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The Wall Street Journal's John Fund attended the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, and declared Bill Clinton the star of the show. Clinton "strode onto the stage of a huge music tent Saturday and received a standing ovation from thousands of well-heeled, overwhelmingly liberal festival attendees." Was it really "thousands" (as in two or more)? No matter, Fund is right: The audience gave Clinton a standing ovation just for turning up.
The former president looked fit. He had a nice tan and wore cowboy boots. He could have said anything—"If I were still president, I would have bombed Iran by now"—and the assembled bleeding-heart plutocrats, resting between spells of discussing their carbon footprints, would still have lapped it up.
As usual, Clinton was shrewdly gracious to his enemies. He applauded President Bush's policies on combating AIDS and malaria in Africa. This flattered the audience—whose minds were as closed on the subject of George W. Bush as any minds could be—that they, too, were intelligent and high-minded about the man; and that their loathing for everything else the president stands for is not a reflex but a considered view. "Yes, Bush is good on malaria. You have to give him that." Clinton's political genius resides in touches like this. It is something to see.
Yet Clinton was not the star of the show so far as I was concerned. I give that accolade to Karl Rove.
Almost everybody who stayed to listen to Rove on the festival's last day went there mainly in the hope that heavy equipment might fall on him from a great height. This was the same crowd that had gazed wide-eyed and enchanted at their beloved Bill. Why does Rove accept these invitations, one wondered on the way in? Possibly, he does it for fun. He gave every impression of having a good time. And, in fact, he ran rings round an audience that came not to praise him but in the hope that somebody might bury him.
Interviewed by the Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson, Rove started with some lighthearted self-deprecation. Driving to Aspen, he said with a grin, he had stopped for a coffee. Returning from the men's room, he stood in line at the counter and heard a man, just alerted to his presence in the cafe, say, "I'd like to hit that son of a bitch." Later, he was accosted by the driver of "a very expensive Land Rover," who shouted "go home" and then drove off. Rove said he was too slow to answer that he was home—he was born in Denver—and to tell the moneyed outsider to get into his private jet and fly back to the East Coast. The man had disappeared before Rove could frame the thought, but it was a good reply after the fact, he said.
It was clever to combine modesty with a pointed jab at the crowd. Despite itself, the audience laughed and was disarmed. Even Clinton would have been impressed.
Rove is the archetypal eminence grise, the backroom planner, all tactics, poll findings, and sinister maneuverings, so it comes as a shock to hear him talk knowledgeably and with apparent conviction on policy. He had slides full of facts and numbers, not on trends in campaign demographics but on immigration, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, and the like. He was engaging and very well prepared. He spoke like an unusually effective candidate for office, not a strategy nerd.
Asked about reducing the commitment of forces in Iraq, Rove said that the surge was temporary, to stabilize the situation and to get to a position where troops can be brought home. He cited the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report in support of the policy. He wouldn't be drawn into committing on a timetable, and he acknowledged that attacks on U.S. forces were up; but he said that the numbers of Iraqi victims of the insurgency were down and that conditions in Anbar province were much better than had seemed likely last year. Progress was being made. On the unpopularity of the al-Maliki government, he called for patience: It has not been in place very long, he said, and needs to be given a chance.
Later he was asked, twice, about a report in that day's New York Times that said that an opportunity to attack Al Qaeda's leaders in Pakistan had recently been allowed to slip by. Was the administration serious about trying to catch or kill Osama bin Laden and the others?
It seemed odd to press Rove hard on this—as though the White House did not have the strongest possible incentive to kill or capture bin Laden and his people.
Rove then dwelt at length on the Senate's recently aborted immigration reform, which the White House had backed. The plan aimed to balance tighter security at the border and behind it with a) easier entry for temporary workers and for immigrants with skills, and b) steps to regularize the status of the 12 million or so illegal immigrants in the U.S.
Rove argued that resistance to the bill was driven mainly by fear that the border could not be policed more effectively—so that the bill's "amnesty" for illegal workers already here would not be the last (any more than the amnesty of 1986 had been). But this was a misunderstanding, Rove said. Efforts to tighten the border had already been stepped up. Last year, authorities detained and returned 1.3 million illegal immigrants—far more, Rove said, than people most worried about the bill had imagined. The restricted flow of immigrants is already producing labor shortages.
He also described a 2005 experiment in border security, Operation Texas Hold 'Em, which concentrated on apprehending illegal Brazilian immigrants who were crossing at a particular section of the Texas border. As Rove related it, this was a no-expense-spared undertaking. Instead of releasing captured immigrants, often the standard practice, the policy was switched to detaining and deporting them. It was a success, he said, but at a cost; scaling it up for the whole border would be very expensive. Rove's point was that further tightening of the border—which the abandoned bill provided for—was not a hopeless endeavor. It could be done and had been done.
On energy, he seemed equally in command of his material. He made the case for the administration's "20 in 10" program, which aims to reduce use of petroleum by 20 percent in 10 years, urging a switch from the fleet-based corporate average fuel economy standards for passenger cars (which are set by Congress) to a weight-based standard (like the one administered by the Transportation Department for light trucks). This is less susceptible to gaming by vehicle manufacturers and less likely to confer a competitive advantage on foreign companies, which may have more small vehicles in their fleets. He also surprised the audience by saying that the United States was the only country in the world to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions in 2006 (partly, as he noted, because of unusually favorable weather).
The administration's optimistic view that technology can painlessly solve the problems of climate change and energy security was, in fact, in tune with the ideas favored by most other speakers on energy at the conference. The case for greater reliance on nuclear power was not pressed hard: Bad idea, no need for it, was the view expressed at many panels. Even in Aspen's green-tinged intellectual environment, there was little support for a carbon tax—the simplest way to fold the external costs of carbon emissions into the price of energy.
Rove argued that a carbon tax would not be so simple. Adjusting the impact so that, for instance, it did not fall too heavily on people forced to drive long distances because of where they live would be complicated. He said that a carbon tax was not necessary, and many of the technology mavens brought in for the gathering (including Amory Lovins, doyen of energy-efficiency experts) seemed to agree. By this time, Rove's audience was listening attentively. Boundless faith in technology solutions with no growth penalty seems to unite Rove and Al Gore, unlikely as that might seem.
It amused me that Rove and Clinton both cited the United Kingdom as a country that is successfully curbing its carbon emissions and reaping a growth premium in return. Rove gave the credit to Margaret Thatcher for crushing the coal miners union and starting a big switch to nuclear. Clinton gave it to a drive for alternative fuels, which had also boosted growth and cut poverty. Neither was right, but Rove was closer: It was the post-Thatcher switch from coal to natural gas, not nuclear, that mainly brought emissions down. Britain has little to boast about on the alternative-fuels front, or for that matter, on poverty reduction.
Rove was given no ovation, just polite applause. But that was a far greater success than Clinton's ecstatic reception, and yet another reminder that one of the greatest assets in politics is to be underestimated.


