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|September 14th, 2011, 11:02 AM
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But I do think there is a difference between being great and others knowing and being great and reminding others of it. IMHO this country is quite good at the latter.
|September 14th, 2011, 11:07 AM
I'm not old, honest...
I agree with Duffman. Yes, he makes good points but he mishandled himself in a simple debate where those in the debate are pretty much on the same side. He crumbled and stuttered. If he can't take the pressure from those people, I can't imagine him standing up to people that are 180 from him.
|September 14th, 2011, 11:12 AM
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|September 14th, 2011, 12:17 PM
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Maybe you can find a clip where you see him squirm. I've liked him in the past and like some of the things he says. But I don't believe he's presidential material. Of course neither is any of the other candidates.
|September 14th, 2011, 12:58 PM
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These things are going to come to an end one way or the other. Returning these powers to the states, per the constitution, is Mr. Pauls plan. The other path is to wait for the Federal Government to declare insolvency, which is coming soon. Which do think will be more orderly?
If you are pro-war that's a good reason to vote against Mr. Paul. I am not. I don't believe that war makes us safe and I don't believe we can afford to continue, we are beyond broke.
I see nothing nut-jobish about any of his positions, if you actually listen to him and not to other's opinions of him.
|September 14th, 2011, 01:13 PM
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To further the debate, here is Ron Paul's stance, quoted from his website.
by Ron Paul
Ten years ago shocking and horrific acts of terrorism were carried out on US soil, taking over 3,000 innocent American lives. Without a doubt, this action demanded retaliation and retribution. However, much has been done in the name of protecting the American people from terrorism that has reduced our prosperity and liberty and even made us less safe. This is ironic and sad, considering that the oft-repeated line concerning the reasoning behind the attacks is that they hate us for who we are – a free, prosperous people – and that we must not under any circumstances allow the terrorists to win.
Though it is hard for many to believe, honest studies show that the real motivation behind the September 11 attacks and the vast majority of other instances of suicide terrorism is not that our enemies are bothered by our way of life. Neither is it our religion, or our wealth. Rather, it is primarily occupation. If you were to imagine for a moment how you would feel if another country forcibly occupied the United States, had military bases and armed soldiers present in our hometowns, you might begin to understand why foreign occupation upsets people so much. Robert Pape has extensively researched this issue and goes in depth in his book "Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It". In fact, of 2,200 incidents of suicide attacks he has studied worldwide since 1980, 95% were in response to foreign occupation.
Pape notes that before our invasion of Iraq, only about 10% of suicide terrorism was aimed at Americans or American interests. Since, then however, not only is suicide terrorism greatly on the rise, but 91% of it is now directed at us.
Yes, the attacks of 9/11 deserved a response. But the manner in which we responded has allowed radicals in the Muslim world to advance a very threatening narrative about us and our motivation in occupying their lands. Osama bin Laden referred to us as "crusaders" with a religious agenda to convert Muslims, westernize their culture and take control of their resources. If we had targeted our response to only the thugs and criminals who attacked us, and refrained from invading countries that had nothing to do with it, this characterization would seem less plausible to the desperate and displaced. Blaming Islam alone is grossly misleading.
Instead, we chose a course of action that led to the further loss of 8,000 American lives, left 40,000 wounded and has hundreds of thousands seeking help at the Veterans Administration. We are three to four trillion dollars poorer. Our military is spread dangerously thin around the globe, at the expense of protection here at home. Not only that, but we have allowed our freedoms to be greatly threatened and undermined from within. The Patriot Act, warrantless searches and wiretapping, abuse of habeus corpus, useless and humiliating searches at airports are just a few examples of how we've allowed the terrorists to "win" by making our country less free.
Suicide terrorism did not exist in Iraq before we got there. Now it does. There are no known instances of Iranians committing suicide terrorism. If we invade and occupy Iran, expect that to change, too.
Sometimes it can be very uncomfortable to ask the right questions and face the truth. When a slick politician comes along and gives a much more soothing, self-congratulating version of events, it is very tempting to simply believe what we would like to hear. But listening to lies does not make us safer, even though it might make us feel better about ourselves.
The truth is that ending these misguided wars and occupations will make us safer, more prosperous and more free.
"I myself have never been an isolationist. I favor the very opposite of isolation: diplomacy, free trade, and freedom of travel. The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seeking change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example. The real isolationists are those who isolate their country in the court of world opinion by pursuing needless belligerence and war that have nothing to do with legitimate national security concerns."
— Ron Paul, The Revolution: A Manifesto
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|September 14th, 2011, 01:39 PM
I'm not old, honest...
I have liked Ron Paul in the past and many of the things he has said. But, the old saying of "actions speak louder than words" showed up during the debate. I thought he did a terrible job and he lost a lot of my respect during that time. Simple as that.
Go back to the days of Ross Perot running for president. His VP candidate blew his chances in one single debate. sucks but it's true.
|September 14th, 2011, 02:11 PM
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we are looking at the wrong democrat candidate. in their desire to keep control of the white house, the dem party will see obama loosing the election. therefore they will pursue a behind-the-scenes "draft hillary" campaign.
slick willie has already started a low key campaign of publically questioning some of obama's decisions in his role of paving the way for his "wife".
when she's elected, she'll appoint him Sec of State in order to keep him and his pecker off-shore and out of the limelight.
as much as i do not like her (she's been caught in many many lies while first lady) she'd be easily elected as every woman in america will believe she is the real Hope-and-Change they are looking for.
therefore, pick a favorite candidate to run against her not obama.
|September 24th, 2011, 06:11 AM
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Cain commenting on the Mexican border:
"VAN SUSTEREN: All right, now let me turn to foreign policy. Mexico, as you know, is right next door. Everybody knows that. An enormous amount of violence. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was described it as like Colombia 20 years ago and got rebuked by both President Obama and President Calderon.
