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In a previous post, I talked about the virtues of ambiguity. There I expounded our attraction to the unknown and how that unknown or unknowability causes us to continue to explore. As I read Westphal, I realize, however, that when it comes to interpreting the Word of God, many of us become scared of the unknown. We feel that the Bible should have a plain-sense, cut-and-dry interpretation and we should be able to know what it all means.
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While constitutional scholars and media pundits explore the political fallout of the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, attorneys are girding for a more practical concern: the health care law's potential to spawn a flood of legal suits against employers.They are expecting employees to take companies to court not only for violations of the massive and complex law, but also for technical issues—such as documentation of benefits, change notices and the interpretation of arcane provisions—that workers may claim are preventing them from getting benefits they deserve.No fewer than four federal agencies (the IRS, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and even the Department of Housing and Urban Development) are currently writing hundreds of pages of regulations that will apply as health care reform is implemented over the next six years."Whenever legislation creates new obligations for employers and rights for employees, inevitably there are disputes about exactly what the legislation means, how far the rights extend and whether employers' individual decisions fit the expectations of employees and the plaintiff lawyers that represent them," said Stewart Manela, head of the labor, employment and OSHA groups at law firm Arent Fox. "[ACA] is sure to be tested."
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A labyrinth of regulations layered atop existing laws—such as anti-discrimination statutes and ERISA, which governs employee benefits—the ACA is filled with moving parts and potential land mines for companies that aren't paying attention, said benefits lawyers. Not only are there new reporting, record-keeping and benefits requirements, violations of which can trigger fines, but the ACA doesn't preclude lawsuits if employees believe they've been mistreated or denied benefits they think an employer should offer. And it provides new whistle-blower protections for employees who voice their complaints to regulators."The statute has an extremely complex regulatory framework that adds layers on to what we already have," said Peter Marathas, a partner in Proskauer's employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA litigation group. "It leads to an increased burden and increased potential liabilities."Proskauer, for one, established an internal health care reform task force within days of the March 2010 passage of the law. The team of two dozen attorneys has met regularly for the past two years. In the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court decision, they conferred daily.Whether such suits will be successful remains to be seen, said lawyers and consultants, and the risks are manageable if companies adopt policies to avoid problems and potential violations. But it won't be easy. "Like other rights and entitlements," Mr. Manela explained, "decisions and plans will be scrutinized when individual circumstances arise that were not perfectly forecast."One potential hangup, for example, is the provision that specifies whether a company's existing health plan may be grandfathered and therefore permitted to offer more limited benefits than the law demands of new plans.Among other things, grandfathered plans don't have to provide free preventive care or coverage for clinical trials.
"[Even] if an employer believes it has a grandfathered plan, employees could challenge whether it [meets grandfathering requirements] and should have adopted preventive care services, such as birth control," said Proskauer's Mr. Marathas. "They could sue on a class-action basis for failure to provide benefits."Definitions of full-time versus part-time workers could also be fraught with pitfalls, especially for retailers and other companies that employ temporary, seasonal or contract workers.Some large companies with more than 50 workers will have to pay a penalty if they don't provide health care, but whether a business meets the definition of a large company depends on the number of its full-time-equivalent workers, a calculation that includes part-timers' total hours. Companies that try to manage the size of their workforce to avoid the play-or-pay mandate could see claims from employees.Even seemingly risk-free offerings, such as wellness programs, could trip up a company if, for example, a "walk at work" program doesn't take account of employees with disabilities who are unable to participate."There must be an alternative for people who can't meet the standard," said Joseph Torella, president of the employee benefits division of insurance brokerage Hub International Northeast. "When you look at wellness, you have Department of Labor issues and EEOC issues." Mr. Torella noted that Hub has added more compliance experts to its staff, including two attorneys.Small businesses are likely to be more at risk because they don't have armies of administrators to keep track of changes and requirements. But even large businesses that self-insure won't be immune because they can't offload responsibility for plan design and other decisions to insurance carriers.Whether actions by employees will succeed and how federal agencies will deal with lapses remain to be seen. The Department of Labor is already conducting audits of plans that have requested to be grandfathered."The audit approach is not punitive, but that will shift pretty quickly once we get down the road," said Mr. Marathas, adding that he has been working for four months on one dispute with the Labor Department.
What's for sure is that audits, lawsuits and other measures that companies themselves employ to bring their policies into compliance won't be cheap."I think that we've created some jobs for lawyers and accountants," said Rosina Rubin, CFO of Attitude New York, a limousine company based in Manhattan that offers health insurance to its 60 employees. Like many executives, Ms. Rubin is still trying to get answers to questions about the ACA, including how the limits on health savings accounts apply and whether and when her company will be able to buy insurance on the state exchange being planned. She doesn't think she has to worry right now about things like new documentation requirements, but then added: "You know what? I'm really not sure. I have to talk to my employment lawyer."

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The 25th Annual 2005 Mopar Nationals
The Mopar Nationals is what comes to mind when people think of a Mopar-only car show. This year was the 25th time around the block, and the 'Nats showed off the best of what Mopar was and is, with vendors, manufacturers, and enthusiasts showing off the goods on a grandiose scale to thousands of spectators. Sure, many other great shows are popping up all over the nation, but the Mopar Nationals still resides in the hearts of all Mopar aficionados as the end-all, be-all of Mopar-only musclecar weekends.
