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It'll be up to the line to neutralize that. The line as currently configured – Newhouse, Lang, center Evan Dietrich-Smith, Sitton and Barclay left-to-right – will be playing its fourth game together following veteran Jeff Saturday's benching before the Dec. 23 game against Tennessee. When the teams met in Week 1, Bryan Bulaga was at right tackle and Saturday was at center.
"I think when you have a couple of injuries starting with Bryan and then moving forward, then having Evan in there, I think they've had a lot of reps together, 200 plus reps (now)," offensive line coach James Campen said. "That helps, and I think they're progressing in the right direction. As far as being cohesive and calls and those things, they're fine. So I expect them to play their best game this week."
I spy: For as much as is being made of 49ers second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick making his first NFL postseason start – the kid took over for Alex Smith and started the final seven games – the Packers certainly aren't talking about Kaepernick like they view him as inexperienced or unprepared.
"He's been doing an excellent job for his team ever since he stepped in," Packers cornerback Tramon Williams said. "From what I've seen, on film, he's been throwing the ball well. Obviously everyone knows about his running ability. That's the main thing that you watch, but he's been getting it done with his arm. Obviously, they have a balanced attack and that's what makes them tough to play. Some of the throws that he makes, some of the reads that he makes, he's kind of 'before his time,' you could say, right now. He's doing an excellent job for his team."
Because Kaepernick isn't simply a running quarterback who can occasionally complete a pass – he's 136 of 218 (62.4 percent) for 1,814 yards with 10 TDs and three INTs (98.3 rating) this season while running 63 times for 415 yards and five TDs – the Packers defense must decide how to defend him, and that likely will entail employing a spy, at least part of the time.
Whether that spy will be inside linebacker Brad Jones, outside linebacker Clay Matthews or safety Charles Woodson – all of whom have done it before – remains to be seen.
"If you're having a problem with your rush lanes in terms of a guy identifying seams – because if you're rushing four, there's going to be a seam or two in there – they can tie you up," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "So, (a spy) gives you a second-level guy to where maybe if that quarterback pulls the ball down, it's not a 20-yard gain (but) maybe it's a 6- to 8-yard gain. There's different ways. We've got different ways of doing it. If we're playing an athletic quarterback, you always have some element of it. How much you use it kind of depends on how much you need it."
Asked what the downside is of spying, Capers replied, "Sometimes, you can get caught in between to where you're neither fish nor foul. You're sitting there waiting for that quarterback so you aren't rushing, and then you've got him more tied into the quarterback so you don't get as much coverage out of him. What you're doing is it's kind of an in-between deal to where if you rush five, you're designating five guys to go get the quarterback right now or if you rush four and you drop seven, you've got those seven guys in coverage. So now, if you go to a four-man rush, you've got six guys in coverage and that guy's kind of in between, that's why you've got to pick your spots."
Tightening up on TEs: Once upon a time, 49ers tight end Vernon Davis was best known for then-Niners coach Mike Singletary's diatribe about his attitude. ("I want winners!") Then, in 2009, he emerged as one of the NFL's elite tight ends, posting career highs in receptions (78), receiving yards (965) and touchdown catches (13). He also had a terrific two-game run in last year's postseason (10 receptions, 292 yards, four TDs.)
But after the way Davis finished the regular season – only six receptions for 61 yards in the final six games – the Packers can only hope he remains that unproductive against them on Saturday night. Davis' lack of productivity has coincided with Kaepernick's ascension to the starting QB position, but 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Davis' attitude has been excellent – even after Davis confessed that the season has been "stressful" for him.
"Vernon is on the field as much, other than the offensive lineman and quarterbacks, as much or more than every other player. So, he's got something to do every play. He's done a good job with that," Roman said. "Day-to-day, his attitude has been great and he's a mentally strong guy that doesn't whither. Not getting a lot of balls, but stays focused. It's coming, at some point.
"While many people point to one statistic – 'Well, how many catches does this guy have?' – the reality of it is, every play, he is critical to the success of the 49ers. From our standpoint, he's had a really good year."
The Packers certainly respect him, having seen him have big games before: Six catches for 108 yards and a TD in 2009; four catches for 126 yards and a TD in 2010; three catches for 43 yards and another TD in the Sept. 9 regular-season opener. Thus, they won't be taking him lightly, especially since tight ends have been an Achilles' heel for Capers' defense over the years.
"You have to always be aware of Vernon Davis because he's a tight end body type with the speed of a wide receiver. If you aren't careful, they lull you to sleep playing the run and all of a sudden he can get out of there vertically up the field," Capers said. "He creates matchup problems. (He's) had a couple good days out here on Lambeau against us vertically. I've come out of those games saying, 'Geez, if we just didn't give him a play up the field …' I still think that's one of the keys because of the way they play. You play the run and you've got a tight end that's got the speed of a receiver, so you've got to be careful that he doesn't get the matchup that they want."
Capers said the 49ers prefer multiple tight-end sets, and that's in part because they have another excellent tight end in Delanie Walker, who caught 13 of his 21 passes on the season in the last six games, gaining 246 of his 344 yards and scoring two of his three touchdowns while Davis' numbers dipped.
"I've had a lot of respect for Walker for quite a few years now because he brings such versatility to their offense. You're going to see the guy line up as a wide receiver, you're going to see him line up at tight end, you're going to see him line up in the backfield. He's their movement guy; he does a lot of movement things," Capers said. "They run a lot of multiple-tight end schemes – they'll have two, they'll have three out there. They'll have three and bring in another lineman. They use a lot of different personnel groups, and that's kind of their game. They're going to do a lot of the same things out of a lot of different personnel groups, give you a lot of looks formation-wise, shifting, motion. I think they play to their personnel and their tight ends are one of their strengths."
How Capers opts to defend the tight ends remains to be seen, but look for Charles Woodson to have at least some role. Capers could also use some of his cornerbacks, even if they aren't as big physically as the guy they'll be covering.
"Those tight ends definitely are a big part of our offense. They run like receivers and are big like tight ends," Tramon Williams said. "They're definitely going to present a challenge. They can spread the field, get down the seams, things like that. You also got their receivers that can do the same. It's definitely going to be a challenge but we'll be prepared."
Kicking themselves?: The Packers and 49ers took decidedly different approaches with their struggling kickers. Green Bay stood by Mason Crosby through thick and thin – and an alarming number of missed field goal attempts – while San Francisco decided to spend its playoff bye week conducting a kicking competition between scuffling David Akers and free-agent signee Billy Cundiff.
In the end, both the Packers and 49ers wound up in the same place: With their guys keeping their jobs, at least for Saturday night's game.
"I feel like he gives us the best chance," Harbaugh said in picking Akers. "Suffice it to say we feel confident in David giving us the best chance to win. (He) responded like a football player does. Competed and not really more to say about it."
