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Muriel Peak Climber's Log
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|dayhike with Goethe
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2013
|dayhike with Goethe. Nice little outing and nice scrambling along the ridge to Goethe
|Posted Jul 29, 2013 10:51 am
|East Face
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2013
|Took a chute somewhere along the east face above Lake 11911. Was able to do the entire route without taking any snow gear thanks to a tip from Deb. Nice climb to the summit, then down via Alpine Col with a sidetrip to Goethe before the long route out. Amazing how little snow was out there... far less than I encountered in the same area two years ago but 6 weeks later in the year.
|Posted Jun 18, 2013 5:48 pm
|From Lost Lakes
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2013
|Took the first chute from lowest Lost lake; trying to avoid snow and sand kept it Class 3 most of the way. Suspect blocks in chute made an interesting descent. Outstanding views and solitude...until I returned to Piute Pass and about 30 freakin backpackers!
|Posted Jun 8, 2013 2:13 am
|From the Keyhole
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2011
|Climbed from Muriel Lake VIA the Keyhole. My youngest brothers first high sierra summit!
|Posted Nov 8, 2011 1:19 am
|From the Keyhole
|Day two of a Piute Pass / Lamark Pass loop backpack.
|Posted Dec 21, 2010 5:27 pm
|From Lamarck
|Not-fun ridge traverse.
|Posted Dec 18, 2010 9:32 pm
|From Muriel Lake
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 1979
|Climbed with Ann Burroughs, fellow Med Tech Student from Fresno Community Hospital. This was during a Labor Day weekend trip to Humphrey's Basin from North Lake.
|Posted Jan 8, 2010 2:37 am
|Bob Burd
|From Alpine Col
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
|Second time to the peak, this time with Tom Becht as part of the 2009 Sierra Challenge. Thought it might be faster from Goethe to climb over Muriel on the way back to Piute Pass rather than descending Alpine Col, but it took much longer. Lesson learned. Trip Report
|Posted Aug 28, 2009 2:13 pm
|North Rib
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009
|Climbed with Dave Gonzalez, descended to Lost Lakes
|Posted Aug 16, 2009 11:40 pm
|Tom Kenney
|Triumphant Return!
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
|Well...not really. More like sneaking back in through the kitchen window. This was my first serious hike/scramble after breaking my left elbow (head of humerus sheared off) in March. Felt great to be back in the mountains, but being so out of shape really sucked! Thanks, Sean, for putting up with my 'gravitational impairment!'
|Posted Jul 3, 2008 12:36 am
|On the way to Mt Goethe
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2008
|On the way to NE Ridge of Mt Goethe, Samantha and I cramponed up to the Keyhole from Muriel Lake, climbed up SE ridge of Muriel Peak, then traversed to Alpine Col to climb the NE Ridge of Goethe. We descended from Alpine Col down to Goethe Lake and followed its west side back to Muriel Lake.
|Posted Jun 9, 2008 3:57 pm
|From Lost Lakes
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Bonus peak for day 3 of the challenge.
|Posted Aug 21, 2007 8:39 pm
|Michael Graupe
|From Lost Lakes
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Day 3, 2007 Sierra Challenge. Climbed straight to the summit from Lost Lakes via class 2/3 chute and ledges with Eric and Bill. Descended to Alpine Col and went on to Goethe via NE Ridge. Made a loop via Darwin Canyon and Mt. Lamarck with Eric. <11h car to car.
|Posted Aug 15, 2007 8:28 pm
|Bill Kish
|from Lost Lakes
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Sierra Challenge 2007 bonus peak. Climbed with Eric and Michael from Lost Lakes and then descended to Alpine Col before continuing on to Goethe.
|Posted Aug 12, 2007 11:14 pm
|NE Slope (ascent) / SW Ridge (descent)
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Sierra Challenge 2007 bonus peak with Chris (metasyn11) and Patrick (moabpeakbagger)
|Posted Aug 10, 2007 12:59 pm
|from Lost Lakes, to Alpine Col
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2007
|Scrambled up a loose chute from Lost Lakes, as a bonus peak in the Sierra Challenge. We then went on to Goethe via Alpine Col.
|Posted Aug 5, 2007 11:48 pm
|XC Champ
|Route Climbed: From Keyhole
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2004
|Hiked out of Muriel Lake while other people fished, Great View to North
|Posted Jul 27, 2007 1:21 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: Lost Lakes (ascent) / Alpine Col (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2004
|An enjoyable loop from North Lake to Piute Pass, to Muriel Peak, Mt. Goethe, Darwin Canyon, Mt. Lamarck, and back to North Lake in 11hrs. Trip Report
|Posted Nov 23, 2004 12:59 am
|Route Climbed: From Alpine Col Date Climbed: 17 Jul 2004
|Hiked from McClure Meadow in Evolution Valley to Alpine Col; followed the SW Ridge to the summit and descended the SE Ridge to the Keyhole before returning to McClure Meadow.
|Posted Jul 24, 2004 5:13 pm
|Route Climbed: SW face Date Climbed: June 1982
|Left base at Muriel Lake and rambled SW to Goethe Lake. Ascended to pass just to west of Muriel Peak. (Can't recall the name of this pass, Arc Pass?) Descended the other side above the large unnamed lake, then up steep chutes to summit on SW side. Killer views of Humphries and Darwin massif. Descended E ridge and face to Keyhole Pass. Encountered steep hard snow in chutes. Arrived at upper most Lost Lake to view big Golden Trout through open areas in the ice cover. Nice entertaining climb.
|Posted Jun 14, 2004 3:15 pm


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FONTANA, Calif.—Joey Logano tried to send a message to Denny Hamlin Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, but Tony Stewart had a message for Logano:
If you block the three-time champion, you are in for a fight and possibly a collision with the wall.
Stewart shoved Logano and appeared to try to throw a punch at him before the two were separated by crew members following the Auto Club 400.
MORE: Busch wins wild race | Hamlin injured in crash | California results
Stewart was angry that Logano blocked him on a restart with 11 laps remaining and showed his displeasure by confronting Logano on pit road after the race.
They were quickly separated and Logano threw a water bottle at Stewart.
"If he ever turns down across in front of me again, I don't care what lap it is, he won't make it through the other end of it," Stewart said after his 22nd-place finish. "If I didn't hit the chip (on my rev limiter), he wouldn't have made it through Turn 1 to begin with.
"I'm tired of these guys doing that stuff, especially out of a kid that has been griping about everybody else and then he does that the next week."
Logano had been complaining about Hamlin, who had wrecked him a week earlier at Bristol as they battled for second. He vowed to race Hamlin the way Hamlin had raced him—and the two wrecked on the final lap as they battled for the lead Sunday.
Hamlin was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons.
"It's time he learns a lesson," Stewart said. "He's run his mouth long enough. He sat there and done this double standard and he's nothing but a little rich kid that has never had to work in his life.
"So he's going to learn what us working guys who had to work our way up how it works."
Logano's father used his waste management company to fund Logano's early racing career before Logano at age 18 replaced Stewart at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2009. Logano, who now drives for Penske Racing, said he understands why Stewart was angry but in that situation, blocking is acceptable.
