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TC Electronic Corona Chorus
TC Electronic Corona Chorus
New from TC Electronic is the Corona Chorus pedal. This incredibly versatile chorus pedal that is compatible with TC's all new Toneprint technology. This allows the user to download the actual settings that their favorite artists use night after night via a USB connection. Current Toneprint artists for the Corona Chorus are Orianthi, Bumblefoot, and John Petrucci. Aside from the Toneprint technology, the TC Electronic Corona Chorus is loaded with high quality components and features that set it in a class of its own, all in a compact design made to fit on any pedalboard.
TC Electronic Corona Chorus
The TC Electronic Corona Chorus starts off with true bypass switching and an all analog dry through. This means the signal stays analog when the pedal is bypassed and the dry signal blended into the effect when engaged is all analog for a natural, organic tone at all times. Speaking of tone, the TC Electronic Corona Chorus has three chorus modes; Toneprint, Tri-Chorus, and Chorus. Straight from the legendary Stereo Chorus/Flanger, the Chorus mode brings this world renowned chorus tone to bear with stunning dynamic range and low noise. The Tri-Chorus setting is actually three choruses working in unison. This is an incredible stereo effect but even in mono, the integration between the three chorus effects can be manipulated for some truly outstanding results. Controlling the TC Electronic Corona Chorus tone is a snap with Speed, Depth, Tone, and FX Level controls. The Speed control goes from slow and wavy to Leslie style rotation while the Tone knob allows for anything from dark and moody to super shimmer. Any guitarist can dial in a stunning tone with the TC Electronic Corona Chorus and when the knobs become less than desirable, find a Toneprint, download, and play the night away.
TC Electronic Corona Chorus Features:
- 3 Chorus Modes
- Speed, Depth, and Tone Controls
- Dry Blend
- True Bypass
- Analog Dry Through
- Stereo Inputs and Outputs
- ToneLock
- High Quality Components
- Standard -9vdc or Battery Operation
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All International orders shipping with USPS Priority Mail International will ship in a box with Priority tracking, designated with a CJ number. Orders shipping internationally with USPS Priority Mail Express are shipped in a box with Express tracking, designated with an EC number. Customs processing time varies greatly depending on the country and are not included in USPS shipping time estimates. An automated email with tracking details will be sent once the order is processed on the day of shipment.
USPS First Class International - If you order is 4 lbs. or less and small enough in size, it may qualify for First Class International shipping. This is our most inexpensive option and can save money. However, it can take 21 days or longer to arrive and tracking is not as accurate or updated as often as USPS Priority or Express. There is no guaranteed delivery date. Please keep this in mind when ordering. Once it is shipped we cannot do anything for the shipment to find it's location or time of arrival.
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TB, Easily Transmitted, Adds a Peril to Medicine
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL,
Published: October 13, 1992
NEWARK— Dr. John Norris recalls a recent patient in his walk-in clinic at University Hospital in Newark who listed his complaints as weight loss, cough and blood-tinged sputum. Today these symptoms, the classic signs of tuberculosis, strike new fears in doctors and nurses, prison guards and those who help the poor and homeless.
"The first thing in my mind is I'm breathing the same air," said Dr. Norris, chief medical resident at the hospital. "I'm pretty concerned about getting infected. I really don't want to bring it home to my kids."
As tuberculosis has resurged in the inner cities, the disease has once again become a serious occupational hazard for health-care workers and others. Just as they have grown accustomed to the risk of getting AIDS at work, which in fact is minuscule, tuberculosis has emerged as a new and far more serious threat. Illness Just One Worry
"All we need is another epidemic, and it will become impossible to staff city hospitals," said Dr. Lee B. Reichman, president of the American Lung Association.
People who work with TB patients say the old fears are now magnified by the emergence of strains of tuberculosis resistant to drugs and compounded by the tendency of many cash-poor clinics and hospitals to ignore a smoldering TB problem until deaths or serious illness have occurred. Even some TB clinics have been slow to install the ventilation systems or ultraviolet lights that are now considered prudent to protect workers from the disease.
Hospital workers ill with TB tell of being abandoned by employers who assert, quite implausibly, that they could have caught the disease on the bus. Prison guards describe escorting coughing inmates to hospitals, only to be met by nurses in bubble suits and told that the prisoner probably has TB. Fear Alters Attitudes
"First we had to deal with H.I.V., now it's TB, and TB is a much bigger worry since it's transmitted through the air," said Michael Graney, a guard at the New York State Correctional Facility in Auburn, where a guard died of TB earlier this year.
Some health workers who have had a brush with TB say they are shunning close contact with high-risk patients or looking for other lines of work. Public-health officials are worried that occupational fears, if they are not met head on, may drive nurses and physicians away from tending to populations at high risk for TB -- the homeless, new immigrants, drug users and people with H.I.V.
"When I started in medicine the prospect of being exposed to TB was not a big deal since there were drugs to treat it, but now it's a life-threatening disease," said Dr. Beth Malasky, who acquired a latent TB infection, which was probably drug resistant, as a medical student last year. She has recently completed a complicated course of four drugs, but since no one is certain how to treat infection with drug-resistant TB, there is no guarantee she is cured. She said her experience will shape her future practice plans.
Although no one knows how many people are getting TB at work (the Centers for Disease Control plans to start keeping track soon), nor how many of those cases are drug resistant, experts say that at any urban hospital a large number have become infected with the tuberculosis germ. Some have become sick, losing weeks or months of work, and an unlucky few have died.
In a recent survey at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, 46 percent of a sample group of doctors in training to become internists had become infected with the TB germ, according to skin tests, and at several hospitals in New York City the rate of infection in a comparable group was between 10 and 30 percent. A decade ago, that would have been rare. People who acquire the TB germ generally develop a dormant infection that can be detected by the skin test but which may not cause active symptoms for years, if ever. When the disease is dormant, it is not contagious.
Many city hospitals, shelters and drug-treatment centers are now busy installing ultraviolet lights, which kill the TB germ in the air, upgrading ventilation systems and skin-testing employees. But others have postponed these expensive remedies.
The task of making the workplace safer has been complicated by a lack of agreement about which precautions are needed. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently stunned the medical world by recommending that those treating TB patients wear scuba-like masks of thick rubber connected to a motorized air pump on the belt. Federal officials will meet at the end of this month to discuss the guidelines, which could lead to their being enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Many tuberculosis experts say that such high-tech fixes will certainly alienate patients and are unnecessary in the first place.
Health professionals say that the institute's expertise in setting workplace standards for factories does not carry over to the bedside. "The program grows out of an industrial setting where you may have 10 guys in booths who you are trying to protect from a chemical exposure," said Jim Kelly, a respiratory therapist at Siskin Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. "That doesn't work in a hospital where a hundred different people may need to go in and out of a patient's room over the course of a day." Complicated Precautions Versus Simple Ones

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The Fab Four Fly First Class in This Exclusive HP Sex and the City 2 Trailer!
In the theatrical trailer for Sex and the City 2, Samantha gets the girls excited for "an all-expenses paid trip to Abu Dhabi," and in this exclusive trailer from HP, we not only get new footage of the film, but we get a peek at how they get to the Middle East — first-class private suites on Emirates Airlines. I've gushed about the geeky amenities in coach, but flying first class? Well, you'll need to be in a higher tax bracket to afford it — private first-class tickets go for $14,635 a pop!
Each private suite boasts a 23-inch LCD TV (where you can check your email and send SMS texts to anyone in the world), fully reclining seats, and 600 channels on the Emirates on-demand service. We even get a glimpse of the girls lounging in the on-board bar! I'm curious to find out who the heck is footing the bill for this pricey trip. Want to see it for yourself? Watch the exclusive HP trailer for Sex and the City 2 after the jump!


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When we started the business in 2007 we hit the research scene, all guns blazing and had a fabulous first year. Moving from ownership by a B2B publishing house to a Communications group gave us some great new perspectives and took us to the dizzy heights of being a finalist in the Market Research Society's Best New Agency category.
Since then we've developed a real strength in research for communications, to such an extent that we almost forgot about our 'traditional research' skills at one point. I'm pleased to say that this is no longer the case and we've gone through a bit of a renaissance. We're combining the best of communications best practice, data analytics and good old fashioned insight use to the benefit of both direct end clients and their agencies. By refreshing our tools we are again in the position of considering pieces of our more strategic work as being worthy of the lofty heights of an MRS award.
