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any time I see latex as a material component, I always worry about the smell - any issues with this rug mat smelling of rubber?
This pad creates a luxurious feel under area rugs, especially large rugs like 8x10!...
Mohawk Home Supreme Felted Dual Surface Rug Pad (8' x 10')by Mohawk Home
- Soft underfoot
- Trim with scissors to fit rug
- Eco-friendly
- 100-percent recycled fiber build with rubber/latex
- Weighs 27 ounces per square yard
- 8 feet x 10 feet x 0.25 inches thick
|Synthetic Fiber
|Contains Latex
|8' x 10'
|Model Number
|Country of Origin
|United States
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Customer Reviews
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Great Rug Pad!
This pad creates a luxurious feel under area rugs, especially large rugs like 8x10!Read More
Works as described well madeRead More
Worked great for 3 years.
I used this rug pad for 3 years and it did great before I sold my house. I imagine it's still being used. Buyers wanted to keep my rug and the pad. Highly recommend.Read More
Nice and thick
I have this pad under three rugs and it ia nice and thick. There is one side to use on a hard surface and one to use pn a carpet.Read More
Great decision to pay the extra for this pad.
Much better choice than those thin white plastic pads.Read More
Most Helpful
Supreme and Durable pads -- can't tell difference
I purchased the 8x10 Supreme Felted Dual Surface rug pad and also an 8x10 Durable Hard Surface and Carpet rug pad (which costs a little bit more than the Supreme). The main difference that I have seen was in how they were packaged. The Supreme was sent folded up in a big square, the Durable was sent rolled on a heavy cardboard tube. Both arrived in good condition, and both flattened out equally. I have had them both for about 3 weeks and really can't tell any difference between them except that the felt on the Supreme is perhaps a bit scratchier, and maybe a slight bit thicker than the Durable (which cost more). Save your pennies and get the Supreme, unless you have a desire to have an 8' heavy cardboard tube as well. ;-)Read More
Thick, but smelly
This pad is nice and thick, and it has rubber on one side to grip the floor. No complaints on its function. Oh, but it stinks. After we unwrapped it, I put it outside for the day. When we brought it back in, the smell was still strong enough to make me nauseated. Back outside it went for another day, and still no better. We finally just put it down. Now that the rug is over it, it doesn't smell anymore, but I don't ever want to pick up that rug, because that stench cannot be anything but harmful.Read More
Terrific product
Because of the heavy traffic in my family room, I needed something that would really hold my area rug in place. I have hard wood floors and the area rug was always roaming. It was a little tough to cut, but the results were impressive. The rug has not moved an inch since I put it in place over a month ago. With the extra pieces, I put them under certain areas of my sectional sofa and they have not moved a bit! I was thrilled with the results. The only negative is that is is not as cushiony as regular carpet padding, but carpet padding will not hold the rug in place at all.Read More
Supreme Pad
This pad is 1/4-inch thick and is everything that the description says it is. I like my knowing that my rug and floor are protected. The lifetime warranty helped me pick this pad over the others. This pad has added comfort to my beautiful, expensive rug. Overstock has always delivered great products and service, and has once again exceeded my expectations.Read More
Really did the trick
iI got this pad to put on top of carpeting with an area rug on this pad. I was having problems with the area rug wriinkling. This pad really fixed the problem. My area rug sits nice and smooth.Read More
Questions & Answers
No smell at all. Glad we purchased this instead of a thin pad.
No smell at all. Pad holds rug in place. It's not thick so minimal cushioning.
None at all!
No smell, great mat!
We just purchased. Of course strong fumes when package initially opened, like almost all plastic products, but it quickly dissipated and was not noticeable at all after I put our rug over it. I'm very happy with it!
No smell at all and I've had this for a few months now and all is good.
There is no smell in this rug at all nice and pretty
I have had this pad in place now for three weeks...no odor when we put it down and none today.
I have wall to wall carpet in our dining room and have an 9x11 area rug that is always wrinkled. Will this pad help keep the area rug straight?
It is not designed to do that. It will keep it from sliding.
This will be perfect for your dining room, it will keep your rug straight.
I am buy 2 pads today (amazing reviews!) and noticed a couple of people mentioned the pad is a bit hard to cut. What do you recommend to cut the pad? What are the best kind of scissors to use? Thank you!
My husband used a utility knife to cut the pad. He put a large piece of cardboard underneath the area he was cutting in order to protect the floor. You have to be careful.
I just used a regular metal scissors. It wasn't that hard at all.
I used a regular metal scissors, with no problems.
Definitely not scissors unless you have fingers like the hulk. As Yolanda said maybe a utility knife. I used a carpet knife (for a clean cut) that I got from ****. I also used heavy cardboard under it but also cut in in my driveway to be on the safe side.
I didn't find any difficulty cutting the pad with a regular scissor at all. It just took some time since I had to cut across an 8' distance of the pad. Absolutely, love the pad. My rug feels so soft with the pad and doesn't budge at all! The only thing I didn't like much about the pad was the odd smell to the pad initially, however, the smell is now gone.
I bought two large pads to cut into smaller pieces for a total of six rugs. It was a LOT of cutting! For a small amount of trimming a sharp pair of scissors would have sufficed but my hand was wearing out. I ended up using a large rotary cutter with a self healing mat underneath. It was fast and easy. Can purchase on *****. Search for Fiskars Rotary cutter, look for 45 mm blade size or better yet 60 mm. Contour handle is the best.
Adult sized multi-purpose scissors cut the pad. Regular 'paper scissors' would be difficult as the pad is textured (felt) with a rubbery coating.
I used a pair of heavy duty sewing scissors. They were new, very sharp, and I didn't have to worry about accidentally slicing into the surface underneath.They worked well but I can see where someone with older hands or arthritis might find the pad hard to cut. In that case, a utility knife (as suggested below) would be the best.
I used a utility Knife to cut it and I had no problems,
I used regular household scissors. Took a little effort - but not too hard. Utility knife would probably go a little quicker.
I didn't cut mine but I do know several people who used a "utility knife" to cut their pads.
I actually used regular scissors and didn't have an issue at all. They're great rug pads!
We used plain scissors too and they worked just fine.
I used regular kitchen scissors, and had no problems at all. I cut 3 separate pads (8x10, 6x9, 5x8) approx. 1/2"- 3/4" off 2 sides of each. The pads are about 1/2" thick so you have to go slow but good scissors is all you need. The pads are fantastic, and worth the 5 min. of cutting time. I was glad they were generous with their product sizes, and not skimpy.
I used kitchen shears. The cut was not even (read: zigzag) and I worked up a sweat.
Can this be put on Marble floors under a rug?
This is suitable for all floors.
Yes. The pad has enough texture that it won'T slide.
Is the rubber/latex safe for all hardwood floors?
Hello Blu, this rug pad has been tested on Mohawk flooring (hardwood, laminate, carpet, tile) only. You should check with your flooring manufacturer to verify that this rug pad can be used if you do not have Mohawk flooring. Have a great day!
I am very interested in this rug pad. It appears there are a lot of positive comments about the quality. I'm a little concerned; however, about some of the comments indicating this rug pad has a bad smell. Does it?
I now have 4 of these pads in my home. There was a barely discernible odor when I took it out of the bag which dissipated quickly once it was in place. Once my rugs were in place, there has been no problem with odor. This is an excellent rug pad. You won't go wrong with it.
