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The ProPublica-Frontline investigation in October centered on several boxes of documents recovered from a meth house in Colorado that hinted at illegal collaboration activity between the social welfare nonprofit American Tradition Partnership—then Western Tradition Partnership—and various political candidates in Montana. Among those documents was a collection of hand-written letters that appeared to be written by candidates' wives, though the investigation questioned whether they'd actually been created by WTP itself based on information supplied by those wives via questionnaire. Madin filed a complaint with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices last month, believing the three letters he possessed were similarly the products of collaboration with WTP. Madin says the Commissioner of Political Practices office now holds copies of all three letters.
Each of the two newest "wife letters" (PDFs below) contain detailed history on how the women met their husbands and an appeal to an unnamed recipient (simply "Dear friend") for support at the polls. Sandie Sales, whose six-page letter was penned on pink stationary during the 2010 Republican primary, refers to her husband as an "honest man" with "traditional family values." Lisa Kitts writes that her husband is a "strong person," a former "National Collegiate Olympic Weightlifting Champion" who worked two jobs to support Lisa when she grew seriously ill in 1999. Kitts' four-page letter from the 2011 election is the only one bearing a political disclaimer. At the bottom, scrawled in small cursive writing, are the words "Paid for by Kitts for Livingston City Commissioner"; Tom Kitts' campaign disclosure report for October and November 2011 lists $309.20 in stamps and letters for "(Mrs.) letter mailouts."
The most striking connection between these two newest letters are the similarities in how each woman supposedly appealed to recipient voters. Both reference repeated "hurtful" attacks by political opponents. Sales writes that "It's painful to hear folks falsely attack the man that I care so much about." Kitts says "But for the sake of the man I love and the good people of Livingston, I have to speak up." Both men are duty-bound to support taxpayers, according to their wives. Sales concludes her letter with a final sales pitch: "With Scott, what you see and hear is what you get. And that's an honest, hardworking man who wants nothing more than for Gallatin to remain a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family." Kitts wraps up her own letter: "[Tom Kitts] is a good, good man who'll work hard and do a wonderful job getting our town through these hard times."


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2009 wrap-up
2009 has been a nice year. Even though I had to go through some problems, mainly professional problems, in the first half of the year, I believe the year has brought more good things than bad ones. In a nutshell, these are some of my highlights:
– I've finally found the time to look after myself. I joined a gym, started eating properly and I hope to keep doing that in 2010. (OK, the very end of the year doesn't really count, right?) Goal for 2010 – lose 12 more kilos, restart playing basketball, and go to the gym regularly.
– I've made my debut in the blogosphere. This is something I'd been thinking about for years, but now it's finally happened mainly because of all the other great bloggers I met. I also intend to keep it going in 2010. I know I still have to work on lots of things if I want to become a good blogger, and I'll try to do that in 2010. However, I'll not lose sight of the reasons why I first decided to create the blog. I'm actually surprised with the results. I didn't expect to have had more than 500 visits by the end of the year. However, the most important thing was the number of comments and the conversations I had with some of the 'readers'. There was even a response post to one of my entries. These were the things that gave me the strength to keep writing. Thank you all.
– I've given twitter a second chance and created my PLN. I've been in touch with great educators ever since and started sharing with them. Slowly, I know I'm building a meaningful PLN for me. No need to desperately try to find followers or to follow people who aren't going to contribute to my growth. Goal for 2010? Try to show more and more people the power of PLN and help them connect with people that matters.
– I've started the wiki project I had in mind for a couple of years now, and I got some teachers on board to help me out. We're still putting some ideas together so that we can start it with our students in March. Thank you for all teachers who joined me, and those who are thinking about joining it are all welcome. One of the goals of the project is to get our students to start their own PLNs and make friends with people from different backgrounds.
– I've 'met' wonderful people online, and had the chance to skype with a couple of them. I hope this will happen more often in 2010.
– The MA is still a concern. Running a school and studying at the same time hasn't been an easy task, but so far I've managed to do it quite well.
– 2010 is set to be a very promising year!!!
This blog will not be updated for a couple of weeks due to the holidays, but I'll be back in the beginning of 2010, and I sure hope to see you all here, on Twitter, on your blogs, face to face conferences and what have you. I thank you all for showing me how to effectively integrate technology in my learning.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
December 23, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Your blog reflects many of my own reflections on 2009 and aspirations for 2010. As ever, I feel both very attracted to the new, wonderful international possibilities of blogging and 2.0 technologies for teachers. And, time remains precious. How does one balance a vigorous working schedule (4 university classes in my case), reflection time, writing, and connecting with other ESL/EFL professionals? Balance is hard to find – and maintain.
Having said all that, I'll be watching and perhaps joining your Wiki efforts. You are doing important work.
Good luck in 2010. Let's hope we can smile more and sigh less!
December 23, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Nice wrap up Henrick,
Enjoyed it very much and have enjoyed having you in my PLN.
Me 2 btw, joined the Gym with same goal of losing some of the kilos that came out of going online (I have a website as well and well…)
Here's to us in 2010 and looking forward to more collaboration and learning with you. I read your post and call for students to work together – am off now until late Jan, but I will put the idea to my students to see what they think: at the moment our blogs are private as is our wiki… so not sure but will ask.
Take care,

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That is an irreprehensible act. That whole line up needs to be gone. From the judge, DA, public defender, school officials. What were they thinking?
Anyway here'e the link...
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This whole story is what happens when Murphy's law and the snowball effect collide head on. The blame for most of this needs to be taken down to the least common denominator, to the point where this situation tipped from bad to a downright, spiraling, out of control, disaster.
The one person who should take the majority of the blame and who should subsequently lose their job is the district attorney. It was his callous, ignorant actions that escalated this entire thing to the point it reached. He should be fired and disbarred. Beyond that, it really doesn't speak well for that municipality to have a person like that in public office. 80% of the blame falls squarely on his shoulders.. with the remainder falling on the parents.
The act propagated by those white students was wrong, I don't deny that. But I don't think they should have been expelled. I don't think those kids should have had to pay that high of an expense for their parent's ignorance and prejudice. Yes they should have been punished in some fashion. But to expel them was not the answer, keeping them in school, and providing them some form of counseling along with their education would have been the best direction. If they had been expelled all that would have done would have been to replace their parents hatred with their own. And that's the last thing we would need as a society - more bigots.
It's unfortunate how this entire thing evolved. As bad as it was initially it could have been resolved in a much better manner until the parents on both sides got involved. Instead of dealing with these kids as kids and working to rehabilitate their misplaced prejudice, more people than was necessary got involved and it turned out the way it did.
But it all comes back to that bigoted, ignorant, racist, relic of a bygone era District Attorney. He has no place holding a position of public trust and should be removed accordingly.
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From what I see and have read it appears that justice is again totally blind here.
A noose being hung is beyond reprisal. To be expelled for such....very hard to say ?
To blame another race for overturning such punishment......I do not agree.
As was stated, the campus is divided. Blacks on one side, whites on the other. That is by choice of "Both" races.
For one individual to ask permission to sit in a particular spot on campus sounds very suspect.
It almost appears as though a scenario was being set so as to begin a confrontation.
