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How Andrew Cuomo can recast the state's highest court
Governor Andrew Cuomo was always going to have a chance to make an impact on the Court of Appeals, the state's highest bench.
That's because Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick—a liberal appointed by Mario Cuomo in 1993 who was the first Hispanic judge on the court—is being forced out this year after turning 70, the mandatory retirement age, and Cuomo is to choose a successor from a list of recommended candidates.
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But now the governor has two seats to fill on the seven-seat court, following the death of Judge Theodore Jones, an Eliot Spitzer appointee who died of a heart attack in November at age 68.
The candidates for Ciparick's seat will be chosen by the governor from a list of seven finalists chosen by New York's Commission on Judicial Nomination, which will have until March 7 to give Cuomo another list of contenders for the Jones seat.
At the moment, the Court of Appeals is divided between four Republican appointees of former Gov. George Pataki and two Democratic judges, with one vacancy due to Jones' death.
In pure partisan terms, Cuomo won't be able to make the court any more Democratic, since he'll be replacing two Democrats. His choice, essentially, will be between strengthening a Republican majority that tends to be tougher on criminal defendants and civil plaintiffs than the minority Democrats, or recreating a situation in which a liberal minority can prevail in divisive cases by attracting support from one of the Pataki appointees.
For his first appointment to replace Ciparick, Cuomo must choose from a list of finalists—six who hail from New York City and one from Erie County—who have run as Democrats in judicial elections, served in Democratic administrations and donated to Democratic candidates.
While similar in partisan affiliation, the group is diverse in terms of gender (four women), ethnicity (five non-white) and legal talent (two private-practice attorneys, three appellate justices, a CUNY law professor and a nonprofit leader).
The backgrounds of some of these finalists suggest that they have an understanding of the legal issues that low-income, disabled or minority New Yorkers face in the court system.
For instance, the list includes Margarita Rosa, executive director of the Grand Street Settlement who was Mario Cuomo's human rights commissioner; Justice Rolando Acosta, an appellate judge who authored a ruling that said board members of the famed Dakota co-op could be held liable for racial discrimination; and Kathy Chin, a health care and real estate attorney in private practice who serves on the New York City Commission to Combat Police Corruption.
Mario Cuomo, who reshaped the appeals bench in his time as governor, offered his insight into the selection process at a June meeting of the 12-member judicial nominating panel, which is headed by former chief judge Judith Kaye. As is often the case when he talks about his own experiences, the comments seemed to offer some insight into some of the factors his son (and former top political aide) will be taking into account.
"You leave your politics at home," the former governor told Kaye, a Republican who was the first woman to serve on the court and to lead it. "The Court of Appeals doesn't have the same problems as the Supreme Court of the United States. I never heard anyone complain, 'The fix was in.'"
(Under New York's odd judicial nomenclature, Supreme Court is a lower trial or appellate court and the presiding jurist is a justice.)
Mario Cuomo made 11 appointments during his three terms—the most of any governor—because he came into office soon after voters ditched elections for Court of Appeals judges for a merit-based selection process, which started in 1979.
Among the more noticeable changes during the elder Cuomo's tenure was the court's gender and race makeup. The court saw its first Hispanic and, in Kaye and Ciparick, female judges during that time, and the first appointment of an African-American judge to a full term.
"I chose specifically to fill the gap of 200 years [where] there hadn't been a woman and I asked myself why not … and why were there no blacks," Mario Cuomo said.
"There's no good reason for that," he added. "So in all those cases, since there were no good reasons, there had to be bad reasons."
Though he was himself a liberal and proudly partisan Democrat, the former governor tried to pull talent equally from both parties, or, in one instance, from no party at all, tapping the independent Judge Joseph Bellacosa. None of the governor's successors have picked a judge from the opposing party.
Vin Bonventre, a professor at Albany Law School and a close watcher of the state's judiciary, said both Cuomos understand the Court of Appeals' power and influence, and the practical implications of the court's working philosophy on criminal-justice and economic matters.
Bonventre also noted that the court influenced the early legal careers of both Cuomos: Mario, fresh out of law school, was a clerk for a Court of Appeals judge; Andrew Cuomo, who cut his teeth in law as a prosecutor in Manhattan, is an Albany Law School graduate, Class of 1982.
"Decisions on the New York Court of Appeals fill our casebooks," Bonventre said. "It sets precedents much of the rest of the country follows. I think Andrew understands this just like his father did."
Cuomo's eventual nominees, who must receive confirmation from the State Senate, will have a hand in rulings that can drastically alter the litigation climate for businesses in New York.
In the coming years, the Court of Appeals may opt to address major legal questions arising from the mortgage crisis and economic meltdown. And last year, the Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling settling a standoff between Wall Street giants and investors over the scope of the Martin Act, the state's powerful financial fraud law, a decision that opened the door for investors—like unions' hefty pension funds—to file common-law negligence suits against banks over the alleged peddling of shoddy mortgage-backed securities.
Obscure opinions on insurance law can take on huge significance after disasters like Superstorm Sandy. Take, for instance, a ruling from 2008 that said policyholders could sue their insurance provider for the "consequential damages" of denying a claim in bad faith.
"Those [decisions] are watched very, very carefully by the business community, the insurance industry," said Vince Doyle, a former New York State Bar Association president. "There's a reason certain businesses do business in New York and some do not."
So far, Cuomo has made eight picks for the appellate division, which is effectively a farm team for New York's high court.
The appointments—all Democrats—included Justice Karen Peters, who became the first woman to preside over an influential appeals court department that covers the Capital Region, and Justice Randall Eng, a Queens judge who is the first Asian-American presiding justice in the state.
Cuomo's six other appellate appointees were elected judges pulled from the trial court, as state law dictates. Professionally, they have had experience as prosecutors, criminal defenders and government lawyers, as well as attorneys who worked at the Legal Aid Society and DC37, New York City's largest public-employee union.
Mario Cuomo, in discussing the Ciparick vacancy over the summer, said he was pleased at his son's nonpartisan approach.
"He's not doing Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative," Mario Cuomo said of his son. "He's doing right and wrong; he's leaving those labels out."
Cuomo's official representative at the June meeting, Appointments Secretary Leslie Leach, stressed that applicants should reject the idea that the commission is seeking "only those candidates who happen to have the same characteristics of the outgoing associate judge."
Nonetheless, there is going to be pressure on Cuomo to appoint a person of color now that the bench lost Ciparick and Jones. Without them, the court would be all white and would have just two women.
Governors are often confronted with the diversity issue when there is a Court of Appeals vacancy.
In 2008, Gov. David Paterson blasted the selection process for handing him a list of candidates for chief judge that was all male and mostly white—the sole non-white candidate was Jones. (Paterson ultimately chose Jonathan Lippman, then the chief administrative judge and a childhood friend of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.)
