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By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter)
It's Election Day in three states: Colorado and Minnesota hold caucuses and Missouri holds a primary. Although no delegates will be officially awarded to candidates when all is said and done, it doesn't mean the stakes aren't high — especially when it comes to the expectations game.
Voters will have their say today, and should Rick Santorum win a state or two, it could speak volumes about Mitt Romney's path through the rest of the nominating states.
Santorum has been spending time in Missouri, which holds a non-binding primary today, and campaign aides are confident of a strong showing. Newt Gingrich is not on the ballot there.
Minnesota is a wild-card. We haven't seen any traditional polling there, but the fact that Romney is engaging Santorum — with surrogates at least — suggests that Boston is worried about Minnesota.
On a conference call yesterday former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Romney backer, said that far from being the "perfect" conservative candidate, Santorum's approach to economic issues does not reflect "someone who is a strong, abashed fiscal hawk."
And don't count Ron Paul out of contention in Minnesota. As the Associated Press notes, he's spent more time in the state than any of his competitors. http://bit.ly/Agxfvt
Romney is expected to win the Colorado caucus (he's spending election night in Denver), but whether he'll be able to reach the 60 percent that he took in 2008 is another matter. And there's also a chance Santorum could be giving Romney a run for his money there.
Romney added some Colorado events late and cancelled a planned appearance in Minnesota this week, which at least one prominent Republican said is a signal that Santorum may be coming on stronger than expected. It's a sign that Romney's folks want to make sure supporters aren't staying home because they think Mitt has it sewn up.
45,000 people have pre-registered for the Colorado caucuses. 70,000 turned out in 2008
The storyline Wednesday morning could be an ugly one for Romney. If he does worse — and turnout is worse – than in 2008 the question we'll all be asking is: Why can't he sew this thing up?
February was supposed to be his month to lock it down.
BOTTOM LINE: Even if he has a good night, the big bummer for Santorum is that these low-key contests won't get anywhere close to the level of coverage of the previous five contests. Reporters and cable outlets are not currently swarming the Twin Cities, St. Louis or Denver. Ultimately, that makes it harder for Santorum to get the kind of national boost that Romney and Gingrich got with their victories. http://abcn.ws/xsNlKa
Still, a strong showing by the former Pennsylvania senator will only harden his resolve to continue campaigning — and attacking Romney — through Super Tuesday in March. And we've already seen that GOP primary has taken a toll on Romney. The results of yesterdays ABC News-Washington Post poll that found Obama sliding past Romney in a general election matchup confirmed that.
Minnesota caucus: 8:00pm ET
Missouri (non-binding) primary: 8:00pm ET
Colorado caucus: 9:00pm ET
COLORADO: In Colorado, the county to watch will be El Paso County, where the traditionally conservative city of Colorado Springs is located, ABC's Elizabeth Hartfield notes. A large percentage of Tuesday's vote will come from this county. McCain defeated Obama in El Paso by a margin of almost 20 percent — 58.9 percent to 39.5 percent. Romney won the county in the 2008 caucuses. http://abcn.ws/AghDkx
MINNESOTA: Unlike Colorado, Minnesota's caucuses are open to all voters who are eligible to vote in the general election. The area of the state to watch is the area known as the collar counties — the counties surrounding the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. This area, traditionally a Republican stronghold, is the only section of the state carried by McCain in 2008: He won with 54 percent of the vote. Romney carried this area in Minnesota's caucuses in 2008. The other part of the state to watch is the northern most area. While not as populous as the collar counties, counties in this part of the state such as Itasca and Beltrami were strongholds for Mike Huckabee in 2008. If either Gingrich or Santorum is able to carry a strong victory in those areas, it would boost their overall standing at the very least and could result in a larger piece of the Minnesota delegate pie. http://abcn.ws/AghDkx
WHY MISSOURI IS HAVING A MEANINGLESS PRIMARY: ABC's Chris Good: Most presidential candidates have ignored the contest, which will not affect any of the state's 52 GOP delegates. Newt Gingrich will not be on the ballot, having made no attempt to qualify. Anyone looking for competition between the race's two poll leaders should look elsewhere. The state party, meanwhile, didn't even want the primary to happen. That's because today's vote won't be the main event: Missouri will hold caucuses on March 17, where voters will begin the process of selecting and allocating delegates. Today's primary is a vestige of state law that Missouri's GOP-controlled legislature failed to change. Consequently, Rick Santorum is the only presidential candidate paying much attention today. More on the backstory: http://abcn.ws/xVfKty
OBAMA REVERSES COURSE ON SUPER PAC DONATIONS. ABC's Jake Tapper reports that on a conference call with members of President Obama's 2012 reelection committee Monday evening, campaign manager Jim Messina announced that donors should start funding Priorities USA, the Democratic super PAC run by two former White House staffers, Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney. The move was a remarkable shift in approach toward the independent political expenditure groups, whose role in the political process Obama has criticized and from which his campaign had sought to keep distance. "Given the amount of money that the Republican super PACs have raised we decided to express more explicitly support for Priorities USA and its mission which is reelecting the president," a top campaign official told ABC News. Just seven months earlier, Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt assured, "Neither the President nor his campaign staff or aides will fundraise for super PACs," according to the LA Times. As the influence of pro-Republican super PACs has come into focus during the GOP presidential primary, however, that sentiment changed, drawing new focus to the men who tried to level the playing field on the Democratic side. http://abcn.ws/z26G9a
