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Joel (Santa Cruz)http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/35345/nba-with-ric-bucher
What is the heck is going on with the Warriors sale?
Ric Bucher (1:03 PM)
From what I've heard, the presumptive owners are looking for additional investors to reduce the amount of cash they actually have to put up. The problem is, they're promising zero input from the minority partners. That's the way former owner Chris Cohan ran it and no one wants to put money up to be part of that.
All credit to the fabulous Joel Creager (Nuck Chorris) of the Warriors online fan and media community for getting this important question posed to Ric Bucher. Whose sources are excellent as always.
Warriors fans and lazy, reactionary media stooges who LOUDLY assured you that "anyone will do" so long as Chris Cohan sells the team but maybe Larry Ellison isn't the best man for the job (they said all of this in MARCH, by the way) have officially been exposed as gleaming dipshit Pollyanna Homer Moron Toolz.
No Sale Anytime Soon still reigns supreme 8 months and counting after it was proclaimed.
Oldie but a goodie by Nuck on the Warriors' anti-fanopinionfreedom PR bullshit. They're still rolling with painfully awkward attempts to control fan/media access and message such as Twit Day or whatever:


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- Report: #847468
Complaint Review: Compass Bank
Compass Bank 900 North Conway Avenue
Mission, Texas United States of America |
Compass Bank NSF,Scam,Reordered Transactions,Manipulate Transactions Mission, Texas
*Consumer Suggestion: No bank error here
*Consumer Comment: You seem to have some misconceptions
*Consumer Suggestion: A real simple solution here
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On Saturday, February,18,2012 there were Four Transactions to my bank account which I believe in my opinion, and based on the evidence I have were reordered by my bank to charge me additional NSF Fees to make profit.
My account at that time had exactly $46.24 in this account.
The First, Transaction I made was adding my debit card to a service which I was charged $1 USD for it which was refunded later, but that would have left me a balance of $45.24.
Second I made a purchase for one of my games for $10 USD that left me at $35.24 USD
Third, I made a purchase from Riot Games for $35.00 USD which left me at exactly $0.24 cents which anything 0.00 USD or above is not overdrawn.
Fourth, A purchase was made for $82.79 for a server/service I rent, and that left my account at -$82.55 USD, which the bank had the right to charge me one NSF charge which would have made my account -$120. [continued below]....
Immediately after the transactions were made I logged into my bank account, and took snapshots of these and I believed I was safe for the next 7 days to make a deposit before I would be charged an additional $25 USD, but instead I get a notice in the mail that says I owe $114.00 in NSF Fees.
After calling the bank's customer service and questioning this, I was told by the bank customer service that they charge the highest transaction first, but yet I was never told this by my bank, these additional charges could not be reversed.
Then when I made my deposit I think it was the same day I went into my bank I told them about this and question it, I spoke to someone, and they said it wasn't the bank's fault that sometimes checks, or debits process in other orders other than what order the cosumer makes the purchases due to pre debit.
Over the years I have mostly used prepaid debit cards like GreenDot, NetSpend, Etc. Every transaction I made throguh PayPal, always showed up on my online bank statement immediately, never changed order which I made the purchase, but this bank and the only reason I have a bank account is to use services such as Ebay & PayPal with confirmed information, and without a spending limit. Well to me it looks like they reorder transactions and purchases.
I have also noticed that when a person does multiple orders online throguh services such as Amazon, sometimes if a person had 6 seperate charges these charges will Glitch/Disappear from their online Bank Statement, lets say the person had $100 USD in think bank account, and had 7 charges, or pre debits of any amount adding up to like $90 USD, and then the next day or two these pre debits sometimes disappear from the persons online statement saying they have $100 to spend, and then lets say the person forgets and spends more than what they have they would get hit with NSF fees due to Bank Error. When I brought this issue up to the bank, and told them I had used Online prepaid debit cards and never had this issue, they said it was because of pre authroization, or something yet I never had this issue with any other debit card I used.
Over All, based on not only my experience with this Bank, but News I read on MSN, Yahoo, Google Searches, I feel that Multiple Banks are taking advantage of its consumers, and laws need to be put in place to stop NSF Charges, and limit what a bank can charge its customers or something.
* I will post Snapshots and proof of my transactions for the public to see.*
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 03/02/2012 12:46 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Compass-Bank/Mission-Texas-78572/Compass-Bank-NSFScamReordered-TransactionsManipulate-Transactions-Mission-Texas-847468. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Search TipsAlso, charges may appear and disappear due to authorization holds. Many times, the merchant will authorize the card for some particular amount, but then charge it later for a different amount. These authorization holds can also cause NSF fees (yet another reason to never use a debit card). The "current" balance shown on the website or phone menu is not meant to replace a checkbook.
#2 Consumer Comment
You seem to have some misconceptions
AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, March 02, 2012
immediately after the transactions were made I logged into my bank account, and took snapshots of these and I believed I was safe for the next 7 days to make a deposit before I would be charged an additional $25 USD,
- A bank account is NOT a Line of Credit, if you want to borrow money from the bank..get a loan or use a Credit Card.
and then the next day or two these pre debits sometimes disappear from the persons online statement saying they have $100 to spend, and then lets say the person forgets and spends more than what they have they would get hit with NSF fees due to Bank Error.
- There wasn't a bank error there was a USER error. On-Line/ATM/Phone Banking was NEVER meant to replace a WRITTEN register. Transactions may appear/disappear quite often until they are actually "posted". This is for various reasons and they are often not because of the bank. But if a person keeps a written register, they know how much they have to spend and it doesn't matter if the transaction doesn't show up for a month..THEY know they have already spent it.
In addition to start using a register, I would suggest that you go to your bank and verify that you did not "opt-in" to Overdraft Protection on your Debit Card. If you are then "opt-out". What this will do is if you attempt to use your Debit Card at a Point-of-Sale or ATM and you do not currently have enough available your card will be declined. Keep in mind that this is only for Debit Cards, banks had and still have the right to pay or return Checks and ACH transactions. This is why your first line of defense is always going to be your written register. Although some people can't handle this much responsibility so if you did better with Pre-Paid cards perhaps you should go back to them.
#3 Consumer Suggestion
A real simple solution here
AUTHOR: Southern Chemical and Equipment LLC - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Friday, March 02, 2012
You knowingly overdrafted your account.
Therefore, no ripoff.
Maintain an accurate checkbook register, and follow it.
Don't spend what you do not have.
Real simple.
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Word of the Day Archive
Saturday February 21, 2004
expiate \EK-spee-ayt\ , transitive verb:
To make amends for; to atone for.
Then his devout and long-suffering widow, a princess born, built a beautiful church on the estate to expiate his sins.
