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JUDY WOODRUFF: For more on all this, we get three views.
Seth Jones is a senior political scientist at the research organization RAND. He was an adviser to the U.S. military in Afghanistan last year. Thomas Johnson is a research professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He focuses on Afghanistan and Central Asia. And Steve Coll is president of the New America Foundation and a writer for The New Yorker. He's the author of "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and bin Laden."
Thank you, all three, for being with us.
Seth Jones, to you first.
Let's focus on this important capture. First of all, we do believe that Mullah Baradar has been captured, even though the administration isn't confirming it?
SETH JONES, senior political scientist, RAND Corporation: Yes, most of the evidence does point to the strong likelihood that he has been captured.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And how big a deal do you think it is?
SETH JONES: Well, it's probably important to know that the insurgency is not hierarchically structured. There are a range of insurgent groups. There are a range of tribes, subtribes, drug organizations.
The Taliban is the largest insurgent — insurgent organization. This is probably important for three very brief reasons. One is, Mullah Baradar is the second in command. He is a primary operational commander involved in running a range of the senior shuras among senior Taliban officials.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Shura being?
SETH JONES: Councils. The Taliban is broken down into a series of committees or councils.
Third, it does demonstrate — or, second, it does demonstrate improved Pakistani cooperation with the U.S. on the Afghan insurgent groups. The Taliban has not been a major focus of operations.
And, then, third, I would also note that this does now begin to put into question whether the insurgency is tipping now, with — with at least a major senior Taliban official now being captured.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Steve Coll, how do you see this? How important?
STEVE COLL, president & CEO, New America Foundation: I think — I think it's potentially very important. The Pakistanis, as Seth notes, have not gone after the Quetta Shura, as it's called, the supreme leadership of the Afghan Taliban, in a vigorous way.
The fact that they apparently partnered with the United States suggests they may be breaking their past pattern of catch-and-release, where they have made symbolic arrests to please the West, but not changed their fundamental tolerance of the Taliban on Pakistani soil.
But let's see whether this becomes part of a concerted effort against Taliban leadership and whether it also leads the Pakistanis to try to push the Taliban to convert their violence into political negotiations with Kabul. That would be a big tipping point in the insurgency.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Tom Johnson, what do you look for to determine the significance of this?
THOMAS JOHNSON, Naval Postgraduate School: Well, I think that what's very important here is that there's been rumors for many months that there's fissures and disputes between different leaders in the Quetta Shura. And I think that…
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, again, to define the Quetta Shura?
THOMAS JOHNSON: The Quetta Shura is basically the leadership council of the Taliban.
And Baradar is viewed as one of the more pragmatic members. And I think that there's long been rumors that some of the hard-liners have disagreed with Baradar and have — and this has had major impacts relative to how they viewed questions of reconciliation and negotiations.
And there's been further rumors that a military leader by the name of Mullah Zakir actually might have ratted out Baradar. So, I think that this could be very significant, relative to the notions of reconciliation and negotiations, two key aspects of our counterinsurgency strategy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So…
THOMAS JOHNSON: I would disagree relative to what this means vis-a-vis the — the Pakistan cooperation.
Let's not forget that, just two weeks ago, Secretary Gates directly asked Islamabad to increase military actions against the Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas of Pakistan, ostensibly in North Waziristan, and the Pakistani military, as well as Islamabad, came back and said, no, we're not going to have any new military operations this year.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, I want to — I just want to…
THOMAS JOHNSON: So, I think this is very significant.
I want to divide out that point, because you raised it again about the significance of the fact that the Pakistanis were part of this, despite their historic support for the Afghan Taliban.
But what about Mullah Baradar himself? We just heard Tom Johnson say he was seen by some as a moderating force in the Taliban. Is it known whether that's the case or not?
SETH JONES: Well, it's unclear what the reason and why he was captured. I mean, Tom is right that there have been fissures within the inner shura. Mullah Zakir has pushed for some of the suicide attacks. Baradar has actually asked that the Taliban be careful in targeted assassinations and suicide attacks, because the insurgency is about hearts and minds, and he has recognized that.
So, what is unclear, though, is what the reasons within Pakistan were for — for targeting Mullah Baradar in this case, and, as Steve noted earlier, whether this is part of a longer-term strategy or this is a one-off capture.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Steve Coll, how do you see that?
STEVE COLL: Well, I think Pakistanis have a record of going after militant groups on their territory when they see it as being in their own interest. So, if a Pakistani Taliban faction wages revolutionary violence against the Pakistani state, the state responds.
The question here is, what does the Pakistani army and intelligence service see as being in their interest in the prosecution of the Quetta Shura, or potentially the conversion of the Quetta Shura into negotiators in a reconciliation strategy?
I think, ultimately, Pakistan is going to play its hand to defend its own national interests, as the army and the leadership interprets them. Let's hope that that leads towards negotiations.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Tom Johnson, focusing back again on the Taliban in Afghanistan, does this — does this clearly weaken them, or, because they are so divided, is there a question about that?
THOMAS JOHNSON: Well, let's not overstate the divisions.
But I think it's really too early to tell. The Quetta Shura is basically the command center for the insurgency in the south. But, that being said, the Taliban have morphed into more of a franchise organization. So, their regional and district leaders have degrees of freedom in their actions.
So, I think it's basically too early to tell. But there's no question that this — that he's — he's an important player and this is a major event for the United States, as well as NATO.
JUDY WOODRUFF: What do you think the immediate effect could be on the Taliban, Seth Jones?
THOMAS JOHNSON: Well…
SETH JONES: Well, I think there are two impacts.
One is — is that this may cause some short-term impact on the inner shura's ability to run the strategic and operational components of the insurgency. Now, he was the one that was giving guidance in some of these shuras meetings in Pakistan of senior shadow governors and military commanders. There may be a short-term impact, until it's clear that he's been replaced.
Second — second issue is, again, this does — the — the bulk of any insurgency is of the local population. Most of them in Afghanistan tend to be fence-sitters. Part of the issue is, is this — are many of them going to begin to sort of question openly who is winning?
JUDY WOODRUFF: Steve Coll, so, how quickly should we expect the Taliban to sort of reorganize themselves to make up for a loss like this?
