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Deep Blue needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
we are currently in the trophy and awards business for over 23 years
we are pursuing a more contemporary adult awards division to satisfy some stronger requests than traditional awards - the site will have some of the same traditional awards - but we will have an over 18 section - for some rude & crude awards - we will be offering contest for 3D sculpture award designs Look for them in the next few days - we are not selling whoopy cushions or fart machines we are selling awards in a non traditional manner
we have no existing data to provide an exact target market
21 - 65 men and women - the uses would be determined by the nature they would want to give an award for - Yes A New Market - this concept is not in the market yet - from college students to business men - to women that have been wronged by a man, or vice verse
you are free to be creative
we have learned when designing we ask to keep in mind this design will be used on various products, if it goes to market - shirts, hats, web, stationary etc.. - we would like something bright and eye catching.
gagawards is an awards company, the premise will be to send an award to your favorite "A Hole" of the month - please no vulgar or pornographic designs
we will save those for when you have to design a nasty award sculpture
we would like to see GagAwards.com in a unique style
if you feel an Icon is appropriate to incorporate in the the words
lets see what you can come up with
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"The most glaring truth that came out of my visit to Cuba was the tremendous cost to the U.S. taxpayer and the U.S. rice industry as a result of the embargo," says Ferrara, chairman of the U.S. Rice Millers' Association. "Cuba is doing just fine. We are the ones being held hostage by the embargo."
Ferrara, who accompanied a group of U.S. industry leaders and three congressmen on a trip to Cuba in April, says Cubans have problems, resulting from its 42-year experiment with communism.
"The embargo has clearly caused hardships, but they are well-educated, have food to eat and are provided with health care," he noted. "This is an island with 50 new hotels, none of which could be built by U.S. companies.
"Cuba trades with almost every other country, including our North American neighbors, Europeans and Israel. They don't understand why our embargo stays in place when we trade with Russia, Vietnam, China and North Korea."
Ferrara, president of A.C.-Humko Rice Specialties in Greenville, Miss., said the Cuban economy has been in transition since the Russians pulled out of the country at the end of the Cold War.
"They recognize that system of government did not work and will not work to meet all the needs of their people," he said. "During this time, the government has opened the country to investments from other nations on a partnership basis with individual companies."
It's difficult to calculate the impact of economic sanctions on the U.S. rice industry, he said. But, it's safe to say that the total runs into billions of dollars in lost sales and American jobs.
Over the years, the U.S. government has allowed other countries to build rice handling and processing facilities protected by differential tariffs. "We need tariffs eliminated or reduced on U.S. rice, and to have equal tariffs during any tariff phase-out," says Ferrara. "Our industry can compete in any market if it's on a level playing field."
He said Congress could level the playing field in Cuba simply by lifting the embargo. "In addition, we need PL 480 funds made available to Cuba for a minimum of three years to purchase up to 200,000 metric tons of rice annually."
The chief stumbling block to such action: the Cuban exile community in Florida. "It's not hard to understand their feelings, but they seem to be willing to sacrifice any and all segments of the U.S. economy to maintain their position. And they seem to have a great hold on our politicians."
Ferrara says rice industry members must ask their individual representatives their position on the embargo and insist on their help in lifting it and the restrictions included in sanctions reform legislation last year.
"The U.S. rice industry and the rest of the U.S. farm economy can't afford any more delays or red tape. We need it lifted now with the right to travel freely to and from Cuba for all Americans."

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Two killed in Sunday wreck
Two people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision early Sunday on Startown Road near Settlemyre Bridge Road.
According to N.C. Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred about 1:45 a.m. Sunday when a 1990 Chevrolet pick-up truck driven by Christopher Greene, 27, collided head-on with a Dodge pick-up truck. Green and a passenger of his vehicle, Brian Lail, 30, were killed in the wreck. Lail was riding in the bed of the truck, according to Highway Patrol.
Four passengers in the Dodge were injured in the wreck.
Check back with www.observernewsonline.com for more information as it becomes available for this breaking news story.


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Micchael Mc Aloran
Un-sight / Un-sound
130 pp. gnOme books
review by David Mclean
The latest by Michael Mc Aloran is one of his better works. It also treats abortion & the shit-smeared eyes as its subject matter, it tells of the deficiencies of structure & the empty that is not waiting, but always already here,
Francis Bacon is quoted as nothing that we are always a potential corpse, a dead thing, which is the glory of meat, it might always just as well be me. This is not an invitation to some limp-wristed condemnation of the cruelty of butchers, it's a good thing. The eternity of our condition as possible corpses should be relished. People who are of a "spiritual" bent should not read Mc Aloran (& it is sheer politeness that makes me call them "people").
Mc Aloran's project is to reveal the terrible tenacity of words that stubbornly persist in meaning when we deliberately set about using them as weapons to torment the angelic cadavers strewn about where the happy holiday camps of the mindlessly grinning flowers & summer brigade used to poison the mind. These corpses would praise their feculent gods when they weren't busy raping children. For some reason writers like Michael Mc Aloran (or myself) are accused of being nihilists, usually by people who only have a tenuous grasp of what the word "nihilism" actually means.
i cannot say what Mc Aloran means with this book, it always strikes me as the mark of an arrant dickhead to explain what a literary writer means, but the text questions the possibility of assenting to any given meaning, of believing.
Words, we are told, are "like abandoned pissoirs". Around us should be silence. All the words that are spoken, that are repeated on the TV with all the insane arrogance of a defective child screaming in an asylum, all these words are empty if they are not used like weapons, like whips to thrash corpses.
Daniel Dennett said that all philosophers want to find the perfect argument, one that would work as a weapon, that would set up a vibration in the mind that would kill an opponent who failed to assent to it. I don't know about Mick, but I feel that the perfect poem would be one that instantly made all the fatuous "flowers, sun & summer" motherfuckers instantly commit mass suicide.
Probably never going to happen, I don't think they read very much outside of Fakebook, but this book is on the right path. I can strongly recommend it.


