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A pharmacist has testified that he refused to provide drugs prescribed to Anna Nicole Smith, telling a doctor the prescriptions would be "pharmaceutical suicide" for the former Playboy model.
Ira Freeman testified Thursday during a preliminary hearing that he called the doctor and told him the list of six drugs faxed to his pharmacy could have fatal consequences.
He said the fax came from Dr. Sandeep Kapoor on behalf of Smith's psychiatrist, Dr. Khristina Eroshevich, five months before Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007.
The hearing, which is in its second week, will determine whether Kapoor, Eroshevich and Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern will stand trial for conspiring to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances.
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LATHROP - A 39-year-old man suffered minor injuries when he was carjacked Wednesday morning in Lathrop, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.
LATHROP - A 39-year-old man suffered minor injuries when he was carjacked Wednesday morning in Lathrop, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of East Lathrop Road shortly after 1 a.m. When they arrived, the victim told them he was getting into his 2006 four-door Hyundai when someone grabbed his car keys, forced his way into the vehicle and fled north on Interstate 5, authorities said. The carjacker was described as a black man 18 to 22 years old. He was wearing a T-shirt, baseball hat and jeans, deputies said.
The victim declined medical treatment, authorities said.
STOCKTON - A 27-year-old man was shot in the buttocks in a drive-by shooting in central Stockton on Wednesday afternoon, police and witnesses said.
Officers were called to the scene shortly before 3:20 p.m. Witnesses told authorities the victim was walking on East Bianchi Road near Townehome Drive when he was shot by someone in a white two-door vehicle, police said. There was no further description of the shooter. The victim was taken to a hospital with a nonlife-threatening injury.
STOCKTON - Police on Wednesday arrested a woman who stabbed her sister and threw a plate that struck a 7-month-old child in the head, authorities said.
Officers were called to the 2300 block of Sandalwood Drive at 10:52 a.m. When they arrived, they learned that Markiesha Blount, 18, had assaulted her sister and the child. Both victims were treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. Blount was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and willful cruelty to a child, authorities said.
VICTORIA ISLAND - The San Joaquin County Coroner's Office on Wednesday identified the couple killed in a single-car crash Monday morning on Victoria Island.
Douglas Schaeffer, 68, and his wife, Colleen Schaeffer, 56, died when their SUV apparently drifted off Highway 4 west of Old River Bridge and flipped over into an irrigation canal, authorities said. Both were residents of Somerset, in El Dorado County.


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Chomsky:1215 and all that…
November 29, 2012
John Curran
Professor Noam Chomsky the world`s leading public intellectual viewed by some as a wild-eyed radical is actually an old fashioned conservative. He is committed to the traditional values of Magna Carta, a document that shaped the Anglo-American legal system, ultimately establishing a presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial. With this thought in mind, it is worth considering how traditional conservative ideas are today viewed as radical in both the USA and UK. As we know the Conservative Party in opposition went through a re-branding process as Cameron appeared to move his party leftward and in doing so rediscovered the Conservatives civil liberties antecedents. When the coalition government was formed, one significant judicial appointment was that of Dominic Grieve MP who, as Shadow Justice Spokesperson, was viewed as a politician with strong civil libertarian credentials he became Attorney General and the Coalition`s chief legal adviser. In a lecture given in 2008 Mr Grieve outlined what he saw as the essence of what it means to be British, extolling the virtues of freedom waxing lyrically about Magna Carta and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. But he was concerned that New Labour was dismissive of this heritage, as evidenced by restrictions of jury trail and permitting unacceptable periods of detention without trial. Grieve felt that the pendulum had swung too far and that the climate created by New Labour was one of tyranny. Labour he argued breached the ideals of the Bill of Rights and undermined the notion of Habeas Corpus. Grieve together with the Shadow Justice Minister, produced a policy document called `Reversing the rise of the surveillance state 2009`. Outlining concerns about a perceived reduction in citizen`s civil liberties in an eleven-point programme. Grieve now resides in a government that has generated concerns about civil liberties and Cameron has recently demonstrated the Tories have forgotten what Magna Carta means. Read more of this post


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Lonely Rolling star, free previews, and comics too
Double Cryamore news, everybody! First off is the GDC demo's release to the public. I haven't had a chance to test it out myself (it looks like it will take around 7 hours to download), but it's free, so I can't be too bitter about slow servers. Download it here and check out the rest of the Cryamore dev. tumblr for details on content/controls/etc. You can also play it in-browser if you have Unity Web Player installed (which you should, because it's neat).
The other news is that the composer of Cryamore Aivi Tran and her robot pal Surasshu (who's doing sound work on the game) have a new album out. Their first single is a cover of Lonely Rolling Star from Katamari Damacy. If that wasn't enough, every download comes with a 14-page comic about Aivi and Surasshu's sci-fi archaeological adventures drawn by Diana Jakobsson. The album is pay what you want, so it doesn't have to set you back too much. More so, listening to great music while reading fun comics is a great way to pass the 7 hours until your Cryamore demo downloads.
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question 1. do pm's count as posts? cuz i seem to have a lot more posts than i rmeber posting...
question 2. lets say a user is logged on as hidden. if this user is your "friend", will it show that he is logged in?
question 3. what is googlead ? it is in the section of users "bots", i thought bots weren't allowed?


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Scifool incarnate?Makes me wonder if Scifool has returned.I sent this idiot a warning, that insulting members in a place set aside for them as a safe haven to discuss Religion, was unacceptable and if he continued, would be booted. The next move is his.
Yet another troll. Dreaming up a neato name like "Patriot", spending his time sufing the net and spreading little hate seeds, and acting as if he's been hurt when he gets the reaction he was fishing for. What a waste of time and bandwidth.
Interesting behavior, isn't it?Like that of a jealous child, he wants what he can never attain, so if he can't have it, he attempts to destroy what others have.I know there must be a clinical name for such behavior...virgin?
He's gone, he brought nothing to the forum other than disruption.I saw no reason to keep his worthless ass around.Just another pissed off libertarian.
Good. I enjoy debating, but these people bring nothing to the table but their own contempt.
I picture a lonely soul without friends.
Same here, if someone has evidence, then they need to produce it.This moron only had a grudge with an opinion. He is clueless as to what faith truly is.I picture a lonely soul without friends.
What they fail to recognize, is that their own disbelief in God is also based in faith.
Which is classified as a Religion in and of itself.
And no Joechristian to bug ya either...
By golly, I had almost forgotten about Old Joe!Is he still over you-know-where getting his you-know-what smashed on a regular basis?
Ironically, Joe was part of what this forum started....


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Family Camp, Catalina Island, California
2016's 18th Annual Jean-Michel Cousteau Family Camp
Wednesday, August 17 to Sunday, August 21, 2016
We will depart San Pedro, CA about noon on Wednesday and return late afternoon on Sunday.
There are three locations of cabins for Family Camp. The rates are for up to the first six participants of any age. Additional participants are at an extra cost per person. (The below rates are subject to change.)
Beachfront Cabin $3800: Beachfront cabins are closest to the beach and have restrooms and showers for men and women within 100 feet of each cabin. They are further away from the dining area and some of the main hustle and bustle of camp.
