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robr2 BostonPosts: 8,863if a car is manufactured after the month of aug is it to be sold as the following years model ie; aug 2011 sold as a 2012 model.
No. The model year is what the manufacturer says it is based on some parameters. What does the Monroney sticker say - the window sticker from the vehicle?
If it's 2012, then there is an issue on the title and you need to get it fixed.0
That was an over generalization, that I have found to be not true. Each of the last 4 CPO vehicles my wife and I have bought came with detailed inspection sheets where the brakes were all individually measured and the replacement parameters were clearly specified including the the tire tread depth, etc.
I can't speak as to over due cooling flush requirements since all these were less than 2 years old (a couple were less than 1 year old, so that was was not required service. The last 3 even had new tires installed, that's always a plus with the cost of those W rated 18" 50 series tires being what they are.
But everything else was reviewed, and you can be sure I looked at them. I also looked at the engine oil, to be sure it was just changed, etc. There was a scuff on the wheel of the last one, that they polished out for me when i brought it to their attention (no painted or clear coated wheels for me, chrome or machine polished only!)
Of course these were all Cadillac CPO vehicles, and that might have had something to do with it. I've had no after sales service issues with any of them either, and the last 3 were not even bought at my local dealer. I had to hunt the cars down. I always looked there first, but i had specific requirements, that their "used car factory" couldn't produce.
I'm pretty much off new cars now with the CPO programs being what they are (at least for Cadillac).0
I wish i could get the wife to consider one of these for her next ride but she's intent on always buying brand new. From your experiences and others I know, they've also gotten great vehicles that look and perform like new with a great factory warranty for a nice discount. Sure, there are certain vehicles that new does make sense but for the pricier, nicer ones, this is a great way to go to get a better more lux vehicle for almost new. Hearing your experiences just makes me want to go that route next time out for me...I've always been an economy car driver but next time, I'm thinking a bit more upscale vehicle would be a nice change since it just possibly will be my last. Am torn though over this and am back and forth depending on the day I guess. Luckily I won't be in the market until 2016 or so...I have plenty of time here and am hoping by then that there is a much better selection of vehicles in the 180" and smaller vehicles as I don't want a big vehicle at all...even a mid sizer is a bit too large for me. And it'll have to have a power seat due to my spinal issues which is why an entry lux brand will probably be the choice I settle on. I deserve something a bit nicer now that I'm a bit older and the kids are almost all gone totally! I deserve it!!
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2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)0
Sandman, good luck in your search in a couple years. Who know what manufacturer offerings will be out there..
High end US makes have suffered big drops recently in their first 2 years, so getting a new one makes no sense to me. The only downfall is you can't "order" a used car. I tried, but the the used car factory was all out of silver STSs with V8 and grey leather interiors. :P
I didn't always buy CPO luxury cars. I've had my share of cavaliers, tempos and even contours over the years, but the high end makers have things better integrated. Cadillac now has an ATS (some of my body on frame jokesters say this means always too small")
The more I read about this vehicle, the more I like it! The few I've sat in have had great seats and it's the perfect sized vehicle. Sure underneath it's a Chevy Cruze, but it's so much more...great job GM!
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2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)0
I don't think I would like it (the Verano).
In Edmunds performance testing, the Verano accelerated from zero to 60 mph in 9.0 seconds, which is slow for cars in this class.
Now the turbo charged model, heck yeah! But then, the turbo is only available in the top trim level, with an MSRP of over $29k.
Certified pre-owned models don't make a lot of sense in the current car market. Any late model used vehicle is insanely expensive. Qbrozen made a comment the other day that the Mustang GT he just recently purchased would sell at auction for more than he spent buying it brand new.0
I disagree. It does depend on the car somewhat, but the makes with good CPO factory warranty extensions (luxury makes) remain very good CPO buys.
Would you rather pay $76,000 for a new XYZmobile or $35,000 for a 2 year old CPO that still has 48 months and 90,000 miles on the factory / CPO warranty?????
I know what I'm buying.0
Depending on the make, I know to. Just hope the previous owner broke it in right and did the proper maintenance. I'd definitely trust a Buick cpo'd model and the more I see the vehicle, the more I like it!
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2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)0
I will have to concede your point here, at least in regards to a Cadillac or similar expensive luxury car. A 3 year old CPO Cadillac is going to be a much better buy than a new one. I was thinking of more main stream cars, Chevy, Honda, Toyota.0
Hi guys, i have moved in the Usa few years ago and when i arrived here i bought a BMW 328,2008, now it has 130k miles and i tried to sell it. Most of the interested customers asked if this car is certified and is it under warranty? So i don't know what to do, how to make my car certified and under warranty? Any help?!0
It is 130k miles. The answer is NO. Even if it was BMW certified at some point, it would have expired long ago. I don't know of ANY manufacturer that covers certified cars past 100k.
'10 Equinox LS; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '18 BMW X2. 49-car history and counting!0
I see. But i thought that some car services can provide me a certificate that my car has been inspected and it is in good condition.0
a BMW dealer could certainly perform a PPI (pre-purchase inspection) for a fee and give you a printout that you could present to any potential buyers. Personally, I leave that up to the buyer to do. If someone I was buying from had it done, I might be suspicious that they have a friend at that particular dealership and its not on the up and up.
'10 Equinox LS; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '18 BMW X2. 49-car history and counting!0
That's a good point.
So to have in mind, i can just recommend that option to buyers in order to improve the value of my car.
And can you give me some tips in order to gain the value of my car?
Yes, I usually strongly recommend to buyers they have a PPI done. I don't want to misrepresent the car in any way.
On your end? To get the most for your car, it needs to be the best it can be. Detail the hell out of it, make sure everything works, and it has ZERO needs. A buyer will pay more if they think they can drive the car immediately without having to put any extra money into it.
And if you want to increase your exposure, take at least 2 dozen high-res photos right after detailing and make a nice ad online with craigslist, enthusiast websites, and ebay local classifieds.
'10 Equinox LS; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '18 BMW X2. 49-car history and counting!0
snappleg Posts: 1I have been thinking of buying pre-owned certified vehicle directly from a dealer (=factory warranty, not 3rd party extended warranty). My price range is around $14,000-17,000 for a sedan, preferably with a low gas consumption. The only thing I am afraid of is getting a CPO car and then realizing that their great-looking-on paper warranty coverage in reality has many exclusions, and I will have to pay for many repairs myself.
I found out that Volvo received Best Premium CPO Program Award from IntelliChoice while Hyundai got Best Popular CPO Program Award for 2013. Volvo presence is very limited in our area so we have very few CPO cars available (besides, there is only one low priced model they have -C30); Hyundai I will look into, but I would like to have more options. I honestly do not understand why Hyundai was rated as having best CPO warranty when it seems like a lot of other car makers have the same type of warranty (according to Certified Pre-Owned Program Guide from cars.com website which compares "similarities and differences among 38 manufacturer Certified Pre-Owned programs")
Do you personally have any experience with buying CPO cars? What brand would you recommend/not recommend and why? Thank you for your input!0
Wanted to know what you guys thought about this deal. I'm looking to contribute in way I can. So will start off with my question: I am looking to buy a CPO 2012 BMW 328i Convertible it has 8710 miles on it and clean CarFax report with only one owner.
It has the following options:
- Premium package
- Navigation with voice
- Harman Kardon Music system
- dynamic Cruise Control,
- BMW Assist with Bluetooth
- BMW Teleservices
- iPod and USP adapter
- Automatic Climate Control
- Voice Command
- Real Time Traffic Information
- Run-Flat tires.
