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Heat Stress- Male Alpacas - Feritility
Breeding males: Heat stress infertility in breeding
males is probably more well-known than the cria
heat stress problem. Colored males are at a higher
risk than white males. Alpaca testicles are not
pendulous (the alpaca can't drop them away from
the body to cool them off). When the body
temperature rises to about 104 degrees F - 105 degrees F, the existing sperm in the testicles can be destroyed. It can take from 90 days to one year for the new sperm to be available so the stud can breed again.
For many stud owners, that is fully 50% to 100% of
their breeding season (and stud fee income!). Even
worse news is that sperm production can be
destroyed permanently if the alpaca's temperature
is above 105oF. At that point you have a prizewinning,
pet-quality male.
• Sick or old Alpacas: Heat stress adds an additional
burden on alpaca's that are already battling illness
or age. As such, special care should be taken to
monitor sick or old alpacas to ensure that heat
stress does not put an additional burden on them.
Herd Management Practices:
• Shade: Shade can come in a number of forms.
Shade trees are the best type of outdoor shade
although run-ins also provide alpacas relief from the
sun. Barns or permanent structures should have
high enough ceilings in order to provide sufficient
air movement. Note that hay stored in the loft of a
barn diminishes the barn's ability to cool because
the hay will insulate and block heat from escaping.
Whatever type of shade is used, be sure that the
shaded area(s) can include all of the alpacas as
• Ventilation: The most
effective breeze
should be directed
near the floor (without
blowing dirt and straw
everywhere) so that
the breeze can get
underneath the
animals (where the
"thermal window" is
located). Barns
should also establish
cross-ventilation so
that fresh air is constantly circulating. Install large
barn fans so that they safely pull air from shady
cool areas and not from dry sunny areas.
• Shearing: Our alpaca's fiber is sheared before we
expect the temperature to be 80 degrees for several
days in a row. If you must plan in advance for
shearing we have found April to be a great month
for shearing in Virginia and June in Washington
State. Avoid "fad" shearing that leaves the neck and
leg fiber on the animal in hot and humid weather,
since any fiber will retain the alpacas' heat. If you
are planning to show your alpaca, check for the
fiber length requirements for the show and decide
whether shearing or showing is more important to
• Bedding: Straw should not be used as bedding in
the heat of summer since it will insulate the alpaca
and not allow heat to escape through their thermal
window when they kush. Plan to replace the straw
with earth, pea gravel, or sand for the summer;
which will allow more heat to be drawn from the
• Summer Nutrition: Don't let your alpacas get fat or
too skinny! Physically fit animals react better in
extreme temperatures than overweight or thin
animals. Consider buying feeds that contain
additives for reducing summer stress: adequate
selenium, vitamin E, copper, zinc, and B vitamins
such as thiamine can increase tolerance of hot
weather. Eating and digesting hay takes a lot of
work and generates a lot of heat.
• Water: During the Summer and Fall, water
becomes the secret weapon to battle heat stress.
The amount of water that alpacas will consume in
the heat and humidity may double during the hot
summer months. Place water containers in shaded
areas or place a shield above the water container to
shade it from the sun. Automatic water feeders are
great if they draw water from underground where it
is cooler, to refill the water receptacle. You may
want to offer your alpacas at least one water bucket
with electrolytes added in. The electrolytes contain
salt, potassium, glucose, and bicarbonate which
help replace losses that occur in sweat and
breathing. Use this electrolyte bucket as a
supplemental source of water and not a sole source
since the alpacas may elect not to drink the
electrolyte water and want to stick with plain water.
The downside of the bucket with the electrolytes is
that they should be cleaned frequently to prevent
the growth of bacteria.
Alpacas will seek out any body of water to get cool.
Some farms consider kiddie pools a great way to
allow the alpacas access to water under controlled
conditions. The pool should be placed in a shady
area. Extended exposure to water may damage the
fiber, especially around the legs, but pools are very
effective at allowing the animals to self-regulate
temperature. Be aware that pools can get really
dirty really fast and that the shallow water will heat
up to ambient temperature pretty quickly.
Farm Management Practices:
• Breeding: Consider timing your breedings and
birthings so they don't occur during the hottest
• Weaning: Separating a cria and dam is a stressful
time for both. If possible, it should be delayed so
that it occurs during cooler weather
• Halter Training: Training increases an alpacas
stress level and should be moved to cooler months
if possible or given in shorter doses during the early
morning or evening hours is during a heat spell.
• Transporting from cooler to warmer climates: Try to
avoid transporting alpacas to an unaccustomed hot
climate during summer months. It may take several
months to acclimate alpacas to a new geographical
area, feeding practices and herd mates.
Alpaca owners and breeders can take many steps to ensure
their alpacas remain healthy and safe during the summer
months if they practice practical prevention and awareness.
However, the best person to consult if you suspect alpaca
heat stress (or any alpaca illness) is your veterinarian. As
breeders, we rely on them to provide us expert advice on
how to care for our alpacas. Consult a veterinarian at the
earliest time for animals showing abnormalities of behavior
during summer months. Or better yet, talk to your
veterinarian before the summer months arrive and get a
jump-start on your hot weather plans.
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Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect's Trial Date Set for Nov. 3
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused terrorist who faces a possible death sentence if he's convicted of bombing last year's Boston Marathon, will go to trial Nov. 3, almost a year earlier than his lawyers requested.
U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. set the date today at a hearing in Boston after rejecting defense lawyers' request for a trial no earlier than September 2015.
"That's the calendar," O'Toole said. "I think it is a realistic and fair one."
The expedited trial date comes as lawyers for Tsarnaev, 20, prepare a defense case involving thousands of pieces of evidence and possible capital punishment for the former college student. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Jan. 30 said the government would seek capital punishment for Tsarnaev if he's convicted. If a jury finds him guilty, a separate trial will be scheduled on whether to put Tsarnaev to death.
The double bombing on April 15, 2013, killed three people and injured more than 260. It was the first deadly terrorist attack in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001. Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in July to 30 counts, including the shooting murder of a university police officer in the days after the terror attack.
