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BBC reports poor working conditions in Amazon warehouses
But reports of bad conditions in American warehouses are much older
Jennifer Abel
With holiday gift-buying season upon us, retailers are hiring extra temporary workers to help handle the rush, and a BBC reporter who went undercover to work in an Amazon warehouse in Swansea, England, discovered working conditions that would cause "mental and physical illness," including layouts requiring workers to walk up to 11 miles per shift, to fill orders at a rate averaging one every 11 seconds.
Correspondent Adam Littler, armed with a hidden camera, documented Amazon warehouse conditions for the BBC TV show Panorama. A BBC news story about the upcoming broadcast reported:
He was employed as a "picker", collecting orders from 800,000 sq ft of storage.
A handset told him what to collect and put on his trolley. It allotted him a set number of seconds to find each product and counted down. If he made a mistake the scanner beeped.
"We are machines, we are robots, we plug our scanner in, we're holding it, but we might as well be plugging it into ourselves", he said.
"We don't think for ourselves, maybe they don't trust us to think for ourselves as human beings, I don't know."
Prof Marmot, one of Britain's leading experts on stress at work, said the working conditions at the warehouse are "all the bad stuff at once".
He said: "The characteristics of this type of job, the evidence shows increased risk of mental illness and physical illness."
"There are always going to be menial jobs, but we can make them better or worse. And it seems to me the demands of efficiency at the cost of individual's health and wellbeing - it's got to be balanced."
Amazon said that official safety inspections had not raised any concerns and that an independent expert appointed by the company advised that the picking job is "similar to jobs in many other industries and does not increase the risk of mental and physical illness".
Nothing new in the U.S.
Naturally, the BBC report focused only on Amazon warehouses in the UK, and when Amazon mentioned official safety inspections not raising any concerns, it presumably was referring only to British inspections.
But the revelation that "Amazon warehouses offer bad working conditions" is nothing new in America. In February 2012, Mother Jones writer Mac McClelland published an expose called "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave," describing his experiences working — not explicitly for Amazon, but a deliberately unnamed company McClelland called Amalgamated Product Giant Shipping Worldwide Inc.
McClelland and his Mother Jones editors agreed that he'd tell the truth about himself and his background when applying for the warehouse job, but in writing the piece "I'd smudge identifying details of people and the company itself. Anyway, to do otherwise might give people the impression that these conditions apply only to one warehouse or one company."
That's definitely not the case; workers in Walmart warehouses have long protested their employment conditions, and just last month a warehouse in Mira Loma, California, was fined for unsafe working conditions after safety inspectors discovered "blocked fire exits; falling boxes of merchandise; an insufficient number of restrooms; no plan in the event of an injury on the job; no effective training on heat exposure or heat illness; a lack of proper foot protection including steel-toed boots; blocked aisles; and insufficient lighting."
The Mira Loma warehouse handled shipping for a number of large retail chain stores, including Bloomingdales, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kohl's, Kmart, Macy's, Nordstrom, Office Depot, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart.
But Amazon, which for the most part has its own exclusive warehouses, has been collecting bad press for at least two years. Starting in 2011, Pennsylvania's Morning Call published a series of investigative pieces exposing the brutal working conditions in Amazon warehouses in the Lehigh Valley. In September 2011, Morning Call writer Spencer Soper reported:
"During summer heat waves, Amazon arranged to have paramedics parked in ambulances outside, ready to treat any workers who dehydrated or suffered other forms of heat stress. Those who couldn't quickly cool off and return to work were sent home or taken out in stretchers and wheelchairs and transported to area hospitals. And new applicants were ready to begin work at any time.
An emergency room doctor in June called federal regulators to report an "unsafe environment" after he treated several Amazon warehouse workers for heat-related problems. The doctor's report was echoed by warehouse workers who also complained to regulators, including a security guard who reported seeing pregnant employees suffering in the heat…. Heat prompted complaints about working conditions at Amazon to federal regulators who monitor workplace safety. The Morning Call obtained documents regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's inspection through the Freedom of Information Act.
On June 2, a warehouse employee contacted OSHA to report the heat index hit 102 degrees in the warehouse and 15 workers collapsed. The employee also complained that workers who had to go home due to heat symptoms received disciplinary points."
Amazon has since installed cooling fans and air-conditioning in its Lehigh Valley warehouses. However, there remains ample (though often anonymous) evidence suggesting American Amazon warehouses are still very unpleasant places to work. Earlier this month, Gawker published a call for Amazon employees to share their stories. Though some respondents had positive things to say about their time at Amazon (while admitting "It's a job, not a career"), most stories were more along the lines of this one:
I have 3 major complaints. They lie to you when you get in the door. They set unrealistic goals. And breaks are very short.
I work at the Chester, Virginia warehouse. They paint this picture of it being a fun place. That you get to play games during breaks and have so much fun. The only games they play with you is mind games. That brings me to my 2nd complaint, unrealistic goals. They expect an incredible pace. I was in good shape when I got there, but I was NOT prepared for the miles of walking on concrete every day. My feet hurt so bad, I would have trouble going to sleep, I was in so much pain. My feet have toughened up, but the pay has not.
Another part of unrealistic goals is they have this bonus pay deal, where if the warehouse has no errors, you get a bonus in your paycheck. Of course that never happens and you NEVER see how the other warehouses do. They SAY other warehouses have better numbers, but they do not show you how the warehouses elsewhere calculate it. You just have to take their word for it, that the Chester Virginia warehouse is a bunch of asshole losers.
Criticism of Amazon work policies is not limited to its warehouses; last summer Business Insider (among other publications) criticized Amazon's policy of hiring short-term contractors rather than full-time employees for software development and other programs, claiming this results in lower-quality output and products.
Despite this, it's worth remembering that, as Mother Jones noted, such problems are by no means unique to Amazon, but affect countless low-wage employees in today's economy.
By Jennifer Abel
Head of workers' union speaks out against Amazon's one-day shipping plan


The Memorial Day weekend is a great time to be at Tahoe. It's not crazy busy like 4th of July, it's more of a holiday that looks you right in the face and says…holy cow… summer is coming. Well, hopefully it is a reminder that summer is coming. Sometimes the weather is glorious and warm…and then sometimes…it snows. Either way, second home owners come up to brush away the cobwebs and put the patio furniture out. Locals take advantage of the opportunity to go for a bike ride or a hike and enjoy the beginning of summer. And visitors come to Tahoe to herald in the first of hopefully several trips up to the lake.
For some Memorial Day is all about the garage sales. Remember those second home owners cleaning out their houses for the summer I talked about earlier? Well they throw away some of it, and decide to sell the rest. And perhaps what they consider expendable you might think is just what you are looking for. Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area and The Highlands neighborhood is trying something different. They are putting together a real hum dinger of a neighborhood sale in the Tahoe XC parking lot (925 Country Club Drive, Tahoe City).
Highlands Homeowners Association President Ray Garner says that residents are encouraged to bring their barbecues and refreshments to make it a fun, block party like event.
Once you've picked up some great bargains and socialized with some new friends, you can ride your mountain bike or take a hike on the trails at Tahoe XC. They leave right from the parking lot and head out over miles of forest and through wildflower dotted meadows. You can even climb up the Lakeview Trail, which perhaps you can imagine provides a nice view. Trails should be perfect by May 26th.
Made in Tahoe Festival. May 26-27th 11 am to 7 pm.
The Village at Squaw Valley will be packed with artists, businesses, food and entertainment as this festival honors all things Lake Tahoe/Truckee. It's a great opportunity to gather and appreciate what an amazingly creative and entertaining group of people call Tahoe home. Entertainment on the three stages includes local bands and dance groups. And then of course there will be lots of awesome people watching. Enjoy!
Now we are talking! Best skiing of the year!
