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- Jul 7:
- Sheriff's helicopter finds marijuana garden
- Jun 15:
- Chino Hills house yields $3 million in plants
- Jan 20:
- Federal agents search dispensary in Pomona
- Jun 12:
- Pot house smoked out
- May 19:
- Authorities seize 14,000 plants worth $60 million to $80 million
- May 17:
- Pot bust nets 630 plants
- May 6:
- Burning house yields big pot crop
- May 5:
- Deputies seize marijuana worth more than $8.5 million
- Apr 19:
- 4 more jailed in pot raids
- Apr 18:
- Police bust pot house in Diamond Bar
- Apr 6:
- Rowland Heights raids uncover $10M in pot
- Apr 2:
- House in Pomona latest in string of raids, seizures
- Marijuana farms moving indoors
- Mar 29:
- Plants seized at two homes
- Mar 22:
- 2,000 pot plants found in home
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Parents rush to school with their children in the morning. The smell of barbecue permeates the air on any given evening.
Traffic roars by on the 60 Freeway. On warm days, red-tail hawks lazily float in the sky above. These are the routine, everyday occurrences that accompany life in the suburbs.
What seemed to go unnoticed by residents in this quiet community in the middle of Rowland Heights was a multimillion-dollar marijuana farm that occupied an otherwise empty house in the 17800 block of Nearbank Drive.
Unnoticed, that is, until Los Angeles County sheriff's narcotics detectives showed up Wednesday night with a search warrant and hauled away more than 1,500 high-potency marijuana plants valued at more than $9.6 million.
The house is not unlike several others nearby that have been raided by federal, state and local authorities in recent weeks. The raids bear an eerie likeness to several that have occurred over the past year in San Francisco, Sacramento and the San Joaquin Valley, officials said.
"This trend is a little too new to get a feel for the full scope of it," said Sarah Pullen, a special agent with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. "What seems
Narcotics investigators say the scale of the growing operations has exceeded the norm.
Sgt. Mike Hannemann of the sheriff's narcotics bureau said that in the past, indoor pot farms have only taken up single rooms of homes, leaving space for people to live.
In the most-recent cases, he said, entire homes have been gutted and rendered uninhabitable, with every room converted to grow marijuana.
Rows and rows of tables full of foliage at different stages of growth filled makeshift tables and trays in almost every room of the Nearbank Drive home.
Bundles of wires rigged to bypass Southern California Edison meters fed the large, high-powered lights, fans, and other equipment necessary to grow pot inside.
Indoor farms raided last year in the Sacramento County city of Elk Grove displayed a similar ingenuity, San Francisco police Inspector Jameson Pan said.
"It turns out they were all wired up by the same electrician," he added.
In the Nearbank Drive home, a white dry-erase board calendar bore what appeared to be initials and Chinese characters along the bottom.
The suspicion among investigators is that elements of Asian organized crime are behind the farms.
"It's speculation at this point," Hannemann said.
But he added that the massive scale and cost of the operations make organized-crime networks likely.
"It's much bigger than the territorial gangs," he said.
Purchasing the homes and equipment to grow the plants costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said.
"It adds up quite fast. It's a lot of money."
The recent spate of so-called grow-homes have been found in Diamond Bar, Chino Hills and Pomona in addition to Rowland Heights.
Homes in the Rowland Heights neighborhood surrounding Nearbank Drive list for between $775,000 and $900,000, according to the Multiple Listing Service, an Internet search engine used by real- estate agents to list homes for sale.
There have been seven raids on such homes since the end of March.
It's no coincidence that these communities are at the heart of a demographic upheaval that has seen a huge influx of Asian immigrants over the past decade, some experts said.
Neighborhoods like these offer an opportunity for Asian gang members to fly under the radar, said Pan, San Francisco's expert on Asian organized crime.
"Basically it's an opportunity to make money, with less chance of being caught," Pan said.
In the 2000 Census, 46 percent of Rowland Heights' 48,553 residents claimed Asian heritage. Most of those are of Chinese descent.
Residential homes have been increasing their cache as pot farms in recent years because of the availability of "no money down" loans and low interest rates, Pan said.
"There's little overhead," he added. "Next thing you know, in six months you are making good money."
Areas with high concentrations of recent immigrants may also have attracted pot growers, because newer immigrants are sometimes less aware of "law- enforcement practices and processes," Hannemann said.
The quiet, suburban nature of the neighborhoods may have led growers to believe there would be less attention by law enforcement authorities, Hannemann added.
Neighbors said they noticed little activity at the home on Nearbank Drive, other than sporadic visits by people they did not recognize. Some said they saw the outside lights on late at night, but no sign that anyone lived inside.
"I thought it was vacant," said a male neighbor who declined to give his name for fear of reprisal. "I've never seen anything, to tell you the truth. It was quiet - almost to the point of being too quiet."
Another neighbor said she had seen a young Asian male going in and out once in a while but otherwise took little notice of the house.
Officials are unclear about the planned destination for the pot.


