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July 31, 2014
(MADISON) - Dozens of area Catholics pay their respects to Pope John Paul II.
At the UW's Catholic Center, Father Randy Timmerman led followers through a noon funeral mass for the pontiff.
Timmerman says the event promotes a sense of union with the whole church, describing the event as the celebration of a gift that God has given to the world in the form of the humble pope.
He explains the pope's efforts to unify Catholics worldwide will only enhance his legacy.
"The real power of his life is being proclaimed in his death. His message takes on greater importance after he has lived; couldn't help but think of Christ, himself, his real strength came after his death," says Timmerman.
Timmerman describes the pope as a tireless advocate for human rights.

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This Week in Virology (TWiV) is a podcast – or netcast, as some prefer to call them, since you don't need an iPod to listen – about viruses. It was begun in September 2008 by Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier, two science Professors at Columbia University Medical Center. Their goal was to have an informal yet informative conversation about viruses which would be accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background. We wanted to eventually bring other virologists into the conversation, to make it more varied and interesting. Alan Dove, a science writer, joined us late in 2008, and Rich Condit, a poxvirologist, joined in 2009. We've had a number of guests on the show and we're always trying to get more.
Why are we doing this? Dick, Rich, and I have spent our entire academic careers directing research laboratories, so we have a lot of knowledge to share. Plus, we both enjoy teaching. Put those two things together, and you have TWiV. If you want to learn about viruses in a relaxing way, then TWiV is for you.
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As President Obama enters the final legs of a remarkable month of unprecedented summitry, the White House worries that Americans suffering through hard times may be put off by pictures of the president enjoying the warm sea breezes and beaches of Hawaii, Australia, and Bali. To counter that, Obama's aides over and over again have cast the nine-day trip that started on Friday as a quest for more American jobs, more overseas customers, more exports.
But there is also a political upside, though more subtle than the pictures of the president decked out in leis and Aloha shirts. Four years after then-Sen. Barack Obama was sharply criticized for his foreign-policy pronouncements in candidate debates in which he displayed less of a grasp for diplomatic nuance than his more-experienced opponents, Democrats are pretty confident that photos of the president presiding over consequential summits will be a nice contrast with the Republicans who want his job and will be holding their own foreign policy-focused debate on Saturday night.
The South Carolina debate, sponsored by CBS News and National Journal, is the first time most of the candidates will be forced to talk at length about foreign policy. One of their challenges is the same one confronting all candidates when they are taking on an incumbent commander in chief – how to close the stature gap. That worked against Obama in 2008 when he was running against the vastly more experienced Sen. John McCain. But this time, on the same day the candidates will be struggling to explain their views in the tight time constraints of a debate, the president will be seen presiding over diplomatic talks, the representative of the world's strongest economy and most powerful military.
On Saturday alone, Obama will hold one-on-one talks in Honolulu with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihko Noda before he sits down with all the other 19 leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Many of them just met with Obama a week ago in France at the G-20 summit, the start of this historic run of summits.
Between Nov. 3, when G-20 convened, and next Saturday, Nov. 19, when he completes his talks in Bali, the president will have met with the leaders of 34 countries from six continents. The leaders include the most important U.S. allies, strategic competitors, and all of the country's major trading partners. In addition, he will have met with the heads of NATO, the European Union, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
The summits will include G-20 in Cannes, APEC in Hawaii, North American Leaders – usually dubbed the annual "Three Amigos Summit" – in Hawaii, the Association of Southeast Asia Nations, and the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bali. He also will have made his long-delayed visit to Australia, a key regional ally, where he will sign a new basing agreement to have U.S. troops deployed and will meet with regional representatives, including from the aboriginal community.
Strategically, U.S. policymakers hope the trip allows them to make the "pivot to Asia" they have been promising since Obama took office in 2009 but which was sidetracked by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic crisis in Europe. This trip "takes place when we're making a large pivot in our foreign policy," said Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for communications. The pivot, he said, is made possible by the winding-down of the two wars, allowing more focus on what he called "the fastest-growing economic region in the world" and a region he said is "essential to the president's goal of doubling U.S. exports."
Obama, of course, is far from the first president to try to shift his gaze from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ronald Reagan, in 1983, boasted "America is a Pacific nation" – much to the consternation of many NATO allies across the Atlantic. Ten years later, Bill Clinton spoke of a "Pacific century" and marveled at East Asian countries he said had "gone from being dominoes to dynamos." And in 2002, George W. Bush also said the "Pacific century" had begun and pledged "to be a part of Asia's future." But each president was thwarted by tradition, competition, and the draw of what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2003 disparaged as "old Europe."
Now, Obama wants to make the pivot that eluded his predecessors.
To hammer home that intent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote an article in the current issue of Foreign Policy magazine, headlined "America's Pacific Century." In it, she contends that "the United States stands at a pivot point." Calling the Asia-Pacific region "a key driver of global politics" today, she wrote, "One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment – diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise – in the Asia-Pacific region."
Noting the success of the transatlantic institutions created after World War II, she said, "The time has come for the United States to make similar investments as a Pacific power, a strategic course set by President Barack Obama from the outset of his administration."
This trip is the most visible attempt to strengthen and showcase the new architecture of a Pacific-looking foreign policy. It will be the first time an American president has attended the East Asia summit. There, the president will have to find a diplomatic way to show the East Asian leaders that the United States can be trusted as a bulwark against a rapidly growing China, which has been flexing its muscles in the region and particularly in the South China Sea.
