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Organization of data in table form is a time-honored and useful method
of data representation. While columns of data are trivially generated
by computer through formatted output, even simple tasks like keeping
titles aligned with the data columns are not trivial, and the one-shot
solutions one comes up with tend to be particularly hard to maintain.
Text::Table allows you to create and maintain tables that adapt to
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"A major and long overdue addition to the America/English psychoanalytic literature. . . . All major concepts--among them the mirror stage, the Name-of-the-Father, metaphor and metonymy, the phallus, the foreclosure of the subject--are developed in depth."
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Exeter Times-Advocate Editorial

Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Rudolph and his reindeer buddies got a lot of attention in the days leading up to Christmas; the elves, not so much.

They stayed in the background, busily putting together gifts with a production schedule that would give anyone else nightmares. Not the elves. And not the people in communities like this one who might as well be Santa's elves, the way they scurried here and there, volunteering a remarkable number of hours to make sure everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

There are the folks who made sure the food bank shelves were filled, not a simple matter of waiting for the boxes of tins and packages to roll in.

If only it were.

This is a generous community, but sometimes people need the occasional nudge – a job for a Christmas elf.

We needed to be told what items were needed – not just the standard jars of peanut butter and tins of beans, although both are always welcome, but pasta and sauce, tinned stews, infant formula, boxes of diapers and personal hygiene products. And cash. Financial donations were needed to buy items to fill any gaps.

Then someone had to pick up the donations, take them to the food bank, stock the shelves and see the items got to the people who need them. And thank the donors. And recruit more donors and volunteers. Christmas elves, to the rescue.

Christmas elves were found in other places besides the local food bank. There were the ones who organized the concerts and carol singing. You may have caught the occasional glimpse of one adjusting a tinsel halo on a tiny curly-haired angel, or holding up cue cards to make sure no one missed his or her lines. You might have seen a hand emerge from the shadows giving some child a "high five" or seen a figure rushing to the back of the hall to find out what happened with the lights. But elves do their best work out of public view.

There are elves who created spectacular displays of lights and outdoor decorations to bring smiles to the faces of all who viewed them – the kind of displays that make motorists pull over for a better look, that draw people from a considerable distance. A few local people know who they are, but the majority of viewers had no idea. The elves were too busy putting more lights in the trees to care.

Now that the big day is over and the year is winding to a close, perhaps there will be time for the elves to read those books they got for Christmas last year, or the year before. Perhaps there will be a full day to spend watching the birds at the feeder, and chatting on the phone with the grandchildren.

However, the special demands of Christmas have a way of depleting food bank shelves. And next year's Santa Claus parade is already being planned. And there is a special church service coming up, and a service club fundraiser. Here's to the Christmas elves, and all they do for this community.

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Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) on Wednesday lobbied President Obama to appoint someone to the Supreme Court along to lines of Hodes's former boss, Justice David Souter.
In an interview with The Hill, Hodes said the former New Hampshire Attorney General Souter, under whom Hodes served as assistant attorney general, has the right kind of judicial philosophy.
"I thought Justice Souter was a good model, as someone who came in expected to do one thing, but because of his judicial integrity and his understanding of the true role of a judge" turned out well, Hodes said.
Souter was appointed by the first President Bush 20 years ago and has disappointed conservatives by more often siding with the liberal wing of the court.
Hodes, who is running for Senate, said Souter's philosophy was "not the kind of activist Republican political approach that so many of the Bush nominees have adopted."
"He's a conservative Republican who's so conservative he's liberal, because he understands that the constitution protects individual rights as a bulwark against the potential oppressive poswer of the state," Hodes said.
Hodes said he views the constitution as a living document, but that the Supreme Court shouldn't be substituting for the legislature.
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Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of the world's first series of Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) equipped with Wipe Technology, Toshiba's proprietary suite of security functions that bring an unsurpassed level of data protection to IT equipment. Wipe Technology allows users to determine a range of security settings, including invalidation of encryption keys and data invalidation when a drive is removed from its housing or connected to an unauthorized host system.
The five models in the 2.5-type MK6461GSYG family range from 160GB to 640GB and are designed for use in copiers, printers, POS systems, PCs and other IT devices. Sampling will start from the end of April with mass production following at the end of June.
IT departments must contend with various security risks, from lost and stolen PC through to compliance with increasingly strict privacy laws and regulations governing data security. These concerns also go beyond PCs. Today, most office copier and printing systems utilize HDD capacity and performance to support productivity and the security of recorded document image data that must be maintained. Furthermore, data invalidation required overwriting for hours or physically disrupting until now.
Wipe Technology directly addresses these concerns. In August 2010, Toshiba announced development of the Wipe Technology that offered users two levels of control, which achieved great interest from the IT industry. Reflecting voice of customers to meet varying using conditions, MK6461GSYG family drives not only offer the latest version of Wipe Technology adding the third level of control, but also configure areas for invalidation and encryption, achieving an optimized solution for data security.
1. Invalidation of all data by the system
This invalidates all data. This feature is designed for use prior to system disposal or re-purposing to ensure that private data never leaves the control of the responsible business unit or the IT department.
2. Invalidation of data on powering down
The HDD encryption key is automatically invalidated when the drive's power supply is turned off. If a Wipe Technology SED drive is removed from a system, it can be set to invalidate all data on the drive.
3. Invalidation of data when the equipment is connected to an unauthorized system (The new technology which was added this time)
When an SED HDD is inserted into a system it triggers "challenge response"authentication to confirm the system is known to the HDD. If the authentication fails, the HDD automatically deletes the encryption key. This level counteracts attempts to read a drive by physically removing it from a secure host system and installing it in another system.
Wipe Technology HDD can be incorporated into existing system architectures and integrated into various IT equipments where users demand a high level of data security, including multifunction printers, POS systems and PCs. Toshiba is now studying future integration of the technology into solid state drives (SSD).
Toshiba Group will adopt Wipe Technology SED HDD into enterprise use such as its own brand PCs, multifunction printers, and POS system, as a further advance in enhanced information security for information and communications technology.
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PHILADELPHIA -- With Thursday night's win against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Flyers improved to 14-9-4 when Mike Richards records at least one point ... if only the Flyers could be as consistent as their $69-million, future-captain when it comes to playing at the Wachovia Centre.
After beginning the 2007-08 season with six straight home wins, the Flyers went 0-3-2 and 0-2-2 with one win sandwiched in-between. Richards meanwhile has tallied at least one point in each of the last 16 home games for the Flyers (10G, 16A) including his assist on Joffrey Lupul's third period goal in last night's 4-1 win over the Leafs that tied a Flyers' team record for consecutive point-scoring at home.
It hasn't helped them necessarily in the win column, but the Flyers powerplay units are on fire. With Lupul's second period marker, the Flyers have scored at least one powerplay goal in each of their last nine games (15 for 57, 26.3%) and are ranked second in the NHL.
Right or wrong, expect Flyer netminders to start feeling some heat if the team can't shake the inconsistency that has plagued them since the end of October. Martin Biron's win last night snapped a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) and was only his second win in his last eight games. In years past, there was always a viable alternative at the end of the bench.
This year, backup Antero Niittymaki is an unspectacular 3-4-0 with a .901 save-percentage and third-stringer Brian Boucher is on a one-way deal with the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms and is subject to recall waivers.
One option: General Manager Paul Holmgren might look to get a goaltender when he thins out the team's abundance of defencemen after the holiday trade-freeze, which ended at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 28.
How nice would Patrick Sharp's 19 goals and 32 points look on the Flyers' roster right now? Sharp fell out of favour with then-head coach Ken Hitchcock and was dispatched to the Blackhawks in December 2005. The Flyers received Matt Ellison (who tallied one point in seven career games with the Flyers) along with a third-round draft pick for Sharp who now leads the NHL with nine shorthanded points (7G, 2A) and is among the league's top goal scorers.
And last but not least, the Flyers took a huge step towards shedding the head-hunting label that rightly or wrongly has been affixed to the Orange and Black when they traded Ben Eager to the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 18.
Eager, a poster-child for questionably illegal potshots since his days with the Oshawa Generals of the OHL, contributed little to the Flyers this season. His parting contribution as a member of the Flyers reached a new low on Dec. 11 when he loitered around the Pittsburgh dressing room to taunt head coach Michel Therrien following the Flyers' 8-2 thrashing of the Penguins.
In traditional fashion, Eager opted not to share similar sentiments with Pens' enforcer Georges Laraque.
It will be interesting to see how Eager's act plays in the Windy City under the tight leash of the Chicago coaching staff. Assistant coaches Mark Hardy and John Torchetti promptly dispatched Sean Avery from Los Angeles and the former Kings' agitator offers something that Eager does not -- the ability to dent the twine. In 23 games with the Flyers this season, Eager was scoreless and was a minus-8.
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It's April 15, and as I remind my conservative friends, it is a privilege to pay taxes in this country to support our republic and the American way of life even though there's clearly waste and fraud in government. It depends on a engaged citizenry to weed out fraud and misused tax dollars wherever possible. …
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I'm not Catholic; at this point in my life I can best describe myself as agnostic when it comes to my faith, spiritual in my beliefs. But I do find that the teachings of people of all faiths to be instructive at times. Such is the case with Pope Francis.
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As I drove around town this week, I admit I became a bit self-centered. When one worries about their own predicament, one forgets about all that is going on around them and forgets. I then remembered Elie Weitzel's admonition to us all to "….to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life." As I noticed people who continue to hold up signs, I wonder what else could be done.
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When the Orange County Register announced that it was dropping its life-long policy of not endorsing individual candidates I suspected the the logic applied to their process might be a bit flawed. I did not expect them to throw common sense and intellectual honesty to the wind. And I would have expected tem to at…
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Need to know the display name of the user currently logged in to Windows 8? The task is easy!
To demonstrate, I created a new "Blank App" JavaScript project in Visual Studio 2012. In the default.html file, I replaced the contents of the  tag with the following:

(to be replaced by user's display name)

When I run the application, my
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To build case against kennel owner, accuser used secret tactics
Armed with a cell phone and recorder, and secretly wired to tape his boss's instructions, Jason Smith was prepared to capture evidence against the Minnesota woman he was investigating for animal abuse.
What he claims he found - specific incidents of abuse, neglect and inappropriate veterinary care - resulted in nine charges against New York Mills kennel owner Kathy Bauck, four of which are felonies.
Smith, a member of the Companion Animal Protection Society, went undercover, posing as an employee in Bauck's kennel, Pick of the Litter Inc., to investigate complaints of abuse.
Court records filed against Bauck in Otter Tail County District Court shed new details on the case and show Smith told a sheriff's investigator in May that Bauck used surgical clamps to try to remove a puppy from his mother's womb, ripping off its tail and pulling tufts of fur attached to bloody skin until Bauck tore off the entire rear leg of the puppy.
The puppy died, as did two of his siblings. Two days later, Smith checked on the mother, whose pen was covered in feces-stained wood shavings.
Smith told the investigator that Bauck said she would check on the puppies' mother. The next day, the dog was found dead in her pen, still filthy and covered in her own afterbirth.
But the abusive behavior wasn't an isolated incident, according to what Smith told Otter Tail County investigators. Smith turned over evidence he had been collecting for two months, providing the basis for five counts of animal cruelty, two counts of torture and two counts of practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
Bauck, 52, who has owned Pick of the Litter Inc. for 23 years, is scheduled to appear on the charges in a Sept. 22 court hearing. If convicted, she could face up to two years in prison for each of the four felonies.
Bauck also faces a probation violation hearing on a claim she ignored orders from the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine in 2006 that directed her to stop practicing any type of veterinary medicine without a license.
Bauck declined to comment late last week, except to say that she was not guilty of the charges.
Her defense attorney, Zenas Baer, said Smith and his agency started the investigation with the clear intent of finding evidence to bring down an "otherwise reputable licensed business."
Baer said Bauck's actions were misunderstood and unfairly reported.
"I'm not sure this case is anything more than a reaction by law enforcement authorities of the strength of an obviously biased complainant who obtained evidence, in my mind, inappropriately."
The Companion Animal Protection Society, based in Maryland, is a nonprofit animal protection agency dedicated to stopping abuse at pet stores and puppy mills, according to its Web site.
Court documents state Smith was wired every other day and took field notes daily, which he provided to Otter Tail County Detective Keith Van Dyke.
The agency declined to comment Friday on the case, but its Web site shows it targeted Bauck's kennel in three separate investigations in 1997, 2002 and 2003.
Push for change
Bauck's kennel, which Animal Humane Society investigators estimated housed more than 1,000 dogs and puppies, was what some animal welfare activists call a puppy mill - a breeding operation that produces mass numbers of animals for the sole purpose of making a sale.
Animal welfare activists hope the county's latest charges will spark a change in breeder legislation, a change they say is sorely needed in Minnesota.
Puppy mills are a problem in Minnesota, said Wade Hanson, senior investigator with the Animal Humane Society. He estimates there are thousands of puppy mills in Minnesota, though most aren't as big as the operation Bauck runs.
"There are a lot of large breeders and backyard breeders who think they're going to get rich by popping out a lot of puppies and selling them," Hanson said.
Baer said he believes the Companion Animal Protection Society and other similar agencies want to close all large-scale pet breeding agencies, regardless of whether there are signs of abuse.
"It seems to me that there has been legislation that provides protection for companion animals that even surpasses the protection provided to humans," Baer said.
But John King, director of the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine, said the type of veterinary medicine Bauck is accused of illegally practicing is not typical of how a veterinarian would normally treat an animal.
"Obviously, what she was allegedly doing is not in the best interests of the animals," he said. "It's in the best interests of her business at the expense of the animals."
A long process
Hanson said he investigated Bauck's kennel six years ago at the request of a former employee who was worried about the animals' welfare.
He said he found dirty conditions and a watering system that forced dogs to drink out of the same water supply, which could have caused them to share diseases.
"Basically, picture the inside of a pole shed where cages are lined up all the way down and cages on top of them," he said.
While Bauck allowed them on her property the first time, she told them they would have to get a warrant before they could come back, Hanson said.
He reported his findings to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where Bauck is a licensed breeder.
Karen Eggert, a spokeswoman for the USDA Animal and Health Inspection Services, said when her office receives complaints, additional unannounced inspections of the facility are conducted. The USDA also conducts random visits at least once a year to licensed breeders.
"We take those complaints very seriously," Eggert said. "It's an involved process. If we see harm or danger, we see that it is corrected immediately. If that requires removing animals, we'll do that."
Eggert declined to comment on the USDA's findings. The Forum filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the records, which have not been made available yet.
Bauck has sold puppies at pet stores in Fargo, but mostly she sells to pet stores on the East Coast, Hanson said. To sell an animal to a pet shop, breeders need USDA certification.
Hanson remains frustrated and disappointed with the USDA, which he says does little to enforce its policies.
"They can write tickets and cite violation warnings, but for the USDA to be able to shut down a place like this, they'd have to go through a process that takes months," he said. "It never happens."
Eggert said it takes time to look into each case, but they ensure that the "minimum standards of care are being met."
History of probes
In 2006, the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine issued a cease and desist order against Bauck for performing surgeries and veterinarian procedures without a proper license.
The document shows Bauck had more than 800 adult dogs, 350 puppies and 32 breeds at her kennel.
The agency determined Bauck conducted several botched spay surgeries. After an unsuccessful surgery in 2001, Bauck sold a female Papillion puppy, which continued to go into heat for four years. In 2004, the owners brought the dog to a veterinarian, who found uterine horns about 20 times larger than normal and filled with fluid.
The board also found that Bauck conducted neuter surgeries, ear crops on puppies, tail dockings, Caesarean sections, hernia repairs and vaccinations without the proper license.
Earlier this year, on May 19, Bauck pleaded guilty in Otter Tail County Court to practicing veterinary medicine without a license. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to dismiss four similar charges and one animal cruelty charge.
Otter Tail County Attorney David Hauser was out of town Friday and unavailable for comment. A woman in his office said Hauser was the only one authorized to talk about Bauck.
Janelle Dixon, the Animal Humane Society's chief executive officer, said it is very difficult to gain access to large breeding facilities regulated by the USDA.
The only way to go around the USDA is to go to the sheriff's department and file charges, which is what Smith did after investigating Bauck's kennel, Hanson said.
'Technical violation'
On April 22, Smith, the Companion Animal Protection Society worker, reported a white American bulldog that had cheeks that were torn open on both sides and openly bleeding. Smith claims that Bauck shrugged off the comment, saying the dog was "always fighting," and when he said it was getting worse the next day, she told him to put "Clorox water" on the wounds.
"Veterinarians don't cleanse wounds with Clorox water," said King, director for the state's Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Baer sees Bauck's actions differently. To him, her actions are a mere "technical violation."
"Is it bad husbandry to provide pain relief to an animal that is suffering?" he said. "I suggest not."
Baer said Smith's claim that Bauck pulled a puppy out of its mother and ripped off its tail and hind leg are not reported in the proper context. He argues that if the puppies were going to be dead upon arrival, Bauck had a responsibility to use every means necessary to try to save their lives.
"It's something that should be commended, as opposed to saying, 'We won't do anything and we're not going to make an attempt,' " he said.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Michelle Rydell at (701) 235-7311


