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Norquist On Tax Reform: "Voters Are Smarter Than The Democrats Think They Are."
Posted by Hannah Daniel on Thursday, March 16th, 2017, 3:32 PM PERMALINK
Today ATR president Grover Norquist was a guest on Fox Business Network's Varney & Company. Grover and Stuart Varney discussed Rachel Maddow's Al Capone vault debacle, Obamacare repeal, and federal tax reform. See highlights and video below:
Norquist: "The repeal of Obamacare is somewhere around $900 billion in reduced taxes in the next decade including for people with Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, and many middle class tax cuts. They [the Left and Democrats] don't want to talk about that. They certainly don't want to talk about taking the business tax down from 35 percent to 20 percent, the individual rate down to three rates, getting rid of the Death Tax, getting rid of the AMT. These are very popular with the American people. They would be very helpful to the economy. They would rather talk about whether we saw a 12 year old tax return number which points out that the president paid 25 percent of his earnings in federal taxes. That's before you get to state taxes and local taxes in New York."
Norquist: "Voters are smarter than the Democrats think they are. In Obamacare, there is a tax on prescription drugs. Poor people, low income people, middle income people buy prescription drugs. They know that a tax on prescription drugs is a tax on them. They know that a tax on insurance policies if they have insurance is a tax on them, not the insurance company. The insurance company doesn't have any money that they don't get from you and me and the general public when they sell insurance. They understand that taxes on businesses are what keep them or their brother or their sister or spouse from having a job. So the American people are a lot wiser than the left-wingers think they are. They understand the damage that tax does may be indirect, but it hurts."
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CFPB Prepaid Card Rules Will Harm Consumers and Should be Repealed
Posted by Justin Sykes on Friday, April 21st, 2017, 2:38 PM PERMALINK Follow @JustinDSykes
In the fall of 2016 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued final rules on prepaid debit cards, now set to go into effect April 1st of 2018. As is the case with most CFPB rule makings, the rule on prepaid debit cards will actually harm the same consumers it was originally designed to "protect." Over 23 million Americans use and rely on prepaid cards, yet if the CFPB's rule goes into effect, those same consumers will be pushed out of the market, depriving them of access to basic banking services.
Since enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, and resulting myriad of regulations, many banks have found it no longer advantageous or feasible to offer free checking accounts, and have alternatively increased fees and required higher minimum balances in order to maintain free checking accounts. This in turn pushed many financial consumers, which tend to be low-income, out of the traditional banking system.
Many of the consumers that lost their free checking accounts or were no longer able to afford them turned to alterative financial products, such as prepaid debit cards, which serve a similar function as traditional bank accounts. Prepaid cardholders can have their paychecks directly deposited onto the cards in much the same manner as standard debit card and checking account arrangements.
In recent years prepaid cards have grown in popularity because they are often cheaper than traditional account linked debit cards, which is why they are often preferred by low-income users. In fact, the amounts placed on prepaid cards have grown from $1 billion in 2003 to a projected $112 billion for 2018.
According to a 2014 report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, of an estimated 23 million consumers using prepaid cards, a quarter of those were low-income Americans, with a third having annual income below $15,000. Obviously these numbers reflect that if the CFPB prepaid card rule moves forward, low-income Americans will bear the brunt of the impact. This will likely increase the amount of "unbanked" Americans, which already number in the millions.
Additionally, as pointed out in a recent piece from the American Action Forum (AAF), according to the CFPB's own estimates the prepaid rules will result in 137,642 one-time burden hours for prepaid card companies forced to comply, and another 19,494 ongoing burden hours.
AAF estimates that the rules will costs prepaid card companies $5,257,935 just to get into compliance with the rule, in addition to another $744,697 annually just to maintain compliance. Such costs will inevitably be passed onto consumers, depriving even more of needed banking services.
Thankfully, this year the House and Senate introduced joint resolutions of disapproval of the CFPB's prepaid card rule pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. H.J. Res. 73 was introduced in the House by Representative Roger Williams (R-Texas) and S.J. Res. 19 was similarly introduced in the Senate by Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.).
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill should support these common sense measures that will protect American consumers, especially those of limited means, that rely on and prefer prepaid debit cards. This will not only increase choice for consumers but will ensure that those who have been pushed away from traditional banking products and services will have access to alternative financial services such as prepaid cards.
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ATR Statement Supporting Chairman Hensarling's Financial CHOICE Act
Posted by Justin Sykes on Thursday, April 20th, 2017, 11:04 AM PERMALINK Follow @JustinDSykes
ATR President Grover Norquist issued the following statement today in support of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling's release of the Financial CHOICE Act:
"Americans for Tax Reform supports Chairman Hensarling's efforts to reform the costly and burdensome Dodd-Frank Act with his release of the Financial CHOICE Act this week. Chairman Hensarling has consistently been a champion for financial consumers and reforming Dodd-Frank. The Financial CHOICE Act looks to deliver reforms that will replace the misguided regulatory burdens imposed on America's financial consumers and small financial institutions by the Obama Administration.
"Under President Obama Americans saw the role of government in the market increase exponentially with the Dodd-Frank Act. While Dodd-Frank was supposed to target Wall Street, impacts of the law have instead fallen heaviest on Main Street, reducing small business lending, shuttering credit unions and community banks, and growing the number of unbanked Americans.
"Chairman Hensarling's Financial CHOICE Act will increase accountability from financial regulators and protect American consumers while also fostering economic growth. The Financial CHOICE Act seeks to rein in 'regulatory taxes' imposed by Dodd-Frank that have served only to burden consumers with increased fees and reduced products and services.
"The Financial CHOICE Act also gives much needed relief to America's credit unions and community banks, which have been crushed by compliance costs in recent years, with an average of one institution being shuttered daily. The Act also repeals the failed Durbin Amendment and the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule, both of which will benefit financial consumers.
"I look forward to working with Chairman Hensarling on this pro-consumer, pro-growth legislation, that ensures American consumers and taxpayers are protected, while also fostering a regulatory climate that allows business to grow and prosper."
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ATR Urges Support for Nebraska Tax Reform Measures
Posted by Marc Dupont on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017, 5:25 PM PERMALINK
Nebraska has the opportunity to become the next state to carry the torch of tax reform as the state's legislature gears up to debate a bill this Friday that, if enacted, would provide needed relief to taxpayers and improvements to Nebraska's tax code.
LB 461, which recently passed out of committee, would lower the top personal and corporate income tax rates from 6.84% and 7.81%, respectively, to as low as 5.99% by 2029, so long as certain revenue triggers are met.
Across the country, recent years have proven to be a golden age for pro-growth tax reform. States like Texas, Tennessee, Arizona, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and especially North Carolina have all enacted policies that have resulted in lower taxes, allowing residents to keep more of their hard-earned income. States that fail to improve their codes and provide relief to taxpayers are being left behind in the competition for investment, employers, jobs, and people. By enacting LB 461, Nebraska legislators can ensure the Cornhusker State will not be left behind.
According to ALEC's 2016 economic outlook index, Nebraska is dismally ranked 32nd in the nation. In fact, all of its neighboring states, from Wyoming (4) to Iowa (29), are ranked as more economically competitive. Passage of LB 461 will help Nebraska close this competitiveness gap. Today, Americans for Tax Reform sent the following letter Nebraska lawmakers calling on them to enact rate reducing tax reform by voting Yes on LB 461:
Dear Members of the Nebraska Legislature,
On behalf of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) and our supporters across Nebraska, I urge you to support LB 461. Nebraska currently has a top personal income tax rate of 6.84% and 7.81%. LB 461, if enacted, would reduce those rates by 12.4% and 23.3%, respectively, taking both rates down to as low as 5.99 percent by 2028, so long as revenue triggers are met.
