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Shady Crest Orchard and Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The Great Pumpkin Patch is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. Known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
Anna Bethel Fisher Rock Garden
Created in 1927 from an old sand pit across the road from Lake Decatur, the city's oldest garden was extensively renovated in 1992. Its resurrected look features secluded paths leading through rocky terraces planted with unusual trees, and landscapes brimming with colorful perennials. Towering bald Cypress trees, planted in the 1920s, still reign over these delightful grounds.
Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Rock Springs Center is the largest park in the Macon County Conservation District properties with a total of 1,343 acres in the southwest area of Decatur, IL. The Sangamon River runs through Rock Springs and several small ponds dot the landscape. A wide range of terrain including forest, wetland, grassland, and restored Illinois prairie make Rock Springs a destination for nature lovers. Rock Springs is also home to a large nature center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail. Rock Springs is a favorite for families all year round. Rooms and pavilions are available for rent for meetings and events.
Spanning six rolling acres on bluffs overlooking the Sangamon River Walk, Mari-Mann Herb Farm is a potpourri of herb beds, wildflower fields and formal gardens.
36 sites with pads, 20 extended-stay sites, 22 regular sites, electrical hook-ups, modern restrooms and showers. Reservations required.
Cross Country Skiing at Rock Spring Center
Trails open whenever there is at least three inches of snow on the ground. Equipment rental available from 9am-2pm.
Ice skating available during fall/winter months. Call ahead for exact dates. Admission to the ice arena is $6 and skate rentals are $2. During the spring/summer months, the arena is used as venue for shows and fairs.
Located 14 miles southwest of Decatur off Route 48 near Blue Mound. Hike the trail up the glacial kame to the observation deck for sweeping view of the prairie. Picnic facilities and playground.
The origins and growth of the Decatur Gun Club parallel that of the clay target itself, and the games created to hone and test shotgun shooting skill. Shotgun sport shooting with live pigeons and later, glass balls existed in the U.S. from the early 1800's. But the first "clay pigeon" and "trap" to throw it were not developed until about 1880 by George Ligowsky. William Brett From Decatur was the second manufacturer of clay targets in the U.S., which he called the "Decatur Red Bird". Considered the oldest shotgun shooting sports club in Illinois, the Decatur Gun Club was founded soon after clay targets were invented. Chan Powers and Bert Hildebrandt were two of the mentors of the club, first located near East William Street Road and 22nd Street. In the early years, the club occupied sites in the Hess Park area, the Wyckles Corner area, the Macon County Fairgrounds, and an area west of the Fairgrounds before finding it's home of the past 61 years at the north end of Faries Park.
40 lanes, automatic scoring, ABC approved fluorescent lighting, seating for 200, free parking, restaurant and lounge.
32 bowling lanes, automatic scoring, free parking, lounge and food.
14 tables, ample parking, arcades, dart games, restaurant, lounge, pro shop.
Rock Springs/ Fairview Bikeway
The bikeway connects three area parks with a 3.2-mile, 10-foot wide, handicapped accessible trail for enjoyment by hikers and bikers alike. Tote along your favorite fixings to enjoy on the trail or designated picnic areas.
Sand Creek is a 755-acre open space site located just south of Decatur off South Franklin Street. Hike the trails to the bluff overlooking Sand Creek for panoramic view of the countryside. Over 7.5 total miles with varying difficulty. Open to hikers & horseback riders.
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
Home to a large visitor center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail.
Scovill House & Oriental Gardens
Serenity envelopes this intimate area, where visitors are welcomed by a Chinese Fu dog and flowering dogwoods, star magnolia, Japanese lilac, and rhododendron -- foliage native to the Orient. Originally commissioned by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1980's, the gardens' soothing nature encompasses a small reflective point, sod bridge, and oriental sculptures, and surrounds a small cottage, which is available for gatherings and retreats.
This zoo overlooking Lake Decatur is home to animals from around the world, the Z.O.&O. Express train, the Endangered Species Carousel and the Zootique Gift Shop. Family events and activities are offered regularly.
Designed by legendary hall of fame player, Raymond Floyd, this signature course features large, undulating greens, wide rolling fairways and native grasses. Located on Decatur's south side, the Park District's newest course is designed for players of all skill levels. From five tee locations and multiple angels, this signature Floyd course is truly designed for the championship to the novice golfer. Red Tail provides multiple tee locations from Championship to Junior, driving range with double tees, golf academy programming, and first tee learning center.
Bursting with seasonal exhibits, our brightest newcomer nurtures flowering trees and scrubs such as weeping Japanese cherry, mock orange, forsythia, fragrant bulbs, and delightfully colored pansies. A perennial garden joins the array this summer, and the spring exhibit opens mid-March.
The state's largest artificial body of water, Lake Decatur spans 2,800 acres, with 30 miles of shoreline offering recreational opportunities and wildlife vistas at lakeside parks and the city marina. Water sports include boating, fishing, sailing and jet skiing. While shoreline locations surrounding Nelson Park Marina offer miniature golf, dining, public gardens and picnic facilities.
2.5 acre fenced off leash park in Fairview Park. Register at the DISC, 1295 W. Wood St. or call 217-422-5911.


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Skip to comments.GDP Shows Surprise Drop for U.S. in Fourth Quarter (unexpected alert)
Posted on 01/30/2013 5:46:18 AM PST by Perdogg
The U.S. economy posted a stunning drop of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter, defying expectations for slow growth and possibly providing incentive for more Federal Reserve stimulus.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
I find this statement amusing, for some reason.
Stop buying imported goods.
Return jobs to America.
Wow, the start of another 'Bush Resession'!
