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By Bertram de Souza (Contact)
As the bill to reform Ohio's five public pension plans crawls through the General Assembly, the need to deal with the unfunded liabilities only gets more urgent.
A study issued this month by The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions entitled "Hanging By A Thread" places the total unfunded government pension liabilities at $66 billion.
But Ohio isn't alone in being threatened by this epidemic. An Associated Press survey conducted earlier this year found the 50 states have a combined $690 billion in unfunded liabilities and $418 billion in retiree health-care obligations.
States are taking steps to deal with this mounting problem. New Jersey has raised the normal retirement age from 62 to 65, while California will attempt to follow a similar path through a state ballot issue next year.
Defined-benefit system
At the heart of the problem is the defined-benefit system and retiree health-care coverage that most private sector workers no longer receive.
With taxpayers contributing more toward a public employee's pension and health insurance than the recipients, the tension between the two groups of workers is at an all-time high.
"With Americans increasingly likely to live well into their '80s, critics question whether paying lifetime pensions to retirees from age 55 or 60 is financially sustainable," the wire service reported.
In Ohio, the Buckeye Institute's study comes to the same conclusions with regard to the five public systems.
"Ohio's five defined-benefit public-pension systems are broken," the study states. "What began as a method of providing decent retirement benefits for public employees has evolved into a fiscal nightmare of red ink, runaway liabilities, and for many government workers, pension packages well north of $1,000,000. Ohio's public employees and taxpayers deserve public-retirement systems that provide fair benefit levels to retirees at reasonable cost to taxpayers. Neither of those two principles is being fulfilled. Gold-plated pension packages and billions in unfunded liabilities is not what Ohioans bargained for."
So, what should be done to make the systems financially stable?
The Buckeye Institute study says there are two divergent paths Ohio legislators can follow when they deliberate the pension reform legislation. One aims at minor adjustments, such as increasing service-length requirements, retirement age, and Final Average Salary calculations.
The study contends that while such measures will strengthen the pension funds temporarily, they won't fundamentally change the structure of the defined-benefit system.
The other path is to move toward a defined-contribution-style retirement system.
"Like those found in the private sector, defined-contribution retirement systems place less risk on the backs of the taxpayers while allowing for significant cost savings," the Buckeye Institute contends. Government workers would have to take on some risk, but under the current system they bear none. Taxpayers are expected to cover the unfunded liabilities.
Defined-contribution plan
New government workers would enroll in a defined-contribution plan in which taxpayers would contribute an amount equal to 10.2 percent of the employee salary. This 10.2 percent contribution reflects an amount equal to the private sector standard of 6.2 percent Social Security contribution and a 4 percent 401k match, the Institute calculates.
The conservative think tank estimates that such a system would save taxpayers $3.3 billion over the next 30 years.
For current public employees, the institute says, access to pensions should match that of Social Security. Pension eligibility should begin at 62 for those with 25 years of service, 65 for those with 15-24, and 67 for those with 1-14.
"This would better reflect life expectancy and establish greater equality with the private sector," it says.
As for workers under the defined-benefit system, a sliding scale would be implemented. Thus, for those within five years of retirement, the pension formula would be adjusted to reflect a five-year Final Average Salary.
It is clear that the public pension system cannot be sustained without major changes. The question is whether Republican Gov. John Kasich and the GOP-controlled Legislature will to take on this controversial issue.
The public pension system is broken and first poster does nothing to refute that. You can't allow people to retire at 55 and give them pensions and health care far better than those of us footing the bill for their golden benefits as well as trying to fund our own. Big changes are a must if the system is to survive. I know the public employees will cry about it but the alternative is even worse.
Asking for input from The Buckeye Institute on any subject relating to public employees is like asking Bobby Hagan to come up with a plan to help Clarence Smith invest his money.
The attack on public employees continues . . . . . .
Bertie deScumbag continues his assault on public employees to divert attention from his own personal he11 which is the downfall and continued irrelevancy of the Vindy. Ad revenues are in the tank, people leaving are not being replaced, and subscriptions are way down. The paper may not be here in a few years and then where does deScumbag take his ramblings?
Our whole economy has been in a freefall so what's new ? . . ..
Jimmy Hughes gets 550,000 from the drop program now is trying to double dip becoming sheriff. Dr Wendy Webb robs the taxpayers of 111,000 in sick time after running the ytwown schools in the ditch. Ohio state patrol retires after 20 yrs then double dip, fire and police retire and then work more years while collecting retirement benefits which is double dipping. There is a bill in a ohio to try and stop this legal robbery of the taxpayers. Public servants retiring in their 40's and 50's and we wonder why the private sector is mad
My husband is retiring from a school system ( and no he's not a teacher ) , he's worked for almost 26 yrs, he's 55, and he'll be going back to work almost immediately, under social security.Alot of his retirement check will be going to pay health insurance for himself and 2 children, I will be going back to work to have my own health insurance. Retiring from a public sector doesn't mean you're sitting with your feet up doing nothing, and no we're not all rich
speaking of DOUBLE DIPPERS....
At least 2 of the above posters are public employees in Boardman.
Chief Nichols retired last year after inflating his last 3 years of salary and is getting around 60K in pension and then was rehired at 60K. I don't know what his accumulated sick and vacation time take was yet but I'll have that early in 2012 posted on my website.
Another poster above retired and is now rehired in Boardman. Double dipping.
Not only are these double dippers slopping at the trough, they are preventing new employees from getting jobs and double dippers strain the pension funds.
Residents of Boardman passed the recent levy. I keep hearing of crime in Boardman and was surprised that the new levy didn't completely rid Boardman of crime. But, I'm real glad they got the new terrorist vehicle and feel much safer with it.
In regards to your "CHALLENGE" , I can't help but notice that you failed to list who you work for or your source of income. If you are going to go around giving out "challenge's" you could at least have the marbles to take the challenge yourself.
Bertram must have a lousy pension, or perhaps no pension, at the Vindy.
If you're an attorney, you've spent a lifetime screwing people so you have no right to complain.
The ruse of a Defined contribution plan replacing defined benefit programs is
criminal. It will cut a pension in half and if the amount put in declines, like the article suggests, retirees will end up with less than 50% of what they are now getting. Just because the non-union private sector of our economy hasn't been able to stop the rape of their retirement should not lead to public employees having to suffer too. I remember when, as a state employee, Iwas getting 12 cents/hr raise, when it did happen at all, the private sector was getting $1.25hr raises regularly.The tables have turned. and the only reason it is now a high priority is becasue the republicans want any and every opportunity to raise people's ire against the current crop of public employees so they can whittle away at government and end up with their true goal satisfied-that is---the elimination of any obstacle to their greedy, self centered, approach to their position in society--me, me, me first! and the H...with everyone else. Not to be too paranoid, but that is why groups like the Buckeye Inst. Tea Party, and American Legislative Exchange Institute have been plotting for years to terrorize their way into positions of authority (be writing the legislation you see throughout the US these days) so they can destroy any semblence of the good life for average Americans; Then the country is theirs. We have voter suppression laws, antipathy against public employees programs, intimidation by tea party radicals with guns, elimination of concealed carry laws. Every thing to send us back into the 19th centruy when government was a flea and the rich were the elephant that couldn't be penetrated. If we don't wake up , the country will be thrown back to 1880 when no one could count on any security at all.Even Russia and the middle east have finally gotten fed up with such totlitarianism. We shouldn't let it be imported here.
As samlam says, it's an easy fix. In fact, countries in Europe are doing exactly what he suggests, cutting public pensions in half. That will be the wave of the future here too. The private sector will eventually say enough is enough and force it. We can't fund our pensions via 401K's and then fund public sector pensions King Midas would be proud of.
I have to laugh at formerytown. He's pretty smug for someone who obviously is low down the latter.
The vast majority of those who work at large firms are worker ants for the select few who are made partner. Normally, I say good job to someone for working and making relatively decent money. But in his case, he's trying to portray himself as this successful attorney, yet he works for someone else. Furthermore, if he's the one actually doing all those "billable hours" then he's not much more than a paralegal.
My friend, you need some self-actualization.
"Ladder" sorry for the typo.
Don't be fooled. Some Ohio legislators and certain vulture capitalists are salivating to get their hands on the pension funds. The current administration in Columbus would love to be able to "borrow" from the pension fund to pay for more useless non-job creating corporate tax breaks.
There is a book called "Retirement Heist". Everyone should read it. Especially the gullible fools who believe what the buckeye institute is spewing. That includes you Bertram.
mjnovaksr tells it like it is. The public sector pensions and health care are impossible to maintain and will be cut eventually. Earlier cuts are the best and least hurtfull. My guess is they wait until the cuts must be drastic and painful.
I recently read your column regarding the state of public pension plans and the benefits afforded to teachers, firemen, and policemen. While stunned that you were only able to find one conservative think tank source to quote, I was more amazed at your apparent comfort with assigning yourself the task and title of "Worth Assignment coordinator" for the world.
Using skewed statistics and propagandized opinion, you comfortably espoused the conclusion that the very people who protect your property, save your life and teach your children are undeserving of the retirement income they paid for and that the general public is pouring money down a rat hole when they pay for these pensions.
Given the choice, I would a million times rather spend my money to take care of the health needs of a fireman who has breathing problems because he was trapped in a burning building than pay for the care of a congressman who puts political influence above ethics, human compassion or good common sense.
And I realize that the people who receive these pensions contribute twice - the money withheld from their pay and the exact same taxes on property, income, and purchases that everyone else who lives in the state of Ohio pays.
When residents question why others don't see this state as a place for the future, they should be given a copy of Sunday's column.
Far from "exposing the truth", Bertram was feeling lazy, and so lifted his entire column from the "Buckeye Institute", a propaganda organization.
Now really. The Buckeye Institute's staff must be toasting their appearance in an Ohio newspaper.
"Don't you think it is funny that all the posts since my #7 above fail to own up to the fact that their nose is in the public trough?" - formerytown
So your 'challenge' is really a mandate, and anyone who has anything to say counter to your opinions is obviously a public servant. Do you make similar broadly sweeping assumptions while earning those "billable hours?"
Very few people on here reveal any personal information, and one's place of employment is personal information (unless you're one of those 'lower-than-low' public servants you so obviously despise -and that's not an assumption. The proof is in everything you write).
The day of reckoning is fast approaching. Todays pension promises are based on 7% growth in the pension funds year after year. That growth is not happening so the alternative is one of these 2.
1. Higher taxes to make up the shortfall.
2. Reduced benefits.
I doubt the taxpayers who are severely underfunded in their own 401K's are going to want to also fund the overly generous public pensions.
formerytown, I'm not saying that you should be embarrassed by what you do for a living. You just shouldn't be very smug about it. Until you're made partner, you simply not that important. Be proud of what you do, just realize where you actually are.
It's like many university graduates. Be proud, but don't go and receive your degree from Ohio State or Kent, and then act like you're high performing. Nobody should be smug, but at least be from a elite school if you're going to try. Just as in your case, if you work for a large firm, don't pretend you're something you're not.
BTW, there's no jealousy from my side. Also, due to my line of business, I deal a fair bit with large firms who process and file my paperwork. You're not making anywhere near what you claimed, especially not when you're doing the paralegal work. I might be paying something in range of what you quoted, but that's going to a handful of different people. If you're familiar with the sector, you should come over to the investment side and start working with your own money instead of just seeing what others' are doing with theirs.
Retirement will be only for the wealthy...so don't worry about your pension.
U.S. public state and local pensions declined 8.5% in the 3rd quarter...the most since 2008.
formerytown, if you are indeed a lawyer, I surely hope you research subjects better in your practice of law before you go spouting off about things you obviously know little to nothing about.
These 5 pension funds are NOT "union" pension funds. Unions have absolutely nothing to do with these pension funds other than there are union members who contribute to them. Frankly, there are just as many, if not MORE NON UNION public employees who contribute than union members. (anyone who is a supervisor is not in a union and uses the SAME retirement system) Unions have absolutely NO control over these funds what so ever. Also, unions have absolutely ZERO power to change these funds. ZERO.
Why? (go look this up in your law books to confirm this formerytown)
These funds were created as an act of law by the legislature back in the 30's. They were created over 50 years BEFORE collective bargaining (unions) was even legal in Ohio.
They were created by the legislature and can ONLY be changed by the legislature themselves...neither the pension funds themselves, nor their managers can legally change the structure of the funds...it MUST be done by the legislature...the funds and the process to change them are written into law and any changes needed are legally bound by the legislative process...all 5 pension funds submitted proposed reforms back in 2009 and the legislature is needlessly stalling the reform that the pension funds themselves are desperately trying to effect....the past legislature did nothing about it and now the current legislature is doing nothing but stalling....Keith Faber's (R Celina) insistence that an additional actuary study the proposals of the 5 pension funds is redundant and unnecessary because the pension fund proposals for reform were written after actuaries studied each of the pension funds...so he wants an actuary to study the findings of actuaries that have already studied the pension funds and recommended the necessary changes to bring about reform...someone needs to light a fire under Keith Faber and tell him to stop this ridiculous waste of time and money...they have stalled long enough...get on with it!...the entire mess in now under Keith Faber's (R Celina) control, he is the chairman of the committee charged with control of these funds and it is HIS responsibility to act on the proposed reforms...and no one else...and ESPECIALLY NOT UNIONS!!
Those spouting hate towards unions need to read up on this subject before demonstrating to everyone that you really don't understand what you are spouting off about....
Yes, I am a beneficiary of one of these plans. This has no bearing what so ever on my above post, because none of it is opinion, it's all fact and a matter of public record so it is quite easily verified... I notice that you did not try to refute anything I said....because you can't...every bit of it is public record...the fate of these 5 pension funds rests in the lap of REPUBLICAN Keith Faber ...unions did NOT create these pension funds, nor did they create this mess, the LEGISLATURE did. Unions have absolutely NO power to change these pension funds...ZERO...
Now, are you going to apologize for your inflammatory and completely erroneous remarks and admit that you were wrong?
Well wanna be lawyer boy, I see that my time is wasted on you. You and the rest of your ilk would not even be happy if we worked for minimum wage with no benefits. You would still be beating the FauxNews drums of hate while cheering on the ALEC/Koch/Kasich regime. You cannot refute a word that I said above. Can't be done.
At the end of this, I am still right and you are still completely and totally WRONG.....
Case closed.
Wanna Be Lawyer Boy exposed and proven WRONG....you are DISMISSED....I shall say no more....


