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The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially struggling agency says.
In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail cutback would begin in August.
The move accentuates one of the agency's strong points -- package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet use.
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Did they also stop paying postal workers for Saturday?
What they really need to do is get rid of 50% of all people associated with physical movement of the mail, and go to every-other-day delivery - half of all addresses get Monday-Wednesday-Friday delivery, the other half gets Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday delivery.
Certainly the overly generous pay of postal employees ought to be reduced by 1/6th when this reduction of service kicks in.
Affirmative action for minorities is killing the USPS.
Just open 1st Class mail delivery to free market competition. The law created the problem, undo the law.
How dare you!
amazingly, the postal service workers have the best pay and benefits of all the federal employees! Their bloated benefits and employee numbers have brought about this dismal situation, along with poor competitive practices and outdated practices.
I'm ok w/ M-F mail delivery, and I can support some increase in mail cost BUT the postal service (employees, benefits, physical facilities, logistical framework, etc.) should be FULLY revamped. To use obummer's favorite word, that would only be FAIR.
LOL—Thank you, Mr. Sowell. /s
USPS is the perfect example of a horrible business model. Forever stamps? Union pay raises regardless of income? Genius.
I have thought that is the plan that makes most sense. It works for waste pickup. Surely it works for mail delivery. There is seldom something in the mail that can't wait a day.
The Saturday WSJ is my weekend read.
I'll miss it.
Costs savings will be eaten up by more overtime on Mondays. They should cut out Tuesday delivery.
Concur, they would also be increasing their 1st rate mix. Bulk mail is not a money maker, it just helps offset costs, but by filling the bags, it also ensures that costs remain high. By decreasing to every other day, the USPS would be able to raise rates on bulk mail, accepting that some that business will just go away.
I just don't see the need for six day a week postal delivery.
Obama promised to do for healthcare what the Post Office has done for mail service.
Obama promised to do for healthcare what the Post Office has done for mail service.
Who will sign for registered mail if the recipient is working Mon - Fri? Unless the USPS treats them as packages instead of regular mail. Just a question.
Let me put it this way ~ it's far more complex than that. Carrier time on the street is about 75% of carrier costs. Cutting street time in half doesn't cut total carrier costs in half.
half of all addresses get Monday-Wednesday-Friday delivery, the other half gets Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday delivery.
I've agreed with that approach for a long time for residential delivery. However some commercial may need 6 day service but that wouldn't be a large percent of them.
They have not stopped paying for employees that stopped working 10 years ago.
Why? If you get paid for 5 days of work and the company shuts down for 2 days a week, why would they cut your pay?
I think it's due to the feminization of the work force
You can look up federal pay and postal pay on the internet and compare them.
I once lived where we had the mail delivered twice a week. If you expected something important, you drove to the post office in the town of less than 90 and asked if it came. I never felt shorted.
Probably will end up costing more
Same way it works now. They leave a note in your mailbox that you have registered mail and you go to the Post Office to get it. If you go read the article, it states that POs will continue to be open on Saturday.
no doubt......
You will, when you drive to the post office to pick it up. They'll leave you a little green post card alerting you to the fact that you have mail at the p.o. Just like they currently do.
You will, when you drive to the post office to pick it up. They'll leave you a little green post card alerting you to the fact that you have mail at the p.o. Just like they currently do.
most likely you'll probably see it later in the day...or make arrangements with alternative drop off.
The agency's biggest problem and the majority of the red ink in 2012 was not due to reduced mail flow but rather to mounting mandatory costs for future retiree health benefits, which made up $11.1 billion of the losses. Without that and other related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion, lower than the previous year.
Most people won't even notice. I have one elderly aunt with whom I maintain a written correspondence. In addition to that my wife and I send and receive birthday cards and Christmas cards. The rest of the mail is bills (5%) and garbage (95%).
I'd be happy to have dependable week day delivery.
"minority employment today is about 25% of the work force"
Maybe in Kansas, no way, no how in every post office I have been to in Califoirnia.
My .02
Ever been to a post office in North Dakota?
A plan so crazy, it just might work. ;-)
FedEx rates are higher. BTW, FedEx drops the pieces it just can't deliver to in the mail ~ but you knew that, right?
And who would those workers be?
You'll get more support for government cost cutting by going after the Department of Education,
..several years ago I tried to stop the delivery of a local "free" rag. Tiny little newspaper with mostly ads, but very liberal commentary. I was told they could not stop it from being delivered...it was paid for...
So I Started bundling it, tied nicely, and started to drop off the bundles on the steps of the newspaper office building with a note saying stop sending me junk mail....*smiles* of course no address was involved and I only told one friend. I then started sending "free" rose flower seeds to the editor's house along with everything "free" pre-paid cards I could find in magazines.....
May not cut it in half, but it takes a big chunk out of it.
Doubles the life-expectancy of the current vehicle fleet, too.
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By KEN LARSONEmery County Publisher
This is a column about education, about kids, about parents, and about schools.
I wrote a similar editorial about a year ago and talked about the three-legged stool and that it takes each leg to hold up the stool and keep it strong. I explained that one of the legs was the family's responsibility, one leg that keeps the stool strong is the educational system, and the third leg is the community and its attitudes towards raising children. As I said, all three legs must be strong and work together in order to support the stool. The same goes with raising our children.
This editorial is very similar in some respects but looks at it from a different angle. I am a member of the Carbon High School Community Council, made up of parents, teachers, students and community members. At the last meeting I sat back and listened as all four segments of the committee talked about tutoring programs and what the schools are doing to help students, especially those who struggle with traditional programs.
