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This new version of the beloved Baby Alpaca Silk Petite is a true Fingering weight yarn and is so wonderful for lacey shawls and light garments.
Don't find your favorite colorway listed? Just ask and I will catch up.
Fiber: 70% Baby Alpaca/ 30% silk
100 grams/490 yards hand dyed yarn Baby Alpaca Silk Petite 2nd Edition
Gauge: Approximately 7 stitches per inch for a stockinette fabric with size 2-3 US needles.
For lacey shawls, you can use size 4 to 7 US needle for open work.
Care: Hand wash, Lay flat to dry
Price: $29 per skein
Just click on the colorway to see a larger view.
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One of the first steps many people take when planning a move is to make a budget. There are several ways to go with your move. In this economy cost is a huge factor and many people are already facing economic hardships when they move. As someone about to move you may want the cheapest moving service possible. Unfortunately being cheap most likely means that you lose quality.
What you really want is a safe move and peace of mind that you can afford. That is what 4WeHelp Movers want also, to give you a smooth move while providing a service you can afford.
Step 1: Decide up front what you can afford and write out your budget. Keep in mind the expenses of how you will get to your new home and where you might stay along the way. If you are flying to a new city figure in the cost of getting to and from the airport. If you are driving estimate the cost of meals, fuel, tolls roads, and hotels if you have to stop for the night.
Step 2: Decide how you will move. Here is a break down…
$$$$$- Traditional Moves A full service moving company has the highest cost but requires the least amount of work.
$$$$- Moving Containers A moving container is basically mobile storage (like UNITS, PODS or PackRat). Many mobile storage companies are nationwide so you can load in one city and unload in another. This is a great alternative to putting things in storage and then having to move them again. The container comes to your door and you hire a moving labor service to load/unload it. This means you you still don't have to do much of the work.
$$$- Self Moves Renting a moving truck and hiring a moving labor service is just about the least expensive way of moving. This is one of the least expensive ways to move. You rent and drive a moving truck and then the loading/unloading is done by moving labor service you hire separately.
Our point is no matter what your budget you have choices. As a consumer you do not have to resort to cheap services and lose out on the quality you deserve.
In the next part of planning your move we will discuss how to choose your mover.

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Emmy-winner Allison Janney and Anna Faris return as Bonnie and Christy, TV's funniest—and most dysfunctional—mother/daughter team.
A year of sober living under the same roof has brought the two women closer than ever...to killing each other!
Christy's wishful-thinking financial plan gets the family evicted, forcing wild-at-heart Bonnie to step up her game or lose the family she just found. Just as the women are starting to get their lives on track, the death of a loved one sends them reeling.
All 22 episodes from executive producer Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly) prove that where there's love and laughter, there's always a way.
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Procrastination is Fear.
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I read the title quote on simplify101.com. It struck a chord with me and I don't want to live in fear any more. I have had times in my life when I was painfully organised. I've had times when I have lived like a slob. I don't remember being stressed by being organised, I just
A Day Out, Some New Projects – Green Heart Fair
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Today a fair was held by Brisbane City Council to encourage people to live more sustainable lifestyles. We were lured out by the promise of free trees (which we didn't end up getting because they ran out. We did end up spending a surprise amount of money, mostly on products we had talked about getting


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Park-And-Ride Options Available April 20 and April 22 for El Riad Shrine Circus and Concerts
The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center will provide additional parking options for people planning to attend the El Riad Shrine Circus and Florida Georgia Line concert this Thursday night or for the Circus and Def Leppard concert Saturday night.
Carpooling would also help increase the number of parking spaces at and around the PREMIER Center.
The free park-and-ride shuttle service will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday and Saturday only and run until 11:30 p.m. Trollies will shuttle patrons from the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds north parking lot along Madison St. to the PREMIER Center.
Ticket holders should arrive early for these events to avoid long lines at the entrances. Doors open at 6 p.m. each night for the circus, and 5:30 p.m. for each concert.
Free parking is available in the four lots at the PREMIER Center. Additional parking is available at McCart Fields located a few blocks south of the PREMIER Center on Western Avenue, as well as on the streets south and east of the facility, allowing people to walk to the venue.
When using public on-street parking near the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, attendees are asked to be courteous to those living in the neighborhoods around the PREMIER Center by following proper parking etiquette:
- Park with the direction of traffic and within 12 inches of the curb.
- Parallel park adjacent to the curb except where diagonal parking is allowed.
- Park at least four feet from vehicles to your front or rear.
- Do not park on the grass. Do not park within 30 feet of a stop sign.
- Do not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk.
- Do not park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
- Do not block any part of a crosswalk, driveway, or sidewalk.
- Abide by no parking signs.
Traffic control measures include controlling traffic lights at key intersections and directing drivers to follow pre-determined roadway paths as they leave the events.
For additional information, as well as driving directions, visit www.dennysanfordpremiercenter.com and click on Plan Your Visit.


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1966 Corvette Stock to Race Car in Seven Days
1966 Corvette Stock to Race Car in Seven Days
This 1966 Corvette was part of my Corvette Legends Invitational II display at the 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. This show draws in enthusiasts from not only around the country, but from around the world. Al Rogers who photographs and reports on several unique cars and displays enjoyed my display and he decided to cover this particular 1966 Corvette in more detail. Here is a copy of his article with his photos for your enjoyment:
For the past eight years the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, has played host to the Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals. This annual event takes place the weekend prior to Thanksgiving and serves as a showcase for hundreds of the rarest high-performance automobiles on the planet. Showgoers can expect the unexpected. Such was the case in November 2016, when I navigated my course during the customary Friday morning setup and discovered the special vintage Corvette display appropriately called the Corvette Legends Invitational.
Dr. Pete Gimenez, a respected Corvette collector, reached out to a select group of Corvette owners and with their support brought together 10 of the finest examples in the world.
As I made my way around the display, a silver 1966 Corvette coupe caught my eye with its pearl like paint finish and No. 67 decals. I slowly walked around the Corvette and took it all in. This Corvette screamed, "race car" with its Commander Aviation, Ring-Free Racing Formula Motor Oil and Goodyear decals. A straight-on look revealed a set of authentic Marchal driving lights attached to the underside of the factory front bumper. Each Goodyear racing tire had specific hand-applied markings on the outer sidewall specifying air pressure and where to locate it. The rear tires exhibited quarter-panel wheel lip scuff marks, apparently from body lean going into a corner on the racetrack.
After taking in the rest of the display I made my way back to the No. 67 Corvette and met owner Bill Skinner. Without hesitation Skinner began the process of filling me in on the history of his 1966 Corvette, then opened the passenger-side door, pulled out a large binder and walked me through the material. As suspected, this Corvette spent quality time on the racetrack and made its mark at the Daytona Speedway in February 1966.
In the fall of 1965, George Cornelius ordered a 1966 Corvette from George McKean Chevrolet in Philadelphia, thinking General Motors would have it built and delivered to the dealership in plenty of time for the 1966 racing season. Cornelius planned to have the Corvette ready for the inaugural Daytona 24-hour Continental race in February 1966 at the Daytona Speedway. He'd previously ordered a 1963 Corvette from the same dealership and General Manager Roger Penske handled the entire process to perfection.
During the visit to McKean Chevrolet in 1965 Cornelius sought out Penske, informed him of his plans to race a Corvette during the 1966 season. With help from Roger Penske, Cornelius went about filling out the order form for a 1966 Corvette coupe.
The completed order form included a check mark in each box for the following options: 425hp L72 V-8, high-performance cam with mechanical lifters, Holley four-barrel carb, 11.0:1 compression, electronic ignition, M22 four-speed "Rock Crusher" and 3.36:1 rearend gear. Referred to as an "economy" ratio, Cornelius thought the 3.36:1 axle would be ideal for running the high speeds on the Daytona Speedway banking without over-spinning the engine. Cornelius also checked off the following optional items: N03 (36-gallon fuel tank), N14 (side-mount exhaust), C48 (heater/defroster delete), F41 (heavy-duty suspension), and J56 (heavy-duty brakes).
Not long after placing his order for the 1966 Corvette things started to get sketchy as General Motors resisted to build such a well thought out version of a non-sponsored Corvette race car. In fact, Chevrolet flat out refused to install the J56 heavy-duty race ready brake setup. Perplexed at the time, Cornelius stayed the course and pushed on. The build of his 1966 Corvette continued to experience delays from General Motors and after some wrangling with the factory the car was built on January 6, 1966. It was the second one of the year to get the M22 transmission.
