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I'm perched on a stool at The Merc Bar, a bucket of vodka-Red Bull before me, with the superstylin' sounds of Britain's Groove Armada pulsing through the stereo, and -- if I get any more relaxed -- Mary-Kate Olsen's bony butt could knock me over by bumping into me.
Jett's seated next to me, sipping an Absolut Mandarin on the rocks, scoping all the eye candy on display at this suave, P-town lounge, where the hip and the beautiful congregate, conversate and hook up. It's a meat market, but one that peddles only filet mignon. Ya smell me?
Drop-dead dime pieces in backless black dresses nurse pink martinis, while GQ-gorgeous guys enjoy their Belvedere vodkas straight-up. Everything is dimly lighted and swank, with low chairs, couches and ottomans where clusters of Coolios kick it.
The name ain't for the Mercedes of the dude who owns the joint. It's short for Mercer Street in Manhattan, site of the first Merc Bar, of which the PHX version is a spin-off. Gives that phrase "the jerk in The Merc" a whole new meaning.
I'm requesting another round for myself and the L-word Kimora Lee Simmons when two supermodel types saddle up beside us and order French martinis, frou-frou concoctions of Ketel One, Chambord and pineapple juice. Like the song, these gals are ebony and ivory, and each thin enough to give their boyfriends paper cuts. The ebony one has laryngitis and so declines an interview. But the ivory lass, she of the dark, hennaed hair, is up for a little confabulation. Her name's Andrea Gregg, big sis of Monika Gregg, executive editor of Switch magazine.
"I turn 27 on Tuesday," explains the looker, dressed in a slinky purple number that leaves her pale shoulders bare. "This is sort of a pre-celebration."
"Do you have to work on your birthday?" I wonder, thinking that would explain a pre-b-day outing.
"Oh, noooo," she answers, somewhat amused. "I don't work."
"How do you swing that? You're not one of the Hiltons, are you?"
"Unfortunately, no. My family's not really prominent. I'm more the prominent one, though no one knows who I am. What I do for a living is live!" she says with an aristocratic toss of her mane. "I travel. I've been traveling for four years now. Hawaii, Alaska, Europe. This year I'm going back to Europe. I'll be living in Amsterdam for five years, and then Germany for life."
"Germany for life? Sounds like a pretty harsh sentence," I kid. "Amsterdam, though, is another matter. That's where you get the good ganja, and it's all legit."
"I don't like staying in one place for too long, but Germany is my favorite place," she says, oblivious to my ganja reference. "It's also my heritage, as I'm half-German, half-Irish."
"I must admit, they've got great sausages, the Krauts. And beer."
Countess Gregg chuckles, "Depends on what kind of sausages you're talking about."
"Are German men hung like NBA stars?"
"They are, actually," smiles the Countess, slyly. "Not that I discriminate."
"But they tend to be allergic to soap, eh? They like that natural scent."
The Countess was ready to object when she of the lipsticker tendencies elbowed me in my flabby side. "Check out the babe-a-licious one I'm rapping with," she whispers. "She's married, but at least we get to look."
Of course, Jett's gravitated to the most gorgeous piece of eye candy in the place, Farah Quinn, 24, who's from Indonesia, and has short, black hair and caramel-colored skin. Cute and curvaceous, she's wearing a long, slit skirt and matching FCUK purse and top. Come to find out, she's newly married to Carson Quinn, The Merc Bar's assistant manager, and one of the mightiest Sir Mix-a-Lots in the drink-slingin' game. Certainly one of the most attractive, as the tall, blonde Quinn resembles a better-looking Colin Wilson. As we're chatting up his woman, he slides up next to her.
"You and Carson need to make a baby," says the Jettster, going all Oprah on me. "That baby would be sooo beautiful."
"Thank you, but we're only married a year and a half," she says in her exotic Indonesian lilt. "I would like one of each, boy and girl."
"How did you two meet?" asks the J-grrl.
"Farah came in the bar and was asking for another bartender," says chick-magnet Carson, who's dressed like that dood Farnsworth Bentley from the OutKast videos, in a long-sleeve pink shirt, pink belt and striped gray dress pants. "When I saw her, I was instantly smitten. It was like she had lights shooting out from her hair. I knew she was the one."
"You're a lucky fella," says Jett.
"And a nervous fella. Her parents are coming to visit from Indonesia. They're Muslim, and I'm a bartender!"
"And not just any bartender," Jett tells me, as she knows the couple from previous outings. "He's actually invented drinks. Like the South Beach martini, and the Carson City martini."
"You are so busted," I tell him. "Allah's gonna kick your ass."
"Hey, don't rub it in," he says sheepishly. "I feel bad enough as it is."
"Just charm the mom, and you're in," says Jett. "You know from your job that it's all about the women."
"That's true," he concedes. "At least at The Merc Bar, it's all about the women. The men are just here to pay for the drinks."
"Tell me about it," I grouse. "Who do you think picks up the tab for everything Tara Reid here gulps down?"
Jett grinds her lovely heel into my big toe and pulls me away from Carson and Farah, P.O.'d that I'd embarrassed her alkie ass. We then bump into Edward Cota, a handsome fella in a white shirt, silvery silk tie, and black suit jacket --very Rat Pack. He's president of a venture capital/political consulting firm called the CK Consulting Group, and he explains that he just got out of a Democratic fund-raising-type event at the Arizona Biltmore.
"I was there on behalf of one of my candidates," relates the 20-something powerbroker. "Don Harris. He's running for Maricopa County Attorney as a Democrat."
"Very cool," I say. "Did you see that Fahrenheit 9/11 flick?"
"Awesome film!" he answers. "The truth will set you free."
"Yeah, unless you're Martha Stewart," cracks Jett. "So why are you here tonight?"
"The Merc Bar is a great place to be seen and to meet people," he shrugs, taking a quick swig of his Jack and Coke. "They've got great drinks, and it's a nice, clean environment if you wanna have a good time and relax."
"Not too clean, I hope," says Jett. "I'm still lookin' to score tonight."
I shake my head. "Sorry, Ed. This gal's got a one-track mind."
"And right now, the track is leading me to that lesbian foursome over there," she says, gazing over to one corner. "Come on!"
We head over to where four lovelies are seated on couches and chairs, close to each other, but, unfortunately for Jett, both pairs are in committed relationships. Seems they've all come from the same event as Cota. One is Devin Rankin, deputy finance director of the Arizona Democratic Party. She's a blonde gal with glasses who's holding hands with her date, a brunette named Jennifer Schiltz, a software developer. Both are late-20-to-early-30-somethings.
