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Yes, they lost. Again.
And yes, Saturday's 26-20 loss to the Toronto Argonauts at Investors Group Field dropped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a miserable 3-13 and officially eliminated them from playoff contention for the fourth time in five seasons.
There's no sugar-coating something like that. This team is bad -- and has been bad for a very long time now.
But that's not exactly news, is it? And seeing as this daily miracle you hold in your hands -- or, just as likely, control with a mouse -- is called a newspaper, how about we talk about something unexpected?
And that's this -- the 466 yards of net offence registered on Saturday by the much-maligned Bombers offence was the most by any team in the CFL over the weekend.
What's more, after failing to register 300 yards of offence in a game for seven straight weeks, the Bombers have now done it two games in a row and their combined 775 yards of offence over the last two weeks -- they had 309 yards in a win over Montreal two weeks ago -- is second best in the CFL during that period, behind only Calgary's 785 yards.
Yes, it's all too little and too late to make any difference this season. But this season hasn't been about this season for a very long time now and what's been happening on offence for the Bombers the last few weeks appears to be at least the beginnings of a foundation upon which the team can build for next year.
Let's start with the Bombers running game, where tailback Will Ford has been exceptional since the Bombers put Chad Simpson on the nine-game injured list three weeks ago and gave Ford the ball.
After struggling all season as a team to find any traction on the ground, Ford has rushed for 156, 93 and 76 yards in the last three weeks, while also proving himself an effective -- and sometimes spectacular -- kickoff returner.
And then there's been the much-improved Bombers receiving corps in recent weeks. Clarence Denmark has played his best football in his three seasons in Winnipeg during the past five weeks, hauling down an eye-popping 28 catches for 410 yards during that period.
Aaron Kelly, rescued from the CFL scrap heap after he was released by Hamilton, has looked great in a Bombers uniform and is definitely a keeper. And so too is former NFLer Mike Sims-Walker, who replaced an injured Kelly versus Toronto and did nothing less than lead the team with eight catches for 137 yards in his first CFL start.
That's three pretty good import receivers right there to begin building your aerial corps for 2014 -- and yes, they're all signed through next season. Add to that mix former all-star slotback Terrence Edwards and non-imports Cory Watson and Rory Kohlert and you've got the makings of maybe something special in 2014.
And that's not even taking into account Chris Matthews, whose 2013 season was basically an injury-riddled write-off, but who was nothing less than the CFL rookie of the year in 2012. Matthews is a free agent after this season and has said he'd like to sample the NFL waters. Whether any NFL teams would still be interested after the season Matthews posted remains to be seen.
And then there's this: With the acquisition of non-import offensive lineman Patrick Neufeld in the Alex Hall trade a couple of weeks ago, the Bombers might be able to start four non-imports on the offensive line next season, which would in turn give them the luxury of starting as many as four of those talented import receivers we've been talking about.
Intriguing, isn't it?
And then there's the quarterback situation. While Max Hall has unquestionably been improving -- he's 46-of-77 for 608 yards, three TDs and one INT in his last two games -- he's auditioning at this point to be Winnipeg's backup next season, not its starter.
And Winnipeg's search this off-season for a new starting quarterback makes things even more intriguing. What might a Bombers offence with Will Ford in the backfield and a bunch of fleet and sure-handed import receivers look like in 2014 with someone like Zach Collaros or Troy Smith or Josh Neiswander or Drew Tate or Henry Burris or Kevin Glenn at the controls?
Again -- intriguing, isn't it?
No, the Winnipeg Football Club probably doesn't need to order a pallet of ticker tape just yet. But as this debacle of a 2013 season finally and mercifully draws to a close, the Bombers have shown there's at least signs of some life in this corpse.
And where there's life, there's hope.
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Taken for a Ride: Temp Agencies and 'Raiteros' in Immigrant Chicago
Some of America's best-known companies and largest temp agencies benefit from — and tacitly collaborate with — an underworld of labor brokers, known as raiteros, who charge workers fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage. We explore the system in Chicago's Little Village, the largest Mexican community in the Midwest.
CHICAGO — Ty Inc. became one of the world's largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s.
But it has stayed on top partly by using an underworld of labor brokers known as raiteros, who pick up workers from Chicago's street corners and shuttle them to Ty's warehouse on behalf of one of the nation's largest temp agencies.
The system provides just-in-time labor at the lowest possible cost to large companies — but also effectively pushes workers' pay far below the minimum wage.
Temp agencies use similar van networks in other labor markets. But in Chicago's Little Village, the largest Mexican community in the Midwest, the raiteros have melded with temp agencies and their corporate clients in a way that might be unparalleled anywhere in America — and could violate Illinois' wage laws.
The raiteros don't just transport workers. They also recruit them, decide who works and who doesn't, and distribute paychecks.
And it's the low-wage workers — not the temp agencies or their clients, corporate giants like Ty — who bear the cost. Officially, the raiteros' fee, usually $8 a day, is for transportation. But, workers say, anyone who doesn't pay doesn't get work.
From this crowded barrio, raiteros ferry as many as 1,000 workers a day to warehouses and factories in Chicago and its suburbs. Many of these workers end up making about $6 an hour, well below Illinois' minimum wage of $8.25 an hour, because of the fees and unpaid waiting time.
"If you complain too much, they won't take you to work anymore," said Maria Castro, a Mexican immigrant who has worked on and off for Ty.
Like other workers, Castro said she has never been to Select Remedy, the temp agency that officially employs her. She knows Ty only as los peluches, Spanish for "the stuffed animals."
To Castro, her employer is Rigo, a raitero whose full name is Rigoberto Aguilar. He tells her and other workers whether they have a job and picks them up in a school bus in an alley at 4:30 a.m.
Ty is among a long list of brand-name companies that benefit from the raitero system. Workers report packing products for Sony, Frito Lay, Pampered Chef, Smirnoff, Marlboro and Fresh Express, a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands where workers cut vegetables for bagged salads and fast-food restaurants like Burger King and McDonald's.
The word raitero is a Spanglish invention that roughly means "a person who gives rides." In fact, the raiteros are effectively agents for Select Remedy and other temp agencies, which have grown steadily since the 1990s and are approaching new heights after the recent recession. While not a household name, the Select Family of Staffing Companies, which controls Select Remedy, posted $1.8 billion in revenue last year and employs nearly 100,000 people every week — about as many as Starbucks.
Select and other temp agencies maintain that the raiteros are merely van drivers hired by the workers. They say they have no contract or connection to the temp agency.
Yet the agencies provide applications so the raiteros can recruit workers. They call raiteros with the number of workers needed at each worksite. At the end of the week, the raiteros pick up the workers' paychecks from the temp agencies and bring them to check-cashing stores, where workers are charged $3 to $4 to cash them. In some cases, the raiteros say, the temp firms even provide the vans they use to drive workers to their jobs, or lend them money to buy the vans.
"Where there have occurred instances in which our well-established policies and protocols were not being followed, the appropriate corrective action was taken," Select Remedy wrote in a response to questions. "For some time now, we have instructed the managers who work at our branch offices that they are not to have direct contact with private van drivers, to reaffirm our policy that Select Remedy is to have no involvement in how our associates decide to get to work each day."
The company says it provides a valuable service to employers and employees: "In Illinois, Select Remedy puts thousands of people to work every year, and we are proud of that accomplishment."
Using raiteros, temp agencies and host companies like Ty can get the right number of workers to the right place at the right time. With such certainty, Ty can limit overtime as well as avoid paying benefits and the other costs of employing workers full time.
After dropping off about 50 workers, Aguilar leaves his big yellow bus in Ty's lot all day until he drives them back home.
Tania Lundeen, Ty's vice president of sales, said, "We typically don't do any kind of interviews." No one from Ty responded to a list of questions.
Wage Theft?
Key parts of the raitero system, especially the transportation fee, may run afoul of Illinois' temp labor law. But, ironically, that very law helped create the current system.
When he first started as a raitero, Aguilar said, he was employed directly by a now-defunct temp agency, Prime Staffing, which paid him $350 a week. In many cases, temp agencies recouped this cost by charging the workers, deducting ride fees from their paychecks.
Illinois changed its law in 2006, making it illegal for temp agencies to charge workers for transportation or to refer them to van drivers who did. The law already outlawed temp agencies from forcing a worker to pay a fee for cashing a paycheck.
As a result, temp agency managers say, most staffing firms did away with official, paid relationships with drivers. Instead, they developed informal arrangements with the raiteros, which insulated the temp agencies from responsibility.
