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March 5, 2006 2:35 PM PST
AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion
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AT&T became the largest phone company in the United States after local phone company SBC Communications acquired long-distance carrier AT&T last year for $16 billion. The company, which changed its name after the acquisition was completed, serves 13 states, mostly throughout the western and southwestern parts of the country.
AT&T on Monday said it expects to cut some 10,000 jobs between 2007 and 2009, once the acquisition has closed.
Combined with BellSouth, the third-largest local phone company in the country, AT&T will pick up another nine states in the Southeast to provide service in a total of 22 states. The combined company would generate about $130 billion in sales and serve nearly 70 million local phone customers.
In addition, AT&T will take full control of Cingular Wireless, a joint venture owned by AT&T and BellSouth. AT&T already owns 60 percent of Cingular, which is considered the largest cellular phone company in the U.S., providing service to more than 54 million subscribers in the United States.
"The Cingular partnership and the company itself are performing extremely well, particularly after the AT&T Wireless acquisition," AT&T Chairman and CEO Edward E. Whitacre said in a statement. "But no partnership between two independent companies, no matter how well run, can match the speed, effectiveness, responsiveness and efficiency of a solely owned company."
The deal is likely to rattle consumer groups, which opposed the $16 billion merger between SBC and AT&T last year. The fear among these groups is that the telecommunications market is consolidating too much, leaving fewer choices for consumers. But regulators thus far have not bought into this argument.
The main reason for this is that the local phone companies do not compete directly with each other. They operate in different regions of the country. Supporters of the megamergers also argue the phone companies are facing stiff competition from cable companies, which are now offering phone service along with television service and high-speed Internet access.
The competition has gotten so tough between cable operators and the phone companies that AT&T and Verizon, the second-largest phone company in the country, have spent billions of dollars during the past two years upgrading their networks to offer television service. Verizon is already offering TV service to consumers in several communities in Texas, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Florida. AT&T has begun testing its service in Texas and plans to offer it more widely later this year.
Whitacre called the deal "logical" in the company's press release announcing the acquisition.
"This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth," Whitacre said. "We are confident that this is a merger we can execute, based on our track record with previous integrations and our experience working closely with BellSouth to create and build Cingular Wireless, and operate Yellowpages.com."
AT&T's latest move will likely have repercussions throughout the industry. For example, it could force Verizon to make a play for Qwest Communications, the fourth surviving Baby Bell operating company.
Verizon announced its bid for long distance carrier MCI last year after SBC had announced its acquisition of AT&T. Verizon entered a bidding war with Qwest Communications , which offers local phone service and high-speed Internet access to customers in 14 western states. Eventually, Verizon paid $8.44 billion for the formerly bankrupt MCI .
AT&T's move to acquire BellSouth could also spur Verizon into action on the wireless front. Currently, it jointly owns Verizon Wireless with European carrier Vodafone. Verizon's CEO has mentioned on several occasions that he is interested in buying Vodafone's 45 percent stake in the wireless company.
Under the terms of the proposed merger, BellSouth shareholders will receive 1.325 shares of AT&T common stock for each BellSouth common share. Based on AT&T's closing stock price on Friday, the deal will be worth about $37.09 for each BellSouth common share. That represents a 17.9 percent premium over BellSouth's closing stock price on Friday, and it puts the current value of the deal at approximately $67 billion.
The merger, which is subject to approval by shareholders of both companies, as well as regulatory authorities, is expected to close within the next 12 months, the company said.
Reuters wire service contributed to this report.
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- ma'bell its back!
- now, you have at&t verizon, qwest, now once they buy each other, and end up 1 company, ma'bell
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- No Consumer Benefit What So Ever
- None. Just an ego driven acquisition that makes absolutely zero sense.
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- Purchase will help competition
- "Consumer Groups," as the media call groups that are fronts for
lawyers, are simply groups that detest industry and adore
government. You never hear them criticize government
This will be a good deal for consumers and stockholders. As
recent reports indicate VoIP use is skyrocketing, and there will
be enormous competition for local phone service. Cable
companies, VoIP, and services delivered by power line, are all in
play. Additionally, Americans are increasingly ditching their land
lines for cell phones, where competition is fierce.
The usual suspects will cry wolf, but this will benefit consumers.
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- you are 100% wrong on that.
- That's cool. Everything you said is wrong, a lie. Put "not" in front of every verb, that'll save me a lot of typing.
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- What competition? A derugulated monopoly
- does not have competition. The only thing derugulation has provided is greater cash flow to the same monoploies. Indeed, if anything, service and quality has deteriorated dramatically leaving a lot of unhappy customers ... especially here in Southern California ... and especially since SBC took over. Verizon, the former GTE, has always been a negative in this area. they still have a lingering bad service reputation predating their mergers and acquisitions and changing their name. but the same monopolies exist, there is no quality control anymore, and the cost of communications service has skyrocketed while service has remained the same in some areas and deteriorated in others. Mr. Martin should have dumped his stock a long time ago...too bad he didn't. However, the hope is the acquisition will increase profits by scooping up more customers, reducing further any so-called competing companies, and ... well absent any significant competition ... the consumer will be victim of the monopoloy in their area. The use of the internet by conmsumers has actually hurt the telecommunications industry more than anything else. (That's why they are , rather belatedly, trying to create a niche in this area). It isn't the "lawyers" (the big lie) or consumer groups trying to get what they're paying for(the bigger Lie), that "detest industry" (you mean like Enron, Qwest, MCI, and a few thousand other US Attorney lawsuits for fraud and deception against Fortune 500 companies). My word, the industry has been deregulated ... state public utility commissions have essentially been defanged ... they've become glorified colloection agencies for the former ma bell's babies, and information collectors. What utter nonsense.
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- Monopoly: The Return
- Weren't these companies broken up in the 70s? What's the deal with it buying itself back piece by piece?
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- Welcome back to HIGH PRICES and TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!
- So not only will our government let AT&T get back together, lies about competitiveness and all, we're going to suffer as consumers. Higher prices are already hitting those who have been forced to switch to AT&T. I keep getting notices from AT&T to choose new, more expensive plans for my business. Yet AT&T will promise the FCC this is all good and then they'll start breaking the law and just paying the fines, which are less than the interest they get on the blood-sucking fees they will beat us with.
