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A 5-percent cut to all city departments? A temporary hiring freeze? The balancing act behind Hendersonville's nearly $32 million budget may have sounded drastic, but the 5-percent cut concerned requests exceeding revenue, and the freeze puts non-essential positions on ice for two months.
In the light of flat revenues from a lingering recession, higher debt and deteriorating roads, City Manager John Connet said they had to cut, freeze and tighten purses to rein in next month's tax hike at 3 cents. But budget forecasts since the Great Recession are on the mend.
Like last year, the city faces higher debt payments. Hendersonville's debt from sidewalks and city hall renovations skyrocketed $453,791 this year when loan payments for the final Main Street rehabilitation, new fire station and fire truck came due.
Last year, Hendersonville City Council forestalled the 3-cent tax hike needed to cover the looming debt from those projects by dipping into the city's healthy fund balance reserve. This year, the fund balance reserve is going to cover the cost of another project to keep the city's only university from leaving.
The city has earmarked $1,122,300 of its nearly $6.1 million rainy day fund to cover capital expenses, including $700,000 pledged for the new Wingate-Blue Ridge Community College-Pardee Hospital health sciences building.
The withdrawal would drop the city's fund balance below the 45 percent city leaders had originally agreed to keep on hand to cover emergencies or rare opportunities such as the Wingate project. But even with the dip, the city's reserves remain well over the 8 percent fund balance required by the N.C. Local Government Commission, said Finance Director Lisa White.
The fund would also still hold more than the four months of reserves the Government Finance Officers Association recommends, she added.
City leaders shied away from siphoning more out of the fund pool to plug the budget gap in May after learning it would take years to recover a fund goal of 45 percent, if they relied on it over a tax increase.
"The idea is you don't want to use your reserves for operational costs. You want to use it for one-time capital or for special projects or for emergencies," Connet said. "You don't want to have to use your savings every month to pay the power bill because if you're doing that, then you're going to deplete your savings. But if you need to put in a roof once in a decade, then you use it."
The last tax hike in the city occurred in 2011 when the rate grew from 38 cents to 41 cents per $100 property valuation. This year's increase from 41 cents to 44 cents practically mirrors the pre-recession rate of 43 cents that dropped to 38 cents when home values soared in the city in 2007.
Assessed property values in the city jumped from about $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2006-07 to $1.7 billion in 2007-08 due to a countywide reappraisal in 2007.
A reappraisal conducted every four years in the county to study the health of the market reflected a nearly $200 million drop in the city's assessed values four years later. Revenues have stayed relatively flat since then, Connet said, and the city's general fund balance has been on a downward trend since 2007, but "we're starting to see positive signs in the economy."
The ad valorem real estate tax base in the city is anticipated to be $22 million higher next fiscal year, according to the city's budget. The new tax rate is estimated to provide an extra $7.12 million in property tax revenues based on an expected collection rate of 97 percent.
This year's increase will add $75 to the tax bill of a home valued at $250,000.
Two cents of the 3-cent tax increase will be used to cover extra debt payments. The remaining $160,000 estimated to be raised from taxes will be used for street resurfacing, Connet said.
A study by U.S. Infrastructure of Carolina Inc. last April revealed nearly 70 percent of the city's roads were in need of improvement; 40 percent of which were found to be in poor or very poor condition. The total bill came to $3.88 million.
Consultants recommended the city resurface 4.5 miles of roads a year at an annual cost of about $692,000 to combat the rapid deterioration that occurs in unmaintained roads after about 18 years.
The city is planning to receive $383,280 in state gas-tax allocations from the Powell Bill to help with road repairs next fiscal year. The extra $160,000 from taxes will get the city closer to the $692,000 goal consultants recommended.
In addition to the flat revenues from property taxes, extra financing debt for special projects and money needed for street repairs, the city is bracing itself for another hit from missing privilege license taxes in 2015.
A new state law sunsets privilege license fees levied on businesses for the "privilege" of operating inside local municipalities in July 2015. The new law would cut $385,000 (the amount of money generated from a 2.5-cent tax hike) from the city's revenue stream.
"We have been told by the legislature that they are going to work with local governments in the long session beginning in January to replace that revenue, and we're cautiously optimistic that they will honor their word," Connet said.
To narrow the budget, Connet this year asked all departments to cut 5 percent of requests that surpassed revenue "so we could balance the budget with only a 3-cent tax increase." A two-month hiring freeze for all "non-essential positions" will also go into effect next fiscal year to give the city time to evaluate positions, making sure each one is needed and structured properly, he said.
"The long-term revenue picture for the city of Hendersonville is improving, but still somewhat uncertain," Connet said in his budget foreclosure for next fiscal year. "We are seeing an increase in commercial growth and I expect this activity to continue for the foreseeable future as the Asheville Metropolitan Area continues to grow. In the past, we have expanded the city through a proactive annexation program. However, legislation has made annexation more difficult and will require us to formulate new ways to grow the city.
"We must put a greater emphasis on economic development activities that will allow us to fill our remaining vacant industrial and commercial structures over the next several years. In addition, we must move forward with infrastructure improvements that will increase our capacity to support existing and new industrial and commercial growth. The city of Hendersonville staff is continuing to work with the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development and property owners to develop potential industrial and commercial sites to diversify our expanding tax base. Our desire is to take advantage of our location and workforce to generate growth opportunities."
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City manager explains Hendersonville budget
A 5-percent cut to all city departments? A temporary hiring freeze? The balancing act behind Hendersonville's nearly $32 million budget may have sounded drastic, but the 5-percent cut concerned requests exceeding revenue, and the freeze puts non-essential positions on ice for two months.


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Every baseball program needs an unsung hero who gets things done. Somebody who makes the phone calls, rakes the infield, hires the umpires, arranges the schedule, buys the baseballs, chalks the lines, cuts the grass.
Dick, 71, began coaching Little League in 1968 when his own sons were playing. He graduated from Little League to Babe Ruth and then the American Legion program, where his labor of love continued. All told, he spent more than 40 years as a volunteer in those programs, making sure all the little things got done – and the big things, too.
The folks in Dyersville, Iowa, and the West Dubuque County American Legion program appreciated what Dick accomplished and said thanks.
He received the Outstanding Service Award from the Dyersville Jaycees in 1978, and received a certificate of appreciation from the American Legion for Outstanding and Dedicated Service to the West Dubuque County Legion program. He also received a plaque from the American Legion players, coaches and parents in 1997, and in 1999 the "Left and Center Field of Dreams" named him their Manager of the Year.
The 20th Century gave way to the 21st, and the honors kept coming. Dick was inducted into the Iowa American Legion Hall of Fame in 2001, and was inducted into the Dubuque County Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 as a contributor.
That's pretty heady stuff for a guy who played only a few baseball games in high school. He wanted to play more, but duty called. Farm duty.
"I remember one time my brother and sister were in the car, waiting for me at the field," he said. "I had to drop my bat, go home and hop on the tractor."
Dick spent 18 years with the Dubuque County American Legion program. They won their first state title in 1987 under Dick's leadership, then won five more titles in the next 10 years. He also served as the assistant director of the Shoeless Joe Jackson American Legion baseball tournament, held in Dyersville on July 4th weekends, and also ran an American Legion regional tournament one year.
During all those years, he spent hundreds of hours – probably thousands of hours – as the grounds crew and caretaker at Commercial Club Park in Dyersville, meticulously taking care of each blade of grass and working with baseball boosters for new bleachers, dugouts and a Wall of Fame.
His work has not confined to Iowa, however. A devoted fan of the Chicago Cubs, Dick has worked on the grounds crew at Chicago's spring training home in Mesa, Ariz., for a number of years, keeping the field in shape and getting it ready for games. That's been another labor of love.
Dick had a "real" job during most of the time he served as a volunteer for all those Little League, Babe Ruth and American Legion teams. He worked for the John Deere company for 36 years, retiring in 1995, but he hasn't retired from an active life.
Dick is the equipment manager for Perfect Game USA, and he's still one of those unsung guys who gets it done, organizing and shipping equipment, building shelves, setting up display tables, keeping his eye on things. "My years with Perfect Game baseball have been rewarding, to see many young baseball players display their talents at showcase events," he said.
Every program needs a guy like Dick.
"I have met a lot of good people," he said, reflecting on a life well-spent.