Cornelius caught wind of a special Daytona Corvette build, making it the third (of 15) equipped with the M22 transmission. Ironically, it was built on January 7, for Roger Penske. The Penske Corvette was picked up at the St. Louis assembly plant by Dick Guldstrand the same day it rolled off the assembly line. Meanwhile, the Corvette built for Cornelius went through the normal channels of delivery and didn't make it to Gordon Thompson Chevrolet in Daytona, Florida, until Friday, January 28, a week before the Daytona 24-hour Continental race.
Once the Cornelius 1966 Corvette hit the dealership pavement co-driver/mechanic Dick Boo was there to pick it up and start the transformation from factory stock to race ready. With no time to waste, Boo worked around the clock for seven days at a private garage in Daytona. He installed a rollbar, fire extinguisher, racing wheels and tires, extra fuel pump, oil-pressure gauge and 10,000-candlepower Marchal driving lamps to meet the mandated racing requirements. Then it was off to the Daytona Speedway and time to race. It qualified 38th in the Gran Touring class. Drivers Cornelius, Boo and Bob Brown used the qualifying runs to formally break in No. 67.
The No. 67 Corvette captured its own kind of victory of sorts by turning the fastest lap in the GT class during the race. When the checkered flag was flown at the end of the race one glaring fact stood at the forefront about this 1966 Corvette coupe. The trio of Cornelius, Boo and Brown had done the unthinkable. Each driver stuck to the strategy while piloted the No. 67 Corvette to near perfection on its original factory installed brakes, engine and drivetrain. It completed the race without any significant mechanical issues and placed 4th in the GT class.
A special trophy is awarded to the American production car that proved the most durable and reliable. The No. 67 Corvette won hands down. It was presented on behalf of the International Association of Police Chiefs. It had beaten out the other Corvettes, a Corvair, Mustangs, a Barracuda and a Marlin for the prestigious award based on the least repairs made during pit stops.
Bill Skinner purchased the No. 67 Corvette in 2005. When asked why he purchased No. 67 Skinner replied, "I knew of its historic past and the significance of being one-of-two Corvettes to race the Daytona 24-hour Continental in 1966. When it became, available I sold three top-quality Corvettes to buy it."
Bill Skinner has done extensive research and traced back the history of No. 67. Per his records, the 1966 Corvette has been owned by 15 other people with Skinner being owner No. 16. He's owned it the longest and relishes the car's history and storied past.
In 2006, nearly 40 years after the No. 67 Corvette made its mark at the Daytona 24-hour Continental owner Bill Skinner and the late George Cornelius took a drive down memory lane when they visited the Daytona Speedway. Cornelius rode shotgun in the passenger seat while Skinner navigated his pickup truck with an enclosed trailer attached and heading toward pit road. Anchored down in the trailer was the 1966 Corvette. Original owner George Cornelius and No. 67 shared a little track time together on pit road nearly four decades after they'd had a successful run at the Daytona Speedway.
"Not a lot was said as I unloaded the car from the trailer." When it started to make its way out George stated, "The last time it arrived here for the race I drove it from my place in Florida and you should have seen the looks we received when we rolled up to the racers entrant gate."
When asked about how it felt to be there with the original owner and No. 67 Corvette Skinner replied, "It was definitely a sentimental and emotional experience for the two of us."
"Did I mention we drove it home after the race and my wife used it as her daily driver?" said George. "After we got it home, I removed the decals and racing equipment."


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You may have seen these stone mats from New Zealand but I just wanted to say how much I love the concept and nature theme. We spend a lot of time on the river and every time I see these mats I hear the rushing sound of river water. I would love to have one perfectly placed somewhere in my home. always a reminder of the rivers just a stone's throw away in Oregon, k
Thursday, May 31, 2007
River Walk, Ceramica Blue
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Salt and Pepper in Style
I love these salt and pepper shakers by Gala & Gino. The shapes are inspired by the abstract forms of old Turkish water taps. so subtle and beautifully stylized. loving these, k
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Hot Handbags Under $100
I was browsing through favorite site J. Crew and I was supposed to be looking for a pair of red flats when I got very sidetracked by this absolutely adorable purse. Makes me want to book a trip to Martha's Vineyard or at least the Oregon coast. so freah and fun, k
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Handcrafted Excellence, Rob Glebe
I love this work by metal artist Rob Glebe. A fresh interpretation of the vessel with a rustic and tactile sense that just shouts originality. The first one with the pearls is my absolute favorite but then I also love the others which are so clearly inspired by nature and showcase one of my favorite themes of leafs and trees. i would love to own one of these, k
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Knu, Something NEW
They call it "Inanimate motion in crisp, sustainable form". I call it "streamlined" for both the environment and the home. This new line of office furniture by Knu is just so gorgeous with it's edited and slightly retro style. Be sure to check out the full line on their web site here. So many beautiful original pieces and you can choose from a variety of finishes. very chic, k
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Introducing K's Etsy Shop
Well it's been a long time in coming and am still not where I want to be in terms of my inventory but it IS a beginning. So take a few minutes and hop on over to my NEW Etsy shop showcasing my signature lampwork earrings. And scroll down my Kstyle blog page for a small slideshow of some of my current and past work. hope you enjoy, k
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Bobles, Kiwi Fun
Lots of fun new children's furniture finding it's way into the "fabulous" design category and this line by Kiwi design group bobles is my idea of beyond fabulous. According to moco loco kids were a major theme this year at ICFF. i'm so glad I dropped by their site for a glimpse. love this adorable and playful line, k
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Table Top Zen
I love the new table top zen garden by Moss Acres. I feel peaceful just looking at it. How gorgeous to integrate into a bathroom or quiet indoor space in your home. lovely and fresh, k
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I love love these "growing" business cards. Beyond clever. I would love to have them for Kstyle where the K grew into a little plant. I found these on blog Inhabit. literally blooming with "green" ideas and designers. k
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Vertical Gardens, Patrick Blanc
As you can tell from my posts tonight I spent considerable time on the inhabit blog over the weekend. I just couldn't get enough of the innovative "green" design and variety of nature theme concepts they typically feature. One of my favorites was the amazing installation art or "vertical gardens" of Patrick Blanc. If you haven't already visited his slideshow website click on over right now. you will be so glad you did. k
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
K Candy, Glass
I'm introducing a new frequent post category on Kstyle today and I'm simply going to call it K Candy. There will be pics only and you will find all of the links on the pics themselves. Usually just the pic with the artist's names. And to kick off my new category what could be more fitting than glass, passionate as I am about this glorious medium. So sit back and enjoy. i know I will. k
Oh and when I'm posting K Candy price just goes out the window. why not? we're only dreaming here. k
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Haute Green 2007, A Glimpse
I think of all of the shows going on in New York this week Haute Green 2007 would have been number one on my list to see. I can't wait to see all the design from this show and all the others that trickle through the blogosphere this week. To see a few more pics of the Haute Green show go here. enjoy, k
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Passionate About Glass
I'm hoping that if I keep posting images that scream "Spring" like this gorgeous glass by artist Ulla Fornell that we can keep it coming here in Ashland. And with any luck maybe we can even coax this reluctant Pacific Northwest city to nudge it's way toward summer. I'd so love to set an outdoor table with a piece or two from this glorious collection. k
And short posts tonight because I will be glued to the "American Idol" finale. Although I really wasn't into it this year like in season's past still can't resist the big night! k
And short posts tonight because I will be glued to the "American Idol" finale. Although I really wasn't into it this year like in season's past still can't resist the big night! k
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Labels: Passionate About Lampwork
Monday, May 21, 2007
Inspired By Nature, Etsy
A big wow for this gorgeous line by artist Holly Strate. And her Etsy shop Hollyhawk is chock full of more fabulous pieces just like these. I am in total lust over each and every one of the above pieces and I don't dare spend too much time in her shop. But if I were you I'd head over soon because that purse in the first photo is going, going ........... k
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it's a Dog Thing
These doggie pillows from Rose and Radish are beyond cute and definitely make the "It's A dog Thing" cut here at Kstyle. I keep thinking I've found the cutest dog thing possible and then up pops another one. loving these, k
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Labels: It's A Dog Thing
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Weekend Fun With K
If you've been following Kstyle you probably know by now that one of my best buddies darling twin daughter S is getting married on 7/07/0007 this summer which by the way may go down as one of the most popular wedding dates ever. My friends and I have been planning a shower for weeks and believe me we threw it in style on Saturday. Here are a few pics from this epic event which was absolute beauty and style from the gorgeous bride to be and her equally gorgeous twin sister to the decor, beautifully catered brunch and fabulous home of my friend V. I'm hoping to have a private photo op of this home down the road for Kstyle. Needless to say it was a perfect backdrop to a fantastic party. to be continued on 7/07/0007 k
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Porcelain Garden, Alice Riehl
Thank you to favorite blog heegeldab for making me aware of this fabulous ceramic line called "porcelain garden". Artist Alice Riehl has so beautifully blended the arts of lace and crochet with porcelain that it's hard to know where one starts and the other ends. Check out this amazing site and learn more about her very unique process. these are just so gorgeous. k
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Labels: Handcrafted Excellence
Hot Rocks, Ashley Jewelry
You know I love anything inspired by nature here on Kstyle but "made" by nature is even better. And again another amazing Etsy find and again very affordable. Check out the rings and lots of other "pebble" jewelry at Ashley Jewelry right HERE. Absolsutely gorgeous, k
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Labels: Inspired By Nature, Jewelry
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Lovivng Cho Cho Designs
By now most of you know that I am a total sucker for change purses and that we sort of have an ongoing contest in my mahjong group as to who has the BEST one. I'm pretty sure one of these little guys by textile design company Cho Cho would win first prize. I absolutely love this whole line. The Cho Cho aesthetic has k written all over it. will definitely own one of these someday. k
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My friend Anani came up from Córdoba to send the Christmas weekend with me. As is the Spanish tradition, we celebrate with a big family meal on the Noche Buena (Christmas Eve). Being orphans here in Spain, Anani and I went round to the Knowlsons where several other orphans from the church congregate each year.
