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The federal Drug Enforcement Administration will set up a collection point where consumers can turn in their unused or expired medications, on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Walgreens parking lot, at the corner of Main and Sligo in Cortez.
Prescription and over-the-counter medications will be accepted. The collection helps keep unneeded medications from being ingested by children or other individuals for whom they were not prescribed, and from tainting the water supply.
Some items will not be accepted, including needles and sharps, mercury (thermometers), oxygen containers, chemotherapy drugs and radioactive substances, pressurized canisters, and illicit drugs.
For more information, log on to www.DEA.gov or call (877) 462-2911.


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Andrea Walker has resigned from her position as a senior editor at the Penguin Press. Earlier this week it was announced that Colin Dickerman was also leaving the Penguin imprint, to take on the role of editorial director at Bob Miller's new Macmillan imprint, Flatiron Books. A spokesperson for Penguin Press said Walker has not taken another position and that the imprint does have plans to replace both staffers.
Walker worked in the books department at the New Yorker and then at Reagan Arthur Books before joining Penguin Press a little over a year ago. Among the titles Walker acquired at Reagan Arthur were the critically acclaimed debut novel from Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child (Feb. 2012), which was named, among other nods, a Discover Award finalist. At Penguin Press, books Walker acquired include Pushcart Prize winner Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You, and the buzzed-about debut by Pushcart winner Elliott Holt, You Are One of Them.
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XBOXvsPC posted...
blitz_0623 posted...Skynet82997 posted...benjimain posted...chrish909 posted...Theres something about the ps4 version that just makes it worse than the x1version, I cant quite put my finger on It tho.
I never said DF is the problem. I just pointed out that if some think the X1 version looks like what they saw in that comparison video, then they might want to know it may not look like that when they actually play it.
Thanks for posting that link
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Exodus_Prime 4 years ago#273
benjimain posted...
khardbored posted...I highly suggest you really analyze the videos. There is no way the PS4 version is half better than the Xbox One. Sorry, but no. Not by any stretch. On paper, sure, but when you compare what is on paper with what really happens, well...
Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Because I can buy both.
benjimain posted...
khardbored posted...There is not a 50% difference when you watch the gameplay, despite what the resolution differences should be.
no excuses now, not DF. Xbox looks better than the washed one. Fact
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Skynet82997 4 years ago#275
benjimain posted...
khardbored posted...There is not a 50% difference when you watch the gameplay, despite what the resolution differences should be.
No one is fooled. DF isn't the only footage out there.
The IGN footage looks the same - but I suppose they purposely botched it too?
Seriously, just look at the topics here today - it's VERY easy to see who the die hard fanboys who just won't give an inch are - even when presented with actual footage, they'll claim it's doctored, or messed up in some way.
Ridiculous - both version look GREAT! I would be thrilled with either one.
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Skynet82997 posted...
Is that allowed? I was told that I must wallow in my misery.
the bitter truth is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. ~ Anton Ego
Skynet82997 4 years ago#277
regsantotomas posted...
Skynet82997 posted...
Lol - probably not. We'll just have to agree to be miserable then! ; )
XBL Gamertag - SkyNett / PSN ID - SkyeNett / Clan - TheSynndicate
Ps4 is just darker... same as this gen mostly lighting differences...
Reflex-Arc 4 years ago#279
My only gripe on this subject is that there are eleventy million topics on the subject. While I appreciate the fact that it's at least a different set of inane complaint points than the usual, it's still rather annoying. It's kind of like replacing the pain of a migraine with that of a swift kick in the junk.
Read the board, people. If there's already a topic on the subject you wish to discuss, post in that. It greatly reduces the clutter and makes the board a better place. :)
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No one is fooled. DF isn't the only footage out there.
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Thank you to everyone who participated in my plenary session Facilitating transformation: reviewing the past to prepare for the future at this year's IABC Europe MENA conference #EuroComm17 in London today.
In the session I demonstrated a participatory approach for a group to review the past to prepare for the future, by applying the ToP Historical Scan method to reflect together on the journey of development of the communications profession.
Here I am sharing some links to some resources and case studies that I mentioned during the session, and perhaps some that I didn't, plus (below) some some tweets from the session the timeline we created:
- ToP Historical Scan ('Wall of Wonder') overview – pdf
- The Art of Focused Conversation – book
- Four steps to a universal principle of facilitation and learning – blog post
- Facilitation case study: Celebrating 20 years with the European Training Foundation in Turin – #ETF20 – case study
- Transformational Strategy: from trepidation to 'unlocked' – case study
- Staff Away Day with George House Trust – case study
- Reviewing the past to prepare for the future: #FacHistory in Copenhagen – blog post
- #IAFEMENA17 conference, 13-15 October in Paris – IAF
- ToP (Technology of Participation) facilitation training – blog
- books and sticky walls – ICA:UK
Please share your own reflections in a comment below:
- What can we learn from experience of the ever-changing and growing communications profession about how communicators might best adapt, invent, evolve and transform, as professionals and as a profession?
- How might you apply this method, and facilitation more broadly, in your communications work?
- What potential do you see for greater mutual learning and collaboration between facilitators and communicators, and for partnership between IAF and IABC?
For more on my work, and what others have to say about it, please see how I work, who I work with and recommendations & case studies – or view my profile and connect with me on LinkedIn.
You can connect with me also by joining my free facilitation webinars online, and IAF England & Wales' free facilitation meetups in London and elsewhere.


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2007 Expo East Recap
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New beverage launches at Expo East, perhaps more than in recent memory, pushed the boundaries of innovation and novelty. Some came from overseas; others owe their roots to Yankee innovation. Among the many new drinks, we discovered a new fruit juice, a beer-like carbonated drink, drinks with billions of bacteria in them , a smoothie made from a grain whose name begins with a "Q", and soda made from a cactus.
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A New Age Malternative
Bionade – The popular non-alcoholic, organic, carbonated beverage from Germany is now available in the United States. Bionade sold 60 million bottles in 2006 and expects to sell 250 million bottles in 2007. The line-up has four flavors: Elderflower, Herb, Lychee and Ginger-Orange. Each bottle has only 60 calories. Bionade is produced by a propriety fermentation process similar to brewing beer in which the malt sugar is transformed into gluconic acid rather than alcohol. The company is a privately owned family business. Distribution in the United States will be handled by Spaten on the West coast and by independent distributors in other regions of the United States.
Yum, berries!
Acai , pomegranate and the ever increasing host of exotic superfruits continued to dominate new juice introductions. We even came across a fruit whose juice is brand new to the U.S. market, Yumberry, a popular red-juiced fruit from China. I guess when you import a fruit into a country for the first time, you have the authority to give it a nicely branded name!
Frutzzo – Introduced its new line-up of Yumberry drinks. Frutzzo, known for organic pomegranate juices, is the first North American company to offer a Yumberry juice. The 3 sku line-up includes a straight Yumberry version, as well as a Yumberry Pomegranate and a Yumberry Raspberry flavors.
Cell-Nique—New line-up of nutritionally-fortified juice blends: Emerge (Pomegranate), Evolve (Tropical Fruits), Enlight (Apple), Embody (Citrus Vanilla) and Lau-Tzu (Kukicha Tea). Each flavor contains 11 Greens (spirulina, cracked shell chlorella, wheat grass, alfalfa grass, barley grass, blue-green algae, alfalfa sprouts, barley sprouts, oat sprouts, spinach and broccoli), 5 fruits (noni, acai, goji, apple and billberry), 4 veggie proteins (hemp, pea, quinoa, brown rice) and 6 herbs (garcinia cambogia, olive leaf, pa d'arco, licorice root, grape seed extract, green tea extract). The drinks are 95% organic and expected to retail at around $5.99. The drinks are sweetened with raw agave and stevia.
