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Rev. Marvin Moreland says burglars stole safe from Deliverance Temple Church of God in ChristUPDATED 8:28 PM EST Dec 30, 2013
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THE VICTIMS. MORE THAN 10,000 ITEMS HAVE BEEN DONATED TO HELP THE FAMILIES REBUILD. A BEAVER COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD IS TARGETED BY THIEVES AND THE LATEST VICTIM IS A CHURCH. SHELDON INGRAM WITH WHAT THEY STOLE AND THE MESS THEY LEFT BEHIND. Reporter: NOTHING IS SACRED TO BANDITS. THEY RANSACKED THE OFFICE A LITTLE BIT. EVERYTHING WAS JUST SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. Reporter: THE REVEREND SHOWS OFF HIS OFFICE INSIDE THE CHURCH WHERE BURGLARS STOLE A SAFE. THEY TOOK THE WHOLE SAFE WITH THE MONEY IN THERE. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR QUICK CASH. Reporter: HE SAYS THEY ALSO VANDALIZED PARTS OF IS SANCTUARY. HE SAYS THIEVES ALSO BROKE IN THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND STOLE THE SAFE AND A LAPTOP. LAST NIGHT THEY BROKE IN AND STOLE MONEY FROM A VENDING MACHINE, BUT APPARENTLY THE CHURCH WAS NOT SINGLED OUT. A FEW PLACES ALONG THE AVENUE HAVE BEEN HIT SEVERAL TIMES. IT'S BEEN BROKEN INTO FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. Reporter: HE AND HIS CHURCH MEMBERS BELIEVE THE BURGLARS ARE DESPERATE PEOPLE WITH NO MONEY, BUT BREAKING INTO A CHURCH IS NOT AN EXCUSE. THE HOUSE OF GOD IS STILL A S SANCTUARY. DEFINITELY DRUG RELATED. I DO BELIEVE THAT. BUT TO BREAK INTO A CHURCH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. Reporter: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE POSTED RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH. THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT AND THE REST DIDN'T MATTER TO THE BANDITS. THIS COMES DAYS AFTER ANOTHER BREAK-IN IN AN ARMSTRONG COUNTY CHURCH. THE PASTOR AT HARVEST COMMUNITY CHURCH SAYS THIEVES MADE OFF WITH A SAFE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
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The latest gig and festival ticket news including the resurrected Stone Roses, CSS, and the soon-to-be-gone Westlife.
The Stone Roses
It's been the best worst kept secret in music's long history and Stone Roses triumphant reunion, or 'reunification' if you believe the press release, has had every tongue waggler spouting some opinion or another. One thing undeniable is the two hometown shows they announced in Heaton Park, Manchester will be popular events. Tickets go on sale tomorrow from 9:30am and we'll have the ticket links on Virtual Festivals. Tickets are priced at £55 plus booking fee, and limited to four per person.
Heaton Park, Manchester – June 29-30
CSS, or Cansei de Ser Sexy to give them their full name, have been remarkably mute since their sophomore effort 'Donkey' in 2008. 'La Liberación' however is the return from the quiet spell, and like all things Lovefoxxx is involved with, it's far from quiet. Catch them being loud at these shows:
London Heaven (December 7)
Coventry Kasbah (8)
Lancaster Library (9)
Jill Scott
It's been some year for Jill, a new major record label deal, and a critically acclaimed fourth album which went straight to the top of the US charts. Still a growing star this side of the Atlantic she plays two of her biggest UK shows in London and Manchester next month.
O2 Academy Brixton, London (Nov 30th)
O2 Apollo, Manchester (Dec 2nd)
The Ting Tings
You remembered these guys? Their name and that? It's the duo with the drums, and the keyboard thing, back with more pop-rocking beats and attitude to melt butter in your mouth. This 'comeback' comes with a twist. The band are asking students to create fashion items for them to wear, make a music video, mix their tracks and come up with poster and artwork designs. The work will then be used and showcased by Katie and Jules at each venue. Intrigued? Check it out here:
Leeds Cockpit (November 21)
London Kings College (22)
Bournemouth The Old Fire Station (23)
Birmingham O2 Academy2 (25)
Liverpool Stanley Theatre (26)
Manchester Sound Control (27)
Glasgow Arches (29)
Newcastle O2 Academy2 (30)
One moment you're on the ceiling, taking in the news that Steps are back and touring, and then 'wham' your life changes forever – again. Westlife are dead, long live Westlife. This Irish singing boy band thing really did them well and we wish them all the best in whatever they decide to do next. For now it's time for to sit down on a stall and then do one big strategic stand up as the chorus kicks in for the final time.
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Langley misses deadline on mayor's pay | UPDATE
LANGLEY — Timing is everything. And in this case, it's bad.
Langley Mayor-Elect Larry Kwarsick said the city council's recent attempt to lower his salary to $30,000 — a move that Kwarsick himself suggested — had come too late.
The council gave its initial approval to a new compensation package for the mayor Nov. 21, and unanimously agreed to cut the mayor's annual salary from $53,000 to $30,000. Council members were expected to take a final vote on the new mayor's pay at the council meeting Monday, but were told it would have no impact on Kwarsick's salary.
The council approved the change anyway, but it will not take effect until January 2016.
Council members said the $30,000 was a good baseline that could be changed in the future if the council decided a future mayor would need more money to make ends meet.
They were also eager to bring the long-running discussion on the mayor's pay to an end.
"Lay that baby to rest," Councilwoman Rene Neff said after the council voted to 4-0 to approve the adjusted pay level.
Councilman Jim Sundberg, who was sworn in Monday night, has been a supporter of a salary level that would pay a "living wage" for Langley's top elected official.
Some have raised concerns over Kwarsick's plan to be a "part-time" mayor, and Sundberg said the city would be able to see how well that approach works during the new mayor's term.
He then abstained from the vote.
Kwarsick told the council in a letter sent late Friday that it couldn't reduce his pay because it would violate state law.
"As it turns out, timing is everything, and the timing of the change in pay (decrease) for a newly elected mayor is governed by the Washington State Constitution," Kwarsick said in the letter.
The pay for elected officials can't be lowered after their election or during their term of office, and Kwarsick said once the county auditor issues a "certificate of election," a person is considered elected.
Island County certified the November General Election as official Nov. 29.
Kwarsick said Monday that he was undeterred, and would not accept any salary from his city service above $30,000. He said he will also decline any medical benefits.
"One way or another, it's going to happen," Kwarsick said of the cut in pay. "I'm hell-bent that it's going to happen."
Kwarsick said he had prepared his salary amendment for the city's review on Nov. 15, and that it was reviewed by City Attorney Grant Weed.
Weed never raised concern about the late timing of the ordinance, however. That's surprising, given that the city has spent thousands of dollars on legal fees related to ordinances that cover the mayor's pay. The topic of mayoral pay increases, and reductions, has been well-worn inside and outside city hall since late 2008.
Weed was also sent a draft ordinance to review before it went to the council for consideration last month, and no alarms were raised.
Kwarsick said he spoke with Weed about the issue Friday.
"Grant was apologetic for not catching the timing issue," Kwarsick said.
Kwarsick, who takes office Jan. 1, said he hopes the council will endorse the idea that would see him simply refuse to accept any paychecks that push his salary over $30,000. He submitted an official letter to city officials that said he would decline any compensation above $30,000.
City officials have checked with Municipal Research & Services Center, an agency that provides advice to Washington cities, and a legal consultant there said Kwarsick could decline a specific amount of pay and benefits or take the money and give it back to the city.
But if he accepted the salary and donated it back to the city, he would likely have to pay taxes on the full amount that he received as compensation.
Kwarsick said the amount that he does not accept as salary and benefits will likely total more than $100,000 during his term, and that the funds should stay in the city's general fund, where the money can be spent on the community's and council's priorities.
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Washington -- Central New York's two representatives in Congress were leaning in opposite directions tonight in advance of a House vote on a bill to avert the "fiscal cliff."
Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R-Onondaga Hill, said she would likely vote against the Senate's compromise bill that passed with bipartisan support 89-8 early today.
Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, said he viewed the Senate legislation as imperfect. But Hanna said he will likely support the legislation in order to avoid automatic tax increases on all Americans and potential turmoil when stock markets open Wednesday.
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives were considering whether to bring the Senate legislation or an alternative to the House floor late tonight.
If not, a vote is likely Wednesday, before a new Congress is sworn into office on Thursday.
Buerkle, after meeting with the House Republican conference for more than three hours today to discuss the legislation, said she was concerned that the Senate bill put off any serious discussion about long-term spending cuts for two months.
"Not only are we not addressing the debt, but we're doing nothing to get this economy going again," Buerkle said in an interview at about 7:30 p.m., after completing routine votes on the House floor.
Buerkle was asked if she was concerned what would happen in the nation over the cliff because House Republicans refuse to pass the Senate's bill.
"It concerns me," Buerkle said, "but it also concerns me that we're $16 trillion in debt. I've been saying for three years that we have a spending problem."
Buerkle said she was not convinced the majority of Senate Republicans who voted for the compromise knew the details of the bill to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts that are due to begin today.
"I don't understand why they continue to make these deals," she said of Senate Republicans.
Buerkle was among a large group of conservative Republicans, including House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., who said they would not support, or were leaning against, the bill approved by the Senate.
Buerkle, who lost the November election for the 24th Congressional District to Rep.-elect Dan Maffei, D-DeWitt, will be in office through Wednesday.
Buerkle and other conservatives said they could hold out for more spending cuts by amending the bill and sending it back to the Senate.
Hanna, the congressman from Oneida County, said he too would like to see a long-term deal for deep spending cuts – rather than the two-month provision included in the Senate bill.
But Hanna said the larger issue today was to prevent the automatic tax increases for all Amercans and the potential volatility that would cause in financial markets.
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Where would a sociological perspective likely be developed and flourish?
in area experiencing social problems, or significant social changes
The sociological perspective was developed in the areas where
the greatest changes were taking place
The theoretical paradigm in sociology that assumes is a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability is the
structural-functional paradigm
Which term describes relatively stable patterns of social behavior?
social structure, social functions
Social structures have consequences for the operation of society as a whole. What is the term for these consequences?
social functions
What is the term for a social patterns undesirable consequences for the operation of society?
social dysfunctions
The chief characteristic of the __ paradigm is its view of society as orderly and stable
The framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and change is the
social-conflict paradigm
The statement that social patterns benefit some people while depriving others epersses one of the insights of the
social-conflict paradigm
Which orientation uses a broad focus on the social structures that shape society as a whole?
The ___ paradigm is a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals
symbolic interactions
Select the framework that assumes that society is nothing more that the shared reality that people construct as they interact with one another
symbolic interaction paradigm
Which sociological paradigm tends to ignore the importance of larger social structures in society?
symbolic-interaction paradigm
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You are asked to measure the age of respndents to your survey. As soon as you apply the measure to each case, you have changed your concept "age" top a/an
You are asked to determine the value of a variable in a specific case. What task have you been assigned
Higher education causes greater earnings over a lifetime. In this example "higher education is"
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which of the following is a manifest function of sports?
they are a way to provide physical conditioning
Sports are a way to establish new relationships. Making new relationships is
a latent function of sports
An apparent, although false, association between two or more variables caused by some other variable is termed a
spurious correlation
A research method in which subjects respond to a series of items in a questionarire or interview is a/an
A disadvantage of the interview format is that
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participant observation
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an experiment
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a survey
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Hello, I hope you all are doing well.
STEPHENSBURG DAYS. Stephensburg Days are coming up June 21 and 22. The baby and beauty contest sign ups are at 6 p.m. June 21. For information, call Betty Pullen, yes that's me, at 862-4844. Sign up fee is $15.
There will be a corn hole tournament. Registration is at 6 p.m. and the tournament will start shortly after. It is hosted by Trevor Mather. Karaoke will start at 7 p.m.
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I got to spend this past weekend in Cincinnati with my mom. I love being with her. She truly is my best friend. The funny thing is, the very things that used to drive her crazy about my grandma, I now see in her. When I mention this to her, she says that grandma was great and why shouldn't she be like her. I can't help but wonder if in another 20 years, my son and I will be having the same conversation.
Don and Joy Waters of Cecilia announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amanda Waters, to Joe Nugent, son of Ray and Jane Nugent of Loretto.
The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Central Hardin High School. She is a Western Kentucky University graduate with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts, both in elementary education. She was a fifth-grade teacher at Morningside Elementary School for the past five years and hopes to continue her teaching career in Lexington.
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It is berry picking time. We have had strawberries and now raspberries. We can't wait until the rest of our garden is ready.
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Cory and Margaret Gilpin of Elizabethtown announce the birth of a daughter, Chloe Marie Gilpin, on June 1, 2013, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 18½ inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Mona Holbert and Jimmie "Tater" Sherrard of Elizabethtown; and paternal grandmother is Cheryl Gilpin of Elizabethtown.
Maternal great-grandmother is Shortie Holbert of Howevalley; and paternal great-grandparents are Luther and Ann Gilpin of Bardstown.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10281 recently hosted the 11th Annual Spring fling, a fundraising "Run for the Homeless Vets."
The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, Kentucky Chapter 1-2 organized this year's event and the poker run began and ended at the VFW Post. The morning began with participants signing up for the event, then breakfast at the Post. At the completion of the run, riders returned to the VFW post, where door prizes were given out and the riders took time to discuss the run, sharing camaraderie and memories of past runs.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Curtis N. Cox graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio. He earned distinction as an honor graduate, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class of 661 airmen. He also received a certificate of "Thunderbolt" for exceeding the BMT fitness standards with a composite score of 90 or above on the Air Force Fitness Assessment.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10281 and Ladies Auxiliary recently joined other community organizations in supporting "Rachel's Project."
Rachel Ritchie, a 9-year-old Vine Grove resident, made a presentation to Vine Grove City Council members in February to get an ADA-accessible playground so all children could play together without some physical differences being so easily noticed.
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The proclamation was presented at the Logan Township branch of the Gloucester County Library System (GCLS).
"FURever As Friends facilitates interactive visits between loving certified therapy pets and individuals of all ages in order to foster healing and valuable life-affirming moments that enhance the quality of life," said Freeholder Heather Simmons. "Their program to help kids gain confidence by reading aloud to animals is a wonderful way to create lifetime readers who will always want to learn."
"FURever As Friends has touched the lives of so many by visiting libraries, schools, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and Scouting events, encouraging and nurturing the literacy skills of children and creating an uplifting experience for the elderly," stated Freeholder Dan Christy, liaison to the GC Animal Shelter.


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OK, Cats. French Quarter Festival is on; there's no turning back.
Some of you were already out there Thursday, and told me it could go either way. Regardless, don't let any mixed feelings you have cause you to miss opportunities, because at the end of the day, FQF is the biggest music festival for New Orleans musicians.
Yes, I know. It was a bit of a blow last November when that Times Picayune article divulged how much most of us make for performing at the festival. But don't worry. That won't necessarily compromise our leverage for other work.
See, it's a little different than when listeners hear you for free and presume that you're being paid sufficiently by the venue. Even when that's not the case, your secret can remain safe, provided you refrain from maniacally waving a tip bucket in front of the crowd.
However, now that the cat's out of the bag and people can calculate that a FQF show six-days-a-week, year-round would provide less than the median income in Louisiana, we need a different strategy.
We need to remind the public that French Quarter Festival is our gift to the city, and it isn't about the money. We support the festival because it's a great opportunity to show locals and tourists alike the magic of the French Quarter and the value of what we do. We do it to support the community, safeguard our traditions, and celebrate our culture.
Don't listen to the press flying around about how much the festival has grown, how much business it generates for the city and how there's, like, more than half-a-million attendees ...
Focus! Keep your eye on the prize. You know damn well, since it's a free festival, that there's no way to accurately calculate these things anyway. FQF insists that it's not flush with money, despite the impression it creates to attract sponsors.
So what about all those sponsors, and the publicized success of the highly touted musician sponsorship program?
