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FOXBORO -- After Patriots losses, there's no better place to find the truth than at Logan Mankins' locker. The veteran left guard is honest -- sometimes to a fault -- and never spares himself or anyone else on the roster in his assessment of what went wrong.
And so after the rest of the New England locker room had cleared out in the wake of the surprising 20-18 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday at Gillette Stadium (click here for the recap), several reporters waited patiently for Mankins to finish dressing and give his take on where things went wrong against Arizona.
It didn't take long for him to offer his typically blunt opinion on the defeat.
"The defense kept us in the game all day; they played really well. The offense and special teams let the team down today," he said quietly. "[The offense] didn't play very good. Not scoring a touchdown until the fourth quarter. Kicking field goals. Penalties, pressures. Negative runs. [On] offense, we didn't bring our best game, and it really showed."
As usual, Mankins was spot on. The New England offense struggled for three-plus quarters. The Patriots ran five plays in Arizona territory in the first quarter and had just one series of eight plays or more until late in the third quarter. The Pats converted just two third downs in the second half. Quarterback Tom Brady was sacked four times. And eight of New England's 78 plays from scrimmage went for negative yards.
"[We were] just too inconsistent throughout the day to really put enough points on the board," agreed Tom Brady.
Meanwhile, special teams was equally culpable: Zoltan Mesko had a punt blocked for the first time in his NFL career after rookie Nate Ebner couldn't deliver on a block. Mesko averaged a pedestrian 34.4 average on his five punts. And despite the fact that Stephen Gostkowski connected on his first four field goal attempts, with six seconds left and in position to win the game, he went wide left from 42 yards out.
"We had an opportunity to win the game. I'd had a good game up until that point, and I felt good going out there. It was just one of those things," Gostkowski said. "You get opportunities like that not very often, and I have to do a lot better job of coming through for the team.
"I had a chance to win, and it came down to me and I didn't pull through, and it stinks. I feel bad for the fans and my teammates. I can't take it back now. I went out there and felt good about the kick and just didn't execute."
The Gostkowski miss came at the end of a remarkable sequence where the Cardinals, holding a two-point lead and in position to just about run out the clock with 1:10 remaining in regulation, fumbled the football. (Brandon Spikes poked the ball away and Vince Wilfork fell on it at the Arizona 30.) Two plays later, Danny Woodhead burst from the pack and appeared to score the game-winner ... but the run was called back because Rob Gronkowski was flagged for holding.
That left it up to the kicker, who had been dead-solid perfect all day. But with six seconds left, Gostkowski missed one of the first real high-pressure kicks of his career. (For more on Gostkowski, Mike Petraglia has the full story here.) And the Patriots, despite the fact that so much had gone wrong for them over the course of a weird afternoon, knew they had missed a golden opportunity to win a game they had no right winning.
"That was a gift that doesn't happen very often, and we let it get away," Mankins said wearily. "You're not going to get chances like that very often to have one fumble at the end of the game running out the clock."
It's worth noting that there are one of these sorts of losses seemingly every year -- semi-fluky early season defeats against the Bills in Buffalo (2011) and the Jets (2010 and 2009) have marked the Patriots' September calendar the last three years. In two of those three instances, they showed the mental toughness needed to shake off those defeats and forge very successful seasons.
Now, the 2012 team stands at a similar crossroads. With a rematch of the AFC title game with the Ravens looming on the horizon next Sunday night in Baltimore, it seems a bit dramatic to suggest this week represents a character-defining moment for this club. But we'll know more about its backbone in the days to come, particularly how the team responds in a hostile environment like Baltimore.
"We'll get back to work [Monday]," Mankins said. "I think everyone is taking the loss pretty hard, since we played so bad and didn't have a chance to win. We didn't get it done. But we'll come in [Monday], watch that game, try to make corrections and get back after it Wednesday. We have a tough opponent coming up."
Here are nine other things we learned Sunday.
As Brady-esque performances go, it was rather routine: After a slow start, he finished 28-for-46 for 318 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. The touchdown came late when he found Rob Gronkowski with a laser from five yards out to cut the Arizona lead to 20-18, and his pick -- the first turnover of the year for the Patriots -- came on a perfectly tipped ball on his first pass attempt of the game that was caught by Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson.
It wasn't so much that Brady struggled, but it was a lack of execution across the board on offense that ultimately led to the breakdowns. And like Mankins indicated, Brady noted that the chances were there for the Patriots. They just failed to cash in, and that cost them, particularly down the stretch when New England was forced to try to mount a comeback in the fourth quarter.
"Well, it's a team game and certainly we shouldn't have been leaving it up to that particular situation," Brady said. "We were fortunate to get that defensive turnover there late. We just came up short. We have opportunities to make plays and we're just not making them. Just too inconsistent throughout the day to really put enough points on the board."
While things have started to stabilize on the left side of the offensive with Mankins and left tackle Nate Solder (with help from a tight end or two along the way), things are still a bit unsettled on the right. Part of that is because right tackle Sebastian Vollmer is continuing to work his way back to full strength after spending most of the spring and summer on the sidelines with a (presumed) back injury.
As was the case in the opener against the Titans, Vollmer and Marcus Cannon split time at right tackle Sunday against Arizona. Meanwhile, Dan Connolly (who suffered a head injury last week against the Titans and was limited in practice over the course of the week) was active, but the Patriots decided to go with Donald Thomas at right guard.
The Cannon/Thomas combo appeared to have a mix-up in protection that ultimately led to a sack of Brady, who was sacked four times and hit six times. (Last time Brady was sacked four times in a game? Last September's loss to the Bills in Buffalo.) Arizona defensive end Calais Campbell had two sacks and hit Brady a total of three times.
"My teammates made good plays turning [the receivers] back inside," Campbell said after the game. "The sacks were both coverage sacks, because the DBs did what they are supposed to do. I'll take it any way I can get it, but hats off to my teammates because they played a great game. We had a good game plan today."
The tight end -- who remains one of the most versatile offensive options in the league -- went down with a right ankle injury midway through the first quarter, one he suffered when he got rolled up on by teammate Julian Edelman while working as a blocker. Hernandez was helped off the field and to the locker room.