Logano said he had to slow down to make sure he didn't beat Kyle Busch, the leader at the time, to the start line on the restart.
"I had to throw the block there," said Logano, who is in his first year at Penske Racing. "That was a race for the lead. I felt if the 14 (of Stewart) got underneath me, that was going to be the end of my opportunity to win the race, so I was just trying to protect the spot I had. … I'll talk to him and we'll see what happens."
That's not the way Stewart saw it. The three-time Cup champion has often feuded with drivers for blocking. Unlike restrictor-plate racing where blocking is more acceptable—Stewart started a 25-car wreck at Talladega last October with a block while trying to win—Stewart views blocking on a non-restrictor-plate tracks as an invitation for retaliation.
"Joey spun the tires on the restart and everybody had trouble with that, but it's not my fault that he spun the tires," Stewart said. "For a guy that's been complaining about how everybody else is driving here and for him to do that, it's a double standard.
"He makes the choice. He makes the decision to run us down there, and when you run a driver down there, you take responsibility for what happens after that."
Logano said he believes if he talks with Stewart about the incident that Stewart would understand.
"I had no clue what he was mad about," Logano said. "I watched the replay. I can understand being a little irritated but in my eyes, that's racing. In his eyes, it isn't.
"I'm going to have to talk to him about that. We've always got along really well. I'm going to see if we can work this one out."
But Stewart wasn't in a talking mood Sunday.
"He's sent Denny to the hospital and screwed our day up," Stewart said. "He's talked the talk, but he hasn't walked the walk yet. He's always got his crew guys walking the walk for him. He wants to talk about it? We'll talk about it.
"After he threw the water bottle at me like a little girl, we'll go at it now. I'm not going to listen. I don't care what he has to say. It's just words right now. Actions speak louder than words."
NASCAR was looking at the postrace incident between Logano and Stewart to determine whether any penalties are warranted. Logano said Stewart never hit him after the race.
"If NASCAR wants to let the guys have at it, it shouldn't be any different than hockey—let us have it and when one guy goes to the ground, it's over," Stewart said.

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CRADLEY Heathens are set to race back into action when a new speedway season starts this week.
They begin the campaign at Coventry in the Travel Plus Trophy on Friday.
The Heathens will be looking to keep the scores close in the first leg of the contest, with the return at Wolverhampton on Tuesday, April 1.
Skipper Paul Starke is unavailable as he is with Premier League Somerset at their pre-season training weekend. That means a quick return to Heathens colours for Ashley Morris as a guest replacement.
Morris will also ride in the return due to Starke facing up to missing the first three meetings of the Cradley season.
Boss Will Pottinger is looking for a good start from his revamped side that have only been able to retain Max Clegg, Nathan Greaves and Starke from last season's Grand Slam-winning squad.
He said: "We'll be looking to hit the ground running again this season and get off to a good start like we did last season.
"We've got a couple of challenge matches against Coventry for the Travel Plus Trophy, which will provide some vital track time for the lads, and then once the National League season kicks off we'll be trying to make sure we get off to a strong start.
"We just can't wait to get going now. Although we have the target on our backs, we'll be trying to set out stall out early and show we will be one of the teams to beat again."
The Cradley side that will take on Coventry on Friday (7.30pm) is set to feature Ashley Morris, Nathan Greaves, Tom Perry, Max Clegg, Steve Worrall, Matt Williamson and Danny Phillips.
Also, ahead of the new season, Heathens young gun Nathan Greaves insists he is ready to make the step up to the main body of the side.
One of only three members of the all-conquering 2013 side still with the club, teenage sensation Greaves will make the move to the number two position in 2014 having spent his debut campaign at reserve.
Yet the talented 16-year-old is confident he has what it takes to make the progression – and after a successful practice session at Monmore Green last week, he is eager to get the season underway.
He said: "I can't wait to get going now – the season can't come quick enough. It's been a pretty long winter but it's finally over now and I'm just looking forward to being back racing again.
"Obviously I'm moving up to the main body this year but that hasn't really bothered me that much.
"I was hoping to move up to number two anyway, even if I started at reserve. All it means is I've got a bit of a head start. It's good to be making that step up and I just hope I can score plenty of points.
"I know it's going to be tougher in the main body, but I know I'm good enough. I just need to try and learn from the mistakes I made last year and hopefully things will go well.
"It was really good to get some laps in at Wolverhampton last week. I've been practising at Scunthorpe over the winter so I wasn't used to being on a tighter track.
"It was a really useful night for me – I got some important track time and I felt pretty quick, which is a good sign."
Greaves has also stated he believes the 2014 Cradley side has the potential to emulate the team which romped to a clean sweep of honours at National League level last year.
"I think our team potentially looks stronger than last year. We've got some really good riders here and I don't see any reason why we couldn't manage to defend our league title," he added.


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The Chicago Cubs, off to another slow start as they rebuild, already are dealing with trade speculation.
Left fielder Alfonso Soriano is among those who likely will draw the most interest, but the Chicago Tribune also lists second baseman Darwin Barney, reliever Carlos Marmol, center fielder David DeJesus and righthander Matt Garza as possible trade chips.
"I like to see this team doing better because I signed to win here," Soriano told the newspaper. "But now what I see, I feel bad. I don't feel good because we're supposed to win those games. But I believe. We can't shut it down or be negative. I think we can turn it around. It depends on us. Everyone's working hard, and we're not fighting. Everybody is still together because we believe in ourselves."
Among the Cubs' core players considered to be untouchable are shortstop Starlin Castro, first baseman Anthony Rizzo and righthander Jeff Samardzija.
"Obviously everyone wants to be part of the core here," Barney told the Chicago Tribune. "Everyone wants to be here when things are going well consistently. You don't necessarily ever feel you're part of that until you've earned it. I have a lot to do to become more of a well-rounded player and help this team consistently. That's what my goal is."


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DELIGHTED Newport County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh hailed the thrilling 3-2 victory over promotion rivals Oxford United as a 'massive' win.
County came back from a goal down to lead 3-1 thanks to strikes from Rene Howe, Ryan Burge and Chris Zebroski and held on for three vital points despite Alfie Potter's late goal for the visitors.
It was County's first match at Rodney Parade since January 4 and their first win since Boxing Day.
Edinburgh's men are now just six points off the play-off places in League Two with three games in hand.
"It is a massive win but thoroughly deserved," said Edinburgh. " It is nice to be playing back at home, we have had five in six [game]away from home.
"I don't think people realise in our last 11 games that nine of them have been away from home. For where we are and the position we are in, I think the players have been fantastic.
"It has been a tough time for the football club and we have been laughed about but I see Crawley's game is off and I don't now whether they have had a letter from the Football League.
"It's just good to play here [home] in front of a fantastic crowd and have a fantastic performance."


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Fairfax County to Host Business Preparedness Summit
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Fairfax County to Host Business Preparedness Summit on July 20
Fairfax County will host a Business Preparedness Summit on Friday, July 20, for small and large business owners and operators in Fairfax County. The summit will be held at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. On-site check in begins at 8 a.m., with the opening session starting at 8:30 a.m. The summit will end at approximately 12:30 p.m.
