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RUSKIN, Fla. — After a slow start, Florida's fall tomato volume is beginning to increase.
The deal started a little later than normal with smaller volume.
Because of heavy September rains, tomato yields are down by about 25%, said Tony DiMare, vice president of the Homestead-based DiMare Co., which also grows and packs from the Palmetto-Ruskin region.
Typically, Florida growers begin harvesting mature-greens in late October and hit volume in mid-November.
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Weisinger said growers are harvesting more 50s and high 40s size tomatoes and said demand for the mediums will increase as the deal produces fewer smaller sizes.
He said he expects markets to remain strong through late November.
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The USDA reported the same prices for mature-greens from Quincy's northern Florida deal.
Last year in mid-November, the USDA reported those same cartons from central Florida selling for $13.95 for 5x6s, 6x6s and 6x7s with No. 2s selling for $11.95 for 5x6s, 6x6s and 6x7s.
In late October, Palmetto-based West Coast Tomato Inc. began harvesting mature-greens and romas.
Bob Spencer, vice president and sales manager, said harvesting hit promotable volume early and called quality typical.
"We have been able to start shipping them to the eastern half of the U.S.," he said in mid-October. "As the California deal winds down, we will be able to send them west too."
Spencer said the Quincy crop, which normally begins by early October and runs through mid-November, was bringing high quality but not heavy volume.
He said the August and September rains cut into Florida's early volume.
In mid-November, Weisinger said romas were in shorter than normal supply.
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Last year in mid-November, the USDA reported $13.95-14.95 for the 25-pound cartons for extra large.
For cherry tomatoes from central Florida, the USDA reported $10.95-11.95 for flats of 12 1-pint baskets, higher than last year in mid-November when those flats sold for $6.95-8.95.
On central Florida grape tomatoes, flats of 12 1-pint containers with lids marketed for $9.95-11.95 while 20-pound cartons of loose grapes sold for $19.95-21.95.
That's higher than during the same time last season from central Florida when the USDA reported those same flats selling for $7.95-8.95 and reported $13.95-14.95 for the cartons.


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CHICAGO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium
poppy crops, which cover an area about the size of New York City, have
been "unsatisfactory," Russia's anti-drug czar said on Thursday.
Russia is the world's largest per capita consumer of heroin and is coping
with an epidemic of HIV/AIDS spread by dirty needles.
Afghanistan has long been the world's leading producer of opium, used to
make heroin, and one-quarter of its production traverses its porous border
with former Soviet states and supplies as many as 3 million Russian
Viktor Ivanov, director of Russia's Federal Service for the Control of
Narcotics, in Chicago for meetings with his American counterparts, said he
agreed with the dim assessment of U.S. poppy eradication efforts by some
members of the U.S. Congress.
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through an interpreter in an interview with Reuters. He referred to
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and Republican Senator Charles
Grassley, who co-chair a caucus on international drug trafficking.
Russia has said the United States made a mistake in 2009 by phasing out
crop eradication efforts to focus instead on intercepting drugs and
hunting production labs and drug lords.
President Barack Obama has committed to turning over security to Afghan
control by the end of 2014. The United States launched the war weeks after
the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, targeting al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Joint Russian-American anti-drug operations have appeared to tail off
since a raid in October 2010 seized a ton of heroin and destroyed four
drug-producing laboratories.
There were four more joint raids conducted between December 2010 and
February 2011, but Ivanov said it was cumbersome to obtain military
approval quickly, given time-sensitive intelligence.
In spite of concerns that the Taliban and other insurgent elements were
financed by illegal drug profits, Ivanov said absentee landowners and
traffickers who reap the bulk of the $7 billion in illegal drug proceeds
did not have an ideological stake in the decade-old war. The Taliban
earned $150 million annually from drug trafficking, he said.
But the traffickers have hijacked the military's transportation
infrastructure in Afghanistan to help them ship their product, he said.