Ernie Bower, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the meetings in Bali also provide Obama the opportunity to take the summits "to the dinner table" for average Americans. "He's got to make the case that if we are going to move out of our economic slowdown ... that Asia is part of the answer," he said, calling Asian trade critical to any recovery. "He's got a very good case to make. Two-thirds of all world trade is in Asia. Two-thirds of all shipping goes through the South China Sea."
He said the president can also make a security case for being in Bali. "He's going to talk about the fulcrum of American global security concerns also shifting to Asia," Bower said. "Asia is where the game is for the 21st century, and the president's going to say that from Bali. He's going to say that this is the place where we're going to grow; this is the place where we are going to continue and sustain our role as a guarantor of security, and we're going to have to do that through strength and relationships with allies and through new architecture. And that's why I'm here in Bali, because if I'm not here, we can't be at the table as this new architecture gets set."
The schedule has the president completing the APEC and North American summits by Sunday night. On Monday, he will attend a political fundraiser before flying to Australia. In Canberra, he will give the major address of the trip to Australia's Parliament, outlining his vision for the region. Then he will fly to Darwin where he will address Australian troops and announce the basing plans. On Thursday night he will fly to Bali for the ASEAN and EAS summits before returning to Washington on Saturday.
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The thin elastic cartilaginous structure located at the root of the tongue that folds over the glottis to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea during the act of swallowing.
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Hamilton County Commissioners continue to take public comments on the proposed 2014 Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) budget.
MSD is asking for a $226.7 million operating budget but the county's new utility oversight director says the sewer district can get by with $210.7 million.
What both sides DO agree on, is a six percent rate increase.
MSD's Jack Rennekamp says, "the average residential customer... will see his/her quarterly annualized bill go from from $188.15 to $199.45."
Despite owing nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in unpaid state and federal taxes, State Sen. Eric Kearney made it clear Wednesday morning that he has no intention of stepping down as the Democratic candidate for Ohio lieutenant governor.
"I'm in it to stay,'' the North Avondale Democrat said in a teleconference with Ohio reporters that lasted well over an hour Wednesday. "My wife and I made the decision that we're going to do this and we're going to do it; and we're here to follow it through."
Five of the nine Cincinnati City Council members are expected to vote Wednesday to temporarily suspend work and spending on the streetcar project. That majority says the pause will allow leaders to figure out the true costs of cancelling the program compared to how much it would cost to complete the first phase of the project.
Council will vote on 11 streetcar related ordinances. They all contain monetary appropriations, which likely mean streetcar supporters cannot seek a referendum to overturn them.
Cincinnati Council will not vote Wednesday to confirm Willie Carden as the next city manager.
Mayor John Cranley announced the delay Tuesday just before Council's Rules Committee was scheduled to interview Carden and take a vote.
Cranley said he was delaying the vote because he did not realize some council members had not seen an ordinance that will exempt Carden from living in the city.
"To make sure that Council has time to digest the ordinances," Cranley said. "And that all of you have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Carden individually before taking a vote."
Cincinnati Council will go another week without a set of official rules to guide its activities.
Rules Committee Chairman Kevin Flynn delayed a vote Tuesday on a document he created and presented to council members Sunday.
"This is a first draft," Flynn said. "It's not the rules of Kevin Flynn, it's the result of Council. So I want all members of Council to weigh-in on these rules, to make suggestions to make them better."
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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... UN passed Resolution 242
On this day in 1967, the UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied during the Six Days' War, and for respect of the right of all States in the area to "live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries." Read Resolution 242, which remains the cornerstone of efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Senate rejected Nixon nomination of Haynsworth to Supreme Court
On this day in 1969, the Senate voted down President Richard Nixon's nomination of US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth to the United States Supreme Court.
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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Nuremberg war crimes trials began
On this day in 1945, the war crimes trials of Nazi World War II leaders began in the German city of Nuremberg. Read more about the Nuremberg Trials in JURIST's Famous Trials series. Review the Nuremberg Tribunal's Charter and the verdicts and sentences handed down on major war figures.
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL... Law school speech code plan draws fire
The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that a Harvard Law School committee has announced plans to draft a speech code that would ban harassing or offensive language from the classroom. The announcement prompted a furious debate at a law school "town meeting" Monday evening.MORE ON JURIST: LAW SCHOOL NEWS
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NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE... Lethal injection bill dies in committee
Members of the Nebraska Legislature's Judiciary Committee voted 5-2 Tuesday to indefinitely postpone a measure that would have made lethal injection the primary form of execution in Nebraska. In 2002, Nebraska became the only state to utilize electrocution as its sole method of carrying out a death sentence. Some legal observers argued that without legislative action Nebraska�s mode of execution could be viewed by the U.S. Supreme Court as a violation of the Constitution�s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. More from the Nebraska Legislature.MORE ON JURIST: DEATH PENALTY NEWS
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UNITED NATIONS... Secretary General: no-fly zone violations no breach of UN Resolution
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan suggested in press remarks Tuesday that Iraqi violations of the no-fly zone, which some American officials have declared put Iraq in breach of UN Resolution 1441, are not problematic in that regard: "I don't think that the Council will say that it is in contravention of the resolution which was recently passed", UN sources quote the Secretary General as saying.MORE ON JURIST: UNITED NATIONS NEWS
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US DISTRICT COURT - ALABAMA... Ten Commandments in State Judiciary Building must be removed
US District Judge Myron Thompson ruled[PDF] Monday that a monument to the Ten Commandments displayed on the grounds of the state judicial building in Montgomery, Alabama must be removed because it is in violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. Read an ACLU statement welcoming the ruling.