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Cornell to Visit Women's Soccer in Home Finale Saturday
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Saturday at 7 p.m., the Tigers will play at Roberts Stadium for the final time this season, welcoming Cornell to campus as Princeton aims for its first Ivy League win.
If you're attending: Lots 16, 20, 23, 32 and the parking garage, labeled on this map, will be available for spectator parking. Walk past the tennis courts to Roberts Stadium. Admission is free.
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The seniors: Princeton will recognize its five-member senior class prior to the game. The class includes a goalkeeper in Cecilia Di Caprio who had her first career start this season, a two-time captain midfielder who has been a four-year starter and a first-team All-Ivy League pick in Gabriella Guzman, a midfielder in Erika Hoglund who has made a career-high seven starts this season, a co-captain defender in Diane Metcalf-Leggette who has started at least 14 games in each of the last two seasons, and a fellow defender in Kacie Kergides who has started at least 11 games in three of her four seasons.
On Cornell: The Big Red have hit a three-game skid on the way to Princeton after starting 7-3-1. While all three of those defeats were in Ivy play, the last two were by one goal to Yale and Brown, including a double-OT loss to the Bears in Ithaca last weekend. Even so, Cornell has already won its most games since 2005, when it finished 7-7-1. One-third of Cornell's 21 goals have come from Caroline Growney (seven), and Kelsey Tierney (4-5, 1.41 GAA) has played the whole of all five of the Big Red's Ivy League games while splitting time with Tori Christ.
On the series: Annually, Princeton puts on the line one of the most impressive streaks against any Ivy opponent in any sport when it faces Cornell. The Tigers haven't lost to the Big Red since 1995, a streak of 17 wins. Three of the last four wins, however, have come by one goal, including two in overtime in 2009 and 2010. While the Tigers won the first three in the series from 1980-82 and the last 17 from 1996 forward, Cornell had a run of 7-2-4 against the Tigers from 1983-95.
OT Tigers: Princeton has played five overtime games this season, tying four and losing one. It's the most overtime games in a season for Princeton since 2009, when the team played a program-record six OT games.
Home field advantage: The last time Cornell beat Princeton, it was at Lourie-Love Field in 1995 in Julie Shackford's first season as the team's head coach. Since then, Princeton has won eight in a row in Princeton over the Big Red, and the team's all-time record on campus against Cornell is 10-3-3.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard can seal the deal with a win Saturday over Dartmouth, entering the weekend with 15 points and a five-point cushion over Penn with six points still on the table for each team. Penn (10 points) and Dartmouth (nine) are the only teams mathematically alive for the Ivy title. For the NCAA berth, Penn needs to win both of its last games and for Harvard to lose out, as the Quakers lost head-to-head to Harvard in what would be the NCAA tiebreaker. Two Penn wins and a Harvard tie and loss would still give Penn a share of the Ivy title. Dartmouth needs to win each of its last two games, have Penn not win out, and have Harvard lose out to get a share of the Ivy title and the NCAA berth.
League-leading Tigers: Tyler Lussi co-leads the Ivy with four other players with three game-winning goals as the only Tiger to top a league statistical list.
League-leading Red: Dempsey Banks is one of five Ivy Leaguers with six assists as the only Big Red player to lead the league in a statistical category.
Last meeting: Princeton throttled Cornell 5-1 in Ithaca in one of eight games in the series to be decided by at least four goals. Princeton is 6-2 in those games. Lynessa McGee and Lauren Lazo had two goals apiece, while Jessica Haley had what became the game-winning goal after Cornell tacked on the game's final marker in the 72nd minute from Jenna Cantor. Tori Christ started the game in goal for Cornell and allowed the five Princeton goals in her 55 minutes, leaving the game following Lazo's second and Princeton's final goal.
Common foes: Outside of Ivy League play, Princeton and Cornell have just one common opponent, Colgate. Princeton defeated Cornell's fellow upstate New Yorkers 3-1 last time out, while the Red fell to the Raiders 3-0 in Ithaca back on Sept. 8. Among Ivy teams, Princeton and Cornell have both faced Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Brown. Both teams were tripped up by Harvard, Yale and Brown, while the Red beat Columbia and the Tigers tied the Lions.Rookie record: Tyler Lussi scored her seventh goal Tuesday night at Colgate, giving her the most for a Princeton freshman in nine years, since Diana Matheson '08 had seven in 2004. The Princeton freshman scoring record is 13 by Sue Mooney '85 in 1981. If Lussi ends the season as the team's leading scorer, she'd be the first Tiger freshman to lead the team in scoring since Jen Hoy '13 (three goals) in 2009.
Rookies: Freshman goalkeeper Hannah Winner got her first collegiate start against Colgate three days after making her debut against Harvard, making it seven of the nine total freshmen who have seen action over Princeton's first 15 games. Three of those, including Tyler Lussi, Jesse McDonough and Fiona McKenna, have played in all 15 games. McKenna is the only one to have started all 15 and is one of two players in any class to have started all 15 games thus far, along with Gabrielle Ragazzo.
The coach: Julie Shackford is in her 19th season leading Princeton and has 195 wins as the Tigers' coach. Princeton has played in eight NCAA tournaments under Shackford, who, in addition to being the winningest soccer coach in Princeton history on the men's or women's side, is the third-longest tenured coach in an Ivy League where long tenures are more rule than exception. Only Brown's Phil Pincince (37th season) and Columbia's Kevin McCarthy (20th season) have been at their posts longer among active Ivy women's soccer coaches, and Yale's Rudy Meredith is also in his 19th season.
Going dancing: Princeton advanced to the NCAA tournament last season for the eighth time under head coach Julie Shackford and won a postseason game away from Princeton for the first time in program history. The Tigers won at West Virginia, beating the Mountaineers 2-1 for their first NCAA tournament victory since 2004.
Between the posts: Last Saturday at Harvard, rookie Hannah Winner became the third Tiger to play in goal this season, joining senior Cecilia Di Caprio and junior Darcy Hargadon. None was a regular starter at Princeton prior to this season. Hargadon has started 11 games and had five shutouts, while Di Caprio has started three games, against Fordham, Dartmouth and Harvard, while also subbing in against Brown. Winner had her first career start last time out against Colgate.
Up next: Princeton will wrap the 2013 campaign next Friday night at Penn with a 6 p.m. start. The Quakers will need help from Dartmouth Saturday at Harvard, as well as a win over Brown, to make the game meaningful for them in the Ivy race, as Penn is Harvard's closest pursuer for the Ivy title.


