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UNESCO is one of the most highly regarded and wide-spread agencies for cultural preservation in the World. There is a fundamental flaw in a law predicating U.S. contributions to the United Nations and U.N. affiliates on their members voting a certain way. UNESCO does not control its members and how they vote.
The fact that a majority of UNESCO members want to grant admission to a Palestinian state is no reason for the U.S. to "pick up its marbles and go home." UNESCO would be better with U.S. participation. The U.S. would be better off by participating in UNESCO.
This law should be repealed before the US has removed itself from every UN organization in the world.
The palestians have and regularly trashed historical artifacts belonging to other cultures in the region, they should have never been invited to join it. Canada is looking to defund from it as well, and with good cause.
So has Israel, and they were even ejected from UNESCO over it for awhile. Either way, this article isn't about Palestine (or Israel, or anyone else in the middle east) it's about the US having a law that prevents funding for scientific and cultural pursuits for political reasons. Regardless of who the parties are, there's no good reason for such inane laws.
Unless, of course, you are running a democracy, and want your tax money spent in accordance with the people's wishes.
But you know, ignoring that reason there's no good reason.
"tax money spent in accordance with the people's wishes"
Wow, has that happened anywhere in this country? For example, a large majority of Americans want us out of Afganistan, but don't let that bother you, just keep imagining that in this country we only spend money the people want spent.
So your suggestion is that since things are bad in one area, we should make them as horrible as possible? How about instead we take every inch we can towards making things better?
For example, a large majority of Americans want us out of Afganistan
Where did you get that idea? I've never seen any surveys showing that. Sure, there's plenty of people that do believe that, but not a majority. Most Americans seem to be happy to continue funding foreign wars. Otherwise, they would vote for anti-war politicians, and they aren't doing that.
"tax money spent in accordance with the people's wishes."
bwhahahaha. haha.
Are you sure that most Americans actually support that 1994 law? How many even know that it exists?
Personally, it sounds like an extremely silly law to me. I understand why U.S. would oppose recognition of specific Palestinian organizations that are terrorist in nature, like HAMAS. But why the mere recognition of Palestine as a separate and distinct entity from Israel (which it defacto is) such a big issue in U.S. politics, other than the major Israeli political lobby that it has?
Because according to a large number of American Christians (the fundamentalist ones), if we allow the Palestinians to have their own country, this somehow equates to not giving Israel our full support no matter how much they abuse the Palestinians, and this will bring about the rise of The Beast, the four horsemen of the apocalypse, etc.
So has Israel, and they were even ejected from UNESCO over it for awhile. Either way, this article isn't about Palestine (or Israel, or anyone else in the middle east) it's about the US having a law that prevents funding for scientific and cultural pursuits for political reasons. Regardless of who the parties are, there's no good reason for such inane laws.
You do realize that the US government "funding" is nothing more then money taken from its legal citizens that lawfully pay taxes (and don't get it all returned at the end of the tax year). I personally have a problem in spending any sort of money on this extra-curricular activity while in a national debt and especially while people in our own country are in crisis financially. However, I adamantly object to spending for any sort of endeavor where a terrorist lead disputed territory gets a vote on how some n
So you agree that killing innocent Palestinians is an act of terror and the US should stop funding Israel. Good for you!
Israel lost their status as an under dog in need of protection long ago (20+ years). They should succeed or fail without special privilege. The Palestinian nation has as much right to form a state as the displaced Israelis. More right to the land they've been kicked off of. Crimes should be punished on both sides by their own governments, rather than celebrated. Each group protects murdere
Really? I guess a group of people that are using something and have done something for political reasons isn't obvious to various people. The law is fine.
So has Israel, and they were even ejected from UNESCO over it for awhile.
So have the Palestinians, but UNESCO didn't get involved... Do they not care about Jewish artifacts?
Either way, this article isn't about Palestine (or Israel, or anyone else in the middle east) it's about the US having a law that prevents funding for scientific and cultural pursuits for political reasons.
Funny. I see it as the Palestinians using a scientific & cultural organization (UNESCO) to obtain political gains (recognized statehood), bringing about political ramifications (de-funding of UNESCO).
a law that prevents funding for scientific and cultural pursuits for political reasons. Regardless of who the parties are, there's no good reason for such inane laws.
So, we shouldn't care that the Japanese were using POWs as guinea pigs to further their scientific research? We should just fund them and say "morals be damned."
Canada just announced they decided to defund UNESCO as well, following USA on this one.
There is no reason to accept Palestine as a member of UNESCO without knowing the actual borders of the state. A state cannot exist without a known territory and this is exactly the case with Palestine. This is not something against Palestinians themselves, it is about the whole process of what constitute a nation and a country which is a prerequisite for the membership into an organization built around the concept of cou
The problem with "borders" is entirely Israel. The more I have looked at the history of the region, the more Israel is dead wrong and should not be supported. The Palistinians are the NATIVE residents of the region, with a claim in the real world that goes back just as far as the Jewish Bible.
What's going on is just like Apartid in South Africa or the white takeover PC Native Americans or Saddam Hussain gassing Kurds and has no place in modern society. Palistinians are native inhabitants of the land the Jews want. Many were displaced by Jewish militants, guilty of nothing more than the color of their skin and wanting to run from a war, and have been refused return to their rightful family homes. They are not part of some other Arab nation, they are residents of the political borders of Israel removed from their RIGHTFUL PROPERTY because of their race...
Just like the "Indian wars" in the USA, Settlers from Israel are building homesteads and businesses on land already under international treaty to Palistinians, then claim "terrorism" when that land is contested back. The gig is up if Palistine gets declared a "State" because then Israel gets properly accused of "invasion" rather than just run of the mill domestic oppression.
Don't you think this is exactly the purpose they had in mind when they passed this law? To make it as costly as possible to do something the United States does not want them to do?
And since this is blocking future funding and not current funding, this is less like picking up your marbles and going home and more like simply refusing to come to any more marble games.
So if certain countries want to have the U.S. removed from certain U.N. affliates, all they have to do is vote the Palestinians as members and the U.S. will defund their contributions. Consequently the U.S will have no vote, and no influence as it's no longer providing any funding.
Thus the U.S. has given countries who don't like the U.S. some power over the U.S. ability to influence U.N. organizations. The law of unintended consequences.
One small problem with your great plan; most UN actions require US funding or participation to be affective. Seeing the US currently funds almost 1/4 of all UN activities, if they simply stopped paying how much do you think the UN would manage to accomplish (as if they accomplish much now).
The resolutions may continue flying off the desks of UN diplomats but they will be even more worthless that the ones currently filling their books.
If the US just decided to give their UN dues to charity instead the world
Consequently the U.S will have no vote, and no influence as it's no longer providing any funding.
And what of value will have been lost?
Do you think the US wouldn't be allowed to talk to other countries or make deals?
You'd have the UN passing a bunch of BS that the US typically vetoes at the last moment, like the Muslim countries' "human rights" initiatives that include stuff like "the right to have your religion protected from insult on penalty of death."
Honestly the idea of all the countries in the world being under one organization was rather boneheaded to begin with. Some countries are just too diff
From what I've read elsewhere, the US is denying I think $60 of the $80 million dollars for this year.
To me, that's pretty current
Yeah it's like a doomsday machine but looks like it wasn't frightening enough.
It seems UNESCO and the US can get along fine without each other, as they did during the 20 years between Reagan's withdrawal from the group and Bush Jr.'s re-entry.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the WHO/WIPO/WTO/IAEA, etc. but Congress can make exceptions if they feel like it.
Polling suggests Americans as a whole could give a rip about Palestinian issues, and support Israel if they think about it at all. Thus, the tune is increasingly called by Christian Zionists, to the point where Jewish Zionists have become the tail wagged by the dog. So it goes in Congress.
If/when the Palestinian Authority is admitted to the WIPO and WTO, it'll get really interesting. P.L. 101-246, Title IV (1990) and P.L. 103-236, Title IV (1994) can be amended, and a wide range of large contributors to Con
How the US sees it:
1) US pulls funding.
2) UNESCO cries.
3) UNESCO kicks Palestine out.
How China could easily play it:
1) US pulls funding.
2) China offers to fund it.
3) China gains global influence.
The world isn't the same as it was 20 years ago. Regardless what people think about Israel/Palestine, it's a dangerous game, economically.
