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Bobbi Kristina Brown is engaged to Nick Gordon, more than a year after her rep denied rumors the pair was set to tie the knot.
But Whitney Houston's 23-year-old daughter wants to make one thing known: She's not keeping it all in the family.
"I'm tired of hearing people say, 'Eww your (sic) engaged to your brother' or if Whitney was still alive would we be together or would she approve of this?" Brown wrote on her Facebook page Wednesday. "Let me clear up something, we aren't even real brother and sister, nor is he my adoptive brother. My mom never adopted him."
Brown is confident that her late mother would give the pair's marriage plans her stamp of approval.
"Mommy was the one who even said that she knew that we were going to start dating," she wrote. "My mom knows me better than any of you. A lot of y'all are saying that y'all are only saying this all out of love. Which is bull because if that was so, all you would want is for me to be happy."
But despite her joy – which was also expressed on Instagram – Brown acknowledges that the road to engagement has not been without its bumps.
"Yes, my relationship may not be perfect," she said. "We will have rough patches, just like every other relationship. And we have had our rough patches. You may or may not agree with my relationship. You may or may not respect it. Judge me, go ahead. Your opinions are yours and mine are mine. It is my life and not yours. The decisions I make have nothing to do with you."
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Back in 2008, the industrial development agencies in Erie County handed out $3.7 million in tax breaks to 18 business that promised to bring more than 450 new jobs to the Buffalo Niagara region.
Five years later, those 18 businesses have combined to bring fewer than three dozen new jobs to the region – each one costing taxpayers an average of more than $112,000 in subsidies.
Critics said the meager job creation shows that companies receiving tax breaks through IDAs rarely live up to the promises they make about creating new jobs and highlights the need for clawback provisions to recover incentives granted to businesses that fail to create the jobs they promised.
"Taxpayers should not be footing the bill for bad tax break deals," said Assemblyman Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo. "The ripple effect is that it pushes the tax burden onto homeowners."
But IDA officials counter that the snapshot, included in a recently released report from the New York State Authorities Budget Office, covers an extremely trying period for all businesses, beginning just as the nation was falling into its deepest recession in more than 70 years and continuing through a comparatively tepid economic recovery.
"You were going through the second worst recession that the country has ever seen," said David Mingoia, the Amherst Industrial Development Agency's deputy director, who said it was "disingenuous and misleading" for the report to base its comparison on the 2008-12 time period.
The Great Recession was especially hard on the Buffalo Niagara region's manufacturers, which eliminated almost 11 percent of the factory jobs in Erie and Niagara counties during the period covered by the report.
"Certainly, for the manufacturers at least, most of them fell out of bed in 2008, and they have not come all the way back yet," said Al Culliton, the Erie County IDA's chief operating officer.
Ryan, however, said previous reports from the state have shown that IDAs over the past 20 years have consistently failed to live up to their job creation targets, regardless of the state of the economy at the time.
"Whether we've had a stable economy, a growing economy or a declining economy, the IDAs haven't been living up to their job creation promises," he said. "As a whole, the IDAs in Erie County have failed. But that's not surprising because the IDAs in New York have failed."
In all, the state report found that the Erie County IDA, along with five of the six suburban IDAs that operate in the county, granted tax breaks to a total of 18 projects during 2008, with the ECIDA accounting for two-thirds of the activity.
At the time, those projects were expected to create 464 new jobs in Erie County, with an average taxpayer subsidy of just under $8,000 per job.
But by the end of 2012, those promises turned out to be extremely hard to keep. Just 33 new jobs had been created by those 18 companies – 7 percent of the total number of new positions that had been promised when the tax breaks were granted.
And because the companies fell so far short of meeting their job promises, the cost to taxpayers for each of the positions that were created has ballooned to more than $112,000 apiece, roughly 14 times the cost that was initially projected.
"This highlights the need for stricter standards on what we're providing incentives for," said Jennifer Diagostino, the executive director for the Coalition for Economic Justice in Buffalo. "If we're going to be investing public money into private companies, we should be seeing some public good out of it."
As part of the state budget passed this spring, new restrictions were placed on IDAs that made it more difficult for them to grant incentives to retail projects, such as stores, medical offices and restaurants.
Statewide, the report found that IDAs across New York granted tax breaks worth nearly $183 million to 280 projects during 2008. Those projects were expected to create 9,128 new jobs but by last year had added 7,487 new positions – a shortfall of 1,641 jobs compared with the initial projection.
As part of the report, the Authorities Budget Office recommended that all IDAs across the state be required to use a standard application and develop specific criteria for evaluating projects, including setting priorities for the types of projects that would qualify for tax breaks and those that would not.
The report also said IDAs should consider the type and number of jobs that a project would create and consider the impact the development would have on existing businesses and the school districts and municipalities that would lose tax revenues because of the incentives.
The report also recommended that IDA boards consider how viable the project might be even without taxpayer subsidies – a guideline that Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz last month proposed establishing for the Erie County IDA.
"We need to look at the broader system and ask why we are funneling money into programs that aren't creating the jobs they're promising," Diagostino said.
Amherst IDA officials, who reviewed their project log from 2008 on Monday, said the agency gave tax breaks to three projects during 2008 that are still classified as active. Those projects, by the Amherst IDA's calculations, received $174,477 in tax breaks and have created a total of 48 net new jobs, Mingoia said.
One project, an office at 45 Bryant Woods that is headquarters for the accounting firm Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner, had 17 more employees last year than initially forecast, Mingoia said. Another project involved an addition to the Dent Tower, which has 190 more employees than originally estimated. The third is an Iskalo Development project at 2410 North Forest Road that has not been completed. That project, which is still under partial assessment, was expected to create 295 jobs but only had 136 positions as of last year.
In Niagara County, the 14 projects that received $13.3 million in tax breaks through the Niagara County IDA created a total of 274 net new jobs – four more than promised. The two projects backed by the Lockport IDA received $53,226 in tax breaks but created 14 new jobs – six fewer jobs than promised.
How 2008 IDA projects fared
Companies created only 7 percent of jobs they promised
Amherst IDA: 2 projects; $698,544 in tax breaks; job creation goal of 155; change in jobs from 2008-'12: 17
Clarence IDA: 1 project; $7,459 tax breaks; job creation goal of 6; change in jobs 2008-'12: 6
Concord IDA: 1 project; $11,670 in tax breaks; job creation goal of 15; change in jobs 2008-'12: -1
Erie County IDA: 12 projects; $2,959,172 in tax breaks; job creation coal of 262; change in jobs 2008-'12: -14
Hamburg IDA: 1 project; $8,616 in tax breaks; job creation goal of 24; change in jobs 2008-'12: 12
Lancaster IDA: 1 project; $15,634 in tax breaks; job creation goal of 2; change in jobs 2008-'12: 13
Note: Springville IDA was not included in report.
Source: New York State Authorities Budget Office
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The three children killed in a West Allis house fire last week have been laid to rest.
The family told 12 News they buried 5-year-old Nayeli Colon and her 4-year-old twin brothers, Adrian and Alexis, on Thursday.
The children were found dead under a dresser inside their home at 77th and Hicks streets following a fire last week.
West Allis firefighters and police officers attended the funeral.
The family was touched by the first responders' tribute to the children and sent us these photos.
Angelica Belen, the children's mother, is in jail.
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Jack Robinson, retired U.S. Marine and recipient of many awards for his various research projects dealing with southeastern North Carolina will share his adventures through this site. Topics will evolve around 19th and 20th Century history issues dealing with African Americans and "Endangered" cemeteries within Onslow County near Richlands, Swansboro, Topsail Island or other communities in the region. Tips on preserving family and little known histories will also be discussed.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Remembering the War of 1812
This is the year to learn more about the War of 1812. Some argue; our second war of independence.
Southeastern North Carolina had a vital role during the War of 1812 with numerous shorelines and ports along the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Captain Otway Burns, Privateer during the War of 1812, was born and raised in Swansboro, North Carolina. He sailed the open Oceans and devestated the British trade routes by capturing not-less-then forty vessels. Many twice the size of his small ship--Snap Dragon.
Take time to learn more about Captain Burns and the role he played during the War of 1812. Does your family have a connection to him or the events that took place during the war? Did any of your Ancestors fight in the War; on land or by sea?
Here is a link for a book that I wrote about Captain Burns's entire life. Much of the book is presented for the first time and gives a more accurate discription of his many adventures and escapades.