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Burkina Faso Regime Under Strain, Analysts SayPublished on Wednesday 1st June 2011
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore is facing what appears to be the stiffest resistance ever to his nearly quarter-century rule of the West African nation. Analysts are seeing connections between Burkina's unrest and the revolutions sweeping the Arab world. Hundreds of military rank-and-file, just 200 miles from this nation's capital, fired shots in the air Tuesday night, in the latest act of defiance against Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore.West Africa's longest-serving leader, a former military officer who rose to power in a 1987 coup, President Compaore finds himself beset with an army demanding better pay and living conditions.They aren't the only ones. Students, civil servants, and farmers in this landlocked, aid-dependent country have staged nationwide strikes over the past six months.In a different year those might just be routine disturbances, says political analyst David Zoumenou at South Africa's Institute for Security Studies.But Burkina has never found itself so isolated and weak, he says. Its economic lifeline of remittances from Ivory Coast has been shredded by that country's political violence. Its other lifeline - Libyan aid - has completely vanished as that country's leader, Compaore ally Moammar Gadhafi, confronts a civil war."I think that if it were not happening in the completely different context of the post-Arab revolutions, I would have seen it as a routine challenge to Compaore's rule, but this time around it has gained momentum," he said.
Military mutinies, including an April 14 disturbance that forced the president to flee his capital, have been matched with insurrection in the country's civilian population.Since February, students have staged regular and sometimes chaotic protests following the death of a young man in police custody.On Tuesday, 8,000 of the country's cotton farmers began an anti-tax boycott that could further weaken a state which can hardly afford to pay its soldiers."Compaore has reason to be scared," says analyst James Clinton Francis at London's Eurasia Group. But Francis says the president also has time to reform. He notes the country's malcontents have yet to coalesce around an opposition figure or platform. Its students and soldiers share little ideological ground, and in many respects, Francis says, both are demonstrating for better government treatment, not for a different government.A coup d'etat he says, is not yet a cause for concern. "But I would remain vigilant. One of the key sign posts is if student groups, trade groups, and military groups link up and protest against Compaore, I think we'll see protests reach a new level in the country, and also if they rally around an individual to sort of challenge Comapore's rule," said Francis.Francis says it is difficult to imagine who could unite this country's fragmentary opposition sects. He adds that like many African nations which have been ruled for decades by a single leader or government, Burkina Faso has allowed little space for an opposition political party to develop.But the same, Zoumenou says, could have been said about Egypt or Tunisia, where mass uprisings forced out dictators who had clung to power for decades.He says Burkinabé are just waiting for a moment - a trigger, a rallying cause - to go into the streets. "Having witnessed the changes taking place in the region, I think no leader in West Africa is immune from popular protests and the challenge to their rule," said Zoumenou.At 60 years old, Compaore finds himself isolated in his region, Francis says. Military leaders who came to power, as he did, have largely faded from West Africa's scene and long unstable countries like Ivory Coast, Guinea, or Nigeria have held their freest, fairest elections in decades.Burkina's last election, in November, when Compaore won a fourth term with 80 percent of the vote, suffered from extremely low turnout.Francis says that factor - Burkina Faso's apathy - may be Compaore's last strength as he governs through what could very well be his final years in office."There's no opposition figure or person that really can unite the people against the sitting head of state. So until that happens Compaore is sort of sitting safe, in my opinion, because there's no one to directly challenge him," he said.Shops in the country's second largest city, Bobo-Diooulasso, stayed closed today on fears that military members would continue lootings that accompanied last night's gunfire. The country's communications minister has called the army's actions "unacceptable."


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"Act of Valor" began as a small recruiting film. Five years and a script from one of the writers of "300" later, that's still all it is.
I definitely don't understand how the Navy thought the best way to showcase its members' bravery was to let active duty SEALs film a fictional, non-documentary story that makes real war look like a generic action flick. That is, if generic action movies featured real-life Navy soldiers doing a stiff job of playing themselves—with supporting turns by Nestor Serrano (recognizable from practically every TV show ever, including "Law and Order" and "24") and the woman who played "Clarise, Island Girl" in the Kurt Russell comedy "Captain Ron." Sayonara, realism.
"Based on real acts of valor," "Valor" focuses on SEALs as they seek to rescue a CIA agent and thwart a terrorist operation. This provides numerous opportunities for them to leap out of planes and make canned statements like, "This thing is way bigger than we thought it was." These soldiers deserve all the respect in the world, not slow-motion explosions and dialogue more likely to inspire groan-laughs than admiration. (Highlight: "He pulled a Roman Polanski on my ass and disappeared.")
Why not just let filmmakers immerse themselves into everyday operations and capture the courage and uncertainty as it happens, like the Oscar-nominated doc "Restrepo"? Or let a more talented writer and director (and real actors) bottle heroism and fear and urgency, a la "The Hurt Locker"?
No, the offensively artificial "Act of Valor," the rare movie whose making-of documentary would be more interesting than the movie itself, leaves no room for mistakes or a sense of clarity and truth. Instead, it's barely drawn characters and action sequences, such as when a soldier catches a dead terrorist as he falls into the water so the splash won't alert other enemies. Eat your heart out, Van Damme.
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Grains and Oilseeds: July corn closed at $6.61 ½ per bushel, down 1/2c as better weather is forecast for the growing areas. The recent rally from the $6.10 area prompted by planting delays. We like corn but raise trailing stops. July wheat closed at $7.22 per bushel, down 6 1/2c after recent tours did not find any meaningful crop damage and the "freeze" has now passed. We prefer the sidelines in wheat. July soybeans closed at $13.87 ¼ per bushel, up 15c tied to tight cash markets. Also speculation that U.S. growers will not move acreage to soybeans from corn prompted shortcovering. We have favored beans in this group and continue to do so but raise trailing sell stops.
Meats: June cattle closed at $1.21925 per pound, down 172.5 points on long liquidation and on a technical correction in front of the weekend after recent strength. We could see renewed buying interest early in the week as demand improves for U.S. beef and weather could promote "barbecue" demand. We like cattle from here. June hogs closed at 92.325c per pound, down 50 points tied to weak cash market demand. We prefer the sidelines in hogs.
Coffee, Cocoa and Sugar: July coffee closed at $1.4015 per pound, up 70 points on reports that Brazilian producers are holding back shipping on speculation that the government would raise the minimum price for beans. We could finally see continued momentum build after the extended period of long liquidation. The Brazilian Governments price supports could prompt new buying. We like coffee from here but use stop protection. July cocoa closed at $2,412 per tonne, down $2.00 on profittaking after its recent gains from mid March's lows around $2,100. Buying generated by the completion of the West African harvest and expectations pointing to sharply lower production for next year. We like cocoa from here but use stops. July sugar closed at 17.58c per pound, down 2 ticks. Expectations for Brazils cane harvest to accelerate with favorable weather and could produce a record crop. The rally on Thursday was prompted by reports that the three major sugar houses, Bunge, Wilmar, and Cargill took delivery of a record 1.4million tonnes of sugar. Strong demand from Asia and Middle East prompted the record delivery. We could see renewed speculative interest in sugar.
Cotton: July cotton closed at 86.18c per pound, up a half cent on shortcovering after the International Cotton Advisory Committee raised their price expectations even though they estimated higher global inventories. We prefer the sidelines in cotton.


