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EMC filters offer low leakage current for medical applications
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Munich, Germany EPCOS has expanded its SIFI-F (B84111FM) series with the launch of 2-line filters for medical applications. The EMC filters offer all the advantages of the standard SIFI-F version, but also provide an extremely low maximum leakage current of 2 uA. With its compact dimensions, the SIFI series is suitable for medical applications such as ultrasound devices, X-ray systems, or other medical diagnostic devices where low leakage current is a critical factor.
The SIFI-F filters are also said to offer very good suppression of symmetrical and asymmetrical interference. Applications for UL, cUL and ENEC have been submitted. The SIFI-F, along with the larger SIFI-G and SIFI-H, is designed for temperatures up to +100°C.
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i believe in probability. you can be rich,poor,fall in love, many things by chance. however we have the option to change the probablity of living something. if you like to talk on art you have a better chance to talk on it if you attend art events, if you are looking for a prince than you should first be in places he may be, if you want to be a multi millioner than you better start your own company. none of our actions gurantee anything but we still able to create our own chance. that is what couchsurfing provides also you have the chance to have a unique experience that you can not in the daily routin of your life.
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i havent met a bad person yet in couchsurfing. i drink with people,go the concerts together, host many surfers. the thing some people do not understand about couchsurfing is it not only having free accomodation but to share experiences and culture. people mean me more than the museums of a city. and that is what couchsurfing provides actually.
my time has a value so i spend it with people and things that has a value.
- arts
- culture
- concerts
- drinking
- traveling
- swimming
- tourism
Music, Movies, and Books
If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed,
I'll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously,
I'll be less hygenic,
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places - I've never been,
I'll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I'll have more real problems - and less imaginary
I was one of those people who live
prudent and prolific lives -
each minute of his life,
Offcourse that I had moments of joy - but,
if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments,
If you don't know - thats what life is made of,
Don't lose the now!
I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umberella and without a parachute,
If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till
the end of autumn,
I'll ride more carts,
I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,
- and I know that I am dying ...
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i swim naked at 3500 height.
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Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United States
Countries I've Lived In
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Turkey

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Pew Research Center survey reports, demographic studies and data-driven analysis
Iran's Global Image Largely Negative
Favorable views of Iran have declined significantly in recent years in several Middle Eastern nations as worldwide views of the country remain overwhelmingly negative. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also receives poor marks in the region.
Syria's Neighbors Want Assad to Step Down, But No Appetite for Aid to Rebels
After three years of civil war, Syria's neighbors fear that al Qaeda or other extremist groups could take control of that war-torn land, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Brazil Well-Regarded in Much of the World
As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup, global views of the country are generally favorable, with especially high ratings among young people around the world.
Brazilian Discontent Ahead of World Cup
The national mood in Brazil is grim, following a year of public protests, concerns about rising prices and skepticism about the benefits of hosting the World Cup. Crime, health care and political corruption are also widely viewed as major problems.
Egyptians Divided on El-Sisi, Morsi Ouster
Slight majorities in Egypt support last year's ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi and have a positive view of his likely replacement, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
EU Image May Be Rebounding, But Frustrations Remain
After a dramatic decline in the wake of the euro crisis, EU favorability is now on the rise. But publics across Europe overwhelmingly think that their voice is not heard in Brussels, and complain that the EU is out of touch, intrusive and inefficient.
Ukrainians Want to Remain One Country
A clear majority of Ukrainians agree that their country should remain a single, unified state. Only in Crimea do more than half voice support for the right to secede.
Public Health a Major Priority in Africa
People in six African nations say building and improving hospitals and preventing and treating HIV/AIDS should be among the top public health priorities for their governments. Other priorities include improving access to drinking water and prenatal care and fighting hunger and infectious diseases.
Indians See Rape as a Major Problem
Nine-in-ten Indians agree that the crime of rape is a "very big problem" in their country and nearly three-quarters say that the laws in India are too lax when it comes to punishing cases of rape.
Americans and Germans Supportive, But Wary of Trade Deal
Americans and Germans support the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but both publics oppose many specific details of the initiative.


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Many cleaning professionals visit the International Custodial Advisers Network (ICAN) Ask the Experts page for insight and, every business day, we deliver advice to better help you perform your job.
What is the proper cleaning procedure for an elementary classroom?
I need to know where to start, exactly what needs to be done?
I also need to start a basic training program for new hires.
We clean green.
Wednesday's Answer:May I suggest that you have a daily cleaning task list, and then perhaps a once a week (such as Wednesday) "detail" or "project" list for heavier more detail cleaning.
On the daily cleaning task, the custodian should empty the trashcans and replace liners (if soiled), empty pencil sharpener, pick up litter around furniture and desks, and service the white board/trays.
On a second pass through each room, the individual should vacuum/dust mop and remove any visible spots or soil.
On the final pass, the custodian should disinfect the sinks/counters, desktops, door handle, and telephone, and then secure (light off, heat down, windows and doors locked) the room after inspecting the area.
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MENTOR -- A Lake County sheriff's captain caught a criminal while he wasn't even on the job.
Carl Dondorfer was enjoying a day at home in Mentor on Wednesday when things quickly took a turn, and he found himself in the middle of the action.
During an at-home work-out in his living room, Dondorfer's phone started ringing off the hook.
"I checked my phone, realized it was the office," Dondorfer said.
He was off duty, but the Lake County Sheriff's Office and Mentor police were chasing a thief that just shoplifted from a Kohl's near Dondorfer's house.
"Because I live in the neighborhood, he wanted me to be aware of it," Dondorfer said. "So, I said, 'Well, hold on a minute,' and I looked out my bedroom window and saw the guy right as he was running through the woods."
Then, instinct kicked in. Dondorfer called for backup, ran out of his garage, sprinted across the neighbors' yards and grabbed the suspect in the ravine.
"He just asked me what I was doing, I said, 'You're in the wrong neighborhood, and I have some friends coming to meet you,' " Dondorfer said.
The wrong neighborhood is right -- a retired cop also lives on the same block. Police showed up in a matter of minutes to arrest 20-year-old Alexander Deener, who has a record that includes drug charges and eluding a 14-month prison sentence. Now Deener is locked up in the Lake County Jail.
"It was a good team effort," Dondorfer said. "Especially in residential areas, it's nice to get those people off the streets because you don't know what's going to happen."
Dondorfer said he would do it again, even if he was off duty. Neither of them were injured, but they did get a little muddy.
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Rose Else-Mitchell has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Scholastic Education and Publisher, Global Education at newly created position.
In her new role, Else-Mitchell will oversee the creation and development of print books and technology learning products for the pre-K-12th grade market. She will also be tasked with building a global roadmap for the company's education products, collaborating with teams in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and Canada.
Rose joined Scholastic in 2001 and is credited with launching Scholastic's technology programs including READ 180 and SYSTEM 44, as well as developing iRead and MATH 180. According to her LinkedIn page, prior to joining Scholastic, Else-Mitchell served as Managing Editor: Acquisitions and Production at the Primary Teacher's Association in Australia. Before that she was a Development Officer at The Children's Book Council in Sydney, Australia.


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NPR, June 26, 2012
Starting next week, any health insurer licensed in Georgia can sell policies it offers in other states to Georgians. That includes policies that don't meet minimum standards for coverage in Georgia. They'll be OK for sale under a new state law that aims to increase competition and lower prices for health insurance in the state. But it doesn't look like Mayfield, or any other Georgian, will be able to take advantage of the new law. While its cross-state insurance provision is scheduled to go into effect next week, not one insurance company has taken the state up on its offer to sell here.


