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Brett Eldredge Gets a Day All His Own
Brett Eldredge has been honored in a big way by his hometown of Paris, Ill. The city wanted to recognize its local celebrity by creating a "Brett Eldredge Day" and that's just what the powers-that-be did for the country star.
The people of Paris put together quite a celebration for newly-created honor.
About 2,000 people showed up to help celebrate as llinois Governor Pat Quinn made it all official. The locals also put up signs to let everyone know that this is Eldredge's hometown.
The singer took to his Twitter account to express his excitement about receiving the key to the city and to share the news with his fans.
He was clearly stoked about having his own day in his hometown and his excitement leapt off the screen. He posted: "They gave me a key to the city!? This is crazy! Let's go open doors and stuff! I love Paris Illinois! Thank you!"
Eldredge has quite a busy year coming up in 2014. He's joining two pretty big acts for their tours.
He will be alongside Keith Urban for the next leg of his Light the Fuse tour and also will join Billy Currington for his We Are Tonight tour. Urban's tour starts Jan. 9 in Mich., with a full itinerary of dates listed on his website.
The Currington tour starts a little later -- March 6 in Tulsa, Okla. Full dates for Currington's tour are on his website.


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While low home values continue to be an obstacle in the way of a full housing recovery, more and more markets in recent months have experienced home-price improvements. Although home prices are up in some areas, many real estate agents, homeowners and homebuyers alike are frustrated that appraisals aren't keeping pace with current home-price appreciation.
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Past prices don't always capture the momentum shift in a rebounding community, says Peter Grabel, a senior loan officer at Luxury Mortgage in Stamford, Conn. "Appraisals look backward in time, whereas the market looks forward in time."
According to a recent survey from the National Association of Realtors, 34% of Realtors reported having had a problem with an appraisal within the last three months. In addition to not keeping pace with current price improvements, Realtors also noted foreclosures being used as "comps" (information on recently sold comparable homes), out-of-town appraisers and slow turn-around times as being ongoing issues with today's appraisals.
Add in the fact that buyers and refinancers often pay around $400 per appraisal and these issues are particularly frustrating, Grabel says.
Don't blame the messenger
Richard Borges, president-elect of the Chicago-based Appraisal Institute, says that many people find fault with the appraiser if an assessment comes back lower than the price the seller and buyer negotiated, but skilled appraisers take a lot into consideration when evaluating a home in order to determine the market price.
Read: How to challenge that low appraisal
"Appraisers look at the condition of a property, the competition a property has and the buyer for that type of property in that area," says Borges. "They are there to provide that unbiased, impartial, independent, objective knowledge about the market and the particular characteristics of the property."
This means appraisers should not assess a dollar amount solely to make sure a real estate deal goes through, he says.
Appraisal management companies
Another major source of appraisal frustration within the real estate community has been the increased use of appraisal management companies (AMCs), says Grabel. Due to recent regulations, lenders and appraisers are not allowed to influence each other, he explains. AMCs have stepped in to fill the void, and now lenders who need an appraisal contact an AMC, which then assigns an appraiser for the property.
There have been complaints that AMCs pocket a large portion of the appraisal fee, choose inexperienced appraisers who are willing to work for less money or who are from out-of-town and aren't familiar with the neighborhood, Grabel says. All these ultimately affect their valuations.
Borges counters by saying that AMCs have been around a long time, and there is an important place for them in the industry, but trade organizations -- like the Appraisal Institute -- do try work against any situation that encourages the use of inexperienced appraisers.
Appraisals have improved
Despite some setbacks, things aren't as bad as they were a year or two ago.
According to Grabel, for neighborhoods with increased real estate activity, it's easier to find recent sales prices for comparable homes, so the agreed upon price between buyer and seller is more likely to be in alignment with the appraised value.
Read: Lenders and appraisers are catching up with green homes
"In the more condensed areas where there are lots of sales, I am typically more confident of getting a good valuation," he says.
Diane Saatchi is a senior vice president at Saunders Associates, a real estate firm in Bridgehampton, N.Y. She says that sales activity is picking up, and that can only make it easier to find more accurate appraisals in the future.
"Within the last six months or so, the appraisals haven't hurt deals," Saatchi says. "We have a lot of people who have been waiting for the market to come up from its bottom before they start buying. I think the perception now is it is OK to buy."
Appraisals have always been an important part of the real estate process. As home sales continue to increase, more comps will become available. Agents are confident this will help the value of appraisals get more in line with current prices which can then improve the real estate market for everyone involved.
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London: The Sweden forward struggles to describe just how good the Argentine star is, but believes that Zinedine Zidane is the best player to ever have graced football
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that Lionel Messi deserves to win the Ballon d`Or, even though the Barcelona forward has won the award three times previously.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are thought to be the front-runners for the coveted award, but Ibrahimovic believes that the Argentina international is the clear favourite.
"Messi is the best player in the world, he deserves the Ballon d`Or," Ibrahimovic told BeIn Sport.
"I know he`s won it several times but it is deserved. He plays like he`s on PlayStation, it`s unbelievable. People who say otherwise either don`t know anything about football or are just talking nonsense."
Ibrahimovic also heaped praise upon former Real Madrid midfielder Zinedine Zidane, and says that he aims to have the same positive impact on his team as the legendary French playmaker used to.
"When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
"It was magic. He was a unique player. He was more than good, he came from another planet. His team-mates became like him when he was on the pitch. A player that makes the difference is a player that makes the others better.
"I don`t know if we will see others like him. That`s my mentality. Make the others better. Because if they are better, I too will be better," he said.


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Your home's hidden environmental horrors
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There's not a wind, breeze or draft that can't be stopped by Tedd Bensonwood, a builder based in New Hampshire who specializes in energy-efficient homes.
Until recently, one way he would keep out the chilly New England air was by wrapping houses with 4-inch-thick extruded polystyrene, an insulation sold under brand names like Dow Chemical, Styrofoam and Owens Corning Foamular.
It turns out, though, that these materials contain a particular type of hydrofluorocarbon that happens to be 1,430 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
It would take 65 years of greenhouse gases saved by this insulation to offset the damage done by this hydrofluorocarbon, according to Alex Wilson, author of the book Your Green Home and founder of BuildingGreen, an organization that provides green design information.
"A lot of people that care a lot of about the environment are using a lot of insulation in their buildings, for the right reasons," says Wilson. "But by using a couple of types of insulation, they are defeating their efforts."
Says Bensonwood, who no longer uses the insulation, "It's very frustrating; we're trying to save energy."
Owens Corning says its own analysis of XPS insulation, reviewed by outside experts, shows its global warming impact is an order of magnitude less than what Wilsons study concludes. Dow says its newest technology uses less hydrofluorocarbons than Wilson assumed, and that an outside sustainability firm rated its XPS insulation highly. Neither company makes its exact formulations public.
There are all kinds of appliances and materials used to power, entertain, heat, cool, build and beautify our homes that use up resources in ways that are obvious, hidden or hidden in plain sight.
For example: You thought your gas range was just using gas to bake your cookies? Not so. Most gas ranges use electricity to power what's called a "glowbar" that helps govern the gas valves. These can draw 500 watts of power, almost as much as the microwave oven you were proud of yourself for not using.
Many things in your home, from your plasma television to your simple little toaster, draw power all day and all night just by being plugged in. According to researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a typical American home has 40 appliances drawing power 'round the clock. Together they consume 10% of residential electricity use nationwide.
That 700-pound granite countertop? Even if it is mined locally, it is often shipped elsewhere to be cut and polished, then it's shipped back--burning fuel going to and fro.
Nate Kredich, vice president for residential market development at the U.S. Green Building Council, says what is needed, but difficult to get, are life cycle analyses of products' impacts that factors in production, transportation, the sources of the raw materials and how long the product last.
This last question, longevity, makes the calculation especially tricky. For all the energy it takes to produce granite, it can last a very long time. "If something lasts for 100 years and doesn't have to be replaced, that can be very green," Kredich says. "The whole thing is a trade-off. There are no easy answers."
Thankfully, though, says BuildingGreen's Wilson, there are often clearly preferable options. Substituting extruded polystyrene with insulation made with polyisocyanurate reduces the greenhouse gas payback from 65 years to just 2.7 years. Now that's green.
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OMAK The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for most of Okanogan and Ferry counties.
