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As racing reform progressed after the incident of Eight Belles' death during the 2008 Kentucky Derby and the congressional
hearings regarding horse safety thereafter, "we wanted to champion the horse's point of view," says Scott Palmer, VMD, of
the New Jersey Equine Clinic who is the chair of the AAEP Racing Committee. "Someone had to speak for the horse."
In 2009, the AAEP Racing Committee created three white papers with recommendations for protecting the welfare of Quarter Horse,
Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses. To a large degree, the guidelines evolved from those white papers.
"For example, we don't say, 'You cannot inject a joint within five days of a race.' Some may say, 'Well, you really should
state things like that.' But the truth is, there is no science to document that that practice is harmful for the horse. Wherever
we had science, we included it in the document. Where we didn't have science, we then relied upon the clinical experience
of the veterinarians on the committee. We tried to make the most appropriate recommendations, based on that experience. Individual
veterinarian experience is really valuable. However, anecdotal experience is not as helpful as scientifically controlled studies
are to give us information upon which to make decisions.
"In the discussions of what was 'wrong' with racing, there were a lot of people pointing fingers at medication, saying that
'medication was the root of all evil,' and since veterinarians are the ones who control medication, by inference, veterinarians
were the 'root of all evil'—guilt by association with medication," Palmer says.
"But the truth of the matter is that the medication of racehorses did not occur in a vacuum, and veterinarians are not the
only ones administering medication," says Palmer. "In order to put the medication issue in its proper perspective, we needed
to consider, first of all, the societal perception of the animal. People look at horses differently today than they did 100
years ago. We needed to consider the business model of racing and how that business model creates a schedule that dictates
the way people medicate horses to get them ready for these races. Third, the owner-trainer relationship drives this issue
quite a bit, in terms of the owner-trainer philosophy on medicating racehorses. Finally, the veterinary business model itself
influences the medication of racehorses."
Throughout the process, the AAEP Racing Committee made recommendations about many aspects of racing, such as track maintenance,
claiming protocols and scheduling. "We recognized right from the very beginning that the response we were going to get from
the industry was, 'Well wait a minute here, how about cleaning your own house? What are you doing about veterinarians practicing
at the racetrack in terms of the use of medication?'" says Palmer. "So the committee wrote the clinical guidelines to address
the way that medication is administered to horses at the racetrack or the pari-mutuel environment." (Pari-mutuel environment
includes horses in training at training centers in addition to those at the racetrack.)


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Information explaining protection measures to employ if pregnant is provided during the program's orientation. The decision as to whether a female student declares pregnancy is considered to be voluntary. Should a student declare pregnancy, the declaration must be in writing and document the estimated time of conception. The Program faculty, upon notification of student pregnancy, will provide further information and counseling to the student.
Students that become pregnant while enrolled in the clinical portion of the program have the following options available for progression.
- Voluntary Declaration
- Voluntarily declare the pregnancy to the Department in writing and submit a statement from their physician which states the estimated date of confinement and the student continues in the program while meeting all program technical standards.
- Upon receipt of this statement, the student will be required to purchase a second personnel radiation monitoring device to be positioned under the protective apron at waist level. This badge will be labeled fetal dose. The fetal dose shall not exceed 50 mrem/month throughout the gestation.
- Voluntary Non-Declaration
- Voluntary non-declaration of pregnancy to the Department in writing and the student continues in the program while meeting all program technical standards.
- Due to the non-declaration of pregnancy no additional radiation monitoring device will be utilized.
- Leave of Absence
- Pregnant students that are unable to meet the program's technical requirements are subject to the terms outlined in the department's leave of absence policy.
- All pre-requisites and co-requisite requirements of the program curriculum must be met.
- Absence of more than one year will require the student to reapply to the program. Consideration will be given to previous coursework successfully completed.
The pregnant student should follow acceptable practices of radiation protection, specifically:
- ALARA and principles of radiation protection
- minimize exposure time
- maximize distance
- utilize available shielding
- do not turn back to x-ray while wearing apron or wear a wrap around apron.
These will be reviewed with student and documentation of review placed in the student's permanent file.

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The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival may have been the last chance for area music lovers to see Gregg Allman for a while.
Allman has canceled his concert tour from Aug. 26 to Sept. 15 for medical reasons.
Rock legend Allman, 64, who suffers from upper respiratory problems, performed in Johnstown on Saturday.
Jambands.com reports that Allman will need several days of hospitalization and four to six weeks of bed rest.
"That speaks a lot about what kind of performer he is to be here," said Shelley Johansson, marketing manager for Johnstown Area Heritage Association, the festival organizer.
Also, the Bridge, a six-man group from Baltimore, is breaking up this year after 10 years together. The group played in Johnstown on Sunday evening - their final festival show together.
The three-day event concluded Sunday.
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Michael Humphrey, Contributor
I write about users in the digital age
Yesterday, Google announced that its next iteration of Google TV will land in the UK later this year. The search giant is getting ready for what could be an epic market-share battle with Apple, which again hinted at plans for a Smart TV push — as well as Microsoft, which continues to add TV features to its XBox console — and a whole host of start-ups seeking the Internet-based television viewing audience.
Here's good news for them all: According to two studies released today, that audience is ready. But it also comes with two warnings:
1) Don't assume that delivery to just one device is going to satisfy those would-be customers;
2) That audience is increasingly price-conscious.
Ooyala, a California-based online video management firm, reported rapid growth last quarter in all realms of Internet-delivered television watching. (See infographic.)
"While people are still watching much more traditional TV than streaming video, our data shows we're on a clear and irreversible course toward an IP-delivered future," said Bismarck Lepe, co-founder and president of products for Ooyala.
A large study released today by Boston-based research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey only confirms that notion. "OTT: The New Age of Television" surveyed nearly 1,500 U.S. consumers to measure their video viewing habits. They found a wide-ranging consumer base wants more of their television OTT (over-the-top), meaning anytime, anywhere on multiple devices.
"A profound shift has taken place in the balance between producer and consumer," the report states, "from the former dictating how content will be packaged and delivered, to the latter insisting on entertainment where, when, and how they want it."
Jon Giegengack, the report's author, says some of the results even surprised researchers. In this email interview, Giegengack discusses what customers are doing that might scare cable/satellite companies the most, what they want most from Internet-based television and why they choose solutions over platforms.
Are there any surprises for you in the research? As a consumer, I'm not so much surprised by the sentiments in general, but how widely spread it is. What about you?
Great article.
This uprise in online television and movie watching was obvious. The success of the online music industry should have been obvious foreshadowing to an entire business model shift for all forms of media. We are now seeing these online providers like netflix even begin to produce their own content cutting the middle men that are trying their hardest to cripple these distribution methods so that they may survive with outdated methods.