"I understand the court's desire to move the trial along, but the litigation schedule will be virtually impossible," Judy Clarke, one of Tsarnaev's defense lawyers, said in court.
Clarke told the judge the defense team is still waiting to review 2,000 pieces of evidence now held in Federal Bureau of Investigation labs in Quantico, Virginia, and is waiting for prosecutors to provide descriptions of what the items are.
'Really Struggling'
"It's not the defense dragging its feet," Clarke said. "We're really struggling to get access to information."
In a Jan. 30 court filing backing Holder's decision, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston said Tsarnaev received asylum from the U.S. and enjoyed the freedom of being a citizen before the attack. He "betrayed his allegiance to the United States by killing and maiming people," she said.
As the trial date nears, Tsarnaev's lawyers will probably seek to delay it and O'Toole may consider the request if the defense team can demonstrate why more time is needed, said Mark Pearlstein, a former prosecutor in Boston who's now a lawyer at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
"Judge O'Toole no doubt wants to move the case along as briskly as possible," Pearlstein, who isn't involved in the case, said in an e-mail. However, "the work associated with defending a capital case is enormous."
Evidence Review
Tsarnaev's defense team, led by Miriam Conrad, a federal public defender in Boston, previously sought to delay deadlines in the case by arguing more time was needed to review extensive amounts of evidence.
Massachusetts doesn't have a death penalty. Executions under U.S. statute take place by lethal injection at the death chamber at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Tsarnaev, who is being held in a federal medical facility in Ayer, Massachusetts, faces a Feb. 28 deadline to decide whether to seek to move the trial out of Boston.
In addition to the bombing deaths, Tsarnaev is charged with killing Sean Collier, a police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Collier's shooting at point-blank range on the evening of April 18 set off an overnight manhunt that led to Tsarnaev's capture and the death of his brother, Tamerlan, 26.
One of the victims of the bombing, Marc Fucarile of Stoneham, Massachusetts, whose right leg was amputated above the knee after the attack, attended the hearing on crutches.
Fucarile said he was pleased with the trial schedule. "It's cut and dried," he said of the case against Tsarnaev.
The case is U.S. v. Tsarnaev, 13-cr-10200, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (Boston).
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sweetcrusader posted 9/11/2013 10:04 AM
This might belong in D/S, I'm not sure. This is my first post, though I've been lurking for quite a while.
Since nobody here is familiar with my story, let me give you the Reader's Digest version. 12/6/12 was D Day. We went to MC, then in 5/13 found out that WH was a sex addict. Even before that, I'd been distancing myself from the relationship, since I had started to realize that our problems went WAY deeper than just the A and the circumstances around it. Actually, if I'm honest with myself, I'd been distancing myself in some ways from WH for about 4 years prior to the A, due to the hurts his SA had inflicted on me and our relationship. In so many ways, our relationship was never good and healthy. We started a true separation in June, and I filed for D about 5 weeks ago. We'll be finalized in early October.
That brings me to now. I'm still going to IC, though recently my work schedule has changed and I have had to cancel the appointments I have scheduled. I won't be able to get in for another week or so, and I could really use some insight. One of my best friends is a guy who I've known through work for 6 years. We're very similar, and I used to describe him as "me, but a guy". We've been spending a lot of time together since D Day; his XW cheated on him 7 years ago, and he's been divorced for 6 years. He completely gets what I'm going through and has given me a lot of valuable insight. The issue is that although we never had any sort of inappropriate relationship while I was married, I'm starting to see that he cares for me a great deal, and has for a long time. While I can't entirely trust my own feelings right now, I care for him as well, and I would be interested in pursuing a relationship once I get a bit more sorted out.
But what do I do in the meantime? I've been addressing my issues from the marriage and A, and my IC is very pleased with my progress. While I'm not by any means out of the woods, I AM healing. I want to continue to make good progress and not set myself back, and I want to make sure that my not-just-a-friend doesn't keep me back or hang me up. He has offered to step back if necessary, and says that my healing is the most important thing to him. He was supportive of me when I was initially trying to work on my marriage, and has never acted selfishly or given advice that would benefit himself. He really is an amazing friend, and I don't want to lose that. But how can I keep myself from inadvertently using him as a crutch? I want to be whole and healed, not rug sweeping like I did for so long. Can I do that while still maintaining our friendship? Having him around hasn't hurt me so far, I don't think... I still spend a lot if time alone working through my baggage, and I also spend time with other friends. Setting boundaries (not being at our houses alone, hanging out only in public and for limited amounts of time), doesn't change the extent of the emotion I feel for him. Help?
InnerLight posted 9/11/2013 10:16 AM
Yes I see how tricky this is for you. It seems like you are doing good things like IC, focusing on other friends, spending time alone. I would keep that going. Keep exploring hobbies and interests that you may have put aside while married that you loved when you were younger. Rekindle those and use that as a way to get stronger and more independent.
Keep resisting using the relationship with this guy, and his understanding, as a drug to soothe the huge pain and upset by continuing to develop other friends and interests.
If there is sincere caring with him it will keep until you are more solidly on your own two feet.
Know that if you get involved and it doesn't work, that first break up after a marriage break up hurts much worse than you would think because it pulls all the unresolved stuff up all over again. It can really set up a destructive tailspin. So take good care of yourself and guard against leaping out of the fire and into the frying pan.
You are wise to pick public places, to not be alone together for a while. I can feel the tension this creates but I think it's not a great idea to relieve the tension by jumping in to another relationship.
Perhaps go on a vacation by yourself or with other friends to have time away from this guy and clear your head and gain insight on what you really want.
phmh posted 9/11/2013 18:16 PM
Do you have to interact with him at work?
I think you are very wise to step on the brakes and wait until you are healed until beginning a romantic relationship. I think that the time you spend alone, figuring yourself out, is invaluable.
I'm just not sure how much healing you can get done if he's hanging around and you want to be with him.
That being said, if I were in your shoes, as much as I'd like to think I'd ask him if we could almost go NC for 6 months or so while I figured things out, I'd most likely, as IL said, step out of the frying pan and into the fire. And then it probably wouldn't work out because I wasn't healed, and I'd be devastated and mad at myself for ruining a friendship and ruining the possibility of a future relationship had I slowed things down.
