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Maura McEnaney, author of Willard Garvey: An Epic Life, speaks before the Rotary Club of Wichita on October 28, 2013, about her new book published by The Independent Institute's LibertyTree Press.
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September 1, 2013
By Thomas B Haines
The Beechcraft Bonanza revolutionized the single-engine high-performance category when it hit the market in 1947. Compared to its nearest competitor—the dowdy radial-engine Cessna 195 taildragger—the retractable-gear, horizontally opposed Continental-powered Bonanza was unlike anything the industry had seen. Now, today's version of the Bonanza is
having that same impact on a small commercial real estate brokerage firm in Baltimore.
After owning N4000L—the 4,000th Model 36 Bonanza to be built—for only a few weeks, company Chief Pilot Jose Santana says he can't imagine a time when the growing company wouldn't own an airplane. In addition to flying the Bonanza G36, Santana, an attorney, also serves as the associate vice president for leasing for the Segall Group. Two other company principals also are pilots: Founder and CEO Andy Segall is a student pilot; his father, Mark, is the chairman and a sport pilot. Access to the airplane is changing the way the firm does business and allowing it to expand its footprint in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The day prior to our visit with Santana, he had put to the test a plan the partners had envisioned when they went shopping for a new airplane early this year. Clients from out of the region airlined it to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for meetings in suburban Washington, D.C. Santana and Andy Segall then picked up the clients at Leesburg, Virginia; flew them to Newport News, Virginia; and then to Martin State Airport in Baltimore. The clients, like many for the Segall Group, are in the chain restaurant business. Segall helps them find new locations. With the airplane they can visit numerous sites in a day instead of battling Baltimore and Washington metro area highway traffic. After the regional general aviation flights, the clients commented that the one-day trip would have taken three without the Bonanza.
Sitting in the back, enjoying the ship's standard air conditioning system on a steamy July day, the clients pulled out the folding desk and worked en route, said Santana. It was the six-seat cabin that sold the company on the G36. "The cabin won over the chute," he said, noting that the other contender for their business was a Cirrus, which comes standard with a whole-airplane parachute system. Santana did multiple demo flights, including flying the Cirrus and the Bonanza back to back. While he and Andy Segall appreciated the performance of the Cirrus, they better envisioned their clients riding in the Bonanza. "It's like a little airliner—very solid and stable. With the yaw damper and hot prop as standard equipment, well, we fly it like a jet," said Santana.
Powerplant | Continental IO-550-B, 300 hp | Recommended TBO | 1,700 hr
Propeller | Hartzell, constant-speed, 3-blade, 80-in dia
Length | 27 ft 6 in
Height | 8 ft 7 in
Wingspan | 33 ft 6 in
Wing area | 181 sq ft
Wing loading | 20.2 lb/sq ft
Power loading | 12.2 lb/hp
Seats | 6
Cabin length | 12 ft 7 in
Cabin width | 4 ft 2 in
Cabin height | 3 ft 6 in
Empty weight | 2,630 lb
Empty weight, as tested | 2,653 lb
Max ramp weight | 3,663 lb
Max gross weight | 3,650 lb
Useful load | 1,033 lb
Useful load, as tested | 1,010 lb
Payload w/full fuel | 589 lb
Payload w/full fuel, as tested | 566 lb
Max takeoff weight | 3,650 lb
Max landing weight | 3,650 lb
Fuel capacity, std | 80 gal (74 gal usable) 480 lb (444 lb usable)
Oil capacity | 12 qt
Baggage capacity, total | 670 lb
Baggage capacity, aft | 70 lb, 10 cu. ft
Takeoff distance, ground roll | 1,913 ft
Max demonstrated crosswind component | 17 kt
Cruise speed/range w/30-min rsv (fuel consumption) @ High speed, best economy | 176 kt/ 671 nm 6,000 ft | (97 pph/16 gph) @ Normal, best economy | 167 kt/ 746 nm 8,000 ft | (84 pph/14 gph) @ Economy, best economy | 160 kt/ 854 nm 8,000 ft | (72 pph/12 gph)
Service ceiling | 18,500 ft
Landing distance, ground roll | 950 ft
VX (best angle of climb) | 84 KIAS
VY (best rate of climb) | 100 KIAS
VA (design maneuvering) | 141 KIAS
VFE (max flap extended) | 154 KIAS
VLE (max gear extended) | 154 KIAS
VLO (max gear operating)
Extend | 154 KIAS
Retract | 154 KIAS
VNO (max structural cruising) | 165 KIAS
VNE (never exceed) | 205 KIAS
VR (rotation) | 75 KIAS
VS1 (stall, clean) | 68 KIAS
VSO (stall, in landing configuration) | 58 KIAS
For more information: Contact Beechcraft Corporation, 10511 East Central, Wichita, Kansas 67206; 316-676-5034; www.beechcraft.com
All specifications are based on manufacturer's calculations. All performance figures are based on standard day, standard atmosphere, sea level, gross weight conditions unless otherwise noted.
