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Annie - Indiana
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 5,557
Height: 5'9"
Good Morning it's a brand new day!!! Hump day, trash day...la la la la
CARLA....thank you ever so much for the update on our MELLIE. I do feel for Jen and quite frankly we are probably the last on the list of to do's. I will just keep send to Jen's address.
ONE THING WE SHOULD TRY TO REMEMBER LADIES....and I know I really do not need to say this, however even after our sister goes to be with the Lord, we need to remember to support Jen & Richie. and now I am crying. WTG ANNIE.
HAPPY....good to hear the the PT is helping with your neck/back/heck your body and that you like this PT. Me thinks you have been through denistry h*ll. I will only go back for the second time on a re-do so you are much braver than I am.
SHADDIE...feel better my down under sister, down under the weather, lol Nothing like feeling blah and dragging it around. Hugs my friend.
CHELLE...wouldn't worry about sending the flash drive to MELLIE either. Once you are on morphine you are barely awake. I have been on it twice. You are such a sweetie doing all that work on it. If only you got paid for it. lol Keep you head up and give it to the Lord, you will find that perfect job. Hugs.
HELLO's to LAURA, CEEG, SUSIE!!
Make it a wonderful Wednesday!
Loves and Hugs.
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Morning all. Brrrr! Cold one this morning. Gradually warming though!
Carla - Thanks so much for passing along the update from Jen. What a tough time she's going through right now. I miss Mel so much here.
Annie - Yeh, Jen & Richie are certainly going through a horrible time right now - making arrangements, etc. Gonna send her a note as well.
Michelle - Thanks for all the hard work on the captions. I sure wish Mel were well enough to be able to see them. But I'm soooo glad she did see the photos!! Good luck with the job hunt!! How's your stepmom doing today? Re ATT - people complain about them, but I don't think they're all that bad. A while ago when I went over my data plan, bf did get them to reverse the overage charge, so they are reasonable with that. My beef is that bf and I can't share a data plan - he works from home and uses very little of his data plan each month, while I'm always pushing the limit. And I don't think other carriers are any different with that...
Happy - Gawd, can't believe they can't get a good impression for that flouride tray. Oh well, you were a really good sport about going back in multiple times. Glad the PT guy helped with your neck - maybe you can specificially schedule with him next time. Well, so much for Sephora. But I did have a gift card and had wanted to try it. I thought they'd have a larger variety of brands available than they did - from drugstore level on up, but it didn't appear that way to me. I will use the rest of my gift card in person at the store in the mall and that'll probably be it. As for the quality of vhs transfered to DVD - only as good as the quality of the vhs tape. In this case, the tape wasn't overused/worn and was in very good shape. The quality looked pretty good to. But it's sort of like watching an old tv sitcom and then flipping to a high def tv channel and watching a new HD program - night and day. But not quite that extreme. I actually checked a couple sites to see if that particular video was still available, but I didn't see it, so it's for the best that I did the transfer.
Hellos to Susie and Ceejay.
Saw "Last Vegas" last night. It was entertaining enough, even if the subplots were kind of lame-o. But if I want to watch a funny old guy comedy..."Grumpy Old Men" is much better. It was a good cast. It was (obviously) set in LV, so be prepared for a lot of b00bage.
The boss is out today and it's quiet. I might take Friday off work and might get a massage.
That's about it for me. TTFN!
Annie - Indiana
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 5,557
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Oh LAURA..get the massage, go on groupon.com and look for a spa deal, they have lots of them.
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Morning girls,
Trash day was yesterday Annie.
Today is the last "open" day that I have - at least one where I have no other commitments to do anything other than what I want to. I need to pop over to Walmart and pick up a TSA approved lock so I can lock my luggage. Also need to get another laser light pen for the kitties. They both love chasing that and it's about the only exercise they get aside from Nina chasing poor Meadow all over the house when she gets the heebie geebies. We seem to have lost the one laser we had - I think it rolled into the trash bin and I didn't notice it. I am glad I had some clothes sent to my Mom's as I started measuring suitcases and the one I can take is a bit bigger than a carry on but not much more than that. DH sees no problem in taking only 2 pairs of pants, 3 shirts and 3 prs of underwear. Oh to pack like a guy! Probably better taking the smaller suitcase as I'm sure dragging the heavier bag will be hard on my neck and back. I had wanted to take 5 days of clothes so that I didn't have to do laundry more than twice. It's going to be cold both here and there so I will have to think carefully about layering. Fortunately I don't have to bring much in the way of toiletries - those tend to weigh a lot. United changed their baggage policy last month - thanks guys - and reduced the size of baggage and what you can bring as a carry on. I agree with the carry on restrictions- there were lots of people - not just business travelers who did not want to wait to pick up checked baggage and took it too far when it came to toting an elephant's size worth of luggage into the plane leaving no space for other passengers. And I hardly ever saw the gate crew stopping anyone. I'm also bummed to see that now there is rain in the forecast on both cities Saturday - increases the chances for delays
I just want to get in and out - is that asking too much
Mel - I miss you dearly and think about you every night as I fall asleep - praying for your comfort and strength for poor Jen.
Carla - thanks again for the update. Hope you are doing ok!
Shad - heads down and knee deep in the hoopla over there? From what I understand there is a lot of theft going on in those types of rest homes / rehab places. Some say the low wages encourage theft, others are natural thieves who see an opportunity from sleeping or otherwise out of it patients. Very sad - one has to watch their loved one carefully in those places. I would send all correspondence and gifts directly to Jen.
Laura - thanks for the review on Lost Vegas. Kinda sad when you have such great talent and you have to resort to breasts for most of the entertainment. I saw Michael Douglas on Leno or Letterman promoting the film and he certainly thinks he is hot doo doo in a fancy bag. He had a khaki colored suit on and it was very apparent he was going commando. He sat with his legs spread out as far as they could go as if that thing needed a good airing out.
It was sad and pathetic and I'm not just talking about his withered old junk. Not sure I'd even watch that movie for free - bunch of sad old men thinking they are 20 something Igors.
