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I hope it is not too late!
Seriously....have YOU SEEN the price of roses?
Mr. S...if you are reading this!
You know I REALLY like flowers!
The Grocery Store has wonderful flowers! And the prices are more than reasonable!
Then....I could have the joy of making the arrangements!
I love to arrange flowers.....and my own vases are way prettier than the ones the florist sends!
I could have flowers all over the house just like in the summer time....
I could take some to school for my desk!
What do you think?
Mr. S. and I are going to be spending Valentine's Day at home....probably just a normal dinner!
Then we have a "Date Night" at the Guthrie Theater on Wednesday night...2 plays this month...we saw "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" 2 weeks ago and will see "Over the Rainbow" on the 15th!
Maybe we can have an extra glass of wine with the money Mr. S. saves on flowers!
And my friends.....maybe you want to leave this post displayed prominently on your computer and hope your Valentine reads it!
If not.....you probably have to go to the grocery store sometime in the next 2 days....
You could buy some flowers for YOURSELF!
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My 1929 Charmer
Making Monday Marvelous
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Pink - Please Don't Leave Me (new video!)
Cutest dose of midget-love you're going to see all day! In Pink's new video for Please Don't Leave Me (um, she's STILL putting out stuff from 2008 album Funhouse?), the giant freak lady she portrays gets swept off her feet by real-life love Carey Hart. Aww, so a-dwarf-able. Yep, went there.
Watch the clip below.
Cute times 10.
mp3: Pink - Glitter in the Air (Late Nite Remix)


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All other information remains the same.Hall, Jeffrey R.Rustom, Fadi B.Fritz, Michael S.Schierer & Ritchie, Phone: (309) 839-2024, Fax: (309) 517-5856. All other information remains the same.Schierer, Charles G.Ritchie, Tiffany R.Will SearchAnyone with information on the Last Will and Testament of Howard R. Warsaw, Jr., of Minier, IL (DOD: 12-22-13). Please contact Gary Schmidt at Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick, P.C. (309) 676-1381.Will SearchAnyone with information on the Last Will and Testament of Jose' Ortega (DOD: 12-31-99) or Edna B. Ortega (DOD: 1-9-14) Please contact Patricia Ortega by Phone: (309) 696-7485. Lincoln Banquet & GalaThe Lincoln Banquet Committee will present a "Return to Tradition" this year and is pleased to welcome its keynote speaker, attorney and author Guy C. Fraker. Mr. Fraker practices in Bloomington and is a leading authority on Abraham Lincoln's career as a circuit-rider in the old Eighth Judicial Circuit. He is the author of Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit and is Chairman of the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition, the action arm of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, a 42-county area in downstate Illinois established by Act of Congress on May 8, 2008. He was the consultant on the award-winning PBS documentary, Lincoln, Prelude to the Presidency, and co-curated the traveling exhibit, "Prologue to the Presidency: Abraham Lincoln on the Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit." Retiring Tenth Judicial Circuit Judge Chris L. Fredericksen will be recognized and the 2014 Distinguished Community Award recipient will be announced. President Lincoln and his wife Mary will be in attendance to witness the reading of the Gettysburg Address. Music will accompany dinner.The 106th Banquet and Gala is on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the Par-A-Dice Hotel. Cocktails commence at 6:00 p.m and dinner is at 7:00 p.m. PCBA members should have received a formal invitation. Individual tickets are $100.00 per person and a table of 10 is $900.00. You may reserve your seat for this event, as well as an autographed copy of Mr. Fraker's book, at www.peoriabar.org/Shop/CLE. Legal Assistance for Tornado VictimsOver thirty attorneys have volunteered to assist victims with legal issues and provide suggestions to resolve them, at the event being held on Saturday, January 18, from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Five Points in Washington. We would like to thank Michael Gifford of Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.L.L.C. for his work on this project. Schedule of Events and Court HolidaysJanuary 1 New Year's Day – Courts & Courthouse Closed 11 Elder Law Seminar – Susan Dawson-Tibbits & Marci Shoff 18 Criminal Law Seminar – Arthur J. Inman 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Courts & Courthouse Closed 25 Civil Practice – Carol J. Perkins & Jennifer M. 