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Sitting on the bench after watching her UConn women's basketball team rack up a third win without her, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is still thankful. Already distinguishing herself as one of the best pure shooters in UConn history by setting a school record of 118 three-point shots in her sophomore season, the California native isn't used to sitting out games. But she's had to since landing on her elbow after a fall in the second half of the Huskies' 76-57 victory over Stanford Nov. 11 when she suffered a nerve contusion. Reports are she may be able to return by the end of the year. Just before leaving to join her teammates for a bite to eat at a Mexican grill last week, the All-American junior forward reflected on giving thanks. "I'm thankful most of all for my little brother Zander. He's 31/2 and I'm most thankful for him. Just having him in my life, and someone to share experiences with. The fact that we're 16 years apart makes it a bit more special. I get to teach him a bunch of new things. He'll be here next week for two weeks with my mom, so I'll get to spend a lot of time with him." And, she's thankful for her time on the bench and the different perspective it's given her. "It really makes me thankful for the opportunity that I have to play at UConn. Especially watching from the bench, you don't realize how special it is. You don't really get to look at all the fans that come and support us so much, and all the little things that are done behind the scenes while I'm playing on the court. So I just have to be thankful for everybody at UConn that contributes to our program. Whether it's the managers or the coaches or the fans that are supporting us."
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Even with the amount of time it took me to create MOCtag 11, it was an admittedly rushed project, especially with the photography. I wrote the story to be longer and a little funnier. So thanks to everyone that commented so positively on the first version (and Young, thank you for the laugh ^_^). I've redone most of the photography to try to mine more of the precious ore called "lulz" from the story. So, after some delays, I present...
MOCtag Episode 11-Director's Cut: The question isn't why the chicken crossed the road, it's "Is the roadkill tasty?"
"The Man," also known as "El Hombre" by the… Um… Asian community, hurtled through space and time, passing through many destinations…
Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity...
Past the Dave and Ben Ensemble (the guys I had done project-delaying video work for)...
And Japan in 10 million years, just to name a few.
He eventually took the crown off of his head and, as it flew away…
It was lost to Time and Space.
The Man's velocity slowed and he could finally feel himself descending as he began to appear in his final destination. By some bizarre stroke of luck, by some miracle…
His final destination was right where Rory was murdered...
A meter above Rory's face...
...And dropping fast.
The Man landed on Rory, crushing him on the pavement. The Chickenator, Goldman the Thug, and Shia Labeouf (after appearing from nowhere using space-timetravel) were subtly startled.
The Chickenator: Holy crap, that guy just appeared Me-style and terminated my target!
Goldman: Holy crap, he's more dangerous than you!
Shia Labeouf: Good grief, I'm Shia Labeouf with a knife! Run for your life, you mechanical piece of poultry!
As he finished his sentence, Shia attacked, baring his fangs. The Chickenator and Goldman fearfully turned around, attempting to outrun Shia. As he fled, The Chickenator looked back and screamed "I'll be bawk…!"
The thugs were gone, Shia hadn't thrown his knife, Rory was saved. Civilians and civil servants alike rushed to Rory's aid.
Police patrolled as construction workers barricaded the area.
Local paparazzi TV news crews, notorious for their correlation with Extra and Fox "News," swarmed the area like mosquitoes to a blood bag. Rory's death was well publicized, as would be the case for his near-death experience.
Express medical help was requested and paramedics appeared immediately. The Man's headfirst landing caused irreparable internal bleeding within his skull, and with his last dying breaths, he told the paramedics to save Rory instead.
They honored his request and took Rory, leaving the Man's body on the pavement and forgetting about it for a full four days until the owner of the Little Thai restaurant (ignore the Indian patterns) complained that the crows he uses in his Spicy "Chicken" dish were sickly from eating the decaying body.
After being transported to the hospital, Rory was examined by the best doctors a human hospital could offer a giant chicken. His loving wife, Kassandra Book, left the set of
Bonktron Invasion 2: Lock Up Your Moms
to visit him in the "Intensive Care Ward for Industry Stars."
Rory, bleeding from his head and smashed beak, was barely conscious, unaware of his grim condition.
Meanwhile, in the waiting room…
The head doctor and nurse tending to Rory walked slowly from his room, out of earshot. The stood a moment, staring at one another. The doctor yawned in ennui. The nurse engaged him in a conversation in a low, terse tone.
Nurse Avi: Oh, doctor! It's worse than we thought!
Doctor Sparkle: I know, I know… This is not good. Not good at all. This will affect him the rest of his life… Not to mention he bled all over one of my new gloves…
Nurse Avi: Doctor! We need to act soon! What are we going to do?!
Doctor Sparkle: There's only one thing we can do in a situation like this… The damage to his head is too extensive… I'm afraid that Rory will die unless… He gets a nosejob. A beakjob. …Or whatever you call it.
As Avi and Sparkle conversed outside the door, Rory, with much effort, requested that Kassandra take his phone and call an ex-military friend of his, named Black C. Only he would have a chance of stopping the Chickenator…
Oh the suspense! Oh, the terror! The one question on the mind of every reader must be "What will Carlos do to fair Kassandra in Bonktron Invasion 2?!" One can imagine the use of yet another tan and red monstrosity!
Oh, yeah, there are other questions to be asked as well! Will Rory finally die?! …Again?! Will Black C. catch up to the Chickenator before he comes bawk to take Rory out?! Will Rory die before then, making said subplot totally irrelevant?! And what about Dr. Who?! All (or nothing) will be explained by our beloved
in MOCtag: Episode 12!
Director's Commentary
Not a lot to say, honestly. If you want to see extra photos and extra details from the MOC, take a look at
the whole set
I originally came up with the "Rory gets a nosejob" idea from the realization that I do not have an orange cheese slope.
I originally planned on making yet another scene establishing Black C.'s looks, where he's in front of a courthouse with an assault rifle, gunning down the sig figs of famous Lego community builders. The story was bloated as it was, so it was cut.
The "Japan in 10 million years" scene is referencing a line at the end of
Austin S'
MOCtag Episode 10
Letterboxing is awesome.
I'm planning on making a
Bonktron Invasion 2
vignette some time in the future.
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Caleb 'Cutlass Crocodile' Blanchet
August 11, 2008
HA HA I love the skellie in the stretcher and the StarWars room! WELL DONE!
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ARC Silver
August 9, 2008
Man, that´s amazing. The whole story is great and the two bikers, the chickenator and kgoldman, they do a great job. And where did ýou get this great hai of the paparazzi, from exo-force? And the nicest thing is the hospital. The waiting room with this awesome flooring and the operation room. And these small funny jokes like the skeletton on the strecher, they are very well done. Good job!
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Andrew Colunga
August 9, 2008
DUDE!!! That's the Space and Time sign from the opening of MST3K
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Shannon Ocean
August 9, 2008
Yes Dave, letterboxing IS awesome! Make no mistake-I WILL be stealling that! These photos are so cinematic and juicy in this director's cut. They're quite exquisite. And the extra scenes rock. Lulz were definitely had here. Now get onto that Bonktron thing you're planning danggit!!
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Shannon Young
August 9, 2008
What laugh? I was deadly serious -- you're deep in my doghouse, McNeely. I do laud you for the effort and amazing amount of detail put into your entry, but if you were planning a director's cut anyway, couldn't you have edited the original down to four lines? I'm just sayin'...
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Tim Inman
August 8, 2008
That female officer could handcuff me anytime! :)
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August 8, 2008
I'll beak back later to leave a better comment when I've got some time but in the mean time... dude, awesome... and, you need help (Then again, who am I to talk?). ~ Chris.
