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Universal Periodic Review Working Group – 13th Session
Universal Periodic Review of the Netherlands
Statement by Australia
31 May 2012
Australia congratulates the Netherlands for its long-standing commitment to human rights domestically, and for its promotion of human rights internationally. We commend the passing of legislation to establish the National Human Rights Institution of the Netherlands in 2012, in accordance with the Paris Principles.
Australia recommends the Netherlands work with all sectors, including the education sector, to ensure the National Human Rights institute effectively supports the country's commitment to human rights.
We note that Curacao and St Maarten's new status as 'independent countries' in the Kingdom of the Netherlands brings human rights challenges, including that of establishing their own national human rights institutions. Aruba has acknowledged it also has work to do to revitalise its Human Rights Committee. We commend the Netherlands for establishing a Children's Ombudsman. We recognise the challenge of implementing human rights education in the Netherlands, but note such education also helps safeguard the rights of the next generation.
Australia recommends the Netherlands continue to assist, when requested, Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten to develop human rights institutions, laws and policies.
We welcome the Government's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Australia further recommends the Netherlands ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.


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PUEBLO, Colo. – Frank Morgan and Tywan Claxton completed their stay at the NCAA Division II National Championships in Pueblo, Colo. on Saturday, earning All-American honors and top-8 finishes in their respective weight classes. The foursome of Tornado grapplers that competed in the national tournament helped King onto a 22nd place finish overall in the team scores.
Final team scores and brackets
Frank Morgan fought tooth and nail throughout the second day and faced a tough task by opening the day with No. 2 Luke McPeek (Adams State). In a low-scoring match, the Maynardville, Tenn., native found himself down 2-1 after the second period. With determination and one last push inside the final 40 seconds of the third period, Morgan tied it up and took the advantage. Riding time sided with McPeek and he rode the time down, leading to a 3-2 decision and sending Morgan into the consolation rounds. McPeek went on to win the championship in the 197-pound bracket.
The senior 197 pounder was paired up against Lucas Munkewitz. Morgan was downed by the third-ranked grappler from St. Cloud State University, 4-1, and was placed in the fifth place match against Shane Nolan of UNC-Pembroke. Morgan wasted no time and delivered Nolan his second consecutive shutout loss in a 13-0 major decision. The win placed Morgan fifth overall in the 197-pound weight class in a well-deserved All-American run to cap off his career.
The wave of the future of King Men's Wrestling in the form of Tywan Claxton also earned an All-American distinction with a seventh place overall finish in the 141-pound weight class. The freshman from Cleveland, Ohio entered the tournament ranked sixth in the nation and rebounded after a first-day defeat in his second bout on Friday. After going 2-1 on the opening day, Claxton was placed in the consolation quarterfinal and pitted against Daniel Ownbey of UNC-Pembroke.
Claxton started strong and took a 5-4 lead late in the third period, but Ownbey tied the match with seconds remaining and forced an overtime session. The two squared off for a scheduled two-minute overtime though Ownbey ended the match with a takedown to win, 7-5. Ownbey went on to finish third overall.
In his seventh place match, Claxton took on Aaron Smith (AIC) and earned a shutout win, 3-0. With the win, he claimed a seventh place overall finish and All-American status in just his first year with the program.
Morgan now becomes a two-time All-American and now has earned honors in both the NAIA and NCAA ranks. He was the last King wrestler to garner All-American status after earning National runner-up (NAIA) as a sophomore season at 197 pounds.
Tywan Claxton become the first King men's wrestler to earn All-American honors as a freshman. The duo has now become the first Tornado wrestlers to garner NCAA Division II All-American status since the transition from NAIA to NCAA nearly three years ago.
Dondricus Anderson (285) and Brandon Tressler (184) also participated in the National Championships but went 0-2 in their respective brackets.
King placed 22nd overall as a team, earning 15.5 points over the weekend.
The University of Nebraska-Kearney won the overall team championship with 107.0 points, edging out St. Cloud State University (95.0).
A complete list of the Division II individual medalists are featured below.
125: 1st, Kyle Mccrite (GCU); 2nd, Cody Lensing (AUG); 3rd, Dave Fogle (UPJ)
133: 1st, Trevor Franklin (UIU); 2nd, Andrew Pokorny (SCSU); 3rd, Ryan Fillingame (ASC)
141: 1st, Dalton Jensen (UNK);2nd, William Young (NEWB); 3rd, Daniel Ownbey (UNCP); Tywan Claxton (7th)
149: 1st, Raufeon Stots (UNK); 2nd, John Hagerty (MU); 3rd, Bobby Ward (GCU)
157: 1st, T.J. Hepburn (UNK); 2nd, Jarrod Shaw (WLU), 3rd, Dillon Bera (UWP)
165: 1st, Mike Williams (UNCP); 2nd, Mason True (UF); 3rd, Tad Merritt (SCSU)
174: 1st, Victor Carazo (GCU); 2nd, Luke Rynish (UWP); 3rd, Elliot Copeland (WSC)
184: 1st, Derek Skala (SCSU); 2nd, Adam Walters (UF); 3rd, Ross Brunkhardt (UNK)
197: 1st, Luke McPeek (ASC); 2nd, Dan Scanlan (LC); 3rd, Eddie Ebewo (ESU); Frank Morgan (5th)
285: 1st, Matthew Meuleners (NSU); 2nd Jake Kahnke (SCSU); 3rd, Jacob Southwick (AU)

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For sale is my 1979 classic Ducati 900 Super Sport (R).
The bike was build in 1979 straight from the crate by Dutch Ducati specialist Biggelaar in the town of Oirschot.
In total 5 of these bikes were build, 3 for racing and 2 for road use, this is one of those 2.
In 2008 the bike returned to Biggelaar for a complete restoration, its was then displayed at their 40 years celebration as a eyecatcher.
After restoration I have just driven it once for 25 km so it needs to be run in still now.


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Boeing Co. shares were cruising along Wednesday with a 2% gain, leading gainers in the Dow after the jetmaker lifted its 2014 earnings outlook.
The move followed first-quarter results that were way better than Wall Street expected. Earnings rose 14% to $1.76 a share, trouncing the $1.56 analysts expected. The same goes for revenue: $20.5 billion this past quarter vs. an expected $20.2 billion. That's up 8% from a year ago.
Meanwhile, core operating margins rose to 10.2% from 9.9%.
Backed by a strong start to the year, Boeing raised its full-year outlook to $7.15 to $7.30 a share from $7 to $7.20, the guidance it offered investors in January.
What's driving the confidence? Tax breaks, airlines, and Vladimir Putin are all doing their part.
Boeing said flat-out that the higher 2014 earnings outlook reflects a tax settlement that will go on its books in the second quarter. The company figures the change will leave it with an effective tax rate of 29% for the full year, a big step down from the 33.9% effective tax rate it paid in the first quarter.
Commercial aircraft production is up, building on steady demand growth in the airline industry. Boeing delivered 161 planes in the quarter and picked up $14 billion of orders for new ones, bringing its order backlog to 5,100 aircraft worth $374 billion, or a whopping 85% of its total $440 billion backlog.
Meanwhile, Boeing's defense business is acknowledging all those potential flashpoints out there for what it calls a trending threat environment.
First-quarter military sales were hardly robust, however, down 13% from a year ago at $3.46 billion. Operating earnings from military aircraft also fell, down 22% to $332 million, prompting Boeing to cut its 2014 earnings estimates for military aircraft sales to $14.2 billion from $15 billion.
Boeing\'s Global Security Services & Support business, on the other hand, saw sales rise 6% to $2.3 billion while operating earnings rose 12% to $278 million. This is also the business Boeing expects will provide the best operating margin for the company this year (10.5%), which is why Boeing is shifting more resources to this group.
It's also the reason Boeing is mentioning growing global threats. Without identifying any of these threats, it's pretty clear escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over the future of Ukraine grabbed lots of attention this past month, especially at the Pentagon. And while any rekindling of the Cold War creates plenty of uncertainty in the marketplace, one undeniable legacy of the first Cold War was that it was very good to defense contractors.
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2009 Volleyball
Bluffton 3, Adrian 1
Beavers claw their way to four set win at Adrian
October 27, 2009
By: Erin Neal, sports information assistant
ADRIAN, Mich. - The Bluffton University Beavers increased their winning streak to 11 straight after their four-set victory at Adrian College on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The Beavers took down the Bulldogs 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-20). They now stand at 21-5 overall and 5-0 in the Heartland Conference.
Leading the way for the Beavers was sophomore outside Jenna Eshleman (Landisville, Penn./Hempfield). She notched her 12th double-double of the season as she slammed down 18 kills and picked up a career-high 23 digs. Nicole Wood (Tiffin/Hopewell Loudon) knocked down 14 kills on the night, followed by 10 from junior opposite Allison Streicher (Continental). Junior setter Shauna Rowland (Bucyrus/Wynford) anchored the offensive effort as she dished out 43 assists.
The Beavers also had a standout defensive performance in the victory. Rowland dug up 18 balls, followed by senior libero Brittany Roth (Findlay) with 16 digs of her own. Streicher contributed 11 digs, and Kayla Pickering (Jamestown/Greenview) added five digs. Sophomore middle Courtney Zimmerman (Leesburg/Fairfield) dominated at the net with six block assists while Wood slammed four block assists. Sophomore serving specialist Mandi Leemaster (Fremont/Old Fort) rifled two aces against the Bulldogs.
Prior to the match, the Beaver junior varsity squad defeated the Adrian reserves in two sets. With the win the JV completed its schedule for the season, finishing at an undefeated 7-0 on the year. The Beavers only dropped one set in their seven contests, an impressive feat that demonstrates the improvement and depth of the Bluffton volleyball program.
The Beavers have a busy weekend ahead of them, as they return to action on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Terre Haute, Indiana, to compete in a tri-match with Rose-Hulman and Illinois College. Their first contest with HCAC foe RHIT (19-10, 4-2 HCAC) is slated for a 2 p.m. start. Immediately following, they will take on non-conference opponent Illinois College (9-14) at 4 p.m.
On Sunday, they travel to Defiance where Bluffton will compete against HCAC opponent Franklin College at 3:30 p.m. To round out the 2009 regular season, the Beavers host conference rival Defiance College in Founders Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The Beavers will depend on their Bluffton faithful as the theme of the night will be 'Black Out Defiance'. Tuesday evening's match will also be Senior Night, as seniors Brittany Roth, Michele Rosen (Harrison) and Brittany Duff (Wapakoneta) will be honored prior to the start of the contest.