"I don't know yet," Gronkowski said when asked about the health of his fellow tight end. "Hopefully he's fine. He's a great player and we need him. I don't know what his diagnosis is. Hopefully, he's OK."
Without Hernandez, the Patriots offense didn't have the same flow, the same rhythm. As we detailed here, the presence of Hernandez allows the New England offense to do multiple things and change its look right up until the snap of the ball -- with him in there, the Patriots can move effortlessly from run to pass and not miss a beat. They can run more no-huddle and substitute less.
Instead, New England didn't have the same sort of flexibility, and it showed. Without Hernandez, the Patriots leaned more on Wes Welker over the final three quarters -- Welker had five catches on 11 targets for 95 yards. And while New England did reach the end zone at the end of the game, even the most rabid Patriots fan will tell you that the team had one good offensive sequence out of its 13 possessions. A lot of that was because of Hernandez's absence.
X-rays on Hernandez reportedly were negative, which means no broken ankle. But there remains the possibility of a high-ankle sprain, which could leave him on the shelf for an extended period (4-6 weeks). Hernandez has missed chunks of time over his first two seasons because of knee injuries, and in his place, the Patriots were able to lean heavier more on other offensive options.
If Hernandez is gone for an extended period this time around, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Patriots try to make sure Daniel Fells is ready for next Sunday night in Baltimore. They could add to their depth at some of the other skill positions as well (Deion Branch?) in hopes of creating more offensive options across the board.
But just don't expect the same smooth offensive flow without No. 81 in the lineup.
"He's a great player," Welker said of Hernandez. "He makes so many plays for us and he's really come into this training camp and really done really well. He's a really tough guy to match up against and I think everybody across the board has got to pick up the slack and make some plays out there in his place."
"We have an offense with him in the game and without him in the game," Brady said of Hernandez. "Guys go in and out and you lose guys over the course of a game, and you have to be able to adjust. I'm sure he's not going to be the only one we lose this year at some point, but we have to figure out a way to still move the ball effectively throughout the course of the game -- enough where we can score more than 18 points."
Whether it's game-planning, a personnel decision or an unnatural spike in playing time, compared to his regular workload, Wes Welker has seen a reduction in playing time over the first two weeks of the 2012 season.
In the opener against the Titans, he played 42 of the 67 snaps (63 percent), and on Sunday against the Cardinals, WEEI.com counted him as being on the field for 57 of the 78 plays from scrimmage (73 percent). Even though there was a boost from Week 1 to Week 2, it's quite a difference for someone who was played almost 90 percent of the snaps last season.
Moving into that void has been Julian Edelman. In Week 1, he was on the field for 23 of the 67 snaps. On Sunday against Arizona, WEEI.com had Edelman on the field for 67 of the 78 snaps (86 percent).
One of the reason for the difference on Sunday was the first-half injury to Hernandez. When the tight end departed with an ankle injury, Welker saw a dramatic upturn in snaps, while Edelman stayed on the field down the stretch as the Patriots used three-wide sets on several occasions. Ultimately, Welker ended up with five catches (on 11 targets) for 95 yards, while Edelman had five catches for 50 yards. (For more on Welker, click here for Kirk Minihane's take.)
When asked if he was OK with Edelman playing in front of Welker, Brady gave a diplomatic response.
"There are plays that Julian is in there for; there are a lot of plays that Wes is in there for," Brady said. "I love both those guys and they both work really hard. That's always coach's decision. Who's out there, that's not really my decision."
Welker, who broke Troy Brown's team record for most career receptions with his first catch of the day, said after the game that you "never know" when it comes to how many snaps you might play.
"I always just prepare myself to be ready, and when my number is called, I go out there and try to make plays whenever I get an opportunity," he said. "You want to be out there. I think as a competitor and everything else, especially on Sundays, it's what we play for and what we work for. You want to be out there, but at the same time, whatever works best for the team I'm for that. I totally understand it. I'm just there to help out whenever I can."
Holding Larry Fitzgerald in check was the top priority for the New England defense, and it succeeded on Sunday, rendering the Pro Bowl receiver a nonfactor for much of the afternoon. The Patriots held him to one catch (on five targets) for four yards, with his only reception coming on Arizona's first drive of the game when he grabbed a short four-yarder over the middle. Other than that, there was nothing for Fitzgerald.
"That's great, but ultimately we didn't do enough in order to stop [Arizona]," Patriots safety Steve Gregory said when asked about Fitzgerald. "They scored 20 points and it wasn't enough for us to win the game. So ultimately we didn't stop them."
The last time Fitzgerald was held to one catch, it was Dec. 25, 2010, when he had one reception for 25 yards in a win over Dallas. Before that, he had two games as a rookie in 2004 when he had worse outings: a one-catch, two-yard game in a win over the Giants, and a game against the Bills when he was shut out completely.
It wasn't only the defensive backs that did their job when it came to stopping Fitzgerald. As a group, the Patriots defense gets a pass on this one. The Pats were able to consistently keep the Cards in check -- five of Arizona's 13 drives ended with three-and-outs. The Cardinals averaged 3.2 yards running the ball, quarterback Kevin Kolb was just 15-for-27 for 140 yards, and Arizona was just 4-for-14 on third down. New England forced two turnovers and held Arizona to just 245 total net yards on the day.
"Obviously it wasn't good enough," said linebacker Jerod Mayo, who led the Patriots with nine tackles (four solo). "We're perfectionists around here, so we're trying to get better. This is the second game -- we're 1-1. We have a big game coming up, so we'll watch this film tomorrow, make corrections and get ready for Baltimore."
Some of this ultimately could be tied to the fact that there were some puzzling play calls on the offensive side of the ball for New England and some could be tied to the loss of Hernandez. But for the Patriots on Sunday, the offense struggled to find a rhythm, and that was particularly true when it tried to go no-huddle.
Of its 78 plays from scrimmage on Sunday, New England was in no-huddle for 19 of them -- 24 percent, which is about the team's average over the last year-plus. But eight times before the start fourth quarter, the Patriots ran no-huddle plays, and on six of those occasions, New England got one yard or less. You can't sustain a hurryup with that lack of momentum, and it showed on the lack of flow on offense.
