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Kelly's Christmas Single
Kelly Clarkson's 'Underneath the Tree' is ready for you to give it a listen!
Kelly Clarkson's 'Underneath the Tree' is ready for you to give it a listen!
Listen to The Robertsons (Feat. Willie Robertson and Luke Bryan), 'Hairy Christmas'
And this year she'll be starring in "A Country Christmas Story' movie.
See what the cast is up to now.
Guess the Country Music Santa Claus!
Read on to see the reaction you expect to the gifts you give versus what the recipient really thinks.
Certain Christmas songs are as important to the holiday tradition as stuffing stockings, eating too much and arguing with relatives.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon have been pitted against each other in the press many times since the Beatles split up, and even though it's not really in the holiday spirit, we're going to do it again with a very special holiday-themed Christmas song readers' poll.
Nothing says "Merry Christmas" quite like Jewish rock stars singing a Bing Crosby tune on stage to a deafening arena audience.
Outdoor Christmas lights displays synchronized to rock 'n' roll have been popular since an enterprising electrical engineer in Mason, Ohio, hooked up thousands of them outside his house and set them to the tune 'Wizards in Winter' by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Christmas traditions around the world can be quite different from what we're used to at home.
Christmas is the time of giving and families, but it also has a darker side.
Sure, he's been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year and he's well on his way to winning NFL MVP honors.
But his 2013 may be defined by this very cool tribute.
Ugly Christmas sweaters are almost as much a part of the holiday season as chestnut roasting on an open fire, so why not turn the trend into a few extra bucks in your pocket?


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Oriole Theatre
8450 Linwood Avenue,
No one has favorited this theater yet
Just a few months after this 2,078-seat theater opened in late-1927 as the Orient Theatre, it changed its name to the Oriole Theatre, most likely due to the opening downtown of the similarly-named Oriental Theatre (which later became the RKO Downtown Theatre) around the same time.
It was designed by George D. Mason, who also designed the Great Lakes Theatre and Gem Theatre elsewhere in Detroit. After it closed in 1951, the Oriole Theatre sat vacant for over a decade, before being used as a church.
It has since been demolished.
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Detroit News article detailing use of the Oriole as a church. With photo of theater front.
Here are the works of George Mason:
Mason, George DeWitt (1856-1948)
Central Market Building (with Zachariah Rice) – Cadillac Square [Detroit]
Central Woodward Christian Church (AKA Little Rock Baptist Church) – 9000 Woodward Ave. [Detroit]
Century Building and Little Theatre – [Detroit]
Detroit Yacht Club
Gem Theatre (AKA Little, Rivoli, Drury Lane, Europa, Cinema, World, Vanguard) – 333 Madison Ave. [Detroit]
Grand Hotel – [Mackinac Island]
Great Lakes Theatre – 14832 Grand River Ave. [Detroit]
Hotel Ponchartrain (Original) – [Detroit]
Masonic Temple – 500 Temple Ave. [Detroit]
Oriole Theatre
Ransom Gillis Home (With Henry T. Brush) – 63 Alfred Street [Detroit]
Thompson Home
Trinity United Methodist Church
Walker, Franklin H., House
February 25th, 1936 grand opening ad as Cinema in photo section.
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Romain Grosjean is expecting Lotus to make further steps forward at the Spanish Grand Prix as the team recovers from a difficult start to the 2014 Formula 1 season.
The Frenchman made it through to the top 10 shoot-out at the last round in China but after running strongly, a gearbox issue forced him to retire from the race.
"The gearbox problem was obviously a big disappointment," he said. "But the overall picture for the whole weekend was 90% positive. We didn't get a reward at the end, but we know we made a step in the right direction with the car. I think it is getting there. It is still not as good as we believe it can be."
Despite registering his second DNF of the year, he is confident that the Enstone-based outfit will be more competitive at the first round of the European season.
"The aim in Barcelona is to keep improving, but we know we have a decent platform to work from and solve the remaining issues," he explained. "Of course power unit wise we are not yet equal to the best and from our side we are still behind the top Renault team."
He added: "On paper we made a big relative improvement in China but it wasn't just one thing. We took the Renault updates and our own updates as well and moved forward.
"Altogether we made a big step, even though there were no massive changes on the car – we're just trying to make everything work together better. There is more to come for Barcelona."
His team-mate Pastor Maldonado believes a top five result could be possible at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Image courtesy of Lotus F1 Team


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QNAP SVN – Couldn't open rep-cache database
Just in case you might ran into this problem:
I installed the SVN package QPKG SVN on my QNAP NAS server to have my subversion server running there. This package comes with SVN 1.6.17 . It's easy to install via the package manager and also the brings the deamon service with it, so no further action required after NAS restarts. All my old SVN repositories were working fine. After i created a new Repository via command line i got an error message "Couldn't open rep-cache database". This are some version problems. Two simple fixes:
Creating the Repository fix backwards compatible flag:
# svnadmin create --pre-1.6-compatible /path/to/repos
Change the load order of the Apache modules in your http.conf file:
LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
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Thanks for posting this. Most of the other noise about this error on the web doesn't have any practical solution. The load order of Apache modules did the trick for me. However, it wasn't the libphp.so that was causing the issue since I'm not loading that at all. I think in my case, it might have been mod_dav_fs.so that needed to load after mod_dav_svn.so. In any case, thanks for taking the time to share this info.


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Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 73 was chartered in 1892 and is one of the largest locals in the International with over 4,800 members. Local 73 covers all of Cook and Lake Counties.
We are an official drop-off location for the Annual Toys for Tots Toy Drive.
If you would like to donate a new, unwrapped toy (sorry, no stuffed animals, please), we will have a box in our Union Office Lobby, starting on Friday, November 6, 2015.
Thank you for bringing joy to a child's life this holiday season!
Sheet Metal Workers Local #73 Veteran's Committee is still selling paver bricks for a walk to go around our Flag Pole.
We already have some bricks installed, and are planning on installing more bricks now that the weather is getting warmer.
Bricks are $50 each, and can accomodate up to 3 lines, with up to 13 characters per line.
You do not need to be a Veteran in order to purchase a brick. Click here for an order form..
A study was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Michigan State University to examine the economic and social impact of the statewide prevailing wage law for public contruction projects in Illinois.
There were five key findings:
The study found that prevailing wages for public construction projects in Illinois provide numerous positive economic and social impacts for both construction workers and the state. It also predicts that a repeal of Illinois' prevailing wage law would NOT result in savings for taxpayers or the state, or lead to increased employment of African-American construction workers. It found that the repeal of Illinois' prevailing wage law WOULD result in job losses throughout the state's economy, increased construction worker fatalities, and declines in valuable social impacts, such as construction worker benefits and training opportunities.
To read the full study, please click here.
A study was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. The study provides a national assessment and Illinois forecast on the effect of right-to-work laws on important labor market outcomes, including earnings, employment, unionization and inequality. Right-to-work laws were nationally evaluated in those targeted areas, and then a separate analysis was applied to Illinois.
There were six key findings:
To read the full study, please click here.
On April 19th, members of the Illinois House of Representatives voted on House Bill 924, regarding Responsible Bidding. The bill PASSED and is now making it's way through the Illinois Senate. The bill has passed through the Senate Labor Committee, and it is on it's way to the full Senate. The Senate Hearings that were scheduled for May 16 were postponed. A new date has not been set.
This act will require that a public body awarding a contract for public work shall call for bids and require each bidder to be a responsible bidder. A Responsible Bidder is someone who meets all of the following:
(1) Complies with all the laws required to do business in Illinois
(2) Provide evidence of a Federal Employer Tax Identification Number or Social Security Number (for individuals)
(3) Provide evidence of compliance with Equal Opportunity Employer provisions.
(3) Provide evidence of all specified insurance coverages, including: general liability, workers' compensation, completed operations, automobile, hazardous occupation and product liability.
(4) Compliance with all provisions of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, including wages, medical and hospitalization insurance and retirement for those trades covered in the act.