Fizz Ed – New from Apple & Eve is Fizz Ed, 8.4-oz canned 70% juices made specifically for the kids market (think Physical Education) in Orange Mango, Green Apple, Red Raspberry, and Pomegranate Cherry.
Zola Acai – Introduced its new shrink-sleeve 12 oz PET packaging. The line of traditional acai juices had previously been available only Tetra-Pak containers.
Vita Coco – Provided a glimpse of its soon-to-be-release tangerine flavor of its coconut juice line-up.
Flavor Brazil—New acai juice blend in 10 oz glass bottles. The shelf stable blend includes acai palm berry juice, white grape juice, guarana berry extract, and soy lecithin.
Maine Root – Will soon be introducing soda made from wild-harvested prickly pear cactus juice.
Probiotics: Bugs in Jugs
Long popular in Europe, probiotics appear to be coming into their own here in North America. Probiotics is an umbrella term used to describe those foods or beverages which promote intestinal health. The term is euphemistic in as much as it is most often used to describe consumables that are fortified with beneficial bacterial cultures. For those of you that can't stomach the thought of intentional chugging bacteria, odds are you've eaten a probiotic food already: yogurt.
Probiotic bacteria somehow manage to survive the acidic environment of the stomach, and eventually find a home in the intestinal tract of their human host. Particular strains of these pro-bugs are thought to promote intestinal health and prevent certain intestinal disorders. Strange that we should now be consuming juices whose potency is measured by how many billions of bacteria they contain per serving.
In the past year, we've seen a couple of probiotic beverages: Probugs, a kefir from Lifeway, and more recently Probiotic from Naked Juice. We found two more at the show.
Pro.bio.MAX—new line of dairy-based probiotic smoothies from LacPro. Package in 10 oz shrink-sleeve plastic bottles, Pro.bio.MAX contains 30 billion probiotics per 10 oz serving. The flavors are: Cinnamon Chai, Strawberry, and Peach.
Verb Good Belly – Shot-sized, juice-based probiotic product from NextFoods. The company was founded by Steve Dimos, the founder of White Wave. The 4 oz shot-sized line-up is available in three flavors, Peach, Blueberry and Strawberry. Good Belly will be sold in the yogurt section of grocery stores, although it is technically not a yogurt. Good Belly contains no dairy, soy, gluten or added sugar. The main functional ingredient in Goodbelly is Lp299v, a bacterial culture. Each servings contains approximately 20 billion live organisms!
Going with the Grain
The health benefits of specific grains have long been understood. The ability to incorporate those grains into beverages is more of a recent development. One such beverage we found at the show particularly stood out.
Quinoa Gold – New line of quinoa-based, agave-sweetened drinks. Packaged in 16 oz bottles, the drinks have a smoothie-like texture with the ground quinoa grain in suspension. They are available in three gluten-free, organic flavors: Pina Colada, Mango and Mixed Berry. Quinoa's is gaining popularity in the United States in popularity as due to its nutritional profile that includes the unique balance of nine essential amino acids as well as fiber, protein, B vitamins such as iron, niacin, zing, manganese, riboflavin and magnesium.
Hot Waters
Ayala Herbal Water —New herbal water line-up available in six flavors: cinnamon orange peel, lemongrass mint vanilla, jasmine vanilla, lavender mint lemongrass thyme, cloves cardamom cinnamon and ginger lemon peel. The product comes in 16 oz PET bottles and is zero cal/all-natural.
Bot fortified water – Not exhibiting at the show, but Princeton, NJ-based bot LLC introduced us to its line of 12 oz fortified bottled waters (berry, grape and orange). The water is fortified with B3, B5, B6 and B12 vitamins and are low in sugar. www.botbeverages.com
Hansen Naturals – Introduced its new line-up of flavored sparkling waters (Valencia Orange, Cranberry Grapefruit, Blueberry Pomegranate, Valencia Orange). The products are packaged in attractive 10.5 oz slim cans. The products are sweetened with cane sugar and contain 90 calories per can.
Eldorado– New line-up of vitamin-charged natural sping waters from Eldorado Springs, CO. Available in four flavors: Black Raspberry, Sicilian Orange, Pink Passion Guava and Strawberry Blueberry.
Tea and Maté
Teas are always at home at the Natural Products Expos. We continued to see mate appearing in new beverages, both as an stimulant ingredient and as the main ingredient. Green tea also continues to make its way into beverages.
Steaz—New line-up of four diet green tea sodas in 12 oz glass: Raspberry, Orange, Blueberry Pomegranate and Black Cherry. The drinks use a minimal amount of cane sugar for sweetness, and have only 40 calories per 8 oz. serving.
Tradewinds – Presenting its line-up of PET bottled teas. Also offering a gallon size organic black tea.
Nuture by Nature – New shrink-wrapped yerba mate tea in 16 oz bottles in four flavors: Sweet Pear, Honey Lemon, Mixed Berry and Brazilian Orange.
Sweet Leaf—Intoduced its Pomegranate Green tea in a 16 oz glass bottle.
Cricket – Introduced two new sparkling green tea beverages: Mandarin Orange and Pomegranate Raspberry. The flavors complement Cricket's existing Green Tea Cola and Diet Green Tea Cola.
T.O. Bevy – Line-up of four organic bevs with 5% alcohol. They come in four flavors: Mang (mango), Blacur (black currant), Cran (cranberry), & Pomm (pomegranate).


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KIDS! Don't let "Uncle Bernie" corner you alone!
Strangely, I actually find the Peanut Bank more frightening. It makes me realize that Mr. Peanut would make a decent DC villain.
Just what my impressionable child needs...a cowboy doll that smokes.
Wow...just wow. If you look behind the "Wave Lotion", there are several diminutive femurs hanging in the background.
Sandy and Happy the Cowboy look just like the kind of demented, possessed toys that would come to life and drive someone insane in an episode of "Twilight Zone." :)


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Farmers for the Future: Second-shift transition
Paul Hargus is a second-shift farmer and enthusiastic about the opportunity that provides him.
"That's my boss's description for folks who hold down a full-time job and farm as well," he explains. "He's a second-shift farmer, too."
But Paul is quick to point out that he doesn't farm on the side. "I put in as many hours as any full-time farmer," he says with pride.
The Jackson, Minnesotan's situation is certainly not unique. On the rise are sons or daughters holding down full-time jobs to cover living expenses or to purchase land or machinery. The second-shift of their lives -- afternoons, evenings, and weekends -- are dedicated to farming.
The endgame for enterprising young men like 29-year-old Paul is to eventually turn the first shift of their career entirely over to farming. Reaching that goal, Paul testifies, takes a well-devised plan supported by optimism. That latter requirement he delivers in semitrailer truckloads. Paul's enthusiasm for whatever chores he tackles -- from maintaining manufacturing equipment at his job to growing crops -- seems boundless.
"I enjoy my job and love to farm. It's the best of both worlds because many of the skills I learn working off the farm can be used to farm," Paul says.
The planning part by which Dwayne Hargus's corn and soybean operation transitions over to son Paul is currently being defined. "It's not like he decided to farm just yesterday. He told me that was his goal back in high school," Dwayne says. "My wife (who passed away in 1999) and I encouraged him to get a college education. Economic reality required he get a job. He succeeded at both, and he is now well-prepared to take over the operation."
The father and son are making arrangements to hire an estate planner to help them craft a plan, which may utilize a limited partnership as a transition tool. "Our plans are general right now. Professional help will make them more specific and realistic," Dwayne says.
The general concept is that Dwayne will start the transition into retirement by having Paul take ownership of a portion of the farm's machinery line. "It may end up with him buying, say, 50% of my machinery to begin with. Then, he'd eventually acquire what is left or buy his own equipment to replace older machinery I own," he says.