I wish you the best of luck in figuring this out. Timing can be terrible, sometimes.
sweetcrusader posted 9/11/2013 19:45 PM
innerlight - I have taken a vacation, and I'm going away for a few days again soon. He's actually gone for a week right now (and pretty much out of contact), and I'm grateful for the space to sort myself out a bit. I am looking for way to get involved with some of the interests I have, but my schedule is difficult, especially because I don't want to cut into any time I have with my kids. I'm still trying to find balance in that area.
phmh - Yes, timing IS terrible. If we hadn't been friends for so long I'd be willing to write this off as a rebound and dismiss it. Actually, I'd probably run away screaming from anyone who was even remotely interested, because of my trust issues after STBX. But I already trusted this guy, and he has never, ever let me down or given me reason to question his sincerity or motives. I'm aware that my feelings are probably amplified, just because I'm lonely. But I can't dismiss the fact that we'd be GOOD together if I had my shit together. We have a great friendship where we share many activities and interests (something that never really happened with STBX, sadly), and I guess having a taste of what a good, "normal" relationship could/would be has sort of blown my mind. I'm trying hard not to let it blow my common sense along with it.
I DO sort of work with him. We could go NC, as we don't work directly together, but I'd still bump into him at least a few times a week (though we'd never be alone).
I already have done a lot of healing, in spite of him. I've always been very introspective, and identifying what I'm feeling and why is one of my strong points. I can tell when I'm trying to use him as a cushion, and I'll intentionally avoid calling him when I'm especially needy unless none of my other friends/support people aren't available. I've been journaling to help me identify my issues and track my progress. I'm trying hard not to use him, but I suppose only time will tell how successful I really am...
And how will I actually know I'm healed? Or healed *enough* to put myself out there? I know from IC that there are some issues from STBX's sex addiction that I won't even really address until I'm in a relationship, simply because they involve sexual intimacy and feelings/thoughts that may or may not arise. And I read all kinds of things here about people encountering triggers during dating that they never expected. I could arbitrarily say 6 months, but how would I really know?
InnerLight posted 9/12/2013 00:11 AM
I think you get an inner feeling of ease. Right now this is bringing up what sounds to me like anxiety or worry. When you are further along in your healing I believe you will feel more relaxed about it , especially since you are introspective and closely monitor your feelings. I think you will feel an inner shift.
I remember the exact moment when I felt that shift inside from anxiety about dating to feeling it was right to meet men. It was a feeling of ease.
Isn't a lot of this about self trust? It sounds to me like you are handling this pretty well given the circumstances.
[This message edited by InnerLight at 12:13 AM, September 12th (Thursday)]
phmh posted 9/12/2013 06:19 AM
I don't think you really know that you're healed until you get out there and find out that you're not. Unfortunately. As you said, putting a 6 month (or whatever) time limit would be completely arbitrary.
I know that most of us started dating way too early. I thought I was healed, and started dating about 8 months past D-Day (3 months past divorce.) Luckily no one got hurt. After a few months, I took some time off (about 6 months), started dating again, and this time, I do feel healed, but I suppose I could find out in the future that I'm still not.
I also lost a friendship because he came on to me and I wasn't used to politely rejecting people, so I handled things the wrong way. He was so embarrassed that he dropped out of our running club, no longer does local races, and I haven't seen him in well over a year.
Another thing that concerns me about your situation is that you're coworkers. The fact is that most relationships don't work out. What will the environment at work be like if the relationship ends?
That being said, it's easy for me to sit here and say these things because my emotions aren't involved. As IL said, you just have to trust your gut and really, hope for the best.
sweetcrusader posted 9/12/2013 20:50 PM
InnerLight - This is bringing up a bit of anxiety, because I am worried about things turning into a mess. Not so much between my friend and I, but with STBX (who has done some spying on me and was able to put the pieces together about the feelings my not-just-a-friend and I have for each other) and my family (because it's so soon). I feel like I'm lying because I have to keep pushing aside the feelings I have. I don't usually live like this, with my actions out of sync with my feelings. That said, I realize it is prudent to take things VERY slowly if/when we do decide to move forward. I am very introverted, so the idea of dating a stranger is anxiety-provoking, but it's not a situation I think I'd ever find myself in anyways. When I date, it will have to be at least a casual acquaintance. Especially because of STBX's sex addiction, I feel that I have to know a man at least a little bit before I could even consider a date. The idea of OLD or a blind date terrifies me!
It is a lot about trusting myself. In some ways, all of this fallout from STBX's infidelity increased my trust in myself. Yeah, I did a lot of rug sweeping over the years, but I SAW the things that were wrong. I excused them away or ignored them, but I still saw and felt that things weren't what they should be. Now that I know that my former reality wasn't "normal", it's like my eyes have been opened. I feel a profound sense of relief just knowing that part of my life is over. I never again have to worry about not feeling like I'm enough, because I WON'T settle for that. I won't settle for someone who can't/won't/doesn't share certain interests, because I now know what it feels like to enjoy (as opposed to tolerate) activities with someone who loves them as much as I do. I won't settle for someone who can't provide the emotional support I need and who isn't willing to pull part of the load. This ordeal has taught me that the things I want/need aren't unreasonable or unattainable.
People do tell me I'm coping really well, but like I said in my OP, I started this process 5 years ago. I started to find myself when I realized then-DH wasn't willing/able to share my interests and passions. I started my journey, and in a lot of ways I left him behind. It used to make me sad; I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me that he didn't want to go with me. Now it's painfully obvious that he was the problem. Not that I am blameless in some of the issues in our relationship, but his A, his issues from the SA... They have nothing at all to do with me. It's been difficult, and lonely, and heartbreaking at times... but it's set me free.
phmh - I'm so sorry you lost a friend... That must have been really difficult, especially at a time when everything was still so raw.
If things don't work out, work would be awkward, but I don't think it would be unbearable. I'm actually looking at transferring to a different division of the company after the first of the year, and we'll have much less professional contact after that. When we met, he was my direct supervisor, but we've since gone on our separate career paths, even though we work at the same place.
