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Mobile Payments Go Viral: M-PESA in Kenya
Ignacio Mas
Tufts University
Daniel Radcliffe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
March 1, 2010
Capco Institute's Journal of Financial Transformation, No. 32, p. 169, August 2011
YES AFRICA CAN: SUCCESS STORIES FROM A DYNAMIC CONTINENT, P. Chuhan-Pole and M. Angwafo, eds., World Bank, August 2011
M-Pesa is a Small-Value Electronic Payment and Store of Value System that is Accessible from Ordinary Mobile Phones. It Has Seen Exceptional Growth Since its Introduction by Mobile Phone Operator Safaricom in Kenya in March 2007: It Has Already Been Adopted by 9 Million Customers (Corresponding to 40% OKenya's Adult Population) and Processes More Transactions Domestically than Western Union Does Globally. M-Pesa's Market Success Can Be Interpreted as the Interplay of Three Sets of Factors: (I) Pre-Existing Country Conditions that Made Kenya a Conducive Environment for a Successful Mobile Money Deployment; (Ii) a Clever Service Design that Facilitated Rapid Adoption and Early Capturing of Network Effects; and (Iii) a Business Execution Strategy that Helped M-Pesa Rapidly Reach a Critical Mass of Customers, Thereby Avoiding the Adverse Chicken-and-Egg (Two-Sided Market) Problems that Afflict New Payment Systems.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 15
Keywords: mobile banking, e-payments, microfinance
Date posted: April 21, 2010 ; Last revised: September 20, 2011
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When Becky Yarberry was killed in a car accident six years ago outside of Vail, her mother began to dedicate part of her own life to fulfilling Yarberry's.
Yarberry, employed as an EMT and three weeks shy of her 28th birthday, was heading westbound on I-70 en route to a doctor's appointment when a woman driving eastbound hit the median, flipped over it and landed her vehicle on top of Yarberry's.
The young woman who had dedicated her life to helping others was pronounced dead on the scene. Much of that time she had spent helping others had been with CURE International – a nonprofit organization that operates hospitals and programs in 25 developing countries worldwide. As part of the program, patients receive surgical treatment regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity or ability to pay.
Yarberry had taken numerous trips with the organization to places such as Honduras, where poetically, money raised from her memorial went to fund a 20-bed hospital wing in San Pedro Sula, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Yarberry had spent a lot of time talking with her mother, Littleton resident Margie Schoedel, about CURE and Schoedel had made plans to go with her on her next trip. While the two were never able to go together, Schoedel, a teacher at Castle View High School, picked right up where her daughter left off and began taking her own trips.
"She gave me a lot of gifts and that was one of them," said Schoedel, who last spring took five Castle View students with her to the Dominican Republic, in addition to raising $12,000 for CURE during the school's make a difference week.
"She was a hard worker, very outgoing, and had a heart for helping others, especially those less fortunate," Schoedel said of her daughter. "What I'm trying to do for Becky is get the word out about CURE International and raise awareness about the types of diseases these kids are facing such as cleft palate, hydrocephalus and club foot."
One of the ways Schoedel is getting the word out is through the Sept. 7 "Run for One" 5K/2K family fun run and walk at Mountainview Community Church in Highlands Ranch. The event, which raised $2,100 for CURE last year through Becky's Blessings Foundation – a nonprofit founded by Schoedel in 2012 – is in its second year in Highlands Ranch. Schoedel had helped organize triathlons in Avon the previous three years, but thought it would be nice to do something local and more family-focused.
"Strollers are welcome, dogs on leash are welcome and we'll have a bouncy house for the kids, a DJ and a silent auction," she said. "It's really a community event. Students who are looking to pick up community service hours can also come and volunteer."
The event is from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sept. 7 at Mountainview Community Church, 40 E. Highlands Ranch Parkway. To register, visit www.runforone2013.eventbrite.com. To learn more about the nonprofits, visit www.beckysblessings.org and www.cure.org. If you wish to donate to the silent auction, contact email@example.com.

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By JERRY STOTLERGuest Writer
Some people think that the world economy is made up of a huge pot of gold and we each get a little share of it. Some get a little more than others, or maybe a lot more, according to some weird unfair quirk of fortune. The liberals are especially affected by this distortion of reality. Wealth manifests itself in material goods (and in modern times in its paper representations), the more material goods that a society creates the more wealth the people have. For example, look at all the things that Americans have compared to most of the world. We have two or three cars, a TV in each room, computers, we have too much food that hangs around our belts, etc. The reality is that all wealth is created. About the only thing that does not decay is gold. If buried for thousands of years, it comes out of the ground just like the ancients made it. The rest of the stuff we accumulate eventually wears out and ends up in the county dump and decays. If we fail to create more things to replace the waste, we would all have a little less each year. If we tried to share the wealth from the so called "great pot" that was around at the time of America's Civil War, we would all have very little.
But Americans have created a system that allows anyone who understands and has the ambition, the opportunity to create a vast store of wealth for themselves and their families. For 200 years Americans have struck out on their own reaching for a dream. They have discovered, invented, produced, a great resource of material goods that we all benefit from. Hospitals, libraries, supermarkets, department stores, home improvement centers, home appliance stores, restaurants, are full of goods that were created in the hopes that someone could get rich. The entrepreneurial spirit in America's four percent of the world has created more wealth than all the rest of the world combined. Hard work, thrift, the willingness to take a calculated risk, and honesty in our business dealings, are qualities that have been passed down from the adventurous souls that made Americans different, and drove American businessmen to create the goods and services we all enjoy today. There are few people that deserve more respect than the successful business man that has discovered a way to serve others by creating something that makes our lives easier or better in some way. Thank you Mr. or Mrs. and Ms. Entrepreneur. Your dreams have made my life better.


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Mike Olsen has hung out his shingle and gone into business for himself. He is Emery County's newest lawyer and his new office is within the Farm Bureau Financial Services/Community Nursing building in Castle Dale.
Olsen said, "The name of my new office is Olsen Law Office, PC. I was born and raised in Castle Dale. My parents are Arthur and Shannon Olsen. I went to school in Emery County and graduated from Emery High in 1997. I married Jodi Leamaster who is the daughter of Darrel and LaRae Leamaster of Huntington.
"I did my undergraduate work at Southern Utah University and then went to the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. We were there for three years.
"Jodi and I have four children, Tyler, Brooklynn, Joshua and Matthew. We live in Castle Dale.
"My practice includes, family law: divorce, adoption and custody matters; criminal defense: DUI, drug offenses, burglary, etc.
"I will work to ensure that people's rights are protected. It is important that these rights be protected for everyone. These rights are afforded to everyone, you can't pick and choose who we give these rights to. If we did the system would fall apart.
"I became an attorney to defend the constitution. It's a big part of it. It's important to follow the rules. I want to defend those who have been accused of something they didn't do and protect their rights and protect the innocent.
"Family law affects so many people. There isn't anyone who hasn't been affected by divorce. It is a highly emotional time for people. It's good to have someone you know and someone you can trust and someone who knows the law during these times. I can deal with the issues that surround a divorce including property. The most important issue in a divorce is the children and who will retain custody of the children and how much time the parents will spend with the children. You need someone to protect your rights and advance your position. I am willing to be on your side," said Olsen.
