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Obama?s governing style: ?meeting the demands of rich liberals?
2012-02-06 09:48:00 So concludes Michael Barone in his Saturday column as he considers Ryan Lizza’s recent New Yorker piece on the president: Now, in an article based on leaked White House memos marked up by Obama, Lizza has done it again [writing "a story that makes his subject look bad"] Contrarian liberal blogger Mickey Kaus sums it ...
By: GayPatriot
California Demands Manufacturers Ditch Inefficient Vampire Chargers
2012-01-17 13:29:00 From Engadget: You've probably had it drilled into your head that your gadgets are doing terrible, terrible things to the environment -- and not just 'cause they end up as toxic landfill in poorer countries. Many of your chargers and electronics continue to draw power even when they're o
Goa MP demands action agaisnt BJP
2012-01-06 16:28:00 Shantaram Naik M P, Secretary All India Congress Committe and a Member of Standing Committee of Parliament on Personnel,Public Grievances, Law and Justice demanded that in view of the behavior of the Bhartiya Janta Party in both Houses of Parliament during the last two sessions in which the party stalled the proceedings of Parliament by ...
By: Goa Blog
#Mubaraktrial : Prosecution demands Mubarak?s execution
2012-01-05 19:54:00 And the prosecution ended its case on Thursday in the shooting of the protesters case demanding the execution of Mubarak , El Adly and 6 of El Adly?s former assistants. Today the prosecution revealed a lot of interesting and controversial points : The prosecution compared on how Mubarak acted in the 1997 Luxor terrorist massacre and how he acted in January 2011.In 1997 he replaced the minister of interior El Afly wit the head of the state security El Adly then after the murder of couple tourists where as hundreds were killed in 2011 and he did not move to stop their systemic shooting of the protesters. Mubarak claimed in the prosecution?s investigations that he did not know what was really happening and that the protesters were getting killed. ?Habib El Adly is in deep trouble? El Adly from side claimed that he could not shot a single live bullet without Mubarak?s permission and that Mubarak held two meetings ordering El Adly to stop violence against protesters...
Occupy Wall Street: Why So Many Demands for Demands? | The Nation
2011-10-06 20:49:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party Show original Tags: Wall Street <BR/>
By: News for Greens
What Are the Demands of the Wall Street Protesters?
2011-10-04 01:46:00 In my previous post, I wondered if the protesters on Wall Street had proposals of how to fix things, or if they were theoreticians from Nephelokokkygia. So exactly what do those Wall Street protesters want? A proposed list of demands can be found at their website. They don’t want much. Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This ...
Goa Christian Community demands subsidy for pilgrimage to Jerusalem
2011-01-19 10:18:00 A delegation of members of Catholic Community met Shri Shantaram Naik M.P. and demanded that Shri Naik should take up with Government of India, the issue of granting subsidy to the members of Christian Community intending to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The delegation was led by Shri Nelson Lopes of Chinchinim, accompanied by the ...
By: Goa Blog
Goa NCP demands state Home Minister Naik?s resignation
2011-01-18 11:00:00 Nationalist Congress Party, a constituent of Goa’’s ruling Congress-led coalition today demanded the resignation of Home Minister Ravi Naik alleging his involvement in harbouring drug trade in the state. NCP Goa Unit President Surendra Sirsat said the series of exposes involving the policemen in drug trade have given the Home Ministry a bad name. ”Naik (a Congress ...
By: Goa Blog
Exclusive: Alleged CAO 11 Email Demands Firings
2010-11-03 16:43:00 This is an excerpt of an email sent to me anonymously via snail mail that is allegedly from CAO 11 Janie Ortega, whose tenure has been the topic of much discussion by commenters on this site (see here). In a long list of items (see full document here), the email includes a demand for principals to provide negative evaluations of at least two teachers in their schools: The highlighting and underlines are mine. The text reads in part "I would like to know which two teachers will receive E3's this year." Again, the email hasn't been verified as having come from Ortega, and may or may not violate any rules governing CAO oversight of school administrators. But it certainly looks like a legit...
NY Demands To Know ?Where Are The F#$%-ing Jobs?? In Hawkins Campaign Video
2010-10-15 19:18:00 Attacking the very notion of a “jobless recovery”, Green Party gubernatorial candide Howie Hawkins‘ latest video contrasts reports of renewed Wall Street profits with real New York citizens passionately questioning why we haven’...