Over the three-day event last August, more than 56,000 showed up at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio, to battle the heat and evening rainfall. An amazing 3,155 cars were on display with many more parked around the surrounding grassland. With nearly 2,000 vendors and countless more in the swap meet, Mopar fanatics had almost too much to do in only three days. the days were filled with the roar of passing dragsters and door slammers, car judging, displays, and Year One's F.A.S.T. invitational race class.
Celebrating the Plymouth Road Runner this year, the Nats put up a massive tent with several choice examples of the everyman's musclecar. Like the salutes to the Dart and Charger the previous two years, this year's Road Runner display was a presentation in history. With models from nearly every production year, the Mopar Nationals' exemplary vehicle pavilions help to educate as well as showcase some of the finest in restored and surviving machines in the hobby.
The Nats are truly too large an event to fully show you here, so for even more Nats coverage, check out our Web site: www.moparmusclemagazine.com. And for more information about the 2006 Mopar Nationals, go to www.moparnats.com.


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(Back To The Top)…The latest from "DHS Insider" (Part I) + (Part 2)
By Douglas J. Hagmann
23 December 2012: After a lengthy, self-imposed informational black-out, my high-level DHS contact known as "Rosebud" emerged with new, non-public information about plans being discussed and prepared for implementation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the near future. It is important to note that this black-out was directly related to the aggressive federal initiative of identifying and prosecuting "leakers," at least those leaks and leakers not sanctioned by the executive office – the latter of which there are many.
Due to those circumstances, my source exercised an abundance of caution to avoid compromising a valuable line of communication until he had information he felt was significant enough to risk external contact. The following information is the result of an in-person contact between this author and "Rosebud" within the last 48 hours. With his permission, the interview was digitally recorded and the relevant portions of the contact are provided in a conversational format for easier reading. The original recording was copied onto multiple discs and are maintained in secure locations for historical and insurance purposes.
The following began after an exchange of pleasantries and other unrelated discussion:
DH: Do I have your permission to record this conversation?
RB: You do.
DH: I've received a lot of e-mail from people wondering where you went and why you've been so quiet.
RB: As I told you earlier, things are very dicey. Weird things began to happen before the election and have continued since. Odd things, a clampdown of sorts. I started looking and I found [REDACTED AT THE REQUEST OF THIS SOURCE], and that shook me up. I'm not the only one, though, that found a [REDACTED], so this means there's surveillance of people within DHS by DHS. So, that explains this cloak and dagger stuff for this meeting.
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First of all, big thanks to all of you for your warm birthday wishes. It was indeed a good one thanks, in part, to the delicious vegan cheesecake made by my husband. Thanks go to him for making it (he was very conscientious about following the recipe because he didn't want to screw it up!) and to Nic at bakingsheet for creating the recipe. I've tried too many vegan cheesecakes that didn't taste right, but this one came closer than any so far. Just to judge its "cheeescakiness," we ate it first plain–and it did taste very authentic (and very almondy). For the second piece, we topped it with macerated strawberries, and they were a perfect complement to it. The recipe was very easy to make, too, which makes it perfect for all of you non-cooks out there to make for your partners or spouses. So get busy!
A second (or is it third or fourth?) thanks goes to those of you who have noticed the link to my Amazon store in the sidebar and have written to tell me that you've bought one of the products I linked to. I don't make piles of bucks from the Amazon links (not even piles of nickels), but they do help pay the cost of hosting the blog and the website. I really do recommend all of the kitchenware listed on the first shopping page, but as for the other pages, I give Amazon key words and it picks the products. So please, if you see fois gras or something there, don't blame me!
Finally, thanks to That's Fit for listing this blog as one of its Fit Hits. And welcome to all visitors who got here through that link. Please take a few minutes to look through the archives or through the Recipe Index.
Okay, I'm all thanked out–except to say, thank all of you who read this far. I'll be back soon with a new recipe, one that's making my mouth water just thinking of it.
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Smile! Your private life might be streaming live on the Internet!
Whether we realize it or not, we carry around the means by which strangers can secretly record us. Nearly all mobile devices today have multiple cameras and a microphone. Think about all the places you take your phone or tablet, then ask yourself how you'd feel if those cameras were activated without your permission.
It's not just your devices, but those of the people around you, as well. Chances are, you've had a phone or tablet nearby during a private conversation with a lawyer, a doctor, a friend. What if someone else was watching and listening through that device?
Cameras can be hijacked in a number of ways. Cybercriminals can commandeer them with viruses, then extort you by demanding money for the deletion of potentially embarrassing photos and videos. Sometimes they have the nerve to imitate law enforcement, claiming that you have illegal content on your computer and will go to jail if you don't pay their fee.
If you happen to have Internet-connected security cameras for your home or business, these can be hacked via your network.
Don't say it can't happen, it already is. Camera- and microphone-activating viruses are in the wild as we speak. PCs, Macs, smartphones, tablets, video game consoles – everything with a webcam is vulnerable.
There's one easy way to make sure your cameras can't capture your private moments without permission: tape a tiny piece of paper over the lens. If this isn't convenient (for example, if you use your phone camera a lot), keep the device in your pocket or purse where it can't record anything but lint.
Microphones on computers can typically be disabled, but this is harder with a phone or tablet. When in doubt, leave the device out of earshot. And you might want to reconsider allowing the kids to have computers or game consoles in their bedrooms.
Keep your computer's antivirus updated. You also need to update all other programs on the computer especially Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, and Flash. Watch for social media apps which may "helpfully" upload your photos and videos to the Internet with little warning.
How do you know if your camera has been hijacked? Webcams often make sounds or display a recording light when active, which can serve as a warning. You might even get a pop-up on your screen, complete with a picture of yourself sitting at your computer!
