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As a Joint Honours degree you can expect the teaching, learning and assessment of and in Russian to be to a high level. You can expect to have the opportunity to engage with a number of specialist topics including for example Russian language, literature, culture, history, politics and film in both English and Russian. All languages in the School require students to take specialised Senior Honours Communication Skills modules specific to the languages. Within the School of International Relations you can expect to have the opportunity to engage with a number of specialist topics including both thematic and regional issues. Examples of the former include human rights; the various impacts of globalisation; forms of contemporary political violence and conflict and conflict prevention and resolution. Examples of regional concentrations include Africa; Central, East and South Asia; Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. It may be possible to spend a semester or year studying abroad as part of this degree programme. Please see http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studyabroad for details.
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peeker643 wrote:Hikohadon wrote:e0y2e3 wrote:As much as it pains me to say this.... Peeker's right. Hiko's gone straight Peeker over a theoretical situation.
You're right. I'm trying to stop. Peeks keeps baiting me and I keep biting.
I've said my piece on it, no way I'm gonna go Peeker on it any longer.
Bring on whatever disaster you want to HasBan.
Gonna be a disaster because you don't know what's going on in the search. You're like Mary Kay Cabot complaining the Browns didn't announce they interviewed ( I'm sure it was a sham) Bill O'Brien.
Tough crowd for Browns with you guaranteeing a disaster regardless of who they hire. Very open minded
They could end up with second coming of Vince Landry Belichick for all you know. They could be conducting the most extensive search since the Lindbergh baby for all you know.
You should post that screaming baby pic you have on file.
There's a difference between whining about the disaster and embracing the disaster.
And of course I know that Chip Kelly could be the second coming of George Halas. Any coach we get could be. But I'll assume otherwise until proven wrong. Too lazy and not motivated to treat Reboot Version 6.0 objectively.


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Skip to comments.Is Tiger Woods facing disqualification at Masters?
Posted on 04/12/2013 11:09:13 PM PDT by FlJoePa
Did Tiger Woods' actions after he drenched his third shot on No. 15 Friday at Augusta result in him signing an incorrect scorecard, which would result in his automatic disqualification from the Masters?
There was no definitive answer and a lot of speculation late Friday. So, while a conclusion has yet to be reached, let's walk through the events in question.
After his round Woods said about his shot into the water on No. 15:
"I went down to the drop area, that wasn't going to be a good spot, because obviously it's into the grain and it was a little bit wet."
So it was muddy and not a good spot to drop. So I went back to where I played it from, but I went two yards farther back and I tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit."
Two yards farther back.
Woods had just dunked his third shot in the water in front of the green, walked to the edge of the water, walked back to the spot where he hit the shot, and dropped his ball two yards behind the original shot.
He then hit that shot (his fifth) 3 feet from the pin and tapped in for bogey.
So why might he be disqualified?
It has to do with the drop, per USGA rule 26-1:
It is a question of fact whether a ball that has not been found after having been struck toward a water hazard is in the hazard. In the absence of knowledge or virtual certainty that a ball struck toward a water hazard, but not found, is in the hazard, the player must proceed under Rule 27-1.
If a ball is found in a water hazard or if it is known or virtually certain that a ball that has not been found is in the water hazard (whether the ball lies in water or not), the player may under penalty of one stroke:
a. Proceed under the stroke and distance provision of Rule 27-1 by playing a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5); or
b. Drop a ball behind the water hazard, keeping the point at which the original ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind the water hazard the ball may be dropped; or
Woods apparently didn't choose "a" because two yards (as he said in his post-round interview) isn't "as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played." Although I admit "as nearly as possible" is incredibly vague so I suppose this is still an option for what Woods did.
And the second choice "b" is in question as well (there is a "c" but it doesn't apply here).
According to this explanation by the USGA regarding "b," when a player's ball crosses a hazard three times (which Woods' did -- the front of the water, the back of the water, and the roll into the water after the ball careened off the pin) this is how the drop is supposed to play out:
If a ball last crossed the margin of a water hazard as described in the situation above, it appears that the ball crossed the margin of the hazard three times (e.g., first, the initial time it crossed; second, when it crossed over the hazard onto land; and third, when the ball rolled back into the hazard). So when the Rule states that the ball must be dropped keeping the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is to be dropped, it is referring to the third (final) time. It is the reference point for the 26-1b option only.
Did Woods keep the point where the ball last crossed the margin of the water hazard "directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball was dropped?" It's hard to tell. It looked on TV like the ball shot off to the left, not between where Woods dropped and the hole.
If Woods played an incorrect ball, according to rule 20-7 he should be penalized 2 strokes and would have, theoretically, incorrectly signed his scorecard -- an automatic disqualification.
Whether Woods did anything wrong has sparked enough chatter about his possible disqualification to make us get very familiar with this portion of the rule book.
Did Tiger Woods' actions after he drenched his third shot on No. 15 Friday at Augusta result in him signing an incorrect scorecard, which would result in his automatic disqualification from the Masters?
He's BLACK.. black President, black Attorney general, massive black voter fraud...
SLAP SLAP... try to keep up... he could rape a woman in the gallery and get away with it.. OR A MAN!..
I think blacks are exempt from the rules. They did penalize the Asian 8th grader for timing out during his turn and Woods is half Asian, so.. Tough call.
CBS needs Tiger in the hunt.
No way the PGA DQ's the man that is responsible for 60% of the ratings.
Did the refs ever call Michael Jordan for walking?
Oh wait....he just played with Obama...
A presidential pardon, you say??
Any class except for baseball is pretty well gone.
I suggest that high school sports is just about the only reasonably pure athletic competition left today. And, I'm not sure about that.
Human animals will do whatever it takes to finish in the money. Rules are merely obstacles to work around.
There's too much money/show biz in college and professional sports for it to be otherwise.
For example, the story came out yesterday about Tyrann Mathieu (aka Honey Badger) failing "too many to count" drug tests at LSU while he was there.