Ryan Miller Demands Suspension For Blackhawks Niklas Hjalmarssaon...
2010-10-12 21:18:00 As I stated last night, I fully expect Niklas Hjalmarsson to get at least a couple game suspension for his brutal hit on Buffalo Sabres forward Jason Pominville.NOW THIS.....From The Associated Press: MILLER WANTS NHL TO TAKE ACTIONTuesday, 10.12.2010 / 2:27 PM / NewsAssociated PressRyan Miller (Getty Images)Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is urging the NHL to "wake up" and severely punish Chicago defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson for his blind-side hit that knocked out Buffalo forward Jason Pominville.Miller says a long-term suspension to Hjalmarsson would be a significant step if the league wants to show it's serious in outlawing such hits.Miller spoke Tuesday, a day after Pominville sustained a concussion and was taken off the ice on a stretcher. Pominville was crunched face-first into the boards in the...
Meeting Consumer Demands
2010-09-11 07:45:00 In today?s oftentimes materialistic society, retail stores play a crucial role in satisfying the growing needs for both the consumer and the manufacturer. Manufacturers make the products, and the...
By: Light Within
Demented terrorist pastor now makes his demands
2010-09-10 15:47:00 The disgusting Florida pastor Terry Jones, desperate to hold onto his 15 minutes of fame, makes his latest demands today. After brazenly lying yesterday when he said a deal had been struck to abandon plans to build the Muslim community center in Manhattan 8 blocks from ground zero, he now says he will halt his ...
Epic: Kristin Cavallari demands 2am Subway run during Mom's DUI bust i
2010-09-09 14:10:00 I guess the big news in this story is that Barrington finally has a Subway, people. Rejoice.Anybody out and about when this happened? It was like 10 minutes from my mom's house, so tell me if you were.Turns out former The Hills star, Kristin Cavallari was out partying with her mom (The hell? Who parties with their mom?) when her mom was pulled over by the Barrington po-po at 2am for suspicion of DUI. You can get all the deets on the story here, if you're so inclined...and O-M-G six degrees of separation! I actually know this family, but had no idea it was Kristin's...hello awkward!So anyway, the funniest part of this is while her mom was like saying the...
20th Ward Aldermanic Candidate Rev. Andre Smith Demands Damian Turner'
2010-08-18 05:24:00 Media Alert For Immediate Release - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; Media Contact Rev. Andre Smith 773.668.9210 August, 17, 2010 &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; 20th Ward Aldermanic Candidate Rev. Andre Smith Demands Damian Turner's Killers to su...
Ozzie Guillen Demands Credit....FOR WHAT?
2010-08-11 18:44:00 As a White Sox fan myself, there is a lot to be upset about right now. The White Sox who had gone from nine and a half games back to three and a half in front in a matter of 40 days fell flat on their face last night losing to their hated rival from Minnesota 12-6.Giving up five home runs on the night, the White Sox are now trailing in the division for the first time in a month. Even with the bad loss last night I was more upset by some comments that manager Ozzie Guillen made before the game about how the White Sox do not get enough credit for where they are right now. On May...
Nevada Senate Candidate Demands Reid Campaign Take Down Re-Creation of Webs
2010-07-06 08:16:00 The campaign of Nevada US Senate candidate Sharron Angle demanded through a cease-and-desist letter that her rival's campaign take down a replica of her old website.Sharron Angle's old website had her positions listed. Several of her outlandish, controversial, and downright idiotic position views were scrubbed after she won the Nevada Republican primary race.Talking Points Memo has more.Visit TheLoweDown.US for more news, stories, and thoughts....
Argentina leads the way in World Cup hotel demands...
2010-05-26 20:01:00 We've all heard about celebrities having ridiculous demands in their contracts, but I think this one takes the cake.
Preposterous demands for Illiinois tax increase
2010-04-27 16:50:00 Tribune photo by Abel Uribe / April 21, 2010 Thousands of people march around the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. during a pro-tax rally on Wednesday. The headline read "Thousands rally at Illinois Capitol -- for a tax increase." A subhead could have read, "Millions more stay at home, fuming at the very idea." Last week's Springfield rally of 15,000 "teachers, students, state workers, health care providers, and concerned citizens" organized by the Responsible Budget Coalition shouted "Raise my taxes" -- which was a neat public relations trick to get front page coverage, but slightly deceptive since they should have been shouting "raise your taxes, too."...
