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DETROIT - So many people will be sending flowers to their Valentine this week, but how do you know if what you order is what they really receive? And, what other challenges can you encounter when ordering flowers for Valentine's, or any occasion throughout the year?
Local 4's Ruth to the Rescue unit decided to put some florists to the test to see if what they ordered was successfully delivered to our recipients' doorsteps.
For the test, Local 4 Consumer Expert Ruth Spencer and her producer, Tony Statz, ordered eight flower arrangements for the mothers of two Local 4 employees. Mrs. Mayberry of Metro-Detroit is the mother of Local 4 Medical Producer Sarah Mayberry. Mrs. Statz, who lives in the Chicago area, is mom to the consumer producer.
Two metro Detroit florists and two national floral companies were used.
Ruth to the Rescue ordered roses from Cardwell Florist in Livonia, one for Mrs. Statz in Chicago and one from Mrs. Mayberry in metro Detroit. The order was specific for one dozen roses with a red ribbon around a clear vase.
This order was Mrs. Mayberry's favorite. "I like the variety of the greens and then that particular one had a bow, a red bow on it, which was, added a touch to it as well," said Mrs. Mayberry.
When Local 4 requested a red ribbon from 1-800-Flowers, the company could not guarantee the bouquet would include one. In the end, the bouquet Mrs. Mayberry received in Metro-Detroit did not include the bow, but it did include a free box of chocolates. Mrs. Statz received two arrangements of red roses from the same florists as Mrs. Mayberry. Both featured red ribbons, as ordered.
Do The Photos Match The Real Thing?
The Ruth to the Rescue unit also ordered arrangements chosen from photos online to see if the deliveries would match the pictures. The Ruth to the Rescue unit ran into two problems here.
Up first, the unit ordered the "Dance with Me Bouquet With Red Roses" from Tiffany Florist in Birmingham. The online photos showed a very full arrangement of red roses, pink carnations and red carnations.
After comparing cell phone photos of the two bouquets Tiffany sent to the two mothers, everyone in our test agreed the one delivered to Mrs. Mayberry was not quite the same. It seemed smaller, not as full, and it didn't come with a ribbon that was featured in the online photo.
Local 4 Consumer Expert Ruth Spencer visited Mrs. Mayberry's home and they talked about the difference between the two deliveries. Mrs. Mayberry said she liked the one delivered in Chicago better than the one sent to her home. While the one sent to Mrs. Statz was ordered through Tiffany, it was arranged by a florist in suburban Chicago.
"If this is the way it's supposed to look, then they need to improve theirs a little bit, said Mrs. Mayberry about the delivery she received.
During a phone interview, Local 4 Consumer Expert Ruth Spencer asked Mrs. Statz what she thought of the arrangement send to Mrs. Mayberry.
"Would I have been happy if I just got that? Yes. I mean, it's flowers. You what what I mean? But if you're comparing them to the other ones, then no,"
said Mrs. Statz.
The owner of Tiffany Florist in Birmingham told Local 4 the arrangement sent to Mrs. Mayberry was not made as it should have been and that his store is always happy to replace flowers that aren't satisfactory, for any reason, or offer your money back. He also points to the many positive online reviews for
his store as evidence this was a rare glitch.
In the end, "Dance with Me Bouquet" send to Chicago through the Tiffany Florist was actually the favorite arrangement Mrs. Statz received. "I like the mixture, the roses with the carnations," she said.
Delivery Disagreement
The biggest problem the Ruth to the Rescue team encountered when ordering online was with the Teleflora order. Mrs. Statz received the
"Hold Me Close" bouquet on the Monday delivery date requested, but Mrs. Mayberry did not.
Luckily, this was just a test, but if Mrs. Mayberry was really expecting flowers from a loved one.... "I would be upset. I'm sure the one who sent it would
be checking with the company!" she told Local 4's Ruth Spencer.
Teleflora told Ruth to the Rescue a delivery was attempted on Monday, February 11th, but no one was home. The company could not specify at what
time the delivery attempt was made. The Mayberrys tell us someone was home at all times, specifically waiting for all the flowers to be delivered.
Teleflora did offer an apology by later afternoon, and in the evening, sent a second bouquet with a card that read in part, "Please accept our apology
that the flowers sent... were delivered late. We hope you enjoy this arrangement."
Flower Buying Tricks
Local 4 consulted Frank Viviano, owner of Vivano Flower Shop, to find out what people should think about when placing an order for flowers whether online or by phone. Viviano has four locations in St. Clair Shores, Shelby Township, Chesterfield Township and Grosse Pointe Woods.
Vivano said people should look for a company that's not just going to take the order, but deliver the order. He said national companies never deliver, they contract the order out to a local florist. He also said national companies charge that local florist a service charge of up to $15 and could also get a percentage of the sale. A local florist could take a delivery charge of around $10 out of price as well. So if someone spends $100 buying flowers online through a national company, they could only get $75 worth of flowers.
He also said shipping direct usually means flowers are shipped loose and that the bouquet will have to be put together once it arrives. So people should realize there is a 'do it yourself' component with these flowers.
Viviano recommends using a local company so you can go to their website, call them and they will take your order directly and process your order.
The long-time florist said there is an emotional component to consider when buying flowers. He said you can't discount a delivery by a professional in a uniform showing up at the door versus a Fed Ex delivery of a box.
Viviano's other recommendation is to consider delivering the flowers yourself to your Valentine because of the emotional component. He also said it's a way to save on the delivery fee which is $15
Important Note About Photos
Viviano also said pictures of flowers online are of the absolute peak of the bouquet and they may not look that full when the flowers arrive. He said people should give it two days and let the flowers open up. Viviano told Local 4 if they delivered the flowers at their absolute peak they would be dead in two days
He also wants people to remember flowers are a perishable product that needs to be cared for once they arrive. For his advice on how to do that, click here. (http://www.viviano.com/pages/flowercare.asp)
He said to consider calling a florist instead of ordering online because it's another way to get more information before placing the order including details on specials, which flowers are freshest and the best quality of the flowers for the time of year. The florist taking the order can also give instant feedback about how the bouquet will look and on delivery time.
Viviano also said the florist can help select the appropriate gift. For example, if the bouquet is for a new girlfriend.
Viviano also suggested people consider sending flowers on February 13 instead of Valentine's Day. He said that way the loved one can enjoy the flowers all day on the 14th. Last minute orders might not be received until later in the day. Viviano said they could still take orders on February 13th for delivery on the same day.
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Protecting your professional reputation
Are you someone who is respected in business? Do you meet deadlines? Do you avoid making excuses when things go wrong?
Your professional reputation is critical, and it goes far beyond your core competency for your job. It's often about the little things, like being prepared for meeting and being responsive.
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Found in the Archives: Ina Zager Bookmark Collection
Long before a "bookmark" was a shortcut to a spot in an eBook or a link to a favorite website, it was an actual object—a treasured placeholder to mark one's progress in a paperback or hardcover book.
