to the direction of that board.
The graduates are expected to continue their work in the LGBT community and beyond. "The students will be active at Motor City Pride and Hotter than July for the 'Don't Change Yourself, Change the Law' campaign and other youth empowerment activities," Lipscomb said. "I hope the Unity Michigan Coalition Partners - Affirmations, Equality Michigan, Ruth Ellis Center, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion and the ACLU of Michigan - will take full advantage of the energy the students have as their internships begin this summer."
Enrollment for the fall course for students age 18-30 begins on Monday, September 10. For more information check out http://www.e-kick.org or call 313-285-9733.
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WATSONVILLE — A man arguing with a store clerk over lottery tickets was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon Tuesday morning after he showed an officer a sword concealed in his trench coat, Watsonville police reported.
Watsonville resident Laurence Roscoe Gregory, 65, was fighting with the clerk because he believed his tickets were winners, when in fact they were not, according to Sgt. Saul Gonzalez. The officer talked with Gregory outside the store, located on the 100 block of East Lake Avenue, around 8 a.m. and explained that Gregory hadn't won.
Then the officer asked Gregory, who was wearing "bulky" clothing, if he had any weapons on him and Gregory revealed the 3- to 4-foot-long sword under his coat. He told the officer the sword was part of his attire, Gonzalez said.
No one had been threatened or hurt with the sword, but Gregory was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dangerous weapon, police reported.


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Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man they say robbed a Sunrise Quiznos Sub armed with a gun.
The robbery, which was caught on surveillance video, occurred Sept. 28 just after 9 p.m. on the 13900 block of Sunrise Blvd. Authorities said a male entered the store with a shotgun and immediately tried to open the cash register behind the counter.
Security Guard Shot and Killed in Parking Lot in Northeast Miami-Dade
When he failed to do so, he pointed the gun at a store clerk and ordered him to open it, Sunrise Police said.
The thief proceeded to remove money and left the restaurant.
Anyone with information as to the identity of the suspect is asked to called Sunrise Police at 954-746-3600.
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Young details Edwards seduction
GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Edwards's seductive abilities were on clear display here Tuesday during the second day of his federal trial on campaign finance charges stemming from nearly $1 million in payments prosecutors contend were made for expenses incurred by his mistress, Rielle Hunter, around the time of his 2008 presidential campaign.
The seduction at issue was not the sexual affair between Hunter and Edwards, but how the presidential hopeful allegedly persuaded a longtime close aide, Andrew Young, to become more and more deeply involved in covering up the affair and Hunter's ensuing pregnancy.
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According to Young, Edwards began by asking the aide to help him communicate with Hunter and keep her away from his wife. Later, the candidate would ask his aide for a few hundred dollars just before trips where he was likely to see Hunter, Young said. That progressed into taking Hunter in to his home, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars for her living expenses and, eventually, into Young agreeing to falsely claim paternity of Hunter's unborn child, the one-time loyal aide testified.
Young also testified that while Edwards arranged for donor Rachel "Bunny" Mellon to pay for Hunter's housing and living expenses, he did not want to be informed about the details because it could undermine his prospects for a top government post.
"He said he couldn't know about any of this in case he needed to be sworn in as attorney general," Young testified.
"It was crazy," Young said. "We were all scared to death. He was a viable presidential candidate and this was a truckload of money, much more than had ever flowed through our account."
Young said he raised those concerns with Edwards about five different times but was told not to worry.
"He was frustrated with me asking him so many times. He told me he'd talked to several campaign finance experts and it was absolutely legal," Young said.
"Did you believe him?" prosecutor David Harbach asked.
After a long pause, Young replied: "We felt extremely uneasy about it. We felt the smell was wrong, but in the end we decided he knew more about the law than we did."
Edwards, who was sitting at the defense table, looked puzzled by Young's statement, shook his head and said something to his lawyers.
Young said the situation grew more complicated in June 2007, after Hunter learned she was pregnant with a baby she said was Edwards's.
Young said that when he relayed that message to Edwards, he insulted her. "He said she was a crazy slut and there was a one-in-three chance it was his child," Young said.


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Ann I. Jones has been named Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Los Angeles Regional Office, FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky announced today. Her appointment is effective immediately.
