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KEY WEST (AP) -- A multicolored, ceramic statue of a cat said to be a gift from Pablo Picasso to Ernest Hemingway has disappeared from its glass-enclosed perch at the Hemingway House museum.
Museum general manager Michael Morawski said the 14-inch statue disappeared Tuesday shortly before 4:20 p.m., about 10 minutes after a tour guide pointed it out to sightseers.
The museum posted a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the culprit who made off with the feline sculpture, whose value remains a subject of debate.
Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, first identified the cracked sculpture during a visit in 1972. She remarked the cat was a 1920s-era gift from Picasso.
Then in a state of disrepair, the cat was pieced back together and put on display atop an armoire in an upstairs master bedroom, a highlight on the Hemingway House tour ever since.
''Obviously, it's a cornerstone of the museum itself,'' Morawski said.
But Hemingway's son Patrick, who has quarreled with the museum's owners, has disputed the statue's origin, saying it is the equivalent of a dime store bauble.
It's ''one of those prizes you win for knocking over the cement-filled milk bottles at a carnival,'' he once told The Miami Herald.
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I just love this kind of puzzle, where it looks like it'll be easy enough & it ends up kicking my butt! Thanks for the challenge.
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Debt and Product Market Fragility
Liquidation of a supplier of durable goods can be costly for its customers because it frequently undermines the smooth supply of after-sales service and spare parts or makes it more costly. This paper studies the interplay between capital structure and product pricing strategy when liquidation imposes costs on customers. I develop a model which illustrates that highly leveraged firms can enter a vicious circle in which financial distress and sales drops are re-enforcing. Multiple equilibria can arise. There exists a "good" equilibrium in which consumers buy and the firm is in good financial shape. However, when agency problems between investors and managers are severe, there is also "bad" equilibrium: consumers turn away from the vendor, the market collapses, and the firm goes bankrupt. Moreover, the "good" equilibrium is highly fragile in that a small shock to the firm's profits can trigger a spiral of sales drops. I show that the firm can avoid the "bad" equilibrium by cutting prices and reducing leverage.
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- Jensen, Michael C, 1986. "Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 76(2), pages 323-329, May.
- Opler, Tim C & Titman, Sheridan, 1994. " Financial Distress and Corporate Performance," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 49(3), pages 1015-1040, July.
- Hendel, Igal, 1996. "Competition under Financial Distress," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(3), pages 309-324, September.
- Titman, Sheridan & Wessels, Roberto, 1988. " The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 43(1), pages 1-19, March.
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"Capital Structure and Product Market Behavior: An Examination of Plant Exit and Investment Decisions,"
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- Dan Kovenock & Gordon M. Phillips, 1995. "Capital Structure and Product Market Behavior: An Examination of Plant Exit and Investment Decisions," CESifo Working Paper Series 89, CESifo Group Munich.
- Oliver Hart & John Moore, 1998. "Default and Renegotiation: A Dynamic Model of Debt," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 113(1), pages 1-41.
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- Douglas W. Diamond, 1984. "Financial Intermediation and Delegated Monitoring," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 51(3), pages 393-414.
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(The following are from The St. Augustine Record and The St. Augustine Evening Record.)
The annual baby contest sponsored by the youth department of Zion Baptist Church will culminate Sunday at 3 p.m. at the church.
Participants in the contest are, April Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Howard and sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Singletary; Andre Scott, son of Ms. Norma Jean Jackson and sponsored by the junior choir; Sheria Ransom, sponsored by Mrs. Mary J. Clark, is the daughter of Mrs. Malvey Mae Ransom; Mark Aranjo, son of Mrs. Jacqueline Aranjo and sponsored by Mrs. Jaunita Morris.
Rev. C.C. Rawls is pastor.
The deaconess board of First Baptist Church will celebrate its anniversary on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Participants will be Mrs. Barbara Early, Mrs. Emma Britton, Mrs. Chestine Desmore, Mrs. Willie M. Smith, Mrs. Flossie Carter, Mrs. Mattie R. Jones, Mrs. Cleo Green, Mrs. Flora Holley, Mrs. Flora Cambers, Mrs. Ethel Taylor, Deacon Issac Davis, Deacon Otis Knowles, Miss Fannie Fulwood, and Deacon R. Felder.
Mrs. John Anderson is president.
Friends are also invited.
Sergeant Richard A. Maguire, 20-year-old son of Mrs. Henrietta S. Cook of No. 226 San Marco Ave., has arrived home after almost a year of combat duty with the U.S. 1st Calvary Division on the Korean battlefront.
Young Maguire left in December 1948 for Japan, and on July 18th, 1950, his division (1st Calvary, with the U.S. Eighth Army) landed at Pohang, South Korea, on a 10-day notice, believed a record for mounting an amphibious operation. Five days later he saw his first action, during the battle of Yongdong.
In August 1950, the mortar platoon of which Sergeant Maguire was a member was overrun by advancing Red troops on the Naktong section and was forced to withdraw.
Maguire, remaining behind to assist his wounded buddies, displayed bravery beyond the call of duty, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He also has been honored with the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Korean Theatre Medal for his service with the 1st Calvary Division, the famed World War II outfit.
Sergeant Maguire came home on June 30th for a 30-day furlough, after which he will report to Fort Jackson, S.C., for further orders and a possible discharge.
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LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK – A 10-year-old boy was killed and a 13-year-old girl injured in a rock slide at Lassen Volcanic National Park, east of Redding, the California Highway Patrol said.
The boy died at the scene from his injuries Wednesday afternoon and the girl was taken to a Redding hospital and treated for extensive facial injuries. The incident was under investigation.
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Prostitution arrests close topless pool
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas casino has shut down its topless pool after police made arrests for prostitution.
The arrests came Saturday after plainclothes officers conducted a routine check on operations at the Sapphire Pool at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, a Las Vegas police spokesman said. The pool was a partnership between the casino and Sapphire Gentlemen's Club, which provided dancers who appeared at the pool topless during the day.
