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Fallen Angel
do... not... blink...
Like this
wow. that's a powerful image. where is that?
Reminds me of some cover from a nightwish album...
<3 <3 <3
Don't blink! It's a Weeping Angel!
This statue is beautiful! where is it exactly?
Ein schöne Statue eines gefallen Engels!
that is awesome where is it at?
this looks like the cover from a nightwish album O_O COOL
it looks like a weeping angel from doctor who...
kinda creepy
Phenomenal sculpture.
I love that
i want to go to see this is person powerful staute. the expression looks sorrowful and teary T-T
Love this!
this is a beautiful photograph!!
this type of monument is called a Weeping Angel.......it is an angel that weeps the death of the person buried in the cemetery.
this type of monument is called a Weeping Angel.......it is an angel that weeps the death of the person buried in the cemetery.
it`s so sad
hi, can you tell me where is this? what cemetary?
I think it's in a cemetary in Rome... I saw a picture of it from a different angle on a different website
Looks like the same angel on Nightwish album Once
This may sound morbid, but when my time comes to pass I would like an angel such as this in the front of my tomb.
i know what you mean and me too actually
it would be quite...whats the word?
same , i love it
I feel the same, i was stunned when i saw this! "wow! that's exactly what i want!"
I feel the same!
This is the angel of grief? Uh...no...but it looks like the angel of grief of Rome! I love that!
De szé!! Nem is tudtam, hogy nálunk is van ilyen.


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December 12, 2010
Balancing the Budget - Michigan Could Blaze the Trail
My very good friend Chuck Eglinton, who's the founder of BidRobot.com and ChuckEgg.com, sent me a link to a story in the Detroit Free Press yesterday. It appears it might not be too hard to wipe out Michigan's $1.7B (billion) deficit.
I've talked about this in past posts of mine here at the Fire Pit. But my knife would cut far deeper. I'm still a proponent of a 35 percent pay and benefit cut to all Federal employees, except for anyone in uniform. After all, those in the military are why I'm allowed to write these words and you're able to read them.
Chuck sent me the link to the Detroit Free Press story at the end of a conversation we were having about my Dream Act post from two days ago.
When we first started talking, Chuck commented that he understands why some politicians want to have illegal aliens pay taxes to help fund the entitlements for the aging USA population. Chuck is in favor of giving productive illegal aliens a fast track to become Americans by attending college or serving in the military, as was suggested by the "Dream Act," but he isn't necessarily in favor of allowing non-productive illegal aliens participate in entitlements that they don't deserve.
Our discussion was centered around some facts in a book by Harry Dent called
The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Debt Crisis of 2010 - 2012. These facts are not new, it's just that most politicians up until now have buried their heads in the sand about the aging US population. They don't want to pay the toll at the voting booth each November.
The bottom line is that if the current entitlement programs, as well as that horrid Health Care Bill signed into law in March of 2010, continue in their current form, the cost to pay for them will be on the shoulders of a smaller group of working Americans.
Chuck commented that as the US population ages, the older folk won't be paying as much in taxes, but they'll likely still need infrastructure to survive. In the history of the world, it's always been the new young workers who pay taxes. They're the ones that typically create innovation and drive the economy.
He further stated that retirement is a ponzi scheme, and with our declining birth rate we need young people from somewhere to shore up the Madoff Madness we now have.
Chuck and I talked about what happens in the real world when expenses start to get bigger than income. In most instances, people cut back on spending except for the bare necessities to survive.
We're at that point here now in the USA. We're in the survival mode and don't try to fool yourself.
Of course I bristled at Chuck's position to have the illegal aliens help pay for our sins. If I remember correctly, they wouldn't be illegal, as Chuck would like to see some sort of amnesty as proposed in the Dream Act. It's important to note that Chuck had yet to bring up to me what Mike Bishop was proposing in Michigan.
Here's what I said in the call. I propose a three-pronged attack to solve the looming entitlement crisis, as well as much of our deficit woes. Have I got the hard numbers to ensure it will work? No, but by gosh if Michigan can do it, we can go a long way to solving our financial issues by manning up to them. Here's my rough outline:
Step 1. Repeal the monster Health Care Bill and deliver the bad news to USA citizens that Chris Christie's been doing in New Jersey. We're going to have to make significant changes to Social Security and Medicare. The bottom line is that many US citizens are going to have to get fewer benefits and work much longer.
Step 2. STOP crazy spending on crazy pork-barrel projects. Just as in real life when time gets tough you don't go out to eat, you don't go on the expensive vacations, etc. We need to STOP spending money on all things that are NOT essential until such time as we get the debt paid way down and the economy running on 12 cylinders.
Step 3. Initiate my pay cuts to government employees. If they don't like it, they can resign and scratch out a living with the rest of us here in the private sector.
Do these three things and I guarantee you that we can balance the budget, or get darn close, like Michigan is going to do.
Let the Comments begin!
You Betcha, Tim - I'm with you all the way:)
I just can't beleive that the Republicians call this last budget/tax cut deal a good deal. This is bad for the country, our lawmakers need to vote for the country not their next election. The Chinese are going to call in their markers and we won't be able to pay them.
I for one am sick of the political mess we have in Washington and think we actually need to redo our government like it was when the founding fathers put it together - that is after the Whiskey Rebellion!
Dear Tim,
While I can understand your posits I am afraid from an economic analysts viewpoint, they amount to nothing more than an oversimplified approach to economic reality? One must have a very clear understanding of the rippling effects of every micro and macro economic policy, as and when applied to the general economy, before one confidently implements any changes! For instance your remark to "repeal the healthcare bill". While ideologically popular to a certain segment of the population (from which you can always rely upon support), unless you include a definitive plan for it's replacement, you are simply positing an ideological solution to an economic problem. Those ignorant of any real facts may well be your biggest supporters? This does not make it right! In other words you propose an unscientific response to a problem that requires intimate analysis and understanding. I cannot in fairness comment on "Pork barrel" items, as this appears to be a uniquely American political reality. But I again iterate that without a full analysis, change for changes sake becomes anarchy, does it not?
Again to unilaterally attack the general incomes of a segment of your own society, simply because they are employed by the "government" is also not supported by any factual evidence that this would produce either a satisfactory outcome, socially or economically? It simply amounts to a punishment dynamic because they are public servants? What do you base these tenets of your program of reform upon? To develop a change platform such as you are proposing, would require significant and substantive backup. Even if you chose to run for office? One can easily "parrot" punditry that is popular, as is the habit of our lesser media stars, but when one has to actually build the building one better know how to use a trowel! Don't you think?
Wish I had pay to be cut from! wright now The snow is coming down to hard to think around here and I am sure they will use this as we are broke we need more money! I say Impeachment is in order if he take another ride on air force one! Vacation in the united states mr pres!
Balancing the budget has got to be the priority in Congress, and I thought we sent that message in November. However,the Republicans have already become party to a Christmas wish list that was originally concerned only with continuing the present tax rates and getting the economy going again. If families cannot spend themselves into prosperity, how in the world does the federal government think it can do so? Maybe each of us should try printing our own money when we incur debts that we cannot pay? You all know where that would get us. I would like so badly to go to Washington, D.C. and kick some asses. What can they be thinking!!!?
Tim, you have it dead on. keep it up
Your idea to reduce fed workers' salaries by 35% is unrealistic and unfair. There are thousands of honest fed workers who do a tremendous job and put in an honest day's work; there are also thousands who are dead wood and it is those who need to be eliminated. Don't punish all because of many. The fed workforce can be reduced by no new hires and no replacing retirees. Also, thin the workforce by an immediate close look at those hired in the last 2 1/2 years before they reach civil service status at 3 years and those on temporary status. Gvt bosses can justify the need of any position--this must be done by private sector experienced efficiency experts who can track what each employee does and if/how essential the position.