**(5) The bidder and all bidder's sub-contractors must participate in active apprenticeship and training programs approved and registered with the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for each of the trades of work contemplated under the awarded contract.**
(6) Comply with any other additional requirements a community may find beneficial
We urge you to contact your Senators, and ask them to pass HB 924. To find your district, visit http://gis.elections.il.gov/map_viewer_update/default.aspx
To find contact information for your Senators, visit http://www.ilga.gov/senate/
You can also cast an electronic witness slip online at http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/HearingDetail/10957?SCommittees-page=1&SCommittees-orderBy=&SCommittees-filter=
To read the full text of HB 924, visit http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0924ham001&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=71226&DocNum=924&GAID=12&Session
For more information on Responsible Bidding, visit http://www.responsiblebidding.com/index.html
For more information about Organizing, please click here to contact Eric Olson.
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With only one episode left in the first season of FX's Fargo, the stakes are higher than they've ever been. After last week's time jump ahead, the action picks back up a year from now (then, so 2007), and that's when the real fun begins!
Lester now has his own insurance office, and he's married again. Molly and Gus are married and have a happy little family with Greta and Lou. Bill is happy. Lorne Malvo is working as a dentist in Las Vegas. Everything seems hunky dory until Lester decides he just HAS to talk to his old pal Malvo. Of course, the story would never regain its traction if he hadn't, so I suppose that was important.
A lot happens in this episode, so I'll try to keep the recap succinct. Lester reaches out to his old pal Malvo, who is with his hygenist/fiancee and two dental world friends. His friend Bert (a small role played by the brilliant Stephen Root) has a brother who witnessed a murder that Malvo committed, or so I deducted from the opening scenes, showing what Malvo had been up to. Lester is given an out by Malvo, but will not let it go. So when Lester confronts him in front of his friends in the elevator, Lorne unceremoniously caps all three of his associates. He actually seemed genuinely happy to see Lester, until Lester hit him with a gun and ran for his life. Personally, I feel like Malvo gave him everything good that's in his life currently, so he should be saying thank you…in a sick, twisted sort of way.
So of course Lester is on the run from Malvo, and when he returns home, Deputy Solverson comes over to question him on behalf of Las Vegas PD. After this questioning, which got poor Molly nowhere because Lester's new wife lied for him, Molly is told that two FBI agents (Key & Peele's Pepper and Budge) want to speak with her. Not too much time passes before Molly shows them "the board" (much to Bill's chagrin) but the agents are impressed with her work and plan to pursue the case further.
Lester, meanwhile, now certain that Malvo is after him, plans to run away with his wife, there's just one little problem: their passports are at the office. Linda (his wife) spends the whole car ride talking about how she's always had a crush on him, and how much she loves him. Lester, once they arrive, totally takes advantage of her. He has her go to get the passports, and wear his orange coat inside to do it. Once inside, Linda heads over to the safe, and Malvo pops up and shoots her!! Malvo can't see Lester from there, so he takes off, but he knows Lester has to be close by.
There are two really, REALLY good scenes in this episode that I want to talk about. One is the scene when Malvo enters Lou's diner and has some pie. He talks to Lou about some things he observes, and all the while trying to find out exactly where Lester Nygaard moved to. It seems to me that Agent Lundy….er….Lou's police skills are still at work, and he tells Malvo nothing. This scene was fascinating to watch because not only was it between two extremely talented actors and compelling characters, but because it timed out so well in accordance with Molly's arrival. Some might say that was too much work, but there's no way I want pregnant Molly anywhere near Malvo.
The other scene was barely anything at all, but there were two small scenes in which Gus remained completely silent. In the first, he was delivering the mail and he saw a car pass by, and he is pretty sure it's Malvo (it was). The distress on Gus' face is real, and yet he seems conflicted. Maybe he feels like he has unfinished business? Anyway, the second with Gus was another silent scene in which he goes back home and finds Molly's big board about the case. Gus does very little, but stares poignantly at that board, primarily at the pictures of Malvo. I'm assuming that he was hoping to quell the worry he felt inside for his wife and child, knowing that Malvo was back in the picture. I just think the world of Colin Hanks and he had so little to do in this episode, but he by far made the best of it this week.
That all being said, the acting superlatives this week have to go to our main players, Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman. Lester and Malvo both took extremely interesting strides and turns, and I don't think anyone could've acted those parts better.
Also, I think I've figured out to some degree of certainty that Malvo is just a sellsword…er…sellgun. But I can't be sure yet, I'm still wary and uncertain of his motivation.
Anyway, the finale is next week and Noah Hawley described it in one word, "Bloody". So, get ready for that, fellow Fargo fans! If you aren't watching, you absolutely should be. What did you guys think of this week's episode? Up to snuff? Or was it just exciting to watch everything set up the bloody season finale? Sound off in the comments!!
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I logged into Last.fm
this morning to look at my recommendations and among the more obscurer
suggestions was Marmaduke
Duke, who apparently are similar to Biffy
Clyro, Hell Is For Heroes, Reuben and Million Dead, who are some of my
favourite bands. So I decided to log into Amazon to look to see how much it was,
and guess what was the music recommendation on the front page:
I think someone is trying to tell me something. I'm now looking for
some samples to listen to.
22:07 <@Laura-> no, there is another
Not only does my girlfriend use irc, she quotes Star Wars.
Did it ever occur to you that the comma rather than period in the email
address might possibly have been a genuine mistake rather than an attempt to
target you. Your excessively and increasingly paranoid and biased blog postings are
starting to piss me off. You managed to suggest that Madduck thought
that cookies should never be used. Reading his post you see he
referenced Sesse
who only said that people shouldn't use cookies if they didn't need to.
As for your assertion that wikipeda has a "extreme right-wing
viewpoint", I sat and read both the blog entry you posted to and the
discussion page in question. You conviently failed to mention that
wikipedia's problem with the FAQ is that it is the collective work of
anonymous contributors and edited by a person that google ranks below
the profile of some games player. (Oh sorry, forgot google is in on the
anti-mjray conspiracy). Wikipedia's policy on sources clearly states
that primary sources should be "made available by a credible
When you've finished complaining, you might want to fix the link
element in your rdf to not point to itself.
A thread on a mailing list reminded me of this.
So far, in the last 12 hours, I've discovered that my payslips from
this time last year bear no resemblence to reality, my pension company
has failed to recieve approximately 1900GBP of money that should have
been paid into it and O2 have managed to transfer my mobile number to
completely the wrong SIM. I'm still waiting for April so I can call the
Inland Revenue to find out what happened to all the student loan
repayments I made at my previous company (Approx 700GBP).
Have spoken with O2, who are going to transfer my number ot the right
SIM, hopefully in the next 2 hours. Need to speak to the guy that does
payroll in the office, when he comes in next.
Sucks to be me.
Update: Phone now works.
I don't think a card says "I love you" so much as "Society
expects me to buy you a piece of paper, so I felt obligated to get you
Which of these two fragments is more readable?
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$self->{catalina_base} = $ENV{'CATALINA_BASE'} || $self->getTomcatHome() || CCM::Util::error ("CATALINA_BASE unset and TOMCAT_HOME undefined", 3);
Update: or
$self->{catalina_base} = ( $ENV{'CATALINA_BASE'} or $self->getTomcatHome() or CCM::Util::error ("CATALINA_BASE unset and TOMCAT_HOME undefined", 3) );
Ray, I think you're distorting what is going on. Google are,
rightly, protective of their search results and work actively against
people that try to manipulate the search results. This is what BMW.de
had done by giving a spam page to google and using javascript to
redirect users to the right page. As an aside, this would have broken
accessibility is it? Google were protecting their index, not using it as
a vendetta against people it doesn't like as you were suggesting. Stop
being so paranoid and stop distorting the story, or you're no better
than the devil you're trying to paint Google as.
Today, I discovered SQL::Translator,
which seems to have some very interesting use cases. Basically, it is a
perl module for translating a database schema from one of a number of
formats and turning it into another format. Parsers include:
- Live querying of DB2, MySQL, DBI-PostgreSQL, SQLite and Sybase databases
- Access
- Excel
- SQL for DB2, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Sybase
- Storable
Output formats include:
- Class::DBI
- SQL for MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLServer, SQLite and Sybase
- Storable, XML and YAML
- POD, Diagram, GraphViz and HTML
Several things spring to mind with this:
- Defining your Schema in XML and using SQL::Translator to convert it
into SQL for several databases and a set of classes for Class::DBI,
which would make your application immediately target any of the
supported databases.