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August 8, 2008
Even better than the real thing! I wish Ocean would do an extended edition of his...
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Dylan D.
August 8, 2008
Awesome! i've always wanted to see behind the scenes footage! Or have I? Hmmmm....anyways this is great!
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sam W.
August 8, 2008
This version is a whole lot better! Not that I didn't like the old one. But I like the new views and extras that are shown this time. Great job.
I like it
Cody Hunter
August 8, 2008
heh,way to go!I love the bacta tank spot,that was funny!and I liked how you make it look like he was spinning throught time!haha,way to go,keep it blocky!
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Currently touring together in the USA for the first time in more than two decades, The Beach Boys will be bringing their 50th anniversary tour to London's Wembley Arena this Autumn.
The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour dates in North America have stunned audiences and had rave reviews. The band, who performed together at the 2012 GRAMMY Awards, will also release their new studio album, 'That's Why God Made The Radio', on June 4th through EMI. It will be the first to feature all of the band's surviving original members in decades and is produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love.
The Beach Boys and EMI have also teamed up for a 50th Anniversary campaign spotlighting the band's entire catalogue, with several new commemorative releases planned for 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.
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- 8 cups Crispix cereal
- 2 cups pecan halves
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- In a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan, combine cereal and pecans; set aside. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 2 to 2-1/2 minutes or until mixture comes to a boil, stirring occasionally. Stir in vanilla and baking soda.
- Pour over cereal mixture; stir to coat evenly. Bake at 250° for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Turn onto waxed paper to cool. Break into bite-size pieces. Yield: 10 cups.
Originally published as Praline Cereal Crunch in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2005, p210
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"This receipe has become a holiday gift for all the people in my office. I used to make it for a "treat" but everyone liked it so much I seemed to be making it every weekend (which I did not have the time to do for so many people). Now for the December holidays I make each person a special bag with this treat. I missed this December due to an illness and everyone was disappointed.I vary the receipe by using 8 cups of cereals similar to Crispix and it works just as well. I have left out the pecans too for people with nut allergies and they don't miss them either. My hubby can eat this all on his own in just a matter of days and his coworkers really enjoy this receipe too. It is not difficult to prepare and I use disposal pans so I can make a lot at one time. I do find with so much in my oven I do have to let it bake slightly longer, but I've done the receipe so many times that I can tell when it is ready to come out."


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WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele isnt going to waste any time thinking of what might have been.
One day after the Winnipeg Jets returned him to the Barrie Colts of the OHL, the skilled centre was focusing on the positives and talking about what he needs to do to become an NHL regular next season.
You want to work even harder and motivate yourself to be there next year and guarantee yourself to be there next year, Scheifele said from Barrie, Ont., moments after completing his first practice back with the Colts. Once you get that little taste, you definitely want the whole thing.
While that will have to wait until next fall, Scheifele experienced a host of highlights during his seven-game stint including playing in the first NHL game against the Montreal Canadiens and scoring his first NHL goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre which is an hour from his hometown of Kitchener, Ont. in front of a host of friends and family members.
Im going to remember that (first NHL goal) for the rest of my life, said Scheifele, 18. And the opener was a historic game and something a lot of hockey fans will remember for a long time. To be part of it is an honour and something Ill always cherish.
Scheifele also came away feeling good after his meeting with Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on Sunday.
It was all positive and I was very happy they gave me some input, said Scheifele. They were happy with my play and they just want me to physically mature a bit more to be able to withstand playing in a mens league. Thats really the main thing. Ive just got to keep working hard and working on every aspect of my game.
Scheifele went through something similar two years ago when he was cut by the Saginaw Spirit and returned to Tier II junior.
Its something every hockey player goes through and you have to take it through open eyes, said Scheifele. Just do what you do best and continue to work hard.
Scheifele sat down with Colts head coach Dale Hawerchuk on Monday and is excited to continue the learning process with the Hockey Hall of Famer.
Hes definitely a mentor of mine and someone who has taught me a lot over the last year, said Scheifele.
Hawerchuk is ecstatic about Scheifeles return.
Obviously, he enjoyed the whole experience up there and wants to get back, but he knows hes probably got a few things to work on and the best way to work on those things is to play lots of minutes, said Hawerchuk. He needs to work on his strength. Hes got good size, but he has to fill the frame out a bit.
Scheifele has high hopes for the Colts season and is hoping to suit up for Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Calgary.
Itll definitely be in the back of my mind, said Scheifele. Its a goal of mine to make that team, something a lot of Canadian kids have dreamt about their whole lives. Im going to work my hardest to strive towards that goal.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Scientists have a solar-powered robotic device to help track the movements of great white sharks in the ocean waters near San Francisco.
The sharks, who have a regular migration pattern, have been spotted in the area known as the Red Triangle -- from Monterey Bay to the south of San Francisco, Bodega Head to the north and the Farallon Islands 30 miles to the west -- the San Francisco Chronicle reported. About 100 have been radio-tagged, allowing scientists to track their movements.
The Wave Glider, which is carried through the water by wave energy and includes a GPS in its tool kit, is back in the San Francisco area, the Chronicle said.
"What we are trying to build right now is a wired ocean with a network of interactive devices that will tell us where the animals are," said Barbara Block, a professor at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station.
About 220 great whites spent the fall in the Red Triangle last year.
"We're just talking about adults, which have very regular migratory patterns and return to the same area every year," said Salvador Jorgensen of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. "There is an unknown number of juveniles and babies ... but we don't know how many there are, because they are not concentrated in one area like the adults are."
The sharks will swim out to sea again in December, heading for a deep-water area off Hawaii nicknamed the Great White Cafe.


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The chief executive of Irish airline Aer Lingus branded a renewed takeover attempt by Ryanair "pathetic" as he lobbied the Irish government Thursday for its help to repel the hostile bid.
Dermot Mannion said Ryanair's euro1.40 ($1.86) offer per share, unveiled Dec. 1, fell far short of Aer Lingus' true worth. The offer puts a euro748 million ($996 million) value on Aer Lingus – a business that has euro1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in the bank.
Mannion called Ryanair's offered price "a pathetic sum in the context of the euro1.3 billion in cash on the group's balance sheet, the substantial value of our fleet and the value of the Heathrow slots."
Ryanair launched its initial bid shortly after the government floated Aer Lingus on the British and Irish stock exchanges two years ago. It offered euro2.80 a share at that time, and has built up a 30 percent stake to become the top shareholder.
But firm opposition until now from the government, the second-largest shareholder with a 25 percent stake, has helped to blunt Ryanair's ambitions. So has a June 2007 ruling by European Union competition authorities that the Dublin-based rivals – the only two airlines to offer substantial air services in and out of Ireland – would create a monopoly if merged.
Mannion met Transport Minister Noel Dempsey to seek government assurances that it wouldn't sell any shares to Ryanair. The government has wavered since Dec. 1, because it faces a financial crisis involving a sharp drop in tax revenues and soaring deficit spending – and could badly use the euro188 million ($250 million) that Ryanair is offering.
Dempsey declined to comment.
Even Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary admitted last week that the euro1.40 offer, if successful, would mean that Ryanair acquired its rival for "almost nothing" because of its healthy bank accounts.
But O'Leary argues that Aer Lingus has no medium-term future in the face of competition from Ryanair and Europe's rapidly consolidating flag-carrier airlines.
