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Recent talk of banning "assault weapons" and "high-capacity" ammunition magazines has turned into discussion about gun confiscation and compulsory "buy-backs" by leading Democrats.
(Editor's note: How can government buy back something it never owned in the first place?)
There's talk of confiscation and a compulsory "buy-back" in the state of New York. Thomas Kaplan reported on The New York Times website last Thursday that New York's Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo had discussed gun "control" in an interview on an Albany radio station that same day. Kaplan wrote:
In the interview, Mr. Cuomo did not offer specifics about the measures he might propose, but, while discussing assault weapons, he said: "Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it."
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Confiscation. Compulsory "buy-back."
No mention of an option to not implement more gun "control" in the state of New York.
And speaking of gun confiscation- but on a national level- CBS New York ran the following on their website this past Saturday:
Amid talk of reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired eight years ago, police departments nationwide are thinking of ways to confiscate such weapons.
As WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported, among the departments considering taking action is the NYPD. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said if Congress were to reinstate the ban, police are wondering whether it will be their responsibility to confiscate them.
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"Police departments nationwide are thinking of ways to confiscate such weapons."
I don't think owners of "assault weapons" will be too happy to hear that.
There's also chatter about a potential national compulsory gun "buy-back." Joel Gehrke reported on the Washington Examiner website on Friday:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that she and other gun control advocates are considering a law that would create a program to purchase weapons from gun owners, a proposal that could be compulsory.
We are also looking at a buy-back program," Feinstein said today in a press conference. "Now, again, this is a work in progress so these are ideas in the development."
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Gun confiscations and compulsory "buy-backs."
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Kaplan, Thomas. "Cuomo Says He'll Outline Gun Proposal Next Month." The New York Times. 20 Dec. 2012. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/cuomo-says-he-will-outline-gun-measures-next-month.html?_r=1&). 24 Dec. 2012.
"Police Wonder If They'll Need To Confiscate Assault Weapons In Event Of Ban." CBS New York. 22 Dec. 2012. (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/22/police-wonder-if-theyll-need-to-confiscate-assault-weapons-in-event-of-ban/). 24 Dec. 2012.
Gehrke, Joel. "Sen. Feinstein suggests national buyback of guns." Washington Examiner. 21 Dec. 2012. (http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-feinstein-suggests-national-buyback-of-guns/article/2516648#.UNjKUaweo1J). 24 Dec. 2012.
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University boffins are hoping to stop the spread of the ash dieback disease which threatened thousands of trees in 2012.
Researchers at the University of Sussex are developing a new fungicide treatment to stop the growth of Chalara fraxinea, which causes ash dieback.
Led by Professor Tony Moore, these organisms have been tested at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich during independent trials.
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If developed, the compounds may be effective for longer and need less frequent spraying on trees.
Professor Moore hopes in the future the fungicides could also be used to better protect cereal crops from dangerous infectious fungi.
As well as protecting yields, they could lessen the environmental damage caused by multiple sprayings.
The University of Sussex is currently working with the Sussex Innovation Centre to help bring the compounds to market and is seeking commercial partners to develop fungicides for a range of applications.
Ian Carter, director of research and enterprise at the University of Sussex, said: "It's extremely encouraging to see the successful trials of Professor Moore's innovation coming out of The Sainsbury Laboratory.
"We're delighted that research at Sussex is producing such promising results and helping to provide solutions to real global problems."
If developed further, the treatment could be used on infected nursery stock or ash plantations that are blighted by the ash dieback disease.
Ash dieback was first reported in Britain in early 2012.
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Here's an interesting fact you may not have heard: According to the NCAA, only 6.4 percent of high school football athletes go on to play the sport at any NCAA level (Division I, II or III). Pretty select company.
The reason I bring this up is this: Not just any "Joe" off the streets is suited for college football, regardless of the level. This isn't to say there isn't a place for walk-ons and those who, perhaps being undersized or not having impressive high school stats, don't have a chance to make the cut out of sheer determination and grit. But the reality is, the vast majority of kids play their final game as a high school senior. By the same token, playing in the Northwest Conference is no "cakewalk," either. It's one of the toughest Division III conferences in the country (more on that next week).
The NCAA has a popular television ad that states, "There are 380,000 NCAA student-athletes, and most of us will go pro in something other than sports." The same statement can be applied to those who aspire to be collegiate athletes.
So, why bring this up? To give you a better perspective of just how privileged our athletes are to suit up for George Fox University. It's also a good reminder that not everybody is cut out to play at the "next level." While we want to encourage you to continue giving us leads of potential players, this is a reality to keep in mind.
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Most recently, Bob served under coach Chris Casey at Aloha High School for eight of Chris' nine seasons there and, previously, held assistant positions at Sunset High School (in Beaverton) and Oregon City High School. Between 1987 and 1997, he was the running backs and defensive/offensive lines coach at his alma mater, Linfield College.
From 1977 to 1986, Bob coached at Kelso, Wash. (1977), was head coach at Stayton (1978-81) and Parkrose (1982-84) high schools, and assisted at McCallum (Austin, Texas) from 1984-86. He was also head coach at Forest Grove in 1986. He led Stayton to the 1980 state championship game, served as the head coach for the West team in the 1981 East-West Shrine Game, and guided Parkrose to the state playoffs in 1983.