Before joining the FTC, Jones was a partner with Blecher and Collins, P.C., a Los Angeles law firm specializing in antitrust litigation. From 1993 to 1995 she served at the Department of Justice as a Special Litigation Counsel to Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Anne Bingaman. In 1993 and 1994, Jones received the Assistant Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Achievement. Previously, Jones taught antitrust law as an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University School of Law in Los Angeles.
Jones graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1977, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a National Merit Scholar. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Masters Degree from the Graduate School of Public Policy and a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law, in 1984.
Jones is a member of the American Bar Association, California Bar Association and the Antitrust Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She resides in Santa Monica.


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Spicy Brown and Tofu Robot at Wondercon
WonderCon 2008: Spicy Brown's Tofu Robot Goods
Making my way around WonderCon's expo floor was a pain in the neck — literally. I had to keep an eye out for all those awesome costumes, which meant straining my neck left and right all weekend! So it was a nice break coming across the booth of Spicy Brown — the home of these super cute Tofu Robot figures ($20) as well as some geek chic tees and accessories. I was in a geeky fashion heaven.
To learn more about the line of tees and Spicy Brown in general,
Their Tofu Robot line of tees was one of my faves (one even made its way to my closet - I guess I'm a sucker for astronaut robots!) but I also love the Kokeshi Ink's graphic and Japanese inspired line as well. The cool thing about Spicy Brown is they usher in new artists to design the tees and accessories so there's always something new to look at.


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The students of the Ventnor Educational Community Complex were treated to an afternoon of werewolves, unicorns, monsters and all things fantasy on a recent Wednesday, with a visit from famed children's author Bruce Coville.
The Syracuse, N.Y., native has had books - including "Always October" and "I Was A Sixth Grade Alien"- on the shelves of the school's library for years, said middle school librarian Debbie Brahmi.
Once the school was introduced to his work, it was only natural to invite the sci-fi writer to speak to its students, she said.
"He's probably the most prolific writer we've had," she said of the school's 12th visiting author. "It's hard to find an author to speak to kindergarten through eighth-grade."
But Coville, 62, had no problem. "I find too much of adult fiction bleak, cynical. I'm neither," he said.
His energetic performance, filled with comical voices, animated advice and imaginative exercises proved it, captivating three audiences.
"I'm disgustingly cheerful and optimistic," he continued, confident that the young crowd would show some appreciation for his lively demeanor.
After performing two chapters of his work "Monster's Ring," Coville managed to still get laughs from the crowd as he described his writing process.
You will receive rejection slips, the author of more than 100 published books said. "You can't let that stop you."
He stressed the importance of details to make a story come to life and the characters that make it all happen.
"Take somebody you like and get them in trouble," he suggested to the crowd.
But Coville, who spent February visiting students in four African countries, has not made a living merely writing.
He has been a toy maker, a gravedigger, a magazine editor, a salesman, an assembly-line worker and even an elementary school teacher, Brahmi said in introducing him to the students.
But to bring children to another world one page at a time remains his most valued job.
"The world is too small for the heart of a 10-year-old," the author said, moments after having a meet-and-greet lunch with a small group of eighth-graders.
The opportunity allowed the students to have an informal chat with Coville, giving them the time to ask any question they wanted.
Isabelle Mosca, 14, of Ventnor, however, used the opportunity to share her own writing with the author.
At age 7, the student wrote "Adventure to Autism Planet," a story inspired by her brother, Kyle, who is autistic.
"He looked through it and thanked me for it," the eighth-grader said.
Coville left that day, hoping to encourage kids to develop their abilities, dream a little harder and to simply pick up a book.
"I figure if I make one kid a reader," he said. "then my day is justified."
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A few years back, I shot this beauty. [url]http://thatoldhouse.net/buck200004.JPG[/url] (For a point of reference, I'm 6'3" and 230 pounds.)
I had a shoulder mount made by a fellow hunter whose main business is taxidermy.
When moving the mount recently to do some remodel work on the house, massive amounts of hair fell off in clumps.
The ears are practically bare and even the slightest touch to the neck area knocks loose more hair.
I'm afraid my trophy is done.
Is my only real option at this point to remount the antlers and accept the loss?
Thanks in advance.