Last week O'Leary sought to eliminate issues that drove opposition to the original Ryanair move. He pledged that a Ryanair-controlled Aer Lingus would cooperate with labor unions – in contrast to Ryanair itself, which rejects union authority – and he would give the Irish government the final say on whether Aer Lingus kept or sold its much-sought slots at London's Heathrow Airport. O'Leary also pledged to increase Aer Lingus' work force by 1,000.
Labor union leaders snubbed O'Leary's overture and instead overwhelmingly fell into line with Mannion's own plans to cut staff and working conditions because of current Aer Lingus losses. Before the Ryanair bid, those unions had been threatening Christmas strikes.
Investors expect O'Leary to increase the price of Ryanair's offer in hopes of tempting both the government and Aer Lingus employees, who own about 18 percent of shares and are sitting on heavy paper losses from the airline's privatization. Aer Lingus stock has risen above Ryanair's offer price in expectation of an increased bid price.
Aer Lingus shares slipped 0.7 percent Thursday to euro1.50 ($2.00) on the Irish Stock Exchange. Ryanair fell 5.7 percent to euro3.04 ($4.04).


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Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 31st January written Episode: Mr Bhalla declares that there will be a lottery to decide the customs and rituals of the marriage. It is decided that the marriage will follow South Indian rituals. Ishita's family declares that there will be no non-veg and no alcohol in the ceremonies.
Relatives start arriving in both the families. It is decided that the engagement program will start from 4 AM. Bandita and Mihika try to keep Ishita happy, but for no result. Ishita thinks that this marriage is just a deal, an understanding—love will never be there.
Raman is determined to prove that Mihir is innocent in the cyber-crime case. He meets Mihir in jail and spends some time with him before the marriage. Romi understands that Raman will soon find out the actual culprit. He gives money to his friend and tells him to surrender in the police station and let Mihir come out.
Ashok and Shagun doubt that Ishita is playing a double game. They think that though she behaves friendly with them, she is favouring Raman in the custody case. They remember the fact that Raman and Ishita were in the same hotel, when they were to meet their future partners. Shagun decides that she will visit Ishita's place in the context of asking about her new relationship.
At the night before the engagement Ruhi calls Raman up as she misses him. She tells Raman to meet her. Under the effect of alcohol, Raman decides to meet her at that very night. He visits Ashok's place with a bottle of hard drink in his hand. Ashok insults him and says that he is still in love with Shagun.


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With more and more foreign companies entering Brazil comes an increased need for foreign law firms to establish bases in the country. Though Brazil does not allow foreign firms to acquire Brazilian firms, many Brazilian firms engage in close partnerships and strategic alliances with international firms.
"In Brazil, the partners of a law firm must be Brazilian partners," says Joaquim Muniz, a partner at Brazilian firm Trench, Rossi e Watanabe, which is associated with the US firm Baker & McKenzie. "So what you see more and more is having associations between foreign law firms and Brazilian firms. But that's normal in global markets. Brazilian companies are doing a lot of business abroad, so it's normal that a Brazilian law firm would team up with a large international firm."
These partnerships can be especially beneficial for the foreign firms involved, since local firms typically do better. Brazilian clients tend to prefer working with attorneys who are fluent in both the language and culture of the country. By forming cooperative alliances, international and Brazilian firms bring the advantage of local knowledge and international support to their clients.
"We have seen more and more of this trend in Brazil and I think it's quite positive," Muniz says. "A lot of [big Brazilian firms] are doing these associations with international firms – not acquisitions, but associations, and that's good for the market."


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Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story, Airs Sunday, April 11
Broadcast Premiere -Sunday, April 11, 11:00 PM-THIRTEEN
Acclaimed Author, Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Shares Her Victory of Life Over Death
Apr 06, 2010, 10:08 ET from THIRTEEN
NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday, April 11, THIRTEEN will air Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story, narrated by Richard Gere and based on the memoir by Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Love In A World of Sorrow.
Teenage Witness is a raw and emotional look at survival through an unfiltered narrative lens. Only through the kindness of a Polish peasant did Fanya and her family survive – hidden beneath a chicken coop with her parents and brother for two and a half years. Fanya's story resonates with the extremes of fear, starvation and a remarkable tenacity of spirit even as death is slowly seeping in against life.
We learn about Fanya's relationship with a Ukrainian soldier, a Nazi collaborator, who also helped to save her family from certain death. And how, in the end, this relationship leaves Fanya with questions she continues to struggle with to this day.
Mrs. Fanya Heller, an 85 year old Holocaust survivor, has made it her life's work to share her unique story with inner city teenagers. They understand the choices that she was forced to make and relate to the unexpected love she found in the midst of horror and chaos.
Since the publication of her book in 1993, Fanya has dedicated her life to spreading her message of hope to audiences young and old.
"What is most important to me about making this film," says Fanya, "is that this is another medium of reaching people – particularly the younger generations – who must be exposed to lessons in courage and tolerance, as well as to the dangers of prejudice and baseless hatred."
As the survivor population grows older, with most in their seventies, eighties, and beyond, there is an urgent need for their stories to be shared so that people will never forget what happened. The atrocities of the Holocaust happened more than sixty years ago, but the lessons are just as relevant today.
Teenage Witness: The Fanya Heller Story, produced by On Screen Entertainment, airs on THIRTEEN/WNET, Sunday, April 11, 11 – 12 PM (check your local listing).


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When the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk left Unalaska on Dec. 21, the company believed it might avoid millions in state taxes by removing the rig from Alaska before the first of the year, a Shell spokesman told the local newspaper.
Whether tax considerations drove the decision for the rig to leave port when it did -- only to run aground on Dec. 31 in a fierce Gulf of Alaska storm after breaking free from its tow -- has been a subject of speculation and questions this week.
But a state petroleum property assessor, James Greeley, said it's not clear that Shell will owe taxes on the oil rig -- whether it was in port, at sea or stranded off Kodiak. The state hasn't decided if the tax on oil and gas exploration property, which is regularly applied to pipelines and other infrastructure, should apply to the mobile oil rig that drilled a partial well last summer in Arctic waters.
"This is the first time that something like (that rig has) been in Alaska," Greeley said, so there's no taxing precedent in recent memory. The rig splits time between federal and Alaska waters, he said.
Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said Friday that the prospect of paying state tax on the Kulluk "did not influence the timing" of the rig's departure, which contradicts what he told Jim Paulin, a Dutch Harbor Fisherman reporter, in an email on Dec. 27. In the email, the Shell spokesman wrote that "the current tax structure related to vessels of the type influenced the timing of our departure."
Smith said Friday he originally chose his words badly.
"Taxes were a consideration, but they were not among the main drivers for our decision to begin moving the Kulluk. Operational decisions are ultimately governed by safety," he wrote in an email. "Furthermore, the maintenance program that was outlined for the Kulluk after a post-season inspection was not realistically achievable in Dutch Harbor."
Alaska law provides for an annual 2 percent tax on the value of property used in oil and gas exploration, production and pipeline transportation. The "lien date" for assessing the value of covered properties -- the day the state makes a snapshot of all such property in Alaska -- is Jan. 1, about 10 days after the Kulluk left Dutch Harbor.
The Revenue Department has not determined whether the vessel is a taxable property, Greeley said, and such decisions are generally made after property tax statements are due Jan. 15.
"It may or may not be. And if it isn't, it may or may not be taxable" by the local government, he said.
Shell has not said what it thinks the rig is worth, but it has said it invested $292 million in upgrades to the Kulluk, which it purchased in 2005. Two percent of $292 million is $5.8 million.
Unalaska City Manager Chris Hladick said the city has not considered trying to levy local property taxes on the Kulluk. "This issue's never really been brought up because we've never seen oil field vessels before," he said.