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Shocking story of dog's killing was big lie, Ft. Bend deputies say
Updated 5:29 pm, Wednesday, February 12, 2014
A Houston man who claimed his dog had been shot to death in an ATV drive-by on New Year's Eve has been charged with shooting the dog himself.
Shane Hilliard had told the Fort Bend Sheriff's Office that two people riding four-wheel ATVs had attacked the dog while they were out walking on the 19200 block of Beechnut Street in Fort Bend.
Officers say they now believe that was a lie and that Hilliard killed the dog. They say he tried to cover up the lie by telling deputies that he and his wife had cremated the dog, a black laborador.
"During a thorough investigation, detectives found evidence that did not support Hilliard's story and determined he had given them several untruthful statements and that he himself shot the dog," the Fort Bend Sheriff's Office said in a prepared statement.
At the time, Hilliard told reporters his heart was broken.
"They saw me, there was no mistake, they murdered her," Hilliard told ABC 13. "That's just the only way to put it. They murdered my dog."
Shane Hilliard, 43, faces felony charges of cruelty to non-livestock animals which carries a punishment of 180 days to 2 years in jail and a possible fine of $10,000.
He also faces a charge of false reporting, which carries a fine of up to $2,000 and/or 180 days in jail.


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In 1960, the British abolished National Service. Before that, all the country's lads — including four from Liverpool — grew up believing they would have to serve at least a year in the army. Paul McCartney vividly recalls when George Harrison's big brother Harry came back, all in uniform, from Christmas Island: so tough, tan, and impressive. This scared Paul. He thought he'd choke in the army. He didn't like killing, but as a boy he willed himself to practice combat on the frogs in the outskirts of this port city where German bombs had killed more than 2,600 people and demolished 10,000 homes. Both John and Ringo were infants during the Liverpool Blitz.
Had National Service kept on, the future Beatles would have been called up in staggered fashion: Ringo and John, the two oldest, then Paul, then George. Pretty hard to keep a band going with such disruptions. "I don't think there would have been the Beatles," says Sir Paul to author Barry Miles in "Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now" (Henry Holt, 1997). "So that was great luck, the government just stopped that in time, allowing us the parting of the waves, and we went through and we had the freedom and the sixties."
Fifty years ago this month — Feb. 11, 1963 — the Beatles recorded 10 songs in one day to make their debut album, "Please Please Me." I was born in 1961, just old enough to become hopelessly imprinted by their joy, their aura: One of my earliest memories is watching my parents dance to "I Want To Hold Your Hand." My husband, a musician even more Beatles-besotted than I am, wooed me by pointing out Paul's glorious bass part on "Something." And at our wedding, I walked up the aisle to "I Will." So I'm hardly objective.
But I've tried to be rigorous with the following books. They have to appease my inner fangirl but also say something surprising. And one reason I love "Many Years From Now" is because Paul, so often vilified in the past, speaks from a calmer place of maturity.
Most fans know that "Let It Be" is based on a comforting dream Paul had of his mother, Mary, a decade after she died when he was 14. But here I learned she was a midwife, and that Paul holds dear an image of her in the snow late at night, biking off to bring a child into the world. I also learned that "Eleanor Rigby" springs, in part, from his memories of visiting lonely, aging pensioners when he was a Boy Scout. But it's good to cross-check Paul's version of how the songs came to be with John's (they synch quite well, actually) in "John Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970." (Verso, 2000) This book is so alternately raw and charming, it will bereave you all over again.
The proper distance comes hard for me, but Ian MacDonald, a former editor at New Musical Express, achieves it. First out in 1994, his path-breaking "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties" (Chicago Review, 2007) tries to replace "gushing hero-worship with a detached, posterity-anticipating tally of what the Beatles did." To that end, he also examines the factors that produced the Fab Four. Paul points to the end of National Service. MacDonald credits the British art-school system, a "parallel educational structure" in most decent-sized cities; several Beatles attended one, plus a bunch of the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, Pink Floyd, etc. These places offered a home "to the gifted but wayward and often frankly eccentric people with which English life overflows," writes MacDonald.
As for the songs themselves, there's choice stuff here: how Lennon wrote "Come Together" for Timothy Leary's 1969 California campaign for governor. Or how Capitol didn't want to release the single "Please Please Me" in America because the title sounded too sexual, but changed its mind after the success of "I Want To Hold Your Hand." For the full exegesis experience, there's Mark Lewisohn's magisterial, sadly out of print "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970" (EMI Records, 2006). And it goes without saying that any fan must have "The Beatles Anthology" (Chronicle, 2000), a glossy, prismatic, thoroughly absorbing tie-in to the documentary.
Also consider 1994's lighter but highly delectable "A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song" (It, 2005 edition) by Steve Turner. Here we learn how John and Paul started off wanting to be the British Gerry Goffin and Carole King, but instead took the much rarer move toward performing their own material. How Paul wrote his dance-hall-ish songs ("Honey Pie," "Your Mother Should Know," "When I'm 64") as homages to his dad, a bandleader in the 1920s. How Lennon and McCartney freely admit they were trying to mimic their heroes for certain numbers (Chuck Berry in "I Saw Her Standing There," Smokey Robinson in "All I've Got to Do," Bob Dylan in "I'm a Loser). And how Paul's positive temperament was spliced with John's negative. In Paul's "Getting Better," for instance, John added the line: "It couldn't get much worse."
The next book homes in on a crucial period for the band, exploring the refining fire of Hamburg. "Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History" (Harvard University, 2003) is a trippy affair — check out its take on the Paul-Is-Dead rumor — but author Devin McKinney's analysis of how Hamburg turned the band into the Beatles made this old fan really think. From 1960-1962, they played in seedy Reeperbahn clubs all night long to sailors, gangsters, and prostitutes, "[s]et eyeball to eyeball against a volatile crowd with a talent for confrontation and a hunger for raw meat," as McKinney writes. It's worth quoting him at greater length: The Beatles "had been a skilled but not outstanding live group, pre-Hamburg; by the time they left, they were a buzz saw . . . And on returning home, they were able to force that same violence upon a crowd that, up to then, had not been pushing them. There, I am guessing, is the seed of all that came later: the mania. The Beatles pushing: their audience pushing back."
This last one is as painful and necessary as growing up: Peter Doggett's "You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup" (Harper, 2010) sharply chronicles how things fell apart: the insane fame, John's heroin addiction, Paul's bossiness (one girlfriend called him "a little Medici prince"), spiritual seeker George chafing under the supreme egos of Lennon/McCartney, Paul and George's cruelty to Yoko (only Ringo flew to New York to comfort her after John was murdered), the horribly tentacled lawsuits — "All You Need Is Cash" as Eric Idle once quipped.
After I closed the book, train-wrecked, I tried to select the perfect track to wash away the sadness. "Hey Jude?" "Rain?" No. I chose "the wisest song never recorded by the Beatles," to quote Ian MacDonald. George offered "All Things Must Pass" in the "Get Back" sessions, but John and Paul (criminally) said no, and so he recorded it solo after the breakup.
The tremendously moving music filled the room, and one line shimmered especially. More than a meditation on life and art and perspective, maybe it also told why the Beatles meant so much at one moment in history, and so much still: "Daylight is good/At arriving at the right time."Katharine Whittemore is a freelance writer based in Northampton. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By Ben Levisohn
It's not often that investors get to worry about two major countries draining liquidity out of their economies within a day of each other–and its sent emerging markets spiraling downwards.
What happened? Yesterday, the release of the Fed minutes showed the various governors arguing strenuously about when the Fed should end quantitative easing. That was followed by reports that China had drained liquidity from its banking system. Put the two together, and you have a recipe for an emerging-market selloff.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) exchange-traded fund has dropped 1.7% today to $42.94, the iShares FTSE China 25 Index ETF (FXI) has dropped 2% to $38.27, and the WisdomTree India Earnings (EPI) has dropped 2.8% to $18.72. The iShares MSCI Turkey Investable ETF (TUR) has dropped 2.7% to $64.48, while the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) has fallen 1.5% to $54.26.
How realistic are the fears? When it comes to the Fed, not very, says Capital Economics Mark Williams. He writes:
For now, we would emphasize the distinction between reducing the size of monthly asset purchases and halting them altogether. When the Fed switched to "open-ended" purchases the commitment was to continue to buy MBS at a pace of $40bn per month and Treasuries at a pace initially (our emphasis) of $45bn per month. This implies a total of $85bn, which, other things being equal, could expand the US monetary base by at least a third this year and by not much less in 2014. There does now appear to be a higher chance that the Fed will soon decide to trim its Treasury purchases, perhaps by $10-20bn from the current $45bn per month, but it could do so while still providing plenty of monetary stimulus and without bringing QE3 to a "premature" end. In other words, the Fed would still be topping up the punch bowl, albeit at a less intoxicating rate.
China is a much bigger worry, Williams says. He writes:
Meanwhile, the resumption of repo operations by the People's Bank of China this week marks, we think, an important shift in Chinese monetary policy…
The result has been the largest drain of liquidity from China's banking system ever in a single week. This could be seen as a housekeeping measure to mop up the liquidity that was previously injected to meet demand for cash during the Chinese New Year holiday. But we think it is something more. Local media report that regulators have been pressuring banks to slow their lending since the start of the year. This decision to resume repos is, we think, an additional signal that policymakers are worrying more now about the risks associated with rapid credit growth than they are with an economic hard landing.
To be clear, we do not expect an abrupt turnaround in policy. Indeed, while we expect the next benchmark rate move to be a hike, we are still not expecting one before early next year. Nonetheless, if we are right that policymakers' priorities have shifted, expectations for a continued acceleration in China's growth are likely to be disappointed.
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Former defence secretary Liam Fox has said employment law needs to be changed to make it easier for companies to fire people.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Friday, Fox said the UK economy was in desperate need of growth in order to generate increased revenues.
"Too much recent debate has focused on tax and spend rather than on supply-side reform," he said.
"This is particularly true in the area of labour market regulation.
"Talk to small businesses and they will tell you that they are afraid to take on workers because if they try to fire anyone, even if the employee is unsuitable for the job, they are likely to find themselves in an industrial tribunal, with their lawyers recommending settlement."
Fox, who resigned from the cabinet last year over allegations he allowed his close friend too much access to the Ministry of Defence, said deficit reduction without labour market reform was like "driving with the handbrake on".
In a stinging attack on his former coalition colleagues, he said: "Resistance to deregulation largely came from the Liberal Democrats.
"Two things need to be pointed out to them. First, that they make up only one sixth – not one half – of the Coalition and must expect that Conservative economic ideas will be dominant.
"Second, that if the economy does not improve, they can expect a very unhappy date in 2015 with the voters, and their antipathy to labour market reform makes this more likely."
Fox has been relatively quiet since he returned to the backbenches, but he is a leading right-winger in the party and Friday's intervention may signal he intends to speak out more in the future as he attempts to rehabilitate his political career.


