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Hanover Group Holdings is expected to file an appeal this afternoon after it lost a High Court fight with insurance giant AIG over a policy worth up to $20 million.
The insurance wrangle centred on a directors and officers liability (D&O) policy Hanover took out in November 2007 with AIG, the new All Blacks sponsors, and whether cover was provided for claims associated with certain Hanover prospectuses.
The cover would be used for legal costs associated with the upcoming civil stoush between former Hanover directors and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) or any damages that may be payable in that case.
AIG (at time of the case legally known as Chartis Insurance New Zealand) did not accept that two prospectuses released by Hanover Finance Limited and United Finance Limited were covered by the policy.
The actual policy issued by the insurance giant fell short of complete prospectus cover but Hanover's lawyer, Nathan Gedye, argued that its broker and AIG had agreed in 2007 there would be D&O cover for all prospectuses issued during the policy period.
During the High Court civil proceeding at Auckland last October, Gedye pushed for the policy to be rectified to reflect what he said was this "oral agreement" between Hanover's broker Grant Dawson and AIG. However, Justice Christopher Allan declined Hanover's bid in his judgment, released in December.
After some weeks of consideration, Gedye told the Herald today that an appeal in the case was expected to be filed this afternoon.
During the proceedings Gedye also submitted that if the court decided there was no agreement to provide the prospectus cover his client believed it had obtained, then AIG underwriter Vince Barker had misled Dawson as to the insurer's position. Justice Allan did not agree in his December decision.
"In my view, Hanover has not established that the terms of any promise or representation by Mr Barker were as Hanover now asserts ... Mr Dawson had an opportunity to raise his ongoing concerns with Mr Barker, but he did not do so. "In those circumstances, I do not see how AIG can be rendered legally responsible for what occurred," said the judge, who ruled AIG would be entitled to claim for the cost of the proceedings.
"An insurer does not have a duty outside the contract to ensure that an insured realises and understands the terms and conditions already settled between them. "The insurer is entitled to stay silent and leave the insured to its own devices in knowing and understanding the contract; in other words, it is not for an insurer to ensure the insured understands the language used in the contract," the judgment said.
Justice Allan said it was remarkable that policy discrepancies were not picked up until after Hanover stopped accepting money from the public in July 2008.
The FMA is suing six former Hanover directors and promoters over allegedly misleading or untrue statements made in company prospectuses, and is seeking compensation for investors who put $35 million into Hanover Finance, Hanover Capital and United Finance between December 2007 and July 22, 2008.
It is also seeking penalty orders against the defendants, who could face fines of up to $5 million.


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This is my first post on this forum and I'm finding all the information I'm reading to be very helpful.
I recently attended the CPTS training and I'm currently studying for the exam, however I'm not sure what is going to be covered on the exam. It seems that this question has come up quite a few times but hasn't been answered. Does anyone have any insight as to what is on the exam since there is no outline as it is for the CEH.
I would hate to have to sit for the exam just to see what is on it and from my searches on the internet most people who passed the exam only passed after multiple tries so it must be the lack of information about the exam.
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A real taste of Russia...and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan - all the different styles of delicious cuisine that appeared night after night from of Elena�s kitchen. Mmmmmmmm!!!
A sneak peak into student life as the silent student smuggled into Vova & Sasha�s universities
A surprise invite to a Russian wedding where I fast became an avid participant in the frequent chants of�"Gorka! Gorka! Gorka!" encouraging the married couple to kiss one another.
Excursions day after day with Vova, Sasha and friends, Roma and Tiger showing me every corner of their beautiful city and explaining the history of every monument, church, palace in perfect English!
The finale of my stay at the exquisite Mariinskiy Theatre for a breathtaking Russian ballet performance of Cinderella - I still have goosebumps thinking about it!
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sad news when one of the old school passes--
Rest In Peace Jim
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
May he rest in peace. This is sad news, we need as many supports of the Second Amendment as possible in these bad times!
He help me out quite a bit on another site. He seemed like a very good man. Rip
RIP DorGunR..
Thanks for letting us know about him Aviator
You will be missed, RIP
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
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"If the Good Lord wanted me to use percussion caps I reckon the river beds would be full of 'em for the takin"
Old flintlock shooter I met at the range.
In this day and age it is easier to stay stupid than it is to stay ignorant. I have had the misfortune to have encountered many informed idiots
DorGunR was one of the good guys and will be missed. RIP
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it is dangerous to be right in matters about which the established authorities are wrong Voltaire
We are losing some great generations, first the WW II vets,then the Korean war vets, now I see we are losing are our Vietnam vets.
Like other great men from those times that passed before him, he will be missed
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the act where a male ejaculates in his partners eye, when his partner is trying to extract the sperm, he must then kick them hard in the shin. at this point the partner will jump up clutching there leg. therefore performing the shape of a 1 legged eye patched pirate.
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Stay and Play at a Coastal Carolina Golf Resort
Beau Rivage Golf & Resort • Wilmington, NC
Escape Kit
- A Three-Night Stay for Four Guests in Two Clubhouse Suites
- Daily Breakfast for Four
- Three Rounds of Golf with ProShot GPS Per Guest
- Three Small Driving Range Buckets of Golf Balls Per Guest
Wilmington is well known as North Carolina's major port city, but it was also the real-life setting of Dawson's Creek. If you haven't seen your hometown friends since the show was on-air, reunite for this week's Escape to Beau Rivage Golf & Resort.
Call Pacey and get the gang back together for a three-night stay for four guests in two Clubhouse Suites at the only stay-and-play facility in the coastal Carolinas ($684). Your suites each feature two beds, a living room with sleeper sofa, a kitchenette, and a private patio or balcony overlooking the property's golf course.
Each morning, wake to included breakfast for four at The Veranda Bar & Grill. Savor Southern favorites like hearty biscuits and sausage gravy or home-style pancakes and grits.
Trade the halls of Capeside High School for the fairways of the resort's 18-hole, par-72 course, where each guest will receive three rounds of golf and three small driving range buckets of golf balls. The included ProShot GPS on your cart will ensure that you're aiming for the green, not the pine forests or Cape Fear River.
If you've outgrown small-town life but miss its charm, Wilmington has the perfect balance of action and atmosphere. Cruise down the Cape Fear River on the Henrietta III, a sightseeing riverboat, or stick to land with an historic tour with the Wilmington Trolley Company. Once the sun sets, head to Front Street Brewery for award-winning seasonal microbrews and pub grub.
Relive fond memories and make new ones with your oldest friends, minus the teenage angst. This week's Escape to Wilmington is the set of your next season together.
"Where else do you have a historic downtown—filled with fancy old houses and lots of cool shops and restaurants—and a beautiful stretch of sand, Wrightsville Beach, only 20 minutes apart? Everyone here zigzags between the two."-- Travel + Leisure
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Healing Academy Testimonials
"The healing academy has been a key in my healing."
"I desire to be that wounded healer that has gone to the Lord and received healing so that I can be a channel of that same healing for others."
"I experienced a great deal of breakthrough and was able to release a lot of fear I had based on lies I did not realize I was living out of."
"There was a significant shift in me spiritually, and a new freedom. I was able to see the Lord clearly again."
"God is healing my ability to feel love."
"When I first walked into my prayer time, I was feeling ashamed, isolated, and lonely. My false believe was that nobody would love me for who I was. After my prayer time I felt that a weight was lifted and I felt free."
"God is healing my sense of vision for a new season of ministry."
"I learned about the person and work of the Holy Spirit. There is no improving upon that."
"It helped me to be still. It helped me to regulate stress by recognizing it in my physical body and releasing it before it can damage me."
"God is healing my fear to pray for others."
"I absolutely would recommend a grace retreat to others and have many times."
"It helped me acknowledge and cherish the fact that God is forever creating me: who I am, how I relate to God, myself, and others. At the same time, God is forever creating good in me, because God draws me ever closer and deeper into God's Holy Spirit, where there is life, healing, and the gifts of creativity placed in/growing in me to become more like Christ."
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Pine River Market Square to open May 31
The Pine River Market Square, a farmers' and crafters' market, will begin its fifth year in Pine River on Friday, May 31, in the same downtown location at the corner of Barclay Avenue (Main Street) and Third Street.
