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A very interesting read which confirms EA knew his stuff. I highlighted some things in italic that I feel are worthwhile to point out and I'll touch on them afterwards.
Wears left knee brace During pregame warmup, didn't look like he had a rocket arm As game progressed, I saw excellent arm strength under pressure and the ability to get velocity on the ball on most throws. Good deep ball range. Good touch. Good vision and poise.
Sees the field In shotgun on most plays and his only running option is a draw his offensive line is poor. Red-shirt freshman left tackle. Eli doesn't trust his protection. Can't. No way he can take any form of a deep drop and look downfield. With no running game (10 yards rushing the first half) and no real top receivers, he's stuck with the three-step drops and waiting til the last second to see if a receiver can get free. No tight end either. No flaring back. So he's taking some big hits. Taking them well. Carried an overmatched team entirely on his shoulders. I imagine, except for Vanderbilt, his team is overmatched in every SEC game He's big, never gets rattled. Rallied his team from a 14-3 halftime deficit basically all by himself. Led them on two successive third quarter drives to go ahead, 17-16. The first touchdown, a 40-yard streak down the left sideline, he dropped the ball over the receiver's right shoulder. Called the next touchdown pass himself, checking off to a 12-yard slant Makes a lot of decisions on play calls at the line of scrimmage, but they ask too much of him. They don't just let him play. This is a guy you should just let play When he's inaccurate, he's usually high, but rarely off target to either side Plays smart and with complete confidence. Doesn't scold his teammates, but lets them know when they line up wrong or run the wrong pattern Threw three interceptions. Two were his fault. Trying to force something both times. He could have run on one of them, a fourth down play. He has a lot to learn.
Summary: I think he's the complete package. He's not going to be a fast runner, but a little like Joe Montana, he has enough athletic ability to get out of trouble. Remember how Archie ran? In that department, Eli doesn't have the best genes, although I never timed mom Olivia in the 40. But he has a feel for the pocket.
Feels the rush.
Throws the ball, takes the hit, gets right back up Has courage and poise. In my opinion, most of all, he has that quality you can't define. Call it magic Peyton had much better talent around him at Tennessee. But I honestly give this guy a chance to be better than his brother. Eli doesn't get much help from the coaching staff. If he comes out early, we should move up to take him. These guys are rare, you know.
Ernie Accorsi
First thing of note is Ernie's recognition that Eli is the type of player that coaches should just let play. Don't we all agree that Eli is bogged down with too much crap in KG's system?
Next, he's inaccurate throwing high. We still see evidence of that even today.
Forces passes and could have run. Again, two things he could still improve upon.
Has a good feel for the pocket and moves well enough to get out of trouble.
Lastly, Ernie touches on Eli's "magic". No doubt Eli is an unusually special player.


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I am brand new to beekeeping and looking at it for as a viable option on my ranch. I am located in the lovely East Texas Oak/ Pine belt and my property is surrounded by amazing agriculture land, cow pasture, and the 10k acres of lovely Sabine River bottoms full of water oak pines and muscadine grapes. I am currently in the process of writing a matching grant for the state of texas to kick off my inital 50 hives and there is a section for a mentor.
Basically, I can draft the letter but I am looking for someone with some great qualifications that can help me along that I list as mentor to get the grant as the applications are scored by points.
If I recieve the money I can include a consulting fee in the itemized funding section and I will pay out whatever we figure is fair. So everyone wins! If not I could always use a mentor as it never hurts to know someone who is smaller scale commercial or large hobbiest.
Now before all you guys rip at this post like starving dogs and steak let me tell you I do belong to all the local bee societies, chapters etc. around Dallas so if you are local and part of one of those with some good merits under your belt it will help.
As to finding someone there many of the folks in the meetings seem to already be part of a commercial org. or just families with the backyard and not interested. Why would they want the local competititon?
SO if anyone out there would like to help I am open to all the support. Little big everything is welcome.
I have a carpenter to build everything on site and farm hands that I can have manage bees. Currently I run cows (for profit) and chickens (for fun). So if you are interested or need any help with those or most farm livestock pigs goats sheep I have years of knowledge just waiting and free.

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I removed a swarm of honey bees from a water valve box for a lady I know in a south Austinm TX residential area. The hive filled a 5-frame nuc with a good bit of comb left over. The bees became very agitated when I removed the valve box cover and started removing the comb. The hive didn't all swarm out but many of them swarmed about me and bumped my bee suit hood.
I brought the nuc (which is screened off to prevent bees from leaving) back to my location to repopulate a mostly vacant 8-frame hive box. I know european bees and african bees look the same for the most part. Is it safe to introduce these bees to my vacant hive box? It's the only hive box I have and it's in a residential area. I would appreciate your advice soon if possbile. Thanks.


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UTSA bookstores to re-open under new management
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(June 27, 2006)--The UTSA bookstores at the 1604 and Downtown campuses have closed temporarily in a transition from one vendor to another.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Because of the management transition, the Downtown Campus bookstore closed June 22 and the 1604 Campus bookstore closed June 26. Both will re-open July 5.
Watch UTSA Today for details about the new vendor, upcoming services and merchandise at both bookstores.
For assistance during the transition period, contact Corinne Vela-Zapata, UTSA Auxiliary Services, at (210) 458-4639.


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You won't hear Casey Kasem counting down these "Top 40s."
In the first study of its kind, the Texas Transportation Institute calculated traffic flow in 328 U.S. travel corridors over a variety of times — all day, morning and evening peaks, midday, and weekends — to identify the most congested areas. While accounting for only 6% of total lane-miles and 10% of traffic, these corridors account for 36% of urban freeway congestion.
Seven of the top 10 overall congestion leaders are in and around Los Angeles:
1. Los Angeles Harbor Freeway/CA-110 from I-10/Santa Monica Freeway to Stadium Way/Exit 24C
2. Los Angeles Harbor Freeway/I-110 from 111th Place to I-110/I-10/Santa Monica Freeway
3. Los Angeles San Diego Freeway/I-405 from I-105/Imperial Highway to Getty Center Drive
4. New York Van Wyck Expressway/I-678 from Belt Parkway/Exit 1 to Main Street/Exit 8
5. Los Angeles San Gabriel River Freeway/I-605 from Beverly Boulevard to Florence Avenue
6. Los Angeles Santa Monica Freeway/I-10 from CA-1/Lincoln Boulevard/Exit 1B to Alameda Street
7. Los Angeles Santa Monica Freeway/I-10 from I-5/Golden State Freeway to National Boulevard
8. San Francisco I-80 from (James Lick Freeway/Bay Bridge) US-101 to Treasure Island Road
9. San Francisco Grove Shafter Freeway/CA-24 from Saint Stephens Drive to the Caldecott Tunnel
10. Los Angeles I-110 from West Vernon Avenue to 51st Street
The report suggests a combination of solutions that DOTs and traffic engineers already know about, including new or expanded transit facilities, aggressive crash removal; improving commuter information; and creating bike-friendly, walkable communities. Employers are encouraged to offer telecommuting and flexible work hours to help relieve bottlenecks. Download 2011 Congested Corridors Report at http://go.hw.net/pwcorridors.


