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Analytic Methods for Constructing Cross-Sectional Profiles of Health Care Providers
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National effort is currently directed toward developing and disseminating comparative information involving both outcomes and processes of care for health care providers. Univariate provider-specific comparative indices based on posterior summaries as well as indices based on maximum likelihood estimates have been developed for use in the cross-sectional setting. A remaining issue in the dissemination of cross-sectional profiles relates to the multivariate nature of the indices: often many performance measures are used to assess quality for a particular provider. Because this information can often be contradictory and overwhelming, there is a need for measures that summarize quality at a provider level. This article proposes the use of latent variable models for comparing health care providers in the cross-sectional setting when each provider is measured on more than one dimension of care. By combining information across dimensions of care within a provider, an integrated analysis can produce a composite measure of quality and has more statistical power to detect differences among providers. As the number of individual performance measures grows over time, composite measures will become increasingly important tools to support decision making by consumers, payors, and providers.
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- Title
- Analytic Methods for Constructing Cross-Sectional Profiles of Health Care Providers
- Journal
Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
Volume 1, Issue 1 , pp 23-47
- Cover Date
- 2000-03-01
- Print ISSN
- 1387-3741
- Online ISSN
- 1572-9400
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- variation
- processes of care
- acute myocardial infarction
- hierarchical models
- latent variable models
- posterior summaries
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Mary Beth Landrum (1) (2)
- Susan E. Bronskill (1) (2)
- Sharon-Lise T. Normand (1) (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. The Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (M.B.L., S.E.B., S-L.T.N.), USA
- 2. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health (S-L.T.N.), Boston, MA, USA


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TOTS Show Skills at SFA Basketball Game
Recently at the half of an SFA basketball game, the TOTs took over the court. The 'Teams of Tomorrow' features preschool and elementary aged kids who learn basketball skills.
Recently at the half of an SFA basketball game, the TOTs took over the court. The 'Teams of Tomorrow' features preschool and elementary aged kids who learn basketball skills.
The Stephen F. Austin basketball team spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Las Vegas at the Continental Tires Invitational Basketball Tournament. Although the Lumberjacks may have missed out on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, they did feast on the competition and ended up bringing home the tourney championship.
3 out of the last 4 games played by the SFA Lumberjacks basketball team have been broadcasted on national TV...let's take that to 4 out of 5.
Will he stay or will he go?
That has been the question on the minds of many SFA faithful fans concerning the status of Lumberjack basketball coach Brad Underwood.
These are just some of the words that can be thrown into the wonderful mix of descriptions that define the run of the 2013-14 Lumberjack Basketball Season...and even when you put all these words together, they don't even come close to capturing what was accomplished this year.
The 'Jacks are turning heads, and not just around East Texas and the Southland Conference. National sports outlets and sportswriters are also jumping on the SFA basketball bandwagon.
I think not. Ask any of the over 7,000 fans in attendance Saturday night. Ask ESPN who ranked the finish as one of their top plays.
One of the most exciting events in sports is the buzzer beater for the victory. That's exactly what happened Saturday night, but we'll get to that in just a bit. If you haven't been to a Ladyjack or Lumberjack basketball game this year, you've been missing out on some great entertainment.
The SFA Lumberjacks return home tonight having accomplished an amazing feat, they reeled off five straight conference wins on a grueling road trip. With those hard-fought victories, the Jacks are now 18-2 on the year, 7-0 in conference play, and ranked number #7 in the nation for mid-major college basketball teams.
The 2013-14 basketball schedule has been released by the SFA Lumberjacks. The defending Southland Conference champs will enter their first year under the tutelage of head coach Brad Underwood.
In a report this morning from TexasStateSports.com, the search for a new head basketball coach for Texas State University has ended with the hiring of now former SFA head coach, Danny Kaspar.
Moments after SFA's thrilling victory over Northwestern State, Lumberjack head coach Danny Kaspar took the public address microphone and let the huge crowd in attendance know that the win would not have happened if wasn't for the thousands of SFA fans who came to the game.


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If you've recently upgraded the RAM, or are moving your Tomcat applications to a larger box, you may want to update your allocated memory.
To find out how much RAM is allocated already to your Tomcat instance, if you have Tomcat installed as a Windows service, you can run Regedit and look at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Apache Software Foundation Procrun 2,0
Under that key will be all the tomcat service instances you have installed on that machine. If you expand an instance tree you will see another key named Parameters. Expand this and you will see a number of named values:
JvmMs - is the minimum memory, equivalent to -Xms JvmMx - is the maximum memory equivalent to -Xmx Options - any other java options you wish to set for this server.
When you run Tomcat as a service it calls the jvm.dll directly so anything you modify in one of the bat files will be disregarded. So you will need to set those options by changing those registry values. The default Tomcat configuration does not use any memory configuration. If you haven't set the -Xms or -Xmx parameters explicitly anywhere you will wind up with the JDK default which is 64M.
Be aware that even if you increase the physical memory size, if you are running 32 bit windows you won't be able to allocate over 2GB of memory per VM. On Win32 the max size for your heap is going to be 2 GB. While that is as big as it will be able to get on that platform, that does not necessarily mean that you will be able to allocate a 2GB heap. In order to achieve that, the JVM must be able to allocate that entire quantity in a set of contiguous addresses. Depending on what you have loaded, if there is anything loaded into memory that is not movable and interferes with allocating that block, it will fail to start and you'll have to reduce the size until it fits in what IS available.
There are a number of different ways to modify the memory settings for the JVM at Tomcat startup via the -Xmx and -Xms settings.
You can set these (and other JVM parameters) in either the JAVA_OPTS or the CATALINA_OPTS in the set_env.bat. These can also be set via the Windows System Environment dialogs. If that has been done you can type set JAVA_OPTS OR set CATALINA_OPTS at the command prompt, and if they are set you will see them. Or they can be set from the command line before starting Tomcat (although if that was being done it wouldn't help you in this case). These can also be set in any of the called startup scripts such as startup.bat, catalina.bat, or set_env.bat. Do a text search through all the bat files and check to see whether the environment variables are being explicitly set somewhere there.
