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---- — Sometimes certain things connect in a way that brings tears to one's eyes. Or maybe it's just me, still looking for a hero, i.e., a person of integrity and competence in public life.
This week, as the state and local fiscal years begin, we celebrate the 37th anniversary of the date Proposition 21/2's levy limit went into effect. I realize the 37th anniversary is usually not a big deal: Instead of silver and gold, it is represented by a gift of alabaster. This was a valued good at the time of the ancient Greeks, which is appropriate because I want to tell you about a modern philosopher-judge who is one reason we still have property tax limitation. And for a change, I haven't waited until he is dead to praise him.
Prop 2½ was an initiative petition, passed by the voters in November of 1980. Some public employee unions immediately mounted a court challenge, arguing that it was the end of civilization as we know it, not to mention a violation of freedom of religion (?). Since the petition was now a law, it was defended by the Attorney General's office: Attorney General Frank Bellotti assigned two young attorneys, Donald Stern and James Aloisi, whom we heard about often in future years, to defend it, which they did well.
The case was heard by one associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Judge William G. Young. His ruling, as I recall it: "Whether Proposition 21/2 is foolish or farsighted is no business of the courts."
I was young and impulsive. I actually called to thank the judge for his extraordinary wisdom and turn of phrase. He mildly scolded me, telling me he might have to rule on an appeal and therefore couldn't discuss the case with me. I was mildly embarrassed and never called a judge again — but over the years, I followed his career with admiration that never flagged. He was nominated for a federal judgeship by President Reagan, and one case over which he much later presided was the trial of the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid in 2003.
Just before his sentencing to life imprisonment, Reid noted his status as an enemy combatant in a war against the enemies of Islam. Judge Young's response has been circulating on the Internet for years, but an excerpt is worth repeating here for Independence Day:
"Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before … Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals, and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not — you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody, and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said:
'You're no big deal.'
You *are* no big deal.
What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discreetly.
We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake, though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden, pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure …
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will."
Judge Young is retired now from judging and is a professor at Boston University Law School. I think this means I can thank him now: not for his ruling on Prop 21/2, which was only correct, but for those wise words from 2003 that have not yet been forgotten, and are needed more today than ever.
Barbara Anderson of Marblehead is executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation and a Salem News columnist.


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• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested following a report of an argument which occurred at 8:56 a.m. Saturday outside a store in the 8100 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard. Eric Schul II, 29, 6002 Girard Ave., was charged with second-degree harassment, fourth-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after the store clerk informed police Schul left on foot following an altercation in the parking lot. Officers tracked Schul down and identified him due to an outstanding warrant. When he was approached, he reportedly fled from police. When officers caught up to him, he allegedly struck one of the officers in the chest before being wrestled and pinned to a nearby bicycle rack, where he was handcuffed. According to reports, he was combative throughout the entire process and was restrained when taken to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center for treatment of injuries sustained in the altercation. A sedative was reportedly used to calm him once he was secured in the emergency room.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a theft from a vehicle which reportedly happened between 11 a.m. and noon Friday outside a hotel in the 400 block of Main Street. The victim, a 56-year-old Falls woman, told officers someone smashed a window and stole an iPod, a Nintendo DS gaming system and some curling equipment. Damages and property are valued at $850 according to the report.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a reported theft which occurred between 9 p.m. Thursday and 7:40 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of 23rd Street. The victim, a 34-year-old man, told police someone had taken his brand new tires and wheel rims from his vehicle parked in his backyard. He said he left his car with the new rims and tires and when he returned, the vehicle was on old tires and rims. The property is reportedly valued at $2,000.
• THEFT: Police are investigating a reported theft of a wallet from inside a vehicle at 11 a.m. Friday parked at a drug store in the 8000 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard. The victim, a 52-year-old Falls man, said he was inside the store for five minutes and returned to find his driver's side window smashed and his wallet taken from the vehicle's console. He said the wallet contained his driver's license and $2,000 cash.
• ARREST: A Falls man was arrested following a fight at 12:25 a.m. Saturday in the 7300 block of Buffalo Avenue. Shawn Stoltz, 37, 7314 Buffalo Ave., was charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly refusing to quiet down and yelling obscenities at police who had responded to the altercation.
• ARREST: Officers made two arrests following a traffic stop which occurred at 6 p.m. Friday in the 8700 block of Buffalo Avenue. Joshua Butry, 21, 570 81st St., was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and Connor Gugino, 20, 9149 Buffalo Ave., was taken into custody after it was revealed he had an active bench warrant. The arresting officer said he stopped the vehicle and immediately smelled marijuana when the driver, Gugino, opened his window. A search of the vehicle allegedly revealed a mason jar containing a green substance inside a backpack reportedly belonging to Butry, who reportedly told police he forgot it was there.
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What a finish…wow. That reach at the end did look like a foul. Your thoughts Tom?
Two great teams going at it.
Yeah that is a tough way to end it. I'm glad the official called it though – it seems like officials have gotten away from calling legitimate fouls on the last shot of a game because they "want to let the kids decide it". I think that is somewhat of a cop out on the officials part, regardless the kids are deciding it on that foul call.
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Ryan Miller left without talking to reporters following Thursday's 3-0 loss to Vancouver.
When asked Friday if he was OK (physically and mentally) after the game, he said he was fine.
Here is what he had to say about not being available to the media after the contest.
"Everybody's heard me talk quite enough. … I don't think I have to be the person talking after every single game. I just took a moment, take a step back and talk about the game today. We don't always need an immediate reaction from me is my stand. You guys know where to find me eventually."
The reason the media tend to flock around the longtime Sabres goaltender, who made eight of his 31 saves during the opening two minutes of the contest (he explained what the Canucks did to cause early disfunction in the Sabres' defensive zone), is because he usually provides insightful answers.
