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California is a state on the edge.
It is on the edge of the continent, to be sure. But it also sits along a more precarious edge.
With an economy the size of powerful nations, California has put much of its infrastructure and wealth in two regions — the Bay Area and Los Angeles — that could be laid to waste at any moment, should a major earthquake fault give way.
It is a state whose people live on the brink of crisis from floods, fires and drought, where water has to be shipped hundreds of miles through a rickety plumbing system.
It is a state that lives, and thrives, on the edge of disaster.
Now, add another to the list of threats: global warming.
California is especially vulnerable to climate change, whether it comes gradually or with catastrophic speed. It also has much to lose.
Consider the sandstone bluffs along the state's 1,100-mile shoreline and the Sierra snow that caps the granite peaks; the sweet cherries in Brentwood and the chardonnay grapes of Napa Valley.
They are each sensitive in varying degrees to climate change.
Even the badly ailing Delta, the heart from which the state's economic lifeblood of water is pumped, is susceptible.
But as much as California is a state of denial and contradiction, it is also a state of inspiration, enlightenment and leadership.
It is a state of dazzling technological invention and bold entrepreneurial innovation.
The edge, it turns out, is also a leading edge.
More than any other state, California has begun to tackle the challenges of global warming.
It is demanding more-efficient cars, lower-polluting fuels and cleaner electricity.
"California has taken a remarkable leadership role in trying to be active in reducing its own fossil fuel emissions," said ecologist Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University. "I think that California has a tremendous history of being an innovator and trendsetter, and I think there's a lot of indication that what California does, the rest of the world does soon after."
The state has good reason to act.
"There's almost no evidence that says climate change is going to be good for any aspect of California," Field said.
In recent years, as the political and social debate raged over whether the global climate is changing in response to man-made greenhouse gases, the scientific debate was already over.
The most prestigious scientific bodies from countries around the world, including Japan, China, India, Russia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil, Canada and the United States, signed a joint statement in 2005 that said global warming is real, that most of it can be attributed to human activities and that it demands prompt action.
On Feb. 2, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made up of hundreds of the world's top climate experts, is scheduled to release its latest comprehensive report on global warming, the panel's fourth since 1990 and its first in six years.
The panel's earlier reports have stated with increasing confidence that humans were likely to be a significant contributor to climate change through burning fossil fuels and other activities. The fourth version is expected to be even more definitive.
Global changes
The evidence for global climate change is now overwhelming. Some highlights:
" The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, is about 380 parts per million, up from about 280 parts per million before the 18th century. Tests on ice cores from Antarctica show that today's carbon dioxide concentration is the highest in a record that spans the past 650,000 years.
" The 10 warmest years since record-keeping began in 1880 have all occurred since 1990, and six of the seven warmest years have occurred since 2001. The world is about 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer today than it was 100 years ago.
" Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second lowest level ever last year, only slightly above the record low reached the previous year. Government scientists say the Arctic sea ice has been shrinking about 8 percent per decade since 1979.
" Sea level rose from 4 to 8 inches around the globe during the past 100 years, a jump from the average of about 2 inches per century during the past 18,000 years.
"Since 1979, the troposphere — the lower layer of the earth's atmosphere, where weather happens — has warmed up while the layer directly above it, the stratosphere, has cooled. This pattern can be explained only by human activities, including emitting greenhouse gases that trap heat in the troposphere and depletion of stratospheric ozone that absorbs radiation. Increases in natural solar radiation alone would heat both layers.
" A 2003 analysis of 143 studies of wild plant and animal species found that 80 percent of the species that show change are behaving in ways that would be expected with rising temperatures, such as shifting their ranges toward the poles or to higher elevations, flowering earlier in the spring or changing the timing of migration.
Nature or civilization
During the past decade, scientists have tackled the question of whether humans have had a hand in the ongoing climate changes by looking at the expected natural climate variation predicted by models. For example, in places where hurricanes form on the ocean, and where warmer water can mean stronger hurricanes, changes above and beyond the range of natural fluctuations in sea-surface temperatures can be explained only by human activity, said atmospheric scientist Benjamin Santer of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
A study led by Santer and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in September found that with only natural inputs, 22 of the world's best climate models couldn't generate the 20th century ocean warming that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane breeding grounds. But when man-made increases in greenhouse gases were added to the models, the results more closely matched the actual historical sea-surface temperature increases.
As the scientific case was closing on global climate change, a body of science was emerging that attempts to encapsulate what those changes will mean in specific places.
Those findings are not conclusive. But there has been an avalanche of new research that strives to project what global climate changes will mean for regions such as the Arctic, the oceans and low-lying islands.
Hundreds of these studies have focused on California, and many look at possibilities that could have a direct impact on the Bay Area and its residents.
Computer climate models attempt to forecast future climate using equations based on physical and natural laws, along with estimates of how the composition of the atmosphere will change over time. Although the models can only make estimates and are not likely to be exactly right, they are the best tools available. And they are constantly improving as researchers gather more information about the Earth and learn more about the interaction between the atmosphere, oceans and land.
These models now indicate that California's average temperature is likely to rise from 3.6 to 10.8 degrees by the end of the century, depending on whether emissions are curbed or not, and how sensitive the climate turns out to be.
Within that range of temperatures comes a corresponding range of potential changes that could dramatically alter the state.
At risk are some of California's iconic natural landscapes, vital resources, diverse wildlife and world-class tourist attractions.
What might become of water that supplies our showers and irrigates our lawns?
What about ski slopes around Lake Tahoe?
Will winter storms be more destructive? Will bayside property flood? Will coastal erosion ramp up? What about the plants and animals that live around us or in the high mountains we visit?
Scientists are now attempting to answer these questions, and the answers range from unsettling to frightening.