Yuck. Stupid FCC.
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- Unfortunately that's the point
- It's another way to weaken small businesses in this country. We should never forget that small business has been responsible for the only sustained job growth in the economy for the past 25 years.
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- Welcome back? You're obviously not a BellSloth customer now. If anyone has a stranglehold on businesses that rely on their PBX, it's these guys where I am (ATL N METRO). We pay these guys huge amounts of cash and we barely register on their radar unless we have an outage that would require them to pay us money back. And then they're not fast and usually try to blame our side of the connection (which is usually wrong). I can't imagine AT&T being worse, so at the very least I get to roll the dice and hope I get good account reps that can find their ***** with one hand in the dark.
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- This is disturbing
- I just don't feel comfortable with the way the phone companies are being allowed to run rampant. With all the corporate scandals we just went through, you'd think that the government would show some caution with respect to this kind of thing.
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- http://www.teletruth.org/
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- Protests will fall on deaf ears
- In fact, protests will be met, privately, with riotous laughter in
the corporate board rooms and in the halls of the DOJ. We live in
times where unapologetic scoundrels rule without fear of
No doubt, there will be public hearings on this merger. Allow me
to sum them up in advance. Here's how the dialog will go:
Consumer Groups: "This merger will limit competition, increase
prices, hurt consumers, create a huge unregulated monopoly
and serve only to enrich a handful of people."
Bush's DOJ: "Yeah. So what's your point?"
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- Times have changed
- These companies were broken up due to lack of competition. When they were broken up there was no VOIP most poeple could not afford cell phone. Know local phone companies are loosing customers at an extremely high rate to competition. You can get phone service with unlimited long distance for $24.99 from VOIP. You can't do that with the telephone company. They are loosing to the competition. Cable companies are now offering everything you can get from the telco at a very competitive rate and with cell phone starting to offer broadband services, there is plenty of competition to allow these mergers.
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- This is really FISHY
- I thought we broke up AT&T into baby bells in the 70's AND NOW THEY"RE TRYING TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND CREATE A MONOPOLY??!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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- Not Opera Browser Friendly, That's For Sure
- Ah yes, Bellsouth ever on the leading edge of technology:
"BellSouth.com offers online features that only work with newer browsers. To shop for our products, manage your accounts, find out more about BellSouth, or to contact us online, please choose one of these browsers:
Download Netscape Navigator
Download Internet Explorer
If you choose not to upgrade your browser, we regret that our website will not function properly for you at this time."
As for the imperialistic AT&T, my prediction is that as these telco behemouths consolidate, a greater and greater amount of money will be spent on advertising and proliferation of retail stores and less and less on actual technology innovation. The ink was barely dry on the AT&T/SBC merger when I received in the mail a glossy, expensively produced AT&T product catalog. Much todo was made of the various bundled plans, none of which really made much sense. And why anybody would want to buy an AT&T branded MP3 player is beyond me.
As for the cellular part of this new merger, I just have to chuckle. I have AT&T wireless, which then became Cingular, and is now on its way to becoming AT&T yet again -- full circle in only 2 years. I opted to not "join" the Cingular family a year ago when a hapless rep told me that I would have to apply for a Cingular account just like any stranger on the street, and would have to start a plan term commitment all over again. I now gleefully hope that Cingular customers will be welcomed into the AT&T family and be offered their own new term commitment plan by AT&T with no credit for prior service from Cingular. Don't you just love the square wheels that these folks sell.
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- WIll the next Worldcom....
- ....bet AT&T??? Same general corporate mentality - screw the
customers, maximize the bonuses, then run like hell.
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- Monopoly?
- Why is everyone crying monopoly? Do those of you know what a monopoly is?
"Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service"
If AT&T has local, LD and Wireless service they are not a monopoly. They do not control an entire service. We as consumers have choices in who gets our communication business. If you do not like AT&T or Cingular go with T-Mobile, Sprint, or Verizon. Go with your local cable provider or Vonage for your phone service.
Bell South local and SBC do not compete. They may compete on the L/D front but there are still L/D choices of you want to go that route.
If AT&T and Verizon merged then you would have a monopoly. The environment is completely different than the 70's and ma bell. There was only one choice and it was ma bell.
It's understandable to be unhappy with the merger, but these are two independent companies and should be able to merge if they see fit. Competition will still exist and as such we are not in a position to stop it.
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- So what was the point ...
- of the 1984 divestiture ruling?
Answer: not much.
Arguably it helped cause compition in the telecom marketplace but that was simply a way for the 4 holding companies to get more money. In the heat of the confusion after the divestiture the FCC allowed many to raise local prices under the excuse that they had more costs. When in reality they just wanted higher margins and more profit for what they were already doing.
Now we see AT&T buying up 2 of the 4 companies that came out of that landmark (and often referranced) DoJ win. Which will leave us 3 megacorps and an case study of how a win can ultimately be a loss for the general public.
As a consumer I wonder just what side is the FCC and the DoJ on?
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- the merger makes sense
- We are no longer talking about the days were physical copper going into a home represented a natural monopoly. Between VIOP and wireless traditional voice service is in major decline. AT&T would still face very stiff competition from the cable operaters. For high speed internet there are multiple options available including cable, WIMAX, EVOD, satellite, ect. Its time to get out the markets way and let it do its job!
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- AT&T plans to cut 10,000 jobs after the merger....
- ...let's hope that most of those are from the upper management
But just you watch. Management will toss 10,000 employees out
on the street, and then collect bonuses for cost reductions. And
the poor guy on the street gets to apply for welfare- at the
government's expense - except that you and I pay that expense
with our taxes.
Big savings for AT&T, right?
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- what many may fail to realize...
- Phone companies are not phone companies they are data service companies just like comcast, timewarner, verizon, and possible others that may enter the market like google. The competition is going to grow from new delivery methods of phone, tv, and internet services. At least in this case it was AT&T, formerly SBC, which has been very progressive with their services.
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- You must be joking about Progressive!!!