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One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what's real?
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I would like to know how you find or how people find you to remove cutouts and swarms?
Seems to me the best way would be to let the local police department and sheriffs department know that you will remove them if someone calls.
Better way/ways? I would like to get some free bees next year.


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I have an idea for a project that involves 12ga shells and link belts.
From what pics and dimensions of the links I can find, it looks as though they may hold onto a 12ga shell, so long as the fore and aft tangs are cut off. I'd rather not pony up the $10 and shipping for something unusable, though.
Anyone got some DSHK links they can stuff a 12ga shell in and take a pic?


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PLCC honors scholarship recipients
The Pelican Lakes Conservation Club (PLCC) scholarship recipients — Meghan Wheeler, Taylor Popkes, Eleanor Heggerston and Briana Thorkelson — were honored at the PLCC annual picnic July 17.
All four recipients received a $1,000 scholarship from PLCC.
Heggerston is a 2013 graduate of Pequot Lakes High School. She plans to major in environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She would love to be an environmental engineer for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.
Wheeler is a 2013 graduate of Pine River-Backus High School. She plans to major in education at Bemidji State University and to be a high school biology teacher. She looks forward to bringing an awareness and understanding of conservation to her students.
Popkes is a 2013 graduate of Crosby-Ironton High School. She plans to major in natural resources or another DNR program at Vermilion Community College in Ely. She hopes to get a job in Fisheries and Wildlife management.
Thorkelson is a 2013 graduate of Brainerd High School. She plans to attend Central Lakes College, then North Dakota State University. She plans to major in environmental science with a focus on biology or ecology and she hopes to use her degree to test and preserve natural resources.


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A Tosa resident since 1991, Christine walks the dog, cooks but avoids housework, writes and reads, and enjoys the company of friends and strangers. Her job takes her around the state, learning about people's health. A Quaker (no, they don't wear blue hats or sell oatmeal or motor oil), she has been known to stand on both sides of the political and philosophic fence at the same time, which is very uncomfortable when you think about it. She writes about pretty much whatever stops in to visit her busy mind at the moment. One reader described her as "incredibly opinionated but not judgmental." That sounds like a good thing to strive for!
Really, cross pollination is for botany
Maybe ABB is a household name to you. But the headline ABB puts Wauwatosa's Innovation Park on the map sent me on a three hour search. Who? What? Why?
The where is clear enough: ABB will be the first business on the the Milwaukee County Grounds land recently sold to the UWM Real Estate Foundation for an engineering campus and research park.
The business is never really described beyond "a power and automation company," although we are told it's glad for the opportunity for cross pollination and making a natural marriage, that it's global and well established , that it absolutely puts the campus on the map, and that it fits "the vision of innovation campus."
Oh. And it will have underground parking.
Well. I know what underground parking is, and thank goodness for that.
ABB is indeed a big deal. A Swiss company with branches in 100 countries and some 145,000 employees, it makes, among other things, really fast switches to turn off high voltage direct current power. Transformers. Switching stations. Power products, power systems, automation, low voltage products, process automation. All kinds of sophisticated power grid stuff. Possibly, they make a little paper on the side. I'm not sure about that, though.
In 2009, ABB spent $1.3 billion on research and development alone.
With this deal, Wauwatosa will begin borrowing $12 million to pay for property developments – water and sewer mains, electric lines, roads – for the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) district that ABB's $13 million building will put on the map.
Perhaps you are wondering why a multinational company worth a gazillion dollars needs help from Wauwatosa to build here. The answer is, it doesn't. But getting TIF subsidies has become an expected way for even big and successful businesses—maybe especially big and successful businesses—to improve their building cost bottom lines.
The idea is that the increased value of the developed land will create tax revenues in excess of the loan payments. According to Alderman Dennis McBride, "when UWM buys the land, the property will immediately have a taxable value of $13.55 million, which will provide $200,000 a year to pay off the TIF. . . The combination of the land purchase value, the value of the 'accelerator' building, and the built-out Eschweiler area is expected to exceed $32 million even before other buildings are built in the UWM park. These early developments should throw off enough money to pay for the TIF financing by themselves."
If you are a bit skeptical about projections, speculations, and "shoulds," you're not alone. Let's hope.
Let's also question.
I suspect this is a good enough investment in Wauwatosa. But I don't believe for a moment that TIFs should be used to make the rich richer. The system was created to help build vital things communities wouldn't be able to afford any other way. Now it's just an expected "bribe" to land a business.
Interestingly, ABB has a bit of a history with bribes and kickbacks in Mexico, Iraq (the Oil For Food program), and Nigeria. Only in those places, the money went the other direction. Google it if you want to know more. If the real journalists don't do the work for you, I'm certainly not going to.
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Plan to scrap Hoku might be scrapped
Nevada company has money to put plant in business
POCATELLO, Idaho - The plan to scrap the Hoku plant may become scrapped itself. A company out of Henderson, Nev., has made a verbal offer to purchase the buildings and complete the construction.
JCF Funding, LLC made the offer to a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Court July 24.
The company announced Thursday it will open a Pocatello office in an effort to prevent liquidation of the Hoku polysilicon plant. Former plant manager Ed Church and seven other employees are working with JCF. It would be called "The New-Pocatello Silica Company."
This is a big project with a lot of work to be done, but former plant manager Ed Church said this interested company has the financial backing ready to go.
The Hoku plant has been a source of debate in Pocatello since 2007, when former Mayor Roger Chase created the deal for Hoku to lease the land from the city for one dollar a year. That was to help the company get off the ground.
"But now we're at the end and they have no more money," said current Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad. "The project started out to be a $200 million project. They've now got $600 million into it. And they need at least another $100 million to finish it."
And JCF Funding, LLC of Nevada has the money to complete the project and get the factory going.
Once the factory is finished, that would add about 200 to 400 jobs once finished, and, according a press release, JCF Funding officials indicated they may not even stop at the Hoku plant. They are looking to build other plants, which would increase the total jobs brought to the area to 1,500 over the next two to three years.
Blad and Church say one of the plants would produce solar panels, which contain polysilicon – the materials the Hoku plant would make.
Church said he's done his research into JCF Funding, and says the main difference between Hoku and JCF is the money already being there.
"It's different than what we had with the Chinese, where the money was always coming," said Church. "With these guys, the money's already there. So my hope is the first part of September they make a decision, and then we can get the ball rolling again."
Church says he understands this has been a sore subject for some in Pocatello, and all he asks for is patience while they get this resolved.
"This is a legitimate company that has the funding to bring this plant on," Church said. "Hang in there with us. I know there's a lot of negativity, but this is a positive. I truly believe that."
This whole deal is still in the very early stages. JCF Funding hasn't even made the official written proposal yet. It will do that on Monday.
JCF Funding leaders stated in a press release they expect this plant to generate $367.8 million within the first two years of opening.
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Signature move that always seems to arise when the specific type of music plays. Its mostly those skinny ass guys wearing sunglasses/or fake smart glasses inside with scarves and too low v neck shirts making a slight guitar rock stance and clapping up high over their heads or slightly to the side, usually vigorously.
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text: Everything I read in the articles and everything I hear him say regarding his injury leads me to believe he's still hurt. All of this "Friday is the defining day" talk is ridiculous. Nevertheless Nicks is especially important to us in games like the one versus San Fran, but if he comes back too early he won't be fully healthy. I say he plays, but his injury regresses. If we had a better record I'd say bench him. When's he's healthy Nicks is an elite receiver and our best receiver. If he plays I don't expect 2012 playoffs Nicks tomorrow. I say he's 70% and it will show. He won't have that burst off the line and he'll lose something in his route running.