Black leaders in 2006 criticized Pataki for declining to reappoint Judge George Bundy Smith, the only African American on the high court at the time, to another 14-year term.
Bundy Smith said a high court vacancy is an opportunity for Cuomo to counter the image that his inner circle and administration lacks voices from people of color.
"He has to overcome that perception…. He's got a good opportunity to change that" with this appointment, Bundy Smith said. "This process will help very much in that way."
Legal observers I spoke to agreed that changes made to the search process this year are attracting fresh faces to the talent pool. The search process is more public, the daunting application has been whittled down to a brief four-page questionnaire and a 500-word essay, and there is a greater push to gin up interest among lawyers in academia, private practice and in-house corporate counsel.
This year, there were 75 applications for the Court of Appeals vacancy—shattering the previous record of 47 applicants in 2006, according to a record of nominations dating back to 1997. Since that year, the nomination process for Ciparick's open seat saw the most candidates advance to the interview stage and the level of diversity reached its highest point. "Before, the view was always, this was all an inside game," said Doyle, the former New York State Bar Association president. "This year, I've heard people in all different parts of the state say, 'I might apply.' These are people who never would have thought about it before."
CORRECTION: This article has been changed from the original to reflect the fact that although Mario Cuomo gets the distinction of appointing the first black judge to serve a full term on the Court of Appeals, there was an black judge elevated to the court for an interim term in 1974, only to lose an election to the bench that year.


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Alaska state Representative Bob Lynn (R-Anchorage) is asking the long overdue question: Why do we consider 18-year-olds old enough to join the military, to fight and die for our country, but not to have a drink with their friends before they ship out or while they're home on leave? Lynn has introduced a bill that would allow anyone 18 years and older with a military ID to drink alcohol in Alaska.
The bill already is facing strong opposition from self-styled public-health advocates. However, the data indicate that the 21-minimum drinking age has not only done zero good, it may actually have done harm. In addition, an individual legally enjoys nearly all other rights of adulthood upon turning 18 -- including the rights to vote, get married, and sign contracts. It is time to reduce the drinking age for all Americans.
In the early 1970s, with the passage of the 26th Amendment (which lowered the voting age to 18), 29 states lowered their minimum legal drinking age to 18, 19, or 20 years old. Other states already allowed those as young as 18 to buy alcohol, such as Louisiana, New York, and Colorado. However, after some reports showed an increase in teenage traffic fatalities, some advocacy groups pushed for a higher drinking age. They eventually gained passage of the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which lets Congress withhold 10% of a state's federal highway funds if it sets its minimum legal drinking age below 21. (Alaska reportedly would lose up to $50 million a year if Lynn's bill passes.)
By 1988, all states had raised their drinking age to 21. In the years since, the idea of lowering the drinking age has periodically returned to the public debate, but groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have been able to fight back attempts to change the law. (Louisiana briefly lowered its age limit in back to 18 in 1996, after the state Supreme Court ruled that the 21 limit was a form of age discrimination, but the court reversed that decision a few months later.)
It's true that America has a problem with drinking: The rates of alcoholism and teenage problem drinking are far greater here than in Europe. Yet in most European countries, the drinking age is far lower than 21. Some, such as Italy, have no drinking age at all. The likely reason for the disparity is the way in which American teens are introduced to alcohol versus their European counterparts. While French or Italian children learn to think of alcohol as part of a meal, American teens learn to drink in the unmonitored environment of a basement or the backwoods with their friends. A 2009 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concluded that 72% of graduating high school seniors already had consumed alcohol.
The problem is even worse on college campuses, where there is an unspoken understanding between students, administrators, local law enforcement, and parents that renders drinking-age restrictions effectively moot as students drink alcohol at frat or house parties and in their dorm rooms. The result is dangerous, secret binge drinking. This unspoken agreement and the problems it creates led a group of college chancellors and presidents from around the nation to form the Amethyst Initiative, which proposes a reconsideration of the current drinking age.
Middlebury College President Emeritus John M. McCardell, who also is a charter member of Presidents Against Drunk Driving, came out in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18 years old in a 2004 New York Times opinion article. "Our latter-day prohibitionists have driven drinking behind closed doors and underground," he wrote. "Colleges should be given the chance to educate students, who in all other respects are adults, in the appropriate use of alcohol, within campus boundaries and out in the open."
The most powerful argument, at least emotionally, for leaving the drinking age at 21 is that the higher age limit has prevented alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Such fatalities indeed decreased about 33% from 1988 to 1998 -- but the trend is not restricted to the United States. In Germany, for example, where the drinking age is 16, alcohol-related fatalities decreased by 57% between 1975 and 1990. The most likely cause for the decrease in traffic fatalities is a combination of law enforcement, education, and advances in automobile-safety technologies such as airbags and roll cages.
In addition, statistics indicate that these fatalities may not even have been prevented but rather displaced by three years, and that fatalities might even have increased over the long run because of the reduced drinking age. In an award-winning study in 2010, University of Notre Dame undergraduate Dan Dirscherl found that banning the purchase of alcohol between the ages of 18 and 21 actually increased traffic fatalities of those between the ages of 18 and 24 by 3%.
Dirscherl's findings lend credence to the "experienced drinker" hypothesis, which holds that when people begin driving at 16 and gain confidence for five years before they are legally able to drink, they are more likely to overestimate their driving ability and have less understanding of how alcohol consumption affects their ability to drive.
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A Philadelphia doctor accused of performing illegal, late-term abortions in a filthy clinic has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive but acquitted in the death of a fourth baby. (May 13) AP
Kermit Gosnell, 72, of Philadelphia was charged with first-degree murder in the death of four newborns and third-degree murder in the 2009 death of a 41-year-old woman.
The conviction Monday of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on first-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges produced rare agreement by opposing sides in the national abortion debate: that the trial was more influential than the verdict, and that the defendant got the verdict he deserved.
But it's unclear whether abortion opponents can use the gruesome deeds of a single clinic operator to advance their agenda, much less end a decades-long political stalemate with abortion rights supporters.
Gosnell, accused of running a "house of horrors" abortion clinic where babies accidentally born alive had their spines severed, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of three fetuses inadvertently born alive. He could face the death penalty. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 41-year-old patient who was given an overdose of Demerol.
Both supporters and opponents of abortion rights said the verdict was just.
"I'm pleased. I expected nothing less,'' said Anna Higgins of the Family Research Council, a pro-life group. Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List, a group that supports anti-abortion political candidates, called Gosnell "thoroughly bad'' and "ghoulish'' and likened him to a serial killer.
Abortion rights supporters also praised the verdict and condemned the defendant. Eric Ferrero, spokesman for Planned Parenthood, which provides reproduction-related health services that include abortions, called Gosnell a "butcher.''