Stay tuned...
This number will be corrected shortly. Any record of it ever having been reported will then be erased by the Ministry of Truth.
If GDP keeps going down all the time, I would think the last four years of stimulus hasn't worked. Why does the Fed need more stimulus?
When business owners realized that the Marxist was re-elected by the Takers, the Makers pulled in their chips.
The Q1 results come in in March. By then, the phony bullish numbers that Wall St. puts out every Jan. will show a bust, as they have the past three years.
Figures lie and liars figure: The motto of the Obama administration.
The stimulus is working - in Asia.
This is terrible, we need to print money faster to keep up with demand!!
Yea, we all must have missed that the recession ended.
Waiting for the media to put a positive spin on this GDP number.
They can make it up in volume.
Or, in other words, if banging our heads is not working, we should bang our heads even harder.
With 3-D Printing and China hitting the LTP, jobs may be coming home.
how UNEXPECTED!
Wow it looks like that suits gold and silver just fine — gold is straight up twelve bucks since that came out.
"...The economy shrank from October through December for the first time since the recession ended
I find this statement amusing, for some reason...."
Actually, it's outright hilarious. Just another classic example of just how brain-diseased liberals are. They actually believe the recession ended. Now, they're looking down the economic tunnel and they see light at the end of it, but in reality it's the Obama Depression Train coming at em full throttle with old Omugbee himself at the helm. Can you spell collapse?
Well, this will certainly come as a shock to my father, who believes that the economy has been recovering for some time and that unemployment rapidly is decreasing.
I am guessing that tha MSM and the Administration will find some "plausible reason" that they can circulate to the steeple, and it will be seen as "just a bump in the road."
Guess they shouldn't have raised our taxes.
...or trying to add 11 million more workers where there are no jobs.
20 million new amnesty citizens will boost the economy.
The American economy is hopelessly in the tank due to Obama's communist aspirations, and everone knows it except for a few fuzzy-thinking eggheads who can't be bothered to look up from their computer keyboards for five minutes.
Taxes went up January first.
That wouldn't be included in the fourth quarter of 2012.
So yes, first quarter 2013 could be even worse.
If they were true to their 2000-2008 form they'd lead with this story, and follow it up with Gallup's poll showing Obama tied with W as the least popular second term president in recorded history.
As they are, though, I'm listening to ABC News lead with a gun story and following up with a story quoting an economist saying this contraction is indicative of a recovering economy.
As I type this, no sh*t.
1st Quarter GDP is going to be even worse. I can see it in my business right after the tax increases hit customers paychecks.
No, american prosperity rests on the freedom to deal globally
Made your post more accurate.....
The 0bama regime may have declared "the recession ended", but no one told the economy. I would expect the drop in GDP this quarter to be almost precipitous due to the tax increases and 0bamascare impacts. Of course the bureaucrats in the regime will be caught off guard and it will once more be "UNEXPECTED".
You should listen to the talking heads on CNBC. With the exception of Rick Santelli, the meme is that all is good. The private sector is growing. Everything that counts in the economy is improving. This is a one off, etc. Only Santelli is saying that the number is the number and isn't it interesting that it now comes out.
I sell industrial supplies and I can tell you last quarter sucked and so far this quarter is worse.
Taxes went up on January 1 and gasoline just shot up $.25 per gallon over the last two days. The economy is just fine. I'm sure the first quarter of the new Obama administration is going to be rosy!
Brace for impact.
.1 percent is not a stunning drop. It does not provide any incentive for more "stimulus."
There have been 3 "stimulus" packages. Of course they could not have worked. All they could have done was lower the value of money, so that the reported numbers would have risen, while the actual numbers in terms of value would not have changed.
So now the idiots want another "stimulus."
Typical. When a liberal solution fails, as they all do, liberals always demand a strengthening of the solution that failed, and that will fail too.
The FED is juicing the stock market.
"We need more cowbell!!!"
- Ben Bernanke
Taxes work! Heil Obama!
Analysis from Business Insider:
People will be stunned to see that today's GDP report went negative for Q4... the first negative print since The Great Recession.
But the report isn't that bad. In fact it was arguably good.
For one thing, most of the collapse was due to a stunning fall in military spending. That's not good for GDP, but it doesn't reflect the real underlying strength of the economy.
And it's mostly due to war drawdown. That's a good thing for everyone!
There was also a big decline due to a reversal of big inventory buildups.
The change in real private inventories subtracted 1.27 percentage points from the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after adding 0.73 percentage point to the third-quarter change. Private businesses increased inventories $20.0 billion in the fourth quarter, following increases of $60.3 billion in the third and $41.4 billion in the second.
Seeing a decline in inventory buildups isn't that big of a deal really. This number always goes back and forth.
What's key is that the numbers that really reflect the strength of the economy were much better.
Personal consumption, fixed investment, and equipment/software all grew nicely. This is the real economy humming along.
Real personal consumption expenditures increased 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 1.6 percent in the third. Durable goods increased 13.9 percent, compared with an increase of 8.9 percent. Nondurable goods increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 1.2 percent. Services increased 0.9 percent, compared with an increase of 0.6 percent.
Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 1.8 percent in the third. Nonresidential structures decreased 1.1 percent; it was unchanged in the third quarter. Equipment and software increased 12.4 percent in the fourth quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 2.6 percent in the third. Real residential fixed investment increased 15.3 percent, compared with an increase of 13.5 percent
So, less war, more business investment. This was a good report.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/todays-shock-negative-gdp-report-really-wasnt-that-bad-2013-1#ixzz2JT5OoFJR
At this point, media reporting is the best laugh I get on a daily basis.
