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Author Stuart Woods' riveting novel spans three generations while also probing deep into Southern small-town attitudes and behavior. The residents of Delano, with their reluctance to disturb a familiar social order, provide the perfect backdrop for this tale of dark secrets and murder.
Over 40 years ago, Woods found a battered chief-of-police badge in his grandmother's house. It had belonged to his grandfather, who had been shot in the line of duty. The story of the lawman's death inspired Woods to write Chiefs, which won an Edgar Award and was made into a popular TV miniseries.
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- Allan
- 30-01-07
A wonderful audiobook
I have just listened to Chiefs and cannot recommend it too highly; it works both for lovers of a great detective story and those who like a very good story, beautifully narrated.
Like many of the books I've chosen since joining Audible, this is yet another author I seem to have missed - much to my regret - but I certainly cannot wait until next month when I will listen to the same author again.
5 people found this helpful
- Sarah
- 11-10-07
Over the past couple of years I have listened to a constant stream of crime and thriller audiobooks. Though most are enjoyable, there are very few that stand out as memorable. This is one. It is a well written and beautifully read. It made an impression on me to an extent that I remember the plot and characters and enjoyed the fact that not all the ends were tied up at the end. I can recommend this as a truly entertaining download.
4 people found this helpful
- Anonymous User
- 23-12-12
Great book to listen to. I was impressed with the several stories which the author effortlessly assembles in one book. Inevitably, the book is lengthy, but all story lines deserve to be told. Emancipation of afro americans in the south, small town living and a gripping murder story evolving through the years, it all blends together. Since listening to this book, I am a fan of Stuart Woods.
1 person found this helpful
- Tom
- 18-10-07
A very fine book and superbly narrated
I've not much to add to what other reviewers have said. This is a very fine book indeed, and works on three levels - as a first class thriller/detective story, as a thoughtful novel of the Deep South's painful evolution from racism, and a very convincing picture of how a town evolves and grows over time. Despite its length, the book never slackens in pace or lose the interest.
The narration is really fine too - apart from a rather clunky English accents for one of the characters, but this is only a minor point.
Strongly recommended.
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- Timekeeper
- 03-11-18
Superbly achieved debut novel.
CHIEFS has a wonderfully tangled plot that demands attention from start to finish and - for such a prolific writer - it has been a huge surprise to me that Mr Woods has, in my opinion, subsequently failed to produce anything quite as outstanding. His weaving of a tale of three hugely differing chiefs of police in Georgian small town America, over four decades, is brilliant in its conception and complexity.
For once, however, I have to be critical of the usually superb Mark Hammer who, on many occasions, sounded ponderous and on others rushed. His treatment of male voices often showed little differentiation, leaving me wondering who said what to who. There were times, too, when his delivery sounded wet or slurred as though he was speaking through loose teeth ... quite a distraction hence the marking down by two stars.
Please don't let my criticism of the narrator put you off: I'm simply telling it as I see it, and the book is a superb listen nonetheless.
- Amazon Customer
- 03-03-18
Couldn't turn it off.
The story was really engaging. The characters are well written and I loved the pace of the book, he took his time giving you the details so it never felt rushed but it never dragged either. I was always waiting for the next event. Mark Hammers voice is hypnotic, I really could listen to him all day and in fact that is exactly what I did. I listened to this story non stop, all 17 hours of it, I couldn't shut. it off.
- Georgia
- 20-01-17
Georgia heat
Would you consider the audio edition of Chiefs to be better than the print version?
Haven't read the print version but the reader, Mark Hammer, brings the atmosphere alive with his slow, southern delivery. Perfect.
What other book might you compare Chiefs to, and why?
In the Heat of The Night
To Kill a Mockingbird
Which character – as performed by Mark Hammer – was your favourite?
Henry Lee
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Any additional comments?
A really good story beautifully read.
- Amazon Customer
- 06-03-12
First rate in every respect, wonderful writing wonderful narration and a complete absence of padding. I just did not want this book to end.
- Ian
- 01-07-10
Excellent book
one of the best
- 13-09-07
Wonderful listen
I was a bit unsure if I would enjoy the political side of this, but it is brilliantly narrated and written. I tried to make it last, but was unable to let go of the ipod as the plot unfolded.
If you do not listen to this you have missed something special.
- karen
- 17-09-13
In my 'Top Ten' books of all time!
'Chiefs' completely blew me away -- who knew? I've read several of Stuart Woods other books, the Stone Barrington and Ed Eagle series in particular, and they were fine, nothing to really write home about. So I wasn't too excited when I saw this one on Audible. But? It was on sale, and it was long -- a prime requirement for me -- so what the heck? Why not?
Boy, was I wrong. "Chiefs" grabs you from the very first minutes and doesn't let go -- I literally cancelled two appointments this afternoon -- no way was I going to stop listening until I finished it. This was Katherine Stockett's "The Help" meets Robert Penn Warren's classic "All the King's Men", although arguably better than either. As a novel of southern culture, spanning three generations, as viewed through three very different men who served as chief of police in a small southern town, it's hard to imagine anything better than this one.
Few books draw you so completely into the character's lives as does "Chiefs". This is consummate storytelling. As each of the three segments finished, I was sad to see it end, figuring the next segment surely wouldn't be as good as the one I'd just finished. But I was never disappointed. Each was compelling in its own way.
It's really too bad it's being advertised as a "serial killer" book. Yes, that's an element, but that's sort of like saying that chocolate cake is about the sugar. Yes, that's an element, but that misses the point. This is a novel, not really detective fiction, as such. It's a story of courage and cowardice, of home and running away, of race, black and white, good men and evil scattered throughout. True, it's the 'killer' angle that ties the three administrations together, but that's really not the focus of the story.
I couldn't help comparing the whole situation to that of John Grisham. This was Stuart Woods first book -- written long before he published any of the more traditional detective fiction books he's more famous for. Yet "Chiefs" is so far above and beyond anything that Woods has written since, it's sometimes hard to believe it's the same author.
