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I've heard a lot of talking points about 'Big Government'. Here's some of what "Big Government" means.
It means that when your kids watch Sesame Street, they aren't inundated with commercials for toys, cereal, and snack foods.
It means that when credit card companies rip you off, there's the Consumer Financial Protection Board to penalize them and make them refund the money, as recently happened to American Express, to the tune of $250 million.
It means that there's someone to investigate and take action when adulterated drugs hit your pharmacy. It means research and development on infectious diseases.
It means soldiers and seamen and airmen.
It means roads and bridges, Pell grants, insurance on your savings accounts.
It means Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid. It means cops and teachers and firemen. Now, government isn't perfect. After all, it's run by people. There will always be fraud, waste, and mismanagement, but isn't that also true of the private sector? Consider that Medicare runs with an overhead of 2 percent. Private health insurers operate with an overhead of 20%, and it would be more if Obamacare didn't force them to refund to policy holders anything over 20 percent. When I hear that familiar talking point about the government getting between me and my doctor, I'd rather have the government there than a profit-making company who might deny my claim to make a buck.
We were just hit by a storm that devastated much of the northeast. FEMA was in place and delivering aid and supplies even before the storm ended, and from all reports doing a fine job. That's what government can do when administered by a professional, rather than by the President's college roommate.
We have many industries, such as banking, insurance, energy, media, and communications, that are controlled by a few very large companies. We need a big government to regulate them. It doesn't always work, but do you think we'd be better off without it?
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Say this for the Port Arthur Memorial Lady Titans: they are not satisfied.
In fact, it seems that head coach Kevin Henry is building quite the powerhouse for the next few seasons at Memorial. His Lady Titans, having won the District 21-5A title for the first time last year and topping 20 wins for the first time in school history, decided not to wait until the playoffs to win 20 this time.
They did it in 24 games.
In his second year as head coach, Henry has a sterling record of 41-14 and has his team on track for another district title this year. The Lady Titans (20-4, 4-1 District 21-5A) tied North Shore for the district lead by beating the Lady Mustangs 50-44 last Saturday. Channelview, who dealt Memorial its only district loss the previous Thursday, is a half-game back of North Shore and Memorial at 3-1.
In a great sign for the future of the program, Memorial is not only having this success with seniors like Dorcieve Davis, Loren Evans, Crystal Sallier and Ariel Hutchinson. The Lady Titans are also getting great contributions from sophomore point guard Joyce Kennerson and freshmen like Jakira Ford and Victoria Brown.
Ford was moved up from the freshman team (which regularly scores 80 points per game, by the way) to provide some depth inside for the Lady Titans and quickly has become one of the team's leading scorers from game to game. Brown, too, was moved up recently and was one off the scoring lead against North Shore with eight points.
One thing the Lady Titans will have to combat in the rest of the season, according to Henry, is teams trying to slow down the pace of the game. With ultra-fast guards like Kennerson, Memorial would ideally pressure teams constantly with transition buckets and pressure defense.
Lately, though, teams have been trying to make the pace more deliberate to mixed results. Memorial lost by two points to Barbers Hill in the Gulf Coast Classic championship in a similar situation and had a low-scoring affair against Channelview in that lone district loss.
However, the Lady Titans also beat North Shore in a low-scoring contest. If they can learn to play both up-tempo and grind-it-out styles, things could get pretty interesting for this Memorial team in a good way.
Game of the Week
Mid-County Madness, Boys Edition, Part 1 — In a light night for local hoops action, with both the Memorial boys and girls off Tuesday, the Nederland boys' trip to the friendly confines of PN-G's Competition Gym ranks right at the top of the calendar.
Nederland (18-6) looks to be making another run at a district title, as it has marched to a 3-0 district record by beating Vidor, Livingston and LC-M so far. PN-G (7-12, 2-1) jumped into contention with a perfect start to district play until a 61-35 loss to Central last Friday.
The Bulldogs should have senior guard Zach English back from an ankle injury he suffered against Livingston before the holiday break. English played some in the Gulf Coast Classic in Barbers Hill, breaking out on the second day by scoring 19 points against Goose Creek Memorial. Even when he's banged up a bit, English still possesses a great jumper, which helps him score in bunches.
The Indians' leading scorer, Brandon Pham, is also a very capable shooter and has been having a terrific year. PN-G is looking to avenge a 77-54 loss at home last season to the Bulldogs.
Williams coaches against former team
After spending eight years coaching at Silsbee, after growing up in the community, after following his dad as head coach of the Tigers, it probably meant a little something extra when current Memorial head coach Travis Williams coached against his former school earlier this season.
This is an older note that was delayed by our not putting together a notebook until now, but Williams' coaching debut against his former school is still worth mentioning. I asked him about it after Memorial's loss to Nederland earlier this season.
"When you see the guys you've been with, something comes inside (you)," Williams said. "You've built up a rapport with them. I'm from that area. I want Silsbee to be successful.
"It's different. I'm not from this area. I like it here. I'm glad to be here, I've got a great athletic director, great staff, very understanding principal."
Williams went 210-54 in eight years with Silsbee and has a 29-24 record with the Titans in one-plus season. Williams' dad Fred coached at Silsbee for four years, making the state tournament in 1976.
Central, Nederland boys, Ozen girls top TABC rankings
Monday saw the first update to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) state basketball rankings since December 17 of last year. The top ranked team in the area continues to be the Beaumont Ozen girls, who fell out of the top spot and sit at No. 5 in the Class 4A rankings with a 12-1 record this season.
The Port Arthur Memorial girls dropped from No. 12 to No. 18 after losing a pair of games over the break. Beaumont Central is No. 10 again on the Class 4A boys side, while Nederland clocks in at No. 16, one spot lower than the last set of rankings.
The Beaumont Central girls are No. 14 in the Class 4A rankings while the Hardin-Jefferson girls are at No. 11 in the Class 3A ranks. The Hardin-Jefferson boys are ranked No. 11 in Class 3A while the Silsbee boys trail at No. 13.
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Woodward, Okla. —
The Board of Education for Woodward Public Schools is holding a special meeting today 9:30 a.m.
The main purpose for this special meeting is to fill some of the remaining positions for the 2012-2013 school year.
All open positions, however, will not be filled at the meeting, said Tim Merchant, superintendent of schools.
"We are concentrating on filling the replacement positions right now and then we will work on the others," Merchant said.
The positions the board will be discussing during an executive session include:
- Early Childhood Center Music Teacher
- Early Childhood Center Secretary
- High School Special Ed, assistant principal and band teacher
- Middle School Title I Teacher
- Middle School 6th Grade Secretary
- Boomer Kids Club full time worker and part time worker
Board members will also discuss the superintendent's contract in executive session.
Votes are scheduled in open session.
"After this meeting we will still be looking for 7 more certified teachers and 3 more support staff," Merchant said.