Should we someday forget just what these artifacts are, rest assured that DPL's Western History and Genealogy Department houses the Ina Zager Bookmark Collection (WH1588), a set of bookmarks accumulated during the latter half of the 20th century. This collection features bookmarks made of paper, yarn, wood, leather, pewter, and even what appears to be a coconut shell.
The Ina Zager Bookmark Collection illustrates the many ways bookmarks have been used to promote products, places, and causes. As one might imagine, many of the bookmarks endorse the virtues of reading, the services of the local public library, and the release of new books and movies. Some bookmarks are public service announcements, warning of the dangers of smoking cigarettes or playing near power lines. Others are simply souvenirs of vacations gone by.
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In possible record time, Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker has cancelled his contract with the Rotana production company and signed back with Khuyul.
According to Al Sharq El Awsat newspaper the initial contract between Shaker and Khuyul was for ten years.
Sources in Khuyul have said that Fadel initially wanted to leave the agency because of undisclosed problems.
However, the problems were large enough to push Shaker to leave the agency and join Rotana.
However, Khuyul was quick to act and released a 'make-up' statement soon after.
Meanwhile, insiders said that the singer is actually happy to be back.
Shaker, who is currently in Cairo recording his forth album, is collaborating with composers Salah El Sharbouni, Walid Sa'ad and Ziad Butrus. – Albawaba.com.
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Just my .02 worth.......
This is my 2nd year playing.
I'm lucky too throw 300'.
I think drive distance is way over-rated in this sport.
Sure it looks pretty too see a disc fly but if your approach / putt game suck.....well so does your score.
Example: My friend outdrives me by 50-75 feet everytime, but I usually end up 5-6 strokes under him.
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I am leaving this a pretty open question because I want some varied answers. Any and all information is welcome, including constructive criticism.
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text: ASSISI, Italy — Making his first pilgrimage as pope to the birthplace of his papal namesake, Pope Francis called on the whole church to imitate St. Francis of Assisi, embracing poverty and stripping itself of the "spirit of world.""A Christian cannot coexist with the spirit of the world," he said. Worldliness "leads us to vanity, arrogance, pride. And this is an idol, it is not of God."The pope spoke Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis, in the "stripping room" of the Assisi archbishop's residence, where the saint shed himself of his rich clothes and embraced a life of poverty."This is a good occasion for inviting the church to strip itself," the pope said, adding that he directed his invitation not merely to the hierarchy but all the church's members, and that he sought renunciation of spiritual complacency as well as material riches."It is so sad to find a worldly Christian, who thinks he enjoys the security of the faith and of the world. One can't have it both ways."The pope was accompanied to Assisi by the eight-member Council of Cardinals he has appointed to advise him on governance of the universal church and reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, and with whom he concluded an initial series of meetings Oct. 3 at the Vatican.Pope Francis' talk in the archbishop's residence, one of six addresses he was scheduled to deliver during his daylong visit to Assisi, was to a group of poor people receiving assistance from local Catholic charities."Many of you have been stripped by this savage world, which doesn't provide work, which doesn't help, to which it makes no difference that children die of hunger," he said.The pope mourned the African immigrants killed in the previous day's sinking of a boat near the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, where in July he made his first trip as pope outside Rome."It doesn't matter (to the world) that people must flee slavery and hunger in search of liberty. With how much pain, so often, we see that they find death," he said. "This is a day of weeping. The spirit of the world does these things."As he often does, the pope set aside his prepared remarks and spoke entirely off the cuff.He did the same thing earlier in the morning, when he addressed a group of disabled children and young people and their caregivers at a church-run rehabilitation center, the first of a dozen stops on his tightly packed schedule.Pope Francis spent about 45 minutes prior to his talk personally greeting the young patients, many of whom were confined to wheelchairs. Throughout his visit, the room resounded with their cries and moans."We are among the wounds of Jesus," the pope said. "Jesus is hidden in these kids, in these children, in these people. On the altar we adore the flesh of Jesus, in them we find the wounds of Jesus."The pope noted that Jesus' body after the resurrection was unblemished except for the five wounds he had received during his crucifixion."He wanted to preserve only the wounds, and he took them with him into heaven," the pope said. "We treat the wounds of Jesus here and he, in heaven, shows us his wounds and tells all of us, all of us: 'I am waiting for you.'"In the pope's undelivered remarks at the rehabilitation center he called for more "works of the culture of welcome, works animated above all by profound Christian love, love for Christ crucified, for the flesh of Christ."The pope's morning in Assisi culminated in a Mass he celebrated in the square outside the Basilica of St. Francis.In his homily, the pope disputed what he characterized as popular misconceptions of St. Francis and his legacy."Many people, when they think of St. Francis, think of peace," he said. "Very few people, however, go deeper."What is the peace which Francis received, experienced and lived, and which he passes on to us?" the pope asked. "It is the peace of Christ, which is born of the greatest love of all, the love of the cross."He later added: "Franciscan peace is not something saccharine. Hardly. That is not the real St. Francis. Nor is it a kind of pantheistic harmony with the forces of the cosmos. That is not Franciscan either; it is a notion some people have invented."Celebrating St. Francis' love for all creation, the pope said that the saint "bears witness that man is called to safeguard man, that man is at the center of creation, where God the creator wanted him."Pope Francis also paid tribute to his namesake as a "man of harmony and peace" and drew attention to those "who are suffering and who are dying because of violence, terrorism or war, in the Holy Land, so dear to St. Francis, in Syria, throughout the Middle East and everywhere in the world."


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Record Numbers of Whooping Cranes Expected This Fall
AUSTIN, Texas — Record numbers of the endangered whooping crane, arguably the state's most famous "winter Texan," are expected to arrive in South Texas this winter. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports record production this summer with the North American population exceeding 500 for the first time in 100 years.
If migration goes well, 230 whooping cranes, including 40 chicks, should reach the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge compared with 220 last winter. About 10 birds were lost during migration last fall. Everyone is encouraged to report sightings of these large white birds with dark wing tips to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or the USFWS.
This is the second year TPWD is offering a new tool for sportsmen to help protect whooping cranes and other similar birds. "Be Sure Before You Shoot" is a video training tool designed to help goose and sandhill crane hunters make correct identification in the field and avoid take of non-game birds.
Shooting deaths of whooping cranes are rare (seven whoopers from the Texas flock are known to have been shot since 1968), due in large part to efforts by state and federal agencies to make sportsmen and other citizens aware of the protected status of the whooping crane. While brochures and web sites have been used to educate hunters and the public in the past, "Be Sure Before You Shoot" is the first product to offer side-by-side identification tips for sportsmen in a video format.
The Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock of whooping cranes, which nests in the Northwest Territories of Canada and winters on the mid-Texas coast in the Rockport-Seadrift area, once numbered as low as 15 birds in 1941.