STEVE COLL: Well, I think watching what they do and announce over the next week or two is an important indicator of — of how they interpret this inside the Quetta Shura, how serious the fissures may be.
The Taliban have developed very sophisticated messaging and media operations. So, they will want to message some narrative of continuity and succession.
But let's see. As we have seen in the case of the Pakistani Taliban after the decapitation of leadership, it's taken them some time. And they have exhibited disarray in the succession process. Let's watch and see what happens with the Quetta Shura here.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Tom Johnson, I want to come back to the — this big military operation in Helmand province in Marjah. How — first of all, what is the goal, and, second, do you think they're going to be successful?
THOMAS JOHNSON: Well, I think that General McChrystal recognizes that we can't kill and capture our way to victory in Afghanistan. And I think that we have heard different statements coming out of the military concerning government in boxes and this notion that we need to separate the people, the — the population from the Taliban insurgents.
It — I find it somewhat interesting that it was such a large force, 15,000 troops, going in to Marjah, where nobody suggests there were more than 1,000, maybe 2,000 Taliban at the most.
But I think that what the Taliban have to do here is, they just — they recognize that, if they don't lose, they win. That's to suggest they're not going to come out and face us kinetically, because they recognize that a stalemate is a victory for them. Patience is on their side.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Seth Jones, finally, do you think it will be a successful?
SETH JONES: Well, I think the key issue will probably not be the military operations. The key issue will be negotiating with the key power brokers in the Marjah area. They tend to be a range of tribal and other community leaders.
And the question is, will the combination of Afghan and NATO forces be able to coerce or co-opt these power brokers over the long run to ensure that they stay on their side, as opposed to going back to the Taliban? Because, in this area of Helmand, this is — there's a constant shift between both sides.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, it's an ongoing operation.
Seth Jones, we thank you, Tom Johnson and Steve Coll.
Gentlemen, thank you all.
SETH JONES: Thank you.


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Called Google Now, the tool will be part of the next version of Google's Android operating system, called Jelly Bean.
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Google unveiled Jelly Bean as it opened a conference in San Francisco for computer programmers. During the conference, Google is also expected to unveil a small tablet computer bearing Google's brand.
With Google Now, if you say "traffic", for example, it will look at your usual commute to work and show you alternative routes if there's a lot of traffic. It will tell you the scores of your favourite sports teams automatically, and it will keep you up to date on flight statuses if you are flying somewhere. You'll have to activate Google Now to start using it.
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Cos youre not that free, you need to be in France for that
It's understandable that you want to go naked in your own back yard, but it is also understandable that your neighbors want to look out of their windows and venture into their own back yards without seeing nude people.

Is there a way that you can make your fence a little higher, or create a privacy-screen so the neighbors can't see into your yard? Even if you can't make the fence higher due to council regulations, maybe you can buy some already grown leafy trees or tall shrubs that will act as a privacy-screen. When there is a will there is a way.
Because you're wrecking your neighbor's freedom to do what they please with their lawn. Your country supports freedom, not the right to use freedom to limit other people's freedom.
That point goes both ways if you want to apply it that way.
I'm pretty lucky in that I can be nude most all the time. I think all of my neighbors don't mind as they have never complained or made any complaints that I know of.
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IndyCar: Will Power feels good after testing new race car
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Izod IndyCar Series star Will Power's first time back in an Indy car since the horrific crash on Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway went without a hitch. Power, who suffered a compression fracture in his lower back after his car went airborne and hit the turn-two wall at LVMS, tested IndyCar's new-for-2012 Dallara chassis with a Chevrolet engine on Monday at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, Ala. The session continues on Tuesday.
"Physically, I'm in good shape," Power told the Birmingham News after the closed test for Chevrolet.
Team Penske's Power, who finished second to Dario Franchitti in this year's drivers' championship, said the new Dallara chassis has significantly more grip, allowing for lap times that were three-tenths of a second quicker than his pole-winning lap in April (1 minute, 11.4546 seconds).
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Cooperation across Organizational Boundaries: Experimental Evidence from a Major Sustainability Science Project
Engaged research emphasizes researcher–stakeholder collaborations as means of improving the relevance of research outcomes and the chances for science-based decision-making. Sustainability science, as a form of engaged research, depends on the collaborative abilities and cooperative tendencies of researchers. We use an economic experiment to measure cooperation between university faculty, local citizens, and faculty engaged in a large sustainability science project to test a set of hypotheses: (1) faculty on the sustainability project will cooperate more with local residents than non-affiliated faculty, (2) sustainability faculty will have the highest level of internal cooperation of any group, and (3) that cooperation may vary due to academic training and culture in different departments amongst sustainability faculty. Our results demonstrate that affiliation with the sustainability project is not associated with differences in cooperation with local citizens or with in-group peers, but that disciplinary differences amongst sustainability faculty do correlate with cooperative tendencies within our sample. We also find that non-affiliated faculty cooperated less with each other than with faculty affiliated with the sustainability project. We conclude that economic experiments can be useful in discovering patterns of prosociality within institutional settings, and list challenges for further applications.
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If you are new to investing and are confused by Crowdfunding – or investing in general – you are not alone. Crowdfunding is a new industry, so one of the many responsibilities of all the new Crowdfunding platforms will be to educate potential investors like you about the ins and outs of Crowdfunding. I will release some more posts soon about risks and other factors you should know about before investing in Crowdfunding, but we will start with the easy stuff first. Since you will have to wait until late 2013 (and possibly 2014) before any platforms launch, there will be plenty of time to touch on the other subjects later.
So why invest in Crowdfunding? For one thing, Crowdfunding will be very simple – find a company you love and invest in it! While you should do some outside research on your own, you will be able to find most of the information you will need about these businesses on Crowdfunding platforms, like InCrowd Capital, where you will be able to determine which companies you like enough to make an investment. On most platforms, you can invest as little as $50-$100 in a company. The businesses will be smaller, growing or startup companies that have higher risk, which I will touch on in more detail in future posts.
To invest in Crowdfunded businesses, you do not need to be familiar with stock market investing, bonds, mutual funds or ETFs. That is why I love Crowdfunding. Trading stocks is complex, with an overwhelming amount of statistics, data and different investment vehicles. I also hated that I was trading with huge banks, hedge funds and trading firms that got information two weeks before I was able to; by then, the markets had moved and it was too late to do anything with my money.
