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Scottsdale .7 miles to Salt River Fields
The NEW Courtyard Scottsdale Salt River is the perfect home away from home during the Rockies Spring Training Season! Located just 2.3 miles from the Salt River Fields, home of the Colorado Rockies. Take advantage of the complimentary shuttle within a 3.5 mile radius, allowing easy access to the attractions of Salt River Fields, The Pavilions at Talking Stick, and Old Town Scottsdale. Spacious guest rooms are equipped with a microwave, mini refrigerator, and complimentary high speed internet. Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner at our Bistro restaurant, offering healthy options, or the choice to indulge! The Bistro also serves fresh Starbucks Coffee beverages available 24/7! You will sure to be enjoy your stay at the Courtyard Scottsdale Salt River with its unique decor inspired by the culture of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, outstanding service, and it's abundant amenities!
Scottsdale 1.6 miles to Salt River Field
Scottsdale, Arizona is located about 25 minutes from Phoenix, but this exciting desert burg is more than just a suburb. With its plentiful nightlife, artistic presence and tourist-friendly atmosphere, Scottsdale has been compared to Miami's South Beach only without the humidity or the ever-present ghost of Don Johnson's pastel wardrobe.
Hotel Indigo Scottsdale is located in the perpetually busy downtown area, but the hotel is anything but business as usual. From the front desk that sits on the second-floor to the panoramic views of nearby Camelback Mountain which can be enjoyed nightly to the gorgeous patio deck over the pool - there's always something new to discover. But, despite its modern and upbeat look, this hotel has its roots firmly planted in the ageless Arizona desert. Images of cactus flowers and red dunes are matched with the work of local artists, creating a unique theme to each floor that embraces the ever-present characteristics of the Southwest United States.
Hotel Indigo Scottsdale is an upscale boutique hotel located in trendy Old Town Scottsdale, within walking distance of the area's outstanding dining, entertainment, sports, spas, shopping and galleries. We're just minutes from world-class golfing, casinos, area attractions and stunning desert scenery. It's the perfect home base for your stay in Arizona. Escape from the ordinary. A welcome alternative to mainstream hotels, our downtown Scottsdale boutique hotel evokes an air of serenity and comfort. It's unique design intrigues the senses and satisfies your need for relaxation and renewal. Hotel Indigo is just 22 minutes from Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport (PHX), 4 minutes (1.0 Miles) from Scottsdale Stadium (San Francisco Giants Spring Training), and 12 minutes (5 Miles) from Salt River Fields (Colorado Rockies Spring Training).
Scottsdale 1.5 miles to Salt River Field
Chaparral Suites Scottsdale is an all-suite hotel offering value pricing with full-service amenities. Located in the heart of Scottsdale, we are situated among 15 acres of lush landscaping and within walking distance to great shopping, fine dining and championship golf. A vast array of entertainment and cultural activities are also in close proximity. In each of our 311 two-room suites you will find a spacious living room and bedroom, two TV's, refrigerator, microwave, coffee/tea maker, iron/ironing board, hair dryer, in-room safe, voice messaging and in-room movies. Signature complimentary amenities include a full cooked-to-order breakfast and evening reception daily, individual airport shuttle 6am to 10pm, in-room wired and wireless Internet and USA Today newspaper. Play tennis, swim in one of our two oversized pools, enjoy a whirlpool or workout in our fitness center! Relax for lunch or dinner in our 4th Floor Grille restaurant or watch your favorite sport in our Sports Bar on 10 state-of-the-art HD satellite TVs. Also on site are Concierge services, car rental desk, gift shop, business center and laundry services. Signature complimentary amenities include a full cooked-to-order breakfast and evening reception daily, individual airport shuttle 6am to 10pm.
Scottsdale .5 miles to Salt River Fields
A few minutes in the lap of luxury at the Pima Inn & Suites Scottsdale Arizona and the lines between needs and wants begin to blur. Our guest rooms have multiple features and amenities depending on which room you choose. The Pima offers rooms with 2 queen beds with exterior entrances, poolside, with 37" flat screen TV's. For those larger groups or extended stays we offer full one and two bed and bath rooms with full kitchenettes.
Of course, all of our rooms feature HBO, mini fridges, coffee maker, microwave in the room, hair dryer, iron and ironing board. We are also proud to offer Serta sleeper mattresses in all of our rooms to ensure a good night's rest. Bring your furry-friend along too. We are a pet friendly* Scottsdale hotel for details. Laundry units are available for guest use.
We are proud to serve you a deluxe continental breakfast every morning to start your day off right. Stay on top of your fitness regime with our onsite fitness center or take a dive into our beautiful Junior Olympic heated pool, whirl pool and for the little ones a wading pool. Our Pima Inn & Suites hotel in Scottsdale is the perfect place to relax after a long day of exploring!
Take a day trip shopping, hiking or biking. We offer complementary bicycles to ride at your leisure. Spend your day over our outdoor barbecue, hang out in the business center or soak in the beautiful mountain views. Heading out? Use our complementary shuttle, and when the day is all done relax at the Pima Inn & Suites.
Scottsdale 1.2 miles to Salt River Fields
The New Holiday Inn Express North Scottsdale is located in the heart of beautiful North Scottsdale, with its array of boutique shops, fabulous dining & night life, world class golf, spas, and entertainment venues for sports and culture events, museums, theaters, and concerts. Our rooms are either a king or 2 queen beds and include complimentary wireless Internet access and in-room refrigerators. We also offer other wonderful amenities we offer including: complimentary hot breakfast, business and fitness centers, a free van shuttle within 5 miles, a heated outdoor pool and spa, cable with HBO®, Pay-Per-View movies and games. We even offer pet friendly accommodations.
Take in everything that is the Valley of the Sun. We are only minutes away from WestWorld of Scottsdale, Central Phoenix, Taliesin West, Old Town Scottsdale, downtown Tempe and Arizona State University. The Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants have their Baseball Spring Training nearby. Visit the Botanical Garden or the Phoenix Zoo.
This Scottsdale AZ hotel is your choice for business or vacation travel. Our friendly and professional Holiday Inn Express staff is looking forward to serving your lodging needs and exceeding your expectations while you visit Scottsdale, Arizona.
Scottsdale - 15.5 miles to Salt River Fields
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa located in the heart of "New" North Scottsdale set against dramatic desert skies and native plants, ideal for a couple's escape, family fun, golfer's retreat or a spring training getaway. Revel in breathtaking views of the Sonoran desert and surrounding mountain ranges which grab you at every turn. Recharge with revitalizing spa treatments, Adventure water-park with a lazy river ride, waterslide, adult pool, golf, tennis and enjoy the popular Scottish bagpipes series at sunset, nightly in Dreamweaver's Canyon. Endless details and amenities capture the essence of Arizona for all to enjoy and encourage tranquility and a sense of rejuvenation. Kids and Teens Club offered 365 days a year. Discover outdoor plaza style shopping, dining and the energy of Kierland Common's located adjacent to the resort, including Scottsdale's nightlife, local attractions, sporting events, hiking, jeep tours and more. The resort is conveniently located just 20 miles from downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport and within 20 to 30 minutes from Spring Training stadiums.
