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Gallatin County Sheriff's Department unveils new message for backcountry recreators
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office unveiled a new public service announcement Monday to encourage safety in the backcountry.
Gallatin County Search and Rescue is one of the busiest crews in the Northwest, responding to an average of 100 calls a year.
The new PSA emphasizes knowing your limits, knowing the terrain and traveling with a partner.
Sheriff's Lieutenant Jason Jarrett tells us the spot was put together at almost no cost using local volunteers.
He says, "If you would look over the past 20 years the technology and the capabilities that allow people to get in to very hazardous terrain, way far back and way up high has increased. So there are more people in more dangerous terrain now because the can get there.
Search and Rescue in Gallatin County is taxpayer funded. It operates with an annual budget of around $250,000 a year.
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Zero tolerance = zero intelligence once again. I wish some of these corporate types would use their actual brains once in a while. I hope someone sees this and hires this fellow for a better job than AutoZone.
This is a discussion on Another Employee's Reward for Stopping a Crime within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; AutoZone employee fired after taking action against...
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Zero tolerance = zero intelligence once again. I wish some of these corporate types would use their actual brains once in a while. I hope someone sees this and hires this fellow for a better job than AutoZone.
I'll play the other side, AutoZone does not train their employees in self-defense. In their minds, Most of their staff are not as competent as Devin McClean. Think lawyers and liabilities. There are a lot of idiots out there and its a safe bet AutoZone employs a few.
Hopefully another business picks him up.
Hopefully a company with brains will hire an obviously valuable employee. Not much, if anything is this black and white. What is the saying, No good deed goes unpunished?
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" ~ Mark Twain
Companies like to state that they value loyalty and initaitive, but actions like this show the opposite. Many want robots.
-Blackstones Commentaries 145146, n. 42 (1803) in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)Americans understood the right of self-preservation as permitting a citizen to repel force by force
when the intervention of society... may be too late to prevent an injury.
Companies like loyalty and initiative that doesn't expose the company to millions of dollars in damages if something goes wrong during your defense of their property. Stay within the bounds of company policy or choose another place to work.
ETA: there have been plenty of worker's compensation payouts when an employee got injured trying to resist a robbery.
Save lives ... get sacked. IMO, it's typical corporate/company head-in-nether-regions type intolerance for standing up for what's right.
Way to go AutoZone. Not.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
The "just give them what they want" policies help encourage crime, not discourage it. Makes my blood boil just thinking about it. Our society is so screwed up.
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Wow...just...wow. Pathetic.
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."
-General James Mattis, USMC
Too bad, I did a lot of business with AutoZone....not anymore. I respect their right to form their own policies, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. Just sent corporate a message letting them know, but I doubt any of them will care.
Just waitin' for Suntzu on this one.
These companies blow.
Like Pistology stated in post #7
It's heavy-handed and dimwitted risk management. Like general gun bans and prohibitions, the facts don't bear out the fears.
Just the facts Ma'm.
The corporations don't want to hear the facts, it gums up the agenda.
That to be sucessful in CORPORATE AMERIKA, one has to get along, to go along.
Welcome to the NWO.
Sent them an e mail.
Heres what I sent;
AutoZone employee fired after taking action against "Fake Beard Bandit"
Your corporate policy is pathetic, as is all companies with these idiotic policies of no weapons.
The fear of lawsuits and huge liabilities is a misconception, which can not be proven to be correct.
It is an unfounded fear, which is not bourne out of facts.
Go ahead and cite me one time you have been sued, or had to pay out a substantial amount of money.
I would rather die with good men than hide with cowards
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans
Don't ever think that the reason I'm peaceful is because I don't know how to be violent
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I suppose the guy could have gone around to the front and waited for the "fake beard bandit" to come out of the store... thereby circumventing the corporate policy... of Zero tolerance "inside the store"
do the right thing cause it's the right thing to do....
That's how I was raised... and apparently this young man as well... good on him... I hope he finds another job soon.
It could be worse!
I suppose

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House equipped for 6 people. With 2 bedrooms on the ground. With 4 single beds and a sofa-bed. Bathroom and cloak room. And equipped kitchen. Terrace with garden furniture. Lounge with kitchenette equipped with vitro ceramic, oven, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, coffee maker. washing machine, satellite TV The price includes mooring and parking 1 car. Minimum stay 1 week
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Marina is a lovely host, a nice person and she took a good care on us. There were no problems with her, she alwas was punctually and kind.
The apartment is a wonderful place for a couple, inside it's a little small but the huge terrace is amazing. We loved to lay there in the sun and enjoy the view.
The Metro stations are not far away and so you're very flexible, from Camp de l'Arpa you just need five minutes to the city. Many little stores and restaurants surround the apartment, so it's not difficult to get supplies. The bedroom has an air conditioner, so if you burn outside you can cool down inside.
But we had to watch out for one thing: An unisolated socket (it just have a clap on it) at a corner in the shower/bathroom, if you don't know it, it could get wet easily, a cable is on the floor, too. You can protect it from water with the shower curtain, but it doesn't hold everything. Despite that, we give 5 Stars because this is a wonderful apartment with a nice host, you just have to watch the water while you shower.
Greets to Marina, was a pleasure to stay at your apartment.
Todo esta bien.
A very nice apartment which is located close to the Sagrada Famila. The highlight was definetly the terrace which enabled us to drink coffee in the morning and to calm down in the evening.
Marina is a very charming host.
Perfect stay for some days in Barcelona.
Polite and friendly.The hostess apartment accessed through a common door that gives access to two pisos.Cuando open the door where you belong, tenants of another door opening them think these door.
You have to climb 10 steps to reach the terrace habitaciones.La is rather a clothesline with 2 chairs and the only place where we were five fumar.Si allowed us would collide with each other than pqeueno narrow it all.The newly renovated bathroom is best of all.
The location is good and 15 minutes walk from the Sagrada Familia.
Anfitriona educada y amable.El apartamento se accede atraves de una puerta comun que da acceso a dos pisos.Cuando abres la puerta que te corresponde,los inquilinos de la otra puerta se piensan que les estas abriendo su puerta.
Hay que subir 10 escalones para llegar a las habitaciones.La terraza es mas bien un tendedero con 2 sillas y el unico sitio donde se permite fumar.Si fuesemos 5 nos chocariamos los unos con los otros de lo pqeueno y estrecho que es todo.El baño recien reformado es lo mejor de todo.
La localizacion es buena y a 15min caminando de la Sagrada Familia.
Small but with a huge terrace. Marina was very nice and gave us a taxi early in the morning for the booked departure. The apartment was not far from the metro station and the Sagrada Familia. It was after extensive excursions to make it super comfortable on the terrace and relax.
Gladly again.
Klein aber fein mit einer riesigen Terrasse. Marina war sehr nett und hat für uns ein Taxi in aller Früh für die Abreise gebucht. Die Wohnung lag nicht weit von der Metro Station und der Sagrada Familia entfernt. Es war super nach ausgiebigen Ausflügen es sich auf der Terrasse bequem zu machen und sich zu erholen.
Gerne noch einmal.
A very nice but small apartment, only max. 2 persons. Splended terasse with view and sun.
No internet access and bed needs new and better madras.
A very nice apt. Lovely romantic terrace as described. Very huge, sunny & private terrace, umbrella for shade etc. Patio doors from Small but efficient apt.,For 2. With Hide a bed! Functional kitchen with laundry. A 10-15minute walk to La Familia Segrada where Metro is located. Is a Less touristic area with many shops & small grocerie stores nearby. TV can be re-programmed for some other languages! Elevator in building, located on 5 th floor. Good views of city scape from inside & out. Clean Quiet building. A Pretty good choice for the privacy & price.
