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(Travel + Leisure) -- The changing leaves are just one lure for outdoor adventurers during the fall season. The tourist crowds of July and August have dissipated, and in many spots, the blistering summer heat has passed. And happily, an abundance of premier tour operators offer ready-made autumn adventures that are relatively easy on the wallet. They bring expert guides and top-quality gear and arrange all meals and accommodations -- you just bring your thirst for adventure.
Sea kayaking amid killer whales in British Columbia
Operator: Pacific Northwest Expeditions
British Columbia's Johnstone Strait, a glacier-carved channel between the mainland and Vancouver Island, offers intrepid sea kayakers a chance to get up close and personal with killer whales. Surrounded by the glaciated peaks of the Coastal Range, you'll witness pods of orcas feeding on the annual salmon runs, which go only through October. Other likely animal sightings: humpback whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, Dall's porpoises, minke whales, even black bears and grizzlies. You'll also take short hikes in the mountainous Pacific rainforest from your beach camp at Spyhop Point, a quiet spot with roomy tents under towering hemlock and Sitka spruce trees.
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Cost: $880, four days.
Cycling through fall foliage in Vermont
Operator: Vermont Bicycle Tours
This bike trip takes you inn-hopping in classic New England, past farmlands on country roads, in a valley between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks. Trip leader Gerry Slager has lived in Vermont for 30 years; he guides leisurely excursions on the shoreline of Lake Champlain and along paths that wind in and around the lake's islands, with time out to kayak, explore walking trails, or simply take in the spectacular fall colors. You'll stop by the Shelburne Museum of art and Americana, as well as the Morgan Horse Farm and the college town of Middlebury, where you'll visit a workshop and store run by a fifth-generation pewtersmith.
Cost: $1,395--$1,745 double occupancy, six days.
Exploring the Escalante Canyons in Utah
Operator: Ecohike
Lead guide Grant Johnson, who has lived in the area since 1975, is passionate about the area's geologic formations and the history of the prehistoric cultures. On his Kayenta Passages trip, you set up base camp on a sandy beach by the Escalante River and from there take day trips into the surrounding canyons and the serpentine passages between them. Canyons are particularly lush in the fall, filled with cottonwood trees and flowers like purple aster and orange globe mallow. You'll walk the benches and mesas above the canyons in the cool fall mornings and wade in the river in the afternoons; in between you'll climb Anasazi trails, passing by prehistoric rock art on the canyon walls.
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Cost: $1,420 single or double occupancy, five days.
Navigating the waters off the Baja Peninsula
Operator: O.A.R.S.
Southern Baja's Espiritu Santo Island, in the Sea of Cortez, is known as the Mexican Galápagos for its abundance of marine life, from dolphins to manta rays. And the Espiritu Santo Island Circumnavigation trip offers a chance to sea kayak, snorkel, and camp on the island's sparkling beaches. Go in fall and you'll avoid summer's heat and winter's strong winds; it's also a time when the Baja desert is blooming and the water is warm and clear -- just right for snorkeling. Between excursions you'll hike through canyons and boulder up arroyos, surrounded by cacti, hanging fig trees, and Baja "lace" -- where pink volcanic ash drips from the cliffs. At Los Islotes, a sea lion rookery, travelers get to swim alongside the local inhabitants.
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Cost: $1,150 double occupancy, eight days.
Scaling the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
The colorful slopes of the Great Smokies provide a great setting for a hut-to-hut trek. You hike between 8 and 12 miles a day, ascending between 1,500 and 2,000 feet while learning about backpacking skills, edible plants, and the rainforest ecosystem. Starting in Gatlinburg, you follow the Appalachian Trail up Clingmans Dome, then ridge-walk through hardwood forests and rocky balds (treeless mountaintops) en route to Derrick Knob. A series of steep hills and descents leads to the three peaks of Thunderhead Mountain. The last leg brings you to a shelter in a mountain meadow.
Cost: $625 per person for REI members, $670 non-members ($20 buys you a lifetime membership), four days.
Biking South Dakota's Black Hills
Operator: Austin-Lehman Adventures
The Great Plains are all about big skies and bison. And on this trip you'll experience both. You'll cycle south from Rapid City across the Mickelson Trail's converted railroad bed, explore Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse monument, then head to Custer State Park, where the towering granite spires and grasslands are a refuge for 1,500 bison. The fall frequently brings wonderful Indian summer weather, plus it's breeding season, so you can expect to see some very active wildlife. After some time unwinding at the State Game Lodge, you bike into ranch country, stopping to explore Wind Cave National Park's labyrinthine underground mazes or get a massage at the Red Rock River Resort & Spa.
Cost: $1,998 double occupancy, six days.
Communing with marine life in Florida
Operator: Sierra Club
Your base for the "Sea Kayak and Snorkel the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas" trip is, fittingly, an island beach house in the Gulf of Mexico. Kayak through mangrove tunnels in a bird-filled park, visit Key West for Fantasy Fest (a Halloween festival that rivals Mardi Gras), and snorkel among orange and yellow coral, purple sea fans, and parrot fish. You'll also visit Dry Tortugas National Park, a cluster of coral reef islands and sand banks 60 miles west of Key West. Best of all, the fall departure comes at the tail end of hurricane season, when the weather's cooler and the crowds are gone.
Cost: $1,795 per person, seven days.
Going Deep into Death Valley, California
Operator: Backroads
Hike and bike in the driest, lowest, and hottest place in North America. In October, the blazing summer heat has subsided, but daytime highs still hover between 80 and 90 degrees. You'll set up at the Furnace Creek Inn, a Mission Revival-style hotel between the Funeral Mountains and the desert salt pan that has a spring-fed swimming pool, horse stables, and golf. From there, geology expert Mike Flaherty leads bikers into the surreal valley, past the haystack-like arrow weed of Devil's Cornfield and into the dunes, stopping at freshwater springs. You'll also hike Zabriskie Point, overlooking the Panamint Range and a golden maze of rock formations, and visit Badwater, which at 282 feet below sea level is the lowest elevation in the U.S.
Cost: $1,898 double occupancy, four days.
Following the Lighthouse Route in Nova Scotia
Operator: Freewheeling Adventures
This trip takes bicyclists along Nova Scotia's south shore, starting on the Aspotogan Peninsula. You'll stop at Mahone Bay, with its steeples and colorful houses, and Lunenberg, a British colonial settlement and fishing/shipbuilding hub that's now a UNESCO heritage site. You're often riding between the water and the woods, with great views of the ocean and colorful trees. Each day you visit a lighthouse, ending up at country inns every night.
