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09-10315 Barker (Doc. # 50) - Document Text
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- Published: 11 August 2009
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SIGNED this 29 day of July, 2009.
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RANDAL W. BARKER, ) Case No. 09-10315
) Chapter 13
Debtor. )
Doug and Michelle Busenitz move for relief from the automatic stay to pursue a state court
quiet title action against the debtor Randal Barker and non-debtor Rebecca Veith.1 The subject of
the quiet title action is a 1993 Skyline/Woodfield manufactured home that the movants allegedly
sold the debtor and Ms. Veith on what may be interpreted as a form of escrow agreement. The
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movants drafted the agreement. After hearing the testimony of Ms. Busenitz, the debtor and Ms.
Veith, and reviewing the documents offered as exhibits, the Court is prepared to rule.
In December 2004, the parties executed the undated Contract (hereafter "memorandum")2
which provided that Barker and Veith would purchase and the Busenitzes would convey the mobile
home whenever the buyers were able to pay off the Busenitz's purchase money loan from Green
Tree Financial Corp. There is no term provision otherwise specified in the memorandum. Under
the home-made agreement, Barker and Veith were to pay the movants an amount equal to the
monthly payments under the Green Tree note or $363.81. These payments were to commence on
February 26, 2005 and Barker and Veith were given possession of the home in March or April 2005.
Barker and Veith assert that they were not told that there was an underlying contract with Green
Tree. The memorandum states that "Doug and Michelle Busenitz are carrying Randal Barker,
Rebecca Veith for loan until [they] can buy from Doug and Michelle Busenitz." The memorandum
also states that "owners are at this time Doug and Michelle Busenitz until Randal Barker, Rebecca
Veith can pay off note." No one offered the Green Tree loan documents into evidence, but the
certificate of title does indicate that the movants are the owners of the home subject to a lien in favor
of Green Tree.
There is no evidence concerning Barker and Veith's payment record other than a bank
statement indicating they last made a payment in November of 2008. Barker admitted that they
missed the December 2008 and January 2009 payments because he was involved in a motorcycle
accident in November 2008 that resulted in his missing time at work. After they entered into the
memorandum, they moved the home to land in Butler County to which Veith had access, but
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removed the home to another part of Butler County when Veith was evicted from the prior location.
Barker claims the home as his homestead, but it was not occupied on February 12, 2009 when he
filed this case. He intends to remove the home to land he owns or has access to in Pratt County and
to refinance both the land and home in order to pay off the Busenitzes. His Chapter 13 Plan
provides that the indebtedness to the Busenitzes is $5,000 which he intends to repay at the contract
amount of $363 per month until paid. No one offered any evidence of what remains due and owing
on the Green Tree account nor does the memorandum specify what its total amount is. There is no
evidence of what remains due and owing under the memorandum. Busenitz has not filed a proof of
claim as of July 1, 2009. Veith testified that when she was discussing purchasing the home with
Michelle Busenitz, Busenitz asked $33,000.
When Barker and Veith moved the home off Veith's land in late 2008, the double-wide
mobile home was separated into two halves and left open to the elements. It stood in that condition
until Busenitz located it. In late January of 2009, Busenitz commenced an action to quiet title in
Butler County District Court and, on January 29, that court issued a Temporary Restraining Order
restraining Barker and Veith from interfering or restraining the Busenitzes from securing and
winterizing the home. The home has been damaged by being exposed during the wet winter of
2008-2009, but the extent of that damage is not known. Contrary to the requirements of the
memorandum, the home was not insured by Barker during the pendency of this case.
The trustee reports that Barker is making his current plan payments. Debtor has amended
his plan to provide for increased payment to several creditors, but still intends to pay only $5,000
on the Busenitz claim. Barker alleges that the home is worth $10,000. When Busenitz last saw the
home in May of 2009, it was vacant.
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At issue here is whether the movants are entitled to stay relief to finish their state court quiet
title action which is, in effect, an action to cancel the memorandum and replace them in possession
and control of the mobile home. The memorandum is far from a complete expression of what these
parties intended. Barker says that he knew nothing of the Green Tree obligation until recently while
Michelle Busenitz says she advised Veith of it when discussing the sale of the home in 2004. With
Barker making his plan payments timely, the Trustee should be in a position to distribute payments
to Busenitz.
Reading the memorandum and considering the extensive parol evidence offered without
objection at trial that established at least a few of its missing terms, the Court finds that the parties
agreed to the purchase by Barker and Veith of the home for not less than $33,000, the same to be
payable monthly at $363.81. The contract stipulates no interest rate. If the payments were intended
to reduce principal only, 91 such payments would pay off $33,000. If the debtor has made all of
those payments due from February of 2005 through November of 2008, debtor has made 45 monthly
payments or $16,374. This amount is roughly half of what the debtor owes under the agreement,
suggesting that he has amassed a considerable equity that he should be given an opportunity to
preserve in Chapter 13.
The Court is really hamstrung by the failure of the Busenitzes to introduce the Green Tree
contract into evidence. The Court notes that 180 monthly payments of $363.81 amortize $33,861
at 10 per cent per annum. The Busenitzes applied for their certificate of title on March 9, 1993. If
the Busenitzes entered into their agreement with Green Tree in 1993, more than fifteen years ago,
their contract would have been paid off as of February of 2008. If Barker made his payments under
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the memorandum from February of 2005 forward, and if the Busenitzes applied them to the Green
Tree obligation as Ms. Busenitz testified, the Green Tree loan should be paid off and the lien
In determining whether to lift or condition the stay, the Court must first consider whether the
movants lack adequate protection or there is other cause for relief as provided for under § 362(d)(1).