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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Mario Valery-Trabucco was expected to contribute to the Union offense in his first season with the team. Goalie Rich Sillery was a late addition to the Dutchmen's 2006 recruiting class, and was going to have to battle junior Justin Mrazek and fellow freshman Shaun Williams for playing time.
Both players had major roles Friday against Army.
Valery-Trabucco had a goal and two assists, and Sillery made 23 saves for his first collegiate win to lead the Dutchmen to a 4-1 victory over the Black Knights at Messa Rink.
Valery-Trabucco, who had a goal disallowed early in the second period when the net came off of its supports, is the Dutchmen's top freshman scorer with four goals and four assists.
He scored the game-winning goal early in the third period when he redirected a Brendan Milnamow pass from the left circle past goalie A.J. Drago. Valery-Trabucco, who had an assist on Jeff Christiansen's power-play goal late in the second, positioned himself in the slot when T.J. Fox skated down the right wing and sent a backhand shot wide of the net. The puck then came to Milnamow.
"Fox had a lot of speed coming down the side, so I figured I crash the net and see what happens and get a shot of the rebound came out," said Valery-Trabucco, who came to Union from Northwood Prep. "It ended up missing me, but the puck came right out to Milnamow. He put it right on my tape. It was a beautiful pass."
Valery-Trabucco made a great pass on Matt Cook's goal with 6:13 left in the game that sealed the win. Leading a two-on-one rush into the Army zone, Valery-Trabucco feathered a pass to Cook, who skated down the slot and beat Drago with a backhander past the stick side.
Union coach Nate Leaman is expecting great things from Valery-Trabucco.
"I feel with him and Jason Walters, we have two freshmen who can contribute offensively," Leaman said. "I feel that they are as good as any freshmen in the league. Tonight, Mario really stepped us his game when we needed some guys to make some plays. He made some great plays."
Sillery, who was making his second start of the year, kept the Dutchmen (4-3-2) in the game in the first period. Union, playing its first game since Nov. 4, came out slow and was outshot, 11-3. Sillery made six of those saves during Army's second power play of the period.
"The more you feel the puck on your pads early, the more comfortable you feel as the game goes on," said Sillery, who played at Gilmour Academy last season. "I definitely had confidence from that. I was just fortunate enough on one of those that it caught my pad right at the end."
Leaman credited Sillery with keeping the Dutchmen in the game with his first-period performance.
"I thought Rich played a very good period the first period," Leaman said. "You could tell we've been off 2 1/2 weeks. We didn't have much rhythm, we didn't have much urgency at all. He kind of held us in there, and made some real good saves."
With Williams having left the knee a few weeks ago because of knee problems, Sillery and Mrazek will share the playing time.
"I started [Sillery] because he had a great week of practice," Leaman said. "I felt confident in him in his week of practice, and I think the team did, also. It's a big boost for our team just to have him play the way he played."
Fox had a goal and an assist for the Dutchmen. Mike Schreiber added two assists. …
Sillery lost his shutout with 8:46 left in the game when Owen Meyer tipped a Tim Manthey left-point shot into the net for a power-play goal. …
The Dutchmen host 14th-ranked Massachusetts on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Ken Schott covers college hockey for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y.
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Our project for this week was actually hand or foot printed trees with stamps and bubble blowing during the break. But while we were printing the kid's hands on the paper, we decided to make this more freestyle and ended up with many different pictures who were very creative and colourful.
Even Nam Chok shortly participated at this activity what he usually doesn't do. Even if he was only interested for a very short time, he had a lot of fun doing it. Just like Phil, Joy, Bonroot and Paradon.
|Joy enjoing the hand printing.
|Bonroot likes his self-made picture.
|Paradon busy stamping.
Here are some of their beautiful Pictures:
|Phil's foot prints.
|Nam Chok's picture.
|Bonroot's self created forest.