As they discussed the various tutoring programs and classes that are already available the same questions kept coming up again and again. I definitely heard more questions being asked than answers given.
Here is some of the dialog at the meeting:
"What are parents doing to instill in their children the sense of action to take responsibility of their own education?"
"Many of our kids are 16, 17 and 18, and have no desire to advance or learn. Why don't these kids take responsibility of their own education?"
"What are the schools doing with the many kids that are slipping between the cracks, kids who have emotional, mental and social challenges?"
"Many of the children coming from broken homes, dysfunctional homes, homes where one or both parents are drug addicts, are not fitting in and finding their way in the high school system. What can we do to help these students?"
"Are students willing to ask for help?"
"What about the advanced and gifted children, and what about the children with special needs?"
"What about the kids who are active in sports, music and other extra curricular activities, do they have advantages?"
"How do we teach our children to care about their future and take an active role in make good choice?"
"What is the difference between encouraging, suggesting, or forcing?
In my earlier editorial I wrote about my experience teaching parenting skills in Havre, Mont. The classes were very well attended but in most cases it seemed like the parents who should have been there were noticeably absent. The children from these homes often told their teachers that their parents were working out of town, partying or didn't really care about their education process. I heard over and over from some of these parents that it was their job to pay the bills but the schools job to take care of the education.
There is so much more when it comes to education. Of course the academic skills such as reading, writing, math or geography are important, but who is teaching the kids about honesty, self esteem, self-confidence, making good decisions, which is helping the kids understand loyalty, motivation, enthusiasm, and compassion?
What about getting along with others, learning how to listen, prioritize, think and reason. Are these qualities important to our children but are they being taught at home or in school?
Parents need to understand that absenteeism is a key factor. Teachers can't make up the time missed and these lessons will never be made up and yet more and more parents are allowing their kids to miss for a wide range of excuses and reasons, some obviously legitimate, but many more that are not.
Teachers and school districts can set up all the tutoring programs they want but if kids have no desire or could care less about their own education what can teachers do?
What tutoring classes are available? And do we need more? Currently there is a program called LIC, which is Local Interagency Council. Students who qualify in certain areas are given additional tutoring opportunities.
Another program is mandated by judges for kids who have been in trouble with the law. These after school programs are held in the library, but again are available only through court orders.
Then there are consultation periods. These are not free periods, and teachers must be available in their classrooms to help students makeup work, reteach missed lessons or talk about progress with grades. This time is available to every student on Mondays. Teachers are there but unless the students come in there isn't anything the teachers can do to make them, so in many cases the students see this period as a time to get out of school and have a free period.
There is also the CEU Sun Center where college students have volunteered to help tutor high school students. These can be arranged through the counseling services but again, the students need to ask or take responsibility to seek out the additional help.
The teachers on the committee admit that additional tutoring programs are needed for all students.
I also heard several stories in the meeting with examples of parents taking charge of their children's tutoring needs. One parent comes to every consultation every Monday and checks on her child's progress, takes home extra work and is proactive with the education and her daughter, who has struggled.
I still think that parent's guidance and insistence when their children are young to get involved in sports, music, church, are helpful in answering some of these questions. There are many outside programs that teach children to get involved. In some cases it's in these groups and activities, whether its 4-H, dancing or soccer that make the big difference in the long run.
We have heard so many times that it takes a village to raise a child and we all can relate to the truth in that phrase, but who's responsibility is it to form the village and we must remember that building the village must start when the child is very young and must start at home.

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Wednesday's Child: Murder in Des Moines
It was spring and my father was helping me deliver my Girl Scout cookies. We turned onto the 23rd Street from Carpenter, where Greg and Joe's family lived. Police cars were everywhere. My father recognized a priest from St. John's in the crowd of people who had gathered. He told me to stay put while he ran over to speak with him. When he came back he took me home; we walked in silence. When dad could talk again, and I don't know if his silence was from grief or anger or both, he told me Greg and Joe were dead. Their father, Henry Bubendorfer, had murdered his wife and the two boys, before killing himself. The daughter had not been at home and was safe.
After my own son's death in 2006 I found some peace taking photos for Iowa Gravestones in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines. As I turned to start photographing a new row the site of this grave took my breath away:
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That is a sad story - one of those things that friends and neighbors will always ponder and pray for.ReplyDelete
Theresa (Tangled Trees)
Heartbreaking memory.ReplyDelete
- Amy Mertes TiltonAugust 5, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I just wanted to share. My father was friends with Joseph at school and in cub scouts. He went to the house that morning, alerted the neighbors of the smell of gas and then the whole story unfolded. I found this in my search to find the story and grave site for my dad so that he could go and try to come to terms and say goodbye after all these years as that day has weighed heavy on his heart since he was 10. I thank you, as he went to the grave today after so many years to see his friend.ReplyDelete
Amy - I have newspaper articles of the murder if you are interested in showing your father. Or if you go to the main library in Des Moines, you can retrieve the articles there.ReplyDelete


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September 07 2011 07:21AM
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You know what? I look forward to the Battle of Alberta for the next X number of years. If the idea is, 'Burn it to the ground,' then Ken can find another manager to do it.
"Oh man, those dummies think they'll just magically win a Cup after being awful for so long. Not with Tambellini driving hte short bus. Maybe if they had a Cup winning GM like me running things."
Feaster had almost dozed off when a disembodied voice called out to him and startled him awake, knocking his tray of nachos to the ground.
"John Ferguson Junior, why do you trouble me?"
"It is required of every GM that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow executives. It is doomed to wander through the world and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared in Toronto, and turned to happiness."
"What does that have to do with me?"
"I am here tonight to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate."
