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The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and History. After brief stints as a staff artist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Fayetteville (NC) Times, he went on to serve as the editorial cartoonist for the St. Petersburg Times (1981-1994) and The Christian Science Monitor (1997-2007), before joining the staff of the ...
I'll never understand people's attraction to alcohol. Not once in my life have I ever wanted a drink of alcohol and I never will. Why people put that stuff in their bodies will always be a mystery to me.
On the other hand, I've sure downed my share of ice cream over the years.
Though it's not political, I can tell that a liberal created this cartoon because it isn't even remotely funny or insightful about the recent juvy raid on Signal. Are you saying that underage drinking is something novel, ironic, or thought-provoking? A symptom of some larger local or cultural trend? Really? Clay, you need to get out more. Sometimes I wonder if you are part of the greeting card industry, which offers very competitive rewards for who can create the least funny or thought-provoking card.
wwwtw wrote: "Though it's not political, I can tell that a liberal created this cartoon because it isn't even remotely funny or insightful about the recent juvy raid on Signal."
Well...you know what they say; Opinions are like...
I found it quite humorous...and unfortunately an enlightening true-to-life depiction of an issue that plagues our younger generation today.
"Are you saying that underage drinking is something novel, ironic, or thought-provoking?"
How about simply topical?
"A symptom of some larger local or cultural trend? Really?"
Given that 17 local kids went to jail, I would call what happened to be problematic, if nothing else.
"Clay, you need to get out more."
Why don't you try to focus on the issue at hand, rather than to attack the messenger? The last thing we need in this nation is a fresh new batch of budding potential alcoholics.
Don't you feel that you would be better to direct your commentary towards the parents of those teenagers that had no idea where their kids were or what they were up to?
"Sometimes I wonder if you are part of the greeting card industry, which offers very competitive rewards for who can create the least funny or thought-provoking card."
You might consider striving to win some sort of recognition for the most useless comments of the year.
whats_wrong_with_the_world said... Though it's not political, I can tell that a liberal created this cartoon because it isn't even remotely funny or insightful about the recent juvy raid on Signal. Are you saying that underage drinking is something novel, ironic, or thought-provoking? A symptom of some larger local or cultural trend? Really? Clay, you need to get out more. Sometimes I wonder if you are part of the greeting card industry, which offers very competitive rewards for who can create the least funny or thought-provoking card.
This isn't at all new to signal. It's been going on for decades. What's new are arrests are being made. Just like it should have been all along. Just like it would have been if it were some poor smoe in the valleys below. For sure, there should have been a few drug charges in there somewhere too.
By the way, Clay. That depiction is too funny! Thanks for a good laugh.
Germany has three drinking ages.
At 14 - minors are allowed to consume and possess undistilled (fermented) alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, as long as they are in the company of their parents.
At 16 - undistilled drinks are allowed without a parent.
At 18 - having become adults, people are allowed access to distilled liquor.
Nowdays, with mind-bending substances like "bath salts" and "meth" readily available, if I were a parent of this age group kids their occasional drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco and weed would be the least of my concerns. As a country we should stop having double standards with an age group that matures years before the legal age limits.
I am surprised Clay did not right "GOP" on the back of the beer truck as doing so would have fit right in line with the rest of his lies about the Republican Party. Thanks Clay for giving us a break form you biased agenda. What happened are you one of the sheep that has strayed for a bit? Be careful Clay they will round you up and slap you on the wrist just like they did Newark Mayor Cory Booker when he strayed.
If the beer truck were a liquor truck, the middle school faculty would be chasing it!
alprova said...
"Why don't you try to focus on the issue at hand, rather than to attack the messenger?"
Calling the cartoonist a messenger implies that his cartoons have a substantial message. They are simplistic and witless, like liberalism itself. Salve for the humorless liberal soul.
"The last thing we need in this nation is a fresh new batch of budding potential alcoholics."
So said the nanny-state advocates of prohibition. I'll have to side with Europe (and the rest of the world) on this one. America finds itself, once again, locked in its silly perpetual grudge-match between teetotalers and sots. The result is that young adults don't know how to drink responsibly. They are no longer challenged to be self-governing.
G. K. Chesterton: "Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing."
Apparently, Clay123 was up against a deadline on this one.
EaTn said... Nowdays, with mind-bending substances like "bath salts" and "meth" readily available, if I were a parent of this age group kids their occasional drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco and weed would be the least of my concerns.
Bath salts alone aren't causing the problems. With bath salts it's suspected there's usually a combination and mixture of other dangerous consumption taking place. Such as alcohol+marijuana smoking+ prescription drug abuse in combination with the bath salts that's causing the super human strength violent behavior. I can't imagine the supporters of these kids caught in the act having the same supporters if this were over 20+ teens from the inner city caught drinking. What were they going to do to the young man they were chasing if they'd caught him?
Drugs? Years ago someone said some of the best stuff, aka DRUGS, can be found on the mountaintops. They said if you're going to mess with the stuff, don't mess with stuff in the valley. It's no good. The stuff on the mountains were the top of the line. LOL
Great Going Clay!
TOES 9:45. I , too, would like to see more diversity from Clay123.
To the above posters that suggest that Signal Mtn is a bunch of rich kids, I suggest you look at the 2010 Census demographics. The fact is Signal Mtn.'s population has a 69.3% education attainment of BS or greater, verses Red Banks 22%, East Ridge 19%, or Chattanooga's average 22%. That is what separates them, their emphasis on education, which equates to a higher earned income.
The fact is Signal Mtn. is a concentration of educated professionals that have earned income rather than wealth (Lookout Mtn). The Signal Mtn. housing average is $274,000 and average household income $84,000. This speaks volumes of high education attainment and professional incomes.
Signal Mountain
Red Bank
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Why is it offensive for a community to be successful? The community earned their education attainment, which equals income. If you are jealous of the Signal Mtn. community, then I suggest you go to college and graduate in a professional line of work, and earn your money through long term goals in education and business.