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Federal agents foil huge narcotics ring
SACRAMENTO – Federal drug agents have broken up a narcotics ring that imported heroin valued at $17.5 million into California from Mexico, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence Brown said yesterday.
Authorities discovered 200 kilograms of heroin and $670,000 in cash during an 18-month investigation, he said. The drug ring is suspected of smuggling cash and heroin in secret compartments of vehicle engines and transmissions. The drugs were transported to Modesto. A federal grand jury in Sacramento indicted 21 people in Mexico and California on smuggling charges.
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Conforming to national stereotypes
South Korea
South Korea lost twice, drew once and went home in disgrace. Sound familiar? The reaction of fans to their underperforming team – who finished bottom of their group in Brazil – was to toss toffees at them, which, according to the BBC, "is considered an insult in their country". In fact, the gesture was a little more pointed: the crowds were throwing yeot, cylindrical candies that, to some eyes, resemble penises. What they wanted the players to do with the toffees was left unsaid.
Japanese supporters could easily have been excused for being annoyed after their team surrendered a 1-0 lead to then go on and lose 2-1 to Ivory Coast. But instead of ransacking Recife's Arena Pernambuco, as some other supporters may possibly have done, dozens of the Japanese fans stayed behind after the game to go around the stands and fill dozens of bin bags with collected rubbish. This, apparently, is a tradition in Japan, both home and away. England fans take note.
Heroes, villains and tributes
The super-villain
Kurt Vonnegut believed there was no such thing as a villain, but he died before Uruguay's Luis Suárez came to prominence. At the 2010 World Cup, Suárez made himself an enemy of a continent: depriving Africa of its first semi-finalist with a handball against Ghana. This time, he tried to outrage the entire planet. He succeeded, with the exception of Uruguay, whose 4 million citizens were mostly fine with what he did to Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.
Welcome to Tim Howard airport
In the US, if 100,000 people sign an online petition, the administration is obliged to respond. After goalkeeper Tim Howard's "human wall" impersonation against Belgium – where he made an astonishing 16 saves – a petition to rename Washington DC's Ronald Reagan airport after the stopper was started. The president had already phoned to congratulate Howard. "I don't know how you are going to survive the mobs when you come back, man," said Obama. "You're gonna have to shave your beard so they don't know who you are."
From the first match, where the Brazilian players and fans kept singing a cappella after the music stopped – as David Luiz wailed and thumped his chest – national anthems have been a stirring and evocative part of this World Cup. Before the tournament, Roy Hodgson announced that he was determined that his England team should sing God Save the Queen and, like truculent schoolchildren, they did as they were told. Switzerland, meanwhile, was so disappointed by the team's rendition of the Swiss Psalm that a public competition has now been launched to come up with a modern, less solemn alternative – and one that is less fixated on the national weather.
Celeb curses
Mick Jagger
The frontman of the Rolling Stones is fast becoming the supporter you least want in your corner. At the 2010 tournament, he was implicated in defeats for the US, England and Brazil. This time, he predicted long World Cup runs for Portugal, England and Italy (all teams that failed to make it through the group stages). But the rock star didn't attend any matches until Brazil's semi-final against Germany: Lucas, his 15-year-old son, was wearing a Brazil shirt. Local fans described him as pe frio – literally cold feet, a Brazilian term for an unlucky omen – and one was concerned enough to superimpose his head on a German uniform. Turns out they were right.
Justin Bieber
First Bieber was pictured holding a Spanish football shirt. Then he stood on a balcony waving a Brazilian flag. The cult US analysts Men in Blazers commented: "He destroys EMPIRES."
Rihanna's tweets
Who'd have expected some of the most perceptive commentary to come, via Twitter, from singer Rihanna. On Colombia's stars: "Cuadrado and Rodriguez. Murdaaahhh!!!!" And watching Roy Hodgson's men lose to Uruguay: "ENGLAND whatchu gon do??!"
Everyone's new favourite manager
The celebrations of Miguel Herrera, Mexico's coach, as his team beat Croatia made him an instant cult hero. When the second goal went in, he sprinted along the sideline, bear-hugged a substitute, before rolling around in a steamy clinch with player Paul Aguilar. "That is one of the happiest days of my life," said Herrera, the lowest-paid boss of all the 32 teams at the tournament. There is now an online campaign for him to replace Roy Hodgson (miguelherreraforengland.com).
Van Gaal v Mourinho
New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho go way back: the Chelsea manager was Van Gaal's assistant at Barcelona in the 1990s. In January, Van Gaal said: "Now, he is better than me." Don't believe a word of it. Van Gaal's steering of Holland to the semi-finals indicates he is one of the few managers capable of standing up to Mourinho. Their first encounter is on 25 October at Old Trafford.
A new World Cup community
The early departure of England deprived many fans of the great communal experiences that have characterised previous World Cups. Evidence suggests that we replaced these moments by watching the games with our phones. Brazil's 7-1 mullering of Germany was the most tweeted event in sporting history, with 35.6m messages sent during the match. The pick? Perhaps this from SundayChants: "Most embarrassing semi since I went to see Brokeback Mountain with my dad."
The late, late shows …
So far, a nerve-jangling seven of the knockout matches have gone to extra time, and four have been resolved in penalty shootouts. Germany-Algeria saw two goals scored after the 120th minute, while Holland drew level with Mexico in the 88th minute and then won with a penalty in the fourth minute of extra time. Never has there been a tournament where it's been so risky to turn in early.
Best tattoo
In extra time against Brazil, Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla cracked a shot against the bar in the last minute of extra time. It didn't go in, the game went to penalties, Pinilla missed and Chile lost. You'd think he might have wanted to forget this unfortunate sequence of events, but his response was to recreate the scene on his lower back with the inscription, "One centimetre from glory" written in English. On his temple, he simply inked the word: "Blessed".
Just purely on goals, this tournament is set to have been the scoriest World Cup ever. After the third-place play-off there had been 170 in total; and if the final provides just two more goals – which is not a big ask – it will surpass the previous World Cup record, set in 1998, with an average of 2.7 goals per game.