That plan is already in play. Paul is buying a tractor with his father. "As equipment needs to be replaced, I will buy it," Paul says. "Right now I don't have any debt, so I'm in good shape to secure financing."
In the near future, Paul will work with his father's landlords to assume responsibility for rented land. "They know me well and see me out there farming with my dad. That provides proof of my abilities. And I've gone with Dad when it comes time to renew leases, so landlords have gotten to know me," Paul says. "Plus I'm already renting land myself and am looking to buy land when the right piece comes along."
Dwayne will also begin renting the land he owns to Paul as he transitions into retirement. "I'm not going to just suddenly leave, as that would put too much burden on him," Dwayne says. "Besides, one of the biggest assets I can give him is my experience. That's a crucial part of making the transition work."
Helping to make this transition proceed smoothly is the fact that Dwayne's other son, Scott, is kept aware of what the plan is. "He just finished up student teaching and will graduate from Minnesota State University this spring," Dwayne explains. "He wants to teach. But Scott still comes back to help if needed."
Paul plans to continue his job as a plant maintenance and information technician for Kozy Heat Fireplaces in Lakefield, Minnesota. "Plant maintenance means I get to fix everything from plumbing to $2 million steel cutters," he says. "I also assist keep the company's computer system operational. I picked up those duties because I had an interest in computers and knowledge of such systems gained in college."
That education was obtained from South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota, where Paul graduated with a degree in ag business and production technology. "Education opened up the opportunity to get a great job. I'm doubly fortunate to find a job close to home," Paul says, explaining that the factory is located about a 20-minute drive away from the farm. "I start work at 6:00 a.m. and get off at 3:00 p.m., which gives me a lot of time in the afternoon and at night to farm."
Paul has found he applies much of what he has learned on the job to the farm, particularly when it comes to machinery maintenance and fabrication. "I've learned how to repair a wide variety of machines," he says. "My ability to do most of the machinery repair and maintenance is going to have a big impact on keeping my farming costs down."
Paul Hargus is a second-shift farmer and enthusiastic about the opportunity that provides him.


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Seven win UNICEF Meena Media Awards 2005
Dhaka, Monday, 18 April 2005: Seven young media producers were presented with a Meena Media Award by UNICEF Country Representative Morten Giersing at a ceremony at the Bengal Art Gallery this morning.
The Meena Media Awards is a new initiative aimed at promoting excellence in children's media. The award provides incentives for quality media productions for and about children, and brings recognition to such products and their producers.
Each of the winners was presented with a cheque worth Tk 50,000, a Meena crest and a certificate of appreciation by UNICEF Representative Morten Giersing.
In his statement at the prize giving ceremony, Mr Giersing congratulated all participants for their commitment to the cause of children. He also announced UNICEF's continuing support for the Meena Media Awards which will be an annual event. The Meena Media Awards 2006 will be held in March next year, with the final date for submissions on 31st December, 2005.
"Media is important. Small things of childhood like faint memories and distant songs play a very important role in our later life. In addition to their rights to go to school children also have rights to play, be entertainment and have fun. When children are deprived of these they are deprived of their potential to grow as full human beings", Morten Giersing said. "In Bangladesh, UNICEF works with all in society to assure children, especially the impoverished and disadvantaged ones, of these rights", he added.
Chief of Communication and Information of UNICEF Bangladesh Kirsty McIvor emphasised the need for quality media production in all sectors and expressed the hope that the coming years would see more and more entries of international standard.
This year's winners: Arjo Sreshtha (10 years old), Out of Focus (a group of underprivileged adolescent girls and boys engaged in electronic media production), Md Anwar Hussain, Hazera Khanam, Rowshan Ara Rukhshana Sorker, Shahiduzzaman Badal and Sardar Joynul Abedin.
The final jury board included former Director General of BTV Mustafizur Rahman, eminent novelist Selina Hossain, leading electronic media producer Aminur Rahman and Shamsuddin Ahmed of UNICEF.
The Meena Media Awards received 187 submissions of which 12 were shortlitsed in a total of 7 categories. Entries had to be 'for' and 'about' children and in either electronic, print or folk format.
Representatives of all leading national dailies and weeklies, BTV and other cable TV channels covered the event.
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The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to work toward more predictable, transparent reviews of new medical implants in return for a 100 percent increase in user fees from manufacturers, under a preliminary agreement.
The pact with the medical device industry announced Wednesday is expected to provide $595 million in user fees to the FDA over five years, allowing the agency to hire 200 new scientists. That amount essentially doubles the $295 million industry paid over the last five years of the arrangement. While not final, the agreement assures the continuation of a decadelong program in which the FDA supplements its budget with company payments. The latest agreement would require the FDA to provide more preliminary meetings with companies before device applications are submitted.
The announcement comes after more than a year of closed-door meetings between industry and the FDA which dragged on past the agency's self-imposed deadline for an agreement by Jan. 15. Medical device makers have made shorter, more predictable review times a key goal in this round of user fee talks, complaining that regulators in Europe and other foreign countries often approve devices faster than the FDA.
The FDA said in a statement it would send the final details of the agreement to Congress once they are completed. Congress must draft the agreement into law and approve it before Oct. 1 this year.


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I really like the kinda dirty rustic look in the bg. Not sure if it is doable though. Any DBH staff care to let me know?
Also, how does the staff decide if a design is for girls and guys? A lot of my female fans were kinda down when they found out the skulltapus design was only in men sizes.


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Dan had a close encounter with a zombie at TJ Maxx … and took it home with him.
Did you like the movie Priest? Did the initial premise bother you? What did you think of the religion vs. church theme? Dan and Jerry discuss this at length.
They also touch upon Doctor Who, movies made from comic books, classic zombie movies, and … Josie and the Pussycats?
Uh, what? Josie and the Pussycats? It turns out one of them had a crush on the cartoon girls when he was a kid. Can you guess which one? Was it Dan, or Jerry?


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VENTURA CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MAY 7th, 2004 – The second stop of the 4 weekend series, the California Cup, will go down at C – Street in Ventura California, starting at 9:00am this Sunday. Forty of the best surfers in the California meet again to try and stop the Orange County domination, who had a clean sweep on the 3 opposing teams at home in Huntington Beach last weekend. Ventura's loaded roster just might be able to put an end to OC's 3 and 0 record this weekend, with the likes of Reynolds, Curren, Martinez and Mills in what could prove to be the best surf of the California Cup right in their own backyard. The dates have been adjusted to meet the brunt of a new SSW swell that will stir up over head high surf at the top of the point (Pipes) at C-street.
Look for incredible surfing as stop #2 as the California Cup season comes to Ventura. See the schedule below:
Sunday May 9t, 9am – Ventura hosts Rat Boy and his Santa Cruz squad
Monday May 10th 9am – Ventura hosts Rob Machado's San Diego team
Tuesday May 11th 9am, -Ventura hosts 3 and 0 Orange County
Games remaining on the schedule include Santa Cruz for the Billabong Game Weekend (5/14-16) and San Diego with the O'Neill Game Weekend (5/21-23). A complete competitor listing and additional information is available at www.nslgame.com.
SURFER and SURFING Magazines, two of 11 titles in PRIMEDIA'S ACTION SPORTS GROUP (ASG) are NSL media partners supporting the Game in print and online together with Surfline.com, the official surf forecaster of the California Cup.
About The National Surf League (NSL)
The NSL is the sport of surfing's equivalent of the NBA, MLB and NFL. The NSL's mission is to build a unique surfing league dedicated to the pursuit of surfing excellence, generating consumer awareness for the sport while creating a fun, competitive format for all types of competitive surfers. More information is available at www.nslgame.com.