Well, look around. Producing FQF is a huge endeavor. Besides, it was our Musician's Union who set the pay scale, a holdover from sponsorship by the now-defunct Music Performance Trust Fund. Yes, there's been agreement that things can be discussed for 2013, but for now, we and the festival have gone along with it, and as professionals, we can't let our ambivalence affect the public's experience.
On that note, people don't need to hear our grumbling about how difficult it is to get around to the different stages; they don't need to know what we may really think about the quality of the sound,;and they definitely don't need to know that you were only provided one parking pass for your entire band.
Everybody's trying. Be kind to the staff and volunteers and be obsequious to your fans. Smile generously and don't miss any opportunities to tell them about your evening shows, sell CDs, or get email contacts so fans can continue to follow you.
As I explained in my column from a couple weeks ago, our supporters are here in inspiring numbers to commune and experience OUR city through OUR music. Be positive and show your passion and pride. ...
While you're at it, stay hydrated, bring sunscreen, wear comfortable shoes, and for God's sake stay upwind of the buskers.
Evan Christopher is a noted member of the New Orleans music community and a founding member of NOLA Art House Music. Click here for information on his events during the Festival Season. He writes "Riffing on the Tradition" for NolaVie. All of his columns also are archived at Clarinet Road.


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I think having the board level is about the best you can do.
Maybe incline it slightly nose down so the nose is not significantly higher than the vent fitting.
The water vapor is giong to "flow" toward the lowest pressure area and that should be at the vent fitting.
As far as the O'ring damage, that's what happens to O'rings when you "squash" them flat. Not what they were designed to do at all.
Maybe don't tighten the plug so tight so you don't "squash" the O'ring
so much that it cracks or splits.
Here's a link to how an O'ring is supposed to be used as a static face seal:
Since we are using a screw thread in the middle to apply the compression to the O'ring, the groove would need to be up inside the head of the plug.
After market plugs with the correct thread size would be wonderful, but I've never been able to find one.
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RE: "Highly successful Rick Binder returning for third stint as Steel-High's boys' basketball coach":
Rick Binder is the best basketball coach the Harrisburg area has seen in the past 50 years. His record speaks for itself. I played on a basketball team at Camp Curtin Junior High School that won 43 straight games over a three year period.
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GLASSBORO — Discussing potential redevelopment projects at a closed session on Tuesday, the borough's council heard two proposals to develop a new property in the ongoing Rowan Boulevard project.
The property, positioned across from the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Rowan Boulevard and next to Victoria Street and Mick Drive, is one the borough has been shopping around to potential developers.
According to Glassboro's business administrator Joe Brigandi, the borough had originally opened up the property to 10 requests for qualifications and has now narrowed the field down to two interested parties that were discussed at Tuesday's meeting.
One proposed plan would be a multi-family residential development. Brigandi said that the developer proposed either creating a single building or multiple housing units of either four or five stories that would have retail stores on the ground floors and apartments or offices on the floors above.
"The difference between this and other apartments is that this would be built, owned and managed by the developer themself," said Brigandi. "The developer had a long-term track record of multi-family housing where we know they owned them a long time and kept them up well."
The other proposal comes from the medical field, as a hospital has expressed interest in bringing some of its medical services to the area, according to Brigandi.
Brigandi said that the hospital had proposed bringing one of its specialty services, like a wellness and prevention center or a sport medicine facility, to the area.
"We're currently waiting on the hospital to get back to us for what service would be the best-suited for the area," said Brigandi.
The borough council could not give the names of the interested developers, as per the closed session, but Brigandi did detail that the borough was "hoping" to select one of the two proposed projects "in a couple months."


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Vegemite is cheaper overseas than in Australia
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- February 13, 2013
- Vegemite is nearly 40 per cent more expensive here than in Britain
- The price you pay for being an Aussie
- Jessica Irvine: Apple is ripping off Aussie customers
IT'S enough to make you choke on your toast - it has emerged that Vegemite, of all things, is now much cheaper overseas than here.
After revealing earlier today the cost of goods in Australia is stratospheric when measured against similar nations, a new comparison by News Limited had found that our iconic breakfast spread is nearly 40 per cent more expensive here than in Britain.
A 220g jar of Vegemite costs £1.97 at UK supermarket chain ASDA and £1.98 at rivals Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury's, according to the grocery comparison site mysupermarkets.co.uk. Its average price over the past year is also £1.98.
Converted into our currency at the prevailing exchange rate – one pound equals 1.529 Australian dollars – that jar costs $3.01.
The same jar costs $4.17 at Coles, which is 39 per cent more than the UK price.
The unit price – the cost per 100g – of the UK Vegemite is $1.37. The Aussie price is $1.90 per 100g.
The most comparable jar sold by Woolworths is 280g for $5.36, or $1.91 per 100g.
News Limited this morning asked Kraft Foods Australia why Vegemite – which is made here – costs less in the UK.
A spokeswoman for Kraft Foods said: "It appears that the current batch of Vegemite available for sale in the UK was purchased at a time when the Australian dollar versus the British pound appreciated by around 10 per cent.
"Given the long-shelf life and iconic nature of Vegemite, it is always in demand overseas, so we often see bulk purchases when there are currency dips."
At the time of publication News Limited was awaiting an explanation of how much difference this would make to the retail price.
A spokesman for Coles said: "Coles has reduced the cost of shopping for Australian families by hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to our ongoing Down Down price cutting campaign. The price we are able to sell a popular branded product like Vegemite for depends largely on the price we are charged by the manufacturer."
A spokeswoman for Woolworths said: "We're a high volume low margin business and our prices are a reflection of the best deal we can get for customers from our suppliers."
In October last year Woolworths' new managing director of Australian supermarkets and petrol Tjeerd Jegen publicly chided multinational manufacturers for "unacceptable" prices here.
Mr Jegen said some were still treating Australia "as an island where people probably don't know what the prices are around the world, which is a wrong assumption".
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Stephen Posted at 3:45 PM February 13, 2013
Billabong, an Australian company sells its clothes cheaper in the Los Angeles than here, also.
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Ed Loffeld Posted at 3:44 PM February 13, 2013
Try going to Vietnam. Most of our stuff is about half the price. Arnotts Tim Tams there, same size pack, made here are $0.75 per packet. Ripped off here....
Comment 2 of 42
cost cutter Posted at 3:39 PM February 13, 2013
Simple, get on a PC and buy from overseas.
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J S of Perth Posted at 3:33 PM February 13, 2013
Another example, Merrel mens sandals, in various Perth Shops, circa $130, bought them online from USA at $45, although I paid hefty postage of $40, still landed here for $85.
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krankyoldwoman of queensland Posted at 3:33 PM February 13, 2013
They probably see our government milking us blind and thought we were suckers
Comment 5 of 42
Sam of Gold Coast Posted at 3:33 PM February 13, 2013
I was always told the reason cosmetics, fashion, shoes etc were more expensive in Australia than in the US or the UK was because of the freight in getting them here. Yet when I visit the US, Australian fashion brands such as Sass & Bide and Zimmerman are way cheaper than they are here - just to be competitive with US brands!!!!!!! We should boycott the lot.
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jindychick of snowy mountains nsw Posted at 3:33 PM February 13, 2013
My parents were recently here from Canada and they were shocked that 24pk canned Coke was $19.99 on sale at Woolies when they pay $3.98 back home full price! I can't even fathom the reason for that much markup...
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Truth Posted at 3:32 PM February 13, 2013
Wow you people are uneducated. Just have a think why we pay more. Rent and Wages and Benefits. We get paid more in wages, Pay 4x more in Rent and Get 3x more benefits than overseas. Thats why its more here. If you want the cheap price then you get Cheap Wages and No Benefits.
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You would never never know of Darwin Posted at 3:32 PM February 13, 2013
And then you should try and live in Drawin....THis place is the biggest rip off area in Australia, and we are treated like second class citirzens...you could add another $10 onto everything that is paid for down south...how about looking into our own back yard before we worry about overseas....