I don't think it will be as simple as one device coming out to completely shift the industry because the iPod itself didn't simply start the online music trend, it was a combination of iTunes providing the content and getting the music to the people's ears as smoothly as possible through the iPod. Television and movies provide a different barrier since the way we have accessed them for decades have been through experiences that transcend the brick and mortar establishments. Music has always been purchased and enjoyed on your own time unless it was a show or concert which are years away from being simulated digitally, whereas movies have the theaters which we can now simulate with the decrease in price for large tv and sound systems. We are already at the point where the distribution methods are available (hulu, Netflix, amazon, iTunes) and the devices are readily available (tablets, ultraportables, smartphones, internet ready tv's and set top boxes) but with the content coming to these online sites first we will witness an ubiquitous way to digest entertainment and how will be up to the users.
for one talented performers out there are just waiting to be given a chance and we have seen great success from movies without big name stars like juno and district nine. furthermore movies with next to nothing production cost like paranormal activity and napoleon dynamite have been met with great reception. why are we wasting time with battleship the movie starring liam neelson when we could be making five movies for the same cost. i understand you must appeal to the masses but when christopher nolan can take one of the most overdone stories out there and make it an instant classic we are seeing that you don't have to sacrifice a good script and quality acting for mass appeal.
now i know i'm starting to allow my own taste cloud my argument but i think we can all agree celebrities are about as bloated as wall street bankers. and the point i want to drive home is to hell with big name actors and to hell with movies that are cliche frankensteins or comic book remakes. these people, much like overpayed athletes, have lost the drive and hunger and it's about time we got some forward thinking fresh talent at the helm.
these online distributors who seem to be getting the shaft from old school media rights holders need to shove it right back in their face and deliver captivating content that makes us forget about spiderman 4 the brand new spiderman film that is actually the amazing spiderman 1.
and when this finally happens the only allure of going to a large cinema will be the 8-D movies that appeal to us on most all of our senses ;)
I think "line-ups" and "time slots" will be a thing of the past in less than 20 years. We want our content on-demand, so why bother with actual broadcasts? Sure there will be a place for live events, but how often are regularly scheduled programs watched as they are being broadcast? This will be great for consumers but also for broadcasters. No more bumping shows, swapping time slots, or passing up good projects because there simply isn't enough air time. Furthermore, with on-demand viewing advertisers can target individual households to maximize their impact.
I understand the lag between idea conception and implementation, but I think that we have taken far too long to implement ideas like this. These ideas have been a part of the collective consciousness since the very beginning of the internet, and it's only in the past few years that more widespread broadband access has made these advances possible.
We need to invest in our broadband network to bring access to these networks to a new level, allowing for a new generation of internet users to make their mark on the world.
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Hello, I've posted once before on getting Benji and Zoey here but ended up cancelling the post due to some frustration. They made it to Canada from Texas So two happy pups. Now, I've got a daschound cross, Pinson that was actually on his way here it was realized that they mixed the pups up confusion as to who Benji was and who Pinson was paperwork all wrong, needless to say 3 hours later, the couple went back bless their hearts) picked up Benji and then Pinson was still waiting for someone to adopt him. I was under the impression he was already going to someone or else I'd have taken him as well then. Now feeling a sense of responsibility for him, and as this error had also allowed the couple to miss a horrific storm that they would have been right in the middle of, we decided that Pinson needs to be here as well. Both Benji and Pinson were "cell-and playmates" at the rescue. So where is he... He is in Fort Worth Texas, he is 20 pounds. Where does he need to go? To British Columbia.
I know the restrictions on nautical miles and that it would be "Hop Scotching him til he got close enough. Now if I can get him to Bellingham? or somewhere close to the US / British Columbia Canada border I'd be most grateful and could get up there to get him. or have the rescue from Vancouver, BC meet up with him there. I need help figuring how to post this. My problem and frustration is with the airlines call centers as well as I got several different answers from each of them. So please help.
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Most Medicare Part D Enrollees Don't Choose the Lowest Cost Drug Plan
A simple comparison could save you hundreds of dollars
Medicare beneficiaries have a choice between over 40 prescription drug plans in each state. Some counties even have over 70 different offerings. Seniors can shop among the plans and choose the one with the best coverage of their prescription drugs. But a new study found that most Medicare Part D enrollees don't choose the best priced option.
Only 6 percent of seniors chose the lowest cost plan offered in their area in 2006, according to an analysis of 55,000 individuals who had a Part D claim in 2006 by Jonathan Gruber, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Enrollees who didn't choose the lowest priced plan could have saved an average of $520 on their monthly premiums and out-of-pocket expenses if they had done so. And only 10 percent of seniors chose one of the five percent of plans with the lowest costs, which would typically have resulted in $400 in savings. About half of part D beneficiaries (53 percent) did enroll in one of the lowest cost 25 percent of drug plans. Other seniors could have saved an average of $220 by following suit.
Gruber notes that other factors besides cost alone could have influenced the senior's decisions to enroll in higher priced plans including a strong brand name, good reputation, fewer utilization restrictions, or even a convenient in-network pharmacy.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has a tool into which you can enter the drugs you expect to take next year and compare the expected out-of-pocket costs under the various plans in your area. "Basically, all I did in my analysis was to replicate their calculator and show how much better folks would have done if they had used that calculator to use the lowest cost plan," says Gruber. Retirees can switch into new plans once a year during the annual open enrollment period.


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Macau, China (SportsNetwork.com) - Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao got back to winning form with a 12-round unanimous decision over Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios Sunday at Cotai Arena.
Pacquiao (55-5-2) won by scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 in the fight for the vacant WBO International welterweight title.
Rios (31-2-1), who was coming off a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Mike Alvarado, was never in the fight against his 34-year-old opponent. Pacquiao, who was beaten via a sixth-round KO by Juan Manuel Marquez last December, delivered punches that caused cuts over both of Rios' eyes.
As part of the undercard, Russia's Evgeny Gradovich (18-0) kept the IBF featherweight title when Australian Billy Dib (36-3) quit in the ninth round.
Dib was knocked down in round six and referee Alan Huggins stopped the bout 1:10 into round nine after Dib's corner threw in the towel.


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Neighbour files OMB appeal over proposed Salus buildingA man who owns property next to the site where Salus Corporation plans to build a home for people with mental illnesses is appealing the city's approval to the Ontario Municipal Board.
Medical marijuana debate: Doctors take issue with national bodySome doctors are raising concerns that the national body representing them has outdated views on medical marijuana that are creating barriers for patients who could benefit from the herb.
Transportation a barrier to health care for some rural residentsLower-income residents of rural areas face major difficulty financing transportation to and from medical appointments in Ottawa.
