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Martin Sheen on helping Charlie and himself get sober
"I'm in the [Alcoholics Anonymous] program, you know," Martin Sheen says, "and one of the saddest things is the rise in alcoholism among retired people.
"A lot of them started drinking with the loss of their spouse: suddenly they're alone.
"They spiral much quicker. It's much more difficult, if you are retired and you have a reputation, to get into a program or to get sober. The last thing you want to do is lose face with your community.
"What revives so many elderly and people who have lost spouses is getting back in there. Go back and serve, teach, find people who need your help. You don't have to go far. If you've been cleaning a hall for 50 years, you can clean a school, a kindergarten.
"You've got to find a place where you're needed. When you become disconnected, you get farther and farther from the shore, and you don't realize how far you've drifted, and then suddenly you're in the deep water and you're alone."
Q [AARP]: "Do you still go to the meetings?"
A: "Oh, I do; sure, yeah, I do. [But] I got sober through Catholicism, through my faith. I only got involved with AA when I was trying desperately to find a way to help [my son] Charlie, because I didn't have any skills.
"A dear friend of mine was in the program.
"He said, 'First of all, you want to get into Al-Anon and keep your mouth shut for at least a year-just listen to other people's stories.' And that's what I did. As you can see what a windbag I am, it was a great discipline.
"And then he suggested that I join AA, and I did.
"I was astonished when I got into AA, because I didn't know how spiritual the program was. I said, 'You guys use the word God.' 'Oh, we do. If you believe it. If you don't, then it's a higher power.'
"I said, 'Wow, no wonder it transcends all that other stuff.' But at the same time, it is such a deeply personal journey, the road to addiction and the road out of it. There are really no two journeys alike, I don't think."
Coping With Son Charlie's Drug Addiction
Q: "I had a nephew who died of a drug overdose. He'd overdosed once before, but the hospital never told my brother and his wife because of 'privacy' laws."
A: "The only way I got Charlie, frankly, was because he'd skipped out of the hospital. I had to pay the bill. In paying the bill, I got to see why he was in there. He'd consumed an illegal substance; he was on probation; he was not allowed to have these substances."
Q: "So you turned Charlie in to the authorities to help him?"
A: "This is a criminal matter. And so that was the wedge; that was the leverage I had. That is what I took to the court; that's what I took to the sheriff. It was the only way I got him."
Q: "Can you talk a little bit about how you broke through his entourage of enablers?"
A: "You're dealing with a life-and-death situation. And the critical part of the equation is: are you willing to risk your child's wrath? They are not going to like you. Don't even think about them loving you. They're going to call you the most vicious, obscene names. You have to be prepared for that."
Q: "Does that also extend not just to them but their friends?"
A: "Oh, God, yes. Because sometimes the only way you can communicate with them is through their friends. And he had two in particular who adored him, risked his wrath enough to tell him the truth. And who eventually had to abandon him because they couldn't take the pain anymore. And so we knew we had allies in those two guys.
"People adored Charlie, with good reason. He was adorable. So it was very difficult to get his attention. He had access to magic carpets-high-celebrity friends and a lot of money, power. He was hidden away in a tower you couldn't get to. The ones who were closest to him were his worst enemies. They depended on him for their living, and they would say anything and do anything."
Q: "Yeah, it's the thing that can kill somebody."
A: "That does kill. That will kill you. And you have to know that these people are there. And you have to go through them like a tank."
Q: "How do you go through them like a tank?"
A: "You expose them. You never allow them to give you an excuse. You face them and you say, 'You're a damn liar. Get out of my face. I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw you.' You have to believe enough in life to risk your own reputation. After a while I was outrageous. Outrageous.
"They would scurry like cockroaches when they saw me in public places. I was just fearless, could care a damn about protocol. In a restaurant, in a public setting. It didn't matter a whit. They'd want to be nice. 'So what have I done?' 'You want to know what you've done? Anybody else want to know what this scumbag has done?'
"And they're gone. What's the alternative? It's never going to happen in a calm and civilized manner. And it was always the hardest core that we dealt with in the end, the one carrying the gun."
Q: "And do you take the gun away from that person?"
A: "Take the gun away."
Q: "You took the gun away."
A: "Absolutely, yeah. When a life is at stake and it's your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you just become fanatic. Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic."
Q: "Yes, fanatics make miracles."
A: "Exactly. The night I made the decision to go to court with the papers I'd gotten from the hospital was the most difficult decision of my life. They put out a warrant, and Charlie got it like that. And he called me. I was still with the sheriff. I can't repeat what he said-he used some choice words I've never heard before. I was very, very impressed with the language.
"And you realize that you're talking to the drug. I said, 'Whoa, whoa, wait just a minute. Are you coming in [to court] tomorrow?' 'Yes, I am. I'm coming in with an attorney.' And he brought [O.J. Simpson attorney] Robert Shapiro as his lawyer.
"I said, 'Fine. I'm delighted. I'm very impressed. Do you mind if I'm there? I'll be at the court?' And he suddenly got kind of calm, and he said, 'Oh, sure. Why not?' I said, 'Well, you know, I don't want to suddenly show up and you're gonna lose it.' He said, 'No, you come. Okay.'
"Then he went back in a rage. And I said, 'Hey, hang on. Wait a minute.' 'What?' he said. 'When I see you,' I said, 'can I give you a kiss?' He got very quiet again. He said, 'Well, sure, why not?'
"'Well, I just want to make sure if I go up to kiss you, you don't punch me in the mouth.'
"He said, 'I wouldn't do such a thing.'
"I said, 'I didn't think you would.' Then he went back to raging." (Laughs.)
"He arrived that next morning with Mr. Shapiro, who was wonderful. [Charlie] walked right up, kissed me on the lips, went in to see the judge. Yeah, he knew it was over. And he was very relieved in a lot of ways that he couldn't express."
Q: "It sounds as if Charlie has very much forgiven you and thanks you."
A: "Well, I mean, that's his business. I did it for me. I wouldn't carry this with me all my life. I had to do everything humanly possible. If I had come up short and lost him, I might as well be dead.
"But this is an interesting thing. A year later, I'm driving down the highway and the news comes on the radio: 'Live from the Malibu Courthouse, our reporter is talking live with Charlie Sheen, and he's just left the courtroom.' Charlie was clean and sober, and so now he's off probation. What a jubilant moment. 'Well,' he said, 'I want to thank my father for saving my life.'
"I pulled off the road and I wept uncontrollably. I wept and wept.
"And I sat there staring at the ocean and I thought, 'What's wrong with this picture? Let's get beyond this business of who's to blame, who gets the credit.' Then it occurred to me. I get to Charlie a couple of hours later. 'Say, Charlie, I heard your news conference.' 'Yeah, Pop, what do you say?'
"I said, 'Bullshit.' 'What?' I said, 'It's not true.' 'What do you mean, "It's not true"?' 'I didn't save your life. I got your attention. You saved your life. Because if you go on believing that I saved your life, you're not going to take responsibility for it.'
"And he got it like that. 'Hmmm,' he said. 'Thank you. Okay. Yup, that's the end of that, isn't it?' 'Yup, it is.' He never talked about it again."