Cost: $1,795 double occupancy, six days.
Climbing in the Gila Wilderness region of New Mexico
Operator: Big Wild Adventures
Autumn brings crisp, sunny weather to the thickly forested high country of the Gila Wilderness. And you'll appreciate the cool breezes, as this is a strenuous trip: while you don't scale peaks every day, you consistently maintain an altitude of 7,500 to 10,000 feet. Along the way you see massive oaks and aspens amid the towering evergreens of pine, spruce, and Douglas fir. You'll keep an eye out for elk, wild turkey, and Mexican gray wolves among the mountain streams and plunging rocky canyons, spending nights curled up in top-quality lightweight tents.
Cost: $1,800 per person ($200 discount if you bring your own gear), seven days.
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Economic Development
The Stephens County Development Authority is the primary point of contact for economic development projects.
The SCDA is responsible for the recruitment of new businesses including industrial, manufacturing, distribution, corporate and regional headquarters and customer service centers. It also provides support and assistance with all other types of economic development projects.
The SCDA also works with existing businesses and industries to ensure their continued success. While recruitment of new industry is a significant function, aiding in existing industry expansion and retention is just as significant. About 80 percent of all new jobs in Georgia come as a result of existing industry expansion.
Since 2005, 17 industries have located or expanded in Stephens County, creating more than 900 new jobs and adding over $63 million in new private investment in the community. These companies have constructed or occupied facilities totaling over 916,000 sq.ft., on almost 150 acres of newly developed or redeveloped land.
Stephens County has worked hard since the establishment of the Development Authority in 1965 to develop its reputation as a business-friendly community. The county offers a well-educated and skilled labor force, comprehensive job training, affordable utilities and easy access from to major highways.
The county has three industrial parks with more than 60 manufacturing plants and is served by 11 banking offices. Toccoa is located 14 miles from Interstate I-85 and three miles from Hwy. 365/441 between Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC. The area is also served by two railroads.
The Stephens County Development Authority web site is maintained separately and independently from Stephens County. The web site contains information about assistance and incentives, available industrial and retail sites, community statistics and other valuable information.

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Process industries like food and beverage, pulp and paper, metals and petrochemical are reaping the benefits of predictive maintenance. SKF in Latin America has several successful, long-running reliability service contracts with large size industry players.
Mastellone Hermanos is Argentina's largest dairy, producing 7 million litres of milk daily. SKF has had an Integrated Maintenance Solutions contract in place since 2001, providing services and solutions from all SKF platforms. An SKF engineering team based at the dairy's head plant just outside Buenos Aires performs predictive maintenance and root cause machine failure analysis. A customized maintenance plan, in combination with SKF products like Food Line Y-bearings, centralized lubrication systems , sealing and linear motion solutions, has cut costs and increased plant performance.
Knowledge engineer Axel Gorza and team provide insight into SKF reliability services and what makes it such a success.
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Patriot War of 1837
The Canadian Rebellion
Our research on the Patriot War, though devoted mainly to the part Northern New York played, will include History of the Hunters Lodges, Battle at Windmill, Van Diemans Land, Trial at Kingston, resources, links, and family histories, and the French Canadian participants and their family histories.
There are two main events in the Patriot War as it relates to Northern New York. The first was the burning of the British steamer Sir Robert Peel in the Thousand Island region by "Bill" Johnston in the spring of 1838.
The second was the expedition which culminated in the tragic Battle of the Windmill, which sent a number of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence County men to their death, and others to exile in the penal colony of Great Britain, the dreaded Van Diemans Land, now called Tasmania.
There is no more fascinating or romantic chapter in the history of Northern New York than the Patriots' War. Though properly a part of the history of Canada, the United States, particularly Northern New York, played an active part in it. One of the most interesting features of the Patriot War relative to Northern New York was the formation of what was known as Hunter's Lodges.
The Lodges extended from Montreal on the east to the Detroit River on the west. As many as a hundred thousand men where members of the Secret Order of Hunters Lodges. Practically every village in the North Country had a lodge, composed of those who were in sympathy with the struggles that the Canadians were making for their liberty.
They were willing to risk their lives and fortunes that Canada might become independent of Great Britain, and to quote from the preamble of the Declaration of Independence, "To assume that separate and equal station which the laws of Nature and Nature's God entitles them."
The rebellion was insignificant from a military point of view, but it was a tremendous political upheaval and it resulted in a much larger measure of self-government being granted by the Crown to Canada.
The following articles were extracted in part from the L. N. Fuller articles published by the Watertown Daily Times in 1923. We graciously thank the Watertown Daily Times for granting NNY Genealogy exclusive permission to post Patriot War information from their archives on the internet.
|The Conflict
|The Patriots
|Participant List
|Aaron Dresser
|John W. Little
|The Rebellion
|Nelson Truax
|Burning of the Steamer Caroline
|Towns and The Hunter Lodges
|The Hunters' Lodges
|The Canadian Invasion
|The Invasion Fails
|The Way Home
Permission granted by Mr. J. B. Johnson Jr.
Editor of the Watertown Daily Times, Watertown NY
Exclusive use of the information as presented in the
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Get an overview of this hotelFun-packed resort with 7 pools and a private beach
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With a stay at Iberostar Selection Cancun All Inclusive in Cancun (Zona Hotelera), you'll be a 4-minute walk from Delfines Beach and 11 minutes by foot from El Rey Ruins.
This 5-star property is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Maya Cancun Museum and 1.8 mi (2.8 km) from Aquaworld.
Make yourself at home in one of the 426 air-conditioned rooms featuring MP3 docking stations and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and free minibar items, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. When the sun is out, a round of golf or a day at the private beach are two great options for taking advantage of the fine weather. Additional amenities at this property include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
This property is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.
Enjoy Mexican cuisine at El Maguey Restaurant, one of the property's 5 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/café. Relax with a refreshing drink at the beach bar, the poolside bar, or one of 5 bars/lounges. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Cancun? This property has facilities measuring 108996 square feet (10126 square meters), including conference space. Free self parking is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Iberostar Selection Cancun All Inclusive
Resort Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
This property is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
- 24-hour room service
- In-room minibar (all beverages included)
Activities and facilities/equipment
All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.
