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Yup - just about the same experience for me and my son. Started playing with friends and then joined the local club and started playing dubs. About a month later, started playing tournaments. The intensity level with the local pros can take some of the fun out of round but that is the level that they want to compete at. Ask questions, follow the advice or at least try it and see if each tip works for you and your game. We've learned a TON from the better players and have improved rapidly. Stick with it man, do lots of field work, and try every shot and technique that you can. The internet is a huge help also with the advice on this site and clinics that the pros hold. Also just watch more disc golf at the higher levels. Disc Golf Monthly, The Clash videos, Disc Golf Planet TV etc. Good luck man!
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In our view, this bankruptcy is about fiscal mismanagement and unwillingness to pay shown by elected officials. —Barclays Municipal Research report
Second in a two-part series: In the first article, Stockton, Calif., overbuilt and overpromised its way into a deep hole that required painful choices to climb out. In this article, Lehman Brothers comes knocking with a painless but risky solution. This does not end well.
Read part one: "In the red: From California to Pennsylvania, places like Stockton and Scranton run out of money.
STOCKTON, Calif. — A working class city with blue blood aspirations, Stockton's ambitious building plans and outsized employee benefits from the 1990s and early 2000s left it badly exposed when the housing bubble collapsed in 2008 and property tax revenue plummeted.
In 2012, the city filed for bankruptcy — the largest U.S. city ever to do so. It did so after determining that without restructuring its obligations, it was facing a $36 million deficit in 2012.
Warning signs had surfaced earlier. In 2003, a shallow recession had left the city's pension funds in a deep hole. The city's very generous pension programs had assumed steady strong growth in the markets. Just three bad years had exposed these faulty assumptions.
The city was now $150 million short. The California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS), where Stockton invests its retirement funds, said the city could make up the losses over time. But CalPERS would charge 7.75 percent annually on the liability for lost investment growth. The city would be hard pressed to catch up.
Prospects looked bleak. Without drastic action, the city would slip further behind each year. Stockton would have to revise its employee benefits, pour an ever-shrinking general fund into ever-growing pensions — or pray for a miracle.
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Into the breach came Lehman Brothers with a miracle product called "pension obligation bonds."
Issuing a POB is like using credit cards to invest in the stock market. Faced with unsustainable pension obligations, a city issues bonds, invests the resulting cash, and hopes returns beat the interest over time. Unlike traditional bonds for schools or parks, which create tangible assets for the community, POBs merely serve to paper over bad financial management, critics say.
The controversial approach is to this day widely used from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles. The state of Oregon is up to its neck in them.
In June 2006, with the iceberg of the housing crash two years away, Lehman Brothers made its pitch.
Listening to the meeting is like watching tape of the Titanic's wheelhouse just before impact. The listener wants to scream, "Slow down and close the watertight doors!"
Council members asked fuzzy questions and respond to complex answers with uncertain pauses — and silence. The members of the city council were as confused as the Lehman Brothers pitchmen were smooth.
Their bonds, Lehman Brothers explains, would allow Stockton to make up its pension gap by borrowing $125 million at 5.81 percent, beating the 7.75 percent CalPERS was charging for the unfunded amount.
Desperation bred optimism. In 2007, the city council members issued $125 million in pension bonds and crossed their fingers, hoping the Lehman Brothers plan would work.
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By the time the market had leveled out after the 2008 crash, the city's $150 million gap — momentarily closed by a $125 million pension bond — exploded to $413 million. The city was that much further in the hole, and was now paying interest on the bond.
"Pension obligation bonds are an unmitigated disaster," said Dan Liljenquist, the former Utah state senator who re-engineered his state's pension system in 2011, helping Utah retain its stellar AAA bond rating. Liljenquist calls the politicians who use the bonds "cowards" and the brokers "thieves."
Jeffrey Michael, a finance professor at the Stockton-based University of the Pacific, agrees. "The bond salesmen charm financial staff," Michael said, "and then the financial staff pitches these things as a miracle drug to the city council."
"Go back and look at the sales pitch from Lehman Brothers," Michael said. "The pitch amounts to this: You can issue these bonds or you can cut your pension benefits — and you don't want to do that. Borrow it at a low rate and gamble it in the market. If it pays off, you don't have to make the tough choice."
While Michael thinks agrees that the core problem is Stockton's failure to wrestle with its employee costs, he does wonder if a default by Stockton might actually help correct the bond market. "If Stockton did not pay back their bonds and it caused the whole market for pension bonds to dry up, in my opinion, that would be a good thing," he said. In short, the risky bonds should be uninsurable, unaffordable, and thus unused.
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Some see the city is less a victim than a perpetrator.
A scathing June 2012 report by Barclays Municipal Research argued that Stockton could dig out if it were willing to make hard choices with employees, but it has chosen to abandon its bond holders instead.