VIDEO OF THE DAY. The top 5 ways Democrats will use Romney's words against him. In politics, it's what you said — not what you meant to say — that matters. And Mitt Romney knows as well as anyone that the past can haunt you. His Republican primary opponents have spent the last several months seizing on the words he uttered when he was running for office in Massachusetts. Quotes like "I'm someone who is moderate, my views are progressive." But if Romney wins the nomination, there's a whole new set of words that have come out of his mouth this campaign season that the Democrats will surely use again him. The latest edition of Jonathan Karl's "Spinners and Winners." WATCH: http://yhoo.it/wWBu0M
ROMNEY TACKS RIGHT ON MORNING AFTER PILL. Employing some of his most conservative rhetoric to date, Mitt Romney referred to morning after pills as "abortive pills" at a rally in Colorado last night where he told the crowd about the importance of electing a president who will protect the "right to worship God," ABC's Emily Friedman reports. "I'm just distressed as I watch our president try and infringe upon our rights, the First Amendment of the Constitution provides the right to worship in the way of our own choice," Romney said to nearly 3,000 people gathered in the gymnasium of Arapahoe High School, in Arapahoe County, an area known as a so-called "swing county" that Obama won in 2008. "This same administration said that the churches and the institutions they run, such as schools and let's say adoption agencies, hospitals, that they have to provide for their employees free of charge, contraceptives, morning after pills, in other words abortive pills, and the like at no cost," Romney said. "Think what that does to people in faiths that do not share those views. This is a violation of conscience." http://abcn.ws/wN3XFw
ABC's Jake Tapper reported for "Good Morning America" on the Democrat vs. GOP culture wars. WATCH: http://abcn.ws/Aj3MXn
GINGRICH SETS PRIMARY DAY EXPECTATIONS. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made a quick stop in Colorado Monday attending two events in Golden, Col., which is the candidate's only effort in the state this election cycle, ABC's Elicia Dover notes. Gingrich also held one event in Minnesota on the eve of the caucus. The former speaker will not hold an election party Tuesday. Gingrich and Rick Santorum crossed paths Monday in Colorado at an energy forum, and Gingrich was asked whether the two spoke about dropping out of the race while in a state Santorum is expected to do well in. "Oh, neither of us is going to get out of the race. We are both busy having a good time, and I think you're actually going to find that the three candidates who are currently in the race, for example between them, for all practical purposes, tied Mitt Romney in a state that was supposed to be very good for him in Nevada, so three of us will actually get as many delegates as he does," Gingrich said. When asked if Gingrich thought Santorum should drop out, Gingrich said he's a "free agent," but predicted Santorum would have a "pretty good day" Tuesday and "earned it." http://abcn.ws/wO82mp
RON PAUL FACES A CRITICAL MONTH. Paul called his third place finish in Nevada "disappointing," but Campaign Manager Jesse Benton said to ABC News he is "very pleased" with how the race is shaping up and pointed to the next five weeks — starting with the caucuses Tuesday in Minnesota, where Paul has focused considerable energy over the past week — as being critical for the campaign, ABC's Jason Volack reports. "We have always been focused downstream," Paul said. "The next five weeks will determine whether our strategy will pay off." Benton said the campaign is immediately focused on the contest Tuesday in Minnesota, followed by Missouri, Maine, Washington, North Dakota, Kansas, Hawaii, and Missouri. But the list of immediate priorities ends with Louisiana on March 24. The timeline would match Paul's presidential efforts four years ago, when the congressman started "winding down" his presidential campaign on March 6. Benton said Paul did win at least five national delegates in Nevada and sent a majority of delegates to the state convention. So far, the Texas congressman has eight projected delegates compared to Romney's 143. And going forward, Romney's organization and money equals if not surpasses that of Paul's.
SANTORUM AND HIS SUPER PAC BENEFACTOR: JUST FRIENDS. The murky rules around super PACs are confusing at best, the only rule being that candidates and their campaigns are not allowed to "coordinate" with the groups raising unlimited funds for their efforts. And that's about it, ABC's Shushannah Walshe notes. Mitt Romney addresses his own super PAC's fundraisers in person, although he has said he's not allowed to talk to his former staffers that run the group. Newt Gingrich visited last week in Las Vegas with his biggest super PAC donor, Sheldon Adelson, who with his wife has given $10 million to the former Speaker of the House's effort. And Rick Santorum is traveling with the man largely bankrolling the pro-Santorum super PAC behind the effort to make the former Pennsylvania senator the 2012 GOP nominee: billionaire mutual fund manager, Foster Friess. Last Monday in Bemidji, Minn., the 71-year-old bounded around the town with the candidate, wearing a sweater vest to the factory where Santorum's signature look is manufactured and during the tour of the town. Tuesday he was again on the plane wearing his signature white cowboy hat, as he told jokes to staff and press. "I don't think it crosses a line whatsoever," Santorum said, when asked if it could look inappropriate and how he prevents lines from being crossed. http://abcn.ws/wt9JUF
RICK PERRY RE-EMERGES. Back on his home turf in the Lone Star State in his first public appearance since leaving the presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed he wouldn't fade away into obscurity now that he's off the presidential campaign trail and returning to his duties as governor, ABC's Arlette Saenz reports from Round Rock, Tex. "I'm not slipping off in to the sunset. I'm not riding off into the West. We've got plenty of work to do right here in the state of Texas," said Perry at a hotel ballroom just north of Austin, "and I've got plenty of fight left in this 61-year-old body." Speaking before the Williamson County GOP Dinner, Perry, who dropped out of the race in mid-January, admitted his withdrawal from presidential campaign symbolized a new frontier as the Texas governor suffered the first defeat of his 28-year political career. "Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat," said Perry, an alumnus of Texas A&M. "We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time, and the fact is I'm really not used to running out of time but I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world." http://abcn.ws/yAtu6F