According to Lee Ann Linam, TPWD biologist, "The success story for this endangered species is truly remarkable and is due to cooperative efforts over many years by federal agencies, states, private conservation organizations, private landowners, and sportsmen. However, due to a variety of hazards, migration is the most vulnerable period for whooping cranes. We hope that this video will help increase the safety margin just a bit as whoopers make that 2,500 mile trip south from Canada."
Hunters and bird watchers should be on the lookout for whooping cranes migrating through Texas from mid-October through mid-December. Their migratory path can range from the eastern half of the Texas Panhandle, through the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and south through Austin and Central Texas.
Whooping cranes are the tallest birds in North America, standing nearly five feet tall. They are solid white in color except for black wing-tips that are visible only in flight. They fly with necks and legs outstretched. During migration they often pause overnight to use wetlands for roosting and agricultural fields for feeding, according to Linam, but seldom remain more than one night. She said the birds nearly always migrate in small groups of less than six birds, but they may be seen roosting and feeding with large flocks of the smaller gray sandhill crane.
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Sega and Gearbox Software have come together and created Aliens: Colonial Marines. The highly anticipated game is due to release February 12, 2013 and is offering a collector's edition to any hardecore fans of Aliens.
Sega released a set of screenshots in lieu of E3 to hype gamers up.
Here you can see the set up for Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer mode. [Above]
This image lets you see what looking down the sight of your weapon will be like.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360.


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progesterone vaginal (generic name)
This medicine is used to help women who are going through an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatment program to become pregnant
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What is this medicine?PROGESTERONE (proe JES ter one) is a female hormone. This medicine is used to help women who are going through an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatment program to become pregnant. It is also used to treat secondary amenorrhea. This is when a woman stops getting menstrual periods due to low levels of progesterone.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for use in the vagina. Do not take by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Use the applicator exactly as directed. Do not use more often than prescribed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected. Do not use any other vaginal products without asking your doctor or health care professional.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress.
If your doctor or health care professional instructs you to use any other medicines in the vagina while you are using this medicine, you should separate the doses by at least 6 hours.
You may notice a white discharge of medicine while using this medicine. This is normal. If it becomes bothersome, contact your doctor or health care professional.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
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Many have asked these questions and many others have answered. But to my knowledge no answer explained things, in detail, from A to Z. I too have looked around the forum on different occasions trying to find an easy answer. But it always seemed too much of a hassle and I quickly gave up. Though one time I persevered, and managed to set up my XBMC exactly the way I want it. And it's surprisingly easy! You just need to know how.
I'll do my best and try to explain clean and simple how I did things. There might be other ways, but this one has worked for me. In my setup I used XBMC Live with the Transparency skin, though i'll try to keep things as general as possible. Some stuff will be different however, depending on your OS and skin.
My wishes
What I wanted was to create a home menu with the following items:
- Anime: For my many anime series. I'm a big fan, and didn't like how these were showing in the TV Shows menu.
- Anime Movies: Yes, a separate folder for the anime movies.
- Comedy: Stand op comedy shows, etc… . "And another left turn!!!" anyone?
- Documentaries: Wonders of the solar system, and the depths of the ocean!
- Movies: My regular movies. Not anime movies!
- Music: The standard music library.
- Pictures: Also standard.
- TV Shows: TV Shows like Top Gear and House. No Anime here!
- Other: Ever seen Cirque Du Soleil perform? They are awesome.
- How-To
Again, these are the steps I used. There are different ways.
I'll mostly be talking about the Anime, Anime Movies, Movies and TV Shows folders. These are easy to understand and things might get complicated with the other stuff. For example documentaries could be both movies, or a 5 episode show.
1. Folder creation
Let's start off by creating the proper folders for each category. This makes it easy later on to be able to select which media files you want to show in which menu.
I have files on the local drive of my player, but most of it is located on a media server. On both systems I created a folder for each category (Anime, Anime Movies, Comedy, Documentaries, Movies, Music, Pictures, TV Shows, Other). I made all folders on the local drive in a common directory "/share/".
Secondly, we also need different folders to hold our background images for each categorie. A different set of backdrops (or wallpapers) for anime, anime movies, movies, tv shows, …). In the same "/share/" folder, I also created a folder called "backdrops", and again, inside that folder I created a folder for each category.
In the end, on my HTPC I have the following folders:
- /
- share/
- Anime/
- Anime Movies/
- backdrops/
- Anime/
- Anime Movies/
- Comedy/
- Documentaries/
- Movies/
- Music/
- Pictures/
- Other/
- Settings/
- TV Shows/
- Comedy/
- Documentaries/
- Movies/
- Music/
- Pictures/
- Other/
- TV Shows/
- 2. Sources
After we created the folders, we must add them to our XBMC sources. Give all sources a meaningful name. For example, my local folders were named exactly as the source folder (Anime, Anime Movies, Movies, etc…), and for the server folders, I simply added "server " in front of them (Server Anime, Server Anime Movies, etc…). Assign the proper media type and scraper to them.
Intermission 1
As it is now we actually have a basic setup and configuration of XBMC. In the default Movies menu, I now found both regular and anime movies. In the default TV Shows menu I had the regular series and my anime series. Time to change that!
3. Smart Playlists
Smart playlist are what makes most of the magic happen. A better name for them would be "Playlist Filters" as they are the ones who filter the list and show only what you want them to show.
These playlists can be created through the XBMC user interface but as the exact instructions depend on what skin you use I'll be explaining how the create them using a text editor.
First you have to know where your XBMC userdata folder is located. The default folder when using XBMC Live would be "~/.xbmc/userdata/". When choosing another version of XBMC, this might be different. Inside the userdata folder, there will be a folder called playlists, and inside that folder you should find 3 folders, being "mixed", "music" and "videos".
These are default folders where XBMC will be looking for playlists. You don't HAVE to use these folders, but I did. Not using these will mean some paths in later steps will be different.
Inside the videos folder, I created 4 files: "Anime.xsp", "Anime Movies.xsp", "Movies.xsp", "TV Shows.xsp". ".xsp" is the default XBMC extention for smartlists. Then, using a simple file editor, I edited the files with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="tvshows">
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">/share/Anime/</rule>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">smb://MEDIASERVER/Anime/</rule>
<order direction="ascending">tvshow</order>
Now, some explanation:
- <?xml blablabla>: something you shouldn't worry about. It's default. Has to be there. Shouldn't be changed.
- <smartplaylist type="tvshows">: This will decide what kind of filter rules you can use. For example filtering on the amount of "episodes" won't be possible for "movies". For more information, look at the wiki.
- <name>Anime</name>: a name for your smartplaylist. For easiness, use the same name as the custom menu you want.
- <match>one</match>: this one could be "one" or "all". As filters can have multiple "criteria" a media item could/should match, this will decide if it has to match just 1 of the criteria, or all of them. In this example it had to use "one". So any media that is located in the folders "/share/Anime/" OR on the "Anime" folder on my server, will be displayed. If you'd want to show only the HD movies from a certain folder, you could use a rule for the path, and a rule for the resolution, and use "all" as matchtype. It's not directly possible to combine the "one" and "all" match rule in a single smart playlist. So filtering for only HD movies which are in path A OR path B is not possible. (Well it is, but you have to use some special tricks, which is beyond the scope of this article).