"In our view, this bankruptcy is about fiscal mismanagement and unwillingness to pay shown by elected officials," the Barclays report stated, arguing that the largest and fastest growing part of the mess are employee costs, and that these have been barely addressed in the "Pendency Plan," which lays out Stockton's plan to emerge from bankruptcy.
Payroll is 74 percent of Stockton's expenses, Barclays notes, with debt service just 14 percent But the city's plan calls for half the savings to be taken from debtors, which the report characterizes not just as unfair but mathematically undoable.
While Stockton's defenders point to declining employee headcount — especially in public safety — Barclays argues that by cutting only lower-paid staff, Stockton reduced headcount but raised payroll.
With each reduction, the report states, "the average salary climbs dramatically, as low-cost employees are eliminated in favor of more senior, high-cost employees."
Stockton's median household income is now under $50,000. The median city employee, who earned $70,620 in 2006, suddenly earned $102,260 in 2010. From 2006 to 2010, Barclays notes, the city total payroll increased by 5 percent while the number of employees plummeted by 28 percent.
Contrast Vallejo. Like Stockton, a working class city on the San Franciso Bay-area periphery, Vallejo also saw explosive growth in the past two decades, and then ran into trouble. Vallejo went bankrupt in 2008.
There the similarities end. Vallejo used the bankruptcy to aggressively re-engineer its personnel costs, according to a widely cited California Common Sense report. Vallejo cut its police and fire forces, negotiated lower wages and benefits, and emerged with its bond obligations largely intact.
Stockton's plan shows the city "does not plan to address the fundamental cause of the crisis: employment expenses," Barclays argued.
Barclays doubts the courts will approve Stockton's bankruptcy plan, predicting that "eventually the city will be forced either by logic or judicial ruling to change its treatment of labor costs."
Blame games
Most agree that the city is mainly to blame. Some also point to pixie dust brokers at Lehman Brothers. Michael does not absolve those who insured the bonds. "They encouraged the city's risky fiscal behavior," he said, "and profited from it."
Some critics point to CalPERS itself, which helped drive the city to the bonds by charging a heady 7.75 percent on the pension shortfall — thereby encouraging the city to take bigger risks to catch up.
CalPERS, critics say, burned Stockton twice with these aggressive assumptions.
First, outsized investment assumptions prior to 2000 seduced the city into thinking moderate investments would cover huge pension deals. More realistic return projections would have given earlier warning signals.
Then CalPERS jeopardized Stockton's contributions with high-risk portfolio strategies needed to justify such rosy predictions, putting Stockton's bond gamble in greater jeopardy. Thus, CCC calls out the "high-return, high-risk instruments that CalPERS favored in recent decades."
Innocent victims
"The only innocent victims are the law-abiding citizens of Stockton," Michael said, calling the affair both "a financial and a social crisis."
The threat is real. Stockton's public safety has fallen over the past two years. Its homicide rate set a record in 2011 and is on track for for another new high in 2012. Stockton ranks 10th in the U.S. for violent crimes per capita.
Meanwhile, Michael said, "The sworn police staffing dropped from 1.52 per 1,000 residents in 2005 to 1.16 today" — the lowest ratio for any American city over 250,000 people.
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"Since debt service on all the city's bonds represents a small fraction of the city's general fund expenditures, even totally eliminating it will not solve the city's structural deficit," said said Robert Tucker, managing director of investor relations and communications for Assured Guaranty, which insured Stockton's bond.
Unless Stockton can escape the blind alley of excess employee benefits, Tucker argued, residents will continue to suffer reduced services even as they are bled today to pay for yesterday's profligate employee packages.
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•Kforce Professional Staffing, employment firm: 577 postings last month. Kforce's current local openings include 118 technology jobs; 30 in finance and accounting; 10 in administrative and clerical work; 8 related to real estate and banking transactions and others in such fields as clinical research and health information management.
•Allegis Group, employment firm: 406 postings. Allegis specializes in finding technical, managerial, accounting, finance and administrative workers.
•Qualcomm, wireless technology: 384 postings. Qualcomm's most recent job postings include senior engineer, 3D gaming programmer, advanced semiconductor research engineer and Android software engineer.
•AppleOne, employment firm: 368 postings. The top paying current postings include controller, $100,000; database administrator, $99,900; R&D manager, $90,000. On the lower end of the scale, there are openings for call center workers, $27,000; customer service representatives, $29,600; and human resources assistant, $35,000.
•Aerotek, employment firm: 350 postings. Current postings include mechanical engineers in Carlsbad; electronics engineers in Poway; machinists in Vista; and software developer, executive assistant, bioinformaticist and food service manager in San Diego.
•General Atomics, high-tech manufacturer: 284 postings. Current job openings include accountants, contract administrators, engineers, mechanics, program managers and project control analysts.
•Staples, office supplies: 181 postings. Current openings include copy & print center workers, cashiers, technology associates and service desk workers.
