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Roundtable: Bush NAACP Speech
Farai Chideya is joined at the roundtable by Joe Davidson, an editor at The Washington Post, Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition and Nat Irvin, professor of Future Studies at Wake Forest University. They discuss reaction to President Bush's speech at the NAACP convention.
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Now onto our regular Roundtable. Joining us by phone from New York is Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition. At member station WDET in Detroit, Michigan, Joe Davidson, an editor at The Washington Post. And Nat Irvin, professor of Future Studies at Wake Forest University, is at member station WFDD in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Thank you all for joining us. And, Nat, I'm going to start with you.
Let's bounce off of what Melissa said, that it's not really about reaching out to black voters - the president's speech to the NAACP - it's about attracting moderate whites. What do you think about that concept?
Professor NAT IRVIN (Professor of Future Studies, Wake Forest University): Well, I thought that was, it was not an idea that I had thought of prior to Dr. Lacewell's point. I thought the president's reason for going to the NAACP meeting was because he wanted to have Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell and Michael Steele to have a more favorable reception among black voters in their respective legislative races.
I think the point of trying to moderate the views of the Republican Party with regard to white moderates or whites who don't want to be considered to be a part of a racist party rings true. But tactically, I don't think it makes much difference in a November 2006 race. Strategically, long term, I think she's right about that.
But the president really hasn't demonstrated very much along those lines. I'm not talking about anything in particular, anything particular point - any particular legislative issue, but in general he has missed the legacy that he claimed yesterday when he spoke, even of his father, the family - the Bush family.
If he had come earlier and spoken the same words that he spoke just yesterday, he would've been viewed not only by black Americans, all Americans, white Americans included, as a person who was going to put some - whose rhetoric would be matched by - his rhetoric and intentions would be matched somewhat at least by his policies.
CHIDEYA: Michael, we just saw this week that the president vetoed the stem-cell research bill, which was widely seen as a move to really shore up some grumbling on the Christian right coalition side of his party. Can the president, as party leader, really balance the need to reach out to African-Americans and the need to go to the far right in the Republican Party, or are those two things just mutually exclusive?
Mr. MICHAEL MEYERS (Executive Director, New York Civil Rights Coalition): They're mutually exclusive, and that point should have been the introduction from Bruce Gordon or Julian Bond. The problem with their introduction is they did not take the president off his message.
They should've begun with a challenge to the president that we want you to un-veto your veto on embryonic stem-cell research because of diabetes, because of Alzheimer's, because of Parkinson's, because of all of the disease that we could possibly have cures for. You're not preaching to the choir, Mr. President, you're preaching to the moral right that is not moral.
And this specter of begging on Bruce Gordon's part is just outrageous. It's just insulting. It's a publicity stunt for the NAACP. He seems to be ingratiating himself just to get the president to the NAACP. And I know why, because the NAACP gets publicity once a year. And it's a publicity stunt for Bush, this cheap, hollow, empty rhetoric about the stain of slavery and those who came in chains.
And then the nerve of this guy, the president, to talk about the right to vote against a backdrop of Florida and Ohio and not talk about reforming voting procedures or voting machines. You know, you got to get a right to have a voting receipt. How about that? The NAACP missed the boat; it was a lost opportunity.
They should've said to the president, we want you to stop the GOP from putting people in position of high office and power who don't believe in civil rights, including on the United States Supreme Court, including on the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
How about declaring war on racial rhetoric of your party, Mr. President.
CHIDEYA: Let me get Joe in here. Joe, Michael clearly not a fan of the NAACP's move to bring the president into the NAACP tent. What do you think of it strategically, from the standpoint of the NAACP needing publicity, as all organizations do, and having to balance that with its own political agenda?
Mr. JOE DAVIDSON (Editor, The Washington Post): Well, I think clearly when the president visits any organization that particular organization gets publicity. It also got a lot of publicity by the fact that the president had not visited the NAACP and was about to become the only sitting president since Warren G. Harding not to have until he was there yesterday.
Strategically, I think it kind of puts the - as Bruce Gordon was saying - it essentially puts them in the game, but he still has a very low batting average. And I think that batting average will likely continue to be very low in terms of getting the president to adopt policies favorable to the NAACP and its members.
I think, in terms of the president and his political aims, I don't really think it's going to help him much, of he Republican Party. It will allow the three major black candidates in the Republican Party now, at the state level in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland to at least say the president is reaching out.
Mr. MEYERS: But it does not…
Mr. DAVIDSON: But in terms of actually that getting votes for them, I don't think that's, I don't think its really going to amount to any votes at all, frankly.
Mr. MEYERS: It doesn't put you in the game to beg for a meeting with the president. You're in the game if the president is calling you, asking for a meeting. This is the difference. And this used it be an effective, powerful organization, and an intelligent, informed organization. It no longer is. It's become the laughing stock of America. And George Bush, I'm sure, and his cronies are laughing, thinking they had a publicity stunt, which they did.
The NAACP allowed them to have PR gimmickry in the absence of substance.
CHIDEYA: But Michael, the audience…
Mr. DAVIDSON: I don't think it's the laughing stock of America. I just don't think the NAACP is that. I mean, I think its, its tactics…
Mr. MEYERS: Not under Bruce Gordon.
Mr. DAVIDSON: …it's tactics in terms of inviting the president to speak to them is the kind of thing that many organizations always do. The point is whether or not the president was effective in winning over any black votes. And I think on that point he's the one who probably struck out.