Land activities
- Fitness facilities
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Dancing
- Water fitness
Kids' club
- Supervised activities for children between 4 and 12 years old
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Onsite live performances
Not included
- Golf green fees
- Use of golf cart
- Use of golf equipment
- Scuba-diving certification
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Surcharge for bottled wine
- Surcharge for bottled liquor
- Childcare
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Taxes included
- 24-hour room service
- Buffet and à la carte dining
- Fitness facilities included
- Water fitness classes/lessons included
- Tennis included
- Laundry/dry cleaning services not included
- Soccer (football) included
- Childcare not included
- Scuba diving excursions not included
- Scuba diving certification not included
- All available beverages included
- Golf green fees not included
- Use of golf equipment not included
- Use of golf cart not included
- Spa/beauty facilities and services not included
- Dancing classes/lessons included
- Onsite entertainment and activities included
- Gratuities included
- All food and beverages included
- Food and beverage restrictions apply
- Surcharge for bottled wine
- Surcharge for bottled liquor
- Minibar (all beverages included)
- All onsite activities, and facilities and equipment included
- Onsite live performances included
Resort Amenities
Iberostar Cancun All Inclusive is an all-inclusive resort. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Step outside to unwind on the white sand beach. Enjoy the umbrellas and sun loungers for a relaxing day at the beach. Summer fun is a breeze at Iberostar Cancun All Inclusive, where you can play a round of golf at the golf course and cool off in one of the 7 outdoor swimming pools.
Dining is available at one of the resort's 5 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a beach bar and a poolside bar. High-speed wireless Internet access is available. This all-inclusive resort also offers a water park, a children's club, and a fitness center. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Beach bar
- Water park
- Number of outdoor pools - 7
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 5
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Beach umbrellas
- Poolside bar
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Year Built 1992
- Coffee shop or café
- Beach sun loungers
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Conference space size (meters) - 10126
- On private beach
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- Number of restaurants - 5
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 108996
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Ballroom
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- Beach towels
- Total number of rooms - 426
- Number of floors - 9
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Wedding services
- Golf course on site
- Garden
- Tennis on site
Family Friendly Amenities
- On private beach
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Coffee/tea maker
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Air conditioning
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- In-room safe
- Cable TV service
- MP3 docking station
Where to Eat
El Maguey Restaurant - This beachfront buffet restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine.
El Laguito - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
La Horma - This fine-dining restaurant serves dinner only.
La Parrilla - This steakhouse serves dinner only.
Naga Hibachi - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves dinner only.
The Iberostar Cancún Hotel offers an exciting leisure and entertainment program designed for the entire family. Children will stay busy and having fun all day long with activities in special areas designated just for them. When night falls, adults can kick back in the hotel's bars or watch live shows performed in the Telón Theater.
Live Shows including dancing, comedy, and endless music. These are just a few of the entertainment options guests will come across every night at the Iberostar Cancún Telón Theater. No matter what you choose, our top Cancún hotel offers the best entertainment offerings for rounding out a day during your marvelous stay at our resort.
Just for Kids: Lucy's Kids Club with spectacular water park as well as the many daily activities organized by the hotel's professional staff.
Nearby Things to Do
A private beach, a golf course, and a water park are featured at the resort. 7 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Playground on site
- Golfing on site
- Fitness classes on site
- Beach volleyball on site
Spa Services
- Spa tub in spa
- Number of treatment rooms 8
- Massages on beach
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Resort Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 6:30 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 25 years old.
- Sanitation services: MXN 25.34 per stay
Resort Name
- All Inclusive Iberostar
- All Inclusive Iberostar Cancun
- Cancun All Inclusive Iberostar
- Cancun Iberostar
- Cancun Iberostar All Inclusive
- Iberostar All Inclusive Cancun
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- Hilton Cancun Resort
- Hilton Golf Spa Resort Cancun
- Iberostar Cancun Hotel Cancun
- Iberostar Cancun All Inclusive All-inclusive property
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We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Dnd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 74 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Another 71
Another71.com is a blog that caters to CPA Exam Review students. We have built a destination for CPA student leading up to and during the journey through the CPA Exam.
The blog was started by a former CPA student who struggled to pass the exam. The name Another 71 refers the the 'failing' grade of 71 that the blog owner face more times than he liked and which forced him to retake different parts of the exam a few times.
CPA students new and old. The market ranges in age from 22 - 32. They are internet savvy folks searching online for assistance/guidance with the CPA Exam.
The concept is the the '71' is supposed to be indicative of the written grade we would see on exams back in elementary, middle, high school and or college.
We do not feel we have 'right' font for the 71 as is stands right now.
A clean more web 2.0 vibe for the logo overall would be cool. We'd like to stick with a blue for the 71 but are not necessarily married to that. However, we do not want red.
The .com does not have to be included in the design feel free to go with our with out. Same goes for the tag line 'The CPA Exam Blog'
Please do not let the current design of the website play into or influence your design we plan on redesigning the whole site using the new logo as a jumping off point.
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Politics and Law-Related News / Re: POTUS« on: January 28, 2016, 08:00:02 PM »
So, did anyone watch the Republican debate?
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As far as textbooks, it's fairly common for professors to require you to buy their own book especially if it's an upper level class on some sort of specific topic like International Law or California Mediation and Arbitration, etc. I think it's less common for the first year classes, where pretty much everybody is just going to use Prosser on Torts for example.I had Epstein, but I'd agree as far as the rest, if the professor actually wrote the book.


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The overall objective of IUCN in South-Eastern Europe is to work towards the long-term protection of biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources. Advocating for nature-based solutions to development challenges and encouraging cross-border cooperation, IUCN will strive to shape a sustainable future for the people and nature in the region.
A IUCN Strategic Plan for South-Eastern Europe, called "Shaping a Sustainable Future", defines six mid-term Strategic Directions for IUCN by 2020 and programme priorities for the period of 2013-2016. The following are the main directions of IUCN's work:
- Protected areas;
- Species conservation;
- Sustainable ecosystem management;
- Policy influencing;
- Capacity development;
- Strengthening the Union.
"The strategic plan is a milestone event in the history of IUCN in South-Eastern Europe which sets new guiding principles for the work of the Union in the region. The strategy is a result of a thorough consultation between IUCN Members, Commissions, the IUCN Secretariat and partners, a process we are all proud of," says Boris Erg, Director of IUCN Programme Office for South Eastern Europe. "This is our joint strategy and its implementation requires a coordinated work. We do hope that we will be able to report some progress in SEE in the years to come."
In order to achieve these goals, IUCN will work across all of its components, which include the IUCN Secretariat, IUCN Members and Commissions, a broad network of partners and stakeholders, spanning governments, research centres, NGOs, local authorities and communities. The IUCN Secretariat will have a central role in coordinating the process but it cannot deliver the strategy alone, nor could its' Members or Commission without cooperating between each other.


