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"Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."
John Maynard Keynes
In an interesting talk at the Gartner Symposium ITExpo 2011 on October 16-20, 2011, Clayton Christensen explains why the basic thinking taught in business schools and promulgated by consultants is killing innovation and the US economy. The talk is available here.
Christensen retells the story of how Dell [DELL] progressively lopped off low-value segments of its PC operation to the Taiwan-based firm ASUSTek [LSE: ASKD]—the motherboard, the assembly of the computer, the management of the supply chain and finally the design of the computer. In each case Dell accepted the proposal because in each case its profitability improved: its costs declined and its revenues stayed the same. At the end of the process, however, Dell was little more than a brand, while ASUSTeK can—and does—now offer a cheaper, better computer to Best Buy at lower cost.
Christensen also describes the impact of foreign outsourcing on many other companies, including the steel companies, the automakers, the oil companies, the pharmaceuticals, and now even software development. These firms are steadily becoming primarily marketing agencies and brands: they are lopping off the expertise that is needed to make anything anymore. In the process, major segments of the US economy have been lost, in some cases, forever.
Why is this happening? According to Christensen, the phenomenon is being
"driven by the pursuit of profit. That's the causal mechanism for these things… The problem lies with the business schools which are at fault. What we've done in America is to define profitability in terms of percentages. So if you can get the percentage up, it feels like we are more profitable. It causes us to do things to manipulate the percentage. I'll give you a few examples.
- There is a pernicious methodology for calculating the internal rate of return on an investment. It causes you to focus on smaller and smaller wins. Because if you ever use your money for something that doesn't pay off for years, the IRR is so crummy that people who focus on IRR focus their capital on shorter and shorter term wins.
- There's another one called RONA—rate of return on net assets. It causes you to reduce the denominator—assets—as Dell did, because the fewer the assets, the higher the RONA.
"We measure profitability by these ratios. Why do we do it? The finance people have preached this almost like a gospel to the rest of us is that if you describe profitability by a ratio so that you can compare profitability in different industries. It 'neutralizes' the measures so that you can apply them across sectors to every firm."
The thinking is systematically taught in business and followed by Wall Street analysts. Christensen even suggests that in slavishly following such thinking, Wall Street analysts have outsourced their brains.
"They still think they are in charge, but they aren't. They have outsourced their brains without realizing it. Which is a sad thing."
How is this working out across the economy? In the semi-conductor industry, for instance, there are almost no companies left in America that fabricate their own products besides Intel [INTC]. Most of them have become "fab-less" semiconductor companies. These companies are even proud of being "fab-less" because their profit as a percent of assets is much higher than at Intel. So they outsource the fabrication of the semi-conductors to Taiwan and China.
Christensen notes that when he visits these these factories, they have nothing to do with cheap labor. It's very sophisticated manufacturing, even though it's (not yet) design technology. The plants cost around 10 billion dollars to build.
Christensen recalls an interesting talk he had with the Morris Chang the chairman and founder of one of the firms, TSMC [TSM], who said:
"You Americans measure profitability by a ratio. There's a problem with that. No banks accept deposits denominated in ratios. The way we measure profitability is in 'tons of money'. You use the return on assets ratio if cash is scarce. But if there is actually a lot of cash, then that is causing you to economize on something that is abundant."
Christensen agrees. He believes that the pursuit of profit, as calculated by the ratios like IRR and ROA, is killing innovation and our economy. It is the fundamental thinking drives that decisions that he believes are "just plain wrong".
A case could be made that it is wrong to blame the analytic tools, IRR and RONA, rather than the way that the tools being used.
Thus when a firm calculates the rate of return on a proposal to outsource manufacturing overseas, it typically does not include:
The calculation of the IRR based on a narrow view of costs and benefits assumes that the firm's ongoing business will continue as is, ad infinitum. The narrowly-defined IRR thus misses the costs and benefits of the actions that it is now taking that will systematically destroy the future flow of benefits. The use of IRR with the full costs and benefits included would come closer to revealing the true economic disaster that is unfolding.
Although the use of the tools could be improved, the IRR and ROA do tend to imply a static external environment, at a time when the external environment is highly dynamic. Businesses that exist today may be gone tomorrow. To survive in this world, a different kind of mindset is needed.
In this new world, the bottom of line of business isn't profits but rather customer delight, i.e. the provision of a continuous stream of additional value to customers and delivering it sooner. As a result of epochal shift of power in the marketplace from seller to buyer, the customer is now in charge. We now live in the age of customer capitalism. Making money and corporate survival now depend not merely on pushing products at customers but rather on delighting them so that they want to keep on buying. To prosper, firms must have knowledge workers who are continuously innovating and delivering a steady supply of new value to customers and delivering it sooner.
Focusing everyone in the organization on delivering additional value to customers is what gives a firm resilience. As a result, as Ranjay Gulati explains in his book, Reorganize for Resilience (HBP, 2010), the firm's goal has to become one of serving customers: i.e. a shift from inside-out perspective ("You take what we make") to an outside-in perspective ("We seek to understand your problems and will surprise you by solving them"). The purpose of a firm is to serve its clients and its bottom line become: are the customers delighted?
A better measure of this new bottom line of the firm than the cost-oriented IRR or RONA is thus the Net Promoter Score, which measures whether customers are delighted by what the firm is doing.
Firms need to be evaluating future investments strategically in terms of how they will affect their capacity to go on delighting their customers for a sustained period in the future.
For managers trained in traditional business school thinking, the idea that pursuit of profit is the problem, rather than the solution to the economy's problems, may come as a shock. For business school professors who have spent their lives teaching the focus on profits and the use of IRR and RONA to measure profits, the coming change may be even more disturbing.
Like all new ideas, in the first instance it will be rejected. Then it will be ridiculed. Finally it will be self-evident and no one will be able to remember why anyone ever thought otherwise.
See also: Maximizing Shareholder Value: The Dumbest Idea In The World
Steve Denning's most recent book is: The Leader's Guide to Radical Management (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
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The fatal flaw in maximizing profits by offshoring production is the expectation that some other industry or nation will be providing a fiscally health consumer market. But about all one can afford on a Walmart salary is a Walmart tee shirt. On a good day, if there's anything left over after food, rent, etc. And so they kill the goose that laid the golden egg. Bon appetit!