CHIDEYA: Well, let's, let's go back to an historical example. There's a famous photograph of Reverend King sitting down with Lyndon Johnson, trying to negotiate around the issue of civil rights. Now, I'm not saying that there's going to be any substantive progress that necessarily emerges from this, but there's a long history of people respectfully sitting down and challenging people who were in power.
Nat, do you think that there could be any gains? When we just spoke with Bruce Gordon, he said, you know, its going to be a process of challenging and negotiating within, talking not just to the president, but to other people in the administration. Is that going to produce any gains, do you think?
Prof. IRVIN: No, no, no. No. You see, the parallels are not quite the same with President Johnson. President Johnson was in a much stronger position during the time when Dr. King met with him. This is a president who is lame, lame duck. He doesn't even have any moral high ground across a number of issues across America, so he has not led by example.
Mr. MEYERS: Right.
Prof. IRVIN: He's a weak president. So there's nothing that really could be gained. As I said, tactically, there'll be some advantage to having him having spoken at the NAACP meeting for the black Republicans. But this has been largely a wasted effort. The presidential - this whole presidency is under question. It's not been successful.
So in terms of what could actually legislatively come out of, you know, Bruce spoke about jobs, the president, this president's going to tout his record on trying to increase the number of jobs, but it's not really very good. The economy looks like its strong in some areas, but in terms of a particular part of the black community it hasn't been effective.
And there's nothing that this administration is really going to be able to do or will seek to do, I think, between, in the last two years. Not from the presidential leadership, and you know…
CHIDEYA: Well, there's a question - go ahead.
Prof. IRVIN: One thing that's notable is that the president did not mention Iraq. You know, this is one area…
Mr. DAVIDSON: Um-hmm. There you go.
Prof. IRVIN: …he only talked basically about domestic policies, except for increasing…
Mr. MEYERS: Talking to people.
Prof. IRVIN: …assistance to the Africa as it relates to HIV-AIDS.
Mr. DAVIDSON: Right.
Prof. IRVIN: But Iraq is one area where the gap between black and white and politically and political positions is probably the greatest. The opposition in the black community to the war in Iraq has been overwhelming from the beginning, and it is one area he stayed strictly away from.
Mr. MEYERS: But that, but that is my point, when - that's what I meant by cheap, hollow rhetoric.
CHIDEYA: Well, Michael, let me frame, I mean, I think we probably only have time for one last big question, which is, then what? Then what for the NAACP, if bringing the president to speak is not a panacea or necessarily, you argue, even a positive thing…
Mr. MEYERS: Right.
CHIDEYA: …then what should the NAACP be doing?
Mr. MEYERS: Well, let me disclose - I used to be a citizen national director for the NAACP, so I don't want anybody complaining that I did not disclose that. And under Roy Wilkins and Ben Hooks.
The NAACP has to regain its ground as a - not only a moral force, but a powerful lobbying force and a grass roots organization. And it has to not just put up the rhetoric and say we're going to mobilize people to vote, it has to mobilize people to vote. It has to have a non-partisan militant advocacy to immigration, to stopping red-lining and disinvestment, and against racial steering. And it has to meet its Republican and Democratic politicians and have them walk the line, as opposed to talk rhetoric with respect to their appointments and how they act in office.
They have to give a report card to the nation and to the politicians every month about what they're doing in specific areas in terms of civil rights. We do not have a civil rights agenda any longer. We have Bruce Gordon, who came from corporate America, from retirement, and now Bush prefers the corporate type, he prefers to hobnob with those who look like the most moderate person possible. This…
CHIDEYA: I'm going to have to - I'm going to have to just transition to Joe and Nat. Just briefly, Joe, what next for the NAACP?
Mr. DAVIDSON: Well, I think what Bruce Gordon indicated was they have to make sure the president follows through on such things as enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. And he also indicated that it, certainly as it relates to Georgia and as it relates to voting rights to people in New Orleans, that the NAACP has been certainly disappointed so far in the Justice Department's enforcement of that law.
So the next step is, how vigorously will the NAACP and the rest of black America, and all of America for that matter, monitor the government's enforcement of voting rights act among other statutes?
CHIDEYA: Nat?
Prof. IRVIN: Well, I just would say, I give Mr. Gordon credit for trying to bring the president in. The NAACP has a lot of work to do internally. This organization itself has lost a lot of ground over the last five to seven years in terms of membership, its effectiveness, its own internal management. Mr. Gordon, I think, has come in with the right attitude. There's a lot that the organization needs to do to reach out to both Republicans and Democrats.
The NAACP should not be seen as a monolithic group when it comes to the political parties. They should try to embrace the ideas that represent the community, as Michael I think passionately described. I mean getting back to that kind of perspective I think will be healthy for the organization and for the country at large.
CHIDEYA: All right. We've been speaking with Nat Irvin, professor of future studies at Wake Forest University, at WFDD in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Also, at WDET in Detroit, Joe Davidson, Washington Post; and in New York, Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition.
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
Deitrick Haddon appears to be Hot (litterally)
Minister Deitrick Haddon appears to have a past lover who wanted the world to know just how HOT minister Deitrick Haddon is.
Allegedly and according to popular blogger funky funkydineva a former lover of Dietrick blasted nude photos of him while sexting her.
Allegedly the affair happened 2008 while Dietrick was married to his first wife.
The funny thing about this story is that Dietrick Haddon who is quick to jump on social media everytime somebody says something about him has yet to respond.
The photos are too graphic to expose on this site, to see for yourselv click on the link above.
From the looks of the sneak peak, Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 6 is going to be off the chain yall!