-- Serge Schmemann, Echoes of a Native Land
And if you have offended each other, you expiate your sins and offenses by confessing them and apologizing.
-- Aung San Suu Kyi, The Voice of Hope
The characters often attempt, however futilely, to expiate their past mistakes.
-- Michael Ruhlman, "A Writer at His Best.", New York Times, September 20, 1987
Expiate comes from Latin expiare, from ex-, here used intensively, + piare, to seek to appease by an offering, to make good, to atone for, from pius, dutiful.
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Avalon tells me that his father got the words that adorned the gates of Auschwitz, "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Makes One Free"), tattooed in bold letters on his forearm, yet the more I learn, the more convinced I am that no one in the family would ever seem that free. It's as if the Holocaust has been imprinted in their DNA, continuing its path of destruction from the children to the grandchildren, even here amid the warm California sunshine.
A week later I drive into the Hollywood Hills, to the home of actor Simon Rex. Walking up a covered stairway leading to the front door, a silhouette with a huge Afro passes by and mumbles, "I'm Rainbow . . ." Inside, I find Avalon and Rex on the couch, smoking a joint. It was Rex who started Avalon's musical career, three years ago. The two had been introduced through an old friend of Avalon's named Ben, a part-time male model turned career criminal and convict who knew Rex from Rex's own stint in the modeling world.
Rex was originally a stoner from Oakland who drove a forklift. At 18, he met a girl at a rave and, days later, moved to Los Angeles with her and her child so she could pursue a supposed "modeling" career. Desperate times ensued, with both of them doing the occasional modeling gig to pay the rent, some with clothing and some decidedly without. Rex eventually traveled to New York for some legit modeling jobs and was picked to become an MTV VJ. When that job ended (not, as widely rumored, because of his prior appearance in a couple of skin flicks), he moved back to L.A., where he has appeared in several films and sitcoms. Despite his photogenic good looks, Rex comes across in person more borscht-belt comic than TRL video shill. On his friendship with Avalon, he explains, "We're really just two neurotic Jews. You should hear us try and decide where to have breakfast. Half the time we just give up."
To occupy the downtime between acting gigs, longtime hip-hop fan Rex had purchased a home recording system and set about "making beats." His songs, which he performs under the moniker "Dirt Nasty," tend to be lewd, satirical raps about the Hollywood scene he has come to inhabit. On his most popular song to date, "Dropping Names," the actor raps about his sometimes real and sometimes imagined dalliances with various starlets. "I'm hungry for beaver. Give me a call, Sigourney Weaver."
Avalon was destitute and living on Rex's couch when it all began. He had embraced hip-hop culture since childhood, writing rhymes and doing graffiti with the Russian, Hispanic and Jewish kids from his West Hollywood neighborhood. At Rex's urging, Avalon started composing his own songs, and the words flowed easily. He eventually made an abbreviated and admittedly self-conscious performance debut alongside Rex on an episode of the MTV show Cribs. "At first it was really just two people on drugs fucking around," Avalon says. But when their songs began to improve, Rex started burning CDs and passing them out at the trendy clubs he frequented.
While Rex's humorous lyrics generated the intended laughs, it was Avalon's outrageous and reportedly autobiographical lyrics of bisexual street hustling and narcotics that created a more serious buzz among the moneyed kids who liked to party in Hollywood. And it was these kids' fascination that initially attracted the attention of an aspiring manager (and established club DJ) named Kev E. Kev, whose idea it was to wrap the CDs in pages from the L.A. Xpress newspaper, which features lurid advertisements for local dominatrixes, rub-'n'-tug masseuses and escorts.
Thus, the legend of "Mickey Avalon" (not his real name) was born, yet the question lingers — is all this talk of sex, death and addiction merely calculated Alice Cooper–like theatrics, or is it truly the skinny, white Hollywood version of the 50 Cent/Slick Rick paradigm of turning pain and hardship into art and money?
Mickey Avalon's mother tells me she didn't know his father was a heroin addict when they met, back in the early '70s. We're sitting in a health-food-store café outside of Los Angeles. She is an attractive and surprisingly youthful-looking woman. She says they were just two Jewish teenagers from the Fairfax District, and she couldn't even have imagined somebody using a drug like heroin at the time. Avalon's father was tall and handsome, with an obsessive love for rhythm & blues music. While his peers were embracing flower power and grooving to the Byrds and the Kaleidoscope up in Griffith Park, he was appearing on local TV dance shows in an electric-blue suit, shimmying to the more carnal sounds of Wilson Pickett and James Brown.


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The famous Yoga Guru, Swami Ramdev, is going to start an indefinite fast against corruption in the central government and billions of unaccounted Rupees hidden in offshore accounts. 3rd June 2011
The Bhrashtachar Mitao Satyagraha - End Corruption movement, is set to begin from tomorrow, the 4rth of June at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, the capital of India.
The motive of this movement are primarily to bring back billions of dollars worth of Black money hidden in offshore accounts, Declaring the funds as national property and making the act of hiding money a central criminal offence. Furthermore Enactment and appointment of a strong Lokpal - a Non political anti corruption officer in every district and village which the government had been ignoring, furthermore Setting up of fast track courts in all states to deal specially with corruption issue and the removal of high denomination currency notes from the economy are additional motives.
A huge tent is being created to accommodate the thousands expected to offer solidarity with the Baba and the anti-corruption movement despite the raising temperatures in the capital.


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The Miller Law Offices can protect your company before, during and after an ICE auditWhat is an I-9 Audit?
The objective of the ICE audit, a statutory administrative inspection, is a determination whether the employer has violated the prohibitions against knowing hiring or continuing employment of unauthorized aliens and Form I-9 paperwork violations. An ICE administrative Form I-9 inspection must be preceded by a 72-hour notice. This is accomplished when a Notice of Inspection is served indicating the date, time and place for the ICE audit, and the documentation that the employer is requested to produce.
Is an I-9 Audit civil or criminal?
The Obama Administration has clearly preferred using administrative I-9 inspections with resulting civil fines over the workplace raids that generated controversy in previous years, using criminal search warrants based on probable cause, which do not require advance notice to suspected violators. Nevertheless, it is clear that employers may still face criminal charges for violations that are uncovered during the administrative I-9 audits, which are conducted by ICE special agents and forensic auditors.
Where is the I-9 Audit Conducted?
An inspection of the Forms I-9 may be conducted either on the employer's premises or at an agency office, at the agencys discretion. Employers may provide the forms in their original form or on microfilm or microfiche at the location where the request for production was made. If the Forms I-9 are kept at another location, the employer should notify the inspectors of that location and make arrangements for the inspection to be conducted there.