The rising number of violent clashes in Afghanistan worked against any
effort to persuade farmers to grow legal crops instead of opium poppies,
Ivanov said.
"Ask any farmer if he's growing wheat and at the same time his country is
torn by all sorts of military clashes. How safe will he feel about the
future of his crops and the eventual sale of his crops?" Ivanov said.
"That's why we think the most efficient and effective measure is to
destroy the product, the drug plantations and the drug laboratories," he
The United Nations said land devoted to opium poppy cultivation in
Afghanistan rose 7 percent this year to 1,310 square kilometers (506 sq
miles), much of it in the less-secure south and east.
"This tremendous amount of heroin is produced on a relatively small
territory ... about the area of New York City," Ivanov said.
He lobbied for creation of a digital poppy map that would identify poppy
plantations and show where eradication was working, or not. The publicly
accessible map would use surveillance data gathered by American drones and
possibly a Russian-American satellite dedicated to the task.
Ivanov said Russia, which fought its own costly war in Afghanistan in the
1980s, had also embarked on a concerted effort to treat its own addicts,
which critics say it has often failed to do up to now.
Scientists were working on a new pharmaceutical approach that would
suppress the urge to use while not substituting one drug for another.
Russian officials have rejected methadone, saying it is merely exchanges
one addiction for another.
U.S. addiction rates were also on the rise, Ivanov warned, with many users
smoking or inhaling purer Afghan heroin. (Editing by Eric Beech)
On 11/17/11 10:01 PM, John Blasing wrote:
Russian/NATO cooperation in the cards? [johnblasing]
Russian counter-narcotics chief proposes joint anti-Afghan drug command
to USA
Russia proposes setting up a joint Russian-US command involving NATO
troops to combat drug production in Afghanistan, the head of the Russian
Federal Service for Control over the Trafficking of Narcotics, Viktor
Ivanov, has said. He was shown speaking on Russian Gazprom-owned NTV on
17 November, following talks with the director of the US Office of
National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, in Chicago.
Ivanov said: "I came forward with a proposal to create a joint command
of sorts, which would comprise not only the [Russian] Federal Service
for Control over the Trafficking of Narcotics and the US drug control
agency [presumably Office of National Drug Control Policy], but involve
the military as well. For instance, NATO representatives, who are in
charge of carrying out operations in Afghanistan. Because eliminating
drug labs and poppy field infrastructure is impossible without the
involvement of the military, given the military-political situation in
He also said: "There are, of course, differences [in the Russian and US
positions]. These differences are connected to the fact that a number of
US officials suggest focusing efforts on intercepting drug trafficking
in Central Asian countries. Meanwhile, Russia calls for implementing the
decision of the UN General Assembly, thus making the destruction of drug
production in Afghanistan the priority task. If there are no opium and
poppy fields, there will not be any drug trafficking."
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Monday, March 22, 2010
The Language of Life
As I leaned over to blow dry my hair at the gym this morning, I saw this stored under the table and well, I loved the name of this and how it worked on multiple levels (so yes, when no one was looking, I took it out and photographed it with my phone--note the flowers I positioned near it to give it that "finished" look). Anyway as you can see--
Rest Assured Toilet Covers
First, who knew toilet covers had a name, but Rest Assured, how perfect is that? And what I love most was how they managed to get "ass" in their brand name. Your "ass" is "assured." The other funny thing is if you break "assured" down it's ass-u-red. (Maybe these toilet paper covers prevent you from getting that.) Do others find this stuff as captivating and hilarious as I do? I swear, I must get this into a poem.
And the best thing is that from now on when someone tells me "rest assured," I will probably break out laughing because my image of this cliche has completely changed.
So my challenge to you (if you choose to accept it) is-- what words, brands, language do you see around you every day that is actually pretty smart, witty, or surprising? What words can you find out in the world?
I'm interested and love this stuff. Let me know if you find anything...
6 comments:
- Michael said...
I like that you are so easily amused. Sometimes I get really self conscious about the fact that things cracke me up that no one at home remotely smiles at. Maybe it's a Capracorn thing.