- " At least in this case it was AT&T, formerly SBC, which has been very progressive with their services." Are you kidding SBC"at&t" has not had a new product in five years. They have been promoting the same DSL that everyone else has. They Just barely entered the Wifi market by offering their product at McDonalds and at some bookstores. T-mobile has been selling this product for the last four years at least. And now they want to start selling their IPTV service. Good luck competing with Rhupert Murdoc and the cable companies. It is will cost at&t Billions of dollars to deploy their fiber nodes in areas and to deploy a all fiber infrastructure just to be able to sell 900 worthless channels that the cables and direct/dish guys are doing already. Plus if you have not noticed with all these mergers and Wall Street does not bat an eye. SBC at&t or whatever they want to call themselves is still the same disorganized company it is today and will continue to be tommorow. Not to mention that massive amout of debt that the Telco must take on as part of the deal. The only ones who will benefit from this merger is the Mr Whitacre and other top company officials not you the consumer!!
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- Those screaming "monopoly" really just don't get it
- First off, please look at the dictionary definition of "monopoly" again before you spout off. Secondly, how does this merger generate a "monopoloy" in the telecommunications business? Verizon will still be a significant competitor to the new AT&T (and will likely only get bigger itself) and is already pushing its FiOS fiber-to-the-home service into markets that are outside its traditional "Baby Bell" territory. You've got Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Vonage, and others who now have millions of phone subscribers themselves... oh, and keep in mind that Comcast et al have pipes of their own so there's no worry about AT&T shutting off their access (which is an assanine presumption to begin with). So, please tell me how this new AT&T will possess a "monopoly"?
Also, how will this new AT&T "harm" either competition or prices? Actually, it will likely drive prices down... because now you'll have a company of significant heft that can take on a Verizon or a Comcast head-on and drive prices down. Imagine BellSouth trying to compete against 800-pound gorillas like Verizon and AT&T - if BellSouth was forced to lower prices to compete with that they'd go bankrupt! This is one of those markets where it's better to have two 800-pound gorillas duking it out (Verizon vs. AT&T) instead of a couple of itty bitty gorillas trying to pick a fight with the 800-pound one they'll never win.
This is all the same BS so-called "consumer groups" use against every large merger or acquisition. It was used against Oracle, too. Someone please tell me how Oracle, with only about 10% of the business apps market before its acquisition spree, would have ever been formidable competition to SAP, the 800-pound gorilla in the space? Would PeopleSoft, Siebel, or JDEdwards have been much of a threat to SAP on their own? Not hardly. So, the market needed another 800-pound gorilla like Oracle to actually give SAP some REAL competition. How are consumers helped when the one fighting on their behalf isn't even big enough to make the market dominator bat an eyelash?
I know many of you will scream, "what about Microsoft?" Well, Microsoft was a bit of a different animal in that A) it was an insurmountable obstacle for any logical competitor to achieve heft significant enough to give real competition to Microsoft and B) Microsoft abused its competitive position to INSURE that no logical competitor would ever be able to achieve a market position significant enough to challenge it. In this case, there's no way this new AT&T can be Microsoft... not with other 800-pound gorillas like Verizon and Comcast still in the ring ready to duke it out. Therefore, this merger in the end will only be GOOD for consumers because it will bring reasonable and serious competition to this market.
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- Here we go again
- Twenty-five years ago the popular political mantra was "deregulation." Ma Bell and the Baby Bells were broken up and the rest is history. All along, Washington worked aggressively to give every advantage to large corporations so they could recreate much of what deregulation achieved. Does any sane person believe that the merger of Exxon and Mobile corps. was necessary for their continued existence? Are we not paying for it now with ridiculous gas and diesel prices fueling inflation? Everytime large corporations merge, thousands of people lose jobs that feed their families, pay taxes, and contribute to the well-being of our society. Unnecessary mergers erode society like outsourcing does - something that started about the same time as deregulation. Unfortunately it seems as though it's going to take more people falling on hard economic times for them to understand that the erosion of the middle class is ruining America as we know it.
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- AHH the no bell prize
- So finally, the seven little bells have reformed, and ma ba bell is back with a vengance!
So jnr, has finally said to the world that the Sherman Act is dead, as far as GOP is concerned Monopolies are the rule rather than the exception, by allowing this deal to go ahead!
Now, the only thing missing is the the reformation of "Standard Oil" from the remaining sisters!
Oh well, with this merger, the end users, will pay the price seven times over, in additional fees and charges, and after that comes the interest and the merchandisers of the mergers hidden fees and charges, for alas someone has to pay, and the customer is the easiest one to bilk!
Whilst VOIP, may be a temporary refuge, the new Ma Bell, will find ways and means to add additional fees and charges on all internet users on top of existing access fees, whilst zeroing customer service at the same time!
The only loser in this deal will be the customer as always!
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- Unfair Comments
- I have worked at Bellsouth for the past seven years and its been a
great job. As far as the merger goes it can only be good from my
stand point. The 10,000 person force reduction could be me, or
more likely the retirement age folks who just can't take a hint and
retire, or the management people who have a staff job and really
don't manage anything. Now about the customer service getting
worse, that'll never come from me or any of the other guys that I
work with. If a customer has a problem we do whats within our
power to make it right. Merger or not it'll still be the same job.
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- Just a matter of time before
- After Bellsouth concludes, Verizon and the new at&t will combine to create the old AT&T. Then, all they have to do is pick up all the rest of the RBOCs and a couple of CLECS and they're all set.
It's very clear that all of the divested companies were very resentful of the breakup... so now they're undoing all of that. Worse, the government is turning a blind eye thanks to W's pro big business administration.
Just wait, Verizon and at&t will merge to complete the reintegration.
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- This Still Isn't the AT&T of 1983
- What made AT&T so valuable and so strong was what it did behind the scenes with its Bell Laboratories. With Bell Labs all but dead inside a floundering Lucent Technologies, no matter how many times Ed Whitacre decides to purchase RBOCs (baby bells), it won't be the AT&T of the past.
The bottom line is, NONE of these comments about how consumer choice will be harmed have absolutely no validity in the fact that a.) these two companies already share a wireless provider... wireless prices would not change, b.) Regional operators are government-regulated monopolies; YOU HAVE NO CHOICE FOR LOCAL SERVICE AS-IS, especially with DSL which is really what this is about.