Refusal or delays in the presentation of I-9s
If the employer does not comply with the request to present the Forms I-9, ICE may compel production by issuing a subpoena. A refusal or delay in the production of the Forms I-9 will be considered a violation of the retention requirements by the government. ICE asserts its general powers to obtain personnel records that pertain to the hiring and employment of an individual employee, and typically issues an administrative subpoena to obtain these materials. Some employers have refused to comply with the administrative subpoena necessitating the agency to enforce the subpoena in federal court.
Can ICE search the premises without a warrant?
In the absence of consent by the employer to a survey, ICE may not make a warrantless search of the company's premises.
ICE has requested other documents besides the I-9s. Are we compelled to produce those documents?
The Notice of Inspection (NOI) may be accompanied by a request that the employer provide supporting documentation, which may include copies of attached documents presented at time of I-9 completion for all current employees, and all terminated employees for the specified audit period and employee rosters or payroll reports listing all persons employed during the specified period. In the alternative, the NOI may be served along with an administrative subpoena.A recent administrative subpoena required presentation of the following documents: Original I-9 Forms and any copies of attached documents presented at time of I-9completion for all current employees, and all terminated employees for the specifiedaudit period; Employee roster or payroll report listing all persons employed for the specified auditperiod, containing the following information: Full employee name (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name) Social Security number Date of birth Date of hire and date of termination (if applicable). If the employee has multiple dates of hire, provide all dates of hire and all dates of termination occurring during the audit period; Monthly payroll reports for the specified audit period with wage detail by employee; Copies of recent state unemployment insurance quarterly tax reports; Copies of the Quarterly Tax Statements (IRS Form 941) pertaining to all employeesduring the audit period; Independent contractor roster listing the dates of hire and termination (if applicable)and copies of IRS Tax Form 1099 filed during the audit period, for all independentcontractors; A current listing of all paid on-call individuals employed on a sporadic, irregular, orintermittent basis and not deemed to be employees; Copies of Social Security Administration Employer Correction Requests receivedduring the audit period; Copies of any Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) I-129 or I-140 petitionsand Department of Labor (DOL) ETA-9089 certifications submitted or receivedduring the audit period; Copies of articles of incorporation, business license(s) and the most recent annualreport; Employer Identification Number (EIC) and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)documentation, and If available, copies of company procedures or policies regarding Form I-9 preparation.
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It's sealed: Ano Nuevo, we meet again …
Made my third annual pilgrimage to Ano Nuevo State Park in early January. My friend Tony and I have been coming here every year since I moved to California. It's a very apt and beautiful place to start the New Year.
Ano Nuevo Point was named by a Spanish chaplain on January 3, 1603. He spied the coast from the deck of explorer Don Sebastian Viscaino's ship and, though he never stepped foot on the land, named it honor of the New Year. (Read more about Ano Nuevo's history.)
The state park also includes Ano Nuevo Island. Only open to researchers, the island and its long-deserted Victorian house make for a striking addition to the coastal views. (Read more about Ano Nuevo Island Light Station.)
At this time of year, thousands of female northern elephant seals give birth and then nurse their young. The males spend their time defending their harems or plotting sneak-attacks in hopes of capturing and impregnating another's female. (Not exactly romantic, but, since the elephant seals are thriving, this method seems to be getting the job done.)
In March, the adults return to the sea. After having spent three months on land with no food, they have lost up to a third of their body weight. The pups remain behind and have a few more weeks to hone their swimming skills before they, too, will leave the land.
Returning seals have to get past the bevy of Great White sharks that thrive in Northern California's coastal waters. If they survive and make it into the deep blue, their yearly cycle will begin again.
Elephant seals can dive up to 5,000 feet (1,524 m) and stay down there for as long as two hours. The females tend not to hunt as deep as the males, as they're partial to squid. The boys are, naturally, bottom-feeders and live off the likes of skate and crab.
Friends of the Elephant Seal (FES), which supports the recently formed colony at Piedras Blancas, near San Simeon, Calif., has a nice FAQ page on the Northern Elephant Seal.
I also re-read "Elephant Seals" by Carole and Phil Adams (1999) each year before my visit. You can purchase the book via the FES online shop, as well as in person at the Ano Nuevo State Park store.
If you want to see the Ano Nuevo colony, you must sign up for a docent/ranger-lead tour. You'll get up close to the seals and support a good cause. Reserve far in advance, particularly for weekend slots.
It's sealed: Or rather sea-lioned …
Sea lions bark! They have whiskers and cute little ears! They're playful! Need I say more? Oh, well the photography bit …
This was my first time out with my new telephoto lens (Canon EF 70-200 mm f/2.8L). I saved money by scrimping on the Image Stabilization feature. (It was still an expensive lens!) Thought I was being crafty, as I'd read enough reviews saying it wasn't quite necessary.
But then I bet those folks weren't bobbing on a boat, trying to photograph fidgety sea lions, who are themselves on a bouncing buoy. As you can imagine, this makes for a lot of blur. Oh well, at least a few of my shots turned out OK!
By the Bay: Sailboats and the sunset
I've been sailing on the San Francisco Bay quite a bit this year. It's amazing how quiet it can be when you switch the motor off — just the sound of the wind whipping the sails above and the water slapping the boat beneath. It seems nearly impossible that you are floating just off the shore of a major metropolitan area.
The views of the city and landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island, are phenomenal, and it's hard to tire of whiskered sea lions barking from their favorite buoys.
Still, sometimes the prettiest sights are the ones that greet you on your return. The Berkeley Marina tends to be a surprise stunner at sunset!
Photos and Poetry, Cont.: For the birds
Hummingbirds remind me of my late mother. They're small, beautiful and extremely quick — alive and abuzz with energy.
I shot this photo over the summer and have been meaning to post it ever since. It's not the most technically superb of images, but I was proud just to have snapped a clear view of one of these little birds.
Humming Bird
I can imagine, in some otherworld |
Primeval-dumb, far back |
In that most awful stillness, that only gasped and hummed, |
Humming-birds raced down the avenues. |
Before anything had a soul, |
While life was a heave of Matter, half inanimate, |
This little bit chipped off in brilliance |
And went whizzing through the slow, vast, succulent stems. |
I believe there were no flowers, then, |
In the world where the humming-bird flashed ahead of creation. |
I believe he pierced the slow vegetable veins with his long beak. |
Probably he was big |
As mosses, and little lizards, they say were once big. |
Probably he was a jabbing, terrifying monster. |
We look at him through the wrong end of the long telescope of Time, |
Luckily for us. |
—D.H. Lawrence
Off the Press: A profile of Chef Corey Lee
I interviewed and photographed Corey Lee at his restaurant Benu for the November 2011 issue of KoreAm magazine. What a treat. Set in an alleyway in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood, the restaurant, which opened in 2010, has already garnered two Michelin stars.