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The players on Team USA deserve all the accolades they can get for winning another Olympic gold medal.
At the same time, this group of players deserves all the sympathy that can be mustered: Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Chris Bosh, Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups and Blake Griffin. Throw in LaMarcus Aldridge and Andrew Bynum, too.
At various times in the past year, they all were either in the original pool of players for the team headed to London or were under serious consideration. They all missed out because of injuries. Wade, Howard and Bosh missed chances to earn a second straight gold, while Rose and Billups were unable to add Olympic gold to their FIBA World Championship gold.
All went down during the course of the lockout-squeezed, 2011-12 NBA season — either the 66-game regular season or the playoffs. This is not the place to debate the actual, measurable physical toll of the one-time-only compressed season, though.
However, the toll of the typical 82-game regular season — and the eight-game preseason, and potential 28-game postseason, running nearly nine full months from training camp to the end of the Finals — is on the table for discussion. This time, it's in the context of the demands on players in competition for the teams at future Olympics and world championships.
Injury-depleted national teams might now be the norm instead of the exception. As long as the NBA fully participates, it will be the case not just for the U.S. but for every country. One can't argue how good the Americans would have been at full strength, for example, without equally arguing how good Spain could have been with Ricky Rubio. Meanwhile, Luol Deng played for Great Britain, but a case could have been made for him skipping it.
What's the solution, then?
Mark Cuban says the NBA should stop letting players go, because the risk to players' health hardly brings any reward to their teams or the league.
David Stern prefers an Olympics competition with only players 23 years old and younger, as soccer already does. FIBA has already decided not to implement anything like that before the 2020 games, which keeps the NBA — grudgingly, it seems — in the Games in Rio in '16.
Trust us, all the original cracks about Stern and Cuban agreeing on anything already have been made. It's really not that shocking that the league's commissioner and one of its most successful and influential owners share this view.
They'll probably share views on this suggestion, too:
Shorten the NBA season, permanently.
It's not the first time this has been urged in this space. Warning: until it happens, it won't be the last. The NBA season is too long, puts players through too much of a beating, and is unfair to the paying customers who are left with players who either can't get on the court or who have to pace themselves to survive.
The reputation of the league and players, meanwhile, takes a hit, as the crusty stereotype about not playing hard all the time is reinforced because of factors outside of the players' control.
Just because an 82-game schedule has been in place since 1967-68, it doesn't have to stay that way in 2012-13. Do you think enough has changed in the sport in 45 years to give it a tweak, for the sake of quality and bang for the buck?
Nothing has changed more than these factors: the introduction of pros to the Olympics and the overhaul of the U.S. national basketball program. Along with the expansion of the playoffs, America's best are being asked more of their time and sacrifice than ever before.
The schedule, though, is forcing many of them to fall short. Going forward, the wave of injuries that shorted the 2012 U.S. roster will not be an aberration.
Curiously, it's injury in the Games that has spurred Cuban to decry NBA participation — that and the gobs of money other entities make off of players whose absence then would hurt the teams that actually pay the salaries. He brushes off the arguments of USA Basketball, FIBA and the U.S. and international Olympic committees that the NBA has greatly benefited from the Games, too.
Cuban and Stern are suggesting that scaling back the NBA's role in the Olympics is the solution to their version of their problems.
They both need to open their eyes to this: scaling back the season would solve everybody's problem.
They likely will not, though — because cutting games, either in the regular season or playoffs, would cut back revenue, in ticket sales and the TV and other media contracts. That was why they expanded the first round to a best-of-seven series 10 years ago.
If nothing else, the first round should revert to its previous best-of-five — or even best-of-three, as it once was, to give the No. 1 seeds the advantage they earned during the season. As for that season, once again ... 72 games are plenty to determine six division champs and 10 other qualifiers.
Between that and the playoff reduction — and, come on, we can live with two fewer exhibitions each season, too — a month can be lopped off each season, with the accompanying stress on body and mind lifted.
If that means the true best players on the planet get to be on display every four years, then who can say that doesn't benefit everybody?


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Part of the reason USPs have become such a hot topic is because it's becoming more difficult to distinguish yourself from the competition. Back in the 1940s when Rosser Reeves, the man who came up with the term "Unique Selling Proposition," worked in advertising, it was much easier to be the only product offering specific benefits. Think Wonder Bread, M&Ms, Certs, Colgate, and Rolaids; Reeves created USP lines for each of these. (Check the bottom of this page to see if you remember them.)
Basically, positioning is the essence of your business. It's everything your business stands for—its purpose—and why it exists. It's your business' products, services, and everything else you're involved in, wrapped up in one package. This is conveyed in a number of ways: visually, through the consistent use of logos, fonts, and colors; verbally, through selling text and taglines; and professionally, through an experience or with a reputation—think Harley-Davidson.
Now, everyone in the ad business is trying to gain control of our minds, because share of mind is directly proportional to share of market. Hey, this is a media society! And your own message has to find a place in your prospects' already-crammed brains. Determining your product's USP is trickier and more important than before. So the simpler your message is and the more your prospects hear it, the better it's going to be for you. So let's put on the thinking cap, shall we? What unique advantage can you offer that your competitors are not offering? Mind you, it's not necessarily that they can't do it; it's just that they're not saying anything about it.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about. The Avis story is a classic positioning coup. Back in the early 1960s, Hertz was, far and away, the largest car rental business in the United States. It was so big that no one would ever believe Avis if it tried to claim that its company was really the biggest and the best. So Avis repositioned itself with one of the classic ad slogans of all time: "We're number two, we try harder."
Guess what? WhenAvis started that campaign, it was really only the fifth-largest car renter. There were four other car rental companies bigger than Avis, including Hertz. So Avis used its USP—claiming the No. 2 spot—not only to create a memorable advertising campaign but also to effectively leapfrog right over the other companies in spots No. 2 through 5.
Just like Avis, you also need a unique selling position. Here's some good news: Most video businesses and independent videographers have never articulated their USPs. So here's your chance to define or to redefine your unique selling position in order to distinguish your video business from the rest of the pack and give people a real reason to patronize you.
So what are you offering that your competitors are not?
Once you decide what it is, turn it into a USP, and then use it in every one of your marketing materials—on your letterhead, business cards, website, email signature, and your ad infinitum. It takes a lot of blood and sweat to do it, but the payoff is that you'll be remembered at that very crucial moment when your prospect is ready to buy.
Now ... what are the greatest advantages or benefits that you can communicate that will make you different from your competitors? For instance, producer Duane Weed uses "Video Means Business" as his USP. I see it on his letterhead, his demo discs, his business cards, brochures, ads and his newsletters. I know that at Duane's company, "Video Means Business"—and if I want some more business, I'd better give Duane a call!
How about you? Do you save people time or money? Do you make people money? Are you more convenient? Do you offer free pickup and delivery? Do you offer better, faster service? Do you guarantee the highest quality? Or do you guarantee the lowest price? Do you possess technology that allows you to respond faster and cheaper to your customer's needs and wants?
Here are some USPs that you're probably familiar with. These may help jump start your own discovery process:
What's your promotable edge? What do your video products or services do better, cheaper, or faster than anyone else's? Once you've determined what makes you "the best choice," run with it.
But you'd better move quickly because your head start only lasts until the end of this column. As Don Lawler of TMTV Productions says (and this is a great USP), "Life! Camera! Action!"
Classic USP Answers:Wonder Bread: Helps build strong bodies in eight ways. M&Ms: Melt in your mouth, not in your hands. Certs: Breath mints with a magic drop of Retsyn. Colgate: Cleans your breath, while it cleans your teeth. Rolaids: How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S.
Classic USP Answers:
Steve Yankee (syankee at opinmarketing.com) has more than 35 years of vieo production and marketing experience and is the founder of The Video Business Advisor in East Lansing, Michigan.