Since NeNe's show the "New Normal did not get picked up for a second season and Mama comes back to Atlanta to regain her throne as Queen B of the ATL.
Rumors wee swirling that there were going to be some new cast members including Tameka Redmond, Ushers ex wife but I guess she did not make the cut, cause all the orignal cast members from season 5 are back.
Word on the street is that NeNe and Kenya will go at it hard and we get a glimpse of it in the trailer. Cynthia and Peter have the same drama they had a few years ago with a failing business.
Now I know it ain't none of my business, but I would think he should try something else next time cause clearly the bar lounge aint his gift.
Phaedra has two babies now and it looks like Apollo may be getting the itch. I pray that aint the case.
Portia looks like she is living the life as her husband appears to be having second thoughts (go figure)
Finally, my favorite housewife, Kandi, need to tell her Mama that "She is grown and she got this" when it comes to her man issues. Cause some things Mama just can't get in the middle of unless she is asked.
Just in case you did not notice I am using my ebonic voice today so don't go sending me no comments about bad grammar. (lol)
I don't know about yall, but I am going to be glued to my TV on November 3rd.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Pastor Ronald Harris death appears to be surrounded by an alleged sexual encounter with the shooters wife. who accidentally sent images to her husband instead of the great pastor, and when the jig was up for her, she cried Rape on the Pastor. (smh) what is most disturbing to me is that I am not surprise to learn that something like this might have been in the mix. Its a sad day in the life of the church.
Here is the story:
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso addressed the media today regarding the case of a pastor who was shot and killed in front of his congregation.
[quote]"This is a shooting that took place in front of 60 some people, so it's going to take time to come to a conclusion," he said. "It will not just take days but several weeks to get to the truth and the bottom of this."[/quote]
Sheriff Mancuso explained that the high-profile and public nature of this crime has led to a number of rumors and interest from the media. He also noted that those rumors prompted a phone call from the FBI.
[quote]"There's a lot of speculation as to what took place and the motive in this case and I'm going to tell you that we are going to proceed with great caution in this investigation," he said. "You have so many rumors going on that it sometimes clouds the water for our investigation."[/quote]
The incident took place on Friday, September 27, at the Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center. Woodrow Karey, Jr., 53, walked into the church and shot Pastor Ronald J. Harris, Sr., twice. He then fled the scene and called law enforcement shortly thereafter.
[quote]"It's my understanding that they were great friends at some point," Sheriff Mancuso explained. "I'm sure we're going to get responses from both sides saying that they are great people."[/quote]
The possible motive investigators are currently working to confirm is that Pastor Harris was involved in some sort of sexual relationship with Karey's wife.
[quote]"[A week before the actual shooting, Karey] stated that he had received some inappropriate images from his wife to Pastor Harris," Sheriff Mancuso said. "Then, evidently, he confronted his wife and she filed a rape charge against Pastor Harris on Wednesday, September 25."[/quote]
Deputies were unable to interview Pastor Harris regarding the rape allegation before he was shot and killed on Friday.
"That's where we are in this investigation," he said. "At this time the charges against Mr. Karey are appropriate based on the information we have."
Karey is being held in the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center for Second-Degree Murder. His bond was set at $1 million.
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A quick breakfast before my race…
I registered for a local 5k. It was at a park about a mile away. My plan was to run there, run and then run home. YES I know I'm crazy. Sometimes I STILL don't know who I am.
I ROCKED the race. By far my best time in over a year.
The official results: 28:46 that's a 9:17 average mile! My jaw almost hit the ground!
I got back just in time for Candy Land.
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No fair hearing with Mr Harris
Sir -- In the light of the economic pain suffered by so many in Ireland today, I feel guilty at having to take issue with Eoghan Harris's piece 'FG and FF must unite to tackle public sector pay' (Sunday, October 3, 2010) -- yet compelled to do so I am.
As a primary-school teacher for the past six years, I would really love a breakdown of his figure of €962.14 being the 2009 public sector average weekly wage. I earn nowhere near this figure, even before taxes, and if anything, would feel aggrieved that my own salary was so far below the public sector average!
It's interesting that Mr Harris highlights the Dutch situation in his piece. I have just returned from two years' teaching in a state school in Holland. I earned substantially more than I do now in Ireland, my holidays were longer, my taxes afforded me far more entitlements than I receive here in Ireland and, in general, I got more value for my euro than I would ever get here.


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Editor's note: Recently, many of you have heard of the controversial ad displayed in The Diamondback, the student newspaper of the University of Maryland, which presented the opinions of FLAME, a pro-Israeli political advocacy group that seeks to raise awareness of Middle Eastern issues. Many people took offense to what they perceived to be slanderous hate speech by the advertisement, and the school's Student Government Association went so far as to condemn the paper.
At the Thirsty Turtle Times, "standards" are like business at the Barking Dog – nonexistent. Since day one, our "About" page has told the truth – that like our namesake, we will admit anything with a pulse.
And so, the Thirsty Turtle Times is proud to print the original advertisement by FLAME, uncut, which the Diamondback deemed to "inflammatory" to publish. Enjoy!
Our Lives: An Advertisement by FLAME
The time has come for the United States to move on from its forced "friendship" with the Arab people. The Arabs are Monsters. They are demon spawn, and their hate, their incompatibility with democracy, and their desire to murder Jews is in their blood.
We have a series of expectations as a unified group of proud Zionists. This is the first request we must raise and do: that our people be free, that these Arab chains that bind us be burst asunder, that Israel be once again captain of her soul and master of her destinies, together with all those who want to join the only democracy in the Middle East, not counting Lebanon, Turkey, Tunisia or Libya. They don't count; they're Arab.