A GOP ENTHUSIASM GAP? In Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, turnout surged, compared to four years ago and each state went to a different candidate. But that trend appears to be on the decline, ABC's Huma Khan notes. In both Florida and Nevada, turnout dropped sharply from 2008. Florida saw nearly 280,000 fewer voters in its primary last week, while more than 11,000 fewer voters turned out to vote in Nevada on Saturday compared to four years ago. Mitt Romney won both states by a landslide. Some observers say the declining interest is a reflection of the lack of enthusiasm for the former Massachusetts governor. Polls show mixed enthusiasm for the current crop of GOP candidates. More Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters — about 52 percent — said the Republican field is only fair or poor than did so in early January, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center, and only 46 percent had positive opinions of the field. http://abcn.ws/zrqPLW
TAKING STOCK OF THE STOCK ACT. A view from the Daily Caller's Matt Lewis: "While the notion that Members of Congress shouldn't be allowed to use 'inside information' to buy and sell stock is perfectly rational, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley's amendment to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act raises new concerns. Grassley's amendment might attract support from those who worry that consultants like former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Sen. Democratic Leader Tom Daschle never registered as lobbyists. But it would also force information consultants and financial advisers to register — even if they merely gather and share information about potential legislation regarding finances or financial services — and never attempt to woo a single Congressman. At the moment, the House has not taken a position on the Grassley amendment. But Republican Members likely won't want to slow down the considerable momentum for a much-needed reform that stemmed from an explosive book authored by Peter Schweizer. … Again, a clean STOCK Act makes perfect sense. But in the process of providing much-needed additional transparency, one hopes Congress doesn't over-regulate the grassroots communication industry — and in the process — necessitate additional government bureaucracy to manage it." http://thedc.com/xMf6NU
NOTED: NATIONAL ANTHEM ETIQUETTE. What to Do at a Sporting Event or Political Rally. ABC's Sarah Parnass on how to avoid a "Star Spangled" faux pas: http://abcn.ws/wW2JyT
DEBATING OBESITY. Tonight Intelligence Squared U.S. hosts a debate titled: "Obesity Is the Government's Business." From the group: "Obesity costs our health care system nearly $150 billion a year and is a major risk factor for expensive, chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Should the government intervene, or is this a matter of individual rights and personal responsibility?" The debate will feature Dr. Pamela Peeke, WebMD's Chief Lifestyle Expert, and former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher as well as Paul Campos, author of "The Obesity Myth" and John Stossel, of Fox Business News. The session will be moderated by ABC News correspondent John Donvan. The debate will be webcast on Fora.tv and will air on more than 220 NPR stations nationwide and be televised in the New York area on PBS stations. For more information: www.iq2us.org.
@jeffzeleny: Obama returns $200K. Major Donors Are Tied to Mexican Fugitive. A bombshellnyti.ms/xzaYsE
@kenvogel: @Messina2012 sezs Obama backs superPAC only if "all $ fully disclosed." Too late: already taken $215k in secret 501c4 $politi.co/yCtHbM
@AlexPappasDC: Former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers: "I find some unity with Ron Paul." thedc.com/ArK4m6
@jmartpolitico: I get the desire for momentum/sign of life, but what does santo say when pointed out that there are no delegates to be had today?
@mlcalderone: Washington Free Beacon launches, promises to cover what "elite media have taken such pains to ignore." bit.ly/Aag7Yr
–Mitt Romney holds a morning event in Loveland, Colo. and spends election night in Denver.
–Newt Gingrich holds events in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus Ohio today on his campaign bus.
–Ron Paul hosts a caucus night party in Golden Valley, Minn.
–Rick Santorum hits three states: Colorado, Minnesota and ends up in St. Charles, Mo.
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The days are growing longer as I sit in a second-floor office in northern Illinois, but barely. A rare clear, but very cold day is ending shortly after 4pm as a bright orange sun sets in the southwest outside my frosted window.
The year ends tomorrow. So may Congressional negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff. Whether they result in an agreement or not, we now know that they will address taxation and fixed benefits (eg, Social Security) only; our "leaders" long ago abandoned any pretense of settling the tails side of the coin - fixed, dramatic cuts in spending.
The "sequestration," as it's called, involves an immediate cut of $110 billion in this year's federal budget. Expect cuts of between 8 and 9 percent across the board.
The federal government has an IT budget of about $85 billion per year, so sequestration could mean cuts of around $7 billion, perhaps more. This is a big number.
Meanwhile, the government's cloud-computing initiative seems to be as docile and inactive as it could possibly be. I wrote less than two years ago about how "stunning" the government's Cloud First strategy was.
Meanwhile, the administration official behind it, Vivek Kundra, gathered a bunch of accolades and moved into the private sector. His replacement has been very quiet; the last missive from his office was issued in February. He tweets, but not often and not about cloud, or IT, for that matter.
I'll keep an eye on this sequestration business and how it will in reality affect federal IT spending next year. For now, things look bleak for IT in general, and Cloud First may have become Cloud Lost.
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By Elizabeth White "The year of the cloud – we have no idea when it's really happening but we think it's happening now. For those technology providers like Zentera that are helping enterprises move to the cloud - it's been fun to watch," noted Mike Loftus, VP Product Management and Marketing at Zentera Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 04:00 PM EST Reads: 2,291 |
By Elizabeth White Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities.
