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#213668 - 12/21/13 07:27 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Day 8: Dear Boudreaux, poor Thibeau, he had to make tree trips on his mailboat to deliver dem 8 maids-a-milkin and their cows. One of dem cows got spooked by da alligators and almost tipped over da boat. I doan like dem shiftless maids, me no. I tolt dem to get to work guttin fish and sweepinq the shack but dey say it wasn't in dair contract. Dey probably tink dey too good ta skin nutrias I caught las night.
#213674 - 12/22/13 08:06 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Day 9: Dear Boudreaux, What you trying to do huh? Thibeau had to borrow the Lutcher ferry to carry dem jumpin twits you call Lords-a-Leaping across de bayou. As soon as dey gots here dey wanted a tea break with crumpets. I doan know what dat means but I says, "Well La Di Da. You get Chicory coffee or nuttin." Mon Dieu, Boudreaux. What I'm gonna feed all dese bozos? Dey too snooty for fried nutria, and de cows done eat my turnip greens.
#213689 - 12/23/13 06:33 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Day 10: Dear Boudreaux, You got to be outs you mind! If de mailman don't kill you, I will fo sure. Today he deliver 10 half nikid floozies from Bourbon Street. Dey said dey be "Ladies Dancin" but dey doan act like ladies in front of dose Limey twits. Dey almos left after one of dem got bit by a water moccasin over by da out-house. I had to butcher 2 cows to feed toute le monde an had to get toilet paper. De Sears catalog wasn't good enuf fer dose hoity toity Lords' royal behin.
#213694 - 12/24/13 06:51 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Day 11: Dear Boudreaux, where y'at? Cheerio an pip pip. Your 11 pipers piping arrives today from de House of Blues, second lining as dey got off de boat. We fixed snuffed goose and beef jambalaya, finished da whiskey and we having a fais-do-do. Da new mailman he drink a bottle of Jack Daniel an he having a good time yeah dancing with de floozies. Thibeau he jump off de Sunshine Bridge yesterday, screaming your name. If you get a mysterious, ticking package in de mail, doan open it.
#213706 - 12/24/13 11:08 PM Ho Shaftoe...Merry Christmas! [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Yip, Shaftoe; me for one (I'm too a coonass and 'dat makes me two) got a mammy working on a chain gang named - chaw,chaw,chaw -Poke Sallet Anne".
Yes, it was a shame, the gators got my granny.
#213710 - 12/25/13 07:42 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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Day 12: Dear Boudreaux, I sorry to tell ya but I not your true love anymore, no. After da fais-do-do, I spent de night with Jacque, de head piper. We decide to open a restaurant and gentleman's club on de bayou. Dem ladies can learn lap dancing and make $20 ever guy come in. De Lords we stop leapin and make waiters an valet park de boats. Since de maids doan have no more cows ta milk, I goin train dem set my crab traps, watch my trotlines, an run my shrimpin business. We gonna gross a million clams next year.
#213711 - 12/25/13 07:48 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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And to all a good night.
#213712 - 12/25/13 09:12 AM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Faldage]
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Lighten up, Faldage, it's Christmas. We missed your Thanksgiving thanks but it's not too late to trade your humbug for a cup of Christmas cheer. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS AND MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR.
#213723 - 12/25/13 02:35 PM Re: My True Love Gave to Me [Re: Bobby Shaftoe]
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And to all a good night = Bah, humbug? What kind English you speak there in Missippi?
#213727 - 12/25/13 08:01 PM Touchy, aren't we? [Re: Faldage]
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My, my. Ruffled feathers on Day Qne, ruffled feathers on Day Twelve. Not perzackly the Best Foot Forward for a season of good cheer and magnanimity, but sure fits right in with all them birds flappin around.
Have a great holiday, y'all all, and a happy and safe new year !
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- 3D IIR-GRAPPA: a novel method for dynamic parallel MRI
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- Since the development of Generalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA) [1], several algorithms have been proposed to incorporate it into the dynamic MRI applications. TGRAPPA tries to reduce the ACS acquisition by forming a composite frame via adding several neighbouring time frames, which are sampled in an interleaved pattern [2], and its image reconstruction of each frame is performed in a one-dimensional (1D) fashion by interpolating the linear correlation of the acquired data along phase encoding direction. Using the same composition and sampling scheme, k-t GRAPPA introduces a 2D reconstruction format, which interpolates the linear correlation of the acquired data in both phase-encoding and temporal directions [3]. The same as original GRAPPA [1], both these methods use moving average kernels with finite impulse response (FIR) for interpolation. We propose a novel 3D Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) temporal GRAPPA method. Different from [1]-[3], this method reconstructs the unacquired data points by interpolation along phase encoding, frequency encoding and temporal three directions, and uses autoregression (AR) moving average kernels with infinite impulse response in the interpolation. The AR part of the IIR kernel uses the previously reconstructed data points for further reconstructions, which captures more precisely the data acceleration along three directions and renders further reduction of required ACS lines and significant improvement of reconstructed images.
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#1337 - 04/12/00 01:29 AM Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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Does anybody out there know the origin of the Australia colloquialism "dob". It's meaning is defined in the Macquarie dictionary as
"dob, dobbed, dobbing- colloquial expression to betray, report (someone)."
I feel that it may be related to date of birth - d.o.b.
Any ideas?
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#1338 - 04/12/00 10:18 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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Wasn't there a Monty Python sketch where the lads all played Aussies named Bruce? (sorry, that was no help at all; but it *was what leaped to mind....)
#1339 - 04/12/00 02:35 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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I seem to recall that they were all Doctors of Philosophy as well. (DOP in - to inform on someone ontologically?)
#1340 - 04/12/00 06:29 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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Maybe it derives from "Do One Bad" or "Badly", i.e. to do one a bad turn such as inform or betray, much like we say "she did him dirt".