In other parts of the country, the van systems have clearer ties to the temp agencies and the fees are legal, with some restrictions.
Throughout New Jersey, vans show up every morning right in front of the temp agencies. When hired, workers sign a waiver authorizing the agency to deduct the ride fee from their checks.
In Boston, vans sent by temp agencies pick up workers from street corners and shuttle them to fisheries and recycling plants throughout eastern Massachusetts. A new law that went into effect in January limits transportation fees to 3 percent of a worker's daily wages and mandates that the fees can't reduce pay below the state's hourly minimum.
According to labor and employment lawyers, whether Select Remedy and other temp agencies have violated Illinois law depends on how free the workers are to choose their own transportation and check-cashing store and whether the rides and long hours of waiting are for the benefit of the worker or the company.
Miguel del Valle, the former state legislator who sponsored the day and temp labor act in Illinois, said that in his view the new transportation system still violates the law.
"We didn't want to allow temp agencies to gouge people and take big chunks of money out of their paychecks," he said. "They're doing something that we tried to prohibit them from doing," he added. "It's abusive."
A Tennis Court and a Pool
Ty Warner, creator of Beanie Babies toys, signs autographs to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Beanie Babies toy line at the American International Toy Fair on Feb. 16, 2003 in New York, N.Y. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) | More photos »
A Beanie Babies display in Grand Central Terminal, in New York, N.Y., on April 21, 2013. Ty Inc. became one of the world's largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the craze over Beanie Babies in the 1990s. (Krista Kjellman Schmidt/ProPublica) | More photos »
While Castro struggles to make her rent, Ty Warner, the chief executive of Ty, owns an oceanfront estate in Santa Barbara, Calif. He is the 206th richest person in the United States, according to Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion
D. Stephen Sorensen, the CEO of the Select Family of Staffing Companies, also lives in Santa Barbara. His 8,200-square-foot mansion features a tennis court and a pool.
Select was started in 1985. Beginning in the mid-2000s, it bought more than three dozen staffing firms, becoming a national chain. Its revenues skyrocketed from a little more than $300 million in 2002 to $1.8 billion in 2011, according to company press releases. In 2012, Staffing Industry Analysts, a research firm, ranked Select the 10th largest temp agency in America and the fourth largest in the industrial sector.
Select has supplied workers to Walmart warehouses, Bank of America, Toyota, Costco, Trader Joe's, General Mills, Mattel and Fisher-Price, according to court records, trade journals and the company's website.
In recent years, Select has weathered several controversies over its employment practices unrelated to its use of raiteros.
In 2011, it was hit with a $50 million jury verdict in a civil fraud case brought by the California state insurance fund. The lawsuit alleged that the company lowered its workers' compensation costs by lying about its payroll and falsely claiming its employees worked for another company. Select appealed and in January announced it had reached a confidential settlement with the state fund.
The company has also faced several lawsuits accusing it of cheating workers out of their pay. In August, while denying the allegations, Select Remedy agreed to pay up to $400,000 to cover unpaid wage claims from a group of more than 200 workers in the Chicago area. None of these workers used raiteros or worked at Ty.
Select Remedy entered the Chicago market in 2007. There, the raiteros helped the agency satisfy corporate clients by getting large numbers of people to the worksite, according to five former managers.
"Recruiters are under a lot of stress to make sure they don't lose out on the hours," a former personnel supervisor for Select Remedy said, meaning recruiters needed to fill an order immediately or the client company would turn to another agency. Indeed, volume is key. In the industrial sector, according to analysts, temp firms typically average only about 4 percent profit on each worker.
The supervisor, who asked not to be named because she signed a nondisparagement clause, recalled office-wide emails calling for, say, 200 workers all of sudden. "They're just trying to get bodies out there," she said, and the raiteros are "the easiest way to do it."
And one of the cheapest. In addition to not paying the raiteros, Select Remedy avoids the cost of maintaining and insuring the vans.
"It always bothered me," said the former personnel supervisor. "Half these employees were making minimum wage."
Temp agencies that don't use raiteros face other added costs, such as employing neighborhood recruiters. They also have to depend on individuals who might get sick, run late, or have cars break down.
Robert Stack, owner of Custom Staffing, which has an office in Little Village, said using raiteros definitely gives his competitors advantages. A big one: not having to pay rent in the neighborhood, which can cost a few thousand dollars a month. Still, Stack said he prefers not to use raiteros.
"Simply put, it's illegal," he said.
'Live the American Dream'
Get Paid Like a Professional (Select Staffing via YouTube)
Live the American Dream (Select Staffing via YouTube)
Promotional videos on Select's website tell job seekers that the company can help them "get paid like a professional" and "live the American dream." In one ad, the pitchman jokes, "Did you know that eight out of five economists say that working at Select is 6 bajillion times more effective than standing on a corner?"
In fact, Select employees in the raitero system start their workday by gathering on Chicago street corners before dawn. Many workers in Little Village don't know the basics of where they work. They often had to refer to their paycheck stubs for the name of their temp agencies. The companies they served were known simply by the Spanish name of the product they were handling — galletas (cookies), vinos (wines) or lechugas (lettuces).
A ProPublica reporter followed buses and vans from the early-morning pickups in Chicago to the warehouses in the far suburbs, and conducted more than 60 interviews with workers, raiteros, temp agency recruiters, managers of check-cashing stores and others. We examined check stubs, court records, labor department files and undercover video shot by the Chicago Workers' Collaborative, an advocacy group that opposes some temp agency practices.
Several workers agreed to speak for this story using their full names. Others like Maria Castro asked that only their second Spanish surnames be used for fear that they wouldn't be able to find work in a labor market that is largely controlled by the raiteros.
"I would be homeless if they found out who I am," she said.
Like many workers in this system, Castro is undocumented. However, companies must abide by most labor laws, such as minimum wage, for anyone they hire regardless of whether they are in the United States illegally.
Here's how the raitero system works.
Little Choice But to Pay
Temp workers go to Rigo's apartment to fill out applications for the temp agency, Select Remedy. The sign on the front door of Rigo's building says, "Señor Rigoberto lives on the second floor. If you come looking for work, go upstairs." (Michael Grabell/ProPublica) | More photos »
The business card of Rigo, whose full name is Rigoberto Aguilar, reads in Spanish, "If you want to work, you have the solution." Phone numbers have been obscured. (Michael Grabell/ProPublica) | More photos »
Aguilar said he has been a raitero for seven years. Like many others, he said he started as a temp worker himself, packing video games for Sega. Another raitero asked him to help drive one of his vans, and soon after, Aguilar said he borrowed $1,000 from a temp agency, now out of business, to buy his own van. Eventually, he bought a school bus.
He and other raiteros recruit workers by advertising in check-cashing stores and by word of mouth. When workers call, they are told to come to Aguilar's house to fill out Select Remedy's application. The sign on the front door of his building says in Spanish, "Señor Rigoberto lives on the second floor. If you come looking for work, go upstairs."
Castro originally applied to Select Remedy through Aguilar's brother, Eugenio Aguilar, who is also a raitero, and went to work for Xentris Wireless, a company she knew as los celulares, packing iPhone cases and other accessories. She said Eugenio sent her to Rigo's house, where she paid $5 to apply online. Rigo said people can come and use his computer, but he doesn't charge.
Every day, the temp agencies call the raiteros, giving them the number of people they need for the next shift. The raiteros then pick the workers, tell them where and when to meet and drive them to the warehouse or factory.
Nearly 50 workers said they have little choice but to pay the ride fee. Several workers said they had their own cars, but their temp agency told them they had to go with the raitero. "There was a lot of pressure to use Rigo," said Elizabeth Bellido, who worked for Select Remedy at Ty until March. "The first people who would get picked to work would be his people."
Other workers said they were allowed to drive, but soon found that the raitero had given their spot to someone else.
Castro recalled working with a raitero named Cirilo, who was ferrying workers on behalf of the temp agency Most Valuable Personnel, or MVP. One day, Castro said, Cirilo tried to cram 44 people into two 15-passenger vans.
"They wanted me to sit on the lap of another woman," Castro recalled. So she asked for a ride back from another raitero, who also served the plant and had a milk crate to sit on.
In retaliation, she said, Cirilo confronted her and told her she would never get work from him again. "If you work with another raitero, your raitero won't take you anymore," Castro said.
Cirilo declined an interview and hung up on a reporter.
MVP said it was unaware that Cirilo was charging the workers and said that it would investigate. While Select Remedy said it doesn't pay raiteros, MVP operations manager Darron Grottolo said his company has been paying Cirilo Peralta Transportación $1,350 every week to transport workers to his client companies. Hearing that workers said that they also paid Cirilo, Grottolo said, "It's disturbing. It's against the law. It's wrong." He explained, "You can't charge for transportation in Illinois."