Last year we did a project with an IT company who wanted to work out where its should initially focus its improvement efforts: service, sales, implementation or operations. The company was a big fan of Net Promotor Score (NPS) and wanted to understand the potential impact of making various changes to their NPS.
We experimented with a seldom used technique KANO. It's traditionally used in product development work, but in this instance we applied it to NPS, in order to give it more direction and make it more actionable. It came out with some really interesting results, which our award submission will hopefully portray.
It also got us thinking about how else it could be used and we had some really compelling discussions with agencies about how it might help them get closer to senior people higher up in their client's organisation. As a result, we've put a slideshare together explaining more about the approach and how it might help agencies being perceived more strategically. See what you think, we'd love to hear your thoughts.
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"Short And Easy But Still Great Fun"
I bought Dead To Rights not knowing what it was about at all and now I love the game. Its hard to see why this is so underated it has so many good things about it and yes like every game it has some bad things also, 8 is a very honest score for this game if I were to change it though I would go for 9 or 10.
Second to only a few on the Gamecube the graphics on this really are great from the character expressions to the backround enviroments. There are some really great cut scenes with some ace voice acting (I will come to that later) and not many Gamecube games beat it in terms of graphics it really is that good. There are obviously sokme bad parts about it and the characters mouths dont move when they speak which can look a bit Zero Wing on the Sega Genesis but other than that minor flaw graphics are impressive
The games serious let down is the sound, it gets annoying and I usually turn the sound down on some levels that have the same tune over and over again, I think that there are about 5/6 different tunes to levels and those are repeated for most of the levels. Like I mentioned before that voice acting is great on pretty much all the characters with the exception of some of the I'll say ''bad guys'' who sound like deformed robots out of Terminator films, you arent buying this for the sound and this is a major flaw.
You can choose between Rookie(Easy) Normal(Normal) Super Cop(Hard) Rookie is way too easy and you wont have a hard time with normal either but once you get to super cop it picks up a bit. The game is fairly easy in general and has some nice mini games. But you wont struggle completing it and it is so very very easy to pick up and play, your not gonna be stuck on it for ages and it will be fairly simple to beat it in less than 5 hours.
I will try not to give too much away here but you are a cop called Jack Slade, you investigate a case to find your Dad has been killed and against orders find out whos behind it, this leads to constant changes in the storyline,getting put in jail even though your a cop and a body count to which Sylvester Stallone couldnt match in Rambo. The storyline is second to none in this type of game and it will get you trying to find out what happens next, this is one of the games main strong points.
So so very very easy to pick up and play. Im not exactly a gaming god and I found this very easy to control. You can lock on to enemies, shoot them even set your dog on them, dive in slow motion, have your back against walls all in all its pretty good stuff and an easy control system to master, the first level is all about getting used to it but I doubt you will even need that to do it, for so many things to do the makers of the game have made it so surprisingly easy to operate and for this I am grateful.
Not many people talk about this game but I cant see why. Whats wrong with it? Is the sound really THAT bad? Well personnaly I like this game because its fairly addictive once you get going on the harder difficulties and I like the storyline (which is very good beleive me). It isnt exactly a hard game and its not a game that will be talked about for years to come but give it a chance and it will prove what it can do.
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WOOSTER -- Holly C. Marmet, 66, of Wooster, passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Wooster Community Hospital.
Services will be held at a later date. Schlabach Funeral Home in Shreve, is handling arrangements.
Online condolences may be shared with the family at schlabachfh.com.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster 44691.
She was born Dec. 14, 1945, in Millersburg, to John and Helen (Brown) Marmet, and was a 1963 graduate of Millersburg High School. She cherished the time she got to spend with her immediate and extended families.
Surviving are children, Henry (Angela) Herritt of Big Prairie and Heather (Carl) Brown of Jacksonville, Fla.; five grandchildren; her father of Millersburg; and brothers, Clark (Sally) Marmet of Millersburg and David (Rea) Marmet of Nashville.
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HGTV Extends Production of Two Top Series
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [For Immediate Release—October 13, 2010] — HGTV has ordered additional episodes of two of its newest series–39 episodes ofSelling New York and 13 episodes of The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie.
Selling New York, a popular weekly series that premiered in March, 2010, gives viewers a rare glimpse inside the high stakes world of buying and selling luxury Manhattan properties. Cameras follow a colorful group of assertive, razor-sharp brokers from three upscale boutique real estate firms: The Core Group; the Kleier family of Gumley Haft Kleier; and new this season, the Realtors® of Warburg Realty. In a competitive city with a volatile real estate market, these agents do whatever it takes to sell a property — thinking way outside the box to get a listing sold! Produced by Forget Me Not Productions in conjunction with JV Productions, new episodes of Selling New York will premiere in January, 2011.
New episodes of The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie will begin airing in early 2011. Produced by Lynchpin Productions of Los Angeles, the weekly seriesfeatures world-renowned, Australian environmentalist and landscape architect Jamie Durie as he travels around the United States in search of inspiration for lackluster backyards. Armed with intriguing shapes, colors and textures from his journeys, he and his close-knit team help homeowners create the ultimate outdoor oasis.
About HGTV
HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 99 million U.S. households and is one of cable's top-rated networks. HGTV's website, HGTV.com, is the nation's leading online home-and-garden destination, which attracts an average of more than 4 million unique visitors per month.


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David Bach Reviews
About David Bach
David Bach is a financial advisor and author of many popular books, such as 'The Automatic Millionaire', on the topic of money management. David Bach's books regularly hit the best seller lists and stay there for several months. He is also the creator of the Finish Rich brand of financial education materials and seminars.
When it comes to financial advisors most most people simply want to know how helpful their advice is before they follow their systems. I've read some of David Bach's books and can say that if you pick the right ones you'll be pleasantly surprised.
David Bach encourages simple and sound financial advice in terms of saving money and investing in real estate. Many of his books share the same advice as his first book, 'Smart Women Finish Rich' and many customers agree that David Bach's earlier works contain enough information for you to grasp his positions on personal finances.
David Bach's advice is also really beneficial to young couples and first time homeowners. As he urges people to keep track of their expenses, minimize superfluous spending, and think long term i.e. invest in a 401k or an IRA.
One criticism I have for some of David Bach's real estate advice is that, like many other gurus, he simplifies how easy it is to get rich from real estate by assuming real estate is always rising in value and advising to buy property at all costs. As our current economic situation shows real estate investments can backfire, but then again few people foresaw the real estate bubble crashing this hard.
David Bach's advice worked very well for the real estate booms in the late 90's and early 2000's, but the real estate market has slowed recently and tactics such as getting 'interest only' mortgages may not work as well anymore.
Overall, David Bach shares fundamental advice and tips for saving and handling money. To some people his books may come of as common knowledge, but others may find it to be the financial wake up call that they've been looking for.
Most recently David Bach has released an intensive financial education package that includes everything from debt reduction methods to wealth building techniques. In fact David claims that he can help you knock of at least $400 from your credit card debt within 60 minutes of ordering his course.
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Sat through the 3 1/2 hour ordeal at the local Sheraton. Found the seminar interesting but was so beat bu the end that even though I liked most of what was presented was just too tired to make a competent decision so did not purchase. Do not like the do it now or lose it approach. If I am going to spend 2 to 4 thousand dollars I would like to be able to have time for a good decision.
i was just at a 4 hour seminar at doubletree hotel, it was terrible, i couldn't afford the packages but your letters were misleading,
we were to get an mp3 player with a screen. only 15 people were there, and all received thumbnail size mp3 players, to me this is false advertising, this was 4 hours i will never get back ,if can't deliver what you advertise, then why offer it, i was very disappointed!
You can best believe that the information that is contained in the coaching course can be obtained for a lot less money, put on your thinking cap. However the real problem isn't the 4 hours you won't get back but the value you placed on 4 hours of your time! Mp3 player really!!!!!!!!
I have several of David Bach's books. He provides great information in easy to understand terms. Being a tax preparer, I can tell you that many people are barely living check to check. Most (especially self-employed) have no plans for any type of retirement,or possibly are counting on social security to take care of them at retirement (ha ha....). The truth is, if we don't take responsibility for our finances & act on good advise that we get from people like David Bach. Then we are destined to be dependent on social security & live in poverty. Being a real estate investor myself, I find some of his advise valuable, but not for everyone.