Normally, the quickest way to find out what the actual startup setting is would be to edit catalina.bat.
Find the tag: doneSetArgs. Immediately after that add the line:
echo %_EXECJAVA% %JAVA_OPTS% %CATALINA_OPTS%
When you next type startup it will print out the exact command line being used to start Tomcat. If you see an -Xmx parameter, the value immediately after that will be your maximum memory for that instance. If you don't see that setting at all, it is the JVM default, 64M.
Memory Allocation
What is the most amount of memory you could allocate to tomcat in a x64 OS?
And then secondly, what is the best way to allocate or set the values xmx, xms, permsize?
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hes not mine, but we have one at our barn! his name is Thunder, hes a little nut! He bites too lol but he loves to go over crossrails! xD here are some pics of him........ http://i40.tinypic.com/64hv8i.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/11mdzs6.jpg sorry if they come out huge! lol |
My family owns three minis and I think they are great! All three of these horses are broke to drive. Rusty http://www.horseforum.com/horses/pho...18cbc_full.jpg Angel http://www.horseforum.com/members/56...ngel2-2575.jpg Treasure http://www.speedwayfarm.com/treasurejumping.jpg |
omg I love angel and treasure! Were they easy to train? I can't wait to get mine Im looking at one on sat. He's my fav and if hes an nice as Im told he is, and looks in the pics he'll be coming home with me. |
They are fairly smart and can be easy to train. It is important to treat them like a horse and not a dog. All three of these horses went out to a trainer for driving. I have taught horses to drive but we have a couple of world class mini driving trainers in Michigan and we wanted them to be competive in the show ring. This is a video of Rusty VERY EARLY in his driving training last spring. I can't wait to get a video Angel driving. She is Rusty's full sister. |
How can you NOT love a mini! I don't own one, but if I were to take up driving ( and I am seriously thinking about it) I think I'd want a mini. Especially after viewing that horrible youtube video about the driving accident!!! I mean, how fast can a mini really go compared to a full sized horse, right! :-) |
Mini classes can have driving accidents too but the size and power difference makes them seem less dangerous. |
Minis are my favorite :) I have 15 currently (but one has a sale pending, and some are pregnant... my numbers fluctuate!) :) I breed, show, love ect them. My main love is combined driving with my mini gelding Chili Pepper, and my hubby does it with his gelding Cruiser. We are also part of a mini horse driving drill team (www.minimystique.org) where we perform a drill and also are in parades and do breed demos. You can see all of mine on my website, ::: My Homepage ::: |
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Prime Minister of Canada | |
Logo of the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
Government of Canada Office of the Prime Minister | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Parliament |
Residence | |
Seat | Parliament Hill, Ottawa |
Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Sir John A. Macdonald |
Formation | July 1, 1867 |
Salary | $163,700 for being a member of Parliament + $163,700 (CAD) in Prime Ministerial wages for $327,400 total (CAD) |
Website | www |
Prime Minister of Canada | |
Logo of the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
Government of Canada Office of the Prime Minister | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Parliament |
Residence | |
Seat | Parliament Hill, Ottawa |
Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Sir John A. Macdonald |
Formation | July 1, 1867 |
Salary | $163,700 for being a member of Parliament + $163,700 (CAD) in Prime Ministerial wages for $327,400 total (CAD) |
Website | www |
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The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution.[1] Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists only as per long-established convention (originating in Canada's former colonial power, the United Kingdom) that stipulates the monarch's representative, the governor general, must select as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the elected House of Commons; this individual is typically the leader of the political party that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber.[n 1][2]
The current, and 22nd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Conservative Party's Stephen Harper, who was appointed on February 6, 2006, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, following the general election that took place that year. Canadian prime ministers are styled as The Right Honourable (French: Le Très Honorable), a privilege maintained for life.
The position of prime minister is not outlined in any Canadian constitutional document and is mentioned only in passing in the Constitution Act, 1982,[3][4] and the Letters Patent issued in 1947 by King George VI.[5] The office and its functions are instead governed by constitutional conventions and modelled on the same office in the United Kingdom.
The prime minister, along with the other ministers in cabinet, is appointed by the governor general on behalf of the Queen.[6] However, by the conventions of responsible government, designed to maintain administrative stability, the viceroy will call to form a government the individual most likely to receive the support, or confidence, of a majority of the directly-elected House of Commons;[7] as a practical matter, this is often the leader of a party whose members form a majority, or a very large plurality, of Members of Parliament (MPs).[8] Legally, this may be any citizen of Canada of voting age (18 years and over)—the requirements to gain election to the House of Commons. It is not actually clear as to whether there are age or citizenship restrictions on the position of prime minister itself, as it is not necessary for the incumbent to be a sitting MP.
In rare circumstances individuals who are not members of the Commons can be appointed prime minister. Two former prime ministers—Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell—served in the 1890s while members of the Senate;[9] both, in their roles as Government Leader in the Senate, succeeded prime ministers who died in office (John A. Macdonald in 1891 and John Sparrow David Thompson in 1894), a convention that has since evolved toward the appointment of an interim leader in such a scenario. It should be noted that the Senate was considered a much more powerful body in the first half century after confederation. By the 1920s however the Senate had lost much of its original influence, and hence no sitting senator had been known to have serious aspirations of becoming prime minister whilst remaining in the Senate. Prime ministers who are not Members of Parliament upon their appointment (or who lose their seats while in office) have since been expected to seek election to the Commons as soon as possible. For example William Lyon Mackenzie King, after losing his seat in the same general election that his party won, briefly "governed from the hallway" before winning a by-election a few weeks later. Similarly, John Turner replaced Pierre Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party in 1984 and subsequently was appointed prime minister even though he did not hold a seat in the lower chamber of parliament; Turner won a riding in the next election but the Liberal Party was swept from power. Turner was the last sitting prime minister to not hold a Commons seat.