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Top Executive at EADS Quits In Dispute Over Marketing
By THOMAS CRAMPTON
Published: June 12, 2007
Jean-Paul Gut, the chief operating officer of EADS, quit Monday over what he called disagreements over policy and strategy, adding further turmoil to the company's top management one week before the Paris air show.
In the last year, EADS -- formally, the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company -- has faced harsh criticism over production delays at its flagship Airbus unit, as well as over multimillion-euro severance payments to the departing co-chief executive amid an insider-trading investigation.
Mr. Gut, 46, who worked with the company for 24 years, will be leaving on Oct. 1 because of disputes over how EADS organizes marketing and sales, he said in an interview published in the newspaper Le Figaro.
While Mr. Gut wanted to centralize those functions, together with strategy, for all of EADS's subsidiaries, its chief executives preferred to make them the responsibility of each subsidiary.
In a statement, EADS acknowledged the dispute over organizational issues, but said there was no disagreement over strategy. Marwan Lahoud, 41, who since 2003 has headed MBDA, a joint venture that makes Exocet missiles, will succeed Mr. Gut, EADS said.
Mr. Lahoud was a contender for the EADS board last year, but his nomination was blocked because his brother had been investigated in a protracted political scandal known as the Clearstream affair.
In the interview, Mr. Gut said he would receive a 2.8 million euro, or $3.7 million, severance package, but denied that it constituted a ''golden parachute.'' EADS said the severance pay of two years' salary -- a month for each year he had worked at the company -- strictly followed his employment contract.
Mr. Gut will not be restricted from working for competing organizations.
Severance payments became a political issue in France after the departure of No?Forgeard as co-chief executive of EADS. Mr. Forgeard left last year after the announcement of major production delays in the Airbus A380, and received an 8.5 million euro payoff.
The terms of his departure became public during the French presidential campaign, weeks after Airbus announced the elimination of 10,000 jobs, prompting the conservative candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, to urge limits on such payments.
Mr. Gut, who joined Matra D?nse in 1983 at 22, took part in its merger with A?spatiale and the creation of EADS. At 28, he was said to be the youngest director of sales in the global defense industry.
His departure from the company marks the end of the era of the Lagard? Boys -- four ambitious young executives groomed and promoted by Jean-Luc Lagard?, who ran Matra missiles. Only one of the four, Fabrice Br?er, managing director of Airbus, remains.
Mr. Gut said he would set up his own company to advise French businesses looking to enter markets in the Middle East, China and India.


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Owyhee Community Health Facility
Health Facility Owyhee, NV
The Owyhee Community Health Facility provides health care to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, American Indians and Alaska Natives enrolled or a descendant of a federally recognized tribe, and to individuals living on and near the reservation.
The mission of the Owyhee Community Health Facility is to promote the highest possible health of the people of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation through a quality health care system that respects cultural values and tribal sovereignty.
Vision Statement
In five years, there will be:
- A high quality Health Care System that is managed efficiently and effectively that meets the needs of the community.
- Expanded health care services.
- Equality of health care to all.
- Health care educational needs would be met.
- State of the art services for pre-hospital, hospital, and community health care.
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911 Emergency Medical Services (E.M.S.) is provided twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
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The CHR / CNAs do home visits and encourage patient follow-up with the clinic. CHR / CNAs act in the capacity of advocating for the client rights, and maintaining client's confidentiality. They act as a liaison in communicating between clients and health care providers. They interpret for clients in the Shoshone or Paiute languages when needed, assisting with home safety evaluations, assisting with community health promotion and disease prevention activities. CHR / CNAs provide local transportation and medication deliveries for those who do not have any other means of transportation. The Community Health Program assists with health fairs, spay and neuter clinics, seasonal walking programs, and child car seat training and installation. Information on diseases prevention and health promotion are displayed on the bulletin board in the clinic.
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OCHF provides the personalized care to assist with your commitment to better health for both you and your family. Exercise, eating right and regular visits to your physician are proven ways to help fight disease and maintain good health. Our highly skilled family medicine physicians have extensive experience in the care of infants, children, adolescents, and elderly.
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Zach Tyler Eisen (born September 23, 1993; Stamford, Connecticut) is an American voice artist. He currently attends Westhill High School in Stamford.
Zach's most famous role is that of Aang, from the anime-related series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
His other roles are, Lucas Nickle in The Ant Bully; and Andrew in Little Bill
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[MY VIEW] Online bookmakers, led by British firms such as William Hill, expect billions of dollars of World Cup wagers from around the globe. I put much thought
and time into the making my tournament predictions for Soccer America, but would I bet on them?
I may have correctly predicted all eight quarterfinalists of the 2006 World Cup, but I haven't picked the World Cup winner since 1990. That's nothing to be ashamed of.
A few years ago, a Los Alamos National Laboratory study declared soccer the most unpredictable sport after studying 300,000 soccer, baseball, basketball, hockey and football games.
That study comes as no surprise, considering soccer's low-scoring nature. The last World Cup averaged 2.30 goals per game. An underdog scores a goal, bunkers down, and there's your upset.
Plus, when most games are decided by one goal, a referee's decision has all the more chance of swaying the result one way or the other, regardless of who's the deserving victor.
Then you've got the penalty-kick tiebreakers, which in the last five World Cups have decided 14 knockout-stage games, including two finals (1994 and 2006).
Of the last five champions, only Brazil in 2002 lifted the title without winning a game on penalty kicks!
Betting on a sport in which great teams are frequently stifled by inferior foes' defensive tactics and the most important games are decided by an artificial tiebreaker -- that just doesn't make good gambling sense to me.
So while others are enticed by quadrupling their dollars with a wager on Brazil to lift the trophy, my money stays home.
But millions of people will bet, and it won't just be on game results or the overall winner. The British bookmakers offer so much more.
There's 5/1 odds that Michael Bradley will be the first player to foul Wayne Rooney. It's 8/1 that Landon Donovan will score against England. It's 10/3 and 5/1, respectively, that Rooney or Peter Crouch strike for England.
One dollar will get you seven if a Brazilian is the first player to reveal a Jesus Christ T-shirt during a goal celebration.
At Paddy Power, Ireland's biggest bookmaker, you can bet on how many England players will sing the national anthem before U.S. game, how many matches Nelson Mandela will attend, and who Diego Maradona will verbally insult before the first game of the tournament.
British gamblers can even bet on whether an ITV commentator will utter the phrase, "They're confiscating all the Vuvuzelas!" The smart money won't wager that, but I'll be happy if there's a winner.


