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Shopko To Offer Prizes From Top Brands During 8-week Facebook Giveaway
Feb 07, 2014, 13:57 ET from Shopko
GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- At every Shopko store you'll find national brands like KitchenAid, Dyson, Keurig, and Rachael Ray. Shopko continues to expand its brand assortment and is excited to share some of its favorite brands with some lucky fans during an 8-week Facebook giveaway. Now through March 28, customers can enter to win prize packages from some of Shopko's most popular brands, including:
- Rachael Ray cookware set
- Dyson upright vacuum
- SodaStream
- Keurig coffee maker
- Crock Pot
- Ninja kitchen system
- KitchenAid stand mixer
- Shark steam mop
"Shopko's merchandise team evaluates our brand and product assortment on a consistent basis to ensure we are offering our customers the brands they want at a great value," said Jill Soltau, Shopko President and Chief Merchandising Officer. "We offer a wide variety of popular national brands and we are excited to share best-selling products from these brands with eight lucky Facebook winners."
To enter, go to Facebook.com/Shopko, and "like" Shopko. Then watch for posts on the featured brand of the week with more information on how you can sign up. Feel free to "share" with friends and family members. Full details of the weekly prize package and promotion with terms and conditions can be found there as well.
Weekly contests will run from February 1 through March 28, 2014 at Noon CST. One winner will be randomly selected every Friday and announced on the following Monday.
For more details, visit www.Facebook.com/Shopko.
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About Shopko
Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Shopko Stores Operating Co., LLC is a $3 billion retailer that operates 326 stores in 21 states throughout the Midwest, Mountain, North Central and Pacific Northwest regions. Retail formats include 134 Shopko stores, providing quality name-brand merchandise, great values, pharmacy and optical services in small to mid-sized cities; 5 Shopko Express Rx stores, a convenient neighborhood drugstore concept; 6 Shopko Pharmacy locations; and 181 Shopko Hometown stores, a smaller concept store developed to meet the needs of smaller communities. For more information, visit www.shopko.com.
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The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key's goal is to make this year's 30th annual luncheon benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital a better guest experience. One change is the name; it is now called "Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party," formerly the St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon.
For 29 years, the luncheon was held in the parking lot at Temple Beth Israel, but in the past, the group had run into issues with rain and parking. By hosting the event at the Longboat Key Club and Resort, there will be ample parking and valet service for guests. In past years, there have also been multiple dining tents, and some attendees brought their own lawn chairs. This year, there will be a large tent with tables and chairs provided; the tent also protects from elements such as the sun and rain.
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key typically hosts 600 to 1,200 people and 20 to 25 restaurants. This year, the club hopes to feature up to 30 restaurants and draw at least 1,000 people.
Another feature of the luncheon is the popular car raffle. This year, the top raffle prize is a 2012 VW Jetta or $20,000 in cash. Second price is $2,000 cash; and third prize is three days, two nights, a Gulf suite, tennis and spa at the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Only 400 raffle tickets will be sold; tickets are $100 each suggested donation.
The proceeds from the luncheon ticket sales benefit St. Jude, and the money from the car raffle benefits the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Local Scholarship Fund.
This year's platinum sponsor is Stifel Nicolaus; gold sponsors are Coldwell Banker, the Longboat Key Club and Resort and the Longboat Observer.
Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party
What: More than 20 area restaurants will present their signatures dishes at the event, which benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The proceeds from the car raffle benefits the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Local Scholarship Fund.
When: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19
Where: Longboat Key Club and Resort, 301 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Info: John Wild, 314-610-4253
Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door; car raffle tickets are $100 suggested donation
Participating restaurants
• 15 South Ristorante
• Bijou Cafe
• Blue Dolphin Cafe
• Bridge Street Bistro
• Cafe L'Europe
• Columbia Restaurant
• Doggin It
• Dry Dock Waterfront
• Eat Here
• Euphemia Haye
• Ezra
• Harry's Continental Kitchens
• Hilton — Latitudes Beach Cafe
• Lazy Lobster
• Lido Beach Grill
• Longboat Key Club
& Resort
• Lynches Pub & Grub
• Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub
• Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant & Marina
• Publix Super Market
• Sarasota Olive Oil Co.
• Waterfront Room
Complimentary beers and fine wines will be served from Anheuser-Busch Gold Coast Eagle Distributing; Republic National Distributing; Southern Wine & Spirits; and Transatlantic.
Where to buy tickets
Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Car raffle tickets are $100 suggested donation. Call 350-6577 for information.
• BP Service Station, 400 Gulf of Mexico Drive
• Longboat Hardware, 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive
• Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive
• Lynches Pub & Grub, 19 N. Blvd. of the Presidents
• Northern Trust Bank, 540 Bay Isles Road
• The Sarasota Observer, 1970 Main St., Fourth Floor
• Stifel Nicolaus, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail
• SunTrust Bank, 510 Bay Isles Road

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Reforming the OLC
In a post a few weeks ago I noted that the reconciliation process on health care would test the practice (dating back to the 1970s) that rulings of the Senate parliamentarian are not overturned by the presiding officer (e.g., the Vice-President). So far, on the most consequential legislation in decades, that tradition remains intact, which suggests that it is now a settled rule.
This raises the following question–if the parliamentarian's office can consist entirely of civil servants, why can't the same structure be used for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the Executive Branch? For those who think that John Yoo's work there was problematic because he just told the President what he wanted to hear, one solution would be to end the practice of having political appointees there at all. Of course, the Attorney General or the President would retain the right to overrule opinions by the OLC civil servants, just as the Vice-President (or a Senate majority) can overrule the parliamentarian, but in time that power would probably wither away because the political costs of exercising it would be too high.
UPDATE: Here is a paper by Brad Lipton that makes a similar argument.


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Johannesburg - The department of home affairs may be slapped with a lawsuit after what was supposed to be a routine passport renewal resulted in a dramatic 24-hour ultimatum to a South African resident.Kaya FM producer Thabo Shole-Mashao is taking legal action against the department after it emerged that his identity number was registered under someone else's name.His lawyer, Katlego Mmuoe, confirmed to City Press that legal action will be instituted against the department."There will be no holding back. People should be brought to book," he said.Shole-Mashao's nightmare started on Thursday when he went to the home affairs offices in Roodepoort to apply for a new passport.Instead, an official allegedly told him that according to the records, he was an illegal immigrant. He was then given 24 hours to prove that he was a South African citizen or be jailed.Shole-Mashao was given a handwritten list of documents required to prove that he was a South African.These included a handwritten birth certificate, letters from both primary and secondary schools, a letter from the hospital where he was born, a baptism certificate and an original marriage certificate.Identity theftHe was also told to bring either parents or elderly relatives along who would testify that he was indeed who he said he was.Shole-Mashao suspects he is a victim of identity theft because his identity number also allegedly belongs to a Nhlanhla Ndlovu.The incident sparked a frenzy of activity for Shole-Mashao.In a bid to prove he was the legitimate owner of his ID, he rushed to his primary school and church, both in Dobsonville, Soweto.He then dashed to Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, also in Soweto, where he was born in 1979 and then to Florida, where he went to high school in the 1990s."Both my parents have passed on. My grandparents, both maternal and paternal, have also passed on. "Now how was I going to bring those documents to home affairs?" said Shole-Mashao, who was at the same office on Friday to have his fingerprints taken and sent to head office in Pretoria in a bid to resolve the matter.Attempts to get comment from home affairs on Friday were unsuccessful.Trauma"This has caused me and my family so much trauma," said Shole-Mashao.On Friday morning, after his story and photograph were splashed on the front page of the Sowetan newspaper, he was inundated with calls from distressed relatives and friends from far and wide.Mmuoe said that although it was still too early to determine the finer details of the planned lawsuit, he said they would consider the fact that Shole-Mashao's right to privacy was violated and that he had suffered emotional trauma as a result."Citizens have the right to have their privacy protected. Identity fraud is quite serious. We don't know what more has happened to him as a result of this," said Mmuoe.
Welcome to South Africa
Correction , the New South Africa
I live in Spain at the moment and when my wife got her passport renewed (she's Spanish) it took us 15 mins. Went in with 2 photos and her old passport, the printer is on the desk in front of you, they fill in you details, print out your passport and you leave with it ALL within 15-20 mins. As a South African I was flabbergasted.
@Sloragoth - dude Spain is on the verge of bankruptcy and there are not enough jobs for young Spanish people - I know this from all the young Spanish people with University Degrees in London working in coffee shops. So if the speed of a passport renewal is your criteria for a good country then fair enough, but be aware Spain has much bigger problems than SA in many respects.
