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Cher kicked off her first farewell tour in 2002. A dozen years later, the "Goddess of Pop" is still on the road.
So, forgive folks if they are taking Cher's current goodbye trek with a grain -- if not a mountain -- of salt.
Yet that well-deserved skepticism didn't stop locals from buying tickets to see the multimedia icon in concert on Wednesday. A capacity crowd of some 12,500 fans turned out to the SAP Center in San Jose for what definitely, maybe, could be Cher's last stand in the Bay Area.
Or not.
It's so hard to tell when it comes to Cher, who seems to take great delight in sending mixed messages.
"I promise this is my final, final, final farewell," the 68-year-old vocalist said in San Jose. "I'm not kidding this time -- you can check with AARP." Of course, she added a few winks to that statement, before turning around and walking away with her fingers crossed behind her back.
Not that it matters. If Cher wants to keep performing, fans will likely welcome her with open arms and wallets -- especially if they happened to catch her show in San Jose.
Cher was as entertaining as ever during the two-hour-plus set, dazzling fans with her signature, sassy mix of pop tunes, personality and big production numbers. The show was pure eye candy from start to finish, as the star -- who now prefers the label "icon" over "diva" -- injected a lot of Vegas into every song.
The trek definitely lived up to its Dressed to Kill Tour title, as Cher seemed bent on setting a world record for wardrobe changes. She donned a new outfit -- all of which were striking, if not outrageous -- for nearly every song. Even after all these years, nobody plays dress up better than Cher.
The show began with "Woman's World" from the artist's 25th studio effort, "Closer to the Truth," as the curtain dropped and Cher was lowered to the stage atop a tall pillar. Wearing an exotic headdress, with long feathers drifting out from its sides, the singer quickly took ownership of the night and commanded the crowd's attention. It was a strong opening segment, yet one that illustrated why this road show has grown so taxing for its star.
"I risk my life every night for you (atop the pillar)," she said, adding with her patented sarcastic charm: "But what's my life compared to your happiness?"
Cher's between-song, often self-deprecating, banter was as good as, if not better, than her actual songs.
"I think that John Quincy Adams was president when I started drinking Dr Pepper," she said with that million-dollar smile. And she also didn't miss the opportunity to zing the younger generation of dance-pop divas.
"I can still get into my 'If I Could Turn Back Time' outfit," she smirked. "Take that Katy Perry."
The singer would indeed 'Turn Back Time" and celebrate her roots in Sonny & Cher. She sang virtual duets of "The Beat Goes On" and "I Got You Babe" with her former husband Sonny Bono, using archival footage of Bono -- who died in 1998 -- on the big overhead screens. There was also a Sonny & Cher highlight reel shown, which featured several touching clips from the duo's famed TV variety show.
The multitalented performer, who has also achieved much success in movies, closed the main set with a powerful double shot of the hits "I Found Someone" and "If I Could Turn Back Time."
Cher then returned for a high-flying encore -- quite literally. She boarded a small platform, which was hoisted by cables far above the heads of fans. She sailed about the arena, looking every bit the "Goddess of Pop," as she sang a stirring version of 'I Hope You Find It."
It left the crowd screaming for more, and hoping that Cher didn't really mean it when she said goodbye.
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About the Book
The definitive guide to turning the Millennials' great expectations into even greater results
The Millennial generation (those born between 1982 and 2000) has rapidly entered the workforce in greater numbers, but its introduction to the workplace has been anything but seamless. In fact, many companies already report attention-grabbing stories about:
- the mother who called HR to complain when her Millennial daughter got a mediocre performance review;
- the new hire who dialed the CEO directly to tell him what the company could be doing better;
- the young employee who revealed a confidential new product on her Facebook page before it was made public.
Clashes like these are happening in workplaces around the world, and they leave leaders and coworkers scratching their heads and wondering, "What do these Millennials want? Why are they so different? How do we get the good ones in the door? How do we keep them there without alienating the other generations?" Going forward, a company's success will depend upon knowing the answers to these questions, because they are the keys to motivating this new generation and to taking advantage of the amazing potential it possesses.
In The M-Factor, Baby Boomer Lynne Lancaster and Generation Xer David Stillman draw on cutting-edge case studies, findings from large-scale surveys, and hundreds of interviews to identify the seven trends essential for understanding and managing the Millennials: the role of the parents, entitlement, the search for meaning, great expectations, the need for speed, social networking, and collaboration. Observant, humorous, and savvy, this book—the ultimate guide to Millennials in the workplace—offers valuable insights and practical, take-action tips and solutions that Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen Xers, and even Millennials can use to bridge generational gaps, be more productive, and achieve organizational success like never before.
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"David Stillman and Lynne Lancaster have written a masterful book on ways to bridge the disconnect between the older generations and the brilliant operatives who have moved into the workplace. It's a great guidebook to the current economic situation and provides smart, real-life solutions." — —Helen Thomas, White House correspondent, Hearst Newspapers
"Young people ARE transforming the workforce and overall it's for the better, as their culture is the new culture of work. Read this thoroughly enjoyable and well-researched book to understand how to make it happen for your organization." — —Don Tapscott, author of Growing Up Digital and Grown Up Digital
"If you lead and work with Millennials—and very soon that will be all of us—you must take the time to absorb and enjoy The M-Factor." — —Jim Kouzes, Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and coauthor of the best-seller, The Leadership Challenge.
"A witty and insightful read that shatters the simplistic and degrading label of the 'entitled generation' and offers a new lens that shows the positive attributes of this next generation." — —Alyson Schafer, parenting expert and author of Honey, I Wrecked the Kids
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HSBC's Ping An Sale Came Too Soon
Talk about bad timing.
HSBC Holdingsfinally received regulatory approval for the sale of its 15.57% stake in Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. on Friday, ending weeks of speculation over whether the deal could be dead. HSBC said it would net about $2.6 billion in profits from the sale of the stake, which is worth $9.39 billion, to Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group.
But it could have also gotten a lot more out of the deal.
Since the deal was initially announced by HSBC on Dec. 5, the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets have been on a tear, in particular financial stocks. In fact, since the Shanghai Composite bottomed at a multi-year low on Dec. 4, the index has rallied 24%. Ping An is now trading 20% above HSBC's exit price of HK$59.00.
On Monday, Ping An hit an 18-month high in Hong Kong of HK$72.70 before giving up some of those gains later. HSBC was flat in Hong Kong.


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Fascinatingly, Fritz Albert Popp's research in biophotons describes the dying process of cells as virtually identical to that of stars. Just before dying, cells transform into "supernovas" as the light they emit increases in intensity a thousand times before being suddenly extinguished. On a related note, and just as extraordinarily, Galactic Center, our point of origin, is located in the constellation Ophiuchus, "the serpent bearer," an obvious reference to the spiraling, serpentine helixes of DNA. Here, in ancient symbolism, we find a direct link between the creational torsion waves emitted by Galactic Center and the DNA molecule to which, by all indications, they give rise.
Sol Luckman
Source: Conscious Healing: Book One on the Regenetics Method, Pages: 95
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For your infomation" Gene was MY hero growing up..
Chose my MOS(job) when I went in the army to be like my big brother. We are alike in many ways. Not so much in others... I would still jump in if someone was trying to kick his ass. We are still family. Even if we do not talk.
These are my first posts to blogs, I had to ask my nephew what trolling was.
You don't have to like the truth, GDL, You just have deal with it...
Guess you are not very good at that despite what you say.
Some people are too funny...
Stuff people say still amaze me..
The truth will set you free!!!!
"There are none so blind as those, that will not see"


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Breaking News!