•Sharp HealthCare, healthcare: 166 postings. Besides searching for a wide range of doctors, nurses and technicians, Sharp is also on the lookout for non-medical personnel, including financial account analysts, administrative secretaries and business service representatives.
•Goodrich, aerospace and military: 157 postings. Current openings include senior buyers, business and cost analysts, manufacturing engineers and quality technologists.
•JPMorgan Chase, finance: 154 postings. As it bolsters its network of local branches, Chase is looking for tellers and personal bankers in a number of branches throughout the county, as well as specialists in asset recovery, loss mitigation and bankruptcy.


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Our first time in BCN w/ my wife, we're staying in an apartment near Casa Mila on Passeig de Gracia. Trying to narrow down a few tapas places nearby. Which of the ones below would be your top 3? Our order of importance is food quality (#1), price, ambiance, booze.
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I will be able to write more about this soon. But for now just the news. My father died today of cancer. My sister was with him in the Los Angeles hospital room.
He has been dying for 10 years of cancer - prostate cancer that was diagnosed too late to cure. The cancer spread throughout his body and fortunately for him, medical advances allowed him to live a good life over those 10 years. Only in the last 6 months or so had the disease progressed to far that his quality of life was diminished to the point where living was an enormous burden for him.
So it is with sadness, but also long expectation and relief that the living go on without him. He is survived by his long-time partner, his three daughters and me.
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James Anderson isn't afraid to shoot from lip again
JIMMY ANDERSON, already facing a disciplinary hearing, was involved in another heated confrontation with an Indian cricketer last night.
Australian umpire Rod Tucker had to step in and tell Anderson to cool it as he exchanged words with Ajinkya Rahane, who had hit his last ball of the day for three.
England have played themselves into a superb position to win the third Test at Southampton with India teetering on 112-4, still 332 behind and heading for a likely defeat.
Yet even after what was probably England's best day of cricket for virtually a year, Anderson could not resist another verbal joust before being ushered away by team-mates.
India are incensed with Anderson's sledging and have reported him for allegedly pushing Ravindra Jadeja during the first Test. The ICC hearing is tomorrow and Anderson faces a ban if found guilty.
You would not believe it was also Anderson's 32nd birthday, which he celebrated in the morningwith two quick wickets to give him a 16th five-wicket Test haul.
He's more grumpy because he is a year older,
He should have been all smiles but team-mate Joe Root explained the arrival of his birthday had not cheered up the notoriously grumpy fast bowler.
"No. He's more grumpy because he is a year older," said Root.
The incident is unlikely to lead to further disciplinary action but only highlighted the tensions between the teams, who look set to head into the last two Tests level at 1-1 in the series.
Root said: "We are in a good position and if we take those six wickets we are right back in it."
He singled out the contribution of under-fire captain Alastair Cook, who added an unbeaten 70 to his 95 in the first innings.
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"Why trolling? Are there any rules in this forum that we must acclaim every old school game as the work of genius? If there is, my apologies."
Straw man. I was calling you out on ridiculous comparisons to Krater and to mid-90's graphics.
" By now it seems pretty dull and clearly not an RPG, but strategy with dialogue (like Jagged Alliance)."
Not sure how you came to that conclusion. It seemed generally in-line with how I'd expect Fallout or Wasteland 1 to handle a similar situation. I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible, but I think you have to do an awful lot of assuming and reaching here, especially to call this a Jagged Alliance style game.
"Yes, because they are both post-apocalyptic, both of them look like graphic overhauls of mid/ late 90s games and they are both advertised as RPGs, though none looks like an RPG. Krater is more of a skirmish game, this one isn't finished, but it is clearly pointing to turn-based strategy. "
Again, the mid-90's comparison seems absurd. I mean.. do you remember what games looked like in the mid-90's? If I really wanted to compare the graphics of Krater and WL2, I'd argue that, even at this early stage, Krater is found wanting.
In any case, Krater was pretty obviously going for Diablo-clone status right away. This is an RPG, at least as far as we all understand the term. You'd have to assume a lot in order to be convinced it's a straight strategy game.
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Employers must post OSHA injury summaries
Beginning Feb. 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year. Employers are required to post the Summary OSHA Form 300A from Feb.1 to April 30, 2006.
The summary must list the total numbers of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2005 and were logged on the OSHA 300 form. Employment information about annual average number of employees and total hours worked during the calendar year is also required to assists in calculating incidence rates. Companies with no recordable injuries or illnesses in 2005 must post the form with zeros on the total line. All establishment summaries must be certified by a company executive.
The form is to be displayed in a common area wherever notices to employees are usually posted. Employers must make a copy of the summary available to employees who move from worksite to worksite, such as construction workers, and employees who do not report to any fixed establishment on a regular basis.
Employers with 10 or fewer employees and employers in certain industry groups are normally exempt from federal OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and posting requirements. A complete list of exempt industries in the retail, services, finance and real estate sectors is posted on OSHA's website.
