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Feds' satisfaction with pay dips after two-year freeze
Federal employees were less satisfied with their pay after the two-year pay freeze went into effect in 2010, according to a report by the Partnership for Public Service. Although higher-ranking feds were most satisfied with their pay, the highest-ranking feds those at the SES level had the biggest dip in pay satisfaction over the previous year.
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State, CIA, FBI rank high as ideal employer, college students say
A survey of nearly 60,000 college students found some federal agencies rank high as ideal employers post-graduation.
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Feds rank leadership low in annual survey
The Partnership for Public Service took a closer look at the data from the 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and discovered that feds aren't too happy with their leaders. Senior leaders especially received low rankings from federal employees.
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Exclusive: State's Toler joins DHS to run network resilience office
Danny Toler becomes the second State Department official to go to the Homeland Security Department's Office of Cybersecurity and Communications since January. He also is the second high ranking official to join DHS in the last week.
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The technology is based on Microsoft's Kinect, used in the XBox video gaming system, and now it's the basis of new tools developed by the State Department's Office of eDiplomacy. State showcased their innovation this week at the FOSE Conference in Washington.
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Southern University in New Orleans has reached an agreement to exchange students and faculty members with a university in the West African nation of Ghana.
SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo tells The Advocate the long-distance partnership will create opportunities for students to pursue international study.
Officials of SUNO and Central University College of Ghana signed the agreement this past week.
The pact allows the universities to begin working out details of the exchange program.
Nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina's wind and water wrecked the library at Southern University at New Orleans, restoration of the three-story structure is to begin.
The library has been operating out of temporary quarters in the Multipurpose Building.
The Times-Picayune reports that a ceremony in front of the library building will launch the $4.3 million project.
SUNO spokesman David Grubb said the architecture firm for the restoration is Jerry Campbell & Associates of Baton Rouge. Work is expected to be complete by next summer.

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Fisheries projects throughout the state would receive a boost in the Alaska Legislature's budget.
The Legislature's fiscal year 2014 capital budget included more than $12 million to study Alaska's fisheries, much of it for work in Cook Inlet including drainages in the Matanuska-Susitna borough.
What to do when the Kenai River late-run king salmon may not meet escapement is up for discussion in Anchorage, in hopes that users and managers can find a solution before the start of the 2013 fishery.
The Board of Fisheries will take up the Cook Inlet issue at its statewide finfish meeting March 19 to 24, with discussion on the late-run management plan scheduled to come up March 20.
At a meeting involving the Alaska Peninsula, the Board of Fisheries also talked about the work done by the Upper Cook Inlet Task Force this year.
The task force was created last fall to talk about possible changes to the late-run king salmon management plan to provide fishing opportunity in times of low king abundance, such as the situation last summer.
Board member Tom Kluberton said the task wound up with limited time at the final meeting to draft its recommendations, and used a bare-bones proposal from one member as a framework to express the varying range of ideas.
VICTORIA, B.C. — Coastwide, halibut fishermen will see about a seven percent reduction in catch this year, less than many were expecting.
The International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2013 catch limit from Northern California to the Bering Sea at 31.02 million pounds Friday.
Alaska's portion of the catch is about 23 million pounds, down from about 25 million pounds in 2012.
Aid for communities affected by fisheries disasters is still uncertain after the House of Representatives passed a second disaster relief bill this month that didn't include Alaska.
The House passed a $50.7 billion Disaster Relief Appropriations Act Jan. 15, which went only to Hurricane Sandy aid, and did not include any of the fisheries disasters declared last fall in Alaska, New England and the Gulf of Mexico.
The Senate must pass a corresponding bill to be reconciled with the House version before it can be signed into law.
Alaska's fisheries are in for a mixed year in 2013, if current management expectations hold true.
State forecasts and federal catch limits call for increased harvests of some species — like pollock — while other runs may fall shorter than in prior years.
Pollock harvesters heard good news when the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, or NPFMC, set 2013 catch limits.
The total allowable catch, or TAC, for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands pollock was set at 1.27 million metric tons, about a 4-percent increase versus the 1.22 million metric ton harvest for 2012.
Fishermen could catch a few extra sockeye salmon in Upper Cook Inlet waterways during 2013.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced its sockeye salmon forecast today, projecting a total run of 6.7 million fish, and a harvest of 4.9 million for all users.
That's up slightly compared to a 2012 harvest of 4.4 million, and about 1 million more than the 20-year average harvest of 3.8 million fish.
Sockeye on Upper Cook Inlet river systems are caught in sport, personal use, subsistence and commercial fisheries.
Chinook and chum could receive a little extra protection in federal waters when work continues on salmon bycatch efforts.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council agreed Dec. 9 that it is time for public review of a chinook measure for the non-pollock trawl fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska. That came after the council asked the Bering Sea pollock fleet to look at ways it could reduce its catch of western Alaska chum salmon. Any action for the Bering Sea is likely farther down the road.