"This was horrifying and he should be punished,'' Ferraro said. "This was not an abortion provider. This was someone preying on women.''
STORY: Doctor guilty of murdering 3 newborns
COLUMN: How to prevent another Gosnell
COLUMN: Time to ask Obama about Gosnell
The two sides also agreed that whatever impact the Gosnell case has on the abortion debate, the trial itself was probably more important than the verdict.
"I'm not sure the verdict changes much about how the public views Gosnell, and what he means to the abortion issue,'' said Caitlin Borgmann, a City University of New York law school professor who writes a blog on reproductive rights.
Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, a federation of state and local organizations opposed to abortion, agreed: "It's more about people learning through the trial itself what was happening at that building.''
She was referring to 3801 Lancaster Ave. in west Philadelphia, which housed the clinic where Gosnell was accused of routinely doing illegal late-term abortions under squalid conditions, assisted by unlicensed, poorly trained assistants.
The trial produced vivid images of late-term fetuses, which the prosecution said were born alive and then killed after botched abortions, and disturbing testimony.
Abortion rights opponents said the trial showed abortion as it is — under-regulated and unsafe. Abortion rights advocates said it showed abortion as it was before it was legalized by the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, and as it will be again if women's access to legal, safe abortion is restricted.
The trial came as some groups are working at the state level to impose new restrictions on abortions and abortion providers; almost 700 were proposed in the first quarter of the year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights.
Those for and against abortion rights agreed that the case had strengthened the political hand of the latter. But Ferrero of Planned Parenthood said most recent regulations in states such as North Dakota and Virginia are intended largely to drive abortion clinics out of business. The Gosnell case, he said, shows the real need is to enforce existing regulations.
Gosnell's clinic went for years without an inspection, and two state health officials were fired after law enforcers raided it three years ago and discovered what Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams called "a house of horrors.''
Some abortion critics said the Cosnell trial might change the public's long-standing support for basic abortion rights. "This reminds me of the civil rights cases in the '60s,'' said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, which litigates on behalf of those opposed to abortion. "When you saw what was happening, it completed your understanding.''
He said the Gosnell trial may be the biggest moment in the movement to end abortion since "Operation Rescue" demonstrations outside abortion clinics in the 1980s gained widespread attention.
During the trial, abortion foes had complained about what they said was insufficient coverage by established news organizations. Tobias, of the National Right to Life Committee, said that was beginning to change last month when the trial was overshadowed by several extraordinary news events, including the Boston Marathon bombing and the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion.
Still, she said, "it's added to the distaste in people's minds for abortion … for the idea that unborn babies are being killed.''
Lydia Saad follows public opinion on abortion for Gallup, whose most recent poll found opinion much where it's been for decades: 28% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all circumstances; 52% say legal in some circumstances; 18% say it should be illegal in all circumstances.
She said the Gosnell case might move some people from the first category (always legal) to the second (sometimes legal), and build support for more regulation of abortion clinics.
But Saad doesn't think Gosnell will change the fundamentals: "This is just one case. I don't see others lined up behind it.''


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However, while for me it was a clear that the whole thrust of the articles was in support of our point of view, it was trying to answer a different question so never actually explicitly said we are right.
However, there was one aspect that might interest you as a writer of simple Greek as much as myself who has aspirations in that direction even though as yet I make too many mistakes to be useful for others.
I have in mind the chapter "Most Vocabulary is Learned from context".
As well as putting that case the writer, a Robert Sternberg, goes into the importance of there being varied cues to help the reader guess the unknown word. That is to say if the unknown word is used twice it will not help if both times simply hint that it is something valuable but if second time the cue is that the unknown is big then that is extra help.
Stuff like that.
When writing we have both thought about vocabulary in negative terms. That is to say restricting the amount of uncommon words. Sternberg definitely backs that up as useful. Learning from context breaks down if the reader is overwhelmed by too many unknown words. However there is a positive side. That is in writing for beginners there is need to ensure there plenty of cues to help them guess the more difficult words.


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People are usually surprised when I tell them I'm an introvert.
They're surprised because I'm typically very friendly, open, animated, assertive, and comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings with others. A lifelong Southerner, I know how to navigate a conversation and make people feel welcome. I like to take the lead, and can even come across as bossy to those who tend to be shy or passive. (I say "come across." Sometimes I'm just plain bossy.)
But what a lot of people don't know is that I panic in large groups, dread mingling, and hate small talk. I get over-stimulated easily, so an excess of people, ideas, lights, sounds, or options completely stresses me out. Spending long, extended times with other people makes me tired, and if I don't have a few minutes to myself to process, I turn into a zombie. It takes days for me to recover from the annual Evans Family Reunion, not because I don't love Dan's family to pieces, but because there are just so many of them for so many hours straight saying so many important things that I genuinely want to hear and process!
For these reasons, I actually test surprisingly high as an introvert on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
And apparently, some of you do too. A few weeks ago, when we talked about how perfectionism kills community, several of you shared how your introversion can be a hurdle in developing relationships with fellow Christ-followers. That same week, a member at The Mission shared how his introversion makes him feel most alone in big groups.
So when I saw that Adam McHugh had written a book entitled Introverts in the Church: Finding Your Place in An Extroverted Culture, I had to get my hands on a copy. The book had gotten a lot of buzz, and I wasn't disappointed. In fact, I loved it.
As an introvert myself and as church leader seeking to welcome all types of people to The Mission, I found it really enlightening, helpful, and encouraging. It had never occurred to me how significantly the modern church—particularly the modern evangelical church—glorified and catered to extroversion, and how uncomfortable (even marginalized) introverts can feel in their own faith communities.
What's more, McHugh does an excellent job of encouraging introverts to harness their natural gifts—particularly the ability to contemplate, listen, and reflect—to grow closer to God and to others. (It had also never occurred to me to think of my introversion as a gift; I'd always considered it a liability.) My favorite chapter was Chapter 4, "Introverted Spirituality." It helped me realize why I'm such a liturgical nerd and provided some excellent ideas for nurturing those contemplative impulses through prayer.
This is an especially good book for introverted leaders, though introverts at all levels of church life will undoubtedly find it helpful. I also highly recommend it for extroverts who want to be more sensitive to the needs of their fellow Christ-followers. (I intend to bug my pastor until he reads it.) It turns out that everything from worship to fellowship time to small groups can be made a bit more introvert-friendly, without leaving extroverts behind.
I've been in correspondence with the author—(we're fellow Arrested Development junkies, so we like to exchange favorite quotes over Twitter)—and the first thing I told him after diving into the book was, "Don't take this the wrong way, man, but this book is WAY more interesting than I thought it would be."
Introverts, take heart! You're not alone, and you're not without a champion.
(Note: The nice people at IVP provided a copy of this book for me to review. Also, be sure to check out Adam's blog, here.)