Well, there's a little more to say about it. Harbaugh said Cundiff will remain on the roster, despite Akers getting the nod. It was Cundiff who missed a 32-yard field goal in the AFC Championship Game last January for Harbaugh's brother John and the Baltimore Ravens, a kick that would have tied the game in the waning seconds of what was instead a loss to the New England Patriots.
The Packers never felt the need to put Crosby on the hot seat, and he has now made his last five field-goal attempts. He's now 22 for 34 on the year, while Akers is 29 of 42.
"He went through a progression of his work and then putting it together on the field. His performance in the games has been solid. I feel good about where he is," Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said of Crosby. "I think you look at what he's done the last couple games and how he finished the season. He had some tough times that he dealt with and I think it shows what kind of character he is. He kept working and kept plying his trade. I look forward to seeing him kick.
"You could see when he missed a kick, he'd get disappointed, but I think that's natural. I didn't see anything unnatural. He just grinded through it."
That approach was consistent with Crosby's personality. Now, he wants to reward his team's faith in and patience with him.


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I contacted this Phoenix pest control company, and told them about my bedbug problem. They were able to have an exterminator come over to my business the next day to check the matter out. There were able to do a discrete screening while I had no clients in the office, and determined that I did in fact have bedbugs. There were able to determine that the bedbugs were confined to a couple of the downstairs offices, and that there were none of them in the upstairs or garage area. This was very useful to know as it meant that I did not have to pay for these areas to be treated when they really did not need it.


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I ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday, so pain is on my mind today. Obviously, the Cardinals' loss to Milwaukee didn't make me feel much better; but as I sit here with ice on my quads, a beer in my hand and a masochistic grin on my face, I continue to remind myself that a) things are gonna get better b) it's a MARATHON not a sprint and c) we signed up for this.
With every pitch, with every swing (every stride, every step) our feelings and emotions are fully invested. We worked hard to get here and we're not gonna lay down and die just because we're a little knocked down. Instead, we're gonna lace 'em up, pound the pavement and enjoy the burn.
With a smile.
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You ran the marathon? I'm impressed! I'm sure it was worth the pain. Congrats.
Jeff, congratulations on completing Chicago! It's nice that I'm not the only one that runs on MLBlogosphere. I've done two of the five majors (New York – 2005 and Boston 1999 and 2001). Chicago is on my bucket list. Definitely, it's been an interesting postseason thus far. Hopefully, Detroit will rebound from 0-2.


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To view the full article written by Jack Doyle, please visit: Big brother to log your drinking habits and waist size as GPs are forced to hand over confidential records
The UK government proposes to collect citizens' health data in a "giant information bank". "A document outlining the scheme even raises the prospect of clinical data being passed on or sold to third parties".
- -Doctors will be forced to hand over sensitive information about patients as part of a new programme called Everyone Counts.
- -The files will be stored in a giant information bank that privacy campaigners say represents the 'biggest data grab in NHS history'.
- -Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, said: 'Under these proposals, medical confidentiality is, in effect, dead and there is currently nobody standing in the way.'
David Cameron was criticized in the Guardian in 2011 when he first announced similar plans for collecting all citizens health data to:
- -"encourage NHS ties with industry and fuel innovation, including £180m catalyst fund"
- -encourage "collaboration between the health service and the life sciences industry"
- -"make it easier for drug companies to run clinical trials in hospitals and to benefit from the NHS's vast collection of patient data".
The tens or hundreds of billions generated annually by sales of American citizens' electronic health information are an attractive model for the UK and EU given the dire economic situation in the EU. It's hard to know how large the market for health data is or how health data is used without a data map. See Professor Sweeney explain theDataMap research project at: http://tiny.cc/etyxrw
Americans can't control who sees or uses their health data. Will UK citizens suffer the same fate?


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On July 23rd, 2012 the Honesdale Borough Police Department investigated a burglary of a garage located on Overlook Ave. The victims reported that unknown actors entered their garage overnight and stole a large sum of various coins and currency.
As a result of month and a half long investigation, Honesdale Borough Police officers obtained an arrest warrant on September 12th for a William L. SWENDSEN 27 years of age of Milanville, PA., charging him with Burglary, Theft By Unlawful Taking and Receiving Stolen Property all felonies.
On September 24th, 2012 SWENDSEN was located and the arrest warrant was served in Old Forge, PA., by the Old Forge Police Department. SWENDSEN was returned to Wayne County where he was arraigned before Magistrate Edwards. After failing to post $25,000.00 bail SWENDSEN was lodged in the Wayne County Correctional Facility.
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Bioenergy producer Poet-DSM last week issued a response to a Purdue report stating that removing corn stover from fields can have negative effects on the environment, such as greenhouse gas emissions and erosion. Poet stated that the levels of stover removal instituted in its contracts with corn growers are below the amount found to increase soil erosion or have measurable effects on nitrogen loss.
"The Purdue researchers modeled removal of 52% of the above-ground biomass and 38% (what they called the 'low end of the environmental impact scale' in their work)," the release states. "At POET-DSM, we're contracting for 20-25% of the above-ground biomass. Farmers we work with are taking about 1 ton per acre and leaving about 3 tons or more of material in the field. On those fields, the data has shown that erosion is not a factor and nutrient replacement is minimal."
Poet backs its findings with an ongoing study done in collaboration with Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers. "Basically, at the removal level that POET-DSM recommends, there is no reduction in yield, and removal rates are well within the sustainability limits," said Dr. Stuart Birrell with Iowa State University.


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hey hey
i just added few beats to my soundclick... i hope some of you take a minute of off youre busy day to check em out, id appreciate it heaps (and feedback would be mad appreciated too ! )...
the new beats are:
-i aint holding my breath
-time heal
-on a warm day
-walk on by & smile (red)
the beats are chilled and kinda raw as always...
the reason i didnt put em up in my myspace site is that i recently added some beats up here and didnt want to take em off (im lazy right now)...
alright thanks in advance... hope you have a nice day !
if you like em feel free to add me in myspace and OR in imeem ... www.myspace.com/deesupremebeats OR www.deesupreme.imeem.com
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Posted 06 May 2007 - 05:25 PM
i enjoyed them. good shit. nice chops and stuff -- i would work on making some of the drums a little more fluid / human sounding but not by much. and thats just my opinion -- i have a deep love for breakbeats so i don't necesarilly know much about contemporary beatmaking!!!
Posted 06 May 2007 - 09:05 PM
thanks man ! the drum issue is true, ive been trying to do my drums more fluid but usually it doesnt come out right, so i chop em to as small as i can and the first time i listen to the track (/tracks) (after the multiple hours of making it..) some of the beats sounds hasty... im going to pay more attention to the thing in the future though...
