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Mahastee Mehdizadeh has been referred to as the "Stop Sabotaging Expert". She helps you overcome blocks, fears, negative thinking, and sabotaging behaviors so you can set healthy boundaries, be your true self, find your passion, and create the life you want successfully! Mahastee is a Licensed Psychotherapist/Clinical Hypnotherapist/Co-Founder of Forward Life. Mahastee uses a combination of powerful tools including psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, N.L.P, muscle-testing, coaching etc based on client's issues and preference, creating positive and powerful results. Mahastee provides individual, couples, family, phone/ skype sessions. Mahastee also teaches classes and workshops in self-discovery, self-growth, and success. Her offices are located in Lake Forest, and Signal Hill, CA.
1. What seems to be the biggest obstacle for clients in therapy?
I feel that people's difficulty in saying no and setting healthy boundaries is one of the biggest obstacles that people face. It can make it more difficult in therapy because some people may not be willing to change that because they feel that they are selfish or bad if they do set boundaries, or cause any waves in the family system, and society. Another big obstacle people are facing today is that many especially women in their 40's are going through existential crisis. There is more and more focus on immediate gratification, and materialism that people end up constantly doing meaningless things to distract themselves from the feeling of boredom. This increases the sense of apathy, and addictive, obsessive, sabotaging behaviors. Many people think that they are going through depression, when they are just in apathy because they don't have any sense of purpose or meaning in their lives. I don't really have issues with my clients, as I can sense from the beginning if they are people that are willing to change and grow. But again there are those that come in expecting immediate results from their anxiety, but want the therapist to do the work for them, as if they are magicians, especially if that therapist also does hypnosis. I let my clients know from the beginning that I provide the tools to help them, but the amount of their success is based on their own willingness and effort.
2. What's the best advice you can offer to readers on leading a meaningful life?
The best advice in regards to having meaning in life would be what I learned from studying Victor Frankel, and his book, "Man's Search For Meaning." The belief that freedom, and responsibility are two sides of a coin. If you want more freedom, you need to have more responsibility. Therefore getting outside of ourselves and helping others allows us to be in a state of love. In this state, we appreciate what we have, and who we are. There is a sense of freedom, and this will increase our level of consciousness. By being in a higher level of consciousness we are more compassionate, and understanding. By being outside of ourselves (our egos), and in our spirit, we more easily overcome the anxiety, and fears. By being in the power of a positive state, we have a sense of meaning in life, and can more clearly see our purpose.
3. If there's one thing you wished your clients or patients knew about treatment or mental illness, what would it be?
That the only thing we can control in our lives is our own reactions, and behaviors. If we can stop feeling as victims, become more aware of ourselves, take responsibility for our behaviors, accept ourselves, and try to take the situation no matter how bad it is as a lesson that would be so amazing. It is hard but once we look at the situation and appreciate it for being there, we are no longer attached to being a victim, and therefore become more peaceful and free.
4. What techniques work best for mental healing?
I use a variety of modalities in my work. It matters by also what the client is comfortable with. I believe hypnotherapy, and subconscious release work is extremely powerful. I also educate clients about the Enneagram personality types, along with other relationship styles, allowing my clients to have a stronger sense of self, and understand who they are. They will focus on becoming a more healthy and enhanced version of themselves rather than try to be something else. Sometimes we need to go beyond just the mind, and help clients connect with their spirit. I do imagery work with my clients; I also bring in meaning and spirituality by integrating works of Dr. Victor Frankel, Dr. David R. Hawkins, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Abraham Hicks, which are very powerful in healing in my sessions. I also teach workshops, and classes in muscle-testing, self-hypnosis, vision boarding, understanding the Enneagram, and have groups that brings in a experiential dynamic that is powerful in itself.
5. Tell us a little about the evolution in the field of mental wellness.
The advances of neuroscience such as Brain Spects have provided support to therapists' experiences, and conclusions. Although there are elements of mindfulness being incorporated in therapy, there is still a lack of support in utilizing and recognizing hypnotherapy as a valuable tool. There is still a close-minded among the majority of therapists in regards to alternative approaches.
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"Sound and fury signifying nothing." That is how Shakespeare's Macbeth described life. That same description could be aptly applied to a bill introduced recently in the House of Representatives that purports to cure the cancerous malady that is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Six-term incumbent Utah Senator Orrin Hatch will face a primary opponent for the first time since he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976, after the Utah GOP convention narrowly failed Saturday to give him the 60 percent super-majority needed to avoid a primary. The 78-year-old Senator came up just 31 votes short of avoiding a primary, and will face former state Senator Dan Liljenquist in the primary.
The CIA wants permission to deploy drones to seek and destroy suspected terrorists regardless of the potential for collateral damage (read: innocent people who might be in the kill zone).
The aversion that normal people feel toward homosexuality may actually stem from their own repressed same-sex feelings, argues a group of U.S. and British researchers. UPI News is reporting that the researchers from the University of Rochester (New York), the University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of Essex in England conducted four separate experiments in the United States and Germany, each with an average of 160 college students, to come up with their controversial "findings."
Many parents and churches have long advocated that unwed couples avoid living together before marriage. Now even secular research has shown that it can have severe drawbacks. The New York Times chimed in on the subject April 14 with an opinion piece entitled, "The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage."
With his three wins earlier this month in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Mitt Romney all but clinched the Republican nomination for President. The political pundits promptly announced that the 2012 campaign for the White House could finally get under way.
On April 20, 1999, two all-American boys, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, born and bred in the greatest, freest, most prosperous nation on earth, perpetrated the greatest massacre in an American high school. They had intended to kill a thousand students by placing two bombs in the school cafeteria timed to go off during the height of the lunch period. They planned to sit in their cars in the parking lot, watch the building explode, and intended to kill any students who tried to flee from the inferno. But their plans went awry. The two bombs, hidden in two duffle bags, never went off, but the two teenage monsters managed to kill 12 students and a teacher.
As it has over the past 15 years, the aggressively pro-homosexual Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) rolled out its self-serving Day of Silence, supposedly meant to protest the oppression and "bullying" GLSEN insists "gay" young people face. By remaining silent the entire day, explained GLSEN's director Eliza Byard, students in high schools across the nation are "calling attention to the silencing effects of anti-LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] bullying, discrimination, and harassment present in too many schools across the country."
After agreeing to changes suggested by Governor Bob McDonnell, both houses of the state legislature of Virginia passed HB 1160, the bill sponsored (and shepherded) by Delegate Bob Marshall that prohibits state officers and agents from participating in the unconstitutional detention of citizens of the Old Dominion.
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May 30, 2012
By James L. Gattuso
America's truckers are known for their independence, often driving alone in their rigs from one end of the country to the other. Now Congress wants to give them company in the form of an electronic "big brother."
Under a provision buried in the 600-page transportation bill recently passed by the Senate, truckers large and small would have to buy and maintain "electronic on-board recorders" (EOBRs) that would document their travel time and distance.
This requirement would impose billions in new costs on truckers. Worse, this burden on the smallest of America's small businesses is unnecessary. It provides few, if any, safety benefits. When congressional conferees meet to craft a final transportation bill, they should leave this proposed federal mandate on the roadside.
EOBRs are devices that record how long a truck is in motion and the distance traveled. Typically costing about $1,500 each, they can — when combined with GPS capability — also record the location of the vehicle.
In early 2011, the federal Department of Transportation proposed expanding the rule to cover all trucks subject to hours-of-service requirements.
The proposal doesn't worry the big trucking firms much, many of which already have such devices installed in their trucks for management purposes. But it would throw sand in the gears of their smaller competitors — including hundreds of thousands of owner-operators — which are less able to absorb additional costs.
