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MILTON — Milton fans have been hoping to see their football program get back to its glory days, something for which fourth-year coach George Goodwin is striving.
If Danville coach Jim Keiser, who has led a recent resurgence by the Ironmen, is right, that time for Milton may be now.
"I saw them in person and on film and from what I saw, they have a really good team," Keiser said.
He said the Black Panthers, who host the Ironmen Friday night in the season and Heartland Athletic Conference Division I opener, are doing a nice job running Goodwin's system and, in addition, "They have size and they come off the ball well."
Keiser added that, along with fourth-year starting quarterback Brady Chappell and halfback Jayson English, the Black Panthers have a lot of good skill people.
"They present a lot of challenges," he said.
The Ironmen are the pick by many Valley coaches as the team to beat in the HAC-I and a top challenger again in District 4 Class AA.
Said Goodwin, "This team is picked to contend and if we want to be in that hunt, we have to get out of the gate quickly."
Danville returns senior quarterback Weston Baylor and his backfield mates, senior fullback Sam Dressler and senior halfback Isaiah Croll. Senior Zach Kozick, injured in the preseason and a game-time decision this week, returns at wide receiver.
In addition, the Black Panthers will face a returning linebacker corps that was arguably one of the Valley's best a year ago with Isaac Troutman and Caleb Klein on the outside and Tom Brouse, Eric Haney and Croll inside.
Both teams have plenty of veterans. Goodwin said he hopes his veterans can play up to the level of Danville's.
"We know who they're going to get the ball to, they are looking to get it to Dressler and Baylor is going to put it up," Goodwin said.
"We have to stop their big guns, Dressler, Croll, Kozick and Baylor and, offensively we need to control the line of scrimmage.
"We are senior-laden and we have some guys up front we think we can run behind. We were able to do that in our scrimmages and we have to continue to be able to do it in week one," he said.
"And we have to keep Brady Chappell upright," he added.
Milton, which saw its own fine linebacking group lost to graduation, has switched to a 5-2 defense and Keiser said it is one of the most difficult defenses he has seen.
"I just think they are very good at what they do. They have nice defensive ends (seniors Clayton Messinger and Chris Reuss) and they are physical in the middle (with linebackers Josh Brown, also the fullback this year, and Justin Shipe.
Most coaches worry about mistakes in opening games and Keiser is no exception.
Keiser said that was his biggest concern. He said his running backs did a nice job of taking care of the ball last year, "but we still had penalties."
"The team that makes the fewest mistakes will be the successful team," Keiser said.
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Ironmen, Black Panthers meet in HAC-I opener
MILTON — Milton fans have been hoping to see their football program get back to its glory days, something for which fourth-year coach George Goodwin is striving.
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BioClinica, a provider of clinical trial management solutions worldwide, announced that, along with C.R. Bard, it has won Microsoft Corporation's prestigious Life Sciences Innovation Award. The award honors companies that utilize Microsoft solutions in the realization of business and information technology benefits, and it is presented at the Drug Information Association's (DIA) 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. BioClinica was given the award for its success in revolutionizing medicine development by helping clients usher therapeutic innovations into the market quicker, fight serious ailments, improve healthcare, and enhance people's quality of life.
"Now more than ever, the life sciences industry is faced with many challenges including cutting costs and bringing new drugs and therapies to market faster," said Andrea McGonigle, national managing director, Life Sciences, Microsoft Corporation. "We are impressed with how the winners demonstrate sustainable impacts through technology, and are proud that Microsoft's software plays an important role in enabling these achievements in life sciences."
Specifically, BioClinica was acknowledged for the "Monitor Visit Report" capability of its OnPoint Clinical Trial Management System, developed for C.R. Bard. The presence of this capability makes it much easier for clinical site monitors to record crucial study information. The synchronization of local Word documents through SharePoint transforms the data into a connected list, which is then transferred and updated within OnPoint CTMS. This automated synchronization gives site monitors the power to complete forms from any location, always benefiting from maximum "local quality" intelligence, and will result in time savings on the magnitude of thousands of hours, while significantly reducing trial costs.
BioClinica and C.R. Bard were chosen for this award by a panel of industry experts from a collection of life sciences corporations in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries that are creatively applying technology to develop therapeutic innovations.
"We are honored to have C.R. Bard and BioClinica receive this award in recognition of our partnership to bring new innovations to market. The power of being able to run a clinical trial from one's Microsoft Outlook client is extremely powerful as visit reports, open action items, clinical documents and monitoring visits are available everywhere, anytime. The moment you connect to a network everything is instantly updated, something which no other CTMS or clinical suite of products has the power to do," said Peter Benton, President, eClinical Division of BioClinica.
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DescriptionOn stage or on the run, wherever your music takes you, the K61P USB MIDI controller can keep up with you. With responsive full-size keys, a wide variety of controls and a solid set of on-board sounds, K61P provides the versatility, power and creativity that helps you to play with confidence.
The K61P takes full-featured USB control one step beyond by providing 24 pro-quality sounds on-board. Natural sounding acoustic and electric pianos, organs, strings and more are right there for you whether you're connected to a computer or simply to a keyboard amplifier.
The K61P offers two switches, two knobs, a slider, mod wheel and footswitch input – all MIDI assignable. Switches can be set to toggle or momentary operation, with separate on and off values.
The innovative ClickPoint controller can be set to act as a USB mouse + left click, to navigate through your soft synths or DAW software. In addition, this versatile interface can be switched to send two MIDI controllers; one via the X axis, one on the Y axis.
Starting May 1, 2007, until further notice, Korg USA will be providing the Creative Kontrol Pack Vol.2 free of charge with the K61 and K61P! This dance music production software bundle consists of five of the most in-demand music software titles, configured for use with many of Korg's innovative products.
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Alt-rock titans Paramore have released "Now," the first single from their long-awaited self-titled record, which is due April 9th. With a sparse guitar-driven intro that finds frontwoman Hayley Williams throwing her voice into Karen O territory, "Now" quickly settles into a distinct Paramore groove, hitting a triumphant chorus with massive guitars – and even a few horns – swelling around Williams' vocals as she belts, "If there's a future we want it!"
Paramore's Hayley Williams on Guns, Girl Groups and Great Bands
When Paramore announced their fourth LP last year, they said "Now" "feels like the perfect way to start this new journey we are embarking on not only as a band but as a movement. To show people that you can lose battles but come back and win full on wars. You can make something out of even less than nothing."
Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Paramore marks not only the band's return, but also their first record as a trio since the 2010 departure of Josh and Zac Farro, the band's co-founding guitarist and drummer.
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First game. Wet field. New shoes. Sore legs. Numb fingers. Out of breath. 10-0. We lost.
First game. Wet field. New shoes. Sore legs. Numb fingers. Out of breath. 10-0. We lost.
When embarking on a 5k adventure, it's always a good idea to bring along a good pair of walking shoes. These are not good walking shoes.
Some handy functions I use to grab values from arrays and objects (especially $_REQUEST and friends), without having to constantly run isset or !empty checks everywhere (to avoid undefined index notices). You can specify a default value if the index doesn't exist in the array or object. Also lets you sanitize the value(s) using a callback before returning them.
Note: No amount of helper functions will protect you from Bad Things. Always validate/sanitize untrusted data.
Some goodies we grew in our garden last year.
The tomatoes turned out amazingly (despite looking pretty green in the photos). They were aggressive and being our first time growing vegetables, we didn't quite control then well enough. As a result, we now have a big patch of dead grass in the garden where the tomatoes started to spread.
The raspberries were delicious but the plant only sprouted 7 or 8 of them. It's gotten much bigger this year, so we hope to get lots more.
The carrots, well, they were tiny.
There were a few delicious peppers as well (though, not pictured).
This year, we're going with tomatoes again, but might expand the patch of vegetables we have and try other things like potatoes and other small edibles. We're also hoping that the cherry and plum trees we planted kick into high gear and pop out some delicious fruits.
Philip Pullman on the upcoming library closures in Oxfordshire:
I love the public library service for what it did for me as a child and as a student and as an adult. I love it because its presence in a town or a city reminds us that there are things above profit, things that profit knows nothing about, things that have the power to baffle the greedy ghost of market fundamentalism, things that stand for civic decency and public respect for imagination and knowledge and the value of simple delight.
Leave the libraries alone. You don't know the value of what you're looking after. It is too precious to destroy.
He also brilliantly discusses my exact sentiments on the magic that is reading:
But what a gift to give a child, this chance to discover that you can love a book and the characters in it, you can become their friend and share their adventures in your own imagination.
And the secrecy of it! The blessed privacy! No-one else can get in the way, no-one else can invade it, no-one else even knows what's going on in that wonderful space that opens up between the reader and the book. That open democratic space full of thrills, full of excitement and fear, full of astonishment, where your own emotions and ideas are given back to you clarified, magnified, purified, valued. You're a citizen of that great democratic space that opens up between you and the book.
(If you haven't already, check out the His Dark Materials series by Pullman — it has the exact sort of "wonderful space" he's talking about.)
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It's like a drug. I'm still fascinated by it, even almost 30 years to the day later I still read about languages, new ways to solve old problems, all kinds of developments in software and hardware as though it is the first time that I hear about these things. It is a fascinating world, the world of software.
I was in search of a JavaScript countdown timer (mainly because I'm too lazy to build it out myself — and because I'm sure millions before me have done the same), but Google wasn't doing me much good. Most scripts would modify the DOM, directly but not make it easy to programmatically intercept the remaining time.
So, I picked one of the cleanest scripts and cleaned it up a bit.
It's easy to use! You specify an end date (as a string, though Date object's should work as well) and pass in a callback that gets triggered at a set interval. The callback receives a JSON object with properties for days, hours, minutes and seconds. You can pass in a custom interval if you want the callback triggered at a different period. Examples below.
Interested? See it in action: http://jsfiddle.net/mjangda/vGv7J/1/


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STILLWATER, Okla. —
There's just something about Oklahoma State's Country Course that brings out the best in Stillwater High School junior Catherine Petty.
Petty didn't bring home any hardware from Saturday's Cowboy Jamboree — finishing 154th overall — and the Lady Pioneers finished 26th as a team, but she takes solace knowing that she set a new personal record with a time of 14:08.91.
"Sometimes its hard to run as hard as you can in practice, but you just have to keep going and know that it's going to pay off in times like these when you set a new PR," Petty said. "It's really great. I had a couple of friends here to come cheer me on, so it was a good feeling to do it in front of them."
The home crowd may have helped Petty, but Stillwater cross country coach Dan Zeroski said he was slightly disappointed in the way his athletes performed on a course they were so familiar with.
"We'd like to get in the top 10, but we just never run well at this meet," Zeroski said. "We promote it so much and the kids get so excited that they don't do well. It's almost like they're trying too hard."
The Lady Pioneers were led by senior Chablee Sanders, who finished 52nd with a time of 12:31.94. Sanders was 92nd last year and even showed some extra burst at the end to pass a couple runners in the final stretch.
"Sometimes it's good when you have a burst at the end like she did," Zeroski said. "So many times people will start out fast and then when they get to the end, there's nothing left in the tank. She was able to get a nice little burst at the end to take a couple more spots."
Along with Sanders and Petty, senior Abbie Woods was 158th with a time of 14:17.43, while junior Angela Fitch finished 169 with a time of 14:31.76. Junior Meagan Magee rounded out Stillwater's scoring with a time of 14:49.36 to finish 175th.
"I think we're all very happy with our times, for the most part," Petty said. "It's a tough course, so we're hoping to use that and build off of it for the rest of the season."
The Stillwater boys team had aspirations of being a top-10 team, but one little slip ended up costing them dearly as they finished 20th.
After not being able to compete in last year's jamboree, senior Sam Smith had more heartbreak in this year's meet. Smith injured his left foot after stumbling on the first hill. He still finished 72nd with a time of 17:58.60, but the pain in his foot made for a difficult run.
"It was much harder than the first time I ran as a sophomore," Smith said. "The first downhill, I misstepped and I might have a foot injury that we need to check out. It was awful. It hurt a lot, but it was all mental. ... I couldn't take my mind off the pain, honestly. My mind was on it the whole time because I knew if I had another misstep, I would be out of the race. I just had to focus and try to do what I could for the team."
"Sam is just an animal," Zeroski said. "He may have a stress fracture, but we'll have to see what the X-rays say. To be able to finish the race after that is just a testament to his toughness."
But where Smith faltered, others like Zach Porterfield and Jake Meyer picked up the slack. Porterfield finished 81st with a time of 18:05.15, while Meyer was 88th and set a new personal record with a time of 18:08.77. Bo Frohawk was 109th with a time of 18:20.30, while Jay Ogle rounded out Stillwater's scoring with a time of 19:01.31.