I have read dozens of financial books and have listened to dozens of financial help cassette/CD/DVD.
David Bach's book, The Automatic Millionaire should be mandatory reading in every high school in the United States.
Mr. Bach has a unique talent or may I even call it gift, to write in simple down to earth laymans terms how to get and keep your financial house in order. It applies to the high school junior/senior to mid life married couples.
I looked into David Bach about 4 years ago a little before I got married; I was lost, in debt, spending all kinds of money on starbucks, clothes, and restaurants just charging everything. Since I have read 4 of his books, my husband and I have become debt free, learned how to save, are currently renting out our first home and are in the process of purchasing our second home and we are both under 30years old. I will agree with that some of his books share a lot of the same info, but the information is very useful. I recommend his books.


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Amazon.com Announces In-App Purchasing for Mac, PC, Web-Based Games
Further expanding its multi-platform, end-to-end offering for game developers, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new In-App Purchasing service that enables developers to let customers use their Amazon accounts to purchase virtual goods and currencies from within Mac, PC and Web-based games. With today's announcement, Amazon now provides In-App Purchasing services for Mac, PC and Web, Android and Kindle Fire developers, enabling them to offer Amazon's millions of customers a convenient, trusted and secure buying experience. To get started developers can visit: http://developer.amazon.com/games/in-app-purchasing.
Benefits for developers with Amazon's new In-App Purchasing for Mac, PC and Web-based games include:
* Customers can use any credit card, gift certificate or promotional credit associated with their current Amazon account to purchase in-app items—making it simple and low friction for customers to purchase content and leading to higher sales and increased conversion. * Developers automatically have access to Amazon's proven fraud detection technology, thereby reducing their exposure to fraud. * All transactions are supported by Amazon's world-class, top-rated Customer Service to provide customers with the very best purchasing experience. * To help developers with game discovery and marketing, in-app items will automatically be available on Amazon.com, and in-app purchases can show up on best seller lists, recommendations and merchandising campaigns, helping customers discover new games and items, while adding another point of engagement for existing players.
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URGENT: Stop New Hampshire from abolishing marriage equality
The New Hampshire legislature is set to vote any day now on a bill that would repeal the state's popular marriage equality law.
Calvin Stowell is one of thousands who would lose the right to marry whomever he loves. But as a vote nears, his Republican brother Craig has taken a stand for equality – and his reason might surprise you.


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Kendra Wilkinson hasn't been wearing her wedding ring -- but it's not because there are problems in her marriage to Hank Baskett.
"My ring will not fit my fat finger so we are resizing it," the reality star, who gained more than 50 pounds while pregnant with her baby boy Hank IV, Twittered on Thursday.
Wilkinson, 24, who wed Baskett last June at the Playboy mansion, admits she's been getting a lot of questions about her bare finger.
"It's crazy how many people think a ring on the finger represents love and marriage," she Twittered earlier this week. "Jeez, so weird."
Most recently, the star was spotted without her ring bling while playing soccer on Tuesday.
"I love clearing this up every day ... LOL," she Twittered.


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Thursday, September 21, 2017
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Differentiating Between ADD and A Gifted Child
My son who is in 1st grade, was determined to be gifted in kindergarten (IQ 139). The school he is currently attending does not have a "gifted" program. His teacher has brought him to an interventional commitee, because she says that he can not pay attention in class.
The problem is that they are covering material that he has known for at least a couple of years. How do I differentiate between ADD and being bored in school and therefore not paying attention?
I am not sure you alone can differentiate the two. Without question, the higher the boredom the higher the inattention. You may need to get your son evaluated by clinicians or educational specialists expert in ADD. But start by speaking with his school-based experts (counselor, educational evaluators) and/or someone your physician recommends. Your local CHADD chapter may be able to help (see hotlink below). Finally, if you can get him into a mentally challenging class/camp/activity this summer, that may also give you an idea of the answer in a `real-life` way. Best of luck to you and your son!
Susan Louisa Montauk, MD
Formerly Professor of Family Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Question about Entdecker - Realm of the Desert Sons If 2 oases are completed at the same time, may I take water from one of the oases and apply it to use the highest Influence Stone in the other oasis?
No. If 2 oases are discovered simultaneously, you first have to pay 1 water for each of the two highest Influence Stones.


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My phone has Froyo 2.2 (I think?) and I want to gain root permissions and upgrade to CM7. At least that's what I was told on Youtube, dude named analcobra said I want CM7 and who am I to question a guy named analcobra?
Any help is appreciated, I'll post a pic of my tits in return.


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My br and I just did this one last week and he loved it. I've never had him get so hard or into fucking my ass as he did in this position. We ended up doing it multiple times and each time it seemed he got harder and bigger.
A variation of Rear Entry, the Jockey position is both hot and intimate. The receiver has their legs almost closed, with their partner's legs on the outside. This positions the penis or strap-on at an angle for better stimulation of the G-Spot or prostate gland.
The receiver's buttocks should be pushed up in the air, like a small hump. If entry is difficult, try placing a pillow under the receiver's pelvis. Also, while the giver is mounted on the receiver, the receiver can masturbate.
This position is great for anal intercourse as well.
This position is super hot for my wife and I. It is a good way to come down from doggie style and finish in this position. legs and knees can get tired doing doggie after a while. I love my wifes rear and nothing is hotter that feeling me going in and out feeling her ass smack againt my hips. This is not for skinny women, you need to have a round ass for this to work. I would never be with a skinny chick because this position would suck. Oh and ladies, back of neck and high back tattoos rule this position. Nothing is hotter on my wife than drilling her and seeing her sexy body art.
Haha, I'm fairly thin but I've got big hips and a big ass (that my husband loves) so it works out. This position is amazing, especially for submissive women like me.
bigger hips and bigger asses rule. butterfly is too difficult with a bigger girl, but who needs that when you got the jockey position. I love my wife's curves too. this position also rules when i talk dirty to her, and tug on her hair..so hot.
My wife and i love this position! But it lets you do so much more than just intercourse. I love to start it off with a few drops of lube and two fingers. My wife loves to be fingered roughly (and I love to please!). This position is great for putting pressure on the G Spot and my thumb is free to rub the clit. Why just a few drops of lube? Well, after a couple of minutes of fingering in this position she becomes wonderfully wet with multiples. Sex in this position is the bonus! She loves to feel dominated with me laying on top of her and the penetration is very deep. Also, an can whisper dirty words right into her ear!
You sound just like my bf...
This is so freakin Hot love the feeling of so deep
Badly want to try this position.
When we do this position, my wife likes me to lay flat atop her. She tells me to penetrate her and then to lay still. Next, she squeezes her legs together tighter and clenches her butt cheeks, then releases, again and again. It feels like she is milking me! Incredible feeling, the way it pulls on my dick and scrotum.
Unfortunately, this does little for her aside from the satisfaction of pleasing me, so afterward I lovingly clean her up and use a toy slathered with K-Y Intense on her.
I love this position...
I modified it a bit tho for better responce from the wife..ha ha..
I spread her legs a bit to be able to hook my feet in behind her knees.This alows more opening for that deep penetration and full acsess to her...then lay her upper body flatend with her head turned slightly..I wrap one of my arms around her neck and lock her into place...she is going no-where and we get that bumpin rythem going.(don't forget to use the advantage of being close to her neck to be kissing it some,or makin out some...and the other hand rubing her clit or breast. It helps to take the rape feling away if that bothers you!)
this is a modified Rear Entry and Jockey i geuss...but I do know the wife starts screaming of pleasure in no time!
Im only 14 and I probably wont have sex for a few more years, but I will deffinatly do this when I have sex! Im wondering, does it hurt the first time you have sex?
Sephone is right, you could really end up regretting it if you lose your virginity before you're ready. When the time comes, you're going to need to be able to deal mentally/emotionally, too. I waited until college because I didn't have a serious boyfriend before that, and I'm glad I did. It hurt a little bit, but the pain quickly went away. Relax and take it easy - that's the key.
