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What a night in Twins Territory! With the team coming off its worst month of baseball since the "Dark Ages" of the late 1990s, and Francisco Liriano basically pitching for a spot in the rotation after a horrible month, he twirls a no-no in Chicago!
From Jack Kralick to Dean Chance To Scott Erickson to Eric Milton, the torch has now been passed to Liriano. It wasn't all that pretty (6 walks), but it got the job done. Milty always got criticized for his no-hitter being against a no-name bunch of Angels at the time, but his name is still in the record books, is it not?! The same goes for Francisco.
This has to be one of the more unique no-no's, though, in that the game was literally in the balance until the final out was recorded. With the way the Twins have been playing as of late, I kept waiting for the big ChiSox hit…that never came.
Hopefully, this can be a turning point for the 2011 Twins season. For the last two weeks, the Twins have really needed that "spark" to drag them out of the doldrums. Can you think of anything much better than this?!
Way to go Frankie!!
-The no-no was also backed up by a win Wednesday evening. A series sweep…even if it was just two games! Now, off to Boston and the AL East again. Frankie might need that kind of stuff again.
Preview (11-18, 4th, 1.5 GB DET): Scott Baker (1-2, 3.16) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-2, 3.81)


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ZF-4670: Add file path cache to Zend_Loader::loadFile()
The biggest bottleneck of plugin loading is due to cases when the file is not found on the given paths; when it is not, an error is pushed onto the PHP error stack -- a very expensive operation that often takes up to 10 times as long as the actual include() call.
A file path cache should be added to Zend_Loader::loadFile() to allow caching the success or failure of loading so that in subsequent requests for the given path/file combination, the method may return early if the combination will not resolve.
Added to trunk with r12067
Original implementation led to performance degradation under normal use cases.
includeFileCache added to PluginLoader, netting around 64% performance gains in real-world applications.
Changing issues in preparation for the 1.7.0 release.

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Staybridge Suites Houston-NASA/Clear Lake
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Ideally situated halfway betweenDowntown Houston and Galveston Beach, our new all-suite hotel is just 5 miles from NASA's Space Center Houston. We are also just a short drive from Kemah Boardwalk and the Armand Bayou Nature Center and 20 minutes from Hobby Airport.
Whether in town for just a night, a couple weeks or longer our upscale accommodations and friendly environment come with a high level of personalized service that will make your stay one to remember.
Our luxurious Plush Paradise beds are sure to provide you the refreshing sleep you need to start your day right. Enjoy a delicious and complimentary hot breakfast buffet every morning.
Jumpstart your day with an energizing workout in a club level fitness center. Take a dip in our saltwater pool and hone your skills on an outdoor putting green. Step into our whirlpool and let its soothing jets relieve your stress.
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The staff always make their guests feel very welcome and the accommodations are spacious and very clean.
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The hotel and accommodations were excellent and staff was very friendly and customer oriented. More attention needs to be put on the kitchen staff. I think for the prices hotels are charging there should be a better menu option for breakfast and dinner.
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Very nice and willing to try and meet all your expectations. Justin in food area very pleasant along with whole staff
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This hotel exceeded our expectations! The staff was friendly and helpful. The breakfast had a wide variety of choices, and the service was good. The bed was very comfortable. It was convenient to travel to the Johnson Space Center and the Bayport Cruise terminal from the hotel.


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Salva is a producer and label owner (Frite Nite), creating a future-leaning style of electronic dance music that is all his own, influenced by electro, juke, analog house, ghetto house, underground hip-hop and bass productions. The dance music melting pot that is Complex Housing dropped this week on Friends of Friends, and the entire thing is streaming after the jump [via Fact Magaine]. Here's a few extra downloads:
"24 Carats ft. Zachey Force Funk" (Lazer Sword's Lando Kal remix) via Fact Magazine
Salva – "Blue" [MP3] via The Fader
Salva – "Wake Ups" [MP3] via Pitchfork
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The Sights & Sounds of G-Star 2012
Missed out on G-Star 2012 and its elaborate show floor? Don't fret: we've got the whole experience on camera for your viewing pleasure! For our recap of the whole event, ...
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GameSpot's Jonathan finds out from industry veterans what makes this Korean-exclusive video game trade show tick and why it's so big.
WoW: Mists of Pandaria lead encounter designer Ion Hazzikostas speaks about the new features and changes of the latest patch. For our recap of G-Star 2012, head here: http://l.gamespot.com/UryMfw
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Take a look at the entire Temple of the Jade Serpent heroic dungeon from the latest World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.
A group of three players join up in an instanced Scenario in order to Defend the Brew in A Brewing Storm.
The Pandarian Warrior goes into battle in the PVP battleground Temple of Kotmogu and finds he's not ready for the plethora of Blood Death Knights defending their artifacts.
This Pandarian Warrior switches to Protection spec in order to tackle the Source of Despair in the Krasarang Wilds.
A Death Knight tends to his farm in Sunsong Ranch, tilling the soil, growing cabbage and protection it from predators.
In order to get access to mounts and high level rewards, players will be grinding reputations with the local inhabitants of Pandaria, like these Klaxxi daily quests.
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This Shaman goes to battle in the Twinspire Keep against a corrupt Orc Warlock named Ga'Trul who ends up showing the Alliance the true powers at work in Pandaria.
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Tools I'm using for work (UX guy)
I'm glad to announce I took a steady job nowadays. So, I'm working in a 'not alone' environment and doing less freelance work. Not alone, means I have to work together with many other creatives to achieve a common goal. My official title is UX Designer. This means I participate in software development from idea level to ready made product.
But, taking a steady job also means I got a work computer and had to set it up from scratch. While doing this, I started thinking that each creative professional uses different software. Sometimes even same software differently. Maybe it would be useful if I'd share my humble list here.