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Aide alleges sodomy: Report lodged
A police report has been lodged against PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly sodomosing one of his aides - the second time that such an accusation had been made in over 10 years.
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(Newswire.net -- January 7, 2014) Las Vegas, NV. -- The Dudley Media Group says they are paying tribute to the prettiest redhead in Hollywood by making Emma Stone the second "Hottie of the Week." The Dudley Media Group launched their "Hottie of the Week" list right before the end of 2013 by announcing Luke Evans as the first Hottie! The Dudley Media Group "Hottie of the Week" article begins by saying, "Spider-Man loves her. Ralph Garman loves her. America loves her. She's Emma Stone. And now she is the next 'Hottie of the Week' declares the popular trending topics website."
You may remember Emma Stone from "Malcolm in the Middle," "The Suite Life of Zack" and "Cody" which she starred in starting back in 2005. Then in 2007 she played the role of Jules in "Superbad" which put her on the radar. The Dudley Media Group article continues by writing, "From there, Stone went on to appear in forgettable flicks like The House Bunny and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, but she began adorning more teenaged boys' bedroom walls after playing Wichita, the love interest to Jesse Eisenberg's Columbus in the hilarious film Zombieland, co-starring the crazy-for-Twinkies Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee and a cameo appearance by Bill Murray."
These roles prepared Emma Stone for her first lead character in "Easy A" where Emma played Olive who is a clean cut student. This role may have been harder for Emma than most actresses, because she was home-schooled and never attended a High School to draw experience from. She even played in the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis film "Friends with Benefits" as Kayla. In 2012 she played in an episode of the TV show "30 Rock" as herself.
Then Emma got her big break when she landed the role of Gwen Stacy in "The Amazing Spider Man" 2012 reinvention. The Dudley Media Group article states, "Stone starred in The Amazing Spider-Man with real-life boyfriend Andrew Garfield, who donned the famous costume to play the web-slinging superhero, and if their on-screen chemistry in any way mimics the chemistry they have off-screen (which it looks like it does), then it's no wonder that these two lovebirds have been together for so long. Stone and Garfield will be returning in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 next year, though, if you know anything about the comics, we don't expect that Stacy will be back for the third. And, of course, that's assuming there will even be a third (there will probably be a third)."
The Dudley Media Group has started a "Hottie of the Week" list that began with Luke Evans, and quickly added Emma stone. The popular trending topics website covers the very latest news on your favorite entertainers, musicians, sports figures, even business, travel and other trending topics. Visit the DudleyMediaGroup.com website to see what is happening, and what your favorite stars are up to.
The Dudley Media Group article finishes by saying, "Something else interesting - that husky voice for which she is so well known? It's because she was a very colicky baby. She actually has calluses on her vocal cords from screaming so much as a baby. Who knew that a childhood condition could both turn a profit and make Emma Stone one of the sexiest actresses in Hollywood working today?"
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text: Ever since his father passed away, art student Alan Parker has been hypnotized by thoughts of death. After his girlfriend, Jessica, breaks up with him, Alan attempts suicide but is rescued by his friends. The next day, he learns that his mother has just had a serious stroke, and he sets out to hitchhike to her hospital. Along the way, he meets a series of strange people, including sinister George Staub, who may be Satan.


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Gran Bolivar Hotel
The original, 5-story Gran Bolivar Hotel in Trujillo, includes 35 spacious rooms, 32-inch LCD TVs, private bathroom, hairdryer upon request and Wireless internet access.
The hotel offers free Wi-Fi, room service, laundry service, currency exchange counter, safety deposit boxes, tourist information service and 3 computers which are free for guests use.
Additionally our hotel facilities include 2 Event Rooms, bar, billiards room, interior patio, gym, restaurant and travel agency.
The Gran Bolívar Hotel is the right choice to discover Trujillo, splendid colonial city whose historic houses and manors are distinguished for their solemn façades, or reach the nearby important sites where the Moche and Chimu civilizations evolved.
Its central location is ideal for business travelers as well as those who come to experience the exceptional museums and archaeological sites of the northern coast, all within easy reach.
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Check in time: 13:30 pm
Check out time: 12:30 pm
Buffet Breakfast is included
Payment method: Credit Cards : Visa, Mastercard and American Express and cash accepted
Tax not included in rates shown and will be added to the balance upon arrival
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Bar
- Free Breakfast
- Elevator
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Fitness Centre
- Hair Dryers
- House Keeping
- Luggage Storage
- Mini Bar
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Safe Deposit Box
- Swimming Pool
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
Conveniently located at the Trujillo historic center, only few blocks away from the main plaza and 15 minutes from Alfredo Pinillos Airport.
By bus
Trujillo is on the Pan-American Highway with numerous connections south to Chimbote, Lima and north to Chiclayo, Piura, Mancora, and Tumbes on the border with Ecuador. Also to Otuzco & Huamachuco to the east, Cajamarca , Chachapoyas, Tarapoto and Yurimaguas to the north east, & Caraz & Huaraz to the South East.
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I went in today specifically to try this, and I ordered it hot, sweetened with milk. It was very comforting hot on this chilly day. It's true, there is a sort of strange colour to this one. It didn't make it any less tasty though, and as it was to go, no one saw the colour but me when I took the bag out.
It's juicy and sweet and a little tart (my guess is the elderberries?) and it was almost like my Tetley Black Currant…my standby for when I'm poor and get can only afford bagged tea from the supermarket. I think this might be a good tea iced, and I am game to try it.
This tea begs to be drunk with a plate of fresh scones and clotted cream. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get more of this once I have a few more sipdowns since I have little room left on my shelf, and 9 teas from Teavivre to get through.


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Release Date: 2007 |
that first paragraph wtf
whole review reads very oddly
Album Rating: 4.0It is supposed to be that way.
What's up with the, commas?
Album Rating: 4.0Whats wrong with them?
Album Rating: 3.5Didn't mention that the vocalist is a fucking monster
God damn
re-listened to this today, good album.
Some pretty fuckin' crushing breakdowns in this thing
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THREE human traffickers who smuggled a Slovakian couple into Scotland in a bid to force the woman into a sham marriage have been jailed for a total of nine years.
Helena Kulova, 47, Renata Kulova, 20, and Ivan Balog, 27, were convicted of human trafficking following a three-and-a-half-week trial.
The trio had brought Atilla Lakatosova and Anna Tothova to Scotland in a bid to sell Miss Tothova to a potential husband in a forced marriage.
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Helena Kulova had met the couple – described by police as "vulnerable" – in Slovakia and promised them a better life in the UK. When they arrived in Glasgow they were met by Renata Kulova and taken to a flat in the city, where they met Balog before having their ID documents stolen.
Police said the pair had become modern-day slaves at the hands of the three human traffickers – all also Slovakian. The trio tried to coerce Miss Tothova into a sham marriage – and she was then taken to Perth.
Detective Inspector Mike Pirie, of Tayside Police, said officers had swooped when Miss Tothova called her mother in Bratislava and told of her plight. She contacted the local police – who brought in Interpol, the Metropolitan Police, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency to investigate.
A jury at Dundee Sheriff Court last month convicted Helena Kulova, Renata Kulova and Balog of human trafficking and repeatedly attempting to make Miss Tothova agree to a marriage with a view to obtaining a benefit for themselves.
Renata Kulova was also found guilty of stealing identification documents belonging to the couple.
Yesterday, Sheriff Elizabeth Munro jailed all three for three years each.
Passing sentence, she said: "There is no doubt this is a serious offence that can attract a maximum sentence of 14 years' imprisonment.
"In my view, you took advantage of a vulnerable young woman in Anna Tothova and you did that with the intention of making financial gain out of that exploitation. That is extremely serious and only a custodial sentence is appropriate."
Speaking after the sentencing, Andrew McIntyre, who prosecuted the case, said: "Today we have seen justice delivered to three individuals who sought to benefit from the trafficking of another human being.
"In this case we worked closely with the Scottish police and international authorities to allow the Scottish jury to hear vital evidence from Slovakian police and the victim's family, via a live television link from Slovakia.
"I hope, therefore, this case makes clear the determination of Scottish prosecutors to tackle all forms of human trafficking and to use all powers available to us to bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice."
The trio is just the second group to be convicted under new trafficking laws in Scotland.
Two years ago, Stephen Craig and ex-prostitute lover Ashleigh Beuken admitted moving 14 people to addresses in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Newcastle.
Craig, 34, from Clydebank, was jailed for more than three years at Glasgow Sheriff Court, while Beuken, 23, of Edinburgh, received an 18-month sentence.


