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A recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling dismissing a complaint of R-II Builders, Inc. should pave the way for the recovery of billions of pesos in investments by government corporations in the controversial SmokeyMountain project.
Former Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel pointed this out yesterday, referring to a 28-page SC decision, which dismissed R-II’s complaint against Home Guaranty Corp. (HGC), the agency that guaranteed the loans secured for the project from other government agencies.
He said that the ruling would allow HGC to meet its obligations to creditors which funded the project like the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and Social Security System (SSS).
“It was GSIS, OWWA and SSS that bankrolled the P4-billion project after R-II failed to fully fund the same as originally stipulated in its joint venture agreement with the National Housing Authority (NHA),” said Mr. Pimentel.
“Thus, it is only right that HGC is allowed to sell properties under the Smokey Mountain Asset Pool (SMAP) to pay off its creditors, which happened to be government-owned and-controlled corporations (GOCCs).”
The SC ruling was in stark contrast to the pat on the back that some members of the House of Representatives to R-II when they cleared the company of any liability over government’s termination of the project.
In its ruling, the SC did not find any error in a CA decision that found Branch 22 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila (RTC) without jurisdiction over the civil suit filed by R-II against HGC seeking to stop the sale of the properties.
The high court stressed that R-II’s complaint should have been dismissed outright by Branch 24 of the Manila RTC instead of being transferred to Branch 22 because the two courts were special commercial courts that have no jurisdiction over civil cases like the one filed by R-II.
B ut Mr. Pimentel said that another sticky issue must be threshed out is how R-II was able to acquire 79 hectares of public land, which was later increased to 229 hectares, despite its failure to fund the project in full.
He also sought a review on payments already made to R-II for the project which involved the construction of 30 buildings to house 3,000 families at the former dumpsite.
Former Senator Pimentel noted a letter by HGC vice president Jimmy Sarona that HGC had already paid almost P2.93 billion to R-II despite the fact that the contractor only invested P270 million in the project.
“I am perplexed really how an investment of just P270 million netted R-II a payment of P2.93 billion, more so since based on reports R-II is still seeking P1.8 billion in so-called residual value from HGC,” Nene Pimentel said.
“To me, the P2.93 billion paid to R-II and the additional P1.8 billion it is seeking are not just questionable. They are suspiciously scandalous.”
R-II had claimed in its collection case against HGC that the residual value represents what the contractor should have earned had the SmokeyMountain project not been scuttled.
But Sarona had said that the project was stopped precisely because its contractor failed to fulfill its contractual obligation to fund it in full. # # #
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Queen's students go 48 hours without a beer....
Stop the presses !
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You know, it is quite telling that the big news on this veto list is the Governors action on the aquatic life bill. Meanwhile he did sign the GEMS bill that now put more debt on the shoulders of Hawaii residents for cooling classrooms - a point made last year when the GEMS idea was killed off and a direct $100 million outlay made to pay for these cooling modifications.
Or the fact that he did sign a bill that increased the fines on ethics violations.
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about eight years ago i visited ahuimanu elementary in kaneohe because i learned they had installed smartboards in every classroom. what i found was that after more than a year after installation, most had never been turned on and not one was being used, except to stick pictures and notes on. the one in the library was working, somewhat. four teachers i talked to didn't even know how they worked and had never asked. this is what we lack today. teachers that know how to let kids bring their ipads and phones to class (supply those that dont have one) and actually collaborate with the other kids on learning. teachers dont even have to know how tech works. the kids will take care of it. give them the pads and phones, an internet connection, instructions on what is expected and get out of their way. this is the challenge we have, kids that are smarter than their teachers when it comes to tech. we also have to stop putting all 7 year olds in one room. 6, 7, 8, 9 etc mixed so they can learn.
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==Discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(infoboxes)#Dispute over single articles having multiple infoboxes - VOTE!!!== Hi! You might be interested in the discussion at . Thank you. (Using {{Please see}})
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valiente hija de puta, ojalá si la ganamos alguna vez en la historia la fundamos y la vendemos a los gitanos
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O halde üç öğe tanımlaması şu anki halinden daha iyi olduğu için ben de destek veriyorum.En azından 3 kişi ortak bir noktada buluşabiliyoruz. Fakat karşıt fikirlere de ihtiyaç var diye düşünüyorumVolkanozobut
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One interesting anglicism in France is the word "shit" which does not mean merde but rather marijuana. Something for the Feds to reflect on.
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Don’t forget, Trump had his “personal Vietnam” and should have been awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor for ‘avoiding’ all those “landlines”.