All good I liked, greetings by sin, ra Marina
Todo bien me gusto, saludos por la sen,ra Marina
Apartment small but cozy, clean and nicely furnished, well stocked kitchen, very large roof terrace. The only drawback: the bathroom is very small, the shower was almost over the toilet. Quiet location - near subway. However, the apartment is very noisy, we have all heard from the neighboring apartment. Marina was friendly and reliable.
Wohnung klein aber kuschelig, sauber und nett eingerichtet, Küche gut bestückt, sehr große schöne Dachterrasse. Das einzige Manko: das Badezimmer ist sehr klein, die Dusche war quasi über dem WC.
ruhige Lage - U-Bahnnähe. Allerdings ist die Wohnung sehr hellhörig, wir haben alles aus der Nachbarwohnung gehört. Marina war freundlich und zuverlässig.
The apartment of Marina was very nice and proper. The apartment is not far away from the sagrada familia and some lovely little cafes and bars, where you can have breakfast or dinner. Marina was very sympatic and helpful and everything from arranging to get or to give back the keys was correct.
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Etymological history of the term brotus stems far back into the time of the Roman Empire. It is a modern day spin off based on the character description of Brutus, who was the famous assassin of Caesar. To be a brutus to someone is to stab them in the back and show no respect for them. Brotus is the antonym to the word brutus which, is a term that can be described as brotherhood. When someone is close friends with someone they are considered to be their brotus. The term brotus is the masculine version of term. The feminine version of the word is brotusette, and the plural masculine is brotusi.
John: "Is this guy you brought with legit?"
Sampson: "Oh yeah, he's my brotus, we go way back. He's good shit."
Sampson: "Oh yeah, he's my brotus, we go way back. He's good shit."
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When you make a status about your best friend (just that one best mother fucking friend to the end and beyond that) on FB and tag them and they do the same for you. Usually comes after you and said bro have a deep conversation about how good bros you are.
(insert name) Best Friend since kindergarten, through Wolftrap, through Kilmer when we both went to different schools, and now. Next year is going to be sick. Cant wait for your ass at Marshall
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Hi, all.
Not sure where to post this, but thought some might get a kick out of seeing what I am doing with the FP Budget helmet I just got. I kinda went nuts and have been working on it since the day it arrived and I got home from work. I still need to install the visor (which I thought to order with it), paint the details on the circuit board in the key slots, Pad it, and do the final weathering and carbon scoring marks around the dent.
First guy to see it told me it looked like a cheap Boba wannabe helmet. I took that as a compliment...even though I know it was a snipe from this guy
Next to the wife's asok cold cast bucket:
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Hey guys,
I can now afford some swag but can't find the link to buy Em.
A little help here?
Hey guys,
I can now afford some swag but can't find the link to buy Em.
A little help here?
I think you missed the boat on that one bro. I'm pretty sure they sold the last of the stock a little while ago but i could be wrong.
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we need to do another run! i wasn't even on the boards then. what did they look like?
I got the one that kinda looked like "Charlies Angels"???
Insane!! You can buy TDH shirts here:
I was told they are going to make more. I PMed the guy who made the shirts, and he said they should be having some again soon. There's not a whole lot left on there. no large, which is what i need.
good reminder! i trashed my dark red one, and they still had mediums, so i now have a replacement on the way!
i've got the red angels, the green dragoncon, the dark red, and the grey dragoncon. we need 1 more design rev so i can have one for each day of the work week!
(anyone got a spare medium of the light green boba one from a couple of years ago?)
Guys, just so you know, we will be doing a run of the red shirts beginning in March. Unlike previous years, this will be a signup and pay up front event and we will only make as many shirts as are paid for.
any new designs in the works Brak's???
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Joel Palmquist and Sherry Reis were selected to receive the 2003 UW-RF Chancellor's recognition Award for Classified Staff, in recognition of excellence in their work and dedication to the university community. Chancellor Ann Lydecker presented the awards at a reception April 22 in Rodli Commons.
Palmquist has worked at the university as a permanent employee since 1995, as a facilities repair worker in the facilities management department. Prior to that, he worked in various limited term appointments from 1992 to 1995. The work he does involves mostly painting and carpentry, for projects such as office remodeling.
Those who nominated him for the award cited his superior work, his reliability, his skill in working with students and his generous contributions of time and talent to the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Palmquist's supervisor, Greg Kohler, crafts worker and maintenance supervisor, said, "I can trust Joel to do anything that is assigned to him. During the summer, Joel runs our paint crews, supervising up to 20 students who paint our residence halls and academic buildings. They all love working for Joel, and they get a lot accomplished. I am very, very pleased to see Joel get this award."
Palmquist first volunteered to work with Habitat for Humanity 19 years ago, in Georgia. He volunteered just for the experience and has been working with the organization ever since. He serves as a site supervisor for the campus chapter, making sure the necessary building materials are at the site and training the students.
The campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity is currently in the process of raising $30,000 to build a twin home, and Palmquist plans to help out by donating the monetary reward he will receive as part of the Chancellor's Award. He also plans to donate his hair. "If the students raise $1,000, I have pledged to shave off my beard," he said. "If they raise $2,000, I will shave off what little hair I have on my head! I'm hoping people will have an incentive to contribute, so they can see me without hair."
The students need $5,000 to $7,000 more before the end of May, he said, then they will have reached their goal. Donations can be made to the UW-RF Foundation/Habitat for Humanity, with a note indicating that the contribution is for the Hair-Razing fund.
Reis has 26 years of service with the university. Since 1978, she has worked as a program assistant in the math department. She was hired in 1976 as a typist, a position she held for a month before becoming a stenographer in the purchasing department and later moving to the math department.
"Sherry receives uniform praise from the faculty and staff for her coordination and management of the department. Her dedication and hard work have certainly made my job as chair much easier," said Reis' supervisor, department chair and Professor David Yurchak.
"In addition to all of her other responsibilities, Sherry coordinated the Science/Technology/Mathematics Fair held each spring for the ten years the fair ran. She also, for many years, coordinated the Career Choices Workshop. Her work for these events included handling announcements, advertisements, correspondence and budgets. She currently does this for the UW-RF Math Expo Traveling Exhibit.
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What was this noted New York sax player and musical historian, who had just finished releasing a nine-CD retrospective of turn-of-the-century American music, doing selling classified ads part-time for an alternative-weekly paper in a city of 60,000? I'm not really sure, but it was a long time ago.
I was always incredibly intimidated by how much he knew about music, writing about local music weekly a few cubes away from a guy who has pretty clearly listened to everything. He even finished and published a book called That Devilin' Tune, a history of jazz from 1900 to 1950, during his time with the paper; he's now turned that into another nine-disc retrospective released last November.
Now I have the unenviable task of writing about Lowe's own music with the knowledge that every reference I might make he'll find imperfect (hence, few references will follow). Regardless, it's a mammoth double-disc magnum opus of 38 of his compositions and performances called Jews in Hell: Radical Jewish Acculturation; Or: All the Blues You Could Play by Now if Stanley Crouch Was Your Uncle; Or: Dance of the Creative Economy: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the SPACE Gallery and Love the Music Business. Yes, that's really the title. Lowe has the type of humor where it's difficult to know if he's serious, and I can only tell you that the music here is serious; whether any of his titles or voluminous liner notes are meant to be taken totally seriously will have to be up to you.
Lowe personifies all of those nebbishy stereotypes our culture perpetuates about artistic Jews. He speaks like Woody Allen, looks a little like a Marx brother, and is self-conscious like Seinfeld. He's aggressively critical and incredibly self-deprecating in circles of infinite finger-pointing. He's pissed that the "twerps (if nice guys)" who run SPACE don't know the jazz musicians with whom he's played, then calls one of them a liar for claiming to have heard of Doc Cheatem. He seems to demand excellence of everyone playing music today, and then produces liner notes that are riddled with typos (including making "Jew" singular in his album title on the inside cover and a constant misuse of "than" instead of "then").
