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How to Repair the Black Community (Part 2)
At some point, most of us have heard Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." Most often, we've taken that to apply to spiritual upbringing and concepts, but why haven't we applied it in the natural sense?
If we believe that our society already views us negatively, then our chances of gaining meaningful employment are smaller than those of other backgrounds. So, why aren't we teaching our children how to be competitive in the job market, or better yet, how to work for themselves?\
Truth #1- For everything we do, there is a professional level and someone willing to pay for it. What happened to the days of making the children watch and learn while we fix things or complete certain tasks? Most of the men in my family can take a car apart and put it back together because they watched their fathers work on them and often assisted. Another branch in my family tree runs a logging company. They clear land and get paid to do so. Another branch builds houses. Of course many went to school for certification, but they already had vast knowledge beforehand.
Truth #2- It is up to us to identify our children's strengths and interests and guide them towards the best paths for their futures. From a very young age, my daughter showed an interest in jumping and flipping. As soon as she was old enough to understand as much as she could, I started taking her to gymnastics meets. Now, her father and I have enrolled her in gymnastics classes, and she loves it! She tells anybody who'll listen, "I go to gymnastics!" People speak to her all the time, and she rarely talks back. When she does, her statement is more often than not, "I go to gymnastics!" Some girls take a strong interest in doing their dolls' hair. Others like to change the dolls' outfits. Those could be future stylists in the making.
Nothing says that these children will keep the same interest as time goes on, but it's often harder to completely stop doing something you've been doing "all your life" than it is to start searching for something you do well later in life.
Truth #3- Your participation in your child's academia is necessary. It's not enough to just go to parent-teacher conferences and PTA meetings. Visit your child's school REGULARLY. Eat lunch with him/her, sitting at the table with the entire class. You'll get a great understanding of your child's peers and how they interact. Form an alliance with the other children's parents (at the elementary school level, when they don't change classes), and create a schedule for each parent to dedicate an entire day to volunteerism and don't let the children know when you're coming. You'll get the chance to catch the children in their normal environments, whether they're actin up or behaving well. In addition, the presence of another adult to report to other parents will discourage misbehavior.
Truth #4- Children learn what they live. If they sit and watch you do nothing but go to work, complain about your job, and quit said job to draw unemployment, they'll think this is the way things should be and never learn work ethic. If they see their brilliant parents continuously work for someone else for the sake of stability when the parents could work for themselves and live more abundantly, they'll learn to suppress their capabilities for the sake of stability.
Truth#5- Children yearn for guidance and boundaries. Without them, they feel as if their parents don't care. So, they become apathetic themselves. I can't begin to express how often I've heard, "I wish my parents cared like you do." The sad thing is that most parents do. They just don't know how to express it. Some think that providing their children's every desire proves their love. It doesn't. Most often than not, it gives children a sense of entitlement.
Don't get me wrong, I am in no way claiming to be a family therapist or community specialist, but these are small steps we can all take in guiding our children to where and who they need to be. I know what worked for me, my siblings, my relatives, and friends. And I also know what didn't work for some of us. It is said that we perish because of a lack of knowledge. It would be wrong for me to not share what I know and guide my child the best way I know how while letting others fall through the cracks. It's time for all of us to take responsibility for our homes, our children, and our communities. Our ancestors fought and we continue to fight for certain liberties, but we do it better when we do it together.


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BP Blames Halliburton for Gulf Oil Spill
British Petroleum (BP) has asked a federal judge to punish Halliburton for destroying evidence from last year's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil giant's act is the most recent in an ongoing exchange of accusations between the two companies.
BP claims that Halliburton deliberately disposed of test results that would have proven how responsible it was in the disastrous oil spill, according to CBS News.
However this accusation comes after Halliburton filed two different lawsuits against BP in state court in Houston as well as federal court in New Orleans in September of 2011, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Both companies have established strong and continued accusations against each other.
In September Halliburton released a statement that it, "filed claims against BP in Texas state court for negligent misrepresentation, business disparagement and defamation," on account of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
However, BP now claims that Halliburton lost evidence that demonstrated how the cement performed with the well while Halliburton maintained that such information was merely "gone," according to Reuters.
Much like their oil field service company counterpart, BP is taking aggressive measures for a stronger position in court.
BP asked the court make a definitive ruling that Halliburton's well was "unstable," according to reports.
If the judge ruled in favor of such a request it would have given BP a stronger position in later court hearings.
Halliburton claimed that BP had "intentionally and continually" misrepresented its role in the catastrophe, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The oil services company specifically claims that BP was dishonest with public statements and its own internal reports regarding the root causes of the disaster.
It can be expected for the two companies to continue an aggressive opposition with each other considering the devastating nature of the accident.
The Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and continuously erupted oil from the sea floor every day until it was capped on July 15, 2010.
In those four months, approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil polluted the ocean.
The Natural Resources Defense Council reports that the catastrophe resulted in severe, long-term environmental damage of the Gulf of Mexico.
The spill was the largest oil spill in U.S. history.


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Off-Road Drive available for the PC
MOSCOW , Russia — September 30, 2011– Leading Eastern and Central European publisher, 1C Company, is thrilled to announce that Off-Road Drive is available today. Off-Road Drive is the first game ever to deliver a true-to-life, off-road, racing experience.?
Players will take part in The Russian Trophy, Off-Road Trial, Thai Trophy and many other events through the worst driving conditions such as swamps, rocks, snow and sand.? This is not just a racing game though, it is a simulation.? Featuring the largest variety of real off-road sport vehicles, Off-Road Drive includes tuned stock SUVs and trucks, as well as several classes of prototypes specifically built for extreme driving. The vehicles can be equipped with an assortment of special cross-country equipment and accessories including winches, low gear, differential gear locking, GPS, clinometer, altimeter, tire air pressure control, sand tracks, etc.??
As racers drive they will see the most innovative simulation of interactive terrain response ever, vehicles will act just like they do in real life; Cars will sink in the dirt and the dirt will create a rut which will stick to the cars and tires affecting their handling. The game showcases surfaces that will not only affect tire friction but have complex reactions based on car weight, speed, wheel torque, tire condition, time on this surface, depth of car immersion into the surface and much more. Off-Road Drive brings real racing to fans of 4 wheel drive vehicles like no other game ever has and is available today.
More information about Off-Road Drive can be found at the game's official website: www.offroad-game.com
About 1C Company
1C Company specializes in distribution, publishing and development of business, entertainment and educational software. Founded in 1991, 1C has become the largest publisher and distributor of computer and video games in Eastern and Central Europe. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has several internal studios. Internal development of 1C includes IL-2 Sturmovik series and Theatre of War series. 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 30 independent development studios and has produced over 100 projects for PC and consoles including titles like Rig'n'Roll, Space Rangers, Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, Faces of War, Men of War series, Perimeter, Fantasy Wars, Death to Spies, King's Bounty: The Legend, King's Bounty: Armored Princess and King's Bounty: Crossworlds.
For more information on 1C please go to our website at www.1cpublishing.com
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Russian forest policy in the turmoil of the changing balance of power
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New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The central government said on Wednesday a high-level inter-ministerial central team would make an on-the-spot assessment of destruction caused by floods in Tamil Nadu.
A statement issued here by the home ministry said T.V.S.N. Prasad, a joint secretary in the ministry would lead the team.
The team will include representatives of the ministries of agriculture, finance, rural development, drinking water and power from Delhi, representatives of ministries of road rransport and highways and health from Chennai and Central Water Commission, ministry of water resources from Bengaluru.
The team has been deputed following a request from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The team would leave on November 26.
Rains lashed four districts in Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kanchipuram – during the last couple of weeks, killing about 180 people.
On November 23, Jayalalithaa sent a memorandum to Modi seeking central funding of Rs.8,481 crore for flood relief and immediate relief of Rs.2,000 crore.
Modi instructed hat financial assistance of Rs.939.63 crore be released to the state.