"We just didn't come out firing," said Welker. "We didn't have a great week of practice and coach made a point of that, that we needed to almost play some catch-up. We really didn't do things necessary to come away with a win, especially early. We have to start faster than that and come out and play from ahead and do things the way we need to."
"Offensively, when you don't play well and you don't play consistently, if you're not going to get a big play, then you have to drive the ball and you can't drive the ball if you're always two steps forward, one step back," Brady said. "That's the way it felt today. We'd get the drive going and then there would be a negative play and we'd be forced to try to make a miraculous play to get back on track. It just wasn't a very good day in that sense."
A bad week of practice is something that has been traced back to previous Patriots' losses, and so it was no surprise to hear that early postmortems indicate that the seeds for Sunday's defeat at the hands of the Cardinals were planted on the practice fields behind Gillette over the course if the week.
"You have to be ready for any situation in any game. That's what practice is for all week," Gronkowski said. "Clearly we didn't practice good enough, I didn't practice good enough all week. We have to pick that up and be ready for all situations at all times."
"It started in the week in practice," said cornerback Kyle Arrington. "Everybody will probably tell you that everybody knew what they were doing and we still couldn't even get it done in some instances on the practice field: blown calls, lack of communication, or whatever the case is, and it showed up today in the game."
"We didn't have a good practice there toward the end of the week, and I think it showed up today," Mankins said. "We didn't play very well, and when you're playing a good team -- like we said all week, they're good -- if you don't play good against a good team, you'll lose."
Despite the fact that it appears Nate Ebner was the one who missed the block that led to the blocked punt, it was another good individual week for most of New England's rookie class. However, despite the nice numbers, they will learn that in the Patriots universe, personal stats mean very little unless you bring home the W.
•Defensive end Chandler Jones had five tackles (three solo), as well as one tackle for loss (a nifty takedown of Arizona's Ryan Williams five yards behind the line of scrimmage in the second quarter) one quarterback hit and one forced fumble. After a slow start, he consistently got the better of Arizona left tackle D'Anthony Batiste. Jones frequently flushed Kolb out of the pocket and was able to make him uncomfortable for much of the afternoon. (One of the reasons that Larry Fitzgerald only finished with one catch for four yards was because Kolb was frequently running for his life.)
•Linebacker Dont'a Hightower also had five tackles (three solo) and one tackle for loss, an impressive stop of Arizona's Beanie Wells that came two yards in the backfield. And safety Tavon Wilson was able to come away with a turnover for the second straight week, picking up a fumble midway through the second quarter after a Jones hit on Kolb.
After a terrific effort in Week One against the Titans (21 carries, 125 yards, one touchdown), the running back out of LSU followed that up with an equally impressive first half against the Cardinals. Ridley rushed for 54 yards on 11 carries over the first two quarters -- including a game-high 20-yarder at the end of the first quarter -- and generally looked like the most impressive skill position player on the field for New England.
The second half? Not so much. Whether it was game planning or schemes or whatever, Ridley wasn't utilized as much in the third and fourth quarter -- he had seven carries for 17 yards in the second half. He ended up with 18 carries for 71 yards. (Not just Ridley, but the first half/second half splits for the New England running game are jarring. The Patriots had 71 rushing yards and a 4.4 yards per carry average in the first two quarters, and in the second half, New England had 19 yards on the ground and a 1.6 yards per carry average.)
Greg and Chris talk with Mike Reiss from ESPN Boston in hour 2 of NFL Sunday to discuss a variety of offseason happenings with the Pats and throughout the league. Greg and Chris also get into the NFL Draft and where Mariota and Winston will go.
Mike Reiss calls the guys to talk about the offseason news for the Pats. He talks about the Pats/Jets tampoering fiasco, free agency, where he sees Ridley and Connolly ending up, if the Patriots would be interested in Reggie Wayne and more.
In the first hour of the show, Greg and Chris discuss the news coming out of the owners' meetings this week and rule changes. Belichick's blow-up over the league not wanting to spend on endzone cameras was well documented and the guys react. They also talk about the Jets ridiculous tampering charges, free agents still lingering out there, where Stevan Ridley will land and the RB position in New England. Dickerson and Price briefly discuss the adventures of Tom Brady before being joined by WEEI.com's Mike Petraglia to talk all things Pats in the offseason.
Brow Buff's Sam Packard and Ben Kichen break down Marcus Smart's unfortunate ball tap, debate leadership in the Celtics locker room, and rehash the great Kevin Love to Boston rumors.
Flannery joins Mut to break down the Isaiah Thomas trade to Boston and what it means for the Celtics this season and in the future. Paul also chats with Mut about the other deals that happened at the NBA's trading deadline
We talk to Chris Mannix from SI to break down the C's acquisition of Isaiah Thomas and the crazy trade deadline in the rest of the NBA.
Joe and Alex talked with the Sox AGM about the state of the team as Opening Day approaches.
Mut, Tomase, and Bradford kick things off talking about Shane Victorino taking offense to people reading into some comments he made about trading for Cole Hamels. They also discuss Blake Swihart and how soon he could be up if Christian Vazquez starts the season on the DL.
Joe Kelly joined the Hot Stove show where he talked about being ready for his next spring training start after a biceps ailment forced him out of his last outing, he talks about his NCAA brackets and how teammate Wade Miley has a perfect bracket still.
Peter Chiarelli joined the Sunday Skate crew to talk about the Bruins playoff push heading into the final handful of games of the regular season. Chiarelli talked about avoiding some of the overly negative feedback he gets while realizing that the team does have real issues. He discusses what went down at the trade deadline and if he was happy with the outcome, Lucic having a down year and underperforming, the salary cap and if he considers it as big of an issue as it's been made out to be and what the future holds for the team.
It's a big hour #2 for the Sunday Skate dudes - they talk about the B's defenseman and what the future looks like at that position, with both moves the team can make and younger guys in the AHL. They also get into the Bruins philosophy on bringing guys up and sending them back down and how players deal with that. Finally, the boys are joined by Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli to discuss EVERYTHING.