A native of Longview, Wash., Bob earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Linfield in 1974. He completed a master's in education from Linfield in 1982 and also attended law school at Drake Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, serving as the Wildcats' quarterbacks and receivers coach from 1974 to 1976 under legendary Linfield coach Ad Rutschman. Bob also played quarterback for Coach Rutschman at Hillsboro High School.
Bob and his wife of 40 years, Julia Ann, have two children - son Justin and daughter Lindsey - and one granddaughter, Jada Simone.
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We should see the exterior sheet metal this week. Roof top units were set last Tuesday, and the floor polish in the front entry was completed last Tuesday as well.
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Police constables in London will be recruited exclusively from people who live in the capital, it has been announced today.
For the first time in its history, the Metropolitan Police Service will recruit exclusively from Londoners in a bit to ensure the force is "more resilient and more reflective of the city it serves".
The Met said it is on track to recruit 5,000 new police constables before 2016 to maintain police numbers at or around 32,000, as pledged in London Mayor Boris Johnson's 2012 election manifesto.
The new policy means that from Friday, August 1, only job candidates who have lived in Greater London for three of the last six years will now be eligible to apply at entry level.
The Met commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said: "London is a 24/7 global city with a dynamic and intensity not seen in other parts of the UK.
"And with London's population increasing and becoming even more diverse it is essential that our workforce is able to maintain the trust and confidence of London's communities.
"Recruiting Constables with a knowledge and understanding of this reality through living in the capital makes sense to help us achieve this aim.
"They will have a better understanding of local issues, knowledge of local communities and an inbuilt insight into London's varied cultures. We need great talent to help us fight crime."
Mr Johnson said: "It is vital that London's police force reflects the city it serves. Recent recruitment rounds have attracted a more diverse pool of applicants, but by focusing exclusively on Londoners from now on, we can achieve our goals more quickly.
"By putting Londoners first, we can fill the Met's ranks with the talented recruits who understand the people and culture of this great global city the best.
"Every police officer is always and will always be selected on merit, but there is more than enough talent in this great city to give the Met all the devoted and skilled new recruits they need to go on keeping Londoners safe."
The policy change will not affect serving officers, existing Met staff, members of the Special Constabulary, or existing police officers seeking to transfer from other UK forces.
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So what we have in effect is the police employing racial discrimination to get rid of racial discrimination!!
People should be employed on merit. End of.
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The important thing is that the recruits should reflect the ethnic mix of young London as it is today and no longer be mainly white British stock.
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---- — Firefighters from three of Cape Ann's communities will suit up in 60 pounds of firefighting gear and race up 82 flights of stairs — that's 798 steps — at the 41-story Boston Place building in Boston.
Funds raised during this 'American Lung Association Fight for Air Climb' support research of lung diseases, and Gloucester's firefighters have a special driving force behind their effort; they're raising money for American Lung Association research in memory of Michael Smith, a Gloucester firefighter who died after a battle with lung cancer in July.
So far, Gloucester's team of five has raised $390, but the guys hope to draw in more donations in the final fund-raising week, which finishes on the day of the climb a week from today, according to Nicholas Ouellette, a Gloucester Firefighters team member in the stair climb.
"We lost a guy to occupational cancer, so this cancer research, it's really important to us," said Ouellette, who wore a T-shirt Friday with a Michael Smith quote on back. "Hug a Firefighter...Save a Life," it reads.
Just one of Gloucester's team members, Chad Mota, ran the stairs last year. Mota finished in 9 minutes and 37 seconds in the 2012 climb, while carrying his 60 pounds of firefighting equipment. The other men, Kevin Gargan, Mike Mitchell, Robert Gerety Jr., and Ouellette are new to the team, but ready to hit the 789 stairs, Ouellette said.
"We're nervous, but it's 10 minutes of hard work and you're done," Ouellette said.
The Gloucester firefighters are not alone.
Manchester and Essex firefighters, along with the owners of CrossFit Gloucester, have also been training hard — and fund-raising hard too, with $1960 collected as of Friday night.
Three members of the Manchester Firefighters team raced to the top last year and in 2011, including team captain Mike Soucy.
Soucy finished in 9 minutes and 26 seconds last year. Climbing so quickly is tough, he said, but the sooner you finish, the fewer sweaty people you're following up, he reasoned.
"After a few thousand people going up the stairwell in front of us it gets a little dank," Soucy said. But, he added "It's all for a good cause."
Manchester firefighters Thomas Aldrich and Josh Butler will reclimb the stairs this year as part of the Manchester team, too. Aldrich reached the 798th step in 10:31 seconds last year and Butler completed the climb in 10:52. Essex firefighters David Barrett and Josh Butler, Manchester Fire Chief Glen Rogers, and CrossFit Gloucester owners Jon Conant and Karen Conant complete the team.
Gloucester's Mota said the GFD team has been training at the gym and through public training sessions at buildings like a 7-story building in Danvers. But, Mota said, it's hard to find a comparable environment for training. For one thing, the air in the top stairwells of the Boston building can get very dehydrated. Because the air gets so dry, volunteers hand out cough drops to climbers as they break through to the top of flight 82, Mota said.
"You really can't train for it. It's tough. You get 10 flights up and you think, 'This is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be,'" said Mota. "When you're there though it's a lot of fun."
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MIKE Moseley has announced he is leaving Witton Albion this summer after three seasons as assistant to boss Brian Pritchard.
The striker, just 16 goals short of the club's all-time scoring record after hitting the net 162 times since arriving at Wincham Park for the first of two spells back in 2001, wishes to spend more time with his family.
Anthony Sheehan will join the management team in his place.
