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Deputies: Brevard County man accused of starving dogs arrested
A BREVARD COUNTY MAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STARVE HIS TWO DOGS TO DEATH. JOSEPH FARKAS IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS HE TORTURED HIS TWO DOGS BY LEAVING A BAG OF DOG FOOD IN PLAIN SIGHT WHILE INTENTIONALLY STARVING THEM. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHARED VIDEOS OF THE EMACIATED DOGS NAMED KATIE AND DARCY. KATIE WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE, IT WAS DETERMINED SHE'D BEEN PARALYZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WAS LYING IN HER OWN WASTE. DARCY WAS IN EVEN WORSE CONDITION. >> HIS STARVATION OF HER HAD CAUSED HER TO GO INTO A STATE OF SHOCK. HER ORGANS WERE SHUTTING DOWN AND HER HEART WASN'T ABLE TO CIRCULATE BLOOD. SHE WAS JUST DAYS FROM DEATH. STEWART: DESPITE ALL OF THAT ABUSE, BOTH DOGS ARE NOW ABLE TO WALK AND PLAY, AND ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said a man accused of animal cruelty is facing charges. A woman contacted them on Sept. 1 and told them Joseph Farkas, 68, was "starving his two dogs to death", according to the affidavit.She'd visited Farkas' home and noticed his dogs were in bad condition.The woman told deputies he made her leave when she asked if Farkas wanted help opening a bag of dog food. During a well-being check on the two dogs, Katie and Darcy, Farkas allegedly didn't want investigators to see the dogs, saying they were sick and he didn't want anyone taking his family.However, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Farkas did end up allowing the well-being check to be conducted.One of Farkas' dogs, Darcy, had skin sinking between her bones, bruising on her heels, dry skin and plaque on her teeth. The sheriff's office said the chair she was sitting on had urine on it, which suggested she had not been taken out to use the bathroom in a while.Investigators conducted a check to examine Darcy's mobility, but despite efforts to see if she could move, Darcy was not able to move from the spot where she was sitting.Farkas' other dog, Katie, also had difficulty moving and her back paws had urine on them. Katie continuously whimpered during the well-being check, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.Overgrown nails and ribs exposed under her skin were also observed. It was discovered Katie had additionally gone untreated for parasites.A bag of dog food appeared to be unused, and the affidavit said it was surrounded by fur, dust and dirt. Both dogs upon further examination were determined to be in life-threatening condition. Darcy and Katie were removed from Farkas' home and given medical care. Farkas was arrested and he's facing charges of two counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of unlawful animal confinement, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said a man accused of animal cruelty is facing charges.
A woman contacted them on Sept. 1 and told them Joseph Farkas, 68, was "starving his two dogs to death", according to the affidavit.
She'd visited Farkas' home and noticed his dogs were in bad condition.
The woman told deputies he made her leave when she asked if Farkas wanted help opening a bag of dog food.
During a well-being check on the two dogs, Katie and Darcy, Farkas allegedly didn't want investigators to see the dogs, saying they were sick and he didn't want anyone taking his family.
However, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Farkas did end up allowing the well-being check to be conducted.
One of Farkas' dogs, Darcy, had skin sinking between her bones, bruising on her heels, dry skin and plaque on her teeth.
The sheriff's office said the chair she was sitting on had urine on it, which suggested she had not been taken out to use the bathroom in a while.
Investigators conducted a check to examine Darcy's mobility, but despite efforts to see if she could move, Darcy was not able to move from the spot where she was sitting.
Farkas' other dog, Katie, also had difficulty moving and her back paws had urine on them.
Katie continuously whimpered during the well-being check, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Overgrown nails and ribs exposed under her skin were also observed.
It was discovered Katie had additionally gone untreated for parasites.
A bag of dog food appeared to be unused, and the affidavit said it was surrounded by fur, dust and dirt.
Both dogs upon further examination were determined to be in life-threatening condition.
Darcy and Katie were removed from Farkas' home and given medical care.
Farkas was arrested and he's facing charges of two counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of unlawful animal confinement, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.