"We are also considering adding 4 new positions in 2nd and 3rd grades due to class size," Merchant said.
Other items to be voted upon include the district personnel report, a high school agriculture department fundraiser request and custodial pay that was not covered by FY 2012.
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NORMAN — "The president's speech was great. It was one of the best State of the Union speeches I think ever given," said Oklahoma educator Susan Bumgarner, of Norman.
Bumgarner, an Oklahoma City teacher, attended Tuesday night's State of the Union address with first lady Michelle Obama. She was invited to sit in Michelle Obama's box during the speech Tuesday night.
The educator had a chance to meet Michelle and Barack and couldn't say enough good things.
"It was so incredible, so amazing. They're just so much bigger than life," she said. "The president did commend us for the work we're doing in Oklahoma when he talked to me."
Bumgarner said as an early education teacher, the part of Obama's speech that particularly resonated with her was about universal pre-K in Oklahoma. In the box, she had the pleasure of sitting next to Libby Doggett, spouse of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who was one of the women who helped make everything happen.
"It was amazing to be sitting next to her on such a momentous occasion," she said.
Overall, Bumgarner said she was stunned and impressed to be at the event.
"It was really, really impressive to be there and to realize that all of the most important leaders of our government were in the same room as me," she said.
After the speech, the teacher said she and a group of people were taken from the Capitol back to the White House and felt as if she were in a parade of sorts.
"The streets were shut down and lined in police officers," Bumgarner said. "And the president's car and the vice president's car were at that front of the caravan. There were lights flashing everywhere — it was like a parade, but there were no people to watch it."


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The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate could not agree on a spending plan by midnight, so what was deemed the nonessential services of the federal government shut down overnight.
It is the first government shutdown in 18 years.
The shutdown will stop 800,000 federal government workers or contractors from getting paid and could cost the economy about $1 billion a week.
So what does this mean for Jacksonville?
Active duty troops will still get paid. The Senate approved a House-approved measure Monday to ensure members of the military would continue to get paid during the shutdown. Obama signed off on it just before midnight.
"You and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we're seeing in Congress," the president said in a video message to troops and Defense Department employees early Tuesday morning.
About 1,000 civilian employees of the Florida National Guard were given furlough notices Tuesday morning. About 100 of them are in north Florida. "This furlough is not expected to exceed 30 calendar days," a letter to staff reads.
DOCUMENT: Furlough guidance from U.S. Office of Personnel Management
"I don't know if the people in government realize how hard and long our human resources works and how much paperwork it takes ... and how much it really costs -- the bottom dollar -- to shut everything down," said Crystal McMairy, a National Guard employee, as she joined other people in closing down her office Tuesday morning.
Active-duty National Guard will continue on the job, and the adjutant general of local guardsmen said he has the option to call back employees in the event of an emergency.
"We can bring people in on state on active duty to support in the event of a hurricane or storm," Gen. Emmett Titshaw said. "And, under emergency authority, I can bring people back in to protect life limb or property in an emergency situation. But under normal circumstances, they are gone and not being paid for the rest of the week."
The 2,500 civilian employees of the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast -- aircraft maintenance facility at NAS Jacksonville -- will continue to work and get paid, the Navy told Channel 4.
It's uncertain how the shutdown will affect military veterans, including the 3.3 million who are disabled.
If the shutdown stretches into late October, the Veterans Affairs Department -- meaning disability and pension checks could stop for elderly and ill veterans. Processing of disability appeals and other administrative services will be reduced.
Rear Adm. V. Guillory (retired), who is director of Military, Veterans and Disabled Services for the city of Jacksonville, said ship movements and flight operations at area Navy bases may be reduced or suspended during the shutdown.
National parks and museums in the area are closed.
In Jacksonville, that means the Fort Caroline National Memorial and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and Kingsley Plantation are not open. City parks with in Timucuan remain open.
Not only were visitors forced to turn around Tuesday, but employees now have to worry about getting paid. Park officials for Fort Caroline and Timucuan say 30 of their 32 employees were sent home on furlough.
"Some of our employees live paycheck to paycheck, and so they will get a paycheck today for the last two weeks. Then we don't know what happens after that," parks superintendent Barbara Goodman said.
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A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. on April 20 at the Deer Park First Baptist Church, E1200 Crawford, with the Rev. Tim White officiating, for longtime Deer Park resident Thirza R. Kelly, 91, who passed away on April 1 in Spokane Valley.
Born on Aug. 22, 1919, in Moxee City, Wash., she worked as a licensed practical nurse at the Tri-County Hospital in Deer Park for 22 years.
She was a member of the Assemblies of God Church.
Her husband, the Rev. Lowell M. Kelly; a son, Robert Kelly; her parents; a sister; and a brother, all predeceased her.
A funeral service was April 7at the Riverside Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chattaroy, with his son, Bishop Bryon Wiltse conducting, for longtime Deer Park area resident Lyle L. Wiltse, who passed away on April 2, 2012 on the family farm.
Born in Hunters on April 15, 1938, his family moved to Deer Park when he was in the seventh grade. He graduated from Deer Park High School in 1957.
A funeral service is planned for a later date for Loon Lake/Deer Lake resident Sharon Grace Carter, 77, who passed away on April 1, 2012, in Spokane.
Born on July 18, 1934 in Bothell, Wash., she was a homemaker and mother. She lived at Loon Lake and then Deer Lake for the past 13 years.
She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3067 and the Moose Lodge at Loon Lake.
Her husband, Milton Carter, predeceased her.
She is survived by one son, Chris (Barb) Carter.
A funeral service will held at 2 p.m. on April 6 at the Heritage Chapel, N508 Government Way, Spokane, for Chattaroy resident Deborah N. "Debbee" Morgan, 46, who passed away on April 2.
Born on Dec. 25, 1965, in Spokane to Fred and Sandi Uttke, she graduated from Mead High School in 1984 and worked as a para-educator in the Riverside School District. She married Gregg Morgan in 1988 in Spokane. They have lived in Chattaroy for the last 20 years.
She loved camping, boating, the Oregon Coast, "Muscle Cars" and cooking.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on March 29 at the Spokane Central Seventh-day Adventist Church for former Deer Park City Councilman Otto D. Hartman, 84, who passed away on March 23, 2012, in Davenport.
Born on April 19, 1927, in Trenton, N.J. to Richard and Katherin Hartman, he served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and was deployed to Tinian Island and then to The Philippines.
He was a pilot and his passion for flying remained until the end. He owned and operated "Otto's Aircraft Painting" in Deer Park for several years before retiring to Seven Bays.
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. on March 29 at Clayton Community Church for Clayton resident Barbara L. Cribbs, 81, who passed away March 22, 2012, in Spokane.