Movants claim they have been denied adequate protection because the debtor allowed the home to
stand uninsured and left it open to the elements. It is clear that the home was unprotected for a time
period, but also that the Busenitzes secured it prior to this case being filed. At present the debtor
is current on his plan payments and, had the Busenitzes filed a proof of claim, the Trustee could
distribute payments to the movants on an as-confirmed basis. Unfortunately, the plan as currently
drafted does not provide for payment of the $10,000 value the debtor says the home is worth and if
Busenitz is legally entitled to more than that, there is no evidence of how much more. Crediting Ms.
Veith's testimony that the sale price was to be $33,000, and assuming the only payments Barker
missed were those due after November of 2008, he has paid a considerable sum toward the home
and still owes about $16,626 on a home that he values at $10,000. His plan proposes only that he
pay $5,000.
On a stay relief motion asserting lack of adequate protection, Barker had the burden of proof
on all issues, including that he has provided adequate protection under § 362(e). Barker offered no
evidence of insurance and essentially conceded that the home was left open to the elements. Nor
did he demonstrate that he had made all of the payments due prior to November, 2008. The Court
cannot conclude that the interest of the Busenitzes, whatever it may be, has been adequately
protected. At the same time, it appears that Barker may have accumulated a substantial payment
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equity in the home, but his plan which only offers to pay $5,000 on a property he values at $10,000
would not, even if confirmed, afford the movants the indubitable equivalent of their interest
(assuming the value of the home to be $10,000).
The Court posits an alternative means of resolving this dispute here. First, the Busenitzes
could file a proof of claim in this case. By doing that, they would not only tell the world what they
think they are owed, but they would also become entitled to receive contract payments under §
1326(a). Until a claim is filed, the Trustee cannot distribute any payments to them. If Barker
disputed what they claimed, he could object to their claim, a matter that could be quickly resolved
in a prompt hearing here. Under either scenario, Barker may wish to carefully consider whether he
wishes to pay more to retain what is likely by now a weather-damaged 16-year-old mobile home.
It is not for the Court to steer the parties one way or the other, but the Bankruptcy Code and Rules
do provide another avenue of resolution. Because no one has taken that path, the Court must rule
on the issue at hand.
Based on the forgoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, Debtor failed in his burden
to prove that he has adequately protected the interest of Doug and Michelle Busenitz because of the
lack of insurance and the failure to physically protect the property. His plan does not propose to pay
them even the value he attributes to the home. Therefore, it is appropriate to lift the automatic stay
under § 362(d)(1) for cause as to the debtor, as well as the co-debtor stay under § 1301, but only to
the following extent.
Doug and Michelle Busenitz may prosecute through judgment their quiet title action in
Butler County District Court. In so ordering, the Court will defer to the Butler County District Court
to determine what the missing terms of the memorandum were, what debtor has already paid, and
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what he still owes. While the quiet title action is pending, Barker may occupy and use the home if
he is able to do so. If and when the Busenitzes file a proof of claim in a form that enables the trustee
to administer their claim, Barker's continued occupancy will be conditioned upon his commencing
and continuing appropriate monthly payments through the trustee as mandated by § 1326, and upon
his procuring and maintaining insurance on the home. If the Butler County District Court enters a
final and non-appealable judgment on the quiet title action in their favor, Doug and Michelle
Busenitz may seek from this Court, further relief from stay to pursue enforcement or execution of
their judgment and possession of the mobile home. Absent the further order of this Court, they
remain stayed from executing upon any judgment they may receive in state court.
Counsel for Busenitz shall file this Court's Memorandum Opinion in the state court quiet
title action and provide a courtesy copy to the Butler County District Court. Such filing shall serve
as notice to the Butler County District Court that the bankruptcy automatic stay is lifted for further
prosecution of the pending quiet title case as set forth herein.
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POTSDAM, N.Y. — Vanessa Gagnon scored twice, leading Clarkson to its first women's Frozen Four with a 3-1 victory over Boston College on Saturday.
Gagnon put the Golden Knights ahead 1-0 in the first period and 3-0 early in the third, and Erica Howe stopped 23 shots for Clarkson (29-5-5).
Jamie Lee Rattray assisted on all three Clarkson goals, including a Brittany Styner score in the second period.
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So, I'm trying harder, again, to get my eating under control ~~ I will work regular exercise in soon, but I can only focus on setting up one thing at a time.
Since my job change in October, I've gained 10-15 pounds and I'm not happy about it. I look in the mirror and there are parts of my body that I like ~~ my hair (long and shiny blond), my eyes (green), my skin (smooth and soft) ~~ and I want to like all of it. Plus, we're going on a cruise to Mexico in June, and while I know I can't reach my goal weight between now and then, I can make significant progress. I want to feel more comfortable in a swimsuit and summer dresses and maybe even shorts
I'm basically following the Flat Belly Diet, with some adjustments for work and food likes and dislikes. I am one of those people who, at least at the start of a new eating program, has to make it as easy as possible. This means that I will eat pretty much the same things everyday for a week, then change it up the following week. I may make minor changes ~~ raisins instead of applesauce, pecans instead of sunflower seed ~~ but the base of each breakfast, lunch, snack, or dinner will be the same over the course of the week. I have to keep it as easy and simple as possible, otherwise it can seem like too much. I cut way back on sodium ~~ not adding any when I'm cooking and using salt free seasonings. I've increased my fruits and vegetables and whole grains. I've already been drinking 8+ glasses of water a day, so I'm doing fine there ~~ and soda and juice have always been treated as special treats in our home, so there not here to tempt me.
