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Here's the cartoon from today's paper:
Notes Sam Stein at the Huffington Post:
At its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp. Either way, the incorporation of violence and (on a darker level) race into politics is bound to be controversial.
A couple weeks ago ABC News shanked one badly when it concocted the phony premise that it was somehow hypocritical of Obama to criticize executive pay on Wall Street (which often reaches into the tens of millions of dollars annually) because he made a lot of money as POTUS (i.e. $400,000). ABC News somehow saw a connection between the two sets of salaries.
Now ABC's Jonathan Karl returns with a similarly harebrained premise, which is this: Some members of Congress recently criticized CEOs for their use of corporate jets, but Congressmen are sometimes flown overseas for free by the Air Force while conducting official government business.
Period. That's it. Although ABC News treats it as a very big deal. Here's the unintentionally humorous headline, "Congress Travels Free on Taxpayers' Dime."
Honestly, does that come as news to anyone in America? Do voters actually think that Congressmen, and their wives, pay their own airfare and fly commercial flights when they're part of a Congressional delegation visiting, for instance, Afghanistan or Iraq or even Europe? I mean really, how dumb does ABC News think Americans are?
The sheer stupidity of the report is just jaw-dropping, though. Here's an example:
Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., has taken four taxpayer-financed trips to nine countries over the past four years, despite criticizing corporate executives for flying on private jets to Washington and asking for taxpayer handouts.
Follow? Ackerman has taken four trips in four years (as a reader you're supposed to be outraged), even though Ackerman has criticized "corporate executives for flying on private jets to Washington and asking for taxpayer handouts."
But what's the connection? In an extraordinary move, CEO's of private companies recently turned to the federal government for billions in bailout assistance and caught flak for using corporate jets to fly to D.C. Ackerman though, is a Congressman paid by the government and approximately once a year takes government-paid flights overseas to represent the United States, just as Congressmen have done for decades.
How on earth are those two set of facts even remotely connected? And why did Karl embarrass himself by pretending he couldn't tell the obvious differences between the two?
P.S. Note that ABC reports the airfare practice is bipartisan, but for some reason only Democrats get mentioned by name in the report.
Richard Norton Smith, discussing Obama in Time:
I think there is a fundamental disconnect between much of the media — with its breathless and impatient coverage — and most people out there. Most people are more patient and sophisticated, and appreciate that our problems have developed over a long period of time. They're realistic enough to understand that they are not going to disappear overnight.
Zachary Roth at TPMMuckraker's on the case, contacting both Will and his WashPost boss, Fed Hiatt, editor of the Post's Op-Ed page, trying to find out if and when the Post is going to correct central factual errors found in Will's most recent anti-global warming column.
Writes Roth:
Will's assistant told us that Will might get back to us later in the day to talk about the column. And Hiatt said he was too busy to talk about it just then, but that he'd try to respond to emailed questions. So we emailed him yesterday's post, with several questions about the editing process, then followed up with another email late yesterday afternoon.
But still nothing from either of them, over twenty-four hours after the first contact was made. Nor has the online version of Will's column been updated, even to reflect the fact that the ACRC has utterly disavowed the claim Will attributes to it.
We're hearing that the Post's editing process for opinion pieces is virtually non-existent. Maybe that makes sense in some cases -- it certainly seems reasonable to give most columnists a freer hand than straight news reporters get. But it's difficult to know for sure when the Post won't talk about it. And that approach sure didn't serve the paper well here.
Check out this amazing piece over at TheWonkRoom which identifies the cast of characters used by Marc Marano, communications director to Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), to push climate change skepticism.
TheWonkRoom reports:
Marc Morano, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)'s environmental aide, sits at the center of the right-wing global warming denier propaganda machine — of fifty-two people. Conservative columnist Fred Barnes recently refused to tell TPM Muckraker who's informed him "the case for global warming" is falling apart, but all signs point to Marc Morano. Morano's "entire job," Gristmill's David Roberts explains, "is to aggregate every misleading factoid, every attack on climate science or scientists, every crank skeptical statement from anyone in the world and send it all out periodically in email blasts" to the right-wing echo chamber. The Wonk Room has acquired Morano's email list, and we can now reveal the pack of climate skeptics, conservative bloggers, and corporate hacks who feed the misinformation machine.
Promoted on the Drudge Report and Fox News, Morano's moronic misinformation enters mainstream discourse through columns by Barnes, George Will, Robert Samuelson, and others. Many in the Morano gang are funded by right-wing think tanks, though a few are committed activists, conspiracy theorists who believe their homebrew interpretations of climate data. Others are aging scientists with strong conservative beliefs, motivating them to challenge action on global warming not because they disbelieve its existence, but because they are ideologically opposed to regulation of pollution.
Check out Marano's full list here.
You may recall our recent posts on Fred Barnes' super-secret climate change source and George Will's refusal to correct his recent wacky climate change denial column.
Just the messenger. According to ProgressNowColorado:
That's noted right-wing shill Michelle Malkin posing with who we've dubbed "Swastika Guy," owing to the sign he carried right onto the stage with State Senator Josh Penry, Congressman Mike Coffman, Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams, State Senator Dave Schultheis, former Congressman Tom Tancredo, and Independence Institute president Jon Caldara, among others. None of whom did anything about it, and in fact one person defended the guy to one of our people saying that the swastika is not a Nazi symbol, but an honored Native American symbol.
UPDATE: Ohhhh, wait a minute. I get it. The man with the sign isn't professing his affinity for Nazis. He isn't even identifying himself as a Nazi. The swastika in question has a circle around it forming an O and the rest of the sign reads "BAMA". Get it? Obama is a Nazi. That's much better. Sigh.