-Depressed in Indiana
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Theres no magic involved, in as much as, what you see is what you have. In this day and age of instant tans, "tanning" without pickling, shortcuts, etc, we sometimes see this stuff. When a guy in here says Im nuts because I say using pickles, or even salt, to pull protiens from a skin to be replaced later synthetically, well...
The two main culprits are a scavenger beetle known as a dermestid, and its larvae, and also a small moth known as a cloth moth. The larvae sometimes have other names too. But either way, my guess is that upon close examination you saw what looked like rice crispies attached to the antler bases, or the ear openings, or even in the hair. Thats the cocoon. The larvae scour the outside layer of skin eating proteins (a-hem, sound familiar anyone?) and this etching cuts the hair off at the base, thus the matt of loose hair you saw.
This may even sound silly, but sometimes even a good taxodermist and a good job might be effected by these moths. Its always the owners responsibility to bug bomb the home periodically when housing mounts. Precautions include not bringing in old mounts, skulls, cut off antlers with untreated scalps still attached, home-made turkey fan displays, all things that attract these pests. Again, all homes have these pests present anyway, but the stuff I listed just helps attract and spread them further. If you have more mounts or plan on more, Id contact an exterminator for the future. Its cheap insurance. Meanwhile, approach the taxidermist and see what he might suggest. I wont say whos at fault, as I believe I gave you some points to ponder here. The mount can be re-done, as in, pulling the antlers and starting over with a new cape. Wish I had better news for you!
As a last point of interest, folks with mounts- dust and clean those things every so often and detect this kind of damage while its in its infancy stage, and you most often can end the infestation and experience only MINOR repairs...
If you have a chest freezer I would stick it in there for a few days or more to kill all the moths , beetles and larva . This will keep them from attacking your clothes ( wool ) or any kind of cereal , rice or other food in the house . The cape would have to be replaced .
When you buy dry food from the store , check the bags for larva , moths etc . I find a lot of these come from dog food at Wal mart .
I had these moths eat a lifesize bear that was tanned commercially . You dont know they are there until to late . Rick
Yes, there were items that looked like rice crispies between the base and the wall. There were also small moths that flew out from the behind the wood paneling the mount was hanging from.
So you think I could re-cape the mount, huh? I'm guessing that will cost as much as the original mount. (ouch) Aside from his atypical antlers, he had a pretty large head and neck. Any issues with stretching an "average" cape to fit? (I know little to nothing about taxidermy, myself.)
Regardless of whether I have it re-caped or just mount the antlers, my plan was to put aromatic cedar on the wall in place of the wood paneling I pulled. I love the look and smell of cedar, but destructive creatures hate it. (Similarly, I toss a few moth balls in my Mustang during winter storage to keep the mice out.)
Nice try but no cigar (not even for Clinton. LMAO) Dermestids can devastate ANY HIDE and pickling or salt(which has nothing to do with removing protein as salted peanuts would disintegrate)or submersible tans won't protect you there. Surprisingly, DP (as in Dry Preservative) are less likely to suffer dermestid damage than tanned skin only because of the presence of BORAX, and insect inhibitor. Arsenic and Endolan U once eliminated that from being true, but they're long gone. Now, the ONLY protections are topical and need reapplication every two to three years.
Best advice is to just have the antlers remounted on a fresh new hide.
It will cost you MORE than it originaly did as it's been a few years since you had that deer done, prices go up in taxidermy as they do in everything else. You also have to pay for a new cape. the size you mentioned, aren't cheap, 150.00 to 300.00 tanned for a good one.
Same old half-full, half-empty theory again. This wasnt a slight against your choice of methods or your favorite product, rather just an example how shortcuts can sometimes come back to haunt someone later. Pickles DO INDEED pull those proteins, and I mentioned the salt because guys recently were talking about skipping that too, thus the shortcut analogy. The reason I mentioned any of this wasnt because thats the only way those bugs are present, I already stated that they are anyway. I say so because they CONCENTRATE and ATTRACT already existing pests. Hair and antlers also are based on protien, and so is the wall its on. Adding things like shortcut processing, and all those other types of skulls, etc, I listed only increases the risk. George, surely you read my whole post before typing that...right? I know, you still love me.