"I dig your Kerry button," I tell Rankin. "What do the polls have Bush and Kerry at in AZ, 50-50?"
"It's ridiculously close," says Rankin. "You're going to see both Kerry and Bush out here on a regular basis for the rest of the campaign."
"There's nothing I like more than the idea of licking bush," says Jett, her tongue wagging.
"Some people think of Arizona as a conservative backwater, but you watch, we're gonna start winning a lot of races," says Rankin.
"I know, I just moved here six months ago, and I'm impressed how liberal people are in the PHX," I comment. "And of course, there's a big gay population, too."
Rankin nods. "We just elected an openly gay Native American up in a rural district in this state: Representative Jack Jackson Jr., the first openly gay Native American politician in the country!"
"And Phoenix has openly gay state senators, like Ken Cheuvront," I add. "And, of course, we have a gay governor."
"Kreme!" yells Jett. "We're not going to talk about that!"
"I think she's denied that, actually," says Rankin.
"It's really cool to have a gay guv, even if she's not out," I exclaim. "Though, I guess she is a bit of a mullet . . ."
The conversation doesn't last long, and Jett's furious with me.
"You really know how to stick your fat foot in it," she swears as we amble back to the bar.
"Sheesh, everyone's so sensitive in this town," I reply.
"Buy me another stiff one, Mr. Big Britches, so I can try to forget what a dork you are."
This I do, and soon we're partying with this handsome group of guys and gals; a couple of them are on break from waiting tables at the coolest restaurant in the AZ, Durant's. I fall madly in love with Julie Daniels, this tall beauty with short, pixie-ish black hair. She's wearing a slinky, ink-hued dress that could pass for her second skin. Though I've got no chance with a honey like this, Daniels takes pity on me and puts her arm around my shoulders.
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"You know, you look just like one of my best friends from high school," she tells me.
"Was he a great lover?" I ask, blowing it for the umpteenth time this evening.
"Uh, I wouldn't know. We never got out of the friends-zone," she tells me.
Sigh . . . "That, and pissing off lesbians, seems to be the story of my life."


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The Sekyere Central District Assembly was created by a Legislative Instrument (LI) 1992 in 2008 from the then Sekyere West District. This was as a result of the high growing population and the need to spread development to other parts of the District. This section provides information on the District's profile including location and size of the District, climate, vegetation, the political administration and social structure, the economy, living conditions, demographics, and organization of the report.
Sekyere Central District, which is one of the thirty (30) administrative districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, it is located on the northern part of the region, and shares boundaries with Mampong Municipal, Atebubu District, Sekyere East, Sekyere South, and EjuraSekyeredumasi. The land size of the District is 1,631.1 sq. km and it is located within longitudes 0.05 degrees and 1.30 degrees west and latitudes 6.55 degrees and 7.30 degrees north. It has about 150 settlements with about 70 percent being rural. The rural areas are mostly found in the Afram Plains portion of the District where communities with less than fifty (50) people are largely located.
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When wet weather hits, the refrain is inevitable: "San Diegans can't drive in the rain." And you know what? People are right. According to the California Highway Patrol, on a normal day in San Diego County there are between 50 and 75 accidents. On Monday, the number of accidents shot up to 476. Read on for some tips on how to be avoid being a statistic in the rain:
Go with the slow. Sure, everyone knows to slow down, but not everybody does it, says Steve Mazor, manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California's Automotive Research Center. In the rain, you should be driving the speed limit — or slower. The harder the rain and the worse the visibility, the slower you should go.
Look, it's a hydroplane. Mary Bailey, spokeswoman for the CHP, says hydroplaning — which is when your car's wheels skid on top of the water — is the No. 1 cause of accidents in the rain. You can avoid hydroplaning by slowing down and not making any abrupt lane changes. Stay in the middle lanes, as the outside lanes are lower for drainage reasons so there are more puddles there. If you do hydroplane, don't slam on the brakes — you'll spin out. Instead ease off the accelerator and keep your wheels straight.
The spin zone. If you do find yourself in a spin, again don't hit the brakes. Lightly tap your brakes and turn into the spin slightly. Mazor says the goal is to get your wheels to stop skidding and start rolling, because then you have a better shot at controlling your car.
Give them space. When the weather is good, Mazor says, you're supposed to leave a car length for every 10 miles per hour of speed. So if you're traveling 60 miles an hour, there should be about six car lengths between you and the car in front of you. When it rains, Bailey says, you should try to double that.
Car care. Make sure your windshield wipers work before venturing out. Also, Mazor says it's state law that if your wipers are on, your headlights need to be on, too. Keep your tires properly inflated with enough tread. If they have too much air, you're at greater risk for hydroplaning.


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It's been a year since Mozilla's Bespin project has been launched and the project is still going strong with updates being released almost each month. Bespin is Mozilla's attempt to build a browser-based code editor using the emerging HTML5 standard. This programming environment provides developers with cloud computing benefits as well as features for real-time code collaboration. The editor is also accessible from anywhere – given that it is hosted on the cloud, you can code anywhere and from any device that uses modern standards-compliant browser.
The current version supports some of the basics editing feature like syntax highlighting, handling of large file sizes, undo/redo, live preview of files and project importing and exporting. It also supports plug-ins and several existing IDE vendors have released bridge plug-ins to move their IDE to the cloud via Bespin.
The advancement of this project looks great, but at this point is still infancy. It will take more time for Bespin to reach a level whereby developers will dump desktop-based IDEs.


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Amazon was recently offering the Logitech M235 wireless mouse for approximately £6. I ordered one and awaited delivery. Now, low and behold, it turns out that unbeknownst to me I am inhabiting the Matrix! I didn't really order the M235 as I'd previously thought. I'm not the good looking millionaire playboy I'd supposed! No, even as a long standing customer who has spent hundreds if not thousands of pounds with Amazon, it turns out no such order exists! No emails to explain the situation to a long standing loyal customer, nowt, zero, zip!!! All of my other orders are there, some placed on the same day...nay, same time even!!! Truly a mystery of epic proportion. Joe Egg catching a less than half price break? I think not. On the subject of eggs, Amazon go suck some!!!


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Captive moons
LIFE may thrive on small planets that have been captured and enslaved as
moons by giant planets such as Jupiter, a new computer simulation suggests.
Gas giants similar to Jupiter have been found orbiting close to other stars.
But even if they orbit their stars at similar distances to the Earth's orbit,
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The GOP is at it again – launching a "new" energy message tour to criticize the President and Democrats is just their latest effort to downplay the last 499 days of obstructing economic recovery and picking millionaires over the middle class.