"It doesn't look like I'll break that goal-scoring record, but helping the club to promotion back to the Premier Division [in 2012] is probably my best memory.
"Witton is a special club with great people, and I'm proud to have played a part. I've enjoyed every minute.
"I'd like to thank Pritch and the chairman for giving to me the opportunity to join the management team for what has been a successful three years, and wish them and the Albion supporters every success in the future."
Moseley, now 35, has made more than 300 starts in close to 400 appearances as a player with Witton.
He signed initially from Runcorn, returning in February 2009 after helping Bradford Park Avenue to promotion on the pitch previous season.
The forward later fought his way back to fitness too after surgery on a broken leg near the end of the following campaign.
He scored once last season during a Mid-Cheshire District FA Senior Cup tie against Barnton.
Pritchard said: "Mike is a Witton legend, and I'm gutted he's decided to leave.
"He's been a great support to me during our days playing together and also while I've been manager.
"He's been a vital part of what we've achieved over the past three years along with Nige [Deeley] and Dave [Andrew] and he'll be sorely missed.
"Knowing Mike as I do, I'm certain we'll see him at the ground before too long and back in the dressing room with the lads."
Witton confirmed on Thursday that Moseley has accepted an invitation to become a vice president at the club.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. - The Tri-City Americans Captain, along with the other guys who wear letters on their sweaters, toured the Tri-Cities Cancer Center today. Cancer center staff showed the boys just how the money raised at this Friday's Breast Cancer Awareness Night will be spent. This is the first year Ams players have visited the cancer center prior to the game, and they know how important the cause is.
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Values and Ethics: From Inception to Practice (2008). This SMA identifies the issues that are driving the increased attention to ethical conduct and how they impact risk management and internal controls. It explains the steps required for organizations to clarify, define, and develop their values and create their codes of ethical conduct.
IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice (2005). The Statement contains standards of conduct to which the practitioners of management accounting and financial management are expected to adhere. Members of the Institute of Management Accountants acknowledge that obligation.
Managing Cross Functional Teams (1994). Organizations today are challenged to be faster, more reliable, more responsive, etc. Traditional organizational structures often have problems in meeting the challenge. Cross-functional teams increasingly are being used to solve problems and improve operations. This guideline can assist the management accountant and the other members of the team.
Developing Comprehensive Competitive Intelligence (1996). This guideline focuses primarily on competitor analysis and synthesizing that analysis into competitive intelligence. Firms today realize they cannot increase growth and profitability without a strong understanding of every aspect of competitors' business and activities.
Understanding and Implementing Internet E-Commerce (2000). This study can serve as a starting point for the exploration and implementation of Internet e-commerce. It provides finance and operations people with a basic understanding of Internet e-commerce, its applicability to their organization, and its unique challenges.
Implementing Activity-Based Costing (2006). Activity-based costing is a concept that can be used to correct the shortcomings inherent in the over-generalized cost systems of the past. It is a means of directing costs to the products and services responsible for the incurrence of those costs. The guideline provides an overview of ABC systems and an understanding of the roles played by management accountants in design and implementation.
Implementing Activity-Based Management: Avoiding the Pitfalls (1998). This Statement on Management Accounting (SMA) is addressed to management accountants and others who may lead or participate in efforts to implement ABM management in their organizations. It supplements the Institute of Management Accountants' "Implementing Activity-Based Costing," SMA which describes the basic ABC implementation process. From 1993 until today, the emphasis has shifted from ABC to ABM, or the use of ABC information to manage and improve process performance.
Measuring the Cost of Capacity (1996). Maximizing the utilization of its capacity is necessary for an organization to compete in the global marketplace. Efficiently managing the cost of the capacity is a key to unlocking the value-creating potential of a company's resources. This Statement will facilitate the measurement process.
Tools and Techniques for Implementing ABC/ABM (1998) Gaining the full benefits of ABCM is achieved by properly assessing, designing, and implementing the underlying data collection and analysis system. The focus of this Statement is on core tools and techniques needed for successful ABCM implementations.
Tools and Techniques for Implementing Target Costing (1998). Driven by the voice of the customer to better understand what product and service attributes are needed, target costing becomes the means to long-term growth attained by doing what the customer wants, better and faster than the competition.
Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management Systems Fundamentals (1999). This Statement presents the process of designing a TOC management system that is compatible with other key cost management initiatives of the firm.
Implementing Capacity Cost Management Systems (2000). Deals with the implementation of a capacity cost management system designed to help an organization optimize its investment in resources or process capability.
Designing an Integrated Cost Management System for Driving Profit and Organizational Performance (2000). This Statement explains how an organization can better understand how to integrate its cost management system to optimize its investment in information.
Implementing Target Costing (1999). The Statement provides a concise introduction to target costing and describes the steps required to implement the concept. It is designed to help make the management accountant a key contributor to the application of target costing to the firm's managerial process.
Accounting for the Lean Enterprise: Major Changes to the Accounting Paradigm. As companies employing lean principles restructure their organization from functional specialties to process-focused business units, accounting services must also readdress the content and form of the information provided. This SMA focuses on the information necessary for value stream management, product family view of costs, budgets and financial planning, and transaction elimination.