We do not live this (that) way anymore. Not unless we intentionally go out of the way to do so. Not unless we want to continue to carry on in such a manner.
There is a huge difference when it comes to standing for ones self and ones rights;
And stirring an old pot just for the sake of being heard.
It will never go away until we chose to carry on and leave it behind us.
I can not believe that that was the only tree on campus that produced shade.
I find it hard to believe that someone in this day and age would find it necessary to ask permission to sit anywhere.
As stated the students had already segregated each other. Werther it be by race, or as all schools work, by their general clique, it is standard practice. We all attended school and stayed in our own groups.
Why one individual would want to be where he/she is not a part of and not comfortable is beyond me. All I see is the stirring of a pot.
Without a doubt though the noose was beyond acceptable.
But what was the intention of it all in the first place ???
My guess is to just keep it going.
Mind you Im not there and Im not aware of the whole scope of the environment.
I just dont understand why we cant put it behind and accept that past as something that has made us all better.
Dont blame or point fingers at someone because of there heritage.
Dont blame and hate others because of my ancestors.
And im assuming this thread will be closed soon.
Lets just get along eh.....And thanx for fillin in some of my blanx AMGoff.
Not that it made any sense before. But it certainly doesnt make sense now.........
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Bhubaneswar: Decrying the poor law and order in Puri town and murder of a lawyer and hotelier in the pilgrim city on Sunday night, a group of lawyers and journalists on Monday staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Puri Collector-cum-District Magistrate demanding immediate transfer of district SP Sarthak Sarangi from the district.
"In last eight months seven-eight murders have been executed in the pilgrim city. The SP has failed to maintain law and order in the district. Since his joining, criminal elements have become proactive," alleged one of the agitating lawyers.
Demanding immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the murder of Chandan Behera, proprietor of Sai Kutir Lodge near Puri district court, the agitators threatened to intensify the protest if the Government fails to shift the "inefficient" SP.
"More than 12 hours have been passed into the murder. Police is still clueless. Interestingly, Sea Beach police station is located hardly at a distance of 30m from the spot where the crime took place. It exposes the police administration's efficiency and softness towards the criminal elements," said an agitating journalist.


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Do we really believe that the rate of learning in a classroom occurs like this?
Teachers and students have been trapped in a system of delivery of learning that is a product of a previous era. It was very difficult to allow students to learn at an individual pace twenty or thirty years ago.
However, effective technology based systems now allow this to occur, and everyone can benefit. Students benefit by learning at a pace that suits their needs. Teachers benefit as they can focus on helping individuals rather than guessing what a group needs.
We need to move confidently and quickly to facilitate this shift to personalized education. Our students deserve nothing less.
Peter West is Director of eLearning at Saint Stephen's College in Australia. He has over 15 years' experience leading K12 schools in technology enhanced education, particularly blended learning using online learning environments. He can be contacted at email@example.com.


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The inevitable oil crisis is truly a taxing problem
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According to John Howard, he is powerless to do anything about the enormous increase in prices for petrol and diesel fuel ("Crude shock - get ready for $1.20 a litre", Herald, June 25-26).
Perhaps the following suggestions may be of interest. Make all new cars run on non-polluting liquid petroleum gas; have government subsidies for the conversion of existing cars to LPG; and have the Federal Government inform China, the United States etc that we can no longer give them our gas as we require it at home. Any revenue lost would be more than made up by cutting imports of oil from overseas.
Simplistic? Perhaps, but worth a thought.
Owen Llewelyn Tumbi Umbi
If every cloud has a silver lining, then the predicted increase in fuel prices will see a reduction in large, petrol-guzzling vehicles clogging our roads, a welcome improvement by any measure.
P. O'Shea Cherrybrook
Various politicians are claiming that driving a (private) vehicle is not a luxury. Well, I disagree. I find it abhorrent that being a two-car family is likened to having bread on the table and considered a basic need. What kind of example does this set for our children?
The vast majority of us choose to drive a private vehicle even where public transport alternatives exist. Complaining that the buses aren't convenient is a cop-out. All it requires is to allow some extra time to get there. How can we expect more frequent buses if none of us will start using the ones we already have?
If this Government really wants to make it "fair", it should reduce the base tax to a fixed amount per litre, and introduce a second, higher tax that fluctuates with the petrol price, then legislate that all proceeds of that tax fund public transport. Then we'd see how fast people get off their hands and catch a bus to work.
Shannon Brown North Ryde
I note that John Howard is so "worried" about the high price of petrol in the coming months that he is going to talk to Alan Greenspan. However I can save him all that trouble.
Just cut the bloody taxes. Half the cost of petrol is tax, and remember the State Government tax of 3 cents per litre for three years about 12 years ago?
Motorists must be the most overtaxed people in Australia. No wonder the Federal Government can make $14 billion budget surpluses.
Ray Smith Carlingford
With the price of crude oil at $60 a barrel and the cost to us at the bowser at $1.15 per litre, can someone enlighten me as to how, if Americans pay the same price for crude oil, they can sell it for about $US2 ($2.60) a US gallon (3.8 litres)? The Australian equivalent would be about 70 cents a litre. Please, no oil company execs with the spin about transport costs.
J. Simpson Hervey Bay (Qld)
People are so shortsighted in their concerns over rising petrol prices. Once the stuff runs out prices are sure to stop rising.
Graeme Tychsen Rankin Park
The PM is not powerless to act on mitigating the effects of oil price increases. He just needs to change his Government's transport policy from the current bias towards road to a massive rail revival program which is the only safe way for us to survive the coming oil crisis.
Matt Mushalik Epping
Mr Howard claims that he is powerless to act on the soaring price of petrol when he should know that he can indeed do something about it. He can review the parity pricing policy of petrol and/or reduce the taxes on petrol - for example, GST and excise.
Robert Russell Umina
Can anyone seriously claim to be shocked by the oil price increase? We were taught in high school geography in 1978 that this day would come.
The only thing shocking is the lack of foresight in our transport and energy policies.
Carl Sparre Eastwood
Crikey, at $1.20 a litre petrol will soon be as dear as water.
Brian Swan Epping
Cor blimey - of course we should all be concerned
How can John Howard say that media ownership is an issue that "affects a group of people rather than the total community" ("King of the castle", Herald, June 25-26)? Excuse me?
That it is of no concern to the community that our media outlets could be controlled by overseas interests, that a majority of our media outlets could fall into the hands of a few megalomaniacal businessmen who have no dedication, no commitment and, worse, no care for the concept of impartial, balanced, bipartisan presentation of issues and events? I'm certainly not saying we have that now, but at least we have journalists and media outlets and organisations that try.
So Mr Howard plays his flute and we all trudge down a path to a world where not only will there be a greater divide between the haves and the have-nots, but also a growing ignorance due to his willingness to throw away legislation that goes some distance to letting both sides of whatever debate is centre stage to be heard.
Kim Palmer Narrabeen
Australians were fed up with the stonewalling and antagonism of the Senate. If Mr Howard behaves in a way so feared by Harry Evans, then he, as Clerk of the Senate, knows better than most that in three years' time the public will exercise its democratic right to alter the situation.
Until that time, the people's wishes should be respected.