But the American people have heard this Republican song and dance before and know it's not true.
Domestic oil production is at an 8-year high under President Obama and the number of oil rigs has quadrupled.
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House Republicans have voted time and again to protect huge tax breaks for Big Oil even as these companies pulled in record profits.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Community and School Walkability Assessments
- EMS and Community Paramedicine
- Injury and Violence Prevention in 2012 – Increasing Our Reach and Impact
- Motor Vehicle Safety – Tweens and Teens
- NHTSA and PennDOT: Protecting and Empowering Future Generations
- Principles of Prevention
- Using Data to Develop Injury Prevention Messages
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- Evaluation of Injury Prevention Programs
- Home Visiting Programs
- Injury Prevention Policy Efforts
- Youth Sports Concussion
Monday, April 23, 2012
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Keynote Speaker
Injury and Violence Prevention in 2012 – Increasing Our Reach and Impact
This presentation explored ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness. It focused on utilizing injury and violence prevention frames and evidence-informed strategies to maximum reach and enhancing partnerships to influence the health and safety of children and adolescents.
Sally Fogerty
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop Session I
This workshop introduced attendees to the fundamental principles utilized in a public health approach for injury and violence prevention. Various definitions, conceptual frameworks and planning models were explored. Participants were actively involved and experienced how these frameworks are applied to program planning, implementation and evaluation.
Kimberly Everett and Stewart Williams
Community and School Walkability Assessments
Through its popular Safe Routes to School program, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation provides seed money for schools and communities to promote walking and bicycling to school. One of the key components to this program is the opportunity for schools to receive a free walkability assessment of their infrastructure to help plan for a safe walking and bicycling environment. This workshop reviewed the walkability audit process, typical results and how to get involved with a walkability assessment in your community.
Mark Hood
Motor Vehicle Safety – Tweens and Teens
Graduated Driver's Licensing (GDL) has existed in Pennsylvania since 1999; however, in 2011 the Pennsylvania General Assembly took action to strengthen the GDL laws for teens. This workshop discussed the new law, what action the Pennsylvania Teen Safe Driving Coalition is taking to make teens and parents aware of the new law, and how you can help.
Countdown2Drive, a Safe Kids Buckle Up initiative, is a web-based program designed to bring parents and young teens (ages 13 and 14) together to talk about the key safety issues teens will face when riding as passengers or as they prepare to drive. In this workshop attendees learned more about how this data-driven program was developed and how to begin utilizing the program and resources in the community.
Felicity DeBacco-Erni and Allyson Fulton
Session slides DeBacco-Erni
Session slides Fulton
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1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
General Session
Using Data to Develop Injury Prevention Messages
This interactive session highlighted how data can be used effectively in message development to further injury prevention efforts. Attendees worked in small groups to use local and state public health data, including the recently published Childhood Injury County Profiles, to develop effective messages. The overall session goal was for attendees to develop a working understanding of how the same data can be crafted in different ways to reach diverse audiences and purposes.
Carol Thornton
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Workshop Session II
This workshop provided an overview on carbon monoxide and strategies for environmental and educational injury reduction utilizing the Spectrum of Prevention as a framework. Case studies on carbon monoxide poisonings were presented to highlight the importance of including carbon monoxide in injury messaging. In addition, various types of carbon monoxide detectors were showcased and a discussion on current Pennsylvania legislation was included.
Steven Forman and Susan Rzucidlo
EMS and Community Paramedicine
This workshop discussed injury prevention and disease management programs being conducted by both emergency departments and emergency medical service personnel, including disease management programs, SCAN EMS, Domestic Violence Screenings and more. The discussion included a description of how mitigation of social, environmental and other factors are included in the design of these innovative programs.
Kirsten Johnson Moore and Dan Swayze
Sesion slides Moore
Sesion slides Swayze
NHTSA and PennDOT: Protecting and Empowering Future Generations
At the federal level, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has spearheaded research-based innovations in vehicle technology, safety standards and driver and passenger behavior for more than 40 years. Through funds provided by the State Highway Safety Community Safety Program, NHTSA partners with PennDOT to bring effective local transportation safety programs to communities across the Keystone State. In addition to discussing safety priorities at the state and
national level, the presenters focused on current efforts that protect and empower the next generation of transportation safety professionals: the children.
Thomas Glass and Shannon Purdy
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
General Session
Evaluation of Injury Prevention Programs
The goal of this presentation was to provide an overview of the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate injury prevention programs. The
presentation covered understanding why and when to evaluate a program, planning an evaluation, the four stages of program evaluation and using evaluation results to improve programs.
Rebecca Naumann
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop Session
This workshop discussed the Bucks County
Concussion Education Team (BCCET), a collaborative community effort to provide concussion education and neuro-cognitive baseline testing for all student athletes that participate in contact sports. This team consists of athletic trainers, educational professionals and medical professionals, and its goal is to provide a continuum of care in all environments – medical, academic and
Michael Horan and Sarah Krusen
Injury Prevention Policy Efforts
Since 2010, the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy has developed an annual Resource for Maryland Policymakers that provides information about the burden of injury in Maryland, as well as evidence-based and promising policy solutions to prevent and control injuries. In this workshop, the development of the Resource, strategies for dissemination and results from a preliminary evaluation of its impact were discussed.
An overview of translating evidence-based, effective programs and approaches into policy efforts at the organizational, regulatory and legislative levels were provided. The focus was specifically on the topics of graduated driver licensing and child passenger safety in comparing Pennsylvania to other states. Participants gained an understanding of the policy approach in changing population-based behaviors.
Shannon Frattaroli and Damika Webb
Session slides Frattaroli
Session slides Webb
This workshop included an overview of home visiting initiatives at both the state and local levels. Discussion focused on the correlation between home visiting and other injury prevention initiatives such as safe sleep, child death review and healthy homes.
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With the 2012 election behind us, and the Vermont Legislature looking to re-convene in January 2013, the Democratic Party would seem to be sitting in the catbird seat. With 96 out of 150 seats in the House, as many as 23 out of 30 seat in the Vermont Senate and having held all the statewide offices they have held in recent years, one would think that liberal policy has carte blanche for the upcoming legislative session, set to begin January. There's only one hurdle they have yet to clear, their own constituents.
This past legislative year, both in Vermont and nationwide, both parties have suffered a degree of philosophical schisms. With the Republicans, they appear to be divided between their ideological right-wing, led by the likes of New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson or Florida Congressman Allen West; and a more centrists contingent, led by those such as Governor Mitt Romney. Having lost the election by a slim margin, time will tell how the GOP will shake out in time for 2014.