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Jerelyn MaherCommittee MeetingsJanuary 7 Noon Real Property 11 Noon YLC 14 Noon Pro Bono 15 11:00 Lincoln Banquet (calling group) 15 Noon Sponsorship 16 Noon CLE 17 Noon Law Day Subcommittee 21 Noon PCBA Board 22 Noon Foundation Trustees 23 Noon Government & Public Interest 24 Noon Nominating Committee 27 11:00 By-Laws 28 Noon Public Relations 29 Noon Ad Hoc Committee on Attendance February 4 Noon Real Property 5 Noon Communications & Technology 10 Noon Job Shadowing 11 Noon Pro Bono 13 Noon YLC – Sponsor: John Muir, Ringler Associates 18 Noon PCBA Board 19 Noon Diversity 20 Noon CLE 27 Noon Government & Public InterestCommittee ReportsCommunications & Technology 2014 Attorneys' Directories. The final revisions of the new directory have been made and directories should be available by January 24. Call or stop by the PCBA office to pick up a supply for your office. Those attending the January 25 Civil Practice CLE Seminar will receive a new directory.Reminder: If you are in need of information such as addresses, telephone numbers or email addresses for PCBA members, the bar's website www.peoriabar.org is only a few clicks away. Please take advantage of this page by clicking on the "Membership" tab. Members are listed alphabetically.Diversity Committee The Committee's goal is to assist members of the association in improving the level of diversity of the Peoria legal Community. We view diversity as including race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation and age. We request your input to update and improve our long range plan. How can the Committee assist you in recruiting, hiring and retaining minority lawyers? Annual luncheon? Minority law school scholarship? Summer intern program? Job fair? CLE diversity program? High school outreach? Coordination with the Bradley pre-law? Speaker's bureau? Social events? 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Please submit your ideas to Mark at email@example.com, Health & Wellness Committee: Member Link to Wellness By Ron Hanna, FHW Committee ChairWork Life Balance in Law: Lawyers have all consuming jobs -- assisting clients at the worst times in their lives, juggling multiple client matters, working to fix or prevent serious problems, managing staff, managing money and running businesses. Many lawyers also have a deep commitment to public service and donate many hours to pro bono services, service on boards and volunteering in the community. Is the ability to balance professional demands with health goals and family time a myth? The FHW Committee wants you to take a moment and think about what is most important to you and what you should do with your valuable time. Check out some thoughts and suggestions at: http://home.innsofcourt.org/for-members/current-members/the-bencher/recent-bencher-articles/novemberdecember-2012/lessons-from-lawyers-achieving-work-life-balance.aspx http://lawyerist.com/lawyer-mindset-balance/FHW Member Tip: It's easy to fall into the trap of doing nothing but working, sleeping, and looking after the kids, but over the long haul you will find yourself on the road to burnout. Make sure you carve out a few hours in the week for exercise and outside interests. You and those around you will benefit if you avoid sacrificing your own needs.Local Continuing Legal Education Seminars2014 Winter Series Seminars: The following Saturday morning programs will be from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The seminars will be held at the Spalding Pastoral Center, 419 Madison Ave., Peoria, IL 61603. A continental breakfast is included. Dates and topics are: January 11: Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate: Susan Dawson-Tibbits & Marci Shoff -DVD now availableJanuary 18: Criminal/Multidisciplinary: Art Inman, ModeratorJanuary 25: Civil Practice: Carol Perkins and Jennifer Morris, ModeratorsFebruary 1: Government & Public Interest: Patricia Redman and Stacy Crabtree, ModeratorsFebruary 15: Workers' Compensation: Brad Elward and Chris Doscotch, ModeratorsMarch 1: Family Law: Hon. Jerelyn Maher-Schulz and Richard Zuckerman, Moderators2014 Brown Bag SeminarsThe seminars will again be held in the PCBA Office -12:00-1:00 p.m. They are FREE (open to PCBA members only) and each member will need to complete and return registration information in order to be on the list for the brown bag seminars. With class size limited to the first 25 registrations received, there will be a waiting list once the class is full. If you have any questions, please contact the PCBA office (309) 674-6049 or email firstname.lastname@example.com 5: The New Medical Marijuana Law – Rodney NordstromMarch 12: Federal Law Causes of Action for Retaliatory Discharge – Ambrose McCallMarch 19: ARDC/LAP – Peter Rotskoff and Jim Radcliffe, PresentersMarch 26: Collections and Supplementary Proceedings – C. Edwin WalkerApril 2: Civil Unions – Hon. Jerelyn MaherMay Professional Responsibility SeminarKevin Miller is working on a new series of seminars entitled, "Tried and True: Ethics learned through America's most famous trials." Mark your calendars for Friday, May 16, for the first in the series.MembershipCommittee Chair Gregory Rastatter reports that Michelle A. Todd has applied for regular membership. Her application will be presented to the Board in February.Public RelationsPeople's Law SchoolThe Public Relations Committee has announced its 2014 lineup for the People's Law School. 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Often seen as DSM and used in lifestyle (swinging) conversations to refer to the stereotypical single male. These are often men of any age who assume that they will get laid or can be crass given the situation.