"A warm front will bring a chance of minor snow accumulations this morning, with the potential for a wintry mix of precipitation as snow transitions to rain," the advisory said. "Sleet and freezing rain are possible."
The advisory also covers the Grand Coulee area and Waterville Plateau.
By tomorrow, snowfall is predicted to turn to rain as the temperature rises, the advisory said.
"Wet weather is likely to persist through much of the week, with most of the snow occurring over the highest mountains," the advisory said.
With rain expected to melt snow, meteorologists are predicting the possibility of lowland flooding.
The change in temperatures will coincide with the end of a winter storm warning for the North Cascades, including the Methow Valley.
That warning expires at 4 p.m. today.
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I find conferences invigorating. I'm a true extrovert (and an intellectual), and very little recharges my batteries like a 3 or 4 day stint of seeing old friends, making new friends, and absorbing new ideas and new takes on old ones. Throw in a change of locale, an excuse to indulge my inner foodie, and the escapist novel I allow myself when traveling, and I'm in bliss. Pure bliss I tell you!
It's like New Year's Day.
In honor if that feeling, I'm going to make some post-con resolutions
- More blogging! I mean it. I miss my blog. I miss the daily writing. I miss the opportunity to speak and be heard.
- More blog reading. (Commenting on same may constitute more blogging…). I don't need to travel to listen to wonderful marvelous brilliant you. I can read your blog. So I'm going to.
- More TED talks. I just bought myself a Roku, and it has a TED channel. I'm not just going to bury myself in your brilliant words, but I'm also going to dive deep into the random and magnificent thoughts that stream out of TED. (and blog about it…)
- I am going to read more. Not just stuff for my research, but that ginormous list of tangentially-relevant non-fiction? gonna read it. All those books about libraryness that I want to read and never do? gonna read 'em. Um, and blog about them.
Some things on that list:
- Reflective teaching, effective learning : instructional literacy for library educators
- Jaron Lanier's You are not a gadget. Um, this was my first nook book. I should probably read it, yeah??
- Raj Patel's The Value of Nothing
- All those conference papers I missed. Hooray for the ACRL Virtual Conference!
- Parker Palmer. I was introduced to Parker Palmer's work at Immersion, and recently his name came up again in a TED talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_martin_reinventing_feminism.html) and I want to dig into him a bit more deeply.
- Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less form each other by Sherry Turkle
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains , by Nicholas Carr
- Cognitive Surplus (yeah, I know. I haven't read any of the Malcolm Gladwell stuff either…)


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Trust is an integral part of our daily lives.
Trust is an integral part of our daily lives.
We trust that drivers will stay on their side of the road, that the gas pump is delivering perfectly measured gallons of fuel and that the waiter did not spit in our soup.
It would be hard to walk through life suspicious of everyone even though there is evidence that trust is tricky.
Just look at some of the recent news out of Pike County.
The treasurer of the Millrift Fire Department, Massiel Edwards, was charged with theft after admitting she took $10,288 from the department for personal use.
Police said Edwards used the money to pay her property taxes; had propane delivered to her home; paid electric bills; a $500 Cablevision bill; $1,086 to Verizon Wireless; and withdrew cash on at least 20 occasions.
Nelson Ruiz, 35, of Shohola, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to defrauding the New York City Department of Education out of about $2.7 million and to bribing a department employee to carry out the scheme, according to federal officials.
From 2008 through June 2012, Ruiz billed the department for sign language interpretation services for 11 New York City public schoolchildren.
But none of the students actually needed the services. Some were not even enrolled in a school, authorities said.
Counselor Patricia Delorenzo will plead guilty to health care fraud for bilking insurance provider Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania out of more than $10,000.
She is charged with using a variety of fraudulent billing schemes at her home-based business, Serenity Drug and Alcohol Outpatient Facility, in Milford, federal court papers say.
A volunteer fire department treasurer, a sign language interpreter and a mental health counselor: Three noble positions soiled by the lure of easy money.
Everyone holds a position of trust somewhere in life, although some of us don't deserve it.
Integrity, a personal decision to do the right thing, is all it takes to be someone people can depend on.
Without it, who can you trust?
State Police at Blooming Grove sent out an official press release this week reporting the sighting of a rare animal trotting along Interstate 84.
According to the press release, which included a grainy photo, the creature was seen around 5:30 p.m. between mile markers 41 and 45 in Milford Township.
"A rare form of an animal that resembles a horse with a large pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead and sometimes seen with a goat's beard and cloven hooves, was seen trotting down the westbound lane of Interstate 84," the report said.
The animal was described to be an okapis, a horse-like animal found in Africa with a reddish brown body and black and white stripes on its legs.
It is the kind of story that makes journalists salivate — if only it were true.
The press release was a hoax.
"It was a prank played by the midnight guys," said an embarrassed trooper who fielded a lot of media calls about it.
A similar joke press release printed on an official state police form was sent around more than a year ago with a similar grainy photo and a different description of a bizarre animal.


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Tivoli Theatre
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St. Louis' beloved Tivoli Theatre features the finest in independent film and foreign language cinema. Architecturally and historically, the Tivoli Building is the most prominent edifice in the University City Loop area of St. Louis. It has a street frontage of 180 feet, is four-stories tall, houses seven specialty shops in addition to the theatre, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
On May 10, 1924, the ornate Tivoli Theatre opened to the public with a seating capacity of 1,440. The evening's festivities included speeches by St. Louis Mayor Henry W. Kiel and University City Mayor Warren C. Flynn, a photoplay called "The Confidence Man", music from the Jules Silberberg Orchestra, Art Lee Utt at the Kilgen Wonder Organ and five vaudeville acts. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch described the theatre as having 'luxury and splendor eclipsing that of any other St. Louis theater' and 'the piece de resistance of glorified beauty'.
Through the years, the Tivoli Theatre went through numerous changes in ownership, suffered a long period of decline and closed in 1994. Joe and Linda Edwards, owners of the nearby Blueberry Hill, bought the building and theatre and began meticulously restoring the Tivoli Theater, bringing it back to its 1924 splendor.
After a renovation costing in excess of $2 million, the Tivoli Theater reopened on May 19, 1995 as a three-screen theater. Architects, designers and sightseers have toured the restored Tivoli Theater, marveling at the marquee, the 29-foot tall vertical sign, the newly-built box office, the vestibule with its terrazzo floor and ornate ceilings, the new seats, recessed ceiling domes, proscenium arch, side wall arches, stage, orchestra pit and lush burgundy curtain.
Elegant display cases have been filled with movie memorabilia including Marilyn Monroe, Little Rascals, Wizard of Oz and Marx Brothers dolls, a statue of Vincent Price and a plaster Maltese Falcon. Golden-age poster collages and original posters of St. Louis-related movies, actors and actresses line the corridors.
With the renovation complete, people could once again enjoy seeing great movies as they were filmed to be seen—on a big screen in an architecturally stunning setting.
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When I went there from around 1980-85, they would have a printed program of all the films to be shown for the next few months. A typical weekend in U City would be: a bite to eat at Gyro's Greek restaurant, see an oddball film at the Tivoli (for example "The Last Tango In Paris"), walk up to Blueberry Hill and hang out for a while, then down to the Varsity to experience "Rocky Horror" for the umpteenth time (and the Stooges too!) I was just at the Tivoli last week to watch a film I worked on for the 48 Hour Film Project. The Edwards have a great community spirit!
This theatre now has REAL-D in one of their auditoriums. They are currently playing Up in that auditorium.
The one and only time I've ever seen "The Sound of Music" on the big screen, it was here! I also remember seeing a double feature of "Alien" & "The Man Who Fell To Earth" with my mom in the early 80's. She covered my eyes through the majority of "TMWFTE" due to all the nude/love scenes.
Hey JAlex- what are your sources for info on the Tivoli? Am writing a report and need solid info.
My sources are contemporary (meaning 1924) St. Louis newspapers which are available at local libraries.
Wow! The U-City Cinema! The place where this whole movie loving obsession of mine began some 36 years ago! Wish I could read what was on the marquee! Thanks again, Norman!
Wow. That is the very first concession booth I ever remember visiting. Amazing find!
Fire at Stivers Lincoln-Mercury 1956 (University City Public Library photo)just added. Via the Vintage St. Louis Facebook page.
May 10th, 1924 grand opening ad in photo section.
May 19, 1995 grand opening ad as a 3-plex also in photo section.