Space is limited, and those interested in attending the summit are encouraged to register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/bizprep.htm.
Gerald E. Connolly, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, and Erin Streeter, acting director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Ready Campaign, will keynote the opening session. Bill Lecos, executive director of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, will offer a welcome on behalf of the business community.
A series of workshops will highlight the morning, followed by closing remarks. Workshops will cover business preparedness and continuity of operations planning; risk communications and emergency messaging; and a tour of Fairfax County's alternate emergency operations center with a presentation on the National Incident Management System.
Business representatives are encouraged to attend to learn how to better prepare their business for an emergency, as well as to learn how Fairfax County will operate during an emergency.
For more information about the Fairfax County Business Preparedness Summit, contact the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
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Chicago -- Englewood Construction has announced that the firm's Retail Group recently completed work on the nation's first Spanx store, and also completed the first American Girl store in the Florida market.
At Tyson's Corner Center in McLean, Va., just outside of Washington D.C., Spanx opened its first retail location in the U.S.
Boston-based Bergmeyer Associates served as the project's architect. To see a photo of the store click here.
American Girl continues its expansion with the opening of its first store in Florida, at The Falls in Miami. This is the sixth American Girl constructed by Englewood.
The 15,000-sq.-ft. store at The Falls includes a retail floor and a restaurant. The architect on the project was Pasadena-Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group.


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Nursing is a profession for individuals interested in a lifetime of challenge. As a critical part of the health care system, nurses use skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication to assist individuals, families, and groups in attaining and maintaining optimal levels of health. Nursing requires a genuine interest in people combined with the ability to incorporate knowledge from several disciplines and the physical stamina necessary to meet fast-paced demands. The wide variety of practice options including direct patient care, teaching, administration, research, case management, and marketing in hospital, community, education, government, industrial, and expanded practice settings allows great flexibility and mobility for graduates.
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The department of Nursing also offers a basic baccalaureate degree to registered nurses with an associate degree or diploma in nursing. The RN-BSN Option is offered at the Ripley centers and online. The program is open to anyone with an RN license meeting entrance requirements of the University and the department of Nursing


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The good news is that this decline can be prevented by some simple lifestyle changes. Research indicates that resistance exercise is especially important.
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P-Rod leaves Plan B
X Games skateboarder Paul Rodriguez has left Plan B Skateboards, his board sponsor of eight years, to start his own company. Rodriguez spoke about his departure earlier this week on "Big Boy's Neighborhood," a radio show on Power 106 FM in Los Angeles.
According to Rodriguez, the split from Plan B was amicable. He emphasized that he enjoyed riding for the company and that bad blood wasn't the reason he left. "It's not necessarily an exit in a negative way. It's all love and we're all family over there," he said on air. "It's just that I'm at this point in my career where I just kind of want to take some ownership of myself."
Like every fan, Big Boy wanted to know what's next for P-Rod. "Are you on Plan C?" he asked, half joking. Rodriguez responded affirmatively, saying, "I'm working that out. The plan is under way."
The biggest takeaway from this announcement is that having greater control of his future is what compelled P-Rod to make this decision. When asked if, moving forward, he was working on a new project himself, or perhaps with someone else, Rodriguez said, "It's just going to be something where I'm a little bit in control of myself. Not that I wasn't free with Plan B; I don't want [what I said] to come out wrong."
Although it may appear sudden, in Rodriguez's mind this summer was the right time to leave Plan B. But don't expect his new venture to happen overnight. "We're working on it," he said of the timing. "I'm not in a rush. I just knew that if I didn't make a move [now], I never would make a move."
Rodriguez will compete in Street League Skateboarding at X Games Los Angeles beginning Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. ET.
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My book club members were wondering if we could find a list of the top books from New York Times best sellers BY YEAR.
I can find lists by date, but I haven't found a comprehensive list by year.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president says he has visited ailing President Hugo Chavez twice in Cuba and plans to return home to Caracas.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro says he spoke with Chavez during their visits. Maduro says the president has "the same strength as always," despite a health situation that he described as complex three weeks after his cancer surgery.
Maduro says he will return to Venezuela on Wednesday.
He made the comments in an interview broadcast Tuesday night by the Caracas-based television network Telesur.


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Yahoo!: Buy the BABA Break-Out to $42, Says MKM
MKM Parnters's chief market technician, Jonathan Krinsky, today suggests that investors take advantage of a potential "break-out" in Yahoo! (YHOO) shares to a range of $40 to $42 from a recent $36.40 as e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding comes public, perhaps next month.
Yahoo! has a 24% stake in Alibaba shares and expects to sell a chunk of that in the IPO.
Drawing on a report on Alibaba from Wednesday by his colleague, Internet analyst Rob Sanderson, Krinsky notes Sanderson's prognostication that "we expect YHOO shares will trade with BABA shares post-IPO."
Krinsky notes Yahoo! stock peaked around $42 back in 2005 and worked its way back up over many years. Lately, he sees multiple favorable trends in the technical indicators for YHOO :
YHOO has been consolidating in a descending triangle since peaking in January. This means it has been making lower highs (downtrend line), but consistently finding support at the same level ($32). The stock has recently been spending more time along the upper resistance trend-line, and the pattern now looks poised to break to the upside. The initial target would be the prior highs around $40-$42 (10% - 15% above current levels). A true measured move from this triangle pattern would target $46-$47. While price has traded above and below its 200 DMA during this recent consolidation, the slope of the 200 DMA has generally remained higher. This keeps the benefit of the doubt to the upside for now. Finally, the 50 DMA, which had been declining during much of the weakness earlier this year, has finally started to turn higher.
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HAVANA - Cuban officials say it will turn over to the United States a Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother's parents and fled by boat to Havana.
Foreign Ministry official Johana Tablada told The Associated Press in a written statement Tuesday that Cuba had informed U.S. authorities of the country's decision to turn over Joshua Michael Hakken, his wife Sharyn and their two young boys. She did not say when the handover would occur.
The Hakkens were spotted alongside their boat, Salty, docked at Havana's Hemingway Marina. Joshua Michael Hakken told reporters to stay away but the family appeared to be interacting normally with each other.
Just as authorities suspected, a couple accused of kidnapping their own children from a Florida home last week sailed to Cuba, where they are hunkered down inside their boat at a Havana marina.
The Hakkens lost custody of 4-year-old Cole and 2-year-old Chase after the husband's arrest in Louisiana on drug charges and the maternal grandmother in the Tampa area was the guardian of the children. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office alleges that Joshua Hakken entered his mother-in-law's house north of Tampa early Wednesday, tied her up and fled with his sons.
One of the few clues officials revealed in the manhunt for the Hakkens family was about a sailboat with the name Salty that the family may have used to flee to Cuba.
On Tuesday, CNN spotted the sailboat at the Hemingway Marina in Havana.
A man on board identified himself as Josh Hakken, but declined to answer questions. Cuban security at the scene asked a CNN reported to leave.
The man, who fit Hakken's description, was with a woman who fits the description of his wife. A child was seen playing in the back of the blue sailboat.
The family survived a treacherous journey on rough seas to get to Cuba.