I bought 4 of these pads and none of them had a bad smell. I have a very sharp nose so I would definitely have noticed it if they had.
I got one in mid-February despite seeing a review about the smell--and it had a terrible smell when I opened its package. Overstock was very good about sending me a return label quickly so I could return it but they sent out a replacement which also had a very bad smell. I'm not sure I want to go through the return process again so am airing mine out. It has been over a week now and the odor can still fill a room. Otherwise it is really is a great quality rug pad.
I purchased 4 of these pads in various sizes over the course of 3 months. When the heavy plastic shipping cover was opened there was the typical odor of packaged product but it dissipated once the pad was rolled out. I could not beat the quality/price local or on-line.
Good pad...I do not smell any thing...I would purchase another one.
My designer just told me not to put the rubber side down on my hardwood floors. She said it could damage my floors. Is this true? Should I put felt side down?
Hello AnnyAshb, this rug pad shouldn't harm hardwood floors. However, we do recommend that you occasionally re-position the pad to avoid any potential discoloration. We hope this information has been helpful. Thank you for shopping with us!
Hi I am looking to buy this rug pad for a room that has a cold floor. Can you provide me with the density of this pad and and the thickness of this pad? Thanks!
Hello rverrone, thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, the information you have requested is currently unavailable. You will receive an email notification once an answer is posted. Have a great day.
This pad is listed a "natural rubber" and " synthetic rubber." a very big difference between them. It's one or the other. What is it really? natural or synthetic rubber? Thanks.
Hello sacredspace9, this is all-natural rubber/latex. Have a great day!
What rug is shown in this photo?
Hello John D., we currently do not sell the rug shown. Thank you for shopping with us!
we purchased an area rug from you and have it on hard wood floors, We like the rug but it is thin and isn't laying flat due to being rolled up for shipment. thinking of putting a pad under it for comfort and to smooth it out, your thoughts?
Hello Janis, we always recommend investing in a rug pad for any area rug that is sold. Depending on where you are putting the rug and what type of flooring you have, may determine the kind of rug pad you may need. So, do a little research, so you can enjoy your rug and maintain your floor or carpeting. Have a great day.
I purchase a rug which turned out to be thinner than expected. It won't lay flat and has some wrinkles in it even though I've had it spread out for months. Will this pad help with the wrinkles and keep the rug flat? Will it add some comfort to the thin rug or should I think about buying a new rug?
Hello Libbyler, this will be perfect for keeping your rug smooth and making it softer underfoot. Thanks for shopping with us!
I am looking for a rug that doesn't have rubber backing as cats will pee on it. I also have hardwood floors and don't want anything that will scratch them. Help please!
Hello 2091, we offer a great variety of cotton backing rugs. Please provide additional details so we may better assist you in searching. Thank you for shopping with us.
We are looking for pads to go under new area rugs. Which do you recommend for use on polished concrete floors? Supreme felt dual surface rug pads or the Safavieh Ultra Non-Slip rug pads? Thanks in advance for your help. Marsha
Hello seeker, either item will create resistance for slipping. I personally prefer Safavieh Ultra Non-Slip rug pads. Thank you for shopping with us.
I am confused on what material this pad is made of. I do not want the pad to damage the hardwood floor. See the description on Overstock below: Materials: 100-percent recycled synthetic fiber and all-natural rubber/latex Can be trimmed with scissors to fit your rug Materials: Polypropylene, synthetic rubber Prevents bunching and slipping Ideal for use on carpet and hard surfaces Cushioning adds comfort Dimensions: 8 feet wide x 10 feet long Pad is 27 ounces per square yard and .25 inches thick
Hello mlbfan, We apologize for the confusion. The pad is constructed of 100-percent recycled synthetic fiber with an all-natural rubber/latex backing. The rubber side should be placed down against the floor to prevent slipping on smooth surfaces. Thank you for shopping with us.
is this pad odor free?
Hello 11111111, yes this is odor free. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Hello we have just sent the carpet in for cleaning ( lots of dog pee!!!) How do we clean / wash the underpads Thanks , Judy
Hello toodles9819, the rug pad should be spot cleaned with a solution of mild detergent and water or cleaned professionally. Do not machine wash. Thank you for shopping with us!
Will this rug pad discolor hardwood floors? We've used it on tile without any issue, but I'm nervous on newly finished floors.
Hello cp1976, we appreciate your inquiry. This rug pad shouldn't discolor hardwood floors. However, we do recommend that you occasionally re-position the pad to avoid any potential discoloration. We hope this information has been helpful. Thank you for shopping with us!
What is the difference between this product ( the supreme) and the superior rug pad? Both can be used on hard wood floors, prevents bunching and slippage. And both provide padding. Is one thicker?
Hello Jen101, I do apologize, I am not able to compare this item without an Item number to product you are referring to. Thank you for shopping with us.
Why did you choose this product?
Nice rug for the price.
I have had area rugs in the past and did not put a pad, just a non-slip mesh, under the rugs and it damaged my wood floors and the backing on the rugs began to fall apart. I will never put area rugs down again without proper padding.
I had already found this product at another store, and this was WAY cheaper.
I already have one from Overstock and it is fantastic! I could even trim with my kitchen shears. Thank you!
we liked it.
Great reviews!
I have hardwood floors and was looking for a pad to provide non slip ability and protect my floors. Customer reviews were good.
Needed one. Already have others.
To go under a carpet I already own.
Recommendation from another person to go under my dining room rug.
Positive experience from previous purchase. I tried alternative and this just worked out way better.
make the rug stay in place , help to make the rug last longer, comfort
Reviews were very positive and it was the size I was looking for.
Already purchased and liked it once. Repeat purchase for dining room.
To hold the rug in place and provide a soft cushion under the rug
I am hoping it will help preserve the life of the new rug!
to go under a rug
The reviews were good.
Closest size to what was needed.
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You can find out more details and information on how to donate on their website www.savannahriverkeeper.org or Tonya's Facebook page.
News 12 This Morning / Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- How would you like to have a recreation area near downtown Augusta? That's why the Savannah Riverkeeper is trying to raise funds.
Just down Prep Phillips Drive near the Augusta Riverfront Marina is a large property that Savannah Riverkeeper Tonya Bonitatibus has been working to clean up for years. She says the property has a lot of potential, and now that it's for sale, they are trying to raise the funds to buy it.
But the property is not in the best shape. Trash, car tires, broken glass and metal scraps fill 14 acres along the Savannah River.
"We have seen that it's at least 4 and a half feet deep with just solid contaminants," Bonitatibus said.
Beneath all the trash, Bonitatibus sees a treasure.
"One man's trash is another man's treasure and you're looking at my gold mine," she said.
Bonitatibus has been working to clean up this property for the past six years with one goal in mind: "What we wanna do is convert this into a recreational area that all of Augusta can enjoy."
That area would include an international disc golf course, kayaking trails, a beach and a lot more.
"The sky's the limit in terms of what we can do, but it would all be based on increasing the public's access to the river and increasing places they could go out and enjoy the outdoors in a way that right now they can't," she said.
It's something she says Richmond County is missing right now.