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Inheritance money can be an unexpected windfall for the survivors that can change their lives. Unfortunately, the change may not always be for the best.
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Most consumers are not prepared for what a sudden increase in wealth can bring. A study conducted by Ohio State's Center for Human Resource Research for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that adults who receive an inheritance save only about half of it, while spending, donating, or losing the rest.
So how, when, and what do parents teach their children about the wealth that will prevent them from squandering future money? In our society, where consumer messages about spending far outweigh messages about saving or donating, it is never too early to talk with children about the value of money, especially if parents have plans to leave an inheritance behind.
Outlined below are financial strategies and tips to pass from one generation to the next:
Determine 'Financial Personality' Early
Research shows every person has a money temperament and is inherently a spender, saver, or giver. Discussing money values with your children will help them determine their own financial personality and implement goals over time that work best with these "traits."
For spenders, it's important to set up concrete goals regarding saving levels. However, the goals initially may need to be more short-term in nature, so the "spender" gets some satisfaction of purchasing items as opposed to a person who is inherently a saver.
On the other end of the spectrum, savers don't typically need instant gratification of a purchase. They get more comfort seeing their account values grow. With this in mind, long-term goals should be created that allow the saver to increase funds, while realizing it's also acceptable to spend at times.
Help Create Goals and Allow Mistakes
To help children value money, they need to be responsible for making financial decisions, without judgment. Many experts recommend setting specific goals for the child and using funds from an allowance, birthday, or holiday gift, etc. Goals should include saving a portion of an allowance or gift money, giving a piece to charity, and having the freedom to spend the remainder.
Mistakes will occur (not enough money left to spend, not enough put in the saving "bucket" etc.) and as a part of the learning process that should be expected. Children need to practice appropriate financial decision-making and learn about the responsibility of making wise monetary choices. The goal is to instill positive money habits early, rather than trying to change bad habits when someone is in their 20s or 30s.
Let Children In on Family Financing Plans
As children get older, their financial responsibilities should grow: give them a budget to purchase school clothes, help plan a family vacation, or be in charge of adopting a family for the holidays and organizing gifts to be purchased. By allocating such responsibility to the child or teen, they will learn the importance of budgeting and how to properly use funds for a variety of different reasons.
Regular age-appropriate discussions should occur regarding how much income the family has in addition to family savings and giving objectives.
It is important for parents to set the stage for open discussions about money, and not allow their children's habits to be influenced by media, friends, or other people whose financial values may differ from their own. By introducing strong money habits at an early age, parents can teach strategic lessons to children so that when they pass down an inheritance, their children can utilize the funds to secure their own financial future.
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Photo ID Sounds Like A Good Idea – Is It?
Requiring voters to present a photo ID at the polls sounds like a good idea – but it is everything we hate about government: a complex and expensive nonsolution to a problem that doesn't exist. Additionally the push for photo ID will incentivize the adoption of REAL ID, something many states are fighting against.
To implement such a law would cost millions each year, would likely disenfranchise at least half a million voters, a minimum of 8% of all voters. In particular this would impact women, the elderly and minorities – and would not prevent fraud that it is designed to stop.
Disenfranchising half a million people or more: According to a check of the DMV database to registered voters, at least 500,000 registered active voters do not have a state issued photo ID or drivers license. [1] There are a few hundred thousand more that we aren't sure of. If you mandate photo ID, by law you will have to provide that ID FREE to those who cannot afford it.
Currently the NC DMV pays a vendor $5.00 per photo ID to produce it. Additionally, the DMV makes a $5.00 profit which is used to fund the DMV. Will the DMV have to give up that profit? Other costs include hiring additional staff for DMV, providing transportation to the DMV for those needing ID, staffing for election offices, and extra staffing at polling places. So the cost could be at least $5,000,000 to provide those "free" IDs, not including cost for new voters who need them.
Price Tag? With all costs considered, the price tag could be $18 million or more. The Institute for Southern Studies advises that: "Our analysis found that, using a conservative estimate, a voter ID bill would cost North Carolina taxpayers at least $18 million and up to $25 million over the next three years." [2] Then there is the direct cost to voters. People without photo ID will need to take time away from work, often when they can't afford to, obtain transportation or assistance in getting to the DMV, and may have to purchase replacement documents to use to get that state issued ID.
Is it Constitutional?
State challenges: Is Photo ID vulnerable to legal challenges based on the state constitution? Former state Supreme Court justice Bob Orr, conservative – has pointed out that: " The General Assembly does not have the authority to add "qualifications" for voting, absent a constitutional amendment." [3]
Federal challenges:
Iii Of Cambridge Structures The Societal part Handbook Consumer The Brennan Center for Justice cites three basic principles that must be satisfied to avoid a constitutional challenge of any photo ID law [4]:
First, photo IDs sufficient for voting must be available free for all those who do not have them. States cannot limit free IDs to those who swear they are indigent. North Carolina would need to pay the costs of obtaining the supporting documents necessary to obtain photo IDs.
Second, photo IDs must be readily accessible to all voters, without undue burden. To make ID easily accessible, our state might have to expand the number of ID-issuing offices and extend their operating hours.
Third, states must undertake substantial voter outreach and public education efforts to ensure that voters are apprised of the law's requirements and the procedures for obtaining the IDs they will need to vote.
No Verification System for the Photo ID: In my correspondence with the sponsor of the Photo ID bill, Rep David Lewis (R-Harnett we learned that there is no validation process in place in the bill. Per Kara A. McCraw, staff attorney and legislative analyst for the General Assembly's Research Division:
"The bill does not address the issue of 'fake' IDs, specify a verification process by the election official, or require other agencies to share databases for verification of IDs. …the bill does not include a system or funding for verification of the IDs, and as a result the remaining questions (computer system for ID verification, electronic pollbooks , cost of such a system, security, etc.) are not addressed in the bill." [5]
To the layperson, this means that: there are no provisions, mechanisms or funding in place to make it possible to validate a photo ID. Someone determined to impersonate another voter would be able to get a superb photo ID kit on Ebay or amazon quite cheaply. [6]Structures Cambridge Societal Consumer part Handbook Of Iii The Ask a college kid!
Photo ID as a Trojan Horse for REAL ID: Photo IDs are easy to fake, lack standardization, are hard to verify. That is why back in 2005, a bi partisan commission recommended the implementation of REAL ID [7]
Voting Reform Is in the Cards
By JIMMY CARTER and JAMES A. BAKER III
Published: September 23, 2005
…Our concern was that the differing requirements from state-to-state could be a source of discrimination, and so we recommended a standard for the entire country, the Real ID card, the standardized driver's licenses mandated by federal law last May. With that law, a driver's license can double as a voting card. All but three of our 21 commission members accepted the proposal, in part because the choice was no longer whether to have voter ID's, but rather what kind of ID's voters should have.