"There are some impacts that we're quite certain about. Then there are (other) impacts where it's not so certain," said Daniel Cayan, a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla who is among the leading authorities on climate change in California.
"One thing that we're pretty confident about is this pattern of precipitation in western states that is going to be more rain instead of snow," he said.
That shift of rain and snow patterns has large — and potentially massive — implications for California.
"If you think about and look at the crazy storage and transport system of water in this state — the aqueducts and Hetch Hetchy and getting the stuff from the north where the snow is to the south where the people are — they're pretty antiquated and kind of teetering on the edge," said earth scientist and paleoclimatologist Lisa Sloan of UC Santa Cruz.
"I think water is going to be the single biggest problem that we have, and that's going to be sociological, economical, agricultural and probably tourism."
Acknowledging change
Opinions vary about how severe climate changes will be and the best way to respond.
But acknowledgment of the effects of climate change has begun to emerge from some unexpected quarters.
Earlier this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that 2006 was the hottest year in the continental United States since record-keeping began in 1895. The New York Times reported it was the first time during the Bush administration that a NOAA news release attributed higher temperatures to greenhouse gas buildup.
In December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing polar bears as a threatened species because of melting ice, which the bears depend on for hunting, mating, resting and traveling to denning areas.
It was the first time a species has been proposed for listing specifically because of climate change.
The proposal to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act cited a study that said a "tipping point" may have been reached in the late 1980s. The agency pointed to studies that predicted the Arctic could be nearly ice-free during summer as early as 2040, and that such conditions apparently have not occurred in 800,000 years.
Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, the world's largest corporation, slackened his company's skepticism of global warming by calling for a response in a recent speech.
Tillerson maintained the climate science was still somewhat murky but added that it was time to take precautions to protect against the most dire possible results, according to a transcript posted on the Web site of Environmental Defense.
"Consistent with this approach, we should take steps now to reduce emissions in effective and meaningful ways," Tillerson said, according to the transcript. "Improving the fuel economy of our light-duty vehicle fleet is one such way."
No single heat-wave, hurricane, extinction or fire is evidence by itself of global warming, just as no single cold snap disproves it.
But put the hundreds of studies from a half-century of research together and the evidence is overwhelming.
And as the average temperature rises, all kinds of things change.
"The bottom-line message of all this work is that we simply cannot explain all these changes by natural causes alone," Santer said.
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Sports roundup: Jan. 17
SB boys' hoops 1-8
The boys shone against the Grizzlies, despite the losing score. After a tough first half, the Mariners weren't discouraged. They came back for a strong second half, managing 26 points to Northwoods' 41 — more than triple the points they made in the first half. The final score was 87-34.
"I think we are improving. Our goal is to really work hard and not give up," said coach Rick Frericks.
In the match, Eben and Michael Fischer scored 10 points each. Junior Spencer Tiboni scored five points, including one three-point shot.
Frericks said they are setting goals for shot percentage and total shots each game to keep the boys motivated.
"We can't worry about wins and losses," Frericks said. "They are working, they are thinking about what their own performance is like and what they need to improve."
He's hoping the boys will be at their strongest in February — playoff season. Beyond that, they are maintaining a positive attitude on the court and celebrating their accomplishments — like that strong second half against Northwoods and meeting their shooting percentage goals in the last few games.
"I'm very proud of my players," Frericks said. "They are having fun and that's the important thing. It's a four-month commitment … if it's not fun, it's a long four months."
The boys are now 1-8, with matches against Moose Lake/Willow River and South Ridge in the coming week.
Skiers compete at Cloquet
The Two Harbors Nordic ski team competed at the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton invite at Pine Valley Ski Center on Tuesday. Four boys and five girls competed in the varsity races and three skiers geared up for the junior high races. The boys came in 7th out of 11 teams and the girls were 6th out of nine.
Junior Everett Hommes had a strong race, placing 16th in the field of 44 with a time of 16:07. Freshman Mikael Overby, senior Owen Cruikshank and sophomore Ethan Compton rounded out the race for the Agates with 36th, 37th and 42nd place, respectively.
On the girls' side, sophomore Marina Schreiner stood out with a 19:15 finish in 23rd place out of 44 skiers. Junior Scotti Berg came in two minutes later at 33rd, while sophomores Abigale Seipke, Kari Haaversen and Ruby Walsberg weren't far behind.
Sophomore Zach Deming, sophomore Renee Swardstrom and freshman Emily Haveri all had strong finishes in the junior high races.
Coach Sarah Haavisto said the team has been happy with the early snowfall, though cold weather has kept them inside for portions of the winter. Their home meet, which was slated for last week, has been moved to Tuesday at Korkki Nordic because of the cold. Despite the challenges, snow is always a boon for the team.
"They've gotten a lot more snow time this year which is lovely," Haavisto said.
They are gearing up for the Marshall Sprints, a short course at Marshall High School, which will take place Saturday. Then, they'll be hosting their single-track race at Korkki Nordic next Tuesday.
"We have a bunch of hardworking and dedicated kids this year and that's been really great to see," Haavisto said.
TH boys 3rd in the Polar League
In their third overtime game of the season, the Agates pulled off a win against Floodwood last Friday, bumping them up to a winning record and catapulting them into 3rd place in the Polar League.
The Polar Bears, with an impressive record of 10-3, were taken aback by a strong second half performance by the Agates (now 6-5). The first half ended with a 19-24 score, but the Agates returned to the court resilient, overcoming their deficit to tie the game 47-47. They scored 6 points to the Polar Bears' 5 in overtime, clinching the win.
Junior Alex Lemke is a reliably strong offensive threat, scoring half the team's points in the Floodwood game. Head coach Tom Nelson said senior Kyle Omtvedt has excelled with rebounds, averaging 9.5 per game.
He added that the entire varsity squad has been logging early morning hours in the weight room, beefing up to become better basketball players and all around athletes.