We had a reading from Luke, verse for verse n Spanish English and Romanian (and some stylish acting on the part of the Bethlehem figurines…)
You can see me reprinting the Southern Hemisphere. One of the young guys decided the table decorations would do nicely as the Southern Cross on the canvas of my forehead.
Then Christmas Day, Anani and I had a bizarre mix of food for the Christmas diner. I did a tuna and ricotta pasta salad and a roast pumping green salad – with gingerbread and Almond Roca for dessert. Random, but tasty!
Then we finished the day off with a trip around to the Knowlsons for left overs and a play with their new Christmas games…


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Delays in Opening Polling Stations—influencing voters:
December 1st, 2015 by Editor
Delays in Opening Polling Stations—influencing voters:
The First Report of the First Day of the Second Stage Run-Off
On Tuesday 12/01/2015, the second stage run-off of the Parliamentary elections begins. Today, 13 governorates are included as follows: Cairo, Al-Qalyoubeya, Al-Dakahleya, Al-Monoufeya, Al-Gharbeya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Al-Sharkeya, Domyat, Port-Said, Al-Ismailiya, Al-Swiss, North and South Sinai. The total number of voters is 28 million and 204 thousand; the total number of polling stations is 102 committees, 13 thousand and 858 sub-committees, and 5 thousand and 622 Electoral Centers.
Today's elections consist only of individual seats as the political party "In the Love of Egypt" has previously won all seats assigned to political party groups. That was in the following governorates: Cairo, South and Center Delta, and East Delta. The total number of seats won by said political party is 60 seats.
There are 426 electoral candidates competing over 213 seats in 99 circuits. These are the remaining candidates after nine had previously won in the first round of the second stage of the elections.
The Egyptian Organization of Human Rights has received information about the following violations, so far: delays in opening polling stations, directing and influencing voters, errors and oversights in polling stations.
The following report presents said violations that have taken place today, during the time period of 9 am until 12 pm.
Delays in opening polling stations:-
EOHR supervisors reported that, at October 6th Junior High, polling stations No. 60 and 62, were not open until 9:30 am.
At "Om El-Abtal" School, Masr Junior High,and "Manara El-Khateeb" School, all polling stations were not open until 9:30 am due to the late arrival of supervising judges.
EOHR supervisors, at "Al-Gomhoureya" Primary School, El-Maadi circuit, reported the delayed opening of polling station No.4 until 9:40 am due to the late arrival of judges.
El Monofeya:
EOHR supervisors reported more delays in opening polling stations, located at "Shebeen El Kom" High School, until 9:15 am this morning.
EOHR supervisors reported a delay in opening polling station No.59, until 10:20 am this morning, due to the late arrival of the supervising judges. Said polling station is located at El-Sayalla Junior High, Bandar Domyat Circuit.
EOHR supervisors reported more delays in opening 4 polling stations, at Meet Sheikh School, Al-Otouh, Nasheel, and Sard, schools, Qotour Cicuit, until 9:30 am due to the late arrival of judges.
EOHR supervisors reported the delayed opening of polling station No.48, at Meet Zeid Village, due to the illness of the supervising judge.
Kafr El-Sheikh:
EOHR supervisors, located at "Saad Sheta" Schools, reported more delays in opening the polling stations until 9:30 am this morning, also due to the late arrival of the supervising judges.
Electoral Bribes:
EOHR supervisors reported the reoccurrence of electoral bribes in favor of electoral candidate with the (radio) symbol, estimated at 300 Egyptian pounds per vote, and that was at the following polling stations: "El-Farouk Omar Bin El-Khatab," and "El-Louzi" High School for girls.
EOHR supervisors reported delays in opening polling station No.116, which is located at "El-Okada" Primary School, Fayed Center, until 9:15 am this morning.
Errors and Oversights within polling stations:
EOHR supervisors reported a supervising council leaving polling station No.24 for fifteen minutes, while on duty, in order to move his car; this polling station is located at "El-Sayeda Nafeesa" School, El-Abasseya district, El-Wayli Circuit.
Directing and Influencing Voters:-
EOHR supervisors reported the distribution of electoral flyers in favor of the electoral candidate with the (pine tree) symbol, at polling station "Om El-Abtal" School, Ein Shams Circuit.
In front of Al-Safa Junior High, El-Safa Village, Toukh Center, EOHR supervisors reported more distribution of electoral flyers by agents of electoral candidate with the (sun) symbol, in an attempt to influence and direct voters.
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INADI (Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminacion, la Xenofobia y el Racismo)
Kamk ev Korov NGO
Australian Association of the Deaf (AAD)
Australian Communication Exchange
Australian Theatre of the Deaf (ATOD)
Baanya Biami Camp
Deaf Society of New South Wales
Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre
Bahrain Disability Challenging Youth Society
Cotonou École des Sourds
Parakou École des Sourds
Deaf Community Center
Friends of The Buea School for the Deaf
The Life House Deaf School and Orphanage
Centro Pro Desarrollo Para Las Personas Sordas (DESORDOS) - Center for the Growth of Deaf People
Association for the Deaf of Wuhan
Beijing No. 3 School for the Deaf
Hearts and Hands (Deaf Employment)
Henan Museum (Deaf Employment)
Hubei Province Deaf Association
Hubeisheng Disabled Persons Federation
Mi Wen Mo (Famous Deaf Artist)
Special Education College of Beijing University
Sweet Tooth Cafe (Deaf Employment)
Wuhan Fangyuan Titanium Dioxide Co. LTD (Deaf Employment)
Wuhan No.1 School for the Deaf
Wuhan No.2 School for the Deaf
Yue Da Traditional Massage Center (Deaf Employment)
Zhang Peng (Deaf Business Owner)
Costa Rica
Asociación Nacional de Sordos de Costa Rica (ANASCOR) (Costa Rica National Association of the Deaf)
Centro Nacional de Educacion Especial Fernando Centeno Guell (Fernando Centeno National Center of Special Education)
Escuela Especial para Sordos, Cartago (Special School for the Deaf, Cartago)
La Escuela Tomas Guardían, Limón
Servicio Educacion de Sordos Adultos (SESA)
Universidad de Costa Rica, Progreso
NAS Association for the Disabled
Aurora Deaf Aid Africa
International Medical Health Organization
The Dire Dawa Branch Association of the Deaf
Ashanti School for the Deaf
Bechem School for the Deaf
Cape Coast School for the Deaf
Ghana National Association of the Deaf
Gbeogo School for the Deaf
Jamasi School for the Deaf
Savalugu School for the Deaf
Guatamala Deaf Tours
Haitian Christian Center for the Deaf
Institute Montfort Pour Enfants Sourds (Montford Institute for Deaf Children)
PAZAPA: Center for Handicapped Children, Jacmel
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (NIHH)
All India Federation of the Deaf
All India Sports Council of the Deaf
Association of Sign Language Interpreters
Bimal Chandra Ghosh School for the Deaf, Varanasi
Delhi Foundation of Deaf Women
Hotel Om Tower (Deaf Employment)
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
Indore Bilingual Academy for the Deaf
Jaipur Deaf Friendship Club
National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH)
New Market KFC (Deaf Employment)
The Oral School for Deaf Children, Kolkata
REACH Special Child Development Centre
VAANI Deaf Children's Foundation
Indonesian Association for the Welfare of the Deaf
Iran Society of Deaf People Family
Ivory Coast
Society Without Barriers – Côte d'Ivoire
ASL Circle Osaka (ACO)
Asuku no Sato (Nursing Home)
Hiura Shunsuke (Calligraphy Artist)
I LOVE Kabou (Deaf Work House)
Kawama Takeaki (Calligraphy Artist)
Kochi Deaf Association
Kochi Japan Rotary Club International
Kochi Rou Gakkou Nakumo no Sato (Sheltered Workplace)
Nangoku Chuo Hospital (Deaf Employment)
New Zealand Sign Language Club of Tokyo
Osaka Roua Kaikan (Deaf Center)
Tsukuba University of Technology
Holy Land Institute for the Deaf
Africa Deaf Education and Development Foundation
Deaf Ministries International Kenya (DMI)
Federation of Deaf Women Empowerment Network - Kenya (FEDWEN -K)
Humble Hearts School for the Deaf
Kenya National Association of the Deaf (KNAD)
Kenya Sign Language Research Project (KSLRP)
Kilindini Deaf HIV Post Test Club
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This story was originally published on Feb. 2, 2010.
