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What the hell is Rick thinking putting Fred on AK
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What the hell is Rick thinking putting Fred on AK
man JO is doing crud now they havent scored any bloody hell cmon we cant lose
Why? You sure can. Just 3 pointers and free throws are keeping Pacers in this game so far. Jazz offensive execution looks way better, they got like 8 layups in 3 quarter.
man this radio is bad takes add breaks wen jones is shooting cmon PACERS GET BAK INTO THIS
Horrible qtr, we are lucky to be down only 1.
Yeah, you should thank Sloan for puting Macleod into the game . What an idiot , to foul with 0.9 sec in the game
omg stupid radio it switche dof again man this is **** can people post every now and then wat happens plz
It's a good thing the Jazz are such a terrible basketball team.
I think not
http://www.sportsline.com/nba/gamece...051216_UTA@INDOriginally Posted by miller=clutch
Ashton Kutcher scored a triple!
cheers man...thats delyaed though but oh well, close game
AJ and JO getting it going baby
YEAH oneal 2 straight jumpers cmon pacers this is the time to rise
I guess the show is over for the Utah radio..
no excuses or something, simply switched to a different broadcast.
is it normal out there in US?!
Quite a season for Croshere, eh?
Over your shoulder
Oh great now Freddie is hurt.... as if we had any shooters to spare
Why Not Us ?
Freddie hasn't exactly been shooting very well... Maybe this means Saras will get some play.Originally Posted by Frank Slade
At home
Good thing for you is that Sloan is stubborn idiot who is not playing our best players at most important time.
yeah danny granger layup and the foul...cmon get this game out of reach this will show artest :P. is he on the bench now or not?????
Well Sloan is part of the team too.Originally Posted by Calgary Jazz
The icing
where are all the AJ haters ?
He's quite useful at times.
Aj thought he was hot ..... not!
"He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)
A little Captain
Anybody notice that Jackson looks better tonight and hasn't whined or complained
"He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)
He did make all his free throws, which is a definate improvement.
Hmm, smelling like Milwaukee.


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Bock and Harnick's Fiorello!, the opening musical of the Encores! 20th Anniversary season, will star Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Shuler Hensley and Emily Skinner, with Danny Rutigliano as Fiorello LaGuardia. Fiorello! will be directed by Gary Griffin with choreography by Alex Sanchez and music direction by Rob Berman. The show will run for seven performances from January 30 - February 3 at New York City Center.
Fiorello! launched the Encores! musical theater series in 1994. It tells the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's rise from an immigrant's son to the feisty congressman whose guts and determination to fight corruption brought down the crooked Tammany Hall political machine. (He's also the man singularly responsible for saving City Center from the wrecking ball and transforming it into Manhattan's first performing arts center.)
The cast of Fiorello includes Kate Baldwin, Jeremy Bobb, Ray DeMattis, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Adam Heller, Shuler Hensley, Richard Ruiz, Danny Rutigliano, Andrew Samonsky, Emily Skinner and Cheryl Stern, with Meggie Cansler, Christine DiGiallonardo, Yurel Echezarreta, Leah Edwards, Rob Gallagher, Jordan Fife Hunt, Alison Jantzie, Lizzie Klemperer, Justin Barnette, Kevin Ligon, Rebecca Robbins, Adam Rogers, Steve Routman, Tommy Scrivens, Lainie Sakakura, Carly Blake Sebouhian, Nathaniel Stampley, Kevin Vortmann.
As the show begins, Republican District Leader Ben Marino (Shuler Hensley) hasn't had a winning candidate in years - until Fiorello LaGuardia steps in. LaGuardia (Danny Rutigliano) falls in love with Thea (Kate Baldwin), a feisty union organizer. Thea's best friend Dora (Jenn Gambatese) falls in love with a none-too-smart cop (Jeremy Bobb). And LaGuardia's office manager, Marie (Erin Dilly) has been in love with her boss for years. Mitzi (Emily Skinner) performs for Tammany Hall cronies. Everything changes when LaGuardia runs for congress and wins the election.
Fiorello! has a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It is one of only eight musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and it also won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Fiorello! opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 23, 1959 and ran for 795 performances. It was directed by George Abbott and starred Tom Bosley, Howard Da Silva and Pat Stanley. Songs include "Little Tin Box," "Till Tomorrow" and "When Did I Fall In Love?"
Fiorello! had a brief, 16-performance revival at City Center in 1962, directed by Jean Dalrymple. The Encores! production opened in February 1994. It was directed by Walter Bobbie and starred Jerry Zaks, Philip Bosco and Faith Prince.
In addition to Fiorello!, Bock and Harnick wrote the music and lyrics to Fiddler on the Roof, Tenderloin, She Loves Me, The Apple Tree and The Rothschilds.
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Roger Brown may be 55 but that isn't keeping him from riding his skateboard. Leave that up to a city law.
"It makes a nice workout," said Brown, a computer engineer who enjoys the relatively new sport of longboarding. The Santa Clara resident says he rode his board 27 miles in one trip last month.
The Bay Trail in Mountain View, where he once worked as an engineer at Silicon Graphics, is one of his favorite spots. But skateboarding isn't allowed on Mountain View's section of the trail, though it is allowed in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale. A ranger Shoreline Park confronted him after he'd been skating the trails for a year. He'd never seen a sign about the law.
Brown spoke at the May 22 City Council meeting about reversing the ban and has so far gathered 95 signatures of support with an online petition.
The city's rule against skateboarding was created in 1992 and probably targeted a different sort of skateboarder, Brown said.