As Media Matters noted back in 2005, Glenn Beck has professed his hatred for the "9/11 victims' families" which is perhaps what caught the attention of ThinkProgress during a recent broadcast of Beck's new Fox News show:
ThinkProgress notes:
Yesterday on his Fox News television show, Glenn Beck professed his deep concern for Beverly Eckert, a 9/11 widow who died in Thursday night's plane crash in Buffalo. "After the attacks, she became a vocal activist for families of 9/11 victims," Beck said in praising Eckert. "She pushed for the 9/11 Commission. She demanded answers from the government, and helped win the passage of the Intelligence Reform law." David Neiwert recalls Beck's earlier screed against the families of 9/11 victims:
"You know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families. It took me about a year. Um, and I had such compassion for them and I really, you know, I wanted to help them, and I was behind — let's give them money, let's get them started, and all of this stuff. And I really didn't — all the 3,000 victims' families, I don't hate all of them, I hate about, probably about ten of them. But when I see 9/11 victim family, you know, on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up.' I'm so sick of them. Because they're always complaining. And we did our best for them. And again, it's only about ten."
Remember how during the stimulus debate, the media kept insisting that Republicans had "taken control of the debate," were "driving the message" and all those other phrases journalists love to use in order to pretend that something is happening other than the media deciding to pay more attention to the GOP's arguments? How we kept hearing that congressional Republicans got their groove back by effectively painting the Democrats as big-spending coastal liberals?
Remember that?
Well, earlier today, Politico's Glenn Thrush noted a new Gallup poll that he thought showed that approval of congressional Democrats had spiked, while approval of Republicans had dropped. Turns out, Thrush misread the poll; it didn't measure approval of the two parties.
But it led me to wonder what the public does think of the two parties' congressional leaders. Is all that noise we've been hearing about Republicans having The Big Mo legitimate, or is it another case of the media being badly out of touch with the American people?
If you guessed "out of touch" -- and, really, why wouldn't you? -- you nailed it.
CNN conducted a poll just a little more than a week ago that found 60 percent approval for Democratic leaders in congress, and 39 percent disapproval, for a net of +21 points. Republican leaders in congress, however, had won the approval of 44 percent of the public, while 55 percent disapproved, for a net of -11 points.
That's a 32 point gap between the net approval for the Dems & the GOP. That's huge.
But the Republicans have produced a web video featuring a 32-year-old Aerosmith song, so get ready for several days of cable news pretending the GOP is, indeed, "back in the saddle again."
Aaron Keyak of the National Jewish Democratic Council assails the Washington Times for invoking Nazism in an editorial critical of health care provisions in President Obama's economic recovery plan.
At Huffington Post, Keyak writes in part:
Last week, The Washington Times ridiculously wrote of the "Nazi version of efficiency" when criticizing health care provisions in the stimulus plan. The use of this example is not only inaccurate, but it is insensitive and clearly beyond the pale of even the most partisan critiques of the stimulus bill. The Times is free to voice its thoughts on its Editorial page, but attacking the stimulus plan by printing a photo of Adolf Hitler and invoking comparisons to Nazi policies is offensive and not befitting of any newspaper with at least a modicum of respectability.
UPDATE: The JTA is up with a post: Can we stop with the Nazi analogies?
OpenLeft's Paul Rosenberg takes a look at the evolving battle lines between old and new media using HuffPo's Sam Stein and his White House presser question as a jumping off point to discuss the unfounded assumption that old media reporting is somehow inherently superior:
It's routinely argued that old media--particularly newspapers--are superior, because they do "original reporting" while bloggers are merely parasitical on what newspapers reporters do. Of course, this is very often the case, just as most opinion columns are parasitical on newspaper reporters, too.
But it's not necessarily the case, and it's likely to be less and less the case as time goes by. With the vast online publication of information from primary sources, government, scientific and professional reports and the like, the value of traditional journalists largely revolves around their ability to see the same things that anyone online can see, and then to ask the right questions to penetrate beyond what was originally presented. And this is precisely where they routinely fail, not just falling short, but often amplifying the very lies and distortions they should be stripping away.
Rosenberg goes on to make his point by noting Media Matters' recent research item on the AP comparing President Obama's hiring of progressives at the DOJ to the Bush administration's alleged illegal hiring practices:
Indeed, the Bush politicization of the DOJ goes far beyond simply politicizing the process of hiring career staff using political criteria. The whole point of hiring conservative Republicans was not simply to give them cushy jobs they weren't qualified for (although some possible were qualified, but those didn't need their help). No, their purpose was to use the DOJ as a political weapon to attack, and attempt to destroy, the Democratic Party. This is how a whole range of improper and illegal practices all tied together. So MMFA is merely focusing on the most minimal aspects of what's required for accurate reporting here.
In it's critique of the AP story, MMFA relied entirely on the July 28, 2008 DOJ report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG), titled "An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General." (PDF) In the natural course of standard journalistic practice, this is the sort of crucial document that a beat reporter would have read. That's precisely the sort of intimate understanding that reporters are supposed to bring to their jobs, which the rest of us are supposed to lack. MMFA did not "engage in reporting" according to the standard narrative. They were "just blogging."
And yet, MMFA managed to unearth and highlight the most fundamental distinction between political appointees and career attorneys (something every beat reporter ought to know like the back of their hand), and present it using compelling quotes from an unimpeachable authoritative source.
In short, although MMFA was "just blogging" while AP was doing "real reporting", it was MMFA that produced a sound journalistic product while AP did not.

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Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 2006
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
Winemaker's Notes
The Brunate and Le Coste grapes were vinified in different ways: the Brunate fruit was kept apart, and went into a special riserva that rested in the cellar in large bottles for ten years and was then put in standard bottles, while the other lots, following one of the most hallowed Barolo traditions, were meticulously blended together.
Since 1993 there are no longer a "standard" Barolo and a Brunate Riserva, but two different pairs of blends, all sourced from the same 4 estate vineyards. This is the cuvée of Brunate and Le Coste (10,000 bottles).