I tried to make the list below something that would follow my work pipeline from idea level to completion.
Free, but part of google apps ecosystem, which is not free, so they'll probably milk corporations somehow. I've used it for free until now anyhow.
A nice online tool for mind mapping and prototyping flows. It's super useful before you move into real production or wireframes. You can use snapped and linked arrow thingies, plus you get bunch of styles to be more expressive in your mind maps. This web app has a bunch of template sets, but they seem to be rather thoughtful keeping all the design and eyecandy to a bare minimum. So basically you can use it as a pre wireframes tool.
It does wireframes as well, but I haven't used it for that. I believe wireframes should be a little prettier than draw.io has to offer, but that's way subjective.
It syncs and saves the diagrams to your google docs (Google Drive nowadays).
Free (and visible to the Sauron's eye)
I share documents there and I can share the diagrams I made in draw.io. Also good for text documents, spreadsheets and more bureaucracy stuff.
The company I'm working for does word docs sometimes. I know Pages is not MS Word and saves weird formats and is a bit of a trouble to use, but at least it looks and behaves like I understand something should. File type stuff excluded. I'm not sure I can default to let it save to MS Office, so every save I'll have two files and difficult to tell which one I should send to PC guys. iWork now is online too so they'll be competing with google docs/drive. Probably will lose, but it sure is an interesting fight once again.
Anyways, iWork for more bureaucracy with a small exception – Keynote.
Paid (Part of iWork suite/family)
Basically same as Powerpoint. It is an important tool for me. I find this tool to be great at making quick presentations and drawing couple of arrows occasionally. Usually my presentations are full of screenshots and one to three lines of text. Keynote has a nice set of standardised master slides/templates too. Nothing amazing, but not just plain white either. I think it's good to show your beautiful stuff on a nice standardised canvas.
For other iWork suite stuff I use google drive whenever I can.
Adobe suite
Photoshop & Illustrator. These hand-in-hand. I guess I'm an old timer, but I prefer to design stuff with this combo. I build all graphical elements in Illustrator and then use them in Photoshop as smart objects. They're still vector and still nicely editable this way. Icons, buttons, illustrations, you name it, comes into my designs editable all the way.
All photographic/raster stuff I fix/do purely in photoshop.
Also I find Layer Blending options tool to be invaluable. The expressive freedom and speed that it gives me above all other apps is significant.
I also save most of the relevant layer blends as styles so I can use them quickly later. For example two I use for different size texts are called 1px bottom stroke (drop shadow) and 2px bottom stroke (drop shadow). I also got many company specific in the Styles palette top right. Oh all palettes like this I switch to text only view. These small style avatars don't really show anything for me as the differences are mostly very subtle (think 1px or 2px drop shadow etc.).
For text I also use Photoshop. I somehow find that either Ai(Illustrator) nor Id(InDesign) do a good deal for text. Photoshop handles text layers like I expect. I'm not saying Ps is the ultimate tool for text. Quite the opposite really. I'm just handicapped this way.
Flash. All animation with Flash. Sometimes interactive prototypes. I don't like it for mobile development. Maybe games, but I find Appcelerator better for mobile development.
Paid (free app for iphone and paid app for desktop)
This is really valuable tool for me. It just shows screenshot .psd files fullscreen on my iPhone. It refreshes when you save psd. So it's like a screen extension. I'm pretty much testing my screen and my phone side by side.
Simple, yet something I need as iOS is sometimes the target platform. I must look for something like this for Android too.
Really nice gui for css and html scripting. I've done javascript on it a little too, but haven't got harder core yet. Some tell it's also good for Ruby and php. Will have to look into it. It syncs my server and local folders in a really convenient way. And I can do server quick edits if I need to. Formats code nicely enough and well chosen fonts and designed UI focused for productivity, make it a really nice app.
Quick to check text/html/xml and all other thinkable files that contain text/script. Really handy and fast to launch. And clean. Trying Sublime Text too right now, but not too sure which one is the king. Still leaning towards TextMate.
Titanium Studio
Eclipse based Appcelerator official GUI for creating cross platform mobile apps. I use it to code mobile apps. I don't like Eclipse at all, but as it's free and it's officially supported GUI.
Free (has premium too, but I've got free)
This is a flash Actionscript coding tool. Again Eclipse based so it is not beautiful or anything, but I can say it's Actinscript 3 coding on steroids. It just makes me so much faster. I've tried to code AS code in Flash itself and I've tried with Adobes Flash Builder but ended up with this tool. It does code completion really well. Referencing functions and jumping between key elements of the code is awesome too.
Free (for Apple developers)
I think the best looking and UX wise the best coding tool. Unfortunately it handles C based languages well only. Code completion is amazing. Javascript/Actionscript etc, it does not that good.
The GUI is so logical and beautiful I'm sad I don't do C. So I use it to test my build and change some relevant settings or sometimes add some libraries to my Appcelerator compiled projects. Also using XCode is the only way I know to submit apps to Appstore.
Ftp client. Can't live without it. Can also do quick edits to most of documents so it's a bit like online coding (though it just is syncing). Anyways. For mac this is the synonym of ftp.
Not so pretty but free and does the remote desktop magic. Taking over computer desktop with this app. Shows you picture of their desktop (no matter if mac or pc) and you can do anything you want. Tech support magic, but also for situations when I have to quickly do something in my home computer and I'm at work.
Note taking and syncing app. Really handy and has an app for each smart device that I use.
For email I use mac default mail client. Nothing special but groups email threads nicely enough.
Skype. Telephony, screen sharing.
Chrome mostly for browsing the web. Sometimes I launch Safari, my second browser. While Chrome is signed in everywhere, Safari is not. So I can see both perspectives if needed.
iTunes for music. Calendar for meetings and that's pretty much it.