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Middlesex captain and potential Ashes opener Chris Rogers made a brilliant double hundred at Lord's before letting his side's clash with Surrey drift to a draw.
Rogers is back in the Baggy Green squad after a five-year exile for this summer's series and staked his claim for a spot with a thrilling 214 - the ninth double hundred of his first-class career.
Rogers batted like a man who wanted to send a message to the Australia selectors as well as lead his side to victory in adding 83 to his overnight 131 off 67 balls with 10 fours and two sixes, but by the time he declared at 514-8, Surrey needed 343 to win from only 48 overs.
They were never going to get the runs and Middlesex were never going to bowl them out either but, after being forced to follow on 172 runs behind, Rogers was happy to settle for a draw which keeps his side on the heels of first division leaders Durham and leaves Surrey still looking for their first win.
Rogers, normally a neat, methodical accumulator of runs, was at his most expansive, cutting, driving and pulling Tim Linley and Zander de Bruyn into the stands.
He was eventually bowled trying to sweep off-spinner Gareth Batty after being at the crease for more than seven hours, facing 307 balls and hitting 20 fours and two sixes.
When Rogers finally declared, Graeme Smith, the Surrey captain, had little option other than to settle for batting practice after averaging only 18 in his first four championship innings.
He had made 48 of Surrey's 85-1 when the teams shook hands on a draw.


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Wenger 'interested' in Barry
Arsene Wenger has refused to quell speculation that Arsenal may move for Gareth Barry.
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Last Updated: 22/08/08 9:50am
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has refused to quell speculation suggesting the club may be set to move for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
England international Barry has been strongly linked with a transfer away from Villa Park this summer.
Liverpool have made no secret of their interest in the 27-year-old, however a transfer has so far failed to materialise.
Wenger hinted on Thursday that he is still in the market to strengthen his side following the surprise capture of Mikael Silvestre from Manchester United.
The Frenchman is thought to be keen to land a central midfielder, and he has openly admitted his liking of Barry - who would be ineligible for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.
"There is always interest," Wenger said. "I cannot tell you much more. He's one of the players we follow.
"I find Barry a good player. The problems with players who are 27, 28 is that you pay big money but you get nothing back, no resale."
On the shock signing of Silvestre, Wenger added in the Daily Express: "He was in advanced talks with Manchester City already.
"I don't know whether he finished the medical or not, he can explain to you, but I heard he was completely free."
Arsene Wenger was speaking at University College Hospital in London, where Arsenal announced their nomination of the Teenage Cancer Trust as their dedicated charity this season.


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We're about to visit Kansas City for the second time, and could use some recommendations.
First off, we love to visit grocery stores when we're out of town because we don't have a great selection where we're from due to stringent liquor laws. Where do the foodies shop in KC? We visited the Better Cheddar when we were these last and enjoyed it, but would also like to scout out some bigger stores (i.e. Whole Foods.)
Next, what are some must-vist restaurants? The last time we were here we ate at Jack Stack's (good,) Lydia's (disappointing,) and the Classic Cup Cafe (surprisingly good.) After reading the boards, I'm thinking we need to try Le Fou Frog, and OK Joes. Any other suggestions?
Finally, we're looking for things to do while we're there. What are some good Jazz spots? Any other suggestions on things to do?


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West Liberty University's next classical concert will feature an interesting arrangement of two pianos, four hands and talent as Becky Billock, WLU adjunct professor of piano, teams with Jack Kurutz, Pittsburgh concert pianist, to create a special sound.
Free and open to the public, the concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. Feb.19, in Elbin Auditorium, College Hall.
The program, titled Duo Junction, will feature masterworks by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms John Adams and others said Gerald Lee, WLU Associate Professor of Music.
Billock is termed a "persuasive and capable" musician by BBC Music Magazine and called an "unforgettable listening experience" by The Whole Note.
As a recording artist and recitalist, Billock has found her niche promoting the works of contemporary women.
She has appeared as soloist with regional orchestras in Oregon and California and has performed solo and chamber recitals in numerous locations throughout the country, including numerous tours of Northwest cities and appearances on the Seattle radio station Classical KING FM 98.1, the Pittsburgh radio station WQED 98.3FM, and American Public Media's Performance Today.
Her recent CD release musesnine: eight American composers plus one pianist has received extensive airplay throughout the U.S. and Canada and garnered accolades from some of the top music publications.
She most recently presented a series of concerts in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, collaborating with San Antonio-based soprano Gail Wettstein and others. She holds degrees from Walla Walla College (BA), University of Redlands (MA), and University of Washington (DMA), where she studied respectively with Leonard Richter, Louanne Long and Craig Sheppard.
Besides her adjunct work with WLU, she maintains a private studio in Pittsburgh, where her students have been chosen for numerous awards and honors including Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival, the Duquesne Young Artist Piano Festival and the Steinway Society Young Artist program.
A native of New York, Jack Kurutz is an avid recitalist, chamber musician and advocate of contemporary classical music. During his studies at New England Conservatory of Music, Kurutz was pianist for ensembles including the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Harvard Group for New Music, the Callithumpian Consort, Enchanted Circle, the Honors Wind Quintet, the Honors Brass Quintet, and a piano trio coached by Stephen Drury.
Kurutz received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, studying with Ivan Davis, and earned his Master of Music from New England Conservatory in Gabriel Chodos' studio. In 2005, Kurutz completed an Artist Diploma from Carnegie. Mellon University under Enrique Graf, and currently coaches with Ralph Zitterbart. In September 2007, Kurutz won First Prize, Artist Division, in the Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition sponsored by the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the American Liszt Society.
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Governor George Allen of Virginia has unveiled a plan that would deny driver's licenses to students who fail to pass tough new standardized tests. His proposal will be sent to the Legislature in January.
"One thing that's a motivating factor for teenagers in high school is getting those wheels," Allen said at a news conference last month.
Virginia is thought to be the first state to propose linking driving privileges to performance on a standardized test. Thirteen states have laws denying driver's licenses to students with poor attendance, Kathy Christi, a spokeswoman for the Education Commission of the States, said.
Governor Allen said his pass-to-drive idea is part of an effort to improve academic performance and boost test scores among the state's one million public school students. Some high school students say that tying the right to drive to academic performance is unfair.
They argue that denying licenses to those who fail the tests would only make students more nervous during examinations.
The state school board recently approved new academic standards, and it plans to devise tests based on those goals and to begin testing in 1997.