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Unless I am mistaken, Firefox seems to be using an awful lot of CPU power and I am not sure why, I have disabled any plug-ins I have installed to see if it makes a difference (although I am sure they are shown in a seperate thread anyway).
I don't feel like I have that many tabs open...or doing anything especially demanding with Firefox!
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Shaun Draughn, a versatile rising senior at Tarboro High, has committed to North Carolina. Tarboro coach Jeff Craddock said Draughn told him Wednesday night of a football scholarship offer by UNC coaches. Draughn, who recently attended UNC's camp, didn't wait long to accept the offer. Draughn played tailback, backup quarterback and outside linebacker for the Vikings last season, amassing nearly 1,000 yards rushing. Craddock plans to play him at running back and free safety this season. (Durham Herald-Sun)
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1-2 pages minimum. Even the most superficial of presentations calls for some kind of preparation. An "elevator speech," which summarizes a topic in minutes, if not seconds, calls for lightning thought and reflexive application of the rhetorical triangle, grammar, outlining, content knowledge, and logic as you are standing there. For more elaborate and considered presentations, you should reflect on your topic and on the implications and potential for your message. If presenting yourself, you want to be seen as a mature professional and in the best light. If presenting discipline-related material, you want to be seen as a mature and reflective professional, who has not only laid out a mechanical and logical outline of the material, but who has linked the material, with meaning, to the audience.
For this Individual Project, you will create a sentence outline for a presentation and informally share your ideas for approaching the visual elements of a presentation.
Using your thoughts from earlier in the course and your elevator speech ideas, create a sentence outline for a 10-minute presentation about a discipline-related topic in which you propose a small project or professional action to an audience of mid-level executives.
The outline should indicate the flow and content for your anticipated presentation.
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Beyonce Knowles' baby is due in February. The 'Love on Top' singer publicly announced she and husband Jay-Z are expecting their first child together at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, and has now revealed exactly when the baby will be born and spoken of how "blessed" she feels. Speaking on Australia's 'Sunday Night', she said: "My husband and I have been together for 10 years – all of my 20s – and I just feel like it's time and I'm very grateful that God has blessed me with the biggest gift any human being can have. I think because I've accomplished a lot of things for myself and I really know who I am, I didn't rush into anything. If it's any time, right now is the time, and I'm so happy."
Beyonce has previously revealed how difficult it was to keep her pregnancy a secret and conceal her baby bump, adding she is now "proud" to show it off to the world.
She explained: "I am having so much fun, it has been the most fun time now that it has been announced.
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By Philip Cosores
Justin Bieber's legal woes are hard to keep track of at this point, with the alleged assault on a photographer, the Florida drag-racing DUI case, the fight with Orlando Bloom, the alleged striking of a man with his car, and the egging misdemeanor. And those are just the last couple months. So, sure, why not add an attempted robbery investigation to the pile.
This latest accusation and investigation comes courtesy of adult arcade Dave & Buster's, where the 20-year-old pop singer was presumably out for an innocent night of Frogger and skee-ball with sometimes-girlfriend Selena Gomez. It was there that a fan allegedly got overzealous with his camera phone pics and video, prompting Biebs to "lunge at they guy in an attempt to presumably take his phone and erase the pics and video," says TMZ.
The fan wants to press charges on Bieber and law enforcement is reportedly investigating, which wouldn't be a big deal for most people, except that Bieber is on probation from the egging case. A violation of this probation could land the singer in jail.
Bieber's camp has no comment yet, but according to the TMZ story, at least he has the fact that he never made contact with the fan in his favor. Certainly more on this to come.


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The 2800 block of 40th Street
Two Texas Tech University football players, 21-year-old Derek Dorris and 21-year-old Justin Reed, fell prey to burglary sometime between Thursday and Friday.
At about 2:30 a.m. Friday, the two notified police that their residence had been burgled.
Reed and Dorris reported that about $1,000 worth of items had been stolen, including $150 in steaks and chicken, a $500 gold bracelet and a football ring worth $100.
Damage to an entry door was estimated at $100.
Police have no suspects in the case.
The 1500 block of 26th Street
At about 9 a.m. Friday, a 23-year-old man reported to police that his residence had been burglarized and that about $1,100 worth of items were either stolen or damaged, including a television, a sofa and an AM/FM stereo cassette.
Graffiti also was spray painted on the walls of the house, a glass coffee table was smashed, and several other items, including doors, windows and a box-spring mattress, were damaged.
The man told police that he suspected an ex-girlfriend was involved in the burglary.
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The 3400 block of 27th Street
At about 3:45 a.m. Friday a woman reported that her brother had stolen her red 1993 Chevrolet Sierra, license plate HL3645.
The 33-year-old woman told police that her brother had a mental disorder and may not have been taking his medication.
She advised the police that her brother may be suicidal, and that she is willing to press charges for car theft.
Police entered the vehicles description in the Texas Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center, law enforcement computer networks.
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A 62-year-old man notified police at about 12:52 p.m. Friday that his vehicle was stolen after he left it unattended at approximately 4:45 p.m. Thursday at the 3400 block of 45th or 46th street.
The car had stalled and the man "got a ride to his residence," according to the police report. When he returned at about 7 a.m. Friday, he discovered the vehicle was missing.
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My ex says I am a dad. The time line does not add up. Seperated over 9 mon. when born & baby was a premey. Im not sure if I am on birthcirtificate. Ex is threatning to try and take me & my wife to court for support. I am disabled & not working, trying to get disability. Can my ex take any of my wifes money or my disability check without proving I am the dad? Can she take money from my wife if I do not get disability? I can't afford to pay my bills let alone anything else. Please Help!
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"How is it March?"
I always find myself asking that same, stupid question every month (although I don't ask about March every month…sometimes I'm inquiring about the sneaky arrival of February, or fascinated by January, or bewildered by December). Strangely enough most people concur: "I KNOW! WTF?!," as if none of us have ever heard of a calendar and this whole business of a new month is straight up sorcery.
Susan Miller wasn't surprised by March. She was prepared as always — occupational benefit of she who studies the planets — and filled me in on what's in store so that I can give you the spark notes version. She wants us all to have babies and warns ominously about April, but since Mercury's out of its dumb ass retrograde (which means you don't have an excuse if you lose your iPhone this weekend) I say we all just get a giant bowl of Lucky Charms and scoop the marshmallows out of her horoscopes.
You get the almond milk and I'll do the talking.
Pisces Happy Birthday fishy fishy! You have a fresh new moon this month that's gonna light shit up in a good way. Direct its energy in any direction you want, but focus on the first two weeks because it fades a bit each day. Suz, always with the accidental sexual innuendos, writes that "Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will send his glittering beams to the new moon," so it's all about creativity and love and blessings for you this March. Know who else is a Pisces? Lupita Nyong'o.
Aries This is sort of a slow month for you, Aries. In fact, I wonder if an Aries annoyed Susan recently because she wasn't her usual Cinderella self, although she did say the beginning of March is sprinkled with pixie dust for you, yada yada. Focus your energy on existing relationships and past projects and honestly, milk that for all it's worth. "Yeaa…sorry…Professor Davis? Susan Miller said I shouldn't start anything new so, I can't do homework this month."
Taurus Guys, we have been given a license to party by the very woman who once suggested we stay at home during New Years Eve. Let's take this info and go for a damn jog. See old friends, meet new people, brag about the fact that 2014 Oscar winner Cate Blanchett has the same sign as us, etc. Romance and love should be "quite delicious" (eye roll because sometimes Suzie's such an embarrassing aunt), work looks good, and maybe, just maybe, we'll go to the dentist.
