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Midland executives have publicly stated that Midland sues on approximately 2 per cent of the consumer accounts it purchases.
How does Midland collect?
According to Encore Capital Group's Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2010 :
"Generally we pursue collection activities on only a fraction of the accounts we purchase, through one or more of our collection channels."
Midland explains that it uses "proprietary analytics" (analytics are a "formula") to select these chosen few from the great unwashed.
Midland routinely performs "account reviews" and/or credit reports at or around the time Midland purchases the account.
Obviously, credit scores, numbers of defaulted accounts, evidence of current accounts, payments for cars and mortgages are easily obtained from consumer credit reports.
Midland attempts to dedicate its resources to collect accounts by scrubbing out accounts that are highly unlikely to pay.
According to Midland :
"We strive to use our financial resources judiciously and efficiently by not deploying resources on accounts where the prospects of collection are remote. For example, for accounts where we believe that the consumer is currently unemployed, overburdened by debt, incarcerated, or deceased, no collection method of any sort is assigned."
Before consumers get excited that Midland says it does not pursue consumers who Midland believes are "overburdened by debt", I suspect Midland's perception of "overburdened by debt" or "unable to pay" are dramatically different than the Florida consumers I have represented for over 20 years. Midland's report to the SEC sheds some light on Midland's criteria for discontinuing collection efforts because the consumer can't pay :
"Consumers who we believe are financially incapable of making any payments, or are facing extenuating circumstances or hardships that would prevent them from making payments are excluded from our collection process."
After scrubbing the uncollectable accounts, Midland usually commences a campaign of letter writing and calling that many Florida consumers are familiar with. Midland's collection results increase dramatically if Midland can "engage" the consumer on the telephone :
During 2010, we called approximately 8.6 million unique consumers, of which 1.8 million, or 21%, made contact with us. Similarly, during the same time period, we mailed 8.7 million consumers, of which 3% engaged with us.
"The majority of consumers we contact ignore our calls and our letters and we must then make the decision about whether to pursue collections through legal means."
Collection agencies really, really want to talk to consumers. Why? Collection agencies would have consumers believe it is so they can "help" the consumer "resolve" (i.e., pay) their debts. Actually, the collection agencies are fishing for information which they can use to supplement the information that some debt buyers obtain concerning real estate ownership, motor vehicle registration, and ability to pay other creditors as evidenced by the credit reports. (For example, a consumer who is able to pay $ 300 / month for a car to get to work is more likely to be able to pay the debt collector than a comparable person who isn't paying on a car or is delinquent in their payments.)
Some collection agencies place great weight in verifying a consumer's employment. Many of these collection agencies rely heavily on suing in order to obtain wage garnishments in order to collect.
So, consumers who, to use Midland's terminology — "engage" — with the collection agency (i.e., discuss their personal finances with the collection agency) are providing the collection agency with information that usually increases the odds that the collection agency will select their name for "special treatment" (i.e., to be sued.)
Besides, many people will just give in to robo-dialers and violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Most consumers are uninformed and are unlikely to sue.
Debt collector frequently subscribe to Webrecon or other "scrub" services so that they can avoid contacting consumers who have sued debt collectors. Although debt collectors often refer to these informed consumers as "litigious" or "litigation prone", what the debt collectors are actually saying is that they would rather not contact these consumers than train their debt collectors to comply withe the FDCPA. As a result, consumers who sue debt collectors tend to get the peace and quiet that other consumers only wish for.
The trick for collection agencies is to be able to get the consumer under the agency's control. As Midland explains :
"If a consumer's phone number proves inaccurate when an account manager calls an account, or if current contact information for a consumer is not available at the time of account purchase, then the account is automatically routed to our skip tracing process. We currently use a number of different skip tracing companies to provide phone numbers and addresses."
In the hands of many debt collectors, "skip tracing" can be legitimate but it is frequently abused.
Collection agencies frequently call relatives and friends under the ruse of obtaining "location information".
Some debt collectors call several of the consumer's neighbors and even leave illegal messages before they attempt to call the consumer. Debt collectors refer to this illegal collection practice as a "block party".
Midland and most other collection agencies will attempt to locate the consumer and will probably be able to do so. But, what if the consumer refuses to speak to Midland collection agency and does not answer Midland's letters either? According to Midland :
"We generally refer accounts for legal action where the consumer has not responded to our direct mail efforts or our calls and it appears the consumer is able, but unwilling, to pay its obligations."
This brings us back to the "analytics" that Midland mentioned. Each collection agency or their client use different criteria, formula, or "analytics", for deciding which accounts to sue on and which accounts to sell or otherwise discard from the deck of possible lawsuits. Thoughtful debt buyers have different criteria for each state because laws effecting potential recovery of judgments vary depending upon garnishment exemptions, personal property exemptions, and in states such as Florida, homestead exemptions from forced sale.
"When we decide to refer an account for legal action, we retain law firms that specialize in collection matters in the states where we intend to pursue collections. Prior to engaging a collection firm, we evaluate the firm's operations, financial condition, and experience, among other key criteria. We rely on the law firms' expertise with respect to applicable debt collection laws to evaluate the accounts we refer to them and to make the decision about whether or not to pursue collection litigation."
Even if Midland decides to sue a consumer who did not request that Midland validate (or verify) the account, the consumer often gets a second opportunity :
"The law firms we have hired may also attempt to communicate with the consumers in an attempt to collect their debts prior to initiating litigation. We pay the law firms a contingency fee based on amounts they collect on our behalf."