"Our team in general did very good for what we were dealing with," Smith said. "Zach Porterfield came off being sick for three or four days, and Bo and Jake did great. Jake set a PR, which is amazing for this hard course."
Along with the Stillwater teams, several area athletes competed as well.
Frontier's Alivia Molina led the way for the area schools, finishing 26th with a time of 13:17.53, while Perry's Rylee Bellmon beat teammate Dali Atchley for 29th place. Bellmon finished in 13:47.08 and Atchley recorded a time of 13:48.63.
Perry's Sarah Sweet also finished 42nd with a time of 13:51.35, while Karlie Arnold was 80th, with a time of 14:55.24. Emily Brown rounded out the scoring for Perry, finishing 88th with a time of 15:09.69.
Of the smaller schools on the boys' side Perry's Geoff Hogen led the way, finishing 44th with a time of 19:14.81. Ripley's Michael Coomer was 115th with a time of 20:51.87, while Perry's Nathan Bugg finished 138th with a time of 22:17.72.


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The Green Bay Packers locked up star linebacker Clay Matthews with a long-term extension Wednesday as the team took care of one of its top two stars in need of new deals. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is also in negotiations for an extension.
Matthews posted a picture of himself on Twitter signing the deal, saying, "Trivial amongst the recent tragic news, but happy to continue my career in Green Bay!" The Packers did not announce terms of the extension, but NFL.com's Albert Breer reported the deal as a five-year extension worth $66 million. That's just over $13 million per year. The NFL Network reported, via a person who had seen the deal, that Matthews received a $20.5-million signing bonus. The contract extension makes Matthews the highest-paid linebacker in the NFL.


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Shawn & Derek are safe. Apolo & Karina are safe. Bristol & Mark are in jeopardy. Joey & Kym are safe.
Pitbull performs. There are lots of lighting effects and neon. Woo.
And now we're backstage with Brooke, who's wearing a really cool dress. Much more fun than her normal pageant wear.
Helio admits after the dance that he "screwed up." Drew and Joey goof around backstage and Drew looks tiny next to Joey. Kelly and Val play pattycake in their interview backstage and it's both impressive and adorable.
Helio & Chelsie are safe. Kelly & Val are safe. Drew & Anna are in jeopardy. Anna & Drew both give "What are you gonna do?" arms.
Montage about rehearsal. It's exactly as exciting as it sounds.
And now it's a routine from the Season 15 Troupe. Which makes them sound like Girl Scouts. Which might actually be kind of fun. More fun than pros you don't know or care about doing generic dance numbers each week.
Mark Cuban's in the audience to promote Shark Tank, which will feature Jonathan Roberts & Anna Trubanskaya this week. Wonder what their pitch is? Or will they be guest judges? I kind of want to watch to figure out — which I guess was ABC's point.
Gilles has an injured leg? Nooooo. Oh, only a pulled hamstring; he'll recover.
Backstage last night, Emmitt uses one of those little handheld fans on his head and it's kinda cute. While Gilles talks about doing a "classy foxtrot" Peta is totally rearranging her boobs. That's funny — thank you, editor. Louis cautions Sabrina during the dance, "Take your time." Bruno tells the other judges that she "messed it up three times."
Emmitt & Cheryl and Gilles & Peta are safe. There's confusion when Tom says, "You're all safe" and Sabrina & Louis start celebrating too. Then they let them off the hook and tell them they're safe too. Somewhere in the resulting exultations, someone says something that makes the censor hit the cut-out button.
Justin Bieber performs in dropped crotch leather pants. He keeps grabbing the bottom of the dropped crotch, making him look like a toddler that needs to go weewee. The girls in the audience could care less, screaming and crying, overwhelmed with the Bieber Fever.
Kirstie says, "You can't stop the show because I'm making out with Tom Bergeron." Poor Tom. Pam's hoping that "Bad rehearsal means good show." Too bad it didn't work out that way for her.
Wow, I didn't realize last night that Len's highest praise to Pam was, "You didn't fall over."
Kirstie & Maks are safe. Melissa & Tony are safe. Pamela & Tristan are in jeopardy.
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Rookie linemen Eric Wood and Andy Levitre did not start with the first unit to open the first organized team activity practice. The starting offensive line was, left to right, Langston Walker, Kirk Chambers, Geoff Hangartner, Seth McKinney and Brad Butler. Derek Fine and Derek Schouman started in a two-tight end set. However, Wood and Levitre both were mixed in with the first-teamers for several snaps during each portion of the practice. Gibran Hamdan, not free agent signee Ryan Fitzpatrick, served as quarterback for the second-team offense. The second-team tackles were Demetrius Bell on the left and Chris Denman on the right. The second-team center was Brandon Rodd.
On defense, Spencer Johnson took the place of Marcus Stroud at defensive tackle. Stroud watched from the sidelines. Aaron Schobel and Chris Kelsay started at ends. Kyle Williams was the other tackle. At linebacker was Kawika Mitchell, Paul Posluszny and Keith Ellison. At cornerback were Terrence McGee and Leodis McKelvin. At safety were Donte Whitner and Bryan Scott. Reggie Corner was the nickel cornerback. The second team defense included Copeland Bryan, John McCargo, Marcus Smith and Chris Ellis on the line (rookie Aaron Maybin got some snaps with the second teamers). It was Pat Thomas at middle linebacker with rookies Ashlee Palmer and Nic Harris on the outsides. In the secondary were Drayton Florence and Cary Harris (some of the time) at corner, with George Wilson and Ko Simpson at safety.
The Bills sprinkled some no-huddle mode into the offense throughout the 11 on 11 drills. The two best catches of the day were by Terrell Owens on a sideline bomb and by Stevie Johnson deep down the right sideline (from Hamdan). Lee Evans caught a deep left sideline throw from Edwards vs. McKelvin. McKelvin got a good jam on Owens one time to disrupt a pattern. Justin Jenkins also caught a long one from Fitzpatrick that went through the hands of rookie Ellis Lankster. But Lankster came back a little later and picked off an out-pattern throw by Hamdan intended for Roscoe Parrish. It was a pick-six touchdown play if it had been a live scrimmage.