So, too, does the collection of tunes here offer plenty of delicious contradictions. These are songs in styles you're very familiar with, iconic American forms like ragtime, blues, country, and jazz, but they are like virtually nothing you've heard before. Lowe has a knack for needling the listener, keeping you from settling in or becoming too comfortable with any one song. While he clearly appreciates a simple melody and the power of a good hook, his love of improvisation makes it certain you'll never really revisit your favorite piece of a tune unless you hit rewind, and he never lets you hear his true voice, either. All the vocals are affected like he's singing in the reactor of a nuclear power plant.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Great Debate
Phillip and I have very different opinions on this matter, which really is very similar to how most of PredNation feels. There are people on both sides of the aisle when it comes to David Legwand.
I happen to think Legwand is vastly overrated. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm well aware that Legwand brings qualities to the game that are valuable to this hockey team. He is a great skater, he is a good forechecker, and will occasionally make a play or two on the defensive side. He chips in on the offensive front from time to time(although not nearly as much as he should with the amount of money he's making.) But there are a few reasons why I think he is overrated.
Now, before I get to my reasons, I'm aware that there is another side to this argument that has valid points. For example, Dirk Hoag of On the Forecheck had a great arguement for Legwand a few days ago. However, here are a few stats that still don't have me sold on Legwand.
Over and over again, you here about how Legwand is a great defender. And, at times, he can be. But over the last 3 full seasons(not counting this year), Legwand's plus/minus rating is a minus-12. He's been on the wrong side of the plus/minus scale for the last three years. That's not a very good stat for someone who is supposed to be defensively sound. As a matter of fact, I've even heard some people complain that Legwand has never been nominated for a Selke Trophy. Sorry, but it just doesn't happen when you're a minus-12 over the past three years. Now, he is a plus-4 so far this year. Maybe by season's end he will maintain his progress.
Another thing is his production is on the decline. His points per season have gone down in each of the last three years and are on pace to go down again this year. In the past 4 seasons, Legwand has had point totals of 63, 44, 42, and 38. He's on pace for less than 30 points this year. The man is getting paid $4.5 million per year to produce offensively. He wasn't paid that money to play defense, he wasn't paid that money to turn into a 3rd line center(Yes, I know he's first line right now. That's because the two in front of him are hurt.)
His faceoff winning percentage this year is at 43.7%, which is good for dead last among all of the centers for the Nashville Predators.
Does he have the talent to be our most valuable player? Yeah he does. In 2006-2007 he was a plus-23. He had 63 points(granted he was on a line with Paul Kariya) and had a great year. That is why he was signed to such a lucrative contract. But the guy is not that player anymore. Look, I want Legwand to be as good as he can be. I want him to prove me wrong and be the most valuable player on the Nashville Predators. But he's not. And he's making way too much money for 5 goals.
What do you think of David Legwand?
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:21 AM
Agreed 100%ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Great talent but unless he blows up the lamp in the 2nd half he'll prolly will get a chance for a fresh start next year with another team. Fresh start would prolly be best for both him and the Preds.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:10 PM
about the contract. if you look at when it was signed and what the team was going through at that time, then one could assume that a big part of the money in his contract went to signing the franchises first draft pick to a long term deal than simply player performance and expectations.ReplyDelete
+/- -12 for 3 years isn't all that bad when he was facing the top line of every team and had the offensive help of smithson to help balance out the stat.
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Numbers don't tell the whole story, on any player. It's hard to put up almighty numbers when you are PKing or on a shutdown line. Time out with injuries doesn't help, either. He's fast, reads and anticipates plays, good stick handler, one of the best penalty killers in the business and sets up the goal scorers. Give me the players with the assists any day. Without them, the scorers wouldn't be scoring.ReplyDelete


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We knew it would be bad. Heck, beyond all the ink in all the other newspapers, we at the Portland Phoenix printed 4500 words over the course of six months explaining what was wrong with the Verizon-FairPoint merger, in which a North Carolina-based little-phone-company-that-could spent $2.3 billion of mostly borrowed money to take over the northern New England operations of one of the world's largest telecommunications companies (see "A Bad Idea Triumphs," by Jeff Inglis, February 29).
But it is with a distinct feeling of dismay (though perhaps just a touch of schadenfreude) that we report that the change-over has been more disastrous than even we thought: FairPoint is performing terribly now, and all signs point to the situation getting far worse, and probably never getting better.
Let's move past the MISSING ONLINE BILLING SYSTEM that has customers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont upset at having to buy stamps to mail in their payments for phone service. That's still not resolved, but it's relatively minor — and the company says it'll be fixed by late fall. Liberty Consulting Group, the Pennsylvania-based company monitoring FairPoint's transition for regulators in all three states, says it shouldn't be a big problem. (You'll see shortly that neither FairPoint nor Liberty is establishing a very good track record for this sort of promise, but there are much bigger fish to fry than complaints about adding 42 cents to everyone's phone bill.)
We can less easily dismiss the fact that more workers have left the company than FairPoint predicted, leaving the new outfit SHORT OF EXPERIENCED WORKERS at a time when customers need reassurance — which usually comes in the form of speedy, competent service. That goes for both in-person physical repair work and over-the-phone support.
FairPoint had said that, upon closing the deal, it would hire an additional 675 employees in northern New England. But as of March 31, according to a report from Liberty, the company had 10 percent fewer employees than Verizon had had 10 months earlier, meaning it needs to hire replacements for roughly 270 people before economic-development number-crunchers can even begin to count any "new" workers. FairPoint corporate communications manager Jill Healey Wurm says the company needs to hire a total of roughly 900 people, but wouldn't give a reason for the increased number. The company had hired 260 people as of the end of April, the most recent numbers Liberty or FairPoint have disclosed.
Liberty, though, says not all 900 positions need to be filled, and has claimed that only "key" positions do — while simultaneously recognizing that defining the word "key" is ... well, key, and refusing to define it.
But honestly, those issues too are small potatoes compared to three other problems lurking just under the radar, hidden in plain sight, in Liberty's reports — all of which are available on the Web sites of the Maine and New Hampshire Public Utilities Commissions (the NHPUC one is much easier to find and use, atwww.puc.state.nh.us/Telecom/FairPoint.htm).Moving at a snail's pace
The first major problem is the speed of FairPoint's takeover from Verizon, which is ALREADY FOUR MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE, a delay that means customers will not see the lower phone rates promised by FairPoint until December at the earliest, rather than August, as regulators had hoped. (In December, FairPoint customers in Maine will get a credit retroactive to August, totaling around $20 per phone line.) The original transition plan gave FairPoint four months after the date the deal actually closed to prepare to take over all phone-system operations from Verizon (an event called the "cutover").
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I chose BDog because it would also display tranny temp. I've been towing a 24', 4900 lb RV with a Yukon. Upgraded to a 34', 7400 lb RV. Pulling the old RV, I got 10.3ish MPG (w/o BDog). I installed the "tow" program & towed the newer RV & added 2 kayaks on top of the GMC and got 11.2ish MPG. On the hwy not towing, my MPG went from 17.9ish to 20.1ish MPG (using the GMC trip comp). On my GMC, you have to remove fuses to program the BDog but just install "tow" & leave it, no reason to change.


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5-25-13. Ocala, FL- The Bubba Army 360 Sprints headlined the night with the Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds, Hobby Stocks- who raced for $750, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks, and the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators taking part as well.
The Scorpion Modifieds kicked the action off and Rich Pratt took the Woodstown Ice and Coal #78 right to the front. Pratt, a heat race winner, ran a dominant race and won easily over the other heat winner Bryan Bernhardt and Chuck Gustafson, Jr. In fact, Pratt nearly lapped Gustafson and beat Bernhardt by over 13 seconds. Pratt now has at least 1 win in each season he's driven the #78. Chris Littrell was the first car 1 lap down in 4th and Jeff Stalnaker, Sr. finished 5th after a 3,000-mile flight earlier in the day.