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UNITED NATIONS... Overspending of international criminal tribunal criticized
A UN committee considered the financing and expenditures of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia in New York Monday. Delegates said that the Rwanda tribunal in particular needed to control its costs to avoid "huge overspending." Read a summary of committee proceedings.MORE ON JURIST: UNITED NATIONS NEWS
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OPINION... Wiretaps, combatants, and Harvard Law School
Tuesday's New York Times says that the Supreme Court and Congress should reverse Monday's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ruling permitting the government to wiretap phone calls, intercept mail and spy on Internet use of ordinary Americans. The Washington Post says that responsibility for the legal problem the decision creates lies not with the court but with Congress, for the carelessness and haste with which it passed the USA Patriot Act. In the Washington Times, Frederick Grab draws a legal line between terrorists and combatants. In the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Rabinowitz says that Harvard Law School's new program for freshman entitled "Managing Difficult Conversations" represents a trade of intellectual rigor for "flabby sensitivity."
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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Jay Treaty signed
On this day in 1794, US Chief Justice John Jay and British foreign secretary Lord Grenville signed a treaty in Philadelphia under which British forces pulled out of the disputed Northwest Territory. Review the Jay Treaty and associated documents.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE... Expanded wiretaps do not violate Constitution
[UPDATED] The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Review Court issued a public ruling[PDF] Monday holding that the US Justice Department has broad authority to use expanded surveillance powers granted it under the USA PATRIOT Act, and that court-ordered restrictions on that authority are not required by the law or the Constitution. Read the 56-page ruling overturning a May decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr offers a case analysis. Watch a press conference with Attorney General John Ashcroft via C-SPAN, or read the transcript. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy made a statement on the ruling, which was also criticized by the ACLU. Learn more about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act from the Federation of American Scientists.MORE ON JURIST: FISA NEWS
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US SUPREME COURT... Court honors Byron White
The US Supreme Court held a special Memorial Monday for late Associate Justice Byron White, with remarks by Solicitor General Ted Olson and former Solicitor General Seth Waxman. Watch recorded video via C-SPAN.MORE ON JURIST: US SUPREME COURT NEWS
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EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS... Report: 50% of law school grads have debts above $75,000
A new report released in Washington Monday by Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association for Public Interest Law) says that according to recent nationwide survey of third year law students, an alarming 94% of the Class of 2002 financed their studies through school loans and 50% graduated earlier this year with law school loan debts of $75,000 or more. Read the report, From Paper Chase to Money Chase: Law School Debt Diverts Road to Public Service.MORE ON JURIST: LAW SCHOOL NEWS
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US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE... Ashcroft addresses Federalist Society
The full text of Attorney General John Ashcroft's address to the 20th Anniversary Gala of the Federalist Society last Thursday is now online.MORE ON JURIST: US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEWS
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US SUPREME COURT... Certiorari granted
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases:02-403, Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont et al. [campaign finance]. Read the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling[PDF] appealed from.02-311, Wiggins v. Corcoran [murder conviction, ineffective assistance of counsel, standard of review]. Read the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling[PDF] appealed from.02-479, Medical Board of California v. Hason [medical licensing, disability discrimination]. Read the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling[PDF] appealed from. The full official Order List[PDF] is now available.MORE ON JURIST: US SUPREME COURT
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OPINION... Surveillance, campaign finance, judges, special ed
Monday's New York Times says that Washington's efforts to create sophisticated surveillance systems for identifying potential terrorists cannot be allowed to undermine civil liberties. The Washington Post slams challengers of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law for shielding certain "confidential" documents from the public. The Washington Times says that one of the top issues that needs to be on the agenda for the next Congress (and many state legislatures as well) will be tort reform, while WT columnist Nat Hentoff says that fast-track review of judicial nominees is needed to clear the logjam in the federal courts. The Christian Science Monitor recommends that Congress consider allowing special education students to attend private schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers.
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THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Panama Canal Treaty signed
On this day in 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty on the proposed Panama Canal. Read the full text of the Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal. Visit the website of the Panama Canal Authority.
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A conservative Republican lawmaker will push to exempt 15 building trade unions from a controversial labor bill that would put an end to mandatory union dues.
Republican state Sen. Brent Waltz of Greenwood said he has the support of both the building trade unions and contractors who employ their members to carve them out of the right-to-work legislation making its way through the Indiana legislature.
The legislation would prohibit employers from entering into labor contracts that require all workers to pay union dues. The bill has faced strong opposition from Democrats and labor leaders.
Waltz's amendment would cover 15 building trade unions, including bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, ironworkers, plumbers and Teamsters.
The building trades combined have about 75,000 members in Indiana.
Waltz said leaders of the building trades unions "asked for the exemption'" and he discounted rumors that some unions that would be covered by exemption don't support it. "I don't believe there is any daylight between them," he said.
Waltz said he was assured by a member of the Indiana State Building & Construction Trades Council that there was "unanimous" support for the amendment.
Council president Pete Rimsans didn't return calls from the CNHI Statehouse Bureau.
Ray Kismark, head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Indiana and member of the council's executive board, disagreed with Waltz's assessment. Kismark said his union strongly opposes the right-to-work bill and won't support any exemptions.
"We are fundamentally opposed to carving out any exemptions," Kismark said. Kismark said the exemption amendment is a divisive tactic, meant to put unions against each other.
House Democrats stalled action on the right-to-work bill by staying away from the House floor last week, robbing House Republicans of the quorum needed to do business. The House Democrats returned Monday, but left open the possibility they may leave again soon.
State Sen. Carlin Yoder of Middlebury, who is carrying the Senate bill said he opposes any exemptions. "The bill is intended to be about fairness," Yoder said. "It can't cover some workers and not others and still be fair."
During a committee hearing on the bill Friday, an influential Republican lobbyist, Indianapolis lawyer Joe Loftus, testified in favor of the building-trades exemption. Loftus represents the Indiana Building Contractors Alliance, a coalition of construction contractors who employ the building trade union members.