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The Korean "war" never ended. It has been ongoing since 1950
I have to agree that Marshal Kim Jong Un is the greatest-ever commander...after all, most commanders have lost lives, while Kim Jong Un hasn't lost any lives, or even a single battle. What US commander in chief could say that?
Now, if he actually does have his people go to battle, I'd change my opinion, and call him an egomanical turd.
Imagine you're a guy in your mid-30s, educated in Switzerland, a smart enough guy. You're not particularly interested in politics, just want to have a good time and enjoy the luxuries you've always been accustomed to. Then all of a sudden, you're dragged from your your cosy, relatively anonymous life and told you're the leader of one of the world's remaining military dictatorships.
You don't particularly want to lead, you'd rather continue your life as a pampered playboy, but the people around you are murderous, and will brook no signs of weakness. This is a roller-coaster you're on, you have very little control and you can't get off. How do you stop it? What do you do?
If you go soft, you'll be assassinated, you know that because it almost happened. One way might be to push harder than the generals expect and try to provoke the rest of the world into stopping the ride for you.
Just a thought...
The Korean "war" never ended. It has been ongoing since 1950
well how many times can you announce that you're going to attack? they don't have their own memos from last week(apparently memos are in trade blockage as well).
I'm more inclined to believe that the military is worried the middle rung layers of the military might start doing something enterprising, since their portions of booze and dried meat have lately gotten even smaller than usual.. hence the current state of things in which the entire north korean military is effectively in house arrest.
It's Schrodinger's war: neither peace nor war has ended
They're just threatening to open the box and have a look.
I realize reading TFA is frowned upon, so just for you:
"The state of neither peace nor war has ended on the Korean Peninsula."
IIRC, North Korea has declared war on the South multiple times since the armistice. In short, it's nothing new.
NK has had particularly bad farm yields and has trouble feeding it's army - recently China returned 12 NK soldiers that tried to escape. In years past, this wouldn't have happened as NK was keen to always make sure the Army got food but rations were cut last year. It needs an increase in foreign aid to hold itself up. That's what all this sword rattling is about. I hope that everyone lets them drop.
What happens when the NK leadership gets to a point where they feel they have nothing to lose by attacking?
Unified Korea and scores of dead North Koreans.
But the people in North Korea have created this mess, so it's only right they take the heaviest losses.
Unified Korea and scores of dead North Koreans.
This, and its the last thing that China wants. Korea would become the next Germany in 25 or so years.
This, and its the last thing that China wants. Korea would become the next Germany in 25 or so years.
Not exactly. East Germany's economy was much more developed than South Korea, yet unification almost crippled the Germany economy. Unification with N. Korea is not going to be an easy task.
Unified Korea and scores of dead North Koreans.
But the people in North Korea have created this mess, so it's only right they take the heaviest losses.
The situation on the Korean peninsula wasn't exactly created by the Korean people. It was engineered by the Americans, Chinese, Russians and Japanese; because a unified Korea would have been so economically powerful NONE of the above wanted it to exist. Even though these parties were so ideologically opposed to each other they could still agree that a powerful Korea would be bad for their interests.
Seriously; had Korea not been divided it would be immensely powerful economically and militarily, due to miner
I'm pretty sure we've always been at war with East Asi....uh.....North Korea.
N. Korea attacked first. History is always an interesting read.
N. Korea attacked first.
No, Han did.
The situation on the Korean peninsula wasn't exactly created by the Korean people. It was engineered by the Americans, Chinese, Russians and Japanese; because a unified Korea would have been so economically powerful NONE of the above wanted it to exist.
When this situation was 'engineered', "Made in Japan" wasn't even a joke yet, "Made in Korea" came along even later.
The situation on the Korean peninsula wasn't exactly created by the Korean people. It was engineered by the Americans, Chinese, Russians and Japanese; because a unified Korea would have been so economically powerful NONE of the above wanted it to exist.
Not really true. Japan might not have, but no one was really listening to them at the end of WWII. America and Russia both wanted a United Korea to exist, and both wanted to direct how it was going to be set up. Same as in Germany, they each saw half a loaf and not fighting a war with each other immediately as superior, in the short term, to any other alternative that was on the table.
Then watch the regime falls quickly within days and people will be liberated. This is even easier than Iraq.
The North Korean military isn't any match for the South Koreans & the USA. Everyone knows that.
The real threat is because Seoul is so close to the border. You'll get thousands (millions?) of artillery shells fired at Seoul, resulting in lots of civilian casualties & destruction.
No it won't, for two reasons.
For 60 years they've been instilling in their populous that their Dear Leader is a god (or god-like). While many fear and loath him, any that have shown open dissent have been killed or put in re-education camps. The population will not rise up against the NK leadership.
For 60 years NK has been digging in and building weapons. They may not be as technically sophisticated as their neighbor, they may not have the weapons technology available to the U.S., but they have weapons and personell in quantity. Technically, they have one of the largest armies in the world, with over a million active and eight million reserve. A conflict with NK could drag on for years.
but they have weapons and personell in quantity
Half of them are photoshopped, though.
For 60 years they've been instilling in their populous that their Dear Leader is a god (or god-like).
I seriously wonder how quickly their beliefs would change should food, clothing, medicine, etc become readily available by the "imperialist aggressors".
If I'm cold, sick, and on the brink of starvation, it's not going to take much for me to ditch whatever current beliefs I have.
Exactly this.
Its a ploy to get more handouts from the West nothing more nothing less. You can't say "shut up or the aide check is void either." If he shuts up he will appear weak and it will probably get him killed. The best thing to do here is simple cut the aide off no discussion. The time to do this is now before they create more reliable weapons and delivery systems. One of three things will happen in order of likeliness:
1) Nothing; South Korea and China will step in and provide the food and monetar
You know you're seriously off the rails when you start provoking the planet's grand champions at killing people and breaking things and Russia and China are telling you to calm down.
But China won't help you out this time.
In fact, China didn't let them import any oil in Feb. At this rate they might not have oil for a while.
That will start to hurt pretty soon. Nobody really wants a nuclear war in Asia.
Nobody really wants a nuclear war in Asia.
I really think there is a chance that NK leadership has gone so bonkers they would actually try something like bombing SK. I doubt it would be effective unless they bring a nuke to the fight, but we're still talking about one of China's maybe-buddies. The USSR was scary, but they weren't so honking insane as these guys.
Hopefully, NK will just keep doing the "chest thumping" thing until they get tired. Or it's all just a bluff in the first place. I, personally, have had enough wars/actions/what-have-you for now. Too much death. Everyone (including the US) just chill and have a cup o' tea and a biscuit.
Looking at history ( a novel concept I know) you find that indeed this has happened before.
You have a few things coming together that is causing this noise. 1) New leader in NK trying to show his ability to stand up to the West. 2) New leader in South Korea which is a cue for NK to become bellicose. 3) Annual SK/USA war games which NK always uses as a provocation. 4) Even tougher sanctions just put into place.
The US has no desire to go to war, nor does SK. The US is doing what has been doing for 50+ yea
2) New leader in South Korea which is a cue for NK to become bellicose
This is one woman with whom they should not fuck. Seriously, her mother was killed by a North Korean assassin [wikipedia.org], and she was the de-facto first lady in her place. I'm think we might have a Korean Maggie Thatcher on our hands; she's not cowed by the North. From what I gather her attitude seems to be "we don't want this.. we won't start this.. but if you do, we're fucking bringing it hard."
No problem. I'm pretty sure you aren't even allowed citizenship in South Korea if you can't execute the standard terran openers with alarming speed and precision. The entire DMZ will be a wall of supply depots and swarming with marines within ~5 minutes.
Actually, in the '00s, Bush tore up the Agreed Framework negotiated by Carter, under which NK received regular food and fuel aid in exchange for placing their nuclear weapons program under international inspection. "Axis of Evil", he said. "No more blackmail", he said. So NK ripped the UN inspector's seals of their uranium, built a nuke, and detonated it. Bush came running back, and now the crazy Norks are still demanding food and fuel aid while rattling their sabres, but their sabre is nuclear.
Heckuvajob, Bushie!
Can someone explain to me what it is that gives such a small country that has comparably weak military (they are ranked number 28 in the world according to http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp [globalfirepower.com]) and pretty much zero chance of surviving a week in a real war the balls to be so dickish and war-hungry?
It keeps working.
Can someone explain to me what it is that gives such a small country that has comparably weak military
They have artillery lined up by the border. Within the first few hours of a war, they can devastate Seoul and probably other South Korean cities, killing millions. I think they also have rocket artillery that could hit Tokyo. North Korea would lose the war pretty quickly, but the civilian cost would be *very* high.
This series of posts describes North Korean strategy at a high level -- http://joshuaspodek.com/north-korea-strategy-preview [joshuaspodek.com]
Since i live in South Korea, I base my concern level on the people around me, rather than western media.
Today all the girls were out in their 6 inch skirts, 10 inch heels, and all the guys were out following them around.
Seems to be just another day.
Pics, or it didn't happen.
It seems to me that the North Korean leadership has just spent all of its rhetorical ammo. If the next thing out of Kim's mouth isn't a launch code and an authorization to launch a nuclear tipped missile he's just ruined his credibility. And North Korea does not even have a nuclear tipped missile.
This is very dangerous, because this means that at some time before the next time Kim wants to blackmail South Korea and the US he is going to have to use enough force that his threats will regain credibility. I don't think there will be a major war, but I think a minor exchange of fire, at least, is inevitable at some point in the not too distant future if Kim wants to stay in power.
I wonder what his generals and other top officials in Pyongyang are whispering to one another when he can't hear. I guess the time to stage a coup without looking like total traitors would be a couple of months after this blows over.
I guess the time to stage a coup without looking like total traitors would be a couple of months after this blows over.
Maybe that's the plan all along.. someone (or some group) somewhere is pushing young kim to make a fool of himself and his country so that he can then be deposed and NK can finally be rid of the old dynasty..
Or maybe they are all just nuts.
I can see prices of Android tablets skyrocketing.
Apple must be behind all this.
That doesn't seem useful.
Kim Jong Un knows that the US can kill him at any time, Kim Jong Un also knows that the North Korean military leadership can kill him at any time. He has to appease both, which he does by rattling the saber enough to please the military and not quite enough to make the US really angry.
It should be cake. Then he'd know it's not a lie.
Better idea: take the top generals in the hard-line faction, and identify which of them have a bunch of young grandchildren. On a day those grandchildren are at the general's house, drop a dud bomb loaded with 100lbs of Pop Rocks dead-center of the courtyard. A nice dual message: "Yes, we know who's really behind this and are perfectly willing and able to put an end to you." and "Yes, we're perfectly willing and able to make you suffer before we put an end to you.".
This is not how you conduct a blitz.
So... during all this falderall, we get to see a lot of photos of Young Dear Leader surrounded by elderly men in military uniforms with ridiculously large hats, pointing dramatically this way and that. Occasionally you get a side view of Dear Leader and... all I can think of is MAN he's fat. Looks like close to 300 pounds. They try to disguise it with clothes and camera angles but there's no denying that he is a Big Boy. Maybe we should just send truckloads of Cinnabuns and wait for the inevitable?
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I don't think she's smart enough for Ravenclaw - I don't think she has any intelligence, logic, or common sense. OK, on a few occasions she does, but not often enough, I think.
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- Nov 6:
- Jim Bostron, Brian Baker will serve on board
- Terry McAlister re-elected as Fort Morgan mayor
- Bond issue for Fort Morgan Middle School grant passes
- David Keller, Todd Schneider, Derek Gerken join Fort Morgan school board
- Kevin Lindell wins seat on City Council
- Voters reject big tax hike, school finance measure Amendment 66
- Oct 30:
- Only 25% of ballots received in Morgan County
- Oct 29:
- Incumbent Castoe running unopposed
- Oct 25:
- Bringing a teacher's perspective
- Oct 24:
- Three vying for one Fort Morgan City Council seat
- Oct 23:
- Carissa Marler wants to represent mothers on Fort Morgan School Board
- Oct 21:
- Derek Gerken believes in schools
- Oct 18:
- Facts of Amendment 66 disputed
- 3A faced tough questions
- Mayoral candidates answer questions at forum
- Oct 15:
- Morgan County's ballots in the mail today
- Oct 11:
- Creating high-tech business park high on Jack Darnell's to-do list
- Airport tops Terry McAlister's priorities for city
- Bostron wants to continue progress
- Sep 19:
- Morgan County Republican Central Committee hosting information meeting, Monday
A measure to impose hefty taxes on recreational marijuana passed easily Tuesday, as voters across the state overwhelmingly chose to make pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado.
At 8:30 p.m., the measure, Proposition AA, was leading 65 percent to 35 percent.
The measure's success mirrored that of several local marijuana-tax proposals. In Boulder, Littleton and Manitou Springs, voters were approving marijuana tax measures by similar margins. The results from pot-tax proposals in several other jurisdictions — including Silverthorne, Breckenridge, Fraser, Carbondale and Pueblo County — were not yet available.
"The passage of Proposition AA means Colorado will have a strong and well-funded regulatory system, along with funding for education, prevention, treatment and other safety issues that may arise," said Mike Elliott, the executive director of Medical Marijuana Industry Group, a trade organization that supported the tax.
Opponents of the tax, who gathered for a party where they distributed free marijuana joints, said they were disappointed.
"I think we played hard, fought the good fight and the yes campaign is to be congratulated, if the present trend continues," said Rob Corry, the leader of the campaign against the measure.
Proposition AA imposes a 15 percent excise tax on the wholesale price and an initial 10 percent sales tax on the retail price for recreational marijuana.
According to the state's voter guide, the measure is expected to bring in $67 million a year. Of that, $27.5 million generated by the excise tax would go toward school construction, as specified in last year's constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana use and also allowed for pot to be sold to anyone over 21 at specially licensed stores.
The rest of the money would go toward paying for the regulation of the pot shops, as well as any collateral impacts from marijuana legalization.
Meanwhile, a dozen cities and one county had their own proposals to tax recreational marijuana at the local level.
As of 8:30 p.m., voters in Boulder were approving that city's marijuana tax proposal 68 percent to 32 percent. That measure would impose a 5 percent excise tax and a 3.5 percent sales tax.
Voters in Littleton were approving a marijuana tax measure — for a 3 percent sales tax — 63 percent to 37 percent. And voters in Manitou Springs were approving a 5 percent sales tax on marijuana 67 percent to 33 percent.
Recreational marijuana sales would also be subject to standard state and local sales taxes.
All of those taxes combined are likely to amount to a hefty chunk of the retail price. For instance, if an eighth of an ounce of marijuana — a common purchase unit that is roughly equivalent to a 12-pack of beer — costs $30 at the retail level and $15 at the wholesale level, state taxes alone would be about $6, or around 20 percent.
If all the local tax measures pass Tuesday, some areas — such as Boulder, Carbondale and Manitou Springs — would have tax rates on marijuana that exceed 30 percent, according to a Denver Post analysis. In Denver, the rate will be nearly 29 percent, or $8.59 on that $30 eighth of an ounce of pot.
Opponents of the tax have said that's too pricey and will lead people to continue buying marijuana from black-market dealers. Proponents said marijuana consumers would gladly pay extra for legitimacy.
"Colorado is demonstrating to the rest of the nation that it is possible to end marijuana prohibition and successfully regulate marijuana like alcohol," said Mason Tvert, one of the activists instrumental in passing marijuana legalization in Colorado a year ago.
Proponents vastly out-raised opponents during the campaign, though Corry's side gained the most attention through its free marijuana giveaways.
"This was an uphill battle from our side from the beginning," Corry said. "We did succeed in getting people talking about taxes."


