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Chevrolet Equinox Prices Paid and Buying Experience
klrss Posts: 27No unfortunatley they didnt. The dealer really didnt want to look at it in the first place. They asked me if I had a check engine light, and I told him no, and so he tells me " then there isnt anything wrong..if it isnt running right it will throw a code". The first time I brought it in, they ran it on the " machine" and it came out fine. The must have smelled it, since they told me it was bad gas...but I was smelling the smell when I still was running the first tank of gas from the dealer about a week or so after I had it. It IS an odd senario..and I cant understand why they wont look at it. I bet I could go out and find a new car on the lot that does NOT smell...but they insist is isnt the car and if it smells then it is bad fuel. Just crazy! I just loved how they show me the TSB, and in the TSB it tells the tech NOT to change out the cat. So, because of that, they wont even try. He told me, " we cant just start replacing perfectly good parts to see if one is not working". Nice.. :lemon: And I know this is not an Impala Forum, but the TSB applied to cars and light trucks, so wanted to pass it on.0
MSRP $26815 (V6 with Pioneer system and 18" wheels - neither of which I wanted but they ream it down your throat). Dealer discount to $25500. Loyalty rebate of $1000, GM "points" of $4200. Tax of $300 (flat in this state). Out the door $20,700+ (including tax, tag, title). By my standards this is a lousy deal, but I think it's the best I could do on an Equinox right now. By comparison, my '02 Impala was purchased for $12,200 (from a $22,040 MSRP). Granted, $1000 more in GM dollars that time, but the dealer discount was also bigger and so was the rebate. I think it's only a matter of time before the rebates start showing up on these Equinoxes. The inventories are more plentiful now (than in 2010) and the sales will start slowing down (I think they already have). So if you don't need to buy right now, I'd sit back and wait a while. The pricing is going to soften up with better rebates and dealer pricing going forward.0
On the Chevy website, it says that if you own a 99 GM car or newer, you are eligible for $1000 loyalty cash. Supposedly Saturns are included as a GM car. But a local dealer is saying no, full MSRP or nothing. Am I wrong?0
ray80 Posts: 1,655Well 99 or newer Saturn does qualify for loyalty cash per the loyalty website. If its a salesperson saying that, go in in ask for a more knowledgeable salesperson.0
wallyuwl Posts: 166Find another dealer. They are trying to squeeze you. And it isn't even them, it is GM, who takes the hit on incentives like that. But to ask for full MSRP is theft at this point in time considering the supply of Equinoxes has increased drastically. You should be able to get one for at least $1000 off MSRP, PLUS any incentives right now.0
It's a '99 or new GM vehicle that qualifies. Saturn is a GM vehicle, so it qualifies. But dealerships will do anything to squeeze money out of you. When I bought my 2011, I knew I qualified for the $1000 Loyalty Rebate. But I let the salesman play his game asking me if I owned a '99 or newer GM car, then looking excited like I was going to get a great deal. The "deal" was $1000 off MSRP!
Nice try.
When making your offer, all you can do is use those bogus Edmunds numbers. I say they're bogus because they come from GM (they HAVE to), and why would GM be honest about what it really costs them to build their cars? What they WANT is for you to THINK you're getting a great deal. But the reality is those numbers HAVE to be padded and even if you nail a deal at invoice, the dealerships are STILL laughing all the way to the bank!
So go to Edmunds and build your car and calculate the invoice price including destination charge. It'll probably be around $1300 below MSRP. Make an offer BELOW this number (a few hundred bucks) and work UP to it. THEN deduct the $1000 Loyalty rebate from that (plus any other discounts you might have like GM 'dollars'). If you qualify for multiple discounts, say the USAA rebate (if it's still on), call GM first to find out which rebates can be used together. You don't want to be caught flat-footed at the dealership with a salesman giving you bad information (always in their favor, by the way).
As for the dealer you're dealing with ... try another salesman. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater just yet. And if you're a woman, I'd bring a man in with you. Just a guess, but I think women making deals by themselves end up with bad deals. You have to be nice with these people (a woman's strongpoint), but you can't let them run the show. And don't be afraid to walk out if you feel you're being pressured. The car you want is probably sitting at multiple dealerships. Get a price from all of 'em. It doesn't matter where you buy the vehicle, you can get it serviced at any dealership.
OH - forgot to mention .... make sure you ask UP FRONT what the dealership's stupid "doc fee" or "admin fee" is. This is a scam that dealerships started about 20 years ago. It's a way to tell you the vehicle costs $X, but then write you up for $X + fee. It's very common for these fees to be as much as $300 - $500 !!! And it's all legal. All the dealership has to do is charge everybody the same fee. But if you KNOW about it and factor it into the offer so you know what the ACTUAL cost of the vehicle is, it's no problem. If you can buy a $20,000 for $15,000, the "fee" can be $14,999 as long as the vehicle only costs $1.0
Well, at least we wrote up the paperwork for it. Now the dealer has to look for one already built to our specifications. We *did* qualify for the GM loyalty cash for the 99 Saturn, did not qualify for the special financing (ALLY) for people with credit scores under 580. We also bought the extra protection for both the exterior and interior as we expect to keep the car for at least 7 years and, here in the great Northeast, winter road salt is a real concern.
I'll let y'all know how it works out.0
Why don't you look for the car yourself? Personally, I think it's a lousy website, but you can go to Chevrolet.com, build your car, and search for it right there. The problem with this poorly-designed search engine is you specify EXACTLY the vehicle you want, and then it shows you stuff you didn't ask for (and tells you it's EXACTLY what you want)! The list ends up being longer than it should be, but it's better than nothing I guess. The other way to go is to search the dealer websites themselves (which is what I do). You can search for dealers within X miles from where you live then build yourself a list of hyperlinks to these dealers' websites that you can continuously search waiting for the car you want. I like going to the dealership where the vehicle is and buying it myself. When the dealer locates the car for you and transfers it to your local dealership, there's a cost involved for that and your car gets taken on a "joyride" by a salesperson. I like odometers with less than 20 miles on them. "Transferred" vehicles with hundreds of miles on them make me cringe.
Also, I lived in New England until the age of 29. Winter road salt causing cars to rust up there is a thing of the past. I would say it's been a non-issue for at least 20 years now. And keeping a car for 7 years is nothing. Even at 20,000 miles per year, that's only 140,000 total miles. Any car today can do that with little or no trouble if it is maintained correctly (and honestly) ... the latter being the difficult one ...0
Well, the dealer just called and said they can't find one for our price. I did go on Chevy's site as you suggested and ran into the same problem you did. I didn't find one either, but it gave me a place to start. I will start going through individual dealer sites now.
Of course, I *could* take the upgrade for $1000 more, or wait for a new one to be built and delivered...0
Here's another thing you can do: Go to autotrader.com and search by make, model, etc. ... but enter a SPECIFIC PRICE RANGE (as narrow as you can get it). You can also put in the search radius (as far as you're willing to drive to go get the vehicle). For example, after studying all the trim levels and options I could get on an 1LT Equinox, I came to the conclusion that the MSRP HAD TO BE $26,800 or $26,815 to have the equipment I wanted. If you zero in on a specific MSRP like this, you can use AutoTrader to find your car. One minor problem you'll find, however, is sometimes the dealer will list a vehicle MARKED DOWN (instead of at the MSRP). I found this was rare, but when it happened, I ended up with LT2's or LTZ's in my search list (because their MSRPs were, say - $28,000, marked down to the $26,800 range.
You can try cars.com, too, but it's not as good as autotrader because you can't search by specific price range. You get a LOT more junk in your search list. Also, keep in mind that the autotrader (or cars.com) searches won't show ALL the vehicles in your search radius, just those listed by dealers on these sites. I don't know what the participation level is with dealers on these sites, but I would bet it's pretty high. More exposure probably means more sales.