COMMENT BY Tim Carter:
You may be new to the Fire Pit. Did you read this post of mine from November 20, 2010? It should help give you some perspective about my feelings concerning the pay level of Federal Employees.
If you need more information on the topic, just Google it. Try these keyword phrases in Google:
federal pay levels
federal pay raises
federal pay vs. private sector
It's very important you realize that the private sector completely carries all the water. You do know what that means don't you? In other words everyone working in the private sector pays both the wages, taxes AND the benefits of every Federal employee. They don't contribute one penny to the pot. It's the private sector's creation of profit that pays for all Federal employee costs.
If we in the private sector are suffering and have to cut back, it's only fair that the same thing happens to the Federal employees.
Be sure you do the math. See how the average pay of the Federal employee is so much higher than that of the private sector? I'd say it's time for some redistribution of wealth, don't you? Wink, wink. :->>> Meaning, let's have them give back to those who have less.
I have to believe John Maynard Keynes is laughing very hard at the perversions articulated as Keynesian economics today. All politicians and most of the talking-head economists fail to comprehend the timeframe of Keynes' perspective.
It is too long term to suit their political agenda or quelch the concerns and apprehensions of an impatient society. That said, both the first stimulus and the current proposal are Keynesian in nature, but very different in their impact on the economy.
Most of the first stimulus went to one of two places, directly to states to help them fill their deficits and allow them to perpetuate their spending. Solving nothing and only postponing the inevitable. The second was predominantly tax credits for business investment.
Last time I checked, the business community's level of capital spending has fallen off the cliff, while their cash levels have reached historic all-time highs. A bandaid on a broken leg and a flu shot for malaria.
We wonder why the economy continued to languish. While I hate the idea of adding to the debt, the current proposal has a much higher probability of stimulating job growth and growing the economy.
Less then 24 hours following the proposal, economists around the world were raising their estimates for US GDP growth for next year and beyond. Ballpark numbers were from two and one-half percent to three and one-half percent. One percent is a huge number, equally important it takes our economy from just above stall speed to a rate where we can pull back on the stick and climb.
Rather than making uneducated and emotional guesses on how to balance the budget I would think that we would want to discuss some hard numbers. The attached website gives a more educated view on the savings from modifying various programs.
Also, why no mention of the deficit commission in this post? There was much effort and research put into developing many very good (and tough) recommendations to reduce the deficit. My guess is that because Obama and Democrats were involved many in this blog are dismissing this commission. If this is the case then you are not really interested in fixing the problem. Please do not let your partisan hatred get in the way of searching for solutions to this important problem. Encourage your elected representatives to not follow the extreme partisanship in developing solutions to our problems either.
COMMENT BY Tim Carter:
I'm speaking for myself, and I guess many others, but I can tell you that your comment is not appreciated.
It's elitest and condescending. What gives you the authority to tell others here that their comments are uneducated? What makes you an expert on the topic?
Please shed some light on that if you don't mind. I can tell you that I'm keenly interested in knowing if you've ever owned and operated your own business. Give us the executive summary of your employment history so I/we can get a handle on the lens you look through.
And as for the emotional aspect, there's absolutely nothing wrong with emotion. It telegraphs to you how US citizens feel about the out-of-control spending that's happening. The emotion I see in the comments is pretty clear. People are upset at the current - and past groups of elected officials - about deficit spending.
Bottom Line: I'm asking you to be more respectful when you post here at my blog. If you continue to make broad-brushed statements as you did in this comment, you'll not be welcome here.
On a slightly different subject...when I heard they were going to extend the unemployment benefits, I thought of this. How about doing some local community service in exchange for the check? After two years of not working, these folks might forget what it is to work. Maybe a broom, or a shovel, or a paint brush, doing things for others in the neighborhood might help them remember what having a job is all about. Your thoughts???
Cutting 35% for the average federal worker could be somewhat extreme for the later years of their employment. Even for them a cut would be appropriate. I think reducing the government size by 35% would be better. Our overseas military needs to come home except in those countries that want to pay the full cost of the military there, something like US Mercenaries but taking orders from our own commanders, no one else. Don't like it then we are out of here. Sure could save a lot of money on defense. Entitlements are a big deal. If the left would stop destroying our family structure then our families could take care of their own. I see how the care is given to those in need by the government. To the government caregivers it is generally only a job but to a family it is love and responsibility. Don't forget about our churches who will give care and help to others because of God's love, not to solicit another vote. Religious Values of the founding of this nation was a glue that held us together. Obama and his cronies have no feel for that concept since Obama himself was not raised even close to American Values. And his act of worshiping God is almost perverse. He wants to transform this nation into something that has nothing to do with the Constitution. Maybe the contrast that he has provided will be enough to bring us back to GOD AND COUNTRY.
I don't believe this is the fix. Any student of the history of our country would quickly see that up to the early 1900's our country( government) operated primarily on tariffs. We need to get back to the idea of fair trade, if countries want to do business with the US, then there has to be a balance. I personally believe that most Americans DON'T have what it takes to get back to where we need to be, they like there comforts way too much, so instead of talking about it on a forum; ask yourself this, what am I personally doing to make a difference for me and my family, once you make that decision ask the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ( the only true GOD)for the wisdom and strength to persevere. Tim, thanks for all that you personally do for the sake of our country and the pursuit of happiness,
I suspect most will agree our country needs to slow the spiraling medical cost increases. We look to congress to "fix it"but we don't define the fundamental cause of the increases. I am not an expert but I do understand the Regulatory arm of our government-those in control of medical reimbursment-have tilted the doctor's compensation to specialists away from family practitioners. They are now becoming a dying breed. The money flows to the surgical procedures.
Who controls that? Likewise the medical insurance companies now have a virtual lock on Medicare payments. Congress continues to practice social engineering with new laws like Advantage Plans that create insurance shields that turn Medicare benefits over to the insurers for a free ride through the system. Solution: just turn back the clock about twenty years and you would have a smoothly working system that everyone understood that dare I say it---worked. Roon
Tim this is the last sentence of your step one (The bottom line is that many US citizens are going to have to get fewer benefits and work much longer.) I am disappointed that you suggest this.. I feel that one should be able to retire at 65 and not have to pay out as much as the Government demands now. Think about it, if one puts into the system for 48 years plus the employer matches those amounts it could add up to a tidy sum plus interest. Problem is the abuse and giveaway entitlement programs that have sucked the system dry. Why do they give our money to illegals who never put a dime into the system. Do we ever wonder why they cross the border to get here when we have so many American plants over there....
COMMENT BY Tim Carter:
My suggestion is harsh. The system was never set up to accommodate the longer life spans. When Social Security was implemented, guess what? The average life span was not what it is now.
Then there was the flood of baby boomers.
It's a ponzi scheme for a number of reasons. The worst thing is that past administrations and Congresses raided the massive annuity account and used the money for things not related to our retirements.
This tough love is happening in states like New Jersey where Chris Christie is delivering similar sobering news to the teachers unions. Past politicians made promises that just can't be kept. That's the bottom line.
I'm not happy about making the suggestion, but how do you think I feel? I've paid into the fund for the past 44 years. In the past few years the amount I've paid into the fund makes me want to cry. It's money I'll most likely never see.
You want the really bad news? I pay double what you pay - assuming you were not self-employed. Many people are unaware that folks like me that are self employed pay double what regular employees pay.