If you become president, are you going to -- is there anything you're going to do differently about the drug cartels and the violence that -- down in that country from a humanitarian standpoint, as well as from a national security standpoint for us?
CAIN: Let's start with the national security standpoint. I am going to secure the border for real. That's step one. I don't know why previous administrations, including this one as well as the Bush administration, didn't get serious about securing the border. Maybe they didn't want to offend our neighbor. I'm not concerned about offending them. I'm more concerned about protecting Americans. So that's job number one.
Secondly, yes, I'm not -- I can't worry about humanitarian reasons inside Mexico right now until we make sure that we deal with what's happening in this country and what's leaving this country. You've heard about some of the scandals in terms of weapons, you know, that were going from the United States that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. We have got to get serious about defending the borders and defending our laws here in the United States first. Those are going to be my two top priorities. Then I'll deal with humanitarian issues that might be happening in Mexico.
VAN SUSTEREN: Mr. Cain, thank you for joining us. There are a lot of issues, and I sure hope you'll come back because it's going to be a long race.
CAIN: It's a marathon, Greta. And thanks for having me on.
VAN SUSTEREN: Indeed, it is. Thank you, sir."
He's speaking the truth and not pandering to Mexicans like candidates and Presidents from both parties have done to date.
Behavior likethat and his "9-9-9" flat rate tax (something I've long been a fan of) are why his stock is rising.
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The Board of Governors has received rule amendments that would require those lawyers to show their fitness and competence to again practice, including by taking CLE courses. In cases where the suspension has lasted five or more years, the lawyer would also be required to retake parts of the bar exam.
The board got its first look at proposed amendments to Rule 3-7.10 at its May 29 meeting. It is scheduled to vote on them at its July 17 meeting in Naples.
The board in May also gave final approval to rules for a disciplinary revocation of a lawyer's license. That discipline is used in cases where a lawyer facing disciplinary investigation wishes to give up his or her license without admitting to the underlying charges.
Disciplinary Procedure Committee Chair Murray Silverstein said the suspension reinstatement rule came about because of concerns expressed by the Supreme Court over the competence and fitness of lawyers whose suspensions last more than three years.
Under Bar rules, lawyers suspended for up to 90 days are automatically reinstated. Those suspended for 91 days or longer (the maximum suspension is three years) must apply for reinstatement and undergo a Bar hearing where they, among other things, must demonstrate rehabilitation. In many cases, lawyers wait several years before seeking reinstatement.
Silverstein said the court was concerned that "if you've been suspended for a period longer than three years and you have been delayed in reapplying, you could go several years without having to demonstrate fitness and competence."
In such cases, he said applicants would have to show they have taken 10 CLE credits for each year or part of a year they were suspended, and demonstrate they are current with changes in the law. Proof of compliance could be shown by working as a law clerk, paralegal, or teaching legal issues during the suspension.
In cases where the suspension has lasted more than five years, the rule provides the lawyer must retake and pass "the Florida portions of the The Florida Bar examination and the multistate professional responsibility examination."
In disciplinary revocations, the board approved the committee's recommendations for amending Rule 3-7.12 and related rules. The process is similar to what at one time was known as a disciplinary resignation, which was replaced by the disbarment on consent procedure. Some lawyers have been reluctant to use the disbarment on consent process because it requires them to admit to all underlying grievance charges, which can have consequences if they also face criminal charges for their conduct.
The disciplinary revocation process, which must still go to the Supreme Court, allows lawyers to give up their license without admitting to the underlying charges. The revocation must be for at least five years and also requires Board of Governors' approval.
The board also approved the DPC's recommendation to amend Standing Board Policy 15.75 to end having a board member acting as designated reviewer or a grievance committee review a Bar staff counsel's decision to close a case for lack of merit. According to materials, that amendment addresses a problem from those who have filed meritless claims harassing the reviewers or grievance committees and demanding a review after a Bar counsel dismisses the case.
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THANK YOU MARY!!!! I hope i find more!
Hi, Major1! If you will do a search on "laroche" (as one word), I think you will find some more. Computing Workshop (tag cw) did a GigaPan class on the campus this past spring. We are doing GigaPan and lots of other stuff this summer as well, in the CW Summer Program. One of CW's prolific GigaPanners, Derek, recently did a huge (500 pictures) of the Chapel- but I don't think he has added tags yet, so it may be difficult to find. He also has a number of other huge pans of the chapel that need to be uploaded, so keep watching. CW has GigaPans- many from LaRoche- at the newsly opened Warhol R250 show www.warhol.org/calendar/events_det ail.php?eventID=1141&dateYear=2008&dateMon th=7&dateDate=19 (through July 27th). Another student piece, Cubist Windows/Weird Art www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id= 3861 (not the Chapel, but LaRoche windows in the cafeteria) is also on display at the "Windows and Dreams" exhibit www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id= 6251 www.sweetwaterartcenter.org/events .asp (through July 25th). Also, I'm sure we either have, or could easily come up with, some more images for you. Are you still in the area? If so, we would love to talk with you and hear about your work! Mary mary (at) computingworkshop (dot) org
wow. talk about a blast from the past...... I helped MAKE those windows!!!! I wish i could find more photos!
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"If All the Dogs On My Truck Had Half of Gavel's Heart, I would be doing well"
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"Gavel is the quintessential Labrador. He is just perfect."
