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JACKSONVILLE — Volleyball teams representing Troup and Brook Hill took over outright possession of first place in their respective conferences after earning wins on Tuesday night.
Troup improved to 15-12 overall and 4-0 in District 18-2A after traveling to Sabine and scalding the Lady Cardinals, 3-0, handing Sabine its first conference loss of the year.
Sabine is now 21-7, 3-1.
Josee Ross had 16 kills and Cheyney Cover added 13 to spark the Lady Tigers. Ross tossed in 16 blocks and four digs while Cover pitched in four blocks and eight digs.
Carly Dyess had 29 assists for the winners while Bethany Mason tallied 15 digs.
In Bullard Brook Hill claimed a 3-1 win over Dallas Lutheran to move into the driver's seat in TAPPS 4-3A.
The Lady Guard are now 4-1 in conference play while Dallas Lutheran slipped to 3-2 in leaague following the loss.
Bullard's Lady Panthers defended their home floor in banishing Chapel Hill, 3-0, in a District 16-3A match.
Mackenzie Fish's 14 kills, 11 digs and four aces set the tone for the Lady Panthers, who step out of conference on Friday to entertain Carthage.
Ashley Searcy racked up 10 spikes and three blocks for Bullard while Madi Hodges ended the night with 11 digs.
In Groesbeck, the Lady Goats topped Rusk, 3-0, in the District 19-3A opener for both clubs.
Jacksonville hosted Marshall in non-distirct play and fell to the Lady Mavericks, 3-0.
The Maidnes will lift the curtain on the 16-4A season Friday afternoon at 4:30 by traveling to Lindale.


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PLATTSBURGH — At a special meeting Thursday night, the Clinton Community College Board of Trustees authorized the elimination of 10 employee positions in 2013-14.
Clinton Community College President John Jablonski told the Press-Republican that employees affected by the decision were notified throughout the day Friday.
Earlier this month, Jablonski announced the college was looking to the layoffs as a means of bridging an anticipated $600,000 gap in the budget for next academic year.
The cause of the deficit, Jablonski said at the time, was due primarily to a reduction of more than $800,000 in state aid over the past two years, about $225,000 of which was restored last spring, coupled with rising retirement and health insurance costs.
Employer contributions to retirement systems will be at 16 percent next year, he told the Press-Republican, and health insurance costs are predicted to rise 8 to 10 percent.
Before the board voted on the reductions, members of the college's Faculty Association spoke out against the layoffs at the meeting.
June Foley, press officer and representative at large to the Executive Committee of the college's Faculty Association, told the board the layoffs are "not the necessary response to unforeseeable events," but rather "the result of a series of misjudgments over the course of the last four years."
Foley, who is also a professor at the school, told the Press-Republican in a separate interview that Clinton Community has added 14 new positions, as well as filled several vacant positions, since 2008 despite decreasing student enrollment during that time.
"We should have known not to add positions," she said.
Jablonski said there is no question that the college hired people during that time; however, "almost always it was done when there was an offsetting reduction."
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Jesse's caregiver, Catherine Ybarra, told the large, sad-hearted and grateful assembly at Community Baptist Church about asking him a while back what he wished to be buried in.
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When scores of admirers filed past his open casket, and when an a honor escort of CHP and Santa Rosa Police officers and motorcyclists with the Patriot Guard led the hearse to Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Jesse wore the Sunday-best suit he'd have donned were the honoree anyone but he.
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On Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, Earl Dunn of Capitol Heights, Md. departed this life at the Georgetown University Hospital.
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The scholarships were funded by memorial donations and funds raised by the club's annual tour of homes and its spring card party.
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YORK — York had the third lowest gas prices in the country for 2013, according to a recently released survey by GasBuddy.com.
Rock Hills prices were seventh nationally and Clovers 19th. Fort Mill prices ranked 98th out of the more than 4,000 communities in the United States and Canada listed in the annual survey.
South Carolinas gas tax third lowest in the nation at 16 cents per gallon was a big factor in the rating as nine of the top 10 locations in the country for cheaper gasoline were in the Palmetto State.
Number one was Duncan in Spartanburg County were the per-gallon average price for 2013 was $3.148
Yorks average price was $3.159: Rock Hills $3.165; Clovers $3.184 and Fort Mills $3.236.
The average price does not include recent prices at the pump which have fallen to about $2.86 per gallon at more than 30 locations in York County.
York Mayor Eddie Lee said his towns No. 3 ranking is not a mystery, its due to fair and open competition. A factor in that competition was Murphy Oils entry into the York market this spring, he said.
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Prices in York County and near Spartanburg are traditionally lower than other parts of South Carolina because of the aggressive marketing by the likes of sellers such as Quik Trip or Murphy Oil.
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When one store pushes (the price) lower, others follow, said Angela Vogel Daley, spokeswoman for AAA Carolinas.
Gasoline supply, the time of year and proximity to the pipelines are factors that also affect price, said Kloza and Daley.
Gas prices may rise slightly for the Christmas travel season. AAA Carolinas estimates a record number of South Carolinians 1.3 million will travel 50 miles or more for the Christmas/New Years holiday. That travel volume represents an increase of 22,000 travelers compared to last year. Almost 91 percent of the travelers plan to drive to their destination.
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According to this morning's New York Times, former Bush administration officials didn't like the tone of the Obama inaugural address, thinking it too tough on their ex-boss. Oh, wah!
There certainly were bits of Obama's speech that seemed to implicitly rebuke the ex-president or refute his policies, without specifically naming him—the passages about a failure to make hard choices (though Obama described the failure as "collective," spreading blame beyond Bush), trying to set up false choices between security and free society ideals, the country being ready to lead internationally "once more," and, my personal favorite, restoring "science to its rightful place."
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Though about $1 million less than they got last year, the Clarksville Community Schools board of trustees unanimously approved its advertised budget at their meeting Tuesday night.