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The panelists included Keith Holt from Amtrak; Ed Tilley from BNSF; Matthew Glynn from Canadian National; Denise Lyle from CSX; Eric Hullemeyer from NS and Jeff Young from Union Pacific. Douglas John Bowen, managing editor of Railway Age, moderated the panel.
The railroads' representatives said if all goes according to schedule, testing would begin in 2014 with full implementation occurring in 2015. There are still significant challenges being faced including interoperability and governance of the system. UP's Young said that while the PTC mandate has brought the U.S. Class 1s together to speak as one voice, the railroads are concentrating on the core PTC system and the issue of reliability of the technology has not been addressed as of yet. Hullenmeyer pointed out that even after the core system has been implemented and railroads begin to focus on system enhancements, several of the same issues would continue to present challenges, including interoperability. CN's Glynn said the locomotives themselves are a challenge, comparing the interior of a cab to an airplane cockpit and noting that there is limited space within a locomotive for equipment to be placed.
The C&S budgets of all railroads represented on the panel are heavily stacked toward PTC spending with all representatives saying 50 percent of their budgets are devoted to the mandate. Young mentioned that the mandate has not only stressed C&S budgets, but overall capital plans. In June 2013, UP reached the $1 billion mark on its PTC spending.
While all railroads represented said they are on schedule to implement PTC by 2015, most agreed that 2018 gives them a more optimum time frame. With that said, UP's Young said the industry as a whole has spent approximately $3.5 billion on PTC, hired approximately 5,000 people and developed a brand new technology. He said the industry has never asked for the mandate to be repealed and is not dragging its feet moving toward the implementation deadline.
The AREMA Annual Conference was held in conjunction with Railway Interchange 2013 in Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 29 – Oct. 2.


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Posted 24 August 2004 - 12:03 AM
Posted 24 August 2004 - 01:55 AM
I could be wrong, but Ive been fearing that sound myself for many years.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 09:41 AM
sounds like clutch chatter. its not good, look for a swap or a rebuild.
I could be wrong, but Ive been fearing that sound myself for many years.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 10:13 AM
Bad news. Does the transmission come out by it's self or do you have to take the transaxle too?
Not sure exactly what you mean by that, but pullung a soob tranny is like pulling a RWD tranny with the exception of having to disconnect the front axles
If you are doing the clutch, IMO, its easier to pull the motor than the tranny
Posted 24 August 2004 - 01:23 PM
The auto transmission
He said Auto right?
Sounds like its time to look for a good used one.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 04:29 PM
Sounds like its time to look for a good used one.
Where would be a good place to start looking for a good Auto trannie?
"1990 Loyale AWD 5 dr wagon w/EA82 MPI Turbo", and what years will fit?
Posted 24 August 2004 - 05:18 PM
Posted 24 August 2004 - 08:12 PM
Posted 24 August 2004 - 10:55 PM
I'm guessing your transmission is the 4 speed auto with full time 4wd? Or is there a pushbutton for 4wd?
It is a 3 speed auto and a fuse for AWD, It has a push button to hold 1st gear. Been thinking that it does it more in AWD than 2WD. The drive line checks out OK, and the tires are all the same size, thinking it might be in the tranfer case doing something when it is in AWD. I'm replacing both front axles today, as the boots were shot for some time. I'm running out of options, checking the internet I can't find any rebuilt trannies for this model and so far no good ones from a wrecking yard. Everyone I talk to says "You don't have problems with this tranmission, there bullet proof" so I'm looking elsewhere. Open for any ideas from any one.
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My work is seasonal, and this is the last month. Since it's a shore town, I have a lot of free time while I'm there and am looking for some books to read. Now, I SHOULD be using this time to get through my current to-read pile, but I've been in the mood for some Science Fiction and I don't have any lined up.
I was thinking Neuromancer, Fahrenheit 451, and Ender's Game. But honestly, I'm pitifully behind in the genre, and I've barely read anything in it. Anyone have some good recommendations for a Sci-Fi newbie? Bonus points if it's set in space.


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|Doesn't look like Parx is getting any of Temple's business this time.
If your boss gave you $17 million to invest in some solid stock futures, would you instead hop in the car and drive up Route 1 to Parx Casino and throw it all on a crap table?
I didn't think so, but that's essentially what Temple's Board of Trustees gave Temple athletic direction Bill Bradshaw the day after Steve Addazio quit.
Edberg-Olson Hall is worth $17 million ($7 million in 2001, an additional $10 million this year) and, if Temple gave the head coaching job to an assistant coach who never held the clipboard as a head coach in battle before, that's a pretty expensive roll of the dice.
That assistant could become a Temple head coach and stay five years and go 3-9 each year or worse or go 9-3 or better.
You don't know. I don't know. Nobody knows.
If it is the lower number, the E-O might as well be padlocked after five years because nobody will come to watch the Owls play and $17 million will be essentially wasted.
|These are just the candidates mentioned in the media.
A current head coach, though, with a head-coaching record of excellence, is like a solid stock future. There's no better predictor of future success than past success.
Loyal TFF reader Steve Sipe sent me five spreadsheets of data analyzing the possible candidates and I've published his experience chart here. To me, that's the most important qualification for Temple right now.
Fortunately, there's no indication Bradshaw is considering getting in the car and heading up to Parx any time soon.
In fact, the quotes by Bradshaw in this morning's Inquirer are downright encouraging. Without saying he's ruling out hiring a current assistant, it certainly looks like he's leaning that way.
On whether or not he's leaning toward hiring an assistant, like Addazio and Al Golden were:
"Some people will say you are going to get another Al Golden, another Steve," Bradshaw said. "I will say this is a different need, a different time in place."
And ....
"I have not restricted [the job] to that," Bradshaw said of hiring someone with prior head-coaching experience. "But somebody as a head coach, who's been successful as a head coach and recruiting has an advantage. No question."
Players have walked off the Who Wants to Be A Millionaire TV show with a lot less money at stake than $17 million.
When it comes to the question of hiring an assistant coach, I think I'll walk, Meredith.
Looks like Temple will, too.
|Based on Steve Sipe's analysis, Mike MacIntyre should be next TU coach. (Couldn't fit the recruiting areas part in there, but it is weighted on the left.)
Tomorrow: The Harold Stassen of Temple head coaching candidates


