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Disclaimer: I am not an official spokesperson for Dennis Milligan. He is not responsible for the content of this blog. The information, commentary, opinion and facts contained herein are taken largely from the public record, with some content provided by other sources, including Dennis Milligan on request. I am solely responsible for the writing, conceptualizing or development of this column. In presenting it to MySaline.com readers, I am exercising my rights of free expression under the U.S. Constitution.
The purpose of this blog is to clear up, once and for all, the facts surrounding the manufactured and scripted controversies surrounding Dennis Milligan. This does not mean that his detractors will be silenced, or cease to have their own distorted views of what is presented here. To the contrary, they have an investment in keeping those views in the public forum, hoping that they will be accepted and acted upon in a negative way.
Once you read the truth -- as well as my interpretation of facts and events -- it will be up to you, the readers of MySaline.com, to accept or reject what I have presented here.
As an 18-year-long resident of Bryant and Saline County, who raised two children to adulthood here, I have much skin in this game. I want to see Bryant and Saline County grow and develop past the kind of political bitterness we've witnessed over the past ten years. But it probably won't happen in my lifetime.
Or yours.
Saline County was run with an iron fist for decades upon decades by a single party. Republicans were an oddity, an afterthought and a private joke, if they were even thought of at all. Democrats ruled the roost unchallenged. If a mayor needed a City Council position filled, they called someone that they knew and liked and asked them to sign up. Rarely if ever were city or county positions ever challenged.
And when they were, they always went to the anointed candidate, the one favored by the mayor or the county's political power structure. To be fair to Saline County, it was no less the same in most any other tight knit county in Arkansas you could name.
Not since Reconstruction (1865-1877) had a Republican served as the Circuit Clerk of Saline County AR. That's a long time by any measure. Until 2010, a pivotal year that saw an exponential growth of the Republican base statewide, a Democrat had always ruled in most elective offices of the county. Former Circuit Clerk Doug Kidd alone served an entire decade.
It follows that those who served as Kidd's staff members did so with a sense of complete security and entitlement, confident that as long as he remained in office and they did their jobs, they would never be touched. As you will soon learn from the attached exhibits, every single one of the staff members of these offices knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they were employed in what are deemed "at will" positions. That means something that many longtime residents simply don't understand, something that almost seems "unfair" on face value, and that is this:
If you work in an elected office, you work at the pleasure of the elected official who oversees that office. You can be removed at ANY time and for ANY reason, unless that reason is related to the violation of a civil right or in violation of Federal discrimination laws, circumstances that are highly unlikely for reasons I will explain later.
Is that fair? Is that right? What about all those women who served for so long? Don't they deserve their jobs? The short answer is no, they do not. What many will have a hard time grasping is that they never did. More importantly, they all knew it but felt insulated by Democratic party domination. No job in any elected office is guaranteed for reasons that should be obvious.
Often forgotten, and even ignored, was the fact that there were TWO parties in the county. And in a year of Republican sweeps, a difficult lesson was about to be learned.
In a shocking turn of events, two people were elected to office that absolutely no one in the Democratic elite circles saw coming. Jill Dabbs was elected Mayor of Bryant, while Dennis Milligan was elected Circuit Clerk for Saline County. No one expected either of these candidates to win. Confidence was abnormally high among the elite, perhaps even suspiciously so. And when the shoe dropped, the reaction was swift and severe.
Former Bryant Mayor Larry Mitchell reportedly went into a blind rage of denial, while Doug Kidd's reaction on election night was far more subdued. But one thing was for sure -- each man was bruised, beaten and angry, and more significantly, defiant. Neither would allow their vanquishers to have access to their public offices, and both Dabbs and Milligan would be denied any semblance of transition into their new jobs. Many residents found their reactions to be arrogant and even unforgivable, as this was a repudiation of them as much as it was the candidates they chose.
But neither Dabbs nor Milligan was daunted. They set about carrying out their promises to voters, to effect change and some of that change involved quick changes of major positions within their individual administrations, using powers vested in them by State law to determine their own staffs.
Like Dabbs, who immediately released her HR Director in a firestorm of protest, Dennis Milligan made changes when it became apparent to him that a smooth transition was not in the works. His attempts at arranging interviews for the ladies in the Circuit Clerk's office were unsuccessful, and what contact was made with them established an atmosphere of intense animosity.
Their boss of ten years had just been defeated for re-election. From where they sat, for all practical purposes, a marauder had just come in the front door. Their inner circle had been penetrated and violated. A beloved leader was removed under force beyond their control, by voters who had been misled by what they viewed as a manipulator playing off of a single issue. They clearly had no respect for him whatsoever. How would they perform as a staff? Dan Harmon, the former prosecuting attorney for the county, had committed the previously unthinkable act of actually running a drug operation out of the Prosecuting Attorney's office, something that took an unnatural amount of time to discover and finally prosecute. But once on his way to prison, many Saline County residents felt a sense of relief, knowing that a monster who had harmed the lives of residents through drug dealing while he was destroying law enforcement morale and compromising an important prosecutorial office was finally behind bars. But as it is far too often the case, with good time served, Harmon's original sentence was shortened, he was granted parole and released.
The public's relief was short lived. New public rage exploded when it was revealed that Harmon had actually been hired by Doug Kidd as a clerk in the Circuit Clerk's office. Most suspect that it was done to allow Harmon to reach sufficient hours to qualify for a county pension at the taxpayers' expenses -- yet another slap at the same taxpayers he had harmed through his illegal drug activities, and his impact on drug prosecutions in the county. Kidd excused it as an act of "Christian charity" to help an old childhood friend.
Later, in one of the most bizarre twists ever, County Clerk (and elections supervisor) Freddy Burton would claim both Kidd and Harmon as childhood friends, defending both and all but endorsing Kidd for re-election -- in a published newspaper editorial. A man overseeing elections endorsing anyone is a stretch, but this man? Who hired a convicted felon?
The idea of such a scenario is so immediately off the wall that few can even find a way to respond to the idea, but it's true. It happened. After all, this is Saline County. Miligan made a public complaint about Burton's endorsement, and the shadow that it cast over the integrity of election outcomes. Realizing his collosal mistake, Burton stepped aside for the election season and played no active role in running county elections.
When Milligan first learned of the Harmon hire, he immediately went about the job of trying to find someone, anyone willing to run against and remove Kidd for such a violation of the public trust. He found no one willing to take up the charge, no one willing to defy the elite of Saline County and run to remove the incumbent. In Saline County, it has long been an unwritten rule that no one is voted out of office. They simply decide not to run again, and someone anointed by the elite takes their place, usually unchallenged.
But not this time. Milligan made the difficult decision to be the lightning rod and run for the job himself. In his mind, he could not know what he knew about what had happened and do nothing. That was simply not in his character. Everyone was outraged, but had nowhere to turn without some candidate for Kidd to face.
History was made when Milligan won decisively. But the elite had a whole different take on it..
The defiant county elite did not consider the idea that a democratic process had just taken place, that a clerk who had done something distasteful and despicable had been ejected from office and replaced by a vote of the people.
No, that is not at all how they looked at things. An intruder, an unwelcome man who was no part of their circle, had broadsided a friend of theirs, manipulating a single issue over a hiring into a political upset. Voters looked upon Milligan as someone who had exposed an abuse and had stepped up to set things right. The elite looked upon him as a thief who had stolen something belonging to Kidd. That's the nature of partisan politics, especially when one party ruled for so long.