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While your adult size may have looked like you could keep Order what you really kept was "Fun"… you were my sense of humor. Gavel' s world was a Happy Happy World. Whether it was gathering up shoes, playing ball, retrieving a bird, or eating a "sammich", the world was a happy place. You were 6 ½ weeks old when I flew to Virginia to pick you out…. But I had no choice in the matter, as you picked me. I sat on the ground and watched you and your brother run around…. And pretty soon, during one of your fly-bys, you climbed on my lap, kissed me, and off you went! So many smells, so little time!
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We started your training. I got your through part of the yard, and through FF. Your nose was so strong, I trained you in parks and cemetaries until you were almost a year old. We worked to teach you to use your eyes! But what fun we had! We then went to Jim Van Engen's seminar. We had been training by setting up chairs in the park with white coats on them. I would run out, throw the mark, run back and send you…. Gav was a puppy at the seminar, and the other dogs were far advanced over us. We were the demo dogs for how to do, or not do in our case, yard work. Then Gavel saw his first 250+ marks..... my park distance was 50-75 yards. His eyes were as big as saucers. I'll never forget how he did ins and outs, ran around water, etc, to get to the big mark on the hill - unschooled, but a natural marker. Gavel ended up staying with Jim for a bit, and then joined my dogs in Texas at Ridgeview Retrievers. After bringing my dogs back home, you spent some time with Paul Sletten, and became QAA'd at a 50 dog qualifying in Memphis! You then went to Andy Attar's. You weren't at Andy's very long until I entered you in the Amateur at Mississippi Valley. While Andy felt it was a bit early, I entered you anyway, and you and I finished that AA stake together! And, that made you the first dog I ever finished an AA stake with. I will never forget how you front footed all those marks in the first series on some very difficult terrain at Busch Wildlife – here many nationals were held, and you made it look so easy!
You had some health issues along the way caused by a couple of accidents. You overcame all obstacles and continued to rise to the occasion. Then, just as you were starting to make it into the 4th series of opens on a frequent basis, you got colon cancer. So, after you had surgery, I decided to retire you. You owed me nothing, and only gave me Love in return. Needless to say, you loved being at home. As a puppy, you always brought me my shoes, never chewed. (Course, sometimes you wouldn't bring me two alike, but you always thought it was more fun that way!) I would tell you what a great retriever you were. As an adult dog, if I wasn't awake, you would place the shoes around me in bed, so when I woke up, I would tell you what a great retriever you were!
Your favorite pastime was to play ball. You could make someone's arm fall off. And if I was working on the computer, you would ever so gently place the ball right above the keyboard on my laptop. Then you would look at me, look at the ball, look at me, look at the ball…. And tell me I only needed to throw it "just once."
But now you have a cancer you can't beat. And you are leaving the world with your tennis ball and your waggy tail. Time has gone way too quickly. I run into people from that Van Engen seminar, and they all remember Gav with a smile.... The way Gav feels life should be - happy and smiling.
So Heaven got a perfect one today… a big beautiful dog that never met a person or cat he didn't like, never saw a shoe that didn't need to carried, or a ball that didn't need to be thrown, or a retrieve that didn't need to be made. You can yawn loudly all you want in Heaven's holding blind, pat your feet for the birds, and kiss all the cats.
Many thanks to all those who cared for and about him….. Dr Jeff Schuett (who I wish were wrong just one time), Lydia Fekula (who knows how to really make a "sammich"), Dr. Harold Richardson (who gave you back your feet to run on when they were chemically burned in a kennel accident) Dr. Mitch Robbins (who saved your life from colon cancer), Dr. Rhonda Feinmehl and Dr. Tiffany Leach (who did the best they could trying to give you more time with mom), Eryn, Kaitie, Thom and Auntie Mar Paker who has loved you like one of their own over the past 10+ years, and helped me feed you on days you didn't feel like eating, and "Aunt" Lainee who gave me a wonderful drawing to always remember you by… (but how could I ever forget you?) and all of your other friends who have shed a tear with me today.
Love my boy, my Gavel, my Gav-Man…………… Always in My Heart. Love, Mom. (P.S. I know you realize you were one of my favorites).
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According to the Maine Sunday Telegram, gambling is OK in Biddeford or Washington County, but if it happens in Lewiston, it's pure evil.
The Bangor Daily News says it has no problem with wagering in Calais and Biddeford, and it wants more of it at Hollywood Slots in Bangor. But it's adamantly opposed to a casino in Lewiston.
The newspapers both ran recent editorials urging a "yes" vote on Question 2 on the November ballot that would allow slot machine facilities at racetracks in Biddeford and Washington County. And both came down on the side of "no" on Question 3, authorizing a casino at the Bates Mill in Lewiston.
What's the difference?
The Bangor paper says, "For better or worse, the cultural and moral taboo on casino gambling in Maine is tattered and faded."
In Lewiston, however, the issue isn't morals. It's money.
"The Lewiston project, though it is an innovative initiative that would save a historic mill building and probably bring traffic to downtown restaurants and stores, would hamper the prospects for financial success of the voter-approved Oxford facility less than 15 miles to the west," according to the paper.
In urging support for the racinos, the Telegram said they would help harness racing, "a valued element of the state's cultural and social structure."
Except for culture in Lewiston.
"[T]here is a fair wind blowing through Lewiston," the Telegram claimed, "which the proposed casino could block. The city should instead continue to support the nascent efforts transforming its downtown — not en masse, but brick by brick, storefront by storefront."
The Portland-based Telegram offered no evidence a casino would damage Lewiston's redevelopment efforts, which could charitably be described as barely perceptible. Lewiston's unemployment rate has hovered above the state average for the past few months, after coming in below that figure earlier this year. As far as economic growth goes, that city exhibits less "fair wind" than breaking wind.