Beachview Cabin $3600: Beachview Cabins sit near the dining area looking across the playing fields at the beach. The closest restrooms are for women and the men's restroom and shower is a short walk.
Fieldview Cabin $3400: Fieldview cabins line the side field of camp across from the dining area. It's the same cabin as the others just a bit further from the beach and closer to the hustle and bustle of camp. The nearest restroom and shower is for the women and the men have a short walk to their restroom and shower.
Your own boat: If you choose to stay on your own boat the cost is $525 per person. This includes meals, program and souvenir t-shirts. Mooring charges are extra.
Bring up to 12 in a cabin if you like. Each person over 6 pays $525.
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Art for Art's Sake
OK, an unusual blog post today. This is in the midsts of way too many work things going on at the moment, all of which are good and all of which deserve all of my time. However, in the name of art and all things conceptual, if ethereal I wanted to complete this now.
A little background is needed. My mother is currently enrolled on an art foundation course at Oxford and Cherwell valley College in Banbury where she goes to broaden her art experience three days a week, in between full-time roles in many guises. At Banbury they have a variety of media they are taught to use, from pencil, paint and charcoal,textiles,photography and 3D to various clever computer programs. Some of the projects last just a short time and some can last a few weeks, from the planning and researching through to the execution.
This blog post is related to one of the recent projects which came under the heading of conceptual. The brief was both strict and vague, citing that one had to use any material of volume 30cm by 10cm by 10cm, then record its dispersal. The idea my mother had was to use candles as the dispersed medium, though clearly this idea needed more depth to it. The depth came not from the structure but from the concept, in particular the symbolic representation. It was decided that the candles would represent the art colleges which have given up the teaching of fine art in place of the increasingly fashionable conceptual route that many have chosen to take. A caveat is needed at this point to note that there are still colleges and universities which do indeed teach the technical aspects of fine art and Banbury is one of them. So, this ouroboros of an idea is a memorial to fine art, slowly dying in our colleges. But there's more...
Though clearly this is not always the case, it has always seemed to me that in conceptual art the idea itself and not the construction is often the powerful element, so I made a suggestion that the term dispersal could be taken in an alternative way. Though indeed the candles are dispersing, by passing on the information about this concept to others, the information itself is being dispersed. I suggested that this project could become an international dispersal if the idea was written about and the final record of it was posted on the blog. Unwittingly you have now become part of a conceptual art project, your brains being the medium!
So, the actual setup also benefits from a little explanation. Behind the candles is a picture called "Experiment with an Air Pump" by Joseph Wright which symbolises both the art of fine drawing and the art of the experiment. This picture ties in with the project again in the use of candles, though in another form and the skull mirrors the dispersal of information from one person's brain to another. The young girl covering her eyes symbolises the lost skills burning down before her.
The text in front says: "These candles are lit in memory of all those Art Schools that used to teach drawing and now have conceptual art as the main product of their courses. Their dispersal will symbolise the skills that their students will be left with at the end of the course."
So, without further ado I give you the photographs chronicling the dispersal of skills, as the idea itself is dispersed who knows where.


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|John Trunzo
The news article below doesn't tell all the details of the story. It mentions a heart ailment that John was suffering from, but my step-father believes that his lungs were also affected. He told me his memories of the event...what he may have remembered and what had been told to him by his mother later. His father worked at the Royal Battery Company, and I'm told that he never wore his protective mask at work, which means that he was exposed to all the chemicals in the air at the factory. My step-father recalls that this is what caused his hospitalization.
I had been concerned that he had been scalded with battery acid or something along those lines, but I was told that all of his injuries were internal. He looked fine on the outside and my step-father remembers visiting his father in the hospital.
What caused John to jump? Was it really that his recovery was going too slowly? Family history leads us to believe that it was something else. John's parents were immigrants from Italy and they spoke Italian at home. As a result John and his siblings also spoke/understood Italian. So when some of the other men were standing in the hospital, perhaps in what they believed to be out of earshot, and began speaking about John's condition in Italian, he not only heard them, but he understood them.
|John Trunzo and unknown woman
It makes me sad...pride. Had it not been for pride and the stupidity of those gentlemen standing around talking, my step-father may have had a much longer time with his father. My baby sister may have known her grandfather.
Everything happens for a reason though. John's wife, Frances, did remarry and she had many more sons and daughters for my step-dad to grow up with and enjoy his adult years. I wish I could have had the opportunity to meet John as well, but I am grateful for the wonderful step-family that I have and I love them all.
Life. Sometimes things absolutely suck but without it, we'd be different people. Without it there never would have been those other children. We're in pretty good hands after all. Rest in peace John Trunzo.
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John Trunzo, 29, Sick in St. Peter's 3 Months; Dies Instantly [hand-dated Dec. 17, 1939]
Despondent over his slow recovery from a heart ailment, John Trunzo, 29, of 23 Hardenbergh street, jumped to his death from the second floor of St. Peter's Hospital early last evening.
Trunzo has been a patient at the hospital since early in September.
Early last evening he was administered oxygen and given a cup of tea by a nurse. She left the ward for the chart room and upon her return, she found a wind open and Trunzo missing from his bed.
The nurse peered out the window and saw the body of Trunzo on the concrete pavement below. She spread the alarm and hospital attaches rushed to the aid of the patient.
Death Instantaneous
Carried into the hospital, Trunzo was pronounced dead. It was announced that death was instantaneous. Mrs. Trunzo was summoned shortly after the accident.
Coroner William H. Jaqui was called and after an investigation, he removed the body to his morgue.
Detectives Charles Reilly and James McCormick of the local police and Detective James Bates of the prosecutor's office made an investigation. Statements were taken from the hospital attaches and ward patients who saw Trunzo leap to his death.
Death was officially given as suicide.
Trunzo had been a resident of this city for the past few years and before his illness was employed by the Royal Battery Company.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a three [crossed out and hand-written in four]-year-old son, James.
No arrangements have been made for the funeral."


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Additionally, there is the risk that your client will require an extended stay in a nursing home. In this case, where the LTC policy would cover the cost of the stay, the internal value of a life insurance policy would eventually be exhausted, leaving your client with the task of financing the remaining costs. Despite these risks, clients might find that the benefits of these hybrid policies outweigh the risks of a traditional LTC insurance policy.
The need for long-term care can be unpredictable and the costs at risk are extremely high. For your clients who are hesitant to pay for potentially unnecessary LTC insurance, the solution could lie in a hybrid LTC-life insurance policy that provides protection against long-term care expenses while preserving assets for your client's estate.
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Bladder. For most people, the word conjures images of a certain bodily function. But for those involved in local water use and conservation issues, the word could mean a world of difference the next time drought strikes.
How is that? It's all detailed in a two-part plan revised by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, the City of Charlottesville, the Albemarle County Service Authority, and a group of interested citizens on October 28. The "Community Water Supply Plan" sets guidelines to protect the watershed and usher the community through whopper droughts for the next 50 years.
Lois Rochester says her group, the League of Women Voters, has been intensely involved in the water issues and supports the plan.