Critical Acclaim
The Wine Advocate - "The 2006 Barolo Brunate-Le Coste flows from the glass with tons of dark fruit wrapped around a deep, muscular core. I am too young to have tasted the 1989 when it was first released, but I imagine it might very well have been like this. The sheer density of the fruit is remarkable, while the wine's balance is first-rate. With time, sweet balsamic mentholated notes appear, along with spices, violets, leather and licorice, all supported by the wine's muscular, broad-shouldered frame. This is a classic among classics and a must-have wine for anyone serious about great Barolo. The more it sat in the glass, the more I loved it. Anticipated maturity: 2026-2046."
International Wine Cellar - "Brunate component: Medium red. Mocha, brown spices, tobacco and cocoa powder on the nose, with suggestions of superripeness. Sweet, lush and deep, with decadent flavors of plum, tobacco, brown spices and earth. Finishes long and sweet, with substantial broad, ripe tannins. From a barrel of pure Le Coste: Bright, deep red. Rather Burgundian aromas of mocha, smoke and earth, with good mineral lift. Sexy and sweet in the mouth, with lovely energy to the flavors of dark raspberry, spices, minerals and red licorice. This sample has a floral component I don't find yet in the other barrels of 2006 here. Finishes broad and long, with suave tannins. This will comprise about 25% of the ultimate blend, says Rinaldi."
Wine Spectator - "An elegant, supple style, despite its firm structure. Exhibits rose, cherry, menthol and licorice flavors underscored by mineral. This is taut and linear, with a long, sustained aftertaste. Best from 2013 through 2028."
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Giuseppe Rinaldi Winery
Established in 1890, this attractive and distinctive house, is located just outside the town limits of Barolo, on the road to Monforte, both the traditions and the modern developments of Barolo merge. One part of this partnership is represented by the winery's current owner, Giuseppe Rinaldi, or, more simply, "Citrico," as he is known to everyone. Since managing great vineyards is never easy and always requires a true sense of stewardship of the land, to inherit this acreage in particularly valuable terroirs such as Brunate, Le Coste. <> Giuseppe "Beppe" Rinaldi is one of Piedmont's most iconic producers. Historically his wines have been hard to find because they are mostly sold to private individuals rather than the trade, meaning that large lots are nearly impossible to come by. These are among the most natural, unmanipulated wines being made anywhere. At times past vintages have shown some rough edges and excessive amount of volatile acidity, but those traits seem to belong to the past, as today's wines are cleaner and better made. The wines are fermented in an open-top wood vat using natural yeasts. Temperature is not mechanically controlled. The wines see a longish fermentation/maceration and are aged in cask. Although Rinaldi has changed out a few barrels recently, the only concession to anything resembling modernity is an old-fashioned rotary telephone, which seems to genuinely annoy him each time it rings. Yields here have never been particularly low but the trend towards warmer growing seasons has resulted in beautifully ripe and fragrant fruit, particularly in recent years. View all Giuseppe Rinaldi Wines
About PiedmontView a map of Piedmont wineries (PEED-mont)
Notable FactsNot just regulated to red wine, Piedmont also produces some notable whites, particularly those near the district of Gavi and Asti. Gavi produces still white wine from the Cortese grape. The wine is dry with a crisp, citrus-like acidity – fairly neutral but pleasant. Arneis is another grape/wine made in the area, creating a fuller wine that displays some nuttiness in the aroma and taste. Asti is well known for its sparkling wine – in particular Asti Spumante and Moscato d'Asti. Asti Spumante is typically higher in alcohol, sweetness & fizziness, while its higher-class cousin, Mostcato d'Asti, contains lower alcohol levels, a few less bubbles, and a more restrained and delicate representation of Moscato fruit.
About Italy
A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.
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Alcohol By Volume GuideMost wine ranges from 10-16% alcohol by volume. Some varietals tend to have higher (for example Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon) or lower alcohol levels (Pinot Noir and many white varietals), but there is always some variation from producer to producer. Some wine falls outside of this range, for instance Port weighs in closer to 20%, while Muscat and Riesling are usually a bit below 10%.
Wine Style Guide
Light & Fruity
- Red wines that are more fruit-forward and lighter in tannin and body.
Smooth & Supple
- Medium bodied reds that go down easy, with smooth tannins and supple fruit.
Earthy & Spicy
- Wines where earthy and/or spicy dominate the flavors – typically medium to full body.
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Friday Links: Bold statements, N00bs, and another advertising documentary
- 20 Killer iPhone Game Designs: I can vouch for the beauty of Sheep Abduction.
- In case you need some tips, How to effectively communicate with developers.
- 100 Artworks From the Top Digital Artists in the USA & Canada
- If this comic comparing Aldous Huxley and George Orwell doesn't kind make you a little sad and afraid, it might already be too late for you.
- I like bold statements, especially ones like this: The most creative & skillful corporate web designs of all time (also, is it just me or does Silverback's gorilla mascot look kinda busty for a gorilla?).
- Every 1337 parent fears the day their daughter brings home a n00b, this is a good one lifted from @the_nerdery's twitter stream.
- And one more before the weekend begins, another trailer for an advertising documentary. This one's called Lemonade and it's about what people did after they got laid off.


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Visually challenged Nagamani has secured 61.5 per cent marks in second PU exam
Chitradurga: R. Nagamani of Chitradurga has come out with flying colours in the second year pre-university examination despite her disability.
Nagamani, who is visually challenged by birth, has secured 61.5 per cent marks in the examination in the Arts stream. A student of Government Girls Junior College here, she has scored 82 marks in Kannada.
Though excited over her performance, Nagamani said she could have done better.
"I used to prepare for six to eight hours every day. Sometimes, I used to remain awake till 3 a.m. preparing for the examination," she said.