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Hugh Finson '69 Appointed Illinois Circuit Court Judge
July 25, 2012
William H. "Hugh" Finson, an attorney and 1969 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as resident circuit judge of Piatt County in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. Finson, who has worked as both a public defender and state's attorney, will assume the post on September 4 and his term will continue through December 1, 2014. (photo by Steve Hoffman)
"I am flattered, humbled and grateful to the Supreme Court and Justice Garman for their confidence in me by their appointment," Finson says. "I am eager to serve the people of Piatt County on the bench, and looking forward to starting work."
A history major and Rector Scholar at DePauw, Finson earned a law degree from the University of Illinois.
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Idaho Land Records
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Idaho is a Public-Domain State.
Idaho was a public land state, created from land that was public domain. The federal government administered most of the land that was settled through the Government Land Office, which became the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These land offices kept records of each land entry, including tract books and township plats. Tract books are records of transactions for each section of land. Township plat books are maps of land entries for each township.
Records for the BLM are on file at the National Archives—Pacific-Alaska (Seattle), and the BLM Office, Idaho State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83706 www.id.blm.gov/index.htm. BLM lands that went through the patent process are online at the BLM website (see page 6).
BLM land records cover the years 1868 to 1910. The following land office records are on microfiche in Seattle: Boise Land Office (1868–1910); Oxford Land Office (1879–1908); Oxford-Blackfoot Land Office (1879–1901); Blackfoot Land Office (1884–1940); Coeur d'Alene Land Office (1885–1908), Hailey Land Office (1883–1940), Lewiston (1874–1908); and Unidentified Land Office Records (1878–1917). Also on file, are records for the Office of Surveyor General of Idaho (1913–50). There were two types of land entries in Idaho: cash entries and homesteads. For a more detailed discussion of these two land entries, see Washington State—Land Records.
The above land office records include letters sent and received by state offices and sub offices, case files, township tract books, survey plats, registers, indexes of declaratory statements, entries, receipts, certificates for homesteads, mineral, and timber culture lands.
The custodian of land records on the county level in Idaho is the county recorder. The originals of these county records are on file at the local county courthouses. Many records in Idaho's county courthouses are microfilmed and available through the FHL.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, January 28, 2013, 7:57 AM
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Firefighters use CO2 to douse underground blaze
Original post made on Jan 28, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, January 28, 2013, 7:57 AM
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 28, 2013 at 8:02 am
Thankfully this happened underground. A fire on top of a pole would have set fire to the pole and caused a lot more damage and potential danger to homes full of people fast asleep.
We need to get the undergrounding all over town.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 28, 2013 at 9:39 am
Thanks to the Weekly for this information.
I wish the City would do the following: use a dedicated Twitter feed to release updated information; when the phones are swamped -- as they were this morning -- use a voice mail system giving residents the option of hearing a pre-recorded message with updates on the power outage.
Clearly, though, the use of Twitter -- particularly if the Utilities crew in the field could provide at least a little real-time information -- would be very helpful.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jan 28, 2013 at 10:28 am
Busy morning for the PAFD. First this vault fire, then a fire in a commercial dryer in the 3800 block of El Camino in Barron Park. PAFD is now assisting MVFD with a two alarm fire at a house on Spring Street (near 101 and Old Middlefield Way).
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jan 28, 2013 at 11:29 am
Crazy...heard the sirens early this morning...experienced the black out. Thank you PAFD for being so competent.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jan 28, 2013 at 11:31 am
I saw that fire this morning in Mountain View too...looked bad.
a resident of Green Acres
on Jan 28, 2013 at 12:42 pm
I too would like a place to get news. Heard the sirens, three rounds -- would have liked to get "instant" news...
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jan 28, 2013 at 1:26 pm
CO2?! (sigh) there goes our carbon footprint.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jan 28, 2013 at 2:30 pm
No need for Climate Panic. New research by the Norwegian government indicates carbon emissions produce far less global warming than had been thought.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 28, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Wow, that is very scary....i heard all the sirens. Too close for comfort. What next?
a resident of Downtown North
on Jan 28, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Should the AlertSCC system been used? Could it have been used to notify residents in the area affected?
a resident of Ventura
on Jan 28, 2013 at 5:43 pm
City of Palo Alto Twitter feeds:
Underground electricity can be more difficult & expensive to repair than overhead.
I hope PAWEEKLY follows the Palo Alto Undergrounding Advisory Body: Web Link
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jan 28, 2013 at 5:55 pm
@What a gas - Maybe we could get the International Criminal Court to indict the firfighters for crimes against humanity?
a resident of Ventura
on Jan 28, 2013 at 6:18 pm
I found more twitter accounts:
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 28, 2013 at 6:39 pm
My goodness. Is it up to us to hunt around to look for the twitter accounts of the utilities? Wouldn't it be wise if they put the twitter address (? or whatever it is called) in large print on every utilities bill?
Shouldn't they be reaching out to us not us searching for a needle in a haystack to find where to look for news of an outage?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 28, 2013 at 7:59 pm
I'd be asking why this happened, particularly given how little time and effort our city gives to infrastructure maintenance. Which underground transformer will be next?