This January, told by Aguilar that she had work, Castro came to the corner of 26th Street and Drake Avenue with about 50 others before dawn. She walked through an alley behind a blue-neon-lit dentist clinic and a shop selling quinceañera dresses and got on Aguilar's school bus. The bus took her 30 miles down Interstate 55 to the far southwest suburb of Bolingbrook, where the Ty warehouse is located.
A weekly paycheck from January for her work at Ty shows her take-home pay was $291.07, the state minimum of $8.25 an hour, minus taxes. Not mentioned on the pay stub, though, is the $40 she had to pay Aguilar to get to work that week. With those deductions, Castro's actual pay was $7.22 an hour.
Aguilar said if workers didn't pay him for the ride, they would still have to pay for gas or the bus. Select Remedy said in a written response that workers can get to a worksite any way they want.
"The cost of transportation to the job site, whether it is for public transportation, the cost of gas or maintenance on the associate's personal automobile, or any other cost, is not a deduction from wages," the company wrote.
Some raiteros deploy a network of drivers, many of whom work as temps in the factories themselves. Aguilar said he pays his drivers $100 a week. But several drivers for other raiteros said they don't get paid. Their compensation is not having to pay for the ride to work. The workers they drive still pay the raitero.
One raitero said the temp agency itself pockets the workers' transportation fees. Gabriel Espinoza said the only money he makes is the $8.25 an hour he gets as a temp for Triune Logistics at Fresh Express. He drives a van made for 15 people but says Triune has asked him to carry as many as 18 people. "It's not my van. It's the office's," he said, referring to Triune. "The temp workers pay the office through the check-cashing place."
Triune CEO Alfred Garza denied that the company has vans or charges workers. "I feel like we're doing the right thing and bending over backward for our employees," he said. "And we get thrown in with the whole industry as doing things the wrong way."
'Rigo's Checks'
Until recently, Aguilar would pick up the workers' paychecks at Select Remedy and bring them to the 26th and Central Park Currency Exchange, a Western Union agent in Little Village, on Friday afternoons. The check-cashing store sometimes dedicated a window for "Rigo's checks."
On each check, Aguilar would write how many days the worker owed him for rides so the cashiers knew how much money to take out when changing the check.
"It's a convenience they" — the raiteros — "are offering to the people, and they asked if we would help them out," manager Rudy Polheber said. "People come in, we deduct the driver's fee, makes it easier for the driver."
For cashing their checks there, the workers get charged a reduced rate, $1 plus 1 percent of the check, he said.
Castro and others said they felt forced to cash their checks at the currency exchange. When they asked the store if they could pay for rides separately and get their checks without cashing them, the cashiers refused, they said.
"How is it they want to charge us more money?" asked Sandy Lopez, who worked at Ty for Select Remedy last fall. "I have my account at the bank. They don't charge me anything."
She said when she complained to Aguilar, "He said, 'This is the last time I'm going to leave you the check there, but I'm not sure I'm going to have a job for you.'"
Polheber explained that they're not in the business of handing out paychecks. "We don't want to provide that service. We get no benefit other than tying up the lines for the people who do want to cash their checks here."
Aguilar said that when workers don't want to cash their checks at the currency exchange, he picks them up the following Monday, and workers can come to his house with the transportation fee to get their check. He said he has never withheld a job over check cashing.
Around the time ProPublica began asking workers about Select Remedy, the temp agency stopped giving the checks to Aguilar. Instead, a Select Remedy representative began passing out checks as the workers were leaving Ty. More recently, the agency has been depositing the workers' wages on debit cards.
In addition, Aguilar said Select Remedy no longer calls him and tells him how many people they need for Ty. "The work that I used to do looking for people, they're doing that now," he said. "They call people," who then call Aguilar for a ride to work, still paying him $8 a day.
Despite Select Remedy's changes, nearly all the other raiteros still pick up checks from the temp agencies and bring them to check-cashing stores.
The system often results in lost checks and workers not getting paid. But when problems occur, workers who complain to the temp agency say they are often told to work it out with the raitero.
Juan Rodriguez Trujillo was waiting outside H Services Exchange on 26th Street one Friday night earlier this year, complaining that he hadn't been paid for a week he worked at a chocolate factory more than a month ago. He said he was waiting for his raitero, Cirilo, to bring the check. Asked why he didn't go to the temp agency, Rodriguez said he did, but the agency, MVP, told him to wait at the check-cashing store for Cirilo.
"They think it's easier but it creates more problems," Castro said. "You go to the raitero and they tell you to call the agency. You go to the agency and they say we already gave your check to the raitero. They treat us like a ball that they pass back and forth."
MVP said it wasn't aware of such a practice and has specific procedures for employees to pick up their checks at the agency with an employee ID.
'Get There at 4 a.m., Get Work'
Finally, there is the unpaid wait time. To work at Ty, Castro must report in the alley no later than 4:30 a.m. In fact, many workers arrive earlier. "If you get there at 4 a.m., you get work," said a tamale vendor whose food cart steamed against the cold one January morning. "If you come at 4:20, there's no work for you."
At Ty's warehouse, every identifying aspect, from the official labor notices to the punch clock, said Select Remedy — not Ty. There was not even a name on the warehouse.
When workers arrived at 5:35, a Select Remedy employee made sure they signed in. But they had to wait another 20 minutes in the cafeteria before they could start getting paid.
In the Ty Inc. warehouse, next to the punch clock is a sign that reads in Spanish, "Please do not punch in until 5:55 a.m. This measure will be strictly enforced, and measures will be taken with employees that don't follow the rule." (Michael Grabell/ProPublica) | More photos »
Next to the punch clock was a sign that read in Spanish, "Please do not punch in until 5:55 a.m. This measure will be strictly enforced, and measures will be taken with employees that don't follow the rule."
Castro's pay after the hour and a half of waiting was factored in: $5.98 an hour.
Select Remedy said it can't control whether workers arrive early.
Leone Bicchieri, executive director of the Chicago Workers' Collaborative, has been struggling with how to fix what he sees as an effort by big businesses like Select and Ty to pass costs on to the workers.
A solution, Bicchieri suggested, would be for the temp agencies to make the raiteros official agents and offer transportation for free or at a minimal cost.
"We don't have any problem with this whole system becoming much more public and transparent," Bicchieri said. "We have always had a problem with them being forced to get on the van or workers getting a preference if they take the van."
Sitting in his home wearing a Select Remedy T-shirt, Aguilar said being a raitero provides a better life than when he worked as a temp in factories, but after paying for gas and maintenance, it's not much more money. Indeed, he rents an apartment not much bigger than what the workers have, with peeling paint and mold in the bathroom. A few Chinese prints of butterflies and orchids hang above his couch.
His son, Victor, sitting next to him on the couch, grew angry as he reflected on how the temp agency deals with his father.
"They don't want to pay him," Victor said. "They have all the people come here. They don't care. Screw you. You take the people. You give them the ride and you charge the fee. We don't want to have anything to do with you."
Marketplace reporter Jeff Tyler contributed to this report.
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Corporations Are Asshol*s, My Friend.
Oh geez and Chicago is a sanctuary city.
Thanks for this story. This is the first I've heard of this issue.
The control over access to the jobs is a problem. But I don't think it makes sense to include the drive time in calculating the workers' actual hourly wage. Anyone traveling to a job 30 miles away is going to have a long commute time.
You make it sound like this is a new phenomenon. This has been going on in Chicago since I was a kid in the 1960s. The day labor business has always preyed on the weak and the new arrivals. When I was a child, carloads filled with Appalachian poor would come to Uptown to do enough day labor to afford to go back home. Their kids would appear, go to school with me at Goudy Elementary for a few days at a time (they enrolled to get the free breakfast and lunch), then one day would simply disappear.
Blacks, Vietnamese, Puerto Ricans, East Indians, Native Americans, drug-and-alcohol-addicted vets, and, hardest of all to stomach, special needs (Downs Syndrome, specifically) have occupied Wilson and Lawrence Avenue corridors for decades to get that day ticket.
That doesn't make this less of an interesting story but an incomplete one.
I would agree with the 4th comment by "Panger". I worked for temp/day labor companies in the late 1980s and early 90s And this sort of thing has been going on for years. Im white.But the other 200 guys that i worked with, were all black.There were no latinos back then at the temp companies in DC and Baltimore.