An always exciting Hobby Stock race got better with $750 on the line and Brian Morgan on point. Hunter Gustafson brought the yellow out on lap 3 when he spun while battling inside of the top 5. Before the yellow flew, however, Devin Walker passed Morgan for the lead. A 14-lap run was halted when Jerome Dipple spun right in front of the leaders. The final 8 were run without a problem and Walker walked away with the cash. Scotty Kay, Jr. played bridesmaid once more while Sean Monoghan, Morgan, and Tommy Hill completed the top 5. Hill, Gustafson, and Kay won their respective heat races.
The Bubba Army Sprints embarked on their new mission and Robbie Smith led them into battle. AJ Maddox spun on lap 2 and brought a caution out; the restart gave Terry Witherspoon and Matt Kurtz a shot at the #6S. On lap 17, Kurtz found his way around Smith and began to sail away, but "The Jacksonville Jet" was brought back down to earth when Tanner Witherspoon spun with 3-to-go. Fortunately for Kurtz, Smith had used his stuff up and- after a blistering 13.5 second lap- Kurtz won easily over Smith. "The Captain" Tony Agin finished 3rd, Bob Auld was a solid 4th, and Tanner Witherspoon rounded out the top 5. Maddox and Smith won their heats.
The 1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks started off with Melvin Fockler leading and a bunch of his fellow title contenders behind him. On lap 6, Brandon Tillander's motor quit while he was in a good position and set up another restart. Just 5 laps later, Jeff Stalnaker, Jr. cut his left rear while racing with Brandon Elwood for the 2nd position. Fockler had to hold Elwood off, and he did for 7 and 3/4 laps, but Elwood muscled to the inside as the white flag waved. Elwood stole a win from Fockler, but driver #33 has learned his lesson after 2 consecutive runner-up finishes. Mike Valdes finished 3rd with William Gillam and Tony Campbell in tow. However, Valdes was disqualified when his exhaust pipe was found to be too short. That moved Gillam to 3rd, Campbell to 4th, and John Florkowski to his 1st career top 5. Stalnaker and Valdes won their heats, but Valdes' DQ means Brandon Tillander gets his first career heat win.
The Rent-N-Roll Gladiators saw a real fight and Ray Hunter led the opening stint. Hunter, however, couldn't stave off David Walls and Walls went on to win the caution-free event. Hunter held on to 2nd while Stephen Frankland found himself in an unfamiliar 3rd place. Tom Sheehan rebounded from a dismal week last week to finish 4th. Bill Southard completed the top 5. Frankland won the heat and gained the points lead.
Next week the Bubba Army 360 Sprints return as do the Hobby Stocks and Rent-N-Roll Gladiators. The E-Mods will do battle once more and history can be made there as well. For more information, please visit www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call us at 352-622-9400!
Bubba Raceway Park Results (5/25/13)
Bubba Army 360 Sprint Cars
1- 92 Matt Kurtz
2- 6S Robbie Smith
3- 38 Tony Agin
4- 83A Bob Auld
5- 99 Tanner Witherspoon
6- 43 Terry Witherspoon
7- 3K Kerry Gilbert
8- 111 Andy Cobb
9- G6 Brandon Grubaugh
10- 3A AJ Maddox
Scorpion Racing Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds
1- 78 Rich Pratt
2- 33L Bryan Bernhardt
3- 15 Chuck Gustafson, Jr.
4- C00L Chris Littrell
5- 59 Jeff Stalnaker, Sr.
6- 1K Scott Kurtzner
7- 2B Jeff Barrett
8- 75 Charlie O'Neill
9- 21 Devin Walker
SCR- 5 Tim Grubaugh
Bubba Army Hobby Stocks
1- 55JR Devin Walker
2- 21 Scotty Kay, Jr.
3- 51 Sean Monoghan
4- 9 Brian Morgan
5- 1H Tommy Hill
6- 24 Dennis Williams
7- 26 Chris McCormack
8- 98 Tim Arnold
9- 81 Don Woosley
10- 19 Brian Shea
11- 14 James Sullivan, III
12- 63S Jeff Sargent
13- 14 Jerome Dipple
14- 15 Hunter Gustafson
15- 16 James Erickson
16- 8 Mike Stalnaker
17- 54 Alvin Adkison
18- 23 Rebecca Paugh
1-800-ASK GARY Thunder Stocks
1- 28 Brandon Elwood
2- 33 Melvin Fockler
3- 13 William Gillam
4- 6 Tony Campbell
5- 54 John Florkowski
6- 66 Harold Erickson
7- 19 Kyle Goulard
8- 9 Jeff Stalnaker, Jr.
9- 85 Chuck Cessna
10- 73 Brandon Tillander
11- 23 Tom Bassett
12- 73J Joey Durbin
13- 20 Eric Davis
DSQ- 15 Mike Valdes (Exhaust Pipe)
Rent-N-Roll Gladiators
1- 35 David Walls
2- 79 Ray Hunter
3- 7UK Stephen Frankland
4- 75 Tom Sheehan
5- 83S Bill Southard
SCR- 31T Tyler Bryden (Crash)
SCR- 14 Alan Harmon (Crash)


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The trip up started out through more desert - real desert in places as I spotted sand dunes in one place. The wind was gusty in places but not a big problem. As we crossed the corner of Arizona and moved into Utah, the landscape changed drastically and we saw our first snow topped mountains. At one point we seemed to be driving towards a solid wall of rock but discovered that we had twelve miles of mountain slopes through the Virgin River Gorge. A beautiful drive and we are told that it is even more breathtaking when you are traveling south. St George is nestled in amongst the rocks and is within an easy drive of the National Parks in the area. Lots to explore.


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I've had this clone finished for nearly 2 years now and I've never really shown it off here...so here ya go.
I've had this clone finished for nearly 2 years now and I've never really shown it off here...so here ya go.
Awesome photos and an awesome costume! I really like the weathering!
Thanks. The black scoring was done with dry brushing black acrylic paint. The dirt was done with this stuff: http://docscaboose-online.stores.yahoo.net/wema.html and the weathering in the paint/paint chips was done with a combo of masking off the areas, sandpaper, and an xacto knife.
I have always dug the paint work you did on this; this is the direction I am taking the finish on the Sci-Fire stuff, more of a matte finish with topical black, going very minimal on the silver/chipping this time around. Love this suit Donny!
I am almost always impressed with replica makers ability to make the random weathering patterns. I am very intimidated by that. I am afraid I would either overdo it or everything would look uniform. Your ability to make it look natural and organic is really impressive.
One of the best clones I've ever seen, Donny! Looks even better in person!
I got a chance to see this suit up close at LegoLand '08, and it was just as awesome in person!
Great costume and loving the pics - they look like they were taken straight out of the movie!
Awesome Clone. Do like the clones. Don't know much about them tho, sadly.
What is it that makes it a 327th star corps clone?
Love the suit, extremely well done!
Youtube video from a couple of years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7E44CSX-Jc
Stunning, simply stunning!
Very nice work my friend
Always enjoyed your work FBK! Great set up!
that is so sick bro, ***. i love tese phase III costumes, lmao
Woah, blast from the past! Thanks for the compliments.
wow those are AMAZING
Looks pretty awesome....
I don't know why I'm only seeing red x's in some pics.
Sadly, I have to put this costume up for sale.
That suxs man. Its an awesome looking setup. I may be interested, though I'm not sure it will fit. I can't remember how tall you are, lol. We met at CV, BH panel. I was the ESB fett.