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Steer clear of Sydney water
As the authorities in Australia's largest city, Sydney, try to clean up the contaminated water-supply, the prime minister, John Howard, has described the situation as an international embarrassment.
Millions of people in Sydney -- where the Olympic Games are being held in the year two-thousand -- were told to boil tap-water before drinking it, after the authorities found traces of micro-organisms that cause nausea and diarrhoea.
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It's time to Humble Indie Bundle it up again. The Humble Bundle folks have put together a lovely package for people. It's another game bundle, which is just what we need about this time of the year. Say hello to the Humble Bundle for Android 4, which might just be the best Humble Android bundle yet.
The Humble Bundle for Android 4 gives people five games for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android devices and their soundtracks. If you pay more than the current average, you get one extra game added to your bundle. (Actually, by this time next week there will probably be another bonus game added.) So you can pay whatever you want and get Crayon Physics Deluxe, Eufloria, Splice, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery and Waking Mars. Pay more than the average and Machinarium is added to your bundle. You decide where your money goes, and can send it off to the developers, to the Electronics Frontier Foundation and Child's Play or the Humble Bundle folks.
As usual, the Humble Bundle for Android 4 won't be around for long. You have until November 22, 2012 to buy it. After that, it's gone for good. It's a fantastic deal, and I recommend grabbing it as a stocking stuffer or early gift for a Windows, Mac, Linux or Android owning friend or family member.
The current average as of 2:45pm CST on November 8, 2012 was $5.84. Considering just Eufloria is $14.99 on Steam for Windows and Macs, you're getting a fantastic deal if you pay $6 for this bundle.
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CEP to celebrate 40 years on Tuesday
Rural Minnesota CEP is celebrating 40 years with cake, tours and a brief presentation.
Located on Roosevelt Avenue, just on the north side of the underpass, the facility has been housed there for 20 years. Rural Minnesota CEP serves 19 counties in North Central and West Central Minnesota.
"CEP has a lot of different agencies people can come in and take advantage of," Arlyce Cucich said.
Some of the many programs CEP offers include job search, resume building, mock interviews, use of computers, career exploration and many more.
CEP also houses a veterans representative, department of rehab, services for the blind, and sublets space to Freedom Resources, county program for children and mental resources.
"Federal programs have changed and we now have more county contracts," Huldy Sannes said.
CEP offers programs for adults and youth. High schoolers especially are encouraged to take advantage of CEP's program similar to job showing where they can go into the private sector and find out about different careers.
"It opens the door to the entire public," Sandy Torgusson said of all the programs.
CEP isn't just for job seekers either. Employers can post job opening online through CEP to search out employees.
"I would encourage employers to come as well to see what we can do for them as well," Cucich said of the open house.
Not just to celebrate, the purpose of the open house is to get "the public aware of what's available," Torgusson said.
They are not handing out jobs, but help with the process, Cucich pointed out.
"It's like we're teaching them to fish," Sannes added.
The open house will feature a short award presentation for the Senior American program. The recipient went through CEP and found a job. The state is honoring her for her efforts.
Director Dan Wenner will give a short presentation, and staff will be out to meet people and give tours of the facility. Demonstrations will be given in the resource room.
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Police are searching for the people or person responsible for vandalizing a cemetery in Bethlehem.
Police say it happened at the St. Michael's Cemetery on East 4th Street. Vandals damaged two mausoleums and several tombstones, according to investigators. Police also say black and white spray paint was used to paint what they believe to be gang symbols.
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Shean Donovan is brushing up on his French these days.
With the heightened media attention here in the 2004 Stanley Cup final, the language tutorial comes at no cost to the affable Calgary Flames right-winger.
In fact, it's par for the course in these playoffs since more than just the local CBC French station have taken an interest in the team in recent weeks.
On hand are reporters from RDS (French TSN), Le Journal de Montreal and a handful of other French-speaking media outlets all hoping to get a word or two from Flames players capable of speaking the language.
"During Game 1, I was asked to do an interview after the second period, so I go out there thinking it's Hockey Night In Canada," Donovan said. "It was RDS. So I had to switch my brain a little bit because you do have to start thinking about talking French. It was a little nerve-racking but it was fun.
"You're a little nervous after periods anyway -- trying to stay focused on the game -- so you're not really thinking about what you're going to say.
"That was a little bit different. But, thank God, it came to me."
Unlike teammates Stephane Yelle and Martin Gelinas and Chris Simon, Donovan doesn't communicate in French on an everyday basis.
"I'm so happy I can talk two languages," said Simon. "With a little more interviews in the playoffs, I'm just trying to help out wherever we can with interviews in French."
Added Donovan: "Because the interviewers can't go to (Jarome) Iginla and interview him in French, they get a little excited when they come around and realize a guy like me or Simon can speak French."
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Jimmy "T99" Nelson whose recording career spanned over 50 years died from cancer on Sunday July 29th in a Houston nursing home. He was 88. Nelson learned the "ins-and-outs" of performing and singing from Big Joe Turner. His passing means those mid-century R&B pioneers are fast becoming an extinct breed.
His earlist hit, 1951's "T-99 Blues" (named after a Texas highway) stayed on the R&B charts for twenty-one weeks and reached #1. In 1952, Nelson had another RPM hit with "Meet Me With Your Black Dress On". Nelson felt that BB King being on the same label held him back because they could only afford to promote one of them and it turned out to be BB.
He also performed and toured with the bands of Joe Liggins and Roy Milton, while recording on labels like Kent, Chess, and Paradise. In 1955, he acquired a day job, but still managed to do some recording and performing. An early 80's compilation released by Ace records started re-introducing "T-99" to a wider audience.
His most recent releases were 1999's "Rockin' And Shoutin' The Blues (Rounder) and 2002's "Take Your Pick" (Nettie Marie Records) and 2005's "Legend" accompanied by Duke Robillard. Born In oPhiladelphi, Nelson spent his most productive years in Texas and had resided in Houston for the past 50 years.
"He was one of the great blues shouters," said local blues artist Sonny Boy Terry.
Another of Nelson's admirers was Elvis Costello, who played Nelson's "I'll Miss Show Business" following shows on his 2002 tour.