The Bangor Daily's argument at least follows some kind of logic — if you happen to be an investor in the Oxford casino that was approved by referendum last year, but has just begun construction. There's no way there's enough of a market for both enterprises. Lewiston, with a larger population base, would likely suck the life out of Oxford before a single coin slides into a slot machine. Of course, if you're not an Oxford investor, why would you care?
Since neither paper's argument makes much sense, there must be something going on behind the scenes. Why else would these two journalistic institutions be so intent on driving a wedge between supporters of the two racinos and those favoring gambling in Lewiston?
If I had to guess, I'd come up with two words:
Stavros Mendros.
Mendros is the manager of Great Falls Recreation and Redevelopment LLC, the company that owns the Lewiston casino. He's also the chairman of Green Jobs for ME, the political action committee promoting an affirmative vote on Question 3. And he's the head of Olympic Consulting, the firm hired by Green Jobs to run its campaign.
Mendros doesn't have much to do with the casino, other than potentially profiting at every stage of the process.
Nevertheless, it might be worthwhile to examine his background to see if it could be fueling antipathy toward the Lewiston project.
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Geez this game was so good the minute i saw the main menu screen and he had flames behind i just knew it was a ****ing awesome game. The weapons are cool and the storyline is picture perfect. I love the gods in this game and i can't wait till the next one comes out. I have to admit this game was better then devil may cry because it had a more into combat system. The l;ast boss was crazy i believe it was athens? tHE GOD OF WAR. Itt was crazy when those barbians kicked kratos's armies ass and then he got help from the god of war. Athens was crazy though when he threw that spear all the way froim the other land side. SHIT WHAT A Game
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Glendale Target 8AM -- 4x McSolo (!), 1x McVader and a pile of Wave 7. If it was early November, I'd say hallelujah!
Figrin, were you looking for the JLA 3-pack with Martian Manhunter --? I wasn't sure, so I stashed it just in case.
Pink Snags picked me up a clearanced Galactic Heroes Jabba's Palace today for $13. This was at Smeagol Rock Target.
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Found a buttload of the WM comic packs at Baldwin Park Wal-Mart today. Got all three and some for a friend. There were still plenty of Keller and Boba packs when I left, but there were never many of the Twins sets to begin with, maybe 4 or 5.
Today is supposed to be a release date for them, or so a friend told me.
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Stashed a McHan at a central Valley Target. PM me if interested!
Meanwhile, I picked up a lone Fett / RA pack in Panorama City today. Ugh. That place is quite the hellhole, eh?
- Joe
The extra McRebel that I ordered from HTS arrived and amazingly enough was in MOC condition! no creases or bends whatsoever.
Frank Footer, unfortunately, the Martian Manhunter pack wasn't the one I'm looking for (Fire/Ice/Green Lantern, actually) but thank you for stashing and keeping an eye out.
Dangit! I ordered on 12/31 at 11:30am and my stuff from HTS still hasn't arrived.
I got 2 boxes today also. One of them contained a crushed McClammie...but at least it wasn't this...
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In an effort to protect everyone on the road and raise awareness about distracted driving, Maine lawmakers have decided to ramp up driving restrictions for new drivers.
As of yesterday, there are new laws in effect pertaining to teenage drivers.
New-driver laws in our state used to cover a six month period of time, the new rules will now span nine months of driving.
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The Chinese Crested (hairless and powder puff) is a hypoallergenic breed. This isn't the breed that can be left outside and house training is not always easy in areas with cold/wet whether.
God pray for the first dog.
I always worry about people getting dogs because the kids want it. Most breeders won't place puppies with people wanting a puppy only for the children. The adults should want the dog and allow their children to learn through taking a second in charge role. Too many people dump the dog because they didn't realize the work involved. The first family can always say it is the allergies when the kids get tired of taking care of the dog. Just my 2 cents.
Make positive moves against the recession, make SMART tax moves that don't punish small business, and keep America safe....that'll be a good start in making people NOT CARE what "color" he is.....
I keep my PM box full. Use email to contact me: email@example.com.
Why would they get sick of taking care of a dog. I'm pretty sure Joe taxpayer is paying for someone to do that.
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Singapore: A novel anti-TB drug has generated encouraging results in a recent Phase II trial funded by the non-profit TB Alliance. The combination of three drugs (PA-824, moxifloxacin and pyrazinamide) was able to eliminate 99 percent of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), found in patients' saliva following two weeks of treatment.
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The ability of this new drug cocktail to eliminate 99 percent of the bacteria in only two weeks provides a stark contrast to the six-month treatment regimen of TB therapies that is currently on the market. Compliance problems with patients prescribed current TB-related therapy have resulted in the emergence of drug-resistant TB strains, including multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). A shorter course of therapy is likely to decrease treatment costs while increasing patient compliance.
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I forgot my passport and was late for the Russian elections in Toronto last Sunday. I was going to vote for Yabloko. According to the "official", state-propaganda-affected data, Yabloko scored between 1 and 2%. I can't believe the government party scored 70% in the poll stations abroad, higher than in Russia itself. The 99% scored by it in the raped and killed Chechnya is also appalling.
When I talked and communicated with few friends and acquaintances in the last 24 hours, it was a pleasure to find common grounds and share some plans with them.
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What Goes Up Must Come Down: Celebrate the Fourth of July with a July 5 Cleanup
Posted On July 2, 2013 by Allison Schutes
Watermelon, baseball, cookouts, beach trips and fireworks: Does it get any better than summer? Summer is my favorite season for many reasons, but sitting in the sand with a warm summer breeze while watching fireworks takes me back to being a kid and the sheer joy summer entails.
The Fourth of July is also a day that unites all Americans. No matter where you live, it's the perfect day to gather with family and friends, spend time outside and end the evening gazing upward at colorful explosions in sky.