"I can't stress it enough how committed these kids are as athletes, not just basketball players," Nelson said.
In addition, nine of the 11 varsity players landed on the merit or honor roll last quarter.
"I'm very proud of these kids," Nelson said.
He said they are strengthening fundamentals in practice, like the easy shots and rebounds they should be getting every game. With about half of their schedule still left, Nelson said he hopes the boys will play well enough to get a good seed and enter the February playoffs strong.
"They are doing everything they can to improve," he said.
SB girls looking for a win
The Silver Bay girls lost two matches in the last week – one against Cromwell at home and one at Northwoods.
The Cromwell game was a 19-68 loss, with senior Brandi Nopola scoring 10 of the Mariners' points. Sophomore Erika Ernest and juniors Tara Dow and Kayla Maleski also put points on the board.
Against the Northwoods Grizzlies, the Mariners managed 20 points to Northwoods' 75. The same four scorers led the Mariners, with Nopola again scoring 10 points.
In the coming week they face Moose Lake / Willow River and South Ridge.
Agate girls 6-4
After narrowly defeating the Floodwood Polar Bears last Friday, the girls' Agate squad is now 6-4 and 3rd in the Polar League.
The Floodwood game was a close match, with the girls winning 49-40. A group of strong seniors led the scoring, with Allison Nowacki notching 12 points, Lane Schraufnagel scoring 11 and Krista Keranen clocking 10.
The girls will be tested tomorrow against International Falls, whose squad is 8-3 and on top of the Iron Range Conference. They played Wrenshall Thursday.
Jan. 17
Silver Bay basketball at home vs. Moose Lake/Willow River. Girls play at 4:45 p.m., boys play at 6:30 p.m.
Two Harbors boys' basketball, 7:15 p.m. at home vs. Wrenshall
Silver Bay girls' hockey, 7:30 p.m. at Rukavina Arena vs. International Falls
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Nordic skiing, 11 a.m. at Duluth Marshall High School
Two Harbors' basketball at home vs. International Falls. Girls play at 1 p.m., boys play at 2:30 p.m.
North Shore hockey, 7:30 p.m. at Coleraine vs. Greenway
Jan. 20
Silver Bay basketball at home vs. South Ridge. Girls play at 4:45 p.m., boys play at 6:30 p.m.
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North Shore hockey, 7 p.m. at Lake County Arena vs Eveleth-Gilbert
Silver Bay girls' hockey, 7:30 p.m. at Rukavina Arena vs. Hibbing
Jan. 23
Silver Bay girls' basketball, 6:30 p.m. at home vs. Duluth Marshall
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CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ADAM GOLDMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - Budgetary woes in the CIA unit that tracked Osama bin Laden prior to the deadly 2001 strikes led analysts to believe that catching the al-Qaida leader was unlikely, according to government records published Tuesday.
Many of the newly released documents are cited in the 9/11 Commission report, published in 2004. The documents, dated between 1992 and 2004 are heavily blacked out and offer little new information about what the U.S. knew about the al-Qaida plot before 2001.
The National Security Archive obtained the documents through a Freedom of Information Act request and published them on its website Tuesday. The archive is a private group seeking transparency in government.
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This July 22, 2004 file photo shows a Barnes and Noble book store in Springfield, Ill., displaying "The 9/11 Commission Report", the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attack upon the United States. The CIA released hundreds of pages of declassified documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that detail the agencys budgetary woes leading up to the attacks and its attempts to track al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Many of the documents are cited in the 9/11 Commission report. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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1. Bizarre given that the CTC budget quadrupled after 1998. More important, the release shows Cheney
intentionally mislead the public about Atta having contact with the Iraqi Embassy in the Czech Republic.
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One of the previously unreleased documents involves 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta, an Egyptian national who piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center's north tower. According to a Dec. 8, 2001, CIA report that was sent to the White House Situation Room, the spy agency had already made a preliminary determination that Atta had not in fact traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic in May 2000 to rendezvous with a senior official of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. That he would have met with the IIS was significant for intelligence officials looking for a connection between al-Qaida and Iraq.
But one day after the report was sent to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney claimed on NBC's "Meet the Press" that it had been "pretty confirmed" that Atta had gone to Prague several months before the attack. According to the 9/11 Commission report, it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity after a similarly named Pakistani tried to get into the Czech Republic but was turned away. The document was the basis for a footnote in chapter seven of the 9/11 report.
Even though the information about Atta meeting with the ISS was later disproved, it still resonated with those bent on going to war with Iraq.
Cheney should be arrested.


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Spartak owner Leonid Fedun refused to say Tuesday whether Unai Emery is on the brink of being fired and criticized the ex-Valencia coach's team selection.
Before Spartak's 2-1 Champions League group stage win over Benfica on Tuesday, reports in the Russian media had claimed Emery would be fired if the Russians lost their third group stage game in a row.
When asked if that was the case, Fedun said: "If? And if a meteorite falls to earth tomorrow?" and did not elaborate.
During the game, Spartak's young Georgian midfielder Jano Ananidze distinguished himself with pinpoint passing and mazy dribbling before being substituted on 57 minutes.
Ananidze, 20, has started two of Spartak's 12 league fixtures this season, coming off the bench in a further five games, and Fedun said Emery should include the Georgian in his team more often.
"It's a shame that the coach rarely puts Jano in the side," Fedun said.
Spartak finished second in the Russian Premier League last season under Valery Karpin, now the club's executive director.
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Miami born, New York based artist José Parlá finds himself the subject of a solo exhibition at Hanch of Venison in London. On display, his vibrant, expressive paintings and installations, some new, some previously seen, the artist often working within city spaces, creating site-specific works using found objects, street posters and various items picked up on his travels. He comments "For most of my life I have experienced being in transition and migration. This feeling allows me to bring the broken languages of the global community and its conditions into the gallery." Take a look at a selection of works on display in our gallery.