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PHILADELPHIA -- A spot on the Olympic team would have been an incredible present for Chellsie Memmel's 20th birthday.
Instead, Memmel, Alicia Sacramone and Samantha Peszek are in gymnastics limbo. Most assume the trio will be going to the Beijing Games alongside reigning world champion Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin. And national team coordinator Martha Karolyi certainly talks as if the three are on the team.
But ... they're not. Not yet, at least.
"I'm not going to lie, it was frustrating last night," Memmel said Monday, her birthday. "It is frustrating knowing how well we did and not being put on the team. This will make us go home and work even harder."
Only the top two finishers at the Olympic trials -- Johnson and Liukin -- were guaranteed places on the Beijing team. But many thought Karolyi might go a little crazy and name a few more, especially since Memmel, Sacramone and Peszek have such solid resumes.
After missing much of the last two years with a blown-out shoulder, Memmel has been the feel-good story of the team. She was third at trials, the same spot she had at the national championships two weeks ago, and actually was second to Johnson in Sunday's all-around competition. She led the United States to its first world title in 2003, and became only the third American woman to win the world all-around gold in 2005 (Johnson has since made it four).
Sacramone has been the backbone of the U.S. squad since late 2004, winning seven medals at the world championships. She's among the world's best on floor and vault. And Peszek is rock steady, a member of last year's gold-medal world team who is getting better with each meet.
"You never know for sure what is happening," Karolyi said when asked if the three are locks for the team, singling each one out for praise.
"But if it would be today that we will decide, I'd have those, and we'd just discuss the sixth spot."
Instead, the remaining four team members, along with three alternates, will be chosen July 20 after a selection camp at Karolyi's ranch outside of Houston. Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Bridget Sloan and Shayla Worley joined Memmel, Peszek and Sacramone on the selection camp training squad.
Actually, if Karolyi had her way, she wouldn't put anybody on the team now, not with seven weeks left before the Beijing Games begin. That's too much time, and Karolyi has seen too much happen to lock people in this early. Someone could get injured. Someone who's injured now could get healthy. Someone could secure a spot on the team and slack off. Someone unexpected could peak at just the right time.
"I like to select the team closer to the date because that shows their competition shape," Karolyi said.
But the rules are the rules, so Johnson and Liukin heard their names called and got showered with confetti.
Although Memmel, Sacramone and Peszek knew all along that only two would be named, there was still that little bit of hope. When USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny left the stage, though, they couldn't help but be a little deflated. This, after all, is what they've been training their entire lives for.
Back at the hotel, Memmel and Sacramone commiserated about their fates. Both 20, they are the two oldest members of the team.
"We just vented to each other," Sacramone said. "I'm like, 'I'm getting old, I just really want to know for my own personal comfort.' She's like, 'Oh, yeah.' Then we showered, put on our makeup and went out."
Although the long, drawn-out process might seem excessive to some -- or unfair to those folks who shelled out big bucks for this weekend's trials -- there are reasons behind it. Gymnastics has changed a great deal over the last decade, and it's no longer enough to take the top six finishers at trials and call them a team. Do that, and the Americans could forget about any medal, let alone the gold they're favored to win.
The scoring format in team finals requires countries to compete three gymnasts on each event -- and count all three scores. That means Karolyi must find a team that will put up three monstrous scores, and do it without a single mistake. She knows what she'll get from Memmel, Peszek and Sacramone, and has already got them in her mental lineup.
But she wants every last second to analyze the team and make sure she's got it right.
When gold is at stake, nothing less is acceptable.
"I want to see the situation in three weeks," she said. "I hope it will be the same, but you never know."
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Pac-12 Player of the Year and leading scorer Allen Crabbe will forego his senior season at California and enter this summer's NBA draft.
Crabbe announced through Cal on Wednesday that he would declare for the draft, a long-expected move by the junior guard. Crabbe, the conference freshman of the year in 2011, ranks 10th on the school's career scoring list with 1,537 points in 98 games.
The 6-foot-6 Crabbe is projected to be a first-round pick in this summer's draft after leading Cal to a surprising second-place finish in the Pac-12 and an NCAA tournament berth.
"It has been a dream of mine to play at the next level for a long time and I feel deep down in my heart this is the right decision," Crabbe said in a statement released by the school. "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Cal and learned a lot from my coaches and teammates. I will miss a lot of people at this University both in basketball and in school. I will always be a Golden Bear at heart."
After an opening win against UNLV, 12th-seeded Cal lost to fourth-seeded Syracuse 66-60 to miss a chance at the NCAA tournament's round of 16. Crabbe was held to eight points on 3-for-9 shooting in his final game for the Golden Bears, who finished the season 21-12.
He averaged 18.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. An honorable mention All-America selection, Crabbe's 15.7 career scoring average is 12th all-time at Cal.
Coach Mike Montgomery wished Crabbe well, saying, "Allen is an exceptional player and even greater person," and praised his work ethic.
"Any time a player feels like he's ready and that he's going to be a first-round draft pick, he should go," Montgomery said in his office Wednesday. "He feels like he's ready and done everything at this level. That's just the way it is. If you can get taken in the first round and make some money, let's do it."


