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A group of about 20 Maine Republicans announced their support for same-sex marriage at a press conference on Monday, which advocates hope is "another way of showing how people have changed their minds on this issue over the last few years," according to Matt McTighe, the campaign manager for Mainers United for Marriage.
In fact, many of the Republicans United for Marriage who pledged to champion the issue and vote "Yes" on the ballot question (Do you want to allow same-sex couples to marry?) this November were already proponents of the freedom to marry; termed-out state representative Stacey Fitts, of Pittsfield (who no longer has to worry about alienating his conservative base), offered perhaps the most dramatic conversion story.
"I voted against same-sex marriage in 2009, but I changed my mind," he said at the State House. "I know some gay people and I've talked with them and my family, and I've thought about it a lot. As a husband and a father, I've come to believe that two people who love each other should have the freedom to get married."
Whether or not these Republicans are longtime defenders of marriage equality or only recently came to that position, McTighe says the organization's existence shows that "you can be Republican and support marriage — those things are not in conflict." In fact, McTighe suggested that certain Republican tenets — such as the preservation of personal liberties — mesh well with the goal of same-sex marriage for all.
The Christian Civic League of Maine (CCL), which opposes same-sex marriage, struck back immediately, questioning the Republican credentials of the group, which includes prominent members of the business community (like real estate mogul Greg Boulos) and political big-wigs (like Jim Nicholson, former treasurer of the Maine Republican Party). "They've found some of the most left-leaning Republicans that they could," said Bob Emrich, a pastor and leader of the CCL's Protect Marriage Maine campaign. "It looks like a sorry attempt."
Emrich specifically criticized the involvement of Dan Demeritt, former spokesman for Governor Paul LePage. Emrich claimed that Demeritt offered his consulting services to the CCL last year. But Demeritt says he only wanted to work on the CCL's anti-abortion initiatives; in a September 2011 email to Emrich and CCL executive director Carroll Conley, Demeritt wrote: "While I understand and respect the position you will be taking on the gay marriage question, we will differ on the issue . . . Clearly our differences would prevent us from working together on this issue."
In a phone interview, Demeritt said, "I've been quietly supportive of marriage for everybody on a personal level" for some time.
This effort in Maine is part of what looks like a larger groundswell of Republican support for gay marriage. Last month, in a New York Times piece about Paul Singer, a New York hedge-fund billionaire (and Republican) who has given millions of dollars to gay-rights initiatives across the country (including here in Maine), columnist Frank Bruni suggested that GOP leaders are seeing the political (if not moral) advantage of supporting gay marriage. There is "a growing awareness among prominent Republicans that embracing marriage equality could broaden the party's base and soften the party's image in crucial ways," Bruni wrote. "Many swing voters who find elements of Republicans' limited-government message appealing and have doubts about Obama's economic stewardship are nonetheless given serious pause by the party's stances on abortion, birth control, immigration and homosexuality."
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National Volunteer Week is April 6th-12th and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) would like to thank its 116 volunteers and 22 board members from across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Their service in 2013 totaled 7,961 hours and aided our staff in providing sexual health services and education to more than 42,000 patients. It is an honor to work alongside these members of our northern New England community who actively, and publicly, commit their time to ensure all people can make voluntary choices about their health.
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Stories like this seriously make me consider GPS tracking collars on my dogs while driving.... I'm SOO glad to hear you and your family and dogs are safe and OK!!! God bless. He was obviously watching over all of you
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Premiering the Pure Michigan Singalong Video
Last month, Jeff Barrett and Rob Bliss embarked on an epic Pure Michigan road trip, where they visited 50 Michigan cities in 7 days. Throughout their journey, they interacted with people from communities along the way to create an energetic digital video that highlights various things the state has to offer. We're excited to premiere the final video below.
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Implementing GTK+-widgets and other GObjects in C requires quite a bit of boilerplate code - that's hardly news. One obvious way to deal with that is to use a different programming language. If you're into C++, I can recommend the excellent GtkMM C++-bindings for GTK+. Programming GtkMM feels very natural and follows the C++-idioms; it's easy to integrate with std:: and friends. Also, it's LGPL and pure C++.
Another option is Vala. If you haven't heard about it, Vala is a programming language in its own right, with similarities to C#, but specifically designed for use with GObject. One very interesting thing about Vala is that it compiles to plain C-with-GObjects (as an intermediate step). Thus, you write in Vala, with no 'libvala' needed, with code which is just as fast as handwritten C. Vala also supports many other libraries, which can make them easier to use, compared with plain C. Using Vala, writing GObject/GTK+-based applications becomes a lot easier. Vala Overview.