Nagamani said that she was the only visually challenged student in her college. Knowledge of Braille had helped her in achieving the success in spite of studying in a regular college.
"I did my schooling in Rangarao Memorial School for the Disabled and later in CSA Victoria School for Disabled, both in Mysore," she said.
"Though it was initially difficult for me to prepare notes in Braille in the college, I gradually improved."
Economics was a tough subject for her as she was required to draw graphs. "Thankfully this year the PU department gave visually challenged students an option to answer such questions without drawing graphs," she said and added that this helped her to get good marks in the subject.
Nagamani said she wrote the examination with the help of an approved scribe. "I was allowed to sit in a separate room and was given an extra hour to answer the questions."
Family support
She said her family had always stood by her. "My mother used to remain awake with me till late in the night when I was preparing for the examination," she said.
Nagamani said that her classmates were helpful and cooperative, and her teachers encouraging.
Her mother, Nirmala, is elated at her daughter's performance. "I am extremely happy for my daughter," she said.
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Collect the 5 hidden blocks which can be found throughout the city to unlock the Super Wrestler as a playable character. Listed below are the five locations where you can find the blocks.
#1 - Apollo Island:
Found behind the garages along the runway.
#2 - Auburn Bay Bridge:
Found on the support beams of the bridge.
#3 - Bluebell National Park:
Beam up to the top of the dam, then chop through the boarded door and climb the ladder.
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By Renee Nadeau Algarin | Boston Herald | BostonHerald.com | May 29, 2011
A Princeton Marine seriously injured in Afghanistan made his first trip home in nearly six months just in time to be honored in his hometown's Memorial Day parade.
"It's been long awaited. Being home is a very far-fetched idea when you're in the hospital going through surgery almost every day,†said Evan Reichenthal, 20. The Marine lance corporal had been in Marjah, Afghanistan, for only six weeks when he was injured by an improvised explosive device while on a foot patrol. He remained conscious as he was thrown 20 feet, suffering injuries that cost him his right leg as well as causing burns, ligament damage and severe nerve damage. Read the rest of this entry »


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'Idol' Alum Justin Guarini Is Unrecognizable Selling Diet Dr. Pepper [VIDEO]
Justin Guarini is back on TV, showing off his impressive vocal chords in a new commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper.
Justin Guarini is back on TV, showing off his impressive vocal chords in a new commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper.
The LEGO Movie may not have been nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2015 Oscars, but one of the highlights of the show was still the performance of "Everything is Awesome" by The Lonely Island with Tegan & Sara. During the song, dancers from the stage came down into the audience and handed out LEGO Oscar trophies to Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Oprah, who was really excited.
The 2014 BET Awards are here, and a ton of our favorite artists are leading the nominations!
And lo, the tenure of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' has come to an end once again, leaving Jay to walk off into that darling sunset with Jimmy Fallon waiting in the wings and a bitter Conan O'Brien making the only jokes. Jay's first-ever guest Billy Crystal joined the late-night host last night to bookend the run, bringing with him a cavalcade of guest stars to send Jay off in style before the big man himself finally said goodbye!
Crooner Bruno Mars provided the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLVIII with an assist from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and a children's choir, the members of which held hands as they sang like cherubs for the first 30 seconds.
The 2014 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by 'Thor 2' star Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. So who are the 2014 Oscar nominees? Who were the big surprises and the big snubs? Find out!
Taylor Swift, you're not alone anymore! In a concert at Brooklyn's Barclay Center this week, Kanye West let everyone know how he feels about Bruno Mars and others.
The 2014 People's Choice Awards nominees have been announced. There are tons of categories across film, TV and music, and the complete list of nominees is below. In the music realm, Katy Perry picked up five noms, while Miley Cyrus also grabbed a few.
In response to recent criticism that there are no black actresses and comedians in the current cast of 'Saturday Night Live,' host Kerry Washington --who held her own all ep long-- was asked to play multiple black female roles in last night's (Nov. 2) cold open. It was 'SNL' addressing critics in the best way it knows how -- through humor and during a skit.
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New in theaters this week are a biopic about one of America's great innovators, the sequel to a surprise 2010 hit and an early Oscar hopeful with big-name cast.
Congratulations to Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, who just got engaged!


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Rules Force Man To Urinate In Bottle During Exam
BERLIN (Reuters) - Exam supervisors at a German university stuck to rules so rigidly that a man with a bladder dysfunction had to urinate in a bottle in front of 120 fellow students because they would not let him go to the toilet.


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Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Staff Writer
Gov. Christie plans to travel next month to New Hampshire, home of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.
Mike DuHaime, a political adviser to Christie, confirmed the governor will speak at a Feb. 16 Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner in Concord, N.H. Christie's expected attendance was first reported Friday by the New Hampshire Journal, which said the governor's appearance was "tentative." Representatives of the Republican groups hosting the event did not return messages.
Christie – who has been weighing a run for president in 2016 and is expected to appear Saturday in Iowa – visited New Hampshire five times last year as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
Andrew Seidman
Gov. Christie's 2013 reelection campaign accumulated $40,000 more in debt last quarter and now owes $800,000 in bills related to the George Washington Bridge scandal, a new filing with the state shows.
The campaign, which has received subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark for records related to September 2013 lane closures at the bridge, owes more than $500,000 to the law firm Patton Boggs.
It also owes nearly $300,000 to the data recovery firm Stroz Friedberg LLC in New York.
Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Staff Writer
Gov. Christie's job approval rating is at its worst in almost four years, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, with more New Jersey voters disapproving than approving.
Forty-six percent of voters surveyed in the poll approved of the Republican governor's job performance, while 48 percent disapproved. In December, 48 percent surveyed by the poll approved and 47 percent disapproved; in October, that split was 46 percent-45 percent.