What exactly are you looking for? Are you looking for a unit that simply isn't built? For example, I REALLY wanted a "stripped" V6 with only Cargo Management added. No such animal. No dealer will ever have one. And I don't think you could even order it! If you want the V6, you're going to get the Pioneer stereo and 18" machined wheels reamed down your throat, whether you want these options or not. You can add the Cargo Management package onto this, but you can't take away the other two options.
I'm guessing you want the 4-cylinder engine. That's what everybody wants because the fuel economy is (supposedly) good. There's PLENTY of 4-cylinder Equinoxes out there (2011's). If you're looking for a V6, well, that's another story. I betcha the ratio of "4"s to "6"s on dealer lots is something like 100:1 !!
Just re-read your post. You say the dealer can't find one "for our price". Sounds like they're playing games with you. The car is probably out there, but they just won't transfer it and sell it to you at your price.
Find the car yourself, make the offer directly to the dealership that has the car, then go pick it up. Don't let them talk you into something more expensive that you don't really want. The car you want is very likely out there sitting on MULTIPLE dealer lots (in various colors). You just need to find ONE of them. But make offers on ALL OF THEM because some dealers are really tight-fisted (smaller dealers with 100-150 new cars) and others are less so (larger dealers with 200+ new cars). Also, keep in mind that if you ORDER one, you'll only get whatever incentives are ON at the time the vehicle arrives at the dealership, so that's tricky. I think it takes AT LEAST 6 weeks to build an Equinox right now, so chances are the current incentives will expire before the car arrives. You're better off finding vehicle on a dealer lot when you KNOW what the incentives are. The current incentives expire next on February 28th. The bonus right now is if you own or lease a '99 or newer GM vehicle, you can get an extra $1000 Loyalty rebate. So between the dealer's discount and the Loyalty rebate, that's around $2300 off MSRP for a 1LT (a lousy deal by my standards, but if you want an Equinox, that's the best you're gonna do right now).
Go to the GM site, put in your ZIP code and find all the dealers within 50 miles (or more if the list is scant). Then click on the dealer website button for each one and save the link in the address bar to a Word file. This will be your quick hyperlink list to search the individual dealer websites. I hope you have a high-speed internet connection because dial-up will bog down so bad you'll get discouraged and quit.
Good Luck!0
joeohio Posts: 1I am in the process of buying a 2011 Equinox. The best deal I have found is $500 over the dealer invoice after reduction of the holdback. For an 1LT this is a little more than $2000. So I can buy for about $1500 below MSRP, including doc fees. Not as good of a discount as we used to get (old days = 12%), but not bad. Also will get other factory incentives and my $4000 plus $500 bonus on the GM card. For everyone's benefit the dealer invoice less the holdback is as follows. All with $745 Destination fee:
AWD LS MSRP = $25,240 Invoice less holdback = $23,280
AWD 1LT MSRP = $26,405 Invoice less holdback = $24,352
AWD 2LT MSRP = $28,465 Invoice less holdback = $26,247
AWD LTZ MSRP = $30,815 Invoice less holdback = $28,410
I don't have data for the FWD version, but the percentages will be about the same (8% with no discount on the destination fee).
The markup on options is 12%.
Plenty of vehicles available in Ohio region.
Hope this helps.
roger1655 Posts: 12I'm starting to look for a new Equinox and most FWD LTZ's seem to come with a sun roof. I don't want a sun roof so am thinking of ordering one. Has anyone ordered from the factory? Can you get a better deal if you order one?
pete6666 Posts: 29I ordered a cardinal red FWD LTZ with 6 cyl. and moonroof. My dealer did give me a better deal to order than take one out of stock. Unfortunately it was an 8 week wait. My wife loves the car and so do I.0
incarguy Posts: 1We just purchased a 2011 Nox FWD 2LT, Mocha, with Two tone brown/black Leather, Roof, 18's and Power Liftgate. We paid $28,336, which was just under TMV ($28,357).
I would rate our overall experience a 6 out of 10, however, not due to our dealer or salesman, whom we both liked and would recommend again, but due to the industry practice known as "not giving a sh*t about what the customer wants, aka - usual practice."
We had wanted on one the Espresso Brown LTZ's, but of the dozen or so that were sitting on other dealers lots within our region, our dealer, looking to trade, was told all of them were "already sold" or "demo's." Our salesman admitted to me afterward that had I called as an off the street customer, I no doubt could have driven home in probably any one of those vehicles that day. The reason I didn't is because I wanted to remain loyal to the dealer, whom I felt was treating me fairly.
Perhaps it's not a "Chevy" issue, or maybe it's "the way it's always been done," but that's not an excuse. In the end, we the consumers didn't get what we really wanted because we remained loyal to our local dealer, and we didn't want to wait 6 or 8 weeks while the exact vehicle we wanted got built. Not sure why we should have to, especially if there's 12 copies lying around unsold at other dealers in the region.
We settled on the 2LT because my wife was getting tired of the process of seeing cars advertised for sale on dealer websites and cars.com, then having our dealer try to trade, and being told "sorry" it's not really for sale. Sloppy internet inventory management at best, downright lies at worst.
Chevy obviously has no control over the dealer to compel them to "play nice in the sandbox," with other dealers, and that's frustrating. Look, it's one thing if a dealer is sitting one a new ZR1, but come on, an Equinox? Can't they put a clause in the dealer contract that says, any vehicle with an MSRP under $50k you have to trade?
Oh, well, I think in the end we'll be happy, just as long as we can wring 26 or 28 MPG's out of it!0
I hope this helps sombody out. I just purchased a Silver 2011 Chevy Nox, 4 cyl, LT2, Upgrades included: Chrome package, 18 inch aluminum wheels, power lift gate, and leather seats. OTD $28,230. This was hard to find with every dealer in my market having to get me a vehicle from out of state. I also got a 1 year maintenance plan which is really just 4 oil changes. Most dealers will sell the Nox at invoice or $100 dollars over invoice, due to the popularity of the vehicle and the short supply. Good Luck.0
The vehcile is FWD.0
fast200 Posts: 3Hope this helps someone.
Model: 2011 Equinox LT1 FWD 4 cyl
Extra Options: Sunroof & Drivers Convenience package
Paid: $24,686 plus tax, title, processing0
mkzm7478 Posts: 42011 FWD 4 cyl 2LT
With Premium Black Granite Paint
$25,197 plus tax, +578 for title, registration and tire fee.
Financed through TD bank.0
apat2 Posts: 1Hi,
I am deciding on buying a 2011 Checy Equinox.LTZ 4 cyl 2 WD with no added features over the base LTZ. The vehicle has 2500 Miles on it. Best drive out price including tax license and registration offered was 28500$. Do you think this is a fair price to go ahead with the purchase?0
jonox Posts: 100There are over 2000 problem reports on this site from 2010/2011 Equinox owners. Most refer to serious issues with the 4 cylinder engine. Do yourself a favour, look through the reports and get an idea of what you could be into. The 6 cylinder engine seems to be a better bet.
Good Luck0
rebecca08 Posts: 2I went to Hendricks Auto mall in Durham, and test drove a 2012 LTZ equinox, they advertised credit union members got a 10% discount, and you get a discount for customer loyality, well they did not know what i was talking about and would only take 900.00 off the price of the vehicle, which was 28,500 including taxes and tags, I was not very happy with that price and left. I am still shopping around for the best deal. I would like the ltz with the chrome package and navigation0
rhouser2 Posts: 114wife and i are comparing a nox and a terrain. if you price a 2LT nox and a 2sle terrian the terrain is about $400 more but i can't see what extra items that $400 gets you. can anyone explain?0
stever Posts: 52,683A reporter would like to speak to a couple who recently purchased a family car together. If you and your spouse have kids, purchased a car within the past six months and would like to share your story with a journalist, please send your daytime contact information at [email protected] no later than Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET.0


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I thought that the way Jayawardene carried himself and represented his country in yesterday's final was first class.
He showed great leadership and common sense in the way he dealt with the fiasco at the end of the game by quickly reaching an agreement with Ponting about the final three overs to avoid even more gloss being taken off the Aussies win by having to come back the next day.