"The first text message in a cell phone was sent in 1993," said Brown, a computer engineer. "Look what has happened with that technology in 20 years. The same thing has happen with longboards."
Thanks to his $500 board's large wheels and long flexible deck, "This is one thing I could do today better than I did when I was 20 years old," he says.
He says city officials have told him that the concern about skateboards is that they can fly out of control and injure others, but he says that's unlikely on the flat trails.
"On a flat trail the reason you fall is you hit a rock," Brown said. "The board sits there, unless Mountain View has outlawed the second law of motion."
Brown said the city should make skateboarding legal everywhere, as long as someone is going from one place to another. As it is now, skateboards are illegal in Shoreline Park and the Stevens Creek Trail, said the city's recreation supervisor, John Marchant.
"I was not with the city at the time this was established, therefore I do not know the initial purpose or reasons for the code," Marchant said in an email.
Brown is an avid cyclist, but was looking for an alternative form of exercise. Running was too hard on his joints and walking wasn't enough of an aerobic workout, he said. Having been a skateboarder as a kid, longboarding piqued his interest.
His new board allows him to maintain speed without touching the ground by "pumping" or swerving from side to side. The skateboards of his youth weren't up to the task. "You'd go half a mile and huff and puff and say, 'There's got to be a better way,'" Brown said.
Brown said the city need not worry about gangs of skateboarders. The trails are already too boring for the majority who prefer ramps and rails at skateboard parks. "But for skaters like me, 10 miles of nothing, that's perfect," Brown said. "You've got the bay and the birds, a nice breeze, everything."
Brown has received some support from the Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail and has presented the issue to the city's Parks Commission.
"I just informally surveyed our present board of directors and the consensus is that we have no issues with skateboards as long as public safety is maintained," said Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail board member Aaron Grossman in an email.
Brown said he averages about the same 10 miles-per-hour speed on the flats as the Segway scooters Mountain View allowed on trails in 2010, the only city around to do so.
"The really good guys may average 12 to 13 miles per hour," Brown said. "But they are like, Olympic-class athletes."
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The pace of Libya's reentry into world oil markets has exceeded our prior expectations and those of many other outside observers. While opinions vary significantly on the eventual trajectory for Libyan oil production, nearly all forecasts have steadily shifted upwards as the country's oil sector and related institutions continue to progress.
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) claims to be on track to meet its goal of returning to pre-war crude oil production levels of 1.65 million barrels per day (bbl/d) by the end of 2012. Most analysts now expect production to reach anywhere between 1.0 and 1.6 million bbl/d during that timeframe. Based in part on developments in recent weeks (Table 1), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that Libyan output may ramp up to 1 million bbl/d by the beginning of the second quarter of 2012. Thereafter, EIA expects crude oil production to plateau somewhat, increasing only gradually to about 1.2 million bbl/d by the end of 2012, along an uneven and non-linear path.
Libyan oil exports suffered a near-total disruption earlier this year during months of intense fighting between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime and the opposition, as sporadic production fell to minimal levels and was mostly consumed domestically. As the Transitional National Council (TNC) and affiliated rebel militias consolidated control over most of the country in recent months, however, initial volumes from the fields operated by international oil companies (IOCs) through joint ventures with NOC began to supplement increased production from NOC subsidiaries, including the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO).
Libya's complex array of concession areas, production sharing arrangements, crude grades, and export infrastructure complicates efforts to track production claims. But field-level reporting suggests that crude oil production rose to at least 600,000 bbl/d by the end of November, over one third of pre-crisis levels, from about 350,000 bbl/d in October. According to the tanker shipments tracked in the Lloyd's List Intelligence APEX database, Libyan crude oil exports averaged 160,000 bbl/d in October and over 400,000 bbl/d in November.
An earlier edition of This Week in Petroleum outlined some of the key infrastructural, political, and security factors affecting the outlook for Libyan oil production. In terms of infrastructure, it appears that most upstream assets fared better during the fighting than initial reports had suggested. A comprehensive assessment of the country's infrastructure, however, awaits more thorough inspections of the various producing regions within Libya. Moreover, returning a field to full capacity may be far more challenging than simply restarting it, particularly in the case of older infrastructure and more depleted fields that were hastily shut down. Downstream, most refineries are fully operational; the largest, Ras Lanuf, is reportedly prepared to restart. The most significant conflict-related damage was to crude export terminals, especially Es Sider (As Sidrah), which could take up to a year to be restored fully.
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We were playing exactly .700 ball in 2014 before this 3 game slide. Also, to win 60, we won't need to play .700 ball over the last 20. Including the slide, we have played at a nearly 66% winning percentage in 2014. If we play at that pace over the last 20, we'll take 13.2 games, haha. I think we are capable of righting the ship at least a bit to turn that into 14 wins. I'm comfortable predicting 60 wins.


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I thought Rhodes or Addai were more deserving of the MVP. Or even the collective "Indianapolis defense". Peyton played a good game but not a MVP kind of game. 240 yards and 1 touch down is not that great!
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I thought Rhodes or Addai were more deserving of the MVP. Or even the collective "Indianapolis defense". Peyton played a good game but not a MVP kind of game. 240 yards and 1 touch down is not that great!
He managed the game very well. Outside of that one int (that sure looked like a ball he should not have thrown) he was the general behind the dismantling of the Bears' defense.
That said... Rhodes and Addai were very good. But what about the blocking for them?
Peyton said it best when he talked about this being a team win.
Peyton was probably the one guy you could make an argument for deserving the award solo. Otherwise, there were lots of people doing their parts and making big plays when they had their opportunities.