The $18.7 million budget took a hit for a couple of reasons, including lower enrollment and a decreasing assessed value of the corporation.
Kim Knott, superintendent, said the district lost about 12 students this year and the value of the corporation went down about $11 million, bringing it to more than $393 million.
The loss of students caused about a $262,000 loss, but the assessed valuation change could have a bigger effect on the district as the circuit breaker caps in property taxes play into funding.
"The circuit breaker is unknown, but because the AV is decreasing, we could have more people reaching the 1 percent cap," Knott said. "Which means that we could have a very high circuit breaker loss in 2013."
She said in 2012, the district lost about $280,000. In 2013, she said the district could expect a loss of about $400,000 in circuit breaker funds because of the decreasing assessed value.
Though the district faces a loss, she said they're still financially stable with their funds with no bond bank assistance, no rainy day fund use to support the general fund and close to balancing expenditures with revenues.
The board passed the measure unanimously, but Doug Wacker, board member, was absent.
The board also passed a measure to change the work hours for teachers.
Teachers will work 7.5 hours a day with an extra three hours a month for extra-duty assignments. The measure passed unanimously.
But the Clarksville Education Association said the addition of the three hours is illegal and shouldn't be included in the contract. The district said after getting legal opinions from their legal counsel, Marsha Bugulla and the Indiana School Boards Association's lawyers, they determined the hours were legal.
The board also voted unanimously to remove two trees around Clarksville Elementary School's playground, which were deemed safety hazards, and prune back the other trees on the property.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of three stories exploring various aspects of the $80 million bond proposal by Edmond Public Schools, to be considered by voters on Feb. 12. The first story examined proposed new construction within the school district. That story may be found at www.edmondsun.com.
Edmond residents who go to the polls Feb. 12 to vote on the Edmond Public School District's $80 million bond issue proposal will be voting on updating school security measures already in place and adding new ones.
Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at regular voting precincts. Edmond residents have approved the last 54 bond issue packages, making this the 55th bond request since 1959. If this bond package is approved, the district will not ask for another bond issue until after August 2014, said David Goin, superintendent.
Goin told The Edmond Sun the district has always been concerned with the welfare of its students, and that after the December school shooting tragedy in Newtown, Conn., parents and school officials are even more aware of the need for improved security measures in schools.
The Feb. 12 bond issue proposes $400,000 in security features and enhancements to six schools.
In past years the district has fenced high school parking lots with a guard on duty and placed a LobbyGuard visitor management system and visitor tracking software in the front offices of all of the district schools for visitors to check in as they enter the building and check out as they leave.
"The LobbyGuards do background checks on the visitors, making sure they are not a security risk," said Bret Towne, associate superintendent of general administration.
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As well as LobbyGuards, all schools have camera systems internally and externally, and the district is continuing to upgrade and add cameras where needed.
"The bond issue will ensure the ability to continue upgrading and adding cameras on our high school campuses and changing to digital rather than analog for hi-resolution and clearer images," Towne said.
Fencing will be added at West Field, Angie Debo and Centennial elementary schools as the district continues to control access to elementary playgrounds, Towne added.
The approximate projected cost of this project will be about $100,000 for all three sites combined, Towne said.
"At this time all schools have a LobbyGuard," Towne said, "and all schools with the exception of Ida Freeman and Russell Dougherty elementary schools, Sequoyah Middle School and Memorial High School have secured entrances.
"Angie Debo and Washington Irving elementary schools will have secured entrances installed as part of the construction at the schools."
Towne added the district is working on designs for the four elementary schools that do not have secured entrances and those will be paid for using leftover bond monies from the 2011 bond issue.
The cost for the school entrances is considered school renovation and will be listed in the construction costs and will be coming from the 2011 bond money.
The secured entrances' cost has been included in new construction and renovation costs.
The district's security additions and changes were planned prior to Sandy Hook and are still needed so we are continuing working to put those in place, Towne said.
Over the next two years $400,000 is being allocated for security improvements, Towne said.
Transportation needed for growing student population
Voters will be asked to mark their choice on two propositions on the ballot. Proposition No. 1 is for $78.21 million and includes new construction, roof replacements, technology upgrades, school security updates, school equipment and school renovation projects. It also includes the purchase of land for a fourth Edmond high school to be built at a later date, and money to build both a middle school and elementary school to address the ever-growing student population.
Proposition No. 2 will include the addition of four large buses (77-passenger) and two medium buses (47-passenger), two special education buses and two activity buses (each holding 40 students), Towne said.
"A 77-passenger bus costs around $85,000 while a special education bus costs around $55,000 to $65,000," Towne said.
"These buses we are adding are for the most part for growth (across the district)," Towne said.
He added very few buses will be traded in this year due to student growth in the district.
"Normally we would trade in buses, but this year we will be keeping them. Adding one new elementary will require about four more bus routes and with an additional elementary and middle school, we are looking at needing about a dozen more buses," Towne said.
The district likes to trade buses in every 12 years, and at this time the average age of the bus fleet is seven years.
"Thirteen years ago the average age of a bus was 16.8 years," Towne said. "We have done a good job with our replacement program, but we are trying to keep up with growth now."
If the bond issue passes, one or two Suburbans will be purchased to be used for school activity trips where sending a bus is not as cost efficient, Towne said.
"The cost of a Suburban is $28,000 to $30,000 off the State of Oklahoma purchasing contract," he said.
All activities use them including transportation for academic meets, band and orchestra tryouts and tennis and golf and other occasions where a group of eight or less will be traveling. Teachers also use them to go to conferences.
"It makes sense to send five members and a coach in a Suburban because of the versatility and cost savings," Towne said, adding the district has around 16 Suburbans at this time.
Towne said the district picks up more than 10,000 students a day distributing them to their schools.