As someone who pays way too much for cable TV so I can get that high quality video and that high speed internet, I cannot wait for the new AT&T to bring IPTV to my home so I can stop paying $130 for something not worth even half of that.
Not to mention, the government requires that telephone service have a 100% uptime. Cable can't guarantee that. :D
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Anyone who reads newspapers here or follows political trends likely knows of Sergio Sarmiento.┬Ā Sarmiento is a nationally syndicated columnist, economist, and has quite a long history in journalism.┬Ā HeŌĆÖs a politically philosophical writing machine, consistently putting out at least five new columns every week.┬Ā┬Ā Some would consider him to be more to the right, others more to the left.. to some itŌĆÖs not clear.. it all depends on which columns youŌĆÖve readŌĆ" but it really doesnŌĆÖt matter..┬Ā the point is that heŌĆÖs an individual IŌĆÖd love to sit down and have a few beers with and duke out some issues.┬Ā There are moments IŌĆÖd like to give the guy a high five and a hug, and others IŌĆÖd prefer to wring his neck until his face turned a┬Āgruesome shade of purple.
Of course IŌĆÖm going to showcase a sample here of the latter, as will also be the case with the next post, ripping apart his views on the ŌĆ£tenenciaŌĆØ.┬Ā┬Ā Why go cherry picking fights like this?┬Ā Because itŌĆÖs more fun.┬Ā ┬ĀWould you really be interested in reading any of this if you thought I was just going to pat him on the back for the following string of paragraphs?┬Ā Now, it may turn out here that IŌĆÖve got it all wrong.┬Ā┬Ā ThereŌĆÖs always far more happening on the political playing field than meets the eye.. especially the eye of an amateur like myselfŌĆ"┬Ā But I honestly wouldnŌĆÖt bother if I┬ĀdidnŌĆÖt believe I had the upper hand.┬Ā Below are a few excerpts from Sergio Sarmiento, expressing his views concerning what he calls ŌĆśthe artificially low gas priceŌĆÖ here in Mexico (which isnŌĆÖt really that low, in fact)..
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre spending away the last of the money from the oil bonanza.┬Ā But on what? ..you might ask.┬Ā On education?┬Ā On productive investments?┬Ā On infrastructure?┬Ā On fighting crime?┬Ā On fighting poverty?┬Ā No, not on anything that could make any sense in the long run.┬Ā WeŌĆÖre using the money we generate from a nonrenewable natural resource to subsidize a growing consumption of gasoline.ŌĆØ┬Ā (5-21-2008)
ŌĆ£If a country could really achieve prosperity on subsidies, Mexico would be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.┬Ā The reality, however, is exactly the opposite.┬Ā While other countries have come from behind to build more prosperous economies, weŌĆÖve perpetuated our poverty by giving out subsidies in astronomical quantities.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve never seen, however, a subsidy so burdensome and harmful as what today is being applied to fuel and energy.┬Ā Felipe Calderon himself has calculated that in 2008 alone the government will spend 200 billion pesos ŌĆō almost 20 billion dollars ŌĆō on this program.┬Ā According to him, the purpose is to combat inflation.┬Ā In the end all it will do is stall it a bit.
ŌĆ£This huge portion could be better invested in the construction of the two oil refineries the country so desperately needs, and for many other productive investments that would make us more prosperous and competitive.┬Ā But instead, the gasoline subsidy promotes the use of a contaminating fuel, and benefits mostly the least needy.ŌĆØ┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā (6-4-2008)
ŌĆ£The money that weŌĆÖre losing, and that we canŌĆÖt invest in social and economically rentable projects, weŌĆÖre using to subsidize the consumption of gasoline by the wealthiest 5 percent of the population, the ones who have private vehicles.┬Ā Yes, itŌĆÖs true that public and heavy transport also use fuel.┬Ā But the majority of the subsidy is being given to motorists.┬Ā Like all populist governments, Felipe CalderonŌĆÖs is ransacking a company belonging to all Mexicans, including the poor, in order to give money to the wealthiest.ŌĆØ┬Ā (4-29-2008)
ŌĆ£Mexico has 138 automobiles for every 1,000 citizens (Nationmaster.com), which are possessed by the richest 10 ŌĆō 12 percent of the population.ŌĆØ┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā(6-28-2010)
Hohhhhleeee crapoly, Batman.. where to start???
He does infer one very good point somewhere up there – that subsidizing poverty and failure will only generate more poverty and failure.┬Ā ItŌĆÖs one of the most basic characteristics of human nature.┬Ā One doesnŌĆÖt need to be an economist to understand that you should never trust a mediocre worker who says the more money you pay him, the harder heŌĆÖll work.┬Ā The question here is, whoŌĆÖs paying who?┬Ā WhoŌĆÖs subsidizing who?
┬ĀŌĆ£PEMEX is 100% Mexican, belongs to all Mexicans and is for the benefit of┬Āall MexicansŌĆØ
Since 1938, when the petroleum industry in Mexico was expropriated and nationalized, itŌĆÖs not certain whether the above expression has ever truly been clarified for people in terms of what it really means.┬Ā I sure as hell couldnŌĆÖt tell you.┬Ā One malcontent school of thought sees it in terms of ŌĆ£if itŌĆÖs ours, why must we pay so bloody much for gasoline?"┬Ā Another point of view is ŌĆ£with the money PEMEX brings to the government (partially from exports, and partially through the sale of gasoline throughout Mexico), it can invest in projects that increase the prosperity of all MexicansŌĆØ┬Ā Sarmiento clearly concurs with the latter:
ŌĆ£What difference does it make ŌĆō many people ask me ŌĆō if PEMEX and the government lose money via gasoline sales?┬Ā Those who ask such questions demonstrate an absolute lack of awareness of the fact that we Mexicans are the owners of PEMEX and that the federal government is nothing other than an organization established by us in order to administer the resources that we collectively possess.┬Ā ItŌĆÖs as if we thought it makes no sense to demand that the administration of the condominium we live in keep it well maintained because we suppose that the administration is the only one that loses out and not us.ŌĆØ┬Ā┬Ā(4-29-2008)
Yeah well, the problem Sergio is that the administration historically has taken our rent money to build and maintain its own condos, while investing no more than minimally necessary for ours not to completely dilapidate and collapse.┬Ā When they come around raising the rent, we have to wonder how many of us fools are going to just sit on our hands and take it.