Scottsdale - 12 miles to Salt River Fields
Known throughout the world as the "Jewel of the Desert," the Arizona Biltmore provides a restful oasis of 39 acres covered with lush gardens, glistening swimming pools, and Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced architecture. Set in the heart of Phoenix, the Arizona Biltmore has been a favorite of celebrities and U.S. presidents throughout its colorful history. Considered one of the most spectacular resorts in the world, the Biltmore features 739 guest accommodations, including 78 one- and two- bedroom villas, eight swimming pools, seven tennis courts, an 18-hole putting course, and a full-service European spa, salon, and Fitness Center. The adjacent Arizona Biltmore Country Club offers two 18-hole PGA golf courses, The Links and The Adobe. Fine and casual dining options are available at the Arizona Biltmore the "Jewel of the Desert".


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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia turned conventional basketball on its ear Saturday afternoon in a last-second 68-67 victory against previously unbeaten Virginia Tech at the Coliseum.
Aaric Murray and Kevin Noreen, both 6-foot-10 big men, each hit a pair of 3-pointers to keep the Mountaineers (4-3) close, then 6-1 point guard Juwan Staten beat Hokies' 6-7 forward Jarell Eddie on a lay-in with 5 seconds left with what proved to be the game-winner as the Mountaineers won their third straight game.
"It's not supposed to work like that, but we'll take it," said Noreen, who set career-highs in points (14), shot attempts (10), rebounds (12), and minutes played (33), plus made the first two 3-pointers of his career.
"That game was crazy from start to finish," added Staten, who finished with six points and two assists, a reflection of the numbers of a lot of the Mountaineers guards on Saturday, which is why the big men were so free to let them fly from downtown.
If the guards weren't making them, what chance did the big fellows have in the eyes of Hokies defenders, who were much busier worrying about what was going on in the paint?
Noreen's effort from beyond the arc (2 of 3) was a surprise and it wasn't. On one hand, only two players in the history of Minnesota High School basketball had ever made more 3s than he did during his prep days. On the other, during parts of three seasons of college basketball at WVU, he'd attempted exactly one.
The difference, WVU coach Bob Huggins was, basically Noreen finally attempted some.
"He'd never shot the ball," Huggins said. "He wants to win. He just felt like there were some other guys who should get the shots other than him. I hope this is something for Kev that he'll feel more comfortable stepping into shots."
As for Murray, what else was he going to do? The Hokies made it obvious they wanted to double the post and they were paying absolutely zero attention to anyone standing behind the arc who had made one 3-pointer or fewer all season (he was 1 of 3).
"They just left me standing out there so I said, 'hey, let me let it fly, you know?,' " Murray said
On his first one, he could have reloaded the Mountaineer mascot's muzzle loader before taking the shot. It looked as if he was preparing for a free throw. The next one was only slightly more contested. To boot, Keaton Miles, a 6-6 forward, hit one too.
"We're a team," Murray said. "If the bigs are having a bad day, the guards have our back. If the guards are having a bad day, we have their back."
Staten's winner aside, the Mountaineers received 29 points from a rotation of six guards the same number of points Murray and Noreen combined for. Those guards were a combined 9 of 30 from the field.
The Hokies went ahead prior to Staten's lay-in as Robert Brown banked in a 25-footer with 18 seconds left to put his team up 67-66.
Erick Green ultimately was off on a 17-footer with Staten in his face as the buzzer sounded, setting off a wild celebration from a sold-out crowd that was hoping to see just that the Mountaineers end an unbeaten run to start the season by their former Big East rivals.
In the first half, the Mountaineers ripped off 19 of 23 points during an eight-minute spurt that allowed them to turn an 11-8 deficit into a 30-24 lead at halftime.
Included in that run was a long-ball by Murray and six points, three rebounds and an assist by Noreen, who had eight rebounds at halftime.
Eron Harris joined Murray (15 points) and Noreen in double figures for the Mountaineers with 10 points.
Leading the way for Tech was Green with 23 points and Brown with 21.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Friday, April 5, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- "We've been fortunate enough to be busy since the day we opened the doors," said Darby Carpenter, general manager at Farmhaus Burgers in downtown Augusta.
It's been six weeks since his business opened, but they opened in plenty of time for one of the biggest weeks of the year.
"Masters Weeks is bigger for everyone in the restaurant business in Augusta," he said.
It may be a first Masters for his business but not for him.
"For years, there weren't any great restaurants in downtown Augusta, now we've got Frog Hollow, Farmhaus, we've got a lot of really great stuff downtown Augusta," he told News 12.
But restaurants all over can get a little congested.
"You can't even get in on Masters Week," said Gayle Garry, a resident of Augusta.
She knows how crazy it can get, so her group of friends are grabbing a drink and a bite to eat to celebrate the beginning of an Augusta tradition.
And a week like this can really be good for the city.
"I think it's great for the downtown area, I think it brings in business, it brings in celebrities, and it puts us on the map," she said.
More importantly, it puts first-timers like Farmhaus on the map.
"They're professionals at golf, we're professionals at our business," Carpenter said.
And he knows it's not just about the money.
"One of the most fun parts about Masters Week is you get to meet so many different people from everywhere in the world as they come to your restaurant," Carpenter said.
It's about the friends you meet.
"We're so new, we hope to make some long-lasting relationships with our friends from around the world," he said.


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You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now.
Click the Ok button to log in to your Netgear router.
Please visit our Default Netgear Router Passwords page if the username and password shown below did not work for you.
If you can't login to your router because you forgot your Netgear router username and password, use our How to Reset a Router Password guide to set your Netgear router back to its factory settings.
Click the Wireless Settings link near the left side of the page.
In the box called SSID put a name that you make up. You will need to remember this name because it will be used to connect to your wireless network. Do not make it obvious to guess, the network name should be difficult for your neighbors to guess. If you can not think of anything, simply use your first name.
In the box called Channel, pick a random channel number. Channels make it so that you and your neighbors can use your own wireless networks without interfering with each other. By picking a random channel you reduce the chance of your neighbor using the same channel as you.
Put a dot into the Enable Wireless Access Point radio button.
Turn off the option called Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID). This turns off the broadcast of your networks name making it more difficult for other people to find your network. You do not want to broadcast your networks name.
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|Stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access and is generally the best choice right now for most users. If your router supports WPA, and you are running Windows XP SP2, then this is most likely your best choice for security. WPA2 is generally not compatible with small, standalone devices like game consoles, MP3 players, phones, and cameras.