"Our bus drivers drive nearly 2 million miles a year in 141 buses and 12 Suburbans," Towne said.


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Rubble from a house and a chimney remain after being burned by the Mountain Fire as seen on Sunday, July 21, 2013 in the Mountain Center community near Idyllwild.
Aided by rain, firefighters made great progress Sunday on the more than 42 square-mile Mountain Fire and continued to blitz the massive fire's northern flank.
Firefighters had the fire 68 percent surrounded on Sunday, and the fight was going so well that they pushed up an estimated date for full containment from Friday to Wednesday.
Storms dropped 1.5 inches of rain overnight in the Palm Springs area, fire officials said. This helped firefighters further cut a line around the wildfire that has been burning in rugged terrain since Monday.
"Although conditions were hazardous and some crews were taken off the line due to the severe weather, firefighters continue to fight the fire aggressively where possible," US Forest Service spokesman John Miller said in a press release on Sunday.
The priority on Sunday was for firefighters to cut lines around the northernmost part of the fire at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Miller said.
The weather was expected to remain in firefighters' favor with rain and thunderstorms forecast throughout the day.
The thunderstorms, though, were considered a double-edge sword as lightning and flash floods were possible.
Evacuation orders for Idyllwild, Fern Valley and Pine Cove were lifted Sunday morning.
Evacuations were also lifted for the communities of Trails End and Camp Joe Scherman.
Apple Canyon, Bonita Vista, Fobes Canyon, and Pine Springs Ranch areas were also open to residents.
Some 23 structures have been destroyed, including seven homes. The cost of the fire is estimated at nearly $20 million.
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' budget analysis. The center's assumptions on deficit reduction include discretionary-spending cuts enacted during 2011.
The first presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney on Wednesday night in Denver covered topics ranging from taxes to health care to job creation. Here is a look at some of their statements and how firmly they are grounded in fact.
Romney on health care spending:
Romney claimed that middle-income Americans are spending $2,500 more for health care now than they did when Obama took office in 2008. While Americans are spending more for their insurance and overall health spending since 2008, the difference is closer to $1,000, not $2,500. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average employee purchasing family health insurance in 2012 paid $4,316 for insurance, just under $1,000 more than what they paid for insurance in 2008. Total per capita health expenditures had about the same $1,000 spread between 2008 and 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2008, CMS found Americans spent $7,910 per capita on health care; in 2012, they are estimated to spend $8,952.
Obama on Simpson-Bowles:
Obama, answering a challenge from Romney, said that he did take an adjusted version of the Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction framework to Congress, and that he has proposed $4 trillion in deficit reduction. Not quite.
After the Simpson-Bowles commission failed to get the necessary votes needed to introduce its plan in December 2010, the White House looked the other way. The commission's plan would have reduced deficits by $4 trillion over 10 years through a combination of discretionary-spending cuts, broad tax reform, and entitlement savings.
Obama said his own proposals would also reduce the 10-year deficit by $4 trillion, an assertion that has been challenged by some budget experts as overly optimistic.
The president takes his number from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which includes in its calculations cuts in discretionary spending already enacted into law during 2011.
Romney on "Obamacare's" Medicare board:
Romney's claim that Obama's health reform law includes a Medicare board that can "tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have" was one of the biggest whoppers of the night. It's a line that Republicans used during debate on the health reform law, when they regularly and inaccurately called the Medicare spending board a "death panel."
Under the Affordable Care Act, the Medicare board would have the job of keeping Medicare spending within a specific target: gross domestic product plus 1 percent by 2020. The board, which would be appointed by the president and approved by the Senate, is explicitly restricted from directly cutting Medicare benefits. In other words, they must cut hospital, doctor, and nursing-home payment rates, and they are not allowed to restrict what kinds of treatments those providers can offer to treat seniors.
Obama on Romney's tax plan:
The two candidates spent the first part of the debate squabbling over taxes, running roughshod over moderator Jim Lehrer to trade barbs over the finer points of Romney's plan. Obama criticized the plan early on, repeating the theme that Romney wants to raise taxes on the middle class in order to preserve cuts for the wealthy.
Obama's claim stems from a much-publicized Tax Policy Center analysis of Romney's framework, which found that a 20 percent across-the-board reduction in marginal personal income-tax rates couldn't be achieved without ridding the tax code of some tax expenditures that help the middle class. Roughly $1.1 trillion in revenue is lost to deductions and credits each year, with about 90 percent of that money going to the top 20 deductions--including widely popular items like the employer-provided health-insurance deduction and the mortgage-interest deduction.
The only top deduction that almost exclusively benefits the wealthy is the preferential rate for capital gains--and Romney has said he will preserve existing incentives for investment. The $17,000 cap on deductions Romney floated earlier this week would hit the wealthiest the hardest--in part because the wealthy are more likely to use deductions, as The Washington Post notes in its analysis--but the recouped funds would not be high enough to make up for the revenue lost by the sweeping rate reduction.
Romney on new business start-ups:
In the first question of the debate, Obama and Romney were asked to spell out the differences between their job-creation plans. According to Romney, small businesses create jobs--and new business start-ups are at a 30-year low.
Fact-checking website PolitiFact looked into this claim when House Speaker John Boehner made it in March, rating it "true." PolitiFact quotes Scott Shane, chairman of the economics department and professor of entrepreneurial studies at Case Western Reserve University:
"Using data from the Census Bureau and U.S. Small Business Administration, Shane found that the per capita rate of new employer business formation in 2009 (the most recent year available) was 1.32 per thousand people--'an astonishing 51.4 percent of the rate in 1977,' he said. 'That is, Americans are starting new businesses with employees at half the rate they did 30 years ago.' "
Romney on gas prices:
Romney said gas prices have doubled under Obama. That's true, Slate reported in April, and has become an oft-repeated criticism of the incumbent from the GOP.
