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The wives of ministers in the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar are richer than their husbands, details of movable and immovable assets declared by the ministers for the year ended December 31, 2011 have revealed.
The property details of the ministers and their family members were posted in the Bihar government website before the Assembly election conducted last October-November as per the directive of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The ministers, whose spouses have earned more movable assets, are: Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh, Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Building Construction Minister Damodar Raut, Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra and Water Resource Minister Vijay Kumar Chowdhary.
According to the details, Narendra Singh has movable assets worth Rs 25.50 lakh while his wife Sagarmani Devi possess more property than Singh.
She has movable assets worth Rs 27.42 lakh.
Similarly, health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey's movable and immovable properties were less than his wife.
Choubey has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 61.24 lakh while his wife Nita Choubey owns property worth Rs 94.99 lakh, over Rs 30 lakh more than her husband.
Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi, who also holds the charge of finance department, has movable assets worth Rs 25.78 lakh, while his wife J S Modi is owner of movable assets worth Rs 29.84 lakh.
State water resource minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, a close aide of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has movable properties worth Rs 15 lakh while his wife owns movable assets worth Rs 20.28 lakh.
If the land, house and plots are added together, Choudhary is ahead of his wife in the accumulation of assets.
The figures further revealed that Tourism Minister Sunil Kumar Pintu's wife has assets more than him which is worth Rs 40.45 lakh while Pintu has declared immovable assets worth Rs 20.09 lakh.
Significantly, there is no uniformity in making public the assets earned by the NDA ministers in Bihar.
There are several ministers who have failed to give details of their movable assets like land and buildings on the ground of non-separation with the family members and they have not even disclosed the value of the jewellery their families have.
Minority Welfare minister Shahid Ali Khan has not either disclosed the value of his immovable property on the ground that separation in the family had not taken place.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh had also not furnished the details of the joint properties of his family.
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Salar and Lagunas - Another World
Trip Start Jun 12, 2008
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Having hurriedly booked with Colque tours the night before, George having asked all the sensible questions that I had forgotten, we turned up to the office with our bags and water in tow. Here we met up with the other 4 people who would be joining us on the 3 day trip. A French couple in their 50�s who couldn�t (or refused) to speak any English and a couple of Swiss Med students who seemed to speak all languages! At this point we also got the first sight of the Toyota Landcruiser that would be transporting us across the rough terrain for the next 3 days. It seemed in fairly good nick and encouragingly there was tread on all the tyres, although it was lacking any numberplates or seatbelts!
The bags, petrol and lunch securely strapped to the roof and us not securely fastened, we set off to our first stop, The Train Cemetery. On the way our guide and 4X4 (Rally) driver introduced himself as Pedro. He was a scruffy chap, unshaven , with a couple of teeth missing, unkempt hair and dressed in his mechanic�s, oil stained jumpsuit.
The train cemetery is a funny place and, as you might imagine, is full of the rusting shells of steam trains from a bygone age when Uyuni was an important rail hub for which Bolivia exported its minerals to Argentina and Chile. It was quite an atmospheric place and it was amazing to see trains made in Britain which had been shipped all the way over to Bolivia. I didn�t know how much fun you could have clambering over rusty, hulking engines: turns out it is about 10 minutes if you are interested!
The first of the trip photos taken, climbing done and serious injury avoided we jumped back into the 4X4 and set out to the next stop, the salt mining village of Colchani. Forty minutes out of Uyuni and on the edge of the Salar, Colchani is a bleak village of around 100 people who work to harvest the salt. This salt supplies Bolivia and is exported to Argentina and Chile. It seemed like a thankless job and I can only imagine that the going rate for salt is not that high. It was another reminder of the harsh conditions that people have to work under! We had a quick look around the place and I asked a group of lads if I could take their picture shoveling salt onto a truck. Disappointingly they said no. Fair enough I guess I would get pretty pissed off with Gringos asking for photos and ogling me doing my job. Shame though, it was a good photo.
Village seen it was back into the jeep (sorry for this repetition of getting into the jeep but there was a lot of driving on the trip) and off we went again. Very soon we entered the Salar. The Salar is 11000 sqkm salt flat that was formed millions of years ago when a huge salt lagoon that covered much of Bolivia dried up.
Just outside the village we had a couple of stops. The first to see some harvested piles of salt and to take more photos. The second was to see the first of many mineral-induced weirdnesses. This particular one was a small lake in the salt with bubbling pools of salt water. The bubbling was caused by a huge lithium deposit way under the salt, apparently the biggest in the world.
Suitably impressed with the first of many otherworldly oddities we hopped back into our transport and drove on. Before long we reached the first and only building left on the salt flat. A salt hotel that was built illegally and is likely to be relocated due to environmental concerns. We had a quick look around and were disappointed by the lack of a UK flag on the hotel. It was ok I guess, a little grey though.
Hotel seen it was back on the road (salt) again. It wasn�t long before the blinding white of the salt contrasting with the bright blue of the sky began to have a hypnotising effect on me. Within 15 minutes it was virtually all you could see. Occasionally the white was interrupted by other jeeps. Volcanoes and mountains lined the very outer edges of the vast whiteness but in the gaps between the volcanoes, perspective was completely redundant and the blue sky and white salt merged into a distanceless blur. It began to make me a little dizzy. It seemed to have a sedative effect on the other passengers and most seemed to just fall asleep! It was easy to see how, despite the openness, accidents have happened. I hoped that Pedro was felling perky and wished that we had seatbelts!
We drove for about and hour and a half, and I�m glad to say Pedro and myself managed to remain awake, until we approached the Isla del Pescado (apparently looks like a fish) of Incahuasi (Inca House) in Quechua. This was our lunch stop. Incahuasi is quite a stunning place. A coral island in the middle of this vast whiteness covered in huge, ancient cactuses some of which are thousands of years old. We had a tasty lunch and then went for a walk over the island. As we climbed the views of the cactuses with the white Salar back drop were stunning. The coral island was a clear reminder of the fact that this was once a great lake and before that the ocean. Amazing!
Lunch fully digested, off we went again in our trusty vehicle. We asked Pedro if it would be possible to drive a bit further out into the middle of the Salar so that we were able to indulge in some amusing photo taking! The plane and perspectiveless salt flat landscape lends itself to this pursuit no end and as you can see we got some funny, if a little clich�d, photos. (And, it seems, I have George just where I want her!)
Well that was pretty much it for day one. We headed off to our lodging for the night which turned out to be the only slightly disappointing thing of the whole trip. Although there was nothing really wrong with the place that we stayed we had hoped that we were going to stay in one of the many salt hotels on the edge of the Salar. It just wasn�t quite what we had expected. One particularly annoying aspect, although also slightly amusing, was that the hot water that the company touted was only available between seven and eight in the evening, the precise time that dinner was served. Classic planning! It sent one other guest apoplectic, which was also amusing to watch! It didn�t really bother us, we had prepared ourselves for 3 days of hygienically compromised travelling. Supper over, the darkness and cold setting in, we decided to head to our 6 person dorm. We thought we would have a room to ourselves but on the up side when it is cold 6 bodies are better than one! I had a really good night�s sleep that night, probably assisted by the couple of drams of rum the Swiss guys gave me!
We awoke a 7 am and I felt refreshed and was looking forward to day two. I will do my best to describe day two but it was such an assault on the senses that my mind has blurred everything together and I am no longer sure whether the chronology is quite correct. Never mind I will give it a go. As we set off Pedro, as is customary in South America, crossed himself profusely before setting off at breakneck speeds along dirt tracks! At least give Him a chance to look out for us I thought to myself!
Our first stop on day two was at a small village call San Juan. We stopped here for supplies and I took the opportunity to have a high altitude kick around with a 5 year old local. Although I would be the first to admit my football skills are somewhat limited, the boy seemed fairly impressed with my limited repertoire of tricks and he looked suitably perplexed with a particular one. I am sure he is practicing as I write this.