Whew.. it sure is a good thing our esteemed leaders passed that tax hike on the "filthy rich"....
Oh, wait...
Obviously, there has not been enough stimulus spending. We need to give another Trillion to Obama's campaign donors, ASAP.
re: "The economy shrank from October through December for the first time since the recession ended, hurt by the biggest cut in defense spending in 40 years. . ."
This sentence is the spin of the story. CNBC says shrinking of the economy is due to a drop in "government spending" for Defense - yeah, for Defense, which the libs hate, but the message to low information voters is - reduce government spending and you'll "hurt" the economy.
So, we'll just make up for that loss in defense spending by increasing it on all those needed government social programs.
With all due respect, American prosperity has rested on the freedom to deal globally for the last two decades.
Two decades of time, during which our industrial heartland has MOVED TO CHINA. Through American industry's policies, but also because of the policies of China.
De-industrializing what had previously been the single country with the most good to do for the most coutries.
Industrializing a massive (and rather racist) communist giant.
I pick America. Bring back American industry now.
It's very important to note that the big shots "front-loaded" Q4 2012 with all kinds of deals, purchases, and salary tricks that were originally scheduled for 2013.
Q1 2013 has already been written off by financial writers for that reason — and now it suddenly looks like even the bean-counters and definition whores will have to admit, when the next GDP number comes out, that we're in recession.
For those who pay attention, the federal government goosed the economy in the third quarter. Their increased spending was the largest part of the third quarter GDP increase. Now that the election is over, the spending declined. Hence the decline in GDP.
The Fed can do what they want. However, it will be like pushing on a string.
The "spending cuts" may loom, but that's all they will do.
What a joke on us. Ha ha.
Gee, I wonder if the drop in Q4 GDP growth is because imaginary growth was reported pre-election.
What?? How could that be? Warren Buffett said jacking up taxes on the rich would "improve the morale" of the middle class!
It is funny...look what was posted one minute ago:
Beneath The Surface, Today's GDP Report Was Actually Good
"People will be stunned to see that today's GDP report went negative for Q4... the first negative print since The Great Recession."
But the report isn't that bad. In fact it was arguably good."
I'm not even going to to click on the link before guessing that Joe Wiesenthal, the guy who can make Larry Kudlow look like Noriel Roubini, is the author of this transparently propagandistic happy-talk.
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My new job requires that I review medical records of individuals who have filed for disability benefits. I am learning to think of these individuals as "claimants" rather than "patients." AND while some are never going to be allowed (nail bed injury), others break your heart and give you pause. So this Thanksgiving season finds me:
1. Grateful for my job
2. Grateful for my health which allows me to work
3. Grateful for the ability to learn
4. Grateful for family (those here and those represented by the empty chair at the table)
5. Grateful for my friends, all of you (meet in real life and meet only on-line, so far)


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EAST CARBON -Oral Mellissa Guymon, age 87, passed away Sept. 10 in Orem. She was born Oct. 1, 1914 in Huntington to Theo and Katie LeRoy. Oral married Niel B. Guymon Nov. 27, 1933 in Castle Dale, later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple.
As an active member of the LDS Church, she served in numerous callings. She served a stake mission and she and her husband served in the Manti Temple for over three years. She was a very good wife, mother and homemaker who made wonderful pies and could out fish her husband.
She is survived by her children; LouAnn and Bob Hainsworth of West Valley City, Art and Sharron Guymon of Lehi, Don and Doreen Guymon of Vernal, and Shanna and Richard Seitz of Salem; 18 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and a special sister-in-law, Francie Handley. Also survived by one sister; Lorraine Campbell. Preceded in death by her husband Niel, one great grandchild and eight brothers and sisters.
Funeral services were held Sat. Sept. 14 at noon at Fausett Mortuary in Price where friends called from 10-11:45 a.m. Burial was in the Huntington Cemetery.
WELLINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY - Our beloved Carlene Kay Olson, age 37, returned to her loving Father in Heaven and into her mother's arms on Sept. 14, 2002.
She was born April 9, 1965 in Salt Lake City to Martin Carl and Mary Grace Dubray Olson.
Carlene was a loving and caring person who had a great love for her animals. She loved drawing, working jigsaw puzzles and she especially loved her shopping.
Carlene was a graduate of Carbon High School in 1984.
She will be dearly missed by her family and many dear friends.
She is survived by her parents, Martin C. (Ronda) Olson, Wellington; three sisters and two brothers, Jody (Tom) Ellner, Helper; Martin S. (Amy) Olson, Price; Camille Stansfield, Wellington; Amber (Sam) Baker, Wellington; Cody (Valerie) Lopan, Price; and her four loving nephews and seven nieces.
Preceded in death by her mother, Grace Olson; and infant sister, Margerete Denise.
Funeral service will be on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m., Wellington 4th LDS Ward Chapel.
Family will be at the church Wednesday one hour prior to service. Friends are welcome at Mitchell Funeral Home daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Interment, Price City Cemetery.
HUNTINGTON - Maudie Moffitt, age 94, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away after a short illness in Salt Lake City on Sept. 13, 2002.
She was born July 22, 1908 in Huntington to Joseph E. and Elizabeth Howard Johnson. She was the youngest of seven children. She married Fenton Moffitt in the Manti LDS Temple in 1933.
She was a resident of Huntington for 86 years. Maudie graduated from Snow College and taught elementary school, mostly in Huntington for over 40 years. Her kindness and teaching touched so many lives and she is still fondly remembered by many in the community today.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many positions throughout her life.
