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Jones: Fearful of voters, insurers will temper health rate hikes
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who is pushing a ballot measure to give him the power to regulate health insurance rates, released an analysis Tuesday showing that health insurance costs for individuals increased dramatically over the last year.
But Jones said he suspects health insurers and the California health exchange, Covered California, will temper premium increases for the coming year in an effort to to avert possible public outcry as the Nov. 4 election approaches.
"I fully anticipate that the degree of increases will be modest at best … because Proposition 45 is on the ballot and they are very concerned about creating any sort of backlash from Californians," Jones said Tuesday. "But after 2015, I think, essentially, the sky is the limit.
"Unless Proposition 45 or some other law gets enacted to provide for health-insurance rate regulation and the requirement that health insurers and HMOs justify their rates, we are going to continue to see dramatic year-to-year increases."
Covered California spokesman Dana Howard said it would be inappropriate to engage in a public debate or discussion ahead of the exchange's rate announcement, which is expected Thursday.
"We believe it will be good news and people will be able to see then what our rates are looking like," Howard said.
A spokeswoman for the opposition campaign questioned the timing of the commissioner's comments and noted that the initiative he's advancing with Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog was written before the exchange and its consumer protections took hold.
"Prop. 45 was drafted and filed in 2011, long before Covered California was finalized, giving the insurance commissioner unprecedented new power over health care decisions," Robin Swanson said. "The information he released today seems to be as outdated and misleading as the initiative he is promoting."
Jones' remarks came as he unveiled the study comparing 2013 and 2014 rates that he said his department conducted in response to consumer complaints. The study found that – despite claims to the contrary – rate hikes in 2014 were "significantly higher" than in previous years. Jones said rates increased on average by 22 percent to 88 percent for those with insurance in each of the last two years. The number varies depending on a customer's age and where the customer lives.
Jones added that the magnitude of rising rates was "masked" for most of the exchange's 1.4 million customers because of the taxpayer-supported subsidies provided in the federal health care law.
Charles Bacchi, a vice president with the California Association of Health Plans, said health plans are focused on working with the exchange to provide affordable premiums during the upcoming open enrollment period "while Commissioner Jones is looking backward, releasing an analysis that doesn't take into account subsidies, enrollees who are benefiting from the ACA or acknowledge how the ACA has substantially expanded coverage and benefits while also changing the way premiums are priced."
"The ACA ushered in a new era of health care coverage, opening up access to comprehensive health care to millions who previously could not obtain or could not afford it, and California has seen tremendous success in implementing the law," Bacchi said. "And, while some paid more for this expanded health care coverage, many Californians paid less and benefited from subsidies.
"The analysis released (Tuesday) is not only old news, it only tells one part of the story," he added.
Enrollment for next year's exchange plans is scheduled to open Nov. 15 and run through Feb. 15.
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Just as soon as Congress could pass a bill on the Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama complained that the project bypassed U.S. interests and that the legislation bypassed presidential powers. He was ready with a veto, only his third ever (but definitely not his last).
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Homeland Security got eleventh-hour funding for one more week, but John Boehner's days may be numbered. The Speaker was smacked down on his plan, and as thanks from the conservative wing, he's facing a possible coup. Who knew that having his party sweep the mid-terms would make one of the weakest speakers even weaker?
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Who had that kitchen with dark cabs and SS "trim"
I am sorry, I can bet money I bookmarked it but for some unknown reason my browser sometimes does not do it. I always have to check if it actually bookmarked what I wanted and I have not figured out why.
Somebody posted a picture to someone else's thread in response. It has darker (blue, I think) cabs that curved around the window and on the right side and had a narrow SS "trim" on the top.
I have spent an insane amount of time looking for it yesterday and couldn't find.
Could you please give me the link or post the picture again?
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Eleena, I haven't responded as I don't think you are referring to my kitchen, but my medium stained perimeter cabs looked dark in some of the pics I posted, and the island is green (not blue). But the backsplash on both are ss mosaics.
A few of the pics are showing up in the finished kitchen blog - but I don't know where some of the better ones are...
