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Site ColumnsBy Caillan
August 30, 2001 - 1:13 PM
Hello World!
No magnum opus from me tonight, I'm afraid. Probably because I've only had between 3-4 hours sleep in the last 2 days, and I have to be up in another 6 or so.
The strange thing is though, that after a while, I don't feel explicitly tired anymore - just irritable, stressed and slightly hyper. I think I'll have to go and take something so that I'll actually be able to sleep.
Trek BBS Today
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:
- Will T'Pol use the Vulcan nerve pinch?
- What were the Breen's intentions during the Dominion War?
- What are the best Borg quotes?
More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!
Trek Two Years Ago
These were some of the major news headlines on August 30, 1999:
- The Future Of Star Trek DVDs
Paramount Vice-President Jeffrey Radoycis talked about upcoming DVDs a new interview. Radoycis said that a DVD of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' would be out in 2000, as would TNG DVDs. As it turned out, however, the special Director's Edition TMP DVD won't be released until later this year, and the TNG sets not until 2002 at the earliest.
- Bob Blackman Chat Transcript
Costume designer Robert Blackman chatted about Seven of Nine's costume at the official Star Trek site. "What we do at Star Trek, is create fantasy," he said. "It is a complete world and yet completely unreal. Those garments/images that are considered sexist are usually considered without the character that wears them. If we thought for a second that 7 of 9 was flaunting her perfect body, it would be offensive. But she doesn't. She's a highly intelligent scientist. With a bod. It means nothing to her."
More news can be found in the archives.
Today's Television Listings
- The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing The Original Series's 'I, Mudd' at 5:00pm, Eastern Time.
- In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'The Game' at 17:00 GMT, with a repeat at 00:00.
- In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing TNG's 'Die ungleichen Br�der' ('Brothers') at 16:00 CET.
- In the Netherlands, RTL5 will be showing DS9's 'What You Leave Behind, Part I' at 18:00 CET. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!
- In Australia, TV1 will be showing The Original Series's 'Shore Leave' at 11:30pm. Thanks go out to the Australian Babylon 5 & Star Trek air schedule
Tomorrow's Television Listings
- The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing The Original Series's 'Metamorphosis' at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
- Unfortunately we are unable to bring you the Canadian TV listings due to a problem with the Space! web site.
- In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'Unification' at 17:00 GMT, with a repeat at 00:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!
- In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing TNG's 'Endars Sohn' ('Suddenly Human') at 16:00 CET. Voyager's 'Zersplittert' ('Shattered') will be shown at 20:15.
- In the Netherlands, RTL5 will be showing DS9's 'What You Leave Behind, Part II' at 18:00 CET. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!
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By default, the message queue will remain active in the broker as long as the broker is running, even though the program that created the queue has terminated. Should the broker crash, however, the queue and any messages would be lost. In order to avoid accidental loss as a result of machine failure, both queues and mesages can be made durable.
If a queue is durable, the queue survives a server crash, as well as any durable messages that have been placed on the queue. However, a queue may also be declared
autoDelete, which means the queue is deleted automatically when the last client unsubscribes to the queue or terminates. If a queue is both durable and autoDelete, it is still deleted when the last client unsubscribes or terminates. To make a queue durable, specify
durable="true" when you declare the queue:
session.queue_declare(queue="message_queue", durable="true")
To make a message durable, specify
delivery_mode=session.delivery_mode.persistent in the
message_transfer() function:
session.message_transfer(destination="amq.direct", content=request, delivery_mode=session.delivery_mode.persistent)

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Warangal By Polls: KTR takes a dig against former united AP CMs - Tv9
Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 12:01 PM
Telangana IT and Panchayati Raj minister KTR in his Warangal By Polls election campaigning has stressed everybody to participate in the election so that their party candidate can win comfortably. The minister took a dig against Kiran Kumar Reddy and Chandrababu Naidu, former chief ministers of united Andhra Pradesh reminding how they were treated by Warangal people. KTR has alleged that Congress and BJP lacked their candidates for the election process.


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4. Create welcome page by just assigning title, enter your wordings in the box which is on your right side.
5. Save and publish.
6. You can add the tabsite to your facebook profile by clicking the + button and adding it.
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Yesterday, Lisa Rose and her anti-abortion group, Live Action, released the second in a series of videos, shot in abortion clinics, without the employees' knowledge.
The first video, released Sunday, shows an worker in a clinic in the Bronx saying the clinic would put the baby in a jar of "solution" that would cause it to stop breathing. According to Marjana Banzil, director of the Bronx clinic, she had not viewed the video but that any employee who would say such a thing was misinformed.
The second video, released yesterday, features a doctor in Washington, DC, Cesare Santangelo, who said that if an abortion resulted in a live birth, "we would not help it." Santangelo was answering the questions of an undercover Live Action Operative about what would happen, hypothetically, if she gave birth after an unsuccessful abortion.
"I mean, technically, you know, legally, we would be obligated to help it, you know, to survive, but . . . it probably wouldn't," Santangelo is shown telling the woman, who was 24 weeks pregnant. "It's all in how vigorously you do things to help a fetus survive at this point."
Live Action president Lila Rose said the group's videos expose "truly gruesome, illegal and inhuman practices." She defended the tactics, saying undercover investigations are a powerful method to expose abuses.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Santangelo said he was trying to reassure the woman, who turned out to be an undercover operative of the group, Live Action. In reality, he said, he would call 9-1-1. But he said he stands by what he said on tape.
"What I said is, basically I wouldn't do anything extraordinary," he said Saturday. "We would call EMS. We would call 9-1-1. But I wouldn't do intubation or anything. . . . You let nature take its course."
With the callous attitude of Liberals and our self-centered society in general, how long will it be until single women and couples start aborting babies who have Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, or some other genetic disorder?
In other words, how long before Americans start practicing eugenics? After all, it has been tried in America before…
The term eugenics comes from the Greek roots for "good" and "generation" or "origin" and was first used to refer to the "science" of heredity and good breeding in about 1883.
Within 20 years, the word was widely used by scientists who had rediscovered the work of Gregor Mendel. Mendel had meticulously recorded the results of cross-breeding pea plants, and found a very regular statistical pattern for features like height and color. This introduced the concept of genes, opening the field of genetics to a tumultuous century of research. One path of genetic research branched off into the shadows of social theory, and in the first quarter of the twentieth century became immensely popular as eugenics. It was presented as a mathematical science that could be used to predict the traits and behaviors of humans, and in a perfect world, to control human breeding so that people with the best genes would reproduce and thus improve the species. It was an optimistic school of thought with a profound faith in the powers of Science.
The trappings of science, anyway. Even in its day, many people saw that eugenics was a dubious discipline, riddled with inconsistencies. But it was championed by a very prominent and respected biologist, Charles Davenport, and its conclusions told many people what they wanted to hear: that certain "racial stock" was superior to others in such traits as intelligence, hard work, cleanliness, and so on. In this view of human behavior, the work of Sigmund Freud was disregarded, while the ideas of behaviorism were just gaining ground.
Local eugenics societies and groups sprang up around the United States after World War I, with names like the Race Betterment Foundation. The war had given many Americans a greater fear of foreigners, and immigration to the United States was still increasing. In 1923, organizers founded the American Eugenics Society, and it quickly grew to 29 chapters around the country. At fairs and exhibitions, eugenicists spread the word and hosted "fitter family" and "better baby" competitions to award blue ribbons to the finest human stock — not unlike the awards for prize bull and biggest pumpkin. Not only did eugenicists promote better breeding, they wanted to prevent poor breeding or the risk of it. That meant keeping people with undesireable traits in their heritage (including alcoholism, pauperism, or epilepsy) separate from others or, where law allowed, preventing them from reproducing.
These vocal groups advocated laws to attain their aims, and in 1924, the Immigration Act was passed by majorities in the U.S. House and Senate. It set up strict quotas limiting immigrants from countries believed by eugenicists to have "inferior" stock, particularly Southern Europe and Asia. President Coolidge, who signed the bill into law, had stated when he was vice president, "America should be kept American. . . . Biological laws show that Nordics deteriorate when mixed with other races."
Behaviorism was introduced in 1913, and the genetic work of Thomas Hunt Morgan and others became known through the 'teens. After World War I, few scientists joined the ranks of the eugenicists. As the weight of the scientific community shifted toward behaviorism and true genetics, popular opinion followed. John Watson's articles about childrearing and self-improvement popularized behaviorism still further. The eugenics craze was already fading when the horrors of institutionalized eugenics revealed in Nazi Germany during World War II doused it entirely as a movement.
The leader of the new liberalism movement of the early 20th century was a fellow named Herbert Croly. He wrote a book in 1909 titled "The Promise of American Life," in which he emphatically stated that the state must, "interfere on behalf of the really fittest."
Eugenics was a popular topic of discussion among President Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt and their advisers. In fact, in 1912, a year before he was elected president, as New Jersey's governor, Woodrow Wilson created a board of examiners of feeble-minded, epileptics and other defectives.
Under the auspices of this board, the state could make the decision as to, "when procreation is inadvisable like for criminals, prisoners, poor kids and the ill-defined, other defectives."
According to Teddy Roosevelt's close adviser, Charles Van Hise,
He who thinks of himself not primarily, but of his race and of its future, is the new patriot. Former President Roosevelt later endorsed Madison Grant's "The Passing of the Great Race," a book that Hitler once referred to as his bible.
As the father of a special young lady, who will be 26 in July, even knowing that she was going to face challenges,my wife and I decided not to abort her.
I am a Christian American, and I happen to have been born prematurely myself, due to health issues.
You may believe that I am worrying needlessly. Don't you remember that President Barack Hussein Obama once said that he did not want his daughters "punished with a baby"?
Is it too hard to believe that this practice that the Liberals are so voraciously defending, which murders the innocent while still in the womb, will eventually be extended to ensure "Genetic Perfection"?
Humans playing God. Didn't the novelist Marry Shelley write about this subject?
And, we know how that turned out. That monster only destroyed his creator. This monster will eventually destroy a whole nation.
Until He Comes,
Tags: Abortion, eugenics, genetic perfection, Lila Rose, Live Action, special children, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson


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Before deciding exactly where to locate that compromise, however, we have to decide which deductions to cut, yielding how much revenue. The bad news is that, given all the lobbying and haggling this would occasion, it could take years to work out. The good news is the formula proposed by Harvard economist Martin Feldstein. Before even picking and choosing which deductions should remain permissible, it simply allows no one to reduce his tax bill by more than 2 percent by using any or all of the deductions and loopholes in the current tax code (except charitable contributions).
There should, of course, be separate negotiations over which of the hundreds, thousands, of loopholes/deductions should be tossed out as corrupt or counterproductive rent-seeking. But the 2 percent ceiling means that we don't have to wait until full tax reform — because the Feldstein formula significantly and immediately reduces the impact of all the loopholes.
Feldstein calculates that his tax reform would yield $2.1 trillion in new revenue over a decade. Now we can cut the pie. Obama wants the government to keep it all. The GOP wants to give it all back to reduce tax rates. Let's be Solomonic. Divide the revenue in half — 50 percent to the Treasury for reducing debt, 50 percent to the citizenry for reducing rates.
That's roughly $1 trillion each. Everybody gets something. Republicans unexpectedly get a rate cut, minor but symbolic after having had to swallow the "fiscal cliff" rate hike. The country gets the first significant tax reform in a quarter-century. Obama gets $1 trillion worth of "balance," his price for real entitlement reform. And if he turns out to be serious about that, we get the Holy Grail — tax and entitlement reform all at once.


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Since it exited a 10-month restructuring process and Chapter 11 protection in February, the rebranded Beechcraft (formerly Hawker Beechcraft) has performed well and is even looking at possible new models to bolster its turboprop line-up. It reported strong first-quarter results that bode well for the future health of the company, and in the first three months of 2013 it delivered 59 turboprop and piston aircraft, compared to 37 in the corresponding period in 2012–placing Beechcraft (Booth 7060) as the third-ranking business aircraft manufacturer by deliveries. At the same time it took more orders than it has at any time during the past three years.
The Wichita, Kansas-based manufacturer also handed over the final six Hawker 4000s in the quarter, signaling the end of jet production–for now at least. While it has strongly reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Hawker line of jet aircraft, the company has also placed the Premier and 4000 type certificates up for sale to qualified entities.
Beechcraft has brought a wide range of its products to EBACE, including the Baron and Bonanza piston airplanes. The company announced here in Geneva yesterday that alternative fuel versions could be available from the end of next year and also alluded to ongoing studies for three new aircraft at the lower end of the size scale to complement its existing portfolio. While there are no specific details yet, the plans highlight the tripling of investment being made by the company.
Deliveries and Upgrades
Of the first-quarter deliveries, 34 were King Air variants (350i, 350ER, 250, C90GTx), highlighting the importance of the type to Beechcraft's success. More than 7,000 have been built, operating in 127 countries around the world, and the fleet just topped 60 million flight hours. Currently 462 of those King Airs are flying in Europe (including 78 each in France and Germany and 74 in the UK), where the type has 41 percent of the business turboprop market. Worldwide that figure climbs to 53 percent.
As well as providing new-build aircraft, Beechcraft also supports a number of King Air upgrades. The company's Global Customer Support organization announced that its facilities are now authorized installation centers for the Halo 250 upgrade. Developed by CenTex Aerospace of Waco, Texas, and certified in October 2012, the Halo 250 modification increases the maximum takeoff weight of the King Air 200 to 13,420 pounds from 12,500 pounds. The upgrade is compatible with other packages, such as the Garmin G1000 or Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics upgrades, as well as other popular King Air STCs such as BLR winglets, Raisbeck modifications and Blackhawk engine programs.
In addition to its business and utility transport applications, the King Air has been the platform for myriad special-mission conversions, from air ambulance to intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance (ISR). Those capabilities are also being highlighted at EBACE. Beechcraft's own King Air 350ER special-missions demonstrator is currently in the midst of a worldwide tour to showcase the King Air's suitability for a range of duties and features a medical station and representative maritime patrol console. As well as King Air conversions, Beechcraft is also promoting the Baron as a special-mission ISR platform.


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An outdoor stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, TCF Bank Stadium is being rented by the Vikings until the construction of their brand new stadium, US Bank Arena, is completed. To recognize that the venue is a statewide facility and to pay tribute to the support of all Minnesota citizens, the names of the state's 87 counties are cast in stone around the perimeter of the first level of the venue. The arena gives fans an opportunity to explore the great campus of the University of Minnesota and learn about its rich history.


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By Steve Chaconas
Fishing on the Potomac
A cooling trend is on the way; with a morning high tide bass should be positioned up near the bank and shore cover. Water temperatures are around 84 but should start to cool off a bit as the nights are cooling off! This will be a good week to stay on the move with boat and baits!
Tossing topwaters until about 9am or so should produce. NBC Ch. 4 meteorologist "Weather Kim" Martucci says, This week will see highs in the upper 80s early in the week with low 90s by the weekend. Tuesday and Wednesday are the best chance for thunderstorms, but scattered and in the late afternoon. Otherwise a sunny week until Sunday brings back another chance of thunderstorms and overnight lows in the low 70s.
First thing, hit the bank or inside edges of grass. Fish will be up close and poppers like the Lucky Craft G-Splash worked slowly in stained water and a bit faster if the water is clear should produce. In thicker grass, go to hollow frogs like the Manns Super frog on braided line. Black early and as the sun comes up, try white. After a few hours of outgoing tide, move out a bit deeper.
For the deeper applications, before the sun really comes up, try a Lucky Craft walking Gunfish. Also a Manns Waker in RED will still bring up late topwater bites.
After that, its the mid range lures. Try a Manns Baby 1-Minus, red and firetiger on16-pound test GAMMA Edge Fluorocarbon line and a KVD cranking rod will work. Also toss Chatter jigs with a Manns HardNose Jerkshad and swimming Manns Stone jigs with HardNose craw trailers. These jigs work in blackblue for stained water and white or shad patterns in clearer water.