Unrecognized Intangible Assets: Identification, Management and Reporting (2010). This Statement on Management Accounting (SMA) focuses on the growing impact of the unrecognized portion of intangible corporate assets. These items have grown to become a major source of value to public corporations. They contribute to competitive capacity and they form a critical aspect of an organization's sustainability. While these assets fail to meet the criteria for recognition under current reporting standards, the identification, assessment, management, control, retention, and nurturing of these assets is necessary for an organization to maintain its capacity to operate. This SMA identifies the importance and breadth of unrecognized intangibles and presents issues and concerns related to them. Various types of unrecognized intangible assets are discussed and approaches to managing and reporting these assets are suggested.
Customer Profitability Management (2010). Customer profitability management (CPM) is a strategy-linked approach to identifying the relative profitability of different customers or customer segments. This SMA provides a framework for implementing CPM through the measurement of customer profitability. Armed with this information, managers can focus on long-term customer profitability, devising strategies that add value to most-profitable customers, make less-profitable customers more profitable, and reduce or eliminate the erosion of profit by unprofitable customers, thereby increasing shareholder value.
Business Valuation (2009). This Statement will familiarize the financial professional with the methodologies in a valuation report and how to perform valuation calculations.
The Evolution of Accountability - Sustainability Reporting for Accountants (2008). This guideline identifies the key aspects of reporting for organizations embracing sustainability, and how these might be organized, structured, maintained, and monitored for effectiveness.
Managing the Total Costs of Global Supply Chains (2008). This Statement will help management accountants and others improve their understanding and the rationale for developing complete and accurate costing to support their companies and management in the improvement of supply chain performance, and in managing the inherent risks of sourcing and selling across borders and internationally.
Effective Benchmarking (1995). Benchmarking involves evaluating the other company's business process in order to incorporate best practices for improving performance and gaining a competitive advantage. This guideline describes tools and techniques that improve the effectiveness of benchmarking studies, with special emphasis on their practical applications.
Implementing Corporate Environmental Strategies (1995). The environmental movement is no longer of special interest only to students and avid environmentalists. Governments, corporations, and individuals are recognizing the benefits of environmental sensitivity and environmental progress. This statement provides practical operating principles and recommended approaches for implementing a corporate environmental strategy.
Measuring and Managing Shareholder Value Creation (1997). Corporate executives are under increasing pressure from investors to demonstrate that they are creating shareholder value. Both accounting-based earnings and return measures are perceived as having shortcomings in that respect. This Statement places the shareholder at the focal point of economic activities within the firm and compares and contrasts various measures that purport to quantify management's shareholder-value-creation abilities.
Tools and Techniques for Implementing Integrated Performance Management Systems (1998). This Statement describes methods that can facilitate implementation efforts, cites some common key performance indicators to guide the process, and highlights some common pitfalls.
Implementing Integrated Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage (1999). Provides an overview of Integrated Supply Chain Management (ISCM). In addition to developing a framework for planning and managing the implementation of ISCM, this study creates a cost and performance measurement system to effectively control the activities of the supply chain.
Tools and Techniques for Implementing Integrated Supply Chain Management (1999). Contains specific tools and techniques and discusses methods for implementing Integrated Supply Chain Management. This Statement provides supply chain effectiveness metric indicators with examples from specific companies.
Lean Enterprise Fundamentals (2006). An increasing number of companies are employing lean concepts in order to produce and deliver products and services to its customers. The objective of this SMA is to help financial professionals comprehend the underlying principles of lean processes and to broaden awareness of the impact of lean on management information.
Implementing Process Management for Improving Products and Services (2000). This study is intended to help an organization adopt a process orientation and achieve the performance improvements this initiative can provide. Process management helps an organization rethink their structure and flow of the work that comprises or supports the creation of customer value, focusing efforts and resources that have the greatest impact on process performance.
Implementing Automated Workflow Management (2000). Workflow is the flow of information and control in a nonmanufacturing process. These applications vary from simple processing of expense reports to complex loan processing applications. This study provides guidance on the implementation of an automated workflow management system that speeds the organization's response time and improves the accuracy of the communications and activities that result in the products and services that customers value.
Value Chain Analysis for Assessing Competitive Advantage (1996). Competitive advantage for a company means not just matching or surpassing what competitors can do but discovering what customers want and then profitably satisfying, and even exceeding, their expectations. Value chain analysis is a strategic tool to measure the importance of the customer's perceived value. This Statement is a guideline for understanding and using the value chain approach for assessing competitive advantage.
Tools and Techniques of Environmental Accounting for Business Decisions (1996). Users should read Implementing Corporate Environmental Strategies to have a basic understanding regarding corporate environmental strategy. This Statement builds on Implementing Corporate Environmental Strategies in providing various tools and techniques for use in integrating environmental impacts into management decisions.
Managing Quality Improvements (1993). The SMA provides practical operating principles and recommended approaches for implementing total quality management. It is designed to help make management accountants the key contributor to the achievement of quality.
Enterprise Risk Management: Frameworks, Elements, and Integration (2011). Understanding and managing risk has become imperative for successful leadership of organizations. This SMA provides an overview of the ERM process and frameworks and will help management accountants understand their roles and responsibilities in ERM projects.
Enterprise Risk Management: Tools and Techniques for Effective Implementation (2007). This Statement on Management Accounting on ERM, along with the earlier one published by IMA, provides guidance for the leaders of organizations in identifying, assessing, and managing risk, while at the same time growing their business. ERM requires strong commitment from C-level executives and an effective process tailored to each organization's unique culture. A company's implementation can benefit from the ERM knowledge that finance professionals bring to the process. In their quest to "drive business performance," management accounting and finance professionals should seize the opportunity to become partners with senior management and the board in ERM implementation.
