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LA Rising -- Los Angeles, CA -- July 30th, 2011
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Yup its that time of the month again...
Anyways. LA Rising was fun as hell. I ended up calling in sick like the VERY LAST MINUTE. I ended up calling in sick and making up some bullshit excuse like 45 min before I started work. Right after I here the great news from my boss that I don't have to go in to work I hop in the shower power and darted to my friends pad(whom was buying the tickets at his pad). The best part was that my friend bought me a pit ticket and I didn't have to pay him back or anything(we go WAYYYY Back, were like brothers from another mother).
Anyways!!!! We leave around 4pm and get to the stub hub leasing office where we go get our tickets(he ordered them online but we had to go to the office to retrieve them...luckily it was right next to the show!). From there on we go find parking by the Colosseum and head to the show. Now this is where it gets great
We finally find parking, park in a lot full of Raged out, beer drinking Rage against the machine fanboys AND GIRLS(whom are all blasting the bands music in their cars). I decided to make a change of pace AND ADD SOME DIVERSITY TO THIS LOT by blasting some wu tang Clan in my car while rolling up some blunts to take into the show. I could tell alot of people were getting pissed off and not feeling the music so i turned it off
After we get a shit ton of blunts rolled up, we decided to smoke a couple before heading into the show, feeling nice and breezy E-Z like lemon Peaziez. From there on we get in line, and BOOM WERE HERE. As we get into the show we can hear rise against playing. Thankfully we missed Lauryn Hill and I have seen Immortal Technique 5 times in concert so I had really no huge intrest in seeming him again. From what I heard LAURYN HILL WAS FUCKING HORRIBLE. I'm not surprised at all. I saw her at Rock the Bells in 2010 and she was well.....
During what was left of rise against, Me and my friend proceed to smoke another 3-4 blunts to kill some time before the ALL MIGHTY RAGE hits the stage! I don't really care fore Rise against and have never really gave their shit a chance and probably never will so I cant really tell you how there performance was(plus We just had our minds set on going fuckin' ballistics for Rage).
Next Up was Muse. First of all... I will go as far as to say they did sound better than Rage, they had the better everything. Better sound, Special effect ect. It still didn't change the fact that I don't like their music and never will. But I will man up and say they did put on a really great show, at some points I thought I was having an LSD flashback because the effects were so amazing. Muse should have headlined if you ask me. They just sounded better over all than rage. I mean, hell I DONT EVEN LIKE THIS BAND, but they should have headlined. Anyways I don't really got much else to say other than that they kept my attention during all their set(were as the other bands we kind of just walked around and tried to kill time)
So now it was finally TIME
I'm not going to go into a great childesh detail on how awesome they were but I will leave a few notes.
-Some idiot who was also there for rage and ONLY RAGE...was trying to start a fire pit like a good 5 minutes before the band got out. I was like "DUDE WTF ARE YOU DOING?!?!! WAIT FOR AFTER THE BAND COMES OUT AND THEN DO IT!?!? ARE YOU FUCKIN RETARDED?". Everyone else was agreeing with me but this kid just didnt wanna listen. He was just some little asian macho man 15 year old bitch trying act all tought, anyways...he didn't listen to any of us, proceeded to start the fire LONG BEFORE THE BAND Would come out!....AND BOOM, security shows up, puts out the fire and kicks the kids ass right out of the Colosseum....and 2 seconds later Rage comes out
-During all of rages set I was going all out. I moshed like i was in a fucking Slayer show, I was having the time of my life. I must have got knocked down 40 times, but for everytime I got knocked down more and more people would pick me up CAUSE WE ALL GOT EACHOTHERS BACKS, MOTHA FUCKA
-During one of the times I got knocked the fuck down, a good amount of my hair was underneath this fools shoe, stuck to the ground. While People were trying to left me back up MY HAIR IS STILL CAUGHT UNDER THIS FOOLS BOOT!!! So as im trying to get lifted up, i keep staying on the ground cause this guy didnt notice my hair was caught under his shoe which was on the fucking floor. It was pretty fucking painfull to say the least. He eventually noticed I couldnt get picked back up since his FUCKING FOOT WAS KEEPING MY HEAD TO THE FUCKING FLOOR. Ouch...
-Some stupid ass whore was running around with a skateboard trying to pull cheap shots in the pit. I WANT TO KNOW HOW THE FUCK SHE EVEN GOT THAT SKATEBOARD IN THE COLLOSEUM? Anyways, this bitch was one dirty rotten scoundrel!! Luckily she missed me during all of rage
After a good amount of getting noticed by a lot of people in the pit, some one called in security and they showed up in our big ol' circle pit and take the skateboard from the girl and put her ass in check. During all of this, a pretty looking women in the pit KNOCKS ME THE FUCK DOWN, made me her bitch!!!..straight up, i got mah ass chewed to the floor! The Security gaurd helps me back up and this is what happens next.
Security:You ok man???! Damn, You got tossed around pretty hard by that girl!!!
Me: WELL?? WHAT CAN I SAY SIR. I LOVE GETTING TOSSED AROUND BY WOMEN!!!!
The security guard immediately starts cracking up and begins to laugh non-stop, He literally couldn't stop laughing for like five minutes....Then he gives me a high five and I go back into the pit until the set was over.
-Rage had some shitty technical difficulties which was pretty fucking Lame. They sounded great. But i feel like they could have had a much better more, louder and intense sound-over all....I think their show at Rock the bells 2007 was much better and WAY MORE BRUTAL. I know, because I went to Rock the bells 2007,
Anyways I apologize to those that had to endure my mess of a rant(bobby solo i know you're reading this
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Midfielder Makoun to miss Liverpool clash for family reasons
Jean II Makoun will miss Sunday's clash with Liverpool after returning to Cameroon to be with members of his family who were involved in a car accident.
Makoun's wife and one of his children were unhurt but are still dealing with shock from the incident.
And Villa's assistant manager Gary McAllister confirmed the 27-year-old has been allowed to sit out the final game of the campaign and return to his homeland.
The former Lyon midfielder looks set to be the only absentee for the Reds encounter, with no fresh injury concerns for the claret and blues.
"Jean has been forced to go back to Cameroon because his wife and one of his children have been involved in a car accident," said McAllister.
"They are both fine but just in a wee bit of shock. But Jean has asked for permission to go back to home which we've given him and obviously he can stay over there because the season is at an end after this weekend.
"They have been to hospital and they are fine, and there are no injuries, but they just a wee bit rattled.
"So Jean will be the only one who is missing against Liverpool and we will be picking from a full pack of players otherwise."
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The HJC-BJP combine on Sunday held a major rally in Karnal district, targeting the Congress-led government in Haryana. Less than a month ago, both the parties had held a joint rally in Sirsa.