Extra: Highly accurate fuel measuring allows for easy trading of fuel for payload, meaning better utilization of the passenger seats.
That reputation as a working airplane goes back to the original V-tail airplane of 1947, when Beechcraft promoted it as a "businessman's" airplane. The Bonanza has been in continuous production longer than any airplane ever, with some 18,000 units out of the Wichita factory over the decades. The G36 shares most of its lineage with the straight-tail Model 33 Debonair, which debuted in 1960 and included four seats like the V-tails (although some can be equipped to carry three in the back). A 1963 Debonair is the AOPA 2014 Sweepstakes project airplane currently undergoing a massive refurbishment (see "Briefing: Paint in Progress," page 34).
By 1968, Beech officials saw a need for a larger variant and introduced the Model 36, which included a 10-inch stretch ahead of the wing, and the addition of two aft doors, and an option (in the beginning) for club seating for easy cabin access. No longer would passengers have to climb over the copilot's seat to get in the aft cabin. The cabin stretch also widened the center-of-gravity envelope and reduced the short-bodied airplane's tendency toward fishtailing in flight. The club-seating configuration later became standard. In 1970, numerous cabin changes led to the introduction of the A36, a model designation that would stick for more than 35 years. Turbocharged A36TC models and the B36TC—with longer wings—would come and go, but the normally aspirated A36 soldiered on.
In 1979 Beech redesigned the cabin to include a baggage compartment stretching into the tailcone. In 1984, the stock Continental IO-520 at 285 horsepower continuous (300 horsepower for takeoff) was replaced with the IO-550, capable of 300 horsepower continuously, allowing for a boost in maximum takeoff weight from 3,600 pounds to 3,650. At the same time Beech dramatically redesigned the panel, eliminating the signature dual yoke (with an optional throw-over yoke) in favor of a conventional set of dual controls. The landing gear switch was moved from the right to the left of the center of the panel; the flap switch from the left to the right—more in sync with what had become a standard in other models. The change has caused many gear-up landings in 36s as pilots used to one configuration moved to an airplane with the other. The 1984 model also replaced the individual engine controls with a more modern throttle quadrant. The avionics panel was increased in height, allowing for the placement of the six primary flight instruments in a standard six-pack configuration and a stack of round engine gauges.
More than two decades would pass before what had become Raytheon Aircraft and then Hawker Beechcraft would again invest in significant upgrades. In 2006, the model became the G36 with the introduction of the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit and the GFC 700 integrated flight control system. The two 10.4-inch displays, a primary flight display and a multifunction display, replaced the conventional flight instruments and nav/coms. Three independently powered mechanical backup instruments remain. The Bonanza was the first to get Garmin's all-new GFC 700 digital autopilot. Garmin calls it an "integrated flight control system" because it truly is integrated into the aircraft, dramatically reducing pilot workload and bringing features normally found only on much larger aircraft, such as altitude preselect, flight level change, and go-around mode. Since the introduction of the G1000, Garmin and Beechcraft—today's name of the company after emerging early this year from the bankruptcy of Hawker Beechcraft—have continued to invest in the model. Today's G1000 includes satellite-delivered weather, terrain and traffic warnings, WAAS approaches, synthetic vision, highway-in-the-sky flight path guidance, and a host of other features that the designers of the Bonanza couldn't even conceive of 65 years ago. Dual alternators and dual batteries provide backup and redundancy to all of the electronics.