China loans money. They do not give it away. They are smarter than the US in this.
China loans money. They do not give it away. They are smarter than the US in this.
Well their loans are often what are called 'soft loans'. China will effectively give developing countries a lot of money in exchange for their UN vote on the Taiwan issue, and for as long as that nation maintains its 'One China' policy, they won't ask for repayment. But on the day that country's diplomats say the words 'Republic of China', all those loans become due in full.
In practice, therefore, their policy doesn't look a lot different from what the US is doing here. The main distinction is that China en
Unesco would be better with US only if the US would have a very different type of government...
With the two current "incumbents", all the additional money the US bring to the Unesco only serve the goals of a few US corporations that nobody needs.
One questions such apparent insanity upon our behalf, as to why we offer up such resistance to Palestinian progressives. Here we have a golden opportunity to support peaceful elements in the Palestinians who wish to just peacefully exist, and hold them accountable for their groups like Hamas. Hamas can thus be isolated with world pressure, as they run counter to the established, supported leadership which has Statehood. It's a golden opportunity for real progress in the region, but instead, we are adamant o
AFAICT, the peace process is the least of the issues involved here. UNESCO handles world heritage sites - y'know, like Pompeii which suffered two major collapses in the last week or so due to incompetent maintenance and a lack of funds. The money the Palestinians want is, according to them, going to go to a 5th century church (which is properly World Heritage) that is suffering from horrific maintenance issues and may well collapse without proper backing.
From the NERD perspective, 30% loss of money = 30% loss of World Heritage. That's a damn lot of history that had been, well, damned.
What happens between Israel and the Palestinians is, in historical terms and geographical terms, insignificant. Even if you consider the entire history of the entire region plus the rest of the Fertile Crescent, it is a pathetic 3,500 years and a trivial geographical space. It's NOTHING. The US' action has put into danger historical sites that are 70,000 years old - 20 TIMES as old as the entire recorded history for the Middle East - across an entire planet!
If you want to talk peace processes, then the Irish "Troubles" are recorded as having spanned 5,000 years and involved much of Europe and the US - twice the time the Middle East has even had issues and again many times the area. That was NOT solved by defunding the UN but WAS solved by all parties accepting that peaceful settlements were the way to go. The Basque issue, a mere 30 times older than modern Israel though younger than there have been conflicts in the region, was ALSO recently solved by an increase in mutual understanding and mutual efforts to end the futility cycle. Do you seriously think that either would have be settled today if there had been a blockade on assistance or tolerance of any kind? ESPECIALLY if that blockade had been on people completely unrelated to the parties involved?
(Would the IRA really have stopped shooting if Britain had decided to bomb the Colosseum in Rome in retaliation for the US sending a senator to Ireland? No? That's the practical upshot of what is taking place, so if the logic of such a move is inherently flawed then substituting in the current participants won't make the logic any better.)
Look, I fully understand Israel's insecurity and fears, and I respect that it has those for good reason, but nowhere in the history of humanity has anyone solved such issues by taking revenge on innocent third parties. I can't even recall any time in the history of humanity where anyone has solved such issued by taking revenge on those actually involved. If you want peace, you are going to have to do something that works. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing, expecting different results. Insanity won't help Israel be safer.
Pah you and your facts and common sense. What are ya? Some kinda commie?
Well no, of course not. No more Israel, no more war! Yeah, that's certainly one solution to the problem.
And AFAIK Obama said nothing about the peace process. What he did was follow the law. Good for him. If you want the law changed, protest to Congress. Or Bill Clinton/ previous Congresses, the law passed under his/ their purview (not that complaining now would do much good.) DO NOT complain when a President actually follows the law.
This is an excellent news for Unesco, It did leave it alone from 1984 till 2002/3 and this was mutch better than the years between 2003 and Now.
First it will remove a large cadre of US employees from Unesco staff, and since there is a total disconnect between the US point of view on education and culture and the rest of the world it will enable the Unesco to work more efficiently without having to focus on making large american corporations and large US private universities happy.
It also shows how spitefull the current administration is (well the other party would probably do the same), influence at the unesco is largelly dependent on the size of each state contribution, so the US with 22% would have buried the palestinian, in practice maybe one or two managers and at most half a dozen palestinian employees will be hired, and probably mostly active in some cultural history preservation task in the middle east.
The US could have said publicly that the vote of Unesco is not binding for them, and that the officially "protest" the cooptation of a non state as a full member, but that they would go on working with Unesco to further cultural, etc....
But no, they have to "punish" the UN, well certainly there are a lot of undemocratic and unsavory regime who have influence there, but remember many are "allies" of the US, and there is no easy way to get people of the world represented.
To those who think that the US should "remove itself from the UN", just remember that this would in practice mean that "big countries" would unilaterally govern by "divide and conquer", so in the "best (from US point of view) case" you would have an "imperial republic" leading the world by having a small minority (only about 5% of the world population are US citizens) vote for everybody else, in the more likely case you would have the Communist Party of China ruling the world... (US waste of money in the financial system created the crisis which now pushes the European to borrow money from the PRC, how long do you think it will take till you have to pay the interests ?).
So meanwhile thank you very much leaving the Unesco alone...
The problem is that we're picking sides between two states that each engage in racism, murder, breaking of international laws and treaties, and other assorted evil. To single out one over is stupid and unconscionable.
The problem is that we're picking sides between two states that each engage in racism, murder, breaking of international laws and treaties, and other assorted evil.
But enough about Palestine and Iran...
There's an argument to be made for creating an organization with high moral standards that does not let those with low standards in. I've heard of the "League of Democracies" and so forth for decades.
The United Nations, however, is NOT such an organization. Membership does not recognize that you are moral or democratic, or anything else. It recognizes that certain entities must be dealt with as the government of a certain area/people because the only other way to deal with that area/people is to have a war with said "government" that would be able to muster a fair number of those people to come out and fight you. (Iraq simultaneously was this horrible dictatorship AND had "the worlds fourth-largest army") And the U.N. was chartered to avoid war itself.
It's not so much a "club" you pass a test to join, it's a meeting ground where you go to meet with people you have to meet with, however many showers you want to take afterwards. The only sense it's a "club" is they exclude organizations (insurgents in the hills, typically) that may call themselves the "government in exile", but have no real power to control an area/people. We don't like the antidemocratic government of China that bumps off far more human beings every year than Palestinian fighters could dream of doing to Israel, but we gotta.
So don't take this as an affront; it's merely an acknowledgment that Palestinians elected them, that they have vastly more control over Palestinian behaviour and opinion and organization than Israel does, and that the opinions and needs of a couple of million people are - to put it mildly - not, in their own opinion, represented well at the UN by the Israeli delegation.
Just to be fair we the US should also pull funding for Israel. Israeli rockets and machine guns have killed far to many innocent civilians for my tastes. I'll also criticize the US for too much "collateral" damage.
Hamas is not Palestine. You want Hamas out of Palestine, stop stealing land, killing bystanders and destroying schools and the Palestinians will kick Hamas out themselves. Violence begets violence.
Please grant Palestine full membership in WIPO, preferably yesterday.
Apparently, they already did, according to this article [aljazeera.net]:
Moreover, membership in UNESCO normally translates into automatic membership in several other UN agencies, including the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), as a result of reciprocity agreements between them.
Also, this:
Given the margin of Monday's vote, moreover, it looks almost certain that the Palestinians will be admitted to other specialised agencies, including some, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), that are important for US national security, according to Wirth and other analysts.
The Palestinians are hoisting the U.S by it's own petard. The U.S. government passed the 1994 law as a "do what we say or else" measure, under the false belief that this would force the UN to follow U.S. policy. Instead, the Palestinians are being admitted to UN agencies anway, and we're cutting our own throat automatically.
It's not the Palestinians who should be worried.
Under the Symington Amendment, we're not allowed to give aide to nuclear nations who won't sign onto the NTP. They get around the legality of it, with a don't ask, don't tell policy. But everyone knows Israel has nukes, so it really is a flagrant violation of US law.
"There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." -- Mark Twain