There is ample evidence that lower tax rates make states more competitive, and more conducive economic growth. John Hood, chairman of the John Locke Foundation, a non-partisan think tank, analyzed 681 peer-reviewed academic journal articles dating back to 1990. Most of the studies found that lower levels of taxation and spending correlate with stronger economic performance. When Tax Foundation chief economist William McBride reviewed academic literature going back three decades, he found "the results consistently point to significant negative effects of taxes on economic growth, even after controlling for various other factors such as government spending, business cycle conditions and monetary policy."
As the Platte Institute has reported, Nebraskans face a higher burden than taxpayers in competing states:
"On average, taxpayers in Nebraska pay 52 percent more personal income tax per person, and 36 percent more corporate income tax. That's $1,125 per person per year in Nebraska versus $541 in the five rival states [Texas, Florida, Arizona, Colorado, and Iowa] for personal income taxes."
If that weren't bad enough, your constituents have been hit with 20 federal Obamacare tax increases over the last eight years. As such, individuals, families, and employers across Nebraska are greatly in need of the sort of income tax relief that enactment of LB 461 would provide.
A reduction in the personal income tax would allow taxpayers to keep more of their hard-earned income, while increasing the job-creating capacity of small businesses that file under the individual income tax system. Meanwhile, a corporate rate reduction would make Nebraska more attractive to employers, job creation, and investment. Corporate tax relief will benefit the broader populace, as the burden of corporate taxation is borne by people in the form of lower wagers, fewer job opportunities, and reduced returns on savings and investment. Enactment of the type of rate-reducing tax reform found in LB 461 would help Nebraska compete with the likes of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and other competitor states that already boast lower tax burdens and more hospitable business tax climates than Nebraska.
North Carolina provides a great example of how much progress can be made in a short period of time, and should inspire those seeking to provide relief to Nebraska taxpayers while improving the state tax code. Just four years ago, North Carolina had the highest personal and corporate income tax rates in the Southeast. Thanks to tax reform measures enacted in 2013 and 2015, North Carolina now has a flat personal income tax rate that is the lowest in its region, with the exception of Florida and Tennessee, which do not levy an income tax. North Carolina's present corporate tax rate, at 3%, is now less than half of what it was just four years ago, and the personal income tax rate has been reduced by nearly 30%.
In addition to having the lowest personal income tax rate in the region, North Carolina now has the lowest corporate rate in the nation among states that levy such a tax. Going into 2013, North Carolina had the 44th ranked business tax climate in the country on the non-partisan Tax Foundation's business tax climate index. Thanks to the reforms enacted since 2013, North Carolina now has the nation's 11th best business tax climate. This remarkable improvement in North Carolina's tax code was achieved with the same sort of revenue triggers that LB 461 uses to provide tax relief for Nebraskans in a fiscally responsible fashion.
Americans for Tax Reform urges you to vote YES on LB 461. ATR will be educating your constituents and all Nebraskan taxpayers as to how lawmakers in Lincoln vote on LB 461 and other important fiscal and economic matters throughout the legislative session. Please look to ATR to as a resource on tax, budget, and other policy matters pending before you. If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Gleason, ATR's director of state affairs, at (202) 785-0266 or email@example.com.
Grover G. Norquist
Americans for Tax Reform
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Louisiana Must Act to Improve Public Safety
Posted by Sarah Caplin on Monday, April 17th, 2017, 5:50 PM PERMALINK
With an incarceration rate that has increased by 35 percent over the past 20 years, resulting in annual costs to taxpayers as high as $700 million Louisiana jails people at a rate nearly double the national average. This upcoming legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers have an opportunity to turn a corner and implement conservative, data-driven policies that will improve public safety while lowering the rate of incarceration.
After referencing the best research in the field and a year long period of extensive stakeholder discussion, The Louisiana Justice Reinvestment Task force developed 26 policy recommendations aimed at protecting citizens while getting a better return on public safety dollars. The goal of these smart data driven recommendations is to address the state drivers of high prison admissions and lengthy stays that have created a bloated system that is complicated, often inaccessible to victims, and creates barriers for both those convicted of crimes and those in administering the sentencing system.
Recidivism in Louisiana is extremely high where 1 in three people return to prison within just three years. The Task Force also found that Louisiana sends people to prison for nonviolent, drug and property crimes at twice the rate of neighboring South Carolina and three times the rate of Florida. These states notably have identical crime rates to Louisiana.
House Speaker Tyler Barras has said "A lot of our low-level drug and property crime is driven by addiction...We can save millions and also have less crime by focusing prison beds on those who pose a more serious public safety threat and making smart investments in probation and drug treatment for nonviolent crimes."
Recommendations from the task force chart a data driven course for comprehensive reform and address high admissions for probation failures and nonviolent crimes and growth in those prisoners serving longest terms. They allow greater discretion for judges and parole boards and the reforms similar to the task force recommendations have reduced crime and imprisonment in other states. These reforms ensure clarity and consistency in sentencing, focus prison beds on those who pose a serious public safety threat and strengthen community supervision and paths to successful reentry.
States such as Texas, Georgia and Alabama have adopted similar practices to make their justice systems more effective and sustainable and Louisiana is in good company in following their lead.
"Our criminal justice system needs major reformation," said Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc, chairman of the blue ribbon panel. "It's costing taxpayers a ton of money and not getting outcomes. I've never seen such bipartisan support and call for reform"
There is no defense for maintaining the status quo with that same bipartisan, business, and public support for spending fewer taxpayer dollars on ineffective prisons and dedicating those funds to alternatives that have a proven track record of results. We are encouraged by this progress and hope to see Louisiana shed the dubious honor of the incarceration capital of the world.
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ATR Recognizes Georgia's 6th Congressional District Pledge Signers in Tuesday's Special Election Primary
Posted by Liam Gorman on Monday, April 17th, 2017, 5:21 PM PERMALINK
Eighteen candidates, eleven Republicans, and seven Democrats will face off in a jungle primary on April 18th to determine who will be the next person to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. This election is to replace Secretary Tom Price who was nominated by President Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. A potential runoff will take place on June 20th, if no candidate reaches at least 50% of the vote. Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up.
Americans for Tax Reform recognizes the Georgia candidates who have taken the Taxpayer Protection Pledge to the American people ahead of Tuesday's special election primary. The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is a written commitment to the voters and the American public to oppose tax hikes.
- Bob Gray (R-GA-6)
- Karen Handel (R-GA-6)
- Judson Hill (R-GA-6)
- Amy Kremer (R-GA-6)
- Bruce LeVell (R-GA-6)
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ATR Supports Federal Budget Accountability Act
Posted by Natalie De Vincenzi on Monday, April 17th, 2017, 1:53 PM PERMALINK Follow @natalievod
Representative Ken Buck (R-Colo.) recently introduced H.R. 1999, the Federal Budget Accountability Act. This legislation requires an annual report to Congress to track whether federal revenue collected as offsets materialize as intended.
For decades, the U.S. has been headed down a path of fiscal unsustainability, spending money that the government doesn't have. Currently, whenever Congress enacts a pay-for to offset new spending, there is no system in place to ensure that the pay-for works. This bill would help reverse this trend through two ways.
First, H.R. 1999 would call for the Director of Office of Management and Budget to create a system to track any revenue collected. This would also entail tracking the accuracy of such provisions and how effective they are, so that ones that are not working can be re-evaluated.
Secondly, this bill would require the Director of OMB to submit a report to Congress every year on the effect of the offsets and pay-fors enacted. Any provision that increases revenue, reduces the deficit, or reduces spending is to be included in the report and analyzed for 10 years.