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People can vote for whomever they want, and if they choose to display the breathtaking irresponsibility to their country of voting for someone as utterly ignorant, boorish, destructive and beyond civilized norms as Donald H. Trump, they can accept the opprobrium they so richly deserve. I am fed up with the notion that voters can act in any narcissistic, self-interested, capricious or downright malicious way and accept no responsibility whatsoever, trusting in the magical notion that millions of morons can collectively generate wisdom, and inevitably blaming the candidates, the parties or the system for their gross abrogation of their duties as citizens when things go wrong. Continuing to insist they are blameless and things are fine is just adding insult to injury. My comment was a little unclear; it was not aimed at therealcharlesdarwin, not that it is possible to "personally" attack an anonymous screen name or a general category of persons. I hope I have clarified my sentiments.
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i live next to a glacier in gustavus😃
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Canadian school boards shouldn't be setting such a chicken little over-reaction example for the kids.
There's no evidence to support the position that any more Canadians would be refused entry under Trump than were under Obama, certainly not school kids.
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البت العاملة ذي القعونجة الانتاية دي عاملين ليها قومة وقعدة ساي والله
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"The documents represent a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s immigration enforcement priorities." In other words, more enforcement of existing laws.
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I recently heard that the average facebook user is on the site for one hour a day.
An hour a day, are you kidding me? What morons. No one cares about your life, so quit posting every single detail about it.
Okay, got to rush. I am going to the bathroom and then have to post it on my facebook page so that the world, which is my 'friend', will know. ..
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Eugene hit 216, and Springfield 204.
http://www.lrapa.org/221/Data-Graphing
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3. You never antagonize the real jews ( not the nigger version ) though. Well, I was like you once, until i developed a severe drinking problem and been unable to tell a lie ever since... around 20 years ago.
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That's like asking is it worth the extra money for a Z06 or should I buy a regular vette. If you can afford it and it's your passion then why not.
Same could be said for a Mustang GT or a GT350r
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Ayúdanos a promover el Movimiento SEMEN!! Un RT!
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You forgot the part of the day when you all get together and decide which wapo or cnn 'story' you'll run. If it bashes Trump and the GOP, it's 'ready to go', full speed ahead. Please, not a word about the liberalism that runs the paper? Tell the truth.
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Lynne, I think all you would have to do to understand would be to reflect upon the resistance of the Church hierarchy, predator priests and others to the victims of clerical sex abuse, the shaming, denial, obfuscation, diminishing, victim blaming....
Few pregnant women, fewer mothers would burden their child with that legacy.
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We have been played like a cheap drum by the left with regard to the Russian connection Trump supposedly had. Why people aren't marching on DC right now demanding a complete investigation of the Democratic Party and Clinton Campaign is beyond me. I'm ready to go.
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Hoping that the American networks pick it up and he can get votes.
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I'm a bIg fan of literacy for all. With pilots, I'll take experience, skill and good judgement over imagination any day...
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we should all show are suppurt for the jewish community by giveing the HOMELESS JEW ...some money ....first he needs some food money or gift cards to subway....2. he needs $90 so that he can rent a storage unit.....for his back pack and stuff....3.he needs $24,000 to buy a home......he cant get a job becouse he has been in jail and prison for the past 15 years......and is to crazy to work....from all the time he did in prison....and jail....
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I believe you, Tinkleheimer, on most of those parts, but I don't appreciate being talked to like I'm a child by someone who doesn't know me. And I don't know how I can NOT interpret what Scorp's saying as being condescending and arrogant, because that's exactly how I see it. You raise the point that I'm trying to make...WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER HERE, or at least trying to. We need some level of civility here. Like I said, I've been part of the problem in the past, but as I showed, at least in Qst's instance, that I'm willing to be civil because he's at least shown some humility (even though I didn't like the tone of his post). Scorp is not doing that, doesn't want to, and I'm just not going to deal with him if he's going to do that. If he wants to co-exist, then he needs to start acting more civil and stop talking down to me. Then, and only then, will I even consider.
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Support - The Whirlygirl article is a redirect to this page, and there is no article with a similar name, without being a redirect page.
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She has five children, he has two. We don't know how many grandchildren they have, but I doubt they are all adults in their peak earning years. So even if they all contributed $500 - $1000 that would't get her anywhere near the $50,000 she needs.
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Effectively we do agree. And thank you for your own thoughts. I think I understand what you mean by fantasy within the context of marriage, since marriage is a covenant which presupposes love and respect for the Other (capitalized for philosophical emphasis). But of course love is also something that is constantly renewed... I think my main point was to emphasize the sorry state of modern media culture, which often takes the love out of sex through objectification. But far be it from me to pontificate on the married life itself. My mention of objectivity was oriented more toward Church Teaching, but Church Teaching does of course find expression in the lives of individuals. The matter of objective Goodness is complicated, perhaps overly intellectual, but nonetheless important to the lived experience of the faithful.