Seriously, do hold out for a few years at least. It only really hurts the first time if you're not nice and wet, and you're not relaxed. Take it slow, probably invest in some lube and just take a really long time to warm up before hand.
But PLEASE, at least wait until you're legally allowed to have sex.
was giving my girl a massage, we were both naked because we did plan to have sex after. All the oil made her body so soft and smooth that I rubbed my body on hers. Next you know I in her ass. she screamed, but when I told her i'm coming out she said not yet, she thought it would have been painful if I come out. however, I drop some the oil on my dick, so it slipped out, but i push it back in. we love this one. its almost and everyday one with us now.
I like to do the same thing with giving a massage. I have never done her ass from this position, but love the feeling of my cock slipping between her legs and ass to her pussy. With the massage oil, it is nice and slick and before long, her pussy is so wet and ready for a cock. My cock goes right in and feels so great being swallowed by her pussy from this position.
This is good if the receiver is in to feeling submissive.
Oh GOD! I could not agree more. I love this position.
totally agree, it was great.
i agree. i enjoy this position alot. a powerful guy can hold me down like this and all i can do is take his pounding.
I was laying down to sleep and I sleep on my belly...let's just say he had other plans and ripped my shorts off and took me right then. Oh it was amazing. No orgasm though...can never seem to get those :/
My wife just got home and I'm pretty much f'ing he right now, xD
This postion is awesome
i want to try this but my bf wont do it we keep going back to doggy style... dont get me wrong its great an all but i want to try something new and different.. any advice?
have him start to massage you...have him start grinding into you slowly..rubbing his cock against your ass, then tell him to slowly ease himself into you ...
if not call me lol jk
Seriously one of the best positions I've ever tried. Gives you a great view of the girl's ass and lets you control the rythm and speed...really fantastic position.
this position is GREAT!!!
tried it the other while my boyfriend was giving me a massage. I don't usually respond to rear entry but this got me bumping and grinding in no time!!!


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Sturgis injured, replaced on U.S. soccer roster
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty replaced defender Nathan Sturgis on the men's U.S. Olympic roster Thursday, added to the soccer squad after the Real Salt Lake defender aggravated a hamstring injury.
McCarty joined the team Thursday morning, a day before it was to leave for Hong Kong and the exhibition ING Cup.
Sturgis aggravated his right hamstring, injured initially several weeks ago when he played for Salt Lake. McCarty was a member of last year's U.S. team that reached the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup in Canada and played four of five games during Olympic qualifying in March.
"I've always thought that the Olympics were one of the biggest sporting events in the world, and like many kids, I dreamt of one day playing in such a tournament," McCarty said. "It's obviously not the ideal way to be called up. You never wish injury upon anyone, but it is still an honor."
Sturgis also was a member of last year's U20 team, starting all five games, as well as the Olympic qualifying side, starting four of five contests.
McCarty has played in 11 of 17 games this season for FC Dallas.
The United States opens it Olympic schedule on Aug. 7 against Japan in Tianjin, China.
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Petition Tag - accountability
1. End heavy bookbags in our schools
Medical experts agree that our children's still developing spines can only safely endure 10-15% of their body weight and personal research has revealed that what our children carry by far exceeds that figure.
We must end this NOW.
Please refer to the links below :
2. FEAR OF A BLACK FEMINIST NATION...Call for transformative change in Black organizing and intellectual communities
We ask Black folks and people of African descent who are committed to creating and affirming values and practices within their organizations and learning spaces that resist abuse and oppression, and encourage safety, support and accountability to sign the statement bellow.
We are committed to the ongoing development of all members of our communities, and our varied organizing communities, to transform the conditions that reinforce oppression and violence within these spaces. Please contact us if you want us to assist you in thinking through this statement, and putting together an action plan.
With Love,
Third Eye Collective
3. Domestication of Freedom of Information Act in Oyo-state
This Act makes public records and information more freely available, provide for public access to public records and information, protect public records and information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the protection of personal privacy, protect serving public officers from adverse consequences for disclosing certain kinds of official information without authorization and establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes and; for related matters.
In a democratic world, the public is expected to have access to information (particularly through the media) not only on how they are governed but also on anything that is of interest to the individual or group. This is what the Act is all about. Until recently, the right to Freedom of Information in Nigeria has been overlooked.
The breakdown in the flow of information impairs the democratic process and slows economic and social development as citizens are unable to participate effectively in the process of government, make informed choices about who should govern them and to properly scrutinize officials to ensure corruption is avoided. Government officials themselves also fail to benefit from public input which could ease their decision making or improve their decision. Also, without accurate information on matters of public interest, citizens must rely on rumors and unconfirmed reports with the obvious danger this presents for accurate and objective reporting by the media.
Excerpt from Ayodele Afolayan
4. RSU Refunds and Responsibility
The 6Fest concert went significantly over budget, was not transparently managed, and left hundreds of students requesting a refund. Many students are still waiting for their money back even today. And now it's been revealed that Harman Singh, VP Student Life & Events, snuck $80,000 of this money owed to students into personal bank accounts - including of RSU employees who were his friends.
This is beyond shady and is absolutely unacceptable, and as a student body we can't let this go unaddressed!
If you or anyone you know is still owed a refund for 6Fest, was angry about how 6Fest played out, or is just outraged at the way this years' RSU have treated student money, please take action here and then share this around!
[ for those who haven't read it already, here is the article from our campus paper that broke the story -> https://theeyeopener.com/2017/01/80k-in-6-fest-refunds-transferred-into-personal-accounts/ ]
Also, unbelievably, Harman Singh - as well as Ali Yusaf, one of his friends who received money supposed to be refunded to students - are currently campaigning with the "Spark" team to run the RSU next term. Let's stop this kind of sketchy abuse of position and hold our elected representatives to a higher standard! Please consider voting for candidates with greater integrity and respect for students than these two have demonstrated.
6. Make All Votes in the Georgia State Senate Recorded Votes
Current rules in the Georgia State Senate allow for recorded votes on floor amendments only under these specific circumstances: A Senator requests a recorded vote and five additional Senators raise their hands in agreement.
These rules result in many unrecorded votes.
Without recorded votes it is impossible to hold elected representatives accountable.
7. Protect All American Citizens from Police Violence and repair the bonds between American citizens and police
The fear of challenging the behaviors of our government institutions have led to abuses that have destroyed public trust and harmed millions time and time again. We only need to look as far as Flint, MI to see the dangers of ignoring the pleas of citizens.
Why do we wait to do what we know is right?
In the last two years, we've seen a growing divide in our nation over the issue of police conduct towards American citizens. This isn't the result of media hyperbole or some political agenda; this is a culmination of repeatedly documented events of police misconduct throughout American history. The advancement of portable technologies and the advent of social media have made this a lightning rod issue, and rightfully so. Each year, police misconduct cost cities and states millions in legal fees and lawsuits, draining cities of financial resources that could help cities prosper.
The effect of these behaviors extends to the federal government's budget. Every year, police departments across the nation seek federal funding through programs like C.O.P.S. to supplement funding of department operations. Americans should not be forced to supplement departments through federal tax dollars that do not adhere to a code of conduct that reflects the values of American citizens.
We recognize that the use of force by police is a necessary component of the job but it is evident that there is a clear need for reform and training in the application of police tactics. Americans agree that a well-trained police force is vital to the stability of any nation. Americans also agree that if the representatives of law enforcement are not held accountable for their actions—like most Americans are in various professions—then we risk jeopardizing our nation's trust in the rule of law.
8. Cease and Desist the Next Generation of Assessments and Accountability Commission Report
STAAR WAS BAD but is the Federally aligned Next Generation of Assessments and Accountability Worse?
The citizen drive to abolish the STAAR and end annual standardized testing in Texas has been in part a boon for the TEA, Texas State Board of Ed and the Texas Education Commissioner.
Commissioner Mike Morath and the handpicked Commission on Next Generation Assessment and Accountability have set the stage to look like knights in shining armor to teachers and kids around the State when they announce the conclusions of their Commission in September, as it pertains to assessment and accountability, aka testing and measurement.
Morath has said that Texas will move toward "real time," "any time" assessments of our teachers and kids in the classroom. Not only will these mini "monitoring" assessments build a profile of our children, they will be assessing emotional responses to stimuli in the classroom, not just academics. This will be too extensive to ensure that proper parental notification is given in advance.