Teenager sought in Aylmer assault surrenders to policeAfter Gatineau police released his photo to the public Wednesday, a teenager turned himself in at the police station Sunday, accompanied by his parents. The teenager was sought in an assault that occurred in Aylmer this spring.
Hazmat sent to Ottawa airport after customs officer sprayedA Canada Border Services Agency officer at the Ottawa airport was sent to the hospital Monday as a precaution after being sprayed in the eyes with some type of powder.
Jugs or bags? The milk debate rages onPerhaps the biggest difference between the United States and Canada (or at least in Quebec and Ontario) isn't universal health care, the metric system or a parliamentary system of governance.
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7/6/2011 by Rafael Sabbagh
Event Overview
In the photos: (1) Chet Hendrickson and Ron Jeffries addressed the attendants during lunch; (2) Open Space session; (3) The Scrum Trainers Michael James and Nigel Baker.
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The daily stand-up is a 15-minute meeting for Scrum teams. It provides an opportunity to touch base on progress toward daily commitments and sprint goals. The ScrumMaster, product owner, and all team members participate in this daily meeting. To k...
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The short short story: How long does it have to be?
Scrum teams often use user stories for backlog items. Unfortunately, one of the most important aspects of a story—its extremely short length—has been subtly transformed over time, an...
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I was very excited to attend my first Scrum Gathering in Seattle. I wore two hats: Marketing Communications Manager for SolutionsIQ, the platinum sponsor of the event, and Official Tweeter (if there is such a title) for the Scrum Alliance. Bryan S...
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Many people associate Scrum with a complete methodology. However, Scrum is only a framework and as such does not provide the details found in other methodologies. It provides a basic definition of the roles, major activities, and basic artifacts around the ultimate goal of producing a "potentially shippable product increment" within a fixed time box called a Sprint. For example, Scrum does not tell you how to best develop a product backlog, it just tells you that you need a prioritized list of backlog items to determine what should go into each of the sprints.
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The fantastic Hasselback Potato was all the rage last year, but needless to say... I am not real trendy. Shocking, I know! Seriously though, I am more of a classic girl. I am not what you call hip. But, I am really good with that. The trends come and go, classics... We are here to stay. So, what does this have to do with our lovely potato you ask?
As I was saying, I am not trendy. I kind of march to the beat of my own drummer. So Hassel-who potatoes? Exactly! Then, last month I needed the perfect side to go with my Bacon Bourbon Barbecue Chicken Kabobs; a potato that I could stuff with mounds of butter, cheese and bacon. Although I am very fond of the Italian Potato Skins I made last year, and yes they would be an appropriate carrying vessel, I have made a lot of potato skins. I wanted something different. I immediately remembered those accordion-like potatoes I saw everywhere last year.
Hasselback potatoes would be perfect for cheese and bacon stuffing. They cook up so perfectly and open up as they cook, so you can fill those potato slices with tons of ooey gooey cheese and crisp smoky bacon, so much deliciousness you will have to pinch yourself to make sure you are not dreaming.
You are going to love these! We surely do!
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4 large Russet potatoes, washed
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, thinly sliced
kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper
olive oil
8 ounces Monterey Jack and Colby cheese blend (or your favorite)
16 ounces of thick cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place a potato on a cutting board with wood skewers on each side (lengthwise). Slice potato about 3/4 of the way through. The skewers will keep you from cutting all the way through. Cut to about 1/8" thickness. Drizzle potatoes with olive oil and place a piece butter in every few slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake for about 1 hour.
The potatoes will have kind of opened up so you can stuff cheese and bacon into the slices. Pack 2 ounces of cheese and 1/4 of your bacon into each potato. Return to oven and cook for 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Serve and enjoy!
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Mike Kovak
As the final horn sounded, Johnstown Tomahawks defenseman Casey Nelson slowly glided toward the boards with his elbows on his knees and a look of disbelief on his face. A few minutes earlier, goalie Collin Brennan made a similar skate over to the opposite side of the ice at Cambria County War Memorial Arena in disgust.
Those were visible signs of a frustrated hockey team that played well in stretches during a weekend series against the Springfield Jr. Blues, but not well enough to salvage a point.
For the second consecutive day, Johnstown let a third-period lead slip away. On Sunday afternoon, Springfield erased a two-goal deficit with a four-goal outburst in the third period for a 6-4 victory in front of 1,045.
"It seems like some bounces just didn't go our way. The third period is usually our period," Tomahawks coach Jason Spence said. "We played well. We were doing a lot of the right things. We supported each other. We used our speed to our advantage."
The Tomahawks (7-6-6, 20 points) did just about everything except win.
"It's pretty frustrating because we felt like we were dominating at times and we couldn't earn a single point," said Connor Wright, who put together an interesting 60 minutes. "A lot of bounces just didn't go our way. It felt like it came down to a bunch of bad bounces."
Those bounces went the Tomahawks' way during a dominating second period, and Wright unexpectedly played a big role.
Wright received a game misconduct penalty at the 19:21 mark of the first period.
"They were trying to get me for a kick," Wright said.
Spence added, "The linesman thought (Wright) kicked him in the head, but the ref (Jonathan Sitarski) saw it better. When (Wright) jumped over, the skate caught the guy in the helmet."
So Wright returned for the second period and scored his first two goals of the season, the latter an unassisted tally at the 19:09 mark to give the Tomahawks a 4-2 lead.
"It was a weird situation, but I was happy to get back out there and help out the team," Wright said. "It felt pretty good to get my first two goals of the season."
That feeling was short-lived for Wright and the Tomahawks.
Springfield (8-8-2, 18 points) got things going midway through the third period.
Devin Mitchell worked the puck behind the net and dished to Mike Severson, who beat Tomahawks goalie Collin Brennan and trimmed the Jr. Blues' deficit to 4-3. Mitchell then tied the game at 4 at the 12:08 mark. With 1:50 remaining, Mike Fazio's backhand beat a sprawling Brennan.
And Springfield left with four points in two games, both wins coming courtesy of third-period comebacks.
"The Tomahawks played great. They kept coming at us, but a couple bounces went our way that really helped," Springfield coach Tony Zasowski said. "We've been in the same boat as them – being a new team and being young, figuring out how to close games out."
Nate Chasteen capped the scoring with an empty-netter.
"We played great hockey for 50 minutes," Spence said. "We need to play 60 minutes."


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Notice where diesel was used in racing - 24 hr endurance. Surely not for its dynamic properties, acceleration, speed. It was plain and simple mathematics - reduce number of pitstops and you can go slower on the course. So they did.
The old saying is Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday comes to mind. Audi's R10 and now R15 are prime examples of this, these cars have dominated the La MAns series races, showcasing the TDI endurance helps in the showroom.