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The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.Ratings Breakdown: 3 Sell Rating(s), 1 Hold Rating(s), 6 Buy Rating(s)Consensus Rating:Hold (Score: 2.30)Consensus Price Target: $31.40 (18.05% upside) Current Analysts' Coverage Summary for Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN) Show: All Ratings For This Stock Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage DateFirmActionRatingPrice TargetDetailsShare3/27/2015ZacksReiterated RatingSell -> Sell$29.00View 2/4/2015TheStreetDowngradeBuy -> HoldView 2/5/2015BarclaysLower Price TargetOverweight$37.00 -> $30.00View 1/29/2015Sterne AgeeInitiated CoverageBuy$32.00View 1/20/2015Goldman SachsDowngradeNeutral -> Sell$24.00View 12/15/2014KeyBancInitiated CoverageBuyView 10/15/2014GabelliInitiated CoverageBuy$36.00View 9/22/2014OppenheimerInitiated CoverageOutperform$35.00View 7/15/2014Robert W. BairdBoost Price Target$31.00 -> $32.00View 7/10/2014Deutsche BankInitiated CoverageBuy$34.00View 6/4/2014WedbushBoost Price Target$31.00 -> $33.00View 4/23/2014Bank of AmericaDowngradeNeutral -> Underperform$29.00View 1/6/2014Credit Suisse Group AGUpgradeNeutral -> Outperform$22.00 -> $31.00View 8/30/2013BMO Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetOutperform$22.00 -> $23.00View (Data available from 4/2/2013 forward) Earnings History for Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN)DateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallDetailsShare2/4/2015Q315$0.31$0.32$502.97 million$507.10 millionViewListenView 11/6/2014Q215$0.40$0.40$548.20 million$538.00 millionViewListenView 8/6/2014Q115$0.25$0.26$513.40 million$509.80 millionViewListenView 5/21/2014Q4$0.47$0.39$582.77 million$569.70 millionViewListenView 1/28/2014Q3$0.32$0.17ViewListenView 10/24/2013Q114$0.26$0.30$513.67 million$515.00 millionViewListenView 7/31/2013Q1 2014$0.20$0.23ViewListenView 5/21/2013Q4 2013$0.31$0.24$542.94 million$540.00 millionViewListenView 11/7/2012Q213$0.20$0.24$483.42 million$500.00 millionViewN/AView (Data available from 1/1/2011 forward) Dividend History for Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN)No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by Analyst Ratings Network Insider Trading History for Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN)Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionSEC LinkShare2/10/2015Paul W JonesDirectorBuy20,000$27.00$540,000.00View 8/1/2014Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$26.70$734,250.00View 7/1/2014Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$28.70$789,250.00View 6/4/2014John M StropkiDirectorBuy1,935$26.66$51,587.10View 6/2/2014Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$25.69$706,475.00View 5/1/2014Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$26.46$727,650.00View 4/1/2014Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$29.19$802,725.00View 2/20/2014John StropkiDirectorBuy1,759$28.55$50,219.45View 2/10/2014John StropkiDirectorBuy1,810$27.55$49,865.50View 2/5/2014George ShermanChairmanSell1,070,000$24.81$26,546,700.00View 2/5/2014John StroupDirectorBuy9,600$26.08$250,368.00View 2/3/2014Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$26.01$715,275.00View 1/2/2014Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$26.90$739,750.00View 12/2/2013Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$23.80$654,500.00View 11/1/2013Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$23.18$637,450.00View 9/23/2013Todd AdamsCEOSell40,000$19.45$778,000.00View 9/20/2013Todd AdamsCEOSell80,000$20.21$1,616,800.00View 9/19/2013Mark PetersonCFOSell35,983$20.03$720,739.49View 9/4/2013Praveen JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$19.09$524,975.00View 8/14/2013Mark PetersonCFOSell2,804$20.00$56,080.00View 8/1/2013Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$19.01$522,775.00View 7/1/2013Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$17.55$482,625.00View 6/26/2013Apollo Management Holdings Gp,Major ShareholderSell7,475,000$15.40$115,115,000.00View 6/3/2013Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$19.17$527,175.00View 5/31/2013Mark W PetersonCFOSell4,800$20.11$96,528.00View 5/28/2013Praveen R JeyarajahEVPSell27,500$19.41$533,775.00View (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) About Rexnord Corp Rexnord Corporation (Rexnord) is a multi-platform industrial company. The Company operates through two business segments: the Process & Motion Control platform and Water Management platform. The Process & Motion Control platform designs, manufactures, markets and services specified and engineered mechanical components used within systems where reliability requirements and cost of failure or downtime is high. The platform's product portfolio includes gears, couplings, industrial bearings, aerospace bearings and seals, FlatTop chain, engineered chain and conveying equipment. The Water Management platform designs, procures, manufactures and markets products that provide and enhance water quality, safety, flow control and conservation. The Water Management product portfolio includes professional grade specification drainage products, flush valves and faucet products, engineered valves and gates for the water and wastewater treatment market, and PEX piping. Headlines: (3/4) First Week of April 17th Options Trading For Rexnord (3/18) Technical Notes Covering Machinery Stocks -- Cummins, Allison Transmission Holdings, Stanley Black and Decker, Rexnord ... Industry, Sector and Symbol: Sector: Industrials Industry: Machinery Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery Exchange: NYSE Symbol: RXN CUSIP: 76169B10 Key Metrics: Previous Close: $26.6950 Day Moving Average: $27.05200 Day Moving Average: $27.17P/E Ratio: 31.00P/E Growth: 1.23Market Cap: $2.70BCurrent Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate: $1.53 EPS Additional Links: View RXN on Google FinanceView RXN on Yahoo FinanceView RXN's Company Profile on ReutersSearch for Rexnord Corp on Google Rexnord Corp (NYSE:RXN) Chart for Thursday, April, 2, 2015 (Chart Provided by Yahoo Finance)


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Disputing Putin's amnesty
As someone who has been following Russian politics for years and has taught a course on modern Russian history at McGill University, I would like to take issue with some statements in your Dec. 26 editorial Putin's ploy shows Russia has way to go.