- <rule field="path" operator="startswith">/share/Anime/</rule>:
These are the rules the media items should comply with. This filter basically only shows the media items that are located in those folders.
- <order direction="ascending">tvshow</order>:
In case you want to display the list in some special order, you can use this tag. "tvshow" is the for the name of the show. So basically I'm ordering my anime alphabetically.
- Anime Movies.xsp
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
<name>Anime Movies</name>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">/share/Anime Movies/</rule>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">smb://MEDIASERVER/Anime Movies/</rule>
<order direction="ascending">title</order>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">/share/Movies/</rule>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">smb://MEDIASERVER/Movies/</rule>
<order direction="ascending">title</order>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="tvshows">
<name>TV Shows</name>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">/share/Series/</rule>
<rule field="path" operator="startswith">smb://MEDIASERVER/TV Shows/</rule>
<order direction="ascending">tvshow</order>
Yes, only 1 topic covered and back into an intermission. The thing is, until now things were pretty general. However, starting from now it will depend on what skin you are using. We made our smartlists but now we need ways of showing these in our home screen. The usual way is to create "Favorites" of these smartlists, and then add those favorites to the homescreen. This is something many skins support. But it's a tedious job, and doesn't allow for that much customization. For example in the Transparancy skin, you can only add 3 at most. And they appear at the end of the menu. So you can't show the home menu items alphabetically or whatever order you want them in. Another thing that lacked was the support of submenus. In Transparancy you could add them, but not the ones I wanted.
The way I did it was to manually edit the skin files. It's a bit more "advanced", but you can make it exactly the way you want. The downside is if the skin gets updated, you might have to reapply all your changes again.
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The specific terms of SBA loans are negotiated between an applicant and the participating financial institution, subject to the requirements of SBA. In general, the following provisions apply to all SBA 7(a) loans.
Loan Amounts
7(a) loans have a maximum loan amount of $5 million. SBA's maximum exposure is $3.75 million ($4.5 million under the International Trade Loan). Thus, if a business receives an SBA-guaranteed loan for $5 million, the maximum guaranty to the lender will be $3.75 million or 75 percent. The guaranty percentage varies depending on the size and program type,
SBAExpress loans have a maximum loan amount of $350,000.
SBA Export Express Loans have a maximum loan amount of $500,000.
Maturity Terms
SBA loan programs are generally intended to encourage longer-term small business financing. Loan maturities are based on the ability to repay, the purpose of the loan proceeds, and the useful life of the assets financed. However, maximum loan maturities have been established: 25 years for real estate, 10 years for equipment (or demonstrated useful life), and terms for a working capital or inventory loan should be appropriate to the borrower's ability to repay, up to 10 years.
The maximum maturity of loans used to finance fixed assets other than real estate will be limited to the economic life of those assets, in no instance to exceed 25 years. The 25-year maximum will generally apply to the acquisition and/or improvements of land and buildings or the refinancing of debt incurred in their acquisition. Where business premises are to be constructed or significantly renovated, the 25-year maximum would be in addition to the time needed to complete construction. (Significant renovation means construction of at least one-third of the current value of the property.)
When loan proceeds will be used for a combination of purposes, the maximum maturity can be a blended maturity based on the use of proceeds or up to the maximum for the asset class comprising the largest percentage of the use of proceeds.
Interest Rates
Interest rates are negotiated between the borrower and the lender but are subject to SBA maximums, which are pegged to the prime rate, the LIBOR rate, or an optional peg rate. Interest rates may be fixed or variable. These are the interest rates for fixed rate loans:
- Fixed rate loans of $50,000 or more must not exceed the base rate plus 2.25 percent if the maturity is less than seven years, and the base rate plus 2.75 percent if the maturity is seven years or more.
- For loans between $25,000 and $50,000, maximum rates must not exceed the base rate plus 3.25 percent if the maturity is less than seven years, and the base rate plus 3.75 percent if the maturity is seven years or more.
- For loans of $25,000 or less, the maximum interest rate must not exceed the base rate plus 4.25 percent if the maturity is less than seven years, and the base rate plus 4.75 percent, if the maturity is seven years or more.
- For SBA Express and Export Express loans $50,000 or less, the maximum interest rate must not exceed the Prime rate plus 4.5%, regardless of time of maturity.
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To offset the costs of its loan programs to the taxpayer, SBA charges lenders a guaranty fee and a servicing fee for each loan approved and disbursed. The amount of the fees is based on the guaranty portion of the loans. The lender may charge the upfront guaranty fee to the borrower after the lender has paid the fee to SBA and has made the first disbursement of the loan. The lender's annual service fee to SBA cannot be charged to the borrower.
For loans approved on or after October 1, 2013, the following fee structure applies:
- For loans of $150,000 or less, a zero percent guaranty fee will be charged.
- For loans more than $150,000 but up to and including $700,000, a 3 percent guaranty fee will be charged.
- For loans greater than $700,000, a 3.5 percent guaranty fee will be charged.
- For loans greater than $1,000,000, an additional 0.25 percent guaranty fee will be charged for that portion greater than $1,000,000. The portion of $1,000,000 or less would be charged a 3.5 percent guaranty fee; the portion greater than $1,000,000 would be charged at 3.75 percent.
The annual on-going servicing fee for all 7(a) loans approved on or after October 1, 2013, shall be 0.520 percent of the outstanding balance of the guaranteed portion of the loan. The legislation provides for this fee to remain in effect for the term of the loan.
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I Wonder?Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
What common household item wouldn't have become popular if it wasn't for another invention in 1928 (it didn't take off until 1930)?
HintYou could say it was popularized by the best thing to happen since itself.....
AnswerThe toaster.
The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co (UK) and re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. Charles Strite invented the modern timer, pop-up toaster in 1919.
Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the bread slicer, which he started working on in 1912. At first, Rohwedder came up with the idea of a device that held the slices together with hat pins (not a success). In 1928, he designed a machine that sliced and wrapped the bread to prevent the sliced bread from going stale. Pre-sliced bread was popularized by Wonder Bread in 1930, helping to spread the toaster's popularity further.
The hint refers to the common phrase "The best thing since sliced bread".
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Snack cake maker Hostess Brands Inc. has been trying desperately to scramble up the sides of the well of bankruptcy. The second of two bankruptcies, to be exact. The latest foothold it has found is bound to be unpopular with its employees: It got court approval to impose a pay-cutting collective bargaining contract on its workers in a bakery union.
The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union's 6,500 members rejected Hostess's contract out of hand when it was first proposed, as the agreement will cut workers' wages by 8 percent and reduce benefits as well.
But Hostess convinced the court that imposing the contract would be the only way to keep the business from going under, and Judge Robert Drain gave the company the permission they sought. The court already gave Hostess permission to reject other union contracts earlier this year.