Signal Mtn.'s high education attainment has translated into their public schools, they demand high performance from their community schools,children, and have the HIGHEST academic performing schools in Hamilton County. You dare to diss them for teenage drinking that occurs in EVERY community, are you jealous of them?
There have been numerous teenage drinking parties in other communities that are not being reported. I find that very interesting.
Signal Mtn. is doing everything right, clean community (no trashy billboards and signs), the best schools (because they work at it), lowest crime in Hamilton County, best schools in Hamilton County, all because 69 percent have higher education degrees BS or higher. Education attainment changes the quality of life in all regards.
Signal Mtn. is the model for a great community, so shut up! I live in Chattanooga, and would move there in a minute.
When Bennett strays from his partisan sniping it becomes painfully obvious how unimaginative he is. I suppose that explains why he goes back to that tired product with such tedious regularity.
It is really too bad, for his sake, that he will not allow himself to parody Obama and the rest of the democrats in government. When you have so little talent, you cannot afford to pass up all of that low hanging fruit. His dogged partisan loyalty is starting to look like a form of slow and monotonous professional suicide.
aae1049 said... "Why is it offensive for a community to be successful? "
Because the Signal Mountain example distracts from leftist propaganda that provides excuses and federal government solutions for underachievers? Successful communities and schools need to be discredited so their example does not overshadow the leftist message.
"There have been numerous teenage drinking parties in other communities that are not being reported. I find that very interesting."
How do you know this?
There have been numerous teenage AND adult drinking scandals on Signal Mountain in the past few years.
I'm confused as to how this cartoon is wrong or bad.
To the above posters that suggest that Signal Mtn is a bunch of rich kids, I suggest you look at the 2010 Census demographics
The Signal Mtn. housing average is $274,000 and average household income $84,000
Since the average income in TN is 43k maybe these are a bunch of rich kids. And since the pop is 97% white with above average income and 960 persons per sqr mile and a semi-private high school I would hope for some of the HIGHEST academic performance out of them. Lets face it , if the kids at the bottom of the mountain were allowed into some of the empty seats up there on signal they might be able to perform at a higher level. But remember it wasn't safe for those kids to be bussed up there and it was due to the efforts of the community that the school was built or some such argument so we put'em in some portable buildings in Redbank. I think the only way to get in upthere is to be a 250 lb linebacker being bullied at a school without a winning team.
And the only thing surprising about the situation is that the police arrested these gang bangin hooligans, oops I mean good kids who made a poor decision, instead of calling daddy to pick'em up.
And April when your born on 3rd don't tell me you hit a triple.
I'm appalled at those successful upper middle-class peeps on Signal Mtn. ...There is hunger about. The nerve.
aae1049...you go, girl! I'm so glad that people like you and the burp are here to point out the lefist slant for all to see. Silly me, just a simple-minded liberal with my head in the clouds and my arms around a tree, I thought this was nothing more than a timely and topical 'toon on the recent news story about the many incidences of underage drinking on Signal Mtn. It even made me chuckle. The wicked and underhanded tactics of Bennett to slander Signal Mtn. as a den of corrupt capitalist pigs didn't even register on my radar screen. Could I BE any more obtuse?? I never would have seen the subtle leftist slant to this if you had not so brilliantly pointed it out. If it weren't for people like you and the burp being so vigilant and constantly accentuating the hate and the division, even where none seems to exist, so many of us might forget about hating and sowing division for a little while - and we know we shouldn't drop our guard, not even for a minute. Thanks for your perceptive analyasis and for keeping the flames of hate burning at a time when a mere chuckle will not suffice.
I think the funniest thing about this cartoon, or any of the comments, is that Mr. Bennett resides on Signal MT. His step children attend Signal Mountain schools. I guess that would make them "rich" kids. Funny how when given the choice of places to live, he chose the community that he constantly continues to belittle.
DJHBrainerd, Education attainment that determines income. You want Signal Mtn. income, go to school get a BS. Earn it Baby!
Let's have a little Demographics 101 just for those with income envy, and establish a pattern, because it is abundantly clear that you do not get the education attainment vs. income of a community. So here we go,
Signal Mtn. BS or greater 69.3 %, Av. Household Income $82,115
Red Bank BS or greater 22%, Av. Household Income $33,979
East Ridge BS or greater 19.8% Av. Household Income $39,087
Athens BS or greater 19.2% Av. Household Income $31,062
Collegedale BS or greater 43% Ave. Household Income $48,156
Brentwood, TN BS or greater 68.4% Ave Household Income $126,000
Now, do you see a pattern between Higher Education attainment vs. income. You want great schools and income, Higher Education is the key! Quit whining about people that made the choice to complete a BS or higher program, and earned their money the old fashion way.
Jack Dennis,
How are Census 2010 demographics compiled by the mint governmint reporting education attainment to income, racist? Everyone makes choices, some work two jobs, take student loans and go to college. Others drop out of school and smoke pot all day.
So, I am racist for believing that hard work, high education attainment, and earning higher education makes Signal Mtn, a model community.
You are absurd.
DJHBrainerd, I agree that NCLB transfers to Signal Mtn. should continue. Being poor should not mean that you have to go to a failing school. That was not the issue we were discussing, but you correct and it breaks my heart to see children trying to rise out of poverty and their stepping stone is a dangerous and failing school. But these issue, don't make Signal Mtn people the bad guys. They should be the model.
Enjoyed the Liberal blog.
If aae was unable to pick up on J_D's sarcasm I suppose she missed mine entirely too. She probably thought I was actually praising her. Such is her hubris, apparently. Or maybe that's just what comes from spending so much time fighting demons that don't exist -you fail to see the obvious.
DJHBRAINERD said...
"And the only thing surprising about the situation is that the police arrested these gang bangin hooligans, oops I mean good kids who made a poor decision, instead of calling daddy to pick'em up. And April when your born on 3rd don't tell me you hit a triple."