Black 47 to appear on The Tonight Show on March 17th with Jimmy Fallon. They will also perform the same night at BB King's on 42nd Street where their show will be broadcast live by SiriusXM. It's been quite a year so far for the band who will do their final show in New York exactly 25 years after their first gig in the Bronx in November 1989.
The band will also appear on VHI's Morning Buzz with Nick Lachey. They have also just received the good news that two of their most influential albums, Home of the Brave and Green Suede Shoes will be re-released by Universal Records later this month.
Black 47's Pulls Out All Stops on Last Call
This is an article I don't want to write.
In fact, I've been dreading the notion of putting thoughts on the end of Black 47 ever since Larry Kirwan announced that this would be the final year for the band. What a relief it is, then, to have the band end on a high note. On the aptly named Last Call, Black 47 serves a 200 proof cocktail made with a shot of funk and two fingers of Irish malarkey thrown in for good measure. Larry Kirwan saves the best for last, using roots, rock, and reggae to bring the final curtain down on the most influential Irish American band in history.
Geoffrey Blythe (tenor and soprano sax), Joseph "Bearclaw" Burcaw (bass), Joseph Mulvanerty (Uilleann pipes and flutes), Fred Parcells (trombone, tin whistle) make up a band that shifts effortlessly from rock to punk to waltz and over to reggae throughout Last Call.
"I know all these players really well but they still manage to surprise me," enthuses Larry Kirwan during an extensive interview with The Irish Voice. "Everyone was interested in this album in an acute way because it was the last album of the band and they wanted to make this statement.
What a statement! They rev up the caffeinated power punk on the rapid fire "St. Patrick's Day" like a band begging the record label to sign them for a first record.
On Last Call, Kirwan was committed to honor the New York music scene as well in his choice of collaborators. "Christine Ohlman has been on our records for years and is an important voice on Black 47," Kirwan says. "Mike Fazio playing the atmospherics has really added an element of the band over the years as well. Oona Roche, a niece of the Roches, did some great work as well and it was important that these folks be part of the last call, particularly Christine. We always had this big support among New York musicians and it's great to have them in there."
In recent years, Kirwan has been more known for his work outside the band that includes a string of successful musicals that have had their debut in places like the Irish Repertory Theater and The Cell here in Manhattan. Kirwan's approach to songs have always been from the perspective of a playwright, with many colorful characters dancing in the melodies over the years. On Last Call, we are introduced to a nice Catholic girl-turned stripper on "Queen of Coney Island" and a fiery Puerto Rican lass with Irish in her blood. "She got long red hair - stretches down to her thighs/Walk just like a senorita - oh those eyes/Blaze like the sun on Puerto Rican Day/But when she get her Irish up, get out of the way," he sings on the Latin cha-cha of "Salsa O'Keefe," an early fan favorite at the gigs.
On "Johnny Comes A Courtin'," the band plays a lazy reggae tune while Kirwan eavesdrops on the letters written between a heartbroken father in Ireland and a daughter who has been taken to Jamaica to work as a slave on the sugar cane farms under the harsh eye of Oliver Cromwell. A romance is brewing with one of the natives and the lost daughter doesn't know what to do.
"Oh father, dear father, the sun has braised my skin/My poor hands are cut to shreds by the sugarcane/Johnny shows me kindness, his smile has warmed my soul/Oh I need your advice and good counsel." The lines are sung beautifully by Oona Roche as Kirwan plays the role of the father back home.
"I guess it came from writing plays at the same time as you we're writing songs," Kirwan says. "I don't think of it consciously like that but I do know critics like yourself have commented on the character element of the songs. When I got into theater I was working on stuff and I didn't know I was doing. I was writing theater and songs at the same time, just trying to survive in the Bronx. Plus, we wanted an earthy element of not writing about what on the radio. No chaste 'kiss on the cheek' here in the Bronx! We were writing about what was going on around us at the time. So, I guess the character development in the songs came from that background."
It wouldn't be a Black 47 album without an eye for the political and provocative and there's plenty of that on Last Call. "Let My People In" finds the band railing about the prejudice undertow that's behind stalled immigration reforms in Washington.
"There's always been a No Nothing Party that wishes to pull the ladder up behind its members," Kirwan says. "But immigration is the lifeblood of this country and its economic engine. Then again, I lived here illegally for three years, so I'm probably biased.


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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(v) Conclusion
1. The significance of the meeting between Hitler and Horthy on 16-17 April 1943 only really becomes clear when we recall what happened subseqently. In May 1943 the Hungarian Prime Minister Kállay publicly rejected the idea of 'resettlement' of Hungary's Jews in the East until he received a satisfactory answer from the Germans as to how and where the resettlement was to take place.32 But the Nazi government did not abandon its designs for the extermination of the Hungarian Jews. In March 1944, Horthy was again summoned to meet Hitler. According to Horthy, at the meeting on 18 March 1944 Hitler complained that 'Hungary did nothing in the matter of the Jewish problem, and was not prepared to settle accounts with the large Jewish population in Hungary'.33 Meanwhile, German troops marched into Hungary and took the country over. Sztójay was appointed Prime Minister on 22 March 1944 of a puppet government. Already on 19 March 1944, the Eichmann Sonderkommando was in Budapest to organise the deportation of the Hungarian Jews. By July 1944, over 430,000 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz. After a brief halt called by Horthy, who still retained some influence, the Germans staged another coup in October 1944 and installed the Hungarian fascist leader Szalasi as Prime Minister. Although plans were laid to deport more Jews and thousands were marched to Austria under terrible conditions, many of them dying en route, Auschwitz was now being wound up in the face of the Russian advance and there was no more major extermination, although thousands of Jews died in what had become a virtual ghetto in Budapest in the winter of 1944-45. All of this demonstrated clearly the paramount importance the extermination of Hungary's Jews had for Hitler.
2. Irving is at pains to obscure this in his account of the German leader's meeting with Admiral Horthy on 16-17 April 1943. Through bending reliable sources to fit his argument, misrepresenting and skewing historical data, misinterpreting sources and deliberately suppressing relevant information, he conveys the impression in his book Hitler's War that Hitler was actually opposed to the extermination of the Hungarian Jews, demanding merely their confinement in internment camps, a measure for which, Irving falsely insinuates, events in Poland (including the Warsaw ghetto uprising, which as we have seen had not actually taken place at the time of the meeting between Hitler and Horthy) provided a reasonable justification. This argument is untenable on historical grounds, and rests on a deliberate falsification of the historical record.
32. Jagow to Froeign Office, 2 June 1943, reprinted in Braham (ed.), document 107.
33. Cited In Braham, Politics, p. 391.


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Roger has moved another step towards defending his home-title with a routine 6-3 6-2 win over Germany's Nicolas Kiefer to reach the semi-finals.
"It wasn't easy today," Roger insisted after winning the final game to love. "My serve wasn't helping me out much with only the one ace near the end. But I was playing pretty solidly from the baseline and I hope I can continue that way for the rest of the week."
The result is very clear, even clearer than a week ago in Madrid, where Roger had won 6-4, 6-4 against Kiefer (ATP 64) in the semis. But the German certainly had his chances during the match, especially in the beginning. But Roger replied in his usual fashion, regaining his advantage on Kiefer's service game and displaying attractive tennis and even the odd little gag her and there.
I realy enjoyed the match today, you looked more than great out there.
And you made some amazing shots!! You impressed me. Beautifull tennis to watch!!!
Did you know that you look very sexy when you are so concentrated in a match.
Lots of love,
kisses mari
Incredible, beautiful tennis today - showtime! I'm very happy you're through to the semis, and wish you good luck v. Dr. Ivo. We'll be watching, albeit the internet, but that's just been a Godsend to see such a well run tournament. You're th
I loved this one in todays interview:
Congrats on reaching the semis in Basel! A solid effort so far, hopefully only gets better!
