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Important notice - Major update coming on June 1st. Please read carefully.
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From Port Graham, Alaska. Finding my life in the arms of Christ in Santa Barbara, CA. I love a good book, in depth conversations, coffee, culinary.
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It was a great night of hide and seek and wandering around the park with the starlight with the Nook folk. Oh yes, wizardry.
pallinostellina : Hello Joshua! It's so long time I don't see your pics... @saqurtuliq
saqurtuliq : @pallinostellina hi!! I live in Santa Barbara, Ca now. It is beautiful, but since I work in an office building all day and mainly spend my time at work, church, and the rock climbing gym, I don't have much to take photos of =[.
pallinostellina : Yes, right, I understand! Important is that you are fine! Merry Christmas and happy New Year! 🎅🎄✨✨✨
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It's been a a rough couple of days. So I'm taking the night to myself with my new full bed with whiskey and Supernatural
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jchaynes123 : Looks good!
svnixx : What! Where is this!?
saqurtuliq : Yeeees!!! Let's do it @katiealspaugh
saqurtuliq : Eureka! They have a whiskey flight @svnixx
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saqurtuliq : King crab*
gilkey_david_ : Nice legs 😜
saqurtuliq : Thanks, I use em well 😘 @drgilkey
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You were my pleasant surprise. A flash flood during a drought. Refreshing mix of desert and spring. So hard to find, and I cherished every moment.
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ladyfayzer : I love this photo!
saqurtuliq : @fefofum thanks! It was from our last rain fall in SB 😍
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Homework spot of the day! Once I finish drafting a contract for my entrepreneurial law class I am one step closer to Spring Break. It will be a huge blessing to rest the upcoming evenings.
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Yesterday I saw a leaf fall. It reminded me of my last strand of resolve crumbling from my fingers. In the dry unrepairable way that leaves disintegrate. In that, I admire the trees ability to simply stand. Bare. Naked. Alone. How austere and resolute it stands. The way it takes its season to recover. No fighting. No screaming. Nothing. Here I am. Kneeling with a parody of leaves. A semblance of flowers declaring: I am whole. I am fine. I am ________. Fighting to appear 'ok' while drowning in the hurricane and flailing in the storm that is my mind. Begging. Entreating. Screaming for a stillness. Waiting for that quiescence that comes when staring at your fate with that moderately grim acceptance. Not a graceful, respectful, or even martyred acceptance. But the defiant-I'll-ride-this-out acceptance. It in this manner you will find me. Slowly dropping the mask of security. With sapphire heat and steel grey resolution glowing from my eyes. Quite and still. Naked and bare. Pleasantly. Alone. // I will find my peace in this coming turbulence. Or I will burnout gloriously. - j. anahonak
christinaklein87 : I take it your going to start streaking more ? Beautiful poem
saqurtuliq : Yes! That's what's gonna happen. Clothes and I have a standing disagreement. And thank you =]
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Our country co-venture is designed to augment and leverage our worldwide 4D Member Firm network as we strategically expand our solution, product, and service offerings, our talent, our expertise, and our knowledge in areas where we do not have a presence or 4D Co-Venture relationship in place. Our various 4D Co-Venture opportunities are legal and organizational arrangements in which the parties involved are both willing and motivated to work together for a common business benefit. The underlying principle that drives each co-venture that we enter into is that if the parties work together, they will gain more than if they worked separately or competed against each other.
We believe in most cases that our country co-venture working relationships should start as an organizational co-venture. This enables each party to understand how the other works while we gain experience working together in the marketplace. All country co-venture opportunities are structured to provide our interdependent country or regional 4D Member Firms the opportunity to operate under the 4D International branded umbrella servicing a specific geographical territory. This co-venture relationship primarily works independently or interdependently within the structure of 4D International.
•Both parties must establish and define what the professional business relationship entails, be willing to make calculated investments of capital, time, and resources, be willing to train on and build a dedicated solution, product, and service offering that is capable of generating sustainable growth.
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PM welcomes 650 new immigrants from France, who arrived in Israel despite security situation; 'Israel is happy and proud on such a day,' he tells olim. Julian Dahan from French Riviera: 'Only here I feel at home'
Moran Zelikovich
Published: 07.25.06, 18:45 / Israel News
Moran Zelikovich
The number of olim that arrived today with the assistance of the Jewish Agency, represents a new record matched only by aliya in the 70s . In the coming weeks another 700 new immigrants are expected to come from France.


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"Drop Dead Diva": Fifth season debuts June 23
The Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva" returns for a 13-episode fifth season at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 23.
Details on "Drop Dead Diva," provided by Lifetime, are as follows:
The series' fifth season opener, entitled "Back from the Dead," picks up from last season's cliff hanger finale with Jane (Brooke Elliott) frantically searching for her missing fiancé Owen (Lex Medlin), who disappeared after witnessing her kiss Grayson (Jackson Hurst) moments before their wedding. While both Jane and Owen nurse their broken hearts, Jane's friends and co-workers also are confronted with their own life dilemmas. Kim (Kate Levering) goes public with her pregnancy at the firm as Grayson continues to struggle with his feelings for Jane. Meanwhile, Stacy (April Bowlby) is left contemplating the future of her business, The Pakery. Newcomer Justin Deely (90210) joins "Drop Dead Diva" as Jane's new heavenly guide Paul, stepping in for Luke (Carter McIntyre) when he is called back to Heaven just after telling her that Old Jane has returned to earth. Now that Jane and Old Jane are both on earth, the two kindred spirits will finally meet face-to-face, creating one of the most highly anticipated "Drop Dead Diva" moments ever.
Margaret Cho also stars in the series, and Emmy-nominated actor John Ratzenberger returns to "Drop Dead Diva" this season to reprise his role as Kim's father, while Jamie Ray Newman is back as Grayson's ex-fiancée Vanessa, further complicating his heart. Other guest stars for Season Five will be announced in the coming weeks.
"Drop Dead Diva: The Complete Fourth Season" arrives on DVD Tuesday, June 18.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – On Saturday, April 5, Alabama will host Eastern Michigan and SMU for five races on the Black Warrior River. Competition is set to start at 9 a.m. CT.
The teams will be racing a 2000-meter course, starting with the First Varsity 4 at 9 a.m. The Second Varsity 4 will follow approximately 20 minutes later. The Second Varsity 8 and First Varsity 8 will follow and the event will conclude with the Novice 8 at approximately 10:30 a.m.
Following the Novice 8 race, Alabama will honor its three seniors: Veronica Bruner (Long Beach, Calif.), Brianne Hadar (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Lynsey Marshall (Gloucester, Va.).
Admission is free and fans are encouraged to help cheer on the Crimson Tide from the Park at Manderson Landing, overlooking the Black Warrior River on Jack Warner Parkway. The meet will be the last chance for fans to catch the Crimson Tide compete in Tuscaloosa, as Alabama will compete at the Knecht Cup Regatta (April 2-3) and Dale England Cup Regatta (April 25-26) before beginning the postseason portion of the schedule with the Conference USA Championships (May 17) in Oak Ridge, Tenn.