Considering how badly we American born workers were treated back then, id hate to see how the immigrants are treated at the temp agencies nowdays. I can remember there being up to 34 guys stuffed in vans meant for 17 people.And when a laborer would complain, the driver would beat him with a bat and leave him on the side of a road
This was a very good article.But as the other commenter said, it should be noted that this sort of thing has gone on for years
Interestingly the wage of $6 per hour includes both time waiting for the bus and transit fees. I worked retail for years and many people took public transport to work, at their own expense and time. Add in the cost of transit, wait time etc. and I wouldn't be surprised if my wages/hour dropped in a similar method.
Of course, that's not to say that this is on the up and up (in fact the issue of forcing people to take their transport service is disgusting), but few low level jobs pay for things like transit time and cost or parking. It's not fair, but it's hardly limited to temp workers.
Sadly, this is only the tip of the iceberg, really. It's not so much in our backyards, but Vice.com recently ran an interview with a man whose family had essentially been kidnapped to Italy as labor. And it's not exactly a secret that the garment district in Manhattan employs more than a few people who are largely paying for the privilege of making shirts.
This is the best sort of argument for legal immigration (and learning English), by the way, but notice that nobody prominent who's against illegal immigration worries about rights abuses of the immigrants…
(Again, not that this is limited to immigrants, but there's a strong overlap between this sort of business and people who don't know what our business culture looks like and/or are desperate to make money under the radar.)
Sting operations would shut this down within a month.
It isn't done because these companies grease the palms of our elected officials.
You'll note every Republican immigration reform bill ignores employer penalties, a measure that WOULD effectively destroy illegal immigration.
Why would they come here if every company is afraid to give them money?
As for these layers of protection?
Fine the temp agencies for hiring illegals. When they finger the driver for having filled out the form with a fake SSN, you arrest him for fraud and identity theft. You'll quickly run out of end-runs and the temp agency will have to hire people with legit SSN's.
We could even give green cards to any illegal that assists in a sting.
This is NOT a Gordian knot. This is a lack of political will to support labor law and companies support politicians who steer clear of employer enforcement and spend lavishly to defeat candidates who WOULD stand up to the exploitative plutocracy.
Simply put: what's the alternative? Non ride? No connect? No job. It costs money to commute. These are unskilled laborers. What do you honestly expect? Unskilled laborers who don't know anyone professionally to just show up, get hired and get free rides to work? Get real. This happens in every American city and rightfully so. These people aren't martyrs. The ones that want more. I mean REALLY want more, get it. Ask me how I know…..
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Georgetown College outdoor track and field season is to start – first meet March 24-25 in Lexington, Ky. However, this has not slowed down the Tigers' coach Luke Garnett from working to sign his first commit on the men's team for 2017-18.
Wesley Qualls picked Georgetown over Lindsey Wilson College, Thomas More College, Transylvania University, Wittenburg University and Tennessee Wesleyan College. Along with track and field, he will run cross country.
"Wesley is a solid get for our program," said Garnett. "We are very excited to have him deciding to continue his educational and athletic endeavors at Georgetown.
"He's a great competitor and I know he will push our current guys to reach new heights in our chase for a Mid-South Conference title."
Georgetown College cross country teams celebrated another successful season at the Mid-South Conference banquet Friday. Five Tigers were honored for their hard work not only as athletes, but as students as well.
The league office awards student-athletes of at least sophomore standing with a 3.25 grade point average conference academic honors.
For the second straight year, women's cross country's Sydney Berry earned the honor. Karina Egger received her first academic honors.
Georgetown College cross country runners understand the value of a shoe and for the second straight year the Tigers are helping to extend that for the betterment of the community.
In the second annual shoe drive, coach Lucas Garnett and his teams collected nearly double what it did in 2015 – a portion of which went to a re-use-a-shoe program.
"The manager told me we accounted for about 75 percent of their donations this past year, and he expects the same this year," Garnett said. "They take shoes that are no longer wearable and recycle them for synthetic track and playground surfaces."
The total was 517 a year ago, which was crushed by the mountain of 1002 pairs of shoes donated by the deadline of 2 pm Monday. Justin Downs helped the team reach the 1,000 mark in a unique way.
Georgetown College cross country teams continue to challenge themselves against larger fields of competition, including numerous NCAA teams. Friday evening was no different in the Jenna Strong Classic. The men had steady progress throughout the race as the Tigers were 33rd 600-meters into the race and 1,400-meters later were at 29th. At the end of the 8,000-meter race, GC finished 28th.
On the women's side, it was consistency. At the two check points, same as the men, the female Tigers were 22nd and that is where they finished at the end of the 5,000-meter race in a pack of 38 teams.
"This is the best race the men have run all season by a long shot," said GC coach Lucas Garnett. "The men have had a rough go so far – injuries, illnesses, various setbacks. It was awesome to finally see them all well and together on the same day.
"We had seven men running and had seven season best times – I like those numbers – with three personal records and one not far off. We have a very young team with a ton of potential. They are just now starting to show what they are capable of doing."
The dynamic twosome of Georgetown College women's cross country continue to challenge and push each other, helping the Tigers as a whole get stronger. For the fifth race this season Julia Manning finished first for coach Lucas Garnett's women harriers and crossing second was Karina Egger.
"Neither would be doing what they are doing without the other," Garnett said. "In practice and in meets they are helping to push and support each other. They've been one-two for us all season.
"Even more impressive today with Karina is she was running with muscle cramps and had her third fastest time as a Tiger."
The women took seventh in the Fast Cats Classic Saturday in Owensboro, Ky. as did the men.


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THE man who brought the Tour de France to Yorkshire has predicted the Otley Cycle Races will continue to get bigger every year after the annual event put on its best-ever show.
Gary Verity, who as chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire helped to organise the massively-successful Grand Depart, was among a VIP entourage who were in Otley last Wednesday for the 29th Cycle Races.
Bernard Hinault, the five-time Tour de France winner, and Tour director Christian Prudhomme, flanked Verity and other dignitaries.
They looked on in admiration as cycling fans came from far and wide in a record crowd of around 25,000 as hometown girl Lizzie Armitstead won the Women's Grand Prix.
The presence of the Otley star added to the atmosphere as the town's streets were packed to see the Olympic silver medallist in action.
Verity, who is being tipped for a knighthood following the success of the Grand Depart, said: "The Otley Cycle Races is just a fantastic event.
"I came last year and it inspired me, so I was back here again this year. I wanted to bring Bernard and Christian with me so they could see it too. "As an event, it is getting bigger every year and will only increase in size after this. Otley has a rich cycling history and its people have done themselves proud for turning out in such huge numbers.
"I would also like to congratulate Giles Pidcock and his team for their time and dedication in putting on such a fantastic event. Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed themselves and I plan to return next year."
Pidcock, the long-time Otley Cycle Races organiser, was left beaming with pride after the success of this year's event and said the crowd easily surpassed 20,000.
The VIP hospitality area was packed with key figures from the Tour de France such as Verity, Prudhomme and Hinault as well as high-profile local figures such as MP Greg Mulholland and Burley-in-Wharfedale cyclist Scott Thwaites.
Pidcock said: "There were easily more than 20,000 and this was by far the biggest Otley Cycle Races we've ever had.
"The hospitality alone is an event in itself. That, plus all the Tour de France stuff we've had to do, and all the extra work we've had to do to accommodate the bigger crowds, ensured increased planning and preparation.
"We've had more riders than ever as well because everyone wants to be a part of it. But we've pulled it off and the town of Otley, and the incredible support we receive from local businesses and sponsors, can be proud of itself again.
"The economic benefits to the town, not to mention its profile, are difficult to price on.
"To have all the key figures from the Tour de France here was brilliant, I really enjoyed that.
"We did all the podium with them and the photo shoots. Everyone loved it."
Pidcock admitted the inclusion of Armitstead in the race always provides a boost to the event.
He added: "Lizzie being involved brings out the home crowd and I think we also benefited from all the people who are in Yorkshire for the Tour de France, so it's a double whammy.
"Last year she wasn't here because she had other commitments but she's as committed to the event as we are.
"She's quite happy to use her status to build the event because I guess it's in her interests to have a big event in her hometown."