- Dark Burl Walnut Wood Trim
The car is only sale for $36,888 with final walk-out price of $40,440. I like the features and the mileage and kind off really want this car. There is 2 years of manufacturer's warranty left and 2 additional years of CPO warranty. So the car will be under warranty till 2018. Is there room for negotiation on the price? I checked Edmunds TMV, Truecar, KBB it says the car is valued at 41K before tax, title, fees - with this configuration and mileage. It probably sounds too good to be true at the moment. This is in Florida. Please let me know if you guys think this is a good deal and if I can negotiate to bring the price down.
Also for got to mention that the car has some minor scratches on the from right bumper that are visible. There are about 5-8 small scruffs and the salesman agreed that the car was ruffled a bit. There is no dent at all.
Walk out price he gave me - and this is before I made any counter offer and walked out, still waiting to receive the CPO Inspection Sheet. : Price: $36888, total Fee: $1222.45 (this includes dealership fees of $699, Tax: 2311.01 = $40421.46.
Are we certain this is a real CPO car? I presume this is a BMW dealer? Some dealers will tell you they'll "certify" the car if you buy it, and then slap on a 3rd party extended warranty. There should be a CPO sticker on the car that tells you who is backing the warranty and who is issuing the CPO.
Also, don't assume that you're getting an extension of the full factory warranty, even if it is genuine CPO from BMW. You are probably getting a full factory powertrain warranty but a limited extended warranty on everything else. Worth checking!1
Yes. I made sure this is a real CPO, and it is a BMW dealer. The CPO is done by BMW and the remaining new-car warranty is about 2 years. I am waiting for them to send in the CPO Inspection Sheet as they just completed the Certification yesterday. BMW on their website has the inspection sheet which I plan to compare it with.
When you say limited extended warranty do you mean the warranty that comes with the car after being certified -2 years in this case. I checked BMW's website and they have a linkto a pdf that tell us what is not covered in the CPO for cars retailed after Jan 1 2014. Are you referring to that?0
Yes--often people mistake the 2 extra years as 2 years of FULL warranty, but that's not often the case. It could just be powertrain, or powertrain + limited. CPO doesn't always translate into "trouble free"--just because they check 200 things doesn't mean they replaced 200 things. Those are still 200 parts with mileage on them.0
Got it!! I will make sure I check these things in detail. Do you have any inputs on the price here? I am also thinking of getting a PPI done from an independent shop.0
It's been mentioned in here before, but even with a CPO car, it's not that expensive to have an independent mechanic go over the "used" car. With a BMW, lots of owners prefer to use their own indy mechanic after warranty so a "PPI" (pre-purchase inspection) would be a good excuse to track one down if you don't have a shop in mind.0
yeah a PPI is always good, to get it on a lift and check for collision damage, etc (carfax doesn't catch everything) and perhaps to anticipate future repairs.0
There is a 2014 kia optima with less than 10k miles at a local audi dealership. It is used however not certified. I asked the sales guy why it wasnt certified, and he told me that the car can only be certified by a kia dealership. The group that owns the audi dealership also owns a kia dealership across the road. The car is listed under blue book value. I was wondering why they couldnt transfer it to the kia dealership and certify it and sell it for more. I checked out the car and didnt find anything too wrong with. But then i am not a pro at these things. Also the car used to be owned by the sales manager at the groups VW dealership who traded that in for a new audi. Carfax seems clean. Is the sales guy telling the truth that they cannot transfer the car back to the kia and certify it?0
Seems legit. They'd have to sell the car to the other dealership most likely. You could always have an independent body shop look over the car for a small fee if you are concerned about prior collision damage.0
Mr_Shiftright said:Seems legit. They'd have to sell the car to the other dealership most likely. You could always have an independent body shop look over the car for a small fee if you are concerned about prior collision damage.0
What is the difference between a used with remaining factory warranty and a cpo. Is it just the 10 year power train warranty. I mean the remainder of the factory warranty should transfer to the new owner right?0
Yes, and that's one reason I saw today from a dealer as to why a car wasn't being offered as a CPO one. That was new to me. Here's the link.
With a CPO car, in addition to a (sometimes?) longer warranty, you may get roadside assistance or free loaner cars when yours in the shop.0
Thank you.stever said:
Yes, and that's one reason I saw today from a dealer as to why a car wasn't being offered as a CPO one. That was new to me. Here's the link.
With a CPO car, in addition to a (sometimes?) longer warranty, you may get roadside assistance or free loaner cars when yours in the shop.
I think buyers also need to adjust their expectations about the advantages of a CPO---they are still used cars, after all, and I'm not so sure that the risk level for having trouble with the car is so dramatically lowered by CPO status.0

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Awe & Gratitude
I have so much gratitude and awe for what God has done in our home this past year.
Today is the first anniversary of an enormous event in our lives and we are giving thanks to God, and to the VA doctor who, on a routine well visit last year, noticed something suspicious and sent my husband to the emergency room. My husband has never been ill. We never dreamed something was actually wrong...until the ER doctor walked in...
It turned out that he had been having something called "silent heart attacks" for at least eighteen months without us knowing, and he was having one right then. We were utterly stunned. My father died from his fifth major heart attack. Just out of high school, I was the one who spotted the first one. I thought I knew all about them from life with Daddy, but I'd never heard of silent ones. They explained that everyone dismisses them, just like my husband did, thinking it was "just aging".
His heart stopped the next day during a heart catheterization. The following morning he had an emergency quadruple bypass. There is an 18 - 24 month recover period. We still have a long way to go, but he has come so far and he's doing great!
I have no words for what this experience has been like for us, but we are even more in awe of our God than we were to start with. His loving hand and constant help, protection and provision has been tangible and impossible to miss.
I made a sweet thank you for him to take to his VA doctor for his first anniversary. This is homemade marshmallow fondant and tastes wonderful, even if you aren't a fondant lover.
I also made one of my special fun cake loafs. The doctor requested chocolate, so chocolate it is! I love these as every slice is unique and fun. I hope they enjoy their treats. :)
I wish I could make some for God too! After all, man can put forth his best efforts, but it is only God who gives and preserves life. It's also only God who has the power and right to determine where each soul He has created will spend eternity. I pray that if you have not repented of your sins, asked Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, to be your Lord and Savior and been immersed in baptism into the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, that you run, don't walk, to the nearest Bible and take care of that right now! We are not promised even the next breath and once we breathe our last here, our eternal destination will be un-changeable. It's the most important thing you can do in this life, to be sure you belong to Him. The second most important is to be sure all your loved ones know this too.
Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day! This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Psalm 118:24 Amen!


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Jury hears Ore. terror suspect's dramatic takedown
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At a darkened train station, the teenager and the purported jihadi pulled into a quiet lot where months of planning were to culminate in this: a plot to kill thousands at a Portland Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.
"You know what to do," the man said to the teenager, breathing heavily. "O Lord, O Lord, O Lord."
"Ready," the teenager said. "Alhamdulillah." Praise be to God.
They were 14 blocks northeast of this city's busy tree-lighting ceremony two years ago on Nov. 26, 2010. On Friday, they found themselves across a federal courtroom from each other where the man — who Mohamed Mohamud would learn was an undercover FBI agent — testified against the now 21-year-old and a jury listened to a recording of the moments leading up to his arrest.
The recording crackles as the FBI agent reads out numbers and the teenager punches them into his black disposable Nokia cellphone. He then apparently encounters an error.
"Dial it again," the man said, words that were in fact the cue for his fellow agents. Mohamud dialed again and waited for the explosion.
Instead: "FBI, FBI, FBI! Get down!"
The agent, whose cover name was "Hussein," had told Mohamud the number he dialed was connected to a cell phone that would set off six 55-gallon drums filled with diesel fuel in a van parked next to the tree-lighting. The explosion, "Hussein" told him, would destroy two blocks in any direction.
Mohamud's defense team doesn't dispute the sequence of events, nor that their client intended to kill thousands of people at the tree-lighting ceremony.