And these costs would be high, totaling more than $2 billion each year, according to an analysis by the Department of Transportation, making it one of the most expensive regulations in the regulatory pipeline.
This new burden would significantly add to the already eye-popping $46 billion in annual regulatory costs imposed since the start of the Obama administration. Overall, according to DOT, the proposed mandate would affect 500,000 firms and close to 4 million vehicles. In addition to the dollar costs of the regulation, there is also a significant potential cost in terms of privacy.
The Senate proposal requires EOBRs to have real-time tracking capability, meaning it will record where and when the truck has traveled. Mandatory recording of such information presents opportunity for abuse.
The potential benefits, by contrast, are unclear at best. Close to 70 percent of the benefits identified are paperwork savings; truckers would have to spend less time manually filling out the hours of service logs. The actual safety benefits, according to FMCSA's estimates, are only about one-third of the costs.
And even these estimates should be viewed with some skepticism. The rule would have little direct impact on safety. EOBRs do not monitor the working condition of the trucks, nor, under the proposed rules, would they necessarily be capable of monitoring speed.
Certainly, driver fatigue is a hazard. But according to the National Highway Safety Administration, driver fatigue was a factor in only 1.4 percent of fatal truck accidents in 2009.
EOBRs can and should be an option. But the cost of mandating their use outweighs the uncertain benefits of such action. Congress should dump this regulatory load.
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I'm not talking about just a spray on water repellant like you'd spray on shoes or a handbag but wonder if there is a product that can be sprayed on or maybe soaked into a cotton quilting fabric? I am making a shower curtain for my DD out of a nice weight cotton quilters fabric. Right now I'm assuming using a liner is the only answer but am wondering if there is a product that could make the actual curtain itself more water repellant? The reason I'm using the cotton is she wanted music notes and the cotton was the only fabric I could find!
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They might have something but I think the liner is the best bet.
Nikwax makes various kinds of serious waterproofers (spray-on, wash-in). My had a camp jacket that was getting kind of permeable, and at a recreational equipment store, he got advice to try the wash-in Nikwax, which he did. My, it gave the jacket such a disagreeable hand! He wound up throwing it away.
However, there are many different kinds of spray-on products out there which claim to be able to provide the major protection you're looking for. Just try googling something like 'spray-on waterproofer.' If you're wedded to the idea, it's probably only a matter of trying one product and then another until you find something acceptable. Or you could just get a liner.
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I am resurrecting this thread to see if anyone has had success with waterproofing fabric, specifically a rtw coat with a poly/cotton shell? It would probably need to be a spray on. I now live in the Pacific NW, and wow, it rains a lot.
Check with the area dry cleaners. They offer that service here, in our area.
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Hmmmm...I was looking at that scotch product, it doesn't sound that good. I will check out dry cleaners, it would be much nicer to have someone else do it, providing it is not too spendy.
You can use PUL. It is used in diaper making for keeping babies clothes dry. It has polyester on the outer side and has a laminate/coating on the inner side. It has many more uses than just cloth diapers. Joann, Hancocks carry it and so do many many websites.
I would recommend against laminating cotton fabric because it will wick even after laminating.
Hi ChristinePDX- I think the best available is water resistant spray for fabric, but it will not be waterproof. I used to live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon so used to search around for the perfect raingear to wear. The challenge for garments is that truly waterproof fabric does not breathe. It's all a continuum with Waterproof at one end and Breathability on the other (no matter what the ads claim). Some of the fabrics perform better than others at meeting somewhere in the middle. If you just need a raincoat for walking to and from house to car/bus to work, than the breathability is not as crucial as for hiking/bicycling. I always thought it was fun to have moss grow on the sidewalks during the 9 months of winter/rain.
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I disagree with these replies.
When it comes to a camera, its optics and its rangefinder assembly, there is a single point for infinity.
But there is a single point of focus at infinity, I just have turn the focus knob 1mm back to get there.
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Lions, Tigers, and Bears. Shoot to Kill? Oh my!
An estimated 48 animals escaped yesterday from a farm in Muskingum County Ohio. This is located near The Wilds, an animals reserve that I visited on Friday. The order has been placed to shoot to kill and 30-36 animals have been killed. A deep violation of ahimsa by even owning these animals? Supposedly there are even primates and others that are living in the house and whom did not escape. Who are we to confine these graceful and powerful beasts of nature?
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The onetime 'jewel of South America' is suffering the effects of leftist populism.
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Cristina Kirchner would argue that her spending and investment policies—facilitated by high global soy prices—have helped the Argentine poor. Yet those same policies have produced runaway inflation, which is much harder on low-income citizens than it is on the rich. Indeed, the Kirchner economic agenda has been disturbingly similar to the Chávez agenda. While Kirchner has not created a dictatorship (as Chávez has), she has often behaved in an authoritarian manner. For example, Kirchner has frequently bullied opposition journalists, and press freedom has deteriorated significantly under her watch. Meanwhile, she fired Argentine central bank president Martín Redrado in January 2010 after he refused to transfer $6.7 billion worth of foreign exchange reserves to help the government repay defaulted debt.
Argentina used to be hailed as "the jewel of South America." Today, it is a country in serious decline. Kirchner continues to deny that inflation poses a real economic threat, thereby weakening her (already diminished) credibility and exacerbating investor fears. Argentines deserve better political and economic leadership than they have received from the current government. Whether they get such leadership will depend on the outcome of the next national election, which is due in October.
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Appearing Wednesday at a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis found himself admitting that President Barack Obama was well aware of the strategy the Park Service was implementing to turn away veterans from open-air memorials as soon as the government shutdown went into effect:
In the video, Congressman John Mica (R-Fla.), who sits on the Oversight Committee, questions Jarvis specifically about the public outcry over his agency barricading and policing the high-visibility sites at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
MICA: Now you said you take full responsibility for that action. Is that correct?
JARVIS: That's correct.
MICA: And did you discuss this with the Secretary of the Interior, [Sally] Jewell, at any time?
JARVIS: Yes, I did.
MICA: … Then you didn't discuss it with anyone in the White House, did you?
JARVIS: Ahm, in — several times on the phone with the White House, I presented with the Secretary my decision, but there was never the reverse. There was never any [unintelligible] coming in. [Mica cuts him off.]
MICA: So you discussed with officials in the White House your action, and you also discussed it with her.
Jarvis appeared to be ready to qualify the nature of those discussions — likely in an effort to absolve the President of any culpability in concocting the "make 'em hurt" strategy — but Mica had already gotten the information he wanted and was ready to move on.


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Digital Education
Digital networks are transforming the delivery of education and the future of educational institutions. New and emerging technologies give educators the potential to revolutionize all aspects of the learning experience. The ease with which digital content can be shared has the power to obviate the scarcity of educational materials, a problem most acute in impoverished areas. Advances in telephony, Internet access, and digitization processes hold the potential to educate individuals and communities in numbers that were previously unimaginable. The same technology that facilitates distance education can also enhance the educational experiences of students in traditional educational settings. Because digital media can be created, manipulated, and transformed so easily, they not only create new areas of study, they can also change the way teachers approach traditional subjects.
Yet the information revolution has not yet transformed our approach to education in the way it has so many other aspects of our lives. There are two basic reasons: First, many communities lack access to the benefits of digitalization. They face multiple problems that include undeveloped political infrastructure, the scarcity of materials translated into local languages, lack of capital to fund educational ventures, and a deficit of educators. Reformers must address these core infrastructure roadblocks for education of any kind, digital or otherwise, to flourish. Second, national and international information regulations and policies – including telecommunications and intellectual property policies – often directly or indirectly constrain the educational process.