Good point(s).
aae1049 said...
"Signal Mtn. is doing everything right … Education attainment changes the quality of life in all regards. Signal Mtn. is the model for a great community, so shut up!"
I've noticed that Signal Mountaineers are extremely insular and provincial. They are REALLY INTO living on Signal Mountain. They meditate on and speak of its superiority ad nauseum. They can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live anywhere other than in their white utopia. My experience is that they are far more elitist and arrogant than Lookout Mountaineers. And, in you, they have attracted an apologist.
Your posts mistake correlations for causes, resulting in an overly simplistic understanding of the similarities and differences among various local communities. (C- minus work, at best, if I were your professor.) Believe it or not, many people earn degrees and adequate salaries, but choose not to live on Mount Utopia. Rather than dead-ending their lives on a cul-de-sac, some prefer to live in the city, within walking distance to work and cultural activities. Some prefer to live in more ethnically, racially, or socio-economically diverse communities. In other words, more like the demographics of the Kingdom of Christ.
Not all the wealth on Signal Mountain is "earned income," as you suggests. A great deal of it is inherited or acquired by marriage. Inherited wealth, created wealth, and earned income (the fruit of created wealth) are not mutually exclusive. Some of the wealthy work even when they don't need to do so. Sometimes, no doubt, it's to keep them or their family members from heavy drinking. Some are never content or never feel secure with their income level.
You are trapped in the illusion that hard work is mechanistically rewarded equitably and that economic justice is therefore inevitable (that everyone gets what they deserve in this life). You write as if the acquisition of a bachelor's degree is the sole factor determining disparities in income or quality of life. How foolish and blind. It should also be pointed out that not everyone on SM has been as hospitable as you claim to be about NCLB transfers.
Still, the cartoon is intellectually vacuous. What exactly does the ice cream truck connote about 17- and 18-year-olds who get caught drinking? It would be more poignant to skewer those who supplied the booze – perhaps an unscrupulous convenient store clerk or a parent desperately wanting teenagers to think of them as being cool. Something like that would be more to the point. Alas. Another cartoon, another missed opportunity to provoke timely discussion through humor.
I made no apologies for Signal Mtn., because they do not require such. Being wealthy requires no apology what so ever. Clearly, there is income envy amongst the posters, references,"bunch of rich kids." Clearly, you resent their sense of community.
These are typical teenagers, no different than Apison.
There is a direct correlation between higher education and income, and the intent was not to provide a dissertation. The intent was to show that higher education attainment is a direct contributor to income. That was all.
By the way, "Alas?" pithy.
aae1049: My remark was 100% tongue in cheek, madam.
Why shouldn't youth and their parents living on signal mountain or coming from any privileged background be held to the same standards as youth living in poor, low income areas when they break the law? I recall many of you wanting the parents jailed for what they children were caught doing.
The signal mountain supporters here have come out in droves on the defensive. These are the same individuals who never missed an opportunity to make derogatory and demeaning comments about the poor. Even when those comments weren't warranted.
The law is the law. Many of you asked for it, even begged for stiffer punishment for lawbreakers whose crimes were much less. You didn't think the same rules should apply to you? When the law is applied across the board without showing bias and favoritism the originally supporters are the first to scream no fair!!
Well teenage drinking is dangerous. Where there's drinking going on drugs, drug abuse and other anti-social behavior are usually taking place too. Not that he was the first, but a young man from a prominent family died a year or more ago from a drug overdose. He'd been abusing drugs for years. Nothing. Not a word was mentioned in the media. The entire media conspired to help keep it hushed up? I can't imagine someone from a lower middle class or poor community allowed the same privilege.
So my advice is SUCK IT UP and get over yourselves.
Football, The Cruise, Underage Drinking etc etc etc. A pillar of the Hamilton Co. community.
Money can't buy you class or morals. The Valley and downtown are just as good and bad as the two "mountians" and they need a reminder of it.
Good toon Clay.
It would appear that the superior educated youth of Signal Mountain are no smarter when it comes to making personal choices.
And before someone gets holier than thou in defending all of Signal Mountain's inhabitants, let us not forget that Signal Mountain, a.k.a. as "A little slice of heaven" was once the home of Byron De La Beckwith, the convicted murderer of Medgar Evers.
aae1049, It's not the wealth, per se, that people have a problem with. It's the naiveté, sense of privilege, and arrogance, as revealed in your posts. Critique doesn't entail resentment. "You're just jealous" is a weak apology for SM's sense of superiority and privilege.
In your unsuccessful attempt to distinguish SM's "earned income" from LM's "wealth" (10:47 a.m. post), I seem to detect some resentment of your own toward LM's wealth.
Aae1049 wrote: "Why is it offensive for a community to be successful?"
I don't recall reading any comment from a soul who claimed to be offended by Signal Mountain's "success."
"The community earned their education attainment, which equals income. If you are jealous of the Signal Mtn. community, then I suggest you go to college and graduate in a professional line of work, and earn your money through long term goals in education and business."
I seriously doubt that any criticism regarding Signal Mountain's youth stems from any sense of jealousy. But the truth will stand when the world is on fire, and the truth to this issue is that on several occasions, there have been multiple raids involving underage teens being caught imbibing alcohol.
It is a problem, and apparently the local police think so too. This time those involved were arrested and booked into jail rather than for the police to simply hand them back to their parents.
Right is right and wrong is wrong.
Nobody is suggesting that what these kids did is abnormal, heinous, or shameful. Experimentation with mind altering substances by teenagers is quite normal. But when caught, they should face the same penalties as kids in other areas are subjected to.
Signal Mountain and their diehard supporters just need to get rid of that sense of entitlement they themselves are always accusing the poorer classes of claiming. They should be willing to accept responsibility for their and their offsprings' poor choices the same as they expect those they consider the lesser class to.