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The one thing we all do before putting on a pair of headphones is check we're putting the correct 'bud in the correct ear, either with the little L and R markings, or by using another visual clue such as an in-line microphone to check which is which, thus ensuring the stereo separation is heard as the artist and audio mixer intended.
It's a tried-and-tested but decidedly low-tech solution, however a Japanese team of researchers at the Igarashi Design Interface Project have come up with an far more high-tech alternative.
They call them Universal Earphones, and there's a proximity sensor fixed to each earbud that knows which ear it has been inserted in, then adjusts the channel accordingly. With a 30mm detection zone in which to find either your ear or clear air, they work in a similar way to your phone's proximity sensor.
That's not all either, as another sensor is used to see whether both earbuds are being used by the same person, and if not, both the 'buds get a mono signal. Why? So you don't get just one side of a stereo track when you're sharing a pair of earphones with another person.
Future plans for the Universal Earphones include a feature where the 'buds know they've been removed from your ears, and pausing the music until they're re-inserted, or even playing one track through the right earphone and another through the left.
At this stage, the Universal Earphones are in still in development and according to the BBC, there are no firm plans to mass produce them. However, the promo video reveals they would cost less than $1 per pair to manufacture, which could see them being snapped up in the future.
Of course, if you're the sort of person who doesn't check to make sure your headphones are in the correct ear, this won't be of any interest. Just a quick question though, how can you be so blasé?


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The market had a pretty solid week as evidenced by all the headlines announcing it was up 10 days in a row.
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Frankly, that always worries me, and it means the market is a) overbought, and b) ready for a pullback. Of course, the latter is what's needed to work off the froth, and if it does pull back, I'd be inclined to buy.
One stock I'd definitely look to pick up is Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). It's been choppy, but right near support. This is a good setup because you can buy with a fairly tight stop, making the reward high and the risk low.
Finally, if you're looking for a clue as to the direction of stocks, look no further than General Electric (NYSE:GE). It's poised to go up OR down right now, and there's no way of telling which. Look for the breakout or breakdown to diagnose the market's overall health.


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The TeaTripster is a branded Airstream, ready to spread teawareness with people who appreciate loose-leaf teas and want to share this passion with others. The TeaTripster tour begins June 13, 2011, covering 24 U.S. cities, including Charleston's 300-variety tea plantation… the zen of San Diego tea… and Chicago's hip tea scene. Follow on Teatripster.com and on Facebook, and share your own tea experiences.
Here is what the teatripster had to say about their recent visit to The Empress:
it's in the dining room that you'll find beautiful tea accoutrements (and tea). this is where overnight guests are offered tea at breakfast. it's also where afternoon tea on sundays is served, an affair that consists of tea sandwiches and sweets and an amazing pomegranate tea that is steeped with fresh oranges, cinnamon and cloves and served in teacups that change with the season (red and white china today to match the fourth of july theme).
the sunday tea (by reservation) includes a tour of the house and swelled to 40 guests for mother's day this year. besides sunday tea and special events such as showers and receptions and even an upcoming 90th birthday celebration for 20 people, the empress of little rock offers daily tea with 24-hour advance reservation.
after a tour of three floors of the inn today, we relaxed with the wonderful pomegranate tea, a chocolate-dipped cherry, cranberry scone, clotted cream and fabulous lemon curd, making an afternoon in little rock memorable. wish we could be here for the july 4th brunch!
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Promising youngster Abdul Razak has left Manchester City to join Anzhi Makhachkala on a permanent deal.
The Ivory Coast international, 20, had initially joined Anzhi on loan, but the move was made permanent after making his first appearance for the club against CSKA Moscow.
Midfielder Razak was tipped for success following his move from Crystal Palace to Man City in 2010, but first team opportunities proved to be hard to come by - and made only seven appearances during his three-year stint at the club.
During that time he featured for three different sides in loan moves - Portsmouth, Brighton and most recently Charlton - before moving to the Russian Premier League side.
He failed to make an impression at any of these sides, making just 11 league appearances across the three stints, failing to score a goal.
It has not been confirmed whether the Citizens will receive a fee for Razak's transfer.
A statement on the club's website read: "Everyone at the club would like to wish Abdul all the best in his future career."
Manchester City travel to Upton Park this weekend to face West Ham in the Premier League.
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The Ravens have picked up Pro Bowl kick returner Jacoby Jones' $1 million roster bonus, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.
Jones was paid the roster bonus as scheduled on Friday, the fourth day of the league year.
Jones is due a $3 million base salary and carries a $4.9 million salary-cap figure in the final year of his two-year, $7 million maximum value contract. That includes $500,000 escalator clause that hinges on Jones' reception totals.
Jones was a hit in Baltimore in his first season with three returns for scores, including a 108-yard kickoff return against the Dallas Cowboys that tied an NFL record for the longest return in league history.
Jones set a franchise record while leading the NFL with a 30.7 kickoff return average.
He caught a touchdown in the Super Bowl and also returned a kickoff for a touchdown in a victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder also caught 30 passes for 406 yards and a touchdown, and his role on offense may increase this year now that wide receiver Anquan Boldin is being traded to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a 2013 sixth-round draft pick.
Jones and dancing partner Karina Smirnoff have been rehearsing in Owings Mills to get ready for the Dancing with the Stars competition that premiers Monday night on ABC.
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The Ravens' one-year deal with safety James Ihedigbo is worth $780,000 and includes a $35,000 signing bonus. He also got a $30,000 roster bonus. Using the veteran minimum salary benefit, his salary-cap figure is $620,000. ... Cut by the Ravens earlier this week, former starting strong safety Bernard Pollard visited the Tennessee Titans on Friday. He wasn't immediately signed to a contract, though.


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Wabash Students Hear Case, 'Extraordinary' Admissionby Howard W. Hewitt • February 2, 2006 Share:
Wabash students had the chance Thursday to witness an Indiana Appeals Court hearing which involved a dispute on Indiana's Habitual Offender Law. They not only witnessed the court proceeding, but in the Chief Judge's words saw something "rather extraordinary" when the attorney representing the state made an admission the law had been applied incorrectly by the trial court.
The Indiana Appeals Court has been hearing oral arguments around the state for nearly a decade. Each judge travels about 10 times a year.
"The process is very important to the appellate process in general," said Chief Judge James S. Kirsch. "The oral arguments bring cases to life. They help us to understand issues. They give us an opportunity to resolve the questions we may have that aren't answered in the briefs and other research.
"And we really see it as an outreach and as an education, an opportunity for people who otherwise wouldn't get to see the process to see it up close and personal."
Kirsch has made five or six trips to Wabash for such hearings. He now has added incentive to make the annual Wabash trip. His son, Adam '07, is a Wabash College student.
The court heard the case of Puckett v. State, which involved questions of the sentencing procedure. At issue was the application of Indiana's habitual offender statute for traffic violators (relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated) in determining sentencing and whether or not the defendant, who was left without counsel at the time of sentencing, experienced a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
After the Greenwood lawyer representing the appeals case made his argument, the Attorney General's lawyer representing the state opened his remarks by saying the office is most "responsible for seeing justice is done."
The attorney then admitted the application of the habitual offender sentence was not proper in this case. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Kirsch commended the defense attorney and particularly the state's attorney for their presentation. Kirsch then made a point to the students they had actually witnessed something rather extraordinary.
A question and answer period followed, but no question applying to the hearing were permitted.
"This was my first experience seeing a court hearing," said Jay Horrey '09. "It was a great first-hand learning experience."
Dr. Allwyn Tellis' Legal Debate class was in attendance for the hearing. The class has been planning to argue this specific case but the Attorney General's admission the sentencing was incorrect might have thrown the class for a loop.
Justin Liedel '09 was there because his Political Debate class is planning an appellate case. "It was great to see it done by professionals," Liedel said. "It was rather different than I expected it to be."
The uniqueness of having an appeals court hearing across the state, often at educational institutions leads to lots of interesting questions.
"The most frequent question I get, traditionally with junior high students or young high school students, is, 'What do you wear under your robe?' " Judge Kirsch said, with a chuckle. "We've been asked everything from what kind of cars do we drive to what's our favorite fast food restaurant.
"But we also get some really good questions about the system. Typically it depends on the teachers and the amount of work they have done in preparing the students. A lot of them do projects that are collateral to the argument. In some cases on the high school level, they will have the students decide the case they heard the argument on."