Should a sitting prime minister today lose his seat in the legislature (or should a new prime minister be appointed without holding a seat), the typical process that follows is that a junior member in the governing political party will immediately resign to allow the prime minister to run in the resulting by-election.[9] A safe seat is usually chosen; while the Liberal and now defunct Progressive Conservative parties traditionally observed a convention of not running a candidate against another party's new leader in the by-election, the New Democrats and other smaller parties typically do not follow the same convention. However, if the governing party selects a new leader shortly before an election is due, and that new leader is not a member of the legislature, he or she will normally await the upcoming election before running for a seat in parliament.
In a poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid following the first prorogation of the 40th parliament on December 4, 2008, it was found that 51% of the sample group thought the prime minister was directly elected by Canadians.[10]
The Canadian prime minister serves at Her Majesty's pleasure, meaning the post does not have a fixed term. Once appointed and sworn in by the governor general, the prime minister remains in office until he or she resigns, is dismissed, or dies.[11] The lifespan of parliament is limited by the constitution to five years and, though the governor general may still, on the advice of the prime minister, dissolve parliament and issue the writs of election prior to the date mandated by the Canada Elections Act; the King-Byng Affair was the only time since Confederation that the viceroy deemed it necessary to refuse his prime minister's request for a general vote.
Following parliamentary dissolution, the prime minister must run in the resulting general election if he or she wishes to maintain a seat in the House of Commons. Should the prime minister's party subsequently win a majority of seats in the House of Commons, it is unnecessary to re-appoint the prime minister or again swear him or her into office.[11] If, however, an opposition party wins a majority of seats, the prime minister may resign or be dismissed by the governor general. Should the prime minister's party achieve a minority while an opposition party wins a plurality (i.e., more seats than any other party but less than a majority), the prime minister can attempt to maintain the confidence of the House by forming a coalition with other minority parties. This option was last entertained in 1925.
Because the prime minister is, in practice, the most politically powerful member of the Canadian government, he or she is sometimes erroneously referred to as Canada's head of state,[n 2] when, in fact, that post is held by the Canadian monarch, represented by the governor general.[12] The prime minister is, instead, the head of government,[2] and is responsible for advising the Crown on how to exercise the Royal Prerogative and its executive powers, which are governed by the constitution and its conventions. However, the function of the prime minister has evolved with increasing power. Today, as per the doctrines of constitutional monarchy, the advice given by the prime minister is ordinarily binding, meaning the prime minister effectively carries out those duties ascribed to the sovereign and/or governor general, leaving the latter to act in predominantly ceremonial fashions.[13] As such, the prime minister, supported by the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO), controls the appointments of many key figures in Canada's system of governance, including the governor general, the Cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, senators, heads of crown corporations, ambassadors to foreign countries, the provincial lieutenant governors, and approximately 3,100 other positions. Further, the prime minister plays a prominent role in the legislative process—with the majority of bills put before parliament originating in the Cabinet—and the leadership of the Canadian Forces.
Pierre Trudeau is credited with, throughout his tenure as prime minister between 1968 and 1984, consolidating power in the PMO,[14] which is itself filled by political and administrative staff selected at the prime minister's discretion. At the end of the 20th century and into the 21st, analysts—such as Jeffrey Simpson, Donald Savoie, and John Gomery—argued that both parliament and the Cabinet had become eclipsed by prime ministerial power.[15] Indeed, the position has been described as undergoing a "presidentialisation",[14][16] to the point that its incumbents publicly outshine the actual head of state;[17][18] former governor general Adrienne Clarkson alluded to what she saw as "an unspoken rivalry" that had developed between the prime minister and the Crown.[19] Savoie quoted an anonymous minister from the Liberal Party as saying Cabinet had become "a kind of focus group for the Prime Minister,"[20][21] while Simpson called cabinet a "mini-sounding board".[n 3][23] It has been theorised that such is the case in Canada as its parliament is less influential on the executive than in other countries with Westminster parliamentary systems; particularly, Canada has fewer MPs, a higher turnover rate of MPs after each election, and an Americanised system for selecting political party leaders, leaving them accountable to the party membership rather than caucus, as is the case in the United Kingdom.[24]
There do exist checks on the prime minister's power: parliament may revoke its confidence in an incumbent prime minister; cabinet or caucus revolts can quickly bring down a sitting premier, and even mere threats of such action can persuade and/or compel a prime minister to resign his post, as happened with Jean Chrétien; the Senate may delay or impede legislation put forward by the Cabinet, such as when Brian Mulroney's bill creating the Goods and Services Tax (GST) came before the upper chamber; and, given Canada's federal nature, the jurisdiction of the federal government is limited to areas prescribed by the constitution. Further, as executive power is constitutionally vested in the monarch, meaning the Royal Prerogative belongs to the Crown and not to any of its ministers,[25][26][27] the sovereign's supremacy over the prime minister in the constitutional order is thus seen as a "rebuff to the pretensions of the elected: As it has been said, when the Prime Minister bows before the Queen, he bows before us [the Canadian people]."[28][29] Either the sovereign or his or her viceroy may therefore oppose the prime minister's will in extreme, crisis situations.[n 4][30] Near the end of her time as governor general, Adrienne Clarkson stated: "My constitutional role has lain in what are called 'reserve powers': making sure that there is a prime minister and a government in place, and exercising the right 'to encourage, to advise, and to warn'[...] Without really revealing any secrets, I can tell you that I have done all three."[31]