All stakeholders of digital education must engage in intellectual and policy work in order to change the current barriers. To this end, the ISP is spearheading the creation of a dynamic coalition to bring together key stakeholders from around the world to discuss the various obstacles that hinder the progress of digital educational activities.


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Railways' allocation increased to Rs.29,000 crore
Finance Minister P. Chidambram Monday increased the budgetary support to the railways from Rs.26,000 crore to RS.29,000 crore in the interim budget for 2014-15.
In his interim budget speech for 2014-15 presented to the Lok Sabha, Chidambaram said the government has to identify new instruments and new mechanisms to raise funds for railway projects.
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SLR with 6x6 is basically a Rollei SL66 (or one of the more recent electronic Rollei's), the Bronica or Hasselblad. In regards to repair long term, the Hasselblad is certainly a good bet (that is where I put my money!). Hassy is probably the least "macro friendly". The 120mm macro is 1:4 and I believe that adding a 32mm tube gets you to around 1:2. I stack a couple of tubes on my 150mm and find it isn't quite enough for me. The image below is the closest focus with the 2 tubes +150mm and it is about 1:4. Attachment 64066 The Bronica does have a 1:1 macro, but I'm not sure how easy they are to find. The SL66 is insanely cool....bellows focussing, lenses can be reversed, focal plane shutter....and quite a bit less common. Three good choices with different strengths.


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Gurkhas Continue Fight For Their Children To Live In UK After Losing High Court Test Case
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Author Archives: "Ryan "Squirrel" LaBar"
Alpine Bike Parks Launches ParkStart Program
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Alpine Bike Parks has been building and planning bike parks since 1999. For 2012, the company is launching a new program called ParkStart to help communities get bike parks built.
5 Minute Break: GT Factory Racing Team Launch
03.12.2012 //
Marc Beaumont and the Athertons shredding some Southern California trails on their GT mountain bikes. Film by Clay Porter.
5 Minute Break: This is Peaty – Video Series Teaser
03.09.2012 //
This web series on Steve Peat is set to kick off in April 2012.
5 Minute Break: Chromag Family Intro 2012
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Source: Chromag This is a Chromag Bikes collaborative video introducing the Family of 2012. It was produced by Ross Measures and features footage that was provided by the riders themselves. They were each asked to provide their own introductions along with riding shots. As result you can put faces to names. Each rider plays a
Dirt and Espresso
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It was snowing outside when I got the call from Cannondale; in truth, the ringing phone was a welcome break from my winter routine, which consists of scrubbing mud from my chamois, battling lung infections and coughing up things that resemble a cross between a squid and an artichoke.
5 Minute Break: Danny Hart – Hart and soul Trailer
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Trailer for Danny Hart's Hart and Soul video. Enter to win Danny Hart signed shwag and get decked out from head-to-toe in Five Ten gear! Click here to enter:
Race Face Leaks Photos of Yeti Edition SIXC Cranks
03.06.2012 //
In a cryptic, if not just confusing, email the folks at Race Face attached these photos of Yeti bikes edition, SIXC cranks: Rumor has it these are going to be super-limited edition and distributed mostly in Europe. So you might need make some noise at Race Face's Facebook page (or @RaceFace2012 on the Twitter) if
5 Minute Break: Devinci Global Racing – Preseason with Steve Smith
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Steve Smith is set to keep racing under the Devinci Global Racing flag for another season. Check this link for more info and another video on the 2012 Devinci Global Racing team.
Strength in Numbers: Andrew Shandro and René Wildhaber in Nepal
03.06.2012 //
Anthill Films traveled to Nepal in the fall of 2011 to shoot a segment for Strength in Numbers, which premieres this April. In the May issue of Bike, photographer Sterling Lorence and writer Jonathan Schramm bring us their story of Nepal's young and growing mountain bike culture: I had come to Nepal with some of
News of the Tweet: Turn This Off, Twitter Is Unhealthy
03.05.2012 //
By Seb Kemp At a conference in Montreal last week, one of the founders of Twitter, Biz Stone, likened Twitter to Ice-Cream. Let's look past his name – which is possibly the constituent parts of his first pet's name and the street he grew up on – and look at the other seemingly bonkers part
Crankbrothers Releases its Kronolog Height-Adjust Seatpost
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With its new Kronolog, Crankbrothers seems to have created the height-adjust seatpost equivalent to the perfect plate of Italian food.
North American Handmade Bike Show Highlights
03.04.2012 //
Bike magazine was on the floors of the North American Hand Made Bike Show. Here are some of the more interesting bikes and products that we saw:
Geoff Kabush Set for First Race With Scott-3Rox Racing Team
03.02.2012 //
This coming weekend will mark the competition debut of Geoff Kabush and Scott-3Rox Racing Team at the Mellow Johnny's Classic, the first race of the 2012 USA Cycling Pro XCT. The event is also a UCI Category 1 event awarding top points to participants in their ride toward the 2012 London Olympics, a goal for Kabush.
5 Minute Break: India Bike Adventure with Richie Schley, Hans Rey and Joscha Forstreuter
03.02.2012 //
Hans Rey, Richie Schley, and Joscha Forstreuter travelled to the Indian Himalayas. Their goal was to reach the mysterious Roopkund Lake, a glacial lake in the Uttarakhand region, famous for hundreds of ancient human skeletons at its bottom, and then ride down from the lake on a technical downhill–with over 3,500 meters of vertical descending–that
A Day on the Kona Satori and a Look at the Honzo
03.01.2012 //
As evidenced by my previous two "House of the Big Wheel launch" posts (here and here), it's clear that Kona has completely embraced the 29-inch wheel size.
5 Minute Break: Through Gracia's Eyes – Season 1, Episode 2
02.29.2012 //
Cédric Gracia is brash and a bit out there to say the least, but he is fast and exciting on a bike. This is the second episode of what happens when he's given a camera to shoot a POV perspective of his adventures.
News of the Tweet: Mutually Aggravated Deadlines
02.29.2012 //
I'm terribly sorry that #NOTT is late this week. I apologize to the three or four people that regularly check out this murky little corner of the internet that duplicates and pirates what is already out there. This week I was out in the desert tackling a strain of Welsh Mad Dog Disease, heavy-handed margaritas, and photographic Groundhog Day.
5 Minute Break: X-Fusion and Brian Lopes
02.28.2012 //
Brian Lopes spent day of riding and product testing X Fusion's suspension products in his hometown of Laguna Beach.
5 Minute Break: Danny MacAskill 2012 – Presented by Lezyne
02.27.2012 //
Source: Lezyne: "Profile of street trials rider Danny Macaskill. Using his new Lezyne Engineering tools, Danny Macaskill re-visits his old job, in the workshop of MacDonalds Cycles in Edinburgh Scotland and chats over his rise to success and how life has changed."
5 Minute break: Suspended Productions – ODI Trek Development Team
02.25.2012 //
Is this the future of American racing? The ODI Trek Development team has set its sights on developing young junior riders into American World Cup Champions. Lead by coaches /mentors Rich Houseman and Aaron Gwin these kids have a promising future.


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MOOSIC, Pa. – There are baseball lifers, and then there's someone like Gary DiSarcina.
In short, the 45-year-old is a man who's worn many hats since retiring 11 years go. He's enjoyed successful stints in three totally different realms with all roads leading back to the game that saw him carve out a 12-year major-league career. Thanks to experiencing life as a manager, television analyst and trusted front-office contributor, DiSarcina can speak comfortably on a number of topics.