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Eco-Friendly, Five-Star Coastal Resort with Old-World Charm
When night falls, a constellation of twinkling outdoor fireplaces lights up Terranea Resort's 100-acre expanse of Pacific coastline. The fires are a kind of modern-day equivalent to the encampments of early Spanish explorers who discovered the Palos Verdes Peninsula several hundred years ago. The five-star Terranea Resort pays tribute to these first European settlers with a Mediterranean design incorporating red adobe roofs and archways inlaid with colorful mosaic tiles. Its gorgeous setting combined with an abundance of luxurious facilities helped the resort land on U.S. News & World Report's list of the Best Hotels in the USA and on Condé Nast Traveler's prestigious Gold List for 2013.
From coastal fishing and scuba diving to preserve hiking and falconry, Terranea Resort offers a wide range of recreational activities set amid its paradise-like scenery. Tee off on The Links at Terranea, a nine-hole, par 3 course dotted with indigenous California plants, or relax alongside one of three ocean-view pools. A 50,000-square-foot glass-walled fitness center and spa offers daily classes, including complimentary yoga sessions.
The resort also maintains an eco-friendly focus. Its grounds are comprised of roughly 75% green space, including a 2-mile Discovery Trail where visitors might occasionally spot gray whales from December to April. The resort's emphasis on nature extends to lushly appointed ocean-view and resort-view rooms, which are accented with golden-hued woods. Among the resort's many dining options is mar'sel, an upscale oceanfront eatery. Chef Rebecca Merhej serves flavorful dishes crafted by using sustainable methods and local ingredients, including fresh herbs plucked from a garden guests pass on their way in.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California: Secluded Coastal Town Abounding with Aquatic Adventure
Nestled in the hills of the Palos Verdes Peninsula about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, secluded Rancho Palos Verdes is home to expansive estates set on jagged bluffs looming over the coastline. Terranea's Pointe Discovery adventure shop equips visitors for exploring all that the peninsula has to offer, including standup paddleboarding, kayaking, snorkeling, and mermaid speed dating.
Fewer than 2 miles from the resort, Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, a state ecological preserve, has pristine tide pools home to starfish, pointy urchins, and brightly colored anemones. Within walking distance of the cove lies Wayfarers Chapel, a structure built from glass and redwoods by Lloyd Wright, son of pioneering architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Point Vicente Lighthouse also stands nearby. First lit in 1926 to help mariners steer clear of rocky shoals, the lighthouse now makes an ideal spot for whale watching.


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Obama, Putin would save each other from drowning
Hey, things are bad between presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin -- but not that bad.
Obama confirmed Friday that, yes, he would "absolutely" save his Russian counterpart from drowning, if it became necessary.
"I'd like to think that if anybody is out there drowning I'm going to save them," Obama said during a brief news conference in Seoul, South Korea.
And why would the president of the United States be asked such a question?
Because Putin, during a call-in show earlier this month, said he believed Obama would in fact save him from drowning.
"I think he is a decent and quite courageous person," Putin said. "I think he would do it."
In his response to that comment, Obama pointed out that "I used to be a pretty good swimmer -- I grew up in Hawaii."
Given the tight security around each president, we doubt a drowning situation would ever arise.
But it's nice to know.
Now back to the Ukraine crisis.


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bloom Ladies Bible Study - Tuesday MorningBack to all Events
- Date: Every Tuesday until January 1, 1970
- Time: 9:30am – 11:30am
- Location: Evangelical Community Church, Abu Dhabi,
We will be studying "Pursuit of Holiness" by Jerry Bridges starting January 16 and running for 12 weeks.
"Be holy, for I am holy," commands God but holiness is something that is often missed in the Christian's daily life because we're not exactly sure what our part in holiness is. This study helps us see clearly just what we should rely on God to do and what we should take responsibility for ourselves. As you deepen your relationship with God, learn more about His character, and understand the Holy Spirit's role in holiness, your spiritual growth will mature.
ECC 1st floor, childcare provided
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The NCAA will no longer host regional basketball finals in football stadiums, with all future Final Four domes having already completed their respective dry runs ahead of matches being held at the venues.
It has been the practice for more than two decades for regional finals to be contested in domes as part of an application process for stadia to be granted Final Four matches in future seasons.
However, this will this will no longer take place with the Final Four venues for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons already selected by the NCAA after successful 'dress rehearsals' during the regionals.
There will, however, be an NCAA portal available from July for proposals to host Final Four matches for seasons 2017-2020, with the decision on the applicants to be made towards the end of next year.
The NCAA will place no restrictions on applications, meaning cities that do not have a dome will be able to make a case to be granted Final Four status, with all proposals set to be discussed.
The next three Final Fours are in Arlington, Texas, in 2014; Indianapolis in 2015; and Houston in 2016.


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WGXA News Fox 24 and ABC 16 in Macon Georgia provides local and national news, weather, sports and notice of community events in surrounding towns, including Warner Robins, Gray, Forsyth, Musella, Roberta, Milledgeville, Phoenix, Monticello, Hawkinsville and Montezuma, Georgia.


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(AP)—A marine biologist says an aging dolphin that was stranded in a polluted New York canal and died there was ill and might not have survived anywhere.
Kim Durham of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation on Long Island conducted a post-mortem exam of the wayward mammal. She says the dolphin suffered from a series of chronic conditions: stomach ulcers, kidney stones and parasites.
Durham says the 7-foot male weighing about 340 pounds struggled before it died on Friday in Brooklyn's Gowanus (guh-WAH'-nuhs) Canal, splashing around and shaking black gunk from its snout. The canal is a Superfund site, where for years factories and fuel refineries operated.
The dolphin likely entered the canal from the Atlantic Ocean and got pinned at low tide.
Explore further: STDs found in Brooklyn canal


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BBC News
- Honda confirms Swindon car plant closure
- Labour resignations: John McDonnell promises 'listening exercise'
- Alesha MacPhail murder trial: DNA found on body 'matched accused'
- Brexit: Prime minister to go back to Brussels on Wednesday
- Rail firms say pre-paid ticket issue 'now resolved'
- Lauri Love: Alleged hacker loses legal fight over seized PCs
- Maajid Nawaz: LBC presenter 'racially attacked' in London
- UK and French tourists missing in Australia beach search
- Euston stabbing: Eleven held after man dies in hotel reception
- Yvette Cooper: Man who made threats given caution
- Fast fashion: 'Penny on a garment' to drive clothes recycling
- TripAdvisor suspends reviews on 'Brexit Party B&B'
- Ozzy Osbourne cancels tour dates to recover from pneumonia
- 'Domestic abuse happens to men too'
- 'It's time we dumped old-fashioned politics'
- Female mechanic helps women learn about cars
- The children tackling plastic beach waste
- Honda car plant closure: 'A sad day for Swindon'
- Storage solutions in stressful situations
- LGBT History Month: Test your knowledge
- BBC News Channel
- Susan Boyle out of US talent show final
- Aberdeen's long and winding road
- Newspaper headlines: 'Splitting headache' for Corbyn over resignations
- Stephen Lawrence: How has his murder changed policing?
- Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches
- Pop music's growing gender gap revealed in the collaboration age
- Should Britain apologise for Amritsar massacre?
- How Brexit hit the pound in your pocket
- How to revive fading city centres
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City Manager
The City Manager's Office is charged with the professional executive oversight of the local municipality.
Tommy Gonzalez is the City Manager of El Paso, Texas, a position to which he was appointed in June 2014. El Paso is currently the 19th largest city in the United States and is part of the combined international metropolitan area of El Paso-Juarez-Las Cruces, with over 2.7 million people.
Mr. Gonzalez is a results-oriented, strategic leader with over 25 years of management experience in both the public and private sector. He has extensive experience in quality and performance excellence initiatives and serves as an expert resource on transformational change within organizations.
Prior to working in El Paso, Mr. Gonzalez served as the City Manager for the City of Irving, Texas. Under his leadership, Irving became the first city to adopt the use of Lean Six Sigma to identify systems and process improvements that ultimately saved the city more than $74 million and 50,000 hours in productivity. With his expertise in performance excellence, Mr. Gonzalez led his team in making history as the first municipality to win the Texas Award for Performance Excellence from the Texas Quality Foundation. Following this success, the city was named a 2012 recipient of the highly prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence. Irving is only the second municipality to achieve this distinction in the awards 27-year history.
Mr. Gonzalez speaks regularly to national and international public and private sector groups on best practices that can help organizations become more efficient and provide more customer-centric service. He recently delivered the keynote address to a conference of all City Mayors in Puerto Rico, speaking on increased efficiencies and transformational change in city government. He has also consulted with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and made presentations at dozens of state-based and international performance excellence conferences and seminars.
He has had a distinguished military career, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving in the U.S. Army for 22 years. Mr. Gonzalez holds a Masters of Public Administration degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Texas at Austin.