She is survived by her husband, James Cribbs at the home; three daughters, ,Julie (Mark) Bartley of Scottsdale, Ariz., Janet (Henry) Valenzuela of Clayton and Suzie (Mike) Day of Wasilla, Alaska; eight grandchildren, Lisa Contreras, Jessica Landstrom, Andrew Valenzuela and Jason, Chuck, Josh, Tim and Stephen Day; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Cheney Funeral Chapel will be in charge of arrangements.
A funeral service will be 11 a.m. on March 24 at the Loon Lake Grade School, 4001 Maple St., followed with a potluck reception at the Deer Park Eagles Lodge for longtime Loon Lake area resident Paul W. Leliefeld, 72, who passed away on March 18, 2012.
Mr. Leliefeld was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Virginia, and a sister, Lila Blair.
He is survived by his wife, Ruthie Leliefeld; two children, Tracy (Cathi) Leliefeld and Tim (Julie) Leliefeld; two brothers, Donald (Judy) Leliefeld and Jack (Betty) Leliefeld; three grandchildren: and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A celebration of life ceremony will bea held at 11 a.m. on March 24 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, N34221 Newport Hwy, Chattaroy, for former Riverside teacher Cory C. NeVille, 61, who passed away on March 15, 2012, at his Usk home.
Born on July 25, 1950, in Powell, Wy., to DeForest "J" NeVille and Audrey Andrews, he attended Powell High School and earned a track scholarship to Brigham Young University. He married Carna Patch and started his family and teaching career in Provo, Utah, before moving to Spokane.
A funeral mass will be 10 a.m. on March 24 at St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church Ford, for former Ford resident Linda E. Abrahamson, who passed away on March 19 in Spokane.
Born on Feb. 15, 1948, in Nespelem, Wash., the ninth child of the late Milo and Millie Abrahamson, she grew up in Ford and graduated from Springdale High School. After high school she moved to Spokane, attended business school and later worked at the American Indian Center.
She was a member of the Spokane Tribe of Indians and an active member of St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Ford.


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5:27pm Tuesday 8th January 2013 in News By Patrick Grafton-Green, reporter
COMPLAINTS over Orpington High Street have continued with a resident claiming vibrations from passing traffic are causing mayhem for him and his family.
Cobbles were added to the stretch of road outside the home of Patrick Neylan, 48, when the street was re-designed two years ago.
Since then the house has been left shaking and rattling when buses and lorries pass over this stretch of road.
He said: "When traffic passes I hear the doors rattling in their frames. "When I'm in bed I can feel the bed shake.
"My children and I are frequently woken up by the noise and shaking."
Mr Neylan, who lives with his two children, 18 and 20, added: "There is no reason at all for the road to be cobbled.
"Cobbles are fine if the heaviest traffic is a donkey and cart moving at walking pace and carrying a hay bale and a couple of chickens, but cobbles can't cope with buses and 40-tonne lorries travelling at over 30 mph.
"The road surface is coming apart, which makes the vibration worse, but the council seems unable to admit its mistake and take the only sensible action, which is to return the road to tarmac."
He claims that despite complaining to the council for the last six months, nothing has been done to rectify the problem.
A Bromley Council spokesman said: "We are in contact with the resident to find out exactly what the problem has been to make sure that any subsequent work solves the problem.
"Remedial works will be required to rectify the defects in the road surface.
"We have asked our contractor to identify the cause of the failure and arrange for remedial works to be completed as soon as possible."
Orpington High Street was redesigned at a cost of £2.2 million in 2010 but has since shown itself to have some major design flaws.
This summer part of the paving had to be taken up and relaid, while tarmac has been used to patch up gaps in the brickwork, leading readers to brand the improvement works a "painful and expensive mistake".
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7:07pm Tue 8 Jan 13
bizzymum says...
Mr Neylan, who lives with his two children, 18 and 20, added: "There is no reason at all for the road to be cobbled.
Who writes this stuff? Mr Patrick Grafton-Green (and quite possibly Mr Neyland) it's 2013 and ok to refer to someone's adult offspring as 'grown up kids or relatives' . Otherwise people might think you're talking about small vulnerable children rather than people who are big enough to move on and take responsibility for their own sleep deprivation.
11:48am Wed 9 Jan 13
Slonik says...
The Council's gone strangely quiet about this massive waste of money. I wonder why...
1:47am Sat 12 Jan 13
PatrickNeylan says...
Make Life wrote:How sweet! I've never had my own internet troll before. Can I keep you?
next he'll be moaning about the sound of the rain hitting his roof. Bet he also moans about the noise that will be created when the road gets repaired. Also, why go to the papers?
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Comments On Jun 05, 2014:Yes you may need to sew on a little Velcro or do a few small things, but for the price you just can't beat it. I ride all year, the coldest I've ridden in was 5 degrees. Around town I stayed warm, I did stop at 5 degrees just because it snapped my speedo cable.
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Comments On May 05, 2014:Jacket looks good and is very warm for offroad riding. It is a little bulky for storage, but is great when I have to wear it.
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Comments On Apr 15, 2014:Fits really big in the chest/torso area and kind of long but tight in the arms and shoulders. Elbow pads are tricky to use and a chest protector with shoulder pads isn't going to fit unless your order a very big size. I bought this jacket for everyday use on a dualsport and it keeps me dry in the rain as well as cool on the hotter days.
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Comments On Apr 08, 2014:The first trip I took this jacket on was Baja. It kept me warm in the chilly morning through the Pine Forest yet kept me cool down through the desert. The vents do a great job and you have lots of mobility. Honestly I bought THIS jacket because of the price but I'm very glad I did.
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Comments On Mar 26, 2014:This jacket is perfect for those nasty weather rides. Very comfortable to ride in and after 2 seasons of use I can say that is quite durable as well.
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Comments On Mar 24, 2014:Works great, love how it folds into a fanny pack.
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Comments On Mar 22, 2014:Worked out well for me in the cold. Stayed dry and warm. Does not let the wind cut through either. Great buy for the price
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Comments On Mar 14, 2014:This Item was bought for a trip to Colorado in late Sept. 2013 the item was as advertised warm and dry
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Comments On Feb 19, 2014:Great jacket made with quality materials at good price. Jacket and matching pants seem to run a bit small so buy with this in mind. I had to return for a larger size, which was easy with Rocky Mountain. This geat is good stuff.
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Comments On Feb 11, 2014:Bought these with the pants and they have been amazing. Kept me dry, maintained pretty good warmth for just a shell, and didn't break the bank. If you want to impress your friends, buy Klim. If you want to impress your accountant, but ARC.
To be fair, I did experience some minor zipper issues as other have said. Once that was resolved it works fine. You just have to play with it a bit until you find the sweet spot. Other than that, these are great for the trails in Western Washington.
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Police and prosecutors say Bassel Saad struck John Bieniewicz June 29 as the 44-year-old referee announced his decision to eject Saad from a men's league game.