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Coach weighs in on the toughness debate and compares TooToo to Downey, McCarty and Drake.
The Wings see Tootoo as someone who can help them regain their footing after last year's especially disappointing showing in the playoffs, when they lost in the first round to Tootoo's Predators. Tootoo, who turns 30 on Feb. 2, isn't a big-minutes guy, but it's what he does with those minutes he is on the ice that they like. Babcock sees Tootoo as the same type of player the Wings had on their most recent Stanley Cup winning team, in 2008, when Dallas Drake and Darren McCarty roamed the ice and Aaron Downey was on reserve.
"When we won the Cup last, we had great toughness on our team," Babcock said. "Dallas Drake hunted you down, and we had Mac and we had Downs. We had lots of grit. We haven't been near as gritty since. We're not talking about guys to stop and fight at stoppages, we're talking about guys who will get on you and forecheck and make people nervous. He always made us nervous."
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When it seems all they do is nip and bother,
I caught this little moment, his hand holding her dress.
Gray is a butterfly.
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that is a cool shot of G. love the ruffles...everyone needs more ruffles. btw, that video of Ivy singing Baby Baby was so cute...the girl has some rhythm!ReplyDelete
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Those little moments can make all the difference in the world for a tired mama. :)
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Breaking Bad may be coming to an end, but Anna Gunn has already lined up her next television role.
Gunn, who plays the long-suffering Skyler White on the AMC show, has been cast in Bravo's drama pilot Rita, the network announced.
Pilot Season: Get all the latest news
The project is an adaptation of the Danish series of the same name. The actress will play a private school teacher who tries to balance raising her own kids with handling the children and parents she deals with at work.Grey's Anatomy's Krista Vernoff will write and executive-produce alongside Miguel Arteta, who will direct the pilot, Mikkel Bondesen (The Killing), Henrik Bastin (My Generation) and Kristen Campo (The Killing).Rita is one of Bravo's first two scripted projects in development.
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I've thought about this for some time, and it may be controversial. IF this may be the last year we have Pavel, we should not hold it against him. His jersey should be in the rafters. He would be one of the greats in any era. 22 straight years wouldn't be possible without him.
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This is the fourth and final part of the build your first Windows Store app with C# video series. In this video, you'll learn how to use the File Picker API, how to do data bind properties of a file to controls, and we'll show how to preserve access to a file for later use using the StorageApplicationsPermissions class.
[00:22] Step 1: Use a File Picker to get an image file
[08:35] Step 2: Bind UI controls to file data
[12:37] Step 3 : Save and load state
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Dan, the link text for the source code is wrong. Although it's no big deal, please change it. Thx.
This tutorial is great, actually awesome! It's BAT - Big Awesome Tutorial !
@imgen: fixed!
Thanks a lot
Does anyone have problem with picking old pictures from flicker or facebook ? I'm using approche described in video and in those cases I get "FileNotFound" exception
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Nice. Please continue this series to have more tutorials.
its a greate tutorials for the biggener plz continue it....
I get everything to work as described, except at the very end [18:55] after I suspend and shutdown, then restart the app, it starts with the 1st page, rather than the photo page, and the photo is not saved.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
The Bishop England Lady Bishops and Palmetto Christian Academy Eagles both suffered losses Friday in the opening round of the 3rd annual Carolina Invitational tournament.
Mount Tabor (N.C.) dealt Bishop England (7-1) its first defeat of the season with a 62-49 win on the Lady Bishops' home floor. Palmetto Christian (2-7) fell to Porter-Gaud 53-48 at St. John's High School on John's Island.
Both teams drop into their respective bracket's consolation rounds. Saturday, Palmetto Christian will face James Island Christian in the Harbor Division, while Bishop England play West Mecklenburg (N.C.) in the Palmetto Division.
Mount Tabor 62, Bishop England 49
Mount Tabor turned up its outside shooting in the second half to give the Lady Bishops their most difficult perimeter challenge of the season.
Michele Boykin was hot early with 12 first-half points to help Bishop England to a 27-25 first-half advantage but was limited to just four through the final two quarters.
After failing to connect on a single three-point attempt in the first half, Mount Tabor heated up in the second with seven threes, five in the third quarter. Haleigh Hatfield scored 16 of her game-high 18 points in the second half, while teammate Ebone Stevens knocked down four threes to power the Mount Tabor offense.
Mary Harriet Moore tried to match with 11 of her own but the Bishops couldn't keep pace while Mount Tabor extended its lead into the fourth quarter.
Bishop England's defense has picked teams apart all season but managed a season-low 12 steals Friday against 19 turnovers. Boykin finished with 16 points, six steals and five rebounds. Moore added 15 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks.
Stevens scored 16 for Mount Tabor, while Jordyn Richardson added 12.
Porter-Gaud 53, Palmetto Christian 48
Palmetto Christian's Corey Caulder turned in a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds but the Lady Eagles couldn't match Porter-Gaud for all four quarters.
Porter-Gaud erased a two-point first quarter deficit with a 37-18 run through the second and third quarters. Palmetto Christian tried to climb back, outscoring Porter-Gaud 19-7 in the fourth quarter, but couldn't close the gap in time.
Annie Pascutti scored 15 points on 4-of-5 shooting and pulled down eight rebounds for Palmetto Christian. Parker Emerson added eight points, two steals and two assists.
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Motorist killed in crash along Capital City Freeway
Motorist hits tree off freeway
A motorist was killed in a single-vehicle crash off the Capital City Freeway near Arden Way in Sacramento Thursday morning.
Commuters heading into Sacramento on the highway were held back by heavy traffic.
The driver was coming from the downtown direction heading toward Arden Way and then lost control of the vehicle, slamming into a tree, authorities said.
The California Highway Patrol said only one person occupied the vehicle.
Rain and the wet road conditions were likely factors, CHP said.
The commute in Sacramento was complicated by wet road conditions. Numerous crashes were reported throughout the city's busiest roadways, including Interstate 5.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
DAP's Personality Disorder
DAP and its top leader Lim Guan Eng achieved landslide victories despite not coming to Penang seeking to overthrow the BN state government. The party only offered to become an effective and substantial opposition.
Voters in Penang took the leap of faith but not without great expectations. It is fair to argue that they voted out BN but not really voted in the DAP/PR. At 4pm on election day, a few top DAP leaders were still not sure of doing well at the state level.
However, since DAP leades have accepted the responsibility and burden to govern this state they should try to turn this negative win into a positive win. A positive win is required for the party to seek a decisive reelection at the next general election. Granted, a term is too short for the new government to do transformational change. But we do expect the party to take a lead to transform Penang. We expect transformational leadership from Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Hence, it is not too much for us to expect some vision and direction from his leadership. We are ready to support and even go along with some bold decisions and steps to help Penang become a leading example of good governance. Three immediate things come to mind which need immediate attention: cleanliness, public safety and economy.
Lim needs to make his vision to transform Penang clear. Clarity is important if he expects the people to support his vision and plans. To do so, he must be not be afraid of the old forces which will try to muzzle his efforts and make him follow the old framework. Already, there are some instances when decision makers in his team have to refer back to the old precedents fearing criticism from his foes.
We do not hire new people to do the same old things. No doubt, we could sense that the new administration is trying to be business friendly and at the same time demonstrate its financial prudence. The gleeful announcements of free wifi service, a possible new aerobus system and others which come at no cost to the government are some examples. However, soon the government will learn the hard fact that there is no free lunch in business.
The Kings of Tennis fiasco is what the government does not need. It should learn that over eagerness to do something for Penang can expose some management inexperience and weaknesses. Critics are right to point out that the local authority should not simply bend the rule to accommodate any event organiser. Preliminary background check is necessary. Business sense should also prevail when comes to financial viability of the project. Still, rules are rules. They are meant to be followed not break. What stops other organisers from asking for similar exemptions?
Since there is a heritage advisory panel in place, the state should get their views on events to be held within the heritage zone especially when it involves altering the landscape of the protected area. Tourism and heritage promotion is beyond an individual. It makes more sense for the state to build up collaborations among key stakeholders.
At the start of his administration, Lim has been quite generous with new appointments. Many of his partymen were elected to important sounding positions such as chief of staff, policy adviser, economic adviser, investment coordinator and others. The coming first anniversary of his government would be a good chance for him to evaluate the effectiveness of those occupying these positions. Positions are created to play specific roles and satisfy specific purposes.