Now then, would you care to get into the finer details of topicals, such as deterrents vs true poisons? I didnt think so, lol.
SIXT, yes, cedar helps some, but ask your taxidermist for a processed cape, ask how he tans it and let him know your concerns. The costs incurred will be the mount plus the new cape. Yes, you already paid for one mount, but thats a goner. Remember, dust and check those mounts once a month.
Believe it or not, I'm pickling again. It's a lot easier with Bruce's than it ever was with the sulfuric acid in the bathtub, I'll admit that. LMAO.
I always figure youll do whats best for you, regardless of what I might say. I like the feel of the pickled hide, so I like to always suggest it, too. Glad its working for you. Like the way that safety acid jumps that first 24 hours? hahaha, you get used to it


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Going on losing streaks happens everywhere,everytime,to anyone. There are always the games where you will have a 0/9/0 teammate who doesnt do anything in the game and therefore you lose. May happen a few games in a row,but in my opinion,its all good,even if you loose,as long as you played well,because if you play ranked,that 1 or maybe even 10 unwinabble games wont matter when you play over 1000 ranked games,or even more. Bad teammates happen,its low elo and soloq,you cant carry them,and you loose,thats just how it works. EDIT: i fixed the grammar mistakes,thanks for the corrections,english is not my mother language,sorry.
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- Changed "players looking for guilds" to "Players looking for guilds / pvp teams"
- Added tPvP, sPvP, cPvP, to character pages
- Added PvP Rank to Character Pages
- Removed "Skim PvP Teams" page
- Added PvP tournament wins to character pages
- Added new filters to "Players looking for.." page
- Added Minimum Tournament Wins to PvP Pages
- Guilds can now only select 2 types for "Guild Focus" and PvX has been added
- Changed our Rss Feed to googles trusty (Feed Burner) for statistics
- Manually changed every guild that was PvX based to the new PvX category
- Each Character page can now only select 1 focus to help recruiters find them easier
- Information about focus types added to there respective pages
- Added an (Endless) pager to Guilds, PvP Teams, Character and Top Rep'd Guild page
- Added (Popular Today) bar to every page - Resets every day at 9:00PM EST time
- Removed new teams, players, and guilds blocks from every page except home page
- Added an internal linking system to the text editor (Allows you to simply type the name of a page)
^ this is to help when members are private messaging one another and want to present a link to a page.
- New functions introduced for guild search (http://gw2recruiting.com/guilds)
- Newsfeed system updated (Newsletter)
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Learning savings, grace in club
By WAVENEY ANN MOORE
© St. Petersburg Times, published February 25, 2001
For almost four decades, a St. Petersburg woman has gathered children into a club that stresses building character and building savings. She will take them to Washington on money she saved.
Most Saturday mornings, on a street of modest homes in the Central Oak Park neighborhood, a 78-year-old woman with no children of her own spends a few hours encouraging youngsters to follow the right path.
In 1969, Needa Spells even wrote to President Richard Nixon, telling him of her youth club and asking that he adopt an idea she thought would help to alleviate poverty in the United States. She got a polite response and the matter ended there.
But not for Miss Spells.
Since the early 1960s, she has continued to gather children around her dining table or in her garage, leading them in prayer, song and talk. Perennial lessons of politeness, cleanliness and piety are the foundation of her efforts. She also teaches a basic financial lesson: the importance of saving. Today's members of the club own U.S. savings bonds, bought with money stashed away in little cloth drawstring bags.
Once a month, as a special treat, Miss Spells takes the children to breakfast at Buddyfreddy's Restaurant in Tyrone Gardens. In a few weeks, again at her expense, they will board a train for Washington, D.C.
"I felt that it would be a good experience for the children," said the former seamstress, who now takes care of an elderly man on St. Pete Beach.
"Really, sometimes they could be very disruptive," she said of the youngsters in her club.
"I said if they are very good and they get good marks, then we'll take the trip. I started saving money a year or so ago. I think we have enough money for the trip," she said.
Miss Spells started her Youth Security Outreach Club Inc. in the early 1960s. Today it has become something of a family affair. Four members are offspring of two distant cousins Miss Spells took into her home when their mother left. One child is the great-granddaughter of her high school friend Minnie Sellers.