But the path by which he reached that point is the substance of the defense's claim that Mohamud was entrapped. The entrapment defense has been launched, unsuccessfully, in several post-9/11 terrorism sting operations like the one that targeted Mohamud.
He came to the FBI's attention, agents testified, when he kept up email contact with a Saudi Arabian man suspected by Interpol of terrorism.
Without the bureau's intervention, prosecutors say, the already-radicalized Mohamud would almost certainly have found a way to reach al-Qaida or one of its affiliates and commit an act of terror in the U.S.
Nonsense, Mohamud's attorneys said in opening statements and cross-examinations of prosecution witnesses. He was a 17-year-old when his emails were identified by the FBI, a teenager with grand but muddled ambitions of achieving some sort of fame in the Islamic world.
If anyone radicalized him, his attorneys attest, it was the undercover FBI agents who convinced him they were members of al-Qaida that had chosen him as a promising recruit.
Jurors had by Friday heard the details of the undercover sting operation and testimony from the men who led it. "Youssef," another undercover agent testifying under a pseudonym, said he encountered an angry young man at the outset of the sting on July 30, 2010.
But "Youssef" said he didn't believe Mohamud was truly capable of violence. Not yet. It wasn't until an August 2010 meeting in which Mohamud picked the tree-lighting ceremony as a target that "Youssef" became concerned that he was dealing with a potentially dangerous person.
After that meeting on Aug. 19, 2010, at least one agent or handler left his or her recorder running. The agents were heard saying it was "fantastic" that Mohamud had identified a "sexy" terrorist target, according to transcripts of the meeting quoted by Mohamud's defense team.
That plays in direct contrast to the FBI agents' assertions that they kept hoping Mohamud would turn his back to violence and instead choose a different option offered by the agents: Pray five times daily, get an engineering degree, fundraise for al-Qaida.
Instead, they say, he insisted on becoming "operational," at first even asking to be a martyr before the agents talked him out of it. It was a theme that they said continued throughout the sting: Agents offered peaceful options, Mohamud repeatedly chose violence.
Even in the final minute of the final hour of the final day, parked in the train station lot, "Hussein" said Mohamud could have walked away.
"Was there any hesitation on his part?" asked prosecutor Pam Holsinger on Friday.
"None," Hussein said.
Holsinger paused.
"If he saw (the bomb) and said he didn't want to..." Holsinger said.
"If he did not dial the number," the agent said, "the directive was for us to drive him home."


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After the collapse of Microsoft's acquisition bid and the plunge in its stock Monday, Yahoo's management is now under pressure to avert a shareholder revolt.
Some shareholders simply decided to sell. One activist investor called for the overthrow of the current board. Others are pursuing shareholder lawsuit, with more expected.
While shareholder frustration may eventually reshape Yahoo's boardroom, experts doubt its strength in the courtroom. "There's no question that the board of directors could have done a better job for its shareholders," says Scott Keller, a founder and analyst at DealAnalytics .com. "But that's a far leap from the legal world of class action lawsuits."
Yahoo's stock shed 15 percent of its value Monday. Though share price remains above pre-bid levels, few analysts think shareholders stand a chance of selling anytime soon at the $33-per-share price offered by Microsoft.
Some shareholders may be banking on Microsoft coming back, says Rob Enderle, principal analyst with The Enderle Group in San Jose, and that may be temporarily cushioning Yahoo's stock price.
Many analysts say Microsoft won't try again for Yahoo, despite needing the acquisition to gain a toehold in the search advertising market dominated by Google. "Microsoft is probably going to have to see an advance from Yahoo. The bridegroom has been left at the altar twice, so it's up to the bride to show she's interested in getting married," says Mr. Enderle.
The possibility that disillusioned shareholders may sell or overturn the board, however, puts pressure on Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang to give them some hope of a turnaround.
That might involve wooing a different buyer, like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Or, Yahoo may continue to pursue a partnership with Google. Under such a deal, Yahoo would outsource advertising tied to search queries on its sites in exchange for revenue.
"If [Yahoo's search engine] was one of the things holding up their old stock price – and it was – then the stock drops to a new low because you have to base it on something else," says Enderle. "They've fielded a series of ideas and the market didn't like any of them."
He warns that the reported high-fiving among some Yahoo managers following Microsoft's pullout might only fuel shareholder anger come election time.
Yahoo's annual meeting is slated for July 3.
Still, Mr. Keller and other analysts doubt Yahoo's board has much legal exposure because the majority of shareholder lawsuits turn on some issue of fraud or lack of disclosure, not simply the falling short on fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders.
"In practice, courts defer to managers in these matters and give boards great latitude," says Robert Daines, a professor at Stanford Law School. "Courts will say, 'Shareholders, if you don't like it, vote the board out'. "
That's easier said than done, Mr. Daines adds, because boards often stagger the election of their directors. In Yahoo's case, the board is not staggered, a fact that some analysts expected Microsoft to capitalize on. When negotiations broke down Saturday, the software giant could have attempted a hostile takeover through board elections. Instead, it chose to drop the bid. In a letter to his Yahoo counterpart, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer noted that "by failing to reach agreement with us, you and your stockholders have left significant value on the table."
Interpretations differ as to what Mr. Yang was after in his dealings with Microsoft.
Enderle argues that the deal fell apart because each side fundamentally misread the other. Microsoft's strategy was to overpay to get a deal done quickly, while Yahoo interpreted the move as a starting bid. Yahoo's leadership, he says, can be likened to home sellers who refuse to lower their asking price in a down market.
Some see Yang's personal ambitions playing a role. "Yang is now focusing on his reputation. He has enough money of his own, but he wants to be a Bill Gates, not a Michael Milken," says William Mahnic, a lecturer at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Ultimately, though, "he will have to justify walking away from a 70 percent premium."
Silicon Valley has a problem with outsized personalities getting in the way of good business, says Keller. "There's this huge ego problem that is often in direct conflict to what is in the best interests of shareholders," he says.
He's surprised to detect some of these dynamics playing out at Yahoo, a company that's been public since Silicon Valley's stone age circa 1996. "This was a public company for a long time. One would have hoped that in the past decade this youthful ego chest-pumping would have died down," says Keller.
• Staff writer Daniel B. Wood in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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Such a concentration of active research in all sub-disciplines of linguistics within one single research centre is unique in Germany, and permits lively exchange on current research findings and methods. Over and above this, ZAS regularly invites researchers from abroad for collaboration with the local researchers; moreover, ZAS hosts many workshops and international conferences.
In addition to experimental studies in the area of physiology and cognitive science, we also carry out fieldwork for the collection of new linguistic data, predominantly in the South African and Pacific regions. Advancements in the theoretical understanding of natural language is also a significant feature of our work. On the basis of specialised studies into selected aspects of the Grammar, taking exemplification from a considerable range of individual natural languages, we can thereby contribute to a deeper and fine-grained understanding of the nature of grammatical structures, their articulation and perception, the linguistic encoding of content, principles conditioning optimal communication, and the ways in which all these may interact within a language system.


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Albemarle recycling: Let the consumer beware
Harvey and Marty Chaplin had dutifully been recycling their newspapers, putting them out for pickup every other Wednesday.
Early last summer, the Ivy couple realized they hadn't been seeing the recycling truck that their trash hauler, BFI, had sent out in the past, but their papers were gone. One day in August, Harvey Chaplin happened to see his recycling get picked up– and tossed in with their garbage.
Although Albemarle County ditched its curbside pickup of glass, aluminum, and plastic in 2003, county code still requires private garbage haulers to pick up newspapers and magazines for recycling. Whether that happens, though, often depends on how determined citizens are to recycle, especially if their hauler is BFI, recently purchased by Allied Waste.