Despite changes to the stock assessment model and a new format for harvest advice, the news the International Pacific Halibut Commission heard from staff at its interim meeting was the same as it has been since 2005: the number of harvestable halibut has declined, and catch limits are following suit.
Under the most likely scenario, the coastwide harvest from California to the Bering Sea would be 22.7 million pounds, down from a 33.54 million pound catch limit in 2012.
ANCHORAGE —The Alaska Fishing Industry Relief Mission Inc. had good news from Japan just in time for Thanksgiving.
The nonprofit group raised more than $375,000 for tsunami relief efforts in 2011. This summer, Canadian Linda Ohama helped the group distribute the money to Japanese fishermen.
Ohama, who is currently in Japan, delivered the good news in a Nov. 20 email.
"Last week, I saw the two small boats that the Arahama fishermen were able to purchase with your donation! They were putting on the names: Alaska Maru 1 and Alaska Maru 2!!" Ohama wrote the group.
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Kind Questions Defense Budget
Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about cuts to the U.S. defense budget. Last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives even passed a bill that was meant to spare national security spending from future cuts by reducing school lunch funding and other social programs. Congressman Ron Kind talked with WIZM news about the defense portion of the budget.
Kind says the government is spending 2 billion dollars a week when they were supposed to be sending more troops home. A budget item he says he just doesn't get.
Central Commons A Go
The Commons Renovation Project at Central High School got the green flag this week from the school board and construction on the $201 thousand project will start as soon as school is out. Principal, Jeff Fleig ( FLAG ) says he couldn't be happier.
Three walls will be removed to increase the square footage and provide an open concept atmosphere. The walls, floor, and columns will be upgraded. Next, a permanent concession stand and ticket booth will be built. Finally, the School Store and Altra Credit Union will share a space which will make both more accessible to students and visitors. All with about $146 thousand in donations.
Central High Gets Bronze
Earlier this week we told you that Onalaska High School had received a gold medal rating as a top ten school from U.S. News and World Report. Now, La Crosse's Central High School has learned that their school had received a bronze medal ranking from the same magazine.
Gateway Scouts 4th Best Boy Scout Council In US
Being number four at something can be a pretty good achievement...and so it is for the La Crosse area Boy Scouts.
The national Scouting organization ranks the Gateway Area Council as the fourth-best council in the U-S, based on a set of several criteria. Local director Sean Henneman says he knew the La Crosse scouting program was good...but didn't realize it was rated so close to the top.
The Gateway Council has a high retention record...meaning about 70 per cent of the local boys who enter Scouting stay in the program for many years.
Came To La Crosse To Sell Drugs. Waiting To Be Sentenced.
He admitted he was 'caught red handed' selling drugs in La Crosse...
Now, Jamario McKnight is scheduled to be sentenced this July on drug charges, following a plea hearing yesterday. McKnight and a second man were caught in a police sting in the Copeland Park area. He was charged with delivering cocaine and possessing marijuana. McKnight is from the Chicago area, and told La Crosse cops that he came to western Wisconsin after being told local buyers pay 'good money' for drugs.


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Cobble Hill Keeps (Part of) a Hospital
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
After months of secrecy, the State University of New York unveiled how five developers hope to transform Long Island College Hospital in the coming years. The developers each bid to purchase the troubled hospital, commonly known as LICH, offering competing plans for the Cobble Hill property that became an election year lightning rod for Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Community members have long rallied against transforming the LICH campus into a residential development, but all of the proposals under consideration combine residential units along with some kind of healthcare provider, often a floating emergency room or ambulatory care center. Most bidders propose that 25-30% of that housing should be affordable. None of the bidders laid out a plan that would allow the site to accept advanced life support ambulances, long a sticking point for some community activists. The full proposals are available on SUNY's website.
The SUNY board will discuss the proposals when they meet on Friday. Next week, SUNY faces contempt of court charges before state Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes, for allegedly reducing medical services at LICH against his orders.
In this interview, Capital New York Healthcare Reporter Dan Goldberg talks about what the plans reveal about the future of this hotly-debated property.
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"What the community needs" is a hospital.
This is a real neighborhood only as long as it has services to support the people who live here.
Housing is nice, but when we pack in all the people who can live here, where will they go for medical care?
The next nearest hospitals are quite a ways away.
LICH is NOT "failing" as you so erroneously report. SUNY is failing to be responsible. LICH is being prevented from being utilized, has had its soucres of income cut off, its doctors banned, and patients barred. LICH is being sabotaged & victimized & is not failing - its is being failed by its operators.
