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My Favorite Contemporary Romance Conflicts
I'm thinking about contemporary romance again this morning while I enjoy my quiet cuppa tea. Last year, whenever I started noodling over the idea of writing some contemporary romance, Susan and I made a list of the kinds of conflicts you find in CR. This has always been kind of an issue for me. A read a lot of CR, but because there's usually not an external antagonist who's trying to kill somebody or some kind of adventure being gone on with a very clear Big Bad, I have a hella hard time mapping out the plots based on the story structure I'm accustomed to. It's not that CR doesn't fit story structure, it's just more subtle.
Anyway, Susan, being inclined toward analysis for years more than I was, was able to list a whole bunch more setups than I could. They were situations of conflict where I could objectively see how it could work, had even read some books that fit those parameters. But I didn't understand them or see them well enough to actually use those set ups myself.
No idea what I did with that list.
But anyway, I woke up this morning thinking about contemporary romance conflicts, and I decided to go through my Goodreads Read pile to look at what I'd read in that genre to see what I remembered about the conflicts in those books and identify the kinds of conflicts that work for me. And as I expected, there's definitely a set of conflict tropes that I gravitate toward. It's much shorter than that missing list I can't find. There were certainly books whose conflicts I couldn't remember, and I figured they must not've been something that appealed to me or must not have been obvious, so I left them out of my informal analysis.
But anyway my list of conflict setups I LOVE reading in contemporary romance is:
- pitting the hero and heroine against each other in competition
- setting up a ticking clock where one of them is definitely going to leave
- making hero and heroine (on the surface at least) exactly what each other hates
- old flames where one did the other wrong
- hero and heroine from two different (and presumably incompatible) worlds
- hero and heroine with complicated history (where they weren't involved), where both worry that getting involved will cause problems, and the history colors how each of them sees the other (which isn't exactly clearly)
There were a couple others that popped up but not as recurrent set ups, as it were. These are my faves, the kinds of stories I keep coming back to. The set ups I'll often keep reading, even if the rest of the book isn't quite hitting all the right notes with me. These are the ones that I understand and delight in, that make me grin as I see the hero and heroine working through them toward what I know is going to be a predictable ending, but I keep reading to see them go through the journey.
So I'll add them to my little toolkit, my personal sonnet rules to set up the framework for what I'll probably spend some time writing in the future. It seems to me that the sensible thing is to keep collecting these pieces, the stuff that I love from author authors, and sort out how I can take them and make them something wholly mine. Figure out what I bring to the table that what I'm reading hasn't.
No idea what that is, but I'll figure it out.
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This past January my NHRWA chapter speaker, Christyne Butler spoke on about how to write soapy romances. She spoke last year at the RWA Nationals. She shared a site with us that you may find usefull in your plot search. It is Romance Plot Devices – http://fritzfreiheit.com/wiki/List_of_romance_plot_devices_from_RomanceWiki
Hope this help you some.
I like those conflicts, too. I don't read a lot of contemporary, and maybe it's because there isn't enough conflict. That's why paranormal is a little easier for me to write, because most of those conflicts are obvious. Like vampires, ghosts, etc. in love with a human. That makes for all kinds of problems. With contemporaries, the conflicts are different.


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Big 12 football: West Virginia's schedule ranks No. 1
June has arrived and the Oklahoma-portion of the NBA season is over, which means it's time to talk college football. So today, let's begin our annual ranking of non-conference schedules for 2014. We'll start with the Big 12. With a new No. 1. OU or Texas traditionally come in with the toughest non-conference schedule, but the Sooners' series with Tennessee comes at a time when the Volunteers are rebuilding. And West Virginia has taken on a mighty task.
1. West Virginia: Alabama in Atlanta, Towson, at Maryland. The Mountaineers will rank high nationally. Bama on a neutral field, smarting from its Sugar Bowl loss, and a road game at a Big Ten school? Not too many schools are taking on that kind of competition.
2. Texas: North Texas, Brigham Young, UCLA in Arlington. The schedule-maker did Charlie Strong no favors. BYU trounced the Longhorns last season, and the Bruins are much improved under Jim Mora Jr.
3. Oklahoma State: Florida State in Arlington, Missouri State, Texas-San Antonio. The Seminoles on a neutral field is not Mike Gundy's idea of a good time, but the Cowboys will quickly know where they stand.
4. Kansas State: Stephen F. Austin, Auburn, Texas-El Paso. A virtual replica of OSU's schedule – a national power, a Division I-AA foe and a Texas-hyphen. The only difference? Auburn comes to Manhattan.
5. TCU: Samford, Minnesota, at SMU. Decent schedule. The Frogs rarely have it easy in Dallas. And the Gophers are somewhat revived.
6. Iowa State: North Dakota State, at Iowa, Toledo. Forget the Iowa game. Who wants to play North Dakota State? The Bison conquered Kansas State in a 2013 season opener.
7. Oklahoma: Louisiana Tech, at Tulsa, Tennessee. Sounds rougher than it is. Tennessee is way down. So was Tulsa last season.
8. Texas Tech: Central Arkansas, at Texas-El Paso, Arkansas. Kudos to the Red Raiders for scheduling the Arkansas series. However, the Razorbacks, like the Volunteers, are down, too.
9. Kansas: Southeast Missouri State, at Duke, Central Michigan. If I believed David Cutliffe could keep the magic going for more than a year at Duke, the Jayhawks would rise above OU and Tech.
10. Baylor: SMU, Northwestern (La.) State, at Buffalo. The Bears haven't upgraded their schedule as they've upgraded their program.

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Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) After being a dancer and an actor, Hema Malini plans to turn a writer too. The veteran actress says she may write a book on fitness for women.
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The Canadian dollar fell 0.28 of a cent to 94.80 cents US.
Crude prices continued to rise amid political uncertainty after massive weekend protests in Egypt, with the August contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange up 82 cents at US$98.81 a barrel. The TSX energy sector was up 0.6 per cent.
August bullion was down $7.70 to US$1,248 an ounce on the Nymex.
TSX info tech stocks were flat as BlackBerry (TSX:BB) lost 4.2 per cent, or 46 cents, to $10.62 after reporting disappointing earnings on Friday.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials rose 59.48 points to 15,034.44, the Nasdaq rose 13.70 points to 3,448.19 and the S&P 500 index was 6.96 points higher at 1,621.92.
Traders found confidence in the latest U.S. auto sales numbers, which showed that once-cautious shoppers are now returning to the market. Ford reported its best June sales since 2006.
The confluence of easy credit, low interest rates and smart, new models are driving auto sales sharply higher this year. Analysts who follow the industry don't see that changing any time soon.
The U.S. government also released its May factory orders report which showed its third consecutive month of increases. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that factory orders rose 2.1 per cent last month. April's increase was revised higher to 1.3 per cent from one per cent.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 in London was relatively flat at 6,306.44. Germany's DAX index dropped 0.8 per cent to 7,918.29 while France's CAC-40 shed 0.6 per cent to 3,744.18.
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as speculation that lukewarm U.S. economic indicators would keep the Federal Reserve from ending its stimulus program early offset pessimism about China's economy.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225, the region's heavyweight index, jumped 1.8 per cent to 14,098.74. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 2.6 per cent at 4,834.00 after the country's central bank left interest rates unchanged and said the Australian dollar is likely to continue falling, easing pressure on the economy.