The RedEye Geek gets beat @ the Oscars & demands a recount!
2010-03-14 16:35:00 Last week I put out a challenge to Geek To Me readers to try and beat me in picking Oscar winners. This past season was one of the most predictable Oscar seasons yet, and had I just followed Roger Ebert, I wouldn't have been beat like I was.I want a recount!Yeah, yeah, it was MY contest and I was beat fair and square. But getting beat by fellow comic-book writer Matt Kubinski was the ultimate defeat. See, the last time I was a guest on Matt's CinemaJaw movies podcast, I went head to head with him in a round of movie trivia and suffered a similar fate.And dammit if it wasn't on a question that I KNEW THE ANSWER TO!So...
Goa MP demands Appellate Tribunal in Goa
2009-12-18 18:13:00 Mr. Shantaram Naik, Goa MP has demanded for the establishment of a Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal in Goa to cover areas of Goa, Belgaum, Sindhudurga, Karwar, Dharwad and Hubli. Speaking on Appropriation Bill 2009 in the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Naik said that at present the tribunal has benches in Mumbai, ...
By: Goa Blog
Porto Aswan : The Regime?s Response To Nubian Demands !!
2009-09-18 11:52:00 I found the news circulating around ?Porto Aswan? very interesting if we consider the timing, coming right after the historical visit of Gamal Mubarak to Nuba where he advised the people there ?Not to live in the past? hinting out that they won?t return to the land they want to return to for years ?Porto Aswan? is said to be a huge touristic project planned in Aswan by tourism tycoon Mansour Amer to join his ?Porto World? empire in Egypt and in the Arab world ?He is building one in Syria?. I do not need to elaborate how the historical , social and environmental nature of Aswan can?t have such huge touristic project. The news is causing huge anger in Egypt especially in Aswan , the people there are extremely angry and I will summarize their anger in what Mohamed Mounir has said : ?I pull the rocks of the great pyramid if the government approves that project? It is not only them but anyone who loves this country will refuse this project which unfortunately is not a rumor becaus...
Mayor Demands Meters Be Synchronized
2009-09-15 21:26:00 The Sun-Times is reporting Mayor Daley is losing confidence with the Chicago Parking Meters, LLC and LAZ Parking.It seems the current controversy surrounding the inconsistent times on the new parking meter pay boxes has angered the Mayor who is demanding the meters be synchronized and tickets associated with these meters be voided.But does that mean throwing out every single expired meter ticket on every single parking meter in the city over the course of the past six months?I guess we'll have to see.Read Fran Spielman's story right here....
Swiss Official Demands Shutdown of Google Street View
2009-08-25 14:57:00 From NYT > Technology: A Swiss government official is demanding that Google immediately shut down its Street View Maps service in the country, but the company said Monday that it would discuss the matter with the privacy rights regulator. Hanspeter Thür, the federal data protect
Boxer Demands Obama Pick A Woman For Supreme Court
2009-05-13 15:14:00 More at Zennie62.com | Follow me on Twitter! Like other supporters, I received this email letter from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, but this one was pointed right at one of my favorite subjects: "Who should be Justice David Souter's replacement on the Supreme Court?" After not much stewing on the matter, I would guess, Senator Boxer wants it officially known: President Obama's choice must be a woman and she's taking to the Internets to make it known. I still favor Kathleen Sullivan for the job so no harm there; this is what Senator Boxer wrote: Dear Zenophon, Women make up 51% of our nation's population. Yet only 17% of the seats in Congress are held by women. Only 3% of corporate CEOs are women. And just one out of nine Supreme Court justices is a woman. President Obama can change that. Send an email to the White House now — and urge President Obama to nominate a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court! Since Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement from the Supreme Court ...
GayPatriot Blog Demands TARP Money
2009-04-22 06:45:00 Clearly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s former top political aide, Mark Penn, knows something that many of us don’t. It takes about 100,000 unique visitors a month to generate an income of $75,000 a year. REALLY? No, REALLY? Here at GayPatriot, where we have reached that benchmark (though not every month), we are about $69,999 short of Mr. ...