Bobby Charlton�s Soccer School South America over and done off we drove waving goodbye to the kids as we went. The morning itself was taken up by lots of driving. However, the spectacular but treeless, desolate landscape of small mountains, deserts and endless volcano cones more than made up for the time spent in the car. Llamas and vicu�as would come into view occasionally, the Llamas stubbornly refusing to move from the 'road'. I wondered whether these animals were wild or if some hardy souls farmed them. I found it hard to believe that anyone lived here. We drove on crossing the railway lines to Chile and climbing steadily all the time.
One of our hopes on the trip was to see a smoking volcano and finally our hopes had come true. The semi active and snow capped Volcan Ollague at 5863m was in the distance smoking away. Little did I know at this point that by the end of the trip I would have thought this sight insignificant. At the time though it made us both really happy. We stopped in strange valley filled with volcanic rock, lava and ash to take a better look at the smoking giant. Even at a distance of 15km the smoking volcano was enough to make you appreciate the power under the Earth�s surface.
We climbed steeply after this, really putting the jeep through its paces. Pedro was even forced to engage the special super-traction gear! After much engine noise and great deals of torque we arrived at the first of the lakes. As it turned out it wasn�t as spectacular as those that followed but it was beautiful nonetheless. It was fairly normal except for the vast, white beds of borax (a white mineral deposit, something to do with sulphuric acid) that lined its shores and created mini islands in the lake, and that it was our first encounter with the pink flamingos that the area is famed for. They were everywhere. The flamingos pink colour, the lakes blueness and the white of the borax was another amazing contrast of colours. It was incredible to see Flamingos in the wild. As we left the lake we spotted an injured Andean fox, it was slightly lame. It seemed fairly healthy though and it must have realised that the only way to survive was to beg from passing gringos. We obliged and got some good photos for our bread!
Our next stop was for lunch at another lake, Laguna Hedionda. This one was more spectacular, very pale but bright blue, again with white borax deposits and flocks of pink flamingos set in a valley beautiful volcanoes. Another stunning lunch location to rival any on our trip. We had a lovely lunch of tuna, rice, tomatoes, cucumber and picked vegetables all the time taking in the beautiful view. We also visited the most expensive toilets in Bolivia, 5 Bs! I decided to make full use of the facilities!
We had a quick walk along the lake, took yet more snaps and we were on our way again. Again the scenery was breathtaking. More volcanoes lined the route, some dullish but some beautifully coloured. A particularly beautiful one was the Volcan de Siete Colores. It appeared to have been coloured by a child holding seven different coloured crayons and running them across the side of the mountain. Occasionally the empty valley floor would be filled with volcanic rock ejected with great force from one of the now dormant volcanoes. Another reminder of the power of the Earth!
Our next stop was at one such example of these volcanic rocks, the Arbol de Piedra or stone forest. Huge rocks that had been spewed from the volcanoes which, over a great time, had been carved into strange shapes by the wind and dust. We had fun clambering over the rocks for a while before heading for the last stop of the day and our camp for the night.
We arrived at the Laguna Colorada at about 4 pm. I�m sorry at this point to sound a bit like a broken record, but this was another truly surreal and beautiful sight. I had no idea such things existed on this planet. The lake was red. Not just slightly reddish, but acutally strongly red. Apparently caused by the wind mixing sea algae and micro-organismstogether. Who cares?! It was amazing! Bright white borax and pink flamingos added to colours and again volcanoes surrounded the lake. We went for a walk to the mirador hill alnogside the lake and just stared down in amazement. As the sun began to fall behind the mountians the redness of the lake deepened. It was like nothing on Earth!
We walked back to our refuge and as the sun set the temperature began to drop rapidly. We had heard stories of the temperature falling to -15C or lower. Pedro assured us that this wouldn�t happen as it was now spring. The refuge itself was very basic and after a supper of soup, clacky pasta and lots of camomile tea there was nothing to do but head to our dorm, wrap up warm and cover ourselves in as many blankets as we could! Pedro informed us that we would have to be up for 4.30am and as usual when I have to get up early I couldn�t sleep.. The cold wan�t too bad but the multi layered bed covering wasnt that comfy!
Normally I wouldn�t be too happy having to be up at 4.30am for a 5 am start but on this occasion I am so glad we did it. We bundled, bleary eyed and freezing cold, into the jeep and drove off into the darkness. I actually hadn�t read the internery that closely so wasn�t fully briefed on what the day was all about. I knew we were visiting some geysers and a hot spring and that was about it. I�m not sure if it was the cold, the time, or the fact that I didn�t sleep that well, but the next 2 or 3 hours were the most surreal experience.
Getting up at this ungodly hour meant that we were ahead of all the other groups for the final, and as it turned out, most amazing part of the trip. The first stop was the geysers. For some reason when I think of geysers I think of steaming things in the ice of Iceland and I wasn�t really all that excited about them. It wasn�t until I realised that we were climbing the side of a volcano that it finally dawned on me (an appropriate time of day for this to happen!) that these geysers were on top of the Sol de Mana�a Vocano. We levelled off and drove on, still in darkness. The sun was just beggining to rise over the aptly name volacano. Suddenly the headlights of the jeep picked out the first geyser. This one was a man-made geyser created by Swiss scientists investigatin geothermal energy. It was a high pressured geyser that shot sulphorous steam 40ft into the air with an amazing hissing? sound that puncuated the silence. Pedro informed us that this one was actually cool and you could touch it. Cool, apart from the smell of eggs that lingered on my hand for days after!
The sun continued to rise and as it did so other geysers became visible in the distance. They were a whole different kettle of fish from the first. They were natural geysers and whilst they didn�t hiss or shoot high into the air, they were much more brooding and sinister. Pedro told us something in Spanish about the volcano still being active but I didn�t really understand. In my dreamlike state I followed Pedro towards the geysers. George told me a couple of days later that we walked straight past a sign saying to go no further! Not sure which is worse me not noticing it or George noticing it and walking straight past it! The steam rose from between the deep chasms, and the smell of sulphur was overwhelming. Not a place you want to fall over though, as between the smoking chasms were pools of boiling lava! It is quite Lord of the Rings more like bubbling mud really, but very intimidating and hot! It is difficult for me to fully explain the feeling of standing on top of an active volcano at sunrise and the photos were hard to take (the freezing conditions do nothing for camera electronics!). It was a strange feeling, the time and the lack of sleep made it feel very other worldly and dreamlike. Now, not only had we seen a smoking volcano at 15km but we had stood on top of one and looked down at its boiling innards!
We drove on and the sun continued to rise lighting the silhouettes of volcano cones in the distance. Next stop was the thermal springs. We approached the the lake that housed the pools at 6.45am the sun now lighting the tops of the volcanos with a beautiful, soft yellow light. The lake was perfectly still and pure reflections were visible in it. I wouldn�t normally be so keen on getting stripped down to my swimming shorts when it is -10C outside but I wasn�t going to come so far, be in such an incredible setting, and miss out on this. Plus I hadn�t had a wash for two days!
We got to the spring at 6.50am still ahead of the other groups. The bath would be ours for 10 minutes whilst the others caught up. We rushed down to the pool and attempted the fatest changing ever, prudishness put to one side to avoid exposure. Stripped down to my shorts I quickly headed down to the steaming water. The temperature outside around -10C and the temperature of the water 36C! Now normally 36C is nothing but getting in from such cold meant that it took a good couple of seconds for your feet to stop burning! Valuable seconds when the rest of you is getting freezing! After those seconds though......oh yes! It was one of the best feelings ever! I laid back in the steamy, warm water and just looked up at the sky. Bliss!