The Sunday Skate crew gets the show going discussing the Bruins big, impressive victory over the NY Rangers yesterday. What can you take from that game? According to LB - Lyndon Byers - who called the guys from the road, not a lot. LB drops a dime on what was going on with the Rangers yesterday. DJ and Joe discuss Claude's lines and groupings and the importance of Ryan Spooner. They also get into Lucic, his contributions this year and if he can turn things around.
A caller strongly disagreed with Callahan on Indiana's RFRA law.
The top stories of the day as recounted by Kirk Minihane.
The guys opened the show by discussing the latest news on Boston 2024.
Ryan Spooner joined the show to talk about the B's turning it around as of late, how he lost the fear to make a mistake, the chemistry he's experiencing with the other young players, and more.
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Dale, Michael and Jerry discuss the Sox and perhaps their biggest hole in this line-up.
We wrap up the day with the best in sound that you may have missed throughout the day.
Chris Price joins Mut to talk about how Revis will heat up the Jets-Pats rivalry next season
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Kirk Minihane joins the show to talk about the Celtics and their chances in the playoffs and how to continue the rebuild. Michael Holley also challenges Minihane to a game of one on one.
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Dino, Gerry and Kirk talk about Kirk's massage and crap all over Sausage.
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The rumours related to Apple launching a smartwatch later this year were further encouraged as the tech giant got its patent for "iWatch" on Tuesday, July 22. The patent filing revealed the design of the highly anticipated smartwatch.
Apple's revelations related to iWatch showed that their smartphone would not be dramatically different from other available ones in the market at the moment. According to expectations, there will be Bluetooth, GPS receiver, accelerometer, vibration alert and a touchscreen. The smartwatch will get connected to one mobile device as it will allow its users to receive or reject phone calls from the mobile device. However, it was not clarified if the smartwatch would be able to allow users to make phone calls. It is also expected to display related notifications.
However, there is one aspect of iWatch that may make it stand out among its competitors. The smartwatch can be used as a storage device for video and music as one will be able to play media files straightway from the device. The device can also be connected to a headphone through a socket placed on the top left corner. According to Apple's patent filing, the advantages of iWatch are "numerous." It mentions about three advantages even though different implementations may result in more advantages.
"One advantage of certain embodiments of the invention is that an electronic wristband having one or more electronic components embedded therein can serve to extend or augment capabilities of a portable electronic device," the document said. According to Apple, iWatch can receive messages for news alerts or posts on social networks. The "electronic wristband can communicate with other nearby computing devices to provide information directly to a user via the electronic wristband," the patent document said.
Apple did not clarify what iWatch would be made of even though it did mention a "non-metal material." Possible materials which can be used for making the smartwatch are silicone, Mylar, Rubber, vinyl and plastic.
See the patent design HERE.
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State of the Counties Address Presented at the 2015 Conference of Counties
Many of you deserve a lot of credit for the support you show for our agenda that enhances our ability for elected officials and our counties to advance into the 21st century and to be prepared to serve those who chose us for these offices. Our Counties and the State of West Virginia have faced many problems in the past and we will certainly face many more in the future, but we also realize we must be prepared to deal with these problems through civil discourse, together as a well-organized and forward looking group of concerned office holders.
Constructed ~ 1978
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County Seat ~ Clay
Completed in 1978, the modern brick courthouse was constructed at a cost of $1.3 million. In the program from the dedication ceremony, the sentiments of the community were evident regarding the new government building: "it stands as a monument to the men and women of Clay County, both public servants and private citizens, who helped in its creations. Generations of Clay Countians will benefit from it."
Ohio County Circuit Clerk Brenda Miller Will Lead Association
The 2015/16 WV Association of Counties' Board of Directors were elected at the Tuesday, Feb. 10th general session business meeting. All were unanimously elected by each member group of County Offi-cials. The following will take office at the spring board meeting on June 1st:
President: Brenda Miller, Ohio County Circuit Clerk
Imm Past President: Steve Keadle, Greenbrier County Assessor
Vice Presidents:
Jim Priester, Marion County Assessor
Nancy Cartmill, Cabell County Commissioner
Donnie Kopp, Harrison County Circuit Clerk
Donnie Evans, Monroe County Clerk
Leckta Poling, Barbour County Prosecutor
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potting soil in raised bed
If I add potting soil to a raised bed what ratio of potting soil should I use?
I am considering some top soil, black kow, other compost and some potting soil. I saw somewhere 60% topsoil and 30% compost but I am not sure where potting soil fits in. I used a potting soil with topsoil in a flower bed and it worked really good but this time I am building a vegetable garden bed with cinder block. My bed will be 4x10 8 inches high and I will be buying bags from the big box stores to fill in. Long story but I cannot get a load delivered anywhere near where I am building the bed.
Any thoughts on mushroom compost? Lowes has this but I read mix messages about it on the web.
How long is a piece of string? It depends what's in your top soil and "potting soil" and how heavy/light it is. If you have bought the potting soil in bags it should say what the chemical composition is. You shouldn't have to add extra fertilizer unless you want giant pumpkins for example. I don't know how moisture retentive it is. If it dries out too quickly you may still have to work in some leaf mold. As far as I'm concerned, the main advantage of having a raised bed is for drainage and ease of cultivation rather than nutrients, so make sure it's fairly light and easy to work as well. It takes several years, however, for you to "get to know" your soil, whatever it is, and what grows well in it and what does not. Root veg is usually good in raised beds + stuff like onions. Don't use mushroom compost unless you want mushrooms.
You CAN grow in raised beds in soils that have a very high % of OM if you wish, but you should know the downside. A high % of OM often means poor water retention and often poor rewettability. Lots of OM ensures lots of shrinkage, and if the OM you choose doesn't break down very slowly, then N immobilization can present significant issues.
In most cases, if your native soil is decent, something like 75-80% native soil or decent topsoil with the remaining fraction being OM in the form of pine/fir/redwood bark fines, finished compost, or a fraction of sphagnum peat.