Marty Chaplin discovered that some of her West Leigh neighbors had stopped putting out newspapers for recycling and were taking them to McIntire Recycling Center. "Some people had no idea the county required [haulers] to pick up papers," she says.
She spent the next three months calling Allied Waste and the county trying to get newspapers in her neighborhood picked up. Chaplin also was irked about paying for a service she wasn't getting.
Allied Waste supervisor Wayne Smith says there is no charge for recycling, but the company puts the burden on the customer to request it. "It's not an automatic thing," Smith says. "If you don't sign up, we can't go to every road in the county."
However, this reporter called Allied Waste several times to ask about recycling at her residence, and was told newspapers were picked up every other Wednesday. When that didn't happen, the customer service representative investigated and admitted there was no recycling set up for that neighborhood– and offered no options for signing up for the service.
George Shadman, Albemarle County's director of general services, urges residents whose recycling isn't getting picked up to call general services at 296-5811. "We will call the hauler," he says, "and remind them of their obligation."
As for Allied's policy of requiring the customer to sign up, county code mandates that haulers have to offer the service, "but doesn't say how it should be managed," notes Shadman.
Another hauler, who spoke only on the condition his name not be used ("I don't want to get in the middle of a recycling war"), says he no longer advertises recycling, but does pick up papers from customers who request it or who leave them out properly packed in paper bags.
"There doesn't seem to be a deliberate attempt by haulers to not pick up recycling," says Shadman. He believes large employee turnover is more likely to be the culprit.
Turnover has been a factor in the county, too, which has been without a chief of public works since Paul Muhlberger left in April 2005. Shadman expects to fill that position by February and the new chief will be responsible for looking at the county's recycling program and make recommendations. "I'm going to be looking at all options," says Shadman.
Marty Chaplin is just relieved that her newspapers are finally being picked up again. "We take two to three papers," she says. "It was a real burden to us."


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Goods and services produced in the EU are traded around the globe but their trade can be affected by various aspects of trade policy, such as import tariffs, regulation or discrimination against foreign suppliers.
Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a trade agreement currently being negotiated by 25 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including the EU.
When is a product a good or a service?
Goods and services are increasingly linked together. Having access to services is a prerequisite for economic performance of many manufactured products.
For example, producers and exporters of textiles, cars or computers cannot be competitive without access to efficient banking, insurance, accountancy, telecom or transport system. And the purchase of many products nowadays often comes with a service component.
The rise of cloud computing means that technical infrastructure, platforms and software are increasingly provided as services on a global basis. What used to be hardware installed at the premises of a company is becoming a service provided cross-border, demonstrating how services can substitute goods in certain cases.
Why is it relevant?
- The EU is the world's biggest exporter of manufactured goods, and is a global market leader for high-quality products.
- The EU economy is already one of the most open to trade: EU import tariffs for industrial products are among the lowest in the world.
- Imports from many of the EU's suppliers of industrial products enter the EU at reduced rates under the terms of bilateral agreements or other import duty suspensions like the Generalised Scheme of Preference.
- The significance of non-tariff barriers to trade such as technical barriers to trade or sanitary and phytosanitary measures has increased considerably over the past years, as tariffs steadily decline and governments worldwide introduce more and more regulatory requirements to address inter alia health, safety or environmental concerns.
- The way a product is treated on import is linked to its country of origin. But globalisation has meant that many different countries are involved in manufacturing, so determining where the goods come from means setting clear rules of origin.
- The services sector contributes more to economic growth and job-creation in the EU than any other sector. The services sector accounts for some three-quarters of the gross domestic product for the EU. Additionally, over three-quarters of EU jobs are in the services sector. No country can prosper today without an efficient service infrastructure.
The EU's market access strategy
The European Commission works in close cooperation with Member States and business through the Market Access Strategy to make sure that trade opportunities created through multilateral and bilateral negotiations are translated into real market access for European exporters. It consists of two instruments:
1. The Market Access Partnership is designed to identify and remove the specific obstacles that EU companies face in foreign markets. The European Commission closely cooperates with Member States and business to that end.
The Partnership is made up of:
- The Market Access Advisory Committee which brings together the Commission, Member States and business representatives once per month in Brussels to exchange information and develop strategies on how to remove barriers. This is a sort of steering committee for the Market Access Strategy.
- The Working Groups examine trade barriers in specific sectors. They pool the technical expertise of representatives from the Commission, Member States and business and meet on an ad hoc basis in Brussels.
- The Market Access Teams managed by EU delegations in non-EU countries gather local expertise to identify and tackle trade barriers.
This Market Access Partnership has already delivered a number of success stories, lifting barriers in many countries.
2. The Market Access Database is an interactive, free online service with information for more than 100 countries on:
- import tariff and internal taxes,
- import formalities (e.g. customs procedures and requirements) with samples of all the necessary forms, and
- the most important trade barriers faced by EU exporters abroad.
The Market Access Strategy pays particular attention to the needs of SMEs who want to export to or invest in third countries.
EU trade policy on goods and services
The EU wants to free up global trade in goods and services both through the WTO negotiations and through bilateral and regional trade agreements.
Multilateral and plurilateral negotiations on goods and services:
Through the Doha round, the EU is aiming to improve the conditions for goods and services' trade around the world by reducing import tariffs, removing non-tariff barriers as far as possible and improving the commitments to freer trade in services.
The EU has proposed to reduce tariff protection world-wide by applying a formula for tariff reduction and by selecting certain sectors for full tariff elimination. However, so far no agreement has been found in WTO, partly because of disagreement on the contribution emerging countries would have to make to tariff reduction.
Certain WTO Members including the EU have joined the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) which provides duty free access to IT products, including computers, telephones and inputs and components such as semiconductors.
- The ITA supported the development and progress in this sector, which lead to a quadrupling of the trade in information technology products.
- 15 years after the ITA was signed, many products have become obsolete, while new products have emerged. Entire sectors have become digitalised, such as medical devices and other sophisticated instruments.
- Therefore Members of the ITA have started to discuss expanding product expansion.
- The EU and other Members would like to address Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) in the area of information technology.
More information on the ITA and its update.
In addition, the European Commission has asked the Council to give its green light for negotiations on a new plurilateral agreement on trade in services. To begin with, 21 WTO Members will be at the negotiating table, but the EU is keen to encourage others to join. The EU is also pushing for the agreement to dovetail with WTO rules so it can be later folded into the WTO system.
Bilateral negotiations on goods and services
A number of the EU's bilateral trade agreements have included a significant liberalisation of trade in goods as well as provisions covering non-tariff barriers and trade in services. For example:
- The EU and Mexico's Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement opens up trade in both goods and services.
- The Association Agreement between the EU and Chile creates a free trade area in goods and services
- The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement eliminates tariffs with only a limited number of agricultural products are excluded from tariff elimination. The agreement also breaks new ground in addressing non-tariff barriers to trade.
- The EU's Trade agreement with Peru and Colombia will open up goods and services markets on both sides
- The Association Agreement between the EU and Central America improves access to goods and services markets as well as better conditions for trade through new disciplines on non-tariff barriers
- The EU-Singapore Free Agreement, once implemented, will create new opportunities in many services sectors such as in banking, insurance and other financial services industries. The deal will facilitate the access of industrial and agricultural products on to an important export market and trade hub in South-East Asia, through greater recognition of EU standards.
The way forward on goods and services
The EU continues to negotiate ambitious provisions to improve access to goods and services markets with several regions and countries including:
- Mercosur
- Gulf Cooperation Council
- Canada
- India
- Morocco
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Georgia
- Armenia
- Malaysia
- Vietnam
The EU also seeks to conclude Economic Partnership Agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
More on goods and services
- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is a WTO Agreement that reduces import tariffs on trade in goods around the world.