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@USER These metal people have already found Kavanaugh guilty & the accuser doesn’t want to testify even being backed by her liberal lawyers. This is nothing but a liberal delay tactic! Now even Feinstein believes this accusation is not true. Liberals love to destroy people’s lives
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Eh... it's not as bad as the ssbb page.
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Correction:
Neither one of them "took off" in Alaska. Only having 3 electorals, and our time zone, it is useless. We still like our voice heard.
But like I said before, this election is like picking between two turds based off smell.
Lastly, i see far more trump signs than i do hillary. I don't like trump but i'll tell you, he has less dirt on him for someone who HASN'T been groomed for politics than the ridiculous Hillary. I wish there was a "none of the above" option at the ballot.
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link=Vikipedi:VikiProje Sovyetler Birliği/İşbirliği Projesi|right|100px VikiProje Sovyetler Birliği kapsamında gerçekleştirilen Sovyetler Birliği nin özerk cumhuriyetleri ve idari bölümleri maddelerinin oluşturulması projesinde son günler. 25 madde olan projeye dair 14 Şubat 2017 ye kadar katkılarınızı bekliyoruz. Bol katkılar iyi Vikiler. MediaWiki message delivery (mesaj)
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Nor subsidizing some rich kid to go to a gated school on our dime.
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Comments have been made related to the geographic vastness of Canada - an implied justification for more population.
In reality most of Canada is equivalent to Siberia, only by another name - same latitude & climate. Empty tundra, muskeg, the granite of the Canadian shield. -40C in winter, black flies and mosquitoes in summer, short growing season ...... Try populating that !
Of course Stalin had the Gulags .-)
The real Canada is a strip 200 miles wide next to the 45th parallel - the rest marginal wilderness amenable to resource extraction enclaves only ( e.g Sudbury .. ). And we would need our wheat surplus to feed ourselves instead of improving our balance of payments.
I have observed the population densities of the PAC Rim region - assuredly you don't want to live like that. Visiting and experiencing the cultural top layer is one thing - cheek by jowl cubicle apartments, pollution and insane traffic more like reality ...
No thanks.
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I would also point out that it seems strange for an admin to ""side"" with an anonymous editor whose only edits are to remove content from this article. The text isn't controversial, is referenced and it's removal is only on the basis of it suiting the other user who could actually be just about anyone.
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Thank you for writing this sincere and undoubtedly painful essay. Your statements for honest justice were certainly heard by me and I hope others as well. God Bless.
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How uniquely original Mr Gubb!!! It should be hung in MOMA. Put your art work on auction!
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See my explanation at GOP Debt Solution under Opinions.
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Q:
How can I execute sudo commands as a cron job?
I'm trying to execute a shell script as a cron job. The problem is that my script needs to be run as a super user. I tried it with just writing sudo infront of the command in my crontab file, but it didn't work.
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Cron is not in any way deprecated, but LaunchD has more versatility and is used, and actively maintained/supported by Apple. Their best practices guide is here
LaunchDaemon jobs(versus LaunchAgents, which take on a users id) run in root's context without needing to enable the root user. All that is required is a properly formed XML file(you can just copy-paste pre-existing ones in /Library/LaunchDaemons, substituting your script for the ProgramArguments with the applicable schedule keys) with the proper ownership/permissions. An older writeup can be found here:
afp548's launchd-in-depth article
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Black guy braggin about gettin free stuff ? no way !
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Now, I'm not being rude with this question I swear, I've seen and heard it asked many times but never truthfully answered ( when the answer was fact checked, it turned out to either be embellished or just a lie ) and maybe you could answer it. I honestly just want to know... What did hillary accomplish while Secretary of State?
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While the people of Canada watch their country swirl down the drain, the country's prime minister paints a rosy picture.
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Not a fan of the Liberals or expanding world oil production but nothing has the potential to turbo boost the Canadian economy as constructing oil pipelines.
You will be more credible waiting for the effects of the new government before slamming them.
Guess though that Fox News debate strategies are just attack, attack, attack.
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First off, the polls oversampled Democrats, like they always do. Also, take a look at the House with its majority Republicans.
Since 1788, EVERY elections, up to and including 2016, were using the electoral college, not a popular or majority vote. No one changed the rules without telling the opposing party about the rule change.
We are not any other country. This is The United States. If Clinton did her job (and she didn't) she may have become the first woman president, but she is NOT.
Just like I had to get used to Obama being my president, get used to The Donald being our president.