Posted 16 May 2007 - 06:51 PM
Cool stuff man, you can also check my sound click...
and my myspace is in my sig...tell me what you think
and my myspace is in my sig...tell me what you think
Posted 17 May 2007 - 01:41 AM
i was listenning to youre tracks on monday (or tuesday)... i like the fact that you dont strictly make one genre, i liked youre tracks the favorite track was the in tune out of touch track ! it had the same dope goovy style that kev brown has, maybe thats the Maryland style dope anyways !
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On anniversary, Goddard College looks to secure its futureBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | October 20,2013Anthony Edwards / Staff Photo
Ben Matchstick, a student at Goddard College, explains his invention named the Randomizojustificator during a performance themed around logic and reasoning Saturday. The performance was part of the schools 150th anniversary weekend.PLAINFIELD A celebration in Plainfield this weekend marks the sesquicentennial of one of the countrys unique institutions of higher learning. But as Goddard College looks back on 150 years of progressivism in academics, its board members, administrators, faculty, staff and alumni are focused squarely on the fiscal dilemmas that threaten its future.
With two labor contracts pending, its president on the verge of departure and a balance sheet that is by all accounts in dire need of revenue, Goddard, like many small independent colleges across the nation, is at a crossroads.
Tension wrought by the financial uncertainty, according to President Barbara Vacarr, has been palpable on campus.
Across the country, and particularly on small campuses, there is a lot of fear about what the future holds for higher education, she said Saturday.
And I think in rural Vermont, where Goddard employs a significant number of people, I think theres a lot of ambiguity about whats happening in education, she said. And I think that creates a tremendous amount of stress, and I think Goddard is feeling that.
Only three years into her tenure, Vacarr announced in July shell leave the school at the end of the year to tend to family matters. Avram Patt, a member of the colleges 28-person board of trustees, said the board is still working on a succession plan.
In terms of the process and whether we can find a permanent president or an interim, these are things were still wrestling with, and also in terms of the exact timetable of when there will be new leadership at the college, Patt said last week.
Though Vacarr will soon be gone, Patt said the board is committed to executing the strategic plan adopted under her leadership.
And we would expect anyone coming in to be carrying out and implementing that plan, which gets to some of the things weve been talking about regarding the financial situation, Patt said.
While small colleges nationally have struggled with declines in enrollment, the hit has been particularly hard at tuition-dependent schools like Goddard, which derives 96 percent of its operating income from student fees.
Barbara has laid out strategic options to consider changes to some of our business models about how Goddard operates to make this more sustainable, so were not going through this cycle of roller coaster financial situations like we have in our history, Patt said.
Part of that strategy aims to capitalize on the bricks-and-mortar campus whose revenue-generating potential has gone largely unrealized since the college switched to a low-residency model.
Were looking at new uses of the campus that are compatible with, and further, Goddards mission as an experimental institution of progressive learning, Patt said. I want to stress that these are things that are still under discussion by the board, but theres talk of greater use of the campus for various kinds of arts programs, including the use of some unused buildings.
Vacarr said Goddard can undertake the reinvention without abandoning the ideals that have defined it.
I think that were living in an incredibly rapidly changing world and I think that higher education right now in many ways needs to reinvent itself, Vacarr said. And I believe that Goddard, because of its brand, holds a responsibility in many ways to be the leader of that kind of reinvention.
Vacarr said new programs at Goddard that remodel the delivery of education endeavors, so that theyre embedded in the community, offer one area of promise. The school created a remote campus in Seattle in 2011, Vacarr said, to more efficiently serve the community of Latina childhood educators who had begun looking to Goddard for degrees in education.
Instead of waiting for people to come to Goddard, Vacarr said, the college can deliver tailored programs to the communities in which those kinds of services might be in demand.
Education really needs to be about embedding ourselves in and with communities, Vacarr said.
Vacarrs leadership and vision havent been universally embraced. Jan Clausen, who teaches in the Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program and is chairwoman of the faculty bargaining committee in the pending contract negotiations, said Vacarr embodies the kind of top-down hierarchical approach that Goddard made its name flouting.
In looking to redefine the college, Clausen said, Vacarr and members her administration have fallen victim to a mission drift that siphons resources away from core academic missions. In a statement of solidarity signed by 85 percent of the facultys union members, Goddards teachers prevail on Vacarr to refocus college resources and priorities to offer maximum support to our academic programs, and to restore confidence in financial leadership by creating a credible plan to improve enrollment, replacing expensive outside consultants with abundant in-house talent, and taking other needed steps to reduce administrative overhead.
What Im not so optimistic about is the disconnect thats developed between the board and the faculty and the rest of the community, although I think thats eminently able to be repaired, given the will to do so, Clausen said.
Vacarr said tension between faculty and administrators is nothing new to higher education, and becomes even more pronounced at progressive institutions like Goddard.
I would say historically Goddard has had a struggle managing the relationships between faculty and the administration, Vacarr said. We have a progressive philosophy that on the one hand really seeks to have democratic processes but that progressive ideal sits within a hierarchical system.
Whatever the disagreements between faculty and administration, Vacarr said the future of Goddard hinges on its ability to shift the business model in ways that bring about the diversification of revenue.
As she spends the 150th anniversary weekend talking with the artists, writers, philosophers and innovators who once matriculated on the Plainfield campus, Vacarr said she hopes more than ever that the Goddard can figure out a way to pull it off.
Its profound, it is absolutely profound, Vacarr said of the weekend events. And to me it really speaks to how a place that is an incubator for ideas can also become a force for shaping the community.
The 150th anniversary celebration continues today with many exhibits that were hosted Friday and Saturday. At 10 a.m. in the Upper Gardens, a granite memorial to past members of the Goddard community willl be unveiled.
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Teen pleads guilty to domestic assaultMay 22,2013BENNINGTON A Shaftsbury teenager pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of domestic assault after admitting that she bit the arm of her mothers boyfriend at their home Sunday.
Haley V. Iserman, 17, of Shaftsbury, was arraigned Monday in Bennington criminal court on the misdemeanor charge of domestic assault. Iserman entered a conditional guilty plea, under an agreement that the case would be transferred to family court where she could be charged as a youthful offender.
In an affidavit, police said they were called to Isermans East Road home Sunday around 8:15 p.m. Police said Isermans mother, Nancy Iserman, said an argument started over Haleys medication.
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Already sold out of two printings, The Kaleidoscope I Call My Life has its origins in some 137 journals Richard kept of his travels from Texas to Australia, China, the USSR, and other places around the United States and the world. Every trip, he would study the place as much as possible beforehand, making extensive notes and, when he arrived, would not only see the great sights but meet the people and engage the culture. It is the story of not just a man from Beeville but a citizen of the world. During the trips, he also took note of what he saw and experienced.
As young man, he was drafted into the army in World War II, then came back to Texas and attended Texas A&M, receiving his bachelor's degree, and then went to the University of Texas where he received a second bachelor's degree in law and a doctorate in jurisprudence. He proceeded to spend decades practicing law here in South Texas and traveling the world.