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Longhorns honor Royal with victory
Associated Press | Last updated November 10, 2012
David Ash passed for 364 yards and two touchdowns and No. 19 Texas honored former the memory of coach Darrell Royal by whipping Iowa State 33-7 on Saturday. Ash had a 61-yard touchdown pass to Mike Davis in the first quarter. Johnathan Gray ran for two touchdowns for the Longhorns (8-2, 5-2 Big 12), who won their fourth in a row. Texas paid tribute during the game to Royal, who died Wednesday at age 88. Texas lined up in the wishbone, the formation Royal introduced to college football in 1968, on the Longhorn's first play. Instead of a run, Texas ran a trick play that resulted in a 47-yard pass. Steele Jantz passed for 133 yards and a touchdown for the Cyclones (5-5, 2-5) but was under constant pressure from the Texas pass rush. Ash had his second stellar game after getting pulled late in Texas' 21-17 win over Kansas two weeks ago. Against Iowa State, he rarely had to throw into coverage because Longhorns wide receivers seemed to get wide open on almost every play. Jaxon Shipley had eight catches for 137 yards and Davis had seven for 113. Royal coached Texas to national championships in 1963 and 1969, a share of a third in 1970, and won 11 Southwest Conference titles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. Flags flew at half-staff inside the stadium that bears his name and Royals' ''DKR'' initials were on burnt-orange logos at midfield and on the Texas players' helmets. Texas coach Mack Brown, who was very close to Royal, had promised Texas would line up in the wishbone on its first play. But instead of a fullback dive up the middle, Texas dialed up some 21st-century razzle dazzle with a pitch to Shipley, who threw back to Ash, who connected with tight end Greg Daniels for 47 yards. The rest of the game was something Royal gave Texas fans for 20 years: methodical domination of an overmatched opponent. Texas rolled up 609 yards of offense and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes. The Longhorns pounded out 222 yards on the ground. Texas led 7-0 on Gray's 5-yard touchdown run before Ash connected with Davis on a perfect deep post route for a 61-yard touchdown. It was Davis' third TD catch in two weeks and his fourth of the season of 44 yards or longer. Ash was 15-of-16 passing for 245 yards in the first half and his 3-yard scoring toss to tight end Barrett Matthews made it 20-0. Iowa State, which upset Texas in Austin in 2010, finally responded with a long drive to a 14-yard TD pass from Jantz to Quenton Bundrage. Iowa State had three other drives push inside the Texas 40 in the first half, but they ended in a punt, an interception and a missed field goal. Texas led 23-7 in the third on a 37-yard field goal by freshman Nick Jordan, who replaced Anthony Fera after a blocked field goal and missed extra point in the first half. By then, Texas was starting to wear down the Cyclones up front and turned to bruising running back Joe Bergeron with smashing rushes up the middle. Bergeron finished with 86 yards on a 12 carries. Gray scooted 13 yards early in the fourth to push the lead to 30-7 before Jordan kicked a late 25-yard field goal for the final score.
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Thirdhand smoke is generally considered to be residual nicotine and other chemicals left on a variety of indoor surfaces by tobacco smoke. This residue is thought to react with common indoor pollutants to create a toxic mix. This toxic mix of thirdhand smoke contains cancer-causing substances, posing a potential health hazard to nonsmokers who are exposed to it, especially children.
Studies show that thirdhand smoke clings to hair, skin, clothes, furniture, drapes, walls, bedding, carpets, dust, vehicles and other surfaces, even long after smoking has stopped. Infants, children and nonsmoking adults may be at risk of tobacco-related health problems when they inhale, ingest or touch substances containing thirdhand smoke. Thirdhand smoke is a relatively new concept, and researchers are still studying its possible dangers.
Thirdhand smoke residue builds up on surfaces over time and resists normal cleaning. Thirdhand smoke can't be eliminated by airing out rooms, opening windows, using fans or air conditioners, or confining smoking to only certain areas of a home. In contrast, secondhand smoke is the smoke and other airborne products that come from being close to burning tobacco products, such as cigarettes.
The only way to protect nonsmokers from thirdhand smoke is to create a smoke-free environment, whether that's your private home or vehicle, or in public places, such as hotels and restaurants.
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No one that was with me expected a loss, even down 14-0. We knew Eli would make sure we had a chance to fight back and take over the game.
I'm just curious on how others felt.
No one that was with me expected a loss, even down 14-0. We knew Eli would make sure we had a chance to fight back and take over the game.
I'm just curious on how others felt.
No not for a second.
No one remembers who came in second.
Honestly, I would have said it was a coin flip, had you asked me after that deep ball Weeden threw
With the Giants, those situation go two ways and two ways only: (1) We get our **** together and end up absolutely dominating (today)
(2) We tuck our ****s between our legs and act like we no longer have enough testosterone to continue playing ('08 Browns, '09 Saints...the list goes on)
I was starting to doubt our chances, not going to lie. Coming out flat and our D not getting pressure.
Mood: WOOF!
There was never a doubt in my mind
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
We were in a tight spot, but I knew the Browns would run out of Steam. They got points off a turnover and a big play, and eventually blew their load. When the onslaught began, I think the Browns were to bewildered to know what to do. Also, hey didn't know how to cover Cruz, on that PIC that was a clear Pass interference as he slapped cruz arms before the ball got there. Talk about a flukey interception. So.....know I never doubted, but I'm sure people were calling for the "Tip Toe burglar" Bradshaw's head, and talking about our two turnover putrid defense lol. I didn't even visit the boards during the game, can't be around some of these pessimistic people.
I did not like the start of course, but I knew it was early and Eli and the offense had plenty of time to make up 14 points vs the Browns. But the Giants cannot afford to get down 14 points to the 49ers and other quality/playoff teams they will be facing in coming weeks.
Nope....Not as long as Eli is healthy.
I stopped fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now.