Obama on Medicaid
Obama said Romney's plan would result in "effectively a 30 percent cut" in the federal health program that covers health care for poor children and seniors receiving long-term care. Romney wants to give states complete control over their Medicaid spending (currently the federal government sets a lot of rules for Medicaid spending, because it contributes an average of half of the Medicare dollars in each state), and has pledged to hold spending to 20 percent of GDP.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, giving states total control of just a portion of Medicaid—often called "block granting"—would cut lots of money from the program. The federal government would save $287 billion over 10 years if long-term Medicaid care was given straight to states, more than Medicaid spent in total in 2010. The liberal Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that for Romney to reach his pledge to keep spending within the 20 percent-of-GDP threshold, Medicaid would have to be reduced by at least 44 percent by 2022.
Romney on Dodd-Frank financial reform:
According to Romney, 122 community and small banks have closed since the Dodd-Frank financial reform law passed in July 2010. Although the exact numbers are difficult to pin down, PolitiFact rated a claim by then-GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich that Dodd-Frank is destroying community banks as "false" in November:
"Gingrich said that community banks 'are being destroyed by Dodd-Frank.' But as a whole, they are healthier than a year ago," PolitiFact reported. "No doubt the improvement in the economy has helped, but community banks also have benefited from a reduction in fees paid to the [Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.] as a result of Dodd-Frank. From the point of view of community banks, Dodd-Frank is imperfect and still unfolding. But it has exempted community banks from many new regulations. That said, the shape of the rules to come will make a big difference in its final impact on them. To say that this industry is being destroyed by Dodd-Frank is untrue and unlikely to be true in the future if regulators continue to respond to the concerns of small banks. We rate Gingrich's statement false."
According to a recent Associated Press story, 43 banks have closed so far in 2012, compared with 73 at the same time last year and 157 in the entire year of 2010.
Obama on premium support:
Obama said Romney's plan for Medicare—which would eventually give seniors a choice between private insurance and the traditional Medicare plan—would lead to the "collapse" of the federal health program for the elderly, as insurance companies figure out how to cover only healthy, cheaper seniors.
"Every health care economist who looks at it says the traditional health care system will collapse," Obama said.
That's not exactly true. While even health economists who back Medicare premium-support plans can't say the theory would ultimately lead to lower costs for seniors, there are certainly health economists who think the problem of health insurance companies cherry-picking the healthiest seniors could eventually be prevented through regulation.
Romney on energy production on federal lands:
Romney made an oft-repeated GOP claim that energy production is down on federal lands because of Obama administration actions. "All of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land," Romney said.
Romney is both right and wrong, depending on what fossil fuel you're talking about. Oil production is up 12 percent from 2008 to 2011, according to a March report by the Energy Information Administration that analyzes energy production on public lands. Natural gas production on public lands, however, is down 16.5 percent between 2008 and 2011. Coal production is also down 7.8 percent during the same time period.
Most of the increase in natural gas has been on private lands due to the vast reserves of shale gas found in states like Pennsylvania. Between 2007 and 2011, there was a 30 percent increase in natural-gas production on private lands. Oil production has stayed relatively the same but has increased slightly in the past two years.
Obama on Romney's economic plan:
Obama made the assertion that "Governor Romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut—on top of the extension of the Bush tax cuts, that's another $1 trillion." As Wonkblog's Ezra Klein points out, that's only the cost of Romney's tax plan "if you assume he doesn't close any tax breaks to pay for it. Romney has said he'll close tax breaks to pay for all of it--but he hasn't named any of those tax breaks." In other words, it's difficult to call this claim--or Romney's quick repudiation of it--true or false. Romney insists a guiding principle for his reform plan is that it would be deficit-neutral, while Obama has indicated he will not give Romney credit for offsets he won't name. Jump ball.
Romney on preexisting conditions:
Romney challenged Obama's claim that his health care plan lacks an adequate way to get people with preexisting conditions health insurance. Obama said Romney's plan is what we already have enshrined in law: If you lose your health insurance for a few months but keep health insurance coverage, either through a temporary government-subsidized plan (often called COBRA) or by purchasing a plan on your own, you can't be denied insurance coverage for having a preexisting condition at your next job, if they offer health insurance. But that protection does not help people who can't get health insurance through their jobs.
Romney maintained that he does have a plan that "deals" with preexisting conditions. He wants to extend the same protection that people get with employer coverage to Americans who buy insurance on the individual market. In other words, if you lose your job and your health insurance, but maintain temporary coverage, then insurance companies would have to offer you coverage in the individual market. What Romney's plan doesn't address (yet) is how that coverage would be affordable. Without regulation, insurance companies could charge thousands and thousands of dollars to cover someone with a preexisting condition, potentially making it unaffordable for anyone but the very wealthy.
Obama on overseas tax credit:
At one point, the candidates sparred over whether business owners can currently take advantage of a tax credit to "send jobs overseas."
Obama's claim that such a credit exists is partly true, as PolitiFact found in its investigation of a similar issue last year: Business owners can deduct the costs of closing down U.S. operations as standard business expenses as they move to foreign-based operations.
Romney on education funding:
Romney said he would not cut money for education, a statement that goes against the cuts outlined in running mate Paul Ryan's budget plan, which Romney has supported. If he is going to keep the promise to retain current education funding, he would have to find other places to cut to make up the difference, but he has not offered any ideas of the sort on the campaign trail.
He was responding to an ongoing refrain from the Obama campaign that Pell Grants and college financial aid would be cut under a Romney administration. Obama has also asserted in campaign ads, but not in the debate, that class sizes would increase under Romney due to budget cuts. Romney has said he would trim the inefficiency in the Pell Grant program, which has been interpreted to mean narrowing eligibility—i.e., fewer awards. But Romney has not said that he would cut the amount of the individual awards.