George Fishman Vaucluse
So, John Howard thinks it's bad politics to behave like an autocrat … riiight! And he's not going to let his power in the Senate go to his head. Then I see he vows that he doesn't "have in mind any change to the [Senate] estimates process" and the cynic in me wonders, core or non-core?
Finally, the Prime Minister delivers the sting: "I wouldn't say we'll seek to maintain them [Senate estimates] in every single particular way." So, unless some more Coalition politicians, equipped with both courage and conscience, are prepared to stand up to Mr Howard and even cross the floor, Australian democracy is in for a bumpy ride.
Jo McGahey Lindfield
Light rail is the best way for Carr to go
Congratulations to the Herald on its move to support a major role for light rail in city transport operations ("Fumes, heat but not much light rail", June 25-26).
There at last seems to be recognition that a line of buses is akin to a line of diesel trucks in environmental impact. Smelly, vibrating and manifestly unpleasant for pedestrians in a canyon environment like the city.
The interchange bogy must not stand in the way of progress on the public transport front. Thousands interchange at Parramatta, Chatswood or Bondi Jungle daily. Castlereagh Street is the go for stage one, destination Circular Quay.
If Bob Carr's Government had any survival instinct or care for the future, it would rapidly endorse the Herald position to the dismay of any dead wood in the Transport and Treasury departments.
Jane Salmon-Donovan Lindfield
Replenishing tax coffers
We are pleased that the recent rain in Sydney has somewhat replenished the rainwater supply that is collected by those of us who have installed water tanks. At a solid cost we are assisting in preserving our city's water reserves.
The State Government pays a small encouragement sum to those prepared to be water-conscious in this dry continent. The Federal Government, on the other hand, collects a nice juicy 10 per cent in GST of the cost to supply and install these water-saving tanks.
The result: a greater surplus in the national budget and fewer installations. Surely all installations of water tanks should be encouraged throughout our drought-inclined country by making them at least GST-free.
Burt Schaafsma Turramurra
The first colony
I'm only 15 but have discovered a major error that many cars display in NSW. Why do so many numberplates say "The First State" when really we were only the first colony? All the states came into being at the same time with Federation.
Matthew Modini Winston Hills
Yet another martyr
Your story on the Reverend Billy Graham ("Voice fades, but crusader still has the spirit", Herald, June 25-26) carried a simple quote from the good doctor that might go a long way in explaining to us simple folk the rationale behind the Islamic religion's thoughts on martyrdom.
Graham said, in part: "I look forward to death with great anticipation. I am looking forward to seeing God face to face." When we try to analyse the "madness" behind the suicide bombers and their willingness to get to know Allah a little better - apart from the unacceptable deeds and consequences - is the theory all that different than that espoused by old Billy and the estimated 200 million people who have made up his audiences over the years?
Lawrence Maher Wollstonecraft
Ready for executive life
Be real. Any student paying a tutor extra to also prepare precise presentations in his name is already qualified mentally and financially for executive positions in business or politics ("I didn't do it … and that's the problem", Herald, June 25-26).
Bernie Dean Mt Morgan (Qld)
Cleaning up his act
Thank you, Hugh Mackay, for alerting me to the folly of perfectionism ("A perfect storm in a teacup", Herald, June 25-26).
I was going to clean up my room but now I am perfectly happy with the mess that it's in.
David Urquhart Camperdown
Missing in action
I was amused at Denis Goodwin's comment that Laurie Ferguson is "surely destined to be the ghost who walks" (Letters, June 24).
He is the ghost who walks. I live on the western fringe of Laurie's electorate (Reid) and he is never seen.
Ron Jones Guildford
The federal Labor Party will never again be a force in Australian politics while it still has a leader who has not the guts to put an end to the party factionalism, and heed the words of Abraham Lincoln: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
John Braun Barrack Heights
Remember Ansett?
There have been many fine letters in the Herald praising the performance of John Anderson, however I don't see too many signed "from an appreciative former Ansett shareholder".
Bruce Apps Brooms Head
Silent killer
It may be heartening news to John Swanton (Letters, Herald, June 25-26) that the fine for fitting a louder after-market exhaust to a bike exceeds $2000.
Sadly motorcycles with almost silent legal exhausts can no longer be heard by car drivers, resulting in many more riders meeting early deaths.
Our exhaust notes were the sole means we had of letting all you white cane-carrying drivers know we were approaching.
Tony Snellgrove Uki
A heavenly read
While I was perusing the very orderly Death and In Memoriam notices in the Herald on Saturday, I thought of the difference between Sydneysiders and their ACT counterparts in the use of such announcements.
I was bemused to see, when I came to live in Canberra, that the bereaved write anguished letters to the dearly departed on the occasion of their death (and detailing the names of every single great-grandchild) and tracts detailing life on earth on anniversaries and publish them in the classified columns of The Canberra Times. I wonder if they think the loved ones read The Canberra Times in heaven?
Why the regional difference?
Jennifer Saunders Canberra
What about the people?
If People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ("Spin doctors get to work as the flak flies", Herald, June 25-26) were instead People for the Ethical Treatment of Humans, perhaps they could do something for the 1 million Zimbabweans whose homes have been bulldozed by Robert Mugabe, rather than worrying about the bottoms of Australian merinos?
Joan Croll Wentworth Falls
Let's muffle MPs, too
It seems that taxi drivers will no longer be able to mention religion and politics in their en-route banter. If this ridiculous gag applies to cabbies, what about hairdressers, manicurists and other professionals whose very jobs entail idle talk with customers?
In my view, the people who should watch what they say about religion and politics are clerics and MPs.
Torbjorn Lundmark Manly
Ratings ravings of a grumpy old woman
Did we reach the nadir of TV programming last Thursday after 10pm? Four of the free-to-air networks were broadcasting sport. Yuk. And the ABC came up with a home video of a British neo-Nazi ex-criminal whose wife and child fed puppy foetuses to the pet anaconda in the corner of the lounge room. Yuk, yuk. Is it just me? Am I a grumpy old woman?
Jan Murray Church Point
Punk fashion
Amid the clangour of sale ads on tele, I was taken by the pitch for a clothing chain that "shirts, tops, pants and skirts are all slashed". No wonder they're cheap.
Peter Daniel Balcolyn
Riding a new wave
As a diehard fan of '70s and '80s New Wave music, it does my heart good to hear my children singing Elvis Costello's classic Oliver's Army. Still, substituting the words "old lasagne" makes me realise you can never really go back.
Matthew Thomason Dulwich Hill
Vital statistics
If Barbie were a real woman, she would have "a bust of 96.5 to 101.6 centimetres, a waist of 45.7 to 61 centimetres and hips around 84 to 89 inches" ("Barbie does Broadway: now for a real doll", Herald, June 25-26). That is, hips of 213 to 226 centimetres. No Barbie, your bum does not look big in that. It's bloody huge.
Bob Doepel Fernmount
The true target
A small memo to the woman who compares feeding men with feeding horses ("Hay presto: brumbies wild about feed luring", Herald, June 25-26). Anyone who thinks the way to a man's heart is through his stomach is aiming much too high.
Peter West Bondi Junction
A few home truths
At a dinner party of baby-boomer couples, discussion included updates about offspring. With the final departure from home of one couple's last of three twentysomething sons, the wife told us she'd asked her husband (of 40 years) at dinner the following night: "Actually Jack, what part of the chicken do you really like?"