If hackers demand a ransom for your videos and photos, don't respond. Take your computer to a qualified tech support professional and see if they can remove any camera-activating viruses. You may also want to contact your local police department to find out the procedures for reporting cybercrime.
You can turn the tables on criminals with the help of your camera. Many security apps now include the option to take photos of whoever's got their mitts on your phone, if it's stolen or misplaced. The photos are emailed to you along with geolocation info so you can help police catch the thief.
With the prevalence of mobile devices these days, it's wise to take a few moments to consider the impact of unintentional surveillance.
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Carbon footprint calculators for citizens
Recommendations and implications in the Nordic Context
In this report, we look into Nordic carbon footprint calculators and selected benchmarks from other countries. We present data on 10 carbon footprint calculators for public use. The focus is on the features, recorded number of users, and experiences on using the calculators in campaigns and research projects. The purpose is to highlight good practices in the design and use of calculators for ordinary citizens which can be used to introduce the role of consumption choices in climate change mitigation. The report provides suggestions for the future development of existing or new calculator initiatives. The study was carried out by the Finnish Environment Institute, financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, administrated by the Sustainable Consumption and Production Working Group and guided by a steering group consisting of representatives from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.


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I made a graph of the Giants team ERA+ and ERA- for the seasons 2009-2012. I treated the interim numbers for 2012 the same as the full-season numbers, just to get a quick snapshot of how the current guys compare. Madison Bumgarner actually made his debut in 2009, throwing ten innings over four games (one start). Tim Lincecum was the star of that squad, and both Matt Cain and Barry Zito had 33 starts apiece. Brian Wilson, Sergio Romo, Jeremy Affeldt, and Brad Penny were also on that staff. In 2010, The Bumbino had 18 starts and supplanted Barry-Z on the post-season roster. Santiago Casilla, Guillermo Mota, and Javier Lopez joined the fun. Last year Ryan Vogelsong emerged and Jonathan Sanchez pitched his last game as a Giant. Take a look:
As a team, the Giants ERA+ for 2009-20012 goes 120, 117, 110, and 97. That's 1st, 1st, 3rd, and 10th in the NL. Their ERA- goes 86, 85, 86, and 93, good for 2nd, 1st, 2nd, and 5th. I don't know why B-R rates the Giants so poorly compared to FanGraphs, but I suspect it has to do with the mysterious "park factors." Regardless, it is clear the staff is not as elite as it once was. We all know the culprit, of course, but Tim Lincecum gets some help from his bullpen, too. The loss of both Willie and WillyMo certainly hurt. The Giants are blessed with excellent starters and a talented relief corps. But team-wide they are much more prone to giving up runs than in the previous three seasons. Another way to look at this is to just take raw "runs allowed" numbers and compare them to the league average "runs allowed." The RA/lgRA ratio should be 1.00 for a "league average" team, eh?


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There are times when innovation is necessary, and times when it isn't. For example, it would be innovative to design a plane with no wings, but a three month crawl to Tokyo doesn't boast the glamour of actually flying. The Mark II RTR-720 gaming mouse is certainly innovative, but it's also a poor idea.
For a start, it's circular and the cable comes out at an uncomfortable angle, meaning it's extremely difficult to work out whether the damned thing is straight. The buttons provide no tactile feedback and instead the mouse makes an irritating beeping sound to let you know when you've pressed one - it's no substitute.
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Tim Bogar, third base coach, Red Sox – He could be retained when a new manager is named. Bogar is also highly regarded as a future manager and does a lot of work with statistical data, which seems to fit what the current Boston regime is looking for. There has been speculation that Bogar is a candidate for bench coach with the White Sox under new manager Robin Ventura.
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I have practiced in rural Missouri 34 years. 'Rural' general practice has it's unique challenges. Having a one on one with a another human is best but I fully agree with the practitioner from the UP that you often have to go with what you have to work with. Samuel 'Buddy' Brayfield, DO
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Again, thanks all for the comments. Dr Passer: I appreciate your concern. In my case, I won't be doing any 'online' practice myself, I'm just wondering about my patients using it to access counseling. However, for a physician using 'online' to 'remotely' evaluate and treat patients, I would agree: check with your malprac insurance to make sure you're covered.
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In my area (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) there aren't a lot of psychiatrists available, so many patients (addiction and other) see a psychiatrist by Skype (many through the VA) and it seems to work well. I'm sure there are sketchy drug counselors out there who do it, but plenty of good ones, too. If it works for the patient, and they feel they are making progress and getting their needs addressed, I don't see a problem.
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Role of Intrauterine Cornual Block in Combination With Direct Cervical Block in Outpatient Endometrial Ablation (ICOB)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01808898
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The usual intervention to control the pain during an outpatient endometrial ablation has been to use local anaesthesia (LA) injection just in the neck of the womb (cervix). However, this alone may not be sufficient to control the pain completely. Therefore, we want to find out whether an injection of LA given deep into the muscle of the womb (myometrium), in addition to that in the cervix, has a better effect on controlling the pain during the procedure.
All women attending gynaecology outpatient clinics, who have consented for an outpatient hysteroscopic procedure, will be invited to take part in the study. The study will be carried out in the outpatient hysteroscopy clinic at Birmingham Women's Hospital.
As part of standard pain control method during an outpatient endometrial ablation, all women will receive an injection of LA in the cervix of the uterus to 'freeze it'. During hysteroscopy a randomly selected treatment group will receive an injection into deep muscle containing only normal saline (control group) whereas the experiment group will receive fast / long acting local anaesthesia (cornual block).