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Joint Statement of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD) issued the following joint statement on the occasion of the UN High-Level Meeting on Youth, held in UN Headquarters, New York, 25-26 July 2011. (PDF version.)
On the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, we pledge to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations in advocating for and supporting national efforts to accelerate the implementation of international agreements and development goals as they relate to adolescents and youth.
We join Member States and youth-led organizations in building on synergies to promote the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, gender equality, solidarity, progress and development as guided by the proclamation of the International Year of Youth by the General Assembly. The Year has provided an opportunity to work together to enhance dialogue and mutual understanding among young people worldwide, to promote the participation of young women and men at all levels and to increase commitments and investments to promote adolescent and youth development. With strengthened resolve, we stand ready to work as one within the United Nations to support young people in achieving their aspirations.
In the coming years, we will intensify efforts within our respective mandates at the global, regional and national levels, including through strengthening mechanisms such as the Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development, in order to promote and support:
- COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES that include young people's issues and voices, and enhance the use of data on young people to promote development and poverty reduction;
- MULTISECTORAL PROGRAMMES that promote the human rights and fulfil the development needs of adolescents and youth, including marginalized adolescent girls;
- STRENGTHENED CAPACITIES of national institutions and youth-led organizations to implement coordinated youth policies and programmes;
- FULL AND EFFECTIVE YOUTH PARTICIPATION in society and decision-making, in both rural and urban settings, striving to include young people with disabilities, young people living with HIV, indigenous young people, young people from minorities, young migrants, young people who are stateless, internally displaced, young refugees or those affected by humanitarian situations or armed conflict.
We reaffirm our pledge to make young people a priority in our work and commit to incorporate their perspectives within our organizations and in the United Nations system.
We call on governments, civil society, the private sector, donors, media, communities, youth-led organizations, voluntary associations and other stakeholders to join us in making this a world fit for young people.
The undersigned,
Michelle BACHELET
Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Alicia BARCENA
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Irina BOKOVA
Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Margaret CHAN
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Helen CLARK
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Joan CLOS
Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Radhika COOMARASWAMY
Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict
Cheick Sidi DIARRA
Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA)
Ahmed DJOGHLAF
Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
Antonio GUTERRES
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Noeleen HEYZER
Executive Secretary, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Abdoulie JANNEH
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Rima KHALAFM
Executive Secretary, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)
Jan KUBIS
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Antony LAKE
Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
David MORRISON
Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Babatunde OSOTIMEHIN
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Flavia PANSIERI
Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Taleb RIFAI
Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (WTO)
Jorge SAMPAIO
UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations
Michel SIDIBÉ
Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Juan SOMAVIA
Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Hamadoun TOURÉ
Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Kandeh K. YUMKELLA
Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Sha ZUKANG
Under-Secretary-General, Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA)


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An effective way to contact your legislator with your opinion is by telephone. The advantage of making a phone call is that you can quickly provide the Congressperson's office with all of the information you would have provided in a letter, and you will still receive a written reply from the Congressperson's office. The disadvantage is that notes taken by a staff person on your opinion expressed via telephone will not be as clearly expressed as your opinions as stated in a letter. Using the enclosed checklist can help prepare your thoughts and clearly express your opinions.
Telephone calls are an especially effective way to contact legislators when urgency is needed; faxes are also an increasingly helpful way to quickly attempt to persuade your legislator. Be certain to telephone or fax the legislator's Washington, D.C., office, which is the office handling legislative issues.
If you do not know the Washington, D.C., telephone or fax numbers of your legislators, the following numbers are a helpful reference:
OperatorsHouse of Representatives: 202-225-3121Senate: 202-224-3121Capitol switchboard: 202-723-5246
A typical call will take less that five minutes.When calling to express opposition to a bill, an NCTE member timed her phone call at one minute and forty-five seconds. When you call the legislative office, a staff member will take your information and record it on a form.
The following information is typically requested:1. Name2. Address and telephone number3. Name and/or number of the legislation or the issue about which you are concerned4. Your stance on the issue and reasons for supporting that viewpoint.
Here is a sample telephone conversation regarding a piece of legislation:
Staff member: Congresswoman Smith's office, may I help you?
Constituent: Hello. My name is Jane Doe, and I'd like to voice my opposition to Bill # (H.R. XXXX or S.XXXX), the ________________ Act.
Staff member: Could you please spell your name, Ms. Doe?
Constituent: J-A-N-E D-O-E
Staff member: Thank you. Could you please tell me your address and phone number?
Constituent: Any Street, Any Town, USA; 555-555-5555.
Staff member: And you are opposed to ______________ (bill)?
Constituent: Yes. I am a teacher, and I feel that this bill --------- (provide a concise rationale here).
Staff member: Thank you very much for sharing your opinion. I will pass this information along to the Congresswoman.
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Gareth Bale has been in scintillating form since the turn of the year, and has notched an impressive 15 league goals this season.
This has led to calls that Tottenham are fast becoming a 'one-man' team, especially as the Welshman scored all six of Spurs' goals in a four game streak prior to last Thursday's Europa League game in Lyon.
In reality, Bale has only netted 31.9 per cent of Tottenham's league goals this season, proving that his teammates are no slouches when it comes to providing him with support in the goalscoring department.
Let's take a look at five other players where the burden of scoring goals has rest firmly on their shoulders.
Lionel Messi | Barcelona
It's somewhat inevitable that the little Argentine would be mentioned in this category.
With Barcelona sitting pretty at the top of La Liga on a 12-point cushion, the playmaking wizard has scored 38 goals in 25 league appearances, a very impressive 46.3 per cent of the Catalan giants 82 goals scored this term.
Not only this, since debuting in a Barcelona shirt in 2004, Messi has gone on to score a staggering 207 goals in 239 appearances in La Liga, an average of almost a goal a game for nine years. Magical.
Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid
It's no use mentioning one Spanish giant without being drawn to the other. Real Madrid and former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't looked back since his £80m move, lighting up the Spanish and world stage with world class performances.
This season has seen him score 24 goals in the league, 38.7 per cent of Real's 62 goals. While this isn't the highest percentage around Europe this season, the Ronaldo's record speaks for itself - 136 goals in 125 league appearances in almost four years at the club, averaging over a goal a game.
Gareth Bale has been touted as the next Ronaldo, but he has a long way to go before he can be spoken about in the same breath as CR7.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Paris Saint-Germain
The big Swede has been feared for years no matter what team he has played for.
Brilliance seems to follow the confident front-man wherever he plays, from the wonderful 30-yard bicycle kick against England to a ferocious volley against France at Euro 2012.
At the start of the season, Ibrahimovic moved to PSG for a reported £15.7m and has not disappointed, netting 22 league goals in 23 appearances - 44.9 per cent of the Parisians' goals. Impressive stuff, and with PSG hoping their riches will fire them to the title, the powerful Sweden international is doing his very best to make it happen.
Christian Benteke | Aston Villa
Yes, you can believe your eyes. The former Genk man more than deserves a mention for his start to life in England.
While the Belgian striker may not be a house-hold name, the forward has scored 11 league goals for struggling Aston Villa this season, drawing attention from the league's top clubs.
With the Villans scoring a measly 26 league goals this term, Benteke has a haul of 42.3 per cent of their goals. This puts him top of the percentages amongst Premier League players without being top scorer.
Glenn Murray | Crystal Palace
Even more obscure than the last name, but the man's season speaks for itself.
The 29-year-old Crystal Palace forward is pushing the likes of Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic in goalscoring terms this season, with an outstanding league tally of 27 goals in 30 appearances. This means Murray boasts a percentage of 45 per cent.
No-one can deny that, even though his achievements have come in a lower league than the rest, it's still a remarkable record for any player.
The feat is made even more enjoyable for the Palace fans, considering Murray arrived on a free from fellow npower Championship side and fierce rivals, Brighton & Hove Albion.
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PERU — St. Bede Academy will hold parent-teacher conferences on the following schedule: Last name begins with A-G — 6 to 9 p.m. Monday; last name begins with H-O — 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday; and last name begins with P-Z — 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 1.
Those unable to attend on a designated evening may attend on an alternate one. Conferences will be held in the Academy building. Each teacher will be available for walk-in conferences from 6 to 9 p.m. Student schedules will be available that night.