Opposition to REAL ID or National ID: Learn about security, privacy, cost and identity theft issues associated with the REAL ID act at the website REAL Nightmare.org [8] The Electronic Privacy Information Center has called for the repeal of this ill-conceived national identification law. [9]
What about those "dead" voters? Susan Myrick at Civitas Review blogged that "110 Year Olds Vote Strong in NC" Weed Id Pond The Watermeal Guy Guide UqYzFUWn1 Is that true? NO.
From email correspondence with the NC State Board of Elections:
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Subject: RE: Civitas writes that 2,214 "110 year olds" voted in NC
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 14:17:24 -0400
From: Wright, Don
To: Joyce McCloy
When a county does not have a birth date for a voter, they use a default date for that voters birth date and most counties use 1/1/1900. If these voters show up to vote, the pollworkers inquire as to their correct birth date and that information is added. Over the past few years, we have reduced the number of default birth date voters. And after this election the number of default birth date voters will be reduced even further.
There were millions of voters transferred from the county paper VR records to the Statewide VR database around 2000. Some of the county's older VR data did not have the voter's birth date and it was not required at the time that voter registered. Since that time, we have be able to reduce the number of such voters down to a little over two thousand.
Don Wright
General Counsel
NC State Board of Elections
We already have protections in place to protect voting: North Carolina requires registered voters give a name and address to a poll worker to confirm they are on the books. Only first-time voters who didn't have a valid ID when they registered must show a current photo ID or an identifying document like a utility bill or bank statement. Voter impersonation is felony.
Here is what someone who wants to impersonate a registered voter at the polls would have to go through for one vote:
• Travel to the proper polling place for a particular voter whose name and address is memorized
• Accurately forge the voter's signature
• Potentially have to provide other information about the voter (utility bill, last four digits of her Social Security number)
• Make sure that voter has not already voted absentee or requested an absentee ballot
• Know that the voter has not moved and re-registered at her new location or hasn't been removed from the rolls for another reason
• Know that the voter has not already voted that day and does not plan to vote before the polls close
• Wait in line to cast a ballot in that voter's name
• Risk detection from a poll worker who may know the registered voter
• Face fines and jail time [11]
Absentee vote by mail would be a more efficient and less risky way to commit election fraud.
Joyce McCloy, Director, NC Coalition for Verified Voting
[1] March 14, 2011 by Rob Schofield Who doesn't have photo ID?
[2] FACING SOUTH – Online Magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies
Institute challenges NC lawmakers on cost of voter ID bill
[3] MAR 15, 2011: Justice Orr on the Voter ID requirement of HB351:
[4]The Cost of Voter ID Laws:
What the Courts Say
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[5] Is that ID on the up and up?
April 19, 2011 Doug Clark, Editor Greensboro News and Record
[6] Group that promotes photo ID also complains that North Carolina has a problem with fake ids.
Fake ID's Grow in NC
November 30th, 2009 Written by Jeff Mixon
[7] Voting Reform Is in the Cards
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Who doesn't have photo ID?
Post on March 14, 2011 by Rob Schofield
The State Board of Elections matched its database of 6.1 million registered voters with records at the Division of Motor Vehicles and found that 1 million voters did not have a NC driver's license or identification card with matching name and address – a current, valid NC photo ID.
MAR 15, 2011: Justice Orr on the Voter ID requirement of HB351: An Act to Restore Confidence in Government.
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Article I: Sec. 10. Free elections.
All elections shall be free.
Sec. 11. Property qualifications.
As political rights and privileges are not dependent upon or modified by property, no property qualification shall affect the right to vote or hold office.
Article VI, Section 1 of the North Carolina Constitution: "Every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized, 18 years of age, and possessing the qualifications set out in this Article, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE at any election by the people of the State, except as herein otherwise provided."
Article VI goes on to establish the "herein otherwise provided," outlining that those who are citizens, those who've lived in their precinct for at least 30 days, and those who are not felons may register to vote and are eligible to vote.
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§ 163‑166.12. Requirements for certain voters who register by mail.
(a) Voting in Person. – An individual who has registered to vote by mail on or after January 1, 2003, and has not previously voted in an election that includes a ballot item for federal office in North Carolina, shall present to a local election official at a voting place before voting there one of the following:
(1) A current and valid photo identification.
(2) A copy of one of the following documents that shows the name and address of the voter: a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document.
(b) Voting Mail‑In Absentee. – An individual who has registered to vote by mail on or after January 1, 2003, and has not previously voted in an election that includes a ballot item for federal office in North Carolina, in order to cast a mail‑in absentee vote, shall submit with the mailed‑in absentee ballot one of the following:
(1) A copy of a current and valid photo identification.
(2) A copy of one of the following documents that shows the name and address of the voter: a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document.
(b1) The county board of elections shall note the type of identification proof submitted by the voter under the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section and may dispose of the tendered copy of identification proof as soon as the type of proof is noted in the voter registration records.
Is that ID on the up and up?
Doug Clark, Editor Greensboro News and Record April 19, 2011
Kara A. McCraw, staff attorney and legislative analyst for the General Assembly's Research Division:
"The bill does not address the issue of 'fake' IDs, specify a verification process by the election official, or require other agencies to share databases for verification of IDs. …the bill does not include a system or funding for verification of the IDs, and as a result the remaining questions (computer system for ID verification, electronic pollbooks , cost of such a system, security, etc.) are not addressed in the bill."
Group that promotes photo ID also complains that North Carolina has a problem with fake ids.
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Photo ID's downsides for voting
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Requiring someone of limited means to purchase a photo ID card just to vote may have the effect of discouraging that person from even bothering to vote. Partisans bent only on their own party's victory may see nothing wrong with that; people concerned about the greater cause of democracy do.
Voters are required to register. They must state their name and address at the polling place and sign a pledge that they are who they say they are. There are laws on the books to deal with people who intentionally break election laws. Let's use them and, if necessary, toughen them.
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Former Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has died from cancer. He was 68.
"For ten years, Jim Johnson was an exceptional coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, but more importantly, he was an outstanding human being," Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. "As an integral part of the Eagles family, Jim epitomized the traits of what a great coach should be – a teacher, a leader, and a winner. He positively touched the lives of so many people in and out of the Eagles organization. It was easy to feel close to him. Our hearts go out to his wife, Vicky and his wonderful family. We will miss him greatly."