Inadvertantly, he also saved the ICC a lot of face. Imagine if he and Ponting accepted that they had to come back next day, then an hour later the officials eventually get it right and tell an empty ground that the WC had already been won.
Well done to him - a class act as a player and a leader SL can be proud of. Pity the administrators couldn't have shown the common sense he did.

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If you don�t expect to find a four-cylinder engine in a big, roomy, 17-foot-long sedan, you�re not alone. These big, four-door cars traditionally have V-6s, with choice of optional V-8s. But in the interest of fuel economy, Ford is turning tradition on its head.
For 2013, the automaker�s full-size and attractively restyled Taurus includes an optional, turbocharged, EcoBoost four cylinder that capably and impressively delivers 240 horsepower and 270 foot-pounds of torque.
This turbo four cylinder, which also is direct injected, makes the Taurus the most fuel-efficient, gasoline-powered, non-hybrid, 2013 full-size sedan in the United States. It has an estimated range of nearly 450 miles on a single tank (19 gallons) of regular gasoline. Its mileage rating rivals the pricier, 2013 Mercedes-Benz E350 Bluetec, which uses diesel fuel and is smaller than the Taurus.
Also noteworthy: The 2013 Taurus earned across-the-board, five out of five stars for occupant protection in the government�s frontal and side crash tests.
The EcoBoost four cylinder is not available with all-wheel drive.
All 2013 Tauruses come with six-speed automatic transmissions, though the transmission mated to the EcoBoost motor is different than the one used with the V-6.
And yes, there is a performance-oriented Taurus SHO model in 2013. It starts at $40,095. In contrast to SHO models from the past that had V-8s, the 2013 Taurus SHO comes only with a 365-horsepower, twin-turbocharged, EcoBoost V-6 and six-speed automatic.
The 2013 Taurus is restyled on the outside, with new grille, lights, trunk lid, rear fenders and wheels updating the car with a fresh, more upscale appearance. But the new look doesn�t quite bring the Taurus to the same sporty styling face of the Ford Fusion, Focus and Fiesta.
Inside, cheap-looking plastic from the predecessor Taurus is replaced by nicer-looking, textured plastic. Every Taurus comes standard with interior ceiling fabric that�s made from recycled material and seat foam made from a soy-based rubber.
Ford�s Sync system to control radio, ventilation, navigation and other settings is updated in an effort to be more user-friendly. It still takes time to learn the Sync system and commands, and a driver can get distracted working the touchscreen in the middle of the dashboard.
The EcoBoost engine really is the news. It costs $995 more than the less fuel-efficient, base Taurus V-6 whose fuel economy rating is 19 /29 mpg.
Plenty of passengers traveled in the test Taurus SEL with optional EcoBoost, and none guessed the powerplant was a four-cylinder gasoline engine.
The Taurus also impressed with its quiet interior. Not much was heard from neighboring vehicles at stoplights, and conversations inside the car were in normal tones. There was a bit of road noise from the optional 19-inch, all-season tires, but wind noise was nicely muted.


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Chiwetel Ejiofor is having a moment.
The British actor is getting Oscar buzz for the film "12 Years a Slave," which RedEye movie critic Matt Pais has given a rare 4-star review. He's also a big reason to watch the five-part miniseries "Dancing on the Edge" (9 p.m. CT Oct. 19, Starz; 3 stars out of 4).
Ejiofor plays Louis Lester, a British-born bandleader in 1930s London who has struggled to find paying gigs for his band until his music transfixes music writer Stanley Mitchell (Matthew Goode). Mitchell manages to get the all-black ensemble booked into a ritzy hotel where aristocrats and other rather stuffy folks wine and dine.
A friend of Mitchell's, Donaldson (Anthony Head)—whose only job, it seems, is being wealthy—suggests to Louis that he get a female singer. He hires two: Jessie (Angel Coulby) and Carla (Wunmi Mosaku). And with that, he also gets the attention of jazz-crazy future British kings Edward and George.
The royal duo, just by seeking command performances, makes the reimagined Louis Lester Band the talk of London's high society.
But it's still the 1930s, and prejudice, bigotry and poverty dull the sparkle of party time. Most of his progressive-thinking patrons abandon Louis without a second thought when tragedy strikes. Ejiofor gives an emotionally rich performance as Louis watches all he has built tumble around him.
Ejiofor's is one of several striking performances. John Goodman blusters convincingly as an American mogul called Masterson. Goode matches the marvelous Jacqueline Bisset, who plays the reclusive-yet-influential Lady Cremone. Coulby and Mosaku surprise with their more-than-capable singing of original jazz tunes by Adrian Johnston.
Though the gorgeous production starts out slowly and has its pompous moments, it's ultimately worth your time.
Writer, director and exec producer Stephen Poliakoff based his story loosely on accounts of the real Duke Ellington Band rubbing elbows with royalty in Europe.
He throws in a troubling murder mystery and a romance that's controversial for that time, but keeps focus on themes that still resonate today—racism, classism, mistrust of immigrants, abuse of power and the fickleness of fame (or of those who grant it).
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The corruption case against six former officials of the scandal-ridden suburban city of Bell was placed in the hands of the jury Friday, with a prosecutor saying the officials had exploited the trust of a city to steal its money.
"They want to fool you like they fooled the people of Bell," Deputy District Attorney Ed Miller told jurors in his final argument. He urged them to reject the defense arguments that the former officials were good people.
"People start out with good intentions but get corrupted," he said. "They all suffered from an identity crisis. They were forgetting who they were."
Miller said the former mayors and council members presided over a tiny blue collar town where the median income was $35,000 a year but convinced themselves they were entitled to nearly six figure salaries. State law allowed them to be paid $673 a month for their council positions, which were part time jobs.
The jury deliberated for about six hours Friday before they were dismissed for the weekend. They're set to resume Monday.
In addition to their inflated council salaries, the officials appointed each other to commissions that did nothing and often met yearly just to increase their pay, Miller said. Some made $100,000 a year and authorities have estimated that a total of $5.5 million was taken from the city coffers.
The officials — former Mayor Oscar Hernandez, former Vice Mayor Teresa Jacobo and former council members George Mirabal, George Cole, Victor Bello and Luis Artiga — face sentences ranging from 11 to 20 years in prison, if convicted of misappropriating funds
Their lawyers argued that they put in more time than was required and were dedicated to helping poor and ailing residents of Bell while improving schools and public facilities.
Miller ridiculed the argument that they earned all the money they received and put in massive amounts of unrequired time.
"If I work a few extra hours, should I go take $100 out of my boss' purse?" he said. "If $673 isn't enough, take your case to the public or get a job."
Defense lawyers nearly torpedoed the trial early Friday with a mistrial motion that resulted in a special instruction to jurors by Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy.
Attorney Ronald Kaye complained that Miller had violated one of the judge's rulings in his remarks Thursday. Miller had suggested that defense attorneys should have called city auditors as witnesses to support their claims that their salaries were legal.
"Where were the auditors?" he had asked jurors.
Kennedy said she had explicitly ordered no testimony by auditors because she did not want to create a mini-trial on that issue. She denied the mistrial but summoned jurors and told them to ignore the prosecutor's comments.
Miller urged jurors not to rely on the defendants' claims of good character.
"This was not a government of, by and for the people," he said. "This was government for themselves."
"They occupied positions of elevated trust where they could steal large amounts of money," he said.
Defense attorneys argued their clients were victims of a city attorney who never told them that what they were doing could be illegal.
In the midst of a national economic meltdown, the council members were drawing salaries 3 1/2 times that of the median income of a Bell resident, Miller said. But defense attorneys said the former officials saw no problem with the compensation.
Attorney Alex Kessel, speaking on behalf of Mirabal, said that on the night his client was arrested he had been out all day and evening doing good works for the city.
"They deserve the money they got," Kessel said. "This isn't stealing from the city. This is hard-earned money earned by hard working people."