Finally, my truly low-tech solution is spuug. Spuug is a little GObject code-generator that I wrote in 2006 to learn some Ruby, and to save myself some time. And boy, has it saved me some time! Now, finally a new version. The credit for this go mostly to Viktor Nagy (many thanks!), who submitted some patches.
spuug usage is quite easy; for example:
$ spuug --class=FunkyFooBar --namespace=Funky --parent=GtkWidget
will generate funky-foobar.c and funky-foobar.h with 150 lines of boilerplate code, as a starting point for some FunkyFooBar-widget.
Of course, spuug works well for Maemo-code, and I know of a number of programs that are using it.
There are of course some disadvantages to using code-generators. But the advantage of spuug is that it doesn't require you to learn any new language. Also, after using it, you're not depending on spuug - the output is perfectly readable C code.
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I will say that it sounds like the folks in front of you were having a little kids party and it is kinda hard to begrudge them that, but my mom served us Kool-aid and made our birthday cakes (much cheaper).[/QUOTE
Buy a cake mix and a can of frosting. This was one large decorated sheet cake and numerous large round cakes! And still I don't believe that taxpayers should pay for any birthday party period. That is a luxury end of story. I don't want children to starve but birthday parties are a whole other story. Oh, and maybe those adults should have been at the very least speaking ENGLISH!!!


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Good morning Scrap Girls!! We've reached the last Tuesday of July. And the first (and only) Tuesday of Staycation Week
Since we're still on our Staycation road trip, I decided to use Jo Corne's Mom 'n Pop's Diner Collection Mini - Special. Pull up a chair at the diner and do some scrapbooking. Do they have wifi??
And speaking of Staycation, don't forget that the Staycation 36% off Sale ends tomorrow night!!
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What happened to the challenges for July 27th & July 29th? I keep checking the Challenge Forum but have not found them?
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What happened to the challenges for July 27th & July 29th? I keep checking the Challenge Forum but have not found them?
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Irene L. Dumbleton
MADISON - Irene Dumbleton passed on June 4, 2012. She was born in Sheraton, Iowa in 1923. She married Ross W. Dumbleton in 1940.
Irene was a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed doing for others and cared deeply for the common man. Her favorite pastime was shopping, often at St. Vinney's in Madison or Lake Mills. She worked for Swiss Colony for many years, forming a life-long friendship with co-workers. She will be deeply missed by her family.
She is preceded in death by husband, Ross W. Dumbleton and son, Ross, the second; also her mother, Darlene Card and George Card, step-father. Those remaining are daughter, Darlene D. Virnig (Raymond); two special grandchildren, Irene Virnig-Freymiller (Kevin) and Glenn Lee Virnig, both of Madison.
Irene requests any memorials be made to her family. They will be divided and donated to one of her five favorite charities. This obit was written by Irene in 2003. She requested nothing be added to her words. Here it is, in loving memory. Private memorial services will be held.


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In an enterprise setting you usually have to have reversibility, to synchronized systems, as not everything is sso enabled or ldap friendly, complexity in that setting is unavoidable.
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I just finished reading Merle's Door. I enjoyed this book. What I took away from it was to let your dog make decisions. Some of it was stretched a little thin.
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Description 4-7 1/4" (10-18.4 cm). Dark band along rear of thigh. Gray to brown or rusty above, with wavy dark (female) to faint or absent (male) crossbars on back. Males usually marked by black-bordered blue patches on belly and throat. Back and belly scales about same size.
Habitat Generally sunny locations: open woodlands, grassy dunes, often on rotting logs, walls and fences, or in trees.
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Pine River Chamber Summerfest thank you
The Pine River Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Summerfest Committee would like to thank everyone who helped make Pine River Summerfest a success again this year! It was a blast!
Special thanks go to those helping with the parade, Carol Oehler, Quinn Swanson, Rod Osterloh, Jody Osterloh, Chris Hanneken and Erv Gravdahl! Thanks also to the Pine River Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff's Office for their help with traffic control and to the City of Pine River Maintenance Manager Mike Hansen and his assistant LeRoy Hulke for their help in getting the streets ready. Thank you to the Pine River Lions for helping with traffic control and to the Pine River American Legion for hosting their steak fry and for leading the color guards in the parade.
The Summerfest Committee also thanks Pastor Tim Walker for managing the kid's inflatable amusements and Diane Johnson for organizing the arts/crafts displays and Janice Gardiner for again managing the weekly flea markets. Thanks also to Sean Kaneski for organizing and running the Summerfest 5K Fun Run and Baby Ox Run. Muriel Erickson hosted another successful Pine River Library Book Sale and the Pine River Art Club hosted one of its famous art shows. The Prairie Fire Children's Theater drew great crowds with their performances of the "Wizard Of Oz."
Many other local organizations hosted events including Whispering Pines Good Samaritan, First Lutheran Church, United Methodist Church and Heritage Group North. Thank to all those mentioned and those I have not mentioned due to memory loss at my age.