And John Martin, of Friends of the Moormans, a group dedicated to saving the ecosystem of the Moormans River, says his group was "very pleased with the plan" as well.
But activist Kevin Cox says he's heard a lot of talk about the plan without seeing much action. Though water rates have risen, Cox wonders where the money is going. "They're not doing anything," he says.
Lonnie Wood, acting director of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, says nothing could be further from the truth.
The delay, Wood says, has been the hiring of a new engineering firm charged with permitting, design, and construction for the expansion of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir on Earlysville Road.
Those engineers, says Wood, have made significant progress on planned improvements to the Reservoir.
The first part of the Authority's plan covers water infrastructure projects through the year 2030.
The biggest and most imminent change will likely be the addition of four-foot-crest controls– the "bladders." Attached to the top of the dam, the bladders will increase the reservoir's capacity by 600 million gallons. Perhaps the only thing more impressive than their capacity is their price: $7.5 million, according to the plan, including an estimated $2 million for bridge replacement.
Other elements of the first phase of the plan include dredging reservoirs and working to preserve the watersheds that feed our water supply.
Cox, however, doesn't believe that local water woes can be solved without construction of a new reservoir.
"They definitely need to accept reality," he says, "and move forward with the Buck Mountain Reservoir."
Cox believes that the reluctance to build the much talked about Buck Mountain is a result of pressure from anti-growth factions.
"I don't want to have to suffer as part of growth management," says Cox. "If we restrict the municipal water supply, there won't be water for growth."
But Jack Marshall, former chair of the RWSA board, and current head of anti-growth group ASAP, says Cox has it wrong.
"Water should not be used as a tool to discourage growth," says Marshall. "Control should be through land use and other mechanisms."
Marshall says that during his tenure on the Authority board, the Buck Mountain reservoir was considered threatening to the endangered James River spinymussel, a tiny invertebrate living downstream along Buck Creek. A variety of state and federal agencies, including the DEQ, Army Corp of Engineers, and the EPA, considered the project environmentally unfeasible.
"That may have changed," Marshall acknowledges, but maintains that it is not a simple undertaking.
If the new RWSA plan is followed, there will be plenty of time for water experts to contemplate possible problems with the reservoir. Or perhaps, plenty of time for their grandchildren to contemplate the problems.
The Buck Mountain Reservoir is included in the second part of the plan, which is not due to go into effect until sometime between 2030 and 2050.


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Faced With Choice Of Working For Big Companies Or Startups? Study Tells Why The Younger Ones Could Be A Better ChoicePost Views 1
As the economy starts to awaken from its slumber and shows signs of loosening up, the jobless are finding more avenues of employment open than before and whereas a few months earlier, they would have grabbed with both hands the first opportunity that came their way, now they are weighing the benefits of choosing who to work for.
One of the choices the employees have to make is what is better, to work in a large established firm or seek work in a startup. Luckily for them, to help them make an appropriate choice, a recently released census brief that talks about job creation and wages at various businesses, provides the distinctions between working for the two disparate entities.
The study reveals that there are fewer employed people looking for better alternatives. Normally, a worker would like to switch jobs to seize a better opportunity that was more to his liking and above all paid better. The authors feel that there are fewer people willing to job hop as they are wary that they may not get another job and for the sake of security plod on at their current jobs.
On the other hand the reduced job hopping could also be the result of the worker managing to get his preferred job the first time around. If this were the case, it would eliminate the fear that a worker was not earning to his full potential.
Another thing that the study has brought into focus is the inequality in earnings for workers working in large established firms and those working in young firms. Those who work in the established firms are invariably paid significantly more than those who work in the startups.
One reason that the study proffers is that the new startups have shifted their interests to lower-wage sectors and hence, are perhaps justified in paying their workers less than the bigger ones, whose bottom lines provide them enough financial space to pay higher compensation.
However, two rational and educational explanations why startups pay lower salaries sound plausible. First that startups are not commencing their business in larger cities were the cost of setting up a business is very high, as is the cost of living, but choosing to set up shop were the cost of living is relatively lower. They argue they can pay lesser salaries because a dollar here goes farther than say it would go in New York or San Francisco. But then the gap between the wages of larger firms and smaller firms would become even wider and the national average wage would diminish further.
The other explanation is that elaborating the difference between the two in just monetary terms does not provide the exact picture. There is greater job satisfaction of working in a smaller place than in a bigger place, where most workers pale into insignificance in the vastness of the larger firm's work environment. On the other hand, in a smaller firm you feel like a vital cog in the wheel, an essential and crucial part of the company's operations. This intangible aspect if taken into consideration and a value is put on it; would significantly impact and bridge the wages inequality between the two.
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Fiat has an unenviable reputation in the U.S.. The Abarth name here is less well known, but is revered among the enlightened. Put them together and you get something like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ritmo. É buono?
Aside from defining the economic and political direction of the European Union, the Germans have failed miserably in all previous attempts at World domination. And while sad Hans is sad about that fact, it didn't stop the Teutonic tide from dominating yesterday's voting, giving the 1979 450 SLC 5.0 a healthy 79% Nice Price win, and letting it show off its swoonerific aluminum muscles.
That Benz demonstrates the crafty Germans well-earned reputation for world-class automotive engineering. Unrelated, they also have a reputation for heavy opera; hamburgers in a can; and freaky Scheißepornographie, the less about which you know, the better. Their neighbors to the South however, are more interested in pinching the gentler sex's derrieres than what comes out of them. Those latin lovers are also pretty good at making cars go fast - granted perhaps not for long periods of time - but in short bursts, very fast indeed.
Today's 1982 Fiat Ritmo Abarth 125TC has a name longer than the amount of time the base model was available in the U.S.. That car was called the Strada here, and its 128-based platform never felt the Scorpion's sting in America. In Italy, and its former Axis partner however, the 125TC tore it up with a GTI-besting 123-bhp 1,995 cc twin cam out of the 131 Mirafiori. That, along with the close ratio ZF five speed transaxle, gave the car an excellent for the era 8.7-second zero to sixty time. Other Abarth mods include the wider alloy wheels, rubber ducky hatch spoiler, sport steering wheel and foglamp-equipped front valance. A special bit of historical relevance is that the Ritmo 125TC and its 130TC follow up were the last cars to ever roll off of the Abarth production lines, and their end completes Fiat's absorption of that legendary tuner begun with their initial purchase back in 1971.
This car is presently making cross-border incursions from Canada after having been in deep storage for the better part of 16 years. The seller has owned it longer, and says he used it to cruise around the continent until socking it away like it was Ted Williams' head, only without the deep freeze. It being 28 years old and a Fiat, there's naturally some things that have already been replaced, and a few more that need to be. The seller claims that out of the 82K on the clock, only 2500 are on the new steering rack, and fewer than 500 on the Falken tires. The battery and ignition system have also see some love, and the car is apparently brought to life by a switch added to the center console, the key having been lost some time ago. Best not to park this beauty in a bad neighborhood.