Two official residences are provided to the prime minister—24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa and Harrington Lake, a country retreat in Gatineau Park—as well an office in the Langevin Block, across from Parliament Hill.[32] For transportation, the prime minister is granted an armoured car and shared use of two official aircraft—a CC-150 Polaris for international flights and a Challenger 601 for domestic trips. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also furnish constant personal security for the prime minister and his or her family. All of the aforementioned is supplied by the Queen-in-Council through budgets approved by parliament, as is the prime minister's annual salary of CAD$163,700[33] Only about half of this income is specific to the role of prime minister, the remainder being the normal salary of a Member of Parliament.[34]
Should a sitting or former prime minister die, he or she is accorded a state funeral, wherein their casket lies in state in the Centre Block of Parliament Hill.[35] Only Mackenzie Bowell and the Viscount Bennett were given private funerals, Bennett also being the only former Prime Minister of Canada to die and be buried outside the country and Bowell the only whose funeral was not attended by politicians. John Thompson also died outside Canada, at Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria permitted his lying-in-state before his body was returned to Canada for a state funeral in Halifax.[36]
In earlier years, it was traditional for the monarch to bestow a knighthood on newly appointed Canadian prime ministers. Accordingly, several carried the prefix Sir before their name; of the first eight premiers of Canada, only Alexander Mackenzie refused the honour of a knighthood from Queen Victoria. Following the 1919 Nickle Resolution, however, it was against non-binding policy for the sovereign to grant such honorific titles to Canadians; the last prime minister to be knighted was Sir Robert Borden, who was premier at the time the Nickle Resolution was debated in the House of Commons. Still, Richard Bennett was in 1941, six years after he stepped down as prime minister, elevated to the peerage by King George VI as Viscount Bennett, of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Calgary and Hopewell in the Dominion of Canada.[37][38]
The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA) has granted former prime ministers an augmentation of honour on the personal coat of arms of those who pursued them. The heraldic badge, referred to by the CHA as the mark of the Prime Ministership of Canada,[39] consists of four red maple leaves joined at the stem on a white field ("Argent four maple leaves conjoined in cross at the stem Gules"); the augmentation has, so far, been granted either as a canton sinister or centred in the chief.[39][40][41][42][43] To date, former prime ministers Joe Clark,[39] Pierre Trudeau,[40] John Turner,[41] Brian Mulroney,[42] and Kim Campbell were granted arms with the augmentation.[43]
Canada continues the Westminster tradition of using the title Prime Minister when one is speaking to the federal head of government directly; this is in contrast to the United States protocol of addressing the federal head of government as mister (as in, Mister President). The written form of address for the prime minister should use his or her full parliamentary title: The Right Honourable [name], [post-nominal letters], Prime Minister of Canada. However, while in the House of Commons during Question Period, other members of parliament may address the prime minister as The Right Honourable, Member for [prime minister's riding] or simply The Right Honourable Prime Minister.[44] Former prime ministers retain the prefix The Right Honourable for the remainder of their lives; should they remain sitting MPs, they may be referred as The Right Honourable Member for [member's riding] or by their portfolio title (if appointed to one), as in The Right Honourable Minister of National Defence.
In the decades following Confederation, it was common practice to refer to the prime minister as Premier of Canada,[45][46][47] a custom that continued until the First World War, around the time of Robert Borden's premiership.[48][49][50] While contemporary sources will still speak of early prime ministers of Canada as premier,[51][52][53] the modern practice is such that the federal head of government is known almost exclusively as the prime minister, while the provincial heads of government are termed premiers (save for within Quebec and New Brunswick, where the premiers are addressed in French as Premier ministre du [province], literally translated as Prime Minister of [province]).
After exiting office, former prime ministers of Canada have engaged in various pursuits. Some remained in politics: Mackenzie Bowell continued to serve as a senator; R. B. Bennett moved to the United Kingdom after being elevated to the House of Lords;[54] and a number led Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Canadian parliament: John A. Macdonald, Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackenzie King,[55] and Pierre Trudeau, all before being re-appointed as premier (Mackenzie King twice); Alexander Mackenzie and John Diefenbaker, both prior to sitting as regular Members of Parliament until their deaths;[56] Wilfrid Laurier dying while still in the post;[57] and Charles Tupper,[58] Louis St. Laurent,[59] and John Turner, each before they returned to private business. Meighen was also appointed to the Senate following his second period as prime minister, but resigned his seat to seek re-election and moved to private enterprise after failing to win a riding.[60] Following Meighen into civilian life were: Robert Borden, who served as Chancellor of Queen's and McGill Universities, as well as working in the financial sector; Lester B. Pearson, who acted as Chancellor of Carleton University;[61] Joe Clark and Kim Campbell, who became university professors, Clark also consultant and Campbell working in international diplomacy and as the director of private companies and chairperson of interest groups; while Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien returned to legal practice.[62] Former prime ministers also commonly penned autobiographies—Tupper,[58] for example—or published their memoirs—such as Diefenbaker and Paul Martin.[56]
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Hey girls, still no update on the freckle face girl as I have been so busy helping with sr. pics and quinceaneras. I will update it soon though cause we are going to add it to his website!!!
Anyways, I heard Jasmin has a large picture up in the American Girl doll store in Mall of America. Wondering if anyone lives near it or is visiting it this summer. I will pay someone $50.00 bucks to get a shot of it for me if you are there which would be alot cheaper than going there to take it myself. The thing that sucks is we were just there not too long ago! I am not sure if anyone on here is even from Minnesota but I thought I would try???
I'm not in Minnesota, sorry, I know if I were able to get you a picture of an ad with your daughter I would gladly do it (likely free if you just wanted a digital copy).
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I have family there! I can ask if anyone is going! No promises, but worth a shot?
Thx girls and yes just if anyone happens to be there and thats all I need is a digital copy. Maybe if I make it to Chicago soon I can see if it's up at that store as well since it is closer to me?
I live near the Mall of America and we will be going there sometime this summer. If you send me an idea of what I am suppose to take a picture of, and your email address (PM it to me) and I will do my best!