The market will run Fridays through September from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and will feature plants, produce, baked and canned goods, crafts and guest chefs.
The first market will host the Pine River Garden Club's fourth annual Plant Sale and serves as a kickoff for the season while raising funds for a horticulture scholarship to a high school student in the area.
New this year will be a few visits from the Prairie Bay Restaurant food truck presenting educational information on preparation of fresh produce, and the Baxter restaurant will have food for sale as well. May 31 will be the food truck's first visit to help kick off another season of the market in Pine River.
Vendors within a 60-mile radius of Pine River are welcome and encouraged to participate in this established market. This includes crafters as well as gardeners/farmers, bakers and canners, as long as they abide by the Minnesota statutes for farmers' markets and the Pine River Market Square guidelines.
Vendors currently registered include Armstrong Acres of Backus (produce, chickens, canned goods and some baked goods); Grampa G's of Pillager (produce, artisan breads, canned goods); Peaced Goods of Backus (organic baked goods, crafts, refurbished furniture and repurposed goods); and Rising Star of Pine River (breads).
The unique Community Booth will feature early fresh produce from Happy Dancing Turtle's hoop house (greens and radishes to start) and South Fork Farm of Pine River (eggs, canned goods and more). The Community Booth accepts goods from local growers who do not have enough for a booth of their own. The venrod application form and guidelines can be found at www.prmarketsquare.wordpress.com, or call Barb Mann at 218-838-6058 to have forms mailed.
Market sponsors are being secured. Board members for 2013 include: BJ Allen, chair; Amber Hunt, vice chair and co-market manager; Quinn Swanson, secretary; Barb Mann, treasurer; Charles Krysel, co-market manager; Janice Gardiner, business representative; and Pam and Larry Riggs, customer representatives.
The Pine River Market Square is a member of both the Minnesota Farmers' Market Association and Minnesota Grown and is listed in the free Minnesota Grown Directory.
For more information on the market and for updates of what products will be available each week during market season, go to www.prmarketsquare.wordpress.com. "Like" us on Facebook, too.
For general information about farmers' markets and various regulations, visit the Minnesota Farmers' Market Association website at www.mfma.org.


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We are so excited to have Laura from Bright Bold & Beautiful share her academy awards party with us today!
The 86th Academy Awards will take place Sunday, March 2nd. I love gathering together to watch the winners of the night. Here are some easy tips to throw a winning party, however big or small.
1. A Glamorous Invite and Ticket to the party. Be sure to send out invites for your soiree. Tiny Prints has the perfect invite for the occasion, making that part easy for me.
2. The Party Central Popcorn Station. Popcorn for the evening is a must. It's fun to make a popcorn station on your counter with a large bowl of popped popcorn. Display smaller bowls for each guest to have their own. Also, put out toppings for the popcorn including salt, sugar, cinnamon, etc.
3. Cast your Vote. Give each guest a ballot (or notepad paper) to cast their vote for the winners. The guest who comes up with the most correct picks of the night will win a prize! (or what's left of the popcorn!)
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Nature Meets Luxury in Coastal Oregon
Salishan Spa & Golf Resort • Gleneden Beach, OR
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two in a Premier Room
- $25 Food and Beverage Credit
- Combine Vouchers to Stay Up to Three Nights
Every year, Pacific gray whales and wild king salmon make a point to return to the Oregon Coast. But there's another migration taking place on these gorgeous shores, one that delivers spa treatments, fine dining, shopping, and golf to a species of vacationer that has mastered the art of R&R: the educated resort goer.
And you better learn the habits of these mystical creatures, because with this Escape to Salishan Spa & Golf Resort, you are one. You and a friend are migrating to this 250-acre gem nestled between Lincoln City and Newport for one night in a Premier Room ($129).
After your journey, rest your tail in the largest and most sought-after room at the resort, complete with plush bath robes, Wi-Fi, a stone fireplace, a spacious bathroom, and a king-size bed featuring luxurious pillow-top bedding.
Wake up and smell the fresh-brewed coffee at The Sun Room restaurant, where your $25 food-and-beverage credit will get you going in the right direction with everything from fresh seasonal fruit and homemade banana bread to Frangelico French toast with Oregon hazelnuts. Or, sleep in and use your credit at any of the resort's five diverse restaurants anytime throughout your stay.
But you'll want to fuel up before hitting the resort's 18-hole, par-71 golf course, redesigned by legendary PGA pro and Oregon golfing legend Peter Jacobsen. Revered for its old-growth timber and spectacular ocean views, this is one of the few courses in the world where you can both score an eagle and spot one on the same hole.
After a whale of a good time on the links—and a possible whale sighting on any of the seaside greens—take in a relaxing massage or facial at the resort's full-service spa. Next, enjoy wineries, casinos, museums, aquariums, beaches, shopping, and world-class sport fishing just minutes from the resort.
Alas, like all good things, this Escape will eventually come to an end. But fear not: Like the salmon and whales, you'll soon return for another taste of this coastal paradise.
For additional information, visit Salishan Spa & Golf Resort on Facebook.
"The Salishan Dining Room is one of the most upscale restaurants on the entire coast and has a superb wine collection."-- Frommer's
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I jsut got a Paterson Squeegee shin tool from ebay for $8.00. First off, is that even a good deal? Second, I will be working on it and doing progress reports following Brak's tutorial. I know this has been done ovre 100 times already, but now it will be 101;) . I will update with pictures as soon as I get the squeegee. Cheers.
As for the paterson stirrer, I am going to try to find one at my highschool lab and "borrow" it.


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PlayBook: Basketball Jones
Win or lose, the NBA Playoffs are all about the Lakers and Heat.
A jones is an old-timey expression used by terminal junkies to describe a strong lust for anything conventional wisdom deems to be unacceptable or out of the ordinary. Heroin and offshore orgies and swimming at midnight with beautiful albino tigers tend to fit the bill for "outside the box." Very few people want to be caught in the middle of a pansexual boat orgy or stark naked, ten miles off the coast of California with two fully grown and profoundly confused tigers, but they will be if they have a strong and unstoppable urge to do so.
"Man mauled off coast of California; tigers, not sharks, to blame."
Waking up to a headline like that would confuse many people and cause many others to descend into blind, hysterical madness, but it wouldn't for a second shake the mind of a basketball person with a full-blown and insatiable jones. They wouldn't even blink. Swimming offshore with crazy and wild cats at midnight would seem perfectly normal to a person who just witnessed the Lakers let a seven-point lead slip away in the fourth quarter or saw Dwyane Wade's stat line in a pivotal Game Three.
Those are the kinds of things that make basketball people stand and take notice, not some silly pervert at sea with two Siberian tigers. When a bona fide star like Wade goes 2-13 and amasses only five points in a game the Heat desperately needed to win, foundations are rocked, feathers are ruffled and fans are thrown for a serious loop. They expect certain things from a player like Wade; with Udonis Haslem, Shane Battier and Mario Chalmers all living in their worst statistical seasons to date and Mike Miller a walking, crippled corpse, Wade is expected to perform at an extremely high level. He's expected to carry the team that put all its eggs in his basket. With Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose and Ray Allen all sidelined with injuries, the East was supposed to be a cakewalk for the super-talented Super Three from South Beach, but as it stands they look no better than a Cavaliers team that was dumped in the '07 Finals in four short games, a similarity that must ring some bells for old LeBron James.
And David Stern for that matter, our beloved, all-seeing, all-knowing puppet commissioner whose happiness is tied to the giant burlap sacks of advertising dollars that are slipping away every time the Heat and the Lakers lose a game. The last time the Spurs were in the finals against anybody, attendance and ratings fell to historic lows and so did the cash that came with it. People in the basketball business for strictly basketball business reasons don't like it when their pockets are light; they don't take kindly to big-market flops.
Which a Laker-less, Heat-less conference final would certainly be. It would spell certain doom for TV ratings and ticket sales, especially in the East where selling the Sixers and Pacers as legitimate playoff teams has been an uphill battle from the beginning. A Spurs/OKC final in the West would be worth watching, but anything short of seven games from the Celtics and Heat in the East will be unacceptable. It wouldn't satisfy the greed-head owners who pull all the strings or the commissioner who runs on smoke and a little less than half of his brain.