- 1:49 PM, March 22, 2010
- Jessie Carty said...
that is totally funny!
kind of like the one time i saw a commercial for Aspercreme (i never saw it air again) that said - you bet your sweet Ass (heavy on this syllable) percreme.
hahaha - 3:38 PM, March 22, 2010
- Dawn said...
That is too funny! I will never hear the phrase the same again either - I often find humor in the details...can't say I've ever taken a picture of it though! That pic with the posed flower has to be the most hysterical part! Thanks for the laugh!
- 5:15 PM, March 22, 2010
- Kathi said...
Love it!
When I was a kid I used to read the big PRODUCE signs on I-5 between Seattle and Vancouver, WA as the verbal imperative. - 5:42 PM, March 22, 2010
- Lyle Daggett said...
Years back, around the time I was in high school (early 1970's), was when the movie rating system (i.e. rating how old or "mature" the audience had to be) first started using "PG" as the rating for the next level up from G-rated.
"PG" was also an expression that a lot of girls of high school age or a little younger used for "pregnant," at least in some of the crowd I hung out with.
To this day if a movie is rated "PG" I immediately think "pregnant." (PG-13, for some reason, doesn't cause the reaction for me.) - 9:15 PM, March 22, 2010
- Kells said...
Michael-- I am so easily amused. Yes, maybe it is a Capricorn thing, we're serious folks with a heart of whimsy. -- I am always cracking myself up, esp. when it comes to wordplay things.
Jessie-- it's interesting how these products get the asssss- sound in them. I know they all can't be flukes. ;-)
Dawn-- Thanks! And there was a woman in the stall while I quickly doing this and when I took a photo, it made that definite photo noise and I could think, 'Dear gawd, what does she think I'm photographing out here!" I thought the flowers were a nice touch too. ;-)
I grew up in Seattle (I always remember the "Apple Maggot Quarantine area" in Shoreline, but all those years, I never got the double meaning of PRODUCE - now I will. Love it! ;-)
Lyle- PG-13 would be a little heartbreaking and/or terrible wrong, so I'm glad the connection is just with the PG movies. And now it will be with me as well. ;-) Thanks for your note.
Thank you all for commenting! - 6:09 AM, March 23, 2010


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Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza throws during a spring training baseball workout Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
MESA, Ariz. — After an MRI revealed a "mild strain" in his lower left lat area, the team said Tuesday that Cubs right-hander Matt Garza will be shut down for at least a week, which could put his status for the start of the regular season in doubt.
Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer described the news as "positive."
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``We're optimistic. It was certainly a positive read from out standpoint.''
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I would like to pump the foremilk and hindmilk into separate bottles so that when my LO gets the EBM, it can be more like actual BFing. Has anyone tried this? Any ideas on how to best determine when to switch the bottles? Thanks in advance!
I would like to pump the foremilk and hindmilk into separate bottles so that when my LO gets the EBM, it can be more like actual BFing. Has anyone tried this? Any ideas on how to best determine when to switch the bottles? Thanks in advance!
Married my best friend in 2006
Gave birth to a beautiful baby boy in June 2009
He's been a champ at for the past 5 months with no sign of slowing down!
And <<knock on wood>> started sleeping through the night when he was 2 weeks old
I'm figuring out all the tricks to while I work outside the home full-time
I don't really think this is possible.
Your milk that you pump earlier in the day will have less fat in it than the milk you pump later in the day. You could number the bottles and have them given at the same time you pumped them.
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The change from foremilk to hindmilk is so gradual that it would be very difficult to pinpoint when to switch. And I'm not sure what the benefit would be, to be honest.
If you could get one bottle with more foremilk and one with more hindmilk I could foresee it leading to a baby with a foremilk hindmilk imbalance. They drink much faster from the bottle and could get full on the foremilk and not want to drink the hindmilk.
"We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you."