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An Indianapolis woman has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of awoman found dead last week along a central Indiana road.
Man pleads guilty to killing pregnant girlfriend
A Rapid City man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her unborn child has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
Alabama man pleads not guilty in kitten killings
An Alabama man facing 22 charges of animal cruelty says he's innocent. Ronald Fraser Golden, 49, was arrested last year on charges of finding kittens on Craigslist and taking them home to kill them.
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A man accused of beating a Rhode Island junk-car dealer with a two-by-four over a deal gone wrong has been charged with his murder.
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Working at The Museum of Flight
Our Values and Our Work
Thank you for your interested in working at the Museum of Flight. The Museum believes in the empowerment of its people and that it's the people of an organization that creates success. The Museum believes in fair treatment to all, values diversity and is a committed Equal Opportunity Employer. Our staff motto, "All Hands, One Vision, Shared Excellence" guides our staff policies, procedures, culture and working environment. Our diverse and talented staff identifies and supports our mission. As employees of the Museum, we believe we are helping to better the lives of the people we come in contact and serve, and in our future.
We encourage you to review our posted jobs and apply for a specific opening. Applying for a position helps us understand your skills and interests and allows us to contact those whose qualifications appear to most closely match position requirements. Once an application reaches us, we send a confirmation email. We regret that due to the number of applications we receive, we cannot respond personally to all of the highly qualified applicants who contact us. If you do not hear back from us, please feel free to check our openings and submit additional applications for other positions.
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The Museum of Flight employees enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits and is market-competitive for a non-profit company of its size.
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The Museum of Flight offers an enriched PPO health plan and pays 99 percent of monthly medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees. The Museum pays 65 percent of the monthly premium for employee spouses or domestic partners, and dependent children (up to age 25).
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We pay 100 percent of monthly premiums for life, short-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment, and business travel insurance.
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Our staff may immediately participate in the voluntary portion of the tax-shelter plan.
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I was living in Morelia, Michoacán teaching English back in 1999 when I decided to go by myself to the Dia de los Muertos festival in Patcuaro, about 30 minutes away. The place looks like
So there I am at this festival, standing on the corner deciding which way to go when I see this friendly looking white guy with a big huge smile on his face. I took a few steps over to him, stuck my hand out and said, "Hi, I'm Dave." He responded, "Hey, I'm Jimmy." To make a long story longer, we really hit it off and became great friends. We even ended up hitchhiking all over Mexico together.
You see, you don't need money, or even a wallet, to travel around, make lifelong friends and have real good times. You just need to decide to go and then go. But if you are going to own one, you may as well get one of these. It's my personal favorite and doesn't take up too much space, but it doesn't work so well with British Pound notes.


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'Around the World in 80 Days' comes to SoBo
- Last Updated on 08:08 AM 02/20/13
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Walnut Street Theatre, America's Oldest Theatre, celebrated 200 years of great entertainment in 2009. Most noteworthy American actors of the 19th century and many from the 20th century have appeared on stage at the Walnut.
Some of the Walnut's shining stars include Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, the Drews, the Barrymores, George M. Cohan, Will Rogers, The Marx Brothers, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Ethel Waters, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Lauren Bacall, George C. Scott, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Julie Harris, Jack Lemon and William Shatner.
Before there were pirates in the Caribbean or raiders in the lost ark, there was Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" — the mother of all adventure stories.
In February/March of 2013, the Walnut Street Theatre tours Verne's famous tale of ships, trains and caravans. It's 1872 and eccentric hero, Phileas Fogg, is racing across continents and oceans, dodging death, storms and detectives, as he tries to circle the world against the clock.
With his trusty valet, Passepartout, at his side, Fogg accepts a wager from members of London's Reform Club and hits the rails and high seas.
The police, hot on Fogg's trail, suspect him in a massive bank robbery, setting up a journey full of twists and turns.
Mark Brown's thrilling adaptation is a whirlwind trip filled with exotic locales, narrow escapes and great fun. And you think travel today is a challenge.
The public is invited to attend Tuesday night, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. for this performance presented by Walnut Street Theatre of Philadelphia.
The Prizery will offer a cash bar 45 minutes before the show in the Robert F. Cage gallery where those attending also can enjoy the art works of Russian born artist Alla Parsons.
The performance of "Around the World in 80 Days" is made by a gift from MBC, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperation.
For more information, contact The Prizery box-office at 434-572-8339.


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When you purchase a bicycle, there are a few things that you'll want to invest in which will aid in making your ride safer, more comfortable and even more efficient. All forms of cycling, from road riding to cross-country mountain biking, serve as wonderful forms of exercise, but the exercise can also be exhausting, lead to saddle soreness, cause blisters on the hands and allow dust and dirt particles into the eyes. Consider a few articles of clothing and safety equipment that will alleviate these potential nuisances.
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Rick and Linda Deremo, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kellie to Tim Halper, son of Julie and Bob Kehr, and Tom Halper. Kellies grandparents are Larry and JoAnn Deremo of Dove Creek, and Shirley Holly of Peoria, Ariz.; Tims grandparents are John and Earlene Brock of Cortez. Kellie graduated from Dove Creek High School in 2009, and will be graduating in May 2013 from Regis University in Denver. She is majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing, and a Minor in Physical Education and Coaching. Tim graduated from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2007. In May 2012, he graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Civil Engineering degree. Tim is currently employed by the Colorado Department of Transportation in Durango. They were engaged last December and are planning a summer wedding.
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— Two WC alumni win in R&B category
Two Weatherford College alumni walked away from the 56th Grammy Awards Sunday night winners of the prestigious recording arts award.
With Robert "Sput" Searight on drums and Shaun Martin on keyboards, the jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway won the 2014 Grammy for Best R&B Performance for "Something."
Searight and Martin were members of the WC Jazz Band in the late 1990s. Snarky Puppy originated in Denton, but is now based in New York City. Searight has also performed with Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake, Kirk Franklin and Snoop Dogg.
Martin's list of performances includes playing with Chaka Kahn, Erykah Badu and God's Property. He is also minister of worship music at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas.
This is not the first time Martin has received accolades for his musical talent.
Martin has received three previous Grammy awards for co-producing albums by Kirk Franklin — 2006 Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, Hero; 2008 Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, The Fight of My Life; and the 2011 Best Gospel Album, Hello Fear.
On Monday afternoon, Snarky Puppy reached out to their fans via Facebook where they posted: "The way that we all feel right now is inexpressible. I can't emphasize enough that we were only able to win this as a result of you all listening, supporting and sharing our music with your friends … the underdogs somehow pulled it out after 10 years of grinding it out on the road, and it's because of you."
Snarky Puppy will release its eighth album/live DVD "We Like It Here" on Feb. 25 and plans to spread their music even more on a world tour this February through July.
McAnally takes home first two Grammys
By CLINT FOSTER | Lone Star News Group
LOS ANGELES – It was "Music's Biggest Night."