Weren't their concerns over busing were those "undisciplined", "incorrigle" students from the inner cities would forever taint little Johnny and Mable by the mere presence of having to sit in the same classroom next to those lowly project dwellers? {sarcasm}
I'll pray that Mr. Bennetts children or grandchildren a poster mentioned attends SMH won't become a target for retaliation over this cartoon. One can feel the anger and hate emitting from the very words alone some of these posters are posting over exposing SM darker side.
There will ALWAYS be some sort of animosity between the "haves' and have nots'". Every community across the country has what I call it's "snob knob". In this case it's Signal Mtn.
Trust me, these so called "rich kids" and their "rich" parents WILL one day reap what they sew!
When little Johnny is 35 and living in mommy's basement with no life prospects, they'll finally get it. And they'll have only themselves to blame!
I can tell from many of these comments that most of you folks don't know much about Signal Mountain, because according to the original story this party was on Edward's Point Road. That is not exactly an affluent area. It's definitely more trailer park than mansions and swimming pools.
Underage kids like to drink beer, it happens in every community. The real story here is why the Sheriff's Dept. is wasting time an resources dragging kids to jail instead of just issuing them a citations and calling their parents like police everywhere else would.
If this happens in Red Bank it doesn't even make the news.
memphisexile wrote: "The real story here is why the Sheriff's Dept. is wasting time an resources dragging kids to jail instead of just issuing them a citations and calling their parents like police everywhere else would."
Perhaps you are not aware that issuing citations and calling parents has been the tact taken in times past. This time the police decided to take a more appropriate approach when someone...even Signal Mountain juveniles, break the law.
"If this happens in Red Bank it doesn't even make the news."
That may well have been the case, but no more according to the Hamilton County Sheriff.
Source: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/j...
"Parties with underage drinking have become such a problem for the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the department now says it will arrest the partygoers and take them to jail or the juvenile detention center."
Jack_Dennis & aae1049... Can't you racists all just get along? LOL Seriously, though, you two should stop exposing each others latent bigotry and focus on the task at hand, which is to examine why it's all going so wrong up on "Big Sig". It evokes scenes from the movie 'Over the Edge':
dude_: I have no latent tendencies. They're all out on the surface. Further, I'm not real stoked about the Sig....one way or the other.
memphisexile said... I can tell from many of these comments that most of you folks don't know much about Signal Mountain, because according to the original story this party was on Edward's Point Road. That is not exactly an affluent area. It's definitely more trailer park than mansions and swimming pools.
But when you look at the names of those arrested and where they live, you'll find they actually are from the better areas of Signal Mountain. So they go down to the trailer parks to party, their parents has disdain for? Typical.
harp3339 said... Could it be that authorites on Signal are doing a better job of addressing a problem than their counter parts in other communities?
Nope! Actually, it's more like finally doing a better job of addressing a problem that should have been addressed decades ago. As anyone knows, this has been happening on these mountaintops and other better communities for decades. Only the poor are held to higher standards and undeer the microscope for scrutiny and punishments of jail prison time and paying fines they can ill afford. Why do you think the poorremain locked in a cycle of poverty? Their parents did it. Their parents parents did it. They past that self of entitlement behavior on down to jr. and missy.
This cartoon is hilarious, Clay!! Signal parents have kids that make wrong choices, show me a kid in any community that does not, they will deal with the consequences to their actions, so keep it in perspective! The topic is serious, it is happening more than most really know, but don't lose your sense of humor when you need it the most.
Well like SM or not, call our kids what you want. But your kids will call them BOSS. Keep them coming Clay!
Funny, looked back around June 2nd 2012 and found no cartoons on the teen drinking in Apison?
Hey dirtbag, draw something about someone elses kids!
And the Soddy Daisy prom bust wasn't worthy of publication in the TFP, just the Chattanoogan. http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/5/15/226113/Soddy-Daisy-High-After-The-Prom-Party.aspx


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of Mexican-Americans with type 2 diabetes, the kind closely linked to obesity, has nearly doubled since 1993, new research shows.
But while the rate of diabetes-related complications has declined among people with diabetes in the US overall, it hasn't dropped among Mexican Americans 75 and older, Dr. Holly A. Beard of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and her colleagues found.
"In light of the high prevalence of diabetes in this group, no improvement in diabetes-related complications heightens the urgency for public health interventions," the researchers wrote in the journal Diabetes Care.
Mexican Americans are known to have a greater risk of diabetes and diabetes complications than non-Hispanic whites, Beard and her team explain, but to date there has been no research looking specifically at trends in diabetes among the oldest Mexican Americans.
To investigate, the researchers looked at data from a community-based study of Mexican Americans aged 75 and older living in the southwestern United States. Their analysis included 1,132 men and women who were surveyed between 1993 and 1994, and another group of 902 men and women surveyed in 2004 and 2005.
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Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has threatened to move more US jobs overseas if President Barack Obama refuses to change his stance on ending tax breaks on foreign earnings. Big Steve told Bloomberg yesterday that US tax rates made jobs "more expensive." "We're better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the US as …
Almost as if Microsoft won't offshore those jobs anyway.
It's easy for these companies. All they have to do is reregister in the country they prefer to do business in. Of course, that would make them vulnerable to the laws of that country, and the US wouldn't be obliged to put its still considerable weight behind these operations when things stop going according to their masters wishes.
If you are that unpatriotic Steve Balmer, get the eff out and stay out, you America-Hating Git. You'll *love* India. they get more rain than Seattle does, and more Sun in between than California. Best of both worlds really. Or there's China, where copies of your products have ten times the market penetration as the real thing. Your patents will be safe there for sure, and if they're not, well, at least you can take pride in that the copies are of Microsoft software and not the rubbishy Apple rubbish. Or there's Europe wher all things Microsoft are so very popular. Pity about the lawsuits, but you can't have everything. Perhaps Russia?