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Here's a Surprise: Some of Facebook's Users Actually Like the Timeline
Facebook today rolled out its new Timeline feature, the highly visual replacement for its previous profile pages, to all of its user worldwide. For the first seven days after they activate this feature, users will be able to make changes to their timelines (hide stories, promote others etc.) before others can see their new profile pages. Typically, Facebook's users tend to dislike any change to the service, especially those that are as invasive as completely changing their profile changes. Oddly enough, though, the initial reaction to this update is relatively positive – at least when compared to some of the company's other recent releases.
In between the usual griping and grammatically challenged posts on the Facebook blog, there is a surprisingly large contingent of users who are defending the change. Sure there are the typical negative comments we have come to expect (some favorite: "Seriously, STOP CHANGING SHIT!" "This is sooo confusing," "THis stupid crap shouldn't count…… Timelines? really that reminds of history class… Just keep it as it is…. I'm sorry this change is alot of CRAP! You should have never invented it.") and calls to remove the feature, there is a surprisingly large number of users who actually like the Timeline.
As German Blogger Marcel Weiß pointed out to me earlier today, maybe the reason for this relatively positive reaction is the fact that this feature doesn't affect people's daily use of Facebook as much as the much-hated ticker, for example.
Another factor here could be the fact that it took Facebook quite a while between announcing the feature and actually rolling it out to all of its users. With close to three months in between the announcement and launch, quite a few users were obviously prepared for this shift and some were even looking forward to it. Now if Facebook only finally launched that disklike button its users are also clamoring for…
As Music Gets More Social, is Apple Getting Left Behind?
When I opened Spotify on my desktop this morning, a pop-up informed me that "Spotify Loves Social" and that I should discover "great music with [my] friends." To get started doing just that, all I had to do was click "Get Started." Spotify also conveniently pre-checked the opt-in to Facebook's new Open Graph feature. I'm not sure most mainstream users will understand that opting in to the pre-checked Open Graph option means that all their listening data will not just be forwarded to Facebook, but that their friends will likely see everything they play on the Facebook ticker as well. As Spotify now forces its users to have a Facebook account, chances are quite a few people will sign up for this "service" unwittingly.
No matter what you think about this, though, it's clear that the future of music is social. Facebook has partnered with everybody who is anything in this business, including Spotify, Slacker, turntable.fm, iHeartRadio, MOG, SoundCloud and Rhapsody. The one exception: Apple.
As Cult of Mac's Mark Elgan rightly points out, Facebook – at least in the music world – "has become not just a competitor to Apple, but the Mother of All Apple Competitors." Apple, of course, has Ping, its own music-focused social network. Ping, however, is not a huge hit and whereas Apple couldn't even get Facebook to agree to let its users export their contacts to its own social network, though, the world's largest social network was more than happy to work with all of these other streaming music services.
If Ping were a huge hit, this wouldn't be a problem for Apple, but Apple's social network is neither very social nor very active these days. Indeed, one has to wonder if Apple itself is still thinking about it much, as it hasn't seen any major updates since its launch.
Two Trends that Could Hurt Apple: Social Music and On-Demand Streaming
Two trends are converging on Apple here that could unsettle it as the leading online music provider in the long run: social music and on-demand streaming. As on-demand services like Spotify, MOG and Rdio slowly gain traction (both with their paid and free tiers), users may just decide that they don't want to buy music but prefer a monthly flat-fee that costs less than the price of a single album instead. Couple that with Apple losing out in social, and it's clear that some people over in Cupertino must be starting to get worried. So far, Apple hasn't been able (or willing) to offer a flat-fee plan and its social initiatives haven't caught on, either.
Elgan argues that Apple needs its own social network for its music and entertainment business to succeed in the long run. Maybe that's true, but I would think that a closer partnership with the existing networks – be that Facebook or Google+ – could help the company to get into the social music game. Users have pretty much reached the saturation level when it comes to new social networks. At this point, partnering is a smarter move than building your own, especially if social networking isn't part of your core competencies.
Sorry Facebook, But That Stuff I Share on Your Site is Not the "Story of My Life"
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Facebook's announcements today represent nothing short of a major paradigm shift of how it wants its users to interact with its service and each other. Sure, the new Timeline is pretty to look at, but on the scale of today's announcements, that's just a blip on the radar. What really matters is that Facebook now sees its missions are giving you the ability to "curate the story of your life." Thanks to the new lightweight sharing features announced today, you can now quickly share (and bore your friends with) every article and book you read, every movie you watch on Neflix, every TV show you watch on Hulu, every book you read on your Kindle, every song you play on MOG or Spotify, and every picture of food you take on Foodspotting. Doesn't that sound like a dream come true? Isn't that "the story of your life?"
What I Share on Facebook Isn't the Story of My Life – Not Even Close
Zuckerberg's idea is that we will use Facebook to keep track of the "story of our lives." I can't help but wonder if that's not one step too far.
I can see the reasoning here – after all, once you've connected everybody, you can't grow by just adding new users anymore.
The fact that Zuckerberg would even think that users are putting "the story of their lives" on Facebook is just creepy.
If you really feel the need to share everything you do on Facebook and you think that that's a good representation of your life, you seriously need to get out and try living your life a bit harder. We never share everything, we never want everybody else to know everything we do and often enough, we'd rather forget stuff than keep a precise record of it.
Of course, if you are really buying into this idea, you can then relive all those glorious days on your timeline/digital scrapbook later on, or even get a nice graph with all the recipes you cooked in the new Reports feature. It's all there in a nicely designed "frictionless experience."
Maybe it's just me, but I have no interest in using Facebook as a repository for all this superfluous data. A picture or two from my vacations is good enough – I don't need to keep track of every recipe I cooked, every road I drove on and every morning run. Just like I wouldn't be interested in offline scrapbooking, I have no interest in cataloging my past exploits on Facebook either.
It's not just the data I might collect on Facebook (I doubt I will). I'd rather, for example, see my friends make very deliberate choices when they share something with me – not the one-click-and-forget kind of sharing Facebook seems to have in mind.
While Facebook is hyping the potential serendipitous discovery that this new system could allow for, my feeling is that this will just add more noise and very little value in the long run.
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Katango: Organizing Your Facebook Friends Has Never Been Easier
Google+ was developed around the concept of Circles – groups of people you organize according to your interests and relationship with them (tech bloggers, family members, etc.). While Google was working on Circles for its new social network, though, another company – Katango (formerly known as Cafébots) – was also working on a similar concept for organizing your friends. While Google makes you organize your groups manually, though, Katango developed a set of very smart algorithms that can automatically organize your Facebook friends into groups. Today, the company – which was funded by Kleiner Perkins' sFund – is releasing its first product that uses this system: a group messaging app for the iPhone.
This app, which is also called Katango (iTunes link), takes a look at who you are friends with on Facebook (the company plans to start working with other networks in the near future) and then organizes them into groups and lets you share content with them.
Using an Algorithm to Organize Your Friends
Unless the algorithms work very well, this kind of approach is obviously prone to being more of a hassle than just manually setting up groups, but luckily, the app actually works very well. The company's VP of product Yee Lee gave me a demo of the service's abilities earlier last week. Seconds after I gave it my Facebook credentials, Katango had organized my friends into instantly recognizable groups. The service, for example, recognized all my old work contacts from my last job at ReadWriteWeb and put them into one group. It also set up groups for all of my friends in Germany, as well as for my family members. I don't have a massive amount of friends on Facebook, but according to Lee, other users with more contacts will also see groups based on where they live, who they play sports with or go to church with and share other interests with.
In the iOS app, users will also be able to add their contacts to groups. None of this data is ever made public, so while the service gets a pretty intimate look at who your friends are, none of this data is ever shared with anybody.
Having groups, of course, only makes sense if you can do something with them, so Katango focuses on sharing photos and other content with your friends. If your contacts are on Facebook but don't use the app, they will see your content on Facebook. If they use neither, they will get an email.
Feature or Product?
To some degree, of course, Katango is really more of a feature than a standalone service and I wouldn't be surprised if somebody like Twitter, Google or Facebook would take an interest in buying the company. Lists, after all, are now a central part of all major social networking services and being able to automate this process is something most of these companies are likely looking at.
As for acquisitions or partnerships, Lee was obviously tight-lipped, but he did note that the company has talked to the "big two" players in the social networking space (I take this to mean Twitter and Facebook).
A Day With Google+: They Finally Got it Right
Yesterday was a big day for Google. The company launched a wave of new and updated products, but the focus was clearly on the (unexpected) launch of Google+. Until now, Google forays into social networking were generally lackluster (except for in Brazil, where Orkut continues to be popular). After the failure of Buzz, Google+ is the company's most ambitious social networking play yet. After spending a day with the product, it's clear that Google's teams learned from the mistakes they made with Buzz and finally put together a social networking service that can compete.
Google put a massive amount of effort behind this tool, but many of its parts still remain unconnected and scattered across Google's various properties (the +1 buttons, for example, aren't connected to your stream yet). Google+, however, gives us a first glimpse at what a lot of these parts could look like once they become integrated into one cohesive unit. What exactly this final product will look like still remains to be seen, but the basic building blocks are now in place. (more…)
Trover: The Best Location-Based Discovery App You're Not Using (Yet)
We all got our fair share of laughs out of the failed launch of the over-hyped photo-sharing/social networking service Color. While the idea behind the service was smart, the execution was abysmally bad. Trover, which quietly launched earlier this month, takes some of Color's most basic ideas and puts them into an easy to use free iOS app (iTunes link). The app is based around the idea that you want to share photos of cool places around you with the rest of the world. There is also a location-based social networking aspect to the app, but you could easily ignore this aspect of the service without losing it's basic functionality.