I forgot - the other thing about Sephora is that you get more samples if you order online. The couple of times I've gone into JC Penney or the mall shops and picked up makeup - Sephora only had samples if you used your VIP points and they didn't have anything worth wasting points on. You get more to chose from online. A massage sounds great - go reserve that day off and book that massage before you forget or the schedule gets filled up
Annie - I cried too after I read Jen's note. Been on this site long enough that there have been a couple of people I've come to know who have passed on. I can't believe she will be leaving us but I hope she will go to a better place where she can run and sing to her heart's content. How is your foot feeling? Are you able to get your Sketchers on? Are you having Thanksgiving dinner at your place this year?
How's the job search coming along Michelle? Get those resumes in before everyone takes a break for the holidays. This was always a hard time to job hunt - people have other priorities and you have to wait a lot. I'm sure you can find other things to keep you busy also. Is Santa over his cough?
Hi Ceejay and Susie
I'm off to make some mushroom soup. DH HATES the smell of cooked mushrooms so he agreed to go work outside so I could make my soup but her reminded me that he is going outside NOW and I need to get off the computer because he won't stay outside forever.
Have a good one chicks.
Annie - Indiana
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Awww, how sweet they look.
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The pictures are adorable.
Again thank you for the update on Mel.
I know you are getting excited for the trip to your mom's. Maybe not the plane ride. The kittens sound adorable now.
Can you draw unemployment while looking for another job? Hope you find one soon.
Laura and Shad
For some reason I'm not in the mood to post. Been doing a lot of other things at work just to keep my mind off of Mel.
Oh and by the way, I did call the department head of street and sanitation. He said that there was no rule that you had to put your garbage to the curb on pick up day's. He referred me to the code enforcer. Think i'll call the land lord in the morning and see what they can do. I told the street and sanitation dept that this is going to cause rats. I don't want to stir up a stink, but this is ridiculous.
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Ceejay - stand up for the right thing. If the sanitation dept won't come in to pick up the garbage, then the health dept needs to step in and sort out the health issues - and there will be some.
Annie - young Ainsley sure is pretty. They both look like great kids.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,778
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Hi Everyone!
We had a bit of snow yesterday. It was pretty but really I'm ok if that is the last of it. I like wearing sweaters but I don't like wearing sweaters with coats!
Guess what happened yesterday? DH and I went to the Y together to walk! He has been saying he will go back with me but at the end of the day he is always too tired--so he says. Well..he went yesterday and told me he would go again tonight.
Is anyone watching Biggest Loser?
I want to give hugs to all of you
, as I know that you all are hurting over your friend Mel. I gather from reading the posts that her time her time here is very short. I send my sympathy and prayers to you all.
I am posting from work and will be leaving in a few but I wanted to check-in.
My personals will be short and I won't hit everyone..sorry about that. I'll get better at it.
Laura: Your kids are very cute!
Michelle: I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your job. I'm sure that good things for you in that area are right around the corner. Do what you can to look for a job--this time of year can be a bit hard to find something but things will get to moving again the middle of January so don't get discourged.
Happy: How did the soup turn out?
Ok..I need to run...I'll see you all soon--I will try to get here tomorrow.
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Busy day today. 1 interview for a very short term contract. 1 phone interview for a perm job in San Diego. Tomorrow I have a skype interview for the San Diego job.
Tomorrow, I am also on a clear liquid diet all day in prep for my colonoscopy on Friday. I've got the skype interview at 9, an appt with the nutritionist at 11, my mammo at 2. Then when I get home I have to take some laxatives and drink some roto rooter liquid to prep for my procedure on Friday.
D is driving me to the hospital on Friday for my procedure. I have to be there at 6:30. Hopefully I'll be home by 10.
Not going to be able to do much on the job front tomorrow but maybe by Friday afternoon, I can get back to applying.
My stepmom is up and around much more today.. She can't overdo it too much. But she is having people over tonight to play cards.
I've got to go help with dinner and set the table, etc.
Hopefully I'll get to post tomorrow.
Mellie, I miss you so much.
I love y'all like sisters. I'm so blessed to have you in my life.
Love and hugs,
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Morning all,
Put on the track shoes, busy day ahead. I finished making the dog treats for the Santa Photo event with the Humane Society. Baked 6 batches - that's all I can do, others can pitch in if needed. Today is my last physical therapy appointment and I am at the Thrift Shop in the afternoon. Hoping to double team some tasks while I'm there like weigh, bag and wrap the dog treats, write a couple of letters and maybe find a recipe or two in my new magazines to make at Mom's and for Thanksgiving dinner. Tomorrow is a stop at the dentist to pick up my fluoride trays, a follow up appt with the doctor to see how I'm doing, packing, at printing my 2 writing lessons from this week and a final look at the to do list to see what's just not going to get done before I leave. It's going to have to be an early to bed night as Saturday will be a very early start and off to the airport. I'm doing ok on the schedule - not panicking YET.
The mushroom soup came out FANTASTIC. Best mushroom soup I've ever had. It was an Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) recipe I found on the Food Network website. Supposed to be made with several varieties of wild mushrooms but all I had were white button mushrooms I bought on sale last week and needed to use up. It was delicious - I'm thinking because you actually make a stock to start out with and I think that made a huge difference in the richness of flavor. That was my supper yesterday. DH had something else
Michelle - good luck with the interviews
hope they turn into something good for you. Boy talk about poked and prodded - what a fun day you have ahead of you. NOT. But by Saturday you should be able to breath deep and relax. I do hope you find another job quick! Love back to you too.
Susie - how's the hubby doing? I think it's great he is going for a walk with you. Go hubster!!!
Ceejay - I agree with the others. While you can't force them to take the trash to the curb, they can't ignore pick up either and allow trash to pile up for weeks on end. In Germantown, they had very strict rules about keeping your house in good repair and decent living condition. That would not be tolerated.
Annie - the kids are just ADORABLE. Such cuties, no wonder you squeeze them so much
Hi Laura and Shad. Gotta hop in the shower now - I'm already running 15 minutes behind. Later ladies.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Good morning. I can't believe I made it here and that most of you all had not already posted.
I have TOPS weigh-in tonight. I feel I might be up at bit--I've had more soda than I usually have and that packs the weight on me very quickly. I kept telling myself to stop but I didn't listen to myself.