The Appeals Court was on campus last year but a last minute cancellation meant just a question and answer session instead of a full hearing. Judges Patricia Riley and Margaret Robb joined Kirsch on the panel.
Hewitt is Wabash College's Director of New Media/Web Editor. Royce Gregerson '09 also contributed to this story.
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Hartsville, SC- In a match that saw hostility on and off the courts, the Flying Fleet of Erskine College prevailed in a pivotal Conference Carolinas match up on Wednesday afternoon by defeating the home standing Cobras by a score of 6-3.
Over the past few years, the two schools have created quite a rivalry on the tennis courts and it showed quickly in the opening doubles match ups. Danny Nash (Hilton Head, SC) and Evan Schreiner (Seneca, SC) won at the No. 2 position by a score of 8-4, while the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles team for the Cobras lost 8-4, and 8-2.
In singles, the fireworks continued and really exploded on court No. 4. The match up got really heated up on questionable line calls and ended with an altercation at the net with both teams players being separated. In the end, Coker's No. 4 player Jeremiah Dye (Summerville, SC) lost the match by a 6-2, 6-4 margin. Nash won his second match of the day winning at the No. 1 position in three sets by a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Juan Vallejo-Gonzalez (Quito, Ecuador) got the last point of the day for the Cobras as he found victory at the No. 3 position winning easily 6-4, 6-2.
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Hispanics Now Demanding That Obama Give 11 Million Illegals Amnesty
Hispanics Now Demanding That Obama Give 11 Million Illegals Amnesty
posted on November 10, 2012 by da Tagliare
First President Barack Obama violated federal law by instructing the feds to not enforce federal immigration laws. Then Obama violates the Constitution with bypassing Congress to create law with the DREAM Act.
His goal was achieved as he overwhelmingly won the Hispanic vote, which we all knew was his purpose all along. Now the Hispanics are following the only logical course there is to follow and that is to demand that Obama extend amnesty to the more than 11 million illegal aliens here in the U.S.
A Hispanic advocacy group by the name of United We Dream, believes that Obama and Congress owe them amnesty and citizenship. Cristina Jimenez, an illegal from Ecuador and director of the group stated:
[President Barack Obama and Congress] need to come together to deliver change on immigration policy, and by that we mean a roadmap to citizenship for our parents and communities.EXCUSE ME? They violate federal immigration laws and then tell us that if we try to enforce those laws that it is irresponsible and unacceptable?
Lorella Praili, policy director for the group added:
Deporting members of our community is irresponsible and unacceptable.
My father-in-law came here as a legal immigrant and before he died, we had several discussions about illegals and their status and he told me it was an affront to him and all other legal immigrants who abided by federal law. He told me that if they want to stay in the United States that they should follow the same legal path that he and the others took.
I also have a number of friends that are legal immigrants. One family came here from South Africa to escape the racial issues and violent crimes. They were devastated when they found out that their immigration requests were granted but that their teenage daughters was not. One of the issues in South Africa they were trying to escape was a high rate of blacks raping whites. They had no alternative but to leave their daughter with relatives while they came to America. It took an additional two years before their daughter was finally granted permission to join them.
When I asked them how they felt about the DREAM Act and what Obama was doing, they said that they were offended and outraged. It took them years and thousands of dollars for their entire family to come to this country legally. They believe that every person that comes to this country illegally should be arrested, charged with a federal felony for violating immigration law and then deported back to their home countries. These are their words, not mine, but I whole-heartedly agree.
Now, House Speaker Rep. John Boehner has said that he is open to revamping immigration laws this next year. In a statement to the media, Boehner said:
It is important for us to secure our borders and to enforce our laws. [And] Im confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all.What makes Boehner believe that Obama will do anything to secure our borders? Why have states like Arizona passed immigration laws to protect themselves? Its because Obama wont. Just a thought, but Obamas administration has approved of a number of governmental appointees in the new Libya, one of which is an Al Qaeda operative who was placed in charge of Libyas borders.
But other House Republicans are not ready to make such promises. Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) issued the following statement in response to Boehners proclamation:
Im concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a comprehensive approach to immigration taken care of once and for all.Thursday night after Boehner made his promise to compromise, one of the local news stations from his home town of Cincinnati conducted a poll asking if Boehner should remain as the Speaker of the House. The last I saw, the vote was 44% yes and 56% said no, Boehner should be replaced as Speaker, and this was from his own support base.
Theres been zero discussion of this issue within the conference, and Im urging the Speaker to talk with House Republicans before making pledges on the national news. The first thing we need is for President Obama to finally enforce current immigration law and strengthen our borders. To take up any other agenda is bad policy for the American people and bad politics for Republicans. The Speaker needs to pull back on this issue and stop negotiating in public.
So here is my opinion, like it or not!
First of all, the House Republicans need to replace Boehner with someone like Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House. I know Ryan is not about to start caving in to Obamas demands.
Secondly, every person that is in the U.S. illegally, needs to be deported back to their home country and we should bill their home countries for the cost of deportation. A record should be kept of all illegals and if any of them return illegally, then they should be arrested, charged with a felony and jailed. America has to take strong drastic measure to secure our borders and send a message to the rest of the world that they will be severely punished for crossing our borders illegally.
Third, I would bring our troops home from Afghanistan and other Arab nations that hate our guts and place them along the US borders south and north. Instead of our men and women defending the borders of other nations, have them defend our own borders for a change.
Some have told me that my views are harsh. My reply is that I am only trying to uphold the laws of our nation and secure our borders. Im also tired of seeing the negative impact that illegals have had on our nation and our communities. Ive seen numerous small towns lose the only hospital or urgent care facility for miles around because they can no longer afford to provide all of the free medical to illegals that the federal government forces them to do. Ive seen entire neighborhoods overrun with crime and vandalism once illegals start to move in. I lived in one of those neighborhoods. Ive also seen how unemployment actually drops once tough immigration laws have been passed like in Alabama.
The other thing that irks the heck out of me is when people from other countries flee their country because they dont like the conditions there. So they come and start turning America into the country they fled from and demand the right to do so. I say if they dont like America the way it is, then they shouldnt have come here in the first place.
So now you know where I stand on immigration. Zero tolerance enforce our laws protect our borders prosecute violators.
Boy that a good one you demanding that obama give 11 ,million illegal amnesty .
why don't you go back to your country & demanding what you want & see what you get
In My book the vote was fix the only way obama did get in again . all of the Illegal
immigrants . mitt won hand Up . in my book
no amnesty or dream act
These people are relentless and will not stop until they either get deported or get what they want. Amnesty only encourages more illegal immigrations with more people waiting for yet another amnesty. It didn't work out before and it won't work out now. These people have to learn respect for our country and come through the proper channels, not sit back for years and wait to have things handed to them.
Hispanics are the most selfish group of people ive ever seen! THey act like they are the only immigrants we have here in the U.S. ....
One thing i give to them, they are the loudest...demanding...self ritious bunch of law breakers ive ever seen...
Talking about the illegals here...not about the hispanice legal immigrants...just to clarify.
They can stuff their demands where the sun don't shine!
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On the other hand if you end up liking Full Metal Panic then I highly recommend checking out the fan translations of the later novels in the series. The anime adapted less than half the novels and there's some absolutely awesome stuff in the later books.
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That's some great info, thanks Darthtabby. I've always wanted to read a novel written in Japanese, but sadly I'm not at the point yet where I'm that literate. I'll definitely look into those novels. I'm currently on Haibane Renmei and when I'm done, I'll be watching FMP and then The Second Raid. =)
I just got done with Haibane Renmei. Because of the slice of life approach, it never really pulled me in strongly. While interesting at first, the world isn't as beautiful as Aria or as cute as Kimi no Todoke. It's not very funny, either. The last three or four episodes started getting more interesting. I wasn't sure how it would accomplish getting tears out of me, but it did at the very end. I ended up enjoying Haibane Renmei, but it's not one of my favorites.
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I finally got through all of Full Metal Panic! It's definitely on my favorites list. I simply love the plot lines, the characters, the music, the art, it's all gorgeous without feeling too "CG".