I'm 5'8. It would easily fit someone as tall as 5'10, but whoever buys it will need to have less than a 34 waist, closer to a 32 waist. I'm going to post it up for sale fairly soon, just waiting until I have the time to post up all the details. Looking for around $1600 for everything.
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excellent job
Awesome kit. Height and size restrictions will put me out of the running... but you are gonna make someone really happy. Sorry you have to sell it though.


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I'm using unsigned char as the element type here since it's the most appropriate for the data I'm saving, so stringstream doesn't seem right, but the more I look at this gibberish the more confused I become, so I thought I'd ask here.
Is there a way (and if so, how) to set up an input stream that will write unsigned char data into a buffer which will expand as data is added?
Is it possible that I could use a single STL type in the underlying system and then have the pair of top-level functions feed the system either an ofstream or a buffer-stream? (polymorphism)
I mean I guess if it comes down to it I can create a new helper type that will figure it out one way or the other, but I get the feeling that underneath all this "thing&<derp>::moocow<wtf>&&&" madness this is something that STL can do easily.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Edit - Also, I wonder if I just have a really bad collection of docs here. Does anyone have any suggestions for somewhere I can get some good STL docs that explain what parts are actually intended to be used and what parts are just implementation or alien conspiracy?
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Ask Kerry Paterson what's for dinner and he'll likely answer, "What are you in the mood for?"
As executive chef of CU-Boulder's Housing and Dining Services, Paterson and his staff dish out more than 14,000 meals a day on campus. His challenge is to rotate exciting and varied menus for a clientele of students that remains the same for nine months of the year.
"We try to please as many people as we can," he said, "and we listen to their feedback. We're constantly thinking of ways to make meals fresh and new."
During his 13 years at CU, Paterson has planned menus, made food selections, trained staff and apprentices, and helped design new campus dining facilities. While he no longer has much time for hands-on food preparation, he'll occasionally set paperwork aside, head into the kitchen and cook a dish or two.
Paterson strives to incorporate all the senses into the culinary experience—what he refers to as "sensory dining."
"They can see the excitement of cooking, smell the food, even hear it before they taste it," he said. "How we present the food has changed. When I first came here, we cooked the meal, held it in a metal warmer, and served it as needed. Now we do made-to-order cooking in smaller batches."
Paterson grew up in the food business in his native New Zealand. His grandfather was a baker, his father a butcher, and his mother a dietician. After graduating from culinary school at Auckland Technological University, Paterson worked in numerous restaurants. He was regional chef for Nordstrom in San Francisco and he cooked for teams of scientists in Antarctica.
When his wife wanted to return to her home state of Colorado, Paterson came to work at CU because he thought a university environment would be a welcome change.
"At CU there is a good quality of life," he said. "And I have opportunities to try new things. It's never boring here. I never thought I'd get to open a multi-million dollar restaurant like C4C."
What sets CU's dining facilities apart from other universities, says Paterson, is a concentration on organic food and a wide selection of ethnic culinary choices. Vegan, kosher, and gluten-free options are available. Food allergens—eggs, milk, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, gluten, and wheat—are identified in menu options.
CU students are typically well traveled and they can tell if a cuisine is authentic or "Americanized," according to Paterson.
"Asian and sushi are students' comfort foods now," he said. "But they don't just want Asian; they want Korean, Indian, Nepalese. And we're going beyond Tex-Mex into regional cuisine from South American countries."
In 2010, Paterson and his culinary staff were the only university cooking team to win a national Achievement of Excellence Award by the American Culinary Federation. For six of the past eight years, they have won the National Association of College and University Food Services Regional Culinary Challenge.
"We're breaking the mold of a college dining facility," said Paterson. "This isn't your parents' cafeteria."


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$80, but you would need a bunch of them. Plus the data plan is $8 a month, and you need to somehow keep it charged up. I don't see how that is affordable.
You could put one or two in your hives, but you would need to be diligent about checking the locations as I think it would be pretty easy for a thief to find them and attach it to a truck at a rest stop.


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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has begun a trend in southeast Iowa aimed at enhancing economic development and quality of life by partnering with Iowa communities. The effort has yielded three shared positions specializing in community and economic development.
The most recent ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development (CED) collaboration is with the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce to hire an executive director/extension community development specialist for the chamber. Charles "Chuck" Betts was hired for the position. He began in January.
"I know our area will benefit from this," said April Girard, chamber board president. "Community and Economic Development is an opportunity for Keokuk to utilize Iowa State resources and programs to provide a coordinated effort in making Keokuk a better community. We have confidence in Chuck's ability to lead and look forward to the contributions he makes to the chamber."
Betts will offer the best of both worlds to Keokuk and the surrounding area: economic development expertise at the local level plus access to the resources of ISU Extension and Outreach.
"We see this as a unique combination where Chuck can attend university training and have access to all our information. Through hiring him, we have gained an experienced practitioner for our educational programming who is engaged in economic development," said Tim Borich, Community and Economic Development program director for ISU Extension and Outreach and associate dean for outreach in the ISU College of Design.
Within his first year, Betts hopes to get a grasp of the full resources Iowa State University provides, coordinate efforts for economic development volunteer groups and strengthen and multiply chamber committees.
"The connection with ISU Extension and Outreach was a happy coin that was tossed at the right time. This will be very beneficial to this community," Betts said.
This partnership is based on a small-town economic development model piloted in West Liberty. The City of West Liberty and ISU Extension and Outreach created West Liberty Economic Area Development (WE-LEAD), along with a joint position serving as WE-LEAD executive director and extension community development specialist. Karen Lathrop serves in that shared position.
"The collaboration was designed to grow economic development in West Liberty, and it has," said Lathrop. "Extension offers credibility; it offers small communities the ability to provide professional development and training. One of the best aspects of this collaboration is that it is fun to be a part of."
ISU Extension and Outreach also shares a joint position specializing in sustainability in the City of Fairfield. Scott Timm leads the program.
"Fairfield needed the outside help and resources including people power to make things happen in its green initiative," said Timm. "A lot of communities make plans and often those plans just sit on the shelf. With this partnership, things can happen and they do happen."
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Before I was married, I dated a girl who was seriously into horses. She had a feisty Thoroughbred mare that didn't like anybody but her owner. I got tossed off that horse once. That was a loooooong fall.
So yes, I too have fallen off a horse and off a mtn bike.
These days, I take the family out a few times a year to do some tame trail riding on old, broken down, calm trail horses. It's a lot of fun. Mentally relaxing and it's fun to get them up and going when they wanna play.
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Amid a raging debate on Internet freedom and censorship in India, members of the government met last week with a clutch of website operators, including representatives of Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. In a meeting scheduled to address a wider plan to leverage social media to empower the government, it's unclear whether the touchy subject of filtering content was addressed, and the government said the meeting's tone was conciliatory. In any case, there has as yet been no resolution of the question of who should be responsible for filtering content deemed offensive, or how such a determination should be made


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There have been reports of diltiazem overdose in amounts ranging from < 1 g to 18 g. Of cases with known outcome, most patients recovered and in cases with a fatal outcome, the majority involved multiple drug ingestion.
Events observed following diltiazem overdose included bradycardia, hypotension, heart block, and cardiac failure. Most reports of overdose described some supportive medical measure and/or drug treatment. Bradycardia frequently responded favorably to atropine, as did heart block, although cardiac pacing was also frequently utilized to treat heart block. Fluids and vasopressors were used to maintain blood pressure, and in cases of cardiac failure, inotropic agents were administered. In addition, some patients received treatment with ventilatory support, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, and/or intravenous calcium.