Karlovic, the big server next: that's a tall order to win that match (no pun intended...) Be patient with his booming serve; do the best you can. No
as usual
keep it up champ ,i liked tha fire were firing out from your eyes ,this is the spirit i want to see
allez rogii
good match,good luck against aces player,c'mon roger win this titlle
and then withdraw from paris ,the draw is out ,this is totally unfair
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Hi Everyone
I just started becoming an active runner in Dec/January. I'm 29 years old, female. I've been an athlete all my life, played volleyball in college for a couple years. They made me run, but I always HATED it. I started with the C25K program and made it my New Years Goal to run a 5k. I've done 3 races so far this year and usually run 3-4 days a week. My PR is 31:31 and I'm pretty consistent with my pace of 10-10:30 a mile, although my first mile is usually under 10, I tend to slow down in them middle. Anyway, that's where I am at. I was feeling really good all year long... then I went on vacation for a week about a month ago. A cruise no less. Couple that with some bad weather here in Florida and I have easily gotten off track. I haven't done 3.1 in a few weeks. Most I've done is 2.5mi.
This might be more of a mental block, but as far as physical, I was curious if anyone with experience had some suggestions on how to get back on track. I was thinking I would just run a little bit more each day till I work my way back up to 3.1, but I didn't know if I should get back on a more organized plan, like the C25k, although I don't need to revert back down to the start of that program. For example, last week I ran 2 days at 2 miles, this week I pushed to 2.5. But it just feels a lot tougher than it has all year.
Thanks for any insight.
3/31/12 My first 5K: Suncoast Sprint 5K: 32:54
5/5/12: Trinity Relay for Life Rockin' 5k: 31:31
5/12/12: Dunedin Hog Hustle 5K (course ran long): 34:25
Why do you want to run? There is no correct answer except you must want to do this for yourself.
I do want to do this for myself. That's why I made it a goal. It was a challenge that I wanted to acheive. I never thought I could run more than a mile and now I can. And when I ran my first 5k, it was a great sense of accomplishment and an awesome experience for me. I'm just in a slump the last few weeks and didn't know if I should get back to a more structured training plan, that's all. Was just looking for advice on how to get back on track.
3/31/12 My first 5K: Suncoast Sprint 5K: 32:54
5/5/12: Trinity Relay for Life Rockin' 5k: 31:31
5/12/12: Dunedin Hog Hustle 5K (course ran long): 34:25
I would run as often as possible and slowly build up your overall miles. It is not unusual to get off course or experience a lapse in motivation. Environment and priorities have a tremendous influence on progress, so just set the focus for your individual training schedule with personal goals for acheivement. I can recommend a training journal because that helps with actually writing down accomplishments, keeping track of improvements and referring back to your notes for areas (or particular times/circumstances) that might be of concern. You will be surprised how you can identify any obstacles that way and avoid them in the future.
Basically, you will have to run more than twice a week and you will have push beyond 2.5 miles, so even if you do a walk/jog/run routine to get in the extra time, it will be of benefit. If you have the opportunity to split workouts (same day...morning/evening), that will assist with overall endurance. Also, try to get in some cross-training because that will help build strength for your running.
P.S. Enter more 5k events...look a future 8K or 10K race to guide your preparations. Usually, they are wonderful opportunities to advance.
Hope this helps and best wishes.
Thank you for the suggestions - it helps. I will try a journal. I use MapMyRun to track progress and I do cross train (boot camp) MWF with shorter runs after and then longer runs TTH. I usually go to the gym at night, but might replace a couple of those days with runs as you suggest - more is the solution
Thanks again.
3/31/12 My first 5K: Suncoast Sprint 5K: 32:54
5/5/12: Trinity Relay for Life Rockin' 5k: 31:31
5/12/12: Dunedin Hog Hustle 5K (course ran long): 34:25
I think you would benefit from from working in some walk breaks. If you obsess on the need to run the whole way, you miss the big picture. If you run 2.5 miles hard, but you are so drained at the end of it, you are shooting yourself in the foot. As Jasko mentioned, you will benefit running longer and further. So try to come up with a simple plan. If all you can do today is finish a 5k, set small goals each week to run just a little further. By next week, make the goal to run 3.5 miles. The following week 3.75, the next 4.00 etc. Increase your distance slowly. Then break your runs into smaller parts. If your goal for the week is run 3.5 miles, break that run into pieces. Run the first mile at a nice easy pace. Then walk for a minute to catch your breath and get your pulse down. Then set a goal to run either a specified distance (ie 1/2 mile), or a specific amount of time (ie 5 minutes) before the next walk break. Keep doing that till you reach 3.5 miles or whatever your goal distance is for that week. Just don't take walk breaks at will. Set specific goals either by time or by distance.
At first you will probably notice your pace per mile drop a bit. But over time, you will be able to run the running portions faster because you have that 60 second walk break to slow down and catch your breath. You'll feel energized at the start of your next running interval. I've used walk breaks and that is how I went from completing couch to 5k to running 10 miles. If I think about running 10 miles and having to run the whole way, Im mentally defeated before I even take the first step. But if I know that I can run 1/2 mile and then get a 30 or 60 second walk break, I have that break to look forward to. It's the only way I was able to increase my running distance. And over time, my endurance has gotten a lot better. Long runs are sort of a necessary evil, but when you break them into smaller chunks, and factor in walk breaks, it's make things a lot easier to tackle.
Set a goal, increase your weekly distance slowly, and before you know it you'll be running 10k distance and beyond. Look at it this way. Is it better to run 5 miles with an average mile pace of 11:00 or to run 2 miles at 10:00 pace, but stop after 2 miles?
Couch to 5k completed: 7/15/2011
Bull Run Festival of Lights 5K 12/31/2011; 31:30 324/683
Primal Mud Run 4/14/2012; 1:29:29
Cody's Crew 5k 9/16/2012 31:15
That's a good perspective. I do obsess about running the whole 3.1 because I know I can do it, but increasing distance with the added walk breaks is a good idea and way to increase the endurance. I did that on a treadmill at the gym - I ran 3 miles, then walked for 5 mins, ran again for another 5 mins until I hit 5 miles. I felt pretty good. I'll work that into my runs outside and hopefully that will help as well. Thank you
3/31/12 My first 5K: Suncoast Sprint 5K: 32:54
5/5/12: Trinity Relay for Life Rockin' 5k: 31:31
5/12/12: Dunedin Hog Hustle 5K (course ran long): 34:25
Congratulations on picking up the sport and having a desire to stay with it. Lots of good, experienced people on here who can provide guidance.
Your situation is not uncommon. You start running, hit some goals (time and distance), have a few races scheduled and completed, and then . . . a lull. You go on vacation, lose a little bit of motivation and now you've lost a little conditioning. Don't sweat it. Just get back out there.
I would suggest running more frequently and cut your distances a bit shorter. For instance, if you were running 3 days/week at 2.5 - 3 miles per run, run 4 or 5 days/week at 2 - 2.25 miles per run. When your legs get back into the habit of running more regularly again and your conditioning has returned, do a long run once or twice/week of 3.1 - 3.5 miles. Take walk breaks as needed.
Remember, it's summertime, with the added heat and humidity that makes running far more difficult. You don't need reminded of that since you're in Florida. Here in the midwest we've been at or near 100 degrees for several days straight, which is atypical for this part of the country. I run in the evening and it's a STRUGGLE. It was freakin' 98 degrees the other night when I ran at 9:00 pm! When I say it's a struggle, I mean that I feel like I've run for an hour when it's only been 30 minutes, and my breathing is so labored it feels like I'm sucking in molasses rather than air. Plus it takes me longer to recover and that "runner's high" is a bit more fleeting and short-lived. It's also harder to stay motivated as I don't even like to walk outside to get the mail in this weather. So, while I run the same amount of days/week, I've slowed my pace down and I run shorter distances. Frankly that's the only thing that's kept me motivated to consistently run.