Still needing attention are the cracked windshield - the replacement of which would likely mean the lose of that sweet OILIIIOFIIIAIT sticker - an unraveling front seat squab, and a headliner that's making its own curtain call. Other than that there's some rust. . . wait, what's that? Of course there's rust, it's a Fiat afterall, and that's just part of the charm. Italian cars aren't built with the same kind of expected longevity as Italian artwork or architecture after all. Additionally, the front facia, which is a single piece of molded plastic, currently carries the patina of a corpulent zombie, possibly indicative of its having been stored all those years ass-back.
In addition to the factory ABARTH 2000 rocker stripes, this Ritmo sports advertisements for Agip and Koni, although that could be rectified with a hair dryer and razor blade. The hood appears un-marred by such stickers, but has been repainted, or is perhaps off a Strada. It is reasonably close to the body color not to matter, either way. Down below, it's hard to tell if the paint on the wheels is flaking, or if they've just been the recipients of a poor attempt to clean off the brake dust. The black-painted window trim however, is showing the wear of age, and could stand a baptism at the alter of the cult of the rattle can. Other than that, and the stuff already noted in the ad, the car looks reasonably good- the dash surviving the decades without becoming crackosaurus rex, and still having the nice canted tri-gauge add-on. The electrical ass-hattery resulting from the attempt to bypass the ignition switch has resulted in the heater motor going tits up, as well as things like the hazard lights and a couple of the gauges going on strike, but hey, how fun would it be to dive into that challenge?
Before you could make that jump, you'd need to make this car too legit to quit, and unlike trying to get a mail order bride into the country, a quick trip to city hall ain't gonna' do it here. The seller says that his attempt at smuggling the car into the U.S. - coyote-like - was met with insurmountable resistance by the border patrol. Because of that he's had it tearing up the roads in the Great White North, or Vancouver at the very least.
An Abarth like this would be a sweet ride and I guaran-big-titty-wet-tee you that you wont see another one passing you on the street, parking next to you at the Waffle House parking lot, or stealing attention away from you at the Fiat Concours. And yes, they have those. But there's two hurdles to overcome before that can happen; there's the aforementioned issue with getting it into the States (you Canadians and the rest of you living outside of the land of the free and the home of the Atlanta Braves should just sit on your hands for that part) and then there's the issue of cost, as to make this Ritmo your bitch, you'll have to come up with $5,500 American. Now, non-Abarth Stradas - if you can find one not being used by crackers for target practice- will go for about 100% less than that, but this is a rare car everywhere else, and here in the States it's like the last sane cell in Mel Gibson's body, the only one of its kind. And while usually urging anyone to buy a Fiat Ritmo is tantamount to suggesting Gibson perform your baby's bris milôh, that Abarth scorpion acts like meth to a car addict, and in this case we'll just have to make an exception. But what about that price, is $5,500 exceptional enough to make you want to start practicing the Ritmo method? Or, for that much, is this a Strada that should be passato?
You decide!
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This is a strange VHE-spawn indeed.
It's been under construction for some months now, ready for weeks, I just were too lazy to upload the file. About the map... it's almost unplayable on my setup, (600 mhz, TNT2, 384 sdram (most maps are ) ) but those of you who have somewhat new systems might enjoy it... dunno. I don't have a decent storyline for this because the map doesn't make any sense to me at all. I just want to release it and I never want to see it again. Argh.
The .zip is 3.8 mb, and .bsp is ~8 megs (textures included within)
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Here's another guest-post from Commander Logic, who has posted here on the topics of long-held virginity, Game-of-Thrones-and-Tits, and finding your people and your place. She was recently seen plying friends with hot stew and beer during an epic showing of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy.*
It's my 35th birthday today, so I wonder if you could gift me with your wit and wisdom?
I'm basically feeling stuck. After Uni I struggled and worked crazy hours in the type of liberal arts work I really enjoyed, but which is very badly paid and very busy, and meant I was constantly moving around, barely making ends meet and staying in shared flats with bad heating and volatile hot water supply, although mostly great company. Things getting better was always just around the corner, but it seemed that things were moving up and I'd get a stable job surely, one of those days.
Now, the last job I had turned into what I slowly realized was a two-year bullying marathon. In terms of the work I did, I got results that were recognized – by peers outside, not within the institution – but it left me utterly exhausted, listless and unemployed 7 months ago.
Basically, I feel like I am back to zero. I am in a new country, I need to get a job, a flat, and hopefully a bunch of good friends around me. I've not had a regular relationship ever. For the last months, I have felt,melodramatically, crushed, or rather immobile. I do make sure to take care of myself, doing exercise, eating decent food, keeping in touch with friends and family, going out as much as possible to meet new people and not shut myself in. I also look at the job openings every morning, and I do apply for jobs. I've done a bunch of unpaid stuff to keep somewhat connected to 'my field.'


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Man posing as Winston-Salem detective takes elderly woman's money: police
Winston-Salem police are looking for a man suspected of posing as a police detective and taking money that he'd just asked an 81-year-old woman to withdraw from her bank account.
The woman told police the incident happened Wednesday and involved the State Employees Credit Union on New Walkertown Road.
A well-spoken, well-dressed man who identified himself as a police detective went to the woman's house and said she should transfer her money to another bank due to account irregularities he was investigating, police said.
After consulting over the phone with someone whom the suspect called the "Chief," the woman and suspect went to the credit union to withdraw the money, police said.
The two went back to the woman's home, and the suspect said they needed to check the serial numbers on the money, police said.
The woman left the room at some point, and when she returned the man and the money were gone, police said. No suspect vehicle was seen.
Police released surveillance images of the suspect on Monday. The suspect was further described as a man in his 40s wearing a dark suit and tie, glasses and a dark colored hat.
Anyone with information on the incident or a possible suspect is asked to call Winston-Salem police at (336) 773-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 727-2800.
Police also want to remind people that communications officials can verify any officer's identity, and a legitimate officer won't mind checking for verification.


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City officials say low-lying areas in the southeast communities of Riverbend and Deer Run were being evacuated late Thursday.
As many as 100,000 people were expected to be evacuated from low-lying areas in 25 communities by midnight.
But based on current flow projections for the Bow and Elbow Rivers, officials don't expect any more of the city will be evacuated.
"Unless something dramatically changes overnight, we believe that is sufficient evacuations," said fire chief Bruce Burrell.
The Elbow River is expected to peak between 3 and 5 a.m., said city director of water services Dan Limacher. The Bow River is expected to stop rising at that time but officials are waiting on upstream information to know when that river could crest.
Burrell says water will be spilling over the Glenmore Dam tonight, but there are no worries about its structural integrity.
"We're not worried about a dam failure," said Burrell. "It is designed to spill over but is structurally sound."
With a few hours left until the Elbow River is expected to crest, city crews halted construction on a dirt berm along Elbow Drive in Mission just shy of 4th Street S.W.
Lights in Mission went out abruptly just before midnight, putting the neighbourhood into the dark, lit only by the flashing lights of emergency crews and dump trucks lining 4th Street waiting to dump piles of dirt onto the road for the berm.
About 15 minutes later, construction on the berm was halted, leaving 4th Street unprotected from rising waters. By 12:30, Mission was almost completely dark and quiet.
An official from the city confirmed that crews have stopped working on the birm.