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Karl Marx was a genius.
Most people that know my political leanings would find the former sentence very uncharacteristic. Anyone who knows how serious I am about "Star Trek" shouldn't be surprised.
"Star Trek" as a universe is based in utopia.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
No one is judged for doing a certain job, because that's the job they are suited for. Everyone is provided for.
From a philosophical standpoint, I have a huge problem with the Affordable Care Act (Let's stop calling it ObamaCare. It's only feeding our President's already large ego).
We live in a society where individuals don't live up to their potential.
We all know family members or friends who have certain abilities they don't utilize. In the U.S., just because someone has a strength in something — say in mathematics — that doesn't mean they have to go into mathematics.
They aren't compelled to work into their strengths, but instead their interests.
I love "Star Trek," but I realize it's a fantasy word. A fantasy world I wouldn't mind living in, but it's still make-believe.
Everyone is given as much responsibility as they can handle, but they are all given as much resources. The problem with this, though, is that in the 21st century, we don't have unlimited resources.
Sure, I could drone on and on about CEOs who make millions of dollars in bonuses, but that's not my point. My point is, there is only so much silver in the world. (Silver is a major component in technology.)
Without technology, a society can't really advance. You want Third World countries to get it together? Give every child access to the Internet and see how quickly we advance as a human race.
Food, water, shelter, clothing; all of these items are limited. "Star Trek" is a universe with unlimited energy and where they can turn energy into matter. We, as a species, aren't ready for that.
There are people in our world who choose not to contribute to society because they can. I'm not saying we shouldn't feed or clothe these people (nor am I saying all the people we feed and clothe choose to be that way).
I'm saying every person without a purpose is a person we have failed. Thus, we must give these people a purpose, before we give them utopia.
ACA is a step toward utopia. Let's face it, there are people in this country, on this world, who work only because they have to. I write — not only this column, but for a newspaper in general — because I enjoy it.
My salary, my benefits — all of the "stuff" I'm given in return for my labor — I see as a resource to continue my labor. Sure, I use my salary to have fun and entertain myself, but that entertainment is really just so I keep my sanity so I can keep doing my job.
I'm lucky. I do what I love to do. I've been writing for newspapers since I was 15 years old. Some people aren't so lucky. I'd rather give people the joy that I get from writing this column than healthcare or food because the fact is, I might get hit by a bus and die on impact tomorrow.
All the food and the health care in the world won't help me there.


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Father says son innocent of hostage crimes
It was 12 days ago that three Saline County residents were arrested by Saline County Sheriff deputies for allegedly holding three women hostage inside a trailer in Alexander and beating them.
The father of one of the suspects told The Saline Courier that his son was wrongfully arrested and fears this incident could send 23-year-old Eli Wilson to prison.
As of press time, Eli Wilson, along with 33-year-old Tameria Moore of Alexander and 29-year-old David Lee, remain in the Saline County jail under $150,000 and $100,000 sheriff's bonds, respectively. Each is facing three counts of false imprisonment, three counts of second-degree battery and three counts of terroristic threatening.
"The fact is that my son and David Lee were not even at the trailer when all this took place," Benton resident Dave Wilson said. "They were there earlier that day, I mean it's Lee's home, but they left much earlier and even drove all over town before coming to my home."
According to a report from the Saline County Sheriff's Office, on Jan. 7 deputies responded to New Life Baptist Church in Alexander, where a woman, described as hysterical, said she escaped from a nearby trailer. The woman said her wrists had been zip-tied and that she had been brutally attacked. She said there were two other women in the same condition still back at the trailer.
The woman also told the officers that "if we don't get to their aid quickly, the three people carrying out these attacks will beat these women to death, as they have already threatened to do so."
Deputies found the trailer in question, which is the residence of Moore and Lee. The report said when deputies knocked on the door and yelled "Sheriff's Department," an "irrationally nervous" Moore came out of a back bedroom and was reluctant to say if anyone else was in the home.
The deputies reportedly entered the back room of the trailer, where they found two women with their wrists duct-taped together. The report said one woman had suffered multiple lacerations and contusions to her face, and the other woman had visible redness and swelling on her face.
Moore was taken into custody at the scene. Wilson and Lee were arrested at the home of Dave Wilson on the same day. On Jan. 9, in Benton District Court, one of the reported victims pointed at Wilson and said, "This is the guy who said he would kill us if we said his name. I'm saying he's dangerous, and I don't think none of the three should be let out."
The victim said that during the imprisonment at the home in Alexander, Lee had let her outside for a smoke and that is when she made her escape to the nearby church. Dave Wilson, however, said not only did his son Eli Wilson not threaten anyone, but that particular "victim" who spoke in court actually was one of the perpetrators.
"She lied to the police and lied in court," Dave Wilson said. "First, you have to understand that these girls are all on drugs and live from place to place. The girl that claimed my son threatened her actually did the abusing to the other girls. Now, I was told, and this is coming from one of the girls there, that David Lee did put duct tape on a girl, but then he left the home with my son. The guys never hit those girls."
He said the victim who ran to the church for help was never let out for a "smoke break" by David Lee and that she was never bound as she claimed to police.
According to Dave Wilson, one of the victims visited Wilson's home after being released from the hospital. She told Wilson that she had been bound and beaten by Moore and another woman.
s"She told me she was scared to tell the truth that night to the officers," Dave Wilson said. "You see they live by a street code in which it is very bad to snitch on someone. She's a small woman and the one that was actually blaming everything on my son and David Lee is what you call a big, rough character."
He added, "Besides, if (the victim who called police) was tied up, then why was she let out for a smoke break? That doesn't even make sense. Common sense should tell you that didn't happen."
Dave Wilson said the entire incident started because of accusations of theft. He said Moore believed the women had stolen from tools from her home. Wilson said the victim who called police was actually involved in the abuse.
"They had us tied up and our fear was great. The other day I felt I was as close to death as I could ever be," a victim said in court. "If I wouldn't have escaped, they would have killed us, all three of us. We were dead. They told us they would kill us."
Dave Wilson, however, said that the victim lied to the court and police. He said she has a history of crime, including theft, as well as involvement in a hostage/abuse crime Jan. 8 in Alexander.
"She stole from me too right before Christmas," Dave Wilson said of the victim that called police. "Not only does she need to be charged, but my son needs to be released from jail. His only involvement is that he was there earlier, but he wasn't there when all that abuse took place. Because of this he's got a parole hold and he could go to prison. For him and David Lee to have high bond because of her lying, it's not right."
He added, "I'll swear on the Bible and go to my grave telling you that this is the truth."
Lt. Scotty Courtney told the Courier that the investigation of the incident is continuing and the files on the arrest have been turned over to the Saline County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Wilson, Lee and Moore are scheduled to appear in Benton District Court on Feb. 12, at which time they could enter a plea. If they plead not guilty, an appearance in Circuit Court is expected to be set.