John Feller Rose Bay
Summer surfing
Like Ben Honner (Letters, June 25-26), who has yet to hear the winter "snap", I am waiting to catch the summer heat "wave".
Elizabeth Maher Bangor
Linguistic hijinks
Allow me to solve your problem, Tessa Surany (Letters, June 25-26). Never drink one, but always two, martini.
William Cattell Sydney
Well, Tessa, I don't know about Latin and Greek and such, but I believe in Strine a single martini would be a "marty".
Daryl Aberhart Swansea
Now we know how to refer to more than one hippopotamus or octopus (Letters, June 25-26), but how come the plural of opus is opera?
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Dragon Age: Inquisition - Content Complete
by Couchpotato, 2014-05-03 00:29:37
David Gaider has a new post on his blog that mentions Dragon Age: Inquisition is close to Alpha, and goes into detail about what he calls "Content Complete".
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I love me some Jane. See Jane Work always puts a smile on my face. I could blog about Jane every single day… I can't resist paper products, and for those of you that can't either, check out all of the new treats from See Jane Work for Back to School. I think what makes Jane stand out from the rest is presentation – from the easy breezy website to the beautiful crystal clear product shots, you just crave posh office supplies the moment you step inside her online paper emporium. Another perk of shopping with Jane? She wraps your wares in blue tissue paper. Try that at Staples.
Some of my favorites are the Corporate Flashcardswith words like synergy and bandwidth for $11.95 (I must buy these for my close pal Lana, whom I left behind in the corporate world), Jill Smith Notepads $7.50, super slim, super chic (wouldn't we love to be described like that!), very preppy sweet Boatman Geller Notepads $11.25, and Cavallini Printed Notebooks $12.95 (I own Cavallini folders, great quality). I carry notebooks like this in my handbag, good for tucking away receipts and for sketching a quick idea that you may see in a store.
See anything you like?
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Today the Daily Echo can reveal the route the Olympic torch will take through Hampshire.
Huge crowds are expected to line the streets when the famous flame weaves its way through Hampshire over three days in July, carried by a relay of specially-selected people through towns, villages and cities.
The highlight will be an evening of free celebrations in Southampton's Mayflower Park on July 14 – less than a fortnight before the Games' opening ceremony.
But civic leaders are hoping to create a carnival atmosphere at all the spots.
The torch will make its first appearance in Hampshire three days earlier, stopping in Winchester and Kings Worthy.
After heading off to Wiltshire and Dorset, the relay will return to Hampshire in the New Forest, with routes going through Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Lymington, from where the convoy will travel across The Solent to the Isle of Wight.
There a torchbearer will carry the flame on a chair lift at the Needles.
Once back on the mainland the torch will travel almost four miles through Southampton from the Red Funnel ferry terminal and ending at the neighbouring Mayflower Park ahead of the evening event, for which details have not yet been revealed.
On its tour of the city the torchbearers will travel past Tudor House Museum, the Bargate and even complete a lap around St Mary's Stadium during the Marcus Liebherr tribute match.
The following day, after a trip to the Channel Islands, the flame will visit Fareham and Gosport, including a trip on the Gosport Ferry.
Southampton's leisure and culture chief Cllr John Hannides said he hoped residents would turn out "in force".
He said: "This is a unique opportunity for residents to take part in the London 2012 experience and I would really encourage as many people as possible to line the route and welcome our inspirational torchbearers."


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im piecing together a Brembo setup and my current wheels wont fit.
they are Prodrive P7 17x7 with new Cooper rs3-a tires 225/45-17 Powder coated black with the brushed stainless look Prodrive center caps. no curb rash, really good shape, a couple small rock knicks and normal wheel wear
i need move to something with 04 Sti fitment to clear the Brembo brakes so thee are for sale.
only picture i have right now. but i can take more if there is interest.
750 $
im looking to stay with 17's , so im willing to separate and sell the wheels for 500$ FIRM
one wheel has a small chip, shown in the pictures below. they are all kinda dirty, just need a quick cleaning.
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In response to The Daily Record's article published Saturday, Jan. 11, "Surprisingly weak jobs report puzzles economists." The reason they are puzzled is because they are part of a growing group of economists that don't understand economics.
What do we expect when we raise taxes on businesses? It only increases the cost of production, which in turn increases the price of the product. When the price of the product goes up, consumers buy fewer products. When consumers buy fewer products, businesses produce fewer products to meet the lower demand, which generally requires fewer employees to produce fewer products.
Also, we are raising taxes on individuals, mostly because of Obamacare and expiring tax cuts, which means consumers have less money to spend, and when consumers have less money to spend, they buy fewer products.
Businesses understand this relationship very clearly, and therefore respond appropriately by reducing production to meet the reduced demand, which usually means laying people off or at least not hiring any more.
Why do our economists think this way? It's because liberal universities believe bigger government is better government have trained them. Somehow many of our economists, especially those who work for the government, believe that raising taxes and expanding our government will somehow improve our economy and get more people back to work. It would never occur to them (economists) that reducing spending and cutting taxes, leaving the money with the people in the first place might be the more appropriate way to go.
So finally, if taxes go down for businesses, then the cost of production goes down, and therefore, because of competitive pricing, the price of the product will go down and more products will be purchased. Businesses will have to produce more, and maybe hire more people to meet the increased demand. The same for individuals; if taxes are reduced, individuals will have more money to spend, which increases demand, and businesses will respond appropriately by producing more and probably hiring more people. Unemployment problem solved! However, we still have the problem with our government economists that don't have a clue.
Tom Stoll
Apple Creek
And all this information from the NYT,that esteemed left wing newspaper,about income inequality and why it isn't real.
History should suffice 2091,those who forget are doomed to repeat.
But with the current direction,the haves will be in government,not the free market.If the government takes from the rich until the only rich left ARE the government what will happen?
Soon the health insurance industry will collapse.By design of this administration.Then what?Will the governemnt move to a one payor system,where all medical jobs are now government jobs?
This will destroy one sixth of the economy.Then what?Will manufacturing be next?
The "haves" will always "have" Gary. Always have, always will. Please cite sources for your postulation.
To avoid rankling, I will not use words like "socialist" to describe our current economy. The best word I can think of is "interventionist", since our government continuously intervenes in the market process. Our interventionist government establishes a policy of taking from those who have something and redistributing it to others who are designated as being in need. Can anyone explain the math to me? This is a collision course to disaster! When the "haves" no longer have, where will the funding come from to support the have nots? One valid rule of economics is that is something is good, more must be better; if interventionism is good, then more interventionism is obviously better.
We are already seeing the negative consequences of interventionism – our stock of capital is shrinking. Capital is the sum total of the machinery and other capital goods that are used to produce output. People are employed to operate and maintain that capital. Businesses need to maintain and update their equipment in order to operate. Capital is what produces jobs and increases output (machines are more efficient than people) which leads to a higher standard of living. Even the most cynical progressive has to agree that the inability to maintain capital equipment will have the harmful effect of reducing output, reducing employment and shrinking our economy. Just how much intervention the government can wield without crossing that dangerous line is not actually known. However, we are seeing a reduction of capital as equipment is wearing out or becoming obsolete at a greater rate than it is being replaced with more efficient, higher technology capital equipment. That is a fact.