I also want to specially thank Loyd Brogger, Vicky Brogger and Carol Oehler for helping volunteer at the Information Center while I needed to be absent to tend to Summerfest duties over the weekend. They are truly treasured volunteers!
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Anything more to share such as it's Manga pictures?
First, apologies - I did try to search...
I loaded an app, which was an encyclopedic overview of 16th Century art: it is called ART Vol 1. At the time I downloaded it (not understanding the phenomenal memory of my smart phone) I didn't download the C17th or C18th 'volumes'
I am trying to track these down - but despite phone searching, and marketandroid searches, I cannot find this app. Either - can anybody suggest how I can ask the phone who published this app, or (even better!) direct me to it? Thanks in advance for any assistance.


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A number of folks have asked in private messages how I set up tests. So, I thought I would discuss how I go about it. I do not say that this is the only way. Rather, this is the way I go about it.
A couple of things before we get started. I have used the diagram that Darin kindly provided us. I have placed distance markers for the sake of discussion. My distances may not be accurate, but they are what we will use for this discussion.
We also start with some assumptions:
1. There are no unsafe areas in this field that need to be avoided.
2. The temperature and humidity are such that you could run 400 yard marks - if you chose to do so - without worrying about a dog collapsing
3. We are setting up a test for the Open.
4. Time is not a constraint.
5. We are going to set up a triple. No mark will be over 400 yards.
6. The wind is blowing 5-10 mph at our backs.
7. We are setting up a set of marks for competition, not for training.
We begin by placing our flyer.
Why the flyer?
Because I think that the flyer is the hardest, yet easiest bird to place.
Hard because there are so many constraints on the flyer compared to a dead bird.
Easy because once you account for those constraints, there really are not that many options.
My general principles on flyers:
1. I do not use them as breaking birds.
2. I want them to be hard marks, which dogs handle or hunt hard.
Some people like breaking birds, I hate them. I want a dog to eliminate itself because it cannot find a bird, not because it broke. But, thats me. Other people have a different approach.
I want the flyer to be a tough mark. If you want to create separation in a trial, you must make each and every bird count. You cannot have any gimme birds. I also dont believe in placing a bird simply to set up another bird. I want the dogs to work for each bird, burn memory on each bird, thereby making the next retrieve more difficult.
My flyer no-nos:
1. Shooting the flyer where a worker or contestant is at risk
2. Shooting a flyer that must land in a specific area
3. Shooting a flyer where the location where it lands has a disproportionate impact on the fairness of the test (this would include - in my book - wipeout flyers, flyers thrown into a test, tight to another bird)
My flyer yes-yes:
1. Shooting the flyer close enough to the line that the dogs recognize that the bird is a flyer (once you get past 250 yards, the flyer is - in my opinion - less and less inviting).
2. Shooting the flyer in a location where the dogs can hunt all around the guns (for example, I do not like putting flyer guns up against the tree line where the dogs can only hunt in front of the guns.)
3. Shooting the flyer where it lands in an area where the dogs do not want to go (heavy cover) from a gun station is located in an area where the dogs want to run (meadow)
4. Picking a location where the gunners can ride out the birds and let them fly as far as possible (because dogs like to hunt near a gun)
5. If you want to get really sophisticated, consider flyer feather drift and its impact on the dogs.
Ok, so for those of you who want to play. Use the diagram and place your flyer. Explain your reasoning. After we decide on a flyer, we will work on our other two birds.


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Pirates manager feels right at home at Clint Hurdle FieldJanuary 31, 2014 11:29 PM
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- In the mid-1970s, after everyone else had gone home, Clint Hurdle would stand at the plate of Merritt Island High School's baseball field. His father, Clint Sr., would pitch to him so Hurdle could put on a show for the major league scouts who came to town to watch.
"Clint's hitting bombs, man, just bombs," said Joe Smitelli, a former teammate and longtime friend of Hurdle's who sometimes would shag balls for those sessions.
"I remember one of the scouts saying, 'OK, OK, that's enough.' Clint would turn around and say, 'Just a couple more.' He had that kind of confidence."
That field at Hurdle's alma mater now bears his name. Merritt Island held a dedication ceremony Friday to christen "Clint Hurdle Field" after this former Mustangs star who went on to become a first-round draft pick and major league manager.
"Very humbling, very surreal," Hurdle told a mostly full set of bleachers in the school's gym Friday, surrounded by his family, old coaches and former teammates.
Smitelli first proposed the idea to Hurdle a few years ago after some parents of current Mustangs players approached Smitelli with the notion.
"I was like, 'Why?' " Hurdle joked. "Are you sure?"
"I said, Joe, if you think you can do something with it, if you think you can help the program, if you think we can help the community, yes, I'm all in."