Lim can choose between two possible routes. First, stay somewhat conservative and stick with his non-performing loyalists or second, enact changes which will help to strengthen his team and its ability to execute his vision and plans. He will need a real chief of staff who can help to keep him right on the track.
Too many event appearances, meetings and parliamentary responsibilities are going to keep him away from doing real thinking and strategizing for Penang. Lim is already having his plate full with duties and tasks to lead committees not from his portfolios. Without adequate attention and time, some of these committees cannot operate effectively. As a result, many volunteers may lose interest after a while.
Lim would need a real media adviser who can help to keep his message clear and consistent. Too much rantings about past abuses are going to wear off his public support and excitement. Surely, the mismanagement which caused the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) to lose RM225 million within five years is serious.
But Teng Hock Nan is right to point out that Lim could check with the relevant departments for the budget and expenditure details of MPSP and the Penang Island Municipal Council if he wanted to find out about the funds. Lim did not heckle Teng for answers but to run him down politically. A good media adviser will be able to point out to Lim how little mileage left from doing so.
There is still time for Lim to act and sound more chief ministerial. Lim did not run to become a chief minister. But more than 65% of voters in Penang thought that he and his team can be entrusted to do the job. What Lim and his team need to do is to start acting and sounding like a real government.
Alas, going back to become an effective opposition, a role they know best, is no longer an option.
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- Julian Chin said...
What they'd do now is to rectify the problems and run the state properly. When that's done, juxtapose the current state admin with the previous one for us to see.
No point telling us all these but not telling us what you're going to do about it.
Do your work and at the end of the day only show us how having (a pet) CAT is good.
Dear Khoo,
This is a case of having too high expectation. But Hey, nothing wrong to make a very constructive criticism. However, remember, not all government are perfect. Not even in Singapore. Take a good look at the DBS (Singapore GLC linked) retrenchment exercise recently (Hmm......Lagi worse than King of Tennis fiasco)
Anyway, it's just a tennis tournament.No money was lost. Compared to 12 million Singapore town council sinking funds lost due to investment in companies such as Lehman. Compared to Temasik's tragic loss on Micropolis hard disk which the govenrment there called it as "honest" mistake. Or the Suzhou mega investment loss. It's chicken feet lah. Ok, it's an honest mistake. Lets move on.
Frankly, it's good to scrutinise the LGE and his team. A bit unfair to put much blame on his chief of staff (Jeff Ooi). As far as I can see, they have done relative good job.
By the way, the political realities would not allow the return of Gerakan including that Teng fella, MCA and UMNO. Unless LGE and his team make such big blunder.
In the contrary, if they are honest and fair, they would be there for a long long long time. And this is not based on mere hunch.
residing from Singapore
The failure is not the Chief of Staff. The failure is because the manager does not know how to spell out clearly a Roles & Responsibilities. You don't fire an operator if he is sleeping in the job when your HR policy does not clearly state that. You should fire the HR Manager for failing to create a clear policy.
Anyway, I fully agree that LGE needs to be firm. End of 1st year review all the staff and Exco. Boot those who is not performing out to show his seriousness.
However, before doing this, perhaps, it is time for him to take a basic in management as he has already finished using his 3rd envolope (remember the 3 envolope story) and there isn't any 4th envelope for him.
Otherwise, hire me and I can be his voluntary adviser since his expectation is not too high.
- Mr. Smith said...
I think you need to be fair with Mr Lim and the Penang State Government keeping in mind that BN has made a mess of the state over the last 50 years.
Under the circumstances Mr Lim is doing admirable well but of course managing a state is no easy matter.
Nit-picking is easy.
One has to be in Mr Lim's shoes to know the problems he encounters every day.
It's only 8 months and its too early to issue a report card now.
- Augustinian Successor said...
Khoo, this is an article which is unreasonable in content and tone. Have you read CM Guan Eng's Budget Speech??? And why are you letting Teng Hock Nan off the hook??? Teng should come clean!
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
Dear Augustinian,
I would not have done my duty if I am only going to say everything nice about Lim Guan Eng and his administration.
Who is talking about letting Teng off the hook? Report him to the ACA for corruption. But from my feedback, it will really be good for Lim to now focus on delivering.
I offer my views because I don't want his government to fail us. Simple.
Nothing about trying to blame anyone. And I ask from you and others the same, help him to be successful. Not just offer your blind loyalty.
You need to win the fence sitters in every election not hardcore.
- K L said...
You can find whole lots of problems with BN ruling for 50 years. How do you expect PR to have no problem at all for 8 months only ! Please be fair !
- Teh said...
Good afternoon KKP,
It is much easier to send a bouquet than a brickbat.
What you have written make sense though.. It sincerely put things into perspective and meant to be constructive. The truth hurts. Of course, we have to take into consideration the historical baggages inherited and the short time frame (8 months) for measuring their performance. Still mistakes had been done. So, take note and DO NOT REPEAT.
I feel that LGE and team should take your comments constructively if they are serious about staying as the state government and convincing the other BN ruled states to give PR a chance come next GE.
- Augustinian Successor said...
But unfortunately your argument on this is off base. The problem with the Penang state government is not lack of vision or lack of articulation of a vision. No. The problem is as for example non-restoration of local government elections which Anil has just pointed out. Flash floods is another big problem; the unresolved(?) problem of the fishermen and post-tsunami settlers in Tanjung Tokong, etc. But to title your post as DAP's Personality Disorder is "inflammatory" and tendentious.
DAP has no personality disorder. We know it is Gerakan who has that problem. Mr. Nice Guy will say Gerakan is the conscience of BN but then nothing happens. This is classic Mr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- zozdaniel said...
The PR government ought to pick up the pieces fast enough to govern the State of Penang efficiently, so that the motto of CAT can have its real meaning.
Its already 81/2 months of governing the state and excuses of lack of experience should not be accepted.
several points raised by the opposition ( UMNO ) in the state assembly are quite reasonable, and the EXCOs should stand up in rebutting them or take note of those comments professionally.
It is time that PR should project their leadership to lead Penang towards greater glory and talk less of grandmas' tales.
The next 3 years are fast approaching. Who knows, Najib may want to test his mandate and call for an early election.
PR has to wake up and start to lead the state to progression, be they in the town or kampungs.
CM Lim is someone who had put on too many hats.
Last count, he is chairperson for no less than 20 working committees and I double any good beings can handle that many roles
Besides, it is wide known that the public services staffers are actively defying orders from the top.
Even the utility companies are not helping in too. Just count how many areas suffer power outage since March 8.
He should cease chairing committees and instead get his team members to be collectively responsible for the make and break of the administration.
We voters pin our hopes on him and we are all willing to take the risks with him.
We all agree LGE and his team are inexperience and there is plenty of mess to clear up. So it's only fair we give constructive feedback . Not taking the feedback seriously and being defensive is not going to do LGE and his team any good.
So far I hear a lot of talk, pointing fingers, blunders, nit picking and not getting their priorities in order.(Can accept or not this feedback ?)
Well, what can most die hard supporters say "be fair give them time" Okey we give them time but do they still want our feedback to hear whether they are doing fine or still groping in the dark ?Make up your minds.


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Economic Indicators Roundup (January 7, 2013)
Economic indicators are everywhere, so this is kind of like a dashboard that I like to follow. For each indicator, I will try to give you a brief description, the latest reading and what I understand to be its implications. For simplicity, I will assign each a rating of positive, neutral or negative. For the economic indicators, I will denote in each one's section how I decide which rating to give it. At the end, I assign an overall rating, but this is just to guide me in my takeaway of where things stand. It's not scientifically rigorous or anything.
- Positive – indicative of a healthy, growing economy.
- Neutral – indicative of a slow or no growth economy but not a contracting (recession) economy.
- Negative – indicative of a shrinking economy or recession.
(NOTE: For a "Quick 'n Easy" read, just review the labeled white boxes, then skip to my "Easy Take" summary at the end. You can review any charts/graphs afterward. I want to make sure no one is intimidated by the length of my posts, even though I'm trying to making them easy …)
Quick Summary
|Indicator (Click for details – only works if full article is open)
|Current Rating (change)
|ADS Business Conditions Index
|Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index
|Positive (upgrade)
|Daily Consumer Leading Indicators
|Citigroup Economic Surprise Index
|Employment Trends Index
|Chicago Fed National Activity Index
|Easynomics Real Estate Price Stability Index
|Easy Trends Dashboard
|+1.65 = Generally good direction with a few off-trend or unconfirmed
NOTE: You may be reading an outdated analysis. Please visit my latest economic indicators roundup.