Now for the tough love. You, I and millions of others are to blame for this mess. The buck STOPS with us. Why? Because we're the BOSS of elected officials. Many of us, myself included, were asleep at the wheel while all of this was happening.
Now it's time to belly up to the bar and pay for our mistakes. How do you suggest we do it?
Social Security used to be family. The very young learned 'at the feet' of the grandparents and the working age adults did the heavy lifting. Everyody worked as a family doing what they could.
Propery was handed from generation to generation and your forefathers didn't bust their backs for nothing.
Now, it's 'Let the government take care of everybody' and family values fell by the wayside.
I don't have solutions, I'm not that smart. But I'm open to valid suggestions. Let us get back to the basics.
Cutting the salaries of government employees by 35% is not very realistic, Tim. How about just getting rid of all the Cheney/Bush/Rumsfelt privitization in the government, especially in the Department of Defense. The billions that were and continue to be wasted "building Burger Kings in Bagdad" and adding to the coffers of the Halliburton, Blackwater, and the other industrial parasites who have all built their wealth at all our expense. What is sadly true now is the reality that the Chinese are now involved in the Iraq oil production. Does this explain why Halliburton moved their corporate headquarters to Dubai a few years ago? Or, even better why Chinese investers bought a third of Chesapeake Energy, which is now drilling and exploring heavily here in South Texas? My point is that John's previous post about uneducated and emotional guesses is not condesending and elitist as you suggest,Tim. Bottom line is the power struggle to control the energy resouces of the world. What we now see is the beginning of the unfolding of the Cheney/Bush cabal of corporate wheeling and dealing at the expense of us all. But, one would believe by the double-standard concept it is quite all right to get into cahoots with bonafide Chinese Communists, as long as it is generated by that "great patriot" Dick Cheney.
I think starting with cutting back on spending everywhere is not too simplistic. Everywhere spending can be cut, no matter how small, is good for Americans and our Country. I agree with you, Tim, we need to start cutting.
My husband is facing the reality that he will work longer until retirement. We spend less money now, and where we can find places to cut we cut.
I saw a comment above about surgery costing a lot of money, and lots of money beng made. That money is not being made by the surgeons. Quite a few years ago, surgeons had pay cuts of 25-35%. They usually make less than a family doctor these days,and they are the low guys on the salary totem poll in general surgery, even with more years required for surgical training. Because of federal laws, surgeons charge for a package plan for surgery which is supposed to cover the pre-and post operative care. A few years ago, my husband and I were surprised when we took our son to a podiatrist, because the bill was more than my husband charged to take out an appendix on someone! Dentists frequently make much more than a surgeon! So, who gets the money, is indeed a good question! Remember, also, most doctors work on set salaries,and are paid by either hospitals or corporations. So, who does get the money?
Getting back to the main point of cutting the excess, it does "Fry" me that illegal aliens from many different countries come in and abuse our system,do not follow the rules, disrespect America, and partake of free healthcare which is not free to Americans, and then we are talking about giving them more.
Our American children need college educations, not illegal aliens. The days of entitlement, I will vote for being over. I remember one young man being told last year by folks who had grant money that if he was black or Mexican, there were grants to give him to help him get through college. What happened?! I do see a lot of Americans who are hard working and deserving who can't get a break, others who break our U.S. laws are getting the breaks and perks. Something's wrong here! That upsets me.
So, we want to help our country financially? 1.Then we cut our spending, and make sure that
2. Congress cuts spending, (nothing is sacred!, all on the table!)
3. Stop giving free healthcare, and entitlements to illegal aliens, and secure our borders.
Thank you!
My appologies for the comment "uneducated". I certain did not mean it to mean that the people here are not educated and as I was rethinking the comment (prior to you calling me out on it) I realized it is not what I meant to portray. Maybe my comment should have been "unreasearch" but either way "uneducated" was wrong and not what I meant to imply.
My reason for the link was to give people an idea of the hard numbers in the budget and how much an effect their ideas would have on the budget. I am pasionate about getting this out of control spending fixed and I just don't see how to do it without knowing the numbers.
I manage (but do not own) a business and am responsible for many budget type decisions. I never make decisions without knowing the hard numbers or without doing my research. I do have to also consider the human aspects of those decisions as well. My I-pod is full of business type podcasts which I listen to on the way to work, the way home from work while doing yard work and other periods of free time. I have an engineering degree in chemical engineering.
Let me retiorate I am pasionate about the budget not only in the USA but here in my State of California. I am disgusted by the gridlock and incompetence in State and and National government. I am amazed that we are on the verge of adding almost $900 billion to the deficit (fact) to get tax breaks for the people making over $250,000 and people having estates greater than $3.5 million(my opinion).
I try to be measured in this forum but my passion, like yours, does bubble out sometimes. Thank you for calling me on it this time. I will try to be more diplimatic in the future.
Many of our overseas military bases are supported by the local government. They pay for the locals who work on base and for most of the new construction that goes on. Our presence overseas is vital to American interests.
My cure:
1. Lets not give anything to illegals who have not paid into that system.
2. Welfare should not pay more than minimum wage. When Habib gets his job at 7-11 no one offers to pay him more based on how many kids he has. Welfare should be the same. I'd like to see it go away completely, but that's not going to happen.
3. No member of any government at any level gets retirement unless they serve for 20 years, just like the military. If they can't last for 20 years then they aren't listening to their people.
4. We probably need to move military (and government) retirements back at least 10 years to 30 years of service.
5. Close the borders! Stop the freeloaders and criminals.
It's easy to propose a cut in someone else's pay or benefits without understanding the details, isn't it? Your proposal to cut Federal salaries and benefits by 35% across the board demonstrates a shameful level of ignorance. Government employees are not all of one caliber any more than those in the private sector. You believe the nonsense about the average government employee being paid some 35% more than the average worker in the private sector. This is meaningless because the private sector includes many more minimum wage earners who flip hamburgers, deliver newspapers, etc., that have no equivalent in government. If you compare equivalent jobs in the government and in the private sector, a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Office of Personnel Management showed that, on average, the Federal employee was paid 45% LESS than the private sector equivalent.
COMMENT BY Tim Carter:
With all due respect, I have to ask if you have a skin in this game. Are you a government employee?
Have you done a search on Google with this keyword phrase:
government pay vs private sector
If you did, and looked at many of the results, you'd have found this:
Note the fourth paragraph in the USA Today story. Ouch about the benefits!
Then this one:
Wow! 44 percent more in salary and 69 percent greater benefits. That article goes on to show a different group says government employees are undercompensated. I say that numbers don't lie.
Then here's something from the Cato Institute:
Yeouch! Check out the graph and the numbers on page one of that. It's pretty sobering.
Should I keep going? There are many, many more articles that drive home my point.
My proposal is harsh only because the current government pay level is artificially high. It's like the housing bubble - it's NOT sustainable. And as I've said in other posts here at the Fire Pit, government employees are not contributors to the GDP. Every cost associated with a government employee is paid for by the private sector. We here in the private sector have to earn all the money that pays for each government employee's salary and benefits. They contribute nothing.
A cut in pay will help to alleviate that problem and lessen the burden put on the private sector. Note that I never said layoffs or firings. If a government employee doesn't like the pay cut, they've got plenty of options. They can come over to the private sector and get a job or they can start their own business.
I have to tell you I love your last sentence. A government agency giving us a non-biased take on situation. The best analogy I can give at this hour is the day is the fox doing a security analysis of the hen house saying that all's secure.