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- Buffalo Springs Reservoir
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Buffalo Springs Reservoir 2012 Survey Report (PDF 266.8 KB)
If you have difficulty accessing the information in this document, contact the TPWD Inland Fisheries Division for assistance.
Buffalo Springs Reservoir - 2012 Survey Report
Prepared by John Clayton and Charles Munger
Inland Fisheries Division
District 1-A, Canyon, Texas
This is the authors' summary from a 20-page report. For a copy of the complete report, use the download link in the sidebar.
Fish populations in Buffalo Springs Reservoir were surveyed in 2012 using electrofishing and trap nets and in 2013 using gill nets. Historical data are presented with the 2012-2013 data for comparison. This report summarizes the results of the surveys and contains a management plan for the reservoir based on those findings.
Reservoir Description
Buffalo Springs is a 225-acre reservoir that was impounded in 1960 on Yellowhouse Draw, a tributary of the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River, located 5 miles southeast of Lubbock, Texas. It is owned by the Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District Number 1 and used for recreational purposes. Water level has been stable and nutrient levels in the reservoir are extremely high. A large portion of fish habitat was cattail. Bank and boat access was good and handicap specific facilities were good. The reservoir has experienced Prymnesium parvum (golden alga) kills beginning in 2003 which have had a major impact on the fish populations.
Management History
The sport fish populations have been managed with statewide regulations. Intensive Striped Bass stocking was used to manage an overabundant Gizzard Shad population with good success.
Fish Community
- Prey species: There was a very high number of Gizzard Shad sampled during electrofishing in 2012, and 94% of the shad are small enough to be utilized as prey. Bluegill numbers have declined, and the population was dominated by fish 5 inches or smaller.
- Catfishes: Blue Catfish were stocked in 2003, 2007, and 2009 to reestablish the species following P. parvum fish kills. One Blue Catfish was collected in 2011 and two were collected in 2013; these are the first Blue Catfish collected in gill nets since 2005. No Channel Catfish were collected in gill nets in 2009; however, gill net surveys from 2011 and 2013 show a recovering Channel Catfish population.
- Temperate bass: Historically, White Bass have been present in the reservoir; however, only one White Bass has been sampled in gill nets since 2001. The gill net catch rate for Striped Bass was 0.4/nn in 2013.
- Largemouth bass: The electrofishing catch rate for Largemouth Bass has increased from 10.0/h in 2008 to 32.0/h in 2012. Size structure was dominated by smaller individuals, but has improved somewhat.
- White crappie: The trap net catch rate for White Crappie was 0.2/nn in 2012. Only one fish was collected in trap net surveys.
Management Strategies
Based on current information, the reservoir should continue to be managed with existing regulations. Continue stocking Striped Bass to help maintain control of the Gizzard Shad population. Striped Bass should be stocked on an alternating basis at a rate of 15/acre and 40/acre in two consecutive years and then two years of no stocking based on protocols used during research conducted by Schramm et al. (2000). The reservoir should be monitored for P. parvum and associated fish kills. Mitigation of kills by stocking should be conducted as soon as practical.
Performance Report as required by Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, Texas Federal Aid Project F-221-M-3 Inland Fisheries Division Monitoring and Management Program


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So I started playing this game last night, Lone Survivor. It's basically a 2D, side scrolling survival horror game. I'm about 20 minutes in, it's pretty good. The one thing I'd say is that it cribs a bit too closely to Silent Hill.
The designer, Jasper Byrne, already parodied/homaged Silent Hill with this previous game, Soundless Mountain (which I have not played but I hear good things about). Yet here in Lone Survivor we're still hewing closely to SH2. The monsters look the same, the music is reminiscent, and even the sound effect when you pick something up is similar.
You have good ideas, Jasper. You don't need to couch them in Silent Hill language–you can do your own thing.
I found out about this game from a NeoGAF post claiming Lone Survivor was more SH than Downpour. This was a plus in the eyes of the forum, but I'm not really sure it should be.
None of this is to say it's bad – I enjoyed what I played and can't wait to get back to it, I am just not sure it's going to surprise me (though hope I am wrong).


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Is your law firm really going to extremes when providing customer service to your clients? This lawsuit funding company does.
The video below shows a testimonial on a TV commercial from a company providing lawsuit funding to personal injury accident victims.
The accident victim tells just how far they went for him. At 0.46 seconds, he says "…They killed a man. They helped me out."
Now, that's customer service! He didn't say whether it was the defendant who was killed.
Actually, I believe he really said "they kill it man. They helped me out.", but it doesn't sound like it.


text: This ingenious idea for making turkeys from old food boxes comes from My Plum Pudding. It's a great use of those colorful coated boxes that I love to collect. This turkey is made entirely from cut up boxes that are attached to a 1/4″ wooden dowel from Michael's. This bird may look fairly simple, but I learned that the proportion of all the circles were important so I made a visual diagram for those interested in making their own.