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A Kentucky inmate has been transferred to South Carolina to face federal charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill real estate agent Nancy Latham of Mount Pleasant.
Samuel Yenawine, 38, of Louisville, was jailed in his home state after his arrest last month in connection with the alleged plot. Federal authorities transferred him to South Carolina this week, and he is being held in the Georgetown County jail, according to court records.
He faces charges of conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire, solicitation of murder for hire, use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Yenawine entered a not guilty plea during a brief appearance Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charleston. A formal detention hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday in Charleston, court records show.
Yenawine is one of three people arrested in connection with the alleged plot to kill Latham, treasurer of the S.C. Education Lottery Commission. A heavily redacted indictment filed in the case this week indicates there is a fourth defendant as well.
That person's name is blacked out on the indictment, and his or her identity cannot be revealed until the document is unsealed at Yenawine's detention hearing, said Beth Drake, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Yenawine has not yet been assigned a local lawyer. His attorney in Kentucky, Bill Butler, did not respond to a call for comment Friday.
Nancy Latham is in the midst of a bitter divorce from her estranged husband, Chris Latham, a Bank of America executive who is vice president of Spoleto Festival USA and a board member of the Trident Technical College Foundation.
In motions in the divorce case and in a separate civil lawsuit, she has accused her husband of plotting with his live-in girlfriend — identified as 37-year-old Wendy Annette Moore — to kill her in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Chris Latham's attorneys have denied those allegations, and he has not been charged with a crime. In court motions, they have insisted that he is in fear for his life because he has allegedly been targeted for harm by his wife and her half brother, a convicted triple-murderer who is out on parole.
Moore, who moved to the Charleston area from Kentucky, is Chris Latham's personal assistant and Yenawine's ex-wife. Also arrested in the case was Russell Wilkinson, 39, of Louisville. Wilkinson revealed details of the alleged plot after he was pulled over by Charleston police on April 5 and found to have a pistol and ammunition inside his car, police said.
Wilkinson has told The Post and Courier that he and his wife were looking to buy heroin at the time and had no intention of going through with the contract killing, which he said Yenawine had pushed him to carry out.
Yenawine continues to maintain his innocence.
He served 10 years in prison after being convicted of burning down an apartment where a bouncer was stabbed to death. The bouncer worked for an adult entertainment business Moore owned called Brooke and Wendy Modeling.
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Maureen L. Meiring, 12, of 108 E. Third St. in Minster, passed away at 5:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at her home following a 19-month illness. She was born on Sept. 7, 2000, in St. Marys, to Ken and Connie (Dahlinghaus) Meiring. They both survive in Minster.
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When Yu Darvish completed the top of the fifth inning on Friday night, a crisp 11-pitch frame against perhaps the most dangerous heart of a lineup in the league, Texas had reached the quarter pole of the 2013 season. Torii Hunter bunted out, Miguel Cabrera grounded out to Mitch Moreland, Prince Fielder singled to right, and Victor Martinez flew out to center.
At that point, Darvish had allowed four runs in those five innings on seven hits (including two homers and a double), an intentional walk, a wild pitch, and two run-scoring sac flies. Not a particularly sharp effort for the Rangers' ace, at least to that point in the game, but this was the most productive offense in the American League he was facing, and it was good enough to win.
The next two nights, Texas would throw its number seven and number eight starters at the Detroit offense, and be without Ian Kinsler, its most sabermetrically productive offensive player, in both games. The Rangers' starting catcher remained out of action, leaving the club's beleaguered backup and recently designated-for-assignment call-up to handle number seven on Friday night and number eight on Saturday.
Number seven held the Tigers to two runs over five innings in what would be a 2-1 loss – just the Rangers' third loss in one-run games out of 12.
Number eight held Detroit to two runs over 6.2 frames in a decisive 7-2 win.
A win that was the Rangers' 28th of the year. No other team in baseball has as many.
Texas sits at 28-15, good for baseball's best record, and the best 43-game record in franchise history.
The club's +51 run differential is baseball's best.
The Rangers' 6.5-game edge in the AL West exceeds the other five division leads (1.0 + 1.0 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.0) combined. The seven-game lead they'd built after Darvish-Verlander was the first such lead this early in a season since Boston and Milwaukee led their divisions by as much in 2007.
The Rangers have played 25 road games. Twenty-eight of the other 29 teams have played fewer.
The club has yet to lose a game it led at some point by two runs or more, probably more meaningful than its 3-0 record when Robinson Chirinos starts behind the plate.
Except Chirinos has caught Nick Tepesch, a secretly injured Alexi Ogando, and Justin Grimm. Number seven, an ailing number five, and number seven.
I still like the two-run lead note better.
MLB.com's Richard Justice is the latest of the national writers to pen a sentence like this one: "Few people were picking the Rangers to finish in front of the A's and Angels in the AL West after an offseason in which they traded their clubhouse leader, Michael Young, and lost Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli and two key relievers, Mike Adams and Koji Uehara."
Every time I see that particular column, I hear in my head Jon Daniels's comment, issued as early as November and as recently as this week, which never sounded like spin or bluster coming from him:
"We like our team."
It's Derek Holland vs. Doug Fister tonight, in front of a national TV audience.
Then tomorrow Josh Lindblom – number nine – makes his Rangers debut against Bartolo Colon and the A's. Lindblom has appeared in 101 big league games with the Dodgers and Phillies, zero of which have been starts. Before this season, his last 65 minor league appearances had been out of the bullpen. But Texas, having acquired Lindblom from the Phillies in the Young trade this winter, saw something different, and the 25-year-old was off to a 4-0, 2.08 start out of the Round Rock rotation (.173/.232/.295 slash) when word emerged that he'd be recalled for Monday's start in place of the injured Ogando.
He's the Rangers' number nine starter (I suppose number 10 if you're in the Neftali-Feliz-as-starter camp, which I'm not), and I'm very interested in what happens tomorrow night.
Meanwhile, the draft approaches, and then the international free agent sign date, and then the trade deadline becomes a big part of the focus. This organization has given us lots of reason to feel good about those things, too.
These are, still, the good old days.
Last year proved that really good stories can have horror endings, but really good stories are better than the alternative, and I suspect you'd rather take the best record in baseball at the completion of the first quarter and whatever's behind Door Number One as far as 162+ is concerned than to be invested in what's going on in Los Angeles.
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Real Madrid winger Angel di Maria believes Saturday's triumph over Atletico can serve as a springboard in their Champions League semi-final.
Madrid were humbled 4-1 by Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their semi-final tie, with prolific marksman Robert Lewandowski scoring all four goals in a memorable performance.
Jose Mourinho's side returned to winning ways at the weekend, edging city rivals Atletico 2-1 in their battle for second position in La Liga.
And di Maria, who netted the match-winning goal, believes the derby win can be the catalyst for redemption against Dortmund at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.
"Winning this match is extra motivation and will help us to be at our best on Tuesday," the 25-year-old told reporters. "We do not take that match as lost."
The nine-time Champions League winners' home form in the competition is cause for optimism, with just two defeats from their last 19 games at the Bernabeu.
Real's home record domestically is even better, having not lost a game in 26 fixtures, a run spanning back to December 2011, when they lost to arch-rivals Barcelona.
Despite the positivity making its way out of the Madrid camp, their recent form against Dortmund is concerning.
In the pair's three meetings this season, Juergen Klopp's men have won two and drawn one.
Real were totally outplayed in all three games, including the 2-2 draw at the Bernabeu in November, with an 89th-minute goal from Mesut Oezil salvaging a point in the group-stage clash.
Meanwhile, Dortmund made 10 changes to the team that defeat Real but they still managed to beat Fortuna Duesseldorf 2-1 on Saturday.
Lewandowski, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Marco Reus were given limited minutes at the weekend, leaving the Bundesliga outfit in prime condition to book their ticket to Wembley in May.
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Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall each scored twice on the ground as No. 5 Georgia rolled to a 48-3 win over Vanderbilt in SEC action.
Gurley carried the ball 16 times for 130 yards and Marshall finished with 10 touches for 82 yards for the Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0 SEC), who have won their first four games this season by a combined 124 points.
Aaron Murray was a crisp 18-for-24 with 250 yards and two touchdowns and added a score on the ground for Georgia, which totaled 567 yards of offense in the game.
"Start to finish, they all played so hard," said Georgia head coach Mark Richt. "We played with our blood a little hot, which was good. They got after it every snap and they played hard. I'm really proud of everyone."
Jordan Rodgers was 13-for-23 with 218 yards while Jordan Matthews had eight catches for 119 yards for the Commodores (1-3, 0-2), who were coming off a 58-0 thumping of Presbyterian last Saturday.
"I have to give credit to Georgia," said Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin. "They are a very good football team and are ranked in the top-5 in the nation for a reason. They did a really good job of running the ball with power and forced us to load the box, which opened up the passing game on the outside. I didn't feel like we played with the confidence that we normally play with on the outside."
Georgia's first touch lasted just over two minutes as the team moved the ball 47 yards in seven plays and Gurley bulled his way into the end zone from four yards out.
Vanderbilt got the ball across midfield on its next play, but had to punt after failing to convert on a 3rd-and-19.
The Bulldogs were held at their own 25 and punted, but Caleb Azubike ran into the punter and Georgia got a fresh set of downs. Two plays later, Marshall took a handoff up the middle and raced into the end zone on a 52-yard score. The snap on the extra point attempt was botched and it was a 13-0 game with 2:20 left in the first.
After again holding Vandy, the Bulldogs went on their third straight scoring drive as Murray found Tavarres King near the end zone and he took it in on a 22-yard score and a 20-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Georgia was pinned at its own 4 after forcing another punt from the Commodores, but they didn't let that faze them as Murray capped the 12-play, 96-yard drive with a 1-yard keeper and a 27-0 lead.
Vanderbilt got on the board late in the first half thanks to a 29-yard field goal from Carey Spear to make it a 27-3 game at the break.
Georgia was finally held out of the end zone on its first touch of the second half, but its second drive bore fruit as Murray found Marlon Brown in the left side of the end zone on a 6-yard score with 9:04 left in the third for a 34-3 lead.
Marshall added a 2-yard score and Gurley had a 29-yard run into the end zone later in the third quarter to give the Bulldogs a 45-point lead heading into the final stanza.
Game Notes
Georgia hosts Tennessee next Saturday ... Georgia has won six straight against Vanderbilt and leads the series 53-18-2 ... Vanderbilt, which had 337 yards in the game, has off next week and will play in Missouri on October 6 ... Georgia totaled 302 yards on the ground ... The Bulldogs have scored at least 40 points a school record four straight games.