That's it. There is probably more stuff, but this list represents apps I installed during the first week with new work computer so I might return to this subject end of next week.
Please make a quick list and share your tools below in comments. Thanks.Tags: adobe, adobe flash, appcelerator, apple, apple safari, apps, as3, coding, design, design software, designer, development, flash, ftp, iOS, javascript, objective c, safari, scripting, software, titanium, user experience, ux


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WESTFIELD, New Jersey (November 26, 2012) – Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (NasdaqCM: DCIN) (Digiplex), a fast-growing motion picture exhibitor dedicated to transforming movie theaters into digital entertainment centers, today announced that Chairman and CEO Bud Mayo and CFO Brian Pflug are scheduled to present at the upcoming Wedbush Consumer Conference on December 12 and ring The NASDAQ Market closing bell on December 21.
On Wednesday, December 12th, Mr. Mayo and Mr. Pflug will be making a Company presentation at the Wedbush Securities' 13th Annual California Dreamin' Consumer Conference at 3:40 p.m. ET. Management will also meet with institutional investors at the Conference, which is being held at Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York City.
On Friday, December 21st, Mr. Mayo will be joined by members of the Company's Board of Directors and management team as they ring the closing bell at NASDAQ's MarketSite in Times Square, New York City. The ceremonial bell-ringing follows Digiplex's first annual meeting (AGM) as a public company since successfully completing its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in April 2012. The AGM is also being held at the MarketSite location earlier that day.
If you have questions about Digiplex or are interested in conducting a conference call or meeting with management in person, please contact JCIR at 212/835-8500 or email@example.com.
About Digital Cinema Destinations Corporation(www.digiplexdest.com)
Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. is dedicated to transforming its movie theaters into interactive entertainment centers. The Company provides consumers with uniquely satisfying experiences, combining state-of-the-art digital technology with engaging, dynamic content that far transcends traditional cinematic fare. The Company's customers enjoy live sports events, concerts, conferences, operas, videogames, auctions, fashion shows and, on an ongoing basis, the very best major motion pictures. Digiplex operates nine cinemas and 85 screens in PA, NJ and CT. You can connect with Digiplex via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Blogger. Digiplex is also participating in DigiNext, a unique, specialty content joint venture (with Nehst Studios) featuring curated content from festivals around the world. DigiNext releases typically include innovative live Q&A sessions between the audience and cast members.
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ZF-2738: word separators are not converted to dashes (view rendering)
I am testing the 1.5 Release Candidate 1 for backwards compatibility, and I encountered the following problem:
I am trying to call the following controller/action: /clients.coaching/overview, this translates to ClientsCoachingController::overviewAction(). In the 1.0.3 release, when rendering the view (viewRenderer), this would look for the file clients-coaching/overview.phtml, but in the RC1, it translates to clients.coaching/overview.phtml
In the documentation it says:
"The canonical, documented way is that all word separators are converted to dashes, and the words lowercased. This creates a semantic tie between the actions and view scripts, and the normalization ensures that the scripts can be found."
So according to these docs, a '.' should be converted to a dash when checking for the view script.
Since this is inflector/viewrenderer related, I'll have a look into it
Fixed in r8534.
Changed the ViewRenderer to use a formatted name (by the dispatcher) rather than the raw names in the request object. This should solve the problem you are seeing, as well as pose as a solution for any type of word-separated issues that would have arisen.
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Could your developer have retained the rights to lease or sell minerals and other resources underneath your home?
Recently, several buyers in the Valencia Golf and Country Club in Naples, Florida were shocked to learn that their developer, D.R. Horton, had retained the rights to extract minerals, oils and other resources on their lots and under their homes. County records reveal that D.R. Horton still owns the natural gas, water, oil and other natural resources underneath more than 10,000 lots in Florida alone.
Lest you think this practice is confined to this particular developer and this particular part of the country, it is not. The Texas-based D.R. Horton has utilized this practice in many states other than Florida including Alabama, Mississippi, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, Washington and California. Many other developers are following suit when it comes to retaining these valuable rights. In many states, sellers do not need to disclose to purchasers that the developer is severing the mineral rights to the property they are purchasing. So what exactly can the developer do with these rights? Well, since they own them they can certainly sell or lease them if and when energy and other companies target a particular community as being "resource rich". Those companies can then proceed to extract those resources which naturally involves drilling on these lots.
How is it possible that purchasers would not know that they are buying only from the ground up and not what lies underneath? For starters, a purchaser who does not use an attorney who specializes in real estate closings is particularly vulnerable to overlooking any mineral deed which was recorded in the local public records and/or misunderstanding its meaning even if they did catch it. Also, title searches do not always pick up on this issue. Adding insult to injury in this entire scenario is the fact that severed mineral rights are not usually factored into real estate tax assessments. Thus, real property owners who do not own these rights can wind up paying the same as owners who do own these rights even though the property values is diminished as a result of the rights having been severed.
Given the significant impact on unwary home-buyers it is time that every state pass legislation requiring that purchasers be notified when mineral and other rights are being retained by a developer. If the foregoing sounds outlandish to you or like an episode from the Twilight Zone, it should but that doesn't negate the fact that this is happening more frequently as developers realize that they can sell you a home while retaining future valuable rights underneath that home.


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annoying phrase that comes up in political rhetoric. how can anyone ever hope to catch even the mildest essence of public opinion?
there are only two ways you can try and extract the vitriol of popular thought: the first is through the media and the second is through acquaintances. it's possible that there's a third, through campaigning and talking to the average joe, but the average joe isn't going to tell you precisely what he thinks about every issue unless you know him well.
the media is skewered and biased. acquaintances are not an accurate depiction of the way the population want stuff done.
thus, no political who has ever said 'the people' has been talking about what the people want.