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Yesterday, I braved the 25 degree temperatures, ice and snow to vote in the Illinois primary. The big races were for Barack Obama's old senate seat, now held by Roland Burris and the governor's race.
I was pretty clear in my intention to vote for Mark Kirk for the GOP nominee for U.S. Senator. For governor, I chose Jim Ryan. Both are considered RINOs and I was thoroughly chastised by my friends on the right for not choosing "true conservatives" like senate candidate Patrick Hughes (R-IL).
RINO fraternizing aside, my reasoning was that I wanted a strong candidate to beat the Democrats come November. When it comes to the U.S. Senate race, Mark Kirk may be a RINO but he has a better chance than Hughes at beating the Obama basketball hoops buddy, Alexi Giannoulias (D-IL).
For the most part, the actual voting was pretty uneventful unless you would like to count my not being asked to show proof of identification or the look on the face of the polling officials as they scrambled to unearth a Republican ballot for me.
I went in the booth and made my choices. Immediately I felt a sense of guilt when I realized that I had not researched some of the other races more closely, if at all. For instance, Cook County Water Commissioner…WTF? When I did not know anything about a race, I voted for the woman on the ballot or the name I liked best. That is sad and I promise never to do that again. I will never be an uniformed voter. Admittedly, I got caught up in only the big races and forgot about the small ones. Those jobs, judges, commissioners are all important to someone. I should have taken it more seriously. Like many on the right, I want Illinois to be another Massachusetts.
This morning I was pleased to see that Mark Kirk had indeed won the GOP nomination. Sean Hannity was not so much but we can reform a RINO more easily than a jackass. Kirk voted for TARP, so yes, there is a little work to do (drags Kirk to a dark room with a dead fish in hand).
My guy Jim Ryan, lost the governor's primary race but I am ok with that. The big news seems to be the battle for the DEM nomination as Gov. Quinn is in a dead heat tie with possibly two other candidates.
From this article in the Chicago Tribune:
Quinn says primary over; votes still being counted this morning
by Monique Garcia
Gov. Pat Quinn this morning called on Democrats to get behind his campaign for governor, but stopped short of calling on rival state Comptroller Dan Hynes to give up while votes are still being counted in their tight primary contest.
Hynes told supporters after midnight that there were still votes to be counted; this morning Cook Countyofficials were to resume tabulating ballots from 24 precincts they didn't get to after midnight.
"I know where the precincts are and just since midnight of last night our lead has lengthened," Quinn said to reporters after thanking voters in Chicago this morning. "It was a close election, there's no doubt about it."
"But after it's over, people come together. I haven't won every election of my life, sometimes I'm on the short end and life goes on. It's important for people I think to understand the Democratic party has very robust contest in the primary, but the tradition in our party is that the candidates come together after the primary and work together for the candidates in the fall."
Asked if he was calling on Hynes to concede, Quinn said "I'm not going to tell anybody what to do.
"I just think the results are in, the primary is over, the people heard both candidates and got a chance to vote," Quinn said. "After that's over, it's time to count the votes and move on."
"The numbers speak for themselves"
Sure the numbers will speak for themselves until you keep recounting until you win. Sounds like the Illinois Democrats failed to get out the stiff vote. I will keep you posted on how this turns out.
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from: Plentytothinkabout.org
"About a billion people go hungry each day," says Elanco Animal Health
President Jeff Simmons, who narrates a newly released video shown above.
That's more people than the combined population of the United States,
the European Union and Canada, he points out.
"Our population is growing. By the year 2050, the United Nations
predicts the world population will grow to over nine billion people, and
to feed that many people we'll need to produce 100 percent more food
than we did in the year 2000," he says.
The current world population is slightly over 7 billion; by 2050, it
is expected to exceed 9 billion. That is roughly a 30 percent increase,
but the world's appetite for food will actually double because of higher
living standards in developing countries.
Simmons, shown narrating the video at Gleaners food bank in
Indianapolis, says the way to meet this increased demand is through
"But standing in the way is a myth you sometimes hear — a myth that
says people don't want safe, efficient technology used in food
production," he says.
"How do we know it's a myth? Because we did some research" assembling
data from 28 independent studies representing nearly 100,000 consumers
in 26 countries, he says.
"It turns out that 95 percent of the consumers buy food based on
taste, cost and nutrition," he adds. Another 4 percent or so are
lifestyle buyers. "These are luxury buyers, gourmet consumers, people
who prefer to buy organic or local food, where money really isn't as
much of an issue to them."
All consumers should have a choice, Simmons says. Lifestyle buyers
have their choice, but so should the vast majority of consumers who want
affordable food — and technology helps make that happen.