The last time Christie's approval rating topped 50 percent in the poll was last January, in the immediate aftermath of the George Washington Bridge scandal, when the governor registered a 55 percent-38 percent approval rating.
Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Staff Writer
Gov. Christie will travel to London for three days next month, an announcement that comes as the governor continues to weigh a run for president in 2016.
The trip, scheduled to begin Feb. 1, "is an opportunity to strengthen economic and cultural ties between the United Kingdom and New Jersey while pursuing real opportunities in the life sciences and finance sectors," Maria Comella, Christie's communications director, said in a statement. "As with all of his previous trips, this is a way for Gov. Christie to not just help grow New Jersey, but really listen and learn."'
This will be Christie's third foreign trip in recent months, following trade missions to Mexico in September and Canada in December.
Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Staff Writer
Gov. Christie said Thursday he doesn't feel pressured to rush to make up his mind on running for president, as other Republicans move toward possible campaigns.
"What I've told everybody – supporters of mine, potential donors of mine, staff – is relax," Christie said on NJ 101.5's Ask the Governor, in response to a question about potential competition from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. "You know, no one's voting for another 12 and a half months … I'm not going to allow other people to dictate to me my timeframe."
Christie's comments regarding conversations with donors were some of his most public to date on the behind-the-scenes discussions surrounding a 2016 bid.
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The nation "is beset by anxiety" that must be addressed, Gov. Christie is expected to say in his State of the State speech this afternoon.
The Republican governor, who is considering running for president in 2016, will address themes broader than New Jersey, excerpts released by his office indicate.
"We need a New Jersey renewal and an American renewal," one excerpt reads.
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As Gov. Christie prepared to deliver his State of the State address today, his detractors offered their own message about how New Jersey has fared in the past five years.
About five dozen protesters gathered outside the Statehouse, holding signs declaring "The state of OUR state is a mess" and "Our Pain, Christie's Gain."
"Despite all of his rhetoric about being fiscally responsible, a straight shooter, Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly taken actions that have failed New Jersey and its working families," said Analilia Mejia, director of New Jersey Working Families.
Maddie Hanna, Inquirer Staff Writer
Republican National Committee finance chairman Ray Washburne is leaving the position, a party official confirmed Monday. A news report earlier Monday said Washburne would oversee fundraising for Gov. Christie in a 2016 presidential campaign.
Washburne "has stepped down," according to an RNC official. Washburne, a Texas businessman, did not return calls for comment Monday afternoon.
The New York Observer reported Monday that Christie would tap Washburne to serve as his finance chair for a 2016 campaign. Washburne – who raised money for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty in the run-up to the 2012 election before backing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – told the Wall Street Journal he couldn't comment on a role in a Christie campaign.


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You're invited to experience the heroic story of Pastor Lee. Join Focus on the Family for a private screening of The Drop Box on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7:00 PM. At this exclusive event, you will be one of the first to see this truly inspiring film. Please register for this event at Franklin Drop Box Registration. Bring a friend and your pastor or ministry leaders to this special event! The Drop Box is a documentary feature that tells the powerful story of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak and his wife as they welcome in children with physical, emotional and mental challenges - children that would otherwise be abandoned on the streets. It's a life-changing film about the dignity of all human life - and the man who is giving his all to protect the most vulnerable members of society. Visit TheDropBoxFilm.com for more information.
For tickets and information call 828-524-1598 or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.
All are welcome to bring a covered dish to share at 5:30 pm.
Further informamtion 524-3691
Tickets: $20, $25, $30
It's been talked about for years and is now finally come to pass. Gospel music legends Mark Lowry and The Martins will hit the road together with their Music & Madness Tour. The history between Mark and sibling trio Joyce, Jonathan and Judy Martin spans more than two decades and can be traced back to a cassette tape The Martins gave him at a national convention in 1992. Mark and fellow Gaither Vocal Band-mate Michael English were so impressed, they insisted Gloria Gaither listen to an impromptu audition of the group. Gloria then told husband Bill and the rest is history as the Gaithers helped introduce The Martins to the world.
For tickets visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 828-524-1598.
Tickets: $15
Wade Hayes' music is all about honoring the traditional music that he loves and grew up on, while building a solid reputation as a one-of-a-kind performer. Beginning with his signature #1 song Old Enough to Know Better he's cut a path through the country music landscape with top tunes I'm Still Dancin' With You, What I Meant to Say, Don't Stop, The Day That She Left Tulsa, and others. He was named Billboard Magazine's Top New Country Artist in 1995, and in 1997 was chosen the Male Star of Tomorrow by TNN Music City News. Franklin High School's Future Business Leaders of America would like for you to join us in the fight against colon cancer. Please help us break the silence about this silent killer and promote awareness that early screening and detection are key. Join us for an evening of entertainment from Nashville Recording Artist and Stage IV colon cancer survivor, Wade Hayes.
Tickets available at www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 828-524-1598
Entry fee: $5
Veterans Only - 10am - 11 amOpen to Public - 11am - 2pm
Area businesses scheduled to participate:
Angel Medical Center, Consolidated Metco, Drake Software, Franklin Tubular, Harrah's Cherokee & Valley River Casino, Ingles, Lowes, Macon Bank, Old Edwards Inn, Shaw Industries, Southwestern Community College and Tecktone.
Sponsored by American Legion Post 108, Macon County Economic Development Commission, Macon County NCWorks Career Center, Southwestern Community College, Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 994.
Natural Bodybuilding Physique Federation (NBPF) will be holding their first annual swimsuit, figure, and bodybuilding championships in the great smoky mountains. NBPF is an all natural Christian organization that believes the human body is the holy temple. NBPF will be hosting a wide variety of competitive classes that will vary from weight, height, and age. Each competitor will be administered a drug test approved by the NBPF. A professional and experienced judges panel will exercise their expertise in comparisons among competitors in the morning event. Evening finals will be a show the south is sure to remember with group comparison and single performances. Placement and overall winners will be awarded with prizes and limited sponsorship.