Women will be asked to rate the degree of pain by placing a mark on an ungraduated 10 cm horizontal line. These scales will be given before the procedure, during LA injection, immediately after, one hour and at the time of discharge from hospital.
The results will help future patients undergoing a similar procedure to have much better pain relief and allow many more to have the procedure without the side effects of a general anaesthetic and its risks. In addition to having less pain, it may reduce the number of painkillers needed as well as any stay in hospital. In future this may also allow a greater variety of procedures to be done in an outpatient setting.
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|Procedure: Local Anaesthetic
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Outpatient local anaesthesic (LA) hysteroscopic intrauterine therapeutic interventions such as endometrial ablation have gained wider acceptance in the last decade. However, pain experienced during these procedures can be a disincentive and is the commonest reason for the use of escalating levels of analgesia post procedure, which results in prolongation of hospital stay and recovery. Various methods of LA have been studied including intrauterine topical lignocaine or cervical block using topical lignocaine, paracervical block or intracervical block. However, a single site block individually may not be sufficient to control the pain completely due to inability of the one site block to affect the sensitivity of the whole uterus, as the uterine fundus is effectively still unanaesthetised. This may be due to the uterus receiving complex innervations from different nerve routes such as the uterovaginal plexus, the Frankenhauser nerve plexuses, parasympathetic ganglia and the thoracic nerve.
Therefore, it seems logical to use a direct cervical block to block the sensation through uterovaginal plexus and use an additional deep myometrial block adjacent to each cornua to directly block the thoracic nerve supply. To date, only one small observational study has looked at the effect of such a combined block in relieving pain during outpatient hysteroscopic procedures. Therefore, we propose to undertake a double blind randomised controlled trial to address this question by comparing effectiveness of a standard direct cervical block and intrauterine cornual block (ICOB) versus a direct cervical block and a normal saline intrauterine cornual injection (control).
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|Randomized Double-blind Placebo Controlled Trial to Assess the Role of Intrauterine Cornual Block (ICOB) in Combination With Direct Cervical Block in Outpatient Endometrial Ablation
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2mls consisting of 1ml of 3% mepivacaine (short / medium acting) and 1ml of 0.5% bupivacaine (long acting)
Procedure: Local Anaesthetic
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Placebo Comparator: Saline
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Procedure: Local Anaesthetic
On the day of the procedure and before the patients are treated, a designated clinician will draw up the local anaesthetic (2mls consisting of 1ml of 3% mepivacaine (short / medium acting) and 1ml of 0.5% bupivacaine (long acting)
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- Visual Analogue scale evaluating pain [ Time Frame: administered immediately after the procedure ]To determine the effectiveness of intrauterine cornual block by evaluating pain directly attributable to outpatient hysteroscopic endometrial ablation assessed by using an ungraduated 10 cm visual analogue scale (VAS) administered immediately after the procedure prior to shifting patient to the recovery unit.
- Visual Analogue scale evaluating pain [ Time Frame: 1 hour after procedure and at discharge from hospital ]
- To determine the effectiveness of intrauterine cornual block by evaluating pain using VAS at 1 hour after the procedure and prior to discharge from the hospital.
- To assess the total requirements for rescue analgesia in the first 24-hour post-operative period between the two groups.
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- All women between the ages of 18 - 50 years presenting to the gynaecology outpatient clinic scheduled for an outpatient hysteroscopic intrauterine therapeutic intervention such as endometrial ablation.
Exclusion Criteria:
Women with contraindications to hysteroscopic procedures such as atypical endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer, undiagnosed abnormal vaginal bleeding, current lower pelvic infection or uterine abnormalities
- Women who are allergic to local anaesthesia
- Not technically possible to perform a hysteroscopy e.g. women with distorted uterine cavity due to large fibroids
- Women considered vulnerable (e.g. current mental illness, emotionally labile, or learning difficulties)
- Women who decline to be randomised and request the additional anaesthetic or decline it will form a separate group to be studied and will be administered the VAS similar to the trial group. This group will be analysed separately to determine whether they are significantly different to those patients who consent to being part of the trial.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01808898
|United Kingdom
|Birmingham Women's Hospital
|Birmingham, United Kingdom, B15 2TG
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|Janesh K Gupta, MSc MD FRCOG
|Birmingham University
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Uterine Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Anesthetics, Local
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Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum + More Set to Headline 2013 Stagecoach Music Festival
The anticipation for the 2013 Stagecoach Festival -- California's largest live country music event -- is sky-high, with promoters already announcing the star-studded lineup to give fans ample time to make the appropriate accommodations to attend the popular three-day event. Lady Antebellum, Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith and Dierks Bentley are set to co-headline Stagecoach 2013, which is scheduled to take place April 26-28 at its traditional stomping grounds in Indio, California.
The event is unlike any in country music, uniting stable artists from multiple generations of country music for the fan-favorite live weekend festival. From Americana to contemporary country, the 46-artist roster covers a gamut of sonic styles, ensuring all music lovers will enjoy the eclectic display of sound.
Tickets for the 2013 Stagecoach Festival will go on sale beginning on Oct. 20, with the general admission price set at $239. A full list of package amenities and restrictions can be found on the festival's official website.
2013 Stagecoach Festival Lineup:
Friday, April 26
Toby Keith
Hank Williams Jr.