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Musical denigrating to the Mormon faith
I erroneously attended "The Book of Mormon" musical in San Francisco, the self-proclaimed capital of inclusion and tolerance. The denigration of nearly all tenets of Mormon faith and the traditions they hold dear should be unacceptable to anyone and, especially, people of faith.
Excluding a limited number of good-natured spoofs, it was filled with mean-spirited depictions including their holy book in a rectum. The simulation of intercourse during a Mormon baptism achieved through missionary deception was incredulous.
This musical is no different from entertainment denigrating the Jewish faith in Germany during the 1930s.
Tolerance theologians exclude Mormons and people of faith from their orthodoxy, exposing their hypocrisy. I am not a Mormon, but I greatly admire their commitment to family and citizenship. How many prison inmates and welfare recipients would exist if their behavior was the norm?
Where are the defenders of the Bible, Torah and the Koran in denouncing this musical?
By the way, the musical also depicted an African wanting to have sex with a baby.
Don't support this production.
Ed Miller
Curfew sends wrong message in Oakland
Setting a curfew in Oakland will send the wrong message to our young people in Oakland and surrounding cities. It sends the message that Oakland wants to punish the majority of the young people for the mistakes of the few.
Also, it will give OPD the right to violate and profile young people who are out late for legitimate reasons. For example, the young people who have jobs and the ones who play sports.
The main group of young people who will be targeted will be African Americans and Latinos.
In those areas where there is a high crime rate, it will only put more distance between those communities and local law enforcement.
What about the surrounding cities? How will this help them? Oakland should come up with a better plan to reach out to their at-risk youth rather than trying to make them feel like criminals. Like maybe having a place the youth can go until 10 or 11 p.m.
Markeasha Keeton
The truth about Common Core
The real reason the state of California does not want the results of Common Core testing published? Because in states where the test was administered, scores dropped by 30-50 percent.
There's a $5 cost for the Star Test versus an estimated $25 for Common Core testing. California's estimated budget for Common Core implementation is $1.6 billion.
The state signed onto Common Core Standards and requirements sight unseen — no open forum discussion with parents and hiding the nuances of Common Core from the public.
With a consortium of mega-corporations making huge amounts of money, Common Core is very expensive: the cost of purchasing new text books; computers on every student's desk; and new test development.
The result will be lower educational standards for California. And the collection of psychological information on every student will result in the loss of freedom for my children.
Ten states decided to shelve Common Core, a rotten, underhanded scheme, and the cost to implement it.
Denise Pursche
Consumers and the free market
In a recent letter, Ed Chainey commented on insurers who have canceled individual policies, stating they did so to add to their profits.
Unfortunately, Chainey's statements aren't factual. He says insurers could have added Affordable Care Act provisions into their existing policies but chose to cancel policies, forcing the insured onto the ACA.
Covered California has a signed contract with insurance companies precluding them from offering any existing policy with a change in coverage after Dec. 31. Changing a policy is an automatic void of that policy, so none of the provisions of the ACA could ever be offered in a new policy.
The idea of the ACA was to force individuals out of their policies and into the government program. It wasn't intended that individuals could keep their existing policies. President Barack Obama knew this as early as 2010. Yet, he continued to lie to the public about keeping their policy.
Government has no right to tell consumers what is "substandard insurance." Consumers can choose what works for them and should not be forced to buy insurance with coverage they won't use. It's called the free market.
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Dr. Michael Klaper graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in 1972. He served his medical internship at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia, Canada and undertook additional training in surgery, anesthesiology, orthopedics and obstetrics at the University of California Hospitals in San Francisco.
As Dr. Klaper's medical career progressed, he began to realize that many of the diseases his patients brought to his office - clogged arteries (atherosclerosis) high blood pressure (hypertension), obesity, adult onset diabetes, and even some forms of arthritis, asthma, and other significant illnesses - were made worse, or actually caused, by the high-fat, overly processed Standard American Diet (SAD).
This prompted him to undertake a serious study of the link between diet and disease, eventually leading him to implement nutritionally based therapies in his practice. The results were dramatic. Nearly all of his patients who followed his dietary, exercise, and stress reduction programs soon became leaner and more energetic, while their elevated blood pressures and cholesterol levels returned to safer values. (In twelve weeks on this same program, Dr. Klaper's own cholesterol dropped from 242 mg/dl to 140mg/dl, while a 22-pound "spare tire" of abdominal fat melted away, all without dieting or calorie restriction.) He also observed that many of the chronic diseases mentioned above improved or resolved completely, often allowing his patients to reduce or discontinue their medication entirely.
Dr. Klaper believes strongly that proper nutrition and a balanced lifestyle are essential for health and, in many cases, make the difference between healing an illness and merely treating the symptoms.
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In response to Jennifer Aaron's comments (Aug. 9 letter) that all dog breeders are alike and there is no such thing as a responsible dog breeder, she has obviously not been exposed to all of the dog breeders out there.
Although small in number, there is a dedicated group of dog breeders who breed for the love and improvement of their breed and not for profit. These are breeders who develop and maintain lifelong relationships with puppy buyers for the purpose of providing education and guidance. Her comment regarding inbreeding reflects a lack of knowledge about genetics and inheritance. Inbreeding has not created the problems in purebred dogs. Poor breeding with no regard as to the genotype of a given dog has been the problem.
As much as I wish it were not true, there is a risk to adopting a dog from a shelter in that the dog will have behavior problems from previous owners as well as genetic problems. For families willing to take this risk, I commend them. However, I understand those not willing. As long as we have people who want genetic predictability in a dog, there will be a need for the purebred dog and their quality breeders.
It is unfair to blame the dog overpopulation problem on all dog breeders when some of us have devoted our lives to the prevention of overpopulation and the education of the dog-owning public. To be lumped together with the dog breeders I loathe is an insult to dedicated dog breeders everywhere.
Andrea Holsinger
This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, August 15, 2001.
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April 21, 2012
Ed Kraemer, M.D.
What comes to mind when you hear the term "Livable Streets"? You might conjure up images of vibrant community streetscapes with traffic flowing efficiently; people getting around safely on bicycles and by walking; folks of all ages interacting as they stroll or as they relax on a street bench in the shade of an attractive tree; and people of all abilities moving safely along and across the streets.
Since you are a savvy consumer of local news, you might say to yourself, "Haven't I heard something about a Livable Streets Resolution or Policy in Lee's Summit?"
And if you have really been paying attention, you might even think, "I believe I heard something about a Livable Streets Advisory Board…I wonder what that's all about?
All of these thoughts and images would be relevant to the term "Livable Streets" in Lee's Summit. (Visit us on Facebook or at www.livablestreetsls.com )