An official from the city confirmed that crews have stopped working on the birm.
Meanwhile, downtown hotels continue to get calls from people seeking rooms.
"An unholy amount of calls, you don't know the half of it," said Shaun Moore of the Best Western in downtown Calgary. "I sold my last room about an hour ago. I don't have anything and I still keep getting calls."
Reynolds Ramos, of Holiday Inn Express, said all 56 rooms have also been booked, although he added that it was already busy becaue of Sled Island.
Police are asking residents in affected areas to self-evacuate and tape their door with a large 'X' so police can see which homes have been evacuated. They are also securing empty neighbourhoods to ward off looters.
There will be five more evacuation centres open by midnight, but that so far most people have gone to stay with friends and family rather than visit the existing evacuation centres at the Southland Leisure Centre, Acadia Recreation Complex and the Centre Street Church.
Getting in and out of the downtown core Friday will be difficult, said Deputy police Chief Trevor Daroux. He advised everyone to stay out of the area if possible as flooding is expected to affect the area around 6th Avenue at 1st Street S.E. north to 3rd Avenue at 7th Street S.E.
"If you don't need to be downtown, please don't go downtown," he said.
All Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District school are closed tomorrow.
Flood damage is also causing disruptions to hospitals and clinics in High River, Canmore and Banff as well as Calgary's Sheldon Chumir, which closed earlier Thursday evening.
Health Minister Fred Horne said the health response emergency plan was enacted but there is no imminent danger.
"Ground floors have been flooded and residents and patients have been moved to upper floors," said Horne. "It's really too soon to say what the extent of damage might be in health facilities, but all of the patients and residents and staff are safe."
The province is reactivating its disaster aid committee used during the Slave Lake fire.
"They'll be meeting tomorrow morning to talk about taking that blueprint and then nuancing it for this situation," said Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths.
"I think it's beyond a doubt that this is a disaster situation that we're going to have to manage very quickly," said Griffiths, who visited Calgary's Emergency Operations Centre Thursday night.
"Once the floodwaters subside, people don't want to wait to see what's going to happen they want to start to know what action is now, so we're going to be there to assist municipalities in assessing the damage and moving as quickly as we can."
"Fire is so easy to see what the damage is, because it's burned, but floods can be a lot more difficult to assess," he added There have been no fatalities reported, he said.
"To our knowledge there are no missing persons or fatalities. There were rumours of a missing person but that's not been confirmed either."
The military has offered help, said Griffiths, including a helicopter to move a hospital generator needed. But no official requests have been made.
"Albertans are safe, they just need to continue to make sure they're updated on information that's being provided," said Griffiths.
A tally of what the flood damage and evacuation efforts are costing won't be known until Friday at the earliest.
"Tomorrow we'll start to engage our finance department in tallying costs, where appropriate we'll start we'll be applying for disaster recovery programs under both the province and the federal programs," said Burrell.
Sunnyside residents Sally and Mike McIsaac planned to spend Thursday night sleeping in the hallway on the fourth floor of their apartment. It was the couple's last resort when their street-level unit was flooded with backlogged wastewater.
Standing outside in the rain with packed bags, they looked away from the Bow River and toward the police officer with a bull-horn, instructing them to find higher ground.
"I have no family here," Sally said, through tears. "I have no friends here. Everybody is in Ontario.
"I need a place to stay right now."
To Mike, the worst part was the lack of notice he feels they received.
"It's nobody's fault," he said. "But ... had they told me hours ago I probably could've got somebody from my work to pick us up and get us out of here.
"But 10 minutes? By then they wouldn't let people in unless they lived here."
In June of 2005, one of the city's worst flood years on record, heavy rain caused flood damage to about 40,000 homes, and 1,500 Calgarians were evacuated.
But city officials warn the current flooding situation poses a much more serious threat.
Peak flows downstream of the Elbow were expected to crest sometime after 3 a.m. early Friday, city officials say, and water levels aren't expected to subside until Saturday afternoon.
"Depending on the extent of flooding we experience overnight, there may be areas in the city where people aren't going to be able to get into until the weekend," said Bruce Burrell, director of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency.
Flooding concerns prompted the closure of all CBE and Calgary Catholic School District schools on Friday.
City officials also closed the Calgary Zoo by midday Thursday, and Telus Spark announced it would be closed Friday.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi, speaking from Toronto on Thursday before boarding a flight back to Calgary, said the city is taking every precaution to deal with a serious flooding situation.
"We're looking at flow rates significantly higher than 2005," he said.
"While we have more resources than we did then, it's quite possible the height of the river and the water will overcome defences like berms and sandbags, and we must be as prepared as we can."
Residents living along the rivers watched anxiously as levels rose rapidly throughout the day.
Rideau resident Marianne Kasper watched anxiously Thursday as the water crept higher. She said she's annoyed with the city for not sandbagging her home, which officials promised they would do following the floods eight years ago.
Kasper said she was told it was futile because the levels are expected to be much higher this time.
"They've given up," she said.
Daughter Natalie Stevenson went searching for sandbags Thursday morning but there were none to be found. Neither want to leave, but they plan to obey the evacuation order.
The family had to renovate their basement after the 2005 flood. This time, Kasper said, they have no insurance coverage.
She spent much of Thursday moving things off the floor, assembling important documents and emptying the fridge and freezer — something learned from the last round of floods.
"I realize there's no hope. I'm going to flood. I'm resigned," she said.
Mission resident Dolores Kraft also remembers the floods of 2005. At the time, she lived in an apartment on 26th Avenue S.W. that backed onto the Elbow River.
"It was horrendous," recalled the 80-year-old. Water filled their garage to the ceiling and the couple spent a month living with their daughter.
Kraft now lives in another building — but it too backs onto the river. With an evacuation order in effect, she says she's worried but prepared.
"My daughter called and said, 'I've got a room ready.' "
Rae McConnell lives on the second floor of the Elbow Tower, the same building Kraft resides in.
McConnell, too, was evacuated eight years ago from the same apartment for three weeks.
"We made it last time," she said. "It's still a hassle, of course."
McConnell expects to stick with her earlier plan to stay with her sister in Winnipeg.
The fact she's headed from one city under an evacuation order in some areas to another city prone to floods isn't lost on McConnell. She jokes about being a flood chaser.