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MANILA, Philippines – Fifty-four communist rebels in Northern Samar returned to the folds of the law recently, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Tuesday.
Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala, AFP Public Affairs Office chief, said in a statement that the rebels, led by a certain Antonio Fabia of the New People's Army 38 Barangay (village) Organizing Party and Teria Besconia who handled 15 militia units, surrendered in Bobon town last Sunday.
They turned themselves in to Lieutenant Colonel Noel Vestuir, commanding officer of the Army's 20th Infantry Battalion.
"The surrender is a clear victory for the people of Samar who yearn for peace. The groups surrendered to government authorities because of their desire to live peacefully and lawfully," Zagala said.
The rebels underwent documentation and custodial debriefing at 20th IB Headquarters.
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I disagree. It depends on how much time you are willing to put into training/conditioning. The guy is a strong 4.5 (maybe close to 5.0) at 26 years old. If he can spend 3-4 hours per day training (difficult given the usual life constraints, but certainly possible) he could be a strong 5.5 within 1-2 years. At that level an ATP point is not out of the question.
ive been playing about 5 times a week getting 2-3 sets in each time. sometimes just hitting working on my backhand. last sat i actually played a match at 11, finished at 1. jumped into the car drove 30 mins to start another match at 1:30 and finished around 3:30. really tired after that. i do work 9-5, but i get some good playing time around 6-9 everynight. i mainly need to work on my conditioning. i have good stamina, but need to eat healthier. i could drop about 15lbs.
Looking at his record he does not look like a strong 4.5 close to 5.0. He looks like middle of the road 4.5. The main thing I think he has working against him is he does not have a strong tennis background. He was not a strong junior and did not play college tennis and pretty much started tennis again after a long layoff. At this point he would not just need time but also a lot of money from coaching because he likely has some technical flaws. As you get higher up the NTRP ladder it gets harder not easier to move up levels. If he were a former D1 player that took off 5 years and started playing again at age 26, I would give him a chance, but basically 4.5 rec level player trying to do it is a whole different animal.
i really do wish i had played in college, but i just didnt have the drive then. i was more focused on school. my technical skills are actually the reason why i was always able to jump on the court and rip a forehand. my parents paid for lessons starting when i was 4. i dont know when i stopped, but tennis has always come naturally to me because the correct mechanics were drilled into my head when i was very young. my one huge glaring flaw is my backhand. i just cant seem to hit passing bh shots on the run. i know the mechanics, but it just needs practice to get the muscle memory down. my fh however is my main weapon. i feel i can hit a winner from anywhere on the court with it.
Go for it! Am interested to see expenses vs what you win. Keep us posted and GOOD LUCK!!!
i decided i will keep a record of my expenses vs income on this thread just to make this thread a little more interesting. so starting in june i have spent $88 on a reel of polystar energy 17, $36 and 33$ on the entry fees into the usc tourny and seal beach tourny. i did win 50$ in the usc tourny though. so i need to win $107 more to be at par.
Yeah, go for it.
How you do depends on your opponent's skills, and you being a rising 4.5 or a falling 4.5.
Do you have weapons? Are you consistent only?
You'll get pummelled as said, most likely, but you can draw some duffers too.
I wonder if you get any points for going a few rounds in Q's? In 1977 and '78, I went 4 rounds in a Q as a B or 4.5 player, lefty, 2hbh, big serve, quick at net.
id say im rising as a 4.5. my game is getting better everyday. the main reason i did so bad last summer was i was still using my racquet from junior high, it was some prince OS 110 old man racquet. my brother lost my rd-ti 70 88sqinch from highschool. i just recently finally found a racquet that doesnt give me tennis elbow, but has good pop and spin. my weapon is my forehand. i use sw grip and get a lot of topspin. weakness is my 2hbh, i mainly play defense and am always looking to get a forehand to control the point. my serve is pretty big, second could use more pace. overheads are good, net game good. i could use better footwork on my bh to improve consistency though.
@onehandbh - i guess thats a different way to look at it. lol.
You'd be better off spending that time getting really proficient in your real career, you'll end up making a lot more money that way. Go "pro" in your chosen career path (or pick one soon) and it will pay off in spades. Spend all that time trying to become a pro tennis player (which you'll never become), and there's an opportunity cost.
i have a finance degree and work in corporate accounting. i dont plan on quitting my day job (literally). but i need to get my competitive juices going and i enjoy playing tennis. it is tough working full time and trying to fit in a lot of practice, but it is possible with the right dedication.