The story isn't that he was a doper. The story is how in the hell LSU managed to keep it covered up for so long.
After all, he was a money draw, a star, a TV personality.
At the same time that Guan was penalized a stroke for using 50 seconds on his second shot on 17, Tiger was eyeballing a putt for a minute and 32 seconds {but Tiger's group was not out of position}.
Slow play is one reason that I rarely play golf on the weekends.
During the week my foursome can zip around 18 in 3 hours and change, but on the week end that turns into 5 plus hours and our scores go way up because you can't concentrate that long between shots.
Steroid ball may be the most corrupt sport of all.
It sounds like golf rules were written by a guy moonlighting from his day job writing IRS regulations.
I understand your point, and don't want to get into a 'this sport vs. that sport' thing - since they all have problems (not so sure about bowling or Pee-wee golf). However, when I've gone to MLB spring training there still are a lot of normal looking players of average build who don't look like they are juicing. It's a sport in which a skinny guy with good skills and heart can still succeed. When I think of baseball and the ability to be great based on natural ability, hard work, and heart, I think of Ernie Banks.
"It sounds like golf rules were written by a guy moonlighting from his day job writing IRS regulations."
Nah. Someone like that would never be able to write with such clarity...
Doesn't mean those guys aren't juicing for speed getting around on the ball.
People are always surprised when the scrawny, marginal players get caught, but they'd likely not be in the league without the boost.
You may be right, but there have been lots of scrawny guys who could get around on the ball who played during times when steroid use wasn't common in anything except body building. And, they were also batting against guys who could throw 90+ MPH.
That said you are absolutely correct that the ranks of MLB have had a lot of players in recent years who have clearly been juicing, including many of its biggest stars. Sad.
That's what I was thinking. Like the IRS regulations, the rules are written so that selctive enfocement is the name of the game otherwise everyone would be guilty of something. Take the slow-play rule for example. Seems to me that the 14 year old Asian kid was singled out for slow play even though many pros violate the same rule during any given tournament. Golf is supposed to be self-enforcing and if a player violates the slow play rule, but signs his scorecard after failing to penalize himself one stroke for each violation, then he is supposed to disqualify himself. Indeed, if the rule was enforced equally against everyone and not just 14 year old Asians, Jack Nicholas would be a mere footnote in golfing history and pro-gold would be more like NASCAR in that the winner might be the only person still left in the race.
During the week my foursome can zip around 18 in 3 hours and change, but on the week end that turns into 5 plus hours and our scores go way up because you can't concentrate that long between shots.
I absolutely hate slow play. I used to play golf quite frequently; sometimes 2 to 3 times a week for a time until lower back and some other health issues put a stop to my enjoyment of the game. Slow play is awful and yes it ruins concentration and the rhythm of the game. I also preferred walking the course and did whenever possible, preferred to play courses that were walking friendly. I found I played much better; my concentration was much better when walking and carrying my clubs and play was quicker, excepting to having to wait for slow groups in front, plus its great exercise.
And I found that courses that mandated carts and especially ones that were cart path only were incredibly slow. There is nothing worse that standing on the tee watching the group in front of you park their carts along the path, each player taking out a single club and walking to their ball that might be on the other side of the fairway, if they could even find it, watching them look endlessly for a lost ball, then watching one of the players decide he or she picked the wrong club, walk back to the cart to get another club (one should always take several clubs with them, but many dont), walk back to their ball, then stand and assess their shot for way too long, watching as the first one to take their shot walks back to the cart and waits for everyone else to finish and walk back to the cart before driving the cart forward, rinse and repeat. Ug!
True story. I used to play golf with my husband and usually with other men, usually being the only woman in the foursome. One day we were playing a municipal course that had a very short but difficult par 3 that caused backups. We were waiting behind the tee, waiting for not one but two groups in front of us (all men BTW) on this hole. Another group came up behind us and one of the men, an older man in the group started making very loud grumblings about the slow play and said something to the effect of These damned women golfers are the reason play is so slow. And he wasnt saying it in a way that would make me think he was joking or ribbing me, he was serious.
When our group finally took our shots, I landed my tee shot on the green about 2 from the pin and after my male playing companions missed the green, landing in a bunker or in the rough and all took bogies+, I putted in for a birdie (I wasnt all that good of a golfer, decent but not with a single digit handicap FWIW but think I was p!ssed off and really wanted to have a good hole). I shouted back to the grumpy old guy and said, Was that quick enough for ya sweetie? If only there had been three more women like me in my group, youd have been taking your tee shots 15 minutes ago.
As my foursome were waiting on the next tee, I could see the par 3 and watched the grumpy old man top his tee shot which dribbled about five feet, then his second which flew over the green into the bunker behind the green. Then I watched him walk back to his cart and slam his clubs into his bag, cursing the whole time. LOL!
When I was in a womans golf league and maintaining a USGA handicap, I played by the rules of golf as best as I could; I used to read and study them, kept a USGA rule book in my golf bag and kept an accurate and legal score card, counting every stroke and taking every penalty every time I played, whether it was league play or not but I still played at a good pace. But when I wasnt playing in a league or maintaining a handicap and playing just for fun and enjoyment, if I was having a really bad round, if I was lagging behind others in my foursome, I would pick up my ball and move forward just to keep up the pace of play. Id estimate the strokes I realistically thought I would have made and added them to my score card if only for my own purposes. And I used to push my husband to play faster as he was notoriously slow.
I'm not a fan of Tiger; never have been; never will be. But I think I heard one of the announcers on the re-broadcast mention that the water hazard was being played as a "lateral hazard."
Aren't drop rules different for laterals?
Woods needs to hire Louie Freeh to conduct an internal investigation as to what went wrong with the shot and who is to blame, after which he can self-impose penalties on himself of no new balls for two years, and donate 20% of his winnings to the wounded and aging caddy foundation. Then he will be good to go.