So the net result of persistent interventionism is that we will all be equally poor; not living in poverty as some might say, but poor in the sense that we will no longer have a viable opportunity to save and increase our wealth since any savings will be immediately taxed away. This is the inevitable end result of the interventionist game. Then it matters not what our knowledge level of economics might be when we are helpless to apply our knowledge, skills, and experience to better ourselves!
What's wrong buzzy?Can't answer a simple question?Cuomo in New York thinks the way to lure companies is to give them tax breaks.Is he right buzzy?If so,isn't that the same thing Republicans say?Answer the question since you know everything that is wrong,you must know how to fix it?C'mon buzzy,or just continue your left wing talking points.
Prove there is something in between your ears!
This should be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW,anybody can pay extra,but the left never seems to walk the walk,why is that?
You give the option for billionaires to pay more. Why not give the option for nurse to pay billionaire rates?
What's wrong buzzy?No answer so you decide to distract yet again?Simple question:What would YOU do?
Why does the resident teabagger want billionaires to have the option to pay nurse rates? Why not give nurse the option to pay billionaire rates?
What's a montra?
Liberalism is a mental disorder,all who are afflicted should be put on public display as a warning to children.
But you still can't explain why all the rich leftists that complain about income inequality don't pay more than they have to?Like a Congresswoman comparing the difference to WWII,or segragation,and all the while not bothering to mention she is worth $20 million and more than likely pays less in taxes than buzzy's secratary!I wonder how some can be so easily led to slaughter?
There is a simple fix right buzzy,Why don't you explain how you would fix everything?Explain exactly what it will take?that is,if you have enough time left from your trolling efforts?
And the NY City Mayor targets opponents with the witholding of services.But you will never hear anything about that from the loon media.Just like fast and furious,Benghazi,not enforcing immigration laws,Not enforcing his own Obamacare laws,allowing the IRS to taget opponents and so much more.But no,be worried about a traffic backup on a bridge.That's what you do, distract and deny,the Democrat montra!!!
Fortunately the GOP is coming unglued at the seams. Christie was only real threat to Hillary in 2016. With former Virginia governor McDonnell threatening to steal the honor of biggest GOP buffoon away from Christie all that's left is the Cruz/Palin or Palin/Cruz, (same difference) in 2016. SNL must be drooling at the thought.
If teabagger wants a country where corporations can pollute at will and not have to deal with "job killing regulation", where corporations pay a super low tax rate and don't need to worry about maintaining an infrastructure feel free to move to Somalia.
Why is the Tea Party/GOP absolutely the stupidiest people on the planet?
If we can lower the minimum wage to two bucks an hour, get rid of the EPA, dump all worker safety laws, outlaw fire inspections and building codes, end the family leave act, pay women less than men, outlaw unions and of course eliminate the clean water act and food inspections, no more consumer rights and jail all teachers that are liberal then wow the economy will boom. Of course people will live in poverty and we will have less people around because more will die in our plants and other occupations. Companies will rush to relocate in the US. Perfect world for business. I just bet their are countries that do this right now.We need to make the business climate better than these places We could lower the wage rates to what is paid in Vietnam then they will relocate here.
Today if your corporate master built a better mouse trap ain't nobody have any money to buy one. Failed Republican policy has the money piled up at the top and stashed in secret Swiss accounts. When the middle class has money we buy the better mousetrap. This middle class demand creates jobs for mousetrap builders, shippers and repairman. Why are you a low info stooge for corporations, bagger?
The Investors.
The evil people who have money to invest might take a risk and actually help create jobs?
"Let the free market pick winners and losers" buzzy
Isn't that what the TEA Party has said buzzy?So now,I guess,you are a believer?Did Obama allow the free market to pick winners when he handed the UAW 10 billion dollars?And did he allow investors to invest when he took their shares from them in the same transfer?
But now you BELIEVE?Or are you again trying distraction?
But again,you have to decide how to make the economy better,be specific!
But then again,if the middle class is the engine the money must be the gas,right?But then again everybody is equal,so nobody has any money except for your fearless leaders.
Try again buzzy,try to think outside the box this time.I know you can do it.Hahahahaha
"Who's going to put up the money to create these widgets?"
Let the free market pick winners and losers.
So everybody would be in a union?No business owners?No investors?No capital?
Don't think it would work so well?But maybe every business could be run like Detroit,ya think buzzy? Hahahahahahaha
Who's going to put up the money to create these widgets?
With good paying union jobs the middle class has money to buy the latest and greatest widgets. Creating jobs to meet the demand. The middle class is the engine of society.
What a fool.
You can do anything to make things equal buzzy,What do you do?
"But I'm curious,just how does the middle class get money to buy widgets?"
Or could it be that government assistance rules have changed to allow some to get assistance they don't need?Or could it be that some choose to work less hours just for the handout?
But I'm curious,just how does the middle class get money to buy widgets?Is it magically appearing out of thin air?Does it grow on trees?Do most responsible people work to earn the money?Do they have a choice where they work?Can they change jobs if they think they deserve more?Or is everyone just going to sit and wait for the next governemnt check?
And when we have income equality does that mean everyone will be paid exactly the same amount?If not,why?If so,how?You don't think those in charge will be satisfied qith qhat you get do you buzzy?That would mean that those in charge would have moe than you,not equal.
BTW buzzy,the plant wasn't inspected as it should be.Blame Obama for that!
Ignorance can be cured,stupid lasts a lifetime!
When will McDonalds fix the pot hole on my street? Is Walmart cleaning up the Elk River yet?
You are taking my statements out of context. I agree that government programs lay a heavier burden on the working class than on the rich as a percentage of income; and are, therefore regressive. The rich can always find a way to minimize their tax burden. Our current economic policies are causing a decline in real median income for the so-called middle class. I am not saying the rich take from the poor; I am saying the government takes from all of us except their cronies!
By the way, I cannot justify subsidizing any class of citizens or businesses; only progressives can justify subsidies! Those subsidies are nothing but an additional burden on the taxpayers. I support elimination of ALL subsidies. . I recognize the need to help the truly needy; but I believe that help should be locally controlled not from Washington.
I believe I have a very real grasp of non-Keynesian economics, commonly called free-market economics. I continue to study economics as the study of human action and behaviors. I can also balance a budget for my household and my past businesses. Calling me names, saying I have no understanding of economics, or simply repeating you previous statements rather than presenting a sound counterargument is revealing. I am open for a debate as long as we agree to only argue FACTS not opinions.
We've freed the WV chemical company "job creators" from "job killing regulation" and now the water is toxic. When will the free market be cleaning up the Elk River?
Here's an inconvenient little FACT for you. My tax dollars support Walmart's low income full time workers who receive government subsidies. How do you justify subsidizing Walmart workers incomes with government assistance provided by me? Tell me there's no loser here Gary. How do the rich ( Walmart ) not take from the poor ( ME ) ?
Gary clearly has no understanding of economics. When the middle class has money we buy widgets. This creates demand that Gary's corporate master will gladly meet. Gary is a proponent of trickle down economics and wants all the wealth concentrated at the top for the "job creators". 12 years of the failed Bush tax cuts for the rich have debunked the failed Republican economic fantasy of trickle down. Money needs to circulate to work not concentrated at the top and stashed in the Caymans.
