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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – MMS Resources, Inc., also known as Merchant Management Systems Inc., an Ashland, Ky., company that processes credit card payments, will pay $365,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC=s suit, MMS's owner and president, Pat Reed, sexually harassed a class of female employees. The EEOC contended the quid pro quo sexual harassment ranged from sexual comments and touching up to and including coerced sexual intercourse. Reed also threatened retaliation against the women if they should protest the harassment, the EEOC charged. The women were threatened with losing their jobs, raises, promotions or other employment opportunities in the community, according to the EEOC.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Merchant Management Systems, Inc.), Civil Action No. 10-cv-00064-HRW) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Northern Division, after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court through its conciliation process.
MMS Resources agreed to a two-and-one-half-year consent decree and to pay $365,000 in compensation to 11 sexual harassment victims. MMS Resources filed for bankruptcy during the pendency of this lawsuit. Pat Reed further agreed that should he found or own a business during the duration of the consent decree, that business will create a sexual harassment policy prohibiting sexual harassment of employees and institute a training program for all employees concerning the requirements of Title VII's prohibition of sexual harassment in the workplace.
"Employees should be free from harassment based upon their gender, and those who complain about such misconduct should not be in fear of losing their jobs," said Webster N. Smith, district director of the EEOC's Indianapolis District Office, which has jurisdiction for Kentucky.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Questions and Answers on the EU Veterinary Week and the World Rabies Day celebration in Brussels
What is the EU Veterinary Week (EVW) and why was it created in 2008?
The concept of an EU Veterinary Week (EVW) – based on an initiative of the European Parliament– was developed to promote the work of EU veterinarians and to explain the importance of animal health within the context of the EU's Animal Health Strategy (AHS), and in particular its two underlying principles of the partnership and communication.
The overall aim of the EVW is to increase the public's interest in EU animal health and food safety matters . One of its main goals was to increase awareness of the AHS.
The EU Veterinary Week was organised for the first time in 2008 by the Commission and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe and aimed in addition to promote the work of EU veterinarians. The main theme of the EVW 2008 was biosecurity, which was in line with the AHS core principle "Prevention is better than cure".
In light of the positive feedback received from Member States, veterinarians, stakeholders and the general public, it was felt that it would be beneficial to have an EU Veterinary Week on a yearly basis.
What are the aims of the EVW 2009?
The second edition of the EU Veterinary Week will take place from 28 September to 4 October 2009. Overall, the aim of the EVW is to increase the public's interest in EU animal health and food safety matters. A more specific aim for the EVW 2009 will be to promote the concept of "One Health" and pass the key message that animal diseases are having an increasing impact on public health and that therefore high standards of animal health have a positive impact on human health and wellbeing.
As this theme concerns a number of other international organisations, the EU Veterinary Week is also supported this year by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
What will happen during the EVW 2009?
A conference entitled "Animals + Humans = One health" will launch the start of the EU Veterinary Week in Brussels. The conference will focus on several examples of diseases that exemplify the link between animal and human health, such as Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) and influenzas. Influenzas will be discussed further during another conference in Brussels planned for 30 October. As the start of the EU Veterinary Week coincides with World Rabies Day (28 September), rabies will also be debated and a video entitled "EU pet passports and the fight against rabies" will be released.
On Tuesday 29 September, an extraordinary Animal Health Advisory Committee will also be held in Brussels to mark the start of a public consultation on certain selected items, identified as problems of the current legislative framework and which may be addressed in a future EU Animal Health Law. The consultation documents and an interactive questionnaire will be made available online for all interested parties shortly afterwards.
In addition, events will take place in several Veterinary Faculties throughout the EU during the EU Veterinary Week. The aim of these events will be to encourage discussions between veterinary and medical students and to encourage better cooperation between both professions.
What is the Animal Health Strategy (AHS) for the European Union?
The AHS for the European Union (2007-2013) provides the framework for animal health and welfare measures and sets out strategic aims and objectives for animal health for the period 2007-2013. Given the devastating impact that serious disease outbreaks can have on farmers, society and the economy, the new strategy is based on the principle that "prevention is better than cure." The aim is to put greater focus on precautionary measures, disease surveillance, controls and research, in order to reduce the incidence of animal disease and minimise the impact of outbreaks when they do occur.
What is World Rabies Day?
In 2006, a group of researchers and professionals formed a global Alliance for Rabies Control. They created and began inviting partners to join the World Rabies Day initiative. The inaugural World Rabies Day initiative now involves human and animal health partners, other specialised professional and student organisations, and stakeholders. The goal of this initiative is to mobilize awareness and resources in support of human rabies prevention and animal rabies control.
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WASHINGTON — With Al Qaeda militants surging in the Middle East and North Africa, top U.S. law enforcement officials are increasingly concerned about efforts to recruit and radicalize American citizens by drawing them to the restive region and sending them back to this country to carry out terrorist attacks.
FBI Director James B. Comey calls the threat one of the bureau's top priorities and said the agency is working to identify and track U.S. residents who travel overseas, embrace Al Qaeda ideology and return to the United States.
"We are focused on trying to figure out what our people are up to — who should be spoken to, who should be followed, who should be charged," Comey said in a recent meeting with reporters at FBI headquarters. "It's something we are intensely focused on."
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says that Al Qaeda, which has turned into a number of splinter groups, is just as ominous a threat as it was on Sept. 11, 2001. "Al Qaeda is not on the run, but is in fact growing in strength at an alarming rate across the Middle East and North Africa," he said at a committee hearing Wednesday.
In a reminder of Al Qaeda's resurgence, fighters associated with the network seized control this month over parts of the Iraqi city of Fallouja and continue to play a key role in opposition groups seeking to overthrow the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), who has closely studied the threat of Americans radicalized abroad, agrees that Al Qaeda remains far from defeated, although it is less centralized. "In many ways the threat is more dangerous than it was before," he said. "And we have to deal with it in a more intelligent way."
Two cases of radicalized Americans surfaced last year.