Romney and his plan to create 12 million jobs:
Romney says he will create 12 million new jobs during his first term. The Washington Post examined this claim after Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention and concluded it "is a fairly safe bet by Romney, even if he has a somewhat fuzzy plan for action." The Post added that "the number is less impressive than it sounds. This pledge amounts to an average of 250,000 jobs a month, a far cry from the 500,000 jobs a month that Romney claimed would be created in a 'normal recovery.' In recent months, the economy has averaged about 150,000 jobs a month."
Moody's Analytics expects the economy to gain 12 million jobs by 2016 no matter who wins in November.
Romney on U.S. and Spain:
"Spain—Spain spends 42 percent of their total economy on government. We're now spending 42 percent of our economy on government. I don't want to go down the path to Spain. I want to go down the path of growth that puts Americans to work with more money coming in because they're working," Romney said.
No one wants to swap financial positions with Spain these days. But is the United States spending as much on government? Pretty much, PolitiFact reports—but that's not the whole story. While 42 percent is a little higher than the figures provided by the Office of Management and Budget, it's the same as the measure provided by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development; Spain's government expenditures, according to OECD, are 45.8 percent of its economy.
"Depending on which data set you use, Romney's numbers are either correct or close. But they don't tell the whole story. A large share of the spending has come not from the cost of government employees, buildings, and equipment but from transfer payments that individual Americans ultimately control (and, in many cases, under programs which they had paid into to begin with)," PolitiFact said.
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Not a super high quality bed but worth the money and quite sturdy once put together. The visible part of the frame looks very nice, good stain and finish. It appears to be solid wood, but the stickers on the inside say something about 'composite compliant' or something. The slats and center support/feet are soft wood (pine?), but aren't super thin so they don't seem flimsy. The instructions are great and very clear, all you need for tools is the included allen wrench and a phillips screwdriver (power would be nice). The only issues I had putting it together were the pre-drilled holes for the slats didn't line up the greatest (don't tighten the outside frame all the way until you are finished with the slats, you'll probably have to adjust it a bit to help the holes line up). Also, two of the allen bolts that go in the center support wouldn't go in all the way, the bottom of the holes were blocked by off-center metal fasteners. I just left them off, I might go back later and drill some new holes to place them. If you need to move the bed you'll have to take it apart, it's plenty sturdy on the floor with a mattress on it, but not when you start lifting up a corner of the frame to move it.
The platform bed is elegant and classic. It was easy to put together. The problem was with the transaction. The bed comes in 3 boxes. Overstock shipped 2 boxes and it took many emails and 3 more weeks to get the final box. It was very frustrating!
The first bed they sent had one side rail with a large crack at the end. I asked for a replacement SIDE RAIL but they ended up sending me the entire bed once again which was a hassle to return, as it arrives in 3 separate and heavy/odd-shaped boxes. Not to mention the amount of wasted fuel... As for the bed itself, I'm really happy with the style and quality! It's for a guest room so I didn't want to spend much, but needed something simple/modern to fit in with the danish-style furniture in the rest of the house. And because it's for a guest room, it won't be getting a lot of use so I can only speak for the initial quality. It feels quite solid and sturdy to me, certainly more solid than the standard metal frame we were using before. I did need to put gripper pads under the feet to keep the frame & mattress from moving on our hardwood floors when bumped or pushed, but now it doesn't budge. ( The heavier the mattress, the more solid it will feel and ours is on the light side.) I made a point of seeing if I could get the frame to creak or wobble--it felt very solid and made no ominous sounds. One thing to think about --if you want a tailored modern look with this bed (or want to be able to see the bed frame at all), you may need to drop a size on quilts/duvets/comforters, etc or specifically get full-size bedding (not "full/queen") because once the box spring is gone, there's not as much space between the top of the mattress and the floor with this frame. I'm using a twin-size quilt on this full-size platform bed (it tucks in nicely on the sides without extra bulk) with a full/queen duvet folded at the foot of the bed (it's the only way it won't overwhelm the bed--it works, but it was also on the smaller side compared to other full/queen duvets.) At one point I draped a full/queen duvet from a different bed over it and it nearly touched the floor on 3 sides. Yikes. Just something to be aware of. I was also able to rest a headboard on the frame and lean it against the wall. Since the top of the frame has slightly raised blocks on all four corners, the base of the headboard stays trapped between the frame and mattress, which saves me from needing to drill large holes in the wall to hang it--an added bonus for me.
i don't know what everyone else was complaining about, i received all three boxes, same day, as scheduled per the tracking system through the shipper, and i live in an apartment so sometimes stuff gets messed up. easy to assemble, my boyfriend did it by himself without the instructions. nice and sturdy. solid wood. love it.
Simple lines, nice color, sturdy and a great deal for the money. Very pleased with the bed. Took us less than 30 minutes to put together.
There are no instructions and you can't put it together alone. It's not that complicated, but it ended up taking almost an hour to put together with three of my friends due to trial and error. Once together, I was very happy with it.
I got this bed frame to match other Espresso colored pieces I had purchased recently. It looks great. The materials seem to be of a high enough quality, and I'm very happy with this purchase. The only negatives I see is that at the corners of the mattress, a round mattress corner and a square bed frame don't fit together perfectly. I can see down to the slats and floor at each of the corners. I also discovered a discrepancy in the assembly instructions. On the middle slat that the legs attach to, the instructions I received said to attack the legs to specific holes in the slat. I had a feeling it wasn't quite right when assembling it and re-read the instructions to make sure I was following them correctly. Then later in the assembly I discovered that I was correct. The legs should be attached to the holes with no metal part, ot the holes they say. It was easy enough to fix, but correct instructions would have been nice. All I had to do to fix the problem was to remove 2 of the legs and re-attach them at the correct position.
