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Dear CNN,
Unlike some folks in Lancaster County, I want to say thank you for coming here recently to put us in the national spotlight and point out all our problems. It's about time somebody shed a little light on things around here. I owe you a great debt.
Thank you for reminding me that I am blessed with a pronounced, proper southern drawl. I guess that's why when I talk to someone in another region of the country, they always say "I love your accent. I could listen to you talk all day." That's when I inform them they have an accent, not me.
Some of them also ask me about the "bless your heart" rule. Yes, you can speak ill of someone else as long as you add that three-word phrase to the end of it.
For now, let's get back to showing a little gratitude.
Thank you for reminding me that I live in a town where going to Charley's Cafe is a treat that I don't enjoy nearly as much as I'd like to. They have great food and a great staff, but like many, my family is on a budget.
We usually eat at the Shrimp Boat, Leigh Anne's or Elmo's. When I want to get a little insight into what's going on, these are the places I head. Business owners like the Jenkinses, Marc Culler and the Presnells don't mind if I talk to their customers while I enjoy their food. Shucks, they always go out of their way to say thank you just for stopping in. And if you don't have enough money to leave as much of a tip as you'd like to, they understand.
If you wanted the real story of Lancaster, you should have gone to Buford Little General Store and talked to part-time employee Kim Mullens.
This amazing mom of two works two – and sometimes three jobs – just so she and her husband, God-fearing and God-loving Dallas Mullens, can keep their heads above water. Yet, somehow "Mrs. Kim" still finds time and energy to volunteer as a Girl Scout leader. That's what I call perseverance in hard times. Thank you for reminding me of that.
I'm also grateful to live in a town where faith is important. We understand the framers of the Constitution penned the document in such a way to keep government out of the church, not keep the church out of the government.
Shucks, your news staff sure has a lot on us. We don't have a national audience and the ability to get out news as it happens.
All we have is readers who show up in The Lancaster News parking lot and call working journalists outside – not to fight and argue – but to pray for us.
I guess we just don't measure up. Boy, this sure is one backwards town.
Gee, until Jan. 19, I didn't realize my life was so wretched and lacking. I moved back here in 1992 to join others who wallow in the same misery.
Perhaps that's the reason why local hairdresser Krista Poyner stays, too. After all, misery loves company. Talented and friendly, I met Poyner two years ago and she's been cutting my hair ever since. She reminded me of that Jan. 17.
I called Poyner for a quick trim after I was asked to serve as a pall bearer for the late Karen South. While cutting my hair that day, Poyner thanked me for sticking with her. Although she's mulling a lucrative job with a national hair care company, her long-range plans include living and still cutting hair here.
"I'm learning that I need to say thank you when someone thinks enough to stick with you," Poyner said.
You have also reminded me that, even with its faults and shortcomings, Lancaster – and specifically Buford – isn't a bad place to raise a family. You could've figured that out by walking inside Elmo's and asking somebody about that.
By the way, Elmo's is right beside Poppi's Pizza, where you interviewed Cotton Cole. I guess you forgot to mention that he's on County Council. It must've been a mistake. Bless your heart.
That's the way Cotton now considers his interview time – as an embarrassing mistake. Cole said you spent more than an hour talking with him about issues and candidates only to use one remark he jokingly made while making a pizza for a customer.
But that's OK, I guess. We are so uneducated we wouldn't notice any of that. That's because so many of us got part of our education at the University of South Carolina Lancaster.
If you didn't know it, USCL is all those buildings on S.C. Bypass 9 across from Walmart and one of those strip malls where we all shop. But, bless your heart, you probably didn't know that.
I reckon S.C. Highway Patrol Col. Mike Oliver, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Tom Moore and Jimmy Addison, senior vice president and chief financial officer for the SCANA Corp., didn't have any opportunity to get a portion of a decent education here. Boy, this hick town sure hindered and kept them from advancing, didn't it?
You're right. Our pitiful existence comes from living in a tattered community that folded up when Springs shut down. There's nothing here for anybody anymore. I guess the fact that Sun City Carolina Lakes is one the fastest-growing subdivisions in the United States is a big lie.
Your article quoted someone as saying that citizens were praying for a large company to come here. Evidently God heard that prayer and answered it.
In early August, I met Nutramax Laboratories President Dr. Todd Henderson when Brody the Bear stopped by for a visit. When I asked Henderson, a veterinarian, how the company ended up choosing Lancaster Business Park as its new home, I got an answer I didn't expect.
"God led us here," Henderson said. I didn't have to ask him again. You should've looked him up while you were in town. I'm sure he would've told you that.
CNN, thank you for reminding me of Henderson's words.
Thank you for reminding me that even in a small, depressed, no-hope-for-us, drying-up-and-dying town, it is a journalist's responsibility to tell both sides of a news story, not to have just one.
If I have an opinion, it belongs on this page.
Most of all, thank you for reminding me why I now watch national news on BBC America. It's the only place to find news that's fair and balanced.
Thanks again for your visit. Bless your heart, but we'd rather have the bear.
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will.i.am surprises New Zealand students with giant cheque
Rapper will.i.am has handed over a generous donation to schools in New Zealand.
The Black Eyed Peas star surprised kids at Point England Primary School with a giant cheque worth 100,000 New Zealand dollars (£54,000) on Thursday (09May13) morning.
The Grammy winner's money will be shared between nine schools in low-income areas and the cash will be used to buy new computers and iPads.
Speaking to the youngsters, will.i.am stressed the importance of education and urged kids to become scientists and engineers so they can be part of the dawning "technological revolution".
He said, "What's coming is something that we haven't seen in humanity - this technological revolution that is transforming society as a whole. As the world advances, kids in inner cities are left behind and not even given the tools to compete in the future that we are walking into."
will.i.am was in Auckland to perform at a private party on Wednesday (08May13).

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"You get what you pay for." How often do we hear that? It applies to most products and services, including HVAC. In December, I posted about the higher cost often associated with allowing equipment to fail, rather than replacing it before it fails. Regardless of timing, replacing equipment with the lowest-cost option also may be more expensive in the long run. This is not to say lower-cost products necessarily are inferior; however, especially in competitive markets, price generally is an indicator of quality and/or value. In the case of services, it also may be indicative of the competence and experience of the service provider.
A notable example of price relating to quality is the recent Chinese drywall fiasco. To date, proposed settlements have exceeded $1 billion. By some estimates, that's around 10 percent of total annual gypsum-board sales! For comparison, think about the cost if automakers recalled one out of every 10 cars sold each year.
Every market, including HVAC, has a place for the belief of, "If it's cheap enough, it's good enough." There are air-conditioning contractors who provide equipment they know is of a lower quality but that they believe will make it through the warranty period. The most successful contractors and equipment suppliers (and service providers), however, are those who believe customer loyalty comes from good quality and good service, not being the lowest-price solution. Those who don't believe that perhaps should try investing in product improvement—or hiring more qualified technicians—rather than "buying" their business by offering deeper discounts. Over the long term, they probably will make more money.
In HVAC, like with everything else, if it's worth doing, it's worth paying for.


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Cotton arthropod pests reduced overall U.S. cotton yields by 2.91 percent in 2006, reflecting one of the lowest damage ratings since reporting began in 1979.
According to a preliminary report, Cotton Insect Loss Estimates — 2006, the bollworm-budworm complex retained top ranking as the No. 1 cotton pest by reducing yields 0.874 percent.
The report pegged lygus as the No. 2 pest with a 0.64 percent yield loss, followed by stink bugs, 0.418 percent; thrips, 0.374 percent; and spider mites, 0.197 percent.
The report, presented at the 2007 Beltwide Cotton Conferences by Mississippi State University Extension entomologist Michael Williams, is a collection of estimates from cotton entomologists in each cotton-growing state.
According to the report, total cost and loss to insects in 2006 was $1.018 billion.
Direct management costs totaled $48.13 per acre. Costs plus loss were $68.46 per acre in 2006, noted Williams.