Location-based social networking based on photo sharing sounds like a complete buzzword overload, but oddly enough, it actually works out very well in Trover. In some ways, it's the kind of app you would expect Flickr to make if Flickr still had an ounce of innovation left in it.
The idea behind Trover is very simple: it allows you to publicly share geotagged images with anybody else on the service. That is, admittedly, nothing too original, but it's very well implemented. The main view of the app shows you all of the images around you, organized by distance. By default, you will see all the images around you, but you can also filter this down to seeing just the images of the people in your social network on Trover (you sign in with your Facebook account, but the app won't automatically add your Facebook friends to your network).
Share Your Discoveries – Whatever They May Be
Because of the app's open approach, you can virtually share anything you want. The people around me have shared anything from photos of restaurant menus and food to pictures of local sights, interesting stores and weird stuff they found while walking down the street (no dearth of that here in Portland). Of course, this also means that some people just take pictures of the food they made at home, but so far, I've seen surprisingly little of this.
Trover's Currency: A Simple 'Thank You'
Unlike other apps like Foursquare and Gowalla, where the focus is more on amassing virtual badges and collecting digital flotsam, the currency on Trover is a simple 'thank you.' To thank others, you don't have to be part of their social network. This makes it easy to thank other and it's surprisingly rewarding to be thanked by others.
For the most part, the service has been flying under the radar. Hopefully this will change soon. You can download the app here.
Twitter Launches Redesigned Mobile Site for Smartphones
While Twitter has been continually updating its desktop apps and desktop browser experience, its mobile site has been sorely lacking – both with regards to design and functionality. Today, however, Twitter announced that it is launching a new HTML5-based version of its mobile site for smartphones and tablets. This new design will roll out slowly. Today, only a select number of users on iPhones, iPod Touches and Android smartphones will see the new site, but Twitter plans to roll this new version out to all users over the next few weeks.
This new version will replicate some of the functionality of the new desktop version of Twitter. Tweets with images, for example, will display previews of these photos and you will be able to easily switch back and forth between @mentions, messages, your lists and trending topics with the help of a navigation bar at the top of the screen.
Given that Twitter already offers native apps for these platforms, upgrading its mobile site was likely not a priority for the company. At the same time, though, it's good to see the company finally upgrade the mobile web experience.
Will Deck.ly Change the Way You Tweet(deck)?
Back in the day, Twitter's 140-character limit made sense, as the company was still mostly focused on the mobile market and tweets had to comfortably fit into a single text message. Now, however, as the majority of Twitter users use the Web and mobile and desktop apps to engage with the service, this limit makes less and less sense. TweetDeck, the popular mobile and desktop Twitter client just unveiled a new service, Deck.ly, that allows users to write blog-length Tweets without character limits.
TweetDeck announced this service last week and now, thanks to the latest update to its desktop, Android and in-browser apps, the service is available to all TweetDeck users. TweetDeck users will be able to see these long Tweets in their apps, while everybody else will see a link to Deck.ly where the full text of the message is then displayed.
Other services like TwitLonger also offer similar features, but TweetDeck has the unique advantage of being able to build this service right into one of the world's most popular Twitter clients. It's worth noting, too, that thanks to its open architecture, Seesmic also offers a TwitLonger plugin for its desktop client.
For TweetDeck, This is About More Than Just Long Tweets
There is more to this service than just breaking Twitter's 140-character limit, though. With Deck.ly, TweetDeck now offers a nascent web service that looks quite a bit like a minimalist blogging tool. It offers Disqus comments for every Deck.ly post, for example. Deck.ly also resolves links to images on popular Twitter photo-sharing services and displays them on the site. As of now, though, users don't get a permalink to a list of their long tweets.
Deck.ly also gives the company a new way to monetize its services. While there is currently only a large house ad on every page, it's easy to image a standard display or text ad taking its place in the long run.
One Major Problem: No API, Yet
As of now, though, Deck.ly doesn't offer an API, so other developers can't bake the service into their own apps. I would be surprised if the TweetDeck team didn't have this on its roadmap already, but for now, this makes Deck.ly slightly less appealing.
Will This Change How You Tweet?
If you are a TweetDeck users, will this change how you tweet? Are you going to post long missives to Twitter now instead of pithy one-liners? Or will the closed nature of the system keep you from using it until other clients (and maybe Twitter itself) supports it?
Skype's Outage: A Lesson in How to Handle a Crisis in the Age of Social Media
Skype, the immensely popular VoIP service, experienced the first major outage in its history yesterday and even though this will surely hurt the company in the very short run, its excellent crisis management will reduce the outage's impact to close to zero in the long run.
How Skype Got it Right
Almost immediately after the cascading failure on the Skype network took place, Skype posted an update to Twitter.
With this, customers got the reassurance that it wasn't just their computers that were having issues and that Skype was aware of the problem. The team then continued to post updates to Twitter in the following hours. While these tweets kept users informed, they also didn't promise anything the company couldn't deliver. Things would have looked really bad for Skype if it announced that the network was recovering, yet none of its users were actually able to sign in yet.
Besides using Twitter, Skype also used its Facebook page to update users there. Facebook's users were more than willing to interact with the brand there and some of the updates now have close to 2,000 comments.
In addition to all of this, Skype also updated its own blog regularly and posted more in-depth information there. Sadly, though, Skype did not put a big link to its blog on its homepage, so users who went to Skype.com first to get updates probably didn't find the information they were looking for (Skype's various blogs aren't exactly easy to find from the homepage). Skype also doesn't highlight comments on its blogs, which would have given users another point of contact with the company and the ability to interact with the company.
Finally, Skype's CEO Tony Bates also recorded a short video, apologizing for the outage and explaining what happened and what the company plans to do to prevent similar issues in the future. For the most part, this video is effective, though it probably would've helped Skype's cause if Bates actually noted that he is the company's CEO at some point. In this video – and the accompanying blog post – Bates also promises credit vouchers for those paying users who were affected by the outage.
Overall, I was surprised by how effectively Skype managed its first major crisis. Over on the Wall Street Journal's Digits blog, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries wonders how much this outage will hurt Skype. As much as people noticed this outage, I don't think it will affect the company much. Skype's already such an ingrained part of the Internet and people's live that switching to an alternative isn't an option for most people. It's also worth noting that Skype Connect, its business-class service, wasn't affected by this outage.
TweetDeck Goes Real Time – And It's a Whole New Way of Using Twitter
Yesterday, TweetDeck's Richard Barley announced a new beta version of the popular Twitter (and Buzz, LinkedIn and Facebook) client. In this new version, TweetDeck uses Twitter's new streaming API to display tweets in real time. Until now, clients had to poll Twitter's servers at regular intervals to update your searches and lists. Now, Twitter just pushes every single new post directly to your desktop. While this seems like a minor change (after all, it's just a faster way to deliver tweets), it actually changes the way you look at Twitter as a communications medium.
Twitter in Real Time – It's Different Here
Thanks to this, you can now respond to incoming messages in real time, which makes Twitter feel more like an instant messaging service than SMS. If you are a business, for example, you can immediately respond to a tweet about your product, increasing the chance that the person who wrote it is actually still online. here is also something about just seeing this constant stream of information scrolling down your screen that feels a little bit like you are connected to the Matrix. Overall, though, it's this new immediacy that changes how using Twitter feels, even though it is hard to pinpoint the exact reason for this.
For the time being, the real-time stream in TweetDeck only works for your core columns (all friends, mentions, direct messages), old TweetDeck groups and searches. Sadly, it doesn't work for Twitter lists yet, which is quite a shame, given that there is so much value in these lists.
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My date and I along with a few friends had another great evening at Fitz's Coffee Bistro on the square in Elizabethtown (270)735-1755).
Pauly Zarb and his friends were playing outside for the outside cafe. Great as always.
But this time there was something different. We had dinner upstairs.
That's where Don Picozzi was playing! Man this guy! Talk about some classy music!
Nobody in E-town but Don has a market on this. Visit his website at www.DonPicozzi.com.
Don is really cool. And he should be, he has a fantastic name!
He plays a variety of music. You like jazz? Classic big band music? Ask Don, he'll play it.
Wait, that's not your cup 'o tea? Maybe you like Chuck Berry? Rock 'n Roll from the 50's & 60's? Ask Don, he knows it!
You've been in those places where somebody will ask the musician to play it, sometimes the musician might actually know it.
Don plays the perfect blend of music.
He can get your toes tappin', and stir a conversation like no other.
And what a showman. During our dinner, he kept the crowd lively and laughing.
One guy was so impressed with this master showman he took pictures of him!
Yeah, Don had quite a roomful of satisfied and entertained people.
Everyone had a smile on their face...especially Don.
Yeah, I'll be back to see him. I hope you guys come out too!
I enjoy seeing my friends out there.
Hollie, Big John, and several whom I have not seen in quite awhile.
I recommend that if you plan on going out there for dinner, make reservations. It seems like every weekend a lot more people show up.
Well my friends, I'm gonna go.
That was quite a night!
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Apple is widely expected to refresh its Mac line up at WWDC 2013, but now specific details have emerged from 9to5Mac in regards to the MacBook Air, as the site has received pricing details for new models, linked to previously leaked SKUs.
Today, we have received specific pricing for the aforementioned SKUs, and the price-points correspond to Apple's current pricing for the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models. We have yet to receive pricing information that points to the imminent availability of new MacBook Pros (as some had hoped), but perhaps the next refresh to Apple's Pro portables will arrive in the coming months.
Other tidbits include the possibility Apple could drop the price of the high-end MacBook Air in some countries (cross your fingers, Canada), plus word SKUs have already started shipping to locations around the world, hinting new models will be on sale shortly after their announcement at WWDC.
9to5Mac also notes new accessory SKUs have leaked, hinting at a possible refresh of AirPort Extreme and Time Capsules to support faster 802.11ac 5G Wi-Fi, as previous rumours have speculated the faster standard would soon debut on new Mac computers this year.
A recent report by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo noted Apple will debut a new MacBook Air with a dual mic, plus a thinner 13-inch Retina Macbook Pro at WWDC. Do not buy a new Mac until after WWDC, which takes place on Monday.