Authorities believe Josh Hakken abducted his sons Chase, 2, and Cole, 4, early Wednesday after breaking into the Florida home of the children's grandmother and tying her up.
The U.S. Interest Section in Havana "is aware of this case and is in contact with local authorities to get more information," a State Department official in Washington told CNN Tuesday. The official would not comment further, citing "privacy considerations."
But a source close to the search told CNN that Cuban officials are cooperating with U.S. authorities in the case. The source declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
Some worry that recovering the children will be difficult.
"Unfortunately, these parents and these poor children, these innocent ones, will now be in a country where there are no laws, there is no redress, and that has been a refuge for fugitives and wanted criminals for many years," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, told CNN.
In Havana, Lynn Roche, an official with the U.S. Interest Section, said section officials couldn't discuss any case of an American who hasn't signed a privacy act waiver.
And an official with the Cuban Foreign Ministry said Monday evening that his agency was unaware of the case and had not received any requests for help from U.S. officials.
The boys had been removed from the care of the Hakkens, last year, and on April 2, the couple's parental rights were terminated in Louisiana, investigators say.
The abduction report triggered an Amber Alert for the children, but there were no reported sightings.
Josh Hakken, described as an anti-government protester, was believed to be armed, according to the Hillsborough County sheriff's office in Tampa, the site of last week's alleged abduction.
There is no extradition treaty between Cuba and the United States, although there have been recent cases in which Americans sought for crimes in the United States and discovered in Havana have been sent back by the Cubans.
The FBI currently estimates there are around 70 fugitives from U.S. justice in Cuba, which is one of the reasons Cuba remains on the U.S. list of countries that support state terrorism. Most of the American fugitives in Cuba have been there for decades and have ties to revolutionary movements or radical groups.
Last week, the police department in Slidell, Louisiana, issued its own statement offering background on the Hakkens and why the boys were taken from the parents last year.
"When police arrived, both Mr. and Mrs. Hakken were acting in a bizarre manner that alarmed officers. They were talking about 'completing their ultimate journey' and were traveling across the country to 'take a journey to the Armageddon'," the Slidell police statement said, adding, "Let it be noted that both of their children were present in the hotel room at the time."
Because of the parents' behavior and "the fact that narcotics and weapons were located inside of the hotel room," the children were taken by child welfare officers, and Joshua Hakken was arrested on drug charges, the statement said.
"Approximately two weeks later, Slidell Police were notified that Mr. Hakken had shown up to the foster family home ... with a firearm demanding the return of his children," the Slidell police statement continued. "The foster parents called 911, and Mr. Hakken fled without his children. We have heard nothing until (Wednesday)."
"Somehow they found out where the kids were," said Detective Larry McKinnon of the Hillsborough County sheriff's office.
Sheriff's investigators say Josh Hakken entered Hauser's home at 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday. She told police that he tied her up and fled with the children in her silver 2009 Toyota Camry. That vehicle was found later that day just a couple of blocks away from the home.
Those investigators told CNN they believe Hakken joined up with his wife, who was waiting in their pickup truck, and the family drove to a parking garage. A short time later, investigators said, Hakken is believed to have taken a sailboat out of a private slip in nearby Madeira Beach.
Surveillance images showed the boat sailing into the Gulf of Mexico about three and a half hours after the boys disappeared from their grandmother's home, investigators said, adding that the photos showed adults and children onboard.
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Joe Wilson did the whole country a service last week. By calling President Obama a liar at a formal joint session of Congress, and in front of millions of viewers, he provided the clearest possible evidence for what Obama had just said, that his opponents had created a "partisan spectacle" by employing "scare tactics" in order "to score short-term political points." He decried the low level of political discussion that has been employed by Republican leaders and elected officials. While most congressional Republicans sat on their hands and scowled at his criticism, Wilson demonstrated its truth for the world to see and hear. Congressional historians are digging into their files to find out exactly how historic Wilson's interjection was, but so far nobody can remember such an occurrence in Congress.
Wilson's crudeness stands only one step beyond the concerted Republican campaign against Obama's legitimacy to govern. One might argue that being called a liar is preferable to having your opponents claim you would advocate "pulling the plug on Grandma," as many prominent Republicans in Congress have said about Obama. The effort to convince the American public that Obama's plan includes "death panels", which would push seniors into their graves, places our President in a league with mass murderers. This was taken to ridiculous lengths by a Republican National Committee "survey" which implied that the Democrats' health care plan would deny medical treatment to Republicans. This was so silly that the RNC had to withdraw this language, but the implication is not funny: that Obama and the Democrats might be so murderous and vile that they would try to kill off Republicans.
This is the context for Wilson's behavior, not an error, but merely an extension of the more general campaign to discredit Obama, Democrats, and the majority of American voters who voted for him. The red-baiting tactics that Republicans used so frequently in the 1950s and 1960s have been revived. But the subtext of Wilson's eruption in the House is more sinister. In 2003 Wilson, a protegé of Strom Thurmond, criticized Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the daughter of the Thurmond family's African-American maid, when she revealed that Thurmond was the father of her child. For Wilson this linkage of his "hero" with a black woman was "unseemly." How much more unseemly that his President should be black.
The hope that the election of Obama might mean a page had been turned in the history of race relations in America has proven horribly wrong: just as they have for decades, the Republican southern strategy continues to use latent white racism to gain political leverage. A July opinion poll by Research 2000 showed that doubts about Obama's Presidential legitimacy were concentrated among Southern whites, three-quarters of whom doubted the official account of Obama's birthplace.
Wilson made his infamous remark when Obama had just said that "prominent politicians" had told lies about the content of his health care proposals, notably the fiction about "death panels." Wilson's repeated claim that the Democratic plan would give coverage to illegal immigrants is itself a lie, one that has been repeatedly disproved by reference to the section of the House proposal that says, "Nothing in this subtitle shall allow federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully in the United States." In fact, even legal immigrants would get only limited coverage. Wilson wants more efforts to insure that this provision is enforced than the Democrats favor, but that is a far different and much more technical matter.
Wilson has embarrassed Republican leaders, because he embodies the inevitable results of their dishonest campaign of lies and fear, directed not merely at health care reform, but targeted more directly at President Obama. When elected officials and national political leaders determine that they are going to bring down the recently elected President with every means at their disposal, we, the public, must gather our forces. The self-proclaimed patriots don't like the nation's democratic choices. They say they are defending American values, but in fact they are attacking Americans.
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Bryan Mullinax - 9/15/2009
Perhaps you forget that we remember the last 8 years. The spittle-flecked denunciations of BusHitler. The booing of the President by Democrats during the State of the Union show. The ongoing efforts to criminalize conservatism.
And we also learned that its just fine to throw shoes at the President - at least according to the acclaim given by "progressives".
So your little hissy-fits about decorum tend to ring rather hollow.
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 9/15/2009
Wilson chose a good one, but there were several other lies in the same speech he might have flagged. My favorite is perhaps the whopper of them all, which says "if you like the health insurance you are getting now from your employer, nothing will change." That fib will create about 75 million enraged citizens, should Waxman's bill become law.