It wasn�t long before the other groups began to arrive and soon our private pool had become crowded. It was a pity but it was also funny to watch the others getting changed, hot (cold) footing it across the ground and listening to the funny, whimpering noises they made as they dipped their feet in! After twenty minutes of so of soaking it was time to head off again and if getting in was cold getting out would be literally freezing! I got out and scampered to my towel and clothes. As I dried my hair I noticed that it had actually frozen. That is how cold it was. A record breaking dressing later we were ready to head off. The thermal pool ahd been a revitalising 20 minutes and I felt totally refreshed!
We had two more lakes to visit before our tour was over but on the way to the lakes we had to drive through Dali�s Valley, so-named beacuse it resembles one of his paintings although the man himself never visited the place. It was, unsurprisingly given the name, another surreal place and if anyone wanted to fake a moon landing (Jen G!) then this would be as good a place as any to do it!
The last two lakes were the Laguna Blanco and the Laguna Verde. The first named was not all that spectacular but probably only becuase what had gone before it. The Laguna Verde however, was something else. It was notas green as it sometimes due to the calm conditions, but this meant the towering Volcan Lirancaber was reflected perfectly in the water and we were able to take some great photos. No flamingos in this lake though, the water here very toxic due arsenic and other poisonous metals!
We had breakfast at another refuge overlooking the Laguna Blanca and then set out to the Chilean to drop off the the Swiss guys. This was essentially the end of the trip and only a 7 hour drive back to Uyuni lay ahead of us. However, the only dodgy and sad note to the trip occurred when Pedro decided to buy himself a beer at oune of our stops. Luckily it was the only one he had and it was a small one. I was glad it didn�t develop as I wasn�t keen on having to confront him in Spanish and ask/tell him to stop!
The drive back was beautiful and Pedro�s driving outstanding, if not a little too fast at points. If there was a 4X4 rally cahmpioship for Land cruisers then he would surely stand a chance of winning! It was probably pretty dangerous but, hey, I�m still here! We stopped in a desserted village for our final lunch, and made it back to Uyuni for just after five am hour ahead on schedule. The electricity havnig been turned back on the afternoon before.
It was an epic journey and an assault on my senses. It was the most beutiful and epic landscape of our trip so far. Empty and desolate yet full of colour and contrasts. I�m not sure if there is anywhere else quite like it on the planet and to me it truly seemed to be another world!


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About Us
Proprietors Mark "Tex" Howard, Sharon Bernard-Howard, and Mark Johnson grew up in Houston, Texas – a place that takes great pride in the barbeque that gets served up. In Texas, it seems there's a barbeque joint of some kind on every corner. There are regular full-size barbeque restaurants, barbeque kiosks, barbeque pits in gas stations ("Fill 'er up, please check the oil, and how's the smoked brisket today?"), barbeque at fairs, festivals, and farmers' markets, and barbeque being sold on the side of the road. And the funny thing is – as many places as there are – most of them are pretty good. Because Texans take their barbeque seriously, and any place that doesn't serve top-notch 'cue won't be in business very long. When we were growing up, all three of us assumed that most places knew how to barbeque properly. Man oh man, were we ever wrong. Fast-forward a few decades, and fate and other ventures brought us all to the San Francisco Bay area. One of us even married a native Californian. And we tried again and again to find some local barbeque that was worth eating twice. And failed miserably at the challenge. After trying and being disappointed again by the umpteenth newest place in town, we were all about to give up the pursuit when a trip back to Texas one fall produced a simple revelation – "We know what makes great barbeque, why not produce it ourselves?"
And thus, a new journey began. One where we committed to producing the finest barbeque that California has ever seen. Barbeque created in the traditional Texas style – slow-smoked in high-quality pits using only the finest cooking materials, and serving the finest in naturally-raised meats with the utmost in attention to detail. Cut no corners, take no shortcuts. Keep it simple, but make it great.
The Difference between Simple Grilling and Pit-Smoke Barbequing
There's a big misconception between what grilling is, and what true barbequing (and more specifically, "pit-smoke" barbequing) is. Grilling everything from meat to fish, poultry to vegetables on a standard propane gas grill is one of the most popular pastimes in America. Unfortunately, it also produces some of the driest, most overcooked results you can achieve. Although a skilled griller can produce good results with quality equipment, an attention to detail, and a lot of practice, whether it's grilling a fresh salmon or cooking up burgers for the clan, it's very easy to overcook and dry out meat when cooking directly over an open flame (on both gas and charcoal, although grilling purists prefer charcoal over gas). When most people talk about the "barbequing" they're going to do, more often than not, they're talking about "grilling." And believe me, we here at Tex Howard's do a lot of it, whether it's grilling fresh shrimp marinated in lime juice and herbs, satisfying the kids with their favorite hot dog concoctions, plank-grilling a fresh Pacific salmon, or cooking up the best hamburgers (and gardenburgers!) around.
But when it comes to beef brisket, pork ribs, beef and pork sausage, whole turkeys and chickens, long and slow indirect pit-smoking is the way to go. Cooking via indirect heat, and more specifically by indirect heat and smoke, produces the most flavorful and juicy barbequed meats possible. Because they don't ever get contacted by flame and are completely sealed on the outside, the results produced will be the best you've ever had. Which brings us back around to Texas-style smoking. Tex Howard's takes great pride in using time-tested dry-rub methods and the best smoking firewood materials to produce the finest quality smoked barbeque you'll ever have.
What Makes Our Barbeque So Special?
First of all, there are more types of regional barbeque than you can shake a stick at. Although Texans like to think their dry-rub, smoke-centric style is the best, some of the most well-deservedly famous barbeque can be found in Kansas City, Saint Louis, Memphis, and the Carolinas, each of which focuses on a particular type of meat and style of sauce, ranging from sweet to tangy. Central California itself has a long history of tri-tip smoking and grilling, and far be it from us to deny the appeal of a well-cooked Santa Maria Tri-Tip. And if you travel outside the USA, you'll find some incredible and unique barbeque ranging from Argentina, Australia, Korea, and Japan. Each of these styles holds its rightful place in world culinary history. As native Texans however, we hold the traditional dry-rub pit-smoked method dear to our heart. In our opinion, this method delivers the most juicy and flavorful meat there is, whether it's brisket or ribs, sausage or chicken. And you haven't lived until you've had a properly smoked turkey for holiday dinner. As for barbeque sauce – Texans have a phrase they like to use, which is "If you have to use sauce on your barbeque, you're not cooking it right." And as true as that statement is at its core, we still offer a delicious barbeque sauce, we just serve it on the side. No more drenching of bad barbeque with sauce to hide how dry and tasteless the meat is. And who knows – you might get to the point where you're so happy with the flavor that you don't even want any sauce at all. But that's OK with us, because we'll know then that we've done our job.
Naturally-Raised Angus Beef Brisket
The Angus breed is the best tasting beef there is – known for their superior marbling, juiciness, tenderness, and flavor, and when it comes to pit-smoked barbeque, taste is everything. We source our Angus beef brisket from the #1 natural beef ranch group in the USA, the only major beef company to receive "Certified Humane" designation from the Humane Farm Animal Care program. Required standards include that cattle be raised with shelter, sufficient space and the ability to engage in natural behaviors. The cattle are raised on a strictly vegetarian diet, and are never given any form of hormones or antibiotics. The animals are allowed to mature slowly for optimal tenderness and marbling. 100% of these cattle can be source and age-verified back to their ranch of origin. All are born, raised, fed and processed solely in the USA. The bottom line – there simply isn't any better beef available, and it's the only beef brisket that Tex Howard's will ever use.
The Best in Pork Ribs, Beef & Pork Sausage, and Free-Range Chicken
Besides our Angus beef, we also source the finest in pork ribs, beef/pork sausage, and free-range chicken from ranchers in nearby Sonoma County. And once again, just like with our beef, we only work with ranchers committed to strict, natural animal husbandry standards, no hormones or antibiotics, and dedication to humane and natural treatment of their animals.
