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Monday, February 8, 2016
Donald's first TV ad says politics shouldn't be 'in our courts'
Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald is going up with a new TV ad that bemoans politics on our TVs, radios and computer screens and in our mailboxes.
As he mentions politics on "our computer screens," a man shakes his head and shuts a laptop that has a picture of Justice Rebecca Bradley and Gov. Scott Walker.
"But one place it shouldn't be is in our courts," he says in the spot, which his campaign said is slated to begin Tuesday.
Donald then says he's been guided for 20 years by the principle that rich or poor, black or white, Republican or Democrat, "Under the law, we are all the same."
"Politics does not apply," Donald says. "That's why I'm running for the state Supreme Court and why I'm asking for your vote."
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Actress Mariska Hargitay, who portrays a police detective on television, on Monday pledged her support for a real-life crime-fighting effort: quicker testing for a backlog of thousands of rape kits in the Detroit area and across Michigan.
Hargitay, a star of NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," joined Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in announcing legislation at the state level aimed at stopping serial rapists by better identifying and arresting suspects in sexual assault cases through the testing.
For the past few years, Worthy's office has been slowly wading through sexual assault kits recovered in 2009 from a Detroit police storage facility. They contain DNA and other evidence from rape cases, but a majority of the 11,000 kits never were tested in a lab.
Hundreds of thousands of kits are believed to sit untested in police departments across the country.
Testing can bring justice to rape victims, said Hargitay, founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, which works with victims of sexual abuse, child abuse and domestic violence.
The organization has taken on the rape kit backlog issue because the lack of prompt testing "is the clearest and most shocking demonstration of how we regard these crimes in our country," she said.
"Every day in the United States women and men take the courageous step of reporting their rape to the police," Hargitay said. "And because of what those individuals have suffered, their bodies are crime scenes. They're living, breathing, feeling crime scenes from which doctors and nurses collect evidence in a sexual assault collection kit."
The legislation — which Worthy described during a press briefing as a collaboration between police, prosecutors, health care organizations and victims' groups — would provide processes and timelines for rape kit pickup and testing. It also would allow for greater input from victims and seeks to put in place a mechanism to track each kit.
Of 1,600 Detroit kits tested, 59 percent have yielded matches in a federal DNA databank. Worthy said 87 serial rapists have been identified and 10 convictions made.
Some of these kits are "over 25 years old, and we want to make sure we deal with the victims mercifully and honestly," Worthy said. "Our ultimate goal ... when it comes to the legislative side is to identify and apprehend those offenders as soon as possible to stop serial rapists."
The legislation could be introduced later this month.
One of the problems has been a shortage of manpower and funding to do testing.
About $4 million has been earmarked by the state to pay for testing of more than 7,000 of the Detroit kits. Nationally, President Barack Obama is proposing $35 million in the 2015 fiscal year budget to address the testing backlog.
"This federal funding is a direct result of Kym's tireless and relentless work here in Detroit," Hargitay said. "I'm here in Detroit because I think we have an awesome opportunity with someone who knows how to do it. If you do it here in Detroit, the rest of the country can figure it out."
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text: The era of branding in football began for me, in the World Cup 1990, crude and rudimentary, brands began to visualize the potential. The German national team, had the advantage with adidas to support them. Notably the away kit, has a previous design used in last years, strangely the kit that match home version appeared after the World Cup.


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Thursday, September 29, 2011
A Quiet Lazy Day
20 comments:
- email@example.com said...
Happy anniversary, Kathy and Paul! May this be a wonderful day, and may God bless you both with many more happy, healthy years to come.
Gerda in Alberta
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:29:00 AM
- Happy Cottage Quilter said...
Happy Anniversary! I saved my wedding dress too, but it might be a little less white now :-) It looks similar to yours.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:34:00 AM
Happy anniversary to both of you. Now I do feel old Monday is our 52nd. Time sure flies and I don't feel a day older. Enjoy your day with DS he looked so intent in the picture.
Linda in IN
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:49:00 AM
- WoolenSails said...
Happy Anniversary! These are the times when we are just too comfortable in our marriage, so we forget that special day;) Mine just asks what I want, not sure if I like that any better, lol.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:54:00 AM
- Diane H said...
Anniversary Blessings to you. It was our 27th this year as well. Time flies.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:03:00 AM
- Sue said...
Awww. Happy anniversary! 27 years is a happy milestone. Congratulations to you.
And isn't it nice that our children still like to come and visit us (even if their laundry is included in the visit :) ) ?
That cup is lovely and my first thought before I read your statement is that it looked so good on that gorgeous quilt too!
Blessings to you and many more anniversaries :)
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:08:00 AM
- Kathleen Tracy said...
Thank you all for the kind anniversary sentiments! Time really does fly. I may insist on being taken out to dinner tonight.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:23:00 AM
- Impera_Magna said...
Happy anniversary to you both!
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:53:00 AM
- Jane in Wales said...
Happy Anniversary! Perhaps there will be a surprise in the evening.....
The cup is beautiful, and how nice to have DS home!
many blessings to you,
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:31:00 PM
- Colleen said...
Happy Anniversary! I think an evening out to dinner is definitely what you should do. My hub and I are celebrating 27 this year also (December).
That little cup is so precious and my first thought was that it really looked great on that quilt. I also adore cups with little surprises painted on the inside.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:52:00 PM
- Leeanne said...
HAPPY DAYS!! I love your wedding dress, so very pretty.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:52:00 PM
- Jennifer @ Stitchin' Thyme said...
Happy Anniversary!!!!!! Your son is a handsome fella, good that he visits (even if it is just to do laundry).
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:10:00 PM
- Susie Q said...
Happy Anniversary! My husband and I have been together today for 25 years (married for 23 years this year) where does time go? Love the pictures of you and your husband - I love wedding pictures. Hope you had a lovely lazy day.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:29:00 PM
- Beckyjean said...
Happy Anniversary!! Hope it's a good one!!
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:14:00 PM
- Zuly said...
Happy Anniversary!
Zuly Castillo U. - COSTA RICA
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:40:00 PM
- The Civil War Quilter said...
Happy Anniversary! I got a chuckle out of the comment that your son needed his laundry done. My husband always used to say that's the main reason Isaah came home every three weeks. Now he has a washer and dryer and he still comes home. We Moms know they come home for the mothering! Hope your evening is one of surprises.
- Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:06:00 PM
- Quiltbenaco said...