I have a NSV to share. I am a worrier....I try not to be, but it's just in my make-up. So, I read this morning that some insurance company's were dropping a drug I take for my IC. My first thought was to worry. What was I going to do if that was me. This drug has been the only thing that has given me relief from the pain of the disease. Then I thought..why not call my insurance and find out.
I was holding my breath, but I called...and I was told it is covered. I hope that doesn't change...but for now, I know I'm covered and I'm thankful and I did what I could to help with my worry. Doing this helped me to not eat for comfort, and to not cover up my frustrations but to face them.
Michelle: It sounds like you have a lot of irons in the fire on the job front. Crossing my fingers and saying a prayer for you.
Also, good luck with the prep for your procedure and also for a good outcome of that procedure.
Have a great day everyone. I hope to be here tomorrow.
Annie - Indiana
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Posts: 5,557
Height: 5'9"
Good Morning CHicklets....
Signed up for the blood mobile for today, but unfortunately I didnt' start my iron regimen like I normally do, therefore my count was too low to donate. Boooo!! Looks like I wiill have to wait till another 56 days go by.
SUSIE....At least you know where you went wrong eating. Stop the soda girlie, or like MELLIE says, I will come whop you with the rolling pin. Good job ont he NSV. Yeah! Nice of DH to walk with you, it tends to motivate you more if someone else participates.
HAPPY...I don't know if I can stand two weeks with you posting. Bleh. Maybe hit the library once or twice and sneak us a post?? I do hope your visit with your momma goes well and everyone gets along. Just love her, don't try to understand her thinking. lol. Looks like you have one busy day ahead of you. That is a lot of doggie cookies. I still have not tried to make any but have a few recipes to try. You are awesome sister. Hugs
CHELLE...best of luck with all the interviewing and job search, I am sure GOD will bless you with the perfect job of you. Hope all your procedures come out well and the prep for the colonoscopy isn't to bad. YOU KNOW, that is the worst part of the entire procedure, the rest is a piece of cake and glade D is going with you.
SHADDIE...glad to see you could come up for air. I just love the grandbabes, wish I could of had them first. They are so much fun. haha Don't work to hard and have a glass of wine this weekend. How are you feeling? Any better?
CEEG...surely the landlord could put some pressure on the tenants about the trash. He certainly doesn't want rats infested in his rental. I am with SHADDIE, call the health department.
LAURA...thanks for the Vegas review. The other movie I saw the previews for is Delivery Man, I think that looks funny. Vince Vaughn is such a good actor and I like him.
HELLO to our MELLIE...
Much love, hugs, and prayers for all our worldlie chicks.
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Morning all. Sunny and bright today. Still chilly, but temps are supposed to hit a high in the 40's today.
Michelle - I don't envy your lineup for the next couple days, but you are doing the right thing getting these tests taken care of. Good luck with the interview today! I don't have any doubts you'll find something, but hopefully this timing doesn't make it later rather than sooner.
Susie - Glad to hear your med is still covered by your insurance, and great nsv not to eat out of anxiety/worry!! Enjoy the walk with your hubby tonight at the Y.
Yeh, I'm really hoping that was the last of the snow for a while - like after Thanksgiving at the very soonest!! It was just too early for snow and temps in the 20's!!!
Happy - Ick, sounds like Michael Douglas is a lot more like his "Last Vegas" character than I would have thought. Ewww! Just so you know, the other three were NOT like that in the movie! The movie wasn't all about them ogling b00bage either, but there was plenty in there regardless. You are so busy - I got tired just reading all that you've been up to. I think you need to beg some donated space/equipment/time from a local bakery with a commercial size mixer & oven so you can make a lot of treats in bigger batches! Sounds like you've really done a lot of research getting ready for your flight. I wouldn't worry too much about a wireless device, as long as you know how to turn it on and off and it has an airplane mode that lets you read your e-book.
Ceejay - Too bad you had to resort to getting the streets & san. people involved, and the landlord, but this is a health issue if they leave their trash laying around to draw vermin. I agree with Shad - call the health dept too!
Shad - Are you getting any "Shad time" this week? How's the new apartment working out??
Annie - I didn't see anything about Delivery Man yet. I'll have to look it up on IMDB. I like Vince Vaughn too. Too bad about the iron level being too low to donate. Next time...
Bf went ahead and signed me up for the gym yesterday. No initiation fee for me because I'm on bf's account, just the monthly membership fee. I might go to a class tonight.
Last night bf wanted to go to Lou Malnatis for a deep dish pizza and I succumbed. But I stopped at one slice - usually I want half of another.
Regardless of the pizza, I'm going to a WW meeting today. I skipped Tuesday's meeting, but I don't want to skip entirely - I need to be accountable and get back on track. I'm going to an 11:30 class today at a WW location a couple blocks away. I expect a gain based on the scale at home this morning.
I'm taking a vacation day tomorrow and have to schedule a massage. To the phone I go!!! TTFN.
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It's a sunny but cold day outside. I need to be out there raking or mulching leaves. I'll do that tomorrow if it doesn't rain. Cold this morning at 22 degrees.
Hope you enjoy the visit with mom. Try to post if you can.
Question--do I call the local health department or the state health department about the garbage. I'm taking a picture of it. I'm hoping they do get rats. and by George if even one mouse is my house I'm complaining big time.
I'm a worrier too. Good job on calling the insurance. I need to quit the soda's also. Good luck at weigh in tonight.
You don't waste any time looking for new jobs. Ugh on the colonoscopy. Like Annie said the worse part is the prep.
My last one was 2007 so I still have a few years to go before my 10 years is up, unless my regular doctor says I need one.
Are you going to the movies tonight?
Are you like me and hate to take pill's? That's a good excuse though if you don't want to give. I've never given. Don't like needles that much. But if any one in my family needed some blood I would give then.
I enjoy my sister's grandchildren. Even the grown ones.
It's about time to get ready to leave to go to Jonesboro. My appointment isn't until 3.15 p.m. but I have some other errands to run while there.