Yes, bugger off soonest and take sharepoint, passport and vista with you, gitface.
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Thank you prez for one of the few policies I can agree with here. Screw you MS. None of the 1000s of unemployed American IT professionals will shed a tear for the money you'll be losing.
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I'm continually amazed the way Amercians glibly say that Obama is a 'socialist'. As far as I can tell, this definition of socialist means nothing other than that he is using public money differently to his predecessor. As far as I can tell the Bush administration was very happy to use public money - mostly on the arms industry.
Oh yes, if Obama does anything at all the corporations (particularly News International) don't like, that's socialism too. War is Peace.
Outside the USA, socialism - as an ideological position - implies a belief in bottom-up organisation - even if the reality has been quite different in many cases. (The third "S" in USSR being the most notorious, just like the second 'D' in DDR might have undermined the word 'democracy' - ah but we in the enlightened free world want to use that D too, so it is 'untainted'. yeah right.). Having a few guys at the top making all the decisions is an anti-socialist and anti-democratic position. There is no real difference between Bush and Obama on that score.
BTW the comments here about grey markets were spot on. I think Ballmer is mostly just putting on the show for the shareholders. The simple fact is that tax havens compromise globalisation. You can't have your cake and eat it.
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What an excellent idea, but you are missing one important point, all these Johny foreigner companies created a better, cheaper product than the original 'merkin product, and probabally no secret backdoors for the NSA. So I for one would welcome such a situation.
The evil empire's Irish subsidiary, Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (MIOL), which is responsible for the software company's distribution and logistics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, had a turnover of €11.3 billion, paid corporation tax of €63.5 million and generated a pretax profit of €477 million in the 12 months to the end of June 2008.
This figure is down from the 2007 figures because MicroShit has reorganised (i.e. found a tax loophole) and has another company in Ireland, Microsoft Ireland Research (MIR), which allegedly employs only three or four microserfs, conveniently, MIR is an unlimited company which is not required to file accounts.
In 2008 MIOL's expenses increased by almost €3 billion to €10 billion. A significant portion of this is accounted for by royalty payments to MIR associated with the products it shipped. MIR then pays a dividend to Micro$oft in 'merkin land.
So what happens is that MicroCrap sells sell a copy of Orifice in France, ships it from Germany, makes a profit in Ireland, and a tax loss in USA-land on the development cost, but a profit in dividends.
And so we continue to see the pigopolists view of the world, its only a global economy if they can get paid in the first world but pay taxes in the third world.
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Wait... You mean Ballmer is upset because MS just might actually have to pay the taxes they owe--taxes that they, along with hundreds (thousands?) of businesses, have managed to ignore. Isn't the prospect of missed tax revenues a key foundation of the Business Software Alliance's (therefore, Microsoft's) big "Why we need to stop software piracy" initiative?
I'll save you the trouble--Yes it is--in every Global Piracy Study for the past five or six years, lost tax revenue is a key excuse for enacting more onerous legislation. Now, I realize we're discussing employment taxes, but isn't this the same basic problem? Um... Microsoft, the intent of that law was to enable you to move into the international marketplace and begin competing--not to avoid your responsibilities. Now that you are established, why not consider paying your debts to the societies that gave your company life?
What ever happened to the investigations into off-shoring intellectual property to Ireland to hide it from U.S. taxation? Ref, here is only one of the dozens of articles on side-stepping taxes that seem to have simply dried up: http://www.finfacts.ie/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10003995.shtml
Seems like there is a double standard going here... Surprised? Please accept my sincere apologies for speaking out. I realize it isn't "politically correct" to point out these types of scams.
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People talked about whats lead US to where it is today. The answer is very simple. Its because of people like Mark Taylor whoms only thought is mememememememe. Idiots that don´t see the larger picture.
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Of course, when we get a world government, tax dodging and/or evasion of this kind will become impossible anyway.
I wish to be the first to welcome our new global tax-imposing overlords! Oh, and I could be available for that departmental software contract....
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PS4 version of Secret Ponchos will be released in December
We've been big fans of Secret Ponchos, an isometric arena shooter that takes place in a stylized Old West setting, since its PAX East 2013 debut. Ever since, we've been waiting for its release on the PS4 and PC but, according to a post on the PlayStation Blog, we won't have to be waiting much longer.
If you're a PlayStation Plus subscribers, Secret Ponchos will be available in December as part of the Instant Game Collection on the PS4. All other PS4 owners will also be able to purchase it separately at that time. As one of the game's banditos might say, yee haw!
Secret Ponchos is also currently available on the PC through Steam's Early Access program. It's possible the game's "full version" will be released in December, but nothing has been officially announced by developer Switchblade Monkeys yet.
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Secret Ponchos available on Steam Early Access right now
See that? That is a glorious trailer for Secret Ponchos that Switchblade Monkeys showed at E3 2014. Even more amazing is the fact that the game launched on Steam Early Access just this morning. You can pick it up and start playing right now for just $11.24, which is 25% off the price. You can also get a pack of four copies for $33.74, so you can share them with your friends (and then murder them in-game). Please note, you need a controller to play the game as of right now.
Secret Ponchos was one of our beloved PAXpocalypse picks last year, so we're excited about this news. The game will be coming to the PlayStation 4 this Fall and the full release of the PC version will be available sometime between this Fall and the first quarter of 2015.
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Secret Ponchos is "about three months" away from being released
I got a chance to play Switchblade Monkeys' Secret Ponchos this morning at PAX East and, in addition to trying out a sword-wielding character known as "Matador," I learned that the game is "about three months" from release.
Developer Caley Smyth said that Secret Ponchos will be released this Summer (sometime around July) for the PS4 and PC. Both versions will appear around the same time, though the PS4 version, which will launch as a PlayStation Plus freebie, may be released a few weeks earlier.
We'll have more from PAX East 2014 all weekend.
