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45 dogs where rescued and while multiple dead dogs where found on the property with heavy evidence of fighting and abuse
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22 veterans a day die by suicide. But the data also says that getting help, helps.
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You stand on a battlefield, surrounded by an enemy that you ve been told doesn't exist. This is a classic example of a PSYOP a psychological operation, a mission to change what you believe by feeding you information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or an outright lie. This PSYOP is one of many by entities who've been at war with God since the Garden of Eden. The Bible calls them gods. God Himself calls them gods. But we've been taught that they're imaginary, so we stumble around the battlefield completely unprepared to defend ourselves.
In The Great Inception, you will learn:
How we know the war between God and the gods is real
*The importance of mountains and the holy mountain where the final battle will be fought
*Why the Tower of Babel was not in Babylon and the real reason God stopped it
*Where God led His heavenly army to battle the chief god of the Canaanites
*The true identities of Satan and Apollyon, king of the demons in the abyss
*The mystery behind what God meant when He told Abraham about the sin of the Amorites
*Why the Red Sea crossing was a literal battle between God and Ba`al (and why a Canaanite god was in Egypt in the first place)
*Connects Titans of Greek mythology, the Nephilim of Genesis 6 with people who fought Israel from the time of Moses to the present
*Jesus did battle with the rebel gods
*How the moon-god of ancient Babylon influences world events today
*Where Armageddon will be fought (it s not where you think)
*Possible end-times scenario that includes the most diabolical double-cross in history
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#1 Heart Warming
It is not one of those incorrigible stories of elderly abuse that left you in awe and disgust! It is something really different and amazing. The story is from the lands of Austinburg, Ohio where a man named Joshua Woodard works as a hospice worker at Austinburg Nursing & Rehab Center.
He did something really heart-warming for the woman who was just near to her death. His act is surely going to leave you spellbound restoring that lost faith in humanity!


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I would like to make the following recipe into a white chocolate frosting? Could I substitute white chocolate for the semi-sweet? Thanks,Richie
Ghirardelli Chocolate Frostings
1 bar (4oz) Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate
4 tablespoons butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup hot milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
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In heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken chocolate with butter, stirring constantly. Beat sugar with milk, vanilla, and salt until smooth. Add melted chocolate and beat until thick enough to spread on cake.


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Fed OKs $9B Capital One-ING Deal Despite Consumer Unease
Following a week of delays on the decision, the Federal Reserve released a 40-page order giving the banks the go-ahead, saying the merger's benefits to the general public outweigh opponents' concerns over potential adverse effects on consumers and local communities.
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Students planning to attend Plainfield Memorial School in the fall had an opportunity to walk the corridors and see the school at a Family Information Night on June 2. In its second year, the evening was meant to be an introduction to new students and their families. It was a chance for children to see the rooms they would be sitting in, the library where they would check books out, and the music room where they would learn how to play an instrument. Tours took parents and their children through the cafeteria where they could buy items from a school store. They saw posters in the hallways reminding kids about the behavior expected of them in the classroom, hallway and lunchroom.
More than 60 students and their parents attended the event. Twelve members of the student council addressed the audience. The fourth and fifth grade students had written remarks to follow a power point presentation created by one of their own, fifth-grader Jake Pothier.
Principal Judy O'Meara stood beside her young charges, but for the most part, the youngsters set the tone. They talked about what a typical day at PMS might entail. They talked about the after school clubs, student council participation, library and technology offerings. They talked about the band program and the two scheduled concerts a year. They shared information about the school's 'town meetings' held regularly, community service, and the school's motto: Be on your quest to do the best.
When they finished, O'Meara stepped to the microphone. "I get to talk about the boring stuff," she said with a laugh. She gave a run-down on the what teachers focused on in fourth and fifth grade. She talked about writing and literacy goals, the Envisions math program, the technology available to students, and the support available to them and their families. And she encouraged parental involvement in their children's activities.
Conferences in the fall and spring, Parent/Teacher Organization math and literacy nights, field trips, classroom volunteer opportunities and nightly agenda checks were all ways parents can stay involved in their children's academic progress.
After the brief presentation, student council members led tours of the school. Jack Pothier brought Paula Mitchell and her son Gregory on their own individualized tour. He brought them to the library and explained the policies on talking, borrowing books and computer usage. He stopped in front of a chart showing the time frames for classes. "It might take time getting used to the times," he told Gregory. He brought them into a classroom. "Each class has one student use computer," he said.
He didn't skirt the information on disciplinary standards, pointing out posters that outlined those behaviors expected in the halls and classrooms, and during lunch and recess. He showed the Mitchells a four-color system for warnings and detentions. Then he brought them past a recycling container, something he had started at the school.
"I noticed papers piling up everywhere," he explained. Pothier estimates the initiative has recycled four tons of paper in its first year alone.
O'Meara said Pothier's experiment was just one indication of what PMS faculty and staff try to do every day. "We push perseverance and independence," she said. "We push them to have a voice, to persevere through problem solving."
The tours will be offered to students and their teachers again. If students need additional tours, they will be arranged in small groups with the guidance counselor or social worker. "We want to give students as much exposure as possible before they arrive in the fall," O'Meara said.


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Solara Updates Activities at Cardium HZ Well
Solara is currently equipping and tieing-in the horizontal well located at 16-9-45-5W5M for oil and gas production from the Cardium formation at its Buck Lake (Pembina) project. Solara anticipates that the 16-9 well will be on full production within a week. After an initial production test during which time the Company recovered substantially most of the frac oil used to stimulate the Cardium formation during the completion phase of the operation, Solara was required to undertake a two week pressure survey of the Cardium formation prior to placing the well on production in accordance with the applicable regulations.
Solara also advised that it is currently engaged in completion operations on the well drilled at 14-7-38-3 W5M in the Sylvan Lake area of Alberta to establish the potential oil and natural gas productivity of the well. These activities are expected to be completed by early next week. Solara has commenced the drilling of a second test well located at 12-22-38-4 W5M on a separate Leduc D3 reef anomaly which should be finished drilling within the next several days.
The Company will report on the production, testing and drilling results of these wells once it has completed the various operations.
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The Byrdman Acknowledges The Kidnapping In Nigeria
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The Ladies Of A New Reality Show Scheduled To Drop Later This Year "The Real Hollywood Grind"
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Listen in to "The Sitdown" as we first discuss, controlling and having a side relationship. Followed by a discussion on knowing when to walk away.