Buon anniversario!!!!
- Friday, September 30, 2011 12:34:00 AM
- Anneliese said...
Lovely, lovely, lovely!!! Super photos. It's ok also without diamonds if DH is a jewel himself, ha, ha.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 3:48:00 AM
Happy Anniversary! I will be celebrating 36 years on Oct. 4th. Such a beautiful time of year for a wedding. Here in northern WI the leaves are almost always at their peak the weekend closest to our day. I have 3 lovely daughters who are all married now and not a single one of them was interested in my wedding dress. Seems they all had ideas of their own. But I do have 3 granddaughters now. Maybe one of them will be into "vintage" by the time they are thinking about it. Do something fun today.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 8:44:00 AM
- Beth said...
Happy Anniversary! Hope you had a lovely day and a nice dinner out.
- Friday, September 30, 2011 12:58:00 PM


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Your ceremony kicks off your wedding day, it's the beginning of the celebrations and everything in it should be authentically you.
By getting to know you, listening to your stories, understanding what's important to you and talking about all the things that make you 'you', we design and create your ceremony together. I ask you a whole lot of questions, we brainstorm ideas and your ceremony starts to evolve. I write your ceremony especially for you, everything in it is authentically you.
If you want your friends and family to really enjoy your ceremony, to feel relaxed, to laugh, cry (happy tears, of course) and be talking about your ceremony long after your wedding day is over, then we need to chat.
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In December, I brought 23 students from National University Of Singapore (NUS) to Chiangmai, Thailand for 3 weeks to do social work and reforestation projects. We planted more than 1,000 fruit, bamboo and teak trees and built water tanks and a shelter. We also spent 1 week at Elephant Nature Park to learn more about elephant care and conservation, and also brought more than 100 kgs of can tabs for the Prostheses Foundation. These will be converted to artificial limbs that are distributed free of charge to anyone who needs them. We had a couple of free days and went trekking, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping and paragliding. All in all, it was a fruitful trip.
We are planning another trip for NUS this year, and also there will be various other projects in the pipeline. - Grant
The butterfly garden at Siglap Secondary School is also taking shape and blossoming, especially the bat lily, lantana, milkweed, cosmos and butterfly plants. We are seeing more varieties of butterflies and the plain tigers have even laid eggs on the milkweed. Here are some pictures:


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BRUNSWICK — Curtis Memorial Library will hold its annual kids book sale on Nov. 16 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Prices on books, tapes and DVDs will range from 50 cents to $1. Donations will also be accepted. Proceeds will benefit the Curtis Kids collection and programs.
Local author and illustrator Charlotte Agell will also be on hand from 10 a.m.-noon to sketch children's portraits.


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Kitties are Not Good to Eat
"This sing-song tour of how NOT to treat a cat, complete with endearing photos of disgruntled felines, is sure to please kids, parents, and their furry overlords alike. The sage advice therein may even serve to avert injuries to toddlers who are still learning the ropes of respectful interspecies interaction."
--Amanda Q.
"A clever catalogue of kitties with witty rhymes that would amuse all ages. Good for sharing with little ones."
--Kate G.
Get your kids to treat cats with respect! This 14-page board book uses tongue-in-cheek humor to teach toddlers that cats need to be treated with gentleness and compassion.
This book is enjoyable for parents, cat lovers, and cat-loving parents. It makes a great baby shower gift or waiting room material at the vet's office.
Parenting isn't easy. It's definitely got its perks, and some days are better than others, but most other jobs don't come with the constant stream of judgment and advice from outsiders. And that's not even counting the self-doubt. "Am I doing a good job?" "Am I doing the right thing for my kids?" For me, I always wonder, "Do I read enough to them?"
While there are some amazing children's books out there, most of the "classics" and thrift store buys gifted to parents by well-meaning relatives are bland. They are often highly repetitive and border on tedious for an adult reader (and don't get me started on the ones intended to bore little ones to sleep). There seems to be a rather low bar to entry in the genre, and quality of writing is often overlooked in favor of quality of illustration.
Since young children can't read to themselves, adults have to do the reading to them. "Kitties are Not Good to Eat" was written with this adult reader in mind. There's no agenda, and it doesn't talk down to children. It's no "War and Peace", but, then again, who wants to read that to a child 87 times? Its humor gives it broad appeal, even to those without children who have a soft spot for our feline friends.
Any parent of toddlers who has pet cats knows that there's a bit of a learning curve for youngsters when it comes to treating cats properly. The average cat is not interested in rough play with a creature twice as large as them, and parents find themselves repeating the same advice over and over. So this book tackles that topic with tongue in cheek, with a slight nod to enduring pop culture icons Steve Martin and Garfield. As a demonstration, the complete list of things cautioned against are: eating, drinking, licking, wearing, riding, juggling, and mailing cats.
Kickstarter is the most popular crowdfunding site on the internet. It's well-established and has a history of bringing great products to reality, including the recent reboot of the children's show "Reading Rainbow". If you aren't familiar with crowdfunding, here's how it works. Usually when people have a great idea, they have to find a small group of investors willing to contribute a large sum of money on their project. Think "Shark Tank" and venture capitalists. With crowdfunding, though, a creator pitches to a large group of backers each willing to contribute a small sum of money on the project. Instead of risking their money on the potential future earnings of a company, however, these backers are often pre-ordering a product before it actually exists. Before it actually can exist. And with Kickstarter's all-or-nothing rule, there's much less risk for backers. Each product has a target amount of money. The creator promises that if that amount is reached, they will make their project and everyone will get the rewards they pledged for. If the target is not reached, backers will not be charged a penny.
To give a concrete example, say you pledge $19 (plus shipping) to the "Kitties are Not Good to Eat" project. If the project succeeds, you will be charged that $19 and once the book has printed, you will receive one copy. If it does not meet its funding goal, you will not be charged a thing. You won't get a book, and I will be sad, but no money will be collected. So if you want a copy of this book, you basically have nothing to lose by pledging.
This project has several levels of rewards available. If you aren't ready to commit to buying a book, but just want to follow along in my journey, you can pledge $1.
All backers for $1 and above will be subscribed to the project's updates via email. Once the project succeeds, my cats and I will make and send a personalized audio message to thank every backer.
All backers for $5 and above will receive a PDF copy of the digital version of the book once that is completed.
All backers for $19 and above will receive a physical copy of the board book once it is printed.