Hurdle played in the majors for parts of 10 seasons, three of which resulted in playoff appearances, a successful career by any definition. In high school, though, he was a bona fide stud, a first-team All-American his senior year. Neither he nor his coach at Merritt Island, Chuck Goldfarb, remembered any specific play -- a long home run, a diving catch -- that exemplified his career. The possible reason?
"People didn't really pitch to him," Goldfarb said Friday before the ceremony. "He didn't put up great numbers. When they did pitch to him, he hit .565."
The baseball program was relatively average at the time, Hurdle said before the dedication.
"We did not have a fence nor lights my sophomore year," Hurdle said. "I don't think I used an aluminum bat until possibly senior year. We were still using wood."
Scouts came to Merritt Island to see Waldo Williams, a catcher, when Hurdle was a sophomore, and Hurdle gained more exposure as a result. The Kansas City Royals eventually chose Hurdle ninth overall in the 1975 draft.
The Mustangs football team, though, was a powerhouse. They won a state championship in 1972 and went 8-0-2 in 1974, when Hurdle was named a first-team all-conference quarterback.
Hurdle had a scholarship to play football and baseball at Miami as well as a scholarship to Harvard -- he received one 'B' in high school, and that came in driver's ed -- but the first-round selection sent him to baseball. And, as he told the crowd Friday night, "The baseball field was the one spot I was most comfortable in."
Hurdle's connection to Merritt Island extended off the field. Hurdle's sisters used to baby-sit for Goldfarb's children. Two different billboards, Merritt Island's main sign and the Triangle Auto sign down the street from the school, advertised the dedication. Smitelli worked for years at the nearby Kennedy Space Center with Hurdle's parents. Peter Kerasotis, a friend of Hurdle's who spoke at the ceremony, referred to the Hurdles as the "first family of baseball" on Merritt Island.
"He has been over the years and continues to be an enormous influence in my life and in the lives of many others," Smitelli said.
After Hurdle entered pro baseball, he came back to the school field to work out in the offseason before reporting to spring training. Sometimes, he brought fellow pro players with him -- including, Smitelli said, current Pirates first-base coach Rick Sofield -- and they offered advice to the high school players.
"I could sort of sit back and giggle and let these minor league and major league guys work with my kids," Goldfarb said. "They made these guys better, and I got all the credit for it."
At the dedication, Hurdle received a plaque and a jersey bearing the inscription: "Clint, thank you for making a difference every day," a nod to the way Hurdle signs off on his inspirational emails. Behind him in the gym hung a large banner reading "Clint Hurdle Field" that will eventually hang over the outfield fence.
"Manager of the year? Pretty cool," Hurdle said. "They get fired."
He pointed behind him at the sign. "That's only going to happen once."
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To start with when I got this puppy, the one behavior I wanted to start early was the sit and I wanted a very crisp sit. I started from 8 weeks old by luring. Within a couple of weeks I introduced the whistle. I then "superconditioned" the whistle sit. All this done very close. Next I started to spring the whistle on her at other distances. All this was done initially with a food reward. Once I did this, I started to mark the whistle sit and then reward with a retrieve. I just let her go. Then I did whistle sit at a bigger distance, she would turn to look at me, and I would throw to different points around her. She started to learn that by looking more directly at me she would get a better look and quicker start for the retrieve. Then I started to shape the whistle sit when I did Mini T. I would never send her for the retrieve (i.e. cast) unless she gave me a straight sit. If it was crooked, I blew the whistle for come in and then stop quickly, then wait and then send. Now for the surprise. The last couple of times that I stopped her doing T, I just looked at her and did not send her. She then adjusted herself to a straight sit, I marked it and sent her.
The operant dog will try different behaviors to earn a reward. My dog was operant just by the fact that she tried a different sit position to get the retrieve. BTW, it is difficult to extremely difficult to do with a dog that has not had any training this way. I see it in my obedience class.
Superconditioning means that the response was made automatic.
What I think is also important is that every time I use the whistle, it is followed by a retrieve at some point, even at the line.


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When I first moved to PA I was floored ,,,pissed,,and had a contained phycotic reaction to all the different little taxes I'd had recieved.
The first tax I recieved was welcome to boyertown,,, here is a per capita tax welcome thanks for coming,,,,,, which means I had to pay a person tax on every member of my family,,, then before I new it I got hit with "The right to work tax" sure its only 10 bucks but its the thought that counts
then when tax time came around I found out that I had to pay a city income tax based on my 1040. Which was pretty steep. Then of course there were the townships taxes and county taxes I could't keep up with them all.
I realized I was no longer a free man but under government rule from that point on.
I would love to have sat in that session where people had voted on the right to work tax. Couldn.t they have just called it The give to welfare people tax. Or we are running out of words for taxes so lets call it the right to work tax.
I think you have lived in a tax everthing state for so long you have grown acustom to being taxed. and therefore see it as a necessity or just the way things are. I think most people who live in metropolitan areas see it that way which is evedenced by their voting stats.