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Hello everyone. My first post here.
I have this problem I am trying to work through, please.
Free market. The equations S=5000+200x and D=9500-100x express the supply S and the
demand D, respectively, for a popular compact disc brand in terms of its price x (in dollars).
a) Graph the equations on the same coordinate system.
b) What happens to the supply as the price increases?
c) What happens to the demand as the price increases?
d) The price at which supply and demand are equal is called the equilibrium price. What is the equilibrium
I have already figured out 'd)' as x = 15. I reached this conclusion by:
Since S=5000+200x and D=9500-100x
I still need to figure out a, b, and c. I know I can use a slope-intercept to figure out the graph using the equation of y=mx+b. This is where I start losing it.
I know that: x = 15. I know the slope-intercept formula is y=mx+b.
Using S=5000+200x, D=9500-100x I would assume these would represent x,y. So, would I assume x=8000, y=8000 and graph them as 8000,8000? So then I would start the problem out as 8000=m(8000)+b?
Your help with the remaining letters is much appreciated.

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In a pregnancy that defied the odds, a Phoenix woman gave birth Monday to a baby she had carried just outside her uterus, a feat so rare that doctors couldn't say for sure whether such a birth had ever occurred before.
Azelan Cruz Perfecto began the day in a precarious position, surrounded by a thin wall of membrane and muscle just outside the safety of his mother's womb. Doctors knew they needed to operate to get him out, fearing that if they waited too long, his protective bubble would burst.
His mother, Nicollete Soto, 27, of Phoenix, had been advised by doctors that carrying the baby brought risk to both his life and hers, but she wanted to see the pregnancy through, said her boyfriend, Victor Perfecto.
"We took a risk," he said at the hospital, hours after witnessing the successful birth. "We left it for the doctors to decide when to deliver the baby and God to decide everything else."
Everything else went fine. Azelan Cruz was born around 9:20 a.m. The premature baby, born at 32 weeks, weighed just 2 pounds, 14 ounces, but doctors say he's doing great.
Doctors originally thought that Soto was carrying the baby in her abdomen, completely outside her uterus. They feared that even if the baby were delivered successfully, there would be grave risk for the mother. The placenta might have attached itself to a vital organ, they feared, making its removal tricky, if they could detach it at all.
But after delivering the baby, doctors found that Soto didn't appear to have an abdominal pregnancy, as they thought. Instead, the embryo had attached itself to the area where the fallopian tube meets the uterus, or what is known as a cornual pregnancy.
That area of the uterus is not supposed to stretch enough to accommodate a pregnancy, said Dr. Rodney Edwards, one of the surgeons in the operating room Monday. Pregnancies of that type usually end at the 12- to 14-week mark, with the tube rupturing.
"For some reason, hers did not rupture," said Edwards, the director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Center at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. "It continued to stretch."
Edwards did some cursory searches of medical literature Monday but had not yet determined how rare it is to have a cornual pregnancy result in a healthy baby.
"This is just a case that proves, in medicine, nothing happens 'always' or 'never,' " he said.
The placenta was not attached to a vital organ but instead was mostly attached to a uterine wall. Removing it was much simpler than the doctors expected. There had been a team of vascular, trauma, urology and radiology surgeons assembled for any possibility. But they were not needed. Perfecto, who watched his son being born and left the operating room with him, said he got word Soto was out of surgery about 10:30 a.m.
"All this weight just went away," he said. "I was so happy."
Perfecto and Soto have been dating for nine years after meeting at a birthday party in Buckeye. Perfecto said he will marry her as soon as he saves up enough money.
The couple already had one son, Aidan, 6, and had been trying for another child for a while.
Both are employed, he at a pediatrician's office and she at a day-care facility, but neither has insurance. A doctor Perfecto knew through his job agreed to see Soto early on in her pregnancy and all seemed normal, Perfecto said.
The unusual pregnancy was not discovered until the couple qualified for the state's insurance plan for indigents, AHCCCS, Perfecto said. By then, the baby was 18 weeks along.
Doctors said that if Soto's unusual pregnancy had been spotted earlier, they would have advised her to terminate it. The risk of rupture, and possible fatal blood loss, would have been too great, said Dr. William Clewell of the maternal-fetal center.
But with the fetus that far along, doctors knew they were already on dangerous ground. They advised Soto of the risks: Surgeons might have to remove her uterus or cut out a part of her bowel. If the placenta had attached to an organ for its blood supply, doctors would have to perform delicate surgery to sever it, or leave it attached and give Soto a drug used in chemotherapy to kill the remaining tissue.
But Perfecto said Soto was adamant. "She decided, 'I want to keep going,' " he said. "All I could do is support her and be there."
Soto was hospitalized in mid-March. Doctors did not want to risk a rupture with her away from a hospital. Up until then, Soto was working a nine-hour daily shift at day care, lifting toddlers and toys. In retrospect, Perfecto said, it was amazing that nothing happened during that time.
Soto's father, Benjamin Soto of Tucson, said that even as doctors debated the exact nature and complications of his daughter's pregnancy, she wanted to press forward. "She said, 'No matter what, I'm going to have this baby,' " he recalled.
Her faith wavered a bit on Monday morning, said Maria Garcia, the paternal grandmother. Soto was crying and worried that the surgery would go badly, Garcia said, in Spanish.
"I told her, 'Only God knows if he will live,' " Garcia said. "Have faith."
In the operating room, doctors handled her gingerly. Clewell said he advised one surgeon to not tap the abdominal area too hard.
"If you know you have a ticking bomb," he said, "one thing you don't want to do is play with it."
Perfecto stood by as doctors began the surgery and removed the wiggling, crying, baby boy. Soto was able to see her son for a few minutes, but Perfecto said the anesthetic was starting to kick in.
"She was in another world," he said.
Perfecto said he felt like his head was on a swivel, constantly looking at his newborn son and back at the surgeons operating on his wife. He finally followed his son out to the Phoenix Children's Hospital wing at Good Samaritan.
Surgeons had a relatively easy time with Soto. She needed no special medical intervention and didn't even lose much blood. Clewell said the only unusual aspect of her surgery will be a larger-than-normal abdominal scar.
Soto was groggy but in good condition Monday afternoon. She was fine enough mentally to decide among the three names that she and Perfecto had been bandying about. "She just told me," Soto said, after coming from his girlfriend's room.
The name Azelan is a variation of Aslan, the name of the Great Lion in the C.S. Lewis book "The Chronicles of Narnia," he said.
The baby is expected to be hospitalized for three to four weeks. Soto is expected to be released in three to four days.
Perfecto said the couple has to hit the stores.
"We haven't shopped for the baby," he said. They waited, he said, because had this day turned out differently, it would have been too painful to return it all.


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Ayotte expresses concerns about nuclear Iran in letter to Obama
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, on Tuesday expressed serious concerns that Iran may have the capability to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile by early 2015.
Ayotte expressed her concerns in a letter to President Obama on Tuesday. It was prepared with fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and signed by 26 other Republican senators.
The letter urges Obama to address ICBM development during the present negotiations over Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Ayotte's office quotes the U.S. intelligence community and Iran could have ICBM capability as early as next year, and that a ballistic missile is the preferred Iranian means of delivering a nuclear weapon. Iran has reportedly continued development of ballistic missiles while negotiating with the U.S. and other governments, her office said.
"An Iran with a nuclear weapons capability represents a grave threat to the United States and our allies, and an effective delivery system is a key element of a nuclear weapons capability," the senators wrote. "We believe the administration should not conclude any nuclear accord with Tehran without addressing the threat that Iranian ballistic missiles could pose to our nation."


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The city of Decatur, Illinois, will no longer be home to the headquarters of global food giant Archer Daniels Midland. ADM is moving its headquarters to a new, as yet unannounced, location.
About 4,400 ADM employees will continue to work in Decatur, some in a new ADM logistics facility.
But the departure of the ADM headquarters leaves Decatur — informally known as the soybean capital of the world — in an even more precarious position economically.
It has a shrinking population and twice the national unemployment rate.
Decatur Mayor Mike McElroy joins Here & Now to share his reaction.
- Mike McElroy, mayor of Decatur, Illinois.
It's HERE AND NOW.
Well, with all the talk about the government shutdown, we are wondering what's happening outside of Washington. The global food giant Archer Daniels Midland is planning to move its headquarter out of Decatur, Illinois. That's one big thing that's happening. ADM first arrived there in 1939 when it built a huge chemical plant, and then moved its headquarters to Decatur 30 years later. Today, there's a bit of shock in the city of 75,000 people, informally known as the soybean capital of the world.
Joining us is Mayor Mike McElroy. He - and Mr. Mayor, what was your reaction when you heard that Archer Daniels Midland was going to move its headquarters out of your city?
MAYOR MIKE MCELROY: Well, it was certainly disappointment. But it was one that, you know, the rumor mill had had for some time. There are some things that a worldwide entity like ADM needs, just the air connections and the traffic, you know, the different things that we just don't offer in Decatur.
CHAKRABARTI: Yeah. It's interesting, though, because, you know, I understand that moving its headquarters means losing about 100 jobs or so. But they've been in Decatur since 1939. And today, ADM has an annual revenue of $89 billion. And so I wonder if you think that the company could have done more for the city of Decatur.
MCELROY: Well, actually, no. ADM has done an incredible amount of things for Decatur. And as they left, there were several millions dollars that were pledged by ADM for different things that are going to happen in the community.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, what do you think - I mean, Decatur's unemployment rate right now is, what, about 13 percent? So, higher than the national average. What do you think the city needs to help it get back on its feet in a more vigorous way?
MCELROY: We need the economy, number one, to get going. You know, we still have to remember, at ADM, they have over 4,000 people that work in Decatur.
CHAKRABARTI: Mm-hmm.
MCELROY: They are still a very, very viable and a very, very needed business in our community. I think we're just like a lot of the, you know, a lot of cities that have been hit that, you know, the Caterpillars, and we depend on big industry.
CHAKRABARTI: Yeah. You're mentioning Caterpillar, the big equipment manufacturing company which had laid off some workers in Decatur. Now, I see that Bridgestone/Firestone also closed a big plant there back in 2001. I guess, my last question for you, Mr. Mayor, is, you know, sometimes cities get very - there's a lot of symbolism wrapped with the major industries that have made their homes there for a long time. And so when those industries leave, their headquarters leave, that there's an emotional impact as well. And is - are people in Decatur are going to feel an emotional impact from ADM's headquarters leaving?
MCELROY: I don't want to lose one job in Decatur, much less a hundred. But the symbolism at ADM is they're not closing one building that they have, and there are 4,000 people that work there. It could have been a lot worse. And Decatur is going to be just fine. We are going to pull through this. We've had things happened before but we bounced back, and we'll continue to do that.
CHAKRABARTI: Well, Mike McElroy is the mayor of Decatur, Illinois. Mayor McElroy, thank you so much for joining us today.
MCELROY: Hey, thank you very much. I appreciate your time. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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State Sen. Scott Renfroe said he is bringing back his bill after the session opens Jan. 13 because of public support and a report that questions the effectiveness of red-light cameras.
A Democratic-controlled Senate committee killed a similar measure by Renfroe in the 2012 session. Democrats maintained control after the November election, but that hasn't deterred Renfroe.
"This is an issue we need to bring up and talk about," the Republican lawmaker said. "Hopefully, lawmakers will listen to the citizens and not just the cities that like the revenues."
Under state law, drivers caught on camera running red lights pay a maximum fine of $75, while drivers caught speeding on photo radar usually are fined $40. Offenders are not assessed any penalty points on their licenses.
If cities were merely trying to make money off the devices, "You would see these cameras everywhere," lobbyist Mark Radtke of the Colorado Municipal League testified in February.
The group opposes the bill, saying it's up to cities and their police departments to decide how to enforce traffic laws.
Nine Colorado cities currently use red-light cameras or photo radar to catch speeders or drivers who run red lights, the Municipal League said.
For the first eight months of this year, Denver collected $4 million from photo-radar enforcement and $1 million from red-light enforcement, according to the Office of the Manager of Public Safety.
The city of Littleton does not employ photo radar but uses red-light cameras at four intersections, said police Cmdr. Trent Cooper.
"We've seen a decrease in accidents where we've had them installed," Cooper said.
But Renfroe disagrees that the cameras reduce accidents, based on a study released this year. Researchers disputed a widely cited report that concluded red-light cameras save lives, saying the data-gathering methods were flawed.
The researchers told The Tampa Tribune that cities should try extending the time for yellow lights before turning to cameras.
That's what Renfroe said police departments in Colorado should do.
A legislator's disdain for photo radar and "red radar" is nothing new.
The Colorado legislature in 1999 -- the same year Denver started its photo-radar program -- tackled a measure by then-House Majority Leader Doug Dean, R-Colorado Springs, who wanted to severely limit their use. He made many of the same arguments Renfroe is making now.
The Republican-controlled legislature that year agreed to add restrictions, including a provision that cities had to post warning signs when photo radar was in use.