And the fulfillment of this first demand will then open up the way for all the other 'reforms' that are so necessary. And here is one thing that perhaps distinguishes us from you as far as our program is concerned, although it is very much in the spirit of things: our attitude to the Arab problem.
For us, this is not a problem you can turn a blind eye to – one to be solved by small concessions from either side, be they settlement stoppages, "land" or "civil liberties." For FLAME, it is a problem of whether our nation of Israel can ever recover its health, whether the Muslim spirit can ever really be eradicated.
If only one society, for whatever reason, tolerates a Muslim family in it, that family will become the germ center for fresh sedition. If one little Arab boy survives with no Mosque or Madrasah, without any Jihadist training, Islamo-fascism is still in his soul. Even if there had never been a Mosque or a Madrasah or a Koran, the Islamist spirit would still exist and exert its influence. It has been there from the beginning and there is no Arab, not a single one, who does not personify it.
Don't be misled into thinking you can fight a disease without killing the carrier, without destroying the bacillus. Don't think you can fight racial tuberculosis without taking care to rid the nation of the carrier of that racial tuberculosis. This Arab contamination will not subside, this poisoning of the nation will not end, until the carrier himself, the Arab, has been banished from our midst.
Do what is right. Support the Israeli people in their quest for peace, by letting them know they are wrong to support Palestinian statehood. Help FLAME convince the U.S. government squash these dangerous Islamist/Jihadist uprisings in Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, and more – which were clearly planned by Osama Bin Laden and ACORN, aimed at toppling peace-loving dictators in favor of something intolerable – Arab democracy. Remember, the security and peace of Israeli Jews is far more important than peace, freedom, justice, and economic opportunity for over a billion Arabs. The Arabs are a monstrous collection of devil's advocacy; they are the antithesis of civilized man. They must be exterminated.
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It's a photo....re-jigged and made 'functioning' as a 2D cockpit for a Convair B-58 Hustler ....the thing we have to thank for all those horrendous 'Yank-tank finned things' [cars] of the '60s. It was worth its weight in gold...way back then...
It's a 2D 'pit for the Glowingheat release of the '58 for FSX. So far it's been about 4 days - of hunting down suitable detail/info... and tweaking a photograph to be a functioning '3-D' animation with gauges, knobs, etc...
Still more to do... but the intent is to end up with a weathered/ functioning cockpit that's pretty faithful to the real creature...
Dang, lotsa dials!
When I was about 8 or 9 I built a plastic model of the Hustler...man, that jet was a nuclear bomber as well. I thought it was the coolest thing EVER.
It had the look of swift lethality...
Got more flippin' patience than I have... all that fiddly stuff 'd likely send me over the edge. Yup, I'd use a few f words, rant a bit before using a few more, and then I'd ring somebody [think nice young men in their clean white coats] to come pick me up before I went ballistic and hurt myself doing irreparable damage to something while letting off steam over something I couldn't get to go right.
Nah, fech that, and I'll leave it up to you.... but then it's more your thing so all the best with it.
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Doc...when I was a kid I must have built every plane from WWI up to Viet Nam in many versions. The Hustler was a purpose built nuclear bomber with supersonic capability. That big thingie under its belly carried the bomb and additional fuel. There was no internal bomb bay. It served from 1960 to 1970 and was replaced by the F-111A swing wing. The Revell model was a real pain to build. So much flash on the parts tree. I spent hours just cleaning them up.
I remember that, Uvah. They wanted a smaller, more versatile bomber. It was a pig with fuel.
The flash? I remember working hours with a razor blade from dad's razor to get the parts off the trees. Also, sometimes parts would warp in opposite directions. I remember softening them with mom's iron set on the lowest setting and straightening them slowly.
Hot water would have been a safer option.....terminal melt-down isn't a good thing when modelling ...
On the sim site [SOH] I've caught up with both the people who were in volved in both versions of the Commercial add-on. Hopefully they can help with details re unknown/unfound gauges. Meanwhile there's another 8 'levers' to convert to functioning animations.
There's really no difference at all between skinning the OS GUI and skinning a plane's 'GUI' ....
Yeah, I remember that from my days of 'Airfix' modelling with my uncle when I was an almost teen. He was just 3 years older than me so we were quite close in terms of interest and hobbies and the like... though he continued to make models well into his 20's and beyond, while I stopped around 14 or so to work with my father on non-school days, as well as be somewhat more adventurous in the great outdoors.
Anyway, we would always place the parts in a bowl of hot water after unpacking them from the box. This served two main purposes: one, to remove the parts from the parts tree more easliy without damaging them; two, any excess plastic was more easily removed and sometimes would just fall off in the water, thus reducing the risk of damage with a craft knife. Ah, they were the good old days... a Lancaster Bomber for 2 shillings and sixpence, and a cold Winter's weekend indoors was catered for. Mind you, 2 & 6 was a lot of money in those days.
Speaking of the cost, I saw an Airfix Lancaster Bomber model in a Toys r Us shop window just recently and was staggered/completely gobsmacked at the price... $105.95. Being that I quite enjoyed model making as a kid, it could be something that could get me off the PC more and doing something a little more constructive with my spare time, but I don't know that I'd pay out 106 bucks for one.