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I am deeply disappointed in our nation's people, but I refuse to be like the truly awful people who, for eight years, denied that Obama was their president. On next January 20th, Trump will be inaugurated, and then he will be my president. I will not be like the white trash who refused to acknowledge Obama as their president. I am a decent human being. I think all of us are facing bad times in the next four years, but some of our citizens will be happy about the suffering that many will face. 24 million will lose their health care. Abortions will become illegal, and many women will die, as Planned Parenthood, which is a health care provider for millions of poor women, is defunded and forced to close its doors. Paul Ryan will kill Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The wealthy will get the biggest tax cuts in history, while a quarter of our people will lose all social benefits. Our national debt will skyrocket. Our economy will tank as protectionism sweeps across the whole world.
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According to http://tattoo.about.com/cs/piercefaq/a/pronouncelabret.htm?terms=lip+piercing+jewelry It is often mispronounced as ""Luh-bray"" as though it were french, I have actually heard it mispronounced that way. It also says the proper pronuciation is ""Lah-bret."" I'll go ahead and add this to article and cite that site as the source. "
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Ottawa's budget deficit/debt is amateurish compared to Ontario's in proportion to the population base.
Ontario ... >$300B for a population base of 12M +/-
Canada's total populaion approx. 36M
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There are still “truancy officers”... the problem with that is that it is a reactionary approach rather than a preventative approach. For anyone who wants a bit more background in this issue: http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Strategies-for-Reducing-Chronic-Absence-Alabama-2015-Final.pdf
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So we have all this hoopla over littering???? Seeing the headline I was thinking mass murder. So they littered which may have taken some hours to clean up, but it is not the big deal they are making out of it.
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== Overall a Good Article == Custer was a tricky fellow. He was actively idolized and utterly despised even in his own time. Ironically the people that hate him today for fighting the Native Americans would be on the Grant Administration's side - who hated him for publically defending their rights. As for his competance, that was always open too. Being a balls to the wall aggressive cavalryman doesn't make him a military genius but being so, winning, and surviving is close. And in the end, close isn't always good enough. After Gettysburg he encountered General Longstreet and tried to convince General Lee's stout lieutenant he had him outnumbered and out gunned. He requested Longstreet's surrender in person. Longstreet ordered his staff to bring several Confederate divisions up to attack including General Pickett's. In reality these divisions existed only on paper and Pickett's was crushed at Gettysburg. But Custer bought Longstreet's bluff and retreated with his tail between his legs.
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Since 1961, there have been 69 spills from the current pipeline. Fortunately, up to now, the pipeline has not been used to carry dilbit, which is far harder to clean up (and, by some accounts, more corrosive and more likely to cause a leak). Moreover, the new pipeline will have a much higher capacity, meaning that the spills could be far larger. It is safer to transport bitumen as a semi-solid or solid by rail.
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A longtime Renaissance Festival manager and performer has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct, accused of raping a freelance photographer on the fairgrounds last fall.
Carr Hagerman, 59, artistic director at the popular annual festival, was charged Tuesday in Scott County District Court and transferred Friday from the Hennepin County jail to the Scott County jail in Shakopee, where he was being held without bail.
In addition to managing several hundred entertainers each season, Hagerman has been a lead performer at the fair for nearly 40 years. He is best known as the Rat Catcher, a character who taunts fair visitors while wearing 17th-century apparel.
Hagerman has denied the assault, saying he'd never even been alone with the accuser. But he said he was aware there were several allegations against him, according to the complaint. And the lawyer for his accuser said that he represents several other women who have made their own accusations against Hagerman.
"We believe there are other people that can come forward," said Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar. "This is a pretty bad alleged abuse of power and physical superiority."
Mid-America Festivals Inc., the Renaissance Festival's management company, placed Hagerman on paid suspension in November after an order of protection was served against him. Bo Beller, Mid-America's director of business and legal affairs, said the company had launched its own investigation into the allegations, which he called "abhorrent."
According to the criminal complaint, Hagerman lured a female photographer to a building called Bad Manor on the Scott County Fairgrounds on a festival weekend in late September, under the pretense of finding a favorable location to take pictures. He led her upstairs to a drum storage room, the charges said, where he became irate when he noticed a pink ribbon on her wrist.
The ribbon had been adopted by a group of women workers at the festival calling themselves the "Order of the Garter" who wanted to ward off sexual harassment from Hagerman and others, her attorney said. The group was an outgrowth of the national #MeToo movement that aims to hold men accountable for sexual harassment and abuse.
Hagerman ripped the pink ribbon off the woman's wrist, court documents say, slammed her head against a wall and called her a "bitch" and "whore." The accuser said in the complaint that Hagerman took "some sort of pill" before forcing her to perform oral sex on him until she vomited.
According to the complaint, he repeatedly beat and raped her while saying things like, "I will do whatever I want with you," and, "You are my piece of meat."
She also accuses him of threatening to kill her and "destroy [her] life" if she reported the assault.
Eventually, the woman said, she blacked out. When she awoke, her underwear and the pink ribbon were missing, authorities said.