The Federal Budget Accountability Act will help ensure that any offsets proposed by lawmakers work as intended when they are implemented in the real world. Doing so will help put the federal government back on a path of fiscal sustainability. ATR supports this bill and urges all members of Congress to support and co-sponsor this important legislation.
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House GOP Tax Blueprint Gives Families Tax Cuts, Higher Wages, and Simplicity
Posted by Alexander Hendrie on Monday, April 17th, 2017, 8:00 AM PERMALINK
Opponents of the House Republican "Better Way" Tax Reform blueprint have falsely claimed the plan will increase costs for American families.
The critics say the border adjustability component of the cash-flow business tax will cost the average family $1,700 per year. But that is without acknowledging all the good the blueprint does. It's a scare tactic. They are only looking at the border adjustment part of the plan in isolation without accounting for positive effects in the plan. Even then, it is not clear that they are accurately analyzing the impact of the border adjustable cash-flow tax.
Taken as a whole, the blueprint is a drastic net tax cut and implements numerous pro-growth policies. The plan cuts taxes for individuals across the board and implements reforms that will result in higher wages and more jobs due to stronger economic growth. The plan also drastically simplifies the enormously complex code.
Tax Cuts for Individuals
The blueprint reduces tax rates for American families across the board. It folds the existing seven tax brackets (10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35%, and 39.6%) into three brackets (12%, 25%, 33%).
It also doubles the standard deduction from $6,000 to $12,000 ($12,000 to $24,000 for families). This larger standard deduction means that individuals who go from the existing 10 percent bracket to the new 12 percent bracket will see a net tax increase. These changes mean lower taxes for ALL Americans.
Higher Wages for Families
The blueprint contains numerous pro-growth policies that increase wages for families. The plan drastically reduces taxes on businesses (42 percent for both small businesses and corporations) and replaces the confusing and arbitrary depreciation schedules with immediate, full business expensing for investments.
According to research by the Tax Foundation, the blueprint will increase after-tax income by nearly 9 percent, or close to $5,000 for the average family. The plan will also increase economic growth by 9.1 percent over the long-term and create an additional 1.7 million new jobs.
Drastic Simplification of the Code
Currently, the tax code is too complex for families to understand. The code is around 75,000 pages long, forcing taxpayers to waste more than 8.9 billion hours and $400 billion in annual compliance costs. Half of all individual taxpayers rely on a paid professional to file their taxes.
The blueprint will make it so easy to file taxes that it can be done on a postcard. Numerous changes are made to the code, including repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax and the Death Tax, and the consolidation of existing family tax credits will reduce the need to itemize deductions for the majority of Americans and the need to devote time and resources to tax filing.
Border Adjustability Does not Increase Costs
It is not even clear that border adjustability will increase costs to the extent that critics claim. Economists on both the Left and the Right agree that the reforms in the plan will offset any increase in costs. The cash-flow business tax that replaces the existing corporate income tax incentivizes foreign and domestic investment in the U.S. because of its low rate and consumption base. In turn, this drives up demand for the dollar, which causes the currency to appreciate. A stronger U.S. dollar means more purchasing power for consumers buying foreign goods.
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New Study Shows Durbin Amendment is a Failure
Posted by Justin Sykes on Friday, April 14th, 2017, 11:46 AM PERMALINK Follow @justinDSykes
Passed as part of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, the Durbin Amendment was touted as a measure to benefit America's retail consumers. The goal of the Durbin Amendment was to reduce the costs of interchange fees that retail merchants pay for debit card transactions with the hope that those costs savings would be passed onto consumers. Roughly six years later however studies show consumer costs have not been reduced and also that retail merchants are less concerned with reduced fees and more with receiving benefits and flexibility in interchange transactions.
Most American consumers are likely not aware of the process that goes into debit card transactions with their local retail stores. In fact, most consumers likely are not aware of the Durbin Amendment and the interchange fees it sought to cap. Yet the process and costs of using debit cards is something that effects millions of Americans on a daily basis as well as the merchants with whom they are transacting.
To put it simply, interchange fees are the fees paid by retail merchants to financial institutions for the privilege of accepting debit card payments in their stores. As mentioned, Durbin set a cap on the interchange fees financial institutions were allowed to charge merchants for the privilege of processing debit transactions.
In passing Durbin, proponents claimed that not only would consumers see reduced prices in stores but that merchants' themselves would prefer and benefit from reduced interchange fees. The problem with such claims by Durbin proponents though is neither has proven to be true since enactment.
According to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in conjunction with Javelin Strategy & Research, since enactment of the Durbin Amendment 75 percent of the merchants surveyed in the study reported no price reduction as a result of the regulation. In fact, of the merchants surveyed 23 percent had actually increased prices on consumers since Durbin passed.
As to the second claim, that merchants' primary concern was on reducing interchange fees, new findings show the majority of small merchants are actually more concerned with preserving the benefits they receive from increased flexibility and choice in the partnerships they hold with financial institutions. This stems from the fact that the agreements merchants reach with financial institutions for debit card processing often provide the merchants with benefits that outweigh any reduction in fees they pay.
A new study released in April of this year by Javelin Strategy & Research found that for America's small merchants, "value is a more significant factor than price when it comes to satisfaction with debit interchange fees and partnerships" with financial institutions.
That is to say merchants want more flexibility and options stemming from the benefits they receive from partnerships with financial institutions for processing, and when fees are capped under Durbin the benefits offered to merchants from such partnership agreements are diminished.
The April study surveyed 500 small merchants, those with annual sales between $250,000 and $10 million, and concluded that "small merchants want choice and flexibility more than low prices" on interchange fees paid. In fact, more than four in five merchants surveyed were satisfied with the transparency and value they get from their debit card payment processors and of the merchants who were not satisfied just one-quarter believe interchange fees hurt their profitability.
Even more revealing is that the study found over sixty percent of small merchants were unfamiliar with the details surrounding federal efforts to cap debit interchange fees under Durbin. Clearly the narrative from Durbin supporters that capping interchange fees would be a benefit and preference for merchants is mischaracterized and for the most part wholly misleading.
Thus over six years since enactment of the Durbin Amendment, the two driving justifications for enactment of price caps on interchange fees are proving false.
Small merchants not only prefer choice and flexibility in their partnerships with financial institutions, which are increased when prices are not capped, but prefer such benefits over reduced prices. Furthermore, the price savings consumers were supposedly guaranteed under Durbin have not come to fruition, and even worse a number of merchants have increased prices despite the Durbin price caps.
Lawmakers in the 115th Congress should keep in mind these two failed outcomes when considering Durbin Amendment repeal, and know that the benefits to consumers and merchants promised under Durbin have been an overwhelming failure.
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104 Years of the Income Tax: Then and Now
Posted by ATR on Thursday, April 13th, 2017, 11:40 AM PERMALINK
As Americans finish yet another tax filing season, let's take a look at the 104-year history of the income tax:
- In 1913 the top marginal income tax bracket was 7% -- today it is 39.6%.
- In 1913 the marginal income tax bracket range was 1% - 7%. Today the range is 10% - 39.6%.
- In 1913 there were 400 pages in the tax code. Today there are 74,608 pages in the code.
- In 1913 the family standard deduction was $98,425.45 in today's dollars. The family standard deduction now is just $12,600.
- When the income tax started in 1913, only 358,000 Americans had to file a 1040. Today 148,606,578 Americans file 1040s.
"The American income tax is perhaps the most dramatic example of how government grows at the expense of liberty,"
said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. "Slowly. Constantly. Inexorably."