Backers at the $29 level will also receive a second physical copy of the board book.
For backers at the $99 level, I will create a custom video of myself reading the board book to you or a loved one. My cats have not signed on at this level, but they may be convinced if catnip is involved.
For backers at the $249 level, I will create a custom poster. You send me a photograph of your pet (or any other image you have the rights to reproduce) and I will write a four-line poem to go with it in the style of the ones in the book. The poem will be laid out on the photo in a manner similar to the book's pages. You will receive a digital copy of this poster, as well as a printed 11" x 17" copy of it. I am open to requests and other types of inspiration regarding the poem's content, as well as images that don't quite fit the 11x17 dimensions.
In the interest of simplifying the rewards levels, some options have been included as add-ons. To add one of these to your order, increase the total of your pledge by the indicated amount. You may either contact me with the information about your desired add-on, or enter it in the survey that will be sent to you when the Kickstarter succeeds.
For $1 more at any pledge level with physical books, you can have any or all books signed by the author.
For $9 more at any pledge level, I will donate a copy of the board book to a library or non-profit local to me in San Diego. I am open to suggestions but cannot guarantee the specific organization it will go to. These can be signed or not, at your request.
If there is any other option you are interested in, please contact me!
Distributors and resellers, please contact me personally to discuss bulk discounts.
You should receive anything physical by the end of November, 2018. If you're impatient to read something I wrote before then, check out my blog!
Once my Kickstarter project is funded, I will begin work with the book designer who has worked on the cover and the two spreads shown on this page. We will complete the layout for the rest of the pages in the book, and then it will be sent off to the printer. Since it will be printed internationally, there may be delays in printing based on local holidays, or in shipping to the centralized distribution hub due to any number of reasons. This the largest publishing project I have done, so I have allotted much more time than the printer estimates for this process. It is my belief that this conservative timeline is the worst case scenario and everyone will receive their rewards earlier.
Here is my projected timeline:
Thank you so much for taking a look at my project. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Also, thanks to the following people for their creations:
"Cat for Dinner" by Luca Serazzi is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Demonstration of power, pt. 2" by Marcin Wichary is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Pile o' Kittens" by jjmusgrove is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
cat sitting by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Doctor by UNiCORN from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
cat walking by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Keyboard by Llisole from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Cat Search by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Cat Phone by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Cat calculator by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Cat Rolling by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Cat Purring by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
chat by Mun May Tee from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Video by iconsphere from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Book cat by Raider of Gin is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Book Mockup Free Square, Angle 2 from srvalle.com.
iPad ebook mockup from PIXEDEN.
Poster mockup is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.5.
Cat Agent by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Gemini Cat by Denis Sazhin from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Modified from original.
Autograph by Royyan Wijaya from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Library by Setyo Ari Wibowo from the Noun Project is licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Risks and challenges
All content for the book is already written, chosen, and edited. All that remains is finishing the book design (this is already about 1/3 complete) and printing and shipping the books. The remaining work is not complicated, and the estimated timeline is rather conservative. If any delays are encountered, this will be clearly communicated in the updates.
The majority of the images used in the book are licensed via Creative Commons and were found through Flickr or Pixabay. Since users on these sites can be anonymous, it is possible that any of these photos could be owned by someone other than the person who posted them and might be copyrighted. The internet has been searched in an attempt to rule out other claims to ownership of these photos. If someone is able to prove that they are not under Creative Commons, the owner will be contacted in an attempt to come to an agreement with them regarding compensation. I have already contacted all but one of the photographers.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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In mid-1986, the NME released a mail-order cassette mix of 22 samples from indie groups, several of whom (The Wedding Present, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Primal Scream, The Soup Dragons, etc.) would go on to bigger things. Last year, Cherry Red—that love-struck curator of eighties British indie—rereleased the influential C86 on CD and expanded it to include fifty additional like-minded artists.
Of course, 1986 was just one year in a lengthy and key pop era, so a fantasy follow up imagining what a C87 tape might have been is both logical and welcome. Like Cherry Red comps past, such as the expanded C86 and Scared to Get Happy, C87 shows how far beyond mere Smiths-worship late-eighties UK indie set its sites. Yes, there are a few Morrissey worshipers here, but there's also The Sea Urchins' sighing and swooning, The House of Love's bluesy garage rock, The Bachelor Pad's brain-busting Barrett psych, The Vaselines' ear-bleeding bubblegum, The Inspiral Carpets' lo-fi ambience, The Flatmates' bouncing pop, I, Ludicrous' straight-faced piss taking, etc.
All of those artists are featured on the gem of C87's three discs. Its second disc moves in a somewhat more consistently mainstream pop direction (though it houses some truly standout tracks, such as Pop Will Eat Itself's fierce "Sweet Sweet Pie"). Disc Three begins as an antidote to those slicker sounds with a full-wallow in dissonance and discordance. More adventurous listeners will welcome Dog Faced Hermans, Gaye Bikers on Acid, A Witness, and the rest as palette cleansers (in the same sense that lye is a palette cleanser). More melodically inclined listeners should not bale on C87, though, because beginning with 14 Iced Bears' "Like a Dolphin", Disc Three starts moving in more accessible territory again, and by Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes' "I'm Up Here", the set hits another lovely, jangly stride. Sometimes hard rocking, sometimes twee, sometimes pretty, sometimes skronky, sometimes Smithsy, C87 sums up the breadth of '86/'87 British indie with Cherry Red's inimitable knowledge of and sympathy for that era. You may not like it all, but you're guaranteed to discover a lot you'll love.


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"We want you to come work for us", said the man on the phone.
This was the turning point I had been waiting for. All these years, all my knowledge and experience had come down to this.
So I drove on down the road apiece to a hospital that was part of my past and present, and now to be my future. I knew this place well, and its people I loved and admired was to become a new family in a short while. When I walked into the lab, I saw it with new eyes, as I had never really seen it before. Having accepted the position I had dreamed about, fretted about, worried about, and ultimately decided I wanted more than anything, I viewed the lab as my own now.
SUPERVISOR. MANAGER. It had finally come to this. I was ready for this opportunity and prepared to take on additional responsibility. The hospital I was currently working at would be very hard to leave, true. So I decided to stay there PRN as I would pour my time and energy into the new place.
