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Our Obama Entitlement Culture
March 14, 2012 – It's been about a year now since I posted this and nothing, nothing has changed. In fact it has only gotten worse. The question is how much longer can we as a country sustain this class warfare under the rule of the Obama regime? We have but one last chance to save our great Republic and our Constitution from that jerk who sits in our White House.
In the news today we have the Democrat headquarters in Lake County Florida flying an American flag with Obama's picture replacing the blue field and stars. This is just another example of how Democrats disrespect our country and display their hatred for our America heritage. I don't see how we can possibly survive another four years under this Marxist Communist ruler. He has got to be stopped! -JRoycroft
From March 2011 :
By Neal Boortz :
We all know what happened to the home heating oil assistance program here in the U.S. It was supposed to be a short-term solution to the oil crisis decades ago. It is still with us today as another massive government entitlement program, now redistributing wealth to 9 million people moochers. Well now advocates for the poor, poor, pitiful poor are back to the government trough, asking their great Community Organizer to release over $100 million in emergency money to help the poor, poor pitiful poor pay for their heating bills after a particularly harsh winter.
Can I get an over-under estimate on the numbers of these people waiting anxiously for their heating hand-outs have smart phones and flat-screen TVs? I am just so sick to damn death of these entitlement whores, these moochers who believe that the money that you worked for somehow belongs to them. Just for kicks, let me remind you of what it means to be "poor" in America, according to our Census Bureau.
- Forty-six percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three bedroom house with one and a half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
- Seventy-six percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, 30 years ago, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
- Only 6 percent of poor households are overcrowded. More than two thirds have more than two rooms per person.
- The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
- Nearly three quarters of poor households own a car; 30 percent own two or more cars.
- Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
- Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player; 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
- Seventy-three percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a third have an automatic dishwasher.
This entitlement culture .. the idea that the government is the solution to all of our wants and needs .. is contributing to what I call the "wussification of America." The concept of self reliance is a fading ember among the burnt ruble of our founding principles. By design, generation after generation has been taught in our precious government schools that government is the solution to all their problems. And their actions are allowed to continue because we have a looter segment of society that is complicit in their redistribution efforts. This is because the looters gain power, while the moochers gain "stuff." As for the producers, what do they gain?? Nothing. Not a damn thing! No society can sustain this.
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Amanda Clayton: The Ultimate Moocher / Parasite
March 7, 2012 - (UPDATE – This moocher has officially been removed from the welfare list) Amanda Clayton, 24 years old, won a $Million lottery. After taxes she pocketed over $500 thousand cash.
That's wonderful except for one little thing … Amanda Clayton is on welfare and refuses to stop taking tax payer money because she says she deserves it. Yes, she is a $million dollar lotto winner on food stamps. If there was ever a time when it should be ok to bitch slap someone this should be it. Amanda Clayton gets the prize for being the most pathetic, ultimate moocher and parasite. And we all know who she'll be voting for in November! -JRoycroft
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Our American Entitlement Society
February 9, 2012 - Remember when Mitt Romney made that statement about not caring about the poor, that they have a safety net that takes care of them? Seems that Romney had good reason for making such a crazy statement like that.
Are you aware that in our American entitlement society you have more disposable income as a single mother raising three kids, working one week a month at minimum wage than you do as a married couple raising children, working $60,000-a-year, full-time, high-stress job? According to a new report, more than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance in mid-2010.
And when Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits are included, nearly half of the nation lived in a household that received a government check, according to the analysis of third-quarter 2010 Census data done by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a libertarian-leaning think tank. That's more than 148 million Americans
The federal government sent a record $2 trillion to individuals in fiscal 2010, up nearly 75% from 10 years earlier.
That's right folks, "a one-parent family of three making $14,500 a year (minimum wage) has more disposable income than a family making $60,000 a year." Thank the government for that. Our government, with it's "safety net," has enabled these people to live a life-style better than that of a married couple working their asses off to raise a family and earn a decent paycheck.
You can do as well working one week a month at minimum wage as you can working $60,000-a-year, full-time, high-stress job.
And here is a look at living in poverty in the United States:
- The typical "poor" household in America has a car
- 78% of "poor" households in America have air conditioning
- 64% of "poor" households in America have cable or satellite TV .. most have two TVs, along with a DVD player and VCR
- Most "poor" households in America with children have a gaming system such as an Xbox or PlayStation
- 38% of "poor" households in America have a personal computer
- Most "poor" households in America have a refrigerator, an oven and stove, and a microwave. They also have other household appliances such as a clothes washer, clothes dryer, ceiling fans, a cordless phone, and a coffee maker.
- The typical "poor" American has more living space than the average European.
- The typical "poor" American family is able to obtain medical care when needed.
- The average "poor" household in America claims to have sufficient funds to meet all essential needs.
God Bless America! -JRoycroft
44.5 Million Americans Are Now Receiving Food Stamps
June 1, 2011 - The number of people depending on the government is increasing at a dramatic rate. More than 44.5 million Americans, nearly 21 million households, are now receiving food stamps. This is an increase of 11% from one year ago and a 61% increase from just four years ago.