I guess in a lot of ways, unless something major changes in the near future, I've already decided that I want to try. It's just a matter of when. We've already been inching that way, and unless I slam my foot on the brakes, it'll likely just continue. Maybe it'll just happen if it's supposed to, and I'm way overthinking this?
InnerLight posted 9/12/2013 23:53 PM
It sounds exciting to think of the possibilities no doubt. Just make sure you are also exploring ways of making yourself strong and happy on your own.
I also moved forward in my own interests and development while I was married since there was a certain amount of distance in the marriage. But even so it has taken me time to let the layers of who I was as a married woman go, and to discover more of myself as a single person. Don't shortchange yourself that time. It makes a difference to how a relationship is founded.
I waited 18 months after separation to date. Perhaps in an ideal world I would have waited even longer, another year, but I couldn't live without sex that long. We have our desires, we have our rationales and somewhere between the pull of them we make our move. Just really watch how you form an attachment that makes the foundation for a whole relationship., and sets your life on a path for years to come. Do it as consciously as you can.
[This message edited by InnerLight at 11:55 PM, September 12th (Thursday)]
sweetcrusader posted 9/14/2013 22:10 PM
I definitely want/need time to be myself as a single person. Not single so much as in not attached romantically, but single as in able to take care of myself. I can be emotionally independent. But I don't want some guy swooping in to take care of all the things STBX used to do, or alleviating my worries about money. I want to find my feet and to know I can do it on my own. Sometimes I feel stupid about that; everyone needs help sometimes. But I don't want help. I don't mind a shoulder to cry on or a hand to hold, but I want to prove to myself that I can live independently. It's been 10 years since I've done it, and then it was in an apartment with fewer responsibilities.
Contrasting with that is this massive need I feel to share. STBX and I didn't have a very sharing relationship; we didn't have interests and hobbies in common. Actually, he didn't really have any of his own because he was so unhappy with himself that he couldn't really enjoy life. I've been sad for a long time that I wasn't able to do things with someone who enjoys them as much as I do.
I feel like I'm at war with myself. I know that means I'm not really ready. I desperately want to indulge myself, so grab hold of what was missing for so long in my marriage, but if I'm honest, I know I don't yet have the resources to invest in a relationship. I have to take care of me first.
It's so hard to walk this line. My not-just-a-friend and I have talked about it, and he is happy to just share my company for now. We both want more, but we also both want me to be whole. I guess I'll just keep doing what we're doing: having coffee and good conversation, sharing activities we both love, and trying to remember that we'll have a better shot at success if we can wait.
cruelty posted 9/15/2013 10:33 AM
That's it: " slow your roll". I think if your feelings are intense, it could be lurve. And that's fine--but don't cheat yourself out of you time, finding new interests, meeting new people, spending time alone. It is valuable and worthwhile. It will pale in comparison to a new exciting relationship, so you will have to act in ways that seem to go against your feelings to preserve it. I'm not saying you should run, I'm saying give yourself a chance, get some perspective.


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It was a fun adventure getting here. We stopped off for dinner at a Ponderosa Steakhouse, which unfortunately turned out to be nothing like the Ponderosa restaurants that we remembered from living in New York some twenty years ago. Maybe it's a different chain? Maybe they've re-vamped the chain? Maybe we're getting old and our memories are faulty?
After dinner, it began to ran, and we drove through the heart of Akwesasne Mohawk territory, amused at the alternating signs inviting people to gamble at the casino and signs urging people not to gamble.
The route we chose was not, I suspect, the most direct route but it was certainly scenic. The landscape was dotted with trees, houses, and the occasional giant wind turbines. I have, by the way, an irrational distrust of wind turbines.
We took a small ferry across the long lake that makes up the Champlain. I have an irrational distrust of small ferries. But luckily despite the fast pace of the boat, it barely felt like we were moving, except for the wind blowing through the sun roof, which felt great because it was still humid after the rain.
Finally we arrived in the quaint city of Burlington, where even the smallest most ordinary looking houses have grand white columns adorning the entrances. Whenever I mention Vermont, I'm usually told that it isn't very densely populated but it is a beautiful state. Kind of like Namibia, I guess. When I mention Burlington, the biggest city in the state, all I'm ever told is:
1. You'll be the only Asian there you ever see.
2. Phish is from Burlington.
3. Seriously, it's a really white.
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The 2016 Parade of Homes runs from October 28 through November 13. Here is an interview with Marvin Sommerfeld of Sommerfeld Construction:
1. How and where did you get started in the home building industry?
Growing up in Austin, I began to learn the construction trade working with my father on commercial and residential projects.
Later, I worked for Noah's Custom Trim as a trim carpenter managing up to eight employees. Noah's Custom Trim provided trim installation and cabinet fabrication for multi-million dollar homes in the Westlake area. I was responsible in overseeing services for six Parade of Home tours during this timeframe. I acquired Noah's Custom Trim in 1987 and I formed Sommerfeld Custom Trim, Inc. In 2005, I formed Sommerfeld Construction, Inc., building new homes and providing remodel services for residential and commercial properties.
2. Do you have any influencers in your style? If so, who and why?
The influence I have in my style would be the Farm House, Modern Style with Oak Timber Frame style
3. Why did you select this home style for the 2016 Parade of Homes? Were you inspired by someone/something?
The Parade home balances the timeless farm house design with the amenities of modern living, nestled among magnificent oak trees.
4. What are some unique features of the home that make yours stand out from the others?
As you enter the home, you will be captivated by the oak timber frame structure of the living area, fitting together as precisely as a puzzle. The walls of the living area are clad with wood ship-lap to provide a finish which is clean and simple, but at the same time beautiful and warm. Revel in all the features of a chef style kitchen equipped with Wolf/Sub-Zero appliances, as you enjoy the old-world style fireplace in this open floor plan design.
Generous porches provide a comfortable outdoor living area to enjoy the pool or spa while preparing meals at the outdoor kitchen or retreat to the private screened porches adjoining the owner and guest retreats. The climate-controlled two-car garage functions as an event space as well, with a wall of glass opening to the back yard. For the auto enthusiast, a separate one-car garage provides a unique area, with adequate space to install a car lift and provide parking for two automobiles.