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Bolivia and Paraguay have shown the bond market is open for riskier credits at exceptionally low rates. An Ecuadorian benchmark may push the limits of incredulity – but might not be so farfetched
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While ostensibly focused on the struggles of the Freeman family with the daughter's anorexia, the Transport Group's rather grim musical comedy concerns itself mostly with chiding Gayla for her reaction to her daughter's illness. If books such as The Beauty Myth attributed the obsession with thinness to an attempt to disempower women, Yvonne Adrian's book and Cheryl Stern's lyrics fault Gayla's brief return to work and her (over)involvement in her daughter Polly's care. From attempting to secrete extra fat and calories in her food to taking the lock off her bedroom door to consulting a series of expensive professionals, Mom does more harm than good in the musical, driving away her husband and teenage son in the process. The play's advice to Gayla as expressed in song: "Let her go through it." A catchy refrain, but a troubling moralparticularly as 7 percent of anorexia sufferers die of the disease, and many of those who recover cite "caring voices" as the prime factor in their recuperation.
If the voices in this musical aren't particularly caring, they are strong, particularly that of Falsettos vet Walsh. She hums and hoofs with frightening commitment, lending verve to the comedy numbers, pathos to the mother-daughter duet, and even undeserved credibility to the puzzling ditty "Nicaragua." Adam Heller as her husband and Nicholas Belton as her improbably sensitive teenage son also lend fine support, as does Erin Leigh Peck's forgivably shrill Polly. Three women who play doctors, bosses, and (inexplicably) hunger-striking suffragists round out the cast.
Director Jack Cummings III shifts effortlessly from scene to scene and musical director John DiPinto ensures that the live band covers any interstice. It's difficult to fault efficiency, but all this sterile seamlessness renders the action rather too pat and cheery. What ought to be devastating comes off as merely coy. Indeed, with its snappy delivery and all-white set, Normal too often seems a very special episode of a minimalist sitcom.
Unlike the beastly illness of anorexia, the bugbears of Beowulf have the distinct advantages of being tangible, slayable, and actually sort of cute. Growly Grendel bears a resemblance to the Predator of film fame, as does his blue-eyed dam. And the dragon that bests an elderly Beowulf is a wonder of flaming eyes and multiple-man puppeteering.
In many ways, this new musical adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, commissioned by the Irish Repertory Theatre and playing in its cozy 22nd Street space, resembles just another louche Chelsea evening. It features seven strapping men attired in sleeveless amalgams of camo and nettingto celebrate his triumph Beowulf even dons a gold lamé vest. The lads spend much of the sung-through piece drinking, sparring, and dancing with one another. (Admittedly, they seem to prefer a form of Old English tap to any clubbier steps.)
To the strains of a harp's anxious plucking and a harmonium's plunking, as well as pre-recorded accompaniment, the cast sings of "Beowulf, the man and the legend." The show strikes an uneasy truce between self- seriousness and a low budget. It pretends to the epic but often devolves into accidental silliness. Sentiments such as "my song will live forever" are unfailingly well-intentioned but rather difficult to actualize on a handkerchief stage. Charlotte Moore contributes venturesome direction and wrings more effects from a flashing light and a fog machine than one might expect. But when Grendel must limit his rampage to upturning a few chairs, he appears less a primordial beast than a drunk spoiling for a bar fight.
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Hypothetical - Bob and Jim created an oil and gas services company back in the 1970s as 50-50 owners. That company has grown to be a big player and has been wildly successful. The company has built up a large cash reserve. Jim now wants to retire and spend his time sailing his boat in California. Can he do a redemption?
A stock redemption lets you take cash out of a corporation in exchange for stock. The advantage of structuring the redemption properly is that you are only taxed on the gain (redemption price less your stock basis). This is just like selling the stock – but the company is the purchaser.
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Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions. For a redemption to qualify as substantially disproportionate (and not as a dividend) two elements must be satisfied:
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On the anniversary of a life-shattering event, George Webb, a former policeman turned private detective, revisits the catastrophes of his past and reaffirms the extraordinary direction of his future. Two years before, an assignment to follow a strayed husband and his mistress appeared simple enough, but this routine job left George a transformed man.
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"Swift's hypnotic, elliptical style neatly showcases his characters' psychological depths, yielding a noir-ish stunner shot through with a brutal clarity." Vanity Fair
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I liked it.... but honestly.... why is this your only submission on here?
I'm just guessing here but uh.... are you just an awesome artist and new to flash ? or did you just forget to put in a preloader? Well, if you're new... you can download a preloader here from newgrounds.... Maybe I'm psychic, cause I do see some of your future submissions getting featured on here .... but i don't think they will without a preloader..... okay back to the flash here thou.....
everything was awesome basically..... I woulda gave a 10 on graphics if it wasn't for the part where you had animated the wolves head shaking back and forth..... it just looked kinda funnny.... would've been nice to see a motion blur or something I dunno..... I really look forward to seeing more of your work.