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PABLO CORTEZ IN POLAND
Yup, that's my name on the Hobbit-festooned cover of the January 2013 issue of Nowa Fantastyka – you can see if you squint hard enough. Inside you'll be able to find "Partyzancki Mural Syreniej Pieśni" – "Guerrilla Mural of a Siren's Song" translated into Polish!
Thanks to the story's appearence in Marty Halpern's Alien Contact, Marcin Zwierzchowski got in touch and asked for permission. I like it when they do that.
So Pablo Cortez has been turned loose on Eastern Europe. Maybe it will result in more copies of my science fiction novel/street art manual Cortez on Jupiter selling. Or there could even be interesting images mysteriously appearing on walls over there.
Let the art, life, and madness go on!
Just in time for the Great 2012 Holiday Crunch!
CHICHANONAUTICA CELEBRATES THE NEW BAKTÚN
At 6:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time it happened – the Winter Solstice, and the end of the Mayan calendar. Some thought it would be the End of the World. It was actually the end of Baktún 13 and the beginning of Baktún 14, and the Long Count started over again. It is a new era – the Sixth Sun.
That's what my latest Chicanonautica over at La Bloga is all about. Here are some videos to watch as the world keeps going on:
A lot of folks were as hot for the End of the World as Major Kong was for the Bomb:
They're probably feeling like Skeeter Davis today:
Arthur Brown also blew relationship troubles up to apocalyptic proportions:
And Barry McGuire thought it was the Eve of Destruction:
But that was a long time ago and, of course, he was wrong.
As for the Maya:
So have a great Baktún14! Welcome to the Sixth Sun!
MAKING THE COATLICUE/GUADALUPE CONNECTION BEFORE THE NEW BAKTUN
The Holiday Season is upon us. Or as I like to call it – the Holidaze.
It's a little crazier this year, since the end of the Mayan Calendar has a lot of misinformed people thinking that it means asteroid collisions and the zombie apocalypse, when it's just the beginning of a new baktun.
But there are a lot of other holidays in this season (not to offend some Christians who dream of world domination). I seem to discover a few new ones each year.
A young, upstart holiday that deserves some attention is December 12, Virgin of Guadalupe Day.
In my novel High Aztech (manifesting as an ebook soon!) I pointed out that the Virgin seems to be standing in for the Aztec Goddess Coatlicue.
Lately, I've been pleased to see that others have been pointing out the Mother Goddess connection.
My wife said that that the Virgin seems to be a user-friendly version. At least, more so to our culture.
It's like the Virgin was an updating of the software for a changing world. Software that updated itself. I wonder what kind of technology we're dealing with here?
And the world is changing. Again. As usual.
I wonder if what kind of updating we'll see in Baktun 14?
CHICANONAUTICA LOOKS BACK AT THE DARK AGES OF LATINO WRITING
In response to the question "Is this a Golden Age for Latino writers?" Chicaonautica, over at La Bloga looks back at my adventures as a young Latino writer back in the 20th century.
This was a time when most Americanos thought of Chicano culture in terms of Cheech and Chong:
And the ol' Brown Buffalo, Oscar Zeta Acosta, AKA "Dr. Gonzo" was stomping the terra:
South of the Border, René Cardona was commitng some of the most outrageous acts of cinema ever. This one has nudity, fake gore, and real heart transplant footage:
And let's take the opportunity to pay tribute to the great Spain Rodriguez, who died recently:
SECRETS OF MY AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE
I finally got my Amazon Author Page done. It's a good guide for those of you who are collecting my work, or planning on giving the gift of Ernesto this Christmas/Atemoztli/New Baktun Season.
Most obvious are my novels Cortez on Jupiter, and Smoking Mirror Blues now available in Kindle Editions. Yeah, High Aztech is coming soon – I'm working on it, proofreading that Españáhuatl until my eyes are bloodshot. Stay tuned for details and updates!
The other items on the page are anthologies and magazines I have contributed to, so some explanation is required.
Alien Contact, edited by Marty Halpern included my story "Guerrilla Mural of a Siren's Song" – the story that I later exploded into Cortez on Jupiter.
My most infamous story, "The Frankenstein Penis" once again available in Love that Never Dies edited by M. Christain, an anthology of paranormal erotica on Kindle. And if you'd rather have it in hardcopy, the original Semiotext(e) SF edited by Rudy Rucker, Robert Anton Wilson, and Peter Lanborn Wilson is still available.
"Plan 9 in Outer Space," a collaboration with my wife, Emily, is in Space Horrors: Full-Throttle Space Tales #4, edited by David Lee Summers. It's a tribute to Edward D. Wood, Jr. with zombies on a spaceship. Need I say more?
2020 Visions, edited by Rick Novy not only has my wild romp about radioactive marijuana, "Radiation is Groovy, Kill the Pigs," but also my wife's speculative weight-loss drama, "If the Sun's at Five O'Clock, It Must be Yellow Daisies."
Angel Body and Other Magic for the Soul, edited by Chris Reed and David Memmott, has an ahead-of-its-time satire of Arizona and border hysteria called "Burrito Meltdown."
"Coyote Goes Hollywood" that plugs Native American mythology into Hollywood cartoonery is in Witpunk, edited by Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern.
Tales of the Talisman, Volume 6, Issue 3, is where you can find "The Great Mars-A-Go-Go Mexican Standoff," where I introduce Spike Gerswhin, interplanetary gumshoe.
In Voices for the Cure: A Speculative Fiction Anthology to Benefit the American Diabetes Association, edited by James Palmer, I introduced another character, Victor Theremin, the science fiction who writer who can no longer tell his life from sci-fi. He was also in the abovementioned "Radiation is Groovy, Kill the Pigs."
All these stories have that special Ernesto madness, so consume away! Keep the Americano potlatch flowing!
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Trade between China and the United States is complicated. The relationship between the two economic giants can be warm one day and cold the next.
Saif Rahman, the Robert Bauman associate professor of economics at Ohio Wesleyan University, will try to decode that relationship at the weekly Great Decisions meeting on Friday, April 5.
Rahman, who earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, researches economic development, international trade and policy reform. He takes a micro-theoretic approach in his research, using game theory and general equilibrium analysis to explore topics ranging from neoclassical specialization to the political economy of policy reform.
His current teaching areas include economic systems, economic development and microeconomics.
Rahman published "Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Asia" in the Indian Journal of Economics and Business with Dharmendra Dhakal and Kamal P. Upadhyaya.
He came to Ohio Wesleyan from Agnes Scott College, where he was a recipient of the Student Senate Annual Faculty Award for teaching excellence.
All Great Decisions meetings begin at noon in the Fellowship Hall of the William Street United Methodist Church, 28 W. William St., Delaware. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown-bag lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. For more information visit www.facebook.com/greatdecisionsdeloh.
The Great Decisions annual Briefing Book will be on sale at each session to provide historical context and additional information on discussion topics.
The free Community Discussion Series on Current U.S. Foreign Policy is sponsored by: American Association of University Women, Kiwanis, League of Women Voters, OWU's International Studies Program, William Street UMC, Willow Brook Christian Communities, Anchor & Away Travel and private donors.


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All Sons & Daughters & Pastor/Author Jamie George Release Poets & Saints Sept. 2
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GRAMMY/DOVE AWARD NOMINATED ALL SONS & DAUGHTERS AND PASTOR/AUTHOR JAMIE GEORGE RELEASE POETS & SAINTS SEPT. 2
Album, Book, Curriculum, DVD Invite People To Love Like Poets, Live Like Saints
Project Inspired By 10 Ordinary Christ-Followers Who Changed The World
GRAMMY and Dove Award nominated worshipers All Sons & Daughters, acclaimed author and pastor Jamie George and a film crew ventured to Europe to trace the lives of C.S. Lewis, Saint Patrick, John Newton, Saint Thérèse, Saint Francis, William Cowper, Saint Augustine, George MacDonald and others, mining for undiscovered gems, something to connect these individuals to modern believers. The resulting epic journey into the lives and stories of these Christ-followers that God used to wake up the world,
Poets & Saints, releases Sept. 2 from Integrity Music and David C Cook.