By: GayPatriot
UK MP Demands Investigation Into aAsbestos in Schools
2009-02-13 15:02:00 The MP of Thanet South in the UK, Steve Ladyman, has recently demanded a thorough investigation into asbestos in the schools in the area, after the number of schools that are contaminated with the potentially deadly substance were highlighted on a television documentary. According to the BBC documentary asbestos was present in over five hundred and ...
Personal Loan Uk: Ready to Carry Out your Personal Demands
2009-01-29 08:11:00 The UK citizens can take a sigh of relief, as they can now easily execute their numerous demands in a single loan. People, who are seeking for external finance due to deficiency of funds, can now borrow loans in an easy way, then they might have thought. Personal loans UK have been introduced which concentrates to aid financially the people of UK. These loans can be borrowed even by the bad creditors as no discrimination and exploitation policies are enclosed. In other words, a person who is a citizen of UK can obtain the loans by proper presentation of documents and facts of their personal and credit score. Personal loan UK has been split into two sections, secured and unsecured form, so that persons can easily approve and obtain loans according to their ability to borrow. Secured personal loan UK demands collateral from applicants for its approval, and offers many benefits in comparison to unsecured form. Low rate of interest, large amount of loan, easy repayment scheme, less ...
Man Demands Kidney Back from Wife!!!
2009-01-08 17:47:00 Divorce is very hard and can become very bitter. The hardest part is going to give up half of your stuff and everything must be divided. Well the man has told his wife that she must give back the kidney he gave her. I don't know what have in this relationship but I can tell you it must have very bad.The amount of composition the man is asking for is $1.5 million or the kidney back. It is amazing that people would go to these length just to win a fightSources:NY man demands estranged wife pay him for kidneyThe Associated Press - 3 hours agoGARDEN CITY, NY (AP) — A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to ...Robot Powers New Kidney Cancer Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer ...Vanderbilt University News, TN - 20 hours agoS. Duke Herrell, MD, associate professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has performed the first robotic laparoscopic kidney cancer ...Older Women Lag...
By: Make Funnies
Man Demands Kidney Back from Wife!!!
2009-01-08 17:47:00 Divorce is very hard and can become very bitter. The hardest part is going to give up half of your stuff and everything must be divided. Well the man has told his wife that she must give back the kidney he gave her. I don't know what have in this relationship but I can tell you it must have very bad.The amount of composition the man is asking for is $1.5 million or the kidney back. It is amazing that people would go to these length just to win a fightSources:NY man demands estranged wife pay him for kidneyThe Associated Press - 3 hours agoGARDEN CITY, NY (AP) — A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to ...Robot Powers New Kidney Cancer Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer ...Vanderbilt University News, TN - 20 hours agoS. Duke Herrell, MD, associate professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has performed the first robotic laparoscopic kidney cancer ...Older Women Lag...
By: Make Funnies
Can Graphd Scale to Meet Semantic Web Demands?
2008-12-09 22:45:00 Freebase stores millions of entities and assertions about nearly every topic one can ponder (thanks are owed to their seed dataset – Wikipedia – and their amazing community). The amount of information that Freebase stores is incredible, and is a testament to what can be accomplished with the help of a dedicated community and a little (or a lot) of clever software engineering. Graphd is the in-house tuple store powering Freebase's backend. Written in C, Graphd runs on Unix-based machines (presumably some Linux distro) and processes commands in a simple, template-based query language called MQL. The query language looks strikingly similar to JSON and Python dictionary syntax, so developers familiar with either should find working with their API a sinch. On performance, Freebase's Scott Meyer stated as of April 9th, 2008 that Graphd is able to demonstrate sustained throughput of about 200,000 simple queries per minute on a single AMD64 core (querying a graph of only 1...
By: Semantic Focus
Fed. Employee?s Labor Chief?s Demands Presented to Obama
2008-11-25 19:13:00 -By Warner Todd Huston And it begins. President of the National Treasury Employees Union, one of the Federal government’s largest labor unions, has drawn up her demands for president-elect Obama to fulfill as payback for union support for his candidacy. Colleen M. Kelly has announced her demands and two of them are quite controversial. The first, ...