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Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:25:56 -0700
Dave Hudgens has been hired as the next hitting coach for the Houston Astros Friday, Oct. 17. Gary Pettis will serve as the third base coach and Rich Daurer will be the first base coach and infield instructor.
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|Rangers | Base coaches flopping positions
Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:43:14 -0700
Texas Rangers first base coach Gary Pettis will shift to third base next year, while Dave Anderson will move over to first base. Pettis had been the first base coach for the last six years, and Anderson had been at third for the past four seasons.
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T.R. Sullivan, of MLB.com, reports the Texas Rangers are in the process of beginning their search for a new hitting coach for the 2010 season. The team could consider candidates such as first base coach Gary Pettis, minor league hitting coordinator Mike Boulanger, former MLB OF Rusty Greer, Detroit Tigers hitting instructor Toby Harrah, former MLB 1B Eddie Murray, former hitting coach Thad Bosley, former hitting coach Dave Hudgens and free-agent manager Clint Hurdle (Rockies).
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Many IT workers seem to have a fetish for uniqueness. We urge programmers: "Don't Repeat Yourself". Express every idea "Once and Only Once". This often translates into architecture in the form of the "Enterprise" this, that and the other. The Enterprise Data Model, say, or the Enterprise Message Bus. These carry a connotation of being a single solution used for all systems within an organization. Which has its advantages. And like all solutions, creates its own problems.
If all the facets of an organization's IT world had the same usage patterns, the same latency bounds, the same real-time constraints and all the other characteristics that architecture addresses, then the cost of using the Enterprise solution (there always is a cost) would be easy to justify. But they don't.
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As many of you Kiva lenders have noticed, Kiva recently upgraded the administration system that Field Partners use to post businesses and report repayments. The partner administration system, aka PA2, is where Field Partners post businesses onto Kiva and report on the status of each loan. This was a major redesign of the site and it has brought a bunch of great new features that benefit both lenders and Field Partners. For those of you who haven't been reading all of my posts (shame on you!) I am a fellow at AMK and HKL, and I've also been working closely with the other two Cambodian MFIs, CREDIT and Maxima, to help them with the transition to PA2. Having been a fellow in a PA1 world and now getting to see PA2 for awhile firsthand, I wanted to give you lenders some perspective of PA2 from the field!
- Now, Field Partners, aka Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), report the exact repayment schedule for each Kiva loan – Previously it was just assumed that loans were on a monthly schedule. In the new system, MFIs can report the exact dates of when a loan payment is expected. This lets MFIs post loans on all types of schedules such as end-of-term, weekly, bi-weekly, etc. If the MFI wanted to set a schedule in which the borrower pays back the loan only on the days when Saturn and Uranus are in alignment, this can now be done on Kiva! Unfortunately, none of the members of the Astrological Microfinance Association have joined Kiva yet…
- MFIs now report the exact status of each loan every month – Every month each MFI uploads a list of the total principal paid for each Kiva loan. This is great for Kiva and Kiva lenders because it can help them get a better sense of what exactly is happening on the ground and identify any loans and/or MFIs that are having a hard time paying back loans. Even though you're thousands of miles away, you'll actually know how the borrower is handling the repayment process. If a borrower makes on time payments or an early payment, then you know everything is okay. If a borrower misses a payment, then you know that they might be having problems. The change has been great for MFIs as well. For example, at AMK we do a mix of monthly loans and end-of-term loans. We use to report the status our end-of-term loans manually, but that was a lot of work which took a lot of time. I made a Microsoft Access application for AMK called the Kiva Loan Tracker which can report the exact status of all the Kiva loans onto a CSV file. In PA2 we can just upload that CSV file and our work is all done in just a few minutes! Sweet.
- MFIs Repay Kiva Lenders When the Borrower Makes a Repayment - The MFI repays Kiva when the borrower makes a payment. This helps MFIs because now they do not have to repay Kiva lenders on a different schedule than the loan terms. This is important because it prevents creating liquidity/cash flow issues for MFIs, which is a serious problem for many of the smaller MFIs. This is also great for Kiva lenders because if a loan receives an early payment then the Kiva lender gets repaid early also. This happens quite often at AMK, especially with many of the end-of-term loans. I've noticed many AMK loans being repaid months early.
- The Actual Disbursement Date is Posted – In PA1, the MFI would post a disbursement date on Kiva, which was more of an acknowledgment that the loan has been disbursed and that its status will be reported to Kiva. In PA2 the actual date that the loan was disbursed is reported to Kiva. Many MFIs post loans on Kiva that have already been disbursed. They do this because for them it is the only way to incorporate Kiva into their operations. Many MFIs front the money for these loans, hoping that they will get funded on Kiva. At AMK a loan description is written by the client officer when a client applies for a loan and then the picture is taken at the loan disbursement by the Area Manager. This information is then sent to the head office in Phnom Penh by taxi. This prevents AMK staff from having do to an extra visit to the client, which would be a waste of resources. The last thing Kiva wants to do is to be a burden on the MFI, which could inadvertently increase interest rates.
- Google Gears – The Kiva engineers incorporated google gears into PA2. This is EXTREMELY helpful for MFIs, because many of them have VERY unreliable internet connections. When I arrived in Cambodia, the internet at my MFI was down for almost a week. This was a very painful experience if I was posting a business, because if the internet went out in the middle of a business posting, we would have to start all over once the internet came back on. In PA2, if the internet goes out, a draft is stored which you can then return to at a later time. As I'm writing this, the internet just went out and Chan Ry, the HKL Kiva coordinator, was in the middle of posting a business. Now he doesn't have to start that post from scratch! Hurrah! Google Gears also stores part of PA2 on the computer of the MFI which lets the site load quicker. If you guys can remember the days of dial-up modems, then you'll know how slowly webpages load at some of the MFIs (that's if they load…)
- We Can See Your Comments – PA2 has a page where we can see all the comments from lenders. This is helpful because it makes it easier for Field Partners to respond to your comments.
- Separate Server – Occasionally Kiva lenders get really excited and bombard the Kiva website looking for loans that they can lend to. Once in a while, this causes the Kiva webservers to crash. In the past, when this would happen MFIs wouldn't be able to post new loans. Now PA2 is stored on a separate server, so if Oprah decides to share her love for Kiva on national television again, MFIs can keep on posting.
- Increased Transparency – I've been helping all four Cambodian MFIs make the switch to PA2 and I've realized that PA2 has created a much greater sense of transparency. The four Cambodian MFIs are not committing any fraud. I can state this for a fact because each MFI gave me access to their data. The more real information Field Partners send Kiva, the easier it will become for Kiva to spot any signs of trouble or fraud. In PA2, Field Partners also report the exact account number for each loan, so when Kiva does an audit of a Field Partner it will be easier to spot any signs of trouble. My Loan Tracker makes sure that information is accurate by taking the exact data from their Management Information System, so when a business is posted the names and account numbers are exactly the same on Kiva as they are in the MIS of the MFI. In the past we had hard times finding information on some Kiva loans, because the names were translated slightly differently.
Some Kiva lenders have been asking Kiva why MFIs cannot send repayments on a weekly basis, so that they could get their repayments quicker. One lender even compared the new system to sports announcers from the 1930s who called away games on the radio using tickertape. The truth is microfinance, at least in Cambodia, works at a pace similar to tickertape. Here at AMK, the central office receives data from the branches at the end of the month. At HKL, the branches send data to the main office every two months. The reason is that these MFIs do not currently have the necessary infrastructure to receive real time data. At HKL the data is put on a CD and sent to the main office by taxi. Real-time Kiva updates would be great but it is not feasible (at least not yet). Kiva and the MFIs are the doing the best they can given the circumstances. Until the network infrastructures of these MFIs is improved (which will hopefully happen in the coming years) there will always be a lag between the date of transaction and when it is reported to the lender. But as the infrastructures of the countries that Field Partners operate in improves, Kiva can start asking for more information quicker.
Because this new system is requiring MFIs to report information quicker than they normally do for Kiva and for their own operations, PA2 could become a burden for some MFIs. The last thing Kiva wants to do is hurt the efficiency of the operations of any of its Field Partners. This is why Kiva gives MFIs a 15-day grace period for when they upload the status of each loan at the end of each month. I'm currently working at two Field Partners, AMK and HKL (I just started at HKL). AMK has a network that allows me to connect to the servers at each of the branches and download the data for each loan. My Loan Tracker works very well there. At HKL they don't have a network like that. We're working around that by getting branches and sub-branches to send their data through Windows Messenger. Getting the data from the sub-branches with unstable internet connections has proved rather difficult and for those we may have to rely on receiving the data by CD, which can take weeks. This must be even harder for MFIs where the internet is worse.
PA2 has come a long way in the last few months. I've been testing it out since August and PA2 is much more stable now that it was a few months ago. The Kiva engineers should really be commended for their hard work in getting this up and running. Though there are still a few bugs, I'm sure the Kiva exterminators engineers will get rid of them in no time. Also, once MFIs get use to the new posting process many of the errors in the payment schedules will disappear.
If you still need some more info on PA2 you can read all about it here, here, and here./>


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Coming off a big win over a ranked Des Moines Area Community College squad on Saturday, the Iowa Lakes women didn't fare as well against Ellsworth on Wednesday.
While the Lakers again hung around for most of the game, they couldn't come up with the defensive stops and the baskets to pull out the win. The Panthers left town with a 57-48 victory.
Iowa Lakes trailed 29-22 at halftime and only had three players in the scoring column led by Myangel Johnson's 10 points.
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Iowa Lakes' Myangel Johnson (32) founds room to get off a shot inside against Ellsowrth on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, the Panthers had their scoring spread out among five players.
Iowa Lakes kept the deficit to single digits the whole half, but could never quite get the key stop or basket.
Trailing 48-39, the Lakers put together a six-point run with two baskets from Leah Courtney and one from Johnson to get within 48-45 with 2:58 left in the game.
After the Panthers scored four straight points to push the lead back to seven, Carla Barrera converted a 3-point play with 1:27 to keep within four, 52-48.
But the Lakers couldn't get another basket as Ellsworth made five free throws to seal the victory.
Johnson led the Lakers with 16 points and 16 rebounds while Shabreka Edwards finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Barrera added 11 points while Courtney finished with six and Sunday Duop had three.
Britteny Steffeny led the visitors with 13 points.
Iowa Lakes (6-12 overall, 2-3 in the conference) travels to Mason City to face North Iowa Area Community College on Saturday.