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Stephen Lansdown resigned as an executive director of Hargreaves Lansdown yesterday, nearly three decades after the wealth manager was launched in a spare bedroom in Bristol.
His resignation comes days before Peter Hargreaves, who co-founded the firm with Mr Lansdown in 1981, stands down as chief executive. Their departures will mark the end of an era for the company, which has grown to become one of Britain's biggest broking and advisory firms.
Mr Lansdown owns a 23 per cent stake in the company, worth about £423 million, and was chairman until last year. He will remain involved with the company in a non-executive role and attend at least eight board meetings a year, Hargreaves Lansdown said.
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9:30-11 seasons and counting, "Two and a Half Men" adds new cast member Amber Tamblyn to take the place of Angus T. Jones.
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NEW YORK -- New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia will undergo surgery in the near future to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, according to the New York Post.
Per the paper, Sabathia was diagnosed with the injury on Tuesday, less than a week after scattering 11 hits and two runs in six innings in a win over the Texas Rangers in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.
The injury does not appear significant, as it requires three week's recovery time.
The left-hander went 2-0 in three postseason starts with a 5.63 earned run average for the Yankees, who eventually lost to the Rangers in six games. The 30-year-old had a Cy Young-caliber regular season, posting a 21-7 record with a 3.18 ERA and 197 strikeouts in 34 starts in his second season in New York.
Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 million deal with the Yankees following the 2008 season and has made 76 starts, including the postseason, the past two years.
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Q The last two times I traveled internationally, my seat companions removed their shoes, and the stench from their feet was unbearable. I have another trip planned and would like to avoid a repeat. Any suggestions?
A Two issues are at work: one's sense of smell and the owner of the offending feet. Here are some ways you can make your life at 35,000 feet a little more comfortable:
When this happened to Texas emergency medicine physician Glenn Hardesty, he tried to direct his air vent toward his face. It helped, the doctor said, but didn't completely overcome the issue.
"The nose has multiple receptors for smell," said his colleague, otolaryngologist Allis Cho, who suggested a mask (and given that many planes sound like respiratory disease factories, a mask isn't unusual) on which drops of lavender or mint have been dabbed. A bit of Mentholatum under the nose works, too.
You might ask the person to put on his or her shoes. This doesn't work well if the person is hostile or wearing flip-flops. This is where flight attendants and airline rules become your most powerful allies. If the attendants are wrinkling their noses, they are aware of the issue. Dealing with a delicate problem like this is but one of the reasons their jobs should come with hazardous duty pay.
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The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria opened their 534,000-square-foot casino resort at the northwest edge of Rohnert Park on Nov 5, 2013. The tribe signed a 20-year state gaming compact to pay a percentage of revenues to the state plus $200 million for public safety and other community services. Estimated first-year gaming revenue is $328.5 million and estimated 7th year is $392 million. Estimated permanent jobs is 2000 employees.
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Most professionals in the SEO Services industry apply every possible advantage to a website to get better rankings. Some will focus on fixing structural issues and allow indexing to happen naturally. While an XML sitemap will not directly, nor immediately improve your search engine rankings, it does allow search engines such as Google to see any changes more quickly.
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Sitting at my son's house temporarily due to outages, I was able to get online....and Amazon again sent me notice that they had 13 new Singer 160 Anniversary limited Edition machine......have wanted to order one for so long but common sense overpowered temptation.....but as my son looked over my shoulder, he talked me into it.....love that kid!! (man)
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Isabel Dos Santos, the richest woman in Africa
Isabel, only 40, passed the $1-billion threshold after acquiring shares in a number of Portuguese-based public companies, including cable television provider, Zon Multimedia Servicos de Telecomunicacoes e Multimedia SGPS (Lisbon: ZON), and bank, Banco BPI (OTC: BBSPY).
She already owned stakes in at least one Angolan bank, Banco BIC.
With a total 28.8 percent holding in Zon -- valued at some $385 million -- she is the corporation's largest individual stakeholder. Her 19.5 percent stake in BPI is valued at a cool $465 million.
Moreover, her 25 percent share in Banco BIC is worth at least a $160 million.
In addition, Isabel also sits on the boards of several companies in both Portugal and Angola, including telecom giant Unitel.
Forbes noted that Isabel studied mechanical and electrical engineering in London, before opening a restaurant in the Angolan capital of Luanda in 1997, when she was 24.
Agence France Presse noted that Isabel speaks many languages and is married to Sindika Dokolo, a Congolese art collector.
Isabel's mother, Tatiana Kukanova, is from Azerbaijan – her parents are separated.
Regarding Isabel's dramatic acquisition of massive wealth in such a short period of time, Peter Lewis, professor of African Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies, told Forbes: "It's clear through documented work that the ruling party [of Angola] and the President's inner circle have a lot of business interests. The source of funds and corporate governance are very murky. The central problem in Angola is the complete lack of transparency. We can't trace the provenance of these funds."