The percent loss is significantly less than the 4.47 percent damage caused by arthropod pests in 2005, which caused $1.256 billion in total costs and loss to insects, or $88 per acre. Direct management costs were approximately $57 per acre in 2005.
Williams noted that losses below 5 percent "reflect the outstanding contribution technology has made to managing pest complexes which have long plagued cotton growers.
"The boll weevil and tobacco budworm remain a threat, but are no longer the major factors in production they once were. The emergence of new pest complexes has been much slower than many anticipated."
The last year that losses to arthropods exceeded 5 percent was in 2000, when 9.26 percent of the crop was lost. At that time, the boll weevil was still the No. 1 pest in the United States, causing yield losses of 2.86 percent and accounting for losses in Texas alone of nearly 730,000 bales.
Bollworms and budworms are again the undisputed top cotton pests for 2006, and once more bollworm was the dominant species, comprising around 92 percent of the complex, according to the estimate.
Heliothine damage resulted in the loss of 315,418 bales, with Tennessee taking the biggest hit at 61,417 bales. North Carolina, with a 2.08 percent yield loss, Virginia, 1.79 percent, Louisiana, 1.51 percent and Georgia, 1.35 percent, rounded out the top five. Only California reported no losses to heliothines.
Bt cotton acreage increased to 8.472 million acres in 2006. Heliothines were sprayed on 3.964 million Bt cotton acres. Bt technology is used on about 57 percent of the total U.S. crop, noted Williams.
Lygus was the second-most damaging pest in U.S. cotton last year, reducing yield by 0.649 percent, or 234,150 bales. The estimate included the western species, lygus hesperus, and the eastern species, lygus lineolaris.
Louisiana, 2.57 percent, California, 2.54 percent, Arkansas, 2 percent, Mississippi, 1.82 percent and Alabama, 1.44 percent, reported the highest losses. The pest infested about 50 percent of the U.S. crop.
Stink bugs were the third-most damaging pest in the United States last year, reducing the crop by 0.418 percent or 150,600 bales. South Carolina reported major problems with the pest with 3.3 percent of its crop lost.
Early-season thrips infested 77 percent of U.S. cotton acreage in 2006 and cost farmers $5.92 per acre in management. There were 134,814 bales of U.S. cotton lost to this pest in 2006. Alabama reported the highest losses, at 2.7 percent, or 41,000 bales lost. California reported no losses from early-season thrips.
Spider mites ranked fifth in losses in U.S. cotton, with around 70,965 bales lost. The pest can be somewhat inconsistent in its impact. But this marks the third straight year the pest has been a significant problem. It infested about 4.242 million acres of cotton in 2006. Ten states, however, reported no losses to the pest.
While aphids are the sixth-most damaging pest in U.S. cotton, only Alabama, 1.08 percent, reported 1 percent or greater losses. Seven states, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia reported no losses to aphids. Kansas reported no acres infested. Aphids reduced U.S. production by 62,987 bales.
The fall armyworm comes in as the seventh-most damaging pest, with yield losses of 24,992 bales. Nine states reported losses to the pest — Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida and New Mexico. Eight states reported no losses to fall armyworm, while three states reported no acres infested.
Cotton fleahopper ranked eighth in damage, destroying 21,013 bales of cotton on 5.6 million acres. Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arizona reported losses to fleahopper. All other states reported no losses.
The silverleaf whitefly comes in as the ninth-most damaging pests, with yield losses of 18,040 bales of cotton reported in Texas alone. Two states, Arizona and Georgia, reported infestations, while California and South Carolina reported infestations, but no losses.
Other insects, including darkling beetles, yellow-striped armyworms, clouded plant bugs and western flower thrips, combined to reduce cotton yields by 0.03 percent last year. European cornborers, beet armyworms, cutworms and loopers, banded-winged whiteflies, cotton leaf-perforator, grasshoppers, saltmarsh caterpillars and southern armyworms also contributed to losses from arthropod pests in 2006.
Only three states, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, reported acres infested by boll weevil in 2006. Texas reported 1,637 bales lost, while Oklahoma lost two bales. Boll weevil eradication costs for U.S. cotton producers averaged $7.88 per acre, according to Williams.
Pink bollworm infested 275,995 acres of cotton in 2006 in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and California. All but California reported losses. Pink bollworm eradication cost U.S. producers about 31 cents per acre.
Texas was the No. 1 state in cost plus loss in 2006, at $164 million, and for bales lost, 139,877, but its percent reduction due to insects was only 1.11 percent. Only Missouri, Arizona and Kansas fared better.
Texas did plant the highest acreage of cotton in 2006, a little over 6 million acres, far above the next closest state, Georgia, at 3.3 million acres.
Arkansas was the No. 2 state in cost plus loss at $157 million, followed by Mississippi, $134 million, Georgia, $99 million, and Louisiana, $80 million.
Arkansas was also No. 2 behind Texas in bales lost, 136,000, followed by Alabama, 115,000, North Carolina, 109,000, and Mississippi, 104,000.
Alabama had the largest overall percent reduction in yield due to insects at 7.74 percent, followed by Tennessee, 6.29 percent, South Carolina, 5.94 percent, North Carolina, 5.06 percent, and Louisiana, 4.81 percent.
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Van Morrison — singer, songwriter and world class artist — celebrates his sixty-first birthday today. As a guy who has absorbed all the strains of American popular music and recapitulated them in his own unique blend and voice, Van stands shoulder to shoulder with the greats in my pantheon of popular music idols. I don't think we have quite taken his measure.
"Caravan" is one of the beautiful fantasy songs from the burst of creative energy that resulted in "Astral Weeks," "Moondance," "His Band and Street Choir," "Tupelo Honey" and "Saint Dominic's Preview." "Caravan" is Van's take on Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman," with a tribute to radio and to the music that has been so much a part of his inspiration. It's a highlight of "Moondance" and it's one of the two songs that Van picked to sing with the Band at the Band's final concert on Thanksgiving in 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
Van's performance with the Band is memorably documented on film in Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz." Below, courtesy of YouTube, is the clip with Van and the Band performing "Caravan" from "The Last Waltz." Van steals the show. The camera catches Van with the barest hint of a smile as he triumphantly leaves the stage. "Hey, Van the Man," Robbie Robertson exults.


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Get a New Perspective on the World with Wii Street U
Available now on the Nintendo Wii U is the brand new Wii Street U app, powered by Google Street View.
The promised Google Street View functionality has finally arrived on the Wii U. For a limited time, Nintendo is making Wii Street U available to download for free on the Wii U eShop. After this promotional period, the feature will cost an undetermined price.
Wii Street U allows you to transport yourself anywhere Google Street can find, and let's you look around the location with the GamePad and your TV. It's not really practical for finding directions as its use is limited to the living room, however it does provide an interesting new way to experience Google Street View.


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Zamora criticises former boss Jol
Bobby Zamora has claimed "the vast majority" of Fulham's squad do not get on with Martin Jol, suggesting that was partly behind the exodus of players from the club.
Zamora left Craven Cottage in January to join QPR, one of several departures under Jol in 2012. The 31-year-old striker reportedly fell out with his manager over his lack of game time and believes he was not the only one to have a problem with the former Tottenham boss.
Asked by the Evening Standard whether he felt the trend of high-profile exits was due to an issue in the squad, Zamora said: "Yes. I left because I didn't see eye to eye with Martin Jol. I think that is the case with the vast majority of players there now."
He added: "A lot of the lads aren't happy. But that's that. There were a few bits and pieces but we just didn't see eye to eye."
Mousa Dembele, Dickson Etuhu, Andrew Johnson, Danny Murphy and Clint Dempsey were among the players to leave Fulham this summer and Zamora did not say which of them had also fallen out with Jol.
The Cottagers refused to comment on Zamora's claims when contacted by Press Association Sport on Tuesday afternoon.
However, new signing Giorgos Karagounis praised Jol in an interview with the same newspaper, saying: "He is a very experienced coach, who wants to play football the right way."


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When Michael Shane was just 11-years-old, he knew he wanted to be a
wrestling superstar. Of course his cousin, a larger-than-life wrestler by
the name of Shawn Michaels, told him no, but that just made Michael Shane
want to do it even more.