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WJDex necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 445 diseños de 86 diseñadores freelance.
Kindshares is the first online consumer service for donating stock to charity. We simplify stock donation, and compel donors to give more and give more often to non-profit organizations. This method rewards donors with significant tax savings and provides charities with more funds to do good. Kindshares celebrates the generosity in people and their passion for the causes they love. We believe that giving should be easy and hassle-free.
The winning design will become the original corporate ID and website logo for our company.
Please keep the following thoughts in mind:
- Logo must include the company name, Kindshares.
- The predominant feeling of the logo should be Simple and Warm, reflecting a spirit of Kindness and Giving. Logo should be non-technical, connote ease-of-use and convenience, and upscale in appeal but not fancy.
- Our target audience is affluent, educated, middle aged women and men (age 40-60) in the US. Should appeal to a woman but also to a man's "feminine side". Women tend to be the primary decision maker for families making charitable contributions.
- Should not be: too busy, literal, financial or masculine. No animals, no money or stock market imagery. And avoid the "hands helping hands" imagery that is prevalent in the non-profit arena.
I will provide regular feedback throughout the contest, and intend to guarantee it when I am confident in the result.
I plan to publicize this contest on my blog, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Winner needs to provide final deliverables as follows:
- CMYK, black &white, and grayscale versions in PDF format
- CMYK, black & white, and grayscale versions in either .eps or .ai format
- Layered RGB file in .psd or .png format
- JPEG version
Thank you for your time and consideration of this contest.
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Windows Phone developer, Ronny Gydar, is normally busy working on his various Windows Phone apps that includes Trine's Hangman and People Search. But this past weekend he and a few friends spent some time on the slopes.
Skiing on Sled Dogs snow skates, Ronny captured the footage using his Nokia Lumia 920 and not only is it impressive watching these guys fly downhill on such small skates but the 920's performance isn't too shabby either. Ronny said the biggest challenge may have been simply holding on to his Lumia 920 while skiing. He's using a silicone skin case that required both hands to maintain a firm grip on the Windows Phone. He's since vowed to find a more rugged case so he concentrate more on the skiing and get away with holding his Lumia 920 with one hand.
While the audio isn't the best (racing down hill does generate a little wind noise), you can barely notice any bounce with the Lumia 920's image stabilization. I'm guessing the flashes of light in the footage is snow reflecting off the Lumia 920's light as it impacts the lens.
All in all, the footage is yet more testimony to the benefit image stabilization gives the Lumia 920.
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As a 19-year-old Georgia State University student, I became a member of my fraternity's pledge club. As a pledge, I was beaten unmercifully, ridiculed, taunted and more as was the tradition in a variety of campus groups.
Once I crossed "the burning sands," so to speak, and became a founding member of the GSU chapter of the fraternity, I was elected founding president by my founding brothers.
One of my first acts as president was to prohibit hazing. Yes, my brothers put stress on future pledges, but more often than not we required them to wash cars, run errands, do homework, raise money or volunteer in the community, for instance.
Hazing everywhere
If you don't know, hazing is a crime. Despite that fact, hazing goes on essentially at every college campus in every state and in most cities.
You tell me the name of any former or current college student that has ever been a part of a fraternity, sorority, band, athletic team, military unit or secret campus society that has not been hazed or does not know if hazing exists. Hell, you don't even have to be a college student to know that hazing possibly exists.
Earlier in 2011, a criminal act was allegedly committed at Pennsylvania State University. Once it was learned that university officials and administrators were aware of suspicious acts involving possible crimes against a young person, the athletic director was fired, coaches were fired, assistant coaches were fired and even the president of Penn State University was fired.
'Convenient' termination
The only person fired so far in the aftermath of the FAMU hazing tragedy has been the university band director. How convenient.
The band director almost immediately demanded his reinstatement on grounds that he went to proper administrative channels, informed university officials that hazing was taking place in the band. But the fired band director said no one sought to terminate hazing or suspend or expel students involved in hazing from the band or from the school.
Who is responsible in a court of law when hazing results in a death? Obviously the school and the state that operates the school are liable, but there is a limitation on damages injured persons can received from the state. Any amount over the limitation must come in the form of a "claims bill" and be voted on by state legislators and signed by the governor.
Real money
The deepest pockets involved in universities most likely are the pockets of the members of university boards of trustees.
What do trustees have to do with it? University faculty, staff and administrators must be trained on ways to protect students by preventing activities that could be criminal or harmful to the students that attend the school.
Seems to me, if university trustees vote on university budgets and part of that budget contains dollars for training, the trustees should have no problem discussing in court whether state-funded training dollars were used for the necessary and required training on how to recognize and stop hazing.
If hazing was allowed to persist because university employees were not trained on stopping hazing, perhaps the university trustees are personally liable for lack of institutional control of public taxpayer dollars or voting for training budgets when employees were inadequately trained. (Interested lawyers can review the 1992 federal case of Brown vs. City of Oakland, Cal.)
Crime pecking order?
If a crime has been committed and no one is liable or responsible for the death of a student, should we be concerned? Or is there a pecking order of college crime where some crimes are reported to police, some crimes are ignored, some are covered up and some are just bottled up for years by silent accomplices?
At Penn State, people with knowledge of possible criminal activity along with ultimate responsibility at the school, and those administrators that had the biggest university paychecks, were fired.
But not all schools are alike.
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By Matthew Heimer
Like much of the rest of the country, the Encore team has been gradually switching its attention from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy to the impact of next week's election. Here's what's been on our minds (and on our laptops) as we head into the final weekend:
Who's better at saving for retirement: Red-state residents or blue-state folks? Encore contributor Anne Tergesen of the Wall Street Journal has the answer, with the help of a study from financial firm FutureAdvisor. Some good news and bad news from the study: Nationwide, the average 401(k) balance is up more than 25% since 2008; but the balance of the median account is just over $26,000, which, compared to the needs of the average retiree, is little more than bus fare.
Whoever wins next week will get the dubious privilege of wrangling over what do about the so-called fiscal cliff — the combination of expiring tax breaks and automatic spending cuts towards which Congress and President Obama have been speeding like Thelma & Louise since their budget compromise last year. To whoever wins, Alicia Munnell of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, says: Go over the edge. Why? Because the shock-treatment package of savings and revenue increases will help force the government to make hard fiscal choices.
If we do take the plunge, your own finances are likely to feel the impact: Not only will taxes increase on a range of investments, but the number of households likely to owe estate tax will multiply fifteen-fold. (That's a lot of folds.) MarketWatch columnist Elizabeth O'Brien offers some what-to-do-now advice about protecting your portfolio and your estate. (And if you're not a member of the 1%, don't scoff at the idea of having an "estate." Under current law, estates valued at more than $1 million will owe tax starting Jan. 1. In other words, even a modest-sized New York apartment or Pacific beach cottage could put you over the top.)
Watching presidential candidates bash each other with the "he'll destroy Medicare" stick is a cherished element of our quadrennial political ritual. But for many Baby Boomers who retire early or are self-employed, the bigger question is what happens before Medicare–when they're too young to qualify for federal coverage, but don't have insurance through an employer. The WSJ's Glenn Ruffenach notes that the number of employers who provide insurance to their own retirees is plummeting, while Elizabeth O'Brien notes that the future of Obamacare could have a major impact on the too-young-for-Medicare crowd.