Mark "Tex" Howard – Co-Founder & Pitmaster
The "Tex" in"Tex Howard," Mark is a native Texan who loves California but hates what the state has done (or hasn't done as it were) to create good smoked barbeque. He's a successful lifelong salesman and former barbeque restaurant owner in Texas. Like most Texans, he can talk your ear off on just about anything, and he's probably forgotten more than most people will ever know about smoking meat. Mark comes from a long line of family members who have spent their lives cooking for others, and it is his mission to finally show Californians what real Texas-style smoked barbeque is all about.
Sharon Bernard-Howard – Co-Founder & Keeper of the Sauce
The only thing that Sharon loves more than Texas-style barbeque is Kansas Jayhawks basketball. Well, that and her kids. And her grandkids. And football. And baseball. Especially San Francisco Giants baseball. But then she loves Texas barbeque best! Loves it so much that she went back to Texas, married a Pitmaster, and brought him back to California so she'd be able to have a dependable source. As a skilled registered nurse, she is more than qualified to revive you after you pass out from the ecstasy of our food. Or deliver your baby if you go into labor while waiting in line. Because she was there when both Marks were in high school, she knows which stories they tell about that time were really true and which were really tall tales. Which most of them were.
Mark Johnson – Business Manager & Smokologist
An award-winning interactive multimedia producer, Mark is also a native Texan who has complained about the state of California barbeque for most of the 25 years he's lived here, and felt he finally had to do something about it with his childhood friends. He's so glad to finally be able to stop taking vacations to Texas just so he can eat good smoked barbeque. Favorite meat? Smoked brisket. Favorite cheese? Smoked Gouda. He would pit-smoke ice cream if he could.


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It sounds like the first mortgage holder did not seek a deficiency judgment. So, you should not be held liable as far as that mortgage is concerned. If the second mortgage holder received any of the proceeds (in other words, if the first mortgage was fully satisfied by the proceeds of the sale and the remainder went to the second mortgage holder) then it would have had to file a deficiency judgment, but from your account, this doesn't seem to be the case. The second mortgage holder could, potentially file a separate action on the mortgage note. The statute of limitations for these actions is usually 7 years.
If the second mortgage holder wants to obtain a judgment against you, you will be notified of the court action. In this case, you should demand that the second mortgage holder produce the original note. If the second mortgage holder is unable to do so, their action against you will fail.
The judgment will act as a lien on any of your deeded property. If the park service property is filed with the county, then it would act as a lien on your interest. Lien holders usually don't foreclose on property, they simply wait until it is sold and get the proceeds form the sale.
As far as the joint tenancy, the lien would still attach to the property. If you die, your interest goes to your joint tenant, and the lien may be extinguished.
Bankruptcy usually discharges deficiency judgments. Many times, people are able to keep their residences after declaring bankruptcy, but you should really speak with a bankruptcy attorney regarding your situation. The amount of detail required to advise you on whether you would be able to keep your property is too extensive for this format.
However, if I were in your position, I would not consider bankruptcy, based solely upon this issue, until or unless the second mortgage holder files suit. They may not intend to do so and bankruptcy may not be necessary.
Good luck.
Thank you for your kind words. You can request me in particular in the future. The process for doing so is described here.
I am located in New York, but I am also licensed in Virginia and deal with property transactions all over the country.
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Steve Spurrier Gets Own Soundboard
November 20th, 2013| by Lost Lettermen
South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier has said some memorable things over the years. Yet in all that time, no one thought to make a soundboard of his "greatest hits."
The fine folks at Charleston's WSC-FM stepped up and did so, creating a soundboard containing 44 of the Head Ball Coach's most famous quotes. (Our favorite on there is the "that's why we're losers" sound byte.)
While not quite as rich a selection as the Gus Johnson Soundboard, it's still a great way to kill five minutes of your day.


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|Born: Robert Michael Bellotti on Dec. 21, 1950, in Sacramento, Calif.
Personal: Three children: Luke (3-16-85), Keri (10-29-86) and Sean (3-31-94)
Education: M.S. in Physical Education, Cal State-Hayward, 1982; B.A. in Physical Education, UC Davis, 1973; Ygnacio Valley (Concord, Calif.) High School, 1969
Playing Experience: Selected as MVP of UC Davis freshman team at tight end and also played wide receiver on varsity that year. Started at tight end as a sophomore and junior, then earned second-team all-Far Western Conference honors at wide receiver as senior. Competed in football, basketball and baseball at Ygnacio Valley High School and served as captain of football and baseball teams
Coaching Career - 34th Year: Head coach, Oregon, 1995-present; Offensive coordinator, Oregon, 1989-94; Head coach, Chico State, 1984-88; Offensive coordinator, Cal State-Hayward, 1980-83; Offensive coordinator, Weber State, 1979; Offensive coordinator, Cal State-Hayward, 1977-78; JV head coach, varsity receivers, & JV baseball coach, UC-Davis, 1975-76; JV offensive coordinator, UC-Davis, 1974; JV assistant, receivers, UC-Davis, 1973
Special Projects: Member, Board of Trustees American Football Coaches Association (2003-present); National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (1984-95); American Football Coaches Association Rules Committee (1985-87); AFCA Division II All-America Selection Committee (1988); AFCA Division I All-America Selection Committee; AFCA Summer Manual Committee Committee; AFCA Summer Manual Committee
When Mike Bellotti was elevated to head football coach at the University of Oregon on Feb. 13, 1995, few people could have envisioned the impact the former UC Davis honors student would have on a university, as well as a community, which was coming off its first conference championship in 37 years. In the 14 seasons that followed, all he accomplished would be the navigation of a program through its most successful era in school history.
The Ducks' winningest football coach of all time, Bellotti has guided Oregon to the No. 2 ranking in the country and a Fiesta Bowl win following the 2001 season, led the school to 12 bowl appearances in his 14 years at the helm, tallied eight or more wins in a single season nine times, accumulated the second-most victories (116) of any program in the Pac-10 during his tenure and has overseen a team that has finished among the nation's Top-25 six times in the past 10 seasons.
None of his 29 Oregon predecessors can match his timetable for success as well as few in the Pacific-10 Conference. The "Dean of the Pac- 10" is third all time in conference wins (72-43) while only four former league mentors (John Robinson, Don James, Terry Donahue and Larry Smith) were able to post more conference triumphs than Bellotti in their first 10 years in the Pac-10. His 116-55 ledger as the Ducks' head coach (137-80-2 overall) makes him the sixth coach in conference history to win 100 games at one school, while his winning percentage of 67.8 percent trails only Hugo Bezdek (72.7%—1906, 1913-17) among Oregon's all-time mentors who coached the Ducks a minimum of three seasons.
The Northern California native has played a vital role in assembling more than 27 percent (155 wins) of the University's all-time triumphs (556) since assuming the role as the school's offensive coordinator prior to the 1989 season. In addition, only five active Division I coaches in the country have guided their current schools to more postseason appearances than Bellotti has at Oregon while he ranks among the Top 15 on the list of winningest active Division I-A coaches in the country.
Bellotti's most recent charges put together the third 10-win season in school history, capping a successful 2008 campaign with a Holiday Bowl victory over favored Oklahoma State to finish 10-3 and ranked No. 9 in the USA Today (coaches) Poll and 10th in the AP Top 25. His Ducks shattered school marks for rushing yardage (3,641), total offense (6,303) and scoring (545), and topped 60 points three times and 50 points five times. The nation's second-ranked rushing offense produced two 1,000-yard rushers for the second time in school history and placed three runners among the top 10 in the Pac-10. Making the national finish more remarkable was the fact that Oregon lost its starting quarterback for the second straight season - this time in the final days of fall camp - and went with four different signal callers before settling on true sophomore and first-year Duck Jeremiah Masoli.