Trace Adkins
Jeff Bridges & the Abiders
Roger McGuinn
Old Crow Medicine Show
Joe Nichols
Connie Smith
Maggie Rose
Hayes Carll
Wylie and the Wild West
Commander Cody
The Steel Wheels
Haunted Windchimes
Alissa Griffith
Saturday, April 27
Lady Antebellum
Dierks Bentley
Rodney Atkins
Dwight Yoakam
Phil Vassar
Nick 13
John Anderson
Marty Stuart
Jana Kramer
Justin Townes Earle
Suzy Bogguss
The Honkytonk Angels Band
Sons and Brothers
The Westbound Rangers
Robert Ellis
Sunday, April 28
Zac Brown Band
Darius Rucker
Thompson Square
Jerry Lee Lewis
Charley Pride
Don Williams
Tanya Tucker
Blue Sky Riders
John Reilly and Friends
Riders in the Sky
Waddie Mitchell
Florida Georgia Line
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BLACKSBURG — As a starting defensive back for a Bowl Subdivision program, one of the fundamental aspects of playing cornerback Antone Exum's position is the ability to have a short memory of positive and negative events in games.
He gets the concept, but it's still hard for him to forget just how unsuccessful Virginia Tech was in the postseason in his first two seasons on the field.
Heading into Tech's meeting with Rutgers in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla., Tech's players and coaches have varying sources of motivation as they prepare for one of the least compelling matchups in the Hokies' 20-year bowl streak. Exum doesn't have to go far to find incentive.
"If you're a redshirt junior like me, we haven't won a bowl game yet since we've been here," Exum said regarding his actual time on the field. "That's something that stays in the … front of our mind. We're definitely motivated to win this game."
Indeed, Tech (6-6) hasn't won a bowl since December 2009, when it defeated Tennessee in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Tech ended last season with a Sugar Bowl loss to Michigan, and Tech concluded the 2010 season with an Orange Bowl loss to Stanford.
Rutgers (9-3) hasn't had nearly the same run of appearances in prestigious bowls that Tech had in recent years, but the Scarlet Knights have made the most of appearances in modest bowls.
With victories in the Texas Bowl, International Bowl, PapaJohns.com Bowl, St. Petersburg Bowl and Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers' current five-game winning streak in bowls is tied with Mississippi State for the nation's longest.
Though this year's bowl lacks luster compared to other recent bowl experiences, Tech is playing to avoid its first losing season since 1992, when it went 2-8-1. Tech coach Frank Beamer continues to be optimistic, based on what he sees returning to his program and the way he perceives progress in recruiting, but a win against Rutgers would provide an extra boost.
"I look forward to the future, but this bowl game is real, real important," said Beamer, who is 8-11 in bowls with Tech. "To finish with three (consecutive) wins, that's what I'd like to talk about with this senior class. They got us through some disappointment, and we ended up with three straight wins."
Tech has used some of its early practices in preparation for the bowl to look at young players, like running back Trey Edmunds, who could help the team next season, according to Beamer. When Rutgers-specific preparation begins next Wednesday, Tech's veterans will have plenty on the line.
Exum, quarterback Logan Thomas and defensive end James Gayle, a Bethel High graduate, could use the game as a final audition of sorts. All three have submitted paperwork to the NFL draft advisory committee to get a read on where they might fit into the 2013 draft if they decided to leave school early.
Senior right tackle Vinston Painter admits he needs all the exposure he can get. He's only been a starter for one season.
"From what I've seen in practice, guys are approaching this bowl game as if it was a BCS bowl game," Painter said. "The season didn't go the way we wanted to. We had to fight to make our way to this bowl game, so guys out here are working hard to work on what they can control in order to ensure we do win this bowl game."
Linebacker Bruce Taylor showed he could bounce back from the Lisfranc sprain in his right foot that caused him to miss Tech's last six games last season. Yet, after switching from middle linebacker to the "backer" (inside linebacker) spot this season, he averaged fewer than six tackles a game for the first time in the last three seasons. He still has something to prove.
"What we had this year was unacceptable in my eyes," Taylor said. "We did finish strong, won three of our last four or whatever and got to the bowl, but we know what we've got to do better. So, this bowl game, I feel like this can be the first step for the team."


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The Switch also operates over mobile Internet, which means you can control home devices from anywhere you have an Internet, 3G or 4G connection.
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The free Wemo app makes it easy to set schedules for appliances and electronics in your home. Use your smartphone or tablet to program a fan to turn on or off at a certain time of day, at sunrise or sunset all over your existing 3G / 4G / Wi-Fi connection.
It's a Mod, Mod World
One of the beauties of Wemo is its modularity. Control one lamp or all of them. Dip a toe into smart-home tech, or dive in headfirst. There's a Wemo for every situation: Light Switches for your porchlight or those swanky recessed ceiling lights in the man-cave. Switches for your plug-in lamps and fans. Insight Switches for devices you want to monitor for energy savings. Control them all from your app, with no hub. Go forth and modulize.
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Wemo Switch and Insight Switch work seamlessly with Amazon Echo, Amazon Dot and Amazon Tap to give you hands-free, vocal control over your stuff. Want to turn off the fan? Turn on the floor lamp? Shut off the TV in the kids' room before their brains melt? When Wemo and Alexa work together, all you have to do is speak your mind. Literally.
Wemo works with Nest Learning Thermostat
Nest's "home" and "away" modes can tell your Wemo switches what you're up to. If you're out, your desk fan turns off so the cat doesn't lose another inch of its tail. When you return, that fake Tiffany lamp your Grandma left you is burning brightly to welcome you home. And you can adjust basic Thermostat settings without leaving the Wemo app, thus conserving valuable thumb-tapping time.