While attending SUU as an undergraduate, a professor approached Olsen and told him he thought Olsen would make a good attorney. He had the talent and the skill set to be a good one. So Olsen pursued this interest in law by job shadowing at a law firm in Cedar City. "This was a time for me to see what the law profession was all about and if I was interested enough to become an attorney. I was offered the job of a law clerk there in Cedar and worked there from 1999-2002. While working there I learned to love the legal field and found out I had a knack for it. I began pursuing a law career. I took the Law School Admittance Test and attended law school from 2003-06. I went to school full time and just immersed myself learning and studying law. After completion of law school we returned to Utah where I worked for a law firm in Salt Lake for a year. I liked it. I worked on a team handling large cases and I received training from some of the best and brightest attorneys in Utah. We also worked on real estate and water law which are among my favorite areas of practice.
"It was always our dream and intent to come home to Emery County. So, in 2007 we moved back to Castle Dale where I worked with local attorneys until now. I am opening up my own law practice which is what I have wanted to do from the beginning.
"My Emery County roots go deep. Both of my great grandfathers answered the call from Brigham Young in 1877 to settle Emery County. They were Henning Olsen and Orange Seely and my family has been here ever since. I love it here. I am the fifth generation to live in Emery County and we love it here. We love the mountains, the desert, and the biggest reason I wanted to move back was the community; the people who live here. I want everyone to have the same opportunities I have had by living here. I have lived in Florida, Michigan, South Dakota and I've visited a lot of places so I can say for sure this is a great place to live.
"I want to give my children the high quality of life that I've been given. I want them to be part of the community.
"I want to contribute to continue to make this a great place to live.
"If you need legal representation I will zealously represent you. Everyone deserves to be represented fairly in this county. I have had several opportunities to represent many people here and I thank them for their business and their support and trust in me. I will continue to be available to represent the community in whatever aspect of the law they might need. I practice real estate law and can handle evictions. Water law is one of my favorite areas and I understand the issues that surround water and land in our area. I just love property disputes, contracts and evictions; they are my favorite cases to work on.
"We have just been welcomed back into the community wholeheartedly and my wife Jodi and I appreciate that. The kids love it here. We like to go horseback riding and I grew up on a farm so I love to ride horses and chase cows. We go camping, hunting and fishing. Our families are here and we enjoy spending time with them.
I have an office in Carbon County, too. The address there is 80 West Main Suite 201 above the Far West Bank. In Castle Dale my office is at 45 West Main. My phone numbers are 381-MIKE (6453) in Castle Dale and in Price 637-MIKE (6453).
"I am appreciative of the welcome we have been given and I want to contribute any way I can," said Olsen.


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The Billy Brewer Tree or Why Good Moves Last
This is a post I've been hanging onto for a day that now will never come. I was originally going to post it on the day that Jordan Parraz made his Major League debut with the Royals, but since he was recently picked up on waivers by the Red Sox it's not likely to happen.
I'm getting ahead of myself. This story begins on December 7th, 1992. It's not quite a day that will live in infamy, rather it's the day the Royals drafted pitcher Billy Brewer from the Montreal Expos in the Rule 5 draft. Brewer was a left-handed relief pitcher who had put together three very good seasons in low A to high A baseball. He had pitched in 23.1 unspectacular innings in 1992 at the AA level, but the Royals drafted him anyway and placed him on the roster.
Brewer pitched well in the bullpen for the Royals in 1993 and 1994, putting up a 3.01 ERA in 77.2 innings pitched. However, in 1995 he struggled. He posted a 5.56 ERA and that off-season he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jose Offerman. Brewer never actually ended up pitching for the Dodgers. For the rest of his career he pitched 55.2 innings for the Yankees, A's and Phillies and his ERA was 6.63.
In Jose Offerman, the Royals got a 27 year old shortstop coming off of a career year. In 1995 he hit .303/.389/.375. He didn't hit for a whole lot of power, but played an up-the-middle defensive position and got on base at a very high rate. Offerman was a very productive player for the Royals from 1996-1998. He hit .306/.385/.419 and led the league in triples with 13 in 1998.
The Royals got an absolute steal in the Brewer trade and Offerman's success made him a Type A free agent in the off-season following the 1998 season. The Boston Red Sox ended up signing him and due to the the rules of free agency, they forfeited their 25th overall draft selection to the Royals. Offerman had three more seasons of production that were roughly the same as what he put up as a Royal, but after that his numbers plummeted.
In the 1999 draft, the Royals selected pitcher Mike MacDougal out of Wake Forrest with the Red Sox 25th pick. He spent a few years in the minors and made his debut as a starter in 2001. Not one month later, he was struck in the head by a bat that flew out of the hands of Carlos Beltran and fractured his skull. The lingering effect from that incident was a loss of sensation in his fingers. He eventually learned to pitch with it and came back to the Majors as a relief pitcher. He saved 27 games as the Royals' closer in 2003, lost that job to Jeremy Affeldt in 2004 and regained it in 2005. In July of 2006 he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. In four years with the White Sox, MacdDougal posted a 4.77 ERA in 88.2 innings pitched.
In return for MacDougal, the Royals received Minor League pitchers Tyler Lumsden and Dan Cortes. Neither of them reached the Majors with the Royals and were dealt in separate deals. Cortes was traded with Derrick Saito to the Seattle Mariners for Yuniesky Betancourt, who was then packaged with Zack Greinke to obtain Alcides Escobar, Jake Odorizzi, Lorenzo Cain and Jeremy Jeffress from the Brewers. Lumsden was traded to the Astros for outfield prospect Jordan Parraz who was released this off-season by the Royals.
So we've come full circle and back to Jordan Parraz. It's a long, strange tale of baseball moves, however there seems to be a very interesting point in all of that. If you'll notice, the moves which are fully realized and the players have all gone on to either finish or nearly finish their careers are ones which the Royals did very well. Below is a chart which shows the series of moves.
Every move that a team makes can have lasting ramifications, either positive or negative. Drafting and then trading Billy Brewer was a shrewd move by General Manager Herk Robinson. The Royals clearly maximized the value of Brewer. The team also cleverly didn't sign Jose Offerman as a free agent, which gave them one of the three first round picks they'd have in the 1999 draft. That pick yielded prospects in a trade, and those prospects yeilded more prospects and Yuniesky Betancourt, natch.
The point remains that those smart moves by the 1992-1995 Royals front office continue to yield net value to the team in 2011. One good move can help a team for decades, one bad one can do the opposite. This is illustrative of why there is so much importance placed on the small things that the Royals need to do.
It's not necessarily doing the "little things" on the field that matters as much as doing the "little things" in player acquisition. From gettting talented Rule 5 players, to recognizing when someone has over-achieved or reached their peak. Now that the Royals have built up an incredible farm system, it's these types of moves which will define Dayton Moore and lead to a renewal of success or continued failure.


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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Emery County School board met in their July meeting and one item of business was discussion was the new Green River Community Center. It is being constructed on vacant property near the BookCliff Elementary School. When the county and Green River City does the road widening they would like to do curb and gutter and a sidewalk and a retaining wall. They wondered if the school district would like to pay for the retaining wall. The school board discussed the idea and couldn't see any real advantages to the school children of Green River to do that. The children rarely use the road on that side of the school. An estimate of the cost of the wall is $55,000 for a rock wall or a cement wall at $37,000. It was determined the school district wouldn't participate in the building of a retaining wall as it will have no benefit to the students.