Economic Indicator: ADS Business Conditions Index | POSITIVE
Easy Intro to ADS Business Conditions Index | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: December 31, 2012
Quick 'n Easy
A combination of several key indicators of business conditions suggests, with high confidence, that at the end of September 2012 (most recent date for which there is data for all components of the index), conditions were well below average (-0.566). As of about a week and a half ago, it suggested, with low confidence, that current conditions were slightly above average (+0.240), historically speaking. The index suggests that economic activity stayed below average from late February through early fourth quarter, at which point conditions may have moved upward (preliminary data only).
Easy Description: Combines several indicators together to describe current business conditions. A value above zero means that conditions are better than average, but below zero means worse than average.
Latest Readings:
December 31, 2012: Positive (+) 0.240 (includes weekly unemployment figures and maybe one other indicator)
One week prior: Positive (+) 0.268
One month prior: Positive (+) 0.445
One quarter prior: Negative (-) 0.566
The most recent date for which there is data for all components of the index is end of September 2012, when conditions were well below average (-0.566).
Implications: After negative readings since late February, preliminary data suggest that conditions have improved considerably, but as more data begin to come in, the assessment may change considerably. That's why it's important not to put too much stock into data to the right of the first vertical line, and even less importance on data to the right of the second line.
Additional Info: This index provides confident readings about the past when all of the indicators have been collected (everything to the left of the left-most vertical line). The readings in between the two vertical lines are somewhat less confident because they include some, but not all, of the indicators. And the latest reading always falls to the right of the right-most vertical line and includes only a couple of indicators.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: For this index, I will use the very latest reading and rate anything between zero and minus (-) 1.00 as "neutral" – anything above or below that will be rated "positive" or "negative" respectively.
Economic Indicator: Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index | POSITIVE (upgrade)
Easy Intro to Bloomberg Financial Conditions Index | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: January 4, 2013
Quick 'n Easy
An index of financial stress surged last week into "positive" territory at the highest level it's shown since the financial crisis hit in 2008 – based on the resolution to the "fiscal cliff" issue. It is signaling that financial stress is so low that it is helping the economy right now.
Easy Description: Monitors the level of stress in the U.S. financial markets. Zero is normal, above zero is good and below zero is bad.
Latest Reading: Positive (+) 0.96 (versus a reading of +0.31 last week)
Implications: Regardless of how you feel about the resolution the "fiscal cliff" issue last week, investors were clearly pleased with the clarity that it brought to the economic landscape. This measure of financial stress shot up to its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis hit. Bottom line: Right now, this index is signaling that financial stress is so low that it is helping the economy.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: For this index, I will rate anything between 0.50 and minus (-) 0.50 as "neutral" – anything above or below that will be rated "positive" or "negative" respectively.
Economic Indicator: Daily Consumer Leading Indicators (Consumer Metrics Institute) | NEGATIVE
Easy Intro to Daily Consumer Leading Indicators | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: January 4, 2013
Quick 'n Easy
Consumer spending makes up about 70% of our economy, so an indication of what this spending looks like down the road is key in predicting growth rates. The level of interest from consumers in making discretionary (non-essential) purchases in the near term, as captured by the Consumer Metrics Institute on January 4, was about 12.5% below a fairly normal level seen in the year 2005.
Easy Description: Very unique indicator that captures the level of consumer interest in purchasing discretionary (non-essential) items. It measures activities that occur well in advance of the purchase, so that makes it a true leading indicator. The indicator that I choose to focus on is called the "Absolute Demand Index." It tracks where demand is compared to levels in 2005, a fairly normal level. So, if the Absolute Demand Index level is 90, it means the level of consumer interest in purchasing discretionary items is 90% of what it was in 2005. The index is expressed in a daily form (see chart to right) and a monthly form (see chart below.)
Latest Reading: Absolute Demand Index daily reading is approximately 87.5 for January 4, which means preparations for consumer discretionary purchases are about 12.5% lower than the fairly normal levels seen back in 2005.
Implications: After late November's interim high around 85 (already a very low level), we saw a significant drop in demand followed by a bit of a roller coaster ride. While the index has now settled in around the 85-87 range, it is low enough to be concerning for GDP numbers, as these have generally been well correlated to the consumer spending portion of GDP.
We need to see a significant improvement in areas that would suggest a sustainable consumer recovery, namely a surge in income. We saw an end to an upward trend in income around July, but there may be a new upward trend developing right now. At this point, I still anticipate that things will remain quite dreary for consumers in the coming months.
The consumer needs to have money to spend on discretionary items. That money generally comes from jobs, and job growth is in a positive trend though not as much as we'd like. Watch for those statistics on disposable income levels to really get a feel for whether consumers have money to spend. November's figures were a very large step up from the previous month, but it remains to be seen whether this is really part of a trend or a one-time deal. The trend for disposable income had been clearly higher since November 2011, with eight consecutive monthly increases, but it's stagnated since about July/August. That eight-month rising trend didn't result in a significant amount of consumer spending because consumers were (and are) still busy unwinding their unusually large debt levels. Once that gets taken care of, their spending will be more in line with their incomes.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: For this index, if the daily Absolute Demand Index is 98 or higher, I will rate that "positive" – between 90 and 98 will be "neutral" – below 90 will be "negative."
Economic Indicator: Citigroup Economic Surprise Index US | POSITIVE
Easy Intro to Citigroup Economic Surprise Index | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: January 4, 2013
Quick 'n Easy
An index that measures whether reports on economic data are generally coming in above, at or below expectations suggests that we are getting reports that are above expectations. This does not necessarily mean the reports are good or bad – just above expectations. After an interim low on July 19, the index moved up into "positive" territory and has mostly stayed there since.
Easy Description: Daily measure of whether, on balance, U.S. economic reports have been better than (positive values), worse than (negative values) or same as (zero) what economists have expected. For the importance of this, see my post about expectations versus actual results. Also, check out my article on the relationship between the Citigroup Economic Surprise Index turning positive and the effects on the stock market.
Latest Reading (Approximate): Positive (+) 34 on Jan 4, 2013 (versus +49 last week) – NOTE: I no longer have free access to actual index values, so I am forced to approximate from the chart image.
Implications: The index has been falling lately and sits on the edge between "positive" and "neutral" territory. My estimate and pre-determined threshold levels put it in "positive" still, barely hanging on.
Keep in mind what is basically happening, as it is usually a cycle. Expectations rise as a result of improving data, and then it becomes more likely that data will disappoint. It doesn't actually mean the data get worse, only that they disappoint versus expectations. The reverse then happens in order to complete the cycle. We hope that the downturns don't go as deep as the upturns go high.
Remember that economic reports aren't necessarily leading indicators, so where we are headed could be somewhere better (or worse).
Easynomics Rating Methodology: I will give this indicator a rating as follows: 100 to 34 is "positive"; between 34 and -34 is "neutral"; -100 to -34 is "negative."
Economic Indicator: Employment Trends Index | NEUTRAL
Easy Intro to Employment Trends Index | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: November 2012
Quick 'n Easy
A combination of indicators related to the jobs market through November 2012 suggested that the coming months will probably show continued growth in jobs but at a slower rate than we see now. Clearly, it won't be enough to put a dent in the unemployment rate.
Easy Description: Combines several indicators together to provide an outlook for employment growth.
Latest Reading: 107.82 for November 2012 (up 3.3% from one year ago) – October 2012 reading was revised down to 107.84
Implications: The index has generally been flat since February. According to an expert on the index, "The Employment Trends Index remains weak and suggests that employment growth over the next several months is likely to slow again. Employment growth typically lags economic growth, and with the economy expected to decelerate in the current quarter and early 2013, a slowdown in employment won't be far behind."
This is consistent with my analysis of the November Employment Report and how the trend of sluggish growth continues. Those comments suggest continued growth in jobs, but it sounds like the growth rate of the overall economy won't be able to make a sizable dent in the unemployment situation.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: For this index, I will base my rating largely upon what the index expert says. If the indication is for job growth of any kind, I will rate it either "positive" or "neutral" depending upon the level of growth. If jobs are expected to decline, I will issue a "negative" rating.