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"If This, Then That" is a free web-based service that lets you do an amazing array of things with your Wemo. Visit IFTTT.com to find "recipes" for making Wemo turn lights on and off based on real-world events, send you push notifications about device activity, or take advantage of your phone's geo-fencing capabilities to know if you're home or away. Visit IFTTT and discover all the exciting recipes you can create with Wemo + IFTTT.
- Turn electronics on or off — from anywhere.
- Operates over Wi-Fi and mobile internet, at home and away.
- You've already got everything you need: WEMO works with your existing Wi-Fi router and any iPod touch, iPhone, iPad - iOS 8 or higher and Android 4.1 or higher.
- Put your electronic devices on a schedule.
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Welcome back to Thursday Thirteen! You might also be interested in yesterday's post for Works For Me Wednesday which is also a list of thirteen Christmas ideas. Happy Thursday Thirteen!! And wishing you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
- 'Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
- Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffman
- Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
- Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury
- Christmas Tapestry by Patricia Polacco
- Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Rudolph: The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert Lewis May
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church
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SEAN GALARIS DOESN'T CONSIDER himself a pessimist.
But the president of LM Funding, which recovers delinquent dues for struggling condominium and homeowner associations, sees some troubling trends in the housing market.
When housing is at full health, his Tampa-based business suffers, because generally fewer homeowner associations have to grapple with foreclosures.
But that's not the case for LM Funding these days: Calls for help are pouring in.
Galaris fears Southwest Florida's residential market, among others, are headed for another collapse -- similar to the one that rocked the economy beginning in 2008.
He knows it's not a popular view, as sales continue to rise and inventories shrink, but he has seen this plot play out before.
"I see it on a first-hand basis every day," he said. "Any one of a number of different factors could slow the whole thing up at one time. We're just teeing off on a false recovery."
And Galaris, who has spent two decades in real estate, should know. LM Funding buys the right to collect bad debt owed to associations and works with third-party attorneys to go after delinquent homeowners and banks that have foreclosed.
The firm, which collects its profits through interest and late fees, has recovered association dues on more 11,000 units in Florida, including in the Sarasota area.
While many industry participants believe residential real estate's resurgence will continue unabated for some time, Galaris has noticed disturbing trends from both the lenders and homeowners he works with. He believes a slew of influences, ranging from the dominance of investors to the stockpiling of shadow foreclosures, could each push the market back into a downturn early in 2015.
Galaris also is concerned about rising interest rates, and what effect that might have on future buying capabilities.
"What I get to see is this unique prospective of what the banks are dealing with, and I see it from the homeowner prospective," Galaris said. "And by and large, banks are still taking in more delinquent units each month than they close out."
To Galaris, those defaults are the primary danger.
It's certainly good for his business, but another potential wave of shadow foreclosures -- an immeasurable inventory that's been speculated about for years -- could prompt home values to slide. It also would add more discounted units to the distressed housing stock, easing the tension between a tight supply of homes and fierce demand from buyers that's fueled this year's rebound in prices.
"We see it in the courthouse," Galaris said. "Judges just can't keep up with the backlogs, and a lot of these cases are simply being tossed without any real prosecution. They will come back at a later time. We know it because we see it in our own files.
"If these banks were to drop their inventory on the market, it could cause another oversupply and prices would crash."
Another threat Galaris sees lurking in the housing market is manipulation from large hedge fund investors. These institutional investors -- such as Wall Street's giant Blackstone Group -- have gobbled up homes across Florida as part of a real estate shopping spree that began in the hardest-hit areas more than a year ago.
But now, the hedge funds have begun tapering their pace of home buying here, and if they stop supporting the market altogether or find softer rental demand than they anticipated, Galaris believes they alone could prompt another crash.
A new twist to some investor strategies is that the groups are now starting to purchase large numbers of units in condominium communities, with the purpose of controlling the boards, Galaris said.
Once these investors gain control, they are moving, in some cases, to significantly raise monthly assessments on residents. Galaris believes this is an orchestrated attempt to force struggling owners, whose units are already underwater, to abandon their homes because of additional financial stress. Then the investors can convert the condo complexes back into rental apartments, he said.
"These investors think they have an angle on the market, and we're seeing others try to follow them, but all it is doing is creating this false secondary market," he said.
"Is it sustainable? I'm not convinced. Once these institutional investors let their inventory go, it will create another crash in areas like Florida, Nevada and Arizona."
Galaris predicts home prices will creep up modestly again in 2014, before interest rate increases brake housing demand.
Investors, meanwhile, will not continue buying forever, and stringent financing requirements, rising interest rates and higher home prices will all make it more difficult for average families to purchase a house in the future, he said.
"It's not time to panic, and I still feel certain properties will be a good investment going forward," Galaris said.
"I think we will continue down the road we're on right now, but there will be something that changes the industry, and the consistent vote in my office is interest rates.
"When you look at the market from 50,000 feet up, as we do, it is just not as good as it seems."
SEAN GALARIS DOESN'T CONSIDER himself a pessimist.


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Inadequate meat content, use of by-products, carcinogenic chemical preservative, low quality grains and other controversial filler.
The primary ingredient in this food is by-products. Chicken by-product meal - a very low quality ingredient. This is defined as "consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice".
The next ingredient is corn.Corn is a difficult to digest grain, which limits its nutritional value for dogs. We consider this to be a low quality ingredient. It is also commonly associated with allergy and skin problems. We prefer not to see the use of this grain in dog food.
Poultry fat is a low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative". The preservative used in this case is ethoxyquin. This is a chemical banned from use in human food due to the belief that it is carcinogenic.