Damn you Ray, you beat me to it, I know that BMW has teased us with photos of the 550d, I just don't see BMW bring it over, just yet. I would say that having a car that is capable of some serious fun and still get descent MPG is a draw for some, but in the price point of the 550d, not many would be buying it because of it's MPG. I would assume people who bought it on the used car lot would understand the benefits of the MPG as well as the statement BMW is making with the car.
Since GM was the first to get their MPG back from the EPA on the diesel Cruze, it will be interesting to see what the Mazda 6 and the BMW will get. In the currently edition of Autoweek, they talk about the total percentage of passenger cars sold in the US last year that were diesel cars, 2.6% which if you look at it, this is only VW (this includes Audi) and MB isn't bad, now starting in 2014 MY, add two more manufactures. Autoweek predicts that in 10 years the total to be 15%, a small number, but still a significant increase. Only time will tell.
15% market share would be enormous growth in the segment - 500%+! And I would not call it "small" at all. That is significant marketshare, it would mean diesels are everywhere, offered by every manufacturer. One out of 7 vehicles, from Spark to Suburban, from Carrera to Ram 1500. It is certainly attainable, mostly by having diesel engines in pickups, SUVs and even family wagons/crossovers.
2012 BMW 328i wagon, manual and sports package. No. sold in the US: 1. Probably.
In addition to following fedlawman's direction, I'd also look at....
-Audi A6 2.0....It has the less expensive turbo 4 cyl (and less performance than the supercharged 3.0 6 cyl, and a great engine), is a larger lux car, and offers some nice handling charateristics.
-Audi A4....same as above only a little smaller.
-Acura TL SH AWD w/Tech package.....very nice lux performance car, totally loaded up, and a screaming bargain right now (my Sister just bought one)
-Lexus ES 350...should be able to sneak in just under $50K
-While I don't know much about them, Volvo S60 would probably fit the bill, too
-BMW 328i/335i.....might be a little too small, but look at them and see if they work
Good luck and let us know how the car shopping is going.
ES350 is not smaller than Camry, it should be larger. A6 is bigger, also much more expensive.
I would not call 3-series or A4 "very small". Surely too small for your needs (which is fair), but if 328 is "very small" than there is no word in English language to describe almost half of car models in the market.
2012 BMW 328i wagon, manual and sports package. No. sold in the US: 1. Probably.
Good to know that ES350 is not smaller than Camry. A6 looks good too. Need to actually go and look at both of these now. In terms of price, looks like A6 will come out about 4K more than ES350 (have to add in the options for ES350 since not a whole lot standard). So for 4K more, is A6 the better Sedan?
Also, I know in the long run A6 is going to be more expensive in terms of maintenance.
Should not have used "very small". More like relatively small.
Are you sure A6 is only 4 grand more? There are plenty of options there, too and they'd drive up the price with breath taking speed. I always thought Lexus was much better in standard content than German brands. Not as good as Acura, but still - especially ES, I thought was well equipped out of the gates. Things change, I guess.
2012 BMW 328i wagon, manual and sports package. No. sold in the US: 1. Probably.
You're knocking on the door of $50K MSRP for an A6 2.0 Premium Plus auto. You won't get the fancy stereo, but you will get Nav for that price (less a couple thousand for discount).
You have to add some costly packages to the ES350 to hit the Audi level.
I still think the A6 is bigger, but haven't been in an ES in a while.
I do think the TL would be similar in size to the ES, though.
If it came to those two cars, I'd probably get Lexus - 2.0 CVT Audi would be least interesting vehicle to me. Audi without quattro is to me like decaf or non-alcoholic beer. Not to mention it probably is pretty stripped for the class. Doesn't mean completely stripped, just I suspect if you wanted same equipment as on ES, you'd have to pay more than $50K. The only advantage is probably size, but how would that four-cylinder engine perform on such large and heavy car? ES350 would feel like a rocket in comparison. But if that's not really important to you (I can easily imagine relatively underpowered car being enough for majority of drivers) than you may like Audi.
I would also be concerned about long term maintenance. I think Audi still sells moderately priced maintenance package for first few years, but it is definitely more risky beyond warranty period than ES. I don't think it would "fall apart", but you'd do yourself a favor by having some decent fund for the car. BTW, my dad has now six (or maybe more) years old A4 1.9 TDI (in Europe) and the car is working just fine. He's had it for a number of years now. Once a while something pops up, but it is not backbreaking - so far, anyway. It's not exact comparison (there are somewhat different practices and pricing schemes over there vs. US), just one data point.
2012 BMW 328i wagon, manual and sports package. No. sold in the US: 1. Probably.
dino...Audi's ext warranties and maintenance plans are indeed more sanely priced than many. That's damning them with faint praise, however. As none of those plans are worth what the car companies charge for them, given the dealers and manufacturers get to use a large chunk of your change basically for free, over a period of years.
An A6 2.0 isn't bad. That little 4 cyl turbo is torquey. It's not the burner the supercharged 3.0 is. It would work for the OP's intended use.
I've never owned a Lexus. I have a couple of neighbors that do. While they love being coddled by the dealership, they don't like the prices they pay for maintenance and repair. Getting a 3rd party mechanic that you trust would probably help.
Just thinking out loud, if the OP wants a bigger vehicle that fits 3 in the back, an Acura MDX, or Lexus RX, or an Infiniti JX would probably be the better fit. I don't think many cars in his price range are going to be big enough for 3 passengers in the rear (along with car seats :surprise: ).
I have an independent mechanic I use once my vehicles are out of warranty. He has a great philosophy. If you're buying a car to last you 5-10 years, by a Japanese brand. If you're buying a car for 3 years, buy German. If you want something cheap to maintain and repair, buy American.
How about a 2013 Avalon? I had a 2005 and it was a great car with a limo-like back seat. I'm told the new one handles better, although some have said the ride is harsh. I know that it's not considered "entry luxury" but it can be loaded up with lots of advanced tech features. It might be worth a look.
robbieg Posts: 326Also, outside the box is the Cadillac XTS. Again, not an entry level luxury sedan but a large sedan. They start at 45 and go up from there. So, it depends on how many gadgets you want.
To bring the discussion back, this morning there was a review of the ATS in the local paper. Basically, the writer said it was average with a really small backseat.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/auto-news/drivers-seat-2013-cadilla- c-ats-offers-a-little-bit-of-luxury-684769/
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Say you're a conservative radio host who's losing advertisers left and right for saying some deeply misinformed and misogynistic things about the lifestyle of a highly-educated single woman, and now you need to change the conversation. How do you do that? If you're Rush Limbaugh, you do it by attacking a different woman on the basis of her singleness, youth and education.
Limbaugh spent the entire first hour of his program today discussing "The American Way of Eating," a new book by journalist Tracie McMillan, who logged almost a year working low-paying jobs at Wal-Mart, Applebee's and other places to learn about the food industry. Despite the backlash he's faced for branding law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and "prostitute," Limbaugh didn't shy away from the matter of McMillan's sex. On the contrary, he referred to her as an "authorette" and attempted to tie her to a broader trend of "all these young single white women" who are threatening Americans' freedoms.