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By Elizabeth White "ElasticBox is an enterprise company that makes it very easy for developers and IT ops to collaborate to develop, build and deploy applications on any cloud - private, public or hybrid," stated Monish Sharma, VP of Customer Success at ElasticBox, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at DevOps Summit, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 03:30 PM EST Reads: 2,773 |
By Pat Romanski Agility is top of mind for Cloud/Service providers and Enterprises alike. Policy Driven Data Center provides a policy model for application deployment by decoupling application needs from the underlying infrastructure primitives. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, David Klebanov, a Technical Solutions Architect with Cisco Systems, discussed how it differentiates from the software-defined top-down control by offering a declarative approach to allow faster and simpler application deployment.
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By Carmen Gonzalez Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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By Liz McMillan Cloud Technology Partners on Wednesday announced it has been recognized by the Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards as one of the Best Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consulting Partners.
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By Liz McMillan "Will Jaya is a direct source for server integration and storage solutions. If you are looking for any specific configurations for a project we can help you configure based on your needs and requirements," explained Netty Goya, CEO of Will Jaya, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 03:00 PM EST Reads: 1,668 |
By Elizabeth White "We help people build clusters, in the classical sense of the cluster. We help people put a full stack on top of every single one of those machines. We do the full bare metal install," explained Greg Bruno, Vice President of Engineering and co-founder of StackIQ, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 02:45 PM EST Reads: 2,526 |
By Pat Romanski In this demo at 15th Cloud Expo, John Meza, Product Engineer at Esri, showed how Esri products hook into Hadoop cluster to allow you to do spatial analysis on the spatial data within your cluster, and he demonstrated rendering from a data center with ArcGIS Pro, a new product that has a brand new rendering engine. Jan. 30, 2015 02:30 PM EST Reads: 1,754 |
By Pat Romanski "Blue Box has been around for 10-11 years, and last year we launched Blue Box Cloud. We like the term 'Private Cloud as a Service' because we think that embodies what we are launching as a product - it's a managed hosted private cloud," explained Giles Frith, Vice President of Customer Operations at Blue Box, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at DevOps Summit, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 02:30 PM EST Reads: 2,713 |
By Elizabeth White "People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Jan. 30, 2015 02:30 PM EST Reads: 2,685 |
By Pat Romanski The Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), which enables organizations to seamlessly run in a hybrid cloud model (public + private cloud), is here to stay. IDC estimates that the software-defined networking market will be valued at $3.7 billion by 2016.
Security is a key component and benefit of the SDDC, and offers an opportunity to build security 'from the ground up' and weave it into the environment from day one.
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By Pat Romanski Performance is the intersection of power, agility, control, and choice. If you value performance, and more specifically consistent performance, you need to look beyond simple virtualized compute. Many factors need to be considered to create a truly performant environment.
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Make it magnetic
This is soooo going on my list for when the weather cools (110+°F temps are too hot for even power tools), only I'm going to make the chalkboard from a piece of sheet metal and chalkboard paint. Then it'll take over the space I use for my ugly magnetic chalkboard. It's where the kids' art projects are displayed, instead of the fridge, so magnetic is necessary.
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There is currently such an emphasis on individual photographs, particularly online, that it's easy to forget how a series of photographs can tell a story. Images seem to float disembodied across the internet, divorced from their original context… which can be lovely when it comes to pretty landscapes, but at the same time losing their impact when it comes to storytelling.
The images above were taken immediately before one of the weddings I photographed recently at Consall Hall Gardens. I was there (in The Moat House Hotel, Stoke-On-Trent, in fact) to take photographs of the bride getting ready – and the storyline is ostensibly the interaction between the makeup artist and the bride. But the girl with the balloon stole my focus for a short while.
There's a fundamental difference in storytelling wedding photography – as with all forms of documentary and reportage photography – between a single image and a sequence of images. Most often, we are shown an individual image that represents a single point in time, and it's left to the reader to interpret the moment. In wedding photography, our familiarity with the themes and the typical story makes it easier for us to immediately understand the image. A sequence leaves even less room for doubt. The viewer is watching events over a period of time, and it's the photographer's job to tell that story by stitching together a sequence of images which has more value than the sum of its individual parts.
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Are the feds simply shielding Columbia River dams from wrecking balls?
First of two articles
In the words of the former New York Yankees catcher and manager Yogi Berra, "it's deja vu all over again." In mid-June, the National Wildlife Federation and an array of other environmental and fishing groups filed a complaint in federal court alleging that the federal government's Biological Opinion (BiOp) on the operation of the Columbia River dams violates federal law. The feds have been issuing these Columbia River BiOps since the Clinton administration. Conservation groups, fishing groups, tribes and the state of Oregon have been challenging them — and prevailing.
Courts have shot down four BiOps so far. The BiOp issued in 2010 was much like the one issued in 2008 (deja vu). The BiOp issued this year is much like the one issued in 2010 (deja vu all over again). Yogi nailed it.
When the current BiOp came out in January, little had changed from the version that a federal court struck down in 2011 — it was clearly just a matter of time before the usual plaintiffs came back to make some of the usual arguments. "We've talked with [the Bonneville Power Administration], we've talked with the [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers], we've talked a lot with Washington state.in order to set the table for a collaborative negotiation," says Save Our Wild Salmon executive director Joseph Bogaard, but it hasn't worked. Everyone is back in court.
True, the past doesn't necessarily provide a roadmap to the future. True, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the BiOp, it proclaimed that "improvements at federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, rehabilitation of habitat, and other actions are benefiting federally protected salmon and steelhead as much as or more than anticipated five years ago." Still, based on the historical record, one would be foolish not to anticipate the usual results.