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9 Imaginary Surgeries All Women Would Get If They Were Real
With enough money and the right doctor, cosmetic surgery can be like wizardry. You can try to turn back the hands of time on your face, hike your tits up to an augmented chin, and have the fat sucked out of any part of your body that wobbles. The wonders of plastic surgery are truly amazing. Somehow, more awe-inducing than current flesh-sculpting surgical capabilities is the number of people willing to undergo elective procedures.
Regardless of how miraculous modern medicine can be, it's a damn shame that we feel the need to undergo a series of injections, cuts, stitches and potential infections all in the name of an oppressive beauty standard. There's no shame in going under the knife– buckling under societal pressure is not the fault of the victim, but it's still wildly disappointing to know that women are routinely rewarded for opting to have unnecessary medical procedures on their faces and asses.
Though there are surgeries you can actually get in the real world that seem strange enough to be the stuff of science fiction, it's not difficult to imagine the kinds of procedures women would endure if they were possible.
Here are 9 totally unnecessary imaginary surgeries women would totally tolerate:
- Muffintopectamy- No longer will you have to worry about buying clothes you feel flatter you after you have a doctor mold your body to be a more aesthetically appealing shape! This procedure involves a surgeon taking an actual human sized cookie cutter to your figure.
- Pooperplasty- Never worry about pooping in public or at your lover's house again. Even farting is out of the picture after pooperplasty. This is the ultimate surgery for the woman with dainty aspirations.
- Complete Victoria's Secret Angelfication- Full body liposuction, limb lengthening, hair extensions and angel wing attachment will turn a plain Jane into a runway ready lingerie models.
- Barbie Foot Heel Resurfacing- It's pretty simple–a surgeon will break your feet and reshape them to look more like doll feet. Your feet will only hurt if you try to walk without 4″ plus heels. Do it for your Louboutin and Jimmy Choo's.
- Permaspanx- Not only do you get the slimming and smoothing effect of constant spanx, but you'll feel the comforting tight squeeze on your organs all the time. Forever.
- Total Body Hair Removal- You'll be smooth everywhere from your upper lip to your taint. Results are like waxing and laser hair removal, but you only have to do it one time. There's no way to reverse it and start growing hair again, even if you want your pubes back when styles change.
- Perfect Outfit Full Body Tattoo- Find an outfit that looks good and you'll never have to take it off. One major plus is that it's washable, one major drawback is that you can never ever change your clothes.
- Willful Clitoral Augmentation- This procedure will allow you to turn your clitoris into a penis at will. You can use your penis to deter rape culture and instills an disproportionate sense of power within.
- Body Satisfaction Lobotomy AKA Self Esteem Lift- So we won't feel the need to undergo dangerous and expensive surgeries.
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Ben Johnson says he was raised to never quit.
"When I'm involved in something, I always want to do it to the best of my ability," said Johnson, a McKinney High School senior. "Not necessarily to win, but to be the best that I can."
And over the last four years, his teachers have taken note.
Johnson, 18, has received the district's Distinguished Student Award, is a member of the National Honor Society, is an AP Scholar with Distinction and was named McKinney High School's Best All Around Male Student two years in a row.
This year, the school began its MHS Golden Ambassador program, selecting students to serve as the "face of McKinney High School," school office manager Jennifer Duke said, to assist with events on campus.
Teachers nominated students based on participation in groups and organizations as well as displaying qualities like a positive attitude, good attendance and the ability to speak in front of others, Duke said.
Joshua Helms, Johnson's sophomore year AP World History teacher, said Johnson is outgoing, popular among any crowd and someone who possesses "phenomenal leadership skills."
"He's not afraid to jump in and start leading people," said Helms, who has stayed connected with Johnson through MHS Club 24:12, a student organization with the goal of bringing more awareness to world poverty and social injustice locally. Johnson is a club co-president and Helms serves as the staff sponsor.
Through fundraisers and events, the organization is currently sponsoring an Ethiopian child to attend boarding school.
Johnson has returned to Helms' class over the past two years to tutor his current students.
"He's very giving of his time," Helms said.
Johnson has also served as an editor of the school's online news site, Manestreamnews.com, and as an editor for the award-winning Lion yearbook.
"This year, without question, our book has the best writing it has ever had," Lori Oglesbee, MHS yearbook and online news site adviser, said in an email. "That is a direct reflection on Ben as a copy editor and the leadership he provided.
"Ben considered writing a craft and he embraced the idea of honing that craft," Oglesbee said. "His love of that craft inspired devotion from the staff. They sought his feedback and worked under his guidance to make their own writing better."
In addition to his academic pursuits, Johnson is also musically inclined. He plays alto saxophone in the band and served as this year's band president and one of three drum majors.
He also plays piano and has been the keyboardist at the First United Methodist Church of McKinney's Youth Praise Band since seventh grade and a part-time keyboardist for the adult praise team for the last two years.
Johnson says his involvement over the past four years has been motivated by one simple fact: he enjoys challenging himself.
"I've always just tried to do the best that I can because it's fun for me to do well and learn new awesome things," he said. "I'm not competitive with other people but I like beating myself."
He's looking forward to a move to College Station in the fall, where he'll attend the Business Honors program at Texas A&M University. He is considering a focus on marketing or consulting and maybe a minor in economics.
"I'm excited to meet new people and have new opportunities and to get on with my life."
Allen/Frisco/McKinney editor Eden Stiffman can be reached at 214-977-8486.


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With the recent run on bitcoins, some skeptics are now claiming that you can't really buy anything with them.
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Although most folks I know are looking to trade the digital currency right now, there are also plenty of other innovative types actively buying and selling all kinds of things with bitcoins. There's even a few bitcoin auction sites, where, for the right bitcoin price, you can buy or sell everything from a classic 1962 Ford Thunderbird to a rental property in Oregon.
For those looking to fully embrace the bitcoin movement, here are a couple of online bitcoin stores I found:
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This morning, America's Got Talent judge/entertainer Howie Mandel called in to talk about the new episode of his show Mobbed airing tonight on Fox, plus give us a few updates on the upcoming season of AGT that will feature the debut of Howard Stern at the judge's table!
Howie is the host of the new flash mob-style show on Fox called Mobbed, where he helps participants tell their secrets to friends and family using a flash mob.
"It's like 'Glee' meets 'Punk'd'," explains Howie. "If you have a secret that you want to share with somebody, we take them to a place unbeknownst to them and through the use of a flash mob with a thousand strangers dancing, that's how we tell them the secrets."
In addition to his new Fox show, Howie is also gearing up for the return of America's Got Talent that will feature a new face at the judge's table. Shock jock Howard Stern is taking over for Piers Morgan and Howie is excited for another 'Howard' to join the show!
You can watch Howie on his new episode of Mobbed airing tonight at 9 on Fox (and catch last week's episode at 8), plus catch him on the all new season of AGT coming soon! Listen to our full interview with Howie to hear more from the hilarious entertainer!