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This collection of projects documents the work of eight senior-level student teams in the Interior Design department at the California College of the Arts. Working in the Spring of 2011, the students, guided by Professor Amy Campos, partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank to provide plans for spatial improvements to their facility in Oakland, CA.
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garbage experiencePosted: 2/21/2015
Ok,first off,I'm brand new to collecting, just got into silver and trying to learn and stack. This was the second store i visited. I know I'm just a newbie,bwtf man,treated me like a waste of time, and I kinda am. I get it, I'm not buying a couple Krugerrands, like the lady in front of...atleast not today. But I'm a quick study and could become a good customer later. My last point, as a newbie, I'm excited,oooo new world of coins, so, I'm what you call an easy sale. I probably have a couple hundred burning a hole in my pocket. ..tsk tsk. So here is how it went. I actually found decent parking after only 15 min of driving around on Saturday afternoon (rare in Miami ). The store is right on coral way, so easy to find. Upon being buzzed in, I was not greeted well. There was 2 guys and a girl. One guy was busy with a customer ,so the girl apprehensively greeted me. Now, I can't fault the girl, I've been in sales and service most my life, and within moments I know she has no product knowledge...not her fault...but very frustrating, I'm in the mood to shop, sell me something! Every time I ask a simple question, like; do you have Australian coins? Do you 5 Oz coins? Price over spot? She would revert to one of the guys. Tsk tsk. After one month of hobby collecting I have more knowledge? I don't think those were tough questions. So finally one of the guys takes a minute to talk to me, I ask for some suggestions for a beginner. Aaaand forget it, couldn't be bothered. So I got to the point and asked for price on generic and AE's, $2.50 and $5. Thank you for your time, good bye. I did go to Miami gold coins, south Miami, small cramped store, but I liked it. The guy was super nice, strong and fair sales pitch, as well non rushed. He even took a sale of 4 gold AE's in between my lesson /sale encouraging me to stick around, there's more to talk about. I bought $240 and plan for more. Last word, if you are already a numismatist you may have a totally different experience as I'm sure they are knowledgeable and have a selection, so enjoy. But for new Hobbyists skip this place and go Miami Gold Coins. Dueces y'all
Professional and Helpful ServiceUpdated: 6 days ago
The guys at this store are awesome, not only do they give professional service but they are very knowledgeable. Their prices are the best in town. In short, this place is the real deal. You won't be disappointed.
Gables coin and stampsUpdated: 6 days ago
I've been a coin collector for about 30 years and dealt with alot of different coin dealers at their stores and at coin shows,And have never had a more pleasant experience than shopping at this particular coin store. everybody was very kind and super helpful.answered all my dumb questions, And all with a smile.And the prices are great! The owners been in business for 40 something years.So he must be doing something right. I live on the north end of the county, but will continue to do business with these gentlemen no matter how far the drive is.A+A+A+ In my book\r
A bunch of crooks - Don't Trust!!!Updated: 6 days ago
I went to Gables Coin to sell a few gold coins. What a shocking experience I had! They offer me prices that were sigificantly below the dealer's cost which is readily available from the coin grey sheet. When I asked how they came up with their figures they told me they got the dealer cost from Heritage. it just so happened that I ahd a copy of Heritage dealer costs in my hand. When I showed it to them they told me that the prices were incorrect. Then they told me their system was down! These guys give coin dealers a bad name. They make you feel like you are at a use car dealer. Do yourself a big favor and stay away from this place.
a GOOD experience, actuallyUpdated: 6 days ago
I will say that an employee by the door was quite unfriendly, but overall I had a good experience.\r \r If you are looking at stocking up on silver bars or rounds to counter US dollar inflation, this is a great place. Back when silver was at $19.40, they sold me 1 oz. rounds at $0.60/over spot. $20 a coin was a much better price than other local stores and online at the time.\r \r Also, I spoke with many employees about silver. I let them know that though I am young, I am learning much more about monetary policy, the Federal Reserve, and Austrian economics. In conversation, I actually found the employees to be very friendly and actually helpful and knowledgeable. \r \r I will definitely go back to continue to stock up on silver.
NOT BELIEVEABLE RUDE SALES REPUpdated: 6 days ago
I spoke with a representative for this company not once but twice and asked him for specific directions and each time he just said to go to miracle mile and then go east until I found the proper address each to miracle mile.\r \r However I each occasion I told him I was traveling over 70 miles to get to his store and he expected me to know where to miracle mile existed and on each occasion I asked for specific directions from Interstate 95 and on each occasion he gave me the wrong directions and it seemed as if he had other things to do even though I explained it would take me an hour and a half to get to his store he could care less.\r \r So in the long run I found another store half the distance that gave me the same price I was quoted over the phone and got proper directions the first time.\r \r If you decide to use this vendor do so at your own risk because nothing that the men said made any sense. I wouldn't do business with someone like this if he was the only person to do business with in fact I would simply throw my coins into the machine that the bank.\r \r \r It wouldn't be worth the effort to drive 70 miles to deal with someone who couldn't give me directions after explaining the entire situation not once but twice.\r \r One must ask himself what would one get when they did get to the store as far as service was concerned?
Be wary ! Rude, and Arrogant, bean heads.Updated: 6 days ago
My First time visit was horrible. I will never return.\r \r Three men within the store, one I beleive was the owner, all cut from the same cloth.\r \r I was left waiting for several mnutes as I was ignored.\r The man whom attended me, was in a horrible rush.\r He grabbed a coin I wanted looked at out of my hand as though it was worthless. He made some demeaning comments as he grabbed the coin.Ignored my interest in asking questions. It was all very rush rush and to add insult to injury, they all acted like they had something better to do.\r \r I requested a quote on the value of a rare coin, and following several comments they made, I was offered a fifth of what the coin was worth. Later that day I sold the coin to another dealer for three times what they had offered me. Similar searches for the coin's value where all similar. \r \r I will never go back there again. Theres something WEIRD going on there.........