Gemini March is about your career, and your career is looking Gemin-fly. Mo money's going to come in with no problems, but you'll have to put in the effort to get it. Also of note: you might have a fight with a friend (actually — money may be involved so I lied earlier), but if navigated well it could turn out with positive results. And, because your horoscope this month wasn't exactly a laugh riot, here's a joke to share with an Aries: Two muffins were sitting in the oven. One muffin turned to the other and said, "Man, it's getting hot in here!" And the other one goes, "Holy shit! A talking muffin!"
Cancer Guess what crabby patty? You are in your watery element this month thanks to the sun in Pisces (don't forget to wish them HBD on the 'book) and the new moon. Suz predicts nothing but sunshine and tarter sauce when it comes to foreign travel, higher learning, philosophy, religion, legal matters, publishing, and broadcasting. Aka, you're having an Oprah.
Leo Roar, girl, because this month is bringing the cash. If you're looking to raise money for a creative endeavor, now's the time. (Embroidered portraits of Bob Ross on pillows? Hello, Kickstarter!) That said, don't go turning Happy Place Pillows into a full-blown Etsy shop until May 1st because some other annoying planet is going into retrograde, but I half stopped reading and can't be bothered to find whether it was Jupiter or what again. Just trust me. In other news, your love life will be vibing.
Virgo Your sign is hanging out with Neptune this month, which means your love is going to be strengthened like a P90X heart. However, Suz says the same planet can apparently make things a bit foggy, so be aware of any red flags you'd perhaps otherwise consider when it comes to DRTing. Sounds like money is a bit of an issue for you this month, and napping Mars won't make it any easier. Set up a lemonade stand and wait until the 26th — apparently that's a baller ass day in your eleventh house of hopes and wishes, and you're going to want to circle it in gold.
Libra A secret may either come to light that clears things up, or, one of your secrets may come out; if you're taken your partner may act like a bit of a lunatic this month too, all of which is to say that I think Susan Miller is watching reruns of Gossip Girl again. Good news: if you're looking for a new job, now's the time. You'll feel waves of success this month and may get a promotion. If you're self employed, more work will come your way. No matter what happens Venus is on your side so at least your Instagram pics will be on point.
Scorpio Matthew McConaughey's a Scorpio and he just won an Oscar, so yea, safe to say you're going to have a solid March. If you're in a creative field, you're about to turn out some of your best work, and when it comes to relationships, ooo baby: "This new moon will light your fifth house of true love," writes our girl. "It will come like a magnificent bride, hold the arm of dignified Neptune, and together as they walk together in the heavens they will sprinkle golden dust over you." Just remember to thank your new love in your future acceptance speech in addition to yourself.
Sagittarius If you are into home renovation and interior design, this is your month. If you are not, maybe you should just pretend you are for the sake of a good March. I'm like, 9 paragraphs deep into your horoscope on Astrology Zone and Susan is literally still going on about hardwood floors. "Do you want to take a little trip?" she asks, finally changing the subject. Apparently March 18th is a good time to do so. Don't make any big decisions about love, and just enjoy all your new sconces and ottomans until March comes out of retrograde.
Capricorn It's a good time to travel for those of you who share a sign with Jared Leto. Should you take a trip it will be luxurious and romantic, like the 2014 Oscar winner's ombre'd waves and dreamy eyes. The month may end on a rocky note, so make the most of your good vibes in early March — visit the Swiss Alps! Take the bar exam! Write a novel! Sky's the limit and Jupiter is cheering in your corner. Don't sign any contracts to be safe, though. And why not — eat a waffle.
Aquarius You are last this month but certainly not least. You're going to make money, especially if you're an artist in any way thanks to Neptune. If you're not in a creative field, that may change rather soon, and may the force be with you Young Skywalker. But passivity is never the name of the game. "Go out and beat the bushes until you find that golden opportunity," writes Madam Miller. She also suggests that you buy some new clothes that make you feel like a million bucks. "Why shouldn't you look great?" she asks.
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Archive for Thursday, December 6, 2007
Bioscience company coming to De Soto
When she shares news with female friends of the beast cancer test her employer Oncimmune Ltd. is developing, Laura Peek has to temper their enthusiasm.
"They're very excited," she said. "They want to know if they can get the test. I have to tell them it's not available yet."
Peek's friends are responding to the promise of Oncimmune's blood test, which can detect the presence of breast cancer cells much sooner than mammograms.
"It detects the presences of antibodies the body produces in response to tumors," she said. "It can detect cancer much earlier because the tiny tumors don't show up in mammograms. In some cases, as much as four years earlier."
Peek's friends shouldn't have to wait much longer. Peek, Oncimmune's senior scientist, and Richard Sheriff, Oncimmune laboratory coordinator, were in De Soto Thursday to get a look at the company's new home. Oncimmune plans to move in February into the second building in The Commons office complex on De Soto's Commerce Drive. Oncimmune has been leasing space from IBT Reference Labatories in Lenexa since opening its North America operation in November 2006.
With the move, Oncimmune will join Huhtamaki Americas Inc. and Intervet Inc. as European companies that have located their North American headquarters to De Soto.
John Robertson, a professor of surgery at Nottingham University in England, founded the company in 2003 to explore commercial applications of laboratory research.
The breast cancer detection blood test Oncimmune plans to market from Robertson's research still is in its validation stage, Peek said. The goal is to begin marketing in March soon after the company moves to De Soto, she said.
"We're going to be hiring a marketing director to develop a marketing plan to get the word out," she said.
With the move to De Soto and the start of marketing, the company plans a significant expansion of its workforce, Sheriff said.
"Right now, we have 10 employees," he said. "We'll have 40 plus in a year to 14 months."
To fill positions in the laboratory, Oncimmune will hire medical technicians and those with bachelor's degrees in the sciences, Peek and Sheriff said. Salaries will be in the $40,000 to $45,000 range, Sheriff said.
The company continues research efforts in Nottingham but one of the reasons it located in the Kansas City metropolitan area was the opportunity for research cooperation with Kansas University. That effort benefited from $500,000 in vouchers from the Kansas Bioscience Authority to research transfer of its breast cancer technology to colon, prostate, lung and other cancers.
In addition, the company received a $2 million forgivable loan from the authority to equip Oncimmune's new lab with advanced equipment needed to market its blood test. Janice Katterhenry, chief financial officer for the Kansas Bioscience Authority, said all of the loan could be forgiven if the company grew to 120 employees.
"Our thought is they would reach that 120 mark," she said. "Forty, for me, that's a nice growth for that company. I do think we're all excited about the company."
Oncimmune's decision to locate to the metropolitan area based on available research possibilities and cooperation with IBT is an indication of the promise of the Kansas Highway 10 corridor and the effectiveness of the bioscience authority, said Rich Caplan, executive director of the K-10 Association.
Caplan predicted continued spin off along the corridor in the life sciences as the Kansas State University Olathe Innovation Campus bioscience research park moves ahead, Kansas University expands its research presence and more office space becomes available.
"It's an overused word, but there is such a thing as synergy," he said. "Companies like to be near each other. Employees move around; it really breeds confidence if in the same field near you."
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I bought an MX1 about 2 months ago (before a trip to Europe and several other summer trips). I have about 3-4K images shot so far & ~35-45 min of video (mostly in small segments). I've had a chance to put it through it's paces pretty well & am very pleased. I agonized over this buy - I wanted a pro level AF camera that could shoot RAW with a fast lens and as much zoom as I could get - something I would always be willing to carry, but I could really get quality images out of & that I could have some creative freedom. I travel a lot & I always want a good camera with me, but I don't want to be owned by the camera. I am very happy with my purchase.
Like you, I was worried about comments about slow write speeds, but I bought fast cards, and I am not having any problems - either for video, or for shooting raw - I almost always shoot RAW, since my post processing is all in Lightroom.