And it wouldn't satisfy our basketball jones. We'd rather watch what's left of the last days of hockey; we'd rather swim naked, at night, with the tigers.


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Hi guys, great new forum for the HIC community. Things have sure come along way for the cabonite block since I first got sucked into this awesome prop a few years ago. I just have far too many photo's to repost them all here so I have my photo page links to my past builds to give someone interested in building one at least one way to go about doing it.
I have built and cast the parts for panels and greeblees, I will post my for sale links in the Cargo hold when my new member status is over and that becomes available to me. If you have any question feel free to ask. Good luck with your builds!
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If there's one thing we can count on at this time of year, it's the re-runs of all our favorite holiday cartoons and stop-motion specials, from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer to How The Grinch Stole Christmas and, of course, A Charlie Brown Christmas. But which festive animation makes your days the brightest, and which would you rather see lost in the North Pole for awhile? Vote in our seasonal poll and let us know!


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Golf leagues-Aug. 1, 2013
Three area golfers in top five
Jenny Muesing of Baxter finished second and Maggie Heggerston of Pequot Lakes was third in the final season standings of the Minnesota Section PGA Players' Tour Series A points race.
Muesing a member of the Brainerd Warriors girls golf team scored 240 points through five events.
In four events, Heggerston scored 215.33 points.
Both trailed Kate Smith of Detroit Lakes, who tallied 357.50 points in four events.
Staples-Motley's Andrew Israelson finished fourth in the final Minnesota Section Players' Tour Series A points standings.
In four events, Staples-Motley's Andrew Israelson accumulated 353.75 points. The second and third players both played in one extra event, while the season winner, Detroit Lakes' Karter Smith, secured 547.5 points for the title.
Thomas Stoxen of East Gull Lake placed 29th, Andrew Muesing of Baxter finished 37th and Staples-Motley's Dakota Waverek 41st with four events.
East Gull Lake's Joe Foley, finished tied for 55th with just three events.
On the girls side, Savannah Stone of Crosslake tied for 18th with just three events completed.
Triangle Tournament results
The Fairways League hosted the Crosswoods and Emily leagues July 16 for the annual Triangle Tournament. The following prizes were awarded for the scramble tournament.
Longest drive on hole 2, Ann Schrupp; longest putt on hole 3, Merrilyn Enabit; closest to Mickey Mouse on hole 6, Marlene Miller; and closest to the mystery chain on hole 8, Geri Seaberg.
The first-place team members were Harriet Smith, Helen Blatz, Bev Skog and Carol Germann. In second place were Schrupp, Marilyn Wetters and Delores Anderson. Coming in third was the team of Georgie Ashlin, Carol Brodzinski, Judy Hein and Joanne Eickhoff.
All winners received cash prizes.
Whitefish Women 9-Hole
The Whitefish Women's 9-Hole League event July 25 was 2-4-6-8, who do we appreciate, an individual game using each player's net score for the even-numbered holes.
First place was a tie between Delores Rubald and Kathy Brodin with net scores of 12; second place was a tie between Gini Moberg and Mary Lou Claypatch with net scores of 13; and third place went to Clarise Skalman with a net of 14.
The individual with the lowest net scores overall were Susie Newsome and Kathy Brodin (31).
Anyone interested in joining the league should call Mardy Brodil at 218-692-2066 or the Whitefish Clubhouse at 218-543-4900.
Whitefish Women 18-Hole
Enga Wodziak, Barb Hanson and Susan Walstrom all shot net 34s to tie for the Flight A title July 25 during the Whitefish Women's 18-Hole League's Ts and Fs game.
Faye Owen fired a 34 to win Flight B. Mary Boeder, Lois Haglund and Darlene Bonnema shot 35s to tie for second.
Wodziak shot the low net with a 69.
Hanson and Walstrom each carded birdies.
On July 31, the league supported the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for children's cancer.
August events include the league championships Aug. 13-14 and the Women of Whitefish (WOW) combined 9- and 18-hole event Aug. 22.
Whitefish Men's League
Greg Cheek and Bob Beatty fired a 98 to capture the first flight July 23 in the two-person, net ball tango event during the Whitefish Golf Club Men's League.
Arlen Stensby and Denny Nybo finished second in the top flight.
Bob Caturia and George Riches finished first in the second flight with a 98. Dave Keeling and George Polusny finished second.
Jim Devinck and Jim McKeehen fired a 94 to win the third flight with Bill Anderson and Stan Michal in second.
Steve Holubar and Polusny sank the longest putts and Cheek and Darrell Swanson were closest to the pin winners.
Breezy Point Women
Sharon Woods and Margo Sodahl of Cuyuna Golf Club tied Whitefish Golf Club members Susan Finley and Barb Holubar to win the A flight of the Breezy Point Women's Invitational July 25 at Whitebirch Golf Course.
Second place went to a pair of Cuyuna Golf Club teams with 62s. Joan Hasskamp and Deb Enger tied the duo of Judy Franks and Sandy Arcand.
Winning flight B was Pat McKee-Mary Kay Googins of Ridgeville/Longville. The teams of Marquerite Baker-Anita Stensby and Mindy Born and Ginger Geifer, all of Whitefish, finished second.
Bonnie Isaacson-Kathy Green of Tianna won Flight C. Tying for second was the Pokegama team of Linda Bonney-KC Neustrom and the Breezy Point team of Judi Moravec-Linda Betker.
Cathy Manual-Terri Fuller of Albion Ridges won Flight D followed by Breezy Point's Bugs Schmidt-Sylvia Schmitt and Jill Roeder-Mage DeFries.
Proximity winners: closest to line, Mindy Brown and Susan Finley; longest drive, Joan Hasskamp and Judi Moravec; closest to pin, Judy Franks and Kathy Green; longest putt, Sharon Woods and Janie Pommer; money hole, Sharon Keister, Connie Parsley and Barb Owens.
Crosswoods Men
Bob Johnson was player of the day with the low net round of 61 in Crosswoods Men's League action July 25. He also had the individual low net on the front nine. Al Stans had the individual low net on the back nine.
Game of the day was team low net. First place on the front nine went to the team of Daryl Anderson, Joe Smith, Bob Eng and Gary Hein. The team of Johnson, Jerry Bourassa, Dan Davis and Dale Stevens took first on the back nine.
Placing second on the front nine was the team of Doug Steck, Bob McPherson, Jim Ritter and Gene Guthmueller. The team of Al Stans, Roger Coult, Tom Endres and Dave Schrupp was second on the back nine.
Ralph Lewis was closest to the pin on hole 11 and Roger Weis on hole 17. John Antos had the longest putt on holes 2 and 8.
Nick Loscheider was player of the day July 23 with a low net round of 61. Don Miller had the individual low net on the front nine, and Guthmueller on the back nine.
Game of the day was 3-2-1 variable best ball. The team of Hein, Miller, Loscheider and John Pribyl took first on the front nine. Smith, Anderson, Greg Long and Guthmueller placed first on the back nine.
The golf team of Pat McAlpine, Ray Elie, Johnson and Terry Nygaard finished second on both the front and back nines.
Pribyl had the longest putt on hole 7, Eng on hole 9 and Dale Erickson on hole 10. Don Rother was closest to the pin on hole 15. Stevens had a chip in for birdie on hole 3 and Eng on hole 16.
New members are welcome at 8 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Crosswoods Ladies
Ann Schrupp, Georgi Ashlin, Rose Ann Stans and Dolores Anderson won the game of the day — low team net in 9-hole play — with a score of 124 July 24 with the Crosswoods Ladies League.
Placing second with a score of 138 was the team of Beryl Roe, Sandra Melberg, Bonnie Anderson and Karen Appel.
Sue Mitsch, Carol Coult, Donna Bickford and Jacque Glas took third with 146.
Lila Kersey and Roe each had a birdie on hole 10. Dee Dee Johnson had a chip in on hole 18, and Mitsch on holes 14 and 16.