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sam Posted at 3:32 PM February 13, 2013
vegemite is a unique case in my opinion, the cheaper price is probably necessary to draw in consumers as it is relatively unknown abroad and obviously nowhere near as popular... so it would pay to cost it lower in order to possibly expand its popularity in new markets
Comment 10 of 42
brett of belmont Posted at 3:13 PM February 13, 2013
750ml bottle of Shmirnoff vodka in the USA $9.99. 1lt bottle of Absolute $14.99. We pay between $37-42 for the same thing. Even australian wine is cheaper there than here. Add it all up i reakon we are paying 60% or more taxes on our income.
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J.D of Bundaberg Posted at 3:13 PM February 13, 2013
When will it emerge that "australian owned knock off vegemite " is significantly more expensive again? You know the ones, like aus-e-mite that class themselves as a 'gormet' variety vegemite. Sorry folks, Vegemite is a staple.
Comment 12 of 42
richard Posted at 3:12 PM February 13, 2013
...so is (was) Australian red wine in Ontario Canada!...
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David Harvey of Mt Bundey NT Posted at 3:09 PM February 13, 2013
They would have to make it cheaper for people justifying buying the crap.
Comment 14 of 42
Brad of geelong Posted at 3:09 PM February 13, 2013
voilet crumbles are made in Australia and sold in the USA, we pay around $1.85 here but in the US they are around 90cents. The Holden Commodore which was sold in the USA as a Pontiac GTO sold for around $8,000 less than what we paid here for basically the same car. We are truly getting screwed
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angel Posted at 3:06 PM February 13, 2013
Its disgusting and that is why we hardly buy any processed food. I am an Australian that travels and work overseas a fair bit so have seen the price differences myself and tell all my friends and colleague on how ridiculous prices are here in Australia. I buy stuff on ebay from the UK and it is still cheaper than buying here after postage. Woolworths and Coles have got to bring down their prices. I go elsewhere in the meantime.
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True Blue Aussie Battler Posted at 3:03 PM February 13, 2013
Australia - land of the Great Rip Off! Cost of living has sky rocketed over the last 10 years. I recall a can of coke (375ml) being 50 cents @ coles/woolies back then, now its like $3 for a 600ml Before a decent meal of $5 Now a half decent meal is $15 Before housing/rent in the city was $150 Now $450. Ridiculous!
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Martin of York Posted at 3:02 PM February 13, 2013
Woolworths is in " high volume, low margin business", what a comedian. Fruit, cheese, milk (forget the home brands), cream, vegetables to name only a few products are much more expensive than in other smaller retailers. And what about petrol prices? Low margins as well? Remember when oil was $147.00p/b , petrol was selling at$1.47.cents a liter and Australian dollar was 96cents US? Now the oil is around $97.00p/b, Australian dollar above parity and the unleaded petrol is, yes you guessed it, $ 1.47cents a liter on Thusrsday,Friday,Saturday and 3 cents cheaper on Sunday. Low margins???
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scam watcher of Australia Posted at 3:00 PM February 13, 2013
Why we pay the most for nearly everything should be independently investigated. They will also find that corruption is legalized here. We all need to do something about it.
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ash Posted at 2:59 PM February 13, 2013
Clearly no one here has ever marketed a product. The reality is Australians buy vegimite. But foreigners don't. The best way to get foreigners hooked on it is to make it cheap. Vegimite is probably being sold at a loss overseas in order to obtain market share. If they sold it at a loss here as well they would stop making it.
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J of Perth Posted at 2:57 PM February 13, 2013
that why i make a trip once a year oversea to buy majority of discrete items....the savings are free ticket and free holiday! Keep it this way and we will see Australia retails will be gone gone gone...(similar to manufacturing)
Comment 21 of 42
Steve Johnston of Ohio Posted at 2:56 PM February 13, 2013
In Ohio, it is about $9.00 at world market
Comment 22 of 42
Brett of Sydney Posted at 2:52 PM February 13, 2013
While I agree that prices seem to over exaggerated, before everyone jumps on the 'we're getting ripped off' band wagon, it's worthwhile considering the other costs associated with running a business. Wages, rent and electricity costs are all contributing factors to pricesWhere is the comparison on what business in other countries have to pay out? We can't have it all people. You want to get paid at least $20 an hour and only want to pay $1 for vegemite. The sums just don't add up.
Comment 23 of 42
Simmo of Adelaide Posted at 2:51 PM February 13, 2013
after living overseas for years, i am always suspicious of anyone that 'loves' vegemite.. i am aussie through and through, it is the worst tasting thing on earth!!!
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Marlene Posted at 2:48 PM February 13, 2013
It looks and tastes different too. It's not as thick as it used to be and its shinier. Idk what they did to it but they need to change it back.
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Member of Parliament of Australia Posted at 2:47 PM February 13, 2013
That's a bloomin' outrage that is, I'm taking that all the way to the Prime Minster.
Comment 26 of 42
Bert of Australia Posted at 2:47 PM February 13, 2013
We are not paying what it is worth, we are paying what they think they can get out of us.
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Marcus of Taytay Posted at 2:39 PM February 13, 2013
Its even cheaper at times to buy Vegemite here in the Philippines. While if i go to an import store it will be the same if not more however sometimes the local supermarket say the same as Woolworths has the Medium jar on Special for 120 pesos buy 1 take 1 that's 3 dollars
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George of Perth Posted at 2:39 PM February 13, 2013
It comes down to intellect when you realise after years and years of paying too much that you are being ripped off. Shows you the state of the nations intellect only starting to complain about it now. We should have started a price revolution 5 years ago!!!
Comment 29 of 42
leigh of melb Posted at 2:39 PM February 13, 2013
the thing is, this will all blow over after the media stops reporting about how things overseas are cheaper. Nothing will change.
Comment 30 of 42
Steve of Adelaide Posted at 2:33 PM February 13, 2013
The biggest scam? The new 250ml bottles of coke selling for the same price as 330ml. Some cafes and restaurants are selling them for $3.90 - $4.10 which works out at $16 per litre. I take my own drinks to family restaurants and cafes now - (corkage free) - and if they ask - My drinks are special on medical grounds.
Comment 31 of 42
Kerry of Canada Posted at 2:31 PM February 13, 2013
We pay $12.99 in Canada for a small jar.
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Brad Posted at 2:29 PM February 13, 2013
Which is one of many reason that people are now buying on-line. If groceries could be bought from overseas suppliers many would do so. Not because anyone hates Australian manufactures but because of the government taxes, third party middle men and the lack of competition allowing retailers to do what they want.
Comment 33 of 42
Matt of Toronto Posted at 2:26 PM February 13, 2013
Hey I thing your research is wrong wrong wrong on vegimite , I live in Canada and 200g jar costs me $9.90 I'm happy to pay the price it is back home . Stop your complaining.
Comment 34 of 42
Bobby of Melbourne Posted at 2:26 PM February 13, 2013
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JB Posted at 2:25 PM February 13, 2013
Another day, another sad story in The Great Australian Rip Off.
Comment 36 of 42
BOB Posted at 2:25 PM February 13, 2013
Why not look at state to state first. Tasmanian Beers are cheaper in the Eastern States than in Tasmania. It comes down to what the market allows you to sell the product. Will this really lower prices??? PS the JD has how much Tax in Australia u really can't compare grog in this survey.
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jack of sydney Posted at 2:17 PM February 13, 2013
why are you complaining about this ? Have you check the tax on other countries and other cost related to this? It is a well know that australia is not very competitive country in the world as some of the car factories have been closed
Comment 38 of 42
Mike K of Radelaide Posted at 2:16 PM February 13, 2013
What an Outrage!
Comment 39 of 42
Jase of Wa,the biggest ripoff state in oz! Posted at 2:15 PM February 13, 2013
And your just saying it now?seen the prices of houses lately?rip off oz,and more to come!
Comment 40 of 42
pbarty of nth qld Posted at 2:14 PM February 13, 2013
nice to see the australian government is looking after it,s own people by having us ripped off
Comment 41 of 42
Have some respect. ! of Gold Coast Posted at 2:13 PM February 13, 2013
Thats the last time I buy vegemite. Ozmite it is.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to supporters during the end of the final 2012 campaign event in downtown Des Moines Monday.