I am no fan of Vladimir Putin, but his amnesty did not lead to the release "thousands of political prisoners," as you assert, simply because the actual number of political prisoners in Russia is far, far lower. The amnesty affected people from vulnerable groups (such as minors, senior citizens, disabled people and women with young children) who had been convicted of minor crimes.
The Russian human rights organization Memorial said there were a total of 70 political prisoners in Russia as of Oct. 30, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the members of Pussy Riot, and the Greenpeace protesters.
You assert the two amnestied members of Pussy Riot had been serving their two-year sentences in Siberia. While one (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) was, the other (Maria Alekhina was serving hers in Nizhny Novgorod, in European Russia, more than 1,000 kilometres west of Siberia.
Perhaps the most frivolous statement you made was that "Putin can at least empty the gulags." Putin may have dictatorial tendencies, but he is no Stalin. The modern-day Russian prison system is not the Stalin-era gulag, where large numbers of prisoners perished. Equating the two trivializes the suffering of Stalin's victims.
Department of history
University of Manitoba
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 28, 2013 A16
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A Florida gunman seized hostages and killed six people in an eight-hour standoff at an apartment complex that ended early Saturday when a SWAT team stormed the building and fatally shot the assailant.
The deadly incident occurred in Hialeah, a town just a few miles north of Miami. Police were quoted by The Associated Press as saying the bodies of three women and two men were found at the scene and that another man had been killed nearby. Two hostages were unharmed.
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NASHVILLE, TN - April 25, 2003. Griffin Technology Inc, innovator of
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Gatland backs young Lions to roar again
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July 8, 2013
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British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland has backed his young guns to kick on from their heroics against Australia and make further history in New Zealand in 2017.
The Lions ended a 16-year wait for a series victory with a stunning 41-16 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday night and Gatland is confident many of his players such as Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Alex Corbisiero, Sam Warburton, Dan Lydiate and Toby Faletau could all feature again in four years time.
The elite tourists have not tasted success in New Zealand since 1971 - but Gatland sees reason to for hope that their drought against the All Blacks could be broken. Asked if he thought the Lions could win in New Zealand, Gatland told PA Sport: "Yes, I think if we get things right in terms of the preparation and stuff. If you look at how young this squad is, a lot of them could be around in four years' time.
"If they are playing well enough and you have got four more years' experience on some young heads, some young shoulders and they are in their late 20s, that potentially makes the Lions squad in four years' time incredibly strong.
"You've always got to believe that when you go somewhere you go there to win. I know we talk about 2005 (New Zealand) being disappointing, and for us the motivation in 2009 (South Africa) was about respect and getting respect back for that jersey. The whole focus on this tour was about delivering the Test series win."
Gatland has already expressed an interest in returning to the Lions' hotseat in four years' time, but his immediate focus is a return to Wales. "I am committed to Wales for the World Cup,'' Gatland said.
"Now that the Lions has finished, I am really excited about potentially what Wales could achieve with the group of players that we've got, with the talent that we've got. I think we've got a chance of doing well in terms of the Six Nations and World Cups.
"After that, after 2015 I will think about my future. I may just hang up the boots and go to the beach, sit down with a glass of red wine and a cigar."
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Comment: record vitals while asleep (Score 1) 415
If I were to wear a watch, I'd like to be able to comfortably wear it while sleeping. I'd like it to record my vitals. I hear variation in sleep vitals is a pretty good way to detect illness early on.