There was a store a few blocks from my house that used to display models in a showcase. I made a deal with the owner of the store. I'd get a free model in exchange for putting the ones I already had in his showcase. I told him his showcase wasn't big enough, lol. Hanging from the ceiling in my bedroom was, no exaggeration, 100 model planes, 72nd scale, smallest one at the time. Then I went to the 48th scale and the 32nd scale. I had three favorites in the larger scale, ME-109...P-51 Mustang and the F/A 18 Hornet. The Hornet I modified a lot. I used those plastic fiber optics strands you get from a novelty shop, the ones attached to a globe. In the cockpit I drilled out the holes for lights, cut out squares with an x-acto knife and used clear plastic stock for displays. Tiny grain of wheat bulbs, no LED's then, to light 'em up. And painting them...tons of fun but tedious. I even had a separate display with several jets, all with the same paint scheme, from different countries. But like starkers said the cost these days....prohibitive! Those were the days. -Sigh-
Currently I'm 50-something installments of $20 a time in a weekly construct of a fuel powered RC Red Bull F1 car ....it'll be about 2 grand before it's done.... but it's pretty impressive...priming damper oil in the shocks....grease in the diff....
...not exactly a 'toy'...
Will have to post some pix, sounds cool.. used to love racing real RC cars back in the day.. not the plastic things found in the toy section..Remote alone with Frequency chips could run up to $600-$700..
That's the model...
sweet.. going to race against others? or just put around the neighborhood?
A former neighbour of mine had a remote controlled 4WD that was worth over 2 grand. He built it himself and used to race it at a special track in Kingston, a suburb not too far from where we lived. He won several cups and trophies while we were neighbours and was building a XJS Jaguar that he said it would cost him about 3000 grand by the time it was finished, but I moved before he'd completed it so I don't know how well it went.
It was a family thing, too. His brother had several RC cars that he also raced, and his 14 y/o son had a 4WD that was worth around $1200. We lived in a relatively quiet street traffic-wise, and often they would be out in the street testing their cars after making adjustments, etc.
I'll definitely run it...but not 'race'....the real 'entertainment' is in its construction...
Latest [final?] version of the cockpit panel. Recoded some xml in a few gauges ....added 28 bezels to 'clean things up a bit'. Essentially all the knobs, levers, etc function...
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I have original (1949) casement windows throughout my home. They all have the crank openers that look like the picture I've attached. I think 39-268 will do the trick, but does that come with the piece that attaches to the window... the "guide"? Obviously I'm a total rookie with this sort of thing
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Hello! The 39-268 does appear to serve the same function. It works a little differently than yours, though. It doesn't have the same guide, or track, that I see screwed to the face of your window sash. Rather, the 39-268 has a stationary bracket that screws to the face of the sash. When you crank it, the bracket slides along the arm of the 39-268 itself.


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Since then we've been through more than most couples: taking care of Sam's parents after hurricane Katrina (wish I had done some things differently), within a couple of years we lost them both (miss them every day), I was pregnant, I gave birth to Matilda, we both have had career highs and lows, dealt with heartbreak, we bought our first house, the economy hit us hard, we are renovating our second house, and little Phoebe just recently came along. So many wonderful memories, more so than sad ones. It has made us stronger. We love each other more than ever.
I'm so grateful that God had us meet on livejournal (way before blogs) all those years ago. Sam is way more than what my twenty-something self thought (and I thought a lot about him!). He's incredibly strong. He's a rock for our family. He works so hard for us. He's ridiculously creative and handy (oh I have so many projects in store for him. ha!). He's really easy on the eyes too.
Love doing life with you Sam. Here's to many, many more years of craziness. XO
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For a padded jacket how many geese freeze to death?
We are animal rights activist against vivisection ... this ours protest is one of the protests and is based on the
In Indonesia, in last years it's come to public notice that the Sumatra Elephants have been abused, tortured and killed.
We have to save Varenna, the pearl of Como Lake in Italy, we ask to stop to the construction of two artificial islands.
What animals are thinking in a Zoo? Same things are thinking men in prison, but without having any guilt! Freedom.
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Outgoing Edmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins preached a refrain that has become all too familiar for fans of the struggling NHL team.
"Like it or not, you need to be patient," he said.
Eakins met with reporters Tuesday, a day after he was fired by general manager Craig MacTavish with the last-place club mired in a deep slump. MacTavish will take over on a transitional basis before handing the controls to interim coach Todd Nelson, who becomes the team's fifth head coach in seven years.
Eakins said he could "speak freely now," but he didn't convey even a hint of bitterness over his half-hour availability. In fact, he sounded like someone who was still with the organization.
'The situation is the situation'
The former coach said that, given time, he's confident Nelson and MacTavish will turn things around.
"I understand being out of the playoffs for a long time, but the situation is the situation," Eakins said. "It's kind of like losing all your money. You don't get all your money back the next day.
"You have to start working again and working at it."
The Oilers took a 7-19-5 record into Tuesday night's game at Arizona. Edmonton is on track to miss the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year.
"The fans of this organization: you've suffered greatly," Eakins said. "But I'm going to tell you, you need to be patient. That's the way it goes. You need to be patient and if anybody's going to find a solution, it's going to be Craig MacTavish. I know that for sure.
"His commitment to this organization, his pain that he goes through every day, looking, trying to make this organization better. He will get it done. He will, I know he will."
Oilers need more time
MacTavish has served as GM for less than two years. Nelson, meanwhile, inherits a team that has dropped 15 of 16 games entering play against the Coyotes.
The Oilers are loaded with young players like Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov, but a lack of roster depth and experience appears to have hamstrung the squad. Hall, Nugent-Hopkins and Yakupov were all drafted with No. 1 overall picks.
"They are a coachable group," Eakins insisted.