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Simon Lambert signs for King's Lynn Stars but door remains open for injury-hit Lewis Rose
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Rider Simon Lambert's signing has not definitely signalled the end of Lewis Rose's King's Lynn campaign.
The Stars have handed the 25-year-old an initial 28-day contract as a result of their reserve picking up a knee injury while competing for lower-level Newcastle. But Rose will be given as much time as possible to solve his fitness issues ahead of the all-important play-offs.
Team boss Rob Lyon said: "Lewis has been unlucky by picking up an injury late in the season. Hopefully he can make a recovery and complete the season with us. He has had a great year and it would be a shame for him to end it on the sidelines."
Lambert, a Stars asset, has guested four times for the Elite League leaders in 2014. He has been without an Elite League club himself following Birmingham's demise earlier in the campaign.
The Lincolnshire-based racer will however have to wait to join up with the team as he misses the away fixtures at Coventry on September 4 and Eastbourne two days later due to his Premier League club Workington racing on those dates.
Tonight, Stars duo Niels-Kristian Iversen and Kenneth Bjerre will be in Grand Prix action in Poland. Iversen sits fourth on 81 points, 22 behind current leader Greg Hancock, while Bjerre is 13 off a top-eight place which would guarantee him automatic qualification for next year's programme.
One rider who will be missing in Gorzow is former Star Darcy Ward.
The Poole ace has been provisionally suspended, pending an FIM international disciplinary court decision, from all meetings across the globe with immediate effect after failing an alcohol test ahead of the last round in Latvia. Michael Jepsen Jensen takes his place.


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I have no idea where to go, but wifey wants a Prime Rib. I know that it's not a popular cut that is served in a lot of places. Char was recommended, though I don't see it on the menu.
I asked for a back up and he commented that a friend had a vg meal at The Cabin in Howell. I haven't checked Danny's menu (since he changed the model and will do so after this post)
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In a previous post, I reviewed A Perfect Mess, a fascinating book about how randomness and disorder can actually improve our lives. Before I forget, I wanted to share one of the really exciting applications of this principle. Here's how it works. In one study mentioned in the book, managers with people skills problems were coached by management psychologists trying to improve their skills. They had little luck. Like many of us, they knew what they SHOULD do. They just didn't do it. The people-habits of a lifetime were just too difficult to break.
So the researchers took a different tack. Instead of asking the managers to make a huge change to how they interacted with their employees, the researchers asked the mangers to make SMALL changes. To ANYTHING. They could change their route to work, or what they ate for lunch, or what they wore to the office. And, strangely enough, once these small, random changes were introduced into their routines, the managers found themselves behaving differently in BIG ways. The small changes had been enough to knock them out of their deep personality ruts onto a whole new track.
Abrahamson and Freedman (the authors of A Perfect Mess) associate this strange effect with something that physicists and electronic engineers call "stochastic resonance". This is the principle that a weak signal can sometimes be amplified, not by removing noise, but by ADDING random noise to the system. They explain it like this: Imagine someone like Igor, the proverbial mad scientist's assistant, having to flip a large switch for an experiment. Imagine further that he needs to flip the switch rapidly back and forth for the experiment to work.
But alas,the switch is old and rusty and he's just a tiny bit too weak to move it back and forth. He's stuck. But suddenly, an earthquake hits the lab, shaking it randomly back and forth and rocking it up and down. As Igor is straining on the switch, suddenly the room lurches and helps him push the switch. The added strength of Igor and the earthquake was enough to move the switch. And soon, another jerk of the room helps him pull it back down. Most of the random movements of the earthquake don't help him. But enough of them DO help that it is enough to overcome the stickiness of the switch and Igor is able to move it up and down.
This is stochastic resonance. It is being used for such things as aplifying weak signals, and even helping the elderly maintain their balance. It has been found, in the latter case, that a slight vibration (in other words, slight random movement) in the insoles of the shoes of elderly people help them maintain their balance as well as a 20 year old!
So… if you have a habit you need to break, or a rut you need to get out of – enlist the aid of stochastic resonance. Make small, random changes to your routine. Can't keep on your diet? Randomly change the plates you eat on. Or change your route to work, or the TV shows you watch. Make ANY small random changes, and they may just give you the resonance you need to throw the big switch and make larger changes to your life.
Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.


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I had the privilege this week to speak with the Kathleen Dunn Show on Wisconsin Public Radio about athletics spending and the future of higher education. Our discussion covered a wide range of issues related to intercollegiate athletics as well as higher education more generally. The callers added great perspective and I enjoyed the opportunity. If you're interested in these issues, I recommend you listen to the show or download the podcast version. In today's post, I want to mention a couple of points that were raised in our discussion that are worthy of highlighting. Athletics presents a challenge to institutional leaders and all of those worried about the future of higher education.
1. Most athletics departments lose money. With the exception of the handful of large and successful athletics programs, the vast majority of athletics departments lose money. Millions and millions of dollars. Yes, there are large revenue streams from television, ticket sales, and fundraising. However, the expenses are even greater from facilities to coaches salaries. It doesn't matter if you make $1 million in revenue if you spend $2 million in expenses.
2. Higher education institutions maximize prestige— not profits. Most businesses seek to maximize their bottom line. This makes sound economic sense. However, colleges and universities, as Howard Bowen once noted, focus on building their prestige. This is true for athletics as well as academics. As a result, many of the decisions that higher education institutions make aren't rational when thinking about their financial implication.
3. College athletics serve as the front porch of the university. If you're trying to sell your home, you want strong curb appeal. This is how many presidents and trustees view athletics. As Doug Toma argues convincingly, athletics provide a vehicle to connect with stakeholders more effectively than any other aspect of higher education. From average citizens to state legislators, athletics provide a connection to people who may have no involvement with the academic side of the institution.
4. The concern is over spectator sports. Even at large Power 5 conference schools, many sports are still about providing participation opportunities such as golf, volleyball, or tennis. The challenge is with spectator sports that are more about commercialization. This includes primarily football and men's basketball. In some cases, also men's hockey and women's basketball.
5. The problems with athletics are not new. As I have argued in the past, the structure and motivation of athletics as been pretty consistent for a century. Problems with the influence of sports media, conflicts with the academic mission, cheating, and other improprieties have been there since the beginning. When we consider reform efforts, we have to remember that these are long term problems that are not going to be easily or quickly solved.
One last point that bears repeating, athletics bring enormous benefits to campuses. From marketing and exposure, recruiting students, connecting with stakeholders, fundraising, and broader economic benefits, intercollegiate athletics bring many positive elements to campuses.
Yet, we should rightly be concerned about the expenses of athletics programs. Athletics presents a classic prisoner's dilemma. Each institution does what is in their own self-interest in the pursuit of athletics success, yet the collective action brings everyone down. Ultimately, universities aren't above sacrificing their academic values in the pursuit of victories and revenue.
The forces of commercialization aren't going away. If anything, the temptation to take financial advantage of the popularity of college sports is getting worse.
Both fans and those concerned more broadly about the future of higher education need to take notice.