And has there ever been a better receiver than Marvin at those sideline catches? (Man, I was so hoping he'd get a ball thrown at him in the endzone (A TD catch for Marvin in the SB would've been great)).
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Well, overall the defense - but there wasn't that one player there.
Manning was as good of a choice as anyone. He managed the game and did the same thing as in Baltimore - when it started looking like it wouldn't take a lot of points to win, went to conservative game plan. Didn't have the numbers but managed the game.
If Addai had gotten those cleanup yards at the end of the game instead of Rhodes he might have gotten it but a big chunk of this game was Manning finally winning the big one - someone else would have had to do something dominant to take it away from him and nobody did.
The poster formerly known as Rimfire
I think it's Jeff Saturday in a walk. Peyton was almost never touched, and how many times did Addai or Rhodes get 8 yards up the middle before they even had a finger on them. I should have been text messaging Saturday all night instead of celebrating.
Tough to pick - I was voting for Addai. But you have to figure Manning would get the nod unless someone else had an over the top great game.
What a great team effort.
A great team game. Colts are the MVP. What a game.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
I thought it would have been Hayden for his INT for a TD that really took any and all life out of the Bears, or Dom with a hundred yards and a TD, but Peyton is as deserving as anyone, mostly for his season, career, and game against NE, not that he didn't play great today, but I thought there were better individual performances today.
i think it had to be peyton... because he's the face/voice of the team and it was a total team win. defense was spectacular (essentially made one mistake the whole game: the run which led to the TD) addai was awesome and rhodes was unbelievable. saturday was great. so how do you give it to just one of those guys other than peyton who is most definely the commander on the field? i think peyton deserved it as much as everyone.
This is the darkest timeline.
How often does a guy get 120 yards rushing and NOT win the SuperBowl MVP trophy?
Unfortunately for Rhodes, it all boiled down to name recognition.
But anybody that watched the game realizes that he was far-and-away the best player on the field all game long. (not that the other RB was chopped liver, and that might have causes some voters to split thier RB votes.)
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
I vote for Rex Grossman, he did real well for the Colts.
Rex Grossman. MVP of the game for the Colts. Thats only about the third time I have sat down and watched him I didn't realize a starting QB in this league could be that bad. Man he really sucks.
Of course, it really doesn't matter ... but ...
I don't know. If you take a real look at it, all those running yards and halfback receptions aren't possible if the Bears aren't playing that incredibly conservative defense.
Why did they do that? Easy -- Manning, Harrison and Wayne.
And, of course, you can't pass the ball if you can't run the ball.
So, what does it all mean? It's a team -- giving the MVP to the team's leader? Not so bad a call.
I've been absorbing this all... checking out different portions of the game from my recordings... checking out highlights on TV... reading recaps...etc..
It's easy to say Rhodes because of his final numbers and especially his work late in the game. He was awesome in crunch time. But when you re-watch earlier in the game (and also do some stat checking) you see Addai had an awesome game as well (some of which might've been forgotten due to what Rhodes did later in crutch time). He had some huge receptions and runs. And he has that knack for always getting an extra yard that you didn't think he would get. Those 10 receptions that Addai hauled in were important... the Bears were giving us that and we took it. And IIRC he picked up some important YAC's.
Those guys were each so important that they probably divided the vote a little. And then Manning directed the attack so you have to consider him up in the mix. And then on defense who didn't make a play in one form or another?
It would be hard to argue co-MVP's for Rhodes and Addai. And Rhodes getting a Superbowl MVP would've made for a great storyline. But it was such a team win that (as said above) that choosing Manning (as the team leader) is hard to argue with as well.
And I've seen the commercial a couple of times already- Tony Dungy AND Dominic Rhodes just won the Superbowl and are going to Disneyland.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Dom played great, Addai played great, the entire defense played great (highlighting Sanders, Hayden, McFarland). But I think it's too obvious that Peyton is the MVP. It was said earlier in this thread, and I think it was spot on--someone would have to had an all-time performance to take it away from Manning, and with it being such a team effort, no one really did.
Besides, no one else even has a commercial!
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
I thought Addai was better myself.
He got all his yards when the Bears were still tackling. Dungy put Rhodes in once the Colts went up because he hangs onto the ball better and by then the defense was worn out - could've drove a truck through some of those holes.
Not to discount what he did but Addai's yards were tough - most of Rhodes' were relatively easy.
If it wasn't Manning it's Addai IMO.
The poster formerly known as Rimfire
I think they picked the right guy, one way or another.
He "managed" the game like (imo) only he can do, with little or no errors (ok 1)
We were up 16-14 and Rex QBRating ws 120, PM was 85 but it was very clear then that the (much) better QB was PM.
Peyton did what he did all playoffs, he took what was there, and didn't bother the fancy stuff, solid, eating time and gaining yardage, knowing that if we had to give the ball back, the defense had a good chunk of field to get the ball back.
By doing that he allowed the defense to excel, he allowed Addai and Rhodes to shine, (specially Rhodes) by wearing down the Chicago D adn by doing all that, he deserved the (for now) crown of MVP on his career and game.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish.
If you've done 6 impossible things today?
Then why not have Breakfast at Milliways!
Manning has spoiled you and all Colts fans
I can see your point Bball as I really have a great admiration for how Marvin plays the game, but thank goodness after around the 9 minute mark in the 4th Peyton finally decided let's get the win first. After he tried to force that last td pass to Marvin I think he realized let's not make that kind of mistake again.
They finally got one under their belt. Maybe next year MArvin will get that TD in the big one.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I'm cool with Manning getting the MVP.