Definition of Management Accounting (2008). This Statement on Management Accounting (SMA) presents a new definition of management accounting, together with an explanation of the background leading to the new definition, the process undertaken to prepare the definition, and the criteria and rationale used in developing the new definition.
Definition and Measurement of Direct Material Cost (1986). As used in practice, in literature, and in litigation, direct material cost has a variety of meanings. This Statement provides a conceptual definition of what the term should signify in the absence of a specified alternative meaning.
The Accounting Classification of Workpoint Costs (1997). The documents intent is to recognize changes in the workplace environment (e.g., information technology, virtual offices, telecommuting) that call into question the traditional approaches to identifying and evaluating occupancy costs.
Redesigning the Finance Function (1997). Changes occurring today in organizations are creating pressure to reduce the cost of basic business transactions while enhancing the quality, reliability, and responsiveness of the systems that provide information for use both within and outside the company. The Statement provides practical operating principles and recommended approaches for redesigning the finance function.
Tools and Techniques for Redesigning the Finance Function (1999). This Statement augments in detailed application the previously issued Redesigning the Finance Function. In addition to reviewing the steps to redesign the finance function, this Statement provides specific tools to help implement the process, methods for monitoring results, including a process performance measuring system.
Implementing Shared Service Centers (2000). Covers the implementation phases for a Shared Services Center (SSC), including opportunity assessment, the design of the SSC, developing the SSC team, and suggestions on how to optimize the process. Also included in this Statement are pitfalls in implementation, and examples cited from companies' experiences.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of downtown club owner Todd Scholl.
Bryan J. Stewart, 29, is in the Peoria County Jail on charges of murder and aggravated arson.
Police said after bringing Stewart in for questioning, he admitted to fatally stabbing Scholl and setting a building on fire in an attempt to cover up the murder.
Scholl owned two downtown Peoria nightclubs, Diesel and Berlin. He used the building where his body was found for storage.
Stewart and Scholl were said to be acquaintances. However, their exact relationship was not given by police.
Authorities believe Stewart is the sole suspect in the crimes, but said there is no clear motive.
"We had video and pictures that we shared of Mr. Stewart and Mr. Scholl about 30 minutes before the fire was reported," said Peoria Police Captain, Mike Eddlemon. "That was why we wanted to speak with Stewart. We have other physical evidence and obviously Stewart's statements, which I can't get into the specifics of."
Police add that it is possible Stewart may face additional charges after the case is reviewed by the State's Attorney.
Stewart was already facing charges of felony possession of a controlled substance after a 2012 arrest.


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Dan Plesac's younger teammates have been kidding him over images like this. (AP)
TAMPA, Fla. -- The jokes about him being old are almost as old as the man himself, but that doesn't stop players from making fun of grandpa Dan Plesac.
"Every time Randy Wolf or David Coggin see me on ESPN Classic -- the 1987 All-Star Game or something -- I hear about the it next day. They do anything they can to make me feel old."
"Hey, we see those black and white games and he's in his fifth year in the big leagues," said Wolf, "pitching against Honus Wagner."
"Ha ha," Plesac might say, before pointing out that Wagner -- who retired in 1917 -- died nearly seven years before Plesac was born. Still it should be noted that the lefty debuted with the Milwaukee Brewers, who were then an American League team, in 1986, the same year as New Coke. The lefty is still pitching at 41.
The odds of Plesac returning for an 18th season seemed long as the 2002 season ended. Upset at not having been traded to a contender by the Blue Jays at first, then the Phillies, Plesac returned to his home in Valparaiso, Ind., and didn't think about picking up a ball.
Between spending time with his two daughters and the horses he raises, he fielded holiday calls from the Phillies about whether the fire still burned. Assistant Ruben Amaro Jr. called around Halloween and general manager Ed Wade phoned around Thanksgiving. Neither got a definitive yes from Plesac.
Plesac got hungry when David Bell signed and was downright famished watching Jim Thome's press conference a week later. Before sprinting from the retirement home, he dialed manager Larry Bowa.
"I asked him if he wanted me to come back and play and he said, 'Of course I do,'" Plesac said. "I called back Ed Wade and said 'Let's do it.'
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"I'm so glad I decided to come back. The whole complexion of this team has taken a complete 180-degree turnaround. There's excitement here. You're talking about core players who are ready to win. I saw that the first day at the minor league complex."
That day, Plesac said he was going to play "10 more years," and seemed genuine. He won't play that long, but his passion for a championship forced him to come back. Shortly after agreeing to a one-year deal for $2 million, Plesac began working out. He started throwing in January.
The rigors of the extra throwing wore on the veteran -- as he tried to keep up with the kids like Wolf and Coggin -- but now he feels caught up.
"It's awesome," said Wolf. "He's such a great guy to talk to about pitching and baseball in general. He's got so much knowledge because he's been around so long."
Deciding against making another "old" joke, Wolf added, "If you're around him for five minutes, you'll know he's just a good guy. He's contagious. He's funny and keeps everything light."
More than that, Plesac still gets lefties out, which is exactly what Bowa needs him to do.
"I wouldn't be here if I didn't feel that I could help this team," said Plesac. "It would be a waste of my time. The fire still burns. I know that this city is dying for something to root for. We feel when you put this red uniform on, there's some pride here."
With that, he grabbed the 2002 Phillies Media Guide, flipped to page 270, and stared at his picture for a few seconds.
"I look a lot older," he said. "There are guys in here that were playing T-ball when I was pitching in the big leagues."