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I was really pleased with the response to my breakup post, so I decided that, although it is a bit frightening to "put myself out there" and discuss my personal life, I'm going to do it every once in a while.
As that famous quote from somewhere I can't remember says, "If you're not scared, you're probably not doing it right."
I've mentioned a few times that I can't believe just how quickly I began to feel better and more like myself once I arrived in Omaha post-breakup. It took about a week, but one day I realized that I'm actually very content right now. There are a few things up in the air, including my job and where I plan to live in Omaha (thanks for the temporary home mom and dad), which make me feel uneasy and unsettled at times. However, I genuinely feel good about myself and the decisions that I've made since arriving home.
Realistically, the worse days probably aren't behind me yet. I'm sure they'll be some rough days every now and then. But, in the meantime, I'm just going to try to enjoy the ride!
Let's be honest: breakups suck. But, they happen all the time. Every day. All day. In fact, there's probably about a million people breaking up right now as you read this post. Yet, knowing that "you're not alone" really doesn't help ease the pain does it? Your pain feels uniquely horrible and you cannot possibly imagine anyone feeling as bad as you do.
I get it. I've been there.
So, for any of you that are going through a painful breakup right now, I wanted to provide a few things that helped me through the bumpy times. Continue Reading →


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My 21 Day Fix Adventure: Day 1
Well, after much deliberation and many excuses, I have decided to do the 21 Day Fix program. My husband and I have done this once before and had great results and we felt 100 times better! If you aren't familiar with what the 21 Day Fix is, let me explain a little about it. It is a 3 week exercise and eating plan that helps you burn the most calories you can with the intense workouts while structuring your eating, using color coded containers. Based on your weight, you are put in a calorie range and within your calorie range you can eat a certain number of certain containers per day.
I am in the 1,200-1,499 calorie range and here is what my container allotment looks like per day.
3 Green Containers : Vegetables
2 Purple Containers: Fruits
4 Red Containers: Protein
2 Yellow Containers: Carbs
1 Blue Container: Healthy Fats
1 Orange Container: Dressings
2 teaspoons: Oils and Nut Butters
I keep my tally sheet posted on my refrigerator to keep track of what I am eating throughout the day.
I am going to be honest…..I had SO MANY excuses on why I didn't want to do this program again. My husband and I are on a budget and buying all the foods we will need is going to be expensive. I also was thinking about the blog! I didn't want to take a 3 week break from posting delicious recipes! Alex has been really pushing me to try another round, so we are doing it. Still full honesty here….I am not totally thrilled about the idea. Do I want to be more toned? Yes. Do I want to feel better and less bloated? Yes. But I also want to eat what I want when I want it….waaaaaa. But I am going to stop complaining and see this as just another adventure and a challenge for me to still make delicious food along the way!
I am looking forward to posting about what I am eating everyday for the next 21 Days and how this experience is going for me overall. I hope you will follow me along on this journey!
Now, I want to post before pictures but I am having a really hard time with even thinking about posting a picture of me in shorts and a sports bra… oh the horror! So I may eventually get that picture up, if I can do it without having a nervous breakdown.
Here is what breakfast looked like for me on Day 1. Scrambled eggs and spinach. Toast with almond butter. I used 2 teaspoons / 1 yellow / 1 red / 1/2 green.
A midday snack was a smoothie. I blended up fruit with some almond milk and ice. 1 purple / 1 blue.


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Back in Janury 2002, William Saleten dared to ask why people like French actress and lunatic racist turned animal-rights activist Brigitte Bardot thought it was OK to eat pig and cow, but not dog. Writing in Slate he notes that:
Dogs are "friends, not animals," Bardot told a Korean radio interviewer. "Cows are grown to be eaten, dogs are not. I accept that many people eat beef, but a cultured country does not allow its people to eat dogs."
Strip out Bardot's silly arrogance and her Korean colleagues' sentimentality, and their philosophy boils down to this: The value of an animal depends on how you treat it. If you befriend it, it's a friend. If you raise it for food, it's food. This relativism is more dangerous than the absolutism of vegetarians or even of thoughtful carnivores. You can abstain from meat because you believe that the mental capacity of animals is too close to that of humans. You can eat meat because you believe that it isn't. Either way, you're using a fixed standard. But if you refuse to eat only the meat of "companion" animals—chewing bacon, for example, while telling Koreans that they can't stew Dalmatians—you're saying that the morality of killing depends on habit or even whim.
The joke is on you because in Korea, until recently, dogs haven't been pets. Therefore, by the "companion" standard, it's OK to eat them. In fact, the "companion" standard is exactly what South Korean newspapers and government officials are using to justify an emerging system of dog Nazism. In the city, Koreans raise "pet dogs." In the country, they raise "meat dogs," also known as "junk dogs" and "lower-grade" dogs. But you don't become a "lower-grade" dog by flunking an IQ test. You're just born in the wrong place. Then you're slaughtered and fed to a man who thinks he's humane because he pampers a Golden Retriever that has half your brains. And Bardot, who says that cows can be butchered because they're "grown to be eaten," can't fault this arrangement.
If dog-eating isn't intrinsically wrong, why should South Koreans give it up? Because, Bardot told her radio interviewer, "Eating dog meat seriously hurts the image of your country." FIFA President Blatter likewise told South Korea that the practice was bad for its "international image." He urged the country "to show the world that it is sensitive to vociferous worldwide public opinion." But absent an underlying moral argument, appeals to "image" and "sensitivity" are as likely to disguise snobbery or evil as to promote good.
There's more than a whiff of cultural supremacy, if not racism, in French attacks on Korean dog-eating. When Bardot's radio interviewer told her that some Western visitors eat dog meat in Korea, she replied: "French people, German people, and Americans never eat dogs. If they did, it is most likely that South Koreans served them dog meat, saying it was either pork or beef." The French soccer team supports Bardot's campaign. A French state TV channel recently ridiculed Korean dog-eating in a piece full of distortions. Never mind that some Frenchmen eat horse meat or snails or that, according to a Seoul waitress, more than one staffer from the French Embassy has sated his canine tooth at her restaurant. Norwegians didn't stop eating reindeer during the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. American restaurants didn't stop serving bull testicles during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. No one forced Spain to outlaw cat stew during the 1982 World Cup, and no one is hounding Japan, the co-host of this year's World Cup, to shut down its sushi bars.