On February 1971 at the Bayfront Center, in front of 7,000 fans, Jack Brisco, the rock-solid challenger with blazing eyes and a wavy shock of hair over his forehead, was in a bad spot.
Heavyweight champion Dory Funk Jr. was leaning over Mr. Brisco, who was flat on his stomach, bending the challenger�s leg.
Jack just shook his head - it didn�t hurt! - as the crowd screamed. After somehow bursting out of the hold, a hobbled Mr. Brisco got Funk in a leg lock and applied pressure.
It was Funk�s turn!
"Break it, Jack! Break it!" fans yelled.
The match ended in a draw, much to fans� disappointment.
But for more than 10 years and through hundreds of matches, Mr. Brisco thrilled thousands of fans. Though the glamor he brought to the sport was a sign of things to come, he was still a traditionalist who believed wrestlers should be athletes first, entertainers second.
Mr. Brisco, who was once the heartthrob of professional wrestling, before retiring and opening a Tampa auto body shop with his brother and former tag-team partner, Jerry, died Monday at 68. Mr. Brisco suffered from emphysema and circulatory problems.
"He was the baby-faced star," longtime WFLA radio personality Tedd Webb. "This was the guy that had rugged good looks, an incredible build and a tremendous amateur background. This guy was a matinee idol."
Mr. Brisco grew up in Blackwell, Okla., one of six siblings in a single-parent home. "He kind of raised me," said Jerry Brisco, 63, Mr. Brisco�s brother and championship tag-team partner.
An all-state running back and state champion high jumper, Mr. Brisco might never have entered the ring, had not his high school football coach insisted players play another sport in the off season. He took to wrestling almost immediately, winning three high-school state championships and an NCAA national championship while at the Oklahoma State University.
In the late 1960s, he broke into professional wrestling in Tampa. At at time when Tuesday night matches routinely drew 400 fans to Fort Homer Hesterly Armory to watch grizzled, grim-faced men in black trunks, the dashing Mr. Brisco was a ready-made star.
"Jack Brisco was very much a part of the wrestling landscape in Tampa," said Mark Beiro, a veteran radio broadcaster and fight fan. "He and his brother Jerry were kind of a seamless transition into a new age of wrestlers."
In the theater of wrestling Mr. Brisco played a good guy, a real wrestler and a fair fighter. Soon he was drawing a new kind of fan to the armory: women.
"The women thought he was really handsome," said Brian Blair, a Brisco protege in the ring who later became a Hillsborough county commissioner. "They lined up just to touch him."
Dusty Rhodes, a former "heel," or bad guy, was also coming into his own in the 1970s with Mr. Brisco. "To me he was great," Rhodes said of Mr. Brisco, with whom he used to relax with a few beers and a little Willie Nelson. "He was my hero ... the All-American boy."
Jack Brisco�s stardom continued to surge, and soon he was wrestling in places like St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C., as well as Tampa. He won three heavyweight regional belts, including Florida�s, then took the National Wrestling Alliance�s world title in 1973. Mr. Brisco would not give it up until 1975, to Terry Funk.
"He never looked at it as pressure," his brother said. "He always looked for the enjoyment part of it."
The life had its aggravations. Plot lines may have been scripted, but several broken noses and a hairline fracture of his arm were not.
Then there were the occasional yahoos who wanted to take him on. After the armory, wrestlers retired to the Imperial Room Lounge on N Armenia Avenue. Confrontational fans had a way of showing up, looking for a chance to say they had held their own against a big-name wrestler - a risk no wrestler could afford to take.
"I saw Jack and Dusty launch some guy across the parking lot," Blair said. "That made my heart shiver, because there was no mercy."
But friends, including Blair, also remember Mr. Brisco as a prankster with a long laugh. One night, in Chiefland in North Florida (the same night the Super Destroyer - who would later change his name to Hulk Hogan - made his debut, Blair said), Blair was close to ending a scheduled 20-minute match.
"There was a predetermined ending," Blair said. "We were to wrestle until the time went out at 20 minutes. It was nonstop movement.
"When the end came, we were huffing and puffing at 18 minutes. We were waiting for the bell, when I noticed all the other wrestlers watching. The announcer said, �Twenty minutes gone by; 10 to go.� Jack had had the guy change the time of the match."
At the peak of his career in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. Brisco was earning $25,000 a week in Japan, Blair said. But in 1984, after a stint in the World Wrestling Federation, he left wrestling for good. He didn�t need the money, and the business had changed.
"Back in those days - in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s - you had some wrestlers who were true amateur wrestlers," said Webb. "All of a sudden, wrestling was in competition with action figures. It got away from wrestling into a soap opera. It�s like a reality show now."
To Rhodes, it made perfect sense that Mr. Brisco retired when he did and started Brisco Bros. Body Shop.
"He would not say, �I�m going to come back,�" Rhodes said. "When he said he was finished, he was done."
Broadcaster Beiro said he misses the days when fans still weren�t sure if pro wrestling is fixed.
"Wrestling in those days had a story line, and these athletes performed along that story line," he said. "Now it�s an open admission" that it�s fake.
In 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment inducted Jack and Jerry Brisco into its Hall of Fame. On Monday night, it paid tribute to him at the start of its program.


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Accelerator Update for February 28, 2005 - March 2, 2005
Monday February 28
The day shift began with the Antiproton Source (Pbar) stacking, with Tevatron (TeV) experts conducting studies, with the Recycler in proton study mode, with work in the Switchyard (SY) tunnels, and with MiniBooNE taking beam.
Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 11:16 AM.
Operations established store 4011 at 1:45 PM with an initial luminosity of 78.71E30.
Pbar, NuMI, and the Main Injector (MI) were set up to stack and send beam to NuMI at 2:26 PM. The first attempt to do this resulted in a NuMI trip. However, at 3:28 PM Operations successfully sent beam to Pbar and NuMI.
NuMI experts ended their study at 6:09 PM. Operations had Pbar switched back to normal stacking by 6:28 PM.
Operators interlocked the Meson enclosures and MCenter resumed taking beam at 8:51 PM.
Tuesday March 1
The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 4011, with Pbar stacking, and with MiniBooNE and MCenter taking beam.
At 1:34 AM, a Booster RF station (BRF17) tripped off for the first of five times in twenty minutes. Operators left the station off after the last trip.
At 2:54 AM, BRF18 tripped off due to a vacuum burst. It reset okay.
BRF17 had been operating for a while, but then tripped again. Operators bypassed the station at 4:57 AM. RF experts had the station back on by 5:55 AM.