After disclosure of the scandal in 2010, Bell residents revolted and turned out in the thousands to protest at City Council meetings. They ultimately staged a successful recall election in 2011, throwing out the entire council and electing a slate of new leaders.
An audit by the state controller's office found that the city had illegally raised property taxes, business license fees and other sources of revenue to pay the salaries. The office ordered the money repaid.
Former city manager Robert Rizzo and his assistant city manager, Angela Spaccia, are to stand trial later this year.
"They say you can't fight city hall," Miller concluded. "That's not right. There's no city council more powerful than a jury. I'm asking you to hold the defendants responsible for the wrongs they committed."


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"I am SDSU" outreach campaign botches billboard placements
Walter Mencken 12:30 p.m., Sept. 21
As reported here in February, in the midst of a legal attack by the city's top three hotel moguls to force him to sign a funding contract negotiated by previous GOP mayor Jerry Sanders, Democrat Bob Filner set up a new political committee.
Called the "Mayor Bob Filner for San Diego Committee," the group's February 26 filing said the cash it raised would be used to "Support or Oppose City of San Diego Ballot Measures." No other details were given.
Several local political observers have speculated that the fund, the next regular disclosure of which is due at the end of July, could be used to ward off future political challenges to the mayor from the hotel interests.
C. Terry Brown, owner of Atlas Hotels in Mission Valley, is a major player in the local Republican party and is linked to the San Diego Taxpayers Association, the downtown business lobbying group that ran an ultimately failed campaign to get the mayor to sign off on the big hoteliers' funding deal.
Brown is allied with fellow mega-innkeepers Bill Evans, Richard Bartell, and Douglas Manchester, who also owns UT San Diego, a staunch Filner foe.
As has been traditionally the case with the big money maneuverings of both Republican and Democratic San Diego machines, the public will no doubt be the last to know.
However, a recent disclosure by a major local developer sheds a bit more light on some of the city's longtime big money players.
According to yesterday's filing by Stuart Posnock and Affiliated Entities, dated May 9 and posted online by the city clerk's office, Posnock, the CEO of Garden Communities, channeled $10,000 to the new Filner committee through separate $1000 contributions made on May 3 by various associated business entities, including La Jolla Crossroads, Costa Verde East Village, and Scripps Mesa Developers.
Another filing Posnock made last year, discloses that he had previously backed Filner's GOP foe Carl DeMaio with a $500 contribution in June 2011 and $5000 to DeMaio's controversial pension reform efforts in August of that year.
As previously reported here, Garden Communities has employed the downtown law and lobbying firm of Sheppard Mullin to advocate its projects at city hall.
Garden Communities also paid downtown lobbyist Paul Robinson's law and lobbyng firm of Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley $1,000 during the first quarter of this year for advocacy work it did regarding "changing entitlted use at 9085 Judicial Drive," according to a disclosure filing posted online by the city clerk's office.
Garden is one of many corporations under the umbrella of billionaire Zygi Wilf, owner with his family of the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL, who orchestrated a new taxpayer funded stadium after various threats to move the team.
As reported here in April 2001, the Garden entities have long been a mainstay of San Diego political funding, including the campaign of ex-GOP mayor Dick Murphy, who abruptly quit the job with little explanation in mid-term.
Perhaps the most intriguing group of "retirees" listed by the Murphy campaign is connected with Garden Communities, a large residential and shopping-center development company based in New Jersey.
Based on a review of public records, six Murphy donors listed as retired are actually owners of the firm or have active business associations with it. They include Joseph Wilf of Hillside, New Jersey; Leonard Wilf of Short Hills, New Jersey; Zygmunt Wilf of Springfield, New Jersey; Scott Loventhal of Livingston, New Jersey; Mario Dudzinski of Pinebrook, New Jersey; and Joseph Korn of Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
Stuart B. Posnock of San Diego is listed by the Murphy campaign as president of Garden Communities. In all, the Garden Communities-related donors gave Murphy $1750. The same donors also contributed to the campaign of city councilmen Brian Maienschein and Scott Peters.
Repeated calls to Garden Communities offices in both San Diego and New Jersey went unreturned. Joseph Wilf was contacted by telephone at his home in New Jersey. Asked why he was interested in San Diego politics, Wilf responded: "My interest? Actually, I am not used to giving interviews on the telephone. It's kind of unusual. Our name is known in the San Diego area. Why should I respond on the phone? I have no information. My contribution was a few hundred dollars."
Public records show that companies related to the Wilf family own millions of dollars of real estate in San Diego. Wilf-related entities include Costa Verde Hotel, LLC La Jolla Canyon Gardens, Pacific Bay Gardens, La Jolla Crossroads, Cape La Jolla Gardens, Torrey Ranch, DMG Associates, 820 Associates, and Villa La Jolla Gardens.
A lot of Wilfs out there.
So interesting...what if more reporters actually took the time to examine public records, do a bit of cross referencing, and wrote up the results.
Matt Potter is an example to the lame gossip columnists posing as reporters in San Diego, that sadly few will emulate because it involves doing kinda not fun things like reading diffcult text and thinking hard...putting things together.


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The magnet of winning games has remained strong this season, as has the flow of talent onto the ice wearing blue-and-white.
In recent years, there has been plenty of talent inside the Medway High hockey sweaters. The Mustangs had Jake O'Rourke two years ago and last year were led by Jack Kilty.
Both were capable, as were other Mustangs, of playing at a level above the Tri-Valley League. Kilty actually did leave temporarily before coming back to lead Medway to a second straight sectional championship.
"You never know in this day and age, guys go play junior hockey, but we've been lucky here," coach Chris Ross said. "I think because we've had some success the last few years, guys want to stick around."
The magnet of winning games has remained strong this season, as has the flow of talent onto the ice wearing blue-and-white, if not with the elite scorers of yesteryear.
Medway concluded its regular season Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Mansfield to complete a 14-4-2 season. The Mustangs are the No. 4 seed in the Division 2 South tournament and will face North Attleborough in the first round of the playoffs.
There haven't been the one-man shows of seasons past this year. Their top line of Josh O'Toole, Cam Fisher and Mike Boldy each has between 22 and 30 points. Jared Reynolds and defenseman Andrew Karlin have 17 each.
"What I like about this year's team is we have a lot of balance," Ross said. "Josh O'Toole, Cam Fisher and Mike Boldy each have at least 11 goals each. The balance this year has been coming from different people. It's been really nice."
Defensively, there's depth. The No. 1 pairing of Mark Bittrolff and Karlin were both first-team Tri-Valley League all-stars. Junior Kevin Compton, an honorable mention all-star, and freshman Patrick Dobson make up a talented defensive core.
It's been the back end that has powered the Mustangs, who have allowed 23 goals all season. In only one game did an opponent register more than two goals against the Mustangs. If Medway gets a third goal, the coach on the other bench can get the bus started.
"We're a very strong defensive team," Ross said. "[The defensemen] had an outstanding year. They not only contributed points, but they had a lot to do with only allowing 23 goals all season."
The other part has been the play of sophomore goalie Mike Purnell, who was "shockingly" only an honorable-mention league all-star according to Ross. Purnell led the TVL in goals-against average (1.09) and shutouts (seven) and was third in save percentage (.928).
As a freshman, Purnell got into six games when starter Mike Narducci had a groin injury. Purnell went 4-0-2, giving Ross confidence that his sophomore could own the net.
"I definitely knew I had a goaltender when Narducci graduated," Ross said. "He's very technically sound. Classic butterfly-style goaltender. You see a lot of the NHL goalies play that way, like Tuukka Rask. He's a pretty mature kid for only being a sophomore. He's got the ice water in his veins."
Medway won the Division 3 South title the last two years and reached TD Garden in 2012 for the state final. The path, at least ostensibly, will be more difficult this time. Realignment has moved Medway to Division 2, but Ross doesn't think that necessarily will make Medway less likely to win a third straight sectional championship.
"On the one hand, I think you'll see less teams qualify for the Division 2 South tournament [than Division 3]," he notes. "They'll probably be 14-15 teams qualify, whereas in Division 3 South there's more. You'll play less games, but they'll be more competitive."