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Barely have I started writing about the use of social media for learning, when along comes a blog entry (Kelly, 2011) to highlight the point that social media and social learning aren't new and may be a little over-hyped right now. What is important is the fact that the medium can now keep up with people, and even enhance our learning. So thanks to somebody I've never met for helping me put things in perspective and contributing to my learning (I stumbled across the link on Twitter). This doesn't take away from my desire to understand social media for learning, rather it refocusses my attention on the key benefits that I'm aiming to get out of the medium. First and foremost is to break the reliance on formal, structured events as the only recognised form of learning, and get some recognition for all the informal learning events that we know are taking place every day in the workplace. Second, I am hoping to increase learner engagement, and break the mindset that learning is something that is done to you, and instead promote people's ability to learn actively, both as individuals and socially.
More to come, eventually this will all distill into some kind of announcement that should get people's attention...
Kelly, D., 2011. What's 'New' About Social Media and Social Learning? Misadventures in Learning [blog] 3 May. Available at: <http://misadventuresinlearning.blogspot.com/2011/05/whats-new-about-social-media-and-social.html> [Accessed 3 May 2011]


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Often people think that as long as they move on a machine the workout is building the right muscle groups. That's not true. A personal trainer helps you to exercise correctly so the muscle development takes place.
Take the top personal trainer in Harvard, Sarah Varno, as an example.
She sits with you to find out what your goals are, helps you to develop an appropriate plan to achieve those goals and watches you as you work out to make sure that you do the exercises the proper way. Personal training in Harvard has brought her many happy clients. There's more than just exercise help from a personal trainer, but you'll experience that. If you live in Harvard and work out in the gym, you probably miss the most important benefit if you don't have a personal trainer. Sarah Varno, personal trainer from Harvard, provides not just the proper method to exercise but offers motivation and methods to motivate yourself. Often people use food as a tool to motivate, that's because many families used it as a treat when their children were growing. Once you become an adult, it becomes more difficult to achieve weight loss and exercise goals because you lose the reward that your parents taught you. Sarah Varno feels that you need to find another method of reward and helps you to achieve that goal.
Often the biggest challenge faced by those who wish to get in shape is not with the body, but rather with the brain.
While the end result of a better, healthier body should be enough, it seems far away when you're tired and a distance from the goal. That's when you need the assistance of a personal trainer. Often you feel like quitting. If you were working out by yourself at the gym, you probably would omit one night, then the next and finally not end up at the gym at all. Many times, to keep yourself going, focusing on a stop for a pizza and a beer gets you through the workout. This is dangerous thinking.
That's why you need a personal trainer in Harvard. The fact that you know that you have an appointment with the personal trainer is just one motivation to go to the gym. When you get there, encouraging words and a well laid out plan with specific goals come from this personal trainer in Harvard. Most likely, the pizza and beer isn't going to be your reward, but who knows. That's between you and him. Each person has a special program designed just for them.
A personal trainer in Harvard, or anywhere else for that matter, helps you with any dietary problems that you may have.
You can develop a great six-pack but if your belly "dunlaps" over it, no one can see it. You have to eat right to not only lose the weight to show off your newly formed muscles, but also keep your body operating in peak condition. You'll find so much help developing a good diet plan that fits with your busy day. When you seek the advice of a personal trainer, you don't get quotes from a book, you get a real person that is interested in you, your lifestyle, you likes, dislikes and your fitness. Your personal trainer can see what you look like and assess the areas that you need work, what areas are over developed and how you should reach the goals. If you have special problems with specific exercises, without a personal trainer in Harvard, you're on your own to flounder and attempt to work out your own problems.
Your personal trainer should listen and care about your concerns. If you don't work your muscles properly and in a balanced fashion, you can cause damage to the muscle group that sets your workout back for months.
Unless you are the perfect "Average American" with every thing about you text book, you need the help of a personal trainer, someone to evaluate all your exercise needs, including encouragement, rewards, body build, level of ability and physical fitness and build the best program for you. Your benefits include a more productive workout, more and healthier weight loss if that's one of your goals and improved stamina and strength. When you have a plan that' made just for you, goals are much easier to reach and the results are better.


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The father of an 11-year-old girl in central China who was raped by a 60-year-old man in August has appealed the court's decision to sentence the offender to five and a half years in prison because he feels the penalty is too light.
Sixth Tone's sister publication The Paper reported Monday that the father lodged his appeal on Nov. 27 after receiving the court's judgement on Nov. 23. In the judgement, the Chengbu Miao Autonomous County People's Court in Hunan province states that the offender, surnamed Wang, was shown lenience because he "confessed truthfully" to the rape.
According to the court's report seen by Sixth Tone, Wang, a retired teacher, committed the crime when he saw the victim alone at her family home in Maoping Village. When her father returned from an errand, he found the girl crying, and she explained what had happened. He called the police and Wang, who was known to the family; when Wang returned to the home, he was arrested on the spot. On Nov. 20, Wang was found guilty of statutory rape, a crime that in China only applies in cases involving female victims under 14.
Over the last few weeks, allegations of child molestation at a Beijing kindergarten — that have been denied by police — have turned public attention once again to sexual abuse of children and minors.
In recent years, Chinese authorities have enacted a series of legal and administrative measures to prevent sexual abuse and protect underage victims, such as registering sex offenders and releasing their information to the public. On Friday, the city of Huai'an in eastern China's Jiangsu province published the names, ID card numbers, photos, genders, and ages of four convicted rapists, as well as the details of their crimes.
Lü Xiaoquan, a lawyer at Beijing Qianqian Law Firm, which specializes in legal aid for victims of gender-based violence, told Sixth Tone on Tuesday that sexual abuse of minors is a universal issue that has particularly afflicted villages in China, where perpetrators are often known to their victims.
"This sentence falls within the scope of penalty measures, but personally I think such crimes should be severely punished," Lü said. He explained that national sentencing guidelines for sexual offences against minors recommended heavier punishments in cases where the victim was under 12 and the offender had entered the child's residence. "[The judgement] has not taken the protection of children's rights as its priority," he said.
Lü added that China's civil law, too, is lacking when it comes to compensation provisions for victims of crime. "Domestic civil courts currently do not support any claims from criminal victims for mental compensation, even in sexual abuse cases with little material loss but obvious psychological harm," he said.
The father of the 11-year-old victim, who raised his daughter and her elder brother alone after their mother passed away, told The Paper that the judge of the criminal case had spoken with him and his lawyer about compensation. He had asked for 280,000 yuan ($42,000), but Wang agreed to only 10,000 yuan. The father added that his family has relocated to a rental property in the county seat, as his daughter is so shaken with fear that she does not want to live in their hometown.