All Sons & Daughters' fourth full-length album, Poets & Saints, was produced by Chad Copelin (Crowder, Gungor) and mixed by Shane Wilson (Brandon Heath, Vertical Church Band) and Sean Moffitt (Newsboys, Jordan Feliz). Alongside the album is Jamie George's book, Poets and Saints: Eternal Insight, Extravagant Love, Ordinary People, and the video-based curriculum and study guide, Poets & Saints: A Community Experience, which George and All Sons & Daughters members David Leonard and Leslie Jordan collaborated on to create. Together these resources form an interactive worship experience that introduce 10 important influencers in Christendom, while making a very human connection between their lives and the lives of Christians today.
What Leonard, Jordan and George did not anticipate was the creative and spiritual wakeup call for them. "We knew God was doing something we could never have imagined beforehand," Leonard says. "It was only after we got back from Europe and began seeing the video footage, the lyrics coming to life, and reading sections of Jamie's book, that we began to experience the life-changing nature of the process."
"The more we uncovered the truth about their lives and how they communicated with God, the more important it became to us to show how they're still influencing our lives today," continues Jordan. "We believe God is transcendent in His nature… so He takes something that is ancient and plants it in the present to wake us up."
"These songs and stories stirred up all kinds of questions," adds George who crafted the Poets & Saints book to be a unique blend of biography, travel memoir and spiritual insight, taking readers from a pub in Oxford to a cathedral in the Italian hills and beyond. "One of the most beautiful ways to know God better is to learn from those who served Him in other times and cultures… these saints and writers are not abstract, hopeful representations of what we should be. They were actually really broken people who chose to feel through their suffering. That takes a lot of courage, and that's why, years later, we call them poets and saints."
Creating a "soundtrack" out of their own experience in this unique journey, Jordan and Leonard's Poets & Saints album draws from a theological well. From the ambient opening of "Heaven Meets Earth" to the benediction of "Creation Sings," each song testifies to the limitless creativity and mercy God has for His creation.
The album's first single, "I Surrender," which was co-written by Jason Ingram and inspired by the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, sets the tone for the collection. This track, as with every turn on the album, explores new sonic territory for All Sons & Daughters.
"From jazz, bluegrass, country influences and Americana, we really stretched our legs creatively, as far as sound goes," says Leonard. "We sampled sounds all over Europe, from the sound of clapping under a bridge, to the hairbrushes in William Cowper's house, to waves crashing on the beach… and we used those as percussion in the album. We threw everything out and started taking more chances, still mindful of serving the church, but diving into the opportunity to expand our creative fences."
Expanding on the connection between the songs and the poets and saints who inspired them, George's book deepens the experience as he examines the lives of these extraordinary people. Each chapter illuminates the life of the individual, less from an academic approach and more from an intimate look at their humanity. The corresponding video curriculum and small group study guide dig even deeper, asking questions that shine light on the readers' own journeys.
"We are all poets and saints," says George, "we all have something to say, and whatever we have to say comes from our places of brokenness."
"Our hope is that in this music, book and curriculum, people will find connection, with one another and connection with God," says Jordan. "A place of vulnerability and discovery where there is freedom and forgiveness… conversations that generate spiritual health, a ripple effect that changes people's lives."
About All Sons & Daughters:
All Sons & Daughters inspire audiences with their acoustic, organic folk aesthetic and lyrics that focus squarely on Jesus while embracing the tension of the Christian walk. Hailed by fans and critics alike, All Sons & Daughters have released three EPs and four full-length albums featuring songs such as "All The Poor and Powerless," "Brokenness Aside," "Oh How I Need You" and "Great Are You Lord," which is currently ranked in the top 20 of the most-performed songs in churches according to Christian Copyright Licensing International. Receiving a GRAMMY nomination for the song "Soul On Fire," a collaboration with Third Day, All Sons & Daughters' full-length CD/DVD LIVE also garnered two Dove Award nominations. For additional information on All Sons & Daughters, their touring, free chord charts and more, go to http://allsonsanddaughters.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
About Jamie George:
Jamie George founded The Journey Church in Franklin, TN in 2006 as a safe haven for artists and the religiously wounded. All Sons & Daughters was birthed in this faith community. In addition to writingLove Well, The Wisdom of Solomon and R2H – The Road to Hana (a Hawaiian audio tour), he has collaborated with New York Times best-selling novelist Karen Kingsbury on The Heart of the Story, a study on the family of Jesus. Jamie lives in and serves the community of Franklin, TN along with his wife and four children. For additional information on Jamie George, go to JamieGeorge.com, Facebook, Twitter andInstagram.
About Integrity Music and David C Cook:
Integrity Music, which is part of the David C Cook family, is committed to taking songs of substance to the local church and its leaders around the globe. With offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Eastbourne, U.K., Integrity publishes many of the top songs in the Church, including the No. 1 radio hit "We Believe" (Newsboys) as well as church standards "Revelation Song," "Open The Eyes Of My Heart," "Your Great Name" and "I Am Free." David C Cook is a leading provider of Christ-centered resources to equip the local church on a global scale. Originally founded in 1875, David C Cook is an enterprising nonprofit organization dedicated to publishing and distributing leadership and discipleship resources to help Christians all over the world grow in their faith and pass it on to the next generation. David C Cook is headquartered in the U.S. with additional offices in the U.K., China and India. DCC and Integrity publish resources in 150 languages and in more than 200 countries. Proceeds from the sale of David C Cook's and Integrity's products are combined with one hundred percent of charitable donations to fund ministry projects with international congregations and partners. Together, we join in co-mission to create, translate and distribute life-transforming resources. Additional information is available at http://integritymusic.com/and http://www.davidccook.com/.
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U.S. and Cuba Sign Deal on Commercial Flights
For the first time in more than 50 years, travelers will be able to fly to and from Cuba without circumventing rules or hopping on a chartered flight.
By Katherine LaGrave
This post was originally published in December 2015. It has been updated with new information.
Update 2/16: The U.S. and Cuba signed a deal Tuesday to restore air travel between the two nations for the first time in five decades. "Today is a historic day in the relationship between Cuba and the U.S.," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx after he and Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal at Havana's Hotel Nacional. "It represents a critically important milestone in the U.S. effort to engage with Cuba."
After the signing, the U.S. Department of Transportation opened bidding to American air carriers, who have until March 2 to submit applications to operate the flights. The deal allows up to 110 daily roundtrip flights to 10 destinations in Cuba—approximately 20 of them to the capital Havana, with the rest to Camagüey, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Manzanillo, Matanzas, Santa Clara, and Santiago de Cuba. To brace for the influx of flights, Cuban authorities have ordered renovations to double the capacity of Havana's Jose Marti airport, which will see the initial commercial flights.
Looking to get to Cuba? American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, and United Airlines have all expressed an interest in flying regular routes to Cuba, and routes will be determined in a few months. Currently, all flights between the two countries are chartered.
December 2015: Prepare to see more people hustling toward Havana: After finalizing an agreement on Wednesday evening, the U.S. and Cuba have decided to resurrect commercial air travel between the two nations.
In an announcement on Thursday, which marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama's decision to ease travel restrictions on Cuba, the State Department said that "this arrangement will continue to allow charter operations and establish scheduled air service, which will facilitate an increase in authorized travel, enhance traveler choices, and promote people-to-people links between the two countries."
Everything You Need to Know About Visiting Cuba
But in layman's terms, what does this actually mean? Basically that U.S. airlines will now be able to directly sell tickets for flights to Cuba; previously, all Cuba-bound flights originating in the U.S. had been charter flight operations, with seats booked through tour companies. Despite the good news, the move does not lift the U.S. ban on general tourism to the Caribbean island. Travelers must still fall under the umbrella of "Purposeful Travel" and meet at least one of 12 criteria to visit. It doesn't seem a huge deterrent: In the first 11 months of 2015, 138,120 U.S. citizens visited Cuba—a 71 percent increase over 2014.
