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Today we present you the second part of the adidas Originals by Originals Kazuki Spring/Summer 2010 Collection. While the first drop consisted of more technical inspired apparel, the second part of the collection is more casual and fashionable. Stand-out pieces include the suit and the dress shirt, both coming with nice details. The new gear will be in stores mid March. Look out for closer looks at the apparel and the footwear from this release in the coming days.
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The jacket was made with a pattern to start, adding length, side pleats, and the collar, and it's fully lined. All the twill tape was painted light gray and added on. Each kite shaped grommet was added individually. The rose buttons were from Walmart, originally gold then spray painted silver. I painted the design on the arm cuff. The skirt I took from my Rin Tohsaka costume, and turned it into box pleats instead of knife pleats.
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Despite what may sound like a desperate situation, there is an amazing group of people who are part of the Khayelitsha Christian Academy, a small, informal school run by passionate volunteers who are giving back to their own community through education.
The growth and development in the first years of life can have a huge impact on every aspect of an individual's future. Every positive action will be compounded over time, just as with each negative effect can as well. For instance, if a child misses the developmental milestone of crawling, this has been shown to negatively impact learning to write in later developmental stages.
Laying the groundwork
Khayelitsha Christian Academy, headed up by Rev. Phumezo Masango and his wife Nocwaka, is attempting to address the very basic needs of the young children in their community, but this has proven difficult with the limited resources available to them. Saratoga chose to become involved after seeing the massive potential impact that could be made through practical and financial support, especially when coupled with the dedication and enthusiasm of those running the school.
Last year, Saratoga staff raised funds for stationery for 46 children. Then, in 2013, Saratoga as a company decided to set funds aside to specifically address the 'big picture' vision of the school, which involves an upgrade of the grounds and renovation of the building.
Anthony Robinson, Managing Director at Saratoga and directly involved with this initiative, says: "We're very excited about this project, not only because of the profound impact it can make in the lives of these children, but also on a higher level where we are helping solve a big problem in a local community where the scope of impact is huge." The employees at Saratoga are very enthusiastic about their involvement and hope to be an inspiration to other local companies.
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Citibank offers best mobile site among banks: report
Citibank was found to have the best overall mobile site in a new report that compares mobile offerings among leading banks based on the features that consumers most value.
Citibank moved up from second place in a similar report a year ago to replace Chase as the leader on the mobile Web, according to the Mobile Banking Competitive Review report from Key Lime Interactive. The bank's success is attributed to its best-in-class features in viewing and paying bills, one of the strongest sets of security features and the large number of features most valued by customers.
"The leaders are taking the extra step," said David Hoberman, user experience consultant at Key Lime Interactive, Miami, FL. "It is not just about what features they have or don't have but what features they have that our customer survey reports back are the really important ones versus that's nice but I would never use it.
"Sites that have those extras that customers really value, those are going to score higher overall," he said.
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This year's report goes beyond the basic core capabilities that all financial apps should have, such as being able to view their bills or find an ATM, to get a sense of what are the extras in the space that consumers really value and prioritize.
The reports used consumer preferences to grade features, options and experiences that consumers encounter in available mobile retail banking solutions.
The results point to the need for banks to provide features such as easy navigation and search, with customers prioritizing the ability to quickly and effectively search and filter their transaction history over most social media elements in their mobile banking solutions.
Another area of importance for consumers is security.
"All the core basics are covered but I think there is room for improvement in the area of security," Mr. Hoberman said.
"There aren't that many apps that let you cancel your debit card or report a lost card from the app itself as opposed to here's a phone number for it," he said.
"That is something that customers said was really critical. Who wants to fumble around when they could click a couple of buttons and the problem is taken care of."
Mobile wallets
Key Lime also took a look at some of the more up and coming features such as mobile wallets and found customers are looking for these as well.
Citi has been moving full steam ahead into mobile and seeing strong results. An executive recently said that the company's mobile users have doubled during the comparable first quarters of 2011 and 2012 (see story).
Citi is also seeing strength in its mobile services for institutional online bankers, with its CitiDirect BE Mobile banking application recently surpassing more than $10 billion in total transaction value since its launch (see story).
"We found basically that easy payment and better security were big drivers both in terms of current features and future ones," Mr. Hoberman said.
"Consumers really rates security features highly – that might be an area where a lot of banks could do more," he said.
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Area Weather: Labor Day is coming, signalling the end of summer
We are going to be heading towards the Labor Day Weekend next weekend! That is a sure sign that the summer is coming to an end.
Have you had a chance to do everything that you wanted to do this summer? Did you read that book yet? Did you get away to some place fun this summer?
Of course, the Minnesota State Fair is underway and continues until Labor Day. There is so much to see and do at the big Minnesota "Get Together." Of course, there is so much to eat as well! My wife and I are planning on putting that on our list of things to do this weekend.
Also, this week and all month long during the month of September you can see Jupiter. Jupiter is visible all evening in Capricornus.
Saturn, unfortunately, is in conjunction with the sun this month so it is out of sight. I love the month of September as the nights are often clear and cool and great for sky viewing!
Have a safe and great weekend!
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A good parking space is a valuable piece of real estate, so much so that some people are willing to pay for illegal handicapped parking permits.
There's a black market in the region for stolen or counterfeit handicapped parking permits, transportation experts say, as drivers look for inexpensive and convenient ways to park along the traffic-ridden streets of Maryland, Virginia and D.C. -- and to avoid hundreds of dollars in parking fees, according to John Townsend, spokesman for AAA-Mid Atlantic.
"Parking spaces in the 17,000 spaces in the District are so rare that you have to circle and circle the block to find one," Townsend said.
A neighborhood in Suitland, Md. was hit May 2 by burglars who smashed in car windows parked along the 6300 block of Maxwell Drive, stealing handicapped permits rather than valuables and car electronics, according to Prince George's County police.