There are, however, two ways to view the repetition of results. On one hand, the federal defendants haven't taken a single round in court. On the other, they haven't had to fundamentally change the system. "If the defendants define delay as victory," Bogaard says, "then they're winning."
The focus of all these ponderous BiOps and all these years of litigation has been the impact of dam operations on the Columbia River system's threatened and endangered salmon populations. There are 13 of them, the first of which was listed for federal protection in 1991. How does the Columbia River dam system (which includes dams along the Snake River) affect the fish? How will the feds mitigate the effects and restore the populations?
(Although the BiOp overview talks of avoiding "the likelihood of jeopardizing the continued existence of 13 listed salmon and steelhead species," the Endangered Species Act calls for recovery, not mere survival, of listed species. The Bush administration invented the concept of "trending toward recovery," which has not yet been adjudicated but survives in this BiOp.)
The plaintiffs argue, as they always have, that the feds aren't doing and don't plan to do enough. This threatens the recovery not only of salmon populations, but also of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales, which some prefer to call Puget Sound orcas. The orcas eat salmon. They prefer to eat big, fatty Chinook salmon. They evolved near the Columbia, which was the greatest Chinook river in the world. In its recovery plan for Southern Resident Killer Whales, NOAA has acknowledged that "perhaps the single greatest change in food availability for resident killer whales since the late 1800s has been the decline of salmon from the Columbia River basin."
And yet ... the BiOp recognizes the relationship, but argues that business as usual is all the endangered sea mammals need. Hatcheries will more than make up for the Chinook currently lost at the dams, so the orcas' food supply won't decline. But the plaintiffs argue that NOAA has chosen the wrong baseline. The BiOp doesn't confront the fact that the current number of salmon supports a small and dwindling number of killer whales. To support more orcas — to restore the orca population, as the law requires — we will presumably need more salmon.
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Posted Wed, Jul 23, 3:12 p.m.
Agree with most of this, except the idea that more spill at the dams may be enough to recover salmon / steelhead. Climate change predications and the resulting increase in water temperatures, increase in nonp-native species, and decrease in water quality on the Snake River (due mostly to the dams and stagnant reservoirs) will not enable recovery even with more spill. The four lower Snake River Dams must be removed to solve this problem and "recover" wild fisheries (including eliminating unsustainable trap and haul "enhancement" around the dams).
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 4:08 p.m.
Meanwhile, wild fish are doing better and better all the time with the dams in place thanks to all the money spent to make those dams more passable for fish. Maybe someday downline dam removal will be a good idea, but that day is far, far away. Not likely in my lifetime and I still have another 50-60 years of life in me!
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 5:07 p.m.
Depends on which fish stock you are talking about. The Idaho Sockeye run is still terrible, and that's the issue for the Snake river dams.
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The deal is (to answer your question) that the fish runs are doing better and better all the time, thanks to this so-called flawed BiOp. And the previous judge who was remanding those BiOps had a clear bias toward Snake River dam removal.
While the enviros and fishermen keep litigating, the rest of the region is working hard on implementing the projects in the BiOp. The efforts seem to be working as more and more fish - both hatchery and wild fish - return with every decade. It's just a matter of time before the fish runs can sustain themselves again and we can still have our precious, clean, and RELIABLE dams!
Meanwhile, the enviros keep suing. They don't seem to care that the BiOp actions are bringing the fish back. Their hidden agenda is clearly out in the open. They want dam removal, which the majority of NW residents do not support.
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 5:12 p.m.
" They want dam removal, which the majority of NW residents do not support. "
That of course depends on which dam(s) you are talking about. The Snake river dams are going to be removed. Their economic value is in shipping grain from the heartland of WA and there is some value in that because historically the railroads have gouged the farmers. So with a three way alternative, barge, rail or truck there is still some negociation power with the farmers. But the Feds could fix it and force the railroads to be reasonable in their charge per ton.
The only real question about all of these dams is when. Do we wait until they fail and then not fix them forcing their removal? Or do we take them out before the strutures fail.
Clearly some dams are necessary both for power generation and flood control but as the concrete ages all of them will be up for discussion.
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 4:11 p.m.
It sure would be nice if Danial Chasan could write an unbiased story on this issue. There are two sides here. Looking through the articles he has written over the past few years on this subject, I can't see that he ever told the whole story. Maybe he might include the arguments of the other side in his future salmon stories???
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 5:16 p.m.
That would be nice. I'd like to hear the stance from the Tribes.
Posted Wed, Jul 23, 10:04 p.m.
Sally, if the previous judge had a bias towards dam removal, he showed it in a funny way, since he never did anything to make dam removal happen. Or even more likely. He scolded the defendants and then let them repeat their mistakes over and over again.
Regarding a year or two of strong returns, it is indeed somewhat heartening. It is far more attributable to the higher spill ordered over BPA's objections than it is to the BiOp. The latter is relying mostly on long-term investments in habitat. Not only are the defendants behind schedule in making those investments, but the fruits of the efforts won't be enjoyed for several generations of fish. It's important work, certainly, but slow and long-term and pretty uncertain.
Posted Thu, Jul 24, 7:55 a.m.
Dammed if we do and dammed if we don't. So long as the red carpet remains rolled out for illegal immigrants (tuition, anyone?), then NOTHING we do will "save" PNW salmon and their habitats. Researchers at Oregon State University have determined the NUMBER ONE THREAT to PNW salmon is population growth; the majority of which comes via immigration from outside the U.S. and Canada. Does the "author, attorney and writer of many articles about Northwest environmental issues" believe we can have our cake and eat it, too? Or is he simply shielding his readers from an inconvenient truth?