Addai would have been OK with me.
Rhodes deserved it for sure.
Bob Sanders earned it with three big plays.
How about Kelvin Hayden coming off the bench and making that glorious tight-rope TD run?
Jeff Saturday? Sure!
And I won't be here to see the day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me
In Levelland. (James McMurtry)
Manning managed the game well, but to me obviously it could have been 3 different other players. Bob Sanders with the punishing it on Cedric Benson, that changed the game for us. You could make a case for both Joe Addai and Dominic Rhodes, who ran the ball all over the bears.
Congrats to the bears for somewhat of a good game. BUT THE BEARS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY ARE..........
I thought Dom would receive the MVP award, but I think Peyton is deserving as well for managing the game. He placed the team into positive situations by choosing the right plays and making good decisions thereafter.
And hey, Dom may not have won the MVP award, but he is in the "I'm going to Disneyworld!" commercial with Coach Dungy, so it's all good.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.
That maybe true, but the guy did turn the ball over FOUR times in a Super Bowl and he did run an offense that was tied with the Oakland Raiders for most turnovers this season. Thats not exactly great company to be in.
I actually think the argument could be made for Bob Sanders or even Kelvin Hayden being the MVP. I love how this team played yesterday everybody brought their A game.
Rhodes/Addai - CO
Bob Sanders - fumble caused (awesome hit) and an INT
Manning was solid, but 10 of his passes went to Addai, and a few of those he made something out of not a lot. Rhodes did the same with one check down. 18 was fine, but the 2 RBs BOTH had over 100 yards from scrimmage. That's impressive.
He did pass for almost as many Colts yards (off INT returns) as Bears yards. He threw 1 TD for each team. David Carr has spoiled Texan fans by the Rex standard.


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NYC's Playoff Double Feature
It's fantastic. There's no need to play it cool. Nothing worse than a New Yorker trying to play it jaded and cool. Are you in an avant-garde Williamsburg synthesizer band? You are not in an avant-garde Williamsburg synthesizer band. You can be excited. Come on.
Here's the excitement: There are two New York City basketball teams in the NBA playoffs.
Let the history settle in. Dance a little dance on the subway platform. Snap the suspenders on your mustachioed bartender. We've known this was going to happen for months now. But the regular season is over and now it's actually here.
The Knicks are in. The Brooklyn Nets are in. A double-borough double feature. A full blast of the NBA postseason, spanning the bridges.
Saturday is going to be bonkers. Two games. One city. Technically you could do the double. The Knicks host the Celtics at 3 p.m. The Nets entertain the Chicago Bulls at 8 p.m. Totally possible to attend both. Just catch the 2/3 from 34th to Atlantic and Flatbush. Better yet, take a share bike over the Manhattan Bridge. You'll even have time to stop at Junior's.
Now you might have to sell your apartment to pay for all of the tickets. But it might be worth it.
Do we appreciate how nutty this really is? It feels like we're already taking this basketball abundance for granted. You know how many times New York City has hosted two NBA playoff games on the same day?
Let me help you with that. Zero.
And here's the thing. Both teams have a chance to make a little noise. They're not hopeless playoff meat, ready for carving. Yeah, the defending-champ Miami Heat are the runaway Eastern Conference favorites, and LeBron James and company looked ridiculous during that winning streak. But the Knicks and Nets are in the top half of the draw. Both teams finished hot. The Knicks racked up 54 wins. The Nets got 49. You know how many wins the Nets had their last season in Jersey?
OK, they won 22 games. But it felt like minus-3.
A great basketball town feels like a great basketball town once more. And this time it's not delusional. The Knicks made the playoffs the past two seasons but sensible minds knew they weren't going anywhere. They didn't. They punched a fire extinguisher and left early.
This season there are real expectations for the Knicks. Maybe not an NBA final. But a conference showdown with Miami feels like the appropriate level of presumption.
First they have to get past the Celtics. A week ago, this matchup looked a little grouchy. There's always some tension with Boston. But now a rival city is hurting. That traditional antagonism feels a little forced. The Yankees played the Red Sox anthem "Sweet Caroline" the other night at the Stadium. Forever a nemesis, the Celtics can expect some uncharacteristic love at the Garden on Saturday.
The Nets get a Chicago team that is wildly variable. But so are the Nets. You want to predict this one? The Bulls have a 3-1 record versus Brooklyn this season. But the Nets get the home edge. This is the first playoff series at the Rusted Turtle, aka Barclays. Brooklyn's arena still has the new car smell. The team is asking fans to wear black. Will there be intensity along with those artisanal sandwiches? Does Robinson Cano's agent show up to sit courtside?
Reminder: These NBA playoffs take a while. The first round runs into early May; the conference finals may not begin until the third week. The finals aren't until August 2015. It's a little crazy. You can get a Ph.D. in Russian literature in the time it takes to complete the basketball postseason.
And you're wondering: Yeah, it's possible. Of course it is. The Knicks and the Nets could face each other in the playoffs. The Knicks would have to take care of Boston and then the winner of the Atlanta-Indiana. The Nets would have to get past the Bulls and then—yikes—Miami (or Miami's first-round opponent, Milwaukee—blah, blah, whatever, dream on). Brooklyn taking down the Heat feels like a long shot. I wouldn't bet you steak at Luger.
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The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY -- Caller in the 600 block of Leslie Street reported at 10:16 a.m. Monday that someone had possibly attempted to break in the night before. An officer attempted to speak to the caller, who he said would not open the door.