Airlines have met the news with excitement, and American, JetBlue, and United have all released statements expressing their interest in new routes. It is unclear when flights will actually resume, however, as the Federal Aviation Administration first needs to ensure certain safety regulations are in place. So while you wait for that day, explore the island from the comforts of your couch, checking out anything from vintage photos of the island to Airbnb apartments you can rent while you're there.
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The Buckingham Outlaws: PART VIII
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Arvon Presbyterian Church, Courtesy Historic Buckingham
Threats of Lynching
Anonymous letters, as well as some signed by the Buckingham outlaws, threatened to lynch the citizens of Arvonia and burn the town to the ground, resulting in panic. The Daily Press called one letter "vengeful" and "cheaply melodramatic."
Governor Swanson was unable to respond immediately to the appeal for protection from the citizens of Arvonia, who lacked confidence in the local officials to act quickly and decisively. Women and children were removed to a safe place and, on September 29, 1908, a cordon of citizens surrounded the town. Only newspaper correspondents dared to enter Arvonia.
Town leaders took matters into their own hands, held a meeting, and planned a raid on the outlaws. Rev. Plummer F. Jones, the minister at Arvon Presbyterian Church, was an instigator and willing member of the self-designated posse. "I could kill any one of them without a pang of conscience," he told the press. Following the jail break, Jones received direct threats of lynching. He remained in Arvonia, canceling an engagement in New Kent County, which would have required traveling through the area peppered with outlaw sympathizers. The country roads were practically deserted.
According to Richmond's The Times-Dispatch, fifty citizens secretly joined Rev. Jones, including D. L. Peirce, magistrate and chairman of the vigilante committee, W. G. Edwards, L. A. Bersche, A. L. Pitts, owner of the Pitts slate quarry, William Anderson, O. A. Jeffries, W. L. Evans, and Jeff Johnson (colored) who came forward with the "movements and whereabouts of the outlaws."
Some in the group, mostly the young and the fearless, wanted to divide into small bands of four or five and impulsively begin the man hunt; however, the "shanties" of the outlaws were scattered in a densely wooded area, covered with fallen pines, dead chestnut trees, and undergrowth. The ivy cliffs provided many hiding places. Some thought, it might take a militia force to oust them. Cooler heads decided to wait and reconvene when Sheriff Williams returned to Arvonia from his home at Diana Mills. The Times-Dispatch painted him as a gallant figure, "ready to take up the gauntlet and lead a posse against the outlaws."
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July 25, 2013 Convention / Paper Pumpkin / Stampin'Up!
Every year at convention we receive a bag, materials for make & takes, stamp sets and so on. This year Stampin'Up! gave us this gorgeous backpack full on many items.
I took home a total of 7 stamp sets, a Paper Pumpkin kit, the new Undefined carving stamp kit 5 make & take kits, a commemorative pin, pen and a few other items!
I can't wait to play with all of them. I returned home on Sunday just before midnight and had to go to work the next day, that being said, I just finished unpacking all the extra clothes I didn't wear and emptied out my new backpack. Now it's time to organize my swaps and get ready for Saturday's class!
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Wow! That is so nice!!! LOVE the backpack and so many goodies! Looks like you had a great time – can't wait to hear more about it at Saturdays class!


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ASI boasts of a hat-trick: Big Bulls pulled out the big guns.
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Mint marks became visible on all the quarters made from 1968 on, and this collection features U.S. quarters from the only three years where mint marks were not placed on any of the coins. All of the quarters look exactly the same and it isn't possible to determine from which mint either of them came. The coins in this collection are of superior collector quality. The three U.S. quarters come in a custom display wallet and with a Certificate of Authenticity.
In 1999, a very special series of U.S. quarters was introduced to the public. Every year, five quarters were introduced to represent one of the states, in the order they joined the Union. Each coin is struck for about ten weeks and then never made again. At FC Mint, you can find a variety of U.S. state quarters in different sets. Some are 24K gold plated and many are available colorized or with authentic holograms. These are the most popular coins in the United States and the added beauty of the gold plating and holograms make them an even more attractive addition to your coin collection.
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In this bulletin we are pleased to announce the details of the ReN Symposium to be held at the AILA World Congress in Beijing in August, 2011. We also want to remind you about the conference, Implementing Learner Autonomy in the 21st Century, to be held at Zirve University, Gaziantep, Turkey, 1-3 June 2010.
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The Court rejected Washington's argument that it had no jurisdiction over the matter and that Iran sponsored terrorism. Washington wanted to use the funds to compensate the victims of terrorism. In Warsaw, the Trump administration is trying to build up an anti-Iran coalition.
The Hague (AsiaNews) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has ruled that Iran can start the process to recover US$ 2 billion unjustifiably frozen by the US government.
The ICJ rejected US objections to Iran's claims, namely that Tehran had "unclean hands" and supported terrorism; conversely, the highest UN court said it had no jurisdiction over the dispute itself.
Although the Court in The Hague is the highest UN court and its decisions have binding force, it has no power to enforce them and several countries, including the United States, have ignored its decisions in the past.
Iran challenged before the ICJ new US sanctions and its decision to freeze Iranian assets in violation of a treaty the two countries signed in 1955. After the Court's ruling was announced, the US pulled out of the Treaty of Amity.
In both cases, Washington has accused Tehran of sponsoring state terrorism. About a thousand survivors and relatives would have shared the frozen assets.
Today's ruling threatens to heighten tensions, already high because of the conflict over Iran's nuclear programme and a decision in October by the Court against US sanctions.
Things will not be improved by a two-day summit that opened today in Warsaw, Poland, which, with US backing, seeks to built an anti-Iran coalition and lay the ground for a military attack.
In June 2016, the Islamic Republic took the United States to the UN court to force it to return Iranian assets illegally frozen in the United States.
In April of that year, the US Supreme Court ruled that the assets should be used to compensate about a thousand survivors and relatives of victims of attacks blamed on Tehran, like the 1983 US Marine barracks attack in Beirut and the 1996 attack against the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia.
The escalation between the two countries is driven by US President Donald Trump's decision to wage economic, diplomatic and trade war against the Islamic Republic.
In May 2018, the US pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) brokered by Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, and imposed the toughest sanctions in history against Iran.
The latter cut deeply in Iran's oil exports, the main goal of the second wave of sanctions that came into effect on 4 November, and negatively impacted the Iranian economy, especially the weakest segments of the country's population.


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SRD fragment. SRD painted onto sherd in black. Artefacts found within a 200cm radius (A043.1, A043.2).
Stripper clip (rifle magazine clip) fragment. Ferrous oxidation. Found in a clearing beside trench F540.
Shrapnel, heavy, ferrous oxidation. Found downhill in scrubby bush.


Clifton Liquors is a family owned business that has been in operation since 1978.
John Vezakis traded an orchard for the small liquor store 38 years ago, and expanded and ran the business until just a few years before his death. His son James Vazakis purchased the business about ten years ago.
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Charles Johnson, the SCOTUS and NSA phone metadata collection
By Andres Perez
Law • 8/21/14 5:55:42 pm • Views: 721
In November 2013, Charles Johnson said that the Supreme Court's decision not to hear a case challenging the NSA phone metadata program was unsurprising, because the program is "constitutional" (in Johnson's opinion).
A few months later (May, 2014), Sam Alito and Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that the court will likely rule on the NSA programs at some point.
Question for Mr. Johnson: now that Alito and Ginsburg contradicted you, do you still believe that the SCOTUS will not rule on the case? If you now believe the SCOTUS will hear the case, are you admitting you were wrong in believing that the SCOTUS refused to hear the case because it was "constitutional"?
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1 Charles Johnson Aug 21, 2014 6:10:54pm
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Dear Abby Andre,
I haven't had a sundae since I was eighteen. That was 39 years ago. Jesus, what is wrong with me?