The board approved the use of the school buses for a rental fee for transportation at the Castle Valley Pageant.
Ed Clark, principal at Cleveland Elementary presented the Perkins plan to the school board for their approval. This plan is submitted for an extensive grant for equipment and training for vocational education. A new rule calls for the submitting of the plan to the local school board for their approval. Funds from the grant are also used to recruit nontraditional students into these vocational classes; for instance girls into wood and auto shop and boys into home economic classes.
The school board approved the negotiated items with the Emery Education Association and the Emery Classified employees association.
There is a 1 percent across the board increase in educator salaries. Educators will also receive $2,000 as part of the legislative adjustment; this is ongoing money. The classified employees will receive a 6 percent across the board cost of living increase. The district will also pay any insurance increases and step and lane adjustments.
The mileage reimbursement has been raised from 30 cents to 40 cents. The rate is 20 cents if the person could have taken a district vehicle but chose to take their own.
The school board is looking at adding a definition of insubordination to the termination policy.
The district is working on an enhanced employee recognition program to recognize employees for outstanding job performance.
The district will set up some training programs to educate employees on retirement.
Opening institute is scheduled for Aug. 20 and all classified employees are encouraged to attend as well as all educators.
Board president, Laurel Johansen was elected to go to the Utah State Board Association as a delegate. The alternate will be Sam Singleton.
The board approved the revision of existing policy: GCBD/GDBD-staff fringe benefits and approved the new rule GCBD-R/insurance waiver rules.
The student built house for 2007 has been sold and the school board signed the papers for this transaction to take place. Brody and Anya LeRoy have purchased the home.
The final inspection on the Green River gym took place and an open house is in the planning stages for after school starts in August.
The school board approved a stipend for employees who opt out of the insurance coverage, due to being covered elsewhere. The details will be worked out in the future and a letter will be sent to the employees letting them know of this option.
In personnel items, Kirk Sitterud, superintendent, said they have received a letter of resignation from Susan Wilde, consumer science teacher at Green River. Marci Thayne has been hired as a Title I coordinator, this is a half day position. Jayne Williams has been hired as an English teacher at Green River High School. Josh White has been hired as a level four math teacher at Emery High. Heather Parsons has been hired as the consumer science teacher at Green River High School. Jamie Anderson has been hired as an educational assistant and Shawna Carroll as a library assistant, Heidi Lemmon is the tobacco prevention grant coordiantor and Korene Merrell has been hired at Cleveland Elementary as a special needs student aide.
"I feel good about the staffing," said Sitterud, "We are still advertising for two elementary teachers. Collette Clement has transferred from Huntington Elementary to Canyon View to teach English. A bus driver is needed for the Castle Valley Center and will fill a six hour teaching assistant position if all works out."
A teacher will have to be hired at Huntington Elementary to fill in for JoyLynn Humphrey who will miss part of the year due to illness.
Business manager, Jared Black told of the classified study which has been completed comparing the district's wages to other districts for comparable positions. The findings were on average very comparable except in the technology positions. These positions were found to be on average approximately $3 per hour less than similar districts. The school board made a decision to bring these positions in line with districts comparable to the Emery District. This adjustment will be an approximate $3 increase for these tech employees.
Superintendant Sitterud told the school board of the scout centennial activity to be held in June 2008. The district has forwarded the agreement to the scout's legal department for review. The scouts will headquarter at the Canyon View Junior High and will use the grounds and the kitchen as well as bathroom and shower facilities. Portable showers and bathrooms will also be set up at the school.
Superintendent Sitterud said the speaker for the opening institute on Aug. 20 will be Brad Montgomery who speaks on how to use humor in the classroom.
Black explained also on Aug. 20 will be the benefits fair where vendors will set-up at the Museum of the San Rafael and a family BBQ will be at the Castle Dale park.


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its short so.... dont hate me haha
SOMEHOW, naruto will end up sacrificing his life for sasuke and sasuke whether before or after narutos death will gain the rinnegan and revive him with it, while killing himself, the way nagato did
its short so.... dont hate me haha
SOMEHOW, naruto will end up sacrificing his life for sasuke and sasuke whether before or after narutos death will gain the rinnegan and revive him with it, while killing himself, the way nagato did
well, the reason why nagato died reviving the konoha village was because he was already low on chakra. i dont think thats how its going to end, i actually think it is the other way around, that sasuke sacrifices heroically himself for naruto to save him and the village after having been affected by his "talk no-jutsu" and then gets revived.
Sorry i dont agree, Naruto seems over the whole save sasuke for the village idea. Since Naruto is now directly paralleled with the sage of six paths, he isn't going to die for sasuke.
However, i think Naruto will talk with Sasuke, have a small fight, then tell him about Itachi, and how Itachi trusted him with shisui's eye, and how he really had parents, and that Tobi played a role in their deaths. Then Sasuke will want to erase his wrong doings, and help Naruto in his fight with either Tobi or Edo Madara, which ever or who ever happens to become the final villan.
I like this idea because the Senju and Uchiha unite to fix the cycle of revenge that the so6p started.
Hmm... the only problem I have with that idea is that both Naruto and Sasuke will have to reach Sage of The Six path levels of power and Sasuke will have to do something completely out of character and sacrifice himself for someone else.
I can see Naruto doing something like that, Sasuke not so much, as he is right now. As for the ending of this series, its still up in the air for me, while I have some ideas of how it will occur, I am not leaning towards this particular ending
well...i've always pictured one of them dying.......it kinda makes sense for me...i think sasuke might die to make up for his wrong doings....
Miau, Miau, Miau.....prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!
I've been saying this from the moment that part one of Naruto Manga ended; everything will turn to the Zabuza Arc, let me explain:
Sasuke tried to save Naruto instictly, when Haku tried to attack him. Sasuke's heart has the will of fire ( just like his brother Itachi ), but Sasuke's mind is soo raped.. that he's following the dark path right now. When they tried to save Kakashi from Zabuza's jutsu, they worked together SMOOTHLY! Sakura even said that, their teamwork ( even when they never worked together before ), was just like if they worked together for YEARS! Everything between them, was executed without even saying one word to each other.
Sasuke has to fight Naruto, no matter what. Hashirama - Madara started the story at VOTE, and Naruto - Sasuke will follow into their footsteps as being the two strongest shinobi's ever lived. Sasuke will be re-deemed, no matter what. Naruto will tell him ( or Kyuubi when Sasuke tries to go inside of Naruto ), the whole story. Kyuubi knows everything about the elder - younger son, Rikudou himself, the hatred etc.. so either way: sasuke will hear the reasons behind the massacre, simple said: the true story.
By hearing this story, he will feel quilty, for what he has done against Naruto, Sakura or even the others. Sasuke will be trying to kill Edo Madara / Tobi with a sacrificial jutsu. This way; he wants to wipe out Tobi / edo Madara with him, because he thinks that he don't deserves to live and probably with his arrogance, still believes that he's the one who has to sacrifice himself and not Naruto.
Sasuke knows that Naruto is stronger then him.. well; he will, after their fight. And he also believes that Naruto has to be the one, what the shinobÃ* world needs, and not him. Sasuke will see himself as collatarol damage.