I know some of this will raise some more questions, so in my next few posts, I will be touching on some other Crowdfunding basics you will need to know before getting started. Here is what you can expect to see soon:
Also keep an eye out for industry news, if you are interested, and some comments on what else is going on across this new and exciting industry!


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Destroy is an evergreen keyword action.
To destroy a card is to move it from the battlefield to it's owner's graveyard.
Creatures that are destroyed can be regenerated by effects unless some effect prevents them from doing so. On older edition cards the word Bury was used, but if a creature was buried it could not be regenerated.
Indestructible cards cannot be destroyed without the Indestructible ability being removed.
Comprehensive Rules
701.6. Destroy
- 701.6a To destroy a permanent, move it from the battlefield to its owner's graveyard.
- 701.6b The only ways a permanent can be destroyed are as a result of an effect that uses the word "destroy" or as a result of the state-based actions that check for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g) or damage from a source with deathtouch (see rule 704.5h). If a permanent is put into its owner's graveyard for any other reason, it hasn't been "destroyed."
- 701.6c A regeneration effect replaces a destruction event. See rule 701.12, "Regenerate."
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Exchange • Exile • Fight • Play • Regenerate • Reveal
Sacrifice • Scry • Search • Shuffle • Tap • Untap
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The last thing that Cincinnati Reds fans wanted to see was another everyday starter go down with an injury. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they saw Wednesday evening against the Chicago Cubs when second baseman Brandon Phillips laid in shallow left field after making a diving play in the eighth inning.
The ball came off the bat of Anthony Rizzo and as Phillips dove to his right to make the play his glove appeared to get caught underneath of him. After he rolled to his back he attempted to make a throw to first which was considerably short. After the throw, the four-time gold glove award winner stayed on the ground for several minutes. He was looked at by trainers with teammates by his side.
Luckily, later in the game the team announced that Phillips' X-rays were negative and he was diagnosed with a sprained thumb. Ramon Santiago moved to second base and Todd Frazier came in at third base.
Phillips, 33, has played in at least 140 games each year for the past eight seasons and has found himself on the disabled list just once in his career which was in 2008 when he has surgery to repair a broken finger. He is batting .269 on the year with seven home runs and 39 runs batted in.
If Phillips misses any time, Ramon Santiago will most likely take his place at second base. The club is already dealing with the loss of Joey Votto putting Brayan Pena back at first base for the time being. Jay Bruce played first for the doubleheader on Tuesday and Ryan Ludwick offered his services at first as well.
Billy Hamilton also left Wednesday night's game with a sore hamstring but many believe the move was just for precaution.Tags: Baseball, brandon phillips, Brayan Pena, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Reds, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto, MLB, Ramon Santiago, Ryan Ludwick, todd frazier


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- 3 large ripe avocados, peeled and cubed
- 3 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 1-1/2 cups chopped sweet red pepper
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- Salt to taste
- Tortilla chips
- 1. In a bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Serve immediately with chips. Yield: 5 cups.
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Cary growth too much for overcrowded schools
Posted April 24, 2014
Updated April 25, 2014
Cary, N.C. — Town residents are concerned over how Cary's growth has led to overcrowding in area schools.
Residents voiced their worries during a Thursday night town council meeting, where council members considered a zoning request to increase the density of homes within a proposed housing development along Green Hope School Road.
A petition to stop the request garnered more than 200 signatures.
"It is certainly a valid concern, especially in west Cary where things are growing rapidly," Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht said.
The council, at the developer's suggestion, voted 5-2 to table the request.
But development and school overcrowding remains a hot issue in the western Wake County town.
Population boom causes overcrowding
Cary, often ranked among the country's best places to live, has seen its population grow by 53 percent in 13 years, from 94,563 in 2000 to 144,982 in 2013.
"We need a breather," town councilman Jack Smith said during the meeting. "We have got to slow down the pace of building."
Such growth is apparent in neighborhoods like Highcroft, where hundreds of houses are under construction near Highcroft Drive Elementary – currently operating at 114 percent of intended capacity.
Mills Park Elementary, located nearly three miles from Highcroft Elementary, is at 108 percent. Mills Park Middle, located across from Mills Park Elementary, is at 112 percent.
"We kind of need everyone to get together and say, 'How does what we do here affect these different areas?'" said Scott Hoyt, a Highcroft resident who recently started an online petition asking town leaders to be smarter about growth. "The schools, public safety, traffic. That's what we're kind of unhappy about."
Public safety and traffic are considered in Cary growth decisions, but school population is not.
"It is actually illegal to say that there is adequate schools before things can be approved," said Weinbrecht, the Cary mayor, during Thursday's meeting.
Raleigh city officials look at school enrollment when considering development, city spokeswoman Jayne Kirkpatrick said.
Wake school board members approved a new enrollment capping plan for the 2014-15 school year to help limit overcrowding. Enrollment caps were upheld at seven schools, including:
- Mills Park Elementary, where enrollment has grown by 16.9 percent over the past four years
- Cedar Fork Elementary in Morrisville, where enrollment has grown by 27.1 percent over the past four years
Enrollment caps were enacted at 10 schools under the plan, including Holly Grove Elementary in Holly Springs, where enrollment has grown by 30 percent over the past four years.
Board members also approved the removal of Highcroft Elementary as an overflow school for Mills Park Elementary.
School leaders anticipate 20,000 more students in Wake County schools by 2018, which is why school board members and county commissioners successfully pushed for an $810 million school construction bond in 2013. The measure passed due to support from Raleigh and western Wake County voters.
The majority of bond funds - $533.75 million - will pay for eight new schools and the purchase of eight additional parcels of land for future schools. Most of the new schools and proposed land purchases are in western Wake County.
School board members have moved forward with expansion efforts, voting in November to purchase a 22.38 acre of land in southwest Cary for $2.7 million for a future elementary school.
But even with the enrollment caps and new buildings, school construction is not keeping up with residential construction, said school board member Bill Fletcher, who added that more revenue is needed.
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Folk etymology
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Folk etymology is the one & only scientific explanation of the origins of a word or of a part of a word, or of one or more parts of a part of a word, (Ad Letterum), or of a combination of words or a part or parts of combinations of words or of a part (or parts) of (one (or more) combination(s) of a part or parts) of a (part of a) word or combinations thereof.