Howard's Barn Women
The play of the day July 23 was handicap, and winners with the Fairways at Howard's Barn Women's League were Marlene Miller, Helen Silva and Bev Skog.
Geri Seaberg had the least putts for the nine holes of golf.
New members and visitors are welcome.
Howard's Barn Men
Play of the day July 23 for the Fairways at Howard's Barn Men's League was low individual net grouped by age, with first place in the old group going to Jim Rauenhorst. Bing Brodzinski and John Person tied for second, and Woody Woodwick took fourth.
First place for the older group went to Ollie Courts. Sig Anderson and Tom Yurek tied for second, and Harry Head took fourth.
Yurek had the longest putt on hole No. 9. Anderson had a chip in on hole No. 1, Person on hole No. 3 and Yurek on hole No. 4.
Emily Greens leagues
Tuesday Morning Men's League
First place went to Ron Germann, Dave Schwarze, Sid Hughes and Milt Spieler; second, Don Atwater, Gordy Holmgren, John Harris and Al Schewe; third (tie), Jack Curry, Keith Walker, Roger Richters and Larry Wickstrom, and Jack Helmen, Tom Walker, Charlie Peterson and Jim Wells.
Keith Walker had the longest putt; Bob Elliott and Harris were closest to the pin; Elmer Johnson had a chip in.
Wednesday Night Women's League
Mary Schreier, Marianne Auge, Julie Dallas, Joleen Nelson and Marlene Brannan won the play of the day, which was low net (score minus handicap).
Dallas had a chip in.
Thursday Morning Women's League
Karla Blevins and Charly Richters won the play of the day, which was longest drive on hole 5.
Black Bear women
The Black Bear Women's 9-Hole League played low net, with Lila Kersey and Darlene Rodine tying with a low net of 40.
Gloria Taylor won low putts with 17 putts.
The league welcomes new members at any time during the season. For more information, call Eileen Springer at 218-568-4131.
Birch Bay women's league
Ardelle Wentworth won the closest to the pin contest July 10 during the Birch Bay Women's social golf.
The two-person team of Dorothy Johnson-Roberta Freese tied the three-person team of Stella Czeczok, Wentworth and Barb Heck in the scotch doubles team game July 17.
The Birch Bay women's social meets 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday mornings through Aug. 28. All women are welcome.
Legacy men's league
Von Hanson's defeated 925.Silver 24.5-19.5 July 25 to maintain its lead in the men's league at Cragun's Legacy Courses.
Deerwood Bank remained in second place with a 24-20 win over First Security Agency. D&D Exteriors moved into third place with a 25-19 win over Mulligan's.
Team results from July 25: Reichert Bus 23.5, Shep's on 6th 20.5; Halverson Law Office 29, Thelen Heating 15; American National Bank 26, People's Security 18; DPA/DK Insurance 24, Edward Jones 20; US Bank 32.5, Mid-Minnesota FCU 11.5; Von Hanson's 24.5, 925.Silver 19.5; D&D Exteriors 25, Mulligan's 19; Deerwood 24, First Security Agency 20.
Team standings: Von Hanson's 78.5; Deerwood Bank 77.25; D&D Exteriors 76.25; Reichert Bus 76; US Bank 72.5; Edward Jones 70.25; Halverson Law 68.75; American National 67.50; 925.Silver 66.25; DPA/DK Insurance 65.5; Thelen Heating 64; Shep's on 6th 60.75; First Security Agency 60; Peoples Security 56; Mulligan's 51; Mid-Minnesota FCU 41.5.
MWGA senior four-ball
Claudia Pilot, representing Cragun's Legacy Courses, teamed with Brenda Williams of Windsong Farm to fire a two-day 146 and finish second in the Minnesota Women's Golf Association's Senior four-ball championship July 24-25 at Rochester Golf and Country Club.
Leigh Klasse and Mary Hoisser of Keller Golf Course won the tournament with a 144.
Katie Deeg of Golden Eagle Golf Club and Jean Buller of Hazeltine National Golf Course placed fifth in the third flight.
Junior PGA
Maggie Heggerston advanced to the semifinals before falling to Sophie Hill of Medford in the Minnesota Section PGA Junior Players Tour Match Play championship July 24 at Dacotah Ridge Golf Course in Morton.
Heggerston received a first-round bye and then beat Megan Welch 1 up in the quarterfinals.
Thomas Stoxen of East Gull Lake was 1-1 on the boys side. He opend with a win over Parker Hill of Maple Grove in extra holes. He then lost to Jacques Wilson of Victoria 4&3.
Don Atwater aced the 11th hole at Emily Greens on July 18 using a 9-wood for his third ace.
Steve Lee of Apple Valley aced the 188-yard 11th hole at Golden Eagle Golf Club in Fifty Lakes on July 19 using a hybrid.
Sean Dahlman, Rogers, aced the 144-yard 17th hole of Breezy Point Resort's Whitebrich July 19 using a 9-iron.


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Former WWE and TNA Impact Wrestling star Orlando Jordan recently got married in Australia, where Jordan currently resides. You can check out photos from Orlando Jordan's wedding and engagement below:
Wasn't he homosexual?
Wait, he got married to a woman???
He's Bisexual, but I can see some manly features in his wife if I squint my eye so I don't know
Wow, this is interesting…….His next wedding will be to a man.
This is just another example of why weddings do not prove your hetero and also when people say they are gay, it is for publicity. Both of them apply to this guy, but oh well.
Darren Young always reminds me of him lol
Australia doesn't support Same Sex Marriage so of course it's a woman.


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Town Square
Where will FORWARD take us
Original post made by jimf01, another community, on May 3, 2012
Despite the fact that the Obama campaign as already set a record for re-election fundraising events. Well, set a record doesn't really capture it. The campaign has already held more re-election fundraising events than his five predecessors, combined. Web Link
Yes, the President who says his top priority is jobs (at least this week it is) has a bigger priority. He has certainly prioritized his re-election effort higher than any President in recent memory. The President is traveling the country on Air force One, and everywhere he goes his campaign organizes campaign fundraisers. But that is not a re-election campaign, according to Obama 2012.
The campaign has selected, apparently after much thought, a slogan. It is one word: FORWARD
Now, what does the word forward mean? The dictionary says the adverb or verb form means "to or toward what is ahead or in front, or to help onward"
In other words, to keep moving, in the same direction, not changing course.
What will we get if we do not change course? In 2009 the day Obama took office, average gas price was $1.83 a gallon, this past month, it reached $3.84 a gallon. Let's move FORWARD. In 2016, at the rate we are going, we will exceed $8 a gallon for gasoline.
The unemployment rate stood at 8.3% in February 2009, and after peaking at 10%, it has come back down the official unemployment rate in February of this year was 8.3%. The unemployment rate, despite green jobs initiatives, stimulus, temporary tax credits, unemployment extensions, and all variety of other additional spending, has not fallen. The official rate has remained above 8% for a record 38 straight months.
But this doesn't tell the whole story. When Obama took office, the labor force participation rate was 65.7%,and when the recession officially ended in June of that year, the number was the same. As of Feb 2009, the labor force participation rate had plummeted to 63.7%, the most rapid decline in U.S. history. That means that under President Obama nearly 5 million Americans have left the workforce - not even looking for work. But, hey FORWARD, right? Web Link
At the rate we are going, by 2016, the only way to get the unemployment number down will be to decrease the labor force participation rate. Job creation picked up last year, but it has stagnated again. If we counted the people who have been removed from the official labor force, unemployment is over 11%. Fact is, we have over 80 million people in this country (over the age of 16) in a population of 313 million who have no job.
Let's look at other facts. More Americans are in poverty today than at any time since Census began keeping poverty records over 50 years ago. Last year, real economic growth totaled 1.7%. But, again, forward. We will bring people out of poverty, when? Not by 2016, on the course we are on. Not at that rate of economic growth.
Web Link
But this President has nothing to run on, except forward. Time for a change of course.
a resident of another community
on May 3, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I've always been against anything Forward throughout my political career, though I'm not a career politician. Indeed, I've always supported Backward things, except on those occasions when I haven't.