Loftus said the building trades should be carved out because contractors rely on the unions to train workers in the skilled trades and to select competent workers for construction projects. Loftus works for Barnes & Thornburg, an Indianapolis-based law firm with close ties to Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration.
Waltz said many construction contractors support his exemption and don't want their union workers covered by the right-to-work bill.
Waltz said the right-to-work legislation is needed for unions in the manufacturing industries, though. He said manufacturers can choose to locate in places with a cheaper workforce.
"That's a different situation than in the building trades," Waltz said. "You can not build Lucas Oil Stadium in Mexico or Kentucky and move it to Indiana."
Daniels has said the right-to-work bill is one of his top legislative priorities, and one he wants passed quickly.
He's expected to talk about the bill tonight, during his State of the State speech delivered to the Indiana General Assembly.
The Associated Press quoted Bosma on Monday night as not discounting the idea of carving the Indiana State Building and Construction Trades from the measure, noting that he pushed for that exemption last year.
"I'm a little leery about that approach, but I know there are some people interested in that," Bosma told the AP, adding that he would oppose efforts to put the measure on the ballot for voters in 2013.
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Central Florida residents could have more opportunities to take a bike on their daily commute after the SunRail train begins service. The regional transportation planning agency MetroPlan Orlando is considering whether to start a bike share program. The program would offer bikes for rent for passengers to go the last mile to their destination after they get off the train.
Some cities along the 61 mile Sun Rail route, like Orlando and Winter Park, have already begun to examine potential bike share programs.
Orlando put out a request for information about bike sharing. Three companies responded: the Wisconsin based B-Cycle; Deco Bike, which has programs in South Florida and New York; and the Southern California based Bike Nation.
Mighk Wilson, who leads the MetroPlan bike share working group, says it makes more sense to have a region wide system.
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The working group held its first meeting Wednesday.
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He says the working group will adapt the City of Orlando's Request For Information and send it out again on behalf of the whole region.
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Kate Murray recently announced a home based rain barrel initiative to encourage residents to be more environmentally conscious. The barrel is sold by the town for $45 and is used to collect water from your home's gutters. Before you order one, you should consider some water usage facts.
The first thing is, this product is only useful for about seven months of the year, April through October.
Second, it is not really useful for watering a the lawn, unless you are watering by hand, because there is not enough pressure to run a lawn sprinkler. Yes you can use an electric pump, but this uses more energy than using the water you receive from your local water district.
Third, according to the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)1 it takes about 24 gallons of water to make one pound of plastic. The barrel the town is selling weighs about 15 pounds. This means it took about 360 gallons of water to produce the barrel.
Fourth, residents need to look at how much they could potentially save using the barrel. In Franklin Square, where I live, residents pay about .19 cents per gallon of water. If residents were able to collect and use an average of 50 gallons of water (one barrel) per week seven months of the year, they would save about $2.70 per year on their water bill. With the cost of the water barrel being $45, it will take almost 17 years to recoup your investment.
If Supervisor Murray really wants to conserve water, she should reduce Town mailings. It takes 2.6 gallons of water to manufacture one sheet of paper2. The Town of Hempstead sends out about 25 mailings per year or two per month. If Supervisor Murray eliminated just two mailings about 1.3 million gallons of water would be saved.
Supervisor Murray should also offer residents the option to receive town mailings by email.
For every resident that uses the email option, about 65 gallons of water and more than $4 in postage, would be saved each year.
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tommister2 Mechanicsville, VAPosts: 131Right, I understand that they can use it any way they like. Some dealers will not sell below invoice and some will. It is their choice. I wonder if the ones that sell below invoice without too much of a fight know they are getting a bonus, or maybe they figure they will get it from the next buyer? Or they hope to get something from the buyer in F&I...
boomchek Vancouver, BC, CanadaPosts: 5,108From personal experience of working in the car sales business for about 10 years, the ones that sell the cars way below invoice, or cheaper than other regional dealers, tend to also sell fewer cars, and tend to either close down or change ownership often because they lose money on a regular basis.
When I worked at Chrysler, each month we had sales figures of all local Chrysler stores, and their average profit per car. The dealers that made the least also sold the least (they lacked sales process and HAD to give their cars away in order to try and stay afloat). They ended up closing down, being bought out by bigger franchises and turned profitable, or changed brands completely.
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ken117 Posts: 189Your welcome, my observation was for readers who might not have gleaned the obvious. Most lenders do not require a credit score of much more than 720 for the best rates. A score of 720 is very good but not stellar.
Rather than pay cash, it is often better to let the dealer finance the sale. Allowing the dealer to think it made a bit of profit on the financing might result in that dealer selling the vehicle for a lower price. Since there are no pre-payment penalties for most auto loans, especially for someone with a stellar credit score, the loan can always be paid off immediately.
"All vehicles in the Scarff inventory have a large "Bottom Line Price" tag hanging from the rearview mirror. This offer applies not only to new cars, but to pre-owned and certified pre-owned vehicles, as well.
The store nearly doubled its market share after implementing the sales strategy. In addition to the uptick in sales, the level of stress was reduced for both the buyer and the dealership's employees. With less stress on the employees, staff turnover was reduced. Scarff has been able to retain a long-term, experienced sales team. Scarff says this is one of the reasons his dealership was rated the number one dealer in customer satisfaction in his area by Subaru of America, five years running."
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"GM also is aiming to win over shoppers like Debbie Mahaffy, of Gladwin, Mich., who said she didn't want to take time off work to go to a dealership to buy a car.