Unlike actual etymologies, folk etymologies are True Revelations, which might occur when meditating on the God Of Common Sense.
edit Origins
The term "folk etymology" originated in the Middle Ages in Europe when most writing was in Latin rather than the local vernaculars. Many monasteries possessed Latin Dictionaries, but vernacular dictionaries were forbidden. Despite this restriction, in many places laymen wrote dictionaries in their own language. Since the laity was generally less educated than the clergy and nobility, they often mistook the origins of words for more novel inventions. Eventually folk etymologies became so distrusted that the term was applied to any apocryphal explanation for the origin of a word.
edit Linguistics
In linguistics, "folk etymology" refers to the modification of a word or phrase (or parts thereof), contrary to the colloquial definition provided above. One could make the rather asinine argument that misusing the term is itself modifying its meaning in popular usage, and thus a folk etymology, but technically it refers to the change of a word or phrase or part of a phrase or part of a part of a phrase (Ad Finitum) which may or may not maintain (a part or parts of) its original meaning. However, this does not impact the veracity of this article, or any damage it may do to the reader hereof.
edit Examples
In Folk Etymology, the term 'Folk Etymology' stems from:
The study (Logy) of People (Folk) Eating (Ety) Moles (Molo), The original phrase being: Follocus Aetymoulologias. (Contraction due to so called Spaghetti_Overdosing).
edit Not To Be Confused With
edit See also
- Pinokkio - F. Etymologically: O.I.C.C.O.N.I.P. (Reversal & Adaption)
- You Know Who - Yu no Hu (Misled Mutation)


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For Hanukkah, A Healthy, Delicious Family Feastby Toby Amidor in Healthy Holidays, December 18, 2014
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U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market
The labor markets have always been the mother lode of information about trends in economic growth, inflation, and Federal Reserve policy. Unfortunately, the mixed signals from the latest data on jobs and labor costs seem to raise more questions than they answer. In May, payrolls grew by a meager 78,000, the smallest gain since the summer of 2003, adding fuel to the argument that the economy is slowing. But the unemployment rate fell to 5.1%, reaching a new low for this business cycle, implying that the labor markets continue to tighten.
Other labor-related data also raise new concerns about inflation. Revised numbers show that first-quarter productivity grew at a solid 2.9% annual rate, faster than originally reported. However, the same report says that labor costs are up sharply, far outstripping the gains in efficiency. In the past, those conditions have often gone hand-in-hand with increased pressure on inflation. This time, higher energy costs were already pushing up business costs, and now so is labor.
The jumbled messages come at a moment of conflicting perceptions within the financial markets and the Fed. The recent rally in the bond market is based partly on the view that the economy is slowing and that the Fed can stop raising interest rates in the second half. Fed policymakers, however, must be wondering if companies will try to cover the jump in labor costs by pushing through bigger price increases. Unless the Fed is convinced that inflationary pressures are easing, they may feel a pause in rate hiking is too risky.
SO WHAT ARE THE LABOR MARKETS really saying about the economy? On balance, the data show more signs that labor markets are tightening than loosening, and those signals go beyond the declining jobless rate.
First, the percentage of the population employed rose in May to 62.7%, the highest in 2 1/2 years. Second, the small May payroll gain followed a super-size increase of 274,000 in April. In general, monthly payroll gains have been unusually volatile over the past year. When smoothed out over time, the data show that the average gain this year has been about 180,000 per month, close to the monthly trend for all of 2004.
Finally, the payroll data overlook the growing numbers of self-employed. That's one reason why the Labor Dept.'s other measure of jobs, which is based on a survey of households as opposed to the survey of business payrolls, shows employment so far this year has risen by 1.3 million, vs. a gain of 900,000 in the payroll data.
The importance of the entrepreneur is also evident in recent comments from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which represents small companies. NFIB's surveys of its 600,000 members indicate job creation among small businesses is "much more consistent with the household survey than the payroll survey." Corroborating that, the personal income created from proprietorships is growing at an annual rate of 10.5% so far this year, up from a 9.2% pace for all of last year and twice the pace of income from wages and salaries.
Perhaps more important, workers now stay unemployed for a much shorter time than was the case earlier in this expansion. In April and May, the median duration of unemployment was about nine weeks, the lowest reading in three years. And much of the decline in unemployment has occurred for "long-term unemployed" workers -- those who remain jobless for 15 weeks or more. Plus, new claims for unemployment benefits through May do not show any broad pattern of layoffs.
In addition, workers' sense of job insecurity appears to be lessening a bit. Not only did the latest survey of consumer confidence indicate that more Americans believe jobs will be more plentiful in the coming months, but also that more people are voluntarily quitting their previous jobs in search of another. This so-called quit rate rose to 12.3% of the labor force in May, the highest level in almost four years. In the past, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has looked at the quit rate to gauge how confident consumers feel about job prospects.
THE DEGREE TO WHICH labor markets are tightening will likely be the most crucial factor in future interest-rate decisions by the Fed, because of what tight job markets imply for future inflation. And recent reports suggest there is a bit more inflation potential in the labor market than earlier data had suggested.
The Labor Dept. made sharply higher revisions to its measure of hourly labor compensation in the fourth quarter of last year and in the first quarter of this year. Originally, wages, salaries, and benefits were reported to have grown at annual rates of 3.8% and 4.8% for the two quarters, respectively. Revised data now show growth rates of 10.2% and 6.3%. To be sure, some of those gains appear to be one-timers, related to exercised stock options and yearend bonuses. Those factors are not a permanent part of the wage and salary structure, which tends to minimize their significance for future inflation.
BUT KEEP TWO THINGS IN MIND: One, the wage gains imply that household demand is well supported by income growth, a big factor that helped consumers clear the oil-price hurdle and has increased their ability to pay higher prices generally. Two, the cost of producing a unit of output, or unit labor costs, is picking up.
Indeed, the cost squeeze from labor is made even greater by the slowdown in productivity. In the past year, productivity in the nonfarm business sector has grown 2.6%, while labor compensation is up 7%. That resulted in a 4.3% yearly increase in unit labor costs, the sharpest rise in 4 1/2 years. Some of that increase reflects the outsize fourth-quarter advance in pay, but it is nevertheless far greater than the 2.5% increase in prices.