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|Stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. This is the old security method and should only be used if WPA is not available to you. WEP comes in different bit lenghts, usually 64 bit (sometimes called 40 bit) and 128 bit. Pick the largest number that you see. There is no reason to use a small bit lenght anymore. Shared Key means that you must share your key (password) with other users before they can use your network.
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Select WEP from the Wireless Security drop down box.
Select Open System from the Authentication drop down box.
Select 128 bit WEP from the Encryption Strength drop down box.
Put a dot into the WEP Key 1 radio button.
If you are using WPANow you need to make up a passphrase.
Your WPA key can be a plain text, human readable sentence. Make sure it is long, however, because recent hack attempts have exploited short WPA passphrases. Your WPA passphrase should be at least 30 letters long.
Onnce you have made up your passphrase, write it down somewhere. You will need it at each device that you are going to connect to your network.
If you are using WEPNow you need to make up your network key.
It doesn't matter what this key is, as long as it is random. A network key is a password that is 26 characters long, and made up of only the letters A,B,C,D,E,F and the numbers 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. If you are using 128 bit WEP, then your key must be exactly 26 characters long, and the more random it is, the better it is. Here is an example of a random 128 bit network key:
Onnce you have made up your key, write it down somewhere. You will need it at each device that you are going to connect to your network.
Now put the key you made up in the box called WEP Key 1.
When you're finished, click Apply near the bottom of the screen to save your changes.
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Start Date: May 01, 2012
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Experimental stains and previously released cultivars of switchgrass, big bluestem, indiangrass, and prairie cordgrass will be evaluated in replicated small plot sward trials at each location. The procedures used in the research will be similar to those described by Casler et al., 2007 (Crop Science 47:2249-2260). Specific protocols using best management practices and other experimental procedures and plans will be provided by the ARS cooperator. Separate trials will be planted for each species with the exception of prairie cordgrass, which will be included with another species. The trials will have 20 to 30 switchgrass entires, 10 to 20 big bluestem and indiangrass entries and about 5 prairie cordgrass entries. Year 1 will be the establishment year. Biomass yields, stands, and quality samples will be obtained in Year 2,3, and 4.for each set of trials.


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Should you bump into Interior Secretary Ken Salazar anytime soon, you might ask him about his future plans, his family's well-being, or even his hat. (How does he decide whether to wear black or white?) But whatever you do, don't mention wild horses. Colorado Springs Gazette reporter Dave Philipps found this out when he brought up BLM wild horse policy at an election day rally. After the informal interview, Salazar turned to Philipps and accused him of setting him up: "You do that to me again, and I'll punch you out, OK?" A wild horse advocacy group immediately sent out an alert, and the news went viral, to many a conservative blogger's glee. Salazar apologized to Philipps by phone and offered him a formal interview, which is all Philipps wanted in the first place. For the record, Salazar - who is typically mild-mannered to a fault - was wearing his white hat on the day he made the threat.
If you want to flush the crazies out of the woodwork, just hold an election. A woman in Gilbert, Ariz., ran over her husband with a car, leaving him in critical condition, because she believed his failure to vote caused Romney's loss. In a case of 2008 dejà vu, gun sales again went bonkers as soon as Obama was re-elected, "with weapons retailers reporting AK-47s flying off shelves 'like hotcakes,'" reports The Telegraph. And citizens of all 50 states filed petitions to secede from the Union.
Given all this, can it be a coincidence about the Ding-Dongs? The other Ding-Dongs, that is - the ones made by Hostess, which announced it would shut down just days after the election. Such news would be tragic at any time, but it caused extra anxiety in Colorado and Washington, where voters had just chosen to legalize marijuana. Foreseeing an epidemic of the munchies, entrepreneurs hungrily stockpiled Twinkies, planning to sell them at a steep profit later, perhaps on eBay. But now it appears that another company - Pabst Brewing, for example - will likely buy Hostess, including the Twinkies brand, and continue to make the creme-filled cakes.
Perhaps you saw the "Portlandia" episode where an animal-loving couple, upset about a dog tied up outside a chi-chi restaurant, searches for its owner, tries to feed it upscale goodies like mussels, then finally releases the dog, much to the owners' dismay. That's sort of what happened in Salt Lake City not long ago. Sort of. The Deseret News reports that Steve Wescott, from Washington, was walking cross-country with his goat, LeeRoy Brown, when he stopped at a bar in Salt Lake City to get dinner. He tied LeeRoy up outside because, presumably, goats aren't served at that establishment. When a concerned citizen called animal control officers, they hauled LeeRoy away. Wescott tried to avert the animal's arrest, but ultimately had to pay $50 to bail out his buddy. Maybe the officers had a premonition about the dangers of goats: Just a month later in Cache County, Utah, a goat, aptly named Voldemort, attacked a paperboy, head-butting him off his bike and chasing him up a tree, where he stayed for so long his parents reported him missing. According to various reports, Voldemort is a fainting goat - a breed whose muscles freeze up for 10 seconds when it panics - but that peculiar trait didn't prevent him from waging his one-goat campaign against invading paperboys.
It's hard not to say, "I told you so." When the state of Colorado deemed it legal to carry a concealed weapon on a college campus, University of Colorado officials had doubts about the idea. CU students - usually under the influence of alcohol or other substances - have been known to do some wild things, including: beating a raccoon to death with a machete, baseball bat and hockey stick; rioting for no apparent reason; and attacking fellow fraternity members from a motor scooter with bear spray. (That backfired; the spray blew back at them and caused them to crash.) Adding guns seems unnecessary, especially given the students' demonstrated ingenuity in finding other objects to gratify violent urges. When the courts overturned CU's gun ban, however, it had to let profs and students carry firearms, even in class. That, um, also backfired in November, when a college staffer accidentally shot a colleague while showing off her small, permitted .22 Magnum. The injury was minor, and the victim is reportedly fine. But the incident did reignite the debate over allowing concealed weapons on campus.
Jonathan Thompson is a senior editor at High Country News. Send tips of Western weirdness to Betsy Marston at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
5:00pm @ Trails West Branch
Teen readers discuss Akira, Volume 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo. Graphic Fiction Readers is a book group for teens that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Trails West branch library.
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Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.


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Monday February 18, 2013
Augusta, Ga--The RiverHawks hadn't played at on home ice in over a month, so the weekend should have been a welcome home party. Instead, it turned into an emotional roller coaster no one saw coming with the sudden death of captain Matt Auffrey's infant son.
Auffrey and his wife Whitney lost two-month-old Wyatt to sudden infant death syndrome, meaning there's no true reason for what happened. Auffrey and his family watched the RiverHawks win Friday night, and yesterday the captain played in Augusta's three-to-two loss. For Auffrey's team it was a new situation too, and they just wanted to be there for a friend.
"We were all just kind of crushed, ya know? It was just one of those things you never expect, and it just killed you I guess. It just tore you apart."
"The only way we're going to get through it is wrap our arms around him a little bit and show him some support and show Whitney some love and try to help them out and ease their pain."