Eakins, who enjoyed AHL coaching success before joining Edmonton in June 2013, guided the Oilers to a 29-44-9 record last season. The team struggled at both ends of the ice again this season and Eakins paid the price.
Nelson spent five seasons at Oklahoma City and guided the American Hockey League affiliate to a 15-6-2-2 record this season.
"I think Nelly's going to bring in a great, fresh approach," Eakins said. "He's an excellent coach. He's fully deserving of this opportunity and he's going to get great support here with the staff."
Eakins also thanked the fans, players and members of the organization for the opportunity, his first NHL coaching job.
"This organization is at where it's at — all of the past means nothing," he said. "Today is where you're at and where do you go forward? There's going to have to be some patience here for Craig to let him do his work."
Eakins said he plans to remain in Edmonton with his family and has no plans to move right now.
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Today I've just submitted my latest work, The Yin Yang Sword 3 Part 1. Make sure to check it out and give me some feedback! Thanks in advance.
If you think that this movie was perhaps not as good as the last one, please read my commentary.
Hi everybody!
I made this movie for a school project, it's due in three days. So please give me any criticism because I'd like to get a good mark on this. This project is on acid rain, I hope it's informative.
Sorry if the screenshot's bad.
Today is the first day of high school for me (I'm in grade 9). Today is the first day of school so it's a shortened day, classes begin at 10:15 so I went on the Internet at 9:00 and stuff.
First of all I thought it would be horrible (if I didn't know anyone, harder homework, etc.). But there are actually 4 people I know from before in my class, and I didn't get any homework today. The math teacher is really great, he is really dynamic and is very flexible about the curriculum, if he doesn't like something in textbooks, he'll just make up his own problem. There's a major gender unbalance in my class, about 17 boys and only 3 girls. In the last period the teacher went through everything he had planned for so he gave us 15 minutes of free time.
After school, this guy started shouting my name, I look back and see this guy, Filip, from my junior high. I was like "wha??????????", but he said that in his school the last period ended at 1:00, so he was bored at came to my school.
There's also this gas station near my school and of course there is a convenience store the comes with it. This way when I'm certified to drive I can stop there for gas, and when I'm hungry I can buy some food there.
Overall, this day went much better than I expected.
And does anyone know if there's limit to the number of news posts an user can have?
Two very dear friends of my parents got bored with their fish fast food store and decided to sell it to my parents. It's called Anchor Fish & Chips (chips are french fries), it has 3 kinds of fish: Halibut, Haddock, and Cod, it also has squid, chicken, onion rings, scallops, and spicy fries. My parent's friends bought the store for over 30,000 dollars, but they were very generous and sold it to us for only 20,000 dollars.
If you're not living in Toronto, then don't bother reading what I'm going to say next. But if you are living in Toronto you can come visit anytime you like. It's at 2838 Victoria Park Ave.
Other than that, I think that the redesign of the website is awesome, but I can't get the theatrical view on Opera so I'm forced to use the Pop-up option. I hope one of the programmers for this site can maybe make the site as easy to use on Opera as it is easy to use on IE.
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This report presents findings from phase two of the process evaluation which explored the implementation of the Payment by Results (PbR) pilot offering 'through the gate' support to offenders released from Doncaster Prison. The aim of the pilot was to test the impact of a PbR model on reducing reconviction levels.
This report examines the prioritisation and monitoring of offenders; the handover process from custody to community support; community provision and partnership working. Findings are based on qualitative interviews conducted with key stakeholders in July and August 2013.
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I have been rather busy of late and my clones are unable to keep up with all the things I want to write on concerning BitTorrent (BT) Copyright Trolls. Sorry 😦 No, this doesn't mean I'm going away anytime soon. I just need to adjust what I'm doing and some things will drop off my "To Do List." I will continue to write on the various BT Copyright Troll antics and especially respond to the Does that post and email me questions. The frequency and timing of my posts/response may suffer, but I still plan to do it. As I will not be able to search for topics as much as I would like, I invite any Does and attorneys who have any "interesting" case to send me a "tip-off" (firstname.lastname@example.com). No promises of course, but if it warrants a story, I will write one. This of course also goes for my non-US readers. BT Copyright Trolls span the globe and more often than not, their actions are from the same general how-to manual.
Manny Film LLC Update
As of 26 Mar 15, There have been over 200 filing of Manny Film LLC case in multiple jurisdictions (FL, OH, MI, NJ, & PA). I expect the Trolls will continue to file these cases as long people keep downloading/sharing this otherwise unremarkable movie.
Side Note: Here is the newest Troll filing for "Plastic The Movie Limited," by the newest BT Copyright Trolls, Daniel F. Tamaroff, David F. Tamaroff of Tamaroff & Tamaroff. Complaint_00500(FL) Complaint_EXA_B_00500(FL)
As these are Troll Keith Lipscomb run operations, I don't expect to see any settlement demand being sent out. Troll Lipscomb likes to have the Does/ISP subscribers make first contact (with or without an attorney) before there is any mention of a settlement. He seem to believe that by not sending out demand letters, it somehow raises him above "dirt bags" – AKA: John Steele, Paul Hansmeier, & Paul Duffy (The Prenda Law crew). That of course is MY opinion. 🙂 If there is anyone who know what settlement amounts are being offered for the Manny film, please drop me a message.