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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged Congress to avert the new spending cuts set to begin Friday, saying they are bad for the economy and fail to deal with the nation's long-term debt.
The government has "made progress" in getting its deficit under control for the next several years, Bernanke said, but new cuts now would slow the recovery. What's needed, he said, are cuts that take effect in the next decade when the rising costs of retirement programs could send deficits soaring again.
"Where the problem still remains unaddressed is in the longer term. And so it doesn't quite match to be doing tough policies today when the real problem is a somewhat longer-term problem."
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Food Prep It's Easier Than You Think!
Where do you get time to prepare your food? You must be in the kitchen for hours, How do you do it? Those are the two most common questions that I get asked. My answer is??It?s simple, and it doesn?t take me long at all.? I honestly spend about 1 to 1.5 hours in my kitchen every Sunday preparing my meals for the week. Yep, that?s right, 1 to 1.5 hours. I?m kidding right? Not at all. Let me explain how my food prep is quick and easy. You just have to micro-manage your time and be disciplined in doing so. Here is a quick sample of what a week?s worth of preparation looks like:
Protein (Chicken)
I preheat my oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. After removing all of the fat from my boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I cut it up into small pieces. After cutting the chicken, I wash it all off with water. I then lay my chicken pieces on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil and season it. (15-20 min). I then place the chicken into the oven and bake the chicken anywhere from 29- 32 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees Fahrenheit and the juices run clear. This will alter a little depending on how much chicken you are cooking, and how big of chunks you cut it up into. The cooking time should roughly be the same. (30 minutes).
*All the rest is done while the chicken is baking*
Protein (Liquid Egg Whites)
I next move on to preparing my pasteurized liquid egg whites for the week. I have all of my shakers ready to be filled with the desired amount of egg whites. I then carefully measure out the correct amounts and store the shakers in the fridge. (2-3 minutes).
Oatmeal (Complex Carbohydrate)
Next step is to prepare my oatmeal for the week. Once again, I have the desired amount of shakers for the meals planned, and measure out the amount of oatmeal needed for caloric purposes. I then add fresh ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon) to the oatmeal (4 shakers for me) and then add 1 scoop of Whey protein and fresh ground cinnamon to the other shakers (2 for me). I will then add water to the oatmeal shakers when needed, and let the oats get soggy. This is a quick meal when you are in a bind for time. I can down a shaker in about 2 minutes, and still be happy knowing in such a short period of time I have had a nutritious meal and have stuck to my nutritional plan. You can always change up your carbohydrate selections.
This is just the easiest for me with my work schedule. (5-6 minutes).
I usually eat fresh vegetables, so the only prep work I need is to wash and cut them up. I tend to stick with broccoli, peppers, carrots, mushrooms and celery. (10-15 minutes).
** I now get out all of my plastic containers to put my chicken and vegetables in for the week. I also have a food scale and measuring cup handy, so that I will be able to measure out the correct portions that I need. This process may take another 10-12 minutes. I will then start to wash my dishes and put them away. (10 more minutes).
** I also supplement with multi-vitamins and EFA?s throughout the course of the day, to achieve maximum nutritional benefits.
That?s about an hour. Some areas may take a little longer, in cases of making more amounts of food, more peeling and cutting veggies, or just simply preparing to season your food, or add a little of this, or a little of that. The main thing is to try and stay on course while doing this and not get distracted. This is easier said than done, trust me, I know, I have 2 little ones at home that require constant supervision. Nonetheless, it is definitely something that everyone can do. It might seem like a lot of work at the beginning, but think about all the time you will save during the week. I have prepared anywhere from 50-55 meals for the week, depending on how I space my meals apart, and have done it within the time frame of 1-1.5 hours.
I am also saving on other things. You save TIME, the number one advantage. You also save money on water (washing all dishes at once, washing all food at once, as well as gas and electricity (saving by making all of your food at one time). Preparing in bulk is the way to go. I understand that my meals may appear bland to some, but that is something everyone can tailor to their own likings. This works for me, so I will stick with it. You can always alter proteins, carbs, veggies, and seasonings to switch things up, so experiment with it. This type of preparation takes all of the guess work out of eating and cooking for the work week. When you are tired from work and your workout, the last thing you want to do is go home and make your dinner. This is where many of us fall into the pit of eating something fast. Catching something on the way home or ordering delivery will only throw you off course. Stay mentally strong, and stick to your nutrition plan.


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I think (hope) we see more of the Eastern Michigan version. Notre Dame's offense is a major work in progress, as we witnessed first hand. I'm not saying our offense is a world beater by any means, but when Denard and Fitz get going, it is tough to stop them. I think Notre Dame's defensive front seven is pretty legit, but I still question Purdue's.
We shall see what happens Saturday, but remember we have had the bye week to work on the small things. We will be ready to go and I think we beat the spread pretty easily.