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Germany will sport buttons, three of them, at Brazil's 2014 World Cup in the nation's second jersey that adidas revealed on Thursday. The U.S. men's national team's group rival's kit also comes in black with red stripes, a nod to Flamego Rio de Janeiro in a bid "to bring us luck for the World Cup in Brazil," says German player Mesut Ozil.
Germany was one of four World Cup "away" kits revealed by adidas, with the launch of Mexico's new jersey set for Friday. Germany, Spain, Argentina and Russia all received bold new looks for the June tournament. And buttons weren't the only head-turning moves.
The away German kit adds black shorts and socks to the top that has red horizontal stripes. Jürgen Rank, chief international soccer designer for adidas, says they wanted to showcase the country's youthful lifestyle of fashion in the design.
But if you thought three buttons was wild, wait till you see the neon green —the official color is "electricity"— on black look for the depending champions from Spain. With a home look that features gold on red, the black and neon combination certainly departs from tradition. The shorts and socks complete the ensemble.
NEWCOMB: Flag-waving pride prevails for adidas 2014 World Cup home jerseys
The hallmark blue of Argentina is still there, if you don't mind it minced together with plenty of black. The differing tones of blue used in the away kit prove the same as in the alternative jersey of the national team in previous World Cups. The black uniform pairs with blue shorts and socks.
For Russia, the only club without a black-based reveal, adidas took to satellite photos for their inspiration. Yes, photos of earth taken from the Russian space satellite Electro-L were outlined and then modified to look like a light blue semicircle across the top and shoulders of the uniform.
According to adidas designers, this image shows the same perspective from which Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, saw Earth in 1961. But you'll need a designer to explain it, because you can't tell simply by looking at the white and blue kit. Of course, white — the shorts are also white — was chosen due to its association as the traditional color of space suits.
Using the space motif as part of the design falls in line with Russia's home kit, which includes a written tribune, "Conquerors of Space."
And you thought buttons were a stretch.Tim Newcomb covers stadiums, design and technology for Sports Illustrated. Follow him on Twitter at @tdnewcomb.