Rudeloff wrote his autobiography as a testament to the richness he has felt in his life that can hardly be summed up by a name and two dates on a tombstone. He has a deep desire to help other people do the same. To this end, at the signing, he will share tips and insights with his fellow Beevillians on how to write an autobiography and share library resources on local history and genealogy. Drop in between 1 and 5 p.m. at the Dougherty Room in the Joe Barnhart Bee County Library, get a book signed and learn to tell your story.


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#172982 - 01/29/08 12:07 PM Re: Cingular [Re: Myridon]
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if you want to own (for instance) a delorean, you're going to buy a delorean, and in the words of those most able to afford a delorean, it is what it is -- that doesn't mean you have to like the scamster you buy it from, or that you should be forced to carry his logo.
as a more approachable example, if you want a pair of Nikes, you shouldn't expect to have to wear a Macy's logo as well, if that's where you buy them.
We all have to make choices and compromises; wisdom comes in knowing which battles can be reasonably waged.
#172999 - 01/29/08 10:48 PM Re: Cingular [Re: tsuwm]
Registered: 08/27/02
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
I was thinking in even more general terms.
They made an agreement with Belle then completely ignored it and expected their customer to accept this; moreover they lied and said it couldn't be fixed. Whether an issue is minor or vital the dealership should stick to the agreement they have agreed to.
#173000 - 01/29/08 11:28 PM Re: Cingular [Re: Zed]
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Quote:We all have to make choices and compromises; wisdom comes in knowing which battles can be reasonably waged.
Wrongo, tsuwm. Wisdom comes with distinguishing which battles must be fought in order to continue allegiance with reality.
What? You want to compromise basic principals for base pragmatism ?
Edited by themilum (01/29/08 11:36 PM)
#173006 - 01/30/08 09:32 AM Re: Cingular [Re: Zed]
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Originally Posted By: ZedI was thinking in even more general terms.
They made an agreement with Belle then completely ignored it and expected their customer to accept this; moreover they lied and said it couldn't be fixed. Whether an issue is minor or vital the dealership should stick to the agreement they have agreed to.
Absolutely right. Often, with big corporations, they'll think you don't know any better, or play on the fact that people don't like to be confrontational. Does anybody remember the movie FARGO in which car salesman Lundegaard (William H. Macy) has sprayed "Tru-coat" on a car and the couple buying the car wind up paying for it, even if they refused it in the first place. They're all exasperated, but they pay for it anyway. This happens too many times in real life.
Mind you, I think it throws them off when somebody is confrontational, but with a good humoured smile; they're never quite sure how to handle that.
#173008 - 01/30/08 10:26 AM Re: Cingular [Re: belMarduk]
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It does indeed baffle them.
My husband is usually the one to answer the phone, so he handles most of the telemarketers. In the not so distant past, an agency wanting to 're-shape' our debt called, and cajoled him to sign up to have them lower the interest rates on our cards. When my husband refused, the telemarketer asked "Do you like having debt" to which he responded "I'm just fine with it, yes."
The telemarketer stammered a bit and then said "Have a good evening with your debt, sir" and hung up._________________________
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#173013 - 01/30/08 11:23 AM Re: Cingular [Re: Maven]
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[drifting e] My husband has always wanted to try what he heard on a radio program: when a carpet/drape cleaning service calls, say, "Oh, yes, there's blood everywhere, all over the carpet and even halfway up the drapes; can you come right now?"
Ooh! I Googled and found this site--no ads. It includes I don't have a phone, why would I need long distance?
I did not peruse much beyond this, so can't say that there isn't anything offensive on there.
#173022 - 01/30/08 03:20 PM Re: Cingular [Re: Jackie]
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the problem with telemarketers is the caller is just a person that needs a job. there are a lot of other jobs I wish people wouldn't do.
if people would stop buying and giving out info over the phone, telemarketing would stop._________________________
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#173027 - 01/30/08 04:31 PM Re: Cingular [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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Aye, but the words, "I'm just doing my job" does not absolve them of anything. These people go into this job knowing that they are universally thought of as unpleasant (hated by some), so they shouldn't be surprised by the emotions they evoke.
My old roomie used to be a telemarketer; successful enough at it to pay his share of the rent and utilities. The ploys they use to hook people are underhanded at best, illegal and mean at worst.
One of the first things they are taught is to keep a person talking, to keep the line open. It is the polite people, who don't know how to hang up, that get hooked into buying things.
The second I find out it is a telemarketer, I say, "I'm not interested" and hang up...unless the call comes in after 9:00 p.m., then I'm rather harsh in telling them that disturbing people after 9:00 is rude and inconsiderate and hang up.
#173028 - 01/30/08 05:00 PM Re: Cingular [Re: belMarduk]
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> Aye, but the words, "I'm just doing my job" does not absolve them of anything.
hence my second sentence._________________________
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#173031 - 01/30/08 06:38 PM Re: Cingular [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
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I got that Eta, but you should see these sales techniques; it is amazing how they finagle a yes out of a no.
If people knew how to say no, if they were stronger, if the uneducated knew their rights more, if there weren't too many elderly who were easily taken advantage of, if there weren't too many desperate people...
There are too many ifs to excuse the techniques used by shifty sales people and not enough laws to protect those people they take advantage of. You can't blame a gullible person for being gullible, but you can certainly blame somebody for taking advantage of them.
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The July Fourth weekend accident at a Lake Erie Island winery is still reverberating among victims and their families nearly two weeks later. One person died and dozens were injured when a terrace filled with holiday-revelers at the winery collapsed. But the victims were not the only ones affected by the incident. The winery's owner is now facing a possible class-action lawsuit that could mount into the millions of dollars. And residents of the small island are trying to put the events of the past few weeks behind them. 90.3's Karen Schaefer has this report from Middle Bass Island.
Karen Schaefer- For over a century, summer visitors have been lining up to take the ferry to Middle Bass Island for a visit to the Lonz Winery.
Built in 1866 by a German wine maker, the massive limestone building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has attracted countless dignitaries, including five U.S. Presidents. But this summer, the winery was forced to close its doors, following the collapse of a terrace that sent holiday-makers tumbling fifteen feet into an old wine cellar, killing one and sending 76 others to the hospital. Weeks after the incident, visitors still stop to gawk at the ruins and remember happier days.
It's not likely the winery will ever open again. Cleveland-based Paramount Distillers, which acquired the property two decades ago, is now faced with a liability lawsuit from five of the people injured in the accident. Sandusky attorney Dennis Murray says he's considering a class-action suit that would stipulate a minimum of $25,000 in liability claims for each of the 77 victims.
Dennis Murray- Once that part of the case is completed, the court would look to determine what the individual plaintiffs' damages are. Those damages and what we're asking the jury or juries to award will obviously vary greatly according to the severity of the injuries.