So, are you an extrovert or an introvert?
How has your personality type influenced your participation in a faith community? When do you feel most connected, and when do you feel most out-of-place?
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I am using Postgis as my backend for my project along with geoserver and openlayers. I have a table in my DB which gets filled up very frequently. Now when a user gets connected to a server , he can see the map with all the markers whose points are in the DB. Imagine the table keeps on filling up and there is no relation between user viewing the map and tables getting filled by values. Now suppose after some time when user clicks on certain button on the page, he has to see the map with markers of all the values present in the DB(along with new points inserted in the table since last time he clicked that button). This task can be made simple by making that button as submit button, but when the user clicks it, it reads the entire DB again(reloads the page) along with old points and projects on the map, instead of reading only the new points. This method is not at all good when I have 10000 points already in DB and only say 5 points getting added in the meantime. In this case it reads all the 10005 points instead of only 5 points.
So can anybody give me a solution on how to retrieve only the new points, still projecting all the points present in DB. To my knowledge Ajax can be used to do the same(which doesnt need reloading of the page) but I want a clear explanation of how to carry this work using postgis and geoserver.
Are there any special functions which can handle this?
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text: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Health and Human Services Releases New CLAS Standards Health and Human Services (HHS) released National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care, which includes 15 standards developed by its Office of Minority Health to expand health equity, improve quality, and address health care disparities in diverse and minority communities. The standards help organizations tailor culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services to an individual's culture and language preferences to improve health care outcomes. HHS federal and nonfederal partners provided input to create the new standards, which are an enhanced version of the 2000 National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director of the HHS Office of Minority Health J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, said, "As our nation becomes increasingly diverse, improving cultural and linguistic competency across public health and our health care system can be one of our most powerful levers for advancing health equity." You can view a map of states that have proposed or passed CLAS legislation here.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures grew choppy Tuesday after Hewlett-Packard revealed that it was the victim of a massive fraud related to an acquisition and took a huge hit to its latest quarterly earnings.
After a mostly positive morning, the Dow Jones industrial futures fell 18 points to 12,720. The broader S&P futures slipped 0.50 points to 1,382. Nasdaq futures added 1.5 points to 2,587.
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that a British company it bought for $10 billion last year lied about its finances and accusing Autonomy Corporation PLC, of "serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations." It took an $8.8 billion charge against its earnings, mostly due to the Autonomy deal.
HP shares dropped $1.45, or 10.9 percent, to $11.85 in premarket trading. If the shares stay at that level in regular trading, they will set a 10-year low.
HP's net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31, amounted to $6.85 billion, or $3.49 per share. That compares with net income of $239 million, or 12 cents per share, in the same period last year.
Futures regained some of their losses from the Hewlett-Packard news on a positive housing report from the Commerce Department.
U.S. builders started construction last month on the most single-family homes and apartments since July 2008, suggesting that a recovery in the housing sector is taking hold.
Housing starts jumped 3.6 percent in October from September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000. Single-family home construction dipped 0.2 percent.


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Avenging earlier loss, Kansas routs TCU 74-48
If they had forgotten the feeling — the night of shock in a small coliseum in North Texas — the Kansas Jayhawks received a gentle reminder on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
They were huddled together, with 11:10 left in the first half against Texas Christian. Kansas had scored 18 points, a cannon-fire run to start the first half. And now, there was a media timeout. KU coach Bill Self looked at his players.
"We were in the huddle," KU senior Kevin Young said, "and coach was like, 'Hey guys, look at the scoreboard, we scored five more points in the first half than we did last time we played these guys.' "
Yes, some reminders were gentler than others. For days, the Jayhawks had been reminded of The TCU Upset, that surreal and humiliating night in Fort Worth, Texas, when Kansas was held to 13 points in the first half before falling in a conference loss of historic proportions. The highlights went national. The analysts and talking head chimed in: Biggest upset of the last three decades? Why not?
So while the Jayhawks played it cool in the days leading up to Saturday's rematch, the old film clips left Kansas' players burning inside.
"They came out and they kind of hit us in the mouth over there," KU senior center Jeff Withey said.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks were ready from the jump, parlaying a dominating first half into a 74-48 victory on a day of anniversaries at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas (23-4 and 11-3 in the Big 12) stayed tied atop the Big 12 standings with Kansas State, and set up what could be a kingmaker's matchup at Iowa State on Monday night.
"We played as a team tonight," said freshman guard Ben McLemore, who finished with 14 points. "We got a lot of stops with each other. And down (in Fort Worth), it just seemed like we were moving fast, and we didn't have that Kansas pace that we usually play."
Of course, the Jayhawks had other reasons to be motivated on Saturday — and not just the still-cloudy Big 12 race. More than 200 former members of the KU program were in the building to celebrate the 115th anniversary of Kansas basketball and the 25th anniversary of the 1988 NCAA Title team.
After the TCU loss, Young said the Jayhawks had embarrassed the program. And Self uttered his now-famous statement that a KU team hadn't played that bad since James Naismith coached against the Topeka YMCA.
"We had to let these guys know that it wasn't gonna be the same game as last time," Young said.
Withey, who had just six shot attempts in the first loss to TCU, finished with 18 points and six rebounds in 26 minutes. Freshman Perry Ellis added 12 points off the bench, his largest total since scoring 12 against Washington State on Nov. 19.
"I think they were looking forward to playing a team that beat us," Self said, "and we'd shown them enough tape to have reminders of that."
Consider: In the first half, TCU (10-17, 1-13) shot just four of 23 from the floor, while Kansas took a 38-9 lead. TCU's nine first-half points were the fewest by a Kansas opponent since Cornell managed nine on Jan. 2, 1996. And TCU's starters were zero for 14 from the floor. You can't do much worse than that.
"The game we won down there should probably count for six wins," TCU coach Trent Johnson said.
By the final moments of the first half, McLemore caught the ball on the deep wing and took off down the baseline. TCU sophomore Devonta Abron was waiting in the lane. But as McLemore took off, gliding toward the basket for a thunderous jam, Abron thought better of it.
He peeled off in midair, and McLemore, who would outscore TCU by himself in the first half, finished a one-handed jam that shook Allen Fieldhouse.
Somewhere in the old barn, 96-year-old Fred Bosilevac, who played at Kansas in 1937, sat in the stands and looked on. He was the oldest former Jayhawk in town to celebrate, still plenty proud of the latest Kansas team.
"That first half," Self said, "that's as focused and the best we've been as far as both ends of consistency in a long time. That was the best we've executed and moved the ball, and also the most active we've been defensively."
In the minutes after the game, McLemore talked about his dunk and laughed. The Jayhawks could head to Iowa State with momentum. And this afternoon in Lawrence felt so much better than that night in Fort Worth.