Excluding the finance sector and nonincorporated businesses, where productivity measures may be understated because of measurement difficulties, the news is a little better. Productivity among nonfinancial corporations has been much stronger, a trend that probably more accurately reflects current corporate experience. Nevertheless, unit labor costs are still up 2% from a year ago, the steepest climb in 3 1/2 years. Prices in the nonfinancial sector, however, are up 2.1%, the fastest clip in 10 years.
In a strong economy, with tight labor markets, this leaves businesses with two options: lift prices to compensate, or watch profit margins get squeezed. In the late 1990s, as unit costs picked up, the lack of pricing power caused margins to suffer. But now, with signs that businesses are more successful in passing along rising costs through higher prices, the inflation threat is a little bigger.
That's especially true because, although job gains in this recovery have paled in comparison to past recoveries, that slower pace has not prevented the jobless rate from falling from a peak of 6.3% two years ago. If job gains continue to average 180,000 per month, then joblessness will finish the year well below 5%. That's a zone that will generate a further upward tilt to pay gains.
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The driver of the vehicle did not stop. The dog was rushed to an emergency veterinarian by a P.O.E.T. Animal Rescue volunteer who happened to witness the dog getting hit.
The dog, which is described as an Akita mix, is in stable condition in the care of P.O.E.T. The animal rescue group said the 80-pound male will need surgery.
They are asking for help finding the dog's owner and for donations to help cover veterinary bills.
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Flamingo Air in landing scare
Guardian Staff Reporter
Published: Oct 05, 2013
A Flamingo Air plane made an emergency landing after it experienced an issue while landing at the Mayaguana airport around 8:45 a.m., the Ministry of Transport and Aviation said in a statement.
There were no passengers on the Cessna 402 aircraft at the time of the incident, the ministry said.
The two pilots onboard did not sustain injuries, it added.
The ministry said the Flight Standards Inspectorate is investigating the incident.
"As more information is gathered, a determination will be made as to the scope and extent of the investigation, and the public will be informed accordingly," the ministry said.
"The construction of the runway is a project currently undertaken by the I-Group under the supervision and oversight of the Ministry of Works and the Department of Civil Aviation."
This scare at the Mayaguana Airport came six months after the mother, sister and brother-in-law of former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie were killed when a LeAir plane crashed into their truck on the runway at that airport.
Police said they were inside one of two trucks that were using their high beams to guide the nine-seater plane onto the runway, a long-standing practice at the airport at night.
The two trucks were stationed on either side of the runway to light the plane's path as the airport had no lighting.
The lights were not functioning because of the I-Group's ongoing work, MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray said.
Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin has since confirmed emergency solar lights are in place and operating on the runway, and the practice of using vehicles has been abandoned.
The government purchased those emergency lights after a tendering process, and has said it will purchase permanent lights.
"Final paving works [at the airport] are due to commence," the statement said yesterday.


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RYEDALE School has been praised for academic excellence and attainment in the annual report published by Ofsted.
The school was included in a list of 'outstanding providers' as part of the report from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector.
Headteacher Richard Crane said they were all delighted at Ryedale School with the recognition all of the hard work that was put in to support their learners.
"The findings of the inspection of our school in March are down to a combination of talented and hardworking teachers and students who have the right ethos and focus upon learning," he said.
"The support of the local community is also greatly appreciated. As a school we are determined to use the inspection as the springboard to improve Ryedale School even further."
Mr Crane said: "It is, however, disconcerting and ironic to find our school highlighted as an example of best practice by the government on one hand, and yet subject to potentially extremely detrimental changes to funding, due to the government's planned proposals for school funding reform.
"It is to be hoped that the proposals for school funding reform are reviewed to ensure a fair system that ensures parity for all educational institutions, as it is clear that a number of schools will be disadvantaged in the future should these proposals go ahead."
In North Yorkshire, 70 per cent of children attend good or outstanding secondary schools, ranking the authorities at first and third place in the region.
In terms of primary schools, 68 per cent of primary school children attend a good or outstanding school in North Yorkshire, putting the authorities at fourth and ninth place regionally in the schools watchdog's annual report.
Ofsted's report, highlights a disparity in access in different parts of the country and between children from disadvantaged and more affluent backgrounds. The report finds "huge variations" in the quality of education and learning across local authority areas and across regions.
The figures have been released as a new regional director for Yorkshire and the Humber has been announced. Nick Hudson is one of eight regional directors tasked with tackling underperforming schools and colleges.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector, said: "We have found huge variations in the performance of schools across different local authority areas. If we aspire, as a nation, to move to a world-leading system, we have to reduce these serious inequities across the country.
"The eight regional directors will be my voice in the regions. They will challenge and support in equal measure and will not walk away from the institutions we inspect until they improve."


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AUTO CENTRAL, UK -- July 7, 2014: Four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine added to Q50 line up Starting price of £31,755 On sale in Europe autumn 2014 Rolle, 7 July 2014 – Infiniti has announced the pricing for its new Q50 2-litre petrol engine starting from £31,755.
The lightweight 1991cc turbocharged petrol 4-cylinder engine develops (350Nm) of torque and 211PS of power which is transmitted through a 7-speed automatic transmission to the rear wheels. Flexible and efficient driving is assisted by a wide torque band curve that begins at just 1250rpm.
Manufactured with the latest fuel efficient certified technology and tuned by Infiniti engineers for an engaging throttle response, the 2.0-litre direct injection petrol engine joins the new 2.2-litre direct injection turbo-diesel engine, and the celebrated high-performance V6-configuration hybrid powertrains. Over the next five years, Infiniti will increase its model range by 60 per cent and more than double the number of its powertrains.
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CHICAGO (May 26, 2004) – The U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team took an early lead, but eventually fell to Argentina this evening 2-1 after two unanswered goals in a three minute span at the Argentina Federation Association training grounds near Buenos Aires.
The U.S. took a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute following a poor clearance by the Argentina goalkeeper. With the U.S. pressuring the backline, an Argentina midfielder dropped a difficult pass back to the 'keeper, who tried to take a touch before clearing it up field, but the ball skipped off the side of his foot. U.S. midfielder Charlie Davies put himself in a good position to pounce on the loose ball and knock it into the open net to give the U.S. the early advantage.