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Welcome to DeepModem Mom's Keyboard! You'll find here a mixture of the important and the trivial, the profound and the silly -- whatever particularly piques my interest at the moment, usually from media sources. You'll also find quite a few entries about the media itself. As a "news junkie" since the age of ten, I have sadly watched much of our media, through the Bush years, fail to fulfill its role as the essential fourth branch of our democratic system of government, informing the people and protecting our right to know. (A NOTE: My webpage comes through the courtesy of the website www.democraticunderground.com . The site is a community of progressives, many of them news and political junkies like myself, and a source for an astounding amount of information. While the site is moderated, those who post there are unrestricted re. profanity and good taste. Welcome to the wild new frontier of the Internet. As you would expect from a Mom, there will be no profanity on this page, and the Keyboard will strive to remain well within the bounds of good taste.) "Deep Throat" Mark Felt was at the centre of one of the longest-running mysteries in journalism. (BBC) David Straithairn as Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck" * "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free...it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson MOM'S DID-YOU-KNOW-THIS LIST
A LEAVE OF ABSENCE, or a possible farewell to the Keyboard, 1/21/09: My purpose for the Keyboard was to inform. It was to make clear my view that the leadership of our country, since January, 2001, was not legitimate, and to shine a light on the consequences of that illegitimacy. I felt the democratic system the Founders left us was endangered not only by the illegitimacy itself, but by the lack of respect those in power had for that system and for our Constitution. With the inauguration of Barack Obama, legitimate government is restored to the U.S. The system the Founders gave us corrected itself. Not only is legitimacy restored, but a great majority of the American people now understand the consequences of illegitimate government. They have seen the damage inflicted by government � not of, by and for the people � but of Dick Cheney, by Karl Rove, and for George W. Bush. They can look around them and see where that kind of government has brought us. I have no interest in criticism of President Obama as he tries to pick up the pieces, make us whole again, and take us forward together. He faces odds that seem insurmountable. But we have faced those odds before. And leaders of greatness -- leaders able to lead with the power of words � have appeared to lead us: the Founders, Lincoln, FDR. It may take adding Barack Obama to that list for us to endure, and I believe he may possess the greatness we need. The final words on every page of the Keyboard have been words I did not believe when, in the darkest days, I first posted them. But I was wrong. "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth pressed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, because you still reap what you sow. How long? Not long. Because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.; 25 March 1965 *** *** *** CNN: PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS FOR HALT TO GITMO PROSECUTIONS http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/gua... *** *** WP/AP: PRESIDENT OBAMA HALTS ALL REGULATIONS PENDING REVIEW http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte... "One of President Barack Obama's first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them. The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel....The waning days of former President Bush's administration featured much debate over what rules and regulations he would seek to enact before he left office." *** *** *** * CNN ON-AIR: OBAMAS DANCE THEIR WAY THROUGH NIGHT OF INAUGURAL BALLS President Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama; her Inaugural gown is by Jason Wu * VIDEO: THE OBAMAS' "FIRST DANCE," AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BALL, AS BEYONCE SINGS "AT LAST" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RRBYxZ7uxA *** *** CNN ON-AIR: INAUGURAL PARADE MARCHES UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE *** *** CNN ON-AIR: PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ATTEND LUNCH AT THE CAPITOL AFTER INAUGURAL CEREMONY President and Mrs. Obama *** *** CNN ON-AIR: OBAMAS, BIDENS ESCORT BUSHES TO HELICOPTER; IT TAKES OFF, BOUND FOR ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, FROM WHICH THE BUSHES DEPART FOR TEXAS MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS DAY DID COME -- HE IS GONE!!! *** *** CNN ON-AIR: PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERS INAUGURAL ADDRESS FROM THE WEST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL President Obama Link to text of Inaugural Address: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/oba... Link to CNN video of Inaugural Address: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/... *** *** CNN ON-AIR: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS SWORN IN AS 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES *** *** CNN: THE OBAMAS ATTEND PRE-INAUGURAL PRAYER SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/... / The Obamas arrive at St. John's Church *** *** *** AP: CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS STUMBLES WITH WORDS OF PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci... "At one point, Obama paused abruptly after Roberts reversed several words in the oath. The oath includes the phrase 'that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States' but Roberts didn't say 'faithfully' until after saying 'president of the United States.' Obama apparently realized that something was out of order. With Obama not reciting, Roberts then repeated the phrase correctly, the brief awkward moment ended and Obama was back on track." *** *** LAT: WRITERS PRAISE OBAMA'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/inaug... "More novel than short story; more ballad than poem -- most writers agree that restraint and plain speaking were the qualities that distinguished President Obama's inaugural address. Long on plot (and it will thicken), it did what literature does best: the backward glance, the standing on shoulders, the salute to ancestors and other sources of wisdom. 'He is our first (in the best sense of the word) aristocratic president,' said author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell. 'Bush was a buddy. Clinton was the kindly uncle. Obama is a prince.' And yet, Obama is also a writer, and writers were not at a loss for words. Author Ron Carlson was watching the president's syntax. 'What courage,' he said, 'to use a complex sentence talking to a million people! By expecting the best of us, he just might get it.' Nonfiction writer Mark Kurlansky said the speech 'was the most sophisticated view of the world and our role in it of any inaugural address in history.' Others felt the call to action. 'With an Obama speech, listening is sometimes enough,' said Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Powers, 'but not this time. The inauguration speech is one we ought to read. It strikes me as clear and determined and grounded in confidence that of course we are still in the middle of the American story, not nearing the end.'" *** CBS NEWS: COLIN POWELL: "THE AMERICA WE REMEMBER IS BACK AGAIN" http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/20/po... *** CNN: FEDERAL SECURITY OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE INAUGURATION DAY THREAT http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/... / *** NYT, PAGE ONE: HINTS OF AGENDA AND TONE FOR NEW FIRST LADY http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/polit... *** * AP: MICHELLE OBAMA CHOOSES ISABEL TOLEDO DESIGN FOR INAUGURATION DAY http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl... "First lady Michelle Obama wore a sparkling yellow-gold sheath dress with matching coat by Cuban-born American designer Isabel Toledo for the inauguration of her husband, a choice many applauded as a cheerful message of hope and a vote for the American fashion industry. She paired the embellished ensemble with green gloves from J. Crew and green shoes.... Their daughters were style icons in their own right, with 10-year-old Malia in a double-breasted periwinkle-blue coat with a blue-ribbon bow at the waist, and Sasha, 7, in a pink coat with orange scarf and satin belt, a coral-colored dress peeking out at the hem." * LAT: MICHELLE WEARS JIMMY CHOO'S GREEN "GLACIER" PUMP http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage... *** * WP/AP: NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY GETS $250 MILLION FROM CARLOS SLIM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte... * EDITOR&PUBLISHER: DEBT-RIDDEN NEW YORK TIMES IN TALKS WITH MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE CARLOS SLIM FOR BIG INVESTMENT http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne... *** *** MOM'S FEATURED VIDEO BARACK OBAMA TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS PRESIDENT, AND THE BAND STRIKES UP "HAIL TO THE CHIEF"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Yff-_9MZs *** *** CAPITOL HILL LAT: SENATE CONFIRMS SIX OBAMA CABINET CHOICES; CLINTON, DASCHLE, GEITHNER, SOLIS DELAYED http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/inaug... *** *** CNN ON-AIR: SENATOR KERRY REPORTS SENATOR KENNEDY IMPROVED; WILL BE HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT CNN ON-AIR: SENATOR KENNEDY COLLAPSES AT INAUGURAL LUNCHEON, IS TAKEN AWAY IN AMBULANCE CNN: SENATOR KENNEDY ATTENDS INAUGURATION CEREMONY http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/... / Sen. Ted Kennedy arrives on the Inaugural stage. *** *** POLITICS WP/AP: NEW YORK GOVERNOR PATERSON ACKNOWLEDGES HE IS CONSIDERING ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREW CUOMO FOR APPOINTMENT TO HILLARY CLINTON'S SENATE SEAT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte... *** *** TO REPORT THREATS TO THE PRESIDENT: CONTACT NUMBERS FOR U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICES http://www.secretservice.gov/field_offices... *** CORRECT THE GULLIBLE! RESPOND TO SLIME IN FORWARDED E-MAILS! Link to rumor-busting Snopes.com Barack Obama page: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/obama... MOM'S NOTE OF APPRECIATION FOR THIS WEEK GOES TO:
NYT: VISITING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: THE GREAT LIBRARY JEFFERSON BEGAN, AND HOW IT GREW http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/arts/des... "What is remarkable about Jefferson�s library, which he organized according to a Baconian scheme of memory, reason and imagination, is its eclecticism. There are books of poetry and political philosophy but also texts on anatomy, beekeeping, stenography and the proper management of children. When some members of Congress objected that they didn�t need quite so much technical information, Jefferson said of his library, 'I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection; there is, in fact, no subject to which a member of Congress may not have occasion to refer.'" (Richard Perry/NYT) In the Great Hall a bronze statue holds a light aloft. *** NYT: 36 HOURS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: "WASHINGTON IS SUDDENLY HIP AGAIN"! http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/trave... *** NYT: SAM MENDES PRODUCES "THE CHERRY ORCHARD," ADAPTED BY TOM STOPPARD, AT THE HARVEY THEATER, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/the... (Sara Krulwich/NYT) Ethan Hawke as the political idealist Trofimov and Sinead Cusack as Ranevskaya in the new production of "The Cherry Orchard." *** NYT: AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, A JEWEL OF A PAINTING COLLECTION http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/arts/des... (National Gallery of Art) Vermeer�s dewy �Girl With the Red Hat� (1665-66) MOM'S RECOMMENDED DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND POSTS
FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: "WE REJECT AS FALSE THE CHOICE BETWEEN OUR SAFETY AND OUR IDEALS" posted by G_j http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience�s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more." *** "THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP" posted by babylonsister http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "Charles Swift, for daring to take on his government over the illegal military tribunal system and then, unfortunately, being passed over for promotion. Richard Clarke, for speaking out about Bush�s pre-9/11 neglect of terrorism and post-9/11 attempt to link Iraq and al Qaeda....The Dixie Chicks, for being rightfully 'ashamed' of Bush in the lead-up to the Iraq war and then facing the blowback....Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson, for speaking out about Bush�s false case for war in Iraq and then suffering the retribution....New York Times and James Risen, for revealing Bush�s illegal warrantless wiretapping and aggravating Dick Cheney. Judge Anna Taylor Diggs, for striking down Bush�s illegal warrantless wiretapping program as an unconstitutional infringement on the right to privacy and free speech. John Podesta, for building and orchestrating the 'vast left-wing conspiracy.'...Cp. Pat Tillman and his family, for service to the nation both in defending it and demanding accountability from it....The retired generals who called on Rumsfeld to resign....Col. Morris Davis, for resigning his position as Chief Prosecutor at Gitmo after revealing the political interference from the Pentagon. Matthew Alexander, for revealing the torture that was carried out against prisoners in Iraq. James Hansen, for revealing the Bush administration�s attempts to censor science....Jack Goldsmith and James Comey, for standing up against their President�s attempts to manipulate the law....Helen Thomas, for daring to ask what most reporters are not willing to.Knight-Ridder�s Warren Strobel and Jonthan Landay, who were among the minority of reporters who looked critically at the Bush administration�s case for war in Iraq." *** THE AUSPICIOUS PORTENT AND SYMBOLISM OF FLIGHT 1549 posted by soupkitchen http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "Face it. The country's been flying with damaged engines for some time now. The GOP birdbrains managed to get themselves sucked into the turbines of government, flame out predictably ensued, with total disaster imminent. And then on the eve of a new administration, an administration which, if it is going to succeed in avoiding that disaster, must immediately restore America's belief in and respect for competence -- so thoroughly decimated by the other guys -- along comes Capt Sully Sullenberger to remind us what competency is all about." *** I WENT TO DEEP THROAT'S MEMORIAL posted by Downtown Hound http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "Happy journey, Mr. Felt. This nation owes you a great debt." *** YOU DO REALIZE THAT IN A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS THEY WILL BE GONE posted by givemebackmycountry http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "Today, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of Americans, are gathered in freezing temperatures close to railroad tracks to see the man WE elected. Not the Supreme Court and fat Tony. Not the thieves in Ohio and Florida. US. You and I. WE did it. Yes we can, has turned into yes we DID." *** PHOTO OF THE DAY: NEW ARRIVAL IN D.C. -- HOPE (IT'S BEEN A LONG EIGHT YEARS) posted by Pirate Smile http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... *** LOOKING BACK, DID WE EVER THINK WE'D GET HERE? posted by FitzmasAgain http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "It's here, we can move on, now... God, please bless Barack Obama, President of The United States! Please, watch over him, us, the planet. It's here! And we're here to witness it! The moment's here at last!!!" *** SOME FOLKS NEVER GOT OVER THE STOLEN ELECTION OF 2000 posted by kentuck http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "They saw the danger signs even then. (Bush) and his friends would do anything to gain power, including stopping people from counting the votes. What did they have to fear? That they might lose? In the end, we all lost. Now, eight years later, he exits the stage. Every way we turn, we face a disaster....May we never again surrender to such...people in their pursuit of power and greed." (NOTE: ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS MOM -- SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO NEVER FORGOT THE OUTRAGE OF AN AMERICAN ELECTION STOLEN, IN FULL VIEW OF PRESS AND PUBLIC, WITH IMPUNITY. MAY NONE OF US, AFTER THESE EIGHT YEARS, EVER FORGET!) *** "NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY HEY, GOOOOODBYE!!!" I CAN'T GET THAT SONG OUT OF MY HEAD! posted by sparosnare (after Bush's Farewell Speech) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... *** BEN & JERRY CREATED "YES PECAN" ICE CREAM FOR OBAMA; FOR GEORGE W. THEY CREATED.... posted by Are_grits_groceries http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "Grape Depression Abu Grape Cluster Fudge Nut'n Accomplished Iraqi Road Chock 'n Awe WireTapioca.... Heck of a Job, Brownie!" *** *** JFK: "I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M A LIBERAL" posted by DeeDeeNY http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... "...if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" *** *** A REMINDER, POSTED BY H20 MAN "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?' I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth pressed to earth will rise again. How long? 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Candidates can no longer accept unlimited contributions from individuals
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill Monday further extending the state's contribution limits to other elected offices. Senate Bill 5748 now sets contribution limits on candidates running for a seat on a public hospital district board of commissioners in a district with a population over 150,000.
No person, other than a bona fide political party or a caucus political committee, will be allowed to contribute more than $900 per election for those candidates. Each primary, general, and special election are considered a separate election for purposes of the contribution limits, so a person would be allowed to contribute $900 during the primary and another $900 during the general election.
Senator Pam Roach was the bill's main sponsor and she said, "This is a victory for citizens who reside in public hospital districts…Recent commission races have seen large contributions from single sources that have over powered the campaigns. All elected positions in state, county, and local government have campaign finance limitations except for public hospital commissioners. There is no reason that candidates for public hospital district board of commissioners should not live under the same rules as other elected officials. This bill corrects that problem."
The bill will take effect on July 28, 2013.
Photo of Gov. Jay Inslee courtesy of Thomas Sørenes on Wikipedia.
Passes major campaign finance changes on final day
The Alabama Legislature adjourned just before midnight on Monday, May 20, 2013, but not before passing major changes to the state's Fair Campaign Practices Act.