KS- That suit could quickly mount into the millions of dollars. First attorneys must show that employees knew - or should have known - that the structure was unsafe. If that's proven, Ottawa County Prosecutor Mark Mulligan says he would then file criminal negligence charges against Paramount Distillers for reckless homicide and reckless assault. Investigators have so far determined that a rusted steel support beam gave way while about a hundred weekend visitors were drinking wine and dancing on the terrace. While an inspection might have uncovered the weakness, under Ohio law, inspections of existing structures are not mandatory.
Paramount officials and winery employees refuse to talk to the media, but islanders are not so reticent. Native Eddie Sheller, who runs the Middle Bass General Store, says it never occurred to him that the terrace might be unstable.
Eddie Sheller- I don't believe so. I wouldn't be afraid to go up there, I've never been scared to go up there. It was just one of those freak accidents, I believe.
KS- Freak accident or not, the winery was scheduled to close permanently this October, when ownership of the property passes to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Earlier this year, the state announced plans to buy the winery and 123-acres of wetland, grasslands, harbor, and marina for $6.75 million. Park spokesman Jim Lynch says the goal is to create a new state park that would bring boaters and summer vacationers to the island.
Jim Lynch- We'll focus our acquisition on family-oriented activities. We will close the winery as it's been known today. In fact, at this point in time, we don't know our plans yet on how we would use the facility.
KS- The state may not have to make that decision. Paramount Distillers has 30 days to provide an engineer's report on the winery, then decide whether to renovate the building or tear it down. While many visitors are saddened by the loss of a favorite gathering place, islanders like Janet Sterns are pleased the winery is closing.
Janet Sterns- We hate all the people coming over, the riff-raff coming over. They get drunk, they get obscene. So it was just kind of a thorn, having the winery, I think. To have the state buy it and preserve it, that's what we wanted.
KS- Preserving the island's cultural and natural resources is a goal for many of the island's year-round and summer residents. Recently islanders chipped in to help purchase a marshy area threatened by development. It's now the Kuehnle Wildlife Area, operated by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. But other resort, cottage, and condominium developments have sprung up on Middle Bass in just the last five years. They're attributed by most islanders to the spill-over of increasing tourism on nearby Put-in-Bay and Kelleys Island. Like many long-time summer residents, Lois Paul believes the winery's loss is the island's gain.
Lois Paul- We were afraid that it was going to be built up with condos and all the lakefront property. Lonz owns a lot of property over here. And to have it made into a park and have a place for people to come over and camp, I think it's nice. I really do.
KS- It may be months before investigations into the accident at the Lonz Winery are completed - and years before lawsuits for the victims are settled. But on Middle Bass Island, the loss of an historic landmark could signal the beginning of a new chapter of island tourism. On Middle Bass Island, Karen Schaefer, 90.3 WCPN, 90.3 FM.


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The running water in my comfy apartment cannot help the hurt in my heart today. The grande nonfat latte I picked up from my favorite coffee shop didn't help, either.
American luxuries I once looked forward to now feel empty, as nothing fills the void that Africa left.
Someone once said, "Once you get the dust of Africa on your feet, it will never leave you."
Every day further away from Rwanda, the more I ache to be there. It's been six weeks since my return from Africa, yet some moments, I feel as if I just stepped off the plane and into this alternate reality called America.
What does a person do after experiencing poverty firsthand?
People were intrigued and interested for a short amount of time, but then the interest faded. And I'm left to pick up the pieces of my broken heart.
Leaving the kids I loved in Kigali, Rwanda, was like a death. It happens to most people who spend any amount of time away from home, and then return.
I cannot blame those around me who seemingly lose interest. The truth is, they have their own concerns, challenges, and broken hearts.
Life continued while I was away. It doesn't mean people don't care. It just means that new things sweep them up in the ever-flowing, ever-changing current of life.
So now I learn how to live post-Rwanda. I learn how to live with feet dirtied by the dust, heartache and beauty of poverty in Africa. Some days, my heart breaks and I lean harder on Jesus to help me through the sorrow. But I also want to use the sorrow to propel my heart to action.
God uncovered a deep passion in my heart for orphans in Rwanda who are hurting. Yet so many people in my own city hurt. So many in my own neighborhood are crying out for a Savior. It just looks different.
The U.S. is a stark reality when compared with the developing world. But for now, the Lord has me here in America, like most of you who are reading this. A dear friend of mine exhorted me: Don't live in sadness.
Pray. Engage. Invest.
I need not be in Africa in order to shape Africa, to have a profound impact on a child in poverty. I simply need a heart that prays and longs for healing and blessing upon a continent too often overlooked.
I pray that each of us may turn the void in our hearts into an expanded place to love others at a level we have never yet experienced.


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- Title
- Ideal sheet forming with frictional constraints
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- Abstract
- The ideal forming theory, previously developed as a direct design method to guide iterative design practices based on analytic methods, does not properly account for frictional effects prevalent in real forming. A method for introducing the effects of the Coulomb friction in the ideal sheet forming theory was developed in this work by modifying the extremum work criterion. For numerical implementation, a rigid-plastic finite element method was used based on triangular membrane elements. Computational results were compared with experiments given in NUMISHEET'93 using a planar anisotropic strain rate potential proposed by Barlat et al. and the Coulomb friction model.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Composite Decks
Units: About 48 million linear feet (decks vary in size)
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"From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength" – César Chávez
Chávez's powerful words still ring true after so many years. On the 20th anniversary of his passing on April 23, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) invited community leaders from Hispanic/Latino organizations throughout the United States to participate in a day-long National Hispanic Roundtable. The event took place at the White House's historic Indian Treaty Room, where Julie Chávez Rodríguez, from the White House Office of Public Engagement, welcomed all attendees on behalf of the entire Administration, and reflected on the continuing significance of her grandfather's legacy.
During this listening-learning session, stakeholders were joined by officials from ACF and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) who were eager to discuss our agency's human service programs as they pertain to the Hispanic and Latino community. How can we work together to increase access to health and human services for this community and its diverse subpopulations? Are there opportunities for successful partnerships and what would these look like?
Nearly 50 leaders representing constituencies including early childhood professionals, civil rights advocates, religious leaders, nonprofit managers and influential promotoras welcomed the opportunity to meet face-to-face with ACF's senior leadership and program managers to discuss better ways to make our human services programs more accessible to eligible Hispanic families and children.
Luckily for us, we invited a group of professionals that weren't afraid to share their opinions. Before we broke for lunch, we had already amassed pages and pages of notes. Below are just a few of the thoughts discussed during our listening-learning sessions:
"I walked away with ACF's desire to reshape opportunities for community based organizations—especially those serving Latino children- to build capacity as they strive to serve our Latino children and families," said Cleo Rodriguez, executive director of the National Migrant Seasonal Head Start Association. "ACF was on a mission to learn from leaders in the field on what is working, what can be improved and where are the gaps which are preventing CBOs (community based organizations) from being competitive during the RFP (request for proposal) process."