"We don't have an area where it makes sense where kids can get their feet wet, where we can engage in it, where we can kayak from it, where we can really enjoy it, and every citizen, not those that can afford to put a house along the river, deserves that opportunity," Bonitatibus said.
So now she's working to raise the funds to buy the property.
"It's up for silent bid," she explained. "The city is selling it and we have until Oct. 3 to if we're gonna purchase it to put in a bid, and if not then, it'll probably be lost from the public forever."
She's shooting for $100,000 -- what she says is a small price to pay for something the whole city would enjoy.
They would also get a new building hat would allow more opportunities for education and better facilities to help protect the river.
They have started a social media campaign to raise money. This money has to be raised by Oct. 3, which is about three weeks away.
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Clouds continue to gather over the NFL draft status of former Cal wide receiver Keenan Allen after ESPN.com reported Tuesday that his drug test at the combine was red-flagged.
Allen's agent insists the story is wrong.
"We have received no notification about anything abnormal to his test. No team has requested a retest. Nobody," said J.T. Johnson, adding that he first got wind of this when a reporter called him Friday.
One thing is clear: Allen, once the consensus top prospect at his position, no longer is a sure thing to go in the draft's first round April 25.
The ESPN report said Allen showed suspicious levels of water -- suggesting he was trying to flush his system -- and he was ordered to take another drug test. "It's news to me, news to Keenan," Johnson said.
Johnson said his client did not fail a drug test and emailed this newspaper a document showing that Allen was asked to return for a combine recheck at Indianapolis on April 6 to undergo an examination of the ankle he broke more than a year ago.
Johnson said Allen's knee and ankle both got positive medical reports.
Jeffrey Foster, president of National Football Scouting, Inc., which runs the combine, confirmed players often are invited back for a recheck of injuries. He said he doesn't know anything about a drug retest being ordered.
"I can tell you we -- the combine -- did not order a retest of the drug tests for anybody, and we did not conduct any drug testing at the rechecks," said Foster, noting individual teams can do their own testing of players.
An NFL scout discussed Allen on the condition of anonymity because team policy prohibits him from speaking on the record.
"It's a real issue for him," the scout said. "There were already character concerns. His stock will drop significantly. ... He didn't interview great at the combine. People thought he was big-timing them -- everything was on his terms. And now this. He was probably in the 15-25 range before. But now he's probably late second round."
Allen's draft stock has plummeted since he injured his left knee in Cal's Oct. 27 game at Utah, then suffered a setback in January during workouts preparing for the combine. The knee injury required no surgery.
Asked if Allen were available to be interviewed, his agent said, "He told me just wanted to relax and stay under the radar."
The latest report comes just one week after Allen turned in mediocre 40-yard dash times at a private workout for NFL scouts.
Draft expert Mike Mayock of the NFL Network said in a report after Allen's April 9 workout in North Carolina that he still considered Allen the third-best receiver prospect in the draft.
Mayock timed Allen at 4.71 and 4.75 seconds in the 40 but believes that doesn't reflect how fast he is when fully healthy.
"If you like him, he's Anquan Boldin. If you don't like him, he's speed-deficient," Mayock said last week. "So I don't really care what he runs in the 40. On tape to me, he's a 4.55 guy all day long."
Mayock said many of the NFL scouts he talked with at Allen's workout agreed, adding that he projected Allen to be the third wideout taken in the draft, somewhere between Nos. 25 and 45.
At 6-foot-2, 206 pounds, Allen gets high marks for his route-running and hands.
Allen was projected as high as No. 5 overall on one NFL mock draft last fall. Then he sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and missed Cal's final three games.
Two draft analysts with CBSSports.com early this week had Allen going 25th and 27th, respectively, but two others projected him as a second-round pick.
"There are some medical concerns and there are some speed concerns," Mayock said.
And now there may be one more concern.
Staff writer Jon Wilner contributed to this report.


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A police spokesman said he won't be arrested or charged in connection with the incident.
Police were seeking Sergio Hernandez, 20, in connection with a shooting that killed two and wounded three Sunday in the 1800 block of East Sonora Street in Stockton.
Witnesses told police three to four men walked up to a home where a party was being held and opened fire on a crowd of 15 to 20 people, including several children.
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Morning MoneyBeat: Selloff Puts Focus on Jobs Report
MARKET SNAP: At 8:00 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.33%. Treasury yields higher at 2.61%. Nymex up 0.09% at $96.52. Gold 0.55% lower at $1253.1/oz. In Europe, FTSE 100 down 0.42%, DAX down 1% and CAC 40 down 0.03%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 down 4.18% and Hang Seng down 2.89%.
WATCH FOR: December Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time): seen -1.8%; previously +1.8%. Aflac, Ameriprise, Archer Daniels Midland, Boston Scientific, Church & Dwight, Clorox, CME, Gannett, Genworth, Gilead, International Paper, McGraw Hill Financial, Michael Kors and Sirius XM are among companies scheduled to report quarterly results.
Friday's jobs report just became that much more important for the markets.
After weeks of emerging-market turmoil, Monday's disappointing manufacturing report thrust the U.S. into the spotlight. Jitters are mounting that the domestic economy isn't as strong as people previously thought, putting the monthly employment report in a position where it could either exacerbate, or alleviate, those concerns.
Monday's ISM data showed the nation's manufacturers cut orders and reduced production in January by a far greater pace than economists expected. That has put "a fair bit of pressure on Friday's employment report to deliver a strong reading," says Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at New York brokerage firm BTIG. "With the FOMC pulling back, investors most certainly want to be reassured that the economy is not pulling back in tandem."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 326 points on Monday, its biggest one-day drop since June. The blue-chip average has notched seven triple-digit-point swings this year, compared to 30 all of last year. And yesterday marked the second time this year the Dow dropped by more than 300 points in a single session. It logged only one of those types of declines in each of the prior two years.
The Dow is down 7.3% for the year. Heading into 2014, most investors anticipated stocks would suffer through more fits and starts compared to the relatively easy ride higher that took place last year. But the magnitude of the pullback through the first month of the year is really what has taken some investors by surprise.
Those blaming the Federal Reserve for the pullback aren't likely to get a reprieve anytime soon. The Fed made it clear last month that it would continue dialing back its bond-buying program, and that the recent turbulence across global markets wasn't likely to knock it off course.
Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher reiterated that point on Monday, saying the stock market's drop didn't diminish his support for reducing the central bank's monthly bond buying.
With regard to Fed policy, "I can't say that things have changed just because of this market action," Mr. Fisher said in an interview on Fox Business Network after the markets closed Monday. He said the outlook for Fed policy is focused on real economic performance and what happens in credit markets. As long as equity declines don't destabilize the financial system, Mr. Fisher said he is "very happy" with the Fed's current path.
Turmoil in emerging markets doesn't look like it will dissipate anytime soon and the Fed isn't likely to do anything more to prop up the markets, meaning the onus is on the U.S. economy to show signs of life. A slew of second-tiered data are on tap throughout the week, including a reading on factory orders, service-sector activity and jobless claims.
Then comes the jobs report. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal predict employers added 189,000 jobs last month. But some market watchers are already predicting that the consensus prediction may be too high, especially after weather-related issues dented the previous monthly employment report and other economic data.
"With the weather pretty bad in January, we believe the probability of a weaker January number may be higher than is currently being discounted," Mr. Greenhaus said.