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He will never, ever overcome that.
He is a pop-culture folly. That play will live forever in infamy.
He did it again.
That was the most embarrassing play in our history, and that's saying alot
Vikings secondary has done a really good job on GB's WRs so far. Rodgers hasn't gotten into a rhythm throwing it down the field
So, why isn't Ponder playing?
Not that I care...but was surprised when I turned it on and saw a QB named Webb.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Hail to...Farmer's Insurance?
Now, I can't read sheet music and thus don't know about the melody, but the lyrics sure seem like they were inspired by another fight song...
I'm not exactly sure why an insurance company needs a fight song. I'd rather they fire their in-house lyricist and spend that money on a guy who understands you can't get a loaner car for $15 bucks a day.
In a related story, Allstate claims there is no truth to the rumor they're working on their own fight song called "Don't Give A Damn If Your Whole Car Got Totaled Again."
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- phil said...
This song would be much better:
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town
we ain't gonna insure her cause that's where it's going down
Sloopy I don't care, what your deductible be
Cuz you know sloopy, girl, I ain't insuring you, see.
and so I say now
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on
- September 29, 2010 9:54 AM
- Ed Cormany said...
welp, it is public domain, so there's nothing to be done about it. but i think they just alienated (rather than endeared themselves to) 450K+ potential customers.
- September 29, 2010 11:56 AM
- srudoff said...
I hear Farmers has lost a BUNCH of agents lately - just quit and went to other companies. Something about their policies not having much value to families.
- September 29, 2010 8:24 PM
- justthinking said...
Sleep well Yost - I can read music and that is NOT the Victors. I don't think you would find any similarities if you actually heard this cheesy "fight song".
wv: lessl (rhymes with t.....)
- September 29, 2010 10:14 PM
- Yost said...
Well done, JT! Whew. Although I still think those lyrics found their inspiration in A2.
- September 29, 2010 10:56 PM


