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Titletown Five eyeing Sunland Derby
Titletown Five, a promising 3-year-old for trainer D. Wayne Lukas who finished second in the $60,000 Gazebo in his seasonal debut at Oaklawn on March 2, is possible for the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Park Derby on March 24. Lukas said another option for the horse is the Louisiana Derby on March 30.
"I'm strongly considering the Sunland Derby if his next two works fall into place like I think they will," Lukas said Friday.
Lukas said part of the appeal of the Sunland Derby is its timing in comparison to the timing of the Louisiana Derby a week later.
"It gives me an option to get back in a 100-point race at some point," Lukas said Friday.
Titletown Five, who was one of the most impressive maiden special weight winners last year at Churchill Downs, has not yet run in a qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby. This year, there is a points system in place that governs preference into the Kentucky Derby if it is oversubscribed. The Sunland Derby is worth 50 points to its winner.
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Titletown Five races for a partnership that includes Hall of Fame football players Paul Hornung and Willie Davis.
◗ Optimizer, the Oaklawn-based runner who has won back to back Grade 3 turf stakes at Fair Grounds, is due to return to New Orleans later this month for the Mervin Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap, Lukas said. The Grade 2, $400,000 race run at about 1 1/8 miles on the grass is on the Louisiana Derby undercard March 30. Lukas plans to run Channel Isle in the Louisiana Derby.
i have a message for lukas. new mexico is now testing for drugs. this horse will finnish up the track and the trainer, who should have an asterick beside his name for causing all drugs tests to have split samples,(check it out), will again come up with 99 excuses.
I love what Lukas is doing. I'v got Titletown 5 and Oxbow in FP exacta wagers, and I think he will get both of them to Louisville.

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Manuel Antonio Vacation Package | Manuel Antonio Surfing Vacation
Natures Lovers dream come true! Manuel Antonio is the smallest, but unequaled for wildlife diversity, stunning beauty and accessibility natural park in Costa Rica. Next to the fishing town of Quepos, it is the most visited natural park in the country, providing the best example of sustainable development of tourist services and attractions always preserving the natural surroundings. You'll find yourself surrounded by several species of natural life in the abundant pristine beaches and tiny bays, where you'll have plenty of options between a full serviced white sanded beach with infinite amount of activities or several private spots only for yourself.
This is the perfect vacation package for surfers visiting Costa Rica with a non-surfer partner, though Manuel Antonio isn't renowned as a surfing destinations, you'll find several un-crowded spots with excellent surfing conditions a short drive away. As in all our vacation packages you'll have the advantage of the comfortable 4×4 rental included in the price, so if at any point you'll feel the urge for a stronger wave you are less than an hour away from the famous Playa Hermosa, Jaco and Esterillos to the north and Dominical, Playa Rey and Boca Damas to the south.
Manuel Antonio Vacation Itinerary
- Day 1 to 8: As soon as you land in Costa Rica a Surf Voucher representative will be at the airport to greet and escort you to the car rental office nearby where you'll receive your prepaid 4×4. We always include in all our prices the basic mandatory insurance; at the rental office you'll have the option to purchase additional services (GPS, mobile phone rental, cooler, child seats, etc).
Get your bags in the car and start the two and half hour drive to the Hotel Villa Bosque, right next to the Manuel Antonio natural park entrance and a 3 minute walk from the main beach. On the way to the hotel you'll drive through some of the most renown surf spots in Costa Rica, Quepos and the center of town.
Get settled in your room and start recharging you batteries immerse in paradisiacal nature. Visiting the Natural Park is a must, the ticket prices are always affordable and we highly recommend taking advantage of the guided tour at least once. At the main beach you'll have plenty of activity to choose from Paragliding and ATV tours to Yoga classes, if you wish a more private location ask the friendly hotel staff for directions. In the vicinity you'll find several dining options from affordable local cuisine to restaurants owned and managed by world famous chefs, but most importantly don't give up the chance of surfing some of the best waves in the world in the, only known by locals, spots nearby.
- Day 8: On your last day in Costa Rica you'll have to check out from the Hotel Villa Bosque at Manuel Antonio at least 5 hours before your flight departures. We highly recommend reserving the latest possible flight to get to the airport on time.
It will take you around two and half hours to get to the rental car office near the airport to return your vehicle, their free shuttle will escort you to your departure terminal just in time for you to buy the airport taxes ($26) and have a safe flight back home.
Services Included in the Manuel Antonio Vacation:
- Price Per Person in Double Occupancy Green Season $555.48 (Tax included with 4×4 Suzuki Jimmy)
- Price Per Person in Double Occupancy High Season $646.48 (Tax included with 4×4 Suzuki Jimmy)
- Price Per Person in Quadruple Occupancy Green Season $343.31 (Tax included with 4×4 Hyundai Tucson)
- Price Per Person in Quadruple Occupancy High Season $412.26 (Tax included with 4×4 Hyundai Tucson)
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On March 13 University of Missouri-St. Louis professor emeritus Donald C. Shields told fake-news-show anchor Stephen Colbert about a study he's working on, which reveals that while real-world demographics would lead one to expect that about half of all federal investigations of elected officials and candidates would target Democrats, Dems have been in the crosshairs in a whopping 80 percent of all probes since 2001.
The interview's most colorful exchange:
Colbert: The Republicans are in power, so they're using the full force of the federal government to target the Democrats specifically to make sure they get all the corrupt ones out of there. I mean, that's government efficiency.
Shields: Well, that's kind of the way Hitler started out in Nazi Germany, isn't it?
Colbert: Well, I mean, he started out efficiently. He got bad later. But first it was about making the trains run on time. You gotta give me that. You gotta give me that!
Shields: I'll give you that.
(That one drew a few lumps from the conservative Web site NewsBusters.org: "Note to Colbert: If you're going to play a right-winger, even a loose satire of a conservative, you usually don't defend Hitler. Of course, this is the same host that once compared Rush Limbaugh to Charles Manson and mocked his addiction to pain killers.")
"It's a trip," Shields says of the Colbert spot. "It was fun I'm a hero on campus now. The college students, that's all they watch."
The professor attributes the origin of his study, co-authored by University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) communications professor John F. Cragan, to serendipity. "We started working on the study just before 2003, in November or December," he recalls. "We started off studying the rhetoric of [then-U.S. Attorney General] John Ashcroft. He was running around the country giving all these speeches about toughening up on public corruption, and so we started checking the U.S. Attorneys' Offices to see if they were listening to him. I guess we found out they were."
In an op-ed piece on the Web site ePluribusMedia.org, Shields and Cragan describe the study as "ongoing." But they mince no words about the "unethical practice" they've already uncovered: "Our ongoing study...investigates the implications of the Bush/Ashcroft/Gonzales Justice Department's blended religious-fundamentalist and neo-conservative rhetorical vision. The study views the impact of the Justice Department's vision on the fight against public corruption and reveals the non-proportionate political profiling of elected Democratic officials...."
The numbers are even more skewed at the local level, write the professors: "Data indicate that the offices of the U.S. Attorneys across the nation investigate seven (7) times as many Democratic officials as they investigate Republican officials, a number that exceeds even the racial profiling of African Americans in traffic stops."
Given the actual distribution of Democratic and Republican office holders, the odds of such an imbalance occurring at random are one in ten thousand, according to the authors' computations.
But what if their own data are unreliable?
That's the question Mike Mosedale, a staff writer at Riverfront Times' Minneapolis sibling, City Pages, asked in a March 21 news story.
Taking a closer look at the Minnesotans Cragan and Shields caught in their net, Mosedale found that in three of seven instances cited, elected officials or candidates purportedly under investigation almost certainly weren't.
The discrepancies stem from the professors' methodology, which relies on Google searches and press releases issued by U.S. Attorneys' Offices nationwide. As Mosedale discovered, some names made the list simply because they were mentioned in a news story or press release linked to a federal investigation.