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Siebel Briefings Administration Guide > Configuring Siebel Briefings >
Setting Up Drill-Down Destinations
Siebel Briefings allows users to drill-down on hyperlinks in Siebel Briefings views (My Briefing, Account Briefing, Competitor Briefing, and Company Briefing) to navigate to other views. For example, a user reviewing his or her opportunities listed on the My Briefing page can click the name of the opportunity and navigate to the Opportunity view.
To enable this behavior, a Siebel Briefings-specific screen contains all views that are drill-down destinations from any Siebel Briefings applet. This is a hidden screen that is not exposed to users.
If you add or modify applets to Siebel Briefings views, and you want users to be able to drill-down from the applet to another view, you must include the destination view on this screen. The name of the screen is SI Drilldown Destinations Screen. See Using Siebel Tools and Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using for information on how to include the destination view to the Briefings screen.
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An X-Games X-clusive with Rod Johnson and Barbie Waters
Hello, and welcome to the 1998 editorial coverage of E$PN's Summer X-Games. I'm Rod Johnson.
And I'm Barbie Waters.
Together we'll take you through the X-citing events in today's X-treme shredfest. I'm here live atop Mount Dew in sunny San Diego overlooking fabulous Mission Bay, and Barb is standing by inside our cozy faux-log cabin/television studio. How are things looking from there, Barb?
Well, Rod, the action here has been X-hilerating so far, and who knew this chair made from skate decks would be so comfortable? I'd go so far as to call it PHat, with a capital PH.
Hah-hah. That's X-actly what I was going to say about the competition, Barb. These young athletes are primed, flexed, and ready to shred the gnar.
Shred the gnar? What's that, Rod?
Sounds like it's time for an X-pression X-plained¿, where our staff of researchers post the wide-screen with catchy snowboard jargon. "Shred the gnar" means to get radical on a snowboard.
But before we get to the raw-jock action, let's snap into a Slim Jim and break for a commercial.
This line of type was brought to you by our sponsors: The United States Marine Corps, and anyone else with tons of cash.
Okay, we're back. Hold onto your Lazy-boys, America, because the women's finals are about to begin!
That's right, Rod, and at the top of the scaffolding is Tina Basich from Sacramento, California. Ooh, a 720 corkscrew. The judges have to be happy with that.
Wow, that's X-traordinary, Barb. This is the best snowboarding money can buy …
Exciting it was: 520 tons of man-made snow covering a towering scaffolding the height of the Statue of Liberty with over 11,000 people below watching eighteen snowboarders transform themselves into stuntmen and women. And that's exactly what transpired-a stunt show. They might as well have been jumping over school buses.
Eighteen twenty-ton trucks from a local San Diego ice company stormed the beaches of Mission Bay, California carrying 133 coffin-sized blocks of ice. First they ran the ice through the chippers, then the snow was distributed via hoses, and the result was better than anyone could have predicted-real snow in San Diego in June. (Well, as real as man can make, anyway.)
But back to the show.
Ten-grand was at stake for the twelve men, which came down to a four-way jump-off in the finals between Kevin Jones' frontside spins, Ben Hinkley's double frontflips, Jim Rippey's Rippey flip (a 360 with a backflip), and Jason Borgstede's big backflip tailgrabs. It was anyone's contest. But soon the battleground narrowed to Jones and Hinkley. No stunts were as confident and clean as Hinkley's large double front, which he stomped, waving his six guns all the way to the grassy runout. Only the judges were not fooled by the crowd's overwhelming roars-they scored Jones higher for his frontside 900 landed fakie, a more technical trick. "I was just stoked to see that he got out of his room," joked Jones of Hinkley's performance (until recently Jones, Hinkley, and Rippey were all roommates). The Truckee trio finished one, two, and three, respectively.
What's Jones gonna do with the 10,000 dollars?
"I'm gonna pay all my credit cards off," he said, smiling, covering up the pain of a pre-X-isting back injury like a true champion.
For the women's medal round, it came down to Janet Matthews, Tina Basich, and Tina Dixon, who even without a "jump off" were equally impressive. Janet Matthews, easily the crowd favorite with her big backflips, either went for the double or over-rotated-nobody's sure which because she blew up. She did land smooth and large on her last attempt for the judges, earning a gold medal. And then there was Tina Basich, who attempted for her first time anywhere, a 720 corkscrew that put her in second behind Matthews-Basich has never been so inverted. Big, controlled frontside-three tailgrabs showed Salt Lake's Tina Dixon third placee.
It was just another one of those kicker contests at the beach.
No big deal. Here one day, film at eleven. And still the mention of E$PN starts the average snowboarder whining. Well listen up one last time real good now: nobody owns snowboarding. E$PN doesn't … but that network sure is renting it at the moment. But let's face it: it's never gonna be the same as a spontaneous session with friends. E$PN will never recreate first turns in fresh snow-they'll never dream about pillow lines, or grasp the lifestyle, the desire, or even the sport as a whole. Next week those same cameramen will be in Hawaii filming windsurfing, or maybe in Indiana covering NASCAR.
So E$PN is goofy? Who really cares?
These E$PN junkets field wider coverage for these riders in a five-minute television segment than they receive all year. It's not real snowboarding-hey, it's not really snow. It's just a good time for a big crowd on a Saturday in San Diego.


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Ginobili ends slump; Spurs sweep Jazz
Ginobili was 0 for 8 from beyond the arc in the first three games. But after Utah pulled within 61-58 with 3:18 left in the third, he hit consecutive 3-pointers then added another as the Spurs regained control, taking a 76-58 lead early in the fourth.
The Jazz went scoreless for more than 8 minutes during a 15-0 Spurs run. Utah made a furious charge late and was within 83-79 on Al Jefferson�s putback with 49 seconds left.
But Ginobili�s fastbreak layup after a steal by Tony Parker sealed it.
Utah�s Big 3 lineup with Derrick Favors at power forward kept the Jazz close, but San Antonio�s bench made the difference, outscoring the Jazz�s reserves 47-10.
Top-seeded San Antonio advanced to the second round and awaits the winner of the Memphis-Los Angeles Clippers series, which may not be settled until Sunday.
The Spurs are on a 14-game winning streak and looking to make amends for a first-round upset by Memphis last year.
The Jazz have lost eight straight playoff games as they were swept by the Lakers in the second round two years ago. It was only the second first-round sweep in Jazz history, the other coming in 1989.
The young, inexperienced Jazz put up a fight at the end, but it was too little too late.
The Spurs won Game 1 by 15 points, Game 2 by 31 and Game 3 by 12, relying on MVP candidate Parker and the deepest bench in the league.
With Parker scoring 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting Monday, and Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green struggling offensively, the Spurs bench picked up the slack.
�We�ve been a deeper team this year than we usually are and it sure came in handy tonight,� Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
Ginobili, who missed 32 games because of injury in the regular season, shot just 6 of 26 in the first three games but came up big when the Spurs needed him most.
Tim Duncan added 11 points and was the only other starter in double figures for the Spurs.
Stephen Jackson added 11 points and Tiago Splitter had 10 for the Spurs.
Jefferson led Utah with 26 points on 13-of-19 shooting, and had 10 rebounds.
Devin Harris added 19 points but shot just 6 of 17. Favors, making his first postseason start, added 16 points and blocked shots by Parker and Splitter.
Gordon Hayward, who finished the regular season strong, shooting .507 from the field and 49 percent from 3-point range over the final 13 games, went 0 for 7 overall on Monday.
Utah�s first two players off the bench, Alec Burks and Josh Howard, were a combined 0 for 10 from the field.
Before the game Jefferson conceded that the Spurs simply were the better team, and the best in the NBA.
On Monday they showed why.
Still, the Jazz made a game of it after trailing by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter.
�Some people thought it was over and the Jazz ran it right at us,� Popovich said. �They don�t quit. They are a class team and a class organization and (coach) Ty (Corbin) is continuing that.�
The Spurs are seeking their fifth NBA title, having won in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007, going through the Jazz for the last of the championships.
San Antonio has won the last two playoff series with Utah after losing three during the 1990s when the Jazz had a different Big 3 with coach Jerry Sloan, Karl Malone and John Stockton.
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From: "robbie williams" <>
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] HO(L)MES ar Coleraine--early 1700s
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:26:14 +0000
The earliest surviving Church Registers for Coleraine are St Patricks Church
of Ireland
as follows:
Baptisms, 1769-1873; baptisms in Coleraine workhouse,
1842-78; marriages, 1769-1845; burials, 1769-1882;
vestry minutes, 1769-1816; communicants, 1818-37;
>From: "Linda Merle" <>
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>Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] HO(L)MES ar Coleraine--early 1700s
>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:27:26 -0800
>Hi Charles,
>You asked:
> >Is there anything at Coleraine in the early 1700s that might be of help,
>such as marriages or parents of the brothers?
>No! Haven't you heard that it's impossible to trace people before 1820 in
>Ireland <grin>? There's rarely any church records before that date, but
>you always check in a very wide circle for Church of Ireland or anything
>else you can find.
>There's a lot of stuff available, especially that names Protestants. These
>are usually lists. In case you think they are a no brainer, there was a
>lecture taught a few years ago at a conference I attended on how to get the
>most out of lists, like freeholder lists.
>The fairly easy to get stuff is listed in Ryan "Irish Records", a book.
>Surfing will also turn up stuff or start at genuki: www.genuki.org.uk .
>Nothing of whats available lists everyone.
>There'a also local history. Local history, local history. It's very very
>Most likely you'll need to find out where they came from in the USA.
>There's lots of New England church records, family research, and such. It
>tends to be difficult for people to find because they haven't stopped to
>read about New England Research. It's by TOWN, not COUNTY. It's also on CD
>and published in books for the largest part.
>Be sure to check the www.newenglandancestors.org website which has some
>manuscripts from the Avery collection on line -- though you must be a
>member to view them, I think.
>Check out our website for more how to info:
>http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~merle .
>Best of luck as well,
>Linda Merle
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 15:54:07 -0500 (EST)
> >Bolton's book "Scotch-Irish Pioneers" mentions brothers Thomas HOMES and
>brother John HOMES from Coleraine. Thomas died at Dracut, Mass. 1726 and
> >John was living at Boston same time frame.
> >
> >I believe one of these brothers is my ancestor and am having a terrible
>time tracing them. Is anyone else researching this family?
> >
> >Is there anything at Coleraine in the early 1700s that might be of help,
> >such as marriages or parents of the brothers?
> >
> >thanks, Charles
> >
> >
> >
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get an idea of the kind of work that we have done. Information can be
found below on best practices and lessons learned from our Tanzania
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In addition to training responsibilities, Community Training Program participants may have opportunity to help assess and evaluate the effectiveness of GSC's community training. Short- and long-term volunteers and interns are provided opportunities (although not required) to take on an additional volunteer project in their extra time. These projects may include working with a local orphanage, supporting home-based care projects by building and distributing sack gardens for families affected by HIV/AIDS, and when appropriate, assisting GSC's Community Development Program with on-going development projects with local organizations.