He points to the Mustangs beating Division 1's Mansfield twice and Division 2's Canton.
"So the parity between Division 1 and Division 3 is there," Ross said. "We purposefully scheduled games against Canton, we played them and beat them. So we've had a chance to dive into the Division 2 games. Look at the Division 2 standings and Medfield is 1 or 2, Westwood is 3 and Medway is 4.
"I think it just goes to show you that a good public school team would probably be competitive in any of the three divisions. The Westwood coach [Mike Welby] and I were talking about it, there's so much parity. Obviously the Catholic schools are a step ahead, but it's really competitive."
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The MIAA has shuffled the alignments for the basketball tournaments this year, both boys and girls. In an effort to make all four divisions be state-wide, many traditional Eastern Mass. schools have been shifted to the Central Mass. tournament.
That means traditional playoff matchups are gone. The Franklin boys basketball team, for example, has faced Hockomock League rival Mansfield in the Division 1 South quarterfinals in three of the last four years.
With the new playoffs, the Panthers are in the CMass bracket and will play at Wachusett on Thursday. It's the first meeting between the programs.
Franklin coach Dean O'Connor admitted he got lost when he went to scout the Mountaineers.
"I felt from Franklin and didn't think it was that far. My GPS lost signal and it's dark out — I had no clue," O'Connor said. "I left way early, so I got there on time for the game."
O'Connor and his coaching staff have been finding their ways through CMass roads the last few weeks, scouting several opponents that are unfamiliar to them. As O'Connor noted, with the EMass teams, "You might not know who all the players are, but you know how they do things and how the coaches play."
With about a week left in the season, O'Connor narrowed in on Wachusett, St. John's High and St. Peter-Marian as potential first-round opponents. He noticed Wachusett has more size than his team and play more zone defense than Franklin is used to seeing, but thinks the fifth-seeded Panthers (16-6) can hang in with anyone their new bracket brings.
"I've seen all those teams and I feel like we can play with any of them," O'Connor said. "Certainly any of them can play with us. Nobody was like we don't have a chance against them,. They're all solid teams and very well-coached. I think we're going to be in for a good game."
Although the Medway (9-2-2) and Westwood (10-3-0) boys hockey teams won more points in league play with 20 each than Medfield (9-1-1, 19 points), it's the Warriors who won the Tri-Valley League title.
That's because Ashland, Bellingham and Hopkinton all 'opted out' of playing Medfield a second time. Only Bellingham opted out of playing Medway and Westwood, so Medfield had the better percentage and was the champion.
The reason teams opt out is for competitiveness. Medfield won the games it did play vs. Ashland, Bellingham and Hopkinton by a combined 20-4.
"Nobody gets anything out of a 10-0 game," Ross, the Medway coach, said.
Ross is hoping the situation can be addressed over the summer. One suggestion he made was to make the league schedule a single round-robin rather than the current double round-robin. The Hockomock League already does this. …
The Super 26 dinner will be held next Sunday at Lantana in Randolph. Co-sponsored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association, the events honor the Mass. All-State High School All-Star team.
Locals selected to the team include Natick quarterback Troy Flutie, Millis-Hopedale offensive lineman Jon Baker and Medway offensive lineman Kevin Sheehan.
New UMass football coach Mark Whipple will address the dinner. …
The Hopedale-Millis boys hockey team wrapped up its inaugural season at 5-13-2, although the team did have a few standouts. Tyler Reynolds, Cam Wenzel and CJ Golash were all named Russell Conference all-stars.
In other all-star news, Milford hockey players Brad White, Jared Balzarini, Drew Wilde and Sam Croteau were named Hockomock League all-stars.
Dan Cagen can be reached at 508-626-3848 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @DanCagen.


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Before Your Student Heads to College
Chances are that your To Do list is feeling large these days, as you and your student prepare for her exit this August. To help you along, here are a few things to take into consideration:
- Figure Out Insurance. Will your student's property be covered by your homeowner's policy or some other policy if she is living on campus? Will renters insurance provide adequate coverage if she's moving off campus? And what about health insurance —will your major medical policy provide coverage, no matter where your student is going to school, or is it limited geographically? Is a policy available through the institution? And how will you handle auto insurance if a car is in the picture?
- Determine Room/House Amenities. Do campus mattresses require extra-long sheets? What is your student's roommate bringing? How big is the room? And what is allowed/not allowed?
- Consider Travel Options. How will your student get to school—and what about her belongings? Will you drive, borrow/rent a vehicle, mail things ahead of time or take some other direction?
- Get Dates Squared Away Now. When is move-in day? Family Weekend? Winter break? Thanksgiving break?
- Think About Technology. If your student has a cell phone, will the plan/coverage remain the same in a new location? How will you handle computer considerations, especially if you have one family computer that is being shared or none at all? What computer facilities are available on campus? Does the campus bookstore offer deals on laptops?
- Figure Out Finances. What kind of bank account will your student use during her time at school—one from back home or through a bank in her college town? What expectations do you and she have regarding finances? Will she work while at school? What about ATM availability? Does she have a credit or debit card and, if so, what is it to be used for?
- Follow up with Orientation and/or Admissions. Is there any lingering paperwork from orientation or admissions?
These are just a few important considerations to keep in mind as you help your student prepare for college. Best of luck during this busy, yet exciting time!


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Just as every individual possesses a "sacred contract"—an obligation to fulfill a divine destiny—so too does every nation hold an agreement made for the planet's highest good. So begins Caroline Myss on her inspirational call to action, The Sacred Contract of America.
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Still Going
Wild win keeps Pats alive
It looked like the Pilgrim baseball team's storybook ride would come to an end Monday on a cold, rainy night in South Kingstown. Instead, that ride got its wildest chapter yet – and another chapter to come.
The Pats fell behind fourth-seeded South Kingstown 10-4 after giving up nine runs in the fourth inning. They also watched their head coach get ejected.
But they got themselves back into the game with three runs in the fifth before scoring four in the top of the seventh to take a one-run lead. Sophomore Ryan Morris then worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh to seal a remarkable 11-10 victory for the No. 12 Pats.
The win set up a winner-take-all regional final between the Pats and Rebels. It was originally scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed to Wednesday and then postponed again to Friday. The teams will now meet on Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Pilgrim.
Whatever the outcome, it's been quite a run.
"I've had teams way more talented than this team, teams that crush the ball," said head coach Ed Colvin. "We struggled all year long. We hit .230. All of a sudden, these guys have come together and they refuse to lose."
The Pats lost their first game of the double-elimination regional last week to La Salle but stayed alive with a win over Warwick Vets then beat La Salle in a rematch for a spot in Monday's final. The Rebels, who also beat Vets and La Salle, were sitting pretty, needing just one win for the regional title. Pilgrim would have to win twice.
The Pats started down the right path on Monday, getting single runs in each of the first four innings. Colin Douglas, Shawn Clayton, Kevin Conway and Nick McGuirl had an RBI each to power the surge.
But trouble started brewing for the Pats in the top of the fourth. McGuirl doubled with one out to score Mark Lenz, making it a 4-1 game. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, Mike Mallozzi hit a ground ball to shortstop, where T.J. Lynch fielded it and fired home.
Shawn Clayton, the Pilgrim runner, was out by several feet. Clayton kept going and stepped on the plate while catcher Chris Collins pivoted for a throw to first. The umpire called interference on Clayton, invoking the force play rule that's typically called when a runner tries to break up a double play at second base. As a result, Mallozzi was called out and the inning was over.
Colvin argued vehemently between innings, but to no avail. And South Kingstown immediately ran with the momentum shift.
Pilgrim starter Steve Noti, who had allowed just a run on two hits through three innings, retired the first batter of the fourth before walking a batter, giving up a hit and then hitting Nick Hayes with a pitch.
Pretty soon, everything unraveled. Ten batters reached base in a row for the Rebels, Noti was chased from the game, and when Lynch put an exclamation point on the inning with a three-run double, the Pats found themselves trailing 10-4.