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U.S. States & Regions
States and regions across the country are adopting climate policies, including the development of regional greenhouse gas reduction markets, the creation of state and local climate action and adaptation plans, and increasing renewable energy generation. Read More
Statement: California Climate Action
Statement of Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
June 3, 2005
"State initiatives are vital not only because they can help pave the way for federal action, but also because of the simple fact that U.S. states are large emitters of greenhouse gases. (CA is the 5th largest economy in the world). While state and regional action cannot substitute for a national response, it can help provide the foundation for that response; and it is time for a national response here in the U.S.
We applaud Gov. Schwarzenegger's announcement, it is the latest sign of growing bi-partisan momentum in the United States to dealing with global warming and the reduction of GHG emissions. The targets the Governor set are aggressive and will require both a mandatory set of policies and a continued commitment of political will."
Current and Projected Emissions Levels:
California emissions in 1990 were approximately 445 MMTCO2E, including imported electricity. Emissions in 2001 were 505 MMTCO2E, and assuming that this growth trend continues, the California Energy Commissions (CEC) projects emissions growth to 587 MMTCO2 E in 2020, a 32% increase over 1990 levels.
California facts:
- Population of 36 million - expected to grow to 41 million by 2010
- 5th largest economy in the world
- 5th largest consumer of energy in the world
- CA emissions are 7.2 percent of U.S. GHG emissions and 1.4 percent of the world's GHG emissions
- If California was a country, it would rank 10th on the list of emitters
- GHG emissions are projected to grow 10 percent by 2020
California Sets Aggressive Emissions Reduction Targets
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order on June 1, 2005, setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for the state. The order directs state officials to develop plans that would reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions by 11% below current levels over the next five years, 25% by 2020, and 80% by 2050. These targets are equivalent to reaching 2000 GHG emissions levels by 2010 and 1990 levels by 2020. In collaboration with a variety of state agencies, the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency will develop strategies to achieve the targets. In a separate action on May 31, the State Assembly approved a bill that would set more stringent emissions targets for California. The bill, sponsored by Assembly member Ira Ruskin, sets a target of reducing emissions 7% below 1990 levels in 2010, and 10% below 1990 levels by 2020. California has a variety of existing policies and programs addressing climate change.
Read the Executive Order
Read the Assembly Bill
Read about California Climate Change Policies and Programs
Washington State Adopts Renewable Incentives, Standards for Vehicles and Appliances
On May 9, 2005, Governor Christine Gregoire signed two bills that will increase both supply and demand for renewable energy generation. On the supply side, SB 5111 offers tax breaks to Oregon companies that manufacture and sell solar equipment. On the demand side, SB 5101 offers the first state feed-in credit for solar and wind energy production. A feed-in credit provides performance-based tax breaks for small-scale renewable energy generation to "feed" electricity into the grid; a similar German law spurred high levels of investment in renewables. Governor Gregoire also signed HB 1397 adopting California's vehicle GHG emissions standards for Washington, conditional on Oregon's adoption of the standard. In April, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski formed a task force to adopt the standard, which would allow the Washington to become the tenth state intending to follow California's standard. Finally, Washington joined Maryland, Connecticut, Arizona, New Jersey and California in adopting efficiency standards for 12 types of appliances.
Read SB 5101 providing renewable manufacturing incentives (pdf)
Read SB 5111 providing renewable generation incentives (pdf)
Read HB 1397 adopting vehicle emissions standards (pdf)
Read HB 1062 adopting appliance efficiency standards (pdf)
Montana Sets Renewable Energy Target
On April 28, 2005, Montana took a step towards increasing renewable generation in the state by passing Senate Bill 415, the Renewable Power Production and Rural Economic Development Act. The law requires that 10% of the electricity sold in Montana come from renewable sources by 2010 and 15% by 2015. On April 28, 2005, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer signed the bill, which, in addition to the targets, calls for a renewable energy credit tracking system and leaves open the option to trade renewable energy credits outside of the state. The legislation contains a cost cap that encourages utilities to invest in renewable generation that is cost competitive with conventional generation.
Read the Legislation
See a map of states with renewable energy mandates
Wind and Bioenergy to Fuel North Dakota
On April 28, 2005, Governor John Hoeven signed into law a legislative package that encourages wind power, ethanol, and biodiesel. North Dakota will now allow renewable energy credits (RECs) from in-state generation to be sold to out-of-state buyers, and will lower the barriers to siting wind power and investing in new transmission. Adequate transmission capacity is often a serious barrier to wind investments. The Legislature authorized continued funding for the ethanol incentives championed by the governor, as well as tax breaks for the purchase and production of both ethanol and biodiesel. The Governor also established an Office of Renewable Energy in the North Dakota Commerce department to assist public and private renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
Iowa Governor Encourages Efficiency and Renewable Energy
On April 22, 2005, Governor Thomas Vilsack signed an executive order instructing state agencies to increase their operational energy efficiency and renewable energy use. The order mandates a 15% improvement in energy efficiency at state facilities by 2010, and the procurement of hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicles for non-law enforcement state vehicles. The governor also directed state agencies to purchase equipment with the lowest life-cycle cost when possible, and to purchase 10% of their electricity from renewable sources. Iowa is the nation's top producer of ethanol, one of the fuels that can be used by the vehicles mandated by the order. Iowa also has over 600MW of wind capacity, in part due to a Renewable Portfolio Standard that the state passed in 1999.
Washington State Adopts LEED Standards for Public Buildings
On April 8, 2005, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed a bill mandating that all new public buildings meet the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standards. Washington is the first state in the country to require such standards. The law will apply to new public facilities over 5,000 square feet, as well as major renovation projects. A building can achieve a LEED standard by earning points based on energy efficiency, use of sustainable materials, and other environmental attributes. There are currently over 1,900 buildings in the United States completed or in progress that meet one of the LEED standards.
Press Release
Read the Legislation
Read about the LEED standards
New Mexico Passes Suite of Energy Bills
In March 2005, the New Mexico legislature passed three bills to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in the state.
- The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act allows the sale of $20 million in bonds to support energy efficiency and solar projects in existing public buildings. The New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources, the bond administrator, estimates that the act will save the state $46 million in electricity costs over the 20-year life of the bonds.
- The Efficient Use of Energy Act encourages public gas and electric utilities to invest in energy efficiency. The act directs utilities to explore cost-effective efficiency investments, in order to reduce electricity consumption, the associated emissions, and the flow of money to out-of- state electricity generators.
- The Natural Resources Conservation Bids Act facilitates energy efficiency upgrades to public buildings.
These legislative initiatives were developed in part by Governor Richardson's Clean Energy Task Forces created last year. The Task Forces were created in response to an executive order declaring New Mexico the "Clean Energy State".
Read the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bonding Act (pdf)
Read the Efficient Use of Energy Act (pdf)
Read the Natural Resources Conservation Bids Act (pdf)
Read the "Clean Energy State" Executive Order (pdf)
Three States Issue New Appliance Efficiency Standards
Three States Issue New Appliance Efficiency Standards
Arizona, New Jersey, and California announced new appliance efficiency standards this spring. On March 8, 2005, Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey approved higher standards for eight products, including commercial refrigerators and washing machines. New Jersey projects consumer savings of over $742 million by 2020 on their utility bills. Also in March, the California Energy Commission set standards for 17 products, and estimates these regulations will save consumers $3 billion over 15 years. Most recently, in April Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano signed into law efficiency standards for 12 appliances. These states' standards are for products not covered by federal standards. Without a waiver from the Department of Energy, states may not set standards for products with existing federal standards. Maryland and Connecticut have also passed appliance efficiency standards.