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Very nice all around. Lots of new (to me) talent– Sandrina Bencomo, Giuliana Rancic, Marion Cotillard. Overall my favorite looks are those sported by Taylor Swift, Lea Michele, Rihanna, Lupita N'yongo, Kristen Stewart, Reese Witherspoon, Solange Knowles, Claire Danes, and Rosie Huntington Whiteley.
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I thought Kristen had the best make-up. It was close with the last pic and Jessica Alba. This is not taking the outfit into account at all, this is just about the make-up it was beautiful.
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Kristen is always beautiful. Earlier pics having her smiling and then they post the one of her not smiling. what gives with the hate on this girl>
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With more than 300 days of sunshine and fewer than nine inches of rainfall each year, Redmond belies its Oregon address. Still, this High Desert town in Deschutes County reaps all the rewards of the Pacific Northwest: The Cascade Mountains linger large in the distance and the opportunities for outdoor recreation are virtually endless.
About two and a half hours southeast of Portland, The Lodge at Eagle Crest: A Holiday Inn Resort offers Oregon's bounty in spades. With 1,700 acres of property, Eagle Crest boasts three state-of-the-art on-site sports centers with tennis and racquetball courts; swimming, lap, and wading pools; basketball courts; a game room; and a sauna—and that's just on the inside. Outside you'll find pools, a hot tub, volleyball, and horseshoe pits.
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I saw the tragedy in Nice yesterday and like everyone else with a conscience, I despaired. My prayers are humble but I offered them regardless for the victims and their families, and the people of France. I hope that the investigation concludes with real answers as to why the driver of the lorry acted and provides a path forward to prevent such a horrific tragedy again. This was France's Oklahoma City.
Newt Gingrich saw the tragedy in France and thought to himself, how can I leverage this tragedy for my own ambitions? The result was an impromptu audition for Donald Trump's VP on Fox News, where he called for "deporting" Muslims who believe in Shari'a:
"You have to monitor the mosques," Gingrich said Thursday evening on Fox News's "Hannity." "Where do you think the primary source of recruitment is? We should … test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Shariah, they should be deported… Sharia is incompatible with Western civilization. Modern Muslims who have given up Sharia — glad to have them as citizens. Perfectly happy to have them next door."
Since he is a valid contender for the office of the Vice President of the United States, we are obligated to respond to him rather than dismiss him as the unprincipled opportunist that even his political allies know him to be. So, a few thoughts.
1. Which Shari'a?
Gingrich's knowledge about Shari'a likely comes from Fox News. If we are going to establish a test, then we need to define what Shari'a means in context. If we are talking about the actual Shari'a that Muslims follow, it has 4 sources, in the following rank of priority: The Qur'an, The actions and words of the Prophet Mohammed SAW (The Sunnah), consensus from the community of scholars, and legal reasoning. At every stage of this chain of authority, there are different interpretations, compilations, schools of jurisprudence, and analyses. The result is not a linear, black and white ideology as some fringe Muslim sects insist, but a diverse tapestry of thought and practice, that spans the globe and time and race and culture.
When you ask a Muslim if they believe in Shari'a, they will probably answer yes, not because they support ISIS but because they are part of that global tapestry and they have their own unique position within it. The only answer is yes.
2. The First Amendment
It is painful to admit that a potential candidate for the Vice President of the United States needs schooling on this, but here is the full text of the First Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights ratified as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States on December 15th, 1791.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
3. Which Muslims?
Gingrich did not specify which Muslims he would subject to his test. Donald Trump's infamous Muslim Ban only applied to Muslim non-citizens, either seeking immigration status or already here. But taking Gingrich at his word, given his reputation as the thinker and intellectual he is, suggests no such distinction. Without clarification from him, we must assume given the context of his remarks about "incompatibility" that he means all Muslims, regardless of citizenship status.
4. The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified after the US Civil War, on July 9, 1868. The relevant part of the Amendment is the Due Process clause, which reads as follows:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Note that "any person within its jurisdiction" applies to citizens and non-citizens alike.
5. Which mosques?
Gingrich blithely states that mosques are the centers of radicalization, but the truth is that Muslims are radicalized online, not in mosques. Muslims with access to mosques are exposed to the full scope of the tapestry of Shari'a and traditional teachings by trained imams and scholars, which overwhelmingly condemn terrorism and violence. Further, Muslim American communities in the United States are cohesive and a bulwark against radicalization – in fact, Muslims themselves have a long history, gratefully acknowledged by the FBI, of assisting authorities and informing on radicals to prevent terror attacks. Contra Gingrich's assertion, having a mosque next door full of Muslims who will say they believe in Shari'a, is a good thing for preventing terror.
6. Which Western civilization?
Today's terrorist attack in France is a horrific reminder of the threat facing Western civilization. This must end.
— Governor Mike Pence (@GovPenceIN) July 15, 2016
Western civilization survived two global wars and nuclear brinkmanship. (And McVeigh who killed 168 with a truck). https://t.co/pfLez1olLh
— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) July 15, 2016
ISIS and other radical Muslim groups are not acting randomly. They are acting deliberately. To paraphrase Marco Rubio, let's dispel once and for all with the fiction that ISIS doesn't know what they are doing, they knows exactly what they are doing. ISIS is undertaking a systematic effort to change this civilization, to make the West more like the rest of the world… it is a systematic effort to change the West – by eliminating the Gray Zone.
Fools like Gingrich play right into ISIS' hands. Comments like his are the true "fifth column" in our midst.
7. Muslim Go.
To Newt Gingrich, this is all an augmented reality video game, like Pokémon Go. Gingrich thinks he can just run around and capture all the Muslims in his Poke-ball. It won't be as easy as all that. The United States fought a war of Independence and a Civil War for the Amendments that he so casually tramples on – he devalues an immeasurable sacrifice paid in blood by true American patriots for these rights.
I stated it in the title of this essay and I conclude with it here. Mr. Gingrich, I believe in Shari'a. Come at me, then, and make your attempt to deport me or do unto me as you will. My ally is the Constitution and the American People. Yours is Donald Trump and a legion of red hat-wearing racists and xenophobes. Even if you prevail over me, you won't prevail over America or the West, because you don't understand what America is, or what the West really is. For all your erudition and intelligence, you don't understand what the Founders or the North or the Allied Powers were really fighting for. And that is why you will lose. I'm honored to be your target. Let's play Muslim Go, Mr. Speaker. Your turn.
Well, Mr. Gingrich, looks like your hail-Mary gambit backfired:
I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate. News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2016
#Trump circle thought #Newt went too far last night, confirming #Pence choice.
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) July 15, 2016
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"Her antiquity in preceding and surviving succeeding tellurian generations: her nocturnal predominance: her satellitic dependence: her luminary reflection: her constancy under all her phases, rising and setting by her appointed times, waxing and waning: the forced invariability of her aspect: her indeterminate response to inaffirmative interrogation: her potency over effluent and refluent waters: her power to enamour, to mortify, to invest with beauty, to render insane, to incite to and aid delinquency: the tranquil inscrutability of her visage: the terribility of her isolated dominant resplendent propinquity: her omens of tempest and of calm: the stimulation of her light, her motion and her presence: the admonition of her craters, her arid seas, her silence: her splendour, when visible: her attraction, when invisible." — James Joyce, Ulysses
By design, Ramadan moons are meant to illuminate truth. Spiritual understanding in this month arrives independent of where you started, where you ended, or even based on the quantity and quality of worship engaged.
In Ramadan, especially towards the end, you always find that you learn something, land somewhere, pinpoint something solid to hold onto and hope for. Yet, the atmospheric quality of Ramadan that brings us to these truths differs, summoning us every time to seek out some new process to "find Ramadan". Sometimes, Ramadan feels fast – the days and nights move at a breakneck pace, leading discovery to be similarly efficient and swift. Sometimes Ramadan is lenient – halcyon days and tranquil nights uplift and revive at a downtempo pace like an elegant song that steadily trails into its crescendo.
This Ramadan didn't follow any recognizable pattern. The month was flooded with a deluge of disruptive information and irreconcilable experiences. With 29 days gone by, the poetic slowness of what it means to fast (to abstain from elemental needs, abstain from food, abstain from drink, abstain from ill thoughts, abstain from coherence, to watch the clock for hours, to count the minutes, to note the days and nights in a way that the passing of time does not normally call for) was punctuated by the fast and ferocious. The beautiful and timely death of Muhammad Ali, the greatest heights we have seen of lived Islam in America, met the unsparing, grotesque horror of unimaginable, rapid fire violence and loss: Orlando, Chicago, the Mediterranean Sea, Yemen, Karachi, Mogadishu, Oaxaca, account after account of domestic and sexual violence, Istanbul, Chicago, Afghanistan, northern England, Dhaka, Baghdad, Chicago.
Light upon light; violence upon violence. Just as the moon appears larger near the horizon – an optical illusion playing tricks on our perception – truth also felt illusive, shattered into a million, crimson pieces. Slowness became fast.
In Ramadans past, the nights – and not bloodshed – were usually the inflection points. Night brought water, food, caffeine, and an oasis of coherence between long and sleepy days of deprivation. Night brought with it the seductiveness of redemption: prayer, focused desires, the distinction of and good conscious of feeling faithful. This year the inflection points have been chaotic waves of disruptive violence both near and far. This month the Ramadan moon's magnificence shed light upon human darkness so great it scattered evil without the aid of any devil.
Lurking below the pursuit of seeking God this month has been something undeniably grotesque and frightening. Our impotent protests squashed, this faith of ours, this faith of many, this faith of more than a billion people continues to be branded with the madness, bloodshed, and violence of lost souls. Deep in the belly of the beast, we scream aloud that we are not of them, we are not like them, that violence hits us hardest but fewer and fewer listen. Further in, we point out that the violence of the 'civilized' is never measured, that the violent consequences of slavery, colonization, and the "new Jim Crow" is nothing new, never noticed even as it devastates many whose lives don't seem to matter.
As another tree falls in the forest of our protests, violence continues to circle in on people who look like us, people who believe like us. As we seek and beg for protection from evil that cannot be chained, we are made conscious that far too many others see the devil when they see us. What a wretched fate. Are we really to find ourselves – let alone God – in this overwhelming sense of chaos?
And yet, in the incongruous fast and slow of this Ramadan, in this flood of digressive information, begins to surface a lesson I know I've seen before: within chaos lies unique strength. Maddeningly reductive storylines and popular, fear-based narratives coalesce with the freight-train momentum of crimson violence, unleashed bigotry, and the fear of uncertainty to bring a strange sort of spiritual climax – a magnified spiritual loneliness that could never be born out of order. This digressive course strangely brings us to what we hope most for in Ramadan, a pathway to God.
While the madness has been anything but a virtue for the suffering – what comes out of it is a beseeching like no other. Without the languid distraction of impeccable, immaculate, and easy to perform worship, a dynamic worship is possible. It is in these days that God and that which God loves becomes most magnetic.
Poets have written about this for centuries, before ink even existed. Great discovery arises out of chaos, from entering the space that is riskiest, least certain. Nothing that happens would have been possible without it, in fact. In chaos, lies another chance, coherence even. Stability flows out of disorder. The fleeting, the spectral, sheds light on the Eternal. It is of such moments – such times – that the thing is made in us that endures, that lasts, that brings us to eternity and God.
Chaos upon chaos; light upon Light. Freedom is the choice that arises out of rejecting enslavement and apathy. May our beseeching this Ramadan bring us to another more lasting place. This Ramadan, as in every Ramadan that came before and every Ramadan that will come after, the suffering and the spectacle are not for nothing. Tell God everything.
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Samar Kaukab is the Exective Director of Arete, a research accelerator at the University of Chicago. Passionate about the intersection between gender, Islam, and the lived experiences of Muslim women, she writes and serves on the Advisory Board for AltMuslimah. You can follow her on Twitter at @samarkaukab.
Related: Ibadat in Ramadan: process as piety
We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power; And what will explain to thee what the night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by Allah's permission, on every errand of Peace. This until the rise of morn!
In just five brief verses, the Qur'an reveals the purpose of the Night of Power – an amplification of our ibadat at the very summit of Ramadan. We submit to its power as we stay awake all night in prayer and supplication – every act magnified a thousandfold. On this night, we are surrounded by Allah's angels on their errands of peace, and our jihad is to strive to join them.
Ramadan is a journey, the spiritual analog to the physical journey of the Hajj. In Hajj we travel physically to the Plain of Arafat on the Day of Arafat, and in Ramadan we travel spiritually to an elevation of spirit on the Night of Power. We have prepared for the spiritual pilgrimage accordingly. The journey is not over, but the remaining time is precious, and wanes with the moon.
Laylatul Qadr mubarak to everyone! Please do remember me in your precious dua tonight.