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Oooh, Ben and Jerry's and Auntie Venom...would it be too terribly rude if I invited myself along?
Wow. That's stunning. I would have expected someone to say, "Thanks but no thanks. I'm stuffed."
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Nov. 9, 2012 09:00 AM
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1 stick of butter
2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. chopped carrots, coarsely cut
1/2 lb. coarsely ground hamburger
1 c. frozen mixed vegetables
1 1/2 tsp. kitchen bouquet
1 quart + 1 cup water
1/2 c. coarse cut celery
2 tbs. beef base
n 1/2 c. coarse cut onions
1 c. canned chopped tomatoes
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1. Brown and drain ground hamburger
2. Chop celery, onions and carrots very chunky and par boil
3. Melt butter in a 2 quart pot and stir over medium heat with wire whip until smooth, but do not brown
4. Add water and stir until it thickens
5. Add beef base, salt, pepper and tomatoes and cook one minute more, stirring constantly
6. Add kitchen bouquet, all other vegetables and ground hamburger
7. Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently for 30 minutes, being careful not to scorch
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Improvement of crystalline silicon surface passivation by hidrogen plasma treatment Martín García, Isidro; Vetter, Michael; Orpella García, Alberto; Voz Sánchez, Cristóbal; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Alcubilla González, Ramón; Kharchenko, A.V.; Roca i Cabarrocas, Pere (American Institute of Physics, 2004-03-01)
Restricted access - publisher's policyA completely dry low-temperature process has been developed to passivate 3.3 Ωcm p-type crystalline silicon surface with excellent results. Particularly, we have investigated the use of a hydrogen plasma treatment, just ...
Laser fired contacts applied to the rear surface of heterojunction silicon solar cells Martín García, Isidro; Labrune, M.; Salomon, A.; Roca i Cabarrocas, Pere; Alcubilla González, Ramón (2011-11)
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As there are many good existing free C and C++ libraries that address these issues, it is expected that most of the work of the GMPY project will involve wrapping, and exposing to Python, exactly these existing libraries (possibly with additional "convenience" wrappers written in Python itself). For starters, we've focused on the popular (and excellent) GNU Multiple Precision library, GMP, exposing its functionality through module gmpy.
Existing Python modules expose a subset of the integral-MP (MPZ) functionality of earlier releases of the GMP library. The first GMPY goal is to develop this module into a complete exposure of MPZ, MPF (floating-point), and MPQ (rational) functionality of current GMP (release 4.0), that will fully support current Python (release 2.3) and its handy 'distutils' (and also support a "C API" allowing some level of interoperation with other C-written extension modules for Python).
Note: the module's ability to be used as a "drop-in replacement" for Python's own implementation of longs, to rebuild Python from sources in a version using GMP, was a characteristic of the gmp-module we started from, but is not a target of the gmpy project, and we have no plans to support it.
This first module is called gmpy, just like the whole project.
The extended MP floating-point facilities of MPFR will later also be considered for inclusion in gmpy (either within the same module, or as a further, separate add-on module). Rooting for MPFR to be merged with GMP so we can avoid some awkwardness (but seeing no movement on this front so far).
Despite this, widespread feeling among Python cognoscenti appears to be against exposing such "mutable numbers". As a consequence, our current aim is for a first release of GMPY without mutability, to be followed at some later time by one which will also fully support in-place-mutable versions of number objects (as well as the default immutable ones), but only when explicitly and deliberately requested by a user (who can then be presumed to know what he or she is doing). Meanwhile, caching strategies are used to ameliorate performance issues, and appear to be reasonably worthwhile (so far, only MPZ and MPQ objects are subject to this caching).
We've tended to solve other debatable design issues in a similar vein, i.e., by trying to work "like Python's built-in numbers" when there was a choice and two or more alternatives made sense.
On most platforms, you will need to separately procure and install the GMP library itself to be able to build and use GMPY. Note that 4.0.1 or better is needed; take care: some Linux releases come bundled with older GMP versions, such as GMP 3, and you may have to install the latest GMP version instead -- beware also of /usr/lib vs /usr/local/lib issues.
The exception to this need is under (32-bit) Windows, where binary-accompanied releases are the norm, and builds of GMP usable with MS VC++ 6 (the main C compiler used for Python on this platform) are traditionally hard to come by.
We started the GMPY project using a VC++ port of GMP.LIB "just found on the net", but have currently switched to the port by Jorgen Lundman found at ftp://ftp.whiterose.net/pub/lundman/ (bravo Lundy!). Windows users do not need to download from Jorgen's site: a separate 'binary library' package, including Lundy's ports of GMP.LIB and GMP.H, is made available on the gmpy project's ftp-space for Windows/VC++6 users that do want to re-build the gmpy module from sources; and also, another separate 'binary module' package is supplied, containing only the pre-built GMPY.PYD, for those who do not want to re-build from sources. For GMP 4.0, the plan is to use the native support it offers for the Windows platform, but this has not yet been explored in detail.
Do note, however, that all gmpy users should download the gmpy source-package as well, as currently that is the one including gmpy documentation and unit-tests!
A still-weakish point is with the output-formatting of mpf numbers; sometimes, this formatting ends up providing a few more digits than a given number's accuracy would actually warrant (a few noise digits after a long string of trailing '0' or '9' digits), particularly when the mpf number is built from a Python float -- the accuracy situation is quite a bit better when the mpf number is built from a string.
Because of this, since release 0.6, gmpy introduced an optional 'floating-conversion format string' module-level setting: if present, float->mpf conversion goes through an intermediate formatted string (by default, it still proceeds directly, at least for now); this does ameliorate things a bit, as does the better tracking done (since 0.6, with further enhancements in 0.7) of the 'requested' precision for an mpf (as opposed to the precision the underlying GMP actually 'assigns' to it); but the issue cannot yet be considered fully solved, and may well still need some design changes in the output formatting functionality.
Unit tests are not considered a weak point any more; the over 1000 unit-tests now being run provide a decent cover of 93+% SLOC for gmpy.c, up from 72% in 0.7. The non-covered SLOCs (about 170 of gmpy.c's current 2600) are mostly disaster-tests to handle out-of-memory situations, code providing optional debugging output (for debugging the gmpy module -- see the set_debug facility), a smattering of 'defensive programming' cases (to handle situations that 'should never happen, but'...) and some cases of the new experimental 'callbacks' facility (mostly provided for the specific use of PySymbolic, and intended to be tested by that package). We'll have to do better, eventually, but, for now, this can be considered OK for an alpha-release.
In the attempt to make gmpy as useful as can be for both stand-alone use, and also in the context of PySymbolic, a tad too many design decisions have been delayed/postponed by introducing module-level flags, letting us 'have it both ways' in the current alpha gmpy; this has produced a somewhat unwieldy mix of module-level flag-setting and call-back functions. This whole area's architecture will neet to be revisited, including other such design-decisions yet.
No predictions on timing, though. gmpy 1.0 meets all current needs of the main author, so his motivation to work more on it is low:-). So, don't hold your breath (pitching in and helping it happen, on the other hand, _might_ be advisable:-).
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Two Hornets nationally honored
BRYANT – After winning its second State Championship in the past three years with a 4-2 win over Rogers Heritage, the Bryant Hornets have received national recognition as two of its players were honored with awards. Second baseman Ozzie Hurt was honored with the American Baseball Coaches Association Rawlings Gold Glove and pitcher Nate Rutherford received the Louisville Slugger Honorable Mention All-American after his stellar season and being named MVP of the State Tournament.
Rutherford put it bluntly when he told the reason for his success this year.
"I played for good coaches and had a good defense," Rutherford said. "That's about it.
"You just have to throw strikes and hope your defense makes plays. They did all season."
In 10 games this season, Rutherford sported an 0.96 earned-run average. He gave up eight runs (five earned) in 36 and two-third innings giving up 24 hits and 10 walks, and struck out 35.
"Coming in this year, he was a guy we really didn't depend on because he wasn't with us last year," Bryant Coach Kirk Bock said. "Nate's work ethic is unbelievable. Once we got him in the pen, he was really, really rough starting off and a lot of guys would not have come through that, but Nate took it home every day and practiced. That's one of the guys that came back to practice better than he was the day before. Not only did he do it at practice, he went home and did it. He really came through for us."
Rutherford will be a senior next year and was named MVP for the State Tournament after not allowing a run in 11 innings pitched, giving up four hits and a walk, and struck out nine while going 2-0.
"I just started finding my fastball,"Rutherford said. "It started moving later. The more I learned to control it, the more I was able to spot it up. I then found the right curve ball and the right change up, and finally decided I wasn't going to try to strike everyone out. I was going to let my defense make plays. It all came together at the end."
Hurt's Gold Glove is proof that at least one Hornet was pretty solid defensively. Considered the best second baseman in the nation by the ABCA, the graduated Hurt made only two errors all year in 31 games.
"It means the world," Hurt said of receiving the honor. "Just thinking about it, it's the best in the nation, the best second baseman. It means a lot.
"He's the best that we've had that I've coached," Bock said. "We've had a lot of great infielders, but Ozzie's innate ability to read hops, it seems like he never gets a bad hop. If he does get a bad hop, he makes up for it with his glove."
Or for his bare hand for that matter. Hurt made a great play against Little Rock Catholic where the ball took a horrible hop going over his head, but he reached up with his non-glove hand, snared it and threw the runner out to end the game. That was not the only excellent play he made.
"He made some tremendous plays in Florida (tournament) that just really wowed you," Bock said. "And Catholic, he made that great one. He made two or three great ones the other night in the [American Legion] State Tournament."
Nicknamed after defensive wizard Ozzie Smith by his father, Hurt said his mother didn't really appreciate the tag.
"Of course, my mom wasn't happy," Hurt said. "Whenever I came out, that's how it went. Ozzie Smith. That was right in his prime.
"I've had to be good at fielding," he continued. "That way I can stay in the lineup because hitting isn't always there. But, [you can stay in the lineup] as long as you can catch the ball."
Hurt hit .254 for the year with 16 runs scored and 14 RBIs, but it was the defense which kept in him in the lineup.
"I hope we have some come through that are a lot better than Ozzie, but as of right now, he's the best that I've been around," Bock said. "I've had great infielders, but never like Ozzie, who never gets a bad hop."