Read the New Jersey law
Read the California Regulations (pdf)
Read the Arizona law (pdf)
The 10-50 Solution: Options For A Low-Carbon Future
The 10-50 Solution: Options for a Low-Carbon Future
Prepared by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
February 2005
Download "The 10-50 Solution: Options for a Low-Carbon Future" In Brief (pdf)
View In Brief Figures:
- Figure 1: The Effect on the U.S. Wind Industry of the Expiration of the Production Tax Credit
- Figure 2: The Effect of Consistent Policy Support for Wind in Germany
- Figure 3: " Decision Analysis" of Hydrogen Energy as a Carbon Dioxide Mitigation Strategy for Transportation
January 2010: In Brief: Update on the 10-50 Solution: Progress Toward a Low-Carbon Future


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The Moose comments on the new conventional wisdom.
Now is the time to sell your Rove stocks - it is a political bear market for Boy Genius. He is now truly Turd Blossom. The Boy King is losing the Mandate of Heaven and his Rasputin is in ill-repute.
Mike Allen reports in Time Magazine,
"Karl Rove's colleagues don't know exactly when it will happen, but they are already laying out the reasons they will give for the departure of the man President George W. Bush dubbed the architect. A Roveless Bush seemed unthinkable just a few months ago. But that has changed as the President's senior adviser and deputy chief of staff remains embroiled in the CIA leak scandal."
The new CW contends that while Rove was a genius at winning elections, he is abysmal at governing. This wisdom will be advanced by the Bush Kennebunkport clan in their Hatfields and McCoy-like feud with the Bush Crawford Clan. The "Bushies of K" will argue that Rove's political skills are superb, but he is overestimated (or Roverestimated) as a governing guru. The Moose has reason to believe (he will do a "Judy Miller" before he reveals his inside sources) that the First Lady holds this view.
Meanwhile, conservatives are rallying to Rove's side urging him to push the polarization button. Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard,
"This is where Karl Rove comes back in. Between the 2000 election and the 2004 election, Rove became the master of polarization politics. And now, with this year's ill-fated experiment in trying to govern from the middle surely over, polarization along ideological and party lines is a fact of life. Ethics classes won't ameliorate Democratic hostility to Bush. Nor will firing Rove. In fact, throwing Rove overboard--dropping the political adviser who has been with Bush during his past comebacks and greatest triumphs--will increase the sense of a White House in disarray and retreat.
"Keeping Rove; being unapologetic about the war; explaining why Saddam had to be removed, that there were terror ties between Saddam and al Qaeda, and why the war needs to be seen through to victory; fighting for Alito, and other well-qualified conservative judges at the appellate level; advancing pro-growth, pro-family tax reforms--this agenda won't enamor Bush to liberals. But it could lay the groundwork for a Bush comeback. The alternative is three long years of ducking, dodging--and defeat."
Here's where it gets interesting - could Rove be maneuvering for Kristol to replace Card as Chief of Staff? It would be a bold move, but Karl needs allies where he can get them at this critical moment.
Rove created the concept of Bush as a Governor and then as a President. However, the Bushies of K have always viewed him with suspicion. Not only has Karl been disappointing, but the other minder of Junior, Dicky C. has also let down the Kennebunkport bunch. As the President plummets, their views are in the ascendancy.
Karl - the Kennebunkports are coming after your job. What ingratude. How sad. --
The Moose muses about some exceptional Texans.
Saturday, on the Jewish sabbath, the Texas Longhorns team perpetrated a 62-0 massacre against the fighting Baptists of Baylor in the Moose's hometown of Waco. The Longhorns displayed a shock and awe offense and a stalwart defense. President Bush should immediately consider replacing Rummy with UT Coach Mack Brown.
Longhorn quarterback Vince Young once again proved that he is the premier college football player in America. Vince is a combination of Staubach and Unitas. Give that man the Heisman!
Meanwhile, Longhorn graduate and future Governor of the Lone Star State, the Honorable Kinky Friedman, continues to gain traction. He is now breathing down the neck of the Democrats, and Governor Good Hair Perry should be sweating - '06 is not going to be a good year for Republicans - even for those in Texas.
And while Texas may not yet be ready for a donkey as Governor, next year should be perfect for an outsider with an anti-establishment message. The Kinkster gives reasons for both disaffected Republicans and Democrats to vote for him. Texans may very well have a come to Jesus moment and elect a Jewish writer of fiction and a teller of truth as their Chief Executive.
Republicans will be attracted to his resolute anti-political correctness message and Democrats will like that he is willing to take on the big boys like one of his political heroes, Smilin' Ralph Yarborough ("put the jam on the lower shelf so the little people can reach it.") Even Aggies can discern that Kinky is the man for the moment.
And Kinky is the king of free media - he has his own "reality show"! His campaign reports,
"On Thursday, November 9th, Country Music Television will run a sneak
preview of "Go Kinky," the reality show they've been producing about the
Kinkster's campaign. The show provides a glimpse of life on the campaign
trail with Kinky, following him and his "circus with a purpose" from
fundraisers and speeches to trips to the barber."
While some of you may not be regular viewers of CMT, it has reach into the voter base that Kinky needs - independent Texas cowboys. And after watching politics being performed in Washington and Austin, who among us can't identify with the message - "circus with a purpose"?
Vince, Mack and Kinky - the eyes of Texas are upon you - and soon so will be those of the world! --
Friday, November 04, 2005
The Moose contemplates a new political order that may emerge out of chaos.
This week the Politics of Mass Destruction have been released. And chaos is the Moose's friend. The White House is in complete disarray - the West Wing is resembling the Sunni Triangle. Bushie is turning on Bushie. Rove will probably go Rovian on his colleagues.
Nasty internal White House politics may make the 2000 South Carolina Republican primary look like an election of the officers of the League of Women Voters. Expect the conflict between the Bush Kennebunkport clan and the Bush Crawford clan to intensify.
The blinding brilliance of Rovian pandering to the base has sent the President's popularity down into the Jimmy Carter 30's. The corruption of the Congressional Republicans have sent their favorability down to a range that is lower than many serial killers.
Meanwhile, the Democrats are in a full throated Dean scream. The Bushies' woes are too inviting. It is only a matter of time that some lefties make the argument that the White House has manufactured the Avian flu threat to profit the drug industry. Bush rage is the primary motivating force for the donkey. Someone should tell them that Bush can't run for re-election.
Now, of course, the Vast Moose Conspiracy did not manufacture the PMD which is resulting in the Republicans imploding in ineptitude while Democrats are exploding in an Tourettes-like rage. Could the American people look for an independent alternative to this unlovely political mudfest, and a modern reincarnation of the Bull Moose emerge in 2008?
Not necessarily. However, it is quite possible that both parties will field candidates who challenge the prevailing polarizing partisan dynamic in American politics. There is more ample room for a progressive independent force to emerge in both parties.