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I have to admit this is done VERY well. The backgrounds are all drawn in Photoshop or some other graphic program. Some backgrounds look pretty good and are nice coloured while others look like stuff that was scribbled pretty quickly just to have some background. Overall the backgrounds are nice to look at and everybody can tell it took some effort. The same goes for the characters done in Flash. It's a nice drawn movie and everybody can tell you are a skilled artist but there wasn't much going on in the movie. The guy is living with a wolf which eats breakfast cereal. Then we get some animation of the cereals flying around (which looks pretty lousy) and some animation of the wolf shaking it's head pretty fast. You have the knowledge that stuff will get blurred when it moves fast and use a technique very common in animations for fast movement yet you don't manage to make it work well. It somehow just look wrongs to me. Probably you should have tried to add just a little bit of hints of the wolf's "face" to that blur/motion stuff like a fast moving dot for it's nose or something. After the moving was over (it was pretty short) I was wondering: Hm what did I just look at?
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The Money Behind the Woodworking Industry
By Bill Esler | Posted: 12/06/2013 5:22AM
Read Wood Industry Financiers" from the 2014 Wood Industry Almanac A sure sign of the woodworking industry business promise: equity investors moved into the field.
As we researched the 2014 Wood Industry Almanac, looking for trends from the past year, the term "private equity" popped up repeatedly. Tracing the origins of stories, we found that during the downturn, in the bleakest days for businesses, private equity partners were active in the woodworking industry, keeping large companies afloat.
The capital infusion wasn't enough to assure survival. Cardell Cabinetry continued to operate, but on a gradually deteriorating basis, until finally it closed. But HIG Capital Partners helped it limp along until the recovery.
Others fared better, such as Norcraft Industries, which was able to make it through the parlous times, until its investors could recoup their gamble in a public offering - successful enough, in that it was increased by during the offering period.
And it continues: Sidereal Capital Group and Argosy Private Equity just acquired UC Wood Coatings. And Louisiana Pacific just sold a biofuel business to Tenex Capital, very active in the woodworking industry
Why are they there? Because even at the very bottom, the private equity companies new the cyclical nature of the housing market would eventually bring recovery, and with it, businesses in sectors of furniture, flooring, windows, doors and cabinetry - and the lumber they are made from - would recover.
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The Indianapolis Colts travel to Lambeau field to take on the Green Bay Packers in week three of the 2010 NFL preseason. This is a potential Super bowl preview as both teams have the talent to make it to the big game.
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Even in the preseason this game is worthy of the hype. The Colts went to the Super bowl last year and fell just short, losing to the New Orleans Saints. The Packers are an up and coming team and front runners in the race for a Super bowl title. The preseason will provide a good measuring stick for each team.
The Packers have looked great on offense but still have to address issues in the running game.
On defense the Packers have struggled, as they gave up over 20 points in each game and the secondary has been a weak point. Playing against Peyton Manning and the Colts will provide a much needed challenge for this team.
The Colts have never been concerned with winning in the preseason. Last year they coasted through the preseason and finished with a record of 1-3. The main goal is to enter the regular season with a healthy team and focus on grabbing the Lombardi Trophy. The Colts are still experiencing problems on the offensive line and the last thing they want to do is to get Manning hurt. Before the preseason even started the Colts were in need of two guards on the line. Now they need two new guards and short-term replacements for center Jeff Saturday and tackle Charlie Johnson. Manning will get some time to adjust to the makeshift line in this game.
With all of those troubles, it has been announced that the Colts will play several starters, including Manning into the third quarter. Look for the Colts to run a quick strike offense to keep Manning out of harm's way. When asked about playing in Green Bay Manning admitted, albeit preseason, this game was important. "I think it'll be a great test for everybody," Manning said. "Green Bay has great crowds no matter what the situation is. We have a lot of our games early in the season, including the opener, on the road. …I think we'll face a lot of situations in this game — dealing with crowd noise, working against a number of different defenses."
Curtis Painter will take over at quarterback after Manning, and he looked magnificent in his performance in Buffalo.
The Colts know that if they win this game it can help them prepare for the regular season, as they open on the road against the Texans.
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The Packers have had some issues in the secondary in the preseason. The defensive coaching staff is playing it safe with superstars Charles Woodson and Al Harris, and playing them sparingly to prevent injury. The result is giving younger players a chance to impress. The Packers are very thin at running back, and while Aaron Rodgers is the strength of this team, the running game should be featured in this game on Thursday.
The Colts don't always care about winning in the preseason but they are approaching this game with a different mindset. They will prepare like the regular season has started. They realize that the season starts with a tough road game in Houston and they will use this game to prepare for a hostile environment. Manning will play at least the first half and Painter looked much more comfortable in the backup role. The Colts keep this win close and win late.
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Would that be true in any other questioning scenario?
Or aren't law enforcement normally required to admonish when the questioning begins to lead to evidence of criminal behavior?