Is this correct? Heck, I don't know. I just know that it's working FOR ME and, frankly, it's the only plan that I can conceive of that allows me to run just as frequently during the week. Is my plan right for you? I honestly don't know. I certainly don't think it would be BAD for you. We all have bad runs or even bad weeks now and then. This is especially true at the beginning of our running journey. Don't get discouraged and, if you really desire to be a consistent runner, don't give up. Alter your training regimen to find what works for you to stay motivated to hit the pavement. Hopefully in the not-so-distant future we'll get a respite from this oppressive heat/humidity. That's one of the reasons why I enjoy the fall racing season so much more than the middle of the summer.
Good luck.
As a new runner who has "dropped out" recently and is returning to the sport, I want to really say "Thank you" to you participating in this thread. I want to run and I definitely want to work on consistency, I know that's what I most need, and it's very hard mentally to learn that it takes consistent work at slower and shorter runs, to get to the point where you are running longer and faster. It's just hard! I guess that just when I think I know all of the mental glitches that running can pose, I find there's a new one. This is my turn to learn this one!
I never have thought of myself as very competitive. But, when I was going out on runs with the local running club, I have realized it seriously demoralized me when I could not keep up with anyone else. (I think that walkers just don't go out with this group). I like these people and I would like to be a part of the group. But I am not sure just how to get there. I think it can be a kind of a goal though, apart from "run such-and-such 5K," to get into good enough running shape that I CAN go out on a run with this club now and then, and feel respectably part of the group.
The group DOES offer running programs, too, so I might wind up enrolling in one, or at least inquiring whether they all start out with folks going faster than I can!! For now, I'm starting the C25K again, and happy to be up off of the couch.
C25K Training begun (Treadmill) 6/1/10); restarted 7/11/12
First run OUTDOORS - Club Fun Run 1.75 mile circuit time 26:06:72 on 7/29/10
Proud C25K Grad, 8/7/10
College Park Cares 5K Sponsored by Vecna Technologies, Inc. 9/25/10 44:04.4
Fell off of the regular running routine, experienced the DC Derecho Disaster, and now aiming to get back on track!
Jug Bay Run for Wildlife 5K 11/3/12
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Stanley P. Hayes
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3231 S National Ave Ste 400
Springfield, MO 65807
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
EVANS, Ga. -- If you've noticed more out-of-state license plates this week, you're not crazy. The Division II NCAA National Soccer Championships are underway in Evans.
They're one of the big sports bringing in a booming business. There are hundreds of people in town for this tournament with teams from as far away as Vancouver, California and Michigan -- and they're expected to spend up to half a million dollars while they're here.
Anna Short flew in from Michigan to watch her son, Bobby, play soccer on the national level.
"This is their first time to the Final Four. He's been playing soccer since he was probably 5. So yeah, we're excited," said Short of Goodrich, Mich., and Saginaw Valley State.
Short said at first, she had no clue where Blanchard Woods Park was.
"They said Evans, Georgia. I didn't know where it was at, didn't even know what was the major city around here until we looked," she said.
"It's a pretty nice area, we came in, drove up through Augusta this morning -- just coming up to find the fields, find where we'll be tonight and really nice area," said Todd McCrory, who's in town from Pensacola to watch his daughter on University of West Florida women's team.
The Augusta-metro area is becoming more popular with sporting events like the Division II NCAA National Championships. Just this week the city announced a new semi-pro basketball team coming back to town.
"It's a huge segment of tourism and a huge economic generator for our community," explained Brinsley Thigpen, CEO for the Augusta Sports Council.
"This is just the beginning. When folks see these types of tournaments, they think you know, there's other things that can be brought in as well, and it's positioning us well for the future," added Randy DuTeau, executive director Columbia County CVB.
The Augusta Sports Council estimates that in 2011, this area saw $17.5 million of economic impact for sporting events. This year, they expect it to top $20 million.
"It's important for everyone to see that sports are still growing when maybe some other areas of our economy aren't doing so well," Thigpen said.
"I'm going back to the hotel today to pick up my wife, we'll go eat and find a mall and do something to kill some time and then of course after the game tonight, we'll do it again. And hopefully, if they win, we'll kill all day tomorrow," McCrory said.
"The restaurants are aware of it, the convenience stores, the gas stations, and when these events come to town, all we're saying -- thank you!" DuTeau said.
And Short said she hopes they're here all weekend and go home with a big win.
"We're not flying out until Sunday morning after we can celebrate Saturday night," she said.
Earlier this week Columbia County gave tentative approval to bring back a large bass fishing tournament and power boat races next year to the lake. Blanchard Woods Park is contracted to host the soccer tournament again next year.
They're also planning for more improvements at the park, including a new skate park and BMX track. There's a public design meeting requesting your feedback Monday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. for the skate park meeting or 7 p.m. for the BMX track at the Savannah Rapids Pavillion.


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The pilot thought he was too high, and turned off the automatic navigation, causing a cargo jet to land at a Wichita airport designed for business jets.
A Boeing Dreamlifter cargo plane landed at Jabara Airport Nov. 21. The 747 was supposed to arrive at McConnell Air Force Base, but landed 9 miles away.
Boeing contracts with Atlas Air to fly the airplane. Atlas Air released its own internal investigation with a video response, about two weeks after the mistaken landing.
The description is in a training video produced by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and obtained by Aviation International News. Atlas confirmed the accuracy of the AIN report on Tuesday.
Bonnie Rodney, spokeswoman, said the video was for internal communication and training, and not intended for distribution.
Jeffery Carlson, Vice President of Flight Operations for Atlas Air, said the pilot landed at the wrong airport because he turned of the automatic navigation system.
"There had been previous issues with the instrument display, just enough for the pilot to question if it was accurate," Carlson said in the 15 minute video. The pilot landed visually, instead, and landed at the wrong airport.
Carlson said the pilots did not talk during the landing, the co-pilot said in a report he thought something was odd.
Eyewitness News talked with retired commercial flight Captain Doug Moler to break down the video. Moler says the lights at Jabara have different settings, controlled by pilots.
"The lights at Jabara were up on high and that was the first thing they picked out and that captain went for it. He' s thinking big airbase, this is it," said Moler.
Atlas' investigation shows the co-pilot questioned the landing but did not say anything.
"While the pilot monitoring was concerned about the rate of decent and whether this was the correct runway, he remained silent," said Carlson.
"You can't say, well the captain was flying the airplane and it's all the captain's fault. It's not really. This is a team. It's a crew and they have equal amounts of responsibility," said Moler.
Carlson says crews in the towers should have noticed the plane attempting to land at the wrong airport.
"Somebody should've seen that these guys are making a mistake," said Moler.
The company has since made changes so a similar incident never happens again.
The incident remains under investigation with the National Transportation Safety Board. Rodney said Atlas continues to work with the NTSB and FAA investigations.
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OAKLAND -- The Warriors met the NBA's standard-bearers Monday night, the Indiana Pacers, and found out just how far they have to climb to reach their elite level.
Still a little ways to go, clearly, but that's better than the long ways it appeared to be early on. Indiana jumped to a 14-point first quarter lead, boosted it to 20 early in the third quarter, then had to withstand a furious Warriors charge to escape Oracle Arena with a 102-94 victory.
Golden State got back to within two points, 79-77, when Harrison Barnes connected on a 3-point basket with 9:52 to go in the game. The Warriors, who already have seven double-digit comeback wins this season -- including four by 15 points or more -- appeared poised to post one against the team with the best record in the league.