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Use to Score Thick Glass.
Fletcher CAB Glass Cutter is widely used in the glass industry among people working with thick glass.
It is the same exact cutter supplied with the BR1 Heavy Glass Breaker.
It has a ball end handle that is very popular with professional glazier's and also features a 148° hone angle on the wheel with a phosphor bronze axle, the finest known bearing for glass cutter wheels.
Each cutter goes through 28 operations with nine key inspections during the manufacturing process.
Then it is tested on glass to make sure a smooth, clean cut edge is produce.


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RG3 rates among the elite
Washington Redskins QB Robert Griffin III is tied for the NFL lead in passer rating (104.2). RG3 can become the first rookie quarterback since Greg Cook did so for the Cincinnati Bengals in 1969 (88.3 rating).
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Cardinals throwing pick-six party
Arizona Cardinals quarterbacks have not thrown a touchdown pass in the last four games. Instead in that timeframe, Cardinals quarterbacks have thrown three interceptions that have been returned for touchdowns.
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A team's worth of production
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has as many sacks in the last six games (14) as the Jacksonville Jaguars have all season. Smith -- who has 19.5 sacks on the season -- is three sacks away from tying Michael Strahan's record mark of 22.5 set in 2001.
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has 120 receptions for 2,106 yards in his last 16 games. The 2,106 receiving yards are the most over any 16-game stretch since 1960. Johnson is currently 302 yards short of Jerry Rice's single-season record of 1,848 receiving yards set in 1995.
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Air-and-ground threat
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is the first player in NFL history with 30-plus passing touchdowns (37) and 20-plus rushing touchdowns (21) in his first two seasons. Newton currently leads the Panthers in rushing with 640 yards, and could become just the third different quarterback to lead his team in rushing since 1970 (Randall Cunningham, Eagles from 1987-90; Bobby Douglass, Bears in 1972).
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Mattural born killers
Matt Ryan can do a lot to silence the critics who suggest that the Atlanta Falcons are not capable of making a run to Super Bowl XLVII. While Matt Ryan is 32-4 in home games in his career, he is a winless 0-2 at home against defending Super Bowl champions. Ryan's Atlanta Falcons face the New York Giants at the Georgia Dome in Week 15.
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Validating Peterson's value
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson averages more yards per rushing attempt (6.04) than Christian Ponder averages per pass attempt (5.99). This phenomenon has only happened five times since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, and only twice when the team's leading player in yards per rushing attempt was a running back (Washington Redskins' Reggie Brooks in 1993, Buffalo Bills' O.J. Simpson in 1973).
Peterson has more rushing yards in the last seven games (1,101) than the Jacksonville Jaguars (1,068), Oakland Raiders (1,055), Dallas Cowboys (1,038) and Arizona Cardinals (1,021) have as a team this season. It should also be noted that this is the second time the Jaguars have appeared in the "10 mind-blowing stats" list for a reason they would probably rather not.
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Rare Ravens feat: A losing streak
The Baltimore Ravens have lost back-to-back games in the regular season for the first time since the 2009 season. They went 54 straight games without suffering a two-game losing streak.
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Patriots' point made
The New England Patriots have scored more points in their last five games (210) than the Arizona Cardinals (186) and Kansas City Chiefs (195) have scored all season.
The Patriots have scored 284 points in their last seven games. That is more than 13 NFL teams have scored in the entire season.
In their last two home games, the Patriots have outscored their opponents 101-38. Both teams that the Patriots beat -- the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans -- are currently in line to make the playoffs.
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Professor Richard E. Peterson, Chairperson.
Horn Professor Chatterjee; Pevehouse Professor Asquith; Professors Barnes, Barrick, Güven, Haragan, Leary, and Lehman; Associate Professors Chang, Jurica, and Karlsson; Assistant Professors Doggett and Gurrola; Joint Professors Arnold, Lee, and Rainwater; Adjunct Faculty: Johnson and Stout; Visiting Assistant Professor Ridley.
This department supervises the following degree programs: GEOSCIENCE, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, Master of Science. Areas of specialization at the undergraduate level include geology and geophysics and a minor in atmospheric science.
All bachelor's degree programs require an 18-hour minor which may be in a single discipline or selected from a variety of disciplines with departmental approval. The minor for a Bachelor of Science degree program is usually in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, supporting areas of geosciences, or a combination thereof. Fewer restrictions are placed on the selection of a minor for a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Grades below C in required courses of either the major or minor of a geosciences program are not acceptable in fulfillment of the degree requirements.
The program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree is designed to provide a broad liberal arts background and basic training in the principles of geosciences. The program is designed for the student with strong interests in earth processes and the history of nature's initiation of and response to continuous change. The degree is tailored toward instruction in making one aware of the transient character of both physical and aesthetic resources. Programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree provide more intensive training in the physical sciences.
Teacher Education. The Department of Geosciences cooperates with the College of Education in offering plans for teacher certification in earth science, and life-earth science at both the elementary and secondary school levels. The student should consult the Department of Geosciences concerning course work required for earth science certification and the College of Education for requirements in professional education.
Students who major in geology (B.A. or B.S. degrees) and wish to teach earth science at the secondary level must complete the following courses in the earth sciences, in addition to other degree requirements and professional education courses: ASTR 1300, 1100; ATMO 1300, 1100; GEOL 1303, 1101, 1304, 1102, 2305, 3301, 3302, 3322, 3421, 3450, and 6 hours from the following: GEOL 3323, 3600, 4318, or 4324.
Students who major in another field and wish to qualify to teach earth science at the secondary level must complete (in addition to other degree requirements and professional education courses) ASTR 1300, 1100; ATMO 1300, 1100; GEOL 1303, 1101, 1304, 1102, 2305, 3322, 3421, 3450, and one of the following: GEOL 3301, 3302, 3323, or 4318.
Students may also satisfy the requirements for teaching earth science at the secondary level under the Multidisciplinary Science Major, with an emphasis in earth science. This major is administered by the College of Education. In addition to the basic science course work, the earth science emphasis requires GEOL 2305, 3301, 3322, 3421, 3450, and 6 hours from the following: GEOL 3302, 3323, 3600, 4318, or 4324.
The life-earth science option for secondary science is designed to satisfy requirements for science teachers at the junior high school level. Required courses include BIOL 1401, 1402, 3301; MBIO 3400; ZOOL 2403, 4407, or BOT 3304; ATMO 1300, 1100; GEOL 1303, 1101, 1304, 1102, 2305, 3322, 3450, and one of the following: GEOL 2305, 3301, 3323, or 4318.
Students choosing the earth science option in elementary education must take ATMO 1300, 1100; GEOL 1303, 1101, 1304, 1102, 3301, 3322, 3450, and one of the following: GEOL 2305, 3323, or 4318. the life-earth science option in elementary education requires BIOL 1401, 1402, 3301; MBIO 3400, GEOL 1303, 1101, 1304, 1102, 3450, and one of the following: GEOL 3301, 3322, 3323, or 4318.
Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements. All curricula include the general requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree (see "General Degree Requirements, Bachelor of Science"). The specializations in geology and geophysics also require MATH 1351 and 1352; CHEM 1307, 1107, 1308, and 1108; PHYS 1308, 1105, 2301, and 1106; and GEOL 3310.
Students desiring an area of specialization in geology should include GEOL 1101, 1102, 1303, 1304, 2305, 3302, 3421, and 3600 plus five of the following: GEOL 3301, 3450, 4320, 4321, 4420, any 4000 level geophysics course, or an approved substitute.
An area of specialization in geophysics requires GEOL 1101, 1303, 1102, 1304, 2305, 3302, 3310, 3421; GPH (two of the following) 4321, 4322, 4323; CHEM 1307, 1107; PHYS 1308, 1105, 2301, 1106, 4304; MATH 1351, 1352, 2350; and an additional 15 hours of approved electives (at least 6 of these hours must be in physics, engineering, and/or mathematics).