During our conversation on the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood program administered by the Office of Family Assistance, participants suggested that ACF incorporate a health aspect to the program that will include HIV/AIDS education. Currently, the program provides marriage counseling, financial literacy, parenting skills and conflict resolution. But several participants felt that it is important to address the growing epidemic of HIV infection among Latinas (the CDC reports that Latinas are four times more likely to get HIV/AIDS than non-Hispanic White women).
Echoing support for HIV education inclusion was ACF's newest hire Laura Urioste. Laura who is employed as a staff assistant in the Administration of Children, Youth and Families, has worked within her Hispanic community and communities abroad prior to coming to ACF. Urioste said that empowering the female head of the household proved critical to achieving program goals including family well-being. By addressing cultural barriers first, you can clear a path to information delivery that will be accepted and respected.
Participants also discussed the opportunities provided by fatherhood programs to promote preventive health among males who typically are less likely to focus on prevention than women.
Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, director of the Office of Head Start, was our emcee and seamlessly led us through the day's hot topics. In her closing remarks she stressed the importance of early childhood education, particularly for Latino children. She discussed how the President's Early Learning Proposal would increase access to high quality education, to ensure that our children do not start behind on the first day of school.
Although opinions and frustrations with bureaucracy were shared throughout the day, everyone in the room felt it was important to work together to help Latinos struggling to get into the middle class to gain access to resources to achieve their American Dream.
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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom Newspapers
My coworkers have to hear me talk about TV and movies all the time. The way I figure, why deprive readers that same joy? With that in mind, here are four things I think about TV, movies and media:
1. The tit-for-tat continues with Fox News analyst Bill O'Reilly and political blog Daily Kos.
As I detailed two weeks ago, O'Reilly and his crew practiced bad journalism when they characterized Daily Kos, with 500,000 daily visits, as a group of hate-mongers and smear merchants based on four comments left on the blogs.
Since then, the bad journalism has continued, and it's been expensive for Fox News. "The O'Reilly Factor" has yet to have Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas on to defend his site, and O'Reilly has cut microphones of guests who defend the site. Without the "Factor" as a sounding board, Kos members have decided to take their case to "Factor" sponsors. Last week, Lowe's announced it would no longer sponsor the program.
It's expensive for Fox News, and embarrassing for O'Reilly. Daily Kos, which has been getting 700,000 visits a day thanks to O'Reilly's rant, welcomes "Factor" viewers to the site and gives them a link to a sexual harassment suit filed against O'Reilly.
2. Staying on Fox, I spent my Friday afternoon on "The Simpsons Movie." As a devoted viewer who buys every season DVD the Tuesday it comes to stores, I had high expectations for this movie.
The movie opens with Homer Simpson telling you you're a sucker to pay for the movie when you watch the sitcom for free. I never felt like I got suckered, and the only regret was that it wasn't longer.
I will say it wasn't worth all of the hype Fox put behind it, and I'm so upset I'll only watch it three or four more times in the theater.
Also, big thanks to any movie theater that screened "Simpsons" early so night workers like me didn't have to make excuses to leave work and see the movie.
3. It appears there will be a female president in 2008, but just on Monday nights.
Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor in the seventh season of "24," the serial starring Kiefer Sutherland as terrorist-fighter Jack Bauer.
The nation might be ready to elect Hillary Clinton, but I'm not sure we should view "24" as a good frame of reference for our democracy. Keep in mind "24" has already had a president resign rather than run for a second term, another president removed from office after helping terrorists, another knocked out of office after Air Force One was shot down, another nearly assassinated inside the White House and one American city destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
We may elect Clinton if we feel she's the best one for the job, but it shouldn't be because we aspire to be in Jack Bauer's America.
4. The next time somebody tells you all media is biased toward liberals, consider this: John Edwards has been called a hypocrite by countless media outlets because he buys expensive things while he runs on a campaign to fight poverty. Those same media outlets have been relatively silent as Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney campaigns about getting rid of pornography, yet conveniently forgets his near-decade as a board member for Marriott Hotels, which offer in-room pornographic movies to guests.
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Three Dordt Athletes Earn District Honor
May 29, 2014
(Thursday, May 29; Sioux Center, Iowa) Three Dordt College women's athletes have been named Capital One Academic All-District honorees for track and field and cross country. Katie Bonnema (Senior; Ireton, Iowa), Christy Heidema (Senior; Ridgetown, Ontario) and Lauren Opp (Junior; Garner, Iowa) were all accorded the honor in balloting done by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). All three athletes are now eligible for Capital One Academic All-American status. Voting for that honor will open on June 3.
Bonnema is a repeat selection for the district honor after claiming CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American second-team honors in 2013. Bonnema recently capped her collegiate career with a sixth place finish at placed 6th at 2014 NAIA Outdoor National Championship in the 800 meters after running a school record 2:08.58 in the prelims. She also ran to a third place finish in the 2014 NAIA Indoor Nationals 600 meters in 1:31.16 and was part of 2nd place NAIA Indoor National 4x800. Bonnema ran at the NAIA National Championship Cross Country meet where Dordt finished 6th and she finished 161st in 19:41. She was the 2013 NAIA 600 meter indoor national champ and the 2012 NAIA 600 meter indoor national runner-up. Bonnema graduated Dordt College after studying elementary education and had a 3.52 cumulative grade point average.
Opp recently completed her junior season and finished seventh at the 2014 NAIA Outdoor 10,000 meter race in a time of 37:21.43. She also ran at the 2014 NAIA Indoor Nationals in the 5,000 and placed seventh in 17:29.31. Opp claimed 16th place at the 2013 NAIA Cross Country National Championship with a time of 18:18 on the 5,000 meter course and achieved NAIA All-American status. A 2014 GPAC nominee to the NAIA for the AO Duer Award, Opp was a 2013 NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete in cross country and a 2014 NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete in track and field. Opp has a 4.0 grade point average and is studying health-human performance.
Heidema finished 9th in the 2014 Indoor NAIA National Championship Triple Jump with a 37-7.75 performance and jumped 36-10.25 in the Outdoor Championship and placed 16th. Heidema was a 2013 and 2014 NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete in track and field. She studied biology at Dordt College and had a 4.0 cumulative grade point average before graduating in May.
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Another piece of possible tsunami debris was found Friday on a Lanikai shoreline.
The blue plastic bin was found just after 10:30 a.m. on the beach near the intersection of Mokulua Drive and Haokea Drive.
A paddler had saw it earlier in the morning when it was still floating in the water.