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Captain & Tennille of 1970s pop music-fame are getting divorced after 38 years of marriage, according to the Los Angeles Times and Ron Smith's OldiesMusic.com on Wednesday. Captain & Tennille are best-known for the song "Love Will Keep Us Together." The Captain, whose real name is Daryl Dragon, and Tennille, whose real name is Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, filed for divorce in Arizona on Thursday.
The 73-year-old Captain, who played the keyboard on their popular recordings, said he really didn't know why his wife, 71, filed for divorce. He said he's got to figure that out for himself first.
Captain & Tennille had a long string of pop hits in the 1970s, beginning with the song written by pop singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, "Love Will Keep Us Together." (That's why they sang "Sedaka is back" at the end of the number one song.) The duo won a Grammy for the record of the year with that song in 1975.
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Small accessories that will get the photographer trying out a new technique (though you should expect they might replace your gift if they really get into the technique), some examples: A GorillaPod mini tripod (if they have no tripod or only a huge one) A cheap tripod (assuming they don't have a Pro camera/lenses) A shutter release cable A shutter release ...
Books For someone just starting out there are plenty of options (see DrFrogsplat's answer) but for serious amateurs and professionals there really isn't much in that price range. Another problem is that what is available in that range will be very basic / small. Case in point, the next accessory I'm after is a Really Right Stuff L-plate for a 1D, which is $...
For me, it would have to be a book. Any book of great photographs is inspirational, and can give you all sorts of new ideas that would do so much more for your photography than any single piece of kit. However, for that price, you could get a sensor cleaning kit (though not an Arctic Butterfly), or perhaps some ND grad filters.
I just ordered one of these Nikon lens mugs from Photojojo - https://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/camera-lens-mug/ I'm pretty sure any photographer/coffee/tea drinker would love them. I know Canon had an L-series mug back during the Olympics, but the Nikon 24-70 actually zooms!!
There was a list of accessories under $25 that was recently posted at digital-photography-school.com, they're not all great gift ideas, but there are certainly a few good ones. I also like to put things that are always useful, like memory cards.
I'm going to agree with a book. For whatever reason I feel pretty justified in buying the equipment I need/want (like a filter, cleaning stuff, etc.) but will almost never spend the money on a book for myself. Since you were asking for specifically gift ideas, I'd say book. Also, unless your family is into photography, I find it hard to ask for really ...
Print out a nice gift certificate for her and let her choose the camera. And don't worry about the small hands. I know a small handed photographer that has no problem with big equipment.
She took the photos. She owns them. She gave you a copy of them, but they're still her photos. If she were to use them for commercial purposes (your image in advertising) you might have more of a lever to stop her, but basically, she can do this. Whether she should over your objections is an ethical but not a legal question. This is why things like this ...
A vintage manual prime. One of the best ways to learn.
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I would say a diopter (or close-up) filter, this little filter (actually a lens) allows you to turn a regular lens into a macro lens without loosing any stops. You can get a +1, +2, +4, +10 kit for $10.
Cleaning Kit Invitation to a photo art gallery/seminar and some of items listed by drfrogsplat
Like pretty much any legal question, this depends of course on the jurisdiction. In many European countries, the photographer would be violating your rights by publishing pictures of you without your consent (Droit à l'image, Bildnisrecht). However, in the common law legal tradition of the UK and the USA, these rights are generally not recognized.
Legal Disclaimer The following is for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any particular situation. If you have a specific concern you should consult with an attorney familiar with the relevant issues in the jurisdiction in question. Assuming you are in the U.S. If she is using them to promote her photography ...
Do you want to do it entirely practically (in real life) or is post production work a possibility. The easiest way to do it (since it needs to sit in the water) is to place the boat in to a photo of an actual river in Photoshop or GIMP. Alternately, on the practical side, you could float it in a filled section of dark colored rain gutter or similar, line ...
You're going to get loads of great suggestions regarding Nikon 3100/5100/7000 & equivalent Canons, but I'm going to go slightly left of field and suggest a second-hand film camera - the Nikon FE2 with a 50mm 1.8 lens. It's a wonderful old film camera with great craftmanship. A good example on Ebay will cost you about $100-120, and perhaps throw in a few ...
Two gifts I received recently myself included the following: LCD Timer Remote Control: $50 Intervolometer cable release, allows unlimited number of photographs to be taken at any interval from 1s to 100hrs X-Rite ColorChecker Passport: $100 A small-scale portable color checker card that may be used out in the field (or anywhere) to ensure correct white ...
Westcott 301 Photo Basics 40-Inch 5-in-1 Reflector. I sure know I'd like to get one of them:-)
Magnetic gorillapod is about $25-$30. Nice and promising thing. Wireless synchronization system RF-602 (warning: NO TTL!) from the manufacturer.
Cheap! How about going to a library book sale and picking up an old book on photography. For 50 cents, I picked up a 250 page paperback called "Creative Photography". It's loaded with pictures, tips, ideas, and information. Sure some of it is directed to film photography, but that's great too. Learning the origin of terms we use today (like burn, dodge, ...
Memory card Simple and inside your budget. But I'd suggest you wait until the beginning of December because memory prices tend to fall. Just don't wait too long so the shopping spree season would start.
I really like my Canon Wireless Remote Control RC1 for my Canon SLR. Im sure there's an equivalent for Nikon.
Check if he has an off camera flash. If he does, Cactus Triggers would be a great gift. Also based on the type of photography you can snag a basic lighting kit.