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Obama's 2008 win in Iowa has taken on almost mythical proportions among aides who spent months here with the then-unknown U.S. senator from Illinois, urging voters in the largely white state to put a black man on the path to the presidency.
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Axelrod and Plouffe wore matching "Obama '08" fleece pullovers Monday. Two other fixtures from the 2008 campaign also made special appearances: Robert Gibbs, a longtime Obama aide who was Obama's first White House press secretary, and Reggie Love, Obama's former personal assistant.
"It's like the end of a long-running series and all the characters are coming back to be here," Axelrod said. He and Plouffe spoke to reporters during Obama's first rally earlier in the day in Madison, Wis.
Obama's team is projecting confidence, but the outcome of Tuesday's election is far from certain. Polls show Obama and Romney locked in a tight race nationally, though the president appears to have an edge in key battleground states.
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I eat the full fat. I seem to tolerate dairy just fine and the full fat tastes so much better.
I eat full fat everything. I see no reason to pay someone to remove energy and nutrients from my food. Here is a recent post by Mark on some benefits of full fat dairy vs its neutered fat-free versions....
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The following is a list of upcoming local entertainment events. The Times Observer welcomes additions to the list that are of community interest. Club meetings and closed gatherings are not included. To add an event, call features editor Diana Paddock in the newsroom at 723-8200 by noon Monday.
Sept. 1-22: Light Fantastic: Paintings on Glass and Mylar by John Lyon Paul AND Embracing Culture: Works by Hiromi Katayama, Crary Gallery, 511 Market St., Warren (www.crarygallery.org)
Sept. 6: Elk Township Historical Society annual meeting and program TBA, 7 p.m.
Sept. 7: The Seldom Seen Tour of the Victorian Mansion, Warren County History Society, 210 Fourth Avenue, Warren, 6-8 p.m.
Sept. 7: Quilt lecture with Pat Sloan, Warren Holiday Inn, 7 p.m.
Sept. 7: Peter Pepke Generation (jazz), Music in the Park, Soldiers & Sailors Park, Hickory St. at Pennsylvania Ave. W., Warren, sponsored by Northwest Savings Bank, 8-10 p.m., weather permitting.
Sept. 8: At Chapman State Park: Bird Banding with Emily Thomas Don't miss the fall migration! Join Emily Thomas, an avid birder, to learn about the birds of Chapman State Park. Mist nets will be set up to catch the birds. Participants will enjoy handling and identifying various species. Meet at the Environmental Learning Center, 8 a.m.; geo-caching 101 - Join the Park Naturalist, at the Amphitheater, for an introduction to the high tech game of geo-caching. After learning the basics, enjoy searching for caches in the park. GPS units will be provided but feel free to bring your own, 1 p.m.
Sept. 8: Luminaries placed for memorial service, volunteers meet at 9 a.m., coffee and donuts, Warren County Memorial Park, 20050 Route 6, Warren.
Sept. 8: Seventh Annual Lottsville Heritage Day, tureen dinner, Freehold Township Building, noon-3 p.m.
Sept. 8: Elk Township Historical Society, open house for museum and photos on display, Scandia, 1-4 p.m.
Sept. 8-9: Gun Show sponsored by Youngsville Volunteer Fire Department, Youngsville Fire Hall, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday (563-4244).
Sept. 8-9: 33rd Annual Wild Wind Folk Art & Craft Festival, 150 juried exhibitors, food, music, demonstrations, children's activities, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days, Warren County Fairgrounds,?Pittsfield, rain or shine. (www.wildwindfestival.com)
Sept. 9: "Energy for Life Walkathon" for Mitochondrial Disease, Sugar Grove Amvets Post 50, 3838 Stoney Run Rd., Sugar Grove, registration, 9:30 a.m.; walk begins, 10:30 a.m. (www.energyforlifewalk.org/northwesternpa; 730-9768).
Sept. 11: Memorial services for 9-11: Memorial Service & Emergency Service Honors, 8:30 a.m., and Memorial Service & Military Honors, 6 p.m., Warren County Memorial Park, 20050 Route 6, Warren.
Sept. 12-13: "Steelers Sale" sponsored by Warren General Hospital Auxiliary to be held in the outpatient lobby at WGH, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Everything "Steelers" from clothing to memorabilia on sale to benefit WGH Auxiliary programs.
Sept. 13: Education Expo, "All You Ever Wanted to Know About Insurance," information on Medicare, Social Security, supplemental insurances and more, refreshments, Allegheny Community Center, 42 Clark St., Warren, 4:30-6 p.m. (723-3237).
Sept. 13-15: Youngsville High School Homecoming Weekend celebration.
Sept. 14: Francie Zucco (jazz), Music in the Park, Soldiers & Sailors Park, Hickory St. at Pennsylvania Ave. W., Warren, sponsored by Northwest Savings Bank, 8-10 p.m., weather permitting.
Sept. 14-16: Y Bar U 13th Annual Trail Ride, entertainment, camping available, Scandia, 723-2470.
Sept. 15: September Swing Golf Scramble, Cable Hollow Golf Course, registration, 8 a.m.; shot-gun start, 9 a.m. (563-6433).
Sept. 16: Third annual St. Joseph Catholic School Golf Scramble, Cable Hollow Golf Course, 1 p.m. shotgun start (723-2030).
Sept. 18: Warren Public Library Classic Jazz with Chase Putnam, Slater Room, 6:30-8 p.m.
Sept. 19: "A Walk on the Wilder Side" and "The Way We Flew," a men's fundraiser for the Wilder Museum of Warren County History, 6-9 p.m., dinner included (723-1795).
Sept. 21: At Chapman State Park: Sunset & Moonlight Paddle - Come to the Mooring Area by the Warming Hut for a short lesson on basic boating safety and then take a canoe tour on the lake and the creek. Kayaks will also be available to try. Pre-registration is REQUIRED as boats are limited. You may bring your own canoe or kayak but you must still register. Registrations can be made by calling the park office at (814) 723-0250 by Thursday, 9/20., 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 22: Fourth Annual Casey Gray Memorial Whiffleball Tournament, Werner Park, Russell, 8 a.m. (to form or sponsor a team, call 723-6297 or 688-1592).
Sept. 22: Historic Irvine - Newbold Estate tour planning (get involved to help create a plan for future tours), meet at the Wilder Museum of Warren County History and take a hike to the estate, 11 a.m.
Sept. 22: At Chapman State Park: Extreme Home Edition: Bats Join the Park Naturalist in an effort to save Pennsylvania's bats! Help with the installation of bat boxes throughout Chapman State Park. Refreshments will follow. Meet at the Environmental Learning Center, 1 p.m.; Bats Galore! Meet the Park Naturalist at Pavilion #4 to learn about the many species of bats and then make your very own to take home, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 22: "Taking Steps to Remember," fifth annual Warren County VIP?Memorial Victim 5K Fun Run/Walk sponsored by Victim Impact Panel, Warren County Courthouse, walk, 10 a.m.; run, 10:15 a.m. firstname.lastname@example.com
Sept. 23: Sporting Clays Shoot, cash prizes, door prizes, free lunch, Kalbfus Rod & Gun Club, Chapman Dam Rd., Clarendon, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (730-6718).
Sept. 23: Paws Along the River Open House and Pet Celebration, noon-4 p.m. at the Humane Society, 212 Elm St. Bring your dog, enter the cat photo contest, Blessing of the Animals, food,games, a fun afternoon.
Sept. 27: House of Hope Benefit Spaghetti Dinner, Hessel Valley Lutheran Church, Chandlers Valley, 4:30-6:30 p.m., cost: donation, takeouts available, no reservations required.
Sept. 28-29: Renovation Celebration Fall Fest at Irvine Presbyterian Church, artisans, open house, food, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Sept. 28-29: Fall Rummage Sale, Russell Fire Hall, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday (items are $1 per bag Saturday).
Sept. 29: At Chapman State Park: National Public Land's Day Meet the Park Naturalist at the main office to get outdoors, get dirty and have fun! Projects will include trail maintenance and garden beautification. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers., 9 a.m.