In other matters, captain Steve Ott and coach Ron Rolston basically uttered the same cure for the Sabres' slow starts. It all comes down to being ready to work, or in this case outwork your opponent.
Other highlights from Rolston's post practice press conference:
-- Zemgus Girgensons, who practiced fully while wearing a full face shield, should return to the lineup Saturday against the visiting Colorado Avalanche at First Niagara Center.
-- Cody McCormick sat out practice after taking a shot off the foot during Thursday's loss to Vancouver. His status is day-to-day.
-- While Rolston wouldn't say when specifically, he did say the Sabres want to get Nikita Zadorov into a game once fully healthy and not just ship him back to juniors right away. Now when will that be?
"Anytime is possible," he said.
(Zadorov looked pretty close to healthy to me on the ice so it wouldn't be surprising if the rookie defenseman drafted in the first round last June becomes the latest teenager to suit up for a regular season Sabres game soon.)
-- Rolston also said Joel Armia, Ville Leino and Corey Tropp are still a ways away from returning.
Here are Rolston and Miller interviews from this afternoon. Keep in mind, the Sabres' rookies did some dance moves on the ice after practice as a way of keeping the mood light at a time when frustration seems to be the main theme in Sabreland.
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All the top FWs(Faber, Fabiano, etc.) would destroy him if they fought him.
hominick is one of those rare fighters where when he was fighting in the wec, people could say "send him to the ufc" instead of the other way around--he's 2-0 in the ufc and 0-2 in the wec. i guess he wanted to drop to his natural featherweight and go to the wec...his last ufc performance against gurgel i'm sure didn't incline joe silva to keep him at ufc lw. he's a good fighter but his biggest hole is his submission defence.
I enjoyed his fight- except for he kept dropping his right hand and grabbing his underwear-like shorts. It was weird.
he is inconsistent, but heres hoping he gets on a roll.
You want to be on the biggest stage, then fight better.
I have to admit Mark looked good in that fight. His transistion to that armbar was sick.
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Mark Hominick - I Want To Be on The Biggest Stage
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Days after his triumphant victory over Trenell "Savant" Young last Saturday at Affliction: Banned and the day after his birthday, Mark "The Machine" Hominick joined Fight Network Radio to speak his thoughts of his win, his evolution from a stand up fighter to a well rounded mixed martial artist, and the comparison between Affliction and the Zuffa brand.
Hominick surprised host John Pollock and possibly some listeners by divulging he had already been back in the gym training since his win just a few short days prior. He hadn't even really celebrated his birthday yet (although he noted he'd finally be doing so later in the night). The conversation jumped right into the fight against Young, with Hominick revealing part of the game plan against the veteran was to "make him move around. He cut a lot of weight, so I knew his conditioning wasn't that strong. Moving in and out, making him move a lot, I knew would tire him, so I didn't want to stay in the pocket too long. Wear him down; take him into the deep water, trying to see if he could swim". The big revelation in the fight was Hominick utilizing his ground skills, which are growing more and more refined. Although Pollock remarked that most people were expecting a knock out in the fight between the two, they were in agreement that you couldn't force the KO, with Hominick glad to have the opportunity to showcase his ground game.
Pollock observed that Hominick must feel good knowing he has developed a strong skill set on the ground and can now seemingly hold his own against the world's top 145-pounders. Regarding his recent less than ideal run in the WEC, Hominick says, "I needed to make a statement. I couldn't sneak out a decision or just kind of sneak by a win. I had to make a big statement and I think that's what I did. Whether it was a KO or a submission. I'm ready to go wherever the fight is; I just prefer to stand up. Anyone who doubts my ground game, that's who I'm going to fight and I'm going to prove that I'm a lot better than people think. Guys I've been submitted by, like Rani Yahya, he's the Abu Dhabi champion. He's no slouch, you know, he's the world's best. All I can do is prove myself and I think that's what I did". They discussed his seamless transition from a triangle attempt into the armbar that clinched the victory for Hominick. Hominick defended his decision to turn to the armbar saying, "I wanted to finish with the triangle but his neck was so thick and he was so sweaty. A lot of people were yelling to pull the shin down but I felt that if I pulled the shin down he would've just snuck right out the back door because he was so sweaty and he literally didn't have a neck. As soon as he had his arm straight I knew I had to go for the armbar because he was flat on his back and I knew that would be a better finish than the triangle because he was so thick in the neck and so stocky, it was hard to choke him".
Having begun his career as a striker, Hominick has first hand knowledge of the importance of mixed martial artists becoming well rounded. He uses former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes as an example, stating that Hughes was a "dominant, dominant champion for years because he relied on his one strength and guys who stay with that one strength are getting beat now and that's it. If you don't catch up you're going to be left behind. You've got to keep climbing and get better. When you think you've got it all, that's when someone's going to wake you up and tell you, you've got stuff to learn'." Hominick put his striking training on a slight back burner for this fight, opting to focus primarily on his wrestling and jiu-jitsu for the first time in his training camp. He described his training regimen as this, "I do pad work 3-4 times a week; I spar a couple times. I still get that hard work in, my conditioning and timing, but it wasn't my driving force in the training camp. My driving force was my wrestling and jiu-jitsu and it came through".