- The WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services aims at ensuring increased transparency and predictability of relevant rules and regulations, and promoting progressive liberalisation of international trade in services through successive rounds of negotiation.
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It's not just the number, but the way Jets lose that has coach concernedNHL.com @NHLdotcom
WINNIPEG - More often than not, coach Claude Noel seems to be the kind of guy who looks at his glass as half full.
But even he was forced to admit his Winnipeg Jets were on a path to nowhere judging by the way they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning this week.
Only the day before, he was talking after practice about signs the team was doing what it needed to start turning things around, after losing three straight on the road.
Then Martin St. Louis and Tampa Bay came to town and any system Noel might have thought his players were buying into seemed to evaporate. They struggled to even get a shot on goal without a power play to help and fell 4-2 to the Lightning.
"Playing like that, we're not taking steps in the right direction and that's the concern," a solemn Noel said after the loss.
"Obviously there's some things that have to be assessed here. . . I will look at the team and look at the tape and try to figure out where we go from here."
Where they go right now is down.
With 43 points in 46 games, the Jets (19-22-5) now sit 12th in the Western Conference, ahead of only Calgary and Edmonton and well out of striking distance for a playoff spot. They're four wins back of teams like the Phoenix Coyotes and Minnesota Wild and both have games in hand.
It's the first time this season they've lost four straight in regulation without at least picking up a point for taking it to overtime.
Neither team had a lot of zip in their game.
Tampa was closing out a road trip and the Jets were just back from one where they lost three straight, but the Jets were particularly flat. Yet, remarkably perhaps, they were still very much in the game going into the third period, thanks to a couple of power-play goals that had it tied at 2-2.
"That's the most embarrassing part is just it was right there for us and we didn't wake up all game," said defenceman Mark Stuart.
Goalie Ondrej Pavelec contrasted the way the Jets played to the more controlled approach of the Lightning.
"They (have a) good system. They stick with the system. All four lines play the right way," he said.
"We have to realize that people pay (for) tickets for this and see this one?"
Noel says he'll be taking a look at what he's doing as a coach as well as he seeks answers.
"My first look is going to be in the mirror. . . We've played some good games this was not one of them. I'm going to try and keep this in balance. This is an evening where it feels like there is no balance for me but we'll keep it in perspective. We're going to have to move past this and move forward."
Frustration boiled over in fights and plenty of penalties and even Winnipeg's top lines were ineffective and using their fists more than their sticks, but Noel refused to throw stones at anyone in particular.
"It would be hard to pick anybody that was good in the game. So I'm not going to sit there and throw our best players under the bus."
When asked, he did have a few words to say about right-winger Devin Setoguchi, who hasn't scored a goal since Dec. 2, didn't spend much time on the ice Tuesday night and who Noel said could give a lot more. But then, who couldn't?
The Columbus Blue Jackets visit Winnipeg Saturday and conference rival Phoenix will be at the MTS Centre Monday.


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Castro says Baez would not be an imposition
MESA, Ariz. -- On the day Starlin Castro began his rehab for a strained hamstring, his sub at shortstop, Javier Baez, hit his first spring home run.
Is there room on the Cubs for both shortstops?
MESA, Ariz. -- On the day Starlin Castro began his rehab for a strained hamstring, his sub at shortstop, Javier Baez, hit his first spring home run.
Is there room on the Cubs for both shortstops?
"Yeah," Castro said Tuesday, adding that he told Baez: " 'If it helps the team win, and you're there, I'm there, whatever. I don't care.' "
The Cubs have insisted Baez will open the 2014 season as Triple-A Iowa's shortstop, and Castro's injury is not serious enough to sideline him for Opening Day. But each at-bat by Baez makes Cubs fans giddy and prompts more questions to manager Rick Renteria about the team's top prospect.
"Obviously for us, the idea of Baez is in the future," Renteria said Tuesday. "I'm glad Starlin feels that way [that there's room for both] and I'm sure the feeling is mutual. They both respect each other immensely. Somewhere down the road when that happens, I'm sure it'll be nice to see."
Castro, who strained his right hamstring on Sunday sliding into second base, had an MRI on his leg, which showed a little bit of fluid, but nothing serious. The Cubs expect Castro to be sidelined seven to 10 days, which is less time than the shortstop needed last season when he missed two weeks with a strained left hamstring.
"I don't want to rush myself," Castro said. "I have more experience with [the injury]. This year is not as bad as last year. This year, it's a little less than last year. I have a lot of experience for what we'll do."
He also has access to the Cubs' hydrotherapy pool at their new spring complex, which should help his rehab. In the meantime, he'll help mentor Baez.
"He can hit, no doubt about it," Castro said of Baez, who was the Cubs' No. 1 pick in 2011. "He's a good player. Everybody knows that."
Could Baez be promoted this year?
"Maybe, I don't know," Castro said. "I don't make that decision. It would be good for us if he's there."
Baez belted 37 home runs last season combined at Class A Advanced Daytona and Double-A Tennessee, and was named the Cubs' Minor League Player of the Year.
"I think he has the bat speed to catch up to any fastball that anybody throws," Renteria said. "Once he starts seeing more breaking balls and offspeed pitches, and they start trying to manipulate the zone with him, do I think he'll ultimately be able to make that adjustment? Yes. Do I know if he can hit [Major League pitchers] now? I couldn't tell you that."
Castro is trying to ease the transition from the Minor Leagues to the big leagues.
"We're good friends and we talk a lot," Castro said. "Some people don't have a good relationship because they play the same position, but [not] me and him. That's what I tell him. 'Play hard. You'll be up there no matter what. Where -- I don't know where, but you'll be there because you have great talent and you play the right way.' "
"A lot of people talk about me and him," Baez said, "but we're really close and we look out for each other and we're just trying to play together.
"He helps me, and I help him when I can help him."
Everyone is looking out for Baez. After the fifth inning on Monday, Renteria called the young shortstop over and they chatted, ending the exchange with laughter and smiles. Renteria called it a "nice conversation."
"He was just explaining that when the catcher goes to the pitcher, go there and see what they're talking about if they change the signs with a man on second," Baez said. "That way I can let the infield know."
It's all part of the development process. Renteria likes what he's seen of Baez's defense, but says both the 21-year-old Baez and the 23-year-old Castro have elements of their game that need work.
"There are a lot of times when they don't finish coming through a ball," Renteria said of his young shortstops. "They'll catch balls and stay flat-footed and kind of throw flat-footed. A lot of errors come from that particular position. They both have strong arms and depend on that and like being able to show it. You can still fundamentally correctly get around a baseball a little more and consistently follow your throw to make sure what would be the quote-unquote routine play is continually made. Both of them are working on those kind of things right now."
The Cubs want Baez to focus on shortstop, but fans also may see him at second or third this spring. Castro is set at short.
"If he's there [in the big leagues], he has to play," Castro said.
The Cubs know that, too.
"As time goes on and Javy gains experience that we believe he needs to solidify himself as a more complete ballplayer at the Major League level, he still has to put in his time and gain some experience and some substance to his game," Renteria said, "because, quite frankly, you don't want an individual to make a jump and then have to go back again. You want him to come to stay."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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General Motors is bailing out of its federal bailout.
"Government Motors" was the derisive moniker critics gave GM when it accepted $49.5 billion in taxpayer dollars to stay alive.
Four years later, the U.S. Treasury still owns more than 500 million shares of General Motors Co., which was born out of the bankrupt General Motors Corp.
Treasury announced last week GM is buying back $5.5 billion worth of the shares -- paying a premium of $27.50 a share -- before Dec. 31 and that the government would sell its remaining 300.1 million shares by March 2014, ending Washington's ownership role in the auto industry.