In fact, neither of the two views above is valid, nor will they ever be at any point in the near future.┬Ā Mexico, even if the government wished to, cannot provide super cheap gasoline.┬Ā It hasnŌĆÖt enough refineries to keep up with demand.┬Ā And regardless of the efficiency of those it does have, nearly half of all gasoline sold in Mexico is imported from the outside.┬Ā SergioŌĆÖs point of view holds just as little water, because as administration after administration has shown, apart from the crippling corruption within PEMEX, thereŌĆÖs no interest nor therefore any real initiative in the proper investment of PEMEX funds to work for the prosperity of Mexico. If there were, there would already exist a sufficient number of efficient refineries, not to mention a far greater acceleration of prosperity.
When he talks about PEMEX losing billions of pesos, heŌĆÖs referring to the gas price.┬Ā For the last two or three years, starting way back when oil passed $100 and was nearing $150 per barrel, one of his biggest complaints against the Calderon administration has been its decision to maintain gas prices artificially low, supposedly to keep down inflation.. In fact, back in April of 2008, while in the U.S. the average national price was anywhere between $4 – $5 per gallon, here in Mexico we were paying about 7.15 pesos per liter.┬Ā At the time we were right at 11 pesos to the dollar, which came out to equal $2.45 (U.S.) per gallon. He predicted that if and when the barrel price should fall, which it most certainly did, there were going to be some nasty chickens coming home to roost, and that government would hardly have any money for anything.┬Ā Hence, the panic that the Calderon administration was recklessly favoring the less needy.┬Ā Of course, thatŌĆÖs going by a certain manŌĆÖs definition of the term ŌĆ£less needyŌĆØ.
The idea that only the wealthiest 10 ŌĆō 12 percent of Mexicans possess automobiles is hopelessly absurd, and far beneath the intelligence of a man as much in the know as Sergio Sarmiento.┬Ā But evidently, thatŌĆÖs what he believes.┬Ā Only rich people have cars.┬Ā If it were anything close to true, he might be a bit closer to hitting the mark, but not much.┬Ā I can agree with him that the rich donŌĆÖt lack cars.┬Ā But to suggest that 85 ŌĆō 90% of the Mexican population doesnŌĆÖt possess, much less benefit from the use of cars, comes dangerously close to pure academic ineptitude.┬Ā To go on to suggest that therefore we less fortunate would be economically in the clear from any hike in gas prices, and only enjoy the benefits of higher waves of wealth distribution, is nothing less than a cry for help┬Ā to have some common sense mercilessly beaten into you.
Nonetheless, SergioŌĆÖs and other coinciding arguments eventually won the day, sort of.┬Ā After a government price freeze that lasted nearly a year, gasoline finally took on a continually gradual increase.┬Ā The current price as of this week in July of 2010 is 8.36 pesos┬Āper liter (not bad, actually, considering that Sergio believes it should have been 14.00 from two years back).┬Ā At the current rate of roughly 13 pesos to the dollar, itŌĆÖs equal to the same as two years ago – $2.45 (U.S.) per gallon, which actually is pretty close to the U.S. national average at the moment.┬Ā This however, is mere coincidence.┬Ā Gasoline in Mexico is not a market commodity.┬Ā The market does not determine the gas price here.┬Ā The government does.┬Ā And should government defend its decision to raise prices in order to keep up with the world market, what should we expect if again the barrel price suddenly drops, leading to lower gasoline prices throughout the market?┬Ā Bueno, call me cynical, but I think it would be foolish to expect Mexico to follow suit.
Add to that the fact that $2.45 is but 5% of the American minimum wage daily income.┬Ā The 32 pesos it takes to buy the same gallon of gas is over 60% of the Mexican minimum wage daily income.┬Ā Sarmiento may be sadly mistaken about only rich people having cars, but if the price here in Mexico continues to rise, his ridiculous assessment will become more and more accurate. ┬ĀAnd this would be good for the poor?┬Ā This would be good for the economy?
Are we to understand then that this idea that ŌĆ£PEMEX belongs to all Mexicans for the benefit of all MexicansŌĆØ means essentially that itŌĆÖs a government tool for the redistribution of Mexican wealth (formula = rich people guzzle gas, the proceeds which then are redistributed to bloated government salaries)?┬Ā If so, the gas price is nothing more than pure tax (that the government has not to lift even a finger to collect).┬Ā What Sergio calls a $20 billion subsidy, I would better see as a tax cut for any Mexican that benefits from gas consuming transportationŌĆ" which is far, far more than the 10 ŌĆō 12 percent that he believes doesnŌĆÖt deserve it. ┬ĀSergio refers to it as a ransacking of a government enterprise established as a source for Mexican prosperity. ┬ĀI say it allows the private sector to advance uninhibited by extremely high gas prices, therefore employing more people and thus increasing their purchase power, also less inhibited by skyrocketing gasoline prices, allowing us to see how this intent at prosperity compares to whatever triumph the government can claim.
Is it not the case that government failure has for far too long been subsidized by the contributions of the Mexican people?
Economies grow because some people sense what others want and need, and move to meet that demand.┬Ā ┬ĀDemand increases and is more successfully met when the ability for people to obtain what they need and want increases.┬Ā That ability to obtain increases whenever it becomes more feasible for any person to get from any point A to any point B.┬Ā To be sure, a dependable and efficient public transportation system can help.┬Ā But does Sarmiento really assume that 85 ŌĆō 90% of Mexicans simply donŌĆÖt need to go anywhere beyond the reach of public transportation or would never have any wish to move themselves about on their own terms?┬Ā If so, heŌĆÖs truly not living in the same Mexico as I.
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Google Play Music has been available for iPhone since late 2013, but so far users of Google's streaming music app have been without an official iPad app. Today, however, we're getting our first look at what Google Play Music for iPad might actually look like, as 9to5Mac has published images of the app's tablet UI. What's more, it seems the iPad version is actually buried in the current iPhone app.