Substance Abuse Warning Signs
1. Physical evidence Prescription drugs and liquor missing; "stash cans," often disguised as cola cans.
2. Changes in eating and sleeping habits Insomnia, inappropriate napping, weight loss.
3. Changes in appearance Lack of cleanliness; red eyes; congestion.
4. Changes in behavior Moodiness, hostility; lying; isolation; secrecy.
5. Changes in friends and interests Sneaking out at night; relinquishment of hobbies.
Source: Narcotic Overdose Prevention and Education
Article source: Martin Sheen: Breaking Through, Interview by Nancy Perry Graham, AARP Magazine, July & August 2008.
NOTE by AddictionInfo editor: The 12-Step approach of AA does not work for most people, and there are multiple alternatives - see these articles, among many others on this site:
Why hasn't alcohol rehab worked for Lindsay Lohan and 93% of the problem drinkers in the US?
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I am celebrating my 40th with 15 girlfriends for 3 nights. We are a fun loving group and looking for recommendations on: places to eat, happy hour/night life places, good shopping and things to do around the island. We are staying at the Fairmont Southhampton. We also would like a nice restaurant for one evening. We would love something with outdoor seating, great ambiance and live entertainment. We are considering Waterlot for that dinner.
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There are lots of threads here, even recently, addressing the restaurant/things to do questions, so make sure you have a search for those.
As far as happy hours - (and it's been two summers since I've been there) the places to be on Friday night were the Fairmont Princess, the Lemon Tree and Beau Rivage (BR ran their own free ferry from the dock in Hamilton across the harbor for Friday happy hour.) There's a cool roof-top wine bar in an alley off Front St upstairs from a little Italian place - the name is escaping me but I'll post again when I remember it. The bar at Port O Call had a nice after-work vibe too, great cocktails. The restaurant behind BUEI has nice waterfront outdoor seating. I love the patio at Mad Hatters. You're going to need to make reservations early as possible for a group that size.
You're not going to have any trouble finding a 'nice' restaurant. If you could be more specific, we could help you narrow it down.
Happy Birthday! (I would totally charter a catamaran for a sunset cruise for a fun night.)
Shopping is pretty well limited to Front and Reid Streets in Hamilton, the shops in Dockyard at Clocktower Mall and the craft mall there, and the old town shops in St George's.
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thanks so much for your reply. Re restaurants, we were thinking of waterlot for my birthday dinner and ocean club for another night. It does not need to be super fancy -- just good food, fun atmosphere and a nice view. Live music and outside dining would be a huge plus.
Re the BR ferry, would that pick us up at the Fairmont Southhampton down at the docks? Do you know how often the ferry runs?
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I have never been to The Waterlot, so can't help you with that one. I liked the Ocean Club. Live music wasn't ever huge there. Henry VIII pub usually had live music, that's the one place I can think of. Blu has nice harbor views. Mad Hatters has a fun, great patio, great food, but it's a town location.
The BR ferry picks up at the public dock by the public ferry terminal in Hamilton, a few blocks from the Fairmont Princess. If you are staying at the Fairmont Southampton, you could get the Fairmont Ferry from the Southampton property to the Hamilton property, walk to the public docks, and catch the BR ferry across the harbor. I don't think the Fairmont ferry runs too late in the evenings, so you might need to plan on getting a cab back to the Southampton. Again, I haven't been there in two years, so you might want to check the hotel's websites for ferry hrs.
A much more laid-back, casual atmosphere, with really good food, great pizza, and a garden with live music is the Tribe Road Kitchen on the edge of Hamilton. If you follow them on Facebook, they post the menu, pizza and happy hour/music info every day. Nice place to chill with a drink.
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Waterlot is a very nice place to dine. I have been on a few occasions. It is expensive, but so are most places. Food is top notch, and it is waterfront.
I would definitely eat there for a celebratory dinner. If you want to have a little fun after, you can easily go over to King Henry the V111ths. When we were there, they had a piano player entertainer. He sang like billy joel and got the crowd into different fun songs. We had a few drinks and a few laughs and would be good for your group. You can walk there, but I would taxi home as it is up hill going back up to the hotel.
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268 comments found.
Hi, email resended.
planning to buy, just have last question….. any mobile version support to this theme?
Hi, it's not responsive, but works ok on iPhone/iPad and other devices.
Hi. I would like to buy this awesome template. But I have a question. May I create auto show-hide menu on all another pages, exclude main page. Thanks
Hi, It can be done with a small javascript changes. Regards, Johnny
Well. Your services will be necessary for me? Or I will be able to make it?
Hi, I will help you with this.
Hi, I'm having some issues with the contact form. If I click on two consecutive empty text fields without entering any data into them, the form throws an exception.
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insert your e-mail '; $error = 1; } elseif(!(ereg("^([0-9a-zA-Z]@([-0-9a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]{2,6}$", $_POST['email'], $regs))) { $output .= '
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Hi, it's becouse you're testing it on local computer. When you put website on the server with PHP support it will be ok. Regards
Thanks. That worked.
hi, pre-sell question how i can hide my pictures or secure them from saving?
There is no way to completely secure your images – if someone is smart then he will find url to the image or even do a "print screen". And it's not this template issue – it's wole internet problem. You can make it only more difficult – put watermark on your images, use overlay pattern (like in live preview) or disable mouse right-clik .
true, i'm looking now for watermark script and some disable mouse script that can go within this great template.. and buying now while we chat
purchased, thanks you for the lovely site
sorry can you kindly provide me with fonts used, i need to install it in my pc to have better PSD logos edit
Hi Johnny, thanks for a great site – i'm using firefox and when i hit f11 there is a margin at the bottom instead of completely fullscreen – if you could tell me how to fix that that would be really helpful.
cheers for a great template.
Hi, it's becouse website size is calculated before you press F11. Reload page (press F5).
what about encrypt all pages after done? to stop visitor from digging deep looking for pictures?
yes, it's also a good idea. I think that the best is to combine a few solutions.
Does the blog work as is, or do you have to modify something?
Hi, blog doesn't work becouse it's HTML template. You need to make some PHP nad database background to make it work.
Thanks for the quick reply Johnny. Client wants to add a "phone" field to the contact form. I'm assuming that's possible? Also….(and most importantly) on the "gallery_4c" file. When you click on an item and the big photo appears…on the bottom where it says "photo description" is there a way to make that a link? or put a link in there somewhere?
Also…INCREDIBLE looking site. Been following you themeforest to see what else you're cooking up!
Thank you for your words, I'm happy, you like it!
It's possible to add a link in description and a phone field. Please send me an email, it will be easier for me to explain it, becouse here are limitations with code posting.
Hi Johnny. Love the template. I'm looking to put images on to sell. Is it possible to add opencart or something thing similar. also is there a limit to the number of images that can be added to the site. (please be patient, i'm a newbie at this!!
Hi. It's possible to add some cart system, but it will require some work (a lot, I think – it's just HTML site template).
There is no image limit.
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Hi, i hope you can help me. Can you fix that the large images load not all at the same time? I want to have 30-40 images…and even if every image is 100 kb, it take too long time to open the fulllscreen galleri. Thanks
Hi, sorry but I can't help you with that. Fullscreen slider is not optimazed for so many inages – 40×100kb is 4Mb and it's a lot. I recommend to split images to smaller porstions or use classic gallery.
Hi Again!... i forgott to tell you that your work is fantastik! Do you know if there is something i can do to meke the classic galleries more iphone friendly? If there is a possibility to have a zoomed images that feet the screen (fulscreen)? Thank you very much! Regards Eddie
Hi Eddie, thank you for your warm words.