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A fugitive former Los Angeles police officer wanted in connection with a deadly shooting rampage may have had help in his efforts to flee to Mexico as a massive manhunt was gearing up to capture him, according to federal court records obtained Monday by The Times.
The records state how authorities developed "probable cause" that Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33, was possibly trying to escape to Mexico and provide new details on his actions since he allegedly killed three people, including a police officer, in a shooting rampage that police say began Feb. 3 in Irvine.
Dorner may have been helped by an associate identified only as "JY" in the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles late last week after the former police officer was suspected of fleeing from authorities.
DOCUMENT: Feds say Dorner may have fled to Mexico
Federal authorities told The Times on Monday night that the court papers, filed late last week, reflected their thinking at the time, but they stressed that Dorner could be anywhere.


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At Presser Performing Arts Center
Weeks and weeks of practice paid off Thursday night as the cast of the dramatic Easter musical "The Choice" opened with their first night performance.
More performances are slated for tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m., with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.
Show attendees will have options when purchasing their tickets. For those reserving seats, premium reserved seating is $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and younger. Tickets are available online at www.presserpac.com, and can be purchased one hour prior to curtain call at the Box Office, or by calling (573) 581-5592.
For customer convenience, the Box Office will be open Friday, from noon to 5 p.m. General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger.
"The Choice" portrays events that unfolded during the rule of Tiberius Caesar in the seaside city of Capernaum, where a young Roman centurion, Marcus, falls in love with a beautiful Jewish girl, Hannah. She is a follower of Jesus, the radical teacher from Nazareth. As Marcus becomes fatefully intertwined in the tumultuous events leading to the execution of Jesus, he weighs the words and example of Christ against the wealth and power of the world. In the balance hangs … "The Choice."
This being the second year for the Easter musical, local director David Pickering said he thought this time would be much easier. "Boy was I wrong" he told The Mexico Ledger. The production of the first Easter Musical was presented two years ago by PPAC.
"Our cast and crew is made up of a few veterans and many that have never participated in any theater or musical production," Pickering said. "Challenges came one right after the other. However, the cast and crew have met and overcome each one with determination to make this production wonderful. I really feel that this has made us much better."
For first-time viewers of the play, Pickering said the storyline is a little different than the traditional Easter musical.
"I love stretching folks beyond what they feel are their limits. I chose this work because I felt that the characters would be ones the audience members could relate to, and that they might see themselves feeling some of the struggles and emotions," he said. "I know the audience will be surprised at how well their friends and family will be able to act."
"Friends, this is not a play where folks who love theatre come to quench their thirst for live entertainment. This is a testimony, where the faith community of Mexico and the surrounding areas have come together to share the love of God with you in a unique way. My prayer is that this presentation is as moving and life-changing to the cast and crew as it is for those who come to experience it," Pickering said.
He added: "Yes, we are acting and we are using the illusion of theatre. But, we really do believe it."
Pickering said the music that his 31-member choir will present is very beautiful, with such song titles as "Could He Be The One?," "By Faith" and "Here He Comes!" to name a few.
"We are a smaller choir, but we have some mighty big voices," he said.
The wardrobe this year is also wonderful. During a dress rehearsal Monday night, the colors displayed were vibrant, bringing even more life to the character portrayals.
"We have definitely kicked it up several notches. Evelyn Zidick has made some wonderful period clothing. She does a tremendous amount of research and hand makes the costumes to be as authentic a possible. Seeing her work in itself is worth the price of admission," Pickering said.
Pickering said the second time around as director has been "very fun."
"I owe so many thanks and give so much credit to the wonderful crew that helps direct the musical. I learned a long time ago in theatre that the best way to be successful is to surround yourself with good people," Pickering said. "I look forward to opening night (and the weekend performance) when as director all my work will be done and I get to sit back and watch."
The 27-member cast consists of: Roger Brailler, Loralee Hays, Steve Tanner, Vanessa Brink, David Wilkins, Bruce Kasubke, Daniel Taylor, Kelvin Brown, Bill Gleeson, Mike Briggs, Kenny Nelson, Ted Gastler, Gracelyn Penn, Michael Jennings, Sarah Gleeson, Albert Long, Nathan Fleming, Eric Fleming, Christian Sumner, Bob Hanke, Louis Schmidt, Jim Scott, Larry Kimbell, Matt Penn, Bethany Taylor, Amelia Taylor and Kamden Ekern.
Choir members are: Vanessa Brink, Patricia Burke, Mike Conner, Thomas Eggering, Regina Eicher, Lori Fleming, Roberta Fox, Hailey Gastler, Miriam Gleeson, Sarah Gleeson, Valerie Houke, Elizabeth Kasubke, Mary Ann Kasubke, Sarah Kasubke, Larry Kessler, Bonnie Kimbell, Josh Lauer, Kathryn Lehnen, Albert J. Long, Dorothy Newman, Gracelyn Penn, Shawna Penn, Gail Pickering, Dana Reynard, Steve Tanner, Mary Tanner, Emma Tracy, Hannah Tracy, Megan Tracy, Larry Williams and KylieAnn Yeast.
Crew members are: Lois Brace, Valerie Houke, Michael Jennings, Barbara Green, Dana Reynard, Mary Ann Kasubke, Evelyn Zidick, Catherine Quinlan, Jacob Lauer, Tracey Berry, Craig Brace, Russ Haerer, Valerie Houke, Martin Keller, David Crawford, Paul Jones, Mexico Mayor Ron Loesch, Lura Williams, Sandy Benn, Liz Washer, Lennette Brown, Steve and Sue Hagan, Tom Richards and Nathan Fleming.