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held Sunday night at the Staples Center, proved as memorable a ceremony as ever with many newcomers to the big-time music scene taking top honors.
Stuck in among all the celebrities was a familiar face that has continued to make his hometown proud since he first left in 1993. Between crossover performances and a mass wedding officiated by former rapper Queen Latifah, Mineral Wells' own Shane McAnally won the first two Grammys of his career, turning "Music's Biggest Night" into arguably one of McAnally's biggest nights.
Along with popular country music newcomer Kacey Musgraves, McAnally captured miniature golden gramophones for Best Country Song, for Musgraves' hit "Merry Go Round," and Best Country Album, for Musgraves' "Same Trailer, Different Park."
The Nashville-based songwriter and producer – who was double-nominated for Best Country Song with Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart" – will add his Grammys to what is sure to become a growing collection of awards in the near future, having garnered four Country Music Association Award nominations last year.
"It's a dream," McAnally told the Mineral Wells Index. "I've wanted to win a Grammy since I can remember. I wrote songs when I was 7 years old and watched the Grammys and all the award shows for so long. It is a huge honor just to be nominated. That's sort of a cliche, but it's the truth. Just to see your name on those lists was a huge honor. But when you get nominated, you want to win.
"There's a certain bit of relief that comes with it. Because that is something that, I think, for most musicians is sort of the pinnacle: to have a Grammy. So, there's a bit of relief in it that now I do."
Before the televised portion of the Grammys began, McAnally and Musgraves got their award for Best Country Song in the pre-telecast ceremony at Nokia Theater, during which an additional 70-or-so Grammys are presented to artists that simply could not fit into the three-hour slot on national TV.
With one Grammy already in hand, McAnally said it took a ton of pressure off going into the main broadcast and they felt they could just relax and enjoy the show. But when it came time for the announcement for Best Country Album, he said they were on pins and needles all over again.
"We felt like we had absolutely done more than we could have ever dreamed at that point," he said of winning the first Grammy. "But of course when it got closer to album, as much as we like to say it was a relief we already had one, there were a lot of nerves involved. You just kind of hang on the opening of that envelope and try to watch their mouth move and figure out if the first word is the word you're looking for.
"I don't really remember when they said it. We were sitting further back than Kasey, so we had to kind of figure out how to get down to the stage quick enough. I just remember us going down the aisle and Luke Laird, my co-producer, just yelling in my ear, 'Run! Run!'"
While McAnally was in the City of Angels, his mom and step-dad, Margaret and Bill Terry, were home in the City of Crazy Water watching the award show on TV. Margaret said her son had called them before the show to tell them he had already won Best Country Song in the pre-telecast ceremony – which they were elated to hear – but nothing could prepare them to see the announcement for Best Country Album live on CBS
"When they announced Kacey had won, I (wanted to) jump through the TV," Margaret said. "We had no idea. Neither did Shane. Both of our phones were going off like firecrackers.
"It's one thing to get a CMA award, but to actually get a Grammy; that is huge. We're so proud of him and he has worked so hard. It's just overwhelming."
Musgraves, who found a friend in McAnally long before she found fame, was grateful for his help and that of the rest of her creative team that helped them all achieve Grammy glory.
"I feel like the stars just aligned for us to come together," she said in a press conference after the awards show. "We're just three friends that started writing together and making amazing songs together that we really loved.
"The entire key, I feel like, to every part of this whole thing is having the right people around you. People that you trust, people that will fight for you and people that won't try and change you no matter what. I'm lucky to have an entire team of people from the ground up that has never once tried to change anything about me. I'm very thankful for that."
Palo Pinto County ties to Musgraves' two new Grammys do not end with McAnally. The award-winning single and primary track on the Musgraves' Grammy-award winning album, 'Merry Go Round,' was written by McAnally, Musgraves and Josh Osborne in none other than Strawn.
McAnally said the three a week on Don and Sandra Crawford's ranch, where Musgraves said the group "tapped into something special." They knew they needed a debut single to kick-start Musgraves' career, and that is exactly what they got.
"The fact that that song was written there and just about life as we knew it in small towns and just to share that magical experience... that song was pivotal," McAnally said. "We wouldn't have any of this without that song. We are completely grateful for that song, that experience and that time in Strawn.
"The reason we wrote 'Merry Go Round' ultimately was that 'Mama's Broken Heart' was a song that Kacey had recorded for her album and then Miranda (Lambert) recorded it, with Kacey's blessing. But that left a void for our first single. So, we wrote 'Merry Go Round' out of necessity, but it ended up being a great twist of fate. It was the right song for her and the statement she wanted to make."
Now that he has two Grammys in hand, one of McAnally's biggest problems is deciding where to put them. He said he jokingly cleared a space on a front table at his Music Row office in Nashville just big enough for two Grammys saying, "We're just going to leave this open right here and assume this is where the Grammys are going to go."
Little did he know, he would deliver on his promise and now has second thoughts about just where the two trophies should be displayed.
"I don't know, it's so weird," he said with a laugh. "You want them to go everywhere. I think they'll probably go home with me, but I don't know for sure. I might have to just sleep with them under my pillow."
McAnally said he wanted to extend his heartfelt thanks to everyone in the Mineral Wells community who has supported him throughout this journey. His mother especially wanted to recognize his late grandparents, Wesley and Barbara Sager, who helped raise McAnally through his time at Mineral Wells High School and "just believed in that child every step of the way."
"It makes me very emotional actually because there's just been an outpouring of love, especially from out there (in Mineral Wells)," McAnally said. "It just feels like people have lifted me up in my career. It's been a long road and this is an awesome moment.
"I'm just so grateful that I'm busy. That works for me. For a long time, I was just trying to be busy in the music business. I certainly am now. It's a dream every day to wake up and do this. It's all I ever wanted and anyone that knows me from Mineral Wells knows how obsessed I've been with music for ever. They rooted me on and are as much a part of this as anyone. I've just got to get up and try to get lucky again."


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Oil billionaire Harold Hamm, the CEO and Chairman of Oklahoma energy giant Continental Resources has been tapped to lead state Attorney General Scott Pruitt's re-election campaign.
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Pruitt described Hamm as a "dedicated businessman, visionary, and icon here in Oklahoma."
At the July Oklahoma Department of Corrections board meeting, officials announced the approval of moving 310 more Oklahoma inmates to the Cimarron Correctional Facility, a private prison in Cushing.
The move was just the latest in a recent shift of state inmates to three private prisons in Oklahoma. Since July 2008, the number of Oklahoma inmates in private prisons has grown by 32 percent, from 4,264 to 5,625 in July 2013.
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The driver of a Spanish train that derailed and killed 79 people was speaking on the phone and had taken the train to nearly twice the speed allowed on the stretch of track where the crash occurred, according to court investigators who reviewed the train's "black box" recorders.