Economic Indicator: Chicago Fed National Activity Index 3-Month Moving Average | NEUTRAL
Easy Intro: None yet | Link to Source | Latest Date This Info Represents: November 2012
Quick 'n Easy
An index combining 85 indicators into one number suggests that, over a three-month period, the economy was growing below a historically average rate in November 2012. Although this isn't good news, it is still probably growth rather than shrinkage and essentially rules out a recession as of that date.
Easy Description: The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago combines 85 different indicators into one number to give a sense of whether the overall U.S. economy is growing faster than its historical trend (numbers above zero) or slower (numbers below zero). It's not as simple when you're trying to determine whether the economy is actually growing (expansion) or shrinking (recession). If you average the last three months' index values, you get the CFNAI-MA3 ("moving average 3 months"). According to the Chicago Fed:
When the CFNAI-MA3 value moves below -0.70 following a period of economic expansion, there is an increasing likelihood that a recession has begun. Conversely, when the CFNAI-MA3 value moves above -0.70 following a period of economic contraction, there is an increasing likelihood that a recession has ended.
Latest Reading: The more reliable moving average of the last three months (CFNAI-MA3) for November 2012 was negative (-) 0.20, which was much better than the previous month's revised reading of negative (-) 0.59. The single month CFNAI reading for November 2012 was positive (+) 0.10, which was a huge increase from the previous month's revised reading of negative (-) 0.64.
Implications: In November specifically, economic activity was very close to historical averages (positive (+) 0.10 for the single month reading), and the more reliable way of looking at things shows an economy that was growing but below an average rate (-0.20). Though it's not fantastic news, it does signal some growth rather than a shrinking economy. Thus, we can essentially rule out that a recession had begun by November 2012. That's all I want you to focus on because month-to-month variations can often mean little. But if you want a deeper dive into the data, read on.
The single-month reading for November was a very pleasant surprise, the highest single month reading since February. I like to see how many components were within 0.10 units of zero (average), between 0.10 and 0.20 units (close to average) and greater than 0.20 units away from zero (well above/below average). In summary, of the four broad categories of indicators in November, the breakdown looks like this:
- Well Above Average: 1
- Close to Average (positive): 0
- Average (positive or negative): 2
- Close to Average (negative): 1
- Well Below Average: 0
Only two of the four components moved from one category level to another (using revised data from last month, not the original reading):
- Production & Income made a huge surge from well below average to well above average
- Personal Consumption & Housing nudged from well below average to close to average (but still negative)
Looking at the range of indicators, 44 of the 85 total indicators were better in November than they were the previous month. The "diffusion index" is a measure of how widespread the gains (or losses if it's negative) were across the 85 indicators, and it is a three-month moving average. The 3-month diffusion index for November was -0.15, meaning that a building consensus of indicators worsened over the last three months. The last time we had a positive diffusion index was in April.
Keep in mind that this index reports significantly later than other ones, likely because it takes a while for all 85 of its required indicators to be updated! Still, I like its comprehensive look at the economy and its fairly reliable prediction of upcoming recessions.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: I will give this indicator a rating based on the CFNAI-MA3 as follows: +0.20 or higher is "positive"; between +0.20 and -0.70 is "neutral"; -0.70 or worse is "negative."
Economic Indicator: Easynomics Real Estate Price Stability Index (EREPSI) | NEUTRAL
Easy Intro to Easynomics Real Estate Price Stability Index | Latest Date This Info Represents: November 2012 (contains estimated portion)
Quick 'n Easy
An index designed to look at the stability of home prices indicates that, thru November 2012, we are below equilibrium – home prices are about 8.18 percent below a theoretical stable point. If trends in months of supply and price/rent ratio continue, the index would rise higher, indicating that a "reverse bubble" may form by about April 2013.
Easy Description: This index is an average of three indicators that help ascertain whether home prices are above or below historically normal levels: 1) new homes inventory months of supply, 2) existing homes inventory months of supply and 3) price-to-rent ratio. For more info on what these mean, click on the "Easy Intro" above.
Latest Reading: Thru November 2012, the EREPSI is at positive (+) 8.18 percent, which means prices are 8.18 percent lower than the stable point. The November reading is based on actual values for the "months of supply" components but uses an estimate for Case-Shiller HPI. For recent trends, you can read my latest analysis on new residential homes inventory months of supply or existing homes sales and inventory months of supply.
Implications: After a strong move up starting in July 2011, the index mostly plateaued from December 2011 through July 2012 before recently turning upwards again. If trends in supply and inflation continue, it looks like the index will slowly rise over the next several months forming a "reverse bubble" where prices of homes would be artificially low and should be pressured to rise.
Easynomics Rating Methodology: In the housing market, if things get too far "out of whack" with respect to price-to-rent ratio and inventory, it doesn't matter which direction … it's a negative. We don't want a bubble or an overly pessimistic crash. Therefore, I will give this indicator a rating as follows, based on the most recent month with actual "months of supply" data to use in calculations: Within 7.5 percent of zero in either direction is "positive"; within 15 percent of zero in either direction (but not closer than 7.5 percent) is "neutral"; farther than 15 percent from zero in either direction is "negative."
Easy Trends Dashboard
Updated: January 4, 2013
Consensus Score: +1.65 (vs +1.70 last week)
Interpretation: Generally in a positive direction with a few off-trend readings or unconfirmed trends
|Trend Score* (change from last week)
|ECRI Index
|+2.5 (down 0.5)
|Employment Report
|Existing Homes Sales and Inventory Months of Supply
|Factory Orders
|-1 (up 1)
|Industrial Production
|New Residential Homes Sales and Inventory Months of Supply
|Personal Income Levels
|Residential Investment
|Unemployment Claims
|+2 (down 1)
*Trend Score Definitions:
- Confirmed trend with no recent readings that are off trend: +3 (good direction) or -3 (bad direction)
- For each consecutive recent reading that was off trend in the opposite direction, I move the score by one point in the direction of zero
- Unconfirmed trend: +1 (good direction) or -1 (bad direction)
- No trend that has at least 50 percent confidence: 0
Easy Take
This week, financial stress eased incredibly due to an apparent resolution to the "fiscal cliff" issue, although it remains to be seen what happens once we get into the next such battle – the debt ceiling. That was the only ratings change, although we continued to see some deterioration in the Citigroup Economic Surprise Index, suggesting that economic reports are about to stop surprising us in a good way.
We saw very little net movement in the Easy Trends Dashboard, which still points in a positive direction. Its weakest components tend to involve manufacturing (Industrial Production, Factory Orders).
We currently have 3 positive, 3 neutral and 1 negative economic indicators. Using a scale of positive=3, neutral=2 and negative=1, this yields an average rating of 2.29 out of 3.00 (versus 2.14 last week), which falls in the middle third of the possible range. In other words, my set of economic indicators combine into a "neutral" rating. The consensus view of the above indicators is that economic conditions are consistent with positive growth but below the historical average rate. Trends are generally headed in a good direction with a few off-trend readings or unconfirmed trends here and there.
Disclaimer: My dashboard isn't really a group of similar indicators, so we can't say that it represents any one particular thing. For example, it's not geared strictly toward predicting the future of the economy like a leading indicators dashboard. It's not like a coincident indicator dashboard that focuses on how things are right this second. It's just a bunch of things I like to follow, interpreted in a way to be consistent with either economic growth or shrinkage. I would just guess that if the indicators I most like to follow start trending one way or the other, there is a good chance the economy is going that way, too.


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(1) In the case of any county officer, member of a district board of education or magistrate, by the county commission, or other tribunal in lieu thereof, any other officer of the county, or by any number of persons other than such county officers, which number shall be the lesser of fifty or one percent of the total number of voters of the county participating in the general election next preceding the filing of such charges.
(2) In the case of any municipal officer, by the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein such municipality, or the greater portion thereof, is located, any other elected officer of the municipality, or by any number of persons other than the prosecuting attorney or other municipal elective officer of the municipality who are residents of the municipality, which number shall be the lesser of twenty-five or one percent of the total number of voters of the municipality participating in the election at which the governing body was chosen which election next preceded the filing of the petition.
(3) By the chief inspector and supervisor of public offices of the state where the person sought to be removed is entrusted by law with the collection, custody and expenditure of public moneys because of any misapplication, misappropriation or embezzlement of such moneys.