You see, the Livable Streets concept has been developing in our community since 2008, when the Health Education Advisory Board first recognized the lack of accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians in many parts of the city as a major public health and safety issue. Even as health professionals were advising people to engage in "active living", people were often resisting due to safety concerns. (I'm sure they weren't just being lazy!)
Gradually, it became apparent that the city needed a "policy focus" to ensure that our streets would be built to safely accommodate all of our citizens, regardless of whether they choose to drive, walk, ride a bike or take transit…and regardless of their age or abilities. In other words we needed a "Complete Streets" or "Livable Streets" approach to street planning, construction, and resurfacing as a standard policy.
n fact, developing a Livable Streets policy became one of the top priorities that came out of the comprehensive Lee's Summit 360 Citizens' Strategic Plan. Ultimately, after almost 2 years of development, collaboration, and thoughtful revision, the Livable Streets Policy was resoundingly approved by the Lee's Summit City Council in November of 2010.
The Livable Streets Policy, among other things, expressed the city's intent to incorporate Livable Streets principles into all of the city's public strategic plans, standards and regulations. It also expressed the city's desire to promote public health by encouraging walking and bicycling as a part of active living.
Lee's Summit's Livable Streets Policy has received national recognition, being ranked second in the nation compared with Resolutions in other cities of our size in the country. Our policy has served as a model and as a catalyst for passage of similar policies in communities around the KC Metro and the state of Missouri.
The City Council also created a Mayor-appointed Livable Streets Advisory Board to assist the city in implementing the Livable Streets Policy, and to educate the public and encourage safe bicycling, walking and use of public transit.
Already the Livable Streets Advisory Board has helped the city receive national recognition as a "Walk Friendly Community"…one of only 21 communities in the nation to be so designated! The Board has also developed, along with city staff, a Bicycle Transportation Plan, which will be proposed to the City Council and Planning Commission in the near future. We helped orchestrate "Walk to School Day" last October and have big plans for "Bike and Walk Month" coming up in May. (Look for a proclamation from Mayor Rhoads!)
The Livable Streets Advisory Board is now joining forces with our local newspapers to provide you with a series of timely, educational and encouraging articles. These articles will entertain you with images of safe walking and biking, transit, people interacting with their neighbors on vibrant, attractive streetscapes. In other words…images of Livable Streets!
This article was submitted by Ed Kraemer, M.D., a Family Physician and Assistant Professor at Truman Medical Lakewood, Medical Pavilion. Dr. Kraemer is also a member of the Livable Streets Advisory Board which is a Mayor-appointed, volunteer board whose goals include working to make our community and our streets more "livable", safe and accessible for all of our citizens.
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Nathan Caton
Nathan is a young black British comic, gigging on both the mainstream and black comedy circuit. His set is highly obsevational, influenced by his culture and upbringing, and also coming from a young person's outlook on life, from the well-known Nigerian traffic warden and the always-disciplining West-Indian mother, to MTV's Pimp my Ride.
'Excellent story-telling skills keep the crowd easily entertained' (Three Weeks).
'Caton is probably the most exciting young black comic on the scene' (Fest Magazine).
'Caton's a slick performer with an unbeatable stage attitude and the confident air of someone much more experienced' (Chortle).
'Compelling, well-observed stand-up... He specialises in laidback, on-the-nose material, chopping down fools of all colours, both in day-to-day life and in the media' (The Guardian).
Nathan Caton was named in Ents24's top 20 hardest-working comedians of 2015.
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Paul Sinha
Paul Sinha is a qualified GP and international stand up comic of many years standing, having performed in all major comedy clubs in the UK, as well as China, Auckland, Singapore, the Middle East, South Africa, Netherlands and Germany.
Paul's second full length solo show 'Saint or Sinha' received widespread critical acclaim at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was nominated for the if.comedy award (formerly the Perrier).
Since then Paul has been in great demand, whether on TV shows such as Edinburgh and Beyond, World Stands up, Comedy Shuffle and Comedy Cuts, on Radio 4's Loose Ends and the Now Show, or his numerous contributions to Radio 5 Live and Talksport, as well as having recorded for Shane Warne's Ashes podcasts.
'Wonderfully inventive and intelligent' (Evening Standard)
'One-liners are delivered with the crisp clarity of cut glass. Highly original' (Metro)
'Universal anecdotes as warmly delivered as you would find anywhere... it's a
pleasure listening to him... Opinionated, witty and smart – Sinha is the certainly one of the comics Fringe goers should be flocking to' (Chortle)
'His confidence on stage was excellent and his talent for adlibbing and summoning gags off the cuff were very funny' (BBC Online).
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Keith Farnan
A former solicitor, Keith has the natural ability to delve into themes other comics may shy away from and it is this aptitude that is placing him in the lead of investigative comedians. He has been a regular guest on radio, both in Ireland and the UK, from BBC, RTE, Talk Sport, Today FM, Newstalk and all sorts of other warm and welcoming studios.
Keith Farnan has performed as a stand-up all over the world, from Montreal, to Amsterdam, to Hong Kong.
His television credits include BBC3's Most Annoying People, One Night Stand (BBC), Liffey Laughs (RTE) and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (BBC1).
He has also written for and performed in The Insomniac Club for BBC Radio as well as appearing on Loose Ends and Colin Murphy's Great Unanswered Questions (BBCNI).
'... If Eddie Izzard had been Irish, he'd surely have turned out a lot like Keith Farnan' (The Scotsman)
'Brilliant, thought-provoking and laugh out loud funny' (Time Out).
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Michael Legge
Stand-up comedian with a cruel tongue that gets the rest of his body into trouble - definitely for the adults only!
'Often copied, but never matched' (Time Out)
'A hugely popular and enjoyable comic who we are thrilled to have back... (Red Card Comedy Club).
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Bankrolled by powerful outside interests, what began as a dispute aired in the pages of a town's local newspaper next week moves to the U.S. Supreme Court where justices could potentially roll back legal precedents that limit the role of religion in public life.
The battle pits two residents of an upstate New York town, backed by a civil liberties group advocating for the separation of church and state against a town supervisor supported by a prominent, evangelical Christian organization.
Both groups – Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Alliance Defending Freedom – have multi-million dollar budgets and litigate on a variety of related issues, often against each other.
Linda Stephens, 70, an atheist, and Susan Galloway, 51, who is Jewish, are both long-term residents of the conservative-leaning town of Greece, a Rochester suburb of around 100,000 people located about 300 miles northwest of New York City. They filed a lawsuit in 2008 against the town objecting to the public prayer that precedes town board meetings, claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment prohibition on government establishment of religion.
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Ashley Smith: The Need to Bear Witness
I have tried to avoid looking at pictures of the treatment of Ashley Smith from still photos to videos. But, it is wrong to look away for my own sake. It is wrong for any of us to look away for our own sake. . We need to see it so that we never let our government treat the mentally ill as "lesser than."