Here's a look at some of the pictures that didn't make it into the magazine. To read the full article, click here.
Around Town: Heron's Head Park
Heron's Head Park sits near the southeastern edge of San Francisco. You can see downtown's skyscrapers in the distance, but they truly feel worlds away. The 24-acre-park is home to salt marshes and a small ecological center with a living roof and sustainable water system. It used to be Pier 89, and remnants of its former life scatter the park grounds. But despite the hulking cranes, stacked box cars and strips of industrial landscape that sandwich it on either side, the Heron's Head has the fresh smell of California's coastland. Gulls and ducks and, of course, herons linger in the water. The winding sandy paths feel desolate and beautiful all at once.
Around Town: Noe at night
I spent last night skulking around my sleepy neighborhood. Aside from the recycling scavengers, there were few folks on the street. Cars were even rare on busy Dolores. But the views were still perfect on what was a cloudy but clear SF night.
Around Town: Martin Luther King Memorial
I am not one for too much time spent in post production. But then digital darkroom technology is awfully cool. Stitched together my very first panorama tonight. It's of the The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens in SoMa.
Portrait Practice: Self and Other
I'm taking a photography class at RayKo Photography Center. Our first assignment was to practice portraiture, using light, proximity and the surrounds to tell a story.
The first shot is for a piece I'm working on for KoreAm magazine. It's supposed to tell you something about what the person in the shot does for living … Can you guess? The next two are just me messing around at home trying to create mood. I took a self-portrait next to a sunny window, and then I dunked myself in the tub for the second shot right after. Finally, we have Freidrich the Gnome. He needed pictures of him at work and at play for his online dating profile.
More Bryan and Ro …
Here are a few from the bride and groom-to-be's favorites. Such fun shooting good friends. Can't wait for the wedding!
Flowers, flowers, happy little flowers
One of these days, I will tire of shooting flowers. But that day hasn't come yet. "Too easy!" you say. And, yes, it's true. I'm a sucker for beauty.
Around Town: At the Academy
It's hard to tire of the California Academy of Sciences, even with the throngs of children milling about … I particularly love the rainforest. Tropical weather makes me feel at home.
Turning Two (It only happens once.)
My best friend's daughter turned two this month. We were both in our hometown to celebrate. A rare treat!
Shooting kids is challenging — they move fast — but it's also so much fun. They're cute, so your pictures are cute. And, of course, Gabby is one of the cutest little girls in the world!
More than words …
My dear friends Bryan and Ro are getting married this October. We traipsed around our beloved city to shoot their engagement photos, from the Golden Gate to the Mission.
More Poetry: This time with spiders
A Noiseless Patient Spider
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
— Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass)
Flowers: The photographic pick-me-up
Shooting flowers feels a little like cheating … I mean, they're beautiful, colorful and hold perfectly still. It's hard to totally mess up. But who doesn't like a nice petal pic now and again? And it can make you feel like you're not such a crap photographer after all.
Poetry and Slugs: The search continues
I still haven't found the right "love" poem to read at my friends' wedding. Last night I stayed up a bit too late attempting to mine one of Norton's anthologies for potential candidates. Let me just say this: the modern poets weren't high on love. I may end up giving in and buying one of those 100-Best-Love/Wedding-Poems books. But for now, the search continues, and I've been inspired. Here's another great non-wedding-appropriate love poem by Margaret Atwood, whom I worship — nay, adore.
Variations on the Word Love
This is a word we use to plug
holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-
shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
like real hearts. Add lace
and you can sell
it. We insert it also in the one empty
space on the printed form
that comes with no instructions. There are whole
magazines with not much in them
but the word love, you can
rub it all over your body and you
can cook with it too. How do we know
it isn't what goes on at the cool
debaucheries of slugs under damp pieces of cardboard? As for weed-
seedlings nosing their tough snouts up
among the lettuces, they shout it.
Love! Love! sing the soldiers, raising
their glittering knives in salute.
Then there's the two
of us. This word
is far too short for us, it has only
four letters, too sparse
to fill those deep bare
vacuums between the stars
that press on us with their deafness.
It's not love we don't wish
to fall into, but that fear.
This word is not enough but it will
have to do. It's a single
vowel in this metallic
silence, a mouth that says
O again and again in wonder
and pain, a breath, a finger
grip on a cliffside. You can
hold on or let go.
—Margaret Atwood
On the Prowl for Poetry …
Two friends recently asked me to read a poem during their wedding ceremony. So I've been on the prowl for poems about love, scouring my college copy of Norton's Anthology of Modern Poetry and back issues of the New Yorker … Read this Tennessee Williams poem in the April-4 issue of the latter, and it has been hanging in my head ever since. I suppose this would be way too dark a choice for most folks on their wedding day, and so the search continues. But, despite its post-apocalyptic nature, I must say that I find "Your Blinded Hand" most beautiful.
Your Blinded Hand
Suppose that
everything that greens and grows
should blacken in one moment, flower and branch.
I think that I would find your blinded hand.
Suppose that your cry and mine were lost among numberless cries
in a city of fire when the earth is afire,
I must still believe that somehow I would find your blinded hand.
Through flames everywhere
consuming earth and air
I must believe that somehow, if only one moment were offered,
I would
find your hand.
I know as, of course, you know
the immeasurable wilderness that would exist
in the moment of fire.
But I would hear your cry and you'd hear mine and each of us
Would find
the other's hand.
We know
That it might not be so.
But for this quiet moment, if only for this
and against all reason,
let us believe, and believe in our hearts,
that somehow it would be so.
I'd hear your cry, you mine—
And each of us would find a blinded hand.
—Tennessee Williams
It's a Sign: Stay on the path
Spent five days at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, an ashram in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. It was serene, beautiful and challenging. Along with eating vegetarian food, meditating and practicing yoga, I took daily walks into the woods.
I loved the signage marking the trails. There was the red path, which led to blustery Rollins Peak, a steep outcrop that overlooked its namesake town. From the top you could curl up between rocks and gaze out over the distant snowcapped mountain range. And there was the blue path: A milder hike with a lower grade, the trail opened to a vista of a tree-filled valley. Painted rocks and cairns decorated this small shelf, where a rock wall sheltered you from the wind but not the warming rays of the Colorado sun.
There was no wrong route to take. The only thing that mattered is that you followed the signs and stayed on the path. I think that makes for some fine advice in life, as well as in hiking.
Islands in the making
While canoeing along the southern end of the Everglades this past March, I came across many little islands in the making. These islets, often in the form of one or two lonely red mangrove trees, struck me as a symbol of hope.