PGA has nothing to do with The Masters. It's not a PGA event.
Tiger by his own admission broke the rule. He dropped 2 yards from the place he last hit from. He did it to improve the odds on the shot. HE SIGNED AN INCORRECT ACORE.
In this case there is no wiggle room.
( ex rules official)
The pond on 15 is in no way a lateral hazard.
Doesnt the rule say you can put it FARTHER away (but not closer)
I dont read it as saying you must put it at the first possible spot, no matter how difficult that shot would be
It is preety vague on purpose where, the only thing is that you cannot move it closer to the hole, it gives leaway only farther away
If it's an option for what he did then just what the ... are you bloviating about????
Any class except for baseball is pretty well gone.Might wanna re-think that baseball stuff.
Woods entered the tee box at 15 at 5-under and tied for the lead. He played the hole beautifully, laying up his second shot to around 87 yards. He hit a perfect shot onto the green with a 60-degree wedge, a shot that turned out to be a little too perfect. The ball struck the flag pin and bounced back and into the water hazard. The hazard at 15 is a Red Lateral Hazard, which falls under 26-1c of the 2013-1015 USGA Rules and Decisions.
Tiger had several options for continuing play once his ball got wet. He could play the ball from the hazard, replay the shot from the original position incurring a one-point penalty, or he could take straight line from the hole to where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard and take a drop anywhere behind that point, keeping within that line and incurring a one-point penalty.
In reading the rules it appears that there is a fourth option involving taking a drop on either side of the hazard, taking a drop within two club-lengths of where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard, but there is some confusion as to whether this would be in play at a Red Lateral, or not.
Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/golf/2013/04/13/2013-masters-tiger-woods-may-face-disqualification-for-incorrect-scorecard/#309qbF9pdr7qlOcC.99
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After the round, Woods said: "I went back to where I played it from, but I went 2 yards further back and I took, tried to take 2 yards off the shot of what I felt I hit.''
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Tiger has basically said and is on record that he went 2 yrds back from the original spot and dropped. That seems like clear intent to not be as close to the orginal spot as possible.
You are 100% correct. He played from a wrong place and signed a wrong scorecard. Disqualified.
If Tiger does the right thing and disqualifies himself his standing in the golf world and my own personal opinion would be 'Bobby Jones like'.
(another ex-rules official)
Exactly - and THAT line would be in the woods to his left. The ball most certainly didn't kick straight backwards towards him. That's the option he was trying to take, but he effed up point of entry.
Tigger should have been DQ'd. 2 stroke penalty is bs.
This is a joke. If he had any class, he'd WD. This will not go over well on that tour. At all.
Algonquin J. Calhoun, Esq. is the only man who can figure out these difficult situations. I recommend that he be retained immediately by The Tiger.
Tiger has another pal who was a lawyer, a Mr. Obama. Unfortunately, he be disbarred and unable to appear for him in this matter.
Two stroke penalty only. No disqualification.
He confused the rule during the heat of the moment. It is where the ball last crossed the hazard line, not where it first crossed the hazard line. After hitting the pin, the ball entered the hazard on the left front of the green. He could of backup as far as he wanted but, likely would have been in the left hand rough.
Translation: There are no "rules."
They could simply call the rule the "star system fudge rule". Heck, there have been viewers who call in to networks when they see players breaking rules and the PGA takes action.
They didn't want to throw Tiger Woods out of the Masters. They'd probably do better for themselves in terms of public relations by simply saying what everyone already knows.
You've easy made your point !!!
April 13, 2013 - 10:40 am
By Chris Gay | Staff Writer
Augusta National Golf Club's statement from Fred Ridley, chairman of the competition committees, on Tiger Woods this morning:
"Yesterday afternoon, the Rules Committee was made aware of a possible Rules violation that involved a drop by Tiger Woods on the 15th hole.
"In preparation for his fifth shot, the player dropped his ball in close proximity to where he had played his third shot in apparent conformance with Rule 26. After being prompted by a television viewer, the Rules Committee reviewed a video of the shot while he was playing the 18th hole. At that moment and based on that evidence, the Committee determined he had complied with the Rules.
"After he signed his scorecard, and in a television interview subsequent to the round, the player stated that he played further from the point than where he had played his third shot. Such action would constitute playing from the wrong place.
"The subsequent information provided by the player's interview after he had completed play warranted further review and discussion with him this morning. After meeting with the player, it was determined that he had violated Rule 26, and he was assessed a two stroke penalty. The penalty of disqualification was waived by the Committee under Rule 33 as the Committee had previously reviewed the information and made its initial determination prior to the finish of the player's round."
Woods needs to appeal this decision as a violation of his 5th Amendment rights that protect him against double jeopardy and being a witness against himself. Did anyone before that post match interview read him his rights???
Then Tiger signed his scorecard.
Officials said he was allowed to stay in the tournament under a new rule that keeps players from being disqualified based on television evidence.
Tis statement provides a lot of information that people are ignoring. I originally thought he should be DQ'd but after reading the statement it's clear they made he right decision and applied the rules properly. Tiger was saved by the "HD Replay" rule.
Exactly. This nullifies the "incorrect scorecard" rule and brings the HD Replay rule into effect.
No way. He's worth too much to the fortunes of the PGA.
No question this would be the right thing to do.
I think the 2 stroke penalty is fair - that is what he would have gotten if they told him at 18 that he had incurred a penalty. He would have then dropped the 2 strokes from his score and signed for the -1.
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So it would be just like last season when guys like Guthrie and Sikorski got moved off for the signings of Foulke and Nixon.
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I've had starts comparable to this but never keep it going.
My pitching's gotta get it together. Both Clemens (9.13mil, 3-3 6.59 ERA/1.67WHIP) and Dave Stewart (3.17m 3-4, 6.52/1.75) have each recently survived their "if you blow this, you're gone" start, all the while being out-pitched by my .99m, 4th (of a 4-man rotation) starter Stottlemyre.