The Rove-Hanna-plutocratic model is increasingly vulnerable in the GOP.
Jacob Weisberg writes in Slate,
"Of course, the failure of Rove's realignment doesn't mean a new progressive era is at hand. After winning the White House back in 1896, Republicans held on to it until 1912, years after McKinley had succumbed to an assassin's bullet and Hanna had died of typhoid fever. But Republicans retained the presidency on a basis that Hanna never anticipated. Theodore Roosevelt, a man Hanna feared and tried unsuccessfully to keep off the GOP ticket in 1900, was sworn in when McKinley died in 1901. Roosevelt emerged as a reformer and a trustbuster, taking on the corporate interests that had underwritten his predecessor's career. The GOP retained power, but only by reversing the pro-business direction Hanna had set.
"Like McKinley, Bush has a potential successor who would like to change his party's direction. John McCain spouts reform and idolizes Teddy Roosevelt. And oh yes-he and Karl Rove loathe each other."
In the Democratic Party, an outsider could very well emerge who promises a new type of bi-partisan politics that is not driven by rage but instead by bringing the country together around a reform and progressive message. More on that later.
Unlike Saddam's WMD, we have found the domestic PMD and it may re-arrange our politics in unexpected ways. This is going to be interesting! --
Thursday, November 03, 2005
The Moose raises the specter of the "I" word.
Congressional Democrats are settling on a "narrative" and a "frame" for the Iraq War. In essence, their argument is that the President and his Administration practiced massive deceit to lead the nation to war - that they manufactured and manipulated intelligence. In other words, the narrative goes, the President knew there were no weapons of mass destruction and deliberately lied to the Congress and the American people on the road to war. Or as the anti-war movement inelegantly frames it, "Bush lied and Americans died."
The logical extension of this argument is that its advocates should call for impeachment of the President. If there was ever a "high crime and misdemeanor" it is deliberate deceit to lead the country to war. Some of the outer reaches of the left have already reached this conclusion. Is this where the leaders of the party are headed? It sure seems so by the argument that they are now employing.
This author believes that the President and the Administration grievously mismanaged the war. Yesterday, he heard first-hand reports from brave Iraqi democrats who explained that Iranian agents are pouring into the country because the border between the two countries is unguarded and is porous. They are also concerned that they will abandoned by the United States to the tender mercies of the jihadists - and the latest Democratic behavior should give them reason to fear this possibility.
Of course, this Administration was negligent from the beginning in planning for the occupation. Rummy and the boys expected to leave the country soon after the toppling of Saddam and failed to prepare for an insurgency with sufficient troop levels. And we all know the horrendous stories of how our troops even lacked sufficient armor.
But, the Congressional Democrats are not pursuing the Administration's mishandling of the war and the failure to achieve victory. No, they are now headed for Michael Moore territory with the argument that a vast conspiracy concocted a war base on lies. These Democratic leaders should be aware of the path on which they have embarked.
In the aftermath of 9/11, the Bushies first began poisoning the well of public debate with their malicious and despicable attacks on those such as Max Cleland who opposed an anti-labor provision in the Homeland Security legislation. The GOP attack machine descended to another level in '04 by questioning John Kerry's honor and service. The descent continues with the opposition suggesting that the President deliberately, and with malice, lied to provoke a war.
This Administration should be held accountable for its grave errors and incompetence without opening a wound in our political life that will be very difficult to close. --
Compassionate Conservatism RIP
The Moose mourns the official passing of conservative compassion. Along with these cuts for legal immigrants are reductions in Medicaid and other safety net programs. And this from a Party whose President never vetoed a pork barrel spending bill.
The prime reason that the Moose is not an elephant is that the GOP is theologically devoted to comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. The blessed sacrament of the high church of the Republican Party is the permanent elimination of the estate tax.
A war against terror is no deterrent to the crusade on behalf of the comfortable. The Bushies broke a historical precedent by cutting taxes during wartime so that the donors could be reimbursed. However, these erstwhile conservatives were not limited government types. They expanded the welfare state on behalf of their friends in the drug industry and passed more pork than is contained in a Jimmy Dean sausage factory.
One day, the plutocratic Republicans awoke from their slumber and discovered that they had put America even more in debt to foreigners who reside in Communist China and Saudi Arabia. They decided that "the deficit must be cut!" So, are they going after corporate welfare or rolling back the tax cuts on trust fund heirs? Of course not, they are attacking the benefits for the most vulnerable in our society.
The Washington Post reports,
This is the biggest scandal in Washington - the redistribution of wealth upward during wartime while slashing programs for the poor. It is a profoundly obscene budget. --
Along with these cuts for legal immigrants are reductions in Medicaid and other safety net programs. And this from a Party whose President never vetoed a pork barrel spending bill.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
The Moose weighs in on the re-litigation of the war.
Yesterday's Senate action demonstrated that the Democratic minority can stage creative political theater. It is good for the Republican majority to be hornswaggled once and a while. The Democrats also forced the Republicans to move on the delayed intelligence report. And the dramatic maneuver brightened the spirits of the frustrated Democratic base.
But, alas, the Senate action raises the question - does the Democratic Party really want to re-litigate the arguments to go to war? Maybe so, but keep in mind that many Democrats voted to grant authority to the President to go to war. And most still stand by that vote.
This author argues that while the Bushies went to war with insufficient troop levels and mishandled the post war situation, it was inevitable and just that Saddam was removed. In the post-9/11 environment any American Administration would have erred on the side of vigilance concerning Saddam's threat. That may not have been wise, but it wasn't a case of lying and massive deceit.
The Moose does not have to trust George W. Bush to hold that view. He believes Tony Blair. For that matter, most of the Clinton national security team was convinced that Saddam posed a threat to American interests and security. It was hardly a vast neo-con conspiracy that brought us to war.
Will the American people have faith in and trust a party that claims that it was gullibly duped, or as George Romney claimed about another war - that it was "brainwashed."? Moreover, should the objective be re-fighting the reasons to go to war and making the Democrats the official anti-war party or should the goal be achieving reasonable success in Iraq? If you believe in the former then you would encourage more efforts like the one Senate Democrats undertook yesterday. If you believe in the latter, you want the opposition party to present a better plan for winning this war.
While the war is increasingly unpopular, the Democrats should be careful that they are positioning themselves as a party that is gullible, feckless and indecisive on national security. It may provide immense partisan satisfaction to flummox the Republicans on a procedural maneuver, but beware of the long-term impact on the party which already suffers from a perception of being weak on national security.
During the late 90's the Moose was appalled by the behavior of many of his fellow Republicans who ascribed the worst motives to President Clinton for attacking Saddam and going to war in Kosovo. Clinton drove the Republicans to lose all judgement. Although it involves different different players, the Moose is feeling deja vu all over again. --
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
The Moose takes exception to the conventional wisdom (even his own).
The Moose has always taken the view that Rove was the indispensable man. He is critical to the direction of George W. Bush ever since he created W. as a political entity.
But, maybe the Moose is wrong (that has definitely happened before). What if Rove is a severe liability to this President? In other words, without Rove, this President might be tempted to reach out to the political center and break loose from the paradigm of polarization.
Keep in mind that Rove's great idea of social security privatization and the ownership society didn't exactly work out that well - and neither did the base pandering Schiavo episode. In short, the President is overly Rove dependent, and the fact that Karl escaped indictment is a missed opportunity for W. to venture out on his own.