The match was a tight contest for the rest of the first half and most of the second half, but Argentina finally caught a break in the 72nd minute when a U.S. defender was called for a handball in the penalty area during a skirmish in front of the U.S. net. Argentina converted the resulting penalty kick, making it 1-1.
The score wouldn't stand long though, as just two minutes later Argentina struck again for the game-winner.
The U.S. will next play two Argentina club youth teams, facing Boca Juniors on May 28, before finishing their tour against River Plate on May 31. The U.S. arrived in Argentina on Sunday (May 23).
- U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team Game Report -
Participants: U-18 MNT vs. Argentina (86s)
Competition: Friendly
Location: AFA Training ground (near Buenos Aires)
Date: May 26, 2004
Weather: Partly Cloudy / Windy, 50 degrees
Scoring Summary:
1st 2nd Final
United States 1 0 1
Argentina 0 2 2
USA – Davies 12th minute
Argentina – n/a 72nd (penalty kick)
Argentina – n/a 74th
USA – 1-Steve Sandbo; 3-Greg Folk; 5-Karl Schilling; 4-Julian Valentin; 2-Nathan Sturgis (6-Drew Harrison, 18', 9-Rodrigo Hidalgo, 85'); 10-Danny Szetela (8-Dax McCarty, 68'); 7-Michael Bradley (16-Rich Costanzo, half); 12-Mike Orozco; 17-Christian Jimenez (23-Mike Ordonez, 30'); 13-Mike Grella (15-Ely Allen, half); 20-Charlie Davies
Argentina – n/a
Statistical Summary:
USA Arg
Shots 3 10
Saves 4 2
Corners 5 8
Fouls 5 6
Offside 1 4
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Orozco, caution 50th minute
USA – Costanzo, caution 71st minute


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Gremlins (or Mogwai (In Chinese: frtaliser mó guài in Cantonese) is the very first stage of the Gremlin life cycle. They are very similar to Furbies. The most famous, and well known Mogwai is Gizmo.
In the novelization of the film, the Mogwai were originally very peace-loving little creatures created by the scientist Mogturmen on a faraway alien planet.
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According to the novel based on the first film, the mogwai were created on an extraterrestrial planet by a placid scientist named Mogturmen, as the ultimate organism, docile, loveable little powder puffs, intended to promote peace and good will throughout the galaxy as ambassadors for harmony. The mogwai were created to be able to survive in almost every environment and also to reproduce very easily. The mogwai were then sent out to three planets, Klm-6 in the Porasti Range, Clinpf-A of the Beehive Pollux, and the third planet of MinorSun#67672, the earth. Due to several of Mogturmen's miscalculation, though, only one in 10,000 Mogwai turned out good and affectionate. Most others turned out more malicious and evil. They burned into the legends and folklore of our ancestors, as the pixies and goblins, of fables goneby.
The Mogwais are a race of small, furry, rodent-like creatures, koala-like creatures and somtimes primate-like creatures with big ears and three stubby fingers and toes. Their fur color usually is the color of the mogwai that it spawns from. For example, in the first movie, when Gizmo got wet, the Mogwai are brown and white, but there is a chance that they can have other fur colors as well, such as black or even orange. Sometimes they even have certain peculiar features, like small mohawks or different shaped ears. It's usually seen that the leader of the Mogwai is the one with the mohawk. The leader has few more features than the others, for instance, not only do they possess a mohawk for a hairstyle, but they are also the only ones with fangs and are by far the smartest of the group. It was also heard in the commentary of the first film that they could roll into balls, although it's never seen. If watched closely you can see if you push a Mogwai too far it will seek its revenge, for example, Gizmo and Stripe, Earl and Roy, and Gizmo and Mohawk.
If a Mogwai gets wet, it spawns new mogwais from it's back; small balls of fur that are approximately the size of a marble, pops out from the wet mogwai's back and then the furballs start to grow in size before unfolding themselves into new and fully grown mogwais. This process does not take much time but it still usually takes just about a minute. According to the novel, the creator of the species wanted the mogwai to be able to easily reproduce themselves (this shows mogwais have asexual reproduction). The cocoon and gremlin stage, are unwanted defects from when the mogwai species was created. It turned out that all the positive attributes are recessive. The mogwai known as Gizmo is a perfect mogwai since he's well-meaning and sweet, he eventually found his way to earth and was found by Mr. Wing. In the first film, Mr. Wing's grandson revealed that there are three very important rules that anyone who is taking care of a mogwai should know:
- 1. Don't put it near light, especially sunlight, it can kill them.
- 2. Don't let it get wet with water nor give it any water to drink nor bathe it.
- 3. No matter how much it cries or begs, NEVER feed it after midnight.
These rules were obeyed until Billy Peltzer's friend Pete Fountaine accidently knocked over a pencil holder that contained water, allowing Gizmo to multiply, quickly spawning five new mogwai, among them Stripe who was the leader of the batch. The new mogwais tricked Billy into feeding them after midnight, and all except Gizmo who was clever and didn't take the food Billy offered him transformed into cocoons.
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The Cocoons made by a mogwai are large, gray-brown objects that resemble a moth's cocoon. They are made after the mogwai eats food after midnight. After a few hours, the mogwai has now transformed into a scaly gremlin, which hatches from the cocoon. What happens with the cocoon is unknown but it is possible that the hatched cocoon just stays where it is like with insects that hatch from cocoons.


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Ex-Pitt running back Shell transferring to UCLA
Former Pitt running back Rushel Shell will transfer to UCLA, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Shell attended a UCLA practice Saturday and said he enjoyed the visit.
"I love it here in Los Angeles," he said. "This whole environment is great."
Shell posted on his Twitter account Monday night, "UCLA."
Attempts by the Tribune-Review to reach Shell on Monday night were unsuccessful. His phone wasn't accepting messages. UCLA officials didn't return calls for comment.
Shell, who will be a sophomore this season, was No. 1 on Pitt's depth chart at running back this spring before pulling himself out of a practice March 22 with an injury. He asked for transfer papers a week later.
Pitt released him to UCLA and California, but school officials wouldn't allow him to transfer to Arizona or Arizona State. Former Pitt coach Todd Graham and some of his assistants who recruited Shell to Pitt are on the Arizona and Arizona State staffs.