Now that was the perfect way to end this great series. Of course Lennon has long been my favourite of the trio so I knew I was going to enjoy her quirky sense of humour and complete lack of filter. But since the series had been so solid there is always the worry that it can't live up to expectations. Maybe the author will try to cram too much in to tie off the other couples and take away from the romance of the couple. Or maybe there will be one of a few hundred other small things that will detract from making this book all that I am hoping it will be but nope this series was solid to the end.


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The Filbasket 2022 Summer Championship, officially known as the Filbasket 2022 Summer Championship - Puregold for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Filbasket and first as a professional league. The league tournament follows the Filbasket Subic Championship which was held in late 2021.

Starting this tournament, it is expected that Filbasket would be organized as a professional tournament sanctioned by the government's Games and Amusements Board. Filbasket started the process of turning into a professional league recognized by the GAB on February 22, 2022.

The 2022 season commenced on March 18, 2022.

Teams
A guest team from Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur Aseel is also set to participate.

Elimination round

Team standings

Results

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Tanduay vs Muntinlupa

Nueva Ecija vs Kuala Lumpur

All-Star Bacolod vs AFP-FSD Makati

Pasig Sta. Lucia vs San Juan

Semifinals

The semifinals is a best-of-three series.

Tanduay vs San Juan

Nueva Ecija vs All-Star Bacolod

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series.

Game One

Game Two

Game Three

References

Filbasket
2022–23 in Philippine basketball leagues
2022, Summer

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"The vessel is stable on Alpha Anchorage and the salvage operation is ongoing.
At 10: 30 GMT today the list had been reduced to 25 degrees. All water has been removed from the car decks and it is anticipated that ballast operations will further reduce the list to 15 - 20 degrees today. At this point MAIB investigators will board the ship to gather information for their investigation. A skeleton ship's crew will also board the ship in preparation for its move back to Southampton Port.
The exact time for the ship to move from Alpha Anchorage to Southampton Port has not finally determined when the conditions are right to do so, e.g. confidence in the ship's stability, ship's systems have been started up successfully, time of tide, wave and weather conditions.
The journey is expected to take four hours. Four tugs will help bring the ship in and the salvor will be assisted by two pilots and the ship's master. The salvors will remain in charge of the ship until it is safely alongside.


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10 Ways To Host An Amazing Slumber Party That's Big On Snacks...And Sleep
After much begging and pleading, you've finally allowed your tween to host her first sleepover. But before you break out the snacks and scary flicks, you'll need to put some serious preparation into making your party perfect. These 10 ways to host an amazing slumber party will help your child and their friends have a great time...and maybe even sleep a l[...]
On January 6, 2021, a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Inside, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were meeting to certify the results of the Electoral College, thus officially making Joe Biden the future 46th President of the United States. Instead, the mob took over the building, leaving dea[...]
When you think of Valentine's Day treats, healthy doesn't always come to mind. But Chef Alina Z. has found a way to make sweets that are healthy and satisfy! The author of the upcoming book, "Single and Hungry: A Realistic Guide to Food & Self-Love," shares her chocolate mousse and raw vegan peanut brownie recipes exclusively with Celebrity Parents. [...]
New Year's is one of the few holidays that you can't really include your kids in. After all, the main event is usually drinking, and unless your kids are toasting with fake champagne, they can feel kind of left out. But the non-alcoholic jelly beans from Jelly Belly are a festive and fun way to spend New Year's Eve—together. Step aside, cotton candy. [...]
Actress Sonia Satra Shares Her Sushi Recipe With Us...And It's Deliciously Easy
Even the most finicky fish eaters will love this easy to prepare sushi recipe from actress Sonia Satra! "This is a fun activity for a group – whether kids or adults, and there are options for many types of diets!" says Sonia. "Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free – they can all make their own accordingly. Go easy on the rice for an even healthier option." ING[...]
Mommy Calls by Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann
Picture it: It's 2:00 a.m. and your newborn is crying her head off. You've fed, burped, changed and swaddled her, but nothing seems to be working. Something is wrong, but you're too sleep-deprived and anxious to know what it is. Enter Mommy Calls (AAP, $12.95). Written by Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann, a pediatrican (and mom of two!), Mommy Calls is a handy[...]
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Actress Sonia Satra Talks About Guiding Light, Moticise, & Being A NYC Mom
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The decision was made at the Planning Committee on 12th September and work is now underway to secure prospective tenants.
Work on the multi-million-pound scheme to develop the two-acre site is expected to start next year and will consist of two buildings with surrounding landscaping and additional outdoor space for people to enjoy.
The development site sits alongside the recently extended tram network and aims to revitalise Beeston's night-time economy by driving increased footfall to the town from the local and surrounding communities.
The scheme – which has been developed by Nottingham-based Leonard Design Architects and marketed by agents HEB and JLL.
For more information on the scheme and to view the designs, visit the Beeston Square webpage.


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Warawut Motim (, * 8. Mai 1998) ist ein thailändischer Fußballspieler.

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üWarawut Motim stand von 2018 bis 2019 bei Chiangrai United unter Vertrag. Der Verein aus Chiangrai spielte in der höchsten thailändischen Liga, der Thai League. 2019 gewann er mit dem Verein die thailändische Meisterschaft. 2018 stand er mit Chiangrai im Finale des FA Cup und des Thai League Cup. Im Finale des FA Cup besiegte man Buriram United mit 3:2, das Finale des Thai League Cup gewann man gegen Bangkok Glass mit 1:0. Insgesamt absolvierte er für Chiangrai fünf Erstligaspiele. 2019 wechselte er auf Leihbasis zum Drittligisten Chiangrai City FC. Der ebenfalls in Chiangrai beheimatet Klub spielte in der dritten Liga, der Thai League 3, in der Upper Region. Für den Drittligisten absolvierte er zwei Drittligaspiele. Im September 2020 unterschrieb er einen Leihvertrag beim Zweitligisten Kasetsart FC in Bangkok. Für den Zweitligisten stand er 20-mal auf dem Spielfeld. Im Juli 2021 wechselte er zum Drittligisten Songkhla FC. Mit dem Verein spielte er 23-mal in der Southern Regionder Liga. Nach der Hinserie wurde sein Vertrag im November 2022 nicht verlängert. Zu Beginn der Rückrunde nahm ihn der in der Bangkok Metropolitan Region spielende North Bangkok University FC unter Vertrag.