Did you hear about the jerk DSM at the party last night? He thought he could just grab me and have his way.
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Accuride Expands Powder Coating Plant In KY
$5.8 million to expand its powder coating capacity with the installation of a new state-of-the-art coating line; See The Video
Accuride Corporation, a leading supplier of components to the North American commercial vehicle industry, is investing $5.8 million to expand its powder coating capacity with the installation of a new state-of-the-art coating line at its steel wheel production facility in Henderson, KY.
The paint technology upgrade will stabilize the current employment level at the plant with expectations to add 30 jobs as Accuride and the North American trucking industry gain momentum over the next few years.
"Accuride Corporation has been a part of the Commonwealth for nearly four decades, and that commitment and tradition is even stronger now, thanks to this expansion," said Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. "The company's dedication to Henderson is evident in the plans for 30 new jobs over the next few years, as well as a $5.8 million investment in advanced equipment to upgrade its coating technology at the plant."
A leading manufacturer of steel wheels for commercial vehicles, Accuride's Henderson facility was established in 1974 as part of what was then Firestone Steel Products, the forerunner of Accuride Corporation. The plant employs about 160 associates and operates its 364,000-square-foot manufacturing center on 118 acres in Henderson. Accuride plans to upgrade its operations with the installation of a new, advanced-technology coating line, which will expand its already significant powder coating capacity.
Accuride's customer base includes heavy-duty commercial truck and trailer original equipment manufacturers, commercial vehicle fleets, and distributors in the commercial vehicle aftermarket. The Henderson facility also is home to Accuride's wheel research and development center, as well as the company's wheel product development and testing facilities.
"Our commitment to install an advanced-technology coating line at our Henderson plant will strengthen our ability to supply industry-leading steel wheel products to the North American commercial vehicle market," said Rick Dauch, Accuride president and CEO. "Henderson's range of steel wheels provides customers with several options to reduce vehicle weight, boost fuel economy, fight corrosion and achieve long-life performance. Thanks to its new paint line, Henderson will stand alone in the industry in its ability to formulate customized coating solutions and deliver them via its advanced new coatings process."


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Cozy studio sized 25m2 with WIFI.
It's strategically located within the historical city centre of Malaga. Just by PLAZA CONSTITUCION (the main square in Malaga).
The studio is in a 4th floor and there is NOT an elevator on the building.
However, if this is not a problem for you... it's worth it!!!.
It is comfortable and functional and offers a beautiful views over the pedestrian Especeria st. , because it has two large old style Spanish balconies that make the space fresh and lightly.
It suits 2 people. It has a new and comfortable pull-out sofa-bed -1'40 m width x 2'00m long .. With a large fun at the ceiling.
The kitchen comprises of hob, fridge , freezer, washing machine, microwave cooking utensils. There is a private bathroom with shower .
In the historical center are all the monuments , museums , cafes and more typical restaurants , shops ....
It takes 5min walking to the Alameda Principal,where there are located all the lines of urban buses and RENFE train station , with direct connection to Malaga airport .
Walking to la Malagueta beach it takes about 20 min ,through a beautiful park under the trees .
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I stayed in the apartment for 10 days on my own. The room is really nice - it's very light with the two balconies and nicely done up. I felt very comfortable there the whole time. The bathroom is small but lovely arranged and the shower stall, sink etc. seemed to be quite new. There's even a 2nd, big mirror at the inside of the bathroom door, if you like to check yourself before going outside. ;-) The kitchen had everything I needed for preparing a good breakfast/brunch. There's a nice bakery just around the corner!
Arantxa is very kind and easy-going, she always reacted quickly to my messages. When I arrived I felt very welcome. Arantxa took some time to give me some tips and to answer my questions and even gave me a bottle of wine as a welcome present.
The apartment is perfectly located at the periphery of the pedestrian area, near the main square. All sights are within walking distance. A lot of cafes and restaurants are near. For such a central location it's not too loud in the evening (almost no cars!), although sometimes there can be a few noisy pedestrians at night, passing the street (especially at the weekend). The way to the beach and to the train and bus station isn't long either.
So all in all I can really recommend this apartment!
Arantxa and George were really, really nice to meet when we came to check-in on the arrival day! They were so welcoming and smiling! We felt at home in the apartment and we really enjoyed the stay! The apartment is very, very nice located, there is a nice view from the balcony and everything is great in the apartment! There is anything that one could need for a nice stay :) We can only recommend to stay at this apartment! If we could give it more stars than we did, we would!
Unfortunately we could not reach Malaga because of the big fire occurred inside of the Airport of Rome Fiumicinoon the 7th of May that caused the cancellation of almost all the flights.
However Arantxa was very supportive and kind with us.