Gary, what is America's greatest failed economic policy and why is it Republican trickle down?
Tom, this is a well written letter. I agree with you 100%. Too bad the "progressive element" whose responses are already posted doesn't understand basic economics either. The progressives see the economy as a zero-sum game, one in which a winner exists by creating a loser. The truth is a market economy in NOT a zero-sum game; the more one expands his business, the bigger the economy becomes. The rich do not "take" from the poor; the rich create jobs for others who do not want to assume business risks. Another truth is that massive government intervention in the form of taxation and regulation can actually "shrink" the economy; making all but the government insiders and their cronies losers.
This is no surprise that progressives believe in a zero-sum game since those same Keynesian economists who do not accept free-market operations perpetuate the myth that capitalism is a zero-sum game. If Keynes is right (every original point in his theory has been thoroughly disproved), why have so many European countries who embraced his ideas steering back toward a free-market market economy rather than going bust? The truth is there are two sides to this argument and only on them is right. Which one is correct will probably only be seen by the progressives (and maybe not even then) when their illustrious president (it's not my fault) Obama pushes our economy to the point of bankruptcy. I hope that does not come to pass but I would really like to see the progressives present ANY facts to support the massive tampering with a system that works quite efficiently when left alone. The government's purpose is not about economic efficiency; it is about control and rewarding their supporters with our tax dollars.
The alternative to limited government is tyranny; and we are currently well down that road. Those of us who "see the light" are mocked and ridiculed by progressives BECAUSE they have no facts that support their argument to borrow our way to economic prosperity. I one heard the argument that borrowing one's way out of debt is like fornicating one's way to virginity – both of those statements are equally false!
Preachers don't understand god. It shrouds itself in non-evidence and requires maximum blind faith.
Economists don't understand economics! Brilliant! Now I know what the problem is! And here I was blaming the GOP for placing party and campign before the country and making a mess of our economy. What a fool I was!
I guess this means that preachers don't understand God, businessmen don't understand business, Doctors don't know medicine, and firemen don't know anything about putting out fires. I think I got it figured out now Tom, thanks! Don't trust anybody that might know anything about something that I know even less about. All those books just mess up the clear and right-thinking processes that made America great. Makes it a lot easier and I like easy.
Why do Republicans force nurses to pay more than billionaires?
But why don't all the rich liberals give more of their money to America?They want everyone else to but they don't walk the walk.And how do you explain the fact that income inequality has expanded by 95% under Obama policies?
"It is better to remain silent and have people think you a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"
As the 2008 depression is further in the rearview mirror America becomes better. We simply can't return to the documented failed GOP policies that got us in this mess to stat with. The GOP has zero ideas to help the middle class - pro poverty wages, pro-rape babies, pro fossil fuels, pro tax cuts for the 1%
I'll say it again,when did Obamacare start getting credit for the jobs report?
unemployment in steady decline?the reported rate is 6.7% but any economist knows it is really closer to 15%.
61% now in the labor market,a record low.
Dow setting records due to bond rates being zero.
GM would have been fine if they were allowed to go through bankruptcy,and the stockholders would still own the stock,and the government would have an extra 10 billion or so.Of course the unions would have 10 billion less.
Detroit gets handout because they are bankrupt and the council wanted payback from Obama.Oooops,you forgot that one!
GDP grew at less than 2% but I don't expect you to keep up with the latest numbers.
Less oil production on Federal land due to Obama blocking permits,more on PRIVATE land leading to record LOW natural gas prices.More drilling in spite of Obama not because of him.
Obama fails to take responsibility for anything,brings up the race card yet again.He says race is why his polls are going down,I say his lack of reality is to blame.
Ignorance can be cured,stupidity lasts forever!
Wait till you get a load of Hillary.
Obama has done a decent job recovering us from the 2008 depression. Think how far we'd be along if Republicans would help us out of the ditch for a min. Dow setting records, unemployment in steady decline, Bin Laden dead, GM alive, 50% of Bushwars ended, GDP grew 4% LQ, Obama lead pipe locked into drill, baby, drill, and two liberals on the Supreme Court. Imagine how far we'd be if the Republicans could help pull this mother out of the ditch for a min.
January 20, 2014 3:22PM
bam, I was just pointing out how ludicrous it was to blame Obamacare for one bad jobs report, because if you did, you'd have to credit it for the preceding good jobs report.
As far as liberals leading by example, people pay what the tax rate is. Liberals propose stricter tax laws, like returning to the 50s or 60s levels, which is an example of leadership. republicans just push tax cuts.
For your last submission, see above about the tax code. It didn't get past the republicans. The IRS targeting - of course you 'forget' that it was an republican that selected the groups, and that liberal groups were targeted as well. You want a lie, try "yellow-cake urainium, processing capability, WMDs in Iraq, imminent threat to Israel" and "No new taxes."
And certainly I don't agree with Obama 100%, but I disagree with fictional facts 100%.
We are going into the sixth year of this disaterous Obama economy and the Liberals have no better answer than, "Help, (groan) I can't get out of the bushes ... (moan) ... someone help me, please help ..."
November can't come soon enough
Why can't buzzy answer a simple question or two?
Most readers misunderstand Buzz and his two or more sock puppets here ...
Buzz's simple mission statement robs from Vladimir Lenin,
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." ...
You don't get debate from Buzz, honest or otherwise, you just get pounded ... That's his real job and he is very good at it; you could even say, dedicated
bam, I was just pointing out how ludicrous it was to blame Obamacare for one bad jobs report, because if you did, you'd have to credit it for the preceding good jobs report.
As far as liberals leading by example, people pay what the tax rate is. Liberals propose stricter tax laws, like returning to the 50s or 60s levels, which is an example of leadership. republicans just push tax cuts.
For your last submission, see above about the tax code. It didn't get past the republicans. The IRS targeting - of course you 'forget' that it was an republican that selected the groups, and that liberal groups were targeted as well. You want a lie, try "yellow-cake urainium, processing capability, WMDs in Iraq, imminent threat to Israel" and "No new taxes."
And certainly I don't agree with Obama 100%, but I disagree with fictional facts 100%.
Why didn't Obama re-write the tax code in his first two years?
Why did Obama allow the IRS to target his opponents?
Why does Obama continue to lie to Americans?
Why do liberals ignore what Obama does wrong?
Why does Obama decide NOT to enforce certain laws?
Why can't buzzy answer a simple question or two?
Why do republicans force nurses to pay more than billionaires?
"Second, temporary tax cuts expiring is not the same as raising taxes. And take a look at the effective tax rate, it has been sliding down for decades. Blaming Obamacare for one weak report is absurd on the face of it, but then you must give credit to Obamacare for the consecutive string of good job creation reports that preceded the current one."
So now Obamacare can be credited for a jobs report?Really roadster?
Should be "liberal" but most would know that.Will I get a spelling lesson or will the left answer?
One question buzzy:If ledideral rich folks think all rich should pay more taxes why do they NEVER seem to lead by example?
Why do Republicans want billionaires to pay less than a nurse?