5. Do you have any advice for people aiming to build a home in 2017? Any style, layout, material recommendations?
Pick your builder up front allowing the builder to be involved in the entire process to get the best results for everyone involved.


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Tracey Arden, 44, and two men, aged 71 and 84, have died following the contamination of saline solution at a Stockport hospital.
Mark Hunter, MP for Cheadle, said the hospital had done "the right thing" by alerting police after concerns were raised.
"Now I hope to provide the reassurance to the wider community that police are able to get on and conclude their investigations as a matter of urgency," he added.
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Statements from the Pentagon are one thing.
Andrew Harmon has direct confirmation that the DADT discharge policy has finally changed -- from a servicemember facing discharge:
Airman 1st Class Justin Dailey said Friday that he had been served with discharge paperwork on June 9 after his sexual orientation came to the attention of his command. Dailey said he did not make a voluntary statement on his sexual orientation and was not seeking separation from the Armed Forces.Why the hell did Dailey even get discharge orders on June 9th?
Stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, Dailey said he was told on Thursday — one day after the ninth circuit's order lifting the stay on U.S. district judge Virginia Phillips's injunction against DADT — that his discharge proceedings had been suspended. "I had intended on fighting this tooth and nail," Dailey said. "I'm happy I can proceed with my career and get back to work."
Dailey's account was confirmed by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which has represented the airman in collaboration with his military defense attorney. SLDN spokesman Zeke Stokes said that the military attorney had received notification via phone of Dailey's discharge suspension but has not yet received specific written communication from defense officials.
As pointed out in the post below, not everyone got the news. Jim Pietrangelo tried to re-enlist today and couldn't -- because he's gay.


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Can I substitute "a male homosexual" for a gay and "a female homosexual" for a lesbian?
Can't "a gay" be a woman too?
I suggest you not use gay as a noun in any case.
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(1) You have asked a very sensitive and delicate question that must be
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(2) If you wish to be "socially correct," I believe that people now refer
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(3) Here in the United States, I believe, people who wish to be
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refuse to use the word "gay." They feel that using the word would
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Bottom line: If you do not wish to hurt anyone's feelings or
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Strong Latte, Quikshots, Sydney Airport
I don't (yet) have a Blue Screen of Death photo blog, but I really wanted to post this photo somewhere. So here it is: easily the most confronting public BSOD I've come across.
In other news, Quikfix has changed its name, and I think it's for the better. Quikfix implies that they are rectifying a problem before you realise what's going on.
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A special free webinar from the CA Office of the Treasurer on the California Capital Access Program (CalCAP) Small Business Loan Portfolio Insurance.
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It has been a week since I put anything on my blog! I can't believe it. It's not like I haven't been creating or something.
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
Nebraska's Mountains Of Corn Continue To Grow
Two years ago, area farmers were cashing in on corn worth $8 or more a bushel. Times were good in rural Nebraska as money trickled down to other sectors of the economy, including main street businesses.
But two years makes a big difference. Today corn for November delivery in Dorchester is around $3.40 a bushel.
It's not just farm commodities that are under pressure. So are oil and precious metals. It appears the market recognizes that the U.S. economy, while keeping its head above water, continues to be under some serious stress as global growth wanes and our government presses on with high taxes, environmental agendas and healthcare mandates.
When it comes to corn prices, consecutive years of near-record harvests mean farmers have simply produced more than a slow-growth market needs. A story in today's Lincoln newspaper details the situation in Nebraska -- where "a temporary mountain range has sprouted ... as farmers bring in one of the most bountiful harvests in the state's history."
According to the Journal Star, "despite years of steady growth in storage capacity, grain has filled up nearly every bin and silo and overflowed, forming massive ground piles that stand stories high."
The story points out that commercial storage space in Nebraska grew from 455 million bushels in 2011 to 491 million as of June and likely has topped 500 million with new facilities having come online since then. And yet there's still an estimated 65 million bushels of corn currently laying on the ground in Nebraska.
This doesn't even include on-farm storage, which has grown to 1.15 million as of 2013, the most recent year for which information is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Forecasters expect Nebraska's 2014 corn crop to come in at 1.58 billion bushels, down 2% from last year's record. Soybean production in Nebraska is forecast at a record high 284 million bushels, up 11% from a year ago.
The Journal Star mentions Dorchester-based Farmers Cooperative, "which boasts about 58 million bushels in permanent storage capacity, went into harvest season with only 5% of its space taken up. Its bins and silos are now full, and about 8 million bushels of grain is on the ground in more than 15 piles, said President Ron Velder."
"Despite a wet start to the fall, Velder said, the majority of corn has come in at low enough moisture levels to not need drying and can be stored without worrying about spoilage. Only corn that was replanted due to storm damage seems to need a bit of drying out."
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Location: Dorchester, NE 68343, USA
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- AnonymousNovember 16, 2014 at 6:32 PM
Looks like the farmer will get another goverment check to cover the low price so they can purchase some 11 thousand dollar ground , .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2014 at 6:49 AM
Thats just the farmers with old family money. Most farmers that actually work can't afford that kind of ground.ReplyDelete
- cynical richardNovember 17, 2014 at 11:12 AM
............................................. I wish my wifes mountains would have continued to grow ................................................................................. they just keep sinking ..............................................................................................ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2014 at 4:28 PM
Actually, the price of commodities reflects the strength of the dollar right now...............which is really scary now isn't it?ReplyDelete
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We adopted a series that they are calling a "stepping stone" for teachers to move into reading workshop. I will be attending a training workshop next week that will help show me how this series will help me fit it into my reading workshop (I need to work on my attitude). I will say that I am weak in guided reading groups and I am hoping that this helps. However, because of what I saw in my class, I will continue doing what I know is right FOR MY STUDENTS.
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Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Gardai take part in illegal evictions.
During the boom, when the new Irish Section 23 landlord class was living it up, it was not uncommon for a tenant to be hit with a large increase in the rent when their contract was up for renewal - usually after a year. Many people had to hastily look for new digs when this happened, as they were unable to afford the rent demanded. I think that's the definition of "rackrenting".