José Parlá 'Broken Language' – Haunch of Venison, 103 New Bond Street. 8 February – 28 March.
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People who come to Mule Day enjoy the variety of items offered at the Mule Day Arts and Crafts Show and the Flea Market held at Maury County Park.
People who come to Mule Day enjoy the variety of items offered at the Mule Day Arts and Crafts Show and the Flea Market held at Maury County Park.
From artists who create works of art to decorate, to wear, collect, consume or play with, to the flea market vendors who offer similar things but have purchased them from a supplier for resale, there is something for everyone in every price range.
Kelleye Jones, the director of the Mule Day Arts and Craft Show, said they have many returning vendors and some new ones.
"Doris Stone from Kentucky is returning with his wood rocking chairs and rocking horses. Kay Cornelius will have her hats with bows on them," she said.
And the list goes on: wind chimes, bottle cap jewelry, embroidered items, gourmet apples and more.
A local vendor, Steve and Dianne Bier from Somewhere Place Else Farm in the Rockdale community will be returning for their fourth year.
They are bringing back their pickled eggs; sweet, dill and hot pickles, hot sauces and also bringing three new salsa's which include a smoky chipotle and a black bean and corn, to introduce to Mule Day shoppers. He also has fruit salsas, pepper jellies, peach-jalapeno jelly and basic fruit jellies including strawberry, blackberry and muscadine.
"We do a lot of festivals and arts and crafts show throughout the year. (Mule Day) is one of our favorites. The atmosphere is what does it for us," Steve Bier said.
"We love the people, the animals, the atmosphere and the organizers are easy to work with. There's lots of diversity in the crowd with people coming from all over. They'll take our products back home with them, then we will hear from them a month or two later saying 'I've got to have some more of that.' One customer called me three or four times one year ordering more," he said.
Jones is excited about long-time Columbia vendor Bobby Moore returning.
"Moore had quit coming several years ago because of health issues," Jones said.
Moore showed here for years —- he sells, buys and trades knives —- and will be returning this year, she said.
Jones said the number of vendors is down this year to about 60-plus.
"It could still be the economy, but many of my longtime vendors have retired or passed away," she said.
Now she has opened up the waiting list so other vendors can move into the available booths.
One of those new vendors is Tiffany Howell of Columbia who makes unique jewelry out of shot gun shells.
"She did well at the National Wild Turkey Federation event, so her items should have the same appeal here," Jones said.
"I've been hearing it's all the rage, especially with the younger crowd," Deborah Ethridge said.
Ethridge, director of the Mule Day Flea Market — the other half of the Mule Day shopping experience — says she has about the same number of vendors as last year, which is 47.
"They take up most of the 80-90 booths available because vendors rent one-four of the 10'x10' spaces available depending on how big their inventory is," she said.
Ethridge said several new vendors will be selling this year.
Steve Barry of Wentzville, Mo., is coming with Peruvian items: jewelry, alpaca sweaters, alpaca backpacks and finger puppets. "I know that doesn't sound like a Peruvian name but Steve's wife is Peruvian, so this is her native-type stuff," she said.
Also among the new vendors is Reggie Halloway of Columbia, who will have vintage jewelry for sale. Catt Surrett of Goodlettesville will have a booth of self-defense items and accessories such as mace, pepper spray, knives, gun cases and gun accessories.
Phillip Colwell of Atwood will have all sorts of tools.
"That will be cool. I know the men get tired of being dragged around by their wives so we will have something for the men. Maybe that and the self-defense booth will appease them," Ethridge said.
Returning for the second year is Michelle Cagle and her white-faced capuchin monkey Mazzie. Mazzie is Cagle's service animal. He does things like helping Cagle put on her shoes and other tasks because she was injured and has steel rods in her back, which limits her movement. He can't be petted. He's behind Plexieglass, but shoppers looking for a novel idea can have their picture taken with him where it looks like he is sitting on your shoulder, she said.
"He's a cute little thing," Ethridge said.
Also returning is vendor Vince Kerce of Murfreesboro with Western wear, boots, a variety of western-themed items —- "real stylish" Ethridge added.
Patti Chrisman of Florence, Ala. has been here for four or five years. She returns with her ladies purses, jewelry and clothing. And her husband, who sells Mr. Quacker's soups, and cheese ball and dip mixes will be here, too.
The Mule Day Arts and Crafts and Flea Market will be 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday in the Baker and Exhibit building and on what was the softball field at Maury County Park.


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A federal appeals court this week reversed its earlier decision and determined that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to analyze a 'no project' alternative to a series of contracts for water deliveries into the San Joaquin Valley. The reversal is a victory for fish and … Continue reading 9th Circuit Reverses, Rules for Fish and Fishermen on Water Export Case
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The proposal to designate several seamounts off California as national monuments has gained momentum with the introduction of H.R. 5797 by Rep. Sam Farr (D-Central Coast). As a recap, we're posting some of the materials associated with the proposal as a reference point for interested fishermen. 13 October Congressional Letter to the President (Thank you … Continue reading California Seamount Monument Proposal
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Limo chase suspect to appear in court next week
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:21:14 GMT —
A northeast Missouri man charged in connection with a high-speed limo chase back in December has his case moved up to Adair County Circuit court.
Vicente Soto, 25, of Kirksville is charged with felony counts of stealing a motor vehicle and property damage.
He remains in the Adair County Jail on $25,000 cash only bond.
Soto is accused of stealing a limousine from a Kirksville business and leading several law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase thru three counties.
Soto has already entered guilty pleas to felony charges of tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest in Macon County.
He was given a suspended execution of sentence and placed on five years probation in the Macon County case.
Soto waived his preliminary hearing yesterday and was denied a bond reduction.