Indeed, Isabel's father has ruled Angola – which is at peace now for more than a decade following 27 years of a devastating civil war -- since 1979.
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is Africa's second-longest ruling leader after Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema.
BBC commented that Jose Eduardo, who was never formally elected president, has a tight grip on Angola's armed forces, media and judiciary, but keeps a very low profile.
"When you tease out the ownership and controlling interests in Angola it reads like a 'Who's Who' of [the President's] family members and party and military chiefs," Lewis added.
Meanwhile, Angola is flush with foreign cash that has poured into its various industries, especially the lucrative petroleum sector.
"They are fixing a few roads and there are some railways and there are a lot of cranes in Luanda," Lewis noted.
"But they are awash in cash; $5 billion has been documented in illicit financial flows."
Despite Angola's oil wealth, it remains one of the poorest nations on earth. According to the CIA/World Factbook, more than 40 percent of the population lives in poverty. Most of the country's citizens live on $2 a day.
The other woman is Folorunsho Alakija of Nigeria, who owns a significant stake in Agbami oil field and has significant interests in fashion and print.
The wealthiest African for the second year in a row is Nigerian cement mogul Aliko Dangote, blessed with a net worth of $12 billion, up from $10.1 billion in November 2011.
Coming in second place, Nicky Oppenheimer, scion of South Africa's fabulous De Beers diamond fortune, valued at $6.4 billion (although down $100 million from the past year).
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Legal Question in Business Law in Montana
LLC Contract
we are adding a new member to our
LLC. We are crafting a sale
agreement and I want to know if it's
legal to refer to the individual
as the ''Purchaser'' and by his legal
name ''Jordan'' throughout the
contract - Is this OK?
Thanks, Mark
Asked on 11/20/07, 1:13 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Phillip Oliver Oliver Law Firm, P.C.
Re: LLC Contract
Either is okay. If you use "purchaser", you need to define in the Agreement the name of the purchaser.
Answered on 11/20/07, 2:50 pm
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Carrie Underwood on Her Commitment to Marriage and God
For Carrie Underwood, the key to a successful marriage is about trust and her promise to God.
Country singer Carrie Underwood has undergone a drastic life shift in just a short amount of time. From waiting tables at a pizzeria to becoming the fourth winner of "American Idol," she has watched has her dreams quickly become a reality that she never thought she would face.
"After high school, I pretty much gave up on the dream of singing. I had reached a point in my life where I had to be practical and prepare for my future in the 'real world,'" she said in Biography Today.
After high school Underwood went on to college and later won "Idol." Seven years after her win, she is now a multi-platinum selling recording artist and a winner of six Grammy Awards. Underwood is also a happily married woman.
Speaking of her nearly three year marriage to pro hockey player Mike Fisher, Underwood previously told Us Magazine, "we're the most normal couple in the world." That unfortunately, is when the couple is not away from each other. When they are, Underwood says that she trusts Fisher with all of her heart.
"We've seen a lot of celebrities, professional athletes, not exactly always being on their best behavior away from girlfriends, wives, families," Underwood told Allure magazine in February. "And I've never had to worry about him because I've never trusted anybody so completely."
If traveling did become a problem in their marriage, Underwood stated that she would halt her career because of the promise that she has made to her family and to God.
"If Mike ever told me he needed me to quit, I'd quit," she told People magazine in the April. "When you make that promise to somebody, and you stand before God and your family and friends, you've got to do everything that you possibly can to make that work."
Underwood also previously said that her marriage to Fisher has improved her relationship with the Lord.
"Mike has improved my walk with God," she told People. "It's important to me, because down the road, I want someone who will help shape our kids into people who make the world a better place."
Fisher agreed.
"Our spiritual bond is something we try to put first in our lives," he told the magazine.


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San Diego County enjoyed widespread job growth in March, as the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 percent, the state reported Friday.
Last month, 11 of the 12 industries tracked by the Employment Development Department increased their number of employees, from tourism to construction to education and health services. In all, employers in San Diego County added 12,700 people to nonfarm payrolls in March, bringing the unemployment rate down from 7 percent in February.
"San Diego's economy went out like a lion in March, showing solid momentum in the job market," said Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Over the past 12 months, employers have added 32,600 people to payrolls, for 2.5 percent annual growth. That outpaces Orange County, Los Angeles, the state and the nation.
The annual job gains were led by the high-paying professional, scientific and technical services sector, which has added 6,700 jobs since March 2013. The construction field, which pays middle class wages, is up 9.9 percent in the last 12 months to 64,600 workers. Construction jobs bode well for the rest of the economy, said Esmael Adibi, economist at Chapman University.
"I cannot think of any other industry with as big of a multiplier than construction, and especially when it comes to residential," he said. "You just go into the house and there's a whole bunch of things you have to do. It's not a done deal."