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Home for the Holidays: Linda at Gluten-Free Homemaker with Cinnamon Rolls + 3 More "Must Have" Resources
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Ah, the days seem to be passing more quickly now … it's that whole acceleration to Christmas thing, you know? So it's Day 22 of our event and we have Linda (The Gluten-Free Homemaker) hosting and sharing her Cinnamon Rolls. This recipe is a long-time favorite of Linda's and her family. She converted it to dairy free last holiday season as she's been eating dairy free as well as gluten free for over a year now. If you eat dairy, Linda says to go ahead and use cow's milk, but she used almond milk. You can read the other details on making these Cinnamon Rolls over at Linda's. Nothing about this recipe seems difficult, but everything about this recipe seems delicious!
I'd been following Linda's blog and her weekly blog carnival (now called Gluten-Free Wednesdays) for a few years when we both were invited to the General Mills Gluten-Free Bloggers' Summit in November 2010. Looking back, getting to finally meet Linda in person was the best part of the event! Be sure to visit Linda's site each week for her Gluten-Free Wednesday event, which features dozens of great gluten-free recipes from various bloggers (all gluten free, some also dairy free, some sugar free, etc.). In addition to many of her own wonderful recipes on non-Wednesdays, Linda also offers book (resource books and cookbooks) and product reviews with giveaways, and simple, but essential kitchen tips. You'll want to put The Gluten-Free Homemaker on your subscription or "visit often" list! Oh, and if you'd like to read Linda's personal story on why she eats gluten free, you'll find it here.
Linda also has more giveaways for you; the items up for "grabs" this time are:
Gluten-Free on a Shoestring ~ This cookbook is Nicole Hunn's popular, all-purpose cookbook that—as the title indicates—puts the emphasis on frugal. Faithful gfe readers know that I often state that living gluten free does not have to be more expensive than living gluten-full, so I'm behind the mission of Nicole's cookbook.
The First Year Celiac Disease and Living Gluten Free ~ As the cover states, "A Patient Expert Walks You Through Everything You Need to Learn and Do." Jules Shepard (who I spoke about at length when referencing her Home for the Holidays post here) is one of our foremost gluten-free "patient experts" (having celiac herself) and advocates. Who better to walk you through the first year than Jules?
Go Dairy Free ~ It was only yesterday that I talked about Alisa Fleming (Go Dairy Free and Alisa Cooks) and her comprehensive book on going dairy free. Alisa does it all when it comes to dairy free living. She explains all the needed research/data, even the difficult scientific aspects, in layman's terms. And she also makes fantastic dairy-free recipes. Case in point is the gluten-free, vegan Pumpkin Bread she shared with us yesterday. Gluten-free baking might be a new thing to her, but making her recipe meet all the requirements seemed like a breeze to Alisa.
Linda's giveaway ends Wednesday, December 19th, at 11:59 ET. Visit Linda's blog to enter.
We still have a few more days left … daily giveaways, special impromptu giveaways, and the final giveaways from Caveman Cookies (third prize—gift package of $89 value), Free From Gluten (second prize–$150 shopping spree), and the Vitamix Super Healthy Lifestyle package (grand prize with $550 value). Don't miss a one … tomorrow we'll see what Gluten-Free Gigi is sharing!
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6 Responses to "Home for the Holidays: Linda at Gluten-Free Homemaker with Cinnamon Rolls + 3 More "Must Have" Resources"
Paula on December 20th, 2011 10:30 am
Thanks for the amazing giveaway! I'm so excited that I won!
Shirley on December 21st, 2011 5:45 pm
Hi Paula–I'm excited for you! Thanks so much for participating!
These cinnamon rolls looks absolutely delicious. Can't wait to go and get that recipe. Thanks for the great giveaways and information.
Shirley on December 21st, 2011 5:46 pm
Hi Susan–I believe they are totally delicious! Linda is a whiz with pastries and breads. I'm so glad you are enjoying our holiday event!
Hey Shirley!
These cinnamon rolls look good. I love Linda from gluten free homemaker. I would love it if she could cook for me AND clean my house!
Hope you have a happy Christmas!
Shirley on December 21st, 2011 5:48 pm
Haha, Kay! We'd all love someone like that. Linda certainly has her baking, cooking, and cleaning skills down pat. The Gluten-Free Homemaker she is, and we love her for it!
Merry Christmas, dear! Love and hugs,
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What are the biggest regrets of your career?
I made mistakes that I regret so much. Like that Grammy outfit. People always hold that against me. But those mistakes have been turning points. If you read books – which I don't, none at all – about how to become a billionaire, they always say, "You learn more from your mistakes." So if you learn from your mistakes, then I'm a fucking genius.
You don't hesitate to call yourself a genius on Graduation.
I want to drop songs where other rappers are like, "I wish I had that." If I heard Graduation and it was made by somebody else, I would go to the bathroom and take a shit, because I would be scared. This record speaks to me so much. If I think back over the past two years, how many songs can I say, "I wish I had that song." I never wish I had "SexyBack," but I wish I had "My Love." I even wish I had [50 Cent's] "AYO Technology." I wish I was that other guy in the video with Justin. That video hurt me, man, with all the Minority Report stuff. But I think that Justin, Timbaland, 50 and I push each other.
How do you define genius?
If you have a series of genius moments, then you can be considered a genius. Genius moments can be created when a new idea is met with an overwhelming response. Like Timbaland right now – he at that point. He keeps dropping shit like, "Oh, my God! That was genius! How did you think of that?" He's in a genius zone. But if someone didn't have the intention of creating a genius moment, then it's just dumb luck, and you're not a fucking genius. That's like the George Bush comment – because I didn't know shit about politics. Everyone was like, "That was genius," but it wasn't. Not really. It wasn't premeditated.
On "The Glory," you mention empty bottles of NoDoz. I assume you like NoDoz?
Back when I was breaking into the game, I spent every waking hour focusing. I'd take a couple of NoDoz – all the time. But aside from the fact that my girl won't let me take NoDoz, they don't even work anymore. I'm completely numb to NoDoz at this point. I've taken so much that my body is immune to it.
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What do you think about pot, coke and Ecstasy?
They seem like they might be OK. I don't know. A lot of people like those drugs. I don't do any of them.
Because you've tried them and you don't like them?
Wouldn't Rolling Stone wish that was the answer? I actually wish it was like that too. But contrary to the way I was acting for the past two years, I actually haven't tried coke. I've never even had the urge to. It scares me.
Everybody does coke these days, especially in L.A., where you live.