As you might expect, the layout looks like a cross between the current iPhone app and Android tablet layout for Google Play Music, with albums and playlists arranged as "cards," and a slide-out navigation bar for moving between the main parts of the app. A couple of videos have also emerged, appearing to show a fully-functional build of Google Play Music for iPad.
9to5 also reveals that this iPad UI is actually accessible from within the current iPad app, provided your device is jailbroken — changing the app's "UIDeviceFamily" key from 1 to 2 in its info.plist file reportedly gives you the full-sized tablet UI. A Google contact even told the outlet they believed the iPad version of the app had already been released, so there's a chance it's merely waiting on approval from Apple before being pushed out. On the other hand, it doesn't look like the existing iPhone app has been updated for a couple of months, so there's no guarantee what we're seeing here is completely up-to-date.
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Still can't download playlists for offline use. Apple ruins Google's products.
I've had no problem doing this for months...
Changing the app's "UIDeviceFamily" key from 1 to 2 in its info.plist file does not work on my iPad Mini Retina (7.0.3). RetinaPad by the great Ryan Petrich does work however.


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The Black Nail Project
A very minor accident set me off on an exciting tangent.I closed my finger in a car door, the nail turned black, and I could not throw on the potter's wheel until it healed.What could I do in the meantime?
I've owned several wooden Indonesian fabric stamps for well over a decade, but never used them. They were so beautiful and complete it seemed there was nothing for me to add.I experimented by stamping clay slabs, overlapping and distorting the images, then adding more texture with stamps I had made. With this a whole new vocabulary began to emerge. At first I made slab trays and dishes. When my fingernail got better I was able to combine these textured slabs with coils and thrown elements.
These are the vessels that grew out of this process. They are still pots but sculptural content, not function, is the prime intent. I think of it as "The Black Nail Project".
A little background...
I've been making pots full-time for over 40 years, ever since graduating from Temple University's Tyler School of Art with a MFA in ceramics. Also during this time I've regularly taught ceramics. Taking a little time away from my studio keeps my ideas fresh.
Selected teaching experience:
• Greenwich House Pottery, New York City
• Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
• Sir Sandford Fleming College, Coburg and Belleville, Ontario
• Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, Ontario
• Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario
• Haliburton School of Art, Haliburton, Ontario. Summer workshops and Sir Sandford Fleming College Certificate Program.
I've also conducted over 150 workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and critiques across Canada and the USA. Currently I teach courses at the Dundas Valley and Haliburton schools.
Other professional activities:
• Founding member of Artspace Gallery , Peterborough, Ontario
• Member of the Professional Craftsman's Advisory Committee for the Ontario Crafts Council
• Vice-President and later Chairman of Fusion, the Ontario Clay and Glass Association
• Juror for both the Ontario Crafts Council and Fusion, as well as for other guilds and art associations
• Featured in various publications including Fusion and Ceramics Monthly
• Exhibited in many juried, group, and one-person shows across Canada, in the USA, and internationally
• Most recent exhibition: The Black Nail Project at David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Ontario **read Globe and Mail review


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Roma came from behind to beat nine-man Fulham 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico in the Europa League Group E.
Diomansy Kamara put the Cottagers ahead in the 19th minute from the penalty spot after being brought down inside the area by Marco Andreolli.
Erik Nevland saw red for a foul on Daniele De Rossi and Roma took advantage with John Arne Riise equalising in the 68th minute before Stefano Okaka headed in the winner with 14 minutes remaining while Fulham defender Paul Konchesky was sent off late on for a foul on Rodrigo Taddei.
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Creating a Grading Rubric in ANGEL
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- Click on the course you wish to add a Grading Rubric to from your ANGEL Homepage.
- Once inside the course, click the Manage tab located at the top of the page.
- Click on the Rubric Manager, which is located inside the Data Management nugget.
- The Rubric Manager allows you to edit, rename, copy, delete, preview & print and hide rubrics.
- To create a new rubric, click Add and you will be presented with three options described below.
- Create new rubric creates a new rubric from scratch.
- Copy existing rubric. Opens the Copy Existing Rubric dialog box, which allows you to browse for a rubric in the other courses, repositories, and groups to which you have access.
- Link to existing rubric. Opens the Link to Existing Rubric dialog box, which allows you to browse for a rubric in the repositories to which you have access.
- We will click the first option, Create new rubric.
- The Create Rubric Wizard page (Step 1 of 3) will display.
- Enter a Rubric Name.
- Specify the Number of Columns.
- Choose Column Ordering and Column Weight.
- Enter a Column Label if you'd like.
- Finally, specify the number of Rows and Row Label.
- Once you are satisfied with your preferences, click Next Step.
- The page for Step 2 allows you to add descriptions to cells and modify both columns and rows.
- To insert, move, or delete a column or row, click the arrow above or to the side of the respective column or row, then click the desired option.
- Click inside any cell to add or edit its description, a dialog box will appear prompting you to enter this information.
- Once you are satisfied with all descriptions, click Next Step and you will be brought to Step 3 of 3.
- Step 3 of the Rubric Wizard simply provides a Review of your rubric, allowing you to go back and make changes if needed.
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Flu FAQ
Those at an increased risk for influenza related complications:
•persons 65 years and older
•nursing home residents and other chronic care facilities
•adults and children with chronic disorders of the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems, including children with asthma
•people with metabolic diseases such as diabetes
•those with blood diseases like sickle cell anemia, or impaired immunity.
Emergency Warning Signs
In children:
High or prolonged fever
Fast or troubled breathing
Bluish or grey skin color
Unable to drink enough fluids (dehydration)
Severe or persistent vomiting
Changes in mental status such as difficulty waking up, not interacting, or seizures
Improvement and then return of fever and worse cough
Worsening of underlying chronic medical condition
In adults:
High or prolonged fever
Fast or trouble breathing
Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Sudden dizziness
Severe or persistent vomiting
Improvement and then return of fever and worse cough
How can someone with the flu infect someone else?
Infected people may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 7 or more days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.
What should I do to keep from getting the flu?
First and most important: wash your hands. Try to stay in good general health. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food. Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
What surfaces are most likely to be sources of contamination?
Germs can be spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air. Germs can be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches their own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands.
How long can viruses live outside the body?