Given the allegations of collection lawsuit abuses by Midland, raised by Lori Swanson, the Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, consumers who receive letters from in-state attorneys should consider promptly sending a debt validation letter.
When the collection lawyers communicate with the consumer, the consumer should receive the validation notice in a letter within thirty days of the lawyer's initial communication with the consumer.
The consumer can then request that the collection lawyer obtain verification of the debt.
Again, what are the odds that Midland will sue a consumer?
According to Encore Capital Group (Midland's parent corporation) filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, Midland has approximately 8,600,000 consumer names in its data base. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson recently stated that Midland filed approximately 245,000 collection lawsuits nationwide during 2009. These numbers indicate that a consumer probably has approximately a 2.85 percent chance of being sued by Midland.
Consumers fear collection lawsuits more than the facts indicate they should. Many consumers overestimate the likelihood that they will be sued. Most consumers also greatly overestimate the odds that a debt buyer would prevail against an experienced consumer lawyer if they obtain representation from a lawyer.
Like most other risks, it the risk of litigation and the outcome of litigation should be managed based upon the individual consumer's situation (income, sources of income, assets, state exemptions, age of debt, stage of the collection process, etc.)
If you are reading article because Midland has filed a lawsuit against you, do not allow Midland (or any other debt buyer) to obtain a default judgment against you especially until you've consulted with a lawyer who practices law in your state and is experienced in defending consumer against collection lawsuits. In many states, including Florida, it is often more realistic than consumers assume for them to hire an experienced lawyer to defend their rights.
If you are a Florida resident who is receiving calls or letters from a collection agency including Midland Funding, Midland Collection, or on behalf of Encore Capital Group, you are welcome to contact me by completing the Collection Agency Harassment form in the right hand column of this page. If you are a Florida resident, you are also welcome to call my office and I will contact you to discuss your debt situation and how I may be able to help you.
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Northern Texas Traction Co.
Northern and Southern West Virginia Railroad.
Norton, J. A.
O.W. Gray & Son.
Oahu Railway.
Oda, Shintaro.
Ohio Southern Railroad.
Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail-Road Company.
Okelomski, F. A.
Old Colony Railroad Company.
Olmstead, S. R. (Samuel R.)
Onken's Lith.
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company.
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company.
Osborne, R. B. (Richard Boyce)
Ourand, Charles H.
P.S. Duval & Co.
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Pacific and Atlantic Railroad Company.
Palmer, W. R. (William R.), -1862.
Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909.
Parge, H. R.
Parke, John G.
Parker, Nathan H. (Nathan Howe)
Parrott, George B.
Parsons, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1844-1918?
Paterson and Dover Railroad.
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Pendelton's Lithography.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Phoenixville Cornwall Railroad.
Pinegrove Lancaster Railroad.
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Plymouth, Kankakee, and Pacific Railroad.
Poett, A.
Polley, J. F.
Poole Brothers.
Poole, Henry W. (Henry Ward), 1825-1890.
Poor, Henry V. (Henry Varnum), 1812-1905.
Pope, John, 1822-1892.
Port Royal Railroad.
Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company.
Potomac and Ohio Railway.
Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmont Railroad.
Poupard, James.
Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854.
Price, John, scripsit.
Putnam, Haldimand Sumner, 1836-1863.
Rabun Gap Railroad.
Railroad Commission of Texas.
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin.
Rand Avery Supply Co.
Rand McNally and Company.
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company.
Reed, A. J.
Regnier et Dourdet (Firm)
Rice, Graham L.
Richardson, Alfred M.
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company.
Richmond and Louisville Railroad.
Richmond, Van R.
Richter, Leopold.
Ridgway, Thomas S.
Rio Grande and Pecos Railway Co.
Ritchie & Dunnavant.
Ritter, Alfred H. (Alfred Hotchkiss), 1877-
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Robert, W. F.
Roberts, Solomon W. (Solomon White), 1811-1882.
Roberts, W. Milnor (William Milnor), 1810-1881.
Robertson & Seibert.
Robertson, Seibert & Shearman.
Rockford, Rock Island, and Saint Louis Railroad Company.
Roosevelt, Belle, 1892-1968.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Royal Land Company.
Ruggles, T. C.
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Asheboro, NC - Textile manufacturing may be a thing of the past in North Carolina, but the folks at Texas Jeans U.S.A. are trying to keep the American dream alive.
One of the last 100% made in the U.S.A. jean company resides in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Every pair of denim jeans uses only American based vendors. The denim is brought in from Georgia, the thread, and zippers come from North Carolina.
"When buying other companies jeans, don't be confused with assembled in the U.S.", says Texas Jeans employee Fred Womer. "Those companies are getting their denim from several different overseas factories, they bring them here and they throw their labels on them and they sell them as assembled in the U.S. A lot of people don't realize that they weren't made here."
The 186,000-square foot facility plant operates six days a week and employs nearly 300.
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As the lead up to the 2013 NBA draft nears the 11th hour, trade scenarios and rumors are swirling. One name that continues to surface is the Portland Trail Blazers' cornerstone and two-time All Star, LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldridge has publicly maintained his desire to stay in Portland, but in a draft that is generally considered weak, many teams seem intrigued by the idea of adding a proven veteran like Aldridge.