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Iraq profile - timeline
- 4 May 2016
- From the section Middle East
A chronology of key events:
1534 - 1918 - Region is part of the Ottoman Empire.
1914 - 1918 - World War I.
1917 - Britain seizes Baghdad.
1920 - Britain creates state of Iraq with League of Nations approval.
1920 - Great Iraqi Revolution - rebellion against British rule.
1921 - Faysal, son of Hussein Bin Ali, the Sharif of Mecca, is crowned Iraq's first king.
1932 - Iraq becomes an independent state.
1939-1945 - World War II. Britain re-occupies Iraq.
1958 - The monarchy is overthrown in a military coup led by Brig Abd-al-Karim Qasim and Col Abd-al-Salam Muhammad Arif. Iraq is declared a republic.
1963 - Prime Minister Qasim is ousted in a coup led by the Arab Socialist Baath Party (ASBP). Arif becomes president.
1963 - The Baathist government is overthrown by Arif and a group of officers.
1966 - After Arif is killed in a helicopter crash on 13 April, his elder brother, Maj-Gen Abd-al-Rahman Muhammad Arif, succeeds him as president.
1968 - A Baathist led-coup ousts Arif. Revolution Command Council (RCC) takes charge with Gen Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr as chairman and country's president.
Petroleum firm nationalised
1972 - Iraq nationalises the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC).
1974 - Iraq grants limited autonomy to Kurdish region.
1979 - Saddam Hussein succeeds Al-Bakr as president.
1980 - The pro-Iranian Dawah Party claims responsibility for an attack on Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, at Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad.
Iran-Iraq war
1980-1988 - Iran-Iraq war.
1981 June - Israel attacks an Iraqi nuclear research centre at Tuwaythah near Baghdad.
Chemical attack on Kurds
1988 March - Iraq attacks Kurdish town of Halabjah with poison gas, killing thousands.
1990 March - Farzad Bazoft, an Iranian-born journalist with London's Observer newspaper, accused of spying on a military installation, is hanged in Baghdad.
Iraq invades Kuwait
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, prompting what becomes known as the first Gulf War. A massive US-led military campaign forces Iraq to withdraw in February 1991.
1991 April - Iraq subjected to weapons inspection programme.
1991 Mid-March/early April - Southern Shia and northern Kurdish populations - encouraged by Iraq's defeat in Kuwait - rebel, prompting a brutal crackdown.
1991 April - UN-approved safe-haven established in northern Iraq to protect the Kurds. Iraq ordered to end all military activity in the area.
1992 August - A no-fly zone, which Iraqi planes are not allowed to enter, is set up in southern Iraq, south of latitude 32 degrees north.
1993 June - US forces launch a cruise missile attack on Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad in retaliation for the attempted assassination of US President George Bush in Kuwait in April.
1995 April - UNSC Resolution 986 allows the partial resumption of Iraq's oil exports to buy food and medicine (the "oil-for-food programme").
1995 October - Saddam Hussein wins a referendum allowing him to remain president for another seven years.
1996 August - After call for aid from KDP, Iraqi forces launch offensive into northern no-fly zone and capture Irbil.
1996 September - US extends northern limit of southern no-fly zone to latitude 33 degrees north, just south of Baghdad.
1998 October - Iraq ends cooperation with UN Special Commission to Oversee the Destruction of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (Unscom).
Operation Desert Fox
1998 December - After UN staff are evacuated from Baghdad, the US and UK launch a bombing campaign, "Operation Desert Fox", to destroy Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programmes.
1999 February - Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, spiritual leader of the Shia community, is assassinated in Najaf.
1999 December - UNSC Resolution 1284 creates the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (Unmovic) to replace Unscom. Iraq rejects the resolution.
2001 February - Britain, US carry out bombing raids to try to disable Iraq's air defence network. The bombings have little international support.
Weapons inspectors return
2002 September - US President George W Bush tells sceptical world leaders at a UN General to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq - or stand aside as the US acts. In the same month British Prime Minister Tony Blair publishes a ''dodgy'' dossier on Iraq's military capability.
2002 November - UN weapons inspectors return to Iraq backed by a UN resolution which threatens serious consequences if Iraq is in "material breach" of its terms.
2003 March - Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix reports that Iraq has accelerated its cooperation but says inspectors need more time to verify Iraq's compliance.
Saddam ousted
2003 March - UK's ambassador to the UN says the diplomatic process on Iraq has ended; arms inspectors evacuate; US President George W Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face war.
2003 March - US-led invasion topples Saddam Hussein's government, marks start of years of violent conflict with different groups competing for power.
2003 July - US-appointed Governing Council meets for first time. Commander of US forces says his troops face low-intensity guerrilla-style war.
Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay killed in gun battle in Mosul.
Insurgency intensifies
2003 August - Suicide truck bomb wrecks UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Car bomb in Najaf kills 125 including Shia leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim.
2003 14 December - Saddam Hussein captured in Tikrit.
2004 March - Suicide bombers attack Shia festival-goers in Karbala and Baghdad, killing 140 people.
2004 April-May - Shia militias loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr take on coalition forces.
Hundreds are reported killed in fighting during the month-long US military siege of the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja.
Photographic evidence emerges of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops.
Sovereignty and elections
2004 June - US hands sovereignty to interim government headed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
2004 August - Fighting in Najaf between US forces and Shia militia of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr.
2004 November - Major US-led offensive against insurgents in Falluja.
2005 30 January - Some 8 million vote in elections for a Transitional National Assembly. 2005 28 February - At least 114 people are killed by a car bomb in Hilla, south of Baghdad, in the worst single such incident since the US-led invasion.
2005 April - Amid escalating violence, parliament selects Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as president. Ibrahim Jaafari, a Shia, is named as prime minister.
2005 May onwards - Surge in car bombings, bomb explosions and shootings: Iraqi ministries put the civilian death toll for May at 672, up from 364 in April.
2005 June - Massoud Barzani is sworn in as regional president of Iraqi Kurdistan.
2005 August - Draft constitution is endorsed by Shia and Kurdish negotiators, but not by Sunni representatives.
2005 October - Voters approve a new constitution, which aims to create an Islamic federal democracy.
2005 December - Iraqis vote for the first, full-term government and parliament since the US-led invasion.
Sectarian violence
2006 February onwards - A bomb attack on an important Shia shrine in Samarra unleashes a wave of sectarian violence in which hundreds of people are killed.
2006 22 April - Newly re-elected President Talabani asks Shia compromise candidate Nouri al-Maliki to form a new government, ending months of deadlock.
2006 May and June - An average of more than 100 civilians per day are killed in violence in Iraq, the UN says.
2006 7 June - Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, is killed in an air strike.
2006 November - Iraq and Syria restore diplomatic relations after nearly a quarter century.
More than 200 die in car bombings in the mostly Shia area of Sadr City in Baghdad, in the worst attack on the capital since the US-led invasion of 2003.
Saddam executed
2006 December - Saddam Hussein is executed for crimes against humanity.
2007 January - US President Bush announces a new Iraq strategy; thousands more US troops will be dispatched to shore up security in Baghdad.
UN says more than 34,000 civilians were killed in violence during 2006; the figure surpasses official Iraqi estimates threefold.
2007 February - A bomb in Baghdad's Sadriya market kills more than 130 people. It is the worst single bombing since 2003.
2007 March - Insurgents detonate three trucks with toxic chlorine gas in Falluja and Ramadi, injuring hundreds.
2007 April - Bombings in Baghdad kill nearly 200 people in the worst day of violence since a US-led security drive began in the capital in February.
2007 August - Truck and car bombs hit two villages of Yazidi Kurds, killing at least 250 people - the deadliest attack since 2003.
Kurdish and Shia leaders form an alliance to support Prime Minister Maliki's government but fail to bring in Sunni leaders.
Blackwater shootings, Turkish raids
2007 September - Controversy over private security contractors after Blackwater security guards allegedly fire at civilians in Baghdad, killing 17.
2007 October - The number of violent civilian and military deaths continues to drop, as does the frequency of rocket attacks.
2007 December - Britain hands over security of Basra province to Iraqi forces, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of southern Iraq.
2008 January - Parliament passes legislation allowing former officials from Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.