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Sunday, August 31, 2008
Family Update/Gustav Evacuations
My parents and sister evacuated on Saturday to Shreveport and are staying with friends. I have several cousins who evacuated to a hotel in the Houston area. And another aunt went over to Panama City. As you can imagine, I am GLUED to the TV or internet, watching Gustav.
I feel particularly horrible for my best friend's sister, whom had a baby on Tuesday, got home from the hospital on Thursday, and had to pack up her family (3 other children plus this new baby and hubby) to leave. I could not imagine getting on the road with a four day old baby!!!--and then wondering if your home will be there when you get back!
But being from Louisiana, and now living in Florida, I know that everyone is safe now. Their lives are what are important, not the belongings. Thanks for asking--and please pray for everyone on the Gulf Coast.
9 comments:
- Mo said...
Prayers added.
Nice reminder to keep in the forefront of our minds to not place so much emphasis on belongings.
- August 31, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- I'm a Little Teapot said...
I do hope all is well.
- August 31, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- lifeinbeverlyhills said...
I'm glad to hear that they are safe and sound. You are so right -lives are more important than possessions. My thoughts are going out to all of those in that area...
- August 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Scarlet O'Kara said...
Thank you so much for letting us know that your family and friends are safe.
And I will add your sister's friend, her new born baby, and the rest of their family to my prayers.
- August 31, 2008 at 9:00 PM
- Jules said...
Please keep us posted.
- August 31, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- Sandy C. said...
I do hope everyone stays safe. Including yourself. My family is also in Florida. Praying for everyone's safety through these storms.
- August 31, 2008 at 11:46 PM
- pixie4bears said...
My prayers are with your family and your best friends sister. I am sure that really has to be hard on them. Keep Safe!
- September 1, 2008 at 4:34 AM
- P.S. He loves you... said...
I know that it is all fun and beautiful down at the coastal city...but serioulsy I can't help but scracth my head over "why anyone would live there under all those conditions?"
Hoping all goes well in the results for family.
- September 1, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Live.Love.Eat said...
Prayers out to your family!!!!!
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Bow to the Powerful Meme, You Predatory Men!
Wendy McElroy
January 16, 2014
I have spent the week sumo wrestling with a meme; that is, with a cultural assumption that grows almost by osmosis. The meme: Men are the perpetrators of domestic violence; women are the victims. The truth: Men and women commit DV at about the same rate. The result so far: meme 1; me 0.
This truth is particularly important to champion because public policy, programs and law are being based on lies, and the lies are part of a bias against males that impoverishes society. I am used to arguing against that bias and its political consequences. The aspect that confounds me now, however, is how damnably difficult it is to uproot a meme once it has seeded.
Trying to Correct One Little DV Stat
The prize in the wrestling match is modest and specific. Some colleagues and I want the Department of Justice (DOJ) to correct a flatly false statement on DV that occurs repeatedly on its website. It comes from two 2009 speeches by Attorney General Eric Holder. It is this: "Disturbingly, intimate partner [DV] homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American women ages 15 to 45." In a 2011 USA Today article, the conservative feminist Christina Hoff Sommers wrote: "That's a horrifying statistic, and it would be a shocking reflection of the black family, and American society generally, if it were true. But it isn't true."
For four years, people have tried to have the DOJ references corrected. During that time, the 'fact' has found a home in scholarly journals, newspapers, in books, on university sites and in the campaigns of politically-correct feminists. Finally, the exasperated professor of economics, Mark Perry, approached Glenn Kessler, who mans the fact-checker feature at the Washington Post.
On December 18, 2013, Kessler published the results of his investigation in the Washington Post. He wrote that Centers for Disease Control data shows "for the year 2008 (the year before Holder's speeches), cancer, heart disease, unintentional injury and HIV/AIDS all topped homicide. Then if you break out intimate-partner homicide, that ends up being seventh or eighth on the list (depending on whether you also include all homicides.)"
Where did Holder acquire such dramatically false data? Kessler did a forensic examination. He continued, "As best we [the Washington Post] and the Justice Department can determine, this all started with a 1998 study by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)." But the BJS study did not find such homicide to be the leading cause of death in black women aged 15 to 45 years. The statistic never occurs.
The trail in search of the statistic ended at two 2003 studies published in the prestigious American Journal of Public Health and National Institute of Justice Journal; the studies were conducted by the same principal investigator who used many of the same co-researchers. The 1998 BJS study was cited as a source in both but, as Kessler commented, "these facts cannot be found in the original BJS report." The principal investigator did not respond to his request for clarification.
The DOJ told Kessler the statistic would be corrected on the website. A month later, nothing has changed. On Tuesday, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) filed a formal complaint with the Office of Research Integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services. SAVE is a victim-advocacy group that includes men and accuracy in its mission. It wants the Office to "investigate these allegations of research misconduct" by the principal investigator and her colleagues, "and take appropriate corrective action." I am following the progress with great interest.
But it is impossible to miss the fact that, four years later, the lie prevails. And the truth is left knocking on a closed door.
Source: http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34938/Wendy-McElroy-Bow-to-the-Powerful-Meme-You-Predatory-Men/


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Attorneys for Convicted Killer Appeal, Saying Trial Wasn't Fair
Defense attorneys for convicted killer John Oldson have asked a judge for a new trial.
Oldson, 47, formerly of Ord, Nebraska, was supposed to be sentenced Monday in Howard County District Court for the murder of Cathy Beard 24 years ago, but defense attorneys are fighting to overturn his conviction.
The defense says since the trial, they've gotten in touch with a key witness -- who couldn't be located to testify last time around -- and have now discovered new evidence that they believe will exonerate Oldson.
A jury convicted Oldson of second–degree murder in February for abducting and killing 30–year–old Beard in Ord back in 1989.
Prosecutors say Oldson was upset over Beard rejecting his sexual advances, so he abducted her from the Someplace Else Tavern in Ord, killed her and dumped her body in a field outside of town. Her remains were found three years later.
NTV spoke to one of the jurors who convicted Oldson Monday, and she explains why she made that decision.
"In my heart, I felt he was guilty," Kristi Lewandowski said. "They showed a lot of evidence saying that he was a guilty man, and the Ord Sheriff's Department did a good job in showing that he was guilty."
The defense, however, argued in court Monday that their client didn't get a fair trial, and that a gruesome diary detailing the murder of a woman -- once believed to be written by Oldson --was actually written by a man named Doug Olson.
Authorities say they spent months searching for Olson, to no avail. He was finally captured and arrested in Iowa on an unrelated warrant on Feb. 13.
Lewandowski says she thinks the diary is fake.
"My personal opinion, I don't think it's true," she said. "I think somebody had some fun -- in their head, fun -- and a wild imagination."
Judge Karen Noakes granted the defense a continuance today.
Oldson will appear in court again on May 6 to find out if a new trial will be granted or not. If that request is denied, he will be sentenced on June 3.