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, shared stage with HJC chief Kuldeep Bishnoi. We need to establish Ram Rajya in Haryana. To ensure this, the Congress should not get a single Lok Sabha seat in Haryana, Swaraj appealed to the gathering.
Launching a scathing attack on the government, the BJP leaders tagreted Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the deteriorating law and order situation in Haryana. Referring to the spate of rape cases in the state, the leaders appealed to the electorate to bring a change in Haryana.
Incidentally, Hooda was also in Karnal on Sunday. He unveiled a statue of Pandit Chiranji Lal, father of Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Kuldeep Sharma, at a government college in Karnal.
After their visit in Karnal, Swaraj and Gadkari went to Sonepat and participated in a farmers agitation against land acquisition.


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Djoli Laiwanga OAM, Nawaran (Oenpelli Olive Python), (detail), 1997, acrylic on canvas, 113cm x 83cm. Courtesy The Blanasi Collection and Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation: www.djilpinarts.org.au. The Blanasi Collection is a permanent exhibition housed in the newly-established Ghunmarn Culture Centre (2007), Beswick (Wugularr) Community, 107km east of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Ghunmarn is owned and operated by the Wugularr-based Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation. This Collection was conceived in 1996 by senior Wugularr artists (including David Blanasi, Paddy Fordham-Wainbarunga, Djoli Laiwonga and Tom Kelly) to preserve and promote the South Arnhem Land culture of Wugularr, Manyallaluk and Barunga communities; in Blanasi's words, 'Reinforcing the survival of our culture, passing it on to our younger generation'. Severe flooding in 1998 decimated the collection; its surviving 37 works were luckily housed in Darwin's Museum and Art Gallery at the time of this flood.
The historic Barunga Statement forms something of a cue for this month's issue which conveys a strong seam of environmentalism. The work of eight Aboriginal artists... more >
Pamela Lofts, Country Love (detail), 1996-2006, inkjet print collage on foamcore. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Pamela Lofts.
Hari Ho, Eternity: Moment by Moment, 2003, C-type print. Courtesy the artist.
Julie Gough, Some words for change, annotated pages from a book, laminated, and pierced by teatree spears standing in a clearing in kunzia scrub. Courtesy the artist and Freycinet Experien... more >
Martin King, slowly disappearing darling (detail), 2007, sequence of drawings nos. 22-25 from a series of 100, charcoal on drafting film. Courtesy the artist and Port Jackson Press Austral... more >
Michael Goldberg, video still of luggage X-ray (from loop of 50 images), installation detail from Strong language Some violence Adult themes, 2008, Artspace, Sydney. Image courtesy the art... more >
Ric Spencer in collaboration with Lizzie Delfs and Britt Salt, Speakers' Corner, 2007, mixed media, installation view at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Courtesy the artists. Photogr... more >
Adjunct Professor Fiona Foley's On the Power and Beauty of Political Art (AMA, May 2008) raises a number of issues about political art, but the most provocative ... more >
Zhao QiuPing, Nimble Carp Towards Splendid Waves, 2004, watercolour on paper. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Adi Pande.
Jenny Coyne, Untitled, 2008, digital photograph. Model: Gosia Pilat, Min Mae's Tableaux Vivants, The Front, Canberra. Courtesy the artist: www.allyeska.com
Nell, A white bird flies in the mist, a black bird flies in the night, a woman walks, wild and free, she is not afraid to die, 2008, bronze, mother of pearl, resin, 33 individually hand-bl... more >
Rhana Devenport (Ed.)Judith Wright: Conversations Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, and the artist, 2007, 140 pages (hard bound), $59.95 rrp
Billy Pareroultja Tjungarrayi, Lake Mackay, 2008, acrylic on Belgian linen. Courtesy the artist and Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Photograph by Terry Larkin.
Jessica Geron, Bird Watching, oil on canvas, 2008. LEFT: Jessica Geron, Factitious Fictions, oil on canvas, 2008. All images courtesy the artist.
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Unions & Ohio Turnpike reported to have agreed to 3-year pay rates "freeze"
The Toledo Blade newspaper has reported that the Ohio Turnpike Commission and their major labor union have agreed to a new three-year contract that provides for a "freeze" in pay and conditions. George Distel, executive director is quoted as calling the labor contract "basically a wage freeze for three years" and "a good deal for both us and the rank and file."
Previous labor contracts have provided for annual increases in pay scales.
The first year base rate for toll collectors will continue to be $19.50/hour. The "freeze" does not change the hike in pay rates in place for service - an increase in hourly pay of about an dollar an hour each year for five years.
After five years a toll collector gets $24.41, so there is a built in annual increase over that time of around 4.4%/year.
The labor contract was negotiated by Teamsters Local 436 and supported by union members voting in large majorities to endorse it.
Ohio was the last of the major toll authorities in America to implement electronic tolling and has been giving incentive payments to toll collectors to leave voluntarily. Fulltimers have been entitled to $35k in lump-sum retirement payments, and part-timers to golden handshakes ranging between $5k and $15k.
The Turnpike website has been down all day and we weren't able to see if there is an announcement of the labor contract or to get through to anyone there, it being Sunday.
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No traction control, no fancy cranks and no need - the boss is back. Niall Mackenzie falls for Suzuki's new big GSX-R
Click to read: Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 owners reviews, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 specs and to see the Suzuki GSX-R1000 K9 image gallery.
You could be forgiven for thinking very little has changed with Suzuki's latest GSX-R 1000. After a passing glance at the NEC show, and with the R1 stealing all the media hype, I for one spent the winter assuming nothing much had changed bar some new graphics and the re-styled exhausts. But I couldn't have been more wrong – with the exception of maybe the front mudguard, this bike is all-new from the ground up. Welcome then to the 2009 GSX-R1000, the darkest of dark horses.
I'm not sure if it was intentional but Suzuki has somehow managed to build a completely new motorcycle whilst keeping the changes so subtle you could easily mistake the new bike for the K7 K8 model. I've attended launches when manufacturers have claimed "45 changes", only to reveal that forty of them were the different engine studs. Not this time – the new 1000cc GSX-R has been revised everywhere. The tank, seat, fairing, wheels, engine, exhausts, suspension, electronics and dash are all new, making it quite the revelation of 2009.
With 1000cc sportsbikes now making more power than most riders can use, manufacturers are less interested in top speed and are nowadays concentrating much more on making their bikes user-friendly and safe to ride. Yamaha claim to have achieved this with their MotoGP-inspired cross-plane crank, where as Suzuki have gone done a more conventional route by chopping 5kg off the previous model's overall weight, while also making major improvements to handling and grip.