As most wrestling fans know, Shane's been an NWA X champion and is a "franchise" player in the company. However, what most fans don't know is
the wrestling business almost lost out on this high-flying athlete to pro baseball.
"I was in the Quad Cities and Shawn and Marty (Jannetty) were doing
a house show," Shane told SLAM! Wrestling. "I went to see them. I told Shawn I wanted to be a wrestler and he thought I should just concentrate on baseball. He said,
you're not gonna be a wrestler."
When Shane was just two years old, one of the first things he picked
up was a baseball bat. For the next 17 years, baseball would be the focus of
his life.
"Give me a ball and a bat and that was all I needed," Shane said.
Shane also studied guitar at the age of 10 and had dreams of
being a rock star. He put together a band with some friends and rehearsed in a local garage. Eventually, the band would get to play at a high school
variety show. They had little time to practice and didn't pull off a stellar performance.
Shane then made his rock star dreams a part-time hobby. In his spare time, he'd lace up his sneakers for basketball.
"I was very athletic," he said. "It was just something to do, but I
really enjoyed performing in front of people."
Despite his desire to entertain and his athletic abilities in
basketball and soccer, Shane would focus his goals on becoming a World
Series ring holder.
From Little League to the Pony Leagues to the All-Star leagues,
Michael Shane, AKA, Matt Bentley, was taking the baseball world by storm. He eventually went to college for a year at Muscatine College, studying liberal arts.
"I didn't go to college to study," he said. "I wanted to go to play
Shane continued to play as a Short-stop except something inside
of him just wasn't sitting right. He was doing the one thing that he loved,
but he just wasn't happy any more.
"It just wasn't fun any more," he said. "I knew I wanted to wrestle."
Hungry to wrestle
The hunger for professional wrestling couldn't be dismissed. When
Michaels was running his wrestling academy (SMWA), Shane put
a call in to be trained. Again, his cousin wasn't too sure about it.
"When someone says you're not gonna do something, you just do it,"
Shane said.
Shane told his cousin he was going to be trained and to the dismay
of Michaels and Shane's uncle, Shane joined Michaels' second class when he
was almost 20 years old.
"He (Michaels) really didn't have a problem training me. It was his
dad calling my parents," said Shane.
When Shane contacted the school, he was about 160 lbs. After gaining 15 more in a short period of time his family saw that he was serious about being a wrestler and was going to do it no matter what.
At first Shane didn't let out to his fellow students who he really
was. His uncle kept trying to discourage him and Michaels was a little
harder on him then anyone else. None of it would faze Shane.
"He (Michaels) would make it extra tough on me so no one would think I get special treatment," Shane said.
According to Shane, he would train in SMWA for 14 hours a day then
go for an extra workout, eat, sleep and do it all over again the next day.
"It was fun," he said. "We were like a fraternity. For 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, we lived, breathed and slept wrestling. We loved
Shane maintains that there was no major partying or drinking, just
hard cardio training and serious stretching. Along with the SMWA, Michaels
started the Texas Wrestling Alliance (TWA), an independent wrestling
promotion that aired on Thursday nights around Texas.
It was in the TWA that Shane honed his skills. He got offers
wrestling for FMW and little places around Houston and Dallas because of his TWA work. However, it would be the infamous Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) that would turn Michael Shane into a superstar.
"Paul Heyman's ECW is definitely where I paid my dues," he said. "I
would fly out from San Antonio to wherever they were working. It was a 30-hour-a-week job. It was fun."
After a brief stint with ECW, Shane went to All Japan and wrestled
under a mask as Omega Verifan. Although he hated wrestling under a mask he
enjoyed the Japanese wrestling culture. Most fans over there knew him as
Michael Shane and when he joined up with All Japan/Zero 1's American co-hort he dropped the mask and wrestled under his original name.
Shane also worked for MLW and Ring of Honor but his relationship
with management there didn't last long.
"Court Bauer was dumb and didn't know what he was doing," Shane
said. "He was trying to be like Paul Heyman and he's not."
"RF video doesn't distribute any of the money from their tapes to the wrestlers. They made a 'Best of Michael Shane' tape and I haven't seen any money from that. I expressed my views about it in ROH."
Eventually Shane would find himself in the promotion, he currently
works for, NWA-TNA.
He had a 20-25 minute tag match with Paul London against Steve
Corino and CW Anderson. It caught the attention of many promoters. He ended
up having a four-minute dark match with CM Punk for NWA-TNA. Once again, he
expressed his views with Bob Ryder of NWA-TNA and kept calling them every
two weeks. It wouldn't take long before NWA-TNA would think of Shane for one of
their Wednesday night PPVs.
He faced Chris Sabin in a 12-minute match and TNA kept him
around. Since then, he participated in -- and won -- the first ever Ultimate X
The X title is held above the ring and to get to it, you have to
climb poles and cross the X-shaped structure above the ring to get to the
centre where the gold dangles.
"It was fun," he said of the Ultimate X match. "The second one could have been done better, but we were more prepared for the second one. We really didn't know how the first one was going to turn out."
The New Franchise
Along with the "Franchise" Shane Douglas and Canadian female
wrestler, Traci Brooks, Shane is a part of the elite threesome called the
"New Franchise". Unlike other promotions, this group doesn't take up all the
air time and hasn't become stagnant in gang beatings. Instead, Shane has
been portrayed as a wrestler that sends his group to the back while he takes care of his own business. Shane is a standout singles competitor and
according to him, it won't be long until he has that X belt back around his
He's currently signed with TNA for a year until August 2004 with a
second-year option. While in TNA, Shane not only has his sights set on
regaining the X Championship, but he also sees a Franchise with all the
"It looks like Shane (Douglas) will get to go for the World gold
soon and we'll take a shot at the tag belts," he said.
Considering the intense feud between Shawn Michaels and Shane
Douglas, it's surprising that TNA would pair these two together. However,
Michael Shane wouldn't have it any other way. He says that he's enjoyed
learning from the 20-year veteran and would also like to fight him one day.
By the looks of things, TNA fans might get to see that wish come true.
"I would like to wrestle him (Douglas)," Shane said. "I learned a
lot from him. He can sit there and cut a 30-minute promo and not really know ahead what he's talking about."
Shane said when he won the X title, the company wanted to push him
as a face. Right now Shane enjoys being the cocky young heel that gets under everyone's skin.
"Michael Shane is one of the best heels in the business," said
Brooks of her fellow Franchise member.
Right now Shane is such a good heel, that most of the X division
wants to kick his butt. Though he was one of the longest reigning X
champions and really one of the only true X division bad boys, Shane was not
invited to be a part of the American team for the X Cup.
"Our personalities didn't match," he said. "We would have clashed
because I would have tried to steal the spotlight."
HBK VS Bret Hart, Generation Next?
Recently Teddy Hart, the nephew of Bret Hart, joined NWA TNA as a
member of Team Canada in the X Cup. Ever since, fans have been wondering if
we'll ever get to see Hart and Shane pick up where the Hitman and Heartbreak Kid
left off.
"I think we could make a lot of money together based on what
happened in the past with Shawn and Bret," he said. "He's (Teddy Hart's) his own man and I respect his wrestling. I think it could make one of the
companies a lot of money."
Shane is happy with the NWA and the opportunities he's being given which is why he has not yet signed any developmental deals that have come his way from the WWE. If Shane did end up in the WWE, he says he would love to fight Chris Jericho, Eddie Geurerro, Kurt Angle and Michaels.
Shane's now been in wrestling for four years and when he's done he'd like to be remembered as a guy who had passion for the business. Every
Wednesday night on PPV around the world, Michael Shane has proven himself a
passionate and talented worker.


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Ring Mountain
This windswept ridge high atop the Tiburon Peninsula is truly one of the most valuable pieces of real estate on this planet. The battle to preserve Ring Mountain serves as a shining example of how the efforts of a few determined individuals can ultimately benefit future generations. Due to the efforts of concerned citizens (led by local conservationist Phyllis Ellman) this area was saved from development when it was purchased by the Nature Conservancy. In 1995, the land (367 acres) was deeded over to MCOSD.