After reaching speeds of 119 miles per hour, train conductor Francisco Jose Garzon Amo tried to slow the train down "seconds before the crash," according to an Associated Press report on the court's preliminary findings, which were released Tuesday.
Originally published on Tue July 30, 2013 5:47 pm
Bradley Manning, the former intelligence analyst who perpetrated the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history, has been acquitted of the most serious charge against him.
Col. Denise Lind, the military judge presiding over the case in Fort Meade, Md., found the Army private not guilty of aiding the enemy, when he released hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. The charge carried a possible punishment of life in prison.
House Speaker T.W. Shannon (R-Lawton) was among a group of U.S. delegates and state legislators to visit Israel last week organized by the group the American Israel Friendship League.
According to the nonprofit's website, the AIFL is "dedicated to promoting and strengthening the relationship between the people of the United States and Israel."
The head of the Oklahoma Lottery says proceeds for education exceeded projections by $12 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Oklahoma Lottery Executive Director Rollo Redburn announced Monday the lottery's total contribution to the state was $70.1 million over the year. That's more than the projected $57.5 million.
Redburn said it was the fourth consecutive fiscal year that total the gambling collections outpaced projections, including $12.4 million more than the estimate in the 2012 fiscal year.
Originally published on Tue July 30, 2013 10:25 am
Scores of prisoners were freed from a prison in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, after Taliban militants armed with explosives and automatic weapons reportedly stormed the facility. At least nine people, including five guards, died in gun battles and other violence at the prison, according to multiple news outlets.
Originally published on Tue July 30, 2013 11:18 am
The misery of low back pain often drives people to the doctor to seek relief. But doctors are doing a pretty miserable job of treating back pain, a study finds.
Physicians are increasingly prescribing expensive scans, narcotic painkillers and other treatments that don't help in most cases, and can make things a lot worse. Since 1 in 10 of all primary care visits are for low back pain, this is no small matter.
Passenger railway travel between Oklahoma City and Tulsa and Oklahoma City and Wichita Kansas may be a distant possibility, according to Oklahoma Department of Transportation officials.
David Streb, director of engineering for the department, said Monday that such developments are still a ways away despite all the buzz.


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As Scrum enters the mainstream, Xebia France has become one of the leading Scrum coaching companies for French developers. What they have noticed is that as Scrum expands, the basic ideas become watered down. For example, their Scrum Master Academy Rule #2, is the the Agile Manifesto is not a developers Bill of Rights.
In fact, the Agile Manifesto is not about the rights of a developer, it is about professionalism. This means (1) increasing your ability to help the team to a higher level of performance, (2) getting bug free software by the end of every sprint, (3) involving the customer, or the Product Owner as the representative of the customer, in all key decisions about development that will affect the end user, and (4) embracing change as fast as the customer can change his or her mind.
The inability of new agile developers to understand the basics has created significant problems. For example, over half of "agile" teams do not have working software at the end of the sprint. Somehow, they are not reading or understanding the Agile Manifesto.
As Mike Cron, All Blacks Scrum coach, says, "In the old days we used to just smash into something, maybe without quite knowing what we were doing. Here we are trying to get good technique and understand everything we are doing." Scrum is just like golf, we have to learn how to swing. And it's not so much about the rules of the game, it is how you play the game.
There are many pitfalls of Scrum to the new developer, and Scrum Master Academy has developed some basic techniques to avoid most of these pitfalls. If you want to be on a winning team in France, take a look at the Scrum Master Academy.


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Each day I will highlight three events to watch. I will try to vary the sports and include some of the less popular sports in the U.S. Each day will be a gold, silver and bronze medalist.
GOLD: Swimming – Men's 400 Meter Individual Medley – 2:30p.m. EDT. The first of two titanic clashes in the pool between two of the biggest stars heading into the Games. Michael Phelps attempts to become the first man to win the same individual swimming event three times in a row, while Ryan Lochte will try to unseat his rival. The race will be streamed live on the Internet at 2:30 p.m. EDT. It won't be on TV until prime time. (NBC)
SILVER: Cycling - Men's Individual Road Race – 5:00 a.m. Britain could win their first gold medal of the Games early as Mark Cavendish is the pre-race favorite. Bradley Wiggins, who recently won the Tour de France, is another British contender, but will be a greater contender in the time trial on Wednesday. Have some patience, the 250 kilometer race should take about six hours to complete. (NBC)
BRONZE: Fencing – Women's Individual Foil – 2:40p.m. Italy's Valentina Vezzali may become an Olympic legend of the highest order as victory will make her the fourth athlete, and first woman, to win the same individual event in four consecutive Games. A team gold medalist in Atlanta, she could also become the fourth athlete, and first woman, to win a gold medal in five straight Olympics. She enters as the favorite after winning her sixth world championship title last year. American Lee Kiefer has a medal chance, she captured a bronze medal at last year's worlds. (MSNBC)
The USA Women's Basketball team opens up against Croatia at 11:45a.m. (NBC)
Men's Gymnastics qualifying in prime time. (NBC)
USA Women's Soccer against Colombia at noon. (NBCSN)
The USA women's volleyball team, ranked first in the world, open against South Korea at 3:00p.m. (NBC)


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Editor's Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro.
An unidentified woman has been in Anoka County Jail since Tuesday on suspicion of burglary in Fridley on Monday.
One person is dead after a small bus spun out and crashed on Interstate 394 at Park Place in St. Louis Park Wednesday morning. Passenger Charles Miranda, 89, of Minneapolis, died in the crash, the state patrol reports.
Tom Knoll has run more than 75,000 miles, enough to circle the world three times. He will make one more stop in Minnetonka to help Rose, an 11-year-old girl from Roseville who suffers from cerebral palsy, go to Disney World. His 24-hour run starts at noon on Saturday, July 14, at Minnetonka High School.
Tony Martin Caine, 6, drowned at Wirth Lake last Saturday. The boy was attending a birthday party with his family when the accident occurred.
Fire Destroys Townhome in Shakopee
One resident was transported by ambulance for smoke inhalation, according to Shakopee Fire Chief Rick Coleman. He also said a Bloomington firefighter suffered a knee injury while fighting the blaze and was transported by ambulance for treatment.
After the unexpected resignation of Joshua Fuchs in mid-May, the district has selected Richfield High School's next principal. And he is no stranger to the building. In fact, he spent five years there not long ago.
When Keith Yoerg graduated from Edina High School in 2008, he didn't expect to be capping his senior year of college by leading the University of Southern California's Marching Band. "My job is going to be to make sure people stay riled up and excited for the game," Yoerg said.
The new restaurant will be located on the corner of Dunkirk Lane and County Road 30.
Pizza restaurant's neighbors successfully lobby to limit the store's hours, worried about the "after-bar crowd" coming to their neighborhood.