Well, well, well. Buzz, the cross-eyed Democrat is up an attum again. What a total fool. One would think that occasionaly he would say something good about someone. But no, he continues day after day, week after week with the same tired, weak old banter about Republicans and Christians.
But no, not Buzz. How anyone can continue to publicly display their blatant lack of any intellegence or moral fibre is beyond me.
For WalMart, in 2010 they paid $7.1 Billions. 2011 after tax profits were $15.7 Billions. The family owns 50.9% of the shares, giving it controlling interest and the board of directors.
The average employee works 34 hours, and grosses $15,500 a year. Pretax. Just above poverty level, based on what was set in the 1960s. Yep, at least they got a job and pay taxes, so thank WalMart.
They did a great job of expanding manufacturing investment in China, and closing down companies here. Like Rubbermaid. Those employees probably went to WalMart, made less, with no benefits, and paid less in taxes because they made less. Net loss for the US.
My compliments to them on their business model. Not for their sense of corporate responsibility, which did major damage to middle class jobs here.
Walmart has 2.2 million employees who produce a gross revenue of $475 billion yearly and a profit margin of $17.2 yearly which is 66.7 percent of the retail market share in this country. So why do Walmart employees require government assistance to the tune of $2.66 billion a year? I don't shop there so why am I required to subsidize their employees?
Don't tell teabagger that. Teabagger will go full butthurt at the mere mention of billionaires paying nurse tax rates.
First accountant I ever had when I owned my first business always used to tell me no one every went broke paying taxes.
Unsurprisingly, our resident teabaggers are pro Walmart poverty wages.
Nobody is surprised you're whining about Walmart paying less than a nurse like Jesus taught. If anything, you are consistent on being a corporate stooge. Forget an Obama EO on min wage. Democrats are playing the long game and we need to get the Teabagging GOP on record as being pro-poverty.
Wal-Mart Stores paid $7.1 billion in Federal taxes in 2010 ... Wal-Mart employes 1,412,739 Americans who also pay taxes ... Each week more than 245,000,000 folks shop and enjoy low prices at Wal-Mart ... Wal-Mart is owned by stockholders ... Wal-Mart is a very serious business ... so
Do you want to buy shares of stock in Wal-Mart ... or
Do you want to petition Congress for a government takeover of Wal-Mart ... or
Do you want the President to take executive action (he does have a pen you know) and raise the minimum wage for Wal-Mart employees ... or
Do you want the status quo and keep trash talking Wal-Mart in these editorial pages ...
What's it gonna be
Widget 101
Economists don't understand, but Tom from Apple Creek understands all. Sure.
First, taxes don't touch the cost of production, and if you look at the fifties and sixties when we were booming, they don't have much of a touch on the profit motive or investments. So the second and last paragraph claims are way out of touch.
Second, temporary tax cuts expiring is not the same as raising taxes. And take a look at the effective tax rate, it has been sliding down for decades. Blaming Obamacare for one weak report is absurd on the face of it, but then you must give credit to Obamacare for the consecutive string of good job creation reports that preceded the current one.
This is simply a free ride republican claim, one who wants no taxes to pay for everything he enjoys.
On the subject of raising the minimum wage, repeatedly predictions of doom if that happened was followed by increased spending on consumer goods, met with increased production and hiring to meet the increased and sustained demand. If worker output increased, which it did over the law forty years, shouldn't some of that profit go back to the employee? Because adjusting for time, now workers earn less than they used to, while net aftertax corporate and 1 percenter profits shot way up. No parity at all. Is that an American value?
Nothing wrong with anyone getting rich but when there are about 7 Walmart Waltons in the 150 richest people in America and 75% of Walmart workers get some kind of government help there is something wrong with that picture. Most Americans just want a simple life with a decent job to take care of themselves and family but are not even given a chance because of all the greed from the rich and powerful who have to have better than the next person and don't care who they tramp on to get it.
It's better to get the GOP on record as being pro poverty wages and then hammer bagger on it.
January 20, 2014 7:16AM
A big mac would go up pennies. Why do you want your corporate master to pay poverty wages and then we have to provide taxpayer assistance?
A penny indeed ... so why is the Oval Office Community-Organizer-In-Chief so desparately afraid to take executive action (he does have a pen, you know) ... ??? ...
Why won't President Obama issue an executive order and raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $__.__ ... ??? ...*** it because he is just a politician that watches the polls
A big mac would go up pennies. Why do you want your corporate master to pay poverty wages and then we have to provide taxpayer assistance?
One question for the liberals:If companies raise there prices in order to pay $15 bucks an hour or $20 or $25,you choose what is "fair", and people decide they don't want to pay the high price,what happens?Do they buy from China?Honduras?Where?And then what happens to the local jobs?
Ask your local gas station owner (if you can find one!) how much profit he makes from selling you one gallon of gas.Then ask how many employees he has.Then ask how much profit is made from all the grocery items he sells for a higher price than any supermarket.Add everything up and you just may realize the profit is barely enough to survive.Now make him pay double the minimum wage,and ask him the same questions/
BTW,I guess you WALMART complainers don't know that WALMART offers a BETTER health plan than Obama does,and it only costs the employee 20 bucks!
Told you!
January 20, 2014 5:31AM
Why do baggers want to still use failed trickle down economics?
Baggers, aka male homosexuals, are great consumers ... so I'm confused ... what does a bagger's trickling down have what to do with the plight of the fail Obama Economy, which is currently at rest at the sixth year mark in the Big Dumper on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washinton DC ... ???
January 20, 2014 5:46AM
I think some of these businesses
What businesses including WalMart ... ???
should not hoard all the profits
What about the owners of a business ... the innovators ... the builders ... the investors ... the shareholders ... should the government take over WalMart and eliminate "the middle man" ... ???
and pay their workers a decent wage, instead of Walmart wages, then more people would have more money to buy their products and this would create more jobs.
Write a letter to President Obama and politely ask him to take executive action and issue an executive order to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $22.00 or whatever ...He has a pen and he can do this ... why wait for Congress ... ???
I think the greed is killing this great Country and I can't understand why some people think they need so much to live on and leave others with nothing.*** this directly out of the Communist Manifesto or have you added something to it ... ???
I think some of these businesses should not hoard all the profits and pay their workers a decent wage, instead of Walmart wages, then more people would have more money to buy their products and this would create more jobs. I think the greed is killing this great Country and I can't understand why some people think they need so much to live on and leave others with nothing.
Why do baggers want to still use failed trickle down economics?
Just another low info teabagger whining about taxes on his corporate master.
Seems simple,but reading the left response will be fun.


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What can you do to the SVT Head? Do you have one of those on the shelf?
Yeah there is definetly a need for the SVT head to be done. It will easily outflow the Zetec ultimate head.
me want so bad... but me need stereo finished first.
btw karl what cams would you suggest for this head.
also would a ported 200 manifold an 65mm throttle body do well for intake. (through an svt box with a zetec upper half, but i'm willing to change that if necessary)
obviously an svt header is needed. but what size exhaust. 2.5?
jsut trying to my ducks in a row for a well built engine so i can spank a few noobs up here.
Ill add a set of the duratec ones to my dream 2.3L dura build list once theyre out, looks like good stuff! You guys have quite an improvement in flow over the stock head
Do you have any dyno proof at all?
I see you have abit more lift over FR at top lift but, need to see WHp dyno proof.