She is survived by a daughter, Karen (Norman) Jackson, Martinez, Calif.; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; also numerous nieces, nephews and many wonderful friends. Maudie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fenton, in 1981; and a daughter, Lorraine Nielsen, in 1997.
Friends may call for a viewing Wed., Sept. 18, from 10 to 11:45 a.m. at the Huntington LDS Stake Center. Funeral services will follow at the church at noon. Interment will be in the Huntington City Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.


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I was wondering, how many of you actually don't read the Naruto manga and only watch the Anime? IE, how many of you are actually spoiled when you read the manga threads?
I was wondering, how many of you actually don't read the Naruto manga and only watch the Anime? IE, how many of you are actually spoiled when you read the manga threads?
♥ Ravona
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At first I only watched the anime, but soon picked up on the manga.
Those who don't read the manga are really missing out!
I get my weekly manga and anime fix each week for naruto. I enjoy the manga, and the anime helps fill in blanks. Shoot me but the fillers make more sense in this series than old naruto. Atleast this time we dont get 3+ seasons of filler in a row...
i follow both n i am quite ashamed to say that i think i have watched all the fillers of naruto
Sigs and Ava by Ravona
definitely gotta get the manga fix every week. The anime i watch on and off when i'm interested, I like to download up to 8-10 episodes of the anime at a time and then watch for 2 hours str8. hopefully things in the anime will get better soon as the 3 tails comes closer.
A bridge towards peace; the will of fire still endures!
Rokudaime Hokage, Rokudaime Rikudou Sennin Uzumaki Naruto
I went from reading the manga, to both that and the anime, then back to just manga. But to comment on the question at hand, I don't think anyone here is strictly anime-only for several reasons. It is much simpler and quicker to download pictures rather than a media file. The manga is also much farther in development than that the anime, and since people know this, they would always read the manga. I mean who would restrict themselves from the story when they know its out there? Not many people would I think.
So if you are an anime-only girl/guy: What the hell is wrong with you?
love both of them plus the animated fights , but if u give me a "ultimatum" to choose between one of them , i would pick the manga i think.
Wow, its rare for asce to start a thread^^
And I only watch the awesome fight on the anime, there's something special about the manga..xD


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McKenzie: Kassian to get a Look Playing with the Twins?
Thomas Drance
January 08 2013 08:47AM
It's not too often that TSN's Bob McKenzie, who is pretty much the godfather of reliable professional hockey reporting, pens a full post focussed on the Canucks. But on Monday night he covered some of the team's "big questions" headed into training camp, and dropped a handful of curious nuggets that I simply haven't seen suggested previously by Vancouver sports media.
One of the most fascinating bits of info? A suggestion that second-line power-forward Zack Kassian could get a look on the first line, moonlighting as the trigger-man for the Sedin twins.
Read past the jump.
Let's just quickly break down some of McKenzie's take and pull out what's "new" (to us at least) from his column.
Who'll play on the right side with Daniel and Henrik Sedin? Alex Burrows is never a bad answer but Zack Kassian may get a chance there.
Wow. What an opportunity that would be.
Over the course of their illustrious careers the Sedin twins have made pumping up the counting stats of otherwise average or slightly above players who are lucky enough to share the ice with them something of a habit. The Sedins style of play - their calling-card no-look backhand passes and uncanny ability to feather the puck through traffic - has generally resulted in a lot of gimme tap-ins for their line-mates. Vancouver's first-line is also deployed with an extreme offensive orientation that is basically unparalleled anywhere else in the National Hockey League, the point being that filling in as the first-line with the Sedin twins is great work if you can get it.
In my minds-eye, I can see why Kassian could work well with the twins. He's an under-rated playmaker, he's strong along the boards and in the slot, and he's very good at controlling the puck down low in the offensive zone. Also after years of seeing opposing team's take runs at the twins, I have to admit that my reptile brain is fond of the idea of having the Sedins play with a relatively skilled "bodyguard" like Kassian. So Kassian has a few things working in his favour on this front; namely that he's got a whole host of compatible skills, and he'll be in mid-season form this month while his veteran competitors are just warming up. I'd imagine that if Zack Kassian can actually win that spot out of training camp and keep it through 48 games, he could pot 15 goals or so in a shortened season. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure everything I just wrote was once said about Steve Bernier.
Realistically, the notion of Zack Kassian contributing as a first-line fixture consistently next season me as a reach. I was expecting to see him slot into a role more similar to Raffi Torres' old one on the third-line this upcoming season. But I suppose the opportunity could be there for Kassian to play big minutes with the twins, at least to start the season, especially if McKenzie is right when he suggests later on in the training camp preview that Alex Burrows could get a look out of position as the team's second line centre.
Actually, when I was thinking about the team's roster last night, I'd thought that maybe Kassian's best opportunity might not be at even-strength this season, but could come on the power-play. Depending on who you ask, Ryan Kesler's recovery could be drawn out this season, and in his absence there are going to some quality power-play minutes on that first unit up for grabs in Vancouver. I'd have to think that Burrows, Booth, Kassian, Higgins and Hansen could all get a look in that spot.
Let's finish off with a couple of amusing notes. In his take, Bob McKenzie also touched on the Canucks' defensive depth. He said that behind the obvious top-7, the team "will likely try to add a veteran presence to make it a solid eight though Kevin Connauton and Derek Joslin might do." Thirty minutes after the story was filed at TSN.ca, we heard from Dan Murphy that the Canucks may invite defenseman Cam Barker to training camp. Based on the way blue-line injuries sink the Canucks year, after year; I really hope Barker isn't the "veteran presence" McKenzie was talking about...