Tickets: $15, $20, $25, $30, $35.
For tickets visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 828-524-1598
The new owners of Carolina Junction Power Equipment, Inc, Barry Breeden and Justin Riles, invite you to join them at their Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting. Vendors, food, raffle and giveaways!
1100 Highlands Road, Franklin NC
Our program highlights the activity of civic-minded youth, the Macon County Teenage Republicans. Keynote speaker: Nick Vaughn, past president of NC Teenage Republicans and student at Wingate University.
We invite Macon County teens to attend the precinct meetings and convention to observe the political process. See grassroots in action!
Enjoy pancakes all you can eat. For more information call 828-369-9559.
Please join us to celebrate Keller Williams' 10th Anniversary and help give back to our community!
Please bring can goods for our food drive for Macon County CareNet and pick up your Free Gift!
Keller Williams Realty Training Room
1573 Highlands Road, Franklin NC
Franklin High School Advanced Drama Show
Tickets: $20, $25, $28
With chart-toppers like Pickup Man, Third Rock From the Sun, and John Deere Green, and 13 albums and over 20 Top 10 singles to his credit, Joe Diffie has yet to quench the desire to make good country music. A renowned songwriter in his own right who recently turned his focus back to writing after years on the road, Joe has written hits for artists like Tim McGraw, Conway Twitty, Jo Dee Messina and many more. Whether it's writing, touring or recording a myriad of projects including his critically acclaimed 2010 bluegrass album Homecoming, and his recent Roots And Boots acoustic tour with fellow hitmakers Sammy Kershaw and Aaron Tippin, Diffie confirms he's having the time of his life: I'm having so much fun with it all. I can't wait to see what the future brings! And neither can country music fans all over the world.
Employers contact Patty Kirkley at SCC Career Center at 828-339-4212 to reserve your spot.
Internationally acclaimed, classically trained musicians/composers.
For more information contact The Arts Council of Macon County at 828-524-7683 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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What's a cat to do? In Disney's The Aristocats, Madame's jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. Luckily, Thomas O'Malley and his rag-tag bunch of alley cats come to their rescue! This feline adventure, based on the Disney film, is sure to get audiences tapping their feet to its upbeat, jazzy score that includes the Disney favorites "The Aristocats," "Scales and Arpeggios" and "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat."
Presented by the Overlook Theatre Company
Tickets available at www.greatmountainmusic.com or 828-524-1598
Mountain Laurel Gems and Jewels at 304 Depot Street is having a fundraiser for Angel Hospice Care of Franklin. 10% of all purchases on the 2 day sale will be given to this organization. The Fundraiser will be on Friday and Saturday, March 27 & 28, 2015.
For more information go to www.hikerfoolbash.com or call Ronnie Haven at 828-524-4441.
For nore information call 828-524-9061.
A.T. a Local Treasure, learn about the different trail systems in Macon County and plan your next hike with your friends & family at Outdoor 76. For more information call 828-349-7676.
Sponsored by the Nantahala Hiking Club and the Lazy Hiker Brewing Company. For more information contact 828-369-7983. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com
$7 Donation
For tickets call 828-349-6263 or Visit the Chamber of Commerce at 425 Porter Street.
If you want to use that empty corner of your deck or add something good to eat by the front door - Garden Buckets provide a means for doing that. We will help you make your own Garden Bucket which you will be able to take home with you. This is a free program and everyone is welcome. For more information contact 524-3691.


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Climbing Rose???
I need opinions! I am wanting to be a white climbing miniature roses on the north side of my house between the two windows. I was planning on putting it on a trellis. It will only get the morning sun. Any better ideas or different takes on this idea??
With only about 4 hours of sun you need to make sure you select a 'shade tolerant' rose, other wise you may get the rose to grow but it may not thrive and bloom for you. I would instead of a mini, look for a small hybrid musk.
The only climbing min I know of that is supose to be shade tolerant is the red and white mini, Earthquake CL. I just got it from Nor'East so I can not swear to it.
Many of the better smaller nurseries have a search on shade tolerant roses. I know Ashdown Roses, Heirloom Roses, and Rouge Valley Roses have that search option.
it seems that you have the room for a full size climber in there. i am not aware of too many climbing minis in white; jeanne lajoie comes to mind.
i have heard that laura ford (yellow flowers) will tolerate less sun and is vigorous and fragrant as well with an eventual height to 8 feet. this rose will also set forth hips which is rare for a mini.


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The life of nearly 75 per cent of the embankments in Assam which has a total length of 4,473.82 km has expired and currently these are breached at 14 places, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday.
India and Nepal have agreed to strengthen the embankments of Bagmati, Kamla, Lalbakeya and Khando rivers.
The fragile ecology of the Sundarbans delta, is now facing a fresh threat from large-scale construction of concrete embankments all over the islands.
Bihar plans to construct more embankments to control floods and protect millions of people from being uprooted, a minister said Tuesday.
With embankments of most rivers in Sunderbans facing threat of collapse due to rise in the level of the sea, a `Save Sunderbans` campaign will be launched in the world`s largest mangrove forest next month.
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How Juan Carlos Oviedo became "Leo Nunez"
Oct 3, 2011, 9:40 AM EDT
Old Gator brought my attention to a good story from yesterday's Miami Herald, detailing how the pitcher we all know as Leo Nunez — but who is in fact Juan Carlos Oviedo — was able to pull the wool over everyone's eyes for so long. Part of it is just the normal anonymity of a teenager:
One way Oviedo managed to keep his identity secret so long: Nobody in town ever knew his real name in the first place. The player's nickname is "C.D.," and most people here, even men who played ball with him, profess to never knowing his actual name. In fact, in this city of 125,000 people, the player the media refers to as "the pitcher formerly known as "Leo Núñez" is still known as Leo Núñez.