Same with Grisham. The first book he wrote -- "A Time To Kill" -- wasn't published until he'd already written and sold several other more traditional legal thrillers. Similarly, "A Time to Kill" is by far Grisham's finest work, although I'd admit "A Painted House" comes close in terms of literary merit. And also similarly, 'A Time to Kill" isn't really about rape and punishment, it's about the life and times of the people involved, the society in which these things happened. So it is with "Chiefs".
I know I will listen to this book again and again. If you haven't read or listened to it yet, you've got a real treat ahead of you. Don't miss this one. It's a classic.
76 people found this helpful
- Old Hippy
- 24-05-08
Absolutely Terrific!
I would have to say this is one of the best tales I have ever listened to, watched or read. The characters are authentic, realistic, engaging and compelling. The story is beautifully woven and draws you in to the suspense. Several nights running I stayed up until wee hours, not wanting to put down the player. The narrator was fantastic! He captured the personalities and emotions wonderfully. I don't usually carry on like this about a book or movie, but - if you're not familiar with this tale - don't pass this one by. (I understand it was actually made into a mini-series in the Eighties with some great stars, but I hadn't seen it at the time.)
43 people found this helpful
- Susan
- 24-05-08
It's like listening to a grandfather telling a tale. You want to move slowly, or not at all and absorb the story. This was good as a historical novel, as well as a murder mystery. Very enjoyable. I highly recommend for those who want a slowly unfolding story. Very relaxing.
14 people found this helpful
- Carole T.
- 07-04-14
Falling in Love
Yep, I fell in love with this book! With 2 of the Chiefs, with lots of other characters and a town, and especially with a narrator!
Narrator is too weak a description of what Mark Hammer accomplishes with "Chiefs". His voice seems relaxed and unhurried, but it conveys all the heart and soul of a small town called Delano and its residents. He's flat out fabulous!
The book, too, is a real find. I agree with all the reviewers who note that this is obviously a deeply felt, deeply personal work by Stuart Woods. As the section for each chief ended, I grieved and thought the next one couldn't possibly be as good, but each time I was wrong and got just as engulfed in the lives and cares of the next set of people. There are wonderful and sometimes surprising connections among the 3 stories. There's suspense, emotion, and a just-plain-good-old plot in "Chiefs". And a progression through the years which reflects perfectly the changes in all of America during the period from 1920 to 1963.
Everyone can relate to this story and to these people. And that's pretty much what a good book and a good listen should be, isn't it?
20 people found this helpful
- CynNC
- 30-09-07
Slow Start but worth it!
The reading is so slow that if I had not been at work alone on a Saturday I probably would not have had the patients to stick with it through the first 2 hours or so ... but thankfully I did, once you get used to and in rythym with the reader, wow ... I didn't want to shut it off. Chiefs is definately one of my fave downloads so far ... now I want to find the movie that was made from it over 20 years ago.
27 people found this helpful
- Alex
- 15-03-10
I was really upset when the book was finished - I had so enjoyed hearing about this slice of Southern Life. The story centers on crimes committed in a small Georgia town - but its main achievement for me is that it is also an amazing portrayal of human relationships, changing racial relationships, local, state and national politics from the Twenties to the Sixties as seen through the eyes of the local protagonists. Mark Hammer's warm narration made it an absolute gem! Go get it!!!!
17 people found this helpful
- Richard Delman
- 05-05-13
Heartfelt, loving, truly dramatic: Woods's best.
You can have your Stone Barrington, thank you very much. Just the name says phony and contrived. I have tried a couple of those, plus the others, Ed Eagle, Hothouse Whatever, etc. This is Woods' first book, and, IMHO, his best. It is worth reading the Wikipedia paragraph about this book. Woods would eventually become one of our generation's most prolific authors, making his publishers and agents quite rich, I am sure. However, much of what he has written since Chiefs is forced, formulaic, and designed to sell like hotcakes. Fine. Chiefs, though, seems clearly autobiographical, to the degree that many of the best writers' early works often do. The multi-generational story of Will Lee and the town of Delano, Georgia grabs you very quickly, and, without the modern tricks of hyped-up violence and scary suspense, Mr. Woods holds you with a tale that is completely genuine and passionate. He loves his characters, and we know it. Will Lee himself is a wonderful protagonist: we are almost immediately on his side, and Mr. Woods develops Will Henry's life (his friends call him Will Henry, out of Southern affection. The only man who calls him "Lee" is the loose cannon Foxy Funderburk, who is insanely jealous that Will was chosen as the first chief of police in Delano rather than him.)
The other characters are also fully drawn: Will's wife and family, the banker Hugh Holmes, who gambled big on the new town and got rich very quickly. One of the first scenes is Will's accidental arrest of two drunk rednecks who have robbed Holmes' bank. They come careening around the bank in a huge old Packard, or something, while Will happens to be holding an old, rusty Colt .45 just given to him by the town doctor and council member Frank Mudter. The whole town (a thousand people) calls Will a hero, and he is off to the races, albeit in a slow, gentlemanly Southern way.
Mr. Woods was born and raised in Georgia, and it shows. He is extremely fond of almost everything about the South. He depicts the racial/slavery issues with deep compassion. He understands the life of people who may live in this country but have little in common, it would seem, with most of us middle-class regular guys and gals (gals? I'm becoming a Southerner!). He also handles the issue of alcohol (Georgia was a dry state at the time of this book) with great skill and delicacy. Basically, every single thing about this book is wonderful. If you want the best of Stuart Woods, start here.
If you want the best of Mark Hammer, you could well start here too. His voice is just so mellow, slow and easy, never pushed or hurried, warmly funny and also very loving towards the characters. He manages a Southern drawl with ease and great skill. You just have to listen to him to truly understand the richness of an audiobook. Reading with the eyes is fine, but a great performer like Mark Hammer adds a unique dimension to the work.
I just plain loved every little thang about this book, and I surely hope that y'all do, too.