A ColorHug might make a great gift for a photographer. For those who haven't heard of it, the ColorHug is a monitor calibration tool (a display colorimeter) that is completely open source. At GBP 60/USD 100, it's a fraction of the price of competing products and has most of the functionality.
That sounds like a very nice gift. You have a couple of tough decisions to make. The first one is to either significantly increase your budget to compromise. There is no way you can get quality gear to do all of the above at that price or anywhere close. This leaves you 3 options: Buy more generic gear which is good enough for a variety of subjects but ...
Remote Shutter Release Cord LED Flashlght Lens Clearing Pen Equipment Wallet Cleaning Cloth Flash Diffuser Lens Cap Keeper Books Magazine subscription Photography workshop (You can find one in photography magazine under $100)
If you want to try macro (close-up) photography, you could try a set of extender tubes (like these ones). They will open up a whole new world of picture taking.
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They say fact is stranger than fiction. Well, when it comes to cats, that's often true. Below are ten facts about cats you might not believe, but they are true!
We hate cleaning them up! But they do have a name. Did you know that the technical term for a hairball is a bezoar? It's true. [source, Encyclopedia of Cats. New York, NY: Parragon Books Ltd.]
The Popular Cat
In North America, there are over 73 million cats kept as pets, compared to dogs, of which there are 63 million. This makes cats the most popular pet in America.
The Cat Purr
Cats purr at a frequency that has been proven to reduce blood pressure in humans, and induce relaxation. Having a cat sleep by your head can reduce stress.
Cats are Popular
6. Cats, despite their aloof nature, are more similar to us than many realize. The region of the brain responsible for emotion is identical in both cats and humans, meaning cats feel just as we do. [source, What Cats Are Made Of. New York, NY: Ginee Seo Books]
Happy Cat
Cats purr not only when happy, but to ease tension. They learn this from their mother, who purrs as they nurse. Purring is a form of stimulating "happy hormones" and making a cat feel better. This is why cats will sometimes purr even when in pain.
The Vocal Cat
While dogs are known to only be able to make 10 different sounds, cats can make over 100 [source, What Cats Are Made Of. New York, NY: Ginee Seo Books].
Cats are true carnivores. This means they NEED meat to survive. No vegetarian diet for a cat. Their bodies require the taurine that is present in red meat in order to survive.
Cats and Water
One of the few cats who likes water is the Turkish Van. This is due to the coat being water resistant. Other cat's coats are poor insulators in water. This may be why cats hate water.
A cat can jump five times its own height, and they almost always land on their feet when they fall. This is due to the loose vertebrae in their backs.
Cat Lovers
If you love cats, you are considered an Ailurophile. There may be something to this Crazy Cat Lady rumor after all. Cats truly are incredible creatures.


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Finagle uses futures [1] to encapsulate and compose concurrent operations such as network RPCs. Futures are directly analogous to threads — they provide independent and overlapping threads of control — and can be thought of as featherweight threads. They are cheap in construction, so the economies of traditional threads do not apply. It is no problem to maintain millions of outstanding concurrent operations when they are represented by futures.
Futures also decouple Finagle from the operating system and runtime thread schedulers. This is used in important ways; for example, Finagle uses thread biasing to reduce context switching costs.
Common examples of operations that are represented by futures are:
Note that these operations are all fallible: remote hosts could crash, computations might throw an exception, disks could fail, etc. A Future[T], then, occupies exactly one of three states:
While it is possible to directly query this state, this is rarely useful. Instead, a callback may be registered to receive the results once they are made available:
import com.twitter.util.Future
val f: Future[Int] = ???
f.onSuccess { res: Int =>
println("The result is " + res)
which will be invoked only on success. Callbacks may also be registered to account for failures:
import com.twitter.util.Future
val f: Future[Int] = ???
f.onFailure { cause: Throwable =>
println("f failed with " + cause)
Registering callbacks is useful but presents a cumbersome API. The power of Futures lie in how they compose. Most operations can be broken up into smaller operations which in turn constitute the composite operation. Futures makes it easy to create such composite operations.
Consider the simple example of fetching a representative thumbnail from a website (ala Pinterest). This typically involves:
This is an example of sequential composition: in order to do the next step, we must have successfully completed the previous one. With Futures, this is called flatMap [3]. The result of flatMap is a Future representing the result of this composite operation. Given some helper methods — fetchUrl fetches the given URL, findImageUrls parses an HTML page to find image links — we can implement our Pinterest-style thumbnail extract like this:
import com.twitter.util.Future
def fetchUrl(url: String): Future[Array[Byte]] = ???
def findImageUrls(bytes: Array[Byte]): Seq[String] = ???
val url = "http://www.google.com"
val f: Future[Array[Byte]] = fetchUrl(url).flatMap { bytes =>
val images = findImageUrls(bytes)
if (images.isEmpty)
Future.exception(new Exception("no image"))
f.onSuccess { image =>
println("Found image of size " + image.size)
f represents the composite operation. It is the result of first retrieving the web page, and then the first image link. If either of the smaller operations fail (the first or second fetchUrl or if findImageUrls doesn't successfully find any images), the composite operation also fails.
The astute reader may have noticed something peculiar: this is typically the job of the semicolon! That is not far from the truth: semicolons sequence two statements, and with traditional I/O operations, have the same effect as flatMap does above (the exception mechanism takes the role of a failed future). Futures are much more versatile, however, as we'll see.
It is also possible to compose Futures concurrently. We can extend our above example to demonstrate: let's fetch all the images. Concurrent composition is provided by Future.collect:
import com.twitter.util.Future
val collected: Future[Seq[Array[Byte]]] =
fetchUrl(url).flatMap { bytes =>
val fetches = findImageUrls(bytes).map { url => fetchUrl(url) }
Here we have combined both concurrent and sequential composition: first we fetch the web page, then we collect the results of fetching all of the underlying images.