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FRANK J. OTERI: For years, you've had this other life. You teach Classics which is a whole other world than cutting edge, new music. [CW laughs] Thousands of years separate them! [laughs] Is there any connection at all?
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: Right, right, right. My day job. Well, there's got to be some connection, right? I never worried about it. I just kind of stumbled into that very early on. I decided, I thought, when it was time to think about college and stuff like that, I thought first of all, I should really go to music school, you know, a conservatory. I'm a musician, right? But then people kind of talked me out of that. They said, you know, "You should get a proper education. So broaden yourself, go to a liberal arts school." And so forth. And by then, I'd encountered Cage and anything after that was going to be too late. So I got to college. To major in music and study with Walter Piston? After having studied in 1950 with Cage?! Come on! I thought much later, maybe it wouldn't have done me any harm, say, to do a harmony course, or whatever. Counterpoint, maybe.
FRANK J. OTERI: His string quartets are nice.
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: Yeah, right. Yeah. Sure. No, Piston's fine. He was a great guy; he was extraordinarily tolerant. You know, he never gave us a hard time, you know, and we caused trouble there and stuff. But he didn't mind. He was, it was good. And he was a very accomplished composer and I could probably have learned all sorts of stuff, but anyway, I just kind of decided no. And the other thing was that I thought, well, I can't play, I write this music that is really problematic as far as the audience goes and it seems to be what I do. How the hell am I going to make a living? You know, what am I going to do if I want a family or any of those things. And I looked at John Cage in his late thirties, destitute. Living on hand-outs from here and there. I mean, really having it hard. I mean, it's hard to imagine because eventually things worked out but he was halfway through his life and he was just in desperate straits and I thought, can I do that? You know, I didn't, this wasn't necessarily conscious but was my picture of what it was to be a composer like that.
FRANK J. OTERI: And Feldman at the dry cleaners!
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: And Feldman doing dry cleaning and so forth. And I thought, I don't know if I want to do that. So I thought, let's go to college and see what happens and I…You know, I did have this literary thing in the background. My parents were publishers and so forth, and somehow I'd stumbled into Classics. I had a very good Latin teacher in high school, and so I was well prepared. And I took a Latin class and I enjoyed it immensely. And classics students are hard to come by at these institutions, so as soon as they see that you're even there and that you have a little capability for doing this stuff, they're on you immediately. "Come join us!" And here I was at Harvard, with a very distinguished department and they wanted me! Anyway, that's how I got to be a Classics major, and then the idea of teaching appealed to me. Especially when I saw, again, a very distinguished institution, and these people teaching this great stuff, and really not being very great teachers. Some of them… You know, there were both good and bad, but the indifferent ones and the bad ones at this great institution, I thought, wait a minute! I can do this better, maybe this is what I should be doing. And that sort of got me and then I could see and I was, sort of, at the time… Now, the idea of going into Classics to make a living is totally bizarre. But in those days, some way, maybe I was naïve but I thought okay, let's try that and then that's what I did.
FRANK J. OTERI: Well, it's another one of those weird ironies: teaching Classics is more lucrative that being a composer.
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: Yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, there certainly are the…two other things, or one certainly. There was the interest in teaching and somebody once said, that my music, there was a strongly pedagogic element in it, especially the earlier music. It's not just about playing the music, but it's about learning about what music is and how it works and how you do it. And maybe that's the connection. I mean, it's this impulse to teach. And so that's again, it's a little bit abstract, but I think that could be a connection.
FRANK J. OTERI: Well, interestingly enough, I mean, ironically in the earlier part of your life, you were an academic and a composer, but you were not an academic composer! [laughs]
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: Not in any stricter sense, no.
FRANK J. OTERI: Yeah, now, in terms of the music departments that you interacted with, you eventually started teaching music.
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: I did, yeah.
FRANK J. OTERI: How did that happen?
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: I've actually only had two academic jobs in my whole life. One was at Harvard. I got my degree, I got all my degrees there, and I ended up teaching there for actually eight years and I had no interaction with the music department at all, except once. I once got asked to come in and teach a class about Cage. And that was by the guy who was their Renaissance specialist. [laughs] So it gives you an idea. And then the Harvard thing, the Harvard gig sort of came to an end and I was looking for work and there was a job open at Dartmouth in Classics and I went up there. And when I went up, I met this guy Jon Appleton and he knew about me as a composer and he said, "You know, if you come to Dartmouth, you really should be part of the music department too. It would be great to have you here." And somehow that worked out. That we had a dean who thought it was going to be interdisciplinary, which it really wasn't, but anyway… And so I got this joint appointment and that was how I ended up teaching some music, finally.
FRANK J. OTERI: You are largely a self-taught and an intuitive composer. So what sort of things have you tried to bring out in the music of your students?
CHRISTIAN WOLFF: Well, the first thing to say is that in the entire time that I've taught at Dartmouth, which was well over 25 years, I only taught a composition course once, and that was in my last year! [laughs] And in that case, so I can tell you what happened there. What I did, no, I did do something else. It was a workshop; it was called Workshop in Experimental Music where I took anybody who wanted to come in, whether or not they had any background, and basically we spent the term figuring out what we could do and what kind of repertory we could make use of and we gave a concert. And that was great, that was, basically, so, in other words, and you didn't, you could, there was no, nothing about composing, it was about performing. But it was a kind of performing, it was mostly those like my early pieces, some Cage, but there's a huge, there's a large body of work, which is just prose instructions. A lot of Pauline Oliveros's work is like this, so that is the kind of stuff we did with this. If we had a couple of instrumentalists who really had some chops then we would do things around them to a certain extent, but it was mostly about teaching them how to perform the music. And to perform the music which required them to be something like a composer, the activities really cross there. As they should in fact all the time. And so that's one thing I did and if in the course of the term they got interested in doing their own things, that was great. Then we would in fact get student compositions but they were spontaneously generated out of this performing situation. And then the composition course, that was a rather specialized case because Dartmouth has a small program, a graduate program in music and technology, and so you tend to get people there who are highly computer sophisticated and spent all their time in the studio and never played an instrument. And this course was billed as, you know, Composition in Electronic Media, or something like that and I told them immediately, you know, I don't know the first thing about electronic media, so we're just going to do music here. And basically, I mean, I did have them make pieces, but I had insisted they made only pieces that could only be performed in class. So, in other words I made them get out of the studio and either they had to do it themselves or find somebody or whatever, but it was performance oriented. So my teaching basically has to do with performance. Composition is a kind of poetry. You can't really teach, I mean, obviously you can technical things. You can help people; you can see their work and say okay, this doesn't seem to work well and stuff like that. But as far as just teaching composition, it's like teaching how to write poetry. I mean, somebody has to want to do it and has to have some impulse for doing it and then you can help them and then there are technical things you can learn, but otherwise, no. So in a way, I was glad that I didn't have the opportunity to teach composition as such, you know, and I got to do it in these more indirect ways which seemed more interesting.


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I have to admit. I LOVE sewing and this is why I am so excited about the FREE sewing class being offered by Tidewater Sew Vac.
Tomorrow, Tuesday Dec 3rd, stop in to any Tidewater Sew-Vac and pick up your ticket for a free Make It Take It Ornament Class. You have to be at least 18 years old in order to participate.
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Magcargo in the anime Pokedex entry 'occasionally emits lava from the rock that encircles its back' to 'occationally emits the lava from its back that circles its body'. Please and thank you. Littlmiget123 15:32, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
- First of all, it's occasionally like it is, not occationally like you want. Second, are you sure that that's what Ash's Dex says? R.A. Hunter Blade 01:17, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
alright, i just checked the anime, and yes, it does say that, even though it sound very stupid. and second of all, sry, i made a typo, y make it a big deal? Littlmiget123 12:09, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Hold up...
I understand that we have to strike a balance between believing the 'dex as fact against the fact that it occasionally makes big mistakes (Wailord is lighter than Hydrogen? What?!) but how does nobody else find it very, very wrong that Magcargo supposedly has body temp that is very nearly twice that of the surface of the sun, yet it doesn't cause everyone around it to be vaporized? Sure, anime physics and all that, but I think this is one where we can safely say that the "data" is bull. (for reference, the surface of the sun is approximated to 9900 degrees Fahrenheit, while Magcargo's body heat is suppoedly 19000 degrees) Nonasuomi 19:14, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Magcargo learns Lava Plume at level 38 in HeartGold/SoulSilver - unsigned comment from Xaigon paladin (talk • contribs)
Why is this page using Magcargo's old Sugimori art from Generation II instead of the Sugimori art from HeartGold and SoulSilver? Shiramu Kuromu 18:53, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- Most of them are doing that. I've been kinda wondering that myself... Littlmiget123 19:17, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
should it be noted that Macy hugged her Magcargo, should it be like ponyta, it only burns the people it wants to etc should it be added to Special abilities/Behavior? - unsigned comment from Emeraldben (talk • contribs)