I don't agree… 'taken to the extreme' isn't the problem. The problem is the context in which management makes decisions, which is a much more abstract problem.
B-school can reinforce a narrow perspective of 'ratios', a too-narrow context that results in the emaciation Christenson describes. Similar comments apply to time frames that are forced to be too short.
But even with a broader view the best managers have to deal with Wall St, which operates in a context that is short term and narrow. Quarterly earnings have clout; five year plans for customer development do not.
Yes, the things you outline in your article are important, but you still do not understand. You talk about "cost" in the singular. You think that there is something called "the profit" for a corporation. That is your mistake. You cannot assign a single scalar value to these things. The fundamental underlying economic objects are VECTORS and cannot be exactly represented as scalars. Simple minded supply and demand, ideas of profit and cost are all valuable tools, but they are approximations only. Poorly educated businessmen take these things as real, exact, and try to optimize these approximations and, in the process, destroy us all in the process.
This is an extreme case of blaming the messenger. It's not business schools driving this. Our economy has been progressively optimized to maximize short term profit at the expense of all other outcomes. Corporations are defined by law for the sole purpose of maximizing profitability for shareholders. Financial Markets, the arena in which these shareholders are now predominately rewarded or penalized are designed to maximize the velocity and liquidity of capital. The end result is ultra-skittish capital flows slamming around the system in chaotic speculation, completely decoupled from long term interest in any company; and corporations in essence designed to self-destruct by grossly rewarding management for feeding the short term needs of this financial market frenzy. We are witnessing Capitalism devouring itself through blind, self-reinforcing over optimization. Blaming our situation on a couple of ratios taught in business school is laughable in the extreme and indicative of how desperately we are clinging to a version of Free Market economy design that no longer works.
Steve Apple stands out because we have reached the point where it is literally exceptional. I mean isnt that the point! What I was trying to convey is that we are way beyond the stage of fixing our situation by encouraging CEOs to "Delight the Customer". The system needs fundamental structural reform. Its needs to be massively de-financialized and the Corporate form itself needs to be overhauled and to some extent democratized. I urge you to take a look at the Mondragon network in Spain to see that there are proven free market alternatives to what we have here.
Shareholders are merely red herring. Else the oh so many 401K and pensioners would've retired off their mutual funds by now.
Global free market is euphemism for expanding/rehoming the abusive capitalist behavior. Monsanto for instance.
And now that they're hitting the wall on 401K and pension money, they're pushing Congress for more cash in the form of Social Security, state pensions, etc. in attempt to aggressively wrestle us down to third world conditions because they haven't bled enough out of this economy. And Congress, worried only about their own 330 jobs, throws us under the bus. Our ancestors must be rolling in their graves.


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In its September 2013 issue "Verdict," Judicial Watch reported, "The nation's tax-collecting agency stonewalled the tax-exempt applications of 'Tea Party'-type organizations, subjected conservative organizations to unnecessary and abusive audits, leaked confidential tax information from IRS files and attacked conservative donors.
"This unprecedented level of politicization inside the supposedly non-political federal agency had a singular purpose: to suppress the Tea Party and other critics of the Obama administration during Obama's 2012 reelection campaign."
In a Washington Times article dated 8-29-13, lawyer Cleta Mitchell said, "This is tantamount to an audit. This is the continuation of the same thing they've been doing for four years. They have not stopped. Tea Party Patriots has responded to all of the requests of the IRS to date, but that has gotten us nowhere."
What of the American Legion? The Wall Street Journal reported that American Legion Posts are being fined $1,000 per day for not having documents.
"As former military members, the one thing we know how to do is follow regulations," said Louis Celli, national legislative director for the American Legion. "The inspection manual they give to inspectors tells them to look for documents that we're not told to maintain in the first place."
Help us eliminate the IRS by passing the FairTax. Recent positive developments for the FairTax include: all of Alaska's and all of Kansas' federal legislators have signed on as co-sponsors of The FairTax Act of 2013. The House bill is H. R. 25 while the Senate bill is S. 122. Rep. Bridenstine (R-OK) recently held a town hall meeting where 1,300 FairTax supporters rallied for his speech on tax reform. South Carolina hopes to pass Bill 3116, a state FairTax Act. NC state senator Bob Rucho said, "We'll go to zero with the income tax."
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Unless the news stories are all wrong, Mr. Campfield is not the only Tennessee legislator who supports cutting 30 percent from a low-income parent's meager welfare payments if the child is not doing well in school. The bill was reported out of committee with little or no opposition. How did that happen?
Furthermore, we are doing much of the same as a nation on a grand scale. Wall Street crashed the economy and now we're asking low-income seniors and the poor to tighten their belts some more to help cover the debt? That seems outright cruel.
Finally, the piece was also designed to critique the philosophy of Ayn Rand—a philosophy that ridicules any government support for those in need. That worldview is catching on in America and I think we need to speak out against it.
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Q. I attended a seminar on Social Security benefits and learned something that sounds intriguing. I am currently working as a consultant on a project that will end in a few months so my cash flow meets my expenses. My plan before attending this seminar was to wait until later this year to begin my benefit at age 68. The presenter said that anyone over full retirement age can get a lump sum benefit for up to 6 months from Social Security. My lump sum would be around $14,000, and the guy giving the seminar suggests that I use that money to fund a special type of deferred annuity that would provide me with $144/month for 12 years beginning at age 80. None of my friends had heard of this option either, what are your thoughts?
A. Once you reach full retirement age, you can request to begin receiving benefits for the months prior to your application. But you can't receive retroactive benefits for any month before you've reached full retirement age or more than six months in the past. The lump sum benefit may be requested for up to six months retroactive between full retirement age and the date of actually receiving benefits. There are some situations where this makes sense, but I wouldn't do this solely to fund the suggested deferred annuity. A retroactive lump sum may be helpful if you become in need of some emergency funds. It may also be a prudent action if you have been delaying your benefits with the assumption that you will collect more if you live to a certain age but because of unanticipated health concerns you determine that you will have a shortened life span. Taking retroactive benefits will reduce your monthly benefit. You would need to consider the implications on any survivor benefits as well as taxes owed on the lump sum for the year in which it is received.