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Topic: I will be in Prescott AZ for 2 Days=A Wonderful Story
My 4 Grandchildren in Phoenix come from 2 rich cultures, I call them the 2 big J's. Jewish and Japanese! While they spent every holiday at our house, their father did not want them to be "totally" Jewish. Mom and Dad were divorced 12 years ago. Every summer for 10 years now, Lexy who is 20, attended Camp Pearlstein and again this year as Director of all the Counselors. She called Robin (my daughter) 2 weeks ago and dropped the fabulous news that she decided to be Bat Mitvah at Camp. This is the religious rite of passing into Jewish adulthood, usually at age 13. One of the most important Jewish life events to be had. Tomorrow is the big day at Sabbath Services. She has been tutored in Hebrew for the past 2 months and the reading she has from the Torah is the same one her Mother had 37 years ago! Just wanted to share, hope you don't mind. Robin and I are each taking a box of Kleenex! Happy, happy tears and I know Papa (Teddy) will be there too. Perhaps younger brother, Brandon will follow her lead next year. Just when you think you are really getting older, and perhaps not feeling so well, the best RX in the world happens! It's called Grandchildren.


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Singing and cycling go together in Leicester
The Emmanu-EL Apostolic Gospel Choir in Leicester is made up largely of recent African and Caribbean refugees.
"The choir specifically supports people trying to get out of poverty related crime, and they approached me about their needs for getting about," explains Elizabeth Barner, Cycling Development Officer in Leicester. "We've equipped them with bikes, child seats, and lights."
Their leader, Pastor Samuel, plus another member, has undertaken cycle instructor training. Their 'pay-back' for being funded on the course is that they will teach cycling skills in the community where they live.
Elizabeth explains: "The Gospel choir recently took cycling in a new direction. They spent a day raising funds for the Special Olympics, by cycling into the city centre - singing all the way!"
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Erdogan is restoring the Turkish military to a prominent position in Ankara.
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The Mossad and the CIA were both caught napping by Al Qaeda's Nairobi raid with great loss of credibility for missing the signs.
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Despite their best investigative efforts, ABC TV found no lead to the mysteries of the life and death of Australian Ben Zygier, the Mossad agent. How did he kill himself in a top-security cell in 2010 under the tightest surveillance? Why was he held in secret, solitary confinement? An unnamed Israeli official said his exposure would have posed an existential threat to the country. An Australian inquiry has been launched to find out why Israel's notification of his death to the Tel Aviv embassy never reached Canberra.
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President Barack Obama can't be sure the Netanyahu government won't spring on him a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear sites earlier than the date under discussion between them. October is now widely cited. debkafile: To forestall Israel, the CIA has spread a broad undercover network of agents across the country to pick up any clue of the IDF switching to operational mode for a strike on Iran. The US agency also leaked to AP a detailed article defaming Israel as its "No.1 counterintelligence threat" in the Middle East.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 21, 2011
For the first time in Israel's 63-year old battle against terror, its external security agency Mossad Thursday night, April 21, issued a strong warning to travelling Israelis to beware of a major terrorist attack which Hizballah had already set in motion at some undisclosed location. The only information offered was that Hizballah had consigned a high-profile team for an operation to avenge the slaying of its top commander Imad Mughniyeh three years ago for which it blames Israel.
DEBKAfile Special Report January 17, 2011
Outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan has revised his earlier prognosis that Iran would not have nuclear weapons before 2015 because of technical obstacles. In his last briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and the Security Committee, Monday, Jan. 17, Dagan said, "The Iranian nuclear challenge will remain significant… the timing will not change the fact that Iran is working towards nuclear military capabilities and in certain scenarios can shorten the timeline." He mentioned North Korea in this context.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 17, 2011
The young Iranian man who "admitted" on Iranian TV last Tuesday, Jan. 11 that he had acted for the Israeli Mossad in the murder of Iranian nuclear scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi is revealed in real life by debkafile's Iranian sources as Majid Jamali Fashi, a champion kick boxer and member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' secret reserve death squad of brawny sportsmen used to cut down opponents of the regime and break up protest rallies.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 14, 2011
Iranian intelligence banks on "Israel spy" episodes to upset the new Mossad chief, restore public confidence, deter neighbors from aiding Israel and enemies for waging covert war. It has acquired an eager new collaborator: Turkish MIT secret service.
DEBKAfile Special Report January 11, 2011
Tuesday, Jan. 11, Iran's intelligence minister Heidar Moslehi called his second news conference in two days to pour more abuse on Israel and its spy agency and accuse them of trying to retard "scientific progress in Muslim nations." He displayed weapons allegedly used by "more than 10" suspected Mossad agents against Iran's nuclear scientists and threatened neighbors harboring "Zionist facilities" with "heavy blows."
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 10, 2011
Monday night, Jan. 10, Tehran launched against Israel a full-scale intelligence onslaught on three fronts: It claimed to have rolled up a Mossad network implicated in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist last January; accused Israel of kidnapping a former deputy defence minster; put a young man posing as a Mossad agent on television and invented a new blood libel.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis January 3, 2011
The cabinet in Jerusalem quietly took leave Sunday, Jan. 2, of Meir Dagan, marking the end of his eight remarkable years as head of the Mossad, Israel's external intelligence, espionage and covert warfare service. His retirement - after several extensions - won a backhanded dig from Tehran amid glowing commendations elsewhere. One minister noted last week: "Iran does not currently have the ability to make a nuclear bomb on its own. We are talking in terms of three years."
DEBKAfile Special Report December 29, 2010
As the Iranian-Israeli clandestine war heated up, Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi bluntly accused Israel Wednesday, Dec. 28, of "the suspected death" of "Iranian prisoner Ali-Reza Asgari." He said: "If the credibility of this report is proved, the dossier on Israel's kidnappings, assassinations and murders will become thicker." debkafile's military sources: The Iranian charge was serious enough to raise fears that a large-scale act of terror may be on the way. Israel has blacked out news relating to Asgari.
DEBKAfile Special Report December 26, 2010
Even before he takes office as head of the Mossad secret service, Tamir Pardo faces a British ruse to inveigle him into admitting Israel's hand in the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai a year ago by an apology when he visits London next month. This is reported by the London Telegraph of Saturday, Dec. 25. debkafile's intelligence sources: That sort of pressure will present Pardo with one of his first tests.
DEBKAfile Special Report December 12, 2010
US, British and Israeli secret services are getting set for Iran to retaliate for the attacks of which they are accused on its top nuclear physicists. debkafile's Iranian sources report that the last straw were the Nov. 29 attacks on two scientists in central Tehran. The Iranians are publicly fingering the US, Israel and the UK in unfolding blasts of vilification to warn them they have crossed red lines and will face the consequences.
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WHITES fans got the chance to meet their heroes before taking part in a fun run around the newly named Macron stadium.
Families came to catch a glimpse of their favourite players who chatted with fans and signed autographs.
It was arranged by Whites charity the Bolton Wanderers Community Trust.
Manager Dougie Freedman joined in with the festivities by starting the fun run, which involved a one-mile loop around the stadium and onto the pitch.
Dougie said: "We are in a very professional business and I believe the fans want to see me act professionally and conduct myself in the right way to represent the football club.
"But on days like the family day on Sunday I think you have to take your professional hat off and show a human side.
"We did that meting fans on Sunday morning and I enjoyed the Q&A session.
"Hopefully, it was a worthwhile day."
Those who completed the run were offered free admission to the pre-season friendly game against Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.
Ian Hutchinson, aged 35, travelled from Wigan with his six-year-old son Liam.
He said: "I'm from Bromley Cross originally so the whole family are big Bolton Wanderers fans despite not living here any more, so we couldn't miss out on this.
"Liam was really excited to meet the players — he met Adam Bogdan who signed an autograph for him. Then we got to run around the stadium and on to the pitch. It's been a great day."
Emma Valentine, aged 30, her husband Anthony, aged 38, and children Marcus, aged six, and Max, aged one, said: "Marcus runs for the Bolton Harriers so he's always doing fun runs with his dad."
Emma Gent, aged 41, from Lostock, came with her son Alistair, aged nine.
She said: "We mainly came for the fun run because it's not often you get the chance to run on to a football pitch."
The Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Martin Donaghy, handed out the medals to those who completed the run.
First place went to Jordan Kirkwood, aged 15, from Breightmet, followed by Danny Allman, aged 23, also from Breightmet, and Harry Lawson, aged 16, from Nottingham. He said: "My dad comes from Bolton so I've always been brought up to be a Wanderers fan even though I don't live anywhere near here."
A glitzy cocktail evening was held at the the Premier Suite at the stadium on Friday to celebrate the re-naming. Guests enjoyed an Italian themed night, with entertainment from string quartet Storm.