Denying him access to the office was the first strike that Kidd could muster, followed very quickly by his raid of Circuit Office funds in the amount of $800,000, which he ripped from Milligan's hands as a lame duck and handed over to the Quorum Court in a deft move to keep them out of the new clerk's control. It was a classless, thuggish act, but a legal one that Milligan simply had to accept.
A brief struggle ensued between the Quorum Court and the new clerk that allowed loud critics like JP Tom Lish to lash out at Milligan and publicly express his disgust at his election success ("Some people here just don't like you," he reportedly said.) Those in the elite circles were not only offended by Milligan's election success, but actually objected to him even running for the office. They liked Doug Kidd, despite him hiring a felon, and it was obvious that none of the Circuit Clerk's office staff had supported the Milligan candidacy, something that a local attorney would attempt to play out later as a denial of First Amendment rights.
You simply aren't supposed to win in Saline County unless the right people, and their attorneys, say it's okay. Voters? "We don' need no stinkin' voters….." the elite seems to say. (My apologies for plagiarizing the Cisco Kid.) You ask first. You kiss the rings. Dennis Milligan is not and never will be that kind of a man, and that lesson was just around the corner.
The vast majority of raucous charges, phony claims of bullying, confronting teenage girls and all of the unsubstantiated and false accusations contained in an infamous "letter" allegedly sent by mail to constituents, posted by a man suspected to be an anonymous blogger using a pseudonym sounding like a proper name all came out of a single event that occurred right before Milligan took office.
He exercised a lawful right to determine the members of his incoming staff.
As a matter of fact, Kidd had exercised the same right as required by law, presenting his staff with forms to sign informing them of their selection to serve in the clerk's office. He simply did what everyone else in the county did -- he selected the same women who had worked their for what has now been revealed as a collective period of a HALF CENTURY -- 50 YEARS. An unelected, entrenched oligarchy exists in Saline County. You didn't vote for them. Neither did I. But there they sit, untouched, unchallenged, doing what "everyone" considers to be a "good job."
That they were in place for an aggregate of a combined 50 years is not a testament to their competency, their reliability or their entitlement to employment as much as it is an indictment of the entrenchment of an elite that made such longevity of service in an elected office possible in the first place. It is a stinging confirmation of the "Tribe" I have so long referred to, who simply chose never to make any changes ever of office personnel and staff, and who are responsible for the sense of entitlement that these and other employees have felt -- despite signing documents to the contrary, knowing full well that such entitlement was not part of the job description.
And being good employees (by the standards of the elite), they are entitled to keep working in the Circuit Clerk's office as long as they want. All of the Circuit judges liked them, and appreciated their work. They were likely considered to be friends. But there was only one problem.
The law did not support this idea of entitlement in elected offices. And that problem is called "at will" employment. Brace yourselves, because this is going to be the most difficult of all concepts for some MySaline.com readers to grasp:
The three affected women were Ronda DePriest, Amy Daniel, and Kim Wright. A fourth woman, Shirley Eidson, was given a letter only because she was retiring, and it was issued on recommendation of the county attorney. Dana Mattingly, who had been selected to remain, decided on her own that she could not work with Milligan and told him so. She wrote private messages on Facebook that resulted in angry, abusive, profane phone calls being made to the Milligan residence, and when she was asked to intervene in the attacks she unintentionally brought about, a local attorney found a way to parlay it into a groundless charge that her First Amendment rights had been compromised. For purely financial reasons, none of which were related to any confirmation of the charge, the county settled the resulting lawsuit from insurance provisions.
So in summary, and contrary to persistent versions that "five women were fired," NO women were fired. Three women were not selected for continued service -- a lawful provision of "at will" employment in elected offices -- a fourth was retiring and was presented with a letter on legal advice, while the fifth brought about her own termination by indicating an unwillingness or inability to work in the office.
Employment rests entirely with the Circuit Clerk, not with the judges, or the other staff members, or the Quorum Court. Sounds unfair to you? Probably, until you, the reader, are the one elected to that office and have to face a room full of people who instantly hate you for defeating their boss. Who, in their right mind, could expect these staffers to support Milligan in any capacity?
Check out the following forms, signed by Ronda DePriest, Amy Daniel, Kim Wright, Shirley Eidson and Dana Mattingly. These were provided to me under a recent FOIA request and on approval by the Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, who rejected a plea by one of the women not to release the information. The AG ordered certain information in their files to be withheld or redacted, but allowed for the release of the remainder of the files.
The forms prove beyond all doubt that each woman knew the law, as attested by their signatures, that provides for "at will" employment and that they could be removed at any time for any reason. All but two of the forms actually contain the language of the terms. The other two indicate that the handbook has been read, and that document contains the same language regarding "at will" employment.
It is immediately a logical absurdity, in contradiction to the scenario that the local attorney for two of the women is trying to present, that a clerk with a free pass card to release any staff member for any reason would instead choose an illegal reason in a thoughtless moment after consulting with the county attorney. An example was the attorney's wild claim (repeated by the circuit judge) of a violation of the women's free speech rights. It was literally the only path to judgment or money left to the attorney, despite the lack of logic to the claim.
That is the reason that Senator John Boozman gave similar letters of non-selection to every single staff member who had served in the excruciatingly long Senate career of Blanche Lincoln. Not one of them sued, or accused Boozman of violating their civil rights or their rights of free speech, despite the fact that none of them supported his Senate bid against their boss. It follows that they also knew that fact could not be used later.
They simply knew and understood that this is how Washington works, that when your boss is beaten in an election, you're out of a job. Why? Because his right to have a pleasant work place that is productive and meets his goals trumps YOUR right to a job. Again, why? Because loyalties to the previous office holder and/or his political party are to be assumed, and as the one who successfully removed someone you're assumed to have liked working for, it can be equally assumed that you will not only oppose the incoming office holder but actually work against him or her to restore your party to power and regain the office.
That is why we have "at will" provisions for elected office staff members. There is a political outcome to an elected office. If that outcome is not achieved in a satisfactory way, the office holder will be voted out of office for failing to reach it. In turn, he or she has a right to have a staff that is loyal to them, their party, their goals, and the success of the office so that the new office holder can stay and continue to do well.
It's simple common sense. But instead, the elite have painted a very different picture. Their image, and the one they want you, the public, to buy into is one of a vicious, bullying, uncaring man who cast wonderful, qualified, experienced people to the side, wrecking their lives and rendering the Circuit Clerk's office unable to get the job done.
None of this is true -- but supporters of the elite have a friend in Circuit Court Judge Grisham Phillips, who just composed a nonsensical editorial outlining the reasons that he refused -- actually REFUSED -- to administer a 30 second oath of office to Milligan on January 1, 2011. At the time of his well-publicized refusal, he claimed in news accounts that his reason then was not wanting to be seen as the one "foisting" Milligan on the public -- though he never got around to explaining how that would happen, when the people had just elected him.
In an April 29, 2012 Saline Courier editorial, this angry, misinformed judge -- who despised Milligan for releasing his friends in the Circuit office -- had this to say:
"The Oath of Office of the Circuit Clerk reads as follows: 'I, [name], do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of the Circuit Clerk upon which I am now about to enter.' I could not in good faith administer the oath to a person whom I believed had already violated it. In firing five women who had a combined experience of over 50 years, I believed that Mr. Milligan had, in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, denied some of these women their rights to free speech and their rights to associate with whom they pleased. I also believed he had jeopardized the operations of the Circuit Clerk's office, upon which the Circuit Judges depend, and thus could not in good faith swear to "faithfully discharge the duties." -- Judge Grisham Phillips
This one quote, this one pathetic, completely disconnected-from-reality quote takes me to the entire conclusion of this blog. The only thing the judge got right in this statement was the oath.