If you really want to do this, I would suggest pumping either at different times of day (as someone else suggested), or keeping the two breasts separate. I know for me, I get a "light" side and a "heavy" side when I double-pump.
Another way to do this would be to allow the milk to settle in the fridge for a while, and then pour it into 2 bottles, one which has more watery milk and less cream, and one which has more cream and less watery stuff. Just don't make one "all-cream" bottle and one "all-foremilk" bottle, because the switchover is gradual, and even at the beginning of a feeding your milk has some fat in it, just not as much as it does at the end.
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Makes 6 to 8 servings
- 2 tablespoons dried currants
- 7 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, divided
- 1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 bunches Tuscan kale (about 1 pound), center ribs and stems removed, leaves thinly sliced crosswise
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted
- Parmesan cheese shavings
Place currants in small bowl; add 5 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar. Let soak overnight. Drain currants.
Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, honey, oil, and salt in large bowl. Add kale, currants, and pine nuts; toss to coat. Let marinate 20 minutes at room temperature, tossing occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle cheese shavings over salad and serve.
my notes
- Calories112
- Carbohydrates16 g (5%)
- Fat5 g (7%)
- Protein3 g (6%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (3%)
- Sodium425 mg (18%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber2 g (7%)
- Monounsaturated Fat2 g
- Cholesterol0 mg (0%)
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Suburban roller-rink family makes inspirational movies on the side
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Carey Westberg (left) and Margaret Quitter at the Tinley Park Roller Rink. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
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The Tinley Park Roller Rink looks like small peanuts in life's circus.
The one-level former square dance hall was built in 1953 and converted in 1965 by skaters Ray and Margaret Quitter. With their son Carey Westberg, they still own and operate the rink, where on a recent Wednesday "Family Night," a hundred folks skated on a maple hardwood floor to the beat of "Gangnam Style" and One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful."
Unbeknownst to many people motoring by on South Oak Park Avenue, the rink is a link to Hollywood.
Westberg is executive producer of the inspirational family film "My Lucky Elephant," being released Tuesday on DVD and iTunes. Margaret Quitter is producer.
The film about a lonely boy who befriends an elephant was shot in an elephant camp in Thailand. With its themes of respect, sharing and understanding, the movie already is being used as a teaching tool in area schools.
"We've been in the family entertainment business for years," says Westberg, 54. The family also owns the Glenwood Roller Rink and previously owned the Markham Roller Rink in Markham. "I've showed the trailer to all the kids that work here. It hits a chord. It can give them hope and a sense of peace."
At St. Walter's School in Beverly, where "The Lucky Elephant" was shown at an assembly, principal Laura Kennedy said, "It was a very enriching experience for our children. It was the first time ever they heard knowledge of Thailand. It shows the appreciation of taking care of animals and the environment. We purchased six copies of the movie and plan to have Carey autograph them. My colleagues at other Catholic schools have reached out for him as well."
Westberg is a man in motion — not surprising for a guy who puts people on wheels. The Frankfort resident has run in 27 marathons since 1981, when he graduated from the University of Illinois. He also plays tennis, often with Oscar Delgado, a friend since elementary school and a former Latin America bureau chief for NBC.
Delgado knows lucky. In 1992 he won $4.2 million as the sole winner in the Mexican lottery.
Through him, Westberg met Eric Schwab, best known as second unit director to Brian De Palma ("Mission Impossible," "Carlito's Way"). He directed "My Lucky Elephant."
Schwab came up with the idea in Thailand, where he has a home. "Elephant" was shot in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, a small community in the jungle north of Bangkok. The crew was given permission to film in the Maetaman Elephant Camp, which houses 60 elephants with "mahouts" (caregivers) who work with the animals from a young age.
In 1998 the trio formed the company OCE (Oscar, Carey and Eric) and made their first feature film, "The Learning Curve," a teenage drama written and directed by Schwab.