The unique geology and microclimate of this location provide a home for a number of rare plants. The soils on the ridge are heavily laced with the mineral serpentine. Soils derived from this mineral are toxic to most plants, but a number of species have evolved mechanisms to survive on serpentine. As a result, where serpentine soils are found, there are usually isolated populations of rare plants. The most extreme example of this phenomenon is the Tiburon Mariposa Lily, which is found on the upper slopes of Ring Mountain, and nowhere else on earth.
There are several access points to the trails on this preserve, but the best approach is to start at the trailhead on Paradise Drive and follow the Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail to the top. During spring, the wildflowers along the way can be breathtaking, as are the views of San Francisco and the entire Bay Area at your feet.
For more information contact Ring Mountain Stewardship Coordinator Amanda Magallanes at email@example.com or (415) 473-5058.
North access: from Hwy 101 in Corte Madera, take the exit for Tamalpais Dr east. Go straight onto San Clemente, which merges into Paradise Dr after 0.4 miles. Follow Paradise Dr approximately 1 mile (go past Westward Dr). The gate is on the right.
South access: from Hwy 101 in Mill Valley, take the exiit for East Blithedale Ave. Go east on Tiburon Blvd and turn left at Reed Ranch Rd. MCOSD gate is at the end.
East access: from Hwy 101 in Corte Madera, take the exit for Tamalpais Dr east. Go straight onto San Clemente, which merges into Paradise Dr after 0.4 miles. Follow Paradise Dr approximately 1.7 miles, turn right onto Taylor Rd, and follow to end (dead end).
Visit walkbikemarin.org, transitandtrails.org, 511.org, or dial 511 to find out about alternative transportation and public transit options from your location.
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Nokia has updated the Windows Phone 8 version of their photography app Cinemagraph. The version 3.5.4 update improves the HD animations at 720p resolutions.
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Outside of Stillwater, Minnesota, is century-old dairy farm bursting with flowers and blushing brides. The cows are long gone and have been replaced by gardens, workshops and a fresh, elegant atmosphere because of the weddings held there almost every weekend. Cindie Sinclair says she's always wanted to live in the country and grow flowers for people. Sixteen years ago, a series of events led her to the place she now calls Camrose Hill Farm.
She started the floral design business by growing a few plants in the laundry room. But, as the flowers grew, so did her enterprise.
"I now have a three-story barn that we have our workshop in, a pavilion that we rent out for weddings, and a little cottage where our brides get dressed when they come out here to get married," Sinclair says. "So my vision was so small compared to what has happened. Even now I'm surprised by the way things go and what comes up, the direction life takes."
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text: Farm Bill Reaches the Home Stretch January 28, 2014 07:20 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By AgWeb.com Editors Email The House could take up the compromise bill for a vote on Wednesday By Boyce Thompson, AgWeb Editorial Director, and Jen Russell, AgWeb Managing Editor House and Senate ag leaders, after reconciling differences over a 5-year farm bill this weekend, hope to gain swift passage of the bill this week. That would be a huge step forward for the embattled farm bill, which appeared dead in the water last year. The compromise would generate about $23 billion in annual savings over 10 years, a compromise between the House- and Senate-passed versions. The bill drew support from two critical House Republicans—House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who has voted against the last two farm bills, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who said the House would vote on the bill Wednesday. "The environment we worked in—even though it took us two-and-a-half, three years—we have a really amazing bill here," said House Ag Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas. "Between the commodity title and disaster assistance and the dairy program, I think we've addressed every need in agriculture," added Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Ag Committee. No Direct Payments, but Improved Crop Insurance The bill, if passed, would end nearly 18 years of direct payments to farmers that cost $4 billion annually. That money would be used to create two new crop insurance programs: Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. Agricultural Risk Coverage would provide early, temporary assistance to growers faced with steadily declining prices. Farmers would receive payments once prices fall 14 percentage points below an average for the previous five years. But the insurance only covers 76% to 86% of revenues. Payments depend on whether farmers elect coverage based on county-level or farm-level yield results. Farmers who elect to target payments to countywide results would be paid 85% on those base acres. Farmers who tailor results to their own farm would only receive payments based on 65% of base acres. Under Price Loss Coverage, payments would be triggered when prices fell below targets set by the federal government. Though payments would only be triggered later in a market downturn, they would provide growers with a more permanent floor to cover production costs. The final language drew support from groups representing both soybean and corn growers. National Corn Growers President Martin Barbre urged swift passage of the bill. "We're especially pleased the legislation provides an adequate and flexible farm safety net as well as a strong federal crop insurance program," he said. "Make no mistake, this bill represents a reform to the farm program," said American Soybean Association President Ray Gaesser. "It will make the programs on which we depend more relevant and more defensible, but it will also prevent those programs from distorting planting decisions and potentially impacting the marketplace." The bill also makes enterprise units permanent, and allows farmers to purchase coverage for both irrigated and dryland crops. Growers will also have the option of purchasing a new Supplemental Coverage Option for additional price support. However, the bill is silent over the extent to which farmers must be "actively engaged" in an enterprise to receive assistance. The compromise legislation offers an overall federal payment cap, but gives USDA the discretion to tighten payment limits. "We've given (USDA) authority they have not had before, and we expect them to move forward and do that," Stabenow said. "What we've done underneath the cap is give flexibility to farmers, depending on which program they use." The compromise drew the ire of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who said it had been watered-down to the point where it would have "little effect." But Lucas explained, "We had to have language that would work for all regions," as well as different sizes of farmers. "The language has real teeth; that's the bottom line." The bill also requires that growers who participate in the crop insurance program abide by federal conservation guidelines, a requirement that drew praise from the National Association of Conservation Districts. Support for Dairy House and Senate conferees managed to find compromise dairy support provisions that both political parties—and the dairy industry—could live with. The breakthrough happened after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated his opposition to "Soviet-style" dairy price supports. Instead of requiring dairy producers to reduce production if supply targets are met, the compromise grants USDA authority to buy dairy products when dairy margins drop below $4, according to several published sources. Small farmers—with fewer than 200 cows—will pay cheaper premiums with more highly subsidized margin insurance. During the first two years of the five-year program, premiums for small farmers would be reduced by 25% of established rates for the first 4 million pounds of production. "It's been a tough decade for our dairy farmers, and we tried to address that," Lucas said. Opposition from Livestock The livestock industry, which sought changes in country-of-origin labeling, remains opposed to the compromise. USDA last year tightened the rules, saying it wasn't enough for companies to say the meat was merely from North America. They have to disclose where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. "We're opposed to the bill," said Colin Woodall, a vice president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, pinning the blame on Sen. Stabenow. The association took this position even though the bill includes $7 billion in new disaster relief for the livestock industry. "I'm very, very proud of what we have done for livestock," Stabenow said. "We moved forward to achieve what we could do together, and I'm disappointed that they don't recognize what a huge win this is for livestock." Lucas agreed that it truly was a compromise. "Ultimately, the chairwoman and myself and the ranking members had to make a decision: Do we want a farm bill, or do we want to blow this thing sky-high?" he said. "But, I understand the disappointment of our friends out there. They said up-front, they wanted repeal." "This isn't over yet," he added. "It's just on this day, this couldn't prevail." SNAP Cuts Roughly one-third of the total savings in the bill, about $8 billion, would come from cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The compromise is a far cry from the $40 billion in cuts passed by the House. The savings would be achieved through a change in how households can leverage fuel assistance to gain higher food stamp benefits. A portion of the savings from this change would be used to fund 10 pilot programs to help jobless beneficiaries receive training and find employment. This was a compromise to proposals advanced in the House bill by Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) that would have required food-stamp recipients to prove that they were seeking work. A final tally by the Congressional Budget Office shows that conference agreement, including the sequester, cuts $18.7 billion from the commodities title, $6 billion from conservation and $8 billion from nutrition. 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A new filing with the federal court in Honolulu this week revealed the reason why sentencing for former Education Department bus division supervisor Gustav Nauer, is continued to next month. Nauer pled guilty in January last year to one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, in connection with his role in the school bus spare parts scheme.