Maybe it could vibrate at me when I snore, before it wakes my bed partner. Or vibrate to wake me in the morning, since I can apparently sleep though any noise. Hey maybe my bed could be one big charging mat!
But I don't like to wear a watch, so never mind.


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Students from almost all states of the Northeastern region have been studying dentistry in private colleges throughout the country as there are not enough dental college in the region. Only students whose parents are able to afford the exorbitant fee are able to study dentistry in private colleges.
It came as a boon to the students that a dental college came into existence on the campus of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal a few years back. Chairperson of the Developmental Committee Prof. N. Damayanti told The Hindu that today 50 students from the NE states get admission in this college.
She further explained that there is no capitation fee. In fact a student in a missionary school has to spend more than a dental college student since the fees including that of hostel are nominal.
B.Praveen Reddy, principal of Dental college told The Hindu that there are already 51 dental chairs and 52 more are being acquired. Eight departments are functioning in full swing and there are at least 100 patients everyday in the Out Patient Department. More departments will be opened shortly since the Dental Council of India requirements are being fulfilled. There are operations every week and the frequency will be increased in due course. There is one X-ray machine and three more machines are being brought shortly.
Prof S. Sekharjit, Director of RIMS under whose overall supervision Dental college and College of Nursing are functioning said that some anti-establishment elements had tried to sabotage the colleges. When some teachers and one principal were shortlisted for appointments threatening letters were sent as far as Malaysia asking them not to join the dental college as it was for Manipuris only.
He further said that the quarters of one associate professor Vishnu were torched. All his belongings including a car were destroyed. He said that despite such obstructions Dental college has come up to accommodate the students of NE region.
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"Heard it through the Bovine" 2008 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee Ten ways you and your business can be involved at the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee, May 14 –18? 1. Host a window display—decorating contest for your community. 2. Have a costume contest at you business. 3. Put together a feature exhibit a the Fair. 4. Hang a clothes line at your business. 5. Purchase tickets for your employees at a reduced price. 6. Have your employee picnic at the Fair. 7. Become a volunteer at the Jubilee. 8. Become a commercial vendor at the Fair. 9. Purchase an animal at the Junior Livestock Auction. 10.Become an event sponsor. For more information contact the Fairground office at 209-736-2561 or www.frogtown.org "An Old-Fashion County Fair" Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee Heard it through the Bovine May 14–18, 2008 1 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 What we have accomplished through Sponsors and Community Partners: • Enhanced entertainment and youth programs at the Jubilee. • Remodeled Beef Barn • Remodeled Hog Barn • Remodeled Goat Pens • Paved 3 Barns • Improved and rocked road ways. • Built new wine displays • Planted over 20 new trees. • Built kitchen façade. • Additional patron comfort areas. • Created new floriculture entrance. • Added rose garden. • Added a shade structure to Hog Arena. Who we are and where we are going! • The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee brings national and international recognition to our community. • The Fair Board, the Fair Staff, but most importantly, a committed group of Sponsors and Volunteers make this event such a success. • The Faigrounds also host the Calaveras Home & Garden Show and the American Cowboy Team Roping Association Finals. • There are also many smaller events that help produce revenue and serve our community: Weddings, Family Reunions, Club Outings, Little League, Calaveras Follies. • We have ambitious plans for enhancing our facilities so that they will attract more Community Business. • The 39th District Agricultural Association is the governing body for the Fairgrounds, it is a state agency; however, it receives only 13 percent of its annual operating budget from the state. Those funds come from the taxes on Parimutuel Betting in the Horse Racing Industry. The vast majority of our 1.3 million dollar operating budget comes from events and facility rentals. • Sponsors and donors now contribute as much to the budget as the State allocation. • That 1.3 million multiplies into more than 5 million spent in the greater Calaveras Area. Because we do not receive funding for Capitol Improvements or Deferred Maintenance, our need for Community Partners has become essential. • We think the Fairgrounds as well as the Jubilee have yet to realize their full value to the community. We have goals, plans, a wish list and we need your help. For everything you've done we are deeply appreciative; we look forward to your continued support. Goals • Improve Frogeteria and rebuild deck. • Continue to enhance youth programs and exhibit areas. • Create an outdoor community facility in the Adult Beverage Area. • Add RV Spaces and build a club house in the RV park. • Improve Rodeo Arena • Improve water