While leveraging all the capabilities, the pilot and passengers will be riding in new levels of comfort. Beech over the past couple of years has upgraded the interior appointments, replacing all of the interior and exterior lights with LEDs—reducing power consumption while lowering maintenance demands thanks to their long lives. Opening the doors now activates overhead courtesy lights throughout the cabin. Indirect floor lighting in the aft cabin and in the pilot/co-pilot foot wells also helps brighten the cabin. Seats restyled with curving lines and upgraded headrests give the cabin a modern feel. Most important, the G36 includes an automatic climate control system. It's a set-and-forget system. Dial in the temperature you want and it modulates heat and air conditioning as required. Santana says it works well. On the day we flew N4000L, the outside air temperature was 96 degrees, yet the cabin cooled down quickly after engine start. Unlike some air conditioners in early 36 models, this one can be left on for takeoff and landing. Passengers have an overhead control for the aft cabin.
One thing retained from the earliest Bonanza is the legendary performance and handling. Although a little heavier in feel than the shorter models, the G36 is well balanced and a delight to fly while being stable enough to easily handfly approaches; the longer-bodied 36s are much more stable in pitch than the shorter ones. Bonanzas once led in cruise performance. Some newer fixed-gear four-place models, including the Cirrus, can now best it in speed, but the Bonanza with its larger cabin is still in the race. Beechcraft lists a maximum cruise of 176 knots true at 6,000 feet, which is achievable at lighter weights. But count on 170 to 172 knots day in and day out, rich of peak and while burning 17 to 18 gallons per hour. If you're willing to give up about 8 knots, you can bring the fuel burn down to 12 to 13 gph, stretching the endurance with reserves to some five hours. Not bad on just 74 gallons of usable fuel. A popular aftermarket modification is the addition of tip tanks, which can add up to 40 additional gallons and boost max takeoff weight by 200 pounds.
Many of those upgrades are done less for the additional fuel and more for the extra carrying capacity, because like most of today's well-equipped singles, the G36 is heavy. That air conditioning, the thick windows, soundproofing, and leather interior carry a weight penalty, putting a typical G36 empty weight at about 2,630 pounds, leaving just about 560 pounds for pilot and passenger when carrying the full 74 gallons.
Leaving those aftermarket tips empty allows for the carrying of an additional person and bags. Even with the stock fuel capacity, the accurate fuel gauges allow the pilot to easily trade fuel for payload on shorter runs, as Santana often sees on missions for the Segall Group.
Overall, Andy Segall sees the G36 as providing what he hoped for: a way to move staff and clients around at a comfort level similar to an automobile. The company began using airplanes about three years ago when Santana, a former charter pilot, offered to fly Segall from Baltimore to a meeting in Richmond. The convenience was addicting.
They began using rental aircraft more often, but after a painfully cold flight last winter in an old Piper Seneca with an anemic heater, Segall wanted something that would make clients comfortable. He credits the current IRS accelerated depreciation program for helping to convince him to buy a new airplane rather than used. Another reason for new was the factory warranty, which helps provide predictability to the budget. "This is our first airplane," reminds Santana, "so it's comforting to know what we're getting into from a cost standpoint."
Segall admits a bias toward buying from an American company and the fact that the manufacturer was just emerging from bankruptcy didn't give him many concerns. Segall started his company in the midst of the current economic doldrums, so he felt a certain empathy for Beechcraft and its employees. At the delivery ceremony for the 4,000th Model 36, Segall addressed the Beech employees, encouraging them to persevere.
A reflection of that same spirit, perhaps, the G36 seems poised for a much longer future. While some models of such lineage feel like antiques or classics at this point, the G36 seems ready for decades more flying.
AOPA Editor in Chief Tom Haines joined AOPA in 1988. He owns and flies a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza. Since soloing at 16 and earning a private pilot certificate at 17, he has flown more than 100 models of general aviation airplanes.
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That's such a happy quilt!
what a adorable quilt….it looks great and i love the backing from ikea!