She said she sought treatment at an urgent care clinic for a sprained wrist, but lied to medical staffers about how she was injured. Medical records confirm that her wrist was placed in a splint.
More than a month later, she made the rape accusation to authorities. Investigators met with her in early November at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where she was initially reluctant to identify her attacker.
Hagerman has been a staple at the festival since he was 16. His Rat Catcher character, dressed in rags, lobbed insults at guests in a Cockney accent.
He spoke with police Nov. 29, saying that he knew the woman through work but never had sex with her. His attorney, Piper Wold, could not be reached for comment.
Hagerman vehemently denied the accusations when interviewed for Mid-America's investigation, passing a polygraph test, Beller said. His accuser declined several interview requests from Mid-America on the advice of her attorney, Beller said.
A search warrant later executed at Bad Manor turned up little physical evidence. A stain in the corner of the drum room was swabbed for DNA but came back negative, police said.
In March, authorities interviewed a Renaissance Festival employee who said he had seen Hagerman enter the building on a late September weekend with a person he couldn't see. A short time later, the witness said, he heard noises that "sounded like banging coming from inside the drum room," court records said. When the worker knocked on the door to see if everything was OK, Hagerman allegedly replied, "I got this." The worker left.
Another colleague who was with Hagerman's accuser that weekend reported a distinct change in her behavior, saying that she had turned "nervous and withdrawn." The witness told authorities that the woman later talked about the allegation and said Hagerman threatened her and her family, according to the complaint.
Beller said Mid-America officials "take this stuff very seriously," and that he was not aware of any conduct issues raised before at the festival that resulted in a legal proceeding.
John Klassen, a Minneapolis attorney who represents the accuser in the case as well as other female festival employees who have made allegations against Hagerman, described the case as one of the most vicious he's come across in his 25 years of practicing law.
"There has been an ongoing and yearslong issue of sexual harassment there and sexual exploitation of women," Klassen said. "Carr Hagerman has basically been the face and controlling authority over there. It's sad, but not surprising, that here we are today."
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High speed, high strength microwelding of Si/glass using ps-laser pulses.
A novel microwelding procedure to join Si-to-glass using ps-laser pulses with high repetition rates is presented. The procedure provides weld joint with mechanical strength as high as 85 MPa and 45 MPa in sample pairs of Si/aluminosilicate (Si/SW-Y) and Si/borosilicate (Si/Borofloat 33), respectively, which are higher than anodic bonding, at high spatial resolution (< 20 µm) and very high throughput without pre- and post-heating. Laser-matter interaction analysis indicates that excellent weld joint of Si/glass is obtained by avoiding violent evaporation of Si substrate using ps-laser pulses. Laser welded Si/glass samples can be singulated along the weld lines by standard blade dicer without defects, demonstrating welding by ps-laser pulses is applicable to wafer-level packaging.
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I think bringing up Nixon, does not serve your argument, the situation was totally different than what Trump just did. Trump is doing everything and I mean everything, his Vice-President is there because we must have a person to take over if something happens to the President, he really has not been heard and with Trump doubt he will. The Republicans should be backing her, she did what she was asked to do with confirmed, there is a reason we have this position, something known as checks and balance. Trump sums up himself with this quote; "When somebody challenges you, you fight back. Be Brutal, be Tough." It is Trump's way or the highway. Once again from the mouth of Trump' "I've been dealing with politicians all my life. And I've always gotten the to do what I need them to do." Remember "Do what "I" need them to do." What about, "My whole life is about winning. I don't lose often, I almost never lose." His action were out of line, listen to what he has said.
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I agree that we need to control government spending. This little charade this morning probably cost 6 figures vs press conference in Ottawa as an example. However if we are going to target "the wealthiest Canadians" an inheritance tax (including trusts) makes more sense than targeting hard working higher income earners. I'd rather target trust fund babies than hard working earners, they are very different groups of Canadians and the current changes only target the latter.
"Why should someone pay tax on after tax money?" I would argue why should someone pay more than 50% of their income in tax? The whole concept of after-tax, already taxed money, single tax is fine with reasonable income tax rates. But when we are looking at 53% + marginal income tax rates I don't think same concept applies. I'd say a 40% top bracket and a 20% inheritance tax >$5million is more reasonable for reducing inequality(clearly the intended goal here) than a 53% top bracket.
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Let's see, the basic oil severance tax in North Dakota is 6%. The oil boom there is now over due to the drop in per barrel prices below what it costs to produce oil using fracking technology. The state of Texas has an oil severance tax of 4.9% for oil, and a slightly higher tax for gas. They have a diversified economy, as well as a freindly regulatory environment for production and exploration. Texas is doing fine. ............And then there is us.........If you want the privilege of taking our oil from Alaska, you must prostate yourselves by giving us "our fair share" , after first running the gauntlet of monumental environmental legal challenges, then become beholden to native corporation service providers, and/or our "old boy" network, as well as pay employees (local hiring preference for the most part), some of the highest wages within the oil and gas industry (plus food, lodging and travel). Makes complete sense that O&G operators are knocking down our door. Increase the tax.
