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Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 23, 2011 at 4:46pm

JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER, SO WE TOO MIGHT WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.

ROMANS 6:4

GOD BLESS

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Comment by Phoebe Macon on April 23, 2011 at 3:08am

HAPPY EASTER "RESURRECTION DAY" APACHES!!

 

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 22, 2011 at 4:46pm

THEN JESUS, CRYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAID,  "FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT."  HAVING SAID THIS, HE BREATHED HIS LAST.

LUKE 23:46

Comment by Phoebe Macon on April 18, 2011 at 4:44am

'Now you know why there's no birth certificate' jokes Tea Party member in racist email showing Obama and parents as chimps 

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:54 PM on 17th April 2011

 

A member of the Tea Party has sent a racist email with a picture of Barack Obama and his parents as chimpanzees, it has been revealed.

The email sent by Marilyn Davenport, a Southern California Tea Party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party, was titled: 'Now you know why - no birth certificate.'

The attached picture showed a mocked-up photo of the President as a baby chimpanzee being held by his so-called parents - also chimps in human clothing.

Racist: The email, which included a picture of the Obama family as chimps, was sent by Marilyn Davenport, a Southern California Tea Party activist

It was sent to fellow conservatives, one of whom then leaked it to the press.

When contacted by Orange County Weekly Ms Davenport said the email had been a 'joke.'

'You're not going to make a big deal about this are you?' she said before adding: 'Oh, come on! Everybody who knows me knows that I am not a racist.

'It was a joke. I have friends who are black. Besides, I only sent it to a few people - mostly people I didn't think would be upset by it.'

When approached Davenport said the email, which was sent to fellow conservatives, had been a 'joke'. 'I have friends who are black' she added

But her fellow Republicans aren't seeing the funny side.

Scott Baugh, chairman of the OC Republican Party, told Ms Davenport that the email was 'tasteless.'

'When I saw that email today I thought it was despicable,' Mr Baugh told OC Weekly.

'It is dripping with racism and it does not promote the type of message Orange County Republicans want to deliver to the public.

'I think she should consider stepping down as an elected official,' he added.

Michael J Schroeder, an Orange County resident and former chairman of the California Republican Party, was also not amused.

'This is a three strikes situation for Marilyn Davenport,' Mr Schroeder told the paper. 

Mayor Grose, right, sent round the watermelon field email just in time for President Obama's inauguration

'She was a passionate defender of former Newport Beach city councilman Dick Nichols who stated that he was voting against putting in more grass at Corona del Mar's beach because, he said, there were already "too many Mexicans on the beach."

'She was also on the wrong side of the fence with the Los Alamitos mayor and his White House watermelon patch picture.

'Now, she has managed to top both of those incidents by comparing African Americans to monkeys.

'She has disgraced herself and needs to resign. If she doesn't, the Republican Party must remove her,' he added.

The Watermelon-gate email, which depicted a watermelon field in front of the White House, was sent by Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose, another Orange County Republican, in February 2009 - just in time for President's Obama's inauguration.

He later apologised.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377725/Now-know-theres-bir...

Comment by Phoebe Macon on April 18, 2011 at 3:20am

HAPPY MONDAY APACHES, HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

 

 

 

Comment by Phoebe Macon on April 18, 2011 at 3:18am

Another Air Controller Naps; New Schedules Coming



WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration changed air traffic control work schedules Saturday, acknowledging it has a widespread problem with fatigue after another controller fell asleep on duty — this time in Miami.

"We are taking important steps today that will make a real difference in fighting air traffic controller fatigue. But we know we will need to do more. This is just the beginning," FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a statement.

On Monday, Babbitt and Paul Rinaldi, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, will begin visiting air traffic control facilities to hear what controllers have to say and to remind them that sleeping on the job won't be tolerated. Their first stop is Atlanta, home of the world's busiest airport.

The latest sleeping incident — the fifth to be disclosed by FAA since late March — occurred just before 5 a.m. Saturday morning at a busy regional radar facility that handles high altitude air traffic for much of Florida, portions of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

According to a preliminary review of air traffic tapes, the controller did not miss any calls from aircraft and there was no impact on flight operations, the FAA said. The controller, who was working an overnight shift, has been suspended.

Prior to the start of the shift, all controllers were given a briefing on professionalism and the importance of reporting to work fit for duty, FAA said. The incident was reported to a manager by another controller, the agency said. There were 12 controllers on duty and two managers, it said.

Rinaldi said the Miami incident was particularly disturbing because there was ample staff on duty at the time.

"It is never acceptable when we don't provide the level of service expected and required of us on every shift," he said. "We take our responsibilities very seriously and believe fatigue is a significant factor in these instances."

Regional radar centers are usually large rooms, but each controller has a cubicle. Because of the layout, a controller can accidently doze off without being noticed.

It has been known for decades that fatigue is rampant among controllers. FAA rules forbid any sleeping on the job, even during breaks. Employees who violate those rules can be fired. But present and former controllers told The Associated Press that unsanctioned napping at night is an open secret within the agency.

At a radar facility, one controller may nap while the other handles two radar positions. At an airport tower, one may handle takeoffs and landings while the other sleeps. Then, they would swap.

Many supervisors look the other way when controllers trade turns working their assignments to nap because they know how tiring controllers' schedules are, said retired controller Rick Perl of Oxnard, Calif.

"It has always been a problem," said Perl, who at one time was an instructor at FAA's academy for new controllers in Oklahoma City, Okla. "There is no way you can get off at 2 p.m. in the afternoon and be back at 10 p.m. at night and get decent sleep."

Most tiring are the midnight shifts, which usually begin about 10 p.m. and end about 6 a.m. Staying awake during those hours disrupts the body's natural sleep rhythms, sleep scientists say.

A new fatigue study by FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which has not yet been released, found that one of the most tiring schedules worked by controllers is a week of midnight shifts, followed by a week of early morning shifts and then a week of swing shifts that start in the afternoon and wind up at night. The schedule doesn't give controllers time to adjust to any one set of waking and sleeping hours.

Another schedule compresses five eight-hour work days into as few days as possible, concluding with a day shift that ends about 2 p.m. and a midnight shift that begins about 10 p.m. Some controllers like the schedule because when they conclude the fifth shift they have three and a half days off before they have report back to work. But the schedule is also known as the "rattler" because it doubles back and bites those who work it.

The study's chief recommendation is that controllers be allowed sleeping breaks of as long as 2 1/2 hours during midnight shifts. Some other countries — including Germany and Japan — provide sleeping rooms for controllers on break at night.

Babbitt said the changes to controllers' schedules will be implemented within 72 hours, but he didn't describe the changes.

Earlier this week, FAA announced it was ending its practice of single-staffing control towers at 26 airports and a radar facility where traffic is light between midnight and 6 a.m. The head of the FAA's air traffic operations resigned.

The agency also will commission an independent review of its training curriculum and qualifications "to make sure our new controllers have mastered the right skills and learned the right disciplines before they start their careers," Babbitt and Rinaldi said in a column posted late Friday on the USA Today website.

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 12, 2011 at 2:27pm

GRACE BE WITH ALL OF YOU.

HEBREWS 13:25

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 4, 2011 at 1:20pm

HAPPY MONDAY TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 2, 2011 at 5:49pm

THANKS PHOEBE AND U HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND 2!

Comment by Phoebe Macon on April 2, 2011 at 2:11am

HAVE A  GREAT WEEKEND APACHES!!

 

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