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Linda Wilke, a Moraine Park Technical College instructor known for her training skills and dedication to helping businesses, was named the 2010 Region III Teacher of the Year by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE).
A Moraine Park employee since 1989, Wilke was nominated by the Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE). She is a member of ACTE, WACTE and MPACTE Local 17.
"WACTE is thrilled that Linda has received this recognition," said Margaret Ellibee, PhD, vice president of strategic effectiveness and advancement for Waukesha County Technical College and president of WACTE. "Her professionalism and instructional expertise as a career and technical educator has positively impacted the businesses and students she serves in her community. Linda's leadership and service-oriented passion in what she accomplishes make her so respected by both Wisconsin's CTE educators and our business partners."
As an economic and workforce development instructor for Moraine Park, Wilke provides customized training and other services to businesses, local governments, organizations and individuals in the areas of human performance, leadership, customer service, quality improvement, team building, conflict resolution and personal/interpersonal communication skills.
In one example of the numerous accomplishments outlined in Wilke's nomination, she provided leadership training at a food processing plant for Associates at all levels. Because of the results she achieved, the original short-term initiative became a four-year relationship. Wilke has now trained more than 180 employees in personal, interpersonal and performance leadership at the company's five locations, and the partnership has expanded into other training opportunities for Moraine Park.
She will go on to ACTE's national competition, scheduled during a December convention in Las Vegas. "I am humbled and honored to represent Moraine Park and all the other equally deserving career and technical education teachers," said Wilke. "I am proud to be a part of a college that is comprised of a dedicated and caring staff that strives to make a positive difference in the lives of the students, business partners and community at large." With campuses in Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac and West Bend, Moraine Park is one of 16 colleges that make up Wisconsin's technical colleges. Moraine Park offers more than 100 associate of applied science degrees, technical diplomas, apprenticeships and certificates delivered in a variety of formats — classroom, online and blended. Training and technical assistance for businesses are also offered. For more information about the College, visit www.morainepark.edu.
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Gabby Douglas had the world cheering when she became the first African-American gymnast to win the individual all-around Olympic gold medal last week. She was also the first American to win both the all-around and team events at the same Olympics. So what's with all the jeering about her hair?
USA Today reports the 16-year-old's 'do has had the Twitter-verse twittering, with detractors calling her straightened hair unkempt. Well, that's just too bad, the gymnast says.
"I don't know where this is coming from," Douglas says, according to the newspaper. "What's wrong with my hair? I just simply gelled it back, put some clips it and put it in a bun. Are you kidding me? I just made history. And you're focusing on my hair? I just want to say we're all beautiful inside out. I don't think people should be worried about that. Nothing is going to change. So you might as well stop with all the comments."
Now that's what we call gold.
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If you've ever fancied yourself to be a bit like Indiana Jones searching for ancient artifacts or Jacques Cousteau combing the ocean floor for pirate treasure, you may be interested in a slightly more modern version of these activities – the garage sale.
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When visiting another city, there are plenty of opportunities to see the place as the city officials wish you to – tourist attractions, scenic walks, restaurants and hotels – but attending a garage sale gives you the opportunity to view those city dwellers (the locals) in their natural habitat. You may even get a glimpse of their private gardens, their pets and their friends. (more…)


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Hindi Zahra's tour is now nearing a close, which means she is that much nearer to her final date at CMJ in NYC! Join her with some other wonderful acts at the France Rocks showcase on October 19th. More details on the event and RSVP below.
If you're curious to hear more from her recently released album, Handmade, take advantage of KCRW's full stream that runs until November! The folks over at KCRW definitely got good taste.
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Bureauexport Party – "France Rocks CMJ Night"
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Hindi Zahra at 9PM
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New York, NY
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Successful blending of the retro and progressive is not easy. More than a handful of projects trying to accomplish this feat circulate the internet everyday, but only a few do it well. King's The Story is one these few. The debut three-track EP highlights harmony of three ladies over an amalgam of light guitars, keys, and synths, big drums, tambourines, and pulsating bass without beating us over the head with either the accompaniments or any particular voice. In other words, the group's wall of sound is more of an entrance than a barrier. I suppose we could all use a bit more supernatural love, and these three tracks played in sequence are a great place to start. Listen on Soundcloud, like them on Facebook, and purchase the EP on iTunes or Amazon. There's also a cute cut-and-paste video (above) if you like that sort of thing.
-L.E is a lower east side native, dedicated to engaging in and contributing to the advancement of culture from an objective NewYorkerCentric perspective. Follow L.E at twitter.com/discjockeyle, and listen to L.E's Urban Sprawl Radio every tuesday from 5-6pm EST on WHCS.


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Comment – January 20, 2013
Sounds like you didn't fit in with the culture. Were you fired or did you just decide to look for another job? Do you realize how tough times are for many in the US?
Comment – January 20, 2013
So, were you fired or did you voluntary look elsewhere? I'm always curious about the extremely negative comments, blaming the culture etc. There are avenues for change...being disgruntled is not one of them. Making suggestions through proper channels, then seeking consensus is more worth your time.
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My husband has been trying to get a job with Devon for some time now and despite his qualifications and experience, they have never even offered an interview. Why is this? Do they really have that many people applying for one position? Two of the positions he applied for were lower grade then his current position, is Devon doing some sort of hiring freeze?
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Depends on the department you are with. I experienced supervisory management with lackluster intelligence and ambitiion. (Always looking out for their favorites, even though they are so incompetent. My direct supervisor was just looking to save his but and just putting in time. However, Manager of department was great. Intelligent and forward looking.I believe Devon is a great place to work, they just need to get rid of dead wood in some depts,


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With Thanksgiving upon us and Christmas arriving soon, many people's thoughts turn to giving. While there are countless material items available for purchase, one present that lasts long after the holidays is the gift of your time. Catholic Charities has multiple volunteer opportunities that allow you to dedicate your talents to helping needy New Yorkers.