I was moving from a super-zoom (Lumix FZ35), and worried I would miss the longer zoom - one nice thing I've found is when you shoot raw, you have the option to shoot the JPG at the full 12MP, or step it down to 7MP. If you step it down, it extends your zoom length without compromising on resolution for your raw or really your JPG. I have found this a nice compromise when I want to reach just a little farther.
I am REALLY liking the fast lens. I live in the pacific northwest & was traveling to Scottland recently - both places that are perpetually overcast & can be a challenge for light. I get so many more quality shots now that before I would have had to delete or clean up due to blur and poor light. This lens is great.
I am also really liking the onboard HDR. I shoot a lot of landscape stuff & if the light is dull, the HDR can really bring out the details. I have been using bracketing & doing HDR as part of post processing, but I am VERY pleased with the results from the camera itself - they are good or better than what I was coaxing out of lightroom - for what I am shooting (I don't like strong HDR effects - I just want it to clean up things in low light). When I read about the HDR, it says it is only for JPG - I need to note that you can shoot raw with the HDR, and it goves you botht he raw & jpg files. I am still working with this, but I got some amazing cloud shots on a recent boat trip, and it gave me new appreciation for what I could do with the camera.
My only criticisms so far are
1) It is heavy - a lot heavier than I expected - shooing long video (more than a couple minutes) this becomes VERY noticeable.
2) The battery is very poor with video - I get good battery life with shots, but several times I have gone from strong battery to nothing in moments. I have not timed it, but I suspect you can only do 15-20 min of video on a battery. The really bad part is the battery meter is almost useless for video - I have seen it literally go from half to empty in less than 30 seconds (more than once). I carry 3 batteries, and if I was shooting any significant video, that was not enough for a day's shooting.
3) The last is not so much a fault, but an observation - Lens distortion is pretty noticeable on this camera, when shooting wide open. The wide angle lens is great to get the big shot, but you pay some for (this is one of the widest lenses I have used a lot of). The camera has a setting to automatically compensate on-board in the JPGs that it saves, but when you use lightroom you can see the DNG images before the JPG renders, and you really notice the distortion. Most of this is manageable if you are using something like lightroom that can accept lens correction settings, but for consumers using lower-end software, this may be more of an issue - they will definitely need to rely on the JPGs the camera saves. I do a lot of panorama work & use Hugin for that. I hve had to learn some new tricks to keep the outputs looking realistic/straight.
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Many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (also known as "Obamacare") are designed to expand access to affordable health coverage. These include provisions for coverage to be offered through a Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace), premium tax credits to assist individuals in purchasing such coverage, employer notice to employees of coverage options available through the Marketplace, and other related provisions.
Currently, there are 16 states operating their own Health Insurance Marketplaces, while the federal government is singly or jointly operating marketplaces in the other 34 states. Regardless of the type of marketplace in a specific state, the notification requirements remain the same.
Notice to Inform Employees of Coverage Options Under the FLSA
Beginning January 1, 2014, individuals and employees of small businesses will have access to coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Marketplace offers "one-stop shopping" to find and compare private health insurance options. Open enrollment for health insurance coverage through the Marketplace begins October 1, 2013 which means that a notice to employees must be delivered on or before that date. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) considers the following items as being in compliance with FLSA section 18B, and this guidance will remain in effect until the Department promulgates regulations or other guidance. Future regulations or other guidance on these issues will provide adequate time to comply with any additional or modified requirements.
Employers Subject to the Notice Requirement
The FLSA section 18B requirement to provide a notice to employees of coverage options applies to employers to which the FLSA applies. In general, the FLSA applies to employers that employ one or more employees who are engaged in, or produce goods for, interstate commerce. For most firms, a test of not less than $500,000 in annual dollar volume of business applies. The FLSA also specifically covers the following entities: hospitals; institutions primarily engaged in the care of the sick, the aged, mentally ill, or disabled who reside on the premises; schools for children who are mentally or physically disabled or gifted; preschools, elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education; and federal, state and local government agencies.
Providing Notice to Employees
Employers must provide a notice of coverage options to each employee, regardless of plan enrollment status (if applicable) or of part-time or full-time status. Employers are not required to provide a separate notice to dependents or other individuals who are or may become eligible for coverage under the plan but who are not employees.
Form and Content of the Notice
Pursuant to the statute, the notice to inform employees of coverage options must include information regarding the existence of a new Marketplace as well as contact information and description of the services provided by a Marketplace. The notice must also inform the employee that the employee may be eligible for a premium tax credit under section 36B of the Code if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through the Marketplace; and a statement informing the employee that if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through the Marketplace, the employee may lose the employer contribution (if any) to any health benefits plan offered by the employer and that all or a portion of such contribution may be excludable from income for Federal income tax purposes.
Timing and Delivery of Notice
Employers are required to provide the notice to each new employee at the time of hiring beginning October 1, 2013. For 2014, the Department will consider a notice to be provided at the time of hiring if the notice is provided within 14 days of an employee's start date.
With respect to employees who are current employees before October 1, 2013, employers are required to provide the notice not later than October 1, 2013. The notice is required to be provided automatically, free of charge.
The notice must be provided in writing in a manner calculated to be understood by the average employee. It may be provided by first-class mail. Alternately, it may be provided electronically if the requirements of the Department of Labor's electronic disclosure safe harbor at 29 CFR 2520.104b-1(c) are met.
Failure to Provide Notice
Even if your company is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, and should provide a written notice to its employees about the Health Insurance Marketplace by October 1, 2013, there is no fine or penalty under the law for failing to provide the notice.
Grandfathered Notice
If an employer plans to maintain a "grandfathered" plan under the ACA, the employer must send certain notices about the grandfathered plan when distributing plan materials, known as a "Grandfathered Notice." An important distinction is that the Exchange Notice described above is different than a Grandfathered Notice.
To maintain status as a grandfathered health plan, a plan or health insurance coverage must include a statement, in any plan materials provided to a participant or beneficiary describing the benefits provided under the plan or health insurance coverage, that the plan or coverage believes it is a grandfathered health plan within the meaning of section 1251 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and must provide contact information for questions and complaints.
Failing to distribute the required grandfathered notice will cause a plan to lose its grandfathered status. Regulators have clarified that the status is lost on the date any related amendment becomes effective, rather than the date the amendment is adopted (i.e., if an amendment is effective midyear, there is a midyear loss of grandfathered status; if the amendment is effective at the beginning of the next year, the status is lost for that next plan year).
As an employer, to comply with the ACA notice requirement, you should:
1) Provide a written notice:
► Informing the employee of the existence of state insurance exchanges, including a description of the services provided by the exchanges and the manner in which the employee may contact exchanges to request assistance;
► Outlining that if the employer's health plan share of the total allowed costs of benefits provided under the plan is less than 60 percent of such costs, the employee may be eligible for a premium tax credit if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through an exchange; and
► Stating that if the employee purchases a qualified health plan through an exchange, the employee may lose the employer contribution (if any) to any health benefits plan offered by the employer, and all or a portion of such contribution may be excludable from income for federal income tax purposes.
2) Deliver the notice to all current employees by October 1, 2013, and to each new employee at the time of hiring beginning October 1. For 2014, a notice will be considered provided at the time of hiring if the notice is provided within 14 days of an employee's start date. The notice must be provided automatically, free of charge, and can be mailed or emailed to the employee.
Note: The details in this white paper are provided for informational purposes solely. All answers are general in nature, not legal advice and not warranted or guaranteed. Readers are cautioned not to rely on this information. Because laws change over time and in different jurisdictions, it is imperative that you consult an attorney in your area regarding legal matters and an accountant regarding tax matters.