But just as the Warriors were primed to complete the rally, the Pacers repelled their surges. Ultimately, dagger 3-pointers down the stretch by Lance Stephenson and George Hill staved off the Golden State comeback, and the Warriors were left to reflect on the deep hole they dug.
"They made an effort to assert themselves early, and I don't know if we didn't show up, but we just didn't have any kind of punch early in the game," said Stephen Curry, who led Warriors with 24 points and nine assists.
But if the Pacers, at 33-7, are the measuring stick for the rest of the league, the Warriors were far from discouraged in the wake of the defeat.
"They're playing great basketball and they showed that tonight, but we're right there," Curry said. "(We're) a team that has potential to do some great things this year if we can figure out that last little bit of consistency. We've shown it in spots, and we have the talent to do it. We just have to find that last little piece of assertiveness against the best teams in the league."
Indeed, the Warriors have lost six games at home, but pretty much all to heavyweights -- San Antonio, Portland, Houston, Memphis (with Marc Gasol), Denver and now Indiana. At least when they lose, they don't lose to chumps.
"(The Pacers) are a team built for a championship, you can see that," Andrew Bogut said. "We're close, but we're not there yet. Our start was dismal, and then I thought the next three quarters we competed a little better and played our style of basketball. But the first quarter cost us."
Indiana outscored Golden State 35-21 in the opening period, and it wasn't necessarily a case of poor defense. The Pacers came out hot, but they also were clearly more ready to set the tone than were the hosts.
"I thought early on they got it going, played with more force, and the scoreboard reflected that," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "When we met their intensity level and began to execute, good things happened.
"We made mistakes, gave up 17 offensive rebounds while turning the ball over, and we were still in the ballgame. When we begin to take care of the little things, it's going to be scary how good we can be."
For now, it's the Pacers who are scary. Paul George scored 14 of his 24 points in the opening quarter to get things rolling, but ultimately it was a balanced attack that doomed the Warriors. All five Indiana starters scored in double figures, and all hurt Golden State at different times. David West backed George with 17, Hill had 15 and Roy Hibbert and Stephenson 14 apiece.
David Lee had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Warriors, and Klay Thompson added 17.
"David Lee made a statement last year becoming an All-Star," Jackson said. "For Steph to become a starter would be another win for the good guys. It definitely means something, because of the starting and getting the fan vote. I'd be very pleased, because people raised the bar for him after last year, and he has not disappointed."
"I'm not sitting here if he did not have a dream, and (if) he didn't fight for that dream," Jackson said. "I'm forever indebted. He's a man who put his family on the front line and sacrificed. I don't say that just as an African-American man. I think we all owe a big thank you to him because this is certainly a better place today."
Friday's game
Minnesota (19-21) at Warriors (26-17), 7:30 p.m. CSNBA


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NBC announces sequel to 'The Bible' miniseries
Published: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 7:52 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 7:52 a.m.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC says it will air a sequel to the hit cable miniseries "The Bible."
The network said Monday that it will join with producer Mark Burnett and his actress-wife, Roma Downey, on the sequel. Burnett and Downey produced "The Bible" for the History channel.
Downey starred in "Touched by an Angel" and also played Jesus Christ's mother, Mary, in the miniseries that aired earlier this year.
NBC says the sequel has the working title "A.D.: Beyond the Bible" and will open in the days following Christ's death.
Casting and an air date haven't been announced.
Burnett's producing credits include the NBC series "The Voice" and "Celebrity Apprentice."
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Eric Smith, who killed 4-year-old Derrick Robie in Savona in 1993, is up for parole for the seventh time.A hearing is set for Friday.Smith, 34, is serving a life sentence for the murder he committed when he was 13. He was convicted in 1994 of second-degree murder.Smith killed Robie in August 1993 after luring the boy into a wooded area near the boy's home. Robie was walking alone to a summer camp at a nearby park.Smith strangled Robie, stuffed his mouth with paper and smashed the boy's head with a 26-pound rock. He also sodomized Robie with a stick.He is currently housed at the maximum-security Collins Correctional Facility south of Buffalo.The last time he was up for parole, in 2012, he told the parole board he didn't plan to return to the Savona area if released.At that hearing, Smith said he understood why he had been denied parole the previous five times, and that he "wasn't ready" before.He also said he felt remorse for the killing, but had a desire at the time to hurt someone because he had been abused and bullied.
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Sharyn Smith, a longtime Eagle Valley Library District librarian and contributor to the Eagle Valley Enterprise, is retiring after 26 years of service to the library district.The public is invited to an open house in celebration of Sharyn's retirement on Sunday, July 29, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Eagle Public Library. The library will serve cake, ice tea, and lemonade and everyone is welcome to attend to thank Sharyn for her many years of service and to wish her well as she begins her retirement.
Local kids and families are invited to join the Eagle and Gypsum Public Libraries for a summer reading finale with juggler Richard Holmgren. Holmgren's "Flying Debris Show" will tour the libraries in celebration of the conclusion of the libraries' summer reading programs for children. Richard Holmgren was born a jokester and learned to juggle in fourth grade gym class. The Flying Debris Show is an hour packed with comedy, zany stunts and lots of audience participation."This year's summer reading theme of 'Dream Big — READ' has covered all things nocturnal," said Kari Thorne, children's librarian. "Weekly programs across the library district have included campfire stories, nocturnal animals, stargazing, dreams and even an evening pajama story time."Holmgren will be performing at the Eagle Public Library on Tuesday, July 31, at 11 a.m. and at the Gypsum Public Library on Tuesday, July 31, at 1 p.m. The summer reading finale is a free event for children entering first through sixth grades and is sponsored by The Friends of the Eagle Valley Library District and Alpine Bank. For more information, call the Eagle Public Library at (970) 328-8800 or the Gypsum Public Library at (970) 524-5080.Former Eagle Mayor departing Former Eagle Mayor Ed Woodland has accepted a job in Houston with Bechtel Corporation and will be joining the company as senior counsel in its Oil, Gas and Chemical Global Business Unit."It is hard to imagine leaving Eagle after 14 years and even harder to believe that I will be leaving Colorado after living here for 34 of my 42 years but this opportunity will only come once in a lifetime," said Woodland. Woodland said his family will be remaining in Eagle for the school year and he will be commuting back every other weekend. The whole Woodland family will be moving to Houston in June of 2013. "For those of you who use or need legal services, you will be pleased to know that life-long Eagle resident and super lawyer Heidi McCollum will be handling all our firm's cases beginning Aug. 1," said Woodland. "Heidi and I have known each other for 10 years and she has all of my confidence."
The Eagle All-Hazards NOAA Weather Radio transmitter located at an elevation just below 11,000 feet near Eagle began broadcasting on July 19. The radio frequency is 162.450 Megahertz on the Weather Band, the power output is 100 watts and the station ID is WZ-2518.This new broadcast contains weather forecasts, weather warnings, current weather observations, and other weather-related information. The transmitter can also warn Non-Weather Emergency Messages, and is designed to activate warning alarm systems, including the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Eagle County and portions of some adjacent counties.Although the Eagle All-Hazards NOAA Weather Radio transmitter is located in Eagle County, the actual broadcast signal originates from the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction.The broadcast is currently being operated in a test mode that is being conducted for a 30-day period. After a successful 30-day test period, the broadcast will be considered operational."If you have any comments or suggestions about the Eagle All-Hazards NOAA Weather Radio broadcast, including quality of the broadcast signal or program content, please contact the webmaster at email@example.com or call our office at (970) 243-7007," said Jim Pringle of the Grand Junction NWS office.A computer-generated map of the broadcast coverage area can be found at http://weather.gov/gjt from the Top News of the Day item "New Transmitter at Eagle."