Irish landlords are amongst the worst in Europe, simply because they are allowed to be. People who rent all their lives on the continent enjoy a security of tenure that Irish tenants, in private rented accommodation, could never imagine.
There was such a thing as a protected tenant in Ireland up until the late 70s / early 80s, when a landlord called Madigan had the courts decide that the concept of a protected tenant was a breach of landlords' constitutional rights. As a result, the lot of the private tenant is a precarious one in Ireland.
Worse still, it seems that present-day Irish landlords are carrying out illegal evictions, and are getting a helping hand from members of the police force to carry out their dirty work. It is not clear in what capacity gardai are doing this, either as favours for friends or under public order pretexts.
According to yesterday's Irish Times, the Garda Ombudsman has received about "20 complaints or allegations that gardai illegally assisted in the eviction of tenants". The former Garda commissioner had to send a directive to superintendents last year "reminding members of the force not to attend or participate in illegal evictions".
It seems that it is illegal to force a tenant from his/her home in the absence of a Circuit Court order, as evictions can only take place through the local county sheriff and cannot be carried out directly by a landlord.
The Irish Times piece quotes Kevin Baneham of Threshold, the tenants' rights group, as saying that most people threatened with eviction have not breached their tenancy obligations: "in many cases they relate to tenants who say they asked their landlord to carry out repairs or provide their PPS number". According to Threshold, many of its clients have ended up sleeping rough on the streets or in cars as a result of landlords' actions.
So the next time you hear some barstool bore banging on about the evictions of a century-and-a-half ago, you might ask them to explain how a State that ostensibly came into existence as a reaction to such injustices, pays such scant regard to the welfare of its tenants today?
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- anna said...
hear , hear!!!!I said elsewhere on this blog, i have had experineces with Dublin Landlords I Never had in 20+ yrs of renting in NI, Guernsey and England: V interested to see tenants once had more right here till a noble Irish landlord decided to insist on his 'constitutionsl 'rights....
In my 1st 9 years in Dublin I had 3 residences- and took 2 of those landlords, both millionairs to small claims court. Then I left for NI, for 3 yrs, and moved back in Summer 2009: for a no of reasons I had to move 5 times in 1.5 yrs- out of that came Three tenancy board cases- the Only reason it wasn't 5 cases was for a few weeks i stayed briefly with friends- and one of those houses is the one i am in now, a V decent landlord.
My curent home is a wonderful large victorian one, wonderful location and garden, BUT V chilly at times- however i will stay put until I buy a flat this autumn- as encountering another scum landlord chills my blood as much as the cold. Hell, I won my 3 tenancy board claims ( 1 drunken abusive lady who I sublet off , had even assualted me - but i finally got my deposit 1 yr after i moved out).
And i won a case against Another landlady before Xmas- she has Now sent 40 euro appeal fee to tenancy baord - she won't win the appeal - it's just to deny me my money a few months longer- so again I will be getting a deposit back well over a year after moving out,. This same lady Laura had originally claimed i should pay her all a years rent even afer i moved out- AND she had another person in the room! A cool additional 4500 euro!! NOW WHY did we get our own nation- why to stop those nasty Brits expoiting us poor Irish peasants of course!!!
- 1 February 2011 at 01:10
- Dakota said...
There is many bad Landlords but there's equally as many good. It goes the same for tenants. Even now.
I know a good friend who is a Landlord and it's not a bed of roses! Far from it. Some tenants are just bad people, who fool, there way into your property and systematically go about trying to destroy it. There is bad on either side of this debate. In many cases the law is stacked in favour of the tenants. That being said, there is a significant group of Landlords who did get into the letting game over the last 15 years, who are just egotistical, smarmy gits, who are nothing less than playgroud bullies. This caste, and the phalic developers not only destroyed this nation, they now have equally stupid politicians telling the population that they are going to RAISE TAXES, establish water and property levies, all at a time of precedented austerity. Really it's the makings of an oscar winning carry-on movie. (Woops, the crap for brains might think thats a good thing - it's not).
As for that news article you cite, I didn't hear it through other media but as ever the way in ROI, it's what actually goes on under the radar which is the reality.
- 1 February 2011 at 20:07
- Ella said...
Hi GM, here is the article from the IT for your readers who may have missed it.
@ Dakota, tis true what you say about good/bad landlords and good/bad tenants. A colleague of mine is a landlord and about 5-6 years ago he had a house let out and the tenants were not paying rent (about 4 months in arrears). As he had a substantial mortgage on the property he was under considerable financial pressure. What did he do? Sent a friend around who posed as a "work man". Said work man removed both the front and back doors of the property and took them away. The tenants left the next morning. Illegal well most definitely I'd say, effective, well he never heard from the tenants again. Yet another colleague has an investment property and by all accounts is the landlady from hell, does no repairs, can be weeks fixing the washing machine and the like. Current tenants are thinking of either moving out or stopping payment of rent. mmm. Myself I kind of find it hard to sympathise with landladies/lords, well particularly those who bought houses as investments, thereby pushing up house prices for the rest of us. And to hear them talk, well the problem of "owning" 3 properties and having a void, well Padraic Flynn is not in it!
- 1 February 2011 at 21:24
- Anonymous said...
Ive seen both sides of this as well , my own experience of landlords through my years in university and living in dublin is that many of them go out of their way not to give back deposits , dont reply to texts or answer phones or come back with lame reasons to hold on to the deposit . My father rents a property close to a university to students , sometimes he has a nice bunch in and all goes smoothly and sometimes he gets guys who are dishonest and try to get people into rooms for free , carve things into tables with knives , leave him to clean wads of ancient used bloodied condoms from under the bed , smash furniture ,stain carpets and then they come at him with the backing of some tenants quango group and with a solicitors demand for full damage deposits . I will say though that a swedeish friend of mine who lived in dublin was absolutely appalled by the standard of rented accomodation for the price asked , mouldy , cold grimey , small rooms .
- 1 February 2011 at 22:34
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At a communal do at lunch time today a TV reporter was signing of from the Middle East. He said "This is Tom D.... in Amman, Jordan". My elderly neighbour aged 89 rushed out of the kitchen and shouted: "What man? What man? What the hell is she up to now?