Hominick was one of many fighters on the Affliction card who had previously fought for the Zuffa brand, both in the UFC and the WEC. Inevitably, he was faced with comparisons and he spoke glowingly of the upstart organization. "I've never been treated, as a fighter; as good as I have with the Affliction group. You could tell they put the fighters and the fans in the forefront. That was their focus and that's who they wanted to please. I really hope to God that they made a ton of money off the pay per view but you could see that wasn't the driving force. They wanted to put on the show of a lifetime and I think that's what they did, with the fighters and fans in mind. Anything extra they could do, they did do for the fighters and I think any fighter who was on the show could reiterate that. I don't know about everybody else, but I could feel the buzz. I've fought in the UFC, I've fought on a pay per view in the UFC and there's obviously a buzz. But I've never felt a buzz like this ever. I've never felt the electric atmosphere before the fight. You knew that there was something special going on". Hominick supported competition between both promotions, likening the UFC to the "Kleenex brand of mixed martial arts. Everyone affiliates MMA with the UFC or ultimate fighting but now there's a new kid on the block".
Discussing the UFC brass' plan to hold an event (UFC Fight Night) to counteract the Affliction pay per view, Pollock stated his belief that the plan indirectly put a lot of focus on the Affliction show, to which Hominick agreed. Hominick believed that move and Affliction's initial foray into the mixed martial arts world now puts pressure on the UFC's way of conducting business, especially in regards to fighter's pay scales. Of this he says, "Everyone's seen what the fighters are getting paid for this show [Affliction: Banned]. The UFC's never paid that much for a purse. Now you can see that the UFC's pay scale is going to have to go up or else they're going to lose fighters". But Hominick is far from critical about his former stomping grounds. "I'm not downing the UFC. I hope they do the best. I hope the fighters in the UFC do the best. My training partner, one of my best friends (Sam Stout) is there and I wish him the best too. I'm not downgrading them; I just hope everyone can be successful".
Much media hype had been made of the Affliction show, Pollock noted, a show that some were calling the "biggest event in MMA history". He asked Hominick if that created any added pressure to the fight and his performance, but Hominick said without hesitation, "Those are the kind of performances I want to have and those are the kind of cards I want to be a part of. I'd rather fight in front of 10 million fans than 10 fans. I want to be on the biggest stage, have the biggest performance. So I like that kind of pressure. I was glad to be a part of that".
With the win over Young behind him, Hominick expressed his desire to fight again before year's end. He revealed his inclusion on the next Affliction card (rumored to occur in the fall) and that his only wish was for a top ten opponent. While Zuffa holds many of the top 145-pounders in its stable, Hominick was confident that Affliction would find him a suitable top contender. "They said I get to pick my opponent and all I'm thinking about was top ten'. I don't care. I don't want to fight anybody unless it's going to raise my stock". He also made mention of a project he'd been undergoing with his teammates, a new gym in London, Ontario called Adrenaline Training Center, on top of the Shawn Tompkins-run gym he was already a part of. Hominick speaks with wisdom and eloquence beyond his years and experience many fighters his age can only aspire to. As his profile rises and Hominick starts to rack up more impressive victories, one can already see the stars aligning for this young and talented fighter.
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In an editorial last May, we favored market forces and competition and urged the lawmakers to make that happen in the best interest of Tennessee customers. We reiterate that position, and we believe AT&T has addressed some trouble spots that concerned us at that time.
The way I read it, the editorial hints at approval for AT&T's proposal but stops short of a full-fledged endorsement. Randy Neal at KnoxViews disagrees:
Not surprisingly, the Knoxville News Sentinel has once again taken the pro-big business, anti-consumer anti-local government position and endorsed it.
I guess AT&T and the KNS are going to keep at this until they wear down opponents of the bill. But just as AT&T and the KNS can trot out the same old propaganda in favor of the bill, opponents can program hotkeys with the same rebuttals from last time around.
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Oakley's Danny Kass, and O's infamous snow Aussie, the Dingo, are back. The dumbfounding duo have been living it up on camera for a couple of seasons – shredding, partyting it up and engaging in shenanigans of all shapes and sizes on FUEL TV's popular Danny and the Dingo show. And they're back for more. The new season is premiering this Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific – on FUEL of course. And Danny will be making an appearance on the freshly revamped Daily Habit talk show right before the premiere.


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But, no one was hurt and everyone got a sack full of candy and a lifetime of smiles and memories.
It was the annual Albemarle Fall Festival sponsored by Albemarle Downtown Development Corporation (ADDC).
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"Speaking Daggers: Shakespeare and the Fight Against Bullying" was piloted in the spring of 2012, funded by GE Capital and partnered with the George Washington Carver Center. The workshop was presented to almost 800 students at the Carver Center, Nathan Hale, Ponus Ridge and Roton Middle Schools in Norwalk to great success. (See Patch feature on Speaking Daggers)
"Speaking Daggers" is an anti-bullying workshop that features Shakespeare's characters and scenes to help students stand up to bullying and to encourage empathy for peers who are experiencing aggression, social exclusion or verbal abuse. Director of Education Emily Bryan says, "We use scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Merchant of Venice. We address cyber-bullying, conflict resolution, and empathy building by examining Shakespeare's complex characters and utilizing activities and techniques that help the students interact with the characters."
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Originally Posted by TheDoucheyWun
Good way to start you sig bet career 0/1 anyways. I have always found Bigfoot to be supremely over rated. And I have never thought much of is Fedor win to be honest but I also found Fedor to be very over rated.
Suprisingly at HW I've always found Reem ranked some where reasonable.
How could Bigfoot be supremely overrated? the best thing anyone has said about him is that he is good... or he has potential, how can that make him overrated? I think that just makes him rated
Overeem on the other hand though, has been called by many though the best HW in the world, some very bold claims and although a long time ago I think people forget that this is the same guy that holds loses to most of his big fights in Shogun, Nogueira, Arona, Liddell and Werdum (the one that didnt suck). While his big wins are against guys like Hunt and Lesnar. Just realized that you specifically mentioned Overeem at HW... but I will just post it anyway
I think Overeem will put his superior striking on display and get a stoppage. Bigfoot could try wearing him down tho, Overeem has a suspect gas tank so we'll see, anything is possible.