The most significant change is the elimination of limits on corporate contributions to candidates and political action committees. Under the new law, corporations will be permitted to contribute in the same manner as individuals, who are not subject to any contribution limits, with the exception of retaining the state's pay-to-play prohibition on contributions to the Public Service Commission by utilities the commission regulates. The bill also makes 527 organizations subject to the ban on PAC-to-PAC transfers and adds enforcement and penalty provisions.
The Secretary of State's Office will release information regarding the effective date of these provisions since the law must first receive Department of Justice preclearance before it becomes enforceable.
State and Federal Communications Comptroller Jeff Roberts talks about meeting Danny Werfel, the interim director of the Internal Revenue Service.
They say it is good to know people in high places.
In 2009 my twin brother Ted and I decided to make a trip to Washington, DC and to take our dad, who had never visited the city before. Ted and I have visited numerous times and so we got busy making up a list of our favorite places to visit and things that Dad really should see. Dad mentioned to some church friends all of us have known for many years that he was taking this trip with us. They offered to connect us with their son-in-law, an employee of the Office of Management and Budget, who might be able to take us on a tour of the White House.
It turns out that particular day the White House had already arranged for public tours of the grounds, so we could not tour the mansion itself. Our friends' son-in-law graciously agreed to escort us around the grounds. At the appointed time the three of us, along with former State and Federal Communications, Inc. temporary employee Andrew Houk, who was completing a Master's Degree at George Washington University at the time, met at the corner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and began our tour. Our guide's credentials enabled us to not wait in the extremely long line of people.
Our guide proved to be not only knowledgeable, but friendly, down-to-earth, and an all around great guy. In our conversation I found him very bright, engaging, articulate, ambitious, and hard working. He was awaiting Senate confirmation to the position of Comptroller of the Office of Management and Budget. In short, I was very impressed.
Earlier this year he was named the point person at OMB to coordinate the agency spending cuts that are part of the federal sequestration. Not an enviable position. Today I read that he was appointed by President Obama to be the interim director of the Internal Revenue Service. Perhaps a less enviable position.
I have every confidence that Danny Werfel will do an outstanding job in his new role, and I plan to do some more name dropping as I engage in the many lively political debates that seem to go hand-in-hand with our business. And… I will triple check next year's federal income tax return!
Congratulations Danny!
Ethics reforms fail to pass
Lawmakers have ended the 2013 legislative session. Although both chambers are scheduled to convene on May 22, 2013, for a technical session, the House marked the conclusion with the traditional and celebratory paper toss on Friday, May 17, 2013.
Several bills aimed at reinstating or expanding the ethics reforms of Senate Bill 844 failed to pass. The major 2010 ethics reforms in Senate Bill 844 were found to be unconstitutional by the Missouri Supreme Court because they were joined to a procurement bill.
Photo of the Missouri State Capitol by RebelAt on Wikipedia.
PACs and Candidates
PACs and candidates behind in filing their scheduled reports with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission may be facing thousands of dollars in fines, according to NewsOK.com.
Executive Director Lee Slater will be focusing efforts this summer on clearing up the backlog of PACs and candidates not keeping up with reporting requirements. More than two dozen PACs have not filed their latest quarterly reports due April 30.
The commission can charge each committee or candidate $100 per day for each day it is late filing, with a total maximum penalty of $1,000. NewsOK.com reports the commission will be hiring a hearing officer before it starts to mail out its penalty assessments, anticipating candidates' guaranteed right to protest.
Lopez will not be able to influence the selection of his successor
Governor Andrew Cuomo has another opening in the State Assembly, but he is in no rush to call an election to fill it. Assemblyman Vito Lopez announced he will resign his seat in the State Assembly Monday afternoon, and Cuomo has decided not to call a special election to replace the disgraced politician.
Lopez is resigning amidst allegations of sexual harassing his former staffers during his tenure. He had already lost all committee assignments and legislative perks due to the scandal.
Cuomo is refusing to call a special election because, in a special election, the political parties get to choose their respective candidates.
With Lopez's district being heavily Democratic, the Democratic Party would be able to choose the replacement. And with Lopez being the former head of the Democrats in Brooklyn and with his pals still in charge, Lopez would be able to handpick his successor. Cuomo would prefer to avoid that situation, so he'll hold the election with the regular primary in September and general election in November. This will allow any Democrat to have the opportunity to get on the primary ballot.
As far as Lopez is concerned, he does not plan on riding into the political night. Even with the recent scandal, Lopez is still heavily considering running for a seat on the New York City Council this November.
Photo of the New York State House by Matt H. Wade on Wikipedia.
No challenge to veto of election bills
The Legislature adjourned sine die on May 17, 2013, without an attempt to override Governor Mike Beebe's vetoes on three election bills.
Senate Bill 719 would have transferred power of election oversight to the Secretary of State from the Board of Election Commissioners. Senate Bill 720 would have created mandatory referrals of ethics complaints from the board to the Ethics Commission when the compliant was without basis in law or fact. Senate Bill 721 would have removed all of the board's current commissioners and established a new appointment process.


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So, last Friday was my final day at Equifax. I'll still be back and forth to Atlanta for a bit until I move my stuff in storage and won't entirely cut ties until I manage to sell my house, but soon, I'll get to move onto another chapter of my life. A little travel and then we'll see what's next. But there will surely be some interim stops here at home while I await the sale of the house and possibly longer if I decide to go back to school. … Continue reading


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No change over the past 4 days. I am still expecting the CET to finish at 13.2C based on the current output.
Very impressive considering how few below average June's we've had in the past 20 years.
11.8C on the 12th. I wonder where we are now.
In terms of a combination of cold and wet this June is likely to be the second worst on record in the central England area.
The CEP series (since 1873) has only recorded more than 100mm of rain 5 times (although 3 of those were in the last 30 years). After today's rain we are likely to be close to 100mm in 2012.
But only once have we seen a June CET less than 13C and a CEP of more than 100mm. That was in 1879 when the CET was 12.9C and the CEP was 109.9mm. We may not be too far off those figures in 2012 although it is unlikely to be quite as cold.
This would never suprise me - Indeed this is easily the worst summer month I have EVER known by a long way and easily the worst June.
June 1972 was incredibly cold - but no way was it wet, windy and miserable like this one.
It was cold and dry.
This June is reminiscent of August 1912 which had a lethal combination of terribly low temperatures, low sunshine totals and a hideous amount of rain.
Like this month really.
Very poor for June and with the record rainfall one of the worst summer months for many years!
It got to 29.9C last October, that was the absolute maximum for that month. Now when was the last time October recorded a higher absolute maximum than the following June?
It didn't happen in 1986 as that June recorded a higher absolute maximum than the previous October of 1985.
I know that Greenwich record a higher maximum during the October of 1859 than was recorded for the whole of 1860!
Also what about the last time that March recorded a higher absolute maximum than June?
So far this month the highest temperature has been 23.3C at Northolt on the 20th
In March the temperature reached 23.6C at Aboyne on the 27th
The current output suggests that we may reach 25C or so on Thursday of this week so we probably will see the March figure being beaten at least on one day. But it just shows how bizarre the weather has been this year.