The math is simple 2.1 million federal employees cost to taxpayers 447 billion. each employee cost on average $214,000. The federal pension system added $67 billion to the national debt, social security still has a surplus. althougth the gov't has spent it. Cutting salaries and departments only make sense. But stopping the flight of jobs overseas is the only way to truely bring our economy back!
i stand before you with an open handed suggestion (take it or not) to eliminate the contentious dialog regarding illegals, retirees, gov't employees, and people with more money than you think they should have, to take a really hard look at the Fair Tax. The consumption based tax (backed by $2 million research) will eliminate virtually all taxes & the I.R.S. as well as creating a tax net that captures all segments of our society thereby creating equality for all. This in addition to the above posters comment on fair trade might just be the best chance we have to reign in the feds, create jobs by bringing back corporations to the U.S., and help stop the contentious dialogue between us all. The biggest problem w/ the Fair Tax (Fairtax.org) is that this represents the biggest shift of power from the government to the people in history, effectively forcing the government to live within the budget and if they want to increase the tax, it could only be done by a majority vote of the people in a national referendum. This idea is currently being presented on the hill and is slowly gaining support from our legislators.
It used to be that working for the county meant that you couldn't make it on your own. It was a last ditch welfare job. That is a broad and unfair brush now, but without question, again, without question, government positions should never pay beyond comparable private sector work nor should the benefits exceed them either. And D*mnit, where is the FairTax? It is time to wipe out both democrats and republicans and have a Tea Party mentality majority! I dispise rino's more than democrats.
As my mind goes back to the late 70's I remember a giant sucking sound as our factory's started closing and moving, not only to Mexico but many
other foriegn countries. I pretty much knew then
that our tax base would come to the point of not
being able to support all of our perks. As our workers grew older,and technology changed more and more jobs were sent to china, india, and other countrys where cheap labor could be found.
The more jobs that left, the more regulations our leaders would come up with, making it practically impossible to produce anything here in America.
With all the regulations that presently exist I really don't know why anyone would try to start a business. I have talked to business owners here locally, most are operating on very little profit
Some of them never seem to get started because
they just don't feel that adhereing to all the regulations is worth it. I certainly can't blame them. My wife and I had a small craft shop and by the time we bought the insurance required and all that goes with it we could only stay open about a year. In short the Government is regulating businesses right out of business.
The safe food act is another regulation to look out for. It definitely will interfer with farm markets, roadside stands and the like. It's hard to say what's coming down the road. The EPA will creat some more havoc. It goes on and on.
The powers that be seem to have this uncanny power of going around congress. After we contend with all these regulatory entities we have people like Van Jones, Unions. G. Sorrus, and on and on.
Education is another point. I have nineteen Grandchildren, each and everyone are different. The oldest is a math and computor type guy, I have six that have there own bluegrass gospel band. Eleven are home schooled, the rest are in public school. I am here to tell you that there is a difference. One thing I do know is that it is impossible to put thirty students in one room and expect them all to excell at everything that is taught. Some are good with there hands, others are good at math, some are good at science. When the educations system starts to realize this, the better off we will be. When I went to school we were taught Mathmatics, science, biology, history, english. Anything else was left for college. Now in the public schools it seems thats where people like to push there agenda's. Like gay rights, sex education, and any other usless thing they can think of. I say all this to make a point. Are work force is dwindling fast, and unless we start to waking up China will own us.
Thank you Tim for all the work that you do for
the good of this great Country.


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Definition of snicker in English:
verb[no object]
1Give a smothered or half-suppressed laugh; snigger: he could imagine them snickering as he passed she is a woman they all love to snicker at
More example sentences
- For a good five minutes, we laughed, snickered, giggled, and chuckled our tension away.
- And, I snickered, laughed internally, and asked some veiled questions about his movie.
- They laughed and snickered with their yellow eyes glowing in the dark.
1.1(Of a horse) whinny: the horse flicked its ears and snickered with pleasure
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- Her snout split into an ear to ear grin and she snickered at him.
1A smothered laugh; a snigger: he could not evoke a snicker with his jokes
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- There were a few snickers as kids laughed at what everyone thought was a joke.
- Everyone tried not to laugh but the snickers were there.
- There was some scattered snickers and laughing around the room.
1.1A whinny.
snickeringly adverb
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- He is obsessed with what kids snickeringly refer to as 'potty humor,' and his movies reek of it.
- The profession that has been snickeringly compared to assorted plagues, now seems to be the target of one.
- She patiently and interestedly (if somewhat snickeringly) listens to Mark Twain's theorizing.
Late 17th century: imitative.
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Definición de Stakhanovite en inglés:
1A worker in the former Soviet Union who was exceptionally hardworking and productive.
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- Artworks created in the period of the revolutionary avant-garde - by the Suprematists Kasimir Malevich and Clement Redko, for example - are hung next to Stalinist kitsch, e.g., 'Stakhanovites on Stalin's Road' from Alexander Deineka.
- It recognized tens of thousands of women in retailing as labor heroes: exemplary workers, shock workers, and Stakhanovites.
- The shock worker campaign propagandists latched on to his achievement, and soon the shock workers became known as Stakhanovites.
1.1An exceptionally hardworking or zealous person.
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- Given the Stakhanovite imperative at work with the public display of the petition, how many students could conceivably have felt free to express a contrary view in any manner?
- The Scotland striker put in a Stakhanovite shift on Thursday night, working Dnipro's rearguard tirelessly and pulling defenders out of position to create openings for others.
- Moravcik's background gives him an appreciation of a Stakhanovite work ethic.
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- The authors' analysis suggests that Stakhanovism had no overall impact on economic development, for good or ill.
- The real appeal of Stakhanovism was clearly a material one, for exceptionally high wages and special privileges rewarded workers who exceeded the established production norms.
- Nevertheless, Stakhanovism emerged as a movement based on the virtues of working really hard for really long hours, in exchange for the satisfaction of doing so.
Stakhanovistsustantivo& adjetivo
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- The Stakhanovist textile workers get 500 rubles and more, the non-Stakhanovists, 150 rubles or less.
- Along with being the first Stakhanovist of tennis, he had the asset of the intelligent game-play of a mathematician.
- On top of it, the bureaucracy too accelerated the growth of a labor aristocracy by showering the Stakhanovists with gifts and privileges.
1930s: from the name of Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanov (1906–77), Russian coal miner.
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MILTON — Cub Scout Pack 155 is putting on a hunter's breakfast at the Emma Ramsey Center on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 7 - 11 am.
Everyone is invited to come out and show your support of our local Cub Pack. Breakfast will consist of eggs, bacon, pancakes, juice and coffee. The price will remain the same as it was last year - adults: $5 and children $3.
The scouts are excited to serve up breakfast to all our Milton townfolk.