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Discussion in 'Cancun Info' started by hardrocktampa, Apr 7, 2010.
How did it go?
This is interesting as we were talking about driving my motorhome from Canada this year... we'll see what the replies are - it may be one helluva booze cruise next year!!!
sounds like fun and one hell of a gas bill as well, but you will see a lot!!!!!
Some day when I retire my goal will be to be like you...artytime:
What, 35 years old?
We'll be driving to Cancun from Texas around June 26th. I'm interested to hear some suggestions or tips on anyone's past experiences....good or bad!
Utah to Cancun 2010
I did the trip in Feb 2010. Myself, my brother in law and my dogs n cats. My husband had moved to Cancun a few months prior to start working and get us a place to live. His brother was kind enough to do the trip with me so my husband could stay in Cancun for work. Now the border is definitely a little scary we went in though Texas into Matomoros. There are a lot of people everywhere near the border and according the the news and the people on the US side of he border a lot of crimes and murders due to druglords are happening. We crossed into Mexico got our documents for my vehicle, and our visas and hauled ass out of Matomoros.. We figured there was no use spending time there. Now when you drive into Mexico it's call a vehicle import you will have to pay a $30 US dollar fee on a credit or debit card that matches the name on the title of the car. You will also have to leave a deposit of about $400 at the border or leave your card on file incase you don't cross the border back to the US before your visa expires. Your visa and vehicle importation last for 180 days. If you plan to stay longer you must renew everything or the deposit will be forfeited or your card charged approx 1/4 of the value of the vehicle.
Now the full trip through Mexico was mostly pleasent there is a lot of great scenery, friendly people, and good food, but please do expect to be bothered at most every checkpoint you come to. Most will just ask why your driving through that part of Mexico, you explain your destination and that you have no fruit, vegetables, or plants of any kind and that will be that, but other times they may ask you to get out of your vehicle and they'll do a quick inspection. With the many checkpoints you will come across no bags were ever searched, and our trunk was opened up once and my animals were never questioned. However in Tampico Mexico we did run into some trouble. Tampico was a town the highway your driving on goes directly into and you lose all sense of direction and are hoping for a sign to get back on the highway... We never found that sign... After driving around a good while doing many turn arounds we encountered the Policia. Now don't get me wrong most Policia are not like this but the two men we encountered made things scary. We were told to show documentation for the imported vehicle we were driving, they wanted passports, drivers license, visas, car insurance, even documents on my pets. Everything checked out we had crossed the border just the day before. The cops were not satisfied after talking with them explaining for the third time why were were in Tampico they decided to throw at us that we are in the wrong part of town and are not allowed here. We of course knew this was crap and proceeded with talking to them which shortly turned into arguing.. They had not given my brother in law his drivers license back. He wanted it and wanted directions to the highway. The cops then said no I will not take you to the highway you will follow us to the station where we will be cited. Here's where the scary part comes in. We follow the cops for a good 10 minutes until arriving at the jailhouse. Which at midnight looked just like a house I was getting more nervous by the moment. They escorted him from the car into the building. I felt like crying while waiting hoping that they won't come back without him and take me inside too.. All the while I am keeping in mind we did nothing wrong so how can this be so complicated. I then started*planning my fancy getaway while waiting.Finally I see my brother in law approaching my car without the police. He comes to the window and says "hurry give me $1,000 Pesos before they see we have more money." I gave him the money and he walked back to the building. Another 15 minutes pass and he comes back and we drive away. He says the policia wanted $3,000 US dollars to not put us in jail and of we paid they would take us to the highway. My brother in law argued with them the entire time and was able to convince them we only had $2,500 pesos left for our trip to Cancun so we couldn't spare more and they accepted that. He told the cops to throw him in jail many times knowing we had done nothing wrong and all they would talk about is money. This incidence ended up being what we now call our hundred dollar one time use GPS because as promised they took us to the highway. Which I doubt we could have ever found on our own.
Now don't let my story discourage you it was a completly random occurrance I have done the trip from Utah to Puerto Vallarta Mexico many times without an issue. So I highly doubt doing this trip again would bring such an event to occur.
Now before I forget the streets throughout Mexico can be very rough at times and low speeds will be required, we found that for the most part all the roads along the coast that are toll roads are kept up nicely anything that is not a toll road you can expect a lot of potholes and a lot of truckers on a one lane highway. So we do reccommend using the toll roads. When you are getting close to cancun probably your last 4-5 hours there will be 3 toll roads that are priced at $200 Pesos up to $350 Pesos. Other than that the other tolls throughout Mexico were reasonable, they were anywhere from $15 Pesos to $80 Pesos. So keep in mind the last roads are pricey and none of the booths accept anything other than cash.
If you decide to do the drive it will take you approx 2-5 days from the border to Cancun depending upon the amount of driving each day. Always keep your gas tank full and remember in Mexico they do pump your gas for you and wash your windows. A tip is expected whether the windows are cleaned or not. $5 Pesos to $20 Pesos is acceptable depending on the service level. The service will range from a fill up all the way to washing all windows and checking your fluids and oil.*Oh yes and I also forgot to mention the gas from Utah to Cancun costed me $400 in my chevy 4 cylinder car with my luggage on the roof. Not bad in my opinion.
Enjoy your trip. Cancun is gorgeous.
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Not sure why you would want to make that drive, nor how long you plan to have your car here. The best bet from Tampa, IMHO, would be to ship the car from Pt Everglades, hop a cheap Jet Blue or Spirit flight from FLL-CUN, pick up your car in Pto Morelos after getting your Temporary Import Permit in Pto. Juarez (Cancun) close to the boats to Isla Mujeres.
I have shipped cars here twice from there, that I drove down from Orlando. Something like a Ford Explorer would be around $900 or so. Something like a Ford Escort under $800. Price is based on volume and not value. www.hydeshipping.com Your US insurance will not be valid in Mexico. You can get short term and long term policies at www.mexicanautoinsurance.com. I have used them for several years and they paid off a total loss after Hurricane Wilma chewed up my car and spit it out.
I would hesitate to make that drive due to potential incidents with the police in Mexico, as was described above. Someone posted on another forum recently something not much different in Matamoros, that happened after an 8 am or so border crossing.
The driving time alone from Tampa would be about 60 hours if I remember my calculations from long ago. You would put thousands of miles on your car just getting it here and back. You could break down anywhere along the line and if in Mexico you run the risk of expensive parts that have to be shipped in from God knows where. Many times I have brought in parts for myself and friends and they have done the same for me and for others.
Good luck. Have been to HRC-Tampa many times, maybe 10 in 2009. Don't recognize your Facebook pix or name but will probably run into you next trip, which I have no idea when it would be. At the $1/$2 No Limit Hold 'Em tables.
I've also been contemplating making this "road trip of a lifetime" from Dallas to Cancun sometime this summer.
Only problems I can see so far are the fact that I'd have to make it a solo trip and I'd be driving one of two vehicles. Either a '09 Cadillac SRX or a '03 Honda S2000. While either would be a great ride for the trip I think that either one would make me a mark for the policia problems mentioned above. And being a non-spanish speaking grengo might complicate things a little further.
I'd really love to do the drive, see some of the sights along the way and explore the ruins all over the Yucatan. I just don't want to deal with the hassle of paying off corrupt cops the whole way. Any further thoughts on how to avoid these kind of problems while driving through Mexico?
there on a nightly basis, good luck at the tables, see ya there sometime!!!
never plan on doing this drive, was just curious as to peoples experiences.....
I've done the drive. I did it from Ontario (Toronto area) to Playa in February/ March 2008 (with Jez from Dallas to Playa).
I don't have a huge amount of time to post details right now (but will later)- however, I can say we didn't need to pay anyone off. Having Jez with me, made a world of difference (Spanish speaking, had done the drive before, etc).
It was a L O N G ride, but a huge amount of fun. There were some really helpful things that many posters on here (and Jez) knew ahead of time to advise me of that made life easier.
I mentioned this once to an insurance friend as a joke (it's 2600 Km from here). She mentioned that some vehicle insurance is void if you travel into Mexico.
I've never confirmed this but it's something to check out.
Lemonhead.. The drive is amazing you go through so many great places!! The best advice I can give is drive during the day ONLY! the problems I have had in Mexico are always at night time, and after I did my long drive from Utah this February everything I talked to about it said the same thing.. Drive only during the day and you wont have any issues!
We did from Mo. no problems at all.
What about that rock Trina? Je je. I think that counted as a problem.
Hello everyone. We just wanted to send a thanks to CancunCare and all the memers of the forum. We arrived in Cancun on July 1st after driving down from Texas. We have been reading this forum for about the last year and have been taking a lot of notes. Everyone's comments helped us tremendously on our drive to Cancun.
For the most part our trip went very well. We did get pulled over in Matamoros about 10 minutes after crossing the border. I was supposedly speeding although we were in bumper to bumper traffic. I kept telling the police to write me the ticket and I would go to the station to pay. After 5 or so mins, they gave me my license and told me to leave. Si senor!
For the rest of the drive we did not have any bad encounters with the police. We took the toll roads and bypasses whenever possible, bypassing Tampico and Poza Rica. We did get flagged aside at just about every military checkpoint, but they were all friendly. They asked a few questions and every now and then asked to look the bed of the truck, but never questioned us having 2 dogs. At one stop they did want to look into our coolers, but they asked politely and were very respectful.
Thanks again to Steve for running a great site and for all the CancunCare members. You're postings have helped us out a ton! We'll be in Cancun until October and we look forward to exploring this beautiful city.
Check out our blog if you'd like to read more about our adventurous drive from Texas to Cancun... Travel Blog: Cancun Bound!
Welcome to Cancun, Nevets, hope you enjoy it!
P.S., love the way you handled the police. Good for you!
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An Australian company has developed a new searchlight that can illuminate a greater area from a longer distance, yet which is claimed to offer significant weight and cost advantages over the current industry standard. It is being launched here at Heli-Expo (Booth 4002).
The TrakkaBeam A800 tactical searchlight from VectorBeam Technologies is also fitted with a filter wheel that allows the crew to switch from ultraviolet, through visible spectrum in several colors to high (covert) infrared light. In practical terms, a law-enforcement helicopter can surreptitiously track a target using IR from a standoff height of, say, 2,000 feet, and then switch to brilliant visible light to flood it in for the capture phase.
VectorBeam executive Peter Muhlrad said the A800, which weighs less than 18 pounds and costs $24,000, also offers a far wider beam than conventional lamps. "TrakkaBeam uses a Xenon lamp and the energy is more evenly dispersed throughout the entire target plane–even at the edges. More usable energy means fewer lost targets."
TrakkaBeam is mounted on a two-axis stabilized gimbal. It is undergoing DO160 environmental certification and completes trials with Sweden's Stockholm police force this week. Muhlrad said initial feedback about the searchlight has been "very encouraging."