#1341 - 04/13/00 02:52 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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Yes, the Monty Python sketch was about the staff of the Philosophy Department at the University of Sydney, which was in a tent, who were all indeed named Bruce. They all wore slouch hats and sang as they downed their tinnies of Fosters: 'Rene Descartes was a silly old fart,I drink, therefore I am."
Bruce also calls to mind a Kingsley Amis? character, an Australian in London, who was known as 'Call Me Cobber'.
Eric Partridge says that the Australian use of 'dob' is ex the English dialectal word 'dob' - to put down heavily, to throw down.
#1342 - 04/13/00 08:58 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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As we've been divagating right from the start, I feel I can tell you that my mind has wandered from dob to DOB to DOP to dap (which is rather apropos, dap having the sense of skipping a stone off the surface of a lake). One spot where I encountered undertow was the acronym idea, as pertains to these forums (fora?) DOB doesn't do much for me (Disambiguation of Bumf?) but DOP....
Daily Obnoxious Post
Difference of Perception
Department of Pleonasm
DOP Dept.
Iowa City, IA
#1343 - 04/13/00 10:00 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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Hey, Michael!
Thanks for the definition of dapping. (Scoped your profile just now). Humbuggery I can guess at. Does 'verbicide' mean you murder words? And does your first verb in your post imply that divas have been committing Watergate-type crimes? What about fori in place of forums? :-)
#1344 - 04/14/00 11:14 AM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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>>Humbuggery I can guess at. Does 'verbicide' mean you murder words? And does your first verb in your post imply that divas have been committing Watergate-type crimes? What about fori in place of forums? <<
No; perhaps we should have some concern regarding your guess?!
#1345 - 04/24/00 06:54 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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a bird watcher once pointed out to me that certain carrier pigeons are given dobious 'nick'names
then again, game lovers in other places enjoy receiving anonymous 'dips'; in other words, a little mysterious help from the dop greatly enhances one's chances at winning
#1346 - 05/09/00 03:15 PM Re: Origin's of DOB (Australia)
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In South Africa, the word "DOP" is a colloquialism for a tot of spirits.
Drink or Perish?
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"I'm sure it hurt Mike," Lewis said during the AFC coaches breakfast at the annual NFL Meetings at the Arizona Biltmore hotel. "But we all suck unless you win."
Both Lewis' Bengals and McCarthy's Packers did win – but not enough. The Bengals went 10-6 before losing an AFC Wild Card game to the Houston Texans. The Packers went 11-5, won the NFC North for the second straight year, beat the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the playoffs but then lost for the second straight year in the NFC Divisional round.
For the Packers, it wasn't so much that they lost but how they lost their 45-31 decision to the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers, with their physical reputation, reached Super Bowl XLVII, which they lost to the Baltimore Ravens, another team with a physical persona. Mix in the Packers' 2011 NFC Divisional Playoff loss to the New York Giants, their regular-season loss to the Giants last November and their season-opening loss to the 49ers at Lambeau Field, and two years removed from winning Super Bowl XLV, suddenly their toughness and entire approach were being questioned.
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"Obviously, we're a physical football team. One play – or a segment of plays that you want to highlight – I don't think speak for how your team plays, the mentality of your team," McCarthy said at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last month. "There are things that we will improve on, there's things we will re-emphasize when the players get back here April 15th.
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"I think 'physical' means finish, fourth quarter, mental toughness – you know what I'm saying? (But) it's more than just words on paper," said Lewis, who was the Ravens' defensive coordinator when they won Super Bowl XXXV, following the 2000 season. "It's work ethic and how you go about how you approach, your preparation for a game, how you go into the game. It's really a culture more than anything."
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One stat did stand out: The Packers forced only eight fumbles in the regular season last year, recovering four. That would seem to be a physical statistic, right? There's just one problem with that theory: Only two teams forced fewer fumbles than the Packers last season: The Indianapolis Colts, who made the playoffs, and the Ravens.
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Short yardage was not the Packers' forte. According to NFL statistics, the Packers faced third-and-1 on 35 occasions during the regular season. They ran the ball on 18 of those plays, converting the first down on 11 of them (61.1 percent). They threw the ball on 15, converting eight (53.3 percent). And on two, Rodgers scrambled and converted both for a total conversion rate of 60 percent (21 of 35) – which ranked 23rd in the NFL. Overall, the Packers finished ninth in the league in third-down conversion rate (42.9 percent).
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Gasol will make Amare look softer then he did last night
With Bynum out, Gasol will player center you dumbass
A quick paragraph...Bynum is suspended for this game. Should make things alot easier, we had a tough time last year going up against Bynum and Gasol. Even with Chandler, its not like hes an offensive player and it doesnt matter who u have. Bynum and Gasol are tough when they're on the court together. The Knicks still have to worry about Kobe of course, Im not sure how they plan on slowing him down. Luckily i doubt that Derek Fisher will have a big game...but Steve Blake might. Ron Artest is coming off a good game, should be interesting to see how him and Carmelo match up.This is still a tough team even without Bynum, the Knicks main goals should be:
-Protect the Paint
-Smarter Shot selection
-More Ball and Player movement
-Less turnovers
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j/k I hate to say this but Toney Douglas will have break out game. Unfortunately for he will gets one 1 out of 5 games like this one tonite and back to to the drawing board. Either D'Antoni or DOuglas must go. Douglas in a triangle offensive anybody? Felds on the corner with stat in the post and Douglas up top should simplify the offense to avoid bad passes from Fields and Douglas. Chandler and and Melo on the other side.
this motion offense require pg dominate of the ball. Melo is not playmaker to play this type offense he is scorer. Stat is scorer based the ability of playmaking pg to give the ball in the right position. Chandler did not come into shape like he was last yr. still better option.
im so upset with not going after stevenson d.west. especially with no Shumpert. in the past we were always getting beat by teams with interior presense and now LOL perimeter speed.
lolz @ the 3rd option on the thread
thanks for the gamr thread homes.
i got fields having a better game tonight. hopefuly J Jordan will get some burn
stat has gotta bring the pain to mcroberts. hes also gotta support ty chan defensively or hes gonna foul out again.
if melo brings the same game as last night the knix are already fd in the a.