Rumors that Shell might have to pay state taxes on the rig circulated in Dutch Harbor throughout December, city officials said.
Hladick said he first heard that Shell might be on the hook for state oil and gas exploration property taxes while attending an Alaska Municipal League meeting in Anchorage. Hladick then talked about that possibility with a city councilman, David Gregory. Gregory was overheard talking about it by the reporter, Paulin.
Paulin said he asked Smith, the Shell spokesman, about the tax in a Dec. 27 email.
"We are now planning to sail both vessels to the west coast for seasonal maintenance and inspections," Smith replied. "Having said that, it's fair to say the current tax structure related to vessels of this type influenced the timing of our departure."
On Friday, Smith said the tax consideration did not prompt the company to choose one departure date over another, and that delaying the departure would still have meant a winter passage to Seattle.
More questions surfaced after the Kulluk became grounded off Sitkalidak Island on New Year's Eve. The next day, a Daily News reporter asked Sean Churchfield, Shell's Alaska operations official, if the decision to move the Kulluk was related to a tax or harbor fee coming due in Dutch Harbor.
"No, the reason we boated down there was actually to get the off-season repairs done," Churchfield said. "Once we had the rig ready for tow, prepared and inspected, was when we moved down to give us the maximum time to ready for the 2013 season," he said.
Preliminary oil and gas property tax assessments are published March 1, with tax bills following by June, according to Greeley, the tax assessor.
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The 10-micrometer-long flagellate cell might have a big story to tell about the evolution of eukaryotes.
Though it's considered to be the second most poisonous vertebrate in the world, this puffer fish (Arothron hispidus) seems harmless enough, kissing a camera lens off the coast of Hawaii.
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That face, that face... It reminds me of someone or, better, reminds me of a whole class of people...
They look real harmless and sometimes even kind of idiots, like the puffer. But once you open your personal or professional doors so they may get in, sooner or later they sting you and you find yourself offside in a variety of ways, none of them desirable.
So watch and take good care of puffer human-fishes when they approach you !!!
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From: "Brenda & Gary Anderson" <>
Subject: [NZ] Thomas WALKER & family from Yorkshire to Greytown
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:09:10 +1200
Hello all,
We have been researching the family of Thomas WALKER, who emigrated to NZ in
1857 and settled in Greytown. We hoped he would be the father of our Emily
Kate WALKER, my husband's gr-great-grandmother. To our dismay, after
reading a copy of his will this evening, we discovered that she was *not*
his daughter. If anyone is researching this family and would like copies of
birth certs, marriage certs, death certs, wills, etc. please let me know.
I'll be happy to pass them on.
Here are the details.
Thomas Walker, born Abt. 1831 in Masham, North Yorkshire, England; died 11
October 1904 in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand. He was the son of Enoch
Walker and Esther Marsden. He married (1) Mary Ann Smith Bef. 1853 in
Chapelry of Havergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancaster, England. She was born Bet.
September 1828 - September 1829 in Lancashire, England, and died 24
September 1907 in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand. She was the daughter of
Thomas Smith and Sarah Harker.
More About Thomas Walker:
Burial: Greytown Cemetery, Wairarapa, New Zealand - plot 58-59 - Sacred to
the memory of Thomas WALKER, died 11 Oct 1904 aged 73 yrs; also Mary Ann,
his wife, died 24 Jul 1907, aged 78 (Anglican)
Cause of Death: hepatitic cirrhosis, apoplexy
Emigration: Abt. 1857, according to death certificate, had been in NZ for 47
Occupation 1: 1867, Carrier
Occupation 2: 1872, Carrier & Publican
Occupation 3: 1893, Farmer
Probate: 4 November 1904, Wellington Court 1843-1926 probate #9142 - Will
Property 1: 1882, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand - rural 1264 acres worth
£4900, and town section worth £510
Property 2: Bet. 1873 - 1876, "British Volunteer Hotel", Greytown
Property 3: 1893, Kahautara, freehold, sections 5 and 6
More About Mary Ann Smith:
Burial: 27 September 1907, Greytown Cemetery, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Emigration: 1859, Matoaka (built 1853, wooden ship, 1092 tons) Captain
Stevens, arr Port Nicholson (Wellington) 13 Sept 1859.
According to death certificate, Mary Ann had been in NZ for 48 years. So she
arrived in 1859. The passenger list for the 'Mataoka' shows a Mary Ann
Walker & Esther Walker arriving in Sep 1859. An Esther Walker registered
Thomas's (jnr) birth.
Residence: 1893, Kahautara
More About Thomas Walker and Mary Smith:
Marriage: Bef. 1853, Chapelry of Havergham Eaves, Burnley, Lancaster,
Children of Thomas Walker
Esther WALKER, born Abt. 1853 England
Eliza WALKER, born Abt. 1863
Annie WALKER, born Abt 1865, married Charles AMOS 10 Jan 1894
Thomas WALKER born 25 January 1867 in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Mary Ann (Polly) WALKER born 1874 d: 16 August 1922 in Greytown,
Wairarapa, New Zealand
Thomas had a younger brother named Enoch who also emigrated to NZ, settling
in Woodville. Here are his details:
Enoch Walker, born 5 June 1840 in Masham, North Yorkshire, England; died
Abt. July 1907 in Woodville, New Zealand; married (1) Jane Greenhalge 1864
in Darcy Lever, Lancashire, England; died 24 May 1877 in Woodville, New
Zealand; married (2) Eliza Ann Groves 13 June 1881 in Woodville, New
Zealand; born Aft. 1860 in Milton, Oxfordshire, England.
More About Enoch Walker:
Occupation: 1881, Bootmaker
More About Enoch Walker and Jane Greenhalge:
Marriage: 1864, Darcy Lever, Lancashire, England
Children of Enoch Walker & Jane Greenhalge
Thomas Henry WALKER born in England 1865
Enoch John Marsden WALKER born in England 1867
Esther Mary WALKER born 1869 Woodville, New Zealand
Emily Jane WALKER born 1871
Margaret Isobel WALKER born 1872
James Percy WALKER born 1874
Florence Amelia WALKER born 1875
Children of Enoch Walker & (2nd Wife) Eliza Ann Groves:
Roland Hugh Stowell WALKER born 1888 in Woodville, New Zealand
Ivy Gerty WALKER born 1892
Now, if anyone has any information about an Emily Kate WALKER, born about
1865 in Oxford, England, daughter of Thomas WALKER, please let me know.
Gary & Brenda Anderson, Masterton, New Zealand
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The recent announcement of the relaxation of capital measures for insurers in the U.S. has boosted the share price of MetLife Inc. (MET - Free Report) . The stock hit a new 52-week high at $54.93 on Jun 4. This global multi-line insurer's shares rose about 5.4% since the company reported its first-quarter 2014 results at the end of Apr 2014.
The improved momentum of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock was driven by disciplined expense management along with a strong focus on streamlining operations. The latest five-year credit agreement further boosts liquidity.
Yesterday's closing price represents a strong one-year return of about 23.9%, against 18.2% clocked by the S&P 500 index. Average volume of shares traded over the last three months stands at approximately 6,333.4K.
Earnings Review
On Apr 30, MetLife reported first-quarter 2014 operating earnings per share of $1.37, underperforming both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago number by 2.1% and 6.8%, respectively. Operating earnings fell 4% year over year to $1.56 billion. However, MetLife delivered positive earnings surprises in 2 of the last 4 quarters with an average beat of 2.5%.