- Documenting an existing database for which you've lost existing
documentation by pointing it at a running database instance and
outputting HTML page and, thanks to the Diagram output module, visual
representation of the structure.
- Convert one database from product to another. Point it at a MySQL
database and generate SQL for postgresql. If you generated some
Class::DBI stuff you could possibly quickly write a script to copy data
- Using the sqlt-diff script, compare you current SQL to what is
running on the database and generate a SQL script to upgrade the
database structure using ALTER TABLE etc. Presumably you'd need
to convert any data yourself, but is still a time saver for large
I'm sure other people could think of some interesting uses for this.
Having looked at the Class::DBI stuff, I think it could do with some
improvements. I can't see a way to set the class names, although I
haven't spent that much time looking and it insists on having all the
classes in one file. Also the XML and YAML formats
generated are rather verbose and I haven't looked to see how much I
could cut them down to use as the source definition. I suspect that I
can make it a lot shorter and rely on sensible defaults.
My initial reason for wanting to use SQL::Translator is that
Class::DBI::Pg has a large start up time and isn't really suitable for
CGI use if you have a complex database. This might be mitigated by using
mod_perl, but in the mean time I was hoping I could speed up startup by
telling Class::DBI my column names, rather than it querying the
database. SQL::Translator should allow me to save duplicating the
database structure, whilst allowing me to support multiple backend
databases. If I get this working, I'll write up a short HOWTO.
I can't believe in this day and age that OPSI (formerly HMSO) still don't have
copies of UK acts of parliament before 1988 online. According to their
Q. Why do you only display legislation back to
A. The website was launched in 1996. Initially, legislation was only
available from that year. In 2000 we took the decision to include older
legislation for which we had electronic files. These files only dated
back to 1988. Prior to this, legislation is only available in its
original print format.
I don't think it's acceptable to say "Oh it's a bit of work to make them
available." If Project Gutenberg
can make 17,000 out of copyright works available, I fail to see why the
government, who have resources at their disposal, can't make the text of
approximately 3000 acts from the last 100 years available. This makes
several key acts which govern us today unavailable to the UK public,
including the Telecommunications Act 1984, Sale of Goods Act 1979,
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and Unfair Contract Terms Act
On a similar note, they have only just started making PDF files
avilable for download (since October 2005). They don't appear to be
planning on making existing documents available in PDF. Again, I don't
think it would be too hard to make all their content availble in
alternative formats.


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Topic: The Death of Love. My very own full length slasher movie.
I wasn't going to tell you guys about this because it's still a long time away but I'm excited so I'm going to go ahead and tell you about it.
Me and my best friend whom I've known my whole life wrote a script for a slasher movie about three years ago. It took us over a year to write the script because we wanted to come up with some very creative death scenes and we carefully rewrote the script several times. We had been planning on turning the script into a movie for years but it hasn't been possible until now. My friend use to be a student at the University of Kansas and he's been studying filmaking and special effects for the last five years and he is amazing at what he does. He is a special effects guru and some of his work is amazing. Especially his body casts.
Well, now it looks like everything is coming together better than I could have ever imagined. We finally have all the equipment we will need ready to go and we have our entire cast ready to go. We are going to have several people helping us film who really know their shit.
I'm not going into any plot details but I will tell you a few things. First off it will be shot in HD and it wil have a very Psychedelic retro vibe going for it and the lighting will be crazy. It's going to be full of blood, gore and nudity. I will NOT be starring in it because thats not my thing. I will co-direct and I'll be helping with the effects. I know nothing about editing so he will be taking care of all of that. We plan on doing most of the filming inside of a abandon small hospital close to where I live.(I've already gotten permission) We also plan on shooting in a couple of different locations out of state. Shooting won't start until 2011 because we still have some problems that we need to work out.
I'm just given you guys a heads up. I hope all of you are interested and will be wishing us luck. If anyone has any questions please ask me. I will answer to the best of my ability.
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Oregon's Romania's RV For Sale
August 31, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Romania's RV Center of Eugene, Ore., is for sale, according to The Register-Guard newspaper of Eugene. "We have been in the RV business for 18 years and with the shakeout in the RV industry of the last couple of years, we've decided that we want to focus on the auto side of our business," said Steve Romania, CEO of Romania Enterprises. Romania told The Register-Guard that he is negotiating with three potential buyers. Romania Enterprises, which is primarily an auto dealership group,... Read more
Bryan Hays To Join Blue Bird
August 31, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Well-traveled RV industry veteran Bryan Hays will join Macon, Ga.-based Blue Bird Wanderlodge on Sept. 10, according to Richard Maddox, president and CEO of Blue Bird Corp., parent of the highline motorhome builder. Hays will be director of sales and marketing at Blue Bird Wanderlodge, where he will work with Mary Hurley, sales and marketing manager. Hays held similar sales positions at Winnebago Industries Inc. during the late 1980s and at the Holiday Rambler Division of Monaco Coach Corp. during... Read more
Fleetwood's Net Loss Narrows
August 30, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. reported today (Aug. 30) that its first fiscal quarter net loss narrowed despite the fact its RV Group's operating losses expanded. The company, also a major manufactured home producer, lost $11.1 million during the three months ended July 29, compared with a loss of $31.1 million incurred during the same period year earlier. However, Fleetwood's financial performance is improving and Nelson Potter, president and CEO, said, "We currently expect to approach breakeven... Read more
Freightliner Sees "Good" Fourth Quarter
August 30, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Diesel pusher chassis supplier Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. has had an up-and-down 2001, but a company executive believes the trend now is heading in an upward direction. "We started out the year strong," said Dean Schaper, product manager for motorhome chassis for the Gaffney, S.C.-based firm. "About March, we saw it drop way off. April was slow, and May and June started to pick up. "July was good," said Schaper, who was interviewed during the Family Motor Coach... Read more
Marshall Motors Sues Newmar Over NewAire
August 29, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
The company that provided sales staff support for Newmar Corp. at two European consumer shows last year has filed a $21 million breach of contract suit against Newmar. Marshall Motor Homes International Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn., provided sales staff at Newmar's displays of its innovative NewAire motorhome during shows in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, last year. But on Aug. 17, Ross W. Marshall, principal of the firm that currently is in limbo, filed the lawsuit in federal... Read more
Coachmen Picks LegalPath Program
August 29, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Coachmen Industries Inc. has agreed to use the LegalPath Internet-based software to help manage its product warranty litigation. The RV and modular home and structures builder will use LegalPath to assign many of its product warranty matters to attorneys throughout the country. "We selected LegalPath because it provides our legal department with the tools that we need to track matters, to communicate with outside counsel and to gather critical management information that will enable us to make... Read more
Rexhall Appoints CFO
August 28, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Motorhome manufacturer Rexhall Industries Inc. has appointed Dawn E. Diaz its CFO. Diaz, a CPA, worked as a financial consultant to Lancaster, Calif.-based Rexhall the last several months and she also was vice president of finance for Bertelsmann Services Inc. She began her public accounting career with KMPG International. Read More →
Spartan Intros Two New Diesel Pusher Chassis
August 28, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Spartan Motors Inc. announced today (Aug. 28) that it will begin shipping two new diesel pusher motorhome chassis by the end of this year. One chassis, which Spartan President John Sztykiel calls a "coach-ready platform," will greatly reduce the amount of chassis preparation required of motorhome OEMs. The other chassis was developed to accommodate the AuraGen, a new electromagnetic system that replaces traditional power generators. The coach-ready platform includes additional cross beams... Read more
Coachmen Books Over $80 Million in Orders
August 27, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Co. (CRV) wrote "over $80 million in orders" during its dealer seminar in Las Vegas a month ago, the company announced today. The sizeable order volume indicates the success of CRV's new marketing strategy of focusing its brands on the largest market segments, said Mike Terlep, president of CRV, a unit of Coachmen Industries Inc. "We've suspended production and discontinued models or entire lines that were not contributing to sales growth and profitability,"... Read more
Fleetwood Allies With Sam's Club
August 27, 2001 by Sherman Goldenberg · Leave a Comment
Fleetwood's RV Group will begin testing today (Aug. 27) a marketing alliance with the Sam's Club subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in which Sam's Club members will be able to buy RVs at a discounted price. The program starts today in the Indianapolis and Kansas City metro areas. It allows retail customers "to buy a new Fleetwood RV at a pre-negotiated discount, which they will purchase at a nearby participating Fleetwood RV dealership," according to John Ables, director of marketing... Read more


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Once upon a time there was a man, middle aged and not very happy.