Just because I live there doesn't mean I party there. I stay in Hollywood, and I see the flashing lights and the people dancing and drinkin', but I hardly ever see someone do coke. Like in Boogie Nights, or Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls, I see people getting caught up in that whole thing and hanging out with fake-ass friends. Man, that shit could really be a real thing for me, but I won't allow it to be. My thing is making music and hanging out with my friends and doing the same regular shit I did before all of this. I don't go to a lot of parties in L.A. That shit is wack, man. I don't like the scene there. I never got into it. I love L.A., but fuck the parties. I don't want them to stop playing my music at those parties, though.
You seem more like a New Yorker than an Angeleno.
I love New York, and New York loves me. I love getting on that red-eye and landing at 7 or 8 A.M., whether it's winter or summer. I love turning on Hot 97 and knowing that I'm back in New York. It's the greatest city in the world – next to Chicago, if I'm being politically correct. I fell in love with New York before I even went there, just from watching the old videos. And now when I'm in New York, people show me so much love, in a way where I can still get to where I need to go. That's what I love about New Yorkers: They also have somewhere to be.
You seem brutally honest. Do you ever lie?
I like facing up to the realities – like black people being superhomophobic. It's still prevalent. We still are. We still will be. I'm not as brutally honest as I used to be. Sometimes honesty can be used improperly. You can use it to hurt somebody, which is wack. You have to have more tact and class than to blurt out honest statements. People can't handle the truth sometimes. I try my best not to lie to myself. I try to keep my finger on the pulse of pop culture. I feel the vibe of what's going on in the community, what's happening in the hood, what's people's temperament toward me as a celebrity, as entertainment, as a rapper, as a musician. When pop artists put a facade up and live in a fake-ass world, they don't deal with the reality of "Damn, do people really like this shit?" That's when you start falling off, when you make stuff that's less relevant to people. With a lot of the shit that older artists put out, you've got to think, "Are you listening to anything that's on the radio right now?"
You seem to consider yourself a rock star, as opposed to a hip-hop star.
Nobody represents hip-hop like Swizz Beatz. He embodies the essence of what hip-hop is about more than anyone in the game, by a long shot. His party records, his "get out of my face" shit is what hip-hop is about. It's about "boom, bap, original rap, boom, bap, throw your hands in the air, let's go." Hip-hop is black bravado times a thousand. "Yeah, bitches, yeah, my bitches and my ho's and fuck that faggot." When I say some shit like "Stop homophobia" or "My songs mean something," that's no rap shit, that's some rock shit. Hip-hop has no sensitivity.
So rock star it is?
I am a rock star. Because rock stars don't need security, and I can go to dinner and chill. Rock stars can speak well, or hop on a plane to Paris if they feel like it. Rock stars can catch cabs, they don't need entourages and they don't have to pop out of limos all the time. Rock stars can wear the same clothes every day, they can get their shoes dirty and they don't need a fuckin' haircut. Rock stars can pull their dick out in public and then go rock 20,000 people. Rock stars have a wife and kids. Rock stars do the drugs that they want, and they can get over drugs, or they don't get over drugs and it fucks them up. Rock stars can give their fucking opinion without having to deal with . . . what's that thing I get dealt with every day of my life? Oh, yeah. Backlash.
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Volleyball falls to No. 20 WKU 3-0 at Alumni Memorial Gym
Waller and Ross each tally nine kills for Blue RaidersOctober 2, 2012 · @MTAthletics
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Taking on its second ranked opponent of the season, the Middle Tennessee volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (18-25, 17-25, 19-25) defeat to the no. 20 WKU Lady Toppers Tuesday night at Alumni Memorial Gym.
Outside hitters Brandi Waller and Chelsea Ross each had nine kills to lead the Blue Raiders' offense. Tyler Richardson and Shelby Anderton had five kills apiece. Bri McCombs had eight digs for Middle Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee (4-15, 1-3 Sun Belt) took a quick 2-0 lead in the opening set on a pair of Ross service aces. WKU (18-3, 4-0) came back with three straight points to take a 3-2 lead. The Blue Raiders tied the set three different times as a Waller kill tied the set 5-5. Haley Bodway put the Lady Toppers ahead 6-5 with a kill, starting an 8-0 WKU run that made the score 13-5. Middle Tennessee got within four points at 14-10 on kills by Anderton and Katie Bange. With WKU leading 15-10, the Blue Raiders went on a three-point run capped off by a block by Anderton and Rachel Shaughnessy to get within two at 15-13. That would be as close as Middle Tennessee would get in the first set as WKU won 10 of the next 15 points to win the set 25-18.
The Lady Toppers won the first three points of the second set and seven of the first 10 to take a 7-3 lead. A Waller kill started a Middle Tennessee three-point spurt that got the Blue Raiders within one, 7-6. WKU then grew the lead to five at 11-6 on kills by Paige Wessel and Heather Boyan. The Blue Raiders closed the gap to four at 13-9 on an Anderton kill, but a Jordyn Skinner kill started a 4-1 Lady Toppers run that made the score 17-10. WKU hit a match-high .464 in the second set, taking it 25-17 on Skinner's fifth kill of the set.
The two sides traded points to start the third set, playing to a 6-6 tie. WKU gained the advantage with a 6-0 run to take a 12-6 lead. The Blue Raiders battled to within four at 14-10 on a Ross kill. However, a Boyan kill sparked a five-point Lady Toppers run that put WKU up 19-10. A Shaughnessy kill ended the WKU scoring spurt and started a Middle Tennessee run. The Blue Raiders won the next three points to get to within five points at 19-14. Trailing 21-15, Middle Tennessee closed the gap to three on kills by Anderton and Waller, making the score 21-18. WKU just proved to be too much on this night, taking three of the next four points to win the set 25-19 and the match 3-0.
The Lady Toppers hit .402 for the match, holding Middle Tennessee to a .149 mark. Each team had six blocks in the match. Boyan led all players with 13 kills as Skinner added 11 and eight digs.
Middle Tennessee takes to the road for its next three matches beginning Friday, Oct. 5 at ULM. First serve is at 7 p.m.
Follow the Blue Raiders on Twitter @MTAthletics for continued updates.
More Volleyball NewsJun 20, 2014: Middle Tennessee volleyball releases 2014 schedule
Jan 23, 2014: 2014 volleyball camps announced
Dec 18, 2013: Richardson earns AVCA All-America honors
Dec 10, 2013: Richardson named to AVCA All-Region team
Nov 21, 2013: MT falls to FIU in five sets at C-USA Volleyball Championship
Nov 19, 2013: Richardson, Hervey earn C-USA accolades


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A discarded cigarette is believed to have sparked the fire that closed Ruby Tuesday restaurant in Athens Thursday night, Fire Chief Tony Kirk said.