She yearns to help more children, Miss Spells said, but is resigned to competing with other activities.
"I used to have quite a few children," she said. "I don't know about the children now. It's hard to get them. . . . Really, there are so many things children are doing now."
Dolores Bedden, a teacher at Woodlawn Elementary School whose sister was one of the first members of the club, now accompanies her granddaughter, Amber McKinnon, 9, to club meetings.
"The club itself works on a lot of character-building, and I don't think we can have enough of that nowadays," said Mrs. Bedden, who lives in Lakewood Estates.
"They learn to be of service and also to develop savings at an early age. You don't always have to spend everything," she said.
A week ago, she joined Miss Spells, two other adult helpers and club members for their weekly meeting. They will all make the trip to the nation's capital during spring break. But work must be done before they leave. There are 70 Easter bags to be decorated and filled with treats for nursing home patients. The children will don bunny ears when they distribute the bags of soap, towels, powder and other items.
On this particular Saturday, everyone got to work after eating a takeout breakfast of orange juice and Burger King sausage, egg and cheese croissants. For the project, Miss Spells had received 70 paper bags with handles from Kash n' Karry on Blind Pass Road in St. Pete Beach. Armed with construction paper, tape and scissors, the children concentrated on turning the brown paper bags into colorful Easter carriers.
Damien Jones, 11, drew a giant egg on colored construction paper.
"That's big, but that does look like an egg, honey," Miss Spells said encouragingly.
Pleased, he announced to all present, "I'm the man!"
"I get cut rates on some things," Miss Spells said, explaining how she is able to give away the Easter and Christmas presents.
Dollar Tree and Eckerd Drug Store in the Pasadena Shopping Center and Kmart on 34th Street S have all supported her cause, she said.
Miss Spells, who demonstrated how she was able to turn a simple towel into a bib, apron, cape and wrap, said she would love to be able to market that and her other creations to benefit the club.
Miss Spells also writes songs, such as the one she wrote for club member Jevon Williams, 11, when he was younger. He smiled as she sang Cuddle Bug recently. Also at that morning's meeting was Jevon's 7-year-old brother, Cameron Small. Damien and his sister, Enrica Frazier, 9, another club member, are their cousins.
Amber, Mrs. Bedden's granddaughter, is the second member of her family to join Miss Spells' club. Her aunt, Diane Sellers, who lives in Los Angeles and has appeared in the movie Last Dance, starring Sharon Stone, was one of its earliest members.
"She tried to make it very encouraging for everyone and she tried to keep everyone involved in positive things," Ms. Sellers said of Miss Spells.
"Her influence helped me throughout my entire life. I even designed clothes because I saw her doing it."
Sirlester Jones, Jevon and Cameron's mother, grew up in the club. She and her sister were taken in by Miss Spells when they were very young. The organization provides an important outlet for the children, she said.
"They learn discipline and they get guidance, and we try to help them learn something from the Bible," she said. "And they learn to save money."
Well, not every time.
A week ago, there was silence when Miss Spells asked, "Did anybody bring any money to put in your (savings) bag?"
To Jevon and Cameron, she added, "You boys, I gave you $2 yesterday for helping me. What did you do with it?"
Cameron, the youngest and liveliest of the group, replied proudly, "I bought two cheese pizzas, a Slim Jim and two sodas."
Miss Spells laughed. There's still a need for her club.
"I feel that it's something that God wants me to do," she said.
"I feel that if I can get somebody on the right track, then I have done something worthwhile."
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MY girlfriend is a real manipulative minx.
When she wants anything - her "treats", as she calls them - she ravishes me senseless to get her own way.
When she wanted a holiday in the States last year, she cleverly planned her strategy.
She started by greeting me at the door wearing practically nothing, just a tiny thong, a seethrough top and very high heels. She led me upstairs and did every single thing I wanted her to. She titillated and teased me and gave me the time of my life.
She let me have whatever I desired, even the kinky stuff that normally she'd have slapped me for asking for.
Once she'd got me begging for her not to stop, she mentioned the trip to the States.
Chocolate For the first few nights of this treatment I kept my mind and said we couldn't afford it.
But after almost a week I couldn't help myself and agreed to this extremely expensive trip which maxed out my plastic.