Nicole Lynn Mansfield, a nurse from Flint, Mich., died while fighting alongside anti-government militants in northern Syria. Thirty-three years old, she was among three killed in May after she reportedly tossed a grenade from a passing car at Syrian government soldiers, who then opened fire on the vehicle.
Mansfield was still carrying her Michigan driver's license. Also found in her vehicle was a banner for one of the Al Qaeda-linked rebel fronts fighting in Syria. She had married a man from Dubai and converted to Islam. The pair had participated in a Washington rally in support of Egypt's "Arab Spring."
The other radicalized American is Eric Harroun, a former U.S. Army private from Tucson, who pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy to violate arms-control laws after fighting in Syria alongside Al Nusra Front, a branch of Al Qaeda that the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization.
Harroun, 31, was never deployed by the Army to the region. He went to Syria on his own last January, and began posting images and videos on the Internet showing the fighting and complaining about Assad.
He initially faced a sentence of up to 30 years for firing a rocket-propelled grenade during a clash in Syria. He was arrested in March, and then released upon his guilty plea in September, having served six months in jail.
In a "statement of facts" unsealed Jan. 9 in his federal court case, which Harroun signed, prosecutors said he "acted unlawfully and knowingly and not because of mistake, accident or other innocent reason," making clear the U.S. government believes he joined the militants on purpose and was radicalized into their ideology.
Two others in recent years were radicalized in Pakistan, then returned to the U.S. and came dangerously close to carrying out bombings in New York. Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan American, schemed to blow up the subway with backpack bombs, and Faisal Shahzad, an American born in Pakistan, attempted to detonate a car bomb in Times Square.
Zazi, 28, was arrested in 2009 and admitted he was "recruited" by Pakistani militants to hit the crowded transit system with a series of suicide bombs. He pleaded guilty and was facing life in prison, but his sentence was postponed and he was later reportedly moved to a secret location.
Shahzad, 34, was arrested in 2010 after trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. He, too, pleaded guilty and admitted he had received bomb-making training in Pakistan. He was sentenced to life in prison with no parole.
Federal law enforcement officials say they have been tracing other U.S. residents traveling abroad, specifically Somali Americans from Minnesota who have gone to fight in that country. They are also watching several individuals identified soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, such as half a dozen men from the Buffalo suburb of Lackawanna, N.Y., who trained at an Al Qaeda facility in Afghanistan.
Comey says these suspects are always the most difficult to identify and stop. He suggests it is all the more challenging today because Al Qaeda has been "metastasizing" into splinter groups in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Although the FBI previously had "great success" against Al Qaeda in the group's traditional Afghanistan-Pakistan region, he said, "in the ungoverned or poorly governed spaces in Africa and around the Middle East, we see a resurgence of Al Qaeda affiliates."
Former Rep. Jane Harman of California, who used to be chairwoman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee and is now president of the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank, told McCaul's committee that one of the biggest challenges was identifying disgruntled Americans or immigrants who might be susceptible to violence.
"Lone wolves are a big part of this problem," she said. "We need to have an effective system that can spot bad guys and prevent and disrupt plots against us."


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Elizabeth Hart Jarvis was the eldest child of William Jarvis, an Episcopal minister, and Elizabeth Miller Hart, who was well-connected in Rhode Island's social elite. In 1856 she married Samuel Colt, the world famous arms manufacturer and inventor of the Colt revolver. By this marriage, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt gained access to the restricted social circles of 19th-century Connecticut.
With Samuel Colt's premature death in 1862 at the age of 47, Elizabeth Colt became one of the richest women in the United States, inheriting several million dollars and a controlling interest in Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing Company. Colt knew firsthand that wealth does not come with immunity to tragedy. She had already lost two children in infancy and, at the time of her husband's death, had two young children and was pregnant with another. In the year following her husband's death she would lose both her fourth and fifth children, leaving her with only one son, Caldwell Colt, who would survive into adulthood. In 1864, another tragedy struck: suspected Confederate sympathizers set fire to the Colt factory, burning it to the ground. Colt chose to rebuild, paying special attention to fire-proofing and adding a second story as well as recreating the iconic blue onion dome that had been destroyed.
Rather than withdraw from society or hide behind her wealth, Colt used both her position and wealth to play a leading role in countless Connecticut religious, social, art, and charitable organizations. Known affectionately as "The First Lady of Hartford," she helped found and presided over the Union for Home Work, the Hartford Decorative Arts Society, the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church, and the Hartford Soldiers' Aid Society, for which she staged many fundraising theatrical performances. She is credited with raising over $1 million in a two-week period for the Hartford Soldiers' Aid Society. To honor her late husband, Elizabeth Colt built the Church of the Good Shepherd in 1869 intending it to be a place where owners, managers, and laborers could worship side-by-side. She continued to maintain tight control of the Colt factory for most of the forty-three years she outlived her husband.
In 1865 Colt began work on a formal gallery to be established on the second floor of Armsmear, the elaborate Italinate villa she and her husband had built on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, south of the Wadsworth Atheneum. With the help of artist Frederic Church she began to collect paintings and sculpture and to commission landscape works by well-known New York artists like Thomas Cole, John Kensett, James Hamilton, William Beard, and William Bradford as well as Charles Loring Elliott, who painted monumental portraits of Samuel Colt and of Elizabeth Colt with her only surviving child.
By the end of her life, the Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection had grown to over 600 individual American and European objets d'art. Colt bequeathed her collection to the Wadsworth Atheneum along with $50,000 to construct a wing in which to house the collection. It became the first wing in an American municipal museum to bear the name of a woman patron. But her generosity was not confined to her art collection. Elizabeth Colt bequeathed the grounds of the Colt estate to the city of Hartford for use as a park and designated that the house itself be used as a home for female dependents of Episcopal clergy and other "gentlewomen."
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt died in Hartford in 1905. She is buried along with her husband and children in Hartford's historic Cedar Hill Cemetery.