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This week, we'll hear about gender differences in the ways that adolescents talk about themselves, and revisit an interview about happiness.
According to a recent study published by a University of Missouri professor, the ways that adolescents tell stories about themselves can be revealing. Jennifer Bohanek is a psychology professor at MU and was an author on the study. She says the way these narratives are told varies between genders. KBIA's Jon Ingram talked to Bohanek about her recent study and what it reveals about teens.
Also, earlier this year, MU Psychology Professor Ken Sheldon published what he called "the happiness model" – a psychological tool that might help people improve their emotions. His research can be found in the journal "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin." Sheldon sat down with KBIA's Matt Veto back in May, to discuss his research.


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Not sure about the TV guys
Not sure about the TV guys
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Guess I shoulda come here first, but I didn't see/pay attention to this thread when I first started and got rollin in game updates lol. But hey all.
Tell Marty,Rik from Hamilton says hi.
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"Sit over here next to Johnathan (Bench)...sit right here, he's smart."--Sparky Anderson
Welcome Matt!Originally Posted by MATT IN CHAR NC
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
Hey everyone! New to this board, stumbled upon while trying to do some internet searches for some info on a childhood friend Tom Shearn and how he was doing in the Reds Organization. Iam also a BIG Reds fan as well, actually went to the Reds vs Indians game on last Friday night and was treated to Adam Dunn hitting a walk off grand slam! Good game, to bad they blew the rest of the series.
Makes all the routine posts.
hey im also new to this board but have been a lifelong reds fan and will continue even through what seems like is gonna be another Dark Age with Narron at the helm but Krivsky will fix em up as fast as he can im sure
Go Gators!
Thanks for accepting my membership. I have been following the Reds since 1973. My boy has all my 1970's Reds posters (framed) in his room. He has Pete Rose, Tom Seaver, Johnny Bench and Dave Concepcion.
Hopefully, the Reds can win out before the All-Star break. (fingers crossed)
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Watched the 2012 Clincher on FOX.
Girlfriend is a UK fan
GO STEELERS - Go Buckeyes - Go SIXERS
Welcome goreds2
Go Gators!
Let's break the losing streak tonight.
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Watched the 2012 Clincher on FOX.
Girlfriend is a UK fan
GO STEELERS - Go Buckeyes - Go SIXERS
Here's my intro!!
I've been a viewer here for over a year, but I have finally decided that I want to have some input. I am a 31 year old fan of the Reds. I started loving the Reds as an early teen when guys like Eric Davis and Barry Larkin were my heros. I am from the Louisville, KY area. Nice to meet all of you all. I have really enjoyed the things that you have added to my Reds experience in the last couple years and I hope that I can contribure a fraction of the knowledge that you have given to me. HELLO ALL!!!!
I went to my first reds game in 1965. I was 7 and I remember I had a popcorn box (that doubled as a megaphone) and I had it signed by a few of the reds. My dad said if we stood near the clubhouse I could get an autograph. I got Rose, Pinson, and a few others.
What really stands out in my mind was the trip to the game. We lived in Milford and the ballpark was on the west end so the trip took about 40 minutes (or long enough to want to pee) and my dad stopped the 57 chevywagon on I-75, opened both doors on the passenger side and said "GO", and I did. We parked by Union Terminal.
Hello. I'm rude. No really. I'm rude. It's my REAL name. Well, real last name.
Anyhoo, growing up my fondest Reds memories are sitting on the back porch with my Grandfather, eating ice cream and listening to Marty and Joe.
I was fortunate enough to enjoy many a game during the BRM era. I was there the night that Tony Perez became the all-time Reds leader in RBI's (since broken by Bench) and got his autograph after the game. I was there the night Johnny Bench hit his only pinch-hit home run. I remember being at a game where Pete Rose led off with a home run to left.
Other Reds memories: My Mom almost having a fingernail completely ripped off trying to snag a foul ball, getting written-up by an R.A. for making too much noise in college while I was listening to Ron Robinson almost pitch a no-hitter. Watching the Reds sweep the A's with my late Step-Father. Tearing up when Bench hit his home run on Johnny Bench night and raising his index finger to the crowd as he rounded the bases. Watching Sparky Anderson "talking" to the umps with his hands in his backpockets. Being nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" by the guys on my softball team because I play just like Pete did. Always wearing #5 when I play any sport (yes, I once gave a guy a case of beer just so I could have the number ala Mitch Williams and John Kruk).
I live down here in New Orleans (we're fine...very little damage to our property...we were fortunate) and listen to the games on XM Satellite Radio or watch them on MLB Gameplan.
Glad to be aboard.
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Murder in Passing is a whodunit for commuters, with new episodes appearing daily on Toronto's subway platform screens and online, from Jan 7 – Mar 1, 2013 http://murderinpassing.com/ (Will Update)
A bike courier has been murdered … and everyone in the town of Passing B.C. is a suspect! Suspects include his keen green boss, his troubled train conductor fiancé, his ambitious Chemistry professor, Passing's anti-bike mayor and a CEO with Gramsci issues. Detective Epicene (with secrets of her own) must untangle a bewildering conspiracy involving bikes, cars, opera, gender and corporate greenwashing to expose the murderer…
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Maybe it went unnoticed, but we've just entered that challenging season when the teenage girl in your house is all fidgety with the prospect of her favorite hunky singer coming to town.
Of course, these also happen to be girls who don't have to ask parents for ticket funds or a ride. Yes, your wife and her crazy friends are getting ready to spend real money to go to concerts put on by guys who could be singing the phone book for all they care.
The tipping point came with news that Josh Groban tickets go on sale this week, an announcement that arrived only days after crooner Michael Buble revealed his South Florida intentions.
The problem is that there's a real possibility you may have to go along. Why? For the same reason you drag her to Heat games. Oh, wait, right, you don't. Maybe she just wants a night out on the town. Maybe she wants you to see how a real man shows his feelings. Maybe she just wants to torture you.
Gentlemen, it's a safe bet that we'll all have to throw ourselves on the grenade once during the season, so here's who's coming, and the threat level each poses to your sanity:
Josh Groban: The "Ally McBeal"-spawned crooner (pictured) will perform Nov. 6 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, with ticket presales beginning Wednesday, leading up to the public on-sale Friday. Threat level: High. Did you read that part about "Ally McBeal"-spawned crooner?
Michael Buble: The jazzy Canadian troubadour will be at the BB&T Center Nov. 2 (still no word on tickets). Threat level: Low. Bobby Darin for a new generation.
Victor Manuelle: The Puerto Rican salsero will perform June 1 at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Threat level: Low. The energy is sure to be high, and the crowd quite caliente.
Justin Timberlake: Former boy-band singer graduates to Sun Life Stadium on Aug. 16. Threat level: Low. He can't veer too far into balladry with Jay-Z around. But recalibrate if you're paying the $300 top ticket.
Bruno Mars: The dapper performer will fill AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Aug. 30. Threat level: High. This could easily devolve into a wedding reception playlist ("Grenade," "Just the Way You Are" and "When I Was Your Man"), without the groomsmen around to hand you drinks.
John Mayer: Gossip-column fixture brings his bounce-back tour to the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on Sept. 8. Threat level: Medium. The concert you can live through, but maybe not the ride to the show. Be ready to hear about all the ladies he's done wrong (Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Minka Kelly, Jessica Simpson …).
Adam Levine: Plays the Cruzan Amphitheatre with Maroon 5 on Sept. 14. Threat level: Medium. "Moves Like Jagger" is balanced out by the instincts behind the legit sleeve tattoo. Opener Kelly Clarkson helps, too.
Get daily updates on South Florida entertainment and things to do at SouthFlorida.com and on Twitter at @BenCrandell.