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By now you should all know exactly why you want Instagram on Android so bad, and you are all probably dying to know when it will come. Well the folks at Instagram have opened up a sign up page for Android users to be notified about the progress and when it is available. While we aren't sure whether this is just to be made aware of when it is released, or to be part of the beta, but either way you won't want to miss out. The process is simple, click on the link below and then enter your email address. Just like that you will be registered to be notified of whatever Instagram has in the works for us. Here's to hoping for a release soon!
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Mayor Don Wesely today invited residents of Lincoln and Lancaster County to attend one of the initial workshops on the development of a new Comprehensive Plan, a framework for future growth in the city and county. Three meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, January 17 and five more for Thursday, January 18. The current Comprehensive Plan has been revised many times since its 1994 completion, and officials hope to have a new draft plan by the end of 2001.
"These workshops kick off a very ambitious undertaking, and we need to involve as much of the community as possible in this process," said Mayor Wesely. "This is an important opportunity for area residents to learn about the issues and have a role in determining a future vision for our community."
Discussion at the workshops will focus on where the city is now and where citizens want it to be in the future. Workshops are scheduled for:
Wednesday, January 17, 7 to 9 p.m.
"The ideas and comments we receive at these workshops will provide the foundation for our new Comprehensive Plan," said Kathleen Sellman, Director of the City-County Planning Department, the lead local agency working on the project. "We hope these initial workshops will also help us to strengthen our ties to the community for future activities in this important planning process."
The city and county have undertaken several studies to lay groundwork for the development of the new Comprehensive Plan. They include a community attitude survey, the Infrastructure Financing Study, the Stevens Creek Basin Initiative and the creation of natural resource databases on the city-county Geographic Information System (GIS).
Comments on the Comprehensive Plan may also be submitted through the Planning Department on the city's web site (www.lincoln.ne.gov), which also contains more information on the plan and on the individual studies.
The Mayor, City Council and County Board have appointed a citizen-based Comprehensive Plan Committee to guide the process. The committee includes two members of the City-County Planning Commission, Jon Carlson and Cecil Steward. Other members are Deborah Brehm, Eleanor Francke, Merle Jahde, John Janovy, Brad Korell, Rick Krueger, John Ludden, Melinda Pearson, Bill Siefert, Marva Wasser and Art Zygielbaum.
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A man has been convicted of raping a young woman who had been thrown off her last bus home because she was 20p short of the fare.
Joseph Moran, 19, was found guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court of rape and wounding with intent to cause GBH, police said.
The court has heard how the woman had been out with friends in the city on December 9 last year for an early Christmas celebration.
It was told that she only had £4.80 to pay the £5 fare to Mansfield. The driver would not waive the 20p nor wait for her to visit an ATM opposite the bus stop.
She began walking along Mansfield Road out of the city where she had arranged to be collected by her mother.
But as she approached the entrance to Forest Recreation Ground she was grabbed by Moran, of Sneinton, and dragged into the park where he subjected her to what the jury heard was an appalling and protracted attack.
She was found by police officers just after 4am, unconscious, and having suffered terrible injuries. She was rushed to hospital and police began an immediate investigation. Moran was arrested within minutes.
Detective Chief Inspector Rob Griffin, who was in charge of the investigation, described Moran as "a singularly depraved and highly dangerous individual who committed a grotesque and extremely violent crime".
He said: "In the weeks and months since that terrible night, this young woman has undergone extensive surgery to repair the physical damage she suffered.
"She has also received support to help her deal with the mental and emotional injuries.
"Moran refused to accept his guilt, and so added to the torment she and her family have had to endure.
"Despite her lasting physical, mental and emotional scars, this young woman has shown the most tremendous courage and dignity, despite the many challenges she has had to face, and has played a vital role in securing his conviction."
He added: "Moran is a dangerous and violent man. A thorough police investigation and a courageous victim have ensured that he has been taken off the streets and no longer poses a risk to other women."
Asked about reports that other passengers failed to give the victim the 20p she needed, the officer told the Daily Mail:
"It's difficult to speak for those people. We each make our own judgments and the people on that bus made their judgments that night. Knowing what they know now, they may wish they had given 20p."
In a statement, the mother of the victim thanked those involved in the case.
She said: "The last six months have been a very difficult time for my daughter and our family. We would like to thank the police, the prosecuting counsel and the medical staff at the Queen's Medical Centre for the care and support they have shown to us during this time."
Moran will appear at the crown court on July 27 for sentencing.


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Inspirational Drum and Bass; starting with an electric clean guitar that later on climaxes into a relaxing, motivational drum&bass tune. Its very presentable and has that futuristic business style sound.
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Isand66 (Ian) has been using a much greater percentage of starter/Levain in his recent SD breads. As I was looking around for a place to start with this idea, I ran across Chad Robertson's Country SD that uses this same technique. I also prefer at least 10% rye and WW in the finished loaf and wanted to make sure that was the case in this bread. I also wanted a higher hydration dough and one that had more AP flour and less bread flour. This bread sure looks good on the outside but I can't cut into it yet until my wife gives the OK since she is taking it into work tomorrow. I'm hoping the crumb is fairly open this time - and it was fairly airy. It was also delicious, especially toasted with butter. This one is a keeper!
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Remove from fridge and let rest on counter for 1 hour. Do 1 S&F gently and do final shape into a boule. Make sure to tighten the skin properly. Place in cloth and floured bennaton and let rise in a plastic trash can liner for 2 hours.
One hour before boule is proofed, heat oven to 500 with stone and steaming apparatus in place. Remove boule from benetton onto parchment lined peel and put in the oven. After 2 minutes turn down oven to 450 F . After 15 minutes total, remove steaming apparatus and bake at 400F convection for another 15- 25 minutes until the temp hits 205 F in the center of the boule. Turn off oven and left bread sit on the stone with the oven door ajar for 10 more minutes. Remove bread to cooling rack until completely cool.


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A First Dog From Down South
In choosing his Cabinet, President Obama turned to the North, the Midwest and the West. Because Obama stiffed the South, he really ought to look below the Mason-Dixon line for the First Dog. This would be a solid move politically, but it's also a matter of supply and demand.
The Obamas are reportedly leaning toward a labradoodle or a Portuguese water dog. They say they want the First Pet to be a dog from a shelter, a decision that's both fashionable and morally sound. But as with other shifts in our collective tastes in pets, the growing popularity of shelter animals has had an unanticipated side effect -- there is a mismatch between the number of people who want to rescue a dog and the number of dogs needing to be rescued.
In 1970, 24 million dogs and cats were put to death in animal shelters in the United States. By 2007, the number had fallen to 4 million. This reduction was the result of the most successful crusade in the history of the animal protection movement, the spay-and-neuter campaign.
But the rush to pluck the reproductive organs from every household pet in America has been so successful that we may be running out of dogs.
In fact, some leaders in the animal welfare movement worry that the slack will be taken up by puppy mills in countries such as Mexico and China. Meanwhile, others believe that the United States has plenty of dogs to go around. The only problem is that they're in the wrong places.
There is distinct geographic disparity in the distribution of adoptable pets because spay-and-neuter campaigns have been much less successful in Southern states than in other parts of the country. For instance, the per capita rate of unwanted pet euthanasia is 40 times higher in my home state of North Carolina than in Connecticut. It seems a lot of people in the South don't like restrictions on the sex lives of their pets any more than they like zoning laws or gun control.
There is, however, an upside to my region's historic resistance to animal birth control. It is that, on the whole, our shelter dogs make better pets than the shelter dogs in other parts of the country. Michael Mountain, co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society, the nation's largest sanctuary for abandoned pets, says that animal shelters in the urban North are "overrun with pit bulls." And because a higher proportion of dogs in Northern shelters have been neglected or abused, many of them suffer the canine equivalent of post-traumatic stress syndrome. That means that they are not good candidates for adoption into the average home.
The bottom line is that most of the people who want to adopt a dog are up north, while most of the dogs in need of good homes are down south. That's why the animal rescue group in my rural North Carolina county ships 200 dogs a year up to shelters in Connecticut, where they find loving homes with dog-craving suburbanites.
And that's small potatoes. Since 2004, the Rescue Waggin' program operated by PetSmart, the national chain of pet product superstores, has transported 20,000 abandoned dogs from states such as Tennessee and Kentucky to places where they are snapped up by grateful owners.
The geographic differences in attitudes toward spay-and-neuter laws have created another paradox as well: The more successful a region's efforts are at controlling pet overpopulation, the more aggressive -- and less adoptable -- the dogs in their local animal shelter tend to be.
Jennifer Brehler, director of operations of the Asheville (N.C.) Humane Society, which ships dogs to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has told me that visiting workers from animal shelters in Northern states have said that they are amazed at how sweet her dogs are compared with shelter dogs in the North.
Just to be clear, it's okay with me if our new president picks Yankees and Midwesterners to run the country. But he really should get Malia and Sasha's rescue dog from a Southern state. We have more pooches to choose from, and our dogs are nicer.
Hal Herzog, a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C., has studied societal attitudes and behavior toward animals for more than 20 years.