We note that the fat ingredient of this food is the third ingredient. Research at Purdue University has identified fat in the top four ingredients of a dry food as a factor increasing the risk of bloat in large breed dogs.
Brewers rice is a further low quality ingredient and by-product. The use of wheat is a significant negative as this is a very common cause of food allergies in dogs. Beet pulp is another low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
Fish meal, the tenth ingredient is the first and sole true meat ingredient in the food. It is far too far down the ingredient list to make any substantive contribution to overall meat content. We find no sign on the manufacturer site of a guarantee that this ingredient is free of ethoxyquin (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients, and which is banned from use in human food due to the belief that it is carcinogenic). As noted above, ethoxyquin is the chemical used to stabilise the fat content of the food.
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[December 28, 2012]
SPRINGFIELD -- The Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library had a letter but no envelope. An
Australian collector had an envelope but no letter. Now the two
items have been reunited, digitally.
The director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel W. Stowell,
received several leads on potential Lincoln documents in Australian
repositories and private collections during a trip there in July.
One of those leads was to Dr. Barry O. Jones, an Australian writer
and politician who has had a fascinating career.
Jones became a household name in Australia as a champion on a
television quiz show, appearing from 1960 to 1968. He served in the
Victoria state parliament from 1972 to 1977 and then in the
Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1998. Over the
years he has served as Australian minister of science, Australian
representative to UNESCO and president of the Australian Labor
Party. He also wrote "Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of
Work" (1982), which became a best-seller and was widely translated.
Jones purchased the envelope from a New York manuscript dealer in
1965. He graciously made a high-resolution image of the envelope and
sent it to the Papers of Abraham Lincoln. It can be seen at
The three-page letter that the envelope once contained is now
part of the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum. The letter is Lincoln's response to a request
from the governor of Kentucky to have Union military forces halt
their organizational efforts in that neutral state.
When hostilities erupted in April 1861 at Fort Sumter, President
Lincoln called for volunteers from every state to suppress the
rebellion. Northern states answered his call, additional Southern
states seceded, and the deeply divided state of Kentucky declared
neutrality. Initially, the United States and the Confederacy
respected this stance, each hoping to lure the strategic border
state to their side. However, both pro-Confederate and pro-Union
supporters in Kentucky soon began to organize themselves.
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On Aug. 19, 1861, Gov. Beriah Magoffin of Kentucky sent a letter
to President Lincoln complaining of recruiting activities there.
Magoffin sent the letter via two Lexington attorneys, William K.
Dudley and Francis K. Hunt.
Lincoln replied on Aug. 24 through the same two messengers.
Buoyed by news that Unionists had won substantial majorities in the
Kentucky General Assembly, Lincoln was direct with the
Southern-sympathizing governor. He said the military force there
consisted of Kentuckians who were "not assailing or menacing any of
the good people of Kentucky." Lincoln told Magoffin that he had
consulted with "many eminent men of Kentucky" and none but the
governor and his messengers had urged him to remove the military
Lincoln concluded: "I most cordially sympathize with your
Excellency in the wish to preserve the peace of my own native State,
Kentucky; but it is with regret that I search, and cannot find, in
your not very short letter, any declaration or intimation that you
entertain any desire for the preservation of the Federal Union."
The state of Illinois purchased the letter in 1941 from a New
York manuscript dealer.
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a long-term documentary editing
project dedicated to identifying, imaging, transcribing, annotating
and publishing all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during
his lifetime (1809-1865). The project is administered through the
Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum and is co-sponsored by the
Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois
Springfield and by the Abraham Lincoln Association.
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Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
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Illinois Historic
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I couldn't bear to post my blog yesterday after the Sox meltdown Monday night against the Orioles. A 4-2 lead in the ninth should be enough, but we all know that there are always going to be a bunch of these heartbreakers during the course of the season. We just don't want to admit it–and I couldn't face writing about it, especially the 10-4 final score.
I had good feelings about the South Siders bouncing back last night with John Danks on the mound, but very few teams are going to win games with two, maybe three hitters, doing what they're supposed to do. The result? a 3-2 loss.
To state the obvious, we are struggling offensively. Adam Dunn, Alex Rios and Gordon Beckham are among the culprits along with Brent Morel. And the few who are on their game, like Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski, haven't provided enough firepower to overcome the slackers.
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Suddenly, though, Fortress Gazprom seems to be under assault from every direction. On Sept. 5, European Union authorities announced an antitrust investigation of Gazprom's long-term gas supply contracts in Central and Eastern Europe. The next day, the company announced first-quarter profits fell 24 percent to 357.8 billion rubles ($11 billion), as European exports slumped and some customers renegotiated contracts to win more-favorable terms.
Back in Russia, rivals such as NovaTek and Lukoil are starting to poach some of Gazprom's business. And the company recently delayed a planned investment in the Shtokman gas field in the Arctic, as shale-gas development and the increased availability of liquefied natural gas worldwide have depressed prices, making the Arctic project uneconomical. "There is a whole chain of events happening with the company," says Ekaterina Rodina, an oil and gas analyst at VTB Capital in Moscow. "I can't see how they can turn all these negatives to positives."
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With the Senate expected to take up a new farm bill the week of Nov. 5, farmers were growing hopeful the legislation could be enacted in time for them to incorporate it into their plans for the 2008 crop year.
But those farmers may not be so eager to embrace the new law if a growing coalition of farm bill "reformers" is able to find enough votes to win adoption of proposed new payment limit rules in the legislation.