I have big shoes to fill. I am taking the helm from an excellent med tech who has been there for FORTY years in the same hospital as manager. He is known, loved, and admired by every employee in the hospital. He can never really be replaced, but I will do my best to uphold the standards he has set and to improve on them even more. It was hard holding back the tears last week at his retirement party, as I never saw this day coming six years ago when I first walked in the door and he gave me a chance. He waited for me to move from another town, and gladly took me under his wing. We had an instant rapport. He will be missed, but it's nice knowing he's just down the road if I should ever need him or just want to shoot the breeze with him. I told him that old techs never die, they just go on to play more golf, which I am sure he will be doing with relish. He will also have more time for those "honey-dos" around the house I am sure his wife will have lined up for him. He deserves this. It is his time.
Now it is also my time. My time to put my accumulation of skills to the test. Not only will I be responsible for the hospital laboratory and its personnel, but also the clinic lab within the hospital, the lab contracts for two nursing homes, three additional outpatient clinics (including one in another town), and a phlebotomist stationed at yet another clinic in town. A huge responsibility I will strive every day to meet.
It will be a challenge, for sure. The biggest challenge, though? Trying to switch gears to become a day person after a couple of decades of working almost solely nights. My family likes my new schedule, and it no doubt will do both them and myself a world of good. But lots of coffee will be a requirement. So tomorrow, as I begin my first day on the job, my primary goal will be to set up a coffee pot in the lab, and make a coffee bar of sorts for myself and employees, with flavorings, cups, sugar, creamer, etc. Hard to believe this lab doesn't even have a coffee pot, but it will now.
One goal to meet tomorrow. Then the real work begins. I have set many goals for myself and my lab, some small, some large. They will be achieved as fully as possible. I am realistic; I know some will, and some won't. But you know what will happen if one doesn't even try? NOTHING. And I've never been a person to settle. I am excited, anxious, happy, and a little apprehensive as I wade into uncharted waters here. But I know what I know, and have had many years to build on. If I don't know enough to run a lab by now, I never will.
So, it was with great joy that I accepted the opportunity presented me. After all, who knows when the opportunity might present itself again? The road of my career has taken so many twists and turns, and there were many forks along the way, prompting me to decide which way to go - left or right? Or perhaps through the pasture, where there WAS no road, whereupon I constructed my own? This chance felt right and I am so lucky to have so many supportive people behind me who have NEVER told me I couldn't do something. So I - I chose the road less traveled. I have a feeling I am in for the ride of my life. I intend to savor every moment.


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An epitome of convenience, comfort and safety, your car should be the safest bet on your life. It also reflects your personal style, knack for good technology and passion for driving. As a car owner, you may have different needs from your car, be it basic life needs like driving to good restaurants or spending the day out with your family or adventure drives with your friends, vacation with spouse or even those rare, luxury drives to the grocery market or an old friend's house as a retiree.
Whatever be your need, safety is the utmost priority when behind the wheels. But bumpy, uneven roads and misty weather can be the biggest blockages in a safe drive. Besides, adventure trails have their own nightmarish tales of a deadly mix of frozen dirt and ice and hairpin turns.
The only protection that you can have when inside your car is with seat belts and airbags in the case of a collision. At most, there are Anti-lock Braking Systems and Electronic Stability Control for a greater steering control but none of this can prevent an accident. Some futuristic technologies, however, can. Autonomous systems which include Pilot Assist and Comprehensive Collision Avoidance Technology can help your car get into an autopilot-like mode in places where the traffic is regulated.
These futuristic concepts have begun to be integrated in "all roads, all weather" cars like Volvo with Intellisafe technologies that allow an Adaptive Cruise Control, 360 degrees surround view, Driver Alert Control, Lane Keeping Aid Senses, Cyclist Detection systems and Intersection Braking functions – taking care of your safety and enabling better vehicular mechanism while on the road.
Maneuvering your Volvo in tight spaces is simple as is changing lanes while ensuring safety for everyone on the road.
Volvo's ambitious 'Drive Me Project' 100 Volvo self-driving cars on the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, owned and operated by real people will now let your car do the job for you, making your journey relaxed, safe and productive. Through this project, the Sweden-based carmaker pledges a VISION of Zero Fatalities in a NEW Volvo from 2020, mirroring the Sweden Government's initiative to get rid of traffic mishaps.
Volvo plans to reach this unique and unusual goal by meticulously tracking the fatalities and injury rates in its cars and subsequently making improvements in vehicle engineering. Its partnership with the Sweden government to work towards improving the urban infrastructure bolsters its presence as Sweden's safest and most reliable brand.
Volvo's own safety R & D Facility, Volvo Cars Safety Centre further vouches for the car brand's safety innovations, especially with its effort to carry out advanced crash tests replicating most of the real-life traffic scenarios. Volvo Cars also perform crash tests in a unique crash test simulator using a reinforced car body with the actual interior that is to be tested. About a hundred crash test dummies of different types representing men, women and children of different sizes, weights and ages are used for different purposes and situations like the rear end and frontal crash test dummies. Gladly, the cars top all these crash tests in most of the judging parameters.
Volvo's long-term prospects make you re-think how pivotal safety is when travelling while inspiring innovations that revolutionize your journey and add up to your driving experience, features that every car owner instinctively desires for!
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2010 Fantasy Football Sleeper Spotlight: Early Doucet
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A typical fantasy football league consists of 12 teams nine starters (QB, two RBs, three WRs, TE, K, D) and anywhere from five to seven bench players. If you go with the latter bench allotment, you're looking at 16 roster spots or 192 draft picks. By that definition, any sleeper should have an average draft position about 180 or lower.
Arizona Cardinals WR Early Doucet sports an ADP of 263 according to Mock Draft Central. That would make him the eleventh pick of the 21st round and somewhere around the 85th WR taken. That would make him a WR7 in 12-team leagues, or most likely not on a roster.
I feel he has the upside to warrant taking a chance on him much earlier in fantasy drafts. For starters, he showed big play potential in last year's playoffs combining for 14 catches for 145 yards and 2 TDs in the Cardinals' win over Green Bay and loss to the Saints.
Not only that, but Anquan Boldin has moved on to Baltimore, meaning Doucet should have a bigger role in the offense. Obviously Larry Fitzgerald will be the primary target and Breaston will likely continue to be the deep threat. Doucet should see a big bump in targets working the slot.
Life would be better for all of the Cardinal WRs if Kurt Warner hadn't hung up his cleats, but I feel Leinart will be solid. He's had time to mature and learn the offense under one of the best QBs to ever play.