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Mike McGlinchey Jersey . -- The San Francisco 49ers have re-signed cornerback Perrish Cox to a one-year contract. http://www.49ersrookiestore.com/. Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist as the Kings stretched their streak to seven wins in a row with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Tarvarius Moore Jersey . -- Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of a strained calf muscle, and pitcher C. Jimmie Ward 49ers Jersey . "Its amazing to do this coming from such a small island, where tennis isnt necessarily recognized as one of the main sports," Puig said. "Im just happy Im able to be here playing tennis not only for myself, but for my country too.The Maple Leafs have a hole down the middle, a Ducks centre making the most of his opportunity, plus notes on Chris Kreider, Kris Versteeg, Robin Lehner, Alex Goligoski and more in Scott Cullens latest blog. 1. As the Toronto Maple Leafs have lost C David Bolland, indefinitely (for a long time by most guesses) due to a severed ankle tendon, there is a glaring need at centre, particularly with C Tyler Bozak also sidelined with a hamstring injury. In the short-term, the Leafs have moved James van Riemsdyk to centre on the top line, shifting Nazem Kadri to centre on the second line and veteran checker Jay McClement handles the third-line duties. When Bozak returns, and presumably van Riemsdyk moves back to left wing, there is going to be a need for another centre, ideally one that can handle top nine minutes. While there are any number of ways to address the need, including a blockbuster for a premier centre, the most obvious would be to find a player on an expiring contract -- the proverbial rental -- playing for a team that might not be in the playoff mix, that can handle playing one of the top three centre spots. Here are a few options that might be available for trade: Steve Ott, Buffalo - In the final year of a contract with a $2.95-million cap hit, Ott is an agitator who is playing a career-high 19:05 for the lowly Sabres. He can score a bit, but is probably best-suited to a third-line role. He figures to be a sought-after commodity, if/when the Sabres move him, so he wont necessarily come cheaply. Matt Stajan, Calgary - Former Leaf was traded to Calgary in 2009 and hes under-performed, certainly relative to his $3.5-million cap hit, but as a third-line centre, Stajan is a solid enough two-way player that he could fill that role. He can provide some offence from time to time, but plays a responsible enough two-way game to fit in the top nine. David Legwand, Nashville - 33-year-old has played 908 games for the Predators and has a no-trade clause, but will be an unrestricted free agent at seasons end. If the Predators, who have depth down the middle, arent prepared to keep Legwand and they cant stay in contention, then maybe it would make sense to get some value in return (of course, pending Legwands approval). These are hardly the only options. There are veterans who would likely be easy to acquire (Scott Gomez, Olli Jokinen) or the Leafs could set their sights on Montreals David Desharnais or Dallas Shawn Horcoff. Considering his parting comments for coach Randy Carlyle, its probably too much to hope for the Leafs to try and bring back Washingtons Mikhail Grabovski. In any case, the Leafs probably cant afford to stand pat and just hope that they can remain a playoff team despite the loss of Bolland who, incidentally, has been excellent. 2. Its not unusual for a player to get a better opportunity playing on a new team, especially for a coach that is familiar with him from his previous team, but Ducks C Mathieu Perreault has really made the most of his chance in Anaheim. Hes playing a little more, a career-high 13:55 per game, and has good linemates -- Teemu Selanne and Jakob Silfverberg (both currently injured) -- have been his most common linemates. Recently, it has been Devante Smith-Pelly and Emerson Etem, with some Dustin Penner sprinkled in there. With opposing defences geared towards stopping the Ducks top line, it provides good opportunity for Perreault to generate offence and hes done that, ranking fourth in points/60 minutes of play. Its not entirely a fluke, either. Perreault is a high-percentage finisher (18.7 SH% for his career ranks best among players with at least 200 shots since 2009-2010), so he should continue to finish at a high rate. On the other hand, his on-ice shooting percentage (12.2%) is also very high, even if middle-of-the-pack on the Ducks currently, and it would be a career-high for Perreault. So, sure, there will be some regression, but if hes left in an offensive role all season, its entirely reasonable to expect a new career-high in points for Perreault, whose previous best was 30 points in 64 games in 2011-2012. Maybe something closer to 45-50 points is possible for this season. 3. Rangers rookie LW Chris Kreider was a disappointment last season, scoring two goals and three points in 23 games (and only 23 points in 48 AHL games), but hes been much better this season. He started the year in the American Hockey League, but after four points in six games, was recalled to the Rangers, where he has a couple of goals and six points in seven game, while playing with Derek Stepan and either Brad Richards or Mats Zuccarello. Whats encouraging about Kreider is that he also has strong possession numbers and is generating shots on goal (2.43 per game, compared to 0.83 per game last season), so he may actually be able to sustain some offensive production. 4. Panthers RW Kris Versteeg has had a tough road coming back from reconstructive knee surgery. Hes been a healthy scratch, played a season-low 10:48 in his last game (Nov. 1 vs. St. Louis) and has one point in his last five games. But dont write him off just yet. Versteeg is getting chances -- a career-high 2.69 shots on goal per game -- and his possession stats are strong. Combine that with the fact that hes a four-time 20-goal scorer on a team lacking proven offensive performers and Versteeg ought to find better results soon enough. 5. Senators G Craig Anderson suffered a neck injury against Dallas and, while it doesnt appear to be serious, it does give Robin Lehner opportunity to see more action. While the Senators are allowing a league-high 38.5 shots against per game, Anderson has come back to earth with a .912 save percentage (following a league-leading .941 SV% last season), but Lehner continues to play well in limited duty. In 22 games, over the last three seasons, Lehner has a .936 save percentage, the kind of play that begs for more playing time. 6. Its been hard enough for the New Jersey Devils to score this season, tied for 27th with 1.86 goals per game, but they have been forced to juggle lines recently with Patrik Elias and Travis Zajac out of the lineup. Jaromir Jagr has skated with Dainius Zubrus and Andrei Loktionov on one scoring line, while Adam Henrique centered Mattias Tedenby and Michael Ryder. Those lines arent causing opposing teams sleepless nights as they prepare to face the Devils. 7. After some trying times under new coach Lindy Ruff, Stars D Alex Goligoski has averaged 24:41 of ice time over the last four games, scoring a couple of goals. Hes been paired with Jordie Benn, who has played moore than 20 minutes in each of the last four games (only the second time in his career he has such a four-game streak).dddddddddddd Their ice time has come at the expense of Sergei Gonchar and Trevor Daley, who are in the 16-18 minute range. 8. Missing defencemen Jacob Trouba, Mark Stuart and Paul Postma, the Winnipeg Jets picked up D Keaton Ellerby on waivers from Los Angeles. Ellerby was the 10th overall pick in 2007 and had played 160 NHL games with Florida and Los Angeles before joining the Jets. Its a good opportunity for Ellerby to get playing time, something that wasnt happening in Los Angeles this year, and the Jets definitely need whatever NHL-ready help they can find to back-fill for those injuries. 9. Lightning D Radko Gudas is a hard-hitting rookie defenceman who played 22 games for the Lightning last season and he showed in that trial what kind of player he could be in the NHL, racking up 38 penalty minutes and 87 hits, along with five points in those 22 games. This season, Gudas has amped it up. In 14 games, hes playing a prominent role, 19:40 per game, and is the only player in the league with at least 30 blocked shots and 50 hits. He also has 55 penalty minutes in 14 games. As might be expected, looking at those numbers, his puck possession stats arent ideal, but hes also contributed a goal and four assists in the last eight games so, as much as hes a physical force, he can contribute with the puck on his stick too. 10. Bruins prospect Ryan Spooner got called up for a couple of games while RW Loui Eriksson was injured, and Spooner gave a solid accounting of himself, contributing a couple of assists in limited ice time. With Eriksson returning to action, was sent back to Providence, where he has seven points in eight games, but if the Bruins need offence inserted into their lineup at any point this season, they know where to look first. 