"My Lucky Elephant" was independently financed through previous OCE movies, friends and family, including Westberg's biological mother, Ruth Westberg of Tinley Park. Illinois State Police officers who work off-duty security at the roller rink also kicked in.
In his films, Westberg draws from the family vibe at the roller rink. His parents met at the since-razed Spotlight '66 Roller Rink in La Grange.
"Chicago is a wonderful city," he says. "People like to focus on the dark, and we want people to be drawn to the light."
His family knows firsthand of the dark side of urban life.
In 1971, Ray and Margaret Quitter were kidnapped in what is known as "The Whipple Street Murder." Ex-con Arthur P. Etten shot and wounded his mother, who lived next to the Quitters in Oak Forest. Etten then forced the Quitters to drive their 1970 Cadillac convertible to the home of his ex-wife at 59th and Whipple in Chicago, where he shot her to death in front of her 11-year-old son.
"My husband and I jumped off the porch and ran down the street," Quitter says. "He started shooting at us. I fell, just like in the movies. My husband was dragging me. I'm holding my dog, a little apricot poodle.
"We flagged down a [CTA] bus on 59th Street. I jumped out in my baby-doll pajamas in the freezing rain. We talked the bus driver into taking us to the police station."
Etten served roughly 30 years until his death in 2002. Meanwhile, the Quitters and Westberg learned that family entertainment can soothe the savage beast.


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Published on March 8th, 2013 | by Jules IKEAHacker
16Luxury dining seat
Materials: Besta TV bench
Description: We needed to fit 240 cm seat in our space in dining room, but couldn't find anything nice.
So we bought a 240 cm long Besta TV storage combination + old kids mattress and luxury fabric. Our friend made 2 upholstered pieces for us and put all together. We are very happy with result and take a lot of compliments
~ Alica
16 Responses to Luxury dining seat
One more compliment from me
Very nice!! It's blend in really well with the room and I like your wall clock!
But to be honest, you're missing one thing, you'll need to put a sheet of MDF or wood board as BESTA units are hollow and may not able to withstand body weight
You have a great eye for design. LOVE everything (clock, kitchen, backsplash, bench, etc.)!!!!
Everything is very, very, very nice !
love the dining table, where's it from?
I'm interested in this too.
Very nice! Plus you got some storage.
Who would think these were just customized? Very fabulous design.
Where is that beautiful table from?
That's a nice hack indeed, looks superb.
There's so many substitutions you can make to produce furniture just as amazing, if not better, with very little-no compromise… just need to get a little creative sometimes.
Very nice!
I like the clock. Where is that from?
id also love to know where you got that clock? great hack!
I've discovered a blog entry about that clock (google images => design wall clock). It said that the clock is out of stock. But there are many alternatives
a bench is a bench, nice, looks great … but WHERE did you get that light?!? Very cool! [clock is very cool too]
Thank you all for compliments, here are some info:
Light Eglo Cocoon
Clock Umbra Big Time
Table made by my friendand there is a MDF on a seat part
Alica xxx
Hi Alicia,
I got few questions
Do you place the MDF only on the surface of the Besta? To distribute the body weight? What is the thickness of the MDF?
Do you think this hack will be reliable if we add Besta legs?


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The 2012 Progress Report assesses three questions about what Indicator data say about each desired condition:
- Are the local data trends positive, stable (or mixed if there are multiple indicators for a condition), or negative?
- How does Albuquerque compare to the nation and, specifically, to peer cities in the Southwest? (See page vii for information on
the selection of peer cities.) - Does citizen perception match what the indicator data say about the respective desired condition?
NOTE: See the section in the Appendix on "Context, Considerations, Comparisons, Cautions, and Confidence" for a briefing on questions and
issues to consider when looking at DATA.
The answers to these questions led the IPC to a conclusion about each Desired Condition. These conclusions are characterized
in one of three ways:
- The picture is in focus, explaining the significant progress the community has made in moving toward achievement of the desired condition
- The picture should to continue to improve upon the progress made toward achievement; this reflects less progress than the opportunity to celebrate, but positive movement within the community
- And, finally, the picture needs focus, which reflects the need for the community to address the desired condition more effectively.