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On Wednesdays, we do Pray for Me... Pray for Others to help build the sense of community for our readers. This particular feature is near to the heart of my dear wife, so you can know she will be praying for you. Please check back a couple of times today as the list grows. See which entries touch your heart.
Pray for Me... Pray for Others is where we all get to pray for each other. It is obvious, and we don't pretend otherwise, that we cannot give full attention to every request and comment we receive. This feature on Wednesdays is a time we ask YOU for help praying for others, as they pray for you.
Pray for Me... Pray for Others is pretty simple:
- List a short prayer request for YOU, and a link for more detail if needed.
- Then submit a prayer request for someone else, or some other situation that you know about. Include a link for them if available. Be specific.
Be specific... provide a link for more information if available. I'm sure that other people will be VERY blessed to have you request prayer for them, and include a link to their blog so that those praying can visit them.
Questions? If you have suggestions or feedback to make this work better, don't hesitate to email me: email@example.com
Our Requests:
From Brent: Please pray for Abby to continue to heal. She is at home now, but a LONG ways from being comfortable or somewhat normal. She suffers from withdrawals, pain and lingering effects of chemo.
Please pray for Michelle who is getting up every couple of hours to juggle a dozen medicines and needs for Abby.
From Michelle: We are glad to be home, but Abby is still feeling pretty sick. . Abby is not getting any chemo right now, we are just helping her body heal. She is getting two kinds of IV antibiotics. We are working with the Pain Management team to find the balance between having her too sleepy or hurting. If I have to pick, I would rather her be sleepier.
Please pray Abby continues to heal, is pain free, and that she gets her energy back. After watching Abby have a severe reaction to an antibiotic while she was in the hospital, I would appreciate your prayers that she not have any reactions to the medications at home.
I would really appreciate your prayers for myself as well. I am giving her IV medication around the clock and pain medicine many times during the day and night. Please pray for strength, energy and a clear mind. I am very tired. That I can live with. My concern is that I don't want to make any mistakes, as I am giving medicine in the middle of the night.
We truly are thankful to be home, but Abby is still very tired and wants to be held most of the day. I love holding her, but I am praying she feels better soon.
Please pray for the Barresi family in Oklahoma City as the learn to live with their loss and make decisions about the future.
Please pray for Joel and Dmea Green as they run the maze of adoption for the referral they've accepted.
Please pray for Stellan and his family.Pray for Me... Pray for Others - Instructions:
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- Put out an email or post on your blog and encourage everyone you know to come and join us in prayer.
- Look over the list and pray as God leads. Come back and visit the list two or three times today as it will grow all day long.
Remember... if you don't take the time to pray for others, then on what basis can you really expect God to lead others to pray for you? I created this with "community" in mind - pray for you, pray for me, pray for others - so that we are both giving and receiving as a community which is far more spiritually productive than simply wanting everyone to pray on our behalf.
Truth is, many people do not have a community they can ask for prayer. We hope to become that community for them.
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Recombinant vaccines have opened path for a number of alternative strategies for vaccine production
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an institute that draws national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control, mentions that vaccine antigens can be produced by genetic engineering technology. Referred to as recombinant vaccines, this technology has opened path for a number of alternative strategies for vaccine production.
In genetically modified vaccines, the toxic part of disease causing organism is removed so that the body reacts to the presence of the organism and produces antibodies without causing side effects. Genetic engineering can be used to introduce a gene coding for an immunogenic protein from one organism into the genome of another, such as vaccinia virus. The organism expressing a foreign gene is called a recombinant. Following injection into the subject, the recombinant organism replicates and expresses sufficient amounts of foreign protein to induce a specific immune response to the protein. (Also read Vaccine delivery technologies of the future)
The CDC further explains that Hepatitis B vaccines are produced by insertion of a segment of the hepatitis B virus gene into the gene of a yeast cell. The modified yeast cell produces pure hepatitis B surface antigen when it grows. Salmonella typhi bacteria are genetically modified in the Live typhoid vaccine (Ty21a). The live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) has been engineered to replicate effectively in the mucosa of the nasopharynx.
Indian vaccine developer Shantha Biotechnics developed the country's first genetically engineered vaccine, Shanvac, against Hepatitis B in 1997. The vaccine is much cheaper than the available Hep-B vaccines in the market. GeneVac-B, developed by Serum Institute of India, is also a genetically engineered Hepatitis B vaccine and has been clinically tired for safety and efficacy. Gene Vac-B is a non-infectious recombinant DNA Hepatitis B vaccine. It contains purified surface antigen of the virus obtained by culturing genetically-engineered Hansenula polymorpha yeast cells having the surface antigen gene of the Hepatitis B virus. The Hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBsAg) expressed in the cells of Hansenula polymorpha is purified through several chemical steps and formulated as a suspension of the antigen adsorbed on aluminium hydroxide.
The researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada have developed a new HIV vaccine containing genetically modified virus, and trials are being done to experiment efficacy of the vaccine.
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I have a question for the fellows that have competed at the Nationals and the Midwest turkey call competitions. They state in the rules that the call is to be signed and dated. Do they want the year the call was made or the exact date the call was made (month, day, year)? Also, in the forms package, there was a form for "In Kind Gift" where you can receive membership credit for the call donation at the National Convention and donations made to State or Local Chapters Banquets. They ask for the year of the donation and the amount. What do they want for the amount? Do they want the fair market value of the call or what the call sold for at auction? I tried calling NWTF today, but apparently the office is closed this Monday. Thanks guys.


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|Pacific Northwest Sea Run Forum No such thing as rainbow trout, only landlocked steelhead
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Any word on this? Sorry I got busy and it dropped off the queue.
Thanks for bringing it to the top BC ski bum
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I live & fish on the Columbia River near the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia. In Region of British Columbia there are about seven Hydro Dams on both the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers. Even though I personally disagree with the Hydro Dams government being Canadian or American push these mega-projects through their governing bodies.
I might add, due to living in the Region called the " best Dam City " on has to remember 85% of all the Hydro Power generated in Southern Region of British Columbia goes to the American Consumer. As the American consumer is a gluten for Hydro Electric Power. So, it's little surprise the American Government are trying to build new Hydro Electric Power Dams.
So, agree or disagree we are doing this to ourselves .. on both sides of the international border....
|Did you see that the Crab Creek Reservoir would inundate Lince, Merry, and Nunnally?
|Juro and others, Todd and JJ are going dig up some more details and determine how to act. This message was delivered to me from Pat Trotter and Trustee Bill Bakke, so I would suggest that Todd and JJ get in touch with these two gentlemen.
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From what I hear, they were told to come up with a certain number of possible locations...not all of them would be viable possibilities...some would be discarded out of hand...and also from what I hear, the Kalama possibility was one of those, and has not, nor will it be, actually considered for the dam site.
If I hear anything different, there will be a massive furor out here in Washington, and you'll probably hear about it, but I will make sure that I pass along any and all information that I do run across.
Fish on...
Rich - how do we act!?
Guys, if you do anything to protect a fishery this year, STOP THIS DAM.
I have fished the Kalama since 1985 and feel like it's a part of me. I'd almost died there twice, but I've been to heaven a hundred times in the canyon water.
Seriously it doesn't matter if you've been to the Kalama River yourself of not, it is a jewel and as important as saving any river in america.
Let's stand with Rich and the WSC and be heard.
Kalama Dam
Kalama River Dam Proposal
by Patrick Trotter
Earlier this year, with little fanfare, the Washington Department of Ecology issued a 180-page report titled Columbia River Mainstem Storage Options, Washington, Off-Channel Storage Assessment Pre-Appraisal.