Because of NCAA transfer rules, Shell will be forced to sit out next season.
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Traditions. Rituals. Customs. Whether they're religious or cultural in nature, or cultivated by family members over time, Thanksgiving is the signal that it is time for us to renew and celebrate the traditions each of us hold so dear.
As we held hands around our Thanksgiving table this year, we bowed our heads and I began to say grace.
I don't know how it began - me saying grace over our Thanksgiving meals - but it has always been. Our prayers during the early years were simple and designed to be understood by the toddlers that sat at our sides.
"God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. Amen."
The Thanksgiving prayer has evolved, just as our family has, to become something a little more heartfelt and reverent. And this year, I continued the tradition of saying grace at Thanksgiving. But for the first time ever, I choked up with emotion over my prayerful thanks for safely bringing our family and friends together one more time. And my prayerful request to watch over those who couldn't be with us evoked a strong squeeze from the hand of my husband. Like many families across America, we are separated from loved ones - some by distance, some by choice, others by passage from this world into another. And the absence of their participation in holiday traditions is always keenly felt.
This holiday season has been particularly sentimental for me. Our house is quiet, our children are grown. We are in that strange limbo created by the departure of our children, while anxiously awaiting the time when our home will once again be filled with the sounds of children - our grandchildren.
As I unpacked boxes of Christmas decorations over the weekend, I reminisced about traditions our family developed over the years. I mourned the fact that the passage of time meant an end to some of those traditions. We gave up setting out plates of cookies, milk and Christmas Eve notes for Santa years ago. Stockings no longer grace our mantel. We take our Christmas tree out of a box now, and I truly miss our annual family trips to the mountains to cut down a fresh tree.
I continued to drag the boxes of holiday decorations into the house and attempted to decide what would remain in boxes and what would be set out. The process was quiet and orderly.
Years ago, chaos reigned, and I wouldn't have been able to get the decorations out of the boxes fast enough to suit my children. I spent most of my time admonishing them: "Be careful! That will break!"
And every year there'd be the argument about who got to put the angel on top of the tree. Usually it depended upon who was still little enough to be lifted up by their daddy. After the tree was decorated, and all were in bed, I'd spend another hour our so moving decorations around the tree. For the decorations placed by the children always managed to be concentrated on the lowest branches of the tree, leaving the upper branches bare. But, the kids always thought it looked beautiful.
So did I.
This year, I spent the time alone with the dust-covered boxes and my thoughts. I hesitated at the thought of putting out the miniature Christmas village. It was always Ryan's favorite, and he would spend a lot of time helping with the small buildings, trees and miniature skaters on the pond. It had to be just right. Putting the village out just never felt the same when he left home.
As I rustled through the various boxes, I felt a rush of bittersweet emotions. Ornaments crafted by tiny hands lay side by side with fancier store-bought ornaments. I tenderly held the stockings that once contained little surprises on Christmas morning. And I smiled at the thought of another tradition - the pleading argument posed by my children every Christmas Eve.
"We can't wait for Christmas morning, can't we open just ONE present? Please, Mom? You always let us open one."
I'd be tough, I'd vehemently deny that we'd ever done it before. And every year, I'd give in, laughing at the charade. They always knew I would.
Now that my children are adults, they will be creating their own traditions, rituals and customs. Their traditions will grow from what they knew as children.
Matt and his fiancee will travel to the tree farm this year to cut down their very own tree, which will be decorated by a handful of ornaments pulled from those dusty boxes.
Ryan will be able to see the joy of Christmas in his daughter's eyes.
Mike will be celebrating his first Christmas as a married man.
Melissa, the only one left at home, will resurrect one remaining tradition - baking Christmas cookies. Only this time, she won't be wearing flour in her hair, and chocolate on her face.
My children's holiday traditions will continue to grow, and mine will simply change. But, my memories of Christmas past will strengthen me. And it's those memories, and the memories yet to be created, that I cherish most of all.
Theresa Larson is the Lodi News-Sentinel's administration manager. She is married and the mother of five children. Her column appears the first and third Wednesday of the month. She can be contacted at 125 N. Church St., (209) 369-2761 or via e-mail.


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For the sixth consecutive year, The Burbank City Council declared November "Burbank Temporary Aid Center Month" in Burbank. Throughout November a variety of events will be held to assist BTAC in helping the working poor, needy seniors, and homeless of Burbank. Events include food drives, fundraising, and other related efforts. 'BTAC Month' encourages the community to work together in helping those who need it most.
- Nov 19. Warner Bros.' employees will contribute by preparing Thanksgiving food bags at BTAC from 1-3pm.\
- Nov 19. Remax-in-Action Realty will donate and deliver 100 turkeys to BTAC at 1:30pm.
- Nov 19. Century 21, Paul and Associates, will donate and deliver to BTAC potatoes for client Thanksgiving meals.
- Nov 21. Burbank Jaycees Operation Gobbler food drive will be held at Pavillions (1110 W. Alameda Ave.) from 10am-4pm.
- Nov 21. Roaders Car Club will hold a food drive at its car show outside Ivy's Flower Station in Glendale's Kenneth Village in the 1400 block of Kenneth Road, from 5-8pm.
- Nov 22. Burbank Ministerial Association will hold an Interfaith Service at Burbank Temple Emanu El (1302 N. Glenoaks Blvd.) at 7:30pm, and food and cash donations to BTAC will be welcomed.
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Country singer LeAnn Rimes and her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, were photographed with his 10-year-old son Mason in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Saturday (June 29). The trio visited the AMC Promenade 16 and watched Man of Steel.
Eddie's 6-year-old son Jake – who he shares with ex-wife Brandi Glanville – was not spotted with the group.
"Got home, loved on kiddos, worked w/ my acting coach for a few hrs. Now, a workout and cooking dinner. Hitting the ground running," LeAnn tweeted on Friday.
Are the controversial planning to have children of their own soon?
"We have a lot on our plates," LeAnn, 30, recently said of adding to their family. "But whenever I talk about kids, I'm like, 'Let's have one!' I have a lot of work to do now but I'm totally ready if it happens."
That being said, LeAnn added, "Testosterone is all around here so I need a little girl!"