They have some solid match-up against the Rams twice, the Seahawks twice, the Raiders (he won't have to face Asomugha), Bucs, and Chiefs. Their schedule helps his cause.
I'm not saying you should count on him as a WR4 even, but he could put up those kind of numbers. I'm just saying I would take a chance on him over some of the players who on average have gone before him in drafts. I'm talking about guys like Chansi Stuckey, Michael Jenkins, Armanti Edwards, Torry Holt, Troy Williamson, Sam Hurd, Juaquin Iglesias, Damian Williams etc.
Prediction: 65 catches, 800 yards, 4 TDs
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STEEP TEA: Elizabeth Bishop
What to say about Elizabeth Bishop that has not already been said? What I find most valuable in Bishop is her strangeness, in poems such as "The Man-Moth," "First Death in Nova Scotia" and "Sestina." These poems are strange, it seems to me, because they retain a childlike innocence that all of us lose by growing up. Even the famous observational powers have something of childish wonder in them, as if the world is seen by a precocious child.
I wrote several poems in response to her work, but in the end only two made it into my book STEEP TEA. My poem "The Clocks" tries for Bishop's tone of astonishment. In her early poem "Paris 7 A.M.," the child-speaker makes "a trip to each clock in the apartment." It is so characteristic of her to describe her movements inside the confined space as trips. More, she has to check whether every clock in the apartment tells the same time, as if half-expecting some discrepancy, some fissure in time. This idea inspired my recall in my poem of a trip to Changi airport in Singapore, when I stood before the wall of world clocks, "all different and all right."
Her poems chart a love of travel, but also a skepticism about its value. Most potently, in "Questions of Travel," she asks, "Think of the long trip home. / Should we have stayed at home and think of here?" My poem "Kinder Feelings" is my personal reply to her question. When I first arrived in the States, I took the airport bus to Grand Central Terminal, where I would catch a train to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville. I still remember my intense excitement standing in the middle of the grand hall, pushed here and there by the peak-hour commuter rush. I was where I longed to be, but, as Bishop knew, the moment of arrival is always backward-looking too. My poem ends with the patently naive attempt to find Singapore in the train timetables. Strangeness. Wonder is a bottomless well.


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We opened an Tech incident with Novell on the following problem:
Using ZEN 1.1 w NetWare 4.11 Client 3.10 for Win95 we were unable to capture net printers using an added action within a WS Policy. The capture would seemingly run as the User Logged in but the capture would not hold.
The Support technician said that this was a problem attributed to a DOS shell in Windows not holding the capture command. They said that this was something out of their control and would not be resolved anytime soon.
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I've never claimed to be a fashion analyst and I certainly don't claim to be one now. Fashion week always brings me tremendous inspiration to my everyday looks, and so this year again I concentrated on the wearable fashion. Here are my favorite designers and three favorite looks from their collections that really caught my eye (not in order):
1. Moon Young Hee
This was absolutely one of my favorite women's wear collections by far. Firstly, because I'm all about wearable fashion, and I could have found myself wearing any of his pieces shown on the cat walk.
Smart collars, lace up derbies, and fur. Skirt length to the knee. Very current, yet so timeless. I've been looking for a soft knit dress like on the far right to easily throw on my way to the library or the mall.
3. Louis Vuitton
Ahh, I am absolutely obsessed. Pointy toe ankle boots everywhere. Inspiration overload. I love the play with pattern and texture. This collection had some serious edge to it.
4. Iris Van Herpen
Pencil skirts meet "net" stilettos. The collection embraces womanhood with pieces that are sexy yet scream power. Also big emphasised collars were shown in this collection as well. I didn't love everything in the collection as Iris Van Herpen played a lot with shapes and pattern that wear more exotic to the eye. However, the ones I did like (including the three looks below) definitely raised IVH to one of my absolutely favorite designers. This collection was made to the ultimate power woman.
5. Chanel
Chanel was literally the queen of pattern. The collection incorporated some wild combinations of different patterns and colors. The checkers and plaid were very much dominant in that scheme. This was one of the collections that visibly depicted strong influences from the 60's. After seeing the collection, I'm bound to buy the first long plaid coat I set my eyes to.
6. Shiatzu Chen
Shiatzu Chen brought a refreshing pop of pink and red from Japan. I'm especially obsessed with look on the far right. The polished/shiny leather seems to be in this fall. You can also achieve a similar look buy buying the nude or black rain coat from Zara, which conforms to the same look. Also, hallelujah at metallic shoes and pointy toe!
7. Chloé
Nothing gets my attention like mid-thigh dresses/skirts with boots. I loved the soft textures and the romanticism of this collection. Lacey dresses, oversized sweaters, long wool coats that drag the ground, and 70's hippie vibe. In general I was very pleased with it all.
8. Sonia Rykiel
Ok, first of all, LOVED the library theme... I had such a hard time choosing my favorite looks from this collection but I chose these because a) I've been to converted to the religion of blue one-pieces now, b) once again we see knee high socks on the catwalk, which seems to be a pattern this year, and c) The metallic color seems to be another popular trend that has been manifesting itself in different forms.
9. John Galliano
And once again we have the hem of long wool coats majestically reach the ground. John Galliano surprised me very positively. I'd even go on to say that he was one of my favorite designers of the week.
10. Léonard
I think the main reason why I loved this collection was because he had so many all-white looks. I'm obsessed with all-white looks as of now... (Currently wearing all white)
+ 1 Balenciaga
I loved the play on black and white and plaid as a unifying arch over the whole collection. The edgy style was juxtaposed with fancy earrings and a formal classy bun.
In a few final words, the trends of next fall include a lot of plaid, black and white, high necks, metal, and long luscious trench and wool coats. I loved Valentino, and Alexander McQueen as the collections were ultra dramatic and high fashion. I was a little bit disappointed in Celine and Acne Studios but I'm pretty sure that was just me.
Who was your FW favorite this year?
*All Pictures via fashionlovealex.files.wordpress.com*


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Many students in Nepal dream about becoming an engineer. Engineering studies attracts quite a good number of Nepalese students every year.
In Nepal, there are quite a good number of colleges that offer engineering courses in various parts of the country. Till date, most of the engineering students admitted in those colleges are from Nepal. Candidates, to be eligible for admission to the engineering colleges in Nepal, should at least pass the Intermediate in Science or diploma in engineering or its equivalent.