Bellotti's Ducks soared as high as No. 2 for only the second time in school history during the 2007 campaign, but the loss of seven starters and the top three quarterbacks to season-ending injuries ended Oregon's title hopes after an 8-1 start. Incredibly, his team was able to regroup after a three-game slide and demolished another former No. 2 in South Florida, 56-21, at the Brut Sun Bowl, setting the record for scoring in college football's second-oldest bowl game. The Ducks ended the season ranked No. 23 and set UO marks for scoring (496 points) and yards rushing (3,272) while leading the Pac-10 in both. Oregon also led the conference in total offense and turnover margin, and ranked first among all Division I programs in tackles for loss.
In 2001, Bellotti coached the Ducks to their first-ever 11-win season as Oregon crushed Colorado, 38-16, in the Fiesta Bowl to finish with an all-time high national ranking of second in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls. For his efforts, Bellotti was one of seven finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Award. Victories in the Fiesta Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Sun Bowl and Las Vegas Bowl have established him as the school's only mentor to coach the Ducks to four postseason wins. Oregon's 10-2 mark in 2000 gave the University its first 10-win season in its history, and seventh- and ninth-place rankings in the year-end AP and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls. The 10 wins from 2005 matched the program's second-best ledger ever and its greatest single-season turnaround in 77 years.
The former California State Chico head coach wasted little time leaving his mark on an Oregon program which snapped a 25-year postseason drought in his first season as an assistant in Eugene, with the Ducks surpassing all previous team scoring records in 1989. But not even his initial six-year association with the university, which resulted in the establishment or equivalency of no less than 40 team and individual single-game and season UO records, could prepare Oregon for what was to follow.
Assuming control over a program which had just won its first undisputed Pacific-10 Conference title in school history and received its first Rose Bowl invitation in four decades, it would have been easier to take a moment to reflect on past accomplishments while breaking in a pair of coordinators new to the program. What resulted was a second-consecutive New Year's Day appearance for the first time in school history as the Ducks equaled the previous season's effort with a nine-win season in 1995. Simply put, no first-year coach in the history of Oregon football had ever won as many games (9-3). No other Oregon coach has equalled the number of single-season school-record victories (9) and then raised the bar to 10 and 11 wins. No other football coach has ever posted winning records in his first nine years of his Oregon tenure. It's obvious that Robert Michael Bellotti has Oregon football well in hand.
The Ducks have averaged better than 400 yards of total offense in 11 of the past 14 seasons. In addition, Bellotti's teams have ranked in the top 25 in the country in three major offensive categories on a near annual basis, including his first six years ranked among the nation's top-25 in passing offense (15th in 1995; 12th in '96; 20th in '97; 11th in '98; 19th in '99; 25th in '00). Oregon also finished seventh in the country in scoring offense (39.1 ppg) and 10th in total offense (478.2 avg.) in 1998. The Ducks ranked 11th in scoring (35.1 avg.) in '99, 19th in '01 (34.0) and 23rd in '02 (32.1), and were eighth in the nation in passing (304.5 avg.) and 12th in scoring (34.5 avg.) in '05. The 2007 edition was sixth in rushing (251.7 avg.), 10th in total offense (467.5) and 12th in scoring (38.2), and the '08 squad was second in rushing (280.1), seventh in total offense (484.85) and seventh in scoring (41.9).
Oregon has scored 30 or more points 127 times during Bellotti's tenure (11 of 13 games in 2008) and his offenses have accumulated more than 95,000 yards (96,784)—the most productive period of its length in school history. Bellotti's teams also have averaged 426.8 yards (5,121) and 29.5 points (354) during their last 12 bowl appearances. In addition, only 12 quarterbacks have thrown for more than 8,000 yards and pitched for more than 60 touchdowns in Pacific-10 Conference history. Bellotti has coached two of them.
Bellotti's contingents also have gained the reputation for getting better as the season wears on, with the school accumulating a record of 30-17 in regular-season games after Oct. 31.
Yet throughout all the winning and record-setting, the one quality which remains constant for the 58-year-old offensive architect is poise. As a result of the infectious composure filtering down from the top, the Ducks have prevailed in 47 of the 59 games decided by a touchdown or less in Bellotti's first 170 Oregon head coaching assignments.
Serving on the Board of Trustees for the American Football Coaches Association, his passions run much deeper than just the game of football. He has sponsored an annual charity golf tournament since 1995—the Mike Bellotti Golf Classic—which raised in excess of $100,000 in 2008 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
In addition, he has personally donated more than $50,000 to the university's library system since the establishment of the Bellotti Family Library Endowment Fund in 2002.
He carries with him experience as a head coach in one of the nation's most difficult situations -- a Division II football program that granted no scholarships. In five years at Chico State, the Wildcats finished second in the Northern California Conference four straight years, competing against the tradition-steeped national power UC Davis. That was a task made no easier by the fact that he played for the Aggies and is a graduate of the school.
The opportunity to be judged in the Pacific-10 Conference has showcased his coaching ability. In the 1995 Rose Bowl with more people watching the Ducks than at any time in the school's heritage, Oregon gained more yards than the highly publicized offense of Penn State that had emphatically led the nation in total offense in 1994 and boasted three first-round NFL draft selections. Oregon, led by the game's co-MVP Danny O'Neil, set or tied 15 Rose Bowl records and the Ducks finished the day with 501 yards in total offense. Its sophisticated game plan kept the unbeaten Nittany Lions off balance all afternoon.
Born in Sacramento, Calif., he became the eighth head coach at Oregon since World War II almost six years to the day after assuming the role as the university's offensive coordinator in 1989. The Ducks gained more than 4,000 yards in total offense three times in Bellotti's tenure as coordinator, averaging 4,044 yards per year and posting a 39-32-0 record during his six-year assistant coaching stint.
It's to the head coach's credit too, that the 1995 offense averaged more than 400 yards of offensive firepower for the first time since Bellotti's first season as coordinator in 1989. His influence proved to be even more successful in 1998 as the Ducks' 5,795 yards and 59 scores eclipsed the school's standards for total offense and touchdowns for the third time in as many years.
During his Oregon tenure, Bellotti has been influential in the development of five Pacific-10 all-conference quarterbacks—Bill Musgrave in 1990, O'Neil in 1994 (who completed his career as the Rose Bowl co-MVP), Akili Smith in 1998 (Oregon's first Pac-10 offensive player of the year in league history), Joey Harrington in 2001 (Pac-10 offensive player of the year and a Heisman Trophy finalist) and Dennis Dixon (Pac-10 offensive player of the year, Maxwell Award finalist). In addition, his system has been conducive to two quarterbacks each passing for over 1,000 yards in the same season on three separate occasions (1996, 1997 and 1999) — a feat that had never been accomplished in school history prior to Bellotti's arrival.
While the faces have changed, Bellotti's system has been responsible for Oregon ranking among the nation's top-20 in passing offense seven of the last 15 years under several different quarterbacks as well as five different coordinators. Oregon led the Pacific-10 Conference in scoring his initial year as offensive coordinator in 1989 as well as atop the league in passing in his first year as head coach.
Following Oregon's 1989 Independence Bowl trip, Bellotti coached the North offense in the Blue-Gray all-star classic in Montgomery, Ala., on Christmas Day. It was an honor that was duplicated in December 1996 when he was chosen to head the North's defense. He was an assistant coach in the East-West Shine Game in January 1999 and head coach of the West squad for the 2002 game. He also was selected as head coach of the West squad in the 2005 Hula Bowl.