That like, oh, 25% more flow intake side...
We will back to back a minor bolt on Zetec shortly.
I dont know if an SVT head would outflow the Ultimate head. With that heads bigger valves, there is no longer and advantage on the SVT there. It would be interesting though.
Your induction setup otherwise seems solid.
I would use the JBA long tube header with a 2.5" exhaust for max HP production.
if i sent you an svt head would you do it?
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How can i cut my dogs hair without her freaking out on me?
I Tried to cut my dogs hair with some clippers, The clippers are very quiet.. she was squirming and barking and biting me while i was trying to cut her hair. I dont know how to calm her down and get her used to the idea.
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I will tell you how I trained Maya to sit through a full grooming. :)
Have your dog sit in a quiet room, and set the clippers on the floor as close as you can without her getting too anxious. The clippers are OFF at this point. Feed her treats and tell her what a good girl she is for sitting next to the scarey clippers. Do this several times a day for short amounts of time, maybe only a minute or two.
Next you can graduate to holding the clippers while they are off.... then to holding the clippers while they are on.
Turn the clippers on for only ten second intervals. ONLY feed her treats while the clippers are on at this point. Turn them off, and the treats stop coming.
Soon, she will see the clippers as an opportunity for cookies!
Continue to increase the amount of time the clippers are turned on and eventually you can put them on her rear, then her back and so on.
You'll know if you're moving too fast if she freaks out again. Good luck!
Maya answered on 8/21/08. Helpful? / 1
Hey, Elsie as much as I HATE to say this if the suggestion above falls through you may have to sedate her with a pill, what else can ya do!?!? But....you can also hand her off to the groomers but I think that that will frighten her evn more :S
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FX's TWO AND A HALF MEN 12-Hour Marathon to Feature Charlie Sheen's Favorite Episodes, 6/28
Charlie Sheen fondly recalls his former series Two and a Half Men by selecting his 24 favorite episodes for special 12-hour Men marathon this Thursday, June 28 from 9 AM-9:00 PM on FX. The Two and a Half Men marathon will lead into the launch of FX's highly anticipated summer comedy block which kicks off with two back-to-back episodes of Sheen's new comedy series Anger Management at 9 PM and 9:30 PM. Afterwards, the laughs continue with the season two premiere of Wilfred at 10 PM, the season three premiere of Louie at 10:30 PM, and the debut of Brand X with Russell Brand at 11 PM. (All times are ET/PT.)
Of his episode selections for the special Two and a Half Men marathon, Sheen said:
I've said, it's not how you start, it's how you finish. Being tasked with the opportunity of picking my favorite 24 episodes presented a scenario that was quite the opposite. As I culled through the mass of shows, eight-plus years, I was met with a theme of innocence.
I felt lighter, younger. I could still hear the jokes, and the stories we all told in place of rehearsals. I can still see nine-year-old Angus riding his Razor up and down the camera aisle; his self-appointed surrogate guardian Chuck Lorre watching with pride and also concern. I can hear the echoes of Jon's genius, Conchata's laugh, Holland's leadership and Marin's quiet grace. And the crew, the amazing crew.
These are the memories that I take from this epic time. Not necessarily the work, but the experiences, the friendships created instantly and over time. I hope viewers share a similar feeling or two and a lot of laughs when they tune in. Who cares how it ended; when it was good, it was great. We were in the middle of something big, the return of the sitcom. We were hungry and we were winning.
The Two and a Half Men marathon line-up is as follows:
9:00 AM - "Pilot" - Charlie reluctantly allows Alan and Jake to live with him.
9:30 AM - "Go East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell" - When Alan's attempt to provide Jake with a fun-filled father/son weekend backfires, Charlie tries to console his brother by taking him to a local bar and getting Alan totally inebriated.
10:00 AM - "Merry Thanksgiving" - When Charlie finds out that his favorite former girlfriend, Lisa, is getting married, he desperately tries to prove to her that he has become a better family man.
10:30 AM - "Camel Filters and Pheromones" - Charlie's cleaning woman brings her sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter Prudence to Charlie's house.
11:00 AM - "An Old Flame with a New Wick" - Charlie's old flame, Jill, comes for a visit, but had an operation and is now called "Bill."
11:30 AM - "No Sniffing, No Wowing" - Alan takes Charlie to meet with his sexy and determined divorce attorney, Laura after Judith expresses concern that Charlie is a bad influence on Jake.
12:00 PM - "Just Like Buffalo" - When Jake imitates one of Charlie's sexist remarks in front of Judith's support group, the women decide that Charlie's home is an unfit environment for the child.
12:30 PM - "Back Off, Mary Poppins" - Alan feels hurt when Charlie asks him to stay out of the house while Charlie's buddies come over.
1:00 PM - "Yes, Monsignor" - Charlie encounters Lisa, the woman he thought was "the one" until she informed him of her engagement another man.
1:30 PM - "Smell the Umbrella Stand" - On a boring, rainy weekend, Charlie convinces Alan to ride with Jake and him to Las Vegas.
2:00 PM - "Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab" - When Evelyn Learns that Jake spent his entire spring vacation with his other grandparents, she pressures Alan into letting Jake stay with her for a night.
2:30 PM - "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop" -Charlie finds himself in a compromising position after getting drunk and spending the evening with his stalker, Rose.


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Tennessee's cross country squad puts the wraps on its 2005 season Monday at the NCAA championship, the culmination of a preseason goal for every Division I team. The 10K race will be held on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course at the Wabash Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind.
The NCAA championship field consists of 31 of the nation's best teams and 40 top individuals whose teams did not qualify for the meet. The Volunteers were a surprise qualifier after finishing fourth in the South Region last Saturday. The performance vaulted Tennessee into the Nov. 15 Mondo national rankings, administered by the U.S. Cross Country Coaches Association. Tennessee stands 30th. The Vols had been receiving votes the last few weeks, but had not been previously nationally ranked this season.
"We are prepared and excited about the opportunity to compete in the NCAA championship Monday," head coach George Watts said. "I feel like we have a strong race in us and hope the NCAA championship will bring out the best in the guys."
Watts decided to bring the same seven runners who competed in the Mideast Regional last Saturday. All-Region performers Zach Sabatino, Andy Baksa and Ben Lukowski made the travel squad. Matt Piccarello and Chris Platt, scorers in the regional championship, also will suit up in the NCAA meet. Dusty Miller and Tyler DeVault, both valued contributors during the season, will race for the Vols. Watts tabbed Jeff Day the alternate should pre-race misfortune befall one of the above seven Vols.
The last time Tennessee qualified for the NCAA championship as a team was in 2002. The Volunteers have been represented in the NCAA championship by a team or individual in all but three seasons since 1971.
Tennessee's best finish at the meet came in 1972, when the Vols won the track and field/cross country program's first NCAA title. With Doug Brown leading the way, Roberto Lenarduzzi, Dan Zoeller, John Angel and Ron Addison tallied 134 points to lead Tennessee past ETSU's 148 points on Nov. 20, 1972 in Houston, Texas.
Tennessee's best individual finish at the NCAA championships came courtesy of Alf Holmberg and Brown. Both men earned runner-up honors in 1951 and 1972, respectively.


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