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What is this medicine?PREDNISOLONE; SULFACETAMIDE (pred NISS oh lone; sul fa SEE ta mide) is a combination of a steroid and a sulfa antibiotic. It helps to reduce swelling, redness, and itching of the eye. It also is used to treat eye infections.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is only for use in the eye. Do not take by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Wash hands before and after use. Shake well before using. Tilt your head back slightly and pull your lower eyelid down with your index finger to form a pouch. Try not to touch the tip of the dropper to your eye, fingertips, or any other surface. Squeeze the prescribed number of drops into the pouch. Close the eye gently to spread the drops. Your vision may blur for a few minutes. Use your doses at regular intervals. Do not use your medicine more often than directed. Finish the full course prescribed by your doctor or health care professional even if you think your condition is better. Do not stop using except on the advice of your doctor or health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
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Affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen
Country: The Netherlands
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- Pragmatic language impairment and associated behavioural problemsMieke P Ketelaars
Department of Special Education, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Int J Lang Commun Disord 45:204-14. 2010..Existing research suggests a strong relationship, but has only been executed on clinical SLI samples. Moreover, it is not known whether pragmatic language problems are related to specific types of behavioural problems...
- Screening for pragmatic language impairment: the potential of the children's communication checklistMieke P Ketelaars
Department of Special Education, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Res Dev Disabil 30:952-60. 2009..The main difference was visible in structural language problems, which were less severe for the PLI group in mainstream education. The results of this study suggest that screening for PLI is indeed possible using the CCC...
- Semantic abilities in children with pragmatic language impairment: the case of picture naming skillsMieke Pauline Ketelaars
Behavioural Science Institute, Department of Special Education, Radboud University Nijmegen, P O Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J Speech Lang Hear Res 54:87-98. 2011..The semantic abilities of children with pragmatic language impairment (PLI) are subject to debate. The authors investigated picture naming and definition skills in 5-year-olds with PLI in comparison to typically developing children...


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MIAMI (AP) — For years, Ray Allen's routine has not changed. Show up for work hours earlier than just about everyone else, go onto the court and take hundreds of jump shots.
It paid off for him on Tuesday.
And he'll be back out there on Thursday - since the Miami Heat season still has one game remaining.
Ray's Big 3 to OT
Allen's 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter capped a huge Miami rally plus essentially took the championship trophy out of San Antonio's hands, and the Heat found a way in overtime to hold off the Spurs for a 103-100 win.
"Ray did what he's done for so many years," said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team trailed by 13 in the second half and was down by 10 entering the final quarter. "And we've seen it on the other side so many times."
A pair of free throws by Allen with 1.9 seconds left in overtime sealed it, and on the last play of the game, Danny Green - who took Allen's 3-point Finals record earlier in this series - had no chance at getting a potentially tying shot anywhere near the rim, the play snuffed out by Miami's Chris Bosh.
So Allen lost his record in these NBA Finals.
He still has a chance at what he wants most: A second championship.
It's why he came to Miami. And without him, it probably wouldn't be happening for Miami.
Postgame: LeBron & Ray
The Spurs were up 95-92, and workers were surrounding the perimeter of the court with yellow rope in anticipation of the trophy-awarding celebration. When time expired, those workers were to rise and basically use the rope to keep fans and others from getting on the floor for the Spurs' party.
The Heat had other ideas.
One of the subtle moves that set up Allen's game-winner came with 19.4 seconds left, after Kawhi Leonard missed a free throw and Spoelstra inserted Bosh back into the game in place of Mike Miller. Leonard made the second to push the Spurs' lead to three, and LeBron James took a 3-pointer that would have tied it for Miami.
James shot missed and Bosh got the rebound. Allen took several steps backward, both getting ready to receive the pass and getting his feet ready for the shot that only would potentially decide Miami's season. He caught the ball, as James stood alone at the top of the key, both arms raised, wanting the shot.
Allen never thought about passing the ball. He shot, waited and then saw the ball drop with a swish.
"I have no clue how we're going to get re-energized," the Spurs' Manu Ginobili said. "I'm devastated. But we have to. There's no Game 8."
The 2013 NBA championship comes down to one game: Winner take all, Game 7, Thursday night. No one could have envisioned this when the Heat talked Allen out of taking a longer, more lucrative deal to stay with the Celtics last summer and successfully lured him to South Florida instead.
He scored only nine points, grabbed one rebound, had two assists. The numbers were downright paltry compared to LeBron James' 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, but certainly Allen earned a ton of the credit.
When time expired, he skipped toward midcourt and let out a scream. A few moments later, he walked off the court coolly, a white towel draped over his neck, slapping a few hands.
Allen had been the best 3-point shooter in Finals history, making 22 of them in the 2008 series with the Celtics. Green took his record in Game 5, and now has 26 for the Spurs heading into Game 7.
Given a choice, there's no question what Allen would want more: His record back, or a second ring.
His thoughts, down the stretch: "Until the clock runs out," Allen said, "we still have an opportunity to win this game."
So when Bosh turned and found him in the right corner with a few seconds left, the opportunity was not only there, it was his. He set his feet well behind the line, let that quick-release shot of his fly, and waited for the outcome.
All net. Referees reviewed it, but there was no question that the shot was a 3.
"Bad. Very bad," Ginobili said. "It's a tough moment. We were a few seconds away from winning the championship and we let it go."
The Heat saw that last play differently, of course.
"We actually got a couple of decent looks out of it," Spoelstra said. "LeBron's first look, at least it was clean. That's all you can ask for at that time. But Chris made a heck of an effort to give us that second possession and found Ray."