Big city usually blue
Rural usually red. I would have no problem with big cities charging big taxes because I'm sure its costly to run a giant burocracy ,,but to reach out to all corners of a state to help fund the machine is just wrong.
I think some taxes are important but most spending is not.
But then again I'm part neandrathal so my wife claims.
Please explain to me why I sold property with a gain in "08" taxed at 15% but would have refused to sell same at a higher gains rate. Seems to me I contributed tax dollars under what I thought was a reasonable tax rate but would have avoided a higher tax.
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Gosh, Yardley... nobody is denying you your need to offset your guilt by paying MORE taxes if that's what turns your crank. Maybe if you would just offset the amount your fellow liberals like Dashole and others didn't pay, the budget could be balanced.
It's just impossible to try and explain tax cuts helping the economy to a group of sanctimonius tax-and-spend blind-siders. They would rather raise taxes to confiscatory levels, and then slyly evade their share, so the law abiding tax payer has to cover their azz.
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so Yardley then how much of my labor does the government own? How much can they take from me and give to someone else for the "general welfare" I and many others like me think that giving welfare payments to people actually hurts the "general welfare" of these United States. And states obviously can do what they want, within the constitution of course, thats the beauty of the states is that if you don't like one you move to another. When you rule the country from the federal level there is no getting away from this which is why we have states and not just one big country. Think people leaving from Michigan is a coincidence or that there is something more to do with having some of the highest taxes in the nation. Look at the states with the highest taxes and i can bet (yes this is a guess) that you will find the highest deficits.
The various comments are interesting given that I never said anything at all about the appropriateness of how much was being paid in taxes. Rather I said two things:
- Federal taxes are constitutional for virtually any purpose adopted by Congress.
- From a purely economic perspective you can stimulate the economy with either tax cuts or spending.
Neither of these comments was addressed by any of the responses. I also said that, over time, our governments should pay their bills and that Republicans as a group and Reagan and Bush in particular had been bad at doing that. This comment was also not addressed.
On the question of amounts paid in taxes and whether they are too high, I'll make a few observations.
As of 2005 (the most recent year for which data are available), the average effective tax rate from all Federal taxes (income, social insurances, corporate income taxes, excise taxes, etc) was 20.5%. This compares with an average effective Fderal tax rate in 1979 of 22.2% -- so much for all those increases...
As of 2005, the average effective tax rate for the top 20% of households (measured by income) was 25.5% while for the bottom 80% it was 11.5%. The average income for the top 20% was $231,300 while for the bottom 80% it was $49,250.
In 1979, the average income for the top 20% was $132,100 and the average income for the bottom 80% was $42,425. Thus, incomes for the highest 20% grew 82% and incomes for the bottom 80% grew 16%. In that same period, income for the top 1% grew 201%. These figures are all expressed in 2005 dollars. For the bottom 40% of households, income grew only 5%. Obviously all these numbers are a sure sign of our inexorable march towards a socialistic redistribution of income. (Source fdata or Federal tax numbers is at http://home.att.net/~rdavis2/efftax05.html and comes from the Congressional Budget Office)
When state and local taxes are added to the picture, the difference in effective tax rates between the richest and the poorest as a percentage of income declines since state and local taxes are almost all regressive in nature. That is, the lower your income, the higher a percentage of your income goes to pay taxes.
My personal belief is that the shift in income to the wealthiest few from everyone else over the last 30 years has been a major contributor to our current economic problems and that, in addition, it will lead to increasing political instability. I believe that some of our taxes are poorly designed and have a distorting effect on the economy (e.g. corporate income taxes). However, I do not believe that our taxes are so high that they discourage work.
I believe that persistent spending deficits in both good times and bad are destructive to the economy and that, over time, government budgets must be balanced. If taxes are to be cut, spending should be cut immediately and equally. If spending is to be increased for any purpose including war, taxes should be increased immediately to cover the cost. There is no free lunch. If government deficits or surpluses are needed at a point in time to achieve economic stability, I believe the variances should come in the form of non-recurring tax credits or tax surcharges or in the form of increases or reductions in true capital spending. Temporary situations should not become the excuse for permanent imbalances that will create new problems in the future.
Finally, if the form of policy discipline I suggest were actually implemented, I suspect that the electorate would probably prefer slightly higher taxes than the reduction of services needed to keep taxes at their current rates. However, I may be completely wrong. The benefit of the approach I suggest is that it imposes accountability for the decisions made so the electorate can make a choice between real options rather than between either party's wannabe dreams and irresponsible financing of current consumption against my grandchildren's futures.
There you go again Jeff, trying to argue on point and with the facts on your side.
Can't you work on blaming the messenger, blaming the media, or diverting to some other subject slightly off topic.Also you may want to try to globally using the words republicans, right wing, or conservative in a derogatory sense as much as possible, but then again why stoop to that level?