Some of the ways you can get involved include:
- This Saturday, help clean up a home badly damaged by Sandy—transportation provided from Manhattan.
- Become a companion for a senior citizen—your company is especially appreciated during the holidays.
- Help out at Nazareth Housing's Emergency Food Pantry—choose from three different time slots to fit your schedule.
To sign up for these and many other volunteering options, visit our volunteer website. Your time can make all the difference for your neighbors in need this holiday season.


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I feel that candy is something that a lot of people have a love/hate relationship with. We love it because it's tasty and sweet, and gives us that great rush of dopamine. We hate it because it's probably not the healthiest thing we could be eating, and it's very easy to overeat. I won't go into what is and isn't healthy here, because I think it's something that varies from person to person. I've always believed in moderation, and that has worked well for me.
Chews Better is a candy that hopes to solve this conflict. It's a candy that's better for you. It's all natural and each bag contains 250mg of Omega-3's in there, along with 3 grams of fiber for only 100 calories. The ingredients are very straightforward, nothing fishy in here. Or, er, wait, I'm wrong. They do use Anchovy and Sardine oil in here, so if you're vegan you need to be aware of this.
Strawberry Lemonade: I open the package to discover five individually wrapped pieces. They're all uniform in shape and covered in a nice folded silver wrapper. smells very fruity of berries and a hint of tartness. Almost metallic in a way because of the lemon I believe. The chews are dark pink in color, and they look like a naturally colored hunk of BubbleYum.
The texture reminds me of Starburst. It's thick, chewy with a light grain to it.
The flavor is sweet, with strong authentic flavors of strawberries complimented with a tartness from the lemon. It's very flavorful and completely awesome. I polished my bag off pretty quickly.
Pomegranate Blueberry Acai: These three berries are a buzz word of health as of late. This package also had five individually wrapped chews. They look similar to the strawberry one, as it's dark pink with tiny darker pinks spots.
The flavor of this one is…well, it tastes like a Flintstone vitamin tablet to me. It's fruity, but none of the flavors says specifically "blueberry" or "pomegranate" to me. It's just…fruity with an interesting metallic sort of tartness to it. It's good, but I liked the Strawberry Lemonade flavor better.
Out of all the "better for you" candies I've had, this is one of the best. I'd recommend it to anyone who's looking for an alternative but still wants to feel like a kid eating candy again.
Rating: Will Eat Again
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Oct. 14, 2011
TEMPE—The Arizona State University cross country team had its first opportunity to earn points towards the NCAA Championships on Friday, competing in the biggest meet of the season thus far at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis.
Junior Nick Happe paced the men's team to a solid 16th-place showing in a field that featured 20 of the top 30 teams in the nation gathered at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course. Happe came home in 40th place in 24:25, offsetting an off-day by redshirt junior Darius Terry, who had been the team's top runner in the first couple races of the season.
"Nick stepped up today; he was eighth among the Pac-12 runners," ASU men's head coach Louie Quintana said after the race. "It was good for him because he's always been a guy who has kind of played second fiddle for us and never had a real breakthrough race and today that happened."
Matt Boughton, who has been consistently solid throughout the season, was the second Sun Devil across the line in 72nd in a time of 24:40. Terry, who developed back spasms about a thousand meters into the 8,000-meter race, fought through the discomfort to finish just behind Boughton in 74th in 24:41.
Redshirt senior Brian Pierre was next in line in 109th in 24:52 while senior Daniel Lovell rounded out the point-scoring Sun Devils in 157th place in 25:12.
The No. 23 Sun Devil men finished ahead of five teams that had been ranked ahead of them in this week's U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches of America Coaches Poll. ASU was fourth among Pac-12 teams but just four points behind Oregon, who finished in 14th, and just 42 points behind 12th-place UCLA, a team Quintana feels is a "top-10" national team – a difference that could very likely have been made up had Terry been in top form on Friday.
"We positioned ourselves well being only four points behind Oregon on a bad day," Quintana said. "I think now we are looking at the conference meet maybe looking to place second."
On the women's side of things, the youth again showed promise as Shelby Houlihan paced the team for her second consecutive race as she, too, finished 40th overall in a time of 20:49 in just her second collegiate race. The time helped the women to a 26th-place overall finish out of 44 teams.
Senior Lindsay Prescott was next across the line, coming in 123rd in 21:26 and followed closely by teammates Kate Lydy (21:29, 130th) and freshman Macy Bricks (21:31, 135th). Natasa Vulic rounded out the point-scoring individuals for the women with a time of 21:40 to finish 165th.
The men's race was won by the host Wisconsin while Washington topped the standings on the women's side.
The sights of both Sun Devils squads are now squarely on Oct. 29, as the teams will return to action as they host the 2011 Pac-12 Conference Championships at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz.


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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Roses
Confessions of a Plant Thief
by Kim Haworth
It's easy to be a plant thief of the breadbox poppy (Papaver somniferum). The seeds are simple to collect and germinate readily.
I have a guilty secret. I am a plant thief. It must be genetic, because my granny was a plant thief too. Dearie, as she was known, would enter one jar of jelly in the local county fair just so she could get into the fairgrounds the day after the fair closed. That's when exhibitors are allowed in to pick up their entries. Dearie would move in early and pick up prize-winning fuchsias, begonias, and other picture-perfect plants that had been entered by the local garden club competitors. She would nab the goods before their rightful owners could claim them. She looked so sweet that nobody ever questioned her as she passed through the gate with her carload of booty.