She knew exactly what she wanted—a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro—so she completed the entire process online and over email, ultimately buying the car from a dealership about 125 miles away and having it delivered to her workplace.
It certainly isn't how most new car sales are sold. "Other auto makers have looked into this, but GM is the first to bring it to prime time," said John Giamalvo, director of dealer strategy for car-shopping website Edmunds.com. "There has been a slow creep to this model for the last five years now."
GM says the program isn't intended to replace dealers or their showrooms, but rather to give its dealers a way to reach a growing group of customers, many of them young and tech-savvy, who prefer to complete transactions online and skip the showroom ritual."
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cdnpinhead Forest Lakes, AZPosts: 3,238the hell out of the transaction is the key, but it'll take until well after I'm dead for it to happen.
There is no reason on god's green earth why a potential car buyer couldn't select the car they want to buy online and have it built in a couple of weeks, much like Dell does for computers, other than:
1. What to do with the trade-in
2. How to arrange "difficult" (that'd be upside-down, better know as typical) financing
3. Test drives
The manufacturers could work their way around this, but the dealer cabals have built state laws to prevent such heresy.
The present system makes no sense to a financially responsible buyer who is willing to dispose of his/her present car on the open market and knows exactly which vehicle he/she wants to buy and what packages or options he/she wants it to contain.
All 117 of such people in North America can gather in the meeting room of their choice to work this out.
The dealers suck and most buyers (or, worse yet, leasors) are ignorant and/or financially irresponsible.
Ain't life grand?
My solution is to buy cars as rarely as possible and to hold my nose through the whole thing.
Dealing with dealers can be a pain in the butt, but those three obstacles you mention will be hard to overcome. Trade-ins, financing, and test drives are really the reason dealers exist. Can't get around them. And of course, dealers help to get people to spend more than they initially planned. But, nobody has a gun pointed at their head when they sign on the dotted line, so if they buy what they don't need...not my problem.
Most people don't want to sell privately, it's a lot of work, and in the growing socio-economic chasm, might become dangerous. Some people require a lot of work to finance, and a test drive setup not based on sales will not last long.
Negotiation will also be a problem. Many buyers find it a game, and some brands are notorious for negotiation, especially premium brands.
And fiscal responsibility can be subjective. Some want to enjoy life as these are the good old days, some want to live like Scrooge, pretend to be poor, and then leave everything to ungrateful devilspawn who will waste it after pretending they earned it themselves. Priorities, I guess The way I see it, if someone spends less than they make (and puts at least something aside for the future), they can spend how they want. My solution is to just deal with it, a couple hours of dealer annoyance for hopefully years of pleasure with a car.
cdnpinhead Forest Lakes, AZPosts: 3,238a facility that deals in used cars and also has a few new cars for a given manufacturer that can be test-driven. Hmmm . . . we could be much of the way there. The only missing piece is how to finance deadbeats and/or people who want to drive more than they can afford.
Either way, there are ways to get this done, but the dealer cabal will be dragged kicking and screaming into this model, which could save thousands on every transaction.
How do you think the palaces are paid for in which cars are sold today?
It's not the tooth fairy.
It's a cool idea. That facility however...sounds like...a dealership Maybe the small town type where you look at a car and place an order. I bet it worked that way in some areas way back when.
I don't see it changing, it's this way everywhere. The cabal has too much lobbying power, and an efficient solution might not exist.
I've seen dealerships in Europe that blow away any I have seen here. Some dealerships in the olden days were pretty fancy too.
Michaell ColoradoPosts: 3,208Some dealers get this. Back in 1986, my wife was in the market for a family car, but with two small kids and a job, it was hard for her to get to a dealership to look at / test drive anything.
The local Ford store brought a Tempo to her house (this was before I knew her) to test drive, then came back after she decided to purchase and the entire transaction took place at her kitchen table.
I suppose this is why she was a Ford girl for many years, even after I met her. She had the Tempo when we met (10 years and 96K miles), then an Escort, Expedition, Explorer and Focus.
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I'd like to think some dealers offer setups like that, but maybe they really want to get people on the lot to apply pressure and upsell. The buyer has control in their own home, not so much at a dealership. Neat kind of old fashioned scheme though, I imagine it being that way maybe before the 50s.
"It doesn't mean we are going to try and bypass our dealers, but why not in this tech-savvy culture we have, this economy we have, (allow) the millennial to come in and ... sign and go,' " Akerson told analysts, referring to those generally younger than 30.
In many cases, buyers know what model and options they want, if it's available on the lot in the color they want and have a price on the car before entering a dealership."
Akerson wants GM to sell vehicles online (Detroit News)
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audia8q Posts: 3,138We see folks come into the showroom and list an exact car, options and color, tell us they have researched everything online for 3 month.
A couple hours later they drive out of the dealership in a totally different vehicle with less options and different color. The internet provides tremendous information but until you sit in the seat, feel the drive, touch the options and see the color that looked totally different on the internet all the research in the world doesn't mean that much.
This isn't a rare occurance like spotting a UFO it happens every single day and its more the norm that not.
We had a guy trade in a 2013 Optima with 500 miles this week becuase he purchased it basically entirely online and didn't want to spend time looking at cars in person. After having it a few days he realized the Optima wasn't the car for him. He didn't mildly dislike the car he hated it. He ended up driving 4 cars, multiple times before selecting the new car. He won't make that multi thousand dollar mistake again.


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The incident, which was captured on video and posted online in April, occurred after the sergeants car was rear-ended by another vehicle.
The Pendleton Marine was Sgt. Joshua Brightman, San Diego public radio reported. His expletive-laden tirade was recorded by the passenger in the other vehicle, a paralyzed female Marine according to an ABC News affiliate in southern California. Her brother and caregiver was driving at the time.