The soil in my raised beds looks like this:
You can actually see that it has wonderful tilth. It's about 80% OM (pine bark), extremely productive, and full of soil life. The downside is it shrinks quickly, so the pine bark fraction needs topping off regularly, which I do by mulching. I've also been adding used container soils that have a 2/3 mineral fraction as mulch, which has significantly reduced the shrinkage with no apparent loss of productivity.
FWIW - pine bark fines will be considerably less expensive than potting soil, and because it breaks down MUCH more slowly, shrinkage and N immobilization will be much less a problem. You might wish to consider that tack.
BTW - you WILL need to add fertilizer - plan on something heavy on the N to compensate for N immobilization, especially in the first year.
Mushroom compost is often partially decomposed straw with lots of urea in it. It's often very hot and high in soluble salts, so treat it like fresh manure - probably not a good choice for something in the more immediate.
One general suggestion: If I was buying bags of anything in that kind of volume, I would use several products to even out the pros and cons of each. For example mushroom compost has its drawbacks as stated, so maybe a few bags of that along with some other products would be a good idea for whatever final mixture you eventually decide on.
For a 4x6 bed I am considering 1 bag of black kow, i bag of mushroom compost, one bad of cheap manure compost, 7 bags of topsoil, 2 bags of MG potting soil and 2 bags of MG garden soil. I will mulch with hay and fertilize with fish emulsion if needed. I am considering perlite but have not decided. I also have plenty of leaves left over from fall to add.
Before I add the soil I plan to dig out about 2 inches down into my solid red clay and lay cardboard.
Is there anything I should add or take away or consider in the above?
I am a newby but determined to start growing my own vegies.
Potting soils are essentially Peat Moss, finely ground bark, or maybe coir, with either perlite or vermiculite added for drainage. So, basically adding potting soil to your garden means you may well be adding some very expensive material when other, and similar, less expensive material would be available.
The leaves will replace peat moss, bark, and coir and be better for your soil then any of them would be. What you need to end up with, eventually, is about 6 to 8 percent humus (residual organic matter) in your soil. For the first few years you may well need to supplement fertilize but if you work on getting the soil into a good healthy condition you may well be able to skip that, depending on what good reliable soils tests tell you about your soil.


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The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week:
It's the same ol', same ol' situation
It's the same ol', same ol' ball and chain
Just like a punch in the teeth
Or a swan dive to the street
-- Motley Crüe, "Same Ol' Situation"
Getting into a tussle at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday earned Kid Rock a citation for misdemeanor battery and cocombatant Tommy Lee an ejection from the festivities at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Since the two former Mr. Pamela Andersons aren't exactly busting out hits anymore, at least their altercation keeps their names in the news.
The misdemeanor probably won't land Michigan native Kid Rock in the the big house. But if it does, that destination might be a more appealing than a trip to Ann Arbor's Big House, where the Bottom 10 pillow fight of the decade is scheduled for Saturday.
Much like Kid Rock and Tommy Lee, Michigan and Notre Dame are taking more hits than they are delivering these days. But unlike the scene at the Palms, the Bottom 10 has no intention of pressing charges or escorting out the Wolverines and Fighting Irish.
It's a rare honor for a team to earn the highly coveted No. 5 spot in consecutive weeks, but Michigan did just that with its 39-7 home loss to Oregon. While a loss to the Ducks doesn't conform to the usual No. 5 spot standard of falling to an inferior opponent, the 0-2 Wolverines did nothing to make us drop them. Same thing goes for the 0-2 Irish, who stay at No. 10 after their 31-10 loss at Penn State. The Bottom 10 will definitely tune in Saturday (ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET) when Notre Dame and Michigan get the down feathers flying in the Big House.
It's hard to believe that Duke's 22nd straight loss didn't catapult the Blue Devils to No. 1, but another team really is more deserving. Did you catch Temple's performance in last week's pillow fight of the week? The Owls dropped a 42-7 decision at home to Buffalo, which definitely earned its exit from our rankings.
There were some other changes, so we'll turn to Kid Rock and Tommy Lee songs to rock us through the latest edition of the Bottom 10.
Have a comment about the Bottom 10 ranking? Send us your thoughts.
So, with apologies to Steve Harvey, here's the Bottom 10:
|ESPN.com's Bottom 10
|"Toast of the Town": Just as Tommy Lee provided the beat for Motley Crüe, the Owls set the pace for the Bottom 10.
|"Same Ol' Situation": Maybe Motley Crüe had the Blue Devils' 22-game losing streak in mind when they sang: It's the same ol' situation. It's the same ol' ball and chain.
|"Genuine Article": Like Kid Rock, the Panthers are a Bottom 10 genuine article who get the the job done.
|"Make Believe": After losses to I-AA Nicholls State and Baylor, it's time for the Owls to take Tommy Lee's advice and make believe it's 2006 again.
|"Cold and Empty": "Someone please turn on the lights" sings Kid Rock in the song. The folks in Ann Arbor know what he's talking about.
|Eastern Michigan
|"Cramp Ya Style": With Kid Rock hosting and Michigan at No. 5, it cramps the Bottom 10's style to have Eastern in the rankings without its Directional brethren.
|Iowa State
|"Welcome to the Numb": The Cyclones can identify with the Motley Crüe tune after losing to I-AA Northern Iowa.
|Northern Illinois
|"Welcome to the Party": I-AA Southern Illinois delivered the invitation for the Huskies -- and the Bottom 10 gladly accepted.
|"Good Times": The Orange haven't had many good times since Greg Robinson arrived. Last Saturday's 35-0 loss at Iowa was just the latest example.
|Notre Dame
|"In So Deep": Kid Rock's fight has him in deep water. An 0-2 start has done the same for the Fighting Irish.
Waiting list: Louisville's defense, North Texas (0-2), San Diego State (0-1), Toledo (0-2), Tulane (0-1), UAB (0-2), UL-U-Pick 'em (0-4), Utah State (0-2) and for sentimental reasons Wyoming's band uniforms.
David Duffey is the college football editor at ESPN.com.