Sasuke's sacrifice will FAIL, and this is where everything starts. Just like Zabuza Arc; Naruto will be holding Sasuke in his arms.. going all crazy and stuff. Sasuke will spout his last words with blood everywhere, that he's sorry and that he couldn't asked for a better friend etc. Sakura on the other hand; founded herself always useless, compared to them. This could be, her shining moment: she will save Sasuke, just like chijoo saved Gaara. As a medical ninja, she maybe learned from Grandma for executing that forbidden jutsu; it could be written on a scroll that Grandma gave to her. BUT hold on; Chijoo didn't had enough chakra, so she asked Naruto.
IT COULD be that Tsunade will be the one, who will give her last life-force to Sakura, so she could revive Sasuke. I always thought that she would give half of her own life-force, but we somehow know that Tsunade has to go along with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, to the other life. Tsunade tried to save her brother and boyfriend, but failed. By seeing Sakura going all into tears and as her mentor / hokage, she will GIVE HER LAST CHAKRA POWER for reviving Sasuke. This way; she will be the one who saves Sasuke.. and Naruto will transform to another level: Sage- Kyuubi 9000!!
Edo Madara or Tobi will be Naruto's first kill in the Naruto Manga.
... You're Dead 2 Me Now ...
Dude, Aga, if you re-read the gaara resurrection arc you will see this:
Kekashi watching chiyo with his sharingan while she performs the resurrection of gaara.
So the copy ninja knows the forbidden resurrection jutsu.
just so you know jdblaze85, just bcoz kakashi sees a jutsu with his sharingan doesnt mean that he can use it, as afaik it didnt have any handsigns, so it will be just like with the rasengan which kakashi couldnt perfectly copy so he wouldnt techincally know how to use that jutsu.
Sasuke to me, depending on how the Kabuto fight ends up, will either become redeemable or not. If itachi manages to stop the Edo Tensei without talking to sasuke before his disappears, He will dip back into asshole mode. If Itachi talks to him and shakes sasuke's resolve but he is still determined to finish off Konoha, he is redeemable.
Sasuke is a 1 dimensional character, dick or malevolent dick. The ending will be determined by that single fight. Sasuke doesnt save people, he saved Naruto once and spared him once, but he is now off the deep end.
The ending will be IMO, Naruto and Sasuke fight in an end all be all fights. Sasuke will achieve the rinnegan and start whipping naruto's ass. Naruto will gain control over all the tailed beasts(Plot hole no Jutsu)(I think Sasuke will fight killer B and kill him but Killer B will transfer the 8 tails to naruto before dying using plot hole no jutsu) achieving Super Sayian 9000 and defeat sasuke in one powerful shot. Naruto will do something gay like let his guard down to get sasuke and help him up, Sasuke will attack Naruto, Naruto will see it coming, has no choice, finishes off Sasuke, Naruto will cry, bring Sasuke back to Konoha, be given a proper funeral, Naruto ends up Hokage regretting his only failure in his life..... or not
sasuke gaining the rinnegan has to be to most stupid idea, ive ever heard, it just makes no sense at all for him to gain it, bcoz sasuke is nothing special in the sense that he isnt mentioned in any prophecies and isnt linked to the past by it like naruto is. it would make more sense if naruto would get it in order to fullfill his claim of becoming the greatest and most powerful hokage ever. ofc if naruto does get the rinnegan it wouldnt be untill the very end of manga(figth with sasuke, so i would imagine sasuke getting a few more power-ups) where naruto would achieve SO6P status.


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INDIAN LAND – It's 8 a.m. and the children in Traci Deese's class at Indian Land Elementary School are getting ready to go to Italy.
"Make sure you have your plane tickets, passports and suitcases," Deese shouts above the din of excited first-graders. "You cannot go if you do not have your plane ticket."
As the students line up to embark, suitcases in hand, Deese validates their tickets one by one, and they're off – to a classroom just down the hall where they'll learn everything there is to learn about Christmas in Italy.
KERSHAW – Daniel Reeves remembers singing in the children's choir at his church when he was only 5 years old.
Music has always been a part of his life – from elementary school to his involvement today with the chorus at Andrew Jackson High School. And now that talent will take him and a classmate to one of the country's largest cities.
Waxhaw native Tom Ramsey is thankful for the tuition assistance he's received during his first year at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
Ramsey attended Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte for two years before deciding to take his studies across the state line. He said scholarship assistance has helped as he transitions into a new academic setting.
USCL freshman Audrey Kemp is just as thankful.
Katie Virtue begins each day at 3 a.m., not long after many people have just gone to sleep. She sometimes works evenings and is also on the job many holidays.
Virtue, a meteorologist for WSOC-TV in Charlotte, said her gig doesn't have glamorous hours, though the job is fulfilling in many ways.
She shared work experiences and discussed weather trends and phenomena with students Wednesday at Indian Land Middle School.
Life of a meteorologist
One student asked if Debbie Keenan was going to Paris. Another asked if she was ever coming back.
Well, Kennan didn't make it anywhere near France, though the experience was still exciting for all who witnessed.
Keenan, the media specialist at Brooklyn Springs Elementary School, rode in a hot-air balloon Friday morning. The ride, which took place behind the school, was the result of a reading challenge Keenan posed to all the students in the school.
Those posed portraits, candid shots and listings of senior superlatives make for fond memories each year for students at Lancaster High School.
The staff from the school's yearbook, The Rambler, are to thank for organizing and putting that information together throughout the year. And now, that recognition extends beyond the Bruin family.
The Rambler was recently selected as the best yearbook in the state by the S.C. Scholastic Press Association. The accolade is for the 2010 edition that came out last spring.
She has a shiny face, red lips, long hair and wears a pointy black hat.
Any other day, she'd be all orange, but on Thursday she became the Queen Witch of South Middle School.
That was the name given to one of the several carved and decorated pumpkins on display at the school Thursday.
Last week, South Middle held its Spirit Week, which culminated with a pumpkin-decorating contest. Faculty and staff were divided into 14 teams, and the students voted on which team's pumpkin they liked the best.
There's a slogan, written in Spanish, that Sandra Ovalles tells her students all the time. You can even find it from time to time on her blackboard.
It's "nada es imposible, todo es posible," which means "nothing is impossible, everything is possible" in English.
Ovalles believes you can achieve whatever you set your mind to, and she tries to help her students carry that same attitude – all through the teaching of language.
Some students achieve more success in the classroom when hands-on activities are built into daily lessons, while others may find it easier to work in small groups.
Finding what strategies work best for students and communicating those techniques to teachers is just part of what Wendy Bartell does.
The Buford Middle School literacy coach and instructional facilitator works daily with teachers and students. She helps teachers with their lesson plans, facilitates workshops and speaks to students about literacy.
Bartell said no two days are alike.
You won't find many textbooks in Kristal Salyer's class.
For the last three years, the fourth-grade Clinton Elementary School teacher has abandoned textbooks in three of the four main academic areas and adopted a student-driven approach.
By the numbers, her strategy appears to be working.
Salyer, who's in her fourth year at Clinton Elementary, is the 2010 Celebrate Great Teaching award winner for Lancaster County School District. The accolade is the district's highest honor for educators.