Spain's passport policies are tied up with EU regulations, thats why its perhaps speedy to get a renewal. South Africa is trying to stamp out the fraudulent passports. Ive also had a long list of requirements to contend with when renewing my ID and passport, but at least Home Affairs is trying to stop the fake passports and IDs.
Its so typical of South Africans (and white ones in particular) - complain when the passports are being forged, and then complain when Home Affairs try to fix it.
@TheBokFan. Home Affairs was in a pretty good state until the careerists were replaced by the cadres. The cadres saw the opportunities to make money and are doing so.
As an SA citizen I needed a police clearance from Germany where I had spent two years in order to close a gap in my history. Went to the German embassy in Cape Town and got it in ten minutes. Try that in SA.
Re Home Affairs, my wife applied for a new ID book after our marriage. Her second name was totally mis-spelled by the cadre manning a computa. We are not going to bother trying to fix the mistake as we know the frustration of dealing with Home Affairs. She will die with a mis-spelled second name. Every time someone queries her second name we tell them about Home Affairs. It's then accepted as all Saffers know how useless this department is.
Are you aware that Home Affairs is the reason Saffers now need a visa for the UK? All because they can't control documentation issues.
@ Sloragoth - that IS good. As a Brit and SA dual citizen, I battle twice :-( UK - 3 weeks for a passport, R1500 (add courier, R2000). SA, gosh haven't had a renewal yet but it took 9 months to get and they lost my fingerprints twice
@Worldwise "Home Affairs was in a pretty good state until the careerists were replaced by the cadres...." The old home affairs had a lot of problems(Mispelled names and surnames,wrong date of birth,wrong gender indicated...etc)ask a couple of your black collegues if they didnt have problems with home affairs in the past.Yes the current home affairs service is not good but if you listened to 702 you would know that they are working on it.Just remember that apartheid period was'nt a fairytale for everyone.Criticize the current government for their incompetence but please just know that comparing the present with the past is unreasonable.
@WorldWise.....the reason Saffers need a Visa to enter the UK is due to the bggest criminal ever to work in government...Jacqui Smith of Britains Labour Party. Being unable to work out that a legally issued, fraudulently held, SA passport will allow just as easy access as without a visa. She was always hacked off about SA not offering a reciprocal agreement to UK u/29's i.r.o. the working visa and found a reason to rescind this and review all visa requirements. After 10 years living in the UK (try getting your passport renewed or issued there) we returned to SA and immediately renewed our SA passports. It took 3 weeks for two renewals and one naturalisation (our daughter born in the UK) and one new passport. This was precisely 5 weeks quicker than when our daughter's British passport was issued in the UK. Every country is cracking down on immigration issues these days and even British passport holders need a visa to visit the USA.
@Dilligas, your info is wrong about Brit passport holders requiring visas to the USA. The UK is part of the visa waiver program and only requires travellers to register online and give 72 hours notice via ESTA see http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries.
The issue surrounding the visas for SA passport holders is exactly because of the corruption in the home affairs dept. When an application is made for a visa a multitude of corroborating documentation is required and this increases the chances of identifying dodgy applicants. My Brit passport was issued in 4 days so it may have been other issues delaying the issue of yours.
You know, i know its our tax money that will be awarded if he wins the case but something really does have to be done about that place.
Absolutely pathetic service. I don't know how a decent human being could be satisfied at night with him/herself after delivering service which cannot be described with a word other than "kak".
How can you just not care about your job???
rammstein, TIA
@ rammstein: It's not a job... it's a pay cheque!!!
I realise that it will be OUR tax money that will be awarded, but quite honestly I would rather have my hard earned money spent on sueing the department than on luxuries that we are paying for, for corrupt government officials
@ Rammstein - easy! In the "good old days" We worked for "the name on the wall". We took pride in our work. I remember the many, many hours of overtime I put in - WITHOUT PAY - just to ensure that my work was up to date.
Can we really say the same for most employees these days who are almost gauranteed a job irrespective of their performance levels (or lack thereof). These days most employees work for the money and have NO pride in their work.
keep on voting anc and the fun even gets better
Viva Anarchy Nepotism Corruption (ANC)
Five million South Africans carry multiple identity documents when legally they should only have one, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Does that not say it all
5 million extra votes...Hmmm
Is that not the same Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, previously minister of Health that fuc# @p our health system and thought she could get nurses off the street untrained and they'd be able to nurse...Ja that says it all!!! Get rid of her she is useless.
@ Michele. In your dreams dear. She was very much a part of the struggle and is one of "the family". Because of her demonstrated incompetance she is now a very senior member of the ANC.
Yes if she was more incompetent that she already is, she could be the next president
I have the same problem. worst for me, i don't know my father and my got married thereby assuming a different surname. My great-grand parents who raised me passed away 20 years ago. When i went to present the same document at shame-affairs in Pretoria, the attendant told me i was telling lies there is no person who does not know his family. yet i spent most of my life leaving on scholarships and part-time work. will you guys all the best. My son can not be admitted at preschool because he can't have an ID number under my name. Thought i saw these words in the constitution, 'every child has a right to name and identity', perhaps all rights are not so equal!
good luck to you, alex
The following was posted by someone commenting on a similar article on another website. It may be useful to Alex or others having similar trouble.
'Hello all,
If you are having trouble accessing documentation, please contact me at email@example.com. Lawyers for Human Rights has a new program that assists South Africans in accessing their right to a nationality and citizenship, including enabling documents like birth certificates and IDs.
As this article shows, access to citizenship is an issue that impacts South Africans and needs more attention. South Africans are negatively impacted by ID theft; it robs real citizens of their right to an identity and a nationality, the right to vote, marry, work and move freely. Other issues also have been brought to our attention, such as children with one South African and one foreign parent being denied birth registration and recognition as a South African citizen. We also hear that South Africans in rural areas and areas bordering neighbouring countries have trouble getting documentation when DHA officials assume they are foreigners. Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding these issues and we may be able to assist.
Alex - praying things work out for you x
Making citizens responsible for Home Affairs corruption... Nice one guys *gives standing ovation*
Is there any way of checking our ID numbers??
You can go to home home affairs (if you have plenty of time that is) and ask them to have a look. A few years ago my friend wanted to get married but could not because she was already "married" to "someone" in a little village in Natal. it took her 2 years and pleanty of hassles to get it sorted. Needless to say,she actually had to divorce a guy she did not know before she could get married. Best of all - she has never been to Natal of even heard of the place she was suppose to have been married. We laugh about it know, but then it was so stressful. Luckilly her husband and her were together since school days so he knew that she was never married.
There is a link on the Home Affairs' website ... http://www.dha.gov.za/marital_status.asp
@ Val, yes you can. You go to the home affairs page and enter your ID number.
Brenda - he could have just believed her........
DHA has got my marital status correct, the wife is quite relieved that she is still married to me after 43 years, LOL
On the Home Affairs website you can check if you're married - don't know about the rest
Try using the IEC service. They seem more efficient. SMS just your ID number to 32810 and they will respond with your name and where you are registered.
Whether home affairs and the IEC are in sync or not is another matter, but it is an indication, and should help you with home affairs if they have screwed up - that you are a registered SA citizen
I do not give out my ID number to anyone unless they have a seriously legit reason. Think about it, all I need is your name and ID number and I can have a false ID made for less than a grand. With this I can open accounts in your name, clean out your bank account if I have your account number from the statements you throw in the trash, take out a bond in your name with false paycheck statements and marry a nigerian who then also gets citizenship. All this happens whilst you are blisfully unaware because you gave your ID number and residential address over the phone to someone who cold-called you from the "bank" after they found your bank statement in the trash. Wake up people - if you are dom you will pay. In SA only the clever survive the rest become fodder.
@Kaliel - you right,and as things go more online (opening accounts and things) it can only get worse. Identity theft is a big thing in a lot of 1st world countries.
The same type of thing happened to me. I was refused entry back into SA from a business trip in Japan. The ordeal caused me huge stress and R25000 in extra costs. But the cost of my trust in my own country has gone too. The corruption in our country is way out of control and if I could sue the department too, I would as someonemust be held accountable!
This is one rerason I will not visit SA. They might decide my documents are fake and KEEP ME in SA.
Good luck to all who have this battle with a simple straight forward issue.
hahha..lame reasoning...they may not let you in...but they would never keep you.
IBI - huh? If you visit SA, you don't have an SA passport - all you do is come here, get a visa on arrival for up to 90 days (weird, I came here once for 120 days and got the same visa) and then when you leave, you leave. And if SA really kept you here, you'd just go to your national embassy and make a plan...