Beautiful quilt well done
Hugs Janice
So adorable!
the colours are fab
Way cute fabrics!
beautiful quilt ;)
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Note to self: Go to IKEA and look at their fabric! Too cute!

And happy anniversary!
Lookit those cheeks! So cute! My charm packs arrived on Friday and I can't wait to unpack my sewing room so I can get started.
How fun! And what a cute baby pic!
Oh, I love love love it! Gorgeous. Really. I would have a hard time letting it go too. Hears to hoping it goes to a wonderful home where it will be much loved. Love all your fabrics!
The quilt is amazing (again) Amy!
Happy Birthday to your sweet son (really – 10 lbs.?)!
darling quilt! i need to make my little guy a new quilt. A bigger one mostly – he loves the one he already has.

Is this what I have to look forward to with an April baby? She was measuring 8 pounds 2 weeks ago!
Great combo of fabric! I love it!
So so sweet!
What a happy cheery boy blanket, just love it!
Awwwhhh Amy!

This post brought tears to my eyes! You know that I have soft spot for little boys and anything "boy related". So when I read it, I thought of my guy and the same feelings!

BTW-I always love to see "Boy" quilts. There just aren't enough of them out there!

Happy Birthday to your Little Guy.
I can see why this would be hard to part with, so happy and bright! I love the ikea fabric, my son would love it (he LOVES school buses). Happy Birthday to your son, hope he has a great day!
shut up! That is so so stinkin cute! And now for the big problem- I have just about all those fabrics- and my boys have the same bedding. So.. I think they need a similiar quilt on their wall. So so cute! I'm so in love- love the happy colors and prints!
Happy Birthday to your busy boy – and wonderful quilt. Very sunny AND boy at the same time.
Sweet little man in your life! he really is a cutie. I think he will do amazing things when he grows up…not that he doesn't do amazing things now.

Very cute quilt. LOVE the IKEA print on it.
love that photo… and the quilt.. the cars on the back are great!!
I just made my 4 month old a quilt and am using the Ikea car duvet cover as the back of it too! So adorable!!!
I love this quilt!! We have the Ikea duvets too and I just finished one of the twin quilts for my boys bunk beds. I'm loving the Traffic Jam collection. I will look perfect with the duvets for when it gets colder. I used all the blues on one..and all the reds on the other. You can take a peek at the blue one here…
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Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) save Gotham City from the Catwoman, Joker (Cesar Romero), Penguin and Riddler.
The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? — Dr. Emmett Brown
Much to their relief, the Hollywood Hillbillies are finally rid of their van, and thanks to Uncle Johnny they now have a sweet new ride. Mema and her brood will now cruise around "Hollyweird" in an old ambulance, and Johnny has plans to "pimp it out." We're sure whatever he comes up with will be amazing, but we thought we'd point out some of our favorite outrageous cars from the movies that he might want to use as inspiration. To find out exactly what they decide to do with their new ride, be sure to keep watching all-new episodes of Hollywood Hillbillies Tuesdays at 9p ET/ PT.
With their research grants terminated, parapsychology researchers Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) decide to take a stab at catching ghosts after encountering a full-bodied apparition in the New York Public Library. Outfitted with unlicensed nuclear accelerators and the catchy moniker "Ghostbusters," the team is almost ready to bust some heads — "in a spiritual sense, of course" — but they need a ride. Enter: Ecto-1, a 1959 Cadillac ambulance/hearse built by the Miller-Meteor company and purchased by Stantz for a paltry $4,800. "Who you gonna call?"
Frustrated scientist Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) finally invents something truly remarkable when he turns a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 into a time machine by outfitting it with a plutonium-powered flux capacitor that requires 1.21 gigawatts of electric power to operate and acceleration of 88 miles per hour. Doc Brown intends to explore history, but ends up spending three movies trying to fix history after time-tripping Marty (Michael J. Fox) proves too irresistible to his own mother. Too bad John DeLorean never outfitted any of his own cars with a flux capacitor…
When Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the irresponsible heir to a publishing empire, decides to take a bite out of crime, realizes he's going to need a little help, since he has no fighting, detective or other skills worth mentioning. Enter: Kato (Jay Chou), Reid's mechanic/bodyguard, who takes a 1965 Chrysler Imperial and turns it into a crime-fighting supercar dubbed "Black Beauty" by adding a grill-mounted M2 flamethrower, front bumper FIM-92 Stinger missiles, six AR-15 Carbines, two hood-mounted .30 cal M1919 Browning machine guns and loads of other gadgets. James Bond would be soooo jealous.