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The Charleston County Public Library cordially invites you to Images of South America – Sailing with Art, a special month-long exhibit at the Main Library, 68 Calhoun Street.
Nine Charleston artists have come together to have a dynamic art exhibit in which each participating artist explores and expresses ideas through their art that serve to promote understanding and communication between North and South Americans.
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South American writer, lawyer, and mariner Isabel Cristina Castillo-Mercer will share poetry from from her new book, Sailing with Art.
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Here is the thread for Area 55 chants and ideas. No idea is a bad one... so I tried to compile every idea so no efforts are wasted. (Not sure if this was a good or bad idea.) If your idea was missed, please add it.
I was thinking you could quote an idea if you liked it, we could thank it, and then maybe realize which are the better ideas. Or if that's dumb we can do whatever.
Please also add new ideas!!! Area 55 could use your help.
Eye of the Tiger / Eye of a Pacer Song
I like this chant. Utah State before a game: "I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN"
And this one from Howard University when someone fouls out:
How about "No touch fouls on Roy! No touch fouls on Roy!" ?
I also like the "This is our house" chant to sort of set the stage before the game starts and let an opponent know we don't like them on our turf.
I was thinking Sammy Hagar I can't drive 55 - You can't drive on 55! lol
Hoya Saxa / Thunder Struck : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTEd9pl4QfQ
Winning Team / Losing Team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUVmA...eature=related
Thunder Struck
Replace the "ahh ahh ahhh" with "rooyyy rooyyy rooyyy"
(And, replace "Thunder" with "Pacers!" - via Brad8888)
Boom Baby
This is pretty funny for someone who fouls out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R29PW8RroM
The opposing team's aging all-star/superstar is at the free-throw line ..
Remember that military cadence .. goes somethin' like
"I don't know what you been told........ but Eskimo P*s** is mighty cold .."
or somethin like that...well do the chant to that same style
"I don't know what you been told .... but (*insert aging star's name here*) is getting mighty old ..."
How about on Wednesday, everytime Ridnour or Flynn shoot a free throw you start a chant of "Ric Ky Rubio"
When Beasley shoots a free throw "no more, pod casts" clap clap clap clap clap.
Or a sign that says, # of years until Rubio goes to Minnesota = never. / # of years until David Kahn is fired = 1
When Igoudala gets the ball: 3 point, brick layer (self expanatory).
For Doug Collins: Not Phil Jack son (fired from the bulls during the MJ days).
Elton Brand: O Ver Paid.
Evan Turner: O Ver rated. (sure it's been done, but it's still fun)
Louis Williams: Not a starter (came off the bench last year, even though he probably was on of their best 5 players)
Jason Kapono: One dimensional
Spencer Hawes: Career back up
Try coming up with some catchphrases for all the players. "Dun Dun!" or similar along with the "hib hib hooROY!:" would be great.
Make a fathead out of this pic for when we play Minnesota. I don't care if they understand it or not. It would make my day. (William Shatner yelling Kahn pic)
Maybe they could throw up a picture of McBeard with the full beard and give out a bear growl whenever he throws down a nasty dunk. Or possibly start with a picture of regular JMac and then morph it into a picture of him with "The Beard", while playing the noise from Transformers when they morph. Just an idea. You guys could chant from one side... JMAC!!! Then the other side would respond with "The Beard".
Anytime Hans does something tough, you guys could do the noise from Psycho. (I think it was Psycho with the loud screeches).
Also, from Roy's Wikipedia site... "Since Roy is an avid Pokémon fan, his teammates would often say, 'Power up, big fella,' to help him play harder." This may be a joke, but it might be hilarious to incorporate into a chant.
TJ stands for Terrance Jerod.
Foster and "Eat It" from Weird Al. Hopefully he continues to gobble up rebounds like in the past.
When I say Magnum, you say PI, Magnum, PI.
Professional Intimidator.
Diamond Dave
Also I feel that the whole area should be holding sacks of marbles and begin shaking them whenever Roy decides to softly lay one up instead of throwing it down. For all those who have seen Major League 2.
Finally each time the Pistons come to town, and proceed to turn it over a chorus of "DETROIT BASKETBALL" must be heard throughout the fieldhouse. (What about Detroit BasketFAIL? via El Pacero)
El Pacero
One of my favorites that Prim did was Puh, Puh, Puh - Puh, Pacers or something like that.
He also suggested we turn our backs when the other team was announced. I liked that. Other schools will say Who Cares? or similar after each name is called.
If were ever killing another team, I thought it might be funny to chant Travis Deiner or Freddy Hoiberg - or not.
Or when the Jumbotron shows us again we could say, Jumbotron we love you.
We need rhythmic clap kinda distraction for free throws and something awesome for when we're on camera!
Random chants I found:
When opposing team is at free throw line yell Pass the Ball and once they shoot it say Youre so Selfish.
Turn it over... *clap* Turn it over... *clap* Turn it over *clap*
Also when a player on the other team shoots an air ball, everyone will chant "Air ball, Air ball, Air ball" the whole time that particular player gets the ball for the rest of the game.
When someone fouls out: We chant as the player is walking off the court... "Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, SIT DOWN." (I think Prim mentioned this, too)
"You can't guard him. clap clap, clap clap clap" When a player on our team is lighting it up.
D-D-D-Defense! (claps on each D)
We picked out the guy who doesn't normally shoot the ball, usually a starter, and everytime he caught the ball, no matter where he was on the floor, the whole student section would yell SHOOT IT!!! but only when he had the ball.
"hey hey, ho ho, lets take that ball and shove it in"
"Over-Rated" Chant. If you play someone at home higher ranked and are winning...here comes the chant.


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The 3-Series sport sedan is in many ways the heart and soul of BMW, but it is the large and luxurious 7-Series that often demonstrates BMW's technical prowess (such as the equally revolutionary and frustrating iDrive) for the entire brand. Unfortunately, the 7-Series is one of the worst vehicular investments.
The generation of 7-series that came just before the iDrive cars is perhaps one of the most gorgeous designs of any sedan–ever. Its lines are timeless. But it's not worth much. We found a 2001 740i (the final year for the model) with 160,964 miles that sold for a mere $4900. The next generation, thanks to a heavy dose of expensive-to-maintain electronics, doesn't fair much better. A 2005 745i with just 45,429 miles went for $20,000 even. Wow. So for less than you'd pay for a plain old 2011 Honda Accord, you could have a six-year-old 7-Series that cost more than $70,000 new. Of course, when one of those pricey BMW components breaks, you'll probably wish you were driving the Honda.
No car this side of a Maybach 57 or Rolls-Royce Phantom shows the world you're loaded like a Bentley Arnage. The Arnage was produced from 1998 to 2009 as the flagship of the Bentley lineup. Although it debuted with a BMW-sourced V8, most came with the powerful turbocharged 6.75-liter V8 that produced more than 600 lb-ft of torque, depending on the model. These cars were always priced above $200,000 when new. In fact, in its final year, the Arnage topped out at more than $260,000.