For Democrats and Progressives, especially in Vermont, the reckoning is here. The political left were able to put it all together in Vermont, riding on similar, if amplified, prescriptions as the national Democrats. Global warming is destroying the planet, universal healthcare is a human right and the right is looking to take women back to the stone age. This was the message. They won. However, now in power, they may have a serious issue doing much about it.
In order to pull off a unified front, the more moderate Left had to, to a large degree, pander to rhetorical slogans of the far-left interests. Here in Vermont, this included a bill provision signed in early May, and strongly advocated for by the Vermont Worker's Center (VWC). May 2 of this year, the VWC rallied to the Statehouse for the inclusion of a "People's Budget" provision, stating a specific purpose of the state budget. This was included in the FY 2013 Budget Bill as 32 V.S.A. § 306a. This purpose is as follows: "The state budget, consistent with Chapter I, Article 7 of Vermont's Constitution, should "be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community…" The state budget should be designed to address the needs of the people of Vermont in a way that advances human dignity and equity."
Part of this new law calls for a "process of participation", allowing for the inclusion of the public in developing budget goals. It would seem that that's what the legislative process does anyway, but this year, we're doing it a bit differently. Beginning last November 13, Vermont's Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding hosted a statewide video conference through the Vermont Interactive Technologies Network at eight different locations throughout the state including Montpelier. Another such meeting will take place this afternoon at 4:45 PM and can be accessed on http://aoa.vermont.gov
So, here's the new problem we promised in the title. As the Public Budget Forum wore on, it became increasingly apparent that not only was Vermont Worker's Center and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees the only ones who actually cared, but it became obvious their members had no idea how a "budget process" worked. Outside of a sea of red and green VWC and AFSCME shirts at every video link-up location, a total of six viewers tuned in on the internet for the presentation, according to the Ustream link.
James Reardon, the Vermont Commissioner of Finance & Management was teamed with Secretary Jeb Spaulding for the internet presentation. After a 20 minute explanation of the details of state budgeting, the floor was turned over for questions from attendees at the locations around Vermont.
They should have known it wouldn't go well. According to an October 31 press release from the VWC:
The People's Budget Campaign (state) that two public hearings do not provide sufficient opportunities for meaningful public participation in decision-making related to the development of the FY 2014 budget. Two hearings are a poor surrogate for a serious public participation process.
One representative from the VWC demanded that the presentation needed to be released before the meeting in order to be understood. Jeffery Haslett of the VWC said that the state now needed a "bottom-up process". Mary Garis of the VWC, upon hearing that the Shumlin Administration would have to set budget priorities among human services, health care and assistance for food, housing and other needs, said that this was a false choice and that "all priorities are important."
"Vermont does put it's people first…in some cases, the benefit levels are among the highest in New England", countered Reardon a former Commissioner of Human Services himself. However, he did add, "We are asking corporations to come to Vermont….this adds jobs." Knowing this concept would be lost on the challenging audience, Jeb Spaulding added, "The Governor does not agree with the United States Supreme Court that corporations are people, and we would like to get that changed."
Will Vermont come to a meeting of the minds between the ideological Left and those who must actually govern? Will the members of the VWC realize that Vermont is facing a financial shortfall of up to 70 million dollars amidst falling Federal budgets? And, after all this is over, will the "Wish List Liberals" be able to kiss and make up with the Shumlin Administration?" Tune into Vermont Interactive Television today at 4:30 PM and find out.


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"Mr. Speaker, I oppose this legislation, yet I do so with a degree of conflicting views.
On the one hand, I have fundamental concern with the impacts that wild and scenic river designations can have on surrounding property owners, river users either upstream or downstream, and the restrictions that such designations can have on private citizens. Most importantly, such designations preclude the ability to make future decisions without an act of Congress. There are many ways to protect and manage our rivers without imposing such absolute, permanent and inflexible mandates that do not allow us to adapt to new circumstances, evolving environmental science, and changing public needs and views.
On the other hand, I am sympathetic when a Member of this House proposes legislation that directly affects the District that he represents. I believe we must be respectful of the views of those elected to represent a district, and this is a two-way street. It means affording a level of deference when a Member has a proposal that affects just his district, and it means an even stronger degree of respect and deference when a Member opposes an action that is proposed in the district he was elected to represent.
It's very troubling to me to see bills introduced and referred to the Natural Resources Committee that would have extensive, and often drastic, negative impacts on the economic livelihoods of local communities, workers and their families in the Western United States, but that are authored and sponsored by Members from the East Coast and the nation's big cities. The lack of respect is very troubling.
Therefore, while I generally do not support such inflexible and restrictive river designations, I do have respect for the fact that Mr. Schrader of Oregon is the sponsor of this bill and it directly affects his district.
At the same time, I must agree with a position clearly stated by Mr. Schrader during his testimony at the Subcommittee hearing on his bill. At that hearing, Mr. Schrader said he was sensitive to the fact that this river designation would impact over 400 acres of timber matrix lands. When timber is responsibly and sustainably harvested on these matrix lands, funds are provided directly to local schools and communities. This is a way of partially compensating areas of the West that are home to high percentages of federal land for federal policies that limit economic development. These timber matrix lands are a commitment that's been made and they're critical to the ability of hundreds of schools to properly educate children and for communities to provide essential services.
Mr. Schrader, to his credit, said he was sensitive to the harm his bill would have on these lands and the schools and communities that depend on these lands. In his October 1st testimony, Mr. Schrader specifically stated, and I quote, 'I would ask the Chairman and Ranking Member to work with me and my staff to ensure there will be no net-loss of the acres available for timber management as a result of this legislation.' End quote.
Mr. Speaker, no such provision or protection or offset has been included in this bill despite the honest recognition and explicit request from Mr. Schrader that action needed to be taken to protect lands important to schools and communities.
Several efforts to amend the bill to simply provide that lands be identified elsewhere to replace those 400 plus acres locked up under the river designation have been blocked. First they were blocked in the Natural Resources Committee markup. On Tuesday they were blocked by the Democrat Majority on the Rules Committee. The need to address the loss of these timber matrix lands and the schools that depend upon such lands was clearly identified and then ignored.
Now, we learned on Tuesday afternoon, which was November 17th, that seven days earlier, Mr. Schrader had sent a letter to the Natural Resources Committee Chairman that appears to shift away from his Subcommittee testimony that clearly asked for help in ensuring the loss of timber lands be addressed in his legislation. This letter states, quote, 'I am satisfied that this designation will not remove trees from the timber stock: there are no timber contracts in that area, and no timber sales are planned.' End quote. Mr. Schrader's letter further states that on the question of offsetting logging acreage that, quote, 'I see no need to add such language to H.R. 2781 at this time.' End quote.