In fact, this push for socio-emotional assessment will require that standards are in place for the students to meet certain socio-emotional mindsets as deemed acceptable by this consortium of government entities. An emotional profile will be established for your child, without your prior consent or knowledge. How does this work with the mental health services that have now been introduced into the school system? What potential state or federal agencies does this open your child up to for evaluation?
All of this "assessing" results in millions of metrics of data... where does the data go? who will see my child's data? to what entities can it be sold? who is responsible for storing and disseminating it? who is responsible for protecting it? how will it be protected? how will the profiles be used to educate my child? how will the profiles follow my child when he leaves the public school system? All of this data creates significant privacy concerns for our teachers and students, as well as establishes very subjective measurement of our teachers' performance.
Please see the petition below. We are calling upon Governor Abbott, who also personally appointed Commissioner Mike Morath, and the Texas Legislature, who established the Texas Commission on Next Generation Assessment and Accountability, to stop this compliance with federal government mandates and end this intrusion in our classrooms.
Tell these people that have been elected to act on our behalf to restore academics to the classroom and provide a sound, quality, public school education, to the millions of Texas students who have been constitutionally given this right.
Thanks for joining the fight!
Texas Constitution, Article 7, Section 1: SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEM OF PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS. A general diffusion of knowledge being ESSENTIAL TO THE PRESERVATON OF THE LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an EFFICIENT system of public free schools.
~~~~ For questions regarding the petition, contact Alice Linahan at firstname.lastname@example.com or Dr. Patrick Huff, PhD at email@example.com or Steve Swanson, P.E. (inactive) at firstname.lastname@example.com ~~~~
9. SERIOUS PENALTIES for BULLIES who TAKE LIVES
Therefore, Don't Bully are petitioning the Australian Government for harsher and more serious penalties for the BULLIES who TAKE A LIFE, through continual intimidation, harassment and Bullying in all it's forms.
We are asking for Accountability and Responsibility for the Bullies actions through penalties which are serious enough to be a deterrent for their unacceptable behaviour towards others.
*** We need OVER 250,000 Signatures *** So we are taken Seriously. When we receive over 250,000 signatures we will personally take this petition to parliament wearing our Don't Bully Gear ! HELP US TO SAVE A LIFE NOW - If not you? Then Who?
10. Petition to Deny Maritime Washington National Heritage Area
Many of the counties of Washington State are already suffering at the hands of governmental regulation. Many, especially on the Washington Peninsula are extremely cash strapped due to Federal Land Ownership and loss of income from banned, burdened, and curtailed industries.
In these cases, the management of additional land by the National Park Service will entangle the counties in additional lost revenues and associated cuts and for schools, and municipal services. This kind of planning results in social injustice for rural citizens already paying the price economically for federal decision making.
These once proud and industrious citizens are now reduced to watching the former source of their livelihood go up in smoke resultant of forest fires due to the heavily mismanaged park in their midst.
Access and uses are severely limited in many areas of the Olympic National Forest which has meanwhile been designated as a World Heritage Site which encumbers the area further by requiring it to meet the standards of United Nations favor in promoting parks on it's worldwide list of Areas.
This organization promotes buffer zones around these parks, and would most likely result in the entire Olympic Peninsula falling under the control of the National Park Service, the National Park plus buffer zones plus the Maritime Heritage Area would result in little if any private property remaining unencumbered. It is difficult to imagine how this scenario would result in enhancing tourism or local economic growth, considering the restrictive management in evidence today.
Similar impact to private property could be expected throughout the Straight of Juan DeFuca counties. The remaining counties mapped into this Heritage Area can expect an additional layer of regulation and bureaucracy in addition to the many levels of county, city, state, and federal regulations and policies, plans, and projects that are interfering with economies and harming agricultural lands and industry.
The Maritime Washington National Heritage Area purports to enhance economies via tourism dollars, yet if this were the case, the communities effected by the management of National Parks would be swimming in dollars and have no need of further enhancements via the National Park Service laying claim to additional management of private properties, and businesses within the mapped area of the Maritime Washington Heritage Area.
While the tourism industry is to some extent profitable to property owners and counties, it is not and should never be intended to be a main industry capable of sustaining the tax base and economic needs of the thousands of citizens in these Washington Counties.
As is the case in considering the designation of National Heritage Areas in the State of Washington there remain concerns about the possible direct or indirect effects of such designations on local communities and private property, including regulatory or bureaucratic interference with private properties.
11. Wouldn't it be nice if you could 'unelect' bad politicians?
In the 2010 municipal election in Durham there were a few candidates who took a specific position against the construction of a garbage incinerator in Courtice. They even accepted money and help from people on the basis of that position. However, within weeks after the election they reversed their position.
It is that sort of behaviour that Recall is intended to stop. If Durham region had had recall in 2010 these politicians would have been removed from office. However, more likely they would have realized the consequences and not reversed their positions.
In the absence of Recall, DurhamCLEAR has created a facsimile which is based on contract law and public pressure. DurhamCLEAR is asking all candidates for the October 27 municipal election to pledgethat they:
1) Support the principle that citizens should be able to 'Recall' their elected representatives;
2) If elected, they will introduce a motion during my first year of office to ask the provincial government to bring forward legislation to enshrine Recall for municipal politicians;
3) Prior to, such legislation, they pledge to resign their Council position if a constituent conducts a petition and gets the properly validated signatures equivalent to 25% of the votes cast for all candidates for their position.
For further information and to see the list of those candidates who have signed the pedge, please visit AccountabilityProject.ca
12. Nominate Fraser
At the founding meeting in November, we believe there were multiple breaches of the Conservative Party's Constitution in sections relating to the operation of an Association meeting and the election of a Board to represent the Conservative Party members.
The result was that an illegitimate board was formed without following due process or adherence to the Conservative Party's own constitution.
Breaches in the Constitution at the founding meeting are:
5.4: individuals elected to the board that were not present, thus they could not have shown photo ID
6.3: The meeting did not adhere to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised – as 29 individuals presently on the board were not nominated or seconded.
7.2.3: There was no "Affirmation of Office" form completed by the members present OR by those absent. This affirmation is required by all wishing to serve on the board – whether present or not.
7.3.3: This section indicates that the:
Member of Parliament , Retiring Member of Parliament and/or Nomination Candidate must serve as a board member. Neither Tom Lukiwski, nor Ray Boughen are on the Board of Directors.
It is important to note that in attendance at this meeting there were: three current Members of Parliament and the meeting was chaired by an operative from the Political Operations division of the party.
The constituents of Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan want and deserve a fair, open and transparent process.
Every constituent who has paid their hard earned dollars to be a member of this great party deserves an opportunity to engage the process. To date, they have been robbed of this opportunity.
Immediate action was taken to have these concerns addressed at the following 4 meetings: I met with the Saskatchewan Caucus Representative on November 24th in Regina, November 27th in Saskatoon, January 25th in Kenaston and again on March 13 in Moose Jaw.
On April 3rd an official letter of complaint was sent to the Caucus Representative.
This is in addition to numerous phone calls.
No action. No resolution.
Due to the fact that our concerns regarding the legitimacy of the "elected" board still had not been addressed, I did not send my nomination package to this illegitimate entity.
A copy of our paperwork was completed and sent by Purolator to Ottawa on May 27th – before the stated deadline (received in Ottawa on May 28th). On May 30th an officer of Political Operations sent us an emailed and notified us that my application would not be considered.
On the advice of a former Party organizer an email was sent on May 27th to the Chair of the Secreatariat committee giving a chronological outline of the events and bringing to his attention our concerns.
The Chair's investigation of our concerns included a phone call to the party officials that chaired the founding meeting in November. We believe that a proper investigation was not conducted.
No action. No resolution.
We believe that the constituents of this new riding of Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan want a fair, open, and accountable process. Furthermore, we are confident that the Conservative Party will do the right thing – hit the reset button, go back to the founding meeting and address these significant concerns.
He has listed schools on his CV which offers none of the courses he stated are run in those schools.
- University of Westminster has only two programs in the Urban and Housing Planning Dept;
- London School of Economics do not have any masters program in "International Housing";
- University of East London as well to not have any course in NGO Development and Management!
So the question is, where did he obtain his chains of degrees?