Injury update
: Tyler Houston tested his sore rib cage at the minor-league complex Saturday morning and proclaimed himself ready for the season. Eric Valent was returned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the Phillies Opening Day roster is set.
After taking swings at the complex, Houston arrived at Legends Field and took over at first base for Thome. He went 0-for-2 for the day.
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While the news on Houston was good, Bowa said he isn't counting on an April return for Turk Wendell. The reliever is throwing again after having a setback in his return from elbow surgery that cost him the 2002 season.
"I really don't think he can join us until he goes back-to-back days and feels good," said Bowa. "It's very hard to set up a bullpen where you throw him one day and the next day you can't post up. I don't think it would be too smart to bring a guy like him up in April when the weather's cold."
As for Michaels, who's eligible to come off the disabled list on April 6 and is scheduled to swing at the complex on Tuesday, Bowa said there's no rush.
"I would say he won't be back the sixth," Bowa said. "If [his strained oblique muscle] is OK, we want him to go to Triple-A. If he gets 25 or 30 at-bats and nothing is wrong, and he's swinging the bat decent, we might make a move. I don't think there's a date set where he's got to be here."
Just in case
: The message scribbled on the end of the bat read, "If you need to hit something, use this" and it was signed, "Nick Johnson."
Johnson sent the "gift" to his Uncle Larry, known to most as Larry Bowa, manager of the Phillies.
"I thought it would be good if I sent it over to him, so at some point during the year if he needs to let loose, he can go right ahead," said Johnson, who is likely aware of his uncle's need to vent. "I don't think it will last all year. It might not last until the All-Star break."
Reminded about the team's 9-18 start last April, Johnson reconsidered.
"Then it might be shattered."
Johnson, who shattered a bat himself on a Padilla fastball, has a request should/when Bowa need the 34-inch, 31-ounce lumber.
"Keep it at the field," he said. "If he takes it home and starts breaking stuff, my aunt won't be too happy."
Skipper speaks
: On the team's offense as camp winds down: "Over the past four or five games, I'm worried about the swings we're taking. There are certain guys, their swings aren't very good right now."
: The Phillies signed three pitchers to minor-league contracts, including Wayne Gomes, the team's first-round pick in the 1993 First-Year Player Draft. The other two were Julio Santana (released by Detroit) and Jose Cabrera (released by Minnesota).
Philling in
: Former left fielder Greg Luzinski was named hitting coach for the Atlantic City Surf, joining manager and former closer Mitch Williams. ... Brett Myers will travel to Miami with the team to be part of his first Opening Day ceremonies, then leave in the fourth or fifth inning to return to Clearwater. He's scheduled to throw 75 or 80 pitches against Brandon Duckworth on Tuesday, then start on April 6 against Pittsburgh.
Coming up
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NYT's Savage Again Protects Eric Holder, Downplays Fast and Furious, Lets AG Flip Race Card
New York Times legal reporter Charlie Savage played softball with Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday's front page: "A Lightning Rod Undeterred by G.O.P. Thunder." The online headline even more strongly suggested that Holder was standing brave and firm against a torrent of politically motivated Republican criticism: "Under Partisan Fire, Holder Soldiers On."
Savage has previously downplayed the Fast and Furious "gun-walking" scandal, when the Justice Department signed off on a plan that allowed guns to flow untracked into the U.S. and Mexico, putting thousands of illegally purchased firearms on the street, one of which led to the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. Savage's November 8 coverage of Holder's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee omitted Holder's admission that his initial statements to Congress about his knowledge of the gun-walking were "inaccurate," while the Washington Post recognized its importance with Page 2 placement and a headline mention.
Savage's Sunday piece similarly downplayed the scandal, while allowing Holder to play the race card against some of his conservative critics.
For nearly three years, Republicans have attacked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on national security and civil rights issues. For months, they have criticized him over a gun-trafficking investigation gone awry, with dozens of leaders calling for his resignation. Last week, more than 75 members of Congress co-sponsored a House resolution expressing "no confidence" in his leadership.
With F.B.I. agents standing guard outside his hotel room on Tuesday, Mr. Holder spoke hours before delivering a speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library here that criticized the largely Republican-led efforts to put new restrictions on voting in the name of fighting fraud.
At that moment, protesters were rallying outside the library, some in support of stricter voter identification laws and others holding signs urging Mr. Holder to resign over the disputed gun-trafficking investigation, known as Operation Fast and Furious. Several dozen jeered when his motorcade arrived.
After graciously admitting that some conservatives were honest in their criticism, Holder cried racism.
But Mr. Holder contended that many of his other critics -- not only elected Republicans but also a broader universe of conservative commentators and bloggers -- were instead playing "Washington gotcha" games, portraying them as frequently "conflating things, conveniently leaving some stuff out, construing things to make it seem not quite what it was" to paint him and other department figures in the worst possible light.
Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few -- the "more extreme segment" -- were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. "This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him," he said, "both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we're both African-American."
Savage spent two paragraphs on the Holder confession he had skipped in his initial reporting, then portrayed Holder as perhaps too passive a personality, allowing partisan Republicans to run roughshod over him (ignoring his partisan play of the race card earlier in the interview).
Despite his fraught political image, Mr. Holder has a low-key demeanor, allowing lawmakers to talk over him during hearings. Some colleagues, who say he can be similarly mild in internal administration debates, privately question whether he is tough enough to protect his and the department's interests in rough-and-tumble bureaucratic or political fights. Others say the approach has helped him survive in his post despite relentless turbulence.