The RiverHawks' patriot themed jerseys were auctioned off after last night's game. Most brought around 500-dollars. Auffrey's sold for three-thousand. The family is accepting donations to help in research of SIDS


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About the Book
In Leaving Everything Most Loved by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs investigates the murder of Indian immigrants in London.
The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation. The case becomes even more challenging when another Indian woman is murdered just hours before a scheduled interview. Meanwhile, unfinished business from a previous case becomes a distraction, as does a new development in Maisie's personal life.
Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivotal moment in this outstanding mystery series.
London, 1933. Two months after Usha Pramal's body is discovered in the waters of a city canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs for help. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, but evidence indicates they failed to conduct a full investigation.
Usha had been staying at an ayah's hostel, a refuge for Indian women. As Maisie learns, Usha was different from the hostel's other residents. But with this discovery comes new danger, as a fellow lodger who was close to Usha is found murdered.
As Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture, her investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case, and by a growing desire to see more of the world. At the same time, her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore.
Bringing a crucial chapter in the life and times of Maisie Dobbs to a close, Leaving Everything Most Loved marks a pivo-tal moment in this remarkable series.
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Critical Praise
"Delves deeply into [Maisy's] complicated relationships and hints at a compelling future." — Kirkus Reviews
"The cross-cultural theme adds another dimension to Winspear's London of 1933….This tenth Maisie Dobbs mystery continues the series' high quality, capturing a time and place and featuring a protagonist as compassionate as she is intuitive. A fine historical mystery with broad appeal." — Booklist
"Parting is such sweet sorrow….Winspear adroitly weaves a mystery involving tensions with race, class, and even love….Highly recommended for fans of strong women detectives." — Susan Moritz, Library Journal
"To remain connected to life's possibilities, one's mind must be open to change….It's a concept that Winspear explores with grace and generosity in Leaving Everything Most Loved." — Jay Strafford, Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Psychology and private investigation: an unlikely combination of professions, especially for a woman in the 1930s. And yet Maisie Dobbs does both, brilliantly." — Adam Woog, Seattle Times Book Review
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperLuxe
- On Sale: 03/26/2013
- Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 0.928 in (d)
- Pages: 464
- List Price: 26.99 USD
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MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Mount Washington have charged a man who officers say had an overnight cookout in a closed supermarket.
The manager of a ValuMarket said he found 57 empty whipped cream cans in the garbage when he arrived Monday morning.
WAVE-TV (http://bit.ly/15HQ8k7 ) in Louisville reported 30-year-old Trevor Runyon was charged after he was found in the ceiling of the store.
Surveillance video from the store showed Runyon cooked and ate six steaks, washed them down with beer and then topped off his meal with shrimp and birthday cake.
Police said Runyon slipped into the store and hid while employees closed it for the night.
Bullitt County Detention Center records show Runyon is from Shepherdsville. It wasn't clear whether he had an attorney.
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Game Update: vs Texas State and vs. Lamar
We lost. The end. No words can express how I felt about these games so there is no need to say anything more about it, except, if you came on Wednesday, thank you for the support!
Well this past week, a few of my teammates and I have decided to put together a singing group! Verne'qua Taylor (NeNe), Trish Amboree, Alisa Roberts (Lis), and I have decided to call ourselves: …Destiny's Child Part II. Each of us has talents that expand outside of basketball. We were practicing on our vocals one day after our Chemistry class, and we actually sound pretty good. We sang "Count on Me" by Whitney Houston ft. CeCe Winans. One day I'll post a video of us so you can be the judge, who knows, maybe one day we will be a YouTube overnight sensation and you all can say you knew us! Keep a look out for us in the upcoming weeks ;)
#Shoutout to my bestf DaDa, Radio Girl Hannah, and our Graduate Assistant Toya for their Women's Intramural Team 40-point win on Tuesday night in the Dugan Wellness Center. Also for their Co-ed Intramural Team's five-point victory Wednesday night. They are doing pretty good if you ask me! Congratulations!
So on Tuesday I watched the movie "Courageous." That movie was really powerful, it makes you be thankful for the things that you have and to not take what we have now for granted. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend everyone rent it on RedBox for $1.33! It is worth it! [Side Note: it's more of a spiritual movie than anything else]. Oh yea, and if you are a twilight fan… "Breaking Dawn Part I" is now available on blue ray and DVD. I have my copy!!! Lol. It is a good movie!
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Police officers are looking for a man accused of walking up to a car parked in a parking lot on Highland Avenue and shooting the driver.
Officers responded to a shooting around 9 p.m. Saturday in a parking lot near 308 Highland Avenue, Cammie Claggett Apartments.
When officers arrived on the scene, they noticed two black men inside a small vehicle, according to a statement from Spartanburg Public Safety.
The driver had a gunshot wound to his chest, left shoulder and one of his hands, according to the statement. The victim was conscious when police arrived and was transported by EMS to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, according to the statement. Police say the victim's wounds are serious, but the passenger was not hurt.
During the investigation, police learned the incident occurred inside the victim's vehicle while parked in the lot. The suspect walked up to the driver and demanded all of his belongings, according to the statement. The suspect fired at least one shot into the victim's vehicle, where he was sitting in the driver's seat, according to the statement.
Police say the suspect immediately left the scene running. He is described as a black male 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighing approximately 150 pounds, according to the statement. The suspect was wearing a stocking cap and a college style jersey, police say.
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EL SOBRANTE -- With wisdom and love, retired De Anza High teacher Karen Mason inspired thousands of students and community members with lessons that extended far beyond her classrooms before she died.
"She always wanted peace for everybody in the world," said her husband, Tom Mason, after his beloved wife of 44 years died on New Year's Eve. "She just wanted peace and happiness. That was her great thing."
As Mason faced her diagnosis of terminal cancer over the past year, she often connected with her family and friends, who included many former students. In recognition of her contributions to the school and community, the West Contra Costa school district last month named the De Anza High language arts building Mason Hall in her honor.
"To her, that meant everything in the world because De Anza was her life for so long," Tom Mason said. "I remember one young man walked over and looked at Karen, and he started crying. He said, 'Ms. Mason, I never had you as a student, but I want you to know that you saved my life because you allowed me into your room.' Nobody had a dry eye. It was amazing."
During a November interview in her home with her husband and two former students, Mason lovingly referred to the community where she lived since she was 9 years old as a duck pond, where her message to treat everyone with kindness rippled from one person to another. She reminisced about hosting foreign exchange students and got teary-eyed when talking with the Rotary Club about a medical mission to the Philippines, where children were so poor they savored individually wrapped candies by licking them, then re-wrapping them to save for later.
"I like to think the Lord gave me the gift of a loving heart, so that's what I can give back to the world," said Mason, who was 67. "I used to tell my students, 'You have choices every day. Are you going to look for your best attitude?' It's really not hard to step across the path to kindness. What everyone gives back is the great gift."