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In the Matter of DEVIN COULTER, Minor.
July 12, 2005
v No. 259331
Genesee Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 03-116582-NA
Before: Cooper, P.J., and Fort Hood and R.S. Gribbs*, JJ.
Respondent-appellant appeals as of right from an order terminating his parental rights to
the minor child pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i) and (h). We affirm.
The trial court appropriately determined that the statutory grounds for termination had
been established by clear and convincing evidence. Moreover, it was not clearly against the
child?s best interests to terminate respondent-appellant?s parental rights. MCR 3.911(J); In re
Trejo, 462 Mich 341, 353-354; 612 NW2d 407 (2000); In re Sours, 459 Mich 624, 633; 593
NW2d 520 (1999). The minor child was brought into the court?s custody because his half sister
had suffered severe second-degree burns from scalding water in a bathtub. The evidence
established that respondent-appellant either placed or forcefully put his stepdaughter in the
bathtub by taking her wrists and holding her in scalding hot water. Respondent-appellant was
convicted of first-degree child abuse and sentenced to serve ninety-six to 180 months in prison.
The minor child?s half-sister suffered severe physical injuries that would require many
surgeries in the future as a result of the abuse. She also had significant emotional problems
stemming from the incident, including threatening and attempting to commit suicide, attempting
to harm the foster mother with a knife, and acting out sexually. The minor child suffered from
the abuse as well. He was present when the injuries to his sister took place, and he demonstrated
significant emotional trauma from having witnessed it. When he first came into care he would
shut down and not make a move for hours, which appeared to be his coping mechanism as the
result of witnessing the abuse that occurred in the home.
The trial court also did not clearly err when it allowed petitioner to amend the petition to
include MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i) and (h) as statutory grounds for termination. Amendment of the
petition may be made at any stage of the proceedings, as the ends of justice may require. See
MCL 712A.11. The original petition requesting termination listed with specificity all of the
allegations of abuse and neglect against respondent-appellant. The court allowed the petition to
later be amended to include the fact of respondent-appellant?s conviction and sentence and to
specify MCL 712A.19b(3)(b)(i) and (h) as grounds for termination. However, these
amendments were not made on the basis of additional abuse or neglect, as provided for in MCR
3.973(H), and therefore respondent-appellant?s argument that MCR 3.977(F) prohibits
terminating his parental rights pursuant to these subsections does not apply.
/s/ Jessica R. Cooper
/s/ Karen M. Fort Hood
/s/ Roman S. Gribbs


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Subject: [HAM] HAMILTON OF CAMBUSKEITH
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:21:34 -0400
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Any relations of Hamilton's of Cambuskeith?
We are still trying to confirm the newly found following information.
Anyone with more/different information - please advise.
Our line goes backwards from:
Lucy Ann Hamilton 2 Feb 1861 born Edinboro, PA married to John Elezor
George K. Hamilton 11 Feb 1828 born Edinboro, PA married to Elizabeth Butler
Alexander Hamillton born 1814 - Lycoming Co., PA married to Hannah ?
James Hamilton married to Susan Newman
John Hamilton married to?
Alexander married to?
John Hamilton born 1604 Grange Scotland married to Ellizabeth Crawfurd
John Hamilton married to Margaret Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton born 1540 Grange, Scotland married to Agnes Craufurd of
David Hamilton of Grange, Scotland married to Maria Campbell
John Hamilton of Grange, Scotland married to Janet Stewart
Alexander Hamilton, Heir of Cambuskeith 1499 married to Marion Cuninghame
John Hamilton, Cambuskeith married to Marion Maxwell
James Hamilton, Heir to Cambuskeith 1436 married to Marjory Hamilton
David Hamilton, Cambuskeith
Walter Hamilton, Cambuskeith
David De Hamilton Lord of Cudzow married to Margaret Leslie
Walter Fitz-Gilbert Baron of Cadzow, Knight married to Mary De Gordon
Gilbert De Hamilton married to Isabella Randolph
William Hamilton married to a daughter of Gilbert, Earl of Strathern
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If you´re fan of motor racing cars you shouldn´t miss the FIA WTCC (FIA World Touring Championship)
Next March the 31st and April the 1st in Valencia
Lodging, Apartments, holiday apartments for FIA WTCC in Valencia.
In ValenciaFlats we hope you have a good time at Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Cheste, so we offer you our apartments and aparthotel services to feel confortable before and after the championship.
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The Valencian Community is holding one more time the FIA WTCC with the F3 Italian Championship, Auto GB, and the Formula Abath, as a support, at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Cheste.
Ricardo Tormo Circuit is close to Valencia City, a 20 minutes´drive and holds various of the most famous important motorbikes races along the year.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – The influence of evolution on medicine is the focus of the next Horning Lecture, which will be held 4 p.m. Thursday, May 5 on the Oregon State University campus. The free, public event will be held in the Journey Room of the Memorial Union.
Stephen Stearns, professor at Yale University, will give a talk in "Major Themes in Evolutionary Medicine."
The lecture will focus on two medical issues that have been strongly shaped by evolutionary history. The first is the hygiene hypothesis, which suggests that lack of early exposure to certain parasites and germs can cause susceptibility to other diseases, such as allergies and autoimmune disorders. According to Stearns, it is a novel insight that involves "delightfully disgusting worms."
The second theme that has shaped evolutionary medicine involves a genetic tug-of-war between parents. Evolutionary conflicts of interest between parents can disrupt the expression of certain genes and cause significant differences in, for example, birth weight. Stearns will discuss the less well-supported speculation of whether those consequences also include mental disease, shedding light on the origins of autism and schizophrenia.
Stearns specializes in life history evolution and evolutionary medicine and his books include "Evolution in Health and Disease." He helped to found and has been president of both the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Tropical Biology Association. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
"The Historical Sciences" lecture series explores some of the sciences that look at the past to tell us about the present. The Horning Lecture Series is made possible through the support of the Horning Endowment in the Humanities. For more information, contact the History Department at 541-737-8560 or visit www.oregonstate.edu/cla/history