As with sequential composition, concurrent composition propagates failures: the future collected will fail if any of the underlying futures do [2].
It is also simple to write your own combinators that operate over Futures. This is quite useful, and gives rise to a great amount of modularity in distributed systems as common patterns can be cleanly abstracted.
Composed futures fail whenever any of their constituent futures fail. However it is often useful to recover from such failures. The rescue combinator on Future is the dual to flatMap: whereas flatMap operates over values, rescue operates over exceptions. They are otherwise identical. It is often desirable to handle only a subset of possible exceptions. To accommodate for this rescue accepts a PartialFunction, mapping a Throwable to a Future:
trait Future[A] {
def rescue[B >: A](f: PartialFunction[Throwable, Future[B]]): Future[B]
The following retries a request infinitely should it fail with a TimeoutException:
import com.twitter.util.Future
import com.twitter.finagle.http
import com.twitter.finagle.TimeoutException
def fetchUrl(url: String): Future[http.Response] = ???
def fetchUrlWithRetry(url: String): Future[http.Response] =
fetchUrl(url).rescue {
case exc: TimeoutException => fetchUrlWithRetry(url)
|Finagle uses its own Future implementation by a variety of reasons (fewer context switches, interruptibility, support for continuation-local variables, tail-call elimination), but mostly because it's preceded SIP-14 by over a year.
|Use Future.collectToTry to concurrently collect a sequence of futures while accumulating errors instead of failing fast.
|The name flatMap may seem strange and unrelated to our present discussion, but its etymology is impeccable: it derives from a deeper relationship between the sort of sequential composition we do with futures, to a similar sort of composition we can perform over collections. See the this page for more details.


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Not a bad effort the other day at Tampa.
If there is a speed duel, I like MB's chances.
Nice work on 11/13. Will be tough to beat in the Starlet.
Impressive win...
That's a lot of money for a Flashy Bull filly, that has yet to win a stakes race. But, with Bill Mott as the trainer a stakes win is right around the corner.
Has yet to break its maiden after 16 starts.
Nice win in the Sharp Cat Stakes. First stakes winner for Midnight Lute.
LAUREL, MD. 11-19-11---R N R Stable's Defy Gravity sat off a hotly contested pace but still needed to spilt the front runners in the final yards to win a spirited $75,000 Smart Halo Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Laurel Park Saturday afternoon.
Rumor has it that Brethren will be back with Todd in mid October and pointed to Gulfstream.
This well bred filly continues to train well for the Matron. She fired a a bullet work on June 26th going 48.2 at Laurel.
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Nov. 21, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - After sweeping the season-opening three-game homestand, the Tulane men's basketball team hits the road for the first time of the 2011-12 season when they visit Navy for a 6 p.m. CT tip in Alumni Hall.
"It is always tough to go on the road in college basketball and never tougher when you have a group that has not been there before," Tulane head coach Ed Conroy said. "We are looking forward to it. The guys have got the right approach so let's see if we can come together and have a good performance."
The Green Wave (3-0) defeated Alabama A&M, Nicholls State and Maryland-Eastern Shore in the three home games. Tulane upended UMES, 73-52, in the last outing on Friday afternoon behind Josh Davis' third double double of the season and Kendall Timmons' 20-point performance.
Navy (2-2), a member of the Patriot League, has dropped two straight games, including a 78-54 loss at Quinnipiac on Saturday. The Midshipmen have only played on the four games this season at home, a 88-54 victory over Penn State-Altoona.
"Navy is very well coached," Conroy added. "Ed DeChellis is very successful and is coming over from Penn State so they are adapting to a new system. They have some talented players as well."
Timmons, a junior guard, leads the Green Wave with 18.7 points and 5.0 per game, while Davis, a sophomore forward, is posting 17.7 points and a team-high 11.0 boards per outing. Junior guard Jordan Callahan is also averaging in double figures with 11.0 points per game.
Tulane as a team is averaging 80.3 points per game and allowing just 55.0. The Green Wave is shooting 48.2 percent from the floor, including 23 of 63 3-pointers.
J.J. Avila, a sophomore forward, leads Navy with 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest, while senior guard Jordan Sugars is posting 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds a game.
Navy is posting 69.0 points per game and allowing 66.8. The Midshipmen is shooting 48.1 percent from the floor, including 22-77 from 3-point range.
This will be the first meeting between the two schools in basketball.
Tulane returns home to host the Hoops for Hope Classic Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Fogelman Arena and New Orleans Arena. Joining the Green Wave in the field are UNO, Alcorn State and San Diego. Friday and Saturday the games will be played in Fogelman and Sunday's Tulane vs. USD game will be played at New Orleans Arena.
Tulane (3-0)
G 2 Ricky Tarrant 6-1 180 Fr. 9.5 ppg 0.5 rpg 3.5 apg
G 5 Jordan Callahan 6-0 190 Jr. 11.5 ppg 2.0 rpg 2.0 apg
G 22 Kendall Timmons 6-5 210 Jr. 18.0 ppg 3.0 rpg 2.5 apg
F 00 Josh Davis 6-8 215 So. 19.0 ppg 11.5 rpg 2.5 spg
F 15 Grant Fiorentinos 6-10 220 Fr. 4.5 ppg 4.5 rpg 1.0 apg
Navy (2-2)
G 12 Jordan Brickman 5-11 193 Jr. 3.5 ppg 0.8 rpg 1.8 apg
G 22 Isaiah Roberts 6-1 175 So. 6.8 ppg 1.3 rpg 2.5 apg
G 25 Jordan Sugars 6-3 219 Sr. 10.8 ppg 5.5 rpg 2.0 apg
F 3 James Loupos 6-6 192 So. 4.3 ppg 1.8 rpg .500 FG%
F 31 J.J. Avila 6-7 246 So. 12.0 ppg 6.0 rpg 3.5 apg


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When the news broke on Friday morning of the nanny in New York who murdered two children in her care, I stared into space across the breakfast table for a long while.