We kept constantly in contact with her and she sympathized with our situation and was very professional and understanding.
I highly recommend the apartment as it is located beautifully in the centre of the city. It is small but cosy and very good for living. Moreover the hostess Arantxa is very friendly and helpful. If I come to Malaga next time I shall definitely try to stay there again.
Very nice place to stay, nice persons Arantxa and her mother, they never bother you. Located very central. I was happy there
We stayed in this appartment for 5 days and we loved every minute of it. Arantxa and her husband really go out of their way to make your stay a pleasant one. The location is great, right in the center. The appartment might have been the cleanest we've ever seen and we travel a lot. If you are looking for a nice little place to spend your time as a couple look no further. I'm sure everyone will enjoy their stay as much as we did.
Our stay at Arantxa's apartment was fantastic! Very centrally located - right in the main town center and just a short walk to the beach! Arantxa was so nice and gave us great recommendations and the apartment had everything that we needed! It was very clean, as well! Would definitely come back and recommend to others!
In the historical center of Malaga. A nice appartment. You have to climbe 4 stairs. Cheap and clean.
We stayed one week in Arantxas appartement in Málaga and we totally agree to the description above. There's no possibility to stay more central than in this appartement! You have a great view to la place de la constitucion and you reach every other place within a few minutes. The appartement is very clean, we don't have anything to complain about. Arantxa is so nice, she gave us a lot of useful tipps! So all together: Málaga is so great. If you want to spend a holiday there, you should stay in Arantxas appartement. We definetely will if we should come back one day. Thanks Arantxa!
The apartment is perfect if you want to stay a few days in Málaga: The location is perfect and everything is near, you have all you need to cook your own meals and you have your own bathroom. If you are traveling with your partner or a friend, I highly recommend this apartment.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has been angling after certain reforms for the UK from within the European Union's collectivist rule system that would allow the Brits to gain back some regulatory sovereignty in certain policy arenas, including employment, crime, and justice — and he's been semi-threatening to hold a nationwide referendum on the country's membership in the EU if he doesn't get them.
The issue of the UK's involvement in Europe has been gaining some serious political steam, with a growing faction supporting a separation, and Brits have been waiting for months on the PM's much-teased "big Europe speech" in which the government has been promising he'll explain his proposals. The speech is finally slated to happen on Wednesday after a postponement from last Friday, the WSJ reports:
Mr. Cameron plans to say that, if elected in 2015, a Conservative government would renegotiate the U.K.'s relationship with the EU, and then hold a referendum on the new settlement in the first half of its five-year parliamentary term. …
While many people had focused on the risk of Greece leaving the euro zone, the promise of a referendum by Mr. Cameron would raise the prospect of an exit by a far-more essential member—one of the bloc's biggest economies and its most important financial center. …
Mr. Cameron plans to say that British people feel the EU is heading in a direction the country never signed up for, suffering interference from what are seen in some quarters as unnecessary EU rules and regulations. …
Anti-Europe sentiment in the U.K. is at some of its highest levels since the early 1980s. And, frustrations with the EU are more pronounced among Conservatives, with opinion polls having shown support shifting away from the Tories to the U.K. Independence Party, whose main goal is Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
One of the much-discussed tactical problems with the threat of a so-called "Brexit" was that Cameron himself doesn't actually support the idea. He's affirmed that he thinks EU membership is in Britain's best interests, i.e., it looked like he was making an impotent threat; but taking the matter out of his own hands and putting it to a national vote is a horse of a different color. I doubt that many globalist-loving, quasi-to-full socialist EU members would be willing to work out special independence exemptions for one of the bloc's more robust economies, but I'd imagine the panic of a referendum will likely put them into a much more negotiable mood.
The Obama administration has already made it clear that they would prefer that the UK remain in the European Union and stop messing around with an option that would certainly cause an at least short-term readjustment period of financial downturn — and some more rightward-leaning British pols didn't take well to that at all.
Nearby France isn't particularly pleased about the matter, either:
France has warned David Cameron against seeking an EU "à la carte", amid clear annoyance in Paris over the British prime minister's stance on Europe.
"France wants the UK to stay in the EU. It gains much from UK membership in many areas, including defence and energy. But what is clear is that nobody in Europe can accept that a state can pick and choose [which rules it accepts]," said a senior official in President François Hollande's administration. …
"It is not just annoying to France, it is annoying to everybody, and that goes for those who would be the natural allies of Britain. If Britain thinks it can blackmail us, it will have to think again. Europe is at too critical a moment that anyone would want to allow Britain to complicate the situation even more."
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Original post made by CPA, Atherton: Lindenwood, on Oct 24, 2012
The police contract is the biggest part of Atherton's expenses. It's a huge issue.