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Revenge or Ridiculous
Anyone over the age of 30 has heard of the 7 year itch, in reference to marriage. In this case, this man was slow to respond to his itch. It took him an amazing… staggeringly dedicated 21 years.
This devoted man of 47 maneuvered through a mine field of a marriage consisting of her hormonal rages, her inability to cook – and lack of interest in trying to cook. Most women, when decorating their new home, make the kitchen high on their list of demands, but, not this wife. The most vital room to her is the bedroom she turned into a closet…complete with temperature control. Her hubby did a magnificent job of decorating the kitchen with an old Tuscan flavor. He is, after all, the one who does the cooking.
This dutiful husband has a wonderful position with a company he's been with for some years, yet, he took a second job to support her frequent, quite costly shopping trips for not only her, but, her mother as well.
This woman is my friend, never the less it turns my stomach to see how poorly she treats her husband. Without a doubt he would be the ideal partner for any woman, especially a woman willing to work alongside her mate. All she does is nag and critique him and put him down. He's a great cook, but she finds something to complain about in every meal. If it had been me taking her abuse the next meal she got would have been my shoe down her throat.
It upsets me to think of the beautiful home they live in, professionally decorated with only the best is now too small, at 5,000 sq. ft. They've been there for 4 years and now she feels it's time to upgrade to 7, 000 sq. ft.
Okay, as I mentioned he finally got the itch, finally. I'm never one to support cheating in a marriage, but this man was so sad and so disenchanted with the treatment he was receiving that if he was cheating I had to side with him.
He began to change his habits. He quit his second job and began taking the long way home from job number 1. He bought a few new polo shirts and new underwear, which is never a good sign. The Saturdays he used to spend being brow beat by his wife as he cleaned the stainless steel in his kitchen ceased. He became the stealth husband. Even when he was there he wasn't there, well, not emotionally.
As close as we were, it took about two weeks before wife decided to break down and admit to me she feared he might be doing the horizontal mambo with another woman. Of course, being a good friend I denied he had a reason to cheat on her.
"Of course he has no reason. We have a happy marriage and the sex couldn't be better." By the tone of her voice I knew she was trying to convince herself, not I.
In the space of just a few minutes she became so visibly angry, it was as if Angela Bassett kicked in the door from the movie "Waiting To Exhale", and took over her body. She began to gather up his favorite outfits and hats and with the precision of a surgeon she carved his hats and suits up like a buffet roast beef. I was stunned silent. I'd read about it and seen that level of rage in the movies, but not in person. I was in the presence of Mood Swing Barbie!
When she was done she took the remnants of his Giorgio Armani suits – yes, plural, and all the rest of the shreds and deposited them in the garage where he would see the damage as he pulled in.
Within minutes of her shutting the garage door hubby's door opener engages. With the lust of a man scientist she ran to yank open the door. There he was on his knees in the pile of thousands of dollars of shredded fabric, hats and shoes. He looked at her, and with a face I will not soon forget he asked, "Why?"
"Honey, why would you do something like this?"
She yelled out, "To teach you a lesson. I bet you won't cheat on me again, will you?"
"Cheat? Me?" He asked in a voice so soft I could scarcely hear him.
She went on to tell him about every day he wasn't home, the times he left and the times he returned. As she ranted on and on, louder and louder, she saved the best for last. "You great big, strong, virile man you. You know your supply of Extenze and your little blue pill's(?), well, whoever you're doing you won't be doing her much longer because I flushed them all."
All he could do was say, "You silly, silly woman".
"I wasn't cheating. You had me so ready to leave you that I decided to go and get help. I knew that I needed to find a reason to stay with you. I knew I needed to find the love I have for you that got buried under all of your evil, manipulative ways. I was trying to save our marriage because I knew you didn't value me enough to do anything to save it".
He went on to say, "Look in my trunk, Sherlock Holmes. You go through my wallet, my cell phone and everything else I have how did you miss seeing the workbook from the relationship counseling class I'm taking."
My heart broke for this man who was calling out to his wife, his life partner to help him love her, help him save their union and she wasn't there. The sad thing was that she had never been there, and quite possibly would never be there in the way that he needed.
You could tell by the look in her face that her wheels were in motion, and in a style all her own she became angry because he caused her to flush away their sex life. With that she turned on her heels and yelled, "Clean up that mess, too".
She had been showing me who she was for some time, but that day she showed me how heartless she was toward a man who loved her so much he would lay his life down for her without a thought. I walked out of the garage and never went back. When she called I politely wished her luck, and said I could not associate with her any longer.


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The Federal Budget was handed down with relatively little pomp or fanfare over the 'Environment and Natural Resource' areas in budget highlight news. Little surprise, as 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing' receive a relatively small portion of the whole $464.26 billion budget, with $2.97 billion over 7 years.
Of that $2.97 billion, a healthy $1.1 billion will be spent in the 'Natural Resources Development' area, of which $100 million came through from the Coalition's deal with the Greens to get its backpacker tax legislation through the Parliament late last year.
For a visual of the budget breakdown, I highly recommend the ABCs 'sliced and diced' interactive infographic, available HERE.
Though details are still very preliminary, it looks like that $1.1 billion will be distributed a few different ways.
First, the $100 million Greens deal funding will be divided up over the next 7 years as:
- $15 million to Indigenous Protected Areas
- $85 million for sustainable agriculture and on-ground activity in small grants available directly to community groups (that's about $12 million per year across the country)
The remaining $1 billion will be used to continue the National Landcare Program (NLP) and will be divided into the following two general streams. The Green Army program has been cancelled and funds reallocated to this $1 billion pool.
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Regional Delivery
Details on the delivery and roll-out of this funding have not been released yet, though some specific commitments to invasive species management have been highlighted.
Depending on the proportions divvied out between these two streams, the Regional Delivery stream could mean a similar level of funding to previous years will continue to flow through to smaller regional Landcare groups, such as our own, through the Natural Resource Management (NRM) regional bodies. Currently Katanning has an NLP funded project through South West Catchments Council (SWCC) that has provided funds for thousands of trees, fences and nest boxes for us to enhance and protect natural habitat for the red-tailed phascogale here in Katanning, and we hope this kind of work can continue into the future.