Let us know when you need to start typing with two hands.
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When you do start typing with both hands, please remind everyone where we are not taxed enough. You might even provide us with a little levity as to what you pay...I'm sure it will be a bundle...but then you and global warming buddy Henry V are looking forward to more. I say, why wait? Send in all ya got. It may resolve your guilt for not paying enough.
Here's an oldie that hasn't been around for a while, just as a reminder of how much we ARE taxed already.
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want those 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was still alive!
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the stone age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
BUT A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending money!
Washington , D. C. HELLO! Are all your calculators broken??
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Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
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STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago... and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt... We had the largest middle class in the world... and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
And now I need to press "1" for English! What the he!! happened??
Bend over y'all... Jeff, and Henry, and their liberal constituants have far more need for your money than you do. And after they grease the nation with their pork, that's just the beginning of the fiasco. Once the printing presses produce the paper to provide these handouts, what you have left won't be worth a dime on the dollar. You MAY have thought Jimmy Carter had the market cornered on inflation, but after this current batch of socialists get done, you won't have anything worth passing on to your grandkids.
Did I hear anyone whisper gold?
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
You had to hit the old archives for that one, eh?
Please let me know when your state is going to pay its own way rather than rely on others' federal taxes to exist, but I will give you some credit, your state did slip to #10 as of 2005, and only received $1.48 for every $1.00 in federal taxes or just under $10K per capita. Keep up the good work.
To stay true to your ideology, maybe you should move to a low tax state that also has a low return rate. The only state that comes close is Utah. All the other states in the bottom 10 for federal tax burden appear to be in the top 20 for return on tax dollars with most in the top 10. Interesting.
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Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Beast It might be only realistic because Hasbro's trained us to believe so. Without knowing the cost I cannot intelligently comment on this except to say that I buy the product as I described. I'd initially want to pay about $20 for such figure.
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Sad Beastie! They put some of the Boba Fett w/ Han Carbonite on Hasbro Toy Shop this afternoon.
Missed out on getting one due to some annoying issues. Hopefully more come back in stock.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
I just saw they put it up, sold out. Grrrr.......
Have I ever mentioned how much I HATE, LOATH, DESPISE, DETEST these exclusives which tell collector #$%^ you if your not rich. Yeah, like that. Now I remember what I used to hate about collecting and why I've been out of it for so long.
May the force be with you.
After getting shafted with no exclusive for celebration last year (an event I actually could, and did, attend) I've got to say that I hate the way Hasbro handles these things. At least there's Lego Star Wars. They started getting most of my discretionary dollars last year and from what was shown at comic con (or rather not shown by Hasbro) they will continue to do so.
I still can't believe they're kicking off an all new line targeted at collectors with a figure most collectors won't be able to get. There are enough of us out there who think that "if I can't get them all I'm not getting any," that I believe this will really bite them in the rear end.
It is disappointing that not everyone can get the Exclusive. But....
You do know that Boba Fett will be re-released in Wave 2 in December, right?
And that they basically said at Comic Con that the Carbonite Block will probably be available down the line as well.
I'm guessing with Leia: Boushh whenever they decide to make her. We'll see what happen.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
If that is the case, then I would be VERY happy with that. I couldn't care less about convention exclusive packaging, but missing out on the Han in carbonite "figure" would be disappointing.
It does fit with Hasbro's MO though, they love to re-issue figures in multiple package designs days, weeks, months or even years apart.
May the force be with you.
Rebelscum's Comic Con guy overheard the Star Wars brand manager tell someone else that the Carbonite Block will likely be re-released at some point so that people can get it. So it'll likely only be the packaging that is exclusive. I have a feeling it would probably be with eventual Leia: Boushh.
AGENTS OF ATLAS - Returns in Early 2009.
So, anybody who has one, what are your thoughts?
I got to see one up close in person during the con, and my thoughts are pretty much unchanged:
- execution is lacking thanks to low- to mid-quality sculpting,
- finish issues like poorly-finished runner mold-marks and seams,
- joints are unattractive,
- the shoulders are too low,
- paint on Han carbonite was swirly and cheap-looking up close,
- paint job on Boba is simple and lacks depth,
- accessories look like upscaled 3.75" line pieces,
- the whole affair just looks too much like a lower-quality 3.75" set.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I am pleased with my BS Fett.
The sculpting is much, much better than Hasbro's Marvel 6" figures. Having bought 4 of the 6 Iron Man 3 ones, I feared some of the QC problems on those might make their way to SW BS. Swirly plastic all over the figure especially on the Bleeding Edge Iron Man as well as brittle plastic.
At least based on Fett, that doesn't seem to be the case. My Carbo Han has a bit of swirliness but only on the back.


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I am a husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. I believe in sharing my talents and experiences by giving back to the community by giving my time to coaching, church and especially to the disability community. I truly believe that all men and women are created equally.