2008 March - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits.
Prime Minister Maliki orders crackdown on militia in Basra, sparking pitched battles with Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army. Hundreds are killed.
2008 September - US forces hand over control of the western province of Anbar - once an insurgent and Al-Qaeda stronghold - to the Iraqi government. It is the first Sunni province to be returned to to the Shia-led government.
Iraqi parliament passes provincial elections law. Issue of contested city of Kirkuk is set aside so elections can go ahead elsewhere.
Security pact approved
2008 November - Parliament approves a security pact with the United States under which all US troops are due to leave the country by the end of 2011.
2009 January - Iraq takes control of security in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone and assumes more powers over foreign troops based in the country. PM Nouri al-Maliki welcomes the move as Iraq's "day of sovereignty".
2009 March - US President Barack Obama announces withdrawal of most US troops by end of August 2010. Up to 50,000 of 142,000 troops now there will stay on into 2011 to advise Iraqi forces and protect US interests, leaving by end of 2011.
2009 June - US troops withdraw from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces.
New political groupings
2009 July - New opposition forces make strong gains in elections to the regional parliament of Kurdistan, but the governing KDP and PUK alliance retains a reduced majority. Masoud Barzani (KDP) is re-elected in the presidential election.
2009 October - Two car bombs near the Green Zone in Baghdad kill at least 155 people, in Iraq's deadliest attack since April 2007.
2009 December - The al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility for suicide bombings in Baghdad that kill at least 127 people, as well as attacks in August and October that killed 240 people.
Tension flares with Tehran as Iranian troops briefly occupy an oilfield in Iraqi territory.
2010 January - Controversy as candidates with alleged links to Baath Party are banned from March parliamentary polls. A court later lifts the ban, prompting a delay in campaigning.
"Chemical" Ali Hassan al-Majid, a key figure in Saddam Hussein's government, is executed.
Inconclusive elections
2010 March - Parliamentary elections. Nine months pass before a new government is approved.
2010 August - Seven years after the US-led invasion, the last US combat brigade leaves Iraq.
2010 September - Syria and Iraq restore diplomatic ties a year after breaking them off.
2010 October - Church in Baghdad seized by militants. More than 50 people are killed in what is described as the worst single disaster to hit Iraq's Christians in modern times.
2010 November/December - Parliament reconvenes after long delay, re-appoints Jalal Talabani as president and Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister. A new government includes all major factions.
2011 January - Radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr returns after four years of self-imposed exile in Iran.
2011 February - Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan resume, amid a lengthy dispute between the region and the central government over contracts with foreign firms.
2011 April - Army raids camp of Iranian exiles, killing 34. Government says it will shut Camp Ashraf, home to thousands of members of the People's Mujahedeen of Iran.
2011 August - Violence escalates, with more than 40 apparently co-ordinated nationwide attacks in one day.
US pull out
2011 December - US completes troop pull-out.
Unity government faces disarray. Arrest warrant issued for vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi, a leading Sunni politician. Sunni bloc boycotts parliament and cabinet.
2012 - Bomb and gun attacks target Shia areas throughout the year, sparking fears of a new sectarian conflict. Nearly 200 people are killed in January, more than 160 in June, 113 in a single day in July, more than 70 people in August, about 62 in attacks nationwide in September, and at least 35 before and during the Shia mourning month of Muharram in November.
2012 March - Tight security for Arab League summit in Baghdad. It is the first major summit to be held in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A wave of pre-summit attacks kills scores of people.
2012 April - Oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan halted amid row with central government over contracts with foreign firms.
2012 September - Fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi is sentenced to be hanged for murder. He sought refuge in Turkey after being accused of running death squads.
2012 November - Iraq cancels a $4.2bn deal to buy arms from Russia because of concerns about alleged corruption within the Iraqi government. The purchase, signed in October, would have made Russia the country's second-largest arms supplier after the US. Moscow was the main arms supplier of to Saddam Hussein.
Violence intensifies
2012 December - President Jalal Talabani suffers a stroke. He undergoes treatment in Germany and makes some progress through the winter and spring.
Sunni Muslims stage mass rallies across the country over several months, protesting against what they see as marginalisation by the Shia-led government.
2013 April - Troops storm a Sunni anti-government protest camp in Hawija near Kirkuk, leaving more than 50 dead and prompting outrage and clashes in other towns.
Insurgency intensifies, with levels of violence matching those of 2008. By July the country is described as being yet again in a state of full-blown sectarian war.
2013 July - At least 500 prisoners, mainly senior al-Qaeda members, escape from Taji and Abu Ghraib jails in a mass breakout.
2013 September - Mass killing at Camp Ashraf housing Iranian exiles - members of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran.
Regional parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan, won comfortably by Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Series of bombings hits Kurdistan capital Irbil in the first such attack since 2007. Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq says it was responding to alleged Iraqi Kurdish support for Kurds fighting jihadists in Syria.
2013 October - Government says October is deadliest month since April 2008, with 900 killed. By the year-end the UN estimates the 2013 death toll of civilians as 7,157 - a dramatic increase in the previous year's figure of 3,238.
2013 December - At least 35 people killed in twin bombing of Baghdad churches on Christmas Day.
Islamist surge
2014 January - Islamist fighters infiltrate Fallujah and Ramadi after months of mounting violence in mainly-Sunni Anbar province. Government forces recapture Ramadi but face entrenched rebels in Fallujah.
2014 February - Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announces that he is withdrawing from politics and dissolving his party.
2014 April - Prime Minister Al-Maliki's coalition wins a plurality at first parliamentary election since 2011 withdrawal of US troops, but falls short of a majority.
2014 June-September - Sunni rebels led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) surge out of Anbar Province to seize Iraq's second city of Mosul and other key towns. Tens of thousands flee amid atrocities. Kurdish forces, US and Iran assist government in repelling attacks, US carries out air raids. ISIS renames itself Islamic State, declares a caliphate.
2014 July - Kurdish Region President Massoud Barzani announces plans for an independence referendum this year, given that Iraq is "effectively partitioned".
New broad-based government
2014 September - Shia politician Haider al-Abad forms a broad-based government including Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Kurdish leadership agrees to put independence referendum on hold.
US announces new forward strategy against Islamic State, carries out air raids in support of Iraqi Army near Baghdad. International conference in Paris, including ten Sunni Arab states but excluding Iran and Syria, agrees to support strategy.
2014 December - The Iraqi government and the leadership of the Kurdish Region sign a deal on sharing Iraq's oil wealth and military resources, amid hopes that the agreement will help to reunite the country in the face of the common threat represented by Islamic State.
2015 January - The US-led coalition against Islamic State is reported to have launched more than 900 air strikes against militant targets in Iraq since the campaign began.
2015 March - Islamic State destroys Assyrian archaeological sites of Nimrud and Hatra.
Offensive against Islamic State
2015 April - Government forces regain control of city of Tikrit from Islamic State fighters after month-long siege.
2015 May - Islamic State captures city of Ramadi, capital of western province of Anbar, in lightning assault.
2015 July - Iraqi army launches offensive to re-take Anbar province.
2015 August - Parliament approves reforms to cut corruption and sectarian government job quotas after riots against frequent power cuts.
2015 December - Government forces recapture central Ramadi.
2016 February - Government troops expel last remaining Islamic State fighters from Ramadi area. Islamic State forces withdraw to Fallujah.
Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr leads mass demonstration in Baghdad in protest at government corruption and the slow rate of progress in delivering on promised reforms.
2016 March - Iraqi army launches offensive to re-take Mosul.
2016 April - Shia Muslim activists, most of them supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, storm Iraqi parliament building in protest at some parties' refusal to approve a new cabinet tasked with bearing down on corruption and phasing out the allocation of government posts along sectarian lines.