"As we come to the end of this chapter in our history, I believe most people are glad that General Motors is on the move once again, thanks to the courage and foresight of Presidents Bush and Obama and the Canadian government," GM Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson wrote in an email to GM executives. "We are learning to be humble and to genuinely appreciate every customer."
The government has already recovered $28.9 billion and under the proposed scenario the bailout would end up costing taxpayers $12 billion to $13 billion. The government said it never anticipated making a profit. To do that GM common stock would have to sell for about $53 a share.
Treasury lost $1.3 billion when it closed the books on the $12.5 bailout of Chrysler Group last year.
The payoff was saving the U.S. auto industry and more than a million good-paying industry jobs at manufacturers and suppliers.
"The government should not be in the business of owning stakes in private companies for an indefinite period of time," Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Timothy Massad said.
Don't worry about GM. The company has posted more than $16 billion in profits since 2009 and says it will have $38 billion in liquidity after it buys the 300.1 million shares.
Canada and the government of the province of Ontario gave GM $9.5 billion in 2009 and currently hold about 9 percent of GM shares, The Detroit News said. The other major stakeholder is the United Auto Workers health trust fund.
Chevy Camaro to be 'Made in USA'
Chevrolet is bringing its muscular rear-wheel-drive Camaro home.
GM says it plans to build the next-generation Camaro in Michigan -- shifting production from Oshawa, Ontario, to the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in 2016. The Lansing plant makes the rear-wheel-drive Cadillac CTS and ATS.
"It's nice that the American muscle car is coming home," Mike Green, president of UAW Local 652 in Lansing, told The Detroit News.
Vehicle data recorders spark privacy concerns
In an era when drivers can get a ticket in the mail generated by a robotic "red light" camera, and even non-smart cell phones allow your whereabouts be tracked, does anyone care about data recorders in cars?
After all most new vehicles sold already have so-called black boxes -- called event data recorders -- that monitor as many as 15 data elements, including a vehicle's speed, acceleration, deceleration, steering input, braking and even whether the seat belts were buckled and if airbags deployed in a crash.
The devices do not use GPS and don't record a vehicle's route or speed over an extended period.
The government's automotive watchdog, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is expected to finalize a proposal that would mandate data recorders for the approximately 9 percent of new vehicles built without them.
Requiring the $20 devices on all new light vehicles, those weighing less than 8,500 pounds, would only cost automakers about $25 million.
But there are some concerns.
Carmakers and consumer groups, alike, have said the government should consider the issue of driver privacy.
"Data recording devices play a critical role in advancing safety, but motorists should own the data their vehicle generates," said Robert Darbelnet, President and chief executive officer of AAA. "Congress needs to ensure motorist rights are protected by passing legislation that prohibits access to data without permission from the owner or from a court order, unless the data is used for research purposes and cannot be tracked to a single vehicle."
The data recorded by a black box often is used by law enforcement during investigations of serious or fatal accidents and sometimes is obtained by insurers collecting information for claims investigations or litigation.
"Event data recorders help our engineers understand how cars perform in the real world but looking forward, we need to make sure we preserve privacy," said Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing 12 major automakers including Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota and Volkswagen. "Automakers do not access EDR data without consumer permission, and any government requirements to install EDRs on all vehicles must include steps to protect consumer privacy."
All new GM, Ford, Toyota and Mazda vehicles are equipped with an event data recorder.
Congress debated mandating event data recorders for all vehicles in 2010. It didn't happen then, but the White House Office of Management and Budget this month completed its review of NHTSA's proposal clearing the way for the agency to publish its final regulation mandating installation of EDRs in all cars and pickups manufactured on or after Sept. 1, 2014.
The public had 60 days to comment after the notice.
"All auto manufacturers should be required to prominently disclose the existence of EDR devices on new vehicles, not just a sentence in the owner's manual," AAA's Darbelnet said in a statement.
"EDRs provide critical safety information that might not otherwise be available to NHTSA to evaluate what happened during a crash -- and what future steps could be taken to save lives and prevent injuries," NHTSA Administrator David Strickland said in an email to The New York Times. "A broader EDR requirement would ensure the agency has the safety-related information it needs to determine what factors may contribute to crashes across all vehicle manufacturers."
Separately, NHTSA is expected to make public a rule requiring rear-view cameras in new vehicles by the end of 2012.
Americans hitting the road for the holidays
Lower gasoline prices and an optimistic view of the economy have more than 93 million people traveling for the holidays -- up nearly 2 million from last year -- and most will go by car.
AAA projects more than one-in-four people plan to travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday season, almost equaling the record holiday travel of pre-recession 2006-07.
And it projects about 1.2 million will need roadside assistance because of breakdowns or the weather.
The price of unleaded regular gasoline is forecast to average $3.20 to $3.40 a gallon by New Year's Day, helping out the 84.4 million expected on the road.
"The year-end holiday season remains the least volatile of all travel holidays as Americans will not let economic conditions or high gas prices dictate if they go home for the holidays or kick off the New Year with a vacation," said Beth Mosher, director of Public Affairs for AAA Chicago.
About 5.6 million people are expected to travel by air during the holidays, and 3.3 million by rail, bus or cruise ship.
The AAA's projections are based on economic forecasting and research by IHS Global Insight of Boston.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported U.S. traffic deaths are expected to rise for all of 2012 after falling 1.9 percent last year.
The 32,367 traffic deaths in 2011 was the lowest per 100 million vehicle miles since 1949.
"The latest numbers show the tireless work of our safety agencies and partners, coupled with significant advances in technology and continued public education, can really make a difference on our roadways," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.


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A Passion for Peace
Responsibility, respect and a loving connection with all beings and for this Earth we share.
Guatemala Dreamin'
Monday, July 23, 2012
I'm sitting this morning with the sun shining and warming my feet on the terracotta tiles of the front porch of our rented house in Panajachel, Guatemala with a view of a tropical garden, a blue sky with fluffy fast-moving clouds, and a small tree-covered mountainside. Paradise, right? So why have I been having a tough time here? One reason is a parade of sicknesses between Luke and myself, first a five-day intense stomach bug for him, then for me, and now for him again--this time with antibiotic--and we both hope the dance doesn't pick back up with me again this week. I do feel rather achy today. Fingers crossed. (Photo: view of one of the volcanoes on Lake Aititlan from Panajachel, Guatemala)
The other is the emotional intensity and ongoing inner surprises I have been experiencing while continuing to allow my emotional backlog to come up and out so I can be truly present within myself and conscious of what I'm experiencing, that lovely and elusive in-the-moment living. A woman I knew called it 'conscious awareness of self,' but it's more than that; it's conscious awareness of oneself and one's place on the planet, of meeting one's own needs and helping others to as well. A man I know said your freedom ends when it impinges on another's. If that's true, it seems to me that no one and nothing can ever truly be free. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be in our interconnectedness and oneness on Earth. (Photo: butterfly in a nature reserve in Guatemala)
I've had a lot of wishes lately. Like right now despite my enjoyment of the sun part of me wishes it would rain so I'd find it easier to feel cranky despite the glory of this morning and this place. But then I remind myself that I feel better when I wish for things to be the way they are, and that when I push a wish to come true I often don't even enjoy the outcome. I learned that in a huge way recently.
I get frustrated with myself sometimes that I'm not enough of this or I'm too much of that; I can be very forgiving of others and still set pretty impossible standards for myself. I'd say I'm working on it, but I would be chided for working too much, so I'll say I'm steadily letting it go and leave it at that.
I'm realizing I've had a lot of preconceived notions about what it's like finding one's life partner, some from Disney and others from personal observation and other societal input, and what I'm learning lately is how much these impede me from being in the moment and place ridiculous constraints and "should's" on top of otherwise amazing life experiences.