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Over the last 20 years, I have had three different houseboats and have never been asked about frequency of use when insuring them. So, I am not sure it makes any difference to your premiums.
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Over the last 20 years, I have had three different houseboats and have never been asked about frequency of use when insuring them. So, I am not sure it makes any difference to your premiums.
I will just betcha money that a large percentage of boaters don't have any insurance at all. I t is pretty darn expensive.
Is that correct??
Liability only $1,000,000= $126.00 per year, it's a rider on my homeowners insurance.
ours is 450 a year for full coverage.60,000 on the boat,850,000 fuel spills,6000 on contents plus 300,000 on accidents.25,000 medical. plus all the other goodies. you need a recent marine survey.
I would agree that a large percentage of boaters do not have insurance - but, that includes runabouts and such. Other than a few older, smaller steel hulled house boats, everyone I know has insurance on their houseboat. My houseboat insurance is $850 a year.
Hey there EastTNboater! Who's your insurer? Mine is through Ace American. I'm paying ~$1,100 a year. I tried a couple other recently, but they were much higher, so I'm sticking to where I'm at until I find something better.
I don't understand why someone wouldn't insure their houseboat. The simple liability of an accident, injury, or death is enough to send chills up my spine. Peace of mind in this case is a very good thing!
Go Vols!
Formerly owned a 16X69' Sailabration
Bet On Another Thousand
It is with State Farm - along with the rest of my stuff - house, five cars, runabout, jet ski, ... My houseboat is not insured to its "full value". It is insured to what I paid for it. I also have a $2,500 deductible.
One more question . Have you ever asked your insurance company, how far from the dock are you allowed to go??
Don't even mention the ocean to them or a long trip in strange waters.
Interesting note some of you I notice mention insurance is a rider on your home insurance or you also have a house insured with the same company. I'm just guessing here that the insurer would not consider you a live aboard since you have a house.
Any live aboard's have input on this insurance question.... as in your boat is your only home.... no dirt dwellings.
Not that I feel any previous comments are invalid. Just wondering how it goes when you walk in and say home... which is a boat by the way. LOL


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Mexico's star is ascending these days. Nissan just revealed plans to spend $2 billion on a new factory there, which is twice as much as an automaker typically spends on a big new factory. It signals that Nissan is laying the groundwork for what is sure to expand into a massive assembly plant in a few years.
Honda is also investing in Mexico, and so is Mazda. Others are eyeing the region as a carmaking location. The Detroit 3 have been there forever. Parts suppliers are newly investing there. Mexico is booming and beckoning.
And Mexico has a lot going for it, not least of which is proximity to Mexican and South American consumers. But it is hard to attribute the new investment wave to much more than labor rates. The automakers are shy about saying so, but the reality is that in 2012 Mexican wages are still very low.
Even after years of Mexico's cost of living inching up and American wages going down, Mexico's labor rates are still a fraction of U.S. rates. Mexico's auto assemblers nowadays pay $4 to $5 an hour. U.S. rates differ all over the map now, from $28 an hour in wages for the Detroit 3, to $14 an hour for new Tier 2 Detroit 3 workers, to hourly wage rates at the transplants that vary from $15 into the high $20s.
But all of them are far higher than Mexico's $5. And the going rate at Mexican parts plants these days is about $2 an hour. Throw in the benefits that are standard in Mexico, and a parts worker's hourly compensation package is closer to $3.
As attractive as those savings are, they look even better when overtime is factored in.
Do the math: Pay time-and-a-half or double-time to run a U.S. assembly line on Saturdays, or pay double-time to have workers in a Mexican plant work on Saturdays? And don't underestimate that -- there is a lot of overtime going on at North American auto factories right now.
Deciding where to build a new auto factory tends to be advanced calculus. Planners have to factor in soil conditions, railroad schedules, utility rates and even political outlooks. Worker wages represent just one piece of the equation.
But when the potential savings on hourly wages is that large, it sure looks like pretty simple arithmetic.


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Michael Lo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Dental Design SD - TMJ - Advanced Dentistry - Sleep Apnea
Hi - I'm Dr. Kathrina Agatep and I'm looking to refresh my logo a bit after moving my office.
You can visit my old website still at http://www.dentaldesignspa.com to get a feel of who I am and what I do.
Young professionals and older patients as well. We treat, but DO NOT cater to children.
I offer general dentistry, but target cosmetic dentistry and TMJ patients. These treatments can be costly and cater to a more sophisticated upper middle class audience.
Logo must have the following elements.
1.) Dental Design SD (I originally wanted just my name, but others suggested not doing so. Sorry for the change!)
2.) TMJ - Advanced Dentistry - Sleep Apnea
3.) Needs to show against different solid backgrounds. Business card will be earthtone.
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I'm into an urban contemporary look, but I'm open to whatever you great designers come up with. I especially like the Neutraface fonts from House Industries.
- attention grabbing
- I'm open to new colorways, but I like earthtones, greens and grays. Whatever colorways the winning designer comes up with, is what I will use for my website colors as well.
- something that when people look at it, they say "wow...that's pretty hip"
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- any logo that uses a dental tool or tooth
- bright neon colors
- anything stereotypical "San Diego" ie. beach, trees, etc.
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Maybe mods can sticky this so it doesn't get buried. Also thanks Lou
Like live streams for the Habs
Maybe mods can sticky this so it doesn't get buried. Also thanks Lou
Thanks Lou.
yw guys, The link I found, but Habsy suggested this stand alone thread.
he's pushy that way
Useful links ?
Just move to Quebec and get RDS/TVA like normal people
"Love one another as I have loved you"... Jesus-Christ our Holy Lord and Savior Forever Amen and Alleluia !!!
Gonna use the right thread or...? haha.
there's also nhl streams on reddit.
thx RedLight...
Thanks guys for this thread. I'm traveling to Mexico next week for work so this will come in handy.
ya but the beach ain't going anywhere, Le.
its gone just like that, 3 weeks of sand converted into white cold snow ...blaa
well at least you have the best summers in Canada ahead of you
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Sister Freeze
Granny Freeze Nicole Kidman has a frozen sister!
Check Meg Ryan last night with Tom Hanks at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame event. Like Nicole, Meg's once beguiling features have now grotesquely morphed into wax and ice. Meg's advantage however is that she has good hair. Always has had good hair. LOVED her hair in You Got Mail. Unfortunately for the Gran, her hair is frazzled and fleeting. Poor Gran.
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EA has announced that it will be offering a major piece of DLC for FIFA 12 in the shape of UEFA EURO 2012.
The expansion pack gives you the opportunity to compete for the EURO 2012 title. But players won't be restricted to just the teams that successfully qualified for the tournament - all 53 UEFA member national teams are present, as are the 8 official stadiums that will host the championship in Poland and Ukraine this summer.
The game will be playable locally and online. It will also feature an all-new Expedition mode, in which you'll be able to start with your favourite European player or FIFA 12 Virtual Pro as the captain, and "craft the perfect strategy for European domination." Beat opposing teams and earn better players from defeated nations, building your squad as you attempt to defeat all 53 countries and conquer Europe.
The expansion will be released on XBLA, PSN and PC Digital Download on April 24. The RRP is &#Array;15.99 on PSN, 1800 MS Points and 2500 FIFA Points on PC.