Some Blazers fans are open to the idea of trading Aldridge to get assets, and others believe Aldridge is still the cornerstone that the organization should build around. Here's a snapshot of what fans are saying about the Blazers' All-Star:
I think the bottom line is that he is a dang good player and sounds like a pretty decent guy too... he definitely fits in here... BUT, we can't rebuild fast enough around him at this point of his career so IF the right center/value becomes available, we can make the move and sign JJ as our 4. End of story.slowfire:
LA is a rotation player for sure, but this is the kind player teams need down the stretch. He is a huge win for teams with a complete roster, but needing to round out the long end of a game. With this in mind Portland could find and get someone but finding a man with 23 points a night is not what we will end up with, we will get a draft pick and an average player if it is done.ironicisntit:
I understand why Olshey is the right man for this job. You need something special to build a quality team in this market and Olshey has it: It's called empathy. I think players will come here to play for him. I hope he can put together a winner this year and i hope Aldridge is on it, because he is a consummate professional too.Yardbird:
The Blazers would be wise to move LMA now when he has peak value. I'd deal him and our two 2'nds in a heartbeat for Noah, although I doubt the Bulls would do that. Regardless, you move him for a center and then you target a replacement PF with the #10 pick and go from there. I'd like to see someone who plays like he means it. Aldridge is not that guy.vanportguy:
The Blazers are not going to trade Aldridge unless they can get a better player in return. No one has yet to come up with a team that needs a PF bad enough to trade another top tier player for him.
The Blazers are definitely not going to trade LA for two mediocre players or two draft picks in the worst draft crop in years.
What do you think the Blazers should do with LaMarcus Aldridge? Join the conversation in the Blazers Fan Forum and post your comments below.


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This major international conference develops debates 'on the uses of history for public purposes and the involvement of the public in the study and consumption of history' that began with conferences at the IHR in February 2006 and Swansea University in 2007. It offers a meeting ground for those in the higher education, museums, heritage, and commercial sectors, and members of the public.
Some 50 speakers from seven countries in three continents will explore the nature of the relationship between academic history, museums, the heritage sector, and popular culture; current issues in the investigation, preservation, and presentation of historic environments and museum collections; and the challenges that public history and 'knowledge transfer' pose for the professional practice of scholars, their scholarly values and ethics.
Disciplines represented include History, Architecture, History of Art, Archaeology, Museum Studies, Film Studies.


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Perfview Tutorial 6 - The Event Viewer Basics
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In the first tutorial we used the 'Run' command to caputure data while an executable ran. In tutorial 2-5 we learned how to use the StackViewer to do a CPU investigation. In this tutorial we learn more about a very different view called the EventViewer that allows you to look at ALL the data in each event that is logged in cronological order. This view is especially useful for finding 'when things happen' as well as see useful side information (like process command lines, and the version of all the DLLs in use). We show how to filter by event name, process, time range and event text as well as show to display only the columns that you are interested in.
It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable.
The next video is on applying the Event viewer to investigating an ASP.NET scenario. You may also be interested in the whole PerfView Tutorial Series, as well as performance related material at Vance Morrison's Performance Blog.
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Judge Shirley Fulton knows that it makes a powerful statement when you are a "first." As the first African-American woman to serve as Superior Court judge in Mecklenburg County — the largest judicial district in North Carolina — Fulton began to challenge preconceptions and set a precedent for courtroom professionalism when she was appointed in 1989.
When she steps up to the lectern as Mary Baldwin University's 169th Commencement speaker May 22, Fulton will address a graduating class brimming with firsts. Many will be the first in their family to graduate from college. Some are the first to earn a graduate degree. Several were the first to enroll in courses in criminal justice, American studies, or Renaissance studies at Mary Baldwin. One student in the crowd was the first to develop an undergraduate major in exercise science, and several others were the first to combine disciplines in innovative ways to study exactly what they intended.
"Through her life story, Judge Fulton has much to share with our graduates," said David Atchley, vice president for Institutional Advancement at Mary Baldwin. He met Fulton when she was planning the Charlotte School of Law and remains connected to her through a non-profit foundation she created to support law students and encourage community outreach.
Fulton presided over many high-profile civil and criminal cases during her 14-year tenure in the Superior Court of North Carolina, and she continued to practice law with the private firm Tin, Fulton, Walker, and Owen until 2009. She serves as president and CEO of the Law and Community Foundation and of Wadsworth Estate, a historic inn that she restored in Charlotte, where she resides.


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http://www.1000pictures.tv/ MARCO POLO: THE CHINA MYSTERY REVEALED Did Marco Polo Really Make the Journey to China? Was he the Worlds Greatest Overland Explorer or the Biggest Liar? Perhaps no land journey in human history is more famous than Marco Polos legendary 24-year trek across Asia. But was it all just a big lie? As described in his 1299 book, The Description of the World, the peripatetic Venetian merchant encountered such wonders as the singing sand dunes of Dunhuang, China, mountains of salt in present-day Afghanistan, and the glories of the Mongol court of Kublai Khan. Generations of Europeans were spellbound by Polos account, yet in recent years some scholars have questioned its authenticity. For an extensive three part series in National Geographic, veteran photographer Michael Yamashita put the famed Venetians reputation to the ultimate test using Polos own book as his travel guide for a journey in the celebrated explorers footsteps. Yamashita retraced Polos route across ten countries, from Venice through restricted areas in Iraq and war zones in Afghanistan, over the old Silk Road into China and back again by way of Southeast Asia and India. Along the way he encountered many landmarks and peoples documented in Polos book, deepening his conviction that Polos account is indeed authentic. Yamashita shares dazzling images and fascinating stories from his own journey to the East, while making a strong, personal case for the veracity of the reports of his 13th-century predecessor. Yamashitas search for Marco Polo led to this series of documentary films that first aired on the National Geographic Channel Asia. Three 30-minute episodes, shot on 16 mm film. Initial airing: March 2004, National Geographic Channel Asia. Asian TV Awards: Best Cinematography, Best Original Music Score


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KCPD: Missing woman with cerebral palsy found safe
Police say Elizabeth Okeke disappeared July 16
UPDATED 11:18 AM CDT Jul 18, 2013
Kansas City police said a missing woman with cerebral palsy has been found safe.