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2. The Isis redneck Flag was a nice touch - but also a big tell.
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You two have a lot in common...
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Do you seriously expect this woman to tell the truth about this situation? Is she an honest, reliable witness given the gravity of the situation? If you believe her I have some beautiful swampland in Florida...
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Watch out for what you wish for. . ..you could end up with Doug Chin!
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She was clearly proven guilty for all to see when Comey publicly reported this. Then for only one reason, he stepped out of his responsibility and said; "She didn't mean to." So she didn't mean to be guilty, or didn't need to be prosecuted? Either way, she is guilty of mishandling classified information.
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Could the very high LTI be due to mortgages being taken out in the names of "students" or young adults who have little or no income but whose families are buying the properties in their names to avoid the second property capital gains taxes when they are sold or transferred?
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Ms. Streep of course did not check her facts. The DONALD was not making fun of the reporter s disability, he was using the hand gesture to make fun of the reporter s question and response. The DONALD had used the same gestures before including a time when he was making fun of Ted Cruz. Are the gestures in poor taste -- definitely. But did Ms. Streep check her facts -- NO. But then she didn't check her facts about the electoral college either.
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The military is a society outside of what may be called normal society, 3 out of 4 soldiers are non- combat, although having the same basic training, and ya some of them get up to some sort of shenanigans
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Can't get this amazing plot out of my headAnd yeah, Limestone is so cute when she's angry, but not really, just frowns and grimaces, but in her heart she's just... Just... Like "hey, look at me, I'm pretty too, you stupid idiot"Your drawing perfectly shows that there's a weird charm in anger, when girl just slightly loses her mind, because she knows that she's blushing but still want to be meanNice art.
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Larry, your dreaming again. There is a polarization going on that wont stop soon. People who are takers from any level of government and those who pay for, those who want to be left alone to pursue life and those who feel they have a say in what you do and say. JT et al have been lucky so far but their day in the rain is coming. Once you tax people who are productive at 54% plus HST and all the other hidden taxes you have lost the moral high ground, when all that comes from one mouth is platitudes without real action, the stage is set. Larry your dream is about to become your nightmare.
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O meu dia ganhou ao vosso. Por capote
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I appreciated the class comments of both State Rep. Cynthia Thielen as well as that of State Rep. Andria Tupola in their mature and measured tone. I hope ideologues found with progressive, green, and liberal wing of the Oahu County Democratic Party will give Beth Fukumoto an even chance. We have a big tent that includes Ken Ito, Calvin Say, Mike Gabbard, Tulsi Gabbard, Ed Case, Marcus Oshiro, Jo Jordan, Colleen Hanabusa, and Sharon Har. Beth Fukumot shold be able to find a niche in securing affordable housing for the middle class, those on fixed income, and currently homeless. Other areas where she could excel would be education (DOE renovations and UH improvements in law school and medical school). When we went after new recruits like Andy Anderson, Ikaika Anderson, & Aaron Ling Johanson, we shared the notion of a wide or a big tent and "e komo mai". We should not be stuck on the needle of exclusivity and a litmus test. We must accept the notion of independent self starters.
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one would never wish to be part of gingers. no matter how hip they pretend to be.
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Once again you parrot the anti-gun talking point of "gun death" which conflates homicides with the far more numerous suicides in reference to an article about crime. It indicates either ignorance or duplicity.
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I start work early in the morning lady and couldn't stay up all night responding to your gibberish.
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In your opinion anything that is contrary to your way of thinking is inappropriate. You advocate for war then be willing to volunteer for the front lines.
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Good point. I made a lot of Dem family unhappy pointing out the money level raised by Democrats and the billionaires that support them.
It's very hard to track money thanks again to the SC allowing Corporation to bundle money from their blackmailed executive staff to be used as 'free speech'. Well, that and a hundred other blockades to cover the money trail.
Just be aware that money directly from the NRA is not all the money that the NRA enthusiastically encourage others to spend to protect the limitless second amendment. The NRA quite literally wrote the legislation for concealed carry laws and handed it to the Republican party. Doesn't cost much and the Republican party provides 'protection' to sustain the weapons manufactures bottom line through political action. The Democrats have their own patron - the legal profession is their number one donor. No suprise that legislated complexity requires more lawyers.