Richard Thornburgh, an attorney general under the first President George Bush, said he sometimes disagreed with Mr. Holder but considered him a friend. But he expressed concern about whether Mr. Holder sometimes allows himself to get steamrolled by his adversaries. "I have worried from time to time about Eric's being seemingly rolled by the administration and his political opponents," he said.
An odd concluding paragraph made the dissipating of an anti-Holder protest sound as if the attorney general was getting beyond the worst of the hostile scrutiny.
Hours after the interview on Tuesday, Mr. Holder delivered his voting-rights speech and then went to a reception also attended by several leaders of civil rights organizations. Outside, half a dozen protesters waited within shouting distance of his motorcade, and a phalanx of police officers waited to escort him to the airport. But as Mr. Holder lingered inside, the protesters eventually drifted away.
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It's too funny that Eric
Submitted by TE on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 6:28pm.
It's too funny that Eric Holder gave his pro-voter fraud speech to the pro-voter fraud lobby at a library named after Lyndon Johnson who used voter fraud to steal a Texas election for the United States Senate and used voter fraud to steal the 1960 presidential election.
BTW, does anyone know if Charlie Savage of the New York Times is related to the identically minded, boilerplate leftist David Savage who previously wrote press releases for the leftist fringe while writing for the Los Angeles Times?
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Holder is nothing
Submitted by Bodini on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 6:33pm.
more than a light-skinned black racist aided and abetted by the racist POTUS and the boot-licking Marxist Media. They know they are racists, liars, and thieves and that is why they don't give a damn about an honest, hard working, white, Border Patrol Agent being killed as a result of their ill-conceived and executed plan to avert the 2nd amendment. If Terry was black, reparations and apologies would have long since been paid to his family.
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True story, Bodini - and
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 7:31pm.
True story, Bodini - and (with)Holder just yanked the race-card from his back pocket to accuse anyone going after him - or BARRY - of doing so because they are friends, as well as being 'African-Americans'. Well, as I said on another thread - he was half-right about Obama - he IS 'African', but he sure as hell isn't 'American'!!!
And I'm sick of these black wanna-be's trying to hide behind their so-called 'color' in order to protect themselves from the truth of the matter - if this guy was purple and green, he'd STILL be guilty of everything that he is being accused of - and so would his boss.
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These stories from the NYT
Submitted by jdhawk on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 8:51pm.
These stories from the NYT seem to be working. Bloomberg reported today that the NYT is in talks to sell its regional newspapers. Also, it was reported today that the advertising industry cut print advertising back 4.7%. Finally. its seems that NYT can't decide on a CEO to run (down) its newspapers. Janet Robinson, on purpose or otherwise, saw the stock price of the company fall 80% during her tenure. So, they finally fired her. Their back to the marxist that ran it for years, Arthur Putzberger. Let's see if Putzberger can take the stock price to zero.
Keep it up NYT - one far left article at a time until your demise.
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A lightening Rod Undeterred by GOP Thunder??????? ACA
Submitted by acaiguana on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:04pm.
This meme goes with the assumption that all GOP (or any other by that standard) critic of Holder is simply 'thunder'.
Of course it is racist thunder.
My mom used to tell us kids during those vicious Kansas thunderstorms, "The old man dropped his potatoes on the bridge."
Ah, the Irish.
Anywho - let us begin.
He's completely at a loss. He's desperate. Ain't gonna fly. As they say.
Good luck with that one.
Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
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Obama is all about manipulating the American people.
Submitted by lgeubank on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:12pm.
"Fast and furious" just epitomizes our Grifter-In-Chief.
The conniving Obama administration thought, "We'll allow a flood of illegal weapons to get into Mexico, and then when the weapons show up, we'll become outraged and demand stronger gun laws."
That is our two-faced underhanded President, right down to the ground. "Fast and Cretinous" is typical of Obama's whole approach to governing, in fact his whole approach to life. He'll say whatever it takes to get what he wants, and he always uses just one criterion: "Will they buy this line?"
He showed he would say anything to get Obamacare passed -- emitting the most outrageous slanders of doctors and insurance companies, and making the most asinine, ludicrous promises..
When he talks, he is at once infantile and manipulative. He sounds like a dim-witted Mussolini bamboozling school kids -- a Mussolini for morons.
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Mussolini for Morons!
Submitted by Scout Finch on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 3:38am.
That's a keeper. Right next to "Democrats for Dummies".
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Eric Holder
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:15am.
Eric Holder is a very important Black man, and he doesn't care how many Brownskinned people he has to endanger to prove it.
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Eric Holder, racist and criminal
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:34am.
Just like his boss, the pResident, he is a racist and a thug. I say they are both criminals. They should be in prison (not jail) for the criminal things they are involved in. They lie, cheat, whatever it takes to get done what they want done. Is this any way to run the Justice?? Department.
Nov. 2012 is when Obama will be defeated. It will be a long 2 months trying to keep them from destroying all the incriminating evidence before they are kicked out of office in Jan. 2013
Jan. 2013 can't come soon enough.
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Actually a True Statement
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 10:17am.
Of that group of critics, Mr. Holder said he believed that a few -- the "more extreme segment" -- were motivated by animus against Mr. Obama and that he served as a stand-in for him. "This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him," he said, "both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we're both African-American."