Establishing 5 year Goals and Desired Community Conditions
In late 2010, the City Council passed and the Mayor signed legislation establishing a new set of five year goals and related Desired (Community) Conditions in eight key areas. These superseded a set of goals adopted in 2006. These goals and desired conditions were based on extensive citizen input. In the summer of 2010 the Indicators Progress Commission (IPC) held a "goals forum" attended by more than 300 citizens. They participated in exercises about what they wanted Albuquerque to be like in the future.
They reviewed the 2006 goals and desired conditions and recommended changes. The IPC took this input and looked at additional data, information from other governments and research institutions, citizen surveys, census, socioeconomic and other pertinent data, then recommended revisions to the 2006 goals and desired conditions.
After the Mayor and Council adopted the goals and desired conditions, the IPC worked closely with City departments and other data sources to develop the indicators and obtain data.
Citizen Perception of Conditions
In preparation for developing the 2012 Albuquerque Progress Report, the IPC conducted two surveys in late 2011, asking Albuquerque households to rate the importance of and perceived progress made in achieving the Desired Conditions adopted in 2010. The results of these surveys have been used to assess the degree to which Albuquerque residents understand these desired conditions. Do their ratings of these conditions reflect what the indicator data say about the conditions? The IPC's reasoning resides in their belief that a community can't optimize its investments and maximize its progress if citizens do not have accurate understandings of the state of the conditions that exist in their community. This is not an easy undertaking to determine.
Developing a Community Report Card
The development of a Community Report Card includes seven distinct steps:
- Articulation of the City's Goals
- Elaboration of the goals by describing Desired Conditions that explain more clearly what achievement of the goals would mean in the community
- Generation of quantitative measures called Goal Progress Indicators that measure the Desired Condition in relevant, comprehensive, and useful ways;
- Collection and analysis of Goal Progress Indicator data to communicate progress at the Desired Condition level;
- Identification, collection, and analysis of available comparative data to contrast our community to other peer cities, counties, or MSA's, (dependent on the availability of data).
- Comparison of citizen perception of a community condition to what the data say to determine if citizens have an accurate understanding of the respective condition.
- Compilation of results to come to a conclusion about the condition – is the picture in focus, continue to improve, or the picture needs focus.
Using the Report Card
This report card can be used in a variety of ways to:
- Show the current status of a wide array of important environmental, social and economic conditions, and illuminate trends
- Provide a fact based sketch of the conditions of the community, organized by City goals
- Establish a sound foundation of data that can serve as a basis for governmental and civic leaders to understand conditions
- Help Albuquerque residents and other stakeholders understand the true state of conditions
- Assist policy leaders and managers in developing strategies and programs that help them track and measure how well the City is doing in achieving the goals that are important to the community
A Note about Identifying Peer Cities
The Albuquerque Progress Report 2012 is based fundamentally on measurement and data. Like any technical report, this data need context. It is imperative to understand what the local trend is in Albuquerque – that is the basic purpose of this report. Are we improving or not? It is also helpful to know what other communities are experiencing. Are they all improving, too? Are we different -- better or worse? Are there national forces beyond local control impacting these conditions? To minimize the variables, the
IPC focused on cities in the Southwest and picked ones that:
- Are similar in population;
- Have demographic characteristics in common with Albuquerque;
- Have major universities in or near them and/or other institutions, like military bases or labs; and
- Are the center cities of their metro areas.
While we have many things in common with Tempe, AZ, Fort Worth and Arlington, TX, and Lakewood, CO, for example, each is not the center city in their respective metropolitan area.
Therefore, the IPC settled on the following cities as peer or index cities:
- Austin, TX;
- Colorado Springs, CO;
- El Paso, TX;
- Oklahoma City, OK;
- Salt Lake City, UT; and,
- Tucson, AZ.