Despite the vast sea stretching endlessly before them, floating seed pods willed themselves into a sandbank somewhere, harnessing the powers of great tidal shifts, forming themselves a new home. In the spirit of exploration and even of the persistence of life against all odds, these lone trees turned themselves into lone islands … And where lone islands form, other life is sure to follow.
High in the treetops of narrow inlets and the tiny, well-rooted trees all around us, birds would perch and, sometimes even nest, forming silhouettes against the colors of a sky transitioning into darkness. How glorious that in five, ten or twenty years time, I may be parking my canoe on the banks of one of these "lone tree islets," now independent islands in their own rights, and spending a night under the stars.
Spring: More than a feeling
Snapped the photo above after taking a walking tour of my neighborhood with SF City Guides. I've lived in Noe Valley for less than a year, but I've been coming to visit for almost a decade and figured it was time to learn about the truth behind its many charms.
Once again, I am part of a gentrifying sweep, moving an old working-class neighborhood with an appealing low skyline into the ranks of the less affordable. This reminds me of my old Brooklyn neighborhood, Cobble Hill; so do all the cute boutiques, eateries and baby strollers.
But … It was great to have my eyes opened to all the architectural details they would normally gloss over. And now I can proudly distinguish a Stick House from a Queen Anne or an Edwardian. One sad note is that Nelly Street was once Orient Street, but they changed the name during World War II. People are silly, aren't they? But whoever Nelly was, I am sure she was happy to get her own street.
Tours by SF City Guides are free and happening all the time, all around the city (schedule). And you can catch the latest buzz about lovely Noe Valley on this fun local blog, noevalleysf.blogspot.com.
By the strength of my own arms
In this day of crowded flights and eternal commutes, it is refreshing to get somewhere by the mere strength of your limbs. Canoeing eight miles out to the barrier islands off the Florida Everglades felt like exploring another world. I couldn't help but be amazed and inspired by the fact that we managed to get four people, three days worth of food and water, and enough gear to provide clothing and shelter for us all out to these uninhabited islands without so much as a drop of gasoline.
As we paddled through increasingly choppy waves the last hour of our first day, I suddenly felt a new awe for those explorers who—before sailboats, steamships, compasses or even GPS—loaded up friends, family and supplies onto outriggers and canoes and headed deep into the wide unknown sea to find new places. They must have been incredibly brave. They also probably had amazing abs.


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NORTHERN WISCONSIN -- It was soldiers versus 'aliens' in a battlefield in Pembine Saturday. They were the two teams that participated in a showdown hosted by the Kingsford National Guard. The mission: a fun-filled day with local youth by hosting the Tri-Annual Paintball Competition.
When you've got 100,000 paintballs, a very eager crowd of competitors and five "Battle of Los Angeles" movie-based scenario missions, the stakes don't get much higher. Participants are divided into two teams and must act out the scenarios given to them, while avoiding a "kill" which happens if they're hit with a paintball in the head or torso.
"They're actually out practicing teamwork, they're practicing working together, they're practicing respecting each other," says scenario master of the event, Evan Blagec.
"Video games are pretty unrealistic; a lot of that stuff is just for the simple fact that you're just pushing a button," says Sgt. 1st Class Tim Wilkinson of the Kingsford National Guard. "This is as realistic as you can get."
About 60-70 kids competed in the free event Saturday. The National Guard also gets a chance to get into the action.
"I love to get out there and play and teach the kids maneuvers they can use," says organizer Sgt. Jeremy MacDonald of the Kingsford National Guard.
In five years, the event has grown from an idea to popular event with donations from local businesses, such as paint from Nelson Paint of Kingsford, Co2 from City Sales of Iron Mountain, and water from the local Oasis Gas Station.
The next competition will be held this fall. All events are open to participants aged 14 and older. For more information, call (906) 774-2275 and ask for SFC Wilkinson or Sgt. MacDonald.


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Huawei Honor 3X with Octa-Core Processor Flashed
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The Chinese handset maker Huawei has launched a new smartphone in China by the name Huawei Honor 3X. The new Huawei Honor 3X is facilitated with eight-core CPU and impressive 13MP rear camera. The smartphone runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS. Other details on its specs-sheet and pricing are discussed ahead in the ...1 day ago -
Huawei Honor 3C cheaper octa-core 5-inch smartphone
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The smaller and lower-end specs, of course cheaper than the Honor 3X phone, Huawei has recently unveiled another new Honor-branded Android smartphone in China. It's called the Huawei Honor 3C, which will be compete with Xiaomi's quad-core smartphone. Running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, the... Huawei Honor 3C ...1 day ago -
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Along with the launch of Huawei Honor 3X smartphone, Huawei also introduced a new Android phone with cheaper price. It is Huawei Honor 3C. It similar with what Apple have done with the iPhone 5C and 5S. The difference is, these two smartphones of Huawei are pegged for the lower middle segment.1 day ago -
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It seems Huawei won't be content to sit back and let Xiaomi get all the glory for selling low-cost, high-performance smartphones. The Chinese handset maker today announced it will start selling the Honor 3C starting on Christmas day for RMB 798 ($131) – a mere one yuan cheaper than Xiaomi's budget ...3 days ago -
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About a week and a half ago we had the opportunity to discuss about Huawei's big event that actually took place earlier today. At that time it's been revealed that the so-called Glory 4 (or Honor 4) will hit the stage, and sure enough, Huawei stuck to its schedule and has now made the device [...]3 days ago -
Huawei Honor 3X and Honor 3C Launched
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Huawei, one the rising Chinese phone brands, has just unveiled two new Android handsets in the Honor line. We know Huawei for its Ascend line of smarphones but it also has the Honor line which are cheaper than those offered in the Ascend line. Xiaomi leads the online Android smartphone market in China with its ... ...3 days ago -
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Huaweis known for its Ascend smartphones around the world, but back in late 2011, the company also started toying with a small Honor series for select budget markets. Fast forward to today, the latter sub-brand has become Huaweis platform to compete with the sudden surge of affordable online brands in China -- most ...3 days ago -
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Nigerians Led By Prof. Wole Soyinka Honor Mandela In Lagos.
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A Fireworks Display in Honor of His Majesty the King in Hua Hin
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'Hawaii Five-0′ Season 4, Episode 10: 'Ho'onani Makuakane' (Honor Thy Father)
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Huawei presents Honor 3C smartphone
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8 career paths that can be kick-started by volunteering
By vJoe 7th August 12
Volunteering is a great way to build employment skills and explore potential career paths with minimal risk.
We've said it once here before, and we'll say it again.
But don't just take our word for it.
Three-quarters of employers surveyed believe that volunteering can have a positive effect on an individual's career progression.
But where do you start?