But what about Atherton's revenues?
Since Atherton doesn't have businesses in town generating sales tax, it is severely hampered in terms of generating revenues to offset its expenses.
Atherton tried using a road impact fee. Real estate development is Atherton's largest industry, and a multi-billion dollar one. The developer on the finance committee makes millions on each house he develops (and continued doing so while on the finance committee).
But Elizabeth Lewis, who is in the commercial real estate business, and has been endorsed and received campaign contributions from real estate developers in addition to cops, made sure that road impact fee was rescinded.
She claimed it was illegal. She had help. At the time, Charles Marsala, also a darling of the Atherton developer community (and his garage cabinet company undoubtedly the recipient of work orders from them), was instrumental in defeating the road impact fee as well.
But if that's the case, that it's illegal, why does Los Altos Hills have it?
Guess what. Cary Wiest is also in the real estate industry.
These two candidates want to make sure Atherton taxpayers foot the largest possible bill they can, both in terms of giving the most to the cops (the largest expense), and favoring their real estate colleagues in terms of taking the least from them to offset these huge expenses.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 24, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Didn't McKeithen also vote to refund the Road Impact Fee. Dobbie opposed- right? What was McKeithe's motive?
Wasn't her motive the same as all the others-- the fee was excessive, not justified, and the town was caught doing an illegal activity of overcharging?
And with three votes WMD could have reinstated the fee in the last to years, why not?
It is probably illegal.
Or WMD could have even put it on the ballot for next month. Why didn't they?
Yes Los Altos Hills has one, but probably less than 30 cities in the state have them. Why not more?
LAH gets away with it because it charges much less than Atherton was charging. No one wants to spend the money challenging the smaller fee.
What we have is WMD don't want to work to renew Parcel Tax or get a Road Impact Fee tax passed by a full vote of the residents, but they do want to build a county Library in the park and they want the ability to raise other taxes without town votes.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 24, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Did McKeithen cost Atherton a solid revenue source with the loss of the Road Impact Fee?
McKeithen voted to refund and terminate the Road Impact Fee, she has not tried to get in re-instated in the last two years, even though she has the votes of the WMD team.
What happened to the Road Impact Fee, Atherton had it for years and no-one complained. Around 2007 the Finance Committee, which McKeithen was senior member, recommended the council approve a 40% increase. By a 3-2 vote the council approved the increase.
At that point people complained. Suddenly the council gets rid of the whole thing and never tries to bring it back.
Maybe if the council voted no by a 3-2 vote, Atherton would still have the Road Impact fee.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 24, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I guess you don't recall the 3-2 vote in which Carlson, Lewis and Marsala wanted to give a 100% refund to their developer friends, but McKeithen and Dobbie blocked that since a 2/3 vote was required. The city attorney, Wynne Furth, who was in the pocket of CLM, even said CLM could undo that 2/3rd requirement. But, before they could, an outcry of town residents developed, led by Mike McPherson, against CLM, and a reduced refund was granted.
This proves my point.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 24, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I take your point to be the Road Impact Fee is legal, based on the statement: "But if that's the case, that it's illegal, why does Los Altos Hills have it? "
My answer is less than 30 cities in CA have it. If it was legal, don't you think every city would have it. LAH gets away with it because it is much less than Atherton was charging after 2008 and people will pay a small fee rather than sue. Regardless if it is legal or not.
If the fee is legal, then why haven't WMD passed the fee the last two years? That is my point. The fee is probably illegal. For two years WMD have not passed any taxes or fee increases on real Estate or construction. You do not claim they are doing favors.
The reality is Atherton might still have the road impact fee, if it had not increased it by 40% shortly after it had to refund the Off-Haul fee and Business Liscense Tax increase. The goose that was laying silver eggs was killed.
Regarding the 3-2 vote.
The Road Impact Fee has been around for more than a decade. Lewis, Carlson, and Marsala did not want to refund the full decade.
When residents first came to the council it was in 2006 when the Off-Haul Fee which was put in place in was determined to be illegal. Lewis, Carlson, and Marsala felt the council had stalled action on refunding the fee and wanted to go back further in time than McKeithen and Dobbie.
The state only requires a city go back so far with refunds of illegal taxes one year.
That is an interesting way to run a city. From 2005-2007 the council put in place three illegal taxes or tax increases and had to issue refunds. But was able to keep more than a million dollars of illegally collected funds, because state law only requires a city to go back so far.
McKeithen and Dobbie felt comfortable keeping more of the illegally collected funds than did Lewis, Carlson, and Marsala.
McPherson had praise for Carlson's handling of the affair. Through Carlson's efforts a compromise was reached and lawsuits avoided.