The spree wasn't the first report of stolen handicapped permits in the county -- police arrested a 19-year-old Temple Hills man in 2009, who was found with 19 stolen parking permits.
The permits were being sold to opportunistic motorists looking for free parking spaces for roughly $50 apiece.
Officials with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration said they don't know how many stolen placards there are in the state, but motorists are encouraged to report permits as lost or stolen so police can determine if a permit is being used by the person to whom it was issued, according to spokesman Buel Young. - Ben Giles


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Universal Pictures may have the Fast & Furious franchise, but Warner Bros is entering the race of car-stuffed cinema with a new movie inspired by the Gumball 3000, an annual British race of 3,000-miles that utilizes public roads. Variety reports that Chernin Entertainment has scored the rights to this eccentric race, and—with the aid of Warner Bros—will develop a moving using Gumball 3000 as a backdrop to an Ocean's Eleven sort of adventure.
In case you've never heard of the Gumball 3000 before, it's important to know it's not really a race in the traditional sense. No one really cares who finishes first. There are no prizes for fastest time. Instead this race is more about the road-tripping journey. The Gumball 3000 was founded in 1999 by British fashion designer Maximillion Cooper. Most of its 120 annual entries are made up of exotic and revved up sports cars, though less traditional racing vehicles like police cars and camper-vans have been known to make their way into this loose-limbed competition. It's thought that this unusual race takes its title from a 1976 comedy about an illegal street race that takes drives over country roads across America. Check out the trailer for this lesser-known gem below:
Notably, no mention of this movie is made in the Variety write-up. So, it seems highly unlikely Warner Bros will find much inspiration here. Given the reference to Ocean's Eleven, I'm speculating that Warner Bros and Chernin Entertainment will set up a goofy gang of crooks who pull off a heist and then get caught up in the Gumball 3000 upon their escape, either by accident or by design. Of course, it's impossible to think of Ocean's Eleven without remembering its sleek style. As its director Steven Soderbergh insists he's retired from filmmaking, Warner Bros will have to find a helmer with a keen skill for action and comedy, or else this early on Ocean's Eleven comparison will set them up for failure.
Aside from the slick Soderbergh style and cunning criminal plotline, Ocean's Eleven stands out because of the sharp and sexy ensemble cast that was stacked with stars including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliot Gould, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle. Maybe WB is planning the same starry lineup here?. Given that Ocean's Eleven took in an impressive $450 million worldwide, and spawned sequels that both surpasses the $300 mil mark, it's a solid strategy.
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Florida School Banning Kids from Reading Bible During 'Free Reading' Time
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A Broward County, Florida public school teacher sought to ban an elementary school student from reading the Bible or any religious book during an independent reading time where kids are required to pick their own books to read.
The teacher, an African American teacher named Mrs. Thomas, called the parents of fifth-grade Park Lakes Elementary School student Giovanni Rubeo demanding that they agree with her that religious books are banned from public schools and hinting that they need to punish their child.
This teacher also made a big show out of scolding the child in the classroom, too. When she saw that the child was reading the Bible she made him put the book down on the desk right there in the classroom and then immediately demanded he get his parents on the phone.
This teacher's actions were obviously meant as a warning to the other kids, too.
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When the teacher called the parents she left a message:
Good morning Mr. Rubeo, Mrs. Thomas. Giovanni called you because I asked him to. I noticed that he has a book–a religious book–in the classroom. He's not permitted to read those books in my classroom. He said, if I told him to put it away you said not to do that. So, please give me a call, I need to have some understanding on direction to him about the book he's reading as opposed to the curriculum for public school. Mrs. S. Thomas. Thank you. Have a wonderful day. Bye-bye.
This case has been taken up by the Liberty Institute. The group is demanding that the teacher cease her illegal efforts to ban religious books from her classroom and are calling for the school district to make sure all teachers know that what Mrs. Thomas did was illegal. The school's actions violate boy's Constitutional rights and run contrary to the Establishment Clause, the Free Speech Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
"We expect Broward County Public School officials to resolve this unfortunate incident quickly and amicably," Jeremy Dys, Liberty Institute Senior Counsel, said. "Absent such an apology and assurance that students in Broward County Public Schools may read religious books like the Bible during free reading times, our client is prepared to take legal action."
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The current version of forbiddenapis misses to add the new java.time APIs of Java 8, Some of the methods use default Locale or default Timezone.
Until a new version of forbidden-apis is released, I would like to add those APIs to the Trunk (Java 8) base.txt signatures list. We already have some code in trunk using java.time (IndexWriter logging), so we should take care of that.
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Commit 1706132 from Uwe Schindler in branch 'dev/branches/branch_5x'
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Merged revision(s) 1706131 from lucene/dev/trunk:
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Commit 1706131 from Uwe Schindler in branch 'dev/trunk'
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LUCENE-6594: Add missing changes entry
Commit 1706130 from Uwe Schindler in branch 'dev/branches/branch_5x'
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LUCENE-6594: Update forbiddenapis to 2.0
Commit 1706128 from Uwe Schindler in branch 'dev/trunk'
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LUCENE-6594: Update forbiddenapis to 2.0
Forbidden-Apis 2.0 was released a minute ago. I will provide a patch that reverts the last commit and also cleans up Ant build to use the new "arbitrary ANT resource" feature for signatures.
This is the major 2.0 release of the forbidden-apis plugin. The main new feature is native support for the Gradle build system (minimum requirement is Gradle 2.3). But also Apache Ant and Apache Maven build systems got improved support: Ant can now load signatures from arbitrary resources by using a new XML element <signatures></signatures> that may contain any valid ANT resource, e.g., ivy's cache-filesets or plain URLs. Apache Maven now supports to load signatures files as artifacts from your repository or Maven Central (new signaturesArtifacts Mojo property).
I leave this issue open until forbidden-apis has a new version released!