The effectiveness of intravenous calcium administration to reverse the pharmacological effects of diltiazem overdose has been inconsistent. In a few reported cases, overdose with calcium channel blockers associated with hypotension and bradycardia that was initially refractory to atropine became more responsive to atropine after the patients received intravenous calcium. In some cases, intravenous calcium has been administered (1 g calcium chloride or 3 g calcium gluconate) over 5 minutes and repeated every 10 to 20 minutes as necessary. Calcium gluconate has also been administered as a continuous infusion at a rate of 2 g per hour for 10 hours. Infusions of calcium for 24 hours or more may be required. Patients should be monitored for signs of hypercalcemia.
In the event of overdose or exaggerated response, appropriate supportive measures should be employed in addition to gastrointestinal decontamination. Diltiazem does not appear to be removed by peritoneal or hemodialysis. Limited data suggest that plasmapheresis or charcoal hemoperfusion may hasten diltiazem elimination following overdose. Based on the known pharmacological effects of diltiazem and/or reported clinical experiences, the following measures may be considered:
Bradycardia: Administer atropine (0.6 to 1 mg). If there is no response to vagal blockade, administer isoproterenol cautiously.
High-degree AV Block: Treat as for bradycardia above. Fixed high-degree AV block should be treated with cardiac pacing.
Cardiac Failure: Administer inotropic agents (isoproterenol, dopamine, or dobutamine) and diuretics.
Hypotension: Vasopressors (e.g., dopamine or norepinephrine).
Actual treatment and dosage should depend on the severity of the clinical situation and the judgment and experience of the treating physician.
Diltiazem is contraindicated in (1) patients with sick sinus syndrome except in the presence of a functioning ventricular pacemaker, (2) patients with second- or third-degree AV block except in the presence of a functioning ventricular pacemaker, (3) patients with hypotension (less than 90 mm Hg systolic), (4) patients who have demonstrated hypersensitivity to the drug, and (5) patients with acute myocardial infarction and pulmonary congestion documented by x-ray on admission.This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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In Central Point, Oregon, Sandra Hart broils garden-fresh zucchini and spreads it with a buttery herb topping.
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- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 cup finely chopped green onion
- 1 to 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary or 1 to 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 4 medium zucchini
- In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; set aside. Cut zucchini lengthwise into 1/2-in. slices. Place on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Broil 4 in. from the heat for 10-12 minutes, turning occasionally, or until crisp-tender. Spread with rosemary butter; serve immediately. Yield: 4 servings.
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Donna McIntyre's up close and personal experience with a gentoo leaves her with happy feet
Don't touch the penguins, we're told. But someone has forgotten to tell little Noah not to touch the humans.
The year-old gentoo penguin is nibbling on Brianna's long hair, returning for seconds.
"Birdo" Brianna Smith, my son Aubin Dierick and I are on ice at the snow-filled Antarctic penguin colony of Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, privileged to spend 15 minutes up close with 88 king and gentoo adult penguins.
Paying general admission allows aquarium visitors to watch the penguins through double-glazed glass as they toddle about their routines in the temperature-controlled dwelling. But the Antarctic Ice Adventure walk-through experience lets you stand and kneel on the ice in zero degrees as these curious creatures come close to check you out. Compare it to having a coffee in the home of a famous person, and then watching them later on television. It feels different in person or, rather, in penguin.
As we come into the enclosure we are greeted by the trumpeting of Shadow and Bongo, both gentoos.
The kings are strutting their stuff, mirroring each other and stretching necks regally as part of their mating rituals. The gentoos are ahead of that game - some of their chicks are hatching, we glimpse them under their protective mothers on the rock nests. Proud dad Horace is defending the territory around his nest while his partner, Daisy, sits on an egg.
The gentoos are, by rule, monogamous - one pair, Buster and 99, have been together since 1997 - whereas the kings play the field more.
The "birdos" - the staff caring for the penguins - grow fond of their charges. They know them by name, not needing to look at the labelled bands on the birds' left wings. They point out Toddy and Squirtle as hard-cases, and Aubin is warned that Toddy might take a fancy to him as he prefers males to females - whether humanorpenguin.
We're told not to touch as humans handle these penguins only for vet procedures, such as to change wing bands or to cut toenails. But if we did reach out to pat the birds' velvety appearance we'd feel slickness, thanks to the oil produced in the the base of their feathers, which enables them to swim better.
Our 15 minutes of watching the majestic kings and the smaller gentoos pass quickly. Laura Seaman and her team of birdos prepare for feeding time and we leave the penguins' colony, taking off our gumboots, waterproof pants and polar-fleece jackets.
On the other side of the glass, we watch the 11am feeding. The birds' lifespan is 10 years longer in captivity and Kelly Tarlton's has an impressive 100 per cent survival rate with its newly hatched chicks. In the wild only two of every 10 survive the harsh conditions and predators.
After the feeding we visit the stingrays, sharks and other fish, and the eels who pop their heads out of the water to look at us as much as we're looking at them.
We're buzzing. It's not every day you get to look a penguin in the eye. We leave the aquarium with happy feet.
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Is it possible to tax stupidity?
If so, Maine could generate enough revenue to eliminate the income tax, the property tax, the excise tax, the inheritance tax, and the sales tax on everything except male enhancement products sold on TV.
Which is already a tax on stupidity.
But there are plenty of other instances of dopes not paying their dues. Where's the surcharge on Democratic state Senator Joe Perry, the sponsor of a bill to have the cash-strapped state borrow $25 million to help fund a new convention center in his hometown of Bangor? Republican state Senator Richard Rosen of Bucksport ought to have to cough up a hefty toll for his legislation to outlaw the legally indefinable concept of road rage. Send a big bill to Democratic state Senator Lisa Marrache of Waterville for introducing a measure requiring teens to get a doctor's permission before using a tanning salon. And the Portland City Council should send a sizable contribution to the public coffers for ... well, just for being the Portland City Council.
As lucrative as all that might be, the biggest source of new revenue from the stupidity tax would come from the governor's office. Democratic incumbent John Baldacci should be required to surrender his entire salary and his pants (hmmm, no sign of male enhancement here) just for his clunkheaded handling of a single issue:
Tax reform.
Baldacci has been promising to restructure the tax system since he was first elected in 2002. So far, he's developed exactly zero plans to do that. All by itself, this inability to formulate a coherent approach wouldn't be so bad, because other folks whose brain synapses fire a lot faster than the governor's have come up with tax-reform proposals of their own. Trouble is, Baldacci is opposed to all those ideas.
First, there was the 2006 referendum on the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR). Drafted by a conservative think tank, this measure would have capped increases in government spending based on the rate of inflation and population growth, and returned over-collected levies to the people who paid them. TABOR was defeated at the polls in a close vote, in large part because the governor claimed it was bad public policy. He promised he'd come up with something better.
He didn't, but the Legislature gave it a try. In 2007, several, mostly liberal lawmakers proposed cutting the income tax, broadening the sales tax, raising the meals and lodging tax, and other assorted tinkering. Baldacci was silent on the bill until the final two weeks of the legislative session, when he announced his opposition because the plan didn't reduce state spending.
The governor had just signed a new budget that increased spending by more than $450 million.
Shortly after the Legislature adjourned, a gubernatorial spokesman told the Kennebec Journal "Work is going on on tax reform. We're having conversations about how to proceed."
A few weeks passed, and Baldacci admitted to the Associated Press that he had, "No firm plans yet."
A month after that, one of his top aides was quoted in the Portland Press Herald as saying, "[T]here's no real consensus yet."
And there still isn't.
Baldacci continues to mention tax reform, but always with the admonition that it'll be almost impossible to achieve in this economic climate.
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Pediatric Endocrinologist
Director, Long-Term Follow-Up Program
About Me
We've made great strides in the treatment of childhood cancers, with more children surviving than ever before. This is tremendously rewarding to us as physicians. Yet with this success comes a possible risk of long-term side effects related to cancer and its treatment. As Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering's Long-Term Follow-Up Program, I oversee the care of survivors of all types of pediatric cancers, educating them and monitoring their health so we can find and treat related health problems as early as possible.