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Skip to comments.Anthony Weiner sext girl's bikini photo shoot
Posted on 07/29/2013 5:41:47 PM PDT by ClaytonPEdited on 07/29/2013 6:00:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Mayoral hopeful's online chat pal poses on the beach for The Post.
Sydney Leathers, 23, the woman at the center of the Anthony Weiner scandal, frolicking on the beach in Santa Monica, Calif.
He threw his career away for that?
So much ink is a major turnoff
She needs to iron her shirt.
Isn't that Flo??
She shouldn't be 'frolicking'. It's an earthquake zone.
Nasty ol' tat all over her back.
Sydney was his Monica I guess.
Do not want!
Theirs probably so much ink because of very wide rear canvas.
She's 23? Imagine what she will look like in 10 or 20 years. Shades of Monica Lewinsky....
So is being that thick at 23. Oh, and being a slut as well.
The Weiner's taste in women seems to be lacking.
HA! It does look like Flo!
Got to show this to DH, he hates Flo commercials - lol
I think she was the Senator's daughter in Silence of the Lambs.
I've seen better muscle tone on a sea walrus.
I'm pretty sure their offer to run a bikini shoot was intended to be a joke.
No sense of shame, or any realization that she is going to get savaged in the media for these unflattering pics.
Must be a fantastic . . . cook
Sydney the Seamonster and Johnny and Scott are friends...
Egad. And to think JLH caught hell a few years ago for looking a little chunky in a bikini. At least she's pretty. This beast looks like something you'd see carved on a cave wall. Are those briefs she's wearing?
Is that ink or back hair? Ink, I guess. Just an awful sweathog with a mega-caboose and its own zipcode.
I'll bet they are having a huge laugh at her expense.
Say what you will about Weiner, the most principled, honorable, likeable representative of the Democratic [sic] party, you've got to admit he's got utterly terrible taste in women.
What does that say about Huma?
At first glance, it looked like a hairy back.
Dear God please don't let it starting singing about Progressive...
LOLMAO! Choking on my candied orange slices. Yuk.
Where's the barf alert on this one?
Carlos Danger is a brave man indeed!
Must have fantastic photoshop skills. no way that selfie wasn't edited.
the jokes on little weiner.
Sigmund actually ;)
I'd take Huma over Sydney any day of the week.
Poor girl her whole life was ruined in this one single photo. She might as well go ahead and paint black lines running down her legs. She is a wall for some good graffiti.
Not a ping.
unsee!! unsee!!
Gives a new meaning to tramp stamp.
Yep, kind of sad.
I coulda done that with a magic marker for half the price
Ruff Ruff Arrrrrrrooooooo, What a dog, Bow wow baby.
I bet she shaves that back.
Are you sure that it isn't just matted back hair???
Oye Ve!! Shades of Monica. :-)
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Skip to comments.Miami-Dade voters remove Mayor Carlos Alvarez
Posted on 03/15/2011 8:21:04 PM PDT by Kartographer
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"It's time for him to go," Rodriguez said. "We want a change."
I think there is alot of CHANGE coming and soon!
Barry doesn't have a prayer of getting a second term, but we want him to take up the Democrat slot.
Wouldn't want Hillary to sneak in.
I read that Alverez is a republican. Or should I say RHINO.
So what now? It would seem that Mayor Carlos Alvarez is a Republican right? A Republican who acted like a Democrat and raised taxes which infuriated people. So he is gone, what fills the void? Does this mean the Democrats have a good shot at taking over here?
Hillary, like Mitt Romneycare is mortally tainted by the attempted healthcare takeover.
She has no positives over for the left Tingle Barry.
That's why it was reported by the AP. If Ramirez were a Dummycrap, you think this would be in the news?
I'm not getting it. Don't recall election also include electing a NEW mayor? I didn't see this mentioned. So are they mayor-less now?
They'll hold a special election for the remainder of the term (for which Alvarez may run in, although after getting rejected by almost 90% of those voting, that would be dumb). I can't fathom why they didn't hold it in the same election.
"So he is gone, what fills the void?"
Conventional wisdom would say that the candidate who runs on the promise to rescind the Alvarez property tax hike is the likely winner, regardless of the "letter" following his name.
Marco Rubio should resign from the Senate, Run for Mayor, and have the Governor appoint a Conservative replacement for him. Time to start playing hardball. Rubio can run again in another state for Senator next year.
A lot of Cuban-American Republicans act like RINOs - Mel Martinez, Rep. Illena Ros-Leithen, the Rep. Diaz-Balart brothers (plural like those mexican american house sisters in CA) not to be confused with the Diaz brothers in Scarface. Another supposed conservative who is soft on the border.
I think this Mayor also got dumped because they taxed for a new baseball stadium for the Marlins even though their attendance is poor. I have a relative down in Key West who mentioned this.
My local School District has a levy for just over that amount in store for my city. They do not understand that people are out of work, unable to sell their homes or move, are in foreclosure, or at a minimum, financially strapped; regardless of how much they make.
Gas and food costs are up, up, up! Wages and property values are down, yet they demand more from the private sector? Goodness.
No pretty sure he is a rat
I was wrong he is a republican
Wiki says he's a Republican, whatever that's worth.
Will his replacement be any better?? This is FloriDUH after all
"My local School District has a levy for just over that amount in store for my city. They do not understand that people are out of work, unable to sell their homes or move, are in foreclosure, or at a minimum, financially strapped; regardless of how much they make."
They certainly understand you cannot sell your home and move; that is WHY they are able to keep increasing taxes. Even worse, prior to the housing meltdown, those taxes increases (at least here in NJ, among the highest property taxes in the nation) were such a drag on home prices. Who wants to buy a house in a so-so neighborhood with taxes of $8K annually? When you own it outright you'll still pay $650+ per month to live their...