No clean hands in either party.
google Open Secrets
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Mister Speaker. This is an outrage! Canadians simply want to know if the Honourable Trust Fund Barbies have any clue as to the very distinct differences between a "loophole" and a garden variety "noose" Mister Speaker? It's a fair question is it not Mister Speaker, in light of Bill C-27 forever now know as the "Billy Bill C-27", Mr. Speaker? Notwithstanding assertions from the Conflict of Ethics office - if we may quote the Prime Minister? Canadians are rightfully wondering just who calls the shots in Ottawa these days Mister Speaker? Those eschewing the above and beyond reproach, or the toothless lapdog snoozing at the feet of the Prime Minister himself Mister Speaker? As torturous as it's been watching the Minister of Finance squirm this past fortnight, I think I can speak for all Canadians when I ask "is it not time to cut a 10.5 million dollar cheque to the Minister of Finance, a pat on the head, a thank-you from the middle class and bus fare back to Bay Street Mister Speaker?
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Yer quote doesn't fit this presidential campaign, carey9. Rational, ethical voters can tell the difference and it's not in favor of pigskin tRump.
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Pam Benigno sounds like a real peach. How dare the union have a collective bargaining agreement?! The voters of Douglas County, overwhelmingly Republican as the above poster mentioned, said they don't want these Koch-backed reforms. I hope the district is restored, rather than reformed, as soon as possible. As they spent millions to fight legal battles and institute unwanted reforms, the buildings crumbled, the teachers left, and now they have to pick up the pieces. I wish them luck.
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Stephen Hinton provides a citation for his comment. And I believe his citation. No individual right to bear arms. The court should clarify this.
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I'm with you on all of this. Note that you can now delete the spoiler on the Subaru STI, but it still is not a great looking car.
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Explain exactly how the election was "rigged." Did the Russians hack the States' computerized election system? There is no evidence of such tampering by the Russians whatsoever. Instead allie would you care to explain why the DHS attempted to hack into Georgia's and Indiana's election computer system? Why focus on an imaginary event allie while you ignore factual events?
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For all the people complaining about the union cost, Michelle Egan, corporate communications director for Alyeska, specifically states that the new contract is NOT about costs.
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Will more Canadian blood be on Justins hands?
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Well I believe any teaching or dogma that no one has disputed is true, among the Bishops, would hold- such as the divinity of Christ, as the Son of God. Any dogma long held as true without any disagreement of bishops and then voted on unanimously as infallible could hold too. By and large both popes and bishops try to avoid making official infallible dogma determinations even on things they truly believe are absolutely true for the very reasons which you gave. Why pin yourself to something that strongly when it is not necessary and most people and bishops are in agreement without going infallible. No one wants the mistake of declaring things infallible that maybe God didn't want and then have to face God later on.
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no hon...Trump is a failure., Obama had all the BRaINS AND EDUCATION.
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This article by legal commentator Timothy Sandefur might prove useful. TalkStalk "
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Well said, Sam Porter. This echoes the words of Ralph Keyes, former San Diego author who wrote "We, the lonely people; Searching for community" way back in 1973. His theme was that while we constantly talk about "community" and bemoan its decline, we actually value individual freedom and privacy more. It's our choice and now we are paying the price in increased social problems.
I'd add that nowadays it seems when we use the term "community" we are usually referring to some ethnic or social category rather than an actual physical community. Are we so isolated we've almost given up on true community?
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There would have been zero direct Harm to Home Capital is they admitted the problem in a timely fashion. A lower stock price harms existing share owners but does not directly and immediately affect the company at all. So, there was no reason for the company to delay the news.
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From the obviously on purpose grainy picture.. looks like a white skinned black man. I could be wrong,
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" I had a feeling he would do something like this to distract the media after all the focus on Russia/Trump campaign"
What distracts the media as well as the general public are never ending claims of ongoing "investigations" without results. You can only ride that wave for so long before it becomes boring and easily dismissed.
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yes, all the way to ala moana, 20 miles and 21 stations. rail will prevail. antis strike out.
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@user URGENTE! Glenn Greenwald Acaba de de ser decretada prisão preventiva!!A polícia Federal acaba de impedir o jornalista Glenn Greenwald de sair do país. Já teria despachado as malas pela American Airlines, no guichê de check-in foi barrado pelos policiais e encaminhado ?
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Då pyntas hela dagis överdådigt med julgran, glitter, ljusslingor och hyacinter! Naturligtvis hänger en adventskalender på väggen till hundarna - varje hund får öppna varsin lucka, och där bakom gömmer sig en liten ätbar överraskning.
Lill-Jul firas ofta på självaste Luciadagen, och då börjar vi morgonen med att gå vårat traditionsenliga luciatåg för barn och pensionärer i området. Alla står ivrigt och väntar på hundarna som stolta visar upp sig i tomtekläder, luvor, glitter och luciakrona. Många ska fotografera och applåderna vill aldrig ta slut!
När de glada hundarna kommer tillbaka till dagis väntar en av dagens stora höjdpunkter; julbordet!!