But they aren't worth that now. We found a 2000 Arnage Red Label (equipped with the 6.75-liter V8) with a paltry 28,687 miles that sold for just $40,000. So you could own a well-equipped 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee or spend that cash on an 11-year-old Bentley Arnage and look like a millionaire. Actually, we'd probably wait another five or 10 years for this car to drop below 20K. Now that would be a good deal.
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I saw somebody mention this in another thread, so I googled it and took a look.
They are amusingly ironic, because they could also be listed as virtues of insight.
The Ten Defilements of Insight (vipassanupakkilesa)
1. Illumination (Obhasa). When the yogi sees bright lights he might think he has reached nibbana, and so becomes satisfied with this state, causing tanha to arise. This is wrong view. It is his ego that thinks he has reached nibbana.
2. Knowledge (yana). Some yogis who know dhamma theory well, will think about it all the time, and this will pull then out of the present moment.
3. Rapture (piti). Because the yogi has too much samadhi, he feels rapture, and this is kilesa. When practicing vipassana one cannot have rapture, because realizing the three characteristics does not lead to a joyful feeling.
4. Tranquility (passaddhi). Sometimes a very peaceful state will arise, this is also from too much samadhi. The three characteristics can't be realized with tranquility, and wisdom cannot be developed.
5. Bliss ( sukkha). A feeling of bliss is also too much samadhi. When sukkha occurs, dukkha cannot be seen.
6. Fervour (adhimokkha). This causes the yogi to falsely believe he has seen nibbana, and he will often not even believe his teacher, when told the contrary. This is caused by having too much faith (saddha), too little panna (normally panna and satta should be equal.)
7. Exertion (pakkaha). Too much perseverance or effort can make the yogi tired, his citta (mind) is not clear, and foonge (wandering mind) sets in. Usually, perseverance and concentration should be equal. Too much perseverance leads to foong, and too much concentration will cause the yogi to stop practicing.
8. Excess sati (uppathana). Too much sati can lead to excess samadhi and the yogi will see nimitas(sign that appear before the eyes). Then he will lose rupa and nama as objects--- i.e., he will be out of the present moment, and won't be able to continue.
9. Equanimity (uppekha). Sometimes strong equanimity will arise, and the yogi will falsely believe that he has no kilesa--- it has been eradicated by nibbana; but he still has the kilesa of wrong view(moha), and like(lobha) and dislike(dohsa) have only gone temporarily, In this stage he cannot continue to practice.
10. Delight (nikanti). The yogi becomes happy with all of the vipassana-upakilesa, and is satisfied to remain as he is. And so he cannot continue practice.
It is a good list, but to really make it complete, though, I would add "Insight" as the 11th defilement of Insight. Know what I mean?


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Popular Gold Coast-based jockey dies after race fall
Jockey Ashlee Mundy has died after a fall at the Kurow races in New Zealand.
Mundy had been flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after the fall in race seven at Kurow, North Otago, yesterday. She died in hospital today, a spokeswoman confirmed about 10.40am.
The 26-year-old had returned to New Zealand a couple of weeks ago from Queensland, to ride on the South Island's summer circuit. The former Cantabrian was a freelance jockey at the Gold Coast Turf Club, where she had been expected to return in February.
Mundy had spent Christmas Day with her parents in Westport. "It's the first Christmas I've had with them for 10 years," she said in an interview on Boxing Day.
The jockey had been working at Kenny and Lisa Rae's Riccarton stable in Christchurch during her stay.
According to NZ Racing, Mundy had ridden 232 career winners here, including four in listed races. She was due to race at Waikouaiti tomorrow.
Malcolm Little, general manager of GallopSouth, told SEN radio Monday that Mundy was "well-loved by everyone in the industry", and the New Zealand racing fraternity was shocked by the loss of such a "friendly, bubbly personality".
Glenn Prentice, President of the Queensland Jockeys' Association, said Mundy had been riding on the Gold Coast since 2009, and had moved to live there last year. She rode many horses for renowned trainer Bevan Laming.
He said a sports pyschologist would be counselling peers of the "well-liked" Mundy.
He said that a senior jockey had reacted to the death by saying "we love what we do, but it takes something like this to remember just how dangerous it is".
In December 2011, jockey Kristy Banks suffered a fall at Toowoomba which led to injuries which left her a paraplegic.
The CEO of the Australian Jockeys' Association Paul Innes recently praised the appointment of a new Occupational Health and Safety Officer in New South Wales, by providing a stark reminder of the profession's hazards.
"Each year four or five jockeys will suffer a permanent disabling injury and tragically over the next decade we can expect 12 to 15 jockeys to die on the job in Australia."
A service for Ashlee Mundy will be held in West Port New Zealand this Friday.
- Stuff.co.nz, with Will Brodie
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text: Contemporary American Theatre Festival full of belly laughs, doomed love July 13, 2013 Story Share By Carolee FelberFor the Sunday Gazette-MailCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The phone's abrupt ringing through the car's sound system startled me. It was the theater. Sam Shepard's play would not go on that night because of "circumstances beyond their control." Not the best start to our weekend away at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown.And so on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. we joined a jostling throng for the other play that night: "Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah." As I gazed around the new Marinoff black box theater, my husband carried on with a man, who turned out to be Producing Director Ed Herendeen's neighbor. He'd already seen the Sam Shepard play in another city. Told Ed he didn't like it. He said Ed didn't listen; Sam's plays drew the crowds and Sam promised to come to Shepherdstown. He promises to come every year and never does.The lights dimmed and we were in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Hollywood flat where Scott was on a deadline to complete a screenplay for film producer Louis Mayer under the watchful eye of Mayer's assistant, a smoky blonde who had walked straight out of a Phillip Marlowe detective novel for the evening's performance. Things were not going particularly well and then Scott's buddy Ernest Hemingway showed up.The two writers play on each other's insecurities, bantering about personal relationships, the public's view of their writing and their view of each other's writing. The tension mounts until there are fisticuffs. The repartee we experienced in Scott and Hem was one of those rare moments when great acting and great writing come together. Friday, 4 p.m. "H2O." Wide-eyed, innocent, Christian girl tries to save rich, bad-boy, movie star. The first saving is from his suicide attempt when she shows up at his apartment to try out for the part of Ophelia to his Hamlet and finds him lying on the floor with slit wrists. She badly wants the role, but refuses to take it without an honest audition. He is smitten and the doomed courtship begins with an old-fashioned bouquet and a modern vegetarian picnic.The pace is relentless. She stands right up against the first row telling us her story, then he tells his, then we watch them together, and so on. As they act, doors, beds and sofas appear and disappear as the deft set crew creates and recreates apartments, a hospital room and an office. The dressers are on stage as well assisting the girl out of her jeans and into her evening dress as she carries on with the story. I was breathless as the tragic end unfolded.Friday, 8:30 p.m. Driving, pulsing music. My husband says, "Maybe the playlist is on Facebook." This year's one comedy: "Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them" Lights up and we see a man wiring something inside a pair of y-fronts. And a young man is in those y-fronts twisting and turning with each pinch. There is nervous