With a title like that, its little wonder that this report slipped under the radar screens of the regions sport fishing and fish conservation groups. To my knowledge, only one such organization took any notice, and that was the Portland, Oregon based Native Fish Society whose executive director, Bill Bakke, sounded an initial alarm in his January, 2006 Conservation Report.
But everybody with an interest in the status and plight of our wild native steelhead, salmon, and trout populations should scrutinize this report thoroughly and carefully, for what it does is identify viable sites for new dams and water storage reservoirs on Washington tributaries of the Columbia River. Undertaken at the direction of our former governor, Gary Locke, to address how future demands for Columbia River water could be met, the report states: As the demand for both consumptive and non-consumptive uses of Columbia River water increases and the supply remains static or, as in recent years, decreases, it becomes more important to understand both the needs and the best beneficial uses of the available supply in order to satisfy the economic, environmental and social requirements of the region. Alas, however, as Bill Bakke pointed out, wild steelhead, salmon, and trout have never competed well under western water law for the so-called beneficial uses of the available water supply.
Of the many new dam and reservoir sites identified in this report, the one that disturbs me most is a site proposed for the Kalama River in southwest Washington. As I read the description of this storage reservoir and comprehended just how much and what portion of the Kalama River drainage would be affected, a flood of memories came rushing back to me.
I remembered my first trip into that country, a backpacking expedition, an exciting adventure indeed for a 12 year old, with my Boy Scout buddies back in 1947. The first part of that trip was relatively easy: we were driven in a car caravan up the old county road to its end at Pigeon Springs, where the state maintained a ranger station and an old resort had occupied a site on the south side of the river. But from there it was shanks mare. We hoisted our packs and with grim determination and much anticipation, set out up the trail. Our ultimate destination was the upper Kalama Falls, but on the way in and then out again, we camped along the way at a couple of places where access could be had to tributaries that one of the adults accompanying our party had told us were particularly good fishing for native cutthroat and rainbow trout. Elk Creek was one of those tributaries, I remember, and Wolf Creek was another. I remember our campsite near Wolf Creek was across the river from the Wolf Creek confluence and not far from another state ranger cabin that was set near the river bank. I also remember the deep tracts of old-growth forest we hiked through, and crossing a couple of rather deep tributary gullies on rough bridges hewn out of large logs that had fallen across. Crude wooden hand rails that somebody had nailed onto the sides steadied our crossing.
It was also up here where I got a quick glimpse of the one and only cougar I have ever seen in the wild. It was flattened on its belly atop a low rock outcropping at the waters edge on the opposite side of the river from our overnight camp, overlooking a small, sandy beach where animals could come down to the water to drink. Nice place for an ambush. When I stepped out of the trees on my side of the river that morning and glanced across, there the big cat was, looking back at me. We made eye contactand flash, it was gone.
I didnt know it at the time, of course, but by 1947 the waters of the upper Kalama River were already legendary for the fishing they afforded for wild, native summer-run steelhead. Portlander and later Seattleite Mike Kennedy, one of steelhead fly fishings pioneer anglers, fished these waters with great success in the 1930s and early 1940s, and in doing so, popularized the Kalama Special steelhead fly, a yellow-bodied white bucktail pattern with a palmered badger hackle and red tail originally tied by Mooch Abraham, another legendary Portland area fly fisher. It was Mike Kennedy who christened the holding pools and runs immediately downstream from Pigeon Springs the Holy Water, a name well-known to Kalama River steelheaders to this day. Noted steelhead fly fishers from the Puget Sound region, men who pioneered the sport on the Stillaguamish, the Skykomish, and the Skagit, also visited the Holy Water and its environs frequently, including Walt Johnson, Rick Miller, and Ralph Wahl. Another Seattleite, Enos Bradner, in his book, Northwest Angling, first published in 1950 and republished in 1969, called the Kalama River a wonderful steelhead stream with a fine winter run and one of the best runs of summer fish in the state (emphasis mine).
In recent years, that fabulous run of Kalama River summer steelhead has dwindled to a whisper along with all of the other wild steelhead populations comprising the Lower Columbia River steelhead ESU, which is listed as threatened under the U. S. Endangered Species Act. Construction of a new water storage reservoir on the Kalama River, as proposed in the Columbia River Mainstem Storage Options report, would, in my view, all but doom any chance for recovery of the Kalama River wild population.
According to the report, the proposed dam would be sited at river mile13.3, which would place it about 2.5 river miles upstream from the lower Kalama Falls and the Washington State fish hatchery located just above. Back in the good old days, prior to the fish hatchery and construction of a fishway, lower Kalama Falls marked the upstream limit of winter steelhead distribution in the Kalama River. Seasonal flows were such that the falls was passable only by the summer-run fish that then held in the deep, clear pools and runs of the waters upstream for the next several months until they spawned. With the opening of the fishway, winter fish too could occupy these waters.
At the site of the proposed dam, the terrain pinches in sufficiently to make it feasible to impound a reservoir with a full-pool surface elevation of 800 ft. Using my Topo software, I printed out and matched up a set of maps of the upper Kalama River drainage. I then traced out the 800-ft contour and colored in the proposed reservoir. I was even more disturbed by what that revealed. At full pool, the reservoir would extend up the mainstem Kalama as far as river mile 29.1, or just under 16 river miles, to just about the place where my Boy Scout party had camped below the Wolf Creek confluence back in 1947. Submerged completely would be the present fly fishing-only water from Summers Creek upstream to the closure just above Pigeon Springs, including Mike Kennedys fabled Holy Water where steelhead fly fishing on the Kalama had its beginning. Pigeon Springs itself would be submerged, as would the site of Weyerhaeusers old Camp Kalama logging camp a few miles further upstream.
In addition to the almost 16 miles of prime summer steelhead holding water and spawning riffles in the mainstem, several tributary streams important for spawning and early rearing would be flooded as well, including:
3.3 miles of the Little Kalama River;
the lower 1.5 miles each of Summers Creek and Knowlton Creek;
2.8 miles of Wild Horse Creek;
4.4 miles of Gobar Creek, including the rearing pond where the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife now rears winter steelhead and spring chinook salmon (also listed under the Endangered Species Act as threatened);
and the lower 2.3 miles of Arnold Creek.
Further, the confluences of numerous other tributaries would also be flooded, including those of Jacks Creek, Lost Creek, and Elk Creek (where we fished for summer trout).
To be sure, summer-run steelhead do utilize more of the Kalama River than just the segment that would be impounded. A state fisheries biologist once told me that a few fish swim up the North Fork Kalama, which joins the mainstem at about river mile 34.3, a little over 5 river miles above the head of the proposed reservoir, and I have personally seen summer steelhead as far upriver as river mile 36.3, where Weyerhaeuser and later the University of Washington operated a fishery research station (for reference, the upper Kalama Falls, our destination in 1947 and a beautiful spot I have returned to many times since, is located at about river mile 36.8). But the waters that comprise the heart of Kalama River summer steelheading, and provide by far the major portion of the rivers already depressed wild summer steelhead production, would be flooded out by the proposed reservoir.
Will this water storage reservoir actually be built? That remains to be seen. Political and policy debate has evidently not yet started on this or any other candidate site listed in the report. But a few more dry winters such as we had in 2004-2005, and who knows? The time to voice concerns about what stands to be lost is now.
The Columbia River Mainstem Storage Options report lists many other tributary sites as candidates for water storage reservoirs in addition to the Kalama River. Im sure readers will find others that will upset them as much or more than this Kalama River proposal disturbs me. You can download your own copy off the internet; youll find it listed in pdf format on the Washington Department of Ecology web site at www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/cwphome.html. Be warned, however, that its a monster file at 7.4 MB. If thats too much to handle, Im sure you can request a paper copy by contacting the Department of Ecology in Olympia.