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Chiangrai United
 Thailändischer Meister: 2019
 Thailändischer Ligapokalsieger: 2018
 Thailändischer Pokalsieger: 2018

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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2017 Week 10 Hansard (Wednesday, 13 September 2017) . . Page.. 3635 ..
Access Canberra—online licence renewal
MS CODY: My question is to the Minister for Regulatory Services. Minister, how is Access Canberra making it easier to access government services, such as renewing your driver's licence?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cody for her question. This government is indeed getting on with the job of making it easier to interact with government. Access Canberra has redesigned its service centres to more efficiently service those who visit in person, and Access Canberra continues to make more and more of its services available online.
A key priority that I have given to Access Canberra is to make doing business with the ACT government easier and simpler. Where possible, it is seeking to reduce red tape, including introducing digital solutions. Access Canberra now has nearly 300 of its services available online, with that number continuing to increase. It is also the creator of some of the government's most popular online services, such as fix my street. Our most frequent user of the service submitted 353 requests in the last financial year. We then invited this particular user, with nine other "frequent flyers", so to speak, to help test and shape the next iteration of fix my street, ensuring that it has everyday Canberrans at the centre of its design.
A key new online service that I was delighted to launch a few weeks ago is online driver's licence applications. This means that many Canberrans no longer need to attend a service centre to renew their driver's licence. We have also extended the maximum validity of licences so that they can be issued for up to 10 years as well as allowing people to re-use their photos as long as they were taken in the past 11 years. Unlike others in this place who I know are looking forward to a new photo, I look forward to keeping my current photo for as long as possible.
MS CODY: Minister, how does the new online drivers licence renewal system make it quicker and easier to renew your licence?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cody for her question. The new online drivers licence system is indeed designed to make life easier for Canberrans. The majority of those who need to renew their licence will be able to do so without having to set foot in an Access Canberra service centre. Those who have had a photo taken in the past 11 years and have a straightforward renewal can now do this relatively easily online. Access Canberra will then issue the person with a temporary licence that can be used for up to a month while the new card is posted out. The system will also provide Canberrans the option for either five or 10 years, depending on their preference.
I am happy to report to the Assembly that this is already a popular service, with 186 people renewing online in the first five days alone. There were even 44 people who were so keen to use the service that the system had to remind them that you can only renew your licence if the current one has less than a year's validity remaining.


TDS (tax deducted at source) and TCS (tax collected at source) will be implemented under provisions of the GST law from October 1, according to a report by Times of India.
Come October 1 and TDS and TCS will be implemented under GST.
While the Goods and Services Tax has been in force since July 2017, the government chose not to include TDS and TCS under the same, in order to provide businesses sufficient time to get accustomed to GST. While TDS and TCS were to be included under provisions of the GST Act after June 30 this year, the same was deferred, with October 1 being the new date for the same.
Under the Central Goods and Services (CGST) Act, notified entities are to collect 1 per cent TDS on the payment of goods/services which exceed Rs.2.5 lakh. States are also entitled to levy 1 per cent TDS according to state laws.
Similarly, ecommerce companies are to collect TCS (upto 1 per cent) when they make any payment to suppliers. There is a provision for states to levy 1 per cent TCS as well.
The government has also set up the office of Commissioner GST (investigation) to exclusively deal with enforcement related issues. The office will handle legislative issues and policy related problems to keep a tab on tax evasion.


Thanks to funding from a special SSHRC competition, the School beat its 2006 record for the most faculty members to receive SSHRC grants in a given year. SSHRC funding was awarded to four QSB faculty members in 2004 and two faculty in 2003.
In 2007, SSHRC introduced a special series of competitions for research in management, business and finance in response to the federal government's call for more research in these areas.
SSHRC funding is one of the most prestigious research grants awarded to faculty at a business school.


Avi. (1992). The true confessions of charlotte doyle. (Reprint Ed. ed.). Balzer & Bray.
Bishop, K. (2007). The collection program in schools: Concepts, practices, and information sources. (4thed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Collins, S. (2010). The hunger games. (Reprint Ed. ed.). Scholastic Press.


Take a look back on the action from Saturday's win with our gallery of photographs.
Pools made it five unbeaten by coming from behind to beat Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road thanks to goals from Jonathan Franks and Rhys Oates.
Our snapper Steven Morris (Shutter Press) was on the sidelines to capture the best of the action and now you can enjoy this gallery of pictures.


STOP PRESS: Discretionary Housing Payments and Moving Costs – help is there!
If you fall into one of these groups and are not getting DHP you should apply now. Your housing provider should help you, but if not you can go to any One Stop Shop for a form and help to fill it in. If you have difficulty, contact an advice service or get in touch with us.
If you do not fall into one of these groups but are getting DHP, the payment will probably end in July 2014. You will then need to re-apply. If your need is long term you could re-apply straight away. Get as much supporting evidence as you can, because there is no guarantee that your new claim will be successful.
If your circumstances are unlikely to change (ie you will not be able to downsize or find paid work). For example, you may need an extra room for reasons to do with an illness or disability in the family, or because you have carer responsibilities. You may not be well enough to cope with a move, or have a need to stay close to friends and family or facilities close to where you live.
If your circumstances will be changing soon so that you will no longer be affected by the bedroom tax – for example, if you have children who will soon be too old to have to share a room.
There could be many other grounds for applying, so don't be put off from having a go. You can contact us for support and advice about this.
Could you be eligible for help with moving costs?
In two-bedroomed accommodation and "under-occupying" (ie the Housing Benefit rules say you only need one room).
The scheme is meant to cover the "reasonable costs" of the move (things like furniture removal, refitting your carpets, plumbing in appliances etc). However, it is unlikely to cover all your costs, and there is only £200 000 allocated to the scheme for all of Leeds. If you want to move, this scheme may help – get more info from your local housing office or by calling 0113 3760410. If you do not want to move, you should not under any circumstances be pressured to do so.
We are hearing a lot of stories of tenants being put under pressure to downsize – especially Housing Association tenants who may be occupying 2- or 3-bedroomed houses which are wanted for other families. These tenants are being told that they are likely to lose their DHPs and that in effect they will be forced to move.
see if there are grounds on which you can appeal against your Housing Benefit (bedroom tax) decision.


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Would you rather have one gigantic roll of toilet paper or multiple mega rolls that might fit on your holder?
I feel bad for this lady, all she wanted was a hug!
It's Spring, Watch Out For Runaway Mowers!
Ron Sweed was a Cleveland TV icon. He suffered a heart attack 5 months ago. He was 70.
What a weird thing to keep finding on the beach!
It's a good thing they ran as fast as they did!
Socks and sandals, really??? They say yes!