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GDB31: Prayer to Santa II
December 19 2008 05:15PM
On GDB29 we now famously prayed to Santa - the God of all presents and good things happening around the holidays for a foursome of wins. We have taken some serious ribbing from the Nation, espeically given the Shitanusly bad results of the past two games.
Here is a taste:
#146 Travis Dakin December 16 2008, 9:39 pm. It appears that Santa really REALLY hates Wanye.
#254 Ender the Dragon December 17 2008, 8:36 am. Wayne ... egad man; What the hell did you do that Santa knows about? I think his answer to you was pretty definitive.
So it seems some of you people don't believe in Santa. That is a rookie mistake bound to leave you heart broken and without presents. We believe in you Santa and know that you will find it on your big old sack of presents to bring us something to the Nation this Christmas.
In order here is what we would like to see tonight:
1. A 67-4 Oilers win 2. CFP take a Souray Slapper directly to the beans 3. RX1 beer vendors to unanimously decide to halve beer prices during the second period 4. Natalie Portman to become disoriented down in LA and somehow arrive at our condo just after closing time tonight 5. A cure for rabies
In that order Santa. Bring it on. Let's be real here for a moment. We have seen more Ducks hockey this year than we care to mention and there isn't a single reason we can think of that the Oilers shouldn't be able to pull out a win tonight. We watched the Panthers hold their own down in Anaheim for heaven's sakes - why can't the Oil? (Note: The fact the Panthers won in Edmonton for the first time in 12 years is not a valid comeback. Not during Christmas Nation.)
Closing note
Though we haven't followed through on our promise to get all the pics from the game against the Blackhawks up on the site yet, we are blown away by the response of the Nation to taking pictures for a $75 Hudsons GC.
What's better than free booze and wings?
A cure for rabies sure isn't! So no matter where you are watching the game tonight Nation, take a few pics. The ladies room may be a good place to start if you need some direction.
(BingoFuel note: Do not take pictures in the bathroom people)
(Wanye note: Don't listen to BingoFuel. Ever since he had 'the arrest' he is so meek)
Take the pics. Love the pics. Edit the pics and send the pics to email@example.com The OilersNation and Hudson's will be treating you SO well if you do.
Oilers! Oilers! Clap clap clap
December 19 2008, 05:20PM
Uh, wanye? Since when are you an Asian girl?
December 19 2008, 05:26PM
Even though Burke's gone, it's still easy to hate the Ducks. I mean, the team still has the Apostate, Corey Perry, Randy Carlyle, and a bunch of goons, so there's no reason to like them yet. Plus, of course, the open mockery from OC Register staff writer Al Balderas:
If the Oilers have anything positive to build on, following a 4-2 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday and a 9-2 shellacking by Chicago on Tuesday, it's that they're finally on a roll. Third-period goals by former Duck Dustin Penner and Sam Gagner in the loss to Vancouver mean that the Oilers were able to play well for one period.
here is the link for the cheapos: http://atdhe.net/ice2.php?i=73
December 19 2008, 07:07PM
Game Time!!!!
December 19 2008, 07:09PM
Awww.... Crap. We have not won in the Retro's.
Prove me wrong Santa...
let's hope we can break the 3rd jersey curse tonight.
December 19 2008, 07:13PM
Thanks for the injury Santa. We love you.
Thanks for the link freeze. Its buffering pretty badly. Maybe Pat Laforge has put the scramble on.
Time to head across the street to the local taphouse.
poor cole.
I like the lines so far though.
David S wrote:
Thanks for the link freeze. Its buffering pretty badly. Maybe Pat Laforge has put the scramble on. Time to head across the street to the local taphouse.
maybe try reloading. It has been ok for me so far.
decent PK.
wow. this game will be decided by special teams. that doesn't bode well for us but at least Teemu is out.
December 19 2008, 07:28PM
Anybody else here from LT?
bah, feeds are down.
I guess I'll go find a stool for the rest of the game. Go PINTS!!!
Top of the evening JL.
Quiet Night here...I miss anything? Fights? Kevin Quinn commenting on Rob Brown's hair doo?
December 19 2008, 08:05PM
Rob Brown sucks. So does his toupe(sp?). No fights so far Buck75.
@ topshelf:
Guess everyone else is enjoying xmas cheer?
December 19 2008, 08:07PM
Cogs just got f*cked up. Cole will never score again.
Cole has cement hands - wide open net!!!
Quinn had a nice line "a hopeful pass"
I think he likes that line now, just said hopeful again - "A shot from a hopeful angle"
FRIC - Brodziak off post...
December 19 2008, 08:14PM
Moreau a slashing penalty? That has never happened before..
Moreau has been catching lots of grief - even talk on 1260 this morning that the kidz are tuning him out?
Perry was snake-bitten until you mentioned it Rob Brown - stupid penalties don't help either.
PErry HAMMERED!!!
December 19 2008, 08:30PM
Sometimes when Rob Brown t...no wait. Everytime Rob Brown talks I want to jam a screwdriver in my ear.
Not bad as a commentator IMO - bad voice though
way to give up the powereplay Juice Boy - enjoy your last shift on the PP
December 19 2008, 08:42PM
Captain Ethan leading by example. Atta boy
Strudwick likes Dairy Queen too? Next job is breakdancer? Nice piece
Nice - not scoring was getting pretty old!
Is the team growing beards?
Sammy looks like a bushman.
The cat must have died at the bachelor pad that licks Sam's face clean daily
December 19 2008, 09:13PM
What's the deal with Bobby Nilsson?
Nice to see the new lines have stuck - Hemsky, Horcoff & Penner
Holy sh!t there are some WEAK penalties tonight for both teams.
5 on 3 now
Horcoff with 2 chances...
December 19 2008, 09:22PM
oops I swore. Gotta bury that.
5 on 3 again - COME ON!!!
December 19 2008, 09:30PM
oh snap!
Another Penalty! I'm feeling good 'bout this.
Beautiful comeback - first points in 3rd jersey in 30 games!
or 4 games worn I guess lol
Cole has been on fire tonight - too bad that one hit the iron


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Some of the simplest computing devices made and sold are aids to counting. From ancient to early modern times, scribes performing calculations moved small stones or metal tokens along lines. More recently, mechanical counters have been widely used to count crowds and objects, and as parts of machines.
In the nineteenth century, several inventors patented mechanical counters. Patent models surviving in the Mathematics Collections at the National Museum of American History suggest the range of their concerns. Paul Stillman in 1854 and Daniel Davies and Edward Wright in 1876 patented improvements in rotary measures, such as were used in revolution counters for steam engines. In 1874, Alexander Atkinson patented a counting register to help track quantities of grain. As the amount of leisure time available to Americans increased, three inventors around 1880 saw fit to patent counters to keep score in games.
By the turn of the century, mechanical revolution counters were incorporated in laboratory apparatus, in factories using engines, in distance measures such as odometers, and in cash registers. Americans manufactured them and imported them from abroad. Government offices bought and made counters to compile statistics, and employers used them to figure out the bills and coins they needed to meet payroll. Of course counters were incorporated in a wide range of vehicles and meters. Handheld counters are used to this day to count people entering and leaving buildings and on public transit.
D. Baxandall, rev, J. Pugh, Calculating Machines and Instruments, London: Science Museum, 1975, p. 66.
Examples of counting tokens are in the Smithsonian's National Numismatics collection.