Commit 1686537 from Uwe Schindler in branch 'dev/trunk'
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LUCENE-6594: Add missing Java 8 signatures (revert this as soon as forbidden-apis was updated)
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Why would IWC change the dial and hands during service?
Roberto, your 3705 looks great with the black calendar discs. Where/how did you source these discs?
Did any of you guys fit a black calfskin strap to the watch?
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A year ago, August of 2011, I went to a party with my best friend four days before leaving for my freshman year of college. We went to see other friends before everyone left for school. We didn't drink and were about to leave when the cops came because of a noise complaint even though it was on acres of land. They divided us into minors and 21 and older. They asked those who drank to raise their hands. We didn't. The lady cop asked for our information then gave us MIC's even though we didn't drink. Then the citation later said we were being charged with an MIP. We pled non-guilty and I asked for a trial by jury and was told I would receive my court date by a letter. I never received that letter. I thought the charge maybe got dismissed but now I got a letter saying that I violated my promise to show to court, that I owe 500 dollars now, that my license will not get renewed, and that the MIP is still on my record. What do I do?
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You definitely do not want to just pay the tickets off. It may cost you more money but you need a lawyer to go get the warrant set aside and get your case put back on the court's docket. If you simply pay the tickets, they will result in final convictions. An MIP conviction would result in a license suspension of at least 30 days and if you were to receive another one, it could be enhanced to a class B misdemeanor. I handle cases in this area as well as lots of other lawyers. For more information or a free consultation, visit my website at
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Hey Gene,
Thanks for the great reviews,from out of the box and up in the air, sounds like a great plane i should have mine today,really sounds like a solid steady flyer,with plenty of power, i did not think of parallel battery packs,thats the 32 yrs experience,i just made up a plug with deans connectors to parallel 2 2200 together,i also have half dozen of these around from t28 so that solve the extra battery problem,where are you going to get the floats for this,i am going to add a camera to mine but i have a lake bout 200 ydrs from me and floats would be great,did you use the stock tx?, i am ordering a dx6i today for mine,and use the dx5 for buddy box,How did this bird glide with no power?well i guess i will have some of my answers when buster brown show up with my palne today but it was great to read you review
Thanks Ron
I used the stock tx for the initial flights but wound up binding it to my DX6i for the last 2 flights.
I almost think that I will cut the throws down a bit. The low rate was fine for normal flying around so I never used the high rate and for training new folks I might like even less. Probably will wind up with throws a little more than the stock "low" rate for the normal and then about half that for low. I will probably do that by simply moving all the rods in one hole on the servos.
I have TP2100 3 cell packs, Parkzone 2200 3 cell packs and FMA 2200 3 cell packs. These fit fine side by side inside the battery compartment with the packs sitting on their side.
Glide is very nice with a very predictable sink rate. The floats I have I purchased from an outfit called foamfloats which I believe is out of business. They are easy to make though and searching the web will get you several how to articles on how to make them.
Anyone w/ ideas on how to shed some wt. off of the A.U.W. ? thanks...RTR
Hi everyone, Im still debatting if I should get this plane or not. I own a parkzone trojan and im stuck between this and the parkzone corsair. What do you think? Is it slower than a parkzone trojan?
Appentice First Flight Wing fell Off
Well Title says it all,very disappointing day,Received it today,everything in the box was as should be no bangs or bruises from shipping.put it together with no problems just changed the ec3 for deans connectors and extended the wires a tad for easy plug in,i fly at an abandon airfield ,conditions were very good wind was 5-8mph which was nothing for this plane,it flew as expected like a dream,just a couple clicks on the down elevator when giving some throttle to keep nose down other than that it flew buy itself,i was just circling do some takeoff and landing and it just floated in on 2or3 clicks on the throttle to a landing,then i took it up to see how it was at altitude i guess about 1000ft give or take a couple hundred and was circling above and did some easy loops i was on low rates next thing i saw was the wing separate from fuselage and the fuselage just nosing down toward me,i immediately cut the power and watched the fuselage drop down it was close if i had a big basket i could have caught it,it hit head first thump into the ground and i watched for what seemed like an hour as the wing fluttered down and landed on the other end of the runway,amazing there was not a scratch on the wing,the tape pulled out some where the wire from the ailerons was,after i drove my truck down and got the wing,it drifted bout 300yrds from me. i went back to the wreck .as soon as i looked i saw what i think happened,the plastic horns on the front that catch the rubber bands were missing , you can see from the pics the back are still on,I put all 8 rubber band on and the wing was very secure but for some reason these ends came off i can see not other reason as to why the wing came off,here are some pics i know we love to see carnage,i just hung it in the garage and am going to bed and forget bout if for a while,all in all i wish i could still fly it it flew with grace and beauty and was a very good flyer
Wow Ron, that really sucks. Are the tips just glued on over the "nubs" or did the tips break off? From your pictures it looks as if there is a plastic rod and some "T" caps just glued on over them. If those came loose I would say you are due for a complete refund or a new airplane there buddy. That absolutely should not happen. I'm almost happy that I waited to fly mine so I can make sure it's ok (sorry for you though).
I just checked mine and they seem on there pretty tight. Gene, how are yours holding up?
David (Horizon), care to chime in?
Hi Helisailor: Actually I dont have the DX5e/AR500 combo. I guess right now it only comes with an RTF A/C, the apprentice being one....Thanks to GWH I was able to check out the DX5e....Originally I just wanted more range out of the LP5DSM2/AR6100 that came with my CX2....While this combo gives an 'Honest" 300 ft' range, (great for the little heli indoors) I needed more for my 5ft. span, 20oz. concoction to battle our Montana winds.....People said it could'nt be done.....Including Horizon AND my LHS...Guess what! Switching the 6100 for a 6200...Bingo!! 600Ft. HONEST!!! More on this little "diamond in the rough" later.
[QUOTE=Sal C]Wow Ron, that really sucks. Are the tips just glued on over the "nubs" or did the tips break off?