Right now my wonderful boyfriend and I are supporting each other, are physically together in our own little house and enjoying the luxury of studying Spanish in a beautiful little town on a lake a mile high with views of three volcanoes in a school laden with magical gardens of tropical birds and plants popping out of every nook. Daily we trawl through the local market for fresh food for supper, where a fresh and peeled coconut costs 60 cents and handfuls of juicy soil-covered tomatoes are abundant and even cheaper. Our Spanish teacher is a sweet lady, a Mayan doll probably less than five feet tall and skinnier than I even after the weight loss of a week of not eating. Want to diet? Try being Western and living in a developing country for a while. (Photo: forest hike in Guatemala: look how big those leaves are!)
Years ago I met a girl in India who excitedly told me how when she had a worm in her intestines she ate all that she wanted and yet lost 30 lbs. I don't think Luke has a worm but two weeks of not holding down food does slim a body down, and more understandably than that girl, he is none too pleased.
As for what we've been doing, months of long distance and head- and heartache are steadily ebbing into a conglomeration of comfort and playfulness and peace. We travelled the Yucatan and communed with the iguanas at Chichen Itza, a famous series of Mayan temples; rode in a buggy pulled by a horse named Achilles around the rainy and dreamy-looking yellow city of Izmael, Mexico; saw a several-foot-long green snake slither across the road just before our tire hit its trail; swam with locals in sunken cave-like cenotes, sloshed down streets with water halfway up our shins a day after receiving an obligatory sunburn; shared a meal of the tastiest homemade chorizo in Luna Restaurant on Flores island in a lake in Guatemala; bumped across Belize in a series of so-called 'chicken buses' that are old US school buses reappropriated for public transport in central America; ate at a Tuscan-dressed hotel with beautiful botanical gardens complete with topiary and a lawn chess set at Lake Aititlan; meditated in a magical space-age chair in a restaurant in sleepy San Marcos; met some lovely Mayan weavers who keep their craft alive and spend three days making one five-foot-long and one-foot-wide intricate table runner; visited a sacred ceremonial and supremely smoky cave full of families and shamans in ceremony to fulfil their deepest wishes and desires; successfully navigated the bowels of Guatemala City one night despite receiving incredibly sketchy looks from people on the street; and found friends in others and mostly in each other along our way. (Photo: Mayan weavers wearing their handiwork)
We have one more week in Guatemala, and then the adventure continues in Ecuador.
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text: (Adds remarks from McGuire's attorney) By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A man condemned for a rape and murder convulsed and appeared to struggle for breath during his execution in Ohio on Thursday after a two-drug lethal injection method was used for the first time in the United States, according to media witnesses. Dennis McGuire, 53, who was sentenced to death after his conviction for the 1989 killing of a woman who was seven months pregnant, was the third man executed in the United States this year. McGuire received a combination of the sedative midazolam and pain killer hydromorphone, a mix Ohio created as a substitute option in case it had difficulty obtaining pentobarbital, a drug whose manufacturer has objected to its use in executions. McGuire was pronounced dead at 10:53 a.m. ET (1553 GMT) at a state prison, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in a statement. A Dayton Daily News reporter, who was present at the execution said; "At 10:29 a.m., his eyes rolled back as if he were going to sleep, and at 10:35 a.m., McGuire, who appeared to be unconscious, was convulsing, gagging and struggling to breathe." Prison spokeswoman, JoEllen Smith declined to comment on the description given by the reporter and other witnesses that McGuire struggled to breathe after the drugs were administered. McGuire's family members witnessing his execution could be seen crying and a family member was heard saying "how could this go on for so long?" the Daily News reported. Afterward, attorney Allen Bohnert, an assistant federal public defender who represented McGuire, urged Ohio Governor John Kasich to declare a moratorium on executions. "The experiment that was this execution has failed," Bohnert said in a telephone interview. Bohnert did not witness the execution, but said reports he received also indicated that McGuire gasped for breath for about 15 minutes after he was injected with the drugs. Lawyers for McGuire had argued in a last minute appeal that the never-before used drug combination would put him at a substantial risk of severe pain and a terrifying inability to breathe before he lost consciousness during the execution. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost refused to stop the execution, but ordered prison officials to preserve the medication vials, the boxes in which they were packaged and the syringes used for McGuire's execution. McGuire's execution was the third time Ohio has used untested execution drugs. Three botched executions from 2006 to 2009 had resulted in Frost ruling Ohio's lethal injection protocols unconstitutional and ordering a temporary halt to executions. McGuire was convicted of the 1989 rape, kidnapping and murder of Joy Stewart, whose body was found by hikers in woods in western Ohio a day after she had been seen talking with McGuire, according to court records. McGuire initially accused his brother-in-law of killing Stewart, but DNA tests cleared the man and pointed to McGuire. Additional DNA tests years later confirmed McGuire's guilt. Two days before a hearing on his petition for clemency in December, McGuire admitted in a letter to Kasich that he had killed Stewart during a heated argument. Kasich denied him clemency. In a final statement, McGuire thanked Stewart's family for a letter he apparently received from them and said, "To my children, I love you. I'm going to heaven. I'll see you there when you get there," Smith said. Ohio had planned to use the two-drug method in November to execute condemned killer Ronald Phillips, but Kasich stayed his execution to assess whether Phillips' non-vital organs or tissues could be donated after his death. (Editing by David Bailey, Stephen Powell, Sofina Mirza-Reid and Bernard Orr)


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Characters part 3
Street Fighter IV Characters[edit]
|Character Select
|Complete arcade mode as C. Viper to unlock Cammy.
Fighter Overview
Cammy disappoints us. Not that she's bad, but a couple of promising aspects to her game just don't work how we want them to. First and foremost is that Cammy has lost a good cross-up move. In past games, her j.LK as a cross-up acts as a good lead into quick combos into Spiral Arrow. Doesn't work in Street Fighter IV—if you can manage to make j.LK hit as a cross-up (it's tough), it hits so high that by the time Cammy reaches the ground the hit stun is worn off. No more j.LK cross-up combos for Cammy, then.
And then her Cannon Strike ( + K in air ) disappointingly does not hit low-guarding opponents. It's an air attack that can be blocked while crouching, which spoils some of our fun. The Cannon Strike can cross-up pretty well, but like the j.LK it doesn't leave you time to combo off of it unless you hit the opponent crouching.
Fortunately, Cammy has other strengths in her game that keep her competitive. She's got a number of ways to combo into her ultra, and they're not particularly difficult. After connecting with the second hit of her Quick Spin Knuckle ( + P ) you can immediately follow with an ultra combo to connect the majority of the hits, enough to deal some serious damage. Similarly, after connecting with her Razor's Edge Slicer (the slide kick that follows her Hooligan Combination if you let the jump follow through completely) you can trigger Cammy's ultra and connect with the opponents as they fall to the ground.
Cammy can also pretty easily combo into her super, making her always capable of dealing considerable damage off of basic hits. And that plays into what's always been Cammy's mode of operation: pressure. As a Cammy player, you should always press the action, pushing forward with s.MK as a good, rangy poke and occasionally throwing in c.MK attacks, hoping they connect. If you land a c.MK, you can cancel it into a Spiral Arrow ( + K ) for quick, simple damage. But beware that Spiral Arrow isn't very safe in Street Fighter IV.