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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim Uprising Premiere Date Pushed To March 2018
Deadline has reported that Pacific Rim Uprising's premiere date has been pushed from February 23, 2018 to March, 23, 2018. Due to the change the film will no longer compete with Marvel's Black Panther so it should have a stronger presence in the box office. For those who are unaware the film is the sequel to 2013 Pacific Rim film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Pacific Rim Uprising is directed by Steven S. DeKnight. The film stars Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona and Charlie Day.
Pacific Rim Sequel – Pacific Rim: Maelstrom Filming Begins
Recently the director for the sequel film for Pacific Rim, Steven S. DeKnight, has confirmed that production for the film is currently underway. The sequel is currently named Pacific Rim: Maelstrom and filming is starting at Sydney, Australia. Day 1 of shooting. The adventure begins… #PacificRim2 pic.twitter.com/IONAg1gsfd — Steven DeKnight (@stevendeknight) November 9, 2016 John Boyega also posted a photo featuring his copy of his script of the film. First day on Pacific Rim today. Here's to a great adventure ahead ✌🏿 A post shared by BOYEGA (@johnboyega) on Nov 9, 2016 at 10:14am PST PacificRead More


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CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory says he's confident he'll be able to work well with fellow Republicans at the General Assembly who expanded their majorities on election night.
McCrory says he also wants to reach out to Democrats.
He spoke Wednesday to reporters in his hometown of Charlotte the morning after he defeated Democrat Walter Dalton in the governor's race. The former Charlotte mayor will become the state's first GOP governor in 20 years in January.
Legislative Republicans gained at least eight seats in the state House and one in the Senate.
House Speaker Thom Tillis says McCrory's policy priorities are similar to those of GOP legislative leaders.
McCrory said he would not discuss specific issues until after he announced his transition team leaders Thursday in Raleigh.
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On February 29, 2012, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Armour v. Indianapolis, a case that could have a huge effect on the way the Court protects unenumerated rights.
The basic background of the case, admittedly, does not seem world-shaking: it is a case about sewers. More specifically, it is about the city of Indianapolis's decision to build a new sewer system in a northern neighborhood. The city planned to fund it by imposing equal assessments on all affected property owners. People could either pay their full assessments up front, or they could pay in installments over the course of up to 30 years. However, only a year later, the city changed its mind about how it wanted to fund the new sewer. It forgave all the outstanding payments, but it refused to issue any refunds to the people who had paid their bills in full with the result that some people ended up with a tax bill 30 times higher than their similarly situated neighbor's tax bill.
To most observers, it is pretty clear what the city's objectives were: it was more convenient to keep the pre-payers' money (and also, this way the city got to have more money). The problem is that those are not acceptable justifications for wildly disparate taxation. While it would certainly be easier for the government if it could collect revenue by choosing random citizens and demanding that they empty their pockets, the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection, tax differences have to be based on something more than just the fact that the government gets money from them.
Watching the judicial system strain to find a reason to uphold these wildly disparate tax rates has been almost head-spinning. An Indiana intermediate appellate court initially held the 30-fold difference in tax rates unconstitutional, refusing to allow the government to make up after-the-fact rationales for their policy. However, the Indiana Supreme Court disagreed: not only should courts take after-the-fact rationales seriously, courts should make those rationales up if the government has not yet thought of them. The court held that the difference in tax rates was fine because it was conceivable that the people paying on the installment plan might be more likely to be poor or middle class, and charging them lower taxes might have been a way of helping out the poor. Not only is there no evidence to support this rationale, but none of the lawyers in the case had even made this argument.
That holding below makes this case about much more than sewers: it is actually about whether courts will be effective protectors of individual rights at all. The problem is, there is actually a good bit of Supreme Court dicta [PDF] suggesting that, in cases where citizens raise rights the courts do not consider "fundamental," courts applying the rational basis test should make things up in order to ensure the government wins. Indeed, if we take seriously the Supreme Court's statements that rational basis plaintiffs must "negative every conceivable justification" for a law, then those plaintiffs should always lose after all, a court should always be able to "conceive" of a hypothetical justification that even the most conscientious attorney has failed to "negative." However, rational basis plaintiffs do not always lose in fact, they win quite regularly and, as I have argued elsewhere, that alone proves this oft-quoted dicta is wrong. The Supreme Court should take this opportunity to make that clear.
The city of Indianapolis, for its part, has been furiously backpedaling from the lower court holding, going so far as to disavow it when Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pinned down their counsel (famed Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement) at oral argument.
The city's lawyers' abandoning this argument is an excellent start, but it is not enough. The Supreme Court needs to reject it as well and make clear that courts conducting rational basis analysis should analyze the government's actions in light of the arguments the government actually offers in its defense, not by postulating hypothetical scenarios that might (if true) justify a particular government action.
Indeed, doing anything less would present a serious due process problem in and of itself, as illustrated by the Armour litigation. Of course it is true that nothing in the record disproves the lower court's speculation that the people paying their assessments on the installment plan were more likely to be middle or lower class than the people who paid up front. However, this is for an obvious reason: until the Indiana Supreme Court seized upon the idea, no one had suggested that might be the case, and so no evidence in the record addresses the question. Ironically, as discovery in a parallel federal lawsuit over the same assessment showed, the opposite seems more likely to be true. People who paid up front were actually frequently senior citizens on a fixed income, some of whom actually took out loans to cover the cost of their up-front payments.
Penalizing the plaintiffs in this case for not introducing evidence about the relative incomes of the affected property owners makes no more sense (and is no more fair) than penalizing them for not introducing evidence about literally any other hypothetical. Perhaps the city of Indianapolis wanted to favor people paying on the installment plan because their homes were more likely to be located on a flood plain, because they lived in higher crime areas or because they were more susceptible to wild animal attacks. All of these possibilities have something in common: there is no reason to believe they are true, and there is no reason for any court to take them seriously.
Allowing courts to credit post-hoc rationalizations that have no foundation in the record makes a mockery of judicial review, and penalizing plaintiffs for being less imaginative than a reviewing judge makes the process seem more like a cruel game than actual litigation. The protection of constitutional rights demands real judicial engagement with the facts and record of each case before them. To provide any less to allow government officials to hide behind made up rationales does a disservice not just to the plaintiffs in any given case, but to all Americans who count on the judicial system as an impartial defender of their constitutional rights.
Robert McNamara serves as an attorney with the Institute for Justice. He joined the Institute in August 2006 and litigates constitutional cases protecting First Amendment rights, property rights, economic liberties and other individual liberties in both federal and state courts. He filed an amicus curiae brief [PDF] in Armour on behalf of the Institute, urging the Court to utilize rational basis review to invalidate Indianapolis's disparate tax rates.
Suggested citation: Robert McNamara, Applying Rational Basis Review in Armour v. Indianapolis, JURIST - Hotline, Mar. 26, 2012, http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/03/robert-mcnamara-armour.php.
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first day of (pre) school
There's a preschool a few blocks from our house; that fact registered little on my radar until Franki & Larry made us an offer we couldn't refuse regarding it--so I enrolled Nina and today was her first day. We had talked about it a lot, at first she was really excited (e-kited in her language) about it at first because "there will be lots of mamas to take care of me." Then she found out I wasn't going to be staying there with her and cooled to it; it took me a while to realize that she thought she would be alone, which I corrected and ever since, every time we drive by she sings out the name of the school. I'm not sure I'm ready for her to go to school for several reasons, but we decided to give it a try. It's an Integral School, I'm not too sure what that means, but it seems like a great place and it's SOOO close to our house, I can walk there in about 5 minutes.
We walked in, and immediately after these pics were taken, Nina found a puzzle and got busy on it, at which point we left and hoped for the best. I wish there had been more guidance for us as to when to leave, or what to do, but there wasn't, so... When I picked her up later she had "had an accident" which happened because she didn't want he teachers to take her to the bathroom, but I think as she gets to know them she will feel more comfortable. Also she said some kids hit her, which is very upsetting to me; she says she doesn't want to go back but I think that's more about the bathroom than the hitting. We'll see how it goes on Thursday, cross your fingers that it's more successful.


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Chris Klein Enters Not Guilty Plea to DUI
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Facing the consequences of his arrest earlier this summer, Chris Klein faced arraignment at a Van Nuys, California courthouse on Friday morning (July 23).
While the "American Pie" actor was able to avoid having to be present for the hearing, his attorney Blair Berk entered a "not guilty" plea to the DUI charge racked up on June 16th.
With this not being his first DUI, Mr Klein is facing two misdemeanor charges of DUI with a prior and operating a motor vehicle with a .08 blood alcohol level or higher.
Hoping to help him to elude any jail time, Chris went straight to rehab at Utah's Cirque Lodge following the arrest, staying for a thirty day program.


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Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New York
Can a non blood relative by marriage contest a will?
Asked on 7/31/13, 9:34 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Walter LeVine Walter D. LeVine, Esq.
It depends on whose Will and what, if any, is the relationship betwwen the person and the decedent. More facts are needed for a proper response.
Answered on 7/31/13, 9:47 am
David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.
Possibly. Depends on facts involved.
Answered on 7/31/13, 10:12 am


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UK Deploys 35 British Soldiers To Train Nigerian Army To Fight Boko Haram
January 13, 2016 – UK Deploys 35 British Soldiers To Train Nigerian Military To Fight Boko Haram
The UK is getting ready to send down 35 military personnel to Nigeria in an effort to help West Africa overcome insurgency.
About this time last year, about 130 military men were deployed to Nigeria on a wide range of training tasks.
This was made known in a statement by the Press and Public Affairs Officer of the British High Commission, Joe Abuku.
The statement said: "More than 35 personnel from the Second Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (2 R ANGLIAN), will be shortly deploy to deliver infantry training to Nigerian military personnel preparing to tackle the extremist group in the north of the country.