Taking Risks
Every so often, you get to share the stage and a memorable experience with one of your children. I had one of those experiences last week. I had the opportunity to be a co-presenter with my son, for 2 break-out sessions, at the 2012 Self Determination Conference.
I was asked earlier this year about some of the things that I think would help individuals with disabilities better understand what self-direction is really all about. Little did I realize that my thoughts would lead me to becoming a presenter on the subjects suggested.
As I prepared to speak on these subjects, I knew that Tyler would be a part of each presentation. I also knew that I wanted to bring in another self-advocate, one who has more life experiences. I didn't realize it at the time, but the sessions that I thought would have the greater interest, "Planning for Goals, not Budgets" had a decent gathering, but nowhere near the attendance at our first sessions o "Self-Directed Supports and Risks"
I guess there are so many things that I just take for granted. I think that because I allow Tyler to make most of his own decisions, I assume that everybody in similar situations does the same. I guess you know the old saying about assuming, it sure applied here. Working for the last 4 plus years on the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, it has sure opened my eyes to the possibilities that await Tyler. I realize that is not always going to be easy. I know that mistakes will be made, both by me and by Tyler. But in order to figure out what is best for Tyler, we need to take some risks. When you take a risk there are two outcomes, success and failure.
Not every risk that I have taken in my life has resulted in success. But it is through the failures that I have learned. I guess I think that it is OK to fail once in a while, because it is taught me to appreciate the successes that much more. The same holds true for individuals with disabilities. They need to be able to take risks, without consequences for their actions, how are they supposed to learn. I allow my other kids take risks, why shouldn't I allow Tyler to do the same. I'm not talking about life or death risks here, I am talking about the decisions that we all make every day; decisions that have consequences.
I shared these thoughts with the group and I was surprised that some had never thought about individuals with disabilities taking risks and sometimes failing. The crowd was individuals who have a vested interest in Self-Direction; I guess that is why I was surprised. Again, I guess that I sometimes take too much for granted and I need to continue to share my experiences. The audience was very much interested in the 2 self-advocates that I was honored to be presenting with. One, a young man who took a risk and bought a home, has a competitive wage job and has had some personal relationships. The other was Tyler, a young man who takes risks with the guidance of his parents. Both very qualified to take these risks, because who better to make a decision about their lives, then themselves. Both have experienced successes and failures, but each has learned from those failures and they have learned from their failures.
A number of individuals came up to me after the presentation and asked further questions, which I was more than happy to answer. Others have sent me emails. I am not an expert of the subject; I am just a parent trying to do what is right for his son, as I do for my other kids. I guess speaking with confidence on the subject made it OK for others to give it a try.
This experience was a big risk for me. I have never presented at a conference before, it required me to step out of my comfort zone, but I think it came out alright. I have a sense of success speaking on these subjects. I asked for, and received some sonstructive critic from from co-workers who are much more refined than myself. So I will learn from these experiences. In fact, I have been asked to speak at the Circles of Life Conference next spring. Who knows, this may turn out to be one of those successes you hear about when you take a risk.
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use family2010 to receive 25% off and FREE shipping with over $50 purchase!!!! HURRY!!!!
I had $58 in my cart and received the FREE shipping too....Got Quin, dead geonosian...etc
use family2010 to receive 25% off and FREE shipping with over $50 purchase!!!! HURRY!!!!
I had $58 in my cart and received the FREE shipping too....Got Quin, dead geonosian...etc
Crazy....my order I placed today with HTS already shipped.....
picked up Embo, Mandalorian Warrior and Boba Fett this weekend at Walmart in Old Bridge... missed out on Shaak Ti and the droid though.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Well, I was looking at my kids room today and wondering what the heck am I going to do. He has so many toys and his birthday that just passed is so close to xmas. I want to order things at HTS and take advantage of the nice sales/coupon but man....I think I may have over done helping him army build and such. At the same time I dont want to miss out on figures like I did on the last red wave last year. I also have tons of older red/green card stuff in the garage that I always meant to share with him but I am thinking that maybe I should donate some of this stuff. Another thing that comes to mind are, well, where are all the kid around here that play with star wars. Does my kid live in a non star wars neighborhood or go to a non star wars school? Its rather strange I think. Most of the "sw kids" i know or have seen tend to live in the richer areas. I dont know, just a rather interesting observation that I have made in my area. Maybe Jon Dougha can comment since our kids go to the same school.
Nohagent, it does seem like there are fewer kids playing with SW stuff these days, but I do know that at our kids' school there are plenty of kids who are familiar with the Clone Wars animated series even if they aren't familiar with the series of films. My younger daughter mentions to me occasionally that the kids will play Clone Wars at recess and the kids will run around acting out stories based on the series. I've seen plenty of kids sporting the Clone Wars t-shirts as well. Also, in the last few weeks, I've encountered lots of middle aged women picking out specific SW Clone Wars figures while I've been out toy hunting. I'm assuming these gals aren't buying for themselves although if they are that's great .
great reply jon. I wonder if your daughter knows my son, what grade is she again?