In a speech, Chairman Phil Gartside said he hoped the club's new partnership with Macron would be just as successful as Whites' 20-year partnership with Reebok.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's basketball team (9-16, 1-13 SSC) could not keep pace with the perimeter shooting of the University of Tampa Spartans (18-5, 10-3 SSC) as they torched the nets for 11 three-point field goals in taking down the home standing Lions, 60-48, Wednesday evening from the Bowman Center in Sunshine State Conference action.
Only one Lion saw double figures as Chelsea Williams led the team with 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Chanele Patton and Lauren Lee chipped in eight and seven points, respectively, while Jamarra Robinson paced the Lions with six rebounds. Chelsea Connelly also registered a six point evening.
A fast-paced game saw the Lions outscore the Spartans, 26-14, in the paint. Unfortunately, Saint Leo could not register any points from behind the arc, as Tampa finished the evening connecting on 11-of-24 attempts from three-point distance. For the night, the Spartans concluded the conference tilt having shot 48.9 percent (22-of-45) from the floor while the Lions only managed 17 baskets.
An evenly played contest for much of the first half, the Lions found themselves in contention in large part because of a defense that forced the Spartans into 12 first half turnovers.
It was the Spartans who delivered the first basket of the game and soon opened a 16-8 lead on back-to-back three's by Gianna Messina and Taja Green.
Still, the Lions' resolve once again took charge as four different Lions' scorers connected on baskets to cut the lead to two, 18-16, with 9:47 left to play.
The Saint Leo offense grew cold, however, as they managed just six points over the final nine minutes of the half. Fortunately for the Green & Gold, pesky defense and a six minute Spartans' scoring drought kept them in the contest as they trailed only 28-22 at the half.
Out of the break is when Tampa began to heat up. Lindsay Watson and the Spartans used the first 7:38 of the second half to go on a 16-5 run and claim a 17-point, 44-27 lead.
Despite the Lions best efforts, Tampa kept a double-digit running margin for the remainder of the contest. Still, the Lions did see one final push in the final five minutes to trim the lead to single digits. Williams and Patton combined to bucket eight points in the final moments to shrink the lead to nine. However, the final flicker of hope was put later when Messina buried her third three-pointer of the game with 1:53 to play, pushing the advantage back to 12.
During the second half, Williams' asserted herself as a viable low post presence, scoring 15 of her 19 points in the second half. But it was no match for the outside shooting abilities of the Spartans.
The two teams matched each other's effort on the boards as they hauled in 29 rebounds apiece. In addition, the Lions committed two less turnovers than their rivals, forced more steals and had 15 more attempts from the free throw.
The loss extends the Lions winless streak to seven.
Saint Leo will get the weekend off before heading to St. Petersburg, Fla. on Wednesday, February 23 for an SSC showdown with the Eckerd College Tritons. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. from the McArthur Center.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Finalizing the list of new recruits for the inaugural year of women's lacrosse at Saint Leo University, head coach Lesley Graham has announced that Brittany Millsap and Cathryn Winslow will help anchor her defense. The addition of Millsap and Winslow puts the finishing touches on the first-ever class of women's lacrosse recruits.
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Millsap will be the first Lion to be saddled with net-guarding duties in the program. Coming from St. Louis and spending two years as the starting goalie for her high school team, she became a staple for her teams after earning the Most Improved Award in 2010. Tabbed as a 'Player to Watch' list for women's lacrosse in the 2011 preseason, she was in the top-10 in saves, save percentage and minutes played, while placing top-15 in wins.
Coach Graham's Thoughts – "Brittany brings strong athleticism to our goalie spot this year. She will be instrumental in anchoring our defense with her vocal leadership from inside the pipes."
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Coach Graham's Thoughts – "Cathryn is the total package when looking for an athlete. Her tenacity, strong stick skills and desire to compete make here a very tough defender. I am looking for her to make an immediate impact against some of our opponents' best attackers."
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NEW ORLEANS, La.—The men's cross country team was named a 2012 Division II Cross Country Men's All-Academic Team, it was announced today by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA).
The men had a team GPA of 3.26 and met the requirement of having competed in an NCAA Regional—which the men's team did this past fall.
The men's cross country team had the highest team GPA out of all of the Sunshine State Conference schools with Florida Tech being the only other member school to register a team GPA of above 3.0
Three men's runners were honored for their outstanding academic achievement—Eric Dirth, Carl Dunne, and Valentin Lenz. All three were named All-Academic Honorees.
The women's cross country runners were also recognized for their work in the classroom. Jillian Browne, Andrea Maxwell, and Kylie Fagan were all named All-Academic Honorees.
Congratulations to all members of the men's cross country team for this achievment and to the three women's players who were honored individually.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams are in the midst of spring practice in preparation for next fall.
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Antonio McKee vs. Adam Arredondo
Fight was cancelled. Aguilar-Kampmann will be the first bout of the night.
Martin Kampmann vs. Edwin Aguilar R1
Kampmann gets takedown off of exchange, working in the guard. Aguilar now back to his feet. Kampman lands a stiff knee. Aguilar takes a minute to show the effects but as Kampmann backs away he sees his opponent is stunned and finishes him with strikes. Referee Cecil Peoples stops the fight at 2:43 of the first round.
Jorge Oliveira vs. Marvin Eastman R1
Oliviera throwing multiple high kicks but nothing lands solidly. Good low kick from Eastman. Oliviera is cut under his left eye. Eastman has small cut outside right eye. Round ends.
Second round starts with fighters exchanging leg kicks and Oliveria still missing on his high kicks. Eastman stays calm and is picking Jorge apart on the feet. Oliviera has a burst of offense but Eastman stays composed and whethers the storm.
Third round more of the same with Oliviera doing a little more this round. He finally landed a high kick and pushed the pace in the frame doing enough to earn the round on . The official scorecards read 30-27 for Eastman, 29-28 for Oliveira and a 29-29 draw. This bout is a draw.
Rob McCullough vs. Harris Sarmiento
Rob starts with a heavy low kick to Sarmiento's legs. Another kick lands as Sarmiento rushes forward with a right and a left. Right hand lands for Harris as "Razor" works a few more kicks. Rob fires a outside low kick followed by an inside low kick that goes uchecked. The crowd gets restless as the fighters trade lowkicks and feel each other out. Rob lands a kick to the body. Pace starting to pick up with 30 seconds to go. Harris sores a right hand that forces Rob to retreat.
Rob jumps right back to low kicks to start the second stage. Sarmiento's left leg is starting to affect his movement. Harris lands a right hand and a takedown but Rob gets right back to his feet. Superman punch from Sarmiento lands, with Rob countering with a slick punch combo. "Razor" lands some more kicks before fighting off a single leg attempt from the Hawaiian fighter.
Rob finds himself in the top position after Harris slips to start the final period, but Rob quickly stands back to his feet. Clean left hand lands for Sarmiento. With two minutes left in the bout, Rob continues to pick apart his opponent with low kicks. Sarmiento rushes in for a takedown, which Rob stuffs and works knees from the clinch. The fighters touch gloves as the bell sounds to end the fight. Official score - 30-27 x 3 (McCullough)
Rico looks way out of shape
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Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron Waterman R1
An extremely obese Ricco Rodriguez enters the cage to "Mama said knock you out." Ricco fires a right hand and a superman punch to start the fight. Waterman now working with one underhook against the fence. Ricco grabs the cage to avoid a takedown, then looks briefly for a standing Kimura.
Damn, nice win for Rico
Overhand right and then standing punches and knees and its over. Stopped after round 1
great work fat ass!
Surprising that Salverry isnt taking it to the ground and he looks prone to a KO
Continuing stand up with Salaverry sticking and moving opening a cut on Santore's brow
Announced that October is the next scheduled WFA event
Salsverry slips and is on his back. Just holds on and its back on the feet
Salaverry lands a bunch of nice body kicks and Art looks gassed and now Salaverry is going for the head
High kick and Santore is down.. GnP to a TKO win for Salaverry
Santore's face is messed up but is laughing ala Mayhem vs GSP
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A fresh cow's calcium status may help predict her risk of developing metritis, according to research from the University of Florida.
During the study, cows diagnosed with subclinical hypocalcemia, or "milk fever," (defined as serum calcium less than 8.59 mg/dL in at least one day in the first three days after calving) had lower blood neutrophil concentrations, impaired neutrophil function on day 1 and 3 postpartum and increased incidence of metritis compared to cows with normal blood calcium levels.
The authors say that in order to markedly reduce the incidence of metritis, maintain serum calcium above 8.60 mg/dL during the first three days after calving. They say that metritis also predisposed cows to clinical endometritis.