Police said Elizabeth Okeke, 26, was last seen on Tuesday at 112th Street and Corrington Avenue at 4 p.m.
Authorities were concerned because Okeke's family said she has the mental capacity of a 9-year-old.
Police did not say where Okeke was found.
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I've always been fascinated by the often bizarre sagas of restaurant comings and goings. Some establishments, despite long odds, enjoy long and prosperous runs. Others, with apparently everything going for them, are here today and gone tomorrow.
Sails in Somers Point is a good example. A relative newcomer with a great deal of pizzazz and excellent cuisine, it was named as one of my top ten at the shore last year. Now it's history, soon to be replaced by The Inlet, a casual bar restaurant.
The big surprise, however, is the late but far from great Ocean Palm in Englewood. Hopes were, indeed, high for this seafood restaurant with the same proprietors as the River Palm Terrace steakhouses in Mahwah, Edgewater, and Fair Lawn. But in February, Nancy Thorpe of The Record gave it less than a stunning review. A month later, food editor Bill Pitcher gave it slightly better marks... but to no avail. It is now closed. Comings: Restaurant to Watch Babylon - River Edge (Reopening at a new location) Blackbird Dining Establishment - Collingswood (Chef Alex Capasso's latest venture) Fuji - Haddonfield (An excellent Japanese restaurant opening in a new location) Daniel - River Vale Earth - Totowa Mehndi - Morristown Domaine Laurino - Berkeley Heights Onasis - Cherry Hill One 53 - Rocky Hill Vine Restaurant - Basking Ridge (The former Tre Vigne) Goings: Gone but not forgotten Atrio Cafe - Stockton Down to Earth - Red Bank Formia - Bloomfield Arnie's Gourmet Steakhouse - Voorhees Goings: Gone but not greatly mourned J.W. Ginty's - Meyersville Meritage - Wall
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Misunderstandings fuel funny 'Smoking Section'
If you're in need of a hearty laugh or two, director Larry Lewis of All An Act Theatre Productions is eager to serve up a heaping helping of them with the Erie premiere of "Smoking Section," a hilarious farce written by New York City policeman and first-time playwright Brian Pollock.
The key catalyst is Pasquale, a bumbling waiter whose broken English and penchant for interference creates a maelstrom of misunderstandings. Chris Bucci is a blast to observe in this role, one of only two characters present in both acts. Whether oblivious or conniving, Pasquale is always convivial, and Bucci's bright spirit and comical gestures fill the stage.
As bemused host and narrator, Jerry Villella comments on the crazy comings and goings in both acts.
Romance is at the heart of the problems faced by all four couples on stage. In the first act, the men have come to this dinner with opposite intentions about how things should progress in their long-term relationships.
Jawn Gross is particularly entertaining as the jittery Walter, whose nervous tics as he prepares to propose give way to an apoplectic breakdown as the evening goes absurdly awry. Adele Crotty Gross' increasingly perplexed reactions as his girlfriend Casey are priceless.
Ray Steinbacher and Allison Mitchell also amuse as the disgruntled Brian and his businesslike girlfriend Rachel.
The more risqu� second act deals startling revelations on first dates among one pair who had only spoken on the phone and another who had previously hooked up at a bar.
Michael Burns' timid mannerisms as naive Eugene escalate into full-blown anxiety in a hilarious performance, and Duryea Gette never skips a beat as the exhaustingly obnoxious Marie Lisa. Teni Siano's wily antics as the flirtatious Theresa and Paul Blumish's frustrated stoicism as Robert complete the cocktail of kooky characteristics.
Lewis's simple but classy set design places audiences directly in a little Italian restaurant featuring rich vine-red walls adorned with framed prints by Vi Steinbacher. A subdued soundtrack of Dean Martin tunes also helps to set an elegant atmosphere just waiting to be rattled in this rib-tickling comedy of errors.


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Fall's the time of year that SUVs and trucks hit the road as rolling food and beverage containers.
It's tailgating time again in South Carolina (and most everywhere else nationwide).
That means prepping for college or pro football games on Saturdays, Sundays and perhaps a few Thursdays. The more cosmopolitan types may throw in a "futbol" (soccer) match now and then.
Indeed, the vehicle carrying hot wings, cold cuts and liquid refreshments one minute and serving as an impromptu snack table the next must be properly conditioned for the rigors of the tailgate party down South.
Barbecuing isn't for the faint hearted.
"We have a manager who does a lot of tailgating," said Richard Cooper, vice president and new car manager with Jones Ford. "He has an F-150 and his wife an Expedition. He takes the cooler, gas grill, boom box."
According to Cooper, three Fords stand out as tailgate troopers: the Expedition SUV, F-150 pickup and the Flex crossover.
The manufacturer took tailgating into account when designing the 2014 Flex (Models are on order at Jones Ford).