Anyone under thirty who hasn't bought a home yet is smart enough to make sure they never do; at least here in NJ, any fed. income tax benefit is more than offset by very high property taxes. Now that the younger generations seem to have sworn off breeding, why would they expose themselves to such robbery? Also, they'll keep the mobility to follow their jobs from state to state (or another country) as we become China.
did you mean "dingle berry"....LOL
I like to use "0bambi"
where 0 = the zero character.
Yeah, he's a "Republican" like Michael Bloomberg is a "Republican".
'Marco Rubio should resign from the Senate, Run for Mayor, and have the Governor appoint a Conservative replacement for him.'
So he should go from US Senator and potential Vice Presidential candidate to mayor of Miami? Are you nuts!
I'd like to see a list of these "critical" social services.
"We want a change."
A shame! For an extra $0.99 you could have gotten some hope to go with it
Nope. Not one penny of current property taxes goes to the stadium. The bonds will be repaid by the existing 6% hotel bed tax (paid almost exclusively by tourists,) 1% of which is designated for sports facilities. Only in the future event that bed tax revenues are insufficient will any general revenues be used. No part of any property tax increase was due to the stadium.
But, don't let your or your relative's lack of knowledge stop you from engaging in inaccurate and unfounded speculation.
Previously, he was successful in an ANTI-TAX campaign that would have increase the city's sales tax in order to fund (get this) a renovation of the Miami Dolphins football stadium. All this is from Wikipedia. This is some American story!
Hey, Norman Braman's my kinda guy. Miamians should smarten up and nominate HIM as mayor! Sounds like someone that can take care of business down there.
Sounds more like they're ready for a more conservative mayor.
Or labor union apologist
Martin Marxist Luther King, Jr.
Today, overall, not much!
That's one slick idea. If it had a snowballs chance, I'd be for it.
My question is: will the new mayor fight to roll back the tax increases? Can he do that?
Your version is accurate but he was not water boy. The family owns/owned lots of car dealerships and bought the Eagles I thin in the 1980s. From what I have heard - he has been fighting the crooked politicians in Miami from robbing taxpayers.
The city had a $444 or so million short fall? That is half a billion. Cheap for NYC but still and insane amount of money.
Yeah let's just tax the tourist to build a stadium. Like it makes it any better. Politicians building ball fields for wealth team owners. It is still corruption.
He didn't just raise taxes, he also raised salaries for people who were already well paid. Kind of like reducing taxes for the very rich. More and more people are getting really p&*^ed. How many people are aware that the top 1% of the population has as much money as the bottom 50%?
no need to be tacky to frantzie...he/she was merely poorly informed..hardly a flameworthy post
These people flee the oppression of their government and the first thing they do is vote in the same type of people they were trying to avoid.
Morons would be ashamed to be associated with them.
Just like the Roman Empire this once great country is being rotted to the core by immigration. Leeches.
Those who can't create on their own will suck the life blood out of those who can.
If they could manifest a society of prosperity, then, they wouldn't have to come here in the first place.
Having read the continuation of the article, and then a bunch of the comments it appears a very rich guy promoted the recall. In addition to giving his people a pay raise, Alvarez also pushed through a $600 million sports arena, and the city is over $400 million in arrears. What idiocy. One comment said that Walker in Wisconsin has also given his staff a hefty pay raise. Anyone know the truth of that allegation? Also a number of the comments urged a recall petition on the Florida Republican governor, Scott.
Many years ago, when I lived in NJ, there was no state income tax. Is there a state income tax now? In Florida there is no state income tax, but the hurricane insurance costs are much higher than insurance in other states. I helped my son buy a 3 bedroom house in Miami in 2001 for $120,000. My daughter-in-law tells me the house is now worth $88,000.
NJ - (formerly from until 3 yrs. ago)... 7% sales tax
PA (where I am now) 6% sales tax
oops, state income tax you asked about...yes to both NJ and PA, not sure of the percentages, but both have the tax
I guess there is just not enough of Gov. Chris Christie to go around. They will have to find their own.
Further, I never said that I agreed with tax-funding (regardless of who is paying them) of any stadium. Sports owners should pay entirely for their own stadia. That isn't what happened here, but neither are your ignorant fantasies.
And, Miami-Dade county owns the venue, the stadium wasn't given away to the owners.
Then, there's your shot at the Marlins' "poor" attendance. Let's examine that.
The current ownership inherited the single worst stadium deal in all of ML sports. They play baseball in a cavernous football stadium. They get not one dime from parking. They get not one dime from concessions. They get not one dime from skyboxes or luxury suites because there aren't any. Their home games can be pre-empted by outside events like concerts. They are subject to the vagaries of Florida heat, humidity and rain.
Yet, the current ownership won a World Series in 2003 with a payroll of about $50 million, less than a third of the defeated Yankees' outlays.
They manage to put competitive teams on the field, year after year on a relative shoestring. And, in 2010 they attracted 1.53 million fans, despite the crummy venue and their severe financial limitations. That was more than Oakland and Toronto, both more established franchises.
The new stadium will give the Marlins control of their own destiny. They will control concessions and derive major revenue from them. They will have revenues from parking. There will be luxury suites and they will derive substantial revenues from them. They will not be pre-empted by outside events they didn't book, in fact they will control booking of outside events and derive revenue from them. They will no longer be subject to rain or the rest of the weather problems, every game will be played and will be played in pleasant conditions.
In short, they will be able to field a team with a league-average sort of payroll of around $80 million.
Premium ticket sales for 2012 (next season, not this season) are well ahead of expectations and it is likely that the joint will be completely sold out for the entire 2012 season, bringing paid attendance to about 3 million. That number will likely only be bested by 8 to 10 major-market teams.
After the "new stadium" effect wears off, I'll guess that attendance will settle in at about the MLB average of 30K because it's an organization that understands how to put a consistently good product on the field and will finally have more money to do so. But, they could easily sell-out for years, the stadium only holds about 37,000.