Over the next few months we will be working closely with SWCC on its investment plan to ensure that national targets and local needs are met through a variety of projects to ensure that we are prepared for the roll-out of the federal funding. Though we can't be sure of the end result, we are thankful that there were no further cuts to the Landcare budget and given this challenging funding climate, it's a great result for Landcare across Australia, and for the environment as well.
Barnaby Joyce's Media Release on the benefits of the Landcare funding can be found HERE.
Author: Andrea Salmond
Andrea has been with Katanning Landcare since 2013 and is passionate about equipping people with the tools, skills and resources they need to make positive changes to our environment.


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Ordered the carport as a Christmas present, the product arrive within the 2-4 week time frame. Thought I had a certified product, 20psf/110mph etc.
On 1/9/2017 we had a major wind storm and the carport was pretty much destroyed within minutes. Call the company and that was useless, didn't have the proper anchors there customer service folks didn't really care. Was told I could buy another unit at cost, this came from my complaint through the BBB but seems like after 65+ negative reviews I might do better to deal with a local company. $1550.00 loss.
It looked good for the 45 days we had it. I would not recommend this company, serious issues.
Product or Service Mentioned: Eagle Carports Carport Installation.
Reason of review: Damaged or defective.
Monetary Loss: $1550.
I have the same experience! I have my rv carport tied to a barn support and an outdoor light support.
I refused to have the same morons come out to fix it. THey did not put the correct grounding either. We had 35-45 mph winds and mine also almost blew over. I was told via ans machine message that the same crew will be out tomorrow.
I won't be home for part of the day and REFUSE to let them on the property. I've tried to stop the "appointment" but am unable to contact the person that called. I did find out the owner is Alicia Torres. OF course, I'm unable to talk to her.
Really horrible company employing Mexicans unable or unwilling to speak English and unwilling to produce a quality product.
I hate to say it, but I'm glad I'm not the only one losing money. Sorry.


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text: Mike Keesey <email@example.com> wrote: > Could I convince biologists to avoid the term "bird" and use an > appropriate alternative (avian, ornithuran, avialan, avipinnan, etc.) > in technical discussions? (Or at least clarify what they mean by > "bird"?) Good luck with that :o) De Queiroz (2007) had a similar proposal: to add various modifiers to the name "birds" and this way make them equivalent to not one, but several formal names. "Feathered birds" would be equivalent to _Avifilopluma_, "winged birds" to _Avialae_ (sensu Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001) etc. According to the author, "whether a particular fossil is or is not a bird [could] no longer be reduced to a simple yes or no question". Is _Archaeopteryx_ a bird? Well, it was definitely a pan-bird and a feathered bird, but it was not a short-tailed bird and we are currently not sure whether it was a flying bird. This solution has its drawbacks, however. The idea seems to be that "birdness" gradually increases towards the crown and that "side branches" of avian tree have no right of apomorphies of their own. For example, "toothless birds" is a shortcut for "the most inclusive clade exhibiting toothless jaws synapomorphic with those in _Vultur gryphus_ Linnaeus 1758". _Confuciusornis_ was toothless, but its absence of teeth was homoplastic with that in _Vultur gryphus_. > The crown group is far more robust and far more significant. Significant, yes, but robust? I don't think its composition is particularly stable (from the standpoint of fossils, of course -- from the standpoint of living taxa, anything between the crown and its total clade is equally stable) and there are probably clades diagnosable by a larger number of morphological apomorphies. evelyn sobielski <email@example.com> wrote: > Given that Ornithurae rests on a highly autapomorphic stem clade > (Hesperornithes), the plesiomorphic part of which remains entirely unknown, > and given the general lack of known basal diversity in Ornithuromorpha, the > appropriateness of distinguishing between Ornithurae vs Ornithuromorpha vs > Euornithes cannot at present be rigorously determined. "Appropriateness"? _Ornithurae_, _Ornithuromorpha_, and _Euornithes_ all have different definitions and composition. Even if there were no known differences in composition, it would not be a problem; but we know of possible non-ornithuromorph euornithines (_Archaeorhynchus_ in O'Connor & Forster 2010, You et al. 2010) and non-ornithuran ornithuromorphs (many of them, actually: _Patagopteryx_, hongshanornithids, ...). > Of the definitions of Aves listed at > http://www.taxonsearch.org/dev/taxon_edit.php?Action=View&tax_id=43, most are > problematic because of the reliance on Archie and/or the likely > nonmonophyletic "Ratitae". Polyphyly of ratites is hardly a problem. The PhyloCode requires using "species"* as specifiers. "Higher taxa" may be used only "to clarify the phylogenetic position of a specifier" (Note 11.1.2). _Palaeognathae_ would surely be a better clarification, however. *I don't like the term "species". I'm with Mishler on this one: the species rank must go the way of all others. > Hence, if we'd need a phylogenetic definition of Aves RIGHT NOW, the only one > that pertains to a clade that is proven beyond all reasonable doubt, and to a > clade interesting enough to warrant such a familiar name, and that is not > wrought with a whole damn lot of controversy, would be: > "Anything closer to _Struthio camelus_ + _Vultur gryphus/Passer > domesticus/Gallus gallus_ than to _Enantiornis leali_ + _Sapeornis > chaoyangensis_ + _Confuciusornis sanctus_" > or equivalent. That's _Euornithes_. Do you really think this is the clade that most deserves the name _Aves_? I mean, the known composition of the clade in question is equivalent to something like (_Archaeorhynchus_ + _Neornithes_). What is so important about it? What significant apomorphies do we currently believe originated there? BTW, using _Gallus gallus_ as a default representative of living birds in phylogenetic definitions is a great idea. It is still relatively deeply nested, we know its phylogenetic position with great precision (unlike _V. gryphus_ and _P. domesticus_) and as a model organism for evo-devo it is very well studied. References: de Queiroz K 2007 Toward an integrated system of clade names. Syst Biol 56(6): 956-74 Gauthier JA, de Queiroz K 2001 Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name "Aves". 7-41 in Gauthier JA, Gall LF, eds. New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom. New Haven: Yale Univ Press O'Connor PM, Forster CA 2010 A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) avifauna from the Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. J Vert Paleont 30(4): 1178--201 You H-L, Atterholt J, O'Connor JK, Harris JD, Lamanna MC, Li D-Q 2010 A second Cretaceous ornithuromorph bird from the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. Acta Palaeont Pol 55(4): 617-25 -- David Černý


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin said Monday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement campaign aides said was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter's.