At 6:35 AM, a Linac RF station (LRF4) tripped off for the first of several times over twenty minutes.
MCenter experimenters asked for an access at 6:52 AM.
Pbar resumed stacking at 6:55 AM.
At 6:57 AM, BRF17 tripped off again. It reset once, but then tripped off. Operators bypassed the station.
Operators began preparing the Booster and MI for an access at 8 AM.
At 8:02 AM, operators tried to bring up BRF17, but it tripped off two more times; the station was bypassed again.
Operations turned off Booster and MI at 8:12 AM for access.
Linac experts accessed the H- Source for motor generator work at 8:44 AM. They had this work finished and the source back on within an hour.
Operations reported at 11:22 AM that all MI accesses were complete.
Booster came out of access at 11:57 AM, but a power supply problem (GMPS) delayed turn on.
At 2:37 PM, two Linac quadrupole power supplies (QPS132 & 221) tripped off. A Linac technician investigated.
At 3:22 PM, Booster techs reported that one of the GMPS power supplies, there are four in total, needed major work. They bypassed the supply.
MiniBooNE resumed taking beam at 3:48 PM and stacking resumed at 3:53 PM.
A NuMI expert began a study period at 4:17 PM and a Recycler expert began a study a minute later.
At 4:19 PM, BRF17 tripped off twice in two minutes. It reset okay, but then at 4:25 PM, it tripped off for the first of six times in thirty minutes. It was left off for a few minutes and then turned back on at 5:07 PM.
At 4:33 PM, Operations was informed that ten NuMI vacuum pumps had tripped off. The pumps were all turned back on.
At 5:14 PM, BRF17 & 18 tripped off. They both reset okay.
At 5:16 PM, a Linac RF station (KRF5) tripped off for the first of two times in fifteen minutes. It reset okay both times.
At 6:27 PM, BRF6 tripped off for the first of four times. It reset okay each time.
Operations terminated store 4011 at 7 PM and then put the TeV into shot setup.
At 9:04 PM, the TeV suffered a quench at sector B4. Operations investigated and discovered that the skew quadrupole's power supply (T:SQ) had failed. An expert was called in to make repairs.
Pbar resumed stacking at 9:29 PM.
A SY expert began tuning the beam for MCenter at 10:46 PM.
Monday March 2
The midnight shift began with power supply techs working on T:SQ, with Pbar stacking, with the Recycler conducting studies, and with MiniBooNE and MCenter taking beam.
A power supply tech reported at 12:15 AM that T:SQ was repaired.
Operations put the TeV through a dry squeeze at 12:26 AM.
At 12:50 AM, BRF6 tripped off. It reset okay.
Operations put the TeV through a wet squeeze at 1:08 AM.
A TeV expert began a study period at 1:50 AM.
At 2:11 AM, BRF7 & 8 tripped off due to a vacuum pump trip. Everything reset okay.
At 3:57 AM, LRF3 tripped off. Operators investigated and then called in an expert.
TeV studies ended at 4:44 AM.
Operations reported at 6 AM that the H- Source began having a problems. Operators investigated and then called in experts.
The Plan for Wednesday
The plan for today is to get the source working enough to get at least a small amount of beam to the TeV for study purposes and stacking. A shot setup will follow as soon as the TeV completes its study or the stack reaches 150mA.
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I love children, especially at this age, when they are so in awe of you just because you are an adult and know so much! You may know very little, but they don't get that yet. Being five years old they are almost always happy, full of life and excitement, and genuinely glad to see you. They love hugs and to say, "Hey Miss Karen!", or "Hey, Art Teacher!" Working with children brings many smiles to my day.
Yesterday, I received a handmade card from one of my sweet students and after reading it, I started to tear up. Today is graduation day and all of my pre-Kers are moving on to Kindergarten next year. I will miss them!
I love also the people I work with. This was my first year teaching art and I was fairly anxious about how I would do it and whether I would fit in. I could not have been in a more loving, encouraging, and supportive environment. So many spoke words of affirmation when I needed them, others were there lending a hand and seeming to anticipate what I needed next. Even down to the last days of preparing the art show, when I couldn't pull it all together fast enough, they were there helping me out and making me look good. What kind of price tag can you put on that?
Finally, I LOVE getting to do creative art projects and coming up with ideas for the kids to try. I always try the project out first to see how difficult it is and to figure out which parts I think the children can do and what steps might need to be eliminated or simplified. Basically, I am getting paid to play with paints and oil pastels. I even save my own favorite projects! I haven't gotten so bold as to put them up on the refrigerator alongside Levi's. I know teens would make fun of me. But, it's like I am getting to do a redo on my childhood since we didn't have art classes in my school. I love playing with art!
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How to Teach Your Kids About Saving
Leanda Kayess
Saving money is one of the most important financial skills we can learn but unfortunately parents very often don't set a good example for their children. Yes, when we know a bonus or tax return is coming our way, we inevitably think about holidays, new cars or buying a whole new wardrobe, but if you've got massive credit card debt, you should be paying that off first. It may be boring but unless you get your priorities right you won't be able to fully enjoy indulging yourself in a beach holiday anyway.
Children think in exactly the same way when they are given a 'bonus' but they don't have your responsibilities so they won't understand why saving is necessary. Since the most frequent word out of most kids' mouths is "why?" this is an ideal opportunity for you to explain why saving is important. Frame it in tangible terms that they can understand ie. saving more money will get them an mp3 player instead of new shoes!
The best way to introduce the concept of saving with your children is to work with a defined goal. Suppose they come to you asking for a new pair of football boots. Rather than just saying no, explain to them that you have a budget and that certain priorities come first e.g. feeding the family! Then offer them a proposal - if they are willing to save some of their pocket money towards paying for the boots, you will match every dollar they save. If they are older, you can suggest that you will match them 50% - for every two dollars they save, you will give them a dollar.
This will give them an incentive to save some of their weekly allowance, while at the same time showing that you are keen to help them get things that they want. Although you have said "no" to the initial request, it is not a closed, definitive "no". It is an offer to work with them to reach a goal. This will give them an incentive to save money and to practice good financial habits. The more they save, the more you will help, so it is in their interest to take a responsible attitude, and they will respond to this as a challenge - and there's nothing that kids love more than a fun challenge with great rewards! It is beneficial to both of you, because they will have your help to get the thing they want, and you will be able to impart a lesson to them.
Of course, kids may not be very happy with the idea initially that you are not going to just go out and buy them the boots, but they will learn an important lesson about responsibility. To make sure that they don't feel that they're losing out by having to save so much of their allowance you can reward them with a treat. Take them on a trip that they didn't expect to reward them for being financially sensible so that they don't feel like they are missing out for the sake of learning a lesson. This will also minimise the chances of them raiding their savings in a rebellious spending spree.The Kids Money Qld website - www.qld.kidsmoney.com.au has some great resources to help with teaching your kids about money, including a series of books - Money Makes the World Go Around, written by Kids Money Founder Greg Smith.
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Paper or plastic? That is a question asked millions of times all across America each day. The correct answer is: neither! Yes, plastic and paper bags are free, and they can be reused and/or recycled. But, are they?
According to an employee at my local grocery store, Miller's and Sons, the majority of their shoppers request plastic bags, and they never bring them back to reuse. Paper is also requested a lot, but most of those are not returned for reuse either. Even though their paper bags state that they can be reused for 5 cents off per bag, most people do not reuse them. Also, only a small minority of folks who shop there bring their own reusable bags, which can be used for 5 cents per bag for store credit or donated to the local food pantry. This is a great incentive to reuse bags, but the store does not have any signs up indicating that they do this. According to the employee, they used to have signs up a long time ago, but now it just says it on the bags. If you're a new customer, you probably don't even know this incentive is offered.
At this point, I'm sure some of you are thinking "who cares?" Why does any of this matter to me? According to www.sciencelearn.org and www.cleanair.org, Americans use approximately 102.1 billion plastic bags, and most of them end up in landfills. It can take 500+ years for a plastic bag to degrade. This means billions of plastic bags from this country alone will be sitting in the landfills when our great-grandkid's great-grandkids are around. That's a looonnnngggg time. Also, many of these plastic bags make their way to the ocean, where they accumulate and cause great harm for ocean life.