I gather that is nailed on now already.
Apparently not - http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/yaf_postsm346811_Where-is-the-summer-moaning-thread.aspx#post346811
Depends on where you are - I know this link is a week old - but its nailed on just about in East Anglia - Take a look at these dismal figures.
unless those clouds scud away big time in the remaining half of the month, we're again looking at breaking a sunshine record – for the wrong reasons.
The June with the least sunshine since Met Office records for East Anglia started in 1929 was a quarter of a century ago when in 1987 there were only 117 hours of sun during the entire month. So far this June we've seen 47 hours – day for day less sunshine than in 1987. Up till 1987 the dull June record-holder was the Silver Jubilee year of 1977. Could the Diamond Jubilee year go down in history for yet another reason?
The June with the least sunshine since Met Office records for East Anglia started in 1929 was a quarter of a century ago when in 1987 there were only 117 hours of sun during the entire month. So far this June we've seen 47 hours – day for day less sunshine than in 1987. Up till 1987 the dull June record-holder was the Silver Jubilee year of 1977. Could the Diamond Jubilee year go down in history for yet another reason?..."
The CET now stands at 12.67C which is dismal. The painfully slow rise continues for the next couple of days before we see a brief spell of much warmer weather and then a return to average conditions by the last day of the month.
Despite the warmer end to the month I still only expect the CET to reach 13.42C.
I'm not sure it will rise by that much GW. Using GFS temperature forecasts, which are good at projecting average maxima for a region (as opposed to absolute maxima, which is the only thing the METO ones are good for), I get a finishing value of 13.1c if we are at 12.67c now as you say. Of course, this will be sensitive to model output pattern changes
What ever the dismal stats show does not interest me at the slightest as there nothing to achieve it but extremely boring one.
Upto 24th now and only climbed to a cool 12.4c
I'm not doing very well in the guessing competition
Shocked that Philip's CET is still just 12.4. Will we even get to 13c?
Whatever, it does appear my prediction that we'd have the coolest June since 1991 has been quite good. It was pretty risky, so I'm relieved its come off.
What was the final result in 1991?
On Sky news this evening, they said it has so far been the wettest June since 1860.
Phew .
Sounds about right to me though.
Cet 12.4C
and look at that rain and lack of sunshine.


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With the Emmys on today, it got me thinking about memorable acceptance speeches.
To follow are a couple that made me laugh ……
Woody Allen
After a standing ovation at the 2002 Oscars Woody said, "Thank you very much. That makes up for the strip search."
George Clooney
When George won the Oscar for best supporting actor in "Syriana", he did so graciously, while recognising what this win would do for his legacy.
"All right, so I'm not winning (best) director," said Clooney, who later lost in the directing and screenplay categories for "Good Night, and Good Luck."
"It's a funny thing about winning an Academy Award, this will always be sort of synonymous with your name from here on. Oscar-winner George Clooney, sexiest man alive 1997, 'Batman,' died today in a freak accident."
Acceptance speeches that referred to George Clooney
Howard Berger, co-winner for makeup in 2006 for "The Chronicles of Narnia," said, "Well, I'm just glad that Clooney doesn't do makeup."
Accepting the award for documentary short, Corinne Marrinan thanked her family, HBO and the Academy — for sitting her next to Clooney at the 2006 nominees luncheon.
Tina Fey
And in 2006 (I believe?) while accepting an award for "30 Rock", Tina thanked their "dozens and dozens of viewers …."


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Thank you GT for the feature! Thank you for letting our hard work get noticed! a video review of Super Mario All-Stars. Is this old school collectible game worth the price tag? Watch to find out. I edited this video using Final Cut using my schools computers. Adam (the one talking) and I are both Third Year Television Broadcasting students at Mohawk College in Ontario, Canada. We have been tasked with creating content for the television screens across our campus. Among other things we have decided to review video games. Taking inspiration from Giant Bomb and IGN video reviews we get together every week and shoot 2 reviews (1 game each) Since the screens around our campus don't support audio playback we have to have graphics visible the whole time. Soon we hope to have audio playback. All trademarks and music are copyrighted by their respected owners. Thanks for watching! Check out my gamerpad for more reviews we have done!
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Complete walkthrough from the NES-game Super Mario Bros.2 I`ve don`t played for speed but to collect all mushrooms in that game. The video is downloadable in a high quality at Archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/Longplay-SuperMarioBros2_NES
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Approving a resolution for HB 265 coal severance line-item projects in the amount of $50,000 in a meeting this week, Mayor Eddie Manning asked Evarts council members to make a list of projects they feel the city needs most.
"Personally, I'd like to pay off some things coming up in the future, because coal severance funds have dropped so much," said Manning. "There's fire truck payments that will be harder to make with the drop in coal severance. The Department for Local Government told us we can use these funds for fire truck payments. This will pay our part off for the fire truck. City Hall is in dire need of a new roof, which will need to be replaced within the next two years. We have to spend this money. It can't be banked and saved. We can't keep depending on coal severance, it's dropping tremendously."
Councilman Clark Cusick said a roof was also needed at the city's water plant.
"I think it will be good to spend the money on things we know is coming up," said Manning. "If we pay the fire truck off for our part, that will be $4,500 we know won't be coming out of future coal severance. That's planning ahead. If we spend it on a roof, we know this will save us money in the long run. We've had to put out a lot of money on city vehicle repairs, that's another thing we need to look at. The vehicles are old and falling apart. I think everybody needs to think of what the city needs most and be involved in how the money is spent."
In other action the council:
*Heard a report from Fire Chief Cledo Powers, noting Kentucky State Fire and Rescue personnel will be training his department on disaster and emergency planning next week. He also told council he and his department have been visiting elementary schools teaching fire safety to students. Powers said at a recent roadblock, his department collected approximately $500 in donations, which will help with the Christmas Treats program;
*Learned from Manning that the Evarts Fire Department now has 27 volunteer firefighters. He commended Powers on this accomplishment;
*Had first reading of Ordinance 2012-10 levying the annual ad valorem tax for city purposes in the corporate limits. A second reading will be held at a special called meeting on Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.;
*Complimented the police department on the anti-bullying campaign;
*Noted Walnut, Keister and Sergent streets will be blocked off for trick or treating on Oct. 31 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
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Oh yes. You heard me.
The Mystic Island was abandoned since the school was destroyed by the dark dragon, Draqanis. The dark dragons ruled the island since. But there was hope. Some still sat there, Fighting for their lives. They needed your help. Why did you leave. They need your help. The owls resent the note but you recognized it.
We need your help. We need you back. Why did you leave us? We are fighting for our lives. We know the school was destroyed 2 years ago, But we still live in ruins and battle. We need you back. The island is in-danger. It is floating in the sky, But while days pass, It starts to lose its power and drop into the ocean. If you don't come and help us, The Home of the Mystical will be lost forever. And so will be the spirits and legends that came with it. If you come back, The spirits may live and so will we. We are being attacked as we write. PLEASE. It is our only chance to save the island...