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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by zapvor, Apr 24, 2007.
paulman pointed out that i own some babolat starting clamps which i had no idea was even valued.
they are worth a pretty penny. I heard it's really good in terms of clamping power. is it hard to clamp with or do you need finger strength of steel?
i was given a bag of tools. the one i have out i don't use much but it feels okay
Yeah, it seems to have very good holding power while still not needing crazy force to handle them. I told Sap I'd trade my regular Gamma starting clamp for his Bab one. He's a smart one - he declined... :cry:
Yeah, I believe I remember being there and talking to Auzzie that 2nd year when his singles partner in crime, with the AeroStorm Tour, lost the sudden death point that ended it...
i was just down at the supreme court
a mad house
no one in my office is doing anything other than reading this supreme court decision
your tax dollars at work
a good read on obamacare i came across couple of days ago. not trying to sway you one way or another but good set of highlights.
^^^ the rest
i'm fine with the ACA and i'm pretty happy with Chief Justice Roberts for what was a smart political move in maintaining the legitimacy of the court as an actually independent arbiter as opposed to just voting with the party that nominated you.
basically this decision just drops the actual politics of health care back to the elected branches with a wide berth to work in, which is how it should be. we'll probably see a fair amount of stuff repealed/added in congress.
i'm just glad that the past 2 years of work in my office haven't been a waste of time. we worked a lot with implementing this.
So Downs, how many glasses of Scotch have you had today working from home? :shock:
so inquiring minds want to know, r u a lobbyist or a fed?
"... it's not telling people to buy a certain thing, just to have a certain thing..."
i'm a fed, work at IRS
dude, I got an offer to work at the new carrollton metro for IRS. is a nice building there. my job would of been doing process engineering for the healthcare reform act.
i've actually never been out to that office, i work in exempt organizations and we're anticipating a flood of applications for the new 501(c)(29) tax exempt insurance co-op thing that was upheld today. we've spent the past 2 years writing guidance and procedure for how these are supposed to work but we've never actually had to approve one yet. it's going to be an exciting few months.
but IRS is a great place to work and probably has the most career mobility of any of the sub-agency bureaus, it carries the same "resumé clout" as the cabinet-level agencies
tax exempt as in churches? they were in the news not long ago regarding the new healthcare act. congrads on the victory, I think its going to benefit the majority of Americans,
yeah, churches, charities, anything you can make a deductible donation to
and thanks, i agree with you. as a lawyer there was some interesting jurisprudence going on in this decision and i'm very proud of Roberts for handling it the way he did instead of blowing up the commerce clause, which he had the opportunity to do.
Eff the IRS and Eff cabinet level agencies
Eff the majority of Americans, how does it benefit me? Poor people get free insurance. Insurance comapnies get more poepel paying them for insurance. Poeple like me will see no change.
From what I've read, he didn't blow up the commerce clause, but may have weakened it a bit.
That's sort of the plan right? Not to make waves. With people in a panic about the Gov taking away their healthcare, the law was designed so the if you have coverage, you basically would not see any changes while providing coverage for the uninsured who may not get coverage under medicare or medicaid.
Personally speaking, sections of the law that eliminate restrictions on pre-existing conditions, extending insurance to my daughter past the age of 18 (if needed), requiring that 80% of premiums go towards healthcare instead "admin costs", and increased competition for my healthcare dollars outside of what's offered by my employer could prove beneficial.
Not perfect but some important improvements.
you don't have to buy it. you'll just pay extra when you do need medical care and without insurance. not much different than your car insurance.
It is different than car insurance. I pay car insurance because I chose to have a car and drive it.
This penalizes me for something I don't have. I need health insurance because why? I have a body?
hmm yes. but it doesn't penalize you but rather offers some deductions IMO.
for example, i've already seen many more allergy pills which has generic counter parts. i've been able to reduce my monthly allergy medication by quite a bit.
edit.. you CAN opt out. but will have to pay if you need to pick up insurance to seek medical care. <---makes sense to me.
No it doesnt.
Eff amking sense .Obvioulsy if you were a millionire like me you would be mad that you have to account for another.9% in taxes to cheat on.
this is exactly the thought process that keeps glen beck on tv. republicans will loose this election as an result and i'm not even a democrat
Exactly, why am I penalized (by the government) for deciding to opt out of something?
This one might be too close to call. Don't think either side could claim to have this election on lock.
no, you will be penalized if you WERE to pick up insurance to seek immediate medical attention. of course you can always just take out your credit card and charge the whole thing yourself. it's like i know my car is going to break down next month so i'm going to buy extended warranty on my engine without paying for the regular warranty beforehand.
On the thing you posted, it said there was a penalty if you opt out. It said if everyone just waited until they needed insurance nobody would have it, hence this penalty.
Bottom line, if the government said everyone had to give me tennis rackets or else, I would still think it was ********.
Now give me your f***ing Ti Radical!
Also, your car analogy is no good... that is a deal between you and a private company. The government doesn't come in and say you also owes money because you didn't get the warranty.
i'm not going to try to sway you on way or the other. i just want some facts on the table before all the nays and yays.. on to happier things.
oh and the ti radical is made in austria or australia... i forgot.
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I use double half hitch knots.
Sappy was this you? I know you like to hang out in the hood.
Getting away from politics (not worth straining friendships over), anyone watching the Nadal-Rosol match? It's a gud un.
Hey Zap. What's up? Did you get my email the other day?
Just got my NYC from TW. swings really nice.
drool drool nudge nudge tweak tweak.
what string to put on? *evil brain working again*
Cheat on???
You mean...millionaire?
I came late to the party, so I'm opening the can of worms again.
Health care needs reform. Period.
I have no insurance. I have tried, several times. Cobra was way too expensive. Any other plan I applied for (which I could afford) denied me for pre-existing conditions. Such as...about 8 years ago I had two moles removed on my back. Nothing was wrong, they were benign, but they irritated me and, since I spend a fair amount of time in the sun, I thought it best to have them removed.
When I applied, I got a phone call, first asking me about the procedure (which I had completely forgotten about) and then practically accusing me of lying about having had skin cancer.
Same company also used my one and only UTI as a reason to deny me coverage. UTIs are VERY VERY VERY common, especially in women. The fact that I've had only one in my life is somewhat of a miracle.
I also have an endocrine disorder for which I take no medication and really have been asymptomatic for about 6 or so years. DENIED.
Do I deserve to have coverage? What do you think Hollywood? Because to me it sounds like you think affordable health care is a bad idea? I'm not a slacker...I work and go to school. Shouldn't I have coverage if something happens to me???
And, before anyone asks, no, NOVA doesn't offer health care to their students, but they recommend a few companies. They thing that is biting me in the arse of course, is pre-existing condition (which thankfully won't be an issue in a few years). A fellow student told me about 'bridge' insurance from Kaiser, but they are no longer accepting applications.
I'm considering Medicaid, but I'm not sure if I will qualify. I've looked into PCIP, as well, but it is kind of pricey for me, too.
Well said Striker.
I remember you talking about it...I think I'm remembering '09? Not sure.
Makes me think twice about playing tri for him. If I do, and the same thing happens, then we'll know we've got a situation on our hands!
just did my first efficient string job! pretty happy with myself
Topaz, you might want to look into 501(c)(29) tax exempt qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers
we've only got two applications for htem thus far, but now that they are here to stay we should start getting a deluge of apps.
^^^thanks, I will!
I wanted to make a mojito but the wife threw out my mint leaves during her fridge cleaning fury.
So I made a Cuba Libre.
what's up pureprestige, what racquet should I buy? I am stuck down in the south and I have no clue about the new sticks that are out. you know my game, any suggestions? Dont feel like demoing either
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The foiled terrorist plot to bomb the New York Federal Reserve Bank by a Bangladeshi national, living in Queens under a student visa, could extinguish the opportunity for future foreign students to attend school in the United States.
Senator Charles Schumer called for the immediate passage of legislation increasing the oversight of student visa programs following the discovery that alleged bombing suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis entered the United States with a student visa in order to attended classes at Manhattan's ASA Institute of Business and Computer Technology.
This year, more than 850,000 active foreign students were in the United States.
An investigation headed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that "sham universities" have provided foreigners entry into the country without conducting thorough personal investigations. According to Schumer, early in 2012, Tri-Valley University in California was dismantled for selling student visas to 1,500 foreign nationals.
The school Nafis attended, Manhattan's ASA Institute of Business and Computer Technology, is an accredited institution.
Schumer also pushed for investigations by the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General to determine if Nafis' request for a visa should have been denied.
"This foiled attack must serve as a wake-up call. We need to shut down gaping loopholes allowing foreign nationals, some of whom may wish to do us harm, from entering the country through the student visa program," said Schumer. "While the facts of this particular case are still coming to light, we do know that thousands of people have entered this country through sham universities like hand out student visas like candy, and that practice must end now."
Under the Student Visa Integrity Act, providing false information to obtain a student visa means a mandatory two-year sentence; reasonable suspicion of fraud could expel a student from the program. The legislation also limits student visas to students attending accredited schools and prohibits any flight school that is not FAA-accredited from bringing in foreign students.
But excessive red tape can make it difficult for legitimate foreign students to study in the United States. Syracuse University student Andreacarola Urso applied for her student visa in June of 2012 in order to attend school in the United States. The 19-year-old from Naples, Italy, described the application process as lengthy, adding that the agency required her to prepare numerous documents proving she was financially stable, unmarried, maintained a permanent residence in her home country and was, in fact, legitimately Italian.
Urso's student visa application fees amounted to $400.
The pre-med student said that while she was required to obtain an excessive number of forms for her meeting at the United States embassy in Italy, they were barely even skimmed.
"I thought the meeting would've been tougher, but in the end it was not," said Urso. "I prepared all of those documents as I was told to, but they didn't even look at them."
Urso said the bomb plot could make it more difficult for students from other countries to obtain visas to attend school in the United States. While she believes it is ethical for officials to request documentation and perform background checks, she knows many people who were refused a visa because they seemed doubtful during their interview with the embassy.
"I think [parts of the screening process] are ridiculous," said Urso. "It changes people's futures since we apply a year earlier and get accepted to a university and then they refuse our visa. It's disappointing. Obviously it's not my case, but it is still a common problem."