system. • Improve/build new barns 2 Heard it Through the Bovine Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee 2008 Sponsorship Program he Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee is world re-known with a history that dates back to the late 1800s. In the spirit of Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", the Jubilee will host over 50,000 visitors, the event will receive world wide media attention and was voted the number one event in California by the Department of Tourism is 1999. The Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee custom tailors opportunities for our sponsors and community partners. The Jubilee has opportunities for businesses of any size. Sponsorship benefits are also customized to reflect the clients' needs and level of commitment. The Jubilee excels in matching sponsors with maximum exposure for their monetary contribution. Clients may sponsor specific events, stages, exhibits, awards or become a Sponsor at Large. Presenting—exceeding $10,000 Diamond—exceeding $7,500 + Platinum $5,000 + Gold $2,500 + Silver $1,000 + Bronze $500 + Friends of the Fair $100 + T Board of Directors Talibah Al Rafiq Ron Aschwanden Gay Callan Katherine Campbell June Downum Victoria Erickson Tim Folendorf Stephen Kautz Bob Trinchero … Phone: 209-736-2561 Fax: 209-736-2476 Email: email@example.com 3 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 Presenting Sponsor 2007 Presenting Sponsors $10,000 + Benefits • Billed on all advertising and promotional items, including Fair Poster. • Listed on all fair publications, 1/4 page ad in the Fair guide, tagged on radio buys and ads. • Sponsor may hang 4 banners on the fairgrounds (3'x7'). • Jubilee will provide additional signage at no cost to the sponsor. • Receive a minimum of 100 admission passes. VIP Parking. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Listed on bill-boards and at entrance gate. • Announced before all headline entertainment. • Invited to all hospitality events and access to the Director's Hospitality area during the Jubilee. • Tickets given to other major events. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. • Hosted by Board Member for Fair—tours and deck. • Hosted for Wednesday night BBQ. Questions? Ray Malerbi CEO Laurie Giannini Facility Marketing Director Phone: 209-736-2561 Fax: 209-736-2476 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 4 Heard it Through the Bovine Diamond Sponsor Benefits • Billed on all advertising and promotional items, including Fair Poster. • Listed on all fair publications, 1/4 page ad in the Fair guide, tagged on radio buys and ads. • Sponsor may hang 3 banners on the fairgrounds (3'x7'). • Receive a minimum of 75 admission passes. VIP Parking. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Invited to all hospitality events and access to the Director's Hospitality area during the Jubilee. • 4-8 tickets upcoming automatic—in the mail with a note. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. • Hosted by Board Member for Fair—tours and deck. • Hosted for Wednesday night BBQ. 2007 Diamond Sponsors $7,500 + Questions? Ray Malerbi CEO Laurie Giannini Facility Marketing Director Phone: 209-736-2561 Fax: 209-736-2476 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 5 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 Platinum Sponsor 2007 Platinum Sponsors $5000 + Benites Distributing Black Oak Casino Calaveras Public Power Agency Coors Light Gateway Press Miller Genuine Draft Napa Auto Supply - San Andreas Pepsi S.E.I. Solid Waste Sam Berri Towing Benefits • Billed on all advertising and promotional items, including Fair Poster. • Listed on all fair publications, 1/4 page ad in the Fair guide, tagged on radio buys and ads. • Sponsor may hang 3 banners on the fairgrounds (3'x7'). • Given a minimum of 50 admission passes. VIP Parking. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Will be invited to all hospitality events and access to the Director's Deck. • Will have access to Director's Hospitality area during the Jubilee. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. • Four tickets to upcoming events. • Hosted for Wednesday night BBQ. Questions? Ray Malerbi CEO Laurie Giannini Facility Marketing Director Phone: 209-736-2561 Fax: 209-736-2476 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 6 Heard it Through the Bovine Gold Sponsor Benefits • Sponsor may hang 2 banners on the fairgrounds (3'x7'). • Receive a minimum of 25 admission passes. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Invited to all hospitality events and access to the director's Hospitality area during the Jubilee. • Listed in the Fair Guide and Schedule of Events. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. • Four tickets to upcoming events. • Hosted for Wednesday night BBQ. 2007 Gold Sponsors $2,500 + American Legion Ambulance Angels Camp Veterinarian Hospital Angels-Murphys Rotary Calaveras Lumber Calaveras Telephone Companies Conlin Supply Ironstone Concours Foundation Ironstone Vineyards J & Shauna Shoop, American Home Mortgage Midway of Fun Pacific State Bank Sierra Lodging Angels Inn, Murphys Inn & Murphys Suites Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Wyndham Resorts Phone: 209-736-2561 Fax: 209-736-2476 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 7 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 Silver Sponsor 2007 Silver Sponsors $1,000 + Angels Car Wash Sonny & Sharon Canepa & Girls Angels Sewer & Drain Bandera Outfitters of California Bank of Stockton Big Bear Drywall Calaveras Office of Education City of Angels Comcast Copper Hills by Denova Designs First 5 California Foothill Printing & Graphics Ford Construction Giannini Ag Service Hay Station Ranch Kitchen Kraft Lodi-Lockeford Tractor Mother Lode Bank Pacific State Bank Raleys Savemart Supermarkets Sierra Pacific Industries Spence Ranch Feed & Supply Teddi Paul, State Farm Insurance Union Democrat 8 Benefits • Sponsor may hang 1 banner on the fairgrounds (3'x7'). • Receive a minimum of 10 admission passes. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Invited to the opening day BBQ and celebration. • Listed in Fair Guide and Schedule of events. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. Heard it Through the Bovine Bronze Sponsor Benefits • Receive a minimum of 5 admission passes. • May purchase additional passes at a discounted rate. • Invited to the opening day BBQ and celebration. • Listed in Fair Guide and Schedule of events. • Quarterly report about recent results and upcoming events. 2007 Bronze Sponsors $500 + Angels RV Park Angels Sheet Metal Calaveras Cattlemen's Association Calaveras Winegrape Alliance Central State Credit Union Chatom Vineyards Dillashaw Construction Distinctive Metals Downey Cooper East Bay Municipal Utility District Frontier Trophy Buckles Greenhorn Creek Habitat for Humanity McCarty Family Moore & Co. Drywall Inc. Murphys Historic Hotel Raggio Family RJ Marshall Company Stark Realty Steve Ziehlke Turner's Wild West Village Mart 9 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 2007 Friends of the Fair Sponsors AF Ranch Autosmith Bank of Lodi Banks Glass Brad, Mark, Arley & Kristen Sutton in memory of Roland Sutton Bret Harte High School Ag Teachers Calaveras Arts Council Calaveras County Fair Maintenance Department Calaveras Farm Bureau Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society Callaway Livestock Dave & Diane Baumann Dave Sidle Construction Doctor Jim & Kathy Morrissey Dove Hill Ranch in memory of Jim Bottomley Dragomanovich Family Catering Elliott & Cheryl Joses Friends of the Fair Sponsorship Benefits • The Voice of the Fair will make continuous announcements promoting the Sponsor (Minimum of 2). • Given a minimum of 1 admission pass. • Invited to the opening day BBQ and celebration. • Listed in Fair Guide and Schedule of events. Fouts Angus Gerber Vineyards James Mann Construction Kathy Yarbrough & Debbie Ponte Kelly Wooster & Yvonne Smythe Kevin & Stacey Griffith & Family Larry & Diane Cornish Leeway Construction Pat Lombardi Ron Dwelley Senders El Dorado Ranch Steve & Pati Wooster Stevenot Wineries STT Construction Sutton Enterprises Swendemans Hardware Tanko Well Drilling Tanner Vineyards/ Tanner Logging Van Lieshout Family Vintage Realty Weibe Electric Whittle Ranch Yesterday Farms, Ed Hoag & Cheryl Stone 10 Heard it Through the Bovine The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County By Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 1835-1910 I n compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result. I have a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth; that my friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley, and he would go to work and bore me to death with some exasperating reminiscence of him as long and as tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it succeeded. I found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the bar-room stove of the dilapidated tavern in the decayed mining camp of Angel's, and I noticed that he was fat and bald headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance. He roused up, and gave me good day. I told him that a friend of mine had commissioned me to make some inquiries about a cherished companion of his boyhood named Leonidas W. Smiley—Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, a young minister of the Gospel, who he had heard was at one time a resident of Angel's Camp. I added that if Mr. Wheeler could tell me anything about this Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, I would feel under many obligations to him. Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled of the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph. He never smiled, he never frowned, he never changed his voice from the gentleflowing key to which he tuned his initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm; but all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important matter, and admired its two heroes as men of transcendent genius in finesse. I let him go on in his own way, and never interrupted him once. " Rev. Leonidas W. H'm, Reverend Le—well, there was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the winter of '49—or maybe it was the spring of '50—I don't recollect exactly, 11 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 somehow, though what makes me think it was one or the other is because I remember the big flume warn't finished when he first came to the camp; but anyway, he was the curiousest man about always betting on anything that turned up you ever see, if he could get anybody to bet on the other side; and if he couldn't he'd change sides. Any way that suited the other man would suit him—any way just so's he got a bet, he was satisfied. But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner. He was always ready and laying for a chance; there couldn't be no solit'ry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it, and take any side you please, as I was just telling you. If there was a horse-race, you'd find him flush or you'd find him busted at the end of it; if there was a dog-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a cat-fight, he'd bet