Results reflected growth across the Americas, Asia and EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa), higher investment income, expense control and derivative gains, leading to improved book value per share and dividend hike. These were partially offset by declined return on equity (ROE) and higher legal costs.
The U.S. Senate has passed a unanimous bill to ease a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act, which will now simplify capital rules for systemically important financial institutions (SIFI) insurers. This also differentiates these insurance companies from the stricter capital compliances of traditional banks, thereby aiming to build a safe financial system. Subsequently, MetLife entered into five-year credit agreement worth $4 billion, which can be expanded up to $5 billion.
Overall, MetLife's long-term growth outlook appears reasonable amid the regulatory challenges and market risks. The company's capital position also remains one of the sturdiest in the industry, and is cushioned by a diversified portfolio mix and a leading brand. Going forward, the company's efforts to enhance operating leverage and shareholder return should impress the ratings agencies and investors.
Some better-ranked insurers that warrant a look include OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. , Old Republic International Corp. (ORI - Free Report) and Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (HALL - Free Report) . All these stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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Mr. Hans Mills
Prof. Mills graduated from Lawrence Technological University in 1986 with a B.S. in Math and Computer Science. He worked in the software development industry for 20 years, and acquired and directed the growth of two businesses; ASI Software (1992), Accounting Systems Service Inc (1994). Together these companies, known as ASI, were featured in the Lawrence Technological University Magazine, Spring of 1997, Volume IIV, Number 1, pp. 10-11. ASI performed IT services for 200+ companies, with major clients such as Ameritech, TCBY, VNA and Cardinal Healthcare. Prof. Mills assisted with the purchase and acquisition of Wintegrity (1999). Currently he is self-employed as an independent software developer and an adjunct professor at Lawrence Tech University.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Republicans should stop cheering for Obamacare to fail. It may be dreadful, but going back to what the United States had before isn't possible. The real political hay is to be made improving the law to lower prices and premiums -- details Democrats forgot.
Even a community activist from Chicago knows that to sell tofu at less than it really costs -- and to give a lot away for free -- some folks have to be taxed and many have to pay too much. Since covering millions without insurance is a Big Kahuna, the pain for some must be big but skillfully crafted.
Obamacare imposes more than a dozen new taxes, highly focused on those who will profit from more customers -- for example, the levy on medical device makers and insurance companies -- or generally don't vote for Democrats anyway -- the 3.8 percent tax on interest income for richer Americans.
Only 5 percent of the population is covered by individual health insurance policies, vulnerable to cancellation letters and hence likely to face higher premiums. Nearly half are small entrepreneurs, and though highly vocal, most get their reinforcement watching Fox, not MSNBC.
Even if Obamacare could be repealed after the next election, those victims couldn't get back their old policies. Insurance companies have replaced those with much more profitable schemes.
Markets for health services and insurance are inherently local. Obamacare reorganizes markets for individual insurance policies down to the county level in such a way that only one or a few companies serve many markets. Often, those insurers haven't pressed providers to offer the same low prices as available in more competitive locations.
As the service providers become comfortable, padding costs and charging more, they will strongly resist new insurance companies entering their markets, seeking lower prices to charge lower premiums. In many communities, for example, hospitals are run by a few private firms or a semi-public, non-profit and have substantial market power.
Overall, the United States spends a much higher percentage of gross domestic product on healthcare than other industrialized countries, where nearly everyone is covered.
Even with Obamacare efforts to contain costs, projections by Medicare and Medicare actuaries -- hardly a group with a political ax to grind -- indicate this disparity will continue to increase.
European nations and Japan better contain costs, and many provide arguably more effective care, by recognizing that the market for health services isn't a place where competition effectively contains costs. Germany sets prices for new drugs according to how much those improve treatment over existing medicines.
That system doesn't let Big Pharma drum up sales for new incontinence drugs by pushing old folks watching daytime TV to rush to CVS, then bill Medicare whatever it pleases.
Curbing market and patient manipulation is where the future lies.
Liberal Democrats see Obamacare as the road to paradise -- socialized medicine like the British system -- but the really effective systems like those in Germany rein in private prices, salaries and excessive staffing.
Regulation is painfully distasteful to conservative Republicans but it would be a whole lot better than a National Health Service run like the U.S. Postal Service, or worse, the Internal Revenue Service.
Reshaping Obamacare to bring down costs and premiums would capture voter loyalty more effectively than advocating the impossible -- repealing the law altogether.
If Republicans don't move in that direction, Hillary Clinton, who is shrewder than her liberal base, surely will and marginalize the GOP for a generation.
(Peter Morici, an economist and professor at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, is a widely published columnist. Follow him on Twitter: @pmorici1)
(United Press International's "Outside View" commentaries are written by outside contributors who specialize in a variety of important issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of United Press International. In the interests of creating an open forum, original submissions are invited.)


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looks great the only thing i would consider is not using Drogskol Captain and using Selesnya Charm instead. I dont think you have enough spirits for the Captain and the Charm is very versatile.
May 18, 2013 5:33 p.m.
Also didnt you have some Voice of Resurgence ? I would include those if you have them and remove some of the weaker token generation Wake the Reflections (because its a sorcery) and Talrand's Invocation (higher mana cost than the rest).
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Voice of Resurgence is only based on creatures you control, so is Wayfaring Temple . Both will go great with Crusader of Odric . A playset of Fencing Ace , Arbor Elf and Avacyn's Pilgrim will be quick drops to strengthen numbers. That deck is where I'd add my Ethereal Armor and Murder Investigation .
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Rabbi Wolpe and Craig Taubman's final Friday Night Live
For their last time, after 16 years of collaboration, Rabbi David Wolpe and singer/songwriter Craig Taubman led the lively musical Shabbat service at Sinai Temple known as Friday Night Live to a packed sanctuary on the evening of June 13.
They did not go out quietly.
"This is our farewell tour," Wolpe announced with a smile during his sermon, and the rock-and-roll-themed allusion seemed more than appropriate, given Taubman's band of multiple guitarists and a drummer, which was surrounded by clusters of candles lighting up the bimah in a reddish glow, enlivening Taubman's liturgical songs with soloists' heroics.
The high-energy music is, of course, what the Ted and Hedy Orden and Family Friday Night Live (FNL) service is all about.
Sixteen years ago, Wolpe and Taubman envisioned the service as a shorter, edgier, more entertaining presentation of the Kabbalat Shabbat service, hoping to attract more young professionals.
And while the popularity of the service has grown, so, too, has the range of ages attending, accounting for the many older folks in the audience for the finale. Nevertheless, the rock format has endured.
This was their 205th Friday Night Live, Taubman said, and Wolpe and Taubman turned it up, to quote the heavy-metal mockumentary "Spinal Tap," to eleven. The service included rap, poetry (see Rick Lupert's "The End of An Era," which was read at the service) and humor throughout.
It was a joyful and bittersweet evening.
Midway through the service, local Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz appeared on the bimah, joining Taubman's band, as well as Sinai Temple Cantor Marcus Feldman and others.
Throughout the night, the audience repeatedly rose to its feet — and not just for prayer — often bursting into applause and clapping to the music. The tone was playful, and at one point, Taubman teased attendees, incredulous at how even after all of these years, they still could not keep the beat.
Just as the music has been essential to the success of FNL, so, too, was the relationship between Wolpe and Taubman. The pair did not know each other well prior to working on FNL, but today they are friends, Wolpe told the Journal in an interview.
Indeed, the relationship has not been without its strains, Wolpe also acknowledged during his sermon, yet he said his partnership with Taubman has taught him how working with someone with whom you sometimes disagree is a "really good thing."