But the bigger part of it is how even the people who knew the truth didn't feel at all compelled to let anyone know Oviedo's real identity. About how baseball routinely takes advantage of teenagers with baseball promise in the Dominican Republic and how when, on occasion, the players themselves try to turn the tables, it's not seen as fraud so much as it's seen as someone fighting for any chance they can get in a system designed to chew up young ballplayers and spit them out.
- paperlions - Oct 3, 2011 at 10:10 AM
I agree with the last sentiment.
Lying to talented teenagers from poor families = just business
Using a false identity to improve your chances of making a living in baseball (even though you still have to perform to make that money) = heinous crime
- mox19380 - Oct 3, 2011 at 10:31 AM
couldn't agree more. Taking advantage of poor people from under privileged areas for profit is a time honored practice. Taking advantage of scouts should be just as honored a practice, because in the end lying to a MLB club about your age or name has little effect on the team whereas the positive and negative effects on the family and player are often life changing
- skids003 - Oct 3, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Yeah, you really got to feel sorry for these people, they come up here and make millions playing a game for aliving. Your bleeding hearts kill me.
- Old Gator - Oct 3, 2011 at 3:21 PM
The appropriately handled "skids" of course misses the point – misses it? He isn't even aware there's a point orbiting somewhere around that alleged brain full of bile of his. I'll state it explicitly, just on the chance that there's another correspondent out there as utterly clueless as skids: there are hundreds of thousands of impoverished kids on those Caribbean islands and in northern Latin American who don't get the chance to make millions because the system exploits and abuses them. Those are the ones we worry about, not the infinitesimally small percentage of them who somehow beat the system and make it up here.
Was that distinction too complicated for you?
Bet it was.
- pappymax - Oct 3, 2011 at 4:53 PM
I find this interesting am open to understanding more, but I don't see that there is a system causing kids to not get a chance to make millions. It seems the system is about getting a piece of the millions that are made by the few – market style.
- bigleagues - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Mi verdadero nombre es Ted Ortega, también conocido como "Juanny Grandes Ligas".
- aaronmoreno - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:32 AM
Teams seem to have less of a problem with lies about age and names when the players are good. Weird.
- cur68 - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Eh bien, puisque 'ligues vient nettoyer je vais aussi; mon vrai nom n'est pas" cur68 ". Je n'est même pas actu "El Gaucho" Milona68. Il est "hound o incertaines pedigree 1968″.
Please don't hate me for deceiving you *hangs head in shame*
- bigleagues - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM
- APBA Guy - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Good case in point is Miguel Tejada, who was in fact 2 years older than what he'd originally claimed. I don't recall him missing a day of playing time, and he also got a 6 year, $ 72M deal from the Orioles after his A's years were over.
- kiwicricket - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:56 AM
This is all part of Gator's first step to revealing HIS true identity. No longer shall he be cast as the learned ambidextrous, Chia smoothy drinker from Macondo.
My money – Bass player from The 'James Gang'.
- bigleagues - Oct 3, 2011 at 12:04 PM
I can only hope that is true!
Perhaps we can finally find out what the hell Funk #49 is named after.
I've contended for a long time that it was named after the odor coming out of Ron Guidry's locker.
- kiwicricket - Oct 3, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Black Keys did a cover of that song.
- Old Gator - Oct 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM
More like from Kiss. As in, "my ass."
- kiwicricket - Oct 3, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Kiss is too distasteful for a man of your particular palate, Gator. Stop trying to throw us off the scent.
- Old Gator - Oct 3, 2011 at 5:59 PM
I don't know about distasteful. I'd be tempted to say ridiculous, but having read Plato extensively, I do understand that "The Ridiculous" is probably more of a determining power in the universe than "The Good."
- bigleagues - Oct 3, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Thankfully this wanton deception is only limited to players seeking to play professionally and has yet to tarnish the integrity of the amateur ranks.
Disclaimer: above statement is, in fact, dripping with sarcasm.
- Old Gator - Oct 3, 2011 at 6:02 PM
According to Plato, "The Sarcastic" is also a powerful force for ambiguity in the universe.
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Shortage of Monarch Butterflies
I recently heard on the news that Monarch butterflies are low in numbers and that milkweed is a good idea to plant in gardens. I really would be sad if we didn't have any more butterflies!
I've been reading about that also. A couple of reasons that's thought to be leading to their low numbers is the widespread use of pesticides and another is that spraying of "Roundup-ready" farm crops with weed killers is killing the field and roadside stands of wild growing milkweed, the foodsource of Monarch catterpillars. Also the forest around their winter habitat in Mexico is being cut down leaving their few protected acres vulnerable.
Yes, it's been advised that planting milkweed in our gardens will help them. Thank you for reminding us.
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Butterfly Ranch Blog: Monarch Wake up Call
I have milkweed for their larvae. They LOVE Greggs Blue mist nectar, and lantana...I keep that for them too. They pass through here in Oct. Some stay all summer. I believe the BT ready crops destroy all Lepidoptera [those who make larvae]. I hope I got that right. But BT added into corn to prevent corn borers takes a toll on butterflies of all types.
"But BT added into corn to prevent corn borers takes a toll on butterflies of all types." And perhaps on us as well. Originally thought to be harmless, when ingested BT is said to kill beneficial microbes in our gut.
Here is a link that might be useful: It's a mess ...
Do you remember in the 80's and 90's when people learned how dolphins were being killed in fishing nets and people were encouraged to buy tuna marked, "Dolphin Safe?" Why can't we do that for Monarchs? Why can't there be "Monarch Safe" products, made without GMO corn/wheat, etc? People love Monarchs. How do you get products labeled as such? How does one go about getting something like this going?