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UMass soccer alum Jonathan Gruber was inducted into the Norwich Sports Hall of Fame over the weekend. Gruber was a goalkeeper for UMass from 1989-91 earning Atlantic 10 All-Conference and All-New England honors.
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He was an NFA soccer team captain, and earned all-conference and all-area honors in the sport in addition to shining in basketball and baseball. He was first-team All-Atlantic Conference and first-team All-New England for UMass soccer.


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The University of Iowa doctoral CFT program is based in the traditional Marriage and Family Therapy education that is associated with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Our goal is to train future scholars who will make significant research contributions to the field of CFT. We believe that the field will flourish as a result of the synergism between research, theory, and practice. We are looking for students who want to move the field forward by conducting research that evaluates theory based interventions, and whose own clinical work will be guided by scientific knowledge.
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In retrospect, the decision that may wind up ruining Idzik's career was the one to agree to take the vacant Jets job. Recall that Jaguars GM Dave Caldwell chose Jacksonville over New York, in a move that foreshadowed some of the problems Idzik would encounter. Chief among them: rebuilding in New York — and in particular, with the Jets — is just not like rebuilding in other places. The Jets were 6-10 and coming off back-to-back seasons without the playoffs when Idzik was hired. New York was in a clear rebuilding situation: the Jets cap situation was in terrible shape, and the talent had been depleted. This was going to take some time.
Idzik came from Seattle, where John Schneider took the Seahawks from 5-11 to 7-9 and 7-9 in his first two seasons. Now recognized as one of the best GMs in football, Schneider may well have been fired after two years had he compiled that resume in New York and had the same strained relationship with the media that Idzik had. At a high level, Idzik planned to do in New York what Schneider did in Seattle, or Ted Thompson has done in Green Bay: build through the draft, spend money wisely, and patiently construct a roster. With the Jets — and in particular, due to the media that covers the team — that plan leaves very little margin for error. [click to continue…]


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Google's oldest index dates back to 2001, and as much as the world as we know it has changed since then, much has remained the same. Brainstorm took a walk down search engine memory lane and found some old faces and long-forgotten names.
Telkom, back in 2001, was expecting competition for the first time in 2002. Or so it was thought. That competition didn't materialise until a few years later (Neotel launched 1 August 2006), but headlines at the time read, "CWU opposes Telkom privatisation", "Telkom to face multiple competitors, says Ngcaba", "Transtel/Eskom will be Telkom competition, says Radebe", and "Telkom stake to net R6bn". The company also launched its much-slated DSL service.
MTN, way back then, was still sponsoring the Gladiators (we've all been trying very hard to forget them), boasted a subscriber base of three million, and Johnnic (now Avusa) and MTN had just acquired 40 percent of Ebucks.com. Vodacom, meanwhile, passed the four-million subscriber mark in 2000 and by the end of 2001 hit the six million mark.
Datatec was selling its UUNet stake to WorldCom, for some $138.5 million and had overseas listings plans for group companies Logical, Mason and Westcon. Dimension Data, on the other hand, was experiencing some difficulties as a result of the dotcom bomb. Its market cap dropped some R10 billion that July after it issued a trading statement warning of falling margins, and it showed a huge loss by the end of the year.
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Altech, conversely, showed solid growth that year, its headline earnings per share were 24 percent up on 2000, despite the knock many local IT stocks took in the wake of the global dotcom bomb hitting local shores about eight months after it hit overseas. EOH also returned good results, with revenue up 43 percent to R84 million, expansion of its ERP activities through the acquisition of Enterprise Softworx and a joint venture in Mauritius that saw EOH Mauritius opening.
A long list of companies left the JSE that year. Bynx Software delisted, CCH was acquired by MGX, Metropolis delisted, SecureData delisted, MMW liquidated, MWeb delisted, Logical Options delisted.
Most significantly for the local channel, Siltek Limited hit the wall. Some group companies, among them Workgroup and Siltek Telecomms (relaunched as Centratel), managed to MBO themselves out of the mess and live to tell the tale. Beyond the immediate fallout for the people and customers/suppliers involved was the credit crunch, which hit shortly thereafter and saw between R300 million and R400 million worth of credit removed from the dealer channel. This crunch dogs the industry to this day.
But enough of the deaths; the industry saw a few newborns too. Bytes Technology Group was born out of Usko and FinTech. Bytes Healthcare's Digital Healthcare Solutions was formed out of QEDI and Mediswitch. Arivia.kom was created out of Transnet and Eskom's IT bits and Ariel technologies. Cell C finally won its licence fight and launched.
Absa lost its free internet banking service fight. PeopleSoft SA closed, Nedcor invested in Net1 Applied Technology (recently returned to the SA scene) and PQ Africa became Comparex Africa (to become BCX some time later). It should probably be noted that Brainstorm was born that year too.
On the international front, Microsoft promised to stop spreading 'false' information about Novell, word of the proposed HP/Compaq merger hit the streets, Windows XP was launched, CommerceOne left the building, and, of course, the event that shook the world, the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Centre happened in 2001. An extremely eventful year all around, with interest rate hikes, stock drops, and altogether too many losses to count.
Google's ten-year birthday page can be found at www.google.com/search2001.html.
With thanks to Paul Booth's long-standing column on ITWeb, Paul Furber's Siltek piece run in Brainstorm in November 2002, and all of those companies that have online information dating back further than the bits they like to remember.