Here is just another example of a government program that has grown out of control. When established in 1964, the Food Stamp Act appropriated $75 million to 350,000 individuals in 40 counties and three cities. At the time, the Agriculture Department estimated that participation in the program would eventually reach 4 million, at a cost of $360 million annually. By 2010, it reached over 40 million Americans costing $68 billion in one year.
And you put these people in charge of your healthcare after they promised to bring down the costs of medical care??
But here we go again. Last week it was Medicare, this week it is food stamps. What I'm talking about are ways for Democrats and the ObamaMedia to make Republicans look like the evil out-of-touch poverty mongers who want people to go hungry while giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. Republicans are reviewing the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture that includes $71 billion for food stamps. The problem is that this is $2 billion less than what Obama has requested for the program. But also keep in mind that this $71 billion is STILL a 9% increase from 2011. But immediately, the line from the Democrats and the ObamaMedia is that the Republicans are making cuts on the backs of poor Americans. Here are the two directions for the future of food stamps as per ABC:
- The Republicans' 2012 budget plan proposes changing SNAP from an entitlement to a block-grant program that would be tailored for each individual state, much like their proposal for Medicaid. States would no longer receive open-ended subsidies and the aid would be contingent on work or job training. It would also limit funding for the program.
- The president's 2012 budget, however, goes in a completely opposite direction. It aims to make requirements less stringent by temporarily suspending for one year the time limit for certain age groups without dependents. The president also suggested restoring benefit cuts that were included in the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill last year.
Which future for America would you choose? – Neal Boortz


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I was lucky enough not to have any morning sickness and I hardly showed I was pregnant; everything was going along perfectly. At thirty seven weeks my blood pressure started to rise slightly,which was a great concern to my doctor, but it then managed to come down to an acceptable level. My legs and feet and ankles started swelling, I couldn't even get a pair of shoes on my feet.
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No longer is French horn music just Mozart concertos and slow, lyrical lines. The subtle, romantic side of the horn has been traded in for a passionate and violent one that has come to the forefront of modern and contemporary horn solos.
With his brassy, edgy, American style, Chenoweths playing at times resembled that of French horn great John Cerminaro.
To open, Chenoweth performed Christopher Foerster's Concerto in E flat. Despite its roots in traditional music, Concerto in E flat defies many of the horn music norms of its era. It is a highly technical piece, one that showed off Chenoweths extraordinary upper range and demonstrated that the French horn has one of the largest ranges of any brass instrument.
Chenoweth switched gears a bit when he performed the horn player favorite Nocturno, Op 7 by Franz Strauss. Nocturno was the most traditional and most artistically sophisticated piece in the program, but it certainly did not yield to the stereotype of a soft, shy horn piece. Strauss' music allowed Chenoweth to express his superior dynamic range, as well as a variety of tones and tambers.
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We had a nice, gentle, extended rain last night.
Cooled things off, should knock down the dust. I'm beginning to suspect that the dust might be responsible for all the respiratory illness I see in the kids during the summer.


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*English Club Golfer issue 59 March 2014
Opened in May 2009, this well respected 18 hole championship length course has been created over an area of important landscape quality. Visitors are more than welcome, just make sure to book your tee time in advance.
A superb 6,622 yard challenge, with some of the best greens in the area, the course provides an excellent test of your skill in a picturesque location surrounded by stunning coastal scenery. Before you tee off, make sure to have a warm up on our practice putting green.
Please use the links on the left for more informaiton on the course, green fees, membership and societies.
Societies and group bookings are welcome and our rates are very competitive.
Our membership is open and we are always welcoming to new members, for details of our excelent membership package deals please see our membership page.
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New Changing Rooms Now Open
We are pleased to announce that Heacham Manor's new changing facilities are now open. These changing rooms are now available to enhance your visit to Heacham Manor Golf Club, enabling you and your fellow golfers to be able to change before and shower after your game in warmth, comfort and space.
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Parking on the Yard is very limited. On weekdays, only drivers with DOD identification cards and handicapped tags (display your handicap placard) will be permitted to park on the Naval Academy grounds. For information on Yard parking and rules please click here. Parking will be provided at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. For further information please click here.
From U.S. Route 50 East: take exit 24 Rowe Blvd
From U.S. Route 50 West: take exit 24A Rowe Blvd.
Turn right on to Taylor Ave. The stadium will be on the right.
Use Gate 5 for USNA Shuttle parking.
To access a flyer on Parking & Shuttle Bus Information please click here.
Families of 1/C midshipmen will be given one vehicular parking tag (rear view mirror type) that must be displayed for free parking at the stadium during Commissioning Week.
All other guests/visitors must pay the daily parking fee ($5/car and $10/RV).
All Commissioning Week parking will be on the Blue (West) Side of the stadium, with entry and egress through Gate #5 on Taylor Avenue.
No overnight parking is permitted at the stadium.
On graduation day (May 22) parking is free for those with graduation tickets, on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking gates open at 6:30 a.m. Stadium gates and concession stands open to guests at 7 a.m. on graduation day.
Shuttle buses will operate to and from the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and USNA during the following times:
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|Tuesday, May 19
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|Thursday, May 21
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Shuttle runs approximately every 30 minutes.
During these hours, one bus will make stops at Alumni Hall, Preble Hall, Dahlgren Hall, Visitor Center and Luce Hall (by the Midshipman Store parking lot) buses will transport guests between the stadium and Alumni Hall.