This letter of November 10th appears to directly contradict Mr. Schrader's public testimony on October 1st. Was the statement made in his testimony a mistake made in understanding the bill he authored, or is the position taken in his letter a reversal of his request for help on fixing the timber matrix lands? When he states that language is not needed 'at this time', does he mean that his view on the need for offsetting acreage may change yet again in the future?
Mr. Schrader's letter implies that there is no reason to offset these lands because no current timber contracts exist, nor are there logging plans at the current time. This begs the question, is the concern for school funding only today, and not what will happen tomorrow and in the future? Of course there are no logging jobs there at this moment. It is well known throughout the Northwest that timber harvest is at a standstill due to the struggling economy and the sharp drop in housing starts. In fact, just yesterday, the Natural Resources Committee approved a bill to allow for existing federal logging contracts to be extended due to poor economic conditions. So, yesterday, the bad timber market is used to push legislation to ensure existing contracts can carry forward, but today the bad market is used to excuse legislation that will lock up hundreds of acres not just till the market turns around, but forever.
These are not insignificant questions and clarity is needed. I very much hope we have the opportunity to resolve this apparent discrepancy as debate continues.
Again and again, this Congress acts to remove more and more land in the West from active, sustainable timber management. It is our schoolchildren that are paying the highest price as school budgets are squeezed ever tighter due to the actions of the federal government. You can't advocate for these schools and for wiser timber and forest management to ensure jobs in towns across the Northwest, while at the same time advancing legislation that makes the problem permanently worse. That's what this bill does.
Some may say, but its only 400 acres. Yet, if it is such a small amount, then why the resistance to offsetting these lands? An offset ought to be easy if it's so small. The fact of the matter is that this 400 acres comes on top of thousands and thousands of acres locked up in recent years. Excusing this 400 acres today feeds the notion that tomorrow or next week we can excuse taking 6,000 acres away from helping schools and rural communities.
Congress must take responsibility for its actions and the impact it's having. It's time to demand that schoolchildren and small towns don't pay the price for the unwillingness of those in Congress to provide offsets for their actions. For these reasons, I urge my colleagues to oppose this bill."
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We may have hoped for a better result, but this is what we get.
Bybee and Yoo should be disbarred for their professional misconduct. The Justice Department has punted. Now there is only the unlikely disbarment process from the State Bar Associations.
We get terrible public policy if there is no accountability. These people provided legal cover for the US government to violate the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture.
One other option for accountability exists through prosecution through the International Criminal Court. That path would test the concept of American exceptionalism.


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This weekend we went to a birthday party at an indoor children's amusement park. There was a carousel, ferris wheel, train, bouncer, ball pit, slides, and much more. The kids had a blast, and I dare say the parents enjoyed themselves as well. 🙂
Who do you think had the most fun in the ball pit?
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Incorporating addiction into a story can be very challenging for an author. Most of us have been around family and friends who've lost control of their life to either drugs or alcohol. And some of us have watched these individuals quit, going months or years without using their drug of choice, only to relapse, or fall off the wagon. We know that there is no cure and that many times addiction goes hand in hand with some type of mental disorder like depression or trauma, like PTSD. We know that people use alcohol and drugs to self-medicate; to feel good, to smother pain, and to escape untenable situations.
By incorporating addiction into a storyline, not only does the author have to convince us that there is a happy-ever-after in the hero's or heroine's future, but the author also has to create a relatable flawed character and explain why the character is acting in a non-heroic way. Most authors do this by writing situational addiction—the loss of a child, the trauma of war, the pain from childhood, etc. Many authors show the addiction in the past, making the character immediately worthy of readers' regard.
While both hero and heroines deal with addiction, it seems to me that the majority are male. Maybe it's a throwback to the Victorians' beliefs that women are paragons of perfection and purity, or maybe as female readers we would much rather identify with the person doing the saving rather than the person whose life has spiraled out of control. What do you think—is there a readers' partiality for tortured heroes over heroines?
So who are the authors that are brave enough to write about female addicts? Diane Chamberlain is one of them. In fact, she's not afraid to explore something that is fairly sacrosanct—an unborn child. While the main story arc in Before the Storm is fifteen years after Laurel Lockwell's son birth, we see the poor choices Laurel made in flashbacks, such as sleeping with her brother-in-law, which resulted in her becoming pregnant and then giving birth to a child suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome:
"Your brother-in-law said you barely drank at all before then," the social worker said. "I think you felt so bad after your daughter was born that you started to medicate yourself with alcohol to take away the pain."
I wanted a wine cooler right then, more than anything.
"The pediatricians in the neonate intensive care unit believe your baby may have problems caused by your drinking."
I was suddenly alert. "What kind of problems?"
"His small size is probably related to your alcohol consumption," she said. "His Apgar scores were low. Fortunately, he doesn't have the facial deformities we often see in babies with fetal alcohol problems, but he did have some respiratory distress that was more than they'd expect in a preemie of his gestational age. There's often central nervous system involvement. Possibly intellectual or cognitive impairment. It's too soon to know how severely he might be affected or even if he will be affected that way at all."
I froze inside. What had I done?
"Is he…" I tried to picture the baby I'd seen only briefly in the delivery room. "Is he suffering?" I asked.
"It's hard to know how much neonates feel," she said. "What you need to know at this point, though, is that Andrew's now in the custody of Protective Services. When he's ready to leave the hospital, he'll go to a foster home until we can evaluate your home situation."
One of my favorite characters, hands down, is April Robillard from Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Natural Born Charmer. April spent most of her son Dean's childhood boozed up or drugged out. It wasn't until she was in her forties, and Dean was an adult, that she finally became sober.
Dean wants nothing to do with her, and only remembers the mother of his past and the chaotic vacations he spent with her. He never knew if he would be staying in a luxury villa, a seedy apartment or fleabag hotel. Of course that's not all he remembers:
The echoes of her drunken sobs whispered in his ears. "Don't be mad at me, baby. It'll get better. I promise. Tell me you love me baby. If you tell me you love me, I promise I won't drink anymore."
April has been trying for years to make amends but bitter and distrustful Dean still refuses to accept that she has changed. Faced with her son's endless contempt, and the re-entry of Jack Patriot, an old lover and her son's father, into her life, she has to take a moment to remember that she is not the woman she was and the woman they remember:
The bars and clubs were where she'd lost her life, and sometimes she needed to go back so she could remind herself that the drugged out party girl eager to debase herself with any man who caught her eye no longer existed.