"Are you kidding? Your team was filled with aging veterans all with no trade clauses, and you traded away all your draft picks, and had no prospects in your system. What can I learn from you?"
"You will be haunted by three spirits"
"Uhh, I'd rather not"
"Without their visits you cannot hope to shun the path I tread. Expect the first today when the bell tolls One."
"Couldn't I take them all at once and have it over with, John?"
"Expect the second a few hours later, and the third in the afternoon. Look to me no more; and look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed between us!"
Jay tried to say "Humbug!" but stopped at the first syllable. And being, from the emotion he had undergone, or all the chicken wings he just ate, went straight to bed and fell asleep upon the instant.
September 07 2011, 08:11AM
"You there! Boy! What day is today?"
"Today? Why today is draft day sir."
"Then I'm not too late!"
September 07 2011, 09:57AM
Love this PPP. That makes two literary allusions on a Nation network site in less than a month (Machiavelli). Although I hope your spam-filter is ready for all the hate mail you'll receive.
I'll give Feaster some respect for at least speaking his mind, but too often when boastful comments come from team management and coaching the opposite comes to pass. A couple years ago MacTavish said that when he watched the Oilers practice he could easily see us challenging for the division lead. We drafted 10th that year.
Perhaps next summer Kent can write a post about Feaster and Parise using excerpts from Melville. Just because I'd love to see a photoshopped image of Feaster crying "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!"
September 07 2011, 10:14AM
"You there! Boy! What day is today?"
"Today? Why today is draft day sir."
"Then I'm not too late!"
That's just funny on so many levels...
September 07 2011, 10:16AM
@Pension Plan Puppets
"The worst part about management's bold proclamations is that fans are the ones being beaten over the head with it!"
No kidding.. Why do the fans always bear the brunt of the organizations??
Simple VF... Cause it's just easier and more fun that way!
September 07 2011, 03:45PM
Of course all the GMs play on the heartstrings of the fans because they have us by the proverbial short and curlies. That devotion has long been an argument as to why the Leafs have never progressed: because the fans don't stop paying money then don't fix what is so obviously broken. The Oilers played the same game when the EIG owned the team, just as the Flames management sells the fans the "this is our year" line. The only two places that seem to be different are Saskatchewan where the motto during the CFL pre-season is usually "wait 'til next year, then we'll get 'em!" or Vancouver where the motto seems to be "I don't acknowledge the Canucks until June". There is also the exception of the Canadiens whose management team sells the fanbase on what happened a lifetime ago.
When Paul Maurice talks about the most talented team he has ever coached isn't that kind of like Stu Grimson telling you about the most beautiful goal he ever scored.
September 07 2011, 04:26PM
Funny premise for these articles. I don't share the negativity of most of the commentators howevfer. Feaster is pragmatic and will do what it takes to change the team. And anyone who thinks NTCs or MNTCs matter have not watched closely as both Regehr and Langkow had them.


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Middle East: More dangerous than ever
The United States has never been known to have a good grasp on foreign affairs and international relations. In fact, worldwide involvements on the part of the USA have been embarrassingly stupid. Not that we have not occasionally had good intentions. But good intentions don't solve international problems. A little bit of intellect and a little less capitalistic greed might help.
When it comes to "intelligence," we need only to look at the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is given billions and billions of dollars to provide the national government of the U.S. with service and information in international matters. How is it doing? Well, the CIA had no idea, for example, that the USSR was about to collapse. We had been fighting a cold war with the Soviet Union [USSR] for decades. It was, or should have been, the number one priority in supplying our government with intelligence. Yet the CIA did not have a clue that the Soviet Union was going to collapse and dismember.
From the very beginning of our nation's involvement in the Middle East, we have acted like ignorant bullies and uninformed dolts. When the people of Iran voted a government into office through a democratic election, we thought Mossadegh was too far left politically. What did we do? The CIA managed to help to overthrow this democratically-elected leader in Iran {Mossadegh] and got the Shah put back on the throne in Iran. The arrogant and insensitive tyrant that the Shah was has caused us to lose any possibility of credibility in Iran, to say nothing of the entire Middle East.
When George W. Bush, a man of limited aptitude, was elected President of the U.S., he put in place an administration made up of other people of limited intellect. That wasn't bad enough, he chose men who had already announced absolutely absurd notions about the Middle East. Their stupid agenda was so horribly composed that people with knowledge about the Middle East screamed that these oafs were wrong and would bring about dangerous consequences. Nevertheless, the likes of military-industrial kooks like Dick Cheney and his right-wing "soldiers" instructed President George W. Bush about actions to be taken in the Middle East. In the process, Cheney's old boss, Halliburton, was given no-bid contracts worth billions of dollars. War, especially invading Iraq, was good for the war hawks friends in the war industries.
Now faced with new problems in the Middle East, one has to wonder if the Obama administration has enough intellect and background knowledge about the area to act constructively. Naturally, doubt prevails. The "new" problems in the Middle East are to a great extent a result of the stupid mistakes made by the U.S. in the past. All this means that it is more important than ever to make wise and careful choices.
We are now faced with a Middle East in which arms are everywhere. Many of them are of our making. But more than that, individual nations in the Middle East are using these weapons and this power to express actions that are more explosive than ever before in that region. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the Emirates, etc. are all acting out internationally without any announced agenda. And the U.S. is not often informed about what these nations are going to do militarily or politically. Throw militaristic Israel in the mix, and a global explosion is possible. The proportions of such possibilities are almost incomprehensible.
We need people who know and understand the Middle East making decisions for the U.S. So far we have never exhibited such knowledge and understanding. Are we heading for a major catastrophe?