Not only was he incorrect in stating that "I could not in good faith administer the oath to a person whom I believed had already violated it," but in so doing, he actually repeated language from a libelous letter that he referenced in the opening remarks of his editorial -- directly implicating himself in the writing of that libelous letter.
Contrary to his claims, that letter did NOT "rekindle discussion" about his refusal to swear Milligan in. Literally no one online was discussing it. Here's a question everyone should be asking: What was a Circuit Judge and his case administrator doing online, auditing a social website?
He claimed that he was responding to having been called a "misfit" (he was actually called a "nitwit"), and an embarrassment to the judiciary. Those statements were not in the libelous letter referenced. As later confirmed in a blog comment by Lisa Graves, his case coordinator, the remarks were attributed to an ANONYMOUS BLOGGER known as The Shadow…..on MySaline.com, NOT in an official statement from the judge's office. A social website was being used as a forum for an official statement from a circuit judge responding to an ANONYMOUS blogger -- something as irregular as the remarks made by the judge.
And Phillips presented this an an appropriate response under the Code of Judicial Conduct, in the context of which he went on to present a scathingly critical editorial about the Circuit Clerk just weeks before an election, politicizing his robe and the court -- and we're supposed to buy the idea that this is acceptable conduct from a Circuit judge.
HE claimed that five women were FIRED. NO ONE WAS FIRED. THIS IS WRONG.
"Firing" implies a tone of misconduct, poor performance, or other fault. This was more akin to a layoff or a staff reorganization than a dismissal, minus the implications of those other terms.
THREE women were NON-SELECTED. See the documents shown below. These are copies of the actual letters they received, legal documents one and all:
It would follow that as a longtime member of the Circuit judiciary, Judge Grisham Phillips had to know that these things were true -- which takes his public comments to the level of a deliberate fabrication written for political purposes, NOT a public defense of himself or his actions.
It is also important to note that Phillips is not the authority on the job performance of the Circuit Clerk, nor does the clerk answer to him in any way, shape or form for his job performance. He is to conduct his business as a circuit judge, and leave all other functions of elected officials to their offices without comment, unless and until his work as a judge is impeded -- which it had not, and has not ever been.
Nor is the Circuit Clerk required to check in with this judge or any other judge when making staff decisions and selections. It is the height of presumptuousness and arrogance for him to publicly chide the Circuit Clerk, branding him as a violator of an oath he had yet to take, not withstanding the fact that this same judge refused to administer the oath.
He went on to actually accuse the clerk, by virtue of the non-selections, of disabling the office (keep in mind, at this juncture, he wasn't even sworn in), impairing its abilities to perform its services to the court, thus nullifying his oath to "faithfully discharge the duties," yet another act of libel.
The remarkable performance of Milligan with his new staff not only invalidated these reprehensible remarks by the judge before Milligan took office, but actually earned the praise of former Presidential candidate Governor Mike Huckabee, who recently endorsed Milligan for re-election and praised his office as an example for all other Circuit Clerk's offices statewide.
I am deaf to the observation that the JDDC supposedly dismissed the ethics charges that were filed after Phillips' initial misconduct. His violation of Canon I was as clear then as his violation is now, and the JDDC, in order to protect its own credibility, needs to review not only his actions from 2011 but the content of his editorial. He also needs to be compelled to provide the alleged names of other judges he quoted anonymously in his support when writing the article. He has crossed serious lines that are far beyond the pale for a circuit judge.
Like it or not, the following facts are true and proven in this document:
ONE: None of the affected non-selected employees, namely Ronda DePriest, Amy Daniel, or Kim Wright were entitled to jobs in the Circuit Clerk's office. Their previous experience and length of service were not relevant to the issue of selection. With a change in administration, the new clerk had every right, legally, morally and ethically to present these women with letters of non-selection, and NOT have it misconstrued as firing or dismissal.
TWO: All three (not five) of these women were aware of this provision and possibility, and signed documents to that effect, presented here for public viewing.
THREE: Shirley Eidson, who was retiring, was presented with a letter of non-selection on recommendation of the county attorney to protect both the county and Ms. Eidson from future claims, and she was reassured that her letter was not presented to her for any reasons other than those stated by the attorney.
FOUR: Dana Mattingly created her own situation, having NOT been initially presented with a letter of non-selection. While her case has been settled (wrongly, I believe), I am of the opinion, based on the record, that NO violation of First Amendment rights took place, that Mr. Milligan released her for the precise reason stated in the letter shown below:
Her Facebook postings were non-abrasive, but nonetheless started a firestorm of angry, abusive and even profane phone calls to the Milligan residence.
Mr. Milligan requested only that Ms. Mattingly ask the attackers to pull back and assist them in making others understand the circumstances under which she was leaving. Since the Facebook remarks played no role whatsoever in her non-selection, and since the record also proves (in the Facebook postings accompanying court documents) that Shayne King (who was working with Milligan) had invited Mattingly to the office to try and find a road back to her job (which she refused), I can only come to the conclusion that the decision to distort the Facebook postings into a First Amendment complaint were the sole idea of the attorney who represented her. But the charges were FALSE.
FIVE: Milligan has performed in a highly professional, ethical, and effective way and has managed the office in an exemplary way, despite unsubstantiated claims to the contrary. His motto has been "Promises made, promises kept," having done everything he assured voters he would do following the last election.
SIX: Circuit Judge Grisham Phillips compounded one abuse upon another, the first having been dismissed and forgotten until he put his pen to paper and published a bizarre, incoherent rant explaining why he committed the first offense by not swearing in a duly elected official. In so doing, he affirmed the abuses of the county by entrenching and entitling employees to "at will" jobs, even provided us with the length of the abuse (50 years), and then maliciously and libelously accused the clerk of violating an oath he hadn't taken, rendering it null as undoable by falsely claiming that the office had been crippled as a result of him exercising his prerogatives under law.
None of this has ever been about the success or failure of Dennis Milligan. It's about possession. He dared to challenge the elite -- or as I have called them in the past, the Tribe -- and the success they hate him for is not his success in office, but his success in taking from them what they had always felt was their property.
His actual actions were to restructure staff and exercise his lawful option of selecting or non-selecting staff members. Instead, it was contextualized as an attack by him on an irreplaceable group with massive experience and long years of service, completely ignoring the "at will " reality of their jobs and the fact that each had signed a statement to that effect, proving that they knew of the provision.
That did not dissuade an enterprising local attorney from conjuring up images of women whose rights had been violated, even though none suffered such violations. Many now fear that the unfortunate decision by Saline County to settle a meritless case solely on financial considerations rather than a finding of fact could lead to the precedent of remarks on a social website being used to deflect "at will" dismissals.
In turn, it could begin a new spate of abuses, with "at will" employees rushing to the internet to post comments attacking newly elected officials, and use them later to provide context for future First Amendment claims to preserve jobs or extract money from counties. Every aspect of the Mattingly case went wrong, made worse by the revelation that the majority of the settlement (paid out of an insurance settlement, not tax dollars) reportedly went into the pocket of the attorney, not the litigant.
The only concern of the elite -- The Tribe -- is not what Milligan has done for the office or for the people of Saline County, but what he has done to them. They are invested in one thing only, and that is his removal so that they can restore, in their minds, what they think he has destroyed. That is how the judge portrayed him in print -- as a destroyer standing amidst ruins that could not serve the court, hence, his alleged reason for refusing to administer an oath as he struggled to make his mistake look like a principled choice, instead of the offensive act of misconduct that it was.