The likely Rove engineered Alito nomination excites the base and probably guarantees that Bush will break the 40% mark again in popularity. But, Rovian base politics also imposes a ceiling on Bush's popularity in the upper 40's, if it reaches that high. Moreover, while Rove is comfortable fighting on values issues, Alito carries significant baggage on such economic issues as the Family and Medical Leave Act and workers rights that may alienate middle class traditionalist voters. And some suburban moderate Republican women may become squeamish over Alito's defense of husband (not "spousal") notification.
Rovian politics will result in a meager domestic legacy for this President. Besides moving the judiciary to the right, the only other domestic "achievement" will be putting America in debt to the Chinese and redistributing wealth to the wealthy - not exactly the stuff of which to achieve the realignment of the electorate.
So, the fact that Rove did not get indicted and was not forced to resign is a very bad development for this President and the Republican Party. It may now provide the Democrats the opportunity to regain control over Congress and win the White House in '08. The good news for Democrats is that Rove will still be around to steer this President toward increased political unpopularity.
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Oklahoma City Thunder notebook: Kevin Durant to enjoy the view at All-Star Weekend
Kevin Durant was voted as a starter for the Western Conference at next Sunday's All-Star Game in Houston, but for the first time in his career he will not participate in any of the other events.
"I've always wanted to just sit back and be one of those guys on the sideline and watch, and I've never really gotten the opportunity to, just (because I was) preparing for the 3-point contest and the H-O-R-S-E competition," Durant said. "I was always in the shower when the dunk competition was on. I just want to sit back and enjoy it, just take it all in, maybe get a camera and document our weekend."
Events in which Durant previously participated:
*2008-09: Rising Stars (Rookie-Sophomore) game and was MVP in 2009 with 46 points.
*2009-10: Won the only two H-O-R-S-E competitions ever held. "Yeah, I feel good about that," Durant said with a smile.
*2011-12: Competed in the 3-point contest, finishing runner-up to Kevin Love last year.
*2010: Coached in the Rising Stars game.
*2012: Coached in the Celebrity Game.
This season marks Durant's fourth All-Star Game, his third as a starter selected by fan voting. Last year in Orlando, he was selected most valuable player of the All-Star Game, scoring 36 points in a 152-149 victory for the West, which was coached by OKC coach Scott Brooks.
Durant is ninth in the league in dunks with 78, several of which would qualify as spectacular.
However, the three-time scoring champion said he doesn't envision ever being asked to display his talents in the Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend.
"Nah, I'm not a dunk contest type of guy," Durant said. "I can't jump as high as the guys they've got there now, so I'm just going to enjoy (watching) it."
Competing in Saturday night's Dunk Contest are defending champion Jeremy Evans of Utah, Eric Bledsoe of the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver's Kenneth Faried, Toronto's Terrence Ross, New York's James White and former Oklahoma State signee Gerald Green of Indiana.
Former Oklahoma standout Blake Griffin of the Clippers leads the league with 122 dunks this season. Serge Ibaka is second on the Thunder with 61 dunks.
In Thabo Sefolosha's first 2 1/2 seasons with the Thunder, he shot a combined 28.9 percent (78 for 270) from 3-point range. In the last two seasons, however, he has shot 41.0 percent (93 for 227).
In Friday night's 127-96 shellacking over the Phoenix Suns, Sefolosha shot his way out of a mini-slump by going 4 for 6 beyond the arc and 7 for 11 from the field to finish with a season-high 18 points. Before that outing, he had shot 6 for 26 (.231) from 3-point range.
"It's a matter of pick your poison with them," Suns coach Lindsey Hunter said. "They have a lot of guys who aren't in the headlines but they do a lot for that team. Sefolosha is one of them. He's a guy who doesn't get the press but he knocks down shots and defends really well. They've got a bunch of guys who are co-stars who do a great job."
With Durant (29.1 ppg) sitting out the entire fourth quarter the last three game, New York's Carmelo Anthony (28.7) had narrowed his deficit for the NBA scoring lead from 1.0 to 0.4.
Anthony has scored 94 points on 66 shots and played 121 minutes the last three games, compared to 65 points on 40 shots in 90 minutes for Durant, who has won the last three scoring titles.
The Thunder had no formal practice Saturday and took a 2:45 p.m. charter flight to Phoenix. … All 26 eligible players (13 from each team) played Friday night and Phoenix starting forward P.J. Tucker was the only one who did not score. … OKC outscored the Suns 30-12 in fast-break points, 62-42 in points in the paint and 18-11 in second-chance points. … Durant (.903) and Kevin Martin (.902) now rank 2-3 in free-throw percentage behind Golden State's Stephen Curry (.907).
Thunder center Kendrick Perkins on him (plus Durant and Russell Westbrook) not playing in the fourth quarter all last week: "That's good, though. That means we're handling our business."


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Oklahoma Watch: Waiting list tops 7,000 in Oklahoma for help with developmental disability care
The waiting list for Oklahomans seeking state-paid care for developmental disabilities has jumped to more than 7,000, and some families have been on that list for nearly a decade.
The number of people on the list has risen by 24 percent since 2010, when Oklahoma had the third largest waiting list for such services in the nation, according to a University of Minnesota study. Just under half the applicants are children; most are from low-income families.
State officials say the list has expanded because of insufficient state and federal funds to provide additional services.
In the meantime, Oklahoma is moving to close its only two large institutions that offer long-term care for the developmentally disabled. Many of those centers' roughly 400 residents will shift to community homes or their own families' homes. The residents won't be placed on the waiting list.
Gov. Mary Fallin has said she wants to improve services for the developmentally disabled and in March appointed a panel to develop a comprehensive plan that would include addressing the waiting list. The panel's recommendations are expected next year.
Meantime, a long waiting list remains.
Erin Taylor is among those watching the list. Taped to her office door at the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, a state agency that helps coordinate services, is a picture of her 10-year-old son Henry Weathers. Just above it is a note with the number 6,757 — the waiting-list total when she posted the number last year.
Henry is about No. 4,900 on the list.
A friendly boy who loves the Muppets and hopes to work someday as a voice actor in animated movies, Henry was born with a heart condition. He had several surgeries before age 5 and later a heart transplant.
He suffered a brain injury because of his heart condition, Taylor said. He takes medicines that cost about $2,000 a month and gets continuing medical procedures that cost anywhere from $15,000 to $32,000. His health expenses have run about $2 million, she said.
The family gets some medical coverage through a federal program for middle-income families, but the financial strain has been tremendous, Taylor said. Once Henry emerges from the waiting list, she hopes he'll get medical assistance, vocational and job search training, independence-skills training and other services.
"Best case scenario, he will be 17, 18 years old before he gets services," Taylor said.
Taylor said she wants her son to live in the community and be a productive member of society, which she said more services would help him achieve.
"These services are incredibly important for us," she said. "I just want my kid to have a great life like I want for my other kids."
Shifting care
Since the 1980s, Oklahoma and the rest of the nation have been shifting their approach to caring for the developmentally disabled from an institutional one to home- and community-based care.
Between 1985 and 2010, the number of people with developmental disabilities in large, state-run facilities declined by 82 percent in Oklahoma and 72 percent nationally, according to the University of Minnesota study. Residents were moved into family settings or community homes, and services were provided there.