This brings us to the next question: What can we do about it? Well, this is where that pesky reduce/reuse/recycle part comes in. Reusing these bags is great, as long as they eventually get recycled. Recycling is wonderful, but it does take energy. Reducing the use of these bags by not using them at all is by far the best alternative. If you don't have them to begin with, you don't have to deal with them at all! This is where reusable bags come in. They are relatively inexpensive, most of the stores carry them, and they are washable. When they break down too much to use, they can be recycled.
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As you can see from the list of our Directors and Board of Advisors, FIRE unites leaders in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties, scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals across the political and ideological spectrum on behalf of liberty, legal equality, academic freedom, due process, and freedom of speech on America's college campuses. Our website, thefire.org, will give you a greater sense of our identity and activities.
FIRE is gravely concerned about the threat to free speech posed by the forced administrative leave and possible termination of Glendale Community College Professor Walter Kehowski. Maricopa County Community College District's (MCCCD's) charge that Professor Kehowski violated the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy and the Technology Resource Standards by sending a Thanksgiving greeting to the MCCCD community both chills expression on MCCCD campuses and ignores constitutional guarantees of free speech that MCCCD, as a public body, is obligated to protect.
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Between December 5 and December 14, five MCCCD employees filed complaints in response to Professor Kehowski's e-mail, most targeting the link to Pat Buchanan's blog as racist and offensive. An Administrative Review Committee deliberated on the complaints and on January 3, 2007, Chief Information Officer for Information Technology Services Darrel Huish sent a letter to Margaret McConnell and Teresa Toney in the Office of General Counsel stating that Professor Kehowski had been found in violation of MCCCD Technology Resources Standards. On March 9, you sent a "Notice of intent to dismiss" to Professor Kehowski, outlining the three policies that Kehowski supposedly violated.
First, Professor Kehowski was found guilty of violating MCCCD EEO Policy Administrative Regulation 5.1.3, which states that "it is the policy of Maricopa to provide an environment for each Maricopa job applicant and employee that is free from sexual harassment, as well as harassment and intimidation on account of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disabled, or veteran status." While a college has the right to dismiss a professor for genuinely harassing or threatening expression, Professor Kehowski's speech clearly does not fit into this category of unprotected speech.
The Supreme Court has held that for speech in the workplace to constitute harassment, it must be "severe or pervasive enough to create an objectively hostile or abusive work environment—an environment that a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive." Harris v. Forklift Systems, 510 U.S. 17 (1993). Clearly, the speech in question here—the inclusion of a link to a website that voices conservative opinions, in the context of a holiday greeting—fails to meet the exacting demands of this precise and well-established legal standard. It is both wholly absurd and legally untenable to assert that Professor Kehowski's e-mail was severe, persistent, or pervasive harassment that created an objectively hostile or abusive environment at Glendale Community College.
Second, you wrote that Professor Kehowski violated MCCCD Administrative Regulation 4.3, Paragraphs A and D, Item 5, which limits e-mail usage to messages that "support education, research, scholarly communication, administration, and other MCCCD business," and prohibits "[m]ailings to large numbers of people that contain unwanted solicitations or information." While Professor Kehowski's Thanksgiving greeting was admittedly unsolicited, it was sent over the "announcements" e-mail list. By definition, announcements are usually unsolicited. Furthermore, Professor Kehowski reports that individuals routinely send unsolicited messages over this list—from March 10 to March 25 alone, Professor Kehowski reports that individuals used this list to send e-mails containing advertisements for purchasing goats for orphans in Uganda (sent March 21), quotes about Women's History Month (sent March 10), and announcements about the health benefits of eating bananas (sent March 25). None of these e-mails was solicited, and to FIRE's knowledge, none of the senders has been charged with violating any MCCCD policies. If the college truly intends to apply this policy, it must do so equitably to every member of the MCCCD community, not selectively and with viewpoint discrimination against Professor Kehowski only.
Finally, you explained that Professor Kehowski was found guilty of violating MCCCD Technology Resource Standards Administrative Regulation 4.4, which again limits use of MCCCD technology resources to "educational, research, service, operational, and management purposes." Again, it seems that the "announcements" listserv lends itself readily to the violation of this policy, and unless this policy is applied equally to all members of the community, it cannot be used for the sole purpose of prosecuting and dismissing Professor Kehowski.
MCCCD must understand that its denial of free speech rights and its selective enforcement of technology use policies against Professor Kehowski have seriously infringed upon his constitutional rights, have placed his career and livelihood in jeopardy, and have chilled expression in the MCCCD community. The harassment charge implied through Kehowski's alleged EEO violation is wholly without merit, since his expressive actions meet none of the strict requirements necessary for expression to be considered "harassment." With that EEO violation discredited, the technology use violations do not warrant MCCCD's decision to pursue the most severe of possible sanctions.
It is both immoral and unjust that Professor Kehowski is on the brink of being dismissed because he sent a Thanksgiving greeting to the college community that contained a link to a website that some people found offensive. Neither FIRE nor the general public will allow MCCCD's actions to stand. We urge you to reverse the finding that Professor Kehowski violated any MCCCD policies and to immediately rescind the recommendation that he be dismissed.
FIRE hopes that this situation can be resolved thoroughly and swiftly; however, we are categorically committed to using all of our resources in support of Professor Kehowski's expressive rights and to seeing this process through to a just and moral conclusion. Please spare the Maricopa County Community College District the embarrassment of fighting against the Bill of Rights, by which it is legally and morally bound.
FIRE requests a response on this matter by Wednesday, May 3, 2007.
Tara E. Sweeney
Senior Program Officer
Velvie Green, President, Glendale Community College
Jean Ann Abel, Vice President, Glendale Community College
Albert Crusoe, Vice President for Human Resources, MCCCD
Pete Kushibab, General Counsel, MCCCD
Margaret McConnell, Office of General Counsel, MCCCD
Teresa Toney, Office of General Counsel, MCCCD
Darrel Huish, Chief Information Officer for Information Technology Services, MCCCD
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Most people probably know Eddie Campbell from his work with Alan Moore on the titanic From Hell, but to me he'll always be the Deadface guy. Deadface being comics about Bacchus, the God of Drink, cavorting around in modern times and looking very much like a man who has spent the last two thousand years on a hard bender.
Some people would argue that Campbell's greatest work is Alec, semi autobiographical comics tracing the life of a comic's artist. They're not wrong, either. Campbell has done such different work in so many different genres with so many different styles that being a fan of Alec Eddie Campbell is very nearly like being a fan of a whole different artist than From Hell Eddie Campbell.
From his beginning in the small press back in the late seventies and early eighties, Campbell has continued to evolve, moving from self-published to the black and white boom to mainstream comics, with an ever evolving style. Fairly recently, he's begun blogging, something he considers an art form unto itself.
His newest project is The Black Diamond Detective Agency, a graphic novel from First Second Books about a seemingly innocent farmer blamed for a catastrophic explosion and sent on the run in turn of the century Chicago. The book is adapted from an as yet unproduced screenplay, and this adaptation represents another new experiment for Campbell. You might have had a chance to check out the free preview on Free Comic Book Day, or if not, maybe you can scrounge one from your friendly neighborhood comic book guy.
We had the opportunity to talk with Campbell about The Black Diamond Detective Agency, From Hell and all sorts of other things.
So, how would you describe The Black Diamond Detective Agency?
The Black Diamond Detective Agency is a great old fashioned shoot-'em- up thriller. I've approached it with the kind of enthusiasm with which that the old sixties wave of French film directors used to approach genre material. Which is to say, that I've put my own personality into it.
How did you end up working on the project?
The producer Bill Horberg was being represented to the publishing world by Judith Hansen, whom I know from Kitchen Sink days, so she approached First Second and somehow my name came up. I managed to keep Bill from getting a look at the Fate of the Artist until Diamond was in the can, otherwise he might have called the whole thing off.
Seeing as it involved adapting a screenplay, was it odd being on the other side of the adaptation?
They were quite happy to let me take a few liberties with it. I imagine it will go through a few rewrites anyway, if it hasn't already.
How extensive were those liberties, then?
I didn't want to go changing it just for the sake of being a pain in the ass, but there were several places where the pictorial demands of drawing the book threw up alternative ways of doing things. Actual settings for instance. I changed the location of the gun battle at the center of the book. And also, in one of the previous rewrites, some points of psychological logic had been put to one side and then accidentally overlooked. I had to solve a few problems there. Why did he do this or that? No point in going into specifics at this stage when nobody has read it yet. I also thought the mystery ought to be more complicated, being a long time reader of the greatest detective mystery writer Raymond Chandler. I believe that a book can bear more of that kind of complexity than a movie, because the reader is more at liberty to go back a few pages to resolve difficulties, while a movie moves relentlessly forward.