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BALTIMORE (AP) — A registered sex offender found living in a Frederick motel room with four computers faces arraignment on a federal charge of possessing child pornography.
Robert Ingram is due Friday morning in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
The Justice Department took over the case in April after state police arrested Ingram in March at the Red Horse Comfort Inn.
An Internet address provided by Pennsylvania authorities led police to the motel. They say Ingram acknowledged using the motel's free wireless Internet service to download child porn. Police say an external hard drive found in Ingram's room contained 12,500 pornography files, including images of children as young as 5.
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Rogers-based Pioneer Products recently took bold steps to create a closed-loop business model which included more control of its plastics resin business from start to finish.
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Rogers-based Pioneer Products recently took bold steps to create a closed-loop business
model which included more control of its plastics resin business from start to finish.
Pioneer, which sells a 45-gallon wheeled plastic trash can in more than 3,800 stores,
purchased resin maker Sable Polymer in Flowery Branch, Ga., earlier this summer for an
undisclosed sum.
For at least five years Pioneer has been supplying this sustainable trash can to Walmart,
contracting out several pieces through the supply chain. But with its recent acquisition of
Sable Polymer, Pioneer can control more of the business as well as expand with new products
and applications. The sustainable focus of Pioneer is also in line with Walmart's efforts to
sell more earth-friendly products and require sustainable manufacturing processes.
Pioneer is one of four sustainable businesses owned by parent Ecoark Holdings (OTC:
EARK) which raised $17.4 million with a public offering in July after its acquisition of
Magnolia Solar, another one of its portfolio businesses. Former Wal-Mart executive Randy
May is the CEO of Ecoark which continues to invest and grow its portfolio of companies.
Roshan Weerasinghe, chief operating officer for Pioneer, told Talk Business & Politics
Pioneer sought to grow its share of an $8 billion plastics polymer business and the best way
to do that as product supplier was to own more of the manufacturing process while working
to create a closed loop from source to retail shelf with Pioneer having more touch points
along the way.
Weerasinghe has a retail background and has been with Pioneer for about two years, prior to
that he worked in operations, global sourcing and logistics for Wal-Mart. He said he loved
retail but after 18 years he needed change.
Pioneer sources plastic bakery icing buckets and other waste/returns at Walmart U.S. return
centers, which is then sent to the Sable Polymer facility and put through a proprietary process
to produce resin pellets. Pioneer then contracts with a plastic fabricator who makes the trash
cans which Pioneer then sells back to Walmart. Weerasinghe said the fabricator does not
wish to be named, but is a Wal-Mart approved U.S. manufacturing site.
Weerasinghe said the sorting and culling of source material is a difficult process because not
all plastic is the same. He said some includes chemicals that render it unusable for some
applications and creates another market of plastic wastes which are sold off. He said plastic
water bottles and shopping bags are not the right kind of plastic and not used by Pioneer
which focuses on hard plastic resin waste products as its source for making recycled pellets.
As Pioneer sells the trash cans back to Walmart U.S. the loop is then closed. Weerasinghe
said having just one product at Walmart or in retail is not cost effective so the company
expanded the R&D team in the Sable facility to look for niche products that could be made
from the resin it creates and then sold back into retail. Weerasinghe said much of retail is
moving online with Walmart and its other retail customers. That has left Pioneer looking for
ways to expand its overall business beyond just the retail application. The acquisition of
Sable Polymer has made that possible, he added.
He said acquiring Sable allows the company to be aggressive with costs. Weerasinghe said
recycled resin has virtually the same prices as virgin resin, even though it's a sustainable
product. So the company is exploring ways to improve margins and offer a non-
commoditized resin product.
He said a new process and material source has allowed the company to develop a milky white
resin pellet, in contrast to the black pellets that are most common. He refers to this market as
the "natural" pellets and said because it's white there are more color control possibilities for
the end products than with the blackish pellets.
Pioneer is sourcing the natural pellet material from a contact lens case manufacturer in Puerto
Rico. He said the plastic used has been densified and has very few chemicals – aka, sterile
grade. Weerasinghe said Pioneer plans to shift about 1 million pounds of production per
month into this natural grade. He said another 2 million pounds a month are made into the
traditional black resin pellets.
"We want to be a leader who is pushing for this use of natural polymer because there are
more applications for the white pellets," he said.
The company is working with the automotive industry that is using the natural pellet in its
industrial applications that require light testing. He said the move into natural pellets will also
help the company diversify its business away from largely retail applications.
The Sable operation also can use a densification process that takes the hard plastic wastes and
turns it into a popcorn-like substance that can be made into a plastic-like fabric widely used
in the medical field. He said disposable medical gowns are made out of this type of material
that has a plastic component.
Pioneer Products also has a brokerage arm that helps to rep other suppliers into Walmart and
Sam's Club. Weerasinghe said the company represented three new products for clients at
Wal-Mart's Open Call in July. He said two of the products were accepted in and are now
going through the process of getting on the shelf which can take nearly a year. He declined to
share the product names but did say they are in paint and food categories. The other product
was not accepted in store, but was given the online option which the retailer made to nearly
all of the Open Call products this year.
Weerasinghe said because Pioneer is a supplier the company knows its way around Wal-Mart
from the supplier's view and that's been advantageous for its clients. He said the brokerage
business is just another way Pioneer is diversifying its business, given that trash cans aren't
items people need to buy every week or month.
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I have an electric dryer that I converted to a Tumbler.
My question is,How much sawdust should I put in to tumble Deer
capes ( I'm doing only 1 at a time)If any one can advise I would
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Many years ago, when I used one of those for deer, I just filled it
to the bottom of the door. Of course, that level will vary depending
on the brand and size of your dryer. but this really isn't a critical situation- fill it to the door, tumble a skin(only one at a time), if it isn't drying good after about 5 minutes, then you probably should use more tumble mix next time. (also, if you are doing multiple skins, you should replace or refresh your tumble mix between each one----just to make sure it stays dry)
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Erik Sams '08 of Afton, TN, has published a new book, "A Method to the Madness: 2013." The book is an analysis of the March Madness basketball tournament from 1985 until present. The information in the book gives even the most casual basketball fan a huge advantage when it comes time to fill out brackets. The book is available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. It is also available in Kindle format.
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Irene Gahagan Philipp '43 of Joppa, MD, passed away on April 16, 2012. She was the retired president of Philipp Engineering Company, Inc.
Dr. Warren G. Sarrell '46 of Anniston, AL, passed away September 27, 2012. Dr. Sarrell was a retired internist/cardiologist, practicing at the Anniston Medical Clinic. He also served as chairman of the board for the Anniston Heflin Talladega Dental Clinics. Dr. Sarrell was a member of the American Heart Association, Kiwanis and Northeast Regional Medical Association.
Elizabeth Leming Gordonwood '47 '86, a long-time resident of Bartlesville, OK, passed away February 17, 2012. Mrs. Gordonwood was a former member of the Tusculum College Board of Trustees. She was born in Chester, PA, and grew up in Danville, KY. Mrs. Gordonwood worked as a secretary for Phillips Petroleum before the birth of her two children. Her and her husband, Jeff, enjoyed traveling together. The family lived in England and Holland, Utah, Montana, Texas and California while Mr. Gordonwood was employed with Phillips Petroleum. She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She was an avid bingo player at the American Legion and enjoyed reading and playing the piano.
Mary Lou Carter Neas '49 of Greeneville, TN, passed away December 15, 2012. Mrs. Neas was a retired home economics teacher. She was born on a family farm in Chuckey, TN, where she learned household trades from her mother that developed into her professional career. She was highly regarded as teacher, and many former students remember her as the teacher who taught them how to sew, launder their clothes or cook their first recipe. She spent the majority of her 38-year teaching career at Greeneville Middle School, but she also taught for a brief time at Baileyton. She was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church. Mrs. Neas was also a long-standing member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society for retired teachers and the Eastern Star. She was also an active participant with the Farm Bureau Ladies Association and loved to volunteer her time visiting the sick and helping the Greene County Republican Women with local elections.
Eleanor Lyle Hamilton Cushing '50 of Pittsford, NY, passed away March 9, 2012. Mrs. Cushing was a long-time administrator at the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center of SUNY Brockport. She volunteered with Meals on Wheels and other non-profit organizations.
John R. Sodoma '50 of Cocoa, FL, passed away March 13, 2012. Mr. Sodoma was a retired school administrator and a certified public accountant.
John C. Heavey Jr. '53 of Neptune, NJ, passed away August 27, 2012, after a long illness. Mr. Heavey was a retired attorney, concentrating in product liability defense and construction law. A veteran, he served in the U.S. Army with the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corp at Camp Leroy Johnson in New Orleans. He was admitted to the bars of the state of New Jersey in 1957, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1979 and the State of New York and the United States Supreme Court in 1984. He was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Essex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. He served as the mayor of Oakland, NJ, in the 1960s.
Ira S. Warren, Jr. '53 of Princeton, NJ, passed away on March 12, 2012. He was retired from Hercules Company as a chemist. Mr. Warren was a veteran, having served in the Air Force at Cape Canaveral, FL, and worked on the missile program under Dr. Wernher von Braun during the time of the Korean War. He was a member of American Legion Post 76, the Nassau Club and was a member of the Trinity Church in Princeton.
William P. "Bill" Carroll '58 of Jackson Township, NJ, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at home. Mr. Carroll enlisted and served in the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Sipane. After his military service, Mr. Carroll enrolled at Tusculum, earning a degree in finance and economics. Upon graduation, he entered the world of corporate banking, where he worked until his retirement. Mr. Carroll worked tirelessly as a business advocate and zoning officer for Hillsborough Township, NJ. He volunteered his time to several Hillsborough Township boards and the Rotary Club. When he moved to Jackson Township after his retirement, he continued his community service, serving as both treasurer and vice president of the master board as well as doing work for the finance committee of the Westlake Golf and County Club. In 2004, he received an award for his community work and advocacy by the community of Westlake. Mr. Carroll was an avid golfer, championship bocce player, reader, history buff, tinkerer and gardener.
Helen Anne Higbee '65 of Cherry Hill, NJ, passed away March 2012. She had held various positions as an employee of the State of New Jersey, primarily with the Adoption Resource Center. After her retirement, she enjoyed lunches with friends and travel. Ms. Higbee was active in many organizations including the Haddon Fortnightly Woman's Club and The Forty Club Bridge group. She was the founder and "queen" of the Red Hat Society Chapter "Beaucoup de Chapeau Rouge." Ms. Higbee also volunteered at the Garden State Hospital for many years.
Julia Ann Hawkins Hogan '67 of Whitesburg, TN, passed away December 15, 2012. Mrs. Hogan was a retired educator, having taught in the Hamblen County School System.
Beverly Joyce 'Bev' Jones '77 of Huntersville, NC, passed away on April 26, 2012. Ms. Jones was an attorney and an executive in insurance risk management. One of her proudest business accomplishments was earning the honor to practice as an attorney in Wales. After graduating from Memphis State Law School, she went into private practice in Memphis. She eventually moved into the area of insurance law and moved to Lake Norman, NC. Her love of beaches, sun and water was legendary. She enjoyed golfing, traveling, fishing and supporting her favorite sports teams.
Roger Jackson Eggleston '79 of Chesterfield, VA, passed away March 17, 2012. Mr. Eggleston was a tobacconist and retired from Philip Morris USA in 2011. He was a member of the Glen Oak Country Club and the Split Tail Hunt Club.
Marilynn Goebel '88 of Knoxville, TN, passed away February 25, 2012. She was the owner of Silk Plants. Mrs. Goebel was a member of Grace Covenant Baptist Church. She was an avid lover of Southern Gospel music, her pets and her 'adotped' child, Michael Jeffte Louishomme, a child from Haiti she supported through Compassion International.
Teresa Kaye Spaulding Phillips '97 of Helenwood, TN, passed away May 18, 2012, following an extended illness. She was director of marketing services for Hartco Flooring Company and a member of First Presbyterian Church-Huntsville.
Robert Wayne Phillips '98 of Piney Flats, TN, passed away unexpectedly on April 2, 2012. Mr. Phillips was the systems administrator for the Tennessee Department of Health's Johnson City office. He was a member of Blountville Christian Church and an avid farmer.
Dana Edington Alls '05 of Greer, SC, passed away June 23, 2012.