Morning MoneyBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 2004, a social network was launched from a Harvard dorm room. Yes, thefacebook.com made its debut exactly 10 years ago. Here's a look at how Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have changed over the past decade.
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Yum Brands said late Monday its fourth-quarter earnings fell to 70 cents a share from 72 cents a share a year ago. However, the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut earned 86 cents a share on an adjusted basis, better than the average of 79 cents projected in a FactSet survey. Shares of Yum rose 3.7% in extended trading.
Take-Two late Monday said its third-quarter earnings jumped to $578.4 million, or $4.69 a share, from $70.9 million, or 66 cents a share, a year ago. Excluding one-time items, the video-game publisher would have earned $210.7 million, or $1.70 a share, significantly better than the $1.40 a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Shares of Take-Two fell 0.9% in after-hours trading.
Anadarko Petroleum reported after Monday's closing bell that it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $770 million, or $1.53 a share, from a profit of $203 million, or 40 cents a share. One-time items, including charges related to its spinoff of Tronox, shaved $2.27 a share off its bottom line. Anadarko shares were down 0.9% in extended trading.
CME Group Inc. is slated to release quarterly results on Tuesday. The exchange operator is expected to post fourth-quarter earnings of 67 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
Current Account: Emerging Markets Play an Unsettling Tune: "'It won't be easy, you'll think it strange/ When I try to explain how I feel.' The opening lines of 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' seem like the right musical accompaniment for investors as they shed money, and maybe a few tears, over emerging markets."
Tokyo Shares Tumble 4.2%: "Japan led the region lower, with the Nikkei losing 4.2% after disappointing data from the U.S. hammered stocks on Wall Street."
Europe Market Woes Persist: "Gloom continued to envelop global markets Tuesday, as European stocks opened lower following the worst daily decline since June for Japan's main index."
Falling Prices Hit Firms: "American companies are struggling with falling prices for some key products amid intense competition and pressure from cost-conscious customers."
Euro May Return as Safe Haven: "The euro has rallied in the face of recent headwinds, leading analysts to wonder whether Europe, after years of crisis, is becoming a safe haven again."
UBS Swings to Profit: "UBS returned to profit in the fourth quarter as the largest Swiss bank pushed ahead with a bid to operate in slimmed-down form."
Buffett, Bezos, Brin: Top Executives Ride 2013 Rally: "The 20 executives with the largest ownership stakes in companies that are part of the S&P 500 reaped paper gains of $80.9 billion last year."
Spying Fears Abroad Hurt U.S. Tech Firms: "Revelations about NSA eavesdropping has given foreign governments an opening to restrict U.S.-based IT companies, which are being depicted as either too compliant with or complicit in the spying."
Apple Quietly Builds New Networks: "Apple is stitching together a network of Internet infrastructure capable of delivering large amounts of content to customers, giving the company more control over the distribution of its online offerings."
Treasury's Lew Says 'Time Is Short' for Debt-Ceiling Fix: "Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew presses Congress to deal soon with the debt ceiling, arguing that the Obama administration has much less flexibility to avoid a crisis than in previous standoffs."
U.S. Banks Eased Lending Standards in Late 2013: "Businesses demonstrated a growing appetite for borrowing in late 2013 and U.S. banks made it easier for them to secure loans, the Federal Reserve said."
Yellen Sworn In as Fed Chief: "Janet Yellen was sworn in as Fed chairwoman, becoming the first woman to run the central bank in its 100-year history. She succeeds Ben Bernanke, who has joined the Brookings Institution."
UBS Earnings: Four Key Takeaways: "UBS had relatively little to live up to with its fourth-quarter earnings, given that the same period a year earlier had been mired in the dark days of big legal charges and restructuring efforts at the tail end of 2012." (MoneyBeat)
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1semenking wrote:GDL17921 wrote:1semenking wrote:Well I messaged Gay...I mean Jay about it and he hasn't got back to me yet.
Then how can you play for us if you live in D.M.
never got a message from you Timmah.....
It's OK to represent the team you that you want to play for. I think the big "sort of" unwritten respect for the event rule is that nobody brings in any out of state ringers. This hasn't really been an issue the past several years, so I didn't even address it formally.
Sorry Jay, thought I got that to you. I was contacted by Kurt to see if he could try out for our team if the other guys were ok with it. I would also like to extend that invitation to Butcher. I know that Kurt has played with this team in the past. I wasn't sure if there were any contingencies with this issue. I only knew that last year we had a designated mileage radius that had to be followed. Being that it is no out of staters, we may need to watch Northern Iowa team.
Skell wrote:What do you mean you have to watch out for us North Iowa Team!?!?!? Pittman is from Iowa! lol Clue approved it for us last year since he was the TD of the event. I will do the same with Jay, Pittman will only be on our team if he approves it. Either way we be coming! Look out!
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Definición de oligarchy en inglés:
sustantivo (plural oligarchies)
1A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution: the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Whether at home or overseas, the US government serves the interests of the financial oligarchy that controls both the Democrats and the Republicans.
- No longer will this planet be controlled by financier oligarchies controlling central banking systems, and dictating to governments, what governments can and can not do.
- You organize the world into different religions, and then set the religions to fight each other, as a way a small power, an oligarchy, can control the world: setting one group of people against the other.
1.1A country governed by an oligarchy: the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century
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- The result of short-term royal success in eviscerating local government was a system of degenerate petty oligarchies dependent on government initiative.
- For more than a millennium, until its fall in 1797, the Republic of Venice was governed by an oligarchy, comprising a limited number of patrician families.
- The Roman Republic was an oligarchy but there was some element of political participation by the lower classes - the votes were weighted so those of the rich counted for more than those of the poor, but there was voting nevertheless.
1.2Government by oligarchy.
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- Generations of people around the world have endured autocracy and dictatorship, totalitarianism, fascism, monarchy, oligarchy and even anarchy without knowing freedom.
- The Spartan constitution was mixed, containing elements of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy.
- As you all know, General Fabyein has made plans to abolish the oligarchy and take control of Hilajinn.
See aristocracy (usage).
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- He was defending the mixed system that existed in the Britain of his day - a combination of aristocratic, commercial, oligarchic, and democratic elements.
- These new private capitalists developed into oligarchic clans to protect their members and compete with the others.
- In so far as we can infer the Buddha's own preferences, they were for the sort of oligarchic egalitarian or republican political organization that seems to have held among his own people.
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- It has been dominated by the IMF and the Anglo-Americans, by the English-speaking oligarchical factions, financial oligarchical factions of the world.
- The central institution of that oligarchical power, in the continent of Europe, is the central banking system.
- Yes, you had right-wing forces, you called them, or the oligarchical or wealthy forces.
- Oraciones de ejemplo
- From its birth to the present, capitalism has faced three imperatives: to exploit, to expand, and to rule oligarchically.
Late 15th century: from Greek oligarkhia (probably via medieval Latin).
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Lack of funding is holding back new businesses
A lack of start-up funding is the biggest reason for new business failure, according to a survey of accountants by Bloomsbury Professional. 71% of accountants said that insufficient start-up finances was one of the key reasons for new business failure. 60% identified poor market research as another key factor. The next most identified reason was "costly overheads" (57%). Martin Casimir, managing director of Bloomsbury Professional, said: "The continued difficulty in obtaining new business bank lending is holding new businesses and the UK economy back. The small businesses that could drive the UK out of recession can't even get out of the blocks."