PAWTUCKET — When the Mount St. Charles team bus rolled into the parking lot fronting Slater Park's Mike Kenny Courts on Friday afternoon, and head coach Sean McClelland stepped from it, a chorus of boos rang out from the Tolman High netters.
Most mentors would've been flabbergasted, and spoken immediately to the opposing coach about a lack of respect.
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SEEKONK Stephanie K. Zapasnik, 87, formerly of Mayfield Street passed away Thursday April 4, 2013 at a Nursing Home in Longmeadow, MA. She was the beloved wife of the late Chester Zapasnik.
Born in Central Falls she was a daughter of the late Wincenty and Zofia (Misiaszek) Strybuc.
Prior to retiring from Texas Instruments as a Calibrator Stephanie was employed as a Seamstress for many years.
Helen L. Massarotti
EAST PROVIDENCE - Helen L. Massarotti, 90, passed away Friday April 5, 2013 at her residence with her loving family at her side. She was the beloved wife of Louis Massarotti.
Born in Central Falls she was a daughter of the late Chester and Bertha (Mruk) Trzuskowski. She lived in Rumford for the past 60 years.
Before retiring in 1993 Helen was employed by the Hord Tool and Dye Co. of Pawtucket as an Inspector. Prior to that she was employed by the Premier Thread Co.
Helen was a member of Holy Cross Church Ladies Adoration Society and an avid Red Sox fan.
Maurice E. Tobin, Sr.
PAWTUCKET - Maurice E. Tobin, Sr., 95, formerly of Pawtucket, died Thursday at Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth G. (Rock) Tobin.
Mr. Tobin had been employed as a teacher for the Providence School System prior to his retirement. He was an Army Veteran of World War II and a member of the former Eugene T. Lefebvre VFW Post #1271.
Heather L. Casto
PAWTUCKET - Heather L. Casto, 18, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Born in Pawtucket, she was the beloved daughter of Keith W. and Suzanne (Pise) Casto of Pawtucket. Heather was a kind hearted gentle soul, who cherished her family and friends, loved animals and enjoyed painting. She worked as a salesperson at GameStop after graduating from Wm. Davies Career & Technical High School this past June.
Besides her loving parents, Heather leaves a sister, Nicole S. Doumato of West Palm Beach, FL; her Memere and several aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Anna B. Bricault
CUMBERLAND - Anna B. (McPhillips) Bricault, 87 of England Street, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Unit, Providence. She was the wife of Joseph "Norman" Bricault, and they had been married for the past 65 years.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine (Wilde) McPhillips She resided in Cumberland for the past 64 years, previously residing in Pawtucket.
Mrs. Bricault was employed as a Registered Nurse for the Pawtucket Memorial Hospital for 44 years, retiring in 1989.
Just one day after state officials assembled to roll out a raft of proposed school safety legislation, a lockdown at the University of Rhode Island triggered by reports of a gunman on the South Kingstown campus brought new immediacy to what has become a national conversation about guns.


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Brandt spent the war years as a journalist and organizer. He returned surreptitiously to Berlin in 1936 to reorganize the SAP resistance, then went to Spain as an observer reporting from the republican side of the civil war there. The Nazi government stripped him of German citizenship in 1938. When World War II ended, Brandt returned to Germany; among his first jobs was covering the Nuremberg trials for the Scandinavian press.
Brandt became involved in politics again once his citizenship was restored in 1948. As a pragmatic socialist who was also an anticommunist, he was elected to the German parliament in 1949 as a member of the SPD. He served as president of the senate for the City of Berlin during 1955–1957 and, in 1957, won election as mayor of Berlin. Brandt proved his mettle during the crises of 1958–1962 and especially during the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961.
The SPD subsequently put Brandt forward as its candidate for chancellor in 1961 and again in 1965. Although both campaigns were unsuccessful, Brandt became foreign minister and vice chancellor in the SPD-Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Grand Coalition government that emerged in 1966. In 1969, when the SPD led a coalition with the Free Democratic Party, Brandt became chancellor.
He quickly set about implementing the policy that would become his legacy: Ostpolitik, or eastern politics. Brandt believed that the path to German success and unity lay in reconciliation with the Soviets and with Eastern Europe. He was particularly concerned with establishing normal relations with the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), a direct contravention of the previous regime's Hallstein Doctrine. Where Adenauer and the CDU had claimed to be the sole legitimate representatives of the German nation, Brandt was willing to accommodate "two states in one nation." In the wake of the Prague Spring of 1968, moreover, he had openly renounced violence and the threat of violence as political tools in favor of mediation. To that end, he became the first chancellor of the FRG to visit the GDR when he went to Erfurt in March 1970 as part of an exchange of visits with Willi Stoph, chairman of the Council of Ministers for the GDR.
By all accounts, Brandt was received "like a rock star" in East Germany, and he moved quickly to consolidate his position. In August 1970, the FRG concluded a treaty of non-aggression with the Soviet Union, the so-called Moscow Treaty. The FRG recognized the borders of Poland and of the GDR and agreed to make no territorial claims. The Soviets, for their part, recognized that the FRG's position on unification remained unchanged but agreed to work for the normalization of the situation in Berlin. The Four-Power Agreement realizing that goal was signed in September 1971.
With the groundwork for normal relations with East Germany in place, Brandt signed a similar agreement with the Poles. In the Warsaw Treaty of December 1970, the FRG gave assurances that West Germany would accept the borders established in 1945, but Brandt's performance during the concluding visit was even more spectacular. At a ceremony commemorating the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Brandt dropped to his knees before a memorial to Jews victimized by the SS in 1943 and bowed his head in a gesture that demonstrated to many people that Germany had turned over a new leaf. In addition to being named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1970, Brandt won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1971.
Brandt's achievements were not always readily accepted in the FRG. However, a constructive no-confidence vote forced the issue in April 1972. Brandt and the SPD were returned the following November with 45 percent of the vote, and they forged ahead. In June 1973, Brandt became the first German chancellor to visit Israel, where he offered words of consolation and apology for Germany's actions during World War II. Three months later, he became the first German chancellor to address the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Brandt's term as chancellor came to an end in 1974, when his loyalty to Gunter Guillaume, an aide who was revealed to be an East German spy, caused a scandal that brought down the government. Brandt continued in politics outside of Germany following his resignation. He was involved in negotiations for peace in the Middle East at several points and worked on nonproliferation issues in a number of capacities. Brandt died in Unkel am Rhein, near Bonn, on 8 October 1992.
Timothy Dowling
Further Reading
Marshall, Barbara. Willy Brandt: A Political Biography. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997.; Pulzer, Peter G. J. German Politics, 1945–1995. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.; Sarotte, M. E. Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Detente, and Ostpolitik, 1969–1973. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.