59 people found this helpful
- Jan
- 28-04-13
Stuart Woods before he Turned Bad
Woods wrote two or three amazing books before he devolved into the James Patterson-like, formulaic book a year for the money-type author (Stone Barrington-drechhhh). This book is a total classic, great characters, intricate and compelling plot line, awesome story telling and a very satisfying long length. An interesting picture of the old south in a small town in rural Georgia.
I read the book back when it first came out, and bought the audiobook recently on a whim during a down month for new titles with an about to expire credit. I was not disappointed.
7 people found this helpful
- Jean
- 13-05-07
Fantastic !
For years I have listened to audiobooks on my long comute and enjoy most of my selections. Only once or twice have I had a book so bad I couldn't finish it, or on the other hand , found one I wanted to immediately hear again. Chiefs was one of the latter. I have gone through the whole book twice and listened to several sections multiple times. The story has everything from tradgety to comedy in a history of the old South. The narration is splendid and makes you feel you are right there...the fly on the wall. I rarely write reviews but simply had to praise his book.
31 people found this helpful
- The Louligan
- 09-01-08
As a black person born and raised in the north, with most of my adult life lived in California, moving to metro Atlanta about 15 years ago was quite a culture shock. Everything that I'd ever read about the south was still alive and kickin' in Georgia. I normally shy away from books about good ole boys, the Klan, and (the lack of) civil rights. But in "Chiefs", the south and the southern way of thinking is captured in a way that I have never come across in my life. Stuart Woods' descriptions of the people and the places puts the reader on Main Street. You feel as if you are an integral part of the community. And if you are African-American, you will find yourself getting pissed off, while looking furtively over your shoulder out of sense of survival because Woods makes you think that the Klan is right outside your "shack"!
It was hard for me as a black person to keep my mind on the story, to keep everything in the proper perspective - that was then and this is now. I kept losing my place because I would get my "black back" up, allowing my intellect and reason to recede in the background. I can't begin to report on how white people take such stories - are they ashamed or do they just believe this is the natural order of life. Who knows? I don't. But if everyone just puts their personal feelings - good or bad - on the shelf, this will be one of the most amazing rides that a reader can take. It is only made better by the amazing vocal talents of narrator Mark Hammer who can be both soothing and menacing but always with the "bless your heart" tone of the true south.
This is about crime and deception and sexual depravity - all of the same things that we experience everyday in 2008. Sit back, get a glass of good bourbon or iced tea (sweet, of course!), and take a trip back to the early 1900s. Nothing has changed in this country. I'm not referring to the state of race relations - I'm talking about good old crime storytelling.
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She may not have come right out and confirmed her baby news yet, but pretty much everyone who's anyone is convinced that Jessica Simpson is pregnant with her second child.
She's wearing baggier clothes. She's carrying humongous purses in front of her alleged growing belly, and oh yeah, it appears as though she's kicked her strict Weight Watchers diet to the curb, which has to mean she's preggo, right?
I mean, considering Jessica recently ordered a grilled cheese sandwich, onion rings, and a ginger ale while dining at the Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills, I'd say she's not too worried about maintaining her girlish figure at the present moment, which is very indicative of a bun in the oven.
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But seriously, if she is expecting baby number two, what in the heck is she doing chowing down on grilled cheese sandwiches and onion rings and guzzling soda?!? Didn't she learn anything about what consuming grease and sugar does to your body from her pregnancy with baby Maxwell?
OMG. Maybe she was simply splurging, as most of us do from time to time, but if she keeps indulging her cravings for unhealthy food, odds are good she's going to put the 70 pounds or so she gained with her first baby right back on with the second.
(And she just worked her butt off to lose all that weight! What is she thinking?)
Ok, so I can totally understand eating anything you want and letting loose a bit during your first pregnancy, because I did it too. I put on a good 50 pounds with my son, and while I did stick to a fairly healthy diet, I saw no problem with eating a bagel with cream cheese and tomato and two bowls of cereal every morning for breakfast. I may not have eaten a ton of junk, but I ate a ton of whatever I happened to be eating, which is probably why I packed on 50 pounds.
But I figured it was the one time in my life where I didn't have to worry about my weight, so I pretty much let myself have a field day during meal time.
I thoroughly enjoyed my pregnancy and don't regret anything I did during it, but I can tell you for sure that if I ever were to get pregnant again, I'd be much more diligent about my diet the second time around. Those 50 pounds may have been a lot of fun to put on, but they were definitely no picnic to take off, and I certainly wouldn't want to attempt to do it again.
Hopefully Jessica will make smarter choices about what she eats from here on out -- at least most of the time. (Every pregnant woman deserves a little bit of a splurge here and there.)
Have you vowed to do things differently when it comes to your diet with your second pregnancy?
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STARKVILLE, Miss . – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced its 2011 All-America Scholar Athletes, Friday. The Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team placed six members of the 2011 squad on the list and finished 51st in the country as a team.
Senior Whitney Kiihnl (Biology), junior Bree Thurman (Marketing) and departed Lady Bisons Courtney Billington (Biology), Miaca Bowman (Biology), Mackenzie Tucker (Psychology) and Lacey Walker (Elementary Education) represented the Lady Bisons on the list. It was the second year in a row Lipscomb as a team was honored by the NFCA.
"We know that our on-field success gets most of the attention," said Lipscomb head coach Kristin Ryman. "What people forget is that these athletes are students first. They work just as hard in the classroom as they do on the field, and to see our team recognized for team GPA again is outstanding."
As a team, Lipscomb's 3.270 overall GPA was tied for 51st (with Houston and Northern Iowa) out of 133 schools honored. The Lady Bisons were fourth in the Atlantic Sun behind ETSU (3.495), Stetson (3.477) and Belmont (3.358).
Lipscomb continues its fall schedule Saturday at the UTC Tournament, with games against Calhoun Community College (11 a.m.) and Georgia (1:15 p.m.)
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As its semi-annual meeting in Chicago, the Produce Traceability Initiative Leadership Council continued to push for industrywide adoption of standardized case-level traceability.
The council, which represents 32 companies in the fresh produce industry, met in conjunction with the United Fresh trade show June 10-13.