The two said the sergeants behavior traumatized them, Gawker reported. The Marine was detained and cited for communicating a threat, according to media reports.
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- All services are subject to Taxes and Disbursements (Government and Administration Fees) and may change at anytime.
- Pardon Services Canada specializes in obtaining Canadian Pardons, US Entry Waivers and related services only. Should you require legal advice, please consult a Lawyer.
- Each service package has a list of features which are included with the service, depending on the amount paid. A detailed list of these features can be found on the client portal account or on our website.
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This policy enables us to manage our staff and resources, as well as our service providers, so we can maintain an ongoing positive experience for all our clients. The FUP for "basic level" clients is one email consultation per month; "standard level" clients have access to two email/telephone consultations per month; "expedited level" clients have access to four email/telephone consultations per month. Inquires/consultations cannot be carried over to subsequent months. Excessive use of our client services by any particular client impairs our ability to offer services at reasonable prices to other clients. Each additional inquiry/consultation will be billed at $35 per occurrence. Our offices regularly send out updates as necessary. Our online portal is available 24/7 to check the progress of your file.
Restriction on Use of Materials
All material, information and content (collectively "Content") available on this Pardon Services Canada Site, including the manner in which such Content is presented, and the Services are: the sole property of Pardon Services Canada, its registrars, affiliates and/or licensors. All rights reserved. Such Content is protected by Canadian and worldwide laws and treaty provisions. Except as provided herein, you agree not to reproduce, make derivative works of, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish, communicate, broadcast or otherwise make available any of the Content obtained through this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services, including without limitation, by caching, framing or similar means, without the prior written consent of the respective owner of such Content. Pardon Services Canada grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use and display on your computer or other electronic access device, the Content and Services for your own personal and non-commercial use only, provided that you do not modify the Content and that you maintain all proprietary notices.
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Please note that certain links on this Pardon Services Canada Site may take you to other websites. Pardon Services Canada provides these links only as a convenience and not as an endorsement by Pardon Services Canada. These linked sites are not necessarily under the control of Pardon Services Canada. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses and other destructive elements. Pardon Services Canada is not responsible for the content of any such linked sites or any other web page which is not part of this Pardon Services Canada Site and under Pardon Services Canada's control. Unless otherwise expressly provided, Pardon Services Canada makes no representation or warranty regarding, and does not endorse, any linked site or the information, products or services appearing thereon. Accordingly, you agree that Pardon Services Canada will not be responsible or liable in any way for the accuracy, relevancy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of material contained in any site linked from this Pardon Services Canada Site.
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You acknowledge and agree that your correspondence or business dealings with any third parties, including any merchants or advertisers, found on, or through, this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services, including payment for and delivery of related goods and services, and all other terms, conditions, representations and warranties related to such dealings, are solely as between you and such third parties. Pardon Services Canada assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner. Further, the responsibility for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws in connection with any such transactions shall be yours alone. You agree that Pardon Services Canada shall not be responsible or liable in any way for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with, any such dealings or transactions.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless each of Pardon Services Canada, its affiliates and licensors and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, including all third parties mentioned on this Pardon Services Canada Site, from and against any and all claims, actions or demands, including without limitation legal and accounting fees, resulting from or related to: (a) your breach of any of these Terms and Conditions; (b) your access to or use of this Pardon Services Canada Site, Services or Content; or (c) your use or reliance on, or publication, communication or distribution of anything on or from this Pardon Services Canada Site or through any of the Services. You shall use your best efforts to cooperate with us in the defense of any claim. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.
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You expressly acknowledge that Pardon Services Canada has entered into this agreement, and has and will make this Pardon Services Canada Site, Content and Services available to you in reliance upon the limitations and exclusions of liability and the disclaimers set forth herein, and that in the same form an essential basis of the agreement between you and Pardon Services Canada. You expressly agree that the limitations and exclusions of liability and the disclaimers set forth herein will survive, and continue to apply in the case of a fundamental breach or breaches, the failure of essential purpose of contract, the failure of any exclusive remedy or termination of this agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that Pardon Services Canada, in its sole and absolute discretion, may, without notice to you, suspend or terminate your account or your use of, or access to, this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services, and remove and discard any information or content related to this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services (and your use thereof), for any reason, including where Pardon Services Canada believes that you have violated any of these Terms and Conditions. You further agree that Pardon Services Canada shall not be liable to you or to any other person as a result of any such suspension or termination. If you are dissatisfied with this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines, or practices of Pardon Services Canada in operating this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Pardon Services Canada Site or any of the Services.
This agreement is personal to you, and you may not assign your rights or obligations to anyone. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between Pardon Services Canada and you pertaining to your use of this Pardon Services Canada Site, Services and Content and supercede any prior agreements between you and Pardon Services Canada with respect to the subject matter hereof. Pardon Services Canada's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of any right or provision. If any of the provisions (or parts thereof) contained in these Terms and Conditions are determined to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions (or parts thereof) contained herein. No changes to these Terms and Conditions shall be made except by a revised posting on this page or except as otherwise expressly contemplated herein. The parties have required that these Terms and Conditions and all documents relating thereto be drawn up in English. Les parties ont demandé que cette convention ainsi que tous les documents que s'y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.
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You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your registered account for the client portal, and you must keep your password secure. You must notify Pardon Services Canada (firstname.lastname@example.com) immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your registered account.
2. Displayed Username
If you wish to register for the client login, Pardon Services Canada recommends that you use a pseudonym (not your real name) as your username when such a change is prompted, provided always that you should not intentionally use the name of another person.