"Counters - Introduction" showing 1 items.
High Speed Indicator, a Revolution Counter
- Description
- To count revolutions of the shafts that ran machinery, engineers used counters like this one. The manufacturer, L. S. Starrett Company of Athol , Mass., called the device a speed indicator, although it has no timekeeping apparatus. The steel counter has a flat handle on one side and a rotating cylindrical rod on the other. In between is a flat curved case on which a dial is mounted. Pressing the rod against a rotating shaft rotates it and advances the dial. The edge of the dial is divided into 100 equal parts, which are numbered from 10 to 100 by tens. Two different nozzles fit into the far end of the cylinder. The instrument fits in a red, white, and black paper box.
- A mark on the dial reads: THE L. S. STARRETT CO. (/) ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A. Another mark there reads: PAT. APR.13.97 (/) MAR.28.05
- This counter is one of the many inventions of Laroy Starrett (1836-1922), who was born and raised on a farm in Maine. In 1880, having successfully patented and sold a meat chopper, as well as shoe studs and hooks, Starrett established a business in Athol, Mass., to sell drawing instruments and small tools. He applied for a patent for a speed indicator in 1895, and received it in 1897.
- Stafford P. Walsh of San Francisco, Ca., improved on the instrument, assigning his patent to L. S. Starrett Company when it was granted March 28, 1905. The device sold in at least three models. This is No. 104, which was particularly intended for high speeds. It was sold both directly by Starrett and through distributors of tools and steam engine equipment. This speed indicator is mentioned in Starrett catalogues into the 1930s.
- References:
- L. S. Starrett, "Speed-Indicator," U.S. Patent 580,432, April 13, 1897.
- S. P. Walsh, "Speed-Indicator," U.S. Patent 786,073, March 28, 1905.
- "Laroy S. Starrett," National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 18, New York: J. T. White and Company, p. 428.
- L. S. Starrett Company, Catalogue, Athol, Mass., about 1937, p. 192.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1910
- maker
- L. S. Starrett Company
- ID Number
- catalog number
- 335271
- accession number
- 314637
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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By GARY ARRINGTON Staff Writer
In the August meeting of the Huntington City Council, a public hearing was held to discuss CIB funding for proposed improvements to Huntington recreation sites.
The city is preparing the paperwork to proceed with an application for $1.1 million to fund new seating at the city rodeo grounds, new restrooms and concession facilities at the city park along with more grass and a walking trail that would go between Main Street and 400 East somewhere along the river.
Proposed work at the rodeo grounds would cost $628,700 and work at the city park would cost $285,000 with the rest going towards the trail. All in attendance were favorable with the proposal.
The city is looking at several other funding sources to help offset the direct costs that would be incurred by Huntington.
The Council approved business licenses for Aim Handyman Services, Little Bugs Preschool, 4+ ranch and rides and Michelle's daycare.
The city also approved ordinance 4-2013 that pertains to the cemetery. This ordinance clarifies who receives the resident rate at the cemetery and who does not.
UDOT has approved funding of 600 feet of curb, gutter and sidewalk along north Main Street in Huntington. The work will proceed from the Heritage Funeral Home to the bridge going over the river. UDOT will fund $28,425 with Huntington City funding $9,475. The work will be performed this fall. It was also reported by Mayor Hilary Gordon that UDOT will be upgrading street lighting along south Main Street this year along with lighting at the intersection of Canyon Road and Nielson Loop by the rodeo grounds and complex. UDOT will also be installing Emery County's first stoplight next spring at Main Street and Canyon road.
Huntington City is soliciting bids to remove one and possibly two cottonwood trees located behind city hall. The trees root systems are into the foundation and possibly the sewer and pose a long term threat of falling over. The trees would be replaced with less invasive trees.
The city approved funding the lease for 2014 of a new back hoe. The city has been leasing for several years and it is working out well for the city. The owner takes care of all maintenance and the city just has to get in the machine and go to work. The fee for the year will be $7,343, up just over $300 from this year for a $90,000 piece of equipment.
Councilperson Gloria Wilson reported that drivers are not paying attention as the new school year has begun. Two days in there has already been several incidents along Main Street involving drivers going through crossing guards with children in the road. Wilson encourages drivers to be aware and to pay attention to the flashing lights.


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Robert,I hope you have and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope you're getting some of that nice snow down there. We haven't gotten a drop! :(
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Got snow? LOL
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Yep, something like that...bored at work, unusually slow day. Nice to hear from you.
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HAPPY 30th!
[PIAS] Recordings had humble beginnings. Founders Kenny Gates and Michael Lambot established [PIAS] as a distribution company in Brussels in 1982 before expanding that business into a record label of the same name. Years went by, and more and more music was released and distributed by the company, including an impressive and eclectic roster of talent — Soulwax, Grace Jones, Mr. Oizo, Dinosaur Jr., Royksopp, and many, many more.
To celebrate this milestone, [PIAS] will be giving away heaps of exclusive, unreleased, unheard content from their roster over the past 3 decades, and today, we're happy to be a part of the celebration as we give away a new, exclusive remix from Frenchman, Vitalic.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education announced two Title I award grants for Indiana Schools today. Miami Elementary School in Lafayette was honored for Exceptional Student Performance for a Title I school. Additionally, Washington Elementary School in Fort Wayne was honored as a Distinguished School for Closing the Achievement Gap. As a result of their efforts, both schools will receive a $25,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Education and will be invited to present at the next Indiana Title I Conference and attend the National Title I Conference in San Diego in 2014.
"I am excited to recognize the great work that these schools have been doing," said Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. "Because of the efforts of students, teachers, administrators and parents in these communities, we are seeing evidence that all public schools can achieve exceptional documented gains in student achievement."
The National Title I Association has been selecting examples of superior Title I school programs for national recognition through the National Title I Distinguished Schools program since 1996. Selected schools must qualify for one of the following categories:
"The two honored schools have demonstrated a wide array of strengths, including team approaches to teaching and learning, focused professional development opportunities for staff, individualized programs for student success and strong partnerships between the school, parents and the community."
The Indiana Department of Education reviewed all Title I Reward schools for the 2012-2013 school year and identified nine schools for nominations based on the following criteria:
The nine schools nominated were:
Through data examination, principal interviews, narratives provided by schools, and site visits, Indiana Department of Education narrowed the field of nine distinguished schools nominees to the two honorees:
As a school-wide Title I program with a high achieving, diverse student population (535 enrolled K-4; 80% poverty; 34% Latino, 21% African-American; 41% Caucasian), Miami Elementary School is an educational success story. Seven years ago, Miami was struggling to educate a student body whose collective "at-risk" profile was increasing dramatically due to demographic shifts in the community (e.g., student poverty increased 50%). After studying and implementing research-based best practices for high poverty schools, Miami's ISTEP+ passing rates increased during the past five years from an historic low of 50% in 2008 to an historic high of 90% in 2013. Specifically, Miami's success is attributable to an increased focus on data-driven, systematic, and explicit instruction, professional development, and student, parent and community involvement.