One in three Brits unhappy about "do not track" browsers
One in three Brits would stop using internet browsers if they automatically blocked websites from being able to retain information such as password or auto-fill functions. These are the findings of the 2012 Digital Tracking Research conducted by YouGov for Mediasyndicator. Under its Do Not Track initiative, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) browser will turn off ad targeting and tracking functions by default. According to the research, this could upset 87% of Brits who favour auto-fill services and more relevant advertising.
Patent Box unveiled on YouTube
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has produced a video on YouTube explaining the Patent Box, a new tax incentive designed to encourage businesses to develop innovative products. The Patent Box will allow them to apply a lower rate of corporation tax (10%) to profits from patented inventions and certain other innovations. The tax relief will be phased in from 1 April 2013.
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A new briefing from the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) weighs up some of the issues around the giving and accepting of corporate gifts and hospitality. The UK Bribery Act (2010) has made the giving and accepting of gifts and hospitality a real concern for businesses, especially those that trade overseas. Giving gifts can leave firms vulnerable to accusations of unfairness, partiality or deceit, or even unlawful conduct. The free briefing can be downloaded here.
Illegal downloads are rife, finds Ofcom
Nearly half of all internet users are unsure whether the content they are accessing online is legal, Ofcom research has found. The findings come from the first wave of a large-scale consumer study into the extent of online copyright infringement. The ongoing research will examine infringement of copyright on music, films, TV programmes, software, books and video games. According to the report, 47% of users cannot confidently identify whether the online content they download, stream or share is legal or not.


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FREMONT -- The rooms are tiny, windowless and furnished with cots next to a tiny toilet and sink. Guests get three square but unspectacular meals a day. Prior to check in, a court order is required.
The charge for a not-so-leisurely stay in the Fremont Police Detention Facility's Pay-to-Stay program? At $155 daily, with a one-time fee of $45, it's nearly the same as a standard room in a nearby hotel.
But revenue-hungry Fremont officials hope those convicted of misdemeanors in Alameda County courts will conclude that the benefits of the new Pay-to-Stay program -- the first of its kind in the Bay Area -- are worth the cost. Inmates with brief sentences can serve their time on weeknights close to home, avoiding the larger and rougher county jails in Oakland and Dublin.
"It's still a jail; there's no special treatment," said Lt. Mark Devine, a Fremont police official who oversees the program. "They get the same cot, blanket and food as anybody in the county jail, except that our jail is smaller, quieter and away from the county jail population."
Don't bother looking for Yelp reviews -- the Pay-to-Stay program is new and has yet to welcome its first guest. Devine acknowledges that the county looked at hotel rates when setting the price, "so we're not gouging anybody." Like a hotel, there's soap, towels and even free toothpaste -- everything but the freedom to check out and walk away.
Pay-to-Stay also might give Fremont a financial boost, which has prompted critics to accuse the program of being elitist because it excludes those who can't pay the freight.
But officials at the Fremont jail, which was constructed in 2002 for $10.6 million, say the program will help the facility pay for itself and its daily operations.
"The jail has 58 beds, but at any one time on the weekend we're lucky if we have a dozen people using it," Devine said. "We have a lot of unused capacity, so we have unused taxpayer-invested money just sitting there."
The Fremont jail spends $8.35 per day on each inmate. If it is able house 16 inmates for two nights per week each year -- a fairly modest occupancy goal -- the city would turn a net annual profit of about $244,000, Devine said.
To apply, a misdemeanor convict must get a judge's order and be screened by jail officials. Applications can be found on the Fremont police website.
The program does not accept all applicants, said Lt. Tom Mikkelsen, who runs the jail's day-to-day operations. Any inmates with gang affiliations or a history of violence or sex crimes will be sent to one of the county jails. Major health conditions also disqualify inmates because the Fremont jail has no medical staff.
"This place is for a person who has committed a petty theft or a DUI," Devine said. "It's for people who need to serve one or five, or maybe 10 days in jail."
Visitors will find their living quarters divided into "pod areas," where each of two floors contains a row of four rooms, most of which have two cot-like sleeping areas. They are next to an open community space with a large flat-screen TV and tables topped with painted checkerboards and other games. In addition to basic toiletries, an inmate receives a phone card that allows three calls, each lasting a maximum of five minutes. Daily meal service includes a sandwich at lunchtime and a TV dinner.
Similar jail programs are offered in about 10 Southern California cities, such as Anaheim, Beverly Hills and Glendale. Roseville, near Sacramento, is Northern California's only other municipality with such a program.
"We didn't reinvent the wheel here," Devine said.
Carl Takei, an American Civil Liberties Union official, criticized Fremont's Pay-to-Stay program, calling it "a jail for the rich."
"There should not be one form of punishment for those who can afford to pay and a different form of punishment for those who can't," he said.
Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison said the Pay-to-Stay program is nothing new. "People have done alternative jail services forever, whether you're talking about ankle bracelets or halfway houses" he said. "These are people fulfilling an obligation to society while, at the same time, not burdening Fremont taxpayers."
Harrison said he asked city staff members -- "half in jest" -- whether inmates will be charged the transient occupancy tax that Fremont's hotel guests pay (they will not.)
"I'm proud that they're looking for ways to create revenue," he said, "and are thinking outside the box."
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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As the holidays neared Friday, Doris Walker, Mary Killian and Lloyd Moore put finishing touches on the candy bowls and Christmas cards they designed and decorated for loved ones. Margaret Mundt sat apart, engrossed in caressing a toy stuffed bear.
The four are among the clients at Our Place at Grandview, which plays a double role in day care for the elderly. It�s a home away from home for oldsters whom family members don�t want to stick away in a nursing facility, and it offers the caregivers a break from a demanding day-in, day-out routine.
�Our clients aren�t ready for a (nursing) home, but they can�t be left alone,� said Program Director Tanya Boyce, a certified nursing assistant. �Almost all of them have some dementia.�
Home-service agencies can relieve caregivers, but they�re expensive, and there�s no socialization, Boyce said.
Not so at Our Place, where there�s a lot of action and interaction. Volunteers Kay Neal and Betty Loffer maintained a flow of chitchat Friday and helped when needed.
As the first activity of the day, Boyce and two volunteers gather clients around a table for coffee and read the newspaper. Photos are of particular interest. Then come 30 minutes of stretching and strength exercises, followed by arts-and-crafts projects or table games.
By this time it�s noon, time for a Meals on Wheels lunch. After eating clients can nap, walk outside (weather permitting), or while away the time with table games � bingo, dominoes, Yahtzee � or a jigsaw puzzle.
Once a week, there�s live music from a volunteer musician, with songs the clients can sing along with. Once every three months, Durango Arts Center provides a program.
�We try to be consistent in our activities,� Boyce said. �Following a routine is easier on them.�
Our Place, in the Elk Park Center, 691 County Road 233, opened its doors in August 2010, as an outreach of First United Methodist Church. Care is offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
Attendance varies, according to the needs of caregivers � family members or spouses � who have errands to run or need time to themselves.
�There�s a great need for this type of service in the community,� Our Place board member Tom Stuber said Friday. �We need to get the word out.�
Stuber said the program could be expanded, but would need more space.