I hope you're right, man. I still have that lingering question though... How much of it was Werdum's threatening BJJ, how much of it is AO not responding well to high level guys who walk him down?
Can't wait to see him fighting more often (hopefully)
I really dont see The Reem fighting anyone ever the way he fought Werdum unless it's Werdum..
Fabricio's BJJ game is just that damn good that any and every striker ought to show him similar respect standing not to mention his striking has improved by leaps and bounds over the years and he already had the previous sub vicory over Reem.
Point of all that is unless he is fighting Werdum you will not see Reem fight like that ever again.
I see Overreem as the favorite for sure but there's that lingering question for me as to which AO shows up. Does coming in after potentially less in the way of "supplements" affect his confidence? Does the guy who didn't show Lesnar an ounce of respect show up, or is it the guy who seemed timid to strike with Werdum their last time out?
If Bigfoot walks him down, aggressively throwing a long jab, I could see AO getting caught and dragged into a losing fight along the cage and to the ground. But, ultimately, I don't see Bigfoot as fast or aggressive enough for that too happen.
Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre
If Bigfoot can avoid getting his chin clipped, which he TOO OFTEN leaves hanging out in the wind, I think you're spot on that he can turn this into a dogfight and ride Overeem and make life very difficult.
Well shit, FG, it's not like he has too many options on that one given its the size of a beer cooler.
Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre
That said, I think Overeem is so precise with his strikes that the first round will really pretty hard to get out of for Bigfoot....
This. Bigfoot has to stand in front of Reem to get the takedown, and I don't see that going well for him. I dont think he's quick or athletic enough to successfully shoot from the outside, so it's strike-to-clinch against a guy with the most brutal knees in the division. I'm also not sure how he'll go not having a size and strength advantage which he does over most opponents.
Originally Posted by Bork_Lazer
I realize its a pretty bold move, wont deny that. But its my first sig bet and I knew I wouldn't have trouble finding someone to take it. Also I think Overeem is overrated and I thought this would be a good way to stand by that.
Good way to start you sig bet career 0/1 anyways. I have always found Bigfoot to be supremely over rated. And I have never thought much of is Fedor win to be honest but I also found Fedor to be very over rated.
Suprisingly at HW I've always found Reem ranked some where reasonable.
Originally Posted by Fedorlei Gomipierre
Oh, I think you mean Kimbo>Rampage.
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Originally Posted by H0SS
Glover landed 103 out of 207 (80 significant), while Quinton only landed 54 of 170 (53 significant).
He also landed 5 out of 5 takedowns.
And he rocked Rampage pretty good in the first round.
I wouldn't say he "destroyed" Rampage, but he did hand him an ass-whooping.
Yes, He dominated Rampage. No question about that.
Still dont know why the statistic sites combine standing and ground strikes into one stat...
Glover getting 5/5 takedowns was very impressive. No one has ever taken rampage down that easily...
not sure i buy into Glover's wresting being that good, but if it is... the LHW division better watch out.
Listening to the Glover supporters you would think he would have put rampage away with ease... he didnt.
Originally Posted by rampage9712
Thats horrible. I thought we were friends...
BTW Glover Destroyed Rampage... didnt he...
barley outstriking him standing, and doing little on the ground... Jones should be cowering in fear.
Glover landed 103 out of 207 (80 significant), while Quinton only landed 54 of 170 (53 significant).
He also landed 5 out of 5 takedowns.
And he rocked Rampage pretty good in the first round.
I wouldn't say he "destroyed" Rampage, but he did hand him an ass-whooping.
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I thought it was quite boring. I was hoping for more drama. And i didnt see that spoiler that carpy told us about.
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I thought it was quite boring. I was hoping for more drama. And i didnt see that spoiler that carpy told us about.
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I think the writers/producers finally understood that they were making the Sheriff just a TAD. . . . . . . . WUSS. Just a bit too much touchy feely for a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE scenario so they decided to show us he could man up as shown by him taking out the potential bad guys. NICE job Sheriff ! LOL. I enjoyed that for sure. I liked the eppy. Not enough HORROR but again, this is a drama that happens to wrap around horror. Its bringing more non horror heads into the fold, let it PLAY. . . . There was some nice character interaction as Hershel, the farmer starts snapping back to normal. He didnt seem to have a problem with the bad guys getting greased. Seems he understood the world just fine once again. Shane is going a little over the top with the out of control thing considering how dependable he was before. I hope they dont start writing by the seat of their pants like the dumb LOST did.
To be honest i feel cheated. I waited 3 months to see this shit and there was barely any violence or defining moments. They spent the whole first half of the fuckin season doing character shit. Lets get down to some extreme action and heart breaking moments.
I might be the minority here but i really enjoyed this episode as i thought the character development was well done. And when the story is good you don't need gun play to keep it entertaining.
dint even know it started again,,,, so we should get the episode this weekend!!!
The episode went about how I thought it would. I wasn't excpecting anything big yet because of the bang the last part of the season ended with. Even though it won't happen I am hoping they kill off a few of the main characters before the seasons end.
For one, Dale absolutely has to go! I am sick of that big, everything will be ok let's not resort to violence pussy! Hopefully someone puts a bullet in his head.