Immediately after Lynch's double, Colvin was ejected after the umpire apparently heard comments from the dugout. Colvin said he was talking to his assistant coach.
The fireworks of the ejection only added to the feeling that the game was slipping away from the Pats. Ryan Morris, who relieved Noti, finally got the Pats out of the inning with a strikeout and a groundout, but a lot of damage had been done.
When the inning ended, assistant coach Rich Marrese gathered the Pats outside the dugout.
"We basically talked about how we couldn't change anything that happened," Marrese said. "We had to move on, forget everything that happened and battle back, just like we did against La Salle. We've been tough on teams all year. This was no different. It was just looking ahead and saying, 'What do we have to do to stay in the game?'"
The Pats had a pretty good answer.
Douglas led off the top of the fifth with a grounder to third, where Shane Newton couldn't handle an in-between hop, allowing Douglas to reach. Kevin Conway and Brett Ferguson then worked walks to load the bases.
South pitcher Josh Tombs battled back to get a strikeout and a fly-out but then hit Clayton with a pitch to force in a run. McGuirl followed with a line drive to right on a 3-2 pitch, which scored Conway and Ferguson and made it a 10-7 game.
Morris, who was pitching on three days' rest, kept it there, working scoreless frames in the fifth and sixth. He had some help in the sixth from Clayton, who caught a runner stealing for the third time in the game.
That set the stage for one more push by the Pats, and they delivered it in a big way.
Lenz got hit by reliever Sean Healy's pitch to start the seventh. Cole Furney followed with a soft line drive up the middle to bring the tying run to the plate. Healy got Clayton to ground out, but McGuirl then blooped a single just in front of left-fielder Brad Douglas to score Lenz, making it 10-8.
With runners on first and third, pinch runner Trent Perry broke for second. Collins threw short of the bag and Lynch couldn't scoop it, which allowed Furney to race home and make it 10-9.
Branden Hoxsie then got hit by a pitch and Mallozzi poked the first pitch he saw over third base for a base hit. Perry scored the tying run.
Douglas followed with another bloop hit to load the bases, and Conway then hit a slow roller back to the mound. Healy bobbled the ball and then threw high in an effort to get an out at home. Hoxsie slid in safely with the go-ahead run.
Mallozzi also scampered home but he was called out because the umpire ruled that players who had come out of the Pilgrim dugout to celebrate had gotten in the way of a South player who was chasing after the ball.
Healy then got out of the inning with a groundout, but the Pats had their lead.
"We got some guys on, we took advantage of a couple of bloops and we had a crazy inning of our own," Marrese said.
Now the Pats just had to hold the lead, and it wasn't going to be easy. Morris got the first out with a line drive that McGuirl handled at second, but Hayes legged out a bunt single to put the tying run on base. Morris went to a 3-2 count on Riley Partridge but struck him out looking for the second out.
There was still a long way to go. Morris walked Newton and Healy to load the bases for Collins, South's No. 9 hitter.
Morris got ahead 1-2 before Collins worked the count full. But Morris buckled down and struck out Collins looking to end the game.
The Pats had lived to play another day.
"What can you say?" Colvin said. "They just willed themselves to that win."
McGuirl led the Pats at the plate with a 3-for-5 night and four RBI. Clayton and Douglas had two hits each. On the mound, Morris struck out six and allowed just three hits in 3.2 innings of work.


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I've blogged about Orange in the past, when it scrapped my email account without telling me.
It took a long time to trust the company again (actually, I've never really trusted it since).
When I swapped phones and renewed my contract in January (yes, stupidly staying with Orange, against my better judgment), I chose an HTC Desire with 500MB data allowance per month.
I asked for my new contract details to be emailed or sent via post to me. I received nothing.
I know that 500MB is not much data, but when I used 1g in the first month, I spoke to someone in customer services who told me not to upload photos, keep Facebook and Twitter to a minimum and not use apps like Sky and BBC news because they are data-heavy. He even laughed, saying "It's only cost you £7.93 because of the package you are on, otherwise it'd be thousands."
I laughed, too.
Not anymore. Today, I received this letter in the post:
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First reactions? Bewilderment, shaking, tears … How can this be possible?
What?! This is all but impossible. I'd heeded the advice of the Orange adviser and cut down my usage – checking on my phone every so often to see if I was within limits.
After a call to customer services, I must admit I'm still not much the wiser (I was not in the right frame of mind for speaking to them). I was told there is a known "issue" with HTCs as they keep downloading data in the background when you aren't using your phone. (Really? Has anyone else had this problem?).
I was told I'd used a phenomenal amount of data – 2,000 somethings were mentioned – I thought she said MB, but now wonder if she actually said gigabytes.
I was also told that my paltry 500MB data allowance had been removed and that I had 500MG allowance to access email. How so? I'd not asked for it to be removed. I want the evidence that I did ask for it to be taken off.
The customer service adviser told me to cancel my direct debit, pay the £21.69 I owed for my talk package. A report has been sent to the recalculation department and I was told "not to worry" because it would be sorted.
I'm sure it will be, but it yet ANOTHER error by Orange – don't even get me started on my daughter's pay as you go Orange phone (which we are now moving to another provider).
Orange – you are an absolute disgrace.
Sort it. And do it quickly.
UPDATE: March 19
Seems my phone has continued to chew data (980MB in a week), despite my having taken all the advice from Orange on changing the settings so that the phone would not continuously update.
I was advised by someone in a customer services today that they switch off GPRS – hardly a great solution. I might as well have a £5 phone. He also told me they don't cap data because "they want you to use your phone". Although he admitted it would make sense if they did so.
As the original query is still with the recalculation department, I have to wait to see what comes back. One thing is for sure, I will be doing what I can get have this contract declared null and void.


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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voiced alarm on Friday at an advance by rebels in Central African Republic that has brought them within striking distance of the mineral-rich nation's capital, and renewed its call for a negotiated solution to the crisis.
Central African Republic President Francois Bozize will refuse to leave power during talks with the Seleka rebel alliance, his spokesman said on Thursday, rejecting the insurgents' main demand and raising the prospect of a return to fighting.
The rebel alliance, which has accused Bozize of reneging on a past peace deal, closed in on the capital Bangui this week before bowing to international pressure to start negotiations.
"The members of the Security Council expressed their concern regarding the 'Seleka' coalition's advance toward Bangui since ... December 27," the council said in a statement.
The 15-nation body also urged "an end to Seleka's military offensive, and said the current situation in CAR cannot be resolved militarily."
"They called again on all parties to seek a peaceful solution by engaging constructively, without preconditions, and in good faith in the negotiations to be held in Libreville beginning January 8 under the auspices of the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS)," the council said.
The advance by Seleka, an alliance of five armed groups, was the latest in a series of revolts in a country at the heart of one of Africa's most turbulent regions. The country remains plagued by poverty and underdevelopment despite its reserves of diamonds, gold and other minerals.
The council also repeated its previous demands that Seleka "cease all hostilities, withdraw from seized cities, and cease attempts to advance further."
It voiced concern about "reports of the targeting of ethnic minorities, arrests, detentions, looting, as well as recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in CAR."
The Security Council urged "all parties to refrain from any acts of violence against civilians and to respect human rights, and emphasized that those responsible for such violations should be held accountable," according to the statement.
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Over 40 8th grade students from the Mother Seton School travelled to Mount Saint Mary's to enjoy a day of science. The SNSM supported this day by providing activities for the students to participate in that would expand their knowledge into the world of science. Both students and faculty contributed to this learning experience by holding presentations and experiments for the 8th graders. The students learned about polymers, bones and muscles, and even had the opportunity to create GAK which is a cross between putty and jell-o. The students also learned about the profession of psychology from our very own psychology professors.
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MALE, Maldives (AP) — The first democratically elected president of the Maldives said Sunday that his rivals portraying him as anti-Islamic may have turned some voters against him and possibly denied him a simple majority in the presidential election.