In two years if the APOA endorses Widmer and Dobbie, will you claim it is for contract reasons?
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 24, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Haha, that's funny. Carlson voted to give it ALL BACK. It's ONLY WHEN public outcry started did Carlson change his tune.
The ONLY reason the full amount was not returned was because of Jim Dobbie and Kathy McKeithen.
And yes, if the APOA ever endorsed Jim Dobbie, Bill Widmer, Kathy McKeithen, and they accepted that endorsement, I would criticize them also.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 24, 2012 at 3:25 pm
When did the Road Impact Fee go in place? Pre- 2000
How far did Carlson vote to go back at first? 2006? 2007?
That is not 100%.
There was an illegal tax, the council kept a large chunk of the money collected.
It then spent some of it in lawsuits and settlements.


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Concern about army recruiting and legal marijuana
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo - Army brass are ready for those who may use legal marijuana in Colorado and still hope to be part of the military. The Commanding General of the U.S. Army Command is General Allen Batschelet.
General Batschelet has been in the military for 32 years. While marijuana use is legal in Colorado as per Amendment 64, it is still illegal in the military. General Batschelet says it's about honesty when you are a recruit, "If you come in and tell us I experimented with marijuana but it wasn't frequent use, we have ways to help you. However, if it's habitual use dependency, we don't have waivers for those under federal law. Potentially, we could see some troubling impacts in the State of Colorado."
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Two suspects injured in I-580 crash after 100 mph chase
Original post made on Dec 20, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 19, 2011, 8:24 PM
a resident of Danville
on Dec 20, 2011 at 8:06 am
Give me a break. Who could possibly want a 1987 Buick LeSabre?? Light green, no less.
There must be more to this story.
a resident of Danville
on Dec 20, 2011 at 8:50 am
I am glad the car flipped on the two scumbags.
a resident of Alamo
on Dec 20, 2011 at 10:30 am
They should have died in the crash...I'm also getting tired of the scumbags as RC stated.
You play with fire you die with fire.
Thanks for listening, Julia Pardini from Alamo...
"A voice of common sense"
Okay all you Julia hater's...go for it.
a resident of Danville
on Dec 20, 2011 at 11:21 am
I think the light green LeSabre was the suspects car, not a stolen one. They had burglary tools which leads one to believe they were breaking into cars in the mall parking lot. I just hope that if they are not in the US legally, the INS will do its job and transport them back to their homeland as soon as possible.
a resident of Alamo
on Dec 20, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Gee---wonder if they took BART to Stoneridge to do their. Time spree----bad plan to run stop at our (used to be safe) mall.


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Viswanath's approach to determining C is indirect, and indeed it takes a detour through some areas of the mathematical landscape that might seem to have no connection with Fibonacci-like series. But by transposing the problem into another realm, where more powerful tools can be brought to bear, he is able not merely to produce an empirical estimate of C but to prove that the value of the constant must lie in a certain narrow interval. The proof is not a simple one, and here I shall present only a hasty sketch; the details are in Viswanath's paper.
The first step is to recast the Vibonacci process in terms of matrices. The ordinary Fibonacci series can be defined by the matrix equation:
Applying the rules for matrix multiplication confirms that the equation has the expected behavior. In the product on the left side of the equation the first row is given by the sum 0 x f(n–2)+1 x f(n–1), which of course is just f(n–1); the second row of the product is 1 x f(n–2)+1 x f(n–1), which is the definition of f(n).
Repeating the matrix multiplication generates successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence. For example, given the initial terms 1, 1, three matrix multiplications produce the terms 3, 5:
Continuing in the same way generates every Fibonacci number in turn, and only those numbers.
The Vibonacci sequence can also be redefined as a matrix product, the only difference being that there are two matrices to choose from:
At each step in generating the series, one of these matrices is selected at random with probability 1/2. Whenever the second matrix happens to be picked, the minus sign in the lower right corner has the effect of subtracting v(n–1) from v(n–2), rather than adding the two terms, just as in the more direct definition of the Vibonacci series.
Why bother with this elaborate reformulation of the problem if it merely reproduces the same result? Because the study of products of random matrices offers a handy toolkit of useful methods. It allows the Vibonacci process to be viewed in a geometrical context. Suppose that any two adjacent Vibonacci numbers, v(n–1) and v(n–2), represent the coordinates of a point in the x,y plane. Drawing a line from the origin at 0,0 to this point defines a direction in the plane, specified by an angle u or a slope m. The slope is simply y/x, so it is given directly by the coordinates of the point. Now multiply the pair of coordinates by one of the 2 x 2 Vibonacci matrices. What happens to the point? It is mapped into a new point—with coordinates v(n) and v(n–1)—which defines a new direction from the origin. Specifically, multiplying by one of the Vibonacci matrices causes a rotation to a new slope of either (1+1/m) or (1/m–1).