Well, let's try and join some dots by talking through 8 career-types and considering how volunteering paves the way to them…
Campaigning and Fundraising
Raising vital funds and campaigning for change and awareness are at the heart of most charities' work. There are plenty of ways to contribute, from street fundraising, to assisting at major events or promoting a charity's cause at some of the biggest UK festivals.
PR and Marketing
A lot of organisations are on the look-out for an extra pairs of hands to assist with promotion and Communications. Whether it's helping with design and distribution of promo materials, getting local press coverage, or acting as a social media champion, there are loads of ways to get hands-on experience.
Digital and IT
Bit of a tech whizz? Digital and IT-related careers are literally, the future, with plenty of organisations in need of young people willing to offer their know-how to set up websites or develop fun and innovative apps. Why not use volunteering to get ahead of the game?
Working with children and young people
Aiding young people's development is a truly worthwhile career choice. There are so many great volunteering opportunities, such as peer mentoring and assisting in classrooms, which can be the perfect lead-in to careers such as teaching, counselling, social care or wider specialist areas of youth work.
Arts and performance
There loads of opportunities out there for fledgling artists, writers, musicians, performers and film-makers to build their experience, confidence and audience to help set them up for a career in the creative arts. What are you waiting for, follow your dream!
Business and administration
With job opportunities at a premium volunteering can, if nothing else, be a solid foundation on which to build core business and administration skills. Offering general office support may just pay-off when as a result, your newly strengthened, more versatile CV gets you a foot in the door with a desirable organisation.
Event organising
Fancy putting your project management and organisation skills to the test? Plenty of organisations, especially during the summer, recruit volunteers to assist with the planning and co-ordination of events. If you're a real people person who enjoys seeing a project through from start to finish, opportunities like these could really enhance your prospects.
Sports and leisure
If sport is your thing (or Olympic fever has taken hold), there are so many different ways you can channel your passion to build up valuable skills and help others at the same time. From giving your time as a local community coach, to teaching sports overseas, to assisting at sports events, there are loads of opportunities to get involved and get sporty.
Well, there you have it. Hopefully these have provided you with a bit of food for thought when you're next browsing our volunteering opportunities.
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This album was a permanent fixture in my first car (as a tape, of course), and I never tired of the sheer energy that was on 'High and Dry' - in fact, I only wished that other bands would follow suit! 'Let it Go' and 'Another Hit and Run' still make me long for that kind of stuff today. (...) This CD was good old 'feeling good' rock and roll with a heavy induction of pep and guitars by the Lep.
Lep fans - this is a MUST - for all others, you must check this out keeping in mind that this is good old 70's hard rock, not the Lep stuff that followed...
"High 'N' Dry" isn't quite as polished as Lep's later stuff. There's fewer synths, and the production's not as strong. Once you hear it, you'll quickly realize that this is a good thing. It lays the raw power of Def Leppard bare, and the listener quickly notices that these guys are even more capable than "Pyromania" and "Hysteria" would indicate.
There simply isn't a bad or even a mediocre song on this album. No filler here for sure. Any one of the tracks on "High 'N' Dry" would justify the price of the CD. "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" set the standard for power ballads, and in my opinion has yet to be topped by anybody. The title track, "Let It Go," "Another Hit And Run," "You Got Me Running," and "Lady Strange," however, show that there is a lot more to "High 'N' Dry" than "Heartbreak." These songs rock like nobody's business. It's a real shame that Joe Elliot and the guys have pretty much disowned this album except for "Heartbreak". If they were to make a new album that even came close to "High 'N' Dry," they'd attract a whole new generation of fans in short order.
The CD and later LP versions add two bonus tracks, a remix of "Heartbreak" and "Me And My Wine," that weren't on the original LP release in 1981. The original "Heartbreak" is the better of the two, but the remix and "Me And My Wine" are still a plus.
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Toronto is one of the most livable cities in the world, with many families residing downtown and plenty of activities to keep them busy.
Always check what's on at the Harbourfront Centre, a cultural complex with shows and workshops for ages 1 to 100. On any given day you could find a circus, clown school, musicians, juggling, storytelling, or acrobat shows. Even fearless kids' (and adults') eyes bulge at the 1,465-foot glass-elevator ride up the side of the CN Tower, and once they stand on the glass floor, their minds are officially blown. If you're about done with hoofing it, buckle up for a land-to-water excursion on an amphibious bus with Toronto Hippo Tours.
Kids won't realize they're getting schooled at the ROM, with its Bat Cave and dinosaur skeletons, and the Ontario Science Centre, with interactive exhibits exploring the brain, technology, and outer space. Not far from the Science Centre, the well-designed Toronto Zoo is home to giraffes, polar bears, and gorillas. Less exotic animals hang at Riverdale Farm, in Cabbagetown: get nose-to-nose with sheep, cows, and pigs.
Spending a few hours on the Toronto Islands is a good way to decompress. At the Centreville amusement park and petting zoo, geared to the under-seven set, pile the whole family into a surrey to pedal along the boardwalk, or lounge at the beach (warning: Hanlan's Point Beach is clothing-optional). The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), aka "the Ex," is a huge summer fair downtown with carnival rides, games, food, puppet shows, a daily parade, and horse, dog, and cat shows. Kids can also pet and feed horses at the horse barn or tend to chickens and milk a cow on the "farm." The waterfront Ontario Place amusement park has toddler-to-teen-appropriate rides, waterslides, pedal boats, shows, and an IMAX theater. But the mother of all amusement parks is a half-hour drive north of the city at Canada's Wonderland, home of Canada's biggest and fastest roller coaster. In winter, ice skating at the Harbourfront Centre is the quintessential family activity.
Young sports fans might appreciate seeing a Blue Jays (baseball), Maple Leafs (hockey), Raptors (basketball), or Toronto FC (soccer) game. To take on Wayne Gretzky in a virtual game and see the original Stanley Cup, head to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Intelligent productions at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People don't condescend to kids and teens, and many are just as entertaining for adults. The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children takes place in April, with films for ages 3 to 16. Teens and tweens who aren't tuckered out after dark might get a kick out of a retro double feature at the Polson Pier Drive-In, right downtown.
For the latest on upcoming shows and events, plus an overwhelming directory of stores and services, go to the Web site Toronto4Kids (www.toronto4kids.com).
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How Apple's new smartphone wasn't quite what low-end consumers had in mind.
Apple may need to apply ice to that burn.
Billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn took a big $1 billon stake on Apple. He may end up winning even if he fails to get the company to increase its dividend or share buyback program.
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Most of Facebook's new users come from emerging markets and don't generate as much money for the social network. As a result, Facebook has to find ways to make more money off its current users.