Safer Thievery
I'm not as bad as Dearie, but I do help myself to seeds if they're ripe and ready. More often, though I take cuttings if I see a plant that appeals to me. I just nip off a 6-inch piece of stem. Usually the tip of a branch or stem will do, but if the plant is blooming, I have to cut in a bit deeper.
Cuttings are an excellent way to propagate most perennial plants, including coreopsis, achillea, begonia, dianthus, heliotrope, lavender, nepeta, and penstemon. I have been especially successful with stolen parts of Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii), chrysanthemum, various philodendrons, and coleus.
A Recent Theft
Just last week I was tempted by a Santolina rosmarinifolia with bright yellow flowers that looked like little pincushions. The plant was growing in a container at a local high school. This nice compact specimen was blooming its heart out. It would make a perfect addition to my garden and I had to have it!
So, with a sharp pocketknife that I always have on hand, I cut several stems, including flowers, from various locations on the plant. If you take all of your cuttings from the same area, you will leave a hole in the foliage. If you take cuttings from different parts of the plant, nobody will ever know you have been there.


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When the Olympics come to town …
City of Vancouver Engineering Services General Manager Peter Judd (right) with fellow city employees Randy Pecarski (left), then the acting director of planning assistent, and Susan Harvey, "Live site" executive producer. Photo: City of Vancouver
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Vancouver schoolchildren welcome the Olympic Flame to the Canadian Pavilion. Photo: VANOC
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This map shows Olympic venue locations and planned road closures during the 2010 Winter Vancouver Olympic games in British Columbia, Canada. Photo: City of Vancouver
By Victoria K. Sicaras
We'll have to wait until the 2012 Summer Olympics are over to find out if the City of London made good on its bid promise to host the "first truly sustainable" games.
But we do know that the last Olympic Village to be established on North American soil — at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia — won a gold for sustainability: LEED Gold certification for buildings and LEED Platinum for neighborhood development. The athlete dormitories were converted to mixed-use residential and commercial space. Now known as Millennium Water, the development is one of the, if not the, world's greenest neighborhoods.
We asked City of Vancouver Engineering Services General Manager Peter Judd what's involved in hosting the Olympics. Judd's department oversees more than 1,800 people and five divisions: transportation, solid waste, streets and electrical, sewer and water, and equipment services. His short answer: more than you could ever imagine. The longer answers are on the next page.
WHEN: Feb. 12 – March 21, 2010
WHERE: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
COST: $6.4 billion
VANOC (VANCOUVER ORGANIZING COMMITTEE): $1.88 billion operating budget (included $600 million for Olympic venue construction); International Olympic Committee contributed $480 million
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: $1.25 billion (included $290 million that went to VANOC for venue construction; $684 million for security and essential federal services; $55 million for a legacy trust fund to keep venues operating post-Olympics; $20 million for celebration sites, $35 million in administrative costs, etc.)
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: $765 million ($290 million to VANOC for venue construction; $87.5 million for security; $165 million in infrastructure costs related to new security arrangements; $6 million for fire and public safety; $5.6 million for municipal services; $19.6 million for "Live sites"; $55 million endowment to keep venues operating post-Olympics, etc.)
CITY OF VANCOUVER: $554 million ($524 million capital, i.e., venue construction, infrastructure improvements, athlete/residential housing, prepping civic facilities, etc.; $30 million operational, i.e., Olympic legacy reserve initiatives and Olympic support including planning and executing the city's participation during the games, and games-related transportation, sanitation, and snow-removal services.)
RESORT MUNICIPALITY OF WHISTLER: $6 million (included $226,000 for games-related operations, $998,000 for celebration sites, etc.)
CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: n/a
CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE: n/a
TAX REVENUES: Provincial: $99 million to $116 million; Federal: $104 million to $121 million
OLYMPICS-GENERATED GDP: Provincial: $2.1 billion to $2.6 billion; Federal: $2.6 billion to $3.1 billion
*Expenditures will not add up to the total Olympic cost, due to in-kind donations and other funding from third parties. To read full financial reports and learn more about the economic impact of the 2010 Olympic Games on British Columbia and Canada, go to the B.C. Ministry of Finance Olympics page here.
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The evening before your admission
There are a few things you need to do the evening before your admission to the hospital.
Don't put this off until the morning of your admission.
Just take some relaxed quiet time the evening before admission to get your belongings together at a leisurely, comfortable pace.
What to bring with you to the hospital:
Robe, slippers and personal toiletries such as toothpaste, mouthwash, deodorant, hand lotion, etc., if you will be staying overnight with us.
Loose, comfortable clothing for the day of your discharge. Clothing that will fit over a cast or splint (if needed) is a good idea.
Insurance cards and a form of identification featuring a photograph
Any forms such as questionnaires, physicals, testing results, or consents.The completed pre-operative anesthesia questionnaire is an important example.
Prescription cards
A list of your medications and the last time/date you took them.
If you use a CPAP or BiPAP machine at home, please bring it with you to the hospital and give it to your Pre-Op nurse. We need to know your normal settings in case it's needed in recovery.
A copy of your Advance Directives. These may be written healthcare instructions, a Living Will, or Durable Power of Attorney.
Learn more about these documents
It is important to bring your insurance cards with you.
If you do not have insurance, an FMH Financial Counselor is here to help. They will contact you prior to your surgical procedure.
you should leave at home:
Money and Valuables
We strongly recommend that you bring only a minimum amount of cash with you to the hospital, and that you leave all other valuable items at home.
If it is necessary to bring valuables with you, the Cashier's Office can store smaller items in the hospital safe. When you arrive for admission, notify your admissions nurse and arrangements will be made to place your items in the safe.
FMH is not responsible for money or valuables kept in your room.