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SHEFFIELD TWP. — Two new members have been appointed to Clearview Schools Board of Education, despite not all of the applicants being interviewed for the open positions.
Heidi Adkins replaces Connie Finney, who resigned June 7 and whose term expires Dec. 31, according to a news release from Superintendent Jerome Brown. Giles Brown III replaces Brenda Newman, who resigned June 10 and whose term expires Dec., 31, 2015.
Adkins, a mother of three, including two children in the school district, said Monday that her sister and Chad Parsons, a member of the Sheffield Township Board of Trustees, urged her to join the board.
Adkins, a part-time pharmacy technician and volunteer emergency medical technician for the Sheffield Township Fire Department, said her passion is helping people.
"I'm honored to be able to help with the kids and the teachers and the community," she said. "This is all new to me, but I'm going to try to do my best."
Finney and Newman denounced board President Eddie Corcino and board members Richard Marcucci and Melissa Newsome when they resigned. They said they were blindsided when former board member Judy Maldonado — now an Educational Service Center of Lorain County board member — was allowed on stage during last month's high school graduation to present her son with a diploma.
Corcino had written an email proposing a lottery for parents to be allowed onstage and proposed using the lottery as a way to "mask" allowing Maldonado's participation.
He later emailed Finney that it was a "dumb idea" after she said it would be showing favoritism to a former board member.
Newman also had questioned whether board members were following Ohio Sunshine Laws.
Despite the criticism, Adkins said she had no trepidation about joining the board. Adkins said she and her family have known Corcino casually for years and she has confidence in his abilities.
Brown couldn't be reached Monday. In the news release, Brown said he wanted to see Clearview's "tradition of excellence" continued, "through my positive outlook and through my direct support and involvement in the district."
Adkins, a 38-year-old 1993 Clearview High School graduate, said she was not interviewed for the position after applying and was "shocked" when Brown called last week and offered her the job.
Corcino said last week that several candidates were interviewed before a decision was made.
Corcino didn't return calls Monday.
Pat Echko, the township's fiscal officer, said she called Adkins to congratulate her last week and was disappointed to hear that Adkins wasn't interviewed before being appointed. Echko, who said she interviewed for board opening earlier this year, said she wishes Adkins the best.
However, Echko said if candidates weren't interviewed, it sends a bad message to the taxpayers in the wake of Finney and Newman's criticism of the way the board operates.
"You would think they would think that transparency is important, but now I guess they think they can do whatever they want," Echko said. "Why didn't they give everyone at least the courtesy of an interview?"
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ESPN will televise the NCAA Division I Road to Omaha Selection Show Presented by Capital One on Monday, May 30 at 12:30 p.m.
The live announcement of the 64-team field for the NCAA Baseball Championship will be hosted by Ryan Burr along with analyst Kyle Peterson. Along with breaking down each region, Keith Law will discuss which Major League Baseball prospects to watch.
The network's coverage of the NCAA Baseball Championship begins June 3 on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com.


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Question for you Mommies!!
My SIL is having a rough day today, and wondering if you guys could help her out!!
She says that my sweet little niece has been clingy ALL day. She'll only sleep on my SIL, wants to eat TONS...and is driving my SIL CRAZY!! LOL
She's only 7 weeks old, so could it be a growth spurt, or just a day where she wants Mommy and nothing else??
She could always try a baby carrier. That is what saved me some days b
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Normal seven week old. **smile**
This could be either but sounds to me more like what my daughter did when she had growth spurts constant eating to the point i didnt think id have the milk to feed her! My ped told me to expect big growth spurts at 2 months 4 months and 6 months so shes almost at 2 months. I agree with above love those cuddle times bc they dont last my LO is 7 months and its hard to get her to sit still long enough to cuddle me like she used to


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PARIS — I met artist Andreas Kopp in early December, after a brisk pre-conference behind-the-scenes tour at LeWeb, in Paris. On my way out the door, rushing to catch my coat and the metro, I stumbled upon a group of German hipsters (They're much more approachable that their American counterparts). Andreas and the Post-it Art Creators team sprawled across giant sheets of paper, diligently sticking Post-it notes to a neatly organized grid.
Twelve hours later, two colorful pixilated portraits benevolently looked down as deities over the conference entrance hall. Suspended high up, 2,030 Post-it notes comprised Marissa Mayer, CEO and president of Yahoo, on the right side. Facing her on the left wall was a 1,746 Post-it note likeness of Kevin Systrom, co-founder and CEO of Instagram.
The choice of the two subjects seems a prophetic irony, given the recent headlines concerning Instagram, and Flickr. In hindsight, it seems as if LeWeb was offering an elegant clin d'oeil to the seeming rivals, and predicting what lay ahead by reminding us of the 2011 French Post-it Wars.
I mentioned the Post-it Wars to Andreas. He said he's accustomed to being compared to them, but actually didn't know about them when he and friend Christian Mauerer began making their creations. And besides, he kind of became an artist by accident. After the passing of Steve Jobs, his friend Christian had an idea. The duo (with the help of a few friends) created a 4,001 Post-it note portrait at the Munich Apple Store, drawing crowds and international media attention. It was their first public art project. The fledgling artists have since been commissioned to create portraits of Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Muhammad Yunus, Felix Baumgartner, and the Dalai Lama.
Still, I can't help but draw a parallel between Andreas's creation at LeWeb and the lighthearted irony that fueled the Post-it Wars. The Post-it Wars were a spontaneous movement of creativity by French corporate employees beginning in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil in July of 2011. The first silent shot was fired from Ubisoft, when Emilie Cozette, in charge of ordering the office supplies (including the Post-its), created a Space Invader in her window. The following day, she and her colleagues were surprised to see in the window of the facing BNP Paribas office a menacing Post-it note retaliation in the form of Pac-Man. The wars continued throughout the summer, spreading through Paris corporate offices and open spaces, and then worldwide. At one point during the hostilities "arms dealer" 3M supplied Ubisoft with a shipment of ammunition, containing 30,000 Post-its. Companies that constantly compete for market presence were suddenly launched into a playful parody of themselves, one-upping each other with retro video game characters and Nyan Cats rendered in office supplies.
Are we to believe that the Post-it face off between Flickr and Instagram deities at LeWeb, or now, online, is as innocently playful as the neighboring Paris corporate employees were during the Post-it Wars? Such a story is hard to buy when the Internet is going mad, picking up swords, or rather mobile phones, to participate in the photo-sharing war that has broken out, zealously tweeting and furiously demanding that everyone choose a side.
I find it fascinating that Mayer and Systrom just happened to be the sole two subjects of the artwork displayed with such grandeur at this LeWeb, mere days before both of their companies began dominating many of the conversations that have been taking place over the Internet. I spoke to Andreas, as well as to Geraldine Le Meur, co-organizer of the conference, curious as to why Marissa and Kevin were chosen. Their answers were frank, and seemed to hide nothing.
I can't help but wonder how, in this case, the wordless language of art sent a coded message. Did the conference's organizers know something that we didn't? I am fairly certain that I am reading too much into this. I am fairly certain that while the artwork may say something deeper, the coincidental message of the battle of these two companies is simply colorful fluff, once again, counting on the viral potential of a trend to garner the attention of the masses. In any case, it's pretty, like the photo filters that I am still faithfully and mindlessly using to document it.