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14 May 2014 – Caterham reserve driver Robin Frijns will not test for the team today as originally planned after regular racer Kamui Kobayashi crashed the CT05 at the end of the first day of running on Tuesday.
Kobayashi was sampling some altered settings which affected the balance of the car and resulted in the Japanese driver hitting the wall at Turn 3.
"Having assessed the damage to chassis CT05-#03 after Kamui's accident yesterday in the final half hour of T05 day one we have decided not to run on day two," read a Caterham statement.
"While obviously not ideal, this ensures the team can now focus on the next Grand Prix in Monaco, starting next week."


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Worst of the Worst Award Series: And the Losers Are...December 2, 2008
We will soon know who will be collecting the individual hardware that signifies the best of the best in college football. The votes are in and are being tallied. All that's left to do is print up the programs.
But who cares about these annoying little overachievers anyway? America continues to evolve as more of a voyeuristic society every year. We want to see the train wrecks. We want to see falls from grace.
So how about some recognition for the cellar dwellers?
The ceremonies for these awards won't be held in fancy New York City hotels and ballrooms. There won't be any cameras, no over sized pinstriped suits, no matching Fedora hats, and no champagne. No, these rites of passage will be featured as half time entertainment during an amateur ultimate fighting cage match—most likely in someone's backyard in Branson, Missouri.
If the organizers decide to go all out for these "winners", then they may move the awards presentation down Highway 248 to Planet Branson - provided it isn't karaoke night.
The first award given at this non-prestigious event is the "2008 Jimmy Johnson 'Anything Goes' Trophy", and it will go to the most penalized team in the nation. Just when an opposing drive appears to be dead, these teams pulled out the paddles, shouted "Clear!", then brought the drive back to life. 3rd and 22? Uh-uh! How about 1st and 10!
The ironic part about this award is that it generally goes to fairly successful teams. But amidst all the success, they just can't bring themselves to follow the rules. While they drive coaching staffs absolutely berserk, they do provide job security for referees. So it's not all bad.
On with the nominees! (in no particular order)
Our first nominee is the University of Southern California. The men of Troy have only lost one game this year (with one regular season game left) but have managed to amass 91 penalties totaling 833 yards. This means they average over eight penalties and give over 75 yards to the opposing team in each game. We can't tell which is more impressive, the fact that they have been penalized this much in only 11 games when most teams have played 12 by now, or the fact that despite this record they are still winning games. You decide.
Our next nominee is the University of Hawaii. Coming off an undefeated regular season and a trip to the Sugar Bowl, the Warriors have managed to find their way onto our radar screen this year. In 12 games Hawaii has been penalized 103 times for 919 yards. That's an average of over eight per game and sending the ball over 76 yards the other way every Saturday. The new coaching staff at Hawaii has obviously bid Aloha to discipline.
Our final nominee is Texas Christian University. While the Horny Toads have obviously let other distractions affect their attention to detail this season, it fortunately hasn't affected their ability to win. Like we said earlier, this award often goes to some of the nation's most successful teams. Their win/loss records, however, usually dissuade any talk of their weaknesses. That's where we come in.
The Horned Frogs have landed at the top (or bottom, depends on how you look at it) of the list as the most penalized team in the NCAA. In the 2008 regular season, they were penalized 109 times for a whopping 937 yards. We'll keep an eye on the post-season to see if they can break that 1000-yard mark!
Our featured presentation will be the "2008 French Army Memorial Trophy", which goes to the nation's worst defense. These guys worked together as a unit all year to pad the stats of every offense they faced. They made mediocre running backs look like Reggie Bush, and made average quarterbacks look like another Manning brother.
These defensive squads could not have done worse if they had the marching band form a line from scrimmage to the end zone and played the opposing team's fight song as they walked to the paint.
On the bright side, however, they have helped our nation's ailing economy by creating defensive coordinator job openings at their respective universities. Weak defense, but created jobs. The Clinton Administration would be proud! (Sorry, couldn't help it!)
Anyway, on with our nominees! (again, in no particular order)
Our first nominee is Southern Methodist University. The Mustang Defense has allowed 2,707 yards rushing and 3,047 yards passing in the regular season. This averages out to 6.5 yards per play and a staggering 479.5 yards allowed per game. First year head coach June Jones was not available for comment as he was reportedly vacationing in Hawaii. While he's there he might think about asking for his job back.
Our next nominee is the University of North Texas. The Mean Green may want to think about getting a little meaner next year, because this year they had one of the worst defenses in all of college football. The unit has allowed 5,791 total yards this season and gave up an average of over 482 yards per game. Whew! That's like having an old car that only runs in reverse!
Our final nominee is Kansas State University. The Wildcats make our list of finalists this year with one of the worst defensive performances of 2008. The KSU defense allowed 2,612 yards rushing and 3,137 passing this season. After running 926 plays, the Wildcats allowed 5,749 total yards for an average of 479 yards allowed per game. Ouch!
We were able to track down the Mean Green head coach Todd Dodge and asked him to what he attributed having the worst defense in all of college football. He said. "I'm not sure, but it may have been something in the locker room." We were intrigued, of course, so we inspected the home team locker room at North Texas and found something very disturbing in the lockers of the defensive players.
We can't be certain if this is the sole reason for the Mean Green D getting rolled over this year, so we took a picture and posted it above this article. Tell us what you think.