We know that some viruses and bacteria can live 2 hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks. Frequent handwashing will help you reduce the chance of getting contamination from these common surfaces.
What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?
What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?
If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the flu?
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water. or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. we recommend that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.
What should I do if I get sick?
If you are sick, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible to keep from spreading your illness to others.
If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.


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The Marygrove Urban Leaders Circle (ULC) provides corporate leaders with an opportunity to inform and influence the strategic direction of a high-quality, respected and committed College, not simply a single initiative or program. This opportunity to leverage College resources—talented scholars and teachers as well as program planning skills and beautiful facilities—is a unique way for corporate leaders to achieve meaningful returns --on their investments of time and money.
How will the Urban Leaders Circle work? After the Presidential Blue Ribbon Panel with mayors of several urban centers, including Detroit, at which ULC members will be present, Dr. David Fike, president of Marygrove College, will convene an initial meeting of the ULC with faculty to focus discussion on key issues of interest to members. Once the agenda for the year is set and appropriate resources are identified, two meetings per year will occur. The first will include succinct informative presentations on College plans, programming or research relevant to these issues. The second will discuss how the College can focus high-level planning resources and leadership to shape programming and strategic partnerships to make a positive impact on those issues the ULC has identified.
Faculty and others will research potential solutions to the most pressing issues for presentation and follow-up discussion with the ULC. With consensus, tactics will be incubated at Marygrove or at other places within the city after which the ULC will assess their effectiveness and determine their implementation city-wide.
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Winter blues no more! In honor of our newest Spring 2013 MOSCOT Originals Collection launch, we threw a party!
Friends, press, distribution partners (far and wide), and long time MOSCOT customers gathered with us at the Mark Miller Gallery, in The Lower East Side, for an evening of cocktails (named especially after our brand spanking new frames!) and nibbles, to celebrate our Collection launch in New York City! Whoop!
With vinyl spinning Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and old-school tunes, we were super excited to share our newest Spring 2013 MOSCOT Originals Collection of classic, timeless styles…by unveiling MOSCOT works of art!
A HUGE THANK YOU to all those who came out — some of whom made it all the way from Down Under and even cross-country! A BIG thank you to our caterer, Cheryl Smith, of Cheryl's Global Soul and to Mark Miller for housing our MOSCOT artwork until the end of the month. Stop on by and take a look-see at these larger-than-life photos by our very own, Co-President, Wendy Simmons!
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How should we show our appreciation to school employees?
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But has anybody asked you lately how we should show appreciation to you for all the time and effort you put in to make sure students receive a quality education? That communities understand what great work is going on in their schools every day—and not just during school hours? That legislators realize you are not the enemy of public education?
Well, we're asking you—how should we show appreciation to you as a school employee? What would you want to see happen? What would help "make your day?"
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Sunlight, a common algae and an internal combustion engine could together provide an alternative energy source that consumes no fossil fuels and releases no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to contribute to global warming. A prototype system which produces 25 kilowatts of power has been developed at the University of the West of England at Bristol.
Solar energy fuels the growth of the algae, which are then dried, ground up into a fine powder and burnt in the engine to generate electricity. Carbon dioxide produced during burning is fed to growing algae which recycle it through photosynthesis. The algae, called chlorella, are green single-celled plants which are abundant in nature.
'It sounds potty,' says Paul Jenkins of the university's faculty of engineering, 'but it works. The algae burn a treat.' He estimates that electricity from the process would cost around 3 pence per kilowatt-hour, comparable to the price of generating ...
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The #1 seeded SCSU men's and women's basketball teams were both eliminated from the NSIC/Sanford Heath Tournament in the second round. Winona State upset the lady Huskies 47-45 on Saturday afternoon. St. Cloud State kept it close in the final minute exchanging the lead two times. SCSU trailed by two points with seven seconds remaining and could not get a shot off in the waning seconds at Halenbeck Hall. SCSU was led by Jessica Benson's 14 points while Senior guard Nicole Anderson netted 12 points and hauled in a game high nine boards. Anderson also collected four steals in the loss to put her fourth on the all-time SCSU steals list. It was the final game at Halenbeck Hall for seniors Nicole Anderson, Amanda Wagner, Jamie Noonan, Morgan Lof and Reyan Robinson. Three members of the SCSU women's basketball team received NSIC All-Conference honors; Jessica Benson, Sam Price and Nicole Anderson.
The Men, also seeded #1 in the postseason were no match for the Upper Iowa Peacocks. The Huskies got down early and never regained momentum. Upper Iowa controlled every facet of the game by shooting 50 percent from the field and netting 12 of 14 free throws. Upper Iowa also outrebounded the Huskies 36-28. SCSU trailed by 20 points twice in the second half and fell 72-55. The loss drops the NSIC North Division Champions to 20-8 on the season. The Huskies were led in scoring by Shaun Jenson who finished the contest with 17 points.
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The decision not to accept gift cards has been made by the administrators, not HMV. They're trying to find a way for the business to continue so need to do whatever they can to make this a smooth process. They desperately need to raise money which is why the stores are still trading, but unfortunately means they won't be accepting gift cards.
With any luck, HMV may be able to continue trading (in a reduced number of stores I suspect) and may even honour existing gift cards. The same thing happened with Game last year, but the new owners decided to honour gift and loyalty cards when they came out of administration.
If HMV do go completely, you may be able to make a claim against the administrators for your credit, but I can imagine staff wages and suppliers will be addressed as their main priority.
Like I said, they will only upset customers by refusing gift cards and it seems a very opportune time to block them i.e. right after Christmas when they must have sold thousands easily even with their flaky sales. Free money for them effectively as they get to sell a load of gift vouchers and now are getting away without honouring them. Blatant daylight theft IMO.
The reason I am equally annoyed with HMV as the administrator is because they made no attempt to warn customers in advance that they were in trouble or would enter administration (so people could use any outstanding gift card balance quickly and to discourage people to buy them for others as gifts which have become worthless in mere weeks), they denied administration right up till the end saying the blue cross sale was "perfectly normal for the time of year" thus giving customers no warning of their position and neither have they (yet) given customers any window to use remaining vouchers or gift cards before the shops go altogether.
Both parties are equally despicable IMHO.