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I think STAT and TC dominate this game easily
Did anyone just see VC's potential game winner? Still wish we coulda brought him in this offseason.
I see some ball movement, P&R and a lot of effort... Absolutely different look.
We're attacking the basket 1st then shooting jumpers I like it. Our strength is upfront we have to remember that
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Warmists really can't help themselves. Every holiday they have to insert "climate change" into the narrative in an attempt to spread awareness. Here's yet another from Stephen Bede Scharper at the Toronto Star
This Christmas, many of us will hear, hum or sing along to "Joy to the World," the perduring 1719 Christmas hymn penned by the prolific hymnster Isaac Watts (1674-1748). Based on Psalm 97 from the Hebrew Scriptures, "Joy to the World" remains, according to some accounts, the most widely published Christmas hymn in North America.
It is the "Born to Run" of the Christmas carol world.
And, intriguingly, it is also one of the most ecologically fertile Christmas hymns ever composed.
The second verse, for example, while encouraging "men" in their joyous proclaiming of Jesus' birth, doesn't stop with the human family. It notes that "fields and floods" as well as "rocks, hills and plains/repeat the sounding joy." The entire planet joins with the angels in celebrating the Nativity. Thus, the hope and promise of Christmas is meant for all the created world, not just the unfeathered bipeds, i.e., us.
The hymn could just as easily and aptly be called "Joy to the Earth."
This idea that Christmas is both a call to and celebration of co-creation is especially important today in the midst of accelerating climate change. Through our severe ecological challenges, most of which are of our own making, we are beginning to understand our deep estrangement from creation.
Yeah, that acceleration which saw the same average global temperature as 16 years ago.
Even in a time of human-engendered climate change, the beauty of companionship with the Earth is always open to us.
Christmas encourages us to embrace this companionship and "repeat the sounding joy" throughout our lifetimes.
There you go, Warmists: in the spirit of Christmas, you should immediately make your own lives "carbon neutral". Give up your fossil fueled vehicles, stop all fossil fueled travel, turn your thermostat way down (when your mother in law complains about it being 60 degrees inside, tell her you're saving the planet), restrict yourself and your guests to 2 minute showers and 2 sheets of TP, unplug all appliances not in use, and only buy local for your Christmas meal (which should be small to heal the planet). It's up to you. Embrace the companionship.
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- Researchers looking to grow a better melon
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- Goal of research is to identify and produce melons with consumer-preferred characteristics, such as size, shape, color, texture, firmness and sugar content, as well as identify or develop other traits to improve them.
With the extended statewide dry spell, researchers at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde and elsewhere have been focusing their attention on improving varieties of more drought-tolerant crops, particularly melons, said the center's administrator.
"We're looking into improved varieties of melons, such as cantaloupe and honeydew, and are growing and assessing some Spanish and Italian specialty melons that are relatively new to this area," said Dr. Daniel Leskovar, Texas AgriLife Research vegetable physiologist and interim center director.
Leskovar said the goal of the research is to identify and produce melons with consumer-preferred characteristics, such as size, shape, color, texture, firmness and sugar content, as well as identify or develop other traits to improve them.
"In our melon breeding program, we've been evaluating the more well-known Texas-grown cantaloupe varieties for several years, but we've only been evaluating the possibility of commercially producing Spanish, Italian and other specialty melons for the past few years," he said.
He said in addition to melon look, feel and taste, he and other researchers have been assessing overall food quality, yield, and disease and drought resistance.
"We've been interested in the possibility of specialty melons such as Tuscan-type melons with orange flesh, Galia-type melons with green flesh and canary types with near-white flesh, from the perspective of how they might fare as a high-value, high-income crop for Texas producers," he said. "We've also been examining the effects of factors such as deficit irrigation on their growth and productivity."
Leskovar said in spite of this year's drought, the center's fields dedicated to melon production saw "exceptional growth and yield."
From center production data, Leskovar estimates that early or "right" planted melons, those planted from mid-March to mid-April of this year, would have produced up to 85,000 kilos of total production of melons per hectare. Later-planted melons were estimated to have potentially produced about 50,000 kilos per hectare.
"From these totals, we had up to 75 percent marketable melons," Leskovar said. "We grew these melons using drip irrigation and are assessing the use of varying amounts of irrigation to determine the effects on melon growth. Melon production is similar to that of peppers in that drip irrigation is the key, along with proper bed population and mulching of the beds."
Researchers at the center are using scientific technology to take vegetative growth measurements to determine how the melons cope with varying levels of irrigation, as well as differing soil types and levels. The mini-rhizotron technique is used to image root development, a portable photosynthesis system measures gas exchange over the leaf area, and soil moisture sensors assess water dynamics around the plant root systems.
"These measurements are used to determine whether the roots are developing properly and achieving adequate soil penetration, as well as the effects of the variables we are using in our investigations on plant physiology," Leskovar said.
Melon varieties were planted at three different locations including a study at the Uvalde center where plants were given 50 percent and 100 percent irrigation to determine effects on yield, quality and root management, said Sat Pal Sharma, graduate research assistant at the Uvalde center.


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Faulty mail-in ballots could have impact on electionsBy ADAM LIPTAK
The New York Times | October 07,2012TALLAHASSEE, Fla. On the morning of the primary here in August, the local elections board met to decide which absentee ballots to count. It was not an easy job.