You are scared, suprised and angry at the same time as you read the note. You know you have to get to the island, But there was no dragon because nearly each and every thing in the Mystic Island was corrupted by evil. So you decide to pay a fortune to fly by plane to the coords of the island, Risking your life to fly there.
When you get there, You are 'greeted' by the roaring of dragons and shouts of pain and war. You hear their cries. Its time for you to save the Mystic island from destruction. Its time you saved their lives, Its time you help them bring back the Home of the Mystical. Wish you luck.
For very little who know about my old roleplay, Home of the Mystical there are two references in this backstory. A while has passed, But the pleading crys of Shinysword made me bring it back.
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Survivor Anyone will be accepted if their application is decent.
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Dragon App has to be good to accepted, As these are non-corrupted dragons.
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According to the Fed's own forecasts, the unemployment rate is unlikely to fall to 6.5% until at least 2015. The Fed will adjust this and other economic forecasts Wednesday, but outside economists aren't expecting much to change. Zandi said he expects a "brighter tone" from the Fed in its statement but that won't lead to a much stronger growth projection for the economy.
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Monday, March 03, 2008
seventy two hours...
In the final chapter of all relationships, the (former) boy was coming to get his shit out of my house on Saturday and come hell or high water, there was no way I'd be in the vicinity. God bless her, Melissa booked an entire spa day at Tru Spa in the Financial District Hilton, as both a belated birthday present and a means of helping me forget that someone was dragging his coffee table into a UHaul and out of my life. We agreed to meet at a Friday night party at Alfred's Steakhouse, where I'd know not a soul and they give you a martini shaker back-up.
Sounds good to me.
Plus, I could sleep at Melissa's and maintain my avoidance of my soon to be empty home.
I spent the night whooping it up with Luke and Elaine, Bob B., NJudah, Art and an array of people who enthusiastically vote.
It was great. And appropriately distracting.
2 cocktails in and Melissa was like, "Let's not go home. I'm getting a room at the Hilton."
So she did.
Top floor. Balcony. Appalling view. Flat screen. Free body lotion. Etc.
Considering we were 80% Democrat, this room was offensive, it was so unnecessary.
We got Mexican food and a bottle of Kettle One and partied in room 2719, literally, like rockstars. I'm not allowed to tell you who (very innocently) slept over, but you political policy wonks would be all over it. He's my new best friend and he owes Mel and I a high-class experience at Aqua.
He knows who he is. And I'm holding him to it.
So Mel and I wake up ("Melissa, this is obscene. We're in a hotel room due to lazieness.") and upgrade breakfast coupons at the Hilton buffet before our spa treatments at TruSpa. Checking into the Spa, we were handed robes and champagne. I felt like Ivan(ka) Trump. It was amazing, the service and custom footwear and cheese plate with grapes...
My god! Men exist? I totally forgot.
I was in spa-spinster heaven.
It was like I was on vacation in a foreign country.
We had manicures while watching Sex and the City on flat screens with earphones. Suddenly, we were sent to some relaxation room, where we were met with an increibly butch lesbian.
Oh god, I hope she's for me. I'm way better dis-robing in front of a he-she.
k.d. lang piped up.
Great. Miss Cardio five days a week gets the lesbo.
Then the supermodel walked in.
Fantastic. I get Cindy Crawford. There's nothing that makes me wildly uncomfortable like undressing before someone who weighs as much as my left arm.
Turns out, her name is Julia. And she's perfect in every possible way. We love Julia. Julia says things like, "How's this pressure for you, Beth?" and "Can I get you more champagne, Beth?" It was the best fornication-free 75 minutes of my life.
When I left, I said, "Julia, you're fabulous." Her response? "Shut up. YOU'RE fabulous."
She gets paid to say so, but I'm into it.
Swooning and slathered-up, we headed back up to our glamorous hotel room, taking our time and finishing off our leftovers. We decided to head over to Melissa's pied-a-terre and plan our next move. Our next move turned out to be a nap on the couch and a bottle of wine from my trunk.
Mel and I ended up with dinner at the bar of the Big Four.
Which is when the public crying began.
M. and I are two gals with moderate to severe manproblems right now.
We cry. And shit fuckers, we don't apologize.
Thank god the bartender loves us. LOVES us.
We ended up crashing on Melissa's bed, waking up to her obscene view.
"Wait, is that the bridge, or a poster?"
My god, this girl's view beats mine of an ice cream man and a hobo by like, 100.
Well, golly. How do you finish off a weekend like this? Oh, I know. Brunch at the Fairmont? Followed by shopping. Drinks at Kuleto's. Shopping. NYT in Union Square. And Tiffany.
Yeah, bitch. Tiffany.
Melissa bought herself a gorgeous necklace that took forever, so I wandered over to leather goods and eyed a turqouise leather bound journal. Because I'm a nerd.
Melissa got her necklace and we were off to meet Jen, the BFF that's a lesbian and apparently great.
"Oh a lesbian? Really? Lesbians hate me."
"No, no, no. Trust me. You'll love each other."
Guess who I love!
Jen's fabulous, funny and inappropriately irreverent.
As we walked to the wine bar, Melissa handed me a turquoise box wrapped in white ribbon.
Shut up!
The journal from Tiffany.
Two nights in a row, I cried in public.
Jen, Mel and I spent an evening at a wine bar, causing a loud, man-hating scene until I finally went home.
Oh god, home. The home I'd been avoiding.
I knew it would suck. And it did.
I discovered "my" coffee maker was gone.
You know, spas and hotels and bars and Tiffany and everything...it still sucks when you get home to stuff being gone because someone is gone.
Really? The coffee maker?
But to tell you the truth, I can make my own coffee. And I can write about it.
In my new journal...
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The thought of Beth Spotswood and Melissa Griffin in a hotel room...rocks.
- greg said...
It was fun hanging out with internet rockstars such as yourself the other night. A nice time was had by all!
But somehow your awesome weekend seems to dwarf me doing the crane of transit on the way home to the Blackthorn. Still, it was a nice evening!
http://tinyurl.com/ypfxjb - 1:34 PM
I love you, Beth!!!
- Spots said...
I love you, Misty!
Nicely written.
You okay, Spots? I know this "boy" thing is shitty and I am so fucking sorry. I'm glad you got gals to handle this shit, but I am just so, so sorry, BSpot. I know how much you love each other. And I know that this must suck big fat ass for both of you. I met him once and I didn't see what the big deal was, but fuck it. Love is some tough shit, BSpot.
I'm here to bring over booze and drugs and hookers and immigrants whenever you're ready.
Plus, fuck that shit, You know?
Love you girl.
Evan - 2:42 PM
- Spots said...
Oh golly, Evan. You make me laugh and cringe at the same time. Saturday, right?