Washington Elementary is a culturally diverse school located in the heart of downtown Fort Wayne. It is part of Fort Wayne Community Schools, which is the largest school district in the state of Indiana. Washington is a small community of learners striving to achieve excellence every day. There are 232 students at Washington and over 94% percent of their students receive a free or reduced price lunch making it a school wide Title 1 building. As an Indiana Title I Reward School, Washington earned an A rating in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for its student achievement scores. Washington's success is attributed to teacher collaborations including analysis of student work, and information from assessment data synthesized to drive common weekly instruction and future skill assessment; weekly building and classroom goals related to the School Improvement Plan; community partnerships; and high expectations of teachers, staff, and students.


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i agree completely.
the lyrics of a song are very important to me, along with the instrumental parts.
alot of jrock seems to be behind instrumentally, not innovative and it seems that its a few years behind english language based music, and it all seems very generic IMHO.
if i can't understand it then i don't want to listen to it. there are a few j music that i will listen to, the opening to gundam 00, and the first opening for bleach, but i like to understand my music.
i listen to hardcore and yes, i do understand the screaming, so i know what you mean by that too haha.
i have no problem with some instrumental japanese rock. they do have some sick guitarist.


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By Irving B. Welchons IIICharlotteN.C.
The members of the U.S. House of Representatives have been working in Washington on 41 of the first 127 days of this year. They are planning to be in session half of the remaining weeks. How long would you keep your job if you worked like that? Even when they show up they fail to address the biggest problems facing the country. It would take a 50 percent tax increase in order to balance the so called budget yet they are avoiding the problem while the debt grows by $1,200 billion per year.
The real problem is you and I let them get away with it. They work for us and we pay them $174,000 per year to do it. Make a commitment to write or call your representative once a week and express your views. See how they respond and let that be your guide to voting this November.


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If you recall, we're obsessed with 80%20 shoes. We ran into designer Ce Ce Chin at Coterie last September and got a sneak peek at their newest super-cute kicks. After going on something of a splurge for our shoe collections (hey, we gotta do something to ease the summer-to-fall transition), we had the chance to ask Ce Ce a few questions about her line, her denim preferences, and the future of 80%20! Check it out below.
Denim Therapy: What style/cut of jeans do you envision being worn with the fall collection?
Ce Ce Chin: Skinny jeans and colored denim looks great with our Bex shoe, which is kinda like an Orvis meets Chanel quilted Look (see above). Also, all of our short boots will look great with denim cut off shorts, tights and colorful or knee high patterned socks.
DT: What are YOUR favorite pair of jeans?
CCC: Siwy denim fits me great—great flattering feminine cut—brings out the curves in me! And I have an amazing Denim skirt from Junya Watanabe, like Spring 2002 or something, that is practically couture.
DT: We love that! Do you have any favorite/least favorite denim trends right now?
CCC: I love the high-waisted MILF 70s style denim- when the pant legs are really long and I wear my KIP platforms, I look really tall.
DT: What would be your dream collaboration?
CCC: There two artists that I really admire: the filmmaker Miranda July and the "knitting bandit" Olek. Miranda created a very touching shoe scene in her first film, "Me and You and Everyone We Know". I admire her personal style and quirky sensitivity—I'm definitely thinking about her work and her most recent movie, "The Future" as I move forward with Fall '12. And Olek, well, she does these crazy crochet pattern sculptures. Could be cool for some Winter boots!
DT: Street style and style blogs are huge in the industry right now as a source of inspiration, influencing the high-end labels rather than vice versa. How much does street style influence your designing?
CCC: Oh street style is, and has always been very important to me. While I will watch the runway reports, I gather most of my inspiration by witnessing the girls on the subway, or at places where creative people gather, like art openings or performances. Recently I've been scoping out the footwear at my yoga studio. There's a place in front of the yoga class where everyone kicks off their shoes. I see quite an interesting mix in this shoe pile!
DT: Clever! Can you give us hint about what's next for 80%20?
CCC: We're planning a pop up store in March 2012 for the Spring '12 collection. Scouting locations now….
Huge thanks to Ce Ce Chin for spending some time with DT! Stay up to date on 80%20 Shoes via facebook and twitter, and shop their current collection online now.
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Skip to comments.Liberty from big soda (NY liberal nanny statism)
Posted on 03/10/2013 1:00:22 PM PDT by lowbridge
Barring any late legal surprises, Mayor Bloomberg's 16-ounce cap on sugary sodas goes into effect on Tuesday, March 12. After that, restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and food carts will not be permitted to sell extra-large portions of sugar-packed drinks.
Stay calm. This does not signal the end of democracy in America. This is not the nanny state gone out of control.
If we want Americans to be healthy, we are going to have to take actions like this - and many more - and do so soon
So-called "nanny-state" measures - like bans on driving while drunk, smoking in public places and, now, selling absurdly large sugary drinks - help to level the playing field. Such measures are about giving everyone an equal opportunity to live a safer and healthier life.
At the moment, it is up to you to make healthier choices, but that's not easy in the face of relentless soda marketing. Governments have a responsibility to provide healthier environments for their citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
I'm a yankee but some times I just don't understand yankees.
Ridiculous....This is not government business.
Huge difference between driving drunk and drinking a bunch of soda, soda doesn't impair your ability to drive.
Apologetic Nanny State article is obvious.....
I've always been impressed that Bloomie understands NYers aren't capable of making reasonable food choices. But I'm distressed that he feels they should be able to vote in federal elections.
Translation: Minorities are like children and must be protected from themselves.
"If we want Americans to be healthy..."
And, therein lies the fallacious foundation of this overreach by government. It is NOT THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT whether I want to be healthy.
Of course, the response from the left is that my health determines my health care costs, which affect everyone else.
I call BS on that one, too. The cost of healthcare in the US did not start its meteoric rise until the feds got their tentacles in the industry back in the 1950's. I was there.
I remember going to the doctor's office for his afternoon office hours. Sit in the waiting room with the others on queue. The doctor called us in, one after the other, took our two dollars, and did his work. We left with meds, instructions for care and appointment for follow-up visit (if necessary).
Then...the feds got involved... That spelled the advent of defensive medicine, over testing, and double digit price increases year after year. The deeper the feds got their teeth into the industry, the worse it got. And, we see no end in sight.
"Governments have a responsibility to provide healthier environments for their citizens."
Uh...no, they don't.
Does Bloomberg really have the power to proclaim the foolish things he does?
Marion Nestle is every bit the wannabe fascist tyrant that Hitler (actually) was and that Obama strives to be. The left in this country is truly unhinged in their deisre to subjugate and enslave their neighbors.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
- C. S. Lewis
So this woman is also an expert on pet nutrition? I remember seeing a film about what dogs really want to eat, which the stomach and entrails of another aninmal if I remember right.
I chuckle at the current pet food ads that assure us our dogs are starving for veggies, grains and blueberries.
Did she put Bloomie up to this or vice versa?
I had to laugh at "big soda."
This protest is designed to be printed up and passed around your precinct and your friends and neighbors as a (index sized) palmcard. On the face (REVERSE SIDE)or below the slogan you can put the name of the candidate you favor and the election dates...EXCELLENT FOR SLIPPING UNDER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON CARS PARKED IN KEY PARKING LOTS CHURCHES, RALLY SITES....
Its time to get government out of Our faces
Our religions and and Our pocketbooks
So banning certain expressions and ideas is NOT an attack on Free Speech.
Banning guns is NOT an attack on right to bear arms.
And banning soda enhances our freedoms?