When dimwitted and unemployed friends Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) discover a briefcase full of money, the pair of knuckleheads decide to drive cross-country to return it to its rightful owner...in a 1984 Ford Econoline customized to look like a dog for the Mutt Cutts dog grooming business.
Herbie may be small and cute, but he's fast, powerful and actually has a mind of his own, thanks to the crazy alchemy that occurred when a photo of the deceased wife of the German engineer who built him fell into the molten metal used to fabricate his chassis. A petite 1963 Volkswagen Beetle on the outside, Herbie is all heart and soul under his hood, er, trunk, frequently coming to the rescue when his friends are in need and capable of earning the victory lap at NASCAR.
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When you're a superhero with no real powers to speak of in a city overrun with goofball villains like the Joker, the Penguin, Egghead, King Tut and Louie the Lilac, you've simply got to have some pretty impressive gadgets. Bruce Wayne (Adam West) doesn't have a fancy suit of flying armor like that other billionaire hero, but he does have the ridiculously awesome Batmobile, complete with Batscope, Bat-Ray Projector, Batcomputer, Bat-Smoke, Detect-a-Scope and dozens of other Bat-tacular features. "Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed!"
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Recent months have witnessed largely unnecessary tension developing between Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club and Tanzania Golf Union officials. In the main, the rift is due to failure by the two parties to exercise tolerance, which is an antithesis of good sporting behaviour.
DGC is in a class of its own in the whole of East and Central Africa, at least in terms of having diverse sports venues and activities besides golf.
For years since its establishment, its officials have cultivated and maintained close and therefore enviable links with their TGU counterparts.
The club boasts a world-class 18-hole golf course, where events organised by the union have been routinely staged - with resounding success. The added fact that TGU had opened offices at the club speaks volumes about the strong bonds existing between the two parties.
Most golfers and golf lovers or enthusiasts would thus have expected the cordial links to keep growing from strength to strength for the good of golf and sports.
But the recently announced relocation of TGU offices from Gymkhana to the Tanzania People's Defence Forces' Lugalo Club raises a lot of questions, though there would really be nothing inherently bad about the development had been agreed by both parties to the matter.
Surely, DGC is under no obligation to host TGU and neither does the union have to run its activities from the club's premises. So, on the surface, the union's decision to conduct its activities from Lugalo is perfectly in order. Trouble is that many observers see the move shrouded in suspicion.
Just for the record, some two months ago, DGC suspended the Tanzania Ladies Golf Union president for three months.
It is common knowledge that the club boasts members not easily expected to entertain uncalled-for bickering. The frequency of cases pitting the club against ladies or men's golf unions appears to have gathered a tempo with little record.
The trend clearly shows that the differences of opinion between the club and the union are fast resurfacing, even threatening the future of relations between the two parties. This is sad, to say the least.
Most golf unions in the world, particularly in developing countries like Tanzania, commonly operate in close cooperation with golf clubs.
For unions to distance themselves from clubs, as is the case for DGC, is thus strange as it deviates from common practice.
True, Gymkhana engages in a number of sports activities besides golf. But it still needs to work in close cooperation with the golf union in promoting the game.
Though most DGC golfers are recreational ones, the club has a role to play in grooming young talent to guarantee Tanzania a safe future for golf.
It's high time the club's officials saw the need to keep their personal differences aside for the good of golf, sports and the nation. Grudges must be discouraged as they can only destroy, not build.
The sooner both parties seek ways to mend fences and rebuild bridges instead of acting to the contrary, the better for. So, let harmony reign.