But amid the excitement of finding the perfect perch to watch the fireworks display and the rush to beat the traffic after the show concludes, it's easy to forget all the small pieces of cardboard and plastic that float back down to the ground after the amazing spectacle in the sky. Unfortunately, this debris can end up in our ocean, affecting the health of people, wildlife and economies.


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OXFORD – For shoppers already making plans to launch their Christmas shopping season, one group of merchants promises a "Black Friday" for which shoulder pads and shin guards aren't necessary.
The Oxford Downtown Council will host its 2012 Holiday Open House on Nov. 23 around the Square, featuring both retail specials and family-friendly activities just as football fans fill the town.
"The Council hopes to build upon the successes of our other events this past year … and offer this wonderful opportunity for shoppers and football fans to experience all that downtown Oxford has to offer," said Mark Huelse, president of the Oxford Downtown Council and co-owner of Something Southern.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., kids and adults can pose for Christmas photos with Santa or decorate their own ornaments on the Lafayette County Courthouse lawn. One novel feature will be free horse-drawn carriage rides around the Square from 2 to 6 p.m.
"We strive to add something new and special to the Open House each year," said Council board member and Nella owner Jeff Johnson. The rides will load in front of Nella, across from City Hall, from 2 to 6 p.m. Carolers will bring seasonal music to the steps of City Hall from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
At 6 o'clock that evening, Mayor Pat Patterson will light the City Hall Christmas tree, followed by "Downtown Dollars" gift certificate drawings totaling $1,000, including a $500 Downtown Dollars grand prize. Free tickets for the drawings can be picked up from member shops and restaurants all week, Monday through Friday, prior to the drawing.
The Oxford Downtown Council strives to support businesses around the historic Oxford Square and to enhance the experience of visitors to downtown. Council members include retailers specializing in books, gifts, stationery, clothing, monogramming, sporting goods, home décor, art, flowers, needlecraft and media.
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From a recent post on fivethirtyeight.com. Never let the real facts get in the way of what you want to believe.
On Moon Landings, Michelle Malkin, P-Values, the Clintons, and the Magical Mystery Dealergate Conspiracy Theory
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On Wednesday, we ran an item about the hypothesis, put forward by certain conservative blogs, that the Obama administration was systematically more likely to close Chrysler dealerships whose owners are significant contributers to Republican political candidates. As we noted, it's absolutely true that the owners of the closed dealerships donated disproportionately to Republicans. However, as one could have learned through a few minutes of searching through FEC disclosure records, this characteristic was not unique to the owners of the closed car dealerships. Rather, auto dealers in general, whether or not their dealerships had been closed, donate disproportionately to Republican candidates -- as one might reasonably expect from a group of (mostly) wealthy, older men in suburban areas.
This morning, Marla Singer at the blog Zero Hedge provided a more sophisticated take on the subject. Instead of comparing the list of closed dealerships to the entire universe of car dealers, Singer instead went through the trouble of looking up campaign finance data for the Chrysler dealers who had been allowed to remain open, as well as those who had their businesses closed. She then ran a series of regression analyses based on this data, which produced the following results:
The key thing to look at is this table are the P-values, which are the probabilities of the outcome s occurring due to chance alone. When social scientists look at P-values in order to test the validity of a hypothesis, they are generally looking for a figure of .05 or lower, meaning there is no more than a 1 in 20 chance that an outcome could have occurred due to pure randomness. That is, they want there to be at least a 95 percent chance of the hypothesis being true.
There is a lot of debate in academic circles, which I mostly won't bore you with now, about whether the choice of 95 percent is the "right" number for tests of statistical significance. The choice of a statistical significance threshold may depend on the particular application as well as things like Bayesian priors. It's important to emphasize that no statistical analysis exists in a vacuum. There are times -- such as when I'm building a predictive model rather than trying to evaluate the "truth" behind a particular hypothesis -- when I'll include a variable even if its statistical significance is less than 95 percent. There are other times, such as when a hypothesis lacks a clear explanatory mechanism, and/or conflicts with other evidence, when I'll treat even a 95 percent positive finding quite skeptically, and would want a statistical significance threshold of 99 percent or even higher. But for better or for worse, the 95 percent threshold represents the default; if someone claims that something is "statistically significant", you can assume that they are referring to the 95 percent threshold unless they state otherwise. And if they claim that something is "highly" statistically significant, they are usually referring to a 99 percent likelihood of a positive finding or greater.
As you can see from Singer's data set, while there are some intriguing relationships in the data, none of them are particuarly close to statistically significant using the 95 percent test. The nearest "hit" is that for Hillary Clinton donors, who -- Singer found -- were slightly more likely to have their dealerships remain open. However, the associated p-value of .125 for the Clinton dealers does not imply statistical significance at the 95 percent or even the 90 percent level.
In spite of this, Singer reports that "there [is] a significant and highly positive correlation between dealer survival and Clinton donors". Although she hedges her conclusion a bit later on, this is a fairly irresponsible sentence to have written. Most people, in looking at this same exact set of data, would not only have avoided the implication that it proves the dealergate hypothesis, but would probably have come to something of the opposite conclusion: it argues strongly against the dealergate hypothesis. After all, there is no positive relationship whatsoever in the data on Democratic, Republican, Obama or McCain donations -- which until Singer's analysis was posted approximately 10 hours ago -- had been the focus of the dealergate hypothesis. In fact, in several cases -- such as for the data on Republican donations -- the coefficient has the opposite sign of the one that the purveyors of the dealergate hypothesis were hoping for. Republican donors were incrementally less, rather than more likely likely to have their dealerships shuttered, according to Singer's analysis, although the pattern is nowhere in the ballpark of being "statistically significant" as most of us would define it.