Mohamed Nasheed emerged the clear leader in Saturday's election, receiving 45 percent of the votes, but fell short of the more than 50 percent needed in the first round to avoid a Sept. 28 runoff against Yaamin Abdul Qayyoom, a brother of the Maldives' former autocrat Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
Nasheed's rivals have long accused him of working with Jews and Christians and of trying to undermine Islam in the 100 percent Muslim nation. He was ousted from power midway through his first term last year, plunging the Indian Ocean archipelago into political uncertainty.
"Some used religion as a campaign strategy, manipulating it to a large extent, and it did affect a few voters," Nasheed told reporters.
The religious issue featured prominently in the election campaign, with writings on walls in Male, the capital, reading "Pope Anni." Nasheed is known as Anni among Maldivians.
He also said that even though the election was largely peaceful, turnout in some areas was higher than the number of registered voters. He said he asked the Elections Commission for an explanation.
Nasheed, who in 2008 won the country's first multiparty election after 30 years of autocracy, said a decision would be made soon whether to contest the results in court.
Transparency Maldives, an independent election monitoring group, said that there were minor complaints of voting irregularities, but that they would not affect the result.
Qayyoom received 25 percent of Saturday's vote, while businessman Qasim Ibrahim was a close third with 24 percent and incumbent President Mohamed Waheed Hassan got 5 percent, according to Elections Commission results released Sunday.
More than 211,000 of the Maldives' 240,000 eligible voters turned out.
The country, known for its luxurious island beach resorts, has been in political turmoil since Nasheed resigned last year after weeks of public protests and slipping support from the military and police. He later said he was forced to resign at gunpoint by mutinying security forces and politicians backed by the country's former autocrat.
Though a domestic commission of inquiry threw out his claim, Nasheed has repeatedly dismissed as illegal the government of Hassan, his former vice president.
Despite winning the most first-round votes Saturday, Nasheed may still face a battle getting over the finish line as the third- and fourth-place finishers were also his bitter critics and are likely to throw their support to Qayyoom.


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It is possible to sleep at the venue, and information will be posted soon.
You'll be just an elevator ride away from the conference! Please note, however, that the hotel is not in the downtown, see map:
It's possible to reach Pisa city centre walking (Pisa is fairly compact), although at dusk it could be not the most pleasant walk and a taxi may be preferable.
Shuttle buses from the city centre will be available for the conference and other events we do at the venue. The hotel has a shuttle for guests which runs to the nearby airport (not at night), where public transport is available.
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Inspired by "Born to Be Barefoot" by Christopher McDougall
|Born to Be Barefoot
Article by McDougall
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Christopher McDougall's book "Born to Run" has moved a lot of us to reexamine what it means to be human, what it means to locomote with two feet over the world. He has reminded us that we are not broken by default and that some of our most basic primal capacities are awesome before the admixture of anything, that we embody some pretty impressive ancient technology worthy of remembering and rediscovering.
|Testing the Original
Vibram FiveFingers
January 2006
I started becoming fascinated by the footwear of our ancient ancestors, footwear that has played a role in our species' ability to get to every nook and cranny of this planet on our own two feet. I looked for modern versions of these most fundamental designs and in late 2005 hit pay dirt when I was among the first to recognize the original Vibram FiveFingers as the perfect shoe for human beings, the first modern shoe that achieved full expression of the most amazing footwear design ever...the foot itself. (see my blog article "Paradigm Shifting Trojan Horses - Vibram Five Fingers")
|Tarahumara Huarache Sandals
Made by Manuel Luna in 2006
It is no mistake that the Tarahumara Indians of Northern Mexico happen to be among the greatest long distance mountain runners on the planet. They have remained true to a tradition of running and sandal making that goes back into our distant past. Simple sandals have proven themselves through the natural selection of human experience and use. The simplest, most elegant solutions that work tend to rise to the top: sandals like the Tarahumara huarache and the traditional Japanese waraji and the San people of South Africa's giraffe-hide sandal.
|Traditional Japanese Waraji
Part of a long footwear tradition
Regaining an acquaintance with our own bodies is a first good step in getting a chance to taste what it means to be fully human. Learning how to move well in your own bare feet directly connects you to an aspect of the human condition that is as old as time and older. Every able bodied 21st century primate of the genus Homo can relive the magic and majesty of our species' bipedal mastery of movement in their own default equipment. It is a human birthright available to all, and when practiced well, brings health and happiness by virtue of being what our bodies and minds have evolved to crave. We know it when we feel it and humans have been practicing this amazing art for some time now.
|Sandals of the Bushmen
Among our oldest ancestors
Using health and happiness as a motivator, you will find much to gain in reconnection to the earth and your body. 10 years ago, barefoot and minimalism was barely on the palette of footwear choices available to mainstream America. Now that it is actively being rediscovered, I feel like new-old aspects of movement culture can once again flourish. Running is not just about times, distances and speed. Running is about human exuberance and joy, about allowing the human animal to express and come alive, about mastering functional movements by moving well in one's original hardware. All you need is your own two feet and a patch of earth, the rest is up to you.
|Walt Whitman
"I would advise that each runner leave shoes and stockings at home, but of course this should be optional with the individual; next to bare feet are sandals, next to sandals moccasins, next to moccasins, soft, low shoes."
Deep insights into the human condition are timeless. Gaining access to some profound insights may be a bare foot away. Enjoy with gusto.
PS. And of course you can always take it one step further and run with the animal that has hung out with us from time immemorial, the loyal, loving dog ;-). I do.
|With Hiko and Edgar in front of the BTR store in Seattle
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Roger Brown on H.S. Basketball: Eligibility is the issue at Pembroke AcademyBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 16. 2014 10:49PM
After going 22-0 en route to winning last year's Division II championship, the Pembroke Academy boys' basketball team is off to a 6-0 start in NHIAA games this season and has won those six games by an average of 23 points.
Scary numbers for sure, but here's something even scarier: The Spartans easily could be much, much better.
Three players who began the season with the Pembroke program transferred to the school before the start of the current school year. Max Curran, a 6-foot, 7-inch junior, is still with the team, but the New Hampshire Interscholastic Association ruled in December that Rob Wilson, a 6-foot-7 junior, and Adam Presutti, a 6-foot-8 senior, are ineligible this season.
Wilson played at Londonderry High School last season, and Presutti spent last season at Merrimack Valley in the Concord village of Penacook. Pembroke athletics director Suzanne Klink confirmed Thursday that the school is appealing the NHIAA's decision.
"It's about a residency issue," Klink said. "Anybody who transfers to our school, we have a protocol. If anything doesn't look right, we investigate. This has been going on for months."
The controversy stems from the fact that Wilson and Presutti both played for the Granite State Raiders, a Concord-based AAU program run by Frank Alosa. Matt Alosa, Frank's son, is Pembroke's head coach and an assistant coach with the Granite State Raiders. Both have heard accusations that they steer their AAU players to Pembroke.
"My dad does coach the older kids in the (AAU) program, and I'm in the gym when I can get there to help out," Matt Alosa said. "It's not our practice to get kids to move. Whether it's high school or AAU, I'm here to help the kids get better.
"(Wilson and Presutti) don't play basketball for me, so I'm not going to comment on any personal issues involving students at Pembroke Academy," he continued. "My job is to coach the basketball team."Pat Corbin, the NHIAA's executive director, said each player violated the NHIAA by-laws regarding transfers.
The NHIAA's transfer rule (By-Law Article II, Sect. 4, in the "NHIAA Handbook") includes the following:
"A student who transfers enrollment with a corresponding move into a new school district by his/her parents or guardians shall be declared eligible immediately if all other eligibility requirements are met. A change of residence under this By-Law shall consist of the moving of all household properties to the new address and the parents and student(s) actually living there ...
"Residence is defined as the place where the student's parents have established their permanent home. This means that the family regularly eats and sleeps in a specific place of lodging ..."