He had a lovely wife and a cute little child and of cource he had a job as well.
But one day he had to realize that this employment makes him dull and weaker every day.
His life wasn't worth living any more.
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The No. 16/17 University of Florida football team claimed its SEC opener for the seventh consecutive year, as the Gators defeated Tennessee 33-23 before a crowd of 90,744 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. With the victory the Gators have also started the season 3-0 for the seventh consecutive year.
Florida broke open what was a close game at the half, getting two scores early in the third quarter, a 1-yard run by Trey Burton and an 83-yard highlight reel touchdown reception from Chris Rainey to grab a 30-7 lead. Burton opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown reception earlier in the game and Caleb Sturgis has hit four field goals to improve to 9-for-9 on the year.
Rainey finished a spectacular night with the first 100/100 game of his career 100 yards rushing and receiving. He finished with 21 carries for 108 yard and two receptions for 104 while also blocking a punt.
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray, the SEC Player of the Week, threw three touchdown passes, connecting for one each with Marlin Lane, DaRick Rogers and Mychal Rivera, while also getting a field goal from Michael Palardy.
The Gators defeated the Volunteers for the seventh straight time and for the fourth straight time at the Swamp. The teams opened SEC play against each other for the 10th straight year with the Gators sporting an 8-2 mark in that stretch.
Florida wasted little time jumping out in front, marching 80 yards on nine plays in just over four minutes. The Gators came out slinging, running no-huddle offense and seizing the early tempo as John Brantley completed four straight passes before the Gators finally went to the ground. Jeff Demps took a hand off and raced 28 yards to the Tennessee 1-yard line before Brantley connected with Burton for the touchdown and early lead.
Brantley went 5-for-5 passing for 52 yards and the touchdown pass on the opening drive.
Tennessee was able to move the ball on its first drive, putting together a nine-play drive all the way down to the Florida 20. Michael Palardy pushed a 37-yard attempt wide right and the Vols came up empty-handed.
After the missed field goal the Gators once again moved the ball efficiently on offense. Keyed by a 28-yard completion from Brantley to Demps on 3rd down, the Gators moved all the way to the Vols 11-yard line before the drive eventually stalled. Sturgis was true on a 28-yard attempt to give the Gators a 10-0 lead with 1:10 left in the first quarter.
As the teams moved to the second quarter, the Gators forced another Tennessee punt. Sending 10 players to the line, the Gators set up for the block and got it when Chris Rainey came up the middle for his fifth career block, a new school record.
Unable to punch the ball in, the Gators settled for a 30-yard field goal from Sturgis to grab a 13-0 lead with 11:57 left in the half.
The Gator defense continued to stymie Tennessee, forcing the Vols to punt from inside their 10-yard line on their next drive. Rainey was on the receiving end of a punt this time and raced to the Tennessee 34-yard line to set up the Gators next score, a 46-yard field goal from Sturgis for a 16-0 lead with 8:31 left in the half.
Tennessee finally established its offense late in the first half, marching 89 yards on just six plays with the benefit of two pass interference calls. Bray hit a wide open Lane for an 8-yard touchdown with just under two minutes left in the half to get the Vols on the board, cutting the lead to 16-7.
After coming out and establishing the offense early, the Gators struggled in the closing stages of the half. The Gators mustered 167 yards of offense in the opening half, 118 in the air and 49 on the ground. Brantley finished the half 12-of-17 for 118 yards and a touchdown.
The Gator offense shut down the Vols for most of the first half before Bray got hot late. The Vols got 70 of their 134 total yards in the final four minutes of the half. Bray was also 12-of-17 passing for 131 yards and a touchdown, while the Gators have held the Vols to just 3 yards rushing.
Tennessee received the kick to start the second half but Florida made the first impact play when Josh Evans picked off Bray to set the Gators up at the Vols 42-yard line. A 13-yard run by Rainey and a late hit out-of-bounds on the Vols set the Gators up at the 15-yard line and then Brantley hit Burton with a 12-yard pick-up to the Tennessee 3-yard line to set up Burtons second touchdown of the game.
After a Omarius Hines nearly hauled in a tipped pass that would have been touchdown on third and goal, the Gators went for it and Burton bulled his way into the end zone on fourth and goal from the 1-yard line for a 23-7 lead.
After the Gators forced another Tennessee punt Rainey took a short dump pass by Brantley and did the rest himself, going 83 yards for the longest touchdown reception of his career, giving Florida a commanding 30-7 lead mid-way through the third quarter.
Tennessee grabbed a measure of momentum late in the third quarter when the Vols recovered a fumble by Demps setting them up at the Gators 17-yard line. Bray hit Rogers for a 14-yard score to cut the margin to 30-13. The Vols could have cut it to a two-possession game with an extra point but opted to go for two and the Gators broke up the conversion.
As the game moved to the fourth quarter the Vols embarked on a drive that seemed to swing momentum both ways. Marcus Roberson appeared to pick off a Bray pass and stall a Tennessee drive on third down. A pass interference on Roberson negated the interception, however, and the Vols marched to the Gators 3-yard line before Palardy kicked a 20-yard field goal to cut Floridas lead to 30-16.
At a much-needed time, the Gators followed Palardys field goal and went on a time-consuming drive. The Gators took over six minutes of the clock, running 12 plays and getting a 42-yard field goal from Sturgis to increase the lead to 33-16. It marked the first four-field goal day in Sturgis career.
The Vols wouldnt go away, as Bray connected with Rivera for his third touchdown pass of the day cutting the lead to 33-23 with 4:46 to go. Tennessee got the ball back late but Matt Elam ended any thoughts of a comeback with an interception of Bray to ice the game.
The Gators finished with 347 yards of offense, 213 through the air, and 134 on the ground. Brantley finished 14-of-23 passing for 213 yards and two touchdowns. The Vols did all of their damage through the air, as Bray finished 26-of-48 passing for 288 yards. Florida held Tennessee to -9 yards rushing on the night.
After three straight home games the Gators now take to the road for the first time this year, and head to Lexington next Saturday for a showdown with Kentucky. The game is set for a 7 p.m. kick-off and will be broadcast by either ESPN or ESPN2.


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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former opponents and supporters of Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, laid him to rest with honors Friday, while noisy protesters underscored the nation's ambivalence about the man who imposed military rule in 1981.
Former Presidents Lech Walesa and Bronislaw Komorowski attended the Catholic funeral Mass for Jaruzelski in a Warsaw military cathedral.
In a poignant moment, Walesa approached the grieving family and shook hands with Jaruzelski's widow, daughter and grandson.
Komorowski, in brief remarks, said Jaruzelski "carried the burden of responsibility for the most difficult and probably the most dramatic decision in Poland's history after World War II."
He praised Jaruzelski for allowing a peaceful political transition "that brought fruit in the form of our freedom and independence."
As Jaruzelski's family and friends later processed to an army cemetery with his ashes, protesters shouted "murderer" and "traitor." Some held up photos of people killed by the communist regime.
With protesters' whistles competing with a military band, Jaruzelski's ashes were lowered into a shallow grave. Former President Aleksander Kwasniewski delivered a brief eulogy.
The family's request for a religious ceremony was unexpected. Jaruzelski was a devoted supporter of Soviet-backed communism, an atheist ideology foisted on his largely Catholic homeland.
But at the end he sought solace in the faith of his childhood. Shortly before he died Sunday at age 90, after a long battle with cancer and a stroke, Jaruzelski called for a priest to administer last rites, made his confession and took communion.
The presence of Walesa and Komorowski in the church — but not at the burial — reflected the degree of reconciliation achieved between former communists and those who peacefully overthrew communism.
Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981 in an attempt to crush Walesa's Solidarity freedom movement. About 100 people died in the crackdown; Walesa and Komorowski were among tens of thousands of activists who were imprisoned.