Well its a new day sun is shinning and i went in the garage and my new apprentice is still smashed to pieces,should have went out the front door instead, anyway Sal you are right you can see from the pic that this is just a rod with plastic caps glued over them, and for 2 drops of glue on each one could have saved me all this trouble,they should be threaded or have a dow stuck threw them ,something more than just glue or lack of it,I will be calling hobbyzone today and hope to get a new plane,if it was something i did tell me and i would fix it my self,but i think this is a quality control issue and i had no influence on it and feel they should replace it,i was telling my my wife before i went to bed last night ,it could have been worse i could have watched it come down and go threw my truck windshield and would have to drive home looking at the apprentice sticking out of my windshield{LOL}
If they came off that soon (maiden) i would say they were not glued in the 1st. place.All new owners might want to GLUE them NOW.A lot of foam wings are secured to the fuse. in this manner w/ out problems.One of them being the H.Z.S.Cub of which i have hundreds of flights w/ out failure...RTR
snoopy3440, I'm really sorry to hear of, and see the extent of your maiden flight damage. For the price you pay for an Apprentice, this should NOT happen! It looks like a QC manufacturing problem to me, well within warranty rules. I sure hope Horizon makes it right for you.
[QUOTE=realtimerecon]If they came off that soon (maiden) i would say they were not glued in the 1st. place.All new owners might want to GLUE them NOW.
I agree that they probably were were not glued at all just very snug pressed on, when i when first put the rubberbands on i actually tried spinning these but not very much pressure just a quick check, i think there pressed on and the pressure gave the impression that they were glued tight,but once the rubberbands were on and the stress of flight i guess it was to much and they came off,I would suggest reglueing these for all new owners as i will do when ever i get this plane going. i still must say this is a great plane ,a real floater,total contrast to t28,very relaxing and great to teach on,i was flying just watching it go around and seemed like it could have flown forever by itself.i cut the throttle into the wind 5-8mph and it seemed to just float for bout hundred yards my trojan without the flaps would have taken a nose dive,do not let this put anyone off buying this,just check and re glue these horns and you will have a great flyer, THe size of this with that big wingspan looks great coming buy and its so gentle and easy to handle ,i cannot wait to get flying it again,for now t28 time
Just got off the phone with hobbyzone and told him bout my first flight ,he thougt the same thing that these were just pressed and not glued,and being that its a new plane that horizon will replace it,he gave me there support number and told me to call monday,i just pulled the fusalge down from its hanger to check the back 2 horns and looking from the front of the plane the one on the left was very secure i could not budge it,but the one on the right even though it was tight as i kept pressure on it,it started to come off ,so there you have it this one is just pressed on no glue,i would definatly suggets to all new owners to glue these even if they feel tight,I guess we are beta testers on this new plane
o i forgot dan at hobbyzone said he was going to check all the reaming apprentices he had in the store and make sure there secure
I just bought one today. Mine seem very tight but I will glue them anyway just to make sure. I'm new and I have crashed my aerobird 3 serveral times (once because the very same pin/rod broke) but if I crash my new apprentice, I may cry.
Really, Really sorry to hear about your plane.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $550 million. Now the fourth-biggest prize ever. Picked numbers here.
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Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has set his sights firmly on winning the League Cup after a quarter-final thrashing of Leeds United.Neil Warnock's side took a first-half lead through Luciano Becchio and kept their visitors at bay thanks to several good saves from goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown, but Chelsea soon took over in the second half, scoring with consummate ease to wrap up a 5-1 win.
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Shackles to come off immigrants during deportation hearings
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Federal immigration authorities settled a lawsuit Thursday, agreeing to stop routinely shackling immigrants at the wrists, ankles and waist during deportation hearings in San Francisco.
The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2011 on behalf of detainees in Northern California who have been denied bail while being held for possible deportation, either as illegal entrants or as legal immigrants convicted of felonies. More than 2,000 each year are brought to San Francisco from local jails for hearings.
The suit challenged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's policy of shackling detainees during all court appearances in San Francisco, a practice that varies in other districts. The ACLU said the restraints are painful and make it harder for detainees to participate in the hearings or communicate with their lawyers.
Under the settlement, which gained preliminary approval from a federal judge on Thursday, detainees will not be shackled in deportation hearings, or in hearings in which they seek release on bail, unless they become disruptive or threaten violence or escape.
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The government also agreed to pay the plaintiffs' lawyers $350,000 for their time and court expenses.
The settlement applies only to the Northern California district, but ACLU lawyer Julia Harumi Mass said she thinks it will lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to "think twice before over-using restraints elsewhere."
She noted that routine shackling, regardless of an individual's security risk, is prohibited in criminal courts. Immigration cases are classified as civil rather than criminal.
ICE had sought to dismiss the suit but was turned down by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in December 2011.
The agency issued a statement Thursday saying it was committed to "preserving the dignity and welfare of all those in our custody," while insuring the safety of visitors and employees in court buildings. ICE said the settlement "affords the agency the flexibility to do both."
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Building: What you need to know
Basics of a good base
In Rust you have the freedom to make your base just about any way you want. But there are a few things that all good bases have in common.
While wood locks are great for the beginning of the game since they're so cheap, they're extremely annoying to deal with. You'll want to upgrade to code locks as soon as possible. You enter the code once and you can automatically open the door whenever, just make sure to never give your base codes out to strangers!
A code locks costs 100 metal fragments
A key lock costs 100 wood
Tool cupboard
This is the single most important item in your base. Whoever has access to your tool cupboard can build, upgrade, and demolish in your building authorized area. Make sure that only completely trusted people have access, and that it's extremely hard to get to. You can't place multiple tool cupboards in the same radius, so unless you're building your base 6 stories high, you only get one tool cupboard.
An airlock is where you have two or more doors between the innermost part of your base and the outside. It assures that if someone chases you to your base or door camps you, they wont immediately have access to your loot. The bigger your base, the more airlocks you'll want/need.