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sorry just saw this now! if you are in the mall of america she is on every directory in the mall. I am not sure if they used that same picture in the store or not? Also if you get the mall of America brochure she is on the front cover. I have the brochure and pictures of the directorys so I can send you a copy but I think or I hope the pic in the store is just her alone. She is also on the american girl website right now I believe but I will have to search for the picture cause it is a few pages in. I will ask the person who saw her what the picture looks like. I only got a quick message about it so still unsure. Let me get some shots and links and I will pm them to you. If you can't it's no problem but if you happen to be there I would really appreciate it.
I also live somewhat near the Mall of America, and will definitely be going sometime in the near future. You can send me info too, if you'd like.
Tina, and everyone else. Just got back from Wi Rapids. I thought I would post this here so I don't have 50 posts about modeling on the photography board. We went to Wi Rapids last minute for a booking for Jasmin. It was nice cause we got to get away but the client paid for the travel. She did a job for renaissance learning which is one of those places that help kids with school work. It was funny cause here she is out of school and she had to be in a classroom shooting for 2 days like she was in school. So i'm in there with her and the director comes up to me and asks me if I would be in the shoot! I have been asked in the past to do stuff but I always say no cause I am not the mom who is living thru her daughter lol! The thing is I have been asked thru email or over the phone but never in person on the spot where they knew I had nowhere to go and run and hide!
Jazz was laughing at me cause she knew I didn't want to do it but I said sure and boy do I give her so much credit! I played her mom in a parent teacher conference and then did a few shots with just myself and the teacher. Then they brought in my fake son and I had to be his mom. It was not very long but man my cheeks hurt from smiling! The only thing I had going for me was when I had to pose I thought if I were taking this picture, how would I want the mom to pose? and then I did that lol. Even her agent was laughing when I told her. She asked me to audition for a commercial for a grocery store and I told her if I had to talk to a camera I would bust out laughing. Hey, atleast I am not one of the moms who would push their daughter out of the way to do it. This is her thing but I do have to say that it was fun doing it when Jazz was in the shot with me. I told Jazz we are NOT telling daddy about this at all! However it was the first thing that she said when we got back to the hotel!
It was very cool seeing where the photographer had all his lighting and all the different set ups they were doing. He was telling the other moms that while he was setting up it was like watching paint dry and I was thinking not for me! I was taking mental notes lol!
So back to American Girl. My boss seen the picture but has been in Miami for 2 weeks so I am going to ask him where it was in the store. My advice would be to just raise the iso and use a very wide ap and hand held at maybe 1/60 if you can. If not I don't care if the camera is on basic mode. She has done so much for American Girl and I hardly have any of it that I just want a picture of her. I asked him if it was her for sure and he said yes. He did bring me back some stuff with her picture on it so I am sure it was her and we got a large check in the mail from American Girl so it's gotta be her!?! I can mail out a prepaid visa card for your time or anyone that gets it. If not I am 2 hours from Chicago and we have a job out there coming up so maybe she will be in the Chicago store as well? Thanks if you got this far


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Upon Further Review: Henry Melton's surge
Calvin WatkinsThe Dallas Cowboys get a well deserved week off after their 31-17 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. We take a look at the game and some big picture points in our weekly Upon Further Review. Melton is moving along: When the Cowboys ac...
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Player tiffs happen, get over it
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and running back Joseph Randle exchanged heated words during Friday's practice at Valley Ranch. It got to the point where tight end Jason Witten told Randle to, well this is a family website...
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Joseph Randle of Dallas Cowboys to be fined for shoplifting charg...
Calvin WatkinsDallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said backup running back Joseph Randle will be fined significantly for being arrested for shoplifting in a Frisco, Texas mall.
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DeMarco Murray making history
Calvin WatkinsSEATTLE - Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray wasn't around to speak with reporters in the locker room after another solid performance. Murray's numbers said everything about him. He rushed for 115 yards on 29 carries in the 30-23 victory over the...
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Cowboys looking to give Lance Dunbar, Joseph Randle touches
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- Cowboys coach Jason Garrett wants to take some carries away from running back DeMarco Murray to curtail on the wear and tear of the season. It's becoming harder by the week to do this. No. 2 back, Joseph Randle has 11 carries o...
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Why signing Ryan Williams matters
Calvin WatkinsThe Cowboys signed former second-round pick Ryan Williams over the weekend to beef up the running back position. Some view Williams as a possible eventual replacement for DeMarco Murray, who's entering the final year of his contract, but it's more...
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Beat Writers Report: Romo's great season
Calvin WatkinsWell, the Dallas Cowboys season has ended, thanks to a 24-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night at AT&T Stadium. With that we have our final Beat Writers Report. Have fun. * Back surgery ended Tony Romo's season after 1...
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Dallas Cowboys: Take 'Em or Trash 'Em?
Calvin WatkinsTell us which Cowboys you'd bring back next season and which ones you'd send packing.
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Murray hopes to build on run game
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- On Thanksgiving Day, the Cowboys rushed for 144 yards, marking the second consecutive week the team reached over 100 yards this season. It was a solid outing by starter DeMarco Murray and backup Lance Dunbar. But late in the f...
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Murray with success against Giants
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- Sunday could be a good day for Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray when he faces the New York Giants. Murray has averaged 5.4 yards per carry in three career games against the Giants. He rushed for 86 yards on 20 carries in the W...
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Joseph Randle fills in for DeMarco Murray
Calvin WatkinsPHILADELPHIA -- Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray was out for this early season NFC East contest against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday with a sprained left knee. The replacement, for now and in the possible future, is rookie Joseph Randle, a fi...
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DeMarco Murray deals with reality
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- In his first two seasons as a professional, Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray failed to play a full season due to injury. Last week, Murray suffered a sprained left knee against the Washington Redskins, raising concerns a...
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Rookie Joseph Randle nearing Dallas debut
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- The only draft pick not to play for the Cowboys this year is fifth-rounder Joseph Randle. But it seems that the running back is nearing his debut when the Cowboys visit the San Diego Chargers on Sunday afternoon. Randle has sat th...