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Senate & House on record as supporting NOPEC with veto-proof majorities
U.S. Senator Herb Kohl's legislation to permit the Department of Justice to bring actions against foreign states -- such as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) -- for collusive practices in setting the price or limiting the production of oil is included in the Senate leadership's "Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008," which was announced today. Kohl's bipartisan "No Oil Producing & Exporting Cartels Act (NOPEC)," was passed overwhelmingly last year by the Senate as an amendment to the Energy Bill and by the House of Representatives as a stand-alone measure, both with veto-proof majorities.
"Skyrocketing fuel prices have family budgets stretched to the breaking point and small businesses teetering on the brink of survival. Historic oil company profits are not the only culprit. We are powerless to stop OPEC from engaging in blatantly anticompetitive practices like collusion and price-fixing that leave us at their mercy as oil tops $120 a barrel. If private companies engaged in such an international price-fixing conspiracy, it would be illegal. The actions of OPEC should be treated no differently because it is a conspiracy of nations," Kohl said.
The Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 85% of the variability in the cost of gasoline is the result of changes in the cost of crude oil. As crude oil prices exceeded $100, then $110 and then $120 per barrel, retail prices of gasoline hovering near $4 per gallon have now become commonplace. While prices have temporarily receded from time to time, the general trend is consistently, and significantly, upwards.
In 1979, a federal district court found that OPEC's price-fixing decisions were "governmental" -- not "commercial" -- acts and accordingly they were protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Subsequently, in 1981, a federal court of appeals declined to consider the appeal of that antitrust case based on the so-called "act of state" doctrine, which holds that a court will not consider a case regarding the legality of the acts of a foreign nation.
Kohl's NOPEC legislation effectively reverses these decisions by making it clear that OPEC's activities are not protected by sovereign immunity and that the federal courts should not decline to hear such a case based on the "act of state" doctrine. It clears away these judicially-created roadblocks so the Department of Justice could bring an antitrust case against OPEC for its price-fixing behavior.
The proposal will force OPEC to begin pricing in a competitive, free market manner or face the possibility of being prosecuted for civil or criminal antitrust violations.
Kohl's NOPEC legislation was passed by the Senate as an amendment to the Energy Bill on June 19, 2007 by a vote of 70 to 23. It also won approval in the House of Representatives by a vote of 345 to 72 on May 22, 2007.
Kohl's legislation is cosponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Carl Levin (D-MI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT).
Source: http://kohl.senate.gov/~kohl/press/08/04/2008507818.html


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The Stormy Sixties Exhibit
Restaurant Week Hotel Week Town of OC Events
This temporary exhibit pays tribute to the decade of "The Stormy Sixties" focusing on events, lifestyles and growth of that tumultuous time. The 1960's was a decade of change for America and also a very memorable decade for Ocean City. Although only one man, Hugh T. Cropper Jr., presided as Mayor during this time the Town went through a lot of changes and development. There were riots, storms, cool fashions, condominiums and as always, a whole lot of fun! In fact, the 1960 O.C. Bureau of Information touted Ocean City as "The Hospitality Resort with Family Fun at Family Prices".
This exhibit should be a lot of fun for all of you "Baby Boomers" out there. Who could forget fun times at The Beach Club, sing-a-longs at The Irish House or your first trip to the newly opened Frontier Town or a ride through Trimper's Haunted House?
On exhibit now through May of 2017
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- General, Family Events, Arts and Museums
- Ocean City Life Saving Station Museum
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| Timothy Grey
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| Tim
The Honourable Timothy Grey
|Physical information
|6'3" (1,91 m)
|Hair colour
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| Richard Grey (father)
Ada Grey (mother) †
Isobel Grey (stepmother)
Larry Grey (elder brother)
Amelia Grey (sister-in-law)
Matthew Crawley (stepbrother) †
Mr Grey (paternal grandfather) †
Mrs Grey (paternal grandmother) †
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John Turnbull (maternal step-grandfather) †
Lady Turnbull (maternal step-grandmother) †
Edward Turnbull (step-uncle)
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- "What did you imagine? That we would welcome you with open arms?"
- —Tim's words to Isobel Crawley about his and his brother's reaction to hers and their father's engagement.[src]
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Background Edit
Little is known of Tim's early life, but his father remarks that both Tim and Larry take after their late mother "in every possible way" - implying both brothers were very close to their mother.
His father mentions to Isobel Crawley in 1922 that Tim is a diplomat while his brother is in banking.
1924 Edit
Tim accompanies his brother Larry to a dinner at Downton after his father becomes engaged to Isobel Crawley. He expresses disapproval of Edith's plan to take in an orphan child, feeling an orphan would be "an uncomfortable piece of baggage for an unmarried woman" and that he himself would have no desire to take such a child on as his own.
Tim agrees with Larry's statement that marriages which fail often do so for what his brother calls "an irreconcilable difference" instead of Mary's belief that they "just don't get on."
While Larry insults Isobel because of her background and in turn the whole Crawley family, Tim remains silent. After Larry is asked to leave, Tim asks Isobel in a whisper if she really believed that he and his brother would be willing to welcome her into the family, revealing that like Larry he too is unhappy that she is marrying his father.
After dinner, while his father tries to comfort Isobel, Tim interrupts, impatiently telling his father that Larry has been sitting in the car since he left the dining room. Lord Merton angrily says he is coming, so Tim, with disdain in his voice, bids Isobel good night and walks out.
Later that year, while the majority of the Crawley family is at Brancaster Castle, Isobel tells his father she has accepted that Tim and Larry have no desire to see their mother replaced and has no desire herself to set him against his children. But when she says she would marry him if his sons accepted her, he asks them to reconsider. While Larry writes Isobel a letter telling her his feelings are unchanged, Tim's reaction remains unknown, but was most likely the same.
Notes Edit
- Given that Mary told Sybil in Episode 3.01 that "the whole Grey family" was coming to dinner, it is possible Tim might have been present when Larry drugged Tom Branson, but Violet asks Merton in Episode 5.07 if she has even met Tim, so it is also possible he was not.
- Cora mentions in Episode 5.07 that Tim and Larry arrived from London, so it is possible that is where he lives. But this has not been confirmed.
- Given Tim's reaction that he would not want to take on an orphan (referring to Edith adopting a foster-child while unmarried), it is likely (but unconfirmed) that he is unmarried.
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Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ Alternate and Parallel Worlds
This work is a subwork of the following works : Imaginary Lands (1985) [Anthology] Authors: James P. Blaylock
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Constitution Amendment: Senators Are Not Sincere
A legal practitioner Victor Odunnaiya has accused lawmakers in the upper chambers of insincerity in the issue of constitution amendment..
Speaking on Channels Television breakfast programme Sunrise Daily, he explained that the senate's move to decentralize labour will cause confusion between the state government and the federal government.
Mr. Odunnaiya gave a background on the minimum wage saga, stating that when the minimum wage was five thousand naira, state government's complained then that they could not pay, and now that it's about eleven thousand naira they are still complaining.
He also commented on NLC strikes, stating that strike is about letting the other party know what you want and how it can be achieved.