We are long beyond putting a chicken in everyone's pot. If elected, I shall make sure that everyone has access to magic happy underpants that can be used as parachutes to stop the precipitous fall we've taken since that nice guy who is in over his head has taken office. Backwards! Use your magic happy pantaloons to take us back to the good old days we experienced under the predecessor to this unfortunate guy in office whose currently so far in over his head. Backwards, straight ahead!!!
a resident of Dublin
on May 3, 2012 at 9:56 pm
dublinmike is a registered user.
Geez, Jim. We should follow you? You folks thought we should follow Bush II.
Lets move on. As Dwight Eisenhower, a progressive conservative, once said (excuse my paraphrasing): if you follow the (bigoted)conservatives, then you might as well pass on our liberties.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 3, 2012 at 10:15 pm
dublinmike, what did he say that was bigoted? I'm not that great at reading between the lines so maybe I missed something. I think it's enough to say that he has failed miserably as a president, we don't have to bring up the fact that he embarrasses white folks.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 3, 2012 at 10:58 pm
you hafta excuse dubmike, he was parroting one of his heroes he was watching on MSNBC tonight Web Link
a resident of another community
on May 3, 2012 at 11:37 pm
I want to dispel this notion of the GOP and I being bigoted. As Governor, I never even thought of bothering to put a gay person in my administration. This time around I did; and I told him to shut up. But, golly sakes, just because my followers and I told him to take his gay orientation someplace else and go away doesn't make us bigots.
Heavens sake, my wife met a gay person when she was going to college. Not at the college itself, because that wouldn't have been tolerated there. I think he was a pizza delivery person or something. She didn't go out with him or anything. But she'd talk to him once in a while. These kinds of people tend to stand out in Utah (what me and the Mrs. call God's country) if you know what I mean! Onward, Backward!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 4, 2012 at 7:33 am
"Now, what does the word forward mean"
Bankrupcy. That's where CA is heading and we're forward thinking. The rest of the country will follow us under Obama's second term. Dreading it.
a resident of another community
on May 4, 2012 at 8:20 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
It is not getting better. It is getting worse. What plausible plan have the Democrats presented for getting 80 million+ and 8.5 million underemployed working? None. But, FORWARD!
Web Link
Or, maybe we can just blame this on Bush?
a resident of another community
on May 4, 2012 at 12:17 pm
jimf01 is a registered user.
Tax increases? FORWARD! WSJ gives us a rundown of what the taxpayers can look "forward" to for 2013. Vote for the Democrats, and you pay.
- higher tax rates across the board on anyone or any business owners making more than $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for couples.
- cancel the investment tax rate reductions that have been in place since 2003
- impose a new investment income tax hike of 3.8%, and introduce the new "Buffett rule" on the rich
- capital gains to 30% from 15% today
- dividends to 30% from 15%
- the estate tax to 45% from 35%
- the end to the temporary payroll tax cut
These are the 3% of taxpayers that Mr. Obama says aren't paying their fair share, though that 3% pays more in income tax than the rest of the other 97%.
A central contradiction of this plan is that the White House predicts accelerating real GDP growth of 3% in 2013 and 4.1% by 2015 even as the economy is whacked by these tax increases.
Web Link
a resident of another community
on May 4, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Golly geez, don't these numbers speak for themselves. Onward, Backward!
Under the nice black guy who's out of his depth (can any of them swim?):
Private sector jobs: Up by 35 thousand
Public sector jobs: Down 608 thousand
Stock market: Up by 64%
And under my illuminous predecessor Bush:
Private sector jobs: Down by 646 thousand
Public sector jobs: Up by 1.7 million
Stock market: Down 24%
a resident of Parkside
on May 4, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Mittens, unless you have a link to your 'numbers', you are just coughing up fur balls. Obama can't run on his miserable record, so this is how you dems defend him....blame Bush. How incredibly lame and juvenile.
a resident of another community
on May 4, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Oh Stevie, for heaven's sake, we do so love you, we really do. Confronted with facts (and not predictive sorcery), you'll do everything to spin it favorable to us good guys, deflecting, denying, dissembling. Good job. I bet we could be friends. Have you ever wrenched yourself away from the NASCAR races and thought about yachting on the bay? I've never been to P-town, but I hear the trees are just the right size there.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 5, 2012 at 5:09 pm
BAraCKWARD, of course!
a resident of Parkside
on May 5, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Mittens, where's the link to your 'facts'? Yeah, I thought so.........
a resident of another community
on May 5, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Oh, Steve, I'm happy you arrived home early from today's Tractor Pulling contest at the Hippodrome! You know so much about tractor pulling and professional wrestling, and so I realize you probably don't read much. If you plug in to Google -- job creation: Obama v. Bush -- you get dozens of very recent sources that all draw upon govt labor reports. Of course, you will find some way to grind up those numbers in that tractor grating mind of yours, but that's why we like you. Here's something from Salon (no, not the nail salon that your wife goes to for foot messages):
"There is a number buried in today's government labor report that deserves closer examination: 35,000. That's the net number of private sector jobs created during the Obama administration to date. That's right, it's a positive number. After the worst economic disaster to befall the United States in 80 years, that's a number that maybe we should be applauding. Remember: The private sector hemorrhaged more than 2 million jobs in the first three months of 2009 alone. The hole was deep.
"Unfortunately, it's still a tiny number, and it is dwarfed by a much larger figure: 607,000. That's the number of public sector jobs — federal, state and local — that have been lost since Obama took office. It's a story that probably isn't getting told enough about the Obama administration: Big government keeps getting smaller.
"But the real eye-opener comes when we compare Obama's numbers to George W. Bush's. In Bush's _first_ term, the economy shed 913,000 private sector jobs! 913,000! The only thing that saved Bush's first term from being a complete economic disaster, in terms of employment, was robust public sector growth: The economy added 900,000 government jobs. One wonders: Without the massive growth in the public sector during Bush's first term, would he have been reelected?"
It must all be lies, this. So, Steve, put on your John Deere hat, rev up that caterpillar intellect of yours, and figure out some way to dismiss the numbers. We're all counting on you. (For some reason, my campaign staff has found it easy to rely on the country bumpkin crowd in matters such as these; why bother with facts, for goodness sakes, right? Love ya, Steve.
a resident of another community
on May 6, 2012 at 11:48 am
Hmmmm, wondering where my loyal acolytes Jimbo and Steve have gone. Then my aides told me about the huge NASCAR race in Talladega today. Well that explains it! I just love the way the boy and girl drivers dress themselves up as 'Eat at Joe's' billboards. It gives just the right country feel to everything. By the way, I've always loved cars. For Pete's sake I had to spend nearly $80 thousand in lobbying fees to get approval for my car elevators in my LaJolla cliffside home which I worked so hard for. My wife's faves are her two Cadillacs. Would only Ford and GM gone bankrupt without the bailout, they'd be doing so much better today. Yes, by golly, I've always loved automobiles. We need a real businessman in the Oval Office, not someone who is in over his head.
a resident of another community
on May 7, 2012 at 7:44 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
I am right here watching you make a mockery of your self, and your president make a mockery of his re-election campaign Web Link
Whether or not anyone follows, FORWARD!
a resident of Birdland
on May 7, 2012 at 8:44 am
Go Obama. He has done a great job. If you think you can do a better job then show us what you can do.
a resident of Parkside
on May 7, 2012 at 9:10 am
Sorry for not getting back to you obama worshippers sooner, but I have a job and a life other than watching you shill for the boy king.
You guys have an altar to this guy at home, or do you just light candles in his honor, along with the occassional human sacrifice?
Ignoring the usual personal attacks typical of our local troll, in lieu of a coherent argument, again you fail to provide evidence of your numbers in defense of 'the nice black guy who's out of his depth'. (why bring up race; unless, you just can't defend his failed record; such a lazy non-argument).
Here's a link to actual statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing unemployment rates for the past 10 years: Web Link. Of course, actual unemployment is much higher because those who have run out of benefits and just quit looking for work are not counted. Note the huge spike around mid 2008, getting worse over time, until it finally started leveling off around the time Republicans took over control of the House.