Did you have to do a lot of research for the book?
Bill sent me a huge box of books on Pinkerton and his Detective Agency and on Chicago and other stuff, so yes, a hell of a lot.
Did you find yourself being influenced by film westerns when working on it?
I did a bit of chat about westerns on my blog, just for the fun of it, but the book is more of a big city thriller, with the rural stuff at the beginning for contrast, to show better the arrival of modern times, which is one of the running themes I put into the job.
Speaking of which, you blog quite a bit, what's the appeal?
EC: I think blogging is the art of our times. Most bloggers don't treat it that way, alas. But it has its own techniques and approaches, its own tempo and cadences. You have to create a little story using words images and links, but it must be simple and short. Sometimes it's enough just to show a connection between two or more things that are already out there. Just link them up and add a comment. I feel exhilarated by the challenge of writing something interesting every day of my life.
After doing Black Diamond, do you have any interest in doing more adapted work?
Not for the time being. Something was recently dangled in front of me and my first thought was, oh god that sounds too much like more hard work.
Fate of the Artist utilized a lot of unconventional artistic techniques, for comics at least. Is that a direction you're moving your art in?
I'd like to, but for the time being it's necessary to alternate that kind of work with a more conventional fare. Before Fate I did the Batman book, Batman: The Order of Beast, you'll remember.
Right. There's an ongoing conversation about the death of singles and the increasing prominence of graphic novels these days. Where do you see the medium heading? Where do think it should be heading?
I think I've moved beyond all that. You're talking about formats, but looking above that, I have stopped thinking of it, comics, in its ideal state that is, as a medium at all. Crap comic books will be around for a long time of course and I have no interest in them.
But comics as an art? The idea will be subsumed into other things that are happening in the arts. It's neither good nor bad, just inevitable. For comic books to become a significant kind of art they need to cease being comic books. They need to engage in the overall artistic discourse of our times instead of straining to be separate from it. I'm reading Bryan Talbot's new one, his Alice in Sunderland. It's a great piece of work, but I wish he wasn't so conscious all the time that it must be comics. That's a withering neurosis that's crept into the field and you can see the beginning of that in Understanding Comics, to which Bryan consciously tips his hat. I see myself as operating in a separate stream altogether.
However, it's probably not so much a stream as just me.
This is the second project you've done with First Second, after Fate of The Artist. Are you going to keep working with them in the future?
There is a third book in the works, titled The Amazing Remarkable Mr. Leotard. I'm eighty pages into that and it's going well.
And since people will no doubt want to know, any more projects with Alan Moore?
None on that front either. Oh wait a minute, I forgot. We have been talking about wrapping up From Hell with a twentieth anniversary special for 2008, a compendium in which we offer a second Gull catchers appendix, mocking recent developments in that area. We'd put a lot of other stuff in it, too, like script extracts and some director commentary type of stuff.
You've been running pages of From Hell along with their scripts, and it's obviously still a very popular book, are you pleased with how your work holds up or does it tempt you to pull a George Lucas and start redrawing?
I'm never pleased and as a rule the temptation should usually be resisted. With From Hell we've been through it enough times, though. When we did the final big revision in 1999 I found instances where we had the wrong character in a frame speaking and things like that, so we had to draw a new one and paste it over. When I revise, it's usually for clarity of meaning, fixing things that are obviously mistakes. To bring things up to date with how I see the world now would mean constantly revising old work and never doing any new.
Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, Eddie.
Black Diamond and Fate of the Artist are available now at bookstores and comic shops everywhere. You might find a copy of that obscure From Hell book, too.
Now discuss this story in CBR's Indie Comics forum.


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The flowing motion and dancing flight of our Cosmic dragons will entertain the youngest kite aficionado. Fung Jung, our beautiful Chinese dragon, is made of nylon taffeta with fiberglass spars. With nothing to assemble, it's very easy to launch and fly. 1'-6" x 24'-7". 19" x 20" case. Ready to Fly with 200' of 50 lb. polyester line on a handle.
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There is no surprise that I LOVE to cook. I am not one to follow a recipe (never have been and mum can confirm that… epic kitchen cake fails as a child) and I love to explore different flavours and foods. Here are some of my favourite go to recipes that I have adapted as part of my healthy wholesome lifestyle. Most recipes will be gluten free, clean and sugar free. Hope you enjoy making and baking your way through the kitchen! When it comes to food and health I follow some very simple rules
1. Darker the better; vegetables, breads, grains – you name it. The darker the leafy green or the darker the rye bread the better it is for you. Make some healthy swaps from white rice to brown rice today .
2. Eat WHOLE foods; I always go for full fat foods that have been the least processed if any at all. Eat the whole egg, don't peel your veggies (except bananas), and always steer clear of added sugars and nasties. If you cant pronounce it – just don't eat it.
3. Eat slow, treat yourself and enjoy your food; life is meant to be enjoyed not restricted and depressing. Eat everything in moderation even the good stuff. If you are insanely addicted and over eating a certain ingredient – chances are it is doing you harm. except for peanut butter… anyone who tell you to stop eating peanut butter you should ignore – no one needs that negativity in their life haha!!!!
Click on one of the Categories below and suss out some of my deliciousness!!


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In 1980, the idea of Holmlund Financial was born. In the beginning, there was one person selling the investment and insurance products of one company. Being in a remote area in Northwestern Ontario, it was soon recognized that there was a need for additional financial products and services. The search was on and 1983 found Holmlund Financial partnering up with several financial institutions across Canada to gain access to a multitude of services and solutions. Growth of the business created a demand for additional support and expansion of the sales force began.
Obtaining access to the products of more than 100 financial institutions across Canada enabled us to create the wealth of information that we use daily to efficiently advise our clients. This support system provides for the continual addition of products and services as they surface in the marketplace to keep us in a competitive position. Being an independent broker brings value to our clients in that we are not obligated to any one company. Without limitation we can choose the best product available for any particular situation.
Our team of financial advisors are committed to our slogan, "Business Built on Service". We believe that our clients are our single most important asset and we strive to build and preserve their trust and confidence. We are pleased to be able to provide solutions for every stage of life. We are confident that as we move forward, we will enjoy a very prosperous future together with our clients.
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What you'll need:
a4 card
a pencil
ribbon of your choice
cocktail sticks
1 teabag
I started of by staining some white card with a recently used teabag that's gone cold. Dab over the whole sheet and then let it dry. I'm going for a 'rustic' look so it doesn't need to be completely covered to give it that old romantic look. Then cut out a heart about 4cm long but the size can be whatever you like on a separate piece of card.
Now once you have the heart stencil and the stained card has dried get your pencil and draw round the heart. You'll need 2 hearts per topper so i drew out 24 hearts and cut them out. Be careful when cutting around the heart as it can be a bit finicky.
Once you have cut all the hearts out put them in pairs and glue one heart on the reverse. Place a cocktail stick in the center and press down firmly.
I thought it'll be cute to write something on each heart but you can leave them plain if you like. Then glue the reverse of the heart, stick on top and again press firmly in place.
Now its time to add the ribbon, place the ribbon underneth the stick near the top and do a bow as you would do normally. You may need to tweak it here and there until it sits how you want it too. Ta Da! Do this to all your toppers and your done!
Enjoy lovely's! :)
Let me know if you make these and I'd love to see your creations. Add me either on Pinterest or Instagram and tag me so i can see!
Much love
(All pictures taken with my iphone 4s)


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Ben Kuroki
Ben Kuroki
Ben Kuroki in flight jacket
|Most Honorable Son, Sad Saki[a]
|May 16, 1917
Gothenburg, Nebraska
|September 1, 2015 (aged 98)
Camarillo, California
|United States
|United States Army Air Forces
|Years of service
|Technical Sergeant
|World War II
|Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross (×3)
Air Medal with oak leaf clusters (×5)
Ben Kuroki (May 16, 1917 – September 1, 2015) was the only American of Japanese descent in the United States Army Air Forces to serve in combat operations in the Pacific theater of World War II.[2] He flew a total of 58 combat missions over Japan, Europe and North Africa during World War II.