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His book was among nearly 4,000 reviewed from the U.S., Canada and seven other countries for the 2011 IPPY Book Awards (Independent Publisher Book awards.)
"The gold in my category went to Columbia University Press – so I feel I am in good company," Walp said. "This international award solidifies the fact that the citizenry of the world are highly concerned about the protection of America's nuclear weapons secrets, and that Los Alamos National Laboratory must become 'heart attack' serious about ensuring the security of these secrets, before it is too late."
Walp explained that the reason he wrote the book was to shed light on what happened during his tenure at LANL.
"'Implosion at Los Alamos' reveals failed security, crime, mismanagement, cover-ups and corruption at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Ground Zero for America's strongest defense against rogue nations and terrorist entities – at least it should be," he said.
Along with two colleagues, Walp worked to process $3 million worth of cases involving stolen or missing taxpayer property, which included 400 computers that potentially housed nuclear secrets, but they found resistance from other top lab officials, he said, adding that he was wrongfully fired in late 2002, rehired as a consultant and ultimately paid a settlement for his mistreatment.
LANL originally hired Walp, a former Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner with 29 years experience, to investigate criminal activity and ineffective security, which had permeated the lab since 9/11, he said.
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"We felt we had to continue our mission in order to expose to the world the real and present danger to America's nuclear secrets, despite their efforts to stop us," Walp said. "We proved through well-documented facts that because of the lab's failed security throughout the first decade of the 21st century, America and her allies are vulnerable to those who may now be in possession of America's darkest nuclear weapons secrets."
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He arrived at the hotel room, where our cameras were set up, in a T-shirt and jeans. "I'm nervous," he said, surveying our lights and camera equipment. "I've never done anything like this before."
Our confidential source says he's been involved in dog fighting for over 30 years. He's trained and fought -- by his estimation -- around 2,000 pit bulls and was poised to tell "Outside the Lines" about the time in 2000 when his dog squared off against a dog owned by someone he referred to as one of the "heavyweights" of the dog fighting world: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick.
"He's a pit bull fighter," the source says of Vick. "He's one of the ones that they call 'the big boys:' that's who bets a large dollar. And they have the money to bet large money. As I'm talking about large money -- $30,000 to $40,000 -- even higher. He's one of the heavyweights."
On April 25, authorities raided a house in Surry County, Va., owned by Vick and reportedly found -- among other things -- 66 dogs (most of which were pit bulls), a dog-fighting pit, blood stained carpets and equipment commonly associated with dog fighting. Vick was not at the scene and denied knowledge of dog fighting at the property. To this point, no charges have been filed against him. But questions about Vick and his possible connection to dog fighting linger.
This source -- who required anonymity as a condition of our interview -- has helped law enforcement by supplying information on dog fights that has led to dozens of felony arrests.
"I've fought dogs, I pitted them, I bred them and I've done everything with them," says the source of his three decades in dog fighting. He then went on to describe the scene from that night seven years ago, as he took his 42-pound dog into the pit (the area where dogs fight) to face off against Vick's dog. He says Vick did not get into the pit, but had a member of his entourage handle his dog, while Vick placed bets with the 20 or so people in attendance.
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"Then he started, you know, waving money," the source says. "He was betting with everybody ... He said he got $5,000. He said he's betting on his animal."
While the source says he doesn't know how much Vick bet that night, he does recall the matches' outcome: Vicks' dog lost. He says Vick is known in the dog fighting community as "the man that comes with all the money" and his reputation is "[that] he brings a good dog and he's going to bet and he's going bring a nice sum of cash."
ESPN contacted Vick's agent, Joel Segal, who did not respond to the source's allegations.
In the U.S., dog fighting is considered a felony in every state except Wyoming and Idaho. Despite that fact, according to the Humane Society, it's estimated that somewhere between 20,000 to 40,000 people in this country take part in this multi-billion dollar industry.
"I believe that dog fighting is on the upswing," says John Goodwin, the deputy manager of the Animal Cruelty Campaign for the Humane Society. "And I believe that certain elements of the pop culture have glamorized dog fighting and glamorized big, tough pit bulls."
American pit bull terriers account for 99 percent of the species involved in dog fighting, and a pit bull puppy can cost as much as $5000. An average dog fight carries a $10,000 purse.
So why would a professional athlete risk his reputation -- and a lifetime of financial security -- to do this? "For the thrill of it," says a member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, who asked not to be identified. "It's like gambling, no different than when Michael Jordan drops $100,000 on a hole of golf."
There's no official data on just how many professional athletes may be associated with dog fighting today. Before the current investigation against Vick, in the last couple of years, only two professional athletes stand out as having been publicly linked to allegations of dog fighting: former NBA forward Qyntel Woods (who faced possible charges of dog fighting before pleading guilty to animal abuse in 2005) and former NFL running back LeShon Johnson, who pled guilty to three charges related to dog fighting, also, in 2005. Johnson is currently serving a five year deferred sentence. But those players only scratch the surface of what Goodwin calls a 'subculture' of dog fighting among professional athletes.
Everybody in the dog world is worried about Michael Vick talking. Michael Vick is making large money, he's making millions, OK? And if he has to tell on some people [to avoid prison time], I think he would tell … I don't put nothing past him.
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"You know, it's very interesting that we have got a whole roster of names of professional athletes that we know are involved in dog fighting," Goodwin says. "Surely, not every single one has come to light; I bet not even 10 percent have come to light."
If that's true, one reason may have to do with the "Code of Silence" among dog fighters. The source says many matches take place on rural farms, with 'lookouts' stationed in the woods and down surrounding roads, up to eight miles away. He adds that sometimes, local sheriffs are paid off to look the other way -- that is, when they're not participating in the dog fights themselves. But with up to two hundred people in attendance at any given match, how is it possible that a high-profile athlete can attend dog fights and never have word get out to the general public?
"Dog fighting is a very private thing," answers the source, who says that Vick was still involved in dog fighting as recently as last year. "It's all Pit Bull Men. It's close knit: you got your little boys, then you got your heavyweight boys. It's a completely different class ... And now [that] it's all over the media, and you have to keep it more private."
The source says he consented to our interview to change people's perceptions about dog fighting, because they have "the wrong idea" about it and should see "just one" match for themselves before judging it. "They'll let this other thing go -- what is it called? UFC [Ultimate Fighting Championship]?" he asked. "That is every bit as bad -- you know, that's terrible. But then you have thousands of people that cheer, rah, rah, and they really love that. You see guys get their heads busted, you know, and they get their arms messed up, their legs twisted almost off. But then they fuss over this here, is wrong."
When asked what he thinks people's reactions will be when they learn of his account of Vick's involvement in dog fighting, the source was nonplussed.
"They shouldn't be really upset, OK?" he said. "Because it's only just an animal. It's just a dog that is raised up. He's put out there, you know, and he's chained up, OK. And the time he gets a certain age, this dog is going to want to fight. It is bred in him, OK? He knows what he is and he's going to fight. Just take him off the leash, let him go."
"Dog fighting is illegal for a reason," says Goodwin. "It's a severe form of cruelty."
"The gameness that the dog fighters strive for -- and 'gameness' is the willingness to continue fighting, even in the face of extreme pain, even in the face of death -- is something that's bred into the dogs," Goodwin says. "There are pit bulls that have been bred away from the fighting lines that are perfectly socialized but the game bred dogs -- bred for fighting -- just have it bred in them, to want to kill any dog in front of them."
On Friday, Surry County Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter told The Associated Press that the investigation against Vick is "moving forward." When contacted by ESPN and asked for a response to the source's contention of Vick's involvment in dog fighting, Falcons spokesman Reggie Roberts responded via e-mail, "Michael was drafted by the Falcons in 2001. The allegations regarding him are still under investigation, and until we have facts related to the investigation, we are unable to respond further."
The NFL released this statement: "Dog fighting is cruel, degrading, and illegal. We support a thorough investigation into any allegations of this type of activity. Any NFL employee proved to be involved in this type of activity will be subject to prompt and significant discipline under our personal conduct policy."