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Houston's BOX 13 ArtSpace is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions to fill its many gallery spaces for 2013-2014. Artists and curators are invited to submit recent or proposed works, ideas and experiments not previously shown in Houston.
The fine print:
"All proposals must be submitted in digital format. No snail mail, please. Send proposal(s) and images via email to email@example.com no later than 11:59 PM on December 31st. Alternatively, all requested material can be posted to a single page on a website, and a link may be submitted."
also by Bill Davenport
- Lego My Art! - January 30th, 2016
- Archive: Painting on My Planet/The Top Ten Painters in Houston - January 1st, 2016
- Archive: Tire Iron 0: Cropduster: Hills Snyder/Chris Sauter - December 28th, 2015
- DMA Crane Flip Video - April 26th, 2015
- Helmreich New Dean of Fine Arts at TCU - April 25th, 2015


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Santa Fean Elaine Carson is on a mission to raise $50,000 to build a school in Afghanistan, and you can help her by showing up to an event tomorrow night.
Carson is a Team Leader at Central Asia Institute, the nonprofit founded by Greg Mortenson (author of Three Cups of Tea.) According to CAI, $50,000 is what it costs to build a school in Afghanistan and run it for three years; a teacher's annual salary there is about $600. The money will all go to local builders and teachers in Badakhshan Province, which is northeast Afghanistan. An email send through Mortenson's website requesting more information was not answered right away.
Carson is modeling her effort on a CAI group in San Jose, Calif., who raised $62,000 by hosting events at which attendees are invited to donate. At the event Friday, which will be held at Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living from 7 to 9 pm, two CAI delegates will be talking about the organization's work in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where Carson says CAI has built or renovated 170 schools. Carson is also hoping to get women business owners in Santa Fe to support the effort, which is aimed at ensuring Afghan girls get better educational opportunities.
Carson has already raised about $1,300 toward the $50,000 goal through a letter-writing campaign.
"I just hold the vision in my mind of these little smiling children going in to school and being so excited to learn, that just keeps me motivated," Carson says.


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As usual, we must go offshore to find any decent Australian media and it's at the FT today that a great story is playing about the raging bust gripping Pilbara towns:
In a dusty industrial estate next to the world's biggest iron ore port in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region, business has never been so bad.
"The rents got so high in the town that when the boom ended, businesses began to die off everywhere," says Jo Woodward, owner of Jems, a ramshackle building with an eviction notice stuck to its padlocked gate that was recently Port Hedland's only legal brothel. "Nothing is selling here now."
The demise of Jems, and of many other Pilbara businesses that have closed their doors following the end of the country's mining investment boom, suggestsAustralia may struggle to realise one of its flagship projects.
Port Hedland and neighbouring Karratha grew rapidly during a decade-long boom as workers flooded into the Pilbara to construct the iron ore mines, railways and ports needed to feed Chinese demand for steel. The fast-growing towns were chosen as a testbed for a key state initiative: creating two sustainable cities of 50,000 people by 2035 in a remote region prone to resource booms and busts.
…But fears are growing that the drop in mining construction and a recent slide iniron ore prices threaten the future of the flagship project.
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Fan Art: Patoon August 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm
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We got this very cool fan art, created by our friend Ethan Kocak. We think we can properly call this drawing "Pato Beyond" ^__^
Ethan is the creator of The Black MudPuppy, a comic where Aztec mythology collides head-on with a pet store. Go and visit him now!
Thanks to Ethan for this great rendition of our Patito.


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Are the naysayers right? Is Google+ headed in the same direction as Google Buzz? Or are we pulling an Edgar Allan Poe with a premature burial?
Step away from the shovels, say many of the experts contacted for this article.
"It is far from being a 'ghost town,'" said Jake Wengroff, global director of social media strategy and research at Frost & Sullivan. "There may not be 700,000 pieces of content shared every minute, as with Facebook, but it will get there."
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Indeed, it was reported in August that Google+, launched in late June, had attracted 25 million users in about a month. Facebook, in contrast, took about three years to attract that many visitors, while Twitter took just over 30 months, according to ComScore. Google+ has since hit the 50 million mark.
Three years ago, however, "social" was not a household word, at least not in the sense we think of it today. And some have said that the initial rush to Google+ included the curious and those whose egos got a boost by being invited to engage (or those whose egos were bruised by not getting an invitation and therefore actively sought out someone with an "in").
The success of a social network is not how many people are signed up to it but how many people are active on it. That's not a problem for Google+, either, said Jesse Stay, author of the forthcoming "Google+ For Dummies, Portable Edition." In fact, Stay suggests that people who see Google+ as down for the count may actually be the problem. "If anyone is getting an impression there is no activity, they're following the wrong people and they're not trying to be active themselves," he said. "In Google+, you get what you give."
Both Wengroff and Stay noted Google+'s integration with other Google services and applications as a key differentiator of the platform--and one that will attract more and more users as it evolves to include more functionality. They also cited Google Circles, a feature that allows users to organize their contacts into meaningful groups, as a big Google+ plus.
However, Ari Lightman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who teaches a course in which graduate students and companies such as Microsoft, RIM, and Pepsi come together to apply measurement schemes around different social tools, applications, and techniques, noted how quick Facebook was to offer similar functionality, a game of one-upmanship that he sees continuing over time.
Lightman does not go so far as to dismiss Google+'s chances of success, but he does think Google has its work cut out for it when it comes to competing for mindshare--and users' time--with more established social networks such as Facebook.
"The real difficult thing is that Google has some of the pioneers, some of the innovators," said Lightman. "That's all well and good, but they need to try and expand it to the early majority. That's difficult, because the early majority is not going to be spending that much time online updating all of these different networks. They're going to pick and choose one vs. the other, and the one that gives them the best bang for the buck is the one they've already set up, the one they already know and the one that their friends are already involved with."
It shouldn't take long to see whether the social networking platform has the momentum it will need to succeed in the long run, said Michael Skaff, the CIO of the San Francisco Symphony.
"Now that they've opened it up to the public, I think we'll know within the next six months at the outside whether it has the momentum to achieve success or whether people are too entrenched in the existing networks," he said.
The symphony is actively using Facebook and Twitter for marketing and outreach, and Skaff said he and his colleagues are researching Google+ for possible future use.
"I absolutely think Google+ has potential," said Skaff. "[Google] learns from their mistakes, as we've clearly seen in the past. Time will tell."
Author Stay admits he may be biased but is sure Google+ is here to stay.
"This isn't Google Buzz," said Stay. "The simple stats and rate of growth show [Google+] has momentum to keep growing, and you'll see it grow even faster as they start to integrate it more into each of the Google products. The Google team isn't giving up on this one--in fact, their future depends on it."
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