That's dicey territory, particularly in light of the Justice Department's long-standing policy of refusing to confirm or deny the existence of any investigation. Moreover, in computing their tally the professors make no distinction as to whether a purported investigation resulted in indictments and/or convictions.
In their op-ed article, Cragan and Shields call for the creation of a federal registry to catalog federal investigations of elected officials and candidates. While Congress ponders that suggestion, the professors have plenty of time to take another pass through the data they've gathered before wrapping up research in 2009.
Residents of the St. Louis area, for example, might be surprised to see that the Cragan-Shields list contains no names that pertain to the recent voter-fraud prosecutions in East St. Louis. Press releases archived on the Web site of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois chronicle the cases of five East St. Louisans found guilty and sentenced on vote-buying charges stemming from the November 2004 elections. Prominent among the guilty was Charles Powell Jr., chairman of the East St. Louis Democratic Party and an East St. Louis City Council member. Powell was sentenced to 21 months in prison and two years of supervised release.
Additionally, last December former Waterloo alderman Michael S. Augustine, also a Democrat, was sentenced to thirteen years in prison for arranging to have his restaurant, the Pop-N-Pizza, torched for the insurance money in 2003.
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OAK HARBOR -- The Rocket girls basketball team led by 13 points after one quarter and defeated Bellevue 55-44 in a non-conference game Tuesday.
Marisa Bergman's basket capped a 19-6 spurt to open the game as nine different Rockets registered points in the first quarter.
"You don't often get a situation like this so you want to make the most of it," said Oak Harbor coach Dick Heller of his team's depth.
"In all the years I've coached I've never been in a situation like this. It's been one of our strengths throughout the season. You want to give all the kids a chance."
Danielle Zurvalec's bucket in the fourth quarter put 10 Rockets in the scoring column.
"That's what makes them so tough," Lady Red coach Mike Raifsnider said. "Six or seven three-point shooters on the team make them hard to defend. They're all very consistent.
"They go nine or 10 deep with the same kind of player -- that's why they're the type of team they are. They're an outstanding team and very well coached."
Oak Harbor (12-5) and Bellevue (9-7) could meet again in sectionals at Old Fort. The Lady Red play Eastwood in the first round, and the winner of that game will face the Rockets.
"They'll know what we do and we'll know what they do," Heller said.
The Rockets sent double and even triple teams at Lady Red post Mariah Strayer. Strayer still managed a game-high 22 points and 12 rebounds.
"She's tough," Heller said. "She's physically strong, she moves well, she can jump and she can score over the top of people."
Oak Harbor committed only nine turnovers and played solid help defense.
Bellevue cut a deficit to 23-14 before Kim Meyer, who scored a team-high 10 points, responded with consecutive threes in the second quarter. The Lady Red also climbed within eight at 52-44 late in the fourth.
"We all try to look for who's on fire because once you make a few you start feeling it," Meyer said.
Jillian McFarlan connected on two threes early in the third quarter for a 39-21 advantage.
"We all have confidence in each other," Meyer said. "We know anybody can step up. It makes it hard for the opponent because they can't focus on one girl."
McFarlan and Emily Hemminger each had eight points. Zurvalec added three steals.
Heller said the whole team is capable of heating up.
"It's a matter of believing and making it happen," he said. "They've got the green light within the offense, and they know what shots we want them to take and which ones we don't.
"We've got players that can play. They all do a job and that depth is nice."
Bellevue outscored the Rockets 28-22 in the second half but couldn't erase a 17-point halftime deficit.
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Mobileye, Delphi named Volkswagen supplier partners for ADAS
On Friday, Volkswagen Group (VLKAY) announced it has nominated the first 44 suppliers who will be collaborating with the Group on a new common strategic level under the joint "Future Automotive Supply Tracks," or "FAST," initiative. "These suppliers were chosen for their outstanding performance in their respective field of competence based on a systematic selection process," Volkswagen stated. Mobileye (MBLY) and Delphi (DLPH) were each named as partners for ADAS, or advanced driver assistance systems. Other supplier partners named by the German automaker included NVIDIA (NVDA), Vodafone (VOD), IBM (IBM), Avis Budget (CAR), Corning (GLW), Honeywell (HON), BP (BP) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).
July 24, 2015
Earnings Watch: TV networks report as streaming services gain ground
CBS (CBS), Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA, VIAB), and 21st Century Fox (FOX, FOXA) are among TV network companies expected to report quarterly results over the next several weeks, with Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK) already having reported before the open on July 23. EXPECTATIONS: Time Warner is expected to report EPS of $1.03 on revenue of $6.9B, CBS is expected to report EPS of 73c on revenue of $3.22B, Viacom is expected to report EPS of $1.47 on revenue of $3.22B, and 21st Century Fox is expected to report EPS of 37c on revenue of $6.48B. LAST QUARTER: CBS, Time Warner, and Fox all reported stronger than expected Q1 results, while Viacom reported higher than expected Q2 EPS but missed on revenue. THIS WEEK'S EARNINGS: On the morning of July 23, Comcast reported Q2 EPS of 84c in line with estimates, and revenue of $18.7B versus expectations for $18.14B. Cable customer relationships for the quarter were up 31,000 to 27.3M, driven by increases in double and triple product relationships. During a subsequent conference call, the company noted that TV viewership continues to be under pressure. NEWS: At Re/code's Code Conference on May 27, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves remarked that his network will "probably" sign up for Apple's (AAPL) rumored TV service, and on June 3, CBS announced that its Showtime network will be offered over the internet as a stand-alone streaming service launching in early July for a monthly price of $10.99, with Apple as its first partner. On July 1, Variety quoted sources as saying Viacom was attempting to entice advertisers by offering to construct social-media and digital extensions of traditional TV ad campaigns as the company seeks to move away from Nielsen-based advertising sales. On July 8, the Wall Street Journal reported that Viacom's Paramount Pictures reached an agreement with AMC (AMC) to accelerate the home release of movies, noting that the company hoped to implement the quickened schedule for all new releases beginning later in the year. On July 17, Re/code reported that Viacom held talks to acquire e-commerce and media company Thrillist Media, according to sources. On June 17, 21st Century Fox named James Murdoch as CEO, with founder and former chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch appointed executive co-chairman alongside Lachlan Murdoch. The Telegraph reported on June 20 that Fox rejected offers for its stake in Sky (SKYAY) from Vodafone (VOD) and Vivendi (VIVHY), potentially signalling an interest in outright purchasing the rest of Sky, according to the report. More recently, the European Commission announced on July 23 that it delivered a statement of objections to Sky and various film studios owned by Comcast, Viacom, Fox, Time Warner, Disney (DIS), and Sony (SNE), discussing anti-trust concerns due to limitations on country-by-country availability of pay-TV services. STREET RESEARCH: On May 12, Pacific Crest said it believes Apple will launch its TV service before the end of the year, saying the move should benefit TV networks as well as Apple itself. On June 24, Brean Capital said Facebook's (FB) agreement with Time Warner to host premier episodes of certain upcoming shows was "a trend worth following," and possibly indicative of Facebook hosting additional TV content in the future. Also on June 24, FBR Capital contended that Netflix (NFLX) was on pace to have a larger 24-hour audience than all traditional broadcast networks, where ratings are seeing declines on average, according to the research firm. Those comments were followed by a July 10 note on Netflix from Morgan Stanley, saying the subscription streaming service was seeing higher time spent per day than any single broadcast network. Moving away from the Netflix factor, on July 10, JPMorgan said CBS shares looked "very attractive" following a recent selloff, though the company saw a downgrade on July 20 from Pivotal, which cited higher costs of capital among other factors. Finally, Citi upgraded Viacom on July 16 to Neutral, citing recent underperformance in the company's shares heading into earnings season.