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Less thrilling to her was Limbaugh attacking her for being female, single and educated. "It just didn't really occur to me that my being single would have any bearing on whether whether my book was valid," she says. "It seems to be a way to dismiss my intelligence or capacity to do the work."
McMillan grew up working class in a rural area outside Flint, Michigan. It was Limbaugh country, she says.
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"But this really intense dismissal of women by someone like Rush Limbaugh, who's considered an authority by a lot of people — that, to me, is distressing. I just wasn't expecting anybody to say flat out that my work wasn't valid because I'm a single woman."
She also takes exception to Limbaugh's calling her "over-educated." "I only have a B.A. I don't have an advanced degree," she says. "Maybe he thinks women shouldn't go to college at all?"
Perhaps Mr. Limbaugh's dismissal of educated women is due to his deep seated feelings of inadequacy stemming from his own academic failure. He can only be described as a high school graduate. It seems very strange that the guru of conservatives is someone who failed out of college.
That way they can't call him an "elite". When did it become a bad thing to be educated?
The difference between education and indoctrination is that one charges tuition.
Unless, that is, your degree involves sufficient quantities of mathematics. Otherwise, your education is largely just others' opinions.
Good education provides stimulation that helps people develop their ability to think, to reason, to ask questions, and to learn. Lousy education is indoctrination, or teaching to the test, which is what Lot of US schools do now (thank you GWBush).
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College dropout, draft evader, obese, drug abuser and prescription shopper, internet porn afficianodo, afraid of the young, independent women, liberals, constitutiionalists, muslims…Angry, abusive and self centered….. the perfect Conservative.
Maybe it has something to do with Viagra.
Education is indoctrination? Other people's opinions?
Clearly, you LACK an education. Clearly.
Since the right figured out that the only way they can keep their base is by keeping people just intelligent enough to do their jobs, but uninformed and uneducated enough so that they don't question the system.
Since Rick Santorum (a man with a BA, an MBA, and a JD) referred to President Obama as being a snob for wanting everyone to "go to college." Actually Obama said anything higher than a high school diploma would work. Santorum thinks that everyone will become brainwashed liberals at college who lose all religious affiliations. Clearly the man knows nothing about economics, which is odd since he has an MBA. The 3 main drivers of an economy are: physical capital, human capital (education), and technology. Investing in these things will help keep the economy's heart pumping strong.


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Apple confirms iPhone alarm bug, says wait for tomorrow and it'll fix itself
That pesky iPhone bug that caused one-time alarms not to go off in 2011 has been confirmed by Apple (phew!), as has the "fix" -- either set a recurring alarm or wait, as it corrects itself on January 3rd and works properly thereafter:
We're aware of an issue related to non repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2. Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3.
But were they aware of it prior to New Year, i.e. could they have had time to release an iOS 4.2.2 bug fix and spared users the inconvenience? If not, given this is the second major bug in the iOS 4 alarm system, hopefully they're redoubling their QA efforts in that area so we aren't hit again this spring. Either way, are you happy with the statement? Should Apple have given greater assurance they're looking into it or maybe even expressed a little empathy for affected users?
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How an earth can a bug only affect 2 dates? I don't understand how it will fix itself?
My alarms worked every so called bug has not effected my iPhone 4 from antenna gate on!!!!!!
This bug made me very mad, 2 days in a row I have waken up late due to my alarm not going off. Obviously they knew about it before New Year's, they couldn't prepare a quick fix for it?
Apple has become complacent. They have slipped off their pedestal and joined the rest of the field as just another careless tech giant. What an embarrassment.
It's just an alarm no big deal
Thank you. I knew people would be shunting and crying even more as soon as I seen this article. People need to relax
Same thing happened with my LCARS Clock for iPad. Date showed January 1,2010, but changed to 2011 on the 2nd. Reminds me of Y2K.
Grrrrr made me late and almost got me fired... Get it together Apple!
Just because it's not a big deal to you doesn't mean the same applies to everyone else. I'm sure I'm not the only one who relies on my iPhone to wake me up for things like work.
If you were almost fired for it then you need to blame yourself and not apple. Not for not waking up on time today but obviously your lateness is a problem if their to the point of almost firing you for being late
Get it together Elijah!
Well I guess that explains why my alarm mysteriously chose not to go off this AM. If I had known my iPhone alarm would not have been reliable, I would have set a backup. This is odd that Apple cannot get it together regarding alarms. Seems like such a simple part of iOS to have so many problems.
And "Jason" is quite the jerk for being so ignorant to blame others for obvious Apple problems.
How is it ignorant? Would you complain if a standard alarm clock, not on the iPhone, or any phone for that matter, had an issue are you gonna go off and make such a big deal about this? And how am i a jerk for saying the obvious tha if you almost got fired over this the more than likely you have a problem with being late? Never in my life have i ever heard of someone getting fired for being late once or twice.
Okay - first... There ARE some people who use their iPhone as their clock for alarms. So this crap about "get a real clock" or "no one to blame but yourself" has to stop. In order to get up in time for work - people set alarms. Some set a clock, some set their watches.... and some - set their phones. Would you be telling people whose watch suddenly didn't go and get a clock?
Second - yeah, it's "just an alarm"... but if they don't catch just the alarm, or really come off as complacent about that... What else will they be complacent about? Remember "You're holding it wrong..."?
Now - I don't think it's major... but if they had known about it - it would be great to hear it. And if they hadn't - it would be great to hear "We are aware of this issue - AND WE APOLOGIZE. We assure you it will be fixed so it does not happen again." Instead of "We're aware - it will fix itself."
A good company cares about their customers, and a company that cares about their customers - stays on top of things and apologizes when things go wrong and then assures their customers it will be better next time.
@Felix and @Jason obviously do not have jobs.
And it very well may fix itself. It's three days not like it would be three weeks for it to fix itself. And i myself use my iPhone as an alarm. I'm not one of those people who use old school alarms trying to make fun of people using their phones as an alarm. I just think it's ridiculous that everyone is getting so worked up over something. It's no different then if the power went out and you woke up late and were late for work because the time on your alarm clock reset or you still didn't have power when you were suppose to wake up.
The only thing im saying that there's no one else to blame but yourself on is getting fired for being late. If you almost getting fire because your late because of this,, you being late must be a common issue, and that you should blame yourself
Lmao Jim.
I go to school full time and work 30+ hours a week.
Get a regular alarm clock? Haven't had any bugs with my Sony alarm dock for my iPhone 4 :)
I read about this but I still forgot and I woke up realizing hey why didn't my alarm go off. Luckily it wasn't the most important thing to get up to though :). They should look into it further since this is the second time that it has happened.