DRUG ARREST -- An officer stopped a vehicle at the corner of Grove and Dora avenues at 10:36 a.m. Monday and arrested Yesod Y. Israel, 25, of Willits, for two arrest warrants, including possession of marijuana for sale, and Jessica Bauer, 25, on suspicion of violating her parole, being an unlicensed driver and possessing both a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
SHOPLIFTER -- Caller at Safeway on South State Street reported at 10:48 a.m. Monday that a panhandler with a blanket around his shoulders was in the middle of the parking lot, eating a carrot and piece of celery. An officer checked the area but did not find the man.
FRAUD -- Caller on Olga Place reported at 11:06 a.m. Monday that his ex-girlfriend was accessing his bank account and spending his money. He was advised it was a civil matter.
BURGLARY -- Caller in the 300 block of North Main Street reported at 2:17 p.m. Monday that a bedroom door had been pried open. At 4:02 p.m., the caller reported that her roommate was trying to pawn her property. At 4:58 p.m., an officer responded to a report of a fight and arrested Dianna F. Lee, 59, of Ukiah, on suspicion of possessing stolen property.
NEIGHBOR WITH HAMMER -- Caller in the 800 block of Waugh Lane reported at 6:04 p.m. Monday that a neighbor was making threatening statements and had a hammer in his hand.
FIGHT -- An officer responded to Yokayo Drive for a report of a fight at 6:14 p.m. Monday and arrested Gregory W. Warren III, 20, of Ukiah, on suspicion of domestic violence.
EX-BOYFRIEND RAMMED CAR -- Caller in the 800 block of North State Street reported at 6:47 p.m. Monday that her ex-boyfriend rammed her car with his. An officer responded and determined there had been minimal damage and the parties agreed to exchange insurance information.
RAPE -- Caller from Ukiah Valley Medical Center reported at 9:45 p.m. Monday that someone was reporting a rape had occurred the night before. An officer responded and took a report.
The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department regarding calls handled by the Fort Bragg Police Department.
DUI ARREST -- An officer stopped a vehicle in the 200 block of Madrone Street at 10:38 p.m. Monday and arrested Francisco Zuniga, 22, of Fort Bragg, on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes no exceptions.
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Six HitsTrivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
I saw my friend Bob at the bar. He was drinking heavily and looked really down. I asked him, "What's the matter?"
He said, "My baseball team just got six hits in an inning and yet they didn't score a single run!"
I said, "That's impossible!"
Is it?
HintRemember the rules
AnswerThe first batter got a single. He was then thrown out trying to steal second. One hit, one out, no runs.
The next batter got a double and was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. Two hits, two outs, no runs.
The next three batters each got a single, with each runner moving up one base on each hit. Five hits, two outs, no runs.
The last batter hit a ground ball between first and second which struck the runner who was leading off from first. By the rules, the batter is credited with a hit, the runner is called out, and the inning is over. Six hits, three outs, no runs.
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My intent with each blog that I post is to inform you of new technology and/or products that may benefit your soybean production.
With this blog I inform you of a new forthcoming product from Syngenta called Clariva Complete Beans nematicide/insecticide/fungicide seed treatment, which is an on-seed application of separately registered products that has the added nematicide component for control of soybean cyst nematode (SCN). The nematicide component is in addition to the insecticide/fungicide components found in CruiserMaxx Beans with Vibrance.
The following four links provide as much detail as I can find about this product. Please be aware that all of this information is from Syngenta, the company that developed and is marketing Clariva.
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Additional points for consideration are:
- The best information I can find indicates the cost of the nematicide component will increase the seed treatment cost to about $8 to $10 per acre above that for the product without the nematicide.
- The nematicide component only targets SCN and not other nematode species.
This article neither promotes nor endorses this product for Midsouth soybean producers either alone or in contrast to other similar products. Rather, it is meant to inform you of something new that may be of value to you in your system if you contend with SCN.
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Know when to hold 'em
Poker tourney host Pocket Rockets celebrates one year with its Gala Event and Awards honoring the year's top players. But don't think this means no playing time. Right after the awards, they turn around to start a $500 tournament sponsored by AIDS Interfaith Network. Rumor has it that some of the A-List cast will be there.
The Brick
2525 Wycliff Ave.,Ste. 120.
3 p.m.
Saturday 01.14
Country divas live
We're trying to figure out if we even deserve a night of such fabulosity. Lorrie Morgan comes to town with her sass and glam country that paved the way for the likes of Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood. Pam Tillis was a pioneer in country music as one of the first female producers of her own work. They bring us the Grits and Glamour tour and we're thanking the country music gods.
Eisemann Center
2351 Performance Drive, Richardson.
8 p.m. $44–$62.
Sunday 01.15
Loving on Gervais' Globes
Everyone was in a tizzy last year when Ricky Gervais ripped so many new ones into Hollywood at the Golden Globes. Surprise! He's back. And with good reason — he's the best part.
Watch party at Texas Theatre
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We hold public information volunteer sessions quarterly so please apply online to start the process. Invitations will be sent out for these information sessions. The application also includes our Redmond and Mill Creek facilities.
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Hendrick Health System began with the vision of a minister and his church in Abilene. Commitment to express the kind of care that Jesus showed during his earthly ministry has been a part of our identity from the very beginning. The Hendrick mission says that we will "deliver high quality healthcare emphasizing excellence and compassion consistent with the healing ministry of Jesus Christ."
Pastoral care addresses concerns of the spirit, faith, hope, despair, meaning, purpose, life, death, guilt, forgiveness, fear and doubt. Chaplains offer help for people trying to connect meaning with life circumstances that don't often make sense or seem fair.