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Virgin Blue Charity Hangar Ball to Switch Off for Earth Hour11/03/2008
Virgin Blue will take on the Saturday 29 March global Earth Hour challenge (www.earthhour.org) in a big way, by pledging to shut off the lights at its massive Charity Hangar Ball to be hosted by Sir Richard Branson, Queensland Premier, The Hon Anna Bligh, and Virgin Blue co-founder and CEO, Brett Godfrey, the same evening.
More than 3000 Guests and over 500 event, waiting and kitchen staff along with musicians, dancers and performers, will participate in what may be Australia's largest candlelight dinner from 8pm (Brisbane time) when Virgin Blue switches off the lights for Earth Hour along with millions of people in some of the world's major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Sydney and Tel Aviv.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "The decision was easy, but not so the logistical challenge. We are a participating company and it is a unique opportunity to underline the meaning of Earth Hour in a very meaningful way.
"Funds raised from our Hangar Ball go to many worthwhile causes and in 2008 our support is pledged to projects nominated by our team members under the theme of 'Indigenous Peoples, Natural Environment'," he said.
"Special arrangements" to cater for a continuous ball during Earth Hour will be revealed on the night and Virgin Blue has also made arrangements to ensure the ball is carbon neutral.
Even without the added requirements for Earth Hour, staging the epic event includes complex logistics to transform the Pinkenbah hangar from a venue designed to hold aircraft, into a ballroom for 3000 Guests.
With no kitchens on site, tons of equipment is trucked in, including ovens, cold rooms, chairs tables, crockery, cutlery, and glassware to enable preparation and service of a menu created by Brett's Wharf Executive Chef, Alastair McLeod.
Construction of the dance floor, audio visual wall, lighting, staging, bathrooms and provision for bands including Marcia Hines, Rogue Traders, Evermore and Housequake and a Mega charity auction will take place over three days.
Visit www.virginblue.com.au/hangarball for more details on the biggest event in town.


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Are you a fan of ridge hikes affording amazing views? Up for a great day's cycling through some truly wonderful terrain? An admirer of folk architecture? If so, then a summertime break in the Jeseníky Mountains is the right holiday for you! In the Czech Republic's second highest mountain range you can have an unforgettable time amid wild landscapes, dense spruce forests, mysterious peat bogs, steep-sided valleys, crystal clear brooks and countless waterfalls, visiting local castles, chateaux and spa towns as you go.
The Jeseníky have a special feature that the country's other mountain ranges don't – spa towns. The area perfectly combines natural beauty and the curative properties of the local springs and pristine air. The spa industry in the Jeseníky was brought to the fore by the so-called "water doctor", Vincenz Priessnitz, who established the first hydrotherapy spa in Austro-Hungary near the town of Jeseník. Even today you can still cure problems with the respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems at Priessnitz's spa.
Where can you find the cleanest air in central Europe? At the famous climatic spa town of Karlova Studánka, of course. Breaks here include lots of walking in the surrounding area; this could include a hike along the wonderful valley of the Bílá Opava River with its waterfalls, or a climb to the top of Praděd, the highest peak in the area affording superlative views of the entire Jeseníky range. Another great tip for a trip is the Červenohorské Pass, the long-established historical border between Bohemia and Moravia.
If you like walking, the Jeseníky Mountains are the perfect destination. Some of the most popular marked trails include the path up Mount Ramzová via Šerák Peak to Branná, or from Jeseník via the Čertovy Rocks to the top of Mount Zlatý Chlum where you can climb up a viewing tower. The Jeseníky range also boasts a large number of marked cycling trails. For instance you could head out along the witches' cycling trail to Šumperk, Zlaté Hory and Velké Losiny, a town notorious for its 17th century witch trials, which resulted in almost 60 innocent people being burnt at the stake. Monuments and memorials along the way tell their individual stories.
You can see the Jeseníky Mountains from the saddle and on two feet – and you can discover what's beneath this magical landscape when you visit the Na Pomezí Cave full of huge dripstone formations and cascades, formed by the slow erosion of marble. Nor should you miss a trip to the hydroelectric power station at Dlouhé Stráně, voted one of the seven wonders of the Czech Republic. If you prefer historical places of interest, immerse yourself in centuries gone by at idyllic castles such as Jánský vrch and Hradec nad Moravicí.


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Men's declining prostate health is a real issue for men over age 50. It's more common than you think. Here's what's typical:
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1. NIH: US National Library of Medicine. Enlarged prostate. MedlinePlus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000381.htm. Updated October 2, 2013. Accessed April 8, 2014. 2. American Urological Association. BPH: Diagnosis (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia/Enlarged Prostate). Urology Care Foundation. http://www.urologyhealth.org/urology/index.cfm?article=59. Updated July 2013. Accessed March 14, 2014. 3. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/prostateenlargement/. Updated March 23, 2012. Accessed March 14, 2014.


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The report, "The Environmental Food Crisis", was launched at the 17 th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York today. It provides some new and sobering costs on how environmental degradation might impact food production, while highlighting new and promising paths.