North West Islamic Community Center Grand Opening
The North West Islamic Community Center had its grand opening July 7. It has a prayer room, classrooms and a large space that still needs funding for renovation.
Sixteen 6- to 8-year-olds competed for four spots in the Raspberry Festival's Royal Family during Wednesday night's Junior Royalty Coronation at the Eisenhower Community Center. Check out all the photos and then click here to upload your own Raspberry Festival photos for a chance to win Stages Theatre tickets.
Hendrickson, a member of the Albertville City Council, announced her candidacy at Tuesday night's Women of Today meeting.


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— By CHRISTIN COYNE
Searches of two Weatherford businesses last week by federal investigators stemmed from a three-year criminal investigation and reports by former Teskey's employees that they were instructed to remove required labeling and mislead customers about where items were made, according to search warrants unsealed Thursday.
Both companies have denied knowingly breaking the law and said the family businesses didn't know the rules.
An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement special agent assigned to the commercial fraud unit in Dallas wrote that he had probable cause that Robert Michael Teskey, owner of Teskey's, and Robert C. Howard, owner of Bar H, engaged in illegal importation and sale of goods, conspiring to violate two criminal laws relating to country of origin marking requirements on imported goods.
ICE executed search warrants at Teskey's Saddle Shop in Weatherford, Teskey's Uptown in Fort Worth and Bar H Equine, located south of Teskey's Saddle Shop, on Aug. 28. According to warrant returns, investigators seized from the locations computers, documents, miscellaneous leather goods, belts, saddles, "Made in India" labels, and a truck and trailer.
Those convicted of violating the Marking of Imported Articles law could face a fine and imprisonment of up to a year, the search warrant affidavit states. Those convicted of the Entry of Good by Means of False Statements law could face a fine and imprisonment up to two years. However, no arrests have been reported in connection with the ongoing investigation.
Two former employees of Teskey's Saddle Shop, identified as the importer for "Teskey's" and "Bar H Equine" branded merchandise, reported in April 2010 that they had been instructed by Teskey to remove labeling from various items before displaying them for sale and to tell customers that the saddlery items were made by Teskey's in Texas, according to Special Agent Shane Walker.
During the investigation between 2010 and 2013, investigators reportedly located product importation records associated with Teskey's and an Indian exporter/manufacturer, with declared values for the products totaling nearly $3.8 million.
Officials said they tracked several shipments to Teskey's of items that were labeled "Made in India" and later collected hundreds of discarded "Made in India" labels from the trash bin outside the business.
During visits to Teskey's, special agents reportedly observed hundreds of products with no foreign country of origin labeling, many displaying Teskey's labeling and branding stamp and some with Bar H Equine labeling.
"Teskey's" branded tack on display throughout Teskey's Saddle Shop during a June visit did not have country of origin labels and an employee said she did not know where a breast collar was made, Walker wrote. Asked if the belts labeled "Teskey's" were made locally, another employee allegedly told a special agent that the belts were made in the United States.
The Teskeys are cooperating fully with the government as they've done since day one, Toby Galloway, attorney for the Teskeys said, adding that he expects the issue to be resolved swiftly and favorably for the Teskeys.
Galloway declined to comment on the investigation.
Bar H Equine
Walker also visited three retailers in Decatur and Denton that carried leather saddlery items with "Bar H Equine" labeling but noted no country of origin markings on any. Employees at those locations stated the items were made in Weatherford or the United States or assembled in Mexico with U.S. materials, he wrote.
An employee at one retailer told the investigator that the store did not carry products made of "water buffalo" from India and he believed Indian water buffalo to be inferior to U.S. cowhide, according to Walker. The owner of the retail store later referred to Bar H tack in an interview as "imported stuff," stating he knew it was imported based on his experience and the quality and price of the products. However, he reportedly said he did not notice the products were not marked and was not aware of what country they were from.
Walker noted that a 2011 catalog on the Bar H website did not display any foreign country of origin information and stated that "The manufacturing and distribution of quality saddles and tack started in early 2000 and continues today in Parker County, Texas with Bar H Equine."
When a special agent visited Bar H Equine in June, the Bar H branded products observed during the visit did not have country of origin labels, Walker wrote. The manager reportedly told the ICE agent that most of their equestrian tack was "made overseas, just so you know," and that the company's saddles are all made in Greenville.
Terri Howard, president of Bar H Equine, a family company celebrating its fourth year, said they weren't aware of the labeling requirements.
"It's about the country of origin and where it's placed on the tag," Howard said of the allegations. "I just didn't realize where it needed to be on the tag next to the UPC code. We were unaware of that. All they did was tell me what I needed to do and we fixed that and I did business that very same day."
"We're just a small little family company," Howard said, adding that Teskey's and Bar H have been lumped together.
"Our deal is pretty much something that we didn't know," Howard said. "We were told exactly how it needs to be done and, within one minute, we slapped it on there and were able to go back to business as usual."
Not every product that was shipped to retailers was marked, Howard said, adding that as a new company they didn't know how things were done and didn't know the tags that came through customs needed to continue on.
Howard said retailers didn't know that the labels about the country of origin needed to be affixed to products for sale, either.
"It's something that's not new," Howard said. "It's just new to the industry, to the mind set .... It's a learning experience."
Howard said they have not misled those who carry their products.
"We have over 700 retailers that carry our products and every single one of them know ... we are an import business," Howard said.
"We started in this business as an import tack," Howard said, adding everyone is aware of that and that the good quality tack at their price point alone gives it away.
"We have never at any point in time ever said that our tack was made in the United States," Howard said. "However, with that being said, I do have a line that is made in Texas but that is completely ... you know, it's separate. Sometimes it's hard for people to understand [because] we do have so many things go under one roof."
The statement in the catalog was the mission statement for the family, which has manufactured tack since 2000, Howard said.
They do have saddles and tack that are custom made in Texas, Howard said, adding that all the custom made saddles are created in Texas.
"The main thing that I would like to get across is that we were told what we need to do, we took care of it, and it's business as usual," Howard said. "We were not being deceptive to anybody. We are definitely a transparent company. Everybody knows what we do and how we do it and that's why we are successful."


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HOUSTON—Trader Joe's, a specialty grocery store, is opening its first Houston location Friday at 8 a.m. inside the old Alabama Theater.
"Because this is a historical building, Trader Joe's had to keep its original façade, but what's inside, is all new," said Trader Joe's Manager
David Fuller.
The store debuted in The Woodlands in May.
Fuller said he is ready for big crowds on Friday.
"It's really a pretty large parking lot, larger in the back," he said. "I had a lot of people coming by, saying they'll walk."
Trader Joe's offers choice you may not find in your regular grocery store.
"About 80 percent of our products and anything under TJ private label has no artificial flavors, no artificial colors and no preservatives," Fuller said.