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My family LOVES this stuffing! Its actually the only stuffing I will eat! My sister is a vegetarian so we leave out the bacon and substitute the chicken broth for vegetable broth... Makes for a great vegetarian side dish! I completely recommend!flag if inappropriate
The oyster lovers in my family like this recipe a lot. We make it every year. This Thanksgiving I left the oysters whole instead of chopped. Some folks preferred it that way, most of us liked it better with the oysters chopped as directed. I added plain pork sausage, cooked and fat drained. That was a good addition people might want to try.flag if inappropriate
Excellent oyster stuffing recipe. Our new family standard for stuffing. Using fresh herbs and making the turkey gizzard stock are critical to it' success. Enjoy!flag if inappropriate
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Excellent recipe. Very flavorful and everyone loved it. This year's bird could not be stuffed, so had to find a replacement for my usual oyster stuffing recipe - this was even better. But be careful when considering how to prepare this if you only have one oven (and the turkey is in it). Used regular white bread and added twice as many oysters.flag if inappropriate
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My Grandmother made yster stuffing for as long as I can remember - I had the family in for Thanksgiving this year and this was pretty darn close to her recipe. Even the kids ate it (not knowing it had oysters in it). One note regarding the last review, you use day old bread or dry out bread cubes iin the oven, because it allows the bread to soak up more stock and flavorings than if it was fresh bread. I will be making this stuffing again!flag if inappropriate
Excellent. My family always asks me to make the dressing for Thanksgiving as I use an old family recipe everyone loves. This year I decided to make half of the dressing with oysters and looked for a recipe, finding this one. It is VERY similiar to my old family standby except for the oysters and use of fresh herbs (I used the same ones only dried). So I decided to make the whole batch from this recipe instead of half. Everyone raved with many commenting it was better than ever (I never told them about the oyesters and not one person knew what the new "secret" ingredient was). The oysters definetly add a layer of depth but do not overpower the other flavors. I do not bake my bread cubes (dry them out just to make them moist again??? this technique was developed as a way to preserve bread for later use and unless you want the crunch for a topping or something, skip that step). I also recommend Applewood smoked bacon, again it really enhances the flavors.flag if inappropriate


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In 2004, the UK passport office rejected his application because of the Eyeborg, but he successfully appealed the decision by claiming it was part of his body and he had become a cyborg. He was supported by letters from his doctor, his friends and his college. The government eventually relented, allowing him to include the device in his passport photo.
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'The Bachelorette': Top 5 Ways To Be Inappropriate In A Foreign Country
And about 20 minutes in when Ashley has mentioned Bentley approximately 15 times, did you begin counting the Bentley's in the remaining minutes of the show?
Welcome to this season of the 'Bachelorette': Insecure Ashley And Her Love For All Things Bentley!
AOL TV has generously asked me, Lincee Ray, back to share an original top five list from various moments of the night. It is without further ado that I present to you ... the Top 5 Ways To Be Inappropriate In A Foreign Country!
1. Purchasing a gray crochet hoodie poncho thingy that resembles a fishing net made from the nimble fingers of a Thai woman in the market is a sweet gesture. However, wearing said gray crochet hoodie poncho thingy that resembles a fishing net over your skimpy purple string bikini as your evening outfit is straight up hooch. Furthermore, crotchless panties should not substitute as your skirt on date night. P.S.: Bikini tops do not a count as an appropriate top for any place but the beach. I'd be willing to bet that Fodor's Travel Guide doesn't have a section that says Thailand is blouse optional.
2. Handshake or bowing? Refer to your handbook for appropriate greeting. I'm pretty sure the little old man who gave you relationship advice had to do some sort of spiritual or ritual cleansing when you and Greek Groban shook his hand after buying the fishing net poncho from his wife of 37 years.
3. When standing in front of an orphanage, do not begin your speech by saying, "In case you don't know about the natural disaster that hit here ..." Offending the intelligence of those around you by assuming that they have not heard of the giant tsunami that swept over the majority of Asia in 2004 is in bad form. Most people in Thailand probably have heard of that particular devastation.
4. Making out "From Here To Eternity" style in the rain with JP in front of 10 other bachelors and sweaty crew members is understandable, but probably not the best use of your time. Here's hoping the adorable newly painted and muraled orphanage was not down the beach from your 10-minute act of passionate horizontal love.
5. Bringing up the imaginary relationship with that total dill hole Bentley no less than 63 times in two hours is inappropriate. However, it makes for a great drinking game, so I'm willing to give Ashley a pass this one time.
Lincee Ray works in the oil and gas business in Houston, Texas. She has been recapping The Bachelor for seven years. In her spare time she enjoys frolicking on the beach in her bikini and drinking Dr Pepper. To read her entire season seven recap, go to www.iHateGreenBeans.com.


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LINCOLN – Back on May 21, Armed Forces Day, Ed Fox couldn't believe his eyes when nearly 400 folks from all over the southern New England trekked to the Senior Center to witness the unveiling of the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The outing was held on a sunny Saturday, and an impressive list of state and military leaders took part. Fox admitted being so moved, he had to fight back tears at the event's solemn beauty.
LINCOLN – Back on May 21, Armed Forces Day, Ed Fox couldn't believe his eyes when nearly 400 folks from all over the southern New England trekked to the Senior Center to witness the unveiling of the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The outing was held on a sunny Saturday, and an impressive list of state and military leaders took part. Fox admitted being so moved, he had to fight back tears at the event's solemn beauty.
It turned out to be a dream come true for Fox, his wife, Patty, and fellow veteran and pal, Joe Buss, all of whom worked together to fund-raise for and order the magnificent black granite stone.
As weeks and months passed, however, Ed Fox became rather melancholy. The U.S. Army veteran, one who fought in the TET Offensive, often wondered, "So that's it? Now that the dedication is over, are we (as Vietnam vets) forgotten? Are we forgotten again?"
Fox uttered those words Thursday afternoon inside a conference room at The Center, just yards away from the memorial he helped make possible. He nevertheless did so with his patented smile.
Thanks to his long-time spouse, the Foxes officially announced they will host at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a "Wreaths Across America" event on Saturday, Dec. 10, at noon sharp.
At that time, veterans from every facet of the military will lay a 20-inch, green Christmas/holiday remembrance wreath in a semi-circle around the stone. The ceremony will occur at the exact same time (based on Eastern Standard Time) that other such symbols will be placed on thousands of veterans' graves at over 400 participating locations around the nation – and the globe.
"I'm looking forward to it because the wreaths will represent not only every branch of the military but also veterans of every war," Fox stated Thursday. "By conducting this ceremony, our memorial will become a single spot where veterans of all wars will be remembered, at Christmastime, for their service to their country."
Patty indicated she discovered the "Wreaths Across America" organization while she planned the May 21 fete.
"I found it on the Internet; I was just looking for information that would help us with ideas for the memorial's dedication," she noted. "They had little 'Thank You' cards on sale, so we purchased about 1,000 of them to present to veterans at our event.
"After we saw that over 400 people had signed the guest book, Ed asked me to go back on-line and find out more about 'WAA,' so I did," she continued. "We both wanted a fresher way to honor and memorialize not just Vietnam vets but all veterans, and we figured it would be especially timely during the Christmas season."
Patty learned that the "Wreaths Across America" campaign had been founded by Morrill Worcester, owner of the Worcester Wreath Co. located in Harrington, Me. As a 12-year-old boy delivering the Bangor Daily News, he won a trip to Washington, D.C., and his visit to the Arlington National Cemetery made an indelible impression on him.
According to the Web site, www.Wreathsacrossamerica.org., "In 1992, Worcester Wreath found themselves with a surplus of wreaths nearing the end of the holiday season. Remembering his boyhood experience at Arlington, Worcester realized he had an opportunity to honor our country's veterans.
"With the help of Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, arrangements were made for the wreaths to be placed at Arlington in one of the older sections of the cemetery, a section which had been receiving fewer visitors with each passing year."
A number of organizations and businesses, not to mention volunteers from the local American Legion and VFW posts, gathered with residents to decorate each wreath with traditional, hand-tied red bows. In addition, members of the Maine State Society of Washington, D.C. helped to organize the wreath-laying, and it included a special ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"The annual tribute went on quietly for several years," the story on the Web site revealed, "until 2005 … (That's) when a photo of the stones at Arlington – adorned with wreaths and covered in snow – circulated around the Internet. Suddenly, the project received national attention.