Example: If at 68 your monthly benefit was $2,500 and your monthly benefit at age 67 and 6 months was $2,400, a request for a 6-month retroactive lump sum will provide you with $14,400 and make your future benefit base $2,400. If earnings from your consultant work are significant, 50 percent to 85 percent of your Social Security benefits, including the lump sum, may be subject to tax. If your combined income – which means your adjusted gross income plus tax exempt interest plus one half of your Social Security benefits – is below $25,000 if filing single and $32,000 if filing jointly, none of your benefits will be subject to tax. If filing single and combined income is between $25,000 and $34,000, 50 percent of your benefits will be subject to tax. And if over $34,000, 85 percent of your benefits will be subject to tax. If married filing jointly and your combined income amounts are $32,000 to $44,000, 50 percent of benefits are subject to tax. And if over $44,000, 85 percent of benefits will be subject to tax. North Carolina does not tax Social Security benefits, but some other states do.
You could create your own version of the annuity. If you decide to request the retroactive benefits and invest the lump sum of $14,500 at a 2 percent after-tax rate of return until age 80, this will allow you to withdraw $144/month for 12 years. If you don't request retroactive benefits, delay taking your benefits until age 68 and invest the extra $100/month at a 3 percent after-tax rate of return, you will have accumulated enough money to generate $144/month for over 12 years beginning at age 80. The extra $100/month benefit will also increase with any Social Security cost of living adjustments. The COLA for 2014 is 1.5 percent. These "do it yourself" options offer more flexibility than the annuity. The money is accessible if you should need funds sooner than age 80, and you can keep them invested if you end up not needing the funds at age 80. You also have the potential of generating a higher rate of return on your investment. If you decide to purchase the annuity, make sure you understand what happens to the monthly payments if you should die before age 92.
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BOSTON -- Look for the Bruins and Canucks to clean up their acts tonight in Game Four of the Stanley Cup finals after senior vice president and interim dean of discipline Mike Murphy warned both teams they would be penalized if the shenanigans continued.
Murphy said referees would start calling penalties if player kept sticking fingers near the mouths of their opponents and other carried on with other extracurricular "garbage." One reason it continued, of course, is because Alex Burrows wasn't punished for biting Patrice Bergeron in Game One. If the NHL suspended Burrows, it would have ended there.
Both teams agreed they had been making headlines for all the wrong reasons and wanted to get back to playing hockey. That's why we're here, right?
The Canucks promised a much better effort tonight in Game Four. It shouldn't be a problem because they couldn't play much worse in Game Three. Their power play is 1-for-16 in the first three games, strange considering its been the best in the league. The Bruins have five goals on special teams, including two shorthanded scores.
I plan to bring you updates and audio from the Cup throughout the day. That's the plan, but nothing is guaranteed with the wireless network in TD Garden. Putting it mildly, it's not very effective. In Game Seven against Tampa Bay in the conference finals, they lost wireless for more than an hour after it ended while writers were on deadline.
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June 12, 2008
Valparaiso University head football coach Stacy Adams has announced the addition of 55 freshmen and transfer recruits that will be joining the Crusader roster for the upcoming season.
April 23, 2008
Valparaiso University had four football players named to the Academic All-Pioneer Football League First Team and one other named to the Second Team.
April 21, 2008
Valparaiso will play six home games for the first time since 2004 and open the season under the lights on a Thursday night as Crusader head coach Stacy Adams announced the Brown and Gold's 2008 football schedule.
April 02, 2008
Valparaiso University will be conducting a Crusader Football Kids Camp from June 30-July 2 of this coming summer the football program has announced.
March 28, 2008
Valparaiso's football team will begin spring practice on Monday afternoon at the Maria Elena Intramural Fields, and continue for the next three weeks.
March 13, 2008
Valparaiso University had 43 members of its football program named to the Pioneer Football League's Academic Honor Roll for the Fall, 2007 semester.
March 03, 2008
Pioneer Football League Commissioner Patty Viverito has announced that Marist College has accepted the league's invitation for membership.
December 17, 2007
Valparaiso wrapped up the 2007 season with a 5-6 record overall and a 2-5 mark in Pioneer Football League play. With five victories, the Crusaders matched their highest win total since the 2003 campaign.
December 05, 2007
Pioneer Football League Commissioner Patty Viverito announced that Campbell University, located in Buies Creek, N.C., has accepted the league's invitation for membership.
November 20, 2007
Valparaiso University had seven players selected to the All-Pioneer Football League Teams as the league announced its annual year-end awards today. Ryan Kozey (Waterford, Wis./Union H.S.) earned First Team All-PFL accolades while Andrew Mack (Chicago, Ill./De La Salle H.S.) and Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) each earned Second Team accolades. Kyle Himmelwright (Coplay, Pa./Whitehall H.S.), Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.), John Popper (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman H.S.), and Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan H.S. [Sweden]) were all Honorable Mention picks.
November 10, 2007
Valparaiso saw its 2007 football season come to a close on Saturday afternoon, dropping a 44-6 decision to Davidson in Davidson, N.C.
November 09, 2007
Valparaiso University had three football players named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V First Team as voted upon by CoSIDA. Matt Watkins (Mason, Ohio/Mason H.S.), Ryan Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.), and Adam Rundh (Aalborg, Denmark/Ojanskolan [Sweden] H.S.) all earned the accolades for the Crusaders.
November 06, 2007
Valparaiso wraps up the 2007 season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Davidson, N.C. to battle Davidson College, looking to finish the season over .500 for the first time since 2003. Valpo can finish as high as fourth place in the PFL standings with a victory coupled with a Drake loss to Dayton.
November 03, 2007
Mozelle McHenry (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park H.S.) scored from two yards out with 1:45 remaining as Valparaiso rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Jacksonville 29-27 on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla.
October 30, 2007
Valparaiso heads to the Sunshine State on Saturday as the Crusaders begin their season-ending road trip at Jacksonville. Valpo is trying to snap a two-game losing skid while looking to move back to the .500 mark.
October 27, 2007
Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) had two touchdown receptions and more than 200 yards worth of catches for Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon, but it was not enough as Mason Webb kicked a 24-yard field goal with 1:40 left to lift Morehead State to a 16-14 victory over the Crusaders at Brown Field.
October 23, 2007
Valparaiso is set to wrap up the home portion of the 2007 football season on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders host Morehead State on Senior Day. Valpo is looking to finish the season over .500 at home as well as move above the .500 mark on the season.