We always try to emphasize that most survivors have normal healthy lives. But since we can't predict the small percentage who may go on to develop problems, it's important for them to get extra screening tests to monitor their health. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we're also able to offer survivors of pediatric cancer lifetime follow-up care through our Program for Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer.
To study the long-term effects of treatment, I was one of the founding members of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), which is tracking some 14,000 adult survivors of pediatric cancers and a group of their healthy siblings. The findings of the CCSS have already identified several diseases and disorders that may be more common among some childhood-cancer survivors — information which former patients and healthcare professionals are using to determine the best way to monitor the health of survivors into adulthood.
As a pediatric endocrinologist, I also care for patients with any endocrine (hormonal) complications that may develop as a result of pediatric cancer therapy. I was attracted to endocrinology because I find it to be intellectually challenging, with its own internal logic and coherence. Treatment for cancer in children can sometimes cause problems with growth, sexual development, fertility, and thyroid function, as well as second cancers and heart disease. I conduct research to assess the risks of these possible complications in pediatric-cancer survivors. I also treat children and young adults with endocrine tumors, such as those affecting the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands.
I lecture internationally about the long-term health effects of pediatric cancer treatment and also teach medical students and fellows. I am very involved in several professional organizations, including serving as a medical advisor to the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation and The Children's Cause, Inc. I review grants for the National Cancer Institute and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, as well as articles for several scientific journals. In 2000, I received an Outstanding Service Award from CancerCare.
It is satisfying for me to know that research I helped lead is now benefiting children being treated for cancer, minimizing their future risk of therapy-related problems. I find it very gratifying to see our patients not only survive their cancers but grow up to become adults who can lead productive, rewarding lives.
- Clinical Expertise: Pediatric Endocrinology; Abnormalities of Physical Growth and Sexual Development; Treatment-Induced Endocrine Disorders; Diseases of the Pituitary and Thyroid Glands; Long-Term Sequelae of Treatment for Childhood Malignancies
- Awards and Honors: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2002; 2005-2016)
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, University of Southern California Medical School
- Residencies: Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
- Fellowships: University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center
- Board Certifications: Pediatrics; Pediatric Endocrinology
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It's All About Beauty, People, and Color: Mauresque Noire in Context
Saturday, May 11, 2013
It's All About Beauty, People, and Color: Mauresque Noire in Context
Laure de Margerie
Head, Census of French Sculpture in American Public Collections
University of Texas, Dallas
Saturday, May 11; 2 p.m.
Focusing on the DIA's recently acquired Mauresque Noire (Black Moorish Woman), Laure de Margerie will discuss Charles Cordier's masterful approach to the beauty and identity of the non-European subjects he sculpted. His bold move away from white marble to incorporate colorful materials diversified his repertoire and influenced his contemporaries in the nineteenth-century.
Reserve your free ticket here. For further information, call 313.833.1720.
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"My Favorite Grisham to Date"
I've read (listened) to most of Grisham's work, and this is my favorite thus far. I really enjoy Grisham's dry sarcasm, and this book is full of it.
"Great Read"
This was my first audible book and I enjoyed it immensely. The narration was wonderful, and the storyline kept me involved from the first page to the last. I almost wanted my hour long commute each way to work to be longer.
"This'll work!"
Very cool story. Grisham interwove two seemingly disjointed tales into each other gracefully. There wasn't much of a "mystery" involved as the reader can easily guess where the story is going. That fact, however, doesn't take anything away from the sheer brilliance of Grisham's storytelling effort here.
Grisham broke out of the cookie cutter mold with this novel. There is no "good guy". Every character has a different angle and motivation but they're all crooks. It's great fun! The narration is fantastic.
Give it a whirl.
"Exciting and humorous with clever twist"
I thoroughly enjoyed this book ?another one of Grisham's best. Frank Muller, as usual, is a splendid narrator.
The Brethren is a pungent study of morality with characters drawn from a clear comprehension of human nature. Spicer, Beech and Yarber will no doubt plummet to the same fatal calamity as treacherous Trevor.
It's not good to be too greedy.
"One of his best books"
I love the humor that Grisham spews in his novels & this book is overflowing with it. By far this is one of my favorite Grisham's.
Frank Muller has a wonderful reading voice & captures the story fully, it is sad that he is no longer with us.
Louisville John
"Fantastic Escape"
After listening to around 6 Grisham novels, I have yet to find one of his legal thrillers that I haven't enjoyed.
One reviewer complained about the narrater being breathy? I found the reader, Frank Muller to be top notch - I would seek him as a narrator again. He was dramatic in his reading and his characters were extremely distinct and consistent w/out being corny. They sounded like real characters.
The book is fairly typical for a Grisham book, which is fantastic. I guess what captures me is that someone is always finding a way to get rich and then hanging on the edge to find out if their scam will work or they will lose everything...
I love Grisham books and this was no exception to my rule.
"Another home run"
What can I say?? Just a great story made better by the narrator, Frank Muller. His passing last summer leaves big shoes to fill for future narrators.
"Good story, bad reading"
Grisham again manages to weave an intricate plot and surprise a reader with unpredictable twists and turns. Unfortunately, Frank Muller's reading was so obnoxious, it was a struggle to finish listening to it. The exaggerated breathiness and painful intonation were irritating and distasteful. I don't know what Muller was paid for this travesty, but it was too much. Needless to say, I won't buy anything more he may have loaned his voice to.
"Very disappointing."
There are three story lines in The Brethren. One takes place mainly in a minimum security federal prison camp where three disgraced former federal judges are incarcerated and from where they operate an extortion scam. A second story line takes place entirely within "the bunker", a windowless room from which Teddy Maynard, the aging and disabled director of the CIA, plays kingmaker and manipulates domestic and international events. The third story line involves the people outside prison and the CIA who are affected by the machinations of the judges and the kingmaker: primarily the judges' lawyer and their victims.
The plot is based on the premise that Teddy Maynard, the CIA director cum kingmaker feels that the US needs a stronger military. To that end, he grooms a relatively unknown member of Congress, Representative Aaron Lake, to become the next president of the United States, a president beholden to the CIA and especially to Teddy himself. With unlimited funds, personnel and influence, Teddy molds reality to his liking.
But all the resources that Teddy commands almost fail to discover Lake's secret, a secret that would surely lose him the election if discovered. The bulk of the novel is about the extensive measures taken by Teddy and the CIA to protect their investment in Lake, eventually bringing together the three story lines in what is probably supposed to be a shocking conclusion.
Not one of the characters in the book is well-developed. None of them have interior lives and none of them are particularly interesting. Indeed, none of them are particularly likable. I was unable to connect with any of the characters enough to root for or against them. Their interactions are formulaic. They seem to have no hopes or dreams, no love, no hate, no regrets, no ambition.
The great potential for including CIA gadgets and "trade craft" to spark interest went unexploited. The legal side of the story--John Grisham's strong suit--is completely neglected. The three women in the book are almost caricatures... but so are most of the men.
The narration by John Muller was marred by his habit of exhaling while pronouncing words, making it sound like he was on the treadmill while recording.
All in all, I found The Brethren a great disappointment. The only reason I listened all the way to the end was my vain hope that there would be a twist in the story and something interesting would happen
"Very dated, unfortunately"
I expect John Grisham would change it, too, now. A huge part of the plot is a scam to trap and extort gay men, and everyone in the book treats this as though it is the most horrific, dirty, unacceptable secret ever. Just seems both dated and impossibly silly in this day and age, when being gay is not such a big deal. But at times it came off as really homophobic.
Actually I'm not there yet.
No, I'm going to try to avoid him -- he's very breathy, trailing off into an ominous whisper even on very ordinary sentences.