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Civil and Rural Engineering are some of the popular engineering courses in Nepal. While the Bachelor in Architecture course is of 5 years duration, other bachelor degree courses are of 4 years duration. Some engineering colleges in Nepal also offer Masters and Ph.D courses.
Engineering courses are run under one of the following universities in Nepal:
|Institute of Engineering(IOE), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Notice
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After receiving an university degree in engineering, you need to be registered to Nepal Engineering Council(NEC) to work as an Engineer inside Nepal. NEC provides the engineers with the unique identity number(license) according to their field of engineering. In order to be registered to NEC, university degree must be from a university recognized by the council.


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Shelley Duvall Has Resurfaced…..On Dr. Phil
Shelley Duvall's last acting role was in a 2002 movie called Manna From Heaven and she retired from Hollywood right after making it. The National Enquirer said a few years ago that Shelley was living in Blanco, TX and was seriously suffering from mental illness. Shelley's neighbors supposedly said that they've seen her shuffle around town and talk to herself about the aliens that are living in her body. ("Hmmm, why does that sound familiar?" said anybody who's read about Scientology.) Shelley allegedly thought that a hole in her backyard was a portal to another dimension and believed she could communicate with the aliens by flashing her car lights. Shelley has been THROUGH. IT. Well, I guess the smarmy rotten egg we all call Dr. Phil doesn't think that she's been through enough, because he got her to look at his punchable face for a long period of time while interviewing her.
Shelley is on Friday's Dr. PhuckedUp and the show burped up a preview where she says that her Popeye co-star Robin Williams is alive and is a shape-shifter and that the Sheriff of Nottingham has been threatening her. Shelley says in the clip that she needs help, and the smug potato says to her, "Well, that's why I'm here." Dr. Phil is really there for the ratings, but in his defense, when someone says the word "help" he hears the word "exploit," so he's telling the truth.
I've been waiting and waiting for a Shelley Duvall comeback, but this is not what I had in mind. But you know, we've been living in the Upside Down and so anything can happen. Maybe Dr. PhullOfShit will cause us all to throw up out of shock and he'll actually help Shelley. Maybe in a year we'll be able to say that Dr. Phil was good for something when Faerie Tale Theatre is brought back and Shelley will be doing this again:


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Back in the last century when I autocrossed regularly, all my 'Vette competition used 'big-block' brackets for the rods running below the halfshafts to the diff frame mount. They said it worked better than the higher mounted smallblock setup by lowering the CG, regardless of what powerplant they used. Gen 2 Corvairs use essentially the same rear suspension and they also had a lower mount bracket for autocross.
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Those changed the height of the inner (differential) attachment point for the lower control arms? I didn't know there was a big-block-versus-small-block difference, nor do I understand why they would want to make that distinction ... but be that as it may, lowering the inboard attachment point for the lower control arm will lower the roll center (not the center of gravity), and reduce the amount of camber change with suspension movement. I'm not sure how it will affect toe change with suspension movement.
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It's been one month since the final episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist aired on Bravo. For those who don't know, I was one of four regular judges on the show, which, much like Project Runway or Top Chef, asked fourteen aspiring artists to compete for $100,000 and an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. I'm told the show got bigger ratings than Project Runway in its first season (whatever that means), and blogs have reported that the network is committed to a second season. (If that's true, I haven't been contacted yet. Hello?)
Should Work of Art return, prepare for a collective shriek of horror. The art world, for the most part, despised the show, describing it as, among other things, a disaster for art. The New York Times reported that a Brooklyn Museum trustee resigned in part because of the museum's partnership with Bravo. Blogs blasted me as a sellout and fraud; one called the show a glitter-dipped, shellacked turd (sounds like a Chris Ofili painting); another said it promulgates a massive deception that out-deceives all other reality programs. (Take that, Fox News!) William Powhida, whose pointed cartoons of the art world were on my 2009 top-ten list, complained that being on my list was now more like an anchor around my ankle than a life raft.
My friend the critic Linda Yablonsky typified the sometimes-schizophrenic reaction. After she'd asked what prompted someone of his standing to degrade himself this way, I spied her willingly being filmed by Bravo at Work of Art's first opening. When she saw me, she darkly chided, I hope you find what you're looking for, Jerry. Assuming her moment on-camera meant Yablonsky was looking for something, too, I asked, Would you be interested in being a guest judge? She eagerly replied, Yes!
These are effete versions of the old saw that says TV causes violence. Only this time, TV wasn't bad for children; it was bad for artand so was I. Turns out that hysteria about the collapse of cultural values is not exclusively the purview of the right. But none of it is unexpected. The art world has a love-hate relationship with visibility, entertainment, and anything populist. It claims to be open but relentlessly polices its borders for anything as alien as this TV show was bound to be.
Yet Bravo had me at hello. The show appealed to my belief that art only got better once the boundaries between high and low culture were relaxed, most famously by Andy Warhol, then by countless others. It also satisfied my hunger to try new things; my demons that demand I dance naked in public; and my desire to see if art criticism is supple and porous enough to be practiced on a wider stageeven if this stage distorted that practice. German sculptor Joseph Beuys famously said, Everyone is an artist. I wondered if all of our interconnectivity and social networking also made everyone a critic. For me, criticism is a way of showing respect for art; I wanted to share that respect with a large audience and see if it would reciprocate.
I also did the show because I thought it would be funanother thing the art world tends to disdain. And it was, a lot of the time. I loved being around other people rather than writing in isolation. I really liked my co-judges, gallerists Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Bill Powers, and host China Chow. (I also enjoyed the free foodenough to gain twelve pounds.) And I got to meet Bravo-lebrities like the Housewives of New Jersey, who seemed irritated by the question: You all carry guns, right?
I certainly did not do it for the moneyI made in the midthree figures per episodeor the hours. The show was shot in a three-story building in the West Forties that had been transformed by Bravo into a reality-show factory. We never interacted with the artists except when we were viewing their finished assignments or critiquing them. (My only off-camera encounter happened at 3:30 a.m., after taping an episode. A van pulled up next to me with some very tired-looking people. At first I thought they were prisoners being transported for morning court dates, until one of them gave me the finger. It was Erik, one of the more contentious contestants. He later called another contestant an art pussy, so I was glad I didn't give him the finger back.)