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Hacker and engineer Junior Veloso has built an astounding high resolution printer in his own home.
As you can see from the video (just after the fold) Junior's built an absurdly high resolution 3d printer that could conceivably fit on a desk. As he says on his site, he plans on opening the printer's source and selling kits after funding it with a Kickstarter run.
Like Ponoko's own Superfine plastic printing this process uses light to cure UV sensitive resin in tiny layers, building them up in hundreds of increments to produce the finished geometry.
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Because I have buffering issues, I almost always download the videos I want to watch from the NHL.com website (specifically the Pittsburgh Penguins), using the VideoDownloadHelper plug-in. I've never had a problem DLing the videos and except for a select few, still don't.
It's the select few that are giving me trouble--there are four videos which do NOT make the little icon in the address bar spin. Even copying and pasting the url of the video into the DL manager only gets me an html file called 'console.html', not a video file.
Since I can DL other vids from the site, I know it's not a compatibility issue with the plug-in.
I guess my question is, is there some way to determine what is stopping these videos from downloading? Or is there some (other) way to download them?
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Called the Surf & Turf package, you can save more than $450 per couple. The offer includes studio courtyard accommodations at The Sands at Grace Bay resort, resort taxes & fees, two-tank scuba dive excursions for two through Ocean Vibes. The 6-night package includes five days of diving and the seven-night package includes six days of diving.
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The Algerian junior football team (under 21) finished in 4th place in the International Friendly Tournament for juniors, held in Qatar. According to <i>Liberate Algeria</i>, the team's coach, Abdelhak Benchikha, has stated that the team was on the right path and that the players have huge potential. However, he added there was still a lot of work to do.
In order bring the young Algerian players to the international level, he explained, "we need to invest more in our junior players and encourage promising youngsters. Benchikha also thanked the Algerian community in Qatar for all their help and support during the tournament.
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Roars on Auditor Liability
Amid revolutionary proposals to renovate US financial regulation, auditing firms continue to push for caps on their liability for bothced audits. In a report to the Treasury Department's Committee on the Auditing Profession, the profession's lobbying affiliate, Center for Audit Quality, collates pending cases against large firms to dramatize their campaign.
They report 90 pending cases asserting aggregate damages exceeding $140 billion, with a third of the cases seeking more than $1 billion apiece and 7 alleging more than $10 billion. The firms say these claims, altogether, support their view that their liability exposure is unfair to them and dangerous for the financial system. The only solution, they urge, is having Congress set statutory dollar caps on claims against them, along with exclusive federal jurisdiction over these cases using a light standard of liability, scienter instead of negligence.
The profession is making its pitch in comment letters on the Advisory Committee's draft reports on the state of the auditing profession. The reports include extensive recommendations for reform, including a shift to exclusive federal jurisdiction for these claims. They stop way short of any discussion of capping auditor liability by legislative fiat. The firms cite their trade group's data to support their plea, saying that "the threat of catastrophic litigation risks is real" and "unique" to the auditing profession and requires protective federal legislation.
True, auditors do face liability that sometimes can be measured according to the decline of a firm client's market capitalization and that decline is beyond the firm's control. That could kill a firm and disrupt global financial markets. And, often, the net social loss from audit failure may be relatively low, at least when losses to one group of shareholders are offset by gains to another group of shareholders.
But the audit is fully within the firm's control and there are losses to one group of shareholders that an effective audit would prevent. Further, although the profession's data may look threatening at first glance, all the figures are worst-case scenarios. Also, the data look at what auditors stand to lose in litigation rather than what they gained or stood to gain from rendering ineffective audits, whether negligently or otherwise.
This debate can appear to be an either-or proposition, to cap or not to cap, but is there any other approach to this nettlesome problem? I propose a simpler, market-based idea that has commanded considerable interest among market participants but to which the firms have given scant public attention.
The firms would issue bonds in debt markets to provide a backstop against the big judgment. Paying a high interest rate to reflect risk, the bonds would be repaid at maturity if no big claims arose but principal would be released to cover massive judgments if they did. This would protect share owners against losses from incorrect accounting without bankrupting an audit firm.
Although not without limitations (explored by Kevin LaCroix, an expert in the field), these bonds should appeal to investors and regulators. Similar bonds have been used since the mid-1990s to provide funding against catastrophic hazards of natural disasters, like hurricanes and floods. Buyers of such "cat bonds" enjoy an investment vehicle that adds portfolio diversification and, with a high interest rate, a good risk-adjusted return. No regulatory approval is needed and no legislative hunches or political jockeying occurs.
Insurers of audit firms keep the business they now have writing policies, as these bonds would cover losses that current coverage does not reach. Investment banks would help design and sell the bonds and assemble and analyze information about risk.
Benefits are considerable. Risks of bankrupting a firm are reduced dramatically. The political hot potato of capping auditor liability goes away. Investors would begin to see auditors as partners in promoting reliable accounting rather than as deep pocket guarantors against unreliable reporting. Incentives arise to encourage capital market monitoring of auditors. The bonds don't attract suits against auditors because they fund only catastrophic losses, upwards of $500 million.
Cat bonds are a practical, cost-effective solution to the risk that another large auditing firm could disappear and leave few ways to supply this important function. Certainly, to take seriously any proposal to cap liability, or even move to exclusive federal jurisdiction and standards, Congress and the public first should ask about this idea.
After all, at present, proponents of caps and federal standards, especially audit firms, have incentives not only to ignore the gains to auditors from acquiescent auditing, but to overstate liability risks. With cat bonds, those same people would have an incentive to understate risks when selling the bonds to capital market investors. Making cat bonds a serious point of public policy debate would help reveal the true stakes.


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BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday plans to build a new pipeline to pump Russian gas to Germany bypassing Ukraine is dictated by politics rather than economics and undermines the European Union's solidarity.
"We disagree with this investment. It has nothing to do with economics," Duda said, speaking at a joint briefing in Brussels with European Council President Donald Tusk. "It is an investment of a political nature."
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which opponents say will deepen dependence on Russian gas supplies from Gazprom, would undermine solidarity within the EU's push for an energy union, Duda said.
Earlier Tusk told reporters he and Duda held a similar stance on the Nord Stream 2 project.
(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, writing by Alissa de Carbonnel; editing by Philip Blenkinsop)
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Apex Directional Drilling, the company once hired by the city of Eureka to provide drilling services for the Martin Slough Force Main project, filed a claim against the city on Wednesday seeking nearly $6.3 million in damages.
Apex walked off the job in April, and the Eureka City Council earlier this month authorized the Public Works Department to negotiate a contract with Wahlund Construction, Inc. to complete the project.
"In the case of the Martin Slough Force Main, we bent over backward to make this project work," Apex President Mike Lachner wrote in a statement to the Times-Standard. "Frankly, we are puzzled and troubled by the city's unresponsiveness and refusal to acknowledge ground conditions that were vastly different than advertised when hiring for the project. We filed this complaint because Eureka officials need to step up and be accountable for the damages caused by the city's negligence, misrepresentations and breach of contract."
The company alleges the city provided an improperly designed drill path for the multi-million dollar project intended to deliver wastewater to the Elk River Waste Water Treatment Plant, and that the soil at the worksite was different from the type listed in the bid package.
City officials previously said they disagreed. Eureka City Attorney Cyndy Day-Wilson could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.
The damages are sought to cover extra pay to subcontractors, extra materials and parts, extra labor, standby time, lost opportunity and the loss of expensive equipment, Lachner wrote.
"These costs could largely have been avoided had the city acknowledged the differing conditions and issued timely change orders to keep the project on track," he wrote.
Contact Lorna Rodriguez at 441-0506.


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Lauren from Hamm Family Adventures devoted a whole lotta hours last Christmas to creating a wall-sized advent calendar out of felt. Lauren's advent is completely hand stitched, from the detailed Christmas scenes on each pocket to the edges of the tree itself. She was fortunate to have a friend who embroidered the numbers and Lauren's family name. … [Read more...]
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Patty from Nuestras Aventuras en Texas hand drew this design on foam board to create this modern clock for her son's bedroom. The funky black and white graphics are perfect for a teenage boy's room! Her original inspiration came from CB2's Fresh Ink Clock which retails for $269.00. Head to Nuestras Aventuras en Texas for the full … [Read more...]
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Ali from Honey & Maple Syrup said, "I found this piece at a thrift store, and although it doesn't have as many cubbies , it reminded me so much of the Pottery Barn Cubby Organizer. I had to take a piece of moulding off of it and touch up the stain. Then I tacked some label holders onto the front of each cubby so I could number them. I added … [Read more...]