The story shone most for me in season 1, along with the possibility of something occurring between Sousuke and Kaname. I really wanted it to happen.. and after the start, everything just got put on hold. In the second season, the episode where Kaname cut Sousuke's hair was the most sexually intense thing I've witnessed in the anime format, and there wasn't even nudity! All of that season, I thought, did a great job of focusing on the relationships between people more than pushing the story forward. I loved it.. but it really leaves me wanting season 3.
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I'll come back and suggest Space Battleship Yamato 2199 again. You liked Crest of the Stars, so I'm betting you'll like Yamato. Link has the trailer.
I'll also recommend Maison Ikkoku again. It does start off a little slow, but it is one of the most satisfying romances I've watched. 96 episodes long and I've rewatched it four times. Still love to just sit and listen to the music.
Has a great soundtrack. Here are a few samples to whet your interest:
Bells Ring In The Dawn
Hello Sadness
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BTOOOM! has a couple scenes that can be pretty moving. I normally hate dark anime, but BTOOOM! was one of the exceptions. Like Welcome to the NHK, BTOOOM! is brutally dark and it doesn't shy away from the darker side of human nature/life at the same time it has it's happy moments… well, I don't want to spoil too much for you, you've just got to watch it for yourself.
The first episode is a bit boring and generic, but get past that and you'll enjoy it a lot.
It is a pretty mature show with content such as rape (nothing TOO explicit but still…), bloody violence, insanity, abuse, etc.
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Thanks for the replies Sackett and deadlights911. I'll get to your suggestions right after the show I just started.. Planetes. I feel like it would be nice to experience some more classic anime.
Fate/Zero... sigh. I really wanted to like this one. I just can't, because they murdered Saber. She was so much more interesting in FSN. In this she's just a 2 dimensional predictable character. She's either talking about how bad of a king she was, chivalry, or screaming because she's fighting. That's it. Nothing else, not even once. It doesn't help that most of the time she's drawn with so much masculinity that you could easily mistake her for this guy. (Takuto from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
Seriously! Same hair, same face, same eyes, they both even wear a ribbon to keep their hair up. Just the colors are different. It would have been better if they had turned her into the Moe Blob for this series. That's right. I just said that.
It's not that Fate/Zero was terrible, because it wasn't.. It was just pointless darkness with no reason it. No creativity. Just because something ends tragic and most of your viewers know it doesn't mean that you give up and do the same thing for 25 episodes. There were two things I did like: To some extent was Emiya's backstory, also Waver's relationship with Iskander. They really should have won the grail. Out of all the Servants and Masters, they were the only ones who saw eye to eye and learned to appreciate each other. The rest was just a mess. Sigh. Ok I'm done. Biggest letdown ever, especially since I had heard so much good about it.
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Anyway, I'm glad that you really enjoy my other rec, Full Metal Panic! series.
As for how to differentiate good info from hype, I think it all comes down to taste and you have to try the show yourself with moderate expectation. Also, don't easily trust hyperbolic recommendation such as "this show is the best evahh!!" or something like that .
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I read more than the recommendations in this thread, so I had seen quite a bit of good about Fate/Zero. Like I said, it wasn't bad, and I knew it was going to end tragically, that's not the problem. I just really hated what they did to Saber and expected a lot more from the plot, seeing how it was based on a novel rather than an eroge like F/SN.
Everyone seemed unanimous in the feeling that F/SN was quite a bit worse than F/Z, lots of comments about how they couldn't even finish F/SN after seeing F/Z, etc. Since I did enjoy F/SN a bit, my expectations came from there. I imagined that show with a tighter plot, no annyoing Shiro, better animation, etc. Well, it did have better animation, or at least more consistent. xD
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Archer was way cooler in F/SN. xD
I liked Iskander way more than the weird Rider in F/SN though. Caster was also fun in F/Z. I knew he would die at some point, but I was a little sad when he did. Lancer was also better.
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Maison Ikkoku.. Hmm, where should I start. I had fun watching this show, but not as much fun as say, Tenshi no Konamaiki. I liked the characters, but not as much as in Toradora or even a shorter show like SaiKano. The humor was mostly a miss for me. I had a few laugh out loud moments, but most of it seemed too cruel to laugh at. Godai's neighbors are not something I would consider friends. The plot was good, but a bit too predictable. It was fairly obvious from the beginning who was going to end up with whom.
I know it probably would have been different to see this as it was broadcast back in the day. I'm sure it broke a lot of new ground. I feel in some ways Maison Ikkoku is like the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Classic and great for their time, but someone else has improved on each aspect of it since then.
Oh and I'm still watching Planetes, I got distracted by Maison Ikkoku and ended up finishing that first.
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BTOOOM! has done a great job of keeping me entertained.
Parts of it I don't really like, but all these things following are fairly minor. Ryouta's accent was the first thing that struck me. I don't know where his voice actor is from, but I hate how he accentuates his consonants sharply. Japanese is supposed to be soft and beautiful. The way he talks grates on my ears. This is the first time I've really noticed something I don't like about a Japanese voice actor.
Another thing that bothers me a little is Himiko's character. "I'm just a normal high school girl!" My ass. "Normal except I have blonde hair and blue eyes in a sea of Asian girls. Oh and except the huge tits. Oh yeah, and I maintain this figure even though I also happen to be a gamer girl, leading a sedentary lifestyle. Oh yes, and I also turn to online shooters to escape from reality."
Don't get me wrong. I know plenty of girls play video games online. Many of them are beautiful. I married one. I just think her character would be more convincing if she looked a little less like a porn star, had a reason to live except for Ryouta, and did more than be helpless 80% of the time.
This show also seems to suffer from a syndrome typical to this genre. Ryouta is the designated hero. Unless you're mentally 12 years old or under, you know that no matter what, he's not dead. By extension, Himiko won't die either. That kind of takes out a lot of the suspense that would really turn this show into something worth remembering. For now it's like a Michael Bay film. Mindless entertainment.. In a way like Maison Ikkoku.
There's nothing wrong with that, but can you imagine if Mitaka had slowly gone insane as he grew more and more jealous of Goudai? Then he tortures Kyoko and rapes her, is caught by Yotsuya who murders him. Yotsuya is caught by the police but escapes, a wanted criminal. Godai sinks into a depression and marries Yagami. Years later, while experiencing a flashback of Kyoko, he is killed in a tragic accident. Yagami is left a widow, somehow ending up in Kyoko's place. How many people would see THAT coming? It would definitely have been more memorable for me.
Other than these minor things, BTOOOM! is fun to watch. I'll actually wait around for the second season, when it comes out. For me, that's saying quite a bit. It still has time to improve and differentiate itself.
Discussing Himiko's character, or lack thereof, reminds me of someone who is exactly NOT like her, Tanabe from Planetes.
Planetes is probably about my limit for episodic-ness. The story was still connected enough to keep me watching, but there was less interconnection, I probably would have dropped it.
There were multiple memorable and developed characters, and Tanabe was a lot of fun to watch. I like how they made her "average" looking, but she still sparkled on screen. She was able to shine bright enough to touch the lives of many people around her.
I also liked how they made her pretty even when she cries.
There was a lot of moral issues touched on and the ending left things unresolved. However, I think that doing things in this manner actually made it better. After all, our reality doesn't get a happily ever after. We can still learn from the characters in Planetes and take their message with us though.
There were several moving moments for me while watching this. I was very satisfied, though I don't think it will quite make my favorites.
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Glad to see you're still around
If you haven't seen it yet, I'd like to push Steins;Gate one more time, because I really loved it. Another show which I (surprisingly) don't think has been mentioned yet is Bakemonogatari. It's somewhat episodic, but it is still a very interesting show with some very memorable characters.
Finally, I might suggest Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun from just this last year. A very interesting RomCom.
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Thanks XGeneral2000! I appreciate the suggestions, too. I'm definitely bumping Steins;Gate up to the top of my list, but for now I'm away from home and can only go off of what I have with me, which is actually quite a lot of anime lol.
I'll add your other suggestions and definitely look into them. Surprisingly my to do list is getting rather short.
I haven't yet finished Saiunkoku Monogatari, but I did watch the first 39 episodes. I think it'd be best to list out pros and cons for this one.
*I love the setting. Something about it, maybe the strong Chinese influence, makes this show almost seem historical rather than fantasy. Almost everything is believable and tangible. It feels like somewhere, in a land far far away, it could have happened.
*By extension, that same historical feel is very nostalgic to me, in a way reminding me of Fushigi Yuugi and Ayashi no Ceres. It makes me feels like I'm watching a classic unfold in front of me.