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- Delicious blend of fruits, vegetables, oats and more for a taste your pet will love
- May be fed as a treat or mixed with your pet's daily diet; treats should not exceed 20% of your pet's daily intake
- Ingredients: alfalfa hay sun-cured ground, sun-cured timothy grass hay ground, oat groats, dried papaya, dried pineapple, wheat, sunflower seeds, dried carrots, dried banana, raisins, dried sweet potatoes, pumpkin seed, dried apples, dried cranberries, wheat, wheat middlings, wheat flour, ground corn, ground oats, ground barley, corn gluten meal, dehulled soybean meal, soybean oil, dicalcium phosphate, brewer's dried yeast, cane molasses, calcium carbonate, algae meal, fructooligosaccharide, L-lysine, salt, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate, thiamine mononitrate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, vitamin B12 supplement, choline chloride, manganese proteinate, iron proteinate, DL-methionine, zinc proteinate, sodium selenite, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium thermophilum fermentation product, dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried aspergillus niger fermentation product, biotin, folic acid, lecithin, mixed tocopherols (a preservative), yucca schidigera extract, rosemary, carotene, titanium dioxide, banana oil, red 40, blue 1, yellow5 & 6 and sulfur dioxide.
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(June 02) Today we're celebrating . . . Yell "Fudge" at Cobras in North America DayMonday, June 2nd, 2008
Yell "Fudge" at Cobras in North America Day
Did you know that cobras don't like fudge? Me either!
But you can help keep North America* safe from marauding cobras by going outside at noon (your local time) and yelling "Fudge"!
And don't worry if your neighbors report some crazy person yelling for no apparent reason. Just show that nice police-person this blog. That should help. Good luck.!
*actually anywhere north of the Panama Canal
"Yell "Fudge" at Cobras in North America Day" copyright Thomas and Ruth Roy, Wellcat Holidays


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All Terrain Tackle Rattling A.T. Jig
The All-Terrain Tackle Rattling A.T. Jig is the one jig that can do it all! Whether you fish trees, bushes, weeds, rocks, or docks, the A.T. Jig will get the job done. The A.T. Jig's "hidden eye" design keeps you fishing instead of removing weeds. The A.T. Jig offers a triple-coated paint job that is designed to last. This jig is built around a super-sharp Mustad Ultra Point hook that keeps fish hooked.
FLW Pro Anthony Gagliardi used the 1/2 oz version of the A.T. jig to help him win the 2006 FLW tour stop on Lake Murray!
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Customer Reviews
Comments: These jigs are better than the big named jigs. The 3/8 oz black and blue jig with an electric blue chigger craw is my go to jig for dirty water. It fishes well around structure. I like to fish it around reeds and pads. These jigs are well worth the money.
From: Aaron: Olympia, WA 4/4/16
Comments: Had the skirt bust off of a brand new one today after a couple fish and the paint got chipped away very quickly from fishing rocks but I always seem to catch my biggest fish on this jig for some reason especially the 3/4 oz junebug.
From: John: NJ 6/22/15
Comments: Great Jig. The 1/2oz size has a bigger hook than the 3/8oz so if you're looking for a bigger bite hook I'd go 1/2oz. The weed guard is great for a store bought jig because they give you a full weed guard that you can trim to your liking. The inverted line ties are always a plus and the skirts are made high quality with a extra band. Only problem I had was the paint on the jighead will come off quick if you're fishing rocks but the fish don't seem to care. Overall its a great jig for the money!
From: Jbird: RI 11/17/14
Comments: I'm a big fan of these jigs, for the price. I like the head design and the paint withstands some good abuse. When I first got them, I lost several fish after setting the hook and turning the reel handle a few times. I started trimming 4 fibers off of the front of the weed guard and trimming the whole guard down a little. This really helped my landing %.
From: Tyler: KY 10/2/14
Comments: Amazing jigs! The hook on this jig is crazy strong, first fish I caught one day was a 23 pound blue cat (I was targeting bass, this guy just slimed my line up) but the hook was not bent one bit, and he was ripping out drag set at 8 pounds! The only change necessary was a new trailer, and then I was pulling bass out the rest of the day! Awesome jigs, available in great colors too!
From: Dave: Joliet, IL 6/11/14
Comments: Great jig for pitching timber. If you fish it right it doesn't get hung up around trees at all. Not the best jig for rocks but it gets the job done. Only complaint is that the rattle breaks off after a while of fishing thick stuff.
From: Unknown: USA 3/13/14
Comments: Great hook, but the weed guard kills it. The weed guard can also double as a leaf spring for a dump truck. I ended up cutting the weed guard off and using just the hook when conditions allow.
From: TK: PA 3/6/14
Comments: Best Jig Ever!!! I catch tons of big fish on this jig. My favorite is the black/blue one paired up with a Bass Assassin 4" Pure Craw in black/blue.
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From: Dave: SC
Comments: Bought a number of these jigs. They seem very nice except the paint chipped off on the first outing and i wasnt even fishing a rocky terrain, bit dissapointing
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Comments: This jig is okay but the hook isn't very sharp after a few fish and the weed guard isn't very thick so it gets hung up a lot. There are a lot better jigs out there on the market.
From: John: Pierre Part, LA
Comments: The best head design I've ever seen on a jig. All-terrain is a very fitting description. It comes through piles of rocks and brush piles better than any jig I've ever used.
From: David: Winnsboro, LA
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff writer
Residents filed into the recent Green River City Council meeting to make comments on a proposed nuisance ordinance. It appears things which are considered to be a nuisance by some are not nuisances to others.
The first resident to comment read a prepared statement in opposition to the proposed ordinance. "We think this is a nonsense law," he said. "When the city proposed this law, you said there was no opposition, but we found plenty of opposition. I am here to present you with a petition signed by more than 70 residents in opposition."
The resident went on to say he has additional concerns about enforcement of the ordinance and who the enforcement officer would be. "We have had no enforcement in the past with the current ordinance, and we have not seen any improvements to the city," he continued. "We have noticed a decline in the quality of life in Green River. This ordinance discriminates against older vehicles and properties. We don't need a new law, we need to enforce the current one. This law was fashioned from one in Heber and we are not Heber, we are a poor town," the resident concluded.