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Job Description: This position resides in Engineering Undergraduate Student Affairs in the College of Engineering. Position is responsible for various college level undergraduate advising, graduate and undergraduate applications and support activities. The Director of Advising develops, coordinates, and evaluates Advising in the College of Engineering (COE). The Director supervises Associate and Assistant Directors in the COE and serves a collaborative role with department chairs in supervising departmental advisors. The Director of Advising leads a collaborative team of advisors that compose the Engineering Advising Council and establishes and maintains a clear mission for advisors in the College. The Director of Advising develops and implements a student-learning-outcome-based evaluation process to promote a positive environment of continuous enhancement of advising in the COE. The Director of Advising is active in national-level advising collaborations, including strong presence in the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) and will encourage COE advisors to likewise participate in conferences and meetings at the national level. The Director of Advising reports directly to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs in the COE. This Director of Advising should possess a Ph.D. in a relevant field with appropriate focus and experience in advising, or comparable background and experience. The Director of Advising must have at least five years of leadership experience in advising at the college level or other comparable level. The Director of Advising must have excellent interpersonal skills, organizational skills, attention to detail, effective oral and written communication skills, and public relations skills. The Director of Advising must be able to work with and encourage a diverse student population, and the Director must be effective in working with students one-on-one and in groups. The Director of Advising must be able to infuse positive transformation in COE by working with staff and faculty at the College and departmental levels, and the Director of Advising must work well with internal and external partners of diverse backgrounds. 40% College-level Responsibilities: The Director of Advising will work directly with COE advising staff to oversee all advising responsibilities within the mission of Undergraduate Student Affairs. Specific responsibilities in this area include the following: Leads, evaluates, and administers all aspects of advising in the College of Engineering Academic Advising Office. Directly supervises the Associate Director of Freshman Advising in her respective advising role. Provides a model for advisors in establishing an ethic of care in all activities related to the COE Academic Advising Office. Promotes an atmosphere of continuous improvement in the COE Academic Advising Office and encourages college advisors to pursue continuous professional development with an expectation of their serving as role models and a resource for all departmental-level advising staff. Responsible for supervising the advisement and counseling of all engineering freshmen, engineering students with the undecided engineering major, students of any major with deficit records, students who are not in good academic standing, and student participants in program partnerships with community colleges. Serves as a College petitions officer and leads the College petitions process. Leads COE advising team in development of effective communication methods with students and department advisors. Oversees development and maintenance of advising pages in the COE USA web site. Collaborates with COE coordinators of first-year, research, international, transfer student, K-12, and other programs to infuse a prominent role of effective advising as a retention tool. Leads and administers transfer student advising and admissions in the COE. Ensures quality and consistency of advising for Gator Engineering @ Santa Fe student participants. 30% Departmental-level Responsibilities: The Director of Advising will work directly with department level advising staff and faculty to address concerns specific to advising in the departments. The Director will develop strong working relationships with departmental advising personnel and chairs. Specific responsibilities in this area include the following: Works directly with department advising staff to monitor and assist in addressing their needs and performance in effective advising. Works directly and meets regularly with department faculty undergraduate coordinators and advisors. Develops and administers a certification and training program for faculty coordinators and advisors. Develops and administers best practices for faculty coordinators and advisors. Meets regularly with department chairs to report concerns specific to their departmentadvising. Works with department chair to resolve concerns. Provides recommendations for performance evaluation of department-level staff in the area of advising. 30% College- and University-wide Responsibilities: The Director of Advising will provide oversight and guidance in development of the overall mission of advising in COE, best practices of advising, and a habit of assessment and continuous improvement. Specific responsibilities in this area include the following: Encourages and models a student-centered advising model in COE that promotes positive and continued relationships with students and an ethic of care. Meets with potential engineering majors and their parents to provide them with information about the College of Engineering and the programs offered. Participates in EAC meetings as the COE representative and guides EAC officers and members in development and monitoring of College-level and department-level student learning and performance outcomes and assessment of effectiveness of these outcomes; establishment and documentation of best practices in advising; ensuring proper security of information and records under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other federal and state laws; development and implementation of a certification process for COE advisors; and building of community with common mission among the advisors throughout the College. Coordinates creation of a written operations manual that documents and standardizes College practices for advising. Participates in the UF Undergraduate Advising Council meetings and related activities. Ensures that COE is fully represented in university-level activities involving advising. Leads the planning, development, and administration of COE-specific programming in UF Preview. Garners participation of department advising faculty and staff in Preview. Develops effective communication tools to more accurately assist incoming students in terms of course placement. Advises and counsels incoming students during the summer Preview program and assists them in the selection of appropriate majors and development of suitable schedules. Serves as a liaison between the Engineering Undergraduate Student Affairs, departmental offices within COE, and other UF Colleges, Santa Fe College and other community colleges, and other entities as related to advising. Fosters a positive working relationship with internal and external partners. Provides on a regular basis a summary of the state of COE advising to the Dean of COE and all department chairs. Serves as director of the Engineering New Student Convocation in August. Assigns planning and implementation roles for all COE Academic Advising Office advisors. Coordinates participation of undergraduate coordinators and advisors. Assists Associate Dean of Undergraduate Student Affairs in developing the program. Serves as liaison with all participants, including the new students, musicians, platform party, etc. Trains student volunteers, marshals, etc. and runs the ceremony. Handles correspondence, telephone calls, and mail; schedules meetings as appropriate to the position. Responds to inquiries from enrolled and prospective students and the public concerning engineering academic programs, and provides appropriate answers to referrals. Establishes and maintains files of office correspondence, documents, reports, and other records.
Minimum Requirements: A Master's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and six years of appropriate experience; or a bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and eight years of appropriate experience.
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After two years of fighting doping charges, Lance Armstrong has decided to stop fighting, which means he could be stripped of his Tour de France titles. Armen Keteyian reports.
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Pressure Builds in Russia-Ukraine Pipeline Row
Russia raised the stakes Friday over its efforts to take control of Ukraine's gas-pipeline system, as it started diverting gas supplies to Europe away from the former Soviet republic. But Moscow has yet to play its most powerful card that could put an end to the saga about gas transit through Ukraine.
Ukraine said earlier Friday that Russia had almost halved gas-transit volumes through its pipeline system to Europe in recent days.
"This is only the beginning," a Gazprom spokesman said not long after, adding that lowering volumes was part of a move to redirect gas from Ukraine to the Nord Stream pipeline and through Belarus.
Russia — a major supplier of natural gas to Europe — relies strongly on Ukraine, through which Russian gas travels west to Europe. The two neighbors remain locked in talks over a new gas-supply contract; Kiev is pushing for cheaper gas in order to balance its budget, but in exchange for lower-priced gas, Moscow is aiming to gain control of Ukraine's pipeline system.
In a sign that tensions are building, the move to lower transit volumes comes after a Russian bank — which is 41%-owned by Gazprom — indicated it will provide a $2 billion loan to allow the Ukrainian gas-transit company to buy gas from Russia.
"I'm not sure if it is a case of carrot and stick," said Timothy Ash, an analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC in London.
Russia is also putting additional pressure on Ukraine by speeding up construction of the South Stream pipeline to carry Russian gas under the Black Sea to Europe.
However, as strains build, Moscow's could yet pull a rabbit out of its hat. "A gas-price discount is still Russia's main bargaining chip, as it looks to secure control of the pipelines," Mr. Ash said.
Kiev is trying desperately to secure cheaper gas from Moscow. The Ukrainian government refuses to increase gas prices for domestic consumers ahead of parliamentary elections in October, and it is keeping the state gas company afloat with repeated injections of capital from the state budget.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said recently that he hopes to reach a new gas deal with Russia in May.
Such a deal "would probably be part of an agreement that would give Gazprom a stake in or control over Ukraine's gas transmission system," said Andrew Neff, an analyst at IHS Global Insight.


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- Finding solutions to Bagrada bug control in the West
- Insecticide control
- Slow damage rate
- University of Arizona research on the Bagrada bug is now yielding answers to help farmers and pest control advisers better understand and control the pest.
- Bagrada bug adults and nymphs feed on young cole crop plants including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, brussel sprouts, kale, turnip, mustard, and radish.
- The insect's needle-like stylet mouthpart sucks the sap from leaves - essentially killing or maiming cotyledons and growing points.
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Bagrada bugs and a damaged broccoli seedling.
Insecticide control
"Research to date also suggests that heavy Bagrada bug infestation control with insecticides is the most economically viable option to protecting stands and preventing significant yield losses," Palumbo said.