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Switchblade Monkeys delays the showdown between Secret Ponchos and the PS4
Sony recently revealed the April additions to the Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers and, sadly, Secret Ponchos wasn't among them. We reached out to developer Switchblade Monkeys via Twitter and they confirmed the old west arena shooter won't be released for the PS4 next month as originally planned:
@CaptWarpZoned @SwitchbladeMkys John you are correct! Hangin there SP will come to beta testing to make sure its rock solid b4 release
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A new release date wasn't announced, though as you can see, a beta for the game will be available soon. However, we're definitely sure that the next time we'll be able to get our hands on Secret Ponchos is at this year's PAX East expo (April 11 through April 13). Switchblade Monkeys previously announced the game will be playable on the show floor.
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Secret Ponchos will sneak into PAX East 2014 in playable form
The developers at Switchblade Monkeys certainly had a busy 2013. In March, they debuted their first game, Secret Ponchos, at PAX East 2013. After a huge reaction from the crowd of con-goers, the team signed up with Sony and agreed to showcase the game at E3 2013 as a PS4-exclusive. And with its April release date looming, the developer has just revealed that first we'll all get a chance to try it out again at PAX East 2014:
We've been working like mad, getting the game rebuilt in PhyreEngine for PS4! Get your hands on the new SP debut PAX East! Its been worth it
— Switchblade Monkeys (@SwitchbladeMkys) March 14, 2014
PAX East 2014 will be held in Boston beginning on April 11. If you plan to attend, I hope you've got your tickets. The popular Spring event is already sold out.
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Secret Ponchos will be released for PS4 in April
Secret Ponchos was the toast of this year's PAX East. Large crowds gathered around the Old West-styled arena shooter during all three days of the expo (this includes several members of the Warp Zoned Staff). In addition to the throngs of con-goers, several Sony executives were mightily impressed with the game as well. According to Polygon, the Sony crew was so impressed with the game that they signed a deal with the developers from Switchblade Monkeys that weekend.
Part of this deal included an appearance at E3 2013 and a pledge from the developer that Secret Ponchos would be released on the PS4 first. To ensure that Secret Ponchos would be the best game it could be on Sony next-gen platform, the publisher even gave Switchblade Monkeys access to their PhyreEngine rendering engine. PhyreEngine was previously used by thatgamecompany to create Flow, Flower, and Journey.
The developers hope to release Secret Ponchos on the PS4 in April. The game will also be included as a free download for PlayStation Plus subscribers when its released.
Switchblade Monkeys originally coded Secret Ponchos in the Unity engine with plans to bring it to as many platforms as possible. While an Xbox 360, Xbox One, or Wii U release remains unannounced, plans are in place to eventually bring the game to the PC.
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Secret Ponchos will be released on the PS4 in 2014
Secret Ponchos was one of our favorite games on display at this year's PAX East show, so it was great seeing the guys from Switchblade Monkeys on stage at Sony's E3 Press Conference to announce that the game will be released on the PS4.
This morning, the Monkeys have confirmed that Secret Ponchos will be released sometime in 2014, which is a bit of a delay from its originally scheduled Summer 2013 release. Of course, if it was somehow released for the PS4 in Summer 2013 that would bend the laws of space and time. And I don't think anyone wants that.
A blog post on the game's official website reveals that a PC version of the game is also a priority for the developers: "We're doing our best to bring Secret Ponchos to the PC."
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Sony @ E3 13: Indie developers/games highlighted
During their E3 Press Conference, Sony spent a good deal of time showcasing various indie developers and their games, all coming to the PlayStation 4. The developers/games shown were:
- Adventure game Don't Starve (Klei Entertainment)
- Hand-drawn side-scrolling shooter Mercenary Kings (Tribute Games)
- IGF-nominated Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Young Horses)
- Overhead arena shooter Secret Ponchos (Switchblade Monkeys)
- Puzzle platformer Ray's the Dead (Ragtag Studios)
- First-person horror game Outlast (Red Barrels)
- Oddworld: New & Tasty, which is a remake of Abe's Odyssey (Oddworld Inhabitants)
- Side-scrolling open-world shooter Galak-Z (17-Bit Games)
All I have to say is… there's my buddy.
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Well you have intellect gems, your way over hitcapped and you have a hit gem, not to mention your lack of gems and no enchants, by your gear i cannot tell if your pvp or pve. You also have JC at 450 and and no 34 Strength gems.
i play a ret pally and i cant get my dps past 2.5k how can i get it up
here my ger if u wanna look at it http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...arg&cn=Kirolas
Well you have intellect gems, your way over hitcapped and you have a hit gem, not to mention your lack of gems and no enchants, by your gear i cannot tell if your pvp or pve. You also have JC at 450 and and no 34 Strength gems.
Ok first your talent spec needs some work. I would recommend http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#sVVzZVZVfbtbIuhdIfsu . For gems your going to want to put a 20str gem in every thing unless its a yellow socket with a bonus of 4str or more in which case go 10str 10crit. Make sure you are using seal of vengeance/corruption. Also for major glyphs use the vengeance glyph for 10 expertise, consecration glyph, and judgment glyph. Also make sure you are using the correct priority
As was previously stated way too much hit rating, you are pushing the dual wield cap for rogues which is overboard. Basically the way stats work for pve ret pally; STR > CRIT > HASTE > ARMOR PEN, while keeping your hit over 263 rating and your expertise with vengeance glyph at 26. You are 390ish hit rating over par. I would use triumph badges to pick up your t 9.0 Chest Helm Legs and Shoulders. Also get a darkmoon card of greatness for +90 STR if you can afford one. I would also look at maybe going back to a Mirror of Truth from the heroism vendor. You would proabbly see a decent dps upgrade with the crit rating versus all that hit on your current trinkets.
Mostly its a gear/gem/enchant issue resolve these easy changes and you should jump into the 4500-5k dps range. After you pick up all these changes, if you are still shooting low we can discuss your dps priority/rotation. My ret pally is horridly geared due to my warrior being constantly busy, but with a 4k GS im still able to push 5k in ten man icc (and thats swinging an ilvl 219 2hander).