Now she's at it again. This time we are in our second week of extreme sex and she hasn't even said yet what she wants. I can't stand it.
OK, the physical side is brilliant and I admit I'm having the most exciting sex ever. She's even let me tie her up and lick chocolate sauce off her.
But I am getting very worried because I reckon that it must be something really big and I'm waiting for the fallout. I can't afford another expensive holiday as I still haven't paid off my credit cards after last year and there's just no way that I can buy her a new car.
Worrying about what she really wants is beginning to ruin our sexy romps, but I don't want to ask her what it is in case she stops.
What should I do?
"It's a bit like blackmail and that's not very nice, is it?"
JANE SAYS: It's very sad that your girlfriend has to use sex to get something she wants.
It's a bit like blackmail and that's not very nice, is it? I don't see why she can't just have a grown-up conversation with you about whether you can afford a holiday to the States rather than forcing you to give in.
She may think that she's being a very clever girl but I actually think she's being quite underhand and even a bit sly.
She uses sex as a weapon. She manipulates you, the man she's supposed to love, while you're at your weakest. Just think about that.
I am absolutely convinced that we could all get our own way if we simply resorted to using this type of behaviour but the majority of us would pride ourselves on being just a little more grown-up than that.
I suggest that whatever it is she wants this time, you should refuse unless she agrees to level with you and have a serious conversation about what is going on. This conversation needs to happen outside the bedroom.
In the meantime, I suggest that you sit back and have a good long think about whether you want to have a long-lasting relationship with someone who behaves like your girl does.


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One of my friend went to her interview at Petronas on 6th February. So, she share her tips and I think it will be useful for those who may be called by Petronas for an interview.
My session started at 9 a.m, so I have to be there at 8 a.m. The interview was divided into 4 parts:
- Ice breaking : as usual, just tell your name, background, education blabla but remember where you are at that time. You are in front of people who might be your seniors, so just tell information that related to job application.
- Case study : A case study about any topic will be given to every candidates and you are given 20 minutes to solve the case. P/s: If you don't know to answer the case study.. don't worry, just give reasons because the interviewers just want to see how you give reasons to certain cases.
- Role Play : Candidates will be given another case study and a role play. For example, you are a plant manager, and your plant is having a hard time in terms of safety, finance and maintaining the plant. bla bla bla. If one day there is a buyer want to buy your product, what is your decision? To sell or not to sell? *But always remember, in Petronas whatever questions given, Safety always comes first! That's because human capitals are their most valuable assets that they have to take care of.
- Last session, it's just that the interviewers asking you questions and you answer it based on your knowledge and background..just answer anything that you know. SIMPLE!
In my opinion, just be prepared in your ENGLISH! Very important. If yours is so good then it should be no problem at all. If you are stuck in the middle of the interview, at least taram je.
Do pray a lot so that you will get an easy case study.
PS: Thanks for Munee for her interview tips!
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I've finally figured it all out.
I am a freak. Seriously. I'm a genuine freak and I saw definitive proof yesterday morning.
All it took was a routine dental exam and a new-fangled panoramic x-ray machine to uncover the evidence.
Living right there in my gums above my two front teeth is an extra tooth. It's true. And it has gone undetected for more years than I care to share with you.
Of course, my twisted (freaky) mind immediately latched onto Stephen King's, The Dark Half. I was so excited I almost started a manic plot description for the hygienist and dentist recounting Thad Beaumont and his pen-name turned alter-ego-psycho-killer, George Stark. Instead, I wisely chose to silently recall Thad Beaumont and the twin he absorbed in utero. The twin was discovered after Thad suffered debilitating headaches as a child. Initially, the headaches were blamed on a mass in Thad's brain but, when the surgeon opened Thad's skull, he found (GASP!) a nostril, fingernails, part of an eye and…wait for it…TEETH!
Okay, so I'll admit that my weird extra tooth wasn't causing the dentist any visible alarm. It was merely my over-active writer's imagination at work, but I was momentarily placed in a state of awe while I mentally reviewed the plot of The Dark Half. I might have a partially absorbed psycho-killer twin living in my head at this very moment! Think about it. It explains a lot. Like that time when I was eight and I cornered my brother and sister in the kitchen with a butter knife and threatened to kill them. They shouldn't have teased me because evidently, they angered my toothy twin.