*So many beautiful characters, all with their own personalities and stories, interweaving, connecting and unfolding in a complex ballet. God, I love this show. Honestly of all the anime I've seen, I think this one manages the large and complex cast the best.
*The music! While there is one tune that sounds a little electronic and out of place, the rest of the soundtrack is incredible. I love the instrument arrangements and the way that the music chosen solidifies the world of Saiunkoku. The music that plays as emotional events unfold is especially memorable, up there with the theme song for Uchuu no Stellvia, although obviously much different.
I was going to try to find a link to the particular piece I love on youtube, but after searching for more than an hour, I give up. It shows up multiple times throughout the episodes, but you can find it in episode 27 about 6 minutes in, although it's not set as prominently as other times.
*Many strong female characters. Better yet, none of them seem to be a pure stereotype. Seien might be the most stereotypical character as a plain strong and silent type. He's still very likeable, though. Also maybe Korin could be the token tsundere or whatever. Luckily I don't have to see her on screen too much.
And finally, the cons.
*It's very hard remembering everyone's name. After finishing the first season, I think I have about 90% of it down right.
This problem could have been alleviated by less names that start with SH but eh. It's a very minor complaint. No matter how bad season 2 is, this show makes my favorites! Thanks to thundrakkon, MUAHAHAHAHAHA and SeijiSensei for suggesting it.
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Has anyone heard/read of any negative reports on the way milt sparks(holster company) does business? By no means am i suggesting they do bad business so please dont mistaken. I am in need of a quality holster and have only found one thus far that seems like it may be perfect and its the Versa Max 2 from Milt Sparks. The only problem im having, besides the quoted delivery date as of sept-9th is 20-26weeks, is the method of paying. They seem to only accept credit cards, debit cards, and checks. The only way to pay by credit card is to reveal all sensitive information such as the card number.....expiration date-no problem, but what kills me is their need for the 3 digit security code in the back of the card. Ive emailed them with my concern and stated im not in the practice of giving such info especialy through the internet and asked if they accept paypal. They responded with a polite "no" and contiuned on with listing their acceptable way of pay, being credit card, debit, and checks. Yeah, some may say "then go with the check option" but dude! with a 20-26 week wait i cant affort another week or two for check clearance. SO! back to my question, to those who have purchased from Milt Sparks, what has been your method of pay? How was the experiance weather it be by credit, debit, or check. To those who purchased by card, was there any hiccups? And to those paying by check, how long did it take to receive some sort of verification of payment registry?
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I'm not leery of using a credit card over the 'net. I don't go around willy-nilly handing it out, of course, but reputable businesses do not make me nervous. Milt Sparks makes dang fine holsters. Well worth the wait, IMO.
I misread your wait time. That is two years. I wouldn't wait for a gun/car/woman/holster/dog/etc. for two years. YMMV.
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First of all, 20-26 weeks is not 2 years, it's about 6 months. There are 52 weeks in a year.
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If you want it order it. Milt Sparks makes quality gear and hasn't stayed in business this long by having trouble with credit cards. That is a pretty standard wait for a holster from a custom maker. I just waited 5 months for High Noon to make one for me. It was definitely worth the wait.
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Milt Sparks is a reputable company and wouldn't have stayed in business this long if they were "messing" with the credit cards. You can always do what I did, place an order over the phone.
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As others have already stated, the business practices at Milt Sparks are nothing to worry about. I'm certain they have the ability to safeguard the credit card information, and other personal information, they receive from a customer. If it was not so, they would not be conducting business at the level that they do.
With respect to the CVV code for the credit card being required, it's possible that their credit card company requires that in order to verify the card at the time they process your payment. Each credit card processing company is different in that respect.
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|September 13, 2007, 09:56 AM
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Milt Sparks is a first class operation with top quality and customer satisfaction. The wait will be more than worth it as well after you receive your product. You can be sure that your information is secure.
|September 13, 2007, 10:21 AM
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It should be noted we don't charge cards till the day we ship!
There's only a couple instances where we demand payment in advance and one of them is if the customer prefers to pay by check. To many problems in the past with check paying customers to do it any other way. There's a blurb on the questions page of our website that explains our policy on this.
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|September 13, 2007, 11:29 AM
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I hope you can appreciate that you just got a reply to your thread from Tony Kanaley, THE MAN, at Milt Sparks.
I'm not an employee of Milt Sparks, and have no connection to Milt Sparks, other than having a holster of their's from years ago and one on order right now. Of all the holster makers out there he is one of the very few that meets projected delivery dates.
I waited nine months on a "Three to four months" time quote from another maker. Needless to say, I cancelled that order and ordered from Matt Del Fatti and Milt Sparks. Six months on the Sparks and eighteen months to two years on the Del Fatti.
My Sparks' Holster should be here in December or Janurary.
|September 13, 2007, 11:48 AM
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When a card is present and is swiped in a machine, all the data is read and, quite often, the merchant is required to enter the last 4 digits to ensure that the data is read from the correct card.
When the card is not present and the numbers are provided without visual verification, the security code demonstrates that the buyer has the card in his possession. Additional data such as the numbers of the buyers address and zip code are normally entered to confirm the legitimacy of the transaction.
Providing the security code is not compromising your own security but it is instrumental in confirming that you are in possession of the card.
Milt Sparks reputation goes back a long way and I cannot think of any reason why you should not trust a reputable company.
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|September 13, 2007, 01:38 PM
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Buy the holster they are not going to rip you off. They are one of the best most trusted makers in the business.
The other option is to call Lightening Arms or Top Gun Supply and pay a premium to them if they have what you are looking for in stock.
The CID number on the card is necessary to complete a transaction when the card is not present. My system will not let me run a card that has not been scanned.
It is for your protection and the merchants. If you are REALLY paranoid have your CC company give you a temp shopping number.
|September 17, 2007, 01:45 AM
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thanks everyone
I do understand Milt Sparks is a reputable company, its pretty evidant considering I must wait half a year for a holster. But like EVERYONE has said......but maybe one out of about 20(that I've read so far) diffrent posters from various boards stated that once they finaly received their Sparks holster they pretty much retired the other holsters bought for that particular firearm and carried in that particular manner. So although I am iffy about how it will work for me(diff strokes for diff folks) considering the wait time and cost of the holster, I'm not too concerned about it, chances are I will like it, or at the least learn to like it because this holster in fact will be my first IWB holster so quite honestly I won't know what a bad holster feels like.......I'm actualy trying to avoid from getting first hand experience with non-adequate holsters and becoming a holster collector.
Although checking with retailers to see if they have Sparks holsters in stock isn't a bad idea, chances are they will not have the one I need. Seems like most holsters pre-made are made for glocks, 1911s, or sigs. The holster is for a Walther p99 so I highly doubt anyone stocks those unfortunatly, but hell, I may call them just to make sure, I'd pay alittle more to get it sooner-*wink *wink TK. <---think about it Tony.
Its made clear that the triple digit security code is for protection to me and the retailer due to the fact that the card is not present.....but that is my concern from the begaining. Someone besides me knowing all the info to play santa on my expense(time is money and cleaning it all up afterwards is very expensive.....ID theft is a major problem these days)
You guys are right, reputable companys are not to be worried too awfuly about. Good suggestion about the temp shopping number. Ill probably give Sparks a call soon as I figure out the most effective cant....I'm 5'9" and 145lbs.....so not too many ways you can hide an "L" shaped object on an "I" shaped person. I know this question should be posted somewhere else but while I'm at it......Any suggestions on the cant for a person of these specs? 5-9 145lbs?
Obviously Milt Sparks left a company in great hands, thanks TK for addressing these issue along with everyone else. Deff made a deciding difference.
*edit* deet-dee-dee....ahahah the whole time I had a mind set of sending an order and paying by internet, yeah, ordering by phone IS a lot more secure, but still doesn't eliminate risks.
|September 17, 2007, 08:19 AM
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If you are worried about it you can always request a one purchase card from your CC company.
|September 21, 2007, 03:57 PM
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(1) You are going to be calling the order in (or mailing it), so it won't be in a juicy, hackable, web-accessible database for teenagers to crack open and sell for 14 bucks. If you're thinking about telephone eavesdroppers, tempest attacks, and tinfoil hats, you are way-overestimating the value of your credit card information.