Another resident commented that for years he has lived and worked in Green River, he has owned property and lived there while storing his personal property on his private property. "If we need a new law, write one for what we need, not for Heber City. We are not Heber City, we are a rural farming community. We don't need big town rules. This is 16 pages of nonsense rules," he said.
"I bought and paid for my ground, I want to do what I want with it. I am also upset about the burn window. I think that you should set it when things are dead, not while they are still green," he concluded.
Mayor Pat Brady and the city council listened as several residents voiced their concerns. When the concerns were all aired, many comments were noted and Councilman Keith Brady, who headed the committee which wrote the proposed ordinance, noted the many proposed changes on the draft ordinance. He also explained the ordinance was written by the committee and not copied from Heber's ordinance.
One city resident who was on the committee that wrote the ordinance explained to all present that the opportunity for all residents to come to the meetings and give input was advertised. "We want the residents involvement in everything that happens, every decision that is made. Not many people showed up, so we went with what we had. We thought this was a fair ordinance and would serve Green River well. Most of our problems are from property owners who live out of town and are not here to take care of their property," he said.
All of the residents who were present agreed Green River needs some improvements, and the changes and comments which were noted will be put into the proposed new ordinance and it will be rewritten before it comes before the council for approval. Before the new proposed nuisance ordinance goes to the council for approval, the new draft will be posted and the residents of Green River will have five days to comment on the new draft.
Councilman Kent Johnson said, "With property ownership comes rights, but with those rights comes responsibilities. We have to have rules to live by to keep Green River good for everyone."
Robert Smith from the planning and zoning commission presented three updated ordinances dealing with residential zoning in Green River. That commission has been doing extensive work to update and streamline the city's ordinances for clarification purposes. The council approved the three ordinances changes dealing with the city's zoning.
In another item of business conducted by Green River City Council, the bid was awarded to Precision Excavating of St. George for the SR-19 drainage project. This project will install piping from the West Winds truck stop's parking lot to the river, with two manhole clean outs included. There were seven bids opened during the bid opening which took place earlier in the day. Howard Tuttle of Johansen and Tuttle Engineering reviewed each bid and approved each one before they were presented to the council for award.
Two bids were also received for the electrical upgrade project at O.K. Anderson park. One bid, which was unopened, arrived well after the deadline for bids. After some discussion of the project and the budget for the project, the council decided to deny the bids and repost the project. It was decided that the bid amounts received were too high.
Green River City Council meets the second Tuesday of each month in city hall at 7 p.m.


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Leafs second buy-out window opens
Cam Charron
August 02 2013 09:57AM
As we explored earlier this week, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a second buy-out window between now and about 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning thanks to the settlement of the Mark Fraser case coming early on Tuesday. They have a 48-hour window to decide whether or not to buy out a contract that could help them sign Cody Franson and Nazem Kadri, two players that will likely command $7-million between the two, that the Maple Leafs do not have salary cap space for.
The popular target is John-Michael Liles. Check our poll to the right, and a fair number of visitors to this site would prefer a buy-out on Liles, which would cost just $875K against the cap this season, although that balloons to $2.375-million in the third year of the buy-out, once deals for Colton Orr and Frazer McLaren expire but just about when it's time for Nazem Kadri to start negotiating a contract that will see the Leafs buy up some UFA years. Consider the contracts Dave Nonis gave to Joffrey Lupul and David Clarkson which are both unlikely to work out in the long run, there isn't a lot of room to mortgage more of the future now for today.
I can see why it would be an option and the Leafs should consider it, but taking a huge hit on Liles to keep Franson around just seems like a huge mis-management, effectively paying an extra $1,312,500 per year over the next six to keep him around. A trade is certainly preferable, although I don't think it's possible that Liles can be moved. He has more value to the Leafs on the roster and trying to redeem himself after his first two seasons in Toronto have been interrupted by a concussion, a lockout, and a lengthy sequence of healthy scratches.
That said, paying an amount so he won't play is somewhat foolish since the Leafs have already used up both of their compliance buy-outs, and didn't pick up an asset from another team in the process. I think that while Nonis had a number in mind for each of the players he was re-signing, he ultimately saw each come in at a price a little higher than he expected and the mistakes added up. In this cap crunch year, differences of $100K mean a lot.
Given the Leafs have seen minor mistakes (Orr, McLaren, buy-outs on Darcy Tucker and Colby Armstrong, retaining $500K in the Jonathan Bernier trade, qualifying Mark Fraser despite plans to sign Paul Ranger, etc:) add up, it's not wise to let the same thing happen in the summer of 2015. Remember, Moneyball concepts aren't exactly about using statistics to find good players, they're about not being trapped by market inefficiencies. The Leafs have done just that this summer, buying up UFAs on the market and paying a premium for toughness and unrealized potential in the Orr, McLaren and Bernier trades.
Pension Plan Puppets' exclusive interview with Chad Finds, the Leafs internal statistician, really opened our eyes on the process:
PPP: What do you think you've helped the Leafs accomplish for next season?
CF: I think we've done a really good job of helping management find new market efficiencies to make us more competitive.
PPP: You mean market inefficiencies?
CF: No, efficiencies. The NHL dresses about 900 players a year. As I've explained to Mr. Nonis, over 48 games that provides us with a huge sample size. Enormous. A lot of good work has been done by other teams in finding inefficiencies in the market. So much good work that we now believe there are no more inefficiencies left to exploit. In such a marketplace, we can take advantage of the one thing the Leafs have and that's cash. That's why we're willing to pay above market value for things that used to be inefficiencies. That's efficient. Other teams can't use their cap space like that.