• ShowDown Town, Eagle's popular Thursday night free concert series returns tonight, July 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Eagle Town Park. Pack up a picnic basket and a cooler and head out to hear the music of Uncle Lucius and enjoy an evening with your neighbors. The series continues on Thursday nights through Aug. 9. Watch the Enterprise for details about the featured performers.• Two local students — Alison Harakal and Megan McQueeney — were named to the Drake University Dean's List for the spring 2012 semester. To make the Dean's List, they had to earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Drake University is a private, independent university in Des Moines, Iowa, with an enrollment of approximately 3,300 full-time undergraduate students from 50 states and 50 countries. Congratulations!• Eagle residents Bill and Kathy Heicher report that their nighttime motion detector camera caught an interesting image last week. As they reviewed the footage, they spotted a bear ambling through their yard.
Hospice of the Valley, a division of HomeCare & Hospice of the Valley, will offer a 12-week workshop in Edwards to help those who have had a significant emotional loss of any kind. "This is an action program specifically designed to help people move beyond the losses in their life, which can mean learning how to cope with a divorce, loss of a home or the death of a loved one," said Celynn McClarrinon, LSW, who is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist.McClarrinon is a graduate of the nationally recognized Grief Recovery Method and is a student of John W. James and Russell Friedman, founders of The Grief Recovery Institute and authors of The Grief Recovery Handbook.The class begins Monday, Aug. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Edwards Interfaith Chapel at 32138 U.S. Highway 6 in Edwards. The cost is $60 and all proceeds go to providing hospice care in Eagle County.For additional information, contact Markey Butler at (970) 927-6656 or email@example.com.


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An attorney sought clarification of the City of Laurie's procedure for the reporting of alleged zoning violations after a client was accused by a neighbor of running a business from his home without proper zoning.
After a complaint from Laurie Heights resident Sue Martin, the city sent a letter to Jeff Chorpening, another Laurie Heights resident and owner of a lawn care business. Renken inquired about the possibility of the city requiring a formal written complaint or affadavit.
What's New
After researching the issue, city attorney Steve Grantham told the board of aldermen that there is no problem with the city's procedures. "How the city finds out about an issue is irrelevant," he said. "I don't think we need to fix something that's not broken."
What's Next
With no first hand knowledge of non-compliance with zoning regulations, the city is not pursuing any further action in the matter at this time, zoning inspector Ed Young said. The letter previously sent to Chorpening requested that he stop any commercial activity at the residence "if" any such activity was occurring, according to Young.
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Machine Politics In the Digital Age
By MELANIE WARNER
Published: November 9, 2003
IN mid-August, Walden W. O'Dell, the chief executive of Diebold Inc., sat down at his computer to compose a letter inviting 100 wealthy and politically inclined friends to a Republican Party fund-raiser, to be held at his home in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. ''I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year,'' wrote Mr. O'Dell, whose company is based in Canton, Ohio.
That is hardly unusual for Mr. O'Dell. A longtime Republican, he is a member of President Bush's ''Rangers and Pioneers,'' an elite group of loyalists who have raised at least $100,000 each for the 2004 race.
But it is not the only way that Mr. O'Dell is involved in the election process. Through Diebold Election Systems, a subsidiary in McKinney, Tex., his company is among the country's biggest suppliers of paperless, touch-screen voting machines.
Judging from Federal Election Commission data, at least eight million people will cast their ballots using Diebold machines next November. That is 8 percent of the number of people who voted in 2000, and includes all voters in the states of Georgia and Maryland and those in various counties of California, Virginia, Texas, Indiana, Arizona and Kansas.
Some people find Mr. O'Dell's pairing of interests -- as voting-machine magnate and devoted Republican fund-raiser -- troubling. To skeptics, including more than a few Democrats, it raises at least the appearance of an ethical problem. Some of the chatter on the Internet goes so far as to suggest that he could use his own machines to sway the election.
Senator Jon Corzine, Democrat of New Jersey, does not buy such conspiracy theories, but he said he was appalled at the situation.
''It's outrageous,'' he said. ''Not only does Mr. O'Dell want the contract to provide every voting machine in the nation for the next election -- he wants to 'deliver' the election to Mr. Bush. There are enough conflicts in this story to fill an ethics manual.''
Mr. O'Dell declined to be interviewed for this article, but a company official said that his political affiliations had nothing to do with Diebold's operations, and that the company derived the bulk of its revenue from A.T.M.'s, not voting machines. ''This is not Diebold; this is Wally O'Dell personally,'' said Thomas W. Swidarski, senior vice president for strategic development and global marketing at Diebold, who works closely with Mr. O'Dell. ''The issue has been misconstrued.''
BUT the controversy surrounding Diebold goes beyond its chief executive's political activities. In July, professors at Johns Hopkins University and Rice University analyzed the software code for the company's touch-screen voting machines and concluded that there was ''no evidence of rigorous software engineering discipline'' and that ''cryptography, when used at all, is used incorrectly.''
Making matters worse, the software code for the machines was discovered in January by a Seattle-area writer on a publicly accessible Internet site. That the code was unprotected constitutes a significant security lapse by Diebold, said Aviel D. Rubin, an associate professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins, co-author of the study of the code.
Mr. Swidarski said the code on the Internet site was outdated and was not now in use in machines.
About 15,000 internal Diebold e-mail messages also found their way to the Internet. Some referred to software patches installed on Diebold machines days before elections. Others indicated that the Microsoft Access database used in Diebold's tabulation servers was not protected by passwords. Diebold, which says passwords are now installed on machines, is threatening legal action against anyone who posts the files or links to them, contending that the e-mail is copyrighted.
A recent report for the state of Maryland by SAIC, an engineering and research firm, has added to concerns about the security of Diebold's systems. It recommended 17 steps that Maryland election officials could take to ensure better security when using Diebold's machines.
The company seized upon this as evidence that its systems, if used properly, were secure. But the report's overall assessment was not particularly upbeat. ''The system, as implemented in policy, procedure and technology, is at high risk of compromise,'' SAIC wrote.
It has been a bumpy couple of months for Mr. O'Dell, 58, who is known as Wally and spent 33 years at Emerson Electric before joining what is now Diebold Election Systems. Associates say he was stunned by the reaction to his August letter and now regrets writing it.
''Wally's going to take a lower profile on this stuff,'' Mr. Swidarski said. But Mr. Swidarski did not indicate that Mr. O'Dell would put a halt to all of his political activities. Those have included attendance at a Bush fund-raiser in Cincinnati on Sept. 30 and a flight to Crawford, Tex., in August for a Pioneers and Rangers meeting attended by the president.
Other Diebold executives have contributed to President Bush's re-election campaign. According to data reported to the Federal Election Commission, 11 executives have added a total of $22,000 to the president's campaign coffers this year. No money from Diebold or its executives has gone to Democratic presidential candidates this year.


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The Replacements. The Beatles. Booker T & The MGs. The guys who played on The Monkees records. How the hell can you pick just one? The Stones. There.
dirnts asks: How did you meet Billie, Mike, and Tre?
I met Billie and Mike on Green Day's first tour. My band, Step By Step (I know...) from Little Rock, opened for Green Day in Memphis at Antenna Club. Only they didn't show up, at least in time to play the show. We stretched our set as long as we could, we probably knew 10 songs. The club gave up on them showing and announced the show was over and gave people half their money back. We were loading out when they pulled up in their van, "Are we too late?" A few stragglers were still hanging around outside. Someone was having a party so we all followed them over to a house in Midtown. We ended up hanging out for a few hours before we had to head back to Little Rock. I didn't meet Tre til they came around on tour the next year. This time they played in Little Rock at Vino's. I think there's YouTube footage of this show somewhere. My friends and I bumrushed the stage during Knowledge.