Johnson, who overcame melanoma in 2001, experienced back problems late last season and went for tests that revealed the metastasized tumor on his spine, just after the Birds' second-round playoff victory at the Giants. The MRI results were confirmed just after the 32-25 loss to Arizona in the NFC Championship Game. The Eagles announced Johnson had cancer during Super Bowl week.
Johnson returned for some of the Eagles' spring minicamps and was riding a motorized scooter on the practice field.
The Eagles announced May 18 that Johnson would take a leave of absence and did not announce a return date. The team named Sean McDermott the defensive coordinator on Saturday.
At an evening news conference at Lehigh, Eagles coach Andy Reid and team president Joe Banner addressed the media.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Vicky and both his son and daughter and grandkids," Reid said. "The whole Eagle/Andy Reid regime that has taken place would not have been possible without Jim. I think we all realize that. I think the players understand that ... [He has] the ultimate respect you will find throughout the league. I'm not sure that there is a person that I've met, surely not anybody that has communicated today, is not a Jim Johnson fan. He represented everything this city is about, his toughness and grit. At this time, it's important that we do think of the good times that Jim brought us."
Said Banner: "It's been an amazing run with Jim. He's been a great friend and partner. His legacy is the words from the people that know him best. they know what a special guy he was ... Really an amazing man."
Reid said he and Banner visited Johnson on Monday night, although Johnson could not communicate. He said he and Johnson last talked over the weekend and that Johnson had the "starting date for training camp on his mind."
Here is a statement from the Eagles:
The Philadelphia Eagles are saddened to announce Jim Johnson has passed away this afternoon at the age of 68 after a courageous battle with cancer.
A veteran of 22 years as an NFL assistant, Johnson is regarded as one of the top defensive masterminds in National Football League history. Over the last decade, he gained a great deal of notoriety as the orchestrator of the renowned Eagles defense. His aggressive style kept Philadelphia at or near the top of the NFL in nearly every major defensive category since joining Andy Reid's staff on January 22, 1999.
From 2000-08, Johnson's units ranked 2nd in the NFL in sacks (390), 3rd down efficiency (34.0%) and red zone touchdown percentage (43.9%), and fourth in fewest points allowed (17.7 per game). During his 10-year tenure in Philadelphia, the Eagles earned seven playoff berths, five trips to the NFC Championship game and one Super Bowl appearance (following the 2004 season).
As the Eagles defensive chief, Johnson's defense has produced 26 Pro Bowl selections: Brian Dawkins (7), Troy Vincent (5), Jeremiah Trotter (4), Hugh Douglas (3), Lito Sheppard (2), Asante Samuel (1), Trent Cole (1), Michael Lewis (1), Corey Simon (1), and Bobby Taylor (1).
Four of his defensive assistants have gone on to successful careers with other NFL franchises: Steve Spagnuolo (head coach of the St. Louis Rams), John Harbaugh (head coach of the Baltimore Ravens), Ron Rivera (defensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers) and Leslie Frazier (defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings).
Prior to his tenure in Philadelphia, Johnson served as the linebackers coach with Seattle in 1998. That year, Johnson helped the Seahawks register 10 touchdowns on defense, including eight interceptions returned for scores, 2nd most in NFL history. He arrived in Seattle after a four-year stint in Indianapolis, the last two as defensive coordinator. While with the Colts, Johnson helped them secure a berth in the AFC Championship game at Pittsburgh in 1995.
Johnson spent eight seasons with the Arizona Cardinals (1986-93). After overseeing the Cards defensive line for four seasons, Johnson excelled as their secondary coach, helping Aeneas Williams become the first rookie cornerback to lead the league in interceptions (6) since 1981.
Johnson began his coaching career as head coach at Missouri Southern (1967-68), before serving four-year tenures at Drake and Indiana. From 1977-83, Johnson served as defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Notre Dame, a stint that included a national championship in 1977.
An all-conference quarterback himself at Missouri (where he played in the same backfield with long-time NFL executive Bill Tobin), Johnson went on to spend two seasons with Buffalo as a tight end (1963-64).
A native of Maywood, IL, Johnson (born 5/26/41) earned a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in physical education from Missouri.
Johnson is survived by his wife, Vicky, two children, Scott and Michelle, and four grandchildren, Katie, Justin, Brandon, and Jax.
Reaction from around the league is beginning to land:
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh: "I loved Jim Johnson. This is a sad day for so many people who were touched by this great man. Ingrid and I, the Harbaugh family, and the Ravens have Jim's wife, Vicky, and the Johnson family in our thoughts and prayers. Jim was a tremendous teacher of football and life. He had a special ability to bring out the best in people while getting you to see the best in yourself. He saw potential and developed it. He made me believe I could coach at this level. In football, he was a pioneering and brilliant strategist, changing the way defense is played in the NFL. For me, he was a father-type mentor, and above all, a cherished friend. He belongs in the Hall of Fame. I will miss him so much."
Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin: "It is a sad, very sad, day. I talked recently to (Eagles video director) Mike Dougherty and asked him to let Jim know that I was thinking about him, and I had dropped Jim a note to let him know as well. Forget about what kind of coach he was…he was an excellent, excellent defensive coach, and he trained others to be the same. We know what Steve Spagnuolo meant to us. We had great respect for Jim, and he had great respect for us. I didn't know Jim personally, but we would always talk to each other, mostly about the NFC East and what a great, competitive division it is. It was a respectful critique about what great players, coaches and organizations there are within the division. In talking with people who worked with Jim, you sense what a class act Jim was. He was great to work with and for, and he had his priorities in order. His players loved to play for him and his coaches loved to coach with him. It is a sad day for the National Football League to lose somebody the quality of Jim Johnson. It is a sad note on which to start the season. He coached right up to the very end."
Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo: "My wife Maria and I are deeply saddened to hear of Jim's passing. He was a dear friend and a special person. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his wife Vicki and their family. Jim meant the world to me, both personally and professionally. I am very blessed to have had the privilege to work for him and with him. The NFL has lost a good man."


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Tuesday night's show included a memorial announcement and standing ovations in memory of Sarah Guillot-Guyard, who died during a June 30 performance.
LAS VEGAS -- The Cirque du Soleil show Ka has reopened on the Las Vegas Strip 17 days after an acrobat fell to her death during its closing scene.
The Tuesday night show was marked by a memorial announcement and standing ovations in memory of 31-year-old Sarah Guillot-Guyard.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the audience was on its feet at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino before the start of the show dedicated "to the loving memory of an exceptional artist."