I urge the speaker of parliament to investigate this matter and if he is found culpable - as i believe he is - he must be sacked from parliament.
14. Citizens Complaint Review Board
Whereas, citizens of Greensboro want and expect police department employees to be racially and ethnically diverse and to be well trained to ensure equal protection of the law for all people regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, economic status, immigration status, sexual orientation, or religious orientation; and
Whereas, allegations of Greensboro police unaccountability, unprofessionalism, discrimination, abuse of power, and excessive use of force have been raised for decades and such allegations are currently reflected in the existence of 45 pending lawsuits, several Title VI federal discrimination complaints, and the termination under questionable circumstances of five upstanding police officers; and
Whereas, our State Constitution reads: "All political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole;" and
Whereas, citizen police oversight bodies exist in approximately 80% of the large cities in the U.S., including Charlotte, Durham, and Winston-Salem; and
Whereas, it is in the best interest of our city and all people for there to be public confidence in the independence and integrity of investigations and resolution of complaints against employees of the police department;
15. Justice pour la mort de Ayoub Madni
Les morts précédentes n'ont pas reçu beaucoup d'attention de la part du public. Faisons que celle d'Ayoub- catastrophique et injuste- ne soit pas une occasion tragique supplémentaire vite, tombée dans l'oubli.
Aussi, nous, les soussignés, demandons aux autorités marocaines et aux autorités locales de Fès de tenir l'établissement le Diamand Vert, responsables de cette négligence mortel et de veiller a ce que ses tenants répondent de leurs négligence.
Swimmers and witnesses reported they told lifeguards they could feel parts of a human being in the bottom of the pool, but the guards did not take it seriously.
One of Ayoub's friends had to insist agonizingly on the guards to take action when it was too late: Ayoub had already died. This is not the first case that happened in this swimming pool. Other deadly negligence occurred in previous years. Le Diamant Vert is one of the most expensive swimming pools in Fès, overcrowded by night on Ramadan and during the uncommon heat wave of this summer. However, basic conditions of safety, such as providing enough light poles and a sufficient number of lifeguards, are not respected nor enforced. If previous youngsters' deaths went unnoticed, let us make Ayoub's an opportunity- however tragic and unjust- to prevent other catastrophic deaths out of the negligence of this organization.
We, the undersigned, call on the Moroccan authorities and local authorities in Fès to hold, Le Diamant Vert, accountable for their negligence.
17. I Support Honesty in Government and the rights we were granted under the Constitution and Bill of Rights
GRIP, the Government Reform & Integrity Platform, is a non-partisan coalition of organizations and people who simply seek honesty and our fundamental rights from government. This all that we stand for, and getting signatures from our fellow Americans will be used to send a message to every candidate, elected official, and government employee.
GRIP is also asking every candidate to sign a contract, and we ask every American voter to vote only for candidates who sign the Contract agreeing to always be honest and protect our fundamental rights.
We ask you to vote only for people who say they will be honest and remain accountable - regardless of party. Dishonesty is the fundamental problem with government today. We must all do something about it, and signing this petiiton is quick, easy, and important.
18. Political Candidate Contract with the Citizens of the United States
Our forefathers established this country with a Constitution and Bill of Rights that are supposed to provide us with fundamental rights. Every candidate for political office, every elected official, and every government employee should be willing to commit in writing to always defend our fundamental rights.
This is what this petition provides. GRIP, the Government Reform & Integrity Platform, is a non-partisan coalition of organizations and people who simply seek honesty and our fundamental rights from government. This all that we stand for, and getting signatures on this petition is our mission.
Everyone should be willing to sign this petition, but dishonest candidates and government officials will be unwilling to sign because the contract provides that they may be removed from office if they violate the petition contract.
GRIP will ask every American voter to vote only for candidates who sign this Contract. Platform First - Party Second. Let's vote only for people who say they will be honest and remain accountable - regardless of party. Dishonesty is the fundamental problem with government today. This Contract can make a difference.
19. Hold Judges Accountable for Denied Restraining Orders
The order must be granted by a judge who decides if the victim/petitioner needs to be protected based on their story, which they've prepared for the judge.
Once in court, the judge has a workload of many other injunctions to read through on that same day and depending on each individual case, they can be lengthy. This assembly-like system will ultimately dehumanize each case presented, obstructing the careful consideration needed for delicate issues and complex situations. It is easy to miss vital information that can make the difference between life and death for these victims. But the workload is not the only problem.
Some judges make the wrong decisions.
These judges should be held accountable when their choices cause bodily injury or death to a victim who asked the courts for protection that failed them.
20. Support Government Expense Transparency
There was already National Public demand for this; on May 14th, 2010, the Auditor General Sheila Fraser was denied access to the expense account, MPs denied using the expense account beyond its intended purpose, but their defenses brought up more suspicion of irresponsible spending.
All four parties voted against allowing the auditor general access to the accounts. This happened in the wake of a scandal involving British MPs whose expense accounts had revealed irresponsible spending.
Testimonials from Liberal MP Michelle Simson, while she was a guest on the Roy Green Show, reveal that the expense accounts are not being used responsibly; most notable was an NDP MP who charged a parking ticket to their expense account. She has made her expense account spending transparent, and is alone in the crusade for all MPs to do the same, being silenced by her party for it.
21. Prompt Media and Journalistic Reform
This finding prompts the need for news media reform geared toward responsible journalistic principles.
22. In the Public Interest: Demand Fair Play for Canada's Foreign Trained Engineers!
Recognizing the conflict between self-interest and the public interest, the Professional Engineers Act (1922) gave self-regulating associations the power only to register engineers in Canada and not the right to control who could practice engineering.
However, in the interest of their members these associations lobbied governments for 14 years to control who could practice of engineering! Eventually, the Professional Engineers Act was amended in 1937 so these associations could introduce mandatory licensing processes.
These provincial self-regulating associations designate who is qualified to use the title Professional Engineer (P.Eng). This legislated control over the title of Professional Engineer (P.Eng) means new immigrants possessing engineering qualifications, including those who have received a professional engineering accreditation overseas, lose this accreditation when they arrive in Canada.
In order to practice engineering in Canada, immigrants must navigate a foreign credential recognition process fraught with barriers to success. Applicants must undergo an individual-by-individual peer review of their credentials and must acquire twelve months of Canadian experience under a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng). However:
• Engineering associations do not publicly document what criteria constitute Canadian experience. An applicant doesn't know what s/he's going to be judged against. This is a fundamental problem.
• Applicants do not have access to an arm's length appeals process to question how someone has interpreted their acquired Canadian experience. This is a fundamental right.
In a 2007 case Tchou-San-Da v. Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) BC SC 1403 and BC SC 1815, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that engineering association's Bylaw 11(e)(2) was invalid and struck it down because the Bylaw failed to explain the nature and extent of the work experience required by APEGBC for licensing engineers in British Columbia.
Therefore, immigrants face a highly subjective process of Canadian experience evaluation that is not accountable, objective or transparent. For CAPE's 3,300 immigrant members from 120 countries, all of whom seek to practice engineering in Canada, this requirement is a major barrier to licensing and employment. As a result, only 12% of our members work as engineers in Canada.
This situation negatively impacts Canada as well. In a 2006 report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found Canada's regulation of the engineering profession highly restrictive of competition.
Canada is also a signatory to the two major international regulatory agreements:
• As per the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (article 1210), Canada has agreed to liberalize engineering services by making licensing requirements fair, objective, transparent, and no more burdensome than necessary.
• As per the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATTS) (TN/S/23), Canada has agreed to reduce and/or eliminate discriminatory licensing or registration procedures in engineering services.
In the Conference Board of Canada's annual scorecard:
• Canada earns a "C" grade with a Labour Productivity Growth of negative (-) 0.9%.
• Canada earns a "D" and ranks last among the 17 peer countries in graduating PhDs. CAPE members are six-times more likely to hold a Masters in engineering, and twice as likely to hold a PhD, than an engineering graduate in Ontario!
• Canada earns a "D" grade and ranks 14th out of 17 countries in innovation. The Canadian economy remains a below-average performer on its capacity to innovate.
This lack of competition and opaque licensing processes are a severe problem for our economy.