The Pastoral Care Department serves the spiritual needs of patients and their families as a complement to the efforts of the entire Hendrick Health System and ministers to persons of all faiths and those of none.
Chaplains are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To talk with a chaplain, call 325.670.2256 during the daytime hours. At night, during the weekend, or on holidays chaplains are available and accessible through the hospital operator at 325.670.2000. The department office is located on the second floor of the Collier Wing, office number 2735.
If a patient identifies a church affiliation at the time of admission, we will attempt to notify the church. We also assist patients in contacting their own minister or faith group representative.
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Forage testing is critical to understanding the quality and nutrient content of your corn silage, but human error can influence the accuracy of results. Phil Krueger, Mycogen Seeds dairy nutritionist, advises producers to avoid these common mistakes when collecting and sending corn silage samples for testing:
1. One-stop sampling. It's important to test a representative sample of the entire feeding surface of the pile, bunker or silo, not just one area. Collect multiple subsamples from the silage surface and thoroughly mix them. Then take a representative sample from the mixed subsamples to submit to the lab. Or consider submitting two or three representative samples from the mixed subsamples and average the test results.
2. Hands down. If you collect handfuls of silage with your palm down, kernels and other small silage particles might fall out. Keep your palm up and avoid shaking. Even better: Use a scoop or pail to collect silage samples.
3. Garbage bagging. Save samples in zip-type plastic bags, not garbage bags. Squeeze as much air from the bag as possible before sealing. "Some dairy producers use a vacuum sealer made for sealing food in order to create an air-tight package," Krueger says. "Keep cool or freeze a fermented sample prior to mailing to maintain its integrity in transit."
4. Snail mail. A silage sample sent via the postal service may degrade enroute to the lab, especially if mailed late in the week. Mail samples to arrive by Friday. "Overnight or second-day delivery is costly, but when making a major forage change it may be worth the added expense to ensure a timely report," Krueger says.
5. Mystery silage. Clearly identify your shipped sample with your farm name, contact information and sample identification. Be sure to specify the analyses desired, so the lab doesn't need to contact you with questions that could delay results.
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Get the full Jem scoop in our SDCC photo gallery HERE.
It was a big announcement earlier this year when Hasbro revealed that it would be bringing back Jem and the Holograms, a hit cartoon from the 80s. And it wouldn't be just to replay the show on Hub, either. Hasbro is outfitting girls of all ages with fun products based on the adventuring band, and Comic-Con was the first place to see them. In addition to a fun exclusive Jem doll, the Hasbro booth featured a display of brightly-colored costumes, wigs, inflatable instruments, dolls, DVDs, and t-shirts!
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Preview – This area shows the layout of the product you have chosen.
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Friday, September 22, 2017
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Kids
Some Teeth are Missing
My daughter is 9 months old. She had her 2 lower incisor teeth when she was 7 months old. Now, it seems 2 more teeth on top are coming out, but only the right incisor and lateral incisor (one of each). Is this normal?
There is a range of both normal eruption times and patterns. Slight variations of pattern such as the one you've described are totally normal. The best solution is to have a dentist examine your child's teeth - and the current American Academy of Pediatrics/Pediatric Dentistry recommendation is that all children are examined by the age of 12 months OR eruption of the first tooth.
Hope this helps.
Sarath Thikkurissy, DDS, MS
Director, Residency Program, Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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14" Figure of the Female Feline Fighter...
Next in Mezco's growing Mega Scale ThunderCats series will be CHEETARA. The 14" scale figure, available for pre-order now through BigBadToyStore.com, features 10 points of articulation and wields her signature bo staff. $34.99 and arriving this June.
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What's the source for the X_Geocode data? The other sources I've seen for similar data in Australia have been expensive. Nothing in the list at data.australia.gov.au popped out at me as the source.
The geocoder I'm using is the Google one.
For the moment I'm ignoring this problem as a legal technicality, as all current known users are themselves displaying these locations on a map as per the requirements.
I'm in reasonably regular contact with some people from the maps team (which is mostly run out of the Sydney office a few kilometres from my home). I'm quite sure issues can be resolved, and I won't be holding up development because of it.


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Willingham recalls growing pains with '06 Fish
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins left fielder Josh Willingham can relate to the Marlins' tough start with a young team.
Willingham, a steady run producer for Minnesota, was a rookie on the Marlins' 2006 team.
The '06 Marlins, managed by Joe Girardi, had more than 20 rookies play for them over the course of the season.
The 2013 Marlins are an inexperienced team going through a transition, and it's been reflected in their slow start.
In '06, the club was 11-31 at one point, but finished 78-84. That team actually got over .500 in early September and was in the Wild Card race before stumbling in the final few weeks.
"I think if you're a young team, that's the one thing you need to have is the pitching," Willingham said on Tuesday morning. "They can keep you in ballgames. It's going to be your constant. Young players, in general, are going to be up and down.
"If you have that pitching you can always rely on, it's a good starting point. We had that in '06."
The '06 rotation featured Dontrelle Willis, Josh Johnson, Ricky Nolasco, Scott Olsen and Anibal Sanchez.
"When you think about those arms," Willingham said, "most of them are still playing. I think that kind of helped us get through the bad times."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter


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You know what really grinds my gears?
Adobe Premiere. **** you, you non-capturing, non-rendering POS.
You must hate Bedford. That's why I left small-town Indiana, though if a job ever comes up in downtown Indianapolis and I could get a nice flat downtown I'd be back in an instant. Indianapolis is a really nice city but get a certain amount of miles away from it and...