Signed, Flummoxed in Freedonia
3 Gus Aug 21, 2014 6:18:24pm
5 Danny Aug 21, 2014 6:20:28pm
Where is 2) ?
6 austin_blue Aug 21, 2014 6:22:38pm
re: #5 Danny
That's a big number.
3) Testing.
re: #7 Gus
4) Is it safe?
9 Floral Giraffe Aug 21, 2014 6:43:28pm
5) I think it's safe, Charles cleaned it!
10 blueraven Aug 21, 2014 8:13:58pm
re: #9 Floral Giraffe
Don't you kids put your lips on it!


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19 Beauty YouTubers Who Must Be Stopped
They've gone about 1,900 layers too far.
Posted on August 07, 2016, 12:31 GMT
Greta Alvarez
BuzzFeed Staff, Español
1. Let's begin with the ringleader: the YouTuber who started this whole thing by painting her nails with more than 100 layers of nail polish.
Just a month after its launch, this video passed 15 million views, and it has positioned itself as the precursor of the viral phenomenon that's overtaking YouTube: disastrous beauty challenges that consist of putting on hundreds of layers of makeup on without dying.
2. Given the success of that first video, Simply Nailogical decided to try it again, but this time using 100 layers of transparent nail polish.
3. Then there was the YouTuber who thought it was a good idea to put on 100 layers of bronzer.
4. And this woman, who decided to try it with 100 layers of liquid base because...why not?
5. And then this woman who decided to put on 100 layers of eyeshadow.
6. And this woman who decided to record herself putting 100 layers of mascara on her eyelashes.
7. And then this man who put on 100 layers of a facial peel both to get out his blackheads and because nobody stopped him.
8. This young lady applied 100 layers of spray coloring on her head, and somehow her hair didn't fall out.
9. Next there was the one who made herself up with 100 layers of eyeliner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74FBziJXNEo
10. How do you feel about this girl who applied 100 layers of face-paint? Yes, the same kind that clowns use at children's parties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bamCZGXuyR8
11. And then we have this woman, who invested her time and effort into putting 100 layers of illuminator on her cheeks.
12. Then stuff started getting really weird, like when this macabre person put 100 layers of nail polish on a Barbie.
13. "I wonder what would happen if you applied 100 layers of makeup on your eyebrows?" asked nobody ever.
Except this woman.
14. And then this young vlogger, who apparently has a lot of free time, put in 100 layers of hair gel.
15. And then there's this horror: a daring young man who decided to up the ante and apply 100 layers of acne face mask on one side of his face and 100 layers of liquid base on the other.
Via buzzfeed.com
16. Why waste your time and money on one measly lip treatment when you can use 100 layers of lipstick?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlK8wzxZA9Q
17. And who needs a costly facelift when you could just apply 100 layers of contour?
18. This girl decided to color her cheeks with 100 layers of rouge.
And, frankly, looks great!
19. And, finally, we have the "winner," who put on 100 layers of lip gloss, base, nail polish, hair spray, and bronzer, and 50 sets of fake eyelashes on each eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsFLMjlgR_o


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Apr05 On the YouTube Call of Duty "Community"
I was originally going to put this at the end of another post I was working on, but as I was writing it, I thought it probably deserved to be it's own post. I'm going to assume that you have at least some knowledge of the CoD scene on YouTube. If not, you can safely skip this post. The post I was originally working on, expect to see within a few days or so.
Hutch revealed that he is quitting. And I mean quitting quitting. He's quit his job at Machinima, he's moving back home from LA, he's not going to be posting videos at all and he's unlikely to be active very much at all on the Internet, whether it be on Twitter or elsewhere. He, for whatever reason, has decided it's time to bow out. I'm talking about this because, I, once upon a time, made Call of Duty YouTube videos. I stopped a few months ago, however, for a number of reasons. Mainly because I wasn't enjoying it any more, and I don't like the direction that the "community" has been heading in for a while now.
But Hutch was one of the good guys. He was the reason I originally started to make videos, and he was the reason a lot of people started to make videos. And, for better or worse, he's the reason the CoD scene on YouTube is as big as it is today. He wasn't the first to make CoD gameplay commentaries, but he was the one that popularised it. Hutch's quitting could (hopefully) be one of the nails in the coffin for the CoD scene on YouTube.
That's one of the reasons why I quit: I hate what the "community" has become. Back when I first started watching CoD videos on YouTube, the community was an actual community. There weren't a whole of people doing it, and the guys that were were faily close-nit; everyone knew everyone else, at least in some respect. Now, the community houses well over a million people. One million plus people is not a community. There are people who have Machinima contracts that have thousands of subscribers, that you will have never heard of, even though they're doing the exact same thing you are. That's how big it's gotten. And with the rise of Machinima and the insane growth of the scene, the focus turned from making videos because you loved making videos to money.
Take some of the bigger channels, WoodysGamertag is a good example. Compare his videos from two years ago to his videos now. Whenever I go to the front page of YouTube and see all the new videos from the people I'm subbed to, all you see is uncreative videos, with titles and thumbnails designed to grab your attention and get as many views as possible, simply so that person can make some money. Now, I have no problem with people making money off their videos, if said videos are actually well made and required effort to make, Stuart being the prime example. It just annoys me when I see people with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, putting up ugly videos that are creatively and intellectually bankrupt, yet getting thousands of views and making enough money to earn a living.
Actual content aside, the fact that some of the big names don't know, or are simply too lazy to make even the most basic steps to make their videos look good. To name a few names, Wings of Redemption, Blame Truth and xJawz are a few that are guilty of putting up videos that are just plain ugly. No colour correction, so everything is just bland and washed out; resampling not disabled, leading to their videos having awful ghosting due to the raw video and rendered output having different frame rates; and low bit-rates, making their videos, combined with the previous things, looking like a compressed ugly mess. Three different things, which take a combined 15 seconds to fix, and yet it makes your video look infinitely nicer. And that's without the boring, uninspired commentary, with them begging you to like and favourite their video. Looking at you, Blame Truth.
And that's why I quit YouTube. I wasn't big, I wasn't popular. I barely had 300 subscribers to my name. But it was something that, once upon a time, I used to really enjoy doing. And it's something Hutch used to enjoy as well, and while the reason he decided to quit is just all speculation, it's clear to see that he didn't have the same spark he had three years ago. The fact he decided to bow out at a high point is something that a few other people should probably think about doing.
Oh wait, no, because they haven't worked a day in their lives and will be fish out of water when the YouTube money dries up.
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Mar16 So Let's Talk About Mass Effect 3
Not sure you know this or not, but Mass Effect 3 came out last week. You might have heard about it, it's a pretty big game. It's also pretty good. Like really good.
The game released here in the UK on Friday, but I managed to get a copy on Thursday due to my superior choice in online retailers. First class postage sent out a few days in advance is awesome. So I got Mass Effect 3, and I ploughed through it pretty quickly and it's certainly a very enjoyable game. So I'm going to talk a bit about it.
As a heads-up, spoilers are going to be everywhere, major, major spoilers. If you haven't played and/or finished ME3, and don't want some of the finer details (including, but not limited to the actual ending) spoiled, you might want to stop reading right about now. If you're reading this on my blog's homepage, the rest of this entry will be placed after a jump.
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Mar02 Definitely-Not-a-Review: Nexuiz
As the title suggests, these kinds of posts aren't gonna be full-blown reviews, but just talking a little more casually about games I've been playing lately. I think the purpose of these will be mostly for games I want to talk a little bit more in-depth about, without doing an actual review (because, you know, that takes work).
But yes, I've played a little bit of Nexuiz. That is, the new, Illfonic developed XBLA games using CryEngine 3, and not the original free open-source PC game by Alientrap. I have no idea how to properly pronounce that. Some friends and I have been pronouncing it "Nexus", though the original game pronounces it "Nex-ee-us" on it's main menu screen. Either way, it's a silly name. Currently, it's only out on XBLA, but PSN and Steam releases are planned for the future. Hopefully the near future in the case of Steam, because this is a game that I feel will play much, much better on PC.