The same thing happened to a local lady recently who went to the bank to open a new a/c only to be informed that she was blacklisted due to unpaid accounts at various outlets for the purchase of furniture,clothes,etc. Someone had used her ID details to compile a fake ID in order to purchase goods on a/c. The idea of us having a microchip inserted under the skin with all our personal details on is not so farfetched after all then.
O no Microchip never never that is just what the devil wants it is in the Bible I will never have that done to me or any of my family
Yeah, so that when they mess up your credit, you are then permanently ucked. With no recourse, no re-issue of id.. nothing ... Wow, brilliant solution, well thought through.. Impressive.
i had a similar problem i went to open a contract at a mobile shop adn was told my ID number and my name dont match? someone else is registered under my ID number. i had to prove that it was me..?
The only thing such a microchip is likely to contain is your ID number. Having one implanted would make no difference to identity theft, since it is the home affairs and credit databases that would have the wrong information, not the microchip.
@Janelia - I don't remember any mention of microchips in the bible. Which chapter and verse?
Ooh Janelia, the guys in the bible were so advanced that they had microchips? No wonder their hippie guru could walk on water.
My dogs all have microchips implanted. Poor dogs, they will go to hell because of my bad judgement. So Janiela, what is the difference between having a microchip implanted, fingerprints taken, an iris or retina scan, 3D facial mapping, an ID photo or even DNA indentification? They will all identify you with great accuracy. The devil must have been very active.
The Bible only talks about the mark of the beast which would be implanted in the body to my knowledge. Without it you would not be able to trade!- so yes the Bible did speak about it...Most of you probaply dont know that money is created out of nothing! "they once used the Gold standard, thats not ineffect anymore-They print much more money than they have Gold. So thus they charge interest on money which is formed out of nothing!! its amazing.....
@ Janine - she's referring to the Mark of the Beast in Revelation, without which you cannot buy or sell. Many believe it's the microchip. Honestly I don't know hey.
@ Worldwise - animals do not go to heaven or hell. You do though. And would you be referring to the same hippie who went to Jerusalem Temple and trashed the place because of their corruption? Gosh we could use Him in SA then couldn't we!
@ Janelia - what do you think of biometric passports? I have to get one within the next month. Weird though because my son has one, yet he never did fingerprints or eyescans and I don't think I have to either. Chip with half the details missing, sweet
@ Eugene - true! I think the UK still uses gold standard, could've changed recently, but most don't. In the UK, strictly speaking you can take a banknote to the Bank of England and demand its worth in gold, but in these days "yeah right"... also the more cash you carry, the harder it gets for the banks - the more chartal money (notes, coins) they hold and the more "virtual money" you use (internet banking, debit/credit cards), the more liquid they become and the more they can lend to people.
Eugene - trivia. Muslims aren't allowed to pay interest for religious reasons, so there is "halaal banking". How many here knew that interest is also against Christianity (and I think Judaism too?)...earning money without labour = wrong, goes for gambling too. I don't see Absa doing kosher bank accounts or Christian-friendly FNB...
Well then Matt, I suggest you read this http://www.heavenquestions.com/Will_My_Pet_Go_To_Heaven.html and go against guys like these:
Quote" - Many of the world's Christian scholars and ministers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Dr. Andrew Linzey, St. Francis of Assisi, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Randy Alcorn, Jack Van Impe, and many others, support the belief that our animals have a place in Heaven." Unquote.
I, as an atheist will not be going to heaven though. I will enjoy everlasting death while the atoms that fleetingly resided in my body over many years, some for longer than others, are recycled into heavier elements after the sun dies. You, on the other hand have some time to worry about definitely going to hell or possibly going to heaven if you are a good boy/girl. Enjoy.
@ Worldwise - "Many of the world's Christian scholars and ministers"
That doesn't make it scriptural. Not sure how you can cite St Francis of Assisi, he was a total animal freak :-) in Holland we celebrated Animal Day on 2 Ocober in his honour!
"I, as an atheist will not be going to heaven though. I will enjoy everlasting death while the atoms that fleetingly resided in my body over many years, some for longer than others, are recycled into heavier elements after the sun dies."
How sad. So what is your purpose in life? Why are you here? I mean, if you're just going to become worm food. Can't be very encouraging.
@ Worldwise
Many of the world's Christian scholars and ministers ...
Doesn't make it scriptural.
Don't think I would consider St Francis of Assisi - the perennial animal nut! In Holland we celebrated Animal Day on 2 October in his honour!
"I, as an atheist will not be going to heaven though. I will enjoy everlasting death while the atoms that fleetingly resided in my body over many years, some for longer than others, are recycled into heavier elements after the sun dies. "
How sad. So if you are just an organism that's going to become worm food, then what is your purpose here on earth? Can't be very encouraging.
"You, on the other hand have some time to worry about definitely going to hell or possibly going to heaven if you are a good boy/girl. Enjoy."
No, through faith in Jesus I'm guaranteed a spot in heaven. Not worried about hell. I will enjoy, thank you!
Eish, life in Soud Africa, she is fun.
And hau, i am me, but also someone else in stolen identity, so one is two and home affairs, she is clueless.
What a total balls -up ahead of the elections. Fake ID ! Good one ANC !
An honest "mistake" or a deliberate and unscrupulous lack of concern for born South Africans at the hands of an indifferent government department?
- Honest mistake my @rse - There is no honesty in anything this govt.or
any of their departments do. Without doubt someone at Home Affairs taking
bribes for identity theft. This country is collapsing rapidly.
I would go for the latter option. They are all USELESS, nevermind clueless.
handwritten birth certificate - don't have it.
primary - don't have it and there isn't one.
secondary schools - got it.
a letter from the hospital where he was born - nope
a baptism certificate - nope
an original marriage certificate - nope.
So people, this is how easily they can exile you. You need to get these things ready for immigration anyway, get it done.
But where to go...
Really where can they send us, not to HEll we are already there.
Many born and bred SA citizens do not have all this information. The problem is that home affairs now seems to make the default assumption that you are not South African unless you can prove it, when it really should be the other way around. It should be their problem to run around the country getting evidence if they feel you're not South African, and then make that case accordingly.
If you have dual nationality, surely you can renounce your SA Citizenship, then you're a foreigner with no residence permit, then SA has to deport you to the other country at SA's expense? EG SA Citizens with Dutch ancestry, apply for a Dutch passport which doesn't do dual citizenship, so you'd be forced to give up SA Citizenship and thus become an illegal...
(not that you'd want to go to another country without money, possessions, job...)
With the amount of cases that are awaiting trial, how long will that take?? By then the DA will be in power!!! HAHAHAHA
Loads of Pakistanis are running around the world with s.a passports
Wake up Anc, or the people will force you out just like in the Arab Countries, remember the people rule!!!
And those Pakistanis with SA passports are the reason law-abiding South Africans now have to buy a R1,000 visa to visit the UK.
Or rather, Shame Affairs (good one, Alex, and good luck) is the reason those Pakistanis ..... etc.
Yes, and even if an SA Citizen is married to a UK Citizen, she still needs a visa at R1000 just so the husband can visit the old country. In contrast, if hubbie goes across the pond to Europe instead, the wife gets a free Schengen visa, R35 for admin + courier charges. Clever...
But if the SA Citizen has been to the UK before the visa implementation, you still don't need a visa. In my case, the UK Government LOST my wife's passport when we were there, so she can't prove she was there and thus needs a visa. Not that we would ever go back to that dump. SA has its problems but is still a lovely place to be.
Thabo you go get em for all the people of RSA who have suffered at the hands of these criminals in cahoots or work in the govt! These greedy ppl have no excuse they get well paid.
what a joke
i am so pleased that people that suffered under apartheid are also getting gatvol now
And so the show goes on and on and on. This selling of S.A. IDENTITY Documents has been going on for years and will continue until every S. African has voted out this Mafia Govument. If each and every South African does not wake up soon we will ALL become dispossesed of our country. This is serious people!
Well I have just told my mother about this and she said that on the 'Speek out" program on SABC TV2 there was a Ndlovu guy also looking for his ID for the past eight years and it was also from th Roodepoort office. Maybe they should be taken to book and the situation should be investigated as this could be a departmental confusion by the "officials" making a mess of two peoples id's into one.
Home Affairs is a joke, this is why the idiots that work for them grant Ghanain,Senegalese,Zambian,Malawian and everybody else political asylum in South Africa.What war is raging in Malawi or Ghana???Welcome to South Africa...Eish!!!