23. Rethink the Horizon School plans
It will mean:
•significant reduction of children's' outdoor play area
•destruction of thirty mature trees, currently covered by a tree preservation order
•a new access road running through the playground, which will exit onto Prince George Road
•a new drop-off point for children and deliveries on Prince George Road
•a significant increase in traffic, resulting in congestion and noise
•loss of parking spaces.
24. Save Local Democracy in Oxford
We want to keep our area committees because:
-they are held in our communities and are easy to get to;
-they allow us to raise local issues and get problems fixed;
-they give us the chance to tell our local councillors what's important to us, and debate big local issues;
-we can use the backing of area committees to help us with campaigns for better services;
-the councillors who make planning decisions about where we live and how developments will affect us must be people who know the area and understand our needs.
The purpose of the campaign is to collect signatures from students around the world on a letter addressed to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, urging him to take action forwarding the recommendations of the Goldstone Report.
The campaign hopes to raise awareness about Gaza, the plight of the Palestinian people, and efforts towards accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine. Additionally, the campaign aims to contribute to efforts around the world to establish an honest rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory [OPT].
A significant step towards accountability for the war on Gaza was taken when the Goldstone Report was adopted by the Human Rights Council in 2009. It is now the time that accountability begin, through compensation for the victims as recommended by the Goldstone Report. Human dignity lies in justice, and accountability is the people's means to establish a world regime of human rights.
[The following Letter can be found in English, Arabic, Turkish, French, and Spanish on our upcoming blog, the web address will be added in the next few days.]
26. Record all votes in the Nova Scotia Legislature
In the past 6 years, spanning the 59th and 60th General Assemblies, 853 bills have been introduced, debated and voted upon in the Nova Scotia Legislature. Only 12 of those votes were recorded in the official record so 98.5% of the bills were voted on anonymously, with no indication of which MLAs were present, who voted in support and against.
Without a voting record Nova Scotia citizens cannot hold their Representative and the House accountable for voting done in citizenry's name on crucial issues affecting their families and communities.
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28. Petition on Nova Scotia FOIPOP Act Fees
Advocating, Educating, and Mobilizing the Citizens of Nova Scotia to Exercise Their Rights to Information.
The Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia (RTKNS) is a non-profit organization. Through advocacy and education, RTKNS encourages the use and development of freedom-of-information legislation to foster a better informed and more politically active electorate in Nova Scotia and to improve the quality of public and private decision making in the province.
Reduction or elimination of the fees associated with accessing government held, public information is one of the foremost goals of the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia.
**** Please note that those signatures labelled 'Anonymous' on the petition are by people who have chosen to not display their names on the web. Their names are available for the printed petition. ****
29. Human Rights in the United Nations Administration of Justice
[English]: Call on the European Union to ensure that the laws and practices of the United Nations internal justice system are fair and consistent with international human rights standards.
[Français]: Appel à l'Union Européenne pour assurer que les lois et les pratiques du système interne de la justice des Nations Unies soient équitables et conformes aux normes internationales des droits de l'homme.
[Български]: Покана за Европейския съюз да гарантира, че законите и практиките на Организацията на обединените нации вътрешната правна система, са честни и съобразени с международните норми за правата на човека.
[Čeština]: Přijet k Evropske unii, aby zajistila, že zákony a praxí ve Spojených národů pro interní systém soudnictví jsou spravedlivé a jsou v souladu s mezinárodními standardy lidských práv.
[Dansk]: Opfordrer Den Europæiske Union til at sikre, at lovgivning og praksis i De Forenede Nationers interne retssystem er retfærdige og i overensstemmelse med internationale menneskerettighedsstandarder.
[Deutsch]: Fordern Sie die Europäische Union auf, sicherzustellen, dass die Gesetze und Praktiken des internen Rechtssystems der Vereinten Nationen fair und im Einklang mit den internationalen Menschenrechtsstandards sind.
[Eesti]: Abipalve Euroopa Liidule, et teha kindlaks, kas ÜRO siseõiguse praktika ja süsteem on õiglased ning kooskõlas rahvusvahelise inimõiguse standardiga.
[Ελληνικά]: Πρόσκληση για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση να διασφαλίσει ότι η νομοθεσία και τις πρακτικές των Ηνωμένων Εθνών και η εσωτερική δικαιοσύνη είναι δίκαιη και σύμφωνη με τα διεθνή πρότυπα ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων.
[Español]: Hacemos un llamado a la Unión Europea para garantizar que las leyes y las prácticasn en el sistema de justicia de las Naciones Unidas sean justas y coherentes con las normas internacionales de derechos humanos.
[Gaeilge]: Iarraidh ar an Aontas Eorpach deimhin a dhéanamh de go bhfuil dlíthe agus cleachtais chóras dlí inmheánach na Náisiún Aontaithe cothrom agus ag teacht le caighdeáin idirnáisiúnta chearta daonna.
[Italiano]: Appello all'Unione Europea per far sì che le leggi e la pratica del sistema di giustizia interno delle Nazioni Unite siano eque e conformi con le norme internazionali dei diritti umani.
[Latviesu valoda]: Aicina Eiropas Savienību nodrošināt, ka Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas iekšējo tiesu sistēmas likumi un prakse ir godīgi un saskaņā ar starptautiskajiem cilvēktiesību standartiem.
[Lietuviu kalba]: Skambink į Europos Sąjungos ,kad galėtum užtikrinti, jog įstatymų vykdymas, Jungtinių Tautų vidaus teisingumo sistemoje, yra teisingas ir atitinka tarptautinius žmogaus tesių standartus.
[Magyar]: Felkeresni az Európai Uniót megbizonyosodni hogy a törvényei és a gyakorlatai az Egyesült Nemzetek belső igazságügyi rendszerének korrektek és megegyeznek a nemzetközi emberi jogok szabvánnyal.
[Malti]: Sejha lil Unjoni Ewropeja biex tizgura li il ligijiet u l prattici interni gudizjarji tan Nazzjonijiet Unitichuma gusti u konsistenti ma l istandards internazzjonali tad drittijiet umani.
[Nederlands]: De Europese Unie oproepen ervoor te zorgen dat de wetten en gebruiken van het interne rechtssysteem van de Verenigde Naties eerlijk en consistent zijn en overeenkomen met de internationale mensenrechtenverdragen.
[Polski]: Wezwamy Unię Europejską do zagwarantowania, że prawa i praktyki wewnętrznego systemu wymiaru sprawiedliwości Narodów Zjednoczonych są sprawiedliwe i zgodne z międzynarodowymi standardami praw człowieka.
[Português]: Chamar a atenção da União Europeia para assegurar que as leis e as práticas das Nações Unidas para o sistema de justiça interno são justas e coerentes com as normas internacionais de direitos humanos.
[Română]: Apel la Uniunea Europeană pentru a se asigura că legislaţia şi practicile interne ale sistemului de justiţie ale Organizaţiei Naţiunilor Unite sunt corecte şi în concordanţă cu standardele internaţionale în domeniul drepturilor omului.
[Slovenčina]: Požadujte od Europskej únie, aby zabezpečila zákony a praktiky vnútorného súdnictva Spojených národov tak,aby boli spravodlivé a v súlade s medzinárodnými štandardmi ľudských práv.
[Slovenščina]: Pokliči na Evropsko unijo, naj zagotovi, da so zakoni in prakse Združenih narodov notranjega pravnega sistema pošteni in v skladu z mednarodnimi standardi človekovih pravic.
[Suomi]: Kehottaa Euroopan Unionia varmistamaan, että Yhdistyneiden Kansakuntien sisäisen oikeusjärjestelmän lait ja käytännöt ovat oikeudenmukaisia sekä yhdenmukaisia kansainvälisten ihmisoikeusnormien kanssa.
[Svenska]: Uppmanar Europeiska Unionen att se till att lagar och praxis för Förenta Nationernas inre rättsliga organ är rättvist och i linje med internationella normer för mänskliga rättigheter.
[Русский] : Обратитесь к Европейскому союзу с просьбой гарантировать, что законодательство и практика Организации Объединенных Наций во внутренней системе правосудия справедливы и совместимы с международными стандартами прав человека.