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Back when I used to play Star Wars Galaxies, I had used my "Saphrym" name in short form for my first name: Saph. But I needed a last name. It took me a few minutes, but I finally settled on "Cipra." Since then, I have used variations on that name for many things. I've used "Ciprania" as the name of cities. I've used "Cipranian" as the name of a ship. Etc.
Most recently, however, even though I continue to use the name for those purposes, a "Cipranian" is an official patron. In other words, they are someone who has donated to me through Patreon or possibly earned the title through many favors, gifts, etc. "Cipranians" are the people I want to give back to because they've given so much to me in whatever form they could.
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Fast forward to a few years later, when my parents moved me away from the "promised land" and into the swampland. I lived in a small town called LaPlace, LA. It had some pretentious people living in it. No offense to anyone reading this who was from there. Heck, just the name meant "The Place" as if it was the only place that was worthy of being called "the" place.
Fast forward to meeting my wonderful wife, and a few years later when my daughter was born. The best days of my life started there. Don't get me wrong, I loved hanging out with the high school friends (even though it was in Louisiana), but the wife and child are quite special to me.
Fast forward yet again to living with my in-laws in/near the big city of New Orleans. Ok. Enough of that.
Fast forward finally to Kentucky. Yet again, and happily so, a small town called Maysville. I'm once again in the "promised land" and am quite happy to spend the rest of my working days here. Sorry, but retirement will require a large block of metal on wheels with a bedroom, bathroom, satellite Internet and television, and yes, even a kitchen sink. But I'm not there yet. So as I raise my beautiful child with my wonderful wife, we will spend our time in Maysville. The scenery is gorgeous. And it's not flat. Louisiana was flat. And wet. Kind of like a pancake before it's had time to cook. Maysville is a juicy steak and a side salad.
Oh, and no offense to those living in Louisiana either. Nothing against the people, just the place was so flat. And wet. And hot. And… Well, you get the point.
As for other details about me, I have a B.A. in English, an M.A in Teaching, an M.B.A. and experience with Special Education students. I love video games. I practice magic tricks in my spare time. I design web sites and graphics. I write. I also… [walks off mentioning all the little things he's done and enjoyed in his lifetime while chewing on a toothpick]
My real name is Mike White. Do a Google search for Mike White. I am not found anywhere near the top of the list. Why? Too many Mike Whites. There is no other Saphrym. There is also no other Mike White like me. So I wanted my pen name as original as humans are.
The secret to the name is the use of Scrabble tiles. I pulled out seven of them and rearranged them. I ended up with three different names. Saphrym was one of them. It reminded me of a wise wizard, which is what I was looking for at the time. But I liked it enough to keep it as my pen name.
Also, I sometimes change my name for the holidays. Recent ones have included "Boophrym" for Halloween and "Saphing Paper" for Christmas. I tend to change the avatar I use to match those also.
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Now… Do I actually have multiple personality disorder? No. But like everyone else, I have those voices in my head. You know the ones. When someone says something dumb and you curse him out or call him an idiot in your mind, that's a little voice. So I have decided to give these voices a place to play when I edit my videos. I hope you enjoy them.
I'll make this one simple and keep an updated Kit list with all of the gear I use: Current Gear
Maybe? And unknown. Have to figure out what they are first.
Simple answer? It hasn't been asked. Feel free to go ask me a question on Twitter. I'll definitely respond there. And if I like the question enough, it'll end up here with a link to your Twitter account. I look forward to all of the wonderful questions you'll ask!


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Man oh man, I've been so busy quilting that life got away from me and I neglected to blog! I hinted at a big purchase at QuiltCon, and it's arrived and been set up for a little while now. That's right, I finally bought a longarm!
I'm not sure what the UPS guy thought, but he certainly got his workout that day.
A few days after that, representatives from the local dealership came over to set up and train me on it. The assembly took several hours on its own—first, the table.
This is clean and neat by the standards of my sewing room, by the way.
Getting the box with the actual machine head up the stairs was the worst part of this experience. I definitely got my workout that day!
So now the view looks like this!
The first order of business was to load two yards of 90″ wide muslin on the machine and practice my way through those.
I'm super excited about the ruler work possibilities on this machine. My free motion quilting is not as good as on my domestic machine yet, but I'm feeling confident it won't take me another 10 years to get to the same level on the longarm! I've moved on to some real quilts now, and I promise I won't make you wait another month and a half to see them all!