While the NFL continues to monitor the Vick investigation, there's another group closely monitoring it as well … but for a different reason.
"Everybody in the dog world is worried about Michael Vick talking," the source added, shortly before leaving our interview room and heading back to work. "Michael Vick is making large money, he's making millions, OK? And if he has to tell on some people [to avoid prison time], I think he would tell … I don't put nothing past him."
Kelly Naqi is a reporter for Outside the Lines.
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ok, now we have an eye witness.........
here is what i see.......
if vick comes forward now, without more evidence coming to light, i say he is suspendef for the whole yr with a possibility of return next yr provided he stays clean.
if not and more solid evidence comes out, vick is gone for good, no more nfl, no more nothing and possibly jail time...............
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that would be great, would much rather face joey harrington than vick. Hope with this Commish their isnt special treatment. So far he hasnt had to suspend any real stars!!!
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This article is really bad news for Vick and Falcon fans, a congressman is pushing for Vick to get punished for this and now this guy breaks his silence...
I'm worried about now if I'm Vick.
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if you read into this article, there is a nagging question that begs to be asked.............
similar to the original posted first but..........
this one says the informants dog went against vicks dog in 2000 and the informant says the heavyweight could bet from 30.000 grand to 40 and beyond.
he did not say it happened in 2000 but he did say he saw it........
now, my question is this.........
if vick was even wagering 5 grand in 2000, where was he getting this money? i was not aware his parents were wealthy and this was a year before he was drafted...........any answers? smitty
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If he does get suspended, I think it would be 4 games max.
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The NFL can't really do anything until the investigation is complete, which could take awhile, as every level-local, state, and federal, is jumping in.
Goddell can't levy a suspension until Vick is found guilty or exonerated. If he hands out 4 games, and then Vick is found guilty, he looks stupid. Same thing if the suspension is too harsh.
Put me down for 4 games if Vick is 'innocent', and the whole season if he is found guilty.
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Originally Posted by ScottFReally, I dont recall Adam Jones being found guilty of anything. He was just always at the wrong place, doing the improper thing. Nothing he did however broke the law.
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Thats right soulstar.
Felony is the key word. Convicted of a felony such as this is about as bad as it gets. Animal lovers will want him made an example of. They will go out of there way to make the NFLs life a living hell. God help anyone that wears a fur coat to an NFL city on game day. They will be every where, turning up the heat. The red paint will be flying again.
Then Vick turns into a Rat! This is going to be good if it plays out like the snitch says. Wonder what Vicks made for TV movie will be like when he sells his story.
Sorry gang, I am a sick pup when it comes to these thing. I am loving it.
He should have done humans illegally not dogs. The reaction would have less severe.
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if i'm the falcons, coach/owner, right now i'm looking for a new qb....
if i'm vick, i'm in heated discussions with my attorney as to how i'll stand on a flea bargain......i'm also thinking the home boys in jail won't mind what kind of disease i have and will be glad to show me............
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Say you're an employer with an employee who works 30 hours a week. If you have 50 employees or more come next year, you'll be required either to provide her with health-care coverage, which the Affordable Care Act will by then mandate for all employees who work at least 30 hours a week, or you'll have to pay a $2,000 penalty for failing to cover her.
Or, you could just cut her weekly hours to 29. That way, you won't have to pay a dime, in either insurance costs or penalties.
This thought, not surprisingly, has crossed the minds of quite a number of employers. Right now, the average number of hours an employee in a retail establishment works each week is 31.4. And a whole lot of Americans work in retail—just slightly over 15 million, according to the latest employment report, out Friday, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Not all of them work hours that hover just over 30, of course, but the UC Berkeley Labor Center has calculated that 10.6 percent of workers in retail establishments that employ 100 or more individuals put in between 30 and 36 hours each week. As retail establishments that employ between 50 and 100 workers may well employ a higher percentage of part-timers than their larger counterparts, that figure of 10.6 percent is likely to rise when those additional employees are factored in.
Any way you slice it, there have to be millions of American workers who are likely to see their weekly hours cut below 30 as employers respond to the mandates of the Affordable Care Act. The BLS tells us that the average number of hours worked weekly in the "education and health services" sector—a catch-all category whose 20.6 million workers range from Harvard professors to home-care workers—is 32.9. According The Los Angeles Times in a story last Thursday, "colleges are reducing courses for part-time professors to keep their hours down and avoid paying for their health premiums."
Indeed, not all the employers cutting back their workers' hours are found in the private sector. At the direction of Bob McDonnell, Virginia's Republican governor, the state has a new policy stipulating that its part-time workers can work no more than 29 hours a week. McDonnell's office says that more than 7,000 workers will see their hours reduced by virtue of the new rule. Nor is it just Republican-controlled governments that are reducing workers' hours. Long Beach, California, a solid-blue Democratic city, is "limiting most of its 1,600 part-time employees to fewer than 27 hours a week" in response to the law, the L.A. Times reports.
All is not lost for workers whose hours have been reduced by employers not willing to cover them or face a fine. The Affordable Care Act was enacted in large part to enable such workers to obtain the governmentally subsidized insurance available though the new health exchanges. But even if they are able to get affordable coverage through these exchanges—as millions likely will—the take-home pay for many will still have been reduced due to the cutback in their hours.
The underlying problem here is the longstanding and uniquely American practice of making most health coverage contingent on employer provision. More particularly, it's making most health coverage contingent on employer provision at a time when the number of part-time workers and self-employed workers is on the rise, at a time when labor-force participation continues to decline, and at a time when the number of hours that employed Americans work continues to fall. Each of these four trends cuts into the number of Americans who receive health insurance from their employer.
Labor force participation now stands at 63.3 percent of Americans between the ages of 16 and 64—the lowest it's been since women increased their work force participation in the 1970s. It has declined steadily throughout the current "recovery." The share of Americans workers who work part-time has risen from 17 percent when the recession began to 19 percent today, not because people are electing to work fewer hours (the number of people working part-time "for noneconomic reasons" has fallen by more than half-a-million since 2007) but because the jobs employers are adding are disproportionately part-time.
Partly due to these developments, the length of the average workweek in Friday's BLS report fell to 34.4 in April from 34.6 in March. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act, such as The Wall Street Journal's editorialists, place the blame for the rise in part-time employment on the ACA's 30-hour cut-off. But the length of the average workweek has been declining for decades. In 1966, the average workweek was 38.7 hours. It has been in a slow, steady fall since then, as employment in manufacturing has waned and employment in stores, restaurants and fast-food joints has waxed. The average workweek in manufacturing this April was 40.7 hours, but employment in manufacturing is close to half its level in the mid-20th century. In retail, as I've mentioned, the average workweek was 31.4 hours this April. In "leisure and hospitality"—BLS-speak for hotels and restaurants—it was 26.1, and this is a sector that continues to grow, both in raw numbers and as a share of the overall economy.
What all this means is that linking legally mandated health coverage to employment over a certain number of hours probably hastens the long-established trend in the U.S. economy to reduce employees' hours and pay. To be sure, it sets up a counter-incentive for employers as well: Engendering the employee's ill-will. But whether the cost of that ill-will will exceed the $2,000 penalty the employer would pay for not insuring that worker if she put in more than 30 hours a week is a judgment call. I suspect many employers will take the ill-will and hang on to the $2,000.
The Affordable Care Act is structured with the anticipation that workers who don't get coverage on the job will be able to afford it on the exchanges. It's not structured, however, to enable those workers whose hours have been cut by employers avoiding the strictures of the Act to recoup their lost pay. That's not a deficiency of the Act per se; it's a problem inherent in our not having a single-payer system that breaks the arbitrary link between employment and health insurance. President Obama has said that if he could devise a system from scratch, he'd prefer single-payer, but as events would have it, we have a trillion-dollar employer-based private health insurance industry already in place. The fact that employers in both the private- and public-sectors are now cutting their workers' hours to game that system is just further confirmation of how dysfunctional and cruel that system really is.