Alabama State Fire Marshal Jimmy Collier was called to the scene late Thursday and made the determination, Kirk said Friday.
When Collier arrived, Kirk said he told the investigator his department believed there was a "high probability" a carelessly thrown cigarette butt had ignited rotten wood at the base of the building and traveled deep into the wall of the structure.
Collier agreed to test the theory, and another cigarette was placed on other rotten planks further down from where the fire started.
"Within 5 minutes we had flames," Kirk said.
No one was injured when the fire broke out Thursday night, and the flames were extinguished within a half hour, Kirk said. The restaurant's interior sustained smoke damage, but the manager hoped to have everything cleaned and repaired in order to be open by Monday, "if not sooner," the chief said.
Kirk concluded there was no way to tell who threw the cigarette since the building is located among several other fast-food establishments, hotels and gas stations.
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Republicans - Life, Marriage, & Religious Liberty - Democrats
Republican - Life, Marriage, & Religious Liberty - Democrats
Party Platforms and the Battle of Values
Who Stands for Faith, Family, & Freedom?
"If a political party or candidate does not understand and will not defend the sanctity of innocent human Life from the moment of conception, and if they do not understand and will not defend the institution of Marriage as between only one man and one woman, they are undeserving of the public trust." Rakazzi
With high unemployment and a skyrocketing national debt, the stagnant economy is likely to be the greatest concern for voters in November. National security will also be important, especially with the recent attacks on our diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya.
However, if past is precedent, Values Voters may well decide the outcome of the upcoming elections. Therefore, we need to know which party and which candidates share our values and are willing to fight for them – and then help them to victory in November.
One of the best ways to measure Republican and Democratic Parties' commitment to our core "Values" is to look for differences in their respective platforms. For example, the Democrats' aborted effort in Charlotte to remove "God" from its platform is one such difference.
The Family Research Council has issued a report on a range of other differences. Highlights of that report, which are drawn verbatim from each party platform, follow below with a focus on Life and on Marriage:
On Life
Republican Platform: "Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children." (p. 13-14)
Democratic Platform: "The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay. We oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right." (p. 18)
On Marriage
Republican Platform: "The institution of marriage is the foundation of civil society. Its success as an institution will determine our success as a nation… we believe that marriage, the union of one man and one woman, must be upheld as the national standard…" ( p. 31) "We reaffirm our support for a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman." (p. 10)
Democratic Platform:"We support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples." (p. 18) "We support the full repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act" (p. 18)
Last Call for the Values Voter Summit
I hope you can join Janet and me along with thousands of other Values Voters at the Family Research Council's seventh annual Summit beginning this Friday in Washington DC. It is a reminder that Values issues are vital and that the economic, national security and social issues are mutually reinforcing. It is not too late to register. Just go to www.ValuesVoterSummit.org.
NOW on VALLEY FAITH in ACTION!
Last week we featured Michael del Rosso in Part I of Shariah: The Islamic Threat to America. In that program, del Rosso focused on three questions: 1) Who is our enemy, 2) What is their doctrine, and 3) What is their objective?
He reviewed the Islamic doctrine and Shariah law that drives Islamic adherents to kill innocent people and explained the deceptive portrayal of Islam as a "House of Peace" – but only as long as one "submits" to their authority. Del Rosso drew his conclusions directly from the Koran and other authoritative Islamic manuscripts, noting that the violent Medina passages of the Koran have "abrogated" the more peaceful passages from the earlier Mecca period.
He also exposed Islamic organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood that operate in the United States to subvert American values, undermine our Constitution, attack U.S. diplomatic missions overseas, and promote global domination through both violent and non-violent jihad.
In Part II this week, del Rosso blasts the Obama administration for refusing to acknowledge and confront the threat that a network of Islamic groups pose to American security. Instead, they change the terminology to avoid fingering Islam and Shariah as the threat. He also exposes the role that Islamic Centers and community mosques like the one in Charlottesville play in advancing the Muslim Brotherhood's plan for American and global domination.
Finally, del Rosso responds to questions about how to encourage "moderate" Muslims to resist jihadist pressures, how to relate to our Muslim neighbors, how to be on guard against their "dawah" recruitment and other deceptive programs, and how to help protect American interests.
Michael del Rosso is a Research Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC. He is also co-author of a book entitled Shariah: The Threat to America, which is available at www.amazon.com.
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Program Note: This presentation was recorded at the Court Square Theater in Harrisonburg last September 11, the 10th anniversary of the tragic attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the crash of Flt. 93 in Pennsylvania. We are re-airing that program now because we must never forget the 3,000 innocent victims or the pain and suffering that their families still endure.
"Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." Psalm 127:1
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United Way supporters have raised $1,516,572.43 so far since August,
said 2006 campaign chairman Mike Lewis during a
luncheon Friday, Oct. 27, at Broadway United Methodist Church.
"Thats 75.8 percent of our goal. We are not done. Were really excited," campaign chairman Mike Lewis said.
Campaign Division breakdowns reported include:
- Major Firms, Tony Thompson, chair, $733,578 - 79 percent of
- Commerce, Kevin Painter, chair, $213,432 - 77 percent of
- Industry/Building Trades, Scott Justice, chair, $112,179 - 59
percent of goal;
- General Business, David Conner, chair, $115,734 - 88.7 percent of
- Public Service, Mike Lewis reported for Tom Hatcher, chair,
$123,749 - 61.3 percent of goal;
- Professional, Joe Ingram chair, $79,518 - 73.3 percent of
- Special Gifts/Residential, Brenda Pilson, chair, $121,973 - 88.9 percent of goal.
Lewis reported for The Pillars Society, co-chaired by Denny and Cindy Mayes, that $329,415 had been raised to date, which includes 221 members. Lewis also reported for The Alexis de Tocqueville Society, chaired by Kevin Clayton, that $196,000 had been raised, which includes 18 members. Leadership Giving has raised a total of $525,415. Monies raised through The Pillars Society and The Alexis de Tocqueville Society filter through all campaign division, which benefit from their efforts.