As it stands, only six elderly people can be on the premises at a time because of a Durango Fire & Rescue Authority regulation on the number of exits. The main requirement is that clients must be able to take care of personal needs.
Jim Bentley got a good impression of Our Place from the year his mother-in-law, Lucille Blawat, spent there two or three times a week.
�She was a singer, so the musical activities were appreciated,� Bentley said. �It was tremendous help to my wife and me, too, because it gave us a break when we needed it.�
Our Place is a social model of elderly care, Boyce said. It�s not required to be licensed by the state because no medical care is involved, and La Plata County doesn�t license such facilities.
The limited number of clients makes for a cozy setting. Boyce and two volunteers of a cadre of 25 available manage easily.
Jackie Douglass, whose mother, Adelyne Douglass, was a regular at Our Place, wrote Boyce recently from Arizona where the family has moved.
�Mom talks about you and her friends there often,� Douglass said. �She often asks why she can�t just go back. I have to remind her that we�re a long way from Durango.�
Sharon Crook has left her mother, Margaret Mundt, 88, at Our Place three days a week since shortly after the center opened.
�It�s a godsend because no way could I have kept her at home because it�s all-consuming,� said Crook, who runs an insurance agency. �I checked nursing homes and don�t like them.
�Our Place is the closest thing to care in my own home, and mother fits right in. The volunteers are so fantastic that there has to be a place in heaven for them.�
Janice Moore said her husband, Lloyd, 71, enjoys the contact with people. He suffered a stroke in July 2010, but is recovering.
�He finds stimulation there,� Moore said. �He could sit at home and talk to a caregiver, but that wouldn�t be a good choice because it would be baby sitting.�


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In her 20s, Jennifer Alsanady hiked miles and hauled hoses to fight fires in California's wildlands. But in her 30s and 40s, she traded in that physically demanding work for desk jobs, most recently handling insurance claims for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
Sitting for much of her eight-hour shift and lounging on the couch when she got home helped add 100 pounds to her 5-foot, 6-inch frame. Her Type 1 diabetes surged out of control. A few years ago, her 53-year-old brother died of a heart attack. Approaching 53 herself, and weighing 250 pounds, she knew she was putting her life at risk.
Alsanady took a first step -- literally. She got on her feet and started to move. These days, when she arrives home after a 45-minute drive from her Menlo Park office, she and her husband go for a walk.
She's made changes at work as well. She never sits at her desk for longer than an hour at a time. She's seizes every opportunity to get out of her chair to talk to a colleague or print a document, and she goes on strolls around the building, sometimes fielding work calls. Between moving more and eating more healthfully, she's dropped nearly 50 pounds.
"Oh my gosh, I feel so much better," she says.
While Alsanady has long lived with the "juvenile" form of diabetes, you could also say she was succumbing to "sitting disease." Scientists writing in the British journal The Lancet call physical inactivity one of the deadliest "pandemics" in our modern, postindustrial society. It is the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide. We've long heard about the health consequences of not getting enough exercise or of kids spending too much time playing video games. What's new is the growing research that points to the dangers of people's overall tendency to be sedentary, notably at work, where people spend many of their waking hours.
One breakdown of an American's typical day shows that people are probably not moving for most of their 13 waking hours, with about two-thirds of those hours -- 7.5 a day -- spent sitting at work. An additional five or more hours are often spent commuting, watching TV, eating and sitting at their home computers.
Meanwhile, science demonstrates that prolonged physical inactivity puts people at risk for everything from increased blood pressure and high blood sugar, to excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels.
"The first problem with sitting is that you're not using much energy to do it," says Joyce Hanna, associate director of Stanford University's Health Improvement Program. "That makes it a lot easier to gain weight and all the health problems that come along with being overweight. Research is also starting to show that sitting too much may also increase people's risk for heart disease and certain cancers.
That's because not moving the big muscles in your legs for hours causes physiological changes in the body, Hanna explains. Blood flow slows, and other metabolic shifts and molecular-level activities subtly and over time increase the risk of the early mortality.
Unfortunately, regular exercise is no longer seen as sufficient to offset these risks.
"It is possible to achieve a high level of activity, such as running for 30 minutes five days a week, but to spend most of the waking hours sitting," Hanna says. "So it is possible to be physically active yet highly sedentary -- an 'active couch potato!' "
Given growing concerns about people's sedentary lifestyles and work habits, the American Medical Association in 2013 called on employers and employees to explore alternatives to sitting, such as standing desks or having employees sit on isometric balls.
Standing or adjustable "sit to stand" desks have become increasingly common setups in Bay Area offices, with the Wall Street Journal calling standing desks the new Silicon Valley status symbol. Also seen in some workplaces: treadmill desks, complete with computer screens and keyboards.
As the founder of Emeryville-based Title Nine, a women's sports apparel company, Missy Park has long blended employee fitness into her workplace culture. A fully equipped 2,200-square-foot gym stands in the center of the company's warehouse-style headquarters, and the 70 employees based there are encouraged to use it at all times of the day.
Still, the one-time Yale University basketball player, who rides an elliptical bicycle to and from work several times a week, admits that she struggles to get away from her desk.
"I am mostly sedentary," Park says. "I'm typical of a lot of my employees. We're very physically active when we're active, but the challenge is how do we get people up more."
Retail operations manager Jill Seiler echoes this view, saying she regularly gets out to boxing classes at lunch and participates in the cross-fit classes offered the company offers on late Monday afternoons. "But I'm at my desk most of the day," she says.
A few employees use standing desks, Park says. She has rigged up an adjustable desk arrangement in her home office, sometimes standing at her laptop set on a high table she bought at Ikea.
Still, Park doesn't see standing desks or other high-tech office equipment as employees' main solution for too much chair time. She looks to find ways to incorporate movement into people's workdays in small, ongoing ways -- similar to what Alsanady started doing on her own.
"We all want that one magic bullet," Park says. "But it's sort like what they say about cross-training. You need to mix it up."
She encourages employees to move out of the board room and hold meetings while taking walks around a nearby park. A year ago, she distributed FitBits to interested employees. These are small wearable wireless devices that measure such data as the number of steps walked. Every few months, the company sponsors competitions using those devices to tally steps taken by employees in different departments. The departments compete against one another to have their employees' combined step totals be the first to reach such figurative destinations as Graceland or the North Pole.
Seiler says she pretty much wears her FitBit daily, even when there isn't a challenge going on in the office.
"I can look at it at 10 a.m. and see I've only done 1,000 steps," she says. "So instead of sending an email to someone in the office, I'll go see them, or I'll take a lap around the office."