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Mrs. Kiebachĺs Second Grade Class
Kassidy Batz: I like going to different peopleĺs houses.
Jasmin Bechtel: My favorite thing is going to other family members houses.
Deserray Bender: Seeing my little brother and family on Christmas morning.
Sawyer Carefoot: Putting up the tree.
Tyler Cornelius: I like decorating the tree with my family.
Emma Etchberger: We go to Grandmaĺs house and get presents.
Samuel Fidler: We make a big dinner.
Meghan Gardula: Helping decorate the cookies my dad makes.
Benjamin Garner: Giving presents to people.
Alex Garrison: Putting up the tree, putting up the lights, and putting up the ornaments.
Lani Hubler: Getting presents.
Taylor Lawrence: I like making cookies.
Jonathan Lusby: Setting up a Christmas tree and getting toys.
Nickolas Smith: I like decorating the tree.
Mrs. Schneckĺs Second Grade Class
Myki: My favorite tradition is four-wheeling in the snow.
Anthony: My favorite tradition is opening gifts on Christmas morning.
Eric: My favorite tradition is opening my presents.
Erika: I like giving cards to my family and friends.
Allison: My favorite thing to do is make Christmas cookies with my mom.
Joseph: My favorite holiday tradition is opening presents with my family.
Landon: Playing the Choo-choo train under my tree.
Brandon: My favorite tradition is opening presents under the tree on Christmas Day.
Nick: My favorite holiday tradition is playing Black and Red and stealing presents.
Emily: My favorite tradition is opening a present on Christmas Eve from my mom.
Rebeccah: My favorite thing to do is throw snowballs at my brother.
Aydin: My favorite tradition is having a snowball fight with my dad.
Alex: My favorite tradition is opening presents on Christmas morning.
Chloe Heckman: Making gingerbread houses with my cousins.
Kaylyn Harring: Opening presents.
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Ellianet Arbelaez: Decorating the Christmas tree.
Jasmin Calderon-Gonzalez: Decorating the Christmas tree.
Parker Chiveral: Going to Grandmaĺs house and seeing Santa.
Caleb Daub: Having a snowball fight.
Allen Ebersole: Opening presents.
Bryant Gross: Making cookies with Nana.
Sarah Kirkwood: Decorating the Christmas tree.
Addison Knecht: Decorating Charlie Brown tree.
Gaby Kraemer: Eating cake.
Tyler Lutz: Making snowmen and having a snowball fight.
Karley Merkey: Throwing snowballs.
Jullian Reigle: Throwing snowballs.
Natalie Sweigart: Decorating the Christmas tree.
Destiny Williams: Making Christmas cookies and eating them-YUM!