The weight loss comes mainly from a lighter engine, chassis, suspension and wheels which, together with the 10mm shorter wheelbase to give the bike a more agile feel. The improved grip comes from a much more compact engine, which allows a longer swingarm to be fitted, in turn improving traction and boosting rider feel. Up front the new 43mm Showa big-piston forks do a good job keeping things stable at high speed, coping with bumps well and remaining planted in tighter corners. This type of fork is very lightweight but some suspension experts are already saying its method of construction may make it more susceptible to damage in the event of a crash.
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The recipient must be attending full time, be majoring in music with an emphasis in any instrument, and have a 3.5 GPA or higher. Jazz students are eligible, however they must be serious about mastering their instrument classically as well as in jazz.
Previous recipients of the Cannonball Music Scholarship may be considered for and receive the scholarship as long as they maintain the above requirements.
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Dear RVCC students:
Knowing fully the challenges that accompany the kind of cataclysmic weather—limited power and transportation options, destroyed property—and knowing these challenges may be ongoing during the remainder of the semester, RVCC has determined that it will alter the academic schedule for this semester in the interest of maximizing instructional time.
RVCC has made the following changes in its academic calendar so faculty can make alterations to their classes as necessary:
- Classes which normally meet on Wednesdays will meet for class on Wednesday, Nov. 21.
- The last day of classes will be extended to Tues., Dec. 18.
- Final exams will held from Wed., Dec. 19 through Sat., Dec. 22. Open testing centers will be available for proctored exams.
Your faculty will be the primary source of information about the updated semester work and options for final exams for each of your classes. Faculty should be sharing updated schedules/semester information with you in the next few days.
If you are a transfer student or already have verifiable conflicts in any of the extended days, please talk to your professor to make alternate arrangements for submitting and completing work as necessary. Acknowledging people will invariably have conflicts, all students, faculty and staff are asked to be as flexible as possible to make reasonable and feasible accommodations.
As classes and a sense of normalcy resume, we wish you all the best.
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These machines will start as something as pedestrian as a Yamaha SR500 and evolve into a racy, radical and edgy rendition — and, in many cases, these qualities are achieved with less not more. The café motif celebrates a minimalistic look, whether that is the stock parts left behind or the custom pieces shaped and added by the builder.
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Cal Baseball Trounced by No. 5 Stanford, 14-2
BERKELEY, Calif. - The California baseball team fell to Bay Area rival Stanford, 14-2, Friday at Evans Diamond. The Bears fall to 17-32 overall and 3-22 in conference play, while the No. 5 ranked Cardinal improve to 31-13 overall and 15-7 in league.
Stanford pounded out 16 hits, including seven home runs against six Cal pitchers, on the way to the 14-2 win. Two Cardinal players, catcher Jon Schaeffer and third baseman Josh Hochgesang, had two home runs apiece. Chris Clark, Jody Gerut and Nick Day also hit home runs for Stanford. The Cardinal scored in every inning except the sixth.
The Bears, who had 11 hits, got their two runs came on solo home runs by junior designated hitter Aaron Gordnier. Gordnier had a home run in the sixth and the eighth inning. There were a total of nine home runs hit in the game.
The winning pitcher for Stanford was junior starter Kyle Peterson (8-2), who pitched 8.0 innings with 10 hits, two runs, two walks and four strikeouts. The losing pitcher was Cal starter Drew Fischer, who went 2.7 innings with six hits, seven runs, two walks and two strikeouts.
Cal will play the second game of the three-game series Saturday, Apr. 26 at 1 p.m. at Stanford's Sunken Diamond. The third game of the series will be played Sunday, Apr. 27 at 1 p.m. at Evans Diamond.HOME RUNS:
Stanford: Jon Schaeffer, two-run homer in the first and solo home run in the eighth. Chris Clark, solo home run in the second. Jody Gerut, three-run homer in the third. Josh Hochgesang, solo home run in the fifth and solo home run in the eighth. Nick Day, solo home run in the ninth.
Cal: Aaron Gordnier, solo home run in the sixth and solo home run in the eighth.


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Hi Zimbra-people,
I'm looking at a solution for a small company which needs to restructure its IT. Zimbra is my preferred solution for them for many reasons (one of them is your Desktop solution).
But I have to urge you to begin prioritising connectors. Your competitor Open-Xchange seems to have some fairly decent SyncML. But similarly to Zimbra there is no decent Thunderbird plugin for contacts and calendars.
Funambol on the other hand has amazing sync capacity - just tried it out with my phone and synced it with thunderbird in minutes. Very nice looking Add-On too.
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My bottom-line...This is where the users are - get busy with connectors and you'll take huge market-shares. People want sync that works and all you have to do ;-) is recycle code...
Make a functioning thunderbird connector (if only contacts to begin with) and put more resources into SyncML...In the meanwhile, if your SyncML is slow...Work with funambol to get a connector working for their servers.
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Western Technical College announces student ambassador
Published on Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Gulshat Sharipova of La Crosse has been selected as the 2007-2008 Western Technical College Student Ambassador. Sharipova was chosen out of 22 candidates to serve as a spokesperson for Western and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
As Student Ambassador, Sharipova will have opportunities to speak to potential students, community leaders, community groups, and others, and will spotlight the important role of technical and occupational education to the economy and society. In addition, she will represent Western at the state level by working with other student ambassadors throughout the WTCS.
Originally from Ufa, Russia, Sharipova came to the area three years ago as an au pair for a family in Holmen, Wis. Since she did not speak English very well, she enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses at Western. After completing her courses, she began taking general education classes and showed an interest in pursuing an associate's degree in Nursing.
During the fall semester of 2006, Sharipova began taking nursing preparatory courses, including Anatomy and Physiology. Despite the rigorous curriculum, she earned a 4.0 GPA and was named to the Western Technical College President's List of High Distinction.
In addition to her academic achievements, Sharipova is the vice president of fellowship of Western's Beta Nu Chi chapter of the International Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa. As part of the society, she has been active in community projects such as Neighbor's Day, in which students visited two neighborhood homes to clean up their yards, and Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat, which was a food drive to benefit the Salvation Army. Sharipova is also personally committed to Better World Books, an organization that collects old text books and sends them to Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
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I just recently got back from a monster spotting trip to LAX. 4 mostly sunny days at one of the nation's premier gateways taking pics of damn near everything that came in. Very cool. Here's how my trip went down:
Friday March 9th:
I was supposed to fly to ONT to meet with my buddies who were flying in on jetBlue. I planned on non-revving on an evening America West flight ORD-PHX connecting to ONT. But upon checking the loads, everything was overbooked to PHX. So I decided to go out to ORD early Friday morning and see what I could get on. I got bumped off the first flight to PHX but made onto the first of the day to LAS. The flight was 724 operated by A319 N805AW. I got the last seat on the plane which fortunately for me was 11F, a window over the wing. We pushed back more or less on time, and almost got pushed into a United 737-500 that was sitting behind us (Where was the wingwalker on that one??) We taxied out and made an intersection departure on Runway 32L. Breakfast service was a hot meal consisting of a egg and cheese biscuit, with fruit salad and vanilla wafers. It was good, although small. I'm glad to HP has implemented hotmeal service in coach on their longer flights. I remeber back in the day (a couple of years ago) when you had to put up with a little sack in coach. The approach into LAS was very bumpy as weather conditions were deteriorating. Still it was fun to ride the bumps and hear the gasps of the other passengers as we hit downdrafts. We landed on runway 25R and taxied in for an on-time arrival.