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1800 - 1920: Industrialization & Reform
When the Declaration of Independence announced that all men are created equal, the path to citizenship for both blacks and women had begun. Despite not having the right to vote, women had long petitioned governors and legislatures to articulate a family grievance. Activist women presented to the U.S. Congress a large-scale innovative petition on behalf of abolition. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is widely credited with stirring public opinion, especially among women, to anti-slavery sentiments. Helped by women's efforts, abolitionists eventually secured their goal in the three post-Civil War amendments.
Work in activities such as anti-slavery, temperance and moral reform led some middle-class women to the cause of women's rights. They challenged the ideal of "separate spheres," insisting on the same rights to life, liberty, property, and happiness as men. Through Elizabeth Cady Stanton's lobbying, New York gave women control over their property, wages, and children. In 1848, Stanton and others met in Seneca Falls to discuss the "repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman." The resulting Declaration of Sentiments asserted that "woman is man's equal."
The early industrial economy had changed women's lives. Textile production shifted from home to factory towns where farm daughters hoped wage labor would open new opportunities. Arrangements seemed ideal, until declining profits caused owners to slash wages to reduce costs. Lowell women walked out in 1836, and later petitioned the legislature to investigate deteriorating conditions. The labor force also changed as more immigrants arrived, delegated to poorly paid factory and domestic work.
In the Progressive Era, some benevolent women were committed to helping working-class women, and their needs received increased publicity after the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911. Others addressed civic concerns, established settlement houses, worked for protective labor legislation, and tried to ban child labor. Clerical work in offices opened up as a desirable field for women, and some gained greater entry into various professions, including medicine, law, social work, nursing, and teaching.
Determined suffragists persisted in their political protests even after World War I broke out in 1914. Finally, seventy-two years after the Seneca Falls convention, employing new tactics and strategies, and a long, hard struggle at the state and national levels, the elusive goal was reached. The 19th amendment, proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in 1920, prohibited restrictions on the right to vote based on sex. It was one of the most successful mass movements in the expansion of political democracy in American history.
An important expression of feminism (calling for change in women's private lives, not in their public roles) was the campaign in favor of access to birth control. Nurse Margaret Sanger spoke and wrote on its behalf, though her mailings were judged as violating the anti-obscenity Comstock laws. In 1916, after opening the first birth control clinic in the country, she was arrested and sentenced briefly to jail. For forty years she promoted contraception as an alternative to abortion, foreshadowing Planned Parenthood.
Special thanks to Barbara E. Lacey, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History, St. Joseph's College (Hartford, CT) for preparing these historical summaries.


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The reason for this change is that when we priced our membership, we didn't plan on having to produce 20+ trainers for a single game. When you pile all these updates on top of new games which also patch daily, it snowballs into a massive amount of work each day. It doesn't help that the majority of members expect us to release an updated trainer within about 3 hours of each game patching or being released.
For example, in JULY 2012, we released 64 trainers. In JULY 2013 we released 179 trainers. That's a 280% increase in the number of trainers that we had to release in order to keep up with new games and patches. In the first six months of 2012, we released 376 trainers. In the first six months of 2013 we released 897 trainers. Again, a 240% increase. We had to hire an additional programmer and have not raised membership prices to adjust for these additional expenses.
So that members not requiring access to these trainers are not hit with a membership hike, we made the decision to require a LIFETIME membership in order to download these excessive updates. You guys expect more out of us, we expect a little more support out of you. This also keeps us from having to add an additional layer of membership beyond LIFETIME. We feel this is the most fair course of action and should allow us to continue supporting these games that require more attention than others. The alternative is to simply retire games after 20 trainers.
Ultimately you guys should be complaining to the game developers for making you pay full price for a game that obviously was not finished or tested properly. If a single game requires 20+ patches to make it playable, something isn't right.
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When it comes to universities and colleges in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Christian University offers the combination of a unique, small-town feel with the cultural richness associated with a big city. Oklahoma Christian is one of the few universities in Oklahoma City located within minutes of bustling downtown Oklahoma City and the friendly Edmond area, as well as the Bricktown entertainment district, shopping centers, cultural venues, and more. We believe our location, among other Oklahoma City colleges and universities, is uniquely suited to a fun, safe and productive college experience.
For sports fans, there's the top-10 ranked NBA Chesapeake Energy Arena downtown, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The nearby Bricktown entertainment district is chock-full of restaurants and entertainment venues. A few blocks from there, you'll find the Myriad Botanical Gardens, featuring 17 acres of gardens surrounding the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory. The nearby Oklahoma River houses the Boathouse District, home to Oklahoma City Riversport and an official U.S. Olympic/Paralympic training site for athletes in rowing and canoe/kayak.
Shopping venues include the Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City, a 350,000-square-foot shopping center and the only outlet center in the state, as well as Quail Springs Mall (just six miles away from the university campus) and Penn Square Mall (just 12 miles from campus). A multitude of local retailers and alternative shopping districts are also available, such as Western Avenue and Classen Curve.
Cultural venues include the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Oklahoma History Center, the Oklahoma City Zoo, the Science Museum of Oklahoma , the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum , the Red Earth Museum, and smaller, independent arts districts like the Paseo Arts District and the lively Plaza District. Annual events and festivals in Oklahoma City are abundant, such as the OKC Arts Festival, the Oklahoma State Fair, Downtown in December, Opening Night, deadCENTER Film Festival, and many more.
The area surrounding Oklahoma Christian University boasts a low crime rate coupled with ties to Oklahoma businesses in one of the fastest growing economies in the nation. With one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and a flourishing cultural and social scene, it's easy to see why Oklahoma Christian University is drawing students from across America and internationally while becoming an increasingly popular choice for students wanting to study at an OKC university.
OKC Accolades
- Oklahoma City has been ranked well by Newsweek's The Daily Beast as a great city for recent college graduates, as well as a top place to live while going to college (American Institute for Economic Research). Portfolio.com has also ranked Oklahoma City as one of the "Best Places for Young Adults."
- Forbes has recently ranked Oklahoma City well for job growth and a healthy job market. The Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce also notes the rapid growth of several industries, including aerospace, bioscience, technology, energy, and logistics.