Even in any other "questioning scenario", LEOs aren't required to administer Mirnada rights merely because they "begin to suspect the person is guilty of criminal behavior." For example, a cop may *suspect* that I'm guilty of DUI based on erratic driving, but s/he doesn't have to immediately Mirandize me upon pulling me over and before asking me for my name & address.
In the case of aliens presenting themselves before INS/HS for entry into the US, there's no initial reason for an immigration officer to suspect criminal conduct or to otherwise "interrogate" the alien. Instead, more benign questioning is done to see if the alien has valid entry papers, might qualify for asylum, etc. Only once the questioning shifts its focus to interrogation re: a possible criminal matter are Miranda rights required.
Sorry if I'm repeating myself, but as I stated earlier, I'm not sure if I properly understood what you were asking.
No, I understand the difference in a "stop" and an arrest.
I just find the scenario somewhat intriguing, where it is a custodial situation, and yet the court did rule that a customs agent may "question an alien about her admissibility to the United States without giving her Miranda warnings, even when the customs agent begins to suspect the alien is guilty of criminal behavior."
Perhaps it's not based on case law, but just common practice, but I believe that most law enforcement officers, when interviewing someone, and the information the officer develops would reasonably indicate the person will likely be arrested, they will discontinue the "interview" and Mirandize, before continuing the questioning.
But........ I could be wrong.............
Whether or not to Mirandize has nothing to do with the actual answers the person might provide to police or the guilt/innocence of that person.
IMHO, the court here likened immigration officers questioning an alien re: entry to other LEOs asking for a person's basic information (name, age, DOB, etc). It's information that, given the circumstances, is not probative of any criminal matter.
But I could be wrong, too.
Also, in an attempt to bring this around a bit to the original OP, even if this case serves as a limited restriction on an alien's Miranda rights at a point of entry, it still stands that many (if not most) Constitutional protections do extend to non-citizens & even illegal aliens.
So I still say the court is making some kind of distinction here........
Under most current interpretations, yes........
But, that could change.......
IMHO, there is a distinction, but only as to exactly when Miranda must be given. Immigration officers are allowed to do some basic questioning regarding admissibility w/o Mirandizing, but that is all. For example, in the case you cited, the immigration officer was authorized to ask the person seeking entry certain questions regarding her admissibility, but not about any prior work history in the US (which would be a criminal matter given her status at the time). The officer crossed the line from permitted admissibility questions to a criminal interrogation w/o proper Miranda instruction.
PS: Nevermind. I think I know where you're going with this. And, rip is right, it deserves its own thread.
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I MA'd my post, we'll see if they break it off or if I should start a new thread.
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Mardi Gras is actually a season that begins with festivities on January 6th, the feast of the Epiphany continues through midnight on Fat Tuesday, which always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday.
Mardi Gras is a weeks long celebration of parties, music, picnics, parades and excitement that gives revelers the opportunity to satisfy indulgences before Lent.
When we think of Mardi Gras, loads of plastic beads come to mind. The tradition of parade float riders toss (throwing) trinkets to the crowds began in the 1870s. Throws often include doubloons, beads, cups, stuffed animals, homemade trinkets, toys and more! …read more of Louisiana Stuffed Potatoes and Cajun Cream Sauce for Mardi Gras here
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File under: Healthy Eating, Legumes, Recipes, Vegan
Pasta has been unjustly criticized in recent years as a leading culprit in the rise of obesity. It has been attacked as a (gasp!) carbohydrate, a food group to be avoided by ill-advised proponents of the Atkins style diet.
Carbohydrates are an important part of a healthy diet and ounce for ounce contain fewer calories than either fat or alcohol. In Italy, where pasta is eaten at least once a day, people enjoy one of the lowest rates of obesity in the world, 8.5 percent as compared to 30.6 percent in the US.
The fact is pasta is a healthy carbohydrate and a central component of the Mediterranean diet, widely considered to be one of the best lifestyles for maintaining a healthy weight.
Unlike wheat used to make bread, pasta is made from durum, a hybrid of wild grasses and an entirely different species with different a type of gluten. Like kamut, durum is much older than modern bread wheat, which has been domesticated to a far greater degree. …read more of The Dish on Pasta – Healthy Carbs that Fill You Up Without Weighing You Down here
By Marie Oser, Managing Editor ecomii.comFebruary 7, 2014
File under: Dairy Free, Gluten-free, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Vegan
Valentine's Day is right around the corner and no occasion is more appropriate for making delectable homemade candy for loved ones. While heart-shaped boxes of chocolates line the shelves this time of year, homemade candy is a heartfelt expression of love and friendship.
And have I got a quick and easy drop dead delicious recipe that sets aside all of the tedious "bonbon dipping, temperature checking, double boiler" cooking action so prevalent in traditional candy cookery.