The board tossed out some ballots because they arrived without the signature required on the outside of the return envelope. It rejected one that said see inside where the signature should have been. And it debated what to do with ballots in which the signature on the envelope did not quite match the one in the countys files.
Thisr is not like that r, Judge Augustus D. Aikens Jr. said, suggesting that a ballot should be rejected.
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Scenes like this will play out in many elections next month, because Florida and other states are swiftly moving from voting at a polling place toward voting by mail.
In the last general election in Florida, in 2010, 23 percent of voters cast absentee ballots, up from 15 percent in the midterm election four years before. Nationwide, the use of absentee ballots and other forms of voting by mail has more than tripled since 1980 and now accounts for almost 20 percent of all votes.
Yet votes cast by mail are less likely to be counted, more likely to be compromised and more likely to be contested than those cast in a voting booth, statistics show. Election officials reject almost 2 percent of ballots cast by mail, double the rate for in-person voting.
The more people you force to vote by mail, Sancho said, the more invalid ballots you will generate.
Election experts say the challenges created by mailed ballots could well affect outcomes this fall and beyond. If the contests next month are close enough to be within what election lawyers call the margin of litigation, the grounds on which they will be fought will not be hanging chads but ballots cast away from the voting booth.
In 2008, 18 percent of the votes in the nine states likely to decide this years presidential election were cast by mail. That number will almost certainly rise this year, and voters in two-thirds of the states have already begun casting absentee ballots. In four Western states, voting by mail is the exclusive or dominant way to cast a ballot.
The trend will probably result in more uncounted votes, and it increases the potential for fraud. While fraud in voting by mail is far less common than innocent errors, it is vastly more prevalent than the in-person voting fraud that has attracted far more attention, election administrators say.
In Florida, absentee-ballot scandals seem to arrive like clockwork around election time. Before this years primary, for example, a woman in Hialeah was charged with forging an elderly voters signature, a felony, and possessing 31 completed absentee ballots, 29 more than allowed under a local law.
The flaws of absentee voting raise questions about the most elementary promises of democracy.
The right to have ones vote counted is as important as the act of voting itself, Justice Paul H. Anderson of the Minnesota Supreme Court wrote while considering disputed absentee ballots in the close 2008 Senate election between Al Franken and Norm Coleman.
Voting by mail is now common enough and problematic enough that election experts say there have been multiple elections in which no one can say with confidence which candidate was the deserved winner. The list includes the 2000 presidential election, in which problems with absentee ballots in Florida were a little-noticed footnote to other issues.
In the last presidential election, 35.5 million voters requested absentee ballots, but only 27.9 million absentee votes were counted, according to a study by Charles Stewart III, a political scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He calculated that 3.9 million ballots requested by voters never reached them; that another 2.9 million ballots received by voters did not make it back to election officials; and that election officials rejected 800,000 ballots. That suggests an overall failure rate of as much as 21 percent.
Some voters presumably decided not to vote after receiving ballots, but Stewart said many others most likely tried to vote and were thwarted.
If 20 percent, or even 10 percent, of voters who stood in line on Election Day were turned away, he wrote in the study, published in The Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, there would be national outrage.
The list of very close elections includes the 2008 Senate race in Minnesota, in which Frankens victory over Coleman, the Republican incumbent, helped give Democrats the 60 votes in the Senate needed to pass President Barack Obamas health care bill. Franken won by 312 votes, while state officials rejected 12,000 absentee ballots. Recent primary elections in New York involving Republican state senators who had voted to allow same-sex marriage also hinged on absentee ballots.
There are, of course, significant advantages to voting by mail. It makes life easier for the harried, the disabled and the elderly. It is cheaper to administer, makes for shorter lines on election days and allows voters more time to think about ballots that list many races. By mailing ballots, those away from home can vote. Its availability may also increase turnout in local elections, though it does not seem to have had much impact on turnout in federal ones.
Still, voting in person is more reliable, particularly since election administrators made improvements to voting equipment after the 2000 presidential election.
In Leon County, Fla., the rejection rate for absentee ballots is less than 1 percent. The instructions Sancho provides to voters are clear, and the outer envelope is a model of graphic design, with a large signature box at its center.
The envelope requires only standard postage, and Sancho has made arrangements with the post office to pay for ballots that arrive without stamps.
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If you vote by mail, where is that coming from? he asked. Is there intimidation going on?
Election law experts say that pulling off in-person voter fraud on a scale large enough to swing an election, with scores if not hundreds of people committing a felony in public by pretending to be someone else, is hard to imagine, to say nothing of exceptionally risky.
There are much simpler and more effective alternatives to commit fraud on such a scale, said Heather Gerken, a law professor at Yale.
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After losing his job in South Carolina, Bellinger Folk relocated to Washington, DC, where he found work on this Recovery Act project.
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The development of St. Elizabeths as the consolidation site for the Department of Homeland Security embodies GSA's commitment to environmental sustainability. This Recovery Act-funded project will include the new 1.2 million-square-foot headquarters of the U.S. Coast Guard.
St. Elizabeths was established by Congress in 1855 as a government hospital. It is divided into two campuses. The West Campus is owned by the federal government and is under the custody and control of GSA. This project is the largest federal construction project in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area since the Pentagon was built during World War II.
GSA is going to great lengths to preserve the character of this national historic landmark. The agency will preserve and reuse 51 of the 62 buildings on the West Campus, while incorporating many sustainable elements. About 80 percent of the roof area on the new buildings will be green. GSA's goal is to achieve the gold certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design from the U.S. Green Buildings Council.
The project will also have tremendous economic benefits for the neighborhood, the city, the region, and the nation. The total cost for the project is $3.4 billion, and the project will generate thousands of jobs, both on-site and off-site. At the peak of the construction cycle, 1,000 people will be working on-site, supported by 100 small-business subcontractors and vendors.