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PRINCETON — Edwin J. "Ed" Dennis, 85, of Princeton passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle.
Born April 30, 1928, in Chicago to Joseph and Anna (Delygler) Domoszewski, he married Helen Golemba Jan. 6, 1950, in Chicago. She preceded him in death in 1988. He then married Mary Fulton-Neuhalfen Nov. 20, 1993, in St. Joseph Church in Henry. She survives.
He graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago in 1946 and served in the U.S. Navy during the end of World War II. He worked as a carpenter for Accurate Home Supply, retiring in 1990.
He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church and the Order of Eagles.
Also surviving are two daughters, Marcia (George) Michehl of Lake Zurich and Laura (George) Pillion of Carol Stream; four grandchildren, Scott (Sarah) Michehl, Kevin Michehl, Brian (Christy) Pillion and Jason (Mallori Harrington) Pillion; three great-grandchildren, Tess and Zachary Michehl, and Hannah Pillion; three stepchildren, Elizabeth (Bryant) Fahrow of Bourbonnais, Michele (Mike) Oelrich of Cape Coral, Fla., and George (Nancy) Neuhalfen of Malden; five stepgrandchildren, Elissa Tuttle, Courtney (Adam) Sager, and Michael, McKenzie and Levi Oelrich; and one stepgreat-grandchild, Ayla Sager.
He was also preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters.
A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Louis Catholic Church, Princeton, with Father Jeffrey Stirniman officiating. Burial will be private and at a later date.
The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.
Memorials may be directed to the Illinois Vetarans Home in LaSalle.
The Norberg Memorial Home, Princeton, is in charge of arrangements.
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PRINCETON — Edwin J. "Ed" Dennis, 85, of Princeton passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle.


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Yu Darvish settled down to hold San Diego to five hits over eight innings and got his first major league hit to help the Texas Rangers beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Wednesday for their sixth straight win.
Darvish (9-4), who struck out eight and walked three, leads all big league rookies with nine victories. He pitched for Japan at Petco Park in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Yorvit Torrealba, who was with the Padres in 2010, drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the sixth to bring in Josh Hamilton with the go-ahead run. The Rangers swept the three-game series and improved to 12-3 in interleague play, the best in the majors this year.
The Padres have lost five of six since their only three-game sweep of the season, at Seattle last week. San Diego (24-46) has the worst record in the majors.


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Virginia Alice Meyer Smith, 89, formerly of Chestnut Hill, one of the founders and later executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Food Bank, died Dec. 9 at Cathedral Village in Andorra.
Mrs. Smith served as director of the Food Bank from 1983 until her retirement in 1993. Under her pioneering leadership the Foodbank grew to become Southeastern Pennsylvania's primary provider of food for local hungry people. In 1993 alone, the Foodbank channeled 9.6 million pounds of food to its network of more than 500 feeding agencies.
She became a pivotal player in hunger relief efforts both locally and statewide.
A Chestnut Hill native, Mrs. Smith graduated from Germantown High School and Wellesley College where she earned a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in speech. After college, she parlayed her talent as an actress in summer stock into a broadcasting and public relations stint with the U.S. Army, Third Service in Baltimore.
Following her marriage to the late Richard Ferree Smith, also of Chestnut Hill, in 1945, she joined him in Gaza, Palestine where they both worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, assisting with hunger outreach programs for Palestinian refugees. The experience in Gaza, she said in later years, was profoundly transformative.
Returning to Chestnut Hill in 1951, Mrs. Smith combined raising five children with an active career as a volunteer in the Episcopal Church at both the parish and diocesan levels. As her children grew older, she also obtained a master's degree in education at what was then Beaver College. It was her appointment to the Philadelphia Episcopal Task Force on Hunger in the 1970s which reignited her commitment to the cause of eradicating world hunger and led her to become instrumental in the founding of the Foodbank.
During retirement she continued to travel widely, contribute to political causes and indulge her passion for music and theater.
She is survived by daughters Melanie, of Chestnut Hill, and Meredith, of Lake Forest, Ill.; sons Richard Jr., of Wyndmoor, and Trevor, of Springfield, Mass.; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her eldest daughter, Tacy.
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Pursuant to Notice given all members of the Board of Directors via Electronic Mail, the Monthly Meeting convened upon the President calling the same to order.
The meeting was called to Order by President Wallace and the agenda was pursued as previously distributed via E-Mail. Board Members present were John Wallace, Dave Truitt, Tom Garoffolo, Kelly Murphy, Cheryl Walden and Terry McCain. Jane Brandenburg, BCCN Member was also present.
Community Foundation Grant Status: - Terry reported that our group was the first to turn in the grant. There were 14 other grants submitted. George Morton had called President Wallace and followed up on the grant application. John followed up on the work of the group and indicated the public input of our group is very strong. John is very optimistic about the chances of BCCN to receive this support.
System Administrator's Report: The tape back up on our system has been a problem for the past few days. Terry has a tape back-up swap with her today and will go to the server and swap today.
The Content Report - Terry reported on the American Red Cross information. The Boone Co. Health Dept is working on their data and the Boone Co. Clerk actually has a page up at this point in time.
Boone Co. Leadership has opened up an account with us and Eric Imboden is still deciding whom to partner with on the two for one which the corporation allows.
St. Peters Episcopal Church used a womans group as their second page. Two new graphical banners from Height custom clubs and Precision Comfort Systems.
The area Planning Commission will be adding a mailing list to their site to mail things out.
ICNA, the new ICNA!, has the annual meeting this week. They have $45,000 in the bank and there is an attempt to try and distribute that money. BCCN is still considered a premier site/organization to provide other fledgling community networks an example of some ideas of how to go about getting things done. John questioned whether the Content should focus on County or City Government. Terry suggested we should focus on whomever provides the data. Dave felt that we should continue to emphasize the community calendar.
ITEM IV: Treasurer's Report: We are without a Treasurer for now. There is more discussion on the possibility of Dave becoming the Treasurer since Monte has resigned. There are only a small number of checks written each year and this would not be a large burden.
OTHER STUFF: Terry suggested that the by-laws be amended to be somewhat more generic to allow the adjustment of meeting dates and to increase the number of the Board of Directors. This was made in the form of a motion by Terry and a second by Kelly. The board voted in approval. Dave had previously indicated that the By-Laws could be amended with the Secretary of State but a copy needs to be provided to the IRS as a follow up.
The meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
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Did you know your body is covered in tiny fungal ecosystems? True and completely normal and natural though that doesn't change the fact that it's a bit creepy. The presence of fungus in and on the body is kept in check through our body's healthy antibodies and bacteria though sometimes the balance is tipped towards the fungus and an infection can result. You're probably aware of the usual suspects: Athlete's foot, jock itch, yeast infections, or diaper rash and cradle cap but what about the maladies that result from fungus overstaying its welcome and overtaking our healthy bodies? Keeping fungus in check and ridding our systems of the toxins resulting from fungus is a topic Hanna discussed extensively and while that image to the left looks lovely, it's actually fungus that lives on our skin and nails… read on for Hanna's tips and remedies!
Hanna believed that 90% of the Western population suffers from fungal infections and that the most susceptible to infection are those who are obese, frequently take antibiotics or birth control, people with diabetes, or those with Epstein-Barr or HIV. Fungus spreads rapidly, especially on moist areas of the body and when processed foods or antibiotics are ingested frequently. Because fungus is present on each and every one of our bodies, no matter how healthy we are, looking after our systems internally to avoid infection and the spread of fungus is important. Hanna truly believed in the power of healing our bodies naturally, especially through the foods we eat and shared these remedies:
Hanna's Food Remedies for Fungus:
- Drink 3 glasses of Concord grape juice daily
- Eat 2 tablespoons asparagus twice daily
- Drink cinnamon tea each morning and evening (add 1 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon to a mug of hot water, sweeten with honey if desired)
- Add plenty of alfalfa sprouts, chickpeas and sage to your diet
- Drink aloe vera juice
- Clear fungus using Hanna's interferon recipe (Each morning eat 1 pint cottage cheese with 5 tablespoons of walnut, apricot or almond oil. Continue for 3 weeks)
- Eat Hanna's natural antibiotic foods: grapefruit, garlic, willow, radish, chlorophyll and bee pollen
Eating these foods will help to keep fungus levels in check in your system but if you're already experiencing the symptoms of a fungal infection, there are additional (but still natural!) measures you can take. Once a fungal infection occurs in our systems there is a great chance that it will return several times throughout the year if it is not addressed properly. Yeast infections, for example, impacts the comfort of at least 75 million women worldwide annually according to The Fungal Research Trust. What's worse? Of those women, nearly 10% will experience up to 4 repeated infections within the year. Struggle to keep itchy athlete's foot at bay? It's estimated that 1 in 5 people have it and considering it spreads person-to-person through contact with an area infected with the fungus (think shower stalls), that number isn't going anywhere.