11. Hurricanes rookie D Ryan Murphy has been held without a point over the last five games, and was fined for clipping, but there are positives to take from this span. Hes played more than 20 minutes in each of those five games, averaging 21:33 per game. Its not surprising, given the lack of offensive talent on the Carolina defence, but Murphy has ample opportunity to produce, even as a rookie. 12. Canadiens C David Desharnais is going to be a healthy scratch for Tuesdays game against St. Louis. With the Canadiens moving second-year forward Alex Galchenyuk to centre, on the second line, and Lars Eller to the third line centre spot, Desharnais was left without a natural fit. In some respects this could be seen as a decision precipitated by the emergence of rookie winger Michael Bournival, who remains on the top line with Tomas Plekanec and Brian Gionta, but its also a reflection of Desharnais play this season. He has no goals and one assist in 15 games, has subpar possession numbers and, for a guy who is listed at 5-foot-7, he has to produce if hes going to keep a spot in the lineup. Given that hes under contract for three more years after this one, at a cap hit of $3.5-million, Desharnais will get another chance to play, but hes obviously not in a good spot right now. 13. The Edmonton Oilerss list of injured forwards includes Jesse Joensuu, Taylor Hall, Ryan Smyth and David Perron -- all left wingers. Yet, they have not recalled Linus Omark from Oklahoma City, where the 26-year-old has eight goals and 12 points, with a minus-8 rating, in 12 games. Isnt it at least possible that he would be better than one of Nail Yakupov, Ryan Jones, Ben Eager or Ryan Hamilton? 14. Kings RW Jeff Carter is on IR, which prompted the recall of Tyler Toffoli from Manchester of the AHL, where Toffoli had seven goals and 12 points in 10 games. Toffoli had an assist in his first game of the season with the Kings, playing a career-high 19:23 on a line with C Mike Richards and either Dwight King or Daniel Carcillo on the left side. In Saturdays loss to Nashville, King played a career-high 21:04. 15. Sharks RW Martin Havlat has returned to the lineup and its at a good time, while the Sharks are still missing RW Brent Burns. When Burns is ready to come back, that will require some finesse from head coach Todd McLellan, since the Sharks line combinations had been awfully effective, particularly when Burns was healthy. For his part, Havlat has no points and three shots on goal in his first couple of games and now has 45 points in 81 games with San Jose. FIRST NHL GAMESJordan Szwarz, RW, Phoenix - A fourth-round pick in 2009, Szwarz has played the last two seasons in the AHL, scoring 53 points in 118 games, but he started strong this year, with five points in six games, and has played 6:16 per game in three games for the Coyotes. He did score his first NHL goal against Nashville on Halloween. Reto Berra, G, Calgary - A 26-year-old with a .908 save percentage in nine AHL games, Berra was promoted to the Flames because he may still be a better option than Joey MacDonald or Karri Ramo, who have both struggled. Berra stopped 42 of 44 shots to win his debut against Chicago. Jon Merrill, D, New Jersey - Drafted in the second round in 2010, Merrill is a talented defenceman with good size, who had some off-ice trouble while at the University of Michigan, limiting his playing time over the last couple seasons. He does have 15 points in 23 AHL games, including late last season and early this season, so he should upgrade the Devils ability to move the puck out of their own end, but his debut could have gone better. He skated just 1:16 before he was tripped by Wild winger Torrey Mitchell and crashed into the end boards, ending his game. Ben Chiarot, D, Winnipeg - A stay-at-home defenceman drafted in the fourth-round in 2009, Chiarot was pressed into service due to injuries. He was minus-3 and generally overmatched in 10:47 against the Blackhawks, which isnt exactly the easiest matchup for ones first NHL game. CHIRPING"I cannot say I dont play well. I cant blame the hands because they were pretty good to me all my life. So, I blamed the sticks." - Jaromir Jagr, shifts the blame. "I feel like this year the cockiness is coming back a little bit." - More Jagr. "To play in Madison Square Garden is something special. I love New York. There are so many great things to do here, and I guess another one is to win a hockey game." - Ducks G Frederik Andersen, after Mondays win. Scott Cullen can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. 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A fun look at Christmas through lists, including top movies, top music, Santa Claus names and more.
The Best Christmas Movies 10. "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989) 9. "Babes in Toyland" (1934) 8. "Home Alone" (1990) 7. "Christmas in Connecticut" (1942) 6. "Elf" (2003) 5. "White Christmas" (1954) 4. "Scrooged" (1988) 3. "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) 2. "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) 1. "A Christmas Story" (1983) - List by Moviefone The Best Christmas Music 10. The Chipmunks, "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" 9. Pussycat Dolls, "Santa Baby" 8. The Beach Boys, "Little Saint Nick" 7. Thurl Ravenscroft, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" 6. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "Carol Of The Bells" 5. Gloria Estefan, "I'll Be Home For Christmas" 4. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song" 3. Dean Martin, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" 2. Bing Crosby, "White Christmas" 1. Ella Fitzgerald, "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer" - List by Kevin Flaherty/MorningSun The Best Christmas Books 10. "The Greatest Story Ever Told," Fulton Oursler 9. "The Polar Express," Chris Van Allsburg 8. "The Christmas Tree," Judy Salamon 7. "The Crippled Lamb," Max Lucado 6. "The Christmas Box," Richard Paul Evans 5. "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," Barbara Robinson 4. "One Wintry Night," Ruth Bell Graham 3. "Twas The Night Before Christmas," Clement Moore 2. "How The Grinch Stole Christmas," Dr. Seuss 1. "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens - List by http://listverse.com The Many Names of Santa Claus Santa Claus (U.S.) Papai Noel (Brazil) Sinter Klaas (Netherlands) Father Christmas (England) Pere Noel (France) Saint Nikolaus (Germany) Hoteiosho (Japan) Kris Kringle (U.S., from German Christkindl) - List from Wikipedia It's Christmas Year-Round In These Places Christmas, Florida Christmas Island, a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean Christmas, Michigan, a small community on Michigan's Upper Peninsula - List from Wikipedia GateHouse News Service


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Environmental experts at Oyster Creek Generating Station have found and stopped two small leaks in underground pipes believed to be a main source of tritiated water found earlier this month in a concrete vault on plant property.
FORKED RIVER, NJ (April 30, 2009) - Environmental experts at Oyster Creek Generating Station have found and stopped two small leaks in underground pipes believed to be a main source of tritiated water found earlier this month in a concrete vault on plant property.
The leaks were near monitoring wells where elevated levels of tritium were found last week. Station experts are inspecting other underground pipes and a water storage tank nearby as an added measure.
The pipes are being replaced. The presence of tritium outside the pipes was discovered April 17 during routine environmental testing on plant property. Station environmental experts found the highest levels of tritium - about six million picocuries per liter - in new monitoring wells near a 10-foot by 30-foot area within the station's secure zone where the two pipes are located. The same monitoring wells showed no detectable tritium when sampled in March.
Oyster Creek installed five additional monitoring wells to further define the location and extent of the tritium. Daily samples of water from the plant's intake and discharge canals have shown no detectable levels of tritium.