Bellotti's indoctrination as a head coach took place in five seasons at Chico State (1984-88), where he posted a 21-25-2 overall record and a 15-9-2 mark in the Northern California Athletic Conference. He was selected as the league's coach of the year in 1986 when the Wildcats ranked nationally in total offense and finished 7-3-0 with a No. 10 national rating.
A native of Concord, Calif., Bellotti was a 1973 graduate of UC Davis as an honors student majoring in physical education with a combined minor in math and chemistry. He was a second-team all-Far West Conference tight end as a junior and at wide receiver as a senior. He also began his coaching career at Davis as head coach of the JV and receivers coach in addition to coaching the JV baseball squad.
After four years, he moved to Cal State-Hayward as offensive coordinator for two seasons before a one-year stint in the same capacity at Weber State. He returned to Hayward the next year and obtained his master's degree in physical education during a four-year stay before being selected head coach at Chico State in 1984.
Mike (12-21-50) and Colleen Bellotti have three children; Luke (3-16-85), Keri (10-29-86) and Sean (3-31-94).


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Leader of main Jewish group says local community has no immediate fear, but more tensions 'could become anti-Semitism'; ADL concerned about 'new environment in Turkey'
Associated Press
Published: 01.14.10, 14:54 / Israel Jewish Scene
Associated Press
Turkey's main Jewish group on Thursday said disputes between the country and Israel
must be solved courteously, and warned that continued tensions could inflame anti-Semitism.
Silvyo Ovadya, the president of the group Musevi Cemaati, or Jewish Community, said the 23,000-member community has no immediate fear, but further tensions could "turn into anti-Semitism."
Israel on Wednesday caved in to demands from Turkey and apologized
over an insult to its ambassador that had led Turkey to threaten to recall its ambassador.
The crisis erupted Monday when Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, summoned the Turkish ambassador to complain about a Turkish television drama that has been perceived as anti-Semitic. Ayalon forced Ambassador Oguz Celikkol to sit on a low sofa without a handshake and explained to cameramen that the humiliation was intentional.
The show, "The Valley of the Wolves," depicts Israeli security forces kidnapping children and shooting old men.
"There might be ups and downs in relations between the two countries, there may be mutual anger, but all these have to be settled in a diplomatic way and in line with rules of courtesy," Ovadya said by telephone. "We are sorry to see that relations between the two countries are not going well."
Over the past decade, Turkey and Israel had built up a strong relationship, including military cooperation and tourism, making Turkey Israel's closest ally in the Muslim world.
Lately, however, Israel has been troubled by harsh statements from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was outraged by the high Palestinian civilian death toll during Israel's Gaza offensive a year ago.
A major Jewish American group meanwhile, raised concerns about rising anti-Semitism in Turkey, pointing at Turkish government officials' harsh statements and the "hateful depiction (of Jews and Israel) in the mass media."


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NRC chief promises thorough probe at San Onofre
Plant to stay offline until cause of tube wear determined
Dana Point Following a tour of the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant Friday, the nation's top nuclear regulatory official said that the plant will remain offline indefinitely until the cause of unusual tube wear in the plant's steam generators is determined.
But Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko left open the possibility that one of the twin reactors could be restarted more quickly than the other.
The plant, near the boundary between San Diego and Orange counties, has been offline for more than two months, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said investigators have not determined why hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water have worn away at an unexpected rate.
He told reporters after touring the plant that the wear identified in Unit 2, which was taken down for routine maintenance and refueling in early January, is not as severe as in Unit 3, but there will have to be a "clear understanding" of the cause before either of the reactors is restarted.
He called the tube wear in the plant's steam generators a "very unique phenomenon," especially in Unit 3, which was shut down as a precaution after a tube break in late January. He credited operator Southern California Edison with conducting a cautious investigation.
While the problems at Unit 2 are less severe, the company must show its tube degradation "is not related" to its twin before a restart would be approved, Jaczko said.
The NRC "wants to get to the bottom" of the plant's problems, he said. "The issue of the steam generators is a very serious issue."
"We have to have assurance of safety before we will allow the plant to restart," he added.
Jaczko toured the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station along with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, whose district includes the shuttered plant.
"If it can be done with 100 percent safety, we'd like to have one or both of those reactors back online" by the summer, Issa told Fox 5 San Diego after the tour.
"Our concern is to make sure they maintain the level of safety we've come to expect from (San Onofre) and at the same time that we have reliable, affordable power," Issa said.
Jaczko said it was too soon to address the crucial question of whether either of San Onofre's two reactors would be online in time to help meet peak summer demand for electricity.
"I don't want to give any specifics on a timetable at this point," Jaczko said. "We will make sure that the analysis that (plant operator Southern California Edison officials) provides to us is thorough, that they have a good understanding of the causes and that we believe they are acceptable. When those conditions are satisfied then we will be comfortable moving forward with the restart."
The visit to the seaside plant comes 10 days after the NRC announced that San Onofre will remain dark until Southern California Edison fixes the widespread problem with the tubing.
The high-profile trip also underscored the concern inside the federal agency tasked with ensuring the safe operation of the nation's commercial nuclear industry.
Under normal conditions, the plant provides about 20 percent of the region's power. But state energy officials have warned of rotating blackouts if a heat wave hits while the units are offline.
The San Diego area faces the greatest prospects for rolling blackouts without San Onofre's crucial high-voltage support along coastal transmission lines that sustain electricity imports from the north.
John Geesman, an attorney for the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility of San Luis Obispo, said time is running out for a restart before summer.


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Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Tyson Barrie's tally at the 50-second mark of
overtime was the lone score in Colorado's 1-0 victory over Nashville at Pepsi
Barrie alertly followed up a Greg Zanon point shot, flipping the rebound home
from the right side before one minute elapsed in the extra session.
Semyon Varlamov kept his club in the game, stopping 34 shots to record his
12th career shutout for the Avalanche, who won for just the second time in
their last 10 games.
Pekka Rinne made 23 saves for the Predators, who have lost two in a row since
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The job was selling fireworks over the summer. The pay was supposed to be a percentage of what they sold. Yet several stateline residents say they've done the work, made the sales, but haven't seen a dime. The Illinois Attorney General is now investigating.
Running a fireworks tent sounded like a lot of work, but work that had the potential for "the sky is the limit," thousands of dollars in commissions.
"The old saying, if it sounds too good to be true, it is. It hits home," says Mindy Quimby, a former USA Firework's employee.
Mindy Quimby and Dick Johnson claim USA Fireworks, also known as Four Season's Fireworks, never paid them for the weeks they sat in company tents selling fireworks.
Johnson says he's been waiting for his paycheck since last summer.
"I calculated they owe me a little over $3,000. We had a contract, but very little of it was fulfilled on their end," says Johnson.
After receiving complaints, the Illinois Attorney General's Office is now investigating whether the company upheld its promises to its employees.
USA Firework's attorney Carl Buck says this is the first he's heard of the complaint.
"It would be a surprise to me if [employees] didn't get paid, unless there was a dispute," said Buck, talking to WIFR by phone.
USA Fireworks did accuse Quimby of losing $5,000 - $6,000 in inventory. However, Stephenson County police say the company never produced any proof for its allegations.
"Five to $6,000, when you're dealing with $10 items, is a lot of merchandise, I would've seen it go away," adds Quimby.
Quimby and Johnson say they'll probably never get paid for their efforts. But by coming forward they hope others may be forewarned about possible conflicts.
USA Fireworks management maintains it is an honorable company. It says they've had employees who've worked for them for 10 years and never had a complaint.


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Masha A. Hemmati, MD
Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Hemmati graduated from medical school in 1981. He completed his urology residency training in Iran where he practiced and trained residents. He moved to the Twin Cities and completed Family and Community Medicine residency training at Hennepin County Medical Center in 2004. Upon completion of his residency training, he joined the HCMC Department of Family and Community Medicine as a faculty physician. Dr. Hemmati is certified by the American Board of Family and Community Medicine and is an Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He divides his time between patient care and teaching. His special interests include ambulatory surgery and geriatrics.