Good for the price. It was very heavy & I believe that's why it was delivered with a couple of nicks. The directions where awful, and the hole/screw locations where wrong! But it I needed it that night for a quest stay in the spar room so I wasn't going to mess with order a not nicked piece. You can't see it anyways with the bedding over it! Fit great with my old temperpedic full.
fairly easy to assemble (we did try to assemble it upside down, but that's just us, and it was easy to fix), looks good, great for a guestroom and perfect to replace a busted futon frame...
Came in 3 large boxes, you will need a Philips screwdriver, wood glue, masking tape and 30 minutes. Pretty cheap wood, very soft , the bolt "anchors" pop out of this very soft wood , made in indonesia and not very sturdy. Very low to the ground, maybe 2 foot off the ground. Should have been priced much lower due to quality issues for sure, will use it as a guest bed later on.
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The mailman brought my Moo note cards. I LOVE them! Who knew my little photos could look so great?
I've been using my very first copy of Martha's Everyday Food magazine for dinners and desserts the last two weeks.
Upside down apple cake:
Last, but not least, I also bought my first Japanese craft books over the weekend. I've spent hours trying to take photos of some of the wonderful inspiration in them, but haven't had much success yet. Here's a little preview...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Yay for Moo and Martha!
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Labels: cooking, crafts, Japanese craft books, martha stewart, Moo cards
10 comments:
- de vliegende koe said...
Your Moo notecards look wonderful and so does the upside down apple cake. I want them both. I will succeed in the Moo cards, but as it comes to the cake...
- August 29, 2007 at 9:04 AM
- wheresmyscissors said...
Nice apple cake, it looks yummy!! I'm addicted to Food Everyday magazines. They have great ideas for dinners that are usually short and simple.
- August 29, 2007 at 9:19 AM
- Yummers! said...
Oooooo... I love the cards! What is the name of the site? The apple cake looks great, too. Where are you finding your Japanese books? I bought one and paid sooooo much for it. But, they certainly are motivating.
- August 29, 2007 at 10:32 AM
- Katie Jean said...
ohh soo many goodies! I love the moo cards. I've been wanting to get some for a while now.
That japanese craft book looks amazing. Can't wait to see your projects!
- August 29, 2007 at 11:19 AM
- amandajean said...
love the moo cards. they are fabulous. as is the Japanese craft book. I can't wait to purchase one of those little lovelies myself.
- August 29, 2007 at 11:49 AM
- shannon said...
That apple cake looks super! I just bought my first japanese craft book earlier this year and its very addicting.
- August 29, 2007 at 1:30 PM
- mellyandrosie said...
Such yummy yummy photos - delicious moo notecards!! Delicious cake (I could eat it all up right now) and a lovely magazine - too much niceness for one post!! Lucky you!!! ENJOY!
- August 29, 2007 at 3:13 PM
- Dee Light said...
Cute, cute notecards!! I've been thinking of making an apple upside down cake, my recipe is from a cooking light recipe book, which scares me. I'm used to useing "Martha" type recipes with lots of fat. Your cake looks terrific!! And those Japenese craft books look so fun, I'm going to have to buy one.
- August 30, 2007 at 7:48 AM
- Mama Urchin said...
I recently bought my first Japanese craft book too. I think they could be addicting.
- September 1, 2007 at 8:40 PM
- Chara Michele said...
I have not bought moo cards or any Japanese craft books yet! Although I really think I need to get both! :)
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DURHAM About 80 people, from pre-teens to the middle aged, gathered Saturday for Queernival, a celebration of freedom from adultism, homophobia, racism and other forms of oppression.
This is a festival of youth liberation, said Amy Glaser of iNSIDEoUT/Upsidedown, which sponsored the festival along with QORDS, a music-based summer camp, and Youth Organizing Institute.
The afternoon featured bands, drag performances and open mic sessions outside Calvary United Methodist Church on East Trinity Avenue. Gay-straight alliances and other groups had tables on issues like sexually transmitted diseases and the school to prison pipeline through which school disciplinary practices send disproportionate numbers of minority youth into the criminal justice system.
But the emphasis was personal, as young people talked about being attracted to members of the same sex, coming out to their parents or not fitting in with their physical gender.
Celebrities such as Juno actress Ellen Page and rap artists Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are making it easier for young people who are different, several youths said. The latter groups hit Same Love, featuring lesbian singer Mary Lambert, has become an anthem for same-sex marriage.
I think a lot of people are coming out at younger ages because they realize gay people exist I exist, said Qasima Wideman, 18, a senior at Cary High School.
Jasper Cobb, 13, thinks shell marry another woman some day.
The seventh-grader at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill said shes lucky to have parents who supported her when she told them she liked girls and boys.
We were in the car, she said. I was like, Mom, I think Im bisexual. She was like, I think everybodys bisexual.
Organizers got permission for certain young people to speak to the media during the event. But others asked not to be quoted or photographed. One girl who recited a spoken-word poem on stage said her parents did not know she was at the event.
And some students said, despite gay-straight alliances now at even some middle schools, its still hard for queer teens, most of all those who dont feel they fit their anatomy.
Sophie Kahn, 17, said falling for a female classmate helped her come out.
It was so terrifying; I hated myself, she said of her first same-sex feelings. Her confidence grew when she started dating a fellow athlete.
I said, Dad, how would you feel if I were dating someone on the cross-country team? And he said, Whats his name? Kahn recalled. (And I said) Well, shes a girl.
Its gone well since then, she said. But now that shes come out, she doesnt need to keep talking about it. I just want to go about my business.
Let It Go
Robert Wells, an adult volunteer with iNSIDEoUT/Upsidedown, closed the afternoon with a drag performance of Let It Go from Disneys Frozen, a song he said fits many teens struggles.