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Reports Q3 service revenue GBP 9.17B, down 0.9% on a reported basis and up 3.3% on an organic basis. Reports continued recovery in Europe: Germany -1.2%*, UK 0.2%*, Italy -2.0%*, Spain -5.5%. CEO Vittorio Colao commented, ". Our emerging markets have maintained their strong momentum and more of our European businesses are returning to growth, as customer demand for 4G and data takes off. We continue to hit our Project Spring build milestones and customers are beginning to value the improvement in service that is resulting: contract churn in Europe is now falling and mobile ARPU trends are stabilising in a number of key markets."
July 20, 2015
Earnings Watch: Verizon to report Q2 results after AOL acquisition
Verizon Communications (VZ) is expected to report second quarter earnings before the market open on Tuesday, July 21, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. Verizon is a holding company providing communications, information and entertainment. EXPECTATIONS: Analysts are looking for earnings per share of $1.01 on revenue of $32.45B, according to First Call. The consensus range for EPS is 93c-$1.05 on revenue of $31.75B-$33.0B. LAST QUARTER: Verizon reported first quarter EPS of $1.02 against estimates for 95c on revenue of $32B against estimates for $32.27B. Verizon Wireless had 565,000 retail postpaid net additions in Q1, a 4.8% increase compared with first-quarter 2014. At the end of Q1, the company had 108.6M retail connections, a 5.1% year-over-year increase, and had 102.6M retail postpaid connections. The company added 621,000 4G smartphones to its customer base in Q1. In light of a net decline in 3G smartphones, overall smartphone growth totaled 247,000. The company also added 820,000 4G tablets and reported net declines of 385,000 basic phones and 188,000 prepaid devices in Q1. 4G devices now constitute approximately 70% of the retail postpaid connections base, up from 49% a year ago � with the 4G LTE network handling about 86% of total wireless data traffic in Q1. At 1.03% in Q1, retail postpaid churn improved both sequentially and year over year. Retail postpaid smartphone customer churn was less than 0.9%. Verizon added 133K net new FiOS Internet, and 90K net new FiOS Video connections in Q1. Verizon had totals of 6.7M FiOS Internet and 5.7M FiOS Video connections at the end of the first quarter, representing year-over-year increases of 9.4% and 7.9%, respectively. CEO Lowell McAdam said, �We are confident in our ability to maintain momentum and continue to add value for customers and shareholders.� On May 12, Verizon announced it would acquire AOL for $50 per share, or $4.4B. The transaction was completed on June 23. On May 19, speaking at the JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, CFO Fran Shammo said he expects net phone additions in Q2. ANALYST REACTION: Street research has been mostly mixed in the weeks leading up to Verizon�s Q2 earnings report. On May 12, Macquarie downgraded Verizon to Underperform from Neutral with a $45 price target to reflect a weaker 2016 and 2017 earnings outlook. The firm's analyst believed management has made a series of questionable strategic moves beginning with the Vodafone (VOD) deal that will depress earnings. Recent advertising promotions are likely to pressure 2015 margins and ARPU and LTE capacity issues are expected in certain markets later in the year. Macquarie is surprised Verizon shares have held in around $50 with treasury yields rising and increasing Q2 promotions and does not believe this is sustainable ahead of a reset in consensus estimates. Conversely, on July 9, Stifel resumed coverage of Verizon with a Buy rating and price target of $60 per share. PRICE ACTION: Verizon�s shares are down about 3% since the company's Q1 report. Over the past twelve months, they are down about 5.7%. In afternoon trading ahead of Tuesday's Q2 report, Verizon�s shares are up 0.6%.
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Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., an ambitious 44-year-old first elected to the House in 2000, is emerging as his chamber's most outspoken and active supporter of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. The only Jewish Republican in the House, Cantor has assumed a pivotal role in helping the McCain campaign build support—and raise money—in the Jewish community. And Cantor quite likely has his sights set even higher.
As chief deputy whip for House Republicans, Cantor is a party stalwart and conservative leader. So it's all the more interesting that he has been encouraging the likely GOP presidential nominee's occasional moderate forays. Cantor, for instance, speaks positively about McCain's approach to global warming—an issue on which the Arizona senator's early push for bipartisanship alienated many conservatives.
Growing public support for addressing climate change is "why we need John McCain, to help reach independent voters.… They focus on energy and the environment, where John McCain has taken the lead," Cantor said in an April 21 interview with National Journal. "The more you go across the country, [you see that] the environment is a values issue, and it is beginning to shape elections."
Likewise, Cantor said he is comfortable with McCain's more centrist approach to immigration issues. "He gives us a prescription for action," Cantor said.
And in an April 3 interview with NJ, Cantor voiced no misgivings about McCain's presumed nomination. "He is the best candidate that we could have," Cantor said. "He offers the solutions for change."
Cantor, to be sure, is also comfortable with many of McCain's conservative positions, especially on national security. When Cantor spoke to several hundred upscale suburban Chicago donors at the Lake County Republican Federation's annual fundraising dinner on April 18, he focused on U.S. success in Iraq and the need to confront "radical Islam." According to a report in the Lake County News -Sun, Cantor received an enthusiastic response when he criticized former President Carter's recent visit with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Syria.
In the interview with NJ, Cantor said that the controversy over Carter's trip—combined with the call by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in his presidential campaign for direct talks with all interests in the Middle East—underscores McCain's support for Israel and his appeal to Jewish voters in the November election.
Michael Menis, the chairman of the Chicago chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, agreed with those sentiments. "The Jewish community has a lot of concerns about Senator Obama and his past statements," said Menis, who first met Cantor in 2002 and has brought him to the Chicago area for numerous fundraising and grassroots events.
"A lot of Jewish voters are looking closely at Senator McCain," Menis added. "Someone like Representative Cantor, with his strong Jewish credentials, can be very persuasive in showing that Senator McCain is consistent with our values."
During his Lake County visit, Cantor also praised hometown Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., a moderate who faces a competitive re-election contest in a district where Republicans fear the impact of Obamamania. "We have to join together as a party, without 100 percent [conservative] litmus tests," Cantor said. "We don't have the luxury to be splintered, as happened to us in 2006." Three days after his Illinois visit, he traveled to fundraising events in Austin and San Antonio for Reps. Michael McCaul and Lamar Smith, both R-Texas.
In his visits as a party leader to dozens of House districts during the past few years, Cantor has played heavily on his connections to local Jewish activists. He has raised money for other Republican candidates and his own campaign coffers, and he is poised to play a key role in keeping McCain competitive with the well-financed Democratic campaign this fall. "I am actively involved in fundraising for the campaign, especially with Jewish contributors who have interest in [McCain's] vision for national security," Cantor said.
On April 23, the Republican National Committee announced that Cantor will serve as chairman of the 2008 Victory Jewish Coalition, where he'll lead outreach efforts to the Jewish community on behalf of McCain and the RNC.
A longtime Republican strategist who is well connected with both Cantor and the national GOP said that Cantor's task will be reaching out to the "pro-Israel community." This source called Cantor "very proud" and a "shameless self-promoter."
After pitching in on the presidential campaign, who knows what's next for Cantor.
During his campaign appearances, Cantor also pushes for his chief priority—Republican recapture of the House, about which he is notably optimistic. "I see our ability to take back the majority as tied to the success of John McCain," Cantor said, adding that McCain "understands what's wrong with Washington and has been fighting for change.… With that image, we [in the House] will be buoyed tremendously."
Like most other House Republicans, Cantor has had limited direct dealings with McCain. (Only 18 current GOP members served with McCain when he was a House member from 1983 to '86.) But Cantor, who endorsed McCain two days before Virginia's February primary, said that he has been working regularly with top aides to the senator and his campaign organization.