Carol Clotfelter, development director with the Tanasi Council of the Girl Scouts of America spoke to the audience about the importance of that United Way agency to girls throughout the area. Girl Scouting wouldnt exist without community and United Way support, Clotfelter said, adding that Girl Scouting helps build girls with strong self confidence and self esteem. "Tanasi Girl Scout Council helps over 1,000 girls in Blount County," she said.
Lewis said Nov. 16 is the last official day of the effort. "Hopefully we can be through prior to that time. Were really excited about where we are. Were right on schedule with where we plan to be. It looks like weve got the $2 million goal in sight," he said. "If we can finish as strongly as weve been running the last couple months, it should be a goal we can attain. Its exciting because its our first $2 million year. Its even more exciting to look at where this campaign can go in future years."
Lewis said the campaign is important because United Way supports 23 different agencies and 56 different programs. Twenty-five thousand Blount County residents are assisted by United Way support though agencies and programs, Lewis said.
"Where else can you make that kind of impact with one donation?" Lewis asked. "I think thats the impact United Way has -- that ability to help that numbers of people with a single donation."
Results from Gas Day have also been finalized.
More than $7,500 was raised on Oct. 6 during the annual United Way Gas Day as Calloway, Downey and McNutt Oil companies donated $3,988.92. This was a portion of the days proceeds from gasoline purchases to the United Way of Blount County.
In addition, more than 150 community volunteers, including volunteers from the local law enforcement and fire departments, provided assistance by pumping gas and washing windows for customers. There was no charge for this service, but volunteers raised $3,532 in tips. This years event was chaired by Chief Larry Graves. United Way of Blount County raised a total of $7,520.99 from Gas Day.
Calloway, Downey and McNutt Oil Companies offered an incentive for the first time to customers and volunteers for Gas Day. If a customer donated to United Way by giving a tip, they could register to win one of three $100 pre-paid gas cards. Also, for all those that volunteered for Gas Day, they could register for one of three $25 pre-paid gas cards.
Winners of the $100 gas cards include Cecil Ogle, Cyndi Wilson and Lori Weir. Winners of the $25 gas cards include Steven Hammontree, Kevin James and Marcus Walker.
In conjunction with Gas Day, the Huddle House donated a percentage of their net sales from Friday, October 6. Owner Lynn Cox was happy to report that a donation of $250 was made to United Way of Blount County.


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I'll Always Love My MamaMay 12, 2013
Making it through Mother's Day, after your mother has passed on
You would think after almost 31 years, it would get easier. And it is, most days. But sometimes, the absence can weigh heavily on the heart and the brain.
I think motherless children can sniff each other out, because a lot of my friends know what I'm dealing with each year when Mother's Day rolls around. Even more curious is that at least 3 of my sister friends and I all lost our mothers when we were 11 years old. And considering that I do not believe in coincidence, I have to believe that The Creator sent us into each other's life as a source of comfort and understanding. Only someone who's been there can relate to how much you remember the ache of having your first period, your first boyfriend, college, career and (for some) marriage and the birth of a child without a mother there to advise and comfort you. Doesn't matter how long it's been, there are days when all you want is the laughter, a hug or the ability to rest your head on a knowing bosom and just exhale.
But I consider myself lucky that I see my mother's face every day in the mirror looking back at me. I have absolutely no doubt about the tribe to which I belong. The genetic traits in my family are very strong, and my mother marked me with every bit of her that she had when it comes to my physical characteristics. There are some things that I tried to imitate after she first passed away: certain strokes of her handwriting, some of her clothing style, amd her profound love of reading and teaching. But the music, the easy laughter, the fierce defense of children, and intellectual curiosity are all little pieces of Mommy that I never had to work at. They just are. They are the lingering presence of her in me, and I am very glad to recognize them as such.
On this Mother's Day, the traffic on the 23andMe website has been brisk. I have connected with several of my genetic cousins, even if we have yet to find the direct link. But it's a nice way to remember that I come not from just one mother, but generations of mothers whose survival and stories were responsible for bringing me here. And to each of them, I am deeply grateful, today and always.
Here is last week's playlist:
- It's The Law - S. Pearl Sharp
- Philadelphia Experiment (rmx) - The Philadelphia Experiment
- My Cherie Amour [Ahmed's Wonder-FULL rmx] - Stevie Wonder
- Little Black Girl - Rebekah
- House of Cards - The Foreign Exchange ft Muhsinah
- Bring Me Home - Sade
- Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Spittin' Game - Anthony David
- Magic - Amel Larrieux
- Like Rain - Alison Crockett
- We Both Tried - Luvpark ft Alison Crockett
- Otherside of the Game - Erykah Badu
- Neon - John Mayer
- So In Love - Jill Scott ft Anthony Hamilton
- Mystery Train - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
- Closer - Ne-Yo
- When You're Good To Mama - Queen Latifah
- That's Still Mama - Cody ChesnuTT
- Four Women - Nina Simone
- Rhythm of Life - Kindred The Family Soul


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Lucio Lara-Gomez, 43, of the 0-100 block of Wilkins, Plainfield, was arrested by at 8:46 a.m. at Bartlett and Main Street and charged with driving on a suspended/revoked license, police said.
Sept. 3
Warrant arrest
Nancy Bozzi, 37, of the 1300 block of Modaff Road, Naperville, was arrested by Plainfield police at 5:53 p.m. at 127th Street and Route 59 on an in-state warrant, police said.
Sept. 4
Man charged with DUI
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Warrant arrest
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Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the amount of Wichita city and school tax revenues lost to business tax exemptions in 2012. The incorrect numbers showed the maximum amount of tax revenue that could be lost because of the exemptions. The actual cost of the exemptions has not been determined.
Stung by the loss of thousands of jobs since the recession began in 2008, Wichita City Hall has doubled the amount of property tax exemptions granted to businesses, from roughly $11 million in 2009 to $25 million in 2012.
The list of exemptions is dominated by but not exclusive to the citys planemakers.
City officials could not say last week how many jobs had been created by the tax abatements. Officials said research into city urban development records would be required to come up with a number.
The Eagle analyzed 10 years of City Hall tax abatements, obtained through the Kansas Open Records Act.
The analysis shows that after about five years of minor fluctuations in tax abatements to growing businesses, the city began handing out more exemptions as the recession deepened to run like crazy to stay in place economically, as aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia put it.
Such tax abatements are generally handed out along with bond issues that let businesses borrow money to grow or update facilities.
City Manager Robert Layton said the tax abatement policy has been heavily and successfully weighted toward job creation over retention.