"In just seven months of PTI implementation at Wal-Mart, we have seen significant increases in PTI case labels on products and we are already seeing important benefits in supply chain efficiencies," Mike Agostini, senior category director for produce at Wal-Mart and council co-chairman, said in a news release.
The consensus of council members was that the industry should stay on course with implementations based on standardized product identification with batch and lot numbers encoded in GS1-128 bar codes on case labels.
Broad adoption of advance ship notice, an Electronic Data Interchange transaction, for exchanging traceability data plus outbound recording of the bar code data on cases of produce from distribution centers to retail and foodservice operations are critical to the full realization of PTI goals, according to the group.
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FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – In their final dual match of the fall, the King University men's tennis took their first victory in three tries. The Tornado took the clean 9-0 sweep at Emmanuel College on Saturday afternoon.
King (1-2) set the tone in doubles play as Rodrigo Avila and Leo Brigato won their No. 1 doubles match 8-3 over Pasha Zinchenko and Joaquin Marshall. At No. 2 doubles, Moritz Poswiat and Seth Carelli topped Austin Spivey and Cody Norris 8-2. King took the final double match be default since the Lions only had four players.
In singles play, Pablo Vidal came back after dropping the first set 6-3 to take the final two frames 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. At the No. 2 flight, Luis Delgado defeated Marshall 6-2, 6-2 while Poswiat took a 6-3, 6-2 win over Spivey at No. 3 singles. William Boyce took King's final win, 6-1, 6-2 over Cody Norris at No. 4 singles as the Tornado took the road victory.
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While this finding is perhaps not surprising, the marked differences in children at about age 10 may explain some of the great health disparities between U.S. adults of these races, the researchers said. These disparities have been widely studied in teens but this study shows these health differences are already present among younger children.
"The research community has already provided a lot of evidence that there are significant differences across the life course in health indicators among black, Latino and white people in general," said Dr. Mark Schuster, chief of general pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital and lead author of the study. "But I was struck by the consistency of disparities across so many health indicators."
The researchers found that a child's school, and parents' education and income strongly related to a child's health. Children who went to better schools and had parents with a higher income and more education were healthier, no matter what their race or ethnicity. But white children were more likely to have these advantages.
The study of differences among fifth graders in three U.S. cities is the largest, most detailed research on these health disparities, experts said.
"What I think makes this research stand out is the young age of the children examined," said Rebecca London, a senior researcher of youth health at Stanford University in California, who was not involved in the research. "The findings are important because they document the extent of the problem for children as young as 10 and 11 years old."
The study involved 5,119 fifth graders in public school who were chosen at random from three metropolitan areas — Birmingham, Ala.; Houston; and Los Angeles. Researchers interviewed the children and their parents, and assessed factors ranging from seat-belt use, exercise and obesity, to substance abuse and witnessing of violence.
"Some of the numbers in the paper are very striking," London said. "Especially where the children have witnessed violence." One in five black children and one in 10 Latino children had witnessed a threat or injury from a gun, compared with one in 20 white children in these cities.
Black children were also more likely than either Latino or white children to smoke and drink alcohol.
While one in six white children in the study were obese, one in three black or Latino children were obese. Black and Latino children were also less likely to report vigorous exercise, compared with their white counterparts.
Overall, black and Latino children were more likely to say they had an overall poor state of health.
While important, the results don't necessarily represent the U.S. as a whole, London said. "It would be important to document these same findings in other geographic areas," she said, especially to help researchers better understand why the gap in health disparities is reduced much more among Latino children than black children from households with higher incomes.
While the findings suggest that interventions aimed at improving children's health should likely start earlier to prevent some of the disparities, many of the problems identified are due to complex social dynamics, Schuster said.
"More work is needed to identify what is causing these disparities, so that we can find ways to improve all children's health," he said.
London said that economic support, violence prevention, improved school nutrition, parent education on health, general promotion of education and health insurance are just a few of the support programs to boost health of children.
One important avenue for positive influence appears to be schools. "The results point to the potential for schools to intervene to promote healthy behaviors and safe environments during and outside the school day," London said.
Collaborative efforts between the health workers and educators could lead to a better understanding of the reasons for the disparities, and identify potential solutions, she said.
The study is published tomorrow (Aug. 23) in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted this image and joined the worldwide social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls. The campaign raises awareness and supports the rescue of the more than 270 Nigerian school girls abducted three weeks ago. The girls were captured by the Islamic extremist terrorist group Boko Haram. The group has waged a bloody campaign to destablize the predominately Islamic states of northern Nigeria—killing thousands of civilians and raising entire villages.
The jihadists released a chilling video earlier this week. A man claiming to be the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, described the kidnapped girls as "slaves" and threatened to "sell them in the market, by Allah."
"Hundreds" of civilians were killed overnight in retaliation for efforts to find the captives, reports CBS.
The United States, France, Great Britain and China are lending "law enforcement experts, military advisers ... satellites, advanced tracking capabilities [and] intelligence" assets, reports CNN. "Nigerian police also announced a reward of about $310,000 for information leading to the girls' rescue."
The Nigerian government and military have failed to find the missing girls. Nigeria State Security agents did manage two well-publicized arrests on Sunday in the capital city of Abuja: The two women who lead a protest march that was critical of the government's response. The two women were arrested after meeting with First Lady Patience Jonathan, reports Human Rights Watch. Priorities, priorities ...


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Saturday gridlock: Major roads were slow going or no going
"I had no no clue," said Larry Powell, who set out Friday night from Landover, Maryland, in an 18-wheeler carrying a load of U.S. Mail south along Route 29. Although the heavy snowfall delayed his planned midnight rendezvous with another mail truck coming out of Greensboro, Powell was still trying to reach the Lynchburg exchange point Saturday morning when he had to grind his rig to a halt behind a line of emergency-blinkered rigs lined up near the village of North Garden.
"I was doing fine until I saw the flashing lights," said Powell, wishing the run had been canceled before he encountered the miles-long queue stretching north from around the Nelson County line.