NOTE: No disrespect is intended about the seriousness of the Middle East Situation.
- 2 February 2011 at 15:51
- The Gombeen Man said...
Sure folks - you've good and bad landords and good and bad tenants, but the consequences of the behaviour of bad landlords on good tenants is what concerns me here. And, of course, the idea of our upholders-of-law-and-order participating in illegal evictions...
- 2 February 2011 at 23:13
- Dakota said...
Yep Gombeen man we all come at this from different viewpoints. I can see exactly what you're saying and I acknowledge it! Of course you're right, wrong is wrong, is wrong. Evil is evil. But hey we live in the land where wrong is right, anyway. Just to qualify this heard on Prime Time tonight that Fine Gael are going to (potentially) cut some of the tax reliefs which Landlords can use to write off legitimate expenses. This is a common practice in most other juristictions. Nothing special. Legitimate business expenses, which most other businesses can write off. But what are Fine Gael saying? They want to effectively shaft Landlords? Madness another party just clamouring for browne points from an imaginary electorate. Bizzare!!! A whole section of the community are going to be (potentially) shafted. I can see why. They are an easy target! It's so obvious....Most of them are being cruicified as it is with taxes!
Gombeen Man, when I see a wrong, I call it as I see it (not very Irish). I stand up and say it for what it is!
It's always the way on this putrid isle the easiest target always gets it.......be that the unemployed, low wage earners, middle income, householders etc.
The interview was comical as Fine Gael actually looked and sounded like Sine Fein, who would have believed it. Bizzare! It was only a few weeks ago that Finna Fail were looking and sounding comical by undermining their electoral base. Now it's Fine Gael. This was on Prime Time TV (excuse the pun)...Irish politics is the weirdest on the planet....
- 2 February 2011 at 23:41
- Anonymous said...
Good points all round but just to mention some good gardai. Last week I witnessed a set-to between a landlord over the road and his tenants who arrived back to find him putting their stuff on the drive. Things got heated quickly and the gardai were called. They arrived pronto and I'd hate to think what would have happened if they had not, or if they had got picky about whether they should be there.
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Honestly, I am happy and blessed as my family accepted me being gay and everything. All they wanted is my well-being. My youngest brother Elvin was sorta like staying away from the cousin of ours who is utterly nonsense when he got drunk with one cuppa beer. He was really a mess. And I find my brother kinda cute being his own kinda bitch! It runs in the family! Then outta no where, he turn to me and said,
"Kiko, he is like so gay!!! I can't even stand the way he ask me about the things that usually girls ask me. Even you are gay you are like all sorta cool and even your gay friends are cool and awesome. He is like NONSENSE!!"Elvin is 17 this year. And seriously, the only reaction I wanna give him was a big hug! But in the same time, it was funny! I really felt so touched he could even openly talk about this kinda things. The night went on and more and more interesting things happen. I overheard my father and mother talking to my other brother (Ernie) and his baby (JiaJia) Explaining that why being gay is nothing wrong. It wasn't a choice to be made by me. And no matter what, family should be supportive and happy on whatever decision I made in my life as like I was supportive towards both of them. I seriously am now overwhelm with the joy and love shared by my family. And daddy even says he hope that I would find someone deserving for me and if we decided to get married, he will be there like he did always. I tear up and i pull my youngest brother out to company me for a cigarette to compose myself.
I know there are so much love from my family and friends that have shown me. But today I just somehow couldn't run away from the fact the lack of the love I am yearning for in life. The person to grow old with. I know memories are meant to be memories. But today, I felt I was an idiot to have washed the love I had into the drain. But that is a love too sacred for me to hold. He deserve someone better. But yes, I miss the time when we were in love. After I have move on from that, when I fell in love again, I have love a person who is still raw with this. Somehow it doesn't fit the whole picture. The things we wanted in life are different. But glad we didn't burn, we are still close and being supportive with each others decision. And then, another one is a love that will I never to hold on as the decision was never mine to make. He is much deserving a love that he dream of. I know I will not fit into that picture with him. I am not good enough to make him felt loved and safe. I know I have made the choice of that months ago. I know definitely I am doing this all right.
Maybe is the emotions with all the emo songs playing in the background make me feeling it. Relatively yes I am feeling kinda lonely with Kelly's voice singing some jazzy tunes. I am happy with what I have now and what I am doing. But sometimes, I tend to forget what I am, just a normal human being. Whenever I reflect this, everything flows in. I would be lying if I say I am not thinking of ways to keep you safe and happy. I would not go further about this.I definitely know if you were to read this, you would even walked out and feel I deserve more than this. But if you were to really walk out from me, I will never ever will even forgive you. You promised that you will not judge me. I kept mine that I did not. I will say this again, I decide and manage my own life. I am doing everything on my own accord. I am not expecting anything at all from you but just your well-being. Damn this is hard to make it not obvious! Damn I miss Andrew now, he is always the best to help me make things blurred! Where are you when I need you?! hahaha.. but back to the story, yes I am just doing what I wanted to.
In many ways, even with what I am now, I am really happy. I have had a love which I always dream of. Yes I screwed up, but yeah, everyone makes mistakes in life. But I am kinda content with myself now. Somehow sometimes when I think back of what I had I wanted you to have that. Now I am talking about Mr D. you Now I feel light headed after a few bottles of reds with my family. I am so having faith to finish this post. Mr D, of all people in my life now, you are way on the top of my list! So spare me with your nonsense and embrace your bitch to make life beautiful for ya. All I really want you is have some faith. Not in any other things in life. But yourself! I shall not elaborate here. I know you would kill me. I still love you very much even you gonna chop me into pieces! Hahaha...