Others have mentioned it, and I agree...Apple is getting complacent. Another possibility is that they are/were ill prepared to become a market leader. If this pattern and their non-customer service type responses continue, Apple may become irrelevant.
I agree they should look into it further. I use my alarm for workday to get up. I had 8 alarms set for repeat, and they were going off all day yesterday. So I can still trust mine to work.
As far as fixing it. It will be over tomorrow. No need to waste time and money to fix something that you won't even have a fix for by the time the problem resolves itself. A week from now. Huge difference, tomorrow no big deal.
@Lime - It is quiet likely that this bug will reappear at another time, say 1/1 and 1/2 of 2012. Not to mention that this is their second alarm clock related bug. Do you still think that Apple should ignore it?
Jeez. This totally explains why I thought I slept through my one-time alarm this morning!!
Like Bjblyth, I just want to know how the heck such a bug, only affecting two days, can even occur. Should I be worried that the calculator app has bugs that only affect certain factors? I probably will be, until Apple explains the logic of this to someone.
How is it "obvious" that my lateness is a problem, when you know absolutely nothing about where I work, or who I work for? My boss is very, very strict and does not tolerate it. This is the first time I've been late in the 5 years that I've worked there, so I think I have it together. I don't have a second or third alarm clock that I use, so it's completely fair to blame Apple. But thanks for the concern!
Well Elijah, i don't thnk they could legally fire you for being late once in 5 years lol
My boss owns the restaurant, she can fire me for almost whatever she wants. It sucks, but it's the harsh reality.
Ya know it happened to me... But we should set our real alarm clocks every night just in case. These phones ARE computers, and computers are not perfect. It's our own fault for not being diligent and responsible, not some application on a phone.
Biggest issue for me here is losing trust in the device. That is twice within 3 months that a condition exists where your alarm clock will fail. That means the device cannot be relied on for that purpose any more. Not everyone checks sites like TiPB every day to see what hoops to jump through for tomorrow's alarm clock settings to work.
Does anyone no the technical reason why it doesn't work on the 1st & 2nd but fixes itself on the 3rd. Just curious.
I think it would have been nice if Apple had brought this to our attention prior to the problematic dates. That is what is bad about the whole thing!
Apple is handling this quite poorly, in my opinion. Their public relations need to be improved. As well as their alarm clock programming.
It is now the 03.01. In Australia and the bug has NOT fixed itself automatically. Thanks. Apple.
seriously why are commenters going after each other when clearly it's apple's mistake. It may not be huge depending on how reliant you were on the alarm, but Apple still made a mistake not finding it sooner and at least sending an e-mail with the workaround.
Yes, it is a mistake on Apple's part considering they already had a similar alarm clock problem previously.
My droid alarm woke me up
Sorry Apple, it is now tomorrow(AEST)1/3/2011 and the bug is still there.
Almost missed my texans tailgating!!!!
Well my iPhone 4 has been ok except for the charging jack and the home key but an hr later I have a new one and apple refused to transfer my contacts as I have a pc and the alarm doesn't bother me I keep my phone off at night unless im traveling then I might use the alarm I still say my white 3GS 32 gb was better than this phone oh well let me know if you guys get an update or a fix thanks best of luck to you guys. Also please let me know of any more glitches the signal has been great for me
It is a bug and Apple miserably failed their customers - period!
I did not want to wake up on those two days at all so it did not bother me at all but would have otherwise!!
Jason, "your" is possessive (your inability to spell is frustrating) "you're" means "you are" (you're not going to be taken seriously if you use "your" incorrectly).
Apple has to watch these small issues because their reputation stands on a platform of "simple, done right." I don't mind being late once, but Apple should maintain its standards.
@Elijah -sigh- it's sad to think about what would happen to you without the aid of technology.
So apparently some of you believe you can't be fired for one time being late. That in itself is ridiculous, but did you also consider that without an alarm, one might sleep through all or most of their shift making them more likely to be considered absent as apposed to late. Also, what about people who needed to wake up to catch a flight. One missed flight could easily be considered a lot more significant then one late arrival or one no show. Imagine the rich doctor, who undoubtedly uses his iPhone simply because it's more expensive than an alarm clock, missing his early surgery. That's just one of a billion possible examples of things significantly more significant than a late show at a restaurant which is in itself plenty significant. Now why should this not be considered a big deal? Some people's time is a lot more valuable than others, such as the ones not concerned with their iPhone alarm not working.
I'm on Christmas break, so I had nothing to wake up for.
I still found an incredibly easy fix, though. Download the "Alarm Clock Free" app or something similar and just use it. Bam. Working alarm, and problem solved. My alarm clock pro app woke me up with music this morning. :)
Its the 3rd now & My alarm still didn't go off this morning but I'm still on holiday so I don't mind.
That sucks, maybe you guys should get a second alarm for that matter. Try to be simple, get a reliable clock if waking late will suck up your day =) No software or hardware is perfect, redundancy will cover for imperfections.
Still not working. Jan 3 3:26am
Alarm "fixed itself" here in USA Eastern as promised. Still want an explanation as to how this happened.
If not hearing an alarm can allow you to sleep through your entire shift; you need to get your stupid ass to bed earlier. If you are that tired, you must work as effectively as a zombie, which would explain why your employer is so eager to find an excuse to fire you. A valuable employee will always be forgiven most any mishap of this sort. If you presence is a true life or death matter (i.e. you don't bus tables in a restaurant) I'm sure you've learned not to rely on ANY alarm clock.
Having worked in software for years I have seen programmers be dufus's and blunder something as 'simple' as an alarm. As a result, I have my iPhone as a backup to my wired alarm clock and vice versa. It's like defensive driving, assume the worst, plan for system failure.
Yea it sucks. Yea sorry for those that were late to work. Doubt you'll rely solely on one tool without redundancy in the future eh?
I set my alarm for 8:30am this morning (it's a bank holiday here in England but I wanted to check that it worked). It didn't work. So much for this "it'll be fixed by the 3rd Jan" rubbish. I go back to work tomorrow. Time to buy a clock radio!!
I'm using an app called Night Stand HD for my alarms and din't have an issue. It was free when I got it (not sure about now though) so why not try something like that for now as a workaround?
PS Don't feed the trolls
Uh...even if the alarm suddenly works today, for people to say the bug is "fixed" is foolish. The bug still exists and could reappear at anytime. Apple needs to truly fix this and issue an update. Of course, the media and iFans are all saying that its fixed, and the non-techies will praise Apple for their quick reaction.
Didn't work for me this morning (1/3). Great fix Apple!! Maybe I should have held it differently?