I can't help you with IPhone. Thins emplate is not responsive, but I tried to keep compromize between usability and visibility.
Zooming images to fullscreen requires some customization of "fancybox plugin". Mybe this link could help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6589080/using-fancybox-fullscreen-option
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How can I have the menu open at all times? I bought the template and sent you a message requesting the js file that you mentioned.
Hi, I've tried to replay to your e-mail but messages are retuning to me.
Regarding to your question:
open js/config.js and change the last line from:
var menuShown = false;
var menuShown = true;
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Hello Johnny, How do you apply your fixes/updates to an exisiting site? I have the black bar issue on startup, image resizing issues on IE also the contact form is not working ("junk code on user input"). The site is presently hosted on GoDaddy on a Linux server with PHP 5.3 support.
Hi, can you send me a link? Latest template version (nov 2012) shouldn't have any issues.
www.mediafoundrytt.com , also some images look stretch on the homepage at startup which can be rectified by refreshing the page, IE again.
You have old version of tempale, witch contains this bug. Please redownload template and replace "js", "css" and "php" folders.
IE issues is now rectified, the only issue now is the contact form(same result as before). After doing some research on the matter it is written that Godaddy do not support Ajax on their Linux servers, only on the Windows side, do you think that could be the issue?
If godaddy doesn't support ajax then there is the problem. You need to replace contact form script with some "non-ajax".
Hello Johnny, I opened a ticket with Godaddy to query Ajax support on their Linux hosting platform, they told me that they actually have Ajax support which now leaves my configuration of the validate.php form as the only issue that can cause the error. Following your document, the excerpt below is the adjustment I made, is it correct for the script to work. In an act of desperation I also used the script with no changes on the Godaddy site and contact page errors still occur.
Yous server don't treat php file like a php but like a text file.
Plase edit very first line of php/validate.php file from <? to <?php
If it wouldn't help, please make sure, that PHP support is enabled or ask godaddy for checking it – you can show them this url: www.mediafoundrytt.com/php/validate.php
I just call Godaddy and the support rep said the Linux hosting supports both PHP version 5 and Ajax. Also, I made the adjustments to the validate.php as advised and the same error occurs.
I really think that it is some hosting problem. I advise you to open support ticket, and aks why www.mediafoundrytt.com/php/validate.php is not executing. You can also try to upload some php "hello world" script, to check if it would work: http://php.net/manual/en/tutorial.firstpage.php
hi! just finished a website with this template. very nice! is it possible to make the thumbnails appear for a few seconds when the fullscreen gallery is oppened and then it fades?
it's possible. Open js/big_gallery.js file, and change linle 168 from
$mini_cont.css({bottom: – w_height – $mini_cont.innerHeight()-$gallery_hide.innerHeight() + 'px'});
window.setTimeout(function() { $mini_cont.css({bottom:- w_height – $mini_cont.innerHeight()-$gallery_hide.innerHeight() + 'px'}) },4000);
You can play with it to animate fading etc.
nice! tks so much! i tryed to add a $mini_cont.fadeOut(3000); after this new line, but then the mini won't appear anymore. what code should i add?
Dont use fadeOut, it's better to move the div down. Try this (replace line 168)
window.setTimeout(function() { $($mini_cont, this).stop().animate({bottom:- w_height – $mini_cont.innerHeight() – $gallery_hide.innerHeight() + 'px'},{queue:false,duration:1500}, function() {}); },4000);
sweet! thx !! u're awesome!
you're welcome
Hi, I only want to know if the template has compatibility with gif images with the fullscreen gallery.
yes, it is. Regards
Ok, I tried to do, but the gallery doesn´t recognize the gif file. And I don´t know other file type to publish animated images. Please, help!
I've checked and gif files work. Please make sure you put correct path to the photos (with .gif extension)
This is solved! I didn´t change the html. Thanks!!!
Hi pre-sale question, can the music in the background stay continuously playing while you go through the website pages? Thank you.
Hi, unfortunately no
will there be a WP version? I need a client login section so that client images are stored and they can login and see their gallery
Hi, WP version is under development.
do you have any estimated time of release? I was looking for a client gallery login
mid april I think
Hi Johnnychaos!
I have one question!
I want to have the pics all the time in real full screen.
I have notice that when you change the size of the web browser and it´s not 16:10 screen relation; black areas appear to maintain the width.
But, I want that everybody, when enters my web, see in fullscreen, independently of what screen relation they have, or if they have the browser window in other scr-rel, the pics ALWAYS remain in FULL.
I don´t main if there will be crop provided that the crop will be from the center point of the image.
I have crop all the pics in 1600px X 1000px in 240ppp for retina displays better visualization.
Please, provide me some help to config my new version of my web in the best way to show my photos with awesome manner.
Hi, template is desigend to act exactly like you said. Can you provide me a demo link?
Hi Johnny! This is the link to a folder with some screen captures changing the size relation of the web browser window. Take a look and tell me something! https://plus.google.com/photos/114812416983420478135/albums/5850825958607541777?authkey=CIjckM2q5pfi0QE
Hi, template is designed to show photos in full width or full height. You are using full width option. It means, that photos are always scalled to fit browser width – so width of the photo is not cropped. With some photo size & screen proportions it will cause that photo height will be smaller than screen height, and black bars will appear.
Yes, I agree with you, but when the screen is more panoramic of 16:10, the photo is cropped. For example, look at the second and third photo of the previous link…


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An American mercenary, he's trying to catch a Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial believed to have been extinct since the early 1930s despite occasional reports of sightings. (Here's footage of the last Tasmanian tiger, filmed at a zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1933)
Dafoe plays Martin David, the hero of "The Hunter," an absorbing Australian drama that opens in theaters on Friday (it has been available on VOD since last month). His is a cloak-and-dagger mission: after reports of yet another sighting, David has been hired by a European corporation to hunt down covertly the last remaining Tasmanian and harvest genetic samples.
"Hunter" is a man-against-nature movie, or more accurately, a man-with-nature movie. Martin spends much of his time in the backcountry of Tassie (as the Aussies, with their inclination to abbreviate everything, call it), turning up tantalizing evidence that the tiger may indeed still exist.
In between stays in the mountains, he poses as an academic scientist and bunks in a rented room in a rundown rural house owned by a woman, Lucy Armstrong (Francis O'Connor), and her two adorable kids. Her husband, also a scientist, has gone missing some months back while he too, it seems, was hunting the Tassie tiger.
As Martin grows closer to the woman and her moppets, both their safety and his own become an issue as shadowy forces – is it the corporation who hired him or local loggers who think he's an environmental activist threatening their jobs – target them.
Dafoe, making like a woodsier version of Alan Ladd in "Shane," gives a mesmerizing performance here. First-time director Daniel Nettheim, whose background is in TV, does a solid job of telling his story (the screenplay is by Alice Addison, based on a novel by Julia Leigh), though the film's ending feels abrupt.
The film also serves as a convincing travelogue promoting Tasmania, showcasing its wild beauty and diverse landscape. While often considered the Ozarks of Australia – jokes about inbreeding among Tasmanians are an Aussie staple – any viewer seeing "Hunter" will likely add the island to his or her desired destinations list.


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TORONTO - Fear Factor might be a fun TV show to watch, but its no fun when fear has an iron-clad grip on your hockey club.
Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said after his teams morning skate on Saturday that the fear factor around our group is very high right now.