That was enough to make Ian Judd turn back. Heading home to Lynchburg for the holidays, he drove from New York where he's a student at the Culinary Institute of America, but he ended up spending Friday night in his car in Charlottesville.
After setting out again Saturday shortly after 8am, he got stuck making a U-turn near North Garden. After a Black Jeeped reporter whipped out some steel tire grippers and an unknown samaritan from a red Jeep pitched in with some elbow grease, Judd got extricated so he could head north for "somewhere warm" in Charlottesville.
"I think I just need to park it," said Judd.
About three miles north of the spot where Judd got stuck and south of Interstate 64, a VDOT plow–- although equipped with tire chains–- had nosed itself helplessly into the Route 29 median. About 100 yards away, the steeply sloped ramp to I-64 West was crammed with equally immobilized vehicles.
Around this same time Saturday morning, there were 55 abandoned cars along Route 250 between Ivy and the 29/250 Bypass. But both major fuel stations along that stretch, the Shell and the Bellair Market, were open for business.
Bellair owner Pat Pitts admitted that she opened the popular gourmet food and gas shop 30 minutes later than the usual starting time of 6am. Normally, she'd keep the place open to 11pm. "But if it stays the way it is now," said Pitts, as snow continued to steadily fall, "maybe we'll close at dark."
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New form of addiction--watching the webcam, love it . Called around can't find anything open.
They are treads or mats that you can unroll or unfold and put between the tire and the ground to give you something to get traction on... here's a plastic version...
And yet, according to Rmond Times Dispatch, Short Pump is open....
Weather Underground and many other sources are calling this a Nor'easter.
The definition for such a storm at Wikipedia is: "A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a type of macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada, so named because the winds come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. More specifically, it describes a low pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast."
I always thought the winds for this type of storm would come out of the North but apparently there is more to it, or other factors, more like a winter hurricane.
Want to know the difference between a nor'easter and hurricane?
In a hurricane the idiots drive into deep water and float away.
In a nor'easter the idiots get stuck and cause problems for every other motorist.
Buffalo girl who was the bills coach for the 4 supper bowls ?
I have no idea what steel tire grippers are, but I'm wicked impressed that the reporter had them in his car.
I wonder if they are speaking of studded snow tires? If so, they ARE quite impressive in snow and ice.
On a sidenote, I can hardly wait to see how many people whine and moan about not having any mail delivery today.
I do hope that the US Congress can't get in Monday- what a relief that would be..............
Just stay home with a case of beer a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread and you'll be fine! That is unless you want to shop local and pay more risk your life to get to the barracks for shopping.Buffalo girl if your not from Buffalo shut your trap!
The downtown mall is open? All the have to do is sell 2-3 $7.00 starhills and a few $ 12.00 sandwiches and is all worth opening up in a snow storm.Buy local pay more .
Cabin fever, webcam shows life on the Downtown Mall, children playing in the snow, people riding bikes, walkers, and it looks like the movie theater is open --tried to call, but no humans answering; the taped message is a trip --lots of security and rules, don't go shopping and think your packages can accompany you to the movie; and if you're 17 or under don't even think about sneaking into an R rated movie, must be 21 to purchase tickets.
Hi Jim,
I'm from Buffalo, be well.
Skiers, thinking about heading up to Wintergreen, just read this at Chn29 :
"Skiers trying to get up to Wintergreen last night are stuck, apparently by the dozens. Indications are that Route 664 up the mountain is a parking lot with cars stuck on the road and in ditches. No word on how -- or when -- they'll be able to get moving."
Men's basketball game cancelled tonight.
City Resident,
I wonder the same thing as well. This may be what was needed to prove to rural legislators that transportation is not just a problem face by residents in NOVA and Hampton Roads.
According to the Hook Webcam, life has returned to the Mall. Does anyone know if there are stores open ?
Go StormTeam Hawes! Reporting on the news, rescuing stranded motorists, what can't he do?
Or perhaps something like this....
It's bizarre how the Weather Channel's "Local on the 8's" doesn't report accumulations. Saying "one to two inches" overnight on top of....what? It's 5:30 and there's golf and football on local TV...who's got what and where?
Belmont: 23" - estimate
Webcam shows glowing red open sign at Christian's Pizza --hurray !
Jim, not much of a football fan, but my brother never misses a game--sad, four consecutive Super Bowl losses, coach Marv Levy.
Since this doen't have much to do with snow maybe I'll tell a Buffalo snow story. Buffalo almost never closed schools for snow storms, flat, great plows, but when I was 16 they did and I convinced my Mom, who couldn't stand the thought of 4 kids in the house all day, to let me take the car and the kids skiing at Kissing Bridge for the day. Nearing our destination, driving carefully and slowly, I rounded the bend and somehow the car tipped over into a snow bank, it was a strange feeling and we were let down softly into a fluffy snowbank ( having snowed over 3 feet the night before), yes, my mother was desperate --but it was a big station wagon, luckily no damage to car or person and a plow soon righted us and we had a wonderful day skiing in powder conditions. Oh, those were the days and now looking out the window I've got Buffalo on my mind .
Financial difficulties for many businesses, but not for all, as a result of the white stuff; just heard that a guy with a bobcat is getting $90 a driveway in the county--people are desperate, but sure hope they don't hit the roads.
beautiful is the right word. the bars are open, many sell soup. reminds me of home.
I wonder how budget cuts have affected this: "VDOT spokesman Lou Hatter says highway department crews are struggling to keep the primary roads passable. The secondary roads are covered with deep snow, and Hatter says it will be quite some time before crews can get to the secondaries." ( reported at WINA )
Now I know your from the B-Lo
If it wasn't for the internet, domestic violence would be at an all time high this weekend around here, with husbands trying to stop the bleeding from their wives smackin' the hell out of them
We got about 18-20" just E of downtown. Road plowed - a few spots of asphalt and lots of ice. Maybe in 6 hrs of shoveling people will be getting out. Most cars look like marshmallows still. I think we're closed on Monday too. We might walk over to the downtown though. Hear the Mudhouse and Christians were open yesterday, a neighbor walked over to UVA and a few restaurants open over there, 6th St Taphouse got pretty full they say...