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OCEAN CITY — Just days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a threatened or endangered listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna was not warranted at this time, the environmental watchdog agency that filed the original petition threatened to sue the federal agency for failing to take steps to protect the troubled species.
Two weeks ago, NOAA officials announced an endangered or threatened listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a staple of Ocean City's vast offshore recreational fishery and an important element in the multi-million dollar sportfishing industry, was not needed, although the bluefin tuna remains on the "species of concern" list.
Prompted in part by the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico late last spring and throughout much of the summer, a national environmental group last May filed a formal petition seeking Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for Atlantic bluefin tuna. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a formal petition for an ESA listing for bluefin tuna, citing the continued overfishing of the species complicated by the oil spill disaster in the gulf and its potential devastating impact on the species' spawning grounds.
On May 27, after months of review, NOAA officials announced an endangered or threatened listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna was unnecessary because stock assessment data did not indicate the species had fallen below acceptable thresholds for a listing under the ESA. However, federal fisheries officials warned an ESA listing for bluefin tuna could be revisited as early as 2013 after a full accounting of the impacts on the gulf oil spill was complete.
Unsatisfied with NOAA's decision, the Center for Biological Diversity last week formally notified the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) it intends to sue the federal agency for failing to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna under the ESA. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, bluefin tuna continue to face extinction due to severe overfishing and habitat degradation, including the BP oil spill in the gulf last spring and summer.
"If the government doesn't move quickly, the question won't be when the bluefin tuna will recover, but if this animal will survive at all," said CBD attorney Catherine Kilduff. "Precipitous declines may not be reversible unless protections finally put a halt to overfishing and protect bluefin tuna nursery grounds."
According to the CBD, overfishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna has caused a population decline of over 80 percent, due largely to international commercial fishing. Kilduff said the millions of gallons of oil that gushed into the bluefin tuna spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico last summer during the breeding season further diminished the species' chance for recovery. Scientists estimate the oil killed more than 20 percent of the juvenile bluefin tuna in 2010.
While the NOAA team found that the presently available information did not favor an ESA listing, it also recognized the need to continue to monitor the potential long-term effects of the spill on bluefin tuna and the overall ecosystem. Perhaps of larger concern is the continued cooperation of foreign nations in the management of the species. The panel said there has been marked improvement in recent months among the nations targeting bluefin tuna, but the actions of international fishermen will continue to be closely monitored.
In the meantime, the CBD is preparing to take NOAA to court in order to force further protections for Atlantic bluefin tuna.
"If we don't stop overfishing, bluefin tuna will vanish, leading to empty hooks and an empty ocean," said Kilduff. "With each year, bluefin tuna become scarcer in U.S. waters. It's time to halt the decline before bluefin tuna disappear forever."


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5) On your Works Cited page, which indentation style is correct?
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8) Which of the following journal articles is documented correctly in MLA style?
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Ravenscar Hollow
Ravenscar Hollow is a cave located in North Western Skyrim. You can find it by traveling North West of Solitude.
If you pull the lever in the first part of the cave, it will bring you to a hidden area. In this area you will find a locked up bandit marauder, if you unlock him from the cage, he will help you kill the Hagravens. You can get the key for the cage off a Hagraven near the cave entrance (before the hidden area).
Once inside you will find one giant Frostbite Spider and a Hagraven. If you pull the lever you will find two more Hagravens.
You may loot a Taproot off a dead Spriggan. Hagraven Feathers may also be looted of the Hagravens. One Corundum Ore Vein is near the two cages at the end of the cave. The Skill Book "The Art of War Magic" is on a table next to the chest.
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^You best not be ****ting me lol
Definitely results in a fight, after about the third quarter of whatever game is watched.
Come on this Sunday vs. the Thunder!!!
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Bump, I'll be in NYC between 7/24-8/14, anyone's willing to hang out with a fellow poster? I know, I know, there will be no NBa basketball during my stay in the city, but still we could discuss the Knicks, right?
Right, but I don't know when I'll be in the NYC area again, depends on my work/uni schedule and $$$ situation. Would love to visit during the season, but it's hard to work out. Traveling from Europe requires much more scheduling, financial responsibility etc.
We can visit Melo's home and ask him for a job in his condominium.
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The $196 million, 24,000-member Cabrillo Credit Union in San Diego said more than 1,700 members have signed up to use its new mobile app in the first month it was offered.
That activity included processing more than a thousand check deposits via the Android and iPhone apps, Cabrillo CU. Other functionality includes bill pay, monthly statements and transfers to other financial institutions.
"We want to give our members the ability to do everything on their mobile devices and this is the first big step in that direction," said Robin Lentz, Cabrillo CU's president/CEO.
The mobile technology comes from mShift of Fremont, Calif., the credit union said. Cabrillo CU also was one of the first credit unions to deploy the new KeyStone core processing platform from local startup Corelation Inc.
Cabrillo CU was founded in 1955 and primarily serves U.S. Border Patrol and other federal employees in the San Diego area, as well as Sharp HealthCare and Carlsbad city employees. Membership is open to anyone who lives or works in San Diego County.


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Who's the greatest sensei ever. Judge from the influence and sheer power of their students
Hiruzen Sarutobi:
Trained Jiraiya (who went on to become one of the most famous kage-level shinobis in the history of the Leaf), Orochimaru (another Kage level shinobi who had a massive negative influence throughout the series) and Tsunade (Godaime Hokage and founder of the standard medic-corps)
Minato (Yondaime Hokage and one of the most powerful shinobi to ever live), Naruto (The ever improving kage level-genin and one of the few shinobis to ever control tailed beast(s)), Nagato (Epic boss. The former leader of Akatsuki, Rinnegan user and most powerful shinobi to ever come out from Amegakure), Yahiko (Leader of the Akatsuki at some point) and Konan (the queen of Akatsuki, and immensely powerful)
Namikaze Minato:
Kakashi (Konoha's finest and most intelligent jounin, a Commander of the Allied Shinobi force), Obito (arguably the single most powerful antagonist since Madara, pure boss and secret leader of Akatsuki) and Rin (well...she completed the team)
Hatake Kakashi:
Naruto (Konoha hero, one of the reasons why the shinobis declared the Fourth World War), Sasuke (One of the most formidable shinobis to ever come out from the Uchiha clan and the only Uchiha apart from Madara to activate Eternal Mangekyou), Sakura (Powerful shinobi)


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These speakers are absolutely amazing! These two little 10's in this box far exceeded all expectations. They more than fill the crew cab of our truck with great clear hard hitting base. Completely blew our minds for two little 10's.


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I recently did a clutch and slave cylinder replacement on a 2002 R1150RT. I read as much as I could beforehand on what could be the issues with my slipping clutch. As it turned out the transmission seal right next to the slave cylinder was letting tranny oil into the cavity next to the slave cylinder. Oncce the cavity approached half full the oil runs out along the pushrod and saturates the clutch. Common problem as I understand it. All went fairly well and I am almost completely assembled except for the plastic. I was disapointed to find that I have one M8 x 55mm long socket head cap screw that I do not have a home for. Hinde sight is 2020 I know.... I should have separated and bagged all of the fasteners on a per component basis and this would not have happened.
Does any body know where I might find a clue to the where this bold might go? I have been over every inch of the bike and have not found it yet.


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(Level 2)Keith Snell & Diane Hidy - Neil A. Kjos Music Company
As with all levels in the series, questions are provided before each piece, offering thoughtful preparation before the first attempt and setting the stage for a review or introduction of new concepts. Level 2 stays solidly at the early intermediate level and students are introduced to new keys (D, A, and E Major); scales in one octave; and I, IV, and V chords. Intervals of a 6th and 7th are introduced as are minor five-finger patterns and chords (C, F, and G), 6/8 time and more. Folk tunes and traditional tunes are offered in abundance in both the Lesson and Performance books, along with classics and original pieces by the authors.
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All quotes tagged Mercy
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"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope"
"And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8)."
"God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation"
"Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway.""