October 20, 2007
Dayton scored on the first possession of the game and jumped out to a 27-7 lead at halftime on Saturday afternoon on its way to a 33-7 victory over Valparaiso at Brown Field.
October 16, 2007
Following a victory in the Battle for the Hoosier Helmet last weekend, Valparaiso returns to Brown Field again this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders host Dayton. Valpo is looking to move up in the Pioneer Football League standings while the Flyers are looking to keep pace in the race for the top spot in the league.
October 13, 2007
Steve Ogden (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) had 13 catches for 196 yards, including three touchdowns and Valparaiso rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit with 28 points in the final 15 minutes as the Crusaders brought the Hoosier Helmet back to Valparaiso with a 42-37 victory over Butler on Saturday afternoon at Brown Field.
October 09, 2007
The Battle for the Hoosier Helmet will take place Saturday at Brown Field as Valparaiso entertains Butler with both schools looking for their first Pioneer Football League victory of the season. The Crusaders are looking to move back above the .500 mark for the season as well.
October 08, 2007
Valparaiso University's John Popper (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League's Special Teams Player of the Week following the Crusaders' game Saturday against San Diego.
October 06, 2007
Valparaiso turned in a valiant Homecoming effort on Saturday afternoon, going toe-to-toe with NCAA I-FCS mid-major #1 San Diego for 60 minute before falling 41-27 at Brown Field.
October 02, 2007
Valparaiso returns to Brown Field for the first time in over a month on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders entertain San Diego in the annual Homecoming game. Valpo will play its next four games at home throughout the month of October.
September 30, 2007
For the second time in three weeks a Valparaiso University defender has been named to the Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Week. Sean Dillon (Oak Lawn, Ill./Mount Carmel H.S.) earned the honor this week for his play Saturday at Drake.
September 29, 2007
Drake scored touchdowns on its first two possessions Saturday afternoon against Valparaiso and went on to down the Crusaders at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, 48-20. The game marked the start of the 2007 Pioneer Football League slate for both teams.
September 25, 2007
Valparaiso wraps up its four-game road trip on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Des Moines, Iowa to battle Drake in the Pioneer Football League opener for both schools. The Crusaders have won two straight and four of its last five contests dating back to the end of the 2006 season.
September 22, 2007
After begin shutout over the first half, Valparaiso rallied in the final 30 minutes to record a 21-13 victory over Marian (Ind.) on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis, Ind. as the Crusaders improved to 3-1 on the season.
September 19, 2007
After starting the season with a 2-1 record for the third time in four years, Valparaiso looks to continue its winning ways with game three of its current four-game road trip on Saturday as the Crusaders head to Indianapolis, Ind. to battle Marian (Ind.).
September 16, 2007
Valparaiso University's Kyle Himmelwright (Coplay, Pa./Whitehall H.S.) has been named the Pioneer Football League's Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead the Crusaders to a 38-24 victory at Kalamazoo on Saturday afternoon.
September 15, 2007
Valparaiso rallied from a one-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter, scoring a pair of touchdowns in the final 15 minutes to defeat Kalamazoo 38-24 on Saturday afternoon in Kalamazoo, Mich.
September 12, 2007
Valparaiso continues its current road trip, playing game two of a four-game stretch away from Brown Field, this Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Kalamazoo to battle the Hornets.
September 12, 2007
Valparaiso University's Matt Watkins (Mason, Ohio/Mason H.S.) is among 11 NCAA FCS, II, II, and NAIA football players selected to the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team.
September 08, 2007
Valparaiso led through three quarters on Saturday afternoon in Deerfield, Ill. but Trinity International scored a touchdown early in the fourth and made several defensive stands as the Trojans defeated the Crusaders 17-13.
September 05, 2007
After winning the season opener, Valparaiso takes to the road for the first time in 2007 on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders head to Deerfield, Ill. to face Trinity International. Valpo has won its last two games dating back to the finale last year.
September 01, 2007
Jeff Horton (Saint Louis, Mo./Lutheran North H.S.) and Warren Arnold (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein H.S.) combined to rush for 339 yards and four touchdowns as Valparaiso opened the 2007 season with a 28-21 victory over Saint Francis (Ill.) at Brown Field on Saturday afternoon.
August 29, 2007
The 87th season of Valparaiso University football kicks off on Saturday afternoon as the Brown and Gold hosts Saint Francis (Ill.) in the season opener at Brown Field. This marks the first time since the 2002 season that the Crusaders will open the new year at home.
August 23, 2007
The 2007 Valparaiso University football season is set to get underway for the Crusaders and the Brown and Gold look to prove the so-called experts wrong this year.
August 02, 2007
Valparaiso University's football team has been predicted to finish in eighth place in the Pioneer Football League this season according to the preseason balloting done by the league's head coaches.


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It's a place to share what you've seen in town. While you can upload photos related to specific stories to many articles on this site, there was no existing place for you to upload photos that aren't related to an existing story or blog post. Photos you have that caught a great moment that speaks for itself; your child making their first goal in soccer, or deer strolling through your yard. Or maybe it's the beauty of the Sammamish Valley on an early winter's morning. Or maybe it's a great shot you have from last year's All Fools' Day Parade.
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Starting or trying to complete your last minute shopping? If you are going online to make purchases, consider using the Amazon.com link via the Sevier County Public Library System webpage and add some monies to the coffer for the Sevier County Public Library System.
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Here's something you may never thought you'd hear: The Vatican misspells the word "Jesus!"
Some 6,000 gold, silver, and bronze medals to commemorate Pope Francis have been recalled because there was a misspelling in a Latin phrase that turned Jesus into "Lesus."
The Latin phrase, when translated into English means, "Jesus, therefore, saw the publican, and because he saw by having mercy and by choosing, He said to him, 'Follow me.'"
The typo caused the first and most important word in the phrase to have an "L" instead of a "J" as the first letter.
The medals were made by the Italian State Mint. The mistake wasn't noticed right away either. Several coins were sold before the recall was issued.
On the QWERTY keyboard, the J and L letters are separated by the k.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
It's Bigger Than Basketball: Intra-race Class Antagonisms & Public Discourse
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- R.N. Bradley said...
Yes Dr. Mitchell. Yes indeed!