Dont let them in, dont let them see / Be the good girl you always have to be / Conceal, dont feel, dont let them know
The idea of a woman marrying another woman, a decade ago, (it) would have been illegal in every state, as opposed to just half of them, Wells said, the mascara still lining his eyes.
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A Dixon man is facing serious charges after he allegedly fled from officers and attempted to ram their vehicle early Saturday morning.
Dixon Police officers attempted to stop Jason Lee Wabaunsee, 36, of Dixon, at 2:20 am., for traffic violations as he drove on the 200 block of West H Street, according to police.
Wabaunsee failed to stop, and tried to get away from police by attempting to ram his vehicle into a patrol car, police said. After a short pursuit Wabaunsee crashed into a wall behind a business on the 900 block of North First Street, police said.
After crashing his vehicle, Wabaunsee allegedly failed to follow officers' instructions and fought with them during the arrest, police said. Officers gained the upper hand on Wabaunsee and took him into custody.
Wabaunsee was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, evading a peace officer, reckless driving, DUI, driving while privilege suspended, obstructing/resisting a peace officer and violation of parole. He was taken to Solano County Jail.


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Friday Confessions. Here are mine. Don't judge me, dammit.
- Once On a couple separate occasions, I bought 2 pieces of cake from the grocery store bakery (one for me and one for my husband), but I ended up eating mine – then half of his. Upon seeing 1/2 a piece of cake, he made the logical assumption that I saved him half of MY piece of cake and he thought it was a very sweet gesture, given my love of cake. I didn't say a word.
- I semi-regularly bribe my kid to do the things I need him to do. Running late and he's not cooperating? "Dude, seriously. If you stop running around the house like a mad man long enough for me to put some clothes on your naked ass so we can go? I'll give you 3 Smarties and a Blow Pop." OR "If you can sit here and be quiet for 20 minutes while Mommy is on the phone/ doing homework/ writing a blog, I'll let you watch SpongeBob." I usually try threats first; but sometimes you just have to get things handled quickly. Candy and crude cartoons always get the job done.
- It's me who steals at least one sock from your dryer at least once a week. I gain nothing (besides a single sock without its mate). I do it purely for the enjoyment I get while watching you shake your head in disbelief as you are left with a lone sock after folding laundry. Though, that's nowhere near as funny as watching you retrace your steps from the bedroom to the laundry room to make sure you didn't drop it on the way somewhere. Twice.
- I wait until 30 minutes before my husband gets home from work to start cleaning up the house so it appears as though I've done something besides blog, catch up on my shows, and link around mindlessly all day. Speaking of, it looks like I have just 15 minutes today. Crap.


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It looks like a Christmas card but it is symbolic of all that is wrong with government in California.
The elimination of class-size reduction due to the budget crisis has left districts like Manteca Unified with a surplus of classrooms.
Taking Manteca to "the next level" over the past 100 years has taken vision and ingenuity.
This is not the darkest day of the year. It is the start of the rebirth of nature and one's self.
Now here's a novel way to prevent the University of California from incurring more costs that in turn impact what students pay for tuition – damage buildings.
It doesn't make sense.
I can't say I'm looking forward to Christmas shopping.
"Are you crazy?"
It is a debt we can never repay.
Warm winter weather in December sandwiched between Sierra snow fall isn't a good sign.
Forget grandmother getting run over by a reindeer.
I do not watch the American Music Awards.
Count your blessings this Thanksgiving that you live in Manteca.
It's tempting to want to handcuff police in how they protect us especially if our property as innocent third parties is somehow damaged or compromised as the result of a pursuit or a police action.
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Children who stutter do not appear to suffer from emotional or social problems. That's the conclusion of a study out of Australia.
Researchers followed more than 1,500 young children who stutter and found no effect on their mental health or temperament at age four.
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Crusaders Down Chicago State in Opener, Game Two Suspended after Three Innings
Saturday, May 13, 2006After waiting out a rain delay for more than three-and-a-half hours, Valparaiso needed ten innings to defeat Chicago State in a pitchers' dual 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at Emory G. Bauer Field. Game two was suspended with Valpo leading 2-0 after three innings and will be completed prior to the regularly scheduled doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 9 a.m.
A classic pitchers' dual between Valpo's Harvey Yergin (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acadmey) and Chicago State's Jonathan Kohn, with just two earned runs allowed between the two.
The Crusaders scored first in the opening inning with two outs. Kevin Kutansky (Schererville, Ind./Munster H.S.) singled and went to second on a walk to Colin Reynolds (Crookston, Minn./Central H.S.). Ryan Manthei (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper H.S.) beat out an infield hit and Kutansky came around to score an unearned run when the first basemen muffed the throw which was late.
The Cougars tied the game in the fourth was Roc Latino walked, went to second on a ground out, and came around to score on a wild pitch when the throw to third sailed into leftfield.
Both pitchers worked quickly through the middle innings, with Yergin allowing just one hit from the third through the eighth. Kohn was nearly as good, retiring 11 straight Valpo hitters between the fourth and eighth before Kevin Perri (South Bend, Ind./Adams H.S.) doubled to right with one out. One out later, Kutansky doubled Perri home to give the Brown and Gold a one run lead heading into the ninth.
Luke Grow led off the ninth with a double to right for the Cougars and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. A Latino single tied the game and forced extra innings. Latino was the only Cougar to record two hits in the game.
In the tenth, John Giusti (Coventry, R.I./Coventry H.S.) led off with a single and Perri followed with a fly ball to center that was dropped by the centerfielder. Michael Arensdorff (Park View, Iowa/North Scott H.S.) singled to left to load the bases and Kutansky delivered the game-winning single to right-center that dropped in between the two outfielders.
Yergin went the distance throwing all ten innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run. He struck out ten while walking just two and throwing 115 pitches as he improved to 2-7 on the year. Kohn also went the distance, allowing 11 hits and one earned run while striking out six and walking just one. With the loss he falls to 1-10 on the season.