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Nursing home to remain in county hands
July 13, 2011 —
Sullivan County legislators indicated that they believe the county should not sell the Sullivan County Adult Care Center, which has been a topic of discussion for the past 18 months.
In a meeting at the government center on July 7, legislator Ron Hiatt said after a lengthy discussion on the topic, "We're going to try to keep this."
That was after James Gallagan, the administrator of the facility, submitted suggestions to lawmakers about recommended steps to make the facility generate more revenue. The facility has 160 beds and is operating at about 86% of capacity, and is losing money.
Among the suggested changes that would be intended to attract more patients would be to "more aggressively market" the facility, by such measures as developing relationships with patient-discharge planners who work in the hospitals in the region.
The long list of recommendations included minor changes such as redecorating the facility to make it a "homier and warm environment," and major ones such as the establishment of a "secure Alzheimer's unit." The suggestion about the
Alzheimer's unit generated quite a bit of discussion because currently none exists in Sullivan County, and some thought it would be a good way to fill a need and generate revenue at the same time.
Legislator Jodi Goodman, who also works at Catskill Regional Medical Center, however, said that the expense of dealing with security issues of the patients would likely outweigh any revenue that was generated.
Still, lawmakers generally agreed that the best way forward is to explore various methods to increase revenue. In New York, the historic mission of county nursing homes, according to the NY Association of Counties, is "to serve any person in need of residential nursing care, regardless of the ability of the resident to cover the cost of the services."
Priscilla Bassett, co-chair of the Senior Legislative Action Committee, noted that a $5 million payment from the federal and state governments to cover the facility's bills is due to arrive in the next few days. Previously there had been discussions that the payments, which are called intergovernmental transfers, would be reduced or eliminated.
County manager David Fanslau said the pending payment would cover the facility's expenses from 2009. Legislator Leni Binder said, "What we need is the state and federal government not to be three years behind in payments."


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Hmmmm. I wonder what's going on with my Padres. Oh wait, I know! The American League is a ton better than the National League, and they are sure better than the San Diego Padres. If you're a fan of an AL team, I congratulate you. The AL is obviously the superior division in MLB. My Padres have yet to win a game against an AL team this season; in fact, we are on a 13-game interleague losing streak.
Last night, Chad Gaudin pitched OK. He threw six innings, allowing four runs, two walks, and striking out eight. His outing was better than past ones have been, but he gave up too many runs for the Padres' offense to catch up to.
Kevin Kouzmanoff hit his 8th homer of the season in the second inning, a solo shot. My boy has just been on FIRE!!
Good job, baby!!!
Chase Headley tied the game at three in the fourth with a two-run homer, but the Mariners got a run in the top of the fifth and that was that. They won the series, 4-3.
We only had four hits, and that's not going to win us any games. Our team batting average right now is not even worth mentioning. It's bad.
The bullpen was solid once again, Burke, Mujica, and Meredith threw scoreless innings. It's just the starters, mostly. They are giving up too many runs. The offense can't catch up.
So, Chris Young went on the DL yesterday. The list of guys on the DL is getting depressing. Baek, Gregerson, Hill, Peavy, Perdomo, Worrell, Cabrera, Hairston…man. Not good at all.
Now our rotation is totally messed up. We don't have our two "aces" (Peavy and Young). Today Josh Geer will start, followed by Wade LeBlanc, Walter Silva, Kevin Correia, and Chad Gaudin. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure. But these guys really need to step it up and get those strikes going.
We got a new pitcher yesterday, Michael O' Connor, from the Nationals. We got him for a player to be named later. He had no more options with the Nationals, so they needed to get rid of him. He may be in the starting rotation sometime soon.
Also, Everth is going to be coming up soon, and he might start tomorrow's night game.
Well, today is a 2-for-1 day game. Josh Geer will start as the Padres try to avoid the sweep. Ha.
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The AL is clearly better than the NL. Especially the AL East which I think, and most people do, is the best in the MLB.
The AL is great, except the Nationals beat the Yankees last night so you never know…
The good news is that Scotty Hairston will come back very soon. Yay! Maybe that's the reason we've been losing.. AL teams are just killing us and it's not acceptable. We were sooo close to get a win last night. Kouz is doing GREAT right now so kudos to him🙂 I need to have a serious talk with Eck. I mean, what the "eck" is going on with him lately? We seriously need a win this afternoon!
The American League is great, but for a while, the NL was so much better! I think it's the whole designated hitters/pitchers batting… or at least that contributes to it. I hope your starting rotation comes around!
Kaybee – I don't really know who to explain the differences between the National League and the American League. Maybe this is the reason that we don't really need the whole interleague experiment any longer.
Hey now let's not get too crazy with the AL better than the Nl bit. The Rockies are 5-1 versus the AL so far so maybe we can make up for the slack in the ALvsNL rivalry. Tell the Padres to get with it : )


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Yesterday, Trevor Hoffman officially signed a one-year, $6 million deal with incentives with the Milwaukee Brewers. Wow, that picture looks so weird! Anyways, I wonder if there will be a press conference. Trevor probably doesn't want all the attention, but the Brewers might want it. "Hell's Bells" will be playing in Miller Park this year. We are going to miss him.
For those who recommened that I send my entry Why Trevor? to the Padres' front office, it's in the mail right now. I have no idea if they will ever get to it, but it was certainly worth a try. Last night I remembered that General Manager Kevin Towers never watched Trevor when he went out to get a save. KT was too superstitous. New theory: since KT has never seen it, he doesn't know how much it means to Padres fans! Right…
In other Padres news, we signed two players! Last year, we signed pitcher Mark Prior to a one-year deal. He got hurt, had surgery, and didn't throw a pich for us even in a Spring Training game. Now the Padres have given him a second chance. It will be very interesting to see if he can come back after all his rehab and do well for the Padres. He has not piched since 2006, but I hope he can do well. Depending on his spring, he might be in the rotation. Let's see: Jake Peavy, Chris Young, Cha Sueng Baek, Mark Prior, and Kevin Correia. I like it! But I think there will be a bit of a competition for those last two spots. Josh Geer and Wade LeBlanc might be in there, too.