The Leafs will have to quickly overcome that fear if they want to put an end to a franchise-record 11-game home losing streak when they play host to the Buffalo Sabres at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night.
When you play with fear, it doesnt allow you to do the things that come naturally to you. The puck bounces off your stick, you are fearful of that. You put a stick on the opposition and you are fearful that the referee is going to call the penalty. Theres all those little games within the game, but you cant play the game with total fear. At times weve displayed that were too apprehensive.
The Leafs really shouldnt be playing with any fear now that their season is a total wash and they have nothing else to lose. But their goaltending situation probably wont help their confidence much.
Ben Scrivens was an emergency call-up from the Marlies after it was learned Jonas Gustavsson, who was injured during warmups for the Leafs game on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers, still wasnt ready to play. So it will be two Marlies keepers manning the net when Toronto (33-36-9) tries to put a dent in the playoff hopes of ninth-place Buffalo (38-30-10).
The Sabres lost 5-3 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night to fall into the ninth spot in the East.
It is unclear whether Scrivens, who played in eight games for the Leafs in November, going 2-4-1 with a .904 save percentage and a 2.96 goals-against average, will start or if Jussi Rynnas will get the call after he started in net against the Flyers and was shelled 7-1.
It appears from the way the morning skate shaped up that Scrivens will be starting, but Carlyle always likes to keep his cards close to his chest when it comes to naming his starting goaltender so it cant be said for sure.
If Im going tonight, Im not sure, but if I am Ill be ready, said Scrivens who was in net for the Marlies on Friday night during a 5-4 overtime win in Rochester. My focus last night was on beating Rochester. We had a gutsy overtime win and then I hopped in a car and came up here.
Scrivens said he learned of the call-up on Friday night.
Defenceman Mike Komisarek will be back on the blue line for the Leafs after being a healthy scratch the past three games and Cody Franson could be the odd man out.
The Leafs have just three games remaining in their schedule after tonights game, with two being on the road. They wrap up their season in Montreal on April 7.


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Wednesday, 19 June, 2002, 01:07 GMT 02:07 UK
Rwandans seek genocide justice
Eight years after the genocide, the church at Ntarama still stinks of decaying flesh.
It is strewn with the bloodied clothing and the bones of the 5,000 Tutsis who were slain here.
On the altar there is no cloth, no chalice, just one skull.
"I survived thanks to God," said 46-year-old Pacifique Rutaganda.
"The killing started here on 14 April 1994 - the military blasted those holes you can see in the walls and they threw grenades in.
"Then they came in to finish people off with clubs studded with nails," he said.
Widespread horror
The widow of his late cousin, Dancille Nyirabazungu, is a Hutu who is now struggling to raise her own four children as well as one orphan.
She explained that her husband, a Tutsi, was killed in the church and that she escaped to Congo with the children.
In order to heal the scars of the past, to deliver justice and to help with the process of national reconciliation, the Rwandan Government has brought in a revamped version of traditional community justice called gacaca.
In gacaca, Pacifique and Dancille will get the chance to testify about what actually happened in 1994 and about who did the killing.
Neighbourhood justice
Their neighbour, a 64-year-old peasant called Deogratias, is one of the gacaca judges.
He will listen to witness testimony for and against the accused, and eventually, along with 18 other judges, pronounce judgement.
"I think gacaca will solve the problems both of the prisoners and of the people left in the villages," he said.
A few kilometres down the road is another village, Nyamata, and another bloodstained church which has been turned into a genocide memorial.
Romain Ngoga, now a boy of 16, was one of only two people to survive that massacre.
Terrified, he watched as the adults in the church, including his mother were hacked to death with machetes and clubs.
"Then they started killing the children by dashing them against the walls," he said.
"A nun came to see who was crying and she took me and the other boy who was still alive."
Romain says he thinks gacaca is a good thing.
"The killers will come and confess, and if they ask for a pardon they'll be pardoned," he said.
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Jahmere and Mike review Master of the Martial Hearts on 2 Guys and a Mic.
Episode Title: "The Tale of 2GAM and the Platonic Fart"
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In order to properly explain what 2GAM just watched, it would take multiple therapy sessions, and lots of meditation. Master of Martial Hearts is the most offensive, vile, and uninteresting thing the guys have seen since Seikon No Qwaser and Eiken. Terrible art, terrible theme song, terrible story, just every thing about this show is bad. Avoid at all costs
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It's a damn good album, it's cool to hear a metalcore band that's got a good ambient thing going on and doesn't kill it with a bad transition to a generic breakdown.
But like, I guess that's why it's not metalcore, right Burt?
But yeah, like, when a metalcore band has those parts, they're still metalcore. I guess you could like say its post rock influenced metalcore, idk, it is all very complex, this hearing buisiness.
No, see, you're wrong and I don't feel like pointing out the 30,000 obvious points that I could use to prove you wrong, so stfu.
Seriously, all I listen to anymore is metalcore, I know what the genre sounds like, I'm not denying they have a post-metal tinge, I'm just saying they're still a metalcore band.
Also, crap like Fall Out Boy is gonna be called emo by kids who are wrong, doesn't mean they're emo though. This Message Edited On 01.09.08
To be honest most of the metalcore you listen to is frigging awful
I've heard plenty of metalcore and know plenty about what it sounds like, as well as what post-metal bands sound like, you're not really in any position of experience here
You should probably take your own really stupid point about emo to heart and stop labeling bands as something they're clearly notThis Message Edited On 01.09.08
The problem is, this band clearly plays metalcore, so please just stfu already. I don't care how good or bad you think the music I listen to is, because I enjoy it based on how I connect with it. The fact still stands that you're wrong. Just straight up wrong. If a band like As I Lay Dying with less hardcore influence than Intronaut is metalcore, then Intronaut sure as fuck is too.
The fact is, I probably listen to this album a shitload more than you do, so I'm probably a lot more familiar with it.This Message Edited On 01.09.08
Except AILD doesn't play anything remotely post-metal whereas Intronaut does all the time
Nice non-sequitur though
As I Lay Dying plays melodic death metal then, because their music draws a lot of similarities to that!!!!!!
Oh wait, no, it's just metalcore with a lot of mdm influence. Just like Intronaut's metalcore with a lot of post-metal influence, stop talking, you're a pretentious moron.
There's a difference between drawing a lot of similarities from something/being influenced by it and actually playing it
Because see, AILD is obviously just drawing a similarity, while Intronaut is actually playing post-metal
By your logic you might as well call Isis a metalcore/metal band, or Callisto or Pelican or etc etc
Oh cool I'm listening to Nostalgic echo, this song sounds kind of like a more ambient Botch, oh cool post-rock portion but there's a metalcore part right afterwards, cool.
What you're failing to realize is that there's more parts to the album that are just kind of ambient metalcore than anything else... like by your standards, you could call This Runs Through post-metal.This Message Edited On 01.09.08
Album Rating: 4.0why do you both insist on catergorizing the band as one thing? they aren't strictly post-metal or metalcore, it is possible for them to be both
Now I'm listening to Teledildonics, oh wow this metalcore song has some post-rock interludes too. Holy crap, I guess it is post-metal omg! I mean, interludes between the main drive of a song are what defines it more, right?!This Message Edited On 01.09.08
Yo Burt Opeth is a folk band because they have acoustic interludes rite?
Lets all hold hands, here on the subway....
Good review, I'll have to check these guys out.