A well-prepared student should be able to complete the B.S. in geology with a minimum of about 40 hours in geosciences plus the 18 hour minor as well as the 28 hours in mathematics and physical sciences. For other students, leveling courses may be required. For the major the residency requirement is 12 hours, for the minor, 6 hours.
Courses in Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Geophysics with an asterisk may be used in fulfilling natural (laboratory) science requirements. Courses marked with double asterisks may be used in fulfilling technology and applied science requirements.
Courses in Atmospheric Science. (ATMO)
*1100. Atmospheric Science Laboratory (1:0:2). Discussion and practical experience in weather analysis, methods of instrumentation, and observational meteorology.
*1300. Introduction to Atmospheric Science (3:3:0). An investigation of atmospheric properties and physical processes which determine current weather events and long-term climate conditions.
**2301. Weather, Climate, and Human Activities (3:3:0). Observation and analysis of the impacts of weather and climate on human activity, e.g. storms, climate change, forecasting, weather modification, health, energy, transportation.
**3301. General Meteorology (3:3:0). A basic study of atmospheric processes and the principles which control them.
4300. Independent Studies in Atmospheric Science (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent studies in atmospheric science. May be repeated once for credit.
Courses in Geology. (GEOL)
*1101. Physical Geology Laboratory (1:0:2). Laboratory study of rocks, minerals, and geologic mapping.
*1102. Historical Geology Laboratory (1:0:2). Prerequisite: GEOL 1101. Laboratory study of fossils, geologic maps, and geologic structure.
*1105. History of Life Laboratory (1:0:2). Introduction to and application methods employed by paleontologists to interpret the fossil record. Not for credit for majors.
*1303. Physical Geology (3:3:0). Beginning course. A study of earth materials (rocks and minerals), gradation (erosion and deposition), diastrophism (earth movements and mountain building), vulcanism and earth resources.
*1304. Historical Geology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: GEOL 1303. A study of the history and evolution of the earth and life from the beginning of time to the present.
*1350. History of Life (3:3:0). A survey of the evolution of life on earth as interpreted from the fossil record and the processes that produced extinct and modern ecosystems. Not for credit for majors.
2305. Introduction to Crystallography and Mineralogy (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 1101, 1303, and CHEM 1307. Introduction to symmetry, crystal chemistry, and atomic structures of minerals. Classification of minerals and description of rock-forming minerals.
3301. Geomorphology and Aerial Photointerpretation (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 1303, 1101, or consent of instructor. Introductory course in processes which produce morphogenic changes at earth's surface. Evolutionary development of hillslopes and drainage channels. Illustrated by aerial photos.
3302. Structural Geology (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 2305 or GPH 2300. Topics include rock mechanics, folds, joints, faults, structural petrology, and crystalline-rock structures. Laboratory work concerns structural aspects of surface and subsurface mapping and interpretation including the use of stereonets.
3310. Quantitative Methods in Geology (3:3:0). This class will emphasize error propagation in geologically-sampled data, and computer methods to process and model these data.
3322. Oceanography (3:3:0). Prerequisite: GEOL 1303 or GEOG 1301, 1302 or ATMO 1300. The physiography and origin of ocean basins and the processes and systems operative in them including physical, chemical, and biological factors as well as sedimentation patterns.
**3323. Environmental Geology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: GEOL 1303 or 1302. Study of geological processes that affect human activities, emphasizing natural hazards, water resources, waste disposal, energy, mineral resources, and land use and planning.
3421. Petrology (4:2:6). Prerequisite: GEOL 2305. Origin, identification, and mode of occurrence of rocks. Systematic classification of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, with emphasis on field-based methods.
3450. Paleontology and Paleoecology (4:3:3). Classification, evolution, and paleobiology of invertebrate fossils. Applications of paleontological data in geological dating, correlation, and paleoenvironmental analyses.
3600. Field Geology (6). Prerequisite: Junior standing in geology. Comprehensive study of field relationships of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Standard methods of field analysis are applied.
4001. Problems in Geosciences (V1-6). Independent study under guidance of a faculty member.
4101. Undergraduate Seminar (1:1:0). May be repeated for credit.
4300. Independent Studies in Geology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent studies in geology. May be repeated for credit.
4312. Undergraduate Research (3). Prerequisite: Senior standing. Independent research in an area of current interest in the geosciences. Prior approval from specific professor required.
4318. Geology of Texas (3:3:0). A comprehensive study of the structure, stratigraphy and economic geology of Texas and parts of adjacent states.
4320. Optical Mineralogy (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 2305. Principles of transmitted light within isotropic and anisotropic crystals, and the identification of minerals by observation and measurement of their behavior in plane-polarized light. Emphasis on variations due to chemical changes in the common rock-forming silicates.
4321. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrography (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 4320. The study of rock texture and paragenesis in thin section.
4324. Geology of Hydrocarbons (3:3:0). A study of the world-wide distribution and geologic setting of petroleum in addition to methods of exploration.
4420. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4:3:3). Prerequisite: Senior standing in geosciences or approval of instructor. Sedimentary textures and structures, classification, petrography, and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks, lithostratigraphy, facies, and basin models.
Courses in Geophysics. (GPH)
**2300. Introduction to Geophysics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: GEOL 1303. A basic introduction to solid earth geophysics with emphasis on the internal structure of the earth.
4300. Independent Studies in Geophysics (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent studies in geophysics. May be repeated for credit.
4321. Seismic Exploration Methods (3:2:3). Prerequisite: GEOL 3302 or MATH 1351 or consent of instructor. Methods to collect, process, and interpret seismic data are discussed.
4323. Applied Electrical Methods (3:2:3).
Prerequisite: GPH 4321. Electromagnetic, resistivity, and ground penetrating
radar methods of geophysical investigation are discussed.
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JUNEAU — An Anchorage senator has proposed legislation aimed at greater accountability for the way state legislators spend money for their offices.
SB34, from Democratic Sen. Berta Gardner, would require that all office expenses be accounted for and that any unspent funds revert to the state general fund.
The Legislative Council last month opted for a non-accountable plan for office allowance accounts in 2013. That means expenses aren't run through the Legislative Affairs Agency, allowing lawmakers to administer their own accounts. But the agency is required to take out taxes and deductions, Legislative Affairs' executive director, Pam Varni, said Monday.
Representatives get $16,000 for their office accounts and senators, $20,000. Many of them might not have as much money to spend on office expenses as they otherwise would because of the large amount of taxes that will come out, she said.
The way the system had been working was lawmakers would submit expenses for reimbursement and get a check for any funds remaining in their account, with taxes and deductions taken out. IRS regulations for an accountable plan would have any excess revert back to the employer, or to the state general fund, at the end of the fiscal year, Varni said. But she said her agency had been using a hybrid system, with at least part of the funds accountable and the leftover money, non-accountable.
A tax attorney and auditor recommended that just one system be used, thus the change at Legislative Council, she said.
Gardner said up to 33 percent of legislators' accounts will go to taxes, resulting in a "loss of buying power" for legislative purposes.
She said she didn't want to propose a size for legislators' accounts, saying costs are different for every lawmaker. But Gardner said she doesn't believe the fund should be "cashed out and put in legislators' pockets."
"If you have this amount, you use what you need for expenses and the rest goes back to the state treasury," she said. "That, to me seems, to be a very reasonable approach."
Gardner's bill would apply to accounts established on or after Jan. 1, 2014.