Earnings, revenue, and key product sales all came about in line with analyst estimates.
Because she WILL call you out. "You gotta seize this moment, baby!"
By Samsung. Via Iceland. Directed by Fellini. Starring four ninjas, and a goat.
Plus the iPhone that exploded a breast implant, the baby-naming trend inspired by Game of Thrones, and celeb couples who manage to be even cuter off-screen than on.
Magna Carta Holy Fail.
Apple's "Mr. Fix It" is back in the news, this time for comments on Apple raising e-book prices.
Apple has a new version of its iPhone operating system. Basically every element from former SVP Scott Forstall is gone.
Apple's "iRadio" service may be finally coming out next week. But instead of offering it as another iTunes service, maybe Apple is better off letting developers build it into an app.
A lesson on how to take life with a positive attitude.
Cook opened the door to the possibility of third-party developers getting their hands on the iPhone's features. This is a pretty big shift in the company's typical tenor.
You are what you tweet. And like. And… um… LinkedIn.
These people looked into the future…and got it completely wrong.
Apple without a new product is like the Stones without a tour, reliant on an aging back catalog of old hits. But maybe CEO Tim Cook has a few of Mick Jagger's moves up his sleeve.
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The Teacher Education Program at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara has named its 2008 Vivian Guerrier Hope Fellows: Clint Dawson, Yolanda Perez, Jorge Vilchez, and Adam Weiss. The four current student teacher candidates will receive awards of $750 each.
The Hope Scholarships honor Vivian Guerrier, who passed away in 2007 after more than a decade of service to the GGSE and Credential students. This annual scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate the sense of personal courage and hope that Vivian Guerrier embodied as a stalwart member of the Gevirtz School community.
Tine Sloan, Acting Director of the Teacher Education Program, says, "I read many scholarship applications but the stories these candidates submitted left me with an overwhelming sense that I was privy to something larger. All of them told humbling stories of courage and of building strength from adversity, and from that strength they generated hope for themselves and for the students they wish to serve. I am thankful the Hope Scholarship is investing in them because I have no doubt these individuals will change the world."
[The fellowship recipients are available for interviews;
contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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TreeDraw 4.0.1
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Type: Shareware | Releases: Jan 09, 2012 | ||||
Cost: $29.99US | Developer: SpanSoft | ||||
Now it's easy to produce high quality family tree drop-line charts from existing data stored in Kith and Kin Pro V3 or other GEDCOM-capable genealogy programs. Once imported you can rearrange your chart, add pictures, graphics and extra text, combine multiple trees in the same chart. Options allow you to control which data to import and how it is laid out. |
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TreeDraw Viewer 4.0.1
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Type: Freeware | Releases: Jan 09, 2012 | ||||
Cost: $0.00US | Developer: SpanSoft | ||||
TreeDraw Viewer is a freeware utility for displaying and printing genealogy chart files created with TreeDraw V2 or later. It works with TreeDraw charts (.tdr files) created with TreeDraw Standard Edition or TreeDraw Legacy Edition. TreeDraw itself is a graphics utility for producing high quality family tree charts from Kith and Kin Pro V2 databases or from GEDCOM-capable genealogy programs. |
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Kith and Kin Pro 3.1.3
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Type: Shareware | Releases: Aug 08, 2011 | ||||
Cost: $55.00US | Developer: SpanSoft | ||||
Excellent genealogy program for storing all your family tree information. See your family tree laid out on the screen and access the data directly. Features user-defined fields, Web page generation, powerful searches, age calculator, source recording, international settings, timeline, pictures. Imports and exports GEDCOM files for data transfer to other programs. Many report options including descendant/ancestral charts and family/person details. |
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Type: Freeware | Releases: Mar 01, 2011 | ||||
Cost: $0.00US | Developer: Dirk Boettcher | ||||
Ahnenblatt is a free and easy-to-use genealogy software for Windows. It is designed to manage your genealogy data and to generate impressive reports and graphical trees. Many import and export features make it easy to share data with others (GEDCOM, HTML, and more). Ahnenblatt is available in several languages (English, German, French, Spanish and more). |
file size: 4503k | Keywords: ancestors, Genealogy, babes, software, Explorer |
The Complete Genealogy Builder 2010
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Type: Shareware | Releases: Sep 14, 2010 | ||||
Cost: $34.95US | Developer: Nigel Bufton Software | ||||
The Complete Genealogy Builder is a GEDCOM standard-compliant genealogy data management product, supporting the full repertoire of available data types. Whether you are starting from scratch, or wish to transfer you existing data to The Complete Genealogy Builder, you will enjoy a rich user-interface with maximum navigability and ease of adding information via a logical cascading forms structure. |
file size: 6275k | Keywords: Ancestry, family, database, c++builder, program |
Family Tree Software 2.4
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Type: Freeware | Releases: Feb 03, 2010 | ||||
Cost: $0.00US | Developer: Family Tree Software | ||||
Family tree software will make building your family tree fun and easy and it looks cool too when its finished too. Don't try and create a family tree with pen and paper as it will take way too long. Use family tree software to make the job fun! Even if you've already started building your family tree manually - you can finish the job using some nifty software and create a professional looking family tree. |
file size: 5197k | Keywords: Family tree software, tree, family tree builder |
Best Genealogy Software 1.1
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.ancestryshop.co.uk | ||
Type: Freeware | Releases: Jan 16, 2010 | ||||
Cost: $0.00US | Developer: Best Genealogy Software | ||||
Genealogy satisfies the interest of those having an interest in knowing more about their past and history. Compiling a family tree that shows much of one's lineage and ancestors' private info,eg birth dates, marriages, youngsters, and all kinds of other types of data could be a wonderful hobby to take on, and it is highly regarded as a hobby. In order to get the info for a family history record, you'll need to do extensive research. |
file size: 5197k | Keywords: family tree, ancestry, family history, family history search, family tree |
HuMo-gen(PHP) 3.2
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Type: Freeware | Releases: Sep 08, 2009 | ||||
Cost: $0.00US | Developer: HuMo-gen(PHP) | ||||
HuMo-gen(PHP) is a free and open-source Gedcom-to-Website genealogy program. HuMo-gen(PHP) converts Gedcom files into PHP files and creates an instant, dynamic and searchable genealogy website. The program can be easily installed by anyone with a domain and a webhost with PHP/mySQL support. No knowledge of either PHP or mySQL is required. HuMo-gen(PHP) may be installed on a local PC as well. Online manual is available on the website. |
file size: 205k | Keywords: family tree, tree, family history, php, free |
Relatives 2.1
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Platforms: | Homepage: http://www.genealogysoft.com | ||
Type: Shareware | Releases: Jun 07, 2009 | ||||
Cost: $34.98US | Developer: GenealogySoft | ||||
Relatives genealogical tree building software is intended for preparation and presentation of genealogic trees and storage of genealogic information in files. The distinctive features of the program arev COMPLETE support of the GEDCOM and genuine GRAPHICAL concept. The genealogic tree can be scaled for viewing at any range, from a view of the tree in its entirety to close details. |
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After many requests, I sat down and learned the St. Petersburg stitch! It does require your patience, but you will be rewarded with a beautiful stitched v-shaped necklace. It is a piece that you can put down and pick back up and work in stages! So join me as I demonstrate this fabled stitch!