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The Vol State Athletic Association Golf Classic and Race for the Cup could certainly be described as a hot tournament this year. The temperatures soared for the 4th annual event at the Bluegrass Country Club. Golfers took their swings despite the heat and raised $19,000 for student athletes at Volunteer State Community College. Carrabba's Italian Grill started the day with lunch for the golfers. The event finished with a dinner and the presentation of awards to the flight winners. Several teams this year competed for bragging rights to the Corporate Cup. The team from the Lee Raines Insurance Agency won the Corporate Cup Trophy. Volunteer State Bank was the title sponsor this year.
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Four years ago, Ashley Creighton was a dominating player with the Brandon University Bobcats women's volleyball team.
Today, she's trying to keep the streets clean in Lloydminster — which is on the Saskatchewan and Alberta border — in her first post as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It's taken a while for the 26-year-old Brandonite to find her calling, but she's loving it.
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College Degree Worth It? What the Data Say
The combination of the high price of college and the less-than-promising job prospects for new grads are fueling a hot debate about the value of a bachelor's degree: Is it worth the money? The Census Bureau parsed the data, and found that of all the variables that effect lifetime earnings, nothing packs the punch that education does.


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I absolutely adore Thai green papaya salad, or Som Tam. I always order it when I see it on a restaurant menu. In fact, I have actually dined at certain restaurants solely because I'd heard that their green papaya salad was amazing. My favorite Asian market sometimes carries their own homemade version of it, and it is really something special. Sadly, I haven't seen it there in quite a while.
The best way I can think of to describe green papaya salad is as a crunchy, sweet and salty take on Western coleslaw. It's a lively party of many textures and flavors, like garlic, chili, lime and fish sauce, and it is just plain delicious. The main ingredient of traditional Som Tam is of course, shredded "green" papaya, which is basically the flesh of the raw, unripened fruit. While I can easily find ripe, yellow papayas in my local markets, the unripe ones are more elusive. And, when I have a craving for green papaya salad, that just won't do!
When I made my Asian Wedding Soup, aka faux pho, a few weeks ago, I desperately wanted a bowl of green papaya salad to serve alongside it. But, I also didn't want to go crazy looking for all of the ingredients I would need. So, I put on my food ninja thinking cap, and tried to figure out a way to achieve the "personality" of the dish with what was readily available to me. Sometimes, you just have to think outside the box. What I came up with was a creative and very tasty (if I do say so myself) take on this Thai classic. Instead of green papaya as the base for my salad, I used….. read more >>
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A quiet night was shattered as gunshots went off in a Springs neighborhood early Monday.
Police have now arrested for men in connection with this crime.
Officers were called to Pruess Road, near Fountain and Union, just after 3 a.m. after residents reported hearing shots fired. Witnesses reported seeing the suspects shooting a gun out of the window of a white Astro van.
After getting to the scene, police say they spotted the van and pulled it over. The four men inside were arrested after questioning. They are 21 year-old Robert Holt, 26 year-old Patrick Gonzalez, 27 year-old Nick Gonzalez Jr., and 35 year-old Miguel Baeza.
Police say they also found a gun inside the van.
The suspects face several charges, including weapons-related charges and drunk driving charges.
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Fresh From Our Farmers: Sonrisa Family Farms
Everything at Sonrisa Family Farm in Petaluma seems to radiate with an inner glow, a sense of purpose, of intention and of beauty. The first word that came to mind as farmer Lisa Colorado lead me around the five acres where she and her husband have lived for more than a decade was "adorable." This is not to suggest the farm is not a serious endeavor; it absolutely is. But there are sweet embellishment everywhere, from the way tile stepping… Read More »


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Published: Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 6:30 a.m.