I wish I had more time to school the likes of mittens, but I prefer to be productive, so back to work, while you trolls sit on your asses and worship your messiah. Hoax and Chains........bye, now.
a resident of another community
on May 7, 2012 at 9:40 am
Well, glad to see my two plough boys are back! Jimbo, I love your insightful presentation of me speaking to tens of thousands of empty seats in Michigan only a couple of weeks ago. (Who needs a football stadium full of fans when FOX News will give the same effect?)
Steve, you're what I like from most of my loyal followers. Any good campaign needs dumb as much as clever. Now, about those jobs numbers for Bush? Be careful my boy about giving 'credit' to our GOPers for the jobs numbers you rightly point out as being insufficient. Somebody might actually want to give the black guy in office who's out of his depth some credit. Stick with the bad, bad, bad, bad, Obama is bad, bad, bad mantra. You wear it so well. Like an Eat at Joe's sign.... Don't forget, you're smarter than all of them, Steve. You slave away for us rich folks while the rest of the slackers pick up their entitlement checks ... that you pay for. Now, back to work, guy! Low income families need their government handouts that you're working so hard for!!!
a resident of Foothill High School
on May 7, 2012 at 10:32 am
Unionized school teaches fail to teach kids how to read? - Go FORWARD, let your government to ban all the charter and private schools which regular Americans can still afford. When your government knows everything you need to be happy under their strong supervision these who "are more equal than others" can get their education in "more equal than others" schools and the rest doesn't need to know how to read.
Healthcare system is broken? - Go FORWARD, let Obamacare's clerks to decide what care do you need and whether you are still young enough to get any care at all.
Small business disappearing and decent jobs go away - Go FORWARD, vote for more taxes, maybe one day China will offer to your kid some of their low-paid jobs they will outsourcing to America.
Occupiers destroyed businesses in Oakland? Go FORWARD, contribute your share and let them into your house to protest that you are still there while they don't have comfortable place for their cocaine parities.
America is still 'kind-of' free country, you can go FORWARD and vote to be free to do everything your government allows you to; I hope I'm still free to not follow this direction, back in USSR I've already been exactly where your Great Comrade President Obama takes you and I didn't like it there.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm
You are very right, AnnaS, I think. Russia was beautiful place before Czar was overthrown. Feudal agricultural society where people work for rich only, not for poor people too. I like idea for America. Maybe Dick Cheney or somebody like that for Czar. Not Obamba's many czars. Too many. Just one Czar I think. I want to work for Czar, I think, not poor peasants who do no work.
a resident of Foothill High School
on May 7, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Please Igor, History of what planet did you study? It was definitely not a history of the world on the planet Earth.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 12:27 pm
I am so sorry AnnaS I think. We are on same planet maybe. I forgot to talk about Russia's great history of democracy under the Czar. That is why he was overthrown, I think. He was too democratic, just like 13 Founding Fathers of USA. Too much freedom in Czarist Russia. So the sheeple took over just like Obama I think.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm
It's not the GOP's turn yet.
George Soros has already mandated that Obama will get another term but in turn will mess things up to such an extent that a weaker (than Romney) GOP candidate will emerge in 2016 to win the presidency but will only be a one-termer due to the state of the economy, World War III and looming ice age. At this time the true Progressive/Socialist democrat candidate will appear with promises of ending war, stopping the environmental crisis but only with total government intervention. This dark horse candidate will sweep the 2020 election and will finally turn the US into a pseudo-socialist/military state and then we all wish for the days of Obama, Bush, Clinton.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on May 7, 2012 at 12:46 pm
I am a business owner with a staff whom I love and serve. Unfortunately, on the present course and laws, I may not be able to keep my staff. It's OK though. The government will support them when I have to let them go. But, where does the government get their money? Oh yeah. Those of us who are working!
Now I realize that, right now, they are getting it by borrowing from China. So, who will pay the interest? Those of us who are working. But, how will we afford the interest when it exceeds our GNP? Take a look at Greece, Italy, Portugal, France. 1 out of 2 workers in Greece works for the government. That means that every non-government working person has to generate enough productivity to take care of his family and 100% of another.
Interesting to note that both countries just voted against a more normalized government where people carry their own weight. It would be too painful. And, on our present course, we will be right there with them. Frightening!
Those of us who are working and carrying our own weight better find the time to vote!
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm
I agree with I think Antonio. Czar was ruler in Russia I who loved and served his subjects. Then Bolsheviks came and they loved and served too I think, but not so much. Now we have business men who love and serve the people who work for them. But cannot keep them because profits aren't so big perhaps. Not enough government to keep business men true to their love and service. It is shame I think we cannot go back to Czar times.
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on May 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Not to mention that Bush and his like created the infrastructure to have have a financial meltdown in the first place. Yes back to the Bush era where elected insiders can make more money off of the wars we will get into because the world is pissed off at us again. Can't wait..
a resident of Foothill High School
on May 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm
I afraid, Antonio and Geeneyuss, you are way too optimistic. Greece, Italy and other countries could afford keeping democracy so far only because there was America which spent their people and money to keep them safe and there were countries like Germany who were not mind to provide them financially. There is nobody there who is able and wants to provide America, so when American government will "run out of other people money", which is almost already happened, they will not have other choice but either to boost a civil war and declare a state of emergency or to jump directly to communist's dictatorship with political prisons, working camps and 1 hour long bread-lines.
If, G. Soros is capable to make Americans re-elect Obama in 2012, than 2016 elections wold not happen.
Of course, there are still more "optimistic" scenarios: After China will claim their own, we will be given a chance to vote for Hu Jintao, or nuclear war in 2013 will bring this place to the quick painless death.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 2:17 pm
A "quick painless death" is best I think we hope for. Better that I think than more governemtn regulation and taxes.
Alexander was such a good Czar....
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Mr. Mittens is making about $.20 a word for his blog drivel. His assignment is to destroy capitalists, Republicans, and conservatives and someone is willing to pay well to accomplish this on this site as well as multiple websites across the nation. He is Mr. Fetlock, Mr. Cold Nose, Mr. Waskally Wabbitt somewhere else on the web. Watch the narrative. It has a strong resemblance to the one being offered by Leftists in the current election. Electioneering is getting curiouser and curiouser.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Janna is a registered user.
West Side Observer,
Do you really agree with the type of destructive capitalism Mitt Romney practices? He destroys companies to make money. He fires people, offers them their own jobs back at half the money or replaces them with people not familiar with the industry, steals their pensions...I could go on but I'll just post this article about his illustrious career as an American Parasite. I dare you to read it. It's completely obvious he doesn't care one bit about working Americans.
Web Link
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 4:46 pm
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Janna is a registered user.
That tells me everything I need to know about you then. Thanks.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 4:55 pm
So this man Mr. Romney cuts wages in half and takes away medical benefits I think and pensions. Everyone still better off than Russian peasants.
West Side Observer is smart guy I think. Where can I go to make $20 per word on here? I like feel of green stuff! I like sound of Mr. Cold Nose. I be Mr. Igor Hot Lips. Pay me 20 dollars!!!
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Way the game is played. There are plenty of people who have done what Romney has done who are Progressives, Democrats, and Secularists.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Is what makes this a good country I think. One can be a criminal, hurt many people, and is all legal. That why I support Mr. Romney I think. He remind me of good Russian Czar who take everything from peasants because he makes law. Mr. Romney be a very good president for his friends. Friendship is important thing I think.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Mr. Mittens a.k.a. Igor,
Friendships very important. I am quite sure that you are researching Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, and Van Jones. Or are you a czarina when it comes to lefties?
BTW, you get your payment for every name you use on a website?
a resident of Val Vista
on May 7, 2012 at 6:10 pm
These are good men I think. Rev Wright a US Marine doctor before preacher. Bill Ayers a professor I think at good university. But make money not like Mr. Romoney. Peasants revolt and Czar send in horses and troops. Here workers with benefits and pensions, Mr. Rmoney kill company for friends I think. Just like Czar. This is way game played. Mr. Romey good player I think. Hurts many people. This is good.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Janna is a registered user.
Did you actually say game? People's lives are devastated by what you casually call a game. The reason you are seeing people in the working class rise up is exactly your attitude. People are sick of being treated like comodies of the wealthy class. We are not cogs to be discarded when the mood strikes.