His case now moves to circuit court where he's due in court next week.
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Archbishop of Canterbury's generous move puts his words about the Syrian refugee crisis into action
Posted July 19, 2016
The spiritual head of the Church of England will soon be housing a Syrian refugee family at his residence — an act of compassion that comes amid the ongoing Middle Eastern refugee crisis.
The family will reside on the grounds of Lambeth Palace, the home where Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resides, according to Reuters.
News of the refugee family's impending arrival was revealed by Paul McGlone, a political leader who serves on the local council in Lambeth, U.K.
"We have ... worked with the Home Office and Lambeth Palace to support the Archbishop's undertaking to house a family within the grounds of Lambeth Palace," McGlone reportedly told his fellow leaders, according to Reuters.
A representative for Lambeth Palace confirmed that a family would soon be moving onto the grounds, but did not offer up additional details.
The family will move into a four-bedroom cottage on the grounds of the palace, Newsweek reported.
Welby's decision doesn't come as a total shock, as he said last year that the Church of England would help refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq in the midst of the Islamic State's brutal siege of the region.
He said in September that he would host "a family or two," with the faith leader supporting the move by saying that Jesus, himself, was a refugee, the Guardian reported.
A representative of the Church of England said at the time that Welby felt "absolutely passionate" about helping refugees.
"As the archbishop has said, Jesus was a refugee, and there are refugees here who are desperate for sanctuary from war-torn places and the archbishop is completely torn about their situation and wants to make a difference," she added.
Welby also recently visited a British Red Cross site that is inside of a local church, and later praised the center's work.
"It's a gift to the church to be able to work with refugees — it makes the church a better place and it brings more richness of life," he said.
Welby's decision to house refugees follows similar moves by Pope Francis, who made headlines earlier this year when he took 12 refugees on the papal plane with him to travel back to Rome from Lesbos, Greece.
The Vatican's plan is to help these individuals by paying for their housing and assisting them in securing employment.
Speaking in May about the ongoing refugee crisis, Pope Francis said that people who are fleeing Libya, among other nations, "are not dangerous, but in danger." And a month later, he included refugees in a sermon he delivered about the importance of welcoming these immigrants.
"A Christian excludes no one," the pontiff told an audience. "I ask all of you: Let everyone come."
As for his own part in the ongoing refugee debate, Welby has criticized the British government for not allowing more individuals to come into the country, saying that the 20,000 who will be brought in over the next five years appears to be "very thin" compared to the 1.1 million taken in by Germany last year.
But, as Religion News Service noted, Welby has also said that there is a "genuine fear" among people who have voiced concerns about the mass influx of refugees. He dismissed claims that these people are racist, and said that their concerns should be heard and discussed.
Like Europe, the U.S. is also addressing internal debate about refugees coming into the country. As Deseret News has reported, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly warned about refugee-related threats that he believes are inherent.
He even told a crowd last September that he would send Syrian refugees back if elected president. He has also repeatedly called for restrictions on Muslim individuals and families immigrating to the U.S.
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Former "The Facts of Life" star Lisa Whelchel – who played Blair Warner on the '80s sitcom – finds herself a long way from her small screen Peekskill, New York home when she lands back on TV on "Survivor: Philippines."
The "Survivor" super fan – who has watched all of the previous 24 seasons of the CBS reality series – is a castaway on Season 25, which debuts Wednesday night.
"I've always wanted to be on the show from the very beginning. In the early years I was homeschooling my kids… after that I was an inspirational speaker… last year was the perfect window of opportunity. My kids were in college, I had some free months, so I pursued this dream and went after it really hard," the 49-year-old mother of three told AccessHollywood.com.
Lisa – who summed up her experience on the show with the word "extreme" – explained that her biggest challenge wasn't what she imagined.
"The external elements, the weather and the starvation, the bugs, that really wasn't the hard part for me. It was the internal struggle," she told Access. "The challenge of playing the game, the way you're supposed to play it to win. You're going to have to do some lying and backstabbing and hurting people and that was a bigger struggle for me. That turned out to be harder than I anticipated."
And being a child/teen star didn't help Lisa when it came to navigating her way through the game.
"You get so raw, without the food, without people who are your support system, without sleep, you're miserable because of the bugs. Anything is stripped away from you. So even something like the ability to be an actress that was gone. I couldn't act like I was happy. It was miserable," she said.
When asked which of the "Facts of Life" characters – Mrs. Garrett (Charlotte Rae), Jo (Nancy McKeon), Natalie (Mindy Cohn), Tootie (Kim Fields) — she'd like to compete with or against, Lisa was quick to answer.
"I would definitely want Jo [on my tribe], because she could be my Russell [Hantz] and I could just kind of come along behind her and she could do all the ruthless moves that needed to happen," she told Access. "But I would not want Mrs. Garret because I would vote her off… she's too old."
Adding, [Natalie and Tootie] would be fun to have around and sit around the fire with, but I would vote them off before I voted off Jo."
Lisa might be a little cutthroat when it comes to talking about fictional scenarios with "Facts of Life" characters, but in real life, she has the support of her former co-stars.
"Nancy McKeon knew that I wanted to be on the show, so she was thrilled… Mindy sent me an e-mail and said she's rooting for me and I just got a call from Charlotte the other day and she's just thrilled for me. They're going to be on Team Lisa," Lisa said.
But what about the Eastland School's most famous former member, George Clooney, who co-starred with Lisa from 1985 to 1987?
"I'm sure he has [e-mailed me], but I've changed by e-mail and I'm just not giving it to him. I'm sure it got bounced back to his inbox," she joked when asked about the big screen star.
Now with "Survivor" under her belt, does Lisa see more reality TV in her future?