Isn't the real issue at hand the fact a newborn America, in its desperate need to prove it could be a God-fearing nation, while encouraging slavery at the same time, could only jusitify being both by calling into question the humanity of the beings that were going to be the slaves? Only by devaluing the worth of the creatures that would be the slaves, in some cases suggesting their being made slaves in America actually elevated their conditions, could the "Founding Fathers" of the United States hold onto their own questionable humanity. Flash forward and we find the flawed theory behind the basis of the "Dred Scott Decision" (the Black man is so far inferior to the White man the Black man has no rights the White man is bound to respect)still holds. Only this time, as Carter G. Woodson so eloquently explained, the brutality (against the Black man)has been "outsourced" to the very people originally oppressed. (In our angst, we abuse, mock, demean, insult, injure, maim and/or kill ourselves) In short, we don't have to wait for some other ethnic group looking to feel better about itself to start pointing out the shortcomings of African Americans, we'll do it ourselves thank you very much. The facts of the matter are, African Americans are, to my understanding, the only ethnic group that actually places on recordings for purchase the slurs that the majority originally placed against them and they now have adopted against themselves. African Americans are the first group of previously enslaved people that have been freed that had to develop their own culture because their primary culture was wiped clean by virtue of the disconnect from their homeland and the formation of survival codes that were developed as part of their slavery that evolved in to what is now considered "Black culture." African Americans are the only ethnic group that has allowed its members from the lower economic strata to define, with authority, what being "Black" is. This "Black culture" is still evolving. Its development, along with America's, has not finished yet. America is only 231 years old. That makes America an infant at best when compared to Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany or China. Despite all of our technological advances, we are still in the process of becoming. For one side of our group to allow itself to get caught up in a name calling class war with another is, at best needlessly time consuming and at worst, continually self-destructive. We would best be served by adopting the "Life is like a Roadmap Mentality." Rather than continuously complaining about one's lot in life regardless of station, how about some self examination and honestly acknowledging knowing where we are, deciding where we want to go and then finding a way to get there?
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I realized that as a girl and as a woman I had always existed but the moment my son was born - the mother in me - entered the world too. I was as fresh as my baby's bottom and my emotions were held in check while he struggled to breathe - his cord was doubled wrapped around his neck. I looked on in terror as the nurse whisked my newborn from my body - rushing him to an oxygen machine. My questions of "Is he okay? What's wrong?" were met by my pediatrician, "Just relax he'll be fine." Her eyes told a different story. At last, I heard him.
My stepbrother, Dell and my husband, John stood back from the baby.
Dylan Thomas Bocanegra's first sounds were that of a small goat - "baa."
When he was finally placed into my arms I knew that I would never be alone in my thoughts again. I had it all - a husband, a swell of new love that coursed throughout my body that I couldn't describe yet and a semblance of healing within the dynamics of my own family tree for a very short time.
Dylan was loved by the staff - he was so quiet - the opposite of what he was with me daily in my stomach - kicking - doing somersaults - jabbing my ribs or my bladder - always letting me know he was there. I rang for him but the nurses loved having this calm baby in the nursery - until he came to visit me and found where the food was. For the rest of the stay in the hospital - they brought his crib into my room and left him with me because he screamed to be fed every few hours and was waking the other newborns. I knew at that moment that he was a fighter.
My paternal grandmother died giving childbirth to my father – altering his perception of family dynamics when his own father gave him to his brother-in-law to raise him. My father's biggest fear about my being pregnant was that I would die – I also had surgery on my cervix only a few years prior and Dylan was considered high risk. I – on the other hand – continued to ride horses for work up until my fifth month and took on other part time jobs while reading about this butterfly that would grow into a person. I knew when he would be born because I felt his conception and as time went on told everyone I could that he was a boy – no girl would beat me up that much on a daily basis. My stepbrother had taken a week off to be here for the birth and Dylan came right on time – the day before Dell had to leave.
Within 4 ½ months of that December day before Christmas our lives changed when Dylan's father died. After the funeral I kept waiting for him to come back – I didn't know anyone who could relate to the loneliness, heart ache or the many questions of what comes next? Few knew how to talk to me in their own grieving process. We aren't taught to lose – we're taught to win and it wasn't in the cards for me to lose someone that early.
The phone stops ringing and the realization that – the government recognizes in alarming numbers that grow yearly - young widows/widowers continue to be treated differently after their child reaches age 16. The government dictates that we're simply widowed no more until we reach age 60 - unless we remarry. Every year - while raising Dylan - I have had to work within government guidelines if I wanted to be a present parent. Meaning I had to give up a burgeoning career as a writer/actor to be out on the field - at games or school events or doctors - so he wouldn't be the latchkey kid. Am I saying that I had it worse? Hell no! I'm saying that there are hundreds of thousands of men and women that go unrecognized as 'solo' parents who are doing what they can to better themselves and the lives of their children with very little assistance or acceptance.
I've raised Dylan in the belly of the beast where only the moon howls and coyotes run our streets in a town that has helped show me the many places he could have mentors and I always told him to keep his dreams no matter what a teacher, a friend or relative said to deter him. His dreams will come true as we all deserve hope in our dreams. I believe it's why we're put here – to fulfill our potential and to help.
If it hadn't been for a group of anonymous people I may not have made it through his school years and even now I look around and see little in the way of extending hope to kids who are different. I see many separate sandboxes still and am keen on making one large one where I can invite people to come play so that we might as artist and human beings unite and have fun again.
I've been turned down by local jobs for years everything from local supermarkets - to restaurants to department stores – maybe it just means I'm not meant to work there? I've managed to get a job here or there that just covers my rent and in all honesty – I know what I would like for Mother's Day.
It's not the white knight syndrome placed on both men and women - but an opportunity to become a part of my community and Industry again as a writer/creator/performer. As my boy challenged me last year to do my own art show by making "Shorty & Morty" a short film – I challenge myself to keep dreaming that I will have my voice heard and that I no longer will be kept separate from but accepted as part of. When we gift opportunity we gain so much more.
To be heard, to have good friends, to love and nourish while accepting that back is a universal thought I've given to my son and his friends while growing up and to anyone in need who has asked. We all deserve to remain visible in an ever changing world that can make us feel smaller. With the recent recall of the riots of '92 against the visit of an incumbent president – I admit I got misty eyed, a lump in my throat but felt hope was here for a short while.