Eight years later, Jaruzelski allowed the peaceful dismantling of the Soviet-backed system and served briefly as the first president of the new democracy.
Jaruzelski maintained that he imposed martial law to spare Poland from a Soviet invasion. The protesters outside testified that not all have forgiven.
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In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose prospects are doubtful and the customary shaky grasp of what the fighting is really about.
This will not end well.
It is tragic that more than 90,000 people have been killed in the bloody Syrian conflict, with more than a million displaced. But I have heard no claim that President Obama's decision to arm the rebels will halt or even slow the carnage. ...


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Not too long ago, I posted a story about GrubHub's Top Ten Cities for Vegetarians. I got a ton of comments and email from the lovely readers who live in or just love Portland, wanting to know why Seattle was on the list but Portland was not. The consensus was that
GrubHub's mobile app doesn't service Portland, but I promised to to check Portland's great vegetarian scene out for myself. Well, I did and I don't blame you guys. Portland rocks vegetarianism.
Here are just some of the reasons why:
NWVeg…..you guys have your own awesome vegetarian resource that's all local. I really wish we had a similar site for my area. There's info about cooking classes, local restaurants, and veggie events in the area.
VegFest….I was hoping to make a trip to Portland before now but haven't been able to. That is just too bad for me, because I just missed the annual VegFest (Sept 22 and 23 this year), with tons of organic vegetarian goods, samples and whole meals from all kinds of vendors,cooking demos, family activities and even (this year) a "Flash is for Zombies" photo booth. Get out!
Food Fight Vegan Grocery….Portland has a vegan convenience store.
Bob's Red Mill is in Portland….I don't know a vegetarian who doesn't have at least one Bob's Red Mill product in the kitchen. I pretty mush get all of my flours and meals from Bob's, as well as several grains for mixing my own hot cereals.
A huge selection of vegan/vegetarian restaurants….I found several that are on my list of must-visits, including Loving Hut (we need one here) and the Cherokee Rose Inn.
Farmer's markets everywhere…..Portland has not one, not two, but seven farmer's markets. There's one almost every day of the week. Ours is strictly Wednesdays and Saturdays and we have one. I think Portland's arrangement is much more civilized.
Last but not least…..Portland has great dirt.
I know this, because in my garden I have what is often referred to as not-great dirt. At least, that's how I describe it in polite company. Portland gardeners are blessed with the loamy soil every gardener covets. Which is why you have such amazing produce. Which is why you have so many vegetarians.
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Hi Robertj,
Thanks for your comment. Can you elaborate on putting a "team"? He was able to recruit doctors from the Mayor Clinic & UCSD Cancer Center (San Diego). We have the facility that will be provided by the school or Scripps Hospital. All we need is the $$ to get the trials going.
I understand that once you have VC involves, you would have to give up most of your company and they may want to form their own management team.
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EdgEvents You put it on. We pull it off.
Congratulations on your progress so far.
Drug trial funding is a pretty specialized area of the VC world.
It`s great that you & your husband have made it this far - but it might be time to consider putting a "team" around this project.
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The "team" he has assembled sounds terrific. Since you mentioned in your first post that he is a researcher, not a business type I might look to add some business types to the "team" as well.
As for VC forming their own management team - generally that`s not typical. Usually they won`t invest unless there is a sound management team in place. However, they may want a seat(s) on the Board of Directors, etc.
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AURORA, Colo. - A sweep of the entire University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus today "went very well" and the campus is operating on its normal weekend schedule, according to University Police.
While University Police have no reason to believe that our students, faculty and staff are at risk, out of an abundance of caution, police walked all buildings on campus and used specially-trained dog teams in a sweep that went from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today
The continued operation followed the dog team sweeps of Research 1 North and South and Research 2 on Friday. Those operations followed the early morning shootings at an Aurora movie theater. The alleged shooter involved, James Holmes, spent time as a graduate student at the Anschutz Medical Campus. He voluntarily left in June 2012, his building access was then terminated and he was in the process of completing withdrawal paperwork. He is currently in police custody and University Police do not believe he has been on campus since mid-June.
"It went very well," Deputy Chief Doug Hayes said of today's sweep. "We just had to make sure that we rested the dogs because they can only do so much at one time. It's a big campus and we had eight teams."
The only campus buildings not included in the dog team sweeps were the University Police Department and the Perinatal Research Center on the far north end of campus, which the suspect wouldn't have had access to, Hayes said.
The specially-trained dogs were provided by Buckley Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force Base, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Adams County Sheriff's Office and the Golden Police Department.
Dog handlers and spotters from each of those bases and agencies joined with University Police and representatives of the university's Department of Environmental Health and Safety to form the eight teams. Personnel from Facilities Management also participated.
"We've covered everything," Hayes said. He noted the Air Force personnel and assisting agency officers "were fantastic" in helping university teams with the sweeps.
In an email to the campus community University Police Chief Doug Abraham said the dogs caused very little disruption to the operation of the campus.
Abraham noted that the closure of East 17th Avenue between Peoria and Oakland streets continues, as area and federal bomb squads have dismantled the first device that was rigged to explode upon entry into the suspect's apartment. "We continue to be in contact with the incident command and are comfortable that there is no danger to the campus," Abraham said. "The next step of their process will be a controlled detonation which may be heard around the campus."
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - An attorney for former University Medical Center CEO Lacy Thomas is trying to get the Clark County district attorney's office thrown off Thomas' corruption case.
Thomas is accused of using his position at the county-run hospital to steer lucrative contracts to friends.
His attorney says the district attorney's office has a conflict of interest because the office used to advice Thomas on legal matter.
Lawyer Daniel Albregts wants a special prosecutor assigned to the case.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Scott Mitchell disputes Albregts' claims. He says county attorneys provide limited legal advice to county officials and don't have an "attorney-client" relationship.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for June 16.
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Economic Statistics for 27 Oct 15
Durable Goods order fell again in September, down -1.2% overall, with ex-transoportation orders down -0.4% and core capital goods down -0.3%. On a year over year basis:
Durables: -3.0%
Ex-Transportation: -5.1%
Core capital goods: -7.3%
The Case-Shiller home price index rose a slight 0.1% in August, and is up 5.1% on a year-ago basis.
The PMI services flash reading for October fell -1.2 points to 54.4.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell sharply from 103.0 to a worse than expected 97.6 in October.
The Richmond Fed's Manufacturing Index rose from -5 to a still-negative -1 in October. All five regional Fed economic activity reports are negative.
The State Street Investor Confidence Index slipped -1.7 points, but remained healthy at 114.3.
Redbook reports that last week's retail sales rose to 1.5% on a year-ago basis, from the previous week's 1.3%, as slow improvement continues.
Germaine Greer states reality – chaos and vilification ensue
One thing about getting old is you're less tolerant of BS, no matter what the stripe. That's especially true if you're one of the women who helped define modern "feminism".
Germaine Greer, the 76-year-old author of "The Female Eunich," is making waves by lambasting the idea that Caitlyn Jenner may be honored by Glamour Magazine as "Woman of the Year." Jenner isn't a woman, says Greer. He's just attention-starved and seeking to steal the limelight from the women in the Kardashian family.
He hasn't actually had to endure what feminists depict as the true horrors of womanhood, such as being cursed with what Greer delicately characterizes as a "big, hairy, smelly vagina."
When told that such comments are hurtful to the transgender community, Greer doubled down. "Try being an old woman. For goodness sake, people get hurt all the time, I'm not about to walk on eggshells."
Now frankly, I think much of "feminism" is BS. And especially the phase it is now in. Feminism, as I see it, helped start this movement toward the "cult of the victim".
All that being said, it is hilarious to see what is happening with the Jenner thing. I happen to agree with Greer – he's an attention seeking whore living among the ultimate attention seeking whores and he wants more of the attention.
So how does this sort of nonsense (not the repudiation of Greer but the "Jenner thing") gain traction? The usual suspects are involved:
Our insatiable media must find new ground to break in tantalizing the public and normalizing what was once considered aberrant behavior. Cultivating a live-and-let-live attitude isn't enough; alternative lifestyles must be celebrated as not only equal but superior to the boring, oppressive traditions that have dominated until now.