"Her passion will guide us in a common dream, the pursuit of a better world," an announcer told the crowd.
Producers suspended the production after Guillot-Guyard died June 30 in a 90-foot fall during the show's climactic battle scene.
Guillot-Guyard had been with the original cast of Ka since 2006. The aerial performer was a French citizen and mother of two who lived in Las Vegas and also ran a training program for kids called Cirquefit.
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Cirque has cut the climactic scene that resulted in the death and replaced it with a "dressing-ritual" scene that it says maintains the story line of the production and its 90-minute length.
"It was already an existing act that had been used previously when there was technical difficulty," Cirque du Soleil spokeswoman Renee-Claude Menard told the Review-Journal.
Ka is expected to return to its regular schedule of two shows a night by July 23.
Coroner's officials said Guillot-Guyard's death by blunt force trauma was an accident. She still was in her harness when she fell. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation that could take six months.
Horrified audience members who witnessed the fall initially thought it was part of the show and only realized something had gone wrong when they heard the cries of performers.


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"......they are already coming on the market with 716m in debt and they just issued another 775m, with the proceeds to go to Ralcorp. Am i reading this correctly that this means 716m old debt + 775m new debt =1.5billion in total debt?? With no cash?? This kind of debt dwarfs the 100+m free cash they are generating as it will take them more than a decade to pay off their debt and its not like they are a high-growth company.....
Although the cash flows look ok, their revenues are decreasing from 2009, 2010 and 2011. As much as i love their cereals, something else is catching peoples breakfast attention....."
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All the information that you need can actually be found in the Post fillings prior to the spin-off. In case you dont have the time to look through, below is an extract where they mentioned about the debt issuance:
"As part of the separation, we expect to incur approximately $950 million of new indebtedness, which we expect to consist of $175 million aggregate principal amount of borrowings under a senior secured term loan facility and $775 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes. We will not receive any proceeds from the senior notes, which we expect to initially issue to Ralcorp in connection with the separation. We expect that approximately $125 million of the proceeds from the term loan facilities will be transferred to Ralcorp in connection with the separation and to directly or indirectly acquire the assets of the Canadian operations of the Post cereals business. Of the remaining $50 million in proceeds, we expect to retain approximately $25 million after payment of fees and expenses relating to the financing transactions."
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For your concern on their decreasing revenue, bear in mind that all other cereal makers are also affected due to the weak economy. Furthermore, we believe it is over exaggerated as their market share only drops from 12% to 11% from 2009 to 2011 and this is due to their decreased spending in marketing and higher pricing of their cereals.
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Have you forgotten that Lady Antebellum's new album, 'Own the Night,' is scheduled to come out next week?
Yeah, we didn't think so. But just in case you had — or you were looking for a couple more sneak peeks at one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year — the band has posted two more clips of songs from the album.
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Before the start of Sunday's games, there was a report that Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman was "likely" to request a trade this season because his working relationship with Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano was "beyond repair."
Freeman was asked about that report after Tampa's season took another step in the wrong direction Sunday when the Saints followed the Jets' lead and kicked a game-winning field goal in the final seconds. Freeman said he had first heard about it 10 seconds before stepping up to the podium, that it wasn't accurate and that he knew of no one in his camp who would have said otherwise.
"If its going behind the scenes I need a new camp. I'm focused on being a Buccaneer," Freeman said, via Pewter Report.
Freeman also said that no off-field issues concerning the team or his expiring contract were affecting him on the field. He was 9-of-22 for 125 yards on Sunday with an interception and a lost fumble contributed to the litany of mistakes that conspired to leave Tampa without a victory this season.
Schiano said after the game that the problems with the passing game weren't all about the quarterback, pointing to himself as someone who shared in the blame, and said it was "out of left field" to ask whether Freeman would start in Week Three. If the Buccaneers don't clean things up soon, it probably won't be out of left field to ask about the future of plenty of people in Tampa.


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It's the Little League of ski racing, and he's the commissioner.
Geoff Spofford, a Westboro resident with a law practice in Worcester, is president of the Eastern Massachusetts Buddy Werner League, a recreational race program for skiers from Grade 2 through high school.
While there are other race circuits that are tougher — ranging from high school to the USSA to FIS to NCAA Division 1 — none is as fun or as inviting as Buddy Werner.
Spofford's home area is Ski Ward in Shrewsbury, where he is on the board of the Ski Ward Race Team, the Central Massachusetts entrant in the Eastern Buddy Werner League.
"One of the benefits of racing at Ski Ward and in Buddy Werner is that kids can implement things right away instead of worrying about tough terrain," he said. "It's one of the reasons we're as strong as we are."
Spofford's three daughters — Sabina, 17, Hannah, 15, and Helena, 11 — ski for the Ski Ward team. Sabina and Hannah also race for the Westboro High team, which competed Tuesday in the state high school championships at Berkshire East in Charlemont.
The Buddy Werner League, named after a three-time Olympian from Colorado who died in an avalanche in 1964, has always been a lower-pressure alternative to the more elite circuits, which are more expensive and time consuming.
The Werner league that Spofford, 49, presides over also includes teams based at Nashoba Valley in Westford, Bradford in Haverhill, and Blue Hills in Canton, all among the state's smallest ski areas. There is also a traveling team.
Unlike the more intense race programs, BW teams generally practice only one day or night a week and compete at regular races on Sunday mornings on a revolving schedule at the participating ski areas.
Also, all age-group races are at the same venue, making it possible for parents to watch children of different ages compete on the same day at the same place. In USSA club racing, events are scattered throughout the state and southern and northern New England.
The league championship is this Sunday at Bradford. More than 500 youth racers will compete.
Another key advantage of Buddy Werner is that older racers such as Cole Quitadamo of St. John's and Laura Krause, a former racer at Algonquin Regional, often stick around and serve as coaches and role models to the younger kids.
But Buddy Werner also helps develop elite racers who leave and go on to much bigger things, like Krause's brother, Nick Krause, a member of the U.S. Ski Team, and Jason Hey, a former star at Plymouth State University and son of Algonquin coach and high school racing gurus Wayne and Cora Hey.
"The kids the Ski Ward team produces are good racers," Spofford said.
Pats Peak, the lovable small but steep ski area in Henniker, N.H., less than 90 minutes from Worcester, announced on Monday a major new terrain expansion — an unusual occurrence for a lower New England area.
Operation Cascade Basin, a three-year project, will see the opening for the 2013-14 season of a new triple chair and four new mostly intermediate and novice trails and glades. A few more trails will follow in coming seasons, according to Pats Peak spokeswoman Lori Rowell.