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Public hearing has both pros and cons of ban
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
By Candice Gilbert and Tara McDade
A public hearing was held Aug. 11 at the City Hall Courtroom to discuss the proposed banning of pit bulldogs from the Malvern city limits. The hearing was called to order by Mayor Steve Northcutt. Concerned citizens had five minutes to discuss the ordinance.
The first speaker was Brenda McGhee, who is an owner of a pit bull and not in favor of the ordinance. McGhee urged the City Council to look at the facts and not just the hearsay.
McGhee expressed that all dogs could be dangerous under certain circumstances and it was the irresponsible owners that are not protecting people and other animals from injury. She stated that the banning of pit bulls would cause the loss of a family member for her.
The next speaker was Bill Griffin, who had spoken to the City Council during their regular
July meeting and proposed the ban after his daughter's three small dogs were attacked by pit bulls in her yard. Griffin was able to save two of them, but was too late to save the other. "It has been a very traumatic experience for us," Griffin said of the situation.
Jeremy Buckholtz then took the podium to speak against the ordinance. Buckholtz said, "It is the people who raise the dog fault. You can have any dog and make it mean." He stated that taking away pit bulls would be taking his children's pets away.
Linda Griffin, the wife of Bill Griffin, then stood up to talk about the original incident that happened in July of this year. Mrs. Griffin stated, "No one should have to see what we did."
She stated that the owners still had three pit bulls at their residence and that she was afraid to be outside or go for her walk through the neighborhood without her husband present.
Griffin also stated that not long after her daughter's dogs were attacked, she was allegedly charged by one of the same owner's pit bulls.
Teresa Sharp, who was not in favor of the ordinance, then stood up to speak. Sharp stated that she was an owner of two generations of pit bulls and had also re-trained a pit bull that was once used for fighting. Sharp said, "we need to explore our options."
Clyde Hughes spoke in favor of the ordinance, stating that his wife was bitten by a pit bull over a year ago. Hughes explained why he thought that the ordinance was important.
The next speaker was Tracy McJunkin, who spoke against the ordinance. She said that the pit bull is, "just as sweet and nice as any other animal."
McJunkin stated that pit bulls are only mean if that is how they are trained to be; just as a German shepherd is trained to be a K-9.
Lisa Buckholtz also spoke against the ordiance. Buckholtz stated that not all pit bulls are vicious. She and her husband own pit bulls. She stated that her pit bulls are loving dogs and her kids ride them like horses.
Rob Albey stood up to speak in favor of the ordinance. Albey said he was in favor of at least a temporary ban until people can determine whether or not their dog is violent. He suggested characteristic testing done by professionals who can identify vicious tendencies in an animal. He did not feel that all owners should be punished, but that the irresponsible owners should be cleaned out before Pit Bulls were once again allowed.
Emily McGhee, who works at a local veterinarian clinic in town, stood up to speak against the ordinance. McGhee stated that she "sees these things everyday—dogs being torn up by other dogs." McGhee also stated that, "Pit Bulls are made that way from people not taking care of them."
Kristin Plummer, who lives in the same neighborhood as the Griffins, spoke in favor of the ordinance. Plummer said it was about the safety of the neighborhood. Plummer also said that the neighborhood had been invaded with a lack of security.
Gary Gray spoke against the ordinance, stating, "most people have learned what they know about pit bulls through the media."
After the citizens were all allowed to speak, a short question and answer session was allowed for the Aldermen.
Alderman C.E. West asked the Pit Bull owners if they were willing to take out $100,000 libility insurance on their Pit Bulls.
The response from the owners present was that once again, there was the issue of targeting Pit Bull dogs and not all vicious dogs, such as Rottweilers and Doberman Pinchers.
Gay Birch stated, "We can pass all the laws we want but they need to be enforced. We need to enforce the ones that we already have and maybe we won't need the new one."
Northcutt and Donnie Taber, Malvern Police Chief, stated that a new Animal Control Officer had just been hired. Taber said he felt that the new officer would do a good job for the city. Taber also spoke about the current leash law that the city has and said that the officers couldn't be out there looking for dogs without their leashes and their owners all the time, but that they did their best. Taber stressed the importance of notifying the police when a person sees a dog loose.
After everyone had a chance to speak, Northcutt allowed each speaker the option to speak for one additional minute. Northcutt stated that he would appoint a committee consisting of the Council members and of volunteers to address this issue.
Jodi Preis
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text: Some Twitter questions and a keeper discussion are below, but we begin this week's Stew with:Some Players Who Might Be on WaiversAndre Drummond (owned in 16 percent of Yahoo leagues): You probably already know by now that Drummond is slated to return from injury and make his first career start on Friday. And I'm sure you already know about his upside: When playing 25 minutes or more this season (seven games), the 19-year-old has averaged 11.7 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 1.4 spg and 2.0 bpg. Patience may be necessary given that he's missed almost two months, but overall the potential here is insane. The only real drawback is the schedule (the Pistons have four games next week, but just two games in each of the two weeks after that).Follow me on Twitter: @MattStroupBrandon Bass: He's owned in 50 percent of Yahoo leagues, but I'm guessing he got dropped in a lot of competitive formats while averaging 6.1 ppg in December, 6.3 ppg in January and 8.7 ppg in February. But with Kevin Garnett (foot) out indefinitely, the frustrating Bass (8.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg on the season) has finally shown a sustained pulse, averaging 13.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 0.6 spg and 1.2 bpg in his last five games, including a season-high 22 points on Wednesday. (Remaining weekly games played: 4-3-2)Dorell Wright: Like Bass, he's owned in a lot of leagues (42 percent), but probably made his way to waivers in a number of active leagues while smelling it up (statistically speaking) for much of the year. However, Wright has made a habit of scoring in double figures in March, and in his last three games, he has averaged 18.3 ppg, 5.0 apg, 1.3 spg and 3.7 3s. He's well worth an add if still out there in a shallower league. (Remaining weekly games played: 3-4-2)And speaking of Sixers, Damien Wilkins (6 percent owned) is also making a surprising amount of late-season noise: 18.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.0 spg and 1.0 3s in his last four games. I'll be surprised if he keeps up this scoring pace, but he has actually been productive for three weeks now (last 12 games: 13.9 ppg, 2.9 apg, 1.0 spg, 0.8 bpg and 0.9 3s in 30 minutes per game).Wes Johnson (13 percent owned): I went out of my way to highlight his inconsistency last week, but with the Suns making no effort to win – and Lindsey Hunter ridiculously benching his best player, Goran Dragic – Johnson has actually been a consistent source of points, steals and 3s lately. He only has one ugly outing in his last six games (a seven-point effort on March 22), and in those six games he has averaged 16.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.7 spg and 2.5 3s. That has come with some wretched shooting (38.3 percent from the field), but it's hard to complain given the rest of the production. It's also hard to complain given that this guy was basically 100 percent irrelevant for the first four months of the season. (Remaining weekly games played: 3-3-2)Jimmy Butler (9 percent owned): I fully endorse him as an option for as long as Marco Belinelli (ab) remains out, as Butler posted 18.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2.5 spg and 2.0 treys in his last two starts sans Belinelli. Just keep in mind that Belinelli was a game-time call on Wednesday, so he could be very close to a return. (Remaining weekly games played: 4-4-2)Kyle O'Quinn (7 percent owned): He's only a short-term add for as long as Nikola Vucevic (concussion) remains out, which may not be very long. But owners in daily leagues may get a productive game or two out of O'Quinn, who has averaged 15.3 ppg and 8.7 rpg (with 0.7 spg and 0.3 bpg) in three games as a starter.Bismack Biyombo (18 percent owned): He has only scored in double figures eight times in 69 games this season, but two of those double-digit efforts have taken place in his last three games, a stretch that has seen him average 8.3 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.0 spg and 2.0 bpg. I'm hesitant to recommend him aggressively because his next awful dud could happen at any moment, but if you're looking for a spot-start for boards and blocks, there are worse gambles to take. (Remaining weekly games played: 4-3-2)Dante Cunningham (5 percent owned): Nothing dynamic here, but if you're looking for a streaming option to make up some ground in steals and points, consider Cunningham (13.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.8 spg in his last five games). (Remaining weekly games played: 4-4-2)Greg Smith (1 percent owned): I'm not personally running to add him, but I am keeping a close eye out after seeing the 22-year-old post 18 points and 19 rebounds in a season-high 32 minutes on Wednesday. Power forward is crowded in Houston, and chances are that Donatas Motiejunas, Thomas Robinson and Smith will continue to cancel one another out, but Smith is at least worth watching on Friday night. (Remaining weekly games played: 4-3-2)A Few Questions From ReadersFrom @Nashuaf: Any advice on Love, Rose, and KG?Responding to these one-by-one:Kevin Love – I probably would have dropped him a while ago, but if you've waited this long, you might as well wait to see the results from the CT scan he's having at the end of this week. With that said, if you're in a daily head-to-head league and you need to make up ground this weekend, you might not be able to wait.Derrick Rose – A tough call, and another situation where I probably would have gotten impatient and dropped him a long time ago. However, if you've sat patiently this long, and can afford to keep waiting, you might as well see how this plays out. The Bulls play four times each of the next two weeks, and at my most optimistic I can picture Rose playing next week and getting reacclimated, then producing some interesting numbers for four games the week afterward (Week 24). With all of that said – and maybe this is obvious – make sure you don't stubbornly wait on Rose at the expense of your team winning. I would only wait it out if your team's depth and league setup allow you to do so.Kevin Garnett – Given that there's no timetable for Garnett's return, fantasy owners should be willing to play this aggressively. Most owners still in the hunt need players who can help right now. With no indication of when Garnett will be back, it's tough to use a roster spot on him when you could be getting production elsewhere.From @BrotherlyLove7: Who do you think will be the biggest lotto ticket from here on out among guys like Rose, Love, etc?Similar question to the last one, so I'll be brief and say probably Rose. No telling what he does, and maybe it's not much, but there is potential for him to come back and put up a handful of intriguing lines. I'd say the same for Love, but only if he gets some positive news on that CT scan this weekend.From @VP90244: who's the most reliable cavs player going forward between Ellington, Livingston & miles? Wayne getting most minutesNone are all that exciting, so it depends on what your team needs. If you can live with a player who doesn't hit 3s, I'd go with Shaun Livingston (last seven games: 12.7 ppg, 4.6 apg, 1.4 spg). If you need 3s, I'd take Wayne Ellington (last three games: 16.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.7 spg, 1.7 3s) over C.J. Miles (12 games this month: 12.2 ppg, 1.2 spg, 2.3 3s in just 22 minutes per game).From @bjersky: looking at keepers for next season, rank varejao, Tchandler, Drummond, Tobias Harris, & george hillIn something of a coincidence, this question arrived on my Twitter mention thingies page just minutes after I had finished writing a number of words about Tobias Harris' keeper potential below. So, for more on Harris, read that part. As for your question, my rankings would look something like this:1., 2. and 3. – some combination of Harris, Andre Drummond and Anderson Varejao (probably in that order, but you could convince me to put Drummond first – and with that in mind, I'll be watching his finish to the season closely).4. and 5. – George Hill and Tyson ChandlerMy reasoning: Hill and Chandler have both been solid top-50 range fantasy players this year (per Basketball Monster's 9-category rankings). But I don't see either one as having a lot of upside to improve on those numbers next year. Meanwhile, Harris has a ton of upside (read about it below), and Drummond (as mentioned above) has a chance for a big finish this season, and could be an absolute force in points/rebounds/blocks next year. I would rank Varejao first among all these players after his dominant start to the season (14.1 ppg, 14.4 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.5 spg in 25 games), but he has only averaged 27 games played the last three years. Quite simply, I have no faith in his ability to stay healthy.In closing…The Keeper CornerFrom now until the end of the season (which is not very far from now), the Stew will highlight a player's keeper potential for next season. Then, at the end of the season, we'll probably do a longer keeper discussion here. Meanwhile, today in the spotlight:Tobias Harris! (But you knew that already)Numbers Since Joining Orlando: 15.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 0.8 spg, 1.4 bpg, 1.1 3s in 17 games.Some words about Tobias: First, Milwaukee is stupid for trading him. Yes, he does play a little bit out of control at times, and frequently gets into foul trouble, but he's just 20 years old, has a great motor (as basketball people like to say), and carries a ton of potential in fantasy leagues going forward. There aren't many players in the league capable of averaging one or more steals, blocks and 3s (Kevin Durant and Nicolas Batum are the only ones doing it this year), and Harris is already showing some Batum-like potential (with less threes and assists, but more points and rebounds). Quite simply, this is a player I'll be targeting aggressively in next year's drafts, and one I would make every effort to keep in a keeper format.Gripe of the WeekFour words: Lindsey Hunter, Goran Dragic. Three more words: I am angry.