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As already stated, your spec needs some serious work. And yes, get rid of some hit.
If you want to max out your dps you can't be afraid to spend some money. There is no way you're gonna get much higher dps without enchanting your gear and socketing correctly. I see so many missing enchants, and the few sockets you actually have filled; most are filled wrong. Str or str/crit is def the way to go, but make sure you're using good gems. Scrap the pvp gear, scrap the cheap gems, scrap the wrong gems (int, hit, res), enchant your gear and you should do ok.
Asking why you can't get higher dps without gemming/enchanting is like asking why you can't beat a porsche in your elantra
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ST. JOSEPH/ CASS COUNTIES A police pursuit and crash late Sunday night left 160 customers without power in St. Joseph County.
A vehicle hit a utility pole at the intersection of State Line Road and Hollyhock just before midnight.
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[Moxley Confidential] The longtime chairman of the OC Republican Party passes away and takes some great dirt with him
UPDATE, MARCH 17, 12:41 P.M.: The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to defund National Public Radio (NPR). The matter now goes to the Senate.Start buying those tote bags.
Our R. Scott Moxley reports that, by the end of the night at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, the older Republicans in the room showed on their faces exactly what they felt: worry, frustration, indignation. But the Young Republican types in their 20s and 30s were not missing a beat--or a drop of hooch--as ... More >>
Thanks to one intrepid reporter, the Weekly got mentioned in three different newspaper stories today. Oh, and someone got out of jail. And the DA looks stupid. And the cops. And a judge. Cool. Earlier today Paul Brennan expertly explained how the LA Times was almost exactly a year late in getting ... More >>
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How to Supercharge Your New Year's ResolutionsAnne Marie Durham : January 1, 2014
I'm looking over my New Year's Resolutions list and it looks remarkably like the same list I made last year. And the year before that. And the year before that!
Sure, I've been able to mark a few things off, but there are some really important resolutions that still remain. What is the difference between the resolutions that succeeded and the ones that failed?
In every case, my repeat resolutions are ones I have tried to conquer alone.
They are the resolutions that I have been determined to do myself, either because I had something to prove or because I was too proud to admit I needed help in a particular area.
But any self-improvement effort has a better chance of succeeding when it is done with others. Support groups, buddies, and mentors can exponentially increase the likelihood of individual progress toward a goal. Partners keep us focused, they teach us new tools and tricks, they inspire us when we lose hope, and they hold our feet to the fire.
Any work done in a group setting also has a number of hidden benefits we often fail to recognize. Working with others challenges us, and forces to face the truths we hide from ourselves. It puts us in a setting where we have to give as well as receive, and this give and take process reshapes our personality for the better. We learn to exchange our pride for humility when we ask for help. And we gift others with our experiences and talents. When we work in community, not only do we become better people, we help create a better world.
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Nelson Mandela on Community and ChangeAnne Marie Durham : December 7, 2013
This week, we have all remembered Nelson Mandela by sharing his inspirational quotes with each other through social media. Many of these quotes are short and simple, but contain powerful truths. He spoke of the wonderful things he believed we could achieve – freedom, equality, justice, prosperity – and how he believed we could achieve it – cooperation, collaboration, self development, love.
Nelson Mandela was a believer in the power of community – and the amazing gifts it has to offer each and every one of us.
I put together a quote "mashup" tribute if you will, of what Nelson Mandela had to say about community and change. The words in italics are his, the rest are mine.
Want to change the world? Start with yourself. You are connected to everyone else, so having your heart, head, and soul in the right place will amplify your effectiveness.
The first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but also humility.
One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
Are you going to enrich yourself in order to enable the community around you to be able to improve? more »
Sign Me Up! 5 Messages to Encourage Community InvolvementAnne Marie Durham : November 30, 2013
The people in your community are your most valuable resources.
Even the richest local asset will sit dormant and under-utilized without the innovation, creativity, passion, and engagement of community citizens. The experiences and talents of your neighbors are essential ingredients to economic success. When these forces are activated in a cooperative and focused way, small, individual actions can translate into big change.
The development and activation of local human assets can be a challenge. Many people have gotten discouraged by the scale of the work that needs to be done and don't see how they can possibly change things. They don't see themselves as the "big leader" who they feel needs to step in and take charge to make things better. They may not have had role models in their life to show them how to participate and teach them that what they have to offer the community is essential to progress.


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Dramatic music! Moody lighting! Gothic styling! Black Swan II? Noooo, silly – it's 'Daphne's Window', the first foray into cinema of everyone's favourite treacle-voiced fashion heiress, Daphne Guinness. Guinness famously dressed herself in the window of Barneys for this year's MET ball and this (not-at-all pretentious) mini film accompanies her as she dons McQueen for the annual fashion gala.
The beautifully shot mini-movie, directed by Brennan Stasiewiczis, offers some fascinating insights into Daphne's psyche – example: 'I am what I am, and then when people label me as eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished… because I kind of think that this is completely normal.' Hmm. We don't know why, but we're guessing that Daphne doesn't spend much time on the tube. Or Tesco.
As well as following Daphne as she gets ready for the MET ball – a process which involves a good deal of feline posing, rather than the putting-on of mascara and discovery of broken zips and such – the film looks at the armour inspired pieces of jewellery (including the amaze chainmail glove which DG sports in the vid), which she has created in association with jeweller Shaun Leane and which will be on display in London at the end of June.
Watch and learn pretties; THIS is how you get ready for a night out.


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Firefox 4 preview builds with JägerMonkey JavaScript engine now available for download
I've got the Windows version installed, and I'll admit that I'm not gobsmacked at the moment. The build feels fast, but not noticeably faster than the nightly builds I've used up until this point. Benchmark scores are certainly good -- with the Firefox 4 preview hot on the heels of Chrome 7.0.517.0 on my system (a quick Sunspider run was nearly neck-and-neck between the two browsers).