She has accepted that she is an addict, and relapse is just one drink away. All she can do now is take it one day at a time and realize that:
She couldn't control Dean's feelings, only her own. Let go and let God.
Phillips wrote about another heroine who used alcohol to excess, Sugar Beth Carey from Ain't She Sweet. When Ryan Galantine, the man Susan Beth jilted demands if she ever thought of him, she doesn't hold anything back:
"I thought about you all the time," she retorted. "When Daren Tharp slapped me across the room, I thought of you. When he screwed around on me, I thought of you. And the night I staggered into a Vegas wedding chapel with Cy, both of us so drunk we could barely say our vows, I thought of you then, too. One morning—and this happened after my divorce, mind you, because, unlike my loser husbands, I didn't screw around. One morning I woke in a seedy motel with a man I could have sworn I'd never seen before, and baby, you'd better believe I thought of you then."
A mixture of emotions played across his face: shock, pity and the faintest trace of satisfaction that came from knowing she'd been punished for what she'd done to him.
In Baby Makes Three by Molly O'Keefe, heroine Alice Mitchell is deep in the abysses of denial, and her addiction:
The hangover, the sleeplessness, this mindless menial job that paid her part of the mortgage, it all weighed her down like sandbags attached to her neck
Tonight no drinking, she swore.
She couldn't change the fact that she'd fallen from chef and owner of Zinnia's to head line chef at one of the three Johnny O's franchises in Albany. The damage was already done and she'd come to grips with it.
But she could control the drinking.
A small voice reminded her that she made that promise almost every night.
And even when her ex-husband gives her a chance to run her dream restaurant, she can't keep from drinking. She does better, but still at times alcohol is the only thing that numbs the pain of the end of her marriage, of her many miscarriages, and the loss of her restaurant. When Cameron, a young-at-risk boy confronts her, she realizes that she can't keep lying to herself:
"What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted last week."
Apologies from drunks don't mean anything," he snapped and she felt as if she'd been blasted right between the eyes with shards of glass.
"Okay…" She sighed and steeled herself for his venom because she deserved it. "How about a job?"…
She could feel the hope and longing roll off him and slam into her chest. Breath was thick in her throat, her chest felt tight, but in a good way, as though she couldn't hold in all the things she felt for him. How glad she was she could help him.
"No," he said, surprising the hell out of her.
"No? Why?"
He chewed on his lip and crossed his arms over his chest, revealing a sudden strength she'd hadn't expected. "I've had enough of drunks," he said.
What stories of addicted heroines have touched you? These examples involve alcohol, with drug addicted heroines harder to find. Is alcohol easier for readers to deal with? Do you find it difficult to believe in a happy every after for a character who is a former addict? Do you prefer stories that deal with active addiction and the recovery process or ones where the addiction is in the past?
Leigh Davis, blogger


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Given below is the procedure and dialing codes for making international calls to India mobile or land line. While calling to India from abroad, the dialing procedure is same whether you are calling from Land phone or cell phone.
The international dialing codes and dialing format to call India is :
- Landline: IDD + 91 (Country Code) + Area Code + Recipient's Number
- Cellular: IDD + 91 (Country Code) + 10 Digits Cellular Number
IDD or International Direct Dial code is the exit code and is different for different countries
For example, to call India (Bhilwara- Bhilwara) land line from United States, the number format is:
011 + 91 + 1482 ??? ???
where 011 is the Exit code for United States, 91 is the ISD code for India, 1482 is the area code for Bhilwara- Bhilwara and ??? ??? is the 6 digits TEL # of the recipient.
The International Subscriber Dialing Code (ISD Code) of India is 91. ISD code is also know as country calling code.
|India ISD Code / Country Code
Calling India From Abroad
Use the example below to know the rule for dialing a number in India and make international calls to India.
To Make International Calls to India Dial
|Exit code + 91 + Area code + Telephone Number
India - Emergency Numbers
|100 - Police Assistance
|102, 108 - Medical, Ambulance assistance
|101 - Fire department
Exit code or access code of a country is the code which is necessary to make international calls from that country. Find the access code of the country from which you are dialing before calling India. Use the Search box given below to find the area code of various cities and places in India.
There are 2643 area codes in India. India area codes usually have 2, 3 or 4 digits. While calling India from abroad, you need to dial the ISD code followed by the area code and finally the phone number. Given below is a list of area codes for calling India's major cities/regions.
* Ignore the number within bracket while calling India from another country. The number within bracket is to be dialed along with area code only while calling within India
|Area Code
|Kangra (Dharamsala)- Kangra (Dharamsala)
|Kaij- Bhir
|Rajpipla- Bharuch
|Vallabhipur- Bhavnagar
|Devakottai- Karaikudi
|Mahoba- Hamirpur
|Baharagora- Jamshedpur
|Hinganghat- Wardha
|Davangere- Devangere
Complete list of India Area codes
When to Call India - Time Difference between India & Other Countries
While calling India, having an idea about the local India time at the time of your call will ensure that you are not calling someone during untimely hours. Use the Time Converter given below to know what time it is in India. Enter the time in the country from where you are calling India and find the corresponding local time in India.
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Given below is the current time in India. Enter Your Timezone and Change the time in the textbox below to get corresponding time in India. You can use this Time converter to find an appropriate time to make international calls to India.


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I haven't really played the demo yet. Just poked around some. Had reports to write for work last night. I have a bit of a vision problem, so I know I am not the average gamer in this regard, but I found the text difficult to read. Adjusting the resolution did not seem to help, as everything scaled with it. I spent most of my time looking through some .ini file for a way to increase the font size but did not find one. If anyone knows how I might be able to do this, I'd be glad to hear it.


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FLOWERY BRANCH - Sam Baker wasn't expecting to be drafted in the first round on Saturday.
On the other hand, Baker wasn't worried he'd drop so far in the NFL draft that he'd have to call his father for a job.
Baker, a four-year starting left tackle at Southern California, is the son of Arena Football League commissioner David Baker.
The Falcons drafted Baker with the No. 21 pick in the first round after acquiring the selection in a trade with Washington.
"I anticipated going later in the draft," Baker said. "I was pretty surprised."
The Falcons gave the Redskins two second-round picks and a fourth-round pick. They obtained the first-round pick used on Baker as well as picks in the third and fifth rounds.