By: Publius Forum
Rep. Boehner Demands Voting Laws be Followed in Ohio
2008-10-31 13:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives is also a Representative from Ohio’s 8th District. Rep. John Boehner is just as incensed as any true American should be about the obvious and rampant fraud in Ohio fostered… or at least being ignored… by the Democrat Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner. Boehner has ...
By: Publius Forum
Syria demands U.S. apology for fatal raid
2008-10-29 22:03:00 Syria demands U.S. apology for fatal raid DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria’s deputy foreign minister says Damascus wants an American apology and compensation for a U.S. commando raid near Iraq’s border that killed eight. Faisal Mekdad also rejects U.S. reports that Sunday’s raid killed a top al-Qaeda in Iraq operative called Abu Ghadiyah who intelligence suggests ...
By: TexasFred's
Standing Up to the Demands of the Classroom
2008-09-22 16:07:00 A teacher in the mid-West realized the obvious: that telling kids to ?sit still and quit fidgeting? did not do much good. So, like bookkeepers in the era of Charles Dickins, she has the students using new, adjustable-height stand-up desks that don?t ever require them to sit still.
Swift agrees to Muslims demands for prayer times
2008-09-18 20:41:00 Swift agrees to Muslims’ demands for prayer times OneNewsNow - The founder of a messianic Jewish ministry says it’s outrageous that a meatpacking company has caved to the demands of Muslims who wanted to take breaks to coincide with an Islamic religious period. Earlier this week 300 Muslims walked off the job at a JBS Swift & ...
By: TexasFred's
The Gamers Bill of Rights: Reasonable demands of the gaming industry
2008-08-31 09:21:00 Stardock and Gas Powered Games recently issued what they like to call the "Gamer's Bill of Rights". It has some pretty good points and is fundamentally sound top to bottom. The points they bring... Hi, want more? Visit http://starfeeder.com for more StarCraft 2 news, rumors, videos, contests & more!
Debate on Fox?Lesbian Mom Demands Child Support from Sperm Donor Dad
2008-08-12 19:53:00 Recently on Fox’s nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet we debated a New Mexico case where a man who had donated sperm to a lesbian couple is now on the hook for child support to the children’s biological mother. The case is detailed in New Mexico Court Orders Sperm Donor to Pay Child Support (Fox ...
Georgia/South Ossetia, Another Territorial Conflict That Demands the Wisdom
2008-08-11 18:13:00 Georgia and South Ossetia have been suffering through statehood and independence for decades. Many times since the early 1900?s when the people of that area lived in predominantly peaceful co-existence, Russia, USSR, or some form of Soviet government has attempted to take control of the region. The region is a rough not very friendly habitation that ...
Union Demands City Stop Saving Money
2008-08-04 15:24:00 -By Warner Todd Huston The School District in the City of Madison, Ohio will save $300,000 each year for the next 5 years by privatizing their school busses. Naturally, the union is trying to stop this savings by taking the city to court. Apparently, the union contract for the school busses ran out and the city decided ...
By: Publius Forum
Instant Personal Loans UK - Meeting Your Interim Demands
2008-08-01 06:29:00 Instant Personal loans UK have the most vast and extensive range loaning features to accommodate almost every UK resident. These loans offer this all inclusive variety to every loan borrower in UK.The service is simple, straightforward and fast. These loans have two main types secured and unsecured loans. Unsecured loans are approved without security and no collateral is required. Therefore, UK non-homeowner and tenants have an ideal option under unsecured personal loans.Secured personal loans are loans that need collateral for approval. Depending on the loan amount home, real estate, car or any alternative form of collateral is acceptable at the online agencies.Instant personal loans can usually be taken for any amount ranging from £5,000-£75,000. They are reasonably priced for UK residents. Credit history, income, repayment ability equity in property - all affect the interest that UK residents qualify for. Therefore, interest rates applicable to each UK resident are different.Thes...