Please do not bring any of the following with you to the hospital
Important Reminders:
Food and Liquid Consumption
after midnight before your surgery unless otherwise instructed by your physician. Do NOT chew gum OR suck on a piece of candy. The only exception would be a sip of water if you are instructed to take your medications. Eating solid foods or drinking even a small amount of liquid could cause your operation to be postponed.
If you are taking any medication, ask your physician in advance if you should take your medicine the morning of your surgery. Contact your doctor for advice if you are taking any blood thinners, aspirin or anti-inflammatory medication.
or limit your smoking for a few days before surgery, and do not smoke after midnight the day before surgery.
Alcohol Consumption
Drink no alcoholic beverages 24 hours before surgery.
If you develop a cold, fever, or other health problem within 48 hours of your scheduled admission, please call and inform your physician.
Pediatric Surgery
Children must have at least one parent present in the hospital during surgery.
If your doctor has prescribed crutches, please bring them with you to the hospital.
If you have any questions, call your doctor's office, Pre-Admission Screening at 240-566-3918 or Perioperative Services at 240-566-3756.
The morning of your admission for surgery . . .
We recommend that you shower or bathe with an antibacterial soap the morning of your surgery, since you may not be able to bathe for several days following your procedure. Follow the food and liquid restriction described above.
Be sure you do not swallow any water when brushing your teeth.
Leave your valuables at home, including any jewelry. No jewelry may be worn during surgery.
Remove nail polish from at least one finger, preferably your index finger.
You do not need to remove artificial nails.
Dentures, glasses and contact lenses usually need to be removed before surgery.
Please bring containers and solutions for contacts or an eyeglass case if you have one.
Patients admitted the morning of surgery should arrive at the hospital two hours before the scheduled procedure (or as directed by your physician). A complimentary parking valet service is available for your convenience.
Pre-operative staging . . .
From the Admitting Department you will be escorted or transported to our Pre-Operative staging area.
There will be more registration paperwork to be done, but at this stage of the process the information becomes medically specific to you and your case.
As beds become available in the staging area, you will be escorted back to a cubicle where you will remove your clothes, get into a hospital gown, and get comfortable on the stretcher.
Because it is so important that some of your vital medical information be communicated directly to members of your surgical team, a registered nurse and an anesthesiologist who will be members of your team will review your health information with you immediately prior to your operation.
Additional Prep
If appropriate, you may be asked to mark your surgical site.
You will be asked to remove hearing aides, glasses, contact lenses, jewelry, or any prosthetic devices.
You will also be asked to remove partial plates or false teeth.
An intravenous (IV) solution may be started just before, or after, you arrive in the Surgical Suite. This IV is necessary to provide your body with fluids and to make it easier to administer anesthesia. Some procedures - those that require only a local anesthetic - may not necessitate an IV.
Although you have been told the approximate time of your operation, unexpected delays sometimes occur. If this happens, your nurse will keep you informed.
The family member or friend who has escorted you to the hospital will be directed to a waiting area and will be informed of your progress during surgery by a Surgical Information Volunteer.
In the operating room . . .
You will be wheeled into the surgical suite on your stretcher.The surgical team will help you transfer from your stretcher to the operating table. It will be hard and cold - but not for long.
You will receive either general, regional, Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC), a spinal/epidural, or local anesthesia
General Anesthesia:
You will be unconscious throughout the operation
Regional Anesthesia: The area of your body undergoing surgery, such as your foot or arm, is anesthetized by an injection administered by the anesthesiologist or surgeon.
Monitored Anesthesia Care: Local anesthesia is administered by your surgeon.
An anesthesiologist is also present and provides administration of intravenous sedation, as needed, and monitors your vital signs.
Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia: You will be helped into a position for ease in administering the anesthesia into the lower back area. As the anesthesia takes effect, there will be loss of sensatin, then movement, below the waist area. The anesthesiologist may also provide intravenous medication to relax you during the procedure.
When you open your eyes - your procedure will be over - and you will be in the recovery room.
Recovery . . .
If you have been given a general or regional anesthetic, you will be taken to the PACU - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - i
mmediately after surgery
As you wake up, noises may seem loud, and you may experience some blurring of vision, dryness of the mouth, sore throat, drowsiness, nausea, or chills. If you feel cold, ask your nurse for a blanket.
Skilled nurses will provide complete care after surgery and anesthesia.
Your blood pressure, breathing, pulse and heart rhythm will be monitored along with the oxygen level of your blood.
PACU staff will ask you to perform deep breathing and coughing exercises to help clear your lungs.
It is important to take an active role in your recovery.
The initial recovery phase typically lasts approximately 1 - 3 hours.
Your recovery room stay may be longer based on anesthesia and surgical effects.
To your hospital room . . .
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if that includes me, we'd have to wait 6 years
if that includes me, we'd have to wait 6 years
Id have to be the designated driver. -__-
yeah it would have to exclude a couple younger people
i wanted fullmetal there but hes a PUSSY and wont drink anything.
I'm sure you could make some decent money with chaffeuring Tim and his friends.
i probably wouldnt drink anything but i'd come along. give it 3 years and i'll be 18
You come off as being much older than 15. More like 17 or 18.
edit- god damn how do you do those sunglasses smilies?
When the Devil is too busy
And Death's a bit too much
They call on me by name you see,
For my special touch.
Get a new cool sunglasses smilie, that one sucks.
I'm majorly disappointed that no one is on right now
You should know that noon isnt the best time. Its the night time for us.
Im hurt.
I was sleeping from 11 at night to 2 pm, my apologies if I enjoy my sleep. If I ever got insomnia, I'd shoot myself.
You're not back in school yet?
for me it would be like 5 years so uh..
but if you all came here which would be highly unlikely, you can get drinks at 16 at this one particular drink selling place in town. aint a bar though. just a shop.