I tried getting on a flight to PHX but everything was overbooked until the evening and it made my connection to for the flight I wanted to ONT iffy, so instead I hopped on the next flight to LAX. This was Flight 2104, 737-300 N331AW. This aircraft was painted in the new colors but still had the old interiors. The insides looked worn and dirty as I settled into seat 3C, the bulkhead aisle seat. I sat down next to this annoying little teenager and across an odd-looking man (whom I had to kick out of my seat). This flight had the same flight crew from my previous ORD-LAS leg on the A319. We pushed back on time and took off from what I believe is Runway 19R (the one next to the Strip). The flight was about 50 minutes long and inflight service was express-consisting of a limited amount of drinks and a bag of peanuts. We flew what seemed a very long approach into LAX which was also a bit bumpy and made a smooth landing onto Runway 24R. After waiting a long time for the door to open (and almost punching out the teenager who couldn't wait to get off the plane) I headed for the hotel to freshen up and then came back to the airport to do some spotting from inside Terminal 1.
I met up with my buddies later and we had a grand time in LAX, with a side trip to MHV to see the parked planes. Great stuff!
Alas, it was time to head back. I got dropped off at LAX and was scheduled to non-rev back on HP 729 LAX-LAS-ORD. The flight is operated by a 757 but I was surprised to see an A319 come into the gate. When I got my boarding pass, I got two seat assignments, one to LAS and one to ORD, so this was an equipment swap and I had to change planes. Oh well. The A319 was N808AW and was only booked to about 50. I got seat 4F, bulkhead window. The captain had a good sense of humor, as in his welcome message said "Someone asked me if I got a good nights rest last night. I have to tell you I'm not really a pilot but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night". This got some laughs from the pax. We pushed back on time and took off on Runway 24L behind a Northwest DC-10, TWA 757 and Skywest EMB-120. We flew out over the ocean and turned around towards LAS, overflying Palmdale and Edwards AFB. Flight time was 51 minutes so the inflight service was again express. We landed in LAS on 19R (I think) and taxied to the terminal. I then had to hike from gate B19 to A10 on the other side of the terminal.
The aircraft taking me to ORD was 757-200 N902AW, the Teamwork Coast to Coast theme plane. I got seat 5A, another bulkhead window. Although this plane was recently painted on the outside, it still had the tired old interiors. We pushed back on time and taxied out and took off on 25L and as soon the plane lifted off I knocked out and didn't wake up until it was sunrise and we were on approach to ORD. We flew East out to Lake Michigan and turned around, giving me a great view of the Chicago skyline. We made a quick approach to runway 27L and the pilot decided not to use thrust reversers, instead just powering down to idle and rolling down the runway to a stop. We quickly taxied to Gate E12 and I stumbled out into the chill of 25 degree weather-a sharp contrast to the 60 and 70 degrees I enjoyed in LA.
I have flown 22 different segments on America West in the past 2 years and have only had delays/cancellations on 4 of them, 2 of them weather related (including a bad one in CMH I wrote about here) and two mechanical. Not too bad. This trip was flawless, except maybe for the aircraft swap coming back to Chicago but that's no big deal. I am living proof that America West is not that bad of an airline LOL! Or maybe I'm just lucky.
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Home » Politics » War on Terror » Kathy Griffin Topless Stunt Backfires, Ruins New Year's Eve for Anderson Cooper and All of America
Kathy Griffin Topless Stunt Backfires, Ruins New Year's Eve for Anderson Cooper and All of America
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Author:Adam Nelson
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If you like your eyes, you may just want to click away and not watch the following video. For some reason,
Carrot Top Kathy Griffin thought that the best way to start out 2012 was to give the world a look at her ginger freckled sag cannons. Sure, plastic surgery is a common entree in the Hollywood world but you must remember that D list celebrities get saggy DD oompa jobs.
The best case scenario is that Kathy Griffin realized all the mean things she's done in the past is leading her to hell. When the headline Kathy Griffin topless comes along you should know that is hell kindling in the making, yet Griffin takes no heed. The best case scenario here is that Griffin heard Anderson Cooper is a gay and was trying to show him her freshly scuplted tomatillos but failed to realize that you cannot bribe anyone but a maggot with rotten fruit.
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lol go kathy
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So I'm assuming Carrot Top finally laid off the roids? He looks at least decent without all the insane, chemically induced muscle mass and bulging veins.
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L. N.replied:
So apparently it's a common trait of Christwire 'authors' to be unable to tell the difference between two completely different people.
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Militant Negroreplied:
Hey this is the fake LN I heard about! She has an extra dot in her name!
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I thought the responses seemed a bit Claire like.
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L. N.replied:
Except both of you morons failed to realize I put that dot there because someone used my name without the extra dot. And apparently Militant is gay.
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Dude, I'm not the fake L.N, you fucking asshole.
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If you take of your clothes down to your bra and panties and the man laughs and begs you to cover up, then as a woman you have failed.
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Bukko Canukkoreplied:
If Anderson was not afflicted with the homogayness, he would have responded appropriately by asking if anyone had a paper bag to put over Kathy Griftin's head before he did something manly to her. My biggest question is what colour were the bra and panties that Vander'sson was wearing?
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That didn't ruined my new year's eve! WIN!
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I've heard Cooper is a bit light in his Gucci loafers.
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This Kathy Griffy is no good at all – she is an avowed child hater, she abuses her elderly parents, and she spreads homosexuality to our troops overseas.
Now show is trying to expose her dangerous hollywood breasts to the impressionable young people of this country to get them to shave their pubes.
Keep far, far away from this sicko.
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Homosexuality? That contradicted what you just said. Do you just piece random words togetner to form sentences?
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Ice Van Winklereplied:
You need research this crazed woman.
She is the puppet for the gay agenda. She repeats whatever these sick perverts force her to say.
She hates Fox news and conservative values. She hates the family, and she tries to get in front of the troops every chance she can to spread the homosexuality.