Even on the Fluid Dynamics sim mentioned in the post from Mozilla's Dave Mandelin ran at a higher FPS in Chrome.
Maybe my system is having some issues, though -- so let us know! Grab the Firefox 4 JägerMonkey preview build for your platform and tell us how it compares to other browsers!


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Photoshop Pen Tool: how to remove distractions in your images
Photoshop's Pen Tool is useful and versatile, and handy to get to know. It can be used to draw custom shapes, make selections, and it can also help with your photo fixing.
To remove the ropes in the image above, you could spray the Spot Healing Brush over them. But for more accuracy, you would use the Pen tool to create paths that follow the cables' curves and then stroke the Healing Brush along the path, as we'll demonstrate in our step-by-step walkthrough below.
How to use the Photoshop Path tool to remove distractions in your images
01 Apply Spot Healing
Open our 'before image' in Photoshop and grab the Spot Healing Brush tool. Set it to a size of 20. Tick the Content-Aware option. When you spray over the unwanted ropes it can be a challenge to cover the rope accurately. Bits of rope may remain.
02 Draw a Path
Choose Edit>Undo Spot Healing Brush. Grab the Pen tool. Click to place four or five anchor points along the rope. Grab the Direct Selection tool to place the points in the middle of the rope. Use the Convert Point tool to curve the path between the points.
03 Stroke the Path
Right-click the path and choose Stroke Path. Set Tool to Spot Healing Brush in the pop-up dialog box and click OK. The tool will follow the more accurate curved path and do a better job of removing the rope. Tidy up the remaining traces of rope by manually dabbing the Spot Healing Brush on them.
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Situated in the center of Baden-Baden at Augustaplatz opposite to the Kongresshaus, Hotel Löhr is a historical building with an old hospitality tradition. The Kurhaus with its legendary Casino, the 350 year old Lichtentaler Allee and the pedestrian shopping area, the thermal baths area - the modern spa complex "Caracalla Thermen" and the Roman-Irish bath "Friedrichsbad" are only a few steps away from the hotel. Our hotel consists of three buildings, which are about 50 meters apart from each other (renovation in 2009). Today all rooms meet the standard of a three stars hotel. They are equipped with shower, toilet, minibar, hairdryer and satellite TV (with German, French, English, Russian, Italian and other International channels). In the main building the reception and the breakfast room are provided. There is also a safe, so you have the possibility to store your valuables. In the building 2 and 3 every room has its own safe. Also part of the hotel complex is a Bistro-Cafe, which is often frequented by locals. The Bistro-Cafe possesses separate smoking and non-smoking areas, slot machines, a large plasma TV and a terrace opposite to the central square with a view of the Lichtentaler Alee and the congress building. You can start your day with a rich breakfast in our Cafe Löhr. You can park your car or motorcycle in the public parking–house near our hotel.
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New Google Tool Tells You How to Make Your Site Faster
Google has released Page Speed Online, a Google Labs project that analyzes any website for its speed and gives suggestions on how to improve it. The experimental tool is straightforward to use; just type in a website and Google will come back with suggestions for how to improve that website's speed. The suggestions are ranked as either High, Medium or Low. In addition, Google displays which rules of thumb a website is already following.


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Advantages of Visiting a Dentist
A dentist is a professional who is specially trained to study, diagnose, treat and prevent oral diseases. These involve the teeth and the oral soft tissues. The face and neck are also a crucial part of dental examination and practice.
As we all know, many systemic diseases can have oral manifestations, while many oral diseases can lead to systemic diseases as well. Visiting the dentist is thus, not just a large sum of money out of one's pocket as common misconception suggests, but it has everything to do with improving one's oral and general health and staying healthy. Dentists are, after all, certified as doctors for a reason.
Why visit the Dentist?
Regular visits to the dentist can help to prevent a variety of dental and oral problems. Brushing twice daily, using mouth wash and flossing are all part of maintaining perfect oral hygiene, but there could still be a problem that one is not aware of until it actually manifests itself. People with tartar and calculus cannot remove it with simple brushing and flossing. Tartar and calculus, if left alone, can most likely cause swollen gums and periodontal disease which, if left untreated, leads to tooth loss. Only a professional dentist is certified to perform the scaling procedure necessary to have it removed. The dentist will not only treat the problem, he will also educate the patient on effective tooth-brushing techniques to ultimately prevent periodontal disease. Read more »


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the term 'puff' can be added before a word for fun if you are bored and have nothing better to do. love puff was the original term, but over time more and more phrases have come into common knowledge. a love puff is a close friend to you.
examples of the use of puff: funny puff, love puff, silly puff.
by shed-hed March 20, 2007
A silent fart released whilst in bed with your partner, that you were hoping wouldn't smell, but does. By calling it a 'love puff', you hope to maintain some level of cuteness and overcome the curse of the bad smell that threatens to ruin an otherwise romantic moment.
'Oh, whoopsy! I did a little love puff!'
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A more pleasant synonym for QUEEF.
Vanessa shared a story about her night with Jerry and how her hoohaa kept letting out love puffs all night.
by benslittledrumer September 23, 2009
When a person farts under the covers and holds the blanket down so the bodily gases do not escape. When it has reached its peak of stinkieness, he or she releases the intoxicating sent in small "puffs" with 5 to 10 second inervals sharring the gases with a lover, freind, or family member.
Damn that was one stinky lovepuff!
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Cesar Izturis
Cesar David Izturis is a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He is the half-brother of shortstop Maicer Izturis, who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Julio Izturis, who plays in the minor leagues in the San Francisco Giants organization.
Izturis' greatest strengths are spectacular defense and solid contact hitting. He is a switch hitter with good speed, but very little power.
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1996, Izturis made his debut with Toronto in 2001 and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of the season.
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