- Oklahoma City has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a great city to find a job. CBSNews.com has also ranked Oklahoma City well with a focus on characteristics like economic growth potential, quality of jobs available, and low unemployment.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, Oklahoma City ranks as one of the top three cities for commute time, boasting an average commute of about 20 minutes.
- Oklahoma City has ranked consistently by Forbes as being below the national average for cost of living, including housing, transportation, utilities, and groceries.
- Oklahoma City has ranked consistently well by both Business Insider and The Business Journals for its real estate, both with regard to real estate market values and the expectation to continue thriving.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (May 6, 1998) -- Chicago sod has been home to some of the NFL's greatest players and teams of all time. Legendary players like Dick Butkis, Gale Sayers and Walter Payton have helped the Chicago Bears stamp a lasting impression on professional football lore. But after being banged up throughout most of a dismal 1997 season, the "Monsters of the Midway" emerged looking more like baby cubs than bullies. The Bears haven't been sitting around licking their wounds though. They've been working harder than ever to claw their way back to the top. And the 1998 Bears team already has one less thorn in its paws. Thanks to a new, radiant heating system at the team's state-of-the-art, $20 million training facility in Lake Forest, Ill., the Bears will never have to practice on a frozen field again.
The system is built around a concept known as "field heating," a concept that is becoming more popular throughout the National Football League as a way to prevent the freezing of playing surfaces. The Green Bay Packers use a similar system to heat the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. The field heating process begins in the facility's mechanical room. There, enormous amounts of water are heated to a temperature of 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The heated water is treated with antifreeze and a series of pumps distributes the water through 16 miles of specially-designed plastic tubing. The water passes through the tubing, which lies just six inches below the turf and heats the playing surface.
Along the plastic tubing, electric sensors are placed throughout the field to monitor the temperature of the ground. The sensors are connected to a master controller which tells the boilers and pumps to turn on and off, thus maintaining a proper temperature in the tubing and on the playing surface. This radiant field heating system is crucial to the maintenance of the practice field. It doesn't just keep the players toes toasty. It helps the growth of the turf's root system and prevents cold, brittle turf from being torn up by the players' spiked shoes. That means less injuries due to cold and brittle turf and no more having to replace torn-up chunks of turf weekly. Since torn turf often leads to very severe injuries and because replacing turf weekly can be very costly, the field heating system is a huge asset to the Bears' facility.
One of the finest aspects of the operation of the system is its efficiency. And with six million BTU's necessary to heat the vast amount of water in circulation, efficiency was certainly a key factor in choosing the right boilers to fit with this system. The system utilizes three 2,000,000 BTU Lochinvar Copper-Fin boilers, each with two firing stages. With multiple firing stages, the boilers are able to match the BTU demand of the system without having to always run at "full fire," thus lowering operating costs and maximizing efficiency. Using Lochinvar's multiple-staged boilers, the Bears are saving more than seven percent in efficiency over a standard on/off boiler. And when you consider the system utilizes 6,000,000 BTUs, that increased efficiency is saving the Bears lots of money.


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USA Today's Paul Wiseman describes Iraq's booming economy:
"The regime is gone," says Osama al-Quraishi, an Iraqi entrepreneur who returned to Baghdad to search for business opportunities after decades in exile in Europe and the Middle East. "There are no restrictions. There are no rules." He predicts Baghdad will soon replace Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, as the Middle East's commercial center
Under Saddam, the shops were silent, the goods available were obsolete or absurdly overpriced, and the cars were clunkers dating back 15 or 20 years. Now that Saddam is gone, signs of bounty are visible everywhere in Baghdad and to a lesser extent in smaller cities such as Mosul and Basra.
The World Bank says Iraq's economy shrank by nearly a third last year after several years of smaller declines. The World Bank projects a sharp rebound in 2004 — growth ranging anywhere from 30% to 70% — and an overall economy worth $17 billion to $22 billion.
As long as regulation remains low, Iraq's economy will continue to grow. Once the booming economy has started to benefit a large majority of Iraqis, the terrorists will be doomed. So the next year or two are critical.


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If you're going to play the "I'm a celebrity" card and expect free cab rides, people should probably know who you are. But that didn't stop 97.5 The Fanatic nighttime host Tom Byrne (who?) from using his "celebrity" to try to beat a cab driver out of $5 before allegedly beating him in the street, according to a police report.
When the driver asked for payment of $5, he said, Byrne refused to pay and said: "I'm a celebrity. This is my neighborhood. What are you gonna do about it?"
The driver said he began to follow Byrne down the street, at which point Byrne, host of a sports-talk show, "grabbed the complainants glasses and knocked them off his face. Defendant punched complainant in face several times and dragged him," said Officer Tanya Little, quoting the arrest report.
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I think you need to regulate the psi downward. My guess. My system runs at about 35psi and 8 gpm
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|Ken, Fannie, and Robbie Robbins about 1948 before Robbie passed away on May 6th
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She became a second grade teacher by returning to Syracuse University for two summers while living at her parents' second home on Madison Street after her husband's death. She taught for almost 20 years in the Hauppauge, NY school district as a second grade teacher before retiring.
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Ian Rutherford, the bookstore's president, said the idea came from summer reading lists of secular bookstores and libraries and also because summer is typically a slow time for Catholic store sales.
The first year of the book club, the store provided a list of 10 books and urged people to vote for their top three. Back then, a few hundred participants voted; this year more than 1,000 people submitted ideas for the summer reading selection and the 12 finalists are posted on the website. The site is once again having readers vote for their top three.
The store is providing online study guides for the books and encouraging people to start parish discussion groups.
For the first time, the list — of fiction and nonfiction titles –also includes selections for teens and children.
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What is lead?
Lead is a metal found in the earth, and it is a poison. For years, lead was used in paint, gasoline, plumbing and many other items. Lead can still be found in some products sold today. As these things are used or get worn out, the lead they contain can spread. Lead paint was banned from home use in 1978. If you live in a home built before 1978, or near a busy road, there could be lead in your house dust and soil.
What is lead poisoning?