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CHARLIE HORSE: Evil Monkey, classic rock, tonight; One Flite Up, classic rock, Friday; 4-Play, classic rock, Saturday; Big Deck Party with One Flite Up, All Systems Go, 4-Play, Night Shift and Evil Monkey, 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday; blues jam hosted by the Adams brothers, Monday; Jim's country jam, Tuesday; Stranded, classic rock, Wednesday; karaoke seven nights a week, 2426 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (622-4050)
EL AZTECA MEXICAN RESTAURANT: Mariachi band, tonight; karaoke, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, 4011 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (854-5500)
GHOST RIDERS SALOON: Open jam hosted by Wake n Bake, 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, 9360 S. U.S. 441, Ocala. (693-3388)
KOOL KATS SALOON: Evil Monkey, rock, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, 9980 E. County Road 25, Belleview. (245-1099)
OCALA WINE EXPERIENCE: Live music from the '60s, '70s and beyond, 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 36 SW First Ave., downtown Ocala. (369-9858)
O'MALLEY'S ALLEY & OYSTER BAR: Acoustic music, 7 tonight; DJ on the patio, 9 p.m. Friday; rock on the patio, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday; DJ, 9 p.m. Saturday; DJ, 9 p.m. Sunday; DJ on the patio, 9 p.m. Tuesday, and Acoustic Jam Night inside; DJ on the patio, 9 p.m. Wednesday, and Brandon inside, acoustic, 24 S. Magnolia Ave., downtown Ocala. (690-2262)
OUR PLACE SALOON: Karaoke, DJ and dancing, 8 p.m. to close Friday and Saturday, 7651 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (854-4711)
PATTY'S RAINBOW PUB: Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Tuesday, 19487 Rainbow Lakes Blvd., Dunnellon. (470-4592)
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The Power of Independent Thinking
William F. Shughart Discusses the Import-Export Bank on The Gary Nolan Show
Recorded: Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II appeared on The Gary Nolan radio show to discuss the Export-Import bank. In a recent syndicated Op-Ed, Shughart wrote that the Export-Import bank distorts prices and it interferes with the free flow of international commerce.
Experts: William F. Shughart IIType: RadioIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Economic Policy, Labor and Employment, Trade
Art Carden Talks Price Gouging on Stossel
Recorded: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel discusses the positive aspects of price gouging during natural disasters.
Experts: Art CardenType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Law Enforcement
Art Carden on Stossel
Recorded: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel to discuss the topic What you think you know...may not be so.
Experts: Art CardenType: TelevisionIssues: Agriculture, Economic Policy, Education, Free Market Economics, Trade
William F. Shughart Interviewed on Budget & Tax News Podcast
Recorded: Friday, December 24, 2010
Senior Fellow William F. Shughart discusses financial developments at General Motors and Chrysler, the real issues at stake in the TARP debate, and how Obamas bailouts are negatively affecting the limping economy.
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Forgive me if this is a silly question. I have a CMS that won't allow JavaScript. Is anyone aware of any HTML code that I might be able to add to my site that will allow visitors to share the page with social networking sites?
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With the University's posting for an assistant football coach, there is going to be at least one change for 2013. How about adding Sage Rosenfels as QB coach and recruiting coordinator?
Bill Bleil - Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Todd Sturdy - Offensive Coordinator
Courtney Messingham - Wide Receiver / Tight End Coach
Sage Rosenfels - Quarterbacks
Kenith Pope - Running Backs
Wally Burnham - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Shane Burnham - Defensive Tackles
Curtis Bray - Defensive Line Coach
Troy Douglas - Secondary Coach
Todd Blythe would love to get back to Iowa State. Think he is at UNI now. Might need a little more coaching experience first.
Blythe's bag of tricks include one play fade to the corner, 3 times in a row if that's what it takes. We haven't had a receiver like that since him, he would either catch it or knock it down.
I like the idea of bringing a former player back. What is Austin Flynn up to these days? I would be cool with Sage too.
Eternal Optimist
Originally Posted by clone136
I like the idea of bringing a former player back. What is Austin Flynn up to these days? I would be cool with Sage too.
Flynn could help in recruiting Texas. I believe that was one of Wells' regions.
I wouldn't mind being the quarterback coach.
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I wouldn't mind being the quarterback coach.
Luckily you can apply!
What are the chances Chip Kelly leaves Oregon to become our offensive coordinator?
Flynn has also played both the positions we need help at WR and QB. I am officially creating the bring Austin Flynn back to Iowa State. Who wants to co-sign an email to JP and CPR with me?
Sage did have a long meeting with JP during football season. Maybe he planted that seed just like CPR did
Sage for Mess , sounds good ,do it now
I just have a feeling Flynn will get a nice look. Has OC experience in spread offense and has worked with multiple positions.