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But of course there were snacks, so here we go:
1. potato chips -- that should be enough in and of itself. Back in the day there were no flavors. They were just potato chips. But . . .
2. Pringles -- my maternal grandparents had Pringles, more than just potato chips. Stacking and duck lips were involved here.
3. Potato sticks (are you sensing a them here?) -- my paternal grandmother provided these. Matchstick fried potatoes that it was simpler to pour directly into my mouth than try to pick up.
4. Krispy Kreme Crullers -- there for awhile my mom would bring home a box of these each week from the grocery store. We ate them after our frozen pizza or Little Caesar's and drank grape juice with them. Pardon me while I go take an antacid.
5. Grapes -- interestingly these game home on the same day as #4 and were devoured in the same afternoon.
6. M&Ms or Three Musketeers -- my great-great aunt and uncle provided one or the other of these every time we visited their house. Three Musketeers still make me think of Auntie and Uncle Horace.
7. homemade shortbread cookies -- my mom didn't bake cookies often, but usually around Thanksgiving we'd get a couple batches of these. She had cookie cutters shaped like pilgrims -- a man and a woman we dubbed Horace and Eudalia.
8. Kraft Garlic Cheese Roll with Vienna Sausages and Keebler Clubhouse crackers -- this was actually more of a lunch thing with my maternal grandfather. The salt and preservatives alone should keep me alive for at least 100 years. Did I mention we drank Kick along with this smorgasbord?
9. popcorn -- my great-grandmother would walk us down to the convenience store and get us popcorn they popped in the store and an RC Cola.
10. homemade graham cracker pie crust -- yes, you read that correctly. My mother would mix up crushed graham crackers, sugar, and melted butter in a bowl, hand me a spoon, and that was my after school snack. Now as a kid I was not complaining, but as a parent I think, "What was she thinking!?!?!"
So there you go. Ten snacks I remember from my childhood. Is it any wonder I've turned into a bit of a Nazi when it comes to processed foods?
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Hopefully these two trailers are new - they are to me, at any rate. 1Up has a magic trailer, which shows off a montage of quick glimpses of combat and a "dialogue" trailer, which doesn't really show much dialogue but rather two short snips of humorous party banter.
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Knackers in Stockholm
Warning to Lock up and steer clear
2.Feb.2012, 11:57 PM
Post #61
Location: Dalarna
Joined: 5.Apr.2006
Interesting read, regarding travelers / gypsies and Sweden.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16844617
I remember some cases a few years ago during the building boom around 2006-2008 where some of these guys had to be taken into police care here as they were found destitute and with no food having not been paid - the police sounded quite sorry for the,but there was little that could be done as the work in Sweden was illegal and the gangmasters were long gone
3.Feb.2012, 10:11 AM
Post #62
Location: Sweden
Joined: 12.Sep.2011
They have been making an appearance up North the past few Summers. Usual fare of calling house to house offering to redo driveways and kerbs etc..
There was a warning in our local paper last September about them and the scams they pull.Their reputation is known!
3.Feb.2012, 01:16 PM
Post #63
Location: Skåne
Joined: 14.Apr.2009
Would you have a link to that newspaper article, please.
I am trying to get into someone's head back in Ireland the damage those idiots are causing.
3.Feb.2012, 01:39 PM
Post #64
Location: Sweden
Joined: 12.Sep.2011
I think you need to become a member on the site before you can search historical articles..
3.Feb.2012, 03:02 PM
Post #65
Location: Skåne
Joined: 14.Apr.2009
Nothing is showing up on a search of the site.
Would you have a headline so I can find which story?
6.Apr.2012, 05:14 PM
Post #66
Joined: 6.Apr.2012
I saw a load of them camped in Östersund this morning, Cork and British reg caravans, 4 x 4s, camper vans and ford transits.
Bit chilly still for holiday making, according to the local paper there has been a number of break ins in the area lately.
Didn´t think they would venture this far north.
6.Apr.2012, 11:51 PM
Post #67
Joined: 21.Dec.2006
Would you have a link to that newspaper article, please.. I am trying to get into someone's head back in Ireland the damage those idiots are causing.
Wow! Times have changed!
My late Wife and her family had a lot of tales to tell about the "tinkers" and their misdeeds.
There were a few songs then (1960's) about them as well.
Farmers could not remove them from their property...and those that tried were sorry for their efforts.
Yes, things change and have to be relearned...too bad!
8.Apr.2012, 04:18 PM
Post #68
Location: Ireland
Joined: 14.Mar.2012
My Grandfather or Farfar had a great saying in Ireland.
A knacker should get a kick in the arse everytime one passes by you because they are either coming from trouble or going to it.
My personal point of view is that if their English or Irish it doesn't matter, they are all scum and should be neutered at birth. They have no respect for anyone or anything. A big dog that barks and makes plenty of noise is a good deterrent.
Do not entertain them at your door, tell them to get off your property or you will shoot them.
We're allowed to do it here now shoot them that is
8.Apr.2012, 04:43 PM
Post #69
Joined: 4.Nov.2007
I saw a load of them camped in Östersund this morning, Cork and British reg caravans, 4 x 4s, camper vans and ford transits. Bit chilly still for holiday making, according to ... (show full quote)
I saw a load of them camped in Östersund this morning, Cork and British reg caravans, 4 x 4s, camper vans and ford transits.
Bit chilly still for holiday making, according to the local paper there has been a number of break ins in the area lately.
Didn´t think they would venture this far north. ... (hide full quote)
bastards were on my farm last year, 110k north of östersund, left quite quick though , let the dog rip and loosed the 12 gauge in the air, now they just think there is a nutter livivng on the farm!!!
8.Apr.2012, 07:27 PM
Post #70
Joined: 21.Dec.2006
It's amazing the respect you get, when people think you're crazy!
8.Apr.2012, 08:12 PM
Post #71
Joined: 4.Nov.2007
oh yes it is!!
9.Apr.2012, 01:19 AM
Post #72
Joined: 21.Dec.2006
Spread the word!
9.Apr.2012, 07:07 AM
Post #73
Joined: 6.Apr.2012
I´ve been telling who I know, trying to explain just how these folk make a living and the lack of respect they have for others and laws and such.
I am not sure some of the Swedes understand just how bad Tinkers can be...but if they encounter them once then they will. Sweden must be like the land of milk and honey for them.
Does anyone have any idea how they get all the stuff they rob back past customs, or is it sold long before they reach borders?
And isn´t it the case the buyer can be charged in Sweden if it turns out he/she has bought stolen goods, can´t help the sales pitch of the travellers that one?
13.Jan.2013, 10:24 AM
Post #74
Location: Skåne
Joined: 1.Oct.2005
Irish Traveller gang linked to audacious Norway art heist
AN Irish Traveller gang has been linked to an audacious art theft from a museum in Norway last weekend.
Two thieves broke into the Museum of Decorative Arts in Bergen early last Saturday morning and escaped with a valuable haul of Chinese artifacts.
The thieves were caught on security camera, wearing head-lights and using crowbars to smash the glass cases in which the treasures were displayed.
Norwegian police suspect the same gang of Irish Travellers who have already been linked by Europol to a string of robberies, money laundering, and counterfeit goods.
Gardai expect a formal request for Irish assistance from Norwegian police to follow, according to sources.
The gang is suspected of carrying out a string of robberies from small galleries and museums in provincial cities and towns across the UK and on the Continent. There have been robberies in Belgium, France and Germany.
Europol, the international police agency, issued a statement last year claiming that the gang operated as part of a criminal network that spanned America, Europe and China. The group, known as the Rathkeale Rovers, has been linked to the illegal trade in rhino horns which can fetch up to €200,000. They are believed to have stolen horns from a natural history museum in Brussels and from a collection in a small town in western France last year.
The Criminal Assets Bureau is investigating the finances of some of the principal gang members. However, many of them are resident abroad, beyond the reach of the bureau's asset-seizing powers.
The haul of artifacts stolen from the museum in Bergen included Chinese objets d'art in jade, porcelain, bronze and paper.
A director of the museum, quoted in a local newspaper, said that the thieves were professional, knew what they were after, and were most likely hired to carry out the theft to order. Some of the pieces are more than 4,000 years old.
13.Jan.2013, 01:28 PM
Post #75
Joined: 16.Mar.2012
Unfortunately the Swedish police (and other non UK/Ireland Police Forces) are only just catching on to the various operations that are run by Irish Travellers. They tend to be regular visitors in summer time to a camp site near us, although we've not had any direct problems, others have some issues with various aspects of anti-social behaviour (dogs running wild, kids let unsupervised to defecate in the street/neighbours garden). A lot of them are running operations via, prima facie, legitimate Swedish/Norwegian firms with proper business cards/flyers and addresses in Sweden. I am aware of one such operation that is purportedly run from Falkoping.
Far worse are the Bulgarian/Romania berry pickers who are very poor (presumably trafficked/lured to Sweden on the promise of untold riches) and therefore spend most days and evenings looking through household and public waste bins. I think this problem may come to a head when Bulgaria and Romania get full EU membership in 12 months time. That said, it will be a much larger problem in the UK.