Despite the widespread growth, the jobless rate remains elevated at 6.9 percent. But that could be a product of more optimism among job seekers.
"The unemployment rate looks like it's high but that's because more and more people are entering the labor force," said Alan Gin, economist at the University of San Diego. "Some of those probably were discouraged previously. Now things are looking better so they're coming back to the workforce."
San Diego's job outlook got a huge boost last month, when the state revised 2013 data to show an extra 30,000 jobs. That was a far cry from what was reported throughout most of last year.
"It looked like we were in a big slump but then when they revised the numbers everything turned out OK again," Gin said.
In March, the labor force had a record 1.6 million people now working or looking for work. In the last year, the number of people unemployed in the county has fallen by nearly 11 percent to 110,700. A year earlier, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent.
Looking forward, Gin said he expects between 30,000 and 35,000 payroll jobs to be added in 2014, which would be similar to the 32,800 added last year. He said he sees the unemployment rate falling below 6 percent by the end of the year.
Reaser said the growth would have widespread impact.
"San Diego's positive signs in the job market could be a sign of improving confidence on the part of the region's businesses and will be an important driver of consumer spending, homebuying, and other vital aspects of the economy's return to full health," she said.
Still, there's room to grow. Earlier this week, the University of California, Los Angeles released a forecast that was bullish on San Diego's economic strength, but said there would be tightness in the labor market until 2016, when the jobless rate is expected to touch 5 percent.
Adjusted for seasonality, such as tourism hiring for spring break, county employers added 7,100 jobs in March. Gin's adjustment to the unemployment rate kept it the same, at 6.9 percent, while Reaser had it down to 6.8 percent.
Statewide, the unemployment rate held steady at a seasonally adjusted 8.1 percent in March while nearly 12,000 jobs were added. California's jobless rate in March was down from 9.2 percent a year ago but remains above the national rate of 6.7 percent.
The 11,800 nonfarm payroll jobs created in March means the state has gained 1.2 million jobs since the economic recovery began in 2010. The information sector led the way with 7,000 new jobs.
Other sectors showing gains were: mining and logging; construction; trade, transportation and utilities; professional and business services; educational and health services; and government.
More than 1.5 million Californians remain unemployed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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ABILENE - Trinity Christian scored eight runs in the third inning - two on a single by Zack Stephens and two on a double from Ronnie Hall - and routed Fort Worth Southwest Christian 15-2 late Tuesday in TAPPS District 1-4A baseball.
Stephens pitched a complete game, giving up three hits in a contest that ended early on the 10-run rule.
Jacob Boyd went 3 for 4, doubled twice and drove in a run for the Lions (16-9 season, 4-3 district).
FW SW Christian 200 00 - 2 3 1
Trinity Christian 148 2x - 15 13 3
Game ended by 10-run rule.
Moore, Grigg (3), Stewart (3), Hermann (4) and Hopkins; Stephens and Rob.Hall. W-Stephens. L-Moore. 2B-FW SW Christian, Jackson, Stewart; Trinity, Boyd 2, Turner, Ron.Hall. Records: Trinity Christian 16-9, 4-3.
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Instantaneous rate
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Instantaneous rate
(Science: epidemiology) in a short time interval (e.g a week), the number of events (e.g. Births in the UK) taking place during the interval is approximately proportional to the length of the interval. The constant of proportionality is the rate at which these events occur. This argument becomes more and more exact as the length of the time interval becomes shorter and shorter. When the time interval has shrunk to an instant, the rate has become an `instantaneous rate. A bad term; just call it a rate.
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text: On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:43:08AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:33:52AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > Please find below a patch for 2.6.18, which should also apply to all > > pre- x86/x86-64 merge 2.6 kernels. > No, it does not. But I have a variant which seems to work. Bastian -- We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact. -- Kirk, "Spectre of the Gun", stardate 4385.3


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Camino Verde Bed & Breakfast
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Camino Verde Bed & Breakfast
About the hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Camino Verde Bed & Breakfast in Monteverde, you'll be in the mountains and close to Selvatura Adventure Park. This bed & breakfast is within the region of Butterfly Conservatory and Arenal Eco Zoo.
Make yourself at home in one of the 10 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include complimentary newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in the lobby. If you're planning a day at a nearby theme park, you can hop on the shuttle (surcharge).
A complimentary full breakfast is included.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a computer station, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. A train station pick-up service is provided at no charge at scheduled times, and free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free self parking
- Laundry facilities
- Terrace
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Total number of rooms - 10
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Theme park shuttle (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Computer station
- Number of floors - 1
- Free WiFi
- Free train station pickup
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
Room Facilities
- Free long-distance calls
- Private bathroom
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Down comforter
- Daily housekeeping
- Free newspaper
- Shower only
- Free international calls
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: CRC 25,000 per person (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: CRC 5,000 per night
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OCEANSIDE -- A pedestrian was killed Saturday morning after he apparently darted out into traffic and was struck by a vehicle, a police sergeant said.