One odd part of watching the show was the way things appeared to unfold slowly, over months. In reality, nine episodes were shot in rapid succession. That explains the exhaustion visible on the artists' faces. (I later learned one was on steroids; one suffered anxiety attacks; a third said she'd been put into pre-pre-menopause.)


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The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.
- A roadside bomb targeted a high ranking ministry of health official in Al Waziriyah, injuring three civilians and one policeman. - Around 3 p.m. gunmen stole 300 million Iraqi dinars and a car that was carrying the salaries of electricity department employees.
- Police found three bodies in Baghdad, in Shaab, Doura and Atifiya.
- Gunmen attacked a check point manned by a local tribal anti Qaeda group in Al Baaj, 120 Kilometers west of Mosul. One checkpoint guard was killed and three others were injured. Three attackers were killed.
Diyala - A suicide car bomb exploded in Baquba, injuring three civilians. - Qaeda gunmen attacked an Iraqi police station in Zaghaniyah town, 10 km north of Baquba. Three policemen and one gunman were killed, Iraqi police said.
Babil - The Babil province governor survived an assassination attempt when gunmen attacked his convoy as he was heading to Baghdad.
Karbala - A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army convoy in Sariha area, injuring one officer and a soldier.
Erbil - Turkish warplanes attacked at least five villages of Qalat Diza, about 180 kilometers northeast Sulaimaniyah, killing one civilian and injuring five others, Kurdish officials said.


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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Cruz Azul were held 2-2 at bottom of the table UNAM Pumas but it was enough to seal a Mexican Apertura championship playoff quarter-final with Toluca.
The Blue Machine went two up at the Olimpico in Mexico City on Sunday with goals from Argentine striker Mariano Pavone after 49 minutes and Christian Gimenez three minutes later.
But the Pumas hit back with late goals from Roberto Ramirez after 74 minutes and Alfonso Nieto on 84, leaving Cruz Azul in fourth place in the final league standings, from which the top eight qualify for the knockout rounds.
Cruz Azul will meet fifth-placed Toluca, who boast the championship's top scorer in Paraguayan Pablo Velazquez with 12 goals, in the quarter-finals with the first legs scheduled for November 23 and 24.
The other last-eight clashes have defending champions America, who finished top of the league table, facing eighth-placed UANL Tigres, Santos Laguna against Queretaro and former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez's Leon meeting Morelia.
"We're not afraid of America, we have gone to the Azteca stadium before and won, although we've had more trouble at home," Tigres' Mexico defender Carlos Salcido told reporters.
Tigres recently handed America one of their two defeats in the 17 matches of the league phase with a 1-0 victory at home but the champions were under strength.
The start of the title knockout rounds was purposely scheduled for after the second leg of Mexico's intercontinental World cup playoff against New Zealand on November 20.
Mexico face the playoff, with the first leg on Wednesday, under America's coach Miguel Herrera who will return to his club side in time for the quarter-finals.
When Herrera was appointed to the national team on October 18, on loan from his club, he took ten America players with him for the Mexico squad, the champions having already secured their last-eight place.
Tijuana, who won their first ever league title in the Apertura a year ago, lost all chance of sneaking into the last eight when they crashed 5-0 at Leon, whose Argentine striker Mauro Boselli scored four.
The border town club and their Argentine coach Jorge Almiron parted ways by mutual consent on Sunday, Tijuana said in a statement.
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Saturday, September 20, 2014
Youths abducted off buses and forced into narco recruitment
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- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 11:29 AM
The gulf cartel is getting desperate bunch of pussys nobody wants to join them now they are forcing young people to do itReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 11:38 AM
This is very reminiscent of the 2011 San Fernando massacre (even in the same area), except that now that Z40 is not in charge, they just recruit instead of making the passengers fight each other to the death.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 12:32 PM
Hope those who were forcibly recruited shot those cartel members the first opportunity they got once armed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 2:13 PM
They will force them to kill each other and those left will join them or they'll kill innocent people and hold that against them. And sometimes they handcuff them to the wheel and make them drive. They are left to die when everyone leaves the car. And law enforcement kills them. And sometimes they make them load ammo into clips , while they battle it out. And a bunch of other uses they have for them. It's modern day slavery. Narco-esclavos they feed them nothing but tostadas and water. When they punish their bosses they'll keep them in a kennel for months and feed them a fistful of dog kibble so they don't poop a lot.ReplyDelete
That's the narco lifestyle of today. It's certainly nothing to be proud of.
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 2:15 PM
It used to be that only Zs resorted to this shit. now cdg also.ReplyDelete
but the worse is lfm and ct they kidnap kids from their homes. especialy indigenous kids that no one in mexico gives a rata ass about.
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 2:23 PM
How do you know it was cdg?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 3:04 PM
"They attribute forced recruiting in Tamaulipas, is due to infighting in criminal organizations and the battle between the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, said the recruitment National Anti-kidnapping Coordinator, Renato Sales Heredia."ReplyDelete
NO, NO, NO this isn't the reason. The real reason is more Ominous is just my opinion. Hint: Mexicans have hardly been known to come up with original ideas most are copy cats. I'll let you figure it out, hopefully I'm wrong.