Tiger Cosmos - 9/14/2009
Calling the President of the US a liar in a joint session of congress, even if he had got the actual facts of the current bill wrong, is not only unprecedented - it provides another direct link between Republican Leadership to the actions of townhall hijacking screamers, the tea party, birthers, etc. No matter what one says of Demcratic leadership there is no connection of it's leadership to the left wing extremist. Pelosi was the target of the left wing for not pursuing the Bush impeachment.
Tiger Cosmos - 9/14/2009
The news dump and fact checking found the plan explicitly states no coverage to illegals. The only other honest and reality based discussion was law versus enforcement. Nothing to do with the facts of the speech.
Mark Reitz - 9/14/2009
Of course, in its Friday night news dump the Whitehouse is now acknowledging that Wilson was right about coverage for illegal aliens, and is now proposing a solution. As reported by MSNBC, "Today, for the first time as far as we know, the administration is backing a provision that would require proof of citizenship before someone could enroll in a plan selected on the exchange. Here, the administration also concedes that hospitals would be compensated with public funds for the care of undocumented immigrants."
At least we got that cleared up - Wilson was right!
As Wilson has already apologized for his outburst during the President's speech, we can now look forward to apologies from the Dems who booed President Bush during his State of the Union address.
Desmond X. Butler - 9/14/2009
How true! How appropriate!
M. R. Gundolf - 9/14/2009
"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" Have the immortal words of Joseph N.Welch to Sen.Joe McCarthy been more apropos since 1954? I think not.
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For years, the much-celebrated NBA "points of interest" have made an otherwise dreary autumn quite interesting. Whether it's an increased crackdown on traveling, hand-checking, flopping, churlish behavior sent the way of referees, or the post-introduction spectacles that were ruining the sport of basketball, the NBA loves to applaud itself for showy declarations sent to its referees. Declarations that hit the media soon after, obsessed over in October and November, and usually forgotten by February.
The newest in this long list is a so-called "Reggie Miller Rule," designed to stop one of the go-to moves of a player that played his last game over 89 months ago. From the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn:
Also, officials will emphasize the "Reggie Miller rule" for a shooter who kicks his legs out during jump-shot attempts to create contact and draw fouls. Officials plan to call offensive fouls on shooters who blatantly kick out their legs to initiate contact.
The problem is that this rule was already in place. It's what is called an "offensive foul," and referees have had the go-ahead for years to whistle offensive players that strike a defender after moving into the defender's designated space. You don't see as many kicking calls over the course of a season as you see, say, a drive and crash into a well-positioned charge-taker; but the calls have been made in the past.
It comes down to, as has been the case for years on the other end with flopping, the NBA referees getting it right in the moment. Which is hard to do on the fly as it is, but became especially tough to officiate correctly once the league smartly developed the "call everything and we mean EVERYTHING"-edict to help save an ugly league in 2004-05. When the NBA made it so every bit of contact had to be whistled, the referees (human, reacting on instinct and within a second's time) usually side with those who appear the most aggrieved initially. In a flopper's case, it's the guy that hits the floor first. In a kicker's case, it's the poor shooter spun inside out by that big, bad defender.
"We did it." (Getty Images)The issue here is training referees to potentially consider that a second's space utilized after a bit of contact, before they blow the whistle, might be their best friend -- even if it results in the usual boos from a crowd that considers a late call (even if it's the correct call) an anathema. For years the NBA has attempted to influence its referees like a high school SAT teacher instructs their worried pupils go with the first instinct, because it's probably the correct call.
It probably is. NBA games shouldn't be about "probably," though. See the contact, blow your whistle but keep watching. Take in for a second the idea that the shooter may have kicked their legs out, or that the defender left his man absolutely no space while sidling underneath him in an attempt to draw the charge.
Don't, as the NBA keeps attempting, try to legislate this from on high. Miller-styled kicks still exist, to be sure, but it isn't as if NBA referees haven't been aware of these things for the last two decades. Their quick whistles and missed kicks are a function of a game that is both impossible to call, and the pressures created by a league office that wants EVERYTHING called RIGHTNOWHURRY.
(It's Caps Lock Day, in case you were wondering.)
In other, better news?
The NBA has added goaltending calls to its list of reviewable plays in the last two minutes of a game. A disputed goaltending call or non-call is pretty rare as well, but it's an absolute game-changer in the final 120 seconds when defenses tighten and shooting percentages fall by the wayside. One wonders what the cut-off would be in terms of closeness of score, for those NBA fans that tend to pay attention to seven or nine-point games that could influence a point spread or over/under.
We appreciate the NBA's move on these matters, and even if Reggie Miller did retire in 2005 this is still an issue (with defenders getting quicker and longer, and an increased offensive emphasis on the sideline 3-pointer) worth discussing. The problem behind missed calls like these, though, can't be solved by shoving a ref's nose in it and demanding he pay closer attention. The NBA, its referees, its players and especially its fans are going to have to find a way to ably call this game while understanding the inherent limitations of trying to govern something that keeps evolving and attempting to shape something so fluid.


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Among the most honored and versatile writers in the country, Frank Deford's work has appeared in virtually every medium. He is the author of seventeen books. His latest is the acclaimed novel, Bliss, Remembered, a romantic story of intrigue about an American swimmer who falls in love with the son of a Nazi diplomat at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. On television, he is a correspondent on the HBO show, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," and on radio he may be heard as a commentator every Wednesday on "Morning Edition" on National Public Radio. Previously, he has been a commentator at both NBC and CNN. In magazines, he remains a Senior Contributing Writer at Sports Illustrated, continuing a relationship with SI that dates back to 1962.
Deford has been a correspondent on HBO's Real Sports since the show's inception in 1995. The scope of his work includes compelling reports on Juan Antonio Samaranch and the Olympic Movement in 1996, the hidden world next to the Masters in Augusta, GA, the dangerous world of 'Toughman' fighting competitions, the story behind the death of former world champion Alexis Arguello, and the proliferation of fantasy football leagues; plus revealing profiles of Bobby Knight, Ichiro Suzuki, Dallas Braden and David Beckham, among others. His 2001 report on the "Miracle League," a Georgia-based program that allows handicapped youths to play on specially crafted baseball diamonds, sparked national interest in the concept and led to the development of hundreds of similar leagues around the country.
In addition to his work on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Deford's writing credits at the network include "Bill Russell: My Life, My Way," "Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports," "Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the 70's," "Sports on the Silver Screen," and most recently, the 2007 HBO Sports documentary, "Barbaro".
Bliss, Remembered is the tenth of Deford's novels. His books have ranged from biography to history to mystery to humor. Two of his books - - the novel, Everybody's All-American, and Alex: The Life of A Child, his memoir about his young daughter who died of cystic fibrosis - - have been made into movies. Deford also wrote the original screenplay for two other films, the comedy Trading Hearts and Four Minutes, the story of Roger Bannister's quest to run the first four-minute mile.
Among his many honors, Deford is a member of the Hall-of-Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters. Six times he was voted by his peers as U.S. Sportswriter of the Year. The American Journalism Review has likewise cited him as the nation's finest sports writer, and twice he was voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review.