These transformations are easier to understand through a brief example. Starting with a slope of m=1 (equivalent to an angle of 45 degrees), the m→(1+1/m) transformation yields a new slope of 2 (about 63 degrees); applying the m→(1/m–1) transformation rotates the line to a slope of –1/2 (about 333 degrees). If you continue to iterate this process, always taking the last value of m and replacing it with a random choice of either (1+1/m) or (1/m–1), you create a kind of random walk through the space of possible slopes. The progression of slopes seems to have nothing in common with the Vibonacci series, and yet the connection through products of random matrices shows they are really just two manifestations of the same process. (And the connection isn't as mysterious as it might seem. Note that repeating the transformation m→(1+1/m) yields a series of numbers that converges to Φ for any starting m. Hidden in the mapping m→(1+1/m) is the equation 1/x=x–1 that defines Φ.)
The slope m in these formulas can take on any value along the real number line, from negative infinity to positive infinity, but not all slopes are equally likely. The key to understanding the random walk—and also to calculating the growth rate of the Vibonacci series—is identifying the probability distribution that determines the likelihood of every possible slope. Viswanath's main contribution was finding a way to estimate this distribution to any desired degree of accuracy.
The probability distribution is a peculiar one—not at all like the smooth Gaussian curve that describes so many random processes. Instead it has multiple spiky peaks and deep canyons, and if you look closer, you find that the spikes have spicules, and the canyons are creased by smaller canyons. Thus the distribution appears to be a fractal landscape that cannot be described by any continuous function. Viswanath sidestepped this problem by constructing an ingenious discrete partitioning of the real number line. The structure is called the Stern-Brocot tree, after the mathematician Moriz Stern and the watchmaker Achille Brocot, who discovered it more than a century before Viswanath did.
The basic idea of the tree is to divide the set of real numbers into progressively finer—but not necessarily equal—intervals. Writing zero as 0/1 and representing infinity by the notation 1/0, all positive real numbers lie in the interval [0/1, 1/0]. This half of the number line is broken down into the subintervals [0/1, 1/1] and [1/1, 1/0], extending from zero to 1 and from 1 to infinity respectively. The left-hand subnode then splits into [0/1, 1/2] and [1/2, 1/1], and the right-hand subnode into [1/1, 2/1] and [2/1, 1/0]. The general rule is that an interval [a/b, c/d] splits into
[a/b, (a+c)/(b+d)] and [(a+b)/(c+d), c/d]. All the numbers in the negative half of the real line are classified in the same way, and the two halves are joined by a special root node labeled [–1/0, 1/0].
The Stern-Brocot tree has a place in this story because there is a direct correspondence between the random walk among slopes m described above and paths traced out through the branches of the tree. Any such a path can be written as a sequence of left and right commands, giving directions for how to get from the root of the tree to a specific interior node. For example, from the [0/1, 1/0] node, a path of right, left, left brings you to the [1/1, 3/2] node. Suppose the current value of the slope m lies somewhere within this interval. After a transition from m to 1/m, the new slope must lie in the [2/3, 1/1] node, which is the mirror image of the original node; to reach it, you follow the opposite sequence of turns,
left, right, right. Mapping the transformations
m → (1 + 1/m) and m → (1/m – 1) into tree paths is only a little more complicated.Through this mapping, the intervals of the Stern-Brocot tree yield up an approximation to the probability distribution of the Vibonacci series.
Viswanath tabulated all paths through the Stern-Brocot tree to a depth of 28 levels, where the tree has more than 50 million nodes. In this way he was able to calculate the value of C to eight decimal places. His result is C = 1.13198824 . . . . It has the same "almost surely" status as Furstenberg's proof; that is, every instance of the Vibonacci series will grow at this rate with probability 1 if it is continued long enough.
An unusual feature of Viswanath's proof is that it relies on floating-point computer arithmetic. Computer-aided proofs are no longer a novelty in mathematics, but few of them adopt floating-point methods because the results are not exact. Viswanath includes an error analysis showing that any arithmetic inaccuracies are much smaller than the uncertainty introduced by truncating the Stern-Brocot tree at a finite depth.
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The author is an associate professor of dairy cattle genetics at Penn State University.
Discussing the ideal size for a cow can be a contentious topic. Some prefer large cows because their udders are further from the ground which makes milking easier in a tie stall setting, and of course larger calves and cows tend to stand higher in the show ring. Genetic change is also easier to obtain for size because of its higher heritability than most other traits.