In response to the BT Copyright Troll lackeys statements of "So a plaintiff shouldn't go after infringers?" Yes, BT copyright infringement is wrong, but what the BT Copyright Trolls/Plaintiffs are doing is worse. This isn't a concerted effort to stop/reduce piracy, it is simply a money-making operation targeting people who are well off enough to pay, but cannot afford to really fight back. In my opinion, this is legal extortion rationalized by gloom and doom claims that piracy is killing various industries. How about something fair; like "Actual" damages, not Statutory Damages. For a movie like "Manny," the actual damages from a single person non-commercial instance of infringement would likely be less than $50.00 (and I think I'm being generous at that). Add attorney fees and costs, and you are likely in the $2-3K range. The trouble with such a low-level settlement is the people and organizations running the operations (Anti-Piracy Management Company (APMC)) would then lose their profits. APMC Screenshot
As I have said before, these cases are nothing special in their design. They are template based to make the repeated filings easier. What does change from time to time is the motions/justification for early discovery of the ISP subscriber information. This aspect is the keystone of their operation. If they cannot identify the ISP subscriber, then their case and any settlement is lost. As most Federal judges simply take the Troll/Plaintiff at their word, early Discovery is basically a rubber stamp in most cases.
Here are some early discovery filings for a Manny Film LLC case Troll Jordan Rushie is part of. It is what I expected – a statement that early discovery is the only way the Troll/Plaintiff can move the case forward and the technology and people involved are credible.
MotionLeave_01490(NJ) Support_ED_01490(NJ) Paige_Decl_01490(NJ) Susac_Decl_01490(NJ) Rushie_Decl_01490(NJ)
Further, Plaintiff's allegations of infringement are attested to by Plaintiff's investigator, Excipio's employee, Daniel Susac. See Declaration of Daniel Susac in Support of Plaintiff's Motion For Leave to Serve Third Party Subpoenas Prior to a Rule 26(f) Conference ("Susac Declaration") at ¶¶ 13 – 16, attached hereto as Exhibit "B". And, during the first ever BitTorrent copyright lawsuit to reach trial, Judge Baylson concluded this technology was valid. See Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1, 6, 13, 14, 950 F. Supp. 2d 779, 782 (E.D. Pa. 2013) ("I concluded that [plaintiff] had expended considerable effort and expense to determine the IP addresses of the infringing parties, and the technology employed by its consultants—both of whom were located in Germany and who testified at the trial of June 10, 2013—was valid."). The same technology has been used in this case. Accordingly, Plaintiff has exceeded its obligation to plead a prima facie case. {Document 5-1, Pages 8-9}
So you can see it is once again "Excipio," "Daniel Susac," and the ethically challenged (my opinion) Patrick Paige. Mugshot Troll Rushie/Lipscomb even go so far as to try to bolster their case by mentioning their Holy Grail, The PA Bellwether trial/ joke. Now during the PA Bellwether trial, Troll Rushie was the defense attorneys for one of the Defendants. Troll Rushie and the other defense attorneys/Defendants made confidential agreements with Troll/Plaintiff prior to the trial taking place. Please see page 160 in the PA Bellwether trial transcript. Page_160_Transcript2_12-02078(PA) The agreement appears to have been that in exchange for the Defendants NOT cross-examining/attacking Plaintiff's Witnesses/Experts (term used VERY loosely), they would get a reduced settlement amount they would pay. Zero minutes for ANY cross-examination. Full Trial Transcript – TrialTranscript_12-02078(PA)
Now prior to the start of the Bellwether trial, Troll Lipscomb knew he had a good deal more than a preponderance of evidence to secure victory against all three Defendants. Still he decided to make a deal with the Defendants and not destroy them. WHY? It wasn't because he is such a nice guy and goes to church.
Please understand a major goal of Troll Lipscomb in the PA Bellwether trial was to try to appear that they were not afraid to take people to trial (there had NEVER been one) and that their evidence collection methods and personnel were beyond reproach. Troll Lipscomb knew that even if they won a fully confrontational trial, substantial damage to their future operations would have occurred. By making a deal they didn't have to answer any tough questions and their secrets stayed hidden that much longer. They spent way over any amount they will ever get from the three Defendants. Doc_198-1_Stip_Fees_02078(PA) To the Trolls, it was the cost of doing business and an investment in their future cases. We still haven't seen a real BT Copyright Infringement trial since the Bellwether – Go Figure.
I will leave you with a "Freudian Slip" from Troll Rushie during the last bit of the PA Bellwether trial when the Judge Bayless asked if he was going to cross-examine Collette Field, Malibu Media/X-Art.
DieTrollDie 🙂
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Successfully assist several school districts in addressing economic development issues and proposals for tax incentives, preserving thousands of dollars in revenue.
Mark A. Engel
Mark Engel is the partner in charge of Bricker & Eckler's Cincinnati office. Mark's practice is taxation, with concentrated experience in all aspects of state and local taxation, including tax planning, compliance, and litigation in sales and use, income, commercial activity, public utility, and property taxation. In addition, Mark works in the areas of economic development, federal personal and corporate taxation, and nonprofit and social enterprise tax issues. He serves as tax counsel to the Ohio Manufacturers' Association and played a key role in designing several provisions of Ohio tax reform efforts.
Mark has briefed and argued more than 80 cases in the Supreme Court of Ohio, and has appeared in every appellate district in Ohio. He successfully litigated several precedent setting cases involving key issues of state taxation in Ohio. In addition, Mark negotiated numerous incentive packages for enterprises looking to expand in Ohio and served as tax counsel to the electric industry during industry restructuring, including assisting in drafting numerous tax provisions to the restructuring legislation.