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Worryingly, more than 40% of IT decision makers say they are 'totally unaware' of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidance and recommendations on data security and cloud computing.
Of those that are aware of the guidelines, less than 27% say their firms are compliant, according to an independent survey of 300 senior IT professionals commissioned by CipherCloud.
Published in October 2012, the ICO guidelines outline the responsibilities of organisations when storing data in the cloud. Critically, businesses seem unaware that responsibility for data security now resides with them – the company that owns the information – not the cloud provider or cloud services company.
"UK IT professionals need be aware of the fact that regulatory non-compliance penalties could be as much as half a million pounds," said Richard Olver, regional director of EMEA at CipherCloud.
"It's clear that businesses are confused or even complacent about regulation, legislation, and compliance when storing data in the cloud and are largely unaware of their responsibilities."
When asked how well they understood the ICO guidelines, the study found:
Asked about the threats from the cloud, 50% cited data leakage and 40% mentioned account, service and traffic hijacking, but 18% claimed they were unconcerned about cloud threats.
Commonly used cloud services included business tools, (sales, marketing, HR and procurement) used by 23%, data storage and archiving being used by 30%, collaboration tools such as Dropbox being used by 29%, and communications applications being used by 29% of businesses.
In addition, another third of respondents were planning to migrate these services to the cloud in the coming year.


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Act 13 is a major overhaul of Pennsylvania's oil and gas law.
After years of deliberation on the issue, legislators passed the bill on February 8, 2012.
The Zoning Battle
Over the past three years, portions of Act 13 were caught up in an ongoing legal battle.
The case has pitted a number of local governments against the Corbett administration. The main issue centers on who gets to decide how to zone oil and development.
In July 2012, the Commonwealth Court threw out a section of the law restricting local governments' ability to zone and regulate natural gas drilling. The Corbett administration appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In a 4-2 decision in December 2013, the State Supreme Court agreed with the lower court, and held that portions of the law restricting local zoning were unconstitutional.
One section of the law that was struck down called for statewide rules on oil and gas to preempt local zoning rules. Another section required municipalities to allow oil and gas development in all zoning areas.
In a plurality opinion, written by Chief Justice Ronald Castille, the court determined both those provisions violate the Environmental Rights Amendment of the state constitution which guarantees Pennsylvanians the right to, "clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment."
Castille cited the state's history with coal and timber as lessons which lead to the amendment.
"Pennsylvania has a notable history of what appears, retrospectively, to have been a shortsighted exploitation of its bounteous environment, affecting its minerals, its water, its air, its flora and fauna and its people," he wrote.
But the high court's ruling didn't close the case for good. In its December 2013 decision, the Supreme Court sent some provisions of the law back down to the lower Commonwealth Court.
Despite the legal battle, most of the law remained intact. The Commonwealth Court was only examining a narrow set of issues. In a July 2014 ruling, the Commonwealth Court threw out most of the remaining challenges to the law, but it upheld the notion that local governments– not the state– have the authority to zone oil and gas development.
The state Public Utility Commission appealed that decision in August 2014, arguing it maintains the right to review local zoning ordinances. The Supreme Court could hear oral arguments in the case as early as this fall.
The Fee
Act 13 places a so-called "impact fee" on every well drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale formation. The levy changes from year to year based on natural gas prices and the Consumer Price Index.So far, the impact fees have brought in $853.5 million to Pennsylvania:
- 2011: $204 million
- 2012: $202 million
- 2013: $225 million
- 2014: $223.5 million
The amounts change annually based on the number of wells drilled and the price of natural gas.
Sixty percent of the impact fee revenue stays at the local level, going to counties and municipalities hosting wells. The rest goes to various state agencies involved in regulating drilling and to the Marcellus Legacy Fund– which gets spread out around the state for environmental and infrastructure projects.
These are the top five counties receiving the most impact fee money in 2014 :
- Washington $6.5 million
- Bradford $6.4 million
- Susquehanna $6.1 million
- Lycoming $4.8 million
- Greene $4.5 million
Other Changes
Other notable aspects of the legislation:
- The bill authorizes the annual transfer of millions of dollars from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to the Environmental Stewardship Fund and Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund.
- Drillers' zone of presumed liability will expand from 1,000 to 2,500 feet. That means if a water source within this area is contaminated, the assumption will be that drilling messed it up.
- The Department of Environmental Protection can "enter into contracts" with private well control teams, who would be given limited immunity from civil lawsuits.
- Companies would be required to submit reports to DEP detailing chemicals used during the hydraulic fracturing process. This information would be published on FracFocus.org, which is becoming a national clearinghouse for fracking disclosure information.
- Civil penalties against drillers who violate regulations would be increased to $75,000.
- The bill sets new bond levels for drillers, based on the length of well bores and the amount of wells each company operates.
(For more details about what's in the new law, read our annotated version of the impact fee.)


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Two more water mains broke this week in the Silver Shekel area in Breckenridge, an event that is becoming commonplace for residents in the neighborhood of aging infrastructure.
Repairs began Wednesday on one of the breaks. The second break is set to be fixed today. Water is being shut off for a handful of residents until repairs are complete.
"It is affecting a very small amount of people," town of Breckenridge spokeswoman Kim Dykstra-DiLallo said. "They've all been notified."
Officials attributed the frequency of problems with the piping system in the area to the age of the water lines, saying they weren't built to withstand the freeze-thaw cycle in an alpine environment.
The lines fail when changes in temperature in the large rocks around them cause the ground to shift, damaging the infrastructure.
Pipes in Summit County are now placed in a bed of pebbles, which help insulate them from the movement. Silver Shekel and a neighborhood on Peak 7 experience frequent water main breaks because they were constructed improperly decades ago under the Blue River Water District - a distinct entity from the current Blue River Sanitation District.
"When they took over that, the town inherited some of these earlier building standards," Dykstra-DiLallo said.
The town is paying for the repairs out of the water fund, an account that operates like a business, supported entirely by income from water fees.
There are plans under way to implement a lasting solution to the problem in both the Silver Shekel and Peak 7 areas.
"The long-term plan is that we will be replacing (the lines)," Dykstra-DiLallo said. "The ball is already rolling to do Peak 7 and then come back and do Fairview Boulevard."
A permanent fix was done in one part of Silver Shekel several years ago that has reduced the number of water main breaks in the area.
"It is an older neighborhood," said Dykstra-DiLallo, who is herself a resident of Silver Shekel.
"A lot of us, the owners that bought into this older neighborhood, understand there are things that are not going to run as well as brand new equipment."


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Beef cattle prices have been high for the past five years, but so have input costs like corn and diesel, and when input costs are high, beef operations are less profitable, and that causes producers to cut back.
Add to that the most severe drought in Texas history last year, along with a drought this year in the U.S. corn belt, and the result is a continued decline in beef cattle numbers.
"I like to talk about it in terms of beef cows because that's the productive part of the industry. Those are the cows that have the calves that go to a feed lot that become a steak."
David Anderson is a livestock economist with Texas Agrilife Extension.
"We shrink the size of the cow herd, we lose producers. It's not everybody sitting around together, and deciding we'll all cut back a little bit. It's people who go out of business. Will some of them come back? Some will come back. Some will expand."
But Anderson says there are several barriers beef producers have to overcome to get back in the market or expand.
"One might be age. One can also be has your pasture and range recovered enough that you can even put cows on there, because that takes time. There's some financial aspects, you know, how much money did people spend buying feed to keep the cows through the drought. They've got to build up a financial wealth before they can do that again, and then the cost to buy back in, that financial hurdle, because nationwide, we've got fewer animals, we've downsized. Prices are very high."
The drought in the midwest and great plains has spiked corn prices and caused beef producers in that part of the country liquidate their herds.