It turns out the dentist was more worried about the two wisdom teeth I need to have yanked. One grew when I was in my twenties and never really caused me any problems…until now. It seems my rogue tooth has, indeed, gone rogue. Sad to say, but it's time to say goodbye to my beloved tooth and it's impacted friend. They will be extracted by an oral surgeon at some yet-to-be-determined date in the near future.
Whatever. I always have time for oral surgery, graduate school, three children and a husband as long as I'm offered a hearty dose of anesthesia and a couple of Percocet for my trouble. Also, my absorbed twin likes things like Percocet and booze. I find that keeping it medicated alleviates the anger it feels because I absorbed it in utero. Who the hell wants to share the spotlight with a twin? Sheesh. I'm way too selfish for all that business!


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Posted 10 October 2006 - 12:29 AM
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'Powell's Bookstore, Portland". Warning: your cash may disappear - Powell's is addictive - one of the reasons I won't move from the area...
Posted 10 October 2006 - 12:59 AM
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Posted 10 October 2006 - 01:57 AM
someone should make that a sticky in the USRM
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Posted 10 October 2006 - 02:36 AM
do we need to worry about this? maybe not, but may as well give the benefit of the doubt to the USMB.
Posted 10 October 2006 - 05:57 AM
Is that pdf legal? Cos if it isn't they shouldn't put it in the USRM in my opinion.
No, but the book is out of print, so who's going to complain? No one is being cheated out of royalties or sales profits.... and there's no way it's ever going to be printed again. If you really think some publishing company is going to sic it's lawyers on a message board full of 80's subaru owners think again. They have plenty of other worries that aren't 10 years out of print and about as desireable as leftovers from spaghetti night.
And I'm not sure, but the author may not even be alive anymore. Hasn't published anything near as I can tell since the late 80's. If someone wants to attempt to contact the guy that would be awesome..... but good luck finding him. With a name like that...... well there is probably a LOT of dudes named Larry Owens.....
It's also been floating around for at least a couple years on here and "just under the surface" of this board. I know I've had it that long or longer.
Oh yeah - and besides being an easy to understand learning guide it's really not too usefull as a reference. Good read the first time, but I haven't cracked it open in a long time. He goes the way of all the rest of the manuals and claims you need help (machine shop) to press the axles in and out of the hubs
Posted 11 October 2006 - 12:51 AM
I think it's a cute book to have but it is certainly not what I'd call "In-depth". If you have been used to the real John Muir book " How to keep your VW alive, for the complete idiot" you will be a little dissapointed. There is no "How to straigten your bent crankshaft with a claw hammer and an old bicycle part" section. Not any "How to do bodywork with a brick and sheetrock mud" section either. There is however quite a few "Take it to your dealer" recomendations in the soobie book.
Still, I bought it. I am giving it to my daughter along with the car..........
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For months now, whenever mention was made of the controversy surrounding Ted Saskin's stewardship of the National Hockey League Players' Association, the response always was the same.
"It's not about Saskin," the players said.
"It's about the process."
Not anymore.
Now it's about Saskin.
The NHLPA office, once a well-run, highly efficient clearing house for player concerns, is in a shambles with internecine squabbles breaking out everywhere between the pro-Saskin and anti-Saskin forces.
And the latter group is the larger.
Steve Larmer, once one of the most highly regarded staffers in that office, said on the weekend what many people have known for a long time: The union is back where it was before Bob Goodenow came in as executive director.
Don't underestimate the impact of Larmer's open letter explaining his decision. If there is anyone in the entire NHL who doesn't respect and admire Larmer, that person has kept his identity well hidden.
Saskin has tried to revitalize his support from the players but has failed miserably.
He sent out ballots to all teams so that his controversial -- not to mention unconstitutional -- elevation to the status of executive director could be reconfirmed.
But no result of that re-election has been announced for the simple reason that some teams, including the Maple Leafs, have refused to vote.
Saskin also tried to calm the waters by visiting some teams. But in one case, it got so ugly that he was forced to leave and had a water bottle thrown at him during his departure.
The Leafs, in keeping with their stance on the affair, have told him they have no intention of meeting with him.