He has been presented with a National Magazine Award and a Christopher Award, and with distinguished service-to-journalism awards from the University of Missouri and Northeastern University. The Sporting News has described Deford as "the most influential sports voice among members of the print media," and the magazine GQ has called him "the world's greatest sportswriter." In broadcast, Deford has won an Emmy in 1988 for his work on NBC at the Seoul Olympics. He received a Cable Ace award for writing the 1994 HBO Sports' documentary "Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World."
For more than fifteen years, Deford served as national chairman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and he is now chairman emeritus. He resides in Westport, Connecticut with his wife Carol. They have two grown children - - a son, Christian and daughter, Scarlet. A native of Baltimore, Deford is a graduate of Princeton University. He has taught there, in American Studies, has been awarded several honorary degrees and has spoken at well over a hundred American colleges and universities.


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Led by Ackley, bats come alive behind Elias
DH, Bloomquist combine for five RBIs; left-hander solid in 7 2/3 innings
ST. PETERSBURG -- Dustin Ackley's three-run double highlighted a big day for the Mariners' offense and rookie Roenis Elias won his fifth game of the season as Seattle topped the Rays, 7-4, on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
The Mariners improved to 4-1 on their road trip to put their record at 32-29, a six-win improvement from this time last year under their first-year skipper, Lloyd McClendon. The Rays have lost 11 of their last 12 to fall to 24-39.
While Seattle still ranks last in the American League in slugging percentage and on-base percentage, the Mariners are making the most of what they've got recently with some timely hitting. And the latest to come through big was Ackley with his three-run double on a 2-for-4 day.
"That was a big hit. It's nice to see him drive in runs, because he's capable of doing that," McClendon said. "I tell him every day, 'I want you to be the best player on the field' because he's capable of doing that."
That's a big statement on a team fielding a $240 million second baseman, but McClendon wants all his guys walking tall.
"There's no law that says he can't be better than our second baseman, and that's the point I'm trying to get across to our players," McClendon said. "You don't have to take a back seat to anybody. And that includes Robinson Cano. Be the best player on the field. And today he was the best player on the field."
Ackley, the second player chosen in the 2009 Draft, is one of the youngsters the Mariners need to step up in order to compete in the American League West.
"You look over the last week or two and from top to bottom, we've been producing," Ackley said. "Not just one, two and three, everybody has been putting up good at-bats, and we're finding ways to score throughout the lineup. That's how you win games. Robinson can't be the only guy that does it. We have to do it from all aspects."
One aspect that hasn't faltered much all year is pitching, and Elias has been a big part of that. The 25-year-old from Cuba allowed five hits and four runs over 7 2/3 innings as he improved to 5-4 with a 3.64 ERA. The only rookie pitcher in the Majors with more wins is Masahiro Tanaka of the Yankees with nine.
"I felt really good out there," Elias said through interpreter Fernando Alcala. "I'm doing what I'm capable of doing, and just to come out here and do the things that have made me successful in the past, I'm working hard to keep that going."
Elias, coming off a three-hit shutout of the Tigers at Safeco Field, saw his scoreless streak snapped at 10 innings when James Loney homered with one out in the second. The Rays then pushed across another run for a 2-1 lead in that inning when rookie catcher Ali Solis dropped down a squeeze bunt to score Yunel Escobar from third.
But Elias slammed the door from there and allowed just one hit over the next five frames, carrying a 7-2 lead into the eighth until a Desmond Jennings double and two-run homer by Evan Longoria ended his day.
"I think the biggest challenge for this young man now is just making sure he brings it from a mental standpoint every day," said McClendon. "Not just against the elite, quote-unquote, teams in the league. I really liked what I saw today. I probably left him in a little too long, but he gave us a nice outing."
And it helps when the offense puts up seven early runs. Ackley's bases-loaded double highlighted a four-run fifth inning as the Mariners knocked Rays right-hander Alex Cobb out early.
Willie Bloomquist and Cole Gillespie, filling in for the injured Justin Smoak and Michael Saunders, respectively, contributed offensively as well, as Seattle racked up 11 hits on the day, 10 coming in the first 4 1/3 innings against Cobb.
Bloomquist stepped in for Smoak at first base for the second time in the past three games and was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. The veteran utility man is 9-for-22 (.409) with eight RBIs in his last six starts.
Gillespie got the start in right field and kept up his recent pace with a solo home run to dead center field in the second inning. It was the 29-year-old's fourth Major League homer and first since 2011 with the D-backs. Gillespie has gone 8-for-17 in his last five starts to raise his average to .325.
"Those are ones you don't really feel the contact, just everything works together," Gillespie said of his 417-foot blast. "That was one of the better swings I've had this year, if not the best."
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Vargas confident entering into his Angels debut
CINCINNATI -- Presenting example No. 3,754 for why Spring Training statistics mean nothing: Jason Vargas.
Vargas had a dreadful spring last year, posting a 12.46 ERA in 8 2/3 innings and giving up seven runs while recording two outs in his final Cactus League tuneup. He parlayed that into arguably his best season in the Majors, posting career highs in wins (14), innings (217 1/3), strikeouts (141), WHIP (1.18) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.56) with the Mariners.
That doesn't necessarily mean he'll have the same success with the Angels in 2013.
But when Vargas tells you he feels good heading into the season -- on the heels of posting a 7.54 ERA in the spring and giving up eight runs in 1 2/3 innings against the Dodgers on Friday -- perhaps you should give him the benefit of the doubt.
"I feel ready," Vargas said heading into his Friday debut. "It would've been nice to have a couple more good games, but I felt like I threw the ball well at times. I'm looking forward to getting out there and getting the feel of that first game."
The 30-year-old left-hander only threw about 60 pitches at Angel Stadium six days ago, but he said it's "not alarming" because he got about 90 under his belt the outing before and feels good stamina-wise. Vargas' first test will come against the division-rival Rangers, in the hitter-friendly Rangers Ballpark, where he's posted a 4.80 ERA in 50 2/3 innings throughout his career.
It's a slightly different lineup Vargas was accustomed to from his days in Seattle, with Josh Hamilton, Michael Young and Mike Napoli gone -- but it's still a potent one.
"It's still a lot of the same core guys," Vargas said. "They had a lot of core guys the last few years. Minus Josh and Mike Young, those are two big keys to lose, but at the same time, they have some weapons in their lineup still, with [Adrian] Beltre and all the table-setters and just things they can do in that ballpark."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In a clear rebuke of the steroid era, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens came nowhere close to Cooperstown on Wednesday. Neither received even half the votes required for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame,
Nobody else got in, either. For just the eighth time since voting began in 1936, and the first time since 1996, no player reached the 75 percent threshold of votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
"It takes time for history to sort itself out,'' said Jeff Idelson, the president of the Baseball Hall of Fame, acknowledging the debate surrounding players tainted by steroid allegations. "I'm not surprised we had a shutout."
Bonds, the former Giants outfielder who hit a record 762 home runs, was named on only 36.2 percent of the 569 ballots cast by the BBWAA. Clemens, who won 354 career games, finished eight votes ahead of Bonds for 37.6 percent.
Bonds was in Hawaii on vacation, according YahooSports. Clemens posted via Twitter: "After what has been written and said over the last few years I'm not overly surprised,''
Former Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio came the closest to election by being named on 68.2 percent of ballots. Biggio, who finished his career with 3,060 hits, needed 39 more votes for election.