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By Laura Miti
The National Constitutional Convention is currently going on at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre, in Lusaka. Citizens all over the country are holding thumbs praying that sooner rather than later, this protracted process that has gobbled up insane amounts in taxpayers' money will be put to bed. The kind of money the constitution review process has used up, carelessly and uneconomically, is actually one for the history books. This has been a criminally wasteful procedure since President Levy Mwanawasa engineered it to be as unending as possible. Every administration after that has continued to ensure that the constitutional review process is useful only to silence immediate demands by citizens. Meanwhile, it has continually been designed to never compromise subsequent governments' unyielding quest to continue ruling via the flawed document that places interest of politicians before that of citizens.
Of course, citizens pray not only that the unnecessarily long money wasting roadmap, whose end even now is known only by State house, reaches its conclusion. More importantly, the earnest, collective supplication directed heavenwards is that the end to this meandering, start and stop path we have been on will deliver the kind of document that will change Zambia for the better for ever.
But it is not really the constitution convention I want to talk about today. Rather, it is something that came to my attention because of that gathering. The matter exercising my mind this morning is that of how many Chinese nationals are apparently holding menial jobs in the country.
You see, I happened to visit someone who is a delegate to the constitutional convention and is, with a couple hundred other delegates, accommodated at the New Golden Peacock Hotel on Kasangula Road, in Roma. Boy, was I shocked at the number of Chinese people doing very basic jobs in that hotel!
From what I could see, the hotel is employing Chinese waiters, bartenders, even guards at the gate. My question is why, how? Are we issuing work permits to Chinese nationals to come and cook Nshima?
I ask because the nshima I ordered was brought to the table by a Chinese waiter.
Now let me quickly hasten to say that I am no xenophobe. I well understand that in this global village we now inhabit, labour, like capital, travels freely and lands in corners far away from "its home." I really have no problems with skilled non-Zambians competing for and taking up high end jobs in Zambia if we do not have the personnel for them.
I cannot, though, accept that in this country where millions of young, able-bodied people with basic, and many times tertiary, education are unemployed, we would allow basic positions to be filled by the Chinese. Isn't government supposed to protect these jobs for citizens in order to reduce the massive poverty and unemployment statistics? Forget statistics, shouldn't government be doing its damnest to ensure that every job that can be done by a Zambian is made available to them so that a few hundred more citizens can have their sorry lives dignified by work.
My question is how are the Chinese coming here to work as guards getting the work permits they require? What story did the Golden Peacock cook up to convince an immigration officer that they needed expatriate bartenders, waiters and supervisors? As things stand, given our policies that allow free flow of profits generated by "investors" out of the country, it is safe to assume that apart from a large amount of the money Zambia is spending on accommodating delegates to the constitutional convention making its way to China, even the little that could remain in salaries is taken out by cooks and waiters.
My oh my! I better end.
Yes, I have avoided belabouring that little matter about how President Sata and the PF executed an acrobatic about-turn deserving of an Olympic gold medal regarding their campaign promises to deal with the Chinese unskilled-labour situation. The Golden Peacock is, of course, a great example of this. All I will say is it is time the PF reconsidered this question. It is time to institute polices that give the 20-year old Mwansa, Mabvuto and Mundia, currently sitting around in Chawama somewhere, an outside chance at holding a basic job in their own motherland.
44 Responses to "Zambia's unacceptable levels of Chinese unskilled labour"
As a Chinese working in Zambia ,I would like to say something after reading this report.
First,why lots of chinese companies like hiring chinese people?
Actually,the costs of hiring a chinese worker is at least ten times more than hiring a zambian worker.Is is just because all the chinese bosses in zambia are so stupid that they don't know how to cut the cost?In the depth of there heart,they really want to hire as many zambian workers as possible and hire less chinese to reduce cost.But in some cases,they have no better choice.
As someone mentioned above,I really think zambian have a very poor and lazy work culture,my zambian driver would refuse to work overtime after 17 hours in the afternoon even if i promise to pay extra allowance,saying that it time to relax rather than working though in fact he is very poor.It is unimaginable in china,since chinese people can work even 24 hours or longer just in order to finish a project on time as long as they can earn extra money,or sometimes even though they can not get extra payment,just do it out of responsibility.That is the most noticible difference between the Zambian and Chinese workers.Besides hard-working,the chinese workers are also more loyal,skillful and relialbe than the zambian workers.This is my personal point of view,but the general mindset of most chinese employers in zambia.
Workers,being hard-working ,skillful and loyal is crucial to the success of a project especially those complicated,large-scaled,time-limited projects.Perhaps that is why in lots of cases,projects done by chinese contractors are fast and good but if done by local zambian contractor,delayed and problematic.
Let people have freedom to employ who they want Maybe this hotel is a family bussiness and those people were family members ?????!!!
Maybe chinese workers are more honest than zambian bar tenders..I have had a few and profits went down…….And chinese probably dont run to the labour office for every small issue .. this wastes time….
there are probably a thousand good reasons… But in a way I do not like chinese because they are colonising our country and Africa.. As there are toooo many to send back to china..
No problem with the chinese where working is concerned. But let them leave the country when their contract expires. Do not spoil our breed with chinise breed.
Which Chinese restaurants have black or Eastern European waiters in England?
Must be the lowest of the low
It's fun to find out something new. Not everything was clear to me, but I am so glad that enlightened my thoughts.
We would like to thank China for Tazara and again we thank you China for Tazara.
Dear Laura Miti,
Zambians serve Chinese foods in Chinese restaurants in some parts of the world. Butecheries and Bakeries employ foreigners in several European countries and no one is complaining. Maybe those Chinese have applied for citizenship and therefore are elligible to work in Zambia. We have one Zimbabwean women serving as a Cabinet Minister so what the hec.. !
Malubeni, in Europe (eg England) they employ Eastern Europeans because they are cheap! In Zambia we have high levels of unemployment among people with catering qualifications! it is unacceptable to let Zambians be like that! first employ all Zambians. Only professional people can be employed for specific period of time.
whoever is issuing work permits should be taken to task
Friends, the Chinese maybe classified as a bad people because of maybe some cheap (not fake)products are meant to make the poor look rich as well.