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 3:07 PM
the 72 migrants killed in Tamaulipas after refusing to work for zetas. I have always wondered if any said yes just to buy time, but couldn't follow through with killing the others. the survivor said they would not give information about their relatives.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM
It was the mexican army that murdered the 72 imigrants. The zetas just got the blame for it.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2014 at 11:15 AM
No, the zetas did it and you want to blame the army.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2014 at 11:38 AM
Actually it was the army dressed as civiliansDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 3:44 PM
whats wrong with this people if they are so bad why do this.or they don't got the balls to do it them self all that fighting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 4:40 PM
this is happening in the same country that is pressing charges against Hannah MontanaReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 4:43 PM
Zetas power struggleReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM
Wake up Mexico before you become like the Middle East!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Wake up united states before you become Nazi Germany.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM
Beheadings? Indiscriminate murders, killing of children! WTF?Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2014 at 11:23 PM
What ever happened to having the balls to be a real man! Mexico is overrun by cowards!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2014 at 8:53 AM
You're illogical, fallacy of insufficient sample.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2014 at 7:05 PM
12:23 chata!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 2:32 AM
How do they ensure that these kids will be loyal. sounds like they are gonna send them on suicide missions. if not they will have a bunch of unloyal soldiers who will run or turn on them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 3:06 AM
In Nvo laredo is happened the samethingReplyDelete
Watch out youth dudes , forced to ride or die
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 5:41 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHA :-))))))ReplyDelete
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this is happening in the same country
that is pressing charges against Hannah Montana"Replies
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 9:19 AM
Lock her up!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 5:58 PM
Who? Hannah Man...tana?Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 9:51 AM
The guilty always pointing fingers away from themselves, manuel cavazos lerma, el chamuco mayor de tamaulipas, is to be blamed, he started all this rigmarole, and now enjoys the glories of living in la capital as a federal senator in charge of making look legal the rape of pemex and the mexicans and pena nieto's pretty boy...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 11:42 AM
Nazi Germany? Is that why every Ex Mexican president and politician, except Fox retires in the USA? You would think with all the beautiful beaches and beautiful mountains they would stay in Mexico. They used Mexico to steal the money and then retire where they can rub shoulders with Americans and live the good life, and safely. The president here in Mexico just bought a 7 million dollar jet. He said it was for official use. I believe his wife just used it to go on an expensive shopping spree in Paris. While I am driving around the main roads here in Chihuahua City dodging giant pot holes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 9:45 PM
Pinchis proles, le tienen envidia al presidente y a la segunda primera dama de segunda mano de mexico, porque la gaviota ya estaba bien ponchada y tenia muchas pero muchas millas en el mofle, aparte de que le cabian unas antenas parabolicas... ver: yo lleve a la gaviota a prostituirse a televisa desde los 14 años/youtubeReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2014 at 2:04 AM
9:53 it would be "logical" to post the time you are answering to troll around, now we don't know what your problem is, or wi who...ReplyDelete
8:30 z40 said he did not order that massacr in tamaulipas, and tat the boys got carried away, but that he himself killed those guys who ficked up there, so much for your LATE excuse of a blaming the army; tearing down people's houses seems to be one of the favorite tactics of z40, like he did in the coahuila massacre and to the house of el taliban z50 in fresnillo zac, tear down the house...
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The post's been and guess what...
No response to my request (as required in law) for information on income, constitution and trustees) yet from WADF at 16 Thurso Street Wick KW1 5LF.
Maybe tomorrow, eh?
The post's been and guess what...
No response to my request (as required in law) for information on income, constitution and trustees) yet from WADF at 16 Thurso Street Wick KW1 5LF.
Maybe tomorrow, eh?
Working On Behalf Of The Community!
Tubthumper, I have read with great interest this thread and your efforts in trying to get to the truth as regards what has become of the £100k + that was collected by this committee from the people of Caithness through the promises of new football stadiums, sports centres etc.
I was part of a group that tried and failed to get some answers 5-6 years ago. One thing I would say concerning your request for information to the Thurso street address is that when a similar request was submitted years ago from memory we eventually got a reply advising there would be a charge to cover admin costs before anything is sent. I think the charities regulator allow such a charge as long as it is reasonable! So you can probably prepare for something similar.
Tubthumper - did you put a postal order in the envelope with your request?
Gollach - No postal order included, I wouldn't expect a local charity to pull a stunt like that!
Allan T - I gather that you never managed to find out what was going on 5 or 6 years ago? Did anyone ever see the report the OSCR made?
Anyway, guess what... you're right, nothing in the post from WADF today. But there's always tomorrow!
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Post's just been, nothing again. [Sighs]. But I notice that this thread, with its mere 24 posts, has had over 2700 views. That says to me that a lot of people are interested. And that the WADF 'committee' should be paying attention to what their community is thinking.
So rather than just me banging on about it every day, why doesn't everyone who wants the WADF to reveal what it's doing put a little post on here. Just 'I want to know' would be good.
Never mind being critical, let's just see how many orgers are actually interested in the £100 000+ that we all donated for the good of our community.
(And don't be scared, I'm sure they're good guys really)
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Is there a time limit whereby they're supposed to give you this info Tubs? i'd suggest they're going to ignore it for as long as they possibly can, given the track record they have.
Mark me down as having an interest.
I would like to know!
I want to know'
The world is a system its only how you work the sytem that counts...............
I would like to know to .
If after a certain time there is No reply from WADF the office of the OSCR will be able to take the matter up on your behalf and get the required answers.
Mark me down as an interested observer.
I'm surprised they have allowed this situation to develop, after all, if they are going to be as obfuscatory about this issue as they would appear, then no wonder people come up with 'worst-case' scenarios.
If there's nothing to hide, there's nothing to fear from informing the public.
"It makes my blood burn with metal energy..."
Myself and members of my family have purchased hundreds of pounds worth of WADF tickets in the past, and we would also like to know whats to hide.
I would like to know more as I have also bought many of these tickets.
Its a bit rich that someone from this organisation is watching the org to see what is being posted ( just post something a little close to the bone and Bill will soon get a phone call to prove it ) but will not take five minutes to log on and put people right on what has happened or not to their donations.
The shroud of secrecy just adds to the air of mystery surrounding this organisation.
Yes Alice it certainly makes you wonder what is going on - everything should be open and above board but having things secret and not answering questions makes me want to question any answers that may be forthcoming and want to know the answer to all and any questions put to the SECRET committee.
I want to know too - when i lived in Caithness i too contributed to htis fund.
Nothing in the post again.
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Just a thought here.....has anyone made a complaint to the Police at all?...I am sure the Serious Fraud Squad would be interested if there is a hidden agenda.
Amazing news! The overdue WADF accounts have been registered as 'checked' by the OSCR on 9th July 2010.
The entry on the OSCR website shows income of £12 017 for the 2009 period. That means that the fund has raised (as stated income to OSCR, which might not include expenses and remuneration to individuals) £109 916 since 2005! And bearing in mind that it's been fundraising as a charity since 2002 (and giving nothing out whatsoever!), there must be almost double that in the pot! Wow, £200 000 for Wick Sports!
Amazing the effect that the org can have, eh?
However, are we any further forward? We still have no idea what is going on with our money.
We know you're watching this thread, WADF, we have a right to know what you are doing with our money, and £200 000 is a lot of our money, so why not make a good news story out of it? Post on here, write to the Groat, have an open meeting, but for goodness sake STOP treating your community with such utter contempt!!
[EDIT: And remember the reason this is being pursued is because the Wick community were upset and unhappy at being robbed of their Gala charity money, and wish to ensure their donations to WADF are being properly managed - bluntly telling people it is none of their business does NOT inspire confidence!!]
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Whens the agm for this bunch?


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