There is a loophole in the Refugee Act which allows anyone from anywhere in the world to come here and claim asylum. DHA must process the application whether the applicant is a doctor from the US or a valid refugee from a war torn country. The process takes 6 months + and any applicant can work study or start a business while waiting for the result. This is how Malawians, Nigerians, Mozambicans etc get to live and work "legally" in SA.
Why the heck does one require a baptism certificate?
Exactly! What if he's an atheist?
Or a Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan... ;-)
Well, if is one more document that could suggest who you are. Weird though because I got one when I was 25 and it mentions nothing about ID number or nationality. Just that it's you.
@elsie de beer It has nothing to do with misplaced ID. Documents. My sister could not get her ID since 1994. Her applications over and over were laughed at and they told her that someone else had her I.D NUMBER. She wrote to every Government department that she could, including the Presidency under Thabo Mbeki. She had a file of note. Finally in 2008 I intervened. I cannot go into details except to say that her ID was restored within 24 hours. It was a case of Mafiosas operating openly at the Johannesburg Home Affairs. But still the rot goes on and on. Unltil we get a new Government it will continue.
I only waited six months for a vault copy of my parents' marriage certificate before I lost my cool and threatened to report the twit on the other end of the phone to the minister of HA at the time - late nineties.
This was because the twit who answered the phone each time had kept telling me that the person I needed to speak to was "not in the office", but on this day, for some reason, she told me this person had actually resigned months earlier.
I terrified her enough for her to put me through to her supervisor, an Afrikaans lady who also resigned not long after this, who sorted out my problem in ten minutes - the document arrived two days later.
"These included a handwritten birth certificate, letters from both primary and secondary schools, a letter from the hospital where he was born, a baptism certificate and an original marriage certificate" This line has to be a joke right?
The hospital I was born at was closed down years ago. I'm not from a religious
family so I'm not baptized. Also not married.
"He was also told to bring either parents or elderly relatives along who would testify that he was indeed who he said he was."
My family either lives in Natal or New Zealand while I live in Pta. So they would have2 come here to testify.
These are ridiculous requirements. I bet very few people can even fur-full half of them.
Roberts the worse part is bringing all these within 24hrs! birth certificate I have, but primary and secondary school are 350km apart in different provinces, I'm sure I can find the clinic I was born in if it hasn't closed down, I don't ever remember us being given a certificate of baptism at our church and I'm not married. If I'm lucky to find the clinic and church what are the chances that the right person will be there on that particular day (after hours since I would have been running between provinces) to assist me with the documents? Then I'll have to pick up my mom who lives 2 hrs away from me and my father who is 600km away. And I'm suppossed to be back within 24hrs? If it were me told that crap to I wouldn't have bothered trying to get all these docs, would have gone straight to my lawyer. This is absolutely ridiculous.
While he is about it, please can he sue Home Affairs for still not providing me with an unabridged marriage certificate after 8 months? They are the most pathetic organisation in the world.
@Ralph Long, they got my husband's birth date wrong on our marriage certificate and I was told I have to pay for a new one even though the original has the correct date..... just money making scheme. Still want to know where 60% of my salary goes.
This is so nuts, where is the accountability. Oh wait, this is South Africa, no such word exists.
Although, when we were in Holland and required an apostilled unabridged birth certificate there within 3 weeks "or else", SA Home Affairs got it to us within 2 weeks. A rare display of competence.
Oops - apostilled unabridged marriage certificate
@ralph long, the reason they will not provide you with an unabridged marriage certificate is that two other "aliens" have bought your marriage certificate. I am not joking with you, I was married for 13 years and registered on the main computer as having been married;but for some strange reason home affairs could not find any proof of my original marriage certificate. Hence I was declined an unabridged marriage certificate. You all work it out.
That is all we South Africans are good at is moaning on forums like this, why do you not actually stop talking, seriously, we should all just stop paying all taxes, income tax and rates and taxes this will bring our government to their knees. Whites dont have the voting power but we do have the economic power.
Uhm, how exactly do we stop paying taxes when its taken before we receive our salaries? And what about taxes in foods and tolls, how do we not pay these? Rates are easier but we would be risking services such as water and electricity being cut off. And even if Whites were able to do this do you honestly think you can have an impact on your own, minus the billions in taxes being paid by the Black working force? I don't get your suggestion.I am all for Whites helping us in our struggle against the govt but I think you need to put up a more feasible proposal on how to do this. And you may just need a couple of Blacks to pull it off.
haven't you noticed we whites cant stand together. You stop paying your taxes and your neighbor will report you to SARS and collect a reward. It would be nice to know what it will take to get the whites to stand up and say enough!
I am so tired of people isolating race. There are lots of educated black people who are also tired of how things are. We can't unite in a common cause because there are still people like you going on about whites and blacks instead of just people who are sick of the status quo!
Well, don't pay your TV licence for a start... don't take the tollroads... don't buy locally produced stuff (revenue for SA companies going down gives the ANC less tax than imported stuff with duties)... at roadblocks, when you pass flash the motorists to warn them (fewer fines, less money for the corrupt)... there are ways. But we're kind of stuffed with PAYE and UIF.
Why does this even make the news???
@muna, err... I actually did DO something. On TWO counts. No good you threatening about witholding rates and taxes because that actually has nothing to do with Home Affairs, or are you blissfully ignorant in general of how the law works?
- @ struth - Sounds to me like you're the ignorant one. Who runs and funds Home Affairs ? The Anc love your type - law abiding and compliant.
You are fodder for them. The withholding of taxes is the only effective weapon for exploited citizens, against these thives. The tipping point
of peoples patience is very close.
I am so proud of you. These people think they are all powerful and can treat you as they want to. Good luck and success with your case.
I made a visit to home affairs in Centurion last week, nice new building opposite the gautrain station. Long queue of people waiting to be assisted, and no less than 6, right, six people at the entrance to make sure you go and stand in the waiting line outside. Flip, I am sure if those 6 were employed to work and not sit around doing stuff-all there would not have been a waiting line. Needless to say, I just lost it and left without getting business done.
Generally, the "officials" who stand around making sure you're in the right queue, etc, are the bribe organisers. Since it's a lucrative role, there's usually quite a lot of them at any home affairs office. They can expedite you to the front of the ridiculously long and slow queue if you pay. Often the service and queues are deliberately made to be very long and slow as that is better business for the bribe takers. This is not cynical, it is exactly how they operate.
Whatever money that is awarded to Thabo will be better spent by him than wasted by this embarrassment of a cockup of a department. Good luck to him, having your life turned upside down simply due to incompetence.
This is how the ANC duplicate voters.
I'm sure they create new ID numbers just to hand to foreigners ON CONDITION, that they have to vote for ANC.
No wonder the ANC allow so many foreigners into our country, to boost their numbers.
I had a terrible ordeal at the hands of police yesterday. Home Affairs and SAPS they can take your breath away. As they say everything comes to an end someday.
is it freedom of speech or identity??? LOL!!!!
Is it freedom of Speech or Identity???? LOL!!!!
Home Affairs???/ How many of the idiots who work there can even READ????
LOL!!!! Not many. My youngest daughter applied for a copy of her birth certificate, ID and passport. When she went to pay for the copy birth certificate, the cashier told her that he has no record of her being born in SA..... he then asked her if she was local. We couldn't believe it. I told her that I couldn't remember the planet she came from, but to say that she is local. Eventually the woman who printed the copy went over and gave the cashier a mouthful..... ja. ;-)
LOL!!! I can empathise with him. My eldest daughter had to apply for a new ID after having her bag stolen. When she collected the document.... there was a pic of a black male. When she took the ID back to the enquiries counter, they asked her did she have any proof that this was her ID.... Even though the details for for a white female. Fortunately she had her drivers licence with her. They are pathetic.
Aghhh.. Home Affairs is a nightmare... I got married to SA citizen 4 years ago in america, we came here last year in August and started my paper eork for spousal visa 2 weeks after... I went to see them after the 30 days they told me it was suppouse to be the waiting period for it and they couldnt even find a record of my application, I had to call to Pretoria and find out for myself cause they had no clue; in Pretoria the told me to do it all again so I did it and this time tourned out that the box where they send my stuff got lost or some shitty story like that, point is the fu*@# my application AGAIN, so after that Pretoria told me to skip the useless ppl of Home Affairs in Cape Town and gave me a case number which I used to fax my app thru... finally after 7 MONTHS I got my friggin' visa and guess what??? It will only last six month and then I'll have to start this ordeal all over AGAIN!!! Gosh, S African services SUCK big time, and the reason? Public servers are ABSOLOUTELY NUMB & APATHETIC TO THE PPLS NEEDS, they ALL should be sacked and replaced completely!