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Rand Fishkin at SEOmoz has posted an SEO cheatsheet online that he passed out to conference goers at the Search Engine Strategies conference going on in New York right now.
The cheatsheet lists a rundown of pretty much everything I would advise a client who wanted search engine optimization.
- On-Page Optimization
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- Promoting & Marketing Your Site
- Creating Linkbait
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I should say I agree with everything except the linkbaiting part. While I do think it is a great tactic for SEO, not everyone can do this especially most businesses seeking SEO. This type of marketing usually requires a large budget as typical businesses do not have the resources to do it in house. In addition, most businesses are not right for social bookmarking sites unless they create something really new and noteworthy.
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Brussels faces huge payments to the UK
The settlement on divorce of the UK from the European Union is going to be huge.
As the second-biggest contributor for 40 years, the UK is entitled to at least 35% of the assets of the EU.
And, as providers of the seed start-up funds of the European Central Bank, they probably need to return to the UK Government in excess of 50% of that bank's assets.
Brussels will find this hard to achieve while undergoing the loss of UK income from the end of March 2019 and will leave the people and commercial enterprises of the nation states little money with which to continue to buy goods.
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"May I cut in."
Those were the words that would move Kristen Mundell to tears on her wedding day.
Six years earlier, her father, Deputy Kent Mundell was shot and killed in the line of duty. His loss is still deeply felt among members of the force and his family.
When it was time for Kristen's special day, she made sure to include her father in every way possible.
A chair was set with his photo, uniform and flowers. Her wedding dress was laced with a blue ribbon in tribute to her fallen father.
But the truly exceptional moment of her wedding came during the reception. As Kirsten began the father-daughter dance with Det. Jones, someone asked her those special words: "May I cut in."
It wasn't until she realized that a line of officers had formed, ready to step in for a fallen friend and father, that the tears fell.
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Hawks lack mental toughness in loss to Celtics
ATLANTA — In the postgame news conference following his team's third loss in a week's span, Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew used some form of the word 'disappoint' five times.
Drew, the NBA's reigning Coach of the Month, expressed his disappointment in the Hawks' effort. He was disappointed in their lack of focus and mental toughness. Not surprisingly, he called Saturday's 89-81 loss to the Boston Celtics the most disappointing loss of the season.
After being treated to a courtside view — at least on this night — of the Hawks' second-half collapse to a more physical and tough team, who could blame him?
"As I told our guys, I can stomach losing but it's how we lose," Drew said. "And the last way you want to lose is for a team to climb up in you a little bit tougher and you don't respond. That was clearly what happened tonight."
For the first 24 minutes, it looked as though Drew's postgame talk would have a cheerier ring to it. The Hawks jumped all over the Celtics in building a 53-38 halftime lead behind the efforts of guard Lou Williams.
Atlanta looked the part: Younger, hungrier and more athletic. Then, as play resumed, something changed. It looked like Boston-Atlanta clashes of old, with a smothering defense throwing the Hawks completely out of rhythm and veteran guard Paul Pierce taking over the game.
Behind Pierce's 17 third-quarter points, the Celtics rode a wave of momentum to a 33-9 third-quarter demolition to grab the lead and never give it up. When Pierce was through, he boasted one of his most impressive stat lines of the season: 26 points (8-of-20 shooting), nine rebounds and five assists.
However, it was the Celtics' defense that weighed heavily on the minds of Drew and his players.
"Defensively, I think they just did a great job of making it tough for us to catch," said Williams, who finished with a game-high 28 points. "They were pressuring everything. They made it tough for Jeff (Teague) to get us into plays. They made it tough for us to get it in on inbounds plays. You know, but that's been their makeup for a number of years. They've always been a defensive-minded team and tonight we got the worst of it."
Williams was the mild silver lining in the affair (though do not try to convince Drew of that storyline) after pouring in 21 first-half points to open up a 15-point lead. Since joining the starting lineup on Dec. 22, Williams, an Atlanta native who signed with the team as a free agent this past offseason, has seen his minutes and scoring numbers increase. Before being called during pregame introductions, the diminutive guard averaged 14.3 points per game on 41-percent shooting.
Over the past eight games, though, Williams is averaging 18.3 points per game on 49-percent shooting.
Of course, not even Williams could save the Hawks' second-half offense on Saturday night as they managed just 28 points in the final two quarters.
"They got on a run and we couldn't stop the bleeding," Drew said. "Again, playing a team that has that much pride, you have to know that team has no quit, that team won't go away. And we did not respond after they smacked us. And that's what's disappointing about this loss."
When asked if the loss was a sign of bigger problems with the team, Drew chose to vent his thoughts on the matter.
"I'm concerned. If I've used the word 'worried' then perhaps that's a bad choice of words, but I'm concerned because this is the NBA and you have to expect that," he said. "You have to expect it. When you play against teams that do smack you, you have to respond. That's just the way it is. Everybody has to do it; every team has to do it. And when you don't do it, you get labeled. You get a tag on you. And that's the last thing I want on my ball club."
The Hawks were slated for an off day Sunday following their fourth game in five nights, but Drew scratched that notion in the game's aftermath. There are things to figure out. There are frustrations to vent. The Hawks could not stop the bleeding against Boston, but they can still figure out how to halt their recent slide.
It did not appear that every player shared Drew's lack-of-mental-toughness sentiment, though.
"Everybody's entitled to their own opinion," forward Josh Smith repeated twice in response to a question concerning Drew's comments.
But just as Smith was completing his interview, someone in Philips Arena pulled the fire alarm. Lights flashed, sirens rang and the media piled out of the locker room making corny jokes and loudly musing on the fitting end to the night's festivities.
Nobody is evacuating on the Hawks' season — at least, not for now, not at 20-12 — but the alarms are quietly sounding.