When the data are available, these cities are used to provide context about Albuquerque's performance.
On numerous occasions, staffs from these jurisdictions were very helpful in providing data about their respective communities.


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At the end of the night, the Luminary Service was held, which consisted of lit paper bags around the track that are in honor and in memory of those affected by cancer.
The participants make a silent lap around the track while the names on the bags are scrolled through, followed by a firework show.
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The fundraising goal for this year is $76,000 and so far $62,295 has been raised.
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Each 8 ounce serving of Lipton Pomegranate Blueberry 100% Natural Iced Tea provides 50 calories and 13 grams of sugars - that's 130 calories in a 20 ounce bottle and 33 grams of sugars. The ingredients are tea (water, tea extract from tea leaves), sugar, citric acid, natural flavor, reb A (purified stevia extract).
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About Jims73TA's Garage
About me and my passion for cars
I've had this passion/obsession for the Trans Am since the age of 13. That's when I saw my first; It was in Lufkin, Texas at a new car lot. The year was 1975, and when I saw that beautiful TA with the awesome hood bird, I was hooked. Roxann is my 5th TA to date. I found her in 1987 and it was destiny that led me to her. I had always had a passion for the 1973 model, and one day she landed in my lap. After 3 months of haggling over price, I drove her home for $2500.00 bucks. The rest is history. What you see know is the result of a 5 1/2 year frame off resto. A lot of custom work went into this vehicle and I made my ultimate Trans Am. Keep checking this garage as I will be updating and adding info and pictures on Roxann as I have the time. I'm self employed so I don't have a lot of time to spend here on the computer. Add more later...Jim in Corpus Christi, Tx.
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I still have it. A 1973 Trans Am named Roxanne. Grin : ]
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We are a group of auto enthusiasts, located in N. Mississippi, N.W. Alabama, who just happen to prefer Firebirds and Trans Ams over all others. We get together 1 time monthly for a dinner meeting on the fourth Thursday every month at The Country Inn in Baldwyn Mississippi. We try to attend as...
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Mandy Schmidt*, a 21-year-old college student from the western suburbs, was involved with a man 10 years her senior. The two were 'friends with benefits.' As they spent less time together, Ms. Schmidt received a threat from her former sex partner: "I have so much [expletive deleted] against you, I could expose you for what you really are."
As Ms. Schmidt spent even less time with her former partner, the threats became more frequent and frightening. When she refused to visit her former flame in the spring of last year and ended their relationship, things took a turn for the worse.
"He said payback is a bitch, someone would be punished and I'd learn the next time," details Ms. Schmidt. "He said I was a slut and a whore and told me, 'I'm going to prove to people you aren't the goody type. I don't care if I tell your family, your friends, whatever.'"
Ms. Schmidt then discovered her pictures on a revenge porn website and was brought to tears. "I was pretty shocked," she says, "and also shocked my Facebook page was attached to it. I didn't think he would actually go that far to do something like that. At first I thought I could trust him." Aside from her parents discovering the website, Ms. Schmidt's worst fear is that the dream of being a teacher will be ruined because she was the victim of cyber rape.
Like Ms. Schmidt, Ms. Johnson fears a family member, friend or co-worker could find her nude photos online. "I'm waiting for someone to say, 'I saw you on the site,'" she says. "I'm afraid just walking into a store. I'm afraid someone I know is going to see the photos and think different of me…think I posted them." She initially wanted to turn to police, but just the thought of more people knowing her secret has kept her quiet. "I've been embarrassed enough with the whole world seeing these pictures, I didn't want show the police," says Ms. Johnson. "As much I want to stop it, I don't want any more people to see the pictures."
While revenge porn leads to shame and humiliation of the victim, in some cases it can lead to irrational actions toward those who threaten to publish private pictures, thereby turning them into a victim. A few months ago, an 18-year-old Matteson woman and her parents were accused of kidnapping/assaulting her former boyfriend because he threatened to post naked pictures of her on the Internet after a dispute on a social networking site.