It's not like this wasn't preventable. There were three buy-out targets for the Leafs when at one point there used to only be two, and they probably would have done it all with one and still managed to get David Clarkson under contract. I don't think any manager is perfect, but I also don't think Nonis ever envisioned himself to be in this scenario back in June.
It's impressive how Nonis completely mismanaged this offseason. It takes a staggering amount of stupidity to put the Leafs in this cap crunch.
The worst part about all these crummy deals is that in 3 years, Nonis and Carlyle will be gone, and the fans will still be here and have to watch the wretched product they left us with.
August 02 2013, 12:27PM
You want parody?
Buying out Mikhail Grabovski, so you can give a massive overpayment to Bozak.
THAT's a ****ing parody.
That quote from Chad Fines makes absolutely no sense.
I guess that's why it's eye-opening.
August 02 2013, 10:38AM
So Chad Fines is hoping everyone else was inefficient at exploiting inefficiencies? How does paying above market value for an "inefficiency" suddenly make it "efficient"? Am I missing something here?
You guys know that Chad Finds is made up right? That whole interview was satire.
August 02 2013, 10:51AM
Oops, accidentally hit trash instead of props. Have you read the whole article? It's hilarious.
August 02 2013, 11:18AM
@Cam Charron
I think what you can take from this, is that you don't have to keep putting so much effort into your articles. Just say sample size and efficiency a few times and people will think it's legit.
Haha I can't believe you quoted that PPP interview.
August 02 2013, 07:38PM
I agree with you, Cam, not a great situation in the short run -- and not where Nonis envisioned himself before UFA season began. There may be a lesson here -- about Nonis' decision making style, and perhaps about the league.
In complex organizations with agents simultaneously making strategic decisions (that is, when peoples choices are affected by the choices of others -- so, not a perfect marketplace where everyone is a pure price-taker, and not a monopoly in which there are no competitors), managers like Nonis prefer to make one decision at a time because they can only calculate with any degree of predictability the immediate choice they face: the outcomes differ in relatively small degrees from the status quo. Nonis went from signing to signing, from buy-out to buy-out. Managers like him stumble from choice to choice. It's sometimes called "branching" because you go further and further out on a limb.
This is Nonis. On a limb. The thing is, sometimes this is how it goes when the decision-maker is ambitious (and eager for a contract extension!) but is seriously constrained, and so he presses where he faces the least constraint (in this case, as that hysterical Chid Finds interview says): cash. And sometimes it yields to a better outcome.
Managers hate to feel this way because they prefer to tell heroic stories premised on their genius or guile. But Nonis is no genius and no killer bargainer. He's just rational within the incentives and constraints he faces. Nonis' decision-making style is pretty predictable. It's not so moronic or stupid.
There will be a price to be paid, either now or down the road. And we'll only know later whether it was worth it.
I am not so convinced that the sky is falling. The upgrades were pricey, that's all.
Which brings me to the league. What it tells us about the league, I think, is that in bargaining situations where contracts are negotiated individually by competitive agents (the managers) but the constraints are imposed collusively (by the league in the form of a cap), we will see this kind of behaviour more and more. Especially among the managers who have access to money.
So, we have a 10-year window before this CBA expires. Which means that managers of the teams with cash-flow will lobby for raising the cap to accommodate their strategy of overbidding. They also -- thanks to the length of the deal -- will win by driving the bottom end teams (13/30 teams losing money last year!) into bankruptcy, mediocrity or both. Then we will have another lockout to "correct" the perverse effects of this model of collusive competition. Some of these marginal teams may not even exist by then, and Bettman may finally have given in to the reality that real market forces warrant a team in Seattle and more in Toronto.
In the meantime, the cap will be driven up. Has to. And those most invested in keeping it down are those with the least bargaining power.
So, is Nonis's "branching" such a dumb strategy? I am not so sure.... It may look nutty right now, and it may feel like buying out Liles is over-leveraging the future. But look at the business side of the game and it looks pretty rational to me. Especially since all the serious long-term competitors to the Leafs are doing the very same thing. And if they aren't now, they will eventually. Not doing it may look foolish in hindsight.
This is just reality.
August 02 2013, 11:47AM
That's the thing -- it's not particularly obvious. Given some of the brilliance that the organization exudes, this is exactly the sort of thing you can reasonably expect.
But the joke's on me. I bought it. Good one.
August 05 2013, 04:14PM
I think it might have been smarter for nonis to not buy out liles. This gives us the upper hand in trading negotiations. Because now we can either trade liles OR franson. gives us more options, teams won't be lowballing us for offers on miles Cuz we ain't gonna buy him out now. And for teams asking for franson, they don't know if we will be trading liles or not. So they really don't know how to negotiate. But we have to do one or the other. Trading liles or franson. The difference between those 2 is winning now, or piling up on prospects and saving for future.


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The Cheetahs made light work of the Lions in their Super Rugby derby clash, winning 26-5 in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The victory was sweet revenge for the Cheetahs who lost this season's opening match to the Lions by one point, and after six matches played it's still John Mitchell's troops only win so far.
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Replacements: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Andries Ferreira, 19 Justin Downey, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Philip Snyman.
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Alwyn Hollenbach, 12 Butch James, 11 Andries Coetzee, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Josh Strauss (c), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Marius Coetzer, 19 Etienne Oosthuizen, 20 Michael Bondesio, 21 Lionel Mapoe, 22 James Kamana.
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Skip to comments.Republican leaders meeting with Obama: Seven minutes
Posted on 02/28/2013 5:06:42 AM PST by Hoodat
Never let it be said that President Obama has failed to spend time with Republican leaders in seeking an alternative to automatic budget cuts that are due to hit most federal departments Friday. On Wednesday, for example, the president gave GOP lawmakers as much as seven minutes, a rare face-to-face encounter that the White House described as a meeting.