Source: Proceedings of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual (2011) Conference


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Visited KC for the first time and did some checking around. The only place that didn't have any negative feedback was a place called Haywards, so I bit. After landing at the airport I made a beeline south. I started to suspect foul play when I found Haywards surrounded by expensive neighborhoods and corporate parks.
Now I understand everyone is passionate about their area's "Q", but the BBQ didn't impress me. In fact, it was a real letdown. I didn't smell any smoke when I got out of the car, so that should have been my first clue.
I ordered a full rack of ribs and a plate of what they called burnt ends and sausage. The meat came slathered in a sauce that could best be compared to ketchup mixed with vinegar and maybe a little brown sugar. (By the way, if I want sauce on my BBQ, that should be MY option). The meat had no flavor of its own and tasted as though it had been roasted in an oven vs. slow smoked. I also ordered beans and onion rings as sides. The beans were matched with the same sauce. The rings were akin to something that you'd get at Burger King. It was just really nasty food regardless of style.
Now I will admit that I am from Texas and I like Texas-style slow-smoked barbeque , but I have eaten ribs at Corky's in Memphis and been in rib nirvana. I've had pulled pork sandwiches in the Carolinas and salivated like a big dog. The bottom line is good food is good food whereever you go. Unfortunately, my business trip schedule will not allow me to sample more of the Famous KC style barbecue, (unless Famous Daves in Manhattan is worth it), but I hope for the sake of reputation, there is better "Q" in the KC area. Haywards gets a thumbs-down


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By David Gardner, international affairs editor
The US accusations that Iran is behind a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US – possibly by blowing up a Washington restaurant he frequents – are, frankly, weird.
There is presumably some substance to it; it is the US attorney general and head of the FBI announcing the charges, and the Obama administration is clearly taking the plot very seriously.
But there are obvious objections. Why would Iran so up the ante in its three decades-long cold war with the US, by carrying out an outrage on American soil? While what we are accustomed to thinking of as the Tehran theocracy is no monolith, and a rogue operation is possible, what urgent motive could there be to strike the US and the Saudis now? Read more


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Liberty Rallies to Knock Off Coastal Carolina, 4-3
The Liberty men's tennis team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to edge Big South Conference rival Coastal Carolina, 4-3, on Wednesday afternoon at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center.
The win improves the Flames' record to 11-9 overall and 4-3 in conference matches. The victory marks Liberty's first win over a Chanticleers' squad, which was ranked as high as No. 68 nationally this season, since the 2005 campaign, halting a 10-match losing skid. The loss drops defending Big South champion Coastal Carolina to 10-9 on the season and 2-4 in league play.
For just the second time this season in conference play, Liberty was swept in the doubles matches. In the No. 1 spot, Philipp Tsangaridis and Leo Christofides ousted the Flames' Jorge Azuero and Alejandro Llamas, 8-3.
Coastal Carolina's Ted Nilsson and Jabor Al-Mutawa ousted Shea Thomas and Guillem Secanell, 8-5, to clinch the point for the home team.
The Chanticleers completed the doubles sweep when Garik Yedigarian and Renan Samed edged Liberty's Egon Samaai and Dillon Segur, 8-7. The loss halted Samaai and Segur's six-match winning streak and is just their second conference setback of the season.
The Flames tied the contest at one apiece courtesy of a singles win by Segur in the No. 5 spot. The junior ousted Hunter Whalen, 6-4, 6-2, to improve to 9-5 overall and 5-2 in Big South matches.
Coastal Carolina surged back in front by two, after capturing wins in the No. 2 and No. 4 positions. Samaai fell to Nilsson, 6-1, 6-3, before Samed knocked off Liberty's Stan Vaughan, 7-5, 6-1.
Facing a 3-1 deficit, the Flames battled back to tie the match at three each. Azuero tallied Liberty's second point with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Christofides in the No. 3 spot.
Thomas continued his strong play in singles matches, bouncing No. 101 ranked Tsangaridis, 6-4, 6-4, in the top spot to improve to a team-best 13-6. The win was Thomas' fourth consecutive singles victory and second straight win against a nationally ranked opponent.
With the contest knotted at three apiece, the match came down to the No. 6 tilt featuring Llamas versus Al-Mutawa. Llamas won a tight first set, 7-6, before posting a 6-4 win in set two to seal the win for the Flames.
Liberty closes out its regular season tomorrow with a road match at Campbell. The Flames and the Camels are scheduled to begin play at 2 p.m.
Liberty 4, Coastal Carolina 3
1. Philipp Tsangaridis/Leo Christofides (CCU) def. Jorge Azuero/Alejandro Llamas (LU), 8-3
2. Garik Yedigarian/Renan Samed (CCU) def. Egon Samaai/Dillon Segur (LU), 8-7
3. Ted Nilsson/Jabor Al-Mutawa (CCU) def. Shea Thomas/Guillem Secanell (LU), 8-5
1. Shea Thomas (LU) def. No. 101 Philipp Tsangaridis (CCU), 6-4, 6-4
2. Ted Nilsson (CCU) def. Egon Samaai (LU), 6-1, 6-3
3. Jorge Azuero (LU) Leo Christofides (CCU), 6-3, 6-4
4. Renan Samed (CCU) def. Stan Vaughan (LU), 7-5, 6-1
5. Dillon Segur (LU) def. Hunter Whalen (CCU), 6-4, 6-2
6. Alejandro Llamas (LU) def. Jabor Al-Mutawa (CCU), 7-6, 6-4


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Cocktailing with Elderflowers
Posted: Mar 25, 2007 2:33pm ET
How I got to this state on a Sunday afternoon:
About two weeks ago, arrives on my desk a bottle of St.-Germain, a liqueur made from elderflowers and packaged in an outrageously cool-looking bottle that looks like one of those spaceships rendered in cartoons before they had spaceships. I've been dying to try it since.
Today, it's sitting there on the counter mocking me just as the clock strikes noon. The hour is now! Crack it open and take a whiff. Obviously, very flowery, but also sweet and a bit fruity, but not overpoweringly so—like pears or peaches—with the slightest nuttiness. The scent doesn't disappoint on the tongue. It's a classy little product, befitting Rob Cooper, known for Chambord, who developed it using fresh macerated Alpine elderflowers, wine eau de vie and some sugar.
This is made for a cocktail. But which? Go to the web for help. It's pretty new stuff so I'm not finding a lot of suggestions. Then locate 14 recipes at this address, supplied by a Simon Diffords, who runs a cocktail site called Diffords Guides and is the UK brand manager for St.-Germain.
Scroll through the possibilities, eliminating them as I go along:
The St. Germain Cocktail—contains Sauvignon Blanc wine, out of the question
French 77—unwilling to crack a bottle of Champagne to make one cocktail
Left Bank—don't have the requisite Plymouth gin
Right Bank—again Sauvignon Blanc
The Stig—calvados AND Sauvignon Blanc
Daisy Cutter Martini—sounds intriguing but contains Green Chartreuse
Saint Germain Sidecar—Almost drawn in, but then find, hidden at the end of the list, this:
Elderflower Manhattan
Glass: Martini
Garnish: Maraschino cherry in drink
Method: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
2 shot(s) Bourbon whiskey
1 shot(s) St. Germain liqueur
½ shot(s) Dry vermouth
2 dashes Angostura aromatic bitters
Perfect for a guy like me. Make one by the book, but it's too sweet. Thinking that's because I didn't shake it enough to let the ice chill out the sugar. Make another. Shake for almost a minute. Better, but still too sweet. Up the Bourbon quotient to three parts. Getting there. Take Bourbon (Wild Turkey 101) to four parts. Right on. This is just a great cocktail, hitting on all cylinders, sweet, tart, slightly spicy with a touch of something savory. But why dry vermouth? What if use sweet vermouth? That's good too. But probably really should try it perfect (half sweet and half dry vermouth) to get the full experience. What was I talking about?
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Sexy? No. Badass? Definitely.
- Dario Franchitti won the Indy 500 over the weekend. Somewhere Ashley Judd is smiling.
- The Lakers and Celtics will play for the NBA title. Color me "meh".
- John Clay has a nice run-down on the questions and answers surrounding Eric Bledsoe. Unless new information comes out, I'm not sure how you can hold Kentucky accountable for a kid, who was living in a car off and on, receiving rent money before UK was recruiting him from an unrelated source. Common sense dictates this should affect his high school if anyone. There's nothing common about the sense in the NCAA, though.
- Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in MLB history (and the 2nd of the year) on Saturday. I wonder what the record for most PG's in a year is. Someone should get on that…
- Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones was detained at the border because they thought he was Adam "Pacman" Jones. I don't guess the Bengals will be playing exhibitions in the snowy north anytime soon.