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Some poll workers ask for voter identification, others don'tNovember 6, 2013 1:06 AM
Pennsylvania's voter identification law is still being litigated in the courts and only first-time voters have to provide proper ID -- but the state instructed poll workers Tuesday to ask all voters for proof of identity anyway.
Not that voters had to give it, because the law is not in effect, but many dutifully brandished their photo IDs, according to officials at a variety of polling places in Pittsburgh.
At some sites, such as the senior center at Brighton Road and North Avenue in the North Side, the subject never came up.
But at the Centre Avenue YMCA polling place in the Hill District, poll worker Rosalynn Winfield said she asked everyone for voter identification, and most produced it, "although one young man had an attitude. He said 'You're not supposed to ask me that' and I told him I was allowed to ask -- and he had [his driver's license] in his hand anyway."
Ms. Winfield said she supports the voter ID law.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with asking people for identification," she said, adding that she didn't think it would keep minorities from voting.
The same was true at a polling place at the Wesley Church in the Hill District's Ward 5, according to Benjamin Perrin, another poll worker, who said no one refused to show their photo ID, "but you've got to understand, the folks who have been coming here to vote for the past two elections have been well-trained about identification, so they show up here pretty prepared."
Nonetheless, he predicted a turnout rate of about 10 percent -- perhaps little more than 30 people -- out of 383 registered in the ward's 12th voting district. That may be because the district's City Council member R. Daniel Lavelle was unopposed for re-election.
But in City Council's 7th District, where a fierce battle was being waged between Deb Gross and Tony Ceoffe, poll workers were asking voters for ID at the John F. Murray Funeral Home in Lawrenceville. There were no refusals to show ID.
"About half of them were young people, and they all offered up their driver's licenses," said Mike Williams, judge of elections.
In 2012, a presidential election year, "voters were a lot more militant about it," he added.
That year, voter identification laws became a national campaign issue after being enacted in Pennsylvania and in more than a dozen other states with Republican governors and legislatures. Republicans argued they were needed to protect against voter fraud, while Democrats called the laws voter suppression, because poor, minority and elderly voters -- more likely to be Democrats -- might not be able to get access to proper identification.
The state Supreme Court ruled last year before the November election that the state's law should be argued in Commonwealth Court to determine how many voters would be disenfranchised. The trial has been ongoing, but Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley has yet to issue a ruling. In the interim, voters aren't required to produce photo identification.
While some of Lawrenceville's younger residents had no problem producing their driver's licenses this year, Matt Gebis, a barista at the Espresso a Mano coffee shop on Butler Street, vowed resistance.
"I'll be voting after work in Polish Hill, and if they ask me for it, I will object in the strongest terms," said Mr. Gebis, 30.
East of the city, in Churchill, Judge of Elections Judy Diorio said it was a "non-issue" in the 1st District and that every voter brought a license or photo ID.
"It was very much in jest, that they would present [their ID] or say, 'I refuse,' because we've lived next to these people for years, so there's no question about their identity," she said.
Gov. Tom Corbett's administration spent $5 million in federal money last year on education about the law, and $1 million this fall in advertising to encourage voters to show photo identification at the polls, noting that the Commonwealth Court judge ruled that education could continue.
Earlier television ads had said voters would be required to show an acceptable photo ID with a valid expiration date, but in August, the judge ruled that the state must allow voters to cast ballots without photo identification while the case proceeds. The newer ads, which began Sept. 30, still urged voters to get photo IDs but also say that voters will be asked but not required to produce anything.
By mid-afternoon, the Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan government-watchdog group that monitors elections, had received one call about voter ID from Philadelphia and none from Pittsburgh, said senior policy analyst Patrick Christmas.
"It has been extremely quiet," he said. "Voter turnout just seems to be so low that we don't have too much going on."
The Department of State, which oversees elections, had received calls about voter ID, though spokesman Matthew Keeler said he would describe them as "not complaints so much as people trying to figure out what's going on."
Callers had asked if they are required to show identification and where they could get ID, he said.
First-time voters and voters in a new precinct still have to verify their identity with either government-issued identification or documents like a current utility bill, while free identification is available to registered voters who might not have driver's licenses or other documents.
While Democrats argue that the law is aimed at suppressing voting, supporters argue that in a transient society, registration systems need to identify voters who might be registered in more than one state. One study issued last year by The Pew Center on the States said 24 million voter registrations nationwide are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate, more than 1.8 million deceased people are on the voter rolls and 2.75 million people are registered to vote in more than one state.
Nonetheless, the American Civil Liberties Union has challenged Pennsylvania's law as unconstitutional, noting that the state has yet to produce one instance of voter fraud, and there is a very real possibility that hundreds of thousands of voters without photo ID will be disenfranchised.
Karen Langley and Lexi Belculfine contributed. Mackenzie Carpenter: email@example.com, 412-263-1949 or on Twitter: @MackenziePG. First Published November 5, 2013 9:19 PM


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The community college basketball season tips off today at both Itawamba and Northeast.
ICC tips off a doubleheader against Shelton (Ala.) State at 5:30 p.m.
The 13th-ranked Lady Indians are the defending state champions, while tonight's game will be the debut of new men's coach Grant Pate, who was coaching the Tupelo High School boys last season.
Northeast is home today against East Central, with the women's game at 5:30.


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You can bring a laptop with you to Prague. However, please be advised that Kolej Komenského does not offer wireless service. You will need to connect to the Internet via Ethernet cable. Please remember to bring one with you. You will only be abe to connect to the Internet in your room. A memory stick may also be helpful if you want to print out a document from an Internet café. Wi-fi spots run throughout the city, but none close to the residence hall.
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- Make sure your phone accepts a European SIM card. Speak to your current phone company and see if they know which European SIM cards will work in your handset. You'll need to swap your current SIM card (it&rsqup;s inside the phone, usually behind the battery) for the new one. Once you stop traveling, you can switch it back. Most new phones purchased in the United States include GSM technology, but still may not accept a SIM card, the chip that activates local service from other companies, and the roaming charges can be prohibitive.
Unless your home cell phone meets all three conditions, it won't work in Europe. You and your family should discuss which option works best for you.
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- A small adapter with two round pins can be used everywhere in Europe, except England and Ireland.
- A larger, three-pronged adapter is necessary in Great Britain.
- For Mac users: There is an Apple World Traveler Adapter Kit that can be purchased at an Apple store. Other adapters do not work well with a Mac. The Wonpro Travel Adaptor is very good. The Kensington Travel Adaptor does not work, so do not purchase one from that company.
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Fiber Content: Shell: 100% polyester, Panels: 100% nylon.
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The North Face Denali Jacket keeps active kids warm and stylish for serious outfdoor play.