Blog | September 27, 2013 -
Joseph Randle is a healthy scratch
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- Of the Dallas Cowboys' seven 2013 draft picks, only fifth-round pick, running back Joseph Randle, didn't play in the regular-season opener against the New York Giants. "I'm part of the program," Randle said. "Now when they need me...
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'Company man' continues to run along
Calvin WatkinsARLINGTON, Texas -- In Glendale, Ariz., backup running back Phillip Tanner didn't play a single offensive snaps in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals. The Dallas Cowboys wanted to see rookie running back Joseph Randle get some snaps with the first-team ...
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Are recent moves Jerry Jones' handiwork?
Calvin WatkinsIRVING, Texas -- The Cowboys have made some interesting lineup changes in the last few days. On Wednesday, the team worked starting right tackle Doug Free at right guard and moved right guard Mackenzy Bernadeau to left guard. Jermey Parnell moved ...
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Real estate entrepreneurs David and Jason Benham, widely known as the Benham brothers, recently called on Christians to unite in the wake of what they say is a growing threat to religious freedoms.
Last year, the 39-year-old twin brothers made headlines when their HGTV reality series "Flip it Forward" was scrapped before it aired following complaints from liberal special interest groups that criticized their stances on hot button issues like same-sex marriage and abortion.
The Benhams, who identify as being "pro-marriage" and "pro-life," say their ordeal is indicative of a growing threat on First Amendment rights facing Christians around the nation and they're urging believers to stand up for their religious freedoms. more >>
After his recent parental custody hearing was postponed for an additional six weeks, the devout Christian father of seven Arkansas homeschool students, who were removed from their home by state and local authorities last month, is claiming that his family is a victim of "Christian persecution."
Although Hal and Michelle Stanley were under the impression that their seven children would be returned home after a Feb. 12 court hearing, they were frustrated to learn that their hearing was postponed until March 23.
Even though the children have already been in state custody for over a month, 73-year-old Hal Stanley told The Christian Post that he was not given any reason for why their court date was pushed back. more >>
Jesus is a hot commodity. At least three networks — CNN, National Geographic and NBC — are banking on Christians tuning in during the holy season of Lent and on Easter Sunday to watch their varied presentations on the Son of God.
First on deck is CNN's original series, "Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery," scheduled to air Sunday, March 1 at 9 p.m. E.T. more >>
Pastor and author David Platt said he once avoided speaking out about abortion. Now he warns Christians who are silent on the issue that they do not have the option of picking and choosing which social issues to support.
In his latest book, Counter Culture: A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Homosexuality, Racism, Sex Slavery and other Social Issues, Platt admits that for a time he avoided speaking up about abortion because of its status as a wedge issue.
But the Bible helped him realize that "Before it's ever a political issue, this is a God issue." Now he says when it comes to the unborn, "What we believe about who God is and how God creates doesn't leave room for political or moral neutrality on abortion." more >>
By today's standards it may appear that the Apostle Paul was prejudiced against women when he wrote in Ephesians for wives to submit themselves to their husbands. However Southern Evangelical Seminary President Richard Land said Paul was actually ahead of his time, establishing equality between the sexes in marriage.
"In the modern world many people rather casually assume that the Apostle Paul was a misogynist based upon his teachings concerning the differing roles of men and women in the church and in marriage," Land said.
"What such critics fail to realize is that they are reading the Apostle Paul through the lens of a 21st century perspective, rather than the 1st century world to which Paul wrote originally." more >>
In the newest edition of its apocalyptic English-language propaganda magazine, the Islamic State terrorist organization refutes the long-standing mantra that Islam is a "religion of peace" and insists that Islam is a "religion of the sword."
Countering the popular opinion that Islam calls for peace among Muslims and non-Muslims alike, an article in the seventh edition of Dabiq magazine states that Allah calls for Islam to be a religion of violence and any Muslim who believes otherwise holds a heretic view.
"There is a slogan repeated continuously by apologetic 'du'at' [callers for Islam] when flirting with the West and that is their statement: 'Islam is the religion of peace,' and they mean pacifism by the word peace," reads the ISIS article, which was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. more >>


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DonViejo (12,898 posts)
The Other GOP Plan To Blow Up The Electoral Vote
GOP efforts to rig the Electoral College in favor of GOP presidential candidates may be close to dead, but a group of Republicans are hard at work at another plot to blow up the system: switch to the popular vote. Although more closely associated with progressive circles in recent years, the idea has a number of conservative activists behind it as well. And there are signs its gaining momentum. I think theres a growing consensus that the winner-take-all system were currently under is a problem, that its not representative, that only a small number of states benefit, and that it needs to be changed, Saul Anuzis, a Republican national committeeman from Michigan who advocates on behalf of the nonpartisan National Popular Vote group, told TPM. The plan, as espoused by groups like NPV, is to lobby states to pass binding legislation pledging their entire slate of electors to whichever candidate wins the most votes nationwide. The bills would only take effect once enough states join in to provide a guaranteed majority in the Electoral College 270 votes in order to prevent individual legislatures from trying to game the system unilaterally. -snip- http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/popular-vote-republicans.php?ref=fpa
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Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:24 AM
BlueStreak (7,610 posts)
1. I don't like anything based entirely on the popular vote
because that means the vote rigging in Florida and Ohio can cancel out legitimate votes in other states.