Finally, McKenzie ends his take on all the uncertainty the Canucks face heading into training camp, with an odd choice to words that I can't help but point out.
That seems an awful lot of questions for what's supposed to be Canada's best hope for a Cup contender, but the Canucks know their time is now, that their biological clock is ticking and while their window to win isn't necessarily closing after this season, it's not opening any wider either.
You've really got to give it to Bob McKenzie. In the past, when other analysts have more intentionally feminized the Canucks <cough> Mike Milbury <cough> (excuse me) it wasn't nearly so funny.
Go read Bob McKenzie's take in full here.
Talk about "designing success for young players." I would love to see a line of the three succeed. So much space!
I always felt the Canucks accomplished most when Kesler was with Burrows, anyways. #dragonslaying
January 08 2013, 10:57AM
Kassian with the Sedins would go against Gillis' statement that the club feels it does not have time to experiment this season.
Kesler played at 75% up to February last season and at 50% after February, yet the team was able to easily rack up points (mostly thanks to goaltending). Would Schroeder, Higgins, Lapierre, etc at centre not equal Kesler at 50% ? If they do, it's the same team as last February. That leaves time to get a 90% Kesler into the lineup for April.
I don't see why the 2nd line centre is being promoted as such a problem and why the 1st line would need to be broken up to deal with it.
Also, why would Vigneault employ Kassian on his third line if he still plans to use it as a checking line. Checking is definitely not Kassian's forte right now.
January 08 2013, 12:07PM
@UnknownComic that's why I said a role "similar to" Torres' (without it being Torres' role explicitly). Say the Canucks acquire Bozak, how about a third line (deployed in a more offensive role, while the 2nd line handles tougher minutes) with Raymond, Bozak, Kassian? I'm just spitballing here, but 12-14 minutes per game on a secondary scoring line is where I see Kassian settling in with the Canucks this season.
Ya, I guess it all depends on how AV deploys his lines. The third line you suggest could be sheltered for a month or two until the return of Kesler. Where would Kassian then fit in when Kesler returns?
Or does Kesler take on tougher minutes and Bozak continues to be sheltered into the playoffs.
All interesting questions.
I would think it boils down to how effective Malhotra can be this season. Was last season a product of the eye or the inability to train over the summer. AV and Gillis know the answer and I assume it'll come out when the season starts.
January 08 2013, 02:09PM
I think Kassian will be given a shot with the the twins. There won't be much room for error, as it has been well established that Burrows fits perfectly with the Sedins.
I agree with Kaybee about Kesler and Burrows. Those 2, along with Higgins could provide an excellent shut down line playing against other teams top lines. Just need to make sure someone can replace Burrows with the twins.
I can't imagine the Sedins would enjoy having Kassian with them when they could have a proven scorer such as Burrows.
Kassian has not shown he's up for the job in fact he's as yet shown he is willing to play an intimadating game period.
IMO this guy needs a little shock treatment, maybe sending him back down to Chicago. He hasn't grasped the fact that he has to play hard every shift, and EARN his ice time and his opportunity
I wonder when the SEL wraps up it's season ?? AIK is one of the bottom feeders so doubt they'll go to the play-offs. I'm thinking it's relatively early when compered to the NHL. So will we see Jensen join the Canucks ??
January 08 2013, 02:59PM
I think Kassian will be given a shot with the the twins. There won't be much room for error, as it has been well established that Burrows fits perfectly with the Sedins.
I agree with Kaybee about Kesler and Burrows. Those 2, along with Higgins could provide an excellent shut down line playing against other teams top lines. Just need to make sure someone can replace Burrows with the twins.
But Vancouver was at it's very best in 2011 when Malhotra was shutting down and Kesler was left to score against the other team's bottom 6.
January 08 2013, 06:14PM
"On the other hand, I'm pretty sure everything I just wrote was once said about Steve Bernier."
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Dolce & Gabbana May Go to Prison for Billion-Dollar Tax Fraud
Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been under investigation in Italy for tax evasion for some time, but now the ongoing scandal —they duo are accused of selling their company to avoid taxes—may lead to fraud charges.
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(January 01) Today we're celebrating. . . The 7th, and Final, Day of Kwanzaa
The 7th Day of Kwanzaa
The 7th, and last day, of a week long festival celebrating the African American people, their culture and their history.
On the seventh day the black candle is lit, then the farthest left red, the farthest right green, the next red candle, the next green, the final red and then the final green candle. This represents the 7th principle of Kwanzaa – Imani (ee-MAH-nee): Faith.
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Skip to comments.(Rino) George W. Bush pushes for more immigration
Posted on 12/04/2012 1:03:32 PM PST by Mozilla
Former President George W. Bush ambled back into the spotlight Tuesday to laud legal immigration, a decade after he helped inflate the real-estate bubble to its 2007 peak while trying to boost homeownership among Hispanics.
America is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants can help build a dynamic tomorrow. They invigorate our soul, Bush said at the keynote speech of a one-day symposium on immigrations role in the economy at the Dallas-based George W. Bush Institute.
Growing up in Texas we have had the honor and privilege of meeting many of the newly arrived, the former president said. They see education as bright future for their children, some will willingly defend the flag.
That pitch was echoed by several panel speakers, including Steven Moore, a libertarian economist and columnist at the Wall Street Journal. On one trip to border farms, Moore enthused, he met a crop-picking Mexican who was working three low-wage jobs.
Thats the kind of person we need in this country, he declared.
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Go away Bush!!
You hopeless turd!!
Time to bring that tea party thing on line and dump the RINO party altogether. What a bunch of pair shaped losers.(to quote Mr. Kruger)
They invigorate our soulNot really.