The best and primary location to meet a bus for transportation to the stadium is Alumni Hall.
No shuttle buses will operate on graduation day, Friday, May 22, unless weather dictates that the ceremony be moved into Alumni Hall. If that occurs, buses will run from the stadium to Alumni Hall for the indoor ceremony ticket holders only. To determine the venue of graduation, visit the Commissioning Week website at www.usna.edu/SpecialEvents/CommWeek/.
In support of the Herndon Climb and Blue Angels Flight Rehearsal and Demonstration, the ONLY drop-off and pick-up point for the shuttle bus will be in front of Alumni Hall during the following hours:
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For a 15-30 minute walk to USNA, the easiest route is to:
All gates in the stadium open at 7 a.m., with the exception of Gate D which opens at 6 a.m. for press only. At 7 a.m., Gate D will become an entry gate like all others.
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Wheelchair accessible seating at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium can be accessed by utilizing the ramps located adjacent to Sections 8 and 25.
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Attendees have been reminded that the above items, along with valuables, should be left at home or secured in their vehicle prior to getting in line at the security checkpoint.
Umbrellas, strollers, and wheelchairs are allowed into the site after they have been visually swept.
Cameras and cell phones are acceptable.
For general access parking, use Parking Gates 1, 3, 3a, 4, & 7.
Limited Handicap Parking is accessible through Parking Gates 2, 5, and 6.
Wheelchair ramps and seating are adjacent to Sections 8 and 25.
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Canada's performance so far
Day three of the Sochi Winter Olympics and Canada has raked in four medals, a gold, two silver and a bronze.
This lands Canada is fourth place overall, tied with Russia, at this early point in the games.
After riding the emotional high of winning gold, silver and bronze on the opening day of medal competition in Sochi, things seemed to have cooled down a bit for Canada's Olympic team on Sunday.
Canada entered the day with confidence after sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe capped Saturday's competition with a bang, finishing first and second respectively in the women's moguls. Snowboarder Mark McMorris added a bronze in men's slopestyle.
But medal hopeful Spencer O'Brien couldn't keep the momentum going. The 2013 world champion in women's slopestyle snowboarding failed to duplicate her success in Sochi, botching landings halfway down the course in each run and finishing last in the 12-woman final.
Canada also came up short in alpine and cross-country skiing, where the men's teams had outside medal chances.
But by the end of the day Sunday, Kevin Reynolds did an admirable job filling in for Patrick Chan and Canada won a silver medal in the figure skating team competition at the Sochi Olympics.
Russia finished with a dominant 75 of a possible 80 points. Canada had 65, five more than the U.S.
Despite the missed opportunities, Canada is still in good shape overall. With Sunday's silver medal in team figure skating, Canada enters Day 4 of the Sochi Games with four medals.
Canada is tied for fourth in the medal standings with host Russia, and its four medals overall is second only to leader Norway (two gold, one silver, four bronze).
Canada is ranked behind the Netherlands and the United States however as those countires have more gold medals.
Canada had three after the first two days of competition at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
There's legitimate potential for more hardware on Monday, with defending champion Alex Bilodeau and World Cup star Mikael Kingsbury competing in men's moguls and Vancouver double-gold medallist Charles Hamelin taking part in the men's 1,500-metre men's short-track speedskating race.
In the men's 30-kilometre cross-country skiathlon, Alex Harvey of St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., was the top Canadian, finishing 18th with a time of one hour 10 minutes 00.5 seconds, while teammate Ivan Babikov of Canmore, Alta., was 25th in 1:10:14.6,
Harvey was considered a medal threat after a strong World Cup season, that included two victories. Russian-born Babikov was fifth in the event at the Vancouver Olympics.
On the slopes, Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian in 10th. Guay entered the Olympics with a win and a third-place finish in World Cup competition, but had been troubled by a troublesome knee.
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Meet the site leaders for Alternative Spring Break 2014
Not Just a Bandage: Access to healthcare in Guatemala
Get ready to explore health care, Guatemalan culture, and service learning! The city of Antigua, today home to nearly 35,000, still shows many traces of the Spanish colonial presence and welcomes many travelers. In addition to our focus on education and reflection related through service immersion, we will also explore cultural immersion by hiking a volcano, enjoying a salsa class, or perusing Antigua's artisan market. Máximo Nivel, an international language school and volunteer organization founded in 2003 and brought to Antigua in 2009, develops and oversees service projects in a variety of areas, including healthcare. Access to healthcare is particularly challenging in Guatemala, even in urban areas like Antigua. Over the course of the week, our group will work on a health campaign or in a center for people with disabilities while interacting with diverse populations in and around Antigua. Our team will support basic health care services and learn about barriers to health care in Guatemala. Spanish is not required, but some familiarity with the language would be helpful. ¡Vamos a La Antigua!