As for her breasts, they are a gateway drug to get the youth under her ginger spell, but the end game is always the same – a bleeding rectum.
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A) No matter how hard you try, no one just becomes gay. You are born with an attraction to the same sex
B) There is now homogay agenda. Homogay isn't even a fucking word
C)If she hates FOX news, who can blame her. Outside of MAYBE O'Riley, it's chalk full of bullshit.
D) Doing a little comedic routine isn't going to make anyone do anything. You make it seem like all children are retards that can be forced to do anything the media commands.
Remember, lay off the cat shit
Your truly
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Fake site, idiot.
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Couldn't put more time in making that fake site look even slightly less fake Adam?
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L. N.replied:
This is Adam we're talking about here. He got some crayons and paper and drew his PhD.
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Wow. Could you at leas put in the captions to the articles? Add some personal flair to it? This certainly explains why Christwire is the ugly piece of shit that it is. Can you learn something about web design?
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The gays. Have. No. Fucking. Agenda. Please get your head out of the cat whose ass you stick your head into to get your dose of cat shit.
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Christopher Christenson
Only CNN would allow a catholic ginger and a homogay to host a New Years event. How about some people that actually represent America's Morals and Values and Traditions instead?
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Adam Nelson
OK what is your problem with using the word breasts or boobs like a normal person? Using the phrases "sag cannons", "oompa" and "tomatillos" makes you sound like an idiot.
Doubt the stunt really ruined everyone's New Year's Eve. If it did it is a bit sad you let something that insignificant spoil your night.
Yes, Anderson Cooper spent practically the entire video laughing and telling Kathy Griffin to put her clothes on. However am I the only person who recognised it as him being made incredibly nervous by her? It was a nervous laugh. Also did no one else hear Anderson Cooper say "You've got a rocking body by the way." at 0:44? He also questions how she has a figure like that even though she eats doughnuts late at night at about 1:55.
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Anderson Cooper is a suspected P90x bottom man, so is not really qualified to analyze a woman's body.
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Don't have to be straight to be tell if a member of the opposite sex might have a good body.
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August Weisz
Both these people were on celebrity Mole and ruined it for Stephen Baldwin.
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I wrote an article and will now proceed to spam it.
As my username suggests, I am a Linux user. My reason for writing this article is that I've heard many comments about Linux users "stealing code" and being "homogays." I won't even dignify the homogay comments with a response, and will, rather, help all of the Christwire readers gain a better understanding of what FLOSS (free/libre/open source software) is.
Gratis Versus Libre
"Think free as in free speech, not free beer"
Basically, this means that while the software may cost money, the user is free to edit or distribute the code. It is not stealing code as the GNU license clearly specifies what is and is not legal to do with the code.
The GNU License
What is the GNU license (general public license)?
The general public license is a free license.
The best way to describe it may be by quoting the license itself, it starts as follows:
" The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to
share and change all versions of a program–to make sure it remains free
software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the
GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to
any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply it to
your programs, too."
Linux is distributed under this license.
What is Linux, it sounds gay?
This is what you are probably thinking. I will, once again, not dignify that as a response. Linux is a kernel, the part of an operating system that interacts with the hardware. Your mouse, for instance, will most likely be compatible with Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
Linux is not an operating system, only a kernel. It was created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish software engineer.
This is him:
How can I get in on this very heterosexual software?
It's everywhere! This website is made with WordPress, which is open-source. Android, the mobile OS created by Google is Open-source and uses a modified Linux kernel, the Android kernel. (Android is licensed under GNU and Apache, both free licenses)
What are the advantages of this software?
It is statistically better than proprietary software. Closed-source, proprietary software has more bugs.
"the 2.6 Linux production kernel, shipped with software from Red Hat, Novell and other major Linux software vendors, contains 985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, well below the industry average for commercial enterprise software. Windows XP, by comparison, contains about 40 million lines of code, with new bugs found on a frequent basis."
People all over the world are working together to improve this software!
This should be reason enough to try Linux. However, if you are still not convinced to at least give it a try, here are a few advantages:
1. Security through minority (less people using Linux means less viruses)
2. Security through obscurity (Denying or allowing administrative privileges, such as installing software, to users is easy)
3. Installing from repositories (Install exactly the software you need without searching the web)
4. Customization (Fin-tune your operating system until it is exactly how you want it)
5. Improved command-line interface (When have you ever used command prompt in Windows? Linux makes it useful again)
What Linux distros (distributions) should I try?
I recommend the following for beginners:
1. Ubuntu
2. Linux Mint
3. Puppy Linux (for slow computers)
4. Fedora
5. OpenSuSe
I hope this article was helpful.
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Bruce Danusreplied:
Do you own stock in this evil Linux company or something? I will keep a tried and true Microsoft product running my computer. Thank you.
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August Weiszreplied:
Agreed. Microsoft is a name you can trust. And it has free Bing.
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KristofferView January 5, 2012
What a vile temptress. I've always hated CNN news!
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This application currently plays audio from onine stations.
Basically it has 2 main features: Play: On click of a station name or the play button, the fm station starts playing.
Record : On click of the record link, the recorders starts recording. Clicking it again, stops and replays the recorded audio.
The problem
- The streaming recording is not recording clearly. The current recorder using AVAudioRecorder though records the audio, the sound is noisy. Could it be because the streaming audio uses audioQueue while the recorder used is AVAudioRecorder which also records from microphone.We want to record only the streaming content.
Note: The AVAudioRecorder when used for voice recording is clear, but not good with recording streaming audio content.
For playing streaming audio, i used code from Mr. Matt Gallagher link is here
Can you please suggest a better way to record streaming audio. Is there an existing API like AVAudioRecorder or am I doing something wrong ?


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Here's a First Look at That CBS 'Bad Teacher' Sitcom
CBS is looking to the big screen for its next big comedy.
Bad Teacher, based on the 2011 Cameron Diaz film of the same name, stars Ari Graynor stars as Meredith Davis, the gold digger who fakes her way into a teaching job in order to find herself a husband. Naturally, her good looks and charisma have everyone eating out of the palm of her hand, from coworker Irene (Sara Gilbert) to Principal Carl Gaines (David Alan Grier). However, colleague Ginny (Kristin Davis) is immediately suspicious, and sets out to prove Meredith is a fraud. The cast also features Sara Rodier as Meredith's gawky stepdaughter Lily, and Ryan Hansen in the gym teacher role Jason Segel played in the big screen counterpart. I thought the movie was pretty good, and Ari Graynor is a solid comedic actress, so there's no reason this shouldn't be a really fun little series.