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Antler-Point Restrictions
In the shaded areas on the map, only bucks that have
at least four antler points on one side of their rack may be
taken during the archery and firearms deer hunting seasons
(except the youth portions). The antler-point restriction
applies to portions of Cass, Franklin, Jefferson, and Platte
counties NOT included in the urban zones.
Counties with restrictions
- Andrew, Atchison, Audrain,
- Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan,
- Caldwell, Camden, Carroll, Cedar, Clark, Clinton,
- Daviess, DeKalb,
- Gasconade, Gentry, Grundy,
- Harrison, Henry, Hickory, Holt, Howard,
- Johnson,
- Lafayette, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston,
- Maries, Marion, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery,
- Nodaway,
- Pettis, Phelps, Pike, Pulaski,
- Ralls, Ray,
- Saline, St. Clair,
- Vernon, Warren, and Worth
Portions of Cass, Franklin, Jefferson, and Platte counties NOT included in the urban zones are shown on the 2015 Firearms Deer Hunting page.
How to count points
Each of the following counts as a point:
- The end of the main beam
- An antler point, if it is at least 1 inch long
- Any broken tine that is at least 1 inch long
- The brow tine, if it is at least 1 inch long
Tines, main beams and brow tines all count as a point if they are at least 1-inch long. A buck with seven points is a legal deer in counties with antler-point restrictions.
Note: If you harvest a buck that has shed its antlers or broken the antlers off less then 3 inches from their base, record the harvest on Telecheck as an antlered buck with 0 points.
Does, button bucks and bucks with spikes less than 3 inches are legal to take on Antlerless or Any-Deer Permits; but for deer management, it is better to take does.
Protected deer include all antlered deer (defined as having at least one antler 3 inches or longer) that do not have a minimum of at least four points on one side.


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Dancing With The Stars
Dancing With the Stars 2013 Behind-the-Scenes: A Very Special Guest! (PHOTOS)
Dancing With the Stars 2013 is headed into Week 7 of Season 16 tonight, and though the competition is fierce, it doesn't mean that the couples can't take a breather to enjoy each other's company.
In some behind-the-scenes pics (courtesy of ABC's official DWTS Instagram), we see Mark Ballas and Aly Raisman cuddling in the studio as temporary replacement partner Henry Byalikov waves in the background; Andy Dick chowing down on his partner; Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd loving the '90s; Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough and Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson getting playful outside of the rehearsal studio; Val Chmerkovskiy and Zendaya dippin' it low; and last but not least, a very special guest pulling into the parking lot.
Check out the gallery to see the pairs' antics, and then hit the comments with your favs!
Dancing With the Stars airs Monday, April 29, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.


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Willimantic, Conn. - For the fifth year in a row, Eastern Connecticut State University has been named as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The results, released yesterday in The Chronicle's sixth annual report on The Academic Workplace, are based on a survey of more than 45,000 employees at 300 colleges and universities.
In all, only 97 institutions achieved "Great College to Work For" recognition for specific best practices and policies. Eastern won honors in three categories this year: "Collaborative Governance;" "Compensation and Benefits;" "Facilities, Workspaces and Security."
Eastern was one of only three Connecticut institutions to make the list and the only public university among the three; Quinnipiac University and Middlesex Community College were the other two.
"We are honored to be included in 'Great Colleges to Work For'," said Eastern President Elsa Núñez. "Receiving this national recognition once again from the Chronicle of Higher Education is very gratifying, especially given our high ranking in three important areas of campus operations. The spirit of collaboration that exists on our campus is a strength that helps us better serve our students and the state of Connecticut."
The Chronicle is one of the nation's most important sources of news about colleges and universities. The survey results are based on a two-part assessment process: an institutional audit that captured demographics and workplace policies from each institution, and a survey administered to faculty, administrators and professional support staff. The primary factor in deciding whether an institution receives recognition is employee feedback.
To administer the survey and analyze the results, The Chronicle worked with ModernThinkLLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm that has conducted numerous "Best Places to Work" programs, surveying hundreds of thousands of employees nationwide. Great Colleges to Work For is one of the largest and most respected workplace-recognition programs in the country.
For more information and to view all the results of the survey, visit The Chronicle's web site at Meet 2013's Great Colleges to Work For.


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About: Tony Sirna
Tony lives at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and is part of the income-sharing group Skyhouse. Tony joined DR in 1993 while living in Synergy Co-op at Stanford with Cecil. He moved with the founding group to Missouri in 1996 and has lived at DR ever since. Tony is known at DR for his vegan pizza, his earthen plaster, his mediation and facilitation skills, his grateful dead tape collection, and his forehand huck. Tony has a ton of community credentials having been on the FIC board for over a decade while managing the Intentional Communities website (www.ic.org) and editing two editions of the Communities Directory. His eco-cred runs just as deep - as a vegan since '92, dedicated train rider since 2000, with two strawbale houses built, and he knows how to field dress a cabbage and turn it into sauerkraut with his bare hands.
Posts by Tony Sirna:
- Taking Dancing Rabbit to the Cities - May 04, 2012
- Post Election Progressive Plan - Nov 10, 2010
- Boats, Ferns and Biomimicry - May 05, 2010
- Lagomorph Author Awarded Green Honors in Detroit - Apr 20, 2010
- Electric Cars – Coming Soon to a Driveway Near You? - Apr 14, 2010
- What is the Carbon Footprint of the Internet - Mar 27, 2010
- How You Can Reduce Your Computer's Electricity Use to a Sustainable Level - Mar 26, 2010
- DIY Bicycle Generator From Cordless Drill - Mar 26, 2010
- How Do We Define Good Governance - Feb 08, 2010
- Obama – Still Glad I Voted for Him - Feb 03, 2010


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I have had the white case on my phone for over a year now. It does not get dirty / show dirt easily. Additionally, it shows scratches FAR LESS than the black case. Hope that helps. :)
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I have had the white case for 4 months now and it's still quite white. I also wipe it with disinfectant every so often to kill germs. It has tiny scratches, of course, but the case still looks great.
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Infliximab reduces the effects of tumor
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The most common side effect of TNF
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improving with infliximab, your doctor may increase your dose or you will get
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Infliximab is significantly more expensive than some other DMARDs.
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