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Fence Going Up Around Hannibal Post Office and Federal Building
If you've driven by the Hannibal Post Office today, you have probably noticed the large chain link fence that is being installed around the Hannibal Federal Building, Courthouse and Post Office.
David Myers is the Building Maintenance Supervisor. He says that the reason for the fence is public safety.
It's a safety fence, not a security fence that's being put up for per-construction, to keep people from a chance of possibly falling brick from around the building. There's an issue with the brick facade on the building. It's been addressed as far as how to fix it, so this is a safety thing to keep people safe.
Myers says that the main inconvenience from the construction project will regard parking for the post office.
The parking's going to be bad, the entrances aren't good, but it's the best we can do for the situation that we're in with the construction.
Unfortunately, according to Myers, the fencing will be in place for quite some time before construction begins.
This could be quite an ordeal for several months.
KHMO News also spoke with Bob Baker, Hannibal Postmaster:
This is going to be an inconvenience, for sure. But what we all have to remember is it's for the safety of the customers and the employees here. All we can do is ask people's patience. The side parking lot to the west is going to be cornered off so that people won't have access to that. However, I think with that we will gain a couple parking spots where the driveway used to be, and people should be able to park there up to the curb. As far as the parking situation, I don't know that it's going to be as bad as it first seems. Maybe some difficulty moving in and out.
Baker says that the closing of the parking lot also has other ramifications, beyond just the parking situation.
Probably the biggest obstacle we see is having to move the drive up collection boxes that were in our driveway. They had to be moved out to the street. You won't be able to access it from the driver's side as you were before.
Baker points out that even with the construction and fencing projects, post office hours will not disrupted.