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COMPUTEX Taipei 2010 - With so many companies products and showcases to cover at this year's Computex, getting a good scoop on every one of them was near impossible in the event's 4 day timeframe.
We were unable to spend much time at the Noctua booth, but that doesn't mean they didn't have anything interesting on display. The company is reknowned for making top quality heatsinks that rival the best of the best and they had some real nice looking next-gen products on display that we can all look forward to.
Check out this news release from Noctua themselves giving you the full scoop on what they showcased last week.


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France's côte d'azur becomes the focal point for the world of glamour and fashion in May, where business rubs shoulders with the stars of the silver screen. This is Cannes and this year the film festival celebrates its 65th anniversary.
Marilyn Monroe, who sang arguably one of the most famous renditions of 'Happy Birthday', adorns the official poster for the gathering.
This year's official selection jury is chaired by the Italian director Nanni Moretti, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2001 for 'The Son's Room'. He will be joined by eight other personalities who will judge the films in competition and decide on where the seven awards will go.
At the 65th Cannes Festival, Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi was, once again, the centre of attention, this time for his next film project. The European…


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(2) Comments | Posted October 15, 2013 | 7:55 AM
If you haven't yet given to Civil Eats, you should. Their Kickstarter campaign ends Friday at 4:51 Pacific. If they don't raise the $100,000 that editors Naomi Starkman and Paula Crossfield – neither of whom has ever been paid for their work on Civil Eats – are seeking to be able...
(19) Comments | Posted June 11, 2013 | 6:12 PM
Just when you thought the market for controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was completely saturated, a new study published in the Journal of Organic Systems finds that pigs raised on a mixed diet of GM corn and GM soy had higher rates of intestinal problems, "including...
(22) Comments | Posted May 20, 2013 | 11:50 AM
Back in December 2010, Wikileaks released thousands of cables between the US State Department and over 100 embassies around the world, some of which (about ten percent) shed light on the U.S. government's promotion of agricultural biotechnology abroad. The subject matter -- for those with a lot of time on...
(2) Comments | Posted January 10, 2013 | 12:35 PM
It was surely the first time squirtable cheese and Ritz crackers were served at the James Beard House.
Tuesday evening, the James Beard Foundation – famous for its focus on fine dining – hosted a book release party for Wenonah Hauter, executive director of DC-based watchdog group Food & Water Watch...
(3) Comments | Posted October 9, 2012 | 12:46 PM
On Thursday, Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill signed an agreement to join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program. Chipotle joins the ranks of McDonald's, Taco Bell, Whole Foods and Subway as the 11th company to join the program, which improves working conditions for farmworkers in a few major...
(5) Comments | Posted August 1, 2012 | 6:09 PM
I came back to work after a two-week vacation last Thursday and couldn't miss the story about the USDA's internal endorsement for Meatless Mondays, then rapid reversal and resultant fallout, most of which read like an Onion article.
In case you missed it, here's what went down:
(1) Comments | Posted July 3, 2012 | 10:34 AM
There is an old saying with many variations, the gist of which is, "Making laws and making sausages are both disgusting processes." The quote is often attributed to Otto Von Bismark, but according to Yale's Fred Shapiro (writing for the Times), it was actually lawyer-poet John Godfrey Saxe who...
(17) Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 1:47 PM
Late last month in downtown Manhattan, Judge Federal Court Judge Naomi Buchwald heard the first arguments in OSGATA et al. versus Monsanto, a groundbreaking lawsuit brought by The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) on behalf of 83 farmer plaintiffs, who are "seeking court protection under the Declaratory Judgment Act, from Monsanto-initiated patent infringement lawsuits."
A lawsuit protecting against future lawsuits? Understandable, considering that Monsanto employs a fleet of lawyers and took 144 farmers to court between 1997 and 2010 and settled out of court with over 700 more. Laying aside the question of whether it is ethical to patent seeds in the first place -- let's assume some farmers have saved seed and should be brought to justice for doing so -- this suit seeks to protect farmers whose crops are contaminated by seeds or pollen drifting onto their land, in effect contaminating their crops, from being sued by the biotech giant (talk about adding insult to injury).
Across the street in Foley Square, chilly morning temperatures didn't stop several hundred from gathering in support of the farmers. In a citizen's assembly organized by Food Democracy Now, Occupy Big Food and Occupy Food Justice, attendees heard from environmental journalist Simran Sethi, permaculture expert Andrew Faust and others. Organizers also created an informative spectacle in the form of a human timeline of Monsanto's long, environmentally dubious history.
The OSGATA press release included statements from Dan Ravicher, lawyer for the plaintiffs:
"We were very pleased that the court granted our request to have oral argument regarding Monsanto's motion to dismiss our case today," said Daniel Ravicher of the Public Patent Foundation, lead lawyer for the Plaintiffs. "The judge graciously permitted both parties to raise all the points they wished in a session that lasted over an hour. While Monsanto's attorney attempted to portray the risk organic farmers face from being contaminated and then accused of patent infringement as hypothetical and abstract, we rebutted those arguments with the concrete proof of the harm being suffered by our clients in their attempts to avoid such accusations. The judge indicated she will issue her ruling within two months. We expect she will deny the motion and the case will then proceed forward. If she should happen to grant the motion, we will most likely appeal to the Court of Appeals who will review her decision without deference."
And from OGSATA president, Jim Gerritsen:
"Our lawyer did a good job explaining the current injustice farmers face. We have a right to be secure on our farms and to be free from Monsanto's GMO trespass. If we become contaminated by Monsanto, not only is the value of our organic seed crop extinguished but we could also be sued by Monsanto for patent infringement because their contamination results in our 'possession' of their GMO technology. We have farmers who have stopped growing organic corn, organic canola and organic soybeans because they can't risk being sued by Monsanto. It's not fair and it's not right. Family farmers need justice and we deserve the protection of the court."
After the hearing, the plaintiffs crossed the street to a heroes' welcome. Dan Ravicher addressed the crowd, as did several organic farmers involved in the suit, and Dave Murphy and Lisa Stokke, co-founders of Food Democracy Now! (who have gathered over 100,000 signatures in support of the plaintiffs). Lisa read a statement on behalf of Ecocentric Hero Joan Dye Gussow, professor of nutrition at Columbia University, longtime backyard gardener, outspoken critic of industrial agriculture and unofficial matriarch of the sustainable food movement. The statement Joan, who couldn't make it that day, contributed -- concise and powerful as ever -- is below.
We will report on the next chapter of this story after Judge Buchwald decides whether the case will move forward.
Statement of Joan Dye Gussow to the Citizens' Assembly of Support for Family Farmers
It's simple. I don't want the companies who've already poisoned the earth and our personal environments with clever chemicals to own the genes of our crop plants and use them to threaten our farmers. They have already proved that they can't be trusted with our future.
All organisms are embedded in ecosystems whose workings we only vaguely understand. Given the depth of our ignorance, it is shockingly risky to allow Nature to be treated as a Lego toy, replacing her parts at will. All the problems we predicted genetically-engineered organisms would create have occurred, insect resistance, weed resistance, toxic changes in the soil organisms. We have NO IDEA how much more Nature will tolerate.
Therefore, it is desperately important that farmers who wish to produce our food without genetically engineered seeds should be assured by law that they can do so. The law should eliminate the possibility that a farmer can be sued as the consequence of the uninvited trespass of GE organisms onto his or her farm. This suit must go forward in the courts. In the long run all our lives depend on it.
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(1) Comments | Posted February 15, 2012 | 12:44 PM
Advocates of locally sourced, sustainably produced food are often portrayed as elitists (most often by those with a vested interest in the agricultural status quo) and granted, it doesn't get much more elite than His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales.
Last May, just a day...
(4) Comments | Posted July 14, 2011 | 10:21 AM
Last week, I attended an event at New York City's famous James Beard House that took me back to Yellowstone National Park.
Around this time last summer, I was on a tour boat on Lake Yellowstone with my family, where we learned that lake trout, a non-native species introduced...
(0) Comments | Posted June 15, 2011 | 3:26 PM
Update: Just before today's scheduled rally, CFA supporters got word that the beloved school will remain open as a charter school. Congratulations to Miss Andrews, Nicole Conoway and all the students and supporters. More info here.
Once one of the wealthiest cities in the nation, today Detroit is...
(0) Comments | Posted March 22, 2011 | 11:07 AM
Originally published at Ecocentric, as part of the Our Heroes series.
Like many of the women I admire most, Joan Gussow has a bit of an edge to her. One gets the impression that she doesn't gladly suffer fools. But as an avid gardener and longtime...
(6) Comments | Posted February 18, 2011 | 11:15 AM
A few weeks ago, when President Obama gave his State of the Union Address, food issue analysts and activists livetweeted the event, hungry for a few crumbs by which to make out the President's thoughts on the state of food policy. The crumbs were few and far between and...
(1) Comments | Posted October 27, 2010 | 11:42 AM
Originally published at Ecocentric.
Sustainable food advocates are still watching with bated breath to see whether the Food and Drug Administration will really push through the approval of AquAdvantage, a transgenic (read: genetically engineered) salmon for human consumption. Although industry - and the FDA, apparently - would have...
(9) Comments | Posted September 3, 2010 | 2:31 PM
Originally published at Ecocentric.
Two weeks ago, my coworker Karen and I left the office a little early and walked across Manhattan to the Trader Joe's store in Chelsea, where a small group had gathered making signs and chatting. Among them were members of the...
(5) Comments | Posted July 23, 2010 | 3:33 PM
Originally published at Ecocentric.
Let's try something. Picture for a moment, dear reader, a farmer. It doesn't have to be a farmer you know, assuming you are lucky enough to know a farmer. It could be a farmer you've seen on television, in a movie or read...
(14) Comments | Posted July 14, 2010 | 3:06 PM
Originally published at Ecocentric.
Not many people would actually choose to get near a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). In fact, lots of people spend lots of time trying to prevent such outfits from being built in their communities. But last fall, I jumped at the opportunity to...
(7) Comments | Posted July 1, 2010 | 12:30 PM
Originally published at Ecocentric.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Eating local food is patriotic.
The nation seems to grow ever more deeply divided about what that means, especially this last year, with the tea partiers insisting that the so-called liberal elite are not patriotic...
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Grown in Detroit screens tomorrow at 2:30 pm at the AFSCME Building (600 Lafayette) at the US Social Forum in Detroit, and at the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival this week. The USSF screening will be followed by a question-and-answer period with filmmakers Mascha and Manfred Poppenk, Catherine Ferguson...
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Is it just me, or have the days since the Deepwater Horizon explosion blew a hole into a pipe deep in the Gulf of Mexico, a catastrophe that has since been confirmed the worst oil spill in US history, played out like an extra dark episode of that Amy...