3. Uploading of User-Created Content
If you wish to submit your Content through the client portal you must:
a) complete the appropriate Upload Form;
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By doing so you are allowing Pardon Services Canada to use that Content in accordance with the permissions you have granted when registering for the client portal.
4. Liability
You agree to indemnify and keep indemnified Pardon Services Canada against any liability, costs and damages arising from a misuse by you, or another, of the client portal. This includes, but is not limited to, a stolen account.
You shall be solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences of publishing it for the viewing of Pardon Services Canada's client specialists for the purposes of completing an application and letting you track its progress.
Contacting us
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HEAT oven to 350ºF.
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A 34-year-old Shelby Township man involved in a late-night boating accident on Lake St. Clair that has left a Roseville couple injured and their dog dead is now facing a charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, police say.
Kevin Scott Bushon is reported to have run over an an anchored vessel Saturday night, severely injuring a 47-year-old man from Roseville and his 47-year-old wife. Their dog died as a result of the collision, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office reports in a news release.
Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said deputies from the Sheriff's Marine Division and U.S. Coast Guard personnel responded to "Mayday" call for help at approximately 10:42 p.m. Saturday on Lake St. Clair. Upon arrival, deputies found evidence of a collision between Bushon's vessel and that belonging to the Roseville couple.
Bushon's vessel had three passengers aboard when the collision occurred, but no injuries were reported, police said.
The accident occurred approximately two miles east of Beacon Cove Marina in Harrison Township.
Bushon was arrested and is being charged with operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, according to police. He is currently being held on a $5,000 cash/surety bond.
The accident remains under investigation by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office.


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The student worktext has word-box exercises that include filling in the correct word, matching and editing skills; word lists include room for the initial "words of the week", corrections and more practice. Student worktext is 181 pages, softcover.
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In the Spring 2012 report of the Southern Poverty Law Center, OIR is identified as a Nativist Extremist group. OIR is well known as an anti-immigrant group of which Mr. Ludwick has been a leader for many years. In the last several years, OIR has attempted to disguise itself in language of "environmental sustainability."
OIR has strong links to the Center for Immigration Studies and NumbersUSA which are anti-immigration organizations that can be traced back to John Tanton, who has had close ties with the white supremacy movement over the decades. For more info, www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/john-tanton
The Driver's Card law was passed by the legislature following public hearings in which Mr. Ludwick and others who opposed the bill were able to present their points of view.
I am very much in favor of the Driver's Card (valid for 4 years) which is scheduled to take effect in January 2014. Our county's economy is dependent on the hard work of immigrants in fields, vineyards, nurseries, hotels, construction sites, and restaurants. It's important that they be able to drive themselves and their families to work and school. The Driver's card requires that the holder take a driving test. It also enables the driver to buy insurance.
The Driver's Card is essential for the economy of our state, and for the safety of all its residents. I want my community members employed and driving safely.
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Last Friday night, Knoxville's media elite gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists' Golden Press Card Awards. Which is to say, awards were doled out for the best regional reporting of 2010 among newspapers, television and radio stations, and assorted freelancers. And we're proud to say that Metro Pulse scooped up 11 awards.
This year we decided to compete against East Tennessee's large-circulation daily papers (including that sizable one here in town). The contest is divided between large dailies, small dailies, and non-daily publications, but any contestant can choose to compete in the large daily paper category. After the last few years of wins in the non-daily category, we decided to pit our writers and artists against bigger papers with larger staffs and more resources—because we're confident our work stands with the best that this end of the state has to offer. And by jiminy, the judges agreed.
Here's the haul:
Investigative Reporting
Second Place: Frank Carlson for "Race, Abortion, and Distortions"
Local churches and Catholic Diocese officials are spreading a monumental accusation—that Planned Parenthood is guilty of African-American genocide. Yes, genocide. How did they get this idea? From a nationally distributed DVD that purports to be a "documentary." Nobody in town really questioned this charge until Frank investigated it.
Sports Reporting
First Place: Jesse Fox Mayshark for "Exploiting U"
Second Place: Brooks Clark for "Crossing the T"
We do not have a sports staff. We don't cover the Vols, really, except once a year. Yet two stories from our football issue last year—one making the case for paying student athletes, the other an in-depth profile of new UT Coach Derek Dooley—took the top two prizes against newspapers with sports departments larger than our entire editorial staff.
Feature Writing
Third Place: Jesse Fox Mayshark's "Bullet Points"
Why do East Tennesseans love their guns? Pretty simple question, but one that most advocates of gun control don't even want to consider. While most non-gun-owners are familiar with the NRA's inexhaustible lobbying efforts, they don't often think much about why gun owners want guns in the first place, other than to regard them as "gun nuts." Jesse wanted to hear what they had to say, which can only add more understanding to the ever-divisive issue.
Personal Column
Second Place: Jack Neely for Secret History
Our longest-running column and still our best. In my opinion, it's had more concrete effects on Knoxville's progress than any other column in town. Jack will be honored in July by the SPJ at their Front Page Follies.
Honorable Mention: Coury Turczyn for his movie reviews
I write 'em when I can, and wish I had the time to actually see more movies.
Third Place: Lee Gardner for his Spoiler Alert column
Lee's reviews of DVDs/Blu-rays/online movies are always enlightening and often surprising.
Second Place: Dave Prince for his Digital Hackery column
Most video game reviews are dull thumbs-up/thumbs-down affairs that read like ingredient panels. Dave has something to say about games, and he's always entertaining.
Feature Photography
First Place: Shawn Poynter for his "Karaoke Superstars" photo story
Shawn's photos of local karaoke joints say much more than any story we could've written.