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Ventura Roofing License requirements in California
Ventura Roofing Contractors don't need a special license to roof houses. However, they do need a Contractors license. Contractors licenses are need to bid a couple thousand dollar job like this. Make sure that you are dealing with a certified professional when you get your house re-roofed. There are also other builders laws they must follow in Ventura. As well as development and supplier laws.
Eco-friendly Ventura Roofing
Doing what is best for you and the environment is always rewarding. Will break-through roofing technology we can do things never before possible. Things that will help lower the earth pollution level. We can be eco-friendly while also helping our bank accounts. Roofer can install solar panels on houses. Solar panel roofs lowers the use of fossil fuels. Solar roofing also lowers electric bills tremendously. Although the initial cost is expensive it has a long term return in Ventura. Solar roofing will also increase the value of your house tremendously. Other eco-friendly options include living roofing. Such as green plant. This type of roofing is very popular yet. It doesn't work in all situations. However, if used it will produce oxygen and revitalizing the environment. This method is also rather expensive. However, the long term rewards are plentiful.
Roofing Material Cost
The list below is organized cheapest to most expensive
- Rolled Roofing
- Asphalt shingles
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There are many thing that go into re-roofing a building. The size of the roof plays a big role on timing and price. Also the pitch of the roof will be a determining factor. People use many different building materials from cheap roll out roofing to expensive copper. Pricing for materials is never the same. It is always changing. As oil and metals become more scarce the prices tend to increase. When deciding what to use you have to know what your long term goal is. Durability, price, looks, eco-friendliness? These will all greatly vary the price and time it takes to have roofing done one your building. The DIY pricing of roofing could be as low as 2000-4000 dollars. While hiring a licensed Ventura roofing contractor would run you 4000-12000 dollars. The average time of a professional reroofing is 3-4 days. DIY time is usually at least double that. Partial repairs by the pros takes 1-2 days. Pricing and time varies greatly from house to house. Usually you can get a free estimate by a local contractor before you start the project.


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|Awake, all who sleep, and arise from the dead
|Awake, All Who Sleep
|Petro Parson (1857)
|Stanley M. Wiersma (1982)
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|Acts 17:30-31; Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 5; Acts 17:31
|Invitation; Judge, God/Christ as; Church and Mission(4 more...)
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|Johannes G. Bastiaans (1868)
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Scripture References:
st. 1 = Eph. 5:14
st. 3 = Acts 17:30-31
Petro Parson (b. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1803; d:.Steenwijk, the Netherlands, 1878) wrote this text ("Ontwaak, gij die slaapt") during his long tenure as a pastor in Steenwijk (1831-1875). After studies at theological schools in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Leiden, he briefly served one other congregation in Kuinre (1829-1831) before moving to Steenwijk, where he lived until retirement.
The best of Parson's devotional poetry, this text was first published in the Christelijke Gezangen der Herstelde Evangelisch Lutherse Gemeente in Nederland (1857) and then in the Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen (1868). Stanley M. Wiersma (PHH 25) translated the text into English in 1982.
The primary image of "Awake, All Who Sleep" comes from Ephesians 5:14, in which Paul is thought to quote an early Christian hymn, "Wake Up, O Sleeper, Rise from the Dead, and Christ Will Shine on You." The text presents an urgent, insistent reveille, a call to arise and turn to Christ now for eternal life, or face him later as the judge who condemns unbelievers to eternal death.
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As an invitation hymn in evangelistic services, or possibly during regular Sunday worship after the sermon (when the cry "Awake" could do double duty!); useful during the Easter Vigil or Easter season.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook
Johannes G. Bastiaans (PHH 418) composed ONTWAAK (awake) in 1866 for the original Dutch text. The tune was one of thirty that Bastiaans provided for the Vervolgbundel op de Evangelische Gezangen (1868) after being commissioned to do so by the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk. ONTWAAK is also one of several of Bastiaans's tunes that remain popular to this day in the Dutch Reformed churches.
The tune is a bar form (AAB), a rarity in Bastiaans's tunes. Its melodic contour consists of a delicate balance of larger intervals and stepwise motion. Sing either in unison or in harmony. A more dramatic rendition might involve soloists singing stanzas 1-3 and the entire group singing stanza 4.
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What's hot: Large speckled trout are being caught all around the bay area. Above 23 inches, these larger specimens fight more like redfish than smaller trout.
Tackle and techniques: Light tackle and lures are the best bet. For lures, use 3-inch paddletail plastic tails on jigheads of one-eighth ounce, 5-inch jerkbait-style plastics on the same jighead or a weedless jighead. Topwater action is excellent in 2 feet and shallower. Make long casts to sandy patches of bottom and work the lure slowly just above the bottom. On higher tides, move closer to shorelines and target areas that have a mix of grass and sand or a craggy, oyster-laden structure. Don't be surprised to catch redfish and long, fat trout in the same locations. On lower tides, fish the ruts and troughs toward the outside of the grass flats. Try to work lures on the edges of these troughs rather than the middle as the fish lay on the edges, ready to ambush their prey.
Food for thought: Slot-sized trout (15-20 inches) are better food fare. The largest make for a great photo but are excellent stock for future generations. Although it is legal to harvest one longer than 20 inches, many anglers release the very largest ones.
Neil Taylor charters kayak fishing trips in the Tampa Bay area and can be reached at strikethreekayakfishing.com and (727) 692-6345.


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A really nice well kept grocery store. Prices are reasonable. usually they have good sales weekly. They even have a small florist with fresh flowers. Most of the staff is friendly.4
This place is a good place if you need to go and grab flowers at the spur of the moment. They always have some arrangements made up for you just to grab out of the coolers. Also sell great houseplants.5