The handbook also states that students are not allowed to transfer for primarily athletic purposes. If it is deemed that a player has transferred for athletic purposes, the player will be ineligible for 365 days.
"In my judgement there were other issues that did not make either of these an appropriate move," Corbin said. "I can't get into specifics because there are now attorneys representing both young men."
Corbin's ruling was upheld by an NHIAA eligibility committee, a group that includes principals, athletics directors and coaches from throughout the state.
"The final level of due process is our appeals board," Corbin said. "We're trying to put something together for next week."
According to Pembroke Academy headmaster Mike Reardon, both Wilson and Presutti live in the Pembroke Academy school district.
"The first thing we did was contact Pat because we had some concerns about all those kids," Reardon said. "We started the process last summer. We conducted numerous interviews, and we had surveillance done by the local police department.
"We're a school, not an investigative unit, but our process convinced us that both boys are here legitimately. They're not here (just) to play basketball, although basketball is part of their identity.
"Obviously we're hoping both boys can play this year. That's why we're doing this."
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THE FIFTH annual Hoops for Hope event, a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness, will take place Jan. 28 at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough.
The ConVal and Conant of Jaffrey boys' and girls' basketball teams will meet in a doubleheader that night, and all proceeds will be donated to families in the ConVal and Conant school districts who are dealing with breast cancer. The girls' game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., with the boys' game to follow.
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TUESDAY was a rough night for both varsity basketball teams at Timberlane Regional in Plaistow.
The Timberlane boys' team had its losing streak reach 69 games with a 68-41 defeat against Pinkerton Academy of Derry. Meanwhile, the girls dropped a 61-3 decision at Pinkerton. The Owls had one field goal in the loss and were held scoreless in the second and fourth quarters.
The Timberlane boys were hoping the program's first victory since January 2010 would come against Manchester West in Plaistow Friday night.
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Ten Merrimack students were inducted into Pi Delta Phi, the French National Honor Society, on April 25, 2014. Casey Chapman '14, William Morgan '15, Kiara Huntress '15, Katherine William Taylor '16, Amanda Brodeur '16, Christine Hayek '14, Alyssa Walker '14, James Shand '15 and Christine Peloquin '15 were welcomed into the honor society and Jocelyn Cordell '12 (Merrimack alum) was admitted as an honorary member.
Merrimack professor Dr. Sylvie Pressman presided over the induction ceremony, which included French poetry and French songs.
The purpose of the Society is to recognize outstanding scholarship in the French language and its literatures. To be admitted, Pi Delta Phi members must have completed at least one course in upper-level French and maintain a GPA of 3.0 in the subject, 3.0 overall, and rank in the top third of their class.


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M. T. of Fowler's Bluff asks, "I have an ex-boyfriend who is so angry at me because I broke up with him, and put him out of my house, that he keeps calling me and calling me and won't stop. He leaves nasty messages on my answer machine, too. Is there anything I can do to stop him?"
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It's an American tradition to pay tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces each Memorial Day — especially honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.
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The joy that a pet can bring is unlike any other. However, there comes a time in everyone's life when having a pet is no longer a feasible option. Because of this, Haven Hospice has created a pet therapy program. Through this program, inpatients are still able to experience the joy that only a pet can bring.
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Levy County Historian
"Ships, Sailors and Shipwrecks of Civil War Florida" is the theme of the current exhibit at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee. Visitors are offered a glimpse into several aspects of the war previously undocumented. The exhibit contains a collection of artifacts recovered from Florida wrecks and also the items on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and Florida Division of Historical Resources.
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Levy County Historian
Marine Hospital to Inaugurate a new service
August 25, 1899 - Tampa Tribune
Tampa is be the headquarters for a thorough quarantine patrol, which the Marine Hospital Services has decided to inaugurate along the west coast of Florida from Key West to Cedar Key. The vessel BRATTON will be on station to intercept fishing vessels from Cuba to prevent the introduction of yellow fever into Florida.
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Social Security District Manager, Gainesville
Do Members of Congress have to pay into Social Security?
Yes, they do. Members of Congress, the President and Vice President, federal judges, and most political appointees, have paid taxes into the Social Security program since January 1984. They pay into the system just like everyone else, no matter how long they have been in office. Learn more about Social Security benefits at www.socialsecurity.gov.
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Social Security District Manager, Gainesville
Summer will be here before we know it. That means millions of high school and college students will be searching for jobs. Whether a new worker is beginning the career of a lifetime or just earning some extra money for the school year to come, there is one question that is likely to be on each new worker's mind when they see their first pay stub: Where's the rest of my money?
By Toni C. Collins
Levy County Historian
In December 1955, a local newspaper carried a news article about two moonshine stills in Levy County being destroyed by state and federal agents of the Beverage Department.
One of the stills was located about two miles east of Inglis on County Road 40. It consisted of eight barrels, a 100-gallon pot and was capable of producing 16 five-gallon jugs a week. One International one-ton truck was confiscated.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials have renamed the state teacher of the year award after the man who died trying to stop a shooter at Sparks Middle School.
State superintendent Dale Erquiaga announced Monday that the 2014 award will be named after math teacher Michael Landsberry. He says Landsberry's widow was notified and supports the new name.
Witnesses say they saw 45-year-old Landsberry walk calmly toward 12-year-old Jose Reyes on the schoolyard Oct. 21 and asked him to put down the gun. The boy killed Landsberry and injured two students before taking his own life.
Erquiaga says Landsberry showed an extraordinary level of dedication to his students and professional poise on his final day as a teacher.
The winner of the award has been selected and will be announced later this month.
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Area between Archer, Newberry and Bronson.Last time the dog was vaccinated was 7 years ago and now, because of the owner negligence, the other two dogs that belong to the same family will be euthanized. Who is so insane not to keep up with rabies vaccinations, geez.
A Levy County family is getting a series of rabies vaccines starting today after the family pet dog tested positive for rabies.
In connection with that case, the Alachua County Health Department is warning the public about the rabies danger.
The rabies alert will be in effect for the next 60 days in the around around Forest Park and University Oaks -- in an area between Archer, Newberry and Bronson.
Anyone who might have come in contact with the dog -- a light brown American bulldog - since Feb. 9 is urged to contact the Health Department.
"Hopefully there aren't any other exposures, but we want to get the word out as best we can because there is no cure for rabies and it is fatal," said Anthony Dennis, environmental health director for the Alachua County Health Department.
The dog, reportedly last vaccinated seven years ago, was found with a dead raccoon last month and began acting aggressively Sunday. On Tuesday, a veterinarian reported to the Levy County Health Department that a dog had been euthanized and needed to be tested for rabies. The dog's brain tissue was tested at state Health Department labs in Tampa and results came back positive for rabies Thursday, Dennis said.
Interviews with the owner Thursday revealed that the dog had scratched his owner's legs and been behaving aggressively to the family's two other dogs.
Post-exposure rabies vaccination was recommended for the owner. Friday, the owner, his wife and the two children went to an Alachua hospital for treatment. The family's other two dogs will be euthanized.
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Some new passengers are coming on board the Amtrak, as the railroad experiments with allowing pets on some trains.
The railroad is conducting a six-month pilot program to allow small pets on certain trains running between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois.
"The more the merrier. I like pets. I think it would be fun," said Amtrak passenger Beverly Mcfarland.
"If the dogs and cats aren't a nuisance to other passengers I don't see why not," said passenger John Garner.
For an extra $25, you can bring your pet along for the ride as long as they're 20 pounds or less. Reservations are required, and pets would have to ride in carriers that fit under a seat.
While most are okay with the idea, some have questions.
"What about the pets restroom? What about if they leave us a present in the aisle and then somebody gets up in the night and goes to the restroom? That would not be so good," said Amtrak rider George Larson.
Traveling with pets will be tested at Amtrak boarding stations in Chicago, Naperville and Galesburg. The six-month pilot project will run from May 5, through November 2, 2014.
Amtrak will continue to allow service animals to travel at no extra charge.
For more info from Amtrak, click here.