Whatever happened during the Jayhawks' three-game nightmare, Kansas has found its old pace. A ninth-straight Big 12 title — or at least a share — is in sight. Self will go for career victory No. 500 on Monday. And the Jayhawks have grown up at just the right time.
"I think we have," Withey said. "I have said this all along; by losing all those, we got humbled and we're a hungry team again."


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Ubisoft is bringing you an HD-remastered version of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, last generation's 3D platforming title. Fans of the original game will enjoy a new look for the mascot, brought to life in 720p and a lush 60 frames per second.
Remastered audio, 15-20 hours of gameplay, and 9 stand-alone mini-games are also in the cards as Ubisoft continues a rather successful Rayman revival.
Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc HD hits PSN and XBLA on March 21st.


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Obama 2nd term: Echoes of Bush
As Barack Obama heads into his sixth year in the White House, his aides says they are all too familiar with the notion that his predicament looks similar to George W. Bush's eight years ago. They're two presidents dogged by crises largely of their own making, whose welcome with Americans has worn thin after two marathon elections.
One president was taking potshots from his own party over his handling of two wars and a natural disaster; the other for the botched roll-out of his signature policy achievement. One had a lackluster 43 percent approval rating, the other 41 percent. One commander-in-chief watched his party's humiliation in the midterm election after his reelection. The other is hoping to avoid the same fate next November.
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To veterans of the Bush White House, what Obama is going through is all too predictable.
"If you look at second term presidents after they're reelected, it's hard for them to get off on the right foot politically," said Matt Schlapp, the White House political director during Bush's first term. "There's a certain amount of fatigue that sets in – psychologically, physically, emotionally.''
( PHOTOS: George W. Bush's career)
But Obama advisers, who lived and breathed Bush's second term as Obama ran for president, insist that there are important differences that make the current White House prospects less dire. One senior White House aide said that, yes, neither Obama nor Bush succeeded in winning approval of the first domestic priority they pursued after their reelection. Still, the aide said, Obama made greater strides with immigration in Congress than Bush did on his plan to restructure Social Security.
The Obama aide also argued that while both presidents contended with unrelenting opposition to their policy priorities, support for Bush on the Iraq War plummeted in 2005 while the polling on the Affordable Care Act has been dismal and divided — but relatively steady.
No one disputes that Bush and Obama are very different presidents confronted by very different circumstances. For Bush, the problems in his second term resulted from a plethora of issues, including his handling of the wars abroad, his controversial plan to privatize Social Security, and his disastrous nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. For the current president, the problems are resulting almost exclusively from the bungled introduction of Obamacare.
( From POLITICO Magazine: Which President Had the Worst Year 5?)
But no matter Obama's second term fate, his plight is already a familiar one for presidents at this point: the high of reelection and promise of lofty second-term policy achievements quickly give way to depleted staffs, an uncooperative Congress and missteps by the chief executive himself. Collateral damage in the next congressional election is practically assured, history shows; it's just a matter of how bad it will be.
Since 1918, when Woodrow Wilson was commander in chief, the party occupying the White House during a president's sixth year in office has lost House seats in every midterm election but one. That was 1998, when voters – fed up with congressional investigations into Bill Clinton's personal life – stuck it to Republicans.
"The high point of a second term reelection fades quickly. The honeymoon is over," said former Connecticut Rep. Rob Simmons, a Republican who in 2006 lost the seat he had held for six years after Democrats labeled him Bush's "No. 1 supporter in Connecticut."
( Also on POLITICO: George W. Bush writes to Alabama kicker)
In the Dec. 8, 2005 Gallup poll, three months after Hurricane Katrina, Bush registered a 43 percent approval rating, with 52 percent saying they disapproved of his performance. Almost exactly eight years later to the day, Obama's approval in a Dec. 1 Gallup poll declined to 41 percent, with 52 percent disapproving.
Each was contending with an electorate that was unhappy both with Congress and how he was handling his defining initiative. In the Dec. 2005 Gallup survey, congressional job approval stood at just 29 percent; In a Gallup poll last month, the congressional figure was a record-low 9 percent. In December 2005, a CBS News/New York Times survey showed Bush's approval on Iraq at just 36 percent; a Washington Post poll last month showed Obama's approval on the health care implementation at 33 percent.
"There are similarities in terms of the challenges for Obama," said former New York Rep. Tom Reynolds, who served as National Republican Congressional Committee chairman eight years ago. "There are similar concerns for Democratic incumbents [now] as there were for Republican incumbents in 2006."


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Harry Thoms will be celebrating his 85th Birthday on July 22. Harry was born in Grundy County in 1925. His parents were William & Clara (Ramundt) Thoms. He married Marilyn Claussen on June 4, 1954 at the Amity Presbyterian Church, rural Reinbeck. Harry served in the Army during the Korean War Conflict. He farmed the majority of his life on the Claussen Family farm by Gladbrook. His children are: Becky (Steve) Fevold, Gladbrook; Dianne (Eric) Brown, Zearing; and Roger (Linda) Thoms of Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania.
Harry has seven grandchildren: Katie & Cody Fevold; Will, Sam & Zach Brown and Ethan & Jason Thoms. He was the 2nd of 5 children, his siblings include Raymond (deceased), Dorothy Willems of Tripoli, Harold (deceased) and Charles of Waterloo. A family celebration will take place at a later date. Birthday wishes may be sent to Harry at 628 Second St., Traer, IA 50675.


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New Beginning: Goethe-Institut Kabul Reopened
The Goethe-Institut Kabul was reopened on September 22nd, 2003 – after a 12 year closure due to war, civil war and the Taliban regime. The newly renovated institute in the former GDR embassy is situated in Wazir Akbar Khan, an area of Kabul dominated by governmental buildings, embassies and international organisations.
The institute's director Renate Elsaesser has been in Kabul since September 2002 and is coordinating programmes in the areas of theatre, film, music and art, financed through special funds by the Federal Republic of Germany. The institute also supports public and specialized libraries at the university.
For almost 100 years now Afghanistan and Germany have had very good relations with regards to economy, technology, culture and education. The services provided by the Goethe-Institut, such as training courses, scholarships, technical and content-related support for film productions as well as equipment for film- and music productions were received enthusiastically.
For a long time German as a foreign language has played an important role in Afghanistan. The first four German courses given by the Goethe-Institut Kabul have accepted 60 new students. Due to the high demand more course are being planned. It is mainly young Afghans who decide to learn German early in the morning and before they start work or their general studies, hoping that a knowledge of German may increase their chances for employment with one of the other German organisations in Kabul, a position as translator or for their participation in a study-abroad-programme.
As of now the Goethe-Institut Kabul is the only foreign cultural institute in Kabul. Its mission is to contribute to a permanent stabilisation and reconstruction of democracy in Afghanistan through cultural and educational cooperation. The institute's tasks and objectives are part of Germany's foreign cultural policy in regions
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There are three types of sex in a marriage. The first one is Kitchen Sex. This is when you are newlyweds, and you're still having fun, so you do it anywhere, anytime - but mostly the kitchen.