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Another great beading video by Karla! She does a marvelous job at explaining the process and it is very clear and easy to understand. I only make these when I have PLENTY of time on my hands. It does take awhile to complete. However, the result is a gorgeous necklace!
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Of all the sites, written and web, consulted yours was the clearest and most informative! It allowed me to complete a level 3 necklace that I might otherwise have set aside. Thank you so much for your excellent instructions, especially starting the second side as a separate unit--then connecting to the piece already done. Most helpful.
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hi kala,thanks forthis video.i try it easy take time but it come out so nice beatiful i made black and golden with earings kala makes it very easy to follow.Thanks
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At first it seemed difficult... but, when I tried it came together perfectly! When I was done a family member saw it and loved it. I made a second one, and i want to know if I want to make it thicker do I add a seed bead to your steps?
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Hi Karla, I just wanted to say a very big thankyou for the St Petersburg St Video. I watched it over many times. Your instructions are easy to follow and the finished product is just beautiful. I produced a necklace but you can adapt this for wine glass decor, earings and even the neck of T"Shirt for adornment . You certainly are a master of your trade!Regards Alice
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I procrastinated about doing this stitch, but finally tried it tonight. It was quick and easy (after watching the videos about a dozen or so times!) and looks stunning. I used Opaque Turquoise Luster seeds with Crystal AB fire polish (to match a shirt I had). I couldn't be happier with it and look forward to making many more in different colors & sizes! Many thanks, Karla!!!!!
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Shyed away for this project for a long time. But couldn't help to try it. turned out an absolute stunning piece. And Karla, again, makes it very easy to follow. Keep it up.
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The Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI) posted an article June 22 by Sean Ryan detailing the VFW eminent domain case refused for review by the U. S. Supreme Court (see our previous post here). Mr. Ryan's article 'You can't fight city hall': VFW loses eminent domain battle outlines the history of the case - a near decade long battle waged by the VFW Post 2874 against the Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority over just compensation for the Post's valuable long-term leasehold. The article also discusses why many eminent domain attorneys believed a review of the case by the Supreme Court was warranted.
As Sean Ryan pointed out in his article, the use of the "undivided fee rule" (or "unit rule") to value a property taken by eminent domain as one unit despite multiple ownership interests is conflicting from state to state. Courts in some states have required condemning authorities to compensate leaseholders for the loss of a valuable leasehold interest, even if the total amount of just compensation paid exceeded the fair market value of the property. As the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling stands, leaseholders, such as the VFW Post 2874 with a renewable 99 year lease at $1 per year, may be denied just compensation for a valuable ownership interest simply because the property is less valuable than the lease. "[A] Supreme Court ruling on the case could have fixed the inconsistent way courts in different states have ruled when tenants own leases that can be more valuable than the building that a government has acquired."
"We're sort of shot down," said Robert Drakos, commander of Post 2874. "Our group has fought in many wars, and this is, well, you know the old expression, 'You can't fight city hall'? But we fought them to the end."
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Anyone else watch this entire concert and then hate themselves for it afterward? Hurricane Sandy may have negatively affected millions, and I'm thrilled this concert raised a ton of money for those in need, but we better get another relief concert for having to endure the natural disaster that is a topless Roger Daltrey. God that was unsightly. Speaking of things that we didn't need to see, you give Chris Martin three songs but the Stones only get two? Also, why was this thing like 85% British? I get you're going to sell more tickets and get the higher income people to tune in with this lineup, and the show was O.K., but don't say Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder are going to be "performing" if they are only onstage for 5 minutes of the entire 6-hour show. And a Nirvana reunion? Oh, Christ. Is that what that was? There is nothing worse than a band playing a song no one has heard to close a show, I don't care what band it is.
Bonus! Eddie Vedder EDDIE VEDDERING the living shit out of "Comfortably Numb" with Roger Waters. What the hell was written on his hand? I don't know, but I'd like to think it said, "If you're hoping to see more of me tonight, you won't, so shut your TV off the moment I leave the stage because The Who isn't bringing me out, those fuckers, and Roger Daltrey has something you can't un-see up his sleeve."


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Duncan Hames, MP for Chippenham - Town must have central, well-staffed post office (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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Duncan Hames, MP for Chippenham - Town must have central, well-staffed post office
12:10pm Thursday 29th August 2013 in News
Last week brought a major breakthrough in my campaign with the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership to bring regular train services back to Melksham.
I'm delighted that First have been able to secure, from Network Rail, a timetable for the new TransWilts service.
It is a goal we've been working towards for some time, which has been made possible by a grant to Wiltshire Council from the coalition government. I'm confident that, when it starts, many people will use this service and prove its worth.
It was also wonderful to hear so many stories of great GCSE and A-level results. I'd like to congratulate our local schools who have bucked the national trend by improving on last year's results and have set new records for the number of pupils achieving top grades.
Taking advantage of the good weather, I spent most of last week visiting towns and villages around our part of Wiltshire, talking to residents about how we can build a stronger economy in a fairer society, enabling everyone to get on in life. I knocked on doors in Staverton, Cepen Park, Chippenham, Paxcroft Mead, Upper Westwood, Neston and Melksham, listening as local people told me about the issues that are most important to them.
A public meeting in Melksham aired concerns from staff, their union and residents, about the future of the town's post office in Church Street. For my part, I have told Post Office management I am determined that we should have a post office in Melksham town centre that is sufficiently well-staffed to continue to provide the services that local people rely on.
From Tuesday, you'll be able to have your say on changes to Wiltshire Council's core strategy. The latest round of the consultation will run until October 9 and you can participate by visiting http://www.wiltshire. gov.uk/wiltshirecorestrategy examination Perhaps the most significant moment of my last week will turn out to be watching the BBC's Jeremy Bowen's harrowing reports of what appears to be a chemical attack on civilian-populated areas in Syria. Clearly, crimes against humanity such as this are beyond the pale. Less obvious is how best the international community should respond.
My next surgeries are at the Paxcroft Mead Community Centre, on Saturday, between 9am and 10.30am and at Melksham Town Hall on September 7 between 10am and 11.30am.
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