"Friday Night Live is a result of that," he said.
At the outset, Wolpe was focused on young professionals. When he and Taubman held a lunch meeting more than 15 years ago, Taubman, then a writer of children's music at Disney, suggested that the service should be for kids.
Taubman also wanted to write all new music. Wolpe wasn't sure about that idea.
Wolpe got his way on the first. He relented on the latter, which is a good thing. Anyone who's been to FNL knows how much the service's broad appeal owes to Taubman's accessible melodies. Just ask the other synagogues and summer camps around the world that have adopted his music for their own worship.
FNL may have reached its audience peak around 2007. At that time, more than 1,000 people were showing up for the service, which, every month, has preceded a singles' party organized by Sinai's young professionals group ATID.
Some highlights over the years have included special guests, including author Eli Wiesel, Pastor Rick Warren and even pop impresario Ryan Seacrest.
In recent years, attendance has dropped off. Approximately 300 people attended the April and May FNL services this year.
The service had also veered from its original mission of serving and building Jewish identity in 20- and 30-somethings: All ages are welcome in the pews at FNL.
The tradition will continue under new leadership, refocusing on engaging young adults. The mantle has been passed to Sinai Temple Rabbis Nicole Guzik and Jason Fruithandler; as well as Rabbi Erez Sherman, Guzik's husband, who joins Sinai Temple as a clergy member in July. Feldman and Sinai millennial director Matt Baram also will be part of the team leading the services.
They say it will be an entirely new incarnation of FNL, to be unveiled at Sinai in October. It will be, Guzik said in an interview, "for millennials, by millennials and about millennials."
Last Friday, despite the importance that the organized Jewish community often places on looking forward, Wolpe and Taubman were openly nostalgic and sentimental.
And if anyone has earned the right, it's these two.
They thanked family and friends for their support over the years and gave a shout-out to those who have funded the service from the beginning. They also spotlighted groups such as Judaism by Choice, whose members occupied several rows in the sanctuary and who have regularly attended FNL services.
As any bandleader should, Taubman thanked each of his musicians. At one point, he ventured into the crowd and walked toward his wife. She responded by blowing kisses at him. He also asked his son, Noah, to stand and to wave to everyone.
The community thanked Wolpe and Taubman in return. Late in the evening, Guzik, Fruithandler and Sherman presented the FNL co-creators each with an inscribed stool, representing the informal seating used for the occasions.
Meanwhile, Wolpe's art of connecting biblical text with the concerns of the day — in this case, bidding farewell to something that has been a regular part of his life for so long — shone through. During his sermon, he likened himself to the aged Esau, who was stunned to tears upon being reunited with his twin, Jacob, after so many years.
Seeing Jacob's face was a reminder of how many years had passed.
Wolpe compared Esau's reaction to how he, himself, felt at seeing the faces of people — those who have been supporting the FNL dream since its beginning — in the crowd. Their faces illustrate how many years have passed since FNL began.
Those years, Wolpe said from the bimah, have been good.


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Legion teams playing well
Lehighton won two of three recent games in Legion baseball play.
No. Parkland
Kyle Hunter turned in a strong pitching performance, but it wasn't enough as North Parkland pulled out a 3-1 Lehigh Valley Legion Baseball League victory on Friday.
Hunter tossed a complete-game and surrendered just seven hits, but was outdueled by North Parkland's Smith, who limited Lehighton to just four hits.
Hunter's RBI single in the first inning produced the only run for Lehighton (12-6).
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Lehighton picked up a pair of wins over Lower Macungie in Lehigh Valley Legion Baseball League play on Thursday.
In the continuation of a suspended from the night before, Tyler Hill singled home Casey Lawrence with the tie-breaking run in the top of the ninth inning to give Lehighton a 7-6 victory. The game had been suspended by darkness with the score tied 6-6 after eight innings on Wednesday.
In the regularly scheduled game, Lehighton posted a 12-6 victory over Lower Macungie.
Kyle McAvoy pitched four strong innings to pick up the win. Tyler Harris gained the save by throwing three scoreless innings.
Jacen Nalesnik and Ryan Porambo both had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Lehighton offense. Casey Lawrence added two hits and one RBI.
Lehighton also received some good news off the diamond as assistant coach Kevin Hoben came out of successful surgery at Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia just before game time. Hoben was hit in the eye with a baseball during batting practice prior to Wednesday's game.
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Tamaqua jumped out to a big lead and then held on for a 6-5 Schuylkill-Berks Legion Baseball League victory over Southern Area.
The victory by Tamaqua (9-1) in the battle of the North Division's top two teams gives them sole possession of first place heading into the final week of the regular season. Southern Area falls to 7-2.
Leadoff batter Jay Pilla had a huge game for Tamaqua with two hits, three RBIs and a runs scored. Ty Rother added two hits, a run scored, and an RBI.
Mike Streisel pitched five shuouts innings before running into trouble late in the game. Streisel worked six and two-thirds inning and struck out four to get the win. Chris Pilla got the game's out to pick up the save.
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MAPUTO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Mozambique have appointed German Gert Engels as their new coach, giving him a two-year contract on Wednesday, the Mozambique Football Federation announced.
Engels, whose previous coaching experience has come in Japan as an assistant to current Australia coach Holger Osiek and later on his own, takes over the Mozambique job from Dutch coach Maart Nooij.
Mozambique begin their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign against the Comoros Islands in November when they play a preliminary-round tie over two legs inside five days.
They beat the same opponents 3-0 at home last weekend at the end of their unsuccessful African Nations Cup qualifying bid.
The 54-year-old Engels is a former Borussia Moenchengladbach player and Urawa Red Diamonds coach.