I may have mucked up a few things in my life, we all do to some degree – however - I parented my child to become who HE wanted to be, free to choose, free to work hard and never allow others to deter him from his vision of what he desires to become in life. And for me? The realization through all my years of mommy combat I can now sit back and say I've also been working on parenting me. Wow, what a concept.
I hope that schools will realize that our children's future should not be taken lightly – and entrust that they can get accolades while small and teach us that they can make the right choices given the tools to learn and make decisions.
I knew that when my husband died all of my years of training and dreaming of my chosen profession would force me to make a choice that I've never regretted - one that placed me foremost as my son's mother.


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Cellar/Tasting Notes "Given nearly two years' elevage in 40% new barrels (the norm for this cuvee), Maysara's 2009 Pinot Noir Asha displays tart-edged red currant and cherry confiture undergirded by abundant but reasonably fine-grained tannins and suffused with peat, soy and salt for an intriguing and irresistibly..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Focused and subtly powerful, with raspberry and black pepper aromas that lead to sleek but complex plum, licorice and loamy sage flavors."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A lively, lithe and inviting red, offering an array of red fruit, floral and spice overtones that come together on the focused and deftly balanced finish."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "There's a subtle difference between this Pinot and Loring's eight other vineyard-designated 2012 Pinots. But by a hair, this is the best and most compelling, delicious in blackberries, blueberries and cherries. It's hard not to drink the entire bottle now, with its tantalizing acidity and..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Stash this one in the cellar unil 2019 or 2020. Tasted in January 2014, it's tannic, tart in acidity and enormously rich in red cherry jam, pomegranate and persimmon fruit flavors, enriched with sweet, smoky oak. A real beauty from this well-respected vineyard."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2010 Syrah Cuvee Christine is striking. Dark blue/black fruits, grilled savory herbs, smoke, licorice, incense and mint form the backbone in the 2010. There are plenty of varietal notes in the glass, but at the same time, the style remains quite forward and fruit-driven. A juicy, forward..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Sojourn's dark ruby-hued 2012 Pinot Noir Rodger's Creek Vineyard comes from a site located in the icy cold Petaluma Gap region. Completely made from clone 777, and fermented with 100% stems, it exhibits notes reminiscent of cherry pie, plums, cranberries and a hint of wild strawberries. It..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Bright, ripe and juicy, with vivid blueberry, blackberry and wild berry flavors that are spicy, supple and elegant, maintaining this red's dark berry themes and ending with a spicy berry aftertaste..."
Cellar/Tasting Notes The 2011 Pinot Noir Two Brothers, tasted from barrel, is hugely promising. There is a level of purity in the fruit that is simply beautiful. The style is a bit exuberant for the year, but all the elements are very much in balance. A blast of sweet red cherries, dried flowers and sweet spices flow..
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Amazon To The Andes (PAA)
This adventure offers up an intriguing combination of beauty and contrasts in scenery, wildlife and cultures, whether you're scanning the canopy for wildlife from the comfort of our intimate and exclusive G Lodge Amazon or climbing the ancient trail of the Incas to Machu Picchu, situated in the heavens of the Americas. Because we run our own treks, we can ensure the fair treatment of our porters and the quality of food and equipment so that you're free to enjoy the beauty of the region.
Highlights: Explore ruins and bargain at Sacred Valley markets, devour seafood in Lima, climb the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, spot wildlife at our exclusive G Lodge Amazon
End of the Earth (SAPE)
Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts who want to experience one of the world's most pristine wilderness settings, this challenging 2-week adventure packages the region's essential highlights into one incredible journey. Explore Torres del Paine, encounter the Perito Moreno Glacier and hike Glacier National Park. With years of local experience, we employ the region's best guides to reveal the extraordinary, bringing you to our exclusive campsites which provide stunning views of Patagonia. Prepare to be awed.
Highlights: Trek in Glacier National Park and Torres del Paine, marvel at Perito Moreno Glacier, visit the 'end of the Earth' in Ushuaia, savour scenery in Patagonia and sophistication in Buenos Aires
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Spot macaws in the jungle and caimans on the riverbanks, sail the waters of Lake Titicaca, delight in the smells of markets and explore ancient ruins—including a trek along the Inca Trail. As we operate our own treks, our quality equipment and the expertise of our porters and CEOs will ensure that your first glimpse of Machu Picchu will leave you in awe. Whether you're scanning the canopy for wildlife from the comfort of our intimate and exclusive G Lodge Amazon or following in the footsteps of the Incas, this fast-paced adventure provides a sweeping view of this diverse country.
Highlights: Meet the locals at a Lake Titicaca homestay, climb the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, spot wildlife at our exclusive G Lodge Amazon, sample the diverse cuisine Peru is known for.
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From the bustling market-filled streets of La Paz to Incan culture high in the Andes, this 2-week adventure provides a panoramic view of Peru and a glimpse of Bolivia. Embrace cultures past and present in Cusco and La Paz and interact with locals from the region's communities for an immersive experience that few rarely get to know. Conquer the Inca Trail, one of the world's best known and challenging hikes, and experience the stunning views of majestic Machu Picchu. As the region's largest operator, we run our own treks, which ensures the fair treatment of our porters, quality food, service and equipment.
Highlights: Trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, explore the pre-Incan ruins of Tihuanaco, witness life on Lake Titicaca, haggle at Sacred Valley markets
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I tried to upgrade 12.10 to 13.04 and now have a dead system. The best way forward seems to be a repair install from the 13.04 live CD.
Here is my setup:
A homebuilt desktop PC: AMD X3 425 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 2 hard disks with lots of space.
And a problem ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics card (the reason why it's dead) which of course ATI do not support any more (thanks AMD)
The system is a dual boot with Windows XP.
I do not want to do anything to disturb the Win XP boot, and I do not ever want to have to re-install Win XP.
So now the problem.
When I do the repair installation from the live CD, I am told:
'Sorry, an error occurred and it was not possible to install the boot loader at the specified location'
(this happens without me specifying a location, so it is just the default installation choice)
Here I stopped.
If I proceed (and probably have to specify a location, which I can since I have 2 disks) will I mess up my dual boot?
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CHAUTAUQUA--The urgent and ominous strains of Sergei Prokofiev's "Dance of the Knights" poured over the capacity crowd in the Chautauqua Institution Amphiteater a little after 8 on Saturday night, declaring the opening of the moving and wildly ambitious "Romeo and Juliet Project."