Shane is one of the few realistic people on the show, and my favorite character. He is the only one who takes the zombie apocolypse for what it is. A FUCKING WAR! Screw being nice, It's about survival!
just caught it,, good to see the ole gang back,, thought the bar scene was great stuff,, rik really showed us some nice action, !!!agreed shanes a fookin nut!
i carnt watch it till this god damn laptop gets fixed! I dont care about spoilers so can someone give me a quick rundown on what the reaction to the barn incident was like
The reaction was what one might expect. EXTREME shock. The Asian character, Glen, expresses it best in speaking to Beth, the farmers daughter. They were convinced they would find her and save her, and looked at her, in my opinion, almost as a symbol of hope. Very dramatic and well acted episode. The same with the farmer Hershel, who starts to realize how deluded he was and starts to act ashamed, angry, defensive.
nice one mate i was anticipating the new episode to be full of drama & character development ETC. sounds like peeps havent really enjoyed it that much though ........ i carnt wait to see it i rekon i will get my sis to download it for me since my computer is a nightmare right now
What I liked best was that I was getting tired of the Sheriff behaving TOO much like uncapable. Sometimes he was too clueless, other times too sensitive, other times too unsure. They are starting to show that he IS someone to be reckoned with which was a nice change. It might be that Shane was starting to become TOO much the alpha male so now they are showing that the Sheriff IS the man. What was great about the bar scene is that both the writers and the actors did a REALISTIC, subtle, build up of menace that most people cant appreciate if you havent been in a situation like that. EXCELLENT work by both actors and writers and NOT just the shoot em up. The way Grimes initially has an untrusting feeling of the new humans coming to the bar, the way it grows, the way Hershel starts halfway in to SHARE that feeling despite his no harm to anyone way of life and the way Glen FINALLY realizes that something is wrong. REALLY well done.
The episode is great, its just NOT JUST ABOUT HORROR. Catch a flick instead. This is a bit more thinking and a bit less visceral. We all want to see the dead in action but if you want this series to last, ON T.V. it is doing fine.


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The trick to making this recipe "fool proof" is by adding this WARNING to the ingredients. Must use "Classic" yellow cake mix. DO NOT use "butter" recipe/mix. The classice yellow cake mix calls for oil and not butter. The butter recipe does NOT turn out right once you add the sour cream. It will fall flat and be gooey inside everytime with the wrong/butter mix. Hope this helps ; )
I used Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Cake mix. Made the cake according to the box directions, except I subsituted Sprite for the water, added 1 cup of sour cream, 2 tsp vanilla, and 1 box of instant vanilla pudding. Sift the cake mix and pudding, in a separate bowl mix all the wet ingredients, then mix the wet in with the dry. You can bake this cake in any type pan you desire. I bake most my cakes (this one included) at 325. This cake came out moist and delicious. We frosted one layer with chocolate frosting (my daughter insisted) and left the other plain. I prefer plain. The frosting was too much sweet for my taste, however my 4 year old daughter wouldn't have it any other way. Try it, you can't go wrong!
This is my top secret recipe STILL almost a year later and it always comes out perfectly! I use this trick with chocolate, white and yellow cake mixes... My 14 year old daughter loves making it with me and I am sure it will turn into her top secret recipe... You do have to cook it a tad longer just keep an eye on it and check it frequently at the end. I do NOT use an entire cup of sour cream it is more like 3-4 TBLS people at my office request me to make this cake for office parties...
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Amount Per Serving (12 total)
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- 234 cal
- 12%
- Fat
- 9 g
- 14%
- Carbs
- 35.8 g
- 12%
- Protein
- 2.5 g
- 5%
- Cholesterol
- 9 mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 293 mg
- 12%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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PALOS HILLS, IL - FEBRUARY 21: Army veteran Brad Schwarz gives his service dog Panzer a kiss following a bath at Pack Leader Academy February 21, 2012 in Palos Hills, Illinois. Panzer was trained at the academy through Paws Assisting Wounded Warriors (PAWWS). Schwarz uses Panzer to help him cope with issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) he has experienced since returning from a 2008 tour in Iraq. In addition to suffering from PTSD, Schwarz has memory loss related to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and he must walk with a cane because of vertebrae and nerve damage in his back and legs. Ten days before he was scheduled to rotate home from a 15-month deployment in Iraq, his second, the Humvee in which he was riding was struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Of the 5 soldiers riding in the vehicle, which caught fire after the explosion, Shwarz was the only one to survive. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Adele — 21
This disc screams, 'Star! Star! Star!'
Stephen Carradini
Adele doesn't really need my help, but I'll say it anyway: "21" shows her blossoming into a diva that could be a force for a long, long time.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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Will soon be breezing through the indie scene with perkiness and wonder
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Sometimes it's hard to pin down what's so great about an album.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
VOTD: Grammy edition
With congratulations to Okie Grammy winner (kinda) Sugar Free Allstars!
my earlier predilections
, Maroon 5's performance of The Beach Boys' classic "Surfer Girl" was actually kind of awesome. I think this was mostly due to Adam Levine's severe discipline in keeping his shirt on. I won't defend Foster the People's take on "Wouldn't It Be Nice" or terrible band name, however. Singer Mark Foster looked about as petrified as Brian Wilson's craggy old face.
And speaking of Brian Wilson, I'm just kind of amazed that his voice can still get that high.
Glad to see Adele's voice survived that vocal cord surgery. I think she's still just a couple servings' worth of charisma shy of being a top-tier pop star, though. "Rolling in the Deep" has always struck me as a little bland, even more so after Jennifer Hudson came out and yanked tears out of everybody's faces later in the evening.
I now give you the absolute train wreck of the evening, provided by Miss Nicki Minaj and a cavalcade of creepily sexualized Catholic imagery:
What awesome justice did Okie Blake Shelton do to the great Glen Campbell? The Band Perry was all right doing "Gentle on My Mind," but Shelton's take on "Southern Nights" shined:
Sir Paul McCartney got some guitar-lickin' help from Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen and Joe Walsh, marking the single greatest living advertisement for Viagra and devices used to feather aging gentlemen's hair in live television history:
Unfortunately, no Oklahoman walked out of the Staples Center with a clear-cut win last night,
Sugar Free Allstars can claim one-20th of an award for their contribution to Best Children's Album winner, "All About Bullies ... Big and Small!" Said the band in an email, " AAAAAAHHHHHHHH THE ALBUM WON THE GRAMMY FOR BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM!!! WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A SONG ON A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ALBUM AAAAHHHH!!!"