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 8:40 a.m.
Strawman. No one is talking about taking our "..all dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers".
The four lower Snake River dams, however, are prime candidates for removal. They provide very little power, are old, have significant effects on salmon passage (up and downstream), and only afford benefits to a minority industry. Seriously - so Lewiston ID can be a port? Rail will easily replace the subsidy of barges.
Posted Sun, Jul 27, 2:46 p.m.
Removing all dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers would have tremendous negative economic impacts. This is more likely 1) a back-and-forth on "to spill or not to spill?" on the lower Columbia dams and 2) the beginning of a debate over the economic value of the upper Snake dams vis-a-vis a recovered Sockeye run if those dams were to be removed. Framing this simply as a black and white dams vs. salmon (and, by extenttion, orcas) debate does a disservice to what are complicated issues.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 10:51 a.m.
The Snake Rive dams are some of the newest dams on the river. You don't like the travel backups caused by trains today? Think what it would be with more grain trains on the tracks.
Posted Wed, Jul 30, 12:05 p.m.
Interesting, I'd say, then, that farmers are already making the switch to rail or truck transport as the more efficient option.
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While advertising can be a good way to bring new people to your business, the customer experience is what brings them back. Gaining each new customer costs an estimated four to ten times more than retaining repeat customers, depending on the type of business. So, while you need both, you can get a lot of mileage out of taking good care of your existing customers, getting them to buy more frequently from you and to spread the news about your business to other potential customers.
Below are a few great ways to make your business a quadruple-threat of customer service:
Create an Enjoyable Customer Experience
Do you like clothes shopping? Many people that I know wish they could avoid the hassle by hiring a personal shopper. Recently, a friend told me about Von Maur, describing the experience as "like the rich people shop." As soon as you start shopping, someone offers assistance without pressure and then, reserves a roomy, clean dressing room for you when you're ready. You do not bump into other shoppers and the restrooms are so beautiful that you want to throw a party in them. Add their no-interest credit cards to the mix and you have a truly enjoyable customer experience.
Von Maur figured out how to remove the drudgery out of shopping and make customers feel like Julia Roberts in the Pretty Woman shopping scene (the second one, not the first). Trader Joe's is another great example. While grocery shopping isn't usually considered "fun", Trader Joe's breaks the mold. While I enjoy their mix of unusual products, their customer service keeps me coming back. When you ask an associate where an item is located, they actually escort you to the exact placement instead of pointing out into space. They also engage you in dialogues when you check out about new products
Regardless of your business type, you can take a page from Von Maur and Trader Joe's. If your consulting services require long meetings with your client, bring in their favorite treats and coffee, even if you have to carry them to the customer's site. Or, if your sandwich store sports long lines (a nice problem to have), serve a free mini-cup of your home-made soup while your customers wait. These small gestures can pay big dividends.
Trade on Service
When you have a legend about your business's amazing service, like Nordstrom does with its famed "taking the tire back" story, you know that you provide an exceptional service. Nordstom's well-deserved reputation comes from making product returns effortless, without question and, perhaps most important, without guilt. Customers perceive Nordstrom as a company that is willing to do anything for them. If you take good care of customer issues, you cultivate loyal customers and earn valuable word-of-mouth advertising.
Other companies that have done well with this are Nextiva and its Amazing Service promise and CVS's 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. They represent businesses that put their customers first, with guaranteed service that goes above and beyond that to ensure that customers have a fantastic experience interacting with the company.
Your customers will look forward to buying from you when you stand solidly behind your product or service. Make customer support accessible and guilt-free. Offer friendly and helpful phone support representatives, and make sure that your website prominently displays a customer support link. Then, remember that "the customer is always right" still holds true. You may have shipped the un-plated cap screws that they originally ordered, but if they now say that they wanted plated ones, accept the return without question and get the right product in their hands quickly. Particularly in a challenging economic environment, customers are less willing to risk their hard-earned cash. If they know you back up your products or services no matter what, you reduce their risks and open their wallets- not just once, but over and over again.
Make it Right
Every business will have times when, despite best efforts, a customer is let down. However, businesses aren't made on being mistake-free; rather, they are made by how they respond to customer issues. If there's an unhappy customer, whether they complain directly or online through social media or review sites, take swift action. You can quickly turn a ranting customer into a raving fan by making it right.
Create a Personal Relationship
You may not care if restaurant servers know your name, but you probably feel like a celebrity, however, when they remember that chocolate lava cake is your favorite dessert — and they bring a free one to your table just for being a frequent customer. While big businesses offer coupons and other generic loyalty rewards, small businesses have the luxury of developing truly personal relationships with their customers and gaining loyalty for their efforts.
I know a freelancer who took copious notes every time she worked for a new company. When she returned the next time, the employees were impressed when she remembered their names and the company's unique processes and procedures. In her clients' eyes, she was part of their team and they asked for her every time they needed help.
Personal relationships with your customers make you a part of their circle of friends. With technology, it is easier than ever to keep notes on your customers' preferences and use that to enhance your relationship. When you make customers feel important and cared-for, they will turn to you first for their needs.
Employ the quadruple-threat strategy to make your business a valuable partner to your customers and with focus, this can help you to grow exponentially.