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Erin Krex isn't Mary Poppins. And neither are the hundreds of other nannies that she helps train or place in jobs around the suburbs.
Krex, a board member of the International Nanny Association, is president of First Class Care Inc. The Northbrook-based firm is sponsoring the local educational portion of National Nanny Training Day on April 20. The national event helps to train about 2,000 nannies in 40 cities. The local event in Glenview likely will have about 200, Krex said.
"Everybody would love a Mary Poppins, but I just tell people they probably want Alice from the Brady Bunch, someone who can do more than just take care of the kids," Krex said.
Mary Poppins just doesn't exist, but plenty of nannies can do a great job, she said. After all, she found out the hard way.
Soon after her son was born, she and her husband searched for a nanny. They hired someone from a local agency. But the woman didn't have a driver's license, and worse, nearly burned the house down when she left the stove burners on. They also didn't receive any proof of a criminal-background check.
"We found it to be a frustrating and difficult process," she said. "Most of them are illegal and there are some agencies that say they do the screening on their criminal background, but then you may find out they really didn't do any screening at all."
She left behind a graphic design career and started First Class Care in 2006. When it outgrew its Evanston office, the company moved with four employees to an office in Northbrook. It continues to offer nannies, baby sitters, personal assistants and other services.
She has since placed about 4,000 workers in the Chicago and suburban area, mostly with super busy professional couples, including lawyers, doctors and others, she said.
"As a graphic designer, I was mostly sitting at a desk all day and not really interacting with a lot of people and feeling like I was making a difference," she said. "Here, I am making a difference."
Shopping the mall
Garo Kholamian, president of Barrington-based GK Development Inc., a real estate acquisition and development company, said he's snapped up Lakeview Square Mall in Battle Creek, Mich. for $8.8 million. The shopping mall property was in foreclosure. This is the company's first acquisition in Michigan.
Lead florist on hand
Joanne Willing, head designer at the former Angelo Florist's for 20 years, will lead operations since its acquisition last week by Sunset Foods. The store was renamed Sunset Floral Designs and moved into the old site of Romancing the Home, next door to Sunset Food's Lake Forest grocery store. A grand opening is planned for April 17.
Dentists help in DuPage
Dentists Claudio Levato, Sharon Levato, Gilbert Abadilla, and Paul Doodes will provide the first 50 adult patients with a free extraction starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 8 at their practice, Bloomingdale-based Comprehensive Dentistry Ltd., 183 S. Bloomingdale Road, Suite 200. It's part of a free dental care event through Dentistry From The Heart supporting DuPage County residents by providing free dental services to the first 50 people. This is the second event of its kind. Last year, the dentists helped more than 60 adults receive dental care they otherwise would not receive. That came to over $16,000 in free dental care.
Robert A. Iger, chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Co., leads off The Executives' Club of Chicago luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on April 18 at the Renaissance Schaumburg, 1551 N. Thoreau Drive in Schaumburg. Aylwin Lewis, CEO of Potbelly Sandwich Works, will moderate. ... Veteran TV newsman Bill Kurtis and Six Flags Great America President Charles "Hank" Salemi will kick off the Lake County Chamber of Commerce's 98th annual Awards & Installation Dinner at 6 p.m. on April 17 at the Lake Forest Club, 554 N. Westmoreland Road in Lake Forest.
Former Chicago White Sox left fielder Ron Kittle will discuss lifestyle transformations at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, 701 Winthrop Ave. in Glendale Heights. ... Addison Mayor Larry Hartwig, who is retiring after 30 years of service, will be feted at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, at Medinah Banquets, 550 N. Shriners Drive in Addison.
Jeff Korhan, former owner of Treemendous Landscape Co. in Plainfield that was sold in 2008, has written a book published by New York-based Wiley Publishing. The book, "Built-In Social: Essential Social Marketing Practices for Every Small Business" is expected in April and aims to help small businesses use social media and Internet marketing to help their business growth and marketing. Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville is hosting Korhan for a book signing on April 30. ... Chance Pon, vice president of sales, and his mother Kitty Pon, owner of Pactrans Air & Sea in Bensenville, hosted officials from the Small Business Association recently. They toured the company's facilities since Pactrans received technical assistance from SBA's resource partner, Governor's State University.
Jessica Talbot of Elgin is now the marketing coordinator at Elk Grove Village-based Des Plaines Office Equipment. ... William Yates, a board certified hair restoration surgeon, has opened Dr. Yates Hair Science Group at 230 E. Center Drive in Vernon Hills. It offers various facial and hair restoration services to men and women. ... New employees Dan Rezin and Dave Barton also have become part owners of Savant Capital LLC in Geneva. The ownership group is now up to 18 individuals. ... Tom Kiley, CEO of Great Lakes Advisors LLC, owned by Wintrust Wealth Management Co., has hired Ophelia Barsketis and Steven Wittwer for the Large Cap Value equity group.
Daniel J. Meckstroth, vice president and chief economist of Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity & Innovation, will be the opening day keynote speaker in October for the 2013 Assembly Show at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont. ... Kiera Hynninen has been named senior vice president of marketing and Pamela Smith as its senior vice president of finance, at Oakbrook Terrace-based Redbox, a subsidiary of Coinstar Inc.
Lee Kiser, principal of real estate brokerage firm Kiser Group in Chicago, said his firm has been retained for listings that include a 56-unit building 515-519 S. Milwaukee Ave. in Wheeling, and a 16-unit building with two commercial spots at 15-17 N. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights. ... John Duntemann has been promoted to senior principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. in Northbrook. The firm includes structural engineers, architects and materials scientists who specialize in the investigation, analysis, testing, and design of repairs for historic and contemporary structures.
Glenn and Jodie Holmes, owners of FastSigns of Gurnee, and Tom and Deborah Castino, owners of FastSigns of Northbrook, received the Pinnacle Club Award for higher sales volume from the previous year, presented during the FastSigns convention recently held in Dallas.
JoAnn Flynn, vice president and manager of Village Bank and Trust in Park Ridge, was recently elected as a member of the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
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In April of 2009 I spoke to the Borough Assembly concerning the management style at Central Peninsula Hospital. I thought is was strictly the behavior of senior management. I was wrong. It was and still is the direct result of the Hospital Incorporation Board.
I warned the community about the destructive management style at the hospital. The Borough Assembly ignores the behavior. So the destructive behavior of the corporate board continues.
The hospital is a non-profit corporation protected from competition by what is called Certificate of Need. (CON) There is some logic on the need for this protection of our local non-profit hospital. However, the Hospital Inc. Board operates as a for-profit corporation. Insider dealings with local community members to dictating to physicians on how to practice medicine. When employees or independent physicians object to the management style, they are retaliated against.
Today, we see most of the independent surgeons fighting back against the retaliation of the corporate board. It appears the Borough Assembly continues to ignore the management style at CPH and will oppose the independent outpatient Surgical Center called Kahtnu.
In October 2009 the elected Hospital Service Area Board recommended an investigation of the management style at CPH. The Borough Assembly ignored the request. Had an investigation occurred we would not be looking at the situation we face today, division of the surgeons and the hospital corporate board.
The Borough Assembly failed the people in their fiduciary responsibility. They have ignored what is best for the people of the borough. We stand divided over the issues at CPH. It will be detrimental to the people in the end.
When will the people demand the truth on what is destroying our community hospital?