Hey George, Obama and the democrats are demolishing the nation and using your administration's mistakes as the excuse. How about defending yourself instead of pimping for the hispanic lobby?
"Helping them to fraudulently obtain Social Security cards and driver's licenses as well as food stamps and other social welfare services always brought a warm feeling to my heart," he continued. "But once we found them substandard living quarters - sometimes packing up to 20 persons into a single-family dwelling - and put them to work in the fields harvesting vegetables - underbidding legal citizens, of course - we, in our Gated Communities, didn't really see much of them any more," he added.
Why? Is Mr Moore thinking of buying a cotton plantation?
Oh, yeah—those Texan immigrants do so well in educating themselves.
The Bushes have been a pox upon our country.
The two Bush's were very happy to greatly expand domestic spending. I don't think GW vetoed any bill until well into his second term.
Two votes I regret. W and mccain. Well, actually, I didn't vote for mccain. I voted for Palin.
People can flame me all they want but this country had an opportunity to get it's finances in shape in 1992. And GHW Bush shouldn't have even been Reagan's running mate.
Line jumpers. Americans hate line jumpers. Illegals are line jumpers, shoving their way in front of legal immigrants awaiting their just turn. What about that don't people understand?
The NAU - still alive and kickin!
"Stay out da Bushes!"
what an idiotic and insulting statement. Spoken like a true arrogant elitist.
No George they will NOT invigorate our soul. Very few illegals have any interest in assimilating at all. They are here to out populate Americans. They are here to change out culture for the worse.
Very few illegals have a culture or desire to educate themselves.
In 50 years time what remains of the US will be a Balkinized, decaying socialist H*ll brought about the likes of the Bush's and all other Statists.
We are not necessarily a nation of immigrants. Nearly all my ancestors which we have been able to trace were here before this was a country.
They created a new country and built it with hard work, great sacrifice and intelligence. They came to the new world looking for freedom and a chance to improve their life.
They did not come seeking welfare. They were proud of their heritage but considered themselves Americans first. I of course never met them but suspect they would never have cheered for a foreign country over their own.
Bush is truly a jackass.
That is the proper and harmonious way to keep things in balance, and I expect the RINOs to start advocating forced emigration any day now. :)
You know the hapless Republicans are going to run Jeb Bush. They can't help themselves...they just got to do it.
GW Bush should go back under the rock. Every time he speaks, he just FAILS. We don't need another idiot in the mix with Obozo and Billybob Clinton.
Agreed on all points.
In my understanding, it was that George Herbert Walker Bush was Reagan's concession to the country-club type Republicans. G.H.W. Bush referred to Reagan's ideas as voodoo economics, before that. Looking back, it doesn't seem like they learned much in 8 years, does it? So long as they can get cheap labor to clean their pools, mow their lawns...
HE DID NOT help inflate the RE bubble - so with the author starting out on that lie - he already exposed himself as a liar and didn't read anymore of his garbage.
Drag your sorry ass over to in(sanity) island where they still yearn to kiss it.
Guess he is buying the old plantation.
W, please listen.
Ours is a nation with a culture of it's own. If you swamp a nation with it's own culture, in short order you will overwhelm it, morph it, destroy it.
Why should we give up our culture? Our Constitution, probably the best one ever devised, becomes worth less as millions come here and ignore it.
There isn't a group of people on the planet I would support coming to this nation in numbers worth tens of millions in less than twenty years. This is exactly what we're allowing Mexican nationals to do. And now, you seem to advocate for doing this with countless other cultures.
Why W? Why would you want to flood our nation with half it's present population in twenty to thirty years?
Our schools don't teach the good that our Founding Fathers did to our current students. The authorities will not teach the newcomers. The newcomers will not speak our language. They won't understand our values. They will advocate for their on values as a group.
How is any of this a plus for our nation?
On principle, I'm not against newcomers per se. As long as those newcomers become one of us, instead of becoming a separate culture within our borders, I don't mind new people.
That is the farthest thing from what is taking place today.
In the interest of the diversity gods, that is considered to be sacrilegious.
I don't bow down to those gods.
There's only one reason we need more U. S. Citizens, and you and your fellow travelers know what that reason is. You helped usher in the new Chinese model, a Communist adversary with our complete patent and manufacturing base.
Twenty years ago, we didn't need a population bomb to survive. Now we do.
You and a number of others deserve to be called to acount for what you have done, the danger you increased by your actions/inactions. In that you are not being called to account, you should consider yourself lucky and shut the hell up.
Instead you keep raising your head up to make matters worse.
The legacy you have left this nation, damns you. It is with sorrow that I realize how much you have destroyed your family's image.
You have a lot to be repentant about Mr. President. Please come to terms with that, before spouting off about what we should come to terms with.
Y'all can have Texas, I'll keep my Wyoming. Texas went "red" in the last election by only 57%. I'll bet in a few more election cycles it goes blue.
But, but, but does this mean you won't support Jeb Bush in 2016?
That is, if we're still around.
Hasn't Bush done enough to destroy America? His disastrous footsie with the Democrats ruined our economy, and let Republicans take the blame.
Carolla blames Mexican immigrants and their imported culture for Californias struggles [AUDIO]
Today it is 25 percent.
Part of the package deal that comes with showing up in the United States today is our welfare state as well as our free economy... Yes, let's encourage freedom. But freedom is a privilege and a responsibility. We have enough people already here who think it's all about entitlement.
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If ya assume the bankers ran the last election...and counted the votes..ya can assume they want immigration....