Mercy Health offers a full range of hip treatment options to care for patients across Ohio and Kentucky. Thanks to significant medical advances, most hip problems can now be treated without surgery. When possible, Mercy Health orthopedists work to relieve symptoms with a combination of physical therapy, medication, injections, bracing and activity modification. When surgery is needed, it can oftentimes be performed minimally invasively, using tiny cuts instead of extensive incisions. These procedures typically result in less pain and a faster recovery, so you can get back to the active lifestyle you enjoy.
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What a wonderful site. I loved The North Star and will plan on using it in my classroom. I also want to thank you for having a site I am proud to visit and am not afraid to have my children visit with me. Thank You!
I just wanted to let you know that I found the book The Dot while looking for a children's book for a class paper. well...that was two weeks ago and I LOVE this book. It has been the subject of two of my papers and become a treasured favorite of mine. A great philosophy to remember when working with children or just interacting with them. Thanks Peter!!!
Your site is really kool. I hope you add more stuff though 'cause it's really a great site.
Just turned our interests toward Elementary School Programs. With the "Nobody Gets Left Behind" program in California, an opening has produced itself for our talented staff to look at new venues. We are Technology Specialists applying our abilities. We are/were Film Producers with Special effects, Animation, CGI, and Motion capture specialties. This site is simply magical.
I've developed a passion for responsible and creative media education for children. Not sure if you folks have what I'm looking for but I get a good vibe here and figure that if you champion ethical children's media, you're my kind of people!
Each year I teach my grade 5 artists how to make accordian books from one sheet of paper. Usually they can fill the book with a visual or written story of thier choice.
This year, another art teacher in my district showed me The Dot and I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE STORY!!! It reminded me of many Art Education graduate courses I took at UMass Dartmouth. In particualr it reminded me of many classes with Dr. Peter London and John Crowe from Mass Art (a guest lecturer at UMD in the summer).
I read The Dot to grade 5 and they really took to it! So, this year I challeneged them to fill their books with dots! Of any kind, shape, texture, etc. I opened up the entire art room in terms of materials to the kids, to see what they could do.
Needless to say, the children were extremely exicted to make their dot books and can't wait to do more!
THANK YOU for writing this fabulous story!
I always enjoy your site! I use it for inspiration for both myself and my 8th grade students.
I loved your presentation and was energized by your enthusiasm. My 17 year old son seems to be just the right kind of kid who would love your type of business. I am also looking for ways to put energy into my library media center. Your books will be a great addition.
I am a fan of your books (and a friend of Holly's). Debra Kaplin said I must see your site and she was right in sending me here. Keep up the good work and one day I must get a signed copy of The Dot. Beautiful.
I have to say this is THE BEST internet page I have ever seen! Nowdays it is so hard to be a friendly person -- but when I look at those pictures and read all this words -- my job gets easier:)) Now I will smile more often! THANK YOU!
I think peter is a great artist. it's good he's doing it for a living. the pictures and animations are great!
Thank you for being everything you are. The students in Orange County, California are a small segment of those of us who sponsor the Young Authors Faire each year. We are so very grateful that you are a part of this exciting event for young people. I cannot even imagine the lives that you've impacted. I know what having you here means to me! Thank you and your staff.
Love all that is done at Fable Vision. You are amazing!
The website, vision, and products resound within my spirit like the North Star. You are an external force of change in education. Thanks for providing inspiration.
I went to a session of Navigating Your Potential, it was an inspiring session and conference. Thank you for the words of encouragement.
Hi! I really think this company would help a lot in educating young minds. Keep up the good work!
This site is sooooo cool! There's all kinds of stuff to do! I can't wait to go on again.
This is an encouraging site. My Ma is an elementary school teacher and teaches adult education too, and if some of the youngins had some more edifying learning they might not be so wild and disrepectful in class.
Even though I am more oriented towards comic books, I still like what Fablevision has and it reminds me of the old Little Golden Story books that I collect, but with a modern face.
Great work.. I hope to sign up my Ma for you newsletters.
I'm impressed with BrainCogs. I'm hoping to introduce it to my principal. Your website is great!
I am very happy to find this site. My students will love it, too.
Peter was wonderful, charming and delightful when he joined us to open the Public Library of Brookline on Saturday, January 26. He was an ideal addition to a celebratory day, perfect for young and old alike. We appreciate his generosity of spirit, time and substance.
A great site, we'll be back....thank you.


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Vision, Mission, & Core Values
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Dear Methacton Community,
In the fall of 2015, the Methacton School District embarked upon a strategic planning effort. This effort included the contributions of more than 80 individual stakeholders, including students, parents, business and community leaders, school board directors, teachers, and administrators. These people worked toward a collective goal to make the Methacton School District an even better place to live, work, and learn. With support from our consultant, a steering committee of ten individuals was joined by subcommittees in five areas of focus:
Student Growth and Achievement/Staff Professional Development and Growth/Pupil Services/Educational Technology;
Communications and Community Relations;
Safety/Operational Technology/Facilities/Infrastructure;
District Operations/Financial Management/Human Resources; and
Co-curricular, Extra Curricular Activities, and Athletics.
Each of these focus areas includes one or more overarching goal statements that encapsulate in a few words what should be accomplished by 2022. The road to accomplishing each goal is broken into a number of strategic objectives, each with its own success indicators. Our ability to achieve the objectives set forth will depend on the support of our entire Methacton community. We look forward to embracing these goals and communicating our achievements along the way through annual progress reports to the community in April of each year.
An important part of this overall effort was the examination of our vision, mission, and shared values. The district's vision is a statement of what we hope to become – our preferred future. Our mission is a statement of who we are now and what we must embrace to achieve our vision. The revised vision and mission were finalized after review and feedback from the committees, faculty, and staff. We believe the shared values, numbering nine – one for each letter in the word Methacton – are the essence of the Methacton culture. Together, the vision, mission, and shared values are key components to the district's identity, and we look forward to teaching them to our students, and embracing them as a staff. Our "slogan" to Learn, Lead, and Succeed – Together is woven into these values.
This plan includes goals that are difficult, but achievable. I believe that our students and this community deserve our best and the goals in this plan are written to raise the bar and make this excellent school district even better. We will treat this plan as a fluid document that may change and be adjusted in response to the changing educational landscape, or in response to our community's needs and expectations. Designed to act as a guide for our work over the next six years, this strategic plan is our Blueprint for Success.
I am deeply grateful for the personal commitment that so many have made in this process, and I look forward to our continued partnership as we Learn, Lead, and Succeed – Together!
Dr. David Zerbe
Please note - Timeline notations included in the plan area objectives (1st Quarter, 2nd Quarter, etc.) reference the quarter of the calendar year, not the school year.