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Best-Dressed Stars at the Tony Awards
Country: Spain
Club: Liverpool
Position: Forward
Age: 26
Vitals: 6'1", 174 pounds
Why He's Hot: Never mind that tousled blond hair. He's known as one of soccer's nice guys, and he's happily married with an 11-month-old daughter named Nora. Awwww.
Country: United States
Club: Milan
Position: Defender
Age: 28
Vitals: 6'4", 210 pounds
Why He's Hot: His abs leave us speechless, which is good, because we can't quite pronounce his name.
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Supporters of the TIME Initiative filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Secretary of State in Maricopa Superior Court on Aug. 13, arguing that the necessary amount of signatures had indeed been collected to get the measure on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Last week, the Secretary of State Jan Brewer disqualified the transportation tax initiative after a preliminary check of the signatures revealed thousands to be ineligible.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Moving Arizona's Economy Foreword initiative, or Proposition 203, proposes an increase in the state sales tax from 5.6 to 6.6 cents per dollar to fund highway, road, rail and bike projects.
"The TIME Initiative Campaign acted to ensure that the thousands of Arizona voters who have been denied their right to be counted as valid petition signers are properly heard," said David Martin, co-chair of the TIME Initiative Campaign, in a statement. "We are committed to making sure those voters are counted and to giving Arizonans a choice this fall for improving their quality of life."
The suit argues that many signatures were incorrectly invalidated because of errors in notary dates, address changes, a post office box was provided instead of a physical address, and petitioners signed with a nickname instead of a legal name — Bill instead of William, for example.
The measure's backers would need to prove the validity of 95 percent of the sample size for the initiative to move forward, attorney Chris Blanchard said last week.
"If we meet that level, the error rate will be low enough to get it on the ballot," Blanchard said.
With the lawsuit, TIME backers hope to reinstate nearly 10,000 signatures. For an initiative of this type, 153,365 valid signatures need to be collected. Supporters submitted 258,342 signatures, according to the lawsuit.
A related case involving the wording of the initiative description in voting guides remains under review.


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Newspaper Abstracts
1862 - 1866
Used with permission of Julie Hampton Ganis
From Surrounding area newspapers.
-State of North Carolina, Stanly County - In Equity: Robeson LISK, William J. LISK, John P. LISK, Thomas B. HASKELL and wife, and Susan LISK. Against: D. N. PATTERSON and Hampton LeGRAND, Executors of Clinton LISK, deceased, and Martha Ann VAUGHAN [resides out of state]….
Wednesday, October 1, 1862, WEEKLY STANDARD (Raleigh, N.C.)
-Died: We learn that a soldier named G. W. HINSON, of the 20th N.C. Regiment, died on the train on Tuesday last, coming from Weldon to this City. His remains were brought to this City for interment. His effects were deposited at the Peace Institute Hospital. He is supposed to be from Stanly county.
Thursday, March 5, 1863 N. C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County,
-An esteemed friend writes us from Stanly county, that Mr. Alexander MISENHEIMER and Brother, who own mills in that County, and have a good supply of wheat on hand, are grinding it up and selling it to soldiers' wives at ten dollars per barrel, when they could get thirty-two dollars for all they can grind within sixteen miles of their mill. This is practical patriotism. Honored by Alexander MISENHEIMER and his Brother, and their children and children's children! The poor soldiers whose wives and little ones they are supplying with bread, will hear of this and bless them. And when the battle is joined again, as joined it must be, they will strike with a steadier arm and a stouter heart, for they will feel that they have some friends who remember them, and who are caring for their families while they are risking every thing for their country. Our friend adds that the two gentlemen above referred to, were both Union men up to LINCOLN'S proclamation.
Thursday, April 7, 1864 N. C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County, NC)
-One of our most useful citizens no more! Hampton R. WEST, of Stanly county, died at his residence of typhoid pneumonia, on Sunday evening, the 3d of April, 1864, in the 53d year of his age. The deceased was born in Anson county the 25th of December, 1811. On the 2d of May, 1842, he married Elizabeth A. MEACHUM, who died on the 30th of September, 1860, as she had lived – an earnest, devoted Christian; in the 38th year of her age. Mr. WEST has left three children, but I trust that our loss will be his eternal gain. Three of his children died in their infancy, and are numbered, according to our Saviour's promise, with the angels of heaven…. The deceased had been residing in this county about 12 years (being formerly a citizen of Anson) during which time he made many friends and won the esteem of all who knew him… [lengthy obituary, but did not give any other family information]
Wednesday, May 16, 1866 N.C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County, NC
-State of North Carolina, Stanly County, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Term, A.D. 1866. Lafayette GREEN, Adm'r. of Josiah FLOYD, vs. Heirs at law of Josiah FLOYD, deceased. Petition to sell real estate. It appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Robert SNUGGS and wife Anna SNUGGS, two of the Defendants, are non-residents of this State…. it is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication be made for six weeks….
Thursday, June 28, 1866 N.C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County, NC)
-On Sunday last two negroes who had been arrested in this county were carried to Stanly county, charged with breaking into and robbing the store of Messrs. SMITH & WATKINS, at Norwood (or Center) of about $100 worth of goods. A part of the goods was found in their possession, and a great part of the balance was found in Rocky River, where the thieves had thrown the articles to elude detection. At the time they did it they were closely pursued by the officers.
Thursday, December 6, 1866 N.C. ARGUS (Wadesborough, Anson County, NC)
-Died: In Stanly county, on Tuesday, the 27th ult., of paralysis, Mrs. Harriet E. LILLY, consort of J. A. LILLY, in the 57th year of her age. She had been a consistent member of the Methodist Church for thirty-four years, and had been long suffering with Christian fortitude and [illegible].
-Died: Near Norwood, in Stanly county, on the 24th ult., of consumption, James WATKINS, son of William WATKINS, aged about twenty-six years, leaving a wife and two children.
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Managerial Interview PaperThis essay Managerial Interview Paper is available for you on Essays24.com! Search Term Papers, College Essay Examples and Free Essays on Essays24.com - full papers database.
Autor: anton • March 20, 2011 • 2,028 Words (9 Pages) • 530 Views
1. Both managers' interviewees elected not to have their names mentioned.
Manager A is a store manager at Dairy Queen.
Manager B is store manager at 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment.
2. The Dates, Times, and locations of both interviews were as follows.
Manager A was interviewed Saturday November 5, 2005, at 12:00 pm at my house. Manager B was interviewed Saturday November 12, 2005, at 1:30 pm at her home.
3. The definitions of the training and education for both manager interviewees are as follows.
Manager A received a two year Supervisory Management Degree from Anoka Technical College while working already at a fast-food restaurant. She started working at an early age in the food industry and worked her way to the top. While on the job there were training courses mandated by Dairy Queen that she took while working.
Manager B had almost no education at all except for some training courses after she already had the job. Apparently, this person just knew the right people and worked her way from the bottom to the top.
4. The definitions of the four functions of management as given to each manager I interviewed. The controlling function is the way a person or organization monitors performance, compare it to goals, and take corrective action as necessary. The planning function is the goals set and the decision on how to achieve them. The organizing function is arranging tasks, people, and other resources to accomplish the work. The leading function is how you motivate people to work hard to achieve the organization's goals.
5. The summaries of the practice of the four functions of management as described to the interviewees.
Manager A- The control function- Monitoring performance in which observation takes place on a daily basis with managers overlooking employees. Restaurant inspections occur every six months where the corporation reviews everything from cleanliness of store, procedures, food quality, food safety, service times, and equipment inspection. Another way performance is monitored is using secret shoppers, which is an evaluator posing as a customer, unknown to employees, who rates service with a smile, cleanliness, speed, uniform (nametags, hats, etc.) appearance of product, accuracy of order, and how it tastes. This evaluation is then sent to that particular store in a few days with a score in each category. Each store is evaluated based on the corporate standards. These standards are then compared to the usual goals of sales increase of 10% every year, labor percent according to sales, (varies between months) 17-21% depending on what time of the year it is summer vs. winter. Food purchase has to match inventory including the allotment for waste and theft. Inventory is taken monthly. Procedure for taking corrective action includes one verbal warning, (must be documented) then three written warnings for the same type of behavior (documented), and then the no-warning (five-shift) suspension, following with termination. The leading function- Motivational tools used are contests like who sells the most for a $25 cash prize or service speed times for sweatshirts and caps. The company has a yearly outing to ValleyFair, free for employees and reduced price for friends or family. The organizing function- Arranging people in the fast food industry is called "aces in their places" which means you put the best people at their best station. The schedule is based on the labor percentages using the total number of hours for the month. For example, if the sales projection is $11,000 multiply that number by the monthly labor percentage of 17%, (typical goal) which equals the total number of hours for the month, 187 hours. Other responsibilities of the manager is keeping the freezer and cooler stocked and organized along with checking in the truck order, which comes two to three times a week depending on sales. The order itself is based on an educated guess or by trial and error, with experience over time, determining what to order and how much to order becomes easier. The planning function- Starts with setting goals for advertising and donating to the community. Implementing radio stations with free prizes to help draw customers will increase sales and ultimately reaching the company's goals. Other tools to increase profits are raising prices, decreasing overhead, and sales of less expensive items, for example, two for the price of one.
Manager B listed several duties, which fall into each of the four management functions. She is responsible for training new store employees, providing performance evaluations of store employees, scheduling staff for stores, inventory control, overseeing merchandising of the store, carrying out promotional themes at the store level, managing store expenditures/petty cash, and excelling in commissioned sales. Other duties include thoroughly understanding the sales process, creating repeat business, maintaining a positive workplace environment, excelling in telephone usage, working a minimum of 40 hours per week, performing daily responsibilities in the store, providing individual sales performance statistics to the management team, responsible for opening and closing the store, and using computer and POS skills daily.
6. Manager A has a combination of theories that match her management style. The system viewpoint and the behavioral viewpoint compliment one another in this case. The system viewpoint at her company has many parts working together to achieve a common purpose. The four parts are inputs, outputs, transformation processes, and feedback. The inputs include the people, the money, the information, the equipment, and the materials needed in food service. The outputs include the products, services, profits/losses, employee satisfaction/discontent all produced by the organization. The transformation processes include the management and technology ability to convert inputs into outputs. Feedback is the reactions by customers about the outputs, which in turn affects the inputs. The behavioral viewpoint corresponds to fast food because it deals with understanding human behavior (customers) and motivating employees toward achievement. She does not consciously use theory but after I mentioned some of the theory behind the behavioral viewpoint she said this is used daily and is something she follows but she did not know it was a theory. The step in the control function that is emphasized is the performance evaluation because someone is always being evaluated in this field, whether it is the employees, the managers, or feedback from the customers, which is used and recorded to help make changes. The kind of control that is exercised the most is concurrent,