Classic comfort and durability make this the ultimate all-around jacket for the cold; made with recycled polyester fleece.
|laundered 2-ply nylon (bluesign® approved fabric) at shoulders, chest, and elbows
|Abrasion panels:
|100% nylon (bluesign® approved).
|Back length (in.):
|20 inches
|Battery Heated:
|Recycled Polartec® 300 Series fleece with DWR (bluesign® approved fabric)
|Breathability Rating:
|Center Back Length:
|22.5 inches
|Exterior Material:
|Recycled Polartec 300 Series Polyester Fleece with DWR Finish
|Polartec Classic 300 polyester fleece
|Center Back: 22.5"
|Hood Type:
|Insulation Type:
|None (Shell)
|Insulation Weight:
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|Lining :
|Recycled Polartec 300 Series poly fleece
|Model #:
|Pockets :
|Zip hand pockets
|Recommended Use :
|Outdoor Activities
|Shipping Restriction:
|This item is not available for shipment outside of the United States.
|Sizing note:
|There is no size difference between a S or Youth Small, M or Youth Medium, etc.—all size options are "Youth" sizing
|Sun-protective fabric:
|Taped Seams:
|Ventilation :
|Water Resistant (1000mm)
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|453 g (16 oz)
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My son is a typical rough and tumble six year old. For this school year I decided to spend the extra money and buy a jacket that would last; I was not dissapointed. This jacket works great in all weather, is snug (fits a litte on the small size as a heads up) and comes in many different color combos. I was abit sheepish about the fleece and polyester combination but it turns out it works just fine. My son recently ventured into the snow in this jacket and although the fleece got wet it didn't soak through, this is a stylish windproof lightweight jacket that has held up surprisingly well through ninja kicks, army rolls and endless adventures. I highly reccommend.
I have four children and I buy them yearly. I always buy them from backcountry.com-- best prices around! I love the NF's they hold up to multiple washes, etc. I use to buy them bigger to get more use out of them but for the cheap prices- I now buy them true to size because by the end of the year they're usually wore out!! :) We live in Indiana and they wear them year 'round. Even on cooler summer nights. Perfect jackets! Love them and love that we get a full year of use from them. They're perfect for all Indiana weather! This will be my 3rd year purchasing from this site! Thank you Backcountry!
This is the 4th Black Denali North Face that I have purchased for my son . He is 13 so he grows a lot every year. & needs a new one every winter..... His birthday is in December so it's a great gift. He loves how it is warm but not bulky. I love how it looks and how it washes so well and still looks great after several washes.... I would definitely recommend this jacket to anyone who wants a stylish & warm comfortable jacket for their child or themself.....I give it 5 stars for quality &. for prompt delivery & great price with free shipping .......
I buy one of these every year for my little guy. He is 10 now and HATES wearing down coats. Refuses to wear anything with a hood. This is the perfect solution. It is pricey but he uses it everyday and stays nice and toasty without the bulk. Sizing is a little off. My son has a slim athletic build. He wears an average size 10 /12 but we had to buy him a large (14/16). The north face we had last year (10/12) was to short in arms to wear again this year. The large fits great!
We've been buying this jacket for our 3 boys for the past three years. They are made well enough that they get handed down to the next kid in line and still look great. Our oldest is on his 3rd jacket and I don't forsee stopping anytime soon. We've had to replace a few simply because the kids have lost them and refuse to go without! The heavyweight fleece is perfect for spring and fall and the occasional warm winter day. Love it!
My son has worn his fleece for just about a week and the zipper already broke off. I am very disappointed


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Local Kombat Onesti Results
- Written by Rian Scalia
Local Kombat Onesti went down today in Onesti, Romania with a bunch of up and coming Romanian fighters and some SuperKombat veterans in front of a sold out crowd of 2000 people.
The 30 year old SuperKombat and Local Kombat veteran Ionut Atodiresei won the WAKO K-1 rules world title from Spain's Aitor Eguzkiza with a five round decision.
Other SuperKombat veterans on the card included Adrian Mitu, who defeated Yasin El Hana by unanimous decision and Miodrag Olar, who lost by unanimous decision to Philippe Salmon.
SuperKombat's final event of the year will be on December 22 in Bucharest. The event will feature the finals of this year's SuperKombat WGP tournament with Benjamin Adegbuyi, Pavel Zhuravlev, Ismael Londt and Sebastian Ciobanu.
60kg: Marius Graunte def. Florin Lupu by majority decision.
69kg: Amansio Paraschiv def. Alin Span by TKO in Round 2.
72kg: Cristian Milea def. Claudiu Badoi by KO in Round 1.
85kg: Cristian Ristea def. Alexandru Nedelcu by split decision.
95kg: Danut Harduc def. Gabriel Flutur by unanimous decision.
72.5kg: Adrian Mitu def. Yasin El Hana by unanimous decision.
75kg: Philippe Salmon def. Miodrag Olar by unanimous decision.
64kg WAKO Title: Ionut Atodiresei def. Aitor Eguzkiza by unanimous decision.
MMA: Zsolt Balla def. Adrian Stoiti by KO.
MMA: Steve Banks and Alexandru Lungu fight to a no contest.


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The image of sitting next to the fireplace conjures thoughts of cozy comfort on a cold night. Watching a fire burn is beautiful, feeling the…
Marana Electric Fireplace Media Console
Description & Highlights
Dimplex Marana Media Console with Electric Fireplace
If you're looking for an electric fireplace with built in media storage, look no further than the Dimplex Marana Media Console with Electric Fireplace (SGFP-500). This media console features a smoked glass top surface - perfect for the latest wide-screen TVs - elevated above a modern stainless steel firebox enclosure. Two lacquered side cabinets store cable boxes, receivers, DVDs, and other media essentials. Smoked glass cabinet doors complete the contemporary look.
The 33" self-trimming widescreen electric firebox produces a patented, life-like flame effect. A bed of asymmetrical glass pieces reflects and refracts light from below, creating a flame effect that's both alluring and contemporary. The firebox can be used with or without heat, and features thermostat control, interior light and flame speed control.
Glass Ember Firebox Display:This new, cutting-edge display method illuminates multiple layers of special glass pieces from below, refracting and reflecting the light instead of simply displaying a moving image on a screen (featured in 25" and 33" glass fireboxes)
Full Feature Remote:This multi-functional remote features specific controls that allow you to set and adjust the temperature, brightness, flame speed and sleep timer
Unsurpassed Realism:Dimplex's patented 3D effect gives the fire depth and dancing flames, something you can only get from Dimplex, inventor of the modern electric fireplace
Clean and Green:Using visual flames with zero harmful emissions, Dimplex electric fireplaces require over 90% less energy than gas fireplaces
- Model: SGFP-50033" self-trimming widescreen electric firebox
- Brand: DimplexPatented, life-like flame effect
- Multi-function remote controlOn-demand heat with thermostat control
- Glass ember firebox displayInterior light and flame speed control
- Elevated glass topFlame operates with or without heat
- Smoked glass cabinet doors~ 2¢ / hour with flame only
- Ships in three cartons~ 7¢ / hour with flame and heat
- Available in Cherry or Black finishPower output: 1000W / 3,415 BTU
- Two adjustable shelves per cabinetInput voltage: 120V / 60Hz
- Warranty:
Firebox - 5 years limited
Media console - 1 year limitedWeight: 320 lbs
- Dimplex Marana Electric Fireplace Media ConsoleDimensions: 32 9/16" H x 75 9/16" W x 19" D
- Height: 32 9/16"
- Width: 75 9/16"
- Depth: 19"


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Paralympian, PdC native Joe Delagrave preaches perseverance
WINONA, Minn. - Joe Delagrave's story is simply one of perseverance.
The Prairie du Chien native played football as a true freshman at Winona State. He broke his neck in a boating accident and was paralyzed from the chest down. Not wanting to give up football, he took up wheelchair rugby, and competed in the Paralympics last summer in London.
In a speech Thursday night at his alma mater, he says that was an honor.
"Putting on the red white and blue is amazing. Stepping out in front of 13,000 people that first game against Great Britain and being able to represent my country was an honor, especially with all the service men and women out there. To be able to represent our country at a different level was pretty special," Delagrave said.
Most of those in attendance were student athletes. His main message: let nothing stand in your way.