A woman at the beach tried to call the state, but Good Friday is a state holiday. She later flagged down a fire engine that was passing by.
Hazmat crews checked out the bin just in case it might be radioactive. Gooseneck barnacles were growing near the bottom of the bin. Underneath the bin, there were black mussels that are not from this area. The mussels were removed.
More than a dozen dead birds were found in the bin along with one bird that was alive. The bird that was still alive was taken to Sea Life Park.
An official from the Department of Land and Natural showed up and fire crews helped him to get rid of the dead birds.
In fall 2012, debris from the March 2011 Japan tsunami started to show up in Hawaiian waters and shorelines.
Blue bins from the tsunami have been found before with dead birds in them.


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Tucker girls breeze past Pocahontas
HAMBLETON – Stephanie Betler and Amber Evans had 17 points each to lead Class A, No. 5 Tucker County past No. 6 Pocahontas County 68-51 Thursday in Potomac Valley Conference action.
Savannah Ambrose followed with a double-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks for the Lady Mountain Lions (14-4), who led 30-24 at halftime and 49-41 after three quarters of play.
Melissa Murphy, Bobbie McNabb and Heather Snead had 12 points each for the Lady Warriors (12-5).
"I thought we really played well tonight and came out focused," Tucker County coach Jim Ambrose said. "Madison Mullenax came up big off the bench tonight when we got into foul trouble in the first half, and I also thought Savannah had a good game on the defensive side of the ball."
Pocahontas County will visit East Hardy at 7:30 p.m. today for a PVC matchup, while Tucker County will venture to Petersburg.
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Tygarts Valley 68, Pocahontas County 51
DUNMORE – Brett Griffith connected on nine three pointers and finished with a team-high 29 to lead Class A, No. 9 Tygarts Valley past Pocahontas County 68-51 Thursday in Potomac Valley Conference action.
Adam Cassell added 10 points, six assists and three steals for the Bulldogs (13-3), who led 50-21at halftime and 64-32 after three quarters of play. Timmy Sparks also had eight rebounds.
Nils Schmidt had 10 points for the Warriors (13-3), who will host Pendleton County at 5 p.m. Saturday for a PVC contest.
Tygarts Valley will play in the fifth-place game of the West Virginia Hometown Invitational at 6 p.m. Saturday in Summersville.
Harman 66, Paw Paw 49
PAW PAW – Alex Armentrout finished with a game-high 35 points to lead Harman past Paw Paw 66-49 Thursday in Potomac Valley Conference action.
Casey Elza followed with 18 points, while Michael Judy chipped in with 10 points for the Panthers (4-12), who led 30-25 at halftime and 51-33 after three quarters of play.
Josh Newlon had 21 points to lead Paw Paw.
Harman will play Van at 3:30 p.m. today in the final round of the WVHIT in Summersville.
Trinity 74, Tucker 68
MORGANTOWN – Anthony Ghiardi finished with a game-high 28 points to lead Trinity past Class A No. 3 Tucker County 74-68 Thursday in non-conference action.
Cody Triplett added 20 points for the Warriors (9-8).
Tyler Snyder tallied 17 points, while Ian Nichols chipped in with 16 points for the Mountain Lions (13-2).
Tucker County will entertain Class A, No. 1 Charleston Catholic at 7:30 p.m. today.
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FRANKLIN – Adam Snyder fired in a team-high 23 points to lead Moorefield past Pendleton County 54-47 Thursday in Potomac Valley Conference action.
Garrett Keller followed with 12 points for the Yellow Jackets (8-8), who led 29-20 at halftime and 40-29 after three quarters of play.
Evan Arrington finished with 22 points for the Wildcats (5-9).
Pendleton County will visits Pocahontas County at 5 p.m. Saturday for a PVC matchup.
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Advanced Micro Devices has admitted inevitable: the decease of the market of graphics processing units as a result of high-performance offered by accelerated processing units (APUs) with built-in graphics engines.
"In the long run, parts of [graphics cards] business will be cannibalized and the low-end discrete GPUs will be replaced with Fusion-type products. This is all goodness for us because it replaces low-cost margin revenue with high-gross margin revenue," said Thomas Seifert, interim chief executive officer of AMD, during the most recent conference call with financial analysts.
Earlier AMD insisted that low-end graphics cards – such as the company's Radeon HD 5400- and 6400-series – will continue to exist despite of performance increase of integrated graphics solution.
At the same time, AMD dramatically boosted performance of its inexpensive code-named Caicos graphics chip (Radeon HD 6400) compared to previous-generation Cedar GPU (Radeon HD 5400) so to make it competitive against its A-series accelerated processing units code-named Llano.
AMD needs inexpensive discrete GPUs so to offer an affordable upgrade option for systems that utilize Intel Corp.'s microprocessors with integrated graphics, such Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" microprocessors. At the same time, AMD needs to avoid competition between its APUs with integrated entry-level graphics engine and low-end discrete GPUs.
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Skip to comments.HHS Sebelius Forced to Admit Total Constitutional Ignorance of Health Mandate Legal Issues
Posted on 04/29/2012 12:17:32 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Get me outta here! I'm being forced in a most humiliating manner to reveal to all the world my profound ignorance of basic constitutional issues.
Something like that thought must have been rolling around inside the mind of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius while she completely choked under questioning about these legal issues by South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy. Even if you disagree profoundly with Sebelius you almost have to feel embarrassed by her pathetic performance last week at the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing. Fortunately for Sebelius her confessions of ignorance were completely ignored by the Mainstream Media but the video (and below the fold) lives on for all eternity to serve as a testament to liberal ignorance and arrogance.
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The few times I've seen coverage of Trey Gowdy from SC, he is a quite likeable Congress Critter.
"The few times Ive seen coverage of Trey Gowdy from SC, he is a quite likeable Congress Critter."
Curt's son is he not?
Not sure. But I had looked him up one day since I knew a kid named Trey that would be about his age back when I was a kid and lived in SC.
Wow.............Gowdy just flat-out took Sebelius to school.
Talk about a spanking. Ouch.
I hear a bus coming...Looks like she's the designated fall guy.
About at 4:35...
Sebelius "...I defer to our lawyers to give me good advice on the Constitution...."
Gowdy "Is there a legal memo you've relied on?"
Sebelius "I relied on discussions".
Thanks PJ,
I am sending Sebelius' testimony to my liberal family.
God bless the Congressman.
Isn't she a socialist from Canada where a constitution protecting religious freedom and other freedoms in the Bill of Rights, do not exist?
She's a foreigner! She knows nothing of the constitutional restrictions on her power. She's not loyal to that "rebellion" stuff that came with our founding. They stuck with the King in Canada.
Trey Gowdy is more than "quite likable", he should have been our nominee, if brains, conservatism and a record of conservative accomplishment means anything.
Oh. Er.... we had that in Newt. Nevermind.
I dig, for the reason.