OKSee-approved acts fared pretty decently though as Adele's lauded album, "
," cleaned house, earning her six awards. Bon Iver's eponymous second record earned him the Best New Artist award and Best Alternative Album (you might recall him winning our coveted
Album of 2011
distinction as well).
For more info, a partial list of the winners included:
• Album of the Year: "21," Adele
• Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele
• Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• New Artist: Bon Iver
• Pop Vocal Album: "21," Adele
• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: "Body and Soul," Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse
• Pop Solo Performance: "Someone Like You," Adele
• Rock Song: "Walk," Foo Fighters
• Rock Album: "Wasting Light," Foo Fighters
• Rock Performance: "Walk," Foo Fighters
• R&B Song: "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim and Jack Splash
• R&B Album: "F.A.M.E.," Chris Brown
• Rap Performance: "Otis," Jay-Z and Kanye West
• Rap Song: "All of the Lights," Kanye West
• Rap Album: "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West
• Country Vocal Solo Performance: "Mean," Taylor Swift
• Country Performance by a Duo or Group: "Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars
• Country Album: "Own the Night," Lady Antebellum
• Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album: "Drama y Luz," Mana
• Jazz Vocal Album: "The Mosaic Project," Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists
• Opera Recording: "Adams: Doctor Atomic," Alan Gilbert, conductor
• Traditional Gospel Album: "Hello Fear," Kirk Franklin
• Dance Recording: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
• Dance/Electronica Album: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
• Alternative Music Album: "Bon Iver," Bon Iver
• Spoken Word Album: "If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't)," Betty White
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VOTD: Pug love
Watch Adele's 'Someone Like You,' now with 100% more Oklahoman pugs.
That Singletree Productions' Mark Potts and Brand Rackley are accomplished low-budget humorists is
a well-documented truth
. Less well-documented (and criminally so) is Potts' pug, Gizmo, himself a gifted actor who is now a big shot living with his owners in Los Angeles.
Here, Gizmo stars as Rackley's special lady, who apparently thought that the 25-cent Pug Transformation Machine was a joke. Be impressed by the canine's gender-bending performance:
Also, be sure to check out our recent
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Best of Bond … James Bond: 50 Years — 50 Tracks
007 turns the big 5-0.
Rod Lott
With each new James Bond film, it seems as if another CD compilation of 007 movie music is released. Because it is.
Monday, October 22, 2012
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
'Extraordinary,' indeed!
Rod Lott
How ironic that
un film par
Luc Besson — the Frenchman behind such action smashes as the
The Transporter
among others
— would fail to play American theaters, yet that's what happened with
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
. The 2010 adventure
sees the light of day on these shores
from Shout! Factory
; its absence from our multiplexes is not indicative of its quality.
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I write about economics, politics, media, business and film.
If you thought Mayor Bloomberg's failed assault on certain large sodas sold in certain kinds of stores was arbitrary and capricious, get ready for a similarly bizarre attempt to punish large retailers.
The latest foolish attack on Walmart is happening, fittingly, in a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., a town that is reminding us all how it is even more obtuse on the local level than on the national. The salvo is called the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA), but just think of it as yet another effort from the DGDP: the Department of Good Deeds Punishment.
For its sin of providing millions of working class Americans with good service, broad selection and low prices, Walmart might as well have painted a (Target-style) bullseye on itself among progressives. Walmart is at last preparing to enter the nation's capital, with plans well underway for six stores in the District, two of them set to open this year.
Away from the tourist trail, the District still contains some blighted neighborhoods where crime and disorder discourage business and leave residents starved for corporate attention. Walmart has eagerly been reviving desolate corners of the city.
In order to punish this good deed, though, the rebarbative chairman of the D.C. City Council, Phil Mendelson, has been pushing an extraordinary new law that would apply only to large national retailers, with more than $1 billion in sales, who open D.C. stores of greater than 75,000 square feet. Such firms would be required to pay a "living wage" of at least $11.75 an hour to all employees — a 62 percent premium over the federal minimum wage. D.C. already has its own super-minimum wage of $8.25 an hour (set by law at $1 above the federal minimum). So the LRAA is a super-duper minimum wage proposed mainly to punish a single company, which is why wags in the press are calling it the Walmart Living Wage Bill.
You may well ask why Walmart allowed the matter to get this far: When it comes to breaking into northern urban markets, can't one of America's largest and greatest companies steamroll a few local-yokel pols? Can't it grease the right palms? The question is a sad one that presupposes that an honest business must roll up its sleeves and master the kind of dark arts we associate with corruption-riddled Russia or China.
And the answer is: Walmart is way ahead of you. In its D.C. push, which has been underway since at least 2002, Walmart has thoughtfully gone around making the kinds of "donations" to politically-connected figures that wedding guests gave the Corleone family. It put on its payroll the treasurer and campaign manager of a key city council member, Yvette Alexander. It invited neighborhood activists to a focus group that paid $100 and dinner. It spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on local charities like the Greater Washington Urban League and D.C. Hunger Solutions. It arranged a healthy-foods photo-op with Michelle Obama. And it spent in the "eight-figure range" (in the estimate of one journalist) to sponsor a traveling exhibition on the African-American experience that was led by NPR host Tavis Smiley, who proceeded to praise Walmart at the swanky opening-night party amid many influential black leaders. Walmart brass also attended the party, where they availed themselves of the opportunity to announce a gift of 19,000 free tickets to the exhibition to D.C.'s schoolchildren.