States have embraced the model because many of the disabled and their families prefer in-home care, and the state views it as a lower-cost alternative, although the latter is debated.
As part of this trend, Oklahoma will close the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center in Pauls Valley in 2014 and the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center in Enid in 2015. Some family members have protested.
The federal government has enabled the shift with a program that waives the requirement for institutional care. States get federal matching Medicaid funds to provide long-term case management, home health aides, personal care, medical care, therapy, vocational training and other services. Money can also be used to retrofit homes to accommodate the disabled.
Oklahoma joined the waiver program in 1986, and the number of people granted waivers has climbed from that first year by more than 14,000 percent. Since 2008, however, the number has slipped — and the waiting list has grown — as funding got tighter and more families applied. The waiting list rose from 5,737 in 2010 to 7,109 in March this year.
An extra $1 million from the Legislature brought the waiting list down, but with more coming on, the net drop was only 11 people by April, said Wanda Felty, a parent advocate and a member of the governor's panel.
"As far as my knowledge, it's the worst it's been," said Ann Dee Lee, public information officer for the Department of Human Services' developmental disabilities services division.
The division evaluates cases in the order they're received, although emergency cases may jump to the front of the line, Dee said. The most recent nonemergency applications being evaluated are from October 2004, according to DHS.
"It's outrageous," said Bobby Parker, of Duncan, who said he has been on the list for about 10 years. Parker, who is seeking the waiver to help with transportation services because he is unable to drive, was one of 700 people who attended a rally at the Capitol on Wednesday to push the Legislature to better fund the program. "They should make it a priority," he said.
Numbers tell story
According to the state DHS, the biggest age group on the waiting list is children ages 7 to 18 years old, followed by adults ages 22 to 35. Nearly 90 percent live in the home of a parent or relative. More than 15 percent receive no services such as Social Security and Medicaid. The average wait time on the list is more than six years. Nearly 28 percent make below $15,000 a year, and 25 percent make $16,000 to $30,000 per year.
About 71 percent have been diagnosed with some form of "mental retardation," the DHS reported, ranging from mild to profound. Forty-seven percent need a visiting nurse or regular visits to the doctor; more than 12 percent have a life-threatening condition.
Most of those on the list younger than 18 get some services at school, and many participate in other DHS programs such as Medicaid and vouchers to give caregivers a respite, Lee said.
Still, the other services often are not enough, Lee said.
Search for solutions
Felty became an advocate for those on the waiting list after her own ordeal trying to get services for her daughter.
Her daughter, Kayla White, 24, is mostly blind, has limited communication skills and requires round-the-clock care.
Felty tried to hold down a job at a local church while her daughter was at a public school during the day. But school officials kept calling, saying she needed to come in and help take care of her daughter. The constant care Kayla required at home and school proved too much.
Felty said she began desperately calling government officials.
"I really felt I couldn't do this anymore by myself," Felty said. "I remember getting to a very emotional state where I thought, 'I don't know if I'm going to be able to keep being mom.'"
White eventually moved up on the waiting list and became one of the first to get an in-home support waiver. That allowed her to receive both care and independence-skills training at home.
Felty and her family live near Little Axe. White receives in-home care from a provider agency during the day, allowing Felty to work. Felty has since made it her mission to help others on the waiting list.
"I don't want another family to ever get that close and think that nobody cares," Felty said.
Lee said the waiting-list issue comes down to money.
"We can't say (to those on the waiting list), 'Yes, you will get services,' or, 'No, you won't,' until we work the case," Lee said, "and we can't work the case until there's money there provided by the Legislature."
Last year, the total budget for services provided by waivers was $278 million, of which 36 percent came from the state and the rest from the federal government, according to DHS.
"There's not money there to provide the services," Lee said. "We work as many as we can given what we have."
Life on the list
Duane and Danielle Howell, of Yukon, have four children. The three oldest boys — 11-year-old triplets named Jacob, Keegan and Harrison — have been diagnosed with autism spectrum and qualify as intellectually disabled. They also have disabilities ranging from spina bifida to apraxia.
But Taylor, Felt and the Howells said that just because families are on a waiting list does not mean they are sitting idle.
They are working to provide what services they can to their children, out of love and the reality of the waiting list.
"It's so far in the future, you just hope that it happens," Danielle said of the waiting list. "But it's more like it would be a miracle."


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What's been very interesting observing is while silver has stayed in that range since Dec, Silver Standard has gained 33%; PAAS 25% and SLW 10%. SLW's attractiveness has suffered compared to the other big two and unfortunately I haven't read press releases in more than a year to understand why but who cares the price tells you all you need to know.
The 100 hr trend is bullish for silver. The 24 Hr trend is bearish for silver and is currently in charge until the re-assertion of the larger trend.
Bears remain in control as long as silver's price does not have a close above $20.216 for 5 mins. As long as it follows this rule it goes to $19.59 March contract with 75% confidence.
Bulls gain the upper hand with a 5 mins close above $20.389, in which case shorts cover. Bulls add to their position with a close for 5 mins above $20.639 The bullish position dies with a 5 min close below $19.673.
You'd think with the controls India placed on gold, while leaving silver alone, silver's significant accumulation by the Indians would have jettisoned it passed the typical correlation it has with Gold. The Gold:Silver ratio is bullish and holding since august suggesting silvers gains will outstrip gold's for this next leg up going from 61 to 55. We'll see what happens' the problem is if watching the miners SSRI and PAAS as indicators, they've reached close to overbought levels. The pair trade of being short the metal, long the miners is likely in place or short metal long XAU.
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May 28, 2016
Mississippi's Democratic attorney general says the governor, a Republican, violated the state constitution by vetoing parts of two budget bills.
However, the opinion this week from Jim Hood is non-binding, and it was not immediately clear whether it would have any practical effect.
Hood said it's against the constitution to issue a veto on the conditions of how money can be spent.
July 1 Barbour vetoed part of a bill that dealt with state troopers' pay. He said he didn't want to restrict the efficient management of the Department of Public Safety by mandating the way overtime and compensatory time are handled.
The other partial veto was on a funding bill for the state Motor Vehicle Commission.
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"A new Mini coming out just when I get my tax refund. "
I could buy a new MacBook Air with my tax bill, I don't have enough deductions or credits to get a refund. I should have bought that hybrid car this year instead of planning on it for 2014.
Anyway, our iPhones are still filling the bill, but I may buy my wife a new iPad.
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TheAfricanCashewAlliance(ACA)andNutProcessorAssociationofKenya(NUTPAK)havesignedapacttoincreasenutproductionandprocessinginEastAfrica, in a drive to address the industry's dwindlingreturnsandlackofvalueaddition, which is seeing Kenya lose over Sh1bn a yearinunprocessednuts.
The new partnership will bring in technology from Mozambique, which boasts of over 100 years of experience in cashew nut growing, and better seedlings from the Naliende Research Centre in Tanzania.
Africa's cashew nut market has suffered limited returns despite its scale, with millions of rural farmers in Africa cultivating the crop but most of it being processed outside the continent. Africa is responsible for a third of the world's cashew crop, but 90 per cent of its production is exported in raw nut form to India and Vietnam, where the value almost doubles through processing. Most of it is then shipped to European and American markets.