Dominican Republic-Games and Grammar: Youth outreach and literacy education
This March, we will travel Monte Cristi in the Dominican Republic for one week of powerful, meaningful service. Working alongside an organization called Outreach 360, we will share English literacy and life skills with the children of a local orphanage and the surrounding schools in Monte Cristi. These tools will empower future generations and help to secure jobs in the region. Along the way we'll grow in our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. We might even make some friends! Trips with Outreach 360 also include cultural opportunities, such as a trip to the farmer's market on the Haiti border, visiting significant historical destinations, or visiting a national park beach. There's no need to be a fluent Spanish speaker, an experienced volunteer, or a globe-trotting secret agent. We're looking for enthusiastic, open-minded students with a desire to do something incredible. What are you waiting for!? Apply today!
Conserving Crops in Costa Rica: Organic farming and sustainability
This spring break we will be traveling to the beautiful country of Costa Rica to help with the efforts in promoting sustainable farming. During the week of spring break, we will work and live at La Gran Vista Agroecological Farm where projects will be assigned to us each day by the local community. These projects may include: cultivating organic vegetables, extracting water for irrigation using natural methods, maintenance of greenhouses, and many others. Besides getting our hands dirty, we will be learning alongside local farmers about ways to make their farms more ecologically friendly with the information from La Gran Vista. In addition to our service work, we will explore the local town, beach and mountainous area surrounding La Gran Vista to make this trip a total cultural immersion experience!
Agricola NOLA: Urban agriculture and community restoration
Our week in New Orleans, LA will be spent working alongside organizations that promote urban agriculture as a sustainable food source and restorative community initiative. Organizations such as Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corp. and the VEGGI Cooperative will narrate the food crisis from the perspective of marginalized communities. Sheaux Fresh Sustainable Foods L3C and Sustain the Nine will explore the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina and address sustainable ways to help overcome the effects of this tragedy on the lives of many overlooked members of the NOLA community. We will be getting our hands dirty, as most of the organizations foster agricultural projects. Throughout our stay in New Orleans, participants will be challenged to have an open mind as we explore the fluctuation of media oppression and the cycles that maintain environmental racism.
The People Behind the Policy: Healthcare in our nation's capital
Join us as we spend spring break learning about our nation's healthcare system, especially how it affects the care people receive. We will be working directly with community organizations such as La ClÍnica del Pueblo, Mary's Center, and Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services that assist diverse communities with a range of medical needs. Our conversations with community leaders will focus on the advocacy and activism necessary to improve access to health services. In the process we will learn about the obstacles to accessing quality healthcare intervention and what is being done to break down those barriers. In our downtime, we will explore the historic landmarks and monuments of our nation's capital while exploring our own role in creating positive change for our national community.


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What is the Average Hourly Rate for a Moving Company?
Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Jennifer Marcial-Ocasio
Moving to a New Place Hassle-Free
Moving is often considered as being one of the most stressful experiences we ever go through in our lives. There are lots of things that might cause us stress but once we get used to them, we are good to go. But this is precisely the problem; we don't tend to move frequently, so there might not be time to get used to this process. The whole cycle of packing up our belongings, leaving our home and moving to a new and sometimes unknown place is bad enough. Add to that the fact that we have to trust our belongings to complete strangers.
You need to make sure you choose the right moving company, but how do we do this? Like everything else in life, moving is all about being smart and knowing what you're doing. Getting it wrong can cost you time, money and give you more stress that you certainly don't need. Besides worrying about hauling your possessions, you need to worry about how much it will cost. The most important thing is to establish a budget you can work with. When moving to a new place, you want the best experience possible. Hiring the best movers in town will provide you with more than that.
Make Sure Your Stuff and Your Wallet are Taken Care Of
Moving companies offer a wide range of services. It is not just getting your stuff and transporting it. The services might include packing up everything, providing packing materials, unpacking your stuff in your new abode and even setting you up with storage units. Some companies will even clean your new home, but all these additional services will obviously cost you more money.
Organization will be your best friend during this process. Make a list of what you need and what you want. Do this before you start calling to get your moving quotes. This will help you get the best quotes according to your needs. There are different ways of paying for your moving relocation. Some will charge you on an hourly rate, by estimated volume based on the number of rooms, by estimating what types of furniture and goods you need to move and others by the estimated weight of your load. Once you have 2 or 3 quotes, don't just look at price but look at what they'll offer you for the cost. An hourly rate might end up being more expensive if it takes a lot of time to pack, load, and unpack it. It will depend on the amount of things you posses. Rates vary starting between $50-$100 for 2 men and a truck; expect to pay about 30% more per extra man. Try to book your service provider with 4 to 8 weeks in advance. This way you will make sure you have the best moving service and moving costs available.
Keep in mind that the average hours per residential move are:
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- 2 bedroom 4-6 hours
- 3 bedroom 5-7 hours
- 2 bedroom house 4-8 hours
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Lake Travis High School features more than 210 courses utilizing a multilevel curriculum designed to meet the needs of each student. Fourteen Pre-Advanced Placement and 26 AP courses are offered in English, math, science, social studies, computer science, languages and art.
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One of the few bright spots regarding truck trading is that used truck prices have fallen.
Just as subprime loans undermined the home mortgage industry, the similar practice of lending to buyers who wouldn't normally qualify has handicapped the truck lending business.
Defaults on truck loans, like home foreclosures, have soared. Truck repossessions rose more than 100 percent in 2007, according to Nassau Asset Management, and company CFO Robert Malichio says they've remained equally high in 2008.