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Irish Oaten Rolls
by michael_toa
I really enjoy when I have a little extra time in the morning to potter about in the kitchen and cook breakfast. I like banana and blueberry pancakes with warm maple syrup, omelettes with chives and smoked salmon, eggs Benedict with ham and English muffins, croque madame or full-English, but they require way too much effort for a Tuesday morning, plus I don't have most of the ingredients anyway. If only I have at-home-room-service... *sigh... if only.
Instead, I baked Nigella's Irish oaten rolls. They're like mini soda breads, but no kneading involve whatsoever. It takes about 5 minutes to mix all the ingredients and shape them into rolls and 15 minutes in the oven.
Freshly baked rolls, soft butter, apricot jam and a big cup of coffee. Heaven.
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by loutini
they look delish....
by mr spice
Mmmm...good tip Michael...


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65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
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Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) developed the stealthy, low-observable DarkStar to provide sustained reconnaissance information from anywhere within enemy territory, day or night, in all types of weather. Developed concurrently with the nonstealthy RQ-4A Global Hawk, DarkStar could provide near real-time target data and imagery by way of satellite links to its mobile ground station. The first DarkStar prototype flew successfully in March 1996 but crashed during its second flight a month later. More than two years passed before a second prototype took to the air and performed an autonomous takeoff, flight plan, and landing. It made five flights before the program was canceled in January 1999. The DarkStar displayed here was built before the program ended but never performed a flight test. When the Museum acquired it, the inlet and the exhaust had been sealed due to the classified nature of the design.
This is a high altitude, strategic reconnaissance platform designed with a "stealthy" radar signature. Perhaps the strangest UAV in the collection resembling a flying saucer with long, narrow wings. Overall: 3.5' x 1' x 15' x 69'.
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July 20, 2012
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Creepy Goat Man spotted in Utah mountains
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Dan Murphy: Batmobile's bumper sticker
Editorial cartoonist Dan Murphy's latest creation for Sunday, July 22, 2012. The editorial pages editor is Gordon Clark, who can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Letters to the editor can be sent to email@example.com.… Continue reading
Bend Sinister showmen share Small Fame at Venue
Local prog-pop bangers Bend Sinister played the CD/Vinyl release party for their new full-length Small Fame Thursday night at Venue. Opening act Fields of Green, a top-20 finalist in the current PEAK Performance Project, played a crowd-rousing set before … Continue reading
Lucy Wilson: Early intervention is the answer
We are all aware of the recent surge of violence among youths, particularly recently in Toronto. Some believe it's a direct influence of listening to rap music and watching violence on TV. I don't believe these things force anyone to … Continue reading
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Tour de France 2012 Stage 19 Preview: Stage 19 Saturday is from Bonneval – Chartres it's 53.5 km flat final time trial race. Its highest point is only 171 m. Endurance will certainly now be a deciding factor as this … Continue reading
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Tour de France 2012 stage 18 was from Blagnac – Brive-la-Gaillarde. The distance was a long ride of 222.5 km through rolling hills the highest point being 337 m. See map and profile below. Final results below that. Click on … Continue reading
July 20, 2012: Traffic Alerts
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B.C. indie music round up starts with Jim Byrnes
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UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao: 10 Things to Watch for Saturday Night at the Saddledome
Former WEC champ Urijah Faber (left) meets surging Brazilian standout Renan Barao for the interim UFC bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 149 tomorrow night.
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For Mary Jo Richard, certified public accountant and partner at Eide Bailly LLP in Fargo, the decision to undergo vision-correction surgery prompted careful thought. "When it's your eyes, you don't take it lightly," she says. "You make sure you've researched the options and you know what's best for you."
To correct severe nearsightedness (distance vision), Mary Jo for years had successfully worn contact lenses. In her 40s, to address the common age-related need for reading glasses, she even adjusted to monovision, meaning one contact was corrected for distance, the other for close-up. But at age 48, she wanted freedom from contacts.
When LASIK isn't an option…
"So many friends and acquaintances were having LASIK and loving it," says Mary Jo. "I was disappointed to find out I was ineligible because of extreme nearsightedness and thin corneas, but I had renewed hope when Dr. Strinden informed me of the Verisyse lens implant."
Though LASIK (a type of refractive surgery) meets the needs of many, it's not for all, as Dr. Thomas Strinden, board-certified ophthalmologist and managing physician partner of MeritCare Eye Center, explains: "The great majority of patients – about 90 percent – fall within the range of eligibility for refractive surgery, but for the 10 percent who don't, the Verisyse lens is a safe, effective way to meet their needs. Patients have been very happy with the results."
Successfully used in Europe for years, the Verisyse lens was approved for use in the United States in 2004. Dr. Strinden, the area's only eye surgeon with expertise in Verisyse, trained in the procedure in 2003.
"It was unbelievable"
Verisyse lens implantation takes place in the operating room under local anesthesia. In two short outpatient procedures (one for each eye), Dr. Strinden positions the Verisyse lens in front of the natural lens and behind the cornea, then attaches it to the iris. "In a procedure similar to cataract surgery, we're able to change the power of the eye simply by adding a lens," he says.
On April 25, 2006, Mary Jo underwent the Verisyse procedure in one eye, followed by the other eye two weeks later. "There was no discomfort and recovery was very quick," she says. "Each time, I just took one day off from work."
The results were immediate. "I remember looking up at the ceiling in the operating room right after the procedure and I could clearly see indentations in the ceiling tiles. It was unbelievable," she says. "Before, without contacts or glasses, I wouldn't have even been able to see there were ceiling tiles."
Convenience counts
For Mary Jo, whose active life also includes husband, Paul, and three children, the convenience of seeing well without contacts or glasses makes a daily difference. "It's little things like being able to wake up and see the time without bringing the clock next to my face," she says. "It's great, and I'm really pleased I had it done."
The Verisyse procedure, cataract surgery, LASIK and more are now available in one convenient location: MeritCare Eye Center, 1717 University Dr. S., in Fargo. The center brings together a team of board-certified ophthalmologists and optometrists, a LASIK suite, and two operating suites, giving patients the ease and comfort of getting all their specialized eye care in one location. In addition to the Eye Center, MeritCare continues to provide optometry services and an optical shop at MeritCare Southpointe, 2400 32nd Ave. S., in Fargo. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (701) 461-5100.