Recent setbacks for Virginia Republicans have reinforced Cantor's openness to McCain's appeal for political consensus. The GOP lost the past two gubernatorial contests in the Old Dominion and the 2006 Senate race, and appears likely to lose the seat of retiring Sen. John Warner this fall to former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner. "With his military record, John McCain sells very well" as the state's Republicans seek to regain momentum, Cantor said.
Although Cantor is spending a growing amount of his time on the road and on the telephone with potential contributors, he remains a key member of the House Republican leadership team. When the House is in session, he joins the daily leadership meeting that Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, has organized with Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and GOP Conference Chairman Adam Putnam, R-Fla.
"It's significant that Eric is the only one of the four who is in the [conservative] Republican Study Committee and is seen as one of their leaders," a senior GOP leadership aide said. "With more-conservative members, he has a finger on that pulse."
Last October, The Weekly Standard featured Cantor, along with Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in a cover story titled "Young Guns of the House GOP." The piece on Cantor said his ascent "seems inevitable. He is likely to become the top Republican in the House—which means speaker, if Republicans regain control.… That is, if he stays in the House."
Cantor turned down the opportunity to run for Warner's Senate seat this year. For now, he shows every intention of remaining in the House, where he is likely to move up to No. 7 in GOP seniority on the Ways and Means Committee after six panel members retire at year's end.
Cantor has already been stymied in bids to move up the GOP leadership ladder. In early 2006, when then-Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, abandoned hope of regaining his majority leader's post in the wake of his indictments the previous fall, Boehner challenged Blunt for the leader's slot. Cantor was widely believed to have the votes to succeed Blunt as majority whip. But after Blunt narrowly lost the leader's race, he retained the whip's post himself.
After the November 2006 election, Cantor pulled back from making a bid for the minority whip post, which Blunt successfully sought. The relationship between the two lawmakers has been all the more dicey because it was Blunt who in 2002 first brought Cantor into the GOP leadership as chief deputy whip.
Although speculation is widespread that Cantor will make a leadership bid after this year's election, he simply responds, "If there is a place to contribute, I will play it." Should Republicans regain House control, additional leadership posts would open up.
It's apparent that Cantor and his allies have given considerable thought to his opportunities for political advancement. One well-placed source rattled off a litany of Cantor's GOP bona fides, noting that he is "young, Southern, a solid conservative, telegenic, battle-tested, a big fundraiser, very loyal, can keep Virginia red, and is well liked on the Hill." Plus, the source noted, he has an attractive family, including his wife, Diana, who is an investment banker in Richmond, and three teenage children. This source went even further to speculate that Cantor could be an ideal running mate for McCain.
"That's silly," Cantor replied. "Who would think that's possible?" But in what he calls the current "post-partisan era," in which he likes to "think outside the box and tackle the big issues facing America today," this active Jewish Republican may face few limits.
Staff Correspondent Kirk Victor contributed to this story.
This article appears in the April 26, 2008 edition of National Journal Magazine.


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Cochran still playing for Jones County Lady Bobcats in nationalsMay 4, 2010
TUCSON, Ariz. - Jones County Junior College's Arlette Cochran is still competing in the NJCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament here at the Reffkin Tennis Center.
Cochran, a George County freshman, defeated Megan Pazdemick of Lake County College (Ill.), 8-0, here Tuesday morning in the consolation round of No. 5 singles. Cochran will face Wrylie Finkle of Cowley County Community College (Kan.) at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the consolation semifinals.
JCJC's other remaining players were eliminated on Tuesday.
Wayne Academy sophomore Tiffany Hudson fell, 6-1, 6-0, to Antonia Kolovou of Tyler Junior College (Texas) in the quarterfinals of the championship round of No. 3 singles.
Northeast Jones' sophomore Meredith Johnson lost to Mariel Alvarez of North Central Texas College, 8-0, in the consolation quarterfinals of No. 2 singles.
Oak Grove sophomore Rebecca Rogers fell to Rachel Clark of Eastern Arizona College, 8-0, in the consolation quarterfinals of No. 4 singles.
The tournament concludes Friday.
For more information, go to www.njcaa.org


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"All the furnishings are durable, he said, and the building will last 75 years."
That's interesting.
The current juvenile court building has lasted 80 years. Already, we're behind and the new one hasn't opened yet.
What is the purpose of a new logo? How many cities develop a new logo because they don't like the old one?
Parma Heights's logo dates from the same time--they're not changing.
Cleveland's is even older. So is L.A.'s.
The U.S. doesn't change its logo when a new President comes in.
And why do they all feature that stupid slogan?
And lastly, why do 3 out of the 4 have a shadowy background of downtown Cleveland? Parma's its own city, Dean.
You're right, I am an attorney. I actually am a prosecutor (though not in Ohio now--I grew up in and used to work in Cleveland), and certainly can understand your points. And I can express outrage at the lawyers involved in this whole escapade with the best of them. You're not wrong there; it's lumping in every attorney involved with the indicted attorneys that causes problems.
Those who are actually involved deserve what happens, but let's not cast too wide a net. There's more than enough corruption out there without confusing the wheat with the chaff.
My comments are nothing more than to correct the record as to your comments regarding John McCaffrey. I happen to believe that the county corruption investigation will turn very shocking very soon.
But I must caution that attorneys cannot place their clients in harm's way with respect to criminal investigations, especially if the companies or personnel are not involved with any wrongdoing. You can certainly have companies that has no clue what executives were doing, and vice versa. I've represented some and seen others in my practice.
I also mentioned that McCaffrey is a Republican to combat the belief on other story comment pages here that he was somehow complicit in this whole corruption endeavor. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The ethical guides of an attorney place the client first, even in a corruption investigation. I can rest assured that John McCaffrey has his client's interests at the forefront of his mind, no matter his personal, or our collective, disgust at the lengths of corruption in Cuyahoga County. But corruption, criminal investigations, and indictments don't strip a person or a company from the right to legal defense.
Ths Plain Dealer didn't print a retraction--the County has revised the report to delete the names of Spellacy and McCaffrey, who everyone acknowledges (including the report's preparer, former AUSA Richard Blake) are not involved with the county corruption deals.
Additionally, reading some of your past comments, your grasp of the players and their relationships borders on misapprehension at best, and fanciful theories at worst. You once said that John McCaffrey was Doan Pyramid's corporate counsel--he's not. He represents the company, much as he represents a number of companies, including East-West. He is a partner in a law firm in Cleveland, which if you search his name, comes up pretty easily on Google.
I haven't a clue why you have this fascination with wrapping everyone up in the "gotcha" of county corruption, no matter what their role. I shudder to think that should you ever face criminal investigation that YOUR attorney would face the same conspiracy theories.
By the way, McCaffrey is a Republican.
The Mass. GOP's claim is that Gov. Patrick's "emergency" does not meet the Massachusetts statutory definition of emergency to avoid the 90-day enactment period.
The U.S. Constitution does not speak to this issue as it is solely one of Massachusetts state law.
Would it be snotty to mention that Norwalk Furniture and DHL are closing on Sherrod Brown's watch too?
I mean, let's be serious, what has Sherrod Brown done to save those firms, other than pass the buck to Bush and McCain?
Let's have Brown detail the "extensive" efforts he's taken to make sure those firms don't close. Or has it merely been politicking and press conference grandstanding? Or has it been merely union-backing, which doesn't help with negotiations with management and corporate officers?
Funny...Sherrod Brown can pass the buck, while he gets off with a free pass.
Tell me, Senator from OHIO (where Norwalk and Wilmington are located), exactly what is the senator from Arizona (where Norwalk and Wilmingtonm are not located) in the position to do as a senator from another state and a CANDIDATE for President?