Oct. 3, 10 and 17: Forest Warren Human Services Early Intervention Program and Penn State Cooperative Extension offers a series of nutrition classes, a free program for families with children younger than 18. Participation is limited; pre-register at 726-2100.
Oct. 5-6: Haunted Halloween Open House & Trolley Tours, Warren County Historical Society, 210 Fourth Ave., Warren, 6-8:30 p.m.
Oct. 5-21: Warren Art League fall art show, "Varied Visions," Crary Art Gallery, 511 Market St., Warren. Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 (www.crarygallery.org).
Oct. 6: Rouse Heritage Day, celebrate 150 years of Rouse history, at Rouse Home, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (563-6465)
Oct. 7: Elk Township Historical Society, closing event for "Images of Elk Township" photography contest, people's choice awards presented, refreshments, Scandia, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8: Warren County School District, professional development day, no school for students.
Oct. 12-26: Art Show, Suites at Rouse, Youngsville.
Oct. 13: Scandia Mountain Pumpkin Festival, crafts, auction, cornhole tournament (registation begins at 9 a.m.), Scandia Fire Hall, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Oct. 13: Elk Township Historical Society, open house for museum and lending library, Scandia, 1-4 p.m.
Oct. 15: "Purse Patch" handbag sale, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. in the outpatient lobby of Warren General Hospital, sponsored by WGH Auxiliary.
Oct. 16: Warren Public Library Classic Jazz with Chase Putnam, Slater Room, 6:30-8 p.m.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Rick Porcello is on the mound tonight for the Detroit Tigers, and here is the rest of the lineup facing Kansas City Royals starter Bruce Chen:
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Johnny Damon, DH
3. Ryan Raburn, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Brandon Inge, 3B
7. Casper Wells, RF
8. Max St. Pierre, C
9. Will Rhymes, 2B
Catcher Max St. Pierre makes his major league debut with catcher Gerald Laird's lower back tightness continuing.
First baseman Miguel Cabrera (left biceps tendinitis) is back after missing one start, but Tigers manager Jim Leyland said relievers Ryan Perry and Robbie Weinhardt won't be used tonight. Perry has pitched in three of the last four games, while Weinhardt threw in back-to-back games.


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June 25, 2013
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Jeb Lonely goes for a ride in the saddle bronc competition during Friday night's performance of the 15th annual Bear Paw Roundup PRCA Rodeo at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook.
One of the biggest professional rodeos of the summer took place Friday and Saturday at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook. And it was as tough and as popular as ever.
The 15th annual Bear Paw Roundup PRCA Rodeo was held over the weekend, where the crowds were big, the weather was good and the stock was rank and rough.
In the final standings after two performances and Saturday morning's slack, several big names on the PRCA circuit picked up good paychecks.
Delon Parker earned the all-around title in Chinook, while Sylvan LaCross scored 75 points to win the bareback competition. Locals Calvin Ophus and current Montana State University-Northern cowboy Charlie Mack also earned money in the bareback riding.
Jordan Holland broke the five-second barrier to win the steer wrestling title in Chinook, while Travis Winters and Trevor Sunvison captured the team roping championship. Tyrell Smith scored 83 points to win the saddle bronc competition, while Jake Newton was first in tie-down roping. Shelly Anzick had the top time in the barrels, while J.D. Harrell scored 71 points and had the only qualified bull ride of the entire weekend.
The next big rodeo on the Hi-Line will be the NRA sanctioned Great Northern Stampede July 19-20 in Havre.
Bear Paw Roundup In Chinook
All-around cowboy: Delon Parker, $970, tie-down roping and team roping.
Bareback riding: 1. Sylvan La Cross, 75 points on Brookman-Hyland Rodeo's Joe Dirt, $456; 2. Cavan Wrzesinkski, 71, $342; 3. Calvin Ophus, 70, $228; 4. Charlie Mack, 60, $114.
Steer wrestling: 1. Jordan Holland, 4.9 seconds, $1,045; 2. Roddy Cameron, 5.1, $784; 3. Jason Armstrong, 5.2, $523; 4. Ryan Elliott, 5.4, $261.
Kava Huestis races the barrels during Friday night's performance of the 15th annual Bear Paw Roundup PRCA Rodeo at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook. The rodeo saw big crowds both Friday and Saturday night.
Team roping: 1. Travis Winters/Trevor Sunvison, 5.6 seconds, $1,481 each; 2. (tie) Jason Carlson/Justin Marquez, Ty St. Goddard/Ryle Whitford and Delon Parker/Jeremy Buhler, 5.7, $970 each; 5. Shayne Bishop/Jordan Handy, 5.9, $460; 6. (tie) Dustin Bird/Paul Eaves and Duston Stephens/Dalton Tamcke, 6.0, $128 each.
Saddle bronc riding: 1. Tyrell Smith, 83 points on Brookman-Hyland Rodeo's Apple Jack, $790; 2. Shane Moran, 80, $593; 3. Doug Fitzgerald, 77, $395; 4. Jess Korman, 74, $198.
Tie-down roping: 1. Jake Newton, 12.6 seconds, $779; 2. Bode Scott, 13.2, $584; 3. Brant Davis, 13.3, $390; 4. Cody Rood, 14.0, $195.
Barrel racing: 1. Shelly Anzick, 16.54 seconds, $819; 2. Gayleen Malone, 16.76, $713; 3. Casey Wagner, 16.77, $606; 4. (tie) Honora Jackson Roe and Shelby Blixt, 16.78, $445 each; 6. Annie Novotny, 16.79, $285; 7. Theresa Walter, 16.84, $178; 8. Shelley Murphy, 16.86, $71.
Bull riding: 1. J.D. Harrell, 76 points on Brookman-Hyland Rodeo's Teaon, $747; no other qualified rides.
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Testimony on Medicare Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs Subvention by Robert A. Berenson, M.D.
Director, Center for Health Plans & ProvidersHealth Care Financing Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Before the Senate Finance Committee
May 4, 1999
Good morning, Chairman Roth, Senator Moynihan and members of the Committee, thank you
for inviting us to discuss our demonstration for Medicare subvention involving
Medicare-eligible military retirees and their families and our proposed demonstration for
Medicare subvention involving our nation's
veterans. I also want to thank the General Accounting Office for its valuable evaluation
of the Department of Defense demonstration project, which raises issues that we are
working with the DoD to address and provides us information to better plan for the
Veterans Affairs subvention demonstration.
In recent weeks we have been reminded once again of the contributions America's military retirees and veterans have made to our
country. We are committed to working with the DoD and VA to see if there is a way to
improve their access to care while protecting the Medicare Trust Funds. The Clinton
Administration strongly supports these demonstrations, which will provide needed
information regarding the effects of subvention and its potential to benefit all parties
involved. I want to update you on the status of these demonstrations and to explain the
need to limit the Veterans Affairs demonstration project to coordinated care.
The term "subvention"refers to Medicare paying for care provided at
military, veterans or other federal facilities to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare is
precluded by statute from doing this. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 authorized a 3-year,
demonstration for military retirees and an implementation plan for a similar veterans
demonstration. Enrollment in the DoD demonstration began in August 1998, and we expect to
have a signed Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs on the VA
demonstration in about a week. These demonstrations provide the opportunity to assess how
a coordinated approach to subvention might improve efficiency, access, and quality of care
for Medicare-eligible military retirees and veterans in a select number of sites. In
implementing the DoD demonstration and drafting the memorandum of agreement with the VA,
we focused on two imperatives: protecting beneficiaries and protecting the Medicare Trust
The DoD demonstration creates a DoD-run HMO, TRICARE Senior Prime, in six sites around
the country for military retirees and their dependents who are eligible for the Medicare
program. It also creates the option for a second program called Medicare Partners, which
would allow regular Medicare+Choice health plans to contract with military treatment
facilities to provide specialty care for military retirees who are enrolled in
Medicare+Choice plans. The six sites participating in the demonstration are:
The TRICARE Senior Prime Option provides a full range of Medicare benefits to
enrollees. Covered services include the standard Medicare benefits, including skilled
nursing facilities and home health care, as well as other TRICARE benefits such as
pharmaceutical coverage. The demonstration sites must meet all conditions of participation
required of Medicare+Choice plans except those waived in the memorandum of agreement
related to fiscal soundness and licensure for physicians in the State where they are
practicing (due to the nature of military assignments).