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Stephen E. Farmer
Texoma Sleep Diagnostics
4102 Old Jacksboro Hwy Ste 200
Wichita Falls, TX 76302
(940) 723-1100
- 38 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
- 3
Jessica L. Schultz
Neurology Center Of Wichita Falls
1600 7th St Ste B
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 723-7000
- 15 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 4
Desiree Ortiz-Cruz
2701 SW A Ave
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 248-1004
- 32 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 5
Luis A. Reina
2701 SW A Ave
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 248-1004
- 35 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 6
Jamie C. Lim
Diversified Management Services
1722 9th St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 322-1075
- 1 office location(s)
- 7
Nabila H. El Zind
Nabila H El Zind MD
4411 W Gore Blvd Ste B4
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 351-2400
- 1 office location(s)
- 8
Danny R. Bartel
Diversified Management Services
1722 9th St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 322-1075
- 1 office location(s)
- 9
Geetha B. Kandimala
Geetha Kandimala Neurology
5606 SW Lee Blvd Ste 302
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 699-8412
- 1 office location(s)
- 10
Eugene S. Pak
Diversified Management Services
1722 9th St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 322-1075
- 1 office location(s)
- 11
Judith L. Brewer
Diversified Management Services
1722 9th St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 322-1075
- 1 office location(s)
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Nearby Lawton Hospitals results
- 1Lawton Indian Hospital
1515 NE Lawrie Tatum Rd
Lawton, Oklahoma 73507
(580) 353-035
- 2Comanche County Memorial Hosp
3401 W Gore Blvd
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
(580) 355-862
- 3Taliaferro Comm Mental Hlth Ctr
602 SW 38th St
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
(580) 248-578
- 4Southwestern Medical Center
5602 SW Lee Blvd
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
(580) 531-470
- 5Reynolds Army Community Hosp
4301 Wilson St
Lawton, Oklahoma 73503
(580) 558-280
- 6Southwestern Behavioral Health
1602 SW 82nd St
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
(580) 510-272
- 7Duncan Regional Hospital
1407 N Whisenant Dr
Lawton, Oklahoma 73533
(580) 252-530
- 8Physicians Hospital
1002 E Central Blvd
Lawton, Oklahoma 73005
(405) 247-255
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GParted Live CD
Sorry about not posting for a while. I've been meaning to make this post for a while now for completeness of the instructions on how to partition a drive for a HDR-FOX T2 or format a USB drive to use with the FOXSAT-HDR. Well here it is – the final part.
The two posts: here and here, talk about using Ubuntu and Slax. The former standing at 700MB, and 200MB or abouts, but the GParted Live CD is only 150MB in size. You can download it from GParted Live CD SourceForge site.
The GParted Live CD is the smallest to download and allows you to boot up your PC and run GParted to format your drive in the EXT3 filesystem that the Humax PVRs can understand. The small size of the Live CD image means that it is faster to download and run, but it less friendlier than the Ubuntu and Slax equivalent.
Although it is unfriendlier to use and looks slightly different, you would boot the Live CD and use GParted in exactly the same way as I've instructed in the respective posts.
Apart from the small download size, the GParted Live CD also has the correct version of the command-line parted which is used to format an Advanced Format hard disk drive to have the 4K blocks aligned – either optimally, or minimally, so that they work without performance issue with Linux.


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As hunting pressure in the United States has reached an all-time high in recent years, ducks and geese are becoming conditioned to avoid any cover that can possibly conceal waterfowlers. Heavily hunted mallards, for example, often leave traditional resting areas in marshes, sloughs, and flooded timber at dawn to spend their day loafing on big water, mud flats, gravel bars, and puddles in harvested grain fields, where they are less likely to encounter hunters. Geese, diving ducks, and other dabblers also often share these wide-open habitats, making them very productive places to hunt a variety of waterfowl.
The challenge facing duck and goose hunters is how to conceal themselves in areas with little standing cover. Fortunately, waterfowlers are an innovative lot, and, over the years, they have developed a variety of specialized equipment and tactics to help them hide in open environments.
Without question, the most effective open-water blind ever designed was the sink box, invented by early 19th-century market hunters along the Atlantic Coast. The equivalent of a pit blind for the water, it consisted of a submerged wooden box supported by a floating platform. While seated inside the box, shooters were almost completely hidden below the water line, and, consequently, were nearly invisible to approaching waterfowl. While sink boxes have been relegated to waterfowling museums in the United States, another invention of the market hunters that has remained legal—the layout boat—has only grown more popular over time.
Market hunters on the Atlantic Coast originally designed layout boats to conceal them in open water and on the edges of tidal marshes. For hunting in very shallow water or on dry land, they developed scaled-down versions of layout boats, commonly known as gunning coffins or pond boxes. The use of layout boats and coffin blinds gradually spread westward from the East Coast during the 20th century, and, today, they are used by waterfowlers across much of the U.S. and Canada, from the salt marshes of New Jersey to the rice fields of California.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - My "No on Measure J" sign is homemade because I do not have any extra money in my personal budget to pay for snazzy professional signs. Since 2008 my family and I have personally struggled with our own budget.
I do believe that there is an economic light at the end of this long, dark recession but in Truckee we are still struggling. I have been reading all the pros and cons for Measure J in both the Sierra Sun and Moonshine Ink and it is my personal opinion that I do not want to contribute any more "property assessment" dollars to the Truckee Donner Parks and Recreation District. Although the Aquatic Center and the Performing Arts Center are both very lovely ideas in concept, and yes I do believe they should be built some day, but right now in 2012 my reasons for voting "NO" are two-fold:
Both feasibility reports (TDPRD website home page) state that both the Performing Arts Center and the Aquatic Center will operate in the negative for the first five years of operation: Specifically the Aquatic Center will be a -$1,002,308.00 and the Performing Arts Center a -$457,675.00 for a combined total of $1,459,983.00 in the negative. It does not matter if one project is built first and another built three years later the end result over the combined operation of the five year budgets is still a big negative operating loss.
Patty Lomanto's "My Turn" article in the October 26, 2012 Sierra Sun, cites numerous accounting inconsistencies and errors in the 2010 and 2011 independent CPA audits. In 2011 the TDPRD's end of year financial statement cites $462,622.00 less cash and investments on hand than the previous year due to operating expenses and debt payments. In simple language, it appears the district is not making enough money to pay their bills.
In 2010 the independent CPA audit cited accounting errors in the range of "millions of dollars." So, let me understand this - the Rec. District wants to use the value of my house to add a NEW property assessment so they can finance the two new projects with an additional bond in the amount of $8.5 million. Why should I have confidence that the Rec. District has the financial knowledge or fiscal responsibility to manage another $8.5 million of new borrowed money when they are already operating at a yearly loss and by their own admission the new projects will be operating at additional losses for the first five years of operation? This is a simple answer for me, NO.
Oh, and does anyone recall that Phase I of the new Rec, Center was built by an "out of state contractor" when the contractors and their employees in this town were feeling the financial tightening of the Great Recession?
My second reason for voting 'No" on Measure J has to do with where the projects are slated to be built. The Truckee Tahoe Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (December 2004) defines the influence area extends 2.7 miles from the airport runways (pg #1 Draft December 2004). The current location of the TDPRD facility and the future location of the proposed community pool and theater will be in this "airport influence area."
I find it difficult to understand why the airport runway proximity is not mentioned in either of the TDPRD's feasibility reports available on the TDPRD website. The simple fact remains there have been nine plane crashes at or near the Tahoe Truckee Airport in the past four years (Sierra Sun 08/02/2012) and the site of the proposed Rec. expansion is in the takeoff path of the most used runway.
I believe the airport is an asset to the town and the majority of all flights leaving Truckee do not have any issues but we are human and humans make mistakes. The airport flight path "influence" should have been addressed in the TDPRD feasibility reports. This has not been done.
In closing I agree with Patty Lamanto with when saying that a "No" vote on Measure J is demanding a greater accountability and transparency in our government and special districts when requesting more "property assessments" from me.