The resulting tight credit market is stifling truck sales for dealers and raising high hurdles for owner-operators who in the recent past would have no trouble qualifying for a loan. No one knows if the situation will get worse or how long it will last.
With some new- and used-truck financiers requiring higher credit scores and, in the most extreme cases, up to 50 percent down in cash, many owner-operators will have to re-evaluate their cash situation and trade cycles. Those with money in the bank, plenty of freight and a low-mileage or well-maintained older truck can weather the storm relatively easily. But those with tight margins, too much debt or a truck in bad need of replacement could face a very difficult period.
Rob Herndon says deals with his clients at Peterbilt of Bristol, in Bristol, Va., reached their apex of ease a couple years ago when he could get a $100,000-plus loan approved in less than an hour from one of his many financing sources, such as Key Equipment. "Now it takes until tomorrow for them to get it done," he says. "They want financials from last year for anything over $100,000."
Owner-operators with credit scores below 680, says Herndon, can probably forget about financing. He tells of a recent customer who had lifted her score to 673. His financial contact told him, "If she doesn't have a 680, I won't look at her."
Jay Thompson, president of Transportation Business Associates, points to the collapse of the old Associates Commercial, once the nation's largest truck-loan servicer. "They disappeared after 2000 because of lax lending standards," he says. "They'd finance anybody. It was kind of a standard joke – financing wasn't about who had the best terms, but who could get you approved the quickest." But after Associates disappeared, banks and other lenders rushed in to offer easy credit.
"Almost since deregulation – for the last 20 years, certainly – there's been fairly loose credit," Thompson says. Many lenders operated on an apply-for-it-and-you-get-it lending standard. As loan defaults have risen dramatically, most "quickie financiers" have left the truck market, says Thompson, and today no one is filling that gap.
Terry Scaggs, a Boise, Idaho-based flatbed owner-operator, blew the engine in his 1997 Kenworth T600 in 2007. He opted to rebuild the engine with a $21,000 loan financed through Trebar, a Kenworth and Mitsubishi-Fuso dealer with five facilities in the Pacific Northwest. While his credit rating had deteriorated, Scaggs' solid relationship with Trebar President Robert Barrett enabled him to secure a loan at 13.5 percent – $830 a month for 30 months.
"At the time, the 13.5 percent was towards the upper end of our rate scale," says Barrett. "It was the result of the deterioration of his credit. Were it not for the fact of his longtime relationship with us, we'd have probably turned the loan down."
Scaggs could afford the monthly payment, so he doubled down on maintenance and stayed in business.
Barrett says Trebar's main customers, owner-operators and small fleets, are pulling back. "Only those hardy souls who feel they must upgrade or replace equipment are buying," he says. "We expect this pattern to continue for the duration of this downturn, which probably means most of 2009."
Lenders such as Trebar, truck makers and large fleets are now good sources for new owner-operator investment capital, says Thompson. Fleet programs particularly, he says. "Because they disburse that truck payment out weekly, before they've submitted the rest of the settlement to the independent contractor, they get their money first, and they're much more able to help keep people from getting into trouble than somebody paying on a monthly basis." Also, they have the capability to help by cranking up the debtor's miles.
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The European Film 2011 Award went to the film Melancholia by Lars von trier (a co-production between Denmark, France, Sweden and Germany supported by Eurimages) Saturday night in Berlin, during the ceremony of the European Film Awards. This film also received the Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2011 (Manuel Alberto Claro) as well as the European Production Designer Award 2011 (Jette Lehmann). The Dardenne brothers (photo) were awarded the prize of European Screenwriter 2011 for their film Le gamin au vélo, a co-production between Belgium, France and Italy supported by Eurimages. Finally, the European Discovery Award 2011 went to the film Adem (Oxygen) by Hans Van Nuffel, a co-production between Belgium and the Netherlands also supported by the Eurimages Fund. The European Co-Production Award 2011- Prix Eurimages was awarded to Mariela Besuievsky, partner of Tornasol Films, and the producer and executive producer of more than 40 movies. (Press release)
Following the decision of the Eurimages Board of Management meeting in 2009 to carry out in 2014 a study on the functioning and results of the Fund, the Olsberg SPI company established in the United Kingdom has just published its report which you will find here. As an independent study, the contents of this document do not bind or commit in any way the Council of Europe and the Eurimages Fund. The Fund's Board of Management will now study the recommendations proposed by the Olsberg SPI company.
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At the Abergavenny Food Festival a couple of weeks ago I bought some of the hottest chillies known to man – Dorset Nagas, the offspring of a Bangladeshi chilli known as Naga Morich. They are grown by Peppers by Post, a specialist chilli farm in West Dorset, run by Michael and Joy Michaud. According to Michael, these peppers register 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units: just to put this into perspective, Scotch Bonnets, which I always thought were rather hot, reach a mere 150,000-200,000 units.
I eyed the chillies I had bought with trepidation (they come with a warning not to leave them within reach of children or other potential unwitting victims). Finally, I chopped one in half, touched my finger briefly to its cut flesh and then tasted it. It was incredible – a searing heat, accompanied by a bewitchingly fruity fragrance. I'm glad, though, I didn't try putting an actual piece of chilli into my mouth – that would have been overwhelming.