This includes chemigation with pyrethroids, and using contact insecticides (pyrethroids, Lannate, Lorsban) once plants emerge and the irrigation pipe is pulled.
After stands are established and plant size increases up to the 3-4 leaf stage, or on growing transplants, PCAs may consider alternating to dinotefuron (Venom/Scorpion) to protect plants from Bagrada feeding. This neonicotinoid also provides knockdown of whitefly adults and nymphs.
Part of Palumbo's research strategy is to better understand the Bagrada bug's feeding behavior.
"The bottom line is the Bagrada bug in the feeding mode tears up the leaf tissue," Palumbo said.
Many stink bugs, including the Bagrada, use a 'lacerate and flush' feeding method. The stylet, about half the length of the insect's body, pierces the leaves and sucks out the juice.
In a laboratory tests, Palumbo placed a four-to-five-day-old broccoli cotyledon in a plastic tub and placed a single Bagrada bug on the leaf. Another plastic tub was placed on top to keep the insect from escaping. It was the perfect feeding opportunity for the hungry insect.
UA research specialist Marco Pena harnessed a microscope, video camera, and time-lapse photography to record the feeding activity. A UA-produced video features the process. Palumbo showed and narrated the video during his workshop presentation.
"The Bagrada bug finds a point in the leaf and then the stylet comes in and destroys the leaf cells on the top of the leaf surface," Palumbo said. "Look here," Palumbo shouted. "We suspect the insect is depositing salivary enzymes in the leaf - not a virus or a feeding toxin - to help break down the cellular tissue."
Initial feeding creates starburst-shaped lesions on the leaves and circular scorched areas as the plant cells die.
"This rapid feeding means the grower cannot afford to have the insect feed very long or else the plant will be stunted or killed," Palumbo said.
Pena's video was shot over a two-and-a-half-day period and was edited down to several minutes to showcase the feeding frenzy.
After the first one-half hour, the bug had tagged the first cotyledon. At six hours, the insect consumed a good portion of the cotyledon. At 12 hours, the cotyledons began to wilt. The first cotyledon was dead at 18 hours. The insect often fed from the bottom of the cotyledon leaf to the top side.
Next, the insect fed on the main terminal - the apical meristem – the plant part that, for example, produces a cauliflower or broccoli head.
"For growers, that's where the money is made or lost," Palumbo said.
At 60 hours (two and a half days), the plant was basically destroyed.
"Both cotyledons are essentially desiccated. The terminal is pretty messed up," Palumbo said. "This is why we see a lot of blind plants with no heads, particularly at the cotyledon stage for seedling plants at stand establishment. This illustrates how active this insect can be under ideal conditions."


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Statewide Junior College Success
In 2008 several of our area Junior College teams excelled on the state level, and made appearances on the national scene.
In the spring it was the East Central women's hoops team that made headlines. The Lady Warriors won the Region 23 tournament in March in impressive fashion, beating Holmes 67-62 in the tournament championship. E-C's season came to an end in the NJCAA national tournament.
In the summer it was the MCC Diamond Eagles making noise. Head coach Chris Rose and company won the MACJC Central Division title for the sixth year running, and then after losing their first game of the state tournament, the Eagles won four straight games to take their third state title in four years.
In the Fall another team from MCC carried the torch from East Mississippi into national competition. Alex George and the MCC Lady Eagle soccer team followed up their state championship in 2007 with a Region 23 title in 2008. MCC would go on to play in the district championship against Navarro College, and George went on to win coach of the year honors in Region 23.
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Not really.Special Forces - force multipliers; unconventional warfare experts as MikeLogics pointed out. Their job is to win over the local populace to the government's side and to organize/lead them against the enemies of the state. This is the reason why CAFGU organization was originally their domain (and remains so to a certain extent). Their arsenal is not limited to their weapons, but include their smiles and personality. (There's a reason why a lot of times they're the ones manning the exhibits during Philippine Army day)Based on the "A" in their acronym [SFRA], they have a thing about jumping out of aircraft that are working just fine.Scout Rangers - tip of the spear. COIN is about offering the choice between the carrot and the stick. The rangers are the stick. Whereas SF and SOT teams mingle with the population, Rangers avoid contact to keep the enemy guessing about their whereabouts. (This, according to Victor Corpuz, is the reason why Ranger-only operations don't work -- you need an SF/SOT component)Force Recon - vanguard of the MBLTs. The PMC reportedly doesn't really consider Force Recon an elite unit. Since PMC doctrine emphasizes combined arms tactics, all units are part of a whole and just have different jobs. Force Recon's job is harder than of other units since they're the ones who are supposed to find / make first contact with the enemy, and consequently fire the first shots.NAVSOG/SWAG - just add water. When you need an offensive punch from the sea, short of a full-scale amphib operation, these guys are it. (No idea if there are any doctrinal limits to how far in-land they can be used). Armed seaborne operations, such as underwater demolition and hostile-boat boarding are part of the menu.
There are goals and efforts for the Philippines to have the capability to defend itself against external aggression. It is not forgotten. We just have to prioritize. - Ruffy Biazon, former congressman of Muntinlupa City 2001-2011
Sir, how about the PNP SAF and the PNP SWAT?
it must be bad luck,even elevator and bldg floor had no 13...
i think SAF is the SWAT of our national police
so they're the one almost have the special armed group of PNP or something else?
SAF -- or Special Action Force is derived from the old PC-Ranger. The are national in scope and reports directly to their heirachy. They are specifically task for special operations -- such as counter insurgency, anti-smuggling (when they were attached with PASG), anti-terrorist. They have their own training and doctrine, armor and intellegence group.
They are also the GRP's unofficial anti-coup force, should some AFP units decide to go 1980's again.


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The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 3, Scene 5 Summary
- At the garter Inn, Falstaff orders Bardolph to "fetch" him a "quart of sack" (a.k.a. a lot of sweet wine) with a piece of toast in it.
- Hey, wine and toast: actually totally a thing, especially if you call the toast a "rusk" and think of it like a biscotti.
- Falstaff complains to anyone who will listen about being dumped in the Thames river with a bunch of nasty, stinky laundry.
- Mistress Quickly shows up just as Falstaff chugs two big cups of sack and orders another round of drinks.
- Bardolph wants to know if Falstaff wants eggs in his wine this time and Falstaff yells that, no, he doesn't want any chicken "sperms" in his drink.
- (1) Gross. (2) Biology, dude. We think you maybe slept through life sciences.
- Falstaff complains (again) about being dumped in the river by Mistress Page's servants.
- Mistress Quickly tries to defend Mistress Page by saying that the woman's servants mistook their "erection" from her.
- Haha LOL. Mistress Quickly is trying to say that the servants mistook their "directions" from Mistress Page but she ends up cracking a dirty joke without realizing what she's done. Mistress Quickly does this a lot. So much that we're not sure she's not doing it on purpose.
- Falstaff can't resist. He says, "So did I mine, to build upon a foolish woman's promise." (Translation: Falstaff regrets being sexually aroused by Mistress Page's promise to have an affair with him. Oh, that Falstaff.)
- Mistress Quickly says her friend feels really bad about the mix-up and wants Falstaff to come back to her house tomorrow between "eight and nine" when her husband's away.
- As Quickly exits the stage, Master Ford shows up at the Garter Inn disguised as "Brooke."
- Notice how people are always coming in and out of doors in this play? Just one more reason why so many audiences and literary critics compare the play to modern day TV sitcoms.
- "Brooke" sits down at the bar next to Falstaff and pretends to be Falstaff's BFF/newest drinking buddy.
- Falstaff tells "Brooke" about what happened to him earlier at the Ford house.