Indeed, it is the so-called "cool kids" who dominate the culture wars because the dominate the media and entertainment industry. Who are the "cool kids"? Well, they're those who don't want to be judged on their aberrant behavior or actions and thus try to normalize them by shouting down and vilifying anyone who stands up for more traditional lifestyles.
To this point, they've been mostly successful in their methods. But there's always a time in any sort of movement such as this that lines begin to be crossed. Lines where it is obvious even to those who support the cause generally where they can see that "the emperor has no clothes". Jenner provides one of those moments and Greer calls the "cool kids" out on it.
Reaction? See above. In a petition begun to keep her from speaking at Cardiff University in the UK, Greer is vilified with feminist code language for "dirty, rotten traitor" to the cause:
"Greer has demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually misgendering trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.
"Trans-exclusionary views should have no place in feminism or society.
"Such attitudes contribute to the high levels of stigma, hatred and violence towards trans people – particularly trans women – both in the UK and across the world."
So there. The fact that Jenner doesn't possess that big, old smelly defining thing, nor has had to live with it disqualifies her as a "woman" in Greer's view. But we're dealing with post-modern feminism now. And that's whatever the radical feminists say it is. Greer is no longer welcome in that club.
And I'm laughing my rear end off.
Economic Statistics for 26 Oct 15
New home sales plunged to a much worse than expected 468,000 annual rate in September, as supply jumped from 4.9 to 5.8 months.
The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey fell deeper into negative territory, falling to -12.7 in October from September's -9.5.
Another Obama administration foreign policy "triumph"
In another "foreign policy triumph" for the US, Afghanistan, a client nation of the US for over a decade, is apparently turning to an old patron:
Afghanistan, battered by worsening security, is reaching out to an old ally and patron—Russia—just as the Kremlin is seeking to reassert its position as a heavyweight on the world stage.
President Ashraf Ghani has asked Moscow for artillery, small arms and Mi-35 helicopter gunships for his country's struggling military, Afghan and Russian officials say, after the U.S. and its allies pulled most of their troops from Afghanistan and reduced financial aid.
"Russia is seizing the opportunity," a U.S. official said.
Certainly, there are plenty who are aware of the old saw, "the graveyard of empires" and will shrug this off as good riddance. Let Russia deal with it.
Of course the point is that Afghanistan is turning to Russia mainly because it doesn't have any confidence in the US anymore. We all understand that Afghanistan is both tribal and corrupt. But that goes with the territory, literally and figuratively. Russia is unlikely to worry to much about that.
It also demonstrates on a micro level what we are seeing on a more macro level. With the decline of US influence in the area, Russia is taking the opportunity to assert its own. Whether you care one whit about Afghanistan, this is a disturbing trend. And, just as obvious, our "leaders" haven't a clue on how to stop the trend. Obviously Afghanistan feels that their worsening security is inextricably linked to US decisions. The country appears to have no confidence in the US.
Unfortunately, that 'no confidence' vote didn't originate in Afghanistan. It has been echoed by other countries in the region as well … to include Israel.
The foreign policy of this administration, that of Mr. Obama, Ms. Clinton and Mr. Kerry, have seen the withdrawal of the US in the area and a diminution its prestige and power.
Some may cheer this, but the bottom line is that such actions (or lack thereof) have made the region and the world a much more dangerous place than it was in 2008.
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Observations: The QandO Podcast for 23 Oct 15
Trey Gowdy and his nefarious allies in Congress have been routed. Queen Hillary I can now proceed unimpeded to her coronation. We talk about it on this week's podcast.
Colleges: First Amendment outdated?
That, at least, is the result of a survey recently completed:
To put some numbers behind that perception, The William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale recently commissioned a survey from McLaughlin & Associates about attitudes towards free speech on campus. Some 800 students at a variety of colleges across the country were surveyed. The results, though not surprising, are nevertheless alarming. By a margin of 51 percent to 36 percent, students favor their school having speech codes to regulate speech for students and faculty. Sixty-three percent favor requiring professors to employ "trigger warnings" to alert students to material that might be discomfiting. One-third of the students polled could not identify the First Amendment as the part of the Constitution that dealt with free speech. Thirty-five percent said that the First Amendment does not protect "hate speech," while 30 percent of self-identified liberal students say the First Amendment is outdated.
This is simply the latest proof that colleges and universities in this nation are turning from bastions of free speech and academic freedom to institutions that are enabling and enforcing "speech codes" that student activists demand. The result is the death of "robust intellectual debate" on campus. Now administrations feel moved to "protect" those who are uncomfortable with uncomfortable ideas. And they demand penalties and the quashing of those ideas. The very notion that our great institutions of higher learning have bought into this anti-intellectualism should be an anathema to them. But instead they support these sorts of movements.
Just recently Williams College began an "Uncomfortable Learning" speaker series to provide "intellectual diversity" on campus. Ironically, it then disinvited conservative writer Suzanne Venker when, according to the college, her proposed visit was "stirring a lot of angry reactions among students on campus." Obviously her ideas went beyond "uncomfortable learning", however Willams College now defines that phrase. But one thing is clear, Williams College is about as committed to "intellectual diversity" as Hillary Clinton is to the truth.
Given all this, is anyone even remotely surprised to see supposed intellectuals who are the products of this sort of education system calling for the jailing of "climate deniers" and the banning of their speech? Free speech is dying in this country and it is doing so in the very institutions that should be its staunchest defender.
Economic Statistics for 22 Oct 15
Existing home sales rose a strong 4.7% in September to a 5.55 million annual rate. On a year-over-year basis, sales are up 8.8%.
The FHFA House Price Index rose 0.3% in August, and is up 5.5% on a year-ago basis.
The Conference Board's Index of Leading Indicators fell back -0.2% in September, mainly due to the fall in building permits.
The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index almost rose out of negative territory, rising from -8 to -1 in October.
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose from -0.41 to -0.37 for September, still indicating broad weakness in the economy.
Initial weekly jobless claims rose 4,000 to 259,000. The 4-week average fell 2,000 to 263,250. Continuing claims rose 6,000 to 2.170 million.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell -1.7 points to 43.5 in the latest week.
The Fed's balance sheet fell $-3.3 billion last week, with total assets of $4.501 trillion. Reserve bank credit rose $6.0 billion.
The Fed reports that M2 money supply fell by $-18.7 billion in the latest week.
Is the UN focus on "global warming" immoral?
Bjorn Lomborg thinks it is. In today's Wall Street Journal, he takes exception with the UN's continued pushing for a "solution" for "climate change", formerly known as "global warming". Lomborg thinks that it ignores the real problems out there and this focus on global warming takes money away from them for what is, at best, a marginal problem.
In a world in which malnourishment continues to claim at least 1.4 million children's lives each year, 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty, and 2.6 billion lack clean drinking water and sanitation, this growing emphasis on climate aid is immoral.
For instance, says Lomborg, according to a recent study, if the UN spent .57% ($570 million) of the $100 billion climate-finance goal on mosquito nets to help control malaria, it could reduce malaria deaths by 50% by 2025 and save approximately 300,000 lives.
Instead, the UN is more interested in the world's largest wealth redistribution scheme. Somehow the scam has rich nations happy to pledge their citizen's money and poor nations lining up to receive it. How much will actually go toward addressing the real problems Lomborg highlights is anyone's guess, but if history is to be a guide, not much. There's a reason the poorer countries are poor and that has much to do with who is in charge.
Anyway, Lomborg points to the obvious, or at least what should be obvious, in terms of this rush to be "green" and what the world (and the UN) could be doing instead:
Providing the world's most deprived countries with solar panels instead of better health care or education is inexcusable self-indulgence. Green energy sources may be good to keep on a single light or to charge a cellphone. But they are largely useless for tackling the main power challenges for the world's poor.
According to the World Health Organization, three billion people suffer from the effects of indoor air pollution because they burn wood, coal or dung to cook. These people need access to affordable, reliable electricity today. Yet too often clean alternatives, because they aren't considered "renewable," aren't receiving the funding they deserve.
A 2014 study by the Center for Global Development found that "more than 60 million additional people in poor nations could gain access to electricity if the Overseas Private Investment Corporation"—the U.S. government's development finance institution—"were allowed to invest in natural gas projects, not just renewables."