All of this, at the end of the day, happening for a single reason -- restructuring his staff, keeping who he wanted in the office, and hiring who he wanted as allowed by law. For that "crime," the elite believes, he must be punished. It is my hope that the public will repudiate and reject the elite, and send them a fresh message on May 22, as early voting begins today -- you don't own this county anymore.
The people do.
Editor's note: Comments will be allowed but will be closely monitored. Abusive critics not operating within the boundaries of decorum will be deleted. No one will be allowed to distract this presentation but thoughtful commentary for or against will be permitted, provided that it does not digress into character attacks or continued misrepresentations of fact, i.e., "Five women were fired," "Milligan is a bully," "The office is incompetent and doesn't work," "He denied them their right to speak." None of this is appropriate commentary, given the facts presented in this blog, and those wishing to post these same repetitive, tired, disproven falsehoods can post them elsewhere. All intelligent discussion and debate is welcome. I will counterpoint with any reasonable commenters who wish to present ideas open to discussion.
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No pending cases agains the Circuit Clerk, in my opinion, have any hope of succeeding. I'm not concerned in the least. The Mattingly case was a fluke, generated when a judge made a bad call and recommended a worthless suit for jury. It will likely come back to haunt him and other cities as well when non-selected employees attempt to use a similar scheme, rushing to a local social network or blog like Facebook, then try to sue their way to job reinstatement or cash settlement by false claims of First Amendment violation. The judge may have opened a can of worms. We will see.
To Darla and Brenda -- this is almost funny. All of these forms signed by these women were cleared by the Attorney General for release under FOIA. Whoever was in charge of complying with the request put ALL of the forms signed by Kim Wright into the packet. When I generated this blog, I did not look at the "Office Employed" space before posting.
Kim has since gone to work in the COLLECTOR'S office, and this was the form she signed for her position there. The irony is that she is subject to the same, exact rule in the Collector's office as she was in the Circuit Clerk's office. Mrs. Ballard has the option, just as Milligan did, of releasing her at ANY time and for ANY reason, "at will."
I have posted the correct form, as released under FOIA for the Circuit Clerk's office in the appropriate order above with the other forms. The one that confused you and I is this one, signed and dated on Valentine's Day, after she left the Circuit Clerk's office and went to work for the Collector, just so you know that it is genuine. See the "Office Employed" space:
I understand, Red. A simple error.
Mr. Cedars, you are mixing up cases. You are speaking of Mrs. McDaniel, the one who swiped Milligan's fax transmission in an aborted attempt to prove that he was running a horse racing business and a bookie operation out of the Circuit Clerk's office. A KATV news report took that one completely apart, along with Mrs. McDaniel's claims.
She was fired, not non-selected, which would imply that it was for cause, and was initially denied unemployment benefits. A later decision, for unknown reasons, reversed that decision and gave her the benefits. The details are unknown.
While I'm not speaking of you directly, I find it fascinating that so many people are interested in the inside details surrounding personnel issues within the clerk's office -- primarily because they are desperately seeking anything they can point to and call wrongdoing, all with an eye toward driving him out of office. What skin these detractors have in this game is beyond me.
One more small detail, Mr. Cedars. Milligan does NOT require a "reason" for the non-selections. Read the forms. Any reason, any time. Read it. It's all there. We don't work in elected offices, you and I, so it's a little hard to grasp but with some effort, you'll get there. It makes sense when you think it through.
Once more, Denise T, taxpayers paid NOTHING in the Mattingly case. The settlement was paid by the county from insurance funds from a policy that the county paid premiums on anyway. It did NOT, REPEAT DID NOT come from taxpayers. All other cases are likely to fail, because no further settlements will be made with anyone, according to what I have heard.
You want to sue this clerk, go to trial and take your lumps. The only remaining lawsuit pending has no merit whatsoever. Neither did the Mattingly case, and I was disturbed when county officials decided to go to settlement. Problem is, the case could have been won, but at what monetary cost? What value would there be in "winning," they reasoned, if a "win" cost another $100,000 in legal costs? And what if the county lost? We know juries go south sometimes. Look at the OJ Simposon fiasco.
They didn't want to risk it, and caved in. That's when attorneys like Sutter cash in, and believe me, they know it. They're in business to do just that. I'm not bashing Sutter. He's doing what any attorney in his area of specialty would do. He just won't be as lucky next time.
And a note to Mr. Glenn -- I'm not looking foolish at all, sir. That job falls to those of you who are going apoplectic, trying to find a way to spin what this blog reveals. This clerk has been unfairly and wrongly attacked from Day One. He has violated no one's rights, but his rights have certainly been tossed over the fence repeatedly.
There's nowhere to go on this one, Peter. This case is closed. Airtight.
Myka is not going to win this election, Mr. Smith. Dream on. Whoever eventually replaces Mr. Milligan -- and someone most certainly will -- that person will have the exact same privilege of establishing their staff. If it is a Democrat, the staff will remain for 10 or so more years, then when another Republican is elected, and that deeply entrenched staff is once again removed, all hell will break loose again.
Sorry to let everyone down. What you were expecting is beyond me. Proving that this man did not improperly act in setting his staff, proving that he fired no one, proving that all of the women knew the rules of being employed, proving that he is not some heartbreaking dirt bag, throwing qualified people to the street when "qualification" was not a criteria, and proving the entire argument made by a Circuit judge completely inaccurate and politically motivated -- I had considered that to be a pretty good day.
I'm not really sure exactly what was left to show. Everything eminated from this one issue.
Oh, and him winning in the first place.
Could someone explain why Kim Wright would sign the'At will' acknowledgment after receiveing the letter of NON SELECTION.


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It's no secret that pale-skinned people (like myself) often have a hard time achieving that "sun-kissed" look, even after spending many afternoons basking in the sun by the pool. However, a new study may bear more bad news—research is now suggesting that these individuals may have a hard time soaking in adequate amounts of vitamin D.
The study, which was performed by researchers at the Cancer Research UK Centre at the University of Leeds, found that people with fair skin often have low levels of vitamin D. Many people who live in sunny states can spend 10 to 15 minutes outdoors a few times a week and produce enough of the vitamin. However, fair-skinned people who burn easily may not be able to make enough vitamin D if they rely solely on sunlight, and vitamin D supplements may be necessary.
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Vitamin D is a big contributor in maintaining strong, healthy bones and warding off osteoporosis. While calcium is often thought of as the bone builder, without vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium at all. Current research is even suggesting that vitamin D can lower the risk of health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and even some cancers as well.
So just how much vitamin D do we need? The current recommendation is 200 IU (international units) for individuals up to age 50. For 51- to 70-year-olds, 400 IU is advised, and for those older than 70, 600 IU is recommended.
Unfortunately, very few foods contain vitamin D naturally. Cod liver oil contains the most vitamin D (1,360 IU). However, if cod liver oil isn't your cup of tea, fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel and tuna fish can help add adequate amounts of vitamin D to your diet. Other foods, such as beef liver, cheese and egg yolks, offer minimal amounts of the vitamin. Foods fortified with vitamin D provide most of the vitamin D in America's diet. Most of the milks on store shelves are fortified with vitamin D, as are many breakfast cereals, brands of orange juice, margarine and orange juice.
Pale-skinned individuals aren't the only group at risk for vitamin D. People of African-Caribbean and South Asian origin, individuals who sport full-body coverings, the elderly, young kids, breastfeeding women and anyone who avoids the sun intentionally have all traditionally been thought to be at risk for deficiency. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, about 50 percent of people in the United States have less than adequate levels of vitamin D. If you suspect you aren't getting enough vitamin D, contact your doctor to discuss adding certain foods or supplements to your diet.