This delightful recipe defies the typical turtle candy making method. Traditional ingredients include heavy cream or evaporated milk, butter, corn syrup and white refined sugar. Oftentimes caramel and pecan halves are covered with a mixture of melted chocolate chips and shortening. Hardens the arteries just thinking about it.
Tasty Tosteds Turtles are a one-bowl wonder that is sure to become a family favorite long after those Valentine Roses have been pressed. …read more of Make These Luscious Vegan Chocolate Treats for Your Valentine here
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File under: Entertaining, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Vegan
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Pizza, salsa and chips are typical Football Munchies, but there's something special about a hearty bowl of spicy chili on Super Bowl Sunday.
And this year, enjoying a bowl of our tasty and healthful chili would seem all the more appropriate when watching the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform at Halftime.
Chili is a universal favorite, an easy one-pot wonder that feeds a crowd and is easy to make in advance. This is especially true in Texas, where the dish was born well over a century ago.
Chili Con Carne means pepper with meat, traditionally a dish of highly seasoned beef, slow cooked with chili peppers. Records discovered by Everette DeGolyer (1886-1956), a Dallas millionaire and chili enthusiast, indicate that chili was first invented around 1850 by Texas cowboys. …read more of Super Tasty, Super Bowl Chili here
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Back-eyed peas are a dietary staple in the American South and Hoppin' John is a traditional dish made with black-eyed peas believed to bring good luck when served on New Year's Day.
According to the legend, if you serve black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, you'll have plenty of pocket change in the New Year. If you serve "Hoppin' John" with cooked greens you'll also have plenty of folding money. Many southern families toast each other with Champagne and a bowl of Hoppin' John at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.
Black-eyed peas are cream-colored beans that have a slightly smoky flavor, smooth texture and a distinct black dot. Food historians agree that "Hoppin' John" is an American dish with African/French/Caribbean origins. African slaves, who worked the rice plantations, brought black-eyed peas to the U.S. and by the 1700's they were growing extensively in the south. …read more of Serve Vegan Hoppin' John on New Year's Day for Good Luck and Good Karma here
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Dr. Jill Biden places the National Guard Memorial Ornament on an Armed Forces Tree in the Naval Observatory. Son, Major Beau Biden, serves in the Delaware National Guard JAG corps and deployed to Iraq from 2008 to 2009. (Scroll to bottom of page, please.)
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A group home caregiver faces a murder charge in the beating death of a 52-year-old resident with Down Syndrome and cerebral palsy last November.
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MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio – A group home caregiver faces a murder charge in the beating death of a 52-year-old resident with Down Syndrome and cerebral palsy last November.
Janice M. Cooper, 55, is also charged with voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault. She faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted of all charges, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Thursday.
Cooper is accused of killing James Zito at the group home in the 7800 block of Affinity Place in Mount Healthy. The home is managed by Takoda Trails, based in Fairfield, Ohio, Deters said.
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The Hamilton County coroner ruled that Zito died as a result of blunt force trauma.
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Cooper reported that a patient was having difficulty breathing, that his eyelids were swollen and purple, and that he was in and out of consciousness. The Mount Healthy Fire Department transported Zito to Mercy West Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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$10 billion is the latest valuation floating around for Snapchat, the wildly popular instant messaging app for iOS and Android. That's an unfathomable amount of money. Here are 20 things you could buy with $10 billion, instead of Snapchat, to help put that figure in perspective. Keep in mind: Snapchat is a less than three years old and has yet to make a single dime in revenue.
1. The New York Times
Value: $1.9 billion
At 163 years old, The New York Times is one of the oldest newspapers in America still in print. It's also one of the most widely respected names in the business. It's value as a publicly traded company after all that time is but 1/5 that of Snapchat, which is less than three years old.
2. Boston Red Sox
Value: $1.5 billion
Ranking at number three behind the LA Dodgers and NY Yankees, the Red Sox is the third-most valuable MLB team in the U.S. They've been around since 1901 (originally as the Boston Americans) and after 113 years, could be purchased 6.6 times over for the valuation of Snapchat.
3. Most Expensive Home Sold in America
Value: $147 million
In May of this year, a hedge fund manager bought the most expensive home sold in America to date, costing a whopping $147 million. It's located in East Hampton, and sits on 18 acres of prime beachfront real estate.
4. Most Expensive Private Jet in the World
Value: $300+ million
Saudi Prince Alawaleed bin Talal owns the most expensive private jet in the world, the Airbus A380-800. It has room for 525 passengers, can fly as high as 43,000 feet, and can travel nearly 10,000 miles on one tank of fuel.
(If you're keeping track, we've bought the biggest name in news, one of the biggest sports teams, the most expensive home in America, and the biggest and most expensive private plane in the world — and we haven't even spent $4 of the $10 billion).