Wow. Electricity. Its been with us for over a century. We all know its benefits. We all know how well its access could help lift those without it out of poverty.
Yet the UN is more interested in chasing the chimera of "global warming" and its unproven science. The reason, of course is power. Money and control equal power. And this scheme with $100 billion changing hands under the auspices of the UN offers undreamed of opportunities for those in the UN to engage in an unprecedented level of graft. There just isn't the level of opportunity in helping the world's poor gain electricity.
As you've heard many, many times … follow the money.


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Elisabeth J. Davenport:
"Some States Trying to Stop Gay Marriages Before They Start," blared the New York Times headline on the day that I first began reading John Boswell's then recently published Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe (March 15, 1995). Referring to the attempts then being made in some state legislatures to forestall the local acceptance of same-sex unions should Hawaii come to sanction such unions, the article surveyed legislative developments in Utah, South Dakota and Alaska. South Dakota State Representative Roger Hunt, Republican sponsor of a (failed) bill which would declare "null and void" any same-sex marriage, was quoted as saying, "I believe, by and large, that would be counter to what, in this state, has been the sanctity of families for the last 100 years." The informed reader will notice instantly the irony in his words. It would indeed be counter to generally accepted practice in South Dakota, and in the entire Western world, for the last one hundred years or more for persons of the same sex to be united in marriage. But prior to that? Representative Hunt's words leave one aching to ask whether he is acquainted with the research of John Boswell! For the clear and substantiated conclusion of that research, presented in painstaking detail in the book under review, is that until modern prejudice founded upon ignorance, fear and hostility caused the celebration of same-sex unions to fall out of favour, such unions were a widespread occurrence in Europe, sanctioned and blessed by religious authorities for many hundreds of years.
In a book widely criticised even prior to its publication by those who found cause for displeasure in its thesis, Boswell gathers together the research findings of the last twelve years of his tragically foreshortened life. Published just weeks prior to his death, Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe contains his meticulous account of his discovery and translation of not one but dozens of liturgical manuscripts in Greek, Latin, Slavic and Russian honouring and sanctifying relationships between two persons of the same sex (generally, but not quite exclusively, male). The manuscripts, stored for centuries in archives as diverse as the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Vatican Library, the Monastery of St Catherine at Mount Sinai, and the National Library of Belgrade, witness to a continuity of liturgical tradition across the great divides of church, state and language over many centuries. The following words or close variants, for example, appear in manuscripts printed in full in Boswell's appendices dating from the 10th to 16th centuries in Greek, the 12th century in Italo-Greek, and the 11th to possibly 17th centuries in Slavonic:
O Lord our God, who madest humankind after thine image and likeness, and gavest them power of life everlasting, who approved it when thy holy apostles Philip and Bartholomew were united…, and who didst approve that thy holy martyrs Serge and Bacchus should be united, bless also these thy servants, N. and N., joined not by nature but in the way of faith…. (329).
The word potentially most problematic in the liturgical ceremonies under discussion is the English 'brother' or 'brotherhood,' and its various equivalents in the original languages. The heading "Office for Brotherhood" frequently appears over the texts, and ecclesiastical scholars from the 17th century onward, followed by 19th and 20th century anthropologists, have argued that what is intended is a "spiritual brotherhood" (implying chaste friendship) or "artificial kinship" (implying rights of inheritance). Arguing that no reasonable person assumes a spiritual (heterosexual) marriage necessarily to preclude sexual involvement between a man and a woman, and pointing to the fact that such a union is in fact the highest example of artificial kinship (automatically bestowing the status of next-of-kin upon the spouse), Boswell pokes delighted fun at the sensibilities of earlier translators. If these ceremonies represented, as some have fervently wished, merely the acknowledgement of the importance in Christian tradition of 'brotherly' love, then why such an inefficient way of spreading this love as to do so two by two? And why a ceremony anyway, if it was the obligation of all Christians at all times to show such love toward each other (and indeed all humans)? And, most tellingly of all, why would such a ceremony be prohibited to monks who, one would presume, had a special gift of or calling to 'brotherhood'? And why, if the ceremony was intended as some tame recognition of the command to love, would legislators of the Byzantine era have sought for it to be outlawed and its principals punished by death, along with adulterers? And why, in at least one surviving copy of the Sinai Euchologion, did some later hand rip the folio containing the liturgy for the same-sex union from its binding (and, in other instances, deface and tamper with the text)?
With such questions, Boswell appears to leave no imaginable ground upon which his accusers can challenge him. "Nearing the end of the twentieth century," he declares, "scholars can no longer predicate serious social research on the moralistic and empirically mistaken assumption that homosexual feelings or behavior are 'abnormal,' peculiar, or inherently unlikely" (p.274). He is not so naive, however, as to suppose that they will not. Hence his constant return to the issues raised in the mind of readers from cultures in which same-sex eroticism is not a predominant part of the public ethos: "Was this marriage?" "Were they really homosexual?" Was it marriage? "According to the modern conception-i.e., a permanent emotional union acknowledged in some way by the community-it was unequivocally a marriage" (190). But Boswell notes that the definition of marriage has varied considerably in different times and places. If the procreation of children (or at least the possibility of such) were deemed essential to a marriage in the minds of a particular group of theologians, then to them a same-sex union would not constitute a marriage. Even theological statements predicated on consummation, Boswell argues, are fraught with difficulty. And prior to 1215, he reminds the reader, the ecclesiastical authorities were not greatly concerned with the regulation of matrimony anyway. A marriage could be blessed by a priest; but the act of living together and sharing a home was understood by most people to have been the crucial determinant for viewing a particular male-female pairing as a marriage, whether or not children were produced or a ceremony witnessed.
And in the case of the same-sex ceremony, standing together at the altar with their right hands joined (the traditional symbol of marriage), being blessed by the priest, sharing Communion, and holding a banquet for family and friends afterward-all parts of same-sex union in the Middle Ages-most likely signified a marriage in the eyes of most ordinary Christians." (191)
Yes, there are many believers, gay and straight, who have been impressed by the quality of the love and commitment of gay couples they know and who want Boswell to be right that the early church did in fact bless those unions. Another camp, however, has been preparing to denounce Boswell's meticulous research years before they read any of it. Their insistence that the church could never have sanctioned gay couples seems to be more tied to their presumptions on how the church should act now than on the historical record. Scholars are only starting to sift the massive evidence offered by Boswell in favor of the existence of gay marriages, but our mutual point of departure should be a calm 'Why not?'
So is Boswell right? To say the very least, the weight of the evidence he has so carefully collected and pondered leans in his favour. This is not a book hastily produced for popular consumption in the race to score political points (or even to amass decent royalties). Boswell assumes that the reader can transliterate and translate from the various languages in which he himself was competent. Explaining carefully the rationale behind his choice of certain phrases (e.g. same-sex union) to render originals for which no exact equivalent word exists in English, he makes a point of including the phrase in the original language in parentheses so that the reader does not have to travel to Belgrade or St Petersburg to check the manuscript. Indeed, he includes in full in his Appendix of Documents several of the ceremonies in their original language to which he makes reference. His footnotes are impeccable, and his attention to detail the model for those who will debate his work for years to come. Less brash than in the days when he breezily appended the subtitle "Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century" to his earlier work Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality, he makes clear that in his translations he uses no English word postdating the context of the ceremony in which it occurs.
Had the use of these ceremonies been one of unbroken continuity, the debate surrounding the manner of their employment would of course be conducted with less anxiety. All we know, however, is that these ceremonies were undoubtedly widely used in premodern Europe (the Sinai Euchologion contains the text for the same-sex union, but omits any parallel ceremony for heterosexual marriage!). At some point, however, the joining together of persons of the same sex in love and commitment ceased to be socially acceptable. We read of penalties for nuns engaging in sex without men and of the increasing oppression of individuals engaging in same-sex relations from the thirteenth century onwards. Where once sexual danger was represented in men's minds purely by the female of the species, now (in conjunction with the ever greater value being imputed to celibacy) all overt sexual behaviour became subject to new theological and legal scrutiny. It has taken until the present time for ecclesiastical authorities in traditional religious settings to reconsider long-held theory and practice based on what is now understood to be plain sexism and heterosexism (the two, and their unravelling, tending to be paired). As a new brand of same-sex union slowly makes its way toward acceptance in such circles (and indeed in state legislatures), it will do so on the ground of scholars admitting that past prejudice was both ignorant and unjust, and not simply on the ground that this was done in premodern Europe after all!