BTW, there is no other stadium like it on the planet. Beyond being a state-of-the-art and intimate venue for baseball, and one of the few stadiums with a retractable roof it will have an absolutely stunning, jaw-dropping view (from the stands towards left field) of the Miami skyline. No other stadium has anything like it.
So much for poor attendance. I've already covered the property tax aspects. Got anything else you want to pontificate on that you know nothing about?
Nope, wouldn't want to let ignorance get in the way of offering less-than-useless opinions. The ignorant should be allowed to run rampant without dissent. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Sorry, pointing out facts isn't "tacky," whether you like it or not.
Next step is to get a GOP fed DOJ to put every last County Commissioner in jail, that coming as soon as the commie in the White House gets bounced out on his ass.
Norman is self-made from nothing. I agree with his anti-tax philosophy. Not a dime should be spent by any government to support any stadium, other than perhaps roads, etc. to service the attending public.
That said, his lawsuit to stop the stadium was ill-founded. Which is why he lost and the stadium got built. The politicians decided that they didn't want the Marlins to move to another city, and so they worked out a deal, all within their legal purview. The Marlins are now here permanently, whether it turns out to be good or bad for the local taxpayers.
His recall effort was much better directed -- at the people who will go along with any stadium deal, other than one totally financed by the owner.
So it goes.
You are so funny you should be a comedian, you are funnier than Larry the Cable Guy, Jim Carey and Cantiflas all rolled into one.
I hope you have fun doing the wave BY YOURSELF in the always empty Marlins stadium.
People cant afford $250 to take a family of 4 to see a shitty team with a greedy scumbag owner that has the lowest payroll in the majors, just so he can put more cash in his back pocket.
Screw the Marlins, and screw that punk Hanley Ramirez too.
Why should public funds be used for a private sports stadium?
Can I tax you for my back yard? For $60 I'll allow you to come over and sit in a chair for two hours.
You apparently have a problem comprehending simple English.
Get back to me after you've re-read all of my posts on this thread.
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Achieving total security in an organization is impossible. Once you have accepted this simple (but often hard-to-swallow) fact, you can move forward with a risk-based security strategy, in which priorities are established and decisions are made through a process of evaluating the sensitivity of data, the vulnerability of systems and applications, and the likelihood of threats. By making risk-based decisions, security organizations can develop more practical and realistic security goals, and spend their resources in a more effective way.
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Basic Somali Information
- Lifespan: 13 - 17 years
- Weight: 6 - 12 pounds
Medical Conditions Seen in Somali
- Gingivitis
- Myasthenia Gravis
Somali Traits
- Lap Cat
- Intelligence
- Ease of Training
- Grooming Requirements
- Shedding
- Good with Children
- Good with Dogs
- Chattiness
Somali History
- The origins of this longhaired breed are shrouded in mystery, but popular theory is that a longhaired gene somehow infiltrated the Abyssinian breed population as an undesirable recessive gene.
- The population of Abyssinians had shrunk to 12 after World War II, prompting mating with other cats that produced some longhaired litters.
- The first "longhaired Abyssinian (aka Somali) was shown in cat shows in Australia in 1965.
- Today, all major cat associations recognize the Somali in four colors: ruddy, fawn, blue and red.
Somali Behavior Concerns
- Curious, alert and adventurous.
- Quite skilled at turning on faucets with their paws or swiping socks out of drawers.
- High energy and playful and often engage in bursts of energy a few times each day.
- Needs regular play sessions to expend its energy properly and avoid misbehaving out of boredom. This is one cat who loves to play fetch and chase games.
- Smart but willful, so you need to make training sessions positive and rewarding.
- Gentle around children and adapts easily to other family pets.
- Very social and will often greet houseguests or show off by performing tricks.
- Not very vocal, but does emits soft mews and trills.
Look of Somalis
- The Somali is simply a longhaired Abyssinian who shares the dark rim around their eyes that looks like eyeliner and wisps of white under their chins.
- Its fluffy, bushy tail is one of its hallmark looks along with its ruddy-colored coat that looks like a small fox or a colorfully marked squirrel. Its build is medium and athletic.
- All Somalis also sport a traditional tabby "M" on the center of their foreheads and exotic, wild looks.
- Somali, when standing still, appears to look like he is standing on his toes.
Grooming Somali Cats
- This breed's soft, silky coat requires combing once or twice a week.
- Generally matt-free and does not shed much.
Suggested Nutritional Needs for Somalis
Please consult with your veterinarian about the type of dieta nd amount to feed your cat during their different life stages. Different breeds may have a greater risk of obesity based upon their diet, metabloism, activity and age. Thus, your veterinarian is your best source for information on this topic.
Fun Facts of Somalis
- Somali cats love to fuss with people's hair, including moustaches and beards and are jokingly said to possess the "hairdresser gene."
- They love to plop on laps and purr and begin to knead, or what's affectionately known as "making biscuits."
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- Some cat parasites are transferable to humans.
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What's more amazing than that is anyone fucking stupid enough to throw Santana anything to hit.
With Hafner and Lopez hitting 5th? And a base open there? You have to be fucking kidding me. Santana should lead the freaking league in walks and being stranded.
This offense is brutal.
Brutal beyond belief.
Was on my way back to post that, but the stupid google ads that run some sort of flash player fuck with my computer like a left hander with good stuff fucks with the RH Mash Squad and froze me up a couple of times.
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Research: Federal Cloud Computing Survey
InformationWeek Government's 2013 Federal Government Cloud Computing Survey finds that a sizable majority of respondents have work under way or plans to advance their agencies' cloud strategies. More than half of these agencies have identified use cases for cloud services, and 46% have evaluated cloud products and services.
Commercial cloud services are the most widely used in federal government, cited by 18% of respondents using or assessing cloud services. Private clouds operating inside government data centers are next, used by 14%. In both cases, those results are a few percentage points higher than in 2011.