"I don't think so. I've never wanted to do a reality show. I just always wanted to be on 'Survivor.' And it didn't even feel like [a reality show]. I would have done 'Survivor' had it not been filmed," she told Access. "I would love to do another sitcom, but I'm not thinking I want to do another reality show.
"I have this future ahead of me where I say, 'What do I want to be when I grow up?' I still want to be what I wanted to be when I was 7 years old, which is an actress," she told Access.
"Survivor: Philippines" airs Wednesday on CBS at 8PM.
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Authorities are investigating a two-alarm grass fire that broke out Friday behind San Marin High School in Novato.
The cause of the fire was "undetermined but suspicious," said Novato Fire District spokeswoman Sandy Wargo. The Novato Police Department has joined firefighters in the investigation, she said.
The fire was reported at about 1:15 p.m. in the area of Novato Boulevard, San Marin Drive and Sandy Creek Way. The fire burned nearly 8 acres before being contained at about 2:10 p.m.
Mark Silva, a spokesman for the school, said the fire did not threaten the campus and no evacuations were necessary.
Rick Rankin, a resident of Sandy Creek Way, said neighbors came to warn him about the fire near his home.
"At that point, the fire was on the crest of the hill coming down," Rankin said. "The fire was creeping down the hill at a rapid rate. It's pretty nerve-wracking for sure."
Lauren Bollinger, a San Marin High senior and co-editor of the Pony Express student newspaper, said groups of students went outside to watch the fire.
"The whole face of the hill was black," she said.
More than a dozen fire vehicles were sent to the scene, including some from the San Rafael Fire Department and the Marin County Fire Department. A helicopter crew from Cal Fire, the state fire agency, also assisted.
Marin County fire Battalion Chief Mike Giannini said the winds were approximately 6 to 10 mph during the fire.
"It was the kind of wind you would normally expect after a cold front moves through," he said.
No injuries or building damage were reported. The cause of the fire was pending.
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Officials from the general aviation industry's largest trade group were in Wichita on Wednesday to outline a host of issues facing the industry and some of the initiatives the group has launched.
Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, and Brad Mottier, GAMA chairman and GE Aviation executive, were the speakers at the Wichita Aero Club's March meeting, which was held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
Mottier and Bunce said the organization hopes to gain consistent interpretation of regulations across all Federal Aviation Administration aircraft certification offices.
GAMA also will be seeking ways to encourage various countries' governmental agencies to permit the sale and operation of new aircraft in their territories.
"In many cases, manufacturers are having to do a lot of repeat efforts to get certified," Bunce said. For example, he said aircraft manufacturers that have had a new airplane certified by one country often must pay another country the full amount of certification costs even though that country is simply validating the work done by the previous country.
Bunce said the group is also working on ways to improve temporary flight restrictions, which serve to temporarily close a section of airspace, such as when the president is traveling. He said the costs of those TFRs can sometimes be "staggering" to fixed-base operators – businesses that provide fuel and other services to aircraft passing through – in areas where a TFR is in effect because it closes off business to them.
He also said the industry must continue to address the imposition of federal user fees on general aviation and to fight the Obama administration's efforts to repeal accelerated depreciation on business aircraft.
"Changing the depreciation schedule … affects every type of aircraft out there that's purchased by a business," Bunce said, adding "it will be devastating" to the industry.


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Friday, 23 March 2012
3 comments:
- Holly said...
I couldn't find a car seat that faced backward for my baby over 10kg. In the instructions it says to turn it forward when baby is 10kg now I feel terrible do I keep it backward or is that dangerous now she is over the reccomended weight? Gosh why are there so many things out there to make you feel guilty?
- 23 March 2012 at 21:11
- JamieT said...
I was in this situation too, I've ended up borrowing a group 0 baby seat is it has a weight limit of 13kg, not like the ones that can go either direction.
Anyway, my ds is now an average-sized 15 months and is still in the group 0 seat and not even beginning to look swished!
- 23 March 2012 at 21:40
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I have a huge transitional car seat that goes up to 7 and can be turned around. The problem is the car space and that her knees are in her face when it's backwards. And we have a semi-suv type of a car (toyota avanza for the south east Asian market). So not Particularly small...
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|Sarutobi ( 3rd ) Vs I/II Hokages
|Lee Vs Gaara
|Naruto/Sasuke Vs Gaara
|Naruto Vs Neji
|Naruto Vs Kiba
|Kyuubi Kitsune ( Naruto ) Vs Sasuke
|Gaara/Rock Lee Vs Kimimaro
|Tsunade/Naruto/Jiraiya Vs Oro/Kabuto
|Sasuke Vs Oro
|Itachi Vs Kakashi/Asuma
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|2006-10-01, 21:25
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I also think that Sasuke vs. Orochimaru in the Forest of Death deserves an honorable mention. It was short and one-sided, but the animation was so fluid it was almost OVA quality. The heat blur effect when Sasuke performed his Katon jutsu was also really well done. This was the one fight I found myself really rooting for Sasuke.
Edit: Never mind. It's actually on the list, I didn't see it
|2006-10-02, 09:51
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Ok, thought of a better one. Neji vs. Kidomaru of the Sound Four should definitely be on the list. As far as building suspense, it is probably the best battle in the series and overall, I would put it right above Sasuke vs. Oro. Neji's Sixty Four and One Hundred Twenty Eight Palms techniques are awesome to witness. It was also amazing to see Kidomaru pick apart the weakness of the Byakugan like he did and he had by far the best Cursed Seal lvl 2 design. I didn't start paying attention to Naruto to around the beginning of the Sasuke rescue arc and that was the battle that got me hooked to the series.
Too bad this only covers the anime, as some of the post-timeskip battle are worthy of being mentioned.
|2006-10-13, 23:53
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The best fight was Naruto vs Sasuke (on the waterfall) The quality was extremely awesome, I really thought Naruto would died twice well anyway, they showed the past of Sasuke with Itachi how did he become so strong.