IEA Demands $45 Trillion Investment in Clean Technology
2008-06-09 16:06:00 The world must spend $45 trillion to cut its dependence on oil and reduce greenhouse gasses, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday. According to the IEA countries must commit 1.1% of projected total global gross domestic product (GDP) to develop sufficient clean energy technology by 2030. ?Carbon emissions must be cut. Costs of about 1% of [global] GDP are not outrageous, so this target is realistic,? Go Hibino, a senior manager at Mizuho Information & Research Institute, told Reuters. Without a change in current governmental policies, carbon-dioxide emissions will rise by 130% and oil demand will climb 70% by 2050, Nobuo Tanaka,…
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Arab MK demands Dichter to improve conditions of Palestinian female detaine
2008-06-06 05:19:00 By Dazeylin Arab member of Knesset, Mohammad Baraka, sent on Wednesday a letter to the Israeli Internal Security Minister, Avian Dichter, demanding him to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian political female detainees imprisoned by Israel in Ha-Sharon detention facility. The letter... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
VACC demands support for two-wheeled transport
2008-06-02 14:31:00 With the cost of petrol constantly increasing a few of us have ditched the car in favour of small forms of transport, namely scooters and motorcycles. The VACC has called for the Government (State and Federal) to encourage this shift in vehicle choice for everyday commuting. The VACC wants the Government to better protect riders by ...
Dina Lohan Demands Respect From Ex-Husband
2008-05-31 17:36:00 Dina Lohan, mother to Lindsay and Ali Lohan, told OK! magazine in an exclusive interview that if ex-husband Michael Lohan wants respect then he needs to be respectful in his blog about Dina’s reality TV show that he writes for OK!. As for her ex, Michael Lohan’s new weekly blog for OKmagazine.com, Dina was a bit more passionate, telling OK!, “My husband writes a blog for you–not you, OK!– about my show! I know he’s my kids’ dad. They can talk to him whenever they want, I don’t stop them. I just want him to be respectful. It’s all about respect. You give respect, you get respect.” Dina also went on to talk about Lindsay’s lesbian relationship with Samantha Roson and the possibility of the two getting married: “If she’s happy, I’m happy,” Dina tells OK! exclusively. “That’s all I’ll say.” Dina adds, “Samantha’s great. I’ve known her and her family for ...
Still Crying Dept: Seat ALL Delegates Clinton Lawyer Demands
2008-05-31 00:46:00 A day before the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee is set to determine how to seat the delegations of Florida and Michigan, the Clinton campaign's chief lawyer Lyn Utrecht said the committee is compelled to seat both delegations fully and NOT award Barack Obama ANY delegates from Michigan. What? What!! read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
tenant demands return of stop payment check
2008-05-30 11:50:00 My tenant gave me a check that they stopped payment on without telling me. I thought we were headed for eviction so the only way to have proof for court was to deposit the check in my bank. The tenant wound up paying with cash and now wants the check back. Ignore this request or how best to handle, they are purposely arguementative.In addition the end of the lease is coming and the tenant has decided to inform me in writing that I can't come on the property and to give 5 days notice to visit. I have the right to show the property as long as I provide 24 hours notice as required, they won't answer phone(unreliable)so I put a note in mailbox. Can I inform them of this along with notice not to renew lease and show the property anyway?
Boy pulls knife on teacher, demands cash for GTA
2008-05-30 06:01:00 In Framingham, Massachusetts, a 13-year-old middle school student faces several charges after threatening his teacher with a knife in an effort to reportedly raise money to buy Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the student approached the teacher at the end of class with an 11-inch knife. "Do you have $20? I need the money," he told the teacher. The teacher refused and tried to reason with the teen, who then lowered his demand to $1. The incident ended when the teacher was able to get close enough to the student to snatch the knife from his hands and no one was injured. "It appears he wanted to buy a game called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," Framingham Police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany told The MetroWest Daily News. The teen spent two to three weeks planning his attack before carrying it out after his mother refused to buy the video game, according to The Associated Press. The teen was charged with assault and batte...
BlackBerry trashes demands of DoT, intelligence babus
2008-05-30 00:00:00 As government has no authority to dictate terms to a foreign company to trace calls, the authorities demanded that the company set up servers in India. RIM has said that it will not budge even if the direction comes from US or Canadian government.
UN has epiphany: Says Iran ignoring demands to stop nuke work
2008-05-27 18:29:00 I’m sure it pains them to side with the US. Tehran, 27 May (AKI) - Iran is ignoring United Nations’ demands that it suspend its uranium enrichment programme, according to the organisation’s nuclear watchdog. “Contrary to the decisions of the (UN) Security Council, Iran has not suspended its enrichment related activities,” the International Atomic Energy Agency wrote ... |
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