Almost all of them are for the creation of new jobs, he said. The one exception I can think of is Hawker, which the majority was retention. We werent offering a public incentive to most of these to keep their doors open.
Property tax abatements are granted for five years initially. If the recipient creates a certain number of jobs, another five years are granted.
Most of the 2012 jump to $25 million was driven by a tornado that swept through Spirit AeroSystems in May of that year, causing millions in damage millions that caused the city to partner with the planemaker on a $59.5 million industrial revenue bond issue to get the company back on its feet.
Spirit AeroSystems officials did not respond to a call seeking comment, but in October 2012, Spirit spokesman Ken Evans told The Eagle that the $59.5 million industrial revenue bond issue was important to what we are doing and our investment in the community.
Lost tax revenue
In the years preceding the twister, dating back to 2007, the citys tax exemption tab was already rising: to $18 million in 2010 and $16 million in 2011.
The citys willingness to abate taxes to help businesses grow has come as government budgets shrink. When the city abates taxes, other local government entities forgo revenue from the abated property taxes as well.
Jim Freeman, chief financial officer of the Wichita school district, said in an e-mail that the tax abatement debate centers on whether taxpayers should pay more taxes to improve the local business climate.
A tax abatement for a company will cause others to pay more in property taxes to make up the lost tax revenue from the abatement, Freeman said. We levy for a certain dollar amount, so if a property has an abatement which lowers our overall assessed valuation, the tax mill levy must be higher to raise the same dollar amount.
Lost aviation jobs
The tax abatements are the price of competing for jobs in a recession-battered economy, say council members, with surrounding cities and states ready to cut Wichitas economic throat in a down period to land its jobs particularly aviation jobs.
The city has lost about 12,000 aviation jobs to the recession, officials say. The Eagle reported earlier this fall that some 20,000 Wichita workers have essentially disappeared from the workforce.
Its simply a case of (job) recruitment and retention, I guess, council member Janet Miller said.
Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau laughs at the recruitment and retention explanation.
Think about the property taxes we could cut with that money, he said. A mill and a half.
It further demonstrates that city officials are using the abatements to select business winners and losers, Ranzau said.
What about all the small businesses in town that dont get a dime from those abatements? he asked. You dont think theyd like to have a tax abatement?
An uphill battle
Aboulafia, of the Teal Group, says the citys contention that tax abatements are necessary to preserve aviation jobs is plausible.
But you cant prove it works, he said. Both sides have an argument, and its kind of tough either way.
There are a lot of people out there aggressively pursuing aerospace jobs but buying jobs is foolish. The most you can do in this economy is defend against the other guys who are trying to buy your jobs.
Is that worthwhile? Its unprovable.
Political scientist Jian Sun of Fort Hays State University traces the citys increased use of tax abatements back to 2007, when the approved tax exemption reached almost $6.4 million, a tremendous increase from $565,000 in 2006, he said.
And then the city granted more abatements in response to the recession, Sun said.
This does fit in the general thesis that cities give tax incentives in order to attract and retain businesses, he said. Wichita used this strategy to its great extent when the recession started.
The Eagle asked the city last week for an accounting of the jobs created over the past decade by the tax abatements, a research project that urban development staffers have yet to complete.
It will take us some time to pull together all the agenda reports on the five-year reviews going back to 2003. That same research will also reveal any abatements that were retooled as a result of the five-year reviews, city urban development director Allen Bell said. I can tell you that none of the abatements were terminated.
Vice Mayor Pete Meitzner acknowledged that the city is fighting an uphill battle with the tax abatements against the job losses.
I look at it as sure, weve lost some jobs at Boeing but were gaining jobs in some other local aviation supply sectors and in manufacturing as a whole, he said.
Have we made up the difference? Probably not. But its a tough economy. Weve kept the mill levy the same at a time when revenues are flat because our property valuations havent increased. We havent increased our number of employees, and weve reduced the citys debt $53 million in two years.
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If you have a wooden rocker in good condition that you'd like to donate to the Nock Middle School, please contact: Erin Rich, occupational therapist, firstname.lastname@example.com,ma.us; or Special Education director Barbara Dee, email@example.com.
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Erin Rich
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Money managers under the microscope
Morning line-up
Hedge fund stories from the past 24 hours from Reuters and elsewhere:
Will ETFs replace hedge funds?…. No – Seeking Alpha
Hintze the Prince's philanthropist – Bloomberg
Hedgies to top stocks, bonds in 2010 – Reuters
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I eagerly await a sign-up for something similar to the do-not-call list. I want a "do-not-mail" list.
There are a few holes in the do-not-call arrangement, but I'm willing to settle for a few unfiltered calls and would be dancing in the street strewing rose petals if only I could stem the flood of unwanted mail.
I brought in the day's offering from the mailbox on the same day I went out to buy "forever" stamps. (Please note that those stamps are "forever" at the current price. It means that they are legal the next time you need a stamp, even if it is a couple of years in the future.) Most of the mail on that day, as it is on most days, consisted of appeals for money. We did get a copy of a magazine to which we have subscribed for years, so at least I had something to read. It didn't all end in the recycle bin.
What remains an annoyance to me is that I have to pay an awful lot more than the non-profit groups for the privilege of sending a letter through the mail — sometimes twice or three times more. One of that day's appeals was mailed for 8 cents while the other two did not want to reveal what their postage cost them. Their "stamp" simply noted that it was a not-for-profit agency. I'll bet it costs the Post Service as much to deliver these as it does magazines and mail I actually want to receive.
There are dozens of worthy causes. I prefer to support the local ones, but most of those I receive seem to have enough operating capital to pay thousands of dollars to administrators who supervise, I suppose, the folks who bundle up the appeal, lick the envelope and ship it off to mailboxes like mine. I figure they might as well save the small change and call it my contribution.
Some send little gifts. Not long ago, I received an acrylic throw to keep my knees warm when I sit. It was regifted to Goodwill to warm other knees during the recent cold snap. I really do feel guilty about using gifts I don't pay for, so I pass it on. I cannot pass along the return address labels and right now I have enough of those to wallpaper the living room.
It's not the mailman's fault. Congress wants the Post Service run like a business, then it has tied the hands of that office by requiring it to do things not demanded of other businesses. For example, they want the Post Service to pre-fund its retirement plan. No other business is asked to do this, but the Post Service has not been offered a bailout to match that given other businesses and that is a service of benefit to me, and others, who still like to write and receive letters.
Someone put me down for a "do-not-mail" list. Please.
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