A tailgating favorite is sitting on the back bumper or lift gate to eat, drink and socialize. The Flex offers an optional third row seat that faces rearward "just for occasions like that," Cooper said.
On certain 2014 Flex trims, the carmaker supplies "1-Touch PowerFold & Tumble 3rd Row" seating with a fold flat bench, he said. The design makes it easier to retool the cargo area on the fly, from using the back seats for road tripping, to laying the seats flat for handling food dishes, to clearing out space post-game for carting accessories home.
"That's new. I had a (customer) who wanted it," he said.
Most any vehicle can be a road warrior, although some are more fit than others. Cooper recommends "something with a rear hatch, rather than operating out of a trunk. Everything sits down in a trunk. Something spills," he said, and it can create a mess.
Tailgating may reach its peak during football season, but the practice isn't so intoxicating as to make families run out and buy a vehicle solely for its food- and drink-hauling prowess.
"I've not noticed people (buying) specific for tailgating," Cooper said, nor has he seen a surge in purchases just before football season starts.
At the same time, trucks are the workhorses of tailgate excursions, and fall "is when a lot of trucks are sold," he said. The overlapping truck and tailgate blitz periods aren't lost on manufacturers. Ford just rolled out its Great American Tailgate Party Aug. 23-Sept. 9 in which dealers hold barbecues and similar tailgate-friendly events.
Greg Messenger, general manager at Dick Smith Chevrolet in Moncks Corner, said bigger is generally better for hauling food stuffs, flatware and cookers many miles.
"Probably our big sport utilities are fan favorites," he said. SUVs offer rear hatches and plenty of cargo space. They typically claim electronic features that make it easier, say, to hook up a flat-screen television.
"Some of our crossovers, like the Traverse, have 12 volt plugins," he said.
Messenger offered another possibility for the tailgate hobbyist.
"If you are really hard core, (choose) pickup trucks: The ones that carry grills into games," he said.
Tailgaters don't impulse-buy based on the time of year, Messenger said. "I've never noticed a (sales) uptick right before football season." But that doesn't mean hard core fans have ignored the topic.
Messenger recalls customers at various times of the year saying, "'This would be great for tailgating.'
"It's always in the back of their minds, right?"
In the past year, surveys by online automotive websites have tapped certain SUVs and trucks as top tailgating brands.
Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com website last September listed its top 10 tailgating vehicles in order. Then earlier this month, Edmunds.com automotive site released its picks.
They are:
1. Ram 1500
3. Honda Ridgeline
4. GMC Yukon
5. Flex
6. Toyota 4Runner
7. Mitsubishi Outlander
8. Mazda CX-5
9. Kia Soul
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1. Flex
2. Ridgeline
3. Soul
4. Land Rover Range Rover
5. Lincoln MKT
6. Mercedes-Benz E-class wagon
7. Outlander
8. Ram 1500
9. Scion xB
10. 4Runner.
If a new vehicle isn't in the cards, automotive suppliers and retailers offer equipment to assist the tailgating buff.
Peak Electronics, for one, can fix up tailgating aficionados with mobile power outlets. "Not close to a power outlet? No worries," it said. According to Peak Electronics, the outlets convert vehicle power into 110/120 AC power to juice up "cell phones, radios, televisions, grills and all other tailgating necessities."
Rechargeable spotlights represent another Peak gadget. "Later games mean later tailgate parties," the company said. A lit-up tailgating site allows family and friends to safely enjoy the game as well as makes it "so you can see the grill and avoid burning the burgers," Peak quipped.
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A foul strategy?
AT&T CENTER–As another Oklahoma City Thunder intentionally wrapped up Spurs center Tiago Splitter, sending him yet again to the free throw line, the San Antonio crowd roared its disdain at the tactics at hand.
The San Antonio Spurs faithful either lacked self-awareness, a grasp on the irony of the situation, or were following in the sardonic footsteps of their team's head coach.
"I've never done that before, I think it's a really lousy thing to do. It's unsportsmanlike," Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich cracked before relenting on the merits of the strategy. "No, it's a good move if there's a reason to do it, and they felt there was a reason to do it, so it's a good move."
Popovich and the Spurs of course have been the biggest practitioners of the Hack-A-Poor-Shooter over the past few year, utilizing it to great effect in the previous series against the Clippers.
And in Game 2, Thunder head coach Scott Brook's reasons for employing it were two-fold.
First, the San Antonio Spurs were rolling with a brand of perfect basketball execution the world has not seen in quite some time. His young team was suffocating under the tremendous pressure the Spurs offense was applying and they needed a reprieve from the barrage of drive and kick three-pointers if only to catch their breath and regroup.
Second, a wrist injury suffered in the first round playoff series against the Jazz has rendered Tiago Splitter a 36 percent free throw shooter–down from 68 percent prior to the injury.
Splitter managed to hit six of his 12 attempts from the charity stripe, and over the course of the two and a half minutes in which the Thunder sent him to the free throw line repeatedly the Spurs 17-point lead was shaved a whopping one point.
Still, the disruption of the game did more than anger its basketball audience. It disrupted the rhythm of the Spurs. And while the juxtaposition of the Spurs beautiful mastery of ball movement, execution, and shooting against 10 players stagnant on the court while Splitter shot free throws was jarring for fans, it was absolutely the right call competitively.
"Thing kind of got slowed down and we junked it up a little bit and got off our rhythm," Spurs center Tim Duncan said. "We were flowing so good int eh first half and then they did a good job of changing, but we held on and made enough plays down the stretch and that was a good win for us."