Your point about progressives is irrelevant as Obama is running and he has never been a vulture capitalist. Mitt has a huge image problem and it's not going away anytime soon. That makes me so happy.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Janna is a registered user.
'America's Idiot Rich"
The wealthy pretending to be victims. Very rich.
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a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 6:52 pm
People are devastated by unemployment (especially women)and we are in a three-year assault on working women. Blogging 101 would tell you that game is euphemistic for system. Catch up.
Igor/Mr. Mittens, et al, they are anti American, terrorists, anti-white bigots, and communist. Good? Right!
a resident of Downtown
on May 7, 2012 at 7:04 pm
The point is being missed here. The entire system is corrupt. Lobbyist. unions, bankers, politicians,oil interests, all with one objective...taking care of themselves. Until the corruption is gone, Daffy Duck might as well run the country
a resident of Downtown
on May 7, 2012 at 7:11 pm
To Janna, boo hoo for you. Assault on working women? Try being a 55 year old male looking for work. Get real lady.
a resident of another community
on May 7, 2012 at 7:26 pm
West Side Observer, Jimbo, steve, sybil, AnnaS, Igor -- I assume you're one and the same. Have I got a job for you! You see, this whole GOP agenda is difficult for me because, golly sakes, it's difficult to lie ALL the time. I'm a MORMON for cripes sakes, and even my magic happy underpants don't protect me ALL the time. But you, and I mean the lot of you, seem to be so doorknob stupid that you actually BELIEVE our propaganda.
Instead of losing sleep about who's a troll, who's a loon, who's a union sock puppet, who's being paid by union checkout gals, who's being paid by the Democrat Party, you should think about doing the following. Come work for me! Dumb as dirt; poorly educated; inability to respond to an argument; refusal to deal with facts; the morality of an insect. These are all poignant qualities that my campaign values. Contact my people, and we'll put you to work. Task number one: follow my campaign around in your beat up pick-up trucks and fill the seats. It's because you care so much about unemployed, underpaid working women!
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Janna is a registered user.
Huggy Bear,
I've got news for you, 38 year old males can't find jobs either. Don't you know that businesses have no more use for people your age? They can easily find a desperate, recently graduated student with a mountain of debt. Their perfect prospective employee. They will take as much advantage as they can.
I mentioned nothing about working women, that was WSO.
My family and I have experienced horrible bouts of unemployment since 2008. We lost everything, savings, 401k, moving to an apartment, etc. Please don't pretend to have any clue about my life.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Mr. Mittens,
Sorry, only me. Nice try changing the issue. You must be getting Soros script for $.30 per word. You are on a roll. I hope you appreciate my contribution to you and the Progressive assault on America by engaging you in this conversation. What a bigot you are. You try to mask the de scrutive, divisive rhetoric with your huggy bear language. Nice try. But you are had. Try some conversation instead of bitter, agenda-driven, ideological drivel. Janna, get a clue.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Janna is a registered user.
"Way the game is played. There are plenty of people who have done what Romney has done who are Progressives, Democrats, and Secularists."
You should really attempt to be more clear. You responded with the above but apparently, they were two different thoughts. Seemed to me you were agreeing with Romney's idea of successful business practices in the comment before the one above by writing "yep." Perhaps you need to expound on what you meant by that.
a resident of Downtown
on May 7, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Janna, you poor thing. Welcome to reality. Perhaps if you could spell commodities correctly you and/or your husband might find decent work. Don't blame the wealthy for your problems. They are your one hope for work.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Janna is a registered user.
That's all you've got? Get a clue? I'm overwhelmed by your witty retort!
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Romney made money for his investors and his firm and for himself. He did it legally. People in his field do what he did everyday. Get used to it or elect a Marxist. Oh, you did. Get used to that too. When they come for you because you are a squishy liberal and not a bigot willing to deed your liberty to the government, you might understand.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Janna is a registered user.
Don't feel sorry for me huggy, I don't need anything from you. Peddle your 'lazy liberal' meme elsewhere. Only people like you buy into those lies. Of course you're apparently not hard to fool because you think Romney actually has a chance at being president.
Oh, you are so superior to me because I misspelled one word I've probably never actually written down! Buddy, you have a superiority complex and it's showing.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 7, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Apparently true!
Considering the alternative and to get the other side of the Romney story, everyone should know this.
Snopes.com confirmed this as true... Web Link
Romney's true personality and colors deserve to be told to all.
Sometimes, this facet of Romney's personality isn't so subtle. In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had disappeared. She had attended a rave party in New York City and gotten high on ecstasy.
Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was. Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay's daughter. Romney set up a command center at the LaGuardia Marriott and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search. He established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York , and asked them to help find his friend's missing daughter. Romney's accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other Bain employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone they could – prostitutes, drug addicts – anyone.
That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of the girl and the Bain employees searching for her. As a result, a teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up abruptly. The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey , where they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose. Doctors later said the girl might not have survived another day. Romney's former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his daughter's life, saying, "It was the most amazing thing, and I'll never forget this to the day I die."
So, here's my epiphany: Mitt Romney simply can't help himself. He sees a problem, and his mind immediately sets to work solving it, sometimes consciously, and sometimes not-so-consciously. He doesn't do it for self-aggrandizement, or for personal gain. He does it because that's just how he's wired.
Many people are unaware of the fact that when Romney was asked by his old employer, Bill Bain, to come back to Bain & Company as CEO to rescue the firm from bankruptcy, Romney left Bain Capital to work at Bain & Company for an annual salary of one dollar. When Romney went to the rescue of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, he accepted no salary for three years, and wouldn't use an expense account. He also accepted no salary as Governor of Massachusetts.
Bottom Line; Character Counts.
a resident of Dublin
on May 7, 2012 at 8:50 pm
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a resident of Downtown
on May 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Janna, you are right. Let's set you and your family up in a 3 or 4 bedroom house here in Pleasanton, don't worry about a house payment we will figure that out later. A line of credit will be available at Safeway, payments deferred of course, and twice a year a vacation, excluding holidays, will be available for you, the family, and take the babysitter as a bonus for putting up with your hardship.
College educations, of course for the kids are included. Did I leave anything out? Do I have a clue now?
a resident of Dublin
on May 8, 2012 at 7:57 am
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I lived in Pleasanton for eight years. You couldn't pay me to move back to a city that has people like you in it, huggy. Please take some meds.
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 10:08 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
That Janna posts this article from Salon is all I need to know about her. To synthesize the activity of Bain Capital down to "destroys companies to make money" is willfully ignorant of the facts.
Janna, if this statement is true, then answer this. Who made money off the destruction of dozens or hundreds of companies in the GM bailout? Dealerships all over the country had their right to sell GM cars taken away by the Obama administration. Those were corporations, and "lives are devastated" by this action. Who made money off of that? The answer is the the US government and the UAW union Web Link
Is it fair that the Obama administration was allowed to decide to steal some peoples livelihoods, and reward others (who supported his campaign btw)
Let's compare that to Bain Capital. Bain has some massive success stories, like funding that enabled Staples to expand from one store in 1986 to over 2000 stores in 2011. Yes Romney and investors reaped big profits, but you don't make big profits without improving something, enhancing the value of something, and what they did was enhance the value of these companies, making them more successful, Sometimes people get laid off when that happens. But since you are ok with the GM bailout, please don't pretend that it is horrific and criminal in the case of Bain capital.
Is that more fair than what Bain Capital does?
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 10:27 am
Jimfol, I've stated that I like you. And I do. But golly sakes alive, you can only stretch dumb just so far. I can't understand why you offered us the link from the (owned by you-know-who) liberal New York Times. All that says is that the UAW is adopting more cooperative postures in response to Barack-way-out-of-his-depth-Obama's efforts to get the auto companies on track.
Now, as you know, I personally saved the auto industry recently when I argued they should be allowed to go bankrupt. Well, okay, maybe that didn't help the auto companies much. But hey, my family does own a lot of Detroit made cars. That's got to count for something, for heaven's sake!