The second type is Bedroom Sex. This is when you have settled down a bit and probably have kids, so you can't do it anywhere except the bedroom.
The third type of sex is Hallway Sex. This is when you pass each other in the hall and say, ''Screw you.''
But there's also a fourth kind called Courtroom Sex. This is when you are getting a divorce and you try to screw each other in public.


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Have Presidents Gotten Better at Picking Ideologically-Compatible Justices?
Do Justices vote independently of all political forces surrounding their appointments? My earlier post discusses how, even in recent decades, Justices' votes have been surprisingly independent of the ideologies of Senates to which they were nominated. Even so, it may be that presidents fared better than the Senate and recently enhanced their ability to appoint ideologically-compatible Justices.
History is rife with examples of Justices who disappointed their appointing presidents. As recounted by Henry Abraham, Teddy Roosevelt complained vociferously about Justice Holmes' ruling in Northern Securities, Truman called Justice Clark his "biggest mistake," and Eisenhower also referred to Justices Warren and Brennan as "mistakes." My earlier study finds frequent grounds for presidential disappointment, based on voting records for eighty-nine Justices over a 172-year period. Just under half of these Justices voted with appointees of the other party most of the time. Still, of the last twelve Justices, only two, Stevens and Souter, aligned most often with appointees of the other party. This low number calls into question whether the frequency of presidential disappointments has diminished recently.
My recent paper identifies change over time using regression analysis and more nuanced measures of presidential ideology. The analysis shows ideologies of appointing presidents did not significantly predict Justices' votes before the 1970s, but they gained significant predictive power thereafter. This enhanced success coincides with Presidents Nixon's and Reagan's efforts to prioritize ideology in appointments to the bench. While earlier presidents did not uniformly ignore nominees' ideology, they lacked modern technological resources. By the Reagan administration, computerized databases allowed presidential aides to quickly assemble and analyze virtually all of a nominee's past writings. The improved information may have enabled presidents to better anticipate nominees' future rulings.


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Deadwood Delays Enforcement of Shuttle Ordinance
DEADWOOD - The Deadwood City Commission is delaying the enforcement of an ordinance that limits downtown public transportation to the city's trolley and taxis for six months.
The Black Hills Pioneer reports that the ordinance would prohibit hotel and convention center properties from shuttling visitors to and from their hotels to other locations within the Deadwood city limits.
Deadwood Mayor Francis Toscana says the city will set up a task force to solve the issue.
Local taxi cab owners have questioned the ordinance and want to ensure that the hotel shuttle services are held to the same guidelines and restrictions they're required to follow.
Deadwood City Commissioner Gary Todd said he'd like to see shuttles limited to those who hold convention center liquor licenses.
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First there were eight, then two and now maybe none.
First there were eight, then two and now maybe none.
Port St. Joe commissioners, particularly Mayor Mel Magidson, were questioning Tuesday their approach for bidding the relocation of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse.
Magidson said research he has been able to pursue in recent weeks raised doubts in his mind as to whether the relocation project as bid � to move the lighthouse, two keepers� quarters and an oil house together � was the proper approach.
�I personally have not much confidence on the winning bidder being able to do what they said they could do,� Magidson said. �I am not comfortable turning the project over to them.
�I think we can save money doing it differently.�
At a pre-bid conference outlining the project eight contractors picked up packets, showing at least some interest. However, just two turned in bids.
While Magidson did not make a formal motion to toss out or rebid the project � on most construction projects of this type a bid is applicable for 60 days, said Clay Smallwood of Preble Rish Engineers, acting as project manager at no cost to the city � a new approach was on the board�s mind.
Magidson said he had talked to a man whose company was involved in the restoration of the St. George Island Lighthouse and others with a lighthouse preservation group out of Key West.
He found that most lighthouses are brick or masonry over brick. The Cape San Blas Lighthouse is a cast iron skeleton.
And though that structure was moved before 1900, no one nor any record survives to provide insight into how it was accomplished, Magidson said.
�Obviously this is a unique project,� Magidson said.
A uniqueness underscored by contractors who picked up bid packets but did not bid on the project, he added.
�Some thought they would be shooting in the dark, that there were too many unknowns,� Magidson said.
The approach suggested by Magidson and to which board members agreed was to consider piecing the project for bid.
Contract one company to take apart and move the lighthouse and re-erect it in George Core Park.
�Someone with knowledge of the structure to understand how to take it apart without damaging it,� Magidson said.
He added commissioners could bid out the other pieces of the project, the keepers� quarters and oil house.
�We need someone just to move the lighthouse,� said Commissioner William Thursbay.
Magidson said he would work with Smallwood to consider bid packages and how the project could be segmented out.
�We are pushing the peanut a little further down the road each day,� Magidson said.
A complication is the time window commissioners are working under. The U.S. Air Force has granted one six-month time-extension until January 2014 for moving the lighthouse.
Dialogue with the Air Force is complicated at this time by the shutdown of the federal government.
On a positive note, Duke Energy has donated $25,000 to the relocation effort. Money raised from all sources, local and state now totals $400,000-$500,000, still short of the original bids for relocation.
Commissioner Rex Buzzett said while he appreciated the donation he wished the utility would provide a break on the cost of bringing down power lines for ground moving of the lighthouse and ancillary buildings.
Magidson said he was still considering options for transporting at least the lighthouse into the city by barge.
Affordable housing
Commissioners approved an amended Memorandum of Understanding with Paces Foundation for the development of over 70 affordable housing units on the north end of the city.
Commissioners made two concessions.
One, to waive up to $2,500 in utility fees and second to eliminate a deed clause that would have reverted 46-plus acres earmarked for the development back to the city if the development did not bear fruit.
City attorney Tom Gibson said he was comfortable with the revision since the city would not deed the land until there was a closing with financing lined up by Paces.
Gibson said the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, from which the Paces will be applying for tax credits it will leverage for investment in the development, objected to the reversionary clause.
Bids, shutdown slow NPSJ water project
Bids for the combined project to replace sidewalks along Martin Luther King, Blvd. and water lines in a significant section of the neighborhood of North Port St. Joe were reported to commissioners.
Two issues arose on the projects which have been delayed by various factors for months.
The winning bid still represents costs that are above grant levels on both projects, Smallwood said.
He said he believed the bid on the water line replacement could be massaged through value engineering or other aspects to bring it within the Community Development Block Grant the commission secured for that project.
The bid on the sidewalk project was another story, coming in well above grant levels.
Complicating any discussions with contractors and obtaining approval from USDA � which is providing the grant for the sidewalk project � is the government shutdown, rendering the agency�s district employees on furlough.