Boswell's final book adds both liveliness and dignity to the debate, however, and as such is his fitting memorial.
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|Venturing out of sick bed here because i think ijontichy is spot-on. The idea that NASCAR should stay an "American" sport seems not only ethnocentric, but also an argument designed to discourage competition. Look at baseball - the "All-American" sport". Until we found out that many players from other countries play the game better than Americans.
If NASCAR drivers get lackadaisical and are satisfied with their talent as it stands today, then they deserve to be over-taken by International drivers. NASCAR may have an American orgin, but that guarantees nothing except a head-start. If a South American driver, a Chinese driver, a Korean driver or any other driver can beat them - that's good for the sport. You may root against them, but it's good for the sport. Work harder, keep the technological edge, spend more, and you'll stay on top. Not willing to do that? Then you don't deserve to be on top. Just my two-cents.


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I've always insisted -- at least since Louisville, Cincinnati and Marquette left Conference USA -- that though Memphis probably isn't one of the nation's top 10 programs, it's almost certainly one of the top 10 jobs in its current setup. You coach in a soldout and first-class arena for a school that's a national brand, charters every road trip, has access to private planes for recruiting, out-spends all other C-USA members and generally finds yourself in a position to overwhelm most of the league just as Gonzaga overwhelms the WCC.
You can make millions for as long as you want, because it's really hard to lose.
Further proof of that is what's happening down at the Nike Peach Jam.
The Memphis 16-and-under team and the Memphis 17-and-under team have each made the championship games of what is widely viewed as the premier event of the summer circuit. Both teams are loaded with high-major prospects, and most of those high-major prospects grow up wanting to play for the Tigers.
Third-year coach Josh Pastner has already offered scholarships to 17-and-under team members Jarnell Stokes, Shaq Goodwin (who, it should be noted, is not from Memphis but is playing for Memphis and is considering the Tigers) and Austin Nichols, and 16-and-under team members Nick King and Jonathan Williams III. History suggests Pastner will get at least three of those prospects, maybe all five, and one of the stars of the 17-and-under team, Martavious Newby, is practically begging Memphis to recruit him.
So to recap: The Memphis coach has a massive budget, a top-notch arena, a devoted fan base, a loaded natural recruiting base and a league filled with mostly inferior programs that should allow him to cruise through January and February more years than not. Beyond that, the C-USA tournament is played on his homecourt more years than not, meaning he's almost always the favorite to earn the league's automatic bid.
It's a nice setup. If you're wondering why John Calipari stayed nine years and left only for Kentucky, there's your answer.


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Windsor Councilwoman Debora Fudge remembers the "foggy, wintry" day in 1997, in a field north of town, when an auto salesman first pitched his plan to build a new dealership there.
"There were two white, plastic chairs and some chickens," she said Wednesday of the meeting she had with auto dealer Tim Sanderson.
He was proposing to move his dealership from Healdsburg, if Windsor would add the property to its urban growth boundary.
The Windsor Town Council eventually would agree to annex the seven acres north of Arata Lane and also approved almost all facets of the project, other than some engineering and building permits.
But 16 years after it was first proposed, the field next to Highway 101 remains, with the car dealership yet to be built.
That didn't stop the Windsor Town Council from granting Sanderson another extension last week.
"We do have every intention of moving forward with this project. I just need time," Sanderson told the council before he was granted a two-year extension to begin construction.
"We just right now cannot afford to move forward financially," he said. "But we do see it happening down the road."
Sanderson blamed the delay on the downturn in the economy, which particularly affected the auto sector beginning in 2008, the year after he got the annexation for his seven-acre parcel and approval for his new car showroom.
He said that national auto sales went from 15 million that year, down to 10 million at its nadir.


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Good morning, Bowzart, Murray, and Vaughn;
Neat stories of the Pacific Northwest. Yes, and even more impressive are the introspective observations.
It is a treat to learn of others who have spent time inside a tent hoping that there might be an hour or two of slackening in the rain. One of the pleasurable experiences three years ago was after spending 5 days and 4 nights in the rain hiking around Mount Saint Helens in August. When we got home, I had to dry the ground cloth and the fly of the tent. The body of the tent, and its contents, had stayed dry.
I did have a 35 mm camera in the pack with me, but the hoped for sweeping vistas of the mountains never came out of the mist and fog.


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JPB mixer driver wins 1st place at 'roadeo'
Posted By Equipment World Staff On October 11, 2010 @ 2:39 pm In Industry Briefs | No Comments
Two Jack B. Parson Companies' (JBP) mixer drivers walked away with cash prizes and top honors at the eighth annual Northern Utah Ready Mix Truck Roadeo.
The Roadeo, sponsored by the Ready Mix Council of the Utah Associated General Contractors Association, was held at H & E Equipment Company on Sept. 25, 2010. JBP drivers placed first and third at the event, making 2010 the seventh out of eight years that JBP has won the competition.
[1]Three different tests were administered during the Roadeo, including a written test, a pre-trip inspection conducted by the Utah Highway Patrol and a driving test that measured the driver's skill in maneuvering, backing, turning and stopping the mixer. Also tested during the event were concrete placement and chute handling skills.
Corey Sadler of JBP's Smithfield plant was awarded a first place plaque and $1,000 cash prize.
Sadler has been a JBP employee for 15 years and represented JBP at the National Ready Mix Concrete Association Roadeo held Oct. 10 in Charlotte, N.C.
Chuck Rasband of JBP's Beck Street plant was awarded a third place plaque and $500 cash prize. Rasband has been a JBP employee for 14 years.
"It is great to be part of an organization where every employee strives for excellence not only in their driving skills, but in safety and their desire to make JBP The Preferred Source," said Bob Rowberry, JBP general manager, said in a written statement. "I am proud of this year's winners and our excellent drivers who participated in the event. They represent our company well."
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To the Editor:
What is it which makes some people and judges believe that the Second Amendment in our Constitution gives everybody the right to bear arms? What does it really mean when it ties the right to bear arms to the need of a militia? There is no militia and there is no more need for a militia than for an armed mob, whether patriots or otherwise. Let us look if there is really a similar armed group existing today, the need for one, and whether a militia is really only an anachronism, a relic from a time long past.
Critics may say that we have a need for a militia and that it has taken the form of the National Guard. This is the proverbial comparison with apples and oranges.
The militia were formed mainly as the result of Indian battles and the War of Independence. The militia were mostly civilian patriots who had their own weapons in their homes, whatever was available. Many had no uniforms. Officers were elected not appointed. Age requirements did not exist. So is the National Guard a modern militia? Can an apple be turned into an orange?
First of all, the National Guard weapons are carefully controlled in armories and not issued until training or emergency requires it.
Elected officers? You must be kidding. There is a trained cadre, both commissioned and noncommissioned. Uniforms are standard and issued, not homespun, and so are the weapons.
The question here is whether the National Guard and the former militia are legally the same.
As we have seen, they distinguish themselves by several differences, the most important of which is that the National Guard members are only allowed to carry service weapons not at their own discretion, but only when called upon. In this sense, there is no legal right to bear arms even for our National Guard members until the governor, their officers for training schedule, or the US government decide that they should be issued their weapons. As such their right to bear their service arms is limited and not absolute as the Second Amendment grants to the militia, an important legal distinction.
I feel it is mandatory that a legal challenge be made on this basis not to the constitutionality of the Second Amendment, but that it in fact does not apply in any question as to the right of every citizen to bear arms since such right is tied to the need of a militia. There has not been any equivalent of a militia for over a hundred years and there never will be. The National Guard is not a militia. The Second Amendment as it stands is simply an anachronism and must be rewritten to be a standard for legality of weapons. It is not the only anachronistic example in our Federal Constitution. If you do not believe me, read your copy for yourself, in particular the right to a jury trial. I'll gladly make my copy available to you if you have none.
Challenge the legal applicability of the Second Amendment to today's world, my friends, or the next victim may be you or your loved ones.
Oscar Berendsohn
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