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I just have a feeling Flynn will get a nice look. Has OC experience in spread offense and has worked with multiple positions.
All these guys you all "would like" have to actually show interest in the positions to be considered
NHL teams need to be added to the favorite teams section.
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All these guys you all "would like" have to actually show interest in the positions to be considered
Hasn't Flynn said he wanted to be at ISU to coach before? Also Rosenfels has had a meeting with JP before, so I am sure he will be interested.
Coach seems very loyal to his staff. I don't see changes unless changes are necessitated by coaches moving to other colleges or professions. One departure doesn't make a trend.
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Now more than a year after the Souris and Assiniboine River swelled to record proportions, Fred Neil continues to feel the effects.
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Governor Paul LePage said members of Maine's Charter School Commission should resign unless they're willing to stand up to lobbyists trying to influence their decisions. The governor's comments at a morning news conference come a day after the commission rejected four applications for new charter schools in Maine, including two for "virtual" schools. LePage, who's a big supporter of online learning, has had running dispute with the commission.
Paul LePage limits his interactions with the news media these days. A full blown press event usually takes place only when the governor has an important initiative to push or when someone or something has gotten under his skin. On Wednesday, these two precursors came together, moving LePage to appear before press microphones with Republican lawmakers and his top education advisor. Maine's public schools are failing, LePage noted, as he launched into a scathing critique of recent decisions by the state charter school commission.
"A year after the law passed, they said they weren't ready to tackle the virtual schools cause they didn't know enough about it. So they walked away from it. This year, they got some proposals," LePage said. "And what do they do? They don't even give them the opportunity to talk about it."
At it's meeting Tuesday, the charter commission rejected four proposals. Included were applications for two online schools, Maine Virtual Academy and Maine Connections Academy. Last fall, around the time the two virtual schools moved to seek state approval, the Maine School Boards Association decided to fight the proposals. The group worries that virtual charters will siphon precious state education dollars away from traditional public schools. So ahead of Tuesday's vote, the groups wrote a letter to the charter commission, threatening legal action, if one of the virtual applications went forward. LePage said commission members allowed the school boards association to bully them.
"To intimidate them to the point where they were afraid to do their jobs," said LePage. "And frankly, I think those people, if they're afraid to do the job, if they can't put students first, then they ought to resign."
"If anyone so much as thinks, for one instance, that we were intimidated," said Jana LaPoint, chair of the Maine Charter School Commission. "Then they don't know the commission."
LaPoint said members had already decided to vote against the two virtual schools, and two other charter proposals, before they even laid eyes on the letter. The Maine School Boards Association later withdrew the letter, when it learned LaPoint and the other commissioners would be turning down the online applications.
"We very much followed the statutes and we did what we felt was in the best interests of the students of the state of Maine," LaPoint said. "And if we had been to approve those charters, I think that down the road we would have been held as derelict in our responsibility."
Two rival online learning companies, Virginia-based K12, Inc. and Baltimore's Connections Learning, submitted the two virtual proposals. In rejecting the schools, the commission cited concerns that neither had local governing boards that would be truly independent of their national parents, who would make major hiring, firing, budgetary and curriculum decisions far away from Maine. Back in September, a Maine Sunday Telegram investigation documented how the companies have been trying to influence the evolution of online learning in Maine. Connie Brown, Executive Director of the Maine School Management Association, said the charter commission made the right decisions.
"There is very little oversight of these companies. Their track record, as evidence in the information they gave the charter commission, by way of student achievement data, is poor," said Brown.
A study by researchers at Western Michigan University, cited in the Sunday Telegram series, found that less than 28% of the virtual schools run by K12 have made required yearly progress under federal education law. But Governor LePage said virtual charters represent the kind of school choice that's needed to rescue Maine's failing system. LePage said he wants to see a charter school panel that shares this view.
"And quite frankly, we ought to go back the legislature and change that structure because that structure is failing us," said LePage. "It's run by the status quo."
Right now, the charter commission has seven members. Three serve on the state board of education. The other four are appointed to the charter panel by the board. Board of Education members are appointed by the governor, but so far, LePage has only been able to name four people to the nine member board.