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Topic: you think you're doing ok and then the dam breaks.....
Just wondered if anyone else has had this type of gut wrenching experience.
I was at home the other night working on my laptop after my husband had managed to do something to it. I'm convinced he sends out weird vibes that annoy computers when he deigns to use them. (He would be most happy with an 8 track and a manual typewriter.)
I finally straightened out the problem only to realize the car insurance bill had not been sent on time. As I started to slowly meltdown, I reached for a piece of paper and under it was the picture of my mom and dad at my daughter's December wedding. Mom was looking so beautiful and happy and doesn't at all resemble the woman I saw last Sunday that didn't know who I was at first.
It was like the straw that broke the camel's back. I absolutely had a breakdown. I turned to my poor husband and Cameron my Dalmatian and yelled, "I can't take it anymore!!! I've forgotten a bill and my mother is dying!"
For the next 45 minutes I literally lost it. I wasn't crying I was wailing and weeping. I was inconsolable. I sat on the bathroom floor and wailed until I got sick with the dry heaves. The rational part of my brain was telling me to get it under control and the more primitive part of my brain could only weep for my mom and my impending loss. (Guess which part won?)
My husband and dog keep coming to check on me but just let me alone to finally get it all out. I guess I'd bottled it up so long that it finally had to come out.
After the storm I guess I felt somewhat better til I looked into the mirror to see my face looking as if I had a bad sunburn. (Petechial rash from all the little blood vessels that broke when I was straining with the heaves.) I almost didn't come to work yesterday but then decided to wear it with pride. I guess if I didn't care so much it wouldn't have happened.
I hate this monster of a disease so much. Not only does it rob our loved ones of so much but it reaches into every aspect of our lives. (Not to mention my magnolia blossom complexion!!!!)
Oh well, one more part of the journey.
Hugs to all of you traveling with me.......
"A prognosis is simply an audit of how truly precious each day is. Live each day to the maximum, celebrate what was, and what is - Don't spend your life looking forward to what will or might be." .... words of wisdom from my beloved son on hearing of his grandmother's CC prognosis.


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About maritimerider
Fact-In Canada, there is no union for cab drivers. Most drivers do own their own cars. They are self employed. They may be a limited company and drive with their own roof light or,rent a company's roof light and pay stand dues, the latter allows a driver access to fares from the company. Either way, they still are self employed. Enough already, get your facts straight.
The major point that anonymous coward makes is well founded.
In my city, taxi licenses are capped for five yrs. Then after this time, a limited number of new ones become available for a short time. This is not to keep prices high. It is done so that drivers can make a meagre living.Whether an income of $20.00 or $100.00 in a day, their expenses have to be met. This can become pricey. I am more than happy to pay the fare with a tip. Next time you take a taxi, talk to the driver re capping or open licenses.You may be surprised with the info.As an afterthought,our city counsel still leans toward the customer. I rarely have to wait for a driver.


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Public Breastfeeding Law
§ 32.1-370. Right to breastfeed.
A mother may breastfeed in any place where the mother is lawfully present, including any location where she would otherwise be allowed on property that is owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealth in accordance with § 2.2-1147.1. [2015]
§ 18.2-387. Indecent exposure.
Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-236; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 398.)
Enforcement Provision
Workplace Pumping Law
§ 22.1-79.5. Employee lactation support policy.
Each local school board shall adopt a policy to set aside, in each school in the school division, a
non-restroom location that is shielded from the public view to be designated as an area in which any
mother who is employed by the local school board or enrolled as a student may take breaks of
reasonable length during the school day to express milk to feed her child until the child reaches the age
of one.
Enforcement Provision
None stated.
21 Responses to "Virginia"
I worked at a small business in northern Virginia when I pumped in 2006/07. I had no problems but I had to ask for everything, including space and time. My supervisor was supportive of bringing my child to work and also pumping at work for about 18 months.
I've breastfed two children a little bit of everywhere in northern Virginia and I haven't had any problems or comments.
The only place I have ever had a negative comment made was at church. My pastor actually asked me not to nurse in the sanctuary. I respectfully declined her suggestion and I do continue to nurse my children during services.
I work at Walmart and they have told me i am not allowed to pump in the employee areas even while covered with nursing wrap. and they will not provide a space for me to pump.
I know this is way late but this may help if you have more kids.
Try pumping in your car, it is a pain but the madela pump has a car adapter available and just leave the cooler with ice and your pump in your car, especially in the cooler months. Also in a pinch try a manual pump and use the wheelchair stall in the bathroom, again not ideal but better than nothing.
@ Admin and Milly,
But this website sites the Fair Labor Standards Act. My understanding is that all federal laws apply to States.
Section 7(r) of the Fair Labor Standards Act – Break Time for Nursing Mothers Provision
Effective March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended the FLSA to require employers to provide a nursing mother reasonable break time to express breast milk after the birth of her child. The amendment also requires that employers provide a place for an employee to express breast milk.
Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the following:…
So under the Virginia law a workplace is not required to provide you with a room/location where you are able to pump/breast feed? I work in the healthcare system and was told to go to my car to pump. unfortunately, random people walk past the cars (some who aren't apart of the facilities) and can see everything. So what do we, as breast feeding mothers, rate in the work place other than substantial time to express the milk?
I've been told recently that I may not breastfeeding in the public school cafeteria where my older children attend school. I'm trying to weed through the legal jargon on who "owns, leases, or controls" the school property – as I'm being told that the laws do not apply to the school.
Wow… So I just want to get this straight. If I'm in a public place that is not state property (for example, Target) and the manager approaches me and tells me that I cannot breastfeed in public there, I have no choice but to leave? I didn't realize Virginia state breastfeeding laws were so terrible!
Is there anyone progressively trying to change this for nursing mothers? I would love to see this law revamped.