DoD is obligated to spend as much for the care of those in the demonstration areas as
it already spends on them, known as its "level
of effort." Medicare pays for care only after
the DoD has met its agreed upon historic level of effort. Once the level of effort is met,
Medicare will pay 95 percent of the county-based rate it pays for beneficiaries in
Medicare+Choice plans, minus the cost of medical education, disproportionate share
payments, and a portion of hospital capital payments, which DoD funds separately.
Enrollment is voluntary and enrollees agree to receive all covered services through
TRICARE. Services from civilian providers who furnish services not available at military
facilities require a copayment. The DoD is not charging a premium for the first year of
the demonstration. Prior to this demonstration, dually eligible beneficiaries could only
be treated at DoD facilities on a "space
available" basis. Medicare payments to DoD are
capped at $50 million in the first year, $60 million in the second year, and $65 million
in the third year..
GAO Concerns
The GAO report raises two important concerns about the DoD subvention demonstration:
We are working with the DoD to address these concerns, and the DoD has been extremely
helpful in this regard. In reviewing the level of effort methodology and baseline data, we
determined that we should devote additional staff and resources to reviewing the DoD's data and methodology, and are therefore hiring an
outside contractor to help us in this effort.
DoD Subvention Evaluation Plan
We have contracted with RAND, Inc., to evaluate the DoD demonstration, and they have
submitted a detailed plan for their evaluation. It includes assessments of:
There will be interim reports in July of 1999, March of 2000, and March of 2001. And
RAND will issue a final report in December of 2001. This evaluation is one of two
independent evaluations required in the legislation authorizing the demonstration. The law
also directs the HHS Inspector General to obtain an evaluation, which will be conducted by
the GAO. RAND is coordinating with the GAO to insure that their independent efforts are
We are also working toward implementation of a Veterans Affairs subvention
demonstration, in which Medicare will pay for care in the VA health care system for
Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for VA health care benefits. We believe this
could provide more access to VA services for veterans, savings to the Medicare Trust
Funds, and administrative efficiencies to both programs.
The memorandum of agreement between HCFA and the VA is modeled on the DoD demonstration
and, like the DoD demonstration, relies upon a coordinated care model. Medicare will
reimburse the VA for health services provided through an HMO-like organization run by the
VA to Medicare beneficiaries who are Priority 7 veterans (generally those without a
service-connected disability who are above the VA income threshold).
Beneficiaries who enroll in the demonstration will be able to use their Medicare
benefits to obtain Medicare coordinated care services at VA facilities and other sites
under contract to the VA. The VA organization will provide the complete range of Medicare
benefits, and adhere to the conditions of participation and quality standards required of
Medicare+Choice plans. As with the DoD, the VA will receive Medicare payments only after
it surpasses its current level of effort for dual-eligible beneficiaries in demonstration
site facilities. After the VA meets its level of effort, Medicare will reimburse the VA at
the rate of 95 percent of county-based Medicare+Choice capitation rates, excluding the
cost of medical education, disproportionate share payments, and a portion of hospital
capital payments. As we are able, we will risk adjust payments so they take into account
enrollee health status.
We have taken care in designing this demonstration to protect the Medicare Trust Funds.
If Medicare costs are more than they would have been without the demonstration, Medicare
and the VA have agreed to take any necessary corrective action. For example, the VA may
refund Medicare, we may suspend or terminate the demonstration, or we may adjust payments.
To further insulate Medicare from financial risk, a "cap"of $50 million a year will be placed on the total
Medicare reimbursement to VA. Furthermore, the VA has agreed to open its facilities to
audits by HCFA and the HHS Inspector General.
We have addressed issues the GAO identified in its evaluation of the DoD demonstration
in our planning of the VA demonstration. For example, as with the DoD subvention
demonstration we plan to base the level of effort calculation on actual expenditures the
VA made during a specified base period. We are working with the VA to make sure we have
the information we need to make accurate and reliable payments based upon a valid
Thus, we strongly believe that we have taken all possible steps to protect
beneficiaries, the Trust Funds, and the VA from any potential adverse outcomes. And, as
with the DoD demonstration, we will solicit a rigorous evaluation by an independent
evaluator. Over the 3 years of the demonstration, the independent evaluator will monitor
performance and collect data on:
Focusing on Coordinated Care
The DoD demonstration is limited to coordinated care by statute and, for good reasons,
we have limited the proposed VA demonstration to coordinated care. This will:
Under a coordinated care model, enrollees would obtain all services from or through the
VA. This will ensure that all needed care is received from the appropriate providers who
have access to patient records and other needed patient information. We believe it will
help ensure that beneficiaries receive high quality, coordinated care. It will help the VA
better anticipate costs and payment amounts, resulting in better planning and improved
access to care. It also means the demonstration will more likely remain within the
spending caps established in the memorandum of agreement, thereby minimizing the
likelihood that participation will be curtailed later in the demonstration. And a
coordinated care model also will better protect the Medicare Trust Funds by removing many
of the unknowns and risks inherent in a fee-for-service model.
Focusing on one model will also minimize the demonstration's administrative burden to the VA and to HCFA. In
addition, our memorandum of agreement with the VA is similar to the one we have with the
DoD and, as proposed, our role is similar in both demonstrations. Therefore, we can
leverage the staff, resources, and lessons learned between the two demonstrations,
something that can only be achieved with some level of consistency between the two
I would like to alert the Committee that it does take a long time to implement a
demonstration of this complexity, even when only one service-delivery model is used. With
the DoD demonstration receiving high-priority implementation treatment from both HCFA and
DoD, it took between 13 and 17 months to deliver services in sites after passage of
authorizing legislation.
Subvention has the potential to benefit all parties involved -- the DoD, VA, Medicare
and, most importantly, beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and military or veterans' health care benefits. They should enjoy enhanced
choice and improved service, which is the true "bottom
line" in this effort. The President strongly
supports these demonstrations, and we are committed to meeting the challenges they present
and learning as much as we can about what would be necessary to expand such programs. We
look forward to working with this Committee, the DoD, and the VA as we continue to seek to
improve health care services available to our nation's
Medicare-eligible veterans and military retirees. It is critical that we limit the risk to
VA and the Trust Funds, and ensure top quality care to veterans. In this regard, we
recommend limiting the demonstration to coordinated care only, and to understand the
importance of allowing for about a 1-year implementation period.


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Last year a middle school science teacher in my local school district proposed that the Intelligent Design Network's Objective Origins Teaching Policy be adopted by the district. After some debate and politicking it was rejected by the Board of Education, as was a watered down version offered after the rejection of the initial proposal.
After thinking about it at length and talking with people in the community and elsewhere, what I am realizing is that this is not something that has anything to do with reason and science; it is about fear.
ISCID is the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. Over at Stranger Fruit, Jerry Don Bauer (no stranger to the ISCID boards) makes a number of statements regarding peer-review and ID:
There is a ton of peer reviewed lituraure [sic] out there-Both ARN and ISCID put out quarterly journals in this area, along with many others. You could have gotten by with that statement 2 or 3 years back, but not today….
[ID] literature [is] being peer reviewed is it not? In fact, the very purpose for ISCID is peer review. Look at all the peer reviewed books out on the subject. Look at the papers on other sites
In what follows, I want to briefly examine these claims.
Tangled Bank #3 is available at 10,000 Birds. The Tangled Bank is a biweekly roundup of science weblogging. Read and enjoy.
Remember, if you've written anything on your weblog at all relevant to biology, send a link to firstname.lastname@example.com so that it will be included in the next edition (scheduled for 2 June, at De Rerum Natura).
Last week I discussed the constitutionality of the Alabama Academic Freedom Act, an act that sought to empower any teacher in the state of Alabama "to present scientific information pertaining to the full range of scientific views concerning biological or physical origins in any curricula or course of learning." Timothy Sandefur also had some choice words to say about it.
With great pleasure I am happy to report that the Alabama Academic Freedom Act did not come up for a vote on the final day of the Alabama legislative session. The house spent most of the day dealing with the General Fund budget and did not have time to consider the many bills that the religious-right had proposed but not passed.