In Kenya, the set price per kg of unprocessed cashew nuts stands at Sh45, but the price per kg of processed nut in India is equivalent to Sh200. Moreover, despite having the best processing factories in the region, Kenya's production is still low at 13,000 tonnes a year, compared to and Mozambique's 79,000 tonnes and Tanzania's 98,000 tonnes.
Tanzania is one of the world's leading producers of cashew nuts accounting for over a third of world production, while Kenya is the next largest in East Africa, accounting for some 3 per cent of world cashew exports. Just 5 per cent of Kenya's production is consumed in the country as processed nuts, with 95 per cent of the crop going to exports.
However, the country ash the capacity to produce and earn far more from the nut industry. Currently fragmented, it enjoys links between producers, processors and consumers. But the new partnership aims to link producers and processors to ensure better profits for farmers through being able to sell directly.
Thememorandum,whichenvisionsharmonizedtradebetweenKenya,TanzaniaandMozambique, also seekstoimprovetheregulatoryandbusinessenvironmentforcashewnutproductionintheregion,facilitateregionaltrade,andincrease the yieldandqualityofthecrop.TheAlliancewilllaterintheyearbeholdingthe7thannualcashewnutconferenceinBeninthatwilladdressthechallengesfacedinthecashewnutindustryinallAfricancountries.
"Kenya currentlystandsat3per centintermsofcashewnuttrade,butwearerelievedtohavefoundareliablepartnerwithwhowecantrusttohelpusdevelopthetrade.OuraimwillbetoreducethetradetariffsthatpreventAfricancountriesfromtradingwithfellowAfricanCountriesaspertheMaputoDeclarationof2010whichallowforfreeagriculturaltradeamongratifyingmembers," said the HeadofBilateralandtheAGOAunitintheMinistryofTradeJosephKosureduringthesigning.
There has been spirited efforts by both government and financial institutions to resuscitate the glory of the once booming cashew nut industry. Data from the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) show there are about two million cashew nut trees in the Mombasa region, each producing an average 5kg of nuts every season. This translates to 10,000 tonnes per season.
But if proper farming techniques are applied and new high yielding varieties planted, each tree can produce 25-kg a year. KARI has already developed 14 high yielding varieties, which have the potential to increase production 5-fold. The new joint initiative now aims to increase production by replacing more than 23 per cent of over-age trees. Under the Nuts Revitalization and Expansion program, farmers are now replacing old trees with new trees, with the government now having injected some Sh12m to supply 200,000 seedlings to farmers.
Plans are also in top gear to to establish new cashew farming regions in Tharaka-Nithi County in Central Kenya as a way of expanding production beyond the predominant Kwale County in Mombasa.
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
A Recycled Easter Card
This is my "non-religious" Easter card for my rapidly approaching card-selling venture. (The excitement has turned into panic ... so much to do!) The focal image panel (including the trio of ribbon knots and torn edge) came from this card that I had CASEd for a set sampler a few years ago. (I see now that the card I CASEd is also a CASE, so I have no idea where it originally came from!) Anyway, after I take the samplers apart, I try to take components of the cards and repurpose them into totally new cards. It's a fun little 'recycling' exercise.
The dry embossed dot pattern was done with a new Cuttlebug folder called "Swiss Dots." I have a feeling I'll be using this one A LOT. I got mine from Eclectic Paperie. This was my first shopping experience with them, and it was fantastic! I pretty much placed my order, then walked to my mailbox, where the new folders were waiting ;) No, but they were super fast, only a couple of days max. They also included a handful of stamped images, ready for me to color and use on a project. I thought that was a really neat touch!
The scallop was made with the corner rounder. The photo corner has faux eyelets on it, which I think I first saw on Kendra Giles's blog, Inkin' It Up. (White gel pen dot with hole pierced in center.) The sentiment was done on the computer.
Stamps: Festive Four
Paper: Bashful Blue, Green Galore, Apricot Appeal, Regal Rose, Whisper White, watercolor paper
Ink: Jet Black Staz-On, Apricot Appeal, Regal Rose, Green Galore, Bashful Blue
Accessories: celery grosgrain, apricot grosgain, rose grosgrain, dimensionas, aqua painter, corner rounder, 1/16" punch, photo corner punch, white gel pen
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I love that card! It's so cheerful and those colors are wonderful together. I really like what you did with the scallops and paper piercing - very creative! This card will be CASEd :-)ReplyDelete
This card is so cute! I really like it! Great choice of colors! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Cute! I love it!ReplyDelete
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i love the swiss dots - i've been waiting for these to show up locally but i guess they're not gonna - isnt that annoying?!?!??! and i really love the color scheme of this cardReplyDelete
Oooh I think I will have to have this Cuttlebug folder. I love your Easter card. The colors really POP!ReplyDelete
Thank you for posting where to get the new cuttlebug folders. I have been looking in all of my local stores with no luck! Anyway, this card is awesome, and yes, I like the turquoise one too! :)ReplyDelete
Cute colors! I just love Easter cards!ReplyDelete


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August 9, 2008
I AGREE with Agustin Gurza's perception regarding rude dancers who try to show off and dominate parts of the dance floor ["Salsa Dancing Is Not an Extreme Sport," Aug. 2]. However, I do not attribute this to the Vazquez brothers, especially Francisco, from whom I learned to dance salsa many years ago. I think it is rampant among people with a "look at me" attitude no matter which style you choose to use and where you are from. I have danced in New York, in San Juan and at many events and have witnessed the same "look at me" dancers from across the broad spectrum of nationalities that make up Latinos.
Former Bell second-in-command gets 11 years in prison for corruption
April 10, 2014
By Corina Knoll and Kate Mather
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge lashed out at a former Bell leader Thursday, sentencing her to more than 11 years in prison and branding her a "hog" for tapping the town treasury for her lavish salary while the working-class city slid toward insolvency. Angela Spaccia became the first person sentenced in the municipal corruption case, and the lengthy prison term was the first indicator of how Judge Kathleen Kennedy intends to punish those convicted of misappropriating more than $10 million from one of Los Angeles County's poorest cities.
Hogs Drown in Rainstorm
June 10, 1986
Associated Press
Hundreds of hogs drowned and basements and roads were flooded today after a storm dumped up to seven inches of rain on an eight-county area of southeastern South Dakota.
Pasadena's mature tech scene aims to emerge from Silicon Beach shadow
March 9, 2014
By Andrea Chang
Ask anyone about L.A. tech these days and they'll almost certainly point to Santa Monica and Venice, where hundreds of start-ups have emerged in the last few years. So-called Silicon Beach is home to Snapchat, sizable Google and Microsoft offices, and a growing number of venture capital firms and co-working spaces. Almost every night, tech entrepreneurs flock to networking happy hours and parties. Potential investors flock to demo days that showcase the latest start-ups. When BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt came to town last week, it was for a glitzy tech confab in Santa Monica.
Oregon farmer eaten by hogs: Did he fall -- or was he attacked?
October 2, 2012
By Kim Murphy
SEATTLE - Authorities are still trying to determine what happened to a farmer near Riverton, Ore., who apparently was eaten by his hogs. Whether the animals attacked him or he collapsed inside the pen is unknown. Terry Vance Garner, 69, was raising several hogs weighing up to 700 pounds. His remains were found last week in the hog enclosure at his farm, but authorities have not been able to determine a cause of death. "All we know is he died some way, and the pigs ate him. Most of him," Garner's brother, Michael Garner, told the Los Angeles Times.