We also signed second baseman Chris Burke. This is a bit strange, since we have Edgar Gonzalez, Travis Denker, Matt Antonelli and possibly Luis Rodriguez in the mix for second. But Burke is very versatile. He's played first, second, shortstop, third, and even outfield. He will probably get a look at shortstop. Maybe he will be platooning with Rodriguez?? We'll have to see.
Also, this a bit late, but Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson got elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday. I wasn't around during their careers, but from what I've heard, they both deserve it. Henderson did play with the Padres for a few years, and he seems like quite the character. Congratulations to both of these guys!
Just wanted to thank you all for your great response to my tribute to Trevor. I actually wrote that when I first heard that he became a free agent in early November. I am going to find the Brewers' fan mail address and send Trevor a printout of that page. It's the least I can do for the all-time saves leader.
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Wow. I forgot you guys had Prior. If he could come back in '09, that would be a great addition to the rotation. He was an awesome pitcher before the injuries.
For your sake, Kaybee, I hope Prior isn't the same guy he was when he was with the Cubs. It seemed like every season, he and Kerry Wood were back on the DL. Wood turned it around last season, so hopefully Prior can do the same for you!
I hope you hear back from the front office about your Tribute to Trevor! Good luck with Prior!
Glad to hear you sent your entry to the Padres front office–I hope they read it! They really should see the kind of emotions they're causing their loyal fans by trading away their favorite players. I hope you can send it to the Brewers' fan mail as well! I hope Prior comes through and Burke as well. It seems like you have a lot of young infield talent!
I hear the Padres got a new play by play guy for the TV, Cox Comunications (sorry) guess who he is ??? He godfather I swear I'm not kidding!
Bigpapi72, http://bostonsports.mlblogs.com/
JANE, I really hope he works out for us too!
JEN, hopefully he can stay injury-free!
JULIA, yeah, that would be pretty cool!
ELIZABETH, I hope so too! Thanks!
BIG PAPI, who are you talking about? I don't remember his name…
I really hope the Padres can read your entry! I wouldn't send mine because it's pathetic compared to your great entry. And boy what a strange picture I'm seeing right now. Trevor in dark blue. I still can't believe it. Dude, I hope that Mark Prior will pitch because we have given him a second shot. I like the pitching rotation also. I hope you can send Trevor a printout of that page! Kaybee, you are a true, die-hard Padres fan I have ever seen in my LIFE. You go girl!
Kaybee His name is Mark Neely. Also I noticed that you forgot Eat, Sleep, Baseball on your link list of favorite blogs. lol
Bigpapi72, http://bostonsports.mlblogs.com/
I heard something about Omar Vizquel becoming a Padre soon. What are your opinions on that? He's old, but he is cheap. Plus I don't think you have a shortstop yet.
HUNG YOUNG, thanks for the compliements. It means a lot!
BIG PAPI, sorry about that! And I think I had heard of that guy…
DARION, we have Luis Rodriquez right now at shortstop. He did well filling in for Khalil last year when Khalil was hurt, but I don't see him as an everyday guy. We don't have any shortstops in the system that could help us. I think we will sign Vizquel, and I really hope it works out for us.
The Padres are a mess right now so I'm glad you're not getting your hopes up. I would say you should bide your time by following the Chargers for a little while but the Steelers ended their season last weekend (sorry, but not that sorry).
Trevor was a statue with the Padres for so many years it's hard to imagine him elsewhere. I have no doubt that if the Padres weren't in such disarray with ownership and all, he would still be there.
Kudos for writing such a great farewell!
The Padres are a mess right now so I'm glad you're not getting your hopes up. I would say you should bide your time by following the Chargers for a little while but the Steelers ended their season last weekend (sorry, but not that sorry).
Trevor was a statue with the Padres for so many years it's hard to imagine him elsewhere. I have no doubt that if the Padres weren't in such disarray with ownership and all, he would still be there.
Kudos for writing such a great farewell!


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More defendants taking up beds in Vermont jails
MONTPELIER The state should be collecting more data on the people in its jails awaiting trial, so it can better assess which defendants could be released, researchers with the Council of State Governments told a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.
The Department of Corrections has been wrestling with ways to free up space in Vermont jails and bring back inmates shipped to out-of-state facilities. But beds must be reserved for people who are being detained before going on trial.
Many of the detainees are held because they cannot post bail, while others are held without bail because they are considered to be a risk to the public or because there is cause to believe they may not attend future court proceedings.
Corrections has budgeted for only about 300 such detainees. But Corrections Commissioner Andrew Pallito told the Joint Legislative Corrections Oversight Committee on Tuesday that the state is holding 422 detainees.
The committee also heard analysis from representatives from the Council of State Governments, a group that helps share policy ideas with state government officials on a regional and national basis.
Jessy Tyler, a research manager with the councils Justice Center, said Vermont has seen a significant increase in the detainee population in recent years.
According to Tyler, the average daily population of detainees jumped 26 percent between fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2013. There was a peak in fiscal 2010 followed by two years of declines, but that drop was quickly replaced by a 16 percent spike over the past two years, she said.
Lawmakers opted in 2011 to begin budgeting for an average daily population of 300. That number was set when it appeared the decline was a trend, Tyler said. But the state has not seen 300 or fewer detainees on a daily basis since before fiscal year 2001, she said.
It was just a year that you had particularly low numbers and the trend looked like it was going downward, Tyler said. It was just sort of this low point.