- "Brooke" (a.k.a. Ford) is livid but tries to keep a straight face.
- After Falstaff leaves, Brooke/Ford rages about how all wives inevitably cheat on their husbands. He vows to catch Falstaff at his house and declares that he'll be "horn-mad."
- Brain Snack: Ford isn't the only Shakespearean character who thinks all wives cheat. In As You Like It, Touchstone gives a big speech about cheating wives and a bunch of guys even sing a song about it.


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- Sew on all four sides. This is how the paper is really attached.
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When temperatures soar, no outdoor space provides quite the relief of one by the water. Rogue Valley gardeners are quite certain they will need that relief every summer, so it's no surprise they have created private oases. Some refuges are man-made playgrounds, others take advantage of nature's shading hands.
Ponds are a popular choice of Valley residents. This eponymous Shady Cove site is a dreamy place to spend a sleepy August afternoon. A small deck cantilevers over the pond's edge, while Adirondack chairs, table and umbrella beckon. Add a cool drink and a good book and it's the epitome of summer relaxation.
The little seating arrangement faces into a small planting bed, where color, shape and texture keep the short view interesting. The pond is surrounded by tall pines and firs with shade gardens and antiques as accompaniments.
No matter which way you turn the view is good. Poolside seating comes with the delicious possibility of a cool dip, to say nothing of a bit of spray from the waterslide. These homeowners have placed seating around the pool and added shaded seating alongside the home. Tropically-themed plantings are paired with the brick and concrete "tile" of pool deck.
A steep-slope home site presents problems"¦ and tremendous possibilities, as demonstrated by these creative Shady Cove homeowners. Fire and water set a dramatic stage for seating on this spectacular home's deck. A variety of seating choices sit poolside, with a table for dining set off to the left on the flagstone deck. The close view includes an eagle sculpture, with a river rock fireplace available when the temperature heads in the other direction.
Rocks and waterfalls cool us mentally and physically. The water sounds can be soothing, and any steeply terraced yard is a candidate for this treatment. Here a Medford couple created a water scene they can view from their covered deck and from the home's interior. Evening meals are a treat here no matter what the temperature.
What could be lovelier than a poolside gazebo? In this natural setting, the pool is meant to harmonize with the landscape, which is planted with native and landscape plants. A steep slope contributes a rock wall and a water slide, all in perfect view of the gazebo. The sheltering roof and comfortable cushioned seating makes this a perfect spot to while away the summer hours.
Whether you are sitting in this well situated spa, or just by it, you gain a view to the south of the Rogue Valley, with a thoroughly modern foreground. The right angles of the hardscape are a foil for lovely roses planted alongside the pool.
The view from the deck, located just above the spa, is equally gratifying. Because the pool is lit at night, it's equally attractive on hot summer nights.
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- Although veteran dairyman and university professor Bill McGee sold off his milking operation several years ago, he and family members continue to raise high quality Holstein cows for a north Mississippi dairy operation. At any given time, the McGee farm near Starkville, Miss., will have about 400 animals, ranging from young calves to two-year-old heifers.
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It was 3 a.m. on a Sunday in July and Bill McGee was awakened by "panicked bawling"of calves in the pasture near his house.
"I told my wife, Patsy, who'd been awakened too, that something must be spooking the calves. I figured it was coyotes; we hear them at night from time to time, but they've never bothered any of the cows.
"I grabbed my .20-gauge shotgun loaded with bird shot and went outside to see what was the matter."
The scene that greeted him was like something from a horror movie.
A tan pit bull was clamped down on the head of one of the three-month-old calves, and another pit bull was nearby.
"I fired my shotgun at the dog and it ran away," Bill says.
Surveying the damage in the immediate area, he found one heifer dead, one missing an ear, and others with chunks bitten out of their legs or rumps."
As bad as that was, McGee was to discover when daylight came that in another pasture three more heifers were dead and a half-dozen others were missing ears and tails, or had gaping wounds where the dogs had slashed them.
"It was just pitiful — blood everywhere, like a war zone," he says. "It was one of the most sickening sights I've seen in all my years in this business."
The following night, a family friend, Mark Murphy, patrolled the herd in case the dogs returned. About 10 p.m., four dogs came back and launched another attack. Murphy managed to shoot one, but the others ran away. And another heifer was dead.
"We lost six calves, weighing 200 lbs. to 400 lbs.," McGee says. "Those that were mangled have survived, but their usefulness may be limited."
While the nearby city of Starkville has a leash ordinance that is strictly enforced, there are no regulations governing stray dogs in the county.
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Mr. Robert Michael White, 60, a resident of Belington, departed this life Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Davis Memorial Hospital at Elkins.
He was born June 14, 1953, at Clarksburg, a son of the late John White Jr. and Martha Lou (Bates) McIntyre.
He was twice married, first to Debbie White; and second to Beverly White, both of whom survive in Belington.
Additional survivors include three sons, Mike Villipart of New Egypt, N.J., Shawn White of Clarksburg and Tim Moore of Fairmont; and one daughter, Shana Healey of Oakland, Md. Also surviving are three sisters, Connie Seech and husband, Jeff, of Belington, Linda Baumgardner and husband, Ralph, of Belington and Carol Smith of Elkins; stepsisters, Jeanie Findley of Hawaii, and Jackie McIntyre of Charleston; and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Sharon Everhart; and three brothers, Homer White, John White and David White.
Mr. White attended the schools at Allentown, N.J. He was a veteran of the United States Marines serving during the Vietnam era. Mr. White was a social member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Laurel Mountain Post 410 Belington and IBEW Union local 71. He was a former employee of Penn Line Service and Bruce Hardwoods. He was an avid NASCAR and football fan and enjoyed watching the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He was a Protestant by faith.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, and again Thursday from 8-11 a.m., the funeral hour when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Downing Gregory officiating. At the request of the deceased, his remains will be cremated.
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TUESDAY, March 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Here's one more ability that seems to decline with age: color sense. A new study finds that many people lose their ability to clearly distinguish certain colors as they age, with losses typically starting around age 70 and getting worse over time.
But there's good news too: In general, the loss of color vision in seniors doesn't seem to affect day-to-day life.
Still, the findings raise issues about whether assumptions about the lack of problems are true. "[The decline] is probably not detrimental in their lives in any way, but that's the next question: What are the practical implications of these findings?" said study lead author Marilyn Schneck, a scientist with the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, in San Francisco. "There's another question: What in the visual system is causing these changes?"
Researchers have long known that color vision can deteriorate as people get older, Schneck said. The lenses of their eyes can become yellowish, causing them to see as if they were looking through a yellow filter, she said. This can disrupt their so-called "blue-yellow" vision, preventing them in certain situations from distinguishing blue from purple and yellow from green and yellow-green. Problems are especially apparent when colors are washed out, Schneck said.
This is different from inherited colorblindness, which is more common among men and prevents people from distinguishing red from green.
In the new study, researchers sought to understand how common the color-vision problems are among older people. They gave tests to nearly 900 people aged 58 to 102 from the Northern California enclave of Marin County, leaving out anyone who had inherited colorblindness.
Color-vision problems in the blue-yellow spectrum affected 45 percent of people in their mid-70s, and that proportion rose to two-thirds by the time people reached their mid-90s. Few people had problems with the red-green spectrum.
Can these people restore their old color vision? Cataract surgery can make major difference because it replaces lenses in the eyes, clearing away the yellowish film, Schneck said. But, she said, the problems don't appear to be fixable with glasses.
As for causes, Schneck said they appear to be cataracts, retinal disease and normal aging, although she said more research is needed to better pinpoint what's going on.