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Q: How can a user of your online manual tell if use of a particular word (such as namely) is discouraged?
A: The first place to look might be chapter 11, Correct and Preferred Usage. But the word you used as an example is not included therein. Or you could try a search in the online manual for the word in question. But that too produces nothing helpful, most likely because we have no "official" policy on this word. Next you might consult a good usage book or the usage notes in the American Heritage Dictionary. Finding nothing anywhere, you could decide on a policy for your publication or the document you are working on, if this seems appropriate or desirable.
Q: Several questions about the citation of abstracts in a reference list.
- Section 3.11.9 (Abstracts and Other Material Taken From Another Source) states on page 50 that for abstracts published in the society proceedings of a journal, "the name of the society before which the paper was read need not be included" and that "if a[n abstract] number is included, it is placed in brackets along with the 'abstract' designation." What is not made clear is whether including an "abstract" designation is mandatory or voluntary.
Should an "abstract" designation be included in the citation to an abstract published in the society proceedings of a journal if neither the society's name nor an abstract number is being provided? In other words, using example 3 of the book as a base, which of the following would be correct?
- . . . Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;42(suppl):S627. (the reference is not identified as being an abstract)
- . . . Lemli-Opitz syndrome [abstract]. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;42(suppl):S627. (the reference is identified as being an abstract)
If the "[abstract]" designation is not mandatory, is it AMA style to delete it when an author includes it (without an accompanying society name or abstract number) in such a reference?
Also, if an abstract is given an abstract number in the place where it is published, is it considered mandatory or voluntary for its number to be included in the reference citation? The text in the manual says "if a number is included" but the meaning of this is possibly ambiguous (included by the journal in which it was published; or voluntarily included by the author who submits the manuscript as a matter of the submitting author's preference? It seems most likely that it is the latter, but I'm not certain).
A: In order:
- The if is meant to signify that the designation as an abstract should be included if it is provided.
- The second version you provided would be preferred. It's a nice service to readers to let them know that what is referenced is an abstract.
- Absolutely not. We would never delete it. It too provides a service to readers, helping them to find the abstract referred to, should they be so inclined.
- You interpreted the manual correctly—the latter is what is intended.—Cheryl Iverson, MA


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Loved Houston rapper Trae almost lost his life earlier this year on June 20, after being shot outside a strip club. According to Trae, his survival is in no thanks to the hospital staff, who mostly ignored him and let him bleed.
"The lady left me bleeding' like two hours in the bed by myself, like nobody else came in there," Trae told RapFix Live. "It was blood all over the bed, they had to change the sheets, the mattress."
Trae also said he didn't realize that people had been killed at the time.
"I didn't find out none of this until Homicide came to come and take me away," he said. "The way I came in the hospital with a hole in my back was the same way I left. I didn't get no bandage, I ain't get no stitches, they didn't take the bullet out, none of that."
Damn! What DID they do then?
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September 2008
Namibian visit
Also in 2008, the Council received an invitation from the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) to attend and make a presentation at their national consultative workshop on the Police and Correctional Services Labour Relations in Namibia. The aim of the workshop was to explore the possibilities of establishing a trade union organisation for the Namibian Police Force and the Prison and Correctional Services. The South African Police Services and the Police and Prison Civil Rights Union were also invited to give presentations at the workshop.
April 2008
Study visit by Kenyan Police delegation
Following the participation of the SSSBC in the ILO Sub-Regional Seminar on Enhancing Management–Trade Union relations in the police services of East Africa, the SSSBC was requested by the ILO to host a delegation from the Kenyan Police and Trade Unions for a study visit. The study visit took place in April 2008.
The purpose of the study visit was for the Kenyan delegation to observe the manner in which the SSSBC conducts its affairs as part of the appeal process. It was noted that the delegation comprised the bench hearing the appeal, the appellants, the respondents, an interested party and an observer from the employer's organisation who would become a friend of the court and report on what has been observed during the study visit.
As part of the study visit, the delegation attended Council meetings and held separate meetings with the leadership of the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African Police Union (SAPU) and the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU). During these meetings, the delegation was informed on labour relations protocol, the formation of trade unions and collective bargaining in the South African Police Service. The delegation was also taken on a tour to historical places in Soweto.
COTU indicated that they were satisfied with what they had observed and learnt, and believed that there was no need to look further than South Africa for a working example. They indicated that they hoped that the experience the delegation had gained during the visit would assist the court to make a just decision and uphold industrial justice in Kenya. He pointed out that the presentations from the parties to the SSSBC were enough to convince the employer in Kenya that the South African model of social dialogue could work well between organised labour and the employer in the Kenyan police.


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Veteran expresses thanks even in difficult times
PITTSFIELD -- Todd Lincoln has lost a lot since leaving the Army, but he was still thankful on Thanksgiving.
On a warm Thursday afternoon, Lincoln sat on the porch of the Barton's Crossing homeless shelter, passing some time while he cooked his very first Thanksgiving meal.
The 56-year-old volunteered to cook dinner -- four turkeys, mashed potatoes, stuffing and vegetables expected to feed 30 that night -- as one of the few homeless staying at Barton's Crossing who hadn't gone home to family for the holidays.
"I am very thankful that I've got a roof over my head, and this place is trying to help me try to find a place," said Lincoln, who moved to the shelter three months ago after leaving the Soldier On program, which provides shelter for homeless veterans.
Life's been a struggle, he said, but Lincoln was still able to be thankful for what little he has. He said he has struggled to stay employed since leaving the military in the early 1990s.
Besides his VA benefits from his time in the Army and $800 in Social Security benefits a month, Lincoln doesn't have much, which he's more keenly aware of now that he's lost it.
"People don't realize until they are in the same boat where we are at," Lincoln said. "They should be thankful they have a place overhead and not in the same predicament we are. Many of us are struggling."
A Barton's Crossing employee said that for the holidays, most of the tenants had gone home, except for Lincoln. The employee said she could not provide any information on tenants because of federal
In years past, Lincoln said he would visit his mother's house in Adams, but she passed away last year from cancer on Mother's Day.
Lincoln has five brothers and a sister in Cheshire, but he said he would rather stay at the shelter.
According to Lincoln, he joined the army in the 1970s as a teenager and served through the early 1990s and Desert Storm.
"I am just thankful for higher spirits," Lincoln said. "That I have a place and new friends."
There were many others who found thanks in what many would take for granted.
Pittsfield resident Vicki Vaughn was among the many to crowd the Christian Center before the doors closed at 2 p.m.
On Thursday, Ellen Merritt, executive director of the Christian Center, said they would provide 350 meals for the sick, shuttered and elderly.
Cooking the turkeys began Monday, Merritt said, and she had an army of 65 people come out to deliver and serve food.
For Vaughn, a single mother of a 22-year-old, she was thankful for peace of mind.
In the last year, her son Ryan has started to exert his independence, which added stress to her life.
She got a new job as an activity assistant at the Berkshire Health System, and she started to fret about her job security in a tough economy.
"It's competitive out there," Vaughn said.
Nothing has changed -- her son still wants to be independent and she continues in the same job -- but she was more comfortable about her life after taking advantage of resources and support at the center, she said.
"I am grateful to be here and be myself."
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - Clay County detectives, acting on a tip from Facebook, arrested a 24-year-old Middleburg woman Thursday in connection four thefts of jewelry from stores between October and December.
The tip that led to the arrest of Duzti Jo Davis came after the Sheriff's Office released information and a surveillance photo on Dec. 21 showing a woman shoplifting from the Target store on Wells Road on October and a request for information.
According to deputies, the photo showed the thief leaving Target after stashing dozens of silver necklaces in the bottom of her bag. Detectives say a woman matching the same description had stolen jewelry from the Target stores on County Road 200 on Oct. 26 and Dec. 20 and back at the Wells Road store on Dec. 21.
Clay County Sheriff's Office's Facebook friends identified the woman in the picture as Davis. By the time deputies arrested her at her Periwinkle Avenue home Thursday morning, she had shaved her head.
Davis was booked into the Clay County jail on three counts of retail theft of $300 or more. Bond was set at $10,003.
Detectives believe Davis may also be responsible for some outstanding retail thefts in Duval County.
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I found a stone near the creek I live by. It has 2 eyes a nose and mouth carved in the front and on the top a hole. And if you could explain how to post picks. Any help will great
It is just a stone, but if you see the funny side in it, then that's fine, of course.
The hollows and other marks are of no great significance; they represent selective erosion and/or internal variances in mineralogy and/or structure.
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Mirror football images will collide at Ignacio High School tonight.
The homestanding Bobcats will welcome Center for a key San Juan Basin League game. Each team is 0-2 in conference, looking for its first SJBL victory. Each team is 1-5 overall.
The similarities extend from there for the Class 1A football foes.
Ignacios lone victory of the 2012 season came two weeks ago in a win over the Montezuma-Cortez junior varsity team.
Centers lone victory of the 2012 season came two weeks ago in a 27-14 win over Leadvilles Lake County. Centers other losses this season came to Salida (28-13), John Mall of Walsenburg (21-7), Crowley County (41-0), Centauri (42-30) and Dolores (24-7).
Ignacio lost at home to Centauri 48-8 last weekend in a game that was close into the third quarter. The Bobcats earlier losses came to big schools Shiprock and Aspen as well as Monte Vista, ranked No. 9 this week in the 1A poll by coloradopreps.com.
The Ignacio offense will be looking for the form that produced 49 points in its victory over the Montezuma-Cortez junior varsity football team.
Likewise, the Center offense will try to replicate its performance from the Lake County game.
Monte Vista, tied for the SJBL lead with Centauri and Dolores (all with 2-0 marks), will play at Dolores tonight in another key conference game.
Ignacio, Center and Del Norte all are tied at 0-2.
Monte Vista is the only SJBL team ranked among the states top 10.
The rankings:
Buena Vista is ranked No. 1, with Limon No. 2. Platte Canyon (Bailey) is No. 3, with Wray at 4 and Cedaredge at 5. Hotchkiss sits at No. 6, with Wiggins at 7, Crowley County at 8, Monte Vista at 9, and Colorado Springs Christian rounds out the top 10.