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The University of Minnesota's Southern Research and Outreach Center and Department of Soil, Water, and Climate maintains a climatological observatory on the grounds of the Center, located just west of Waseca.
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Millions of people may go through their entire lives and never feel an earthquake, and some languages may never develop a word for one. But earthquakes must surely head the list of natural phenomena which create a common bond among completely different cultures: Unangan/Aleut Indians of Alaska, Moroccan businessmen, and Japanese schoolchildren, for example. No other natural events are as disastrous over so large an area in so short a time. Earthquakes, like the rain, befall rich and poor, young and old, and without warning. Living most of my life in an earthquake-prone area has given me a reverence for them beyond fear and an obsession beyond curiosity. Earthquakes are as much a part of my southern-Californian life as breakfast. When I don't have it regularly, I miss it.
Yesterday I saw a man sitting at the counter of my favorite breakfast café wearing a blue T-shirt that read "Stop Plate Tectonics" in bold yellow letters. The futility of that idea put me into hysterics. Then it alarmed me. I rushed to the nearest library to find out if there was ever any possibility of the ground ceasing movement. I would have been willing to single-handedly get it going again by jumping up and down on my kitchen floor.
The earthquake I will feel in five minutes is probably a blind thrust fault slip located seven miles beneath my kitchen floor. I can't feel it, but my cats can. The neighborhood pets go insane in anticipation, not because they have a sixth sense, but because, the way I see it, their center of gravity is lower to the ground. They become the living seismograph machines that most of us don't realize we own. The 5.9 Whittier quake is a prime example of that. At 7:37 AM on October 1, 1987, my mother was cooking breakfast and listening to her two cats race across the shake roof of her house. After five full minutes of this, she almost thought that they had shaken the house enough to make her sunny-side-up eggs flip out of the pan and onto the floor, which started jerking beneath her feet at 7:42 AM. A friend of mine, who lives four miles away, later told me that he had been thrown completely off his front steps when the quake hit, and his dog had been tearing from one end of his yard to the other, barking maniacally for several minutes beforehand. I had been driving when the quake hit, which was another experience altogether.
In southern California we have different names to describe different types of earthquakes, just as the Inuit Indians have different names for the different types of snow they encounter. That Whittier quake was a slammer. The Sylmar quake of 1971 was a swayer. We have rollers and waves and shakers and everyone feels them differently depending on where they are and what they are doing. Even all the smaller earthquakes that we don't name still exhibit the different characteristics of the bigger ones.
The Big One.
The people of the United States (and other interested countries) have been waiting for the Big One to hit California so they could watch it break off into the ocean since before my parents were born. Frankly, I'd love to feel that quake. The thought that some invisible force could shove me off my front porch, maybe, if I'm lucky, all the way down my driveway, thrills me to no end.
Hollywood has, of course, attempted to imitate the Big One. An 8.3 earthquake, scheduled to hit Universal Studios every six minutes, is the latest catastrophe in a park where visitors survive floods, are attacked by Jaws and King Kong, and part the waters of the Red Sea every hour on the hour. During the sixty-second quake, which takes place on the set of Downtown Los Angeles, the tour bus is tipped twenty degrees to the side, the street and sidewalks split to form a crevasse into which an abandoned car drives, waterlines explode, and an ambulance catches on fire.
I think the designers may have underestimated an 8.3. The Richter scale is a measurement device that many people erroneously assume is just a scale of ten. It actually is a scale of ten thousand, and the space between what some think is just one-tenth of a point is really one hundred points. In reality, an 8.3 would be much stronger than the Hollywood version. In reality, no earthquake has ever been assigned a magnitude higher than 9.5 (Chile, 1960). But the Big One is coming.
My whole life has been one long anticipation for the Big One. Schools in southern California have earthquake drills in which students are instructed to crawl under their desks and fold their hands behind their necks in a crouched position. I was six days old when the 6.6 Sylmar quake hit. Of course I don't remember it, but I'm sure that's what threw me into being an earthquake enthusiast. The first one I do remember was approximately a 4-pointer, and it was magnificent. I still remember, at age four, the floor rumbling and shifting beneath my bare feet and the joy that came with the knowledge that I wasn't doing it. No human could have possibly been doing it. The near-rabid cat was clawing the couch as I reveled in the ecstasy accompanying that momentary loss of control. My glass of apple juice on the kitchen table tipped over and I squealed with delight. To this day, I always keep a small glass of water on my nightstand for that reason. Just in case.
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Given that ranching and farming are a part of America's rich history, it is no surprise that a few candidates running for office this year are involved in agriculture. National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall said candidates who understand that agriculture is an integral part of America's economy are garnering the support of cattlemen and women across the country.
"These candidates understand what it is like to work on a farm or ranch," Woodall said. "They truly understand that agriculture is the backbone of America, and that our cattlemen and women work tirelessly to provide the safest, best quality beef to our country and around the world."
Thomas Massie, a Republican candidate for Congress in Kentucky's 4th District, may be an engineer by day, but is also a farmer. According to Massie's campaign website, he believes that Washington can best serve the agriculture industry by reforming the tax code and streamlining regulation, making it fair and predictable. Massie is running against Democratic challenger Bill Adkins.
Republican congressional candidate Roger Williams is expected to win Texas' 25th District. Williams, a former Texas Secretary of State and college baseball player, is also a rancher. Williams, Democratic opponent Elaine Henderson and Libertarian challenger Betsy Dewey are all attempting to reach voters in the large district.
Newcomer Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is a sixth-generation Arkansan and cattleman. After earning his law degree and serving in the military, Cotton returned to Arkansas to help run the family business and is running for a House seat in Arkansas' 4th District, a seat being vacated by Rep. Mike Ross. Cotton is running against candidates from the Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties.
In Georgia, state representative Lee Anderson is running for a Congressional seat in the state's 12th District. Anderson, a Georgia native, was raised on his family's farm, which he currently owns and operates. Polls show that Anderson is in a tight race against Democratic incumbent and challenger John Barrow.
California candidate Kim Vann comes into the state's 3rd District with a farming background. Vann is a fourth-generation rancher and is a former country supervisor in California. Vann is running against incumbent Rep. John Garamendi (D).
"Farmers and ranchers are the primary example of American entrepreneurship and stewardship of natural resources," said Woodall. "These candidates have a vested interest in the future of American agriculture."