You'd think a business that not only plays by the rules (without asking for tax and zoning breaks) but is a beloved icon for the working class and goes to considerable lengths to be a good corporate citizen would be welcomed at least as warmly as, say, a heavily-subsidized sports stadium catering mainly to suburbanites and the well-off. But nevertheless, Mendelson and 11 other members of the City Council arranged for the D.C. City Council's Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs to meet on March 20 to discuss, banana-republic-style, socking Walmart with the super-duper minimum wage that would inevitably benefit a few at the expense of higher prices for the many.
Committee Chairman Vincent Orange feigned surprise that Walmart didn't show up to be showered with invective from a restive crowd stocked with labor shills (unionized businesses would be exempt from the law) and other activists: "It's to Walmart's detriment for them not to be here, to put on the record themselves and make their case," he said, forebodingly.
Despite the immense publicity value of phony outrage, and despite D.C.'s place (no. 51 out of 51) on the Chamber of Commerce's list of the most business-friendly states, Walmart is still favored to prevail in the latest fight: Similar bills were defeated three times since 2005.
And even in statist D.C., there is recognition that an efficient free market, unlike the city's sclerotic bureaucracies, is a near-miraculous method for lifting people up. "We've been praying for food in this neighborhood for about 40 years," church board member Yvonne Williams told Washington City Paper when Walmart announced its plans to establish an outpost on a parcel of land at New Jersey Avenue and H Street NW that has been vacant since 1990. "God has brought what was supposed to be here—a first-class, progressive thing."
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Man, is the writer of this puff piece clueless, or what??? Wal-Mart has a very well deserved reputation for driving down wages and destroying existing businesses whereever it goes, for mooching off of local city finances, in the form of tax breaks and other sweet heart deals, and for, in effect, forcing a large percentage of its workers to live on food stamps and welfare because their wages are too low, and/or because their work hours are so spotty… a few hours this week, a full week, then back to part time status, in large measure to keep from paying any real benefits to a very large portion of its work force. For the most part, gettin a job at most Wal-Mart stores is a sign of desperation… it is what you do as a last resort before finally just giving up on life and committing suicide, or just dropping out and living on the streets. Maybe the writer of this article, Kyle Smith, should go undercover and do some REAL journalism… go find a Wal-Mart to work at.. most stores will hire almost anyone because they are so desperate for laborers… most people know about Wal-Marts terrible reputation and would not work there if they could in any way avoid it… Sign up for the night shift.. unloading trucks and stocking shelvesd… tell them you do not mind working like a dog… tell them you want to throw freight in the pets department or almost anywhere in groceries or in a variety of other departments. THEN LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WORKING AT WAL-MART… especially to older folks who have had REAL jobs at REAL companies and who used to get paid REAL wages. IF you decide to do this, take along your own box of band aids and other first aid stuff… you will need it, and this stuff is hard to find while you are bleeding or limping or whatever from your latest injury. THEN RECONSIDER THE NONSENSE YOU WROTE IN THIS ARTICLE.
What planet do you live on??? Have you ever heard of THF Realty owned by Stan Kroenke, Bud Waltons son in-law?? They're the development company that comes in and demands the tax breaks to develop a Walmart, whether your taxpayers want it or not. They put the rest of your small, mid, and some of your large businesses out of business with this advantage. They do not pay a living wage and do everything in their power to squash any dissent to getting their way. Check the lawsuits that have been filed and won against them for their flagrant labor law violations. They import at least one tenth of our trade deficit with China, ALL BY THEMSELVES!!! Get your head out of your #$$ man!!!!!!
Oh poor Walmart. This is easily the dumbest article I've read in weeks, which is a bold statement.
I'll start feeling sorry for Walmart when they pay a living wage, offer basic affordable health coverage, stop taking out life insurance policies on their employees to benefit from their deaths, and stop importing cheap, sub-standard goods from Asian sweatshops to decimate Main Streets all over America.
Poor Walmart, what a crock of shit.
wlamrt only gives there full time employees any benefits. they only hire part time now and sams club also. part time people get no benefits at all. i know that because i use to work for them. there are not very many full timers there any more.
I think it's a noble gesture on Walmarts part to want to bring jobs into the impoverished areas of the city, but I also believe it's only fair to pay the employees a livable wage, of which $11.75 per hour seems reasonable.
The minimum wage of $8.25 may prove very difficult, especially if the worker has children to support, and a mortgage to pay off!
Walmart should send each City Council member A check for $8.25 along with a pink slip with the notation that no further installations of Walmart stores will proceed or will opening of said stores ever happen. A Happy Easter!
I am not an economist and just thinking off the top of my head as I read the article. In my opinion, the politicos may benefit by treating Wal-Mart kindly. It seems the citizens of the blighted neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. really need a place closer to home to shop for groceries and other items a Super Wal-Mart sells. The shelves will be nearly emptied every day. I've noted this in very busy Wal-Marts because I am a Wal-Mart shopper as an economic advantage. However, Wal-Mart keeps the trucks rolling and the shelves are re-stocked quickly every night. Because of the amount of business they will do, they may certainly be able to pay a higer wage – $11.75/hour doesn't seem unreasonable to me as I'm sure the cost of living and prices are higher in Washington, D.C. that where I am in Louisiana. Wal-Mart has pledged to hire 100,000 veterans over the next five years and this would be a good place to start in Washington, D.C. I'm well aware of the plight of many of the new veterans as I am a VA nurse of 18 years.