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I have a snail in my fresh water frog tank but can't tell if it is alive and/or sick?
My kids received one of those self-contained fresh water African Dwarf Frog tanks. The tank included 2 frogs, a bamboo, a snail, and some pebbles. After doing some research online we found out that the habitat provided by the retailer wasn't the optimal for the frogs so we decided to get a larger tank. Before we transferred the frogs to their new tank, we noticed that the snail was at the bottom of the tank instead of stuck to the sides of the tank. We have transferred the frogs and the bamboo to a larger tank, but have not transferred the snail because we think it might be sick. How do we know if it is OK and if it is safe to transfer it to the new, larger enclosure?
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Knit one, purl nineteen forty-two—Sadie's dream of being a radio star suddenly comes true when the war starts and she lands a gig as Knitting Nell. Leading "Soldier Girls at Home" through her knitting songs, Sadie guides the war effort one stitch at a time. This authentic musical "yarn" features historical knitting—yes, knitting—music.
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Archive for Thursday, July 19, 2007
District to contract agency for substitute teachers
The De Soto School District is changing the way it hires substitute teachers.
The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education voted Monday to approve a one-year service agreement for substitute teachers with Morgan Hunter Co., an Overland Park-based staffing agency, based on review by the district's attorney.
De Soto is now the second district in Kansas to enter such an agreement. The Eudora school district started using the company's services in February.
Morgan Hunter will be responsible for hiring and assigning substitutes to the district based on requests for service.
District human resources director Mark Schmidt said the agreement would put less strain on the district when hiring substitute teachers.
"The misconception is the only thing (Morgan Hunter) has to do is call subs," he said. "There is organization and training. Currently, we don't do any training for our substitute teachers. They come in, we check their references, we sign them up and they are in the classroom."
In the past, it cost the district about $32 a day to put a substitute in a building because of the strain it put on office staffs to contact them, Schmidt estimated. The district employed 139 substitutes last year each from one to 115 days of work.
Teachers also will be able to use an automated system to request a substitute and specify their area of expertise, Schmidt said.
The change also will help with planning, Schmidt said.
"When I was at Lexington Trails Middle School, it was third hour and I had a kid come in and say, 'Hey we don't have a teacher,'" Schmidt said. "It turns out the teacher had called in that morning but for some reason a sub didn't get assigned.
"With this system, we know who is not going to be here and who is."
The new contract will cost the district about $21,000 more than what is paid for substitute teachers now, but Schmidt said it was the price of convenience.
Eudora USD 491 superintendent Marty Kobza said his district has been satisfied with the results of its contract with Morgan Hunter, notably the staff training and screening process the company offers.
"We weren't providing staff development and training to substitutes," he said.
Kobza said he expected De Soto would see similar results.
"I'm optimistic for De Soto," he said. "I think they are going to enjoy having the service."
Board member Jim Thomas said he especially liked that substitutes were evaluated.
"It's needed and a very positive improvement that we are doing evaluations on substitute teachers," he said. "This is a very positive step forward because this is the way I hire temp folks right now."
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Yes, I saw that and thought, stalker !! considering I posted it on the 3rd November and it's not been touched for 20 days or so. Well I was utterly delighted and I got the snapshot so thanks - very thoughtful of you :o)
:) and of course it now has a non star.
Do you know Snooker, I look at that puzzle every morning and I've asked others to help but it remained 9 star and I looked this morning and stared at the 10 stars. Thanks very much indeed I'm delighted woo hooooo :)))
Just put the 10th star on here for you.
Thanks milady :-)Can't say I ever heard of her... :-(
Morning Aggie, yes she was the English equivalent to America's MM/Doris Day. She was the biggest and highest paid female on television in her day. She disclosed in an interview that after her svengali died (Bert Ambrose), she discovered he had gambled away her five million pound fortune.
11 Sissel? I know - I'm struggling too - the pieces are very small and at the edges of the screen. Booo
LoL, did you not know of Kathy Kirby bradjan?As our beloved but absent leader would say ..... Indeed !
Glad you all explained who she was.
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I think she was famous for her glossy shiny lips no matter what sex you are, Papasmurf! Yes, sad she's died, I think she led a tumultous life but what a voice!
ahhh Papasmurf60 - fond memories for you too - I said the song would take you back. Thanks for stopping by :o)
Ah! Nostalgia is not what it used to be! All reflecting on the fond memories of our youth I see.She was famous, or notorious depending upon which sex you are, for her glossy shiny lipstick which really did draw attention to her lips. She was blessed with a powerful voice and could really pump it out. Sad to hear that she has passed on.
Yes thats true Jan and Secret Love was her best hit
Yes, she really was lovely. The beauty spot should have rung a bell. Kathy was with band leader Ambrose for many years both professionally and privately. I liked her hit Secret Love best of all.
She was likened to Marilyn Monroe, the English Version. She died in 2011 aged 72
That is a surprise! I remember seeing her on TV when I was quite young.
Good morning and you are absolutely correct Squishy it is Kathy Kirkby well done. A blast from the past. This is one of her hit tracks ?Dance On? and it will really take you back trust me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuskVNDlR8
Morning all! This reminds me of Kathy Kirby, but I don't think it is her.
Hi Jan - very good guess m'dear but it's not Marilyn :o)
Happy Birthday, Mr President......
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A LAST-minute goal strengthened North Ferriby's title challenge but dealt a damaging blow to Chorley's fading promotion hopes.
In a very competitive game, the Humbersiders needed all their resilience and steel to extend their unbeaten run to 15 matches, playing all the second half with only 10 men.
They lost midfielder Steve Ridley to a second caution just before half-time but a tactical switch to stiffen their central defence enabled them to stage a successful shut-out as Chorley toiled in vain to pierce a solid defensive screen.
After a cagey opening, the Magpies gradually got on top and Dale Whitham twice drove inches over the bar.
Then Adam Roscoe saw a close-range volley blocked in the jaws of goal. Ferriby almost snatched the lead early in the second period when Ryan Kendall cut in but was foiled by Jack Cudworth.
With time running out, and Ferriby content to retain possession out on the right wing, Steve Flitcroft needlessly conceded a free-kick.
When the ball came in Cudworth could only partially clear and Liam King fired the winner through a crowd of players.
A chance came Chorley's way in stoppage time but Ciaran Kilheeney glanced a back-post header wide.