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Schafer takes blame for baserunning snafu
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers outfielder Logan Schafer took the blame for the awkward end to the eighth inning in Monday's 4-3 victory over the Reds, saying he had his head down when he broke for home on what turned into an inning-ending double play.
It came moments after a squeeze play nearly went awry because of what manager Ron Roenicke called a missed communication. Schafer had doubled and stolen third base, then broke for home when Norichika Aoki hit a one-out fly ball to shallow right field.
Strong-armed outfielder Jay Bruce made the catch and fired a throw to the infield. Meanwhile, Brewers third-base coach Ed Sedar had positioned himself way down the line, so he could see Bruce's positioning on the catch and still have time to give Schafer direction. It was not until Schafer was more than halfway home that he raised his head and Sedar threw up the stop sign, causing Schafer to stop dead in his tracks.
"I was a little shocked," Schafer said.
Just as surprising, Reds first baseman Joey Votto had cut off the throw home. So instead of scoring without a play, Schafer was out in a rundown, right field to first base to third base to catcher.
Schafer took the blame.
"That was my bad," he said. "I knew if I went, it was going to be a close play, so I had my head down running. I should have picked up Eddie earlier. The stop sign came up late, but it shouldn't matter. If you're looking at him the whole time, I should have seen it earlier."
Said Sedar: "Him and I probably haven't done it that much, and he was probably thinking he was going to go all the way. But when you leave the bag, you kind of pick me up, because the throw was from Bruce, one of the best throwers in the game, and I get way down the line so I can see the throw coming, then I held him up. We've had guys do that before, so it wasn't anything strange. It didn't work correctly."
Roenicke said Sedar handled the play correctly.
"I liked where Eddie was, but the thing is, you have to tell that player, and he's got to do it, 'When you take off running, you've got to pick me up right away,'" Roenicke said. "And Schafer didn't pick him up. If Schafer looks at him earlier, he stops him earlier."
Roenicke makes no apologies for the Brewers' aggressive style of baserunning.
"We get a lot of extra bases, and we run into outs," Roenicke said. "It just depends on what type of game you want to play. If you want to be cautious and go station to station, like some teams do, you'd better really hit the ball. You'd better just bash it.
"We've run into some 'dumb' outs, but it's not just here. When I was in Anaheim, we did it all the time, and you create so many more bases and opportunities because you are trying to get the extra base, that you'll sacrifice some of the outs that you'll run into.
"Now, you need guys to learn from them. If the same guy does the same thing over and over -- that shouldn't happen. But once in a while, you're going to misjudge."
Gomez making case for Gold Glove
MILWAUKEE -- Carlos Gomez's game-saving catch on Monday night was only the latest sign that the Brewers' Gold Glove drought may end this season.
No team has waited longer to celebrate a Rawlings Gold Glove than the Brewers, who have not seen a player honored since Robin Yount won at shortstop in 1982. Only four different Brewers have won the award in the Brewers' 44 seasons as a franchise: First baseman George Scott five times, first baseman Cecil Cooper twice, and outfielder Sixto Lezcano and shortstop Yount once apiece.
"Maybe this is the year," Gomez said.
Gomez considers himself the best defensive outfielder in the National League, and was not shy about saying so. Asked who else he admires, he cited the D-backs Gerardo Parra and the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen.
Gomez's defense has not actually improved, but his hitting has, dramatically. That makes him a much stronger candidate for the Gold Glove Award, which tends to go to the best fielder at his position who is also an above-average hitter.
The award is decided in a vote of Major League managers and coaches.
"If somebody else gets it," Gomez said, "get it because you deserve it."
Last call
• Norichika Aoki was a last-minute scratch from the Brewers' starting lineup on Tuesday because of a tight left elbow. The Brewers bumped second baseman Rickie Weeks to the leadoff spot and put Schafer in right field.
• Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny will start Friday against Arizona, Roenicke announced. The choice was between Gorzelanny and right-hander Donovan Hand. Gorzelanny made more sense, because it allowed the Brewers to use Hand out of the bullpen if needed in the preceding days. Gorzelanny, who last started on Sunday, would not have been available in relief until Thursday in Arizona.
• Catcher Jonathan Lucroy will be the regular cleanup hitter with Aramis Ramirez on the disabled list, said Roenicke, citing Lucroy's patience and knack for hitting the ball to the opposite field.
"That kind of guy usually drives in more runs," Roenicke said.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wait, what? Over on that Reddit thread about the benefits of douching, petzl20 has made this announcement:
Myers has a staff of assistants that research and do a large part of the writing for his blogs and tweets.
Gawdamn, I wish I'd known about this before. I'm going to put them to work grading papers and putting together my final exams for me instead — the writing is the fun stuff.
I'm not suddenly going to get a bill for hours worked, am I?