"Tonight I was just talking to the athletes and students here about overcoming obstacles, achieving goals, that type of thing," he said. "Showing them through perseverance, you can still achieve goals"18284084


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Web Stories
Tour of "Light of Ancient Athens" exhibition, July 15
Posted July 5, 2001; 10:51 a.m.
exhibition in the main gallery of Firestone sheds light on the ruins of ancient Athens -- as well as on a remarkable series of pictures by a famed photographer that recently were discovered in the library's collection and are being displayed for the first time.
"The Light of Ancient Athens: A Photographic Journey by Filix Bonfils, 1868-1875" runs through Oct. 7.
Don Skemer, curator of manuscripts, will conduct a tour of the exhibition at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 15.
The exhibition is based on a series of 42 large-format photographs of Athens taken by Bonfils, a French photographer who lived from 1831 to 1885. Bonfils established a studio in Beirut in 1867 -- when photography was not yet 30 years old -- to serve the growing commercial market for photographs of the Holy Land, Egypt, Greece and other places attracting travelers.
Bonfils produced thousands of sepia-tone albumen prints, some 800 of which were acquired by Rudolf Br|nnow, a professor of Semitic philology at Princeton from 1910 until his death in 1917. The University received the albums containing the prints in 1921 when his papers were donated to the library.
To read more about the exhibition, click here .
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (DRCP) is the official journal of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
DRCP is an international journal for healthcare providers and clinically-oriented researchers that publishes high-quality original research articles, expert reviews in diabetes and related areas and articles from IDF. The role of the journal is to provide a venue for dissemination of knowledge and discussion of topics related to diabetes clinical research and patient care. Topics of focus include translational science, epidemiology, prevention, new treatments and technologies.
Professor Antonio Ceriello, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain and Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS MultimeMedica, Milan, Italy.
Associate Editors
- F. Assah MD, PhD, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, UK
- L. Guariguata, MPH, Brussels, Belgium
- W-Y. Lee, MD, PhD, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- D. Magliano, BAppSci(Hon) MPH PhD, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- R S Scott, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand
- G. Sesti, MD, The Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- E. Standl, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Munich, Germany
- X. Zhou, Peking University, Beijing, China
Reviews Editor
- P. Lèfebvre, MD, PhD, FRCP, MAE, Université de Liège, Belgium


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I have to tell you I'm pinching myself. As a lover of French design with a touch of casual….. dreamy….. beachy feel….. I have hit the mother-load recently. Between the French Chandelier sconces, the mirrored tables, etc….. I've been in Heaven!
Now I managed to get my hands on an 1800's French armoire that is to die for!!!!! And I have another French desk….. an insanely gorgeous Eastlake mirror….
I can't wait to post photos this week. Also, the "White Room" is completed…. a little (big) something I've been working on for quite awhile! AND the 2 new sections of CHARTREUSE will be revealed soon as well!
So much going on and so many exciting changes…. WAIT TILL YOU HEAR the line up for our December 15th bash…. releasing this week!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to see more close up shots of some of the new pieces that came in last week….go to our facebook page!


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EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award
About the EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award This award honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession.
2014 Winner(s)
Stephanie Davis-Kahl
scholarly communications librarian and associate professor at Illinois Wesleyan University
"Stephanie embodies the characteristics of a distinguished education and behavioral sciences librarian," said award Chair Elena M. Soltau, assistant director of reference at Nova Southeastern University. "Through her time and commitment to professional organizations, as well as her book chapters and articles on leadership, she has made a significant impact on the library field."


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Yes. I love it. The STAP is shipped as one assembled piece and it fits into a large, heavy, circular base stand.
You can plug it in and carefully use it to angle the STAP to be flying in any number of poses, angled up or down and tilted either way.
No - this wasn't made by Hasbro, so the guns don't become firing missiles, but old habit made me check just to be sure.
The battle droid is the standard one packaged in the 2-pack but I never employed the full articulation on it like I had to in order to have it ride the STAP. The feet lock into the foot pedals and the handle bar motorcyle grips move and can be positioned as clenched by the Battle Droid, who's fingers move from their connection to the hand, and also down the line in the fore-fingers - just like your real hands move. So I was very pleased by that.
Over all, this piece is worth owning. I have it positioned on top of my IKEA detolf for my TPM figures:
STAP- top
Theed Queen (Hasbro) + Padme Handmaiden (Hasbro), NEEDS Capt. Panaka (SideShow)
Queel Black Travel (Hasbro), Obi-Wan Ep1 (Hasbro), Qui-Gon Ep1 (Hasbro), Battle Droid (Hasbro), OOM-9 (Hasbro)*
Electronic JarJar (Hasbro) Battle Droid (Hasbro), OOM-9 Hasbro, NEEDS Destroyer Droid (Hot Toys / SideShow)
Kaadu (Hasbro), Capt. Tarpals (Hasbro), Battle Droid (SideShow) - if I get the Dest. Drd. I will move 1 or more BD's from above down to this shelf.
* The Hasbro Battle Droid is almost an identical mold to the SideShow one, but the SideShow one has more points of articulation.
The Hasbro one is more white colored but has more battle damage paint.
The SideShow one is more tan colored but is a cleaner, newer look.


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Spider "realvoice" Vertical in the Ear Headphone
" First off the disclaimer, the Realvoice IEM'S were given to me a month or two back for reviewing. I would like to thank Spider Cable for the review sample and my apologies for taking so long in writing this review. Since I have had these I have used them about 75% of the time when I am using earphones, which probably averages about two hours per day. So I have put quite a few hours..." --Carlsan
thinksound ms01
thinksound ms01 in-ear monitor features an acoustically enhanced, 8mm high-definition driver with passive noise isolation. It was voiced by critically acclaimed Audio Engineer and thinksound CEO, Aaron Fournier, and designed in collaboration with Grammy winning musicians and producers. The result is a headphone with advanced studio acoustics and a full range sound that delivers exactly what the...
Thinksound ts02 + Mic 8mm In-Ear High Dfinition Wooden Noise Isolating Headphone blk/choc
In-ear 8mm high definition wodden headphone with passive noise isolation. Now comes with a one button Mic for call music control. Features crisp highs with balanced bass and mids for the discriminating listener. Works with iPhone, iPod, MP3, CD, DVD, PSP and computers. Wooden housing for crisp, accurate music reproduction. Available in two beautiful finishes, Black Chocolate and Silver Cherry...


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A Kiwi gamer more used to fighting enemies in the virtual world is being sent to an actual warzone.
Fiveight, the Kiwi distributor for gaming headset giant Turtle Beach, is sending 24-year-old Phil - gamertag StatiC - to see the real thing.
"Gamers play in virtual warzones every day and night, and they want the immersive feeling of combat," says Fiveight's Ben Ward. "So we thought we'd take that experience one step further. They want a real experience? As StatiC is about to find out - it won't get any more real than this.
The company will track StatiC's mission progress in a series of online videos here.


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|Light Sword
|Melee weapon
|Quorra, Black Guard
|Behind the scenes
|TRON: Legacy, Solar Sailer Prisoners
The Light Sword, also known as a Katana, is one of many weapons in TRON: Legacy formed by a baton. The baton becomes the hilt of the weapon, while a program's own energy is channelled into forming a blade of light.
A sword is featured in the battle at the End of Line Club, with Quorra employing one against the Black Guards. She also draws her sword on Clu in a later fight to protect Sam. The sword blade usually matches the color of the program/user's circuitry color.


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Originally developed to aid a customer in migrating to Drupal, TableField (http://drupal.org/project/tablefield) filled a feature gap for one site. The module provides an interface to attach tabular data to Drupal content in a simple spreadsheet-like format. From its humble beginnings, it now has nearly 5000 users, some of whom have helped fix bugs and code new features.
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