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Unfortunately that's not the case with the heat. He's taking those jumpers all year and he's pretty good at it. It creates room on the inside for Lebron and Wade.
Yes, but a lot of his jumpers have just been in iso situations so far. I'll take those. It's a lot more dangerous when he starts hitting them off the screen and roll with LeBron or Wade.
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FRISCO, Texas – The FC Dallas Reserves used two early first-half goals to defeat the Sporting Kansas City Reserves 2-1 Wednesday morning on the adidas Field at Pizza Hut Park.
FC Dallas' (5-4-0, 15 points) first goal was scored in the 11th minute by Home Grown player Ruben Luna, who now leads the MLS Reserve League with six goals on the season. Bobby Warshaw added a second goal in the 16th minute to extend the lead to two goals before Nick Cardenas scored the lone goal for Kansas City (3-3-2, 11 points) in the 30th minute.
Kansas City was on the attack early and had the game's first scoring opportunity in the sixth minute. Midfielder Scott Lorenz fielded a long ball on the left wing, cut across the Dallas defense and dropped the ball for forward Soony Saad, whose low one-timer went wide of the left post.
In the 11th minute, Dallas capitalized on their first opportunity of the match. After intercepting a failed clearance on the left side, midfielder Bryan Leyva played a curling cross to the back post for Luna. The forward's high header beat goalkeeper Eric Kronberg, giving Luna his third goal in the last three games.
In the following minutes, FC Dallas gained the better of possession and struck again in the 16th minute. Warshaw took possession of the ball at midfield, dribbled through the middle of the Kansas City defense and took a left-footed shot from 25-yards out to beat the diving Kronberg.
Kansas City came close to scoring in the 30th minute. After fielding a long pass from midfield, Lorenz got in alone with Lambo, who challenged Lorenz at the top of the box. Lorenz's chip shot beat the charging 'keeper, but FC Dallas defender Jack Stewart swept in to clear the ball off the line. On the ensuing corner, Milos Stojcev played a curling ball to the back post for Cardenas, who rose high above a challenging Josh Lambo to head the ball into the back of the net and cut the deficit to 2-1.
FC Dallas nearly built on their lead in the second half. On the counterattack and with numbers, Maykel Galindo played a leading ball to Luna at the 18-yard line in the 51st minute. Luna's low drive toward the back post was handled with ease by a sliding Kronberg.
Another opportunity came in the 59th minute, as Victor Ulloa played a wide ball to the left side of the box to Luna. From a tough angle, Luna fired a hard shot right at Kronberg, whose deflection landed at the feet of FC Dallas midfielder Bruno Guarda. Guarda's one-time volley from 15 yards out found the chest of Kronberg, ending the threat.
Looking for the equalizer, Kansas City applied pressure to the Dallas defense for the remainder of the match. In the 72nd minute, Stojcev played a sinking cross from the right side to the far post. Lorenz's left-footed volley was denied by goalkeeper Chris Seitz, who dove to his right for the save.
Another scoring opportunity came for Kansas City in the 80th minute. With possession inside of the box, Lorenz played a ball across the box to Saad, who found himself unmarked and 15-yards from goal. The forward settled the ball before unleashing a left-footed attempt which went wide left.
In the final seconds of the game, Seitz punched a dangerous cross away from a crowd of bodies to end the game.
Scoring Summary:
DAL –Ruben Luna (Bryan Leyva) 11
DAL –Bobby Warshaw (unassisted) 16
KC – Nick Cardenas (Milos Stojcev) 30
Misconduct Summary:
DAL – Moises Hernandez (caution; reckless challenge) 48
DAL – Bruno Guarda (caution; unsporting behavior) 53
Sporting Kansas City Reserves– Eric Kronberg, Korede Aiyegbusi, Lawrence Olum, Nick Cardenas, Kevin Ellis, Craig Rocastle, Birahim Diop (John Sosa 70), Milos Stojcev, Scott Lorenz, Michael Harrington (J. Scanella 62), Soony Saad.
Substitutes Not Used: Jon Kempin
FC Dallas Reserves – Josh Lambo (Chris Seitz 46), Moises Hernandez (Michael Ambrose* 88), Jack Stewart, Leone Cruz**, Christian Ibeaga**, Victor Ulloa, Bobby Warshaw, Bruno Guarda, Bryan Leyva (Daniel Garcia* 80), Maykel Galindo (Jonathan Top 64), Ruben Luna (Alberto Rodriguez 83).
Substitutes Not Used: Richard Sanchez, Mark Ashby*
* = FC Dallas Academy players
**= Denotes trial players Weather: Partly Cloudy, 63 degrees


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WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel all came out of the G20 conference in London as big winners. The developing world at least has some cause for hope. The only losers were the countries that deserved to be -- Switzerland, Costa Rica and the other tax havens for criminal operations and shady financial organizations around the world.
There have been exaggerated claims and criticisms for the Group of 20 major nations economic summit that was called to fight the global economic crisis. It most certainly did not start any "new world order" in the global financial system, as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France both claimed.
The grandiloquent Brown, in fact, is fast becoming the Walter Mitty of global finance. Every couple of months he announces new plans or proposals that his admirers claim have solved the economic crisis -- but they never do.
Sarkozy and his main ally, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, did not risk confronting the United States head-on at the summit, as they had threatened to do. They got their way in blocking U.S. President Obama's demand for yet another $1 trillion-plus global economic stimulus plan to pump demand back into the world system. However, Sarkozy and Merkel did agree to pump $1 trillion in funds from the major national governments into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to boost world trade.
It remains to be seen if that will do any good. The World Bank's general record has been very poor over the decades. And none of Obama's trillion-dollar nostrums have worked so far.
The U.S. new jobless figures released Friday for March were at 663,000. It was the fourth month in a row that the number of people cast out of work has been above 650,000. More than 2.6 million Americans have now lost their jobs since Obama won the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4. He didn't cause the economic crisis he inherited from his predecessor, President George W. Bush. But so far it has only gotten far worse rather than better during his first 100 days in office.
In the short term at least, however, Obama came out of the G20 conference as a significant winner. He agreed to Sarkozy and Merkel's demands to put pressure on nations that have long prospered as tax havens to reveal at last full details of the fortunes hidden away in their vaults and accounting records. Switzerland, Costa Rica, the Cayman Islands, Lichtenstein and many other such havens will now have to come clean or face the genuine fury of the United States and the 27 EU nations combined.
The dollar did not come under any direct attack at the London summit, although the recent soft-spoken warnings about pulling out of it by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan will not go away magically. That threat is still there.
But Obama proved a skillful negotiator in London at averting a head-on clash between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Sarkozy of France on the tax-havens issue. He came out of his first major diplomatic test with his stature enhanced rather than diminished. It remains to be seen how President Hu of China and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia sized up the new American president.
Obama wants to rein in the excesses of the U.S. banking system, so agreeing with France and Germany to open up the hidden tax havens around the world was a natural concession for him to make. In return, he and Brown got $1 trillion pumped into the World Bank and the IMF.
The summit also contained a sop for the suffering nations of the developing world: They were promised $250 billion in stimulus aid over the next two years. This is in fact a lot less than it looks. First, in these pre- and proto-inflationary times, even $250 billion isn't what it used to be, especially when it's spread around nations with around 2 billion people in them.
Second, the money hasn't been given yet, and such pledges to the developing world usually trickle down in far slower and smaller amounts than as they are originally and proudly promised.
Third, if the Obama-Brown grand stimulus plan doesn't work, all the credit packages in the world won't prevent the poor, developing economies from getting sucked down the black hole with all the rich ones.
As we have previously noted in these columns, the greatest danger facing the world is not the collapse of demand or lack of liquidity, but far too much artificial liquidity being pumped into the U.S. and global economic systems, setting off a potential world-encircling plague of hyperinflation. By committing to the printing of at least $1.1 trillion in more theoretical banknotes, the G20 may have brought that catastrophe dangerously closer rather than banishing it.
In the short term at least, however, global investors and markets reacted favorably to the decisions made in London and, for both better and worse, they were not negligible. No new world economic order or world government was crafted in the London conference. How effective its conclusions will be in restoring prosperity and stability to the world has yet to be seen.


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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - Osceola County Sheriff's detectives arrested six people Tuesday for their involvement in an armed robbery and kidnapping.
Deputies spoke with Lindsey Saucedo and Rosa DeJesus, on September 29 at 5000 Old Tampa Highway in Kissimmee. The two women described that their male friend had agreed to drive two men, Stephen Batista and Rederick Rodriguez, to an unknown location. The women claimed that while driving, Batista displayed a firearm and a knife and demanded money from the victim.
The two women claimed Batista put a knife to one of the women's throat and the other was choked. The victim's car ran out of gas and pulled over on the side of the road near Old Tampa Highway and South Orange Blossom Trail, according to the report.
The victim says they all were then picked up by two of the suspects' friends, Crystal Gonzalez and Abraham Buil, who drove the suspects and the victim to two local banks and forced the victim to withdraw money before leaving him on McClaren Circle. The suspects took the victim's personal items and clothing before releasing him.
He then walked to WaWa located at 2499 North Orange Blossom Trail and reported the incident to law enforcement.
The victim's statement revealed that the two women, Saucedo and DeJesus, lied to investigators and were both involved in the crime, not victims as they had claimed.
Investigators then located the two women, who implicated the other four suspects, and the four were located and arrested for armed robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping. Saucedo and DeJesus were also charged with filing a false statement to law enforcement.
All six suspects were booked into the Osceola County Jail.
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