DC tourists that stand on the right side of the escalator when I am running late for work. Okay, DC tourists in general.
My boss's breath. Oy vey.
What really grinds my gears? Ill tell ya. In the summer when its hot and really really humid and you want to eat some watermelon and its nice and cold and you slice off a piece and then grab for the salt shaker, but noooo, the salts all glummed up in the shaker and wont come out so you rap it on the table, but noooo, it still wont come out and then you try to unscrew the cap but it wont come off and so you get a screwdriver to pry it off and then a fricking hammer, and then while youre pounding away on the frickin salt shaker you drop your watermelon slice in the dirt and bugs get on it and then the phone rings and its another GD telemarketer and argggggghhh ..
Don't thank me, I'll kill ya.
You know what really grinds my gears?
The fact that I'm allergic to watermelon. I didn't always used to be, it just came out of nowhere when I was a teenager. What the **** was that all about?
It's called asking the same quesiton until you get the answer you want. Happened all the time at my old job.
You know what really grinds my gears?
The phrase "excuse me." People abuse it to the point of justifying their rudeness. If I'm helping someone in front of you in line, THEY have priority, NOT you. Wait your ****ing turn.
And it's infinitely worse when more than one person is doing it at a time. Last night, I told TWO people at once to wait their turns because they were trying to butt in while I was helping someone in front of them in line. You see that we're busy as hell, and that I'm busting my *** trying to help everyone as quickly as possible, so it's not wise to **** me off when I'm already stressed out. Capice?
The best is when you actually make them speed up to a near-jog because they feel bad that you're standing there for so long. And then they get to thank you for inconveniencing their gait.
Those people are the worst.
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You know what really grinds my gears?
Exams with material NOT sufficiently covered in the lectures and readings. How the **** are we supposed to know this ****?
You know what really grinds my gears?
getting a full force elbow in the nose at a bar.
Health Insurance Providers that attempt to "wear you down" by denying perfectly valid claims over and over and over again, expecting you to give up, that you will not wait on hold forever, and that you will just let them not provide the coverage that they are contractually obligated to pay.
My insurance has some issue with my daughter's doctor. 6 visits, 6 denied claims, 6 appealed claims, then (EVENTUALLY) 6 payments (50% coverage, out of network provider).
I just got the "explanation of benefits" statement to the 7th visit.
verdict: "not covered"
USA Health care is terrible by the way. If you arent rich you are in trouble. But I speak out of turn not really knowing the system, I just know a few cases that people have to pay ridiculous money to get healthy, where as up here you just walk in and show them a card. Sure we all pay for it but it works.
Not political.
you know what grinds my gears? barfing.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
You know what grinds my gears? New leadership that wants you to do your job the way they interpret, outside of your job description.
I know this is a little thing. But I think every place I go into is hot in the winter time. Think about it, it is cold outside so I am already wearing a coat to stay warm, then I go inside a store and they have the heat cranked seemingly for those who are there in shorts and a t-shirt. If you keep the A/C at 75 in the summer when everyone is in shorts - should you keep the heat at 75 in the winter time when everyone is in coats - no of course not.
I'm sure no one is still reading this, but I never ever wear my coat if I am going into a store - rather be freezing for 30 second walking from my car, then hot for 30 minutes while in the store.
But then I'm strange - I keep my place at 65 in the wintertime and 68 in the summer. Amazing how so many complain that I'm wasting energy in the summer, but come winter time when I'm evening things out - they don't seem to care and want the heat cranked to 75.
Something I really want to know Since when does someone who is cold take precedence over someone who is hot Oh your cold, let me turn up the heat - oh your hot - it is only 85 in here - let me see if I have a fan - no turn on the a/c.
ok, i'LL BE ALLRIGHT
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When I check a CD out from the library, download a few tunes, put them on my Ipod, return the CD and realize the song didn't download properly on subsequent listens.....
The fact that my parents got divorced and now live in smaller housing thus leaving me as the only person in my family with ample room to host Thanksgiving & Christmas......
They no longer make blue jeans the way they used to. In fact, they make them 40,000 different ways just not the way I want them......
The only time I ever have significant problems with new-fangled technology is when I'm drunk and have guests over......damn you WII controllers that need to be re-synced....
People who have annual parties......I'd like to spend some holidays elsewhere thank you very much......
People who are friends of a friend you've maybe met a couple of times but don't feel the need to re-introduce themselves during a chance meeting outside the normal setting you might see each other....This is how you become Hayman to me.....as in Hey Man.....
I'm in these bands
The Humans
Dr. Goldfoot
The Bar Brawlers
I like that. Hey Man how you doing -good to see you - hows the family, Good - I'm fine - tell everyone I said hello - walk away - oh what is that guys name - I know I know him.
A couple of times I've known that the person has forgotten my name and I remembered theirs and it is fun to just play with them a little.
Or how about the times someone walks up to you all buddy buddy and you swear you have never seen the person before in your life. (I almost think they are just winning a bet or something and trying to make me look like a fool)
I often forget people's names, and I've yet to find a comfortable go-to phrase to ask them without feeling awkward.


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Dwyane Wade Bans Gabrielle Union From Sitting Courtside
Gabrielle Union is arguably Dwyane Wade's biggest fan -- but sometimes it gets her into trouble.
The "Think Like a Man" actress, 39, isn't allowed to sit courtside while cheering on her Miami Heat beau. "That got killed when I became too vocal," Union explained on "Conan" Wednesday. "He was like, 'We're going to need you to sit a few rows back because I can hear you.'"