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The A's have acquired outfielder/first baseman Kyle Blanks from the San Diego Padres and, in turn, designated first baseman Daric Barton for assignment. Blanks will join the A's in Cleveland on Friday as the team begins a nine-game road trip by facing the Indians.
The A's sent minor league outfielder Jake Goebbert and a player to be named later to acquire Blanks, a 6-foot-6, 265-pounder with power who has struggled to earn consistent playing time in San Diego.
Barton has never got it going this season with the A's, batting just. 158 with no home runs and five RBIs. At one point Barton was the A's full-time first baseman -- he played in 159 games in 2010 -- but he's never delivered the average or power expected from a corner infielder.
His best season was in 2010 when he hit .273. He led the American League with 110 walks and was fifth with a .393 on-base percentage. But his lack of power -- for his career he's averaging one home run every 58 at-bats -- and a career .247 batting average have been his downfall.
By designating Barton for assignment, the A's have 10 days to trade him, release him or option him to the minor leagues after clearing waivers.
Blanks has 28 career home runs in sporadic playing time over six big league seasons. He had a career-high 308 plate appearances in 2013 and hit .243 with eight home runs and 35 RBIs. He's had just 10 big league at-bats this year, but has nine home runs and 20 RBIs in 83 at-bats in Triple-A.
Goebbert came to the A's last year in a deal that sent Travis Blackley to the Houston Astros. He was batting .257 with six homers and 25 RBIs in Sacramento this year.
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Britney Spears is walking away from "X Factor," according to TMZ.
The website says Spears loves the show -- and really, who wouldn't love getting $15 million to sit and make funny faces at people who don't sing very well -- but Spears supposedly wants to focus on her music. She's reportedly in the studio right now making a new record.
Well, I don't know if she's in there right this very second, but you know ...
The yet-to-be-titled record will be Spears' eighth. She's either being produced or getting writing help from will.i.am and producer Hit-Boy.
TMZ's source said "Britney loves Simon, she likes Demi Lovato, but her thing is music."
Well, of course it is. Hasn't Spears always been mostly about her music?
After the record is done, Spears may tour again, said TMZ. Which might account for why she won't have time for a second season.
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A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
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People exposed to the chemical benzene, some chemotherapy drugs, or high doses of radiation are more likely to develop leukemia than those who have not had similar exposure. Rarely, cases of leukemia may result from prior treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs. Patients who have been treated with chemotherapy or who are on immunosuppressive drugs for transplants are also at increased risk for developing leukemia.
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Current or past smoking is strongly associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Risk is compounded by how much you smoked and for how long.
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Have a happy, safe and dry Mardi Gras
Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:01 p.m.
With nervous eyes cast skyward, Mardi Gras revelers are hoping for the best from Mother Nature today.
As the culmination of the Carnival season, Fat Tuesday is one of the most special days of the south Louisiana year.
Unfortunately, poor weather threatened to put a damper on things, but the parade krewes have made their adjustments or held firm to their prior schedules, and today, they will take to the streets in front of what they hope will be raucous and dry crowds.
A lot of planning and preparation go into each and every one of the parades we all enjoy so much.
So whenever stormy weather runs the risk of canceling or postponing one of the processions, it can mean headaches for the krewes, not to mention all the thousands of people who plan their days around watching their favorite parades.
It can also mean a lot of money wasted.
Each rider on each float you see during every parade spent his or her own money — often in the hundreds or thousands of dollars — purchasing all the fancy throws we love to catch.
What happens to all that stuff if the parade is scratched?
But let's not even think about that. Now that Mardi Gras is here, let's focus on having the best day possible, regardless of what the weather decided to do.
If you need to do so, take an umbrella with you to the parades. While the rain might come down, the spirits of those on the floats or behind the barricades will not be dampened.
This is the day so many of us wait for, and a little rain isn't going to ruin anyone's day.
Adjustments? Sure, there will be some adjustments. Plan for the weather, but don't let it keep you at home.
The weather, of course, adds an extra layer of concerns that we must take into account. Be careful on the roads to and from the parades, even more so than usual.
While it should go without saying, the warnings are still necessary: Don't drink and drive. Even on a crystal-clear day, just a few drinks are enough to send you to jail or to take someone's life.
That danger is multiplied in bad weather. Make plans before you go to get home safely or stay where you are headed. If you end up having a few drinks, do whatever you have to do to avoid getting behind the wheel of a car. Get a ride home with a friend or family member, or call a cab.
Whatever you do, have a happy, safe and, we all hope, dry Mardi Gras!
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|AHL Second All-Star Team (2008) AHL First All-Star Team (2009) Traded to Chicoutimi (QMJHL) by Moncton (QMJHL) for Francois Caron, January 10, 2001. Traded to Chicago by Anaheim with Bruno St. Jacques for Sebastien Caron, Matt Keith and Chris Durno, December 28, 2006. Traded to NY Rangers by Chicago for future considerations, October 11, 2007. Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, July 2, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Colorado, July 1, 2012. Traded to Montreal by Colorado with Colorado's 5th round choice (Matthew Bradley) in 2015 Entry Draft for Daniel Briere, June 30, 2014. Signed as a free agent by Toronto, July 1, 2015.
Despite missing 25 games due to injury, still finished ninth on the team with 33 points (14g/19a) in 55 games...13 of his 14 goals came at even strength...Tied his career high with three assists on Dec. 16 vs. Dallas, his third game with three helpers (last: Dec. 3, 2011 at Dallas)...Parenteau's three points also tied a career high (seventh time)...Left the game with a knee injury on Dec. 29 vs. Winnipeg, forcing him to miss 10 games from Dec. 31 to Jan. 18...Was placed on Injured Reserve, Dec. 30, and activated on Jan. 21...Prior to the injury, had appeared in all 86 games since joining the Avs, the only player to dress in every Colorado game since the start of the 2012-13 season...Recorded his 200th career point on Feb. 8 at NY Islanders...Suffered a knee injury on March 10 vs. Winnipeg, forcing him to miss 15 games from March 12 to April 10...Equaled his career high with two goals (fifth time) on Oct. 4 vs. Nashville.
2013-14 PLAYOFFS: Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut April 17 in Game 1 of the Avalanche's first-round series against Minnesota...Scored his first career playoff goal April 26 vs. Minnesota, the tying goal with 1:14 left in regulation to force overtime (Avs won 4-3)...Had two assists and was +1 in Colorado's Game 7 loss to the Wild.
2012-13: Shared the team scoring lead with 43 points (18g/25a) while appearing in all 48 games during his first season with the Avalanche…Also led the club in goals (18), power-play goals (6), games played (48-tied) and shooting percentage (17.1%)…He was second on the team in assists (25)…Technically Parenteau edged Matt Duchene for the club "scoring title" on the basis of more goals (18 to 17)…Was one of only two Avalanche players to appear in every game…His 43 points ranked third among all NHL players who switched teams prior to the 2012-13 season, trailing only Mike Ribeiro (49) and Alexander Semin (44)…PA's 18 goals matched his total from the previous year when he scored 18 times in 80 games with the New York Islanders…Scored a goal in each of Colorado's first four home games, the first Avalanche player to accomplish that feat since Peter Forsberg and Chris Drury in 2000-01…Recorded a career-high three-game goal streak from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4… Appeared in his 200th NHL game on Feb. 14 at Minnesota…Compiled a career-high six-game point streak (2g/8a) from Feb. 28 to March 10…It was the longest scoring streak by an Avalanche player in 2012-13…Finished with a team-high 18 points (6g/12a) in 15 games in March, setting a new career high for points in a single month…Had a pair of three-point games, Jan. 31 at Calgary (2g/1a) and March 8 vs. Chicago (1g/2a), matching his personal high…Tallied a goal and one assist on his 30th birthday, March 24 vs. Vancouver.