It's actually an ironic and funny citation.
Post of the year! GRRREAT video!
I dig, for the reason.
It's actually an ironic and funny citation.
The nothing-written-down administration?
Bookmarked for the future descendants of my small grandchildren to read.
This is an excellent example of how arrogantly corrupt the Liberal Left has descended in America.
May God save America from the despicable arrogant Left before my own Grandchildren read this.
Scary when you realize that so many provisions of this so-called Healthcare law are to be determined "as the Secretary may direct."
Instead of relying on "discussions," how about basing your judgment on an informed reading of the Constitution...
This is all planned. The regime is setting her up to be the next SCOTUS appointee. Clearly, this pronouncement is all the qualifications she needs to be up next...
That sounded like a law professor(a real one, not the Obama "professor" kind) taking a freshman law student to school. Sebelius looked like she wanted to crawl under a rock. Just beautiful.
I have zero doubt that she walked out of that room and asked one of her sycophants "Did I do alright?" to which they replied, "Yes, you did just fine".
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The other Constitutional scholar, Eric Holder, filed a lawsuit against Arizona for S.B. 1070, and then admitted he hadn't bothered to read it. Out loud. Before the whole world.
Probably still hasn't read it. Why bother, if you won't be held accountable?
Disgusting! Pathetic! Unforgivable!
I would hate to get into a debate with Mr. Gowdy. That's gonna leave a mark on Ms Mandate.
Illinois why the heck can't we find leaders like this to represent us?
Dang, this man read the US Constitution!!!
You're confusing her with the former governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm. Sebelius is the former Governor of Kansas. She's an American citizen who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Honoring traditions, fabricating new; Meet the divas of quilting
But the biggest change came after the sewing machine was invented. That allowed women to make clothing for their families in less time, which allowed more time for quilting. And the quilts could be made on the machine instead of the tedious and time-consuming hand sewing.
These days, most quilters use machines, from the simplest to the most sophisticated ones with computerized designs and even lasers to guide the quilter around designs. (They can also run into the thousands of dollars.) There are special machines made just for quilters with longer, stronger needles to go through thicker quilt material and batting. Many machines are called "long-arm" to handle the size of the material.
But not all of these talented crafters make their quilts on machines. Amy Dunn, owner of the Mountain Quilt Works on Route 652 in Indian Orchard, PA is a custom, hand quilter. She sells material and supplies in her shop, and she takes custom orders. While Amy enjoys her work, she says there's no easy way to "hand-do" a quilt. "It takes time and patience, and there's no way you can make much money on it. It's a labor of love." Amy has just spent about three months and 200 hours crafting a beautiful quilt for an older woman who has made quilts for all her children and most of her grandchildren. But arthritis robbed the woman of her ability, so she enlisted Amy to make three remaining quilts.
Amy started quilting when she was a teenager. When The Mountain Quilt Works opened in the mid '80s, it was a natural fit for her to work there. She eventually bought the store in 1992.
Six years ago, Jackie Murphy of Honesdale, PA decided she'd open a quilting store. Again, she was a crafter, scrapbooker, and she knitted and crocheted. She belongs to the Wayne Highlands Quilt Guild, and they meet at her store, "A Stitch in Time," on 7th Street. "We enjoy our 'sew-and-tell' time. We share ideas and see what we've made since our last meeting."
Jackie and other quilters say they've noticed a trend in recent years from quilts used as bedspreads and comforters to smaller art quilts.


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As stocks rise, so does anxiety: Time to get out?ap file photo
Trader Edward McCarthy, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK Is it time to cash out of stocks?
The market has nearly tripled in a little over five years, and the Standard & Poors 500 index closed above 2,000 for the first time on Tuesday. With each record, the temptation grows to take your winnings and flee.
Plenty of experts think stocks are about to drop. But many others offer compelling arguments for the rally to continue for years.
The bulls point to a strengthening U.S. economy. They also like that companies have plenty of money to keep buying back their own stock.
The bears argue that stocks already reflect years of future profit gains. They also note that many economies around the world are stumbling and that U.S. interest rates could rise soon.
Remember, though, that even the best investors find it nearly impossible to time the market to catch the lows and highs.
The bull and bear cases in detail:
Four of the past five bull markets have ended with investors selling in a recession, or bailing out because they anticipated one. The odds of a downturn anytime soon? Not very high, at least based on the latest economic reports and forecasts.
The U.S. economy is expected to grow 1.5 percent this year, then 3.4 percent in 2015, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates released Wednesday. One reason is companies are hiring at the fastest pace in eight years.
This recovery will last several more years, says Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management.
Analysts expect earnings from companies in the S&P 500 to rise 8 percent this year, then 12 percent in 2015, according to S&P Capital IQ.
Interest rates are low, and thats been great for stocks. They help lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. They also hold down interest payments on bonds, making stocks look more attractive by comparison.
Many investors expect the Federal Reserve to start raising short-term rates in the middle of next year. If the Fed keeps the hikes small, the stock market might shrug it off.
Thats what happened in the last round of Fed hikes, in 2004. The S&P 500 gained 9 percent that year.
Torsten Slok, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank Securities, notes that the short-term rates that helped drag stocks down at the end of the last seven bull markets were all higher than 4 percent. With the Fed holding those rates near zero, it could take many hikes for borrowing costs to rise enough to cause damage.
One of the biggest forces in the stock rally so far is companies buying back their own shares. Companies in the S&P 500 have spent $1.9 trillion on buybacks since the bull market began in March 2009, according to Howard Silverblatt, a senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
By creating more demand for stocks, buybacks have kept prices rising even as others sell. Mutual funds, investment brokers, foreigners and pension funds have been net sellers of stocks over most of the last five years, according to the Fed.
Companies have pulled back sharply from their near-record buying in the first quarter, but their buybacks are still pushing up prices. And companies in the S&P 500 still have more than $1.1 trillion in cash, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Its fine to forecast big profit gains well into the future, but what if prices fully reflect expected gains?
Thats what many bears think. They cite the price-earnings ratio, or the price of a stock divided by its earnings per share. If a share costs $100 and the company is expected to earn $5 per share in the coming year, the P/E ratio is 20.
The S&P 500 now trades at 15 times what companies are expected to earn over the next 12 months, according to FactSet. That is slightly above the 10-year average of 14.1.
The problem is, P/Es are often not reliable gauges of stock value. They are based on just one years earnings, which can rise and fall along with the economy.
Many experts believe a better P/E is a cyclically adjusted ratio, which averages earnings over 10 years.
It is currently 26. Thats far below the peak of 44 it reached in the late 1990s, but its still very high. Since the end of World War II, the average is 18.3.
The Fed may be able to raise rates slowly without damaging the economy and stock markets. But its record isnt entirely reassuring.
Three of the past five bull markets ended after the Fed increased rates.
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