(2) Your card is probably more at risk by being swiped through a reader at a restaurant (criminals pay off waitresses all the time to swipe a few through their "special" reader -- this is the tried-and-true, traditional method). I know of really paranoid people who refuse to give their cards to someone to be swiped out of sight -- they insist on seeing it swiped with their own eyes every time.
(3) Contracts with credit card companies forbid retailers from retaining copies of the CVV numbers. I assume Milt Sparks is a good retailer. If you don't want their processor to have the CVV, then how is our economy to function, anyway?
(4) Some retailers now even require cashiers to type in the CVV when the card is present (since the CVV is not stored on the magnetic stripe).
(5) If you are not afraid to own and use a credit card already, then your increased exposure is extremely marginal (i.e., if you're this worried about it, be consistent, and don't use it anywhere else either -- read: don't have a credit card).
(6) The CVV is similar to another verification code that is present on the magnetic stripe -- the credit card number itself is not good enough to secure a transaction anymore. The CVV is just for when the card isn't there. And in your case, it's not. So that's what it's designed for, eh?
And don't use a debit card (unless you've confirmed with your bank that you've got fraud protection). If you use an unconfirmed-safe debit card, don't have overdraft protection.
Also, if you're that worried about them having your CVV, why would you give them your checking account routing number? If a check only makes you uncomfortable because of the extra time, then why are your fears so inconsistent?
And a money order is as good as a check (though it costs you a small fee), and doesn't take as long.
Heck, Milt Sparks seems like such a nice company, I bet they'd be willing to work you a deal to pay in pieces of 8, if need be.
|September 21, 2007, 06:15 PM
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Dress around it, get a good belt and find your sweet spot. The first day I put on an IWB I thought I had made a mistake. Now, it is a great thing.
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|September 23, 2007, 07:54 AM
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ah, Milt Sparks Holsters, Inc.
The finest 'moo'; I have some.
Honorable folks, and can be asked for advice (which sometimes means they'll suggest a different brand!).
Currently I use the US Mail to send checks and money orders; no worries.
Perhaps some minor 'gotta have it now' inconveniences, but BFD; I got time.
ps my Redhawk HSR is still awesome......
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|September 23, 2007, 04:52 PM
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I have ordered two VM-2 from Milt Sparks both with Money Orders. I have had zero problems and they are excellent holsters. Well worth the wait.
Order yours tomorrow and then go out and buy a Uncle Mikes to tide you over until your Versa Max gets here...
|September 23, 2007, 07:02 PM
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By Dr. Mercola
Emerging markets -- primarily in developing countries in Southeast and Central Asia, and Africa -- have been on vaccine makers' radar for quite some time.
One reason that vaccine makers are interested in exploring markets in these parts of the world is that that's where most of the world's deaths from major infectious diseases occur -- and world health leaders have long suggested that most, if not all, of these diseases could be prevented by vaccines.
The only problem has been that, until recently, making vaccines to sell to undeveloped countries with no money to pay for them was not exactly a profitable goal for vaccine makers.
The GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, is set to change all of that with a new initiative to vaccinate millions of individuals worldwide with either GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix or Merck's Gardasil HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines.
The campaign should generate a handsome profit for the vaccine makers, as well as the GAVI Alliance, but it will also be putting the health of millions at risk.
Why is GAVI Interested in the HPV Shot?
I'm all for aiding developing nations but it takes more than just pouring money into vaccines to truly help them. And it is particularly puzzling why GAVI chose to give "prioritized support" to HPV vaccines, noting:
"On 17 November 2011, the GAVI Alliance Board announced its decision to take first steps to introduce vaccines against cervical cancer for eligible countries, responding to projected demand from countries and recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO). The decision leads the way for women in developing countries to enjoy the same access to HPV vaccines as women in developed nations."
But for those who are still unaware, the HPV vaccine only protects against two strains of HPV associated with cancer (HPV-16 and HPV-18), but there are MORE THAN 100 different strains of HPV in all, and about 15 of them are known to potentially cause cancer IF the infection persists. In more than 90 percent of all cases, however, the infection resolves on its own and does not lead to any health complications.
Deadly blood clots, acute respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and "sudden death due to unknown causes" have all been reported to occur in girls and women shortly after they've received the Gardasil vaccine, however. These are huge, immediate health risks to potentially prevent the development of cervical cancer one day down the road. Because let's not forget that the HPV vaccine has not yet been PROVEN to actually prevent any kind of cancer.
The Gardasil vaccine has already been linked to 100 reports of death, (www.MedAlerts.org) as well as more than 22,000 reports of other serious side effects, many of which have been reported to The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), such as Guillain-Barre syndrome. There are 700 reported cases of permanent disability as a result of the vaccine.
It's clear to me that this is another case where the precautionary principle needs to be exercised, as currently no one knows whether or not the vaccine will have any measurable benefit with respect to lowering cervical cancer rates or if other HPV strains will emerge as the vaccine puts pressure on vaccine strains. The results will not be fully apparent until a few decades from now and, in the meantime, countless young girls and women are reporting they are suffering great harm to their health and some are even dying after getting Gardasil shots.
Drug company and medical trade association lobbyists are pressuring state legislators to pass laws to recommend or require HPV vaccination of all healthy 11-12 year old girls and yet we still do not know how Gardasil will affect their long-term health, even if they do not immediately experience symptoms of side effects.
Now, millions of women and girls in nine countries will become targets for GAVI's latest HPV vaccine campaign … why? Let's follow the money trail and see where it takes us …
Who Will Foot the Bill for This New Vaccine Campaign?
First, it should be noted that GAVI gets its financial backing from not only the vaccine industry and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill Gates even went so far as to label vaccine safety advocates "baby killers"), but also the World Bank, UNICEF and others. GAVI also receives funding through:
- Pledges to Advance Market Commitments (AMCs), a concept created to induce drug companies to develop vaccines for diseases that kill people mostly in Third World countries
- Long-term pledges to the International Finance Facility for Immunizations (IFFIm), which in turn gives grants to GAVI to purchase vaccines
- Direct contributions to GAVI
The U.S. has given direct contributions to GAVI totaling $569 million. And, according to GAVI, President Obama promised GAVI another $90 million in 2011, up from $78 million in 2010.
The IFFIm is another important source of funding for the latest HPV vaccine campaign. As Natural Society reported:
"Created to accelerate funding for vaccination campaigns, the IFFIm generates funds through the issuing of bonds in the capital markets, using long-term government pledges as a guarantee to pay back interest. Since it launched in 2006, the IIFIm has raised more than $3 billion by tapping into capital markets. This has doubled the funds available for GAVI's immunization programs.
… In a 2007 article on the World Bank's website, it was revealed that the International Finance Facility for Immunisation hoped to raise $4 billion over the next 10 years to fund the vaccination of 500 million children. Among the first buyers were the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and three other British religious leaders at the IFFIm's launch event in London.
Other investors included North American investors (35%), UK investors (12%), Swiss investors (8%), and investors in the rest of Europe (21%). The remainder was placed with investors in the Middle East and Asia, according to the IFFIm. Interestingly enough, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank lead-managed the inaugural bond issue."
Natural Society also reported that GAVI's Tax Form 990 for 2009 shows the Alliance has net assets of $2.5 billion!
GAVI then released information noting that in June 2011, one vaccine manufacturer announced it would provide the HPV vaccine to GAVI at just $5 a dose, a seemingly altruistic move that makes it appear as though GAVI is providing vaccines to third-world countries at no profit of their own. In reality, both vaccine makers and GAVI will be cashing in on the HPV vaccine initiative, because GAVI has a co-financing policy that requires recipient countries to help pay for the vaccines!
"Thanks to a GAVI co-financing policy, recipient countries are required to contribute toward the cost of the vaccines. This guarantees that not only Merck, but Gavi as well, will receive considerable amounts of cash from the 9 unknown countries in which the HPV shots are being administered. Furthermore, the UN World Bank is actually issuing bonds to fund the HPV shot campaign," Natural Society reported.
" … Not only is the IFFIm generating billions in cash from governments, but Merck or GlaxoSmithKline may soon be getting a chunk of it for the HPV shot campaign."
88 Percent of Cervical Cancer Deaths Occur in Developing Countries … So Why is HPV Vaccine Pushed in the United States?
GAVI is touting the fact that 88 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur in developing countries as support for their HPV vaccine drive. But this begs the question, why were the HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix introduced in the United States and Europe, first, instead of going straight to where they're needed most -- if not to help sell huge quantities of the vaccine at premium prices, in anticipation of it becoming an Advance Market Commitment (AMC)?