Michael Crognale, director of cognitive and brain science with the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, cautioned that changes in color vision can be a sign of significant medical problems, such as diabetes.
"If you notice changes in your color vision, and it's happening rapidly, that should be a warning flag for you to get your blood sugar tested and see an ophthalmologist about whether you've got retinal damage," Crognale said.
As for preventing loss of color vision due to aging, forget it. That's the word from Stephen Dain, who studies color vision as a professor with the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. Deterioration of color vision is "as inevitable as death and taxes," he said.
The study appears in the March issue of the journal Optometry and Vision Science.
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Ashley Olsen and boyfriend Justin Bartha, double-dating with another couple at L.A.'s Sunset Tower Hotel's Tower Bar. The foursome took a table in the middle of the restaurant, but that certainly didn't deter Olsen from cozying up to her beau. The two sat next to each other, often holding hands and making plenty of eye contact. Over dinner, the petite starlet – who appeared to be in a great mood – sipped a martini and even fed Bartha bites of her organic roast chicken.
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in Beverly Hills as she left the Thibiant Spa. After a facial, the Heroes star was greeted by more than 30 photographers who had camped outside. Panettiere
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Definition of fantail in English:
1A fan-shaped tail or end.
Example sentences
- Camilla wore a Philip Treacy natural straw hat overlaid with ivory French lace and trimmed with a fantail of feathers.
- The skirt was hourglass shaped with a fantail train.
1.1chiefly North American The overhanging part of the stern of a boat, especially a warship: the skipper assigned me to duty on the fantail
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- They rigged up a rope ladder and hung it from the fantail and the liberty boat ran in under it.
- Although most fleet Kingfishers were catapulted from the fantails of battleships and cruisers, the Navy also tried mounting them on the stern of destroyers.
- Despite going to sea on a boat with no windows, no fantail, no helipad or even a hatch to allow in some tension-breaking fresh salt air, submariners are still sailors at heart.
2 (also fantail pigeon) A domestic pigeon of a broad-tailed variety.
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- A fantail pigeon will probably mate only if it catches the eye of the breeder; a wild pigeon will not mate unless it withstands the struggle for existence long enough to reach maturity.
- Lamarck's Philosophie zoologique mentions the great variety of animal and plant forms produced under human cultivation (Lamarck even anticipated Darwin in mentioning fantail pigeons!
- In that area were several bird houses crowded with gorgeous white fantail pigeons, who perched there or hopped down to walk around on the ground; a couple of Muscovy ducks; a sleepy dog.
3 (also fantail flycatcher) A flycatcher with a long tapering tail that is often fanned out, found mainly in SE Asia and Australasia.
- Genus Rhipidura, family Monarchidae: numerous species.
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- Along these roads are many walking tracks where native birds such as wood pigeons, bellbirds, weka and fantails can be seen and heard.
- As you walk you have a good chance of seeing some native birds - brown creepers, bellbirds, grey warblers and fantails.
- When you need to pause for breath look at the surrounding bush, listen to the birds and watch to see fantails, bellbirds, and native pigeons.
fan-tailed adjective
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- I have a 30L tank with one fan tailed gold fish two multicoloured fan tailed fish and one black fan tailed fish.
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September 24, 2002
Software Withdrawal: IBM WebSphere Voice Response for AIX, V2.3 Optional Features Replacement Available
Effective December 31, 2002, IBM will withdraw from marketing the programs listed in the Program Withdrawals section and licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA).
On or after December 31, 2002, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM or an IBM Authorized Distributor.
Replacement Product Information: WebSphere® Voice Response for AIX®, V3.1 (5724-C35).
For details on this replacement product, refer to Software Announcement 202-154 , dated June 25, 2002.
Customers are advised to migrate to this replacement product to take advantage of the IBM Passport Advantage Terms and Conditions.
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Selected AIX Platform System Program Orders (SPO):
AIX SPO Order Feature Description Number Number Telephony for the Deaf 5692-AIX 0937 (TDD) ISDN DMS 100 5692-AIX 0938 ISDN AT+T 5ESS/G3i 5692-AIX 0939 Support for Geotel 5692-AIX 0942 ADSI support 5692-AIX 0943
Selected DirectTalk® for AIX one-time charge (OTC) order numbers:
OTC Order Feature Description Number Number DTXA one trunk 5765-B81 0532 software support DTXA one trunk 5765-B81 0651 hardware migration ISDN DMS100 support 5765-B81 0171 ISDN AT+T 5ESS/G3i 5765-B81 0172 support ISDN one trunk support 5765-B81 0174 TDD support 5765-B81 0155 TDD 1 user 5765-B81 0190 Support for Geotel 5765-B81 0534 Geotel one server 5765-B81 0535 ADSI Support 5765-B81 0503 ADSI one trunk support 5765-B81 0504
Selected upgrades:
Upgrade from OTC V2.x OTC Feature to Feature Description Number V2.3 Number DTXA 1 trunk 5765-B81 0570 N/A support upgrade
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The following Media Supply Features are also withdrawn effective December 31, 2002:
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The following Universal Access (Corepoint) Maintenance and Support feature numbers (5648-C64) will also be withdrawn:
Program Feature Description Support Number Number CVR AIX TDD User Standard Support 5648-C64 1175 CVR AIX 1 trunk ISDN Standard Support 5648-C64 1153 CVR AIX 1 Chan SR 150 Standard Support 5648-C64 1171 CVR AIX 1 Chan SR 2000 Standard Support 5648-C64 1173 CVR AIX 1 Server Geotel Standard Support 5648-C64 1169 CVR AIX 1 Trunk ADSI Standard Support 5648-C64 1151 CVR AIX VCS ASR 8 Channel Disc Standard Support 5648-C64 1183 CVR AIX VCS ASR 4 Channel Standard Support 5648-C64 1179 CVR AIX VCS ASR 2 Channel Standard Support 5648-C64 1177 CVR AIX 1 Trunk DTXA Standard Support 5648-C64 1159 CVR AIX TDD User Extended Support 5648-C64 1176 CVR AIX 1 trunk ISDN Extended Support 5648-C64 1154 CVR AIX 1 Chan SR 150 Extended Support 5648-C64 1172 CVR AIX 1 Chan SR 2000 Extended Support 5648-C64 1174 CVR AIX 1 Server Geotel Extended Support 5648-C64 1170 CVR AIX 1 Trunk ADSI Extended Support 5648-C64 1152 CVR AIX VCS ASR Extended Support 5648-C64 1184 8 Channel Disc CVR AIX VCS ASR Extended Support 5648-C64 1180 4 Channel CVR AIX VCS ASR Extended Support 5648-C64 1178 2 Channel CVR AIX 1 Trunk DTXA Extended Support 5648-C64 1160
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Technical Support: The question submission function under IBMLink Ask Questions Support for these programs will be withdrawn by January 31, 2003. The IBMLink ServiceLink library of answered questions and other technical information for this program remains available.
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Definition of celerity in English:
noun[mass noun] archaic or literary
Swiftness of movement.
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- An individual's crime calculus is influenced by three factors: certainty, severity, and celerity of punishment.
- Nowhere does fear do its work with more celerity and less constraint than in the financial markets, which often flee even from their own shadows.
- Coerced abstinence reflects a shift in emphasis from the severity of potential sanctions for continued drug use to a focus on the certainty and celerity of consequences of use as the primary mechanism for changing offender behavior.
Late 15th century: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritas, from celer 'swift'.
Words that rhyme with celerityambidexterity, asperity, austerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, severity, sincerity, temerity, verity
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