Kutansky finished the day going 3-for-5 with two runs batted in while Arensdorff , Giusti, and Ryan Manthei (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest H.S.) each registering two hits for the Brown and Gold.
With game two began just before 6:30 p.m., play lasted just 44 minutes before darkness fell on the cool, crisp evening. Valpo jumped in front with two runs on just one hit in the second inning. Reynolds led off with a walk and advanced to third on a double to right-center off the bat of Josh Piazza (Niles, Ill./Notre Dame H.S.). A RBI ground out by Brian Rzepka (South Bend, Ind./Penn H.S.) made it 1-0 and the Crusaders added a unearned run when Jon Rupno (Green Bay, Wis./Pulaski H.S.) was safe on a throwing error by the shortstop.
Nick Mazzone (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North H.S.) was solid on the mound for Valpo, allowing just two hits while striking out four in the first three innings. Luis Reynoso struck out three while allowing just the one hit for the Cougars.
Play is scheduled to resume on Sunday morning with the top of the fourth inning beginning at 9 a.m. Following the suspended game, Senior Day activities will take place before the regular scheduled doubleheader between Valparaiso (14-29, 6-10 Mid-Con) and Chicago State (4-38, 0-13).
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Where did the rain go?
Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 6:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 7:07 a.m.
It may be unusually sunny and dry, but it is too soon to start worrying about a drought in Sonoma County.
Nary a drop of rain has splattered on Santa Rosa sidewalks in 50 of the past 55 days, one of the driest two-month periods on record. It's a trend expected to stretch into spring, with no storm systems in sight.
Last week, weather forecasters warned there is a high potential for drought this year in California and other parts of the country.
In Sonoma County, however, the dry days can simply be enjoyed, thanks to heavy rains in December that filled the region's reservoirs.
"We're not anywhere near talking drought-like conditions here locally," said Sonoma County Water Agency spokesman Brad Sherwood. "The December downpour was tremendously helpful."
Rainfall in Santa Rosa is running about 13 percent below normal for the water year that began July 1, according to Press Democrat records. The area has received 21.07 inches of precipitation over the past eight months, down from an average of 24.34 inches.
"For the year, we're not that far behind," National Weather Service forecaster Austin Crosf said. "The situation is not as dire."
Normally, Santa Rosa receives around 6 inches of rain in January, according to the Weather Service. But this year, the area got just more than 1 inch.
This month has been even drier. So far this month, the area has received just 0.26 inches of rain, the third-driest February since 1931, according to Press Democrat records.
Northern California "started out so well, but then the spigots kind of turned off," said David Miskus, a meteorologist at the Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center.
The center warned that drought conditions gripping parts of the Midwest and West threaten to spread into Northern California over the next three months. Abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions already exist over 67 percent of the lower 48 states, according to the National Drought Early Warning Outlook.
"The 2012/2013 drought has serious implications for agriculture, navigation, recreation and municipal water supplies, costing the nation at least $35 billion in economic losses," the report said.
A continued dry spell could increase the danger from wildfires later in the year, Crosf said.
"Vegetation would have longer to dry out, making it easy to spark a wildfire," he said.
So far, local water managers aren't terribly worried.
Mike Thompson, assistant general manager of the county Water Agency, noted the region has implemented conservation measures in recent years that have reduced its use of water.
"We're in a lot better shape than we were five to 10 years ago," he said. "We've had a 25 percent lower water usage over the last five years."
And despite the dry weather, it's also cooler than normal, which is good for cities that receive their water from snowpack in the Sierra.
"There's no rapid spring melt-off, so it'll be a slower melt," Miskus said.
The sunny weather in Sonoma County is getting no complaints from residents, as golfers hit up local courses and bikers take to the roads.
"We're having a lot of people come, and we're doing really well," said Mike Scolieri, who works in the pro shop at the Bennett Valley Golf Course.
Scolieri said water is a concern, but he hasn't noticed a need for extra use of the sprinklers at the course.
"We're definitely hoping for some rain," said Scolieri, "But we're also pretty booked up with this nice weather."
News Researcher Janet Balicki contributed to this story.
Staff Writer Melody Karpinski can be reached at 521-5205 or melody. karpinski @pressdemocrat.com.
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Live from CVC San Diego: Small animal parasites that you'd rather forget, but shouldn't
On Sunday morning, Nov. 3, veterinary parasitologist Dr. Andrew Moorhead discussed several small animal nematodes that, though less common than normal parasitic culprits, veterinarians will encounter often enough that they should be kept in mind. Here are few that he discussed.
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Pearsonema plica infects dogs and cats, and Pearsonema feliscati seems to be specific to cats. Adult worms embed themselves in the urinary bladder mucosa and shed unembryonated eggs. Affected animals are usually asymptomatic, although cystitis can occur, causing hematuria and the need to urinate frequently. Infection is diagnosed by observing eggs in the urine sediment.
Eucoleus aerophilus infects foxes, dogs, and cats. Adult worms live in the mucosa of the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles. Infection is usually asymptomatic, but a chronic cough or wheezing are occasionally noted. In severe cases, infection can cause tracheobronchitis, dyspnea, and pneumonia. Definitive diagnosis involves detecting the eggs (greenish-brown, asymmetrical eggs with a granular shell, bipolar plugs, and a single-cell embryo) on fecal flotation, in the sputum, or from a transtracheal wash.
Eucoleus boehmi infects dogs. Adult worms live in the mucosa of the nasal turbinates and sinuses. Infection is usually asymptomatic but can cause inflammation, resulting in sneezing and mucopurulent nasal discharge. Definitive diagnosis involves detecting the eggs (symmetrical and golden eggs with bipolar plugs and a pitted surface) on a smear of nasal discharge or on fecal flotation.
Fenbendazole and ivermectin have been used to treat capillarid infections.
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