She was known to some as "Mother De Anza" because she attended the school nearly 50 years ago, taught there for 35 years and sent two sons to the school before retiring. She continued substitute teaching after retirement and created memory boxes from the previous De Anza High inside the recently rebuilt new school.
During Mason's career, hundreds of students gathered in her classroom at lunch or turned to her for guidance as she taught English, journalism, debate and drama, advised the Rotary Interact Club and took students on trips to Washington, D.C.
"For me, the art of communication is what's really important -- whether you're speaking or whether you're writing the language," Mason said. "Words are so precious. They're so irretrievable. Once you say them, you can't get them back. I like to think I covered the gamut of all the language arts."
But Mason's lessons extended far beyond the walls of her classroom and her words of wisdom often permeated students' lives. Many of her former students have become teachers, due in part to her inspiration.
Janet Headington, one of Mason's former students who later became a teacher in the West Contra Costa district, called her mentor and friend a heroic powerhouse who enthusiastically helped others overcome obstacles.
"You bolster confidence," Headington told Mason in November. "It's being selfless. It's empowering. You've catapulted kids into any domain they want to go and they always feel valued. You're the greatest decimator of apathy. You have to care. You don't allow people to just flat-line."
Justin Jones, whom Mason taught during a long-term substitute stint at Hercules High, told the petite, soft-spoken woman he appreciated her willingness to take the load off by doling out hugs if he was having a bad day.
"One of the greatest lessons you taught me was what I call fearless compassion," Jones said. "I learned that if you love people, there's nothing to be afraid of, as long as you have the right intentions. And, don't be afraid to stand up."
Anka Lee, 33, said Mason stood up for him and his classmates by taking them to school board meetings to air grievances and helping them to find their voices, as they got involved in political issues. When he first met Mason, Lee said he was unsure of his command over the English language, since he had immigrated from Hong Kong two years earlier.
"She really batted for all of us and that came through in so many ways," said Lee, who now works as director of the Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C., with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "Her room -- Room 5 -- was known as campus central. What Karen gave me was, 'You can do it.' "
Mark Bish, who helped organize the Mason Hall dedication ceremony, said her speech at the Dec. 14 event demonstrated passion for reaching out to others.
"What stood out to me the most was that you matter to somebody," he recalled. "Just go out and do good every day and whatever you have in you to give, give it back."
Mel Otten, a former student who later taught alongside Mason, said she walked the talk.
"She was so willing to give to pretty much anyone at any time," said Otten, who now lives in Arizona. "If you could declare anyone mayor of El Sobrante or queen of El Sobrante, it would be her."
Name: Karen Mason
Age: 67
Hometown: El Sobrante
Claim to fame: Known as "Mother De Anza," Mason attended De Anza High nearly 50 years ago, taught on the campus for 35 years and was honored last month when the West Contra Costa school district renamed the language arts building after her. Mason died Dec. 31 and is being recognized posthumously as a Hometown Hero for her contributions to the El Sobrante community, which also included volunteer efforts, activism and running a small business with her husband, Tom.
Quote: "I like to think the Lord gave me the gift of a loving heart, so that's what I can give back to the world. I used to tell my students, 'You have choices every day. Are you going to look for your best attitude?' It's really not hard to step across the path to kindness. What everyone gives back is the great gift."
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Who: Karen Mason
Born: Oct. 1, 1946, in Oakland
Died: Dec. 31 in El Sobrante
Services: Celebration of Karen Ewing Mason's life is at 11 a.m. Feb. 15 at El Sobrante United Methodist Church, 670 Appian Way in El Sobrante.
Donations: Donations may be made to De Anza High Rotary Interact Club scholarships at 5000 Valley View Road in Richmond or to Young Life of West Contra Costa County at P.O. Box 20822, El Sobrante, CA 94820.
Survivors: Husband Tom Mason of El Sobrante, son Brent Mason of El Sobrante, grandchildren Joey and Phoebe Mason of Vacaville, sister Ronna Eaton of Wheatland, brother Mark Ewing and sister-in-law Liz Ewing and nieces Tory, Callie and Hanna Ewing of Lake Tahoe.


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British naval explorer Capt. James Cook discovered the island in 1774. Its rugged coastline reminded him so much of Scotland that Cook named it New Caledonia in honor of his Scottish father. Both France and Britain settled the island-actually a group of islands including Loyalty Islands, Isle of Pines, Belep and a number of smaller islands-in the early 19th century. Today, New Caledonia is a self-governing territory of France.
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Today is Election Day and yesterday I received an email from Macy's touting their Election Day Sales event: http://bit.ly/cdPQOZ Macy's Election Day Sale??? Granted, focusing on more obscure holidays is one way to break through the clutter (and a tactic we employ ourselves here at ThinkingKap), but if you're going to do it, make it work! When I clicked through, NOTHING in the entire Macy's website tied back to the event theme other than the dates of the sale and the words, "election day sale."
Interestingly enough, there is a special section of the Macy's website called "Customers Top Rated" which is delineated by a 5-star rating system. Hmmm, isn't that the same as, "our customers VOTED these the best items?" Wouldn't tying the campaign theme in with this section provide Macy's with a unique way to make online shoppers aware of this section of the website and support the election theme of the direct email piece? Furthermore, couldn't Macy's offer special "Election Day" pricing on these items exclusively to enhance the sale of these "must have" items or encourage its readers to actively participate with their website by voting for their favorites?
As a marketer who started her career in promotions, I still believe a strong tie-in can do wonders to promote a product, service or brand, but lazy creative and lackluster execution will never deliver results. Yeah or nay?


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"Militant Islamism is a tiny social phenomenon. It has never had a viable social constituency; it's what I call an orphan. If we look at Islamism as a family, militant Islamism has always been an orphan rather than a major player."
"You need to ask yourself, 'How can I do something of significance that can influence the world?"
"This is the most dynamic era of scientific change in human history. Solutions developed today may not work five years from now. So we have to design government structures that are permanently evolving and permanently adaptable. The society that can best adapt to change is going to be healthier, more productive and safer."
"Baseball has so many moving parts to it, that it kind of reminds me of a science experiment in a lot of ways…. Certainly, an engineering mind can celebrate that."
"It's easy to dismiss people or not pay attention to them when you don't know anything about them. If you don't know them in any way, you don't have a stake in them. You have a stake in people that you know."
"I spent a whole lot of time avoiding pain and struggle, only to find transformation. I spent a whole lot of time looking for love, only to find that love was looking for me."
"I keep competing to spread the message that I was taught. But I can't do it alone. I need you, but I don't need your time or your money. I need you to challenge yourself to be the best you can be -- for yourself, your family, your friends, your company.... You have to ask yourself how good you want to be."
"We need to have digital education that brings the thought of right and wrong to this new age."