There are currently 4 upgrade tiers in building: Wood, Stone, Sheet metal, and Armored.
Wood is the weakest at 250 health per wall. It can be shredded by fire and hatchets, and costs 200 wood to upgrade. Easy and quick to upgrade to, but just having a wood base makes you a huge target. You'll want to upgrade as soon as you can to avoid losing everything to a single flamethrower.
Stone is second up, at 500 health per wall. It is completely immune to fire but can be picked down by pickaxes. It costs 300 stone to upgrade.
Sheet Metal comes in third at 750 health per wall. It's immune to fire, and is also almost completely immune to melee weapons from the outside, most breaking before dealing a single point of damage. Only costing 150 metal fragments to upgrade, it'll make you look that much more menacing.
Armored is the strongest upgrade at a whopping 1000 health points. It's immune to fire as well as melee weapons and tools from the outside. Not the best without reason, it costs 300 wood, 400 stone, and 50 high quality metal to upgrade to armored. Because of the steep high quality metal cost, these upgrades are rarely seen outside of massive groups, and usually only at the very core of bases.
Building tiers from left to right: Twig, wood, stone, sheet metal, armored
Soft Side vs. Hard Side
.One of the most important parts to upgrading, accidentally leaving your walls with the soft side facing out can make your upgrades nearly useless.
Wood walls can be beat down to 11 health with a single hatchet from the soft side, then easily finished off with anything else. The hard side takes 3 hatchet hits to do 1 point of damage.
Stone walls from the outside take one damage per 8 pickaxe hits, but from the soft side takes 1.2 damage every hit(7 pickaxes for one stone wall).
Sheet Metal, while being near impervious to melee from the outside, will take 1 damage every 2 pickaxe hits, as well as take damage from other tools. Armored can, albeit slower, also be picked down from the soft side with tools.
All foundations will take damage as soft sides, and ceilings will be soft side from underneath and hard side from above.
While these numbers may seem ridiculous, if you have a group of 5 people all pickaxing through soft side walls and ceilings, they will make quick work of any base like annoying little termites.
Soft sides from left to right: Twig, wood, stone, sheet metal, armored
Doors share the same qualities as the same types of walls, and also have soft sides and hard sides. When you place a door, you want it to swing into your base, that will make sure it is hard side facing out.
Wood doors are good for starting out with, however you will want to switch to first sheet metal, then armored doors as quickly as possible. At 200 health, they can be taken down in less than a minute with a flamethrower.
Sheet Metal doors can hardly be called an upgrade. While they can't be burned down, only going up to 250 health means they only take a single C4 or a few satchel charges to get blasted down.
Armored doors should be placed as soon as possible. It will keep you exponentially safer, as well as letting people know you're not to be messed with. At 800 health, they can't be beaten down from the outside and take 3 C4 to fall.
Doors, from left to right: Wood, sheet metal, armored
One of the most important, well liked, incredibly hated, and hardest things to do in Rust is raiding. Raiding mechanics are constantly being tweaked and balanced, as players push this game to it's limits. Just about any item that does damage can be used for raiding, but that doesn't mean it should be.
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The Republican Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, has resisted speaking out on the racism and hate crimes that have happened in the state since the election. It's a mis-step in a deeply Blue State. Yesterday, he made a statement to the Baltimore Sun, suggesting that Marylander's "take a breath" and denied hearing about the many … Read more


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If you haven't noticed, there's a huge power gap in the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class' range, and specifically, between the A250 that sports a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four delivering 208hp (211PS) and the A45 AMG featuring the same displacement engine but with a whopping 355-horses (360PS).
We haven't heard anything official yet, but it's only reasonable to believe that Mercedes should develop a model to fill the space between these two cars in the A-Class lineup. Until that happens, the aftermarket industry will have a blast covering the need for something faster than the A250 but considerably cheaper than the A45 AMG.
Vath's answer to this problem is called the V25 and it starts with a performance package that includes a software upgrade and a new sports exhaust system to boost the A250's output from 208hp (211PS) to 242hp (245PS) and 390Nm (288 lb-ft).
The German tuner quotes a 0-100km/h (62mph) acceleration time of 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 250km/h (155mph), which compares to 4.6 seconds and a limited maximum velocity of 250km/h, respectively for the A45 AMG.
Each car also gets new springs that drop the ride height by 30mm, an optimized braking system and 19-inch competition-style wheels in tires measuring 235/35ZR19 and 255/30ZR19 front and back respectively.
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Investigating the Effect of Audit Quality on Over-investment Using Measures of Auditor Specialty and Audit Tenure for Listed Companies in Tehran Stock Exchange
The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of audit quality on over-investment in listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange. In order to measure audit quality, two variables, namely auditor tenure and auditor expertise were used. The study population comprised three selected industries: cement, basic metals and automotive parts; after determining the sample through selection method, the data was collected for the period between 2009 and 2012. In order to analyze and test the hypotheses, linear regression and logit regression was performed in Eviews (version 7.1) and SPSS (version 20). Using logit regression, results showed that there is a significant inverse relationship between auditor specialization and over-investment. Studying the audit quality in tenures, it was also found that there is no significant relationship between over-investment in long term period and medium tenure in any of the logit or linear regression models; however, using logit regression, there was found a positive significant relationship in short term period.
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- VAN TENDELOO, Brenda & VANSTRAELEN, Ann, 2005. "Earnings management and audit quality in Europe: Evidence from the private client segment market," Working Papers 2005012, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics.
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- Biddle, Gary C. & Hilary, Gilles & Verdi, Rodrigo S., 2009. "How does financial reporting quality relate to investment efficiency?," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2-3), pages 112-131, December.
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It's finally kind of summer in Seattle. That means we Seattleites will be seeing the sun a couple times a week. Now, we here at JACK are all fit and tan, but for some of the lily-whites in Seattle, a special warning: wear sunscreen.