I cannot imagine a worse scenario. The manner of deaths, the mother's discovery. New details kept trickling in through various news sources and I didn't want to hear any more details about this horror.
I puttered through my morning at the grocery store with my son, through some writing, through a phone call. My mind kept returning to this tragedy of strangers, and also with exhausting emotions all my own. Soon after the noon hour, I grabbed my keys to drive to preschool pickup. The baby was sleeping peacefully in his crib, our nanny was there listening for his first peep.
The day before, I was involved in a near awful collision on the freeway. As my SUV raced along at 65 mph, a car decided at the last minute to take the exit, and swung across three lanes of traffic and nearly right into me. Had I not seen her coming, slammed on my brakes as hard as I could while honking and bracing for impact, it would have been a very, very different day. She missed me by inches, but we both pulled over anyway, just to stop shaking.
So on Friday, with all of this fresh, I got in my car in the garage and then I climbed back out. I asked the nanny to do preschool pickup - using surface streets and not the freeway - and I would stay with the baby. While she was gone, the baby woke up and I went about making us all some lunch. One o'clock pickup came and went. Then it was one-thirty, then it was one-forty-five. No answer on the nanny's cell phone, so I started calling it over and over. I knew that the school would have called if someone hadn't been there at one, but my normally rational mind went from zero to one hundred as the phone rang over and over.
I quickly loaded my baby in the car and started down the neighborhood, retracing the various routes between our home and the school. At a stoplight down the street, our beloved nanny, the person we trust like family, who has been in our lives for fifteen years, finally answered.
We met back in the driveway. She was holding the pizza that had caused the delay, I cried great heaving sobs, hoping that the kids still buckled in their car seats couldn't hear me. The nanny was, understandably, wide-eyed and stunned at my display. In all of our hundreds of days together, I have only cried in front of her once before.
I knew as it was happening that it was about the New York news story, and the mind circle moms have about letting anyone else care for their children even for one minute. Even when the thoughts are absurd. I knew my hysteria was about the near-miss wreck the day before, and where your mind goes in the midst of tragedy, even when it's not yours. I knew, as my shoulders shook, that it was about a sweet little loved one in our family who is battling, and how her momma must feel every day. Like she's honking and bracing for impact.
I've argued that we live in a culture of fear, that nothing spooks a mother like more technology and more information and more, more, more. But probably, when the earliest cave woman sent her child out to hunt and gather, she held her breath. Inevitably, terrible things happened then, too. And the woman four caves down hugged her children that much tighter.


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The second suspect has been identified as Elvis Patterson, 56, of Kalamazoo.
Clark Atkinson and Patterson were arraigned Friday afternoon in 8th District Court on charges of conspiracy to commit arson and attempted 2nd degree arson. Both suspects were released on $500 personal bonds Friday, according to the release.
"On Feb. 11 detectives received information about an arson that was going to occur at a home in the 1300 block of North Park St.," the release said. "Public Safety Detectives and investigators from the COPS Division performed a stakeout of the residence to be burned. At approximately 3 a.m. on Feb. 13, a suspect was captured inside the residence making preparation to set the home on fire."


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Am I the Princess or the Frog? (Dear Dumb Diary #3)by Jim Benton
Jamie is crushing on Hudson. Someone too-gross-to-be-named is crushing on Jamie. And Hudson is crushing on... Princess Turd of Turdsylvania (a.k.a. The Prettiest Girl in the World). Middle school may be grim, but it's no fairy tale. And crazy doesn't even begin to cover it.
Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupidby Jim Benton
Franny's mom says every mad scientist needs a lab assistant. So for Valentine's Day Franny gets just that--a Lab assistant. Except Igor isn't a pure Lab. He's also part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd--and all thumbs. Franny is fuming. She doesn't even need an assistant. What's she supposed to do with a good-for-nothing one like Igor? And things get even worse when a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid starts causing trouble all over town. Franny knows it's up to her--and only her-- to save the day. Or could she use a little help?
Can Adults Become Human? (Dear Dumb Diary #5)by Jim Benton
Jamie's Social Studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, never smiles. Which is hard to believe, because everybody smiles about something, right? Isabella smiles when her brothers get in trouble. Angeline smiles when she thinks about how much prettier she is than a waterfall or a unicorn. But Mr. VanDoy doesn't smile at all. In this fith installment of Dear Dumb Diary join Jamie as she wonders if, when you become an adult, you can lose your sense of humor the way you lose your teeth or hair or fashion sense.
Dear Dumb Diary, It's Not My Fault I Know Everythingby Jim Benton Jamie Kelly
It's an eventful month for Jamie Kelly. Stinker and Stickybuns' litter of puppies has arrived--which makes Jamie and her nemesis Angeline "in-laws by dog. " Ugh. Jamie's class at Mackerel Middle School is doing a unit on journal-writing--and someone's diary falls into the wrong hands. But worst of all, Angeline and Isabella are becoming friends.