After the third quarter display last night there will be renewed calls for the NBA to revisit its policy on intentional fouling. The tactic is, at its heart, an exploitation of a rule in a manner not intended that disrupts the flow of a game. Fans don't want to see, players are sheepish carrying it out, and coaches–even Popovich–employ it with some level of guilt.
Yet for the Thunder, and at times for the sake of competition, it's a necessary evil akin to intentionally walking a devastating power hitter with a base open and a weaker bat behind him in baseball.
Fans don't want to see either scenario play out if they had their preference. But then, outside of Spurs fans, I doubt too many would have been thrilled about the prospect of watching an entire fourth quarter of garbage time as the Spurs ran away with a 20-point lead.
"It changed the tempo a little bit," Brooks said. "I mean, they were fast tonight. That ball was just all over the floor with quick passess, passes that were right in their shooting pockets, and it kind of threw their rhythm out a little bit.
This momentary hiccup allowed the Thunder to regroup while throwing the Spurs off kilter, which set the table for big playoff moments down the stretch from Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili that the NBA will gladly showcase in its highlight packages.
Prior to the game Brooks admitted to never having used the foul strategy before, and perhaps his inexperience with it showed–you don't, for example, pick up a technical foul while also intentionally fouling. But it is a strategy he stated will be available in the future if need be.
Popovich of course will be prepared for it. And in being prepared he will dismiss the tactic without having to make wholesale changes to the NBA rulebook.
The easiest solution of course is to hit free throws, something Hoop Idea proponents like Beckley Mason or Hardwood Paroxysm's Matt Moore would argue is impossible to teach despite Splitter's improved stroke prior to the injury.
Beyond that there is coaching to maximize a rotation's strengths while minimizing its weaknesses. Splitter, for example, gets the bulk of his playing time at the beginning of the second and fourth quarters when his foul drawing ability helps the Spurs get in the bonus earlier, where good free throw shooters and slashers such as Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili can take advantage.
Taking advantage of an opponent's weakness, within the context of the current rules, is not bad form. It's brilliant strategy. And the answer to the perceived dilemma is not to take smarter coaches chess boards away and forcing them to play checkers with the rest of the NBA, but to call for better players and better coaching to close this loophole.


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Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
WASHINGTON -- Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios -- neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.
The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regime, would order chemical attacks -- either as a limited demonstration to the rebels of his willingness to use the internationally banned weapons, or in a large-scale offensive designed to turn the tide of a conflict that already has killed an estimated 40,000.
The second is that some portion of Assad's arsenal could be moved to Iran or Lebanon or fall into the hands of foreign fighters with ties to terrorist groups who are helping Syrian rebels.
What kinds of chemicals are in question? What weapons?
News confirmed by the Associated Press this week that an unknown number of weapons in Syria were recently loaded with the nerve agent sarin brought the West's fears into sharp relief.
Syria has never confirmed that it even has chemical weapons. But it is believed to possess substantial stockpiles of mustard gas and a range of nerve agents, including sarin, a highly toxic substance that can suffocate its victims by paralyzing muscles around their lungs.
James Quinlivan, a Rand Corp. analyst who studies the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, said Syria is thought to have hundreds of tons of chemical weapons material, including not only sarin and mustard gas but possibly also the nerve agent VX, which, like sarin, kills by attacking the central nervous system.
Iraq's Saddam Hussein used sarin and mustard gas on Kurds in northern Iraq in a 1987-88 campaign that killed thousands. That was the last time state-controlled chemical weapons were used; a Japanese doomsday cult unleashed sarin in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, killing 13.
The precise dimensions of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal are not known, in part because it has never been subjected to outside inspection. Experts say it is a formidable collection, but the weapons date back almost 40 years -- when Assad's father, President Hafez Assad, began accumulating them -- and have not been modernized.
"Frankly, you'd stand as much chance of committing a self-inflicted wound as of actually killing opponents," said Aram Nerguizian, a Middle East security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "These systems are not going to achieve the end state that the regime wants, which is regime survival."
For example, the arsenal apparently does not include weapons that combine or mix chemical ingredients after a shell or missile is fired; instead the mixing must be done manually before launching the weapon, Nerguizian said.
U.S. officials have warned Assad there would be unspecified "consequences" if he used his chemical weapons or lost control of them. That could include military intervention, aided perhaps by allies such as Turkey. The U.S. and its allies might also launch a pre-emptive military operation to secure the weapons before they could be used.
One administration official defined what would trigger a response: the use of chemical weapons, or movement with the intent to use them, or word that they were falling into the hands of a group like Hezbollah.


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The Nomadic CB-01 Wise-Walker is a day pack that's all about storage and convenience . The ends of the shoulder belts have two different sized pockets. A ticket or card can be removed from these pockets without taking off the backpack (i.e. you can keep your backpack on your back while taking out a ticket). The bigger pocket is ideal for train/bus pass (credit card size) and the smaller pocket is perfect for train tickets. On the back right hand side there is a hidden pocket for a wallet. Its a secure pocket because it rests against your body. You can also take the wallet in and out without putting the bag down. To make it easy to put on or take off the backpack, there is a buckle on the left shoulder belt which can be fastened and unfastened. The bag also features a removable chest belt for comfort.