on it; if there was a chicken-fight, he'd bet on it; why, if there was two birds setting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first; or if there was a camp-meeting, he would be there reg'lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here, and so he was too, and a good man. If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to—to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug 12 to Mexico but what he would find outwhere he was bound for how long e was on the road. Lots of the boys here has seen that Smiley, and can tell you about him. Why, it never made no difference to him—he'd bet on any thing—the dangdest feller. Parson Walker's wife laid very sick once, for a good while, and it seemed as if they warn't going to save her; but one morning he came in, and Smiley up and asked him how she was, and he said she was considerable better—thank the Lord for his inf'nite mercy—and coming on so smart that with the blessing of Prov'dence she'd get well yet; and Smiley before he thought, says, 'Well, I'll resk two-and-a-half she don't anyway.'" Thish-yer Smiley had a mare—the boys called her the fifteen-minute nag, but that was only in fun, you know, because of course she was faster than that—and he used to win money on that horse, for all she was so slow and always had the asthma, or the distemper, or the consumption, or something of that kind. They used to give her two or three hundred yards' fag end of the race she'd get excited and desperate like, and come cavorting and straddling up, and scattering her legs around limber, sometimes in the air, and sometimes out on one side among the fences, and kicking up m-o-r-e dust and raising m-o-r-e racket with her coughing and sneezing and blowing her nose—and always fetch up at the stand just about a neck ahead, as near as you could cipher it down. " And he had a little small bullpup, that to look at him you'd think he warn't worth a cent but to set around and look ornery and lay for a chance to steal something. But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-jaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces. And a dog might tackle him and bully-rag him, and bite him, and throw him over his shoulder two or three times, and Andrew Jackson—which was the name of the pup—Andrew Jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied, and hadn't expected nothing else—and the bets being doubled and doubled on the other side all the time, till the money was all up; and then all of a sudden he would grab that other dog jest by the j'int of his hind leg and freeze to it—not chaw, you understand, but only just grip and hang on till they throwed up the sponge, if it was a year. Smiley always come out winner on that pup, till he harnessed a dog once that din't have no hind legs, because they'd been sawed off in a circular saw, and when the thing had gone along far enough, and the money was all up, and he come to make a snatch for his pet holt, Heard it Through the Bovine he see in a minute how he'd been imposed on, and how the other dog had him in the door, so to speak, and he'peared surprised, and then he looked sorter discouragedlike, and didn't try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out bad. He give Smiley a look, as much as to say his heart was broke, and it was his fault, for putting up a dog that hadn't no hind legs for him to take holt of, which was his main dependence in a fight, and then he limped off a piece and laid down and died. It was a good pup, was that Andrew Jackson, and would have made a name for hisself if he'd lived, for the stuff was in him and he had genius—I could make such a fight as he could under them circumstances if he hadn't no talent. It always makes me feel sorry when I think of the last fight of his'n, and the way it turned out." Well, thish-yer Smiley had rattarriers, and chicken-cocks, and tomcats and all them kind of things, till you couldn't rest, and you couldn't fetch nothing for him to bet on but he'd match you. He ketched a frog one day, and took him home, and said he calc'lated to educate him; and so he never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump. And you bet you he did learn him, too. He'd give him a little punch behind, and the next minute you'd see that frog whirling in the air like a doughnut—see him turn one summerset, or maybe a couple, if he got a good start, and come down flat-footed and all right, like a cat. He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies, and kep' him in practice so constant, that he'd nail a fly every time as fur as he could see him. Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do 'most anything—and I believe him. Why, I've seen him set Dan'l Webster down here on this floor—Dan'l Webster was the name of the frog—and sing out, 'Flies, Dan'l, flies!' and quicker'n you could wink he'd spring straight up and snake a fly off'n the counter there, and flop down on the floor ag'in as solid as a gob of mud, and fall to scratching the side of his head with his hind foot as indifferent as if he hadn't no idea he'd been doin' any more'n any frog might do. You never see a frog so modest and straight-for'ard as he was, for all he was so gifted. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle that any animal of his breed you ever see. Jumping on a dead level was his strong suit, you understand; and when it came to that, Smiley would ante up money on him as long as he had a red. Smiley was monstrous proud of his frog, as well as he might be, for fellers that had traveled and been everywheres all said he laid over any frog that ever they see." Well, Smiley kep' the beast in a little lattice box, and he used to fetch him down-town sometimes and lay for a bet. One day a feller—a stranger in the camp, he was—came acrost him with his box, and says, 'What might it be that you've got in the box?' And Smiley says, sorter indifferent-like, 'It might be a parrot, or it might be a canary, maybe, but it ain't—it's only just a frog.' And the feller took it, and looked at it careful, and turned it round this way and that, and says, 'H'm—so 'tis. Well, what's he good for?' 'Well,' Smiley says, easy and careless, 'he's good enough for one thing, I should judge—he can out jump any frog in Calaveras County.' 13 Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee • 2008 The feller took the box again, and took another long, particular look, and give it back to Smiley, and says, very deliverate, 'Well,' he says, 'I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's better'n any other frog.' " 'Maybe you don't,' Smiley says. 'Maybe you understand frogs and maybe you don't understand 'em; maybe you've had experience, and maybe you ain't only a amature, as it were. Anyways, I've got my opinion, and I'll resk forty dollars that he can out jump any frog in Calaveras County.' " And the feller studied a minute, and then says, kider sad-like, 'Well, I'm only a stranger here, and I ain't got no frog; but if I had a frog, I'd bet you.' " And then Smiley says, 'That's all right—that's all right—if you'll hold my box a minute, I'll go and get you a frog.' And so the feller took the box, and put up his forty dollars along with Smiley's, and set down to wait. " So he set there a good while thinking and thinking to himself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a teaspoon and filled him full of quail-shot—filled him pretty near up to his chin—and set him on the floor. Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketched a frog, and fetched him in, and give him to this feller, and says: " 'Now, if you're ready, set him alongside of Dan'l, with his fore paws just even with Dan'l's and I'll give the word.' Then he says, 'One—two—three—git!' and him and the feller touched up the frogs from behind, and the new frog hopped off lively, but Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders—so—like a Frenchman, but it warn't no use—he couldn't budge; he was planted solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out. Smiley was a good deal surprized, and he was disgusted too, but he didn't have no idea what the matter was, of course. " The feller took the money and started away; and when he was going out at the door, he sorter jerked his thumb over his shoulder—so—at Dan'l, and says again, very deliberate, 'Well,' he says, 'I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.' " Smiley he stood scratching his head and looking down at Dan'l a long time, and at last he says, 'I do wonder what in the nation that frog throwed off for—I wonder what if there ain't something the matter with him—he 'pears to look mighty baggy, somehow.' And he ketched Dan'l by the nap of the neck, and hefted him, and says, 'Why blame my cats if he don't weigh five pound!' and turned him upside down and he belched out a couble handful of shot. And then he see how it was, and he was the maddest man—he set the frog down and took out after the feller, but he never ketched him. And—" (Here Simon Wheeler heard his name called from the front yard, and got up to see what was wanted.) And turning to me as he moved away, he said; "Just set where you are, stranger, and rest easy—I aint going to be gone a second." But, by your leave, I did not think that a continuation of the history of the enterprising vagabond Jim Smiley would be likely to afford me much information concerning the Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley, and so I started away. At the door I met the sociable Wheeler, returning, and he buttonholed me and recommenced: " Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner, and—" However, lacking both time and inclination, I did not wait to hear about the afflicted cow, but took my leave. 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Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' color in north Texas
Does anyone know how the 'Gro-low' cultivar of fragrant sumac (rhus aromatica) performs in north Texas clay? It should grow well, but unsure if it would get any of the yellow/red fall color in this part of the country or just go straight to brown. TIA
Here is a link that might be useful: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low'
It sure gets in tin New Mexico. I think it turns on Enchanted rock. I don't know if it is the same as yourcultivar. I am just talking about the wild stuff. I grow it in the shade. I don't think it changes color too much. It might also be the sun factor too.
wantonamara: Thanks for the comments. Does seem fall color is more reliable in the west as most of the comments about poor color change are from other parts of the country. Ours start turning a chlorotic yellow in late August. We planted from 4" pots in early 2012 and last fall they went from sickly yellow-green to dead brown before falling off the plants.
Since starting this thread, the leaves have begun turning a darker yellow a few at a time, but are falling off a day or two after the change. Both those in sun and shade are doing this. The plants are still young and may behave differently as they mature further, but looks like we may not be seeing much of the red shades that 'gro-low' sumac can display elsewhere.


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