The proportion of out-of-state residents detained before trial has not changed. Tyler said her research showed that out-of-state detainees remained at 8 percent.
But other factors do offer some insight into the spike.
Only 21 more criminal charges were filed in 2013 than in 2008, according to Tyler. But the types of charges have changed.
You can easily think, Well, thats a wash. It shouldnt have an impact on the detentions, she said.
Misdemeanor charges were reduced by 2 percent, but the number of felony charges increased by 7 percent between the 2008 and 2013 fiscal years. That resulted in 422 more detentions, according to Tyler.
Its getting to be a bit more severe of a population, and we think it has to do with the type of increase, she said. Felony charges would make a person more likely to get detained.
The state had a significant increase in serious violent felonies as well as felony drug charges. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Sears, D-Bennington, said lawmakers should think carefully about looking to release pretrial detainees given those statistics.
You add those two together and you begin to wonder if detention is the right place to reduce numbers, he said.
Vermont, like other states, is seeing a trend in higher bail amounts, according to Tyler. Fewer people are able to post bail and be released as a result. The average bail amount has increased from $42,000 to about $44,000 since the 2008 fiscal year.
I would say that we have seen bail rising and the inability for people to meet that 10 percent threshold to pay has also decreased, she told the committee.
Hallie Fader-Towe, the courts program director for the Council of State Governments, said the state should be collecting more data on detainees to help identify those who are a low flight risk or low risk to reoffend while on release. The state should also focus on improving pretrial services in the community, she said.
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Starting off with a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, providing an uncomfortable truth
The fact that President Obama's second inauguration was held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is ripe with symbolism. But our nation's first black president has done too little to champion the social equality at the core of King's message. We remain a wealthy nation marred by poverty and violence, which disproportionately affect the black community. Mr. Obama's recent gun proposals, hailed by many as a bold move, once again skirt the real problems we face. The president was galvanized into action by a massacre in a white, middle-class, suburban community. In reality, more than half of gun homicide victims in 2010 were black, while blacks compose just 13 percent of our population. Four U.S. cities rank among the top 50 worldwide in murder rates.
And just how bad are the big cities, which tend to be liberal? Here's the Atlantic, with a spiffy map that compares the rate of gun murders to foreign countries and finds
- If it were a country, New Orleans (with a rate 62.1 gun murders per 100,000 people) would rank second in the world.
- Detroit's gun homicide rate (35.9) is just a bit less than El Salvador (39.9).
- Baltimore's rate (29.7) is not too far off that of Guatemala (34.8).
- Gun murder in Newark (25.4) and Miami (23.7) is comparable to Colombia (27.1).
- Washington D.C. (19) has a higher rate of gun homicide than Brazil (18.1).
- Atlanta's rate (17.2) is about the same as South Africa (17).
- Cleveland (17.4) has a higher rate than the Dominican Republic (16.3).
- Gun murder in Buffalo (16.5) is similar to Panama (16.2).
- Houston's rate (12.9) is slightly higher than Ecuador's (12.7).
- Gun homicide in Chicago (11.6) is similar to Guyana (11.5).
- Phoenix's rate (10.6) is slightly higher than Mexico (10).
- Los Angeles (9.2) is comparable to the Philippines (8.9).
- Boston rate (6.2) is higher than Nicaragua (5.9).
- New York, where gun murders have declined to just four per 100,000, is still higher than Argentina (3).
- Even the cities with the lowest homicide rates by American standards, like San Jose and Austin, compare to Albania and Cambodia respectively.
Strange. All those places tend to be hives of Progressive ideals. Even big cities like Houston and Phoenix tend to lean left. Perhaps we should simply restrict those who vote Democrat from owning guns. Oh, wait, in most of those areas they are restricted, along with everyone else. Except criminals.
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#116257 - 11/18/03 09:09 PM hear ye hear ye
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On Saturday, November 15, yours truly was married.
Leading up to the wedding everyone kept asking me
if I were nervous, and really I wasn't. At the last
minute, however, I did become rather nervous, or
perhaps excited is a better word, and thank goodness,
as no doubt it heightened my senses and helped me form
vivid impressions to last a lifetime. It was a wonderful
night. The bride and groom had a "mini-honeymoon" at
a local bed and breakfast. The honeymoon proper will be
taken in December over Christmas. Just wanted to share.
#116258 - 11/18/03 09:16 PM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Marvellous news, Alex! Congratulations to both of you!
#116259 - 11/18/03 09:23 PM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Ohhh, ALEX! How lovely! Congratulations!!! And to think, I was just about to send you a PM saying I'd bet you'd wish you'd been with me and some friends Saturday night, listening to a fantastic bass/drum duel in Chicago!
A toast to the happy couple: may you share a long and wonderful life together!
#116260 - 11/18/03 10:16 PM Re: hear ye hear ye
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wonderful news, hope your happiness increases with the years._________________________
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#116261 - 11/19/03 07:03 AM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Congratulations, best wishes for the future and have a good Christmas!
#116262 - 11/19/03 07:31 AM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Happy zeroth anniversary. Here's to many more. And may all your arguments be little ones.
#116263 - 11/19/03 03:39 PM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Congratulations! may you learn quickly that it is the work on the relationship that makes it all worthwhile._________________________
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#116264 - 11/19/03 04:22 PM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Thanks to all for your kind wishes and thoughts. Now it's time to go home to my wife!
#116265 - 11/20/03 12:00 AM Re: hear ye hear ye
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Congratulations Alex. When do we all get to meet the lady?
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Congratulations, Alex. What is your lovely bride's name?
Have you introduced her to Wordsmith yet.
All best wishes and many blessing; Health, love, wealth and time to enjoy them.
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"Charlie" came from family money. His dad had been very successful in business as had his father before him, so "Charlie" and his brothers were expected to follow in those footsteps.