"Through our extensive environmental program we found this water, reported it and are making the necessary repairs," said Tim Rausch, Oyster Creek's site vice president. "I want to re-emphasize that at no time has there been a threat to employee or public health or safety." Tritium is a weak radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is produced naturally in the upper atmosphere and is found in virtually all surface water. Tritium is produced in higher concentrations in nuclear reactors and is typically discharged into the environment under strict federal guidelines. Concentrations are typically measured in picocuries, which is one trillionth of a curie.
Oyster Creek is about 60 miles east of Philadelphia in Ocean County, New Jersey. The plant produces 636 net megawatts of electricity at full power, enough electricity to supply 600,000 typical homes, the equivalent of all homes in Monmouth and Ocean counties.
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Here is a recap of the Cubs minor league system from 5/30/12, enjoy.
Iowa was rained out, and that's stupid.
Not much went right for Peoria on Wednesday Night as they fell to Burlington 10-1. Peoria made three errors on the night, which led to six unearned runs. Ben Wells started for Peoria and he wasn't too bad in three and a-third innings, he gave up one run, unearned on four hits. Wes Darvill, and Yaniel Cabezas each had two hits in the loss with Cabezas knocking in the only Chiefs run.
Trailing 5-3 heading into the ninth the Daytona Cubs rallied for three runs to knock off Brevard County 6-5 in a thriller. Frank Del Valle had a rare off outing as he was only able to last four and a-third while giving up five runs, all earned on four hits. The D-Cubs bullpen really did the job as they went the remaining four and two-thirds without giving up a run to keep the team in it. John Andreoli was 2-for-3 in the lead-off spot with two walks and a run scored. Arismendy Alcantara continued his stellar 2012 campaign as he went 2-for-5 at the plate, he is now hitting .304 on the season. Greg Rohan continues to hit as he went 2-for-5 at the plate with his 10th home run of the season.
The Smokies only managed four runs on five hits en route to a 6-4 loss to Huntsville on Wednesday night. Dallas Beeler has a rough outing as he only made it through four and a-third while giving up five runs, four earned on nine hits, he falls to 1-5 on the season but has an ERA of 4.22 which isn't terrible. Junior Lake was the one of the few Smokies going at the plate last night as he was 2-for-5 with his 3rd home run of the season. Michael Brenly was 1-for-3 at the plate with his first home run of the season, he drove in two runs and scored two.
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Mbombela Stadium
40,929 seats in Nelspruit, South Africa
Our driver Dave
He drove us from Joburg to Hazeyview
Joburg To Kruger Park
Millys Express
Bowls at Millys
Millys Express in Belfast, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Joe Barbas "Old Joe"
Born in Hilversum in the Netherlands in
1883, Joe Barbas came to South Africa at the age of nineteen.
Toys at Millys
Fruit Farm March 31, 2009
Near Old Joe on R539
Mbombela Rural headed toward Durban. Old Joe is to the left of the picture
Millys on the N4
Highlands Rural. Located at the Caltex petrol station.
It is located on open land six kilometers west of Nelspruit, South Africa, the capital of the Mpumalanga province.
Mbombela Rural
Contruction of the Mbombela Stadium (one of the ten venues for the FIFA World Cup 2010).
The stadium has the same name as Nelspruit's new name. In October 2009, Nelspruit was officially renamed Mbombela by the South African government.
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Old Joe - Painted Rock Statue 2009
A group of schoolboys from Hilton College in KwaZulu-Natal started a tradition of occasionally painting Joe.
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Documents and research related to the roughly 780 people who have been sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2002.
Ahmad Tourson
Ahmad Tourson is a 49-year-old citizen of China. He was transferred to Palau on Oct. 31, 2009.
Note: These documents include some assertions that cannot be independently verified. Many allegations have been contested by detainees and their lawyers, and some have been undercut by other evidence.


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i tried calling
you didn't pick up
where have you gone to, America?
i can't find you under my bed or in my closet with the other monsters
you seem to be everywhere all at once like you're imitating God, but maybe you're just photocopying yourself until the ink turns to white like your flag on the moon
where have you gone to America?
when I go down on you, you never return the favor
where have you gone to, America?
your model homes are empty
your desks in your schools are empty
your teachers are just praying for tenure
where have you gone to, America?
are you in Central Park with those cast to the corners?
are you in Brooklyn with the rappers who reside in check out counter headphones?
the Dodgers are in Los Angeles now
the Lakers are in Los Angeles now
how come she always gets whatever she wants?
where have you gone to, America?
your youngest daughter still needs you
where have you gone to, America?
your unwrapped gifts are stacking up under the Xmas tree
your churches have walls to expand for the holiday rush
where have you gone to, America?
you left the groceries out on the table
you left your poor friends out on your San Francisco doorstep
you left your children at school with a gun
and you want to blame the trigger for the finger that pulled it
you want the television to babysit us
while you go out drinking with strange men
i tried leaving you this message, America
but your mailbox was full


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Suddenly, we are being dragged back to the 1980s--a time when race was front and center as the great American divide, a time of anger and backlash and showboating. We are dragged there by the Trayvon Martin verdict, by the Supreme Court's decision to void a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and even by the slow dissolution of immigration reform in the House of Representatives. There is an easy slippage into antique caricatures: Al Sharpton is back; Rachel Jeantel, Martin's unfortunate phone pal, surfaces to stoke every white racist's fantasy about the limitations of black people; and six jurors find it all too easy to believe that a vigilante who had stalked an innocent black teenager was acting in self-defense when, during a scuffle, he shot the kid point-blank.
And yet none of this quite fits. This is not the 1980s; race isn't the issue it was 30 years ago. It isn't binary--black and white--anymore. It's a kaleidoscope now: Latinos outnumber blacks in the American population, healthy dollops of South and East Asians add to the mix, and the prospect of a nonwhite majority is just around the bend. In 2013 the jury may still be almost all white, but the shooter is Hispanic--and the evidence is cloudy. If I were a member of that jury, operating in the context of Florida's barbaric gun laws, I might have had to vote to acquit. George Zimmerman clearly was guilty of overzealous racial profiling, but there was no definitive evidence of how the scuffle began. It was not beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman was overacting in self-defense. Martin's death is an outrage, but it is not Emmett Till or Medgar Evers.
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In a way, the 1980s were the last good time for Republicans. The Democrats were sitting ducks. They refused to face the reality transpiring in the slums. All too often they portrayed criminals as social victims. They defended a morally corrupt welfare system. They considered Daniel Patrick Moynihan's acute observation about the disintegration of the black family "racist." Until Bill Clinton said in 1993 that two-parent families were better for children than single moms--finally acknowledging a ton of sociological evidence--most Democrats considered such statements "blaming the victim." As a result, the Republicans, with a solid white majority, could float into the presidency on a tide of coded racial appeals.
We must be honest about this: ever since Richard Nixon's Southern strategy in 1968, race has been the Republican Party's tallest tent pole. Oh, there were other poles--a strong national defense against the communists, traditional values, low taxes--but even the latter two were, ultimately, about race. Where was the tax money going? To the unwed mother driving the welfare Cadillac. (Yes, disproportionate numbers of African Americans still receive benefits like food stamps--but the vast majority of them, 75%, do not.)