There is such a group: The Environmental Working Group
"A non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect public health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund, a separate sister organization of EWG, is a legislative advocacy organization that promotes healthy and sustainable policies."
I'm on their mailing list and they send out very helpful information such as which fruits and veggies are sprayed the most (such as celery, which is why I always buy organic celery, also organic apples & grapes) and which are clean, such as onions, cabbage, & avacados, safer insect repellents, etc. Also there is information on bills before congress concerning the environment and farming. Very big right now is the push to label all GMO foods.
There's lots of good information on their site.
Here is a link that might be useful: The Environmental Working Group site ....
There are people who are trying to raise awareness to the plight of the Monarch butterfly migration, a plight which may be serving as an evironmental "canary in the coal mine".
" ... the group wrote a letter to the three presidents beseeching them to work together for cross-continent solutions to restoring milkweed habitat. More than 160 scientists, conservationists, artists, naturalists and others signed the letter, which encouraged planting milkweed on roadsides and between fields, and suggested subsidies for farmers to set aside land that is free of herbicides."
More on link ...
Here is a link that might be useful: Will the three presidents talk butterflies?
If you are in Austin, a group dedicated to helping the Monarch butterflies is giving away milkweed seeds at the Cedar Park farmers market on Feb. 22 and at the Mueller farmers market on Feb. 23.
Well I can personally vouch that my co-worker and I are potting up asclepias tuberosa, bat faced cuphea, Mexican heather, pineapple sage, autumn sage, salvia coccinea, Gregg's mistflower, parsley and fennel. The butterflies at the botanical garden should have plenty to eat.
Maybe you could let us know later how well the Asclepias tuberosa does for you. I tried it one year, but couldn't keep it alive long. And when I asked the owner of a native plant nursery in the hill country about it, he said it didn't do well for him either.
Below is the link to a post explaining how the erratic weather is killing off sprouting milkweeds, which of course is a major deterrant to migrating Monarch butterflies which will be looking to lay eggs. If there is enough milkweed for the few late comers Monarch numbers can be replenished in years to come.
Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Butterfly Ranch: Plant milkweed, sign petition
This post was edited by roselee on Thu, Mar 6, 14 at 11:20
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If anyone would like to start asclepias curassivica from seed, I will soon have lots of it ripening. I have cats on mine now and will watch to make sure seed pods don't get totally decimated.
Drop me an email and I will send out packs of seeds to anyone wishing to help the monarchs for SASE (or perhaps do a trade for other butterfly seeds).
I have been following these articles regarding the plight of the Monarchs. For this reason, I have sowed several plants of Asclepias incarnata which grows easily for me and will flower in its first year. I plan to distribute them to the entire neighbourhood. Must do my little part for those beautiful and beneficial insects.
I just did a youtube video on butterfly gardening using the area by the street. Last section is about milkweed. I bought 4 plants from Redentas because they are the only nursery in Arlington that has it in stock. Mine popped right back up last year but this year I'm waiting for plants from seed. Saw a Monarch last month. In my notion of a more wonderful world, everyone would plant for butterflies and birds and bees. But in the mean time it's wonderful that northerner is her to plant and share.
Cynthia, I'd love to see your Youtube video. What is the name or link?
Wednesday I watched the PBS Nova program on TV about Monarchs and their unique migration pattern. It was made in 2011 before things got as bad as they are for this butterfly. Even if you saw it back then you may find it well worth watching again. The whole video is online. Sign in for high defination.
Here is a link that might be useful: Follow the 2,000-mile migration of monarchs to a sanctuary in the highlands of Mexico.


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Please help identy desk
Hi every I'm new on this board. I was hoping if someone could help me identify this desk and give me some more information about it. Who made it? what year. It used to belong to a school that was closed down and this desk used to be in a library. I noticed one date state in one of the drawers with the year 1967, I'm not sure if thats the manufactured date or a stamp that a librarian used for books.. I spliced three seperate photos in one jpg file. the bottom right is how the desk orginally looked before i stripped the varnish and sanded it down. Forgo the take a photo with the drawers in it. the larger photo of the desk is how it looked like stripped of its varnished and sanded down. The drawers had wooden handles which one was broken so i decided to remove them all and change them to something different. YOu can see that it has very old locks that requires skeleton keys. If anyone has info oh what type of skeleton key i could use or where i could buy one. and I included the picture of the chair that came with it. If no one knows could you point me to a website of some kind or another forum where antique furnitiure fans... Thank in advance for any help you could offer. I would love to get my hands on some keys... I've already stained the desk to a mahogoney red. came out very nice..
here's what it looks like today with two coats of Mahagoney Red varnish. You can see that im still working on the three drawers to the upper right. For some reason the front face of the drawers didnt take th varnish so well. it must be pine. The desk sure came out nice with the varnish. had to resand the drawers and try again tomorrow. tomorrow ill put a coat of polyurethane on the desk. I love this desk so much. going to use it for school.. I'm also going to strip the varnish of the chair and stain it the same color. A note about the legs, very interesting, they are not hammered in or screwed in with a screw. I'm not sure of the correct terminology but the legs can be unscrewed from the desk, and when you do, the part the screws in to the desk is would that looks like a screw but actual solid wood. not sure if that made sense...
There were several companies that specialized in "library furniture" and school furniture. They were sturdy rather than high style.
It looks like a good, useful table or desk, but there is no way to identify the maker.
@lazygardens, Thanks for the info. I couldn't find it either anywhere on the web and I searched the heck out of google. Sturdy it is. Its all solid. You can't even find furniture this good and well constructed nowadays.
@moonshadow, I did, still no difference, i even used minwax. I even tried using 60 grit paper to open up the wood more so it would take in more of the stain. Still came out blotchy. But not as much as before. I think using a 60 grit paper helped a little...
Do any of you know what the value might be? I've seen secretary style desk like these in ashley furniture and other stores where the value was around $7-$800