The show, conceived and directed by Chautqua Theater Company Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch, combined the talents of her own company with those of the Chautauqua's symphony, opera company and two dance companies. In all, 150 performers breathed life into Shakespeare's tale of doomed love on the Amphitheater stage, and the result was often enthralling.
(Check out this video about the production, produced by the Chautauquan Daily's Andrew Mitchell.)
Benesch's concept for the one-night production was to combine Shakespeare's words with the music and dancing that they later inspired over the centuries from some of the world's greatest composers, choreographers and librettists. The potential for success in such an ambitious approach was slim, given how easy it would be to get bogged down in the wealth of material and how difficult to transition from one art form to the next. But across three hours of graceful dance and music punctuated where necessary by Shakespeare's starry-eyed language, Benesch and her many gifted collaborators pulled it off.After introducing us to three pairs of Romeos and Juliets -- singers Yujoong Kim and Rachel Sterrenberg, actors Brian Smolin and Arielle Goldman and dancers Pete Walker and Anna Gerberich -- Bensch wisely uses one of Prokofiev's most widely recognized pieces to rivet our attention to the stage.
Because the story of "Romeo and Juliet" is so well-known, there is a lot of lattitude in the kind of interpretation a director might choose. But Bensch goes for the straightforward approach in this production by including all the essential plot points and dialogue making it a equally appropriate choice for children who haven't yet heard the tale and adults who are eager to see it from a new angle.
The incorporation of the musical selections in the show is masterful, as is the interweaving of choreography. At crucial moments -- the balcony scene, the wedding, the tomb -- all three pairs of lovers appear simultaneously, each of their styles melding seamlessly into the others. During the scene in which Romeo and Juliet meet, for instance, we're treated to a dance number from "West Side Story," which then melts comfortably into a selection from Gounod's opera based on the tale.
An absolutely entrancing pas de deux between the gifted Walker and Gerberich emerges effortlessly from another Gounod selection, which in turn grows out of a section of dialogue ("What light from yonder window breaks...") set to Tchaikovsky's famous musical rendering of irrepressible young love and impossible yearning. That dance includes a wonderful bit of choreography by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux set to Prokofiev, in which the dancers lock lips and then execute turns without letting go -- an cheeky and perfect representation of their magnetic and ultimately fatal attraction.
The while the transitions from words to dance, or dance to opera, work well, it is sometimes unsettling to be dropped back into the comparatively earthbound realm of Shakespeare's language, lofty though it may be. This is an inherent danger of the inter-arts approach -- that the apotheosis of feeling that Prokofiev or Bernstein reached for in their work will make for a rude awakening when juxtaposed with mere human language. Benesch has dealt with the problem as wisely as possible, though, making sure the stretches of dialogue go on long enough to remind us that Shakespeare's brilliant language inspired these artists in the first place.
The show also includes a wonderful entr'act, Duke Ellington's "Star Crossed Lovers," which eases us into the anything-but-comfortable second act. It's a shame the production lasted only one night, but such is the ephemeral nature of theater. Here's hoping it will return in some form to a stage in Western New York, and soon.
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A fun alternative to traditional-sized hamburgers, sliders seem to have invaded more than a few menus lately. The great thing about making these at home is you can make them in as many different flavors as you like.
I was watching "The Rachael Ray" show on The Food Network the other day, and she was preparing these fun-size burgers that have a bit of a bite. They looked so good I knew this was something I wanted to try.
An added treat, serve them on Sister Schubert's dinner rolls. I used the small dinner rolls I had on hand, but Sister Schubert's would add that touch of yeasty sweetness.
If you are in a hurry for prep time, use the pre-sliced Kraft Cracker Cuts for the cheese. They come in a 5-ounce package with 15 slices. The cream cheese, onion and garlic mixture that tops these burgers are a wonderful, flavorful addition.
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3 fat, fresh jalapeno peppers, sliced in small rings
1 Fresno red Chile pepper, sliced
Extra Virgin Olive Oil or vegetable oil, for drizzling
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons grated onion
1 large clove garlic, grated or pasted
salt and pepper
1/2 tsp. cumin
A small handful cilantro leaves, finely chopped
2 lbs. coarse ground beef sirloin (leaner) or chuck (fattier)
1 2x2 inch rectangular brick sharp or smoked yellow cheddar cheese, sliced
12 slider rolls, such as 3-inch brioche rolls or Pepperidge Farm slider hamburger rolls, split
Heat a little Extra Virgin olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the jalapeno and Fresno peppers, and toss for a couple of minutes until crisp-tender.
Combine the cream cheese, onion, garlic, cilantro and cumin. Season with salt and pepper. Season the beef with salt and pepper. Form 12 patties (thinner in the center). Coat with Extra Virgin olive oil. Grill or griddle for 2 to 3 minutes.
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Idaho faced a historically bad budget projection, with projected consecutive negative growth in two years. This challenge resulted in the second longest session of all time, with the federal recovery act allowing significant opportunities for the legislature to use one-time funds to shore up the budget, even as reductions were made to education for the first time in state history [1]. Without a doubt, this was one of the most contentious sessions [2] in state record.
TAX, BUDGET AND RECOVERY: In a series of budget bills, the state reduced budgets for state agencies by $176 million (H 250 [3]) and tap dedicated stabilization and public education funds to balance the budget. The state also enacted:
- H 173 [4] moves eligible retired state employees off of state insurance and onto Medicare once eligible and gives eligible state retirees $1,860 per year toward premiums for health insurance.
- S 1227 [5] appropriates over $35 million from federal stimulus monies for public water and waste management systems, the Idaho Education Network and transportation project grants, and reduces state personnel costs by 5%.
- H 248 [6] extends unemployment insurance benefits using alternative base periods , provides that certain part-time workers shall not be denied regular UI benefits, and provides for training extension benefits. H 335 [7] defines when extended unemployment insurance benefits will be triggered (only when the federal government covers the full cost of UI benefits)
- Due to the education cuts, teachers will experience a one year freeze on experience-related salary increases (H 262 [8]).