(c) The charges shall be reduced to writing in the form of a petition duly verified by at least one of the persons bringing the same, and shall be entered of record by the court, or the judge thereof in vacation, and a summons shall thereupon be issued by the clerk of such court, together with a copy of the petition, requiring the officer or person named therein to appear before the court, at the courthouse of the county where such officer resides, and answer the charges on a day to be named therein, which summons shall be served at least twenty days before the return day thereof in the manner by which a summons commencing a civil suit may be served.
The court, or judge thereof in vacation, or in the case of any multi-judge circuit, the chief judge thereof, shall, without delay forward a copy of the petition to the supreme court of appeals and shall ask for the impaneling or convening of a three-judge court consisting of three circuit judges of the state. The chief justice of the supreme court of appeals shall without delay designate and appoint three circuit judges within the state, not more than one of whom shall be from the same circuit in which the petition is filed and, in the order of such appointment, shall designate the date, time and place for the convening of such three-judge court, which date and time shall not be less than twenty days from the date of the filing of the petition.
Such three-judge court shall, without a jury, hear the charges and all evidence offered in support thereof or in opposition thereto and upon satisfactory proof of the charges shall remove any such officer or person from office and place the records, papers and property of his office in the possession of some other officer or person for safekeeping or in the possession of the person appointed as hereinafter provided to fill the office temporarily. Any final order either removing or refusing to remove any such person from office shall contain such findings of fact and conclusions of law as the three-judge court shall deem sufficient to support its decision of all issues presented to it in the matter.
(d) An appeal from an order of such three-judge court removing or refusing to remove any person from office pursuant to this section may be taken to the supreme court of appeals within thirty days from the date of entry of the order from which the appeal is taken. The supreme court of appeals shall consider and decide the appeal upon the original papers and documents, without requiring the same to be printed and shall enforce its findings by proper writ. From the date of any order of the three-judge court removing an officer under this section until the expiration of thirty days thereafter, and, if an appeal be taken, until the date of suspension of such order, if suspended by the three-judge court and if not suspended, until the final adjudication of the matter by the supreme court of appeals, the officer, commission or body having power to fill a vacancy in such office may fill the same by a temporary appointment until a final decision of the matter, and when a final decision is made by the supreme court of appeals shall fill the vacancy in the manner provided by law for such office.
(e) In any case wherein the charges are preferred by the chief inspector and supervisor of public offices against the county commission or any member thereof or any county district or municipal officer, the proceedings under this section shall be conducted and prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the officer proceeded against resides, and on any appeal from the order of the three-judge court in any such case, the attorney general of the state shall represent the people. When any municipal officer is proceeded against the solicitor or municipal attorney for such municipality may assist in the prosecution of the charges.


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If you were to make two piles, one with books and articles and poems written by Sylvia Plath, and another with books and articles and poems written about her – well, you'd have yourself two very different-sized stacks.
Which is just one way of saying this: Five decades after her death, Plath remains a figure of deep cultural fascination.
The Boston-born Plath died 50 years ago this month, in the middle of a bitterly cold February in London, at age 30. She had been struggling on and off all of her adult life with serious depression.
At her death, Plath left two slim collections of poems – only one, "The Colossus," had been published – and a novel about mental breakdown and recovery, "The Bell Jar." She also left two children, Frieda, almost 3, and Nicholas, 1.
Since that moment in February 1963, Plath has been the subject of intense scrutiny, even controversy, both in the United States and in England, where the poet lived the final years of her life, as the wife of British poet Ted Hughes. (Their marriage had ended badly the year before Plath's suicide, and Hughes had taken up with another woman, the wife of a poet.)
Critics call Plath an overrated writer who couldn't best her demons. Her fans charge that she was the brilliant one in her marriage to Hughes – and claim that her work will only grow in stature with the passage of time. Some fans have gone so far as to chisel the name "Hughes" off of Plath's grave marker in Yorkshire.
"American Isis," a new and largely sympathetic biography of Plath, will do nothing to calm the debate.
Biographer Carl Rollyson presents Plath as a woman of her singular time and place – a changing, but still in many ways repressive, America of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as England.
Rollyson's biography is significant because it is the first to make use of new materials – including dozens of unpublished letters between Plath and Hughes – that have been made available to scholars in the archive of Ted Hughes, who was named poet laureate of England before his death in 1998.
During the past five decades, books and articles written about the American poet (or "poetess," as Hughes used to call her, with pride and consternation) and novelist – and her marriage – have been seemingly endless. This one is journalistic in approach, with voluminous amounts of research and interviews undergirding the text. Rollyson interviewed Smith College alumnae, old friends of Plath and Hughes, and others; he also cites liberally from many of the other published accounts of the couple, from the 1950s to the present day.
Rollyson sets his book apart, amid others released to coincide with the half-century anniversary, by likening Plath to an unconventional parallel: Marilyn Monroe.
"Plath is a genre breaker and a cross-cultural heroine," writes Rollyson, whose other biographical subjects have included Lillian Hellman, Martha Gellhorn, Rebecca West, Marilyn Monroe and Dana Andrews.
As much as Plath tried to escape from her New England home and her strong mother, Aurelia, and to become a part of the English literary landscape, Rollyson argues, she couldn't change the fact that she was American to her core: talented, ambitious, outgoing, passionate, and – until her final struggle with depression – almost preternaturally buoyant.
Witness her academic successes in high school and at Smith College, her magazine short story-writing from a young age, her early efforts at poetry, and her junket to New York City one summer with other top-drawer American female students (fictionalized in "The Bell Jar") to serve as a guest editor on a women's magazine.
"American Isis" makes two correlations of Plath's life to symbolic cultural "twins": Isis – a figure from mythology, representing fertility and maternity – and Monroe, the tragic Hollywood sex symbol.
Rollyson's argument here is simple: "Sylvia Plath is the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature."
To support his point, Rollyson describes in vivid detail a dream that Plath had, in which Monroe was painting Plath's fingernails and chatting with her. Rollyson draws numerous points of comparison and contrast between the two women – both lost powerful husbands they loved, Ted Hughes and Arthur Miller; both were blond and stunningly attractive; both died young; both pretended to be something they were not in order to put on a pleasing public face.
Whether Rollyson's case succeeds is up to each reader to decide. One thing can safely be said: the final word has not come close to being written yet.
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The Stetson men's tennis team rebounded from a conference setback its last time out with a 4-3 win over visiting Green Bay at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center Tuesday afternoon.
"Last year's win versus Green Bay was a battle and today's match was no different," Stetson associate head coach Christophe Noblet said. "It came down to the final court and I am particularly glad with the way Graham [Ball] handled himself to get us the victory."
Ball, who has played most at the five position in his first season with the Hatters, moved up to number three with junior Nathan Debut out of the lineup. After winning 6-3 in set one, Ball fought to a 7-5 victory in set two to secure the win for Stetson.
The Hatters opened things up by winning the first two doubles matches on Tuesday. Senior Hans Adrian Riseng and Debut won 8-1 over Michael Tenzer and Howard Scott, who came in ranked 70th in the nation.
Sophomore Laurynas Antropikas and junior Chester Espie then won 8-5 at the number two spot to clinch the doubles point. Sophomores Egor Panyushkin and Cahit Kapukiran were up 6-5 at number three before the match went unfinished.
"Our three doubles pairs played with great intensity today, especially at number one where we picked up a significant win versus a nationally ranked pair," said Noblet.
After Espie won 6-2, 6-2 at number four singles to give Stetson a 2-0 lead, Green Bay countered with wins at one, six, and two to take the advantage a 3-2.
Panyushkin tied things up when he won 7-6 (5), 7-5 over Rowan Isaaks at number five singles, and Ball clinched the match with his team-leading ninth singles win of the year.
"Our focus is now onto our next conference match," Noblet said. "North Florida is always a tough opponent and this year is no different."
Stetson will host North Florida on Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m.


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Derivitive: To change from man to woman without the need for surgery.
Jordan morphed into Jordette, to get it on with the boy named Matthew.
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The Godfather of the Knights of Destruction. He will eat your girls pussy then yours too. Not a force to be f'd with.
your girls spreads her legs, i eat it, then your pussy too!
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A pair of size 7 high-heeled shoes, a shell casing and a rock were among clues Davis & Elkins College students used to help solve a simulated "double murder" case. The students in Dana Baxter's Law Enforcement 203 class played the roles of law enforcement officers piecing together evidence and filing reports for 100 points of their course grade.