The Fran That Time Forgotby Jim Benton
Franny K. Stein didn't think the time would ever come when someone would realize what the K in her name stood for. And she REALLY didn't think that same someone would say her middle name in front of the whole school! But that's what happened at the Science Fair award ceremony, and all the kids and teachers burst out laughing. So Franny does what any respectable mad scientist would do--she goes back in time to change her name. However, things don't turn out quite as she calculated, and Franny ends up having to face her teenage self in a warped, fourth-dimensional, kid-versus-teen, good-versus-evil, Franny-versus-Franny battle of the minds!
The Fran with Four Brainsby Jim Benton
Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can become overwhelming. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments: herself. So she acquires assistance the mad-scientist way...by building a few real, live, steel-plated Franbots!
The Frandidateby Jim Benton
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist, has always had her eye on world domination, and she has to start somewhere...like her class elections! If people vote for her, they'll be giving her all the control she wants. But Franny's platform doesn't have the same appeal as her competitors who are offering new playground equipment, so she creates The Frandidate. Made of DNA samples from a dog, a chameleon and a parrot, along with a scrap of carpet (so she'll know where people stand), Franny's special suit helps her say and do exactly what people want! But when The Frandidate starts making promises she knows she can't keep, Franny realizes she might have gone too far...
Frantastic Voyageby Jim Benton
Franny's faithful Lab assistant, Igor, has swallowed a doomsday device that is ready to go off at any moment! For a regular scientist, it might seem like there's only one way to get the device out--um...make that two ways. But Franny K. Stein is no ordinary scientist, so she concocts her own way to get the device back and save her friend. With her miniaturization machine, Franny shrinks herself to the size of a pin and goes on a field trip like no other...through the body of a ticking time-dog! Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride!
The Invisible Franby Jim Benton
There's nothing better than being a mad scientist--at least according to Franny. So she's making it her mission to help her classmates discover their own inner mad scientists. All Franny needs for her latest experiment is a few volunteers, a half-completed two-headed robot, and an invisibility potion. Only this experiment just might prove to be Franny's most difficult. Because what do you do when your classmates don't know anything about mad science--and there's a doubly dumb robot running amok to prove it?
Let's Pretend This Never Happened (Dear Dumb Diary #1)by Jim Benton
Read the hilarious, candid (& sometimes mean) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true. . . or at least as true as it needs to be. In this book, Jamie contends with Angeline, the school's prettiest, most popular girl (who Jamie thinks is a goon!) and the impending visit of her troll-like little cousin. Will Jamie survive? Will she go mad? Will she send her mom's nasty casserole to starving children in Wheretheheckistan? You'll just have to read the first installment of Dear Dumb Diary to find out!
Lunch Walks Among Usby Jim Benton
Franny K. Stein is not your average girl--she's a mad scientist. She prefers poison ivy to daisies, and when Franny jumps rope, she uses her pet snake. The kids in Franny's class think she's weird, wacky, and just plain creepy. Tired of being stared at, Franny decides to attempt her most dangerous experiment yet--she's going to fit in. But when a giant Monstrous Fiend attacks the class, everyone knows only a true mad scientist can save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawly ways?
Me! Just Like You Only Better (Dear Dumb Diary #12)by Jim Benton
Jamie Kelly spends 5 whole days without seeing or hearing from Angeline and has learned to overlook many of Angeline's flaws like her flawlessness.
My Pants are Haunted! (Dear Dumb Diary #2)by Jim Benton
Sneak a peak inside the diary of Jamie Kelly who promises that everything she writes is true... or at least as true as it needs to be.
Never Do Anything, Ever (Dear Dumb Diary #4)by Jim Benton
Her best friend's a backstabber. Her worst enemy is a sweetheart. And her dog is just waiting for the right moment to seek his revenge. Why should Jamie even bother going to school? Why not? After a run-in with Mega-Popular Angeline, aka Pure Evil, Jamie reforms her selfish ways and becomes the decent human being she never thought she could be. But she quickly realizes that helping others kind of stinks. Is someone trying to thwart her attempts at irresistible inner beauty? Or will Jamie finally achieve the "I'm an angel" glow she knows will make Hudson Rivers fall madly in love with her?
Never Underestimate Your Dumbness (Dear Dumb Diary #7)by Jim Benton
The wedding between Jamie's aunt and Angeline's uncle is nearing, and they will be joined together until death -- or a much-wished-for divorce. Now, three of Jamie's most dreaded nightmares are about to be combined into one unbearable event: * Very VERY poofy brown dresses, * Wedding clogs, * A lifetime of being related to Angeline, a.k.a. Blondewad. Jamie has just one word for this kind of horror: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets (Dear Dumb Diary, Year Two #3)by Jim Benton
As Jamie continues to grapple with middle school's Big Questions, she drops even more snarky gems of wisdom.
The Problem with Here Is That It's Where I'm From (Dear Dumb Diary #6)by Jim Benton
There's a new girl in at Mackerel Middle School. Colette is friendly, fabulous, smart, totally talented, and an all-around amazing individual. She is more brilliantly diabolical than Isabella, as blindly loyal as Stinker, and even harder-to-resist than Angeline. It's enough to make Jamie throw up a little. And Jamie just can't help but wonder: Is it humanly possible for a girl to be more perfectly perfect than the most perfect girl in the world?
That's What Friends Aren't For (Dear Dumb Diary #10)by Jim Benton
Dear Dumb Diary, So now I'm friends with Angeline. This is an Automatic Friendship, and I have to just accept it and make the best of things. See, if I objected, then Aunt Carol might divorce Angeline's uncle, sending both of them tumbling into a deep pit of depression for the rest of their lives, and Angeline could wind up feeling so guilty that she would have to go be locked up in an old dirty insane asylum for years and years, and Stinker's puppies would grow up not knowing both their parents- and I couldn't live with myself for doing something like that to a puppy.
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