Predictably, this has not prevented people like Michelle Malkin and Doug Ross from claiming that Singer's data confirms their hypothesis. Of course, it does not confirm their original hypothesis, which was that donors to Republican candidates were more likely to have their dealership closed. Instead, a new hypothesis has evolved -- it's all about those dirty, rotten Clintons! -- the sole reed of evidence for which is Singer's overstated conclusion (but not really her underlying data itself).
Whenever you see a Magically Mystery Hypothesis like this one -- one which constantly transforms itself to fit the (lack of) available evidence -- you should be skpetical. Suppose I wanted to prove that some people are skilled at a game of chance like roulette. At the Bellagio in Las Vegas on a busy Friday evening, there are -- I don't know -- probably something like 300 people playing roulette at any given time. If I tracked their performance over the course of the evening, I would find that some of them were doing improbably well -- there would be "evidence" that about 15 of them were in fact "skilled" roulette players at a 95 percent degree of confidence. I'd also find that about 15 of them were "coolers" -- that they were doing worse than one might expect through chance alone.
Would I claim that these results are evidence that roulette is in fact a game of skill? I would certainly hope not. Instead, I'd find that the same people who were "skilled" at roulette one night were, as a group, doing no better than the average player the next night (unless they were cheating).
The way this data is being used is almost the same. Singer ran six sets of regression analysis: one each for Obama, McCain, Clinton, Democratic and Republican donors, and another for those dealers who had made no political contributions at all. She was therefore testing six hypotheses. If these hypothesis were independent from one another (which, to be clear, in this case they aren't), the odds that at least one of the six would return a p-value of .125 or lower are better than 50:50! Not only are false positives possible -- they are practically inevitable, particularly if you test enough hypotheses and tolerate a low enough threshold for statistical significance.
Why, after all, stop at Clinton donors, who until this morning had never been central to the dealergate hypothesis? Why not look at John Edwards donors, or Ron Paul donors, or donations to any of various political action committees, or donations to members of the Senate Banking Committee, or donations to Congressmen who voted for the auto bailout plan? If you looked at enough of these, you would eventually come up with a few positive results -- and then you could work backward to formulate your own conspiracy theory around it. There is a name for this sort of practice: data dredging.
At the end of the day, people are going to believe what they want to believe: some people believe that the moon landing was faked, that 9/11 was a grand conspiracy, and that Barack Obama was born in Indonesia. There is no evidence for any of these claims, but that doesn't stop tens of millions of people from believing them! Dealergate, particularly in its original formulation (that Obama was punishing Republican donors with the Chrysler closings), is in largely the same category.
Interestingly, the Washington Examiner link given at the beginning of this thread has been updated repeatedly and now says that there is no evidence of any bias against Republican donors in the dealerships identified for closure. Instead, it questions the entire need for dealership closings at all, suggesting that they are being forced on Chrysler by the administration despite Chrysler's belief that such closings are not needed. The article then suggests that dealerships are being targeted because dealership owners are a primarily Republican constituency and that any action that affects one party differentially from another must be considered partisan. What a pile of manure!
This is a letter from a Texas Dealership:
May 16, 2009
Dear America,
Recently, Chrysler, LLC notified Rogers Dodge, Inc., in Alvin, Texas of their anticipated closing of our dealership. Chrysler has pled their story quite publicly for several months in support of their request of billions of taxpayer dollars. This is our story.
We occupy a 3-year old Dodge-designed building for which we paid cash when it was built. It was appraised at $3,700,000 in 2007. We qualified as a Five Star dealer for the 2009 calendar year. We have remained profitable through all of this downturn. We have in excess of $1,000,000 in working capital in our dealership. We are selling at or above market share. We pay $75,000 per year in local property taxes and collect millions of dollars annually in state sales taxes. We employ 38 Alvin, Texas residents who all pay property tax, sales tax and income tax.
The owner, Mr. Peter Mankins, my uncle, owns 6 other dealerships, and has no liens on any of his properties or franchises. He has maintained a car dealership in Texarkana, Texas since the late 1960s. He purchased that dealership from my grandfather, who purchased it from my great-grandfather, who rode shotgun next to his father when he was 9, as they were settling the Oklahoma Territory. My great-grandfather started in the automotive business in the early 1900s as a motorcycle repairman, which eventually segued into an International Harvester franchise, and, subsequently, a Pontiac franchise. I have a large family, almost all of which are connected with auto dealerships in one way or another. I state all of this so that there is no confusion by Chrysler or the bankruptcy court or the US government over whether we are a group of half-committed dealers - we are not short-term auto dealers/we are committed over several generations. Chrysler and its dealers have been portrayed in the media as regressive small-town morons. Speaking solely for the dealers, I assure you this is not the case.
In the past year, we have embarked on several creative initiatives in order to remain profitable and out of bankruptcy court. We have become a very competitive used vehicle internet dealer by patterning ourselves after the most successful used vehicle internet dealers in the country. Selling more used vehicles than new vehicles is one of the stated criteria upon which Chrysler based their decision to close us. Would Chrysler have preferred their dealers join them in bankruptcy court? It was never our desire to allow ourselves to be a burden on the American taxpayers; nor do we plan this in the future. Selling more used vehicles has enabled us to not only avoid layoffs, but to actually grow our employee population from 25 to 38 during the period of May 2008 to May 2009, a 52 percent increase. Further, in the first four months of 2009, our new vehicle sales have increased by approximately 50% by employing the same innovative practices within our new vehicle department. Though Dodge district sales are down by about 50%, our new vehicle sales actually increased comparing April 2008 and April 2009. In our parts department, we have created one of very few eBay parts stores selling new factory parts. We have listed in excess of 4,000 Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep factory parts and are by far the largest internet seller of OEM DCJ parts in the world. This has increased our monthly parts sales by approximately 35% in a short 5 month period. In our service department, we have recently added an additional service advisor, a service manager, and three additional master technicians, have endeavored to maintain the least expensive oil change in town and, effective this month, extended our service hours to 14 hours per weekday and 10 hours on Saturdays. We were on track to move to 24-hour/7-day a week service hours by the end of 2009. Just this month, we hired a graduating University of Houston student as a photographer and videographer. We began the process of taking studio-quality photographs of our inventory, something which no other auto retailer in the country is doing. Evidence of our early progress with this can be found in a slideshow on our homepage at http://www.rogersdodge.com/.