Gaara vs Lee was one of the best too , because of the hard work and I didnt think he was that strong. That was freaking awesome battle. Third Gate xD.
Sarutobi ( 3rd ) Vs I/II Hokages was extremely cool, all high techniques and etc.
3 sannins and Kabuto well, when they summoned their pets it was awesome and when Tsunade hit the nervous system of Kabuto it was interesting.
Itachi vs Kakashi/Asume well IT WAS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG, counter genjutsu? Wow he surprised me. Cant even see how he perform his seals, Mangeryou Sharingan and blew up his kage bunshin? Speechless battle even it was short.
and finally those 4 Sounds
Chouji vs the fat guy it was not bad but i really thought Chouji was dead
Neji vs the spider guy It was a genius battle =)
Shikamaru vs the girl Well he was extremely bright and the summoning technique of the girl it was speechless somehow xD.
Kiba vs the two heads guy It was fucking awesome this battle.
Temari vs the girl pure ownaged
Kankuoro vs the 2 heads guy Interesting battle.
Gaara vs the bone guy, well Gaara surprised me when he did the big avalanche of sand and his absolute defense xD.
|2006-10-14, 03:33
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I honestly didn't like any of the sound fights except Kiminaru vs Lee\Gaara and Kankuro vs Sakon\Ukon, they were IMO too dragged out =/
Kankuro had the best kill ever in an anime, lock up an enemy inside a container, sadistically listen to his helpless whines as you prepare to kill him and relax as blood flows off from the joints of the puppets :P
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Sasuke vs Orochimaru was also interesting but the same probably...the graphics were poor..
Lee vs Gaara well no comment... that was just great...
I agree with all your comments its just that the graphics were poor with actually the best fights...
|2006-10-23, 12:01
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My favorites were the cataclysmic (forgive me if that's spelled wrong) fights of:
1) Naruto vs. Gaara
2) Naruto vs. Sasuke
Those were definately the coolest, just for the reasons that Kyuubi power was majorly used and they had a lot of stronger jutsu in them.
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oh come now...this is simple. The best fight has to be Oro VS Sarutobi. It's just so fast that it's hard to follow...and so much happens. I mean...it's such a titanic fight that it occurs over 4-5 episodes!
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My favorite fight in the entire naruto series so far has to be Rock Lee versus Gaara. For a guy who cant do ninjuts or genjutsu, he put on one HELL of a performance. I know im not the only one who was surprised to see how powerfull he really was. I know Gia was proud of lee after that fight. Damn, i really wished he had won though!!!!
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-My absolute favorite fight would have to be the last one in the series (cannon wise) Valley of the End. The Gaara vs. Lee fight was good but it was just too unequal for my liking. Gaara was a monster at the time and beat the living daylights out of Lee (I know Lee fans argue otherwise but that's just the way I see it). It felt too much like a repeat of the fight between Hinata and Neji. At least in the Valley of the End people were kept guessing.
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Hmm, I'm a lil disappointed the Chouji and Jirobo(Big sound 4 ninja) fight is not in the poll. I very much enjoyed that fight. It's not my favorire fight but it definately deserves an honarable mention. It was enough to make me actually like Chouji, although I think he should have died as intended. But that's a different story.
Well, since that fight isn't on here I'll agree with a lot of other people on here and say that the Gaara/Lee fight is definately awesome. At first I disliked it since it felt sorta DragonBall Z-ish but I've learned to like it for other reasons.
I very much disliked the Naruto(Nine Tails)/Sasuke fight. They've never said that having a cursed seal heals you so I've no idea how Sasuke left with just a scratch on his forehead protector. I found that very disappointing. Sasuke could have won but it didn't need to appear as if the battle was so one-sided when it ended.
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|Riven 'Jolly' Roger
I'll have further updates asap. Been busy. Trying to punch out a 60 plus page book that's overdue (writing a setting about a an extraplanar city ruled by dragons) and prepping for Dragon Con where I will spend some time whoring myself by running games for NeoExodus and attending a friends panels. There is a chance of ingesting barely legal narcotics when he's around.
Sounds like a great time TarkXT!
I was actually trying to prompt the absent Feversea Swashbucklers though. No word from Kess or Ryzern in a while.
|Mumbata of Bonuwat
Talk to me, Mumbata. You in the service or in a maritime employment? I've spent a wee bit of time around such nautical stuff.
Lorn, I'm Active Duty. I run shipboard communications.
|Rhialla "Buxom" Blackwater
|Lorn Butterrum
|Riven 'Jolly' Roger
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|Lorn Butterrum
Quiet. Too quiet. Perhaps we've sailed into the doldrums...
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|Mumbata of Bonuwat
|Aerieth Deventis
Tark has likely just been hit with the busy stick in RL.
The busy stick was dragoncon. On the bad side I am broken beaten and hoarse.
On the bright side I saw Jason Buhlman and Monte Cook sitting on the same panel with a friend and long time professional acquaintance. I think he was believing it less than I was.
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Caldazar wrote:Tark has likely just been hit with the busy stick in RL.
The busy stick was dragoncon. On the bad side I am broken beaten and hoarse.
On the bright side I saw Jason Buhlman and Monte Cook sitting on the same panel with a friend and long time professional acquaintance. I think he was believing it less than I was.
Nice! Hope you had a great time!
|Lorn Butterrum
Hello there.
Just sharing a bit of what I was going over the weekend that has made me so hoarse.
|Rhialla "Buxom" Blackwater
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|Nix Tharel
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|Asmodia Crispin
|Rhialla "Buxom" Blackwater
|Mumbata of Bonuwat
Nope, just the 3 heavy maces. I gave one to you, one to grok for my gear and kept one. The handaxe I gave to Rorgrim. Wish I had kept the armor and other one since she seemed ready to get rid of my gear after the curse
It's sad to see that it has been well over a month since we've heard from our dear LeVash.