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"I'm like a dance mom: 'Plie! Plie!'" she explained. "I've become like Bobby Knight and like the Great Santini -- it's bad. I scream 'brick!' and 'air ball!'"
When host Conan O'Brien, 49, joked that she didn't sound very supportive, Union defended herself, saying: "Who's going to tell him if not me? I heckle other players on opposing teams."
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Union then provided an example: "There's a gentleman, who shall remain nameless, who was a little overweight, and I did yell out his name and 'Your Spanx are showing!' He looked at me -- because I time it perfectly for maximum effect -- and he looked hurt. Then I felt like an awful bully."
Athletes aren't Union's only targets. The actress, who's been dating Wade, 30, for nearly three years, said that she recently shouted at ref Dick Bavetta, 72.
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"He hadn't blown his whistle the whole game," Union recalled. "I said, 'You'll get your Viagra if you just make a call!"
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A general understanding of what occurs during the fermentation process is critical to implementing sound management practices when storing and feeding silages.
What happens during the fermentation process determines the quality and quantity of stored feed that will be available at feedout. In the April 2013 issue of Kentucky Dairy Notes, Donna Amaral-Phillips with the University of Kentucky, looks at the six phases of the fermentation process.
"At harvest, good silage management practices include harvesting the crop at the proper moisture and stage of maturity, rapid filling of the storage structure, firm packing of the ensiled material and then properly sealing the structure with plastic," Amaral-Phillips writes.
Read: Important Steps During the Silage Fermentation Process
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There are more questions than answers for sure with white-nose syndrome. As soon as we figure out one thing, it raises 10 more questions. Meanwhile, it marches on.
Southern Sudan hooked Professor of Biology DeeAnn Reeder on her first visit. "I kept looking up at the night sky, watching all of these amazing bats, and I thought, 'I have got to come back here and study these,'" she says. Four years later, in 2008, she did. "I was like a kid in a candy store," she says. "Everything is so amazing and exotic. Every bat in your hand is something so phenomenally interesting."
The opportunity to work in a country that war has made inaccessible for years fits Reeder's interest in geopolitical influences on the discovery of new species. She is the co-editor of the book Mammal Species of the World and its companion website for taxonomic research. "Our sense of global biodiversity is biased because of political influences and because some areas are just really hard to work in," she says. Her minister husband's humanitarian work in Sudan provided the chance to explore just such an under-sampled region.
With support from the National Geographic/Waitt Grants Program, Reeder and two of her graduate students conducted a rapid assessment of small-mammal biodiversity in southern Sudan in summer 2010. Based on her previous visits, she won't be surprised to discover new species. The team also facilitated training for local wildlife officials, and surveyed villagers about their experiences with and feelings about wildlife. In an area where drought and war have decimated the food supply, animals are generally seen as something to eat. Reeder's students have assembled a field guide to the local mammals, including the tribal names where possible. "The more we can inform people about their biodiversity, the more we can help support conservation," she said.
Reeder's bat expertise has attracted media attention recently. She has become one of the leading researchers on white-nose syndrome, a disease that has been causing massive die-offs of bats in North America since 2006. First discovered in New York, the disease appears to be caused by a fungus that infects bats while they are hibernating in caves.
Prior to the outbreak of white-nose syndrome, Reeder studied questions of how the endocrine and immune systems allow wild and free-ranging animals to deal with changes in their environment. This experience, plus her unique set-up for housing bats in captivity, vaulted her to the fore of white-nose research. Having a bat vivarium and a flight cage at Bucknell allows Reeder to track individual bats over time and control the temperature and humidity at which they hibernate.
So far, Reeder has found that white-nose syndrome interrupts bats' hibernation, causing them to starve to death. She is now working to understand how a fungal skin infection causes such drastic consequences. "There are more questions than answers for sure with white-nose syndrome," Reeder says. "As soon as we figure out one thing, it raises 10 more questions. Meanwhile, it marches on. It is as far as Oklahoma now.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created a unified emergency response plan for citrus greening to streamline efforts among state and federal groups.
In the announcement Dec. 12, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he was responding to the citrus industry's request for more urgency and better coordination.
"We want to make sure everything we do is coordinated as well as possible," he said.
To kick off the initiative, he said the USDA would provide $1 million in additional research funding for greening, also known as huanglongbing or HLB. Through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, part of the 2008 farm bill, the USDA already has awarded $9 million in grants for HLB research.
The new plan involves USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agricultural Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture, along with state departments of agriculture, universities and the citrus industry.
Dubbed the Multi-Agency Coordination Group for HLB, it will serve as the single contact for all state and federal entities that work on citrus issues. It also will help coordinate federal research with industry efforts, reducing duplication and speeding efforts, according to a news release.
In addition, the group is designed to further collaboration on policy decisions, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and collecting and disseminating information.
Part of that effort will involve improving the USDA's greening website, saveourcitrus.org, Vilsack said.
In a news release, Mike Sparks, president and chief executive officer of Lakeland-based Florida Citrus Mutual, praised the USDA's efforts. But he also urged Vilsack and Congress to approve a proposal in the Senate's version of the Farm Bill that would divert up to $30 million annually from tariffs on imported orange juice to citrus research.
"Multi-agency coordination at the federal level is a key part to defeating the immense challenges posed by this disease," Sparks said in the release. "At the same time, we also need the secretary and Congress to support the creation of a National Citrus Research Trust Fund as part of the Farm Bill ... ."
Vilsack said he hopes that Congress can at least draft a farm bill before House members leave for Christmas break. That way, they can begin working on the legislation when they return and have it to the president to sign in early 2014.


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