I'm sure some wanting to give you walking papers ARE racist. Of course, most aren't. And none of it changes the fact that, at the very least, you are criminally negligent. You're also totally incompetent if either of your excuses are real - you either didn't know about the operation, or you didn't understand the ramifications. YOUR DoJ actively coerced law-abiding US merchants to violate federal law. YOUR DoJ permited thousands of firearms to cross our borders into Mexico knowing full well to what use they would be put. YOUR DoJ then tried to cover up the resulting mess, delayed in providing documents to congress, transferred all key players to other posts trying to hide them, and tried to blame the gun store owners.
And your answer to this entire boondoggle? Try to force illegal gun registration on the four border states, thus violating both the constitution and the Gun Control Act of 1968.
And as a final example of how incompetent he truly is, he continually and flagrantly breaks our nation's laws on guns (Fast and Furious, voter intimidation (Black Panthers), advertising (Lowe's vs. Muslims). I hope and believe he will soon be called to account. How is it that such a corrupt person is in charge of the Department of JUSTICE?
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Cloth Napkins
Although it's actually greener to use recycled paper napkins at restaurants, it is marginally greener using cloth napkins at home. (See this informative little article on TreeHugger.com). Yes you have to wash them and that uses energy, but (shh) I don't wash them after every meal. Not fancy at all, in fact quite the opposite, I get the paper napkins out for guests. Even little Zoeya takes a cloth napkin in her lunch box.
Kitchen Scraps
This surprised me, but it's actually greener to throw your scraps away than to put them down the disposal. Down the drain, they will have to be treated with chemicals and will be strained out and sent to the landfill anyway. So shift your habit! Now I can feel a little better about all those months the disposal was broken. Of course, scraps in the landfill are not much better, leftover food will sit around releasing methane, so the best thing of all to do is compost.
Bring your own fork! This is a big one for me, I bring my lunch to work every day and I forget to do this half the time and end up using one of the plastic forks from the break room. Reducing single-use plastic products is a really important thing to do; besides filling up our landfills, plastic takes a huge toll on marine life. This is something I'm really going to focus on. I use reusable shopping bags, we have a water filter instead of buying bottled water, and I'm really going to try to remember to pack my fork.


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Kevin Walls had a rough start to life. After being abandoned by his mother in a Turlock park at the age of 3, he spent the next five years in a group home. It wasn't until he was 8 years old that he found a loving home with foster parents Don and Winnie Phillips.
Nothing is more American than apple pie - and a friendly county fair contest to find the best baker around. The annual Stanislaus County Fair apple pie contest not only provides a means of competition, it also means a tasty homemade treat for hundreds of homeless and in-need families.
It was supposed to be just another day of work for Turlock resident David Whiting. After five years of washing cars at Reflections car wash on Geer Road, Monday was supposed to be no different.
Caltrans has construction and closures planned for the following areas this week:
Name of business: Rustic Roots
What started as a simple gardening project next to the Turlock Salvation Army Corp building, with only a couple of boxes and seeds to plant, blossomed into a mass production that's helped feed hundreds of people in need.
Rain hit the Valley early Monday morning, clouding the summer sun and darkening the skies. With the first annual Against All Odds Golf Tournament scheduled at the Del Rio Country Club in Modesto, it seemed like a case of bad luck.
A family gathering in Hughson Friday night turned tragic when a 2-year-old girl drowned in a hot tub.
Protesters gathered at the Brandon Koch Memorial Skate Park on Monday to voice opposition to the proposed move of the park from its current location on Starr Avenue to Donnelly Park.
A faulty table lamp is likely behind a fire that scorched a Turlock home, but quick responses from the homeowners kept the fire from spreading outside one room.
For the first time this year authorities have found two dead birds in Stanislaus County that have tested positive for the West Nile virus.
Two Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputies earned medals at the recently held United States Police and Fire Championships, organized by the California Police Athletic Foundation.
While the 122nd Merced County Fair saw cooler temperatures than last year's triple digit heat days, the event recorded a 4 percent decrease in attendance compared to 2012.
Eating fresh fruits and vegetables isn't just important for the community's youngest residents - it's also a way for senior citizens to remain healthy and active.
The economic news in Stanislaus County is on an upswing as summer is ushered in, with new companies ramping up their hiring rates and the county reaching a new low for the year in unemployment.
Tenants of the Monte Vista Plaza, which plays host to shops such as Amazing Nails and Spa and Dean's Pizza, will soon be receiving a facelift as their signs will be several inches bigger to increase visibility from the road.
Turlocker Mike Lynch has long been involved in the political and government sphere, but this year marks the first time he is being recognized by the California Chamber of Commerce as a Small Business Advocate of the Year - just one of four individuals selected from among the 480 chambers that comprise Cal Chamber.
As local students trickle back into the classrooms for another year of school, the water in the City of Turlock aquatic playgrounds will also dribble to a stop as the City makes efforts to conserve during the state's ongoing drought.
Stanislaus County's Annual Crop and Livestock Report for 2013 revealed yet another record breaking year for agricultural commodities, mainly in fruit and tree crops. The report, which was released yesterday morning, also marks the first year that the almond industry overtook milk production for the number one commodity spot.
Larsa Banquet Hall is three substantiated noise complaints away from having their Conditional Use Permit revoked pending an upcoming hearing at the Stanislaus County Planning Commission in October.


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HOUSES could be built on vital car parking spaces in Wellington.
Places for People has applied to build four houses on two parking areas at Penny Close and Howard Road, but promises to rectify parking problems by creating spaces on a former play area close to the development.
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