When Chrysler needed dealers to purchase inventory so that the factories could keep operating and their employees could retain their paychecks, we complied and ordered 10 months of inventory. Our interest on inventory swelled from $15,000 monthly to beyond $50,000 monthly. Effectively, we took pay cuts in order to support Chrysler's cause. When Mr. Landry uttered his veiled threat that Chrysler would "remember those who supported us and those who didn't," we felt that we had done our part to support Chrysler and its workers. Now, we realize that we were just supporting our own demise. Last week, we were given three weeks to dispose of five months of inventory. In doing so, we anticipate losing in excess of $1 million - we may actually have to inject capital into our business in order to go out of business. Our $2 million plus in equity in our franchise is now completely worthless. Further, we now face the very real possibility that our new building will sit empty for months or years until someone is willing to purchase it.
Despite all of this, Chrysler is taking our franchise so that it can be given to our neighbor across the street, Ron Carter Autoland. Ron Carter Autoland has the local Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Jeep, Pontiac, Buick and GMC franchises. They occupy a 40 to 50 year old building that does not comply with any manufacturer's design standards. They have recently moved their Ford, Chrysler and Jeep franchises into the same building, a violation of their franchise agreements with both Ford and Chrysler. They have recently cut their service hours, consolidated their used vehicle operations and laid off many employees. The manager, and a major shareholder, of Ron Carter Autoland is Mr. Cary Wilson, President-elect of the Houston Auto Dealers Association - apparently Mr. Wilson's political affiliation is very important to Chrysler, the bankruptcy court and the US government.
How exactly does transferring our franchise to our neighbor serve Chrysler's stated purpose of thinning out dealer numbers? The franchise will still exist - it will just have a new owner.
Though I am a Washington, DC-educated attorney and former employee of the US Department of Labor and the US Senate and an active advocate of the American way of life, it is difficult for me to view this abrogation of our franchise rights as anything more than a manipulation of US bankruptcy court and law so that Chrysler LLC can transfer wealth between dealers they like and those they dislike, those that have agreed to under-table favors and those that haven't, and to settle old vendettas. This is not the purpose of US bankruptcy protection and, surely, it isn't why the US Treasury has given billions to Chrysler to keep them in business.
This is our story; however, it is, unfortunately, not unique. Allowing this manipulation of US bankruptcy law will set a precedent that effectively invalidates all state franchise laws. Though technically a question of law, many of these closings are politically motivated. Thus, anyone with any interest in retaining the US economic system in its current form must contact their political representatives immediately. Small businesses will have no legal protections if these closings are allowed to occur. Rome is burning, America - please wake up.
Nicholas Parks, President
Rogers Dodge, Inc.
Alvin, Texas
May 20, 2009
A Sliver of an update:
First, thank you to the hundreds of citizens, customers, and competitors who have wished us well with our objection to Chrysler's Motion. It's great to know that there are so many people who understand the fundamental problems with the actions of Chrysler and the Bankruptcy Court - namely, the deprivation of Due Process and erosion of Federalism present in this case.
Since being notified on Thursday that we were on the list, three of our lenders have cut us off - representing 60% of our sales business over the last 2 months. One, San Antonio Credit Union, a collective of Texas credit unions, represented 44% alone and was the beneficiary of a great, long-term relationship with this dealership. Though I understand their fears and I believe they're justifiable, they seem not to realize that, at least for a while, we are still a franchise dealer. Further, the majority of our vendors with which we maintain business relationships have revoked our credit lines, resulting in the requirement that we must purchase all goods and services in cash. This doesn't effect us much - it's just a bit of a slight. After years of perfect performance with all of our vendors, it's a little depressing - but I suppose their fears are justifiable as well.
Meanwhile, Chrysler Financial, with which we currently maintain a $4 million floorplan balance (money lent to purchase vehicle inventory) has begun the practice of checking our inventory every other day. Perhaps someone sent my letter to Detroit? I surely didn't. I hope I never encounter another Chrysler employee. Regardless, Chrysler is either using Chrysler Financial to harrass us or they also fear that we will default on our obligations. We've been a partner with Chrysler Financial for 7 years - the total time that we've owned this franchise - and have never been out of trust one time. Further, if we were to default with Chrysler Financial, it would jeopardize all of our other franchises - which is not going to happen, regardless of the cost.
Doesn't seem fair, does it?
When it stops being fun, I will find something else to do with my time and money.
The Lady
Unfortunately there is nothing fair in a bankruptcy. It is a process by which courts supervise selective management decisions to abrogate contractual relationships and to renege on credit agreements in an attempt to preserve some form of on-going business. Generally, the primary beneficiaries are the managers who created the bankruptcy to begin with and the secured creditors who in some cases may have also have had a hand in the management decisions leading to bankruptcy. In the interests of preserving the business, the courts provide wide latitude to the in-place management as long as it does not go further into debt.