A child can get lead poisoning by swallowing or breathing in lead. Often, lead poisoning is caused by lead you can't even see. Dust from lead paint is still the number one source of childhood lead poisoning.
Lead poisoning can cause problems with a child's growth, behavior, and ability to learn. Lead can also harm babies before they're born. If you're planning to have a baby, it's important to protect yourself from lead now.
Why are young children at greatest risk?
Young children spend a lot of time on the floor. They like to put hands, toys, and other things in their mouths. This raises their chances of swallowing lead dust and paint chips. Only a tiny amount of lead is needed to harm a young, growing child.
What can I do to protect my child from lead?
Wash away lead dust
Wash away lead dust, if you live in a home built before 1978.
- Wash children's hands and toys often, even if they don't look dirty.
- Mop floors often, and use damp cloths to clean windowsills. Pour dirty water into the toilet. Dry cloths spread dust.
Keep an older home in good repair
If you live in a house or apartment built before 1978:
- Repair any peeling paint. Call your local health department before you or anyone else does any repair work to find out how to paint and repair safely. If you plan to hire a contractor or to do work in a rental unit, make sure you are familiar with the EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule. Contact the EPA at 800-424-5323 or epa.gov/lead to learn more.
- Pregnant women and children should stay away from home repairs.
- Be careful toddlers don't eat or play with paint chips, plaster, dust or dirt.
- Ask your landlord or realtor about lead before you rent or buy a home.
Don't bring lead into your home
Lead is in some children's jewelry and charms, and old painted toys and furniture.
Avoid using products that could have lead in them. Lead has been found in some traditional medicine, herbs, spices, and cosmetics from other countries (including Ayurvedic medicines, kohl, surma, liga, greta, azarcon, litargirio, and others).
Be extra careful with jobs or hobbies that involve working with lead, such as building restoration, plumbing, stained glass work, or using lead bullets, lead fishing sinkers, some craft paint, some kinds of pottery glaze, and lead solder.
- Shower, and change work clothes and shoes before going home to children.
- Wash your hands and face after work or hobby.
- Wash work clothes separately from other clothes.
Keep lead out of your food
- Let tap water run for 1 minute before you use it. This will help clear out the lead from old plumbing. Use only cold tap water for drinking, cooking, and preparing infant formula.
- Use lead-free dishes and pots. Lead is more likely to be in pottery from Latin America, the Middle East, and India, and in painted china. Lead is also in leaded glass, crystal, and pewter.
- Avoid using herbs and spices that are contaminated with lead. Contact the FDA to learn more.
Serve foods rich in calcium, iron, and vitamin C to help protect children from lead
Foods with calcium include milk, cheese, yogurt, and spinach. Foods with iron include beans, meat, peas, spinach, eggs, and cereal. Foods with vitamin C include oranges, orange juice, grapefruits, tomatoes, and green peppers.
How can I know if a child has lead poisoning?
A child with lead poisoning usually does not look or feel sick. The only sure way to know is to get a blood lead test.
Every child in New York must be tested at 1 year and again, at 2 years of age. Talk to your doctor about testing your child.
Older children may also be at risk if they:
- Live, or regularly visit an older home/building with peeling or chipping paint, or recent remodeling.
- Spent any time outside the U.S. in the past year. Foreign-born children should be tested upon arrival in the U.S. and again 3-6 months later.
- Have a brother/sister, housemate/playmate being followed for lead poisoning.
- Eat non-food items or often put things in their mouths (such as toys, keys or jewelry).
- Often come in contact with an adult whose job or hobby involves exposure to lead.
- Use traditional medicine, health remedies, powders, cosmetics, spices or food from other countries.
- Eat food stored, cooked or served in leaded crystal, pewter or pottery from Asia or Latin America.
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Looking to remote workstation experiences for employees who need high quality graphics performance, including full multi-monitor and video support?
This webinar will provide you with information on:
- How financial services organizations, schools, media and entertainment and computer aided design/engineering companies can benefit from remote graphics deployments
- How the AMD FirePro™ R5000 remote graphics, featuring the TERA2240, can deliver high quality graphics without compromise, anywhere on the corporate network
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Panel: The Future of Enterprise Mobility - Live from the Mobile World Congress
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60 mins
Benjamin Robbins, Palador; (moderator) Vishy Gopalakrishna, SAP; Ben Smith, Tribal Labs; Rob Tiffany, Microsoft
Benjamin Robbins, Principal, Palador; (moderator)
Vishy Gopalakrishna, VP, SAP;
Ben Smith, Head of Mobil Product, Tribal Labs;
Rob Tiffany, Senior CATM Strategist, Microsoft
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High Performance Wireless for BYOD: The Task in Hand
Jan 17 2013
47 mins
Perry Correll, Senior Technologist, Xirrus
BYOD is no longer a consideration, it's a reality. Every day over 2 million new wireless devices are being activated and these devices will show up on you network. And while most wireless vendors are talking about the potential security risks, which are considerable, almost no one is discussing the impact the sheer numbers of devices will have on your networks performance.
A recent Gartner study did and stated that 'By 2015, 80% of newly installed wireless networks will be obsolete because of a lack of proper planning'. Many administrators still designing for coverage, when capacity limits are the true Achilles heel of wireless deployments. This session will discuss the varied client types and their capabilities, best practices to address growing device densities and how both impact overall network performance. IT administrator looking at a BYOD deployment or even just a wireless upgrade will gain valuable insight from this presentation.
Perry Correll is a Senior Technologist as well as the Director of Product Marketing at Xirrus. His extensive networking background extends from original Ethernet Thicknet technology, through the switching revolution and now is involved in pushing advancements in Wi-Fi technology to displace wired solutions. Previous roles included technologist and management roles at Cabletron, Xylan and Alcatel.
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Everything You Ever Learned About Monitoring is Wrong (in the Cloud)
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Bob Lynch and Roger Ruttiman, Groundwork
If Cloud and Virtualization monitoring seem straightforward and not that big a change from what was done a few years ago, think again. These technologies add complexity that requires more than simple monitoring techniques. Join this webinar to learn what complications can arise from these technologies and why everything you ever learned about monitoring needs to be changed.