You have my deepest sympathy, as I said in a post earlier, I have waited unsuccessgully for 8 months for my unabridged marriage certificate and last year when I need to renew my passport, they lost the first application and then took seven months to issue a new one once I had redone all the paper work. They are a bunch of morons.
This is pure negligence on the side of home affairs.The officials who did this must be brought to book.Lets not allow the abuse of democracy
This reminds me the apartheid era
the people of South Africa deserve this mess if they keep on voting ANC. Voting ANC just because off you racist hatred towards whites borders on insanity. Doing the same thing over & over and expecting a different result = insanity. Voting for the ANC over and over and expecting better service delivery = insanity.
How about letting the DA run the Dept of Home Affairs,just to prove a point.
Typical South Africa!!!
Well Shole-Mashao's , I guess you still going to vote for anc.
Typical government IT -- Firefox can't find the server at www.dha.gov.za.
Solution: Blame it on apartheid, a-la Julius Malema.
@Sloragoth - dude Spain is on the verge of bankruptcy and there are not enough jobs for young Spanish people - I know this from all the young Spanish people with University Degrees in London working in coffee shops. So if the speed of a passport renewal is your criteria for a good country then fair enough, but be aware Spain has much bigger problems than SA in many respects.
Spain's passport policies are tied up with EU regulations, thats why its perhaps speedy to get a renewal. South Africa is trying to stamp out the fraudulent passports. Ive also had a long list of requirements to contend with when renewing my ID and passport, but at least Home Affairs is trying to stop the fake passports and IDs.
Its so typical of South Africans (and white ones in particular) - complain when the passports are being forged, and then complain when Home Affairs try to fix it.
Ha ha, how much is Home Affairs paying you? They are a bunch of incompetent idiots who couldn't organise getting drunk in a brewery.
I would just like to add that even in a so-called Third World Country, the Philippines, it only takes a week to get your passport. Home Affairs are pathetic and a complete waste of time and money.
I hope this oke nails them in their personal capacities. Tax payers should not foot hsi bill.


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MOULTONBOROUGH — Sandra Cleary, owner and President of CruCon™ Cruise Outlet, started her cruise travel agency in 1995 in the basement of her mother's home and steadily grew into an industry powerhouse with 75 employees. In 2013, she began construction of a 30,000 sq. ft. corporate headquarters in Moultonborough, in order to accommodate the growth of her expanding workforce which is estimated to grow to 150 by the spring of 2014.
On Monday, September 30, Cleary was presented with an award as one of the top 5 women-led businesses in New Hampshire. This honor was the result of an annual report and review of women-led businesses by Business New Hampshire Magazine. CruCon Cruise Outlet's rapid growth and over $100 million in annual sales has brought her company into the limelight in New Hampshire. Until recently, the majority of their notoriety has been more global with national awards like their recent Top National Agency of the Year award from Vacation.com. CruCon Cruise Outlet is the only United States agency in a network of more than 5,000 agencies to be honored with the Vacation.com award.
For five years in a row, 13 million Travelzoo® subscribers voted them "Best Agency for Cruise Deals." Accepting the award, Cleary credited her team of travel experts for her success. "We truly provide a concierge level of service; we know how important a vacation is! We take great care to find our customers the best cruise package and help make the planning process run smoothly."
Cleary was featured in the magazine's October issue as one of five intriguing women business leaders in New Hampshire. CruCon Cruise Outlet is located at 70 Whittier Highway, Moultonborough.


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Bach Original Flower Essences 29 Star of Bethlehem 20ml
Star of Bethlehem is one of the remedies in the traditional crisis formula. The star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum Umbellatum) is the remedy for the after-shock, such as is caused by unexpected bad news or any unexpected and unwelcome event, bereavement, accident, sudden loss, divorce etc. Care for both mother and child immediately after childbirth. It can be used just as well for the effects of a shock received many years ago, even very early in childhood. Individuals may still be in shock and seclusion, plagued by a feeling of grief or pain. This is also the remedy for that sense of emptiness and loss that sometimes occurs when loved one dies or moves away. Star of Bethelem is a comforting remedy to take in such circumstances. Dr Bach's description: "For those who for a time refuse to be consoled this remedy brings comfort". 20ml dropper bottle. Net volume: 20ml.
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Anne Rice's sumptuous novel comes to err… life in Neil Jordan's seductively filmed theatrical adaptation. Louis (Brad Pitt) is a man intent on self-destruction. His wife and child died in childbirth and all the wealth he has, cannot fill the gaping hole left by their passing. Wherever and whenever possible, he places himself in situations where his life may be taken. Whether cheating at cards in a beer garden with gun toting players or taking on a prostitute and her thieving pimp, killing himself or getting as close to death as he can, is his primary goal. His attempts at courting death have not gone unnoticed. Unbeknownst to Louis, his actions have garnered the attention of none other than the supremely evil and charismatic vampire known as Lestat (Tom Cruise). Longing for a companion, Lestat introduces Louis to the embrace of death and Louis' torment begins anew. Where Lestat revels in the hunt, seduction and the kill, Louis would rather sustain himself on the blood of animals rather than take a single human life.
So goes their struggle throughout the whole of the film. When Louis feeds on a young child in a fit of starvation, he feels great remorse at the assumed death of the girl. Needless to say he is greatly surprised when she turns up as a member of this very unique family of the undead. Instantly, Louis takes to her and they begin a father/daughter relationship that spans centuries. Obviously, all is not well in this abode of the dead and both Louis and his charge, Claudia(Kirsten Dunst) grow weary of Lestat's charismatic insanity. Without knowing the consequences, Claudia plans to destroy Lestat. However in so doing she seals her own fate and that of Louis for evidently, they are not the only vampires around. Not too mention, how do you kill the already dead? Deliciously evil is a term that's been bandied about with lesser films, but has never really echoed the truest elements of a film until Interview With the Vampire.
Criticized from the jump about Cruise in the role of Lestat, Rice and Jordan, not too mention Cruise fooled everybody by bringing to life the most villainous character in the novel. Interview With the Vampire is a dark and monstrous film that does incredible justice to its novel and is well worth seeing.
The Special Edition of Interview With the Vampire features a beautifully delineated DD5.1 and a newly recorded DTS track. The DD5.1 is very good and delivers a solid punch in the listening area. The Surrounds are fully active and the directional effects are tight. The dialogue was clear and easily understood and the LFE added a dimension of depth to the feature that at times could rattle a window or two. The DTS track not only had all of these elements included but, it seemed to present an even stronger audio presence than the DD5.1. The DTS widened the listening area and was tremendously more dynamic than the DD5.1. There was a definite "enveloping" aural experience that was lacking in the DD5.1's presentation. If I had a preference in watching the disc with any given audio, I'd choose DTS every time! The only real problem I had with the disc in the way of its audio presentation was the inability to flip from DD5.1 to DTS on the fly. As a result, you have to stop the disc and go to the main menu to select the DTS track everytime you want to switch from DD to DTS. Other than that the audio (DTS) was perfection.
The disc also features a Commentary track with Director Neil Jordan. His opinions on making the film and all of the baggage that came with the making of the film are included. Of import are his discussions with Anne Rice on the flow of the film and the dynamics employed to create the desired cinematic flavor. His concepts on Lestat and Louis and Claudio are also included. Regarding Claudia, Jordan did not want an actor that was well known given the fact that this role had to be such that no prior acting role could overshadow the character of Claudia. Hence his selection of then unknown Kirsten Dunst. Additionally, he wasn't sure he could put a child through the rigors of the role of Claudia. Given the intensity of the character, he was rightly concerned. Jordan's information regarding Rice's input and evaluation of the evolving storyline and character development lent even more light in what turned out to be a very informative commentary track.
The video is just as impressive as the audio presentation. The colors are extremely rich and luxuriant. Especially, during the scenes involving Armand and the "decadent" vampires of the theater. The tones of Louis' clothing are also quite rich and deep. The skintones however were hard to call. As the bulk of the cast suffers from the clammy pallor of death, the colors scheme for their skin was gray and cold at best. There were no transfer errors noted and this anamorphically enhanced widescreen transfer was spotless and quite beautiful to boot.
In addition to the commentary track and the inclusion of a DTS track, A forty-five minute documentary entitled, In the Shadow of the Vampire is included. It features both new and older interviews with both Anne Rice and Neil Jordan as well as the stars on their approach to the roles and the effects this film has had on their lives and careers. It's a great segment that really gives a full perspective on what it took to make this film.