Baxter presented students with an outline of a crime scenario, photos of the crime scene and character/witness sheets. From there, the students conducted interviews to gather evidence and form a case against the person they believed to be the guilty party.
"I think the best way you can learn is to apply your knowledge to a situation," Baxter, an instructor of criminology and criminal justice at D&E, said. "A lot of times I don't think students get a chance to do that. So, I wanted to give them something tangible."
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Students in Dana Baxter's Law Enforcement 203 class complete the final step of a crime scenario project. Presenting evidence that led to their conclusion are members of the "Baxterland" Police Department, standing from left, Christian Scott, a sophomore from Valley Bend; Jessica Masters, a junior from Elkins and Ronceverte; Tiffany Kerns, a junior from Elkins and Beverly; Lakota Jonese, a sophomore from Green Bank; Abdullah Alharbi, a junior from Saudi Arabia; Brittany Anderson, a senior from Frankfort, IL.; George "Christian" Wright, a junior from Monrovia, Md., and Bryant Hines, a junior from Midland, Va.
Baxter formulated the plot during the power outage that resulted from Superstorm Sandy in October. Her uncle, who is a state trooper in Pennsylvania, "helped fill in the details, shape it, and make it better."
To set the scenario, Baxter says she started with the end result and worked backward to build the characters. Six faculty members and three students filled the roles of the "cast" of the crime scene "people of interest" and others who had relationships with the "victims."
An avid James Bond fan, Baxter chose character names from the 007 films. She added local flavor by setting the scene in Elkins. The twisted tale of a lover's jealousy and a shallow friendship takes characters from their work at the college to apartments on Easy Street and an encounter at Beander's.
The scenario focused on the deaths of "Heidi Lovelace" and "Papa Jack." Several of their colleagues are suspects, and students had to determine which one committed the crime and why.
To begin uncovering the facts, the class was divided into two "police departments." Students selected the names Baxterland Police Department and Baxter Minion. While each agency gathered its own evidence, they also shared information.
"This is where I was looking to see that they thought critically and worked well with each other," Baxter says. "I heard them having a lot of good conservations. They talked about it with a passion, as if it were real."
Their collaborative efforts paid off when both departments determined the same suspect committed both murders.
Commenting on the class, Josh Robinette, a senior criminology major from Pittsburgh, Pa., said, "It was pretty intense. Out in the real world we will have to work with people in this way. I think we all learned the importance of cooperation."
Milagro Silva, a senior criminology major from Dumfries, Va., who served as captain of the Baxter Minion, agreed, saying, "I enjoyed it. It gave us an insight of what we will be doing if we go into law enforcement."
Baxter hopes to add the crime-solving session to her next law enforcement class, and is considering adding a similar exercise to White Collar Crime 355.
Baxter earned her master's and bachelor's degrees in criminology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she is currently a doctoral candidate. Among her teaching and research interests are employee fraud, retail crimes, women and crime, and juvenile offenders.
D&E's criminology program is built on a strong social science foundation within a framework of the liberal arts. It prepares students in the applied aspects of criminal justice and the broader theoretical aspects of criminology. Students completing the program are prepared to continue in graduate schools or law school or pursue careers in the justice system.
For more information, visit the college website at www.dewv.edu or call 304-637-1243.


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A nightime activity practiced generally in the South; bullfrog hunting, which involves, in some cases, shooting the frog with a .22 caliber gun and then spearing it, cleaning it, and cooking it, in order to eat the frog's legs.
Last night Bubba went giggin' and then we had frog legs for dinner.
dari Girl Next Door Sabtu, 16 Juli 2005
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Down south night-time activity involving a flashlight, bag, and a meat hook.
dari IdleDeviant Senin, 18 Agustus 2003
the act of having sex and your condom slides off inside a girls vag when you cum and you have to dig it out with your fingers.
Wes had to go frog gigging last night when he screwed that girl.
dari captn jack 69 Minggu, 11 November 2012
Catching and releasing frogs.
I petted 14 frogs yesterday when I went frog gigging.
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I whooped out loud when the Kings won as best comeback team. I was pleasantly shocked that voters realized what it took for them to get where they got. On the other hand, to see the Heat picked as the best team showed a lack of perspective . I don't like 'em anyway, so that might have entered in.
Meanwhile, whoever writes Espn's material (both commercials and the script for this show) does a helluva job. The NHL could learn from him/her/them.
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"He even ate with women who at that time were accorded the same status as the family donkey. Are we willing to break bread with, say, child sex slaves, transgender teens and undocumented workers? Because when Jesus comes back to Earth, that's where he'll be hanging."
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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I have this idea and working prototype for a digital empathy map. I have posted it on Twitter and as most of you know Dave Gray the godfather of empathy map is excited about it.
Problem is I need help. I need people to tell me how as UXer we can make this better for our needs.
Take a look at the prototype. Play with it.
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MORGANTOWN - Was eighth-ranked West Virginia (3-0) looking ahead Saturday at its first Big 12 game a week hence against Baylor?
Probably not.
Coach Dana Holgorsen said the Mountaineers talked about Maryland being "a quality opponent" that was getting better and better.
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Nonetheless, the Mountaineers continually struggled offensively in beating Maryland, a 28-point underdog, by only 31-21 before a crowd of 58,504 at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Saturday.
The WVU offense, virtually unstoppable in the first two non-conference games, managed just a 19-18 edge in first downs and 363 yards to 351 in total offense.
The Mountaineers had to punt just twice - once each against Marshall and James Madison - but seven times against Maryland (2-2). It wasn't pretty.
West Virginia's lack of an effective rushing attack really showed up. It netted a mere 25 yards on as many carries. The Terps didn't do much better (47 yards, 35 attempts).
Quarterback Geno Smith, pressured all afternoon heavily with some blitzing, didn't have as good a game either. He completed 30 of 43 passes for 338 yards and three touchdowns. That jolted his 88.0-percent accuracy.
Tavon Austin obviously was the star of the contest. He caught 13 passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns.
His scores covered 44, 34 and 24 yards.
"This was by far his best game," Holgorsen said. "He played the best and did a great job."
Linebacker Doug Rigg put WVU on the scoreboard first by recovering a fumble and returning it 51 yards for a TD. Tyler Bitancurt accounted for the other seven points on a 37-yard field goal and four extra points.
WVU's offense did not commit a turnover, and that, coupled with three that the defense got, weighed heavily in the game's outcome.
Holgorsen gave Maryland credit for using a stack defense, which dogged the Mountaineers repeatedly.
He added, "Our defense won this game for us. But the offense did take care of the ball again."
Holgorsen said the team has "a lot of stuff" which needs correcting, and that it will undergo work when the squad reassembles for practice Sunday.
He mentioned that "spotty tackling" was something that needs to improve. "They (Maryland) got way too many yards after catching the ball," he said.
"One thing you have to do when you face adversity is fight through it, and we did that. Otherwise, we'd be sitting here with a loss."


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|First Proof of Ferromagnetic Carbon
Although it has long been suspected that carbon belongs on the short list of materials that can be magnetic at room temperature, attempts to prove that pure carbon can be magnetized have remained unconvincing. However, using a proton beam and an advanced x-ray microscope at the Advanced Light Source, a multinational team of researchers from the SSRL, the University of Leipzig, and the ALS finally put to rest doubts about the existence of magnetic carbon.
Ferromagnetism is an "ordering phenomenon" in which the spins of neighboring electrons are coupled together such that they point in the same direction. If the temperature of the sample is elevated above a certain point, called the "Curie-temperature," however, the disorder caused by the thermal motion of the atoms takes over and destroys the magnetic ordering. In fact, many different materials show ferromagnetic behavior at low temperatures, below 5 Kelvin for example, but only iron, cobalt, nickel and some alloys are useful ferromagnets above room temperature and can be manufactured in large quantities. The key challenge of showing that a clean carbon sample can exhibit ferromagnetism has thus lingered.
A particularly promising approach to making carbon magnetic emerged from a group led by Pablo Esquinazi at the University of Leipzig, Germany, in 2003. They irradiated clean carbon films with an intense proton beam focused to a tiny spot of 2 mm diameter. The proton irradiation caused small distortions in the carbon lattice, which in turn caused electron spins on neighboring atoms to align parallel and order ferromagnetically. The SSRL and ALS researchers collaborated with the Leipzig group and built upon this approach, studying proton-irradiated samples using scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) at ALS Beamline 11.0.2. Their studies revealed the carbon sample's intrinsic magnetism.