A statement released by the campaign said that Bristol Palin will keep her baby and marry the child's father. Bristol Palin's baby is due in late December.
"Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents," Sarah and Todd Palin said in the brief statement.


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Hey All,
We finally made it out! Had Allen, Brandon and his party out for a mix of stripers and blackfish. Took a ride ad caught the tide nicely. Baits in the water when the anchor came tight and we were on. Pretty productive morning with shorts and keeper stripers. Guys kept busy until slack tide. As the tide changed we re set and once again as soon as the anchor came tight we were on again. Had 7 keeper stripers and about a dozen shorts or so.
When we stopped catching bass we headed towards home. Made 2 drops for tog and the first was no good. Second drop wasn't too bad. Spent about an hour there and managed 4 keepers and a bunch of shorts. Called it a day and headed home with 7 stripes and 4 tog for the boys.
Thanks guys, pleasure seeing you again.


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Must be 21 or older to reserve. Vacation Unit Code (required by the city of Anaheim): REG 2015 seventy-two
Parking spaces for 2 vehicles in the rear of the home behind gate. The city of Anaheim does not allow street parking per the short-term rental ordinance. Guests with more than 2 vehicles will be fines and evicted without refund.
Our gorgeous Lemon Home is the perfect place for your getaway! Located in a charming neighborhood of the Anaheim historical district, Lemon Home was recently renovated and features hardwood flooring, granite counters, modern finishes and stainless steel appliances. The four bedrooms include:
Bedroom 1: Full/Twin trundle, cable TV
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When you need a break from the California sun, check out your personal game room. You'll find a big-screen TV, foosball and shuffleboard tables and a classic arcade game.
The surrounding area includes a wide variety of theme parks including Disneyland, Universal Studios, Knott's Berry Farm. The Anaheim Packing District, a newly renovated marketplace eatery with unique local flavor is also just a few minutes away. During the summer months, there is a community pool that is sometimes open to the public at Pearson Park, which is across the street from the house. Angel Stadium, Honda Center, restaurants, spas, as well as other outdoor adventures such as wine-tasting and bike trails are at your fingertips.
Topping off your stay is the dedicated Twelve Springs staff available 24/7. Our team will ensure that you have the best vacation experience possible. If you have any requests during your time with us, we're always just a phone call away!
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1. "What Does Netflix Have to Gain from Making Adam Sandler Movies?" Is this another example of the company smartly shaking up the old media order? Or, by expanding beyond TV series, is Netflix messing with a model that's so far worked spectacularly? Vulture's Josef Adalian looks at some oft he questions raised by the Sandler deal.
"Another distinction from HBO: Netflix is calling the Sandler movies 'feature films' rather than 'made-for-TV' or 'made-for-Netflix' movies. In part, that's because the movies will have feature-level budgets and because there's at least a chance they could end up in theaters, too (either in the U.S., or more likely, overseas.) But using that phrase plays into another Netlix strategy, which is to always appear innovative and groundbreaking and thus cool. If you're going to be the next HBO, you better be cool. (That said, we're still dubious about calling these movies features, if only because they're being targeted for at-home viewers. And that's not a slam—not in an age in which Steven Soderbergh makes 'TV movies' starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.)"
2. "Pursuits of Happiness." Cinema Scope's Adam Nayman on Gone Girl.
"Or, in other words: What is it actually like to be married? Gone Girl's portrait of domestic bliss as a kind of personalized thermonuclear détente is glib and obvious, but it's also deeply satisfying, albeit in different ways in two different mediums. In the book, we've spent enough time with Nick the callow, resentful prick—the one who harbours murderous fantasies even if he doesn't act on them—to feel like he at least partially deserves his fate walking on eggshells around his magnanimous gorgon of a wife. The fraudulent façade the mutually loathing couple displays to the world from inside their gilded suburban cage has the ring of poetic justice for both parties. In the movie, where our sympathies are finally torqued more in Nick's direction, Amy's malevolence plays more as a sick joke; I particularly liked how Nick's tabby cat, whose well-being he considers even when he's being arrested for murder one, pointedly sidles up to his returned mommy (probably because that's how things tend to go in my house, too). And the final shot fully consolidates this latter point of view: it's a piece of head-on portraiture à la Kubrick, a woman's face with lowered eyes, simultaneously inviting fear and desire."
3. "John Carpenter Talks About His Storied Filmmaking Career, Creative Differences, and the Term 'Slasher.'" Simon Abrams, for Vulture, chat with the iconic filmmaker.
"[Max] Steiner's music did not disappear. I was comparing Mickey Mouse–ing to the kind of music that I do. Mickey Mouse–ing is what Max Steiner did in King Kong. The footsteps of King Kong are scored: bom-bom-bom. Mickey Mouse–ing is over-scoring. It's what happens today. Everything is over-scored. Minimalist music, a lot of it from my time—'60s, '70s, and '80s. Tangerine Dream did some. The Exorcist's score is another. They weren't Mickey Mouse scores. By Mickey Mouse, I don't mean dumb, or cartoonish, but everything was musically it: footsteps, everything. That's what Steiner was famous for."
4. "10 Great Movies That Appear in 10 Other Great Movies." Jason Bailey explains that, by inserting earlier films into a later one, filmmakers aren't just telling us something about the kind of people who inhabit their stories.
"Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece is a story of transformation—an obsessed detective painstakingly turns the woman he's dating into the woman he lost—so it only makes sense that it would accompany a scene of transformation in Terry Gilliam's wonderful 1995 sci-fi picture. On the run and desperate, James Cole (Bruce Willis) and Kathryn Railly (Madeline Stowe) duck into a movie theater so he can put on a blonde wig and mustache, as Vertigo plays on the screen in front of them. ('It's just like what's happening with us,' Cole says. Ya got that right!) And here's a nice bit of extra trivia: Vertigo was a major influence on filmmaker Chris Marker—specifically his La Jetée, which was the inspiration for (yep) 12 Monkeys."