Their view, and the view of many teams, is that the matter can wait. It can wait until the governmental agencies that oversee labour organizations take a stance. It can wait until the courts get involved.
It can wait until summer when the NHLPA annual meeting can right any perceived wrongs.
"We just want to play hockey," most of the players are saying. "Right now, that's our only concern."
Of course, that's the attitude that got them into this mess.
They pledged overwhelmingly to stay out "as long as it takes" in their labour battle, then ran away from the fight after a few months saying, "We just want to play hockey."
They sat back and either ignored, or shrugged off, a mutiny at the top and allowed a small group within their organization to reverse the battle plan they all had so heartily endorsed.
They settled at the time of year which gave them the least possible leverage, and they gave their approval to a collective bargaining agreement that to this day has not been finalized -- even though commissioner Gary Bettman insisted again and again that there would be no hockey until the entire agreement was complete.
They took a 24% salary rollback followed by a 12% "escrow" rollback.
They sat still and said, "We just want to play hockey."
The prime mover behind all this largesse was Ted Saskin.
He's the guy who said for months that the figures the NHL was putting forth could not be believed.
Then, after the mutiny, he accepted a deal based upon those very NHL figures and forged a "partnership" with the people who had produced them.
Little wonder, then, that a sizable segment of the NHLPA's members are upset with Saskin.
So they should be.
They should be just as upset with their members who staged the mutiny. And their members who backed it.
But Saskin is the guy at the top, the guy with the highest profile.
There is great unrest in the union and Saskin is the one in the crosshairs.


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New segment on the show: a spotlight featuring how dance changed a persons life. First up a ballerina named Patricia.
Good Lord almighty they drag this thing out- I'm starting to not give a bleep by virtue of the fact it's so drawn out.
I love Lacey's flexibility but do wish she would do an Eliza Doolittle and reemerge as polished as her dancing always is.
Brooke, what else is there to say??? OY VEY...I do like her dress tonight.
I'd hate to lose Kirsty, Ralph or Romeo the others not so much...Mark really is being a brat this season and I am usually his defender because I think he is truly talented but something is off with him this time. He isn't even hanging all over his partner like he usually does.
Sheesh, what the young ballerina is doing is sooo hard. She is amazing.
Chelsea and Ralph up now. Here we go...please DWTS Gods.
Was Ralph supposed to pull her back like that?
Nice support there Mark.
OMG - I can't stand him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! :pissedoff
Whiney crybaby! :crying
And Mark handled that in typical fashion...Mark even went up to the table after the show to confront Len. Seriously, Tom's dragging this out. I guess we know they're safe.
I guess next week we know they're going to win over Len and take over the show even more :ohno Mark is a tool. He's such a whiny jerk. I'm glad Len did clear that up and say he doesn't know what his deal is.
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Well, I was playing with my mouse middle button on while selecting text on a terminal window. I dont know what I exactly did but the thing now is that whenever I write code some parts of it appear highlighted (more precisely, the #include directive).
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Although the mercury has fallen lower earlier this winter, the windchill will make conditions colder.
In contrast, the US's Antarctic research base Palmer Station near the South Pole will enjoy balmy 2C highs today and 5C tomorrow.
Worried authorities have warned Brits to check up on vulnerable neighbours while the Government has put in place an amber alert health warning until Sunday.
It has ordered health staff to make daily contact with elderly and sick people amid fears they could fall victim to the big freeze. Network Rail have prepared de-icing trains and airports have snow teams on standby.
Met Office forecaster Helen Chivers said: "It feels very cold everywhere and an awful lot colder than temperatures on thermometers, with London's 3C feeling like -3C. Cold weather looks like remaining across the UK until the end of February at least."
Netweather forecaster Paul Michaelwaite said: "Friday will feel the coldest it has all winter.
"The air is cutting like a knife and making temperatures Siberian."
And MeteoGroup forecaster Billy Payne added: "Temperatures just above freezing through the day could feel more like -5C or even -10C where winds are strongest."
The Met Office has forecast up to two-and-a-half inches of snow possible in Kent today as well as a dusting in the East, South-East and South-West.
Two police officers risked their lives to save a woman driver whose car had crashed into a frozen lake in Barnet, north London.