A blogger over at Huffington Post provided us with this excellent, summer-themed post entitled "Sunburn Fails." Guess what it's about.
This one is from Ellen's website. Bunch of winners right here.
The Chicago Tribune put together one of the sadder sunburn galleries we've seen.
To end on a sweet note, here's a classic burn, Kim Kardashian-style.
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Boca Raton, FL - The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis players will test their skills against some of the state's top opponents while competing in this weekend's State of Florida Tennis Championships in Tampa. Matches will begin on Friday, September 23 and continue through Sunday, September 25.
"We learned a great deal about competing at the collegiate level and what it takes to be successful every moment," said Brandon Stokes, FAU's head men's tennis coach. "We learned about ourselves and started to form an identity."
Last weekend, six FAU players had their first career matches for the Owls in the University of Florida's Gator Invitational. Junior Taylor Albrecht teamed with freshman Will Neuner to pick up a victory in doubles. Albrecht also had a straight-set singles win to pace the team's performances in the season-opening event.
Freshman Robert Dubuque earned a three-set singles victory over UCF's Eugene Dolgovyh, and Neuner played well in the invitational, dropping two hard-fought three-set matches to USF and UCF opponents.


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When I was out on the patio to catch some of the fine fall sunshine the other day, I was sworn at with a loud, vociferous, emphatic blast of squirrel language. The western red squirrel, which has been challenging me all summer, had in just a few cold days claimed the patio as his territory with firm determination and loud raucous cussing at everyone else who thought to claim it for a few hours.
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The Jeffco Planning Commission voted 7-1 to endorse a proposed regulation allowing businesses to display up to one banner sign and one sandwich board per location. The decision came during a regular a meeting Oct. 12.
The ban on banner signs, however, won't be officially over until the Board of County Commissioners votes on the issue.
Shirley Johnson of Conifer, chair of the planning board, voted against the proposal. Voting in favor were Tim Rogers, Nancy Ferguson, Larry Anna, Richard Olson, Jack Bestall and James Price.
A fish that loves to eat lake weeds and can grow to 50 pounds is being introduced to Evergreen Lake this fall in hopes that it will seriously reduce the massive vegetation problem.
Last summer park and water district workers laboriously removed 25 truckloads, or about 25 tons, of elodea, a common lake weed that for some reason grew to massive proportions last summer.
Evergreen would blossom every spring shortly after the end of the school year with the opening of the summer homes that had been drained and shuttered into hibernation for the winter. Tire tracks, other than those of the Mountain Protection Association, along with the glow of porch lights, would announce the arrival of family or guests — friends who long ago came for a summer visit and have stayed for generations.
Frozen yogurt will be available at the Café at The Place starting this weekend, and this sweet treat provides a bonus: About half of the purchase price will go to local charities.
Called Yogurt for a Cause, the program will allow yogurt buyers to help decide who will get some much-needed help.
Diversity. Inclusiveness. Acceptance.
Those words describe the goals of Evergreen High School's first ever Diversity Day on Friday.
Students spent the morning learning about everything from Evergreen's homeless to salsa dancing. They heard from speakers telling about the Lost Boys of the Sudan to what it's like to be a hearing child of deaf parents.
ENGLEWOOD — Rob Molholm didn't have to sugarcoat it for his Evergreen Cougars. Their Oct. 14 game against host Englewood was, for all intent and purposes, a playoff game.
Maybe it wasn't in the literal sense, but coming off a 3A Metro South conference loss two weeks earlier at Summit the last thing, in all likelihood, the Cougars could afford is to lose another one.
"This is a playoff game, straight-up playoff game. I was saying it all week long that this is a playoff game," Molholm said.
The Evergreen Lady Cougars certainly didn't make it easy on themselves. Nevertheless, a pair of 3-2 victories on Oct. 15 at the 4A Region 6 softball tournament at CSU-Pueblo's Rawlings Sports Complex has Evergreen returning to the 4A state tournament.
The 11th-seeded Lady Cougars fought off upstart Air Academy in the opening round before jumping out to a 3-0 lead on sixth-seeded Pueblo East and holding on to capture the regional championship.
It's the fifth time in seven years that Evergreen (15-6) has qualified for the 4A state tournament.
LITTLETON — In her own words it's been somewhat of an up-and-down season for Maura O'Brien. But her run at the 4A Jeffco League cross country championships at Clement Park on Oct. 14 was all up.
The Evergreen senior's time of 19 minutes, 23 seconds was good enough for first place and the Lady Cougars had finishes of first, second and fourth overall to earn another league championship.
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The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) employees were again greeted with water cannon bursts and tear gas shelling by police as they tried to enter the city's red zone on Thursday.
USAID administrator Rajiv Shah, during his visit to Pakistan, launched the National Reading Programme (NRP) at the Government Girls Primary/Secondary School in Sultanabad.
NCHD employees held a rally near Bilawal House on March 27 to protest the government's refusal to give them permanent jobs. They tried to march towards CM House again on April 2.
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Bill and Deborah Bowman of Highland Park have been married 31 years. They both fondly remember the days when they were dating, when Bowman didn't have a television but he had a guitar and knew how to use it. He would serenade his sweetheart with songs by his favorite songwriter, Steven Fromholz.
"Dear Darcy" was a song that pulled at their heartstrings, while "I'd Have to be Crazy," recorded by Willie Nelson, soared to No. 2 in the nation, garnering Fromholz two double-platinum records.
Fromholz's songs have also been recorded by Pat Green, Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, John Denver, Lyle Lovett, Rusty Weir, Hoyt Axton and others.
"I grew to love his music," said Deborah, "and then our son, Brett, and I had the opportunity to float down the Chama River with Steven as one of our river rafting guides. He was wonderful."
For years, Fromholz was a popular and talented songwriter, performer, humorist, storyteller, actor, raconteur, poet ... and river rafting guide.