I personally lost about $150,000 as a result of bankruptcies of three clients. In the case of the largest, the primary secured creditor was the company that had founded the bankrupt entity. It spun off the company as a separate subsidiary with an agreement under which it provided the company access to marketing data in exchange for a $12 million secured note. No cash was actually invested, but that note was the basis for giving the company control of the creditors committee and ultimately ownership of the post-bankruptcy entity. In the final settlement it received 60% of the on-going entity, the management received 30% to ensure retention, and another secured creditor received 10% in exchange for its original investment that came in the form of a secured loan of $600,000. I was one of a number of vendors who had involuntarily funded the creation of the software, at a cost of $10 million, that was the foundation for the surviving company. None of us was ever paid for our development work but the bankrupt company retained all rights to the software (which was designed by my staff) and used it to launch their business following bankruptcy. I never received a single dime of the money I was owed. From the perspective of the courts, unsecured creditors rank only slightly ahead of shareholders, on par with vendors, and slightly behind unpaid employees.
I do not know anything about the automobile business. However, many months ago the excessive number of Chrysler and General Motors dealerships was considered to be one of the major sources of inefficiency that would need to be addressed to turn around the industry. Another were the salary and benefit structures for union employees. No matter what happens, salaries have gone down, benefits have been reduced, retirees will suffer, and a substantial number of jobs will disappear forever. For dealers, the issue is not whether or not the dealerships are profitable, but whether the distribution network would be more efficient and more profitable to the survivors if there fewer dealerships in existence. What is happening now in Chrysler is that the company is implementing those cuts. GM will follow shortly. For the consumer, prices will probably go up, for the surviving dealers there will be less competition for customers and employees, and for the manufacturer there will be less pressure for pricing discounts. If successful, the business may survive and prosper. If not, the business as a whole will close.
It is ironic that those who argue most vehemently in favor of letting economic forces call the shots are now lobbying the government to use its power as an investor to protect some of the inefficiencies that contributed to this problem in the beginning.
It is ironic that those who argue most vehemently in favor of letting economic forces call the shots are now lobbying the government to use its power as an investor to protect some of the inefficiencies that contributed to this problem in the beginning.
That is utter bullcrap, Jeff. What's so damned ironic is that the Obama enablers like you continue foisting and supporting these socialistic mandates on America. What the hell will it take for you statists to open your eyes????
If you don't see this nation slidding down the toilet every time your messianic leader spews his un-American retoric, you are truly and totally blind. And when the time comes for a reckoning, I won't be concerned about how pathetic the administration is, but will be looking for all his enablers. None of you seem to mind putting your great grandkids in bondage, but I certainly do, because as yours go down, so do mine. But then, when do any of you socialists believe in individualistic freedoms...you don't look any further than the next way you can get even. What a sickening lot you all are.
About all I see different between you and your islamic buddies is one of you wear a towel, so no one can see your ignorant guilt.
Here's a Google exercise for you jihad lovers. How many times in the Muslim "good book", the Koran, does it stipulate to "kill the infidels"? You may want to get fitted for a turban, so you aren't considered as being on the wrong side.
You may wonder why I'm so spiteful towards you, Jeff. Because you are the worst of the statists...you appear to be erudite. You fill folks heads with all sorts of smarmy bloviations, and they think you might be onto something. They can see the stupidity in the likes of Remington, or Backpasture, and others of their mentality. But every now and then, you provide some intelligence. But it's still in the socialistic vein, and that's why you present such a danger to this country.
You say you are a believer in the constitution, but see nothing wrong with the government's confiscation of private businesses in the US. Even one such act under Bush would have you and your ilk up in arms crying tyranny to the high courts. And you would be correct.
If Alito or Roberts had said anything close to the remarks made by the current SCOTUS nominee, you and the MSP would be heating up the tar, and plucking every chicken in the country.
Don't you realize what a sham your beliefs are foisting on your family? When will you see what's about to happen?...yet this year?...or will it take some real disaster for you to come to your senses. How much of the constitution must be shredded before you see what you and those in your camp are destroying?
Atlas IS shrugging, Jeff. It's coming down to the wannabes that have no clue how to maintain this nation's greatness. Will it take another 9/11 attack to wake you up, or are you waiting until they drop that bomb on your neighbor's house to realize you have been fooled by the BHO folly?
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
The same thing happened in Cedar Rapids. Bob Mickey Cedar Rapids Dodge/Chrysler was terminated by Chrysler. Karen Mickey, the owner, is a very large GOP supported and a profitable dealership for over 20 years with a good reputation. (We bought our Minivan there). The Franchise was then given to the dealership next door, Mike McGrath Jeep/Pontiac (former). The McGrath's are large Dem supporters, with horrible customer service records and sleezy salespersons. How does this reduce the number of dealerships if they give them to the place next door?
The Mickey's closed their doors on Tuesday.


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Family: Bufonidae, Toads view all from this family
Description 2-4 3/8" (5.1-11.1 cm). A large, plump toad. Parotoid glands elongate, not touching prominent cranial crests (sometimes connected by spur). Brown to brick-red to olive, with various patterns in lighter colors; sometimes light stripe down midback. Spots brownish, warts brown to orange-red; 1 or 2 warts in each dark spot on back. Belly usually spotted. Male has dark throat. Snout rounded.
Warning Toads have enlarged glands (called the paratoid glands) on the side of the neck, one behind each eye. These glands secrete a viscous white poison that gets smeared in the mouth of any would-be predator, inflaming the mouth and throat and causing nausea, irregular heart beat, and, in extreme cases, death. Toads pose a danger to pets, which may pounce on and bite them. Humans should take care to wash their hands after handling a toad, and to avoid touching the mouth or eyes until having done so.
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Breeding March to July. Eggs in dark strings, attached to vegetation.
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