Brown's a buffoon. It's far too sad that the people of this great state bought into his buffoonery. Perhaps we need to repeal that direct election of senators amendment to prevent this.
I have reviewed the article in the link you provided. I do, however, think that Stiglitz, et al. have their timeline incorrect when he says this:
"To offset that depressing effect, the Fed has flooded the economy with liquidity and the regulators looked the other way when very imprudent lending was going up..."
The Fed's liquidity policy was NOT in response to the Iraq war, but in response to the 2000-2002 downturn and the monetary stability after the rate cuts to stimulate the market and economy worked.
Also, the imprudent lending practices started well before 2003, when the Iraq war started. I'm dealing with clients currently being foreclosed who were issued mortgages in the late-90s. I also have consumer debt clients who have credit cards issued in the early to mid-90s, and who were improvidently granted extensions of that credit throughout this time.
The predatory lending didn't start in March 20, 2003 nor did it start on January 20, 2001. It's been a practice that existed before then, continued through then, and will exist afterwards. Unscrupulous people pay no nevermind to domestic or foreign politics. They just change their tactics.
You failed to explain how the "invasion" is illegal. What law(s) were violated?
Second, cutting taxes and fighting two wars has been done previously in modern history--Reagan in 1982 (Cold War, esp. Grenada, and Lebanon) and Kennedy in 1961 (Cold War, esp. Berlin, and Vietnam). Were Reagan and Kennedy "only idiots"?
Third, you have failed to explain how federal spending on Iraq solely has contributed to the economic struggles. But for Iraq spending, where would that money go and how would it help the economy? That's my question for you.
If it's the poor whites who are voting GOP...why is it that the Democrats are the ones who cater to the poor whites with assistance programs, tax credits on no income, and other rural programs aimed at subsidizing these "poor whites"? It's a shame you must see it as poor whites, but I guess you are one of the few who still believe that race ends debates. I refuse to acknowledge that theory, so will debate on the merits, not on race-baiting.
Finally, if the under 30% need to be institutionalized, what does that say for the single-digit percentage of people who support Kucinich and the current Congress? (Go check out the polling from the last two weeks.)
"illegal invasion of Iraq"
How was it illegal? Under what law(s) was it illegal?
"single worst decision in our country's history"
Upon what do you base that? Missouri Compromise wasn't worse? Acts of secession weren't worse? Johnson's troop build-up in Vietnam wasn't worse? Jim Crow laws weren't worse?
Hyperbole often makes a point sound ridiculous. I think that's what you have here, KTJAZZ.
Also, what's with the use of race? Only whites are to blame for the Bush administration? That sure seems loaded, off the mark, and unsustainable upon examination. Please explain, unless your race card is meant to be the only evidence to back up your specious claims.
And this "analysis," to the extent it is any, ignores what happened just last week:
DURING President Bush's announcement that he was ending the executive order banning offshore oil exploration, oil futures dropped $10/bbl.
That was simply because one branch decided to end its silly ban on just off-shore exploration.
The fact that the supply won't be available in Alaska for 10 years doesn't meant anything other than the fact that the supply force will not be immediate. However, off-shore oil platforms have been built and are ready off the coast of California. Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico can be ready within 3 years in some cases.
But the immediate impact on the market is the fact that new resources ARE being opened, and thus, the future of oil is not as limited as it is now.
It's congressmen and Senators like Barack Obama who hold up the off-shore and other exploration. McCain's ad is quite accurate--it's a shame that the Plain Dealer chose not to do anything but a skin-scratch "analysis".
Perhaps the PD will also find offense at McCain's ad about the media love affair with Obama. And perhaps it will be because McCain left the PD out.
"Republican leadership has run Ohio into the ground for 30 years"
That's odd, considering for the past 30 years there have been 2 Democratic governors and 3 Republican governors.
And for the first half of that 30 years, it was a Democrat-controlled legislature.
But, I guess whatever "facts" fit your talking point...
His Cleveland connection continued after college too. He went to law school at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
"He voted against injured people (backed tort reform), consumers and injured workers (voted for bwc reform)."
Can you please explain for the panel exactly what the tort reform bills did?
And then explain how voting in favor of them is "against injured people".
I have a pretty sneaking suspicion you don't know what the tort reform bills changed, but are willing top parrot the party-line that it had to have been bad.
"Civil Rights Act of 1964"
Which Democrats would that be?
Robert C. Byrd and Albert Gore, Sr., who voted against cloture?
Or the likes of Charlton Heston who walked in the Freedom March. Oh wait, I forgot...he was a Republican.
Ah, yes. Jimmy Dimora thinks that any criticism of the county government or its functionaries is an attempt to bring down the Tammany Hall Democratic Party apparatus in Cuyahoga County--and, of course, a professional and personal affront to Dimora himself.
And, of course, the GOP and the ONLY daily newspaper in town have to be in league with each other. That's Dimora's thinking.
Who else is in on this conspiracy? You know, Tim Hagen might be a Republican too. As well as Frank Russo.
Here's a clue, Mr. Dimora: conspiracy theories are a substitute for actual thought.
It's a shame that Dimora's entire time in office--local and county--has been a substitute for actual governance.
"His affair, while immoral, has nothing to do with the office..."
Folks, his affairs was with his scheduler--a close associate, lower-level employee who reported directly to Marc Dann.
In any other employment, such as if Dann was an attorney in the office, it would be a violation of official policy and--if any negative employment consequence occurred--it would be grounds for a sexual harassment complaint.
How about instead of folks trying to explain this away as being an "affair" that "hurt no one" and "has nothing to do with the office" instead shopw righteous indignation that a powerful male politician used his position to carry on even a consensual relationship with a subordinate employee.
This can get a teaching license revoked, but it's make Dann wholly qualified to be Attorney General?
"For what? Dann didn't do anything illegal. Immoral, yes, but not illegal."
Not having the affair, no.
But we don't exactly know what Dann told Jennings, et al. to say to the Highway Patrol or any investigating agencies or to Espy's panel of inquisitors.
So, immoral, yes. Illegal, maybe--we need more information.
But isn't "immoral" enough for a public official to resign in disgrace anymore?
And what, exactly, does ""adequate punishment in my mind" mean? Dann cannot pass judgment on himself for indiscretions of official policy. That is not only immoral, it is unethical, and if malicious, CAN be illegal.
"piecemeal words and patched together phrases. Oh wait, there was that Swift Boat thing about 4 years ago too."
What "piecemeal words and patched together phrases" did the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth use?
If I remember correctly, the organization and its ads featured veterans who served with Kerry correcting the record regarding Kerry's supposed actions while in SE Asia.
And then featuring John O'Neill recounting Kerry's own statements before Congress and in the O'Neill-Kerry debate from 1971.
His letter mentions the 1973 (!) Miami Dolphins.
Before making such a proposal, it would be prudent to proofread, Senator.


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Walt Poxon, from Minn., caught this pompano on a CAL jig with a shad tail while fishing deep grass flats in Sarasota Bay with Capt. Rick Grassett.
BRADENTON – Recreational harvest of snook in all Atlantic waters will close December 14, and will remain closed until the end of Auguest. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has created a long-term survival plan for 60 species. Sarasota based Capt. Rick Grassett recommends scouting out trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, flounder and on deep grass flatsy. Shallow water fishing for reds and big trout should also be good into next week. He said to look for them in potholes and on the edges of bars when the tide is low, or higher on shallow grass flats at the top of the tide. Tripletail should remain a good option in the coastal gulf when conditions are good.
Fishing Updates
December brings closure of snook season in Atlantic state, federal waters
- The recreational harvest of snook will close in all Atlantic waters, including the inland waters of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River, beginning Dec. 15, with the last day of harvest being Dec. 14. The season will reopen in the Atlantic's state and federal waters Feb. 1, 2013.