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Well this settles it, if he 's there at 19- the giants will not gamble on him till the 2nd round. So it narrows it down to DE/OT/DT
Well this settles it, if he 's there at 19- the giants will not gamble on him till the 2nd round. So it narrows it down to DE/OT/DT
If you want to keep thinking that there is a chance that the Giants will suddenly change their first round draft philosophy and take this guy, then go right ahead.
Idk how old some of you are on here, but I'm in the same shoes as these kids as far as being a college junior. Now I'm not gonna say I've done some of the dumb things as Ogletree but I know people who have and they are not bad people, they just made mistakes.Diehl got a DUi for Christ sake! Also weed is well documented to not be harmful it's being legalized in places. If Ogletree is there at 19 and he's the BPA you take him no questions asked.
Football is a business. The draft is by no means an exact science, but teams like the Giants certainly have formulas for decreasing the odds of drafting "busts". Drafting a guy in the first round with an already-checkered past who is dumb enough to get a DUI one week before the scouting combine creates a "bust" risk that the Giant FO, as a business organization, is unlikely to take.
No one is saying that the guy is some sort of terrible person or that he will never be a good football player. Just that he is a risk to take in the first round.
Diehl's situation is not even remotely comparable to this one.


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Free agency and salary caps has done alot to damage loyalty in my opinion. Revolving door of players year to year. Good for parity but I am not a fan of parity.
The team that Reese inherited is disappearing rapidly. Lets see what he can build. FA will be the death of the NFL just like the NBA and MLB. Revolving door teams. The hard cap is the only thing keeping the NFL from spinning out of control like the other two leagues. If the hard cap dissapears, the Mara's better open up their wallets or fall far behind. They have always been tight with the dollar.
Players come and go on the Free Agency Merry-Go-Round, but the N.Y. Giants will always be here!
Was it some poor mismanagement? Yes. However, I'm hardly going to codify Reese with some of the GMs of habitual losing teams. The Jets hired Tannenbaum for his reputation as a "capologist". Not only was that an epic failure of cap management, but that team also went through years of talent deprivation as well. While inflated and perhaps overpaid, at least the players signed to their deals played their roles on a team that won a Superbowl.
These large contracts are easy to blast in hindsight. However, there was also the CBA mess that drastically altered the cap once a new agreement was made.
Lastly, yes it's hard to keep players. It becomes even harder when you strike more success in the drafts as talent is expensive to keep in the FA era. The starting 22 of this past season had 7 players not drafted by the Giants. That includes Antrel Rolle, Chris Canty, Michael Boley, Kevin Boothe, David Baas, Martellus Bennett and Eli himself, who was technically drafted by the Chargers. The teams that consist of predominantly drafted starters include teams like Green Bay, Baltimore and SF. Those teams are bottom of the barrel correct? The last two SB teams are losing players as well due to their own cap restrictions.
Additionally, the Packers are a mere $5.8 mil below the cap this off season and facing some hard roster choices this off season as well, just like the rest of us, in order to stay under.
Additionally, 3 of the last 6 SB losers--Cardinals, Steelers, and Forty Niners--are above the cap this off season.
Are you thinking the Steelers, Saints (both of whom are more over the cap than the Giants), Forty Niners, Packers are all "living in cap hell by the result of bad management" and as a result, they have no chance of returning to the SB in the next year or two, or three? Just the Giants are "guilty" of "bad management by virtue of bumping up against the cap ceiling most recent years?
It's not the fact of being at or over the cap limit each year that is at issue, or that matters.. It's how well a team consistently (or not) deals with the limit that matters.
I'd say the Giants, Steelers, Saints, Packers in particular have over the past 6 years done a good-to-superior job of handling the cap issues, while other teams like the Jets (currently highest over the cap, by $23 mil) and Cowboys ($21+ mil over) have consistently not handled their cap issues well.
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My favorite player got voted out for being a "threat"...a nice guy who works hard, cooks, provides and makes fire. Stupid people they voted out an asset not a threat. Don't get me wrong he could be a threat later on in the game but not now. Survivor is taking a turn for the worse, this vote really pissed me off mainly because there was absolutely no reason for voting him out...
- March 29, 2012 at 9:43 AM
tarzan should have gone!! NOT JONAS
- March 29, 2012 at 4:53 PM
I agree tarzan should have gone
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Your body uses vitamin D-3 to enhance the ability of calcium and phosphorus to strengthen your bones and teeth. It also helps your cells function and keeps your immune system in good shape. A vitamin D deficiency can cause osteoporosis' depression' and a weakened immune system. It may also increase your risk of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
If you don't spend much time in the sun' you may not be getting enough vitamin D-3. Spending time in the sun while wearing sunscreen doesn't count' because sunscreen blocks your body's absorption of the UV rays needed for your body to produce vitamin. However' unprotected sun exposure has its own risks. Other ways of obtaining this vitamin are through eating foods such as fatty fish' fish liver oil' and foods like milk that have been fortified with vitamin D. If you don't eat a lot of these foods' you may still be at risk of becoming deficient in this important nutrient. You can make sure that you're getting enough vitamin D-3 in your diet by taking a supplement.
Jarrow Formulas' Vitamin D3 5000 IU provides your body with a healthy dose of this important vitamin in a form that's easy to absorb. This supplement gives your body what it needs to help keep your bones and teeth healthy. The active ingredient in this supplement is 5'000 International Units of vitamin D-3' also known as cholecalciferol' which promotes bone and cell health and helps your immune system function.
This 100-softgel bottle of Vitamin D3 5000 IU will last you 100 days when taken at the recommended dosage of one softgel daily with a meal. Ask your healthcare provider before using this supplement if you have a medical condition (especially kidney stones' kidney problems' hyperparathyroidism' hypercalcemia' lymphoma' or sarcoidosis)' are pregnant' planning to become pregnant' are nursing' or are under 18 years old.
Jarrow Formulas has been providing superior nutritional supplements at fair prices since 1977. Its scientific panel ensures that all products are made with the highest levels of potency and purity. Jarrow Formulas manufactures vitamins' minerals' herbs' probiotics' enzymes' and amino acids.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not meant to diagnose' treat or cure any disease or medical condition. Please consult your doctor before starting any exercise or nutritional supplement program or before using these or any product during pregnancy or if you have a serious medical condition.
Serving Size: 1 Softgel
Amount Per Serving / % DV
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) 5000 IU / 1250%
Other Ingredients
Extra virgin olive oil. Softgel consists of gelatin' glycerin and water.
No wheat' no gluten' no soybeans' no dairy' no egg' no fish/shellfish' no peanuts/tree nuts.
For adults' take 1 softgel every other day with a meal or as directed by your qualified health care consultant.
Individuals consuming more than 2'000 IU/day of vitamin D should periodically obtain a serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D measurement. If you have a medical condition (especially kidney stones or dysfunction' hyperparathyroidism' hypercalcemia' lymphoma' or sarcoidosis)' are pregnant' lactating' trying to conceive' under the age of 18' or taking medications' consult your health care practitioner before using this product.
Allergy / Dietary Needs