Then on April 18, 2003, he suffered a massive stroke and was left unable to walk or talk. He lost the memory of all the songs he had written, and he lost the ability to play the guitar. He was 58 years old. His sister, Angela Blair, took him under her wing and helped him through the grueling rehabilitation process. He had to relearn how to walk, talk and play the guitar.
Four years to the day after his stroke, he stood before the Texas Legislature and accepted the honor of being named Texas Poet Laureate. It was a source of pride for Fromholz, his sis, and his thousands of fans in Austin and beyond.
Last month, on Jan. 23, Bowman celebrated what he calls his 24th 40th birthday, forcing us to do the math. He and Deborah invited 30 of their friends to their home on Stratford and Fairfield Avenues overlooking the Dallas Country Club.
After dinner, the guests sat down in the living room, and Bowman introduced his special guest of honor, Steven Fromholz, who walked out with his guitar, sat down and entertained the crowd for almost an hour. He didn't play any of the songs from his 15 albums, but he had some new material and he displayed the larger-than-life Texas personality that has made him a crowd favorite for more than 40 years.
Bowman's favorite song that night was "Do You Know Who You Are?" which is what Fromholz grew tired of his doctors asking him after his stroke.
"The last line of the song," said Bowman, "is 'I know who I was.' "
After his show, Fromholz and his sis sat in the Bowmans' backyard and gazed at the country club across the street. He said he didn't consider what he was doing a comeback.
"A stroke is a thief, and you never get back what it takes," he said. "There is no 'coming back.' It's all about going on and adjusting to what is now. You know, there's good times and there's bad times ... but there's still time!"
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Note: I am only posting this here because my friend, Darkness-Chill, demanded it. I begged and pleaded. I asked for more time. She said, and I quote, "NO, POST IT NOW OR I'LL SKEWER YOU." I would prefer not to be skewered, and so here we are.
James Potter rolled over in his bed, inadvertantly entrapping his leg in the snitch-patterned sheets so that when the knocking at his bedroom door startled him awake, he made to sit up and instead fell to the ground with a loud THUNK.
The knocking stopped. "James, dear? Is everything all right?"
"Yeah, Mum, just fell," he grumbled in a croaky early-morning voice, sitting up and grabbing for the glasses on his night table. "You can come in."
Mrs. Potter entered the room with the kind of caution learned by being mother to a teenager. "I know it's early, dear, but…" She paused uncertainly. "…you have a visitor."
James glanced at the broomstick hands of the Quidditch-themed clock on his wall, then blinked at his mother through the lenses of his glasses. "Early? Mum, it's six in the morning!" His gaze traveled to the window. The sky was much too dark, even with the heavy rain that was battering the glass. "Anyone who's visiting me at six in the morning isn't welcome! Bloody hell, what kind of insane sort of person gets up at six. in. the. morning?" He took a breath to continue his tirade but then noticed the troubled look on his mother's face and closed his mouth abruptly. It was the sort of look she wore when someone was gravely ill.
"I think you should come downstairs," Mrs. Potter said quietly.
"Should I change?" James asked, feeling suddenly frightened. What had happened? Was someone hurt? Had there been an attack? A chill ran down his spine. Those were getting more and more frequent lately.
"I don't think he'll mind either way," his mother answered. James nodded stiffly, too nervous to ask who 'he' was. He followed her in his Quaffle-covered pajamas out of his room, down the stairs, and into the kitchen.
James stopped short, blinking in confusion.
Sirius Black was sitting at his kitchen table. He was sopping wet, as though he'd been outside for hours, and shivering under a quilt Mrs. Potter had made. When he noticed James he made an obviously painful yet valiant attempt at his trademark grin and managed only a shadow of it.
"'Lo, Prongs," he said. His voice was hoarse, wavering even in only those two syllables. He was nearly unrecognizable as James's best friend. His hair, normally silky and elegant, was wildly unkempt and bedraggled by the rain. His robes, which were usually impeccable without ever giving the impression that he'd tried to make them so, were ragged, wet, and muddy. The most strikingly obvious difference, however, was in his face. The infamous confidence and spirit was missing. He was very, very pale and would not meet either James or Mrs. Potter's eyes, instead fixing his gaze on his hands, which were folded on the table.
James stared at his friend, speechless for a moment, his sleep-addled brain struggling to understand. This was wrong, all wrong. This was not how Sirius Black was supposed to look. The world must've been turned on its head. Finally he said the first thing that came to his mind.
"What did she do?"
Sirius laughed, an unpleasantly hollow sound. "Nothing she hasn't done before," he answered. His teeth chattered despite the quilt.
There was a pause. Mrs. Potter cleared her throat. "I'll go get you a nice clean set of robes, dear," she said to Sirius, patting him gently on the shoulder.
He smiled slightly but didn't look up. "Thank you, Mrs. Potter." She nodded, turning away with teary eyes and heading up the stairs.
James sat down next to Sirius but waited until his mother was upstairs before he dared to ask his next question. "Did she hurt you?" he asked, studying his friend's face hard.
Sirius closed his eyes. "No."
James frowned, not sure whether to believe him. "What happened?"
He shrugged. "Same old thing. She yells, I yell, she yells some more, I leave."
"But it's never been this bad," James said.
Sirius said nothing for a long moment. Then his eyes opened and he lifted his head, fixing James with a piercing, pale-eyed stare. "I'm not going back this time," he said quietly, his voice shaking with what James realized was suppressed rage. "I'm never going back there. I don't know where I'll stay now but I'm never going back there again. Maybe Dumbledore'll let me stay at Hogwarts over the summer…if…if I explain…" He took a big, shuddering breath. "Or if I have to…I'll just, I don't know, live as a dog till term starts," he said, his voice breaking just a little.
James stared, hit by such an intense wave of hatred for Sirius's mother that he felt physically ill. "Don't be a bloody lunatic, Sirius," he heard himself say through the thick red haze of fury in his head.