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Stock Downgrades: Zynga Is in the Doghouse
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
Congress, fighting the last war as ever, yesterday turned its attention to
a Russian meteor from February
when it should really be more concerned with a potential economic explosion currently heading Moscow's way via Cyprus.
Electronic Arts
(EA), whose titles include
Command & Conquer
, and
Medal of Honor
, imploded 8.34% on a
bloody tenth anniversary of the Iraq war
. Critics who claimed that the conflict was little more than a
(HAL) land-grab note with interest that stock tumbled 2.73% as oil service shares endured a second down day.
Perhaps we would have been better off
adhering to the Pottery Barn rule
. After all, by an interesting twist of irony its owner
(WSM) announced earnings yesterday of all days, and is surging some 5.07% before the opening bell.
The Federal Open Market Committee today concludes its two-day policy meeting, with an interest rate announcement expected at the new time of 2:00 p.m. Eastern. On the corporate front,
General Mills
Jabil Circuit
(LEN), and
(ORCL) are all due to announce earnings.
Adobe Systems
(ADBE): A contrary cut for the Acrobat owner, which is jumping before the bell after announcing earnings. It is slashed to Hold from Buy at Stifel.
AGCO Corporation
(AGCO): Shares are downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
(ABC): The stock, a stellar performer on Tuesday and upgraded elsewhere this morning, gets cut to Neutral from Buy with a $54 target price at ISI Group. An excessive valuation multiple relative to competitors warrants greater caution at current levels, the broker believes.
Cardinal Health
(CAH): Citigroup slashes the shares to Neutral from Buy after yesterday's steep slide.
(XEC): The company is moved to Market Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital, whose target is $72.
Con-way Inc.
(CNW): CNW gets cut to Equal Weight from Overweight at Stephens after the company issues a first quarter profit warning. The stock
is down slightly before the bell as I write.
Health Care
(CVH): Talk about being "
Sent to Coventry
" -- shares are slashed to Market Perform from Outperform with Wells.
(DE): The tractor titan, which tumbled 1.36% on Tuesday, is today taken to Underperform from Market Perform with Wells.
Maxwell Technologies
(MXWL): Piper Jaffray moves MXWL to Neutral from Overweight.
(SYMC): Shares get downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer due to valuation.
Tesoro Logistics
(TLLP): Wunderlich lowers the limited partnership to Hold from Buy, believing better value presently exists elsewhere a strong recent run in the stock.
(WAG): The recently surging stock — upgraded elsewhere today — gets pulled from Goldman Sachs' list of Conviction Buys.
(NASDAQ:ZNGA): The social gaming firm famous for its canine logo is now Neutral from Buy at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Its analysts wrote in a note that "competitive real-money poker launches and summer seasonality on core businesses could limit further enthusiasm." The intact price objective is $3.90, and shares are accordingly slumping 3.51% in today's pre-market trading.
(See also:
New Stock Coverage: Has Whole Foods Become Spoiled?
Stock Upgrades: BlackBerry Is All Green Thumbs
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If it takes a community to raise a child, then it may take more than one community agency to fully support the family that cares for that child. The following agencies and individuals have participated in community-building activities and events with Pivot Point. As such, we are proud to serve families with support from the following community professionals, agencies, and government bodies who have helped build a stronger community for us all.
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Placing flags at St. Elizabeth's East Cemetery Nov. 5.
October 23, 2013 in Flags Across America by PACM Alholm
The DC CPOA Chapter is proud and honored to host the first Flags Across America event to be held at the St Elizabeth's East Cemetery on 05 November 2013, commencing at 1000. This is a family event to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in honor of our great country. We will be placing flags on the graves of veterans who served during the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II. Civilian attire is permitted. Attached is this year's flyer with amplifying information. Thank you and we hope to see you there!