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Strategies for Ensuring Desktop Virtualization SLAs
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Jeff Parillo, Managing Director, North American Sales & Ryan, Ahlers, Director, Sales Engineering , Aternity, Inc.
Desktop Virtualization is the top cloud-based technology impacting End User Computing. And, user-centric, Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management is the primary factor against which cloud-based virtual desktop solutions and providers are and will be evaluated. If you are currently evaluating, planning, or managing application performance in a Virtualized Desktop Environment, don't let your VDI project get derailed by poor end user experience.
In VDI environments, traditional system metrics, such as CPU, memory, and network utilization, are marginal indicators of actual performance. As a result, Desktop Virtualization demands a user-centric vs. device-centric approach to service management. End User Experience (EUE) management becomes an essential barometer to ensure that end-user facing systems are responsive and high-performing. During this webinar, the following topics for ensuring Desktop Virtualization SLAs through a user-centric approach to service management will be covered:
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- Methods for correlating PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) latency with the actual business
transaction response times and the VM image's health
- How to gain an in-depth understanding of application performance within the VMware View™ environment, exactly as experienced by the users themselves
- Advanced analytics around key PCoIP metrics, such as Image Quality, Round Trip Latency, Packet Lost Percentage, Available Network Bandwidth, and many other performance impacting factors
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Scott Miller, National Technical Solutions Architect, World Wide Technology, Inc.
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Internet Security in the Classroom
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47 mins
Linda McCarthy, Author, Own Your Space and Fran Staniac, Technology Teacher, Taft High School in Chicago
Find out how teachers, students, and schools can use a free security book, OwnYourSpace: Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online to teach teens effective Internet security in a Q&A with Linda McCarty and Fran Staniec.
Taft High School in Chicago is one of the schools leading the pack by creating lesson plans and teaching their freshmen important safety measures. For example: how to create safe passwords, how to configure a secure Facebook account, Antivirus installation and software updating, responsible posting for ALL devices, Antibullying, and Internet safety.
Staniec will talk about how they use the free Own Your Space books to create lesson plans, learning about security. Ask yourself: are your students ready to hit the ground running when it comes to security and entering the professional world?
Join in learn how to engage students. See you on the 24th!!!
*Any teacher who wants to download the book prior to the webinar can download the book for free at ownyourspace.net
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Creativity, Technology and Education Reform in the 21st Century
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Bob Regan, Director, Pearson Foundation Learning Labs
We are on the cusp of important changes in schools today. There is an national effort to update and unify national standards with the Common Core State Standards. With the advent of the tablet, we are finally seeing a computing device with a form factor and price point that opens up important possibilities in classrooms. More importantly, schools must change or face losing millions of students due to a level of disengagement not seen in generations. There are real opportunities out there to bring important ideas up close for kids in ways not previously possible. This talk will review the central issues and highlight specific approaches centered around technology and 21st century skills.
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The Flipped iPad Classroom
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Beth Holland, Senior Associate at EdTechTeacher and Greg Kulowiec, Instructor & Presenter, at EdTechTeacher
With mobile devices becoming more prevalent in the classroom, it is no wonder that many educators are looking to these devices to improve the learning environment. Add a flipped classroom strategy, inverting the traditional teaching methods by delivering instruction online outside the classroom and moving "homework" into the classroom, and there could be huge potential for learning and growth. But firstly, we have to solve how iPads, or other mobile devices can transform the classroom and what if a flipped strategy was also applied. In this webinar, we will discuss these two key issues in three essential questions: why integrate iPads, why the flipped model and how these two things go together to create a dynamic learning environment.
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- Steven Holl Sliced PorositySteven Holl Architects just announced the completion of the chunky mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block in China. Designed with an emphasis on daylighting, the project consists of five uneven geometric structures separated by open spaces that allow light to filter into a lush inner courtyard. Inspired by canyons and valleys, the project is targeting LEED Gold status with a mix of energy-efficient technologies including geothermic heating and rainwater recycling.1
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityThe recently completed Sliced Porosity Block is located in Chengdu, and Steven Holl took inspiration from historic local poet Du Fu's Three Valleys.2
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityWith this poem in mind, Holl created three plaza levels that represent the valleys - each with water gardens representing the fountain of the Chinese calendar year, the fountain of twelve months, and the fountain of thirty days. The plaza ponds double as skylights for a shopping mall below, refracting and distorting the daylight as it travels through the water.3
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityThree entrances into the three million square foot complex double as pavilions - one for history, a local art pavilion, and a light pavilion designed by Lebbeus Woods.4
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityThese openings give the public access to the interior plaza, park and pools, which cascade on varying levels in the courtyard. The pools are filled with harvested rainwater, grasses and lilypads which naturally cool the area.5
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityThe complex's facades are made up of concrete and high-performance glazing that blocks solar gain while allowing ample natural light to filter inside. Heating and cooling is provided by 480 geothermal wells, and energy-efficient technology and appliances are featured throughout.6
- Steven Holl Sliced PorosityThe Sliced Porosity block brings a bevy of apartments, retail spaces, restaurants, a hotel and public space to the neighborhood while keeping the block open, airy and full of natural sunlight.7


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You can now order through Market Day to benefit Lambs Farm! Visit Market Day's website to sign up and choose Lambs Farm as your organization. Orders must be placed online by 11 p.m. the Monday before the pick up date. Orders can be picked up at the Lambs Farm Magnolia Cafe & Bakery 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.


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SACRAMENTO — It just can't be, what they're saying about state Sen. Ronald S. Calderon — that he took $60,000 in bribes during an FBI sting operation. Nobody these days could be that stupid.
Pocketing the money from essentially a stranger who turns out to be an undercover agent?
I mean, only 25 years after a highly publicized FBI sting in the Capitol resulted in the convictions of 14 politicos — legislators, staffers, lobbyists — in what became known as Shrimpscam.
Didn't every California politician learn from that?
Maybe at least one flunked the history course.
"Twenty-five years is just enough time for people to forget," says Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC and a former chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission.