Oh, and those companies Bain and me ravaged into bankruptcy? The enhanced value went into our pockets. I'd ask you to read the Salon piece that Janna has contributed, but I'd much rather you continue to drool out of spittle that you're famous for. Why bother to read when lying is so much more fun? That's why I love ya, Jimbo! Have you considered my offer to join my campaign as a corndog eating loyalist follower?
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 10:46 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
Romney said: "I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy...And finally, when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet. So I'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back."
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He is right. That was what Bain Capital did. Companies that would have failed were managed properly to help them back on their feet. This activity should have happened in the private sector.
But the Obama admin were the ones with the 'enhanced value' going into the pockets of his union pals, in order to assist his re-election chances.
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 10:53 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
And I did read the Salon piece troll, and commented on it. What Janna doesn't do is realize her own cognitive dissonance. This article says "(the wealthy are)used to getting exactly what they want from Washington, because they essentially own both parties. ...Obama has not been remotely unkind to Wall Street, even as he's grudgingly adopted a slightly more leftist tone. The grotesque nature of our campaign finance system has effectively made economic populism impossible. "
And this is exactly the position of the Tea Party, and the root of the problem. Janna and the rest of the leftists will never agree that they have common ground with the Tea Party, because they know that handing the power back to the voters will eventually work out to a disadvantage for the Democrats, The US voters are center-right.
They decry everything the Republicans do, when their own party is doing the same things.
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 11:20 am
Jimbo, like I say, I like my followers to be dumb. I was against the auto industry bail-out, and am on record for supporting bankruptcy of the industry as well. So, yes, I do take credit for the turn-around, and you're dumb enough to believe me. Isn't America great?
There are two major parties in the US. Our GOP wants to expand democracy by imposing increased voter restriction laws. We want it more difficult for elders and single moms and young people and minorities to vote because we want to restrict the numbers of voters. Why? Because that's more democratic, silly Jimbo! The Democrat Party wants to expand the numerical base of voters so that its easier for Americans of questionable background to vote. I don't think it's democratic when we have mobs of students and minorities and recent immigrants and elders in their wheelchairs gumming up the works. So, in other words, Jimbo, in addition to being dumb as dirt, you also are terribly confused. But that's what we like! Voters are center-right. Yes, that's why we have Obama in there, yes?
I wanted so badly to attend your tea party affair a couple of weeks back. I hear the 7 or 8 of you who showed up moved the rally to KFC where you all pigged out on chicken wings and mashed potatoes. Keep up the good work.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 8, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Mr. Mittens,
You are embarrassing your Democrat patrons. Take some time off.
a resident of another community
on May 8, 2012 at 6:45 pm
As usual, an extremely perceptive and well thought out comment by West Side Observer. Leaves us all very impressed by his intellectual acumen. Knows how to latch onto the issues, he does. He really does.
By the way, I'm on the GOP side of the ledger.
a resident of Oak Hill
on May 10, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Mr. Mittens,
Could have fooled me. The DNC is paying well for your cogent thoughts. Your last entry was too short to make you any money. Must really have a burr under your saddle. Get back to your other threads where you can score some booty. Or, better yet, go hi-jack another newspaper for a while and give the rest of us a well deserved rest.
a resident of another community
on May 15, 2012 at 10:48 pm
jimf01 is a registered user.
Hey Mr President, I do not think this is FORWARD
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a resident of another community
on May 17, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Aww, gosh this isn't some kind of big f'n deal, guys!
That auto bailout? Most did fine!
Non-union Delphi employees were given less favorable benefits than union employees during the auto bailout and GM restructuring. Despite Vice President Joe Biden saying that "most did fine," they don't agree.
Web Link
As Janna would call them, people who were fired, their pensions stolen, cogs who were discarded Some of these people are sick of being treated like commodities of the political class.
a resident of another community
on Sep 20, 2012 at 11:25 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
This is where FORWARD will take us. There are no more states in Obama's America.
No need for 50 stars on a flag, the federal government will do all. For All.
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a resident of Danville
on Sep 20, 2012 at 12:07 pm
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City to hold press conference Monday
EL PASO, Texas - Demolition of the building that once was EL Paso Science Center Insights Museum had been in the works for a while now, but until Sunday night, no specifics had been confirmed. A tipster clued ABC-7 in on the city's plans this week, and ABC-7 contacted city officials.
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The museum's former board president Aaron Velasco cringes at the idea.
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The late-breaking news of the demo-details has taken some El Pasoans by surprise as well.
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Two members of Hope's MIAA champion women's soccer team have been named to the Division III Great Lakes Region first team.
Honored were junior midfielder Dawn Gillam of Portage, Mich. (Portage Northern HS) and freshman goalkeeper Holly Nestle of Mason, Mich. (Mason HS).
It is the first time that Hope has placed two players on the All-Region first team.
Hope enjoyed its most successful season in school history winning the MIAA championship for the first time in school history and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. The team posted a 16-4-2 record.
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Blog: Let's Bring More Common Sense to Security
SSI Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine relates an experience he had during a visit to the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution that begs important questions about security practices in the latest Under Surveillance blog.
By Scott Goldfine · August 26, 2013
My September issue "Between Us Pros" column uses my family's recent trip to Washington, D.C., as a launching pad to discuss security measures in our nation's Capital and America's infrastructure in general. Another experience I had during that visit begs other important questions about security practices. Here's what happened.
I visited the fabulous National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution on consecutive days, the first with just my 8-year-old son and the second with both he and my wife. Both times I queued up in the security checkpoint line to enter, where security personnel screen visitors and all bags must be put through a metal detection portal similar to the procedures in place at airports. Both times I had passed the same backpack with the same items in it through the detector. However, the results were not the same.
On the first visit, I breezed through the clearance area and went about enjoying the awesome exhibits with my boy. On the second visit, my wife and son similarly cruised in without incident; however, for me this time it was a different story. The metal detector picked up a souvenir pocket knife I had been carrying throughout my D.C. trip in my backpack, and thus security pulled me aside.
This 3-inch, seemingly innocuous knife is the type commonly sold in tourist gift shops with a wood-grain veneer and the attraction printed on it, in this case North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain. No explanation was offered why it went undetected the day before but I was informed it was a federal building and as such no knife of any kind was permitted. Meanwhile, since it was very crowded, I could not communicate what was holding me up to my wife, who was already well inside the museum with a throng of people and much commotion between us. The best the security officer could advise me was to hide the knife outside somewhere with the hopes of retrieving it later.
So like a squirrel seeking to hide a prized nut in plain sight among hundreds of other squirrels, I jammed it into some bushes outside the main entrance. Then, I had to get back in line and wait all over again with my family still wondering what the heck had happened to me. Exasperated, I rejoined them, explained and then explored the facility. Fortunately, upon leaving, after some effort trying to find it, I was able to return the knife to my backpack.
I believe this encounter underscores two fundamental issues concerning security: policies and consistency. Clearly, the security officer was adhering to a flawed policy. Not all knives or potential weapons are equal. There is a difference between a small souvenir pocket knife and a dagger. Reason and common sense should always trump rote policy adherence. Furthermore, I am betting there are many other items one could take through without violating security that would pose a greater threat of bodily harm than my souvenir pocket knife.
Secondly, if a safeguard procedure is to be effective or achieve legitimacy it must be consistent. What good is it if weapons are only detected some of the time? Little good at all. And here's an idea, if common items like picket knives, nail clippers, etc. are going to be confiscated or turned away, how about setting up a kiosk to check in those items or having lockers available to store them in? Not only would this be a great convenience to better serve the public/customers but it could also create a new revenue stream. But no, it must be better to have people placing potentially dangerous items in and around the entrance ways where criminals or children might find them. Ridiculous.
Well into the second post-9/11 decade, problems of this type revolving around personnel, training, policies, processes and logistics continue to be widely evident most anyplace requiring the throughput of large volumes of people, from airports to sporting events. In addition, in many cases, we are missing golden opportunities to realize the power of today's tremendous technologies. Between the illogical and inconsistent practices being carried out at D.C. attractions, and the lagging security in the commuter rail system detailed in my September column, I am deeply concerned about true progress being made for a safer and saner world. I know we can do better. We must do better.
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