You can check out the first official image from the show below, and let us know what other big-screen comedies you think should get the sitcom treatment in the comments:
Bad Teacher premieres Thursday, April 24, at 9:30 PM on CBS.
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QUESTION: My friend has advice for me on every subject, even when I don't ask for it. How do I politely tell her that sometimes her unsolicited advice is best kept to herself?
20-40-60 Etiquette---Too much advice?
By Callie Gordon, Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Helen Ford Wallace
CALLIE'S ANSWER: Take the good advice with the bad. Clearly she cares a lot about you. I would leave it alone.
LILLIE-BETH'S ANSWER: Maybe your friend is in parenting mode — for elementary-school-age kids — and can't quite get out of the habit. Parenting thrusts us into advice-giving mode even if we weren't always that way.
I realize that's an assumption, but I know several people who are like this of various ages and in various stages of parenting, and I try not to let it bother me, even when it does. I know the people care about me, and I try to take two tactics with it — 1. Agree with them so forcefully and wholeheartedly that they have nothing else to say on the subject, so you can move on and do what works with you, or 2. Tell them that you have it covered and would appreciate it if they would stop doing it. Your friend may not even realize that she's doing it. Sometimes we all accidentally offer unsolicited advice in our areas of expertise or because we're in the habit of doing so in another area of our lives. I have to try to keep it in check sometimes, too.
HELEN'S ANSWER: Sometimes when you are talking, advice from the other person just pops out, so try to accept your friend's words graciously, or don't share topics with her if you think she might give you free, and unwanted, advice.
A wise man once told me, "don't trust anyone who tells you what to do since they really do not know what you should do," so I try my best to remember that when I start dishing out advice. I really don't know what anyone else should do and I need to listen more, talk less.
GUEST'S ANSWER: Yvette Walker, The Oklahoman Night News Director and University of Central Oklahoma Media Ethics Chair: Sometimes, people want to be of help to friends when all they really need to do is be a good listener. They don't know their "help" is really uninvited or even taxing for their friend.
You have a few choices here — one being to stop talking to this person. Assuming that isn't what you want to do, when the person begins to give advice, simply say, "I'm sorry, I don't need advice, but thank you. What I really need is your friendship, shoulder of support and for you to be a good listener."
Callie Gordon is 20-something, Lillie-Beth Brinkman is in her 40s, and social columnist Helen Ford Wallace is 60-plus. To ask an etiquette question, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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UK Immigration Law
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Was she granted a Spouse visa or Indefinite Leave to Enter? I presume if she was given a Spouse visa this was due to not having passed the KOL at that time?
If this is correct then passing the KOL means that she can apply for ILR on the basis of living overseas with a British husband for more than 4 years. Having said that, if you do wait until 2 years in the UK have passed then you avoid the potential for a careless caseworker to make an error by applying the standard 2-year rule. You would therefore need to ensure that you fully evidenced the 4-year period outside the UK and the further time in the UK. Unless time is of the essence I would be inclined to simply wait until 2 years have passed just in the interests of being ultra-safe, but she can apply once KOL has been passed if she wants to do so and should be approved.
Her Entry Clearance says SETTLEMENT SPOUSE/CP(KOL REQ) then my name
That's fine - granted on the basis of 4 years marriage outside the UK?
Or simply a basic Spouse visa application?
In the interests of clarity - the (KOL) part of the visa means that ILR can be applied for as soon as the KOL has been passed.
Granted on 4 years ++++ marriage to a UK citizen out of UK
So really she can apply as soon as she gets the KOL and there really should not be any reason for the Home Office caseworker to make a mistake.
The visa itself makes clear the basis of approval
Many Thanks we will get on with it. Appreciate your help. D
My pleasure. I wish you the best of luck with the application.
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10 Halloween Costume Ideas For 'Teen Mom' Stars Maci Bookout, Kyle King, and Bentley (PHOTOS)Chris Rogers
Now that Halloween is around the corner, it's time to start planning for Halloween costumes. And Teen Mom star Maci Bookout is hot on path to finding the perfect set for her, boyfriend Kyle King, and her son Bentley.
Earlier yesterday (Sept. 15), Maci tweeted, "Alright people I need halloween costume ideas for me kyle and bentley also."
In light of the request, I took it upon myself to come up with 10 awesome costume ideas for this family during the Halloween season.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Batman, Robin, and Batgirl
2. Buzz, Woody, and Jessie
3. Harry Potter, Hermione, and Ron
4. Bella, Edward, and Jacob
5. Firefighters
6. Police Officers
7. Beyonce, Jay-Z, and their Womb
8. Simba, Nahla, and Mufasa
9. The Kardashian sisters
10. Sookie, Bill, and Eric from True Blood
Which costume idea is your favorite?
Maci Bookout 1 of 18Maci Bookout goes back to being a red head!
Maci Bookout 2 of 18Kyle, please take the picture already!
Maci Bookout 3 of 18Maci's men: Kyle King and Bentley.
Maci Bookout 4 of 18Mommy and Bentley riding a train in the mall.
Maci Bookout 5 of 18All bundled up for the winter chill.
Maci Bookout 6 of 18I'm so sleepy.
Maci Bookout 7 of 18Maci and Bentley taking off!
Maci Bookout 8 of 18What's going on?
Maci Bookout 9 of 18Mom, can we get a dog too?
Maci Bookout 10 of 18Zzzzz
Maci Bookout 11 of 18Are Maci and Kyle getting married? I'm still rooting for her and Ryan to get back together.
Maci Bookout 12 of 18I'm ready to find some fossils!
Maci Bookout 13 of 18Mom, can we get some soda and chips?
Maci Bookout 14 of 18All clean, mom!
Ryan Edwards and Bentley 15 of 18Ryan and Bentley share an intimate moment.
Maci Bookout and Kyle King 16 of 18Maci and Kyle are having an important conversation.
Ryan Edwards and Bentley 17 of 18Ryan brushes Bentley's teeth.
Maci Bookout and Bentley 18 of 18Maci kisses Bentley goodbye as he heads to his dad's house.
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KLEM News Update November 13, 2010
Since August Beth Campbell of Le Mars has had a son serving on active duty with the Iowa Army National Guard. Campbell says the 113th Cavalry Family Readiness Group is accepting a freewill donation tomorrow for a SUBS benefit fund raiser . The money will be used to buy a thank you gift for each soldier and provide a thank you-welcome home dinner when they return from Afghanistan.
Campbell says families of the soldiers are working at the benefit.
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There's also an opportunity to send a message of support as part of a video for the soldiers.
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Those who attend at the Armory in Le Mars tomorrow from 11 am to three in the afternoon will build their own sub sandwiches, and have chips, salads, and desserts.