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Austin blow for Rangers
QPR will be without striker Charlie Austin ahead of the visit of his old club Burnley.
Rangers' top scorer hit his 15th goal of the season in the 2-1 win over Bolton on Tuesday night but had to go off after suffering a shoulder injury and has since been ruled out for a "prolonged period" after scans showed he needs an operation.
Joey Barton hopes to be fit after missing the last two matches due to a thigh injury but fellow midfielder Yossi Benayoun is struggling with a groin problem.
Right-back Danny Simpson faces a spell on the sidelines with a back injury but winger Junior Hoilett is fit after hamstring trouble.
Burnley will hand late fitness tests to Keith Treacy and Daniel Lafferty.
The Clarets, now trailing Harry Redknapp's second-placed team by three points, missed both winger Treacy (neck) and full-back Lafferty (thigh) in the midweek draw against Brighton and will see how the pair come through Thursday's training session.
Boss Sean Dyche could include Ross Wallace for the first time since August, though, after the winger came through a midweek cup game with Oldham and showed no adverse reaction to a knee injury.
Ben Mee is also considered fully-fit once more having played all of Tuesday's contest following a recent thigh problem.
Source: PA


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INDIANAPOLIS – The Georgia College women's tennis team (15-11) improved to fourth in the most recent NCAA Southeast Regional Ranking, having been previously ranked seventh.
The Bobcats recently finished fourth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament, and stand No. 42 in the nation.
Eight women's teams from the southeast region earn a place into the regional tournament, including automatic bids for teams that win their conference tournaments.
The team currently awaits seeding for the NCAA Tournament, set to begin Saturday, April 27. Georgia College will be vying for an at-large bid to make NCAA postseason play for the 19th straight season.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Texas A&M has accepted its 13th trip to the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, and the Aggies will face Oklahoma in the Jan. 4 bowl game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Kickoff for the 77th Cotton Bowl Classic is slated for 7 p.m. (CT) and the game will be televised nationally by FOX.
"We are very excited about the opportunity to represent the Southeastern Conference in the 77th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic," Texas A&M Director of Athletics Eric Hyman said. "Without a doubt the hospitality shown by the Cotton Bowl is legendary and I am sure our Aggies, the 12th Man, will be well-represented at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington."
The Aggies, under the leadership of head coach Kevin Sumlin, finished the regular season with a 10-2 overall record, marking its first 10-win season since 1998 and the 12th in program history. A&M was 6-2 in its first season in the SEC, which tied for second in the Western division. The Sooners also finished the regular season with a 10-2 record, and claimed a share of the Big 12 Championship with an 8-1 record. It will be a matchup of two top 11 teams in the Bowl Championship Series standings with the Aggies checking in at No. 9 and the Sooners ranking No. 11.
"Our football team is excited to play another game against a storied program such as Oklahoma," said Sumlin, who served on the Sooners' coaching staff from 2003-07. "We have been led all year by a great group of seniors and to be rewarded with a great experience like the Cotton Bowl is something they will cherish. Plenty of their family and friends will be able to watch them play as well and the hospitality is second to none."
It was the Aggies' fourth straight year with a bowl invitation, and the 34th in school history. A&M's most recent appearance in the Cotton Bowl was the 2011 Classic when the Aggies fell to LSU, 41-24. Six current Aggies – seniors Patrick Lewis, Uzoma Nwachukwu, Sean Porter and Ryan Swope and juniors Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews – started against the Tigers and a total of 19 current players saw action in the game.
"Having played in the Cotton Bowl a couple of years ago, I know our team is excited to go back to a great venue," Swope said. "We were treated very well and it is also nice to be able to enjoy the holidays with family and then focus and report for bowl preparations."
Texas A&M is 4-8 in its previous 12 Cotton Bowl appearances, with the most recent victory being a 35-10 win over Notre Dame in the 1988 Classic. The Aggies played in the Cotton Bowl in 1941, 1942, 1968, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2011. It will be the Aggies' 16th appearance in a traditional New Year's Day bowl game.
The long series between the Aggies and Sooners dates back to the first meeting in 1902, and Oklahoma holds a 19-11 advantage in the overall series between the two schools. The two teams split the two most recent meetings with the Aggies winning 33-19 in College Station in 2010 and the Sooners winning 41-25 in Norman, Okla., in 2011.
All seats sold through the AT&T Cotton Bowl are sold out. Priority requests closed November 27th. Those requests exceed the Texas A&M team allotment. No additional requests for tickets are being accepted. Individuals who requested tickets during the priority request period will be notified on the status of their request no later than Tuesday, December 4th.
Texas A&M student pull will begin on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 a.m. at the ticket windows at The Zone. Camping by students may commence beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, and each student is limited to pull four tickets with four sports cards.


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Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) has issued the following statement on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks:
"Today marks the 11th anniversary of that horrific day -- September 11, 2001 -- when America came under attack from terrorists intent on destroying this country. In the days following those devastating attacks, Americans were unified, drawing strength from prayer and from each other. We were determined to not let freedom be snuffed out. As a result of the attacks, many answered the call to defend our country. While these acts of terrorism tested our strength as a nation, they could not stifle the greatness of the American people or our hopes for a bright tomorrow.
Patriot Day provides us with the chance to remember the victims of those terrible events and to honor the firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, and others who set aside their own safety concerns and bravely entered the burning World Trade Center towers. We also remember the courageous passengers of Flight 93 who crashed a hijacked jetliner into a field in Pennsylvania to save their fellow Americans. In so doing, these patriots selflessly gave their own lives in services to others. There is no greater love than that.
And so, on this somber anniversary, Americans offer thanks to those who gave their all that day, and pray for the families they left behind. We also remember the men and women in uniform who continue to protect our country today from those who would do us harm, and thank them for the great work they are doing. The war against terrorism is far from over. We ask God that His grace will be upon us and He will continue to protect this land."
Source: http://hartzler.house.gov/press-release/congresswoman-hartzlers-statement-marking-anniversary-911-attacks


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REGION - Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers (WMCHC) has announced that Board-certified Internal Medicine Physician Lawrence W. Stepczak, M.D., will now be seeing patients at the Carbondale Family Health Center, 141 Salem Avenue, Suite 302 of the Marian Community Professional Building in Carbondale as well as the Waymart Family Health Center located at 29 Woodlands Drive, Waymart.
"Dr. Stepczak has been with WMCHC since 2008 during which time he has provided primary care services for adolescents and adults in our centers located in Honesdale and Waymart," stated Frederick Jackson, executive director, WMCHC.
"As our service area and patient volumes have increased over the past two years, so has the need for primary care providers to cover a larger geographic region."
Dr. Lawrence Stepczak was born and raised in Poznan, Poland and relocated to America to further his medical education.
He completed his internal medicine residency in Abington, PA, and has been practicing in Northeast Pennsylvania for more than 18 years.
Appointments with Dr. Stepczak can be made in Waymart by calling 570 488-9770 and Carbondale by calling 570 282-2031.
Most private insurances, Medicare and medical assistance are accepted. A sliding fee scale based on income is available for those who qualify.
Both the Waymart Family Health Center and the Carbondale Family Health Center are part of Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers (WMCHC) a clinical affiliate of Wayne Memorial Health System, Inc.
For more information on all services offered by WMCHC, call 570 253-8390 or visit www.wmh.org/WMCHC.


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With the world heaping venom on Israel for a just-announced plan for new West Bank settlements, an observer might wonder if there's another side to this story.
What can the Israelis be thinking?
To recap: On Nov. 29 Palestinians won a United Nations vote naming Palestine a non-member observer state, the operative word being state. The following day Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to build 3,000 new homes on West Bank land, a plan Palestinians claim will make a two-state solution impossible.
Even European countries friendly to Israel have aggressively condemned Israel's plan, as has the U.S.
And, on Wednesday, Israel's No. 1 backer — Prime Minister Stephen Harper — registered his objection. Until then, the Harper government said only that unilateral action on either side is unhelpful.
The seeking of UN support for statehood was a unilateral action by Palestinians, and, importantly, a violation of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.
As Hoover Institution scholar David Davenport, a lawyer and Pepperdine University president, explained in Forbes: "Under this legal convention, Palestine agreed not to change its international status except through the [Oslo] Accords and the peace process they established."
Israel thus was frustrated by the UN vote, which came on the heels of a confrontation with Gaza, resulting from the terror group Hamas having lately fired some 10,000 rockets into Israel.
Netanyahu's announcement possibly was an appeal to his political base in advance of elections next month. But, in fact, the plan for the 3,000 new homes to accommodate needs of Israel's burgeoning population had been in the works for years.
That's because the so-called E1 site where development would occur — a barren hill smaller in size than a former Toronto ward, at 12 square kilometres — is located between the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, with a population of 40,000 Jews, and East Jerusalem.
Israel wants this to be a contiguous area for the security of those Ma'ale Adumim residents.
It argues, a tunnel can be built connecting any future Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem to the West Bank area beyond Ma'ale Adumim.
An assertion the E1 development would bar north-south West Bank travel is refuted by viewing a map, though travellers between Ramallah and Jerusalem thereafter would have to drive further by road, around Ma'ale Adumim.
The presumption on Israel's part: the E1-Ma'ale Adumim area, in any future peace deal, would become part of Israel to ensure security against attacks like the ones recently sustained from Gaza, a territory from which Israel withdrew 21 settlements in 2005.
In exchange, other lands would be transferred to Palestinians as compensation.
Yes, the new settlements would complicate peacemaking. But many Israelis — knowing Palestinians already have rejected several peace offers — no longer believe the other side truly wants a peace deal.
As to Israel's security fixation, respected Israeli author, historian and scholar Barry Rubin explains: "Palestinian Authority schools teach that Israel should be wiped off the map; sermons in Palestinian Authority mosques say that Israel should be wiped off the map; Palestinian officials demand that eventually Israel be wiped off the map.
"Those who murder Israeli citizens are glorified by the Palestinian Authority, which names schools, squares and soccer tournaments after them."
In addition, Palestinian calls for their right of return to Israel, even following creation of a Palestinian state, reinforces Israeli suspicions that their neighbour aims to demographically flood Israel, to create two Palestinian states, one in Palestine and one in Israel.
And so, there indeed are two sides to this, as to nearly all, stories. It's just that the Israeli one is being ignored.