Nohagent, I sent you a PM reply to your previous post.
Also, in a somewhat more topic related matter given the original subject of the thread, I placed an order for Vos, Parisitti, and some undead Geonosians yesterday thru HTS. And, according to HTS's email to me this morning, they will not ship until 12/15/10. So, if anyone was looking to get these guys well before Christmas, I would keep this in mind. Normal shipping is about a week, but given that this is the holiday time of year, I wouldn't be surprised to see these things appear after Christmas. Not such a big deal for me since these are not going to be given out as gifts, but I thought I'd mention this for other folks who might be planning on buying them thru HTS as X-mas gifts.
picked up Zombie Geonosian, Quilon Vos, Clone Trooper Draa, Cato and R4-P17 yesterday from Wally World in Old Bridge. must have been a restock of all the CW and GH figures....
The Vintage Collection absent with the exception of about 10 ROTS Clone Trooper and 10 Sandtroopers.
Looking for CW 2010 Sidious and TX-20...if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Found QL at Target today, when I was actually just going there to use an expiring coupon on throat lozenges. He's an okay figure (with a skateboard?!? why not a beanie hat, too), I guess.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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Photo caption: 1) Students layered earrings in Susan Germer's jewelry class. 2) Grace Bailey taught the classic dictum "draw what you see, not what you think you see." 3) Excited artists and parents swirled through open studio Friday.
Color, company, and curriculum combine in art camp
BILLINGS, June 13, 2014 – Sally McIntosh's summer art camp at RMC helps build the next-generation of artists. From June 9 to 13, in the grand collegiate art spaces of Technology Hall on the RMC campus, McIntosh and staff offered 22 classes a day to 50 8- to 14-year-olds. Students took home portfolios packed with jewelry, prints, costume designs, kites, drawings, and paintings they toiled over all week. But more importantly, they learned the value of process over product; they became artists by learning from working.
A mage of the Billings art scene, McIntosh has refined her Summer Art Academy for 14 years. "Our 11 teachers are all professional artists," she said. Tori Waldrip, art teacher at Lewis & Clark Middle School in Billings, joined McIntosh's first camp years ago at age 10, and now teaches printmaking to campers.
The camp charges tuition, so "people have to really buy into it. Consequently, I get kids who really want to be here," McIntosh said. Hungry to see healthy role models in art, "suddenly they're surrounded by like-minded" peers. McIntosh's advice to them is threefold: "learn new techniques, listen to your teachers, and make a new friend."
Art is all about relationships, about mutual understanding and elevation; the lonely misunderstood artist is a myth built on the occasional isolation of people who see more intensely than most people do. McIntosh builds her young community of artists by exposing them to artistic peers as well as new practices. She publishes a daily paper for campers to introduce them to one another. "These are very special friends they make," she said.
Cruz Martinez, a sophomore at Billings Senior High School, has returned three years and is now a director's assistant who acts as the Master of Ceremonies for the student talent show, among other duties. "I like drawing," he said. "It's useful because I'm really involved in theatre."
Cheyenne Allen, age 14, traveled from Butte, Mont., for the camp. She complimented the "people who help" and said the hardest part is "getting up in the morning." Her classes talk about techniques, tools, organizing oneself in a studio, and working efficiently.
Parents enjoyed an open studio Friday afternoon. "The environment of the RMC campus is so wonderful," McIntosh said, because it brims with role models of art and education.
At the Downtown Billings Artwalk on the evening of August 1, Global Village will exhibit artwork from the summer art camp, at 2720 3rd Ave. North.
This year's faculty included professional artists Stephen Haraden (acrylics), Mana Lesman (watercolor), Julie Pederson (drawing), Susan Germer (jewelry), Terry Zee Lee and Drake Smith (kites), Tori Wardrip (printmaking), Sarah Brewer (makeup artistry and costume design), Grace Bailey (drawing), Cassy Crafton Kramer (clay), and Grace Frankforter (sculpture).


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LiverKick Podcast - Volume 8: Glory Buys It's Showtime
- Written by Dave Walsh
This weekend was huge for Kickboxing. Firstly, It's Showtime promoted It's Showtime 57&58, featuring some very important fights and putting on an incredibly entertaining card. That wasn't it, though, was it? On top of that, Glory Sports International announced -- from that show -- that they had purchased It's Showtime and will absorb It's Showtime's staff and fighters into the Glory team, shaking the Kickboxing world up like never before. Rian Scalia (@rianscalia) and myself (@dvewlsh / @liverkickdotcom) talk you through what was a historic weekend for Kickboxing.
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