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As development of the Utica shale in Ohio gains speed, it no longer can be considered only a local endeavor. Like the Barnett and Marcellus shale plays, the Utica shale development has gained exposure and captured the attention of researchers and stakeholders from other American states and from across the world. During the last week of May, I presented "The Analysis of the Economic Potential for Shale Formations in Ohio" at the Regional Workshop on Shale Gas Exploration and Extraction in Kiev, Ukraine, and talked about the course the Utica play is taking in Ohio. This event brought together experts on shale gas from governments, industry, and academia in Ukraine, Poland, and the United States to discuss the emerging economic, regulatory, and environmental issues of shale development. The event was organized primarily by CRDF Global, a Virginia-based independent nonprofit that promotes international scientific collaborations and supports technology infrastructure through grants and other resources. Co-organizers of the event were the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ukraine and the State Agency on Science, Innovation, and Information of Ukraine. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC) in Ukraine, and the U.S.-Ukrainian Business Council (USUBC). The impressive list of sponsors and organizers should provide a hint as to the high profile status of the conference, and its significance to the economic and political scene in Poland and Ukraine. Just days before the workshop began, Ukraine announced two companies, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Corp, as winners of the first tender to partner in the development of shale resources on two Ukrainian sites: the Yuzivska area in the eastern Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, and the Olesska area stretching across the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions of western Ukraine. Ukraine has the third-largest estimated shale gas reserve in Europe (after France and Norway), amounting to 42 trillion cubic feet, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The estimate made by the Ukraine's State Geological Service was even higher, approximating the Yzivska site alone at 70 trillion cubic feet and Olesska at 28 to 53 trillion cubic feet. The wild variance of the estimates tells you that Ukraine is at the beginning stages of exploratory drilling and, even before that can happen, the two winning companies must reach production-sharing agreements with the required Ukrainian business partners at each site — companies in which the Ukrainian government possesses 90% ownership. This activity at large has upset Russia, which provides and delivers two-thirds of Ukraine's gas and has an appetite to own a Ukrainian gas pipeline to ship gas from Russia to Europe. Gazprom can no longer call the American shale gas development a "bubble," nor can it dismiss the impact of European shale development, despite the fact that Poland recently significantly downgraded estimates for its recoverable shale gas reserves. At the same time, Polish oil pipeline operator PERN recently announced its intention to build pipelines that will carry crude oil from shale fields where reserves are estimated at between 215 and 268 million tons, which is enough to cover Poland's demand for about 10 years. With 22 wells already drilled in Poland, Ukraine has a neighbor that is a step ahead of it and able to serve as a role model and source of advice. Ohio, with twice as many wells drilled and a few already reporting their production, was perceived at the workshop as a good example for Poland, especially because the Utica is a promising source of oil. Many issues that Poland has tried to resolve are similar to those facing Ohio. Poland is creating scientific think-tanks and outreach arms to educate its public, supporting the growth of local suppliers and integrating them into the shale development process, while at the same time it takes steps to educate its workforce. Meanwhile, Ukraine is still mobilizing, with geological services being brought up to speed to assess resources at the Yuzivska and Olesska sites, and environmental groups and businesses closely watching the regulatory and legal environments related to shale. Ivano-Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas, the only school of its kind in Ukraine (and my alma mater), is hoping for a renaissance and already creating joint Ukrainian-Polish educational programs. Here in the U.S., states are also watching and learning from each other. Pennsylvania was moving somewhat slowly on the Marcellus at the beginning of its development, while Ohio is developing the Utica much faster due to the efforts of large companies. Gas prices have dropped in the U.S., but not yet in Europe. As a result, even with Poland's average well cost of $18 million, developers are eager to begin production. Gas is even more expensive in Ukraine, so it too is expected to move fast in developing its shale resources. What opportunities will this create for Ohio? We cannot offer large developing companies, but we have excellent experience and can offer local suppliers and contractors. I'll report next time on what sorts of things Ohio might be able to export. Meanwhile, the world is watching us. Iryna Lendel, Ph.D., is the assistant director of the Center for Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland State University.
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Longtime Illinois U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson cited family obligations as he tearfully dropped his re-election bid on Thursday, leading to a crowded race among his fellow Republicans to replace him and kindling Democrats' hopes of taking the seat to help regain control of the U.S. House.
The six-term congressman, who built a reputation for breaking with his party on some issues, said he plans to retire when his current term ends because he wants to devote more time to his nine children and more than a dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
"One of my grandsons is 2 years old. I have seen him for a total of about 10 minutes," the 65-year-old Johnson said, pausing to fight back tears during a news conference in his hometown of Urbana. "I have another who asked me not long ago if I was ever going to come to one of his ballgames. I didn't have an answer."
The announcement came just weeks after his easy primary win and baffled officials in both parties. It left the state GOP with the task of choosing a replacement candidate to run in his new western Illinois district _ and at least two dozen Republicans were already lining up for the chance.
"He's been in public office for a long, long time. The suddenness is a little striking," said Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady.
Johnson said he first thought of retiring late last year as his family geared up to attend a holiday festival in a nearby town. He was called back to Washington to take a vote on an unemployment issue that he said should have been conducted much earlier.
"Man, there's got to be more to life than this," he said while surrounded by about two dozen family members. "I've been a part-time father all these years."
He said he was indirectly influenced by the health of a Republican colleague, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke in January. Johnson has a reputation for being health conscious _ he has been an avid swimmer, is often seen walking in a local mall and makes no secret of his low-fat diet _ and said he was healthy.
"At my age, three years can be 50 percent of the rest of your life," he said.
Johnson said his decision wasn't based on partisanship in federal or state politics, though he described it as the worst he'd ever seen. Johnson was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1976 and to Congress in 2000.
He hasn't been shy about breaking with his fellow GOP lawmakers. Johnson last year called for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a stance he said he would encourage his successor to consider. Last month, he endorsed Texas Rep. Ron Paul in the Republican presidential race.
Johnson had been Illinois' only Republican member of Congress who didn't object to the new state congressional map, which they said Democrats had drawn to favor themselves. On Thursday, he said he didn't believe that the map had been gerrymandered by Democrats.
But only a small portion of his old eastern Illinois district was drawn into the new 13th Congressional District where he'd been running. It's a swath of mainly west-central Illinois that includes parts of 14 counties and leans toward Democrats.
Johnson earned a strong reputation for reaching out to constituents, making up to 100 calls to individuals in his district each day. He continued the approach during the primary election, attracting strong fundraising, and even rented an apartment in Litchfield, unfamiliar territory to him on the new congressional map.
"There's no one more energetic guy than that guy," said Montgomery County Republican Central Committee chairman Roy Hertel.
Johnson's seat had widely been considered safe by national Republicans. Come November, he would have faced perennial candidate Dr. David Gill, an emergency room physician who Johnson easily defeated three times in previous elections.
The National Republican Congressional Committee said Gill, who is pro-choice and advocates for comprehensive immigration reform, is too liberal for the district. And Johnson said Thursday that, while he respects Gill, he doesn't believe he has much of a chance of beating whoever the GOP selects to replace him.
But Democrats believed Johnson may have been more vulnerable this time around because of new constituents in a more Democratic-friendly district. And for the first time a decade, he faced opposition in a primary.
Gill, who narrowly won a primary contest against a Democratic candidate backed by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, thinks he is in a good position to win.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which believes the party could pick up five seats in Illinois, identified Johnson's district as one to watch. Illinois saw its first Republican-majority congressional delegation in years after a 2010 Republican surge sent five new GOP freshmen to Washington.
But Republicans have already lost one seat this year: Longtime U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo lost a primary battle with first-term Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
The process to replace Johnson will take shape over the coming weeks. More than two-dozen candidates have been mentioned as possible contenders including Rodney Davis, an aide to U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, and Johnson's former chief of staff, Jerry Clarke.
After those who are interested step forward, county chairmen from the 14 counties in the new district will vote, a process some said could be wrapped up by early May.
Associated Press writer Sophia Tareen contributed to this report from Chicago.


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No Cloning and no Backup and Restore on the same hardware possible
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Crucial 300GB SSD attached to Marvell-onBoard-Controller (Firmware up to date)
Acronis True Image Home 2012 (Build/s up to date)
If i want to clone the source drive via Boot-CD, the availible partitions on the target drive will be deleted and then the computer restarts and the BIOS of the mainboard ist set to setup defaults. The same problem is coming up when i save the sourve drive in windows 7 64-bit into a image on a external harddisk, creating a Acronis-boot-CD and try to recover the image from the external harddisk via the created Acronis-bootCD.
Only cloning in windows seems to be possible (is actually running), but it is very slow (2 hours for a 40GB-Partition). From SSD to SSD it should be much faster then form default harddisks.
Does anybody know anything about this problems?
Thanks a lot for your help ...
... Wolle
Und wenn man ein "Laufwerksbackup" der Systempartition macht? Danach das Image von der Boot CD aus, mit "MBR" angehakt wiederherstellt?
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Toyota's luxury brand Lexus has recently announced the production start of the NX crossover, at the company's Miyata plant, in its homeland.
"People all over the world are excited about the NX. Dealers understand its potential, and they're asking us to give them as many as possible, as soon as possible… We believe the NX will sell well around the world, and that it will become a core model in the Lexus lineup", said Iwao Nihashi, the Toyota Motor Kyushu president.
The 2015 Lexus NX is already available to order in several markets across the Old Continent and it will arrive in the United States too, this fall. The vehicle's starting price in the United Kingdom stands at 29,495 GBP and in its cheapest version is coming in as the 300h S, while the 300h SE is costing 31,495 GBP and the 300h Luxury 34,495 GBP. The 300h F Sport will be setting you back for 36,995 GBP and the top of the line 300h Premiere costs 42,995 GBP. The Lexus NX is the carmaker's first compact crossover and the first model to get a turbocharged engine, in the NX 200t, being powered by the 235 HP (175 kW) and 349 Nm (258 lb-ft) of torque 2.0 liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.