Infrastructure-as-a-service is the most-used type of cloud service among survey respondents, at 49%. That's followed by storage-as-a-service (32%), software-as-a-service (25%) and platforms-as-a-service (19%).
Lowering the cost of ongoing IT operations was the most-cited business driver, mentioned by 54%, followed by reducing capital investment in servers and data center equipment (51%). These two data points underscore a strong motivation to lower IT costs, reflecting the budget pressures federal agencies are under. More than half of respondents using or assessing cloud services have compared the costs of cloud services to existing systems and found some level of savings.
The top challenges identified by those respondents using or assessing cloud services are security (68%), compatibility with legacy systems and processes (51%), and lack of expertise and experience (31%).
Government organizations will continue to increase their use of cloud computing, for applications that are more sophisticated than email-as-a-service. Adoption will be fueled by intense budget pressures and data center consolidation. Private and community clouds will spring up, and there will be an increase in use of public clouds designed specifically for government needs. (R5671012)
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CBS topped Tuesday night with some help from Gibbs, Rudolph and some Angels.The network's annual broadcast of The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was the highest-rated program of the night with a 3.5 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic and 9.3 million viewers. Lead-in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (10.1 million, 2.9) and an NCIS repeat (11.1 million, 2.0) also performed well.Fall TV Report Card: How's the new class doing?The Voice (11.3 million, 3.4) was down-fourth tenths from last week, but the rest of NBC's lineup was flat or within a point of last week's numbers.Without Dancing with the Stars as a lead-in, ABC's Happy Endings (3.5 million, 1.3) and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (3 million, 1.2) were actually up from their last new episodes. Private Practice (4.3 million, 1.2) was also up.Fox's whole lineup was down, while both of The CW's shows grew.8 p.m.CBS: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 10.1 million viewers (2.9 demo rating)ABC: Shark Tank 6.8 million (1.7)Fox: Raising Hope 3.7 million (1.4); Ben and Kate 2.6 million (1.1)NBC: The Voice 11.3 million (3.4)CW: Hart of Dixie 1.7 million (0.6)9 p.m.CBS: NCIS (R) 11.1 million (2.0)ABC: Happy Endings 3.5 million (1.3); Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 3 million (1.2)NBC: Go On 7 million (2.5); The New Normal 4.6 million (1.7)Fox: New Girl 4.1 million (2.0); The Mindy Project 2.6 million (1.3)CW: Emily Owens, M.D. 1.6 million (0.4)10 p.m.CBS: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 9.3 million (3.5)ABC: Private Practice 4.3 million (1.2)NBC: Parenthood 4.9 million (1.7)
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J.R. Fitzpatrick finishes 10th in Saturday night's NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race at Quebec's Autodrome St-Eustache.
Parker Kligerman will return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017, but with a different look.
Go Fas Racing announced that Gene Nead will assume crew chief duties for the No. 32 Ford Fusion in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the 2017 season.
Rick Ware Racing announced the team's intent to compete in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as an "open non-chartered" team beginning with next month's 59th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
Gaunt Brothers Racing, owned by Triad Racing Technologies president Marty Gaunt, will return to NASCAR competition in 2017.
Matt Kenseth has earned the fourth-most top-10s in the past three years with a total of 61.
Kyle Larson has never finished worse than 15th at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but more importantly he has improved in all four outings to make this his best track during the past three years with a 6.7.
Denny Hamlin has scored 60 top-10s in the past three years, which puts him fifth on this chart.
Two top-fives—including in last year's finale—and a 13th have contributed to making Homestead-Miami Speedway Jamie McMurray's best track in terms of three-year averages at 7.7.
Furniture Row Racing (FRR) announced that Auto-Owners Insurance has agreed to a multiyear primary sponsorship for Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 78 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Cup Series.
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We often pride ourselves on our crazy weather here in Southern Illinois and this weekend is a great example. �Yesterday I hit the trails in nearly 70 degree weather. �Today we had a mountain bike group ride in 60 degree weather. �Tomorrow, the day of the Dirty South ride there is 100% chance of snow, ice, rain, and temperatures right at freezing. �Pretty crazy.
Because of possibly unsafe driving conditions, unsafe riding conditions, and just the simple fact I don't want to go ride in the middle of an ice and snow storm we're postponing the ride until either next weekend or the weekend after.
My friend Jason came from Ohio for the ride and to also do a mountain bike ride with us today. �It was his first, "real" mountain bike ride and it was a pretty hardcore one. �20 miles of technical trails, "countless" creek crossings�and no JC there were so many of them that they couldn't be physically counted, at least not my fingers. �Jason started out hanging back a bit and getting used to mountain biking but by the end of the ride his technical skills were far improved. �
It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, near the end of the ride when attempting to navigate a particularly tough creek crossing I flipped my bike over and feel in the water, the rocks provided a nice landing, but unforuntaetly I landed on my, or actually my wife's camera. �It got a big dent and it got wet. �It's sort of working, though the display just flashes random noise. it is kind of taking pictures.


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For much of the country, the month of January has been frigid. If you're a pet owner living in a state going through a cold snap, you must take measures to ensure that your dog or cat is safe throughout the season. The Boston Globe recently provided some wintertime tips for pet owners.
Advice for dog owners
If you live in an area that is prone to ice, you should keep a towel handy while on walks. Salt and other products used to reduce slippage can cause pain in dogs, and if your animal should lick his paws or stomach after going out for a walk, he could ingest some of these harmful chemicals. The news source recommends putting olive oil on the dog's paws before you head out of the house and wiping it off when you return from the walk, though there are also products designed to protect your animal's paws when you're strolling.
Dog grooming is important throughout the year, but it's best to avoid cutting your pet's hair too short when temperatures are low. If you own a short-haired animal, it may be wise to purchase a sweater or jacket to keep his body temperature regulated while outside.
Some dogs are better-equipped for cool weather than others, so use your best judgment, or visit one of the local vet clinics to ask for advice. If you find your canine companion really hates the cold, then you may want to take him out exclusively so he can relieve himself. You'll need to find ways to exercise him indoors, however, to ward off obesity in dogs.