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UCLA beat Oregon twice by 2-1 scores on Sunday to advance to OKC.
The Bruins will need to win twice on Sunday to advance to the WCWS.
The Eugene Super Regional will be played Saturday and Sunday.
Two Bruins were named to the USA Elite Team, while one was promoted.
Delaney Spaulding was named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of Week.
Two-out hitting and solid relief propelled UCLA to a Regional win.
Delaney Spaulding posted the third two-homer game of her career.
Johanna Grauer tossed the first no-hitter of her career on Friday.
The Bruins begin postseason play on Friday against CSU Bakersfield.
Seven Bruins were recognized by the NFCA and Pac-12 on Thursday.
UCLA welcomes CSU Bakersfield, Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton.
Brianna Tautalafua was named Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Week.


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Jared Jay DeVries
Position: DE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 272 lbs.
Born: June 11, 1976 in Aplington, IA
High School: Aplington-Parkersburg
College: Iowa (school history) (DeVries college stats)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (70th overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 19 (5014th overall since 1950)
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The Bachelorette Finale Video Preview: Ashley Hebert Takes On Her Sister
August 01, 2011 07:00 AM by Kristin Watson
It all comes down to one final rose. Who will Ashley Hebert choose on The Bachelorette — JP or Ben F? Before Ashley can choose she has to face her biggest critic — her sister. Read on for a sneak peek video of The Bachelorette's season finale…
We've watched Ashley Hebert struggle this season on The Bacheorette. Between wallowing over d-bag Bentley Williams and having one man walk away from her at the last minute (Constantine), we weren't sure we'd ever make it to the finale without her having some sort of nervous breakdown.
Now, one rose stands between Ashley Hebert and true love as the world watches to see who she will choose on the August 1st finale — JP or Ben F. Wow, all of a sudden we got really dramatic over this finale. Can we just say, we are so happy that this season is being put to bed. Truth be told, we're more interested in who she doesn't choose just for the sake of finding that more interesting than her actual engagement.
During the finale each guy is given one more chance to impress Ashley and JP goes the love letter route, which makes the romantics go aww and the cynics go yuck! Then her sister butts her nose in and makes an already insecure Ashley even more insecure — if that's possible. Take a look…
There's so much chatter that everyone already thinks they know who she chooses (JP) and that would be fine. Ben F is a great guy and it would be fun to see him take over the next edition of The Bachelor.
Ashely Hebert had a lot of great guys this season but most of them were overshadowed in the beginning thanks to Bentley Williams. We would have loved to have seen her and Ames explore their connection a bit more. Seeing him go might have been the hardest elimination for fans.
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5 Responses to "The Bachelorette Finale Video Preview: Ashley Hebert Takes On Her Sister"
bayha Says:
August 1st, 2011 at 11:50 am
Why on earth, Ashley, do you even care what your mean sister has to say?? It's all your call– you gonna run to her or someone when you can't make your own decision. It's your business, while it's nice to get family's opinion, it's just like a butt hole, everyone has one. Think for yourself, your relationship will last longer.
upstategal Says:
August 1st, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Ashley's sister should shut her mouth and mind her own business. Ashley was right…. she is such a bitch!
Minna Says:
August 1st, 2011 at 5:55 pm
The only thing I have to say to Ashley is….just take a look at your sister…Married and divorced and to me she's bitter. I would prefer JP since he's more mature and would not be bored with you as a younger man would. Remember, when a man is young, he'll follow another woman to greener pastures if they tend to get too bored with their wife…Just ask your sister…..If you go with what your sister says, then you deserve everything you get….You need to think for yourself and not depend on family….
Deb Says:
August 1st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Oh my gosh, who is the judgemental sister on the bachlorette…Ahh,, is she a jealous sister? Yup, I think so. Maybe someone should of been really hard on her when she was getting those horrible tattoos.
duane Says:
August 2nd, 2011 at 7:43 am
Do we give a damn, really, whether Ashley Hebert goes against her sister or whether she makes a clean break from her sister or, indeed, about anything concerning her? The real reality is, these "reality-TV" folks are and always have been essentially a bunch of fame-starved camera sluts lusting after their (fully undeserved) 15 minutes. Are our lives so meaningless, so hollow that we actually find worth in tuning in to these media whores? Wake up, people, and do something constructive with your lives!


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Pro-life leaders warn that the ALS "Ice Bucket Challenge" may fund embryonic stem-cell research — which relies on the cells of aborted babies.
Following a firestorm of protest, the Navy has reversed its decision to remove Bibles from guest rooms on naval bases.
Parents and concerned citizens in Fremont, California are fighting back over the school district's attempts to adopt a sex-ed textbook that has been described as "pornographic."
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Every time an Anonymous protester dons a Guy Fawkes mask, Time Warner goes "ka-ching"
Time Warner, gigantic media conglomerate and parent of Warner Brothers, owns the rights to the Guy Fawkes mask design from the 2006 Warner Brothers film "V for Vendetta." So, every time you purchase one of those masks, they are paid a licensing fee. Nick Bilton in the New York Times has more.
Christopher Nolan reveals title of third Batman film and that "it won't be the Riddler"
Christopher Nolan's third Batman film will be called "The Dark Knight Rises" and though the Gotham City auteur isn't ready to reveal the villain of his 2012 film, he did eliminate one of the big contenders: "It won't be the Riddler," Nolan said in an exclusive interview with Hero Complex. Nolan was most eager to talk about the [...]