In developmental biology, and increasingly in evolutionary biology, one of the most important fields of study is deciphering the nature of regulatory networks of genes. Most people are familiar with the idea of a gene as stretch of DNA that encodes a protein in a sequence of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs, and that's still an important part of the story. Most people may also be comfortable with the idea that mutations are events that change the sequence of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs, which can lead to changes in the encoded protein, which then causes changes in the function of the protein. These are essential pieces in the story of evolution; we do accumulate variations in genes and gene products over time.
There's more to evolution than just that relatively straightforward pattern of change, however. Consider humans and chimpanzees. We're both made of mostly the same stuff: the keratin that makes up our hair and the organization of hair follicles is nearly identical, and our brains each contain the same structures. The differences are in regulation. We both have the same kinds of hair, but chimps have more of it turned on all over the place, while we've mostly down-regulated it everywhere except a few places. The differences in our brains may be mostly differences in select timing: our brains are switched on to grow for longer periods of time in development, and there are almost certainly specific regions and patterns of connectivity that are tweaked by adjusting different levels of different gene products in different places at different times.
Continue reading "Upstream plasticity and downstream robustness in evolution of molecular networks" (at Pharyngula)
Hmmm. Let's see. Intelligent Design creationists made a big push in Minnesota. They had a friendly education commissioner who stacked the deck in their favor, and when the sensible scientists, educators, and citizens who wrote the science standards came up with a darn good document, she formed a special committee of creationists to put together revisions. End result: the revisions were scrapped, and our conservative stealth creationist commissioner finds herself thrown out on her ear.
Sounds like a defeat for Intelligent Design to me.
But no! How could I be so deluded? The Discovery Institute has declared it a victory!
Minnesota has become the second state to require students to know about scientific evidence critical of Darwinian evolution in its newly adopted science standards. On May 15, the Minnesota legislature adopted new science standards that include a benchmark requiring students to be able to explain how new evidence can challenge existing scientific theories, including the theory of evolution.
The benchmark reads, "The student will be able to explain how scientific and technological innovations as well as new evidence can challenge portions of or entire accepted theories and models including "...theory of evolution. ..." The benchmark is included in the "History and Nature of Science," strand of the science standards for grades 9-12.
"This is a significant victory for the vast majority of Americans who favor teaching evolution but who want it taught fully, including scientific criticisms of the theory," said Dr. John West, Associate Director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. Discovery Institute supports teaching students more about evolutionary theory, including introducing them to mainstream, peer-reviewed scientific debates over key aspects of modern evolutionary theory (known as neo-Darwinism).
Dr. West added that he expected some Darwin-only supporters would try to downplay or ignore the new benchmark. "Undoubtedly some Darwin-only supporters will claim that the standard doesn't really mean what it says, or that schools don't really need to follow it. Minnesotans who support the standard will need to make sure that it is actually implemented in Minnesota schools."
When these guys speak, you know they are lying. They've changed their logo and name so many times, they might as well just go straight to the most appropriate one: Ministry of Truth.
On Pharyngula PZ Meyers reports that:
It's nothing but good news for biology from the Minnesota legislature this week. The Intelligent Design creationists' amendment to the state science standards went down in flames.
Read more at Pharyngula
I've noticed that a lot of people are using the badges for the Panda's Thumb (and good for you!) that I host on my site, pharyngula.org, and some of the graphics in my articles here are similarly hosted there. You may find that those graphics aren't available today: my server is offline for the next several hours while some major electrical work is done on my campus. My apologies, and we expect everything to come back online by late this afternoon or early evening, Central Time.
(Oh, and Pharyngula will also be unavailable during that time.)
Let me start this off with a quote from Charles Darwin:
I have been struck with the likeness of many of the half-favourable criticisms on sexual selection, with those which appeared at first on natural selection; such as, that it would explain some few details, but certainly was not applicable to the extent to which I have employed it. My conviction of the power of sexual selection remains unshaken; but it is probable, or almost certain, that several of my conclusions will hereafter be found erroneous; this can hardly fail to be the case in the first treatment of a subject. When naturalists have become familiar with the idea of sexual selection, it will, as I believe, be much more largely accepted; and it has already been fully and favourably received by several capable judges.
Descent of Man, preface
And now let's look at this news story that has as its focus a "challenge" to sexual selection.
Lunch with the FT: Rainbow warrior
Simon London Wrote:
"If you have a theory that says something is wrong with so many people, then the theory is suspect," says Joan Roughgarden, looking up from her Caribbean chicken salad. "It is counter-intuitive that nature should have done such a bad job - or, if you prefer, that God should have made so many mistakes."
The theory in question is Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection; the "mistakes" are homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals - anyone who does not fit into the neat categories of heterosexual male and female.
By challenging the great 19th-century naturalist, Roughgarden, a professor of biological sciences and geophysics at Stanford University, is making waves in academia and beyond. The implications, not only for science but also for society, could be profound. After all, you don't need to be versed in the Origin of Species to share Darwin's twin assumptions that, broadly, the purpose of sex is reproduction and that females select mates on the basis of genetic characteristics or traits.
Being versed in Darwin studies would mean that one would know that instead of Origin of Species one should be looking at Descent of Man for Darwin's full explication of his theory of sexual selection. And when one looks there, does one find that sexual selection is founded strictly upon the two "assumptions" identified above? No, one does not.
Continue reading "Darwinism in Crisis Again?" on The Austringer.
Behe published his book "Darwins Black Box" in 1996. In it he stated the principle of "irreducible complexity" and claimed that, amongst other things, the clotting system and the eubacterial flagella were irreducibly complex, and were not evolvable. Since that time, researchers have uncovered significant evidence for the evolution of both the clotting system and the eubacterial flagella, what has Behe been researching while this has been going on? Well at a recent ID conference Behe has apparently produced a calculation that shows that the evolution of new binding sites between proteins and things such as other protein, DNA and small molecules is so unlikely as to be impossible.


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The event is part of NBC's 2011 Education Nation Summit this weekend. NBC news anchor Brian Williams will moderate the town hall. Mixon is under consideration to be one of the panelists. The town hall will be broadcast starting at noon Sunday on MSNBC.
Mixon, 46, of Camillus, is a composer and taught instrumental and general music in the Syracuse district for about a decade until he become fine arts coordinator almost a year ago. He is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and the board suggested him as a Town Hall participant.
He believes he has a unique perspective to offer in a discussion about the challenges and successes of American teachers. He was a fine arts teacher, and fine arts are always the among the first areas to get cut when school districts need to balance their budgets, Mixon said. Also, he can look at public education from the perspective of both teacher and administrator.
NBC asked Mixon to write an editorial as part of his participation in the Town Hall and in it he argues schools need to foster creativity in students through the fine arts to prepare them to prosper in the 21st Century. Creativity will fuel the next Google or Facebook, Mixon argues.
Here is some of what he had to say in an interview this week with The Post-Standard.
What do you see differently as an administrator that you didn't see as a teacher?
Well, in a very basic sense when you are a teacher, you know, you think about (that) your job is to instruct students, and that's a whole set of challenges and problems. When you are an administrator, you of course have the students at the center of everything that you do but you are managing people and facilities and budgets, and with education it's definitely a different perspective.
Are those perspectives at odds?
Actually, that's one of my points in the editorial, that when people are sitting in the same discussions, front-line folks are sitting there talking about it, they easily see that we're all in it for the same thing, for the good of our students. Some of those conflicts, I should say, those lines of conflict, are often drawn by other people.
In your comments during this Teachers Town Hall, if there's one point you hope to convey, what would that be?
There are some very significant issues that we're facing nationally, statewide, and one of those is teacher evaluations. Another one in this state is significant budget cuts. And of course it impacts the fine arts.
But even beyond that, we need to be very cautious about only getting our information or making our decisions on folks that are on TV or spokespeople for the various factions. Real solutions, we're finding over and over again, are found somewhere in between, through front-line discussions, amongst teachers, administrators, parents and other stakeholders, not the pundits that might be on TV or write books or so called experts.
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