- Dairy Free
- Egg Free
- Fish Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Peanut Free
- Wheat Free
- Crustacean Shellfish Free
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Overall Rating for Vitamin D3 5000 IU - 100 Softgels
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By Aaron
from NW
Maximum Strength Vit D3
Super strength D3 supplement - most people rarely take enough of it. High doses are the right choice
quality strength and brand name
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Michelle
from Miami
Love it!
Even though I live in FL - I am vitamin D deficient. I am happy these Vitamin D3 5000 IU by Jarrow Formulas pills are easy to take. The quality, and high dosage are also great. Will definitely buy again!
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Mary Robinson
from Boise, ID
VitaminD3 Great Price
Vitamin D3 5000 IU is my second bottle of these and I do like them very much with size etc. Good prices too!
Is already in Olive Oil small slick to swallow may take 1 and receive all that I normally need....if too low still during winter can take 2 for a few months. Good price.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Candee
from Boca Raton, FL
Vitamin D3 5000 IU Softgels
I have been using Vitamin D3 5000 IUs by Jarrow Formulas for over a year and this brand is very good. I have Lupus and I have to try to stay away from sick people because of my low immune system. With the D3 I hardly ever get a cold and if I do it only lasts a few days. My doctor is even impressed at how healthy I stay. I recommend D3 to alot f people and once they start taking it they are amazed at how few colds they get.
Easy to swallow capsules.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Karen
from Oakton, VA
Love the softgels
My doctor recommended Vitamin D3. I really like the softgels because they are so easy to take and I take multiple supplements for a chronic condition. I looked for the 5000 IU since I dont want to take any more tablets than I have to. I am very happy with Vitamin D3 and will continue to order it. My husband and young adult son also take this.
The softgels are nice and small and very comfortable.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Robert
from Pittsburgh
Good Brand Good Product
Vitamin D3 is good to get your daily dose of "sunshine"!
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By peggy dillon-jackson
from Denver,CO.
Great product and price.
I use Vitamin D3 daily and extra if I come down with a cold or flu. Vitamin D3 is an enormous help for the immune system and Jarrow is great with ingredients and price.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Valerie
from alexandria, mn
Great quality d3!
Great quality and value will buy again. Easy to take and no soy!
price quality formulation
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Sandra
from Nashville
Great Sales Price on Jarrow 5000 D3!
This is a great product with a great price. I like taking the 5000IU instead of taking multiple pills. This has been great for my immune system!
great price no additives
no cons
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
By Ashley
from Atlanta, GA
Works well for a good price
My vitamin D levels went back up to normal with daily use of this product. My doctor recommend biting the capsule to allow sooner absorption. It really doesnt taste that bad to do so. Would highly recommend.
√ I would recommend this item to a friend.
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A livestock "dealer" is anyone engaged in the business of buying, selling or negotiating the transfer of livestock. "Dealer" includes, but is not limited to, stockyards, auction markets, buying stations and concentration points. IC 15-2.1-2-13. Livestock dealers must be licensed under state law.
State law allows some exemptions to the livestock dealer license requirement:
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health issues livestock dealer licenses in three classifications:
There is currently no fee for a license.
Agents of market facilities and individual dealers must be listed on the license application. The principal may later add or delete an agent's name by sending a written request to the State Veterinarian's office for approval.
A livestock dealer may not designate an agent whose dealer license was suspended or revoked in any state within the last two years. A licensee must request the deletion of an agent from his license immediately upon learning of the revocation of an agent's dealer license by any state.
Any act or omission that falls within the livestock dealer's business relationship is considered an act of the principal license holder.
State law requires every dealer to execute and maintain a bond. Each dealer buying and selling livestock across state lines must obtain a U.S. Department of Agriculture, Packers and Stockyards bond as required by federal law. Further bond coverage is not required for those individuals if the bond amount and terms meet the requirements of Indiana law.
Indiana's required bond amount is equal to the nearest multiple of $5,000 above the average sales, purchases, and transfers of livestock by the dealer during two business days. Average amount is calculated based on 260 working days in the previous 12 months. Start-up or new businesses must estimate the amount, which is subject to adjustment.
Bond amount guidelines:
1. All bonds must be at least $10,000.
2. Where the required amount of the bond exceeds $50,000, the bond amount is equal to $50,000 plus 10% of the excess.
A blanket bond can be secured in lieu of individual bonds for businesses under the same ownership.
Bond coverage must be adjusted annually, prior to license renewal if necessary to reflect the gross amount of business transacted during the 12-month period. The surety on the bond must be a surety company authorized to do business in Indiana.
Scales used to weigh livestock must be tested every six months, and are subject to inspection by the Weights and Measures Division of the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).
Fraudulent, deceptive or dishonest practices in weighing livestock constitute grounds for the license revocation and other penalties under Indiana law.
Livestock dealers are required to keep records of their transactions. Records must fully disclose the true ownership of the business. The dealer's records shall fully and correctly disclose all purchases, sales, or transfers involving livestock, including:
Making (or causing to be made) a false entry or statement in any report or record is illegal. As is willfully removing, destroying, changing or concealing the true identity or identification of any animal required by state or federal law to be identified.
All license-holders (and their agents/employees) must, upon request during ordinary business hours, permit authorized representatives of the BOAH to enter the licensee's place of business to examine records, accounts, and memoranda pertinent to livestock transactions made in connection with the business. The inspector may make copies of those records, memoranda or accounts, and inspect the property and facilities used in connection with the business. Required records must be kept open for inspection by BOAH for two years.
Reports for out-of-state animals that are moving through Indiana markets to Indiana farms must be submitted to BOAH.
Reports may be submitted as a spreadsheet (see printable/downloadable suggested formats below) or in another, legible format. Reports must contain the following information: Name and address of the source; number of head; all official ID numbers; species/breed; sex (if known); and name and address of the animals' destinations.
Submit reports via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com or via fax to 317-974-2011. Reports are due on the first and third Fridays of each month. (For holidays: Submit on following Monday.)
Record for out-of-state animals received (pdf)
Record for out-of-state animals received (excel)
Failure to comply with the livestock dealer licensing law may result in criminal charges, fines, injunctions and the revocation or suspension of a license.
For more information about livestock dealer licensing consult the Livestock Dealer Act IC 15-2.1-14, and the dealer licensing rule 345 IAC 7-3.5.
For information about a United States Department of Agriculture Packers and Stockyards bond contact USDA-GIPSA.
To download a livestock dealer licensing form click here.
For more information about Board of Animal Health licenses contact the licensing division:


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Room in a beautiful old building
お部屋の大きさ25 m²
Floor No.4
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- テレビ
- インターネット/WiFi
- キッチン
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- 食洗器
Accommodation summary
|Hansaplatz, 20099 Hamburg, ドイツ
The beautiful newly renovated ancient apartment is unique with its ceiling of 3,60m height, splendid stucco and its planks. Your room is equipped with a big double bed, a large TV, a cupboard and chair. The fully fitted kitchen offers a dish washer, washing machine and coffee maker which are free of charge. WiFi internet access is also free. The two clean spacious bathrooms are shared with four other rooms and the landlady.
ハウスルールFor a fee of 5€ - Bed linen and towels are provided.
Additional tourist tax per person per night depending on rent (to be paid at arrival):
10 Euro___________________________________ 0 Euro,
25 Euro___________________________________ 0,50 Euro,
50 Euro___________________________________ 1 Euro,
100 Euro___________________________________ 2 Euro,
150 Euro___________________________________ 3 Euro,
200 Euro___________________________________ 4 Euro.
|¥ 262220 ゲスト・宿泊日の追加
|Check-in before
We've had an excellent stay in Hamburg at this accomodation. The beautiful staircase and historic outlook make this place a treat for the eye. An adequate offer of two bathrooms and one separate toilet is more than suited to make your stay pleasant. Our hosts were very professional, and in my opinion worked quite well with havings guests in their home. Although you are all in the same (huge!) apartment, you're not at all bothered in any way by each others presence.
The apartment was located very conveniently, only a stone's throw away from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and nice shops and restaurants. A quick stroll to the center took no less than 10 minutes, with lovely sights and shops on the way. We've had a great stay here and would stay here again the next time we visit Hamburg!
We had a very nice stay in Hansaplatz 2, 4th floor.
Very nice apartment with all equipment, nice bed, fully equiped kitchen and nice clean bathrooms (3 of them!!).
And very kind owners. We had a lovely weekend:-)
The room was perfect and the service. Good kitchen and the three toilets was convenient for three ladies about 70 + !! But the stairs to come to the sixth floor was difficult without a lift. That you should have told us.
But we are happy for choosing this opportunity, we got some exercise physically
thank you.
Elvi Sederlin
we enjoyed it a lot! A lot of space and a very comfy rainshower in the badroom! No noise. Although the neighbourhood does not have a very good name, we had no troubles and it is very close to the citycentre and hauptbahnhof!
The experience was awesome! We had a great time with great hosts, who were very friendly and cooperative! We seriously arrived around midnight, yet the landlord was very friendly and gave us the keys to settle ourselves in. The apartment's placed on a square where at night you might not just walk around by yourself and try to mingle with people. But there was no immediate threat or danger, so all sorts of groups can hire and stay the night(s).
I was pleased with the room, which was tidy and also very wide. We had access to shared bathrooms and a toilet. Never used the kitchen, but we could easily have cooked something or eat breakfast or lunch in it. When it comes to parking, the best one is to have it placed inside a parking garage (Difficulty to park outside + the fact that there will be enough diverse people on the street at night. We can highly recommend this place and are looking forward to be using your services again! Gordon & Tamara
Very nice room indeed. Friendly hosts, very helpful. Facilities very fine, charming appartment. Towells and bedlinnen included. I would like to recommend this place to everybody. Also good value :)
Jens Kofoed, Odder, Denmark.
Stayed in this lovely flat for two nights during my trip to Hamburg. It was a very welcome respite from my previous nights stays in a nearby hostel!
The room is huge with all you need for a restful sleep. Very central location which was a plus for me as I needed to be at the bus station early the day I left.
Hosts were very welcoming and helpful. Even the cat!
Cannot say much for the kitchen facilities as I was out most of the days so did not make use of them - from what I could see everything looked great. The bathroom was excellent.
Would definitely recommend staying here while exploring Hamburg!
Zimmer war wie beschrieben. Sanitäreinrichtungen und Küche gepflegt und sauber. Vermieter top und sehr freundlich. Gerne wieder.
- すべてのお部屋はチェック済み
- どのホストともお電話で直接お話いただけます