And I definitely do not like the idea of this system taking effect after only half the electoral votes are committed that way. We can already see that the states supporting this are mostly the blue states. And states like Texas will hold off so that they can guarantee their electors to the GOP regardless of the popular vote. This should only kick in after a really decisive number of states have bought in -- say at least 85% of the electors. Even then, we can be certain it will be almost entirely red states that refuse to go along. |
Response to BlueStreak (Reply #1)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:31 AM
Rstrstx (550 posts)
3. Wouldn't matter
Since it would only go into effect after states which have 270 electoral votes have ratified it it would render the rest of the states' EVs useless.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:26 AM
Rstrstx (550 posts)
2. Bring it on
The republicans have won just one popular vote tally since 1988
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:55 AM
Angry Dragon (24,101 posts)
4. Then just get rid of the Electoral College
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #4)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 04:26 AM
davidpdx (17,574 posts)
7. That would take a constitutional amendment
which would be a very tough sell to both Congress and the American people.
Response to davidpdx (Reply #7)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 09:49 AM
Angry Dragon (24,101 posts)
8. Wouldn't what they are planning need a Constitutional Amendment also??
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #8)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 03:56 PM
RudynJack (1,044 posts)
9. no
it's states acting to change how they allocate their electors - no amendment required.
But it may violate another clause prohibiting states from entering into compacts with other absent congressional approval. |
Response to RudynJack (Reply #9)
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 01:08 AM
davidpdx (17,574 posts)
11. I hope that is true
I am no constitutional scholar though, so I'd be the wrong person to talk to.
Response to davidpdx (Reply #11)
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 01:41 AM
RudynJack (1,044 posts)
12. I have no objection to a popular vote compact.
I do object to certain states reallocating electors to ensure a win for the person without the popular vote.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 12:11 PM
Kablooie (10,954 posts)
5. Or we could go back to the unpopular vote like we did in 2000.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 02:25 PM
Cali_Democrat (23,374 posts)
6. The GOP would never do that.
That means large metro area like LA and NY would have more clout. The GOP would never go for that.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Tue Feb 5, 2013, 11:27 PM
madinmaryland (57,669 posts)
10. What a bunch of dipshits. The only states that will pass in would never vote for a Democrat
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THE strategy has a name that strikes fear into Microsoft's rivals. It is simply: "Windows Everywhere". According to Bill Gates's right-hand man, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft people began talking about the idea nearly ten years ago. Ubiquity might have seemed fanciful then, but not today. Windows is breaking out from its impregnable base in the desktop PC.
At one end of the scale, Windows NT is making progress in servers, the big computers used for corporate networks. At the other end, Windows CE—a sort of Windows-lite that is a sub-set of Windows 95—is preparing to invade and transform every device from mobile telephones to televisions. NT will earn more, but Windows CE may become the world's most ubiquitous operating system.
Launched just over a year ago for use in handheld computers, CE failed to set the world on fire. The little palmtops suffered from poor-quality screens and keyboards that defeat all but the most dexterous executive digits. But if the first version of CE was clunky and the products it came on were limited, that is about to change. At last week's COMDEX trade show, Mr Gates put the new release of CE, Windows CE 2.0, at the centre of his speech.
As well as supporting a new array of powerful processors, CE now runs colour screens, comes with a pocket version of PowerPoint, a program used to prepare executive presentations, and offers much faster downloads of data from the desktop. CE 2.0 will also allow palmtops access to a number of Windows applications through links to networks.
One of CE's strengths is that it can be used in many mobile gadgets; another is its adaptability. Although it will eventually be found on everything from cars to microwave ovens, Microsoft's main plan for CE is to present it as the perfect way for set-top boxes to bring the Internet to the television. As the spread of PCs in American homes slows, Microsoft is determined to get into "the consumer space".
To that end, Microsoft wants cable operators to use CE in their set-top boxes. But when Microsoft steps through the door, there is always the little matter of who ends up owning the house. Some cable firms will succumb to Microsoft's pitch, but most prefer an open standard, possibly based on the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.
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My niece recently made for us some fabulous crispy, crunchy cookies that were like a toffee Florentine. A caramel and crushed almond base was cooked on the stove top, then baked like a drop cookie briefly in the oven. They'd be perfect!! I don't know the source of the recipe, so I cannot post it here (due to copyright concerns), but if you send me a message via my profile, I'll be happy to send the recipe to you. What you're making sounds delish, by the way. ;o)
I like the toasted coconut idea...Tres Leches and coconut flan are two of my favorite desserts. I think the flavors would be a match made in heaven.
Preheat you oven to 450. Line a sheet pan with parchment and give it a touch of pan spray. Drop teaspoonfuls of granulated sugar about 3" apart. Spread them out a bit with the back of the spoon. Bake in oven until molten and golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately again use the back of the spoon to quickly pull the edges of your molten blobs into beautiful random shapes. Cheap, easy, fast, and very dramatic. For extra drama, drop some sesame seeds or black sesame seeds or chia seeds (I trust you're getting my drift) into the initial piles of granulated sugar.
how about some candied pumpkin seeds? take equal parts sugar and pumpkin seeds. Make a caramel, add some pumpkin seeds, lower flame and stirr. The mixture will look sandy at first but as you continue to cook it will dissolve again, once all candied, sprinkle salt, stir and put over a lighly greased sheetpan or over a nonstick pad.
Alternitavely, you couls make some french style meringues and crumble
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It was suggested on twitter that I produce a snapshot or total for 2012, so I decided to try and produce a review of the stats in 2012. I hope you like it.
Unsurprisingly the totals over the year showed the general trend we've observed month to month. PHP and Java up on top with over 12k jobs each and very little distance between them. Objective C is next up but below 10k jobs at around 9k in total. As we get to number 4 (SQL) we're already close to 5k which shows just how much Java and PHP are dominating the stats. Android skills came in at number 5 with close to half the number of jobs which had been listed for Objective C.
You can see for yourself how it pans out from there. Ruby, JavaScript and C# are all pretty close to each other at around 3.5k to 4k jobs each. There is then a bit of a drop off to below 2k jobs at the bottom of the table.