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I was wondering if anyone could help me with Sirenia songs, basically all of them, because they haven't released any lyrics that contents the latin lyrics of their chorus yet. I'm kind of a lyrics maniac, and I don't even need to know neccessarily what it means:) But I love latin choruses and they sound so awesome it's a shame they deprive us from the details of their art.
Anyway, could anyone help me with this? I'm sure there is someone good enough in latin so he/she can write the lyrics down just by listening to it on youtube or on some other website. I think for someone who can hear the exact words spoken it wouldn't be too much of a work, because it's really just 3-4 lines in each songs.
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If you are caring for an aging parent or a dependent with special needs, come join others in the LC community facing similar challenges. The Care Giver Support Group will meet the second Tuesday of each month in Watzek Library Conference Room 317. The next meeting will be Tuesday, June 11 from noon to 1 pm. This group will not have an official leader but will meet to share our stories and trade ideas and resources that have worked. If you have any questions, please contact Moira Domann at firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>.


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By Gavin Paterniti
Jamestown Community College has officially and formally welcomed its eighth president into office.
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Wally Huckno, chairperson of Jamestown Community College's board of trustees, introduces Cory Duckworth, JCC president, during an inauguration ceremony held Friday.
On Friday, a ceremony installing Dr. Cory Duckworth, J.D., as JCC president was hosted in the Robert Lee Scharmann Theatre on the college's Jamestown campus.
Representatives from several area and State University of New York colleges and universities, as well as area elected officials, joined Duckworth and JCC's regional board of trustees on stage for the 2:30 p.m. ceremony. Several members of Duckworth's personal and professional family were also in attendance to witness the public display of his appointment to the position.
"I am deeply gratified by the warm and welcoming reception that (my wife) Elva and I have received in accepting the honor and responsibility of becoming the eighth president of Jamestown Community College," Duckworth said. "For me, and hopefully for all of us, today's inaugural events are convened in recognition of all that is significant about JCC. These ceremonial proceedings are intended as a celebration of the progress and contributions - past, present and future - of this great institution of higher learning."
JCC's former president Gregory DeCinque, who retired in August, was also in attendance and was recognized for his accomplishments in leading the college for 19 years. Although he took over the presidential reins from DeCinque more than two months ago, Duckworth said he is already looking forward to the limitless possibilities awaiting JCC in the not-so-distant future.
"After spending 10 weeks at the helm of Jamestown Community College, I am more optimistic and encouraged than ever that our pages of history will fully compliment the inspirations of days gone by. We have within our reach, all the crucial ingredients needed for success," Duckworth said.
Prior to Duckworth's comments, a near-capacity crowd was addressed by a number of representatives from both JCC and other institutions, including: Darryl Bray, president of the Cattaraugus campus student senate; Reynaldo Muniz, president of the Jamestown campus student senate; Johanna Duncan-Poitier, senior vice chancellor for community colleges and the education pipeline, and representative of SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher; Dr. William Sederburg, who was the keynote speaker and is the retired Utah commissioner for higher education; Wally Huckno, chairperson of JCC's board of trustees; Dr. Gerard Crinnin, chair of the faculty and professor of English at JCC's North County Center; and Paula Snyder, director of college health services.
Following remarks from his introductory address, Huckno provided Duckworth with a specially designed president's medal to be worn at formal college ceremonies.
The ceremony was presided over by Jeanne Johnston, a faculty member in the social sciences and business division.
Duckworth's appointment as JCC president by the board of trustees in August followed a national search conducted by a committee comprised of JCC faculty, staff and community members. The announcement of Duckworth's selection by the search committee was originally made in May.


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Thomasville, GA- Crowded mall parking lots and busy downtown streets; the holiday season is well underway. The question is, how much are people willing to spend this year?
"In light of our economy, you know, really not knowing where things are going in the future for us, we're just gonna focus on family and family traditions and not so much on buying gifts," said Thomasville resident and holiday shopper, Erin Wood.
Wood isn't alone either. A new survey by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling shows:
50% of people say they're going to cut back on holiday spending this year; 37% said they're not spending at all; 11% said they're spending the same as last year; and 3% said they're spending more than 2011.
"I'm spending about the same amount of money, but I'm actually spending more time in gift selection; trying to be a little careful, buying something more practical, something that I know will be used," said Kirk Rouse.
Extreme-couponer Kim Weckwert says you don't even need to leave your house to save a buck this holiday season.
"Go online. There's coupon codes, free shipping. Right now, a lot of the deals are just as good, if not better than Black Friday," she said.
"As a mother, a nice card, that's hand written, means more than any gift that my child could buy," added Wood.


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David Cameron, the British prime minister, pledged full support for Turkish membership to the European Union during a visit to Ankara.
Turkey's application to the European Union challenges the very definition of "Europe" as various constituencies disagree on whether Turkey should be admitted in the E.U. or not.
Turkey has made changes that should make her more attractive to the European Union. Turkey has done away with the death penalty and is more generous with women's rights. While it is not geographically in Europe, its location is profitable for commerce etc. I think Turkey will be accepted into the EU soon. It is better for the EU to have her ally with them and the EU is involved with Turkey in trade. France and its former President, Sarkozy, has been one the biggest opposers to Turkey's admission to the Union. Now that a new President, Francois Hollande, is in charge,Turkey is hoping that Hollande will see what a strong player Turkey can be.
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The quote is sound, and I'll bet a lot of people of the Northwoods love it, but the Cap Times is using it to leverage a whole theory that Simac only cares about the Second Amendment.
The pathetic Madison newspaper — does anyone in the Northwoods read it? — begins by joking that Simac is "apparently a graduate of the Sharron Angle School of Constitutional Scholarship" and reminds us that Angle — the Nevadan who tried to unseat Harry Reid in 2010 — once referred to using "Second Amendment solutions" to deal with the excesses of government. Note, Simac didn't say "Second Amendment solutions." Her quote is about defending life and property from "aggressors," which would make most people think of criminals — attackers and home invaders. If "aggressors" makes you think of the government... you might want to think about joining the Tea Party yourself.
The Cap Times touts Holperin's "record of taking the whole Constitution seriously."
He has championed the right to speak, to assemble and to petition for the redress of grievances.Is there any evidence that Simac doesn't respect First Amendment rights? Of course, Holperin has a record: He's been the Northwoods senator for decades. But what has Simac ever done to deserve this smear?
He has worked to protect the right to privacy.Now, that's a specific aspect of constitutional law that conservatives and liberals disagree on. But it has nothing to do with "the Sharron Angle School of Constitutional Scholarship" and whether one loves some clauses of the Constitution and ignores others. It has to do with how expansively one ought to interpret the Due Process Clause and whether one supports finding constitutional rights when there is no explicit constitutional text. That's a difficult area of constitutional law that is a perennial issue in American political debate. It has nothing to do with Sharron Angle, enthusiasm for gun rights, and the failure to respect the entire Constitution.
The Capital Times — I've said it before — is a rag. It should be ashamed of itself. As we say in Wisconsin: "Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame. Shame."


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Matt and Tim might be the only folks reading this, but you guys are both great players and may be able to lend a good word of advice to an old dog attempting to learn a new trick. Most of my armies in the past decade have been pure infantry or mixed arms 2/3 infantry 1/3 or less of cavalry.
This year, after a number of years out of tournament play, I am hoping to use all cavalry. What better army to use, then, than the miniatures I've had forever but never used-- Rohan?!
So below is the list I'm considering:
650 Points
Eomer, Knight of the Pelennor on armored horse
10 Riders of Rohan w/ throwing spear + Westfold Redshield upgrade
Erkenbrand on horse
10 Riders of Rohan + Westfold Redshield upgrade
Elfhelm, Captain of Rohan with shield and horse
6 Riders of Rohan + Westfold Redshield upgrade
My concern is the low numbers, but that is to be expected with all cavalry lists, I suppose. I just remember the days of 500-600 point Rohan armies with 35 models used by Brent! That was back in LoME, though, so it's been a long time since I've seen anyone take a Rohan army!
I am wondering how I might be able to introduce some Sons of Eorl as well. That S4 3 attacks on the charge w/ armored horses really could make a difference, especially against D6 enemies.
While I'm not in touch with the general trend in tournaments these days, I get the impression that D6 is less crucial than it used to be, so D5 and D4 armies are more plentiful (looking at you, Elves).
Do you think I should drop something to go w/ Sons of Eorl? Is the Redshield upgrade a must?
I the Redshield upgrade is probably worth it in the end. FV4 is just too plentiful, and the points I would save don't justify losing that many combats on ties.


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November 2: All Soul Food Day
- 30 - Jesus Christ gives his first public performance, with supporting act Judas Iscariot and his Breakdancing Badgers.
- 1407 - Your mom was born.
- 1687 - Exactly the same events happen on this day as they will on July 2nd, 1991
- 1765 - James Brown eats his soul, hence All Soul Food Day is declared. Satan supposedly interested.
- 1872 - Oscar Wilde invents carrots.
- 1881 - George W. Bush born to a pack of wild wolves where he is raised and taught politics
- 1896 - Queen Victoria consumes the soul of George Washington and as a result, invents the iron testicle. The occasion of her death will be marked by the invention of the steam testicle.
- 1889 - The tallest man in the world destroys Great Yarmouth by taking two steps East, it still hasn't been rebuilt.
- 1982 - Countdown starts early and students are happy, throwing away David Dickinson into a pile of trash, which sparked his love for antiques.
- 1987 - Pismo Beach wiped out by tsunami. Bugs Bunny grateful he took a left at Albequerque.
- 1990 - German President Michael Schumacher is eaten by a bear, and lives to tell the tale.
- 1991 - Exactly the same events occur that happened on July 2nd 1687
- 1994 - Dead Nigger Storage inc. expands its storage services to dead spic, kraut, mick, guinea, goon, chin and cracker storage.
- 1997 - Where the fuck is Wycliffe?
- 2005 - Cookie Monster attacks Tokyo.
- 2006 - Nothing happened. That sucks.
- 2007 - Tokyo has had enough of this shit and decides to blow up everything on the planet. In an ironic twist, Tokyo destroys Tokyo. Will Smith survives.
- 2015 - Mr T returns the souls of all those he has ever pitied; realizing he has lost his powers, he goes on a pitying spree and brings humanity to the brink of extinction.
- 2016 - Mr T saves the human race by having sex with every women on the planet.
- 2237 - George Jetson dies. His boy Elroy is unable to attend. Daughter Judy's husband, Punch, delivers eulogy. Jane, his wife, devastated. Due to time issues, The Flintstones were unable to attend.