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Berkeley, California (Thursday, October 15, 2009) - Using DNA recovered at the scene of a series of 2008 Carjacking/attempts, City of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) Detectives served an early morning search warrant on the 5900 Block of Camden Street, in Oakland. Taken into custody was:
Paul Anthony McGruder, 8-18-57, of Oakland
On 12-30-08 at approximately 10:30am, a black male adult suspect approached a lone female victim in the parking lot of Whole Foods Market at 3000 Telegraph Avenue. The suspect brandished a handgun and ordered the victim into the car. Once inside the car, the victim screamed and the suspect punched her in the face and attempted to take control of her car. The victim fought back stabbing the suspect in the neck with a pair of scissors, which caused the suspect to flee the car.
Undeterred, the suspect attempted a second carjacking in the parking lot of Whole Foods Market before fleeing West on Webster Street. A few minutes later the suspect successfully carjacked a male victim on Halcyon Court and fled in his 2008 Subaru Outback.
McGruder was later booked into the Alameda County Jail on three counts of Carjacking and one count of Kidnapping during the commission of a carjacking.
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Avigdor 'the Suspect' resigns
This posting has 5 items:
1) NY Times: Hard-Line Israeli Foreign Minister Resigns;
2) Ha'aretz: Avigdor Lieberman to resign over indictment decision;
3) Guardian: Lieberman resignation signals shift in Israeli politics;
4) LA Times: Israeli FM resigns as criminal charges loom;
5) JTA: Meretz leader petitions court to force Lieberman resignation;
Avigdor Lieberman with Chanukah candles the day before he suddenly resigned. Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters
Hard-Line Israeli Foreign Minister Resigns
By Jodi Rudoren
December 14, 2012
JERUSALEM — Facing indictment for breach of trust and fraud, Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, resigned his post Friday afternoon amid mounting political pressure, upending the campaign landscape five weeks before national elections.
Mr. Lieberman, a powerful but polarizing figure, wrote on his Facebook page, "I know that I committed no crime," but said he was stepping down so "I will be able to put an end to this matter swiftly and without delay and to clear my name completely."
Mr. Lieberman, who is also a member of Parliament, indicated that he still hoped to compete in the Jan. 22 balloting, suggesting a possible plea bargain. The expected indictment, which prosecutors announced on Thursday, concerns a relatively minor offense compared with a broader case of money laundering and fraud that was dropped after an investigation stretching for more than 12 years.
"I believe that the citizens of the State of Israel are entitled to go to the polling stations after this matter has already been resolved," Mr. Lieberman's statement said. If a legal ruling could be made before the elections, "I might continue to serve the State of Israel and the citizens of Israel as part of a strong and united leadership that will cope with the security, political and economic challenges facing the State of Israel."
Mr. Lieberman, 54, leads the secular, ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, which joined forces in October with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. A populist immigrant from the former Soviet Union, he was widely considered as a potential successor to Mr. Netanyahu as leader of Israel's right wing, though his hard line on the Palestinian question, among other issues, alienated many Western allies.
After the charges were announced, Mr. Lieberman told supporters that he had been hounded by corruption accusations since July 1996, when he served as a top aide to Mr. Netanyahu during his first term as prime minister. "Since then till today, not a day has passed without me being referred to as 'a suspect,' 'being under investigation,' 'being an intelligence target,' " Mr. Lieberman said. "This has been one long and rolling case, receiving a different title every now and then."
The conduct for which Mr. Lieberman will face indictment stems from an investigation into other allegations. He is accused of promoting Israel's former ambassador to Belarus for another post after the ambassador gave him confidential information regarding an Israeli police investigation into Mr. Lieberman's activities.
But Mr. Lieberman will not face charges on the underlying, more serious case, in which he was suspected of receiving millions of dollars from international tycoons with business interests in Israel through companies formally led by family members or associates.
Israel's attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein, said Thursday in a report announcing his decision that he could not adequately prove a link between Mr. Lieberman and the money, though he said, "The suspicions against Lieberman's series of intricate and intertwined, underhanded actions cannot be ruled out."
Born in Moldova, Mr. Lieberman enjoys wide support among Israel's one million immigrants from the former Soviet Union. He lives in a West Bank settlement considered illegal under international law, and he is perhaps the government's harshest critic of President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, having called for his ouster and denounced as "diplomatic terrorism" his recent bid for upgraded Palestinian status at the United Nations.
Polls have consistently shown that Mr. Lieberman's joint ticket with Mr. Netanyahu, known here as Likud Beiteinu, is expected to receive up to 40 of the 120 seats in Israel's next Parliament, by far the largest bloc. The merger was seen as crowning him a top contender to eventually follow Mr. Netanyahu as prime minister.
Opposition leaders, who on Thursday had called for Mr. Lieberman's resignation, were swift to embrace it on Friday, but not without adding jabs.
Zahava Gal-On, chairwoman of the left-wing Meretz party, said Mr. Lieberman had "spared himself ignobility and disgrace" by stepping down, according to the Web site of Channel 2 News. Shelly Yacimovich, chairwoman of the Labor Party, said he had "severely undermined the rule of law and damaged the public's faith in its elected officials and democracy."
Tzipi Livni, a former foreign minister who now heads the new Hatnua Party, issued a more moderate statement, saying: "Avigdor Lieberman performed the right and necessary action. We hope he will receive a swift legal proceeding."
Mr. Netanyahu had no immediate comment on Mr. Lieberman's resignation Friday, but on Thursday had offered only support. "I believe in Israel's legal system and respect it," the prime minister said in a statement. "The right that it grants any Israeli citizen to defend himself also extends to Minister Lieberman, and I hope for him that he'll be able to prove that he's also innocent regarding the only case that remains."
Under Israeli law, when a cabinet minister resigns, the prime minister becomes "custodian" of his portfolio, and Mr. Netanyahu is expected to handle foreign affairs himself at least until after the elections.
Jonathan Rosen contributed reporting.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to resign over indictment decision
AG to indict Lieberman on charges of fraud and breach of trust; Lieberman suggests he will try to secure plea bargain before elections; top officials in Likud Beiteinu: Lieberman to remain number 2 on joint ticket, will run in elections; Netanyahu tells Lieberman he hopes he proves his innocence and returns quickly to government.
By Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis, Ha'aretz
December 14, 2012
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced Friday that he plans to resign from his position, following the Attorney General's decision to indict him on charges of fraud and breach of trust.
Lieberman suggested that he will try to secure a plea bargain before the upcoming elections in January, and added that he made the decision following deliberations with his lawyers, despite the fact that he was told he was not obligated to resign from his position as foreign minister.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Lieberman on Friday, and told him that he hoped he would prove his innocence soon, even in the one case that remains on the agenda, and that he will quickly return to serving in a senior government position.
Senior officials in Likud Beiteinu stressed that Lieberman will remain number two on the joint ticket, and will still run in the elections for the 19th Knesset. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon will likely replace Lieberman until the elections in January. If the Lieberman case would not be decided on until the elections, Yair Shamir will be the senior minister on the Yisrael Beiteinu list.
"Even though I know I did not commit any crime… I decided to resign from my post as foreign minister and deputy prime minister and remove my immunity," Lieberman announced Friday. "Following 16 years of investigations against me, I will now be able to end this matter quickly and without delays, and finally clear my name."
"I am doing this also because I believe that the citizens of Israel are entitled to go to the polls after the matter has been decided on, that is to say, that a legal ruling will be decided on before the elections and this way I will be able to continue to serve the state of Israel and its citizens as part of a strong, united leadership that would tackle the security, diplomatic, and economic challenges facing Israel."
Labor Party chair Shelly Yacimovich responded to the announcement Friday, saying, "This was obvious. We were left with a bad taste in our mouths from the prime minister's shameful congratulations to his number two Lieberman last night after the (attorney general's) decision to indict him. This is a serious cultural decline."
The Hatnuah party, headed by former opposition leader Tzipi Livni said in response: "Avigdor Lieberman did what was right and what was called for," and wished him a speedy trial.