5. "NYFF's Projections: The Visions Persist." Aaron Cutler explains how, whether experimental, avant-garde, form-breaking, or simply playful, Projections moves forward.
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Villas Marrakech, Gueliz
This neighbourhood, outside of the city walls, was created under the French Protectorate. Etymologically it seems that the name comes from the French word EGLISE (the only Catholic church in the whole of Marrakesh can be found here). The neighbourhood is well laid out, with the impressive Mohamed V Avenue starting at Koutubia and crossing in a diagonal direction across the whole of the new part of the city. Bars, restaurants, cafés, fashionable local and international boutique stores and franchises, discotheques with Moroccan music, and emblematic venues can all be found here. The neighbourhood is truly alive and you will be able to find everything you might be looking for right here.


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Apartment Fire at 901 North Cleveland Avenue
At 8:07 p.m., June 12, 2018, Tuesday evening, Sioux Falls Fire Rescue was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 901 North Cleveland Avenue. Initial reports were that people were running out of the building yelling, "Fire!"
The first-arriving crew reported that they had smoke and flames coming from a second floor window of the three-story apartment building. Additional crews began evacuating the building while fire suppression was initiated. Crews were able to have the fire under control within 15 minutes on scene. The fire was confined to the kitchen of the fire apartment on second floor. There were no injuries reported from either occupants or responders.
Crews continued to work for hours after the fire to remove smoke from all floors and limit the water damage. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. All occupants except for the fire apartment were able to reoccupy their apartments. The American Red Cross was able to assist the displaced family with accommodations.
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded with eight fire trucks, three support vehicles, and 34 firefighters. We were assisted on scene by Metro Communications, Sioux Falls Police, the American Red Cross, Paramedics Plus ambulance, Xcel Energy, and MidAmerican Energy.
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue would like to remind all residents and visitors to have an evacuation plan and practice it regularly.
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Proposing to Open on Saturday, August 9th
My return from travel the first half of July was bitter sweet: brought a nasty sickness that I am slowly recovering from and observed what seems to be a pretty good blueberry crop on the horizon. The outlook is for better yields than the last two years. We have been getting rain, but we still need some regular precipitation if the berries are going to ripen completely.
We anticipate a week later opening than normal. Local strawberries were about a week later than average and whatever caused their slow start (probably the cool start to summer) has likewise affected the rate of maturation of the blueberries.
August 9th is a pretty safe bet, and hopefully the crop will be enough to sustain a few weeks of picking.


text: My stepsister's mother, Marylou, had a mysterious Swedish friend named Erica, she drove a light metallic blue Cadillac Eldorado convertible, so roomy it deserved its own zip code, that car made you happy just to look at it. Although I don't remember Erica ever speaking, on hot summer nights she would drive up and we would all pile in and take a drive with the top down. My stepsisters and I would be in the back seat, listening to WRKO, singing and choreographing our dance moves all the way to Swampscott Beach.


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There is no better way to experience love and
compassion than by helping those in need,
a call Knights answer every day.
Family of the Month – November 2017
Categories: Family of the Month,News & Announcements
Jeff and Frances Miller
The Millers have been Holy Spirit parishioners since early 1988, a few months after Jeff began regularly attending Mass here after taking a job at The Dallas Morning News and scouting out area municipalities. Frances and their four young children followed soon after from their previous home in Jacksonville, Florida. Frances, along with her brother and five sisters, grew up in Jacksonville and attended Catholic schools all the way through high school. Frances and Jeff met at Auburn University — the resident advisor of Jeff's floor in the dorm was dating one of Frances' sisters — and were married in April 1978. Jeff joined the Knights in 1998 at the urging of a fellow DeSoto High band parent, Bill Chalko. Outside of the KC's, Jeff is a "reserve" when the Holy Spirit outreach ministry is looking for a fill-in to help bring Holy Communion to the Catholic patients at Charlton hospital. Frances runs an outpatient surgery center in north Dallas and tries to help when possible. She was able to do so when the council provided a cookout lunch at St. Joseph residence home in Oak Cliff in October.


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A single-day record was reached on Monday when the FBI received more than 200,000 requests for background checks for gun purchases.
A total of 203,086 requests were processed on Black Friday through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, according to USA Today.
Previous single-day records for requests for background checks by the FBI were also set on Black Fridays when, in 2015, 185,345 requests were fielded by the agency, with the number growing in 2016 to 185,713 requests.
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Gun sales surged during the Obama administration amid fears of the enactment of more restrictive gun laws, but the number of background check requests had leveled off in the first months of the Second-Amendment-supporting Trump administration — until Friday.
The new record of background check requests was set just days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review of the NICS system, which processes background checks for all customers seeking to purchase firearms through federally licensed gun dealers.
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Sessions insisted on the review following the failure of the system to prevent court-martialed Air Force veteran Devin Kelley to purchase the rifle used earlier this month to kill 25 people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
Following the shooting, the Air Force admitted that it had not provided the FBI with details of the court martial, which might have prevented Kelley from obtaining a firearm.
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In a Wednesday memo, Sessions directed the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms to determine if other government agencies are failing to report critical information to the NICS.
Sessions also ordered a report detailing the number of times the agencies investigate and prosecute people for lying on applications for gun purchases and a review of the application's format, Fox News reported.
In his memo, Sessions wrote that the NICS database "is critically important to protecting the American public from firearms-related violence."
Sessions insisted that the database is "only as reliable and robust as the information that federal, state, local and tribal government entities make available to it."
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NICS is "critical for us to be able to keep guns out of the hands of those that are prohibited from owning them," Sessions added.
After the shooting at the Texas church, former assistant FBI director Stephen Morris told USA Today that the NCIS system has been compromised by incomplete or outdated information.
While many background checks might indicate a record of arrest, often there is no additional information to indicate whether the case was dismissed or resulted in a felony conviction, which would prohibit an applicant from purchasing a firearm.
"The recent shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, revealed that relevant information may not be getting reported to the NICS," Sessions wrote. "This is alarming and it is unacceptable."
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