Childhood and Army enlistment[edit]
Ben Kuroki was born in Gothenburg, Nebraska to Japanese immigrants, Shosuke and Naka (née Yokoyama) Kuroki on May 16, 1917; they had 10 children. When Ben was a year old the Kuroki family relocated to Hershey, Nebraska, where they owned and operated a farm. The Lincoln County town had a population of about 500.[3] He attended Hershey High School and was the Vice-President of his senior class, graduating in 1936.[4]
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, Ben's father encouraged him and his brother Fred to enlist in the U.S. Military. The brothers were initially rejected by the recruiters in Grand Island, so they tried again at North Platte, where their enlistment was processed without any questions — perhaps, as a humorous story suggests, the recruiters thought that Kuroki was a Polish name.[citation needed] In retelling the enlistment story, Ben Kuroki said the recruiter in North Platte told him that nationality was not a problem as he made $2 for every recruit.[5] Later, two other brothers, Bill and Henry Kuroki also served in the military during the war.
When Ben and Fred enlisted in the U.S. Army they were among the very first Nisei to do so. After enlisting they were sent to basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas in January 1942, not much more than a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Military career[edit]
Assigned to the 93rd Bombardment Group at Fort Myers, Florida, he was told that Japanese Americans would not be allowed to serve overseas. In 1942 Kuroki petitioned his commanding officer and was allowed to work as a clerk for the Eighth Air Force at a base in England. The need for aerial gunners was high and after Kuroki volunteered, he was sent to gunnery school for two weeks and became a dorsal turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator,[6] the most widely produced American heavy bomber to be used by Allied forces in World War II.[5] Kuroki was in a B-24 that crash landed in Spanish Morocco and was captured by Spanish authorities. His crew was released by the Spanish after three months. After the U.S. Department of State secured his release, he returned to England and rejoined his squadron.
On August 1, 1943, he participated in the bombing mission known as Operation Tidal Wave, an effort to destroy the major oil refinery located in Ploiești, Romania.[5] Kuroki flew 30 combat missions in the European theater, when the regular enlistment only required 25. After a medical review, he was allowed to fly 5 more missions above the mandated enlistment. Kuroki said he did so for his brother Fred, who was still stationed stateside. On his 30th mission he was slightly injured when his gun turret was hit by flak.[7]
During rest and recovery back in the United States, Kuroki was directed by the Army to visit a number of Japanese American internment camps in order to encourage able-bodied males to enlist in the U.S. military. Kuroki was the subject of a number of news articles including one in Time magazine.
Kuroki requested but was denied the opportunity to participate in the Pacific theater. Only after the intervention of Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War was that request granted.[8] Kuroki was later permitted to join the crew of a B-29 Superfortress (who named its plane Sad Saki after Kuroki) in the 484th Squadron, 505th Bombardment Group, 20th U.S. Army Air Force, based on Tinian Island. Kuroki then participated in another 28 bombing missions over mainland Japan and other locations.[9]
Kuroki is the only Japanese American known to have participated in air combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the war.[2] Kuroki was awarded one Distinguished Flying Cross for his 25 missions in Europe and another for participation in the Ploiești raid.[7] After another 28 missions in the Pacific Theater, Kuroki was awarded a third Distinguished Flying Cross as well as the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters.[2] By the end of the war, Ben Kuroki had completed 58 combat missions and was promoted to the rank of Technical Sergeant.
The New York Times recalled in an editorial on December 7, 1991, the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, how "Gen. George Marshall asked to meet [Kuroki]; so did Generals Bradley, Spaatz, Wainwright and Jimmy Doolittle."[10]
Advocacy efforts[edit]
Fiercely patriotic, but understanding first-hand some of the racial and other inequalities people of color had to endure, after the war Kuroki continued to speak about the need for racial equality and against racial prejudice. He engaged in a series of speaking tours discussing these issues, which he funded with his own savings and with minor donations, including proceeds from Ralph G. Martin's biography written about him entitled Boy From Nebraska: The Story of Ben Kuroki.
When asked about his battle to overcome prejudice which almost prevented him from being allowed to participate in overseas aerial combat missions, Kuroki stated, "I had to fight like hell for the right to fight for my own country".[11]
Post-military career[edit]
Kuroki later attended the University of Nebraska, attaining a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 1950. He was a reporter and editor for a number of newspapers in several different states, retiring in 1984. On August 12, 2005, Kuroki was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his impressive combat participation during the war and for overcoming numerous incidents of prejudice. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Nebraska on August 13, 2005 and is the subject of the Public Broadcasting Service documentary "Most Honorable Son: Ben Kuroki's Amazing War Story".[11][12] On September 1, 2015 he died in hospice care in Camarillo, California at the age of 98.[1]
|1st Row
|Distinguished Service Medal
|2nd Row
|Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters
|Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
|Presidential Unit Citation
|Good Conduct Medal
|3rd Row
|American Campaign Medal
|European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver and three bronze campaign stars
|Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze campaign stars
|World War II Victory Medal
See also[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ben Kuroki.
- History of Nebraska
- Frank Fujita, a Japanese-American soldier from Oklahoma who served with the "Lost Battalion", a US Army unit that was captured by the Japanese during the Dutch East Indies Campaign in 1942. He spent more than 3 years in Japanese captivity.
- ^ a b Goldstein, Richard (September 5, 2015). "Ben Kuroki Dies at 98; Japanese-American Overcame Bias to Fight for U.S." New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ a b c Mitchell, Ronnie. "Ben Kuroki". Nebraska Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Yenne, Bill (July 10, 2007). Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II (1st ed.). Thomas Dunne Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-0312354640.
- ^ McGowan, Sam, "Most Honorable Son", WWII History, July 2011, pp. 40–47.
- ^ a b c Yenne, p. 138; Sterner, Douglas C. (2007). Go for Broke: The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry, p. 124.
- ^ Frank, Abe (2000). "Ben Kuroki". Conscience and the Constitution. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- ^ a b "Ben Kuroki, American". Time. 1944-02-07. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- ^ Yenne, pp. 139-140.
- ^ Yenne, p. 140.
- ^ "The Hidden Heroes". The New York Times. December 7, 1991. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "Nebraska WWII Hero Ben Kuroki to be Honored at Premiere of NET Television" (PDF). NET Nebraska. 2007-06-28. Archived from the original (pdf) on August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Proud to be Ben Kuroki's kind of people". Journal Star. 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
Book list[edit]
- Martin, Ralph G. (1946). Boy from Nebraska: The Story of Ben Kuroki. New York: Harper & Brothers. OCLC 1287006
- Sterner, C. Douglas. (2007). Go for Broke: The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry, Clearfield, Utah: American Legacy Media. ISBN 978-0-9796896-1-1 OCLC 141855086
- Yenne, Bill. (2007). Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-35464-0
External links[edit]
- "Most Honorable Son: Ben Kuroki's Amazing War Story" Official website. Includes a recent photo of Kuroki.
- Family tree
- United States Air Force airmen
- American army personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
- Recipients of the Air Medal
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
- People from Gothenburg, Nebraska
- People from Lincoln County, Nebraska
- American people of Japanese descent
- 1917 births
- 2015 deaths
- American military personnel of Japanese descent
- United States Army Air Forces soldiers


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DX Zyuoh Changer Toy Demo
At last, a bunch of toy demo videos for the 40th anniversary series has been finally leaked and youtube user 開封戦隊ショウカイジャーJP has uploaded some nice vids for us to enjoy. First, here's a demo for the DX Zyuoh Changer.
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Dumbest morpher EVER!!! (and yeah I know it's Sentai so technically not a morpher but I stand by it)
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Oconee Station is a state historic site in northwest South Carolina. There's an old outpost there and not really a whole lot else. The Palmetto Trail Connector comes through the park and about a mile north is a branch trail to Station Cove Falls.
There are some good rocks for picnicking here and a couple good spots to play around in the water. We came across this salamander there as well.
Eastatoe Falls isn't really related, it's about 15 miles east on the Foothills Parkway but we visited them on the same day. This waterfall has a bunch of names, Twin Falls on some maps, Shady Cove Falls on others. It's not even clear to us who owns this land and maintains the trail there. Either way it's a short walk from the parking area off of water falls road in Eastatoe Community. At the end is a viewing platform and a pretty spectacular vista.
There's a straight drop on the left and a series of cascades on the right. There are many warnings about the dangerous rocks here but the river a bit downstream of the falls looked to have some nice swimming holes accessible from the trail.