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Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (German: Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis) is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music), established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990). The prize honors a composer, performer, or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music. In addition to the main prize, other prizes are also given. The total prize money given is currently 3 million euros, with the winner of the main prize receiving €250,000. The prize is sometimes known as "the Nobel Prize of music".[1]
Smaller awards are called "Förderpreis" (encouragement award). "Komponisten-Förderpreise" ("Composers' Prizes") are given to young composers for one of their works. "Förderprojekte" ("Grant-in-Aid Projects") support music festivals, concerts, musical institutions, and young musicians.
List of winners of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize[edit]
List of winners of a Composers' Prize[edit]
- 1990 – Michael Jarrell and George Lopez
- 1991 – Herbert Willi
- 1992 – Beat Furrer and Benedict Mason
- 1993 – Sylvia Fomina and Param Vir
- 1994 – Hans-Jürgen von Bose, Marc-André Dalbavie and Luca Francesconi
- 1995 – Gerd Kühr and Philippe Hurel
- 1996 – Volker Nickel and Rebecca Saunders
- 1997 – Moritz Eggert and Mauricio Sotelo
- 1998 – Antoine Bonnet and Dr. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
- 1999 – Thomas Adès and Olga Neuwirth
- 2000 – Hanspeter Kyburz, Augusta Read Thomas and Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
- 2001 – Isabel Mundry, André Werner and José María Sánchez-Verdú
- 2002 – Mark Andre, Jan Müller-Wieland and Charlotte Seither
- 2003 – Chaya Czernowin, Christian Jost and Jörg Widmann
- 2004 – Fabien Lévy, Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe
- 2005 – Sebastian Claren, Philipp Maintz and Michel van der Aa
- 2006 – Jens Joneleit, Alexander Muno and Athanasia Tzanou
- 2007 – Vykintas Baltakas and Markus Hechtle
- 2008 – Dieter Ammann, Márton Illés and Wolfram Schurig
- 2009 – Francesco Filidei, Miroslav Srnka and Lin Yang
- 2010 – Pierluigi Billone, Arnulf Herrmann, Oliver Schneller
- 2011 – Steven Daverson, Hèctor Parra, Hans Thomalla
- 2012 – Luke Bedford, Zeynep Gedizlioglu, Ulrich Alexander Kreppein
- 2013 – David Philip Hefti, Samy Moussa, Marko Nikodijevic
- 2014 – Simone Movio, Brigitta Muntendorf, Luis Codera Puzo
- ^ "Composer Brian Ferneyhough wins 2007 Siemens Music Prize". Stanford Report. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ^ "The Breath of the World – Ernst von Siemens Music Prize-Winner Aribert Reimann" by Volker Hagedorn, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation


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Twitter updates its OS X client
Twitter has updated its Twitter for Mac client, and you can see all of the new changes on the official company blog. The biggest update is that you now get a camera icon when you're composing a tweet, which makes it easier than ever to share pictures straight from your desktop (other Twitter clients have had this for a while, and you could always drag pictures over, but this is a clearer way to do this anyway). The app has also added Retina display support, which is nice, and there are now 14 more languages: Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.
As always, the app is available for free directly from the Mac App Store. Twitter says to keep an eye out for more changes as well, so it's working hard on providing even more updates to the OS X app.
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WoW, Casually: Playing with your preschooler {WoW}
Jul 16th 2009 10:25AM All I can think of is a family guy quote to go here...
"Cigarettes killed my father and raped my mother"
I currently don't have children. I see everything though has a potential to becoming "addictive" which is why every thing should be taken in moderation. There was no where in the article that said "Have you child play WoW or else..." but same goes for "WoW will make you child like the trade chat".
What makes these kids act like they do on trade chat? Maybe a lack of parental supervision, maybe the schools and their friends, or perhaps the way their role model(s) act.
Make case and point why things are good and/or bad all you want, but just remember, as Mark Twain said "There are only two types of lies... damned lies and statistics."
Preparing for BlizzCon: You need good shoes {WoW}
Jul 7th 2009 3:07PM WTS [Shoes of Gratuitous Stamina]
Equip: Allow standing on convention flooring for longer periods of time than normal.
Use: Minor increase to "spring in your step".
For real though, have fun at Blizzcon and find some moleskin to help with any blisters :)
Scattered Shots: Climbing Hunter talent trees {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2009 2:58PM @Candia Pull a ticket if you don't wanna spend the gold to respec to BM just to toss your pets. My fiance did that, next day she had a letter in her email and he pet was removed. No gold wasted :)
Or pick up dual specs if you got the cash to spend so that you can still show off the shiny pets.
Patch 3.2 changes the tiered Emblem system {WoW}
Jun 18th 2009 4:54PM Does anyone realize this is only the PTR(so far), and is subject to change.
Granted there should be a pot of gold at the end of the raid for high end raiders, but I think this is kinda a slap in the face to those that were just getting into raiding. Trying to clear Naxx10 from week to week and starting a raiding guild.
Now it's kinda... well... Do I try and get that piece of gear now or just wait a month or so for it to drop to the heroic level so I can get it then.
Granted, I am excited for this Possible change, it has me a bit worried for the short run, not so much in the long run.
WoW Moviewatch: Why you should never eat a brownie {WoW}
May 15th 2009 1:33PM You hear the word "shinigami" meaning Death God. @ 1:27.
Yes I like Death Note...except for Episode 26 on sucked... all the way til the end : /
Yagami Light == blood elf voice I think
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May 13th 2009 9:32AM If you're currently spec enhance, stick with that.
If you're resto...