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Foster Grandparent Program [ Back to department ]1801 Benefis Court
Phone: (406) 454-6992
Fax: (406) 454-6991
What is the Foster Grandparent Program?
The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) offers community service opportunities to seniors age 55 and older. Foster Grandparents serve as mentors, tutors, and caregivers for children and youth with special needs. They provide a minimum of 15 hours of weekly service to community organizations such as schools, hospitals, and youth centers.
How does FGP benefit communities?
Foster Grandparents offer emotional support to children who have been abused and neglected, mentor troubled teenagers and young mothers, and care for premature infants and children with disabilities. In the process, these caring folks build bridges across generations while providing youth services that community budgets cannot afford.
What benefits do Foster Grandparents receive?
Foster Grandparents receive tax-free stipends of $2.65 per hour, transportation to and from worksite or reimbursement for mileage, meals during service, annual physician exams, and accident and liability insurance while on duty. In addition to these benefits, the program gives participants the opportunity to share a lifetime of experience with youth. Our Foster Grandparents join a half million older Americans who are strengthening communities accross the country as members of the National Senior Service Corps.
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Welcome to Northdale Oil Inc.
Our mission is to provide each and every customer with quality products,
competitive pricing, while delivering excellent customer service.
Northdale Oil Inc. is your main source for petroleum products in the tri state area. We pride ourselves on selling quality gasoline and diesel fuels along with Tesoro branded products and supply from the Mandan Refinery. Our complete product slate including fuels, lubricants, propane, diesel exhaust fluid and convenience stores has what you need. Our transportation, whether, transports or bulk trucks is one of the most reliable in the area. The professional staff of Northdale Oil is ready to do what it takes to meet your needs. We build relationships with our customers and feel it is our job to do what is best for you, the customer. Our company was founded on core values of integrity, trust and reliability, which we carry with us today. We can serve whatever type of operation you have whether it's your gas station, farm, commercial business or home. It is our goal to be your complete source for petroleum.


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When Duck Dynasty returns with new episodes later this week and the reality show is expecting solid ratings. While some fans have followed the Robertson family during the off season as the stars weathered a publicity nightmare, don't expect that to hurt the new season. According to USA Today on Monday, the controversy might have even helped the reality show and many industry professionals are expecting record breaking ratings for the upcoming premiere night.
The Duck Dynasty spoilers are out for season five and the first two episodes are going to introduce new family members. The first new cast member has been splashed in the news with people checking out her background as part of Willie and Korie Robertson's family. Rebecca Robertson, who was an exchange student from Taiwan is part of the first episode and fans get to see her returning from Los Angeles after an internship.
While the fans might have heard about the Rebecca, most don't know that cousin JD will be introduced in the second episode and he might be around to stay. Willie Robertson needs an assistant and Korie convinces him to give cousin JD a chance. The two seem to be inseparable from the start, but that is a downfall when the Duck Call Room guys make comparisons between JD and Willie.
Will JD and Rebecca Robertson be a hit with the fans of Duck Dynasty? Even though the fans haven't been formally introduced yet, there is no doubt they will love the new cast of family members who join the television family showing off the interesting adventures of life in Louisiana!


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The sparking change keynote by Jeremy Gutsche focuses on how brands can reignite their entrepreneurial and innovative fire that made them so successful in the first place. The sparking change keynote inspires audiences to step outside the skeleton of their roles within a team and to look for new opportunity and ways to transform the brand.
The sparking change keynote focuses on re-positioning a team and its goals and offers the most effective strategies for solving problems and coming up with creative solutions. Gutsche's speech also breaks down the importance of connecting with customers and understanding what it is they want from the brand and its products.
His sparking change keynote equips leaders with the tools they need to transform their team into the creative, hungry and entrepreneurial group of people it was when it was first created.