- The 19 most hilariously failed attempts at sexy album covers. Are we 100% sure that Cher isn't a Drag Queen?
- Adderall receives an honorary degree from Harvard. Well-deserved, I might add.
- The Truth behind Duck Hunt:


text: Norman Barrows 7179 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 I'm working on implementing paraly in a RPG. the basic rules of how it works are: 1. selecting a hostile during combat lets you "parlay" with them. combat with them stops for a moment, and you can interact with them (talk, bribe, etc). 2. if you talk with them and relations improve enough, they stop attacking. however there's already the following rule in the game (which is behavior programmed into the game engine): 1. if you're attacked while performing an action (like in The SIMs, microwaving dinner, or in this case talking to a NPC), you stop that action so you can fight. if there's more than one hostile, the combo of these two sets of rules (parlay rules, and "combat stops actions") is that you start to talk to the first hostile, the second hostile continues to attack, the talk action get cancelled (you stop stalking to hostile #1), and hostile #1 starts attacking again. should the player be able to parlay with the entire group at once? or should talking during parlay take unrealistic zero time, and the disposition of all hostiles await its outcome? or should one simply be unsuccessful at attempting to build a rapport over common interests in say travel and nature with a hostile during parlay, as long as his buddies are still trying to whack you with a big old nasty stick? i guess group parlay that takes non-zero time is the right way to do it. hmm... parlay success depends on your relations with the hostile you're talking to. would it be unrealistic to let the player parlay with any hostile, and have the result of that parlay affect all hostiles in the group? hostiles are now persistent in the simulation, so you can run into the same hostile again and again, and it tracks your relations with them over time. the player COULD select a known hostile from the group with whom they have better relations, in an attempt to increase their chances of successful parlay. but then again, thats what one would do in real life, so maybe thats ok? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Warner Bros. Records recording artist and emerging country star Cole Swindell invited his Nashville fans out for an authentic night on the town to help him film the video for his latest single "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" last night. The CMA Triple Play winner hosted the gathering at Music City's Read More
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Country music superstar Blake Shelton will join an elite club of artists this weekend when he both hosts and performs on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." The reigning and five time CMA Male Vocalist of the Year will show off his all-around entertainer abilities at 11:30 p.m. ET Saturday night by Read More
Reigning five-time CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton will make his SNL debut, serving as both host and musical guest on Jan. 24. As a coach on the Emmy winning series, "The Voice," the five-time Grammy nominee and ACM co-host has led four artists to victory. Shelton's latest album, " Read More
With two consecutive No. 1 gold-certified singles from his current album SUNSHINE & WHISKEY, Warner Bros. Records' Frankie Ballard released his brand new single, "Young & Crazy" to country radio today becoming the most added male artist this week. Ballard recently previewed the new Read More
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Details: Rising country artist Frankie Ballard will kick off the New Year with a performance of his smash hit "Sunshine & Whiskey." This marks the talented singer-guitarist's second Read More
Hunter Hayes will be hitting the road with Lady Antebellum and Sam Hunt for the WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR presented by Quicken Loans. The North American leg of the tour will begin on May 1 in Lubbock, TX. Hunter shares, "I'm excited to get back on the road, and I'm excited to team up with Lady A, too Read More


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The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) Board of Directors voted Tuesday to drop the lawsuit against the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to prevent a five percent cut in hospital payment rates.
After thoughtful consideration, the AzHHA Board of Directors decided it would be in the best interest of all the parties involved to move forward and work together in partnership with policymakers to strengthen Arizona's healthcare delivery system.
"This is a challenging time for hospitals and patients as a result of a prolonged recession and budget cuts to healthcare programs," said AzHHA President and Chief Executive Officer Laurie Liles. "As we look ahead, we know the state and Arizona hospitals will continue to face economic challenges and we look forward to working with state leaders like Senate President Steve Pierce to prepare for the future and grow our state's economy."
"I'm glad to hear the Association is dropping this lawsuit. We need to stop looking back and instead look ahead to find solutions to the crisis in health care. These are complex issues and we need to work together. I'm tired of a shotgun approach to fixing things. We must look at the big picture," says Senate President Steve Pierce.
Arizona hospitals have struggled in recent months as they care for an increasing number of uninsured patients who turn to hospitals for emergency treatment. In the last quarter of 2011, the amount of charity care hospitals provided increased by 75 percent over the same period in 2010.


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Of the different types of vegetables, green leafy vegetables, like spinach, had the largest effect. This may be due to the high amounts of Vitamin E that are contained in these kinds of vegetables. So do as your Mom said and, "Eat your vegetables!"
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2013 Flames Football Opponent Preview: Presbyterian College
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LibertyFlames.com continues its coverage of Flames Football training camp with the first in a series of previews of Liberty's 2013 opponents, beginning today with Presbyterian College.
The Blue Hose and the VMI Keydets, who combined to go 1-11 in the Big South last year, shared fifth place in the Big South preseason football poll, which was released at Big South Media Day in July.
Liberty and Presbyterian College will kick off the 2013 collegiate football season with a pair of Thursday night games on Aug. 29. The Flames travel to Kent State (6 p.m.) and the Blue Hose will square off against Wake Forest (6:30 p.m.). Both games will be covered by ESPN3.
Fifth-year head coach Harold Nichols returns 16 players from last year's squad, who finished the season with a 2-9 overall record and a winless 0-6 mark in Big South play.
Eight of the 16 returning starters are on offense, including redshirt sophomore quarterback Kaleb Griffin, who threw for 1,074 yards and six touchdowns (117-of-200) in 2012.
The Blue Hose lost their leading rusher in Lance Byrd (682 yards) to graduation, but return Demarcus Rouse, who rushed for 427 yards and a team-best nine rushing touchdowns.
Defensively, Presbyterian College has all-conference linebackers Donelle Williams and LJ Perry coming back as two of the team's seven defensive returning starters.
Williams was one of three tacklers in the Big South with 100 or more stops (103 total tackles) last year, including some dominating performances against league foes – 16 tackles at Charleston Southern, 15 stops on the road against VMI and 14 tackles in the season finale at Gardner-Webb.
Liberty leads the overall series with Presbyterian College, 6-4, and extended its series lead with a 56-7 road victory at Bailey Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13, 2012. Liberty set a program record with 692 total offensive yards during the game, aided by a 183-yard, four rushing touchdown day by running back Aldreakis Allen.
The Flames will host the Blue Hose in the middle game of their regular-season, three-game homestand on Nov. 9. The last time Presbyterian College visited Lynchburg, Liberty needed double overtime to win the game, 27-20, eventually taking the game on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Mike Brown to Chris Summers, a pair of players who are currently playing in the NFL.


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ATI's Multimedia Center 8.8 - The Home Multimedia Serverby Andrew Ku on 12/16/2003 10:49 AM EST
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jman037 - Sunday, January 18, 2004 - linkI have an ATI AIW 9700 Pro on the server with Catalyst 3.10 and Multimedia Center 8.8..and none of my clients can find any servers running on my wired 100base-T network.
I've totally uninstalled and reinstalled ALL ATI software on all machines several times. I've un-shared and reshared drives. I've tried every different setting I could find. I tried running the client after turning on TV on the server and switching to TV on Demand..(TV on Demand just stutters BTW).
I'm running an AMD barton 2800+ with 1.5GBof DDR ram. Frankly I've spent over 8 hours on this issue and am at my wit's end. Reply
Zoomer - Saturday, December 27, 2003 - link#4, it should be the same except you would need something else to change channels.
I would like to see the AIW component of ati's cards be seperated from the video card. I can't justify paying hundreds more every year or so when I upgrade graphics cards just to have the tuner.
It would be great if it could be split into 2 components. Perhaps with the AIW part as a daughterboard that's connected internally? Reply
belboz - Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - linkSorry if I missed this in the article, but how does this all work if you use an external tuner like a cable box or satellite tuner? Reply
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Vanners - Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - linkBut does 8.8 solve my audio synch problem when capturing to DivX? Reply
vailr - Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - linkAny info on the ATI "E-Home Wonder" TV tuner card?
Will it be released, either retail or OEM, for sale to end users, without the necessity of also having WinXP MCE? (In case you weren't aware of this card, this PCI card includes a hardware MPG2 encoder, as well as analog TV tuner.
http://www.ati.com/products/ehome/index.html ). Would seem to enable EasyShare at much lower CPU usage, if it were available as a retail product. And, if it worked with MMC 8.8. Reply