As was the case so often during his career, Bonds was at the center of an impassioned debate across the baseball landscape. His supporters blasted the BBWAA for omitting the 14-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner and called for an overhaul of the voting process.
Among those outraged by the snub was Michael Weiner, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, who called this year's Hall of Fame shutout "unfortunate, if not sad."
"To ignore the historic accomplishments of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, for example, is hard to justify,'' Weiner said in a prepared statement. "Moreover, to penalize players exonerated in legal proceedings -- and others never even implicated -- is simply unfair.
"The Hall of Fame is supposed to be for the best players to have ever played the game. Several such players were denied access to the Hall today. Hopefully this will be rectified by future voting."
Both Bonds and Clemens finished their careers amid steroid allegations. Bonds has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs and was convicted on one count of obstruction of justice for giving an evasive answer in 2003 to a grand jury investigating PEDs. Clemens was acquitted of perjury charges stemming from congressional testimony during which he denied using PEDs.
Idelson, in a nod to the cloud surrounding some of the players on the ballot this year, said the voting process this year posed "well-documented challenges" to the BBWAA.
"We remain very, very comfortable with the process,'' Idelson said. "It's a tough period of evaluation. Honestly, I think that any group that you put this to would have the same issues."
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, attending the owners' meetings in Paradise Valley, Ariz., dismissd the notion that Hall of Fame was somehow damaged by the results of this election.
"This is not to be voted on to make sure someone gets in every year. It's to be voted on to make sure that they're deserving,'' Selig said. "I respect the writers as well as the hall itself. This idea that this somehow diminishes the hall or baseball is ridiculous, in my opinion."
The other BBWAA elections without a winner were in 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1971 and 1996.
This year's shutout means the Class of 2013 will be limited to umpire Hank O'Day, former Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and 19th century star Deacon White, all of whom were elected by the Pre-Integration Era Committee in December.
They will be enshrined in Cooperstown as part of the July 26-29 Induction Weekend. At that time, the Hall of Fame will also honor Lou Gehrig and Rogers Hornsby and 10 other players who never received formal inductions because of restrictions during World War II.
Those visiting the Cooperstown this summer can still see Bonds' artifacts, if not the man himself. There are several mementos from his career on display in the museum. Idelson said that exhibit called "Today's Game" features signage that informs visitors that some of the items were used by players who used, or are supsected of using, performance-enhancind drugs "and it's up to you to determine how you feel."
"When visitors walk through the museum, we present facts. We don't lead people toward opinions,'' Idelson said. "That's not what a museum's job is."
Bonds was named on six of the eight ballots cast by writers from the Bay Area News group. Online sports editor Jon Becker, executive sports editor Bud Geracie, columnist Tim Kawakami, assistant sports editor Mike Lefkow, columnist Monte Poole and sportswriter Carl Steward voted for Bonds.


text: Family… By Invitation April 9, 2009 01:47 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Greg Vincent Email One by one during the past three years, Allen Lash has quietly assembled a network of farmers to invest in FamilyFarms LLC. The pitch to buy into the company—and its concepts—is grounded in disciplined business practices, fueled by aggressive ambition and focused on competing in an agriculture industry that is consolidating at warp speed. Teamed with Harold Birch and Leroy Jones, a former Kennedy & Coe LLC partner, Lash has selectively invited producers he believes have the attitude and desire for future success. A cloak of secrecy helped create the intrigue surrounding the effort. Ironically, that has also turned FamilyFarms into one of agriculture's most talked-about secrets. It's a club of sorts that walks and talks like an invitation-only franchise system. Those who buy in on a per-acre basis receive Class A shares in the company and agree to adhere to the FamilyFarms set of standard operating procedures for members. As in many franchises—think fast food or hotels—it is all or nothing. Why? "To help keep families on the farm," says Lash, the well-known consultant and founder of AgriSolutions in Brighton, Ill. "It's going to take a substantial investment of money, time and resources to remain an economically viable business. Not everyone is going to be willing to make the commitment to education and implementation I believe it's going to take to survive. We don't have the choice but to change our farm operations at unprecedented rates." The promoter of business thinking points to USDA's 2007 Census of Agriculture. Lash says 5% of U.S. farmers account for 75% of all farm sales. Furthermore, 0.3%, or 5,541 farms, represent 27.9% of total sales. That pace, says Texas A&M AgriLife economist Danny Klinefelter, is about to rev up. "As farmers drop out, existing operations will absorb those acres. The capital costs and management requirements are just too prohibitive for new farmers to come into the industry on a commercial scale. That means the bulk of production will be concentrated in fewer and fewer operations." Management disciples. Lash maintains the goal is not to create titans of agriculture. "It is education-focused, but what's really different is we're focused on implementation," he says. "You can train people, but if you don't provide a way to implement the training, they often don't get the desired results." Lash tags Rick Rosentreter as one of the "best students" he's worked with. A general partner in Illinois FamilyFarms (IFF), in Carlinville, Ill., Rosentreter has adopted the FamilyFarms principles lock, stock and barrel. "I believe this will ensure the legacy for family farmers. It will change agriculture," he says. Not only is he the first investor, but Rosentreter is also listed as one of four managers (along with Lash, Birch and Jones) on the FamilyFarms LLC filing with the Illinois Secretary of State. The concept, he says, helped him think like a manager and provided a springboard for growth. He's especially proud of then-21-year-old Matt Weyen joining the business when IFF formed. "Here is a young guy with 660 acres whose grandfather was retiring. Without this concept, he couldn't compete," Rosentreter explains. IFF was started with 15,600 acres in 2006. Its 2008 acreage was 24,300 in Illinois and Arkansas, and Rosentreter expected to plant 32,000 acres this year. Plans for 2009 changed in early March when Rich Killam and his two sons announced they were leaving the partnership and taking 10,000 cash-rent acres with them. While Killam says his decision to break free was not because of Lash's Family-Farms, it clearly created strife between him and Rosentreter. Killam believes the FamilyFarms approach can work and says it taught him valuable business concepts. However, he wasn't comfortable with the aggressive growth he feels is being pushed. "It's all about acres and money…going after the most acres and paying the most amount of money. "FamilyFarms comes in and says 'you have to do everything we want,'" he declares. "A lot of money goes to FamilyFarms for all kinds of things I don't agree with." In return for the fees, FamilyFarms agrees that it will not add another member within a reasonable radius of your farm. "It's just like a Holiday Inn can't be too close to another Holiday Inn," Killam says. Franchise fees. By all accounts, payments are structured like an exclusive country club. Lash refuses to discuss fee structures, but farmers who have heard the sales pitch say the 2010 entry fee is $28/acre, based on current acreage levels. This is a one-time buy-in fee, paid over four years, and covers only membership dues. As farm size increases, members buy shares for the new acres. Farmers close to the process say those funds go to a war chest that will likely be used to purchase a farm management firm (or firms) down the road. Lash says the cash reserves are for typical business expenses, like operations and strategic acquisitions. "It's probably safe to say we'll never buy land." As for buying a farm management firm: "I suppose that could be part of a strategic acquisition." If members want to leave Family-Farms, an exit is possible. The initial membership is paid back over five to 10 years, interest-free. After buying in, there are yearly fees that Lash will not specify. And there are service charges for each of the programs members must use—much like restaurant minimums at the