Didn't work for me either this morning, 1/3. Fortunately, I was at least aware of the issue (NOT from Apple) and ready for it. Watched as the time came and went with no alarm going off. Double checked to make sure it was still on, and it was. Still broken.
Hope they fix this ASAP. My iPhone is the alarm I use everyday.
Somebody ought to tell Steve that it didn't "fix itself" this morning, Monday. It's a good thing I've got a pretty reliable biological clock as a backup.
This annoying bug can be easily fixed. For those of you who want a one time occurrence, just delete the current alarm and re-create it.
Since Stevie J doesn't believe problems are real unless they get a flood of people directly contacting the company about it...
Is there an email address I can send a note to or a form I can submit to tell them it's still not working for me? For the life of me, I can't find an easy way to submit a 'bug' to them without calling, unless I'm a registered developer. And I have no desire to call and waste my time on hold on the phone just to say "Alarm isn't working, +1".
Mine worked just fine this morning on my 3GS as well as my wife's on her 3G. She's running the latest firmware and I'm one FW behind due to lack of the Jailbreak for it.
Jan 3 6:30am. Alarm didnt go off. Still doesn't work.
Jan 3, 5:03a CST alarm did not go off. Set the alarm for "5 minutes later" after I did get up and it worked. So maybe it has to fail once and then it works?
FALSE. Alarms didn't work today
I will say this again as I've always said. Apple does not give a rats ass about its customers and what they want. All they want is $$$$$$$$ Steve jobs is a greedy sumbitch
Are all of you saying the new, one-time-only alarms you are creating today, don't work? I find it even harder to believe that some people are experiencing continued issues while others are not, than I do that Apple programmed an alarm clock with a bug only affecting two specific days out of ALL POSSIBLE DAYS.
They didn't do it specifically. It just happened. Apple screwed up. And won't admit it.
My girlfriend's iphone alarm did not work today either. January 3. She was late to work and not too happy.
@FLskydiver Why is it hard to believe? People have different devices, different iOS versions, different times the alarms are set to, different time zones. There are a lot of variables at play.
It's still not working for myself a 'saved' alarm entry at 7:00 that I set to on/off depending on the day.
Does it, or does it not work, with a new one-time alarm you create today, for say, two minutes from now??
If your old alarm isn't working, than obviously, especially one created on the 1st or 2nd, than obviously you should make a new one and erase the old one.
If new alarms don't work, than the problem isn't over, and THAT is worth mentioning for sure.
Of course, until we get a full explanation as to why alarms made on (or for) Jan 1 and 2 failed, we'll never really know if the problem is over at all.
I was not aware of the problem until this morning when my alarm did not go off. I started a new job today and you could imagine my frustration when my 630 am alarm did not go off and I woke up at 720 am. Apple should have notified customers via email before the issue affected them. The only way I'd have heard of this beforehand would be by scouring the blogs.
After not working on Jan 1, 2 and 3, the alarm did work this morning the 4th!


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The Daily Star
---- — Last week, the Department of Environmental Conservation announced the Columbus Day Weekend Youth Deer Hunt will run Oct. 6-8.
The event is for youths ages 14-15 as the DEC hopes to "engage more young people in nature and outdoor recreation."
This is great, but let me jump in with both feet and stir up the pot just a little.
Earlier in the year, there was a long discussion regarding the best time to offer a youth deer hunt. There was a vast difference of opinion on the proper timing of this hunt.
At that time, the idea was tabled. Now just a couple of weeks away, the announcement comes down from Albany.
Oct. 1 is the opening day of small-game season, fall-turkey season and archery season for deer in this area. That makes Columbus Day Weekend the opening weekend for these activities.
My first thought was the possible danger of having kids with guns hunting deer while bow hunters are in their tree stands and turkey hunters are hiding in the brush, dressed in complete camouflage with no blaze orange.
Yes, these kids have to be accompanied by a licensed adult while hunting, but there is a concern for safety. Basically, we are putting a lot of faith and trust into these adults. But let's put that aside. After all, small-game and turkey hunters also will be out there with firearms.
I've heard from several archery hunters in the area and their biggest problem with this hunt is timing. The big, old mature bucks are in the meadows eating every evening without a concern in the world. It's been nine or 10 months since they've been hunted.
Normally by the time archery season starts, they change their feeding habits because of man's intrusion into their territory and become more nocturnal. So it's going to be far easier for these kids to harvest a good, large-antlered buck. All they have to do is sit along some meadow where a big buck is feeding before nightfall and shoot that deer with a rifle from 300 yards away.
Look, let's stop the griping. Youths are the future of our sport. I'm not sure this early hunt will encourage any more kids to hunt, but they do it in other states, so why not New York?
Bow hunters will say the best time to take a big buck is early in the season. They feed and bed in the same spots every day before the rut kicks in, making it easier to pattern the deer. By Halloween, these big stags are up and moving, looking for a receptive doe.
Personally, I like to bow hunt the first week of November. The woods seem to be alive with deer activity. But I don't care about shooting a big buck. I've done that. I'd rather put a nice, tender, non-gamy doe in the freezer.
I actually started writing this article with some negative thoughts, but by the time I got to the bottom of the page, I couldn't find much wrong with the idea. Maybe kids will get away from their computers and iPhones just a little longer; at least I hope so. But I do think the same kids who participate in this early hunt will be out there during the regular season with the dads.
I vividly remember the first buck I took back in 1963. That excitement still lingers in my mind. I hope these kids also will take a big buck and be hooked for life.
Hopefully you adults will take time off from your hunting and spend that extra time with your kids. It will certainly be worth it.
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PALESTINE, Texas (AP) — A lieutenant at an East Texas prison has been charged with attacking his corrections-employee wife at their home.
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office says Elton Shawn Sims was arraigned Monday on counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct and interfering with an emergency call. Bond is $32,500 for Sims, who didn't immediately have an attorney.
Sheriff Greg Taylor told the Tyler Morning Telegraph (http://bit.ly/SBGvel ) that alcohol may have been involved Sunday. Sims allegedly beat his wife and fired a gun into the air. Further details on the woman weren't immediately available.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says the lieutenant's employment is pending the outcome of the investigation. Sims works at the Gurney Unit. Clark declined to release details on the wife's job.
Information from: Tyler Morning Telegraph, http://www.tylerpaper.com


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— We heard from many readers via the Pharos-Tribune Facebook page Sunday evening after a severe storm blew through the area, but one post in particular made us stop and think.
It came from Pete Speicher, a Logansport native who is now a forecaster/radar operator for the Eastern North Dakota/Northwest Minnesota National Weather Service.
He posted, "[I] must say the BEST part of my job is seeing the words 'no injuries' after storms like this roll through, especially when it's back home."
Seeing the damage done around town — trees crushing houses and roofs ripped from homes — it's amazing to think no one was injured.