- Snook season is currently closed in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters, and will remain closed through Aug. 31, 2013, to give the fish time to fully rebound from severe cold weather in 2010 that killed many snook.
- The extended Gulf harvest closure will help protect snook populations this winter, when they are most vulnerable to cold weather, and give snook added protection during next spring and summer's spawning months.
- Anglers may still catch and release snook during the harvest closure, and the FWC encourages everyone to handle and release these fish carefully to help ensure their survival upon release.
- Snook regulations, including a bag limit of one fish per person, per day and a slot limit of no less than 28 inches and no more than 32 inches, apply to snook harvested in both state and federal waters off Florida. No one may possess any snook caught during snook closed seasons.
- For more information regarding the management of snook in Florida, visit MyFWC.com/Fishing and click on "Saltwater Fishing," "Recreational Regulations" and "Snook."
FWC defines new conservation model for 60 species
- To achieve long-term survival for 60 imperiled wildlife species, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) discussed a new conservation model at its meeting today in Apalachicola.
- Creating the Imperiled Species Management Plan will define measurable objectives and actions to manage and conserve these animals to keep them part of Florida's wildlife forever.
- Staff updated Commissioners on how they will integrate broad conservation strategies with specific actions for each wildlife species. The Imperiled Species Management Plan will include habitat conservation; wildlife management; measurable objectives (including timeframes); possible incentives, potential rule recommendations; and consideration of economic, ecological and social impacts.
- "This approach is smart thinking," said FWC Chairman Kenneth Wright.
- Typically, the FWC has developed and implemented separate management plans for individual species such as the bald eagle, Florida black bear, gopher tortoise and Florida manatee. With the Imperiled Species Management Plan, the FWC will retain that focus while recognizing the efficiency of developing integrated strategies that positively affect multiple species, for example those sharing a seaside marsh or upland scrub habitat.
- Opportunities for input from stakeholders and the public will be sought as components of the Imperiled Species Management Plan begin to be rolled out in draft form in 2013.
- "By identifying both the common elements and specific actions needed to promote survival of 60 species, Florida can achieve broad long-term conservation success for wildlife such as the little blue heron, Eastern chipmunk and Florida sandhill crane," said Laura Barrett, the FWC's Imperiled Species Management Plan Coordinator.
- "The Imperiled Species Management Plan will give stakeholders and the public a broad conservation vision of what the FWC plans to achieve for 60 species that have been listed as state-threatened or species of special concern," Barrett said.
- The FWC adopted a new conservation model in September 2010 to evaluate the status of species listed as state-threatened or species of special concern. The Commission-approved process first called for developing a Biological Status Review (BSR) for each species. The BSRs, independently reviewed by outside scientists and the public, reported on what was happening to each species, and made a recommendation on whether the species met criteria to:
Remain or become listed as threatened;
- Remain a species of special concern until further data could be gathered; or
- Be removed from the list of state-threatened species.
- The BSRs and their listing recommendations are available at MyFWC.com/ImperiledSpecies.
Weekly Fishing Report by Capt. Rick Grassett
Anglers fishing with me on my Action Craft flats skiff the Snook Fin-Addict, out of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key, caught and released trout, redfish, bluefish and pompano in Sarasota Bay on lures and flies during the past week.
Walt Poxon, from MN, and his brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Sue Poxon from Sarasota, Fla., fished Sarasota Bay on their annual trip with me on Monday. We fished deep grass at Stephens Point and along the west side of the bay from the Middleground flat to Buttonwood Harbor where they had steady action with trout, several blues and a pompano on CAL jigs with grubs.
Nick Reding, from Longboat Key, Fla., fished Sarasota Bay with me on Wednesday. We waded sand bars and shallow flats on the west side of the bay and caught and released more than 25 trout to 20 inches on my Grassett Flats Minnow, EP and Deceiver flies.
Dick Combs, from Bartow, Fla., fished Sarasota Bay with me on Thursday. A front passed through on Wednesday evening, leaving us with breezy conditions. With a negative low tide that morning, we fished potholes and worked mullet schools for reds and trout. Fishing was challenging behind the front, but he connected with a couple of reds on my Grassett Flats Minnow fly.
Aledia Tush, owner of CB's Saltwater Outfitters, and her sister, Barbara Thompson, both from Sarasota, Fla., fished Sarasota Bay with me on Saturday. We fished deep grass flats on the west side of the bay where they caught and released trout on CAL jigs with shad tails and DOA Deadly Combos.
You should find trout, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, flounder and more on deep grass flats of Sarasota Bay. Shallow water fishing for reds and big trout should also be good. Look for them in potholes and on the edges of bars when the tide is low or higher on shallow grass flats at the top of the tide. Tripletail should remain a good option in the coastal gulf when conditions are good.
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A ridge of high pressure over the western Atlantic will gradually push east of the region on Monday. A cold front will move across the waters Monday night and early Tuesday...with high pressure building behind the front Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. A strong cold front will push across the waters late Thursday and Thursday night. Strong high pressure will build back over the waters behind the cold front on Friday.
Southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Monday night will bring southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
2012/12/17Mon02:11 a.m.2.06H
2012/12/17Mon10:22 a.m.-0.26L
2012/12/17Mon04:48 p.m.1.32H
2012/12/17Mon09:52 p.m.0.87L
Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming north in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Tuesday night will bring northeast winds around 10 knots then becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters a light chop.
2012/12/18Tue03:14 a.m.1.75H
2012/12/18Tue11:03 a.m.-0.02L
2012/12/18Tue05:23 p.m.1.44H
2012/12/18Tue11:24 p.m.0.74L
East winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Wednesday night will brine southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters a light chop.
2012/12/19Wed04:30 a.m.1.42H
2012/12/19Wed11:43 a.m.0.22L
2012/12/19Wed06:00 p.m.1.57H
South winds 5 to 10 knots increasing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers. Thursday night will brine southwest winds 10 to 15 knots then becoming northwest around 20 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. A chance of showers.
2012/12/20Thu12:58 a.m.0.55L
2012/12/20Thu06:11 a.m.1.16H
2012/12/20Thu12:23 p.m.0.45L
2012/12/20Thu06:39 p.m.1.7H
North winds around 20 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers.
2012/12/21Fri02:22 a.m.0.3L
2012/12/21Fri08:06 a.m.1.03H
2012/12/21Fri01:05 p.m.0.66L
2012/12/21Fri07:19 p.m.1.81H
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Montgomery County Council to Host Forum on Key Budget Issues for FY 2014 on Thursday, Nov. 29
Release ID: 12-213
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ROCKVILLE, Md., November 13, 2012—The Montgomery County Council at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, will host a unique opportunity for the public to comment and ask questions on priorities relating to the Fiscal Year 2014 County operating budget planning process. The 90-minute session will include a presentation on the challenges that the Council and County Executive will face in formulating a balanced budget for the fiscal year that will begin on July 1.
County departments are already working on early stages of the FY14 budget. County Executive Isiah Leggett is required to present his recommended budget to the Council by March 15. The Council and its committees will analyze the recommendations, make adjustments and adopt the budget by late May.
"The past few years have been economically challenging for the County as they have been for individuals, families, and businesses all across the country," said Council President Roger Berliner. "The upcoming year's operating budget looks like it will be no less difficult."
The forum will be held in the Third Floor Council Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville and will be televised live by County Cable Montgomery (CCM—Cable Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, Channel 30 on Verizon). The broadcasts also will be streamed through the County Web site at www.montgomerycountymd.gov.
"As we strive to promote a more open and transparent county government, this meeting is an important opportunity to hear from a broad range of community stakeholders about their budget priorities for the coming year," said Council Vice President Nancy Navarro. "At the same time, we will share the significant budget challenges and tough choices that lie ahead."