However, even on Xbox with a controller, this game is surprisingly fun. It's very fun, in fact. To someone who is unfamiliar with the game, it's an arena shoooter, a-lá Quake or Unreal Tournament and is similarly fast-paced, though the very nature of the system it's on slows the gameplay down a little, but is still significantly faster than your average console shooter. Perhaps this is why the game surprised me so much. The thought of playing a Quake-esque game with a console controller is almost absurd. I think Quake 3 is actually available on the XBL marketplace, but god knows what that plays like.
Nexuiz just feels... right with a controller. I'm not saying better than with a mouse and keyboard. This game will obviously play much better with that control setup, but the fact Illfonic have made a fast-paced arena shooter that works well on a console is commendable. In fact, it makes me even more excited for the eventual PC release because, if it plays this well with a controller, it must be phenomenal on PC, right?
The gameplay is pretty typical of these types of shooters. You run around in a small enclosed map shooting dudes with the crazy sci-fun guns also typical of these types of shooters. The main twist is the inclusion of "mutators", effects that can drastically alter the way the game is played for either yourself, your team, or everyone. There are some of the fairly typical ones you would expect: double damage, infinite ammo, etc, but there are also some pretty crazy ones, like inverting everyone's aim, making a random person explode, turning everyone into sombrero-wearing piñatas... some of them are pretty hilarious. And it's the inclusion of things like these that gives the game it's character and shows that the game doesn't take itself too seriously. Which is a good thing.
So, I think I'm gonna try and play more of it, in amongst all the other games I have going on right now (which can be a whole other blog post in and of itself). It's a ton of fun, and a lot of the people I play with think so as well, which is a rare occurrence. There's a demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace if you want to try it out. It limits some features... like playing with friends... but like the Gotham City Impostors demo, is enough to get a jist of how the game plays.
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Wednesday, April 17. 2013
1007 DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
RE: ESTATE OF LYNETTE H.
All creditors of the Estate of LYNETTE H. JOHNSON, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
The 1st day of April, 2013.
RANDY A. JOHNSON,
Estate of LYNETTE H. JOHNSON
1215 Wood Valley Road
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY OF DODGE.
All creditors of the Estate of RUTH BURNAM POWELL, late of Dodge County, Georgia, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 26th day of March 2013.
JEROME PETERSON
Executor of the Estate of
RUTH BURNAM POWELL
C. MICHAEL JOHNSON
5414 Anson Avenue
1011 FORECLOSURES
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
COUNTY OF DODGE
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed to Secure Debt ("Security Deed") executed by ROY SCHNEIDER, III and KAREN SCHNEIDER in favor of COMMUNITY BANK AND TRUST dated February 6, 2006, recorded at Deed Book 533, Pages 120-123, re-recorded April 6, 2006 in Deed Book 537, Pages 281-284, to correct the date of the original Security Deed to February 2, 2006, transferred and assigned January 24, 2011, by assignment recorded in Deed Book 673, Page 211, Dodge County Deed Records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the door of the Courthouse of Dodge County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in May, that being May 7, 2013, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN PORTIONS OF LAND LOTS NUMBERS 164, 165, 166, AND 167 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 123.54 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS TRACT #2 IN THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY BY GRADY BONEY, CENTRAL SOUTH SURVEYING, DATED NOVEMBER 16, 2005, WHICH PLAT, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 35, PAGE 144, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
The debt secured by said Security Deed is evidenced by a Real Property Secured Note (the "Note"), dated February 2, 2006, in the original principal amount of $178,278.75, payable, principal and interest from the date thereof shown on said Note on the unpaid balance until paid.
Default has occurred in the payment of the debt evidenced by the Note and secured by the Security Deed as a result of the nonpayment of installments owed thereunder. The total balance of said debt has, therefore, been declared due and the Security Deed foreclosable according to its terms.
The debt remaining in default, the property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash as the property of ROY SCHNEIDER III and KAREN SCHNEIDER, the proceeds to be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, attorneys' fees (notice of intention to collect attorneys' fees having been given), and the lawful expenses of said sale, all as provided in the Note and the Security Deed, said sale to be subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assessments, and restrictions, easements and liens of record with priority over the Security Deed referenced above.
To the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the property is in the possession of ROY SCHNEIDER III and KAREN SCHNEIDER and will be sold as the property of ROY SCHNEIDER III and KAREN SCHNEIDER.
A Discharge of Debtor has been entered in the ROY SCHNEIDER, III Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case No. 8:12-bk-18358-KRM, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida.
The undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as authorized in the aforementioned Security Deed.
ROY SCHNEIDER III and
KAREN SCHNEIDER
By: SCBT d/b/a CBT,
a Division of SCBT
as Attorney-in-Fact
HULSEY, OLIVER & MAHAR, LLP
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale in that certain Security Deed from DOROTHY LEE COLEY, Grantor, to FARMERS STATE BANK, Grantee, dated January 11, 2011 and recorded in Deed Book 673, page 205-210, Dodge County Records; said Security Deed having been given to secure promissory note dated November 25, 2011 in the principal amount of $12,481.24, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry, during the legal hours of sale before the door of the Courthouse of Dodge County Georgia, on the first Tuesday in May 2013, to wit: May 1st, 2013 , to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF CHESTER , DODGE COUNTY , GEORGIA AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 35 YARDS WEST OF A MARKED CORNER WHERE PROPERTY OF JAMES ROWLAND JOINS PROPERTY OF IVEY MCLEOD ; THENCE RUNNING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 30 YARDS TO AN AGREED CORNER; THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 70 YARDS ; THENCE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 30 YARDS; THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 70 YARDS BACK TO THE BEGINNING POINT; SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY PROPERTY OF JAMES ROWLAND, ON THE SOUTH BY A STREET KNOWN AS PINE STREET, ON THE WEST BY PROPERTY OF FAIRBE MULLIS, AND ON THE NORTH BY PROPERTY OF E. F. LIVINGSTON; AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ALBERT HOLT AND MRS. SHIRLEY HOLT BY JAMES ROWLAND AND DOROTHY ROWLAND, BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 15, 1958 AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 83, PAGE 350-351.
SAID PROPERTY HAS THE ADDRESS OF 244 PINE STREET, CHESTER, GEORGIA, 31012.
NOTICE PURSUANT TO §44-14- 162.2 O.C.G .A . HAS BEEN GIVEN.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt and Note has been and is hereby declared due and payable in full because of default pursuant to the terms of said Deed to Secure Debt and Note. Notice has been given of intention to enforce provisions for collection of attorney's fees and foreclosure in accordance with legal requirements and the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt and Note. The indebtedness remaining in default , the sale will be made for the purpose of applying proceeds thereof to the payment of the indebtedness secured by the Deed to Secure Debt, accrued interest and expenses of the sale and other sums secured by the Deed to Secure Debt, including attorney's fees, and the remainder if any shall be applied as provided by law.
To the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the property is in the possession of DOROTHY LEE COLEY, and said property will be sold as the property of DOROTHY LEE COLEY subject to any and all outstanding ad valorem taxes, street improvements , easements or other restrictions of record, if any . The undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser at said sale as provided in the Deed to Secure Debt.
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has the authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of said mortgage is JIM BRANTLEY, FARMERS STATE BANK, 1620 Veterans Blvd., Dublin, Georgia 31021; (478) 275-3223.
This law firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information
obtained will be used for that purpose
as attorney-in fact for
DOROTHY LEE COLEY
MORRIS S. ROBERTSON, P.C.