Advice for cat owners
If you have an outdoor cat, then you'll need to make sure she stays inside when it gets really cold. Cats can freeze if the temperatures are too low, and on top of that, they may struggle to find an unfrozen source of water on their own.
Other cats in your neighborhood who live outside may seek refuge from the cold under the hood of your car. This can be very dangerous if the engine is turned on, so before you start up your vehicle, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recommends banging loudly on the hood. Additionally, remember that antifreeze is poisonous to both dogs and cats, even in small amounts, so keep this liquid away from your animal companion.
Tips for all animals
Whether you have a cat, dog or both, you can help pets stay warm by purchasing a heated bed for them to sleep on or providing them with extra blankets during the chilly nights, reports the Globe.
All animals should be kept away from frozen bodies of water, as you never can tell how solid the ice is. In the case of dog or cat emergencies that involve an animal falling through ice, you should bring your pet to the animal hospital right away.


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The Ultimate Grilling Rub Collection
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A great gift for any grill cook, our sampler includes our four favorite spice rubs. Each one is a unique blend of spices and seasonings that enhance the natural flavors of grilled, panfried and roasted meats, poultry, seafood and vegetables.
- Chili-lime rub adds tangy Latin flavor to pork, beef, chicken, seafood and vegetables.
- Potlatch seasoning, inspired by flavorings used by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, is especially delicious on salmon.
- Spicy chipotle rub combines hot chipotle peppers with brown sugar, herbs and spices to give a kick to fajitas, roasted corn and other dishes.
- Smokehouse rub melds applewood-smoked sea salt with herbs and a touch of brown sugar for a perfect savory-sweet balance.
- Each rub is packed in an airtight tin to ensure freshness.
- 1.5 oz. each.
- A Williams Sonoma exclusive.
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- Chili-lime rub: Sea salt, chili pepper, lime juice powder (corn syrup solids, natural flavors [lime juice solids, natural flavors]), garlic, onion, paprika, sugar, cumin, cilantro, black pepper, coriander, silicon dioxide (to prevent caking), red pepper, chipotle pepper.
- Potlatch seasoning: Kosher salt, paprika, crushed red pepper, chili pepper, oregano, basil, coriander, safflower oil (to prevent separation).
- Spicy chipotle rub: Sea salt, brown sugar, garlic, New Mexico chili pepper, paprika, roasted garlic, onion, chipotle chili pepper, mustard, orange peel, Turkish cumin, coriander, oregano, black pepper, natural hickory smoke flavor.
- Smokehouse rub: Applewood-smoked sea salt, brown sugar, garlic, onion, black pepper, natural apple wood smoke flavor, French thyme, safflower oil (to prevent separation), Dalmatian sage.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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Soft jersey knit shorts warm up to bedtime in red-haute leopard. Designed with pockets and roomy comfort, they're capable of lounging all day. Pair with the matching Embraceable™ Leopard Red Cami.
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What to do when you�re surrounded by sweets and can�t resist temptation? Former Fat Girl Lisa Delaney weighs in.
Spry editor Lisa Delaney is one of the rare souls who know what it�s like to be an �after.� This journalist and author of Secrets of a Former Fat Girl�shed 70 pounds�and six dress sizes--and has kept it off for 20 years. She answers your questions here each week.
DEAR FORMER FAT GIRL: I am 63 and pre-diabetic. Since menopause, it has been a struggle to keep my weight down. My problem is this: My sister has advanced Parkinson�s and can�t get out much. I eat with her or check in with her almost every night. While I don't keep junk food or sweets at home, she thrives on them. We enjoy each other's company, but I can't resist temptation and the treats are keeping a lot of weight on me. I know I am responsible for my health, but I have a terrible sweet tooth. I'm out of strategies. Help me!�Kathy
DEAR KATHY: First, I think it�s so great that you are so devoted to your sister, and that you are able to spend this time together. I know it must be difficult, though, to be torn between wanting to be there for her but needing to take charge of your health. The fact is that this situation has the potential of harming your relationship as well as your health. At the very least, it�s detracting from what could be some very valuable time together as your sister nears the end of your life.
So what can you do about it? You don�t say whether you have explicitly discussed your problem with your sister. If you haven�t, that�s the place to start. Despite Sis�s physical condition, you have to be honest with her about how hard it is for you to resist temptation, and the struggle you are going through. I can understand the urge to protect her from this so as not to add to her burden. But think of it this way: Your lack of openness about the difficulty you�re having is robbing her of the opportunity to help YOU, to return the kindness you show her daily. She deserves the chance to participate in the give-and-take of your relationship.
So, have that conversation. Tell her you need her help in tackling your weight problem, and be honest about how difficult your visits have become. Ask for her to remove the goodies from sight when you�re there, and to refrain from indulging during your visit�as a favor to you. I can�t imagine that she would deny helping you in some way.
I would also suggest that you make sure you�re finding time for yourself. You might not think of yourself as a caregiver, but you are. And as such, you�re at risk of burnout, fatigue and exhaustion. I know it�s hard, but think about taking a night (or two) off, for yourself�perhaps to go to a yoga class, take a walk, or do something active to help clear your head (and assist with your weight issue). Exercise can help stave off caregiver fatigue and burnout, as well as make it easier for you to resist temptation. Perhaps another family member can sub for you on those evenings�or you could stop in after your class or walk, which would leave less time for snacking.
Other than that, you can employ strategies for resisting temptation (like chewing gum or sucking on sugar-free cough drops during your visit, or making a goal to drink a certain number of glasses of water while you�re there). Even though this post�is focused on the holidays, there are some good tips that would apply to your situation. But I urge you to involve your sister in the solution�I think you�ll end up with a stronger relationship if you do.
Lisa Delaney is editor of Spry magazine and Spryliving.com. Ask her your question here.
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