"The future does not belong to those who are afraid. Say that you will not allow fear to stop you from taking the actions you initially wanted to take, and that you will let others do the same."
"What we pay for a product often does not reflect the true value of that good. It doesn't reflect fair working conditions, it doesn't reflect environmental controls, and so ultimately, by not paying that, we are creating problems overseas and for ourselves. The working conditions in China are very much connected to all of us as consumers."
"There are no longer good guy networks and bad guy networks. We are all on the same grid."
"I think I can recommend chemistry as a career. If I had to do it over again, I would. I give it my highest compliments."
"I always tell people I'm a skeptic but not a cynic, because if you're a cynic, that means you've decided what you believe and you're done. But if you're a skeptic, you keep asking questions. It doesn't mean you always get the answers you want, but it means that your mind is always open to the possibility that the answer is there."
"Democracy is not about majorities. What makes America great is that we protect political minorities. What makes this country great is that there's a political minority that people have to listen to."
Commenting on the protagonist of his book Strength in What Remains, "Education was a great refuge for him. I think Columbia [University] saved his life. His mind came to rest, and he could see things from a distance, in Manichean terms of good and evil."
"I hope I've stirred the pot some, so that if you think about Race to the Top, if you think about the children in Delaware, you think about how you can create an educational system that is precisely the one you would want for your own children. Once we get a system that we insist on for all of our children, we will be where we need to go"
"The U.S. economy has proven itself over the years to be flexible and resilient as well as innovative and productive, qualities that enable it to rebound from serious economic shocks, and I am confident that, in a like manner, we will rebound from our current economic and financial challenges."
"We've known each other for 30 years, we've been friends an awfully long time. When we started doing PTI and the television sets would be on in the Washington Post newsroom, nobody even looked up because they were so used to us doing this, yelling and screaming at each other and making fun of one another for years and years and years, that they just assumed we were still in the building."
"The '80s were different, too, because they didn't want to hear from Latin actors. All they wanted Latin actors for was to be drug dealers, gangsters, murderers or janitors."
"Before we sang, we spoke; before we danced, we walked; before we wrote, we told stories; and before we told those stories, we lived. Such songs and dances allow us to speak to one another across generations. They also give us an understanding of our commonality."
"Having been brought up on the parental advice of 'just be yourself' is pretty useless because, if you wanted to be someone else, how would you go about it? The whole point is that this notion of an etiquette-free society had been taught to a generation, and they were not happy. Not only were they not getting what they wanted, they were outraged at the way other people were treating them."
"To manage to hold our own, we must become smarter, wiser and more knowledgeable about the rest of the world and understand the new ways we could play a useful, beneficial leadership role working with respected partners. We have historically been admired as a nation that could attract able people with our hopes and aspirations - an exporter of hope, not fear - has been who we have been, and it is ... who we must be again."
"I prefer to be Seth Meyers and sit behind a desk," in reference to serving as news anchor instead of playing characters in sketches on Saturday Night Live.
"There are 120 million children in the world who can't go to school, and 78 million of these children are female. I think that the top global priority is that every single child in the world should be able to go to school."
"In my view, if the United States does move on the issue of peace today rather than wait for later, it will do a lot in terms of improving the image that it has in the [Middle East.]"
Describing his business venture which morphed into PayPal: "The initial idea was to put all the information in one place, to make it easier to transfer securities and cash from one customer to another by their email addresses. What people really responded to was emailing money. Folks really took to that."
"Change is the way of the future, and while that will mean different things to different people, I think the one thing it means is that we can't keep doing what we have been doing and survive."
"We better understand that we are just part of a bigger whole and not divided by political labels or gender or race, but are stronger as a nation because of what binds us. Those differences are our heritage. Identities do matter and we can all be proud that we are here, together.We better understand that we are just part of a bigger whole and not divided by political labels or gender or race, but are stronger as a nation because of what binds us. Those differences are our heritage. Identities do matter and we can all be proud that we are here, together."
"What I advocate is that children learn at least three other languages. They need to start young, because it is almost impossible to learn languages after age 12."
"Natural factors such as solar activity and volcanic activity don't fully explain what has happened to temperature increases over the past 100 years or so. However, when we include inputs related to increases in the concentrations of greenhouse gases, what we get is almost a perfect fit between model predictions and actual observations."
"Electric cars can be fast, futuristic and fun. In President Taft's time, they were for ladies who didn't want to get their fingers dirty and for doctors who didn't want to be bothered with gasoline engines."
"Each of you has a unique combination of talents and experiences to offer the world. Don't be afraid to let them show."
"The media does play a role in socializing our culture, and in the American culture they show who is considered part of our culture and who is considered an outsider. In the media context, we need to consider how they determine who is part of our culture and how these roles are being processed."
"You want to see your culture and see your identity as an asset, and not as a liability."
The average American's water footprint is 1,800 gallons a day. Less than 10 percent of that comes out of the faucet. Water is embedded in everything we do. It takes 634 gallons of water to produce a hamburger and 2,900 to make a pair of jeans.
"Monetary policy should be contingent upon the state of the economy and how it evolves, not on the calendar."
"There's a lot of attention paid to the 2010 electorate, and the 2012 electorate is going to be fundamentally different than the 2010 electorate in many, many ways."
"If [solutions to the world's problems] were easy, they would've been solved before, and we have to be patient as the president wrestles his way through all of these. The one thing that I am absolutely sure of is that the world will continue to look to America for leadership. We will continue to be criticized, but also respected, treasured, but sometimes diminished.""
"I want you to know that I have been there and that if I can make it to network television, so can you -- just dream big."
"You are at a place in your lives where you can set the course for doing right, as well as doing well, for yourselves. Just ask yourself questions like, 'At what price do we strive to be successful?' 'At what cost do we want to be liked?' Your lives will be shaped by the answers you give to these questions as you make the choices to respond to the chances presented to you."
"I was a musician before I was a writer, so music is very important to me, When I am thinking about finding a person to direct a play I've written, I have to be happy with the music that they are going to use. It just wouldn't work without that."
"Because of the history that the University of Delaware and [the state of] Delaware have with respect to wind power, I expect that Delaware will be at the point of the spear in terms of making this new energy source a reality."
"The bus of opportunity may only stop once."
"I grew up in a generation believing very strongly and realistically in the possibility of peace. But if you asked young people today if they can foresee peace in the future, they would say 'no.' The reason is not that they don't want to believe, but that they have lost faith in the possibility of peace. Young people now are growing up knowing that their children may have to fight another war."
On becoming an actor: "First, you have to learn what you're doing and take lessons. Second, you need to prepare yourself. Third, you need to do the right thing and don't be a crazy nut job. And fourth, learn what you're doing, and you'll get an opportunity at some point. You just have to keep trying."
"We tend to come awake at a crisis, and when crisis is over, we don't do anything to prevent the next one. We need to have more transatlantic dialog and to talk about the things we are likely to face."
"There was something about that woman that I wanted to know about."