Other breeders point to higher feed costs for large cows and believe that smaller cows tend to be more "trouble-free." A long-term selection experiment has helped to quantify changes in cow health when selecting for greater body size. Results were published in the September issue of the Journal of Dairy Science (volume 95, pages 5384-5392).
Large and small compared
The selection project was conducted at the University of Minnesota's Northwest Research and Outreach Center in Crookston and included lactations through 2002. Beginning in 1966, the Holstein herd was split into large and small lines. Each year, the three highest and three lowest bulls for body size from among the top 50 percent of the active A.I. population for production were selected. Large line cows were bred to bulls that transmitted large size, whereas the small line cows were bred to the sires that transmitted smaller body size.
The selection experiment was successful at creating two lines with size differences. The large line cows weighed 130 pounds more than the small line cows after first calving, 170 pounds after second calving, and 209 pounds after third calving. The average large line cows were nearly 3 inches taller than the small line cows. Though the averages were different, there was overlap with some small line cows weighing more than some large line cows.
Small still got bigger
Even though the small line has been continually mated to bulls that transmit small body size, cows in the line actually grew in size over time. Small line cows during the first 15 years of the trial weighed 203 pounds less than small line cows during the second 15-year period. This demonstrates that there has been substantial selection pressure in the Holstein breed toward larger frames. Even A.I. sires with relatively small daughters by today's standards transmit larger body size than Holsteins from previous generations.
Inflation-adjusted, health-related expenses grew over time for cows in both lines. This result was somewhat troubling and suggests we have experienced a rise in disease incidence over time in the Holstein cow population.
There was a significant jump in health care costs for the large line when compared to the small line cows, and the difference between the lines grew over time. There was a relatively small difference when comparing cows from 1986 to 1990 ($5.69 per lactation). That difference grew to $23.85 per lactation for the 1996 to 2000 time block which was the last time period examined.
There was also a higher rate of culling for the large line cows. In the later years of the experiment, the herd had a higher proportion of small line cows because of their higher survival rates. Total health costs, displaced abomasum incidence, locomotion issues, pneumonia and udder problems other than mastitis were categories where costs were higher for large line cows.
While health and survival differences were clear between the two lines, the reasons for such differences require some speculation. Researchers suggested that a larger internal void is created for big cows after calving because they have larger calves. That void could make cows more susceptible to a displaced abomasum. The researchers also speculated that the higher incidence of pneumonia was a reflection of general cow health; cows that have one disease (such as a displaced abomasum) are predisposed to develop other diseases like pneumonia.
The researchers did not find the higher costs for locomotion surprising. Larger cows have more weight to carry and, thus, there can be more stress placed on the feet. Researchers also speculated that taller cows have a higher center of gravity and may be more prone to slipping. It should be noted that the cows from both lines were housed in a tie stall. There is evidence from other studies that lameness rates are higher in free stalls, so differences in locomotion costs between large and small cows could be even greater in some facilities.
Know your herd
Do these results mean that every herd should immediately start selecting to reduce the size of their cows? Not necessarily. Some like big cows and it is certainly their prerogative to select for larger cows if they wish. My concern is that people are clear about the costs and benefits associated with their selection decisions.
A study from Great Britain (J. Dairy Sci., volume 89, pages 4259-4266) demonstrated the importance of matching the size of your cows to your facilities and management system. They compared lameness rates in cows as a function of the width of cows and the amount of lunge space in a free stall. There was a four-fold jump in average lameness score for the widest cows when there was limited lunge space (less than 14 inches). However, there was no difference in lameness rates among cows of different sizes when there was more lunge space (greater than 21 inches).
One of the challenges that we have because of genetic selection for any trait is that our management systems must evolve. Selection for higher production has altered cow nutrient needs and, thus, how we formulate rations. Selection for larger body size is no different and has altered optimal facility designs which obviously comes at a cost.
While there are some breeders who love large cows and will continue to breed for them, I hope we can all appreciate why that may not be the most ideal direction for our cow population in general. Our cows are large enough to support milk yield levels that far exceed the current national average. There was no difference between the large and small cow selection lines for milk yield. The higher health and feed costs of large cows is a competitive disadvantage for commercial breeders.
There is evidence that breed associations are beginning to get the message about size. Both the Guernsey and Holstein type classification programs have begun to try and shift emphasis away from, in particular, extremely tall cows. Stature is now evaluated as a two-way trait in Holsteins with an intermediate optimum of 56 inches and 53 to 59 inches considered an acceptable range for first-lactation individuals. Only time will tell how successful those changes will be, but research projects like the University of Minnesota selection lines certainly justify the effort.
This article appears on page 727 of the October 25, 2012 issue of Hoard's Dairyman.