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FANMAIL 1995-1996 Your merciless bashing of The Orange County Register and the OC edition of the LA Times is futile and infantile. Your writer is simply out of touch with most of us in Orange County, and across America. Your paper must really be hard up for publicity or just a left-wing rag of anti-German propaganda. Your paper should not have to resort to the very tactics that you ridicule. terrifyingly stupid sentence I have ever read. This type of patronizing, guilty-white-liberal mentality is just as bigoted and dangerous as anything coming out of a Coeur d'Alene town hall meeting. You should learn some ethics when launching smug, sarcastic attacks. In a county as conservative as ours, I think this is kind of uncalled for. All is hopeless. Everything in the OC Weekly seems subtly designed to appeal exclusively to OC's small population of upper-class pseudoliberals and its hordes of white, upwardly mobile yuppies. Despite its monolithically slick prose, the Weekly has failed to offer a viable alternative to journalism as usual. The stereotypes you use to differentiate Democrats and Republicans are so simplistic it's a joke. Your publication has become so boring and dull that the only exciting part is the holistic massage ads. Your so-called article . . . is a bunch of bullshit. How can we trust your assessment of something as important as the county charter when you can't research something as simple as football? Insufficiently busy with notable reporting efforts of its own, OC Weekly gets its kicks from drive-by shootings of more credible journalists. Stop your whining, OC Weekly! Your paper should be ashamed. OC Weekly sucks. Are there any other felons working for your paper who would like to recount their crimes? I found your column . . . to be rather stupid and devoid of any real information. Nobody could be that out of touch and be proud of it. OC Weekly needs to show some responsibility in the effect it has on its readers. It is time to downshift to a lower gear of self-glorification. Trashy journalism. I found your article disgusting and surprisingly biased. 1996-1997 Rabid attacks. If this kind of defilement is what we have to do to be involved in the process, then I want no further part of it. An insult to the intelligence of your readers. A parade of dumb mistakes, inaccurate reporting and libelous innuendo. Short-visioned throwback. Too often, facts and a Weekly story go together like oil and vinegar. Talent, or the lack thereof, is expressed in many forms. Completely one-sided. It's disgusting to see something like this. Mean-spirited. A bit schizophrenic. There are a lot of other words that can be used instead of those four-letter words; to me, it shows a lack of imagination to have to resort to using them. Circular and absurd. You'd rather pontificate from afar than actually cover events in neighborhoods that don't match your demographic profile, unless it's to agitate or soothe chronically inflamed liberal consciences. Your future has passed you by. It seems you choose to view your glass as half-empty. Your soul is already dead. Quit your bitching! You have no common sense. Wise up. Poorly written and wildly inaccurate. Journalistic objectivity is obviously not a priority. Ignorant of the facts. Boooorring! Consumed by precocious psychobabble and personal sexual anxiety. Obviously, you have no ethics. I will never look at the OC Weekly again. You make me sick. We are outraged and sickened. Congratulations on successfully producing, week after week, a publication that sucks! If your publication were a musician, it would be John Tesh. You friggin' liberals are full of hooey. You should be burned at the stake and have the ashes sprinkled over the El Toro Y at rush hour. Where do you get off writing monkey dung? Somewhere, your parents and schools FAILED MISERABLY to educate you about the FACTS OF LIFE. A little education put into that Pollyanna liberal cranium of yours—REAL WORLD, NOT IVORY TOWER, EDUCATION—might help. You're lucky this newspaper is free because I don't think you'd make any money if it were sold. It's bad press—very bad press. The stupidest, most infantile twaddle imaginable. Cocka-poopoo. Journalistic stupidity. Full of shit. Fucking bullshit. Woefully deficient of facts. I'm used to reading badly written articles in your paper. 1997-1998 Your liberal slant on everything is pretty laughable. I really hope you don't think your "publication" is actually legitimate. I'll never waste another minute of my time reading your sewer paper. You are on about the same caliber as a small, liberal, community college newspaper—and about as pointless. Hire some real reporters and an editor while you're at it. Show some spine. What a perverse little magazine you have. I can't see how you could be any more wrong. Chock-full of misinformation and nonsense. Your disgusting magazine hits new lows. Get your head out of the gutter and write about real stories. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Completely strayed from reality. Congratulations, you have now officially reached a new low. Every issue makes me remember my college years when I, too, was young, stupid, impressionable and receptive to liberal claptrap of the sort delivered by the Weekly. What shitty reporting. What garbage. Factless. Semisatirical. Your magazine really is terrible! Your magazine wouldn't have made it as a third-rate hippie rag 30 years ago! Revamp your magazine, get some professional writers on your staff, and quit wasting our time. Awkward and painful to read. An evil paper spreading infected bodily fluids all over. An embarrassment . . . to journalism. You hypocritical "free speech"- oriented rag. Gross, gross, gross. Otherwise mediocre (at best). The paper sucks. Lacking originality. Shameful. One consolation to the inevitable anarchy you and your kind are ushering in is that your kind will hopefully be the first liquidated—back to the slime from which you draw your thoughts. A sex-for-sale magazine in disguise. If you don't clean up your act, I might also think about starting some community action against your paper. Junk (which is left in large piles of untaken papers). Your article and condescending tone make me want to vomit. Thinly veiled attempt at journalism. A rank and amateur hack piece. The vested interest behind this rag is so gross I do NOT know how you guys live with yourselves. How about some constructive journalism for a change? Off-balance reporting. Incredibly racist. Quite stupid. Condescending and superficial. Quite disappointing. 1998-1999 I think you need to eat your damn words!!! I go away for two weeks, and your paper goes to hell. How could you print such crap? The ignorance portrayed . . . grows with every word. This is yellow journalism at its worst. There you chumps go again, bitin' the hand that feeds you. Crybabies. Demented. Your account . . . was filled with untruths and meanness. You are nothing but a shill for your advertisers. You are definitely one of the "Pretty People"!!! You promote more hatred, invective and misinformation than can be found on the average Ku Klux Klan website. A vicious, superficial attack. You are pathetic. Insulting and disgusting. You guys suck! Do you prefer to displace your angry feelings onto society? You are separatists and lack understanding. Get your shit together. Self-serving, tedious, teenage drivel. Can't you find anyone to cover the OC social scene who can at least make it sound interesting? "Misinformation" is the best description for the work of fantasy. . . in the OC Weekly. Not very interesting. The worst article I've ever read. What kind of newspaper are you writing? What is this world coming to? A bunch of critical sons of bitches. You're the assholes! Unsubstantiated, biased garbage. Poor taste. Shame on the Weekly. Pure garbage. It's no wonder the OC Weekly is free. Why would anyone pay to read it? Somebody on your staff needs to get a clue. Come on, show some respect. Hardly informative. As journalism, it's way cheesy. Misinformed, superficial and unsupported by facts. Meritless, illegitimate and defamatory diatribe of lies, slander and other pejorative rhetoric. I forgive your utter hatred. I pray for a change of your hardened heart and the elimination of your anger toward anyone who disagrees with you on public policy. A waste of paper. Your magazine hasn't made a single positive contribution to Orange County. I look forward to the day that your magazine has some value beyond lining my bird's cage. Increasingly wacked-out liberal agenda. Utter ignorance. This magazine—with its gross articles and its flagrant "finger up" attitude—is terribly tragic. Someday, you will be forced to face your Creator. Ignorant and way out of line. The Weekly's chosen specialty is attack-dog criticism. OC Weekly has nothing to offer the OC music scene. You should really look at what your people are running in this fag rag that your run. It's terrible. You disgust me. 1999-2000 Now I know why this magazine is free: you can't get anyone to pay to read such trash. We have met the enemy, and it is the likes of you. You should be ashamed of yourself! OC wannabes. Your pathetic attempts at sounding oh-so-hip and literate have only exposed how culturally bankrupt you really are. Your lack of basic research, factchecking and journalistic integrity, plus your decadent use of deception and disregard for the truth, is appalling. How can you claim to be cultured or relevant? Frankly, I expected better. A waste of paper and ink. You are doomed! You are marked for Eternal Death. Kill the writers. Nothing but low-ball ass chatter. You're stupid!!! You frikkin' suck! Narrow-minded and demeaning. A small-time paper. Here's my review of your professionalism: IT SUCKS! Self-indulgent, Mind-numbing alley-cat trash talk.
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Jered Weaver's tight back appears to be healing without any issues. Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said before Wednesday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays that Weaver is on track to start in his rotation spot Saturday.
Weaver, who is 9-6 with a 3.50 earned-run average in 118 1/3 innings this season, left Monday's game with lower-back tightness after just two innings. He said he felt better after the game and received treatment and played catch Tuesday. Weaver went on the disabled list with a similar ailment in 2012.
"Just based on his workout this afternoon, he definitely seems like he's past that point of being at risk, and he didn't feel a thing," Scioscia said. "So most likely, if he can feel good the next couple of days he'll pitch on Saturday."
Scioscia said he has thought about giving Weaver extra rest before the All-Star break but sees no reason for it as long as Weaver isn't in any discomfort. Entering Wednesday, the Angels (52-37) trailed the first-place Oakland Athletics by 4 1/2 games in the American League West. Hector Santiago would probably fill in for Weaver.
In the clubhouse, Weaver declared that his back felt "awesome," but that was before he had done any throwing. He was slated for a bullpen session and long toss.
The news came back positive. And if that means Weaver won't miss a start, the Angels will think that's pretty awesome too.