"Do your best and forget the rest. If you take short cuts, you will get cut short."
"As we saw on 9/11, the world is a small place now and the U.S. has no possibility of being isolated. So, as long as the world we live in is one where people can travel and interact internationally, then we have to care about our international reputation."
"We're ardently searching for evidence of life on our closest planet. I think it's coming, I really do. At some point, we"ll turn over a rock, and 'by gosh' there it is."
"Travel should change you, get you out of your comfort zone. When you travel, you realize there're exciting struggles going on that we would be clueless to if we didn't get out there and talk to these people."
"You guys all live in a world where there are a lot of expectations about what science is going to deliver to you, to deliver to us, the problems that science is going to solve. So you have to decide what problem it is that you care so passionately about and are so interested in and is so important that it's going to consume your life and your attention and your energy for some number of years."
" have found usually, when we first walk into a room, we have two views of people, 'us' and 'them.' When we ask people to write down the characteristics of 'us' and 'them,' and to share the list, people are amazed that the 'us' group shares the same characteristics of the 'them' group."
"We're seeing such a flood of money into politics, and it's really changed the way that campaigns, parties, outside groups, big corporations, labor unions, everyone approaches the political system."
"Any time I get a chance to talk about black history, it makes me shiver. It makes me tremble when I think about the level of excellence and courage, resilience and resistance, that long caravan of love."
"This is something you should learn about people in the sports industry, in whatever capacity they work. We like people that we like. We root for people we like because we actually know them."
"Your mind, like mine, is a muscle, and muscles need exercise... . Start today, and read one hour every day for the rest of your life. The best part is that the books are not assigned. You get to pick them."
"I think when we bear witness, it's not a passive act. It's an act of conscience and consciousness that I think does have consequence."
"If you want to do something, you should go after it because if you don't, you will always wonder what might've happened if you had."
"The work of the World Bank can't just be put in a neat little economic box [but it is aimed at supporting economic growth that is] inclusive and sustainable."


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Computer Arts cover contest
Category: Competitions, Design / Print, Design / Publishing, Magazines,
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Current student Holly Ovenden and graduate Josh Clarke have made it into the top 30 of Computer Arts cover contest! Well done guys.
Check out all the entries here


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SILVERTHORNE - Five Silverthorne Town Council hopefuls prioritized a downtown core, a diversified sales tax base and economic stability at a candidate forum Thursday night.
Approximately 25 people attended the panel discussion, during which incumbents Stuart Richardson, Bruce Butler and Ann-Marie Sandquist and newcomers Lisa Knobel and Derrick Fowler took questions on key issues for the town.
The five candidates will compete for four seats in the April 3 election. The top three winners will take four-year seats, while the fourth-highest vote getter will finish out the remainder of a Darrick Wade's term following his resignation last year.
The 90-minute forum gave the candidates an opportunity to make two-minute opening and closing statements and to answer questions from a moderator and constituents.
The contenders took questions on issues from town relations with the Colorado Department of Transportation to pedestrian access to their top priorities, but the development of a downtown core and economic stability were reoccurring themes for all of the candidates.
"We have the downtown core on the west side of Highway 9, which we're working on right now," incumbent Stuart Richardson said when asked about his top-three priorities for the town. "We've worked on it haphazardly in the past but it hasn't come to fruition. We need to get that going."
Following community and stakeholder meetings last year, a non-profit consultant identified the area around 4th Street and Hwy. 9 as a viable location for a future downtown core and produced a report on how to the town could support and grow that core.
All of the candidates listed the establishment of a downtown core among their top-three priorities at the forum and most also mentioned the importance of diversifying the sales tax base, growing and backing the town's business community and creating jobs with the end goal of increasing Silverthorne's economic stability.
"Helping our businesses thrive and grow I think is top on our list," Fowler said. "We're held hostage by sales tax revenue. It's kind of an ugly baby, but it's our baby and we need to embrace it."
Sandquist also listed the town's water portfolio at the top of her priority list while Knobel talked about the importance of keeping the town safe and reducing crime.
All three of the incumbents expressed support of the construction of the controversial Blue River Trail, and all five hopefuls came out against the idea of a real estate tax of any kind in Silverthorne, saying people didn't want it and that the town didn't need it.


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Sponsored by the Six District Educational Compact, the Festival takes place at Kent State University in May every year for 7th and 8th grade students from local schools. The 2016 Festival will be held on on May 5, 2016, with featured author Margaret Peterson Haddix. Students will get to meet the guest author and participate in sessions involving book cover art, drama, poetry, and various writing contests, all pertaining to the Festival Books. Students also have the opportunity to meet and interact with professional storyteller and author Kevin Cordi, and bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, who each lead workshop sessions during the Festival. See bottom of page for contact info and Festival details.
Ms. Haddix is the author of the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, Double Identity, Uprising, Because of Anya, Just Ella, Turnabout, and many other books. Visit her website for more information about her books and her life as a writer: haddixbooks.com
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Boehner, Obama Start to Agree: Limiting Tax Breaks
Through Post-Election Fog, a Fiscal Cliff Looms
Republican House Speaker John Boehner reiterated his openness to new limits on tax breaks as part of a broad budget deal, but challenged Democrats – including President Barack Obama – to take the next steps and lay out a specific package of proposals to avoid automatic end-of-year tax increases and spending cuts.
Mr. Boehner's comments came just a couple of hours before Mr. Obama was expected to make comments on the fiscal cliff.
"This is an opportunity for the president to lead," the Ohio Republican said at a brief news conference. "This is his moment to engage the Congress and work towards a solution that can pass both chambers."
Mr. Boehner's comments again underscored the potential importance of limits on tax breaks as an area where the two sides might agree. The speaker reiterated the GOP's opposition to letting tax rates go up on the wealthy, as Mr. Obama has proposed. Instead, Mr. Boehner suggested that limiting tax breaks while also lowering rates is the key to a deal.
"It's clear that there are a lot of special- interest loopholes in the tax code, both corporate and personal," Mr. Boehner said in response to a question. "It's also clear that there are all kinds of deductions, some of which make sense; others don't. And by lowering rates and cleaning up the tax code, we know that we're going to get more economic growth. It'll bring jobs back to America. It'll bring more revenue. We also know that if we clean up the code and make it simpler, the tax code will be more efficient. The current code only collects about 85 percent of what's due the government. And it's clear that if you have a simpler, cleaner, fairer tax code, that efficiency — the effectiveness and efficiency of the tax code increases exponentially."
Mr. Obama has several proposals in his 2013 budget that could become elements of a deal. He proposed a broad limit on the value of tax deductions and other tax breaks for the well-to-do. He also proposed to lift tax rates on investment income on incomes over $250,000 for couples, $200,000 for singles. He would reinstate old limits on some tax breaks for the well-to-do that were suspended by the Bush-era tax cuts. And he wants to impose a special minimum tax on the very high-income – those making more than $1 million a year.