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Thursday said he was closing the main case against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, concluding a 12-year investigation into allegations of money laundering and fraud. However, Weinstein said he would indict Lieberman on lesser charges of fraud and breach of trust, in the case concerning Israel's former ambassador to Belarus.
Several political parties [have] called on Lieberman to resign since Thursday.
The Labor Party stated that Lieberman's conduct, both legally and morally, "endangered and still endangers Israeli democracy and the rule of law."
"I won't join a government with someone sitting on the defendant's bench, who has been indicted," said Yacimovich on Friday.
"I cannot believe that a person can sit on the defendant's bench, and serve as a minister in the government at the same time," continued Yacimovich.
Meretz party chairperson Zahava Gal-On on Friday petitioned the High Court of Justice to order Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to step down, as he is set to be indicted for breach of trust over an incident involving Israel's former ambassador to Belarus, Ze'ev Ben Aryeh.
Lieberman resignation signals shift in Israeli politics
Outspoken foreign minister seen as emblematic of harshest aspects of Israel's domestic and foreign policy concerns
By Peter Beaumont, The Guardian
December 14, 2012
The resignation of Israel's ultra-nationalist and belligerent foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, indicted this week on charges of fraud and breach of trust, signals a significant shift in the politics of the country's right.
As Israel has swung ever further rightwards in the 12 years since the outbreak of the second intifada and collapse of the peace process, Lieberman has come to be seen as emblematic of some of the harshest aspects of Israeli domestic and foreign policy concerns, not least for his suggestion that Israeli Arabs be transferred out of the country by redrawing its border in exchange for the surrender of Israeli settlement blocs on the West Bank.
From the outset he has been a controversial figure prone to making inflammatory statements. In 1998, Lieberman reportedly suggested Israel could bomb the Aswan high dam and flood Egypt. At various times he has called for the expulsion of Israel's Arab population, the "execution" of Arab MPs who met with leaders of Hamas, and proposed an oath of loyalty from Israeli citizens without which they would not receive the right to vote or social services.
The announcement of his resignation, a day after the decision to prosecute him by Israel's attorney general, comes only a month before elections that the new coalition party formed by Lieberman and the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, had been expected to win easily. That outcome has been thrown into disarray. In the interim period the foreign affairs role will reportedly be subsumed into Netanyahu's office.
Israel's justice ministry announced on Thursday it would charge Lieberman over alleged irregularities tied to the promotion of an Israeli diplomat who had leaked to him privileged information about a police investigation into his activities. His resignation comes despite the fact Lieberman apparently believes the remaining charges were not serious enough for him to stand down.
On Thursday, in the immediate aftermath of the prosecution announcement, Lieberman insisted he would remain. The prospect of being forced to stand down by a high court ruling appears to have persuaded him to change his mind. He will, however, still stand as an MP in January's elections and retain his number two place on the joint Likud-Beiteinu list, which would, if he were cleared, enable him to choose one of the top three offices – the foreign ministry, the treasury or the defence ministry. More serious allegations, including money-laundering and bribery, were dropped.
Born in Moldova, Lieberman emigrated to Israel where he quickly emerged as a deeply controversial nationalist politician who embraced a dangerously populist rhetoric. Only this week Lieberman, with typical hyperbole, accused the international community, and Europe in particular, of being willing to "sacrifice" Israel, as Europe "sacrificed Czechoslovakia in 1938" to "radical Islam". "My sense," he told an audience that included diplomats, "is that all the promises and commitments to Israel's security are mere words. When push comes to shove, many key leaders would be willing to sacrifice Israel without batting an eyelid in order to appease the radical Islamist militants and ensure quiet for themselves."
Emigrating to Israel in 1978 Lieberman worked briefly as a bouncer in a nightclub, joining Netanyahu's Likud party early on and becoming Netanyahu's chief of staff when he was elected prime minister in 1996. He was thrust to real prominence, however, when he formed his own party, Yisrael Beiteinu, or Our Home is Israel, which has wide support among Russian emigrants to the country.
Although the electoral coalition between Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu had seemed like a shoo-in after the recent Israeli assault on Gaza, support had slipped even before the announcement of the decision to prosecute Lieberman and his resignation. The unanswered question is what impact his resignation will have on that trend.
Especially problematic for Netanyahu's coalition is the fact that Lieberman is regarded as Yisrael Beiteinu's most visible and important electoral asset, suggesting it would be damaged if he is sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.
A poll for the media group that owns the Jerusalem Post suggests the party would win seven seats fewer than in the present government, not least because of a widespread perception that Israel's international position has worsened in the past four years. It also suggests that far from the electorate moving back towards the centre, the biggest beneficiary would be other rightwing parties.
Crucially for the Israeli prime minister, Lieberman was regarded as a reliable and close ally in the war party in the Israeli cabinet over Iran and its nuclear programme.
His resignation, in many respects, was unavoidable. In 2009 Lieberman promised in the Knesset that he would stand down immediately if he was indicted, a promise other parties appeared determined to hold him to this week.
Israeli foreign minister resigns as criminal charges loom/;
By Edmund Sanders, LA Times
December 14, 2012
JERUSALEM – A day after government prosecutors announced plans to indict him for breach of trust, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he would step down from office and focus on resolving the criminal case against him.
Most viewed the resignation as a strategic move on the part of the combative right-wing politician rather than a capitulation.
Lieberman, who has denied any wrongdoing, hinted that he would attempt to reach a plea bargain in the charges before the Jan. 22 national election. He will remain a candidate in the poll and is virtually assured a seat in the next Knesset, or parliament.
"Following 16 years of investigations against me, I will now be able to end this matter quickly and without delays and finally clear my name,'' Lieberman said Friday in a statement.
His decision followed Thursday's announcement by Atty. Gen. Yehuda Weinstein that Lieberman would be indicted on charges of promoting the Israeli ambassador of Belarus after the diplomat gave him confidential materials related to the government probe against Lieberman.
But at the same time, prosecutors dropped a more serious money-laundering case that alleged Lieberman secretly received millions of dollars from businesspeople through shell companies.
It remained unclear who would replace Lieberman as foreign minister during the next two months, until a new government is elected and formed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might opt to absorb the duties himself during the interim period or appoint a caretaker minister, government officials said.
Lieberman will remain head of the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, which is running in next month's elections on a joint slate with Netanyahu's Likud party.
If he is unable to resolve the criminal case before the elections, Lieberman could still serve in the Knesset while the case is pending, but he would be unable to serve as a top minister.
Meretz leader petitions court to force Lieberman resignation
By JTA
December 14, 2012
The leader of Israel's Meretz Party petitioned the country's Supreme Court to order the resignation of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman following his indictment on fraud.
Liberman "seriously undermines the confidence of the public and his voters" by refusing to resign after his indictment, the chairwoman of the left-wing Meretz party, Zahava Gal-On, wrote in her petition on Dec. 13, according to Israel's Army Radio.
A series of investigations, some more than 12 years old, culminated this week in the closing of some cases and Liberman's indictment on fraud and breach of trust.
In the Dec. 13 indictment, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein alleged Liberman advanced former ambassador to Belarus Ze'ev Ben Aryeh's position in the Foreign Ministry in exchange for information about an investigation against Lieberman being conducted in Belarus. Ben Aryeh has acknowledged passing documents onto Lieberman in 2008.
"These charges against a presiding official undercut the basic elements of standards of government," Gal-On wrote.
Other opposition figures have also called on Liberman to step down.
Lieberman previously had committed to resigning from his Knesset position if he was indicted on the main case, which involved allegations of money laundering and obstruction of justice, but never mentioned the Ben Aryeh case. It is unclear if he will be required to resign if he is convicted.


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