2011-12: Recorded a career-high 67 points (18g/49a) with 89 penalty minutes in 80 games for the New York Islanders…Finished third on the Islanders in points, while ranking second in both assists and penalty minutes…Was fifth on the team in goals and third in power-play goals (6)…Recorded his first career two-goal game on Jan. 17 at Washington, his first of three multi-goal efforts in 2011-12…Tallied a career-high three points on four different occasions.
2010-11: Finished tied for second on the Islanders in scoring with 53 points (20g/33a) in 81 games during his first full NHL season…Also ranked second on the club in assists and shared the team lead with nine power-play goals…Scored his 20th goal of the year in the season finale on April 9 at Philadelphia.
2009-10: Appeared in 22 games for the New York Rangers, collecting eight points (3g/5a)…Scored his first NHL goal in his Rangers debut on Oct. 28 in Long Island against the Islanders…Registered his first multi-point game with two assists on Nov. 23 vs. Columbus…Also appeared in 35 games for Hartford (AHL), where he ranked fifth on the team with 45 points (20g/25a) despite only spending half the season in the AHL…Ranked second on the Wolf Pack with a +15 rating and finished fourth in goals.
2008-09: Named a First Team AHL All-Star after leading Hartford in assists (49) and finishing second in goals (29) and points (78)…Ranked ninth in the AHL in points and tied for 10th in assists…Added 142 minutes in penalties, second most on the club.
2007-08: Led Hartford in goals (34), assists (47) and points (81) in 75 games with the Wolf Pack…Finished fourth in the AHL scoring race, while ranking sixth in goals and ninth in assists…Tied for fifth in the league with 15 power-play tallies…Went on to lead Hartford in postseason goals (3) and points (5) in five Calder Cup Playoff games.
2006-07: Made his NHL debut with Chicago on Feb. 7 at Vancouver…Appeared in five games overall with the Blackhawks, registering one assist…Picked up his first NHL point with an assist on Feb. 14 at Pittsburgh…Skated in 68 AHL games, split between the Portland Pirates and Norfolk Admirals, totaling 79 points (30g/49a)…Finished tied for ninth in the league in points and was sixth in assists…Skated in six Calder Cup Playoff games with Norfolk, potting two goals and one assist.
2005-06: Recorded 49 points (22g/27a) in 56 regular season games for Portland (AHL)…Also appeared in two games for Augusta of the ECHL…Went on to collect 22 points (5g/17a) in 19 Calder Cup Playoff games for the Pirates…His 17 postseason assists led the team and finished third in the league…He tied for second on the team and ninth in the AHL in playoff points…Posted a team-high +13 plus/minus rating during the postseason.
2004-05: In his second season with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL), tallied 41 points (17g/24a) in 76 games…Added two goals in nine playoff contests.
2003-04: Made his professional debut with Cincinnati, scoring 30 points (14g/16a) in 66 games…Also appeared in seven playoff contests (1g/2a).
2002-03: Spent time with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and the Sherbrooke Castors during his third and final season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League…Totaled 103 points (33g/70a) in 59 combined games between the two teams…Finished seventh in the QMJHL scoring race…Added 140 penalty minutes and a combined +23 rating.
2001-02: Appeared in 68 games for Chicoutimi, leading the club with 51 goals and 118 points (51g/67a) to go along with 120 penalty minutes.
2000-01: Split the season between Moncton and Chicoutimi, totaling 20 goals and 32 assists for 52 points in 73 games…Traded from Moncton to Chicoutimi for Francois Caron on Jan. 10…Ranked second on Chicoutimi in goals (4), assists (7), and points (11) during the QMJHL Playoffs.
Tallied seven points (4g/3a) in six games for Team Canada at the 2003 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia…Shared the team lead in goals and finished second in points as the Canadians won the silver medal.
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The Jackson County Recycling Partnership will collect plastic for recycling from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, at The Expo, Gate No. 1, on Peninger Road, Central Point.
Since 2008, Jackson County Plastic Round-up has been an annual event with collections in Ashland and Central Point each fall. This year, organizers plan a spring round-up at The Expo and a fall round-up at another site. The date and location of the fall round-up haven't been set yet. The event's growing popularity inspired the change, officials said.
Jackson County Plastic Round-up accepts numerous types of plastic not accepted in local curbside programs, including bags of all sizes, baling twine, buckets, bubble wrap, nursery pots, irrigation components, baling twine, tarps, tapes, cassettes, discs, toys, kiddie pools and much more.
A list of acceptable and unacceptable items is posted at www.jcrecycle.org. Participants must pre-sort clean plastic into 3 categories: soft plastic, hard plastic and nursery plastic. Items NOT accepted include vinyl, metal parts, rubber and Styrofoam. Recycling fees are $5 per household; businesses and large loads are $5 per yard.
At the October 2012 event, 83,000 pounds of plastic were collected at the two sites. The volume of plastic recycled during the two-day collection has grown by approximately 20,000 pounds each year for the past three years, officials said.
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LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (AP) -- A Panhandle deputy charged with sexual
battery has been fired from the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
Officials announced 27-year-old Benjamin Logue's termination
Wednesday. He had been arrested a day earlier.
Investigators say Logue was on patrol near Panama City Beach
June 19 when he ordered a woman into his patrol car, took her to a
secluded location and forced her to have sex with him.
The sheriff's office reportedly learned about the attack from a
third party and then contacted the woman, who confirmed what
Logue acknowledged having sex with the woman while on duty but
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CMPD has teamed up with the Danger Rangers® to help children learn important lessons about safety. All of the Danger Rangers are featured in a new coloring and activity book CMPD officers will distribute to help teach children about safety issues. The book presents the information in both English and Spanish.
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An ice flow forms from water leaking from an irrigation pipe that goes over Highway 491 near Road U. The temperature dipped back into single digits overnight Tuesday. Weekend forecasts call for warmer weather with highs in the 40s.
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Vieve's Legacy
Vieve's Legacy
By Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of English, Steve Baar.
By Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of English, Steve Baar.
Genevieve Walton met Wilbert Gore in Salt Lake City, where she had moved after spending much of her childhood on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. Bill started attending Westminster in the late 1920s when it was a preparatory school. The rest is a history well documented—courtship, marriage, the outdoors, DuPont, five children, the basement start-up, the outdoors with five children, and ultimately owners of one of the most successful privately held businesses in the world.
What is not as well known is that Vieve and Bill Gore became Westminster's silent saviors during a difficult period from about
1975–1985, a time when dozens of small private colleges, unable to adapt to the economic fallout of both the recession and
changing student demographics, began to close. It was the Gore's steady emotional and financial support and their abiding faith in the college's mission that literally kept the college open.
What attracted the Gores to Westminster were values that W. L. Gore and Associates embodied—independence, an alternative to prevailing ideas, a unique culture, and an ongoing commitment to preserve the past while adapting to the future.
After Bill died in 1986, and in part to keep his values alive, Vieve became, over the next two decades, one of the single most influential benefactors in the history of Westminster. Her philanthropic spirit was not about rescuing or saving the college or any other organization, nor was it about honoring her family or her influence. It was about enabling people to be free to dream and then freer still to realize those dreams.