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Overall, I thought it was a pretty fair article--more so than the title implied. As someone who just spent a year in Manila volunteering with two anti-trafficking organizations, I appreciate any coverage of the issues of trafficking and prostitution, in the hopes that such stories will prompt more people to not only grasp the grim realities, but more importantly, take action.
The phrase "outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking-alarmists" in the subtitle, however, I thought was a really cheap, sensationalist ploy for attention, and I thought deeply discouraging, because it implies that underage trafficking and prostitution aren't that big of a deal. As Kathryn previously noted, the sampling methods used in the study should have glaringly obvious caveats; I've read multiple accounts of and met personally a number of victims imprisoned or threatened with violence, for whom walking down the the park to take a survey would've been a laughable impossibility. In addition, while shame plays a much greater role in Asian cultures, I still find it implausible to think that would not be victims who would be too embarrassed to walk up to a couple strange adults and announce "Yes, I'm a prostitute."
However, even if we grant that there are "only" several thousand minors involved in NYC, when you extrapolate that nationwide, that's what, "only" 100,000? 200,000? Which of course raises the question, "What does the number have to be for us to decide it matters?" That we want to do something about it? That helping this invisible 1% is more important than protesting the Wall Street 1%


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I like the change in how Barron will be operating. Hopefully he will be able to compensate for the lack of ability of Mason Foster to cover passes in the middle of the field.
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Ms. Sellers is the chief executive of Christie's International Real Estate, the New York-based division of the auction house Christie's.
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Yair Levy
Mr. Levy was banned from selling real estate securities in New York after being convicted of dipping into a reserve fund at 225 Rector Place.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
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Mr. Allon is a founder and the executive chairman of Urban Compass, a technology-driven residential brokerage firm that focuses on the Manhattan and Brooklyn markets.
June 18, 2014, Wednesday
Erez Itzhaki
Mr. Itzhaki is a principal of Itzhaki Acquisitions, a real estate development company formerly known as the Keystone Group.
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Steven Spinola
Mr. Spinola is the president of the Real Estate Board of New York, or Rebny, the industry's leading trade association in the city with about 15,000 members.
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Joseph A. McMillan Jr.
Mr. McMillan is a founder of DDG, an investment, architecture, construction and development firm that focuses mainly on residential and mixed-use projects.
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Peppermint Linux OS 1.0 Released
The cloud-friendly, web app-centric Linux distro is now available.
Another day, another Linux distro. Peppermint OS 1.0 uses Mozilla Labs' Prism technology to fully integrate with Cloud and web-based applications such as Hulu and Gmail. The OS is built on Linux Kernel 2.6.32, Xorg 7.5 GUI and Openbox 3.4.10 for window management.
In addition to on-board software, Peppermint includes default Cloud Applications Editor by Pixlr, Facebook, Last.FM, Hulu, Pandora, The Cloud Plyer, YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Reader and Gmail.
Peppermint contains a custom front end for Prism that makes these Web apps seamlessly integrate with the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. Like Canonical's recently announced Ubuntu Light, Peppermint is designed to boot fast and power down quickly, all while providing a familiar environment for Linux users.
The operating system is available for download at peppermintos.com/download. Full release notes can be found at peppermintos.com/release-notes.
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New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
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Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
Geeks Petition for Free Lenovo BIOS
FOSS community acts to protect freedom of choice for laptop devices.
Firefox Says Yes to DRM
Quintessential open source browser shores up its market share with a step toward the proprietary dark side.
Webcam Hijackers Busted
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By David Hughes
TERRE HAUTE — Danielle Rosselli, a 2008 graduate of Terre Haute North High School, is the first student-athlete to sign with the new women's golf team at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.
She signed her national letter-of-intent Thursday.
Woods golf coach Steve Higham said he's excited to have Rosselli as the first official member of the team.
"She's not just a fine golfer, but she's also a fine young lady," he said. "She'll be a very good representative for St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. We're starting the team with a high standard and we'll have to match that with our future recruits."
A four-year varsity golfer at North, Rosselli said she's been playing the sport since she was a youngster. In addition to being a member of the Patriots' girls golf team, she was a member of the dance team, Interact, DECA and Youth Leadership. She also was elected homecoming queen, and she has volunteered with a number of organizations in the community, including Happiness Bag and the Light House Mission.
The daughter of Jeff and Terri Rosselli, Danielle Rosselli plans to major in psychology at The Woods. She said she's excited about playing golf at The Woods with her old coach serving as her new coach.
"Honestly, it was a last-minute decision," Rosselli insisted. "I played for [coach Higham] in high school, and when he called me, I thought it would be a great opportunity. I'm really excited and honored to come out to St. Mary-of-the-Woods College to play for its golf program."
Deanna Bradley, athletic director at SMWC, said that while the college is recruiting for the new golf team, a full team and schedule are not expected to be in place until fall 2009. Students who are recruited for the golf program will spend the 2008 season playing in invitational tournaments and practicing on challenging courses to prepare for the 2009 season.
Auto racing
n East, Gurney win — At Clermont, Bobby East and Chuck Gurney Jr. were winners in a U.S. Auto Club doubleheader Thursday at O'Reilly Raceway Park.
East and Gurney both beat out regulars from the NASCAR Winston Cup tour to win.
East led all 100 laps to win the J.D. Byrider 100 for Silver Crown cars with Ryan Newman second and Chet Filip third. East also was fast qualifier for midget action and won his heat.
Gurney won his heat and led all 30 laps to win the midget main, with Kasey Kahne second.
Mario Marietta competed in both events. He finished 22nd in the Silver Crown race but failed to qualify for the midget main. Shane Hollingsworth was 23rd in the Silver Crown race.
Jerry Coons Jr. maintained his lead in the Silver Crown points race and has a 28-point lead over Levi Jones going into Aug. 10 action in Iowa. East assumed first in the midget totals, taking a three-point lead over Tracy Hines into the Belleville Nationals next week.
Silver Crown results
Fast qualifier — Shane Hmiel.
Feature — Bobby East, Ryan Newman, Chet Filip, Dave Darland, Jerry Coons Jr., Aaron Pierce, Levi Jones, A.J. Fike, Wayne Reutimann Jr., Mike Murgoitio, Brian Tyler, Eric Gordon, Jacob Wilson, Hmiel, Tracy Hines, Steve Arpin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Michael Annett, Brad Armstrong, Ryan Smith, Zach Schiff, Mario Marietta, Shane Hollingsworth, Tom Capie, Shane Cottle.
Midget results
Fast qualifier — Bobby East.
Heat winners — East, Chuck Gurney Jr., Levi Jones, Tracy Hines, Kody Swanson (semi 1), Billy Wease (semi 2).
Feature — Gurney, Kasey Kahne, Bobby Santos III, Jones, Wease, Cole Carter, Schiff, Kevin Swindell, Swanson, Dakoda Armstrong.


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