Also, as these are said to be blighted neighborhoods, I suspect they may also be high crime areas and this would be risky for any business to move in. The stores have a good presentation, are clean and keep the outside grounds clean which would be a plus for a blighted area. Wal-Mart's presence may encourage other corporations to consider moving into the area to serve these folks. Being poor doesn't mean they have to be overlooked. This country is presently very depressed and citizens need something to smile about.
The Not-So-Pretty Side of Walmart………. As there are two sides to every coin, there are also two sides to every story. Nobody will ever deny that Walmart will go down in history as one of the most successful discount retailers in America, but the question that one must ask is, but at whose expense?
Only a child-like mentality can conceive that a retailer can get this big, powerful and rich without stepping on someone along the way.
When Sam Walton started Walmart the companies creed was; 1) Good jobs and competitive wages, 2) Supercenter's must create 300 jobs, 3) 75% of Walmart's store managers were in-house promotions 4) comprehensive benefit package.
In a study published by Bloomberg news, the Walmart of today pays their employees on average of roughly $8.81 per hour. Their definition of working full time equates to 34 hours a week, placing an employees annual salary at $15,500 or below poverty level. Even with a job, many of Walmart's employees are forced to seek federal subsidized benefits, such as foods stamps, just so they can meet their family needs. Subsidized benefits that the taxpayers end up paying for, at an annual cost of over one billion dollars, solely for the benefit of Walmart.
As of January 2012, Walmart no longer offers health benefits to employees who work less than 24 hours a week. For those lucky enough to get the hours required to be eligible for Health Care Benefits, the cost of their premiums has increased by as much as 120%.
What business strategy does Walmart use that enables them to continuously put the cheapest price-point products on their shelves, the answer, strong-arm your suppliers. If you place purchasing pressure on suppliers, they will be forced to lower their price if they want to do business with you. This mafia-like business practice further hurts the supplier by cutting into their already slim profit margins.
If all these things are really happening, why are there no picket lines outside every Walmart? The concept of unions in Walmart is simply a forbidden topic. Employees are not encouraged to organize themselves or to participate in any form of collective bargaining. Therefore in order to achieve any real justice, they must turn to the courts. Walmart settled an estimated 70 state and federal class action lawsuits based on claims of violating wage and hourly practices, from July 2005 through July 2011. Walmart did go to court once, only to take a terrible beating from the jury at the trial, at an estimated cost to the company of $1 billion dollars. – JC
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Celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings: Olivia Wilde, Vanilla Ice, Megan Massacre, Jake Gyllenhaal, and more!
Hello everyone and welcome to iMore's weekly celebrity iPhone and iPad sightings roundup! Time to take a little break from your daily routine and relax with some gossip from the world of the rich and famous. What do all of these celebrities have in common? They all were spotted with an iPhone or iPad, of course. Check out a ton of pictures after the break, and if you spot a celebrity rocking an iPhone or iPad, drop us a note at firstname.lastname@example.com so we can include them in the next roundup, next week!
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Shows iPhone is the king of phones
Lol na foot wpcentral ever article is as kiss ass as this but for windows phone
is it weird that Megan Massacre gets me more rev'd up in these pics than Olivia Wilde?? naaaa
Actually, The iPhone in Olivia's pic is mine...... I must have left it at her place.
//could have happened
Really? Vanilla Ice is a celebrity?
Yes retard... because he's been doing home renovations and a show on it for a while. Like it or not, he's not on this list because of his hiphop past... but you probably didn't know that, did you?
This celebrity worship is absolutely nauseating! Who gives a flip what kind of phone these low-lifes use?
I agree but we low life's opened the stupid post didn't we?
If you don't like it then go look at something else
I love the pics! Keep them coming!
I am OK with these pics as long as I never see another one of that douchebag Justin Beiber!
Am I the only one who noticed the random black hand near the bottom of the photo in Katherine's picture?
It's probably security keeping a hand in Btwn them to keep the distance, the guy looks a little weird.
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NEW YORK, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Peebles Corporation and The Witkoff Group, along with our respected team of healthcare providers – Maimonides Medical Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System, ProHEALTH, and the Institute for Family Health – look forward to engaging with SUNY to redevelop the LICH campus and assure uninterrupted access to a broad array of healthcare services focused on meeting the needs of the surrounding communities.
The Project Team is eager to demonstrate how its proposal responds to the requirements of the SUNY RFP. We plan to provide continuity of healthcare services on Day 1, and will develop the project in partnership with the community, working with government agencies to secure the required approvals. The focus will be on meeting the objectives outlined in our proposal:
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We are confident that our team will succeed in achieving a final agreement with SUNY that not only meets the requirements of the RFP but, most importantly, meets the vital healthcare needs of the community.
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Adelpha bredowii californica
Family: NYMPHALIDAE (Brushfoots)
The California Sister is a moderately large butterfly that ranges in size from 2 3/8 to 3 1/2 inches. Key field marks include an orange patch near the tip of the brownish black upper front wing, but note that the tip itself is dark. It also has a white median band.
California Sister caterpillars are green on top and brownish pink on the bottom. The pupae are irregular in shape, mostly brown with some white splotches, resembling dead leaves.
Range and Habitat
This butterfly can be found in the Southwestern United States (up to southern Oregon and east to Colorado), in northern Baja, and in northern Mexico. The California Sister's preferred habitats include oak-covered hills, groves, and stream valleys.
Natural History
Females lay their eggs singly on oak leaves (Quercus spp.), which later serve caterpillars as food. Young caterpillars make a long perch for themselves by creating a leaf extension with dung and silk, then overwinter as partially grown caterpillars.
Related or Similar Species
Lorquin's Admiral
Hogue, Charles L. (1993). Insects of the Los Angeles Basin. Los
Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Text by Liza Blue in consultation with Christian Manion.
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