P. 0. Drawer 2047
Dublin , GA 31040
Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by a Real Estate Deed to Secure Debt from SPIRITS, INC. to ATLANTIC SOUTHERN BANK dated May 8, 2006, as amended, modified and/or continued, and recorded on May 17, 2006 in Deed Book 542, Pages 118- 126 in the records of the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, (hereafter referred to as the "Deed"), as last transferred to CERTUSBANK, N.A. by Receiver's Transfer and Assignment filed of record on November 12, 2012 in Deed Book 721, Pages 263-266 in the records of the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia,
conveying the herein below described property to secure a Promissory Note dated May 26, 2009 in the original principal amount of $89,365.58 with interest at the rate specified therein, as amended, modified and/or continued, the undersigned, CERTUSBANK, N.A., pursuant to said Deed and Promissory Note thereby secured, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness due and payable, and pursuant to the powers of sale contained in said Deed, will, on the first Tuesday in May 2013 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013), during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Dodge County, Georgia, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said Deed, to-wit:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN THE LAND LOT 46 OF THE 14TH LAND DISTRICT, CITY OF MILAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS PARCEL 1, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 33, PAGE (S) 216, CLERK'S OFFICE, DODGE SUPERIOR COURT. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
ALSO: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE LAND LOT 46 OF THE 14TH LAND DISTRICT, CITY OF MILAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS PARCEL 2, ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 33, PAGE (S) 216, CLERK'S OFFICE, DODGE SUPERIOR COURT. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
The above description being controlling, said property is commonly known as 3088 MILAN-CHAUNCEY ROAD, PARCEL 1 & 2, MILAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is SPIRITS, INC. or a tenant(s).
The indebtedness secured by said Deed and Promissory Note has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in said Deed and Promissory Note. For the indebtedness remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale as provided in the Deed and by law, including attorneys' fees.
Notice of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of said Deed and Promissory Note has been given. The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), assessments, rights of redemption, rights of way, easements, covenants or restrictions, liens, zoning ordinances, and all other superior matters of record which may affect said property.
The sale will be conducted subject to (i) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loans with the holder of the Deed.
Said property will be sold as the property of SPIRITS, INC. and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said Deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in said Deed.
Such sale is further subject to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1 in regard to the rescission of judicial and non-judicial sales in Georgia. The entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend or modify all terms of the mortgage is MARK CLEGG, CERTUSBANK, N.A., 1375 Peachtree Street, Suite 380, Atlanta, Georgia 30309; 678-293-1039.
CERTUSBANK, N.A.
Attorney-in-Fact for
SPIRITS, INC.
MARK S. WATSON, Attorney for CERTUSBANK, N.A.
WATSONMCCALLUM, LLP
111 Arkwright Landing, Suite D
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER IN SECURITY DEED
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in the security deed from ERWIN LUTHER BURCH to CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, dated September 5, 2012, and recorded in Deed Book 717, page 44, Dodge County Records, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder before the Courthouse Door at Dodge County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in May, 2013, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN ORIGINAL LAND LOT NO. 108 IN THE 13TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LINES, TO-WIT: BEGIN--
NING AT A STAKE CORNER ON THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY OR DITCH LINE OF A COUNTY POST ROAD KNOWN AS THE DYAL STILL-HELENA ROAD AND AT A POINT LOCATED A DISTANCE OF 1030 FEET SOUTHWEST FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID ROAD BOUNDARY AND THE ORIGINAL NORTHEAST LAND LOT LINE AS MEASURED ALONG SAID SOUTHEAST ROAD BOUNDARY OR DITCH LINE, THE INTERCEPTING POINT BEING 330 FEET SOUTHWEST FROM THE CENTER OR MEDIAN OF A PAVED ROAD KNOWN AS THE JAYBIRD SPRINGS-DYAL STILL STATE HIGHWAY AND FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT, AS ESTABLISHED, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES EAST A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO A CORNER, THENCE SOUTH 25 DEGREES WEST A DISTANCE OF 270 FEET TO A CORNER; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES EAST A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO A CORNER; THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES EAST A DISTANCE OF 60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 1.30 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM CARL JOHNS TO DABNEY C. CROSBY, JR., ALL AS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 130, PAGE 321, DODGE COUNTY RECORDS, SAID DEED BEING INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY BY H. G. MCCRANIE, SAID SURVEY DATED AUGUST 24, 1964, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 6, PAGE 88, DODGE COUNTY RECORDS, SAID PLAT BEING INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE.
TOGETHER WITH THE MOBILE HOME LOCATED THEREON.
The debt secured by said security deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to make payments in accordance with the terms of said note. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same, and all expenses of sale, including attorney's fees.
Said property will be sold subject to ad valorem taxes which are due or which are a lien; matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the security deed being foreclosed.
CITIZENS BANK &
TRUST COMPANY
As Attorney-in-Fact for
ERWIN LUTHER BURCH
SUMNER, AVERY & HARPER, LLC
Post Office Drawer 248
Dublin, Georgia 31040
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in the security deed from PRENTICE J. BENNETT to CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, dated February 20, 1998, and recorded in Deed Book 299, page 174, Dodge County Records, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder before the Courthouse Door at Dodge County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in May, 2013, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE 20TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND ORIGINALLY BEING THE WHOLE OF LAND LOT NO. 36 IN SAID DISTRICT, CONTAINING 208.35 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAT THEREOF PREPARED BY JAKE D. HARRELL, SURVEYOR, ON OCTOBER 18, 1952, WHICH PLAT, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 109, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS, IS INCORPORATED HEREIN AS PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY THIS SPECIFIC REFERENCE THERETO.
LESS AND EXCEPT: ALL THAT PORTION OF SAID LAND LOT NO. 36 WHICH LIES SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHEASTERLY OF A PAVED COUNTY PUBLIC ROAD KNOWN AS ANTIOCH & DUBOIS ROADBOIS-FRIENDSHIP ROADTY ROAD NO. 109 AND CONTAINING 8.02 ACRES AS IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUNTY SURVEYOR, IN AUGUST 1977, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 221, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: 3 ACRES OF LAND LYING ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SAID PAVED COUNTY ROAD AS IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY THEREOF PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUNTY SURVEYOR IN AUGUST 1977, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 110 AND ALSO PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 242, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: ALL THAT CERTAIN 7.1 ACRE TRACT
WHICH LIES NORTHWEST OF SAID COUNTY PAVED PUBLIC ROAD AND AGAINST THE SOUTHWEST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT AS IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUNTY SURVEYOR, IN AUGUST 1977, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 111, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: ALL THAT CERTAIN 5 ACRE TRACT ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF SAID COUNTY PAVED PUBLIC ROAD AND AGAINST THE NORTHEAST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT LINE WHICH EXCEPTION IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHWEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID ROAD AND THE NORTHEAST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LOT AND RUN S 32 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 03 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF 216.67' TO AN IRON PIN; THEN N 57 DEGREES 18 MINUTES 57 SECONDS W A DISTANCE OF 696' TO AN IRON PIN; THEN RUN N 32 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 28 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF 407.09' TO AN IRON PIN AND THE NORTHEAST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LOT; THEN RUN S 41 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 12 SECONDS E A DISTANCE OF 720.28' TO AN IRON PIN AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID EXCEPTED PARCEL CONTAINING 5 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY W. P. JOHNSON AND ASSOCIATES ON JUNE 16, 1990.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: ALL THAT CERTAIN 10.24 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED TO GEORGIA POWER COMPANY BY LESTER A. JONES, DATED JUNE 2, 1971 AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 121, PAGE 138, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS UPON AND OVER ADJACENT LAND, PORTIONS OF WHICH ARE INCLUSIVE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED HEREBY AND ALSO ALL OTHER RIGHTS AS GRANTED THEREIN.
ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT: ALL THAT CERTAIN 25.00 ACRES OF LAND CONVEYED FROM PRENTICE J. BENNETT, JR., TO JIMMY MANNING AND ASHLEY MANNING BY WARRANTY DEED DATED THE SAME AS THIS DOCUMENT AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 299, PAGE 170-171, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS. SAID TRACT IS FURTHER DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY W. P. JOHNSON AND ASSOCIATES FOR JIMMY AND ASHLEY MANNING, DATED JANUARY 5, 1994, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 29, PAGE 31, DODGE COUNTY LAND RECORDS.