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Written on: 12/07/2013
The treatment of passengers on flight 651/2 from birmingham/manchester on 21/6/13 & 5/7/13 was disgusting.
11 hrs delay out 6.5hrs return,i thought things would improve now stategic airlines have gone,but they just got worse.
Skiathos great.
Alkmene studies great value,as for the rest a absolute disgrace!
Im booked to fly out again in sept from Birmingham and already the flight times have changed and no doubt nearer the time i will be asked to fly from Gatwick as the birmingham flight has been cancelled!


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Government of Pakistan
No.F.1-14/2013 (Admin-IH(PIMS)
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences # Islamabad
Applications for House Job at PIMS Islamabad
Applications are invited for one year House Job 2013-14 according to the PM & DC regulations from fresh Medical Graduates (MBBS / BDS) of the year 2012 provisionally registered with PMDC.
The application forms can be obtained from the Admin Branch of Islamabad Hospital on all working days. Application "Forms" are also available on PIMS website, (www.pims.gov.pk)
Schedule for test, interview and joining is given below:
° Last date for submission of applications: 26-01-2013.
o Written test: 30-01 -2013 (Wednesday) at 9:00 A.M. sharp in the Auditorium of MCH/CMT/CH, PIMS. The candidates arriving after 9:00 A.M. will not be entertained.
® Merit list will be displayed on Notice Board (Admin Block) PIMS on 04-02-2013 till 12:00 Noon.
o Interview for allocation of specialties as per merit list will be held on 06-02-2013 at 10:00 AM at MCH Training Centre, PIMS.
° The selected candidates will have to collect their Offer Letters by hand from 07-02-2013 to 08-02-2013, otherwise they may loose the chance and next candidates on merit will be offered House Job.
o Date of joining for selected candidates is 08-02-2013.
° The offer will stand cancelled without further notice if candidates fail to join by the date of joining, o No separate call letter will be issued for Test/ Interviews.


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Trader Rating: 2
For Sale
FS Xray M18t + hopups, Xray Parts, Zip Zaps, Iwaver, Revell 1/24 Nascar - Like mini z
First up for sale
Got a Xray M18t for sale
This car has only been ran indoors, pretty much no scratches under the chassis. The body is in good condition, some small scratches, but nothing major. All it needs is a controller and crystals to get it running.
Xray M18t
-3Racing aluminum threaded coilovers
-3Racing alloy cvd's X2
-3Racing high finger heat sink
-3Racing heat sink motor mount (w/fan)
-Futaba MC230CR ESC
-Trinity Cobalt 14t
- 1Trinity 17T Pro motor
- 1 Trinity motor, I don't remember what it is, might be 17T
-New Trinity brushes and Cobalt 14 endbells.
-LRP 7.2V 6 cell match/push packs
-Upgraded wire w/ Deans Ultras throughout
- misc spare parts
-Original Manual
asking for $185 shipped.
Xray M18t Pic
Xray M18t Pic 2
Xray M18t Pic 3
Xray M18 Conversion Set for 300 Size Motor NIB - $50 shipped
Xray M18 Limited Edition set Chassis (no battery slot) new only removed from the set - $25 shipped
Xray Gearbox Case NIB - $7 shipped
Xray Set of suspension arms 6 caster NIB - $6 sihpped
Xray m18 stock bearing set - $15 shipped
Micro rs4 wheel set NIB - $8 shipped
Xray Parts
RC 1/24 Revell NASCAR Taurus New In Box
These are like kyosho mini-z, these are schedule to be release around march-april, I have got my hands on one of these early, comes with - 1 Complete 1:24 Scale Chassis, 1 Complete Taurus NASCAR Racing Body, 1 Hobby Class Transmitter w/ Digital Proportional Steering, 1 Stock Motor, 1 Additional Higher Speed Motor, 2 Sets of 3 different Pinion Gears, 3 Sets of Front Suspension Springs, 2 Rear Suspension Springs, 3 Drive Gears, 2 Sets of Tires - ( 1 Set of Slick, 1 Set of Road Tires), 1 Set of Frequency Crystal, 1 Set of Sam Bass Designed Decals, Additional Quick Wearing Parts, 3 Cones for racing, 3 Plates for racing, Wheel-Nut Wrench, Complete Instructions
Looking to get $120 shipped for this.
Pic shows car with orange body, you will be getting one with blue body instead.
Revell 1/24 Nascar
Box Pic
3 zipzap se, 5 zipzaps. 1 microsizer (missing motor), 4 mustang body, 1 aston martin, 1 escalade body, 1 ford gt body. Microsizer body - 1 celica, 1 skyline, 1 wrx. The chassis on the top row need some work to get it running, the 3 se has some problems with the steering (they are responsive, but doesn't turn enough to one direction) forward and reverse functions work fine. The two zipzap on the top row, one doesn't charge, the other I don't know whats wrong with it. The zipzaps on the second row and microsizer work perfectly and are ready to run. I don't have time to fix up the ones that don't work. All the zipzaps have batteries and motor. I will also throw in a zip zap lap counter, and micro rc motorcycle(battery doesn't hold a charge, all function works).
Looking to get $40 shipped for this lot.
Zip Zap Pic Lot
Microsizer Bodies
Micro Rc Motorcycle
Lap Counter
Xmod Gen1 Bearings - used less than 20min - $8 shipped
Iwaver 01 Rolling Chassis - still has servo motor and gears, comes with unknown brand diff and motor - $23 shipped
Iwaver Pic
Not looking for any trades at the moment.
Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in any of the stuff above. Thanks
Last edited by sykdevil; Mar 07, 2007 at 12:25 AM.
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