These people have been good friends for Zambia Africa and the world over. They have been here training our local people in some skills such as bricklaying, carpentry, painting and in general building science.
These people have always helped even our government meet the millennium development goals in the areas say of education, health and transport – They initially started by building all these structures even before government paid but our government has been a let down because it doesn't honour its pledges in time for the construction works.
Friends note that I am writing this from a construction point of view.
Let us support the Chinese in their dealings particularly the area of construction as is the basis by which we shall be measured as to how much wealthy we are.
My appeal to our government is to pay contractors on time as this is affecting our employers (CHINESE) and our families to a much lrger extent.
Remember this is a chain reaction, GOVT SUPPORT =MORE JOBS + MORE MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS +BOOMING ECONOMY
ii. ABSENCE OF GOVT SUPPORT TO CHINESE = LESS JOBS + NO MONEY + NO ECONOMIC GROWTH+HARDWARE SUFFER +FAMILIES SUFFER + GOVT LOSE ELECTIONS
This is one for the youths and unemployed. One of my most enduring memories before the last election is that of hordes of hungry, unemployed and unkempt youths on the streets singing 'Change e change e tulefwaya change e, change e change e tulefwaya change e' and I kept thinking yes you will get that change but certainly not for the better as long as you vote in PF. Here we are down the line, with all that 'Chinamen this chainamen that' rhetoric from Sata, and the Chinese invasion has just began. Enjoy the ride folks.
Breeding space, increasing the chinese population in Zambia because China is over populated and had one child policy per family.
Now Zambia has become their breeding area. Imagin, the Chinese population is over 1.3 billion, and thats just in China.
Wait until Zambia is taken over, its a new colonialism of breeding massively in power countries and take over.
Open your eyes, soon the country will be owned by aliens!
Afri2 wil nt develop bcoz we dnt understand the capitalist system veri wel. China hs folowed the west by creating jobs 4 their pipo abroad. This is done by signing development agreements in which african countries r 2 recieve aid in exchange 4 investment oportunities 2 foreign companies.some of the conditions r zat these companies that invest in zambia shud be alowd 2 come with their human resource hence the influx of so many chinese working in zambia.this scenario hs led 2 huge unemployment in zambia and many other developing nations bcoz even job that dont need specialisd skils r gven 2 foreigners. Pit for our country and africa at large bcause of this web of capitalism that hs disadvantagd us so mch
These Chocholiz re right in our Villages trading.Power lies in pipo not SATA.We can put a stop to this.Sinazongwe style
Even if we are lazy, this is our country. We shall have the jobs and we shall share and bear the fruits and thorns of our work ethics. No, waiters, making nshima and washing our backs, no, no, never.
Presido, PLEASE stop this nonsense.
Without them how u gone share the fruit and share w nsima yankoukou stupid foolish muntu, let them work and follow the standard we are lazy and we have to improve our selfs before talking. Shut up
Madam Miti, the President is on record saying that Zambians are lazy and he would prefer to employ efficient and hardworking Chinese. If he can say that, what would Chinese employers in Zambia do if given half a chance?
The President has also created 119,000 jobs in the arts (singing "Donchi Kubeba" maybe?). Those youths (Mwansa, Mabvuto and Mundia in Chawama)have full time employment as artists. If they are not yet employed, rest assured that they will be very soon – building motorways with cobblestones across the country as the Romans did. Just chill!
Chinese are assets zambians are liabilities.given to construct a stadium kwa hae u dont even know where to start from,given to construct roads u take decades just accept twabulishafye isukulu instead of yapping nd complaing.these are long term effects of leakages in zed schools-danderheads.
I'm not Chinese nor am I a zambian. But one thing for sure is that given an opportunity I would rather employ a chinese over lazy zambians! The work culture here is pathetic! The moment the boss or supervisor is out of site, they down their tools and its story time! Every other day there is "malilo". God knows how many times their father or mother dies! Its just ridiculous.
Sata won the elections by false pretense. He lied to win the election. He used to insult chinese day And night but now with out any shame he is praising the chinese. What a president any some of us know the this man inside out that he say thing that he does not in belief in
Laura my experiences with many Zambians have left me to think twice about working with them. Most of the zambians are on the get rich quickly 'sebane wikute' and all the schemes they come up with. Try constructing a house using a zambian you will appreciate the chinese…as for the restaurant business engage a zambian? Sick leave every day if not attending a funeral…oneday we will wake up and find noone wants to hire us.
The president confessed at the BOAO conference that Zambia was creating jobs for the Chinese, thereby helping the Chinese government fight its problem of unemployment. But ba Sata, he is solving the unemployment problem for the Chinese leaving us Zambians wallowing in joblessness. This is not on.
thats what the pf govt is going to china for..they need to get serious expatriates..
I passed by that hotel today and a friend commented by saying that sooner than later we shall have 20 million chinese in this country because they nomally bring their whole families when given an opportunity. There is an opportunity now for the Chinese to just bring anybody they wish. 'God help us'
how many Chinese family you have seen in our country. i am surprised that almost all Chinese men can stay here for a long time without their family.
spot on my lady. by the way laura how do i get to see u? u a one in a million ladies.
Obviously SATA had no intentions of implimenting all that campagn retoric,needless to say all what was on his mind,was to taste the nshima cooked in state house.
For our poor un-employed youths,tough luck boys.You are paying for your kwalola umwela atitude.You voted for pf and now it`s time for you to pay the price.Just join the cadres used in fights during by elections,maybe then you can get something out of PF.sebana wikute!!!
The president even has the balls to say he is helping fight un employment in china by giving all big contracts to chines firms.what a dsigrace of a president.Nshima from state house has not satisfied him yet. Bulls eye!!!!
We are killing our own children with both hands, just to protect chines to breed and fill this country. At the end of the day they will turn against us cos they will be in the majority as for us who have killed our own children due to starvation and lucky of jobs, will be too old and in the minority to fight the chines out of our country. 50 yrs from now we shall have a chines president in Zambia. Watch out your kindness will one day kill you, akuti chifundo chi napa nkwale.
Are we issuing work permits to Chinese nationals to come and cook Nshima?