text: Unfortunatly this party was all hype and no location the day of. So what does Peter (promoter) do? moves the rave into a farmers field. You should of seen the DJ's swatting away at the flies hovering around their heads at the booth. Fuk it was a mess. Not all the UK dj's showed up but a few of them did and they even played , well, tried to. I only had a somewhat good time because of a little blue tab and a couple of really wicked, dark, choons. This rave could of been alot better. Dancing was a real workout, ever try to get a groove on in a muddy corn field? lol


text: By Jan RahnManaging Editor The cleanup process in the southeast part of town is getting underway with the passing of a resolution by Grant City Council declaring four properties nuisances at their regular meeting Tuesday, June 26. The assessment of the southeast quadrant was presented by West Central Nebraska Development District which serves as the designated nuisance officer. Property owners of the four properties will receive letters and be given ample time to follow proper procedures in cleaning up their property prior to enforcement. A roll-off dumpster west of the ballfields near the grass clipping collection site is for the convenience of residents in cleaning up their property. The areas declared a nuisance are along Second Street near Washington, the 500 block of Logan Avenue, and two along the 200 block of Hancock Avenue. The program began in June 2010 with the northeast quadrant being the first cleanup effort, followed by the northwest quadrant last summer.Water Tower Maintenance Council decided June 26 to let bids on a water tower maintenance program. The Grant City Council has been tossing around the idea of putting a contract into place for this purpose for several months. The water tower is showing its age. Built in the 1970s, the tower's 200,000 tank is showing signs of aging and the railing around the tank is not deemed secure. In Other Business • Council members were given a presentation by West Central Nebraska Development District on a service they can provide in helping to locate infrastructure through GPS. • Council held discussion on looking at options for the Economic Development LB840. • Discussion was held on tree trimming along alleyways. • First reading was held on utility disconnect/connect. • The city will write a letter of support for Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corporation's housing rehab. • The 2012-13 sheriff's contract was approved early June as was the mayoral appointment of Bryan Kroeker to the Airport Advisory Board.


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So many things are happening in this early year 2014. With the release of The New Kayture, I had to postpone my traditional and beloved Kayture birthday article which should have been released on the 11th on January. The date were I officially published my first post, back there three years ago on what began to be Kayture. We celebrated this week end with the whole team around some tea and macarons while filming my upcoming acoustic music video (which we are all dying to post). Patience. One thing is for sure… This year has been full of surprises. So much joy, so many tears, so much stress, so much fun, so many new people met, so many things learned, a couple of mistakes, incredible journeys, nerve wrecking drama, but above all… So much passion.
If I choose to show you on this blog only one side of my life, and let's say, the best side possible, sometimes things happen behind the cameras and screens that are quite hard to deal with. It's my personal choice to show and share only positive things with you even if I know that struggles can inspire and help as well. I think that positive messages help even more.
I decided from the beginning to keep Kayture a positive place, where you feel inspired with a healthy flow of messages and energy. I feel like they are so many websites right now that share such negative imageries and quotes with their audience, even if they don't mean to I realize that some blogs just make you feel bad more than anything else. And I just hope, from the bottom of my heart, that sharing with you my adventures, or even simply my looks, inspires you, takes your mind off of something, or maybe even your stress or anger away for a couple of minutes to drown in a little world of travel, elegance, luxury, fun and fashion (you can always hate on me if you're having a bad day!!! that might help to release anger levels hahaha!! aaah fascinating human nature, I'm the first one to yell when I'm in a bad mood, though I choose to yell in my songs more than on people, luckily).
I want Kayture to be your precious, dreamy escape. Full of iconic images and timeless elegance. I do realize that a lot of the things I show seem so out of this world. The beautiful clothing, the luxurious trips, where does it all come from!? It seems so unreal. Well I can tell you two things, I worked like a mad person for every, single, bit that I show on this blog. I do not come from a super wealthy family and even if I did by pure pride and personal dignity I would have been willing to do my own way and earn my own rewards, although I totally respect other's choices as well. All the trips, all the clothes are the fruit of hard work which I choose for now to keep behind the cameras to allow full concentration and to avoid spoiling the content.
Management is a big part of Kayture, James and I who are the two lead members of the team, spend day and nights organizing to the detail each partnership, each trip, each clothing piece so that the article are effortless and perfectly blended together. I highly admire Steve Jobs and his work for Apple, some don't realize the work it takes to create something simple and efficient. And it is our goal, we want it to be simple and easy in just a clic even if there were weeks, sometimes months of organization behind it. It might sound hard to understand but I think that people who own their own blogs might understand the concept a little bit better. When I didn't have a blog, I thought that all these girls were super rich gals walking around with their luxury bags and doing nothing of their lives but having fun. Which sounded quite enraging yet fascinating. Yet I've met a lot of bloggers and most of them are working like crazy to be where they are. It's a very simple circle, the harder you work, the better your quality, the better the projects, trips, partnerships and clothing deals.
I want to be as honest and transparent with you guys and I think this is also something that defines Kayture, is that here, what really matters to me is you and your experience. There are so many messages I want to share with you daily, and I've learned so much through this year of 2013. But my most important message is that, no matter what happens in life, no matter what you're going through or how many struggles you're having, what really is important is confidence, hope and love. I know it's sounds super cheesy. But it's so true. Loving yourself, believing in your dreams, fighting for it is above everything else. Because who will love you if you don't love yourself first, you will support your ideas if you'd don't deeply believe in them and how could you believe in them if you don't work hard? Pretty simple method isn't it? I live day by day keeping this in mind and this is what allows me to keep my head high in difficult situations (and believe me…there were a lot of them in 2013) yet stay deeply grounded because even though one thing is achieved there is always so much more to do. Know who you are define what you want, follow your instincts, they won't tell you wrong.
2013 has been a year of bliss, and I know that 2014 will be the year of renewal. Music takes my heart, and there's nothing else in this world that I want to do more than sing. To me fashion and music create the perfect harmony, this association between the visual and the sound is so fascinating. But more about that in the following days. I will tell you all about it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY KAYTURE!!!! I hope you're going to be as many, as adorable, as smart and loyal this year than you were in 2013 beloved readers! Kayture really has the best followers in the entire world, such a fresh, determined, motivated team. I love you all guys so much, from the bottom of the heart, and I hope we'll be able to meet up in 2014! Lots of love and success to all of you, may all your wishes come true.


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Many people returning home from Christmas vacation this week got a very unwelcome surprise...their home was broken into.
ECU student Samantha Terrell found her apartment had been ransacked. The thieves stole diamond earrings, a flat screen tv, cash, and a phone. They had gotten in through a window. She isn't the only one dealing with this scenario.
According to Greenville Police from January 1st to January 5th there were 27 reports of a home break-in in the Greenville area. We checked online reports and found that since Christmas there have been a total of 45 reports of break-ins.
Police do have leads and suspects. They believe several people and groups may have committed the crimes.