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Colombia: Information on the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), Security Administrative Department
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What is the likelihood that the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), Security Administrative Department the investigative agency often described as "Colombia's FBI" would have been involved in human rights violations in the northern Colombian department of Sucre during 1983-1996?
The June 1996 Amnesty International report, "Colombia: Extrajudicial Killings, Disappearances, Death Threats and Other Political Violence in the Department of Sucre," does not specifically mention the DAS. However, the report is relevant because it links Colombia's "security forces," which would include the DAS, with right-wing paramilitary groups in political repression in the department. The report states: "The recent spate of political violence in the department of Sucre is not a new development. Over recent years many popular activists, teachers and peasant farmers have been among the victims of human rights violations committed by the security forces and their paramilitary allies" (AI June 1996, p. 1).
The Amnesty International report further states: "The failure of security forces to curtail paramilitary activities and halt paramilitary operations in Sucre in recent months is indicative of the support paramilitary groups have received from the security forces since the development of these groups in the region" (AI June 1996, p. 5).
The report connects the increase in rights violations in Sucre to the government's counter-insurgency efforts and emphasizes that the behavior of the security forces and the paramilitary groups "involves the deliberate targeting of those in the civilian population suspected of sympathizing with guerrilla forces. In practice, this often means that those members of the civilian population who are active in legal opposition parties or organizations are often considered subversives" (Al June 1996, p. 6).
According to the report, the security forces, as part of the counter-insurgency strategy, "routinely permit paramilitary groups to patrol and intimidate the civilian population whilst they withdraw or turn a blind-eye. In several towns in the department of Sucre, members of the security forces have withdrawn and allowed paramilitary groups to enter communities and commit serious human rights violations" (AI June 1996, p.6).
It therefore appears likely that DAS units would have been involved in rights violations in Sucre, to one degree or another, either directly or indirectly through complicity with the paramilitary groups. As noted above, the Amnesty International report does not specifically mention the DAS when describing the behavior of the security forces in Sucre. However, there are media reports, statements by government officials and reports by human rights organizations that indicate a pattern of abuses by DAS units in Colombia generally:
--In June 1987, Carlos Eduardo Lozano, a high government official with responsibility for law enforcement matters, admitted that in some human rights violations, "the participation of the armed forces and of members of the Security Administrative Department, DAS, is evident" (Latin American Regional Reports: Andean Group June 1987).
--Also in 1987, an armed DAS agent was found to be operating undercover at the Universidad de Antioquia, carrying a list of fifty students. In a six-week period during 1987 five students and two professors were shot in the head, with members of the DAS reportedly responsible for at least one shooting. The Universidad de Antioquia is in the department of Antioquia, which is just south of the department of Sucre (Latin America Weekly Report August 1987).
--According to the Colombian office of the Attorney General, between April 1991 and July 1992 the government received 106 complaints of torture involving the national police, 93 involving the army, and 9 involving the DAS (IACHR October 1993).
--In May 1991 charges were filed against two DAS agents for the murder in Barranquilla of a local Communist youth leader in November 1990. Barranquilla is the capital of Atlántico department, which is just up the Caribbean coast from Sucre (US DOS 1992).
--In March 1994 Amnesty International stated that members of the DAS office in Villavicencio, capital of the eastern department of Meta, had a list of members of the Unión Patriótica (UP), Patriotic Union, a left-wing political party, one of whom was shot dead by unknown gunmen between two police posts, without any response from the police themselves. Others on the list were reportedly followed by individuals believed to be working for the DAS. Some were threatened and shot at (Bull June 1994).
--In September 1995 a government appointed board of inquiry called the Commission of Verification on Urabá released its report on violence in that region, a report which reached conclusions similar to the report by Amnesty International cited above regarding political violence in Sucre. The Urabá comprises the three northeastern departments of Chocó, Antioquia and Córdoba, and Córdoba borders the department of Sucre. The Commission's report accused the army, the police, as well as the DAS, of aiding and abetting right-wing paramilitary death squads operating in Urabá (Diebel November 1995).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the RIC within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Amnesty International (AI). COLOMBIA: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, DISAPPEARANCES, DEATH THREATS AND OTHER POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SUCRE (London: AMR 23/30/96, 1 June 1996). URL: http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/index/AMR230301996English/ $File/AMR2303096.pdf.
Bull, David. GUARDIAN, "Letter: Colombia and Human Rights" (London: 4 June 1994). Nexis [Accessed 6 August 2002].
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR-OAS). SECOND REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA, "Chapter VI: The Right to Personal Security and Humane Treatment," (Washington, DC: OEA/Ser.L/V/II.84, 14 October 1993).
LATIN AMERICAN WEEKLY REPORT. "Colombian Academics Are New Target for Murder" (London: Latin American Newsletters, Ltd., 27 August 1987). Nexis [Accessed 5 August 2002].
LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL REPORTS: ANDEAN GROUP. "Civilian to Judge Crime Against UP" (London: Latin American Newsletters, Ltd., 25 June 1987). Nexis [Accessed 5 August 2002].
Diebel, Linda. TORONTO STAR, "Colombia's Dirty War" (Toronto: 5 November 1995). Nexis [Accessed 6 August 2002].
U.S. Department of State (US DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1991, "Colombia," (Washington, DC: February 1992). Nexis [Accessed 6 August 2002].


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This weekend sets off the first round of interleague play in Major League Baseball. That means it also sets off one of the most tiresome and over debated topics in sports, whether or not someone likes interleague play. The fact is, like it or not, it is here and has been around now since 1997. That also means the debate has been around that long too, and while I don't mind debate and dissenting opinions on good topics when presented intelligently and well, what more can be said on this one. What's needed is Gov. Nixon to come out and say, "I am rooting for the Cardinals until the Royals get more competitive," or "Winner of this series gets public funding for stadium upgrades!" Now that would spark some fun discussion.
The fans that do not like it will never like it but will still watch. The fans that do like it will still want it. In a season when a hot topic around MLB parks has been declining attendance or at least no-shows on tickets bought, interleague play will once again make sure that nearly every seat is filled, parking lots are packed, and hot dog lines are long and slow. It has been a success for baseball and will continue to be one.
It has gone beyond just the rivalries and the tickets sold as well. When the schedules come out every winter now, or some games leaked well in advance of that, fans look for several things. When is opening day? When does your team play its most hated rivals? And what teams are you playing this season in interleague play? It matters. While I am indifferent at this point on the merits or demerits of interleague play, the yearly discussions never change. I'd be happy to listen if there is a new angle or different approach on liking it or not. But there does not seem to be. It's either I like seeing teams from the other league, or I liked it the way it was then the two leagues didn't meet until the World Series.
The reality is baseball itself is as much interleague on a daily basis than it's ever been. The days of someone staying with a team for a career appear to be long gone. Players jump leagues all the time now through trades and free agency. It doesn't raise an eyebrow anymore when someone from Baltimore signs with Houston or someone from LA signs with Boston. Look at how the players handle things before and even during games with the fraternization and laughter. The lines, if not gone, appear completely blurred. There is no rivalry anymore in the American League vs National League. The players bounce around too much and too many former teammates are on other teams or in the other league.
Sure the newness of interleague play has long since worn off, but the bottom line is it has been successful for baseball. Until someone can come up with a new wrinkle as to why it's bad or show it does not work at the gate, it's not going anywhere. So until something changes, I say enough of the debate and enjoy the games. Play Ball!


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Some ways Kent children were bused to school over the years.
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1905 Horse Drawn bus driven by Michael O'Brien
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