I think of all the characters we've lost his hurts me the most. Mainly because his character had the greatest potential of everyone for awesome potential. There were many layers to the things I could do with the stuff he provided both good and bad for the group with such glue as to make it appear a natural part of the AP. Between his house, his brother, his alter ego, and the source of his druidic powers I could do and imply quite a bit and part of me was hoping that the banquet would be his time to shine as it was his natural element. A damn shame indeed.
Add that he was the last of the original crew who started that AP and it merely heightens my depression on it.
Ah well, guess we'll have to dig a tad deeper into the rest of you and start pulling on things that look sensitive....
|Mumbata of Bonuwat
For what it's worth, I have read all of your CoT campaign, and I *really* appreciated the depth of his character, it was more than that though. Your groups made me appreciate so much more getting into your S&S campaign. I'll be following along.
P.S I really like how he used the bugs during the peasant hunt between Bastards and Trial to throw off the dogs. Really cool.
|Riven 'Jolly' Roger
Hey there. Always great to see another long running CoT game going. We are slumming around the manor as well so I can't really stay here. *blush* Tough to lose a player, we had two leave due to school and other problems. Keep up the game, Hail Urgathoa!
Ah well, guess we'll have to dig a tad deeper into the rest of you and start pulling on things that look sensitive....
Consider it a fresh start in some ways.
I see a lot of 'way forward' on this one, we just need to get the momentum going forward and it will be right!
It will change up the party dynamics, but in some ways I think we will probably be able to speed things along as well - the Bloodless/Bejis/Aerith connection are pretty basic guys in a lot of ways and that simplifies things, Asmodia is the only 'complex' character. Suppose it comes down to how she sees her role synergising with the others - there's some good 'Leadership' potential there, but she needs to get her shizt together to do so and step up to it, which means a little less emo and a little more sunshine :)
We might also be a little light on for killkill though, so not sure how we remedy that 'right now', all the suggestions (by the GM no less!) is that it all gets brutal in this book very soon. Do we need an interim level up or something ahead of schedule? I'd be keen to get this next part underway - killing stuff, or it will be more 'Fifty shades of Aasi'...
|Aerieth Deventis
Agreed Shifty - I am unfortunately a little weak in the arcane at this point. Going for Arcane Trickster sounds like fun until you are casting level 1 spells at level 4. You and Bejis can unload some pain, but losing a druid as a buffer/conjurer is a big loss.
Either way, we need to get moving so that the campaign does not stagnate. I know you and I are on every day - way too much - and we just need to figure out our next step (before Bloodless ends up with some strange VD), and get on with it.
See Bloodless wont get some strange VD, because he's tapping himself some aristocrat, and they have the dinero for 'whatever ails them'. Fortunately I get plenty of time to sit about checking boards most of the time... like the last bunch of days, where I have been just typing out long winded assignments.
Forward momentum is a must.
|Asmodia Crispin
was about to say Asmodia's dad is a disgraced noble who nutted into a servant and didn't kick her down the stairs. that earned him his exile in the s@$+ hole that is galt and a silly, shallow wife he could nut in for good. Asmodia was really his salvation to get back to Cheliax if she had stayed in school and learned to conjure little devils instead of celestial dogs and stuff.
Trying to be less emo, but everyone is making beasts with multiple backs and every suggestion i throw out IC is never discussed, we just kinda move on.
anyway, husband's surgery in a few minutes now. check back this evening.
|Nix Tharel
Trying to be less emo, but everyone is making beasts with multiple backs and every suggestion i throw out IC is never discussed, we just kinda move on.
Bejis being subtle means he refrains from attacking all the nobles here who are supporting slavery, by realizing that it won't accomplish much but a few dead nobles before he gets himself killed.
I should have pushed Diplomacy up over Sense Motive, as I doubt Bejis can get himself out of a sticky situation. I guess that is what next level is for.
|Rhialla "Buxom" Blackwater
Says the man whose character is getting laid.
Still counts, 'it's all swordplay'.
Anyhow, in do your GM magic mystic powers feel we need to pick up an NPC, should we level up a tad early, or how do we slide a new player in the gap given we are now in the crunchy bit of getting busy in the manor?
I'm just going to handle LeVash until we either here from him again or this part of the AP is finished.
If he doesn't come back by then we'll see about getting you guys a 5th. Right now it'd just be downright silly to introduce a new guy. He might do something silly like die immediately.
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In case you didn't catch GC's update below, Gawker's tracked down the fired blogger.
From the July 8 post on bluegirl24ny's MySpace.com blog:
I was fired from my job on Tuesday morning. Yes, fired – just like that. Within 20 minutes I was confronted by my boss, sent to HR, packed up my desk and was on an 11Â AM train back home for the last time. Apparently, my former employer has a zero tolerance for voicing discontent with the company. Unfortunately, while I was writing my blogs and expressing my many times extreme unhappiness in my job – my computer was being monitored (for what reason or how long I was never told) and my blogs came to their attention. Yeah, all of the"I hate my job and co workers" blogs… Needless to say, when I made the mistake last week of actually naming the company I worked for – that was grounds for termination. It got back to my boss and that was pretty much it.
… I wanted to leave anyway – but never in a million years would I ever think it would be in that manner. Everyone I talk to about it says it was a witch hunt – that I couldn't be managed out on performance because we never had reviews – and this, although a low blow, was a viable reason and the only legal way to get rid of me.
Whether or not that's true, the blog contains, sans irony, sentences like these: "Grandma always loved a good party, and Lord knows she loved her gin," and "The stretch and snug fit of the fabric seemed to embrace my body in a whispery sigh of contentment." In short, the blog doesn't establish bluegirl24ny as someone we should ever leave alone with other people's writing.
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