But Mr. Obama might choose to design new limits as well.
A bipartisan group of senators also has been working on a package of changes that could serve as an immediate down payment on reducing the nation's deficits, and become the linchpin of an end-of-year deal.
Mr. Boehner's comments also suggest that GOP strategists suspect that Democrats are not yet united when it comes to addressing the nation's fiscal challenges. Republicans might want to wait and see what Democrats can actually pass through the Senate before they start negotiating in earnest.
Liberals are nervous about changes to entitlement programs such as Medicare that Republicans want as part of a deal. Some Democrats in the Senate also are uncomfortable with the basic tax rate increases that Mr. Obama wants on the wealthy, and might try to tweak them in various ways.
Mr. Boehner declined to specify which elements he might want in the "down payment" he says he is willing to make by year-end.
"I don't want to limit the options that would be available to me or limit the options that might be available to the White House," he said. "There are a lot of ways to get there, and I don't really want to preclude anyone who might have a good idea about how we move forward. But it's clear — it's clear that we've got to fix our broken tax system, and we've got to deal with our spending problem."
UPDATE: Mr. Obama's remarks around 1 p.m. likely cheered Republicans. Not once in his remarks did the president mention tax "rates" or the need to raise them. He did encourage the House to pass a Senate bill from last summer that would extend current tax rates for the middle class – a move that would deprive Republicans of leverage, and make scheduled rate increases on upper-income households much more likely to happen. The House already has rejected that measure. Otherwise, Mr. Obama said only that the "wealthiest Americans [should] pay a little more in taxes" as part of a bipartisan budget deal.
Mr. Boehner accepted the president's invitation to meet next week, and said in a statement that the Senate-passed bill won't solve the problem:
"The increased tax rates that would be allowed under the Senate-passed bill are part of the fiscal cliff that economists are warning us to avoid," he said. "Those increased tax rates will destroy jobs in America by hurting small businesses across the country."
He added that Republicans are "eager to get to work on an agreement that averts the entire fiscal cliff," and noted that the House has passed legislation extending all the current tax rates and setting up a procedure for budget overhauls next year.
"We look forward to joining the president next week and working to forge an agreement that will do the same," he said.
A video of Mr. Boehner's and President Obama's remarks is below:


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August 18, 2010
DOE Designates New National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Ocean Power Technologies' PowerBuoy could produce electricity from wave power off the Oregon coast.
DOE announced on August 3 that it has awarded $250,000 to the Center for Ocean Energy Technology at Florida Atlantic University to launch the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center. The newest national center for ocean energy research and development joins centers in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii that also test ocean energy technologies. The university's location near the Florida Straits and Gulf Stream, and its proximity to the ocean, allows the new center to research sustainable, renewable energy technologies capable of generating energy from ocean currents and ocean thermal energy. In addition, the research facility will collaborate with industry partners to investigate next-generation water power technologies. Researchers have already begun deploying ocean current observation systems to establish environmental baselines. The center will ultimately perform full-scale field testing of prototype devices. See the DOE Progress Alert, the Florida Atlantic University press release, and the DOE Wind and Water Power Program Web site.
Meanwhile, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) announced on August 4 that it had signed a settlement agreement with 11 federal and state agencies, as well as three non-government stakeholders, for a utility-scale wave power project in Reedsport, Oregon. The agreement supports the phased development of a 1.5-megawatt wave energy station in a way that protects the ocean as well as stakeholder interests, according to OPT. The station would deploy 10 PowerBuoy devices which move freely up and down with the rising and falling of waves. As a result, a power take-off uses mechanical strokes to drive an electrical generator. The power is transmitted ashore via an underwater power cable. The project is designed to transform wave power into enough renewable electricity to power some 1,000 homes. See the OPT press release.


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Liverpool Message Board
25% sell on fee for Carrol!
If this is true, Newcastle have taken the p!ss out of us more than any club has fleeced any other club.
Quite frankly Comolli should have his #$%$ removed for the profligacy of last year.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 May 23, 2013 20:28 Flag
I can understand a selling on fee when a young player who may very well increase in value, such as the deal we had for Ince with Blackburn, so we can get some of the appreciation on the player back. But did we really think that Carroll was going to go up in value so Newcastle deserved a little more? Credit to them for putting it in the deal (just good business) but shame on us for being taken for a ride if this is true.
Dear me, dear me. I can't actually believe that every ounce of sense went out the window with transfers last season. Watch out for whatever little add ons are in Downing's and Henderson's contracts next.
Without fail something new comes out about the complete and utter numpty level of management that we've had at the club for the last decade or more. It would have taken huge ratings as a reality TV programme.
It makes complete sense now for FSG to clean the slate completely and start afresh almost ignoring where we end up in the league.
I'm scared now. What else can there be. What other skeletons or time bombs lie in waiting? Take your guess I'd say. It seems anything is possible when it comes to mismanagement at Liverpool FC!


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No kidding. 8X? TDK? And what wiihacks guide told you to do that? Did you even follow the wiihacks guide for softmodding? Just curious.
New to the scene here
Just softmodded my wii
I installed the neogamma dvd reader thingie r9
i burnt the legend of zelda iso to a TDK 4.7 gb disc
at a speed of 8x on a Leopard Mac with the disk utilty
The disc just shows the iso file if you open it on the mac
When i put it in the wii and start neogamma frm the homebrew channel
it says "disc not a wii/gc game"
Pls help urgently
Yeah i did
but the only discs i could get my hands on were TDK
I live in South Africa and I asked my mom to head out and buy some discs
I followed mauifrogs letterbomb guide i think
I tried a slower speed didnt help
but if i could get my hands on a usb then it would work
but if u have a fix for discs pls help me
TDK = poor media, CMC MAG media ID in 99.9% of cases. You should use quality media (Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden) and burn at 2x or 4x. Do other backups work? Newer Wiis can't play backups via optical drive (DVD). You could perform a SysCheck as described here as a reply to this thread, if you'd like...
my wii is from 2008
so if i use better discs it should work?
Even though neogamma isnt recognising the discs as wii discs?
I have a verbatim disc here but it has Win7 on it and its only 2.38 gb even though on box says 4.7
tells me cant erase
anyway to bypass this
im on mac
is that fine
i have a 4gb flashdrive formatted to wbfs
anyway to reduce the size of wii iso
Last edited by nightstah; 04-02-2013 at 11:56 AM.
Wat do u mean?
Im simply giving feedback as i try things?
Oh.....ok sori
Didnt realise that
Is there anyway to reduce the size of wii iso
My copy of zelda skyward sword is really badly scratched
I made a copy of it a while ago but i dnt hav any means to play it besides the tdk discs and my 4gb flash
If anyone knows how to compress wii isos(ive tried scrubbing then zipping,didnt reduce size)
Pls tell me
Dat would be awesome