"Thousands of requests poured in from all over the country … people wanting to help with Arlington; to emulate the Arlington project at their national and state cemeteries; or to simply share their stories and thank Morrill Worcester for honoring our nation's heroes," it continued. "Unable to donate thousands of wreaths to each state, Worcester began sending seven wreaths to every state, one for each branch of the military, and for POW/MIAs."
In 2006, with the help of the Civil Air Patrol and other civic organizations, simultaneous wreath-laying ceremonies were held at over 150 locations around the country, and the Patriot Guard Riders volunteered to escort the wreaths' trip to Arlington. That started what became the annual "Veterans Honor Parade" that travels the East Coast every early December.
The following year, the Worcester family – along with vets, other groups and individuals who had helped with the annual Christmas wreath ceremony in Arlington – formed "Wreaths Across America."
It's a national non-profit, 501-(c)3 organization that would continue and expand the effort, and also support other groups throughout the land who wanted to get involved.
Its motto is simple and clear: "Remember. Honor. Teach."
Congress voted unanimously to make Dec. 13, 2008 "Wreaths Across America Day," and – now – the second Saturday of December serves as the same.
In 2010, "WAA" and the national network of volunteers laid over 200,000 memorial wreaths at 545 locations in the United States – and beyond. Ceremonies were conducted at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, not to mention Bunker Hill, Valley Forge and the sites of the Sept. 11 tragedies.
That was accomplished with the aid of 902 fund-raising groups, corporate contributions and donations of trucking, shipping and thousands of helping hands.
With all that information, Patty Fox began pulling the pieces together to formulate a like ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in October.
She asked for and received permission from Town Administrator T. Joseph Almond to hold the ceremony at The Center, then registered with the "WAA." She currently is awaiting delivery of seven wreaths to be placed on stands donated by Ed's cousin, Marie Goucher-Walkow, who works at Joe's Flower Shop in Cumberland.
"When I called Joe Almond, he was more than excited," she chuckled. "He said, 'That's excellent. This is your town, so go for it!' … I thought (what the 'WAA" was doing) was a beautiful tribute to our veterans. I also found it interesting that it offers a teaching program for schools, the Boy and Girl Scouts and similar organizations.
"They want to teach them about our veterans and the different wars. That's why they have the motto, 'Remember our veterans; Honor our veterans; Teach our children about our veterans.
"During the memorial dedication, I wanted the middle school to be involved, and we had about 15 students pass out those 'Thank You' cards from 'WAA' to the veterans who were present," she added. "In an effort to incorporate the 'teaching children' part, we'll have members of Boy Scout Troop 711 (of Lincoln) present the corresponding military branch veterans with a wreath, and they will walk together to the matching stand for the wreath-laying."
Those seven branches include the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and POW-MIA. Each wreath will have on it not only a red ribbon, but also a miniature U.S. and appropriate branch flag.
Patty mentioned this gathering in Lincoln will be somewhat different, because most ceremonies will be held at veterans' cemeteries.
A vast number of civic groups around the nation have joined with "WAA" to promote sponsored wreaths to be placed on veterans' grave sites in designated sections of participating cemeteries. Each year, the sections are rotated to eventually include all vets.
This year, it's projected that over 160,000 volunteers will take part in the campaign. WAA officials call what the Foxes are doing "a ceremonial event," she said.
"I like the fact it will be held simultaneously, regardless of time zone," offered Ed, a lifetime member of the Vietnam Veterans of America/Chapter 818. "The whole world is going to honor our veterans at the exact same second. That's pretty amazing; it obviously takes synchronization, but there's no stopping us. Not the weather, not anything. I think it's pretty cool.
"This is a chance for people, for fellow veterans and family members or friends, to just stop for a few moments around Christmas and remember our fallen veterans, and also those still living."
Patty promised she'd do everything she could to make this ceremony an annual event.
"We haven't had a whole lot of time to put this together, but we'd love to do this every year during the Christmas season. Honoring the sacrifices of our fallen and living veterans would be great, but this also is to support our active military men and women. It's just a matter of time before they'll be called veterans as well."
Ed simply noted, "Now there's a focus to this memorial again. I couldn't be happier."


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March 9, 2013
Joy Jinks, left, and Karen Kimbrel hold Swamp Gravy's 20th anniversary sign outside the Cotton Hall theater in downtown Colquitt. For two decades, Miller County residents have been sharing their sometimes tall tales that reflect the humor, music and heart of rural Southwest Georgia.
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Hey, internet! I'm not going to mince a lot of words with you tonight. Because we're about to get hard in the paint. I want to introduce to the Combat Jack's Show and Complex T.V., Waka Flocka Flame!Wacka Flocka:
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Too much, right?Wacka Flocka:
Too much, right. I ate too much, I can't handle it.Combat Jack:
You can handle it, right?Wacka Flocka:
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I'm doing a lot of fucking work! I'm going hard!Combat Jack:
Did you think you were going to be an artist?Wacka Flocka:
Hell, no!Combat Jack:
What did you want to do? I heard you that you had some hoop dreams?Wacka Flocka:
Yeah, when I was nice and bulky. .Combat Jack:
How tall are you?Wacka Flocka:
6'5.Combat Jack:
6'5? So what happened man? You go down south and you got hoop dreams. What happens?Wacka Flocka:
I don't know, I fell in love with the streets. I guess, I had no direction and I didn't have a man in my life. I had my mother, my mother worked, like, three jobs. Every time I see her, she was tired. See, you don't ever you see your mother smile, the only thing you see is her with puffy eyes and shit. Tired, yelling. You be like, "Damn." Then you would be playing ball, you got brothers. You know how it's different with our community? So you go outside and get love. You get love from your friends. So what y'all collectively as a group, decide to do, that's the fuck we were doing. Our parents couldn't do shit because this was our new family. This is the love, this is the pain, and this is how we go! You feel me? So that just dove to the streets. Once the streets gave me new shoes, gave me a name, walking into a party, they know me. You know what I'm saying?Combat Jack:
Now, "Hard in the Paint" I'm going to read a lyric to you. You said "When my little brother died, I said fuck school!"Wacka Flocka:
Yeah. That's when I went to the streets.Combat Jack:
What happened?Wacka Flocka:
I was in the seventh grade. My brother got killed by the next door neighbor. A drunk, Caucasian male at the time. He didn't get to jail because the cops in Georgia, they was like racist. I know it was but I don't blame no one for it. They let a drunk, D.U.I, man sign a paper and go. They just wanted to pay my mother off on a death. As a kid, I knew that, nobody knew it. I had to go to describe the body, on the floor with my mama. Like I watched my brother brains all over the floor. You know what I'm saying, a drunk man!Combat Jack:
How old was he?Wacka Flocka:
What? Young, ten, young. That's crazy! When I saw that, it fucked my life up. It just made me feel like everyone was going to pay. The mailman, fucking dogs, everybody. I felt like that shit possessed me. That's like I ran to the streets and said, "Fuck school, fuck basketball, all this shit don't mean nothing!"Combat Jack:
When did feeling that pain leave you when you found music?Wacka Flocka:
Yeah, I felt like I found music the pain, like that shit disappeared. Really, I can't even say that. I feel when I got shot, I got a shot by a nigga, I know just was scared. It was the other opposite of me, I knew I could just eat him because he was shaking and all that. When I was shot, I thought I was dead and closed my eyes. I was like "Fuck it, I'm going to give up." I sat around for a good two minutes, I opened my eyes and I'm still alive. I was like, "What the fuck?!"Combat Jack:
This is at the car wash?Wacka Flocka:
Yeah.Combat Jack:
So walk us through that. You're sitting in your car, getting you car washed?Wacka Flocka:
I was feeling myself, I know it. I was in the hood...Combat Jack:
You was on the bubble at the time, right?Wacka Flocka:
Yes, I had a new M-6! [Inaudible 03:59] in the backseat, who had $200, got ice everywhere, a new M-6, and $10,000 in my pocket. Scrap, my best friend, we were thugging! We were on the block, nigga's hate us!Combat Jack:
Why did you get an M-6?Wacka Flocka:
I feel like...Combat Jack:
You were stunting so hard, M-6?Wacka Flocka:
Wasn't no top! I just felt like, "Nigga, I grew up and terrorizing y'all nigga's. Fuck, y'all, and I got money to own you!" I'm too relaxed, I'm like this. Too relaxed, on the phone talking like "Yeah, what up?" Next you know, nigga opened my door, boom, in my face like this, thirty clip hanging out. Same gun we use, I was like, "Damn, this shit is in my face!" Q; Did the time slow down for you?Wacka Flocka:
Hell, no! It was a straight move, ace up. [Inaudible 04:44] a joke, thinking it's one of my friends.'m like "Who the fuck would [inaudible 04:48] I stepped out of the car, he gave me the opportunity to get out the car.Combat Jack:
To take your shit off, or what?Wacka Flocka:
No, I don't know. I'm like "What?" So I turn my legs around, the nigga back up. I'm fixing to kill him, gain some stripes, this shit gangsta! I was thinking stupid; I didn't kill him though so I got out of the car. I knew one of my roley was kind of messed up, so it's hard to get off. So that was going to be the last thing I would take off. I'm going to try him right there. I took my bracelet off and told him, "Here, man, take this shit!" I gave him my chain, stalled with the chain though. I was acting scared and he was acting scared too, grabbed me like oh, I'm going to get him. So when I was going to give him my watch, he reached for my watch I reached for his gun, and I tried to swing. He dipped back and shot me. Bloom. I still had my watch, I still have my money I was just shot. He just booked off.Combat Jack:
Shot you in the arm, right?Wacka Flocka:
Shot right there, just went through up there, ricocheted through here and came out my back.Combat Jack:
What's going on through your mind when you got shot?Wacka Flocka:
Fuck, I'm dead. You know what the honest to God truth? This shit sound lame, first thing I thought about is If I die, I want everyone to know the real story. I'm not going out like a coward. I feel like it was God like, "Look, I gave you this rap. Everything you did in your life, give that shit up. This is your opportunity right now." I woke up out the hospital, like that's the ideas I had. The first time in my life, for a whole year in a half, [inaudible 06:16] until that time, I never got to just fall asleep for eight hours, I never just chilled for a whole day with nobody around me. Every day it was something new and doing something. Smoking, drinking, whatever, popping pills, whatever. Just running!Combat Jack:
Just running. I remember that you thanked this person cause he helped you...Wacka Flocka:
Yeah, I thank him! He made me sharper. I'm like "You don't even know what kind of guy you created", you know what I mean?Combat Jack:
Did this guy ever caught?Wacka Flocka:
Yeah, he went to jail. Not for that though, I'll never tell the police, "oh you know who it is." Man, I got shot by a bee. A bee shot me!" You know what I mean? He made comments to nigga's he's locked up, he's like "Man, that's Wacka, I wouldn't play. You know what I mean? Like, if I knew it was him I wouldn't of did it!Combat Jack:
So he didn't know it was you when he ran up on you?Wacka Flocka:
No. Hell, no.Combat Jack:
That's crazy! Did you ever have an opportunity to speak to this cat?Wacka Flocka:
Hell, no, I won't talk to him!Combat Jack:
What would you say to him?Wacka Flocka:
I don't want to talk...I don't even know who he is. I told you I got shot by a bee. They locked a bumblebee up! I don't know.
This week Waka Flocka Flame visits The Combat Jack Show. In the first episode, Waka talks about getting shot and how he gave up his hoop dreams and wound up becoming a rapper.


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Srijeet Mukherjee's 'Bakita Baktigoto' premiered
The premiere of director Srijeet Mukherjee's latest Bengali flick 'Bakita Baktigoto' was held here at the Priya cinemas on Friday.
The cast and crew members were present to commemorate the film's release and made a stage appearance to give a brief overview of the movie.
Conceptually the film follows an off-beat rhythm as it continues to unfold yet fold itself to the mystery within.
The documentary that Ritwick Chakraborty, as the protagonist in the movie, makes on his own experiences with love and the remote village Mohini, sounds a familiar story until we find ourselves equally enchanted by the folk spirit along with the characters in the film.
The story has been put in a one way track with realism and fantasy that goes side by side.
Srijeet Mukherjee said, "The efforts are precious and substantial part of a film and I hope it will be paid-off after audience watch the film."
"The film I got connected to through 'Bakita Baktigoto' was an entirely out of box film in my career. Therefore there lies the expectation that how did I justify my character and dealt with the upheavals" said actor Ritwick.
"The mystery that remains untold must be unfolded in an audience's imagination. Find it out," he added.
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The golden band was clearly visible as the on-off couple attended a charity gala in Berlin
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While there's been no confirmation of a wedding, a German newspaper is claiming Leo went down on one knee during Valentine's Day
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With reports circulating of Simon Cowell and Nicole Richie getting engaged to their partners. Have Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli joined the betrothed club too?
The on-off couple, who largely conduct their relationship out of the spotlight, enjoyed a rare red carpet night out at the Berlin Film Festival.
And drawing glances was the golden ring on the Israeli model's engagement finger.
While there's been no confirmation from the couple about future nuptials, a German newspaper is reporting that Leo went down on one knee during Valentine's Day at Berlin's Rome Hotel.
Bar and Leo split last summer amidst reports he wasn't ready to settle down. But if the engagement news is true, the 35-year-old actor has apparently had a change of heart.
Joining the couple at the Cinema for Peace charity gala this week was Leo's German mother Irmelin, who is said to have urged her son to ask for his girlfriend's hand.
A source told Bild newspaper: "She previously urged him to marry Gisele Bundchen without success. Now she said to him, 'Don't make the same mistake a second time!'."
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Although I'm no longer an editor here at Above the Law (*tear*), you know my byline occasionally still pops up to bring you news of lonely lawyers and goings-on in the world of privacy. This week, I asked Elie and Lat if they were interested in a lawsuit against a computer rental store accused of spying on its customers via webcam. (Most shocking aspect to me: People actually rent laptops?) Or the recent reminder from the Seventh Circuit that looking at porn at work — even if just for 67 seconds — can get you fired (at least he got the job done quickly).
Instead, Elie saw that I'd recently written about WikiLeaks founder (and dancer extraordinaire) Julian Assange — who's still kicking it in England — calling Facebook "the most appalling spying machine ever invented." Elie asked, how is that guy not in a jail in Sweden by now? And why have no major banks bitten the WikiLeaks bullet since we last heard from the white-haired wonder?
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A British judge did indeed rule against Julian "I'm wearing you" Assange in February, ordering that he be extradited to Sweden to face rape charges. (In case you're not as intimately familiar with Assange's sexual assault charges as am I, that's how he allegedly responded to a condom-insisting partner who woke up mid-intercourse and asked if he "was wearing anything.")
Assange is appealing that extradition ruling, and has a hearing set for early July. That means Assange is free to lounge around in a mansion in Eastern England, say mean things about Facebook, and keep overseeing big WikiLeaks document dumps. (And I think we all know who newly-royal in-law Pippa Middleton can blame for leaking this kind-of-sexy pic.)
But what about that whole "taking down a bank thing"? What happened with that? Apparently, Assange's lip service was greater than his leak. "A snore," suggested Reuters.