'Neighborhood Toy Store Day' re-created at Education Station today
(LE MARS)--Memories of a neighborhood toy store are re-created at the Education Station in Le Mars today.
Vice President of Sales John MacGregor says the Education Station is part of "Neighborhood Toy Store Day."
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The Education Station has the 2010 Best Toys for Kids Award list in the store and online at www.theeducationstationinc.com
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MacGregor emphasizes the Education Station is not just for teachers.
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Education Station staff will answer questions about toys and games and be Santa's helper for those who need to shipping.
Aging infrastructure replaced in downtown Le Mars
(LE MARS)--Repairs to an older water main in downtown Le Mars are complete.
City administrator Scott Langel says the alley water leak last week was in the first block west of Central Avenue on Plymouth Street.
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The city's insurance representative is handling any claims for damage to nearby properties.
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The break led to rusty water reports in the water distribution system, primarily in the northwest and northeast parts of le Mars.
Le Mars watercolor artist uses art as a language
(LE MARS) -- Le Mars resident Glenda Drennen is a watercolorist whose art is displayed at northwest Iowa galleries. Beginning this weekend, Drennen's work is part of the the Fresh Art Market at the Le Mars Arts Center.
Drennen has worked with water color throughout her career and in the last ten years has mixed in other mediums to add more dimension to her work. The basis for a lot of her art is often her sense of humor and she says she paints to break visual rules.
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She said that sometimes a flower, plant, tree, animal or even a person will arise, but often times it's just abstract.
Drennen says her love for art stems from its inaccessibility during her childhood.
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She adds that art is her language and hopes that people understand and appreciate it.
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Drennen says she can not imagine a life without art and that we are fortunate to have so much of it around us.
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Glenda Drennen currently has work on display at a gallery in Spirit Lake, at the Siouxland Artist Gallery in the Clarion Hotel in Sioux City, and now through November 21st... a set of 3 paintings are on display in the theater lobby during Northwestern College's production of The Seagull.
To view more of her paintings visit glendadrennen.com. (Angela Drake, KLEM News)
King hoping for changes in 2012 Farm Bill
Congressman Steve King says he's hoping a "working farmer" who'll be taking over as chairman of the House Ag Committee will change the focus of the Farm Bill. Congressman Frank Lucas will take over the committee in January when Republicans take control of the U.S. House.
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"We'll have an active farmer as the chairman of the ag committee for the first time in quite a while. Frank's a good friend. He's a very smart man. He's a low-key individual and hasn't gotten a lot of publicity, but he's a cattleman and a wheat and I think soybean and sometimes corn farmer down in Oklahoma and I've got a really good working relationship with him," King says. "He's a working farmer with the right kind of instincts." King, a Republican from Kiron, ran an earth-moving company before he went to congress, where he represents one of the most ag-intensive districts in the country.
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"Some of the politics that has emerged into the farm bill, hopefully Frank Lucas will keep that out. I'll certainly be helping him do that and I think the tone of it will be focused a lot more towards agricutlure and perhaps less towards the nutrition aspects which right now consume about 70 percent of the funding that's authorized in the Farm Bill." The Iowa Farm Bureau has advocated a shift away from direct federal payments to farmers, using those funds instead to help farmers buy a "revenue assurance" policy.
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"I'm not one of those people that advocates that because direct payments are the only hook that we have from the federal government's standpoint to provide a direct incentive for soil conservation and soil stewardship," King says. "And so I'd like to change the name of 'direct payments' to 'conservation compliance payments.'" King says if cuts must be made in the Farm Bill, it shouldn't be in the area of direct payments to farmers.
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"I'll be working a lot harder at trying to reduce the funding that goes into the nutrition side of this than I will be at reducing the funding that goes into agriculture, but I will say that there's an argument made that we need to get government under control and it needs to apply to the agriculture budget equally to the other budgets and I understand that," King says. "If we have to take cuts in agriculture, this is a pretty good time to do it. We should be feeling good about where we are with the per acre profits we've seen in the last few months, especially." King is a member of the House Ag Committee. About 67 percent of the spending outlined in the 2008 Farm Bill was dedicated to nutrition programs, like the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" which used to be known as food stamps. About 15 percent of Farm Bill spending went toward farm commodity programs. (News report by Radio Iowa)
First snow storm of the season to hit NW Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The first snow storm of the season is hitting western and northern Iowa with up to 10 inches of snow possible in some areas.
The National Weather Service has issued a "winter'' storm warning for 11 Iowa counties. The weather service says the heaviest band of snow will be along a line from Denison in western Iowa to Algona in north-central Iowa.
The weather service says winds will increase early Saturday causing blowing and drifting and hazardous travel. A ``winter'' weather advisory is in effect for some neighboring counties with two to five inches of snow possible.
Senate leader Gronstal won't run for governor
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal says he won't seek the Democratic nomination for governor in four years but will run for re-election in two years.
Gronstal has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, but he noted Friday that he had discussed the matter with his wife and daughters, and the family decided he would skip a gubernatorial run.
Gov.-elect Terry Branstad will be sworn in Jan., 14. He hasn't indicated whether he'll seek another term.
Gronstal discussed the matter during a taping of the Iowa Public Television program, ``Iowa Press.''
Gronstal vows to block gay marriage vote
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal says he won't allow the Legislature to refer a proposed gay marriage ban to voters.
Gronstal expects to retain his position as the Senate's Democratic leaders, and in that role he intends to block any effort to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would outlaw same-sex marriage.
Republicans have promised to bring up the issue again this session, and their big majority in the House means it likely will easily pass in that chamber. But Gronstal says he'll stop an effort that he sees as trying to write discrimination into Iowa's constitution.
It would require approval by this Legislature and the body elected in 2012 before a proposed amendment could go before voters.
Gronstal spoke Friday during a taping of the public television program, ``Iowa Press.''
Parts of parental responsibility law struck down
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down portions of Davenport's parental responsibility ordinance as unconstitutional, but lawyers in the case disagree on what the ruling means for the measure.
Davenport City Attorney Tom Warner says Friday's high court decision will have little effect on the ordinance and that the city plans to begin enforcing it after voluntarily halting enforcement two years ago.
But ACLU Legal Director Randall Wilson says the court ``gutted'' the law, leaving little to enforce.
The high court decision says parts of the ordinance violate the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Under the ordinance, parents face penalties, including fines, as their children get arrested and other legal trouble.
Next lieutenant gov. resigns from Senate
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Republican state Sen. Kim Reynolds of Osceola has resigned her Senate seat in preparation for being sworn is as the new lieutenant governor in January.
Reynolds resigned Friday, beginning a process in which Gov. Chet Culver has five days to pick a date for a special election. That election must be held within 40 days of Culver's decision.