Under AMC's, developed countries make legal, binding agreements to purchase vaccines that are needed in low-income countries.
The purchase guarantees a bottom line for the manufacturers. In return, the manufacturers promise to sell those vaccines at reduced prices in the countries where they are most needed.
American children, and those in other developed nations, are basically being used as cash-cow guinea pigs, so that drug companies can smile all the way to the bank while they sell these vaccines later, at reduced prices, to countries that get the money to pay for them from the same countries – like the U.S. - whose children are being pushed in line to get them first. Further, now millions of people in developing nations will be subjected to the same health risks that the Gardasil vaccine is already associated with, including:
✓ Bell's Palsy and Guillan-Barre syndrome
✓ Seizures
✓ Cervical dysplasia, and cervical cancer
✓ Blood clotting and heart problems, including cardiac arrest
✓ Miscarriages and fetal abnormalities amongst pregnant women who received the vaccine
✓ Sudden death
Does the HPV Vaccine Prevent Cancer?
This is another legitimate question, because if it turns out that HPV vaccine does NOT prevent cancer, then young women and, now, boys [on October 25, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend giving the HPV vaccine to males between the ages of 11 and 21], are being exposed to clearly unacceptable health risks by recommendations to get the HPV vaccine.
As noted by investigative journalist Jeanne Lenzer in Discover Magazine:
"Unfortunately, while the two HPV vaccines on the market may decrease the serious illness and death from cervical cancer, no study has proved that at this point, since no study has been conducted long enough to observe the development of cervical cancer or cervical cancer deaths.
Conclusive studies with the most important, clinically relevant end points should precede wide uptake of any intervention. The data currently rely on surrogate end points (markers of possible cancer) and are simply not conclusive. So we can't truly say how effective the vaccine is.
Wake Forest medical researcher Curt Furberg, a former FDA advisor and co-author of the textbook Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, told me, "Getting data from markers is a first step. But we have burned our fingers too many times with surrogate markers. You should try to determine the real health benefit. Everything will be up in the air until we have the answer to the question: Will it prevent cancer? And until we have that answer, we should limit its use to girls enrolled in studies of the vaccine.""
According to Merck's package insert on Gardasil, the end-point in its clinical trials for the vaccine's efficacy, or effectiveness, was NOT cancer, but instead was the presence, or non-presence, of vaccine-relevant pre-cancerous lesions (CIN 2/3).
So right now there is absolutely no proof, and no clinical trials, that show Gardasil protects against cancer in the long-term. Lenzer noted several other reasons to question the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine as well, including:
• The vaccine loses its effectiveness over time, with one HPV researcher noting, "One third of women lose antibody titers and, hence, protection from HPV by 5 years."
• The vaccine doesn't work if you've already been infected with the HPV strains in the vaccine, which is one reason why the vaccine targets 9- to 11-year-olds, who presumably are not sexually active and, therefore, would theoretically not already be infected with HPV. However, there is no data to show for certain what the HPV infection rate is among 9- to 11-year-olds, although some studies suggest even girls, who are not sexually active, could have been exposed to HPV, thereby rendering the vaccine useless.
• Universal use of HPV vaccines could have a negative impact on women's pap screening rates. If women receive HPV vaccinations and assume they can't get HPV infections, it could prompt them to forgo regular pap smears. Routine pap smear testing can identify chronic HPV infection and may provide greater protection against development of cervical cancer than reliance on HPV vaccinations. Cervical cancer cases have dropped more than 70 percent in the U.S. since pap screenings became a routine part of women's health care in the 1960's.
In fact, even GAVI states in a fact sheet that "cervical cancer is preventable even among unvaccinated women if pre-cancerous lesions are detected and treated early" -- and this detection is what pap smears are for!
Talk to Your Kids about HPV and Gardasil
There are far better ways to protect yourself and your young daughters against cervical cancer than Gardasil, and it's important you let your children know this. Remember, in 90 percent of all cases, your immune system can clear up the HPV infection on its own, so keeping your immune system strong is important.
Furthermore, the infection is spread through sexual contact, so it is behaviorally avoidable. In fact, using condoms can reduce the risk of HPV by 70 percent, which is more than Gardasil has been proven to do. Be sure your kids know that this infection is sexually transmitted, so it is preventable through lifestyle choices, including the use of condoms. Also let them know that even if they get vaccinated, it does not provide 100% protection against contracting HPV infections through sexual contact, although most people do not develop chronic HPV infections.
What You Can Do To Make a Difference
Mass vaccination initiatives are not only targeting third-world countries; they're also occurring in the United States and in other developed nations. While it seems "old-fashioned," the only truly effective actions you can take to protect the right to informed consent to vaccination and legal vaccine exemptions, is to get personally involved with your state legislators and the leaders in your community.
Mass vaccination policies are made at the federal level but vaccine laws are made at the state level, and it is at the state level where your action to protect your vaccine choice rights can have the greatest impact.
Signing up for NVIC's free Advocacy Portal at www.NVICAdvocacy.org not only gives you access to practical, useful information to help you become an effective vaccine choice advocate in your own community, but when national vaccine issues come up, you will have the up-to-date information and call to action items you need at your fingertips to make sure your voice is heard.
So please, as your first step, sign up for the NVIC Advocacy Portal.
Contact Your Elected Officials
Write or email your elected state representatives and share your concerns. Call them, or better yet, make an appointment to visit them in person in their office. Don't let them forget you!
It is so important for you to reach out and make sure your concerns get on the radar screen of the leaders and opinion makers in your community, especially the politicians you elect and are directly involved in making vaccine laws in your state. These are your elected representatives, so you have a right and a responsibility to let them know what's really happening in your life and the lives of people you know when it comes to vaccine mandates. Be sure to share the "real life" experiences that you or people you know have had with vaccination.
Share Your Story with the Media and People You Know
If you or a family member has suffered a serious vaccine reaction, injury or death, please talk about it. If we don't share information and experiences with each other, everybody feels alone and afraid to speak up. Write a letter to the editor if you have a different perspective on a vaccine story that appears in your local newspaper. Make a call in to a radio talk show that is only presenting one side of the vaccine story.
I must be frank with you; you have to be brave because you might be strongly criticized for daring to talk about the "other side" of the vaccine story. Be prepared for it and have the courage to not back down. Only by sharing our perspective and what we know to be true about vaccination will the public conversation about vaccination open up so people are not afraid to talk about it.
We cannot allow the drug companies and medical trade associations funded by drug companies to dominate the conversation about vaccination. The vaccine injured cannot be swept under the carpet and treated like nothing more than "statistically acceptable collateral damage" of national one-size-fits-all mass vaccination policies that put way too many people at risk for injury and death. We shouldn't be treating people like guinea pigs instead of human beings.
Internet Resources Where You Can Learn More
I encourage you to visit the following web pages on the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) website at www.NVIC.org:
- NVIC Memorial for Vaccine Victims: View descriptions and photos of children and adults, who have suffered vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths. If you or your child experiences an adverse vaccine event, please consider posting and sharing your story here.
- If You Vaccinate, Ask 8 Questions: Learn how to recognize vaccine reaction symptoms and prevent vaccine injuries.
- Vaccine Freedom Wall: View or post descriptions of harassment by doctors or government officials for making independent vaccine choices.
Connect with Your Doctor or Find a New One that Will Listen and Care
If your pediatrician or doctor refuses to provide medical care to you or your child unless you agree to get vaccines you don't want, I strongly encourage you to have the courage to find another doctor. Harassment, intimidation, and refusal of medical care is becoming the modus operandi of the medical establishment in an effort to stop the change in attitude of many parents about vaccinations after they become truly educated about health and vaccination.
However, there is hope.
At least 15 percent of young doctors recently polled admit that they're starting to adopt a more individualized approach to vaccinations in direct response to the vaccine safety concerns of parents. It is good news that there is a growing number of smart young doctors, who prefer to work as partners with parents in making personalized vaccine decisions for children, including delaying vaccinations or giving children fewer vaccines on the same day or continuing to provide medical care for those families, who decline use of one or more vaccines.
So take the time to locate a doctor, who treats you with compassion and respect and is willing to work with you to do what is right for your child.


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