The STXM microscope addresses the magnetic properties of different elements in a sample by using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) in x-ray absorption (XAS). In STXM, an incident x-ray beam is focused on the sample by a "zoneplate" lens, and the intensity of the transmitted x rays is measured on the detector. The sample is simultaneously scanned perpendicular to the beam, ultimately yielding a full field-of-view image. The absorption of x rays is strongly enhanced when their energy is chosen to excite a core-level electron into an empty valence state. These core-level resonances appear at characteristic photon energies for different elements, revealing information about element distribution in an unknown sample. In addition to elemental specificity, the transmission of circular polarized x rays at the resonance depends on the presence and direction of a ferromagnetic moment (XMCD). It is therefore possible to obtain information about the magnetism of the sample as well. A thin sample of carbon (t = 200 nm) was irradiated with a focused proton beam, leaving behind a magnetic ring. The images acquired using STXM at the carbon, iron, cobalt, and nickel resonances revealed that the magnetic ring only appears at the carbon resonance and not the others. The detected magnetic signal was very small, so only the use of a modern scanning transmission x-ray microscope at a state-of-the-art x-ray source providing x-ray beams of high brilliance with variable polarization made it possible to observe these tiny effects. These results underline the crucial importance of modern x-ray science and instruments in basic research.
Harnessing the magnetic properties of carbon could one day revolutionize a range of fields from nanotechnology to electronics. Magnetic carbon nanodevices could be built one atom at a time, leading to miniaturized machines and lightweight electronics. Magnetism, which forms the basis of information storage and processing in computer hard drives, could be employed in novel ways in tomorrow's electronic devices.
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES); the German Research Foundation (DFG); and the European Union.
Publication about this research: H. Ohldag, T. Tyliszczak, R. Höhne, D. Spemann, P. Esquinazi, M. Ungureanu, and T. Butz, "π-Electron ferromagnetism in metal-free carbon probed by soft x-ray dichroism," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 187204 (2007).


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A chubby douche bag vegan who thinks that he is better than everyone else. A person who imposes his irrational ideas on his fellow co-workers and hates scented candles. A Mcdouchey might also be found in conjunction with a Poo Boy.
Mcdouchey, Fat Vegan, Male douche bag, tends to wine a lot.
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Leer met gebruik van je bestaande .NET skills, Phone applicaties te bouwen met Visual Studio en Mono (Mono Touch & Mono for Android)
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Create the log cabin quilt of your dreams! Plan and construct log cabin designs under Nancy Smith's expert guidance. Learn to make dozens of patterns from the same basic blocks, audition your fabrics to get the look you want, and use color in surprising ways. Complete yardage and cutting charts are included for five quilt sizes from crib to king. Also included: more than 10 quilting layouts, including Barn Raising, Fields & Furrows and Chain Link, and ideas for smaller projects such as pillows and placemats. You'll also learn variations such as Echo and Greek Key. Nancy shares engaging, easy techniques that will help you create countless projects. Turn this classic block into a canvas for your quilting imagination!
Prolific author and designer Nancy Smith begins this exploration of log cabin blocks by talking about the history of this traditional block and how to cut and lay out jelly roll strips.
Make one block in dozens of different looks, just by varying fabric and color choices. Nancy shows you how to use the paste-up guide included in your downloadable materials, to audition your fabrics in the pattern before you commit.
Learn Nancy's fast and easy methods of cutting strips for your blocks. Find another use for your paste-up guide, get your fabric cut in a flash and make the canonical light-and-dark Night & Day block.
Your design wall becomes your best friend in this lesson as you explore ways to put the log cabin blocks together. You will be amazed at the dramatic differences that block setting will make.
Alternative block settings give you plenty of room for creativity as you arrange the light and dark strips in Echo, Framing and Greek Key designs. You'll also learn how to use a surprising quilt design tool, the color photocopier.
Eleanor Burns' "Quilt in a Day" method is a neat and efficient way to construct log cabin blocks. Nancy shows you how!
Nancy explores fussy-cutting a wide range of fabrics to create innovative centers for your log cabin blocks. A little seam-ripper magic allows you to change your mind even after you've sewn all your blocks!
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"I wasn't sure what to expect from this class, but from the very beginning I loved Nancy's teaching style. She is so laid back and doesn't worry about perfection--my style! The quilt ideas are very usable, and I learned many little tips along the way. I am very glad I purchased this class."
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Kansas City, Mo. – Shelby Winslow of Lee's Summit recently scored 290 out of a possible 300 to win third place in an international archery tournament June 29 and 30. Winslow represented Summit Lakes Middle School at the 2013 NASP World Championship in St. Louis. The tourney is part of the National Archery in Schools Program.
"That was really exciting to have someone from our area there and have them among the top," said Chris Capps, an outdoor skills specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).
In March, Winslow shot a 287, the top score at the Missouri NASP tourney held in Warrensburg. The World NASP competition drew almost 3,000 archers from 22 states and two Canadian provinces.
"It was a very well done event and I think everyone enjoyed it," Capps said.
Under the NASP program, all archers shoot with the same simple compound bow. Pure archery skills such as good aim are what counts. Procedures on the target range firing lines are standardized for practice and tourneys, safety first. Male and female archers of all ages can shoot the same equipment at the same time. In tourneys, the competition is divided by gender and into elementary, middle school and high school age ranges. NASP offers a quiet, skills-based sport that allows all participants to build confidence and success.
MDC coordinates a Missouri National Archery in Schools Program (MoNASP) in partnership with schools, volunteers and the Conservation Federation of Missouri. MDC education consultants are available to assist schools in starting an archery program. Information on the program is available online at mdc.mo.gov/node/3409.
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BOALSBURG - There are several towns in the United States that lay claim to the birthplace of Memorial Day, and Boalsburg is one of them.
This will be the 149th Memorial Day celebrated in Boalsburg, a tradition that stretches back to 1864 when three women placed flowers on the graves of two soldiers who were killed during the Civil War.
The tradition of placing flowers on the gravestones in Boalsburg continues today with the help of local Girl Scout Troop 1184.
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Emma Hunter, Sophie Keller and Elizabeth Meyer are credited with being the first to start a
Memorial Day in Boalsburg, to remember fallen soldiers.
"This gives the community a sense of identity to remember those who went before us," said Christopher Lee, President of the Boalsburg Village Conservacy.
Lee, a direct dissident of the Boal family, lives at the Boal mansion where he maintains the rich history of the property, which includes the famous Columbus Chapel, home to an extensive collection of Christopher Columbus artifacts. The chapel was inherited by the Boal family in 1909 and was imported from Spain, brick by brick.
For more than 200 years, the Boal family has helped to shape the community of Boalsburg.
Across the street from the Boal Mansion on Business Route 322, is the Pennsylvania Military Museum. The site of the museum used to be where Col. Theodore Davis Boal organized the Boal Machine Gun Troop in 1916.
Starting at 10 a.m. today, the museum will host a number of events for the public, including a military encampment depicting what life was like for soldiers in the European Theater during WWII. The encampment will feature Axis and Allied troops.
In addition to the encampment, a 1940s style soldiers canteen show will be presented for the troops and public at 3 p.m. today. The encampment will also be held on Sunday.
On Memorial Day, Boalsburg will be a flutter with a host of activities beginning at 8:30 a.m. with a Fun Run at Blue Springs Park. Throughout the day there will be local musicians and artists selling their wares, as well as a traditional Maypole dance at 12:30 p.m.
There will also be a reenactment of a Civil War battle on the Boal Mansion lawn.
"Family holidays can be a real battle on Memorial Day. We have people killed in our front yard," Lee said.
In addition the United Church of Christ will play the 1861 Durner pipe organ at 11 a.m.
The day's activities round off with the traditional 6 p.m. Memorial Service at the cemetery. People may gather at the Diamond in the center of Boalsburg and walk to the cemetery to the sound of bagpipers.
Even though this year's festivities are just now under way, Lee is already planning for 150th anniversary next year.
The BVC has asked Lee to organize the community committee by reaching out to interested organizations and individuals.
Lee said some current concepts under consideration for the 150th anniversary include a new history of Boalsburg's Memorial Day based on research into primary sources, a DVD of photos and events, a historic house tour and the formation of a "Green Team" for recycling during the 2014 Memorial Day festival.