Oh my god, somehow I find even what I wrote is confusing now. Which is which? haha.. that is the whole point isn't it? Anyway, back to me. I don't know what could I even say, sometimes, when things build up so much in the inside, I just do not know how should I put in down in words. In many ways, I am complete with what my life is now, having Mr D and the big three, with all of you here, I know I should be content. But all I really wanna be tonight is indulge with the emotions with Kelly's voice and cry. Cry of happiness or loneliness, I seriously couldn't tell. I am kinda feeling the alcohol driving me light headed but sober at the same time. Honestly, I miss love and being love. Just overwhelm really with the love my family shared with me. I guess now my journey this side of my life is completed and I should be building a new one for another journey. To where? I do not know, but time will unfold itself. And while browsing facebook today, I saw this loving couple who are just sharing their love and it is really warmth to me. When many ask me when would I have this? I would just smile and say, I had it, and I know how beautiful it is~


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So this year for Christmas my little sis had one small request. She asked if I could make a photo album of HER ENTIRE LIFE…like I said, a small request. I'm fairly certain that she asked this of me because she knew I would do it (and would enjoy doing it…that part is a secret). Any who, I'm not going to lie – it was a mission. The project started at my mom's where I dug through a TUB of pictures dating back 20-some years looking for pics of sister bear. It took several hours but I had a blast. For my entire life, the only baby pictures I've ever looked through have been in the family photo albums which my mom stopped making when I was about 10 years old. The great thing about the tub-o-photos was that I came across so many pictures that I'd never seen before. I came across pictures of my parents when they had just started dating (they looked like babies), pics of my great grandparent's right around the time they were married and pics of our early lake and camping trips. It was pretty crazy to see the similarities between my married life and the married life of my parents. They say we all eventually become our parents. I guess I just never realized that all the things I love to do, I learned from them.
These pictures are so darn cute, they had to be shared!
The Orozco Family Circa 1983 (in the desert…apparently)
This is my favorite dress from when I was little! Nick is so cute in his hat!
When Missy joined the family
Mom sewed all of our costumes growing up! She has promised to teach me when it's baby time!
Loves this picture
At Grandma & Grandpas beautiful house on Lake Ozark! I miss that magical place!
I would like to think that this post is a spoiler alert….but Missy totally knows what she is getting this year :)


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United States District Court, D. Colorado
March 11, 2016
In re STEVEN E. MUTH, Debtor.v.KIMBERLEY KROHN, Appellee. STEVEN E. MUTH, Appellant,
Marcia S. Krieger Chief United States District Judge
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Debtor Steven E. Muth's appeal of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado's March 5, 2015 Order awarding attorney fees to Creditor Kimberly Krohn. In reviewing this matter, the Court has considered the designated record and written arguments of the parties, including Mr. Muth's Opening Brief (#23), Ms. Krohn's Response Brief (#28), and Mr. Muth's Reply Brief (#30).
Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a), the Court REVERSES the Bankruptcy Court's March 5, 2015 Order awarding fees, and REMANDS the case to the Bankruptcy Court for further proceedings.
I. Background
The Debtor, Mr. Muth, and Ms. Krohn are former spouses who have been litigating issues from their domestic case in state court for several years. In those proceedings, a judgment entered for Ms. Krohn against Mr. Muth. Mr. Muth filed his voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on August 13, 2012, thereby staying Ms. Krohn's collection on the judgment.
In the bankruptcy case, Ms. Krohn filed a proof of claim for a non-dischargeable domestic support obligation of approximately $45, 000. She also filed a motion to dismiss the bankruptcy case under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1), asserting as "cause" that Mr. Muth had no reasonable likelihood of rehabilitation and that the bankruptcy case had been filed in bad faith. In the same motion, Ms. Krohn requested that sanctions be imposed against Mr. Muth in the form of an award of attorney fees and costs that were incurred as a result of the bankruptcy filing. The Bankruptcy Court held an evidentiary hearing on the motion.
On July 3, 2013, the Bankruptcy Court granted Ms. Krohn's motion and dismissed Mr. Muth's case for cause, finding that Mr. Muth had demonstrated no reasonable likelihood of rehabilitation and that he filed his case in bad faith. The Bankruptcy Court further determined that Ms. Krohn was entitled to recover attorney fees and costs incurred as a result of the bankruptcy filing. Relying on its inherent authority and equitable powers under 11 U.S.C. § 105(a), the Bankruptcy Court found that imposition of sanctions against Mr. Muth was appropriate because he had filed the bankruptcy case, in part, "to disrupt his domestic proceedings and "implement a scheme to divert money to his fiancee." The Bankruptcy Court noted that Mr. Muth had many months to consider withdrawing his bankruptcy case after Ms. Krohn contested the filing, but he declined to do so. For these reasons, the Bankruptcy Court concluded that Ms. Krohn "should not be required to bear the full cost of Mr. Muth's bad faith filing." The Bankruptcy Court directed Ms. Krohn to file a detailed fee application and motion for entry of judgment, which she did.
Before the Bankruptcy Court had an opportunity to quantify the fee award, Mr. Muth appealed the July 3, 2013 Order to the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) of the Tenth Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 158(b). Proceeding pro se, Mr. Muth identified portions of the Bankruptcy Court's ruling to which he objected. As to the attorney fee award, he argued that because he did not file his bankruptcy petition in bad faith, he should not have to pay any attorney fees. He urged the BAP to "deny attorney fees for [the Bankruptcy Court's] false findings for fact." The BAP found no error in the dismissal of the bankruptcy case. Although the BAP did not separately address the fee award in its opinion, it found no error in the Bankruptcy Court's finding that Mr. Muth had filed his case in bad faith. In the introduction of its opinion, the BAP states that it was addressing Mr. Muth's appeal of both the dismissal of his case and the award of attorney fees. Ultimately, the BAP affirmed both the dismissal and the award of attorney fees to Mr. Krohn. Mr. Muth did not appeal from the BAP decision.
The appeal having been resolved, the Bankruptcy Court addressed quantification of the fee award. An evidentiary hearing was held, and on March 5, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order awarding fees to Ms. Krohn in the amount of $19, 546.17 plus interest. The Bankruptcy Court iterated that it had previously dismissed the bankruptcy case because it was filed in bad faith and determined that Ms. Krohn was entitled to her reasonable fees. The Bankruptcy Court quantified the sum awarded by applying the lodestar method. Mr. Muth appeals from the Bankruptcy Court's March 5, 2015 Order.
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