�The goal is to complete the work identified,� Smallwood said.
Smallwood suggested, and commissioners agreed giving conditional approval on the bids to allow Smallwood and Preble Rish to begin discussions with contractors on their bids.
Boat launch fees
Commissioners held a 60-minute workshop prior their regular meeting to hear from the public about a proposal to implement launch fees at the city boat ramp in Frank Pate Park.
The consensus among commissioners was for a tiered fee-schedule, with city resident allowed free use of the ramp; Gulf County residents being charged a nominal fee; and out-of-county users of the ramp being charged a slightly higher fee.
Commissioners are examining ways to raise funds for long-overdue improvements to the boat ramp and launch area.
The primary issues are trailer parking and traffic during the season at the ramp.
Commissioners said the workshop was to receive public input, they would be looking at possibly implementing a pilot project and the ideal time to implement that project might be during the upcoming winter months to iron out issues prior to the season.
�We want to see if this is a viable way to raise funds for improvements to the launch area,� Magidson said.
Cemetery plot fees
Commissioners, after second reading, adopted an ordinance which alters the fee structure for plots in the city�s cemeteries.
The cost of plots will go up � overall the purchaser of a single plot would see the price go from $375 to $435 � but the ordinance eliminates a fee to receive an internment certificate from city staff after a death.


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I'm going to *try* to keep this short, since I'm super sick. I really think there should be some rule against getting sick right before a release, especially if your husband is out of town the whole week at a conference. So I'm just sitting here with the cat and my box of tissues, looking a lot like Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones' Diary singing "All By Myself"! LOL
Anyhow, on with the cards. I have two today. The first one uses the first sketch in the release week challenges. The image and sentiment are from the Winter Mittens Digi Stamp Set we're offering as a free download this week. When I'm designing stamps for a release, there are always images or sentiments that get cut due to space or flow issues. To celebrate our release and give you a little flavor of what's coming, we decided to release a couple of these images as a digi stamp set during release week only. I printed mine on Neenah white cardstock, then colored with copic markers. I cut and embossed with a square Nestabilities die, then sponged some pink onto the inner edges and used the edge of the pink as a guide for my stitched edging. The DP is from a BasicGrey pack and everything is matted with Always Artichoke. The pink pirouette background is embossed with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder.
My second card is today's Mojo Monday sketch. This card was actually part of the card set I did for my post on The Hybrid Chick a few weeks ago. Every once in a while I like a card so much that I make it into a sketch. I intended to make a new one for today, but the sickness kind of put a damper on all but the most important stuff. So here goes. The papers are from the fabulous Every Life Has a Story (Chapter 1) collab by The Digichick Designers. The stamps are from the Starstruck set.
23 comments
- Katarina said...
Those mittens are darling! Thanks for the free digi download!
- October 19, 2009 at 7:25 AM
- TannyP said...
Oh thank you so much for the free digi, Julee! Your cards are both gorgeous - I can't wait to see all the new releases this week!
- October 19, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Bogner's said...
Thanks for the free digi Julee. Your example card is fabulous! I am sorry to hear you are under the weather. I hope you get to feeling better by Friday so you are able to stay up and party...and be happy about doing it!
- October 19, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- Teresa Kline aka va.sunshine said...
I so adore these mittens, your style is amazing...WOW....fabulous mojo card too!
Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon.
enjoy *~*
- October 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Kim said...
Gorgeous card. Thank you for the freebie. I so hope this means you will be releasing more digis at Verve. I love all my Verve stamps but find myself wishing for digis sometimes to use on my digi pages - especially faithbooking pages. Thanks again!
- October 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Steph K (booga3) said...
Both of your cards are wonderful! I love those mittens! Such a generous gift!
Take care and hope you're feeling better very soon!
- October 19, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Robin McK said...
I am loving that pink card Julee! Get well soon!
- October 19, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- Marisa said...
Great card, Julee. Love the colour combo and the mittens are adorable.
In my best mommy voice: "Make sure you get LOTS of rest and drink lots of fluids this week". Hope you feel better soon so you can hopefully enjoy the party instead of having ot endure it (((hugs))).
- October 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Jen Cuthbertson said...
Feel better soon, Julee! I am so excited it is release week again! Gorgeous cards as always! :) Woo hoo!
- October 19, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Stamp Talk with Tosh said...
Two fabulous cards Julee!! I love the soft sweetness of the first!! And the second just oozes warmth!! Take care of yourself my friend!! HUGS!
- October 19, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Jennie said...
Gorgeous cards and hope you feel better soon!
- October 19, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Lisa said...
Awwwwww... You poor thing! KATIE! Take good care of your mom! LOL!
Darling card, although it isn't helping me with my "Christmas is coming denial"...... ;-)
- October 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Regina (TheStampin'Bean) said...
So sorry you are sick (and especially sorry your hubs isn't there to take care of you!) Thanks for the digi -- it's adorable!
- October 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
OK, so I was blurfing this morning and I didn't feel sick AT ALL...and then I saw your post about feeling "sick" and now this afternoon I'm sneezing and running like the dickin's. I think I caught it RIGHT thro the web!!!!
***aaawww---chooooo*** 'xcuse me,....***bbbbppphhhh***, RATS!!
Get better soon!!
- October 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- Danni said...
These are so wonderful!
- October 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- leenda said...
Bless your heart! I hope you get some rest & feel better quickly! Love both of these cards! Thanks for the freebie!!
- October 19, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- ljurecek said...
Julee, thanks so much for the digital freebie! I love digi stamps and I love your stamps and having both together is awesome!!!
- October 19, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- PaperCrafty said...
Fabulous cards Julee!! Thanks for the digi and I hope you feel better!!
- October 19, 2009 at 5:36 PM
- Maureen said...
I'm just printing out my digi stamps onto kraft paper...thanks! I've never used any before, but I have printed my own sentiments out before(Thanks for the sweet comment on my Parade card...perhaps the bird sentiment might show up on the Verve sight one day? LOL Just sayin'!!) I love the font on "wonderful." I hope more of that will be in the new releases :)
- October 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
OMGoodness, the gloves...I can't wait (I tinkled a bit) LOL!!! And your Mojo card girl rocks!
- October 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- Kathy W said...
Thank you for the free download! What cute mittens, and I love the sentiment fonts. These are going to make cute cards; I love your sample.
- October 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Lovely card! Love the star design and the colors, they're so warm and inviting! Thanks for a great Mojo challenge!
Murphy's Mom
- October 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Julie E said...
I really like the way you sponged the pink on the mitten card and then used that as your stitching line! I like to use stitching on my card and can't wait to try that method. Thanks for the digi too!