Have not heard if this storm is a "record" yet. Looks like some agreement that it is the largest December storm that has been recorded. Apparently back in Jan 1772 T.Jefferson wrote in his diary about a 3' snow fall. Washington also mentioned it (though I assume he was not in C'ville). So we're not looking at a record for recorded history. Top 10 for sure I'll bet though.
power here in advance mills went out last night about 6 o'clock,
figured it would be a week or more before it came back on...
but, to my amazement, the lights came on about 3 am this morning.
hats off to the crews working on the power lines!!!!!!!!!
i can't imagine what the conditions were, just getting to
where the line was down seems miraculous...
must take a brave heart, indeed, to head out into a storm like that
to handle live high voltage main transmission lines... yikes!
everyone who lost power might take a moment to remember these
emergency crews working out in the drifting snow...
Looks like the elves have been busing clearing the Downtown Mall, pic on webcam. Unfortunately, there's no way I can drive on my city street, no plows yet, and just measured 18" accumulation. Advantage to city living, I can walk.
That's what you get for marrying your sister.A common practice among the locals I hear.
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Yes total support to James b kiracofe's statement about the workers bravery and talent and courage.
Mr. Kiracofe, it just takes overtime pay to get things fixed in bad weather.
Hey this snow is beautiful. I am writing from San Francisco CA and enjoy the banter and pictures of snow. Gasbag. What a great moniker.
Fabulous slideshow, great to send to our kids in warm, sunny places, yearning to be back in snowy Charlottesville. Mr. Spencer, you get the honorary "Buffalo Award" for best storm reporting in our area.
It snowed in the Bay Area a week or two ago. Of course, you had to be at elevation and it was only a dusting, but it was snow!
Yes, WestBerkeleyFlats, I was out on my bike at 900 feet in Marin County on my road bike. I was cold and a bit slippery. We had a cold snap here in NoCal.


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Roughly one year after nominating Justice Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama will soon get another opportunity to name another justice to the highest court in the land. Unlike last year's relatively smooth selection of the first Latina, this year's nomination promises to become a protracted battle that will shine a light not just on the president's nominee, but perhaps on the national debate about the scope of government and constitutional interpretation.
President Obama recently declared that his requirements for filling the impending opening created by John Paul Stevens' retirement include someone who will be sensitive to women's rights and likely to mirror the tendencies of Justice Stevens. Notably, the president said, that the new justice must also excel at upholding the Constitution.
That part of the statement has caught the attention of the president's critics, especially after the divisive and questionable health care reform process. Many Americans and their elected officials on Capitol Hill will understandably question the commitment of President Obama to selecting a justice who upholds the Constitution when, under his leadership, the 2010 health care reform bill signed into law—considered the keynote achievement of the Obama presidency to date—has been labeled unconstitutional by several state attorneys general.
In addition to the constitutional challenges to the government-mandated purchase of health care coverage, many have also questioned the ethics of pushing through the unpopular and often misunderstood health care bill with the use of legislative bribes including "the Louisiana Purchase" and "the Cornhusker Kickback."
The Constitution's premise is to promote a system of balance and ethics that provide Republican government and represents the people it serves—a premise lost not only on the current crop of legislators in Washington, but on many of their recent predecessors as well. President Obama's sudden concern about the spirit of the founding document, which he sidestepped repeatedly in the quest to pass Obamacare, seems inconsistent and some may say even disingenuous.
Some will call the opposition to his potential nominee nothing more than sour grapes after the health care battle or preparation for the coming mid-term election battles. If Obama's critics are capable of staying on message, their position will not be lost on a growing majority of Americans concerned about the expansiveness of American government today. As has been the case with other presidents, the next Supreme Court justice must honor the Constitution with her or his service and not reflect the president's own definition of constitutional limitations in today's government.
The Supreme Court's most important task is to uphold the Constitution and the very essence of our form of government. The nine-member court oversees the balance and restraint that the Constitution lays out, not just between branches of government, but also between the expansion of governmental and presidential powers and the freedom of the American people.
For decades, the issue of abortion has been a lightning-rod litmus test for Americans during the Supreme Court nomination process. Today, the focus must be on returning the Constitution to its rightful place as the balancing mechanism that restrains government. Preserving the Constitution's role in reining in government begins with the process of selecting the next Supreme Court justice.
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Atheist group can sue IRS over enforcement of pulpit politicking
(RNS) A federal judge has ruled that the Freedom from Religion Foundation may continue its lawsuit over whether the Internal Revenue Service enforces a ban on the political activity of tax-exempt religious groups.
FFRF, a Wisconsin-based group for atheists and agnostics, filed a lawsuit after the 2012 elections, arguing that a lack of IRS enforcement was unfair. The IRS filed a motion to dismiss the case, saying taxpayers often do not have standing to sue other taxpayers.
On Monday (Aug. 19), U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in Wisconsin denied the motion, writing that FFRF "has standing to seek an order requiring the IRS to treat religious organizations no more favorably than it treats the Foundation."
Since 1954, the IRS has prohibited tax-exempt groups, such as churches, from political activism on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate. The lawsuit puts FFRF in a similar camp with conservative groups challenging the IRS. However, FFRF wants to strengthen the ban on politicking while others want the ban lifted.
"The time for a free ride for churches is over," Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF's co-president, said in a statement. "If these churches -- which are accountable to no one in government yet get so many favors -- are allowed to engage in tax-exempt politicking, it would be the ruination of our democracy."
Observers found the judge's decision significant because similar attempts in the past have failed. For instance, groups have tried to sue over the Catholic Church's involvement in anti-abortion activism. "It is a tactic that's been used before, but without success," said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. "I can't see it going anywhere."
FFRF is not the only group attempting to challenge the IRS. A week ago, a group of religious leaders recommended to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that the IRS lift its ban on pulpit politicking.
Around 1,600 churches participated last year in "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" sponsored by the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom, preaching on political topics and daring the IRS to crack down. Pastors have sent transcripts or recordings of their sermons to the IRS, but no churches have heard from the IRS.