Language | Jobs |
Java | 12558 |
Objective C | 8925 |
Java (Android) | 4981 |
Ruby | 3859 |
JavaScript | 3742 |
Action Script | 1821 |
Python | 1649 |
ASP.net | 818 |
The first few months of the year seemed good times to be looking for work, as might be expected with new projects and new plans getting underway perhaps. May was the real peak though, with around 23k jobs listed, followed by a lull over the summer with the next 3 months recording closer to 12k jobs each. Interestingly the lull continues into September and October before things pick up again towards the end of the year. We'll have to wait and see if the same pattern unfolds in 2013.
Looking at how the different languages shook out at the end of the year vs the start of the year shows some interesting trends. These numbers show the difference in what % of the jobs each language accounted for between the start and end of the year.
Language | Change |
JavaScript | 1.6% |
Ruby | 0.7% |
ObjectiveC | 0.6% |
Android | 0.6% |
Cpp | 0.5% |
CSharp | 0.3% |
Python | 0.1% |
Java | -1.4% |
ActionScript | -1.6% |
Ruby also grew it's share by 0.7%, interestingly the exact amount of ground lost by PHP. Android skills and Objective C both grew by 0.6%, showing gradual but still steady growth. I imagine as tablet adoption grows we'll see further importance for these skills in the future.
ActionScript was the unsurprise biggest loser of 2012, dropping 1.6% but was followed closely by Java dropping 1.4%. I'm not sure what to make of the drop in Java's fortunes, other technologies are likely replacing it on the server (outside of the enterprise at least) and perhaps it's own ecosystem is devouring it with people moving to Scala and Groovy and other JVM languages. Any desktop ambitions must surely now be dead as well although I don't know that the desktop ever accounted for a significant part of Java development.
PHP was the next closest loser but dropped only 0.7% vs Java's 1.4%.
Looking to next year, if these trends continue it's not a huge stretch to see Java dropping out of the top two, ceding it's position to Objective C. A fairly major statement I would say for just how much software development is targeted at Apple devices. Not exactly hot on it's heels, but cementing a 4th place position going forward could be Android skills. On the other side of things, I think it's safe to say we'll see ActionScript losing and JavaScript gaining further ground. As to how far the JavaScript on the server trend will go I can't say but possibly we'll start seeing that as a growth area at some point in the future.
I'd been hoping all year to see enough Scala or F# jobs to justify mentioning them in the stats but to date they've failed to really standout. Although there is a lot of excitement around both of these I think there is still a long way to go before we see mainstream adoption or in some cases even awareness.
Thanks to everyone who's came to the site this year, and especially to everyone who's tweeted or mentioned the site on their blog. Getting feedback is always motivating and I'm glad people are finding jobs through the site and finding the monthly stats interesting.
The data for the above is taken from developer jobs found on twitter by Jobs Tractor. If you're a developer looking for work you might want to check out the Jobs Tractor developer jobs board.
If you'd like to keep track of these trends, or see some of the interesting stats within the data set then follow the Jobs Tractor blog where I'll announce new releases of these stats and the other interesting things I find in the data.


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It will be interesting to see how this one turns out
Suspected Copper Thief Shot Dead By Guard
This is a discussion on Copper thief shot/killed by security guard within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; It will be interesting to see how this one turns out Suspected Copper Thief Shot Dead By Guard...
It will be interesting to see how this one turns out
Suspected Copper Thief Shot Dead By Guard
We had a security guard killed by a copper thief nearby a few years ago.
Here's the updated link. I'm glad to see they caught the guy:
UPDATE: Man charged in Security Guard Murder at Recycling Center | NowPublic Photo Archives
Copper thieves are a serious menace in our community.
'Clinging to my guns and religion
This is getting to be quite prevalent. There was a thing on the news last night, don't recall where, where thieves were stealing hanging power lines. The power companies were going to aluminum lines to end the problem.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
Went to steal copper, got lead instead. Play stupid games...win stupid prizes.
Over Labor Day weekend, we had a school in Pinellas county Fl. that had 14 A/C units stolen.
I know those tax dollars could have been put to better use.
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thats why at my fathers business, he put the ac unit on 18 foot tall stilts
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them..."
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I work in the voice/data cabling industry. 24 gauge wire scraps at close to $3.00 per pound. When you get into 0, 0/2, 0/4 and larger gauge it can go for quite a bit more. Theft of copper is no longer a petty crime. It is a major problem in the cabling industry.
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After the Joplin, MO tornado on May 22, I talked to a police officer who caught looters filling up their trailers with downed powerlines with hopes of driving them to scrap yards in other states. Disasters can stir up a lot of scum, but thankfully the amount of selflessness and good will from the volunteers in Joplin far outweighed the looting.
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This whole copper theft issue is concerning me about the new electric vehicle charging infrastructure they are building. Those charging stations (for those who haven't seen) have a fairly long and thick copper cable on them. They can range from 10 to 20 feet, and since they are designed to carry a lot of current they are pretty thick gauge. I could see rampant copper thieves destroying the entire industry before it gets started.
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato
A copper thief can always wear a "few more grams" of copper and cash it in at the ER.
Yes I carry all copper rounds to send his way (DPX)
It's gotta be who you are, not a hobby. reinman45
"Is this persons bad behavior worth me having to kill them over?" Guantes
Copper thieves in OK get electrocuted pretty often. This guys life of crime is over:
Man Electrocuted Stealing Copper Identified - Oklahoma City News Story - KOCO Oklahoma City
A copper thief here in OK was charged with murder after his partner in crime was electrocuted at a well site.
Trial set for man in copper theft death » Oklahoma News » MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK
Oh well, life goes on without him!
Amazing how times have changed. When I was a kid (late 50's), a friend's dad was a security guard at the Ford plant in Mahwah, NJ. Saw a guy stealing a huge wrench one night, ordered him to stop, the guy ran. My friend's dad shot him with a .30-30... no big deal. The guy survived, the cops came and took the thief away, and it was back to business as usual. No special prosecutor was appointed to investigate, no one rioted to protest. And I just thought my friend's dad was really cool.
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