"We really think he'll be a cornerstone for us on the offensive line to protect our quarterback and also open up holes in our running game," said Falcons coach Mike Smith.
Baker visited Atlanta on April 7.
"I knew I wanted to go to the Falcons," he said. "They traded up to get me. Maybe they felt someone else was going to take me. I believe in myself as a player and I think I can help the team so I'm ready to go."
Some draft experts said Baker (6-5, 314) may lack the size to play left tackle in the NFL.
Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said Baker is a "legitimate" left tackle. He said he believes Baker has the potential to play other positions but will work first at left tackle.
Baker might have been the second offensive tackle drafted last year, but he missed three games and parts of two other games with broken ribs and a torn hamstring as a senior. The injuries hurt his draft standing.
Baker then endured the prodding and scrutiny of the NFL combine with his sense of humor intact.
"If it wasn't for the combine and all that, I wouldn't have known I had short arms," Baker said. "I always thought I had long arms."
Baker said he has been in Atlanta for a Georgia Force AFL game. He's an AFL fan, as might be expected of the son of the league's commissioner.
"I love it," he said. "I've been watching those games since I was about 12 years old. I grew up on it.
Baker and his father were working out at a gym when he received the call from general manager Thomas Dimitroff that he had been drafted by the Falcons.
"He said 'No matter where, don't let your draft position change who you are, whether you're the last pick or the first pick,"' Baker said of his father's advice.
Baker said his father is a fan of Arthur Blank, the owner of the Falcons and the Georgia Force.
"I was going to be proud of Sam regardless of when he was drafted because he is just as good a person as he is a football player," said David Baker.
"However, I am thrilled that he will be playing for such a quality organization as the Atlanta Falcons, which is filled with people of integrity, from Arthur Blank to (team president) Rich McKay to (vice president) Dick Sullivan to Thomas Dimitroff to Mike Smith."
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About Me
Expand everywhere & everytime
I am a guy wandering in this amazing and mysterious life, trying to get the most of it every time. Either climbing a mountain or having a coffee over some nice company by the sea.
Searching less and living more!
He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise.
by William Blake
Vivo a Natureza integrado nela,
de tal modo que chego a sentir-me,
em certas ocasiões,
pedra, orvalho, flor ou nevoeiro.
Nenhum outro espectáculo
me dá semelhante plenitude
e cria no meu espírito
um sentido tão acabado
do perfeito e do eterno.
by Miguel Torga
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I've surfed a lot and hosted a couple times.
All positive experiences.
Outdoors, walking, nature, animals, birds, wind on the face, sun, moon, forests, farming, sea, rivers, hiking, running, cycling, jumping, rolling, food, olive oil, wine, beer, green, blue, red, listening grandparents stories, ancient life styles, new life styles, camping, sleeping in cousy beds, laughing, music, snow, sand, cold, heat, stars, northern star, southern cross, a little bit of this and a whole lot of that…
- animals
- birds
- dining
- wine
- beer
- coffee
- running
- walking
- boating
- music
- outdoor activities
- cycling
- hiking
- camping
- rock climbing
- swimming
- rivers
- mountains
Music, Movies, and Books
Big fan of The Doors and a lot other things... Beatles, Garden State, Fernando Pessoa, Constant Gardener, Henry Thoreau, Aldous Huxley, Joy Division, Pixies.. many more.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I'm very lucky i lived so many beautifull things.
Hitchhiked over 7500km during 4 months in Turkey, Greece and Georgia, getting to know wonderfull souls. Lived in a river for 5 amazing days. Being in a boat in the ocean doing birdwhatching. Amazing dawns in beautifull Portugal. Climbed over 4000meters snowy mountains in Atlas, Morroco.
Loved, cryed, smiled laughed like it was the end of the world!
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I want to learn all you are willing to teach :)
I can share rockclimbing, a hike, a swim, reiki, birdwhatching, a hug!
Countries I've Visited
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
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The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.37% this week, up from 4.28%, Freddie Mac said today. The average 15-year rate rose to 3.38% from 3.32%, the McLean, Va.-based mortgage-finance company said.
Yields for 10-year U.S. Treasuries, a benchmark for mortgage rates, climbed after a Labor Department report last week showed the U.S. added 175,000 jobs in February, more than economists predicted. The gain fueled expectations that the Central Bank will continue cutting the bond purchases that have kept borrowing costs low.
"The jobs report is one of the primary indicators of the health of the economy, and the extent to which it beat expectations suggested that the recovery seems to be moving along quite well," Erin Lantz, director of mortgages at Seattle-based Zillow Inc., said in a telephone interview yesterday.
"As the economy improves, we expect the government can wind down its stimulus program and let the economy move forward on its own."


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How did you get your start doing territory sales manager work, and what career moves did you make to get to your current position?
Do you need a particular educational background?
Elizabeth M Dziedzic
124 months ago
Have had experince in merchanidesing pop- ups and signges in some of the Maryland stores would like to see if you have any openings in route sale for this area of Stmarys calvert clinton md Have had the opportuity to work for philp morres before
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Elizabeth M Dziedzic
124 months ago
With one of your philp M Dm in my area of waldorf md at that time Iam now in retail and looking to bettter myself
111 months ago
Host said: How did you get your start doing territory sales manager work, and what career moves did you make to get to your current position?
no particular degree-you have a sales personality or you don't-started as a retail merchandiser and networked at trade shows
sam in Mobile, Alabama
88 months ago
Worked in wholesale as a local salesman calling on contractors for about three years, then took a job referrd by a colleague covering 10 states as a regional sales manager for a manufacturer. Both in the same industry.
Best advice.....pay your dues as a local sales rep not makin much money. When you have a good feel for the product/service you sell begin to look for regional or territory sales positions within the same industry.
I have a bachelors degree
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This week's theme song, Prince's "The Question of U":
Not my favorite Prince song from the Graffiti Bridge album but I did actually buy and like this album back in the day!
Eww… I hate Prince. XD
So it's blasphemy to not like Prince but okay for you to deny the last two decades of his music doesn't exist?
You, sir, are a heretic (or counter Revolutionary).
Has Lemont heard of, "Trick me once it's your fault, trick me twice it's mine"? He KEEPS trusting C-Dawg even though he stole his computer, stole his identity, and many times, his wallet. When will Lemont ever learn? Lemont needs to travel among positive people who ARE trustworthy and NEVER loan his valuables to anyone unless he knows he can just TAKE them back physically at some point. Even trustworthy people can forget to give things back. As far as money, I have learned the best way to keep a friend is to NOT deal with loaning or asking for money. Food is another story. I would never let a friend go hungry. Same with clothing, if I have two of something I'd give away one piece.