The teen allegedly lured the 19-year-old Richton Park man to her home, where five people wearing ski masks and holding weapons were waiting. The victim was then blindfolded, beaten and photographed naked to ensure nude pictures of his ex-girlfriend wouldn't be posted online. He was able to escape and seek help from police.
In addition to legitimate concerns about invasion of privacy, harassment and stalking, Ms. Majmudar says revenge porn can have a lasting psychological impact on everyone involved, and the aftermath of cyber rape is often similar to physical rape (feelings of shame, helplessness, fear). She encourages women to seek counseling from an organization like Rape Victim Advocates. "It's not harmless," says Ms. Majmudar of cyber rape. "It perpetuates this idea that women who consent to have sex, even once, supposedly lose all rights to any kind of ethical behavior on the part of their sexual partner, and that's just wrong."
For Ms. Johnson, a moment of indiscretion is now leading to months – maybe years – of fear, anxiety and anger. She prays other women will learn from her story and think before they hit send. "There are so many different ways this could go wrong," she insists. "People take it as a joke, and it's not…I wouldn't take that chance again."
The dangers of sending nude photos to someone are obvious. You're exposing yourself to embarrassment, heartbreak and disappointment. And with the advent of 'revenge porn' websites, the risk has increased to harassment, stalking and the justifiable fear that these pictures will be used against you professionally or personally. In this digital age some people can't say they wouldn't send nude photos. But once you hit send, they never go away. Is that something you want to live with?
*Sarah Johnson and Mandy Schmidt are pseudonyms provided by Frank Holland.
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Canadian Blood Services is celebrating National Blood Donor Week, June 11–16 and is asking for your help in raising awareness of the need for blood.
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(CNN) -- When President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were in flight on separate airplanes Tuesday night, House Speaker John Boehner was the highest-ranking elected official on American soil for about half an hour.
Should something have gone terribly wrong in that short span of time, Boehner, who's behind only the vice president in the presidential line of succession, could have potentially become president.
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"That's why I say prayers for President Obama and Vice President Biden every day," he continued.
"You don't want to be the president?" Tapper asked.
"I don't want to be president. This is not anything I've ever thought about," Boehner responded.
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West Texas Intermediate touched a nearly six-year low after data showed additions to already record-high U.S. oil inventories.
South African energy company Sasol delayed its $14 billion expansion in Louisiana amid falling oil prices, the New York Times reports.
ConocoPhillips on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $39 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
Wall Streeters in CNBC's Fed survey forecast that WTI crude's slide hasn't hit bottom.
Energy stocks eventually will go up unless the global economy collapses. But keep it simple. Don't overthink your basis for a rebound bet.
The Federal Reserve faces a tough decision on whether or not to raise interest rates because of several factors, one analyst says.
Hess Corp. on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $8 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
Returning from Saudi Arabia, Sen. John McCain tells CNBC he's most concerned about the threat posed by Iran.
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Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn told CNBC why he thinks oil could go even lower.
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Prince Mohammed embodies Saudi Arabia's shift to a more assertive foreign policy, propping up allies and dismantling foes.
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The FCC issued a warning to hotels and other entities about blocking Wi-Fi access, saying it could lead to fines.
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I love this bandage skirt, I bought it in the color emerald green and I also have it in the coral color too. It fits great and the skirt fits like a glove it stays in place it doesnt ride up when you move or walk like other bandage skirts. Whenever I wear it i get alot of compliments.
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I bought this skirt for my bachelorette party and it was perfect. I bought the pink and the color and fit were exactly what I was looking for. I loved that it didn't ride up when I walked either. Get it in every color if you can!!
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I just got this skirt in the hot coral (more similar to orange than a pink coral) in a size small and it is so sexy! it hugs my waist and hips. Due to its thick bandage type of fabric, it is very forgiving. The high cut in the front adds personality to the skirt. a bandage skirt is a must this spring...or wherever it is sunny
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