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Tigers, Willis agree to extension
Southpaw sticking around through 2010 for $29 million
By Justice B. Hill / MLB.com
DETROIT -- Dave Dombrowski understood the risk, but with the dollars that quality pitchers are earning these days, the Tigers general manager called signing left-hander Dontrelle Willis to a three-year extension worth $29 million on Thursday a risk worth taking. The deal includes a bonus for as much as $500,000 if the 25-year-old Willis, who's coming off a 10-15 season with a career-high 5.17 ERA, wins the Cy Young Award. But for Dombrowski and the Tigers, signing Willis was less about the bonus and awards, and more about agreeing to terms with a pitcher who had expressed an interest in wearing the team's Olde English D long term. "This is an opportunity I never could've dreamt of," Willis said. "For me and my family, this is truly a blessing." His contract takes Willis, whom the Tigers picked up in an eight-player trade earlier this month with the Florida Marlins, through his arbitration years. If he stays healthy and pitches as well as he's done through most of his career, he'll be eligible for free agency after the 2010 season, said Matt Sosnick, Willis' agent. "The three-year deal was something we were both comfortable with," Sosnick said. "The issue became: what was the dollar amount going to be?" Sosnick stressed that Willis wanted the security of a longer-term deal. He also wanted to end the constant rumors about his being traded, rumors that had dogged Willis for the past couple of seasons in Miami. "He was consistent on getting a deal done when he came here," Sosnick said. "It's a client's choice." The framework for the deal was hammered out over the past week, which the two sides agreed to Wednesday. It became final after Willis went through a physical. The Tigers announced the deal with a press conference at Comerica Park. Signing Willis to such a deal shows that the Tigers believe he's a complement to the other young pitchers on their staff. He will join Justin Verlander, Jeremy Bonderman and Nate Robertson, as well as veteran warhorse Kenny Rogers, in filling out manager Jim Leyland's rotation next season.
"They've shown a lot of love to take a chance and even offer me a deal," Willis said. "It shows how much respect they have for me and my abilities."So, again, I'm gonna do everything I can to not only win a championship but uphold this team and make them proud." With Willis signed, Dombrowski can set his sights on All-Star third baseman Miguel Cabrera, another piece in the trade with the Marlins.
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Valanciunas: rebounding, defense, and great foul shooting
Ross: defense and 3-point shooting, with great athleticism
Davis: rebounding and defense, again with great athleticism if not size/strength (yet)
DeRozan: mid-range game and ability to get to the line
I feel like any deal for a franchise player would probably have to include deRozan because a) he's under contract at a reasonable rate and b) you're probably going to have to replace some scoring if you're trading an elite player for him, as well as put some asses in the seats. Now you throw in one of the bigs, maybe a pick or another of the 4 above and an expiring deal or one of Amir and Fields depending on need and you've got an excellent package. The only thing missing really is an expiring deal. In fact you could easilly argue that's equal to or better than than teams got for Bynum, or Howard, or Paul, or Williams, or Melo, or any of the other superstars traded in recent memory.
To answer Akasingh, the NBA is an extremely fluid league when it comes to star movement. Look at the Deron Williams trade: nobody even saw that coming. Same with Harden. And with the luxury tax penalties getting progressively more restrictive, you're going to see more and more teams unable or unwilling to pay into the tax. As for which stars might be coming down the pipe, the best bet are those players who would need be eligible to sign an extension in the next 2-3 years. John Wall and Kyrie Irving are two examples of players whose teams haven't done a great job of drafting around them (though Wall would have to develop a lot in order to be worthy of a huge trade package, you might be able to get him for cheap if Washington is convinced he won't re-sign). Love seems to be perpetually unhappy in Minny, nobody knows what's going to happen with Bynum, or Howard if the Lakers end up missing the playoffs, etc etc.
Admittedly most of the players the Raps have a shot at aren't real top-15 type guys (I probably overstepped a bit there, top-25 might be more accurate), or at least won't be when they're acquired. You'd probably have to aim for guys that haven't reached their peak yet but aren't happy with their current situation or need to be dealt because of money issues. I think Harden is the prime example there. There's also the possibility of trading for a very high draft pick if a team is looking at a roster redundancy. The point is, if I'm the GM then I'd rather wait for a superstar than settle for a borderline all-star, especially if it's a borderline all-star that I have to pay like a superstar to keep around.


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Miller still sidelined by sore left hamstring
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
DETROIT -- Brad Miller sat out his second consecutive game on Monday, but the rookie shortstop said a sore left hamstring is feeling better and he hopes to return to action in a few days.
Miller played catch and took some swings Monday in the batting cage after staying off his leg completely on Sunday. The 23-year-old was removed from Saturday's game against the Cardinals in the fifth inning after feeling his leg tighten up while running out a sacrifice bunt.
"It felt like a big cramp when I was running down to first," Miller said. "Obviously I felt it pretty good. I knew I probably wouldn't be able to keep playing. It's still sore obviously, but it's feeling better each day. So hopefully as soon as I can, I'll get back out there quick."
Manager Eric Wedge sounded a more cautious note, however.
"He felt good today and he's going to take some swings in the cage, but he's still not doing anything from the running standpoint," Wedge said. "I still think he's days away. How many days, I don't know."
Miller said his leg felt fine prior to the bunt attempt and he doesn't remember having any hamstring issues before.
"It's just something that got a little tight on me," he said, "but it's nothing too crazy. They said the strength is there, so hopefully it was just a big cramp and now it's just sore."
With Miller sidelined, fellow rookie Carlos Triunfel got his second straight start at shortstop on Monday.
After bullpen session, Felix targets weekend for return
DETROIT -- Felix Hernandez felt fine physically while throwing a bullpen session on Monday prior to the Mariners' game at Comerica Park, but he won't pitch in a game until at least this weekend in Anaheim.
There was some hope of the Mariners getting their ace back by Wednesday to face the Tigers' Justin Verlander, but pitching coach Carl Willis said Hernandez needs another bullpen session on Thursday after not throwing off a mound since straining the oblique muscle in his left side on Sept. 2 in Kansas City.
"Because he hadn't been on the mound is such a long time, he felt a little erratic," Willis said. "As far as going out and competing, one more bullpen [session] will allow him to tighten things up a little bit. On the physical side, he didn't have any issues today."
Willis wants Hernandez to be fully ready when he does return and set Saturday or Sunday in Anaheim as the likely date, if all goes well Thursday.
"He's just played some catch and it's kind of an intermittent thing because he's tried to let this thing feel better, which it is," said Willis. "But he hadn't been able to do anything on the mound, coming down the slope as opposed to throwing on flat ground. It's a little different release point, so it's about repeating that mechanic again."
Hernandez could still potentially pitch in two more games this season, against the Angels and then the A's in Seattle's final homestand the following weekend.
Manager Eric Wedge said Hernandez deserves the chance to finish out the season if he feels 100 percent, even with the Mariners 17 games under .500 going into the Tigers' series.
"There's a lot of respect you have to give him, wanting to finish off the Major League season," said Wedge. "It's a fragile thing, but it's a mighty thing. It means a great deal to finish what you started. He wants to do it for his club, he wants to do it for the game and he wants to do it for himself. And I appreciate all that. He's earned that respect."
With Hernandez still out, Hisashi Iwakuma will start Wednesday's game against Verlander, with rookie James Paxton finishing the series up on Thursday against former Mariner Doug Fister. Erasmo Ramirez will pitch Friday's series opener in Anaheim.
Despite funk, no rest planned for Seager
DETROIT -- Kyle Seager has struggled through a 2-for-29 stretch at the plate over the past eight games, going into Monday's series opener against the Tigers, but manager Eric Wedge will let the youngster continue building on his team-record 102-consecutive start stretch at third base.
"I've talked to him," Wedge said of a potential day off. "I don't think he needs it. I don't think he wants it. He has a tremendous routine, he's taken great care of himself. It goes back to the respect thing. As long as you don't think he's in harm's way and you feel he's going out there working through it, it's only going to make him better and us better. I'll continue to talk with him though."
Seager has been one of Seattle's best hitters all season, but he's hit just .193 (29-for-150) since Aug. 3 as his average has dropped from .300 to .272. He's still second on the team to Kendrys Morales in batting average and RBIs (66) and tied for second in home runs behind Raul Ibanez with 22.
Seager is the only experienced third baseman on the club at this point. Brad Miller has played some third, but he's currently sidelined with a strained hamstring. Wedge said if Seager needed to be replaced right now, shortstop Carlos Triunfel would move over to third and rookie Nick Franklin would play shortstop, with Dustin Ackley at second base.
Worth noting
• The Mariners' bullpen ranks 29th in the Majors with a 4.49 ERA going into Monday's series opener against the Tigers. Seattle ranked 13th in the Majors last season -- and sixth in the American League -- with a 3.37 mark last year. The relievers' ERA has been 4.67 since the All-Star break.
• Seattle's designated hitters have hit 23 home runs this season, tied for second with the White Sox behind only the Red Sox (30) after Sunday's games. Morales has 17 of those homers, with Ibanez hitting the other six while playing DH. Mariners' DHs hit 24 home runs in 2009 and haven't had more than 24 since hitting 38 in '00.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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