They're really good.
pretty good stuff. ill look into getting this soon
They actually sound a bit like The End. Good stuff!
No they don't, the End is metalcore, Intronaut is post-metal. :o
Album Rating: 4.0This sounds like I might love it, I'll give it a listen
Album Rating: 4.0already one of your favorite bands? that was quick
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In Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich (Simon & Schuster), author Jason Zweig, a senior writer at Money magazine, offers new explanations about what makes the investing brain a battleground between emotion and reason.
His book is not only an enlightening account of what goes on in the brain when you think about money but a practical guide on how investors can make wiser decisions.
We spoke with Zweig, now collaborating on a book with Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman, to learn the ways in which financial advisors can apply neuroeconomics in their practices.
Can neuroeconomics help make advisors better investors?It can certainly help you understand clients better. You can also use it as a mirror to ask yourself, "What am I actually good at?" Most people aren't as good at most things as they believe they are. We all have an inner con man who lies to us about our past, our future and even the present.
How can neuroeconomics be used to help prevent investors' hindsight bias -- distorting that which you formerly believed?Both advisors and clients are very vulnerable to hindsight bias, another cruel trick your inner con man plays on you. So once a year, have a little forecasting session with each client asking where they think the Dow will be a year from now, what the most promising stocks are, what they think the worst ones will be and so on. You should do a forecast as well.
A year later, when a client starts yelling [about a poorly performing stock], you can say, "Well, let's look at what each of us forecast. You didn't say anything about that particular stock."
The client will still say, "It's your job to know what's going to happen." But then you should say, "It's my job to make forecasts about things that I think are forecastable. Which specific companies [will] outperform the market may not be one of them."
Are advisors' brains different from the brains of investors who aren't professionals?I'm very sad to say that I think they don't differ. Overconfidence is probably the thing that trips up more people than anything else. It's very hard for professionals who have real expertise to admit the limits of that expertise. Financial advisors may provide great advice on the mechanics of investing and financial planning, but I'm very skeptical that most advisors can add value by picking stocks or mutual funds.
You write that "the neural activity of someone whose investments are making money is indistinguishable from that of someone high on cocaine." So this goes for advisors too?There's no doubt that professionals are as subject to these kinds of influences. It's a myth that advisors are more rational or logical or less emotional than clients. If you're an advisor who picked a mutual fund that turns out to be the top performing fund in America three years in a row and you think you can walk on water, you're kidding yourself.
How should advisors approach investing, then?What all the research boils down to is not to make decisions but rather to follow rules and procedures and to act in accordance with policy. If you make decisions, you're being reactive to what other people or the market is doing. If you own Intel, let's say, and you buy more because it's going up and you're on a hot streak, that addiction kicks in. When it goes down, you might sell in a panic.
Instead, if one of your rules is, "I won't have more than 10 percent of my client's portfolio in any one stock," and now Intel is 13 percent, you must sell it. You have to do it automatically. The more procedures you put in place, the fewer decisions you have to make, the fewer things you have to justify to clients and the fewer mistakes you'll make.
You caution against advisors' "jackpot jargon" and FAs shoving charts in front of them; you tell readers to hang up on cold callers and to pump advisors as to why they recommend a certain investment. Do you feel FAs are on the take?I hope people don't get that impression. The advice element of the advisory relationship is so important and can be really helpful to the investor. Where I have my doubts is about stock- and fund-picking. Evidence would suggest that advisors are not better enough at picking mutual funds to warrant the fee they get just for picking them.
So I urge advisors to spend more time hand-holding and less time portfolio-building because that's not really where they add value.
You say neuroeconomics shows that the brain is more aroused when you're anticipating an investment profit than when you actually get one. What a bummer!This new idea tells us that expecting an outcome is emotionally much more intense than experiencing the same outcome. And that's true both on the upside and the downside. The fear of loss usually turns out to be worse than the actual loss, which is why so many clients take less risk than they should.
What this tells you as an advisor is that it's so important to manage people's expectations.
What if anticipation about an investment outcome generates wild excitement in an advisor?A simple solution is to keep an emotional journal. Once a day, religiously, make a little note about your gut feelings as to where the financial markets are headed, such as, "How do I feel about my portfolios today? I'm really happy about how things went. It makes me feel good."
Every once in a while, take a look at what your emotions were telling you and what happened afterward. You'll learn that if you turn them upside-down, your own emotions are a very good guide to what's about to happen in the markets.
I don't believe that investors or advisors can turn their emotions off. But I do believe you can learn to turn them inside-out. The way you do that is by seeing how unreliable they are.
This will enable you to cure your hindsight bias and to learn that by investing in the grip of emotion, you will always get things backwards.
You suggest that advisors should re-consider the risk-tolerance portion of their client questionnaires. Please talk about that.People don't really have something called risk tolerance in the way that regulators mean it. For any investor, risk tolerance is a function of the situation, the emotion you're feeling, what mood you've been in all day, physical condition, [etc.]
The conventional way to ask people about risk tolerance does not work. It's pretty much intellectual fraud. People don't know what their risk tolerance is. Asking questions like, "What time would you arrive at the airport for a 1 p.m. flight?" is [nonsense] because the attitude people have toward risk in one area of their lives does not carry over.
So it's better to ask clients what their objectives are rather than how much risk they think they're comfortable with -- because they don't know.
As part of your research, you visited labs and underwent brain-scan experiments. What did you learn when you sucked on a Kool-Aid-supplying pacifier while trying to choose the square that would earn you the most money?It showed me the power of unconscious thinking. There was the so-called rational part of my brain struggling to figure out what square to pick next for the more profitable choice. But the unconscious, intuitive part of my brain was saying, "All the sugar-water is over here!"
Actually, we make most of our decisions in life without thinking about them even when we think we're thinking about them. There is no doubt that the investment behavior of both advisors and clients is driven by these same unconscious likes and dislikes.
Such as?A client may once have had a great vacation in Montana and has a portfolio with a bunch of stocks that do a lot of business in Montana. They may not even know that's why they have them. But if you try to get the client to sell, they won't want to -- and won't know why. This is another reminder that advisors have to ask a lot of questions.
You write that pushing back with your forearm from a hard surface, like a desk, helps you think less emotionally. Please explain!It's an amazing finding. Your body gives you signals. If you assume an approaching posture, that's a physically welcoming stance. But if you push away and distance yourself from the emotional aspects of a decision, you're putting your body in an avoidance stance. So that stiff-arming motion sends an unconscious signal to your [brain] that something may not be perfectly pleasant -- and to think twice, for instance, before you make a move in the market.
Is there a related phenomenon regarding clients?Yes, how easy or difficult things are to understand also sends a signal. For example, when investors read stock and mutual fund prospectuses with numerous pages of disclosure about every conceivable risk, what happens in their minds is a huge backfire effect. They think, "I can't believe how much stuff is here, and I can't understand any of it."
How can advisors use this finding?The very important lesson is that if you want clients to accept something readily, make it simple, clear and compelling. If you want to turn people away from something, give them mountains of documentation. It will make them feel: this is too hard to understand, so it can't be very good.
You write that stocks earn slightly higher returns on days when the sun is shining than when the sky is overcast. Come on!I don't think you can trade on that, but it's a very important reminder that emotions have significant effects on people. I'm pretty sure that within the English stock market, on average, they do better on sunny days.
Also, in countries where people are obsessed with soccer, the stock market does better when the national team advances in the World Cup and worse when it's defeated in a game.