"The case is interesting but it remains to be seen how significant it is," said Erik Stanley of ADF. "I will be surprised if FFRF is ultimately successful."
The federal government has offered FFRF the same housing allowance tax break offered to clergy but group leaders do not want one, saying it creates an unfair advantage to religious groups.


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I currently have one OpenBSD server at home that runs 4.6 stable. The machine has 80GB hard disk space. I have user accounts for my family members on that machine. I want to know as to how I can operate this machine without working on the console.
(i.e) I want a terminal in the living room and a terminal each in the kid's rooms. They would access the Unix box remotely. I do not have any spare machines/ laptops. I cannot run wires and hence am looking for
a wireless option. I do not want to buy a laptop and then wipe it for BSD.
Can I buy some diskless units and connect to my "server"?
This is the setup I am imagining.
I have a Keyboard+mouse+monitor+speakers+microphone unit in the living room. I turn it on and the machine asks me for my login id & password. I type those in and I get a graphical desktop. I create my documents and save it. Then I log out. The files that I created are on the "central server" and I can access them from the console or from the kid's rooms. I do not want to store any of my files on the local "terminal" for I would have to "hunt" for my files in each of the workstations I use.
With this arrangement, I do not have to share my desktop/console with anybody. The kids can be in their room, listen to music, browse the net while claiming they are doing homework etc.
The advantages to me are:
a) OS patching and upgrade are at one place and easy to accomplish.
b) Software package install & upgrade is easy
c) Virus scans easy. (I use F-prot)
d) Files are in one place and hence easy to find.
e) I can make enhancements to improve security without affecting end user experience. eg. router config, firewall config, proxy setup etc.
My questions are:
a) Is this dream reasonable?
b) What do I need to buy as terminals?
c) How do I "boot" my terminals? Is this where PXE comes?
d) What do I need to do to OpenBSD setup to accomplish this?
Thanks in advance.
Option A: General diskless operation; take a look at diskless(8)
Option B: Remote login; make sure you understand SSH and running remote X sessions (can be done easily over SSH).
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OpenBSD's documentation is some of the best out there. Studying the entirety of the FAQ now, as a newbie, will save you a lot of future grief & frustration.
Basically, what you are envisioning is quite possible, but you are also implicitly putting yourself into the role of administrating & supporting such a configuration. To do this effectively, you will be learning the skill set needed by good sysadmin's. Learning to do the necessary research upfront is a necessary first step.
TerryP & ocicat,
Thanks for your replies and encouragement.
When I picturized this setup, I did not fathom the complexity involved.
In your feedback, you have shown a method as to how I can go about solving this. I will follow your suggestions.
Thanks for your input.
I wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New year!
I have a little howto from a ways back that involves setting up a server within a server thats boots via PXE, not sure if you can boot that over WiFi NIC. It is quite easy to setup and boots anywhere on your network that will PXE, no hard disks required in the terminals.
This howto is a FULLY working install that boots over PXE and allows full access, installing applications, everything you can do normally from OpenBSD, you can even use different window managers fine.
If this sounds like something that may help PM me and i can send you the info i have, if you want anymore details i would be glad to share what I know.
P.S. I have NOT tried this over a wireless connection, PXE support on the NIC aside? i am not certian if the throughput rates will create a smooth user experience, hard wire would be a better choice if at all possible.
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Last edited by There0; 18th December 2009 at 11:01 PM.
A quick search through the misc@ archives didn't reveal anything salient. Searching through Google shows some interest in the Linux world, but I found no mention of any wireless cards being capable of PXE. The OP will want to renegotiate this requirement with the chairperson of the house.
Wireless devices are very complex, much more so then Ethernet controllers.
A PXE rom contains basic chipset initialization and just enough support for communicating over the wire with a tftp/dhcp server.. AFAIK there are also architectural constraints on x86 Option ROM sizes, but I cannot find a definitive answer (..64K?).
Such a ROM for Wireless devices would need to fully implement an 802.11 stack (..with error handling), and the ability to decrypt WEP/WPA frames.
Instead of trying to network boot these systems, it would perhaps be a better idea to use xdm(1) with XDMCP.. not known for security, but you could tunnel it over SSH or use IPsec.
Would that be possible?
Last edited by BSDfan666; 19th December 2009 at 03:22 AM.
Yes security, even locally i agree completely, i encrypt EVERYTHING i can inside and out, good to get used to the practice of doing so.
The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know ....
Sorry to hijack your thread but I have to ask...
Do they have network interface monitors that do not require a desktop computer (only the central server that runs PXE)?
It was once quite common to have a centralized server with a variety of external terminals.. that's a concept that is still a criticial part of Unix systems.
Traditionally people interfaced with a Unix server over a serial link, directly over modems.. if you look into the history of X, you'll see it's heavily based on a server-client architecture.
Many thin-client systems have existed over the years, but it soon became quicker and more affordable to use dedicated workstations with their own local hard disks and graphics cards.
MMMM yes serial connections to a mainframe and dummy terminals ..... god how i do not miss those, haven't worked on anything to that nature for over 6 years
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(CNN) - Pushing back after months of negative television commercials from pro-Republican outside groups, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is taking to the airwaves Tuesday with a new ad that touts her efforts on behalf of the oil and gas industry, which employs 300,000 people in the state.
The one-minute long spot shows Louisiana residents at home, at a restaurant, and at work, watching news clips of the three-term senator.
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"For years she's forced Washington to respect Louisiana," says the narrator in the commercial, followed by a clip of Landrieu saying "the administration's policies are simply wrong when it comes to oil and gas production in this nation."
The ad then highlights Landrieu's efforts in ending the federal government's moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling, which was implemented following the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and her successful battle to force the federal government to share offshore royalties with Louisiana and other oil and gas producing states.
The narrator in the spot goes on to say that "now as the new chairman of the Energy Committee, she holds the most powerful position in the Senate for Louisiana."