Hundarna får njuta av skinka, leverpastej, köttbullar, sylta, bacon, korv, blodpudding, grisöron och annat smått och gott. Allt är noggrant upplagt, och leverpastejen och blodpuddingen är utstansade med pepparkaksformar!
Efter att all julmat är uppäten är det dags för nästa höjdpunkt; julklappsutdelningen! Varje hund får en personligt utvald julklapp att ta med sig hem, och de bär den med enorm glädje och stolthet!
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How is Sessions in trouble? CNN makes up more than 50% of the garbage it runs. Furthermore, who cares if the Trump campaign communicated with a foreign government? I don't. It's a free country, and free citizens can talk to anyone they want. Mere conversations don't imply collusion to commit a crime that hasn't even been shown to be committed...by anyone. That's Orwellian logic. We don't even know the Russians attempted to hack our election? There's just a bunch of "we think so's" from Obama's hyper-politicized, sycophantic intelligence community. They haven't proven a single instance of state-sponsored cyber attacks. We do know that the Democrat Party rigged their own nomination process. We do know that Obama's DHS attempted to hack Georgia's election database. Why would we be investigating claims by the treasonous-leaker NSA/CIA that the Russian government employed hackers to hijack our election, when we have verifiable evidence that our own federal government did that very thing?
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I have read in Florida of shelters closing...for women. There are way too many homeless for this to happen. Plus, shelters don't house those with medical conditions that will be a liability or problem for addicts...so there is no shelter for chronic illnesses like Epilepsy. I will only mention that specifically because I have it. I have been homeless and unable to get shelter in Florida. Shelters should not be strictly for those who have grants paying for their care. If that is so, then we need to bring awareness of this problem to all agencies. I am willing to run a shelter and help if there are any backers. There are way too many empty buildings, abandoned and unused left around here, and surely in many cities...where homeless could live and eat and shower. . . to have an address and transportation means that they can work, or be helped properly.
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What are you whining about? You mean the fact that our classy president is anti-Arctic oil drilling? Blame your Republican members in congress who have voted with Democrats to block ANWR. Hoping we won't see ANWR open in our lifetime or the next generation.
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` Let us examine what is considered ``Black`` in the context of this very article. At the very top it states: ``It is also used to categorize a number of diverse populations together based on historical and prehistorical ancestral relationships. Some definitions of the term include only people of relatively recent Sub Saharan African descent (see African diaspora). Among the members of this group, dark skin is most often accompanied by the expression of natural afro-hair texture (although a recent scientific study notes that human skin color diversity is highest in sub-Saharan African populations). Other definitions of the term ``black people`` extend to other populations characterized by dark skin, including some indigenous to Oceania and Southeast Asia`` This article even mentions Oceanians and Southeast Asians (such as the Great Andamanese, Native Fijians, the Ati, and the Melanesians) even though these groups genetically have more in common with neighboring Asian populations and are very distant from other people who are considered Black Africans. Ethiopians are black Africans. Some of them have Middle-Eastern ancestry (Ethiopia is a short boat ride from Arabia), but that automatically does not make them an entirely mixed population; nor does it change the fact that their roots are mainly in Africa. Sicilians have some Middle-Eastern ancestry, but they are still considered European. Ancient Romans certainly referred to Ethiopians as black. They used the term ``Ethiopian`` to describe all Black Africans they came across, regardless of their location outside of East Africa (read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_expeditions_to_Sub-Saharan_Africa) I went to the Beta Israel page and found two very clear references: Ephraim Isaac (1974), The Falasha: Black Jews of Ethiopia. Dillard University Scholar Statesman Lecture Series. Simon D. Messing (1982). The Story of the Falashas ``Black Jews of Ethiopia``. Brooklyn. ISBN 0-9615946-9-1 Here's more from another article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Israel#Black_Hebrew_Israelite_immigration) Rebhun, Uzi, Jews in Israel: contemporary social and cultural patterns ``The Israeli government has airlifted black Ethiopian Jews to Israel and given them citizenship in the same way it has been a haven to Jews oppressed throughout the Middle East and Africa`` ``She told RT: “They don't want poor or black children and Depo-Provera gave them the opportunity to have control. If she [a patient] keeps taking an injection every three months, she is not going to have children – you know it is a 100 per cent secure from children I think.” Hedva says the policy is working – the number of black babies in Israel is decreasing, but there are no official statistics to back up her claim. For community workers and Ethiopian women here, statistics are unnecessary – they feel their reality speaks for itself. The Health Ministry admits it issues the drug, but says it was never its policy only to administer it to Ethiopian women and reduce the number of black babies in the country.`` I would say that makes Ethiopian Jew's a valid part of this article. `
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10. Lol cats are funny.
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