What all this tells us is that people are not able to separate emotion in one area of their lives from decisions in another.
What can financial advisors do to try to prevent this from occurring when it comes to clients' emotions?An advisor who has a long-term perspective has to make sure that everything in their office is in accord with that principle. If you're talking to a client about holding stocks and mutual funds for five years or longer and there's a Bloomberg terminal on your desk or CNBC playing in the background, you've blown it.
When advising clients for the long term, everything should evoke patience. You shouldn't be a fast talker. Any sorts of beeping, blinking, buzzing, twitching, moving things should be nowhere near your client. Your office should have thick carpeting. So if you use a Bloomberg, put it in a closet.
Why do you recommend that advisors save the best news for the end of a face-to-face client meeting?Psychology and neuroscience have found that human memory fixates on the peak experience and how it ends. There have been studies: People were given a painful medical procedure. After that, they had the same procedure; but it lasted longer and was more painful for the final five minutes. Then the intensity of the pain eased up. The subjects preferred the longer procedure because it ended better.
If you're meeting with clients, you definitely want to end on a high note because if you put the best at the end, you increase the odds that that's what they'll walk away with.
A lot of advisors have a tendency to start meetings with the good news. Instead, what neuroeconomics tells us is to get the bad news out of the way first and end on the high note.
Freelance writer Jane Wollman Rusoff is a Los Angeles-based contributing editor of Research and is the founder of Family Star Productions.


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A TEENAGER is dead after her car and a truck collided near Bendigo today.
The victim, 19, was in a Holden coupe travelling west on Hermitage Rd, Marong, when police believe she travelled through a give way sign at the Allies Rd intersection at noon.
Her car collided with a truck and she died at the scene.
A passenger in the Holden, a man aged 19, was taken by ambulance to the Bendigo Base Hospital.
The truck's driver was taken to hospital for observation.
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.
Victoria's road toll stands at 189, compared with 197 at the same time last year.
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Newcomer Alex Smith understands the Paul Bunyan-like stories of Garret Siler.
The 7-foot, 291-pound All-American center, who graduated in May, led Division II in field-goal percentage the past three seasons. More importantly, Siler helped lead Augusta State to consecutive Final Four appearances the past two years.
I know he left a legacy, Smith said. Those are some big shoes to fill.
The Jaguars new center got off to a hot start, posting a game-high 18 points in No. 10 Augusta States 84-53 exhibition win over Aiken Tech in front of 1,104 fans Wednesday night at Christenberry Fieldhouse.
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Johnnie Frank Griffith died Thursday, December 27, 2001.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Triumph Church of God in Christ, Concord, N.C. with Shepherd Prince T. Morell officiating. Burial will be in Rutherford memorial Park Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie Mae Johnson Griffith of Concord, N.C.; daughters Mary Lou Chambers of Concord, N.C., Willie Sue Brown of Athens and Brittney Lawing of Concord, N.C.; son Willie Griffith of Madison County; sister Dorothy M. Clark of Atlanta; 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the church.
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Lord Fairfax Community College's Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs Christopher Coutts and President Cheryl Thompson-Stacy joined Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Vice President for Academic Affairs Adrienne Bloss and Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business Dean and Professor of Management Miles Davis on Aug. 29, at LFCC's Middletown, Va., campus, to sign an articulation agreement to make it possible for transfer students to earn their MBA in five years.
The university recently introduced two new fast-track MBA options, including a new 2 + 2 + 1 option that will allow transfer students to transition from an associate of arts and sciences degree in business administration to the bachelor's of business administration (BBA) degree and subsequently a MBA degree — all in five years. Similarly, Shenandoah's four-year BBA students can take advantage of a 4 + 1 fast-track to earn a MBA with one additional year of classes. The fast-track options will launch in fall 2014.
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He arrived in India shortly before the Second World War and after active service worked his way up to became the editor of the Delhi edition of The Statesman and later the newspaper's general manager before returning to Britain in the late 1960s.
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Be careful when you travel in Mexico, particularly of timeshare presentations. My wife and I got sucked in at Puerto Vallarta, thinking that we would grab a few freebies for sitting in a timeshare presentation. But the Mayan Palace and Mayan Resorts will tell you lies to spend thousands of dollars. Beware -- and never buy from them!
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If you do end up going to the presentations (which may take up to four hours!), make sure that you don't believe anything they say -- particularly when it comes to possible income from timeshares. It's all a hoax, and I want to make sure you don't get deceived.
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Be careful when you travel in Mexico, particularly of timeshare presentations. My wife and I got sucked in at Puerto Vallarta, thinking that we would grab a few freebies for sitting in a timeshare presentation. But the Mayan Palace and Mayan Resorts will tell you lies to spend thousands of dollars. Beware -- and never buy from them!
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Hi, We just got back from Grand Mayan in Acapulco. I agree with your comment because we also spent almost 4 hours and felt so pressured to buy. I'm glad we didn't. Btw, Grand Mayan is very very beautiful but you can't buy timeshare at GM. You have to own at Mayan Place first, then upgrade later on, which I think will cost an extra bundle.
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I stayed at the Mayan Palace south of Cancun for a few days last month. My friend has a timeshare there and booked it before she talked to me. I'm not big on huge, concrete resorts and there is no swimmable beach there. Anyway, once they found out I owned a condo in Playa they left us completely alone. Never talked to another salesman all week.
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Always a good reminder. Thanks. I have never attended a timeshare presentation though I vacation frequently in PV, so get asked ALL the time. I just don't think there is anything they could give me that would make it worth my time and aggravation.
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Nope. But the "I already own here full time" seemed to do the trick. Although they must have been asking themselves why, if I already live here, I would be at the Mayan Palace at all. I asked myself the same question over and over and over again. Yuck.
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As I found out when I hooked up with a pair of ladies from Scotland and we were walking around south-side PV... timeshare is only for Americans and Canadians, so being from UK/Europe could be another plausible excuse.
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When ever they ask me "Hey Amigo! Where you From"? I smile & say Zihutanejo! They usually just smile & wave then knowing I am not a customer.
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If you have lots of $$$ and you don't know what to do with it, you're just way to nice or just plain stupid then Mayan Palace is the place for you. Please stay away from these presentations. They tell you there's no obligation and it's only 90 mins of your time and they promise you all these great tour deals and sometimes USD cash but it's not worth wasting 4hrs of your vacation. These sales people can not take NO for an answer and the girl we dealt with had the nerve to threaten us about stayin in a Mexico jail (believe me we have no idea what made her say that)They will start off at around $110k and work they way down to try to make it affordable for you. Trust me, this place isn't that great and the resort we stayed in was a million times better than this place in every way.
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Thanks to imprison. We were scammed by the Mayan Palace too. Checked out:
Sounds like alot of good info to help us get out of our contract and get our hard-earned money back.
By the way ly5 what was that good resort you stayed at in Mexico? I like Mexico and am trying not to let this bad experience with the Mayan Palace turn me off the country entirely.
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Suze you said "so being from UK/Europe could be another plausible excuse." Explain this please
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I would also suggest that everyone just say NO and keep on walking when these scumbags approach...remember there is no such thing as a free lunch
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I had the horrible experience of taking in a "90 minute"Mayan Presentation!(lets say it was "life changing). I was lucky-I went with another couple that had already bought at another resort and they go me out of there before it was too late!!!! How do these people make money???