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Shane Acker
Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Animator | Wheaton, Illinois
Shane Richard Acker (born 1971 in Wheaton, Illinois) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and animation teacher known for directing 9, which is based on his 2005 Academy Award-nominated short film, of the same title. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Science Fiction | Action
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the ...
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When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearso ...
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A rag doll fights a monster that has been stealing the souls of his people. This film was Shane Acker's thesis project at UCLA film school. 11 min short, not to be confused with the 79 min 2009 featur ...
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2005 | 3.6/5 | 11min
Animation, Science Fiction
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island. ...
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Questions now need to be asked about just where British Jewry is heading. Are the 'red fascists' taking hold in our community?
Over the last few months, I have received several invitations from grassroots activist group 'Campaign 4 Truth'. Some of the speakers have been impressive. 'Campaign 4 Truth' are unashamedly Zionist. I only wish more of our established Jewish community bodies could take a page from some of the grassroots groups and proudly wave the Israeli flag.
One of the more recent invites was for an event with an Israeli organisation called 'Im Tirtzu' that was due to take place on September 11th. It was scheduled to be held at HGSS, the 'orthodox' 'United' Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue.
"Im Tirtzu is mostly known for its campaign against the New Israel Fund, foreign government-funded NGOs, and alleged bias in university curriculum".
No surprise then that the Chief Executive of the New Israel Fund, Adam Ognall, appears to be a primary source for the article in the Jewish News.
On August 11th 2016, Jewish News ran what can only be described as a hatchet job of an article. It was titled "Controversial Zionist group leader's UK visit criticised". Indeed, the paper went on to suggest the group's intended visit, has been met by a 'wave of criticism from Jewish groups in the UK.' This 'wave of criticism', as far as can be gauged in the report, comes from the natural political enemies of 'Im Tirtzu', the New Israel Fund and the self-titled 'peace group', Yachad.
"in order to ensure a healthy exchange of ideas, it is preferable to allow discourse between embittered political rivals to proceed with the "least possible restrictions or sanctions".
It is somewhat ironic that the two naysayers behind the Jewish News article should have relied on the decision in that particular case to try to push the argument for denying their political opponents a platform. This is precisely the reverse of the intended message delivered by that judge. It is only to be expected though. Don't ever expect proper research to surface where cheap and nasty political points can be scored.
Now, regardless of whether or not I agree with the position of 'Im Tirtzu', for as long as they stay within the law, their voice has every right to be heard. As a perfectly legitimate Zionist position inside Israel, I hardly think it credible that Jewish organisations within the UK, should deny the people inside their community the whole spectrum of opinions available. That this statement is coming from the political enemies of 'Im Tirtzu', makes it an incredibly transparent and cheap political trick. That it comes from a group sitting on the very fringes of Israeli politics makes the entire episode border on the absurd.
Hannah's use of the word 'dangerous' to describe 'Im Tirtzu' is simply ludicrous. I am surprised Jewish News fell for it. I hope it was an error caused only through naivety.
The story is not yet over. For up to the publication of the article, the event was still scheduled to go ahead at HGSS. It seems however, that pressure was now being applied behind closed doors, because at some point the venue, the orthodox synagogue, declared that it was not an event fitting for the venue.
My primary question to them would be this: If an orthodox Synagogue in London is not the place to hear vibrant discussions on the conflict in Israel, then where is?
When I was told this story, it actually took a while to digest. This isn't Ben White or Illan Pappe setting their clones on some theatre in Edinburgh to silence the Zionist voice, this is a Jewish newspaper and a Synagogue in London suggesting that Zionism isn't welcome in the London Jewish community.
Am I wrong? For my second question to HGSS is this. Am I welcome at your Synagogue? Can I come? If I am allowed in, can I talk to people there about the conflict? Am I allowed to speak? I am a flag waving Zionist. Can you explain to me exactly what political position 'Im Tirtzu' stand for that left them outside of the walls of your Jewish hospitality?
Apparently, the synagogue suggested they did not want to take sides. Take sides between who? Yet if you return to the event schedule above, you will notice that Yachad are holding an event on 5th September at the same synagogue. Open debate and the provision of a platform are not a one way street. Why are 'Im Tirtzu' denied but Yachad allowed? I can assure you, Yachad are deeply controversial in our community.
My political position is supported by the majority of Israelis. I will not sit quietly whilst cowards, bullies and naive astroturf suppliers manipulate the Jewish community into believing blue and white are tainted colours. I will wave the Israeli flag and I will not be silenced. This synagogue needs to be challenged by its members to understand *on what grounds exactly* was the Zionist voice silenced. This is a disease that must not be allowed to spread. If you belong to this synagogue. Ask them!
'Im Tirtzu' are still coming, a new venue has been arranged and tickets can be purchased here. I will be there to listen. What they have to say is normally far more relevant, far more important and far more factual, than anything you will ever hear from a Yachad puppet or their puppet masters at the New Israel Fund.
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Who Needs Jury Nullification?
Jacob Sullum | 11.25.2003 3:37 AM
Yesterday a federal judge sentenced three men to one year of probation for running the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center, which was shut down by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2001. Scott Imler, Jeffrey Farrington, and Jeff Yablin, who pleaded guilty to maintaining a place for the purpose of manufacturing, possessing, or distributing marijuana, could have received prison sentences of two and a half years each. U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz based his decision on the doctrine that "a defendant may commit a crime in order to avoid a perceived greater harm"–in this case, the marijuana-alleviated symptoms of patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other diseases.
Matz not only declined to impose prison sentences; he rebuked the DEA and the Justice Department for pursuing the case against Imler et al. "To allocate the resources of the [DEA] and the U.S. Attorney's Office in this case…baffles me, disturbs me," he said, calling the prosecution "badly misguided."
The decision is reminiscent of the one-day sentence that U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer imposed last June on Ed Rosenthal for growing medical marijuana in Oakland. It seems federal judges in California are revolting against the Justice Department's crackdown on medical marijuana.
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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason.
Judge Roy Moore
God dern liberal judges!!!!
Its times like this I am glad I have a "to-intimidate" list.
Windminstrel
But..but…think of the children?! The chiilllddrruuunnnn!!!
Barry McCaffrey, Drug Czar
I never thought I'd see a federal judge support terrorism in such a shameless way.
judicial fiat! why can't we all just do what the democratically elected legislators decide is best for us.
This topic title reminds me of when a Bengals player got penalized recently for excessive celebration in the end zone.
I mean, we have just a few judges barely scratching the surface in recognizing the damage caused by the wod.
Has anyone seen the anti-Pot TV commercial where a child is about to fall into a pool, and the voiceover reads: "Just tell her parents that you were too busy getting stoned to watch their daughter"?
To me, that's not an anti-Pot commercial as much as it's a commercial recommending that you not leave your child with fuckin' idiots.
George WBush
Charlie Breyer?
Heck, he used to roll the tightest joints in the dorm back in Yale. Is he still puffin?
Maybe the outlook via the WoD is improving? I mean, in the '90s we had Clinton who "didn't inhale" (WTF, dude that's just a waste) and now we have Bush who used to be cokehead and admits it.
If our past 2 presidents have admitting to using drugs in the past, then maybe – just maybe – they aren't the automatic life-ruiners that they're made out to be? I mean if one can use drugs and go on to lead the free-frickin'-world, then… What was I just talking about?
R. C. Dean
This still strikes me as far short of jury nullification. After all, the judge let the convictions stand. OTOH, I don't know offhand if a trial judge has the authority to overturn convictions unilaterally.
SteveInClearwater
SinC: Actually, I view that commercial as ground breaking because it does not deliver the message, "Don't smoke pot", but rather delivers a harm reduction message:
"If you're going to smoke pot, don't do it right before you have to babysit or other employment".
"WTF, dude that's just a waste"
He just wanted to pass around his germs!!
If you remember correctly, this is the case where the defense was not permitted to disclose the fact that the defendants were acting within the local and state laws of California, and with express consent of thier local law enforcement and city council. The federal prosecutors used every sly trick in the book to prevent the defense from being able to properly defend the defendants.