At a luncheon meeting on campus several years ago, Vieve Gore dropped in unannounced to listen to faculty reporting on their "Gore Summer Grants," one part of an outstanding faculty development program funded by the Gore Excellence in Teaching Endowment.
While I knew Vieve believed in encouraging people to pursue their dreams, I was afraid that some of the faculty's projects and scholarship might appear esoteric, if not downright arcane. She sat and listened, delighted and engaged by each report because what she heard and felt was the faculty's enthusiasm for what they cared passionately about. She valued their love for their work and their commitment to students. The students and faculty of Westminster will continue to be the beneficiaries of this special kind of no-strings support.
I had an opportunity to visit with Vieve several months ago when I was delivering some photographs of the new Vieve Gore Concert Hall. Into her nineties, she carried herself with the grace and bearing of an earlier generation's finishing schools (which she did not attend) and the energy and directness of a young woman who rode on horseback to a oneroom Wyoming schoolhouse (which she did attend).
The eagerness with which she held me in her gaze and the warmth of her laughter remain with me as striking reminders of her ability to engage life day by day, opportunity by opportunity, child by grandchild by greatgrandchild. For all the magnanimous philanthropy to support others, it was actually her family, her children, and especially her husband, who most captured her attention and devotion and love.
I am aware of how one life— especially one so powerful and yet so gentle—passes and can become mythologized until it bears little resemblance to the person who was. For me, Vieve Gore was already a little larger than life when she was alive. So no matter how natural and graceful her passing, there is an emptiness in the worlds of all of us who were given the gift of realizing our dreams.


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Foodfacts.com takes a deeper look into the ingredients in some of McDonald's most popular foods!McDonald's scrambled eggs are not just made with whole eggs; they are also filled with preservatives, hydrogenated oils, food coloring, and other additives. In fact, there are approximately 20 different ingredients in the 3.3oz serving that McDonald's provides each morning to millions of consumers that may possibly believe they are receiving a well-balanced meal.
One of the first ingredients listed on the nutrition label is sodium acid pyrophosphate. This food additive helps scrambled eggs maintain their "appealing" yellow color. What some may not know is that this product is also used in petroleum production. The chemicals in this compound help to prevent clumping in oil-well drilling mud. Still think that's appetizing?
Some other ingredients listed in this product are sodium benzoate, and beta carotene colors. This is quite controversial considering that some studies recently done by the Food Standards Agency, have shown that sodium benzoate in the presence of food coloring may cause hyperactive behavior in children. Although this study is still being investigated, it is good information to know for the next time you bring your kids to the McDonald's drive-thru window.
Aside from all the food additives and preservatives, these scrambled eggs also have 4g of saturated fat, and 520mg of cholesterol. These numbers represent 20% of the daily value for saturated fats and 173% of daily value for cholesterol, just in this one serving alone. Sounds like it may be healthier just to prepare your eggs at home.
McDonald's Big Mac is 3 buns, 2 beef patties, and 100 other ingredients. This sandwich lists high fructose corn syrup, ammonium chloride, propylene glycol alginate, sodium benzoate, and calcium disodium, just to name a few.
What sticks out most in the above list is probably ammonium chloride. You may have heard of this ingredient because it is very commonly used in shampoos as a thickening agent, cleaning products, various glues, fertilizers, textiles and leather, and even fireworks and explosives. In the Big Mac and many other foods, ammonium chloride is used as a food additive. This inorganic compound helps maintain color in food products, changes the texture of foods, and sometimes adds a "spicy" flavor. Would you want the same ingredients listed on your cleaning products also listed on the foods you eat?
A possible positive for this sandwich, there is a lot of protein, about 25 grams. Also, because of the 2 beef patties, the Big Mac also provides 25% of your daily value for iron. However, you also get 1,040mg sodium, 29g total fat, 10g saturated fat, and 75mg cholesterol. This sandwich is also 540 calories, 260 of these calories are just from fat alone.
McDonald's Grilled Chicken Chipotle BBQ Snack Wrap
A few years ago, McDonald's introduced snack wraps to their long-chain of restaurants. These snack wraps are considered the "healthy" quick items to grab during the day that can help hold you over until dinner time.
This Grilled Chicken Chipotle BBQ Snack Wrap from McDonald's is about half the size of the quintessential Big Mac, but lists more ingredients. Due to the fact these snack wraps are marketed to be the healthy options, one would think it would have fewer, and simpler ingredients. However, one of the ingredients that stick out most is sodium metabisulfite. This substance is commonly used as a disinfectant in home brewing and winemaking to sterilize process equipment. In this snack wrap, it is a food additive that helps to preserve the product over a period of time.
Sodium metabisulfite has also been shown to cause allergic reaction within the respiratory system to those who are sensitive to sulfites. The acceptable daily intake is about 0.7mg per kg of body weight. However, the amount is not specified in this product, so those who are sensitive to sulfites may want to be extra careful.
McDonald's french fries are a staple at the thousands of restaurants. Commonly, most people visit the drive-thru just to order a side of fries. Although they may taste good, and be somewhat fulfilling for many consumers, the list of ingredients is a turn-off for some.
For those that may not be as familiar with the chemistry behind hydrogenated fats, it is basically a process to convert monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats to the less-healthy saturated fats. This is done because changing the level of saturation, also changes a products physical properties. The more saturated the product, the better it bakes or cooks.
These McDonald's French fries include hydrogenated oils so that the product maintains its form during the frying process. However, this process increases the amount of total fat and saturated fat in the product. These French fries contain about 18% of the daily value for saturated fat, and 38% of the daily value for total fat, which are pretty high numbers.
Another ingredient in this product is dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent. McDonald's reported that this compound is used in a matter of safety, to prevent the oil on both the fries and chicken nuggets from foaming. This chemical is a type of silicone-polymer that is commonly used in hair shampoos, lubricating oils, contact lenses, medical devices, and so on. If more people knew about this ingredient, would it still be such a huge seller?
The McDonald's McFlurry came into production around the late 90's. This was an instant hit with consumers because it beat the ordinary vanilla soft-serve they had originally offered. Snickers, M&Ms, Oreo, and other flavors have been featured in McFlurry items to increase sales of these popular desserts. Not only are there candies and cookies, but also a long list of ingredients that some may consider controversial. Among these ingredients are 10 different food colorings, and also carrageenan.
Food colorings have been reported to increase hyperactive behavior in children diagnosed with ADHD. Although clinical studies have shown mixed results in this matter, many parents believe that food colorings eliminated from the diet improve their children's behavior. The McFlurry is equipped with Yellow 5 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 6, and Blue 2.
Carrageenan has raised eyebrows in recent years because many people believe it causes certain health implications. Results from studies have shown that rats, monkeys, and guinea pigs consuming a certain amount of carrageenan may not only obtain ulcerations in the GI tract, but also GI cancer. Current studies are also examining the relationship between carrageenan consumption and inflammatory bowel disease and also Crohn's Disease.


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The FM is the 'allrounder' in the heavy-duty range of Volvo. It was introduced together with the FH in 2005, with which it shares the basic design and most of the components, since it is a member of the Global Family of Volvo trucks (together with the FH, VN and VT).
The FM is a very rugged heavy-duty truck with the cab placed in a lower position compared to the Volvo FH, a feature which contributes to e g easier entry and exit, an important aspect in local and regional heavy-duty distribution transport.