The rules are contained in the amendment Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have said they will offer when the farm bill comes to the floor. They introduced a similar amendment which passed the Senate with 66 votes but was later removed from the 2002 farm bill by the conference committee.
A close examination of a position paper being circulated in Washington shows the new Grassley-Dorgan amendment could be even more debilitating than its authors' previous attempts at targeting farm payments to so-called family farmers.
Grassley-Dorgan would clearly be preferable to reform groups such as the Nebraska-based Center for Rural Affairs, which singled out Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., for special criticism for his role in the compromise payment limit language in the Senate Ag Committee bill.
"Sen. Conrad made a deal with the devil that won a little money for commodities at the price of destroying family farming," said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center. "The deal would continue multi-million dollar payments to the nation's largest farms and work against the one true reform on the table — the Dorgan-Grassley amendment."
Current law allows farmers to receive $40,000 in direct payments and $65,000 for counter-cyclical payments on up to three entities per farm owner. The total amount for an individual — $105,000 — can be doubled to $210,000 for a farmer and spouse.
Farmers can receive up to $75,000 in marketing loan gains or loan deficiency payments and an unlimited amount in commodity certificates under the 2002 farm bill. The marketing-loan-gain or LDP limit can be doubled to $150,000, which means an individual can receive up to a total of $360,000.
The House-passed farm bill raises the limits for direct payments to $60,000 and counter-cyclical payments to $65,000 per individual (or double that for a couple) while the Senate Ag Committee bill keeps the limit for direct payments at $40,000 and lowers the counter-cyclical limit to $60,000. Both eliminate the three-entity rule and require direct attribution to a person.
According to the position paper, the Grassley-Dorgan amendment would put a limit of $20,000 on direct payments and the new optional ACR fixed payment, and $30,000 on counter-cyclical payments or the ACR counter-cyclical for a total of $50,000. The paper says the amount could be doubled to $100,000 for single or married farmers.
The Grassley-Dorgan amendment would retain the limit of $75,000 on marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments and include commodity certificates in that $75,000. Allowing for doubling the $50,000 limit on direct and CCP payments and the $75,000 limit on marketing loan gain results in the "hard cap" of $250,000.
The Grassley-Dorgan amendment does not contain a limit on adjusted gross income, but the Senate Ag Committee AGI restriction of $750,000 for part-time or non-farmers would apply if the bill is passed.
More importantly, Grassley-Dorgan would "ensure funds were directly attributable to an individual rather than a corporation," according to the position paper, which claims the amendment would "restore integrity to the farm program and focus support on those who need it most."
The latter is a theme that's been pounded home for months by groups such as the Center for Rural Affairs, the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Environmental Defense, the Environmental Working Group, Bread for the World and the National Urban League.
The Environmental Working Group, headed by Ken Cook, has published the names of thousands of farm program payment recipients on its www.ewg.org Web site to try to influence public opinion against agricultural subsidies to larger farmers.
The Sustainable Agriculture Coalition accused the Senate Agriculture Committee of backing down from comprehensive payment limit reform and choosing, instead, to hide behind a "fig leaf" reform proposal. The latter, it said, adopts direct attribution of payments and eliminates the three-entity rule, but keeps other loopholes open.
"The Senate, like the House, chose to maintain waste, fraud and abuse as our commodity limitation policy," said Ferd Hoefner, the Sustainable Ag Coalition's policy director. "Payments are effectively uncapped under current law and under the Senate Committee proposal.
"Real reform must now be made in the form of passage of the Senate floor amendment to be introduced by Senators Dorgan and Grassley that will put a hard cap of $250,000 on commodity payments and close all the loopholes so that mega farms cannot get unlimited payments at the expense of family farms and taxpayers."
Reform groups also appear to be going after cuts in direct payments, one of the two largest spending categories in the farm bill. Direct payments, they note, are slated to cost taxpayers $26 billion over the next five years.
Environmental Defense, another public interest group that has been weighing in on the farm bill, has been releasing results of polls that show three out of four respondents agreed that their senators should support shifting money out of subsidies like direct payments to conservation programs.
"These polls suggest that senators outside the traditional farm belt will be taking a political risk if they support a status quo farm bill," says Sara Hopper, a spokesman for Environmental Defense. "Senators can improve their standing with the public by supporting reductions in farm subsidies and increased funding for programs that reward farmers for helping the environment."
Besides listing payment recipients on its Web site, the Environmental Working Group has also been issuing press releases claiming that 60 percent of the nation's farm subsidies go to states whose senators serve on the Agriculture Committee.
The EWG claims about 10 percent, or 152,000 entities out of all the recipients, will get 60 percent of the money, or about $15.8 billion. That averages to $104,000 each over five years. The top 1 percent, or 15,200 recipients, will get more than $3.3 billion, averaging $220,500 each.
During the Senate Ag Committee debate, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., offered an amendment that would have reduced direct payments 6.5 percent and transferred the savings to the Food Stamp and The Emergency Food Assistance Program or TEFAP.
Committee members defeated the amendment 17-4, but Lugar's speech introducing the amendment obviously struck a nerve. Several committee members said they would support taking savings from direct payments or the new ACR option and applying them to the TEFAP program.
Lugar says he plans to introduce the same amendment when the farm bill comes up on the Senate floor. He also says he will introduce the Farm Ranch Equity Stewardship and Health Act of 2007 he and Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., authored as a replacement for the Senate Ag Committee farm bill.
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I created a table which views editable user data of different types. However, this table's columns can be changed, so the data structure of a table row should be able to change, too.
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