A Season to Forget Nears End for Hogs
March 6, 1985
MICKEY SPAGNOLA, Dallas Times Herald
In this, the 11th year of Eddie Sutton's reign at the University of Arkansas, Hog Heaven has caught a little hell.
South Bay : Hawthorne Invites 'Hogs' on AIDS Ride
September 23, 1995
Can a group of hogs really bring home the bacon? Hawthorne Mayor Larry Guidi thinks so. Guidi has sent invitations to more than 200 aficionados of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, affectionately known as hogs, to participate in the first Mayors' Ride for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation on Oct. 22. The apostrophe goes after the "s" because Guidi has also invited 84 area mayors to participate.
O.C. Fund Crisis
December 7, 1994
Re Bob Citron: In financial markets bulls and bears both make money--hogs lose their shirts. H.E. JONES Anaheim
Meat Futures Up Sharply
June 21, 1986
From Associated Press
Meat futures prices, enlivened by strong cash markets, advanced sharply Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The July live hog contract soared the 1 1/2-cents-a-pound limit for daily trading, while the February and March pork belly deliveries were up by their 2-cent daily limits. "The meat complex is still looking at strong cash markets," said Charlie Richardson, an analyst in Denver with Lind-Waldock.
March 6, 1986
Thank God for the honorable Sen. Lowell Weicker (R-Conn.), who lays it on the line about those hypocrites in the White House (Times, Feb. 22), "Nancy Reagan's Party for Disabled Called Hypocrisy." He is the only one in the Senate, or anywhere else, who has the courage to speak out about them. Whatever happened to the Democrats? All Ronald Reagan wants to do is cut, cut, cut--funds for the poor, the sick, the disabled and the old--while pushing more on the plates of the rich hogs.
UFC's Johny Hendricks talks title, coyote blankets
March 7, 2014
By Lance Pugmire
Johny Hendricks is counting the days to a fight that could make him the most distinctive face of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. If he takes a fight-week break to ease the pressure by pursuing nighttime hunting of coyotes and hogs in Texas, well, that's simply the skilled wrestler with the devastating left hand and distinctive bushy beard being himself. Hendricks' bout against veteran Robbie Lawler on March 15 in Dallas is for the UFC's welterweight title left vacant by Georges St-Pierre.
Why does Netflix deny it's buying preferential treatment?
February 24, 2014
David Lazarus
Netflix is paying cable giant Comcast a pile of cash for what the companies say will be "no preferential network treatment. " Sure, because corporations routinely give money to one another just for the fun of it. The reality is that Netflix is handing Comcast an unspecified chunk of change, likely millions of dollars, for what they say is a "more direct connection" to the cable company's broadband network. That's preferential treatment. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Britain to export $73.5 million worth of pig semen to China
December 5, 2013
By David Pierson
China already consumes half the world's pork. But to ensure it has a steady supply of hogs, it's struck a deal with Britain to import $73.5 million worth of premium pig semen. The agreement was brokered with the help of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who just completed a three-day visit to China. "We're doing all we can to ensure that businesses up and down the country reap the rewards from our relationship with China. And that includes our pig farmers," said a statement from Cameron's office, according to the Financial Times . "This new deal to export pig semen will mean Britain's best pigs will help sustain the largest pig population in the world." The pig semen, both frozen and fresh, will reportedly be flown in starting early next year.
Beloved pot-bellied pig in Sierra Madre avoids eviction
October 25, 2013
By Bob Pool
"Hogwash!" was the cry when Neil, Sierra Madre's beloved pot-bellied pig, was cited for being overweight. Specifically, an animal control officer labeled him a hog, which is illegal to possess in the town northeast of Pasadena. The officer had actually been sent to the Montecito Avenue neighborhood to investigate reports of a noisy rooster, which is also illegal in Sierra Madre. But when she looked over the picket fence into the yard next door, past the mailbox painted with a fanciful pig's head, she noticed Neil rooting around in the dirt.
Non-drivers hog the road at 6th and biggest CicLAvia
April 22, 2013
By Michael Finnegan, Samantha Schaefer and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times
Some brought children. Some brought friends. Alden Delos Santos brought Chihuahuas. Delos Santos, 41, carried his puppies Bianco and Sriracha in a front pack as he joined as many as 150,000 other bicycle riders Sunday along a downtown-to-the-ocean path of streets that were closed to car traffic for the occasion. It was the sixth and biggest CicLAvia, a celebration of cycling, walking, in-line skating, skateboarding, scootering and any other form of transportation that requires no motor.
14th annual Whole Hog Dinner at Oakland's Oliveto next week
February 13, 2013
By S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic
Oliveto restaurant in Oakland has been doing the whole animal thing practically since Animal chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo were in diapers. Headed up to the Bay Area next week? If you hurry up and reserve now, you can sit down to the 14th annual Whole Hog Menu at Oakland's Oliveto restaurant. From Feb. 19-23, the à la carte menu is full of porky goodness. Organized by parts of the pig, the menu is coded CA for cold antipasto, WA for warm antipasto, P for primi and S for secondi , to make ordering easier.
Fair Celebrates Life in Iowa Down on the Farm
July 20, 1986
Tedeschi is a Roslyn, N.Y., free-lance writer/photographer.
Just across the state line into Iowa we drove under a thunderstorm, the kind they only have in Tornado Alley, the corridor that runs up the ribbon of states west of the Mississippi River from Texas to the Dakotas. It was mid-morning, but the sky was black as a starless night and you needed the headlights on to see the road just in front of you. The rain sounded like stones striking the hood of the car. Big drops splattered against the windshield like overripe grapes.
State Spending Limit
December 14, 2003
Regarding a state spending limit: Establishing limits on government spending is always a good idea. It is no surprise that those who gorge themselves at the public trough are the ones who belch the loudest when they are told to go on a diet. Given the established global economy that takes jobs and tax revenues to other parts of the world, California can no longer afford to spend as if every year will be better than the year before. Now is the time for prudent fiscal responsibility.
Oregon farmer eaten by hogs: Did he fall -- or was he attacked?
October 2, 2012
By Kim Murphy
SEATTLE - Authorities are still trying to determine what happened to a farmer near Riverton, Ore., who apparently was eaten by his hogs. Whether the animals attacked him or he collapsed inside the pen is unknown. Terry Vance Garner, 69, was raising several hogs weighing up to 700 pounds. His remains were found last week in the hog enclosure at his farm, but authorities have not been able to determine a cause of death. "All we know is he died some way, and the pigs ate him. Most of him," Garner's brother, Michael Garner, told the Los Angeles Times.
This week's Culinary SOS: Hog's Breath Inn's artichoke soup
September 24, 2012
By Noelle Carter
This week's Culinary SOS request comes from Mike Hough in Highland, Calif.: "We recently visited the Hog's Breath Inn at Carmel by the Sea, Calif. Our party particularly enjoyed what surely must be its signature soup, made from artichokes. It was so delicious that I'd be surprised if you hadn't already obtained the recipe and shared it with your readers. If you could coerce the recipe from the inn and share (perhaps again), we would be so thankful. Thanks. " Artichoke lovers, rejoice!
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