Switch over to enhance or ele. You don't need to be playing resto much yet. Get dual specs as soon as possible though. You'll be able to heal instances and dps solo quests.
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on May 17, 2013It may have slipped past you during the past week's round of Scandalopoly (no, you can't be the thimble; Louie Gohmert's storing his brain there) but we're just now beginning to round the far turn and heading for home on the debt ceiling again, and the Republicans are suited up like the SLA for some serious hostage shopping.
But what should they ask for? On that, Republicans are all over the map. With the budget deficit falling far faster than anyone expected, House leaders have backed off their insistence that any debt-limit increase be paired with budget cuts of equal value. Now, it seems, the sky's the limit.
At the meeting, 39 lawmakers lined up at microphones to offer suggestions. They ranged from tax and entitlement reform to approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to passage of a bill that would require congressional approval for any federal regulation that would impose more than $100 million in new costs on business.
At least one person wanted to take on late-term abortion in the wake of the murder conviction of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell. Others suggested repeal or delay of Obama's health-care initiative. But for the most part, lawmakers tried to be "realistic," aides said, suggesting measures that could reasonably be expected to both improve the economy and pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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1. Combine dried plums and next 9 ingredients (through bay leaves) in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add chicken; seal and marinate in refrigerator 8 hours, turning bag occasionally.
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5. Bake for 350° for 45 minutes or until chicken is done, basting about every 10 minutes with baking liquid.
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This may not be the appropriate forum. Does anyone have experience with bender board for making a curved barrier between grass and planting bed? I saw some gardeners using it at Monticello. It looked like it was plastic or fiberboard. I have a new landscape and am pulling out little pieces of grass, which are getting ahead of me even as I write this. |
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I don't know the phrase "bender board." Do you mean plastic edging?If so, I've put some in with both the Hound Dog step 'n edger tool and the squat shovel-like edge hound tool. http://www.hound-dog.com/steppin_edger.htm http://www.hound-dog.com/edge_hound.htm The thing with the edge hound is you have to make sure the plastic edging you buy has that "V" groove at the bottom to slip the tool into to help push it down. V. |
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I am an all-grain brewer but would love to try my hand at a wild ale. My mother in-law has a wine celler where she has been making wine for years. Crushing and squeezing the grapes, aging in wood barrells, the whole nine yards. I want to leave a beer in there to ferment and what would be the best way? Carboy or plastic bucket and could i just leave the top open all the way? The microflora must be amazing in that room so what are your thoughts and suggestions? Thanks.
In a carboy, with an airlock in another house. Seriously, if your MIL uses the space for crushing grapes, you don't want to contaminate the area on the off chance of infecting one of her wines. Most of us just do beer, sanitize everything and boil all our wort. The risk of cross contamination that way is minimal, and even then, a lot of us will use separate hoses and other equipment that is hard to guarantee is sanitized. In a carboy with an airlock and you should be OK. What temperature is the wine cellar? It could be too cold for year-around storage. You probably want it to get to the mid 60s or 70 for at least part of the year.


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1 This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah. | 1 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD: |
2 The LORD said, "Stand out in front of the Temple of the LORD, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word. | 2 "This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD's house and speak to all the people of the towns of Judah who come to worship in the house of the LORD. Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word. |
3 Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will be able to withhold the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins." | 3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from his evil way. Then I will relent and not bring on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. |
4 "Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: If you will not listen to me and obey the law I have given you, | 4 Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have set before you, |
5 and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets -- for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would not listen to them -- | 5 and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened), |
6 then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'" | 6 then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.' " |
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I don't dodge bad players, usually. I dodge trolls, non-communicators, and flamers. And as I keep saying, that doesn't mean there shouldn't be dodge penalty. I try not to dodge, and I take responsibility when I do. People who dodge 5-6 times in a row until they get the perfect team setup (player wise), and such people exist should be penalized.
Like I've said, it has to be intentional at this point. There is no possible way that nobody at Riot is aware of the issue at this point; and regardless of whatever PR nonsense reds try to come up this can't possibly be a major fix that has taken months to figure out. Somebody high up told the programmers not to fix it for whatever reason. But hey they nerfed abyssal, so that's one more kick in the nuts to mages on Dominion. Because it was abyssal stagnating AP itemization on SR for years, not deathcap, right Riot? Maybe they should nerf Rylai's next, I hear that's another item mages can buy instead of deathcap and void every game.
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Well this dumb guy will just continue to enjoy the status quo while you sit here on the forums making fun of people. OT I dont mind a p[enalty for cases of abuse. But every champ select screen being sacred is dumb. there needs to be a comprimise between the two (SR style and Dom style)
Question, if there was a queue dodge penalty would you ask people to not dodge? Probably not. You can't expect people to play every game just because there's no penalty for walking away.
Speaking of queue dodging can someone explain to me why they added the "accept/decline" step earlier this month? Why would somebody click play only to then click decline 10 seconds later? And why is there no penalty for declining a match? You should be banned from matchmaking for 5 minutes for declining just like as if you left during draft.
Judas Priest
Queue dodge should be liberated in all maps. It prevents a lot of stress.
You're killing me Larry!!


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I just moved into a house, it's only around 30 years old, but it looks like they have never redone the kitchen cabinets. the appliances are at least 10 years old, but the cabinets are older. when i open them, they smell like old musty cabinets. I don't even want to put my dishes or food in them. I'm afraid that my dishes will start to smell like them after being in them. I've already washed them down, but they still smell terrible.
I am trying to find out the best way to see if the landlord will do a remodel, since I rent. I know that is the best solution, it'll only help out the value of his house!