"What else am I supposed to do?" Sirius said angrily, sitting up straighter and tossing his hair back. Water droplets sprayed everywhere. "You don't get it, James, I can't –"
"You'll stay here," James cut him off.
Sirius was surprised into silence. His mouth closed and he considered James for a moment. "I can't do that," he said after a pause.
"Why not? Because you have to be big and bad and tough and independent? Don't be a bloody lunatic," James repeated in exasperation.
Sirius opened his mouth to speak but stopped, looking beyond James, who turned around to see his mother standing with a folded pair of fresh robes in her arms.
"We do have a guest room," she said, smiling tentatively at Sirius.
"I know," he mumbled. He'd stayed there for at least two weeks every summer since James had met him.
"C'mon, mate," James said, giving Sirius's arm a gentle shove. "Don't be thick."
When Sirius didn't answer, Mrs. Potter clapped her hands together, startling both boys. "Well, let's get you settled in," she said with forced cheer. "You don't have to decide right now, dear, but won't you stay at least a few days?" she said. "It's been far too long. We've missed you in this house."
"All right," Sirius said reluctantly, unable to say no to the warmly smiling Mrs. Potter. He stood up and followed her upstairs to the guest room, James at his heels, everyone behaving as though it were just another holiday he was spending at Godric's Hollow.
James watched from the doorway as Sirius, newly dressed in the clean pair of robes, helped Mrs. Potter set up the guest bed like he'd done a thousand times before. His mother said something that James couldn't hear and Sirius laughed – a genuine bark of laughter. A smile formed slowly on James's face at the familiar sound, chasing away the knot in his throat. Sirius passed by him to grab a pillow from the closet, and James prodded his arm.
"What was that for?" Sirius said, irritated.
James gazed at him with wide, innocent eyes. "What are you talking about?"
Sirius rolled his eyes and turned away, and James grinned.
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The Christian Science Monitor welcomed his decision: "This champion of public reform will be able to shine a new spotlight on what most ails the two major political parties: big-money influence in Washington."
Robert Scheer was not convinced that the motivation was so noble. Declaring Mr Nader's candidacy "an act of pure egotism", the Los Angeles Times columnist attacked the man he had once supported: "Mr Nader is not responding to a grassroots demand that he run but rather is stoking his celebrity as a media curiosity."
"Of course Mr Nader has an ego," retorted the Washington Post's Richard Cohen, "but he also has a point. Washington is awash in corporate lucre." Although Mr Nader would not get his vote, Cohen hoped his campaign would enrich the political debate: "If he makes a difference, it will be because of the power of his ideas, certainly not his money."
In the 2000 elections, Mr Nader was widely blamed for Al Gore's narrow defeats in Florida and New Hampshire. Four years later, opined the Boston Globe, "if the election is as tight, Mr Nader could again escort Mr Bush to the White House".
The New York Times, however, reckoned voters - unlike Mr Nader - have learned from 2000. "People might have voted for him once under the impression that sending a message was more important than picking the president. We doubt they will make the same mistake twice." History would not repeat itself, agreed Cohen in the Post: "The reason Mr Nader managed to get 3% of the national vote in the first place is that Mr Gore was such an abysmal candidate."
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Today probably should have been a happy-ish day for Obamacare and its dwindling crew of supporters. As the story on Page One of your local daily newspaper notes, "With days left, health sign-ups hit 6 million."
It was a big enough deal that President Barack Obama, for whom the law was named until it wasn't again, made the announcement in a conference call with navigators and volunteers.
Six million signups, you'll recall, is the amended goal for this first pass at enrollment in Obamacare, which was intended to bring affordable health care to the 48 million or so Americans who didn't have it.
(Aside: The initial goal was "None of your business," later changed to "I have no idea" and then to "Christ, all right, 7 million. You happy now?" When 7 million looked impossible -- and remember that the tens of millions uncovered were expanded by millions more tossed off their former plans -- the goal was revised downward by another precision wild guess.)
It would be unkind to point out now, amid this not-as-awful news, that the Obama administration still refuses to say how many of those enrollees actually paid their first month's premium, which is how my insurance agent assures me his business works. The administration also doesn't know or, more likely, won't say what the breakdown is between the newly covered and those who had to find new coverage.
Still, put on your happy face, right?
"You can't say, 'Look, everybody hates the law,' when you see these big numbers coming in," said John Holahan, a fellow at the Urban Institute's Health Policy Center, which has been conducting a series of surveys related to the Affordable Care Act.
Holahan added that it is still unclear what is driving the surge in sign-ups. Once people have plans, they may be split between those who like the benefits and those who find their out-of-pocket expenses and provider options unacceptable, he added.
"We don't know how much is the mandate and how much is people realizing it's not a bad deal," Holahan said.
So at the risk of oversimplifying this, it's not clear what's driving participation in a manifestly unpopular law that requires, at the point of the federal gun, that you buy something you might not be able to afford and might not want?
Tomorrow's headline, probably not of the Page One variety but still news, might offer, you know, a clue:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public support for President Barack Obama's health care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll.
The Associated Press-GfK survey finds that 26 percent of Americans support the Affordable Care Act. Yet even fewer — 13 percent — think it will be completely repealed. A narrow majority expects the law to be further implemented with minor changes, or as passed.
The poll found that much of the slippage for the health care law over the last four years has come from a drop in support, not an increase in opposition.
In April of 2010, soon after the law passed, 50 percent of Americans said they were opposed to it, while 39 percent were in favor. Ten percent were on the fence.
Now, just 26 percent say they are in favor, a drop of 13 percentage points. Forty-three percent say they are opposed, a drop of 7 percentage points since that poll four years ago. But the number who neither support nor oppose the law has tripled, to 30 percent.
The 26 percent in favor in the AP-GfK poll is not significantly different from the 27 percent registered in January and December.
So it's true that "not everybody" hates the law. But of the great majority that are less than impressed, should we presume that they're just ignoring the potential penalty or signing up through gritted teeth because, well, it's the law?
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