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By Jonathan Purtle
Jobs jobs jobs. Both parties' national conventions were abuzz with talk of plans to address unemployment — 8.1 percent nationally in August, the government reported Friday (and certainly higher locally, where preliminary July rates were 9.1 percent for the Philadelphia metro area and 11.6 percent in the city). The importance of revitalizing the economy undoubtedly resonates with most Americans, for obvious reasons. Here's another: A vast body of public health research indicates that losing your job can mean losing your health.
And while creating new jobs, and well-paying ones at that, may solve unemployment, a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine raises questions about the potentially lingering health effects of the nation's economic downturn.
In the fall of 2009, near the height of the great recession, researchers at Yale conducted the random door-to-door survey of households in New Haven, Conn. Seventy three percent of those approached completed the survey, yielding a study sample of over 1,200 people. Of them, 14.5 percent reported being unemployed and looking for work, 18.4 percent working part-time.
Compared to those who were working, unemployed respondents reported smoking more cigarettes, consuming more alcoholic beverages, eating unhealthy food with greater frequency and healthy food less often; they exercised less, too. Interestingly, a pattern also emerged along the lines of un/full/part-time employment — with those working part time faring better on certain health behaviors than the unemployed, but worse than those who had full-time jobs.
The researchers also collected information on stress and depression to better understand how these variables might mediate, or explain, the correlation between employment status and health behaviors. In addition to finding that unemployed respondents had significantly higher levels of stress and more symptoms of depression than their employed counterparts, the researchers discovered that stress directly increased the level of unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption — providing some indication that the psychological stresses associated with unemployment leads people to engage in unhealthy behaviors that help them cope.
The Social Science & Medicine article presents the results of one survey conducted in one city at a single point in time. So it's not clear if respondents' health behaviors changed after they became un/under employed. The study also didn't collect information on possible confounding variables that could be associated with unemployment and health behaviors — characteristics of the physical ("built") and food environments in respondents' neighborhoods, for example, or other sources of stress, such as community violence. Despite these limitations, the findings are consistent with the larger body of research on stress and coping, and shed light on a new dimension of America's employment and public health crises. And they should raise challenging questions for both politicians and public health professionals.
For one, Republicans might want to reconsider their pledge to repeal President Obama's health-system overhaul, the Affordable Care Act, if Romney is elected. A major flaw in the current design of our employer-based health care system is that it cuts out on people when their needs are greatest. Unemployment is a time when people most benefit from primary care and mental health services. Denying access to preventive services at such a critical juncture is a great recipe for increasing the incidence of costly chronic diseases — and, incidentally, the cost of uncompensated care that ends up being shouldered by taxpayers.
Public health officials should more consistently think of unemployment as a risk factor for adverse health outcomes. They should direct resources — such as interventions to increase physical activity and reduce stress — to the communities most affected.
With rates of unemployment seemingly stuck on high, we need to protect the psychological well-being, and health, of those who are still without work. If not, we risk an unpleasant scenario that you probably never heard mentioned at the Democratic or Republican conventions: the domestic economy might rebound, but the population's health might not.
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Lukel isn't as interesting as Galladon, but I still enjoyed giving him a viewpoint. He has the perfect personality to show what I wanted in these chapters. He's not a warrior�like Kinn�or a king�like Raoden. He's just a regular person caught in a nightmare.
I wanted to deal a little bit with prisoner mentality in this scene. People allow terrible things to be done to them in situations like this. Part of it is because they fear what COULD happen more than they fear what IS happening. In this case, hope proves their enemy. The Dakhor stop killing the people and start rounding them up instead. The reason for this is simple�after seeing and hearing such terrible things, the people would run and fight. However, if the Dakhor back off, the people can hope that the worst is over. For this reason, they let themselves get rounded up and gathered in Elantris.
It may seem convenient that the soldiers wait to kill the people, but I think it makes sense. You want to gather everyone in an enclosed place, where they will be trapped, before you begin your slaughter in earnest. That way you can be certain there are no escapees. The only one I fudged here was Kiin. A Dakhor probably should have killed him. However, I've had enough corpses in this book. Randomly killing off Kiin seemed like too much. (Some readers are already in rebellion over the people I've killed�or, rather, will kill shortly. . . .)
Anyway, I get past part of this concern by throwing in the 'purification rites' line. This hints that there is some sort of ritual that needs to be preformed before the people can be killed, and therefore explains why the Dakhor don't just slaughter them immediately. (I still think that control is the greater reason, however.) Another explanation of why the slaughter starts is mentioned by Lukel. Most of the Derethi left in Arelon are regular soldier-monks, not Dakhor. They don't have the same. . .zeal for destruction as Dakhor.
Okay, so not all of the random surprises were cut from the book. I considered writing Fjon's appearance out of the book on several occasions, and I also played with several ways of using this scene. Eventually, I settled on what you see now�which was my original version.
I realize this is a kind of 'out-of-nowhere' shock. If I were writing this book today, I'd probably have cut this one. I'd also have slowed this chapter down a bit�I think the quick viewpoint jumps are getting a bit tired. They work for a short time, but I've been going with them for too long. (Sorry.)
Anyway, back to Fjon. He has two basic purposes in the book. First is to kind of prove to Hrathen that no amount of logic and planning can prepare him for everything. The second is to set up Wyrn as a more mysterious, and more powerful, character. I definitely meant to imply that Wyrn managed to see, limitedly, into the future and sent Fjon to the place where he'd be able to slay an important traitor to Fjorden. I also thought Fjon's appearance a nice tie back to the early chapters.
Looking back on it now, I still worry about this scene. Perhaps the book would have felt more professional if I'd just taken Hrathen out with a stab from Dilaf or one of his monks. The Fjon shock just wasn't built up enough to earn its place in the book. However, at the same time, a piece of me likes the fact that this one event is completely random. It doesn't detract from any of the characters�which is my main reason for avoiding random surprises. In battles, wars, and political conflicts, sometimes things happen that are completely unexpected. This is one of them.
There's really only one way this battle could have ended�Dilaf had to win. Raoden might know his Aons, but Dilaf has been a Dakhor for decades. Sarene has practiced fencing, but Dilaf is a warrior monk with a supernaturally fast and powerful body. It makes sense to me that this little battle wouldn't even be much of a contest. Both Sarene and Raoden are people who succeed not based on their ability to beat up their enemies, but on their ability to manipulate their surroundings. By having the heroes defeated in combat by the villain at the end, I think I give a final nod to my desire to write a book that didn't use violence as the solution to problems.
(Oh, and if you caught the reference to the word 'Skaze,' then good for you. The Skaze are a group that will appear in the sequel, when and if I get around to writing it. They're pretty much evil Seons.)
Discussion of the week: Shadesmar & Truthspren
It says that it's dangerous to travel to Shadesmar on Sel. Why?
It has to do with the Dor and the lack of an entity controlling much of the power Odium left in his wake on Sel.
Woah, that's interesting. I had no idea Odium left little bits of his power on Sel... I guess it kinda makes sense for evil monks to be powered by pure hate, though.
Odium did not leave his power behind, one should note. He left several other powers which are now, to a large extent, mindless...
This is an awesome answer!
If you wouldn't mind answering, does Roshar have a similar problem, with Honor being Splintered?
No, Roshar does not have the same problem. There are some differences going on. (One reason being that the spren are far more extensive on Roshar, and provide something of a "release valve." The Seons and the Skaze on Sel are not numerous enough to fulfill a similar function. Though, of course, that's only one part of the puzzle. Raw power is dangerous.
It's one reason everyone should be thankful Kelsier was around on Scadrial.
They have an inkling of the nature of their original Shards, which they would consider their gods.
Kind of like a first, a prime, a parent?