The problem was the money had inadvertently produced a generation of young men who didn't understand the painful process that had come before them. They saw only what they had and wanted more; they felt entitled. "Charlie" and his brothers weren't well-acquainted with discomfort, physical or emotional.
"Charlie" was a private boarding school kid from age 12. By the time he reached the first school, he was a regular pot smoker with access to unlimited quantities. "Charlie" didn't do too well academically, but he sure was popular. By high school, he was using other, more expensive and dangerous, drugs. He also was a good athlete and had figured out the academic game.
He was tossed from the school for drug related-problems but his parents hushed it up and moved him to another school. The lesson for "Charlie" was that he was untouchable because of his father's power and money. He thought that to be true before, but now he was sure.
The second school was pretty much one big party for "Charlie," although his dad figured out how to coerce the school to "graduate" him. His dad would alternately lecture, criticize and demean "Charlie" for his behavior, but still stepped up when the heat was on bail him out "one last time."
By this time the entitlement had opened the door to chemical dependency, but neither "Charlie" nor his dad understood that. After graduation, "Charlie" was expected to attend a good university, and once again, money and influence plopped "Charlie" down in one of the best business schools in the country.
It took six months for drugs and alcohol to assist in his complete failure, and this time there was no buying his way back in. "Charlie" landed in his first of six treatment programs. He always had the secret thought: "I'll just do what I have to to get through this one, and then I'll be able to do what I want."
"Charlie" had been bailed out so many times he couldn't even conceive of not being rescued. Each time he was discharged, sometimes against medical advice, the alcoholism and drug addiction got worse. He burned through his inheritance despite his family's attempts to stop him. He was using high-end prescription narcotics and smoking cocaine, lost all contact with his family and was living with another in a long series of young women who loved him for his drugs and who, despite his obvious deterioration, believed he would be OK.
His father hadn't been idle. In the meantime, he learned he was doing "Charlie" no good, and that he had to accept "Charlie's" imminent demise. He wrote a heartfelt and touching letter detailing his mistakes and his deep love for his son and had it delivered to "Charlie's" motel room. When "Charlie" read it, he knew it was a goodbye letter.
"Charlie" continued to use for another year, overdosed and landed in another detox. This time, he entered treatment with a new attitude. He would tell you today that his father's letter probably saved his life.


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Pike commissioners seek help from DC law firm; Commissioners say an EIS is needed
July 3, 2012 —
The Pike County Commissioners aren't giving up. They've enlisted a high-powered law firm from Washington, DC. whose principal focus is dealing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
"The firm is willing to work out a deal with us to pay less than their daily fee because we have a track record of working with them in the past," said Tom Farley, solicitor of the Pike commissioners. The name of the firm is GKRSE and the principal attorney is Nancy Skancke.
Their usual fee is $450 an hour. In order for the county to afford them, they will put an assistant on the case but
promised to monitor the assistant's progress.
At issue is the Tennessee Gas Company's decision to bypass the utilization of an easement that it possesses through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (DWGNRA), and instead cut a 6.1-mile loop around the Borough of Milford. The loop will affect about 10 properties.
The company never asked for a permit to go through the park but, after informal discussions with the superintendent John Donahue of the National Park Service (NPS) which operates the DWGNRA, the company unilaterally decided to avoid anticipated problems with Donahue, who has stated NPS's opposition to a move that would widen the right-of-way easement, insisting that an act of Congress would be needed to allow it.
Donahue has said that his job is to protect the park from encroachments on its property. He also has stated that, while he supports that policy, the decision is not his but is the domain of the Department of the Interior under which agency the NPS operates.
"We feel we have a good case against Tennessee," said Rich Caridi, chairman of the commissioners. "We and many others feel that there should have been a full-blown Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to investigate the impacts of this enormous project, which are considerable, and not just hold an environmental assessment (EA).
"We are asking that they stay the order and initiate a new permit process," he said. "We are, in effect, seeking an appeal."
Interveners have 30 days to attempt to stay the approval process. The commissioners also asked if they could have the status of interveners—ones who have a valid right to question a FERC decision.
Caridi and his fellow commissioners have instigated a campaign against the loop by writing numerous letters to elected officials U.S. Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey, U.S. Representative Tom Marino, PA Senator Lisa Baker and PA Representative Mike Peifer.
Caridi said on June 27, "So far we have not heard from any of them."


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P90X is a very popular fitness program marketed toward men and women that aims to assist with losing unwanted body weight, toning up and "getting ripped." This weight reduction system basically involves a series of DVDs that offer exercise routines, online support and a 3-phase nutritional plan. P90X is offered through the official website for three monthly installments of $39.95. This fitness program is offered with a 100 percent 90-day satisfaction guarantee. "Muscle confusion" is the primary focus of P90X, which addresses the notion of confusing the muscles with a number of different exercises so that none "plateau." This supposedly leads to a stronger, slimmer and more fit physique.
- P90X can be easily and conveniently purchased through the official website.
- P90X appears to be very popular with users.
- P90X is offered with a 100%, 90-day satisfaction guarantee.
- By all accounts, P90X is quite strenuous and the exercises may not be suitable for those who are severely overweight or for anyone with a pre-existing injury.
- Some individuals may find that P90X is rather pricey since it involves three separate payments of $39.95 (totaling around $120).
All in all, the P90X weight loss program is interesting and quite intriguing in some respects. While it's positive that the P90X system encourages regular exercise and a leaner diet, it's tough to tell if this weight reduction program is really right for most individuals. In the end, P90X calls for a pretty heavy lifestyle change; not to mention a fairly high price tag for some users (around $120). If you have found that other exercise routines left you without results, there is no reason to believe that P90X is the answer. However, if you are up for a challenge this might be one worth looking into!
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