laughter from the audience. And we went from nervous laughter to full belly laughs as the absurdity continued. The man in front of me had to cover his mouth to regain control.Saturday, 2 p.m. "A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World." In a small village tavern two of the women accusers in the Salem witch trials reunite. One voices her second thoughts and is then accused of now being a witch by the other. The arrivals of two locals and a mysterious stranger signal the start of an engrossing trial marred only by a digression for a re-enactment of "Macbeth" by a girl servant. The play is at its best here with the four locals pitted against the returning woman and the stranger. In the second half there is a lengthy discourse on the political "why" of the witch trials, followed by an abrupt sequence of events at the end that are not justified by the character development.Saturday, 8 p.m. "Heartless." The Sam Shepard at last. The play is about the relationships among a quirky mother and her two daughters. The mother, in a wheelchair since falling out of a tree when she was trying to get a better glimpse of James Dean, rants on and on and on. The older sis is the caretaker who wants out. The younger sis had a heart transplant some time back and is currently involved with an old academic who may or may not be her lover. Think twin beds. Last there is the mute nurse who may or may not be the embodiment of the murder victim whose heart is now beating in the younger sis. (She can talk to the younger sis.) I am still mulling it over. Sam didn't make it to explain it.The plays continue Wednesday to Sunday through July 28. 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text: SC recovers, gets past St. Albans By D.J. Williams September 28, 2012 Story Share Chip Ellis South Charleston's Dana Cunningham finds some running room after catching a pass vs. St. Albans. ST. ALBANS -- It wasn't the beginning that South Charleston freshman quarterback Kentre Grier envisioned in his first start, but he was more than pleased with the end result - a 35-14 Black Eagles win.A first-half fumble by Grier helped St. Albans take a surprising 14-7 lead, but fortunately for SC (3-3), Grier wasn't fazed by the mistake.He responded with a 15-yard touchdown to even the score, and SC never looked back."I was kind of nervous coming into the game, but after the first couple of drives, I got settled in pretty good," Grier said. "We started moving the ball and I got more confident as the game went on."His numbers support his claim.Grier started the game by going 7 of 13 but completed nine straight passes after that before misfiring on his last two attempts. Grier finished 16 of 24 with 204 yards and a touchdown along with 86 rushing yards and two TDs.After connecting with Marquel Hampton for a 17-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter, Grier watched St. Albans respond with its own nine-play, 70-yard drive capped by a Drew Kirby 1-yard touchdown run to give the Red Dragons a 8-7 lead. On SC's first play from scrimmage, Grier fumbled the ball as he was running and it was recovered by St. Albans' Kevin Cantley. Seven plays later, St. Albans (0-6) took a 14-7 lead on a Michael Cain 1-yard run."This was a good win, but it wasn't pretty at all," Grier said. "We expected to beat them even though they are a pretty good team. We played a good game after we went down but coach [John Messinger] is probably going to yell at us when we get in the locker room."Messinger wasn't too surprised by his team's slow start. "This [slow start] is just what I envisioned would happen," Messinger said. "We had one of the biggest wins that we had in a long time last week. We came out a little flat after that win. We were also beat up mentally. We lost A.D. [Cunningham] and that hurts. But, the kids came out and played a good second half of football."Cunningham separated his shoulder in last week's 20-17 win over Capital and it's unsure whether he will need surgery for the injury.That win last week was also significant because Grier took over for incumbent quarterback Jon Alexander and led SC on two fourth-quarter touchdown drives."There are two things that really dictated him [Grier] starting more than his performance last week," Messinger said. "The first being A.D. getting hurt. It really hurt us on the defensive side of the football. People don't realize that Jon Alexander has wanted to play defense here for the last two years but we wouldn't let him. The fact that A.D. is gone dictated the start for Kentre as Jon not getting it done last week. Jon is there if we need him and he knows that."After a 14-all halftime tie, SC opened up the lead in the second half. Ray-sheed Coleman returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown on just the third play of the half, Grier added his second touchdown run on a15-yard scamper and Coleman scored on a 4-yard run.Three of SC's next four games are against sub-.500 teams (Nitro, Lincoln County and Ripley). It ends the season at Parkersburg, a team which ended SC's playoff hopes with a 29-13 loss."We are in pretty good shape right now," Messinger said. "There are still people left on our schedule that can trip us up. We just have to stay focused and play football and get out there and win football games."Last year, SC started 1-4 before winning four straight then finishing 5-5.Kirby led SA with 132 rushing yards and a touchdown. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Charleston restaurant 2 WVU seeking improvements during off week 3 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year 4 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 5 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction Logan defeats Winfield 38-28 Previous Story Hoover picks up first win of season Next Story


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Signaling a major attitudinal shift, the retirement system that five years ago became the poster child for California public employee pension spiking announced it will now review past calculations to see if excessive retirement payments can be rolled back.
The Contra Costa Employees' Retirement Association calculates most pensions based on an employee's length of service and highest year of income, usually from the final 12 months worked. At issue is whether that income was improperly inflated.
Spiking enabled Moraga Orinda Fire Chief Peter Nowicki to retire from a job that paid $185,000 and draw a $241,000-a-year starting pension, with subsequent cost-of-living adjustments. When reported in 2009, the pension drew national attention, but was only the first of many highlighted in this column.
Retirement association directors announced Wednesday they will review salary data looking for unusual final-year income increases. The board noted that the pension system has a "fiduciary obligation to pay only the legally correct benefits earned by its members."
The association has always had authority to review past pensions. But new state law mandating such reviews, five years of reports of excesses and a shift in membership of a board once controlled by labor advocates have prompted this more aggressive approach.
It's unclear how far directors plan to go. They didn't specify whether they will revisit the system's legally questionable counting of unused leave time as part of final-year salary, the most costly source of pension inflation.
The board also didn't specify who might be reviewed, but there are some obvious cases:
While the cases present different pension-spiking issues, they have a common factor: The retiring workers could also count as final-year income the value of payments received at termination for unused leave, especially vacation time.
The practice, which violates past state court rulings, has been limited to a few county-level pension systems. Contra Costa has been the worst. In the 2012 pension law changes, state lawmakers reaffirmed those court rulings and explicitly banned "terminal pay" spiking.
Employee groups in Contra Costa, Alameda and Merced counties sued, claiming the new law violated past promises. But Contra Costa Judge David Flinn recently ruled those promises were not binding because they were illegal to begin with.
While the cases before Flinn pertained to current employees, his ruling suggests that prior pensions that included terminal pay were also improper. The question for pension boards in the three counties, especially Contra Costa, is whether they intend to correct those excesses, too.