You need something a little more upbeat and current.
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If it's post-"Revolution," it doesn't exist to me.
I'll admit that Controversy through the "Revolution" phase were his finest hours. Still, Prince's new material is still better than most of the competition.
True. If I listen to Ol' Skool Company and pretend the singer is someone other than Prince, I like it a lot.


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Former Jaguar Richard Collier's voice locked with emotion as he told a Jacksonville jury Tuesday about the night last year that ended his football career and put him in a wheelchair.
He recalled talking to former teammate Kenny Pettway as they waited outside a Riverside apartment for a woman Collier dated and whom they'd met at a San Marco club that Labor Day night.
He recalled suddenly hearing a burst of gunshots coming from the back seat, where his date had left the door open while she went inside to freshen up.
He recalled telling Pettway to drive and slinking down in the front seat to protect his head.
Then he blacked out.
"The next thing I remember was being put in the ambulance," said Collier, 28, who had been shot six times. Eventually his left leg was amputated, and he is paralyzed below the waist.
Collier was the first witness as testimony began Tuesday afternoon in Tyrone Romero Hartsfield's attempted murder trial.
Though Collier didn't see who shot him, he identified Hartsfield as the man he punched at an Arlington nightclub months earlier, the man prosecutors say tried to kill Collier out of revenge. They say Hartsfield, 33, followed Collier from the San Marco club, Square One, after calling friends to bring him a gun.
"This was strictly and unequivocally payback, pure and simple," Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda told jurors. "Tyrone Hartsfield snuck up on him and repeatedly shot an innocent man in the back and left him for dead. … It happened very quickly, but the results are everlasting."
It's significant, de la Rionda said, that Pettway wasn't injured and there was no robbery.
But defense attorney Ann Finnell said there were plenty of other people who had motives to hurt Collier. While questioning him, she ticked off a list of a half dozen women he'd had relationships with, including two he testified didn't get along after he had sex with them together. Even the woman he was going out with that night, Jemelia Corbie, testified she was tired of Collier's lying and game-playing.
A number of those women were at Square One that night, Finnell said. She said Collier remarked after leaving the club that he didn't know why he had so many enemies, a statement he didn't recall but other witnesses remembered. Tuesday's witnesses also conflicted about whether Collier saw Hartsfield at Square One that night or, as he testified, was simply told Hartsfield was there.
"Tyrone Hartsfield is not responsible for the shooting of Richard Collier," Finnell declared. "Collier was right when he said he had many enemies."
Jurors also heard Tuesday from Pettway, Corbie and her sister. None noticed anyone following them home from the club, even after they got lost and had to turn around. And none heard vehicles or saw headlights leaving the crime scene after Collier was shot just before 3 a.m.
"No one heard a car or a car door or any evidence of a car coming or leaving," Finnell said.
Jurors haven't heard the meat of the state's case, which de la Rionda promised would implicate Hartsfield in his own words. He told them they would hear a five-hour tape recorded for police by Stephfan Wilson, who was with Hartsfield the night of the shooting.
On it, Hartsfield calls Wilson an accessory and tells his friend, "If they ain't got you, they ain't got me," de la Rionda said. "All they got is you."
He also tells Wilson he prayed for that night.
The prosecutor said police were led to Wilson and others after subpoenaing Hartsfield's cell phone records. They had his number from when he reported the earlier altercation with Collier.
But Finnell said police rushed to arrest Hartsfield about six weeks after the shooting because they were under pressure to solve a case that was receiving national media attention. And she said Wilson, on federal probation in an Atlanta bank robbery, and another state witness on probation for drug crimes, framed Hartsfield to make them indispensable to police.
"Neither one wants to go to jail," Finnell said. Wilson in particular faced a return to prison for being in the club and hanging out with felons.
She said Hartsfield repeatedly denies involvement on the tape. She told jurors his fiancé will testify he was with her the whole night, and they drove straight home from San Marco.
This morning, jurors will hear from the Corbie sisters' mother, who de la Rionda said saw a skinny black man with a "low haircut," white t-shirt and khaki pants shoot into Collier's Escalade from the window of her Riverside Avenue apartment. That description matches Hartsfield, except Finnell said witnesses saw him with a brown pullover shirt and jeans at Square One.
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Pedro Martinez pitched eight shutout innings, allowing only six hits while striking out seven Sunday, as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 1-0 in Game 2 of a doubleheader.
The Phillies were a -190 favorite in the game and the one run scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5).
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It's never too early to learn the importance of voting - so believes George L. Hess Educational Complex fourth-grade teacher Jennifer Schairer.
For this and the past two presidential contests, Schairer has organized mock elections at the school on Election Day, and says her students eagerly anticipated the chance to make their voices heard.
"They're excited," Schairer said. "They come in, I talked to my classes prior to doing this, and they went home and talked to their parents, and I think our map shows really what they're learning at home, and that's what it has for the last two elections, so I'm anxious to see what happens tonight."
Each of the school's homerooms represented a state on the electoral map. As each group's votes were tallied, Schairer colored in the corresponding state on a map in the hallway in red or blue. Her students, who rotated staffing the voting booth, also colored in electoral maps of their own.
After the day's voting, Barack Obama had taken Hess with a result even more lopsided than the national vote, finishing with 429 electors to Mitt Romney's 48.
Fourth-grader Kaitlyn Gronau was excited to vote, and cast hers for the incumbent, saying she trusts him to steer the country on the right path.
"I would like Obama to win, because I think he'll do good for our country and whatever he says, I think he'll really do it this year," she said.
Schairer said she covered the election with her students as a current event. While she glossed over discussing the candidates for fear of biasing her students, Schairer encouraged them to follow the race by talking to their parents. She plans to use the results in an upcoming math lesson.
Other teachers timed lessons to coincide with the election. Fifth-grade teacher Melissa Olkowski said she had her students participate in a mock debate, writing essays in which they attempted to sway Benjamin Franklin's cousin to the side of the patriots or the loyalists.
"We talked about the debate," Olkowski said. "We also had a debate of our own because we're doing the American Revolution, so they experienced a debate for themselves. I've also talked to them and encouraged them to watch the debates at home."
The political lessons will continue in the coming weeks, with Assemblyman Chris Brown, R-Atlantic, slated to make an appearance at the school.
While the real vote is still a long way off for the students at Hess, Olkowski said the mock election offers them a good taste of the process.
"I think they're very excited because they can't experience it in the real world yet, so it's a neat preview for them to see what's to come as they grow older," Olkowski said.
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