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I think Suze meant that if you feel a need to get out of going to a timeshare, rather than just saying no, you can tell them you live in the UK.
I don't think anyone is forced to go to these and don't really feel a lot of sympathy for anyone who does, as they are just doing it because they are trying to get something free and have sold their time for that offer. I have been asked many times in PV to go to timeshare presentations and I just say no, and mean it. Why is that so hard. Anyone who sells themselves and their time for a free breakfast or anything else deserves what they get. They know they are going to a timeshare presentation and are just cheap. I can't even imagine selling an hour of your vacation to get a free breakfast (although it's always much more time) which is worth a couple dollars, but people do it.
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Sometimes it's not so obvious. Our first time in PDC we walked into a place that advertised itself as a car rental. They even had us fill out papers that looked like real rental agreements. The next morning instead of getting us a car they took us to the Mayan Palace! Never did get the car....
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My husband and I had a terrible, and very educating, exp. with MP last year. They caught us getting off the ferry from Cozumel and convinced us there was a "new hotel" close by and that if we went on a tour they would pay for our ferry tickets and give us $50. Well - needless to say we were sucked in to the Mayan Palace nightmare that many of you have described.
First - it is NOT a "good investment" and second - when they tell you you cannot rescind your offer - that is ILLEGAL!!! My husband is a lawyer and, after we bought (so naive we were) we did some research on the internet and learned that Mexican law requires a period (I think 5 days)during which you have the right to your mind. We also found websites on the internet where people were selling their MP timeshares left and right for half of what we paid.
After a very confrontational visit the next day, we terminated our contract. W learned a lot - but we also wasted 2 days of our vacation.
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Mayan Palace sales tactics are hardcore and they will tell you anything you want to hear to get you into the contract and keep you in contract with them. Most of the scams being committed at MP by the Sales representative is that they don't let their buyers know they have a 5 days cooling period if they wish to cancel; instead, they repeatedly tell they buyers once the contract is being sign there is no cancellation period. I recommend you to read this article about the Mayan Palace Timeshare sales tactics:
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Currently several homes along the 1700th block of Stuart Avenue are without water, and officials are recommending that once the water is turned back on to not drink it until told otherwise.
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Fort Hood soldiers who live off-post will see an increase in their housing allowance beginning next month.
The 2014 Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH, rates, will increase an average of 5 percent beginning Jan. 1, according to a news release from the Defense Department on Tuesday.
On average, BAH rates for service members with dependents worldwide will increase about $79 per month and $76 for personnel without dependents. However, one government website listed Fort Hood-area BAH increases at more than $100 for some ranks.
"A typical midgrade enlisted member with dependents, for example, will find his/her BAH about $79 per month higher than last year, while a typical junior officer without dependents will find his/her BAH about $76 higher than last year," according to the release.
For military families in the Fort Hood area, the news of the increased housing pay was welcomed.
"Anything, actually, will help," said Harker Heights resident Michelle Ferrara, whose husband is a first lieutenant with the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.
The couple rents a home and has three children.
She called the increased housing allowance "wonderful," and will go toward rent, electricity and other bills.
"The BAH doesn't actually cover everything we pay for; it just covers most of it," Ferrara said.
According to the DOD's Defense Travel Management Office website, a staff sergeant with dependents living in the 76540 ZIP code will get $1,287 for BAH in 2014, up from $1,119 this year. An Army captain with dependents in the Fort Hood area will get a BAH rate of $1,581 next year, up from $1,491 in 2013.
Three components are included in the BAH computation: median current market rent; average utilities, including electricity, heat and water; and average renter's insurance, according to the news release.
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i am out on bail for M1 warrents for peep/spy issues the same day. i know i can make a plea bargain to have one stand .i was given consent not by the land owner or the renter of the household but by another adult/long time freind due to some concerns ive had. me and this guy watched a family cause the dad is a truck driver and the mom has seizures and is mentaly challanged. now to the subject at hand they've issues a emergancy protection for a minor against me ,but only out of spite with things i witnessed and heard and i had made it clear that i could call social services,the other adults are obviously worried about that as a threat.when i have to meet my laywer should i tell him/her about these things i have witnessed . ive been set up and its clear and my own family thinks so too. how can i beat this with little to no scrapes. me and this guy mentioned above have had a huge falling out and now they are all agaist me when i have told them i would keep away , i have complied to there wishes. my job was to be extra eyes and ears and to uphold the household rules that was very difficult to due cause of this other guy. help please i just want to get this over with and move on with my life with no contact from me or them.help me!
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Yes, disclose everything to your lawyer related to these "peep/spy" issues
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Norma L. Willman, 76, known as Pete, was born to William and Rose (Tannahill) Howard on March 23, 1931 in Kearney, Neb. She passed away on Sept. 30, 2007 in Crescent City.
She moved to California in 1941, and made her home in Del Norte County for 61 years. Norma retired from Del Norte School District in 1976.
She met Robert Willman and seven years year, in 1948, they were married at Memorial Hall. All their children were born in Del Norte County. She was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, caregiver and andquot;Aunt Peteandquot; to half of Del Norte County.
She enjoyed her dogs and crocheting.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Willman, of Crescent City; daughter, Linda, and son-in-law, Wayne Boatman; son-in-law, Roger Keith; grandchildren Rick (Suzanne) Boatman, Amy Boatman, Ben (Shannon) Keith and Angela Keith; great-grandson Logan Keith; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bill Howard; sister, Darlene Buxton and children Betty Ann Willman and Susan Keith.
Friends are invited for a Celebration of Life for andquot;Peteandquot; on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 1-4 p.m. at the family's home located at 4721 Lake Earl Drive, Crescent City.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Relay For Life, 1301 Northcrest Drive, Crescent City, CA 95531.


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I took a title loan for $700.00 on a 19yr old car.I due to my finances I was unable to pay the loan off.Subsequently, a month after I got the loan the transmission went out in the car.The car reg was also due to be renewed.
I was not able to do so because the car could not pass the Georgia inspection.I advised the loan company to come get the car but the Rep. "stated they weren't in the car sales business" and wanted payment only.
To make matters worse the apartment complex I live in put a sticker on the car that gave me ONLY 72 hours to register or it would be towed.I couldn't register it so I had it junked.That was 4 month ago...
Now, the loan company wants the car and they are threatening to issues a warrant if it not returned the car.I told them every time I spoke with them that the car was inoperable and they could come and repo it..Now I'm in danger of arrest for a nearly 20 yr.old car that I DON'T HAVE.I'm about a week from filing bankruptcy.Will that solve this issue or will I be arrested and stuck with paying this loan?
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I've never been arrested in my life!
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The threat to arrest you may be illegal in itself. Speed up your bankruptcy and see your lawyer Monday (this is not a pro se project). I assume that 4 months ago you gave the title pawn company written notice that the car was being towed to a junkyard and that you didn't make the mistake of doing notice verbally.
Let me add that while legal, Title Pawn companies are as evil as the worst Mafia loan shark. Georgia should ban their business but until they do, all Georgians should have the good sense to never go to a Title Pawn or Payday Lender.
Again, see your bankruptcy lawyer Monday and discuss whether you also have a claim against the title pawn company. Tape their calls and bring your evidence to your lawyer.
I agree with everythng Attorney Ashman said - especially about car pawn title companies being ee-ville. They are right up with their with payday lenders. Both are vultures who prey on the most financially vulnerable in our society. If government truly wanted to help people it would outlaw or strictly regulate these entities.