Police were called at 9:30 a.m. to Mission Avenue west of Frontier Drive to investigate the accident, Sgt. Leonard Mata said.
The man, who has not yet been identified, suffered major injuries and died later at the hospital, he said.
The 58-year-old Oceanside driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrian was not hurt and no criminal charges were pending against him, Mata said.
Police said the pedestrian ran from a brushy area north of Mission Avenue into the westbound traffic lanes and the driver of a 1993 Ford mini van was unable to stop in time, he said. The van had just gone through the intersection on a green light, Mata said.
Police are searching for witnesses to the collision. If anyone has information, they are asked to contact Officer Ken Newsom at (760) 435-4833.


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Irish rocker [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bob Geldof[/lastfm] is best known as a humanitarian, the man who helped establish Live Aid in 1985 and Live 8 in 2005, drawing attention to the plight of the African continent.
He also, however, unleashed two of the biggest musical horrors on this planet.
Geldof is responsible for both "We Are The World" and "Do They Know It's Christmas," two songs that are well meaning – both were for charity – but, as he says, terrible.
"I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history. [One is] 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' The other one is 'We Are The World,' he said. "Any day soon, I will go to the supermarket, head to the meat counter and it will be playing. Every [expletive] Christmas."
We don't know about that, though. The worst songs ever? Really?
Okay. Maybe so.
Still, we can think of a couple more. Remember when [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Paula Abdul[/lastfm] rapped with a cartoon cat?
Or when [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Hanson[/lastfm] decided that choruses were for suckers?
What do you think is the real "worst song of all time?"
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4/24: Inkstuds LIVE! in Los Angeles, CA
The Inkstuds podcast has hit the road for a special live recording on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, California. Hosted by Robin McConnell and Brandon Graham, the star-studded panel will feature Bryan Lee O'Malley, Pendleton Ward, Jaime Hernandez, and Thomas Herpich. After the recording, there will be a signing with Hernandez, Graham, and illustrator Simon Roy. This event is free to the public. Meltdown Comics is located at 7522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.
4/25-4/27: C2E2 in Chicago, IL
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is taking place from Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27 at the South Building at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Started in 2010, C2E2 has quickly become one of the country's top comic book and entertainment destinations, with loads of activities such as panels, screenings, signings, cosplay, and more. Programming includes panels such as "Storytelling on the Page," "Editors on Editing," "A Data-Driven Comic Universe," and "The Crow 20th Anniversary" (full events listing can be found here). Comic guests include Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Scott Snyder, Tony Moore, Brian Azzarello, Gail Simone, Amanda Conner, Chris Samnee, Janet Lee, Jill Thompson, Mark Waid, Ron Marz, Skottie Young, and many more. Single day tickets range from $25-35, 3-day passes are $60 (add $10 for on site prices), and kids' tickets are $5. The South Building at McCormick Place is located at 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60649.
Comic Con in the U.K.! The Wales Comic Con is taking place on Sunday, April 27 at the Plas Coch Sports Hall at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, North Wales. The U.K.'s top talent will be in attendance for a day packed with panels, Q&As, signings, cosplay, and exhibitions, and an after party. Comics guests include Charlie Adlard, Jonathan Ross, Lee Townsend, Neil Edwards, and Mike Carey. General entry is £10, £5 for kids, £15 for early bird entry, and £99 for VIP. The Plas Coch Sports Hall at Glyndŵr University is located on Mold Rd., Wrexham LL11 2AW, North Wales U.K.


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Re-introducing CPMCs into the ancient kingdom's capital, Al-Minya
The Intel Education Service Corp (IESC), a team of Intel volunteers, is in Egypt helping children and teachers more effectively use the Intel-powered Classmate PCs. Mustapha Abdulai, a test research and development engineer, recaps their second week in Al-Minya, Egypt. … Read more


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This spring is on the banks of the Pas river. Because of its size, the Gran Hotel building towers over the houses in the small village and the beautiful surrounding meadowlands in the mountainous landscape of the Toranzo valley. The spa resort is connected to the hotel and set in a large natural park.
- This centre has been recognized by the Spanish Tourist Quality Seal
Hosting type
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- Hotel****
- Capacity:
- 270
- Altitude:
- 71 m. above sea level
- Opening:
- todo el año
Therapeutic treatments
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Hotels close to
- Liérganes - Relais Termal (19.70 km)
- Corconte (31.93 km)
- Termas de Molinar (49.38 km)
- Cestona - Relais Termal (139.67 km)


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Huntington Sauvignon Wine Pairing Gift Basket
Inspired by leisurely day trips along the windswept Northern California coastline, this delightful wine gift basket is brimming with spirit, adventure and flavor certain to enchant even the most discerning connoisseurs. For this sauvignon pairing, we've selected 2 outstanding bottles from Huntington® prized for their quality and versatility: the fruity, well-balanced 2009 Sauvignon Blanc and the bold, aromatic 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon. Joining the wine in this elegantly hand-woven, market-style basket is a delectable selection of premium sweets and savories that's sure to please!