In lieu of a dust-up with the big B of A, Assange is turning his ire on the social network that we all know and love, and love to hate: Facebook. Calling it an "an appalling spying machine," Assange said in an interview with Russia Today: "Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations, their communications with each other, and their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence."
Despite what the Onion News Network might have you believe, Zuckerberg is in this for the bling, not to help hunt down OBL. Facebook was none too happy about being called the C.I.A.'s lapdog…
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A federal appeals court panel has found that irrigators along Nebraska's Niobrara River did not have their rights violated when the state ordered them to shut off their pumps in 2007.
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A joint vulnerability assessment carried out in February-March 2014 in North Kivu indicated that 64% of households in resettlement camps and sites are vulnerable to food insecurity. Vulnerability to food insecurity in the camps and resettlement sites is generally driven by extreme poverty which also affects 95% of the population in DRC.
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Event Summary
Adonix (www.adonix.com), a privately held French enterprise applications provider for mid-sized manufacturing and distribution companies, has recently unveiled its significantly enhanced latest product release. Adonix X3 Version 1.3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite has reportedly been completely rebuilt to give users Internet access to system functions, eliminating the need for costly, complex installation of a client interface. In other words, the company joins the "no code on the client" mantra proponents. The new version also enables companies to extend Adonix X3 business transaction and inquiry functions to their Web sites, making it easy to connect to customers, trading exchanges, and key business partners. Adonix Xtend uses industry standard middleware, eXtended Markup Language (XML) technologies, and Adonix APIs (application programming interfaces) to create the connection.
Adonix has also broadened the scope of its traditional back-office enterprise applications -- manufacturing, distribution and accounting -- by integrating front-office applications, including CRM, customer service, and product configuration into Adonix X3. New CRM functions help customers manage sales opportunities, sales contacts, and marketing campaigns. New customer service features are the ability to track repair parts, manage service calls, and maintain a knowledge repository to assist help desk personnel resolve customer issues. The Product Configuration module features a rules-based engine that allows building customized products to match customer's exacting requirements.
Adonix believes that its product offering exhibits superior features and capabilities than most of its peer mid-market competitors' products, particularly in terms of scalability, flexibility/configuration, multi-national capabilities, multi-site capabilities, and the support for many platforms (UNIX and Windows NT/2000, using Microsoft SQL, IBM DB2, and Oracle databases, both through the Windows- and browser-based client).
This is Part 1 of a two-part Event Note. This part discusses the Market Impact of Adonix's recent announcement and contains background information on the company.
Part 2 continues the Market Impact and makes User Recommendations.
Background Information
Privately held Adonix, based in Paris, France and with its US headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, while not a well-known mid-market vendor globally, seems to be poised to change that situation in the near future. While the ERP market suffered generally throughout a dismal last few years, Adonix too felt a pinch of flat revenues but remained profitable. This was a notable feat, especially when the assimilation of acquisitions and an ambitious product development effort are combined with the difficult sales situation. The company continues to pour more than 20% of its revenue into product development. After biting the bullet a few years ago and committing a substantial investment in basically rewriting its flagship Adonix X3 ERP offering to make it both Web native and a Web Services amenable solution (XML and Java compliant), Adonix seems to be weathering the present down economy as well.
Contrary to most peer vendors, which started their ERP applications in the manufacturing space, Adonix first established a strong presence and functionality in the distribution/logistics field. Having mastered the idiosyncrasies of French business requirements in distribution, administrative and accounting procedures, the company has remained the local market leader, despite strong competition and onslaught from international ERP vendors.
Also, in its early days, Adonix has made a conscious decision not to target a direct presence in most foreign markets, and to go for product distribution mainly through partners/value added resellers (VARs). This has often proven to be advantageous to the mid-market customers for keeping costs down, and, as selling through partners requires a higher quality of product support, and accompanying documentation. By deliberately steering clear of too ambitious expansionist policies that have hindered so many smaller software companies in the past, and by focusing on a handful of core markets, Adonix has managed to keep itself on healthy track. Also, direct and indirect channels that have already been built in targeted countries has helped the company with product translation and localization issues, which has resulted with solid multi-national and/or localization capabilities of the product.
Strategic Strengths
Nevertheless, the time has come for Adonix to expand even more internationally. Its experience gained from European organizations, its large installed base, and its recent product development strategy present a good expansion opportunity to become a significant player for midsize enterprises even outside Europe. Almost 80% of the license revenue comes from Adonix's indirect channel (150 partners in 18 countries), of which approximately 60% is from France. Although the international revenue has grown much faster than French revenue lately, the most-active region have been Southern Europe (Spain and Portugal), with a moderate success in the highly coveted US market.
The US market has been slower to warm up to Adonix's solution, which is not surprising given the number of incumbent peer solutions that are already present. Nevertheless, for US companies with small domestic and international operations, Adonix can prove to be of interest, as it is already available in five languages (English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and the sales and financial product modules have localized features. The company has had a number of successful international implementations and support for subsidiaries of larger enterprises outside France, which may help it overcome some prospects' anxiety to deal with a relatively unknown vendor.
To complement its initial solution, which focused mainly on finance/accounting and distribution for the lower-end of the mid-market, Adonix has acquired a number of companies during the last several years. The most prominent of these were Prodstar, a French MRP II (manufacturing resource planning) solution for mid-market manufacturers and their international subsidiaries, GSI Transcomm, a US provider of distribution and financial applications called TOLAS, and the Geode product from Geodis Logistics, a European warehouse management system (WMS) solution.
Adonix has been redeveloping Geode within the X3 technology and plans to sell it as a module of Adonix X3 and as a best-of-breed solution in its traditional market, the consumer product goods (CPG) vertical. Consequently, Adonix started rewriting its solution in 1997 after the Prodstar's acquisition and released the first version of Adonix X3 in 1999. Known as a product development company, Adonix has recently embarked on delivering within the X3 version 1.3 the above-mentioned integrated CRM modules, native Web extensions and a finite scheduler developed with ILOG components. The ILOG's optimization and visualization components is used to build capabilities for supporting interactive drag-and-drop scheduling, supply chain synchronization, and finite capacity scheduling.
Adonix X3
Adonix X3 is an ERP product designed for mid-size companies, with a view towards an easy installation, use, maintenance and customization/personalization. It has an impressive depth and breadth of distribution and order management functionality. Particularly powerful is its advanced pricing functionality that allows companies to create complex customized pricing formula based on a multiplicity of categories (e.g., customer, region, territory, etc.).
It is a workflow-based solution that enables enterprises to model business planning issues through, e.g., a network of tasks, resources, and inventory buffers on which strategies can be applied to optimize the interrelationships. Workflow management covers all financial and distribution processes and, from more recently, manufacturing as well. When information comes in from ancillary sources, e.g., EDI, the Internet, or SFA systems, it can be imported into a system and can trigger exception events, that can be defined based on a user's information needs.
The company plans to continue to improve and broaden the algorithms to address more industry-specific problems. The product maintains its flexibility via powerful parameterization capabilities - the parameters are user-definable, and can be linked to applications or workflows, and can be set at different organizational levels. Another attractive feature that the product offers is its native reporting and business intelligence (BI) capability, as it has built-in support for data marts for financial and logistics analysis by Executive Information System (EIS) systems. Also, the above-mentioned Adonix Xtend is the newly released storefront product and is installed in beta sites in France and the United States.
Adonix X3 had been sold to 450 clients by the end 2001, including over a dozen clients in the US. However, the combined Adonix legacy applications have over 4,000 instances, with approximately 100 in the US.
This concludes Part 1 of a two-part note on Adonix.
Part 2 will continue the discussion of Adonix and make User Recommendations.