This title loan place wasn't too swift for making a loan on a 19-year old car! Usually, they are made on newer cars worth a lot more than is loaned out. That may explain the initial reluctance to repo here. If the car was worth money they would have wasted no time repo'ing it. In your case though, the car wasn't worth much and was inoperable so they would have preferred their funds.
Since you are going to file bankruptcy, just include this loan. While having evidence against the car title company would be nice - few people have recorded conversations (although the car title place might have a recording) or letters. It is a crime to dispose of assets that are subject to a security interest but it is doubtful they would take it that far here given the facts. You did give them notice.
However, please discuss this with your bankruptcy attorney.


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I shoot pistols at 12" diameter gong targets at 25 and 50 yards. The plates are 1/2" thick.
You can see the impact marks, magnum JHP leave donut shaped craters.
Cast lead bullets disintegrate down to discs, jacketed with their pure lead cores disintegrate down to smaller discs and the jacket falls as a mushroom object.
I will see these discs flying in all directions out to 20 feet or more from the gong. I think rebound direction is heavily influenced by those pock marks.
Jacketed rifle bullets will go right through these gongs, cast rifle bullets will create craters. I only shoot cast rifle bullets or 44 Magnum rifles at 100 yards, and even then, the shock will bust the welds in time.
Might have been 303 Brit cast bullets that sent the gong back to reweld.
The thing that most bothers people at the range is lead splatter. When bullets disintegrate the heavy chunks fall close to the target, but tin foil thin splatter goes way up in the air and falls down. Goes pitter-patter on the tin roof and annoys shooters. The spall will carry over 50 yards on windy days. I have learned to quit shooting when there are high winds as spall gets carried and hits people. The hit is has no more impact than a flea bounce, but it upsets people. I have found, regardless of right and wrong and lack of danger, if you are considered a nuisance by enough of the gun club, steel targets will be banned.
Our club minimum space is 15 yards with lead projectiles and pistols.
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According to a recent US survey from Acronis, conducted by Redmond Magazine, 60 percent of organisations recognise the dangers of maintaining just one form of backup, and are looking to the cloud to eliminate a single point of failure. In fact, nearly a quarter already back up to the cloud as a secure off-site solution.
It's no surprise that organisations are seeking more secure data protection option, as 75 percent of survey respondents experienced tape failure in the last year, and 22 percent see phasing out of legacy backups as a future challenge. IT departments see the cloud as a highly beneficial off-site storage solution to resolve such issues, with 43 percent of survey respondents citing the extra layer of data protection as the primary benefit of cloud, while 24 percent were most attracted to the underlying cost savings.
Scott Crenshaw, Acronis senior vice president of strategy and CMO, commented, "It's astounding that any organisation would be relying on a single point of failure when staging to cloud can provide the simple added layer of protection that organisations need. Old tape options are still used by many organisations despite the high failure rates, and it is fast losing its reputation as an effective technology, with tolerance for downtime reaching near-zero and the velocity of critical data is only increasing. Forward looking IT organisations should be thinking 'cloud first' when assessing effective recovery strategies."
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But, in order to develop a truly comprehensive data protection strategy, companies must also incorporate personal device backup and protection. Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) remains an obstacle for IT departments, and a quarter see personal device integration as their biggest backup and data recovery challenge. While the cloud is becoming an increasingly viable form of off-site backup, 65 percent of organisations admit to not backing up personal devices to the cloud.
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April 25, 2011
By John Murray '11
The CSB/SJU Marketing Club won a national award for "Outstanding Chapter Planning" at the American Marketing Association (AMA) International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans.
The award recognized the club for planning events, activities and projects that aligned with the three pillars of the association: professional development, fundraising and community service. Each pillar had to be represented in club activities throughout the year in order to achieve recognition.
Faculty advisor Lisa Lindgren, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University professor of management, commented on the club's success.
"Last year they won an award in one functional area, fundraising, Lindgren said. This year's award represents continuing improvement, because this award acknowledges overall chapter excellence."
Thomas Brekke, the club's president, recognized the potential of the Marketing Club early on.
"Last year was testing the waters, Brekke said. This year, we realized we could do very well. Our main focus was getting students involved."
The increased student involvement was felt around campus. The club was responsible for the J-Flags, retractable posters exclaiming "Go Johnnies" that became a fixture at Saint John's sporting events. Other activities sponsored by the club this year include a pumpkin carving contest and various marketing forums that brought professionals to the CSB/SJU campuses.
Marketing Club participants also gained hands on experience. The club's professional development pillar focused on Toro products. Students partnered with Toro Corporation and were responsible for finding local lawn care companies that would benefit from Toro products. They then assembled marketing reports for Toro's use. Another ongoing project for the club is a pet poison hotline, which is meant to help provide answers to pet owners who are unable to afford the cost of a veterinary visit.
The club's fast growth and success in New Orleans is exciting to Vice-President Liz Larson.
"We've only been a member of AMA last year and this year," Larson said. "We want it to grow. The more you are involved, the more you can do."
Both Brekke and Larson cited the importance of networking at the New Orleans conference. Participants in the conference represented schools from across the country. Although it was fun to experience New Orleans and explore Bourbon Street, both agreed the greatest benefit from the trip was sharing ideas with peers and professionals at the conference.
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will offer a four-part lecture "Jerusalem and Samaria: The Royal Cities in Ancient Israel" Mondays in February from 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The significance of the rivalry between the two capital cities of ancient Israel for our understanding of biblical history can hardly be overestimated. Using references from the Hebrew Scriptures and the wealth of discoveries that archaeological research has uncovered, Dr. Ron E. Tappy, G. Albert Shoemaker Professor of Bible and Archaeology and director of the Kelso Bible Lands Museum, will bring Jerusalem and Samaria to life.
Lecture topics include Feb. 1 "Jerusalem in History"; Feb. 8 "Jerusalem's Temple in the Time of Jesus: An Archaeo-Historical Overview"; Feb. 15 "Jerusalem as Regal-Ritual City"; and Feb. 22: "Ahab's Samaria: The Forbidden City and the Hebrew Prophets".
Specializing in the life and literature of the Old Testament period, biblical archaeology, and the history of Israel, Tappy focuses his teaching on how these areas can enliven our reading of the Bible today. He began excavating at various sites in Israel more than 28 years ago, and his current field research entails directing The Zeitah Excavations, a full-scale field exploration of a Late Bronze–Iron Age town in the Shephelah ("lowlands") region of biblical Judah. During the 2005 season of excavation, his team discovered an inscription incised in stone in the earliest known securely datable, complete Hebrew alphabet (see New York Times, Nov. 9, 2005). In addition to completing graduate work at the Jerusalem University- College and the University of Chicago, Tappy is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, (M.A.) and Harvard (M.A., Ph.D.). He has written articles on a variety of topics and is a leading authority on the archaeology of Israelite Samaria with two books on the subject. Prior to accepting his current position at PTS, Tappy taught at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif., and in the Near Eastern Studies Department at the University of Michigan.
Fee is $80. Register with the Office of Continuing Education at email@example.com or 412-924-1345. Brochure
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Thu 31st Jan 2013 9:00amCrazywater's Highcliffe Surf Report
Morning, it is trying and well worth keeping an eye on the water today.. wind has picked up this morning though, you will be fighting it down there but enjoy!!
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