A trailer is included as well as the standard production notes. The film also features an introduction to the film by Antonio Banderas (Armand) Neil Jordan and Anne Rice. It's about 45 seconds long and really primes you for the film. Nice touch.
Of all the cinematic monsters, none are more attractive and seductive than the vampire. While Bela was the "first" real cinematic"Dracula", Christopher Lee gave him a sense of the dramatic coupled with an overpowering sense of sheer evil. Langella made him suave and debonair where Oldman re-created him entirely. Vampires need to be charismatic to be interesting and just villainous to be terrifying. Both Louis and Lestat embody these qualities in bulk. More Lestat than Louis but, the chemistry is there to make a great vampire film. Neil Jordan's adaptation of Rice's novel is an intensely frightening yet, oddly beautiful film. On the whole, if you are a fan of the genre, this film is a must. If you just "dig" scary movies, you might want to pass on this one. The reason being, there are very few scares in the film. Just a whole lot of information and a great deal of action both in the dialogue and the physical. I waited to get this because I knew an SE was in the works. I think there could have been more in the way of extras but as it is, I am very pleased with the final effort.
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pursue a contrarian strategy? "I'm not ready to change direction because of what has happened in the last two years," he says. "If you go back 20 years, you'll see that no asset class has excelled more than five years in a row. During those 20 years, in fact, small value stocks and international stocks had as many top years as large growth stocks. Even in 1998 and 1999, small growth funds went from near the bottom to one of the top-performing asset classes."
In addition to a balance between growth and value funds, seasoned investors may also want to own funds that hold companies of various sizes. For both his company's and his own portfolio, "I like small-cap stocks," says Joseph Williams, "and I especially like Ariel funds, led by John Rogers and a strong management team. Good management is the key to any mutual fund." Although Ariel Fund (which emphasizes small-cap stocks) and Ariel Appreciation Fund (which emphasizes midcaps) lagged in 1999 with -3.79% and -5.76% returns, respectively, they enjoyed excellent years in 1997 and 1998 and thus sport impressive three-year records of 16.63% and 12.21%.
Joseph Williams says he is also allocating fewer assets to international funds these days and more to domestic funds. "The U.S. market is the most attractive now, and you can't ignore the increasing importance of technology," he says. "Those stocks can be volatile, though, so it makes sense to reduce your risks by investing through a diversified mutual fund."
Joseph Williams' financial planner, Sidney Blum of Northbrook, Illinois, advises a large dose of large-cap stocks for investors' portfolios. "Most investors want to own brand-name companies," he says, "so those stocks probably will be the leaders."
However, you should include some small-cap funds too. Ariel Fund is a good choice; so are Baron Asset Fund and Fremont U.S. Micro-Cap Fund. Baron Asset had disappointing returns in late 1999, but the fund has a three-year annualized return of 15.97% and a five-year annualized return of 21.42%. Fremont U.S. Micro-Cap, as the name suggests, buys extremely small companies. It's not for the fainthearted, posting ups (54% and 49% in 1995 and 1996), followed by downs (gains of only 7% and 3% in 1997 and 1998), and then way up (gaining 130% in 1999).
Aggressive investors also may want to have a small portion of their portfolio in a specialized Internet fund. Blum says that he advises a few select clients to invest in Munder NetNet Fund, which holds established tech companies (Cisco Systems, MCI WorldCom, Intel) as well as speculative newcomers. The fund's 1998 performance, a return of 97.9%, was a tough act to follow, but it managed-gaining 175.7% in 1999. However, if interest rates rise in 2000, investors will be taking a closer look at the books of highly leveraged tech companies and may not be so free with their shareholder dollars.
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Ministers have been forced to seek permission from Prince Charles to pass at least a dozen government bills, according to a Guardian investigation into a secretive constitutional loophole that gives him the right to veto legislation that might affect his private interests.
Since 2005, ministers from six departments have sought the Prince of Wales' consent to draft bills on everything from road safety to gambling and the London Olympics, in an arrangement described by constitutional lawyers as a royal "nuclear deterrent" over public policy. Unlike royal assent to bills, which is exercised by the Queen as a matter of constitutional law, the prince's power applies when a new bill might affect his own interests, in particular the Duchy of Cornwall, a private £700m property empire that last year provided him with an £18m income.
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A FIRM specialising in protective casings for power cables is creating North-East jobs.
Cubis Industries has opened a plant in Peterlee, east Durham, taking on 11 workers.
Bosses say they hope to create more jobs in the future.
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Cubis is part of the CRH Group, and makes cable troughs for the rail industry and posts that warn workers of overhead power lines.
Colman Cooney, Cubis' commercial director, said: "This is an exciting move for us.
"We have received excellent support from the Business Durham team and our first class facilities will help us expand even further.
"We have taken on 11 members of staff but we are looking to create more jobs."
Simon Goon, managing director of Business Durham, Durham County Council's business division, said Cubis' arrival was another coup for the region.
He said: "We have been in discussions with the company for many months and they are the latest in a long line to recognise County Durham's growing reputation as a top location for expanding companies.
"We will do everything we can to offer more help and support to ensure the company grows and develops in the county."
Cllr Neil Foster, the council's cabinet member for economic regeneration, added: "We're delighted to welcome Cubis as the latest innovative business choosing County Durham as the place to locate.
"Through the work of Business Durham we're ensuring that the county is seen as a great place to work and live, creating jobs and boosting the local economy."


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Feast on Fantastic Food
Where can you find the best breakfast, lunch, and dinner in town? What about wine and beer flights? With over 700 restaurants in town, it's hard to know where to go. Luckily, we have suggestions to satisfy every craving.
5 Desserts to Die For in Sioux Falls
Maybe you've heard about a few of our 650 restaurants in Sioux Falls? This makes our city one of the best kept secrets in the Midwest foodie scene. But we're sure you haven't heard of all the amazing places to score a gourmet dessert. Oh yes, we got the sweet treats you want. Satisfy your sugar craving with a bite (or an entire helping) of these delicacies!
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The Jewish Guy (And Everyone Else Who Doesn't Celebrate Christmas)'s Guide To December 25th In L.A.
I have no trouble admitting that as a child, I was murderously jealous of all the kids in my class who got to celebrate Christmas. Sure, we had Hanukkah, but eight days of books and sweaters as presents is difficult to digest as a young child. And although I learned to value my own unique cultural traditions (plus, my parents got us a Nintendo 64 in 8th grade), some of that old, lonely feeling bubbles up when I realize that ¾ of my friends will be scattered across the map this week, gathered in celebration of the day when, if my knowledge of Christianity is correct, Santa Claus gave Jesus a Nintendo 64 of His very own.
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Farmers are being invited to an open informal meeting organised by the Ribble Rivers Trust.
It takes place at Chipping Village Hall, in Garstang Road, from 7-30 to 9-30 pm on Thursday, February 27th. There will be a range of guest speakers covering the following topics:
• Soil management, drainage and how to reduce compaction.
• Nutrient management and the 2014 Capital Grant Scheme.
• Funding opportunities from Catchment Restoration Fund.
• Introducing the Campaign for the Farmed Environment.
• An update on the Bowland Wader Project and the New Environmental Land Management Scheme.
The event will include a free pie and peas supper after the meeting so booking is essential.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang) is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008.The first season of the show became the basis for the 2010 live-action film The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It is claimed to be the first movie of a planned trilogy from each of the television 3 seasons.
Critical reception was overwhelmingly negative, earning the film a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and five Razzies in 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia/ as mentioned above the live-action adaptation is an abomination that should never have been made. For more examples of the bad reception of the movie see these url adresses:
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The Buddha Project: Documentation
While the Museum's sixth-floor galleries are undergoing an extensive renovation over the next several months, the Museum is carefully studying and conducting conservation work on the monumental 12th-century wooden Dainichi Nyorai Buddha. The last time it was moved was 1936, when it was initially installed by Yamanaka & Co., Inc., of New York City, having been transported to the Museum by wagon from Springfield, Massachusetts. When the Buddha is returned to its gallery in late spring 2014, it will be stabilized and we'll know much more about the art that went into creating this nearly 10-foot-tall sculpture.
One of the first steps in caring for this treasure was to thoroughly document its current condition using digital photography. Diagrams are also being created by RISD student interns in the Conservation Department, with Carmen Ng (RISD BFA '14, Furniture Design) meticulously drawing both the exterior and the interior of the wooden torso and head.