"The cycle is pretty predictable. After a scandal, there's a rush to clean up the system. And as time passes, the politicians get that much more brazen until one of them gets caught again. And there's another push to reform. And the cycle starts all over again."
If a federal affidavit disclosed last week by the Al Jazeera cable network is legit, Calderon — a Montebello Democrat from a family of career politicians — also is believed by the FBI to have accepted $28,000 in bribes delivered by a medical company owner.
So the alleged payoffs totaled $88,000.
The $60,000 came from an agent posing as the owner of a film studio in downtown Los Angeles. He sold himself as someone seeking legislation to expand film industry tax credits. The $28,000 allegedly came from a medical entrepreneur, Michael Drobot, who was trying to throttle legislation to limit workers' compensation payments for spinal surgeries.
Attorneys for Calderon and Drobot have denied any wrongdoing by their clients. And no one has been charged.
But the 124-page affidavit cites probable cause to suspect Calderon of bribery, extortion and conspiracy; also mail and wire fraud. The document was filed in support of search warrants that led to a raid on Calderon's Capitol office in June.
It was eerily similar to the FBI assault on the Capitol in 1988, except that several legislators' offices were hit back then. Calderon appears to be the only target this time.
The 1980s federal investigation apparently targeted then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-San Francisco). It was encouraged by Assembly Republican Leader Pat Nolan of Glendale, who himself got stung and went to prison. Brown wasn't touched.
"Willie was smart enough not to get caught — maybe smart enough not to break the law," says campaign finance expert Robert Stern, who helped write California's political reform act in 1974.
Brown famously cautioned lawmakers to "always assume everyone is wearing a wire."
Maybe Calderon never heard the advice. His dealings with the undercover agent were recorded.
Or he fit the type that legendary Speaker Jesse Unruh shook his head about: Legislators who would get elected, arrive at the Capitol and believe they had become invisible.
"Some really think they can get away with anything because they're legislators," says Stern, who spent several years in Sacramento. "They don't learn from the past. It's hubris. It's stupidity."
In the '80s, the FBI created a fake shrimp processing operation and lured legislators into accepting bribes to support a bill enabling the phony enterprise.
I had thought every legislator knew that story.
Maybe not Calderon.
In the recent sting, the FBI created a fake film company and bribed the senator to secure tax break legislation, according to the affidavit.
Calderon apparently was on a feeding frenzy from the moment the agent cast him bait, according to the affidavit. The agent played Calderon as if the senator were a big bass that had swallowed a fistful of worms, steadily reeling him toward the net.
At their very first Los Angeles luncheon, where they were introduced and talked about a tax break bill, the agent asked the senator if there was anything he could do for him. Calderon then solicited campaign money for his expected Assembly race in 2014.
Others also attended that lunch. But the two lunched alone four months later, and the senator asked the agent to hire his daughter. "She's a good investment," he said. "Any work you could find her would be well appreciated.... Any help you could do for my kids … that's diamonds for me. That's diamonds."
The agent wound up paying Calderon's daughter, Jessica, $3,000 a month for nine months — for no work.
Returning the favor, Calderon agreed to hire the phony film exec's girlfriend — another undercover agent — on the state dime, the FBI alleges.
The affidavit got almost comical at one point. The agent told Calderon that he had acquired an extra $50,000 annually on a picture deal. He asked whether "there is something that you think that I can do to help you out with that fifty each year?"
Calderon suggested a $5,000 payment toward his son Zachary's college tuition. The agent gave him a check for that amount, leaving the payee portion blank.
It wasn't like the senator was completely oblivious of the law. At one point he told the agent, "This is an uncomfortable thing to do, OK?…. We cannot have a conversation [like] we just had. We cannot have a quid pro quo conversation."
So the lawmaker wasn't entirely stupid. Just not very smart.
After reading the affidavit, I do believe it's legit. No one can make this stuff up.
As for Calderon's efforts to expand film industry tax breaks and to kill workers' comp reform, they both failed. Often the system does work.


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Standing at 170m tall featuring an iconic 'halo' roof feature, the Vero Centre has dominated Auckland's skyline as New Zealand's tallest building since its completion in 2000.
Situated 200 meters from the commercial and retail axis of Queen Street, places this tower in the hub of the CBDs financial, legal and commercial precincts – attracting many of New Zealand's most respected companies.
Designed by PTW Architects Vero Centre has won numerous awards for excellence in design, construction and efficiency. Including the RICS International Award for Building Efficiency and Regeneration in 2001 and the EnergyWise Award 2004. Vero Centre has also been calculated to use around 10% less energy than the average New Zealand Property Council building.
Inside, the lobby has a distinct South Pacific feel, showcasing original New Zealand art.
Take one of the 12 lifts, and breathe in the spectacular 360-degree views across stunning Auckland harbour and city skyline, including views of Whangaparoa Peninsular, the North Shore and Auckland Museum.
Within walking distance are premium retailers including; Decjuba, Kate Sylvester, Trelise Cooper, Juliette Hogan, Prada, Bobbi Brown, M.A.C, Dior, Prada.
Building occupants include; Russel McVeagh, Vero Insurance, Bell Gully, Rider Levett Busnall, Goldman Sachs and Partners NZ.
On-site facilities include; secure car parks, onsite concierge, cafés, personalised security, gym and health club.
25-30 minutes by taxi from the Auckland International Airport.
The Airbus Express service runs from the city centre to the airport. Buses run 7 days a week, up to every 10 minutes between 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and every 15 to 30 minutes at other times.
10-15 minute walk to the Britomart Transport Centre, where there are regular train and bus services.
There is a taxi rank conveniently located outside the lobby.
The City LINK bus service runs from the newly developed Wynyard Quarter, along Queen St, up to K-Rd and then back down via Queen Street. All the City LINK buses are bright red, easy to spot and services run on a regular basis.
Situated in the heart of Auckland, Vero Centre tenants are moments away everything this sensational "BIG little city" has to offer, including; fine dining, entertainment venues, galleries, 5-star hotels, and premium retailers. The tower is also a short 5 minute stroll to the Viaduct and Britomart Transport Centre.