On some planet I guess this makes sense....
Maybe it will turn out to be like underage beer purchase.
Person goes to store and buys 1 12-oz cola. Loiters in parking lot and waits for someone going toward the store and gives them, like $5, to buy another 12-oz cola to give to the first person.
Worked with underage beer procurement!
Now the guy has 24-oz of cola! HA!
Heh heh heh, I love you guys.
Great. So give me a 20-ounce option and let me choose not to buy it.
Bans on driving while incapacitated aren't nannystatism. These acts cause real torts, but surprisingly many drunks make it home night after night accident free. They're only discovered during police sobriety check points. This proves that at the times where there is no check point in place that number of intoxicated drivers are passing through unnoticed.
So that nanny-statism isn't really that effective in the first place and we know the source is liquor stores and bars which generate too much revenue to be directly targeted. Government loves sin taxes and we know how prohibition turned out.
The second point she makes in her straw man argument is even sillier since second hand smoke isn't the killer the left claimed it to be. She's using the epitomy of liberal logic - false facts coupled with loose correlations amounting to the phrase, "I'm an elite and I'm here to help [control your life]."
The focus must be on definitions. Make the government define "healthy". They can't because nobody is certain what that is. My friend works out everyday, runs marathons and just had a heart attack.
Was he healthy? Is he now?
If the world of medicine isn't certain what healthy is how can politicians know?
Medicine right now can define sick and they get that wrong often enought. There exists no definition for healthy.
When a definition doesn't exist they flock to that because their entire agenda is undefined unless you understand that the goal is power.
Oh lord, that is funny. Thanks.
We're all on O'Bozo's Bitter Clinger Drone List already so we might as well have a little fun while we can.
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Chapter 8
True Saints impart of their substance to the poor—Christ, out of His poverty, brought eternal riches.
1 Moreover, brethren,
2 How that in a great
3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the
5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first
6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all
8 I speak
9 For ye know the
10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
12 For if there be first a
13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their
15 As it is written, He that had
16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
19 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
21 Providing for
22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great
23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.


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Evening Headshots: October 16th
October 16 2013 08:58PM
Ryan Kesler sobs with raw emotion after bumping the slump.
Be gentle, it's my first time here at Canucks Army. For those of you who don't know, I'm Mitch; I blog, I enjoy a casual swear, and I have the grammar of a 9 year old boy. For those of you who do know me…well, you know everything I just said above is absolutely, 100% true and that in the right light it looks like former Canucks Christian Ehrhoff looks like he doesn't have eyebrows. Enough is enough, let's get you folks some news.
A little bit of chatter over at the Province about splitting up the Sedins. You've got Ben Kuzma and Jim Jamieson talking about it. Personally, I'll go with Kuz, I haven't forgiven Jim for the spam DM that made me think that people were posting nasty videos of me on the internet. [The Province]
Also on the topic of splitting the Sedins, Daniel Wagner from Pass it to Bulis has never wronged me over the internet or asked me to co-sign a loan for him to front a mini-tour across Canada, also talks splitting the Twins by weighing the pros and cons. [Pass it to Bulis]
More from the PITB guys, Scarrison Booney thinks the Sedins are on pace for the busiest season under John Tortorella. Jesus, I had to look how to spell Tortorella's last night. I may or may not have spelt Tortellini by accident. (Shit, I totally did). [Pass it to Bulis]
ICYMI, Dimitri Filipovic (the guy who is crazy enough to let me do this) has some early season notes of player usage. [Canucks Army]
I'm going to close on a high note here, guys and girls. Jason Botchford from The Province has the Canucks Hat-Trick. In it he talks about...well, read it for yourself, folks. [The Province]
That's all for me tonight folks. Once I get the hang of this I'll add some more links, swear some more and have more grammatical errors than anyone can shake their head at.
Another to add:
Sadly, we're going to have to wait until Cody Hodgson, Roberto Luongo, Cory Schneider, Mikael Samuelsson & Manny Malhotra retire to get the truth about what it's like working for Mike Gillis and his minions...
October 17 2013, 03:32AM
Bringing in writers from Nucks Misconduct? This place is going to the dogs.
October 17 2013, 09:34AM
Ok, there are now 13 Mike Gillis lovers. 13 folks are going to be very disappointed in their team come this post season...again.
disliking your comment and liking Mike Gillis can be mutually exclusive.
has MG screwed up? yeah. should he be fired? probably. is he the worst GM in the history of GMs? We'll see. will Vancouver hire another "terrible" GM in the refresh? we'll also have to see.
October 16 2013, 09:41PM
Mike Gillis is going to be talked about by fans someday in the distant future as he the guy who ran the Canucks into the ground and hasn't worked in the NHL since. Then refresh, the Canucks will hire another useless GM and the race towards the 6th decade of failure will begin again.
What about all the other current and former Canucks? Can they tell us what it's like as well?
@Corky Brittle
The Canucks are playing like dogs for the last several years and you are more concerned about writers?
@Surrey Bob
Well, looks like there are three Mike Gillis lovers.
@Surrey Bob
Ok, there are now 13 Mike Gillis lovers. 13 folks are going to be very disappointed in their team come this post season...again.
I'm really only here because of the rumoured "Burnaby Andy vs Surrey Bob" showdown.
October 17 2013, 12:29AM
Love your usual Misconduct dude!


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It was a simple question and Brody Westmoreland was quick to answer.
The ThunderRidge High School senior-to-be is the school's starting quarterback and All-State shortstop.
When asked if he would rather being throwing a football or a baseball this time of year, he probably wanted to say both, but quickly answered baseball.
"This early in June, I'll being doing a lot of baseball," said Westmoreland.
Westmoreland, who hit .455 with 40 runs batted in and seven home runs for the Class 5A state champion Grizzlies, is involved in summer baseball with Team Colorado in addition to making tournament trips to Oklahoma and Atlanta this month.
This is the same time that ThunderRidge is conducting 7-on-7 passing practices and scrimmages, but Grizzlies head football coach Joe Johnson understands his No. 1 quarterback is a premier baseball player who has committed to play at San Diego State.
"Coach Johnson is really cool," said Westmoreland. "He knows I take baseball seriously. He knows I'm pretty committed to both sports.
"With the 7-on-7 we go through, it is kind of hard because I want to be prepared for football and be ready with all my teammates, but it's the beginning of summer and I'm just wrapping up high school baseball and starting summer ball."
Westmoreland is intent on continuing to develop as a complete baseball player.
"With baseball in the summer, I'm just working on developing myself as a baseball player and see what different things and aspects I can do to better myself," he said. "Once I get back at the end of the month, I'll start participating in 7-on-7s every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the rest of July."
Westmoreland threw for 1,702 yards and 13 touchdowns last fall for the ThunderRidge football team, which was a Class 5A semifinalist. He also rushed for 735 yards and 12 TDs.
"We run the ball a lot with our offense, so this opportunity to do 7-on-7 gives us more of a time to incorporate our fast-pace, no-huddle offense," Westmoreland said. "During our 7-on-7s we can run more of our two-minutes drills, get those passing routes down with the short and long routes.
"I get in a little trouble overlapping baseball and football, but luckily my coach is lenient with me and knows I put in a lot of work. Once I get back from going out of state and playing baseball, all my time is dedicated to football."