The White Houses characterization of this momentary huddle at the Capitol as a meeting illuminates Mr. Obamas strategy in dealing with Republicans on the budget cuts and other fiscal deadlines.
With speeches and other staged events, the president has tried to build public pressure for his agenda of tax increases coupled with spending cuts.
But he has made little time for negotiating directly with lawmakers who oppose his plans.
It is a sincere conviction among Republicans that the presidents negotiating posture isnt about getting a deal done, its a zero-sum political game where his aim is to destroy the Republican [House] majority in the next election, said Steve Schmidt, a Republican strategist who served in 2008 as Sen. John McCains presidential campaign manager. Its certainly not an effective strategy for a leader in search of a deal.
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Jus' dreamin'...
I am sure that the 'pubs have worn their kneepads to the meeting. They will stand like a tower of Jello.
I am surprised he gave them seven whole minutes....after all the point was he is now able to say " I meet with the republicans"
His lapdog Media will report he tried....but they did not want to capitulate.... Err....I mean compromise..
I am surprised he gave them seven whole minutes....after all the point was he is now able to say " I meet with the republicans"
His lapdog Media will report he tried....but they did not want to capitulate.... Err....I mean compromise..
Does it matter for how long the 'meeting' lasted?
Obama is NOT OPEN to anything other than what he wanted.
The End.
Mr. Obamas motorcade arrived at the Capitol at 10:57 a.m. for the dedication of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The ceremony began at 11:04 a.m. Somewhere in between, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, the president held a brief meeting on the budget cuts with Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Mr. McConnell.
Pressed by reporters about the substance of a meeting that lasted less time than the average persons morning shower, Mr. Carney conceded that the president mainly discussed his anticipation of a Friday meeting at the White House with congressional leaders.
The Repubs are right. Obama got his tax increase....guess he forgot. Now he wants more??
Seven Minutes? SEVEN MINUTES?
That is exactly eight minutes longer than I would meet with that bunch of Surrender Monkeys.
I am not sure if Obama channels Stalin or Hitler. Either way, living was tough. I guess I will decide when I see if the masses are dying from shots to the back of the head, or being tossed into a furnace.
What financial nightmare? The 1% cut in the baseline increase of spending this year? You've fallen into the Obama trap if you think this is a financial nightmare.
The Republicans have everything to win, and nothing to lose if they stand firm on the sequester.
Yeah, Yeah, I know... They will cave any minute.
What exactly is the point of Obummer running around the country scaremongering? I mean, the reps and congcritters are already elected. Shouldn't it be THEM that he has to twist arms? It's as they say, he loves to campaign, and I don't even consider it campaigning, it's pure and simple propagandizing.
GeeOpie — Shouldn't the quotes be around 'leaders'?
Looks like the anointed One is a big fan of Agile/Scrum. But this would mean the meetings would be daily.
The seven minute meeting will never be publicized as being that brief. The whole purpose of the camapigner in chief was to create a staged meeting to use as anoter "photo op moment". How may of the liberal media will report it for that purpose and brief duration? Crickets.........
I know prominent Republicans who have been in meetings with Obama. After he spends 5 to 7 minutes delivering an arrogant, condescending lecture, he spends the rest of his time looking bored, napping, or playing with his Blackberry.
So better just to get his finger-wagging out of the way and move on with the rest of your day.
Obama: "You guys give up yet"?
'Pubs: "Hell, no"
Obama: "Get the hell out of my office."
Jus' dreamin'...
More like "thanks for the photo-op boys...punk'd again!!!"
Seven Minutes? Yeah, that's about right. I figure that is the time it would take to shake hands and for Obama to tell the GOP leadership how smart he is and how they need to do as their told.
Shouldn't "leaders" be in scare-quotes rather than "meeting"?
And that means winning the House and keeping the Senate in 2014.
Expect full scale, all out war against any and all republicans, especially in the public opinion theater of operations.
Divide, conquer and eliminate, and the progressive eGOP makes that job easy. With them in charge and reliably striking out at obama's T-ball pitches, we're always half way there.
Is seven minutes enough time to cave?
Has anyone on FR added up all the things that are supposedly getting cut by sequester budget cuts? I have seen articles about navy ships not getting fuel, National Science foundation grants, 200,000 military personnel, and teachers jobs. That is just off the top of my head and I haven't been following this very closely (I figure in the end Boner will just cave).
It would be interesting to add up all the things that Obama and the Dims are claiming will go away with the actual $$ that is being cut from the budget. My guess is the claims of the press, Obama, and the Dims will be much higher than the actual budget cuts.
Is seven minutes enough time toYep.
That really isn't enough time. I'd spend the first five minutes just flipping him off.
Reggie Love was becoming impatient. Bob
Infants act out when they don't get their way. Just Obama reverting to form.
7 mins.
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Virgin Blue Group of Airlines Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "The entire Polynesian Blue team can be very proud of the contribution their airline is making not only to shareholders but more importantly to the people of Samoa through economic stimulation."
He continued, "Polynesian Blue has far exceeded our initial expectations and the co-operation, like-minded goals and passion for excellence and innovation shared by the Government of Samoa, the Board of Directors and the staff of Polynesian Blue is an example of how a successful private-public sector partnership can bring tangible long term benefits to a community."
One of the other key achievements for Polynesian Blue this year was being named 'New Airline of the Year' at the 2006 Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Awards for Excellence.
* Sources: Central Bank of Samoa & National Department of Statistics Samoa.
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