Reynolds resigned because she was elected lieutenant governor, teamed with Gov.-elect Terry Branstad.
The district is overwhelmingly Republican, and Senate Republican leader Paul McKinley says he's confident the GOP will hold the seat.
Democrats hold a narrow 26 to 24 seat Senate majority.
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Iowa man gets 3 life sentences for wife's murder
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) An Iowa man convicted of kidnapping and killing his estranged wife has shocked his sentencing hearing by insisting that she deserved to be killed.
Randall Todd Moore launched a tirade against TereseAnn Lynch and her family during his hearing Friday.
He accused Lynch of not letting him see his children and said he hopes that there are ``more cases just like this.''
Polk County District Judge Joel Novak sentenced the 39-year-old to three back-to-back life sentences, plus 25 years for the attempted murder of a Des Moines police officer.
Moore was convicted last month of kidnapping Lynch from a mall parking lot and sexually assaulting her before shooting her in the head one year ago. He also shot a responding Des Moines police officer in the hand.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Interstate 35 north of Ankney has reopened after being closed because of multiple accidents.
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U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1997 - Tunisia
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Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998
TUNISIATunisia is a republic dominated by a single political party. President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) continue to control the Government, including the legislature. The President appoints the Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and 23 governors. Four opposition parties hold 19 of the 163 seats in Parliament. The executive branch and the President strongly influence the judiciary. The police share responsibility for internal security with a paramilitary national guard. The police operate in the capital and a few other cities. In outlying areas, their policing duties are shared with, or ceded to, the national guard. Both forces are under the control of the Minister of Interior and the President. The security forces continued to be responsible for serious human rights abuses. Tunisia has made substantial progress towards establishing an export-oriented market economy based on manufactured exports, tourism, agriculture, and petroleum. The per capita gross national product for 1997 was approximately $2,000 while real per capita income grew by 6.9 percent. Sixty percent of citizens are in the middle class and enjoy a comfortable standard of living. Tunisia has a high level of literacy, low population growth rates, and wide distribution of health care. The Government's human rights performance improved in some important areas, but it continued to commit some serious abuses. The ability of citizens to change their government has yet to be demonstrated. Members of the security forces reportedly physically abused prisoners and detainees; there was only one publicly reported case, which the Government denied. Security forces also monitored the activities of government critics and at times harassed them, their relatives, and associates. Prison conditions reportedly ranged from Spartan to poor. The judiciary is subject to executive branch control, and due process rights are not always observed. The Government infringed on citizens' privacy rights. The Government continued to impose significant restrictions on freedom of expression, and journalists practice self-censorship. The Government demonstrated a pattern of intolerance of public criticism, enacting selectively enforced regulations that further restricted freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and association. The Government continued to use control of advertising revenue as a means to discourage newspapers and magazines from publishing material that it deemed undesirable. The Government frequently seized editions of foreign newspapers containing articles it considered objectionable. Towards the end of the year, the Government tolerated a higher degree of criticism in parliamentary debates and in the press. The Government limits partially the religious freedom of members of the Baha'i faith. The Government returned passports to several prominent human rights activists and to the families of at least 10 Islamist activists who live abroad, but continued to restrict the freedom of movement of other government critics and their family members. The Government resumed regular contact with the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) in May, but ended it in August. It continued to place serious obstacles in the way of the LTDH's effective operation, subjecting League members and other human rights activists to reported harassment, interrogation, property loss or damage, loss of employment, and denial of passports. The Government continued to demonstrate its strong support for the rights of women and children, however, legal and societal discrimination against women continued to exist in certain areas.


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This is a blog posting from Eric Luyer, Marketing Manager, Corporate Asset Management IBM Software Group, Tivoli - Industrial Manufacturing, including Life Sciences and Healthcare.
The 2012 PULSE Conference is coming up soon now and always when I am thinking of Pulse it relates immediately to feeling the pulse as at a doctor's visit... Feeling the pulse of how things are going...
At this coming conference I see a growing interest from organizations from different industries or markets including Life Sciences and Healthcare providers (Hospitals) interested in IBM solutions. Managing complex assets and managing all requirements linked to compliance and validation is more and more an important topic and people want to create more efficiency and lower cost in their organizations. This year's conference there will interesting presentations from different companies from the US but also from the UK, Europe: Varying from impact of using the latest Maximo software version, experiences of leveraging Maximo to achieve operational excellence, how companies in life sciences manages compliance effectively with Maximo, but also sessions around optimization of maintenance plans and how best manage asset related risk assessments.
Also we see more and more hospitals or other healthcare providers wanted to share their experiences with Maximo to manage their clinical and non-clinical assets as well as their facilities, to improve cost efficiency and compliance to more regulations. At the industry user group session for Life sciences and Healthcare on the Sunday afternoon there will be a panel discussion with 2 major hospital organization as well as business partner that has built large experience in implementing and consulting projects around asset management in a hospital environment.
I want to select two examples from these sessions: The first one is around Napp Pharmaceuticals. This is an UK-based organization that have become a leader in the field of pain control, At the end of 2010, they were ranked 15th largest in the UK pharmaceutical industry based on GP prescription sales (IMS Health data), Napp Pharmaceuticals have recently finalized their upgrade project of Maximo version 7.5. Key benefits – as will be clarified in their presentation – are in short: more visibility of their asset "behavior" across the organization, better compliance, easier reporting that gives more insight and last but not least more flexibility through the capabilities of the software to configure the system to specific needs or processes..
Another presentation is around asset performance management: MaxGrip – a Netherlands based business partner - has specialized in developing a toolset to manage risk, associated with possible frequency of failures that might occur over a period of time. The idea is to optimize maintenance and its related activities combined with the use of simulation and scenario planning, root cause analysis and fault tree analysis. Using the toolset and the software that has been developed to fully integrate with Maximo, it helps to get answers on questions like: what are the risk and costs if an activity is being postponed by 6 months, or what minimum workforce is required to perform maintenance on critical items only?
I know that there are different solutions available in the market, but this toolset is interesting as Maximo integration is done based on IBM technology and very much embedded in the Maximo way of working processes.
The combination of plenary sessions and industry or topic-specific breakout sessions with industry round tables, user group sessions and special interest group assures a great interaction with the various customers using Maximo Asset Management in specific domains as Life Sciences and Healthcare. It will be for sure an interesting event this year and we expect more attendees than last year. Growing interest and that shows that Maximo Asset Management is seen is a value add for many companies or organizations in Life Sciences and Healthcare.
Thanks for reading and hope you will enjoy this year's PULSE Conference. Look to the sessions I have mentioned and try to attend the demonstrations in the Expo area. Looking forward to my next blog where I will pick another topic around Asset Management in a manufacturing environment.
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