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Florida Tropical Weaver's Guild is a non-profit organization whose primary mission is to educate the public on the art and craft of weaving, spinning and basketry. It's membership consists of anyone who is interested in promoting opportunities for weavers of all skill levels to develop new skills, interests and expand their creative efforts in the fiber arts.
Read more about us and our history on the 'About' page.
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Our annual conference for 2016 was quite a success!
I am so thankful for all of the people who made it happen. Every year I am again amazed by the talent I see exhibited by each and everyone of you⯴h committee members and attendees. Thank you all for once again sharing your time and talent.
In 2017, we will return to our regular schedule of providing a great line-up of teachers for our 3 day main classes on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday along with many wonderful choices from our mini class line-up on Thursday only. The 2017 conference will be held March 16-19.
We already have a tentative list of the classes we are planning to have next year.
For those you who live in the Miami area, there is a new guild starting up. Please see the guild section of the web site for more info.
It was decided at the retreat this past year to explore St. Augustine. Remember the "Get-Away" is OPEN TO ALL FIBER FANCIERS.
Yes, you read correctly, the "GET AWAY" is open to any and all that want to have some time with fellow fiber friends. We had a retreat in years past in St. Augustine and had such a good time, we want a return visit. We will be returning to the same motel as their meeting space accommodated us perfectly. You may come for the day, but you must pay the full fee for attendance, no daily considerations.
Our final destination is the Howard Johnson Inn located at 137 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine, FL 32084. There's great shopping of course, and the Old City is so much fun.
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Douglas sent its seniors out in style Tuesday night, rolling over Damonte Ranch 80-45 in Minden in the Tigers' final home game of the regular season.
"It's a compliment to our guys just for coming in focused," Douglas coach Corey Thacker said. "They are playing with confidence right now. Damonte is a good team, they've been putting up 70, 80 points, and we kept them from doing that tonight.
"This was nice. The kids, all our kids, wanted to play like this for the seniors."
Douglas started all five of its seniors -- Hunter Myers, Joe Syammach, Jaden Mustacchio, Michael Nolting and David Ogles -- and got out to a 17-13 lead in the first quarter.
The Tigers exploded offensively from there. Douglas outscored Damonte 23-6 in the second, 22-16 in the third and 18-10 in the fourth to put the game away.
"That second quarter was a nice spot for us," Thacker said. "The defense stepped up, got some good stops and hit people on the run to set up some easy points at the rim. The second half, we shot 3-of-4 from 3-point range and that helped keep things going.
"Now we have to turn around and put that same effort and focus into Carson on Friday night."
Myers led the way with 17 points while James Herrick added 16. Pat Johnson and Austin Evans each had nine points, Syammach finished with seven and AJ Pfaffenberger had five.
Nolting scored four, Jaden Wass had three and Sam Broersma had two in the win.
Myers also had 17 rebounds in the game, 13 of which came in the first half.
The Tigers improved to 18-6 overall on the year and 14-1 in Northern Division I action.
The Douglas High girls basketball team raced out to an early lead and pushed ahead to a 40-31 win over Damonte Ranch in Minden Tuesday night.
The Tigers led 13-6 after the first quarter, but they got outscored 7-4 in the second. The teams matched each other nearly point-for-point in the second half, with Douglas outscoring the Mustangs by four over the final two quarters.
"Our three seniors had a great game," Douglas coach Werner Christen said. "As a team, we were up and down a bit. We played really well at times, we were average at others and there were some poor stretches for us. That first quarter pretty much won the game for us."
The win came on Senior Night for Douglas' three seniors, Diana Regalado, Desiree Cage and Ericka Munoz.
"It's a win, and now we're focused on putting together a good game at Carson," Christen said. "You want to go into the playoffs playing well, so that will be our goal."
Regalado led the Tigers with 15 points, Cage had eight, McKenna Kynett had seven, Corryne Millett had four and Kelly Sonnemann, Leonna Mortimer and Maddy Lowe each had two.
"Both Diana and Des have been putting together some big quarters for us," Christen said.
"Diana had seven in the first quarter tonight and eight in a quarter against Manogue the other night. Des puts up 10 in a quarter tonight.
"It's good to see either one of them can step up and have a big run for us."
Douglas (13-14 overall, 8-7 Division I) closes out the regular season Friday night at Carson at 5:15 p.m.


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- Availability of safe drinking water is fundamental to any community. This is achieved through disinfection processes including, but not limited to, filtration and chlorination. In Melbourne, Australia, the availability of high quality source water allows the majority of treatment to consist of chlorination without pre-filtration. In the absence of filtration, the effects of particles entering the distribution system are of interest owing to the potential of surface-associated microorganisms to resist disinfection. In order to evaluate this risk, assessment of resistance behaviours in the presence of surfaces, and an understanding of interactive behaviours, is required. Investigations into resistance behaviours relevant to Melbourne's drinking water supply were undertaken with specific regard to the Silvan surface water reservoir. This involved three different bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Silvan water isolates Pseudomonas fluorescens and Serratia marcescens) and four different surfaces (goethite, Silvan Reservoir particles, modified Silvan particles and polystyrene). Initial investigations involved evaluation of surface characteristics where P. fluorescens demonstrated characteristics considered most suitable to adhesion. In accordance with surface characteristics evaluated, P. fluorescens was shown in batch assays to be the most adherent bacterium over all substrata investigated. Particle-mediated resistance to chlorination was investigated using activity assays combining a detachment method with sensitive epifluorescent detection. Consistent with adhesive behaviours, the bacterial strain found most resistive to chlorination in the presence of surfaces was the environmental strain of P. fluorescens. Resistance was found to vary with both bacteria and particle type and was found to correlate with adhesion (r2 ≥ 0.647). Biofilms also presented resistance to disinfection and pre-chlorination of bacteria was identified as a risk factor in regard to biofilm regrowth where nutrients were available. In terms of the Melbourne's drinking water supply, this work shows that indigenous bacteria and particles interact in a manner able to increase resistance of bacteria to chlorination. Particle-mediated resistance decreased with increased concentrations of chlorine and the bacteria-particle combinations examined were susceptible to treatment at values likely to be experienced in a treated drinking water environment. Thus, for the bacterial species and conditions evaluated, surface-mediated resistance to chlorination may be considered a potential risk to the quality of unfiltered drinking water supply, but one that may be controlled through appropriate treatment. The particular characteristics of indigenous bacteria and particles determined here were vital in evaluating this risk and in investigating the relationship between adhesion and resistance.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Environment and Biotechnology Centre
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Objective: To assess the effects of lipid-lowering therapy on the progression of early, preintrusive carotid arterial atherosclerosis.
Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, serial carotid arterial imaging trial.
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Patients: 188 patients from the Monitored Atherosclerosis Regression Study who were 37 to 67 years of age and had angiographically defined coronary artery disease.
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Measurements: High-resolution B-mode ultrasonographic quantification of the combined thickness of the distal common carotid arterial far wall intima-media complex (carotid arterial intima-media thickness) at baseline and every 6 months for as long as 4 years.
Results: The annual rate of change in carotid arterial intima-media thickness differed significantly between the lovastatin group and the placebo group at 2 and 4 years (P < 0.001). Patients receiving lovastatin had consistent reduction of the intima-media thickness (P < 0.001 as early as 1 year), whereas patients receiving placebo had consistent increase of the intima-media thickness at 2 and 4 years (P < 0.02). On-trial levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and apolipoproteins B, C-III, and E correlated significantly with the annual rate of change in carotid arterial intima-media thickness (P < 0.001).
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Better known as the Crocodile Hunter, he was a loony Aussie who, in 9/4/2006, was fanally assassinated by, of all animal in the world, a stingray.
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PHILIPPI - Third-grade students from Barbour County's schools had a ball at the annual Kid's Day activities at the Barbour County Fair Thursday.
Children were able to see first-hand demonstrations including apple butter making, a grist mill in operation, a honeybee hive and a one-room school house, as well as make a visit to the animals in the 4-H barn.
Retired Barbour County school teacher Pat True gave the children a hands-on experience in the Mouse Run Schoolhouse. She attended a one-room schoolhouse such as this as a child, and she began her 40-year teaching career in a similar school.
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Mt. Vernon Elementary student Kasi Bray, 8, samples honey during Kid's Day at the Barbour County Fair on Thursday.
"It's just been a wonderful day with the children," True said. "They are just marvelous, with good behavior, and they are very attentive."
Children sat in the desks, just as they would if they had attended the school years ago. True talked about the differences in school in those days compared to today. Water was carried from the well, lunches were brought from home, and the class was heated by the small stove in the back of the room, she said. True also taught the children a short lesson for life.
"We have one mouth and two ears," True said. "We should listen twice as much as we talk."
Next door, fair board member Bill Renzelli and volunteer Ben Stout showed the students how corn is ground into cornmeal at the grist mill.
Jessica Jones, a third-grade teacher from Philippi Elementary School, observed her class as they took a turn in stirring the apple butter before tasting a sample of the sweet goodness.
"The kids have been very excited and I think it's a good opportunity for them to learn how things are done," Jones said. "Even though it's the 21st century, some things never change."
Dressed in the protective clothing worn for beekeeping, siblings Luke and Emily Farnsworth spoke to the children about honeybees. The students were able to learn what to do if they are ever stung, as well as the role of the queen in the hive.
Members of the Barbour County Beekeepers Association were on hand to pass out samples of the honey.
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The Ducks will recall center Nick Bonino from the Syracuse Crunch, according to the Post-Standard.(UPDATE: The Ducks recalled Bonino on Monday).
Bonino, 22, has two goals and seven assists in eight games with the Crunch. He was among the first round of cuts in training camp in September.
Bonino played nine games with the Ducks late last season shortly after he signed with the team after his college career ended at Boston University.
The Ducks currently have 12 healthy forwards with winger Matt Beleskey eligible to come off injured reserve Wednesday and Dan Sexton recovering from a broken nose.
The Ducks had Sunday off after a lackluster performance Saturday night in San Jose.
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Village board members of Brady would like to hear more input from the public.
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Electronic Theatre has teamed up with 505 Games to bring you a brand new competition to win one of two codes for Terraria for Xbox 360. Terraria launched for Xbox 360 last week and this is your chance to get the action-adventure sandbox videogame for free.
Electronic Theatre said of Terraria in our in-depth review, "Terraria's visual and aural design is created to instil that sense of wonderment that comes with experiencing 16-bit classics for the very first time, and that sense of youthful freedom remains throughout: Terraria is a videogame that makes you feel as though you've invested hours into it without accomplishing much at all, except for having fun."
Terraria is now available from Xbox LIVE Arcade, priced at 1200 Microsoft Points and is coming soon to PlayStation 3. To be in with a chance of winning one of two codes for Terraria head over to the Win Terraria for Xbox 360 Competition Page. The team at Electronic Theatre wish you luck.