The FY14 budget process will be significantly impacted by recent changes in State law regarding K-12 public education funding. The changes have added a layer of complexity to the County's budget deliberations and fiscal outlook as the Maryland General Assembly recently amended the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) law that governs local education funding and shifted a large portion of the cost of teacher pensions to the County.
"It is essential for the Council to understand how legislative changes at the state level will impact the County's operating budget in Fiscal Year 2014 and how these changes will impact the County's ability to fund government services over time," said Councilmember Valerie Ervin, who chairs the Council's Education Committee. "This budget forum is an opportunity for the Council to share information with community organizations throughout the County and to discuss how state budget decisions impact services at the local level."
The County's Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) recently analyzed how continuing economic pressures and the recent changes in local school funding requirements would affect the Council's budgeting and fiscal planning in FY14 and future years. The Council received the report and an initial briefing on Oct. 16. The Council's Education Committee and Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee held a worksession on the report the following week.
"We would now like to broaden the conversation by including a wide range of County stakeholders and community leaders," said Council President Berliner. "Attendees at the Nov. 29 forum will have an opportunity to review our fiscal climate and the budget choices facing us and direct budget planning questions to the Council."
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"What I am trying to translate," Cezanne said, "is more mysterious; it is entwined in the very roots of being." Reading our senses requires interpretation. What do the senses teach us about ourselves? How do they help us understand who we are in our sense-saturated world? How do the senses simultaneously inform each other? What on-going problems do they pose and which do they help us resolve? Writing and the Senses is a course that will help you to become a more effective and sophisticated writer using the five senses as a focus. The mode of the class is close reading and the analysis of text combined with the exploration of how our sense-data provides insight into the cognitive, biological, and spiritual aspects of our human nature. The seminar is designed to sharpen and broaden your senses and sensibilities via expository writing. Readings include selections from Flush: A Biography by Virginia Woolf, Letters on Cezanne by Rainer Maria Rilke, Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks, and How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher. The class will also have the opportunity to take a field trip to The Barnes Foundation.
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Coastal Montessori Charter School's board of directors has named Dr. Nathalie Hunt, a former Montessori lead teacher, as its new director.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Texas at Austin.
Hunt has served as a lower elementary Montessori lead teacher at a charter school in California and a private school in Texas.
She will be arriving at the school in May.
The school leaders also announced that they are currently under contract with the USC Foundation to purchase 109 acres of property on the Waccamaw Neck near Prince George.
The property, owned by the USC Foundation and called Longleaf Pine, is designated for environmental education.
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"Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison."
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"Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success."
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The Treasury Department has shifted their thinking on HAMP, their tentpole foreclosure mitigation program. Despite initial estimates of the program being able to keep 3 million people in their homes (to date, just 400,000 have been approved for a permanent loan modification, with only .1% of those actually getting the kind of principal reduction that can really make a difference), Treasury now says that the goal was to delay foreclosures so the market could better absorb the glut of vacant homes, and prices would remain somewhat stable. Treasury claims they couldn't justify spending the amount necessary to keep borrowers in their homes; however, just $250 million of an earmarked $75 billion has been spent on the program, according to the Special Inspector General for TARP ($50 billion of the $75 billion for HAMP is supposed to come from TARP, with the rest from Fannie and Freddie).
What doesn't get discussed in this reading is the human face behind the statistics, those whose foreclosures were merely delayed and who now wait for the day when their lender evicts them. For them, HAMP has turned their lives upside down, and in some cases accelerated their problems rather than mitigated them.
Dennis is a middle-aged man living in Long Beach, California. Because he is still negotiating a workout with his lender, Citi Mortgage, I've changed his name at his request so this profile doesn't impede on his chances for keeping his home.
Dennis, an architect and a project manager in housing construction, bought his home, a fixer-upper, in 2007, just after the peak of the market. "The thing was crashing when I was in escrow," he told me. "There was a guy who bought a house in similar condition across the street who was trying to flip it, he upgraded the place, and I kept seeing them bring the price down, and down, and they couldn't sell it."
He briefly considered pulling out of the deal, but ultimately stayed with it. His fixed-rate mortgage was a no-doc loan, where income is merely stated instead of verified (these loans have since been banned by the government, under the new financial reform bill). While the interest rate still reflected the higher rates of the time, without the no-doc status it would climb higher. Dennis' business is on a freelance, project-rate basis, and without definitive income, it would have been hard for him to purchase a home. Besides, he had plans to put his building skills to work to turn this "piece of crap," as he affectionately put it, into something he could be proud of. . . .
So Dennis bought the house, and the value predictably dropped like a rock amid the housing crash. He paid $500,000 and sunk close to $50,000 into the home, redoing the layout, upgrading the kitchen and putting in new landscaping. The county assessor just appraised the house a month ago at $338,000.
While Dennis was severely underwater on the home, he wasn't necessarily thinking about a loan modification. In fact, he was talked into one in the summer of 2009. Dennis, an active Democrat who canvassed in Nevada for Barack Obama in 2008, founded a Democratic club in his area after the elections, and they started to run "Recession Nights," events for the community that covered topics like how to write a great resume, or how to have fun without spending much money. One of these nights concerned how to get a loan modification. The lady who ran the event told Dennis he was a perfect candidate.
"She was a real nice lady, and she kept saying I would qualify for this Obama Administration program and get to cut my payment," Dennis said. "It was presented as no risk. What's to lose?" Dennis gave this lady $2,000 and filtered all dealings with his mortgage lender through her. "She made it seem like she had some magic formula" to ensure a permanent modification, according to Dennis. "It was real casual, she didn't even provide a written agreement."
The documentation process took months. "Everything had to be two months current," Dennis said. "It would pass from department to department." Dennis kept asking the lady he was dealing with why it was taking so long, but she assured him it was merely a formality, and kept asking for more documents.
Finally, in December of 2009, Citi Mortgage approved Dennis for a trial modification. He was told by the bank, incorrectly, to miss a payment on the loan to qualify for HAMP (an example of the many violations of program rules on the part of the banks). The trial modification would start the following month. The trial modification cut the interest rate and saved Dennis over $500 on his monthly payment. Both the missed payment and this savings, however, would come back to haunt him.
"They never gave any advice to set the difference aside. I didn't think about it," said Dennis. "They pitched it as a done deal, they even said 'Congratulations.' After two or three months, they said I'd get folded into a permanent modification."
The trial period lasted five months. During that time, Dennis would get notices from the lender saying he owed money on his mortgage, and that he could face foreclosure if he remained delinquent. He would frantically call his contact at the lender, and they would patiently explain that the trial payments go to a separate account, and everything would get folded in once a permanent modification was approved.
But then, one day Dennis called up his lender for a different reason, and the person on the other end casually mentioned that he had been denied for a permanent modification. This meant that he owed all of the back payments, missed payments, fees and penalties, which came to close to $10,000. His credit took a hit from the missed payment, and the bank could immediately foreclose on his property, a consequence of being the equivalent of 90 days behind on the loan.
Citi Mortgage never officially informed Dennis that he was denied for the modification. "They said they sent a letter, and then they said they don't send letters unless I call a certain department. So I called the department, and they told me they don't send letters from there anymore." At one point, he told his contact at the bank that he was recording the conversation, and she refused to speak with him.
Dennis has whittled it down to being 50 days delinquent. He is in contact with Citi for an in-house modification – which has terms much more favorable to the banks. "Again, they're making it sound like a sure deal," but Dennis is skeptical this time. Instead of modifying the interest rate over the life of the loan, the Citi modification would merely lower the rate for five years, with a gradual reset to the original rate. Because it's in-house, Citi can enact more favorable terms for themselves. And they never had any pressure to use the HAMP program for modifications, so there's seemingly no reason for them to do so. "They've had a year to get around HAMP," Dennis said.