Why not go to the USA in China town you will see that almost all of the staff are chinese in Hotels. even in South Africa and Kenya this is the case, So open your Hotel in chain and get unskilled zambain to do the work if you so wish remember its a free world. Laura your order was for Nshima with Bush meat at a Chinese Hotel shame on you.
Yuo fool those chinese in the USA are citizens. Try and get a work permit to work as a waiter in Europe and the USA in this economic doenturn and they will send you packing back to Africa
Zedman, no they get a visa to come and study and whilst there get a job as a waiter
I think before criticizing these Chinese, we should also try to find out why they are doing that. I find the working habits of many Zambians to be very ….I once worked as a supervisor for casual workers for one of the companies and to say the truth most of them do not want to work hard but at the same time just want to get a lot of money for their beers and the many girl friends. So for the china man when they come here, they know why they are here… to make money. so in some instances you find that their work culture is so different from us: they work very hard for longer hours, therefore end up being in conflict with the locals who are used to taking everything cool. therefore to avoid conflict with the government, they prefer getting their own people. I can assure you that with this attitude of NI CHEKELEKO this country can never prosper. And finally go to RSA, UK, USA you will find Zambians there sweeping rooms, cooking even selling in bars while they are locals there complaining of lack of jobs.
One of the Major reasons Sata was invited to China recently is to Silence him on his negative attitude towards Chinese.Our Zambian Labour Laws are VERY weak.That why we have an influx on un equalified foreigners.Most of them are Chinese and Indians.Institutions such as the Engineering Institute of Zambia,dont perform their duties.They are Suppose to visit work places to check on who is practicing Engineering.However,their main pre occupation is to recieve subscription funds from Members.In my view,Kambwili was going to make a better Labour minister than Rubberstamp Shamenda.We need Strong Labour Laws to Provide better Jobs for Zambian in order to foster development.
I totally concur with you. The company I work is full of foreigners mostly from Philippine who are doing jobs that does not require foreigners. They are paid hefty salaries which make zambian employees salary look like school allownce to buy sweets in comparison. Most of them have no qualifications and experiance to talk home about.
Some workers reported the case to pf govt labour ministry. Labour officers came to the company but were handsomely bribed and the case died agonizing natural death.
Zambia is ours but the money does not belong to us.Africa will be ruled by china not long from now,any structures like hotels and other economic entities are welcome for the well being of our mother land Zambia.
How sad the PF promise that if elected, they will put a stop to issuing work permits to "quitionable expatriates" has been thrown out of the window. At Kansashi, it is rumoured they have expatriate bus drivers, with work permits issued by the PF of all parties.
Those that believed sata are fools not just fools but pathetic fools (pf )
Africa, my Africa!the china man is here to rule, politicians wont manage to deal with this scourge, it requires a collective efforts of the labour movement.one wonders what happened to the zambianisation committee
Mr Miti, Is there something the Chinese know that we dont.?? This should answer your question, with all the knowledge you have , writting this fine article, do some research.
Nice one Kaufella, guess this is what we should be looking at and not just rushing to pass restrictive laws.
Good article Laura. Some jobs are supposed to go to locals. Our economy will never pick up with massive unemployment deliberately created by law makers.
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Like gays cannot find any florist or bakers ??????????????
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Funny they all complained about the military and big corporations revolving door. This is even more insidious since the propaganda machine to protect their side is their overwhelming job and not being a serious reporter of the facts.
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How about listing all the whites killed by blacks. I think the list would be much longer.
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I think relations are a two way street.
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What a bunch of BS. Ferguson was pumped up to create race problems. Hands up was a lie and an excuse to loot and destroy. The 'Report" was just a way to say, well the officer was not guilty, but might as well be because this is how they treat blacks. Are there no problems? I doubt it. Were the stats that much different than any major city that has a majority of blacks or crimes committed by blacks? Sorry, but I'm over the excuses that nothing is self inflicted. Look at the drug use and look at the drop out rates, look at the one parent families and the out of wed lock babies. Now if you want to blame anyone blame the left for making it easier to take handouts and raise kids with one parent. Human nature dictates people take the easiest path and that is what most will do. Change the incentives, change the dialogue to be self sufficient and raising a family versus taking what you can get by any means necessary. Social justice should be raising people to take care of themselves and not having others take care of them by confiscation of wealth by taxation.
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And you are a liar using 'climate change' to consolidate power is all. You do not give a rats ass about it as you fly all over the world and have a MASSIVE carbon footprint! Besides over time we will use more 'green energy' as they become economically feasible.
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The banks that lent billions for drilling and fracking are now getting killed as oil prices plunge and the debt cannot be repaid. So how do you get oil prices back up? Let Isis take over the oil fields of the Mideast. This plays right into their power and Russia's as they can hold Europe hostage. Yep, it is going to get ugly.
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Reminds me too much about those crafts from War of the World with those laser eyes
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I'm getting to the point that if nothing is done I will just stop paying taxes and I think everyone should do the same and when the money is cut off they have no choice but to listen because they can't put us all in jail.
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And this B got a 130K bonus so that a big FU to all of us!
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Great job! She did not let the news person shut down the truth!
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No sure what he means by major? Would you have to be impeached, which is near impossible to be considered major? Not sure if Obama killed someone on TV in front of millions that he believers would stop believing.
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He was just wondering what shampoo she was using
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Spoken just like Obama
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Plain to see Obama is getting what he wants. His buddies in IRAN will soon control the Mideast, have a bomb and start a major war with Israel. Obama is a Muslim!
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Class warfare once again! This idiot thinks Government policy changes will have no affect on peoples behavior other than what they expect it would be and that is to suck it up and do what your told. Sorry, Mr. President, but people and businesses will do what is best for themselves. You can call it selfish, but that is what people do to survive and grow. They will do what they deem is best and not some bureaucrats in Washington thinks is best. You cannot govern against human nature yet he know some how what is best? Maybe if our Constitutional lawyer understood the Constitution it would be of some help or maybe he's just trying to rewrite it?
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There are some other reports that she was working with a Pro Palestinian Group, so maybe we do not know the full story about this young lady?
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Why are they all coming here I wonder????????
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