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Giggs says Man Utd can't afford to play 'catch-up' game throughout season
Veteran Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has warned teammates that they can't keep relying on the strikers to rescue them every time after conceding early goals throughout the season.
Giggs said United cannot bank on Chelsea caving in during their Premier League clash next Sunday, as other sides have done this season despite their change in style and personnel.
Shoddy defending has resulted in United conceding the first goal in eight games this season, as their hectic 3-2 win over Braga in Champions League showed on Tuesday when they hit back from 2-0 down.
But Giggs, who is Old Trafford's longest-serving player, insisted it has to stop at Stamford Bridge.
"There are two ways of looking at us falling behind in games. Obviously the positive aspect is that we have shown great character to come back and win six of those eight games. It shows we have the quality and goals in the team," the Daily Express quoted Giggs, as saying.
"But you cannot keep going behind throughout a season and having to rely on the lads up front to score the goals," he added.
"It is something we have looked at and are still looking at. If we go behind against Chelsea it will be tough to come back. We recognise we cannot afford to let Chelsea get too far ahead in the table. They are already four points in front and have got off to a good start so it is a big game," he said. (ANI)
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- Interim Man Utd boss Giggs hopes to bring smiles back on fans' faces
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Something's rotten in Farrell
I wrote a few weeks ago about the struggle a steel mill in my county is going through due to the AFL-CIO and its role in supporting the Buy American provision of the latest stimulus legislation. One of the AFL-CIO's member unions, the United Steelworkers Union (USW), has joined the battle against the mill and its 600 USW employees. I'll tell you the story, but I think it will be helpful to keep a few questions in mind as you read:
- Is freedom a good thing?
- Are freedom and Buy American legislation compatible?
- Is Buy American un-American?
Duferco Farrell, located in little Farrell, Pa., is part of an international steel producing conglomerate that buys its raw material---steel slab---from one of its affiliates in Russia and from other global suppliers and then rolls it into steel sheet coils. Duferco sells the coils to other companies that fabricate the steel into things like pipe and tube, automobile bumpers, and washing machines. Its biggest customer, Wheatland Tube, owned by a private global investment firm, is located a short distance down the street. Due largely to the AFL-CIO's influence, Wheatland Tube cannot buy steel coil from its neighbors at Duferco for projects funded by stimulus monies because Duferco does not melt the steel slab they use---they buy it from foreign sources. The result is that the health of Duferco, already struggling due to the ailing economy, is further jeopardized, leading to the laying off of workers. In other words, the Buy American steel slab clause supported by the AFL-CIO and the USW is hurting American union workers represented by USW Local 1016.
Duferco Farrell is seeking an exemption to the clause and, incredibly, the USW is now fighting the exemption that would keep their brethren working in Farrell. Last week, USW International Vice President Tom Conway wrote a letter (subscription required) to the trade publication American Metal Market complaining about Duferco Farrell.
Why? The USW doesn't like that Duferco is telling the federal government that the Buy American provision is cause for additional layoffs.
But that's the truth.
"This unnecessary and unwarranted threat [of layoffs] is despicable," Conway wrote. He then told the Farrell-area newspaper The Herald, "I really think this is a form of blackmail." He may think Duferco's concern about layoffs is unnecessary and unwarranted because, as he told The Herald, he's identified "American steelmakers willing to sell them [Duferco] steel at market prices" that are "probably below the cost of production because people just want to generate volume right now. . . . But that doesn't fit their model of rolling, which is based on cheap Russian slabs."
Do you think it's possible that Duferco will lose money if they buy and roll cheap American slabs rather than buying and rolling cheap Russian slabs? Keep in mind that Duferco has to transport the Russian slabs from halfway across the globe.
Conway contends that this strategy "doesn't pass the smell test." I've seen the numbers from a source at Duferco. The company will lose money rolling American slabs, which have been offered to Duferco at prices higher than the global market for steel slabs. One of the companies that Conway suggested as a reliable slab supplier offered slab to Duferco at a price higher than their finished coils could be sold at. Translation: Duferco loses money rolling American slabs even if they're sold to the company below market prices. Today's most efficient steel making operations happen to reside outside of the United States, so buying Russian slab at world market prices would allow Duferco to earn a profit . . . and keep USW union employees working.
Duferco's concerns do pass the smell test. The AFL-CIO and USW are the source of this odor. Due to their efforts and congressional complicity, Duferco's freedom to make a profit and keep its USW employees in the factory is rotting.
Remember those questions I asked earlier? Is freedom a good thing? Are freedom and Buy American legislation compatible? Is Buy American un-American?
Americans hold a few truths to be self-evident, including that our Creator endowed us with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I think you know the answers to the questions.


text: The Museum Art Hotel's Fitness Centre is located on the Apartment wing of the Hotel. The Fitness Centre includes a Lap Swimming Pool, Spa and Sauna. Enjoy using the fitness equipment while watching your favorite program on the LCD television. Use the Yoga Balls and Mats on the outside deck to relax in the fresh air and sunshine. The Fitness Centre provides shower and toilet facilities, towels, draws to store your belongings and fresh cooled water.


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Tale of two gates
What do Climategate and ACORNgate have in common? Answer: They'll never catch on. I finally "get" it---the news is what the news outlets tell you it is. And if they say it's Jon and Kate, then like it or lump it. There's no real traction to Climategate and ACORNgate, as far as I can see. (Who are Jon and Kate anyway? They're always looking at me from the magazine rack at CVS.)
I ruined Thanksgiving dinner by bringing to the table a Wall Street Journal article on the hacking of a server of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit. I got through the first paragraph and my 26-year-old son cut me off: "I don't need to listen to this crap." It got messy after that. I never got to paragraph two.
If there is anything nefarious afoot in the research cathedrals of the world---any evidence contradicting Michael Mann's hockey stick graph, any quiet Wite-Out of a Medieval Warm Period, any collusion to squelch contrary evidence, any cynical redefining of "peer review" to keep inconvenient truth from appearing in scientific publications, any conspiracy to overstate man-made contribution to climate change---it's safe in my house. If a tree falls in the woods and nobody wants to hear about it, it didn't fall.
If it really happened that employees at the ACORN office in Baltimore unwittingly advised two freelance journalists on how to get federal monetary assistance for a brothel, how to cover the sex trafficking of under-aged El Salvadoran girls, how to get tax credits for said girls, how to register their sex ring as a legal business ("performing artist"), it's safe at my house.
I remember the days when newspapers used to trip over themselves to scoop a juicy scandal. Those were the good old days. Now they trip over themselves to scoop selective scandals. Like Jon and Kate, I guess. Whoever they are.
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