Art Illustration
Second Place: Tyler Garrison for his cover illustration of the "The Knox BBQ Bible"
Last year's summer issue was a BBQ blowout, and Tyler's illustration of a would-be backyard BBQ master chef set the tone. (Can't find it on our website, I'm afraid.)
Best Blog, Media Affiliated
Second Place: the entire staff for The Daily Pulse
Again, we don't have an online staff or a webmaster—we just write what we can when we aren't busy assembling our next print edition (which still pays the bills even in this all-things-online age).
Congratulations to all the winners of the Golden Press Card Awards—daily and non-daily, radio and television, alike.
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It's not just "churches" and "Catholic Diocese officials" who point to the link between Planned Parenthood and the diminishing numbers of African-Americans. Plenty of black intellectuals have been saying the same thing for years. i.e. (Samuel Yette, "The Choice: the Issue of Black Survival in America", 1971.) You'll have a hard time finding a copy but it's possible. He was fired from his job as a reporter for writing it. So maybe you're smart to leave it alone, after all. Just blame the "churches" and Catholics. Much safer.
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August 2, 2014
UPDATE 10/29/12 @ 4:10 p.m.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- One person has died in a weather-related accident, according to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Tomblin said that one person is dead after an accident in Davis, which is in Tucker County.
2000 customers are currently without power across West Virginia.
Gov. Tomblin also said that flooding has been reported in the Northern and Eastern panhandles.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.
Tomblin on Monday opened a special communications center at the state Capitol in Charleston.
Monday's declaration came as Tomblin coordinated resources with National Guard Adjutant Gen. James Hoyer and Jimmy Gianato, the state's homeland security director.
Tomblin says officials are looking at a "three-punch storm."
With rain and snow already falling, the threat of flooding is expected to increase in both panhandles. Two or more feet of snow is expected in mountainous counties such as Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker. And high winds will bring the possibility of power outages.
Tomblin advised residents to be ready for outages and to stay off roads once high winds hit.


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If it takes a village to raise a child then it takes a community to build a house.
For years Campbell County Habitat for Humanity has relied on area volunteers to assist in the construction of homes. With the undertaking of its twenty-fifth home, Habitat has added a new group of volunteers to the roster.
Clients of the Cornerstone program at Ridgeview have signed on to swing hammers, sweep floors and generally help a Habitat family build their home.
With not only backing but a blessing from their church, the LaFollette United Methodist Church (LUMC) Mission Team will travel to Alaska on Saturday.
During Sunday's service, Dr. Kenneth Faught held a commissioning service for the eight members of the team.
"They are a part of us," Faught said to the congregation of the church. "They will represent us."
As the group stood in front of their fellow church members, Faught led the service where worshippers asked for the group to be richly blessed while in Willow, Alaska.
A courtroom ruckus has resulted in a LaFollette attorney being reprimanded by the board governing his profession.
J. Stephen Hurst was censured last week by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, according to documents released by the board.
The censure serves as a warning to Hurst and doesn't affect his ability to practice law.
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The addition of granola to a salad may seem unusual, but its nutty flavor and crunchy texture are right at home atop sliced beets and goat cheese. Don't be deterred by the amount of steps as it's really quite simple to put together. Just make the beets ahead of time since they need to cook for an hour and a half.
5 medium red beets
1/2 cup white wine (like Pinot Grigio)
4 cloves garlic, smashed
2 tablespoons soy sauce
8 sprigs thyme
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/4 teaspoon sea salt flakes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup Sea Salt Granola
Honey Tarragon Dressing (recipe follows)
4 cups lettuce (Boston or baby romaine)
4 ounces soft goat cheese, crumbled
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Trim 1/8 inch from both the stem end and the root end of each beet. Place the beets in a small casserole dish, along with the wine, garlic cloves, soy sauce, thyme, pepper, salt, and olive oil. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
Allow the beets to cool completely. Peel the skin from each beet by rubbing it with a damp paper towel just as though you're polishing it—the outer skin will rub right off. Slice the beets into 1/4-inch sections. Discard the cooking liquid.
Follow the directions below to make the granola and dressing. The beets and the dressing are proportioned correctly for this recipe, but the granola will make more than you need for this dish.
Once your components are made, all that's left to do is assemble the salad. Start by layering beets and lettuce together like you would a caprese salad. Each serving should get 5 to 6 slices of beet. Next, drizzle the assemblage with about a tablespoon of the Honey Tarragon Dressing. Finish with an ounce of crumbled goat cheese and 1/8 cup of Sea Salt Granola.
Makes 4 servings.
Honey-Tarragon Dressing
Juice of 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon minced tarragon
1/2 teaspoon minced chives
1/4 teaspoon sea salt flakes
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
In a small bowl add the lemon juice, honey, tarragon, chives, salt, and pepper together. Drizzle the olive oil into the mixture as you whisk to emulsify the dressing. Set the mixture aside.
Makes 1/2 cup.
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Nations of Coaches Classic Tips Off
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Release: 11/22/2012
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - There's plenty of basketball to go along with leftovers and football this weekend at UNCW's Trask Coliseum. The final three games of the Nations of Coaches Classic, featuring UNCW, Hampton and Wofford, are set for afternoon tips Friday through Sunday at the fan-friendly arena.
After playing games at Richmond and Ohio, the trio squares off against each other to determine the winner of the Wilmington division as designated by the sponsor and promoter Chris Spencer of Basketball Promotions.
The action kicks off Friday at 2 p.m. with a neutral game pitting Wofford of the Southern Conference and Hampton of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
UNCW then returns to action Saturday when Buzz Peterson's club takes on Wofford at 2 p.m. The tournament wraps up Sunday at 2 p.m. with UNCW battling Hampton at 2 p.m.
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