THIS PROPERTY IS FURTHER CONVEYED SUBJECT TO RIGHTS OF WAY FOR PUBLIC ROADS AND UTILITIES NOW IN USE.
THE PROPERTY CONVEYED HEREBY CONTAINS 149.99 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, HOWEVER, IT IS THE INTENTION TO CONVEY HEREUNDER ALL LANDS IN SAID LAND LOT 36 OF THE 20TH LAND DISTRICT WHICH LIE NORTHERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY OF SAID COUNTY PAVED PUBLIC ROAD HEREINBEFORE REFERENCED TO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS AS HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED.
PRENTICE J. BENNETT
Georgia, Dodge County
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt given by KIMBERLY S. SHEFFIELD AND CHARLES KENNETH SHEFFIELD to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, dated MAY 08, 2002, and recorded in Deed Book 408, Page 314, Dodge County, Georgia records, AS LAST TRANSFERRED TO WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE
FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002-NC3, MORTGAGE PASS- THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC3 BY ASSIGNMENT RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 709, PAGE 280, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note of even date in the original principal amount of $79,050.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Dodge County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in May, 2013, to wit: May 07, 2013, the following described property:
TRACT I: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING BOUNDED ON THE NORTHWEST BY LANDS OF EDWIN PAUL, ON THE NORTHEAST BY LANDS OF MRS. NANNIE DILLARD, ON THE SOUTHEAST BY LANDS OF W.O. CONNELL AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY FOSTER STREET FRONTING 112.50 FEET, MORE OR LESS, ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF FOSTER STREET AND EXTENDING IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO LANDS OF MRS. NANNIE DILLARD AND BEING FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY W.R. HARRELL TO L.L. CLEMENTS BY DEED DATED JANUARY 20, 1948, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 59, PAGE 440.
TRACT II: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, LOCATED AT THE EAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF THIRD AVENUE AND FOSTER STREET FRONTING ON THIRD AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 125.00 FEET AND ON FOSTER STREET A DISTANCE OF 112.50 FEET AND CONSISTING OF LOTS NOS. 25, 26, 27 AND 28 IN SECTION 45 OF THE CITY OF EASTMAN, AND BEING FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS THE OLD HOMEPLACE OF ROBERT J. PAUL
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Deed to Secure Debt. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Deed to Secure Debt and by law, including attorney's fees (notice of intent to collect attorney's fees having been given).
Said property is commonly known as 5406 3RD AVENUE, EASTMAN, GA 31023, together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): KIMBERLY S. SHEFFIELD AND CHARLES KENNETH SHEFFIELD or tenant or tenants.
Said property will be sold subject to (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (c) all matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt first set out above, including, but not limited to, assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, easements, restrictions, covenants, etc.
The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; (2) O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1; and (3) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13- 172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and nonjudicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 44-14- 162.2, the entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is:
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC
Attention: Home Retention
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100
Facsimile: 1-407-737-5693
The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in OC.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2 shall be construed to require the secured creditor to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt described herein.
This sale is conducted on behalf of the secured creditor under the power of sale granted in the aforementioned security instrument, specifififically being
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK
MINNESOTA, N.A., AS
TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN
STANLEY DEAN WITTER
CAPITAL I INC. TRUST
2002-NC3,MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC3
as attorney in fact for
KIMBERLY S. SHEFFIELD AND CHARLES KENNETH SHEFFIELD
RICHARD B. MANER, P.C.
5775 Glenridge Drive
Building D, Suite 100
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AFC13-97
1015 NAME CHANGE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
NAME OF PETITIONER: MARIA VELASCO & IGNACIO GONZALEZ CANO
Natural parents of KELLY GONZALEZ BELAZCO
PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE OF A MINOR CHILD
NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE
Notice is given that on the 5th day of April, 2013, a Petition to Change the name of a minor child, namely KELLY GONZALEZ BELAZCO was filed in
the Superior Court of Dodge County. The Minor Child's name is being changed from KELLY GONZALEZ BELAZCO to KELLY GONZALEZ. Notice is hereby given pursuant to law for any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court by the 5th day of May, 2013.
LEE CANNON
State Bar # 108070
Attorney for Petitioner
THE CANNON LAW FIRM
McRae, Georgia 31023
229-868-6065 - Phone
229-868-6063 - Facsimile
1018 PROBATE NOTICES
TO: ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
BRENT REGAN TOMBERLIN has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the Estate of BETTY LOU YAWN, deceased, of said County. The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261. All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted.
All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before May 16, 2013.
All pleadings/objections must be signed before a Notary Public or before a Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact Probate Court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees.
If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
s/JOHN KELLY, Probate Judge
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone No.: 478-374-3775
JOSEPH I. MARCHANT, LLC
Facsimile No.: 478-374-1512
TO: ANY UNKNOWN HEIR, CREDITOR, OR OTHER PERSON INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF EMILY POWELL
TERRY PITTS has petitioned for LESA TRIPP to be appointed Administrator of the Estate of EMILY POWELL, deceased, of said County. The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.
All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted.
All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the court on or before May 6, 2013.
JOHN C. KELLY
Probate JUDGE
By: LINDA S. MULLIS
Probate Clerk/Deputy Clerk
IN THE PROBATE COURT
IN RE: ESTATE OF DAISY ROGERS, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-13-8709
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
HAZEL H. SCARBOROUGH has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the Estate of DAISY HORTENSE ROGERS, deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261.)
All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such
objections, and must be filed with the court on or before May 6, 2013.
All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with you pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees.


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Love is blind, especially a mother's love!
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Ever noticed how we, as mothers, think there is NO cuter kid on Earth than our own? It's true, and it's as it should be!
I have had this conversation with friends over and over again, how we always think our kid is cute. I always say this is the case for me, but there are times when I look back at photos of my kids (especially as infants) and realize my mommy "blinders" were on at that point in time of my kids' life. Of course, at that very moment, my kids were ADORABLE! But looking back at photos I am sometimes in awe at just how freaky my kids looked at certain times in their lives. I know this sounds harsh, but I gotta be honest here!
Terrifying, isn't it? Throw in the 'Psycho' music while you look at this and imagine… It's scary, right?!
Yes, it's true. A mother's love is blind!
Have you looked back at your kids' pictures and been a little freaked out too? Or am I just a mean crazy mom?
ha ha ha you're so funny. I was just looking at Ewan's little baby pics and thinking about how freaky his eyes were ha ha. At least your children grew up beautiful!
They are definitely much less alien now! Roo was actually a cute newborn, Jasper looked like a fat old man until he was two or so. Not a pretty baby!
p.s. your blog looks great!
Oh, I still think they look cute! Yes, they're making crazy faces, but they're adorable!
lol so funny! Your babies are soo adorable!
Love it and SOOO true!!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing, that was cute!
LOL! your funny. Yes lots of babies look like aliens… I remember my nephew looked like a little alien and we have pictures of him next to Jayden and he looked kind of creepy. lol! Of course Jayden never got the Alien look, lol. Mostly because he came out looking like a 3 month old. I think babies that are smaller tend to be more alien like.
Haha!! I totally Agree!! I have done the same thing to my kids! I remember posting pictures on facebook thinking that my son was WAY cuter than any other baby on the planet that had ever been posted – but now I look and I'm like… 'holy crap he's weird lookin'!
I know what you mean! My first born was realy cute (I can say that even loking back at pictures), but then my daughter was definitely not a pretty baby, lol! she's a dorable now, but before… Yeeesh!
I must be really bad… since I took pictures of my kids at times, knowing full well it was going to be a picture we looked back on and laughed at how "not cute" they were.