The lower cab position is also an advantage in construction site operation, a task for which the FM is very suitable thanks to a rugged chassis which also can be supplied with all-wheel-drive (in two- or three-axle execution). The FM is also available in 4-axle execution.
Three cab options
The FM range includes three cab options, including the day cab, the sleeper cab and the prestigious and spacious Globetrotter cab.
The FM is available with two engines; the 13-litre engine (the same as in the FH) and the 9-litre engine (which is unique to the FM range). It is offered with a wide range of transmission options, including synchronized manual gearboxes, automated Volvo I-shift gearboxes and the automatic Volvo Powertronic transmission with torque converter.
The FM is often used in sensitive urban areas, and naturally fulfills not only the present demanding Euro 4 exhaust emission legislation, but is also available in executions which complies with future Euro 5 demands.
Advanced radar function
Like all other Volvo trucks, the FM range offers superior safety, including active safety items like the ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) which automatically selects the time gap to the vehicle in front, thanks to an advanced radar function.
The passive safety which protects the driver, should an accident occur, includes traditional Volvo items like the impact-tested cab and airbags (which Volvo pioneered in trucks in the mid-90's).
Being the natural Volvo choice in heavy-duty distribution transport and construction-site operation, the FM is also suitable for regional and even for long-distance transport, when an easy entry or a low cab position have higher priority than the larger cab space offered by the FH range.


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Team Driving: 8 Insights on Trucking with a Partner
Have you ever wondered what it would like to be a team driver? If you're not employed in the trucking industry, team driving is a term for two people that take turns driving a semi-truck and managing different loads on the road. Many owner-operators that book loads on uShip happen…Read more


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17 December 2007
Delany Week at Strange Horizons
Keep your eyes on Strange Horizons this week, as Graham Sleight will be writing about Delany's short fiction, L. Timmel Duchamp will be writing about About Writing, and Paul Kincaid will be writing about Dark Reflections (which I wrote about a few months ago).
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- Gursky12/19/2007 1:03 AM
That was good. Maybe it's just because I'm fairly tired, but it didn't feel too broken a beast to me. Quite accessible, even. Likely all writing would be better if we just got to the sex.ReplyDelete
It's funny to me how much Delany, and you in reviewing him, draw conclusions from progression and geneology within his own ouevre. It leads to some excellent analysis, but feels a little, I don't know, teleological? mythic?
The weakness of a linear, chronological approach may be that it seems teleological -- or we could say its strength is that it is not ahistorical. But I can't claim philosophical reasons for why it's how I tend to write about Delany. It's an approach I favor at the moment because it's allowed me to notice elements of the work I would not have otherwise.ReplyDelete
Myself, I find it difficult to avoid such a mythologizing approach with Delany because from early on he's had a tendency to embed intratextual references in his work. Through the first decade of his career he presented a fairly stable set of motifs with increasingly disruptive arbitrariness, and their culmination / summing-up in Dhalgren more or less overlapped with the start of the Modular Calculus quasi-series.ReplyDelete
As experimental confirmation of sorts, it's notable that Matt and I both take Equinox as the myth's pivot point.


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OAKLAND -- What Portland general manager Neil Olshey likes most about rookie point guard Damian Lillard is his duality.
Off the court, Lillard is a humble young man, well-mannered and congenial. A 22-year-old who can schmooze with executive types and endear himself to veteran teammates.
And on the court ...
"He's from Oakland," Olshey said. "He's got an edge. He's got swagger. I think it's that dichotomy that makes him special."
More than two months into the season, he is the front-runner for NBA Rookie of the Year honors. He's already being deemed the next in a tradition of elite Oakland point guards.
But what's dropping jaws around the league about Lillard, the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft, is how complete his game is. He's not just dominating with athleticism, or simply scoring in bunches. He's leading a team playing above-.500 ball, battling for a playoff spot in the tough Western Conference.
And Friday, when the Warriors host the Trail Blazers, Lillard will play his first game in his hometown.
"Oh, I'm excited about it," Lillard said in an interview with ESPN. "When I was in grade school, my family had season tickets when they had Antawn Jamison, Jason Richardson and Mookie Blaylock. ... But I can't be too emotional about it now and caught up with who's coming -- especially since there are way more people there than I could ever get tickets for."
The physical elements of Lillard's game are no doubt impressive. He's 6-foot-3, 195 pounds with deceptive athleticism. And don't let his outside shot get going.
"I don't know that there is anybody who you can compare him to," said TNT analyst Steve Kerr, who broadcast Thursday night's Portland-Miami matchup. "He combines deep shooting range with his penetration. ... Usually guys are better at one than the other. He appears to be equally efficient at both."
He was shooting just 42 percent from the field entering Thursday night's game against Miami. But already Lillard has proved he can dominate a game offensively. His 18.2 points and. 6.5 assists in 38.1 minutes per game are tops among rookies.
"You've got to love everything about him," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said of Lillard. "We thought highly of him. He was clearly the best point guard in the draft. ... No surprise what he's doing. They found themselves a point guard to build on for a long time to come."
Lillard has impressed his teammates and NBA peers with his veteran aura. He plays with a poise that has impressed even LeBron James.
"He's never out of his comfort zone," James told reporters on Wednesday. "He's never too fast, he's never too slow. He plays in his own lane."
He's got the kind of control on the court that makes San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich take notice.
"His skills are obvious, but I like his demeanor as much as I like his skills," Popovich told reporters after Lillard totaled 29 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a mid-December win over the Spurs. "I think he's a wonderful player. He really plays within himself, and that doesn't mean he doesn't play hard. He's aggressive, he's not afraid of contact."
Lillard's journey explains his makeup. That edge to his game was inherited from his dad, Houston, known for handling his own on Oakland's blacktop in his day, and groomed in the same Oakland hoops culture that birthed Gary Payton and Jason Kidd.
But what added to it was the chip on Damian's shoulder that comes from being overlooked by major colleges. A star at Oakland High, he dominated the competition. But despite his obvious potential, Lillard wound up at Weber State in Utah. That didn't turn out to be the worst thing, as the culture shock helped hone his ability to adapt. The small-town, familial atmosphere of college allowed his personality to shine.
"We always taught him to respect people," Lillard's dad said. "He's always been a great kid. We've never had any problems with him. He gets along with everyone. If you don't like Damian, then something is wrong with you."
Weber State also prepared him for the task of running a team. Known for being a score-first guard, Lillard got experience as a floor general. He was the heart and soul of the Wildcats.
So instead of being less ready for the NBA because he came from a small school, he had gained valuable experience.
"He's not unlike Steph Curry in that he knows what it's like for any chance your team has of succeeding riding on you," Olshey said. "He's been in big-game situations. He's had to handle the pressure. He's unflappable."
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Portland (20-15) at Warriors (22-12), 7:30 p.m. CSNBA
head of the class
Oakland native Damian Lillard is putting together a dominating rookie season. Here's how some of his stats rank with the rest of the 2012 draft class
Damian Lillard, Por 18.2
Dion Waiters, Cle 14.1
Anthony Davis, NO 13.4
Bradley Beal, Wash 13.1
Alexey Shved, Min 11.2
M. Kidd-Gilchrist, Cha 10.9
Harrison Barnes, GS 9.1
Damian Lillard, Por 6.5
Alexey Shved, Min 4.7
Dion Waiters, Cle 3.2
Pablo Prigioni, NYK 2.8
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Staff members of Ashley Manor have been bringing in their pennies to help in our campaign for "Pennies for Pets". Residents of Ashley are enjoying the rolling....all for a good cause..... "our love for the animals". This money will be given to the Boonville Animal Shelter.
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