"I have made every payment I've been asked to make," Dennis told me. "I haven't defaulted, and I played by the rules. And yet I'm facing foreclosure." Despite being significantly underwater, Dennis doesn't want to walk away from the home, a common reaction at this point, because he is proud of what he did to fix it up and the effort that took.
The bank has all the leverage now, especially if they deny the in-house modification. "There's not enough oversight of the program. The banks seem to do what they want," Dennis said. A HUD counselor told him specifically that acceptance through HAMP of a permanent modification is completely up to the banks.
"Except for the small percentage of people who have been successful, this makes your financial situation worse," Dennis concluded. "Maybe it wasn't intended that way, but that's what they do." As for Treasury's statement that the program helped the markets, delayed foreclosures and gave people a temporary reprieve on their payments, Dennis said, "That's ridiculous. I don't see any advantage. They keep track of those reduced payments and if you get denied, you owe it. And that gives the banks a lot of power over the homeowner. They're trying to paint a rosy picture of this, for political purposes. They're not telling the participants of the pitfalls."
Here we have someone, an Obama activist, interfacing with an Obama Administration program that has put him on an emotional roller-coaster for the past year. This is why HAMP hurts liberalism. It's not a liberal program, but it's perceived that way, perceived as a lifeline for people in trouble. Instead it just gouges them. And then Treasury calls it a success.
I want to tell more of these stories. If you or someone you know has experience with the HAMP program of any kind, please contact me at david-dot-dayen-at-gmail-dot-com.


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B Side fun
By honso
from el segundo, Ca
About Me Advanced
Comments about Hyperlite B-Side Wakeboard 2011:
Very lite board, great pop. Fun to ride.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Awsome board
By The Water Slicer
from Vandalia, MI
About Me Intermediate
If you are new to wake-boarding,this board can be a pain. Literally. This was my first board, and I struggled to get the hang of wake-boarding, and after many painful falls, I finally got it. I wouldn't recommend this board to a beginner, but if you kind of know what you are doing, this is a great board.
great choice
By Boat driver
from yerington , nv.
This board showed up out of the package with great eye appeal. Great art work, nice colors, but when we mounted the bindings and put it behind the boat, WHOW!
Great all around board. Especially for $
By geissap
from Richmond, VA
About Me Beginner
I bought this board for my first wakeboard. I've been wakeskating for about 3 years and we decided to get a wakeboard to just mess around on. I don't have much wake as I own an outboard but I can still get enough pop to go wake to wake, the board is insanely stable and grabs edges like crazy. Wakeskating > Wakeboarding :) Nonetheless the board is awesome I have no complaints at all. My wife, friend and I all use the same board.
great board
By jim the runner
from illinois
This board is great. It's got nice pop and cuts really hard. A huge step up even from an 09 b side. The ONLY complaint about this board is it seems to land hard in the flats sometimes. I have progressed tremendously with this board, won't b disappointed.
Super nice board
By Hank Dog
from Buhl, Idaho
Great board! I got it on sale for [$] and no one else but EVO.com has come close to that. Graphics are awesome, amazing pop, and tracks like a beast!
Great Board
By Bravo
from Winter Haven
There are so many boards out on the market today and I wasn't quite sure which one to get. Well I got this B-Side and its amazing.
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Awesome Looking and Performing Board
By Mnhays
from Ann Arbor, MI
Great board, quick and easy pop edges hold really well, and is really fun to ride on. Best board I've ever rode on by far. and the graphics are sick!
Awesome board!!!!
By Tore back
from Quad cites
Only thing make sure you don't purchase a center fin. I didn't think it was gonna come with one but it did. Comes with the .8 I believe.
By beast
from bethel, ME
This board is great, light, good pop, tracks like a beast and the graphics are sweet. Really happy with the buy.
By Wtrlive
from Lake Asbury, FL
The board is amazing. The ability to pull out the center fins and loosen it up or add them back and turn it into a tracking machine is great. This board has a lot of speed and blow up off the wake. I went one size smaller than what was recommended and I love it.
Awesome Board
By L.D.
from Pontotoc, MS
This is an awesome board.. I felt comfortable on this board the first time I rode it..Super soft landing with great pop... Everyone that I know that has ridden this board loves it...
Hyperlite B-Side
By 00cls1camaross
from Tempe, AZ
I am an entry level rider who can wake to wake heelside and that is about it. I moved from an old board that I bought at Big 5 to this and it was night and day. The molded fins make it so much easier to edge toeside and heelside. I get great release off the wake as well. I never really understand why they say 3 stage hybrid rockers are for intermediate/advanced riders. If you plan on trying to do tricks, do youself a favor and buy a good board.
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Hyperlite B-Side with CWB Faction Bindings
Fell in love instantly.
By Goat
from Boise, ID
I generally use this board for flat water and have competed with it already once. It rode great! Its super poppy and launches you a longer distance with more speed and very little loss of speed on impact with the wake. In a comp I landed a trick I had never tried before using this board and it was only my second time using it (thats just how quick you will get used to its ride and feel). You will not regret buying this board!
Pop City!
By KC Shredder
from Kansas City, MO
This is by far the best board I've ever ridden. I don't even bring other boards out anymore because this is the only one anyone wants to ride. It's the lightest board I've ever felt. It's super fast and pops like crazy. Nicely done.


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I have backed up on an HDD and disk all of the Rock Band track packs and Lego Rock Band. The game will turn on, but it will only let me use my mic and controler, but not any instruments. I have tried to read the posts and down loaded Hermes' IOS 222/223 and USB Loader. I still cant get it to work. All other games I have backed up work perfectly. Can anyone help?
I have only the drum kit, but before reading "So your Rock Band Instrumts wont work", I was in the same predicument as you.
Not sure what intruments you have but read post written by BOOSKILLA (#186 - its on page 19 i think)
I use USBloader GX and I added my own little piece to get the intruments (my drum kit) to sync up for those that use this type of loader.
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Once a coffee is in our roastery, we obsess about perfecting the roast for that coffee. We roast coffee by hand (sight, smell, sound) and cup every roast. Each coffee is roasted daily to highlight the "taste of place" that is unique to each farm and origin.The next day we do it all again, tweaking the roast if necessary to liberate the most distinctive and captivating flavors of each coffee.
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Motorcycle mayhem at Red Marley and Osmaston Manor
Posted: February 08, 2013|
LAST WEEK we published some photographs loaned to us by Olive Bedworth of West Bromwich, which showed her as something of a pioneer — a female motorcyclist back in the nineteen-fifties.
As fans of both riding and watching others taking part as a sport, Olive and her late husband George travelled all over the country to take in the top two-wheeler events, and here we have a few more of their photographs, which document a variety of meetings.
Following on from last week's action shots from the Red Marley hill climb, we have a 'behind the scenes' snap, with the Start line just visible in the background, and another which shows just how steep that hill is, as five men struggle to keep a bike from rolling back down after losing its rider. Note also the crowds gathered behind the rickety wooden fence.
Another — rather flatter — setting for racing in those days was Osmaston Manor in Derbyshire. George Bedworth was positioned on one of the tree-lined stretches to snap riders 1 and 15 banking around the bend, probably in 1958 or 59.
Stars Amongst the top riders Olive remembers seeing in those days were Ray Amm, Geoff Duke and Eric Oliver. Eric is shown in a press cutting, tackling Maggots Curve, Silverstone, in his sleek motorcycle and sidecar combination.
Olive, in fact, was once asked by a rider who owned a shop in Wednesbury, if she would act as his sidecar passenger, a key role which involved positioning your weight very precisely for each twist and turn.
"It was so long ago I don't remember his name, though it may have been Buck," says Olive. "But George didn't want me to do it, he said it was too dangerous.
He was probably right and I didn't take up the offer, but I'd have loved to have a go!"