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Max Igan Speaks to Freedom Central On OPPT
Max Igan Speaks to Freedom Central on OPPT w/Host Mel Ve
I hope you enjoy this dialogue with Max and Mel. Some great points are made which shine some light on the UCC filings that I believe will help those who still carry any reservations to their legitimacy. If there are still doubts, my suggestion, which I've carried since OPPT came out into the open remains the same; GO WITHIN, ALL the answers you will ever need are there, waiting to be discovered 🙂
In Absolute Gratitude to Max & Mel for their incredible DO'ing,
~ Brian


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2001 Football
Hiram 30, Bluffton 17
Beavers come up short at Hiram 30-17
September 8, 2001
Bluffton College came up short in their first road test of the season Saturday afternoon as the Beavers fell to Hiram College 30-17.
BC produced 303 yards in total offense and held a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Terriers took control of the game in the second quarter to send Bluffton to an 0-2 start to the 2001 season.
Bluffton quarterback Brad Moore found the endzone on a 33 yard run with 7:49 left in the opening quarter and Adam Burgess connected on a 26 yard field goal with 5:20 left before halftime. Bluffton trailed 17-10 at the intermission and trailed by just five yards in the total yardage category (209-204), led by Moore, who completed 10 of 18 passes for 114 yards in the first half.
Bluffton appeared to be on the verge of taking control of the game early in the third quarter as the Beavers moved the football to the Hiram 21 yard line of their first drive. A fumble turned the ball over to Hiram, but BC got the ball right back as senior Jon Richardson picked off a Terrier pass and returned it nine yards to the Hiram 27 yard line, setting up another TD run by Moore, this time covering 11 yards. Burgess connected on the PAT and the score was tied at 17-17.
But it was all Hiram from there.
Led by new head coach Mike Meyer, the Terriers' next two drives resulted in touchdowns, the first spanning 17 plays and 9:01 off the clock, and the next covering 13 plays and 6:01 off the clock.
Bluffton, meanwhile, could not mount a series offensive threat, as the Beavers' next two drives didn't produce a first down. BC's final possession garnered 10 plays and 60 yards but no points.
Moore ended the day 17-29 passing for 166 yards, and for the second straight week he also led BC in rushing, totaling 60 yards on eight carriers.
Perhaps the two key statistical numbers in the game were third down conversions and time of possession. BC was just 1-10 on third down, while Hiram was 7-14 and held possession of the football for 36:19 compared to just 23:41 for Bluffton.
BC will return home next week to take on Thiel College at 1:30 p.m. in Salzman Stadium.


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ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tommy Gainey narrowly missed golf's magic number. He happily settled for a course-record 60 at Sea Island, and his first PGA Tour win Sunday in the McGladrey Classic.
Gainey became the fourth player this year to rally from at least seven shots behind in the final round to win on the PGA Tour. He made seven straight 3s on his way to a 29 on the back nine, and then had to wait more than two hours to see if Jim Furyk or anyone else could catch him.
No one came particularly close.
Tournament host and Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III drove into the water on the 16th and made double bogey. Furyk made a 12-foot par save on the 17th hole to stay one shot behind, but he pushed his approach well right on the 18th and made his first bogey in 56 holes.
"It's been a hard year for me and finally, we got it right," Gainey said.
Gainey, a 37-year-old from South Carolina with a homemade swing who is known as "Two Gloves" for wearing black gloves on each hand, joined a long list of unlikely winners this year. He was seven shots behind going into the final round, and his 60 was nearly 9 1/2 shots better than the average score.
He wound up with a one-shot victory over David Toms, who closed with a 63. Toms also needed a birdie on the 18th hole to catch Gainey, but he pushed his drive well right into the bunker and had little chance of reaching the green.
"I was thinking about what kind of putt I was going to have before I ever hit the fairway," Toms said. "You get ahead of yourself and that's what happens."
Furyk wound up with a 69 to finish alone in third, a sour end to a season filled with bitter memories. This one won't sting as much as his bogey on the 16th hole of Olympic Club that cost him a shot at the U.S. Open, or the double bogey on the final hole at Firestone to lose the Bridgestone Invitational, or losing a 1-up lead against Sergio Garcia with two holes to play in the Ryder Cup. He had said at the start of the week that even if he were to win the McGladrey Classic, that's not what he would remember from his 2012 season.
This time, someone went out and beat him. And Furyk simply couldn't catch up. Furyk made only two bogeys all week.
"I think what I'm most disappointed about is when it came down the stretch, hitting the ball pretty much as good as I can, I made really, really poor swings at 17 and 18 with a 7-iron and 8-iron," Furyk said. "So to play those two holes and not get one good look at it for birdie was disappointing."
Gainey finished at 16-under 264 and earned $720,000, along with a trip to Kapalua in January for the Tournament of Champions and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
Love, trying to become the first Ryder Cup captain to win on the PGA Tour since Tom Watson in 1996, lost his hope on the back nine with a three-putt bogey on the 14th, a bunker shot that banged off the pin and spun out of the cup for a potential eagle on the 15th, and then his tee shot on the 16th that was left all the way and found water. He closed with a 71 and tied for fourth with Brendon de Jonge (65) and D.J. Trahan (69).
Gainey went birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie in the middle of the back nine to soar into the lead and bring 59 into the picture, a score only five players have managed in PGA Tour history. He had a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that didn't have enough speed to hold its line.
"Got a long way to go," Gainey said as he walked off the 18th green, knowing the final group was still on the eighth hole. Turns out he never had to hit another shot. Gainey went up to the broadcast booth, signed some autographs and spent the rest of his afternoon in the clubhouse watching on TV.
When he finally headed to the practice range, Furyk badly missed the green on the 18th and moments later Gainey was the winner.
David Mathis felt like a winner, even though he finished six shots behind and tied for 10th. He moved up to No. 116 on the money list, assuring him a PGA Tour card for next year. The final official event of the season is in three weeks at Disney. Boo Weekley shot 69 and tied for 27th to stay at No. 121, though he should be safe now.
Love and Furyk were tied for the lead entering the round, two shot ahead of anyone else, both realizing that this was far from a duel at Sea Island, especially considering that Ben Crane came from five shots back to win last year.
Both opened with four straight pars and suddenly found themselves two shots behind.
Gainey went out in 31, despite missing a 6-foot birdie putt on the second hole and failing to make birdie on the reachable par-5 seventh. Starting with his 10-foot birdie putt on the 11th hole, he put together seven straight 3s on his scorecard. His 20-foot birdie putt on the 14th tied him for the lead. He holed out a bunker shot from about 40 feet on the par-5 15th to take a two-shot lead, and then holed a 20-footer on the 16th to bring golf's magic number into view.
Gainey hit wedge into about 20 feet on the 18th hole, leaving him a birdie putt for a shot at becoming the sixth PGA Tour player with a 59. He ran off to a portable bathroom before the big putt and gave it a nice roll. The pace was just a big off and it turned weakly away to the right.
It was the first 60 on the PGA Tour since Patrick Cantlay last year at the Travelers Championship, and it was the lowest closing round by a winner since Stuart Appleby shot 59 in The Greenbrier Classic in 2010.
Even more remarkable is the number of comebacks this year. Kyle Stanley rallied from eight shots behind to win in Phoenix. Gainey joined Brandt Snedeker (Torrey Pines) and John Huh (Mexico) as players who came from seven shots behind on the final day.


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Don't Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway: Peacock & Gamble
That's right! Everybody's favourite comedy nice boys, Ray and Ed, return with another hour of fun, idiocy and very handsomeness live on a stage.
Chortle Comedy Award nominees in 2011 and 2012, off of Radio 4 Extra and Russell Howard's Good News (loads).
'Moments of stupendous invention' (List)
'A gloriously silly hour in the company of two overgrown toddlers' (Chortle.co.uk)
'Crude, loud and bladder-poppingly funny' (Evening Standard)
'Incredibly enjoyable – can't recommend it enough' (Pete Donaldson, Absolute Radio).
This event takes place at Royal Albert Hall, which has achieved Silver Status for disabled access from Attitude Is Everything.
Peacock and Gamble
The world used to be a desolate, sad and dark place. A barren land where nothing would grow and the only sustenance for the craggy ground came from the tears of recently orphaned children. And then, in 2005, Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble met. A rainbow exploded across the sky and God winked.
'A hugely entertaining double act' (The Independent).
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