- October 23, 2009 at 5:13 PM


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Michigan Tech, General Motors, Engineering Society of Detroit Work Together to Retrain Displaced Automotive Engineers
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
In a move to help address Michigan's economic crisis, Michigan Technological University is joining hands with General Motors and the Engineering Society of Detroit to provide free retraining for displaced automotive engineers.
Michigan Tech will offer a one-semester, three-credit course in advanced propulsion technology, to equip displaced engineers to meet the growing demand for workers skilled in green automotive technologies. Students will learn the fundamentals of controlling and calibrating hybrid vehicle powertrains to meet fuel economy and emissions targets.
The class begins Feb. 5 and runs through May 14, 2009. It will be held weekly at Engineering Society of Detroit headquarters in Southfield, Mich. The course will include online lectures by Michigan Tech faculty and hands-on labs at the GM Milford Proving Ground and Pontiac Powertrain Headquarters, run by volunteer retired and active GM engineers.
Michigan Tech faculty who will teach the course include Jeffrey Naber, Jeffrey Allen, John Beard and research engineer Jeremy Worm from the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics; Jeffrey Burl and Wayne Weaver, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Stephen Hackney, Materials Science and Engineering; and Jason Keith, Chemical Engineering. David Hill, a Michigan Tech alumnus and retired GM chief engineer for Corvette and performance vehicles, will teach vehicle and powertrain integration.
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|17-04-13, 22:32
New hoon laws. What's your opinion?
Quote: Campbell Newman: Anyone caught committing a Type 1 offence faces an immediate 90 day impoundment on the first offence. A second Type 1 offence will result in the vehicle being forfeited to the State to be sold or crushed. The second time a motorist is caught committing a Type 2 offence within a 5 year period they may be penalised with an automatic 7 day impoundment of the vehicle they are driving at the time. A third Type 2 offence in a 5 year period would result in a 90 day impoundment, and subsequent offences after that would include automatic vehicle forfeiture. A police officer can decide to impound a vehicle - it does not require a court order.
Type 1 offences are defined as offences committed in circumstances involving a speed trial, race or burn out involving:
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle;
Careless driving of a motor vehicle;
Racing and speed trials on roads;
Wilfully starting a motor vehicle or driving a motor vehicle in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke; or
Evading police.
Type 2 offences are:
Driving an uninsured or unregistered vehicle;
Certain unlicensed driving or disqualified driving
Driving with a BAC above 0.15% or failing to provide a BAC sample and driving under related suspensions.
Driving an illegally modified vehicle
High end speeding (More than 40kph above the speed limit)
I can deal with the whole doing burnouts on public roads and racing etc, I can live with not doing that comfortably. In saying that, this is going to affect everyone of us, in a sense that any tiny modification that mr plod decides is illegal on the spot could see us loose our car for 3 months or forever we won't even be able to go to the corner store.
I'm in the final stages of my build of my VLT and I just don't know now whether to finish it, part it out, or de-register it and making it a tow pony. I really wanted to enjoy it out on the roads driving on the weekends cruising a bit and enjoying the tens of thousands of dollars I have spent on it. I'm angry, annoyed, irritated and loosing alot of respect for the laws and legislation of today's government.
I would love to hear what other VL owners are thinking and there views and feedback.
|18-04-13, 08:28
Are these actually law now? The last I heard they were only proposed changes?
Careless driving isn't hooning?
Unnecessary smoke etc - I can understand if it's a huge intentional burnout, but a slight chirp as you come out of a corner or something would be questionable.
And illegally modified cars, it'd have to be a pretty big modification in my books. If it was something as simple as a pod filter/intercooler with a bov or something. Well f*ck me that's a bit harsh.
Police are driving me insane lately, it seems that they've targetted the hoons that long they've forgotten about all the other useless drivers on the road. I don't know if any of you brisbane lads have made it up to Rocky to drive, but if you think it's bad down there, come for a drive up. At least in brisbane most people let you change lanes.
The lack of indicating, running red lights, tailgating, talking on the phone and littering from cars that I see EVERY time I drive is just appauling. Sure, I hate idiots that speed down surburban streets, but I'm starting to hate impatient f*cks that run red lights just as much. Stuff it, I'm emailing QPS today to ask what they're doing about these offenders.
|18-04-13, 10:05
Anyway last time I looked, and I have been a member on here for a while now. This is a forum.
|18-04-13, 10:09
If you drive a car that attracts that kind of attention, and you hang around in circles and areas that are known for these kinds of behaviour. You have to expect it.
|18-04-13, 10:39
I don't. and my car has been off the road for 2 years I drive approx 500 to 1000kms a week as a refrigeration tech and my silver standard Nissan navara draws as much attention as I remember my vl doing so. I'm not a smart arse ever to them, and I never argue. Go figure must be my face then hey.
---------- Post added 18-04-13 at 11:02 ----------
I apologise for getting a little angry about all this. I have had my rant now.
Cheers. Alex
|18-04-13, 16:10
Join Date: 11-02-04
Location: Brisbane, Northern Suburbs
Car: VL Turbo, TD42 GU Patrol
Trader Rating: (19)
problem is no1 will want to buy a modified car anymore due to these laws so the people that have cars that are heavily modified are pretty much ****ed...
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|18-04-13, 18:44
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Join Date: 26-07-11
Location: Sydney, Sydney
Car: Purple vlct
Trader Rating: (2)
Laws are fine, now they just need to change their view on what is classed as illegally modified.
I could almost fart out my window and get done for NOISE pollution...
I build websites for CHEAP. PM me.
|05-05-13, 17:53
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Join Date: 28-09-03
Location: Brisbane, South
Car: 2 x VL Calais Turbo, VL Berlina Turbo, 2 x Ford Explorer V8, Subaru Forester GT, BMW 325i M Sport
Trader Rating: (74)
It all comes down to the certain situation, the laws are there so police have the power to stop people who are being idiots.
I doubt they are going to crush a tidy modified 5.0L VK with a lumpy cam for noise pollution as he takes off at the lights, but if he's racing at the set of lights against an FPV ute for instance, then fair enough. And they should both be charged.
The thing that irritates me is like Bax said the other idiots that are just as much of a danger to society, that talk on the mobile phone, speed and blow through red lights, just yesterday I saw some jobber in a camry go straight through 2 red lights only to get caught in traffic at the next set, this was just before 12pm with plenty of people on the roads. And these people who don't give a **** about anybody else are likely the ones who are driving suspended / unlicenced / unregistered etc.. and according to the new laws under type 2 offences they hardly get a slap on the wrist.
|05-05-13, 20:12
Join Date: 28-12-07
Location: Brisbane, south
Car: 30.RIP 9.45 @ 145, UNS781 BF F6 616rwhp
Trader Rating: (5)
Nothing wrong with voicing your opinion.
All I'm gonna say and do is buy a trailer and drive mine maybe once a month, no point risking losing it for 3 months and miss a powerskid trophy :P
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