After the jury returned the verdict of guilty they were informed of the full circumstances of the case and almost 100% of the jury felt that the US Government manipulated thier verdict. This on its face does not constitute a mistrial, the only way that a judge can reverse a jury desicion. The judge in this type of trial has 2 roles, to preside over the precedings to insure that both sides play by the rules, and to administer punishment following the verdict. The judge cannot unilaterly overturn the verdict no matter how unjust he/she feels the verdict is. This would undermine the entire system.
To further complicate things the US Justice Department have strict sentancing guidelines for drug related cases, which by federal law the judge must adhere to.
The judge in this case did everything in his power to do the right thing, the year probation is the minimum sentance he could impose in this case, and without adding any monitary fines or further stipulations, short of having a federal felony conviction, the defendants recived a very light sentance compared to what the US government was asking. (prison time, hefty fines in the 10s of thousands)
Couple that with the very strict wording of the opinion, I believe this is a major victory…. if your into that fight
The DEA is being hypocritical. If they're truly concerned about that child who falls into the pool they would ban alcohol, cell phones, video games, and anything else that might distract the babysitter.
Of course they're (the ONDCP actually, not the DEA) not concerned about the child falling into the pool. All they are concerned with is blocking the truth that marijuana can be used responsibly. In their world, all pot use leads to dead babies, pregnant teenagers, kids pointing loaded handguns at one another and pulling the trigger, etc.
The implied message of the medical marijuana prohibition is just as ludicrous. John Walters tells us, "Marijuana may make you feel better, but that's not how we judge the efficacy of medicine."
Steve, is that a literal quote of John Walters? I have use for it if it is, and if you can tell me where you got it.
These prohibition commericials really harsh my mellow. They are propoganda at its worst.
I love that one with the guy who apparently killed his younger brother in an auto accident. Where to start?
One thing, they are obviously blaming an object instead of irresponsible behavior. Another, and perhaps others can shed more light on this, but when they say "X% of those tested positive for drugs (in an auto accident) test positive for marijuana" are they conveniently excluding the presence of OTHER drugs, such as alchohol? How the hell can they get away with these half-truths, distortions, and outright lies?
(Oh, BTW, if you look closely at the guy in the commercial, he looks baked to bejeezus)
^Oh, I forgot to mention as well.. when you smoke THC stays in your system many days after the affect wears off.. so if they test you you can come up "positive", even though you may be stone sober. God, this is such bullshit.
Jason Ligon
Premise: there is a drug law of some sort on the books.
Is it better to have a drug law on the books that is selectively enforced, thereby keeping some innocent people free, or is it better to have a drug law on the books that is draconian and enforced against white surburban kids to point out how idiotic the whole premise is?
I really like this judge's thinking, but sometimes I wonder if this sort of thing doesn't prolong the agony and grant yet more discretionary authority to the Powers that Be.
Do one better: at the arraignment, judge asks "Are you the executive director of the cannabis club?"
Gavel. "Continued without a finding for 10 years. Call the next case."
Pete Guither
Mona,
I know he's said that, or similar words numerous times. One direct similar quote I have (from his recent appearance on C-Span:
"And there's no question, some people who are sick, and smoke marijuana feel better. They would feel better if they took crack. They would feel better if they had a hit of heroin. The issue is not "feeling" it's one of efficacy and safety."
I have more about that appearance, including some more quotes here.
Steve may have references for you as well.
– Pete
While this news brightened my day — it really isn't the way things should be done.
This is a war that should be fought in the Legislative branch, not the Judicial branch.
This WoD is draining our national coffers as quickly as it is reducing our national liberties.
As Abe Lincoln would say "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
The cure is for Americans to accept who we are, and to codify that acceptance into legislation.
What would Dr. Seuss say about the War on Drugs?
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December.10.2003 at 12:35 pm
As a middle aged woman I am so offended by that commercial about the baby falling in the pool! I know that really happens, but to SOBER parents! Kids are fast. As a matter of fact I bet it never happened to a stoned babysitter…..you know most pot smokers wait till after work, or anything of responsibility to have their puff, I sure do … and I agree with the other posters it does make the parents look really stupid …and its the parents responsibility anyway. Do you think it makes any teenage babysitter think on it? besides where is the required fence around that pool! Stupid careless parents not thinking of safty! its not the pots fault that parents do dumb things. I have seen the damage alcohol does to people and it tears apart families damaging the children, emotionally scaring them for life. Pot on the other hand I have only seen make people a bit pudgie and quiet. oh and thank god it helps with neasea
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UK retail market explained at NY Produce show
It is commonplace now to hear experts declare that businesses must seek new markets, the so-called BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — are often the focus of opportunity. Of course, recent restrictions on trade with Russia have taken the bloom off that particular rose and exposed some of the risks of dealing with new markets.
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Rohit Sharma's Role In Test Against West Indies? Sourav Ganguly Has A Suggestion
"... the major decision is whether they want to play Rohit or Rahane," Ganguly wrote in a column.
MUMBAI — India must get limited-overs opener Rohit Sharma to serve the role in test cricket too, former captain Sourav Ganguly has said as the team ponder on their combination for Thursday's first test against West Indies in Antigua.
Rohit, 32, has cemented his place at the top of the batting order in the Twenty20 and 50-over formats and finished with most number of runs in the World Cup in England recently.
The only player in the world with three double hundreds in one-day internationals, Rohit bats in the middle order in the longest format but has never really flourished as a test batsman.
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He was dropped following a poor return in South Africa in early 2018 when he scored 78 runs in four innings. He played two tests in Australia at the end of the year, missing one with injury and the other due to the birth of his child.
India are without regular opener Prithvi Shaw, currently serving a doping ban, while Mayank Agarwal, who has played just two tests, is the regular opening batsman in the squad alongside KL Rahul.
Spin-bowling all-rounder Hanuma Vihari opened in the Melbourne test against Australia last year while test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was seen as Rohit's competition for a middle order berth.
The two tests in Caribbean, which also marks the beginning of the World Test Championship for both sides, will present another opportunity for Rohit to try and cement his spot and Ganguly believes it should be at the top of the order.
"... the major decision is whether they want to play Rohit or Rahane," Ganguly, who played 113 tests, wrote in a column published in Thursday's Times of India newspaper.
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"Rohit was in blistering form in the World Cup, but in tests in South Africa and Australia, he was 'on and off'. Rahane was not his usual self in Australia.
"My suggestion would be to let Rohit carry on his good form from the World Cup and settle in the opener's slot while Rahane continues his good work of lending stability to the middle order."
India will also have to choose between experienced wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who was recalled after being out injured for more than a year, and the young Rishabh Pant for the wicketkeeper's role.
Saha's replacement Pant has used his chances well and hit a century in an Oval test last year while also smashing an unbeaten 159 against Australia in Sydney in January.
"After his impressive showing in test cricket in Australia and England, Rishabh Pant should be starting ahead of Wriddhiman," added Ganguly.
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Q: jQuery DataTables: change focus after selecting rows-per-page dropdown Working with jQuery DataTables, I'm using aLengthMenu to create a dropdown for selecting the number of rows per page. When the user makes a selection, the display changes properly, but focus remains on the dropdown -- so if a user selects from the dropdown and then hits the page down key (hoping to scroll down the page), the dropdown itself scrolls rather than the page. See http://esininja.com/Library.aspx.
Is there a way to create a row-selection dropdown that will move the focus away from the dropdown once a number of rows is selected? It's easy enough to simply click elsewhere on the page to remove focus from the dropdown, but not all users realize they need to, and it'd be nice if that were not necessary.
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A: To have all select boxes lose focus when their value changes, this jQuery will do the trick.
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In your case, you could select the box you're thinking of with a more specific selector, possibly "[name=example_ESI_Articles_length]". Also, remember that this code will need to run after the 'select' element appears in the DOM.

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