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Vocational Rehabilitation
Please contact your KY Office of Vocational Rehabilitation if you have a mental or physical disability that is an impediment to employment. Each program is designed individually with the student. Assistance with counseling, job placement, and some support services such as interpreters, can be provided without regard to financial need. Assistance with the costs of tuition and fees, transportation, books, etc., depends upon demonstrated financial need and the student's award from other sources of financial aid. Their contact information is listed below.
KY Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Central Office
Cabinet for Human Resources Building
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop 2E-K
Frankfort, KY 40621
website: http://www.ovr.ky.gov
Please contact your KY Office for the Blind if you are are blind or visually impaired. Their contact information is listed below.
KY Office For the Blind
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop # 2-EJ
Frankfort, KY 40621
website: http://blind.ky.gov/
If you applied for tuition assistance, fees, transportation, books, housing and etc. and it does not show on your TOPNET account.
1st) Contact your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and make sure that authorization has been sent to WKU.
2nd) WKU Vocational Rehabilitation Coordinator does not authorize payment. She makes sure that payment is applied to your WKU student account.
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And hate us as much as Dallas but you have to admit we got jobbed. I see this demoralizing this team and we will fall apart.
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And hate us as much as Dallas but you have to admit we got jobbed. I see this demoralizing this team and we will fall apart.
Don't really care about the Packers.
All I can say is be glad that it didn't happen at the end of a playoff game and end your season.
The NFL admitted the refs blew it but there is no reversing the outcome of a game.
I'm a Giants fan first and a football fan second, but I am far from 'happy' about that garbage last night.
Absolutely despicable. THIS is what the NFL has sunk to?
Not so nice when these calls start going the other way.
You guys are still crying over that game when you still won it.
Rodgers.....the knowledgeable fans on this message board don't want to see inferior officiating.
Some of the homers here stil can't get over some questionable calls from last year.....despite the fact that the Giants won the Super Bowl. Don't ask me to explain that.
The Packers got hosed. Last night was a disgrace to the sport.
Dont worry most Packer fans would have been happy to see the Giants get screwed in a big way too. Look at their message board, the hatred for the Giants is as much as the Bears.


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Dog Tag Returned to Carpinteria Family After 67 Years
Military memory came just before a key loss for the Quiroga family
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - A memory a Carpinteria family will treasure forever, has been returned, in a journey that took 67 years and 6000 miles.
"I feel it is a miracle, we call it the circle of life, the circle of love," said Linda Hernandez.
One of her father, Manuel's dog tags, was found in the Solomon Islands by a resident in soil near a small airport.
That's where U.S. soldiers were in a South Pacific battle in World War 2.
Sgt. Manuel Quiroga was there during his four years in the U.S. Army. He survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and was immediately assigned to the South Pacific as the war escalated.
He died 22 years ago and a memorial is on the front lawn of the family home in Carpinteria.
As his wife Anita, was nearing her death in January, a family search on line showed the dog tag had been found and a man in Australia had it.
After a few emails, the tag arrived in the mail and the family verified, it belonged to Manuel.
The tag was placed in Anita's hands during her final moments.
"My brother Rick got the tags and he opened her hands and we tell her 'mother you can go now.' I remember telling her that," said Hernandez. "' Daddy's come for you and we will be fine. Go and rest in peace."
No sooner than the tags were place in her hands, "she passed and she passed peacefully," said Hernandez.
Anita and Manuel had 44 years of memories and four children together. The unique connection, with the return of the dog tag, leaves their family with a lasting and deeply symbolic message of love.


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EPC Fair opens for 108th year
Organizers uncertain about financial impact from Black Forest Fire
CALHAN, Colo. - Two evening thunderstorms canceled a car race but didn't completely dampen enthusiasm for the annual El Paso County Fair in Calhan that began Saturday.
Organizers said attendance has increased in each of the past six years despite two major wildfires and the slumping economy.
"We're wondering how the Black Forest Fire will affect attendance this year," said Suzan McCoy, the fair's event coordinator. "The numbers of 4-H Club members will be down because many of them lived in Black Forest and lost their homes."
In addition to the usual offerings of music, carnival rides, games, food and product vendors, and animal exhibits, McCoy said the fair will have three new entertainment acts. She said the fair decided against having expensive big-name acts that have left many fairs losing money.
"If you get a band in here that costs $50,000, it would make the tickets extremely high," said McCoy. "We try to get something local that we can afford, that makes ticket prices more affordable for families."
McCoy said the true purpose of the fair is to educate people about, and support, farm life at a time when the average farmer is nearly 60 years of age and the number of family farms continue declining.
"Here in El Paso County, it has gone the way of the big farmer or the hobby farmer," she said.
Highlights of the fair included free admission on opening day for active-duty military members, veterans and their dependents. Admission is $1 on Wednesday, and emergency responders and their families get a $1 admission discount next Saturday, the final day of the fair.
For more information, visit: http://www.elpasocountyfair.com/Pages/default.aspx


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Which open source phrase do you say/reference most often?
They're not our favorite movie quotes but I've caught myself saying some of the more popular open source phrases more than once. It might be an analogy that we use to describe what open source is or perhaps a conversation starter.
Which of these phrases do you use the most? And which ones aren't on the list that should be? Tell us in the comments.


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Forty new houses to provide temporary accommodation for displaced Christchurch families will be built in the eastern suburbs and later sold as affordable housing, the Government has announced.
Housing Minister Nick Smith said the houses, costing a total of $12.5 million, will be built at Rangers Park subdivision and will help families displaced during the rebuild phase.
Dr Smith said the houses would enable people to maintain their work, school and community links in their local area while their repairs and rebuilds are being carried out.
Two-, three- and four-bedroom homes will be built in addition to the existing 83 units at Linwood Park, Kaiapoi Domain and Rawhiti Domain which are part of the Government's temporary accommodation service.
More than 300 Canterbury households have already been supported so far through this initiative.
``This development is different to the three existing temporary villages, in that they will be new, permanent homes that will be sold once demand for temporary accommodation has lessened.''
Dr Smith said it was part of revitalising the eastern suburbs, while adding 40 houses to the affordable housing market.
The new homes will be built by Hawkins Construction starting this month, and will be completed in November.