If you're presently struggling with a fungal infection or have in the past, Hanna created several herbal products that can cleanse the system of fungus and rid your body of the toxins fungus produces.
Hanna's Fungal Infection Remedies:
- Black Cohosh tincture
- Black Walnut Hull tincture
- Blood Toner
- 90-88
- Crypto-Fungus
- Candida Kit
- Garlic
- Thrush
- Wormwood Combination
- Olive Leaf
- Cinnamon
This list is compiled from Hanna's book, Help One Another, and is only a sample of the items she recommended to take internally for fungal infection. Fungus that is taking hold in the system can lead to a number of illnesses that are often misdiagnosed for other illnesses which means that the overgrowth is allowed to continue and the condition can become much worse before it becomes better. Some indications of a possible fungal infection (other than the certain presence of conditions like a yeast infection or athlete's foot that you can see/feel) include skin trouble resulting in acne or dull skin and stomach or digestive issues. Because of the toxins that a fungal infection creates in our systems, our intestinal lining can become inflamed or permeated causing leaky gut, a painful and wounded digestive system that can cause irritable bowel, constipation, or impact the proper absorption of nutrients from the foods we eat. Learn more about leaky gut here.
A common complaint of fungal overgrowth on the body is the presence of a dry, itchy, red rash. With winter approaching it will be easy to assume the change in temperature is the culprit but don't discount the possibility of fungus! For fungus on the skin Hanna believed in applying diluted cinnamon oil directly to the area several times a day until it disappears. Good choices for oils to dilute the cinnamon oil with are almond, jojoba or grapeseed. Fungus cannot live in the presence of cinnamon. Check out the plethora of other benefits of cinnamon oil here.
Whether its the presence of Candida in the system, a recurring yeast infection, itchy athlete's foot or a rash that just won't stop, assessing the presence of fungus in your system and clearing it from the body with Hanna's remedies is a natural and safe remedy for good health. Want to learn more about Hanna's remedies? Take a look at them here.


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A police officer in Memphis, Tenn. has been suspended for allegedly broadcasting himself having sex in his squad car while on duty.
Fellow officers said they overheard officer Dion Anthony having sex with an unnamed woman over their radio scanners between 8:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. last Monday during his shift, MyFox Memphis reported.
"Anytime you communicate via a handheld or console microphone you want to remain professional," MPD spokeswoman Sgt. Karen Rudolph told the TV station. "Our job is to make sure all officers follow procedures. In this instance it's possible he didn't follow proper procedure."
Anthony's alleged tryst was broadcast on an open line, meaning all 35 officers in the precinct and anybody with a police scanner had the opportunity to listen in.
With the force since July 2007, Anthony has been suspended while the Memphis Police Department investigates the allegations.


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The small azuki bean is widely cultivated throughout China where it is known as hungdo, or simply "red bean," as well as in Korea and Japan. In all Asian cuisines, it is almost always eaten as part of sweet desserts or boiled and puréed with sugar to make red bean paste as a stuffing for pastries. On the other hand, savory dishes featuring the azuki bean as the main ingredient are quite rare, but fortunately this recipe from Yunnan Province in southwestern China provides an absolutely delicious and simple-to-prepare example of using the bean as a meal. Like many Chinese dishes, there is a wonderful (and, according to the Chinese, healthy) contrast in colors.
I've made this stir-fried azuki and green pepper many times now, and my guests are always ecstatic to find out that it will be served. Like so many of my favorite recipes, I've modified it from my indispensable and well-thumbed copy of Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian, in this case to make it spicier, more savory, and more "mushroomy". I've used some white mushrooms along with the dried shiitakes (also known as Chinese black mushrooms), but if you want it to be absolutely authentic, substitute more shiitakes for the white mushrooms and dispense with the cayenne. As for myself, though, I'm sticking with the cayenne.
|Yunnan Stir-Fried Azuki Beans and Green Pepper (Hungdo Chow Ching Jiao)
|Recipe by Lisa Turner
Adapted from Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian: More Than 650 Meatless Recipes from Around the World
Cuisine: Chinese
Published on June 5, 2007
A simple, colorful and delicious Asian-flavored azuki bean stir fry loaded with mushrooms and crunchy fresh peppers
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21, December, 2011 Winning students benefit from industry backing
Three RGU graduates share of a £5,000 Balmoral prize fund
21, December, 2011 RGU mooters win the case
Students win Mooting Competition against Edinburgh University.
21, December, 2011 Painting students awarded prestigious fine art prize
Two painting students at Gray's School of Art have been jointly awarded the David Gordon Memorial Trust Student Drawing Prize.
15, December, 2011 University recognises top nursing students
Nursing excellence and achievement was the focus of a prize-giving ceremony today (Thursday 15 December).
15, December, 2011 Scott Sutherland students learning enhanced by on-site visits
Students across a range of courses at the Scott Sutherland School have taken part in on-site visits in order to give them first-hand experience of the challenges faced in industry.


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House Says No To Retroactive Immunity
from the about-time deptDespite a fear-mongering campaign filled with outright lies and fabrications, it appears that the Democrats in the House are actually asking the right questions about why we should grant retroactive immunity to telcos for potentially breaking the law in helping give the government access to information. They approved the version of the bill that they announced earlier this week, which would not get the telcos off the hook if they broke the law over the past few years.
Throughout this whole process, the one thing that has never been explained clearly is why it would possibly make sense to give the telcos immunity for breaking the law. There are perfectly legal means for the government to go out and request the information they wanted. To not go through those legal means makes very little sense, unless the government knew that it would not get approval. To anyone who claims that the government "needed" to do this, can you explain why they would "need" to do this without following the legally prescribed paths to do so? The US government is not free to do whatever it wants without oversight. That's why we set up a government with three separate branches to have oversight of each other. Otherwise, the system can and will be abused. What's happening here is that there appears to be quite a bit of evidence that the system was abused, and the White House (and the members of Congress who agree with the White House) are saying that we should ignore that. That seems problematic.
Luckily, (and, to be honest, surprisingly), it appears that some in Congress recognize this point, and are stating it quite explicitly. The EFF highlights the comments of Nancy Pelosi:
"Why would the Administration oppose a judicial determination of whether the companies already have immunity? There are at least three explanations:Of course, this is not nearly over yet. The Senate still needs to vote on legislation and the President would still need to approve it -- and he's made it clear that he'll veto any bill that doesn't include immunity. For all his complaints that not having a bill approved would make the US less safe, it would appear that it's his demand for retroactive immunity that is actually holding up the bill's passage. There is nothing in the current bill that makes the country any less safe. The only thing holding it up is a desire to brush aside questions about whether or not earlier activities broke the law.
First, the President knows that it was the Administration's incompetence in failing to follow the procedures in statute that prevented immunity from being conveyed -- that's one possibility. They simply didn't do it right.
Second, the Administration's legal argument that the surveillance requests were lawfully authorized was wrong; or [third,] public reports that the surveillance activities undertaken by the companies went far beyond anything about which any Member of Congress was notified, as is required by the law.
None of these alternatives is attractive but they clearly demonstrate why the Administration's insistence that Congress provide retroactive immunity has never been about national security or about concerns for the companies; it has always been about protecting the Administration."
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