I have this foggy recollection that I may have been there. Joe Pesci. A balcony with a stunning view of the midnight sun.
Too many stiff Gibsons (with the sidecar attached) to know for sure. But I'll paint the town Circus Peanut any time with you ladies. - 3:54 PM
- DJTennessee said...
Who edits your posts for concision and clarity... Leo Tolstoy?
- Jonny said...
ROFL, I just did a shoot in that top floor room with the balcony at the Hilton last weekend! Hope the changed those sheets doll.............!
Randy Johnson - 5:17 PM
what did I miss about the boy?
Is this an insensitve time to ask..Sorry! - 6:06 PM
dont give me this NYT crap beth. go with the WSJ next time...id be less upset if it was Us Weekly
Someone needs to start your fan group on facebook. I hate being a fan, I would die before I would take the label of 'fan', but I would totally join the Spots Fan Group (ok, I would also join the Bob Ross page - who wouldn't though?).


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Please find pictured our first delivery. No – seriously. Each subsequent arrival has been nothing less than as spectacular as this. And you want to know how much moolah we part with on a weekly basis to get this magnificent harvest? Between $105 – $125. Which literally means we save over a hundred bucks on supermarket shopping each week to get what we need to feed (and juicify) us – and often more.
I know that people often feel a little hesitant when thinking about taking the plunge with organics (I know that I certainly did). There are a lot of fears that the produce will be full of bugs or soil or… well, you know – other random organic matter – but to speak with utter honesty, the quality of the produce we've received from Organic Empire has surpassed that of the conventional crap we buy at supermarkets – and has all been clean, well washed upon arrival and has kept gorgeously all the way through until the 7th day of the week (when we toss all the vegetables we have left over into a big pot and make a hearty stew or soup).
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Hey everyone, how are we all today? Are you enjoying the somewhat warmer weather now September has rolled around?!
I've decided to share with you guys some little goals and resolutions I've decided to set myself for the rest of the year.
September always makes me want to set a few resolutions, ever since I was little I've felt the new school term is like a fresh start so I usually think about where I'm heading and what I want to achieve around this time of year.
Even though I'm 22 and no longer a school student, this September is no different. The start of the new University term has got me thinking about my goals in life, and how I want to live my life.
My first resolution is to lose weight. Since living away from home I've put on around a stone in weight. A lot of my clothes don't fit well anymore, and my confidence is beginning to fade! I've heard really good things about Slimming World and so, I'm going to my first meeting on Thursday. I'll let you all know how it goes week to week.
September is also a good time to start the pre-Christmas diet! I don't want to look porky in all the Christmas festivities' photos!
My second resolution is to put more effort into University. I'm paying almost £4000 a year to attend University, yet I leave almost every assignment to last minute and wonder why I aren't coming out with firsts!! I achieve fairly well with little effort, so I'm hoping putting more effort in will mean I achieve highly.
My third and final resolution is to be less frivolous with money. I currently work part time around University and also get student loans, yet I hardly ever have any money. I largely waste my pennies on new clothes and beauty products, along with a serious dose of socialising So, I aim to not buy a single new item of clothing for the entire of September. I've also set myself a strict budget that I'm going to stick to just to prove to myself that there isn't so much need for waste.
As part of this third resolution I've decided to set myself a little fashion blog challenge! I'm going to update every Sunday for the next four weeks with 'My Weekly Wardrobe'. Every day I'll take a picture of my outfit, and at the end of the week post a little lowdown, I'm going to try and wear something different everyday. I have that many clothes, even after taking three bags full to the charity shop, that I should be able to wear something different everyday for a month! It'll certainly help me put the fun into not shopping!!!
So, those are my little resolutions. Is there a time of year which makes you rethink things? What would you like to change or do differently in your lives? I'd love to hear from you!!
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September 25, 2007, 01:55:53 pm »
I would love to see other top runners categories besides just top marathons - 1/2 marathon, 10K and 5K as well. Maybe even an "Elite" section and a "Non-Elite" section so that we can see times from others besides the fastest runners on the blog, whom we know are all speed freaks.
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September 25, 2007, 02:15:27 pm »
What would be nice would be using the race report data fields (distance, time) to create sortable race result lists. Right now the performance list is completely subjective (based on Sasha Science), and is limited to only men's marathon. I would like to see it be completely objective (based only on database fields). It would look sort of like the Mileage Board. If people enter their date of birth and gender when they register for the blog, those variables can be used as query/sort fields as well. So then you could query and sort Top Ten 5K times by a female, age 29-34, for the month of September-October in the year 2006, if you wanted to. There could also be an option to "remove duplicates" and take an individual blogger's top time and toss out all their other times from the results, which would give you Top Ten Bloggers for a given distance, age, gender, and year. For example, if you listed out the Top Ten marathon times, Sasha would probably show up 5 times! But the "remove duplicate" option would limit him to showing up on a list once. But it would be nice to query both.
It seems that this would be doable with just a few tweaks to the race reporting, most notably a "standardization" of race distances via drop-down box, rather than the user manually typing the race distance. So perhaps have a drop-down box for "Official Race Distance" with 1600m, 3200m, 5K, 10K, 15K, Half Marathon, Marathon, and Other as options. If "Other" is selected, the user can manually type in whatever obscure distance they just ran, but in reality 99.5% of all races are one of the above-mentioned distances.
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September 26, 2007, 08:37:47 pm »
I agree with Paul if this is possible as not everyone that is on the blog is looking to run in a marathon. Then one could see how people rank across different distances. It would also allow for women to have a ranking system as well. I do not know enough about computers to know how hard this would be but it sounds like a great idea.
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September 27, 2007, 04:38:02 pm »
There are a few issues with an automated ranking system. First, we rely on people to enter their times manually. If somebody makes a mistake, the rankings are off. Second, matching the races, different people will call the same race by different names, this could possibly be solved by hosting a nation-wide race calendar allowing race directors or trusted runners to maintain it, something to think of for the future. Then you have to deal with short courses, especially in 5 Ks. I really do not want to have somebody run a 14:00 2.8 miles and rank ahead of a legit 14:10 5 K runner. Also, different courses produce different results, and extreme downhill makes a huge difference in short races - two reasons, you can find extreme downhill for a short race (e.g Alta), and downhill does not help nearly as much in a marathon as it does in a 5 K. There are relatively few marathons out there and the course profiles are fairly easy to obtain, there are usually enough top runners in the race to be able to establish the quality of the course and the conditions for the purposes of rankings. With a 5 K, it is all up in the air, a meaningful ranking system is much more difficult to set up.
Regarding a non-elite division - I am religiously opposed to that. I refuse to draw the line between elite and non-elite because I do not think such a line should exist. Drawing such a line essentially condemns whoever is unfortunate to find himself on the non-elite side of it to eternal mediocrity. The very purpose of the Fast Running Blog is to teach runners to break mental barriers and not establish artificial limits for their ability to achieve, or in other words, to eliminate that very line.