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Ala. Seminary Defends Right to Issue Religious Degrees
The Alabama Community College System will no longer demand that a private divinity college and seminary cease offering all of its associate and bachelor programs in religion, ministry, theological studies, and Bible.
The school system's Department of Postsecondary Education had notified the chancellor of Bethany Divinity College and Seminary back in June that the Dothan, Ala.-based school is not authorized to offer programs of study of associate or bachelor degree levels.
In a letter, the school system demanded that certain religious degree offerings from its catalog and website be removed within 30 days.
In response, attorneys with the faith-based Alliance Defense Fund sent letters on behalf of the school, outlining how the college is officially exempt from government intrusion and regulation of its religious programs, and that any attempt by the state to alter or revoke its degree programs would be unconstitutional and in conflict with state law.
"The government should not attempt to regulate religious programs that are specifically exempt under state law," said ADF Senior Litigation Staff Counsel Daniel Blomberg after the school system notified his legal group of its intent to drop its demand.
"The Alabama Community College System did the right thing here by finally deciding to recognize Bethany's right to offer associate and bachelor degree levels in its religious programs," the attorney added. "State law does not regulate programs that only offer religious degrees, which are the only degrees Bethany Divinity College and Seminary offers."
Although Bethany respectfully declined to eliminate its degree offerings when it received the June letter, it did volunteer to slightly alter the names of some of its degrees.
The incorporation certificate of Bethany Divinity College and Seminary states that the school's purpose is to "establish and maintain a Religious institution, to provide advanced training in Bible, Theology, Christian Education and Pastoral Ministry, as to such to prepare students for full or part time Christian Service."


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Romance is a wonderful thing. The long talks, smiles, interlocked hands and purposeless walks—all of these things make us feel alive. It doesn't matter if you've been single for years or married for 60, we can all relate to Tom in 500 Days of Summer when he dances through the streets to "You Make My Dreams" because he won Summer's heart. Feelings can carry us to the top of the world.
The problem is, feelings fade. I heard a friend recently admit that he has fallen hard for dozens of girls only to break up with them after dating for a few months because the butterflies stopped flying. And this is the way our culture works: We date people until they stop giving us what we want.
Although I'm sure I could write a great deal about the problem of mistaking emotional romance for love, that is not what this column is about. I'm writing this because I have seen many people (including myself) act as though following Christ is like being in a petty high school relationship. When things get difficult, complicated, confusing or unfulfilling, we walk away.
Most of the time, this is really subtle. It's leaving a church because the worship music doesn't give you goosebumps, or neglecting prayer because you don't feel God's arms tangibly hugging you like you once did. The problem is, Jesus did not come to sprinkle feel-good emotions on us like a Valentine love affair. He came to lead us into the Kingdom of God, and following Him there can be tough.
I once attended a Bible study where a girl openly complained, "Jesus and I are in a fight." Instantly, everyone's eyes in the room turned to her. She proceeded, "He hasn't answered any of my prayers for weeks, and I'm beginning to feel like He is ignoring me." We all sympathized with her and understood her angst. Although most of us would not put it in these terms, we all feel frustrated when God does not fulfill our emotional desires. Taking a step back, however, I realize this complaint (a very common one) trivializes Christ's lordship and makes Him seem more like a romantic companion who must return all of our phone calls than the God of our lives.
Of course, when examining the Gospels, we see that Jesus has extravagant, eternal love for His followers. At the last supper, He tells His disciples: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love" (John 15:9). Here, Christ confesses His deep, heart-felt affection for the disciples, yet in the same conversation He warns them that He will soon go away, leaving them to endure persecution without His physical presence. In other words, they must abide in his love because soon they will be tempted to forget it.
We do ourselves a huge disservice to view Christ's love through the lens our culture's definition of the word. Hollywood says love only exists when our whimsical, emotional needs are met. God says love always exists because of what Christ did for us. He demonstrated the highest form of love possible, sacrificing His own life for the sake of ours on the cross. In Romans 8, Paul reflects, "He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" In this way, we can know in the deepest parts of who we are that God loves us, even if we feel alone or ignored in the present.
As John Piper asks, "Do you feel loved by God because you believe He makes much of you, or because you believe He frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of Him?"
I will be the first to admit I struggle in my faith. I often feel unsatisfied and turn to accomplishments, approval, possessions and physical intimacy to get my fix of fulfillment. I once even decided to "take a break" from prayer for months while I dated a girl in an attempt to fill my soul. But I have to assume this emptiness was felt by Abraham when he waited 25 years for God's promise, or by Joseph when his brothers left him for dead, or by Paul when his ship wrecked, and yet they still abided in God's love.
Even when we can't feel Christ's presence and our hearts long to run in a hundred different directions, we can still offer devotion, knowing that God rewards those who seek Him. His love is much greater, deeper and more enduring than Hollywood romance. It makes us feel the greatest joy and passion, yet it also sustains us when we don't. So the answer is no: Jesus will not be your Valentine. He will be much more than that. He will be a helper, a healer, a savior and a king, our Lord to worship and our God to love.


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Recent A-J articles imply the city has insufficient funds requiring a tax-rate hike by repeating the property tax rate was reduced from 64 cents in 1992 to 50.4 cents in 2013-14 without explaining why absolutely no revenue decreased.
Besides constant appraisal creep and growth, the huge difference was voter-approved buydown of property taxes by paying 3/8-cent higher sales tax in 1995 and 2003 elections.
This tax trade will generate approximately $16.5 million in 2014-15, resulting in property tax reduction of more than 13.1 cents per $100 valuation.
The city receives a total of 1 1/2 cents sales tax, which, at $5.5 million per 1/8 cent, will total about $66 million next year, contributing more than $10 million to the general fund (after subtracting 1/8 cent for LEDA) than property tax revenue of about $51 million.
The other 1/5 of the general fund never mentioned are hidden taxes embedded in utility bills disguised as franchise and PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) fees that add over $500 extra annually over the actual cost of utilities for the average family of four. Due to utility and property tax rate increases, these "transfers" are increasing $2.7 million to $32.1 million in 2014-15. More details are on the South Plains Advocates for Freedom website.
Total revenue will be more than $714.4 million, increasing $394.3 million since 2003-04. This should be ample to fund city services, maintenance and debt without escalating taxes. Tell your council at upcoming hearings.
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VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Results of four-year inquiry into the 1985 destruction of Air India Flight 182, and Canada's failure to catch those responsible for history's deadliest bombing of an airliner will be released next week.
The report, which also examined aviation security, terrorism financing, and Canada's ability handle major terror-related trials in the future, will be released on June 17 in Ottawa, the Air India Commission said on Thursday.
Relatives of the 329 people killed in the June 1985 attack had long demanded an inquiry, and the Canadian government eventually agreed after two men charged with the bombing where found not guilty of murder in 2005.
Flight 182 was blown up off the Irish coast while en route from Canada to India via London. Many of the victims were Canadian citizens returning to India to visit relatives.
The attack is widely thought to be the work of Canadian-based Sikhs fighting for an independent homeland in India, who wanted revenge for India's deadly 1984 storming of the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine.
An attempt to blow up an Air India flight over the Pacific at the same time, instead killed two airport workers in Japan when that bomb exploded prematurely.
The media reported details of an alleged plot shortly after the bombings, but it took police about 15 years to charge anyone for the attack. A judge eventually found both men not guilty because of a lack of evidence.
Victims' relatives have long complained that police, as well as Canada's spy agency, ignored information about the plot that could prevented the bombing, and then destroyed evidence in a bungled investigation.
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