No Seats?
I'm only 15, don't see the days of 16 until June.
Im just a year away from 21. Where everything basically won't matter.
of course you can hit on all the girls there along with dogar and uh...whoever
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Following the Environmental Working Group's announcement last week that borax can cause skin and eye irritation and could disrupt male hormones, I'm looking for ways to clean without the mineral, which was one of my staples. Natural Home's excellent article, A Fresh Start: Natural Spring Cleaning is full of ideas. These five simple, nontoxic items should easily handle all my cleaning needs.
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Kitchen• Cut a lemon in half and use it to clean wooden chopping boards or to remove stains from countertops. Let the lemon juice sit for a while, then wipe clean. Avoid marble and granite surfaces because the acid can be corrosive. (Try club soda instead.)
• Dip a cut lemon in coarse salt and scrub copper-bottom pots and pans. Use the same preparation to help dissolve soap and hard water stains in sinks.
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Good old-fashioned table salt can be used as an abrasive cleaner.
All-PurposeCoarse salt can help remove stains, caked-on food or mildew on stovetops and in bathtubs, or anywhere scratching is not a concern. Mix baking soda with salt to whiten while scrubbing away grime.
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Powerful and economical, distilled white vinegar is one of nature's most versatile cleaners. Its odor can be overwhelming, but the smell dissipates as it dries. If you find the smell is too pungent, try adding lemon juice to neutralize it.
All-PurposeIn a reusable spray bottle, mix a solution of 1 part water to 1 part vinegar for an effective all-purpose cleaner that disinfects and deodorizes. Use this solution to clean countertops, sinks, appliances and floors, but avoid granite or marble because vinegar's acid can damage them.
Bathroom• The all-purpose vinegar cleaning solution above can remove soap scum and hard water stains, and clean tile grout. To remove mildew, directly apply pure white vinegar and let sit for a minimum of 30 minutes before rinsing with warm water.
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- 3 lasagna noodles
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- 1/2 teaspoon minced chives
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 24 slices pepperoni
- 3 slices Swiss cheese, cut into thirds
- 1 cup meatless spaghetti sauce
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. Combine the ricotta cheese, chives, oregano and basil; spread 1/4 cup over each noodle to within 1/2 in. of edges. Top with pepperoni and Swiss cheese; carefully roll up.
- Place seam side down in a greased shallow 1-qt. baking dish; top with spaghetti sauce. Cover and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until bubbly.
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What kind of grade would you give the state Legislature as it prepares to wrap up the first half of the session next week?
I wouldn't be saying a word if we wouldn't have all predicted this outcome. We knew when Mother Nature put things back in order the G&F would raise rates to try to keep the extra money that became a staple in their budget. Greed is so predictable.
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Just because there are some people getting rich off FEMA and the oilfield doesn't mean everybody is. This has went to far. There are a heck of allot more people going backwards then forwards yet if you haven't noticed, all the charities and free government programs are here for less fortunate I do believe. If somebody wants to pay more please feel free to do so.
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EarlyBird, here is your compromise: raise the fees on non-residents at first, then on residents if they have to.
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Walleye is a premium game fish that sells for more than $5 a lb. in a grocery, and well over that price when prepared in an upscale restaurant.
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Detectorguy, they do not realize how many people will just quit hunting. The price of gas is a big factor in hunting and when you factor that cost and increased licenses I don't think they are going to have the outcome they are hoping for, to replace lost bonus money. To me hunting and the outdoor heritage are worth more than money and should not bargained for with money. If we loose one hunter and his family that is a loss we as gun owners do not need.
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Earlybird, You are missing other history on the issue of GF license prices. They haven't had a license increase since about 1987. Let see you try to run a business and charge 1987 prices for your goods! Sooner or later they have to get prices in line with reality. Those new prices will still be cheaper then most every state around us. I was vacationing in Idaho a couple years ago and a Non resident fishing license was over $90. Most all they have there are trout. Currently we are under $40. A resident fishing is only $10! That's less than a dollar a month to catch fish that sell for $5 a pound in the grocery store.
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They are out of touch and out of their fricking minds!
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I can,t believe we can,t get good people with common sense to work in our Gov. OH there it is, the problem is right in front of us! COMMON SENSE and WORK the two things that are lacking in our GOV. Good hard working people don't have the time or money to run for office and they don't want to put up with the B.S. involved! These idiots think just because they were elected it means they have to pass new laws with their name on them to prove they are somebody! We don't need more laws, we have too many already! All we need is people to properly inforce the ones we already have and to eliminate the burdensome overdone crap that is already there!
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And another, The Game and Fish wants to raise the price of hunting licenses. This does not surprise me after several years of selling over 100,000 deer licenses to try to help reduce the over abundant deer herds. We had a couple hard winters that took a heavy toll on the deer so G&F had to reduce the amount of tags available to around 60,000, that is $800,000.00 less than we paid them for a couple years. They must have thought that money was always going to be there because now they need to raise stuff to make up for that loss of income. It's about budgets people, if they don't spend all the money in their budgets they get less the next year.
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I'm very hopeful they let some of our money out of their sticky fingers in regards to property taxes. I don't like the Governors idea of giving property tax relief money directly to the schools. They are talking about a 35% reduction in property taxes, that would knock it down to what it was about three years ago.
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true, they do take up time and space so they should get at least a D. We also get to pay them for it, so they get an F. Has there ever been a more ridiculous legislature? Not in my memory and I have a good memory.
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You can't give them an 'F', they take up time and space while they are there, so they qualify for at least a 'D'.
You have to give them an 'A' for frivolous legislation.
A 'C' average is being generous.
Contact Hamid Shirvani and ask him what grade he would give the deadbeats in the state legislature.
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