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October 26, 2007, 09:40:02 pm »
Sasha I can see your point and agree on the Elite/Non-Elite issue. But what about maybe a separate list for Master's Men and Master's Women? You gotta cut us old guys & gals a little slack don't ya think? I don't know if we have that many 40+ runners on the blog but it would be kind of interesting to me to see where I stand among the 'slightly' older crowd.
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I agree with Sasha on not having an elite/non-elite division. Masters- I could see adding that.
Sasha Pachev
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I'll put up men masters when we have 3 sub-2:40 runners in that category. So far only one - Bill Cobler, who, incidentally, ran his all-time marathon PR as a master . Not sure what to do for women. The sub-3:40 standard for open is already exceptionally generous. My overall approach is not to give masters too much slack. I am trying to combat the mentality that exaggerates the effects of aging on performance by shifting the blame from chronic poor body maintenance and decreased training zeal to just age for the slow down. Age alone does not slow you down nearly as bad as the other two combined with age.
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October 30, 2007, 10:56:44 pm »
I think people just like to see their name on a list, and see progress as time goes on--kind of like the mileage board. Maybe at some point we could have a PR board, and we could sort it by 5K, 10K etc. But then there would have to be a way for people to input their times. Can't really see that. But some kind of PR tracker would be cool. Actually, we would all be able to see people's progress a lot easier--might even be able to wrestle out some statistically significant data that could be useful for advertising the blog. I.e. "...the average FRB marathoner drops his time by 10% after being on the blog for a year." (I think that is actually conservative!)
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October 31, 2007, 09:58:45 pm »
Maybe the way to think about the lists you guys are talking about is not to imagine it as a "top runners" list, but rather as just a sortable database that tracks all race times for all runners. One function would be the ability to sort by top performances (as on the mileage board), but you could also sort by other queries as well, i.e., alphabetical by blogger name, by distance, by runners location, etc. I think the point is to allow people to put their own performances in context against other bloggers, not necessarily just to be a "top" runner (which can mean a lot of different things).
Also, I think this sort of feature would appeal more to a wider audience geographically. And I think this point is an important one. We all know Sasha and know that Sasha science has value when it comes to making race equivalencies for Utah races. But Sasha science may not apply, for example, to the 5k scene in New Hampshire or Virginia. Runners from other states that come to this site likely perceive it as a heavily Utah-centric site and may be reluctant to join because their performances may simply have no context here. If the site is going to succeed (and the stated aspirations are extremely high), it must provide an extremely accessible platform that allows runners to put their performances in context based on the two factors everyone understands: Time and Distance. Of course there will be discrepancies between races, etc., but all of that is just fodder for the discussion board.
As far as sticking to one name for a race, this is solved easily by having a drop-down menu of races to select from when entering a race report. Start with all of the known Utah races (should be done in connection with a race calendar, which the site also needs) and allow runners to add the names of new races as needed. Corrections can be made as needed. It's no big deal.
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November 01, 2007, 12:44:31 am »
I agree with you, Chad. The "top runners" chart is valuable to the blog because visitors can see the elite people on this site, and get more excited about joining. This other kind of chart that you are talking about--a PR board with everyone on it (like the mileage board) would serve a different purpose--to motivate the already existing members on the blog.
And as for the "adjusting" of the times, I think it is just unnecessary. We all know when we see the mileage board, that the numbers don't tell the whole story. For example, someone may have lower miles on a certain week because they were focusing on speed workouts or hill repeats etc...not to mention people who are cross training or tapering or whatever. But is still a useful tool for motivation. I don't even think it would need to be sorted by gender. Just times and distances--1 mile, 5K, 10K, Half, and Marathon to start?
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There is nothing as attractive as having a splash of color on the window sill, on the balcony or in front of the front door. Container gardening is a wonderful yet simple way to create a garden which can add color and glamour to any environment. This article gives you some tips to get started.
Container gardening is a very simple and easy process by which you can create a small yet attractive garden. Since the space required is very small, you could create a colorful splash at any convenient place, be it along roof edges, balconies, or a patio. You could have your container garden in little pots of annuals or have long boxes perched on the window sill covered with beautiful shrub roses or multi-colored small perennials. You could arrange the pots in one big cluster to create a mass effect or even decide to focus on a smaller area with one specimen of a colorful flower. In any case, it lends the effect of a natural sanctuary to any environment.
There are numerous options on how you want your container garden to look. You could opt for a variety of flowers one after the other and as one plant completes flowering, you could plant another. You may decide to go for one color or have a contrasting effect. The few points you have to remember are: make sure there is a variety in heights of the plants, give some thought to the shape and texture of the leaves. Leaves which are tall give a good effect when you view it vertically rather than those which grow at pot level and are wide and flat in shape. Either you could choose plants which flower throughout the season or have plants ready to be planted, as soon as one plant completes flowering.
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In case there are a few steps to enter your home, put one pot on each step. This will be a very welcoming sight for any visitor. Inside, the pots add to the coziness and warmth of the home.
Before you start potting the plants, you must first decide where you are going to place the pots and then buy the plants accordingly. This will ensure that you do not put plants which need sunshine in a shady corner. Some plants which have long and large roots should be kept in the open garden rather than in pots.
If the frontal area outside your front main door is very large, consider putting a group of potted plants on one side rather than putting two similar plants on either side, which makes it rather boring visually.
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Blue modern area rugs help by adding just the right touch of calming blue color to the bedroom. For example, an off white color on the walls can look elegant and serene when contrasted with a deep blue area rug. Eyes are drawn immediately to the blue color, which helps produce the calming effect associated with the color and sooth the emotions of those who enter the peaceful bedroom.
When looking to decorate or renovate a bedroom, adding blue area rugs can be an excellent addition to elicit feelings of serenity. They are the perfect compliment to a range of color schemes and are an easy way to make your bedroom a haven for rest and relaxation.
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Caren Gittleman likes talking cats. She'll discuss everything about them, from acquiring a cat, differences in breeds, behaviors, health concerns, inside versus outside lifestyles, toys, food, accessories, and sharing cat stories. Share your stories and ask her questions about your favorite feline.
Outdoor Notes
Roger Beukema shares news from Lansing that impacts sportsmen (this means ladies as well) and talks about things he finds when he goes overseas to visit my children, and adding your comments into the mix.
Earth's Almanac
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I love these folding reading glasses! I can't believe how much i love them. I bought lots of extra pairs already because i'm sure they are either going to sell out or the price be raised... Got them promtly in the mail and they are good quality. Love them.


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Blenko Glass crystal crackle large flip vase, green hand applied leaves around the middle, 9 1/2" tall & 6 3/4" wide at the top. Excellent condition.
Blenko Glass large flip vase, crystal crackle with applied purple / amethyst floral medallions around the middle, shown in 1950 catalogue, 9 1/2" tall and 8" wide. Excellent condition.