Delightful and durable hand-woven, market-style basket with movable handles arrives handsomely tied with a shimmering olive green bow 2009 Huntington® Dry Creek Valley Sauvignon Blanc—a vibrant California white bursting with flavors of pineapple, white peach and pear with a crisp acidity and clean finish 2007 Huntington® Cabernet Sauvignon—a deep, dark, blended California red with rich suggestions of sweet oak and black plum in the glass, lingering flavors of green olive and cool, focused acidity Market-style basket is perfect for Farmers Market shopping The selection of gourmet goodies will satisfy a small group
1800Baskets.com will do our best to ensure your premium wine gift arrives on the date you have selected. However, due to state by state wine compliance regulations, there are rare cases where shipments could arrive a day early or late. We apologize in advance for this inconvenience.


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Research Topics
Hirokazu Toju
Affiliation: Kyushu University
Country: Japan
Detail Information
- Imbalance of predator and prey armament: geographic clines in phenotypic interface and natural selectionHirokazu Toju
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Am Nat 167:105-17. 2006....
- Phylogeography and the geographic cline in the armament of a seed-predatory weevil: effects of historical events vs. natural selection from the host plantHirokazu Toju
Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Mol Ecol 15:4161-73. 2006..Thus, our study suggests the overwhelming strength of coevolutionary selection against the effect of historical events, which may have limited local adaptation...
- Adaptive divergence of scaling relationships mediates the arms race between a weevil and its host plantHirokazu Toju
Laboratory of Ecology Science, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Higashi ku, Fukuoka 812 8581, Japan
Biol Lett 2:539-42. 2006..Our results provide a novel example of a geographically diverged scaling relationship in an insect morphology resulting from a coevolutionary arms race with its host plant...
- Metapopulation structure of a seed-predator weevil and its host plant in arms race coevolutionHirokazu Toju
Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
Evolution 65:1707-22. 2011..Consequently, by focusing on coevolutionary interactions in natural communities, "indirect" effects of gene flow on the adaptive divergence of organisms could be identified...
- Arms race between weevil rostrum length and camellia pericarp thickness: Geographical cline and theoryNaoyuki Iseki
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University Graduate School, Fukuoka 812 8581, Japan
J Theor Biol 285:1-9. 2011..American Naturalist 167, 105-117). The nonlinearity (exponent) for the cost of rostrum length estimated from the geographical cline data for the weevil-camellia system was 2.2, suggesting nonlinearity between quadratic and cubic forms...
- Climatic gradients of arms race coevolutionHirokazu Toju
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Japan
Am Nat 177:562-73. 2011....
- Fine-scale local adaptation of weevil mouthpart length and camellia pericarp thickness: altitudinal gradient of a putative arms raceHirokazu Toju
Laboratory of Ecology Science, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Evolution 62:1086-102. 2008....
- Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevilsHirokazu Toju
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
ISME J 7:1378-90. 2013..Comparison of these newcomer bacteriocyte-associated symbiont lineages highlights potential evolutionary trajectories and consequences of novel symbionts after independent replacements of the same ancient symbiont. ..


text: It's the most wonderful time of year for nonprofits. After all, with Thanksgiving and Chanukah fast approaching, people are in the spirit of giving. Although the holiday season has its advantages for giving, many local nonprofits fight year-round to address the community's growing needs. No matter how high the bar is set for these charities,… Read More


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So, I get up this morning to find that our cable is out. Last night when it was windy from the hurricane I asked mom that if our cable went out, would our phone go out? She didn't know.
The answer? Yes, if the cable is out the phone is out too and so is our internet.
On a tea related note, my mother (who hated Earl Grey) now drinks Bigelow Earl Grey with milk every morning to help her wake up. I converted her to the Earl Grey side!


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Prosecutors say a parolee suspected of wielding an ice pick in a series of New York City robberies threatened to stab the toddler son of one of his victims.
John Martinez was being held on $750,000 cash bail after his arraignment early Thursday in Manhattan. His lawyer didn't immediately return a call.
Martinez was arrested on a parole-violation warrant Saturday in Cliffside Park, N.J. Authorities said he was a person of interest in six stickups in elevators in buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx.
He was charged Thursday with three muggings in a Manhattan apartment complex. A court complaint says he threatened to stab the 3-year-old with an ice pick during a Dec. 2 robbery.
Bronx prosecutors are still investigating the incidents there.
Published at 12:46 PM EST on Dec 9, 2010 | Updated at 1:01 PM EST on Dec 9, 2010