Medical School
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Urology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, , Iran
Family Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Hi everybody,
we're looking at the best architecture for our Zimbra integration.
As we have 2 sites, 1 HP EVA 4000 SAN bay on each site, I thought about using RedHat Cluster Suite with the EVA CLX extension in order to move the cluster node to the second site while a volume isn't available anymore ...
But it isn't supported by HP, which supports only HP ServiceGuard as a cluster service.
Is it plan to support ServiceGuard as you're very near from HP (other threads seem to indicate that you've done many works with HP teams !) ???
Another solution is to create scripts to make the same operations that the CLX can do. It has already been done for the VMWare ESX3 servers, but the switching time is really noticeable (about 2 minutes), but that's not the best solution ...
Moreover, it's possible to have one mailstore instance on each site, but is it possible to have the same configuration on the both instances, with one instance sleeping, until the above scripts launch it while it stops the first one ?
I think my post isn't really simple to read, I don't know how to express myself about this problem !
If anyone wants to comment my post, all constructive answer is welcome.


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We're inching ever closer to the second season premiere of CBS's sophomore series Person of Interest. The strongly-rated series will pick up right where season one left off: with Finch (Michael Emerson) a hostage of rival hacker Root (Amy Acker), who has kidnaped him for as-yet undisclosed reasons.
What we do know is that season 2 will be focusing more on the machine gaining sentience, which was strongly hinted at in the season one finale, which saw Reese (Jim Caviezel) speaking to the Machine and the Machine apparently responding.
"You've created an intelligence, a life," Root tells a reluctant Finch in a promo for season 2. There's real excitement in her voice when she says that; she's not going to let Finch go so easily. And she's certainly not going to let him go in the season premiere episode, "The Contingency."
No, Finch will still be Root's hostage in the second episode of the series, "Bad Code," according to the officially released synopsis for the episode: "The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root."
I like the fact that Person of Interest is sticking with this storyline for at least a few episodes into the second season. This episode will also give us a glimpse into Finch's past, it appears. Emmy-winner Margo Martindale, who was absolutely riveting as Mags Bennett on FX's Justified, will guest star in the episode as Barbara Russell, "a woman from Finch's past." The episode will contain flashbacks to 1991, where the younger Russell will be portrayed by Rebecca Metz (Nip/Tuck).
She's not the first big guest star for season 2: Ken Leung will appear as the person of interest in the first episode of the season, though it doesn't seem likely that he'll be reunited with Emerson, his former LOST co-star.
Person of Interest season 2 will premiere with the episode "The Contingency" September 27 on CBS. "Bad Code" will air the next week, October 4.


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Meet the 2011 Shop.org Board associate member candidates
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On Wednesday, we published an "in their own words" blog post from ten retail executives vying for a place on the Shop.org Board of Directors. Now it's time to give the non-retail candidates a chance to share with the community their views on serving on the Board. The eight associate member candidates below are in the running for four open non-retail seats. Read on for insight into what each individual brings to the digital retail table.
And remember! Voting begins Monday, August 15. Each Shop.org member company has one voting member. If you are unsure as to who that person is in your company, please contact Sara Greene at firstname.lastname@example.com or give her a call at 202-626-8113.
Founder and CEO
Monetate, Inc. I think I am a good candidate for the Shop.org Board of Directors because I would not only bring a lot of energy and experience to my board service, but also a great deal of enthusiasm for the growth of online retailing as it enters yet another phase of technological innovation, in areas like social, mobile, and location-based services. Because I believe that information technology should truly serve the retailer and the consumer, I'm eager to help companies understand how best to leverage these new technologies for enhanced consumer commerce and see them as exciting opportunities rather than daunting challenges. Finally, let me say that I would be honored to serve on the Board of Directors of Shop.org, which is clearly the leading organization for retailers who want to make the most of technological innovations to grow their businesses while providing their customers with the best possible online shopping experiences.
Direct-to-Consumer and Multichannel Retail Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP I believe we're in the midst of the next industrial revolution – this time focused on the consumer. In the not-too-distant future, the majority of consumers will be connected constantly via a "smart" device, and consumers are already more connected to and influenced by their social networks. Given this unprecedented connectivity, the digital retailing model is poised to expand dramatically, and staying ahead of the curve is more important than ever. As Deloitte Consulting's Direct-to-Consumer/Multichannel Retail Leader, and the co-chair of the Cross-Channel Retail Consortium, staying on the leading edge of key issues impacting the industry is part and parcel of my job. Helping retailers evaluate their capabilities as they move toward becoming true multichannel merchants is my everyday focus. I would welcome the opportunity to contribute my time and energy to Shop.org as a member of its Board, and to help shape the future of the digital retailing community.
SVP Strategic Partnerships
Intent Media Shop.org has been an important part of my own learning experience. The "by the member, for the member" ethos is something I feel extremely protective of having personally gained so much from it, and I believe this would make me a good steward of what makes shop.org such a uniquely valuable organization. My history of active participation with shop.org should also help me represent the membership's short and long-term interests. Having been both a retail and a non-retail member -- as well a member from both large and small companies -- gives me a good perspective on the many needs of the membership. As I noted, I am committed to maintaining the core of shop.org's value proposition, but also recognize that the organization must continue to evolve to keep up with the needs of both newer and older members, as well as with the constantly changing online landscape.
Retail Director
Google I would like to be a Board Member of Shop.org because I believe I can help the organization achieve its Vision Statement of being the leading membership community for Digital Retail. I have extensive marketing and Internet experience; I was a pioneer in Internet retailing when I joined Microsoft in 1996 launching MSN Sidewalk.com to over 1000 small-to-medium retail businesses. Today, as a Google Retail Director, I work with over 100 or the IR 500 top retailers on a daily basis to solve ongoing issues: from Ecommerce analytics to the emerging Mobile market; from measuring the Internet's effect on in-store sales to understanding cross-platform attribution modeling. I understand your communities' challenges and will work to represent them within Shop.org. And finally, as someone who often speaks to the press on Internet retail issues, I will represent the Shop.org Board of Directors as industry thought-leaders and influencers.
Co-Founder & VP, Marketing
Ifeelgoods, Inc. If elected, I will excitedly apply my passion for Shop.org to help the organization grow its leadership role in the industry and make involvement in Shop.org more valuable to members. I 100% support and embrace Shop.org's vision to be the world's leading membership community for digital retail (in fact, I was part of the team that developed this vision). Being Executive Director for 9 years gives me a clear understanding of Shop.org's value to members and the industry and a deep appreciation of what's required for Shop.org to reach its full potential. My other passion is social media and innovation. As a co-founder of a company that is defining a new marketing approach that ties social media with virtual goods, I plan to contribute my passion and expertise to help Shop.org bring the most current thinking in these areas to its content and operations.
Javelin Group I would like to help Shop.Org to develop a dominant position in Europe. There is huge value in cross-fertilizing ideas across the Atlantic - for US retailers as well as for Europeans. As Shop.org's US members expand internationally, and as Europe becomes more mature (Google tells us that the UK is now the most mature e-commerce market in the world in terms of e-commerce spend per capita), there is an increasing need for Shop.Org to represent online retailers everywhere. I have a privileged perspective of what is happening across European e-commerce, and excellent network of retail CEOs and e-commerce decision-makers in Europe, and I am well-known on the European e-commerce "speaker circuit" as a well-informed and engaging speaker. I would like to put these assets to good use to help Shop.Org develop itself here.