- Co-Chair, ABA / IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminar, 2008 - present
- Member and former chair, Board of Directors, Trinity Lutheran Seminary; member, Church Council and various committees, Lord of Life Lutheran Church
- Frequent speaker and author, issues of state and local taxation
- Speaker, University of Cincinnati Annual Income Tax Conference, 2013-present
- Author, Ohio Chapter of ABA Sales Tax Desk Book
- Speaker, Tax Policy Changes, Ohio Manufacturers' Association, February 2015
- Author, Baldwin's Ohio Tax Service
- Annual Keynote Speaker, Property Tax Issues, Ohio Tax Conference, 2001-present
- Member, American Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association (former chair, Taxation Committee); Columbus Bar Association (former chair, State and Local Tax Committee)
- Member, Executive Committee; Former Chair, National Association of State Bar Tax Sections; member, Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Tax Law), 2013–2018
- Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers (Tax: Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Business/Corporate), 2007–2008, 2017; Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009
- Ranked, AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient, Ohio Manufacturers' Association Legacy Award, 2005
- Capital University (J.D., with high honors, 1979)
- University of Michigan (B.A., with high honors, 1976)
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Successfully assisted Oregon Clean Energy LLC in the acquisition of a certificate from the Ohio Power Siting Board in May 2013 to begin construction on the 799-megawatt Oregon Clean Energy Center, a natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility located in Oregon, Ohio. Our firm continues to provide significant tax, real estate and construction counsel on the project. Additionally, we are representing the project before the OPSB to amend its certificate to reflect changes in facility design.
Provided testimony on a number of tax policy issues for various clients before committees of both houses of the Ohio General Assembly.
Obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on an expedited timeline authorizing a natural gas pipeline company to access property subject to acquisition by eminent domain to conduct tree clearing activities in advance of moratoriums imposed on such activities in order to protect migratory birds and endangered bat species; contempt orders against property owners refusing to honor the order permitting access for tree clearing activities; and immediate injunctive relief against landowners refusing to permit access to their property via eminent domain for construction of a 75-mile natural gas pipeline in eastern Ohio. Also, negotiated settlements with landowners who permitted access and complex, technical settlements with public utilities to resolve overlapping easement situations.
Advised several cities regarding unusual income tax issues and assisted them in tracking taxes associated with economic development projects.
Successfully negotiated an incentive package for the developer of a natural gas-fired turbine electric generation facility, including the exemption of personal property taxes on all machinery and equipment.
Represent NRG Ohio Pipeline Co. LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., in the siting of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline, 24 inches in diameter and 20 miles in length. The pipeline will supply NRG's Avon Lake generation facility, which is being converted from a coal-fired plant to natural gas-fired plant. As part of this process, we assisted NRG in the formation of this pipeline subsidiary and represented the pipeline company through the permitting procedures of the Ohio Power Siting Board. After a fully-litigated proceeding, the client obtained its required certificate from the Ohio Power Siting Board in 2015. Obtaining this certificate was crucial to the future viability of the NRG plant in Avon Lake. The pipeline gives the company an alternative to $422 million in pollution control devices that would have been necessary to comply with federal Environmental Protection Agency pollution guidelines. Most recently, we have been working with NRG to assist with its easement acquisition efforts, including both voluntary easement negotiations and assistance with state court eminent domain proceedings.
Successfully negotiated a voluntary disclosure arrangement with both the State of Ohio and a municipality for a non-resident employee who made frequent business trips to Ohio.
On behalf of one of the largest owner/operators of low-income tax credit properties in the country, successfully litigated the valuation of real property with low-income housing credits in which a portion of the purchase price was allocated to the value of the credits, reducing the price paid for the real property.
Collaborated with a Fortune 100 company to successfully contest a multi-million dollar sales tax assessment based on machinery and equipment used in the development of new pharmaceutical products and obtained a refund of tax previously paid on portions of the project.
Mark recently took a wine tasting trip to Australia with his wife and daughters. This trip brought them to Barossa Valley, where they sampled some of Australia's finest shirazes.
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Big Four Corporate Tax Manager
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- £45k - £55k pa
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- 11 Nov 2017
- Closes
- 16 Nov 2017
- Sector
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
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Big Four Firm are looking for a Corporate Tax Manager.
Large clients and a clear career progression path.
Central Bristol Location.
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Dynamic and Hungry team.
Excellent Career Progression Opportunities.
Main responsibilities of a Corporate Tax Manager are:
- Builds a rapport with the individual client and develops a clear and detailed understanding of the business and client expectations.
- Meets client's demands, keeping them up to date with progress and engenders trust and respect.
- Deals with a wide range of technical issues and client situations.
- Provides intelligent and creative solutions to client tax issues both re-actively and proactively.
- Writes high quality tax reports, professionally presented documents, requiring minimal input from directors or partners.
- Responsible for planning and performing tax consultancy assignments.
- Prepares and files ruling requests on behalf of our clients.
- Acts as a first point of contact on specific projects for any queries from the business.
- Demonstrates the ability to analyse potential solutions and make recommendations accordingly.
- Demonstrates an awareness of technical risk through well supported research.
Requirements for the candidate for Corporate Tax manager are:
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"Saving the Wilderness" explained how the managers of the Rainey Preserve used market relationships to enhance private land management and how they and similar managers could, if allowed, improve the management of government land, too.
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The Entiat Valley Habitat Farming Enterprise Program is a vehicle to create successful transactions between willing sellers of riparian habitat and those willing to pay for restoration of fish, improved wildlife habitat, and clean water.
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The conflict between the fact of scarcity and the apparent ability of the Fish and Wildlife Service to disregard limits is the underlying problem with the Act. Until that conflict is resolved, the ESA will not work effectively to save species.
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