The expansion will include upgraded snowmaking to cover the new runs.
Check out patspeak.com/cascadebasin.htm for a peek at Pats Peak's welcome plans.
Austin Manley-O'Brien, 16, a Shrewsbury native who has become a snowboard boardercross star at Carrabasset Valley Academy at Sugarloaf in Maine, conquered his hometown hill again.
On Saturday, Manley-O'Brien won two "cross" races at Ski Ward, where he grew up riding and where he won a couple of conventional snowboard races in December.
In cross, four to six riders compete at the same time, as opposed to regular slalom and giant slalom, in which racers compete solely against the clock.
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Saturday — Wachusett Mountain, Great and Good races, final events for Night League race series.
Saturday — Ski Ward, Shrewsbury, eighth annual LaCroix Cup family race and cookout.
Sunday — Nashoba Valley, Westford, USASA Rail Jam, 9 a.m.
Sunday — Wachusett Mountain, Sun Drop Big Air Bag Competition, rescheduled from Feb. 24, aerial competition for skiers and snowboarders.
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
I probably should have said ...
They often say that a blog is a diary, a catalogue of events in one's life, although arguably a diary is more interesting to other people.
I was always rubbish at keeping a diary though, and that's partly why I've failed to write about some events which I ought to have recorded.
Take the picture at the top - this was the Scotch Egg Challenge at the Ship in Wandsworth. 36 contestants, 5 judges, one winner.
Chef Mat Follas, celebrity baker Eric Lanlard, bloggers Chris Pople and David Constable and I chose the brilliant offering from the Devonshire Arms in Chiswick.
The #ScotchEggChallenge as it was known on Twitter made the Evening Standard and the Guardian. A full account of the results on the Ship's blog here.
At the start of last year, I took part in the Barbecoa Brawnoff.
Food Urchin, Paul from How not to do a Food Blog, the Grubworm and I were each given a pig's head by the butchers at Barbecoa, Jamie Oliver's steakhouse in the City and challenged to make the best brawn we could.
Read about what happened here on JamieOliver.com.
In June, I joined some kind of Asian food super-collective - I like to think of it as the culinary equivalent of Mad Season or Them Crooked Vultures...
Kidding aside, Grazing Asia is the London Foodie, Uyen from Leluu, May from Slow Food Kitchen, and me joining forces to bring you lots of fun events, pop-ups, supperclubs - the chance to cook with us and eat our food.
Grazing Asia specialises in Japanese, Vietnamese, Malaysian and of course Burmese cuisine and we launched at Fifteen, the flagship restaurant of Jamie Oliver (yes, him again), raising over £1,000 for charity in the process. Again, you can read about this on JamieOliver.com.
Today, I'll be hosting Burma by MiMi at the London Cooking Club, and I'm planning a Pork Dinner and a Noodle-shack over the next few months.
To learn about upcoming events from all of us, you can join the Grazing Asia mailing list here.
I went to Japan. I had the best meal of my life there, as well as others worthy of mention.
And I will mention them properly later, I promise.
MasterChef the Professionals 2011 came and went - somewhere in the offices of Shine and Haymarket, a sobbing noise could be heard as they realised BBC scheduling placed the Final just before Christmas when nobody cared (and missing the chance to pimp the winner in MC Live).
Our finalists were Pob, the Final Fantasy blue rinse girl and the Australian cuckold. The Australian cuckold aka Ash Mair won.
And if you're wondering what the hell I'm on about, look at him.
He's every devastatingly handsome but ultimately unsuitable boyfriend/fiance in every film (see James Marsden in both X Men and Superman Returns) who gets supplanted by the loveable but not immediately appealing hero (Tom Hanks/Adam Sandler)
So despite these odds, he won. Nice one.
Lastly, that's me in my dressing room in the BBC Television Centre.
If you watch BBC2 at 7.30 tomorrow (Monday 9th Jan), you'll see me, Donald from Notes from the Dregs and Paul from How Not to do a Food Blog as Team "Epicurian Fails" being grilled by Newsnight's Kirsty Wark on the quiz, "A Question of Taste".
We'll be up against the Guardian's food writers Felicity Cloake, Oliver Thring and James Ramsden.
And please bear in mind that I'm really not that smug in real life. Honest.
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Happy New Year Meemalee!ReplyDelete
Hurrah! I can comment, at last. Now I can't remember what I was going to say, so, er, hi!ReplyDelete
I'm sad I didn't know about your Burmese lunch thing before yesterday or I would have come so this blog title is rather appropriate. ;PReplyDelete
Please don't forget to notify us of your GrazingAsia event because I don't want to miss that.
That photo of you with the pig's head is very cute. Which bits did you use for your brawn? My maternal grandfather was a brawn master.
Really looking forward to Question of Taste tomorrow. Wishing you good luck is too late but I'll still cross my fingers for your team. Ace dressing room!
Looking forward to meeting you on the 30th!
Recording AQOT, and curently have "Fame, I'm gonna live forever" running through my brain ;-)ReplyDelete
*currently, damn it!ReplyDelete
@Dennis K - Happy New Year to you too Dennis!ReplyDelete
@Lisa - Heh! *waves back*
@Karohemd - I've been a bit remiss - I will make sure the emails are sent out way in advance next time.
The brawn was made from the whole pig's head - ears, cheeks, every scrap of meat I could get off it, plus a couple of trotters. Would love to hear more about your grandfather!
I have to admit, that dressing room was for the team, not just for me :)
Look forward to meeting you too!
@Nicky - Yes, well, I've already had my 15 minutes of fame, so this is just overkill ;P
My grandfather was a master butcher, chef and farmer (still working with a horse until they up the farm in the 50s). As an American POW, he blagged himself into the kitchen and once had to make brawn for all the officers. He taught me how to use and care for knives and things like that.
What an awesome year (especially the brawn event... *ahem*). Full of exciting things and now you're on the telly. Again! I will endeavour to turn the box on so I can watch you telling those Gruniad writers what's what to do with food.ReplyDelete
I am waiting with bated breath for the noodle shack and all other exciting events.
Cool, looking forward to hearing about Japan!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the supper club yesterday and for being brilliant on AQOT. You were robbed! Chestnut crosser??? Bah. I'm going to buy one and use it to stone cherries.
Funny, I think Ash looks like Tom Hanks a bit. I'm glad he won too. I really liked his left eyebrow. At least, I think it was the left one. Hm. (Oh, and he cooked well too.)


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