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Should the U.S. close the prison at Guantanamo Bay?
I feel of course we should shut Gitmo down. My Democrat Party President said he WOULD, and I KNOW he will. Besides that, my very good friend and comrade in Rugby, Rugby said he would show his compassionate side and would take all the prisoners into his home to help (of course I do expect him to receive a very good gift from the government to do this).
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Bring them to North Dakota....why not...eveyone else is coming here...lol
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Somebody needs to read the question completely!! The question is whether or not to close the "Prison" at Guantanamo, not close the entire base. There are a couple of Federal prisons in the US that are vacant that can be used for the terrorists, so put them there, but leave the troops at Guantanamo and keep the naval base open.
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Why change a GOOD thing?
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Troops have been at Gitmo for a long time and WAY prior to the prison being opened. So your point of bring the troops home is invalid Mark.
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Where are you going to put all of the terroists if you do and who is going to pay for it?
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Appalachian Trail with Kids, Wimpy Playgrounds, Free-Range Children, and Other Top Posts of 2012
10 Great Appalachian Trail Hikes with Kids topped the list this year. In this March post, Kristen Laine described 10 easy to moderate hikes on the AT, including routes in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Then she added three more, all near AMC huts or lodges. In another very popular post, she followed up with More Tips on Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Kids.
Is Your Playground Breeding Nervous Wimps? was the most-visited post I wrote last year. As the light-hearted title of the March entry suggests, I took a somewhat skeptical look at fears that today's playgrounds are too safe, and asked the serious question of how to balance risk reduction (making play safer) with encouraging kids to explore.
Readers flocked to a new series of posts I introduced, focused on fun and inexpensive outdoor activities with kids. These included 10 Fun Fall Activities with Kids in September, 10 Easy Outdoor Activities with Kids in March, and another (different) post also called 10 Easy Outdoor Activities with Kids in February. Look to them for suggestions from stargazing and geocaching to apple picking and bird watching. I devoted an entire February post to Maple Sugaring: Upcoming Festivals for Kids of All Ages, a sweet topic that attracted many readers.
Kristen's February post, Room to Roam: Encouraging "Free-Range" Children, the first in a three-part series, provoked interest with its set of suggestions from writer Lenore Skenazy, who urges parents to let kids explore the world more on their own. Skenazy's blog and book, Kristen says, "highlight the benefits of letting children roam, such as increasing children's creative problem-solving abilities and independent thinking, and offer statistics to ease parental anxiety about children's safety."
Also popular was Kristen's April review of Up: A Mother and Daughter's Peakbagging Adventure. Patricia Ellis Herr's memoir describes hiking all New Hampshire peaks higher than 4,000 feet with her daughter Alex, who completes many of the hikes at age 5.
Signing My "Fairy Princess" Up for Soccer, Perhaps too Soon, from November, was the most popular of those posts in 2012.
Some of the most viewed posts of the year weren't actually from 2012.
I'm glad to know that such series as the three-part "Early-Season Family Hikes," from April 2011, with posts on the Whites, Boston, and the Catskills and Hudson Valley; the five-part "Fall Hikes and Rambles with Kids," from September 2009, which includes posts on the Whites, the Berkshires, Connecticut, the Hudson Valley and the Catskills, and the Boston area; and "Teaching Kids Cross-Country Skiing," from December 2010, are still being found and read.
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Great Kids, Great Outdoors is an Appalachian Mountain Club blog, written by Heather Stephenson.
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MEDINA — Medina City Schools have asked Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost to expand the examination of Superintendent Randy Stepp's spending to include at least one month of his credit card bills.
The district originally asked for a special audit of Stepp's spending from a district "carryover" fund held by the Medina County Educational Service Center.
The board placed Stepp on paid administrative leave April 8 pending the outcome of the audit, which is expected at the end of this month.
The amended agreement with the state auditor approved unanimously by the board on Monday calls for a review of transactions included in the district's December 2007 American Express credit card statement.
District Treasurer Jim Hudson said he could not say why the school board requested the expansion of the audit because the audit is ongoing.
"They are just expanding their scope a little bit to include some transactions at Medina City Schools," Hudson said during Monday's meeting, when the board approved the change.
The amended agreement asks the auditors to examine the credit card expenditures to ensure they met the following requirements:
• Authorization for approval to pay per district's policies or employment contract.
• Adequacy of supporting documentation.
• Proper public purpose.
• Proper fund/account coding in the district's records.
• Exclusion from any amounts previously reimbursed or paid by the Educational Service Center.
Hudson also said he would be asking the auditor to review proposed changes to the district's credit card policies.
School board members did not comment on a federal lawsuit filed by Stepp on Friday, charging four board members and other district officials with breach of contract, defamation and invasion of privacy.
At the end of Monday's meeting, the board went into executive session to discuss "pending court action."
The school board did send out a press release earlier in the day stating that the board had not received any communication from the court or Stepp's lawyers, but that they had obtained a copy of the lawsuit.
The lawsuit named school board President Karla Robinson and board members Susan Vlcek, Doug Adamczyk and William Grenfell; James Shields, the school district's general counsel; and district Treasurer James Hudson.
The board members named all voted to rescind Stepp's contract April 16, arguing it was not valid because the board had violated the state's open meeting law by failing to properly publicize the Jan. 7 meeting where it was approved.
The board's action followed a month of public furor over Stepp's new contract, which provided him an $83,000 "retention" bonus, and subsequent publicity about earlier contracts that obligated the district to pay for Stepp's old college loans and for a master's of business administration. School board members later said they did not know the full cost of Stepp's educational expenses, which totaled more than a quarter million dollars.
The lawsuit charges the board knew the full cost of the contract provisions but falsely claimed ignorance in a March press release.
The lawsuit asks the court to award "the amount of the full value of the 2013 contract," estimated by the Medina City Teachers Association to be $1.2 million, along with other damages, including attorney's fees, interest and court costs.
The suit, which asks for a jury trial, does not specify a specific dollar amount of damages.
Levy discussion
In other action Monday, interim Superintendent David Knight proposed that the board place a 5.9-mill, five-year emergency levy for operating funds on the Nov. 5 ballot.
Last month, the board pulled a planned 10-year, 5.9-mill levy from the May 7 special election ballot April 16, the same day it voted to rescind Stepp's contract.
When asked why the change from 10 years to five years, Knight said the shorter time frame would show the community the money is being well-spent.
"We need to re-establish trust, prove ourselves," he said. "… The downside is — we'll be back on the ballot five years from now."
If the levy is approved, Knight said busing would be brought back to a one-mile radius from all school buildings. Busing is now at the state minimum of two miles, and there is no high school busing. It would also provide funding for more school resource officers.
Knight said the levy would also bring back various programs and services that have been cut, including:
• A reading intervention teacher at each of the elementary buildings.
• Gifted services at the elementary schools.
• Increased counseling services at all the schools.
• More art, music and gym classes at the elementary level.
"It's the arts that really foster the excitement and the motivation of wanting to be in school," he said.
The levy resolution needs to be filed with Medina County Board of Elections by Aug. 7.
Contact reporter Kiera Manion-Fischer at (330) 721-4049 or email@example.com.


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DSquared2 spring 2010
Well, let's not really go camping; instead let's look like if we did go camping, we'd be the most fashionable gents on the mountain.
If you're a camping expert, don't let this trend get too deep under your skin. Being from the base of the Rocky Mountains myself, I understand how seeing trends on the runway that emulate camping gear can get the hair on your neck to stand up straight.
Let's look at this positively, shall we? You don't need to dress to the nines or even look like you put deep thought into your wardrobe this spring and summer. Instead, dig through your closet for certain items that you know are essentials for your camping trips. Throw them on and head out the door.
DSquared2, based in Milan, filled their collection with everything from climbing gear to a sleeping bag! Models strutted down the runway wearing layers of cargo shorts, long underwear, and even the all dreaded hoodie. The entire collection reminded one of any random late 80s movie that takes place at a summer camp. The classic John Candy flick, "The Great Outdoors" would be a great movie to pull inspiration from. Try to dress like any of the kids that hang around that mountain camp and you're golden. Watch the movie to feel nostalgic and remember what a great movie it is.
Junya Watanabe spring 2010
Junya Watanabe of Tokyo took a more refined aesthetic to the camping trend. Instead of modeling his collection off of the American view of camping, he turned to a more European view of the past time. His looks are reminiscent of hunting on the Irish moores or riding a horse throught the fields of northern France.
If you refuse to wear a hoddie and/or cargo shorts, collections such as Junya Watanabe's will be where you'll find your best inspiration. Miharayasuhiro, also from Tokyo, is another designer that put a refined edge to the camping look.
Tommy Hilfiger kept true to his overall aesthetic of east coast chic. However, he perfectly blended that aesthetic with the camp out trend. His collection will have you ready to go for a relaxing hike or take your girl out on your daddy's sailboat.
Gianfranco Ferre of Italy put spin on this look by expressing the hunting side of camping. Maybe not so much hunting as fishing. The models took to the runway wearing coveralls, duck boots, even waders.
Michael Bastian gave nearly his entire collection the casual treatment. Loose sweaters that look entirely too comfortable accompanied knee length shorts and bandanas tied around the necks of the models. The look reminds one of the early college days of camping: nothing to fear but running out of beer too early.
Etro spring 2010
Gilded Age took the whole trend to another level by showing a fashion installation that looked quite similar to a cookout by the campfire. The collection was filled to the brim with bermuda shorts, light and loose buttoned down shirts, and girls wearing tight pants and tighter plaid button down shirts.
Etro, based in Milan, somehow channeled the southern California lifestyle of the 60s and 70s. Tie dyed shirts and beaded belts plagued the runway. The easy style of their colorful suede loafers added a slight punch of pinache to this relaxed trend.
Go to Bonaroo or Coachella rocking this look, and not only will you be catching the eye of every girl that walks by you, you'll also be channeling the mood of the origianl outdoor music festival, Woodstock.
Which ever way you decide to take this trend, relax in the knowledge that casual is forgivable this season. And while you're at it, maybe plan a trip with friends to go camping at the Dells.


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