Transportation: A third of Idaho's roads and bridges rated as being in poor or mediocre condition, according to a legislative audit [9] released this year which said the state needed to spend an estimated $300 million annually to preserve its existing highway and bridge infrastructure by 2013. Republican Gov. "Butch" Otter [10] vetoed 35 budget bills in an attempt [11] to get his own party's members in the House to increase gasoline taxes to raise $174 million to pay for road repairs. Instead, the legislature voted for only a $50 million increase in transportation funding, and voted down six efforts to increase the gas tax [12]. The legislature did enact H 338 [13] to remove the ethanol exemption from fuel tax, resulting in about $16.4 million of revenues for road maintenance, and S 1186 [14] which approved bonding authority for up to $82 million of highway transportation projects. The state is also receiving almost $44 miilion in forest and road maintenance [15] stimulus money.
Health Care: Budget pressures resulted in the enactment of H 123 [16] to contain Medicaid costs and reduce reimbursements to providers and benefits to Medicaid recipients. In addition, the state enacted the following health care reforms:
- H 192 [17] creates the Idaho Health Carrier External Review Act which allows individuals already receiving health insurance the right to an independent review of a health carrier's decision to deny a claim on the grounds that the service is not medically necessary or is investigational.
- HB 108 [18] allows children between the ages of 21 and 25 to remain on their parents' health insurance as long as they are still considered dependents.
- In order to address the chronic shortage of physicians in the state, HJM 7 [19] resolves to find federal funding to help establish a medical school program and SJM 101 [20] urges Congress to provide additional funding for medical residency programs in Idaho.
Pay Day Loans: Passed unanimously, S 1151 [21] provides that payday loans made by unlicensed payday lenders are void and provides for a private right of action to recover borrowers' monies. It also provides the Department of Finance the ability to send cease and desist orders and to seek restitution for consumers.
Mortgage Reforms: H 169 [22] passed unanimously and repeals existing law relating to residential mortgages and preserves existing regulatory oversight language and incorporates the requirements of the federal Safe and Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, including criminal background checks for mortgage brokers, the licensing and registration mandates for all mortgage loan originators, and the establishment of a state mortgage recovery fund which would reimburse individuals for damages caused by mortgage brokers, lenders, or loan originators. The bill also empowers the Director of the Department of Finance to investigate and rescind licenses granted under the chapter.
Reproductive Rights: Fortunately, a bill [23] aimed at allowing providers of pharmaceutical care to refuse to provide abortion or contraceptive services died in the Senate after passing in the House.
Death Penalty: H 107 [24] eliminates the death penalty by firing squad, making Idaho the last state in the nation to do away with this antiquated option.
Child Care: Under S 1112 [25], child-care operators who care for seven or more unrelated children must be licensed, and those with four or more must get criminal background checks. Current law does not require child-care facilities to have a license unless they care for 13 or more children.
Election Reform: Along with administrative changes consolidating election dates and providing funds for counties to buy new voting equipment (H 372 [26]), the state enacted S 1184 to reform legislative redistricting following a census to require that, whenever possible, counties, district boundaries and local voting precincts remain intact; while preventing past redistricting commissioners from serving on future commissions.
Environmental: H 7 [27] was enacted to allow the Public Utilities Commission to designate priority transmission lines that improve Idaho's transmission capacity which will assist in bringing more renewable power sources on line.
Progressive Defeats and Missed Opportunities
- Immigration: S 1110 [28] was passed without the Governor's signature and requires immigrants to show identification in order to receive public benefits and also requires states agencies toverify immigrant status through the SAVE program. In better news, the E-Verify bill which would have required businesses to use the federal program to check the immigration status of employees or face possible forfeiture of state, county or city licesnses for employing undocumented immigrants did not pass.
- Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform: The legislature also missed opportunities [29] to charge lobbyists with felonies for threatening or withholding contributions to legislators and executive officials, and to require candidates to file a financial disclosure statement publicizing income sources of $10,000 and real estate holdings of more than $5000, other than a personal residence.


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- To the History Center of Traverse City, which is seeking individuals to showcase in their recurring "Legends of the Grand Traverse Region: Community Out of Diversity" project. The aim is to identify individuals who have in some way broken a barrier of some sort. This spring "Legends" include Dr. Harry Weitz, Les Biederman, and the Rev. Marshall R. Collins.
- To the Traverse Area District Library and the Artcenter for hosting the sixth annual "K-12 Student Art Exhibition" at the library this week. Eligible students were from any school within the five-county Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District and included home-schooled students. Contact the Artcenter at 941-9488 or www.artcentertraversecity.com. The exhibit runs through April 1.
- To Traverse City Central High School student Kimberly DeBusschere, who won an Honorable Mention in vocal performance.through the National YoungArts Foundations. She was chosen from approximately 10,000 applications from students in nine disciplines in the visual, literary and performing arts.
- To Buckley Community Schools, which is holding three public discussions this month in an effort to prepare the district for the next three to five years. Participants will be asked what the district does well, what it could do better and what they want to see emphasized.The last two sessions are March 14 at 7 p.m. and March 18 at 6 p.m in the school's cafeteria.
- To Crystal Mountain resort and the Michigan Land Use Institute for hosting the second Taste the Local Difference Winter Celebration Saturday. The event will feature food from more than two dozen northern Michigan farmers and producers. Chefs will be on hand to prepare dishes. Food trucks will be parked at the base of the ski slopes for easy access by skiers and boarders.The celebration runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Crystal Center.
- To author and journalist Buzz Bissinger, who plans to write an e-book this year that features the Traverse City Wolves, a semi-pro football team started here five years ago. Bissinger is author of "Friday Nights Lights," a 1990 bestseller that became the basis for a 2004 TV series and movie.


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Bay Area man arrested in downtown Petaluma DUI crash
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:02 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:02 a.m.
A suspected drunken driver in downtown Petaluma ran a red light before smashing into a van, causing major damage to both vehicles, reported Petaluma police Wednesday.
No one appeared to suffer serious injuries in Tuesday's 9:45 p.m. crash, reported Sgt. Ed Crosby.
Officers determined Daly City resident Gustavo Mendoza Espinoza, 27, was intoxicated.
Officers arrested Espinoza on suspicion of drunken driving and drove him to the Sonoma County Jail in Santa Rosa.
The crash was at East Washington Street and Petaluma Boulevard North, Crosby said.
Espinoza was heading west on East Washington Street when he ran the light and hit the other vehicle, whose driver was making a legal turn, according to the investigation.
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