Plenty of banks (and the Federal Reserve) want to tap into the money that's sent from the U.S. to foreign countries, whether the money was earned illegally or not. And, plenty of banks want to tap into related markets such as opening savings and checking accounts for illegal aliens or giving them home loans. They know the money was earned illegally, but they don't care. And, they find plenty of corrupt politicians willing to help them profit from illegally-earned money in exchange for campaign contributions or other benefits.
always..always...always FOLLOW-THE-MONEY
W is a real piece of work.
STFU W - go away!
|We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture.
Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende.
For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.
Our future cannot be separated from the future of Latin America.
As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico.
George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000.
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster
I voted for this dumb-ass twice. Kind of makes me wonder if the Libtards were right when they kept calling him a pin headed idiot.
And even his blunt talk isn't blunt enough.
I seldom see bright people, families and populations not value education—and the inverse.
Sure, banks trade in various types of illegal funds, but this is more direct than that.
Many employers of illegals are big GOP donors. Their epicenter is Texas, and Texas pols (hello, W) are the biggest toadies for pro-amnesty donations in a party full of toadies.
Me too. W's second term was such a disaster its not even funny.
Come to my town. It is not invigorated it is one nasty, dangerous place now with high unemployment as the cherry on top.
Really? He has kept his mouth shut about the Rats' destruction of our country, their stealing of the election, yet he shows up to push this garbage.
To think I voted for him twice, FReeped the WH and the VP's residence in 2000, stood in the cold and rain to see his first inaugural parade and swearing in. I cried tears of joy and relief when he took the oath. I am now so disappointed and disillusioned.
Sorry! That was Bawney Fwank!
Just sayin'!
W was right along for the ride remember w his "ownership society" agenda.
Remember who appointed Bernake?
Could be that all it is is W got a grant from the Volag people.
From http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/the-history-of-the-matching-grant-program
...The September 11th terrorist attack brought a halt to refugee arrivals and a virtual cessation of enrollments into the MG program. Facing a potential decay in the service infrastructure due to the lack of enrollments paid on a per capita basis, ORR responded by providing funding to maintain staff salaries through the end of the calendar year irrespective of fourth quarter enrollments. ORR permitted Volags to retain $1,000 for each unfilled previously approved slot. These "unearned" funds of the per capita grants, were to be used to retain the staff infrastructure. Volags were required to match the $1,000 with $500 in cash and in-kind contributions. ORR further directed Volag affiliate staff to review the status of MG clients served and provide additional service and resources to assure their self-sufficiency as needed. This became known as the "50% solution"...
Sounds like just the thing to unshackle the imagination of the embedded political/bureaucracy after all the pre-conditioning that took place after WWII.
But, he also tried to reel in Fannie & Freddie.
Does this make the "Day in the life of Bush" thread?
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Although I am a Itachi fan to death, C4 has to be the deadliest (and to a degree the strongest) jutsu in the series. If you can't see it your dead and if you can see it, he just needs to get closer and you are also dead.
Oh and to start another discussion as well. I don't care what you do, you cannot train our internal organs and Sasuke pass a electrical current threw his inner body to make the C4 "duds". One thing is molding the chakra to expel it another is to attack yourself with a electrically charged chakra current.
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Bonnie Brook Golf Course & Banquet Facility
Bonnie Brook is one of the most popular public courses in Lake County, boasting a meticulously manicured 18-hole course with rolling, wooded terrain. Its natural, picturesque landscape offers golfers the ability to enjoy tree-lined fairways, spacious greens, small lakes and the beauty of the north branch of the Waukegan River, which flows gently throughout the course. With a course length of 6,701 yards, Bonnie Brook offers championship golfers a solid test while being friendly and forgiving to the high handicappers. The clubhouse features a Indoor Golf and Learning Center which houses a P3Proswing Simulator. The simulator and its software helps analyze a player's swing and provides guidance how to improve their game and is available on an appointment basis only.
Northwestern University Ryan Field
Northwestern University Big 10 Football stadium located in Evanston.
Trampolines on steriods!! This giant warehouse is filled with commercial grade trampolines that are connected together. Play trampoline basketball, trampoline dodgeball and land in a huge foam pit. Kids of all ages love the fun and completely forget that they are getting exercise. Check out this exciting concept online for more pictures and videos.
CITY:Buffalo Grove
Northwestern University Spectator Sports
The Northwestern Wildcats offer some of the best Division 1 college sports action in the Midwest, featuring 19 teams and competing in the Big Ten Conference.
The People's Choice Family Fun Center of Waukegan
The Fun Center consists of a 43,000 sq. ft. entertainment facility offering over 150 redemption and arcade games, a Redemption Area with over 1,000 items from which to choose, Rocky's Pizzeria, a Food Court, Hershey's® Ice Cream Shoppe, a main Party Area with a 12 ft. movie screen, three private party rooms for birthdays, showers, meetings or any occasion and Rocky's Fun House Miniature Golf. Video gaming also available.
Features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate "sophisticated fun" in our warm and inviting 45,000 square-foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with 20 bowling lanes and 10 bocce courts. Exceptional Italian-American bistro with wine cellar, outdoor patio, fireplace, and beautifully appointed event and party rooms that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team that plays 38 regular-season home games each year at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. The Wolves have won four league championships in their 21-year history and have posted a winning record every single season. Famous players such as Chris Chelios, Al Secord, Troy Murray, Eddie Olczyk and Brent Sopel enjoyed stints in the Wolves' Burgundy and Gold.