Pretty good job doing a variety of voices, so if you don't mind a little overdramatic breathy whispering, he might not bug you.
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Mac Hood, director of golf and general manager of Farmstead Golf Links and Meadowlands Golf Club, laughingly calls himself "the accidental pro."
You see, Mac did not begin as a golf professional but worked in Wall Street for 10 years, rising to director of operations at Lebenthal & Co., where he supervised a staff of 23.
The Brick Landing Men's Club weekly tournament was Nov. 10. The format was flighted individual stroke play. Flight one: Gene Bonstein, net 69; Dave Biesack, net 71; Al Zyga, net 73. Flight two: Larry Agrimonti, net 64; Bill Shanley, net 69.
Mona Dye, of Brierwood, and Peter Allen, of St. James Plantation, were repeat winners in The Brunswick Beacon's Tournament of Champions, played Saturday and Sunday at the Members Course at St. James.
Allen shot a round of 69 on the first day of competition. The seven birdies he carded in that round put him far enough ahead of the field to allow him an eight-stroke victory. He finished with a two-day score of 143 to seal his victory for the second year in a row.
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Bob Koegel
Bob Koegel won the Brick Landing Championship in 2006 and in 2009, but he was a seasoned competitor long before then.
In 1996, Koegel won the Club Championship at Wynham Country Club in New York. From 1992 to 1999, he was the senior men's champion there. He was also Green Country Champion in upstate New York.
The Beachcombers played a four-man team, two low nets tournament Friday at Crown Park. Winners with a score of 117 (-27) were Freddy Ortiz, Bill Cameron, Reggie Auten and Hal Riebesehl. Second went to Bob Byrne, Bob Smith, Ed Kinney and Jim Beairsto with a123 (-21). Low gross: Charlie Shore, 83; Stu Cleveland, 84; and Jim Beairsto and Randy Cogdill, 89. Low nets were Reggie Auten and Charlie Shore, 66. Reggie Auten was voted golfer of the week.
In 2002, The Brunswick Beacon decided to feature area club champions in Golf Gab, the weekly golf column written by Elsa Bonstein.
Men would be featured one week; women, the next. All champions would be personally interviewed, and the Beacon would run a small photograph and article about each individual champion.
It would be the Beacon's way of recognizing the best of the best in the county's large and active golf communities.
About a month ago, I walked into Lori's Golf Shop in Calabash to meet with Lori DeSimone about a donation for a charity event. When she came out of her office, I did a double take.
Lori is an LPGA pro who owns Lori's Golf Shop, gives golf lessons and conducts ladies' golf trips to Bald Head Island and other venues. She has always been a cute gal, with a muscular athlete's body and an up-beat personality.
I noticed a change since I had seen her last. Lori's skin glowed, she was thinner, her eyes sparkled.
Michael Coleman made a hole-in-one Oct. 2 on the 164-yard ninth hole at Brierwood.
Coleman, 76, of Little River, S.C., used a 3-hybrid in making the ace, his first.
"After 46 years of playing," he said, "I finally got a hole-in-one."
Wally Milnichuk made his first hole-in-one Oct. 20 on the eighth hole of Leopard's Chase, a 135-yard par-3, using an 8-iron.
South Brunswick sophomore golfers Abby Kjome and Molly Gore qualified last week for the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1A/2A/3A tournament.
Kjome shot a 98 and Gore a 99 in the 18-hole regional Oct. 21 at Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course.
Topsail won the team title, shooting a 263. Kathryn Rand finished 18 holes tied for first (77) but lost in a playoff. The other teams that qualified were Northwood (275), Southern Lee (290) and Fike (299). Team scores were based upon three individual scores.
Sometimes human beings have the chance to witness something magical like a lavish church wedding, the birth of a child, a baby's first smile.
The magic may be as simple as a view from a mountaintop, or a sunset by a salt marsh as a great blue heron streams into the sky. It could be the rise and fall of a school of dolphins as it navigates the Intracoastal Waterway.
My husband, Gene, and I and 10 other couples had a magical experience last week in Mount Pleasant, S.C., when a golf trip turned into a wedding none of us will ever forget.
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[quote user="thegreatone"]love bruce carter. from the same town high school as me and guy whimper. ive been watching him since he was a freshman for the havelock rams and this kid is gonna be special. think jon beason
[/quote] ya, i love bruce carter myself, i gotta feeling hes gonna be pushing for the TOP 10 this yr, and if not, top 15, so i actually hope we cant get em.. Dude is No JOKE!
On the other Hand, if we can get our Hands on Travis Lewis, that would make me one Happy Fella..


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Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
Global Exchange Reality Tours has been asked by Eco Cuba Network of the Green Cities Fund to arrange travel to Cuba this July for a program promoting interchange between U.S. environmental and sustainable development professionals; students; practitioners and activists and Cuban environmental scientists, engineers, policy makers and practitioners, including those attending the IX International Conference on the Environmental and Development, hosted in Cuba by the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA). The program will include presentations, panel discussions, urban and rural site visits. The focus will be on the potential for US-Cuba communication, cooperation and collaboration in these fields as regards our shared ecosystem, the Gulf of Mexico, and the planet itself.
For complete information and updates on the program:
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For information on the conference:
IX International Conference on the Environment and Development
July 8 – 12, 2013
Palace of Conventions, Havana, CUBA
(To read the conference site in English click on the British flag in the upper left area of the home page.)
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CITMA Conference: Interchange with conferees
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Urban gardens and farmers' markets in Havana
Foundation for Nature and Humanity
Las Terrazas intentional sustainable community in Pinar del Rio
Ecostation meeting in the Sierra Rosario Biosphere Reserve
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Families perform a family play
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," a Pequot Lakes Community Theater play for the whole family is also performed by families.
Among the cast of many characters are several families of actors that rehearse together on stage at the Pequot Lakes High School Auditorium.
Kate Davis is directing the play, and three of her four children are acting in the play. She got the wheels turning on this particular play a year and a half ago, when she suggested Pequot Lakes Community Theater (PLCT) do a family-oriented play.
"I mentioned it would be nice to do a show like Peter Pan (which was performed in past years) that involved younger kids," Davis said.
A music teacher at Crosslake Community School, Davis stepped up to direct the play as well. Though it's her first time directing, she's acted and danced in many productions.
She's particularly excited about "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" because of the messages it carries, which she says go beyond good and evil.
"Edmund's character shows you can make mistakes and still be forgiven and accepted by your family. It's a good message to put out there."
In the play, Edmund is one of the four Pevensie children who stumble into Narnia through a wardrobe. He's fooled by the witch, who makes him believe she's a queen.
Edmund is played by Jack Friday. Jack's parents, Craig and Julie Friday, play Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, who help the four Pevensie children through Narnia as they seek to end the rule of the witch and save Edmund.
It was Jack who got his parents into community theater. He's performed in a few plays both in PLCT and at Central Lakes College.
Craig joined in on the PLCT experience after watching his son, and Julie saw how much fun the two were having and decided to join in as well.
"It's one of those nice stories where children save the day," Julie said.
"It's a fun, family-oriented show," Craig added.
Kelsi Compton and her family are also appearing in the play. Kelsi is the middle of three generations of performers who are on stage at the same time.
Kelsi and her mother, Cherie Landgren, play wood nymphs. When Kelsi was young, Cherie agreed to be a part of PLCT productions so long as her children could come. For this play, Kelsi used the same tactic.
"We said we're kind of a box set," Kelsi said with a smile.
She home schools her children, and made the auditions for the play into a school project. She said that being a part of the play is not only a fun family activity, but also instills good lessons into the children such as public speaking, and following direction from other leaders like Davis while gaining new experiences.
Kelsi suggested, as a fan of the book's author, C.S. Lewis, that the audience not only see the play but also read the book.
The play follows the book well, but is much more condensed, actors said.