ChannelAdvisor While the Shop.org Board of Directors is made up mostly of retailers, I would represent the sentiments of ChannelAdvisor's 3,000+ retailers and advocate on their behalf. Having served on the Shop.org Content Committee and spoken at Shop.org in the past, I have proven that I can provide a different perspective that reflects the interests and opinions of retailers without using a Board position as a sales platform. Further, I would bring innovative ideas, 20+ years of experience and numerous industry connections to the Shop.org Board of Directors. The Shop.org Board includes the best minds of the e-commerce industry, and in many ways shapes the future of e-commerce. I believe there are great things to come for e-commerce, and I would be honored to be a part of the board that is shaping this future. Thank you for your time and consideration.
FitForCommerce I am passionately committed to the success of the eCommerce industry, and my actions, not words, are the proof. As a founder of 4 e-com businesses and networking organization, I've leveraged my expertise and connections to help all stakeholders in this market. Through my company and as an individual, I help businesses find opportunities, companies and practitioners find each other – all with the goal of mutual success. I have been fortunate to have shared my knowledge through 80+ speakerships, webinars and bylines in almost all industry channels and work with business (merchants and providers) of all verticals and sizes. Shop.org is at a crossroads - where the competition for community attention is getting harder and quality information is being diluted by the barrage of options. I would be honored to help take Shop.org to the next level.
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British Schools Stop Teaching the 'I Before E' RuleHannah Tennant-Moore
There are few American adults who couldn't recite the "i before e" spelling rule that was drilled into our heads as kids. But if American classrooms go the way of the Brits, our own kids may look at us like we're nuts if we recite the popular spelling adage:
"I before e except after c, and when sounds like ay, as in neighbor or weigh."
It is a bit of a mouthful. And there are confusing exceptions, such as protein, seizure, leisure. Still, I think the British government is selling kids short by telling teachers to stop teaching the "i before e" rule.
In elementary school, I loved having rules in my head while I was writing–it gave spelling the neat precision of math. As long as you followed the right steps, you couldn't make a mistake.
Granted, I am, even today, a huge dork (which is probably crystal clear by now); my best friend just gave me the book "Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies" for my birthday. But even less grammar-minded kids are more than capable of learning a spelling rule, and then memorizing exceptions to that rule. In a text and instant message-dominated era, the classroom should remain a bastion of strict spelling rules for kids.
Or am I'm being an old grouch?
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Football Mishaps On America's Funniest Home Videos
November 30, 2008 08:00 AM by Joe Reality
With football season in full swing, America's Funniest Home Videos turns its attention to one of America's most popular sports. This week's episode will include clips that feature football mishaps.
In addition to football mishaps, other clips will include a toddler who is startled by mom's beauty mud mask and a man who accidently puts his hand in a moving ceiling fan.
Tom Bergeron serves as host of the show, which has given away over $10 million in prize money. America's Funniest Home Videos airs on Sunday, November 30 from 7 PM to 8 PM on ABC.
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They include acoustic punk band Violent Femmes, Jamaican reggae legends The Wailers and Canadian country junkie Gord Bamford.
Common Ground is set for the week of July 8 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing.
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Glenn Williams pulls gun on driver in parking space dispute, police say
Dispute started when man asks suspect to move SUV
A South Florida man was arrested after he pulled a gun on another man during a dispute about a parking space, police said.
Glenn Williams was arrested Saturday on a charge of reckless display of a firearm.
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Boynton Beach police said Williams pulled a gun on a man who asked him to move his Ford Expedition.
According to the arrest report, Williams got upset and started yelling at the victim and his wife. Williams then allegedly went to his sport utility vehicle, pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the victim and said, "I will kill you."
The victim ran away and called 911.
Police said they also found oxycodone pills inside Williams' SUV. He also faces charges of possession of oxycodone with intent to sell and carrying a concealed firearm while in commission of a felony.
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From Tracey H. Kitts:
I write what I enjoy in the hopes that others will enjoy it as well. I've always been drawn to the macabre. Vampires, werewolves, you name it.
I've never written about the paranormal because it's popular. I do it because that's what I'm interested in. If the vampire/werewolf fad ever passes, I'll still be sitting here in my Dracula cape, getting my fang on.
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It was a big day for the industrial city of Ludhiana as actress Aishwarya Rai came to inaugurate the 52nd store of Kerala-based Kalyan Jewellers.
As thousands of fans mobbed the actress, she was about to fall due to heavy rush. Angry, Aishwarya Rai cancelled her media briefing and left the store disappointed.
However, in a brief chat with Ludhiana Newsline, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said: "This is my maiden visit to Ludhiana and I am overwhelmed seeing love of the people here."
Earlier, however, she was greeted by thousands of fans on the Rani Jhansi road, and she thanked all for their love and support to not only her but also to her husband Abhishek, father-in-law Amitabh and daughter Aaradhya.
I am deeply obliged to be here. I really thank people for their love and support, she said while addressing the fans outside the showroom.
Aishwarya landed at the Chandigarh Airport on Saturday night and then stayed at J W Mariott hotel. She caught a chartered flight to reach Ludhiana and landed at Sahnewal airport, around 20 km from Ludhiana. However, she preferred to leave her daughter Aaradhya back in the hotel room.
Along with Aishwarya Rai, the man of the moment was T S Kalyanaraman, owner of the Kalyan group, who along with his family flew from Kerala for the store inauguration.
This is the second store of Kalyan Jewellers in Punjab after Mohali which was inaugurated by cricketer Yuvraj Singh.
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While Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria was seen bonding with Aishwarya Rai and was introduced to her by Kalyanaraman himself, it was the fan fever which was at the peak.
Ashok Kumar, a city-based artist presented Aishwarya Rai with a pencil sketch of her and Aaradhya.
"This has been made in three days and with the special pencils from Germany to give them a look of a real photograph," said Ashok who for the past 15 years has been making portraits of Amitabh Bachchan as a fan.


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The Art of Theory has published a good interview with Josiah Ober about Athens, democracy, and his current book projects.
The Art of Theory: So what does Athens have to teach modern liberal democracies?
Ober: Quite a lot. First, it teaches that democracy, which originally meant "people's [demos'] collective capacity to do things [kratos]" can be much more than just "majority rule." Second, that political rhetoric can be a two-way street: a way by which citizens respond to and control their leaders, as well as a way for leaders to propose ideas to citizens. Third, that serious consideration of the fiercest intellectual criticism of democracy (of the sort offered by, for example, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle) is essential for democracy, because positive institutional change comes in part in response to the most profound challenges. Fourth, that expertise is important, but that there is a very diverse array of expertise necessary for really good decision-making in the many domains essential to the flourishing of a complex state. Fifth, and finally, that institutional design and political culture both matter a lot. Democracy will only work as well as it ought—and, under conditions of competition with efficient authoritarian regimes, as well as it must—when the imperatives to learn trustworthy routines and to innovate in ways that threaten those established routines are well balanced. That will only happen when institutions and culture are in a positively recursive relationship.
For Josiah Ober's recent working paper on democracy's dignity he talks about in this interview see my post here.


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What My Toddler Wants to Play With (INFOGRAPHIC)ilanawiles
As I've mentioned before, my two-year-old is a tad obsessed with my iPad. So much so that she has to begun to call it "my" iPAD. I correct her by saying, "No, it's MY iPad." Then she says "No, MY iPad!" And I say "No. it's MY iPad!" And then I realize we are fighting like a bunch of two-year-olds. Except that behavior is appropriate for exactly one of us. (HINT: Not me.)
Often when the severity of a parenting problem cannot be properly put into words, I express it through an infographic (see above). Now, do you understand what I am dealing with?
And yes. As always, we are working on it.
You can find four more toddler-focused infographics like the "Toddler Food Pyramid" and the "Mealtime Manipulation Venn Diagram" by clicking here.
All hilarious and all sadly, very very true.
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