[中文]: 呼吁欧联盟,以确保在法律上和联合国内部审判系统的实施上公平,符合国际人权标准。
دعوة الاتحاد الأوروبي من أجل ضمان أن تكون قوانين وممارسات نظام العدالة الداخلي للأمم المتحدة عادلة ومطابقة للمعايير الدولية لحقوق الإنسان
30. "Unity In The Community Campaign"
On September 11, 2004, a call for the organization, mobilization and promoting for participation by municipalities throughout the area to adopt and implement, "Safety and Nuclear Preparedness" measures to nearly 17 million Texas citizens was made on the steps of City hall in Houston, Texas.
Efforts of UITCC were recognized and proclaimed by Houston's Mayor, Bill White, as "9-1-1 Unity In The Community Day", the first in the United States to proclaim such a day.
U.I.T.C.C continues to utilize "9-1-1 Unity In The Community Day" as a time to reflect and remember… as well as measure its yearly progression towards "Global Unification".
The U.I.T.C.C petition is now positioned to "quantum leap" world-wide as 'endorsers' continue to add their name and send it forward to others.
This one act alone has strengthened and empowered its endorsers. It is well known that anything that has the ability to grow, in time becomes powerful and U.I.T.C.C is no exception. As many around the world become endorsers of U.I.T.C.C…positive changes are inevitable.
Bishop Chesoli is Founder of "Waymarks Self-help Group, a organization dedicated to the betterment and enrichment of life for widows and orphans with HIV and AIDS.
UPDATE: July 14, 2008
Dr. Yadav is petitioning our "World Communities" on behalf of H.H. Panchen Lama, a 18 years old prisoner in China. To read more and become an endorser of Dr. Yadav's online petition go to:
July 1, 2008 - "PETITION UPDATE"
Unity In The Community Campaign Core Members are pleased to announce its transition from a "PEOPLE'S Movement" into a "COMMUNITY Movement".
Let each one.... continue to touch one..... as we UNITE our voices together...GLOBALLY...."being the change, we want to see".
Unity In The Community Campaign is designed to serve as a platform for…. Educators, Politicians, Law Enforcers, Legal Professionals, Religious Leaders, Families, Community Groups/Organizations, Small and Large Businesses, Corporations and Individuals…. as well as other "like-minded forward thinkers", binding together, establishing a movement consisting of many, with one goal and purpose as its destiny…. "TRUTH and JUSTICE"… coupled with "WISDOM" as its chief foundation.
Using the power of "Solidarity" as one of its support mechanisms and "Information" as its second empowering tool, "Unity In The Community Campaign" is actively establishing, promoting and pursuing appropriate changes for "Global Community Solidification".
U.I.T.C.C is independent of Governmental, Political or Corporate Funding.


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17th of January is the death anniversary of legendry Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. Everyone from Nandamuri family arrived at NTR ghat on that day. Nandamuri Harikrishna also appeared there but to everyone's surprise he was found in a new look. HariKrishna who used to look so stout and sturdy and then called as Nandamuri lion by his fans and followers found so thin and weak. He seems to have lost half of his weight disappointing Nandamuri fans.
There were news that he has been suffering from some sickness from past few months and his physical deterioration confirming the same. Even TDP members are worrying about their Seetaiah who looks so feeble now. HariKrishna who appeared at NTR ghat along with his hero sons Kalyan Ram and Jr.NTR looked so emotionally down.


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The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by the New Zealand Maori Council to block the Mighty River Power partial privatisation.
The full court of five Supreme Court judges was unanimous in its findings and the decision lets the government proceed with the sale of up to 49 per cent of Mighty River Power.
In their decision, Justice Dame Sian Elias, John McGrath, Susan Glazebrook, William Young and Robert Chambers said they had concluded "that the partial privatisation of Mighty River Power will not impair to a material extent the Crown's ability to remedy any Treaty breach in respect of Maori interests" in respect of the Waikato River.
"For that reason, we decide that the appeal must be dismissed."
The decision gives the Government the green light to proceed with its flagship "mixed ownership model" policy under which it hopes to raise $5 to $7 billion by selling up to 49 per cent of Mighty River, Meridian Energy, Air NZ and possibly Solid Energy.
It plans to sell shares in Mighty River in the second quarter of this year.
The Maori Council bypassed the Court of Appeal and took its case directly to the Supreme Court after losing in the High Court in December last year.
It argued that the sale of Mighty River Power and other power companies before issues around what ownership rights Maori may have over freshwater and geothermal resources was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Lawyers for the Crown had hoped the decision would be delivered last Monday to allow the sale of up to 49 per cent of Mighty River to go ahead according to the Government's "preferred timetable''.
However the court which heard the case over two days on January 31 and February 1 informed the Maori Council and Crown lawyers it could not meet that timeframe.
The delay in delivering the decision has fuelled speculation the five judges hearing the case had differing views.
Bill English, in a speech delivered this afternoon, reiterated his commitment to the programme of power company floats.
The float would be a "shot in the arm" for capital markets and was expected to remain 80-90 per cent owned by New Zealanders, English said in a lunchtime speech to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce today.
"New Zealanders will be at the front of the queue for shares," he said. "Including the Government's majority stakes, ministers expect 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the shares across the programme to be held by New Zealanders, after the IPOs."
English said New Zealand needed to become a magnet for investment. Although he conceded there was no "silver bullet" to make that happen the Government had to be doing "hundreds of small things well" to get the business environment right.
Yesterday, English said information from the Mighty River Power float could lead to a revision of the overall estimates of proceeds from the Government's SOE sales programme.
"It's possible the numbers will move around."
A $5-$7 billion figure was the estimate given in the May 2011 Budget for the sale proceeds of up to 49 per cent of four state-owned enterprises (Mighty River Power, Genesis, Meridian, Solid Energy) and Air New Zealand.
- Adam Bennett of the New Zealand Herald


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It's unfortunate, really. I didn't even want to write this post. But after endless conversations about the secret to building engagement, I realized it needed to be said. So here it is. Are you ready? Read carefully, the super-secret, guaranteed effective guide to building engagement in social media:
The super-secret, guaranteed effective guide to building engagement in social media.
- Provide value to your audience
Oh, I'm sorry. Were you waiting for more? That's it. That's all you have to do. A lot of marketers will talk to you about social media engagement strategy like it's a secret recipe for Sunday sauce handed down from their great grandmother. They'll say you need one part education, two parts consumer spotlight, a dash of sales-oriented content and with a little love you suddenly have three-million comments, Likes and retweets.
Sure, there may be a certain mix of content that works for your brand, but only because you're selling a particular product to a particular audience with a particular interest. That's what they like.
You might think this is a bland recipe, but let it simmer. Think about it. There are two operative words: value and audience.
The folks in your online community are already customers, right? So you should know who they are and what they want (If you don't know them, you have bigger problems than social media). Now, all you have to do is talk to them. Post things they want to see. If you were talking face-to-face with a customer, how would they respond to your latest update? Would they say "Wow, neat!" or would it be more like "Oh, I see." Users were gracious enough to click that Like or follow button. Now give them something in return.
All too often, management wants to highlight moments that make management proud and make the organization look good. That's fine – if you can honestly say your audience would find it valuable. Photos from your company picnic probably won't do the trick.
The people in your online community are there because you share some common value. Don't ruin that relationship by telling them to think, feel or believe something different.
Value isn't just education. It can come in a lot of forms and it's completely dependent on your audience. For example, there is a little newspaper is my hometown (I'm convinced their number of Facebook Likes is higher than their circulation). Every day, they post a poll question. Polls vary from local to state to national issues. You can always count on huge numbers of people posting paragraph-long responses. So how is this tiny daily providing value? It gives local politiphiles a place to voice their opinions. If you've gone to the trouble of Liking your local newspaper on Facebook, it's safe to say you like to discuss current events. And hey, why not do it with a bunch of strangers on Facebook where you're less likely to offend any friends or coworkers.
Skittles is another great example of providing value to your audience. With all current events aside, Skittles knows its audience on social media. I chuckle every time I read an update from skittles. See the below image if you need an example. You might say humor isn't valuable from a marketing standpoint. But at the end of the day, what is Skittles as a brand? Sure it's food. But it's not healthy. It's not innovative. It's fun – just plain old fun. Skittles are bright, colorful and easy to share with friends, just like their musings on Facebook.
So, next time you write a Tweet or click the "post" button, just ask yourself: Am I providing value to my audience? If the answer is yes, engagement shouldn't be a problem.