The damage in other Indiana cities was far worse than what we experienced here, and even then, the news is the same. After touring many cities that lay in rubble, Gov. Mike Pence reported today there was not a single Hoosier casualty due to the storms.
News outlets and social media are bursting with images of destruction from this late-season line of storms. It's bad — really bad in some areas. One of the harder hit areas is our neighbors in Kokomo, where a huge swath of town looks like a war zone.
It's so bad there that the American Red Cross has setup a shelter for displaced residents. Shelters were also set up in Boone and Tippecanoe counties.
So as we look around at the mess we have to clean up here at home, let's be mindful of how lucky we are that we escaped the massive devastation other cities find themselves in this week.
Things can be replaced, but people can't.
THE ISSUE Sunday's severe storm system OUR VIEW We're lucky no causalities were reported from the storms that devastated many Indiana towns.


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Petaluma city manager gets extension to 2019
Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Petaluma's top administrator will be sticking around for a while.
The Petaluma City Council Monday night approved an amended contract for City Manager John Brown to remain on the job through June 2019.
The unanimous vote of approval comes in stark contrast to the vote that brought Brown into town in 2008, when a sharply divided council voted 4-3 to hire him.
Councilwoman Teresa Barrett, who voted against hiring Brown then, said Brown convinced her he was the right man for the job.
"He has done, I think, an excellent job in guiding the city through some hard times and some difficult decisions," she said, adding that those times probably aren't over. "I'm very confident going forward with John Brown as our city manager."
The six-year contract comes with no raise – in fact, Brown's base wage of $208,000 is the same as the day he started five years ago. He would receive a raise of the same percentage if other city directors' salaries are increased.
In 2010, Brown took a 3 percent pay cut for 18 months, consistent with furloughs other city employees took.
Brown, who has 30 years of experience in municipal government, is among the highest paid members of Sonoma County government. County Administrator Veronica Ferguson leads the pack, at about $304,000 including benefits and paid retirement, according to the most recent data available.
Brown outpaces Santa Rosa City Manager Kathy Millison in total compensation package, although his base pay is slightly less than hers. In total, Brown's compensation is about $262,000 compared to Millison's $252,000, according to 2011 figures cities provided the state controller's office.
Petaluma is required to give Brown 60 days' notice if it intends to terminate him without cause before the contract is up. He would be entitled to seven months' pay and benefits if he were fired without cause.
The new contract adds a provision that the city must notify Brown within 10 days if considering termination for cause to allow him an opportunity to address concerns before a final decision is made.
The previous contract obligated the city to provide Brown with a hybrid or zero-emission vehicle, with insurance and fuel at city expense. But Brown passed on the benefit for the past five years, saving the city at least $25,000 by not having to purchase or maintain a vehicle.
The new contract instead requires the city to make a vehicle available for Brown's use on city business, or if one is not available, he can seek reimbursement for the use of his personal vehicle.
Brown can carry over as many as 40 hours of unused leave time to the following year. The time can't be cashed out if he leaves the city and must be used or lost after the carry-over year. Other city employees agreed to similar carry-over provisions in lieu of cash-outs.
A Southern California native, Brown was city administrator in Woodburn, Ore., population 22,800, for 10 years before coming to Petaluma. He was city manager in the Sierra foothills town of Jackson from 1995 to 1998, and before that worked for Yuba County, starting in 1987 as an administrative analyst and ending in 1995 as county administrator.
His public service career began in 1983 with posts in Ventura County government and the city of Oxnard.
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Ryan Miller did not practice this afternoon with the Sabres while recoving from a lower-body injury that was not believed to be serious. Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said Miller received treatment Saturday and Sunday and kept the goaltender off the ice after he reported soreness.
Ruff did not reveal details of the injury. Goaltending coach Jim Corsi played in one net at the Northtowns Center while Patrick Lalime played the other for the 80-minute practice. Miller is expected to be back on the ice when the Sabres get back to work Tuesday in preparation for Boston.
Winger Jason Pominville returned to full duty today for the first time since Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson buried him with a check Oct. 11. Winger Nathan Gerbe will be sidelined for a few weeks with a broken jaw, but he participated in drills today. Rookie Luke Adam was returned to Portland.
Also, the Sabres announced in a press release they had agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level deal with former first-round pick Zack Kassian, who is playing for OHL Windsor. Kassian had seven goals and 20 points in his first 13 games with the Spitfires after an extended look in Sabres' training camp.
Kassian, 19, can only be called to Buffalo in an emergency. He was the 13th overall selection in the 2009 draft.
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I was working at home on a recent Saturday when I had to take a break to film my son cracking an egg over his head.
Hed reached 20 followers on Instagram, which hed just joined, and this is what hed promised his people.
Im not ready for this.
What happened to the Velcro shoes and Batman capes? Darth Vader? Blanket forts and crickets in pockets?
I want all those things back. Hes just 10 and in the fifth grade. I want more time before the world gets to him.
But theres no stopping time. If only someone could figure out how to do it stop time at the really good parts in life and speed it up when you hit a rough patch.
Forget the iPhone; what an invention that would be.
Come to think of it, though, my son is right on time. I remember being about the same age when something both horrible and wonderful started dawning on me: the world.
Or worldliness. Other peoples opinions. Popular kids. Slam books. Boys. The right shoes. Feathered hair.
I remember being excited because suddenly I had my own happenings, but also lost and scared that being myself wasnt going to cut it. It consumed me for a lot of years.
The world steals us for a while and then, eventually, we make it back to who we are.
Writer Catherine Drinker Bowen said it this way: Many a man who has known himself at 10 forgets himself utterly between 10 and 30.
I know, Im waxing nostalgic now. Most times I dont notice the passage of time, but then it sneaks up on me. And when it does, its impossible not to contemplate whats happened and whats to come.
One thing I do love about my son getting a little older and more mature is that we have some pretty good talks. Over lunch, I was telling him about my new class of students at UNC-Chapel Hill and he said, Youre too soft, Mom.
And I said, How do you know that?
I can just tell by the way you talk about them. You have to be firm.
My mom remarked the other day that shes learned the best things of her life from her children. I hadnt thought about that before. But I can see it happening.
One of my students, just 10 years older than my son, interviewed me in a class exercise and asked me about my hobbies. I mentioned I was taking yoga.
She responded with a story about how her sister had borrowed her backpack for a camping trip and returned it completely empty and how freeing it was to start fresh and just load her pack with what she needed laptop, keys, water bottle.
I thought shed gone off on a tangent, but she continued.
Thats like yoga, she said. You empty your brain while youre there and then re-load it only with what you need.
Thats a pretty good analogy from a 20-year-old.
How many egg-cracking shenanigans and other stunts will I be privy to before I get access to that kind of wisdom? My guess is a lot.
Its OK; I dont mind the wait.


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