What is pretty safe is her Cannon Spike ( + K ). The attack has good priority and moves forward at a pretty sharp angle, which makes it an excellent anti-air attack. But it's also worth throwing out as you pressure opponents when you expect them to try and counter your low-priority pokes. The Cannon Spike will beat most attacks, and even if it gets blocked Cammy will bounce away from the opponent, making her virtually safe from counter attack, though this depends on the opponent. Some characters with quick, long-range attacks will likely be able to capitalize on Cammy's long recovery. As well, whiffing with the Cannon Spike is dreadfully dangerous.
|+ P + K xx FADC xx + KKK
|If you connect a Quick Spin Knuckle ( + P ) near a corner, you can juggle the opponent with a Cannon Spike ( + K ). Cancel that Cannon Spike with a FADC—dashing backward instead of forward—and you can catch the opponent again with an ultra combo before he/she hits the ground. The ultra doesn't hit completely, but it does still do serious damage. Cammy's pressure should move the opponent near the corner, and you can use this as a counter to a fireball from decently far away.
|+ K ( in air ) s.HP xx + HK xx + K
|If you land the Cannon Strike ( + K in air ) deep (or as a cross-up on a crouching opponent), you can land into a combo starting with s.HP or c.MK. From there you can cancel into a Spiral Arrow ( + HK ), and if you've got the meter continue it with a super combo,
|We're not entirely sure how useful this is, but we're kinda proud to have found it out. If you TK Cammy's EX Cannon Strike, you get a high-priority heavy attack with virtually zero recovery lag. You can utilize the hit stun from the attack (and zero recovery) by going into a normal ground combo, or by connecting Cammy's rad ultra combo.
Moves List
|Cannon Spike
|Great anti-air (use it against opponents that try to jump-in on you) with fantastic horizontal range—compare it to a shoto Shoryuken. The priority is good, but not untouchable. Very safe when blocked, but just don't whiff it as you'll be left pretty vulnerable to a counter. You can also use the Cannon Spike to hop over fireballs and gain some ground, but we suggest doing this only from full screen.
|Spiral Arrow
|Unfortunately it's not as safe as it was in Street Fighter II. Spamming with Spiral Arrow will leave you open to a counter attack, even at max range. But the move is still useful for quick combos and the HK version can be canceled into Cammy's super combo for good damage. The EX version of the Spiral Arrow will pass through fireballs, and its fast travel and solid range makes it an excellent counter to projectiles.
|Quick Spin Knuckle
|Perhaps Cammy's best answer to projectiles. The Quick Spin Knuckle rolls through fireballs and has a pretty big window of invincibility, so you can start the Quick Spin Knuckle early or execute it just before a fireball touches Cammy to pass through. But fireballs aren't the only attacks that Cammy passes through. You can use the Spin Knuckle as a counter to jump-in attacks, rolling through the opponent's air attack and catching them as they land. Cammy's head is still vulnerable. As mentioned earlier, you can follow a connected Spin Knuckle with an ultra combo. You can also cancel into Cammy's super or, if in a corner, follow with a simple Cannon Spike.
|Hooligan Combination
|The Hooligan Combination works into Cammy's pressure game. If you pressure the opponent into a turtling guard, cancel a c.MK into a HP Hooligan Combination and grab the opponent. Unfortunately, this is another aspect of Cammy's game that saddens us; Cammy's Hooligan Combination grab does not work against crouching opponents. That's a pretty big blow to Cammy's pressure game, though you can still use it to get close to a crouching opponent (still cancel the air roll with the grab attempt) so you can throw once you land.
|Cannon Strike
|+ K ( in air )
|Decent priority over Cammy's normal air attacks, and it will actually trade with shoto Shoryukens. Since Cammy sort of stalls in the air while starting the move, you can use it to mess with your opponent's timing. Sadly the attack doesn't connect with low-guarding opponents, but it will cross them up. The EX version can be used while jumping backward (non-EX versions can't) which means you can Tiger Knee (TK) the move. That'd be pretty awesome if the attack counted as an overhead, but it doesn't. Still, you can use the TK Cannon Strike to combo into Cammy's ultra.
|Spin Drive Smasher
|Fairly easy to combo into off of a HK Spiral Arrow or any version of the Quick Spin Knuckle. The super has some invincibility at the beginning so it'll pass through fireballs early.
|Gyro Drive Smasher
|Similar to the Spin Drive Smasher, the Gyro Drive Smasher will pass through fireballs and other attacks at the very start of the ultra. Best of all, Cammy's got lots of combos that can lead into the Gyro Drive, making it particularly deadly. Even on its own, though, outside of combos, the Gyro Drive's range and speed is good for catching opponents off guard. Bait an opponent into throwing a projectile at mid range and Cammy can react with the ultra for lots of damage.
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Hi Everyone,
I am going to join the blog world chili bandwagon. I have seen many a blog post about chili in the past few days and since I can think about cooking nothing but chili in this weather, I am going to throw in my two cents. This recipe would work for just straight up ground beef too. Bison and grass-fed beef are both very lean red meats. Fun fact: grass-fed beef and bison are far higher in Omega 3s than their corn fed cousins. Omega 3 is the good kind of fat that makes your cholestoral go down and your heart beat strong. Yay grass-fed red meat!!!! The bison I am using came from Thunderheart and the beef is from a Boggy Creek supplier.
In this version of the pie, I am using blue corn tortilla chips, but you better believe I am missing those Fritos. I know that they don't make me feel so hot, so on the blue corn high road I go. The cheese I am using is not the typical frito pie cheese either, but so melty and delicious is the mozarella from Full Quiver, that I can't resist giving it a try. All of their cheeses are delicious, but I really have a soft spot for their moz. I have noticed is that I like to cook with beer and chili is no exception. I put some Negra Modelo in my chili and it really helps the flavors come along to drink the rest of the frosty beer while the chili cooks. This is totally a scientific fact.
In other news, I have gotten my website up at long last. I would love for you to visit and let me know what you think. There is a place in there for cooking questions under the classes section, so submit away!
Bison and Grass-fed Beef Chili
1 lb. ground bison
1 lb. grass-fed (and finished) beef
1 big yellow onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
3 jalepenos, sliced
1/4 c. chili powder
2 T cumin
2 T olive oil
2 T salt
1 t. black pepper
1 c. crushed or chopped tomatoes
1/3 c. dark beer
3 T fine corn meal, optional (if your chili is thinner than you like, add this at the end and it will thicken it right up)
Heat oil in a pot over medium heat. Add onions and jalepenos and cook for 5 minutes. I like to get my onions just a little caramelized because I think it adds a great deep flavor. I leave the seeds in the jalepenos because I like my chili pretty spicy. If spicy is not your jam, remove the seeds. Once the onions take on a little brown color, add the garlic and let cook for a minute or so, then add the bison, beef, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper and let brown. Once the meat is brownish, add the tomatoes and stir, then the beer and stir. Cover and turn the heat down to low and let cook for 1.5 hours. Every once in a while take the the lid of and stir and smell it. It smells good!
for the pie
Corn chips, if you are going anti-Frito, the chips need to be pretty dang hardy to stand up to the moisture of the chili.
Grated cheese, Full-Quiver or other local cheese
More jalepeno, mine are fire roasted and pickled by Larry from Boggy
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Get a bowl, put the chips in it, top with chili and whichever of the condiments that suit your fancy. Then, dig in!!!
Challenge Update
The universe or global warming or whatever caused that cold snap last week tested our mettle with the challenge, but we stayed true. Here is what happened: our water heater busted on Wednesday and due to a part being shipped in, it wasn't back up and running until yesterday. For a pair of women that aren't eating out for a year, that meant boiling water to wash our dishes Laura Ingles Wilder style and mooching showers off of our dear friend Mandy. When our hero plumber Michael Hickey showed up yesterday I actually did a dance of joy. I was seconds away from a trip to Taco-Mex to avoid boiling my 110th giant pot of water to do the dishes. We made it, though and I feel way grittier for it!
If you want to get involved in the fight to protect our small farmers and artisan food makers, I encourage you to meet at the Capitol at 10 AM on February 21st for a lobbying day. It is put on by the fine folks at FARFA and a great way to show support and speak up! For information, click here.
I hope that you all keep warm and eat some chili or something really good!
Thank you for reading,
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