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The Planning Commission will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at 7:00pm. The agenda is now available.
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Location: Holladay City Hall – 4580 S 2300 E
Time: 6:30 PM
6:00 PM FIELD TRIP – Please meet at City Hall at 6:00 pm. Two proposed project site(s) will be visited –
(1) Risen Life Church/Abbington Senior Care Rezone – 3909 S 2700 E – (SE Corner)
(2) Holladay Condominiums – 2350 East Murray-Holladay Road (East of "The Store")
Light Dinner will be served to the Commissioners after the field trip.
6:30 PM PRE-MEETING / WORK SESSION – All agenda items may be discussed. No decisions will be made.
2. Welcome & Chair Opening Statement
ACTION ITEMS – (The following matters are Public Hearings. They will be heard and may be voted on. Notice to property owners within 500 feet of the proposed project has been provided as required by law. Public comment is encouraged.)
3. Driveway Approach and Private Lane Width Exceptions – Amendment to
City of Holladay Ordinance 13.08.150 "Special Exceptions Authorized" – Staff Planner: Jonathan Teerlink – The Community Development Department proposes to amend current regulations pertaining to the maximum allowable widths of a residential driveway approach and a private lane.
4. Risen Life Church/Abbington Senior Care Rezone– 3909 So. 2700 E.- Staff Planner: Pat Hanson- This is a request to rezone 2.09 acres of land from the Public Zone (P) to a Multi-Family Residential Zone (R-M) to facilitate the construction of a 77-unit assisted living facility.
(The following matters may be considered and may be voted on. Public Notice was not required.)
5. Holladay Condominiums – 2350 East Murray-Holladay Road – HV Zone- Preliminary Site Plan –– Staff Planner: Paul Allred, Community Development Director; – The applicants, Stephen McPhie and Ken Bell, are requesting project approval for a mixed use project with fifteen residential dwelling units and one commercial/retail office.
6. Section 13.14.100 – Exposed Wall Height- Proposed Text Amendment
(Continued) – Staff Planner: Jonathan Teerlink – The proposed Text Amendment
would allow lots with certain topography to increase the height of an exposed wall.
It also would limit the exposure of a foundation wall surface.
(The following matters are for discussion only.)
7. Updates or follow-up on items currently in the development review process.
8. Report from Staff on upcoming applications
9. Discussion of possible future amendments to code
On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 2:30 pm a copy of the foregoing notice was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the City of Holladay City Hall, Holladay, Utah. A copy of this notice was faxed to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the City by the Office of the City Recorder. A copy was also faxed or emailed to the Salt Lake County Council, Cottonwood Heights City and Murray City pursuant to Section 10-9A-205 of the Utah Code. The agenda was also posted at city hall, Holladay Library, city internet website at www.cityofholladay.com and state noticing website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
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The long road to financing energy efficiency improvements on the tax bills of commercial properties in Virginia is reaching the home stretch.
Arlington County in northern Virginia has secured a program administrator – Sustainable Real Estate Solutions – a critical step in getting started with the state's first Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, program. Managers there are preparing to submit final guidelines to the county's Board with the goal of launching a program this summer.
Virginia lawmakers originally authorized local governments to pursue PACE programs in 2009. But procedural glitches hampered Arlington County's implementation that weren't corrected until lawmakers fine-tuned the authorizing legislation until 2015. Two years later, Charlottesville, Hampton Roads, Richmond and Roanoke are municipalities keeping a close eye on Arlington's progress, as is Loudoun County, also in northern Virginia.
PACE enables property owners to borrow funds for energy improvements on existing buildings such as installing more efficient air conditioning systems, better insulation and solar panels. The participants then pay back the money together with property taxes as an adjunct to the property tax bills. The terms on pace loans can vary up to 20 years. The interest rates typically are slightly above market rates for mortgages.
Savings from lower heating and cooling bills can be large enough to cover the full cost of repaying PACE loans from the outset. That means the owner has no outlays upfront and no added costs in making the property improvements. Communities also gain because banks and contractors get new business and they can lead by example in developing increasingly sought-after "smart city" real estate developments.
"It can cover 100% of a building project's hard and soft costs, meaning the materials, the labor and the analysis and energy audits," said Richard Dooley, Arlington County's Community Energy Coordinator. "The owner is given the ability to improve a property without having to tap into its capital."
Dooley said the longer terms – up to 20 years on a PACE loan versus 7 years on a conventional loan – make the deals more attractive for financial officers. "That allows for these projects to often be cash-flow positive from day one; or cash-flow positive in the very early years," Dooley said.
PACE programs have struggled to get a footing in the Southeast U.S. largely due to the lack of a critical mass of advocates, lawmakers willing to learn and private sector allies. They often find themselves at odds with bankers wary of the mortgages they grant having to compete with another lien in the event of a default.
Several other states have moved relatively quickly launching PACE programs. Typically, where lawmakers enable markets for renewable energy, competitive electricity supplies and efficiency products and services, those states have or are becoming active with PACE programs. These include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Ohio, Minnesota and Texas, to name a few. This week, PACE advocates and professionals are gathering in Denver for their annual summit.
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I guess you can call this a review of the show, but I'd really appreciate it if you didn't call it that. I hate formal reviews. Now, if you haven't seen the show you're missing out, if you haven't heard of the show you're not from this world. Now the best way I can describe this Showtime masterpiece is 'sex, drugs, and rock & roll of the 00s'. (Is it 2000s or 00s. Bah, what's the difference). The show is about Hank Moody (David Duchovny) who moved to LA with his girlfriend and daughter only to lose her to another man, have his writing career get flushed down the shitter, and engage in senseless sex and self-loathing dread. Sounds pretty depressing, but it's not all that bad. In the latest season it looks like some of the shite he's been doing might get him back on track, but then he goes right ahead and finds new ways to fuck himself over—like going down on someone he 'thought' was the one and only love of his life, Karen. It's hard to imagine how someone can mix his sex partner up at a party, but shite happens.
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I guess what I like most about Moody's character is that he is one of the smoothest talkers I've ever seen on screen. He plays an author in the show, so him being a writer and all, he can talk his way out of or into anything. An analysis of Moody would make a good post in my Get Women series, but if you really think about it, an analysis of him would just end up being all of those posts (plus some) put into one, because he's probably one of the biggest ladies men out there. Yes, I know he's a fictitious character, but even still, his antics are flawless in the field of women. Another thing that's great about him is that he's so careless in so many aspects that it just makes him a free man in more ways than one. He tends to say what he thinks, do what he wants, fight who he can, fuck who will want him, and he does it in the most immature way. I think that's something that many people tend to lose in their everyday life. They try so hard in their years as teens to act older and more mature that when they're actually grown they end up taking life too seriously. I've mentioned in a different post that we should really get off our arses and enjoy life. And I'll admit that being mature about every issue is just plain fucking boring and sad.
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Hank Moody's life-views don't include waking up, going to work 9-5, coming home to crash on the sofa, then go back to sleep to look forward to another routine day. I know it's television and all so they have to have exciting lives, but if you really think about it his life is pretty do-able. Well, for a writer that is. So hopefully I'm in luck, of course if you like my shite that is, otherwise, it's 9-5 for my arse. Another thing that Moody is good at is finding women wherever he goes. He's just so fucking cool about it, which makes it great. That's another thing I wanted to mention… guys, be on top of your game wherever you are because there are pretty ladies who want some attention anywhere you go. Just don't be over enthusiastic when you see a sexy lady walking around in the day time, sometimes they just wanna be on their way and aren't looking to be picked-up. Try to be friendly and funny and see if they catch on, if they don't, well just move on, because your 12 O'Clock lunch break is almost over. Moody is great at getting women almost everywhere he goes, and if you wanna pick up some extra ideas on how he comes about doing so, check out the show.