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No. 15 UNC women beat No. 8 Maryland 60-57
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Tierra Ruffin-Pratt briefly let Maryland's best 3-point shooter get away from her. She recovered in time to prevent a sure-thing victory from slipping away.
Ruffin-Pratt scored 13 points and blocked a 3-pointer in the final seconds of No. 15 North Carolina's 60-57 victory over No. 8 Maryland on Thursday night.
Brittany Rountree also had 13 points and Waltiea Rolle added 12 for North Carolina (14-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which blew most of an 11-point second-half lead and was just 1 of 7 from the free-throw line in the final minute but won its seventh straight and first in the series since 2010.
''We're excited because it really shouldn't even have been that close,'' coach Sylvia Hatchell said. ''These guys really played hard, and they really played tough down the stretch.''
Alyssa Thomas scored 11 of her 15 points in the final 5 1/2 minutes for Maryland (10-3, 1-1), and her drive with 14 seconds left pulled the Terrapins to 59-57.
''I thought we showed a lot of heart and character in that we never quit,'' Terrapins coach Brenda Frese said. ''There was a lot of fight in us.''
Danielle Butts hit a free throw with 10.9 seconds left for North Carolina. Teammate Krista Gross chased down her miss and was fouled but missed two free throws with 9.3 seconds left to give Maryland one last chance.
The Terps worked the ball to Katie Rutan - who entered with a team-best 20 3s - in the corner, but Ruffin-Pratt soared in to block her 3 into the stands with 1.6 seconds left.
After a timeout, Maryland got the ball to Rutan deep on the right wing, but with Ruffin-Pratt in her face, her 3 attempt at the buzzer bounced off the rim.
''I actually lost (Rutan) at the end on that last block. She ran baseline and I didn't see her, so I just ran as fast as I could and blocked the shot. She got that last 3 up. I was just praying that it didn't go in. I contested it, but she shouldn't have caught it from the beginning.''
Tianna Hawkins - who averages an ACC-best 18.8 points per game - finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds, but had just six points in the second half on 2-of-8 shooting for Maryland, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
Thomas, the ACC's player of the year last season, added 16 rebounds - 12 on the defensive end - and almost single-handedly willed the Terrapins back from an 11-point deficit down the stretch.
Maryland, which led by 10 in the first half, shot just 23.5 percent in the second half - mainly because the Terps missed their first 10 shots of the half.
''Just us coming out, not being focused,'' Thomas said. ''Coach prepared us (that) they were going to jump out on us, pressure us, but we didn't respond.''
North Carolina came out of the locker room with a 17-1 run that erased a six-point halftime deficit, gave them the lead for good and put them up by double figures. Latifah Coleman's 3-pointer from the right corner capped that spurt and gave the Tar Heels their first double-figure lead, 46-36.
It grew to 53-42 on Xylina McDaniel's three-point play with 6:59 to go.
But Black's layup with 1:49 left - which made it 59-49 - was the Tar Heels' final field goal. Three times in the final minute, North Carolina missed the front end of a one-and-one.
''We're going to get better on it. I promise you,'' Hatchell said. ''We got to the line, but we've got to knock those down.''
That gave Thomas a glimmer of hope. She hit a runner, two layups and three free throws before her late drive made it a two-point game.


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No one is arguing how great Revis is but that's not the issue. Revis cap busting contract demands make it problematic for the Jets to also pay for enough talent to make the whole team relevant. A shutdown corner it and of himself can't win a Lombardi. I'd rather have a decent CB surrounded by very good players than one elite and expensive CB with a bunch of ham and eggers.
Brady has repeatedly restructured his contract to free up cap space....do you see Revis doing this?
I almost never agree with a thing Chupa says except for in this thread. People actually underestimate the effect Revis has in a game. The before this last the Jets would have been 5-11 instead of 8-8 if not for him. He not only shuts down the other teams best receiver he also makes teams pay if they are foolish enough to do so.
And look at that; 9ers STILL won.
I would renegotiate Revis as soon as the new league year starts... If you can sign him to make sure he retires a Jet, I would trade Cromartie for a 2nd in this years draft. If you can't resign Revis now, you look to trade him instead. I just hate the idea of the Jets trading away a sure HOF player. However, if you can't negotiate a contract you are comfortable with, then you have no choice but to move on and try and get something for him.
Julio Jones did what now?
No question their roster is loaded. However, that was achieved by stinking for most of the past decade -- 8 years between playoff appearances. So it goes without saying that the team was picking ver high in the draft.
Redskins need major help in their secondary. They need help badly enough to nibble on the Revis idea, despite their difficult '13 position vs. the Cap.
Trade Revis & Tebow to Skins.
Jets get Cousins & late round draft pick.
Not much risk for Jets. They have no plans for Tebow and cannot afford Revis.


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Smithfield School Dept. taps long-time Lincoln building and grounds director
Smithfield School Dept. taps long-time Lincoln building and grounds director
SMITHFIELD - Now it's Lincoln's turn to find a new building and grounds director.
The School Committee at this week's meeting voted unanimously to hire Angelo Mencucci, director of buildings, grounds and transportation for Lincoln schools, to be director of buildings and grounds for Smithfield schools.
He replaces John Obiurka who went to the Foster-Glocester Regional School District last month to take on virtually the same job there.
Mencucci's hiring makes the situation akin to a game of musical chairs, as building and grounds directors in northern Rhode Island schools are simply exchanging places, going from Smithfield to Ponaganset and now from Lincoln to Smithfield.
Mencucci will earn an annual salary of approximately $83,000, according to Supt. Robert M. O'Brien, and was chosen from 39 applicants from six states. He has 19 years of experience in "all aspects of school facilities," O'Brien said, and holds certification or licenses for such jobs as boiler operator, electrician and pipefitter.
"The references I checked told me he is extremely organized, an excellent problem-solver, and has the vision necessary to develop long-term plans for the maintenance of buildings, future program development and most importantly the safety and security of buildings, grounds and transportation," O'Brien told the committee.
"He understands that his role is to ensure the safety of all students, parents, faculty and staff."
O'Brien said Mencucci will be offered a contract dating from the present time to the end of June 2015.This is an apparent compromise from O'Brien's call at the last meeting for a three-year pact and the school board's inclination for a one-year contract so other long-term options can be studied to fill this position.
The School Committee at its Oct. 21 meeting formally voted to research such options as sharing the job with other school districts or with the town of Smithfield, or outsourcing the work to a private company.
A screening committee of 11 people reviewed the 39 applications for the job, O'Brien said, and chose five applicants for interviews. Four were interviewed: three candidates from Rhode Island, including the only Smithfield resident who applied, and one from Connecticut. Two applicants were called back for a second round of interviews, O'Brien said.
But the hiring was not without a snafu, according to comments made at Monday night's School Committee meeting.
Al Costantino, a local businessman who keeps a close eye on the school board, revealed that another candidate was offered and accepted the job on a Friday, only to have the offer rescinded on Monday, the next business day. This other candidate, who was not named, reportedly worked for North Providence.
Costantino asked the committee for an explanation to stop what he called "the mud being dragged around northern Rhode Island," referring to unfavorable comments about Smithfield as a result of the hiring switch. O'Brien and School Committee Chairman Richard B. Iannitelli declined all comment - to Costantino during the meeting and to The Valley Breeze & Observer after the meeting - on the advice of Ben Scungio, legal counsel to the school board.
Building and Grounds
Congrats to Angelo he will be good for Smithfield, Makes you wonder what is going on in Lincoln though.
Great Choice! feel bad for Lincoln replacement.....
Smithfield could not have chosen a more qualified person! I just feel bad for the poor person who will have to fill the spot for Lincoln. Not only will they never be able to fill the shoes left behind but they will unfortunately have to work daily for one of the most demanding, selfish, and ungrateful woman as their boss.
Congrats Smithfield and Mr. Mencucci and Best of luck!


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Past Results Are No Guarantee of Future Performance: Five Rules for the New Marketing
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With a sound foundation of customer insights, you're ready to implement some data-driven, low-risk, high-efficiency programs that will set the platform for solid, sensible growth.
Chief marketing officers (CMOs) are being held accountable for delivering results on every marketing dollar spent reaching their target audiences. Not only must they increase revenue and return on investment (ROI), but they also must control costs and determine which channels are the most appropriate for engaging prospects and customers. In addition, they must be prepared to shift their marketing focus rapidly to meet ongoing changes in consumer tastes and behaviors and respond to competitors strategies. Consumers are cautiously spending again, but the recent economic downturn has reset some core habits (i.e., spending beyond one?s means, conspicuous consumption), and value is the new watchword. Consumers are considered and careful in their purchases and they are doing their homework (often online). Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are up ever so slightly but average purchase price is down. So what?s a marketer to do in this still-difficult spending environment.


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Born June 28, 1960, in Port Angeles, Washington, John Albert Elway revealed his athletic prowess early in life.
John was such a strong and accurate passer in his Pop Warner league and elementary school days that, when he was ready for high school, his father moved the Elway family to the greater Los Angeles area, so John could play in the pass-oriented offense of the Granada Hills High School Highlanders football team. The move paid dividends as John completed 60 percent of his passes for 5,711 yards and 49 touchdowns over his four years of high school.
Warren Moon Born in LA. Played college ball at the University of Washington. Started pro career in CFL before being signed by Houston Oilers. Southern Californian toughened up U of W and CFL.
Elway not born in Southern Cal. Family moved there when he started HS as per article. One out five batting pct .200. I'll take Westen PA boys and QB prospects from anywhere in the in the North, Midwest and Texas over any Southern Cal prospects. Even Aaron Rodgers said there is a big difference between growing up in Northern Cal. and Southern Cal. Big difference in life styles.