The interior of the Buddha not only shows the tool marks wrought by the 12th-century sculptor(s), but also exhibits evidence of previous restoration campaigns. Within the interior of both the head and torso, chisel marks are evident. Large iron-alloy staples also can be seen, as can smaller blocks of wood adhered to cracks. Several large sections of the Buddha, such as the hips, have been replaced or restored over the years, and are in less damaged condition. Ng's drawings will serve as vital documents once the Buddha is reassembled and the interior cavities are no longer open for study.
As part of the conservation documentation process, three Japanese inscriptions—two on the back of the head and one underneath the left arm—are being translated. One of the inscriptions has been almost fully translated, but the other two, abraded with age, are proving challenging to decipher. Fortunately, photographic technology using infrared reflectography can often reveal details, enhancing pigment particles that have been absorbed by the wood and are not easily discerned by the unaided eye. We hope to learn more about the two remaining inscriptions through the use of infrared reflectography. Detailed digital photography of these inscriptions will also be carried out by our Museum photographer this spring.
To learn more about our Buddha's structure and history, we have removed small samples from its surface. These have been taken from interior locations that won't compromise the structural integrity of the sculpture or be visible once it's put back on display. These samples are being analyzed by microscopy to determine their composition. Although the Buddha is believed to be made of cypress, a wood traditionally used for carving, there is a great disparity in the condition of various parts of the sculpture, with some of the wood surfaces appearing to have more insect damage than others. It would be important to scholars of Asian art, including curators, conservators, and technical art historians, to learn more about the type of wood used in this sculpture, and why the wood exhibits different degrees of earlier insect damage. In other words, we'd like to answer a key question: Is there a relationship between the extent of the pest infestation and the genus and species of wood, and in particular the location of the wood within the tree (heartwood versus sapwood)?
To date, five samples have been sent to Wisconsin to the USDA's Forest Products Laboratory for technical analysis and identification. Because of the rarity of this type of sculpture in the U.S., comparable sculptures are found only in Japan. International art conservation journals also provide useful comparative analytical information that can help us learn more about the RISD Museum Buddha.
Coming soon, Part 2: Results of the wood analysis.
*Ingrid Neuman
Museum Conservator *


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Dr. Bill Creasy of Logos Bible Study uses a literary, historical approach to examine and enliven the bible for modern listeners. Dr. Creasy draws on his studies, travels, and personal anecdotes to depict a vivid picture of the works of scripture. Somewhere between a sermon and a college lecture, he delivers these audiobooks with authority but a pleasantly friendly voice and a touch of fun, using contemporary references.
Dr. Creasy, when describing travelling to the synagogue of Jeremiah in Cairo, talks about Jeremiah's unenviable dual job of priest and prophet, having to "represent the people before God" and "God before the people". The Book of Jeremiah explains the Jews persecution by the Babylonians as God's punishment for the worship of false idols.
If Isaiah is the "thundering prophet", then Jeremiah is the "weeping prophet". Jeremiah holds the terrible position of being both a priest and a prophet; he represents both the people before God, and God before the people—not unlike a lawyer representing both husband and wife in a contentious and bitter divorce! Join Logos Bible Study's Dr. Bill Creasy as he follows Jeremiah, the "weeping prophet", through his many trials and tribulations.
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"love the way Bill presents Jeremiah"
Made Jeremiah come alive in explaining Jeremiah struggles in knowing what God wants in our life but it not being what we believe our want for our life.
"Uterly amazing."
This gives a picture of our life in a foreign place through the prophet Jeremiah. His story can be our story. it is God's story. Salvation through grace, faith, and perseverance in a world were God gives is every day the free choice to walk humbly with the Lord, to hear the Word of God, or to go our own way, the way of an unfaithful spouse.
Jeremiah speaks to our condition in the power of the hope of God and with the sensibilities to understand being a witness for God requires real faith working through trials. Jeremiah is a picture of the loving compassionate servant of God. Meek, but strong. This voice crying out in the wilderness here to make our path straight is crying out in the life and testimony of Jeremiah, like John the Baptist who placed his life before the Lord and poured it out for His sake. Quite beautiful, touching, prescriptive, and gives depth to understand put time and place under the sun.
May God richly give us a heart to give away for His good.
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Corby blasts Qantas ban
Corby ... says "an innocent holiday on one of their planes ripped
my life apart".
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If Qantas believed I was just a girl who got lucky smuggling drugs, surely a picture of me at the airport would be a great anti drugs warning - a deterrent! But to ban a large poster of my book ... it is sinister
Schapelle Corby says it is "sinister" that Qantas has refused to display advertising of her new book at its Australian terminals.
The convicted drug smuggler's new book, My Story, went on sale last Friday and is already fifth on the bestseller list from just one day of recorded sales.
The book's publisher, Pan Macmillan, had hoped to have large light-box advertisements displayed at airports across Australia throughout December.
But Qantas has deemed the ads, which simply show the cover of the book, "inappropriate" for its terminals
"We reserve the right to refuse any advertising we deem inappropriate for our premises and that is one that's been refused," a Qantas spokesman told smh.com.au.
In comments collected from her Bali prison by her sister Mercedes, Corby said she was dumbfounded by the decision.
"I don't know what the problem with publicising the book is, as everything I have written is true. Qantas has a lot to hide," Corby said.
"So Qantas doesn't believe in free speech? This says everything to me."
"They don't want to remind the public of what happened on their flight ... that I flew Qantas on a holiday to paradise and ended up in hell."
"If Qantas believed I was just a girl who got lucky smuggling drugs, surely a picture of me at the airport would be a great anti drugs warning - a deterrent! But to ban a large poster of my book ... it is sinister... it backs what my family has said all along.
"They want all this to go away, they want me to go away, vanish, rot in this hellhole for 20 years ... let the public forget the terrifying truth ... that an innocent holiday on one of their planes ripped my life apart. It can happen to anyone. It did happen to anyone ... but that anyone was me ... Schapelle Corby.
Pan Macmillan publisher Tom Gilliatt said advertising space at airports and shopping centres across the country had been booked back in February for various Pan Macmillan titles, including My Story.
"Virgin [Blue] and the shopping centres have no problem with advertising Schapelle Corby's book but Qantas obviously does."
The book's co-author, Kathryn Bonella, said the ad ban was "unbelievable".
"Qantas know Schapelle Corby is innocent otherwise surely it would be a great deterrent to have a picture of Schapelle Corby at an airport terminal. Virgin has no problem with it."
Asked to explain why Qantas had deemed the ad inappropriate when Virgin Blue had found no problem with it, the Qantas spokesman said: [That's] completely and utterly up to them."
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HIV Transmission...fact, unprotected (without a condom) anal sex (intercourse) is considered to be very risky behavior. It is possible for either sex partner to become infected with HIV during anal sex. HIV can be found in the blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, or vaginal fluid of a person infected with the virus. In general, the person receiving the semen is at greater risk of getting HIV because the lining of the rectum is thin and may allow the virus to enter...
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...Perhaps a few HIV-infected hotties were screwing under your hood? Your fears are totally unwarranted. HIV doesn't survive very long outside the body. And you'd have to be a Cirque du Soleil contortionist to screw under the dashboard.Stop... Read more »
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Noted lawyer Fali S. Nariman has come out in support of former Supreme Court judge Krishna Iyer, who had demanded a judicial probe into allegations of amassing wealth by the relatives of former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan.
In a letter to Justice Iyer, Nariman said, "Your prompt and pithily devastating remarks on the conduct of National Human Rights Commission Chairman K.G. Balakrishnan deserves several rounds of applause. We all are deeply beholden to you for always reminding judges, past and present, that honour comes first."
Meanwhile, more instances of land owned by Balakrishnan's family have come to the fore. There were reports that Balakrishnan's younger brother K.G. Bhaskaran, his wife and other family members owned 60 acre land in Dindigal district of Tamil Nadu.
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Bloomberg, July 16, 2013
Freeing companies from a U.S.- government mandate to offer employees health care is setting off a chain of events that may enlarge the pool of uninsured Americans. That may be good for President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul. The success of the 2010 Affordable Care Act is largely dependent on how many people are willing to buy subsidized health plans through government exchanges. Most of the people affected by Obama's decision this month to delay the employer mandate to provide health care will now be eligible to use the exchanges when they open Oct. 1. The law's creation of state-by-state marketplaces had targeted about 26 million of the more than 50 million uninsured Americans for coverage.


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This article is a guild information page for Decieved of Zenedar Europe.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
Decieved is a PvE guild on the Zenedar EU server. It has around 130 members, some of them hardcore raiders, others more casual.