5. Largest and Most Expensive Yacht in the World
Value: $800 million
Owned by a Russian billionaire, the Eclipse is 526 feet long, requires a working crew of 70, has 24 private guest rooms, two helipads, and a small submarine. It has its own defense system, which can detect intruders and an anti-paparazzi laser built to disable prying cameras.
6. and 7. Hard Rock and Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Casinos
Value: $1.63 billion
With $10 billion, you can't spend all your money on toys. Part of it needs to be invested so you don't eventually run out! Let's go ahead and scoop up two big names on the Las Vegas Strip: Hard Rock ($770 million) and Planet Hollywood ($860 million) to make sure we keep the cash rolling in.
8. Rarest and Most Expensive Car Ever Sold
Value: $53 million
The last 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO sold brought a staggering $53 million. The only problem with buying one of these right now: none are currently for sale.
9. New York City Penthouse
Value: $90 million
The home we bought in the Hamptons is nice and all, but when we want to party in the Big Apple, we need some proper digs. The penthouse at One58 tower should do nicely, which comes in at 14,000 square feet on the 75th and 76th floor of the building, and has 140 feet of outdoor terrace looking out over Central Park. Nice.
10. Personal Space Ship
Value: $900 million
SpaceX estimates the cost of a fully operational rocket (Flacon 9) and space craft suitable for human life (Dragon 2) at $900 million. This is a reusable space craft, so you can take a trip up through the atmosphere into low orbit to impress even the richest of your new friends.
11. Private Island in Thailand
Value: $160 million
When you need a break from the hustle and bustle of the NYC life, charter that Airbus we already bought and fly to your 110 acre private island near Phuket, Thailand. It comes complete with fresh water, a massive power generator, white sandy beaches all around, and even cell phone service.
(We've bought 11 incredibly exclusive and unique things so far, including a few which generate even more income, and still have $2.5 billion left to spend!)
12. Philanthropy
Value: $500 million
It wouldn't be right to keep and spend all of this money on ourselves, so let's create a foundation to put some of our fortune to good use. Pick a cause, any cause, and we'll allocate half a billion dollars towards creating good change in the world. It could be building public tech centers (not libraries), feeding the homeless, fighting disease, or anything else. This amounts to 5% of our initial cash.
13. 14. and 15. Rare Paintings
Value: $278 million
With our new amassed wealth, we've developed an exquisite taste in art (naturally). And with three new homes to furnish, we need to pick up one exclusive piece for each. We'll grab a van Gogh (Irises, $112 million), a Monet (Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, $87 million), and a Da Vinci (Salvator Mundi, $79 million). That should do nicely.
Value: $154 million
We're a publicly traded company, and we make awesome products. Why wouldn't you want to buy us?
17. One Lamborghini For Every Day of the Year
Value: $146 million
Between the various houses and businesses you now own, you're going to need more than just that beater Honda Accord you've been driving for the last decade. The Lamborghini Aventador seems like a solid choice. At $400,000 each, you could drive a different one each day of the year. The one thing we're not even going to take a stab at figuring: the cost of gas.
18. Spoil Your Spouse
Value: $46 million
The most expensive single piece of jewelry in the world: The Graff Pink. It's classified as a type II color diamond with a perfect rating. There's nothing else like it in the world, and as a new billionaire, your lady friend deserves the best. Plus, you've still got $1.3 billion left to spend anyway.
19. Cayman Islands
Value: $1.01 billion
Sure, you've already got a private island in Thailand, but when you don't want to get so far from home, why not buy an entire country? The GDP of the Cayman Islands hovers around $1 billion, so you could make an offer to buy the entire country from England.
20. 13% Share of Tesla
Value: $395 million
You're a futurist, looking forward to new technologies that will change our world for the better, and you believe in the genius of Elon Musk. As such, you spend the rest of your fortune becoming the second largest individual shareholder in the company behind the founder himself.
Now step back for a moment and look at everything you've acquired with your $10 billion. You could have Snapchat, OR:
- The biggest newspaper in America
- The third-most valuable baseball team in America
- The most expensive home in America and an elite New York penthouse
- The largest and most expensive yacht in the world
- The largest private jet in the world
- Your very own spaceship, complete with crew
- Two entire casinos on the Las Vegas strip
- A private island in Thailand
- An entire country in the Caribbean
- 366 cars, one of which is the rarest and most expensive in the world
- Five profitable businesses to continue growing your income (and a large interest in a sixth)
- A charitable foundation with a half billion dollar endowment to improve the world
Let that sink. A cell phone app that wasn't around three years ago and generates no revenue whatsoever is worth more than everything on this list. Let it further sink in that there are a handful of big name companies out there willing to pay that figure to acquire it. Staggering.
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