local golf club. Today the programs are required, though Lash hopes to eventually allow flexibility. The fees are too much, Killam argues. An $8,500 bill that IFF received from FamilyFarms for 2009 budgeting is one example, he says. Members are currently required to: use the management software system Lash developed and sells; allow environmental audits through Validus Services, LLC; implement a public relations plan with Validus Services; follow human resource protocols; adhere to prescribed on-farm food safety and security guidelines; attend in-house training sessions. Company goals. Lash won't say how many farms are FamilyFarms members or what the membership goal is. "We're going after people who want to stay on their farms. These people understand that business is changing," he says. Most invited are already large-scale operations, though he notes one member started with as few as 2,000 acres. By his own admission, this is likely too small to get full benefit. Farmers who have heard the pitch, but declined, cite reasons ranging from cost, concerns about control of their operations and the belief they don't need FamilyFarms to meet their goals. Others say it's too focused on growth. Lash flatly denies that. "It's far more about attitude and approach to business. We believe producers must learn to work interdependently, and some people just don't want to do that—and that is OK." It doesn't take long, however, to realize that size does matter to him. "It's not just about growth," he says. "But that is part of any business, and it is a key component of this program." Network. One of the early adopters of the program is MBS Family Farms, in Plainfield, Iowa. Karmen Mehmen, her husband, Stanley, their son Kyle and his wife, Kerri, were in the original class of FamilyFarms members in 2006. Mehmen says it has transformed their business, right down to the MBS name: More, Better, Sooner. "We strive to do more, we try to do it better, and we want to make it happen sooner than others," she says. Mehmen likes the structure: "We had success using farm financial standards, and this concept implements standardizing processes. Everybody goes through the same education, but it's not that we're cookie-cutter." One of the first exercises they did was writing three words to describe their business. For MBS, those words were family, professionalism and integrity. She points out that profit was not one of those original words. Mehmen admits MBS has grown since starting the program, but she will not clarify how much. It's sizable, though. It ranked 36 in Iowa for government payments, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2007 Farm Subsidy Database. That was the first year Kyle and Kerri joined the operation, however. In 2006, before MBS was formed, Karmen and Stanley's combined payments would have put them at 137 in Iowa. Growth and consolidation in agriculture are not new—they have been a fact of life since the advent of machinery. Farming's tight margins mean that more sales are needed just to meet the rising cost of living. But who grows and how they do it remain issues. Controversy will surely surround this unique concept. In the meantime, the program will quietly develop, although without the secrecy. A Quick Breakdown of the FamilyFarms LLC Concept Like a franchise system, it standardizes business practices for its members. Buy-in for 2010 is $28/acre based on current acreage; pooled fees pay for operations, technology and strategic acquisitions for the betterment of the company. Service fees beyond the buy-in are charged annually for required programs. Focus is on implementation, taking it beyond consulting services that stop at advice. In its third year, only farmers who have been invited are members. After May 1, farmers can visit www.FamilyFarmsGroup.com to fill out an assessment and will be contacted if they meet the requirements for membership. What Sets Apart an Exceptional Manager As operations grow, controversy often arises in their community. "Many farmers don't appreciate that as they grow, they become much more visible in the community," says Texas AgriLife economist Danny Klinefelter. "The bigger you are, the brighter the light shines, for good and for bad," he says. "Bigger businesses, regardless of the industry, are held to a higher standard. You really saw that in the hog industry as it consolidated. The large operations realized it was incumbent upon them to be really good citizens." The operators who want to grow to a megafarm are successful farmers who are driven managers, Klinefelter believes. "They thrive on challenge and competition. Not everybody has that capability or desire. On smaller farms, you can have periods when you let down occasionally. If you're operating a megafarm and you coast, it will get away from you." The kind of professional management team needed to run a large, successful operation includes key positions for marketing, purchasing, production, human resources, public relations and finance, according to Klinefelter—and, he adds, a succession plan for all those positions. "A successful farm operator usually is exceptional in one of those areas and above average in three or four," he says. "When you reach megafarm size, you need to be exceptional in several areas and above average in all of them. You can't ignore any area and hope to be successful." If you want to be a megafarmer, it becomes critical to be able to delegate responsibility, Klinefelter adds. "Communication and accountability are critical. You have multiple layers of management and labor and you have to have capable people, not just hired hands who have to be instructed and corrected every day," he says. "If you're a megafarmer, you don't have that kind of time." Klinefelter chooses no sides in the debate over megafarms. "There are two sides to every story and I don't believe you can choose one person's value system over another," he says. "Even though we're becoming a more urban society, agrarian roots run deep and there's strong sentiment for traditional farm businesses. You don't see that in the automotive or petroleum industries. But there are also advantages to a consolidated food supply that's easier to track and offer less variability. "How you view the impact of megafarms on rural communities depends on which side of the fence you're on," Klinefelter says. "For every argument, there's a pro and a con. It depends on where you're sitting." —John Russnogle Your opinion? What do you think of this new concept? Send your comments to Greg Vincent at email@example.com. To contact Greg Vincent, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Top Producer, Spring 2009 Back to news


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DEAR JOAN: I had just dropped my son off early at school for band practice and was trying to get back home by turning onto Livorna Road from Alamo School. As I was waiting for traffic to clear, I saw a small white dog darting in and out of traffic.
He was clearly distressed and didn't know what to do. I couldn't stand watching all of his near misses so I parked my car to grab him. Yes, I had changed out of my jammies, but I did still have on my slippers.
He was very skittish and kept running away from me. He finally made it across the busy road where another nice person had stopped to help. Unfortunately, he was very scared and bit the woman who was trying to help me.
He then ran back into traffic and planted himself under an SUV. Once again, two good Samaritans came along. One had a leash in her car and one was willing to climb under the car and retrieve him.
I managed to get him in my car without further incident. He was very scared, had matted fur, fleas and a way-too-tight collar. The county came out and picked him up, informing me that he would be in quarantine for 11 days if anyone had questions.
I called several times to check on his status and it became clear that they felt he was not qualified for adoption due to his past biting history. They were open to him being adopted by a rescue group or the finder (me) under certain circumstances.
I was feeling very sad because I did not feel that my household (four boys and two rescue dogs) was the appropriate place to try to save and rehabilitate a scared, biting dog.
Fortunately, my neighbor volunteers at the shelter and checked on him. He seemed to her to be very friendly, loving and not a scared, biting dog at all.
I went out to the shelter the next day (his do-or-die day), met him and we both fell in love. I took him straight to the vet and then to the groomers. When I picked him up, I was amazed by his transformation.
I neglected to inform my husband in advance that I planned to do this — I knew he wouldn't approve — but informed him after the fact with an email stating that I promised to find a new home for the dog. However, once I really met the little guy and got him home, I knew he wasn't going anywhere else.
We have all been adjusting to the new family member, but so far he has fit right in and has become an important and loved member of the family.
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