Brunswick's Buffalo Grove and Tavern '45
This 56,000-square-foot upscale bowling and entertainment center, offers a comfortable and lively atmosphere to enjoy the company of good friends. 32 lanes feature upgraded bowling equipment and plush sofa seating that encourages socialization and connection. A laser tag arena and arcade with multi-player games that are good for the competitive spirit. Food & beverage service is available laneside or in the in-house restaurant, Tavern '45, featuring distinctive American pub fare, local craft beer and an outdoor patio.
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Visiting the California History Room
Anyone is welcome to visit the California History Room to use the resources. Appointments are not necessary. However, if you expect to be using a quantity of special materials, it can speed retrieval if you let us know ahead of time when you will visit and what you will want to see.
Before you arrive, you may want to read one or more of our research guides.
The California History Room is in the California State Library building located at 900 N Street between 9 th and 10 th Streets in downtown Sacramento. The Reading Room is on the second floor in Room 200.
Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., excluding California state holidays.
When you arrive
All bags and boxes-including purses, fanny packs, laptop cases, backpacks, file boxes, etc.-must be stored in a locker before entering the California History Room. To protect the collection, no food or drink is allowed in the Reading Room. Also, we ask that you use pencils instead of pens. We have a pencil vending machine; pencils cost 25 cents each.
To preserve the research atmosphere, cell phone ringers must be turned off, and any necessary calls must be conducted outside of the Reading Room.
If you wish to use materials from the closed stacks or special collections, you must first register as an in-house patron. This requires completing a short form and showing us a drivers license or other photo ID. Registration is valid for two years.
Materials from our special collections-including photographs, manuscript materials, maps, vertical file materials, ephemera, and rare books-must be viewed in our Rare Materials Reading Room. This room is climate controlled to protect the collections housed there, and it can be chilly. If you expect to be working with special collection materials, you may want to bring a sweater or jacket, regardless of the season.
If you plan on making copies from our microfilm collection, we suggest that you bring rolls of quarters. Each print from the microfilm reader/printers costs a quarter, and we have very limited change available. We are able to provide only $5.00 in change per patron, and we cannot accept any denomination larger than a $10 bill.
The photocopy machine costs 15 cents per exposure and takes $1 bills and all coins except pennies. Much of the material in the California History Room is considered rare and may not be photocopied by patrons. Some material may be copied by staff on preservation photocopy machines for a fee, and some material may not be photocopied under any circumstances due to its condition. More information is available at Photocopy Services.
Cameras may be used, without flash, to make reference copies of items in the California History Room collection. The use of personal scanners to capture images of items in the collection is not allowed.
We also have book and microform scanners. These scanners do not print copies but you can email scans to yourself or copy scans to a flashdrive free of charge. You may wish to bring a flashdrive with you for these machines.


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PRICE-Pete's life of service on earth to God, Country, family and his fellowmen ended Aug. 5, 2013. Pete was born on Sept. 18, 1925 to Pete and Maria Pianfetti Bruno in Spring Glen, Utah.
Funeral services were held on Saturday Aug. 10, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the Price LDS Stake Center (150 South 500 East). A viewing was held on Friday,Y August 9, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Price LDS Stake Center also on Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service at the stake center. Interment at Price City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guestbook and share memories of Pete at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Hedge Fund Stock Trading in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009
Itzhak Ben-David
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Finance Department; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Francesco A. Franzoni
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano; Swiss Finance Institute
Rabih Moussawi
Villanova University - Department of Finance; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
September 14, 2011
AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2010-2
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2010-03-002
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-08
Hedge funds significantly reduced their equity holdings during the recent financial crisis. In 2008Q3-Q4, hedge funds sold about 29% of their aggregate portfolio. Redemptions and margin calls were the primary drivers of selloffs. Consistent with forced deleveraging, the selloffs took place in volatile and liquid stocks. In comparison, redemptions and stock sales for mutual funds were not as severe. We show that hedge fund investors withdraw capital three times as intensely as mutual fund investors do in response to poor returns. We relate this stronger sensitivity to losses to share liquidity restrictions and institutional ownership in hedge funds.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 83
Keywords: Hedge funds, Liquidity, Aggregate Liquidity, Arbitrage, Funding Liquidity, Illiquidity, Liquidity Crisis, Crisis Stock Market Crash, Limits to Arbitrage, Liquidity Spirals, Short Selling, Short Sellers, 13-F, TASS, Uncertainty, Equity Market, Investment Strategy, Mutual Funds, Retail Investors
JEL Classification: G01, G12, G14, G23
Date posted: February 9, 2010 ; Last revised: September 14, 2011
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"The Madonna Files ...Based on Prophecies of the Virgin Mary"
James L. Carney has been a Catholic catechist for more than ten years. He is an honors graduate of Spring Hill College and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Jim is a former assistant professor of law and assistant dean. He is an award-winning essayist on the subject of the morality of nuclear war and has lectured at the U.S. Army Chaplains' School. He is the author of "The Seton Miracles, Weeping Statues and Other Wonders", and "Mystery Stories: A Journey Through the Rosary".
Brother John belongs to the Pacific Province of the Marianists, and is currently working at Villa St Joseph in Cupertino, Calif. Previously he was engaged in high school and adult education in the western states and Lebanon. He is a member and officer of the Mariological Society of America
Davide A. Bianchini has recently entered seminay at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
Davide has done some amazing work for the Blessed Mother and Medjugorje . His contributions at www.medjugorje-apologia.com are considered a leading academic resource
"In this time of grace, I call you to become friends of Jesus. Pray for peace in your hearts and work for your personal conversion. Only in this way will you be able to become witnesses of peace and of the love of Jesus in the world. Open yourselves to prayer so that prayer becomes a need for you. Be converted, and work so that as many souls as possible may come to know Jesus and His love."