Overview Edit
- Server: Server:Zenedar Europe
- Faction: Alliance
- Website: http://www.decieved.com
- Armory: http://eu.wowarmory.com/guild-info.xml?r=Zenedar&n=Decieved
Decieved is a raiding guild on the Zenedar EU server, consisting of members that are dedicated to raiding, although not in too much of a hardcore fashion.
Guild Progress Edit
Pre TBCEdit
The Burning CrusadeEdit
- Karazhan - farm status
- Gruul's Lair - farm status
- Magtheridon's Lair - farm status
- The Eye - Al'ar and Void Reaver killed
- Serpentshrine Cavern - Cleared up to Lady Vashj
- Mount Hyjal - Cleared
- Black Temple - Cleared
The Wrath of the Lich KingEdit
- Obsidian Sanctum - Cleared 10 and 25-man
- Vault of Archavon - Cleared 10 and 25-man
- Naxxramas - Cleared on 10-man and cleared up to Kel'Thuzad on 25-man
History Edit
The guild was formed summer 2006, and in the beginning consisted mostly of old friends from the disbanded guild "Midnight Sun Order". PvE progress was picked up where the old MSO left off (at the beginning of Blackwing Lair), and in time the guild managed to clear BWL and get as far as the Twin Emperors in Ahn'Qiraj, whom several members are still tormented by the failiure to kill. Like with so many other guilds, raiding fell apart prior to the release of The Burning Crusade, effectively halting progress.
Once enough members reached level 70, raiding was resumed. The second week of Karazhan attempts saw the defeat of the Curator, and from there progress was somewhat slower, yet somewhat steady. Gruul and Magtheridon were eventually dispatched of, and the next tier of raiding was initiated with a Hydross kill in Serpentshrine Cavern. Immedeately thereafter, the attunement restrictions were lifted, allowing for a kill of the Void Reaver in the Eye.
As 2007 was coming to an end, there seemed to be increasing difficulty in getting raids started. By the end of January 2008, it was decided that to get raids going again would require too much effort than it was worth. Most of the guild members that wanted to keep raiding joined the guild Sadistic, the ones that weren't interested or wanted a break from raiding stayed in Decieved.
However in mid-2008, raiding kick-started again, and after preliminary gearing and organisation, Decieved joined the (by that time fairly weighty) list of guilds that had ventured into Black Temple. Progress slowed down after 3/9 in Black Temple and 3/5 in Mount Hyjal. As with a fair number of guilds, patch 3.0.2 turned this around, and both Illidan and Archimonde fell in the October 26-27th period. Tries were had at Kalecgos in Sunwell Plateau, but some lack of passion near the expansion from some raiders prevented any progress there in the final week before the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
Currently, Decieved are in Naxxramas(heroic), and on the edge of finishing it and moving on to Malygos, although the Christmas period slowed them down somewhat.
Raiding Edit
Naxxramas raids are running every week, the Eye of Eternity is the foreseeable future when it reaches the top of the priority list. Naxxramas is 15/15 on Normal and 14/15 on Heroic. All other raid bosses have been downed except Sartharion with added drakes.
Guild Rules Edit
Stay if you want, leave if you/we want.
Officers Edit
- Shamineh/Naane, Guild Master
- Guild leader and founder.
- Marietta, Guild Master
- Second guild master responsible for DKP matters.
- Dafo, Guild Master
- Third guild master and most prominent raid leader during Burning Crusade.
- Rishi, Guild Master
- Fourth guild master and in charge of the raid spreadsheet system employed by the guild.
- Whitebishop, Officer
- Formerly the guild's main tank, now a priest. Often a Raid Leader.
- Eiowyn, Officer
- In charge of any News and Lore related issues and events within the guild.


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Packer softball looks to repeat in 2013
After a 33-2 season and a state title, the West Fargo softball team is returning to the field. Well, technically there are just in the gym for now, but there is little doubt they are ready for opening day.
Last season, the Packers did not lose to a North Dakota team, and won an eight-inning, 1-0 nailbiter against Bishop Ryan High of Minot for the state championship.
Since then, the team has lost five seniors, just enough to leave some uncertainty leading into this season.
"We had seniors that we'll definitely miss, but now we've got young kids coming up to fill that role," head coach Pat Johnson said. "It's tough to tell (how this year's team compares to last), mainly because we haven't gone outside yet. Last year, we were on the field right away. We're just hoping everyone can come in and fill the positions they need to."
Johnson, who has coached the Packers for almost 20 years, believes the team's hitting ability is not a weakness, but since the team's leadoff and cleanup hitters have graduated, it is the area the team needs to focus on the most.
"We have our pitching staff back, so that helps," Johnson said. "We usually play good defense, so we're really focusing on our hitting. We take about an hour of hitting every night. We lost most of our front-end hitters, so that's going to lead to some jumping around the batting order. We'll have to be able come up with some team chemistry because, more than anything, that's what this has to be about."
Despite the expected changes in the lineup, Johnson expects to have a season similar to last year's.
"We expect to get better every time on the field," Johnson said. "We expect to be there at the end and have another shot at a state title. Whether we will win one or not is another thing, but you want to keep getting better and make strides toward that."
With the amount of snow still on the ground, Johnson fears his team will end up playing most of their games in May, but feels the depth of his team can carry them through that predicament.
"I think we have enough people to play more games in a short period of time, but you hate to see that," Johnson said. "Hopefully that doesn't happen, but the piles of snow on the field doesn't really bode well."
The girls are scheduled to have games tomorrow and Friday against Valley City and Fargo South, respectively, but likely will not take the field until next Friday when they travel to St. Paul for a weekend tournament.
"We'd love to get on the field a few times before then," Johnson said, "but if we can't, we can't."


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I am getting a getviewer error after moving some of my pages one level deeper the site tree.
I have had to change some code from using director::param() to using Controller::curr()->urlParams due to the params being uncorrectly read once being nested one level lower, but this code now seems fine.. I am note sure where this error is coming from.
It might be worth noting that ImageResource extends dataobject, and that this view was being rendered with the template for 'gallery1' before. 'gallery1' is a GalleryPage which extends Page, 'Galleries' and 'fashion' are galleryHolders. The new level added is 'fashion'
Here is the actual error.
I am hoping by getting a better understanding of getviewer I can work this out.
[User Error] Uncaught Exception: Object->__call(): the method 'getviewer' does not exist on 'ImageResource'
GET /galleries/fashion/gallery1/Display/1
Line 724 in C:\xampp\htdocs\vhost\mysite\httpdocs\sapphire\core\Object.php
716 default :
717 throw new Exception (
718 "Object->__call(): extra method $method is invalid on $this->class:" . var_export($config, true)
719 );
720 }
721 } else {
722 // Please do not change the exception code number below.
724 throw new Exception("Object->__call(): the method '$method' does not exist on '$this->class'", 2175);
725 }
726 }
728 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
730 /**
* Object->__call(getViewer,Array)
* ImageResource->getViewer(Display)
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* Controller->handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest)
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* ContentController->handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest)
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* ContentController->handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest)
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* ContentController->handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest)
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* ModelAsController->handleRequest(SS_HTTPRequest)
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* Director::direct(/galleries/fashion/gallery1/Display/1)
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As of Sunday, Bode Miller, now just about a household name, has won a total of six…SIX Olympic medals. That is the MOST for any United States skier. Congratulations, Bode! That is an almost unimaginable feat…seriously. Yet, he still went out there and did it. He's also the oldest alpine skier to win a medal…at 36. Jeez…36 is OLD? ok, anyway…
This is also on top of losing his brother, Chelone, last year. Chelone died of an apparent seizure…but it was more than just that….
From the NY Daily News:
"An ambitious snowboarder, Chelone Miller suffered seizures that were the grim sequel to a traumatic brain injury he suffered in a 2005 motorcycle accident in the woods near the family's home in New Hampshire; the episode affected Bode Miller profoundly, underscoring for him the mortal risk his sport demands every time he competes (something he's never shy discussing with journalists)."
After his final race, and learning he had placed for a bronze medal, NBC correspondent Cristin Cooper came to interview him. Pretty standard.. But she really pushed the point about Bode's brother not being there– that Bode had pointed to the sky before he started his run…and was that significant, and what did it mean, and who was it for, and how much would this have meant to his brother and on and on. Bode got emotional and finally crumpled to his knees, crying.
So…I have for you a couple of pieces to look over. From 'The Sporting News', the actual interview, so you can judge for yourself. Then, from Buzzfeed, pictures from post-interview, and some of the reaction from the internet (you can guess, I'm sure, the level of anger involved).
By the way… Bode takes a moment out of all this and asked that people please be kind to Cristin Cooper. That she was just doing her job and it wasn't her fault. Wowza.