Within 5 minutes walking distance:
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Ask to be connected to the internet – How long does it take?
Ask if the provider is Tier-1.
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Ask to speak to IT support: Are they in-house or a third party? Are they even in the country?
Ask to be given a phone number so you can try the service before you buy.
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Ask to meet your dedicated receptionist. The receptionist is the front line of your business.
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Ask to see the transparency code of the provider.
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Ask if you can get free calls equal to your connection amount.
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Miley Cyrus Posts Photo in Wedding Dress Amid Split Rumors With Liam Hemsworth
The web was abuzz today about the latest unconfirmed breakup for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.
Allegedly, they lost their passion for each other and he was disgusted by her personality change. But then Cyrus threw a curveball and a monkey wrench into the publicity machine by tweeting a photo of her in a wedding dress. WTF?
Let's work backwards.
In the photo, she looked gorge, all done up and with two-toned hair and matte, scarlet lips, swirled in all that cream-colored fabric. Was she throwing us off the scent? Or was she merely on a photo shoot that involved a big, white gown? Anything is possible.
Meanwhile, a Miley source (via Perez Hilton) said that they called it quits for good, over lack of passion and her immaturity. According to the source, the singer and actress struggled to keep Hemsworth in line. He devolved into more of a roommate than a fiancé, with the relationship lacking heat and passion.
But before we blame it all on Liam, the source also said that the actor was fed up with Miley's immaturity. Well, dude, you are engaged to a 20-year-old. Even though she's slightly older in "Hollywood years," due to growing up fast because of her career, Cyrus is said to have worked his nerves.
The insider said, "Liam always admired Miley's independence, but this was more like a rebellion, and it freaked him out. She has undergone a complete personality change. She's basically thugged out. He used to be obsessed with the way she would go wild. But it got more childish to him. He's growing up — and fast. At first they were yin and yang, balancing each other out. But they got more and more out of sync."
Whoa, whoa, whoa -- thugged out? A buzz cut, some pot smoking exploits and a duet with Snoop Dogg do not a thug make, Miley source. Once she gets a full grill, wears bling on every single part of her body and gets knuckle and neck tatts, then, and only then, will we start to consider Miley thugged out.
We don't doubt that the relationship between Cyrus and Hemsworth is rocky and on shaky ground, but until we hear it from them, we'll consider things still "on."


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Are you excited? Because we are excited. ("We" in this case refers to the Editor Emeritus of this webspace, who writes in that style, and not too many current staffers, because this series is to be played between two mostly uninteresting teams from the middle of the country that don't wear the right uniforms most of the time.) Nonetheless! The World Series! Where legends are made, because it's written in the stars, a million miles away, and all of that. This is where Bill Mazeroski made his bones. Don Larsen. Kirk Gibson. Reggie Jackson. Livan Hernandez. Rick Dempsey. Jermaine Dye. This is baseball, damn it, and we love it for that, or something.
Plus, you'll have Joe Buck and Tim McCarver calling the game for you on Fox when it starts at 8:05 p.m. Ain't that a treat? Texas is favored in the series, but St. Louis is favored in tonight's game, which features playoff hero Chris Carpenter against playoff zero C.J. Wilson.
Enjoy it, and talk about it down here.


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So today there was a pretty specific Zelda question on Jeopardy. It was not answered correctly.
Scoff all you want (and I will, because "some reason"? THERE WAS A REASON!), but unless the category was "Nintendo Video Game Instruments" that's a pretty obscure question for the average person on the street.
[thanks Jake!]


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Mimsbrook Biodynamic/Organic Food Store provides online shopping and a market at our Darling Downs farm for the residents of Perth, Western Australia, to purchase quality biodynamic/organic fruit, vegetables, milk, dry goods and meat that are grown and farmed without synthetic fertilisers or pesticides.
You can access a large box of seasonal, fresh, certified biodynamic/organic produce that will easily feed a family of four for as little as $60 per week. We even have box options for couples starting from just $47 per week.
If you and your family are concerned about what goes into your food, where it's grown and who benefits when you purchase it, being connected to certified biodynamic/organic farming will guarantee your peace of mind.
Wouldn't it be great if each week you could buy fresh certified biodynamic/organic fruit and vegetables that are grown and harvested by a farmer you know? It can happen through Community Supported Agriculture.
Mimsbrook aims to provide consumers with affordable certified biodynamic/organic food that supports local farmers and keeps our community healthy.
There are two options for ordering food from Mimsbrook:
You can order your box right now from this website or you can place online orders for different fruit, vegetables, meat and other groceries.
When you purchase from Mimsbrook, you'll know you will be eating clean, healthy, certified biodynamic/organic produce and supporting the local community at the same time.
Mimsbrook Farm is a bed and breakfast farmlet in Darling Downs near the Perth southern suburb of Armadale.
Fresh certified biodynamic fruit and vegetables are grown and harvested on the farm each week. Several popular types of organic food and biodynamic meat are supplied fresh from other participating farms.
Purchase and pick-up times are as follows:
From the farm on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm at the Mimsbrook Farm Markets. For a selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, all internet pre-orders should be submitted from this website by 8pm on Tuesdays.
For enquiries regarding grocery deliveries or for further information about volunteering, please send us an email.
Our farm is at:
65 Keenan StreetDarling DownsPerth
(near Armadale... see map)
Western Australia 6122
Phone (61 8) 9497 1412Fax (61 8) 9497 1582
Email Carmel Bainbridge
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If you´re planning a corporate golf event, a fundraising tournament or simply an outing for your group, you can be confident that each of your guests will enjoy a perfect experience at Crystal Lake Golf Club. Include a catered meeting, a meal on the patio or a chef-prepared dinner in one of our banquet rooms.More About Tournaments
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Construction of the Expanded Practice Facility was completed in 2013. The practice area now has 20 functioning driving range stalls and a 4000 sq. ft. bunker with a target green. Also available is our 8500 sq. ft. practice putting green making us one of the finest practice facilities south of the river.Learn More