America Rising PAC, a pro-GOP opposition research shop, criticized Landrieu's campaign for recreating news clips of the Senator speaking at a committee hearing that were used in the ad.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Communications Director Brad Dayspring described the clip as "deceptive" and said that "If Mary Landrieu cared about being honest with voters in Louisiana, she'd appropriately label the footage as a dramatization or a reenactment."
The Landrieu campaign responded by pointing to official Senate rules which state that "the use of any tape duplication of any radio or television coverage of the proceedings of the Senate for political campaign purposes is strictly prohibited."
Landrieu's campaign says they're spending $250,000 to run the commercial statewide for a week.
The message in the ad that Landrieu's fighting for Louisiana by pushing back against President Barack Obama and Washington stands in contrast to the slew of spots by outside conservative groups that portray the senator as a strong supporter of the President and his federal health care law.
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group backed by the deep pockets of the industrialist Koch brothers, has spent more than $3 million to run ads in Louisiana that highlight Landrieu's 2010 vote in favor of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
Landrieu's new spot is her second commercial of her re-election campaign. Her first ad, released at the beginning of the year, touted her efforts to convince the President to make sure that people who lost their health insurance because of new Obamacare requirements could keep it for another year, holding Obama to his earlier promise.
Democrats hold a 55-45 majority in the Senate (53 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party), but are defending 21 of the 36 seats up in November, with half of those Democratic-held seats in red or purple states, like Louisiana.
Landrieu–along with fellow Democratic incumbent Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Mark Begich of Alaska–faces a challenging re-election, as she has in the past. She won 50% of the vote in her 1996 election, and 52% of the vote in her 2002 and 2008 re-elections. In presidential elections, the state has become reliably red, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney carrying Louisiana by 17 percentage points in 2012 and Sen. John McCain of Arizona winning the state by 19 points in 2008.
This time around Landrieu faces a Republican field that includes two major candidates: GOP Rep. Bill Cassidy and Rob Maness, who's backed by more conservative groups.
I do not like Dem who are wimps and she is one of them.
Does anyone here realize that all you have to do is replace "Koch" with "Soros", and it's essentially the same thing for Democrats?
Umm...wrong. This false equivalency has been spouted for years. He's always been a major donor to Dems, sure...he contributed 1 million to a democratic PAC in the 2012 election cycle. He doesn't come anywhere CLOSE to what the Kochs are doing. They money they've ALREADY spent trying to buy the Senate in 2014 dwarfs that. They have personally funded efforts against every Democrat up for re-election. They fund probably 3 out of 4 of every supposedly "grass roots" conservative action committee that you see running an ad. And why? Are they doing this to "save the country"? Wake up, they're doing it because they want to own the process. They don't care about the people.
i am sure she has a lot of clout with obama and reid .....not,,,
@Proud dem and Tampa Tim-You want call out the Koch Bros. but you want to give Soros and other liberal donors a pass. You can`t have it both ways. Call them both out instead of showing in your face hypocrisy.
Typical democrat voter and CNN/MSNBC viewer:
Tampa Tim
Teacher – the Kochs spent over a billion dollars to ensure that the uninsured would not get access to health care. Are you saying Soros spent a billion dollars to make sure uninsured Americans would have health insurance? What do you teach?
For a couple years since the SCOTUS decision on campaign financing the Democrats with the help of the liberal media have been demonizing these "Koch" brothers. It has gotten to the point that Party leaders like Harry reid etc. have openly called the Koch's out by name to smear them with lies and call them "un American" Other powerful Dems are somewhat responsible for the IRS suppressing Conservative political voices. This is nothing less than the Democrats pushing a tyranny in the US Govt while counting on their friends in the media to stay silent.
I truly fear the way things are headed. The only way to stop this disturbing trend is for the American people to vote in huge numbers this Nov for candidates who will walk us back from what could turn out to be a collapse of this country.
smith – Soros this, Soros that and Soros also that...
Just tell me, when did Soros pumped as much money as the Koch brothers in any election of the past three or four years. 'AS MUCH' being the key words. Yeah, he is a billionaire, like the Koch Bros., and yeah he pumps money into elections, like the Koch Brothers and pretty much every major donor from both right and left (and the independents in the middle) in the country.
So why does the Koch Brothers stand out so much?
The AMOUNT of money they spend (and on what on a lesser, but not much, extent).
Tell us of a guy that has ever spent as much as them, comparatively that is, in the past. Can you remember one?
Umm the question would be how hard considering it is most of the dems that oppose it including the leadership in the senate and the dems in the house? Could she just playing politics and knowing all along she is going to change anything and really doesn't want to change anything? She isn't for the gas an oil companies, but a political hack doing anything to get elected. We already have enough of those on both side of the isle.
Before the Koch crows, she shall deny Obama three times.
I have called out the stupidity of the Supreme Court, the Kochs, Rove, and Adelson for buying elected officials. Soros has not tried to influence national, state, and local elections to that same degree. As for the Kochs, why would anyone spend over $1 billion to see that uninsured Americans do not have access to health care?
Tampa, you are correct in saying that if you only look at PAC contributions, the TWO brothers have outspent Mr. Soros over the past decade. However, if you look at spending towards 527 groups, Soros blows them out of the water $32 million to $1.5. It is not a false equivalency to suggest that both Soros and the Kochs want to control the political donation game. The problem you have is that you don't like what the Kochs spend their money on (which includes some Democratic candidates), and you like what Soros spends his money on. That is fine, but don't try to say that George Soros is a benevolent, altruistic business man while the Kochs are bent on world destruction. They are both the same. And by the way, I teach college government. Just so you know.
@Marcus-Koch Bros. and Soros are doing the same thing. You can`t justify Soros because the Koch`s spent more money.
smith – 'Koch Bros. and Soros are doing the same thing' – Wrong.
Soros and pretty much 90% of al donors of the Republican Party (that also are millionaires) are doing the same thing.
The Koch Bros. stand on a league of their own.


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Liability with ACH Death Notification Entries (DNEs) & Reclamations
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ACH Stop Payments vs. Unauthorized Extended Returns: Know the Difference
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