Toni Robinson has been a Truckee resident the past 22 years.


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The Pressure Is on Bernanke
President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, a venue denied him as a presidential candidate in 2008. But financial markets (even in Europe), business executives and economists will be paying more attention to the Washington headquarters of the Federal Reserve.
At 2 p.m., the Fed's policy-making committee will release a statement following a two-day meeting. Fed watchers will scour it for the slightest changes from the May 1 statement, particularly wording about the Fed's latest criteria for paring the $85 billion a month it has been spending to buy long-term Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities. Any surprises will send stock, bond and currency markets into a frenzy, if the past is any indication.
At the same time, the Fed will release the latest economic forecasts by the 19 Fed governors in Washington and regional Fed bank presidents — for economic growth, unemployment and inflation as well as when they expect interest rates to rise; in March, they said that would come in 2015. These, too, will be scrutinized for the slightest clue as to shifting sentiment inside the Fed.
Half an hour later, Mr. Bernanke will take the stage for a televised press conference, which will begin with a brief prepared statement in which he summarizes and amplifies the committee's latest thinking followed by about two dozen questions from reporters. Unlike a congressional hearing, most of the questions will actually be about monetary policy; the press conference offers Mr. Bernanke several opportunities to either clarify the Fed's thinking or to emphasize uncertainty about its intention.
The pressure is on Mr. Bernanke. He and his colleagues have been criticized for creating more confusion than clarity about plans for paring back the Fed's bond-buying. Half of the economic forecasters surveyed earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal gave the Fed a D or F in communications. (Our colleague Sudeep Reddy will be live-blogging the whole event at wsj.com.)
One wild card: So far, Mr. Bernanke's second four-year term as Fed chairman ends Jan. 31. So far, he has ducked questions about whether he has any interest in another term. He will surely be asked about that again on Wednesday – and perhaps this time he'll answer. Most of Washington and Wall Street assume he has had enough. Mr. Obama fueled that speculation earlier this week, telling television interviewer Charlie Rose that Mr. Bernanke "has already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to."
For critical perspectives on politics and the economy from Jerry Seib & David Wessel, visit Seib & Wessel.
CORRECTION: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate is a venue denied Barack Obama as a presidential candidate in 2008. A previous version of this article said the venue was denied him in 2004.


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Condemned murderer Keith Johnson has been put to death in Alabama's first lethal injection execution. It took place Thursday night at Holman Prison in Atmore.
Some investigators asked that the execution be halted so Johnson, 46, could help them solve the crime. Johnson's appeals were rejected by the governor and U.S. Supreme Court.
Johnson was sentenced to die for his role in the shooting death of Hartselle jeweler Kenneth Cantrell in 1984.
Johnson acknowledged the presence of his pastor and a friend in the witness room and told the warden, quote, "They know I love them."
The drugs were administered at 6:00 p.m. as Johnson was strapped to a gray gurney, his arms extended and head and shoulders tilted upward. He was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m.
Johnson was not the triggerman and the original case investigators said it was possible that he could help bring his cohorts to justice. No one else has been prosecuted.
Lethal injection became Alabama's primary method of execution under a law passed earlier this year, leaving only Nebraska with the chair as the sole means to execute condemned inmates.
Alabama's electric chair, known as "Yellow Mama" for its color, was used for 75 years. It was last used in May.
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Every year in Pakistan at least 100 people are attacked with acid—the vast majority of them women. This Oscar-winning documentary is the story of two survivors of such attacks, their battle for recognition, and their journey of healing. Zakia is a 39-year-old whose husband threw acid on her after she filed for divorce. She vows to find justice and restore her face to some normality. Rukhsana, 23, was attacked by her husband and in-laws, and then forced to reconcile with them.
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The Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project will ensure the availability of reliable electric service to meet our customers' needs in portions of Thousand Oaks and adjacent areas of unincorporated Ventura County.
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Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and unincorporated Ventura County.
Project Details
The Moorpark-Newbury project consists of constructing a new nine mile segment of 66 kV subtransmission line between Moorpark Substation in Moorpark and Newbury Substation in Thousand Oaks. It involves both the construction of new facilities and replacement and reconductoring (rewiring) of existing facilities within existing utility right-of-way.
We submitted an application for a Permit to Construct to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in October 2013.
Project Timeline
- October 2008 – We filed Advice Letter 2272-E, notifying the CPUC of the proposed construction of this project.
- February 2009 – CPUC issued Executive Director's Action Resolution E-4225, finding that this project qualified for an exemption from CPUC permitting requirements.
- March 2010 – CPUC issued Commission Resolution E-4243, affirming the findings of Resolution E-4225.
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- November 2011 – CPUC issued Decision 11-11-019, ordering a cease to all construction activity, and directing us to file a Permit to Construct application to complete the project.
- October 2013 – We submitted an application for a Permit to Construct to the CPUC.
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Approaching Fort Hamer bridge
Coast Guard decision moves long-needed span closer to reality
Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.
The U.S. Coast Guard, after exhaustive study, has concluded that the Fort Hamer area in rapidly growing northeast Manatee County is the best location for a new bridge east of Interstate 75.
The Coast Guard's recently released "draft environmental impact statement" cites Fort Hamer as the "preferred alternative" for a bridge and its landing.
The federal agency, which plays a key role in assessing bridges over navigable waters, reached the right conclusion.
The draft EIS examined two other options: Rye Road which, in our view, would have placed the bridge too far east, away for suburban development, and "no-build," which would have ignored the need to supplement the overloaded I-75. (The interstate, west of Fort Hamer, has been operating far below the county's established "level of service" for at least four years.)
Long-standing policy
Most important, the Coast Guard's analysis and recommendation reinforce long-standing policy decisions by the Manatee County Commission and planning by both the public and private sectors.
The county's comprehensive land-use plan, for example, has long called for a parallel bridge east of I-75. In addition, the Fort Hamer bridge proposal has been on the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization's list of high-priority regional projects for nearly a decade.
The construction of any bridge impacts people and the environment. But, as the Coast Guard reports, the Fort Hamer plan would not impose grave environmental effects. Furthermore, the Fort Hamer path allows for direct connections to roads on both sides of the Upper Manatee River; for most of the route, there is sufficient -- if not ample -- right of way for construction.
It's encouraging that the Coast Guard recommended a mid-level (26-foot clearance), two-lane bridge (expandable to four lanes) that is more compatible with the landing areas on the north and south sides of the Manatee River. Years ago, the county proposed a six-lane behemoth that was clearly out of scale with the area.
The right-sizing of the bridge is welcome. We urge the bridge planners to produce something other than an off-the-shelf design; the community deserves a bridge that complements the riverfront vista and nearby natural areas.
Furthermore, it will be incumbent upon the county to fulfill the promises its officials have made to provide safety features -- and space for pedestrians and bicyclists -- on both sides of the river.
Regulatory requirements
A number of regulatory requirements must be fulfilled before construction can begin. The most immediate of those -- a public meeting conducted by the Coast Guard -- is scheduled for Aug. 7 at the Bradenton Area Civic Center (in Palmetto).
For years we have thought the Fort Hamer alignment and a low-profile, two-lane structure offered the best option for a bridge east of I-75. We're glad the Coast Guard agrees.
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