It reminded me of something one of my classmates at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine told me: he said there was a Yunnanese chilli called the qixingjiao (seven-star chilli) which was so hot that people just trailed it in a panful of hot oil for a few seconds to give flavour to a dish, before removing it and hanging it up for use another time. I've never found such a chilli in China, although I did once come across some peppers called qixingjiao in a market in Hunan (these are the ones you can see in the photograph in my last blog post) – but they were obviously something different, because their heat level was disappointingly normal.
According to Michael, Bangladeshis use this chilli green, before it has reached its peak of hotness. Only English people, determined to shock their friends, buy – and occasionally cook with – the red, ripened, scorchingly hot fruits.


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The Office of Personnel Management debuts a series of webcasts to educate federal employees about the Open Season process.
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High-priced health plans ailing
After years of being asleep at the health-insurance switch, it appears that many federal workers and retirees are actually doing more than complaining about higher premiums, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
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Federal employees will see an average of 3.8 percent increase in healthcare premiums in 2012, the lowest rate hike since 2008 and about half of last year's increase. On average, enrollees with self-only coverage will pay $2.32 more per bi-weekly pay period, and enrollees with family coverage will pay $6.18 more, the Office of Personnel Management said.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS (KPTM) -- They organize the world's information and then make it easily accessible in less than a second. Now Google is doing some of that work right here in metro.
It wasn't your typical ribbon cutting. "It really puts our state not only on the national map, but on the international map when it comes to information technology," said Iowa Governor Chet Culver.
Tuesday night state and local leaders connected fiber optic cables, officially welcoming Google to Council Bluffs. "This represents about a 600 million dollar investment and we're really happy to be here. It's been two years in the making and now we're online so it's great," said data center manager Chris Russell.
The data center contains hundreds of sophisticated computers and servers, helping Google power it's Internet search engine and other services, which literally handle hundreds of thousands of queries every day. "I think everybody understands the impact of the Internet and information and what Google does is provide the world with information. The fact that they're here, the fact that they're utilizing people from this area is tremendous," said Bob Mundt of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce.
Eventually the data center will employ about 200 people, each making at least $50,000 a year. "It really sends a strong message that Iowa is extremely competitive and we're ready to do business and excited about being on the cutting edge," Culver said.
Google could have gone anywhere. Leaders say they choose Council Bluffs because of its energy infrastructure, land and available workforce. "We think that we have a lot of potential here. We have a lot of the assets that they need to survive and prosper and we're just very excited about what this holds for the future," Mundt said.
The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce believes Google's investment in the community will only continue to grow. They're also hopeful Google coming to Council Bluffs will help them sell the city to other big name companies.
Google does have a few jobs currently available at the center. Leaders say they'll continue to hire over the next year. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/councilbluffs


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What if you had only 6 months to live?
December 17, 2010
It's a fact the times are tough. It doesn't matter what business you're in, or even if you're retired, you really aren't sure what tomorrow holds. This economy has administered some level of abuse to us all in one way or another.
The political climate is experiencing lots of foul weather for sure. I've never in my whole life seen and heard such low-life politics. It just beats all.
It makes everybody feel worse than they already do. And it makes them complain more about the things they already complain about.
I complain a lot myself sometimes about things I wish I could change in my own life. Of course, a lot of good that does. And the truth is, all you have to do is look around, and you'll see lots of folks who are worse off than you are. They are everywhere.
Just like the other day, I was complaining about something. I really don't remember what it was, and this friend of mine stopped by to share some really bad news with me.
He'd been feeling poorly for a couple of months, so he went to the doctor and had some tests done. And the doctor informed him that he was seriously ill with only six months to live.
He was in shock, to say the least. He didn't really know what to do. He asked for my advice.
He said, "Milton, what would you do if you found out you only had six months left to live?"
Well, I thought about that for a few seconds, and then I told him.
"If I found out I only had six months left to live, I'd go home and I'd sell everything I have, lock, stock and barrel. Then I'd move off down to South Georgia, and I'd find me some woman living out it the swamp with seven or eight young'uns from two or three different marriages, and I'd hook up with her and marry her. And then I'd go into the farming business, raising pigs."
He just looked at me and said, "Now why on earth would I want to do a thing like that?"
I said, "Well, it won't cure whatever it is that's ailing you, but I'll guarantee you one thing, it'll make the six months seem like a lifetime."
Yes sir.
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Terry Bradshaw, the greatest quarterback in Pittsburgh Steelers history, had some wise words of advice for their current signal-caller. Yes, I used the words "Bradshaw" and "wise" in the same sentence. If you've ever been lucky enough to hear Terry speak in public, he's actually a pretty smart guy. He just plays up the aw-shucks hick aspect of his personality for television. And the four time Super Bowl champion has concluded the same thing I've been telling my loyal readers since I started this blog three years ago.
Ben Roethlisberger is a dick.
Terry shouldn't feel like he's being singled out. Bill Cowher also told Ben not to ride his motorcycle. Of course, Ben didn't get along with Cowher, either. And, yes, Bradshaw made his share of mistakes when he was here. But nothing ever brought the Steelers anywhere near the level of disgrace that Pig Ben's recent actions have.
How does Ben sleep at night?
Well, he had to get up early yesterday for his meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. A freshly-shaved and de-mulleted Roethlisberger arrived bright and early for his meeting with Herr Roger. The meeting lasted several hours and Ben's only comment upon exiting was that the meeting was "very productive." I can only hope Goodell channeled Dean Wormer and told him "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Meanwhile, for those who didn't heed my words a couple days ago when I said anybody who thinks the Milledgeville incident will be the last is sorely mistaken, a lawyer went on a radio talk show in Boston and revealed that he had been asked to look into a similar incident which occurred six months ago in Las Vegas. While the lawyer quickly revised his comments to clarify he wasn't accusing Ben of rape, he did say the incident involved a woman being invited to party with the drunken imbecile in a VIP area of a night club where she was subjected to "non-consensual sexual touching" by Mr. Rapistberger. So either Ben has some serious self-control issues or he has absolutely no idea how to hit on a woman.
In any case, the city is rapidly turning against their disgusting quarterback. Even his strongest supporters within the organization are cracking as current Steelers President Art Rooney II was described as "furious" after hearing the details of the Georgia incident. Most tragically, our friends over at PLB Sports, maker of City of Champions Cereal, have invoked their morality clause in deciding to discontinue their line of Big Ben Beef Jerky.
When you've lost your beef jerky, you've truly lost it all.
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Halliburton used flawed cement on BP well
By Chris BaltimoreHOUSTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. used flawed cement in BP Plc's doomed Gulf of Mexico well, which could have contributed to the blowout that sparked the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a White House panel said on Thursday.
Halliburton used flawed cement on BP well
Halliburton's shares tumbled as much as 16 percent after the National Oil Spill Commission released a letter detailing the panel's findings, before recovering to close down nearly 8 percent at $31.68 per share on the New York Stock Exchange.
BP's U.S.-listed shares closed up 1.3 percent at $40.60 per share.
While not absolving BP of responsibility, the report heaped criticism on Halliburton's cement job, raising investor concerns it could be forced to bear some of the clean-up costs.
BP has taken a $32.2 billion (20.1 billion pound) earnings charge to cover the cleanup. The cost to insure Halliburton's debt jumped on the news.
Halliburton had run a series of tests that showed the material was unstable in the weeks before the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 workers and spurred a temporary ban on deepwater U.S. drilling.
"Halliburton believes that significant differences between its internal cement tests and the Commission's test results may be due to differences in the cement materials tested," the company said in a statement.
A BP spokesman declined to comment.
Both Halliburton and BP were aware of flaws in the cement slurry, similar to the one used to seal the mile-deep Macondo well, as early as March 8, over a month before the spill, "but neither acted upon that data," according to National Oil Spill Commission chief counsel Fred Bartlit.
However, in its statement, Halliburton said it did not believe that the foam cement design used on the Macondo well was the cause of the incident.
"Halliburton believes that had BP conducted a cement bond log test, or had BP and others properly interpreted a negative-pressure test, these tests would have revealed any problems with Halliburton's cement," Halliburton said.
"The fact that BP and Halliburton knew this cement job could fail only solidifies their liability and responsibility for this disaster," said Rep. Edward Markey, a Democratic lawmaker who has criticized BP and its well partners.
The industry has developed tests to identify faulty cement jobs in offshore wells, but "BP and/or Transocean personnel misinterpreted or chose not to conduct such tests at the Macondo well," Bartlit wrote.
Tests conducted by industry cement experts show "the foam cement used at Macondo was unstable," Bartlit wrote in a letter to co-chairs Bob Graham and Bill Reilly.
"Halliburton (and perhaps BP) should have considered redesigning the foam slurry before pumping it at the Macondo well."
The report supports claims by BP that it shares the responsibility for the disaster with its Macondo partners, including Swiss-based Transocean Ltd, which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig.
In an interim report BP issued in September, it said Halliburton used an "unstable" cement mixture that allowed hydrocarbons to flow up the drill pipe and onto the floor of the rig, where they ignited.
The resulting spill marred the coasts of four U.S. Gulf states, prompted a ban on new deepwater drilling and left BP's image in tatters in the United States, home to 40 percent of the London-based oil giant's business.
(Additional reporting by Anna Driver in Houston, Braden Reddall in San Francisco and Ayesha Rascoe in Washington, Anand Basu in Bangalore; Editing by Stacey Joyce and Jerry Norton)
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I want to know what the hell the person who invented fitted sheets was thinking. I'm guessing it was something along the lines of "Let me make a sheet that never stays on a mattress, but let me advertise it as something that will stay on a mattress extremely well." Fitted sheets are the scourge of my existence. They were specifically designed to do one thing: stay on mattresses. They are spectacularly unsuccessful at this one task. Therefore, they are completely and utterly worthless.
Every so often I wash my sheets and pillowcase. The washing and drying—that's the easy part. The hard part is getting the stupid fitted sheet back on the bed. It's a Herculean task requiring strength, dexterity, perseverance, and four-letter words. My bed frame gets in the way at both the foot and head of the bed, so I have to fight with that. Then I have to get a corner down at one end of the bed, then get the other corner at the same end. Then I have to crawl on top of my bed (the fact that my bed is tucked into the corner of my room doesn't help) while yanking the sheet toward the other end, all the while hoping that it won't snap off the other end, the elastic flinging itself toward me with a spiteful recoil. And if it snaps toward me, it probably takes the similarly designed, elastic-laden mattress cover with it. Most of the time I find myself jumping up and down and attempting to tug the last two corners under the mattress in the hang time I have, since my weight would otherwise make it impossible to get the sheet on.
In the event that I do manage to get the sheet completely on, it usually takes about a day and a half for it to work its way off. Then I'm back where I started. As I write this I have three corners of the sheet on the bed, with the fourth corner off so far that I pretty much have to sleep on one half of the bed unless I want to be on the mattress cover.
And the thing is, a regular sheet is usually big enough that you can just shove the edges underneath the sides of the mattress and it won't come undone. The problem is that then you have to use the fitted sheet as a regular sheet and the elastic will get all over you. I don't know how the fitted sheet was ever better than the alternative. It'd be one thing if it were hard to get on, but stayed very well once it was on. But no. It's a pain to make, and it doesn't stick, either. What a waste.


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Yale grad Marina Keegan wrote this for the commencement issue of the Yale Daily News just this May, and it feels very much like what I and a lot of my friends and maybe some of you need to hear. She died in a car accident this week just five days after graduating.
We're so young. We're so young. We're twenty-two years old. We have so much time. There's this sentiment I sometimes sense, creeping in our collective conscious as we lay alone after a party, or pack up our books when we give in and go out – that it is somehow too late. That others are somehow ahead. More accomplished, more specialized. More on the path to somehow saving the world, somehow creating or inventing or improving. That it's too late now to BEGIN a beginning and we must settle for continuance, for commencement.
Read all of "The Opposite of Loneliness" here.
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Approximately 70 percent of Missouri job loss in June resulted from Joplin disaster
Despite the large loss of jobs, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the state was not significantly altered.
Donations to mid-Missouri charities above national average in 2010
Nationally, charitable donations declined in 2008 and 2009, then rose an estimated 3.8 percent across the board in 2010, according to the recently released Giving USA report. Locally, however, many nonprofits brought in percentage increases higher than the national average.
Gov. Nixon approves more rigorous grain dealer requirements
The new law will require grain dealers to set aside more money as a safeguard against insolvency.
ANALYSIS: Republicans accuse Nixon of improperly withholding funds
Some Republican officials have begun to ask whether Gov. Jay Nixon is inappropriately citing the Joplin tornado as a reason to hold on to state dollars that had been due to public schools and other government programs.
Extreme couponers boost grocery savings during recession
Coupon clipping has helped some people save up to 90 percent on groceries. But on the other hand, it brings increased levels of frustration, long lines and sometimes empty shelves.
Treasurer approves more than $200 million in farm, business loans
Loans through the Missouri Linked Deposit Program have affected about 4,000 jobs and farmers in Missouri this year, and participation is about 50 percent higher than it was last year.
Economic recovery turns two
The recovery from the Great Recession has been longer and tougher than any recent recession.
Curtain falls on Missouri Film Office; future for tax credits looks bleak
Gov. Jay Nixon followed through with the long-held plan to close the Missouri Film Office. Missouri's filmmaking community remains concerned about the fate of the industry and the loss of potential revenue.
Recession hits transit budgets despite rising need
Public transportation systems across the country are aging, but tight budgets are making improving them a challenge.
ANALYSIS: Regulators mull costs from Taum Sauk
Ameren Missouri contends customers benefit from a new Taum Sauk reservoir and wants to raise its rates for electricity to help pay for it.
UPDATE: Nixon sets aside additional $100 million in disaster aid
The additional disaster aid will be funded by better-than-expected state tax revenues. Missouri's financial commitment now stands at $150 million.
Springfield engine plant to add 131 jobs
Due to customer demand, PROFoermance Powertrain Products plans to more than double its workforce.
MU estimates floodway crop loss at $85 million
The economic loss could reach $156.7 million when other economic changes besides the crop values are factored in. The estimate is based on U.S. Department of Agriculture records.
Numbers show states' budget challenges differ
Budget and fiscal data show that cumulative revenue available for the coming fiscal year has dropped.
Missouri unemployment rate holds steady in May
The rate was at the same level in April. The number of nonfarm jobs fell by 1,500, however.
VA mortgage company to add 300 Columbia jobs
VA Mortgage Center.com, which provides home loans to veterans and active members of the military, will add 300 jobs to Columbia by the end of 2016. Positions will include loan processors, loan officers and credit consultants, the center's manager said.
PROJECT 573: Mexico, Mo., mother seeks job, stability in response to recession
Mother Kylie Nichols has been "barely making it" since losing her job, but she wants to do better than barely. Nichols is among the mid-Missourians whose stories are told in Project 573, an in-depth look at the recession by a group of students from the Missouri School of Journalism.
DEAR READER: Project 573 is a snapshot of mid-Missouri
A group of MU journalism students spent a year reporting on how mid-Missourians are responding to the recent economy.
Nixon, IBM executive talk jobs at ceremony
Mayor Bob McDavid said IBM will be held to job-creation standards that come with the tax breaks and other incentives it received for coming here.
Elk return to Missouri
After months of trapping, elk have been returned to Missouri. In the next three years, if all goes as planned, about 150 elk will roam the state. The first 34 were delivered May 5.


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