Daniel Borenstein is a staff columnist and editorial writer for the Bay Area News Group. Contact him at 925-943-8248 or email@example.com. Links to past columns on this subject can be found at contracostatimes.com/daniel-borenstein.


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Gallery: A Showcase of Floats from the Pasadena Rose Parade
PASADENA - The rose petals seemed to be more brilliant, the seeds more plentiful, the banana leaves perfectly aligned and Esther and Phyllis Warren felt lucky to see Rose Parade floats up close.
The Warrens of Lubbock, Texas, were among the thousands of parade fans who spent a portion of Wednesday examining the floral stars.
"It's just completely different than the parade," said Esther Warren, who is 78 and uses a wheelchair as she perused the "Showcase of Floats" along Sierra Madre and Washington boulevards in Northeast Pasadena. "It's just wonderful, all the details."
Wednesday offered the final chance to see the parade's 39 floats before they are taken apart and some of their components recycled.
The mother-daughter duo made the trip west to see the parade for the first time, Warren said, "before we can't make it.... This may be the last year for the stamina."
Bob Cheney, Tournament of Roses member who served as the organization's president in 1992, and his wife Ruthie, who live in Arcadia, were also up early Wednesday to see the floats.
Cheney recalls when he was chairman of the post-parade showcase in the late '70s, when it was held at Victory Park, and lights were brought in to allow for nighttime viewing.
"I've been involved in the parade for 50 years and as I said, it gets in your blood," he said. "You go back and see what's going on."
Cheney said he thought this year's floats were "spectacular" and offered a new level of entertainment - such as the wedding ceremony on the Farmers Insurance Group float - that appealed to a younger crowd.
In addition, "some of city floats - La Ca ada, South Pasadena, Sierra Madre - have in the past several years done a marvelous job," Cheney said. "They used to be just a homegrown kind of thing. Now, they're winning prizes and stepped up big time."
Eight members of the Vanslooten family made the trip from Lancaster on Wednesday to see the floats after watching the Rose Parade online.
"When I was a child, I came a lot, but I never brought the family," Gail Vanslooten, 65, said. "I said they needed to see the flowers... It's really unbelievable that they can do this with just flowers."
Her children and grandchildren were especially excited to see Disneyland Resort's Destination Cars Land float since the family has a yearlong pass to the amusement park, she said.
Vanslooten was also grateful that the Tournament of Roses blocked off time for persons with disabilities before general admission since two of her sons, who have Down syndrome, and one of her granddaughters, who has cerebral palsy, are in wheelchairs.
"We're really glad they let the handicapped come in early because it's so hard with the wheelchairs when it gets so crowded," Vanslooten said.
Janet Diel, a 15-year member of the Tournament of Roses, was stationed there to offer services to persons with disabilities, including a 2013 Rose Parade program in large print and in Braille and audio tours of each of the floats.
Student ambassadors from Pasadena City College and from the Tournament of Roses, as well as Diel's daughter, Jossie, who is fluent in sign language, were also available to assist, take visitors around and let them smell or touch the floats - or hear, read or see descriptions of them.
It's to "make the whole thing an experience you and I would remember forever because we've seen it or watched it and they've been able to touch it or experience it in another way," said Diel, who has a spinal disability herself, said.
Rose Queen Vanessa Manjarrez, 17, of Mayfield Senior School and her royal court took time Wednesday to pose on their Macy's float one last time as spectators and Tournament of Roses officials snapped a slew of photos.
Manjarrez, who was preparing to go to breakfast with the court and the Tournament's Queen and Court Committee members, was all smiles despite still recuperating from the whirlwind of New Year's Day festivities.
"I'm very tired but we had a really good time, so it was all totally worth it," she said. "We're excited to be back on our float, pick a couple of flowers and go back to relaxing at home."


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Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
Apparently Norris Cole is allowed to just tackle people. Tough loss for the Bobkitties.
Not watching. Did Walker try to miss the third shot?
yep but it still went in
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
Yup, he banked it in... I don't know why these guys don't understand they need to miss off center. Or, do the Yao Ming...
Anthony Davis broken hand. Sucks for them, probably going to nose dive in standings, and will probably keep him out of all-star game.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Wow that does suck. He's been playing so well and really enjoyed watching him.
Philly has their pick in the draft unless it is top 5. That's tough. Anybody know how long he is out? 2 months? Maybe they should trade Tyreke and really try to tank if that is even possible to secure a top 5 pick. Better them getting it than Philly.
I get the sense that Woodsen's days as the Knick's Coach are numbered.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I'm sick of all this talk about teams tanking. Bulls are tanking, this team is tanking, whatever. Can we shut up about the tanking talk and just say the East is terrible?
A team could win 37 games and still make the Playoffs as a 7 seed. Possibly even win the Atlantic Division. 2/3 of the East are 'tanking.' Or maybe they're just terrible.
It sucks, but the league rewards it for the most part.
Last year the Bulls were able to persevere because they hoped that Rose would be back for the playoffs or at worst would be back for the start of this season (which is what ended up happening). They rallied around playing for D-Rose, but they were all under the impression that he would at worst be back at the start of this season. But him getting hurt again is just too much to handle for these guys. Yeah Tibbs is a great coach and yeah they still have some good players, but they are still human beings. Watching their teammate and friend go down again has to completely deflate them mentally. They know they don't have enough without him to get anywhere near the Conference Finals.
The Jimmy Butler injury doesn't help either. That guy is pretty good.
Anyone have insider access at ESPN?
Interested in the piece "Is Indiana's defense the best ever?"
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
Stolen from RoboHicks.
Can the NBA just firebomb the atlantic divison and be done with it?
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
That pictures make him more look like a freak of nature than usual.
So the Russian went into Brooklyn's locker room with a ball peen hammer and sent the team a message on Pierce's hand, right?
How can analysts continue to discredit the Pacers start regarding only playing 4 Western teams? The Heat have only played the West THREE times (one of them being the "meh" Suns), but nobody is referencing that to discredit their hot start.
I understand that analysts are raving about the Pacers, but still some are questioning how much we have really been questioned. Does anyone do the same to the Heat, who's three losses came from teams we beat?
That said, I've never been more excited about a 5 game stretch in December. Begin the h8er challenge
Miami's got the benefit of the doubt. And deservedly so. They've got virtually the same team back that won those titles.
(P.S. It is incredibly stupid to discredit the Pacers start.)
Finally a good show from Tim Duncan. 23pts in 10/15 FG, 21rebs, 2blks, and the game winning shot.
Pelicans-Bulls game is going into triple overtime. That's like a whole extra quarter of basketball.
Interesting list, How the owners of all 30 NBA teams made their money.
Funny. They don't list "stealing from Indianapolis taxpayers" as the way Herb made his money.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
...and I agree basically. Miami is the favorite, but if we win every game by 45 I may reconsider.
He also said they've been there and proven they can win it all, and we haven't proven any thing. We clearly haven't proven we can win a championship, but I think we have proven we have the potential.