"Corn prices go up, feeder prices go down, that's exactly what's happened, so the combination of no place for them to go except the feed lot, and record high feed costs have taken the bottom out of this market, and we've dropped more than twenty percent in the calf market."
Because of the high prices, even more corn will be planted next year, and if there's not another drought in the Midwest next year, corn prices should come down.
"The problem is we've got to get from now, to the next harvest season. If you have the grass, if you can hold your cows, do that, because I think we're looking at higher calf prices in the future."
I'm Bob French, looking at Brazos Valley agriculture, From The Ground Up.


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President Barack Obama's call to extend preschool to all children is an idea some local officials generally agree with, but there remain numerous questions about how it would be executed.
"I think we ought to have universal preschool," said Tom Gibbs, superintendent of the Fort Frye and Warren Local school districts. "It's a great idea. But ... either where is that money going to come from or what requirements are we going to reduce somewhere else?"
The White House has not provided numbers on how much it would cost to implement the federal-state partnership the president proposed to make high-quality public preschool available to all 4-year-olds in families at or below 200 percent of the poverty level. But Obama aides have said this and other new programs he's proposed will not add to the nation's nearly $16.5 trillion debt.
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Putnam Church Preschool teacher/administrator Melody Hoskinson, right, watches as Keely Hansen uses a spelling app on an iPad connected to a projector Wednesday.
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Expanding preschool access is a good goal, said Melody Hoskinson, teacher and administrator at Putnam Church Preschool in Devola, even if it might not directly benefit her organization.
"I see some pros and cons for us, but I think it's good for the children of the nation," she said. "For us as a private preschool, a Christian preschool, I don't know if that means (children) will go to a public preschool."
Putnam and other area preschools meet state standards, but it is not known how they might be involved with Obama's proposal.
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President Obama's
early education proposals
A new federal-state partnership to provide all low- and moderate-income 4-year olds with high-quality preschool, while also expanding these programs to reach additional children from middle class families and incentivizing full-day kindergarten policies.
A significant investment in a new Early Head Start-Child Care partnership through competitive grants to support communities that expand the availability of Early Head Start and child care providers that can meet the highest standards of quality for infants and toddlers, serving children from birth through age 3.
Extending and expanding evidence-based, voluntary home visiting, which enables nurses, social workers and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development and ability to learn.
Source: White House Press Office.
Public preschool
Currently, public preschool in Washington County is offered to identified special education students for whom such services are required under federal law. Children who don't qualify in that way can still enroll at a limited rate by paying tuition of $45 to $85 a month, depending on the number of days they attend, according to the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center, which operates the local public preschool programs. Ewing School also provides these services to students referred by local school districts, in addition to non-disabled peers, whose families pay tuition on a sliding scale based on income.
Federally funded Head Start programs also provide early learning opportunities and preschool to children from families at 100 percent of the poverty level or in some cases above, said David Brightbill, executive director of Washington-Morgan Community Action.
Community Action is funded to serve 274 children through Head Start and 40 more through Early Head Start, which includes home visits, in Washington and Morgan counties. Brightbill said he is in favor of making more children eligible for preschool assistance.
"We totally support, and our Head Start program demonstrates, that providing education to preschool-age children is extraordinarily cost-effective," he said.
Brightbill pointed to research that estimates a $3 to $7 return on every $1 invested in preschool in terms of avoiding remediation when a child starts elementary school, increasing a child's chances to go on to higher education and decreasing their chances to become involved in crime or drugs.
Preschool helps prepare a child for kindergarten, not just academically but also when it comes to interacting with other children, taking directions from people other than parents and establishing a love of learning, Hoskinson said.
"I think it gives them a good start to be confident about school," she said.
Public school officials say not all children come to kindergarten at the same level, and preschool can be of particular benefit to children in low-income families who may not have the same childhood learning opportunities as their peers.
"The research indicates poverty does matter in a student's readiness," said Chris Keylor, superintendent of the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center.
Available assistance
In addition to Head Start, there are other forms of assistance for families wanting to send their children to preschool.
Members of Putnam Congregational Church provide scholarships of $25 a month for about 14 families in need at Putnam Church Preschool this year, Hoskinson said. That offsets a portion of the $75- and $95-a-month rates for 3- and 4-year-olds, respectively.
The cost for half-day preschool can range from $70 to $200 at the YMCA depending on how many days a child attends and whether the family has a Y membership, said Suzy Zumwaulde, executive director of the Y. A sliding fee scale based on income and the number of people in a household is available to help people afford the service, she said.
"At this point, we try to be available for everyone in this community," Zumwaulde said.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services covers day care costs for families at 125 percent of the federal poverty level. The Betsey Mills Club and Marietta Family YMCA both offer preschool along with day care programs, which is beneficial to working parents, said Candy Nelson, supervisor with Job and Family Services in Washington County.
Cost questions
The Obama administration has pointed to the budget the president will unveil next month when asked about the potential cost of the program. The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank with close ties to the Obama administration, proposed a $10,000-a-child match to what states spend. That effort could cost taxpayers almost $100 billion over 10 years, the Associated Press reported.
Gibbs said the cost locally could be estimated by looking at the average incoming kindergarten class size, 150, and the cost of educating an elementary schooler.
"We know right now that the average cost, including transportation and everything, for an elementary student, it's $8,000 per year," he said.
Savings on teacher salaries, since preschool would be half a day, would likely be offset by increased costs for transportation, particularly in rural districts, Gibbs said.
Republicans have questioned the president's plan in part because of the unknown costs.
"After listening to the president's remarks on education in his State of the Union address, I believe he thinks we can solve this problem by simply throwing more money at it," said Congressman Bill Johnson, a Republican and Marietta resident. "I disagree. I believe America is in need of an education overhaul, driven by economic growth that will provide our future generations with good-paying jobs when they graduate, and successful ideas that some states have already put into practice - like school choice."
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, supports early childhood education efforts and feels the most immediate concern with them is the so-called sequester, a pending series of budget cuts set to kick in March 1 if Congress doesn't approve another plan, said spokeswoman Lauren Kulik.
"He believes the education of Ohio's children should be a priority and is supportive of plans to reduce the deficit without threatening critical resources for Ohio's schools," she said.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said the sequester could devastate pre-kindergarten programs.
The preschool expansion proposes a partnership between the federal government and states, but without specifics, it's hard to say how the president's proposal would fit in with efforts already going on in Ohio, said Stephanie Siddens, director of the Office of Early Learning and School Readiness for the state Department of Education. She noted that a portion of Gov. John Kasich's proposed biennial budget directs more funding to new and existing early childhood education programs and a tenfold increase in preschool special education funding.


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Kessler, Long, and Nichols: The City Beautiful, the City Ideal
Thursday, October 9, 2008
8:30pm @ Plaza Branch
Local historians present a roundtable discussion titled Kessler, Long, and Nichols: The City Beautiful, the City Ideal on Thursday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
The event is co-sponsored by the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall.
Kessler, Long, and Nichols: The City Beautiful, the City Ideal examines how the work of three city fathers who helped in "civilizing" Kansas City – the father of Kansas City's Parks and Boulevard system George Kessler; planner and developer of the Country Club Plaza J.C. Nichols; and local lumber baron Robert A. Long – influenced a similar project in Longview, Washington.
The discussion will be moderated by noted historian William Wilson, author of The City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City and Coming of Age: Urban America, 1915-1945. Also participating in the panel